The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 15, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Thursday. Cooler tonight. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [amon ESTABLISHED 1873 e BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDN 25 ESDAY, JULY 15, 19 PRICE FIVE CENTS COURT UPHOLDS SCOPES INDICTMENT U.S, OBSERVER FINDS WHEAT HURT BY HEAT Serious Damage Being Done in Kidder County, Says » O. W. Roberts INSPECTS MANY FIELDS Official in Fryberg Reports Crops Are Hard Hit in Billings County Serious damage is being done by the terrific heat to wheat in the} vicinities of Steele, Dawson, Tuttle and Woodworth, according to 0. W. Roberts, official in charge of the United States weather bureau here, who made a tour of the fields around those communities yesterday. Roberts declared there has been a rapid de- terioration in the past four day due to the hot weather, The govern- ment observer said he inspected the ame fields two weeks ago and the crop prospect then was about 25 bushels tothe acre, while now the prospect is for not’ more than 12 bushels to the acre. Even the stems of the, wheat: plants are withering, Roberts said. Cc, E. Ward, agronomist .on the staff of the state department agriculture, who returned sterday from an inspection tour of wheat lands in the vicinity of Dickinson, said that the unrelieved torrid veather in western North Dakota vill cut the wheat yield in half in sections of Stark, Dunn and tern Morton counties. Report From Fryburg vern King, weather observer at Fryburg, yesterday sent in a report to the United States weather bureau as follow: z of wheat, oats and county have deter- pidly since July 1. Until y the trouble was lack of sub-soil moisture more than any favorable hot weather, but day's and today's temperatures, co bined with a strong southwest wind, are’ rapidly burning up a crop that was already suffering from lack of moisture but which would have made a fair yield with cool, filling weath- en. t “Flax and corn show no damage.” Roberts declared today that there Ys no rain in sight. He said there may be an occasional thunder shower in some sections of the state but no heavy rain will fall in the near fu- ture, High Temperatures High temperatures were reported from all parts of North Dakota again yesterday. The temperature at Fes- senden 104; at Dickinson, 101; at Minot, 100, and at Dunn Center, 100. The highest in Bismarck y: terday was 98. Other temperatures were reported as follows: s ‘Amenia, 94; Bottineau, 98; Devils Lake, 96; Ellendale, 93; Grand Forks, 91; ‘Jamestown, 98; Langton, 92; Larimore, 96; Lisbon, 92; Napoleon, 8: Pembina, 95; Williston, 102; go, 94. The forecast is for slightly cooler tonight, , RED RIVER WHEAT HURT Fargo, July 15.-(P)—Material shrinkage of the wheat crop of the Red River valley due to ‘excessive heat and stem rust is expected. This of} RETIRES 7, He y Buchmucller Th, oh completed in the Rev. reston, as a minister church. He ha |his advanced a of wife recent! celeb: wedding annivers unge lic HEBRONGIRL IS DROWNED; | Theo. P. Ewald Saves Man and Woman After Hard Struggle in Water wald, pioneer citizen nt of Hebron, N. D., late a_ terrific battle saved Ex-Senator Ferdinand | Leutz, head of the Hebron Brick mpany, ard Miss Esther Quosch- nick, 18, from death by drowning but failed in an effort to save Hilda Lorenz, 17. About 25 or 30 Hebron people Monday afternoon sought relief from the intense heat in the water im- pounded by the Northern Pacific dam near the city. The Quoschnick and Lorenz girls} among the crowd. Both were according to Mr. E ding far out in the reservoir stepped into deep water. Senator Fred Leutz, who was near- by, rushed to the aid of the girls, both of whom seized him in their drowning struggles. Theo. P. Ewald, who was on the bank of the reservoir, saw the strug- gle and dove ‘into the reservoir, swimming to the scene of the strug- gle. He managed to break the grasp of the Lorenz girl who had a death clutch about the neck of Mr. Leutz and then fought to haul both Mr. Leutz and the Quoschnick girl to shallow water, is the situation brought to light by the visit in the Valley of nationally ond internationally known crop ex- perts who have been staging an in- vestigation of the crop condition. However, the shrinkage will be in the wheat berry, and the fact that the crop probably will be ready to cut within ten days or two weeks is expected to preclude any danger coming above the lower straw section of the plants, the experts agreed. Heavily Infected i There are some fields heavily in- fected with rust, it was found, but it has as yet done no damage. It was explained that the nodules of the fungus are now on the lower stem and that some time will be required for them to grow or be transferred to the heads or berries and that by this time the wheat will be ready to cut in most cases. ‘When rust does actual damage to the wheat berry it must be thickly clustered around the stem of the wheat straw so as to shut off the plant. food going up into the berry and few fields were found where the disease is in that advance stage, the experts said RUST INFECTED FIELDS FOUND IN CASS COUNTY Fargo, July 15.—Wheat fields bad- ly infected with rust were found in Cass county yesterday and in Clay county Monday by the party of plant disease experts which is touting points in the northwest. The visitors gathered yesterday at the North Da- Kota Agricultural college to inspect work carried on by the state exper- jment station in control disease and developing disease resistant varie- ties. Rust was® found on between Fargo and Casselton Tues- day. The infection was spotted. Some fields were seriously infected. Others were relatively free. In some cases fields carried infection only in spots. The gress by the visitors, represented veral farms ¢ tour of Cass county in pro- among whom ists. from from foreign countri purpose of investigati plant dis ——_—$—$—___—— U. S. VERY INVENTIVE Washington, July 15.—The Unit: ed States leada the, world in the number pf inventions patented and is followed by England, France. Germany, Belgium, Canada and Italy. is ing all kinds of Sen., Leutz, who is now in ad- vanced years, was almost exhausted! and the Quoschnick girl was near drowned. Both soon recovered. Mr. Ewald, who is about 50 years old, then swam back and dove around in an effort to find the Lorenz girl. Others assisted and her body was finally located by Wm. — Bandel, Northern Pacific agent at Hebron. The dead girl was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lorenz. Mr. Lorenz is manager of the Hebron Motor company. Esther Quoschnick is employed in the Itrich Drug store. Her home is at Herried, HIGH ARMOUR OFFICIALS AT LOCAL PLANT Executives and other officials of Armour and Company of Chicago ar- rived in Bismarck at 10:50 p. m. last night in a special car to inspect Ar- mour and Company’s Bismarck plant. They came here from Fargo where they completed arrangements yester- day for the transfer of the. former Equity Cooperative Packing plant by the Hanford Produce company of Sioux City, Iowa, to Armour and Company. The officials were met at the Northern Pacific station by the Ar- mour and Company band and employes of the Bismarck branch. They were escorted to the Armour plant here where addresses were made by H. S. Johnson and Arthur Meeker of Chi-: cago. Following the inspection of the plant the officials were taken to Man- dan in automobiles where they took the train for western points. In the party which visited the Bis- marck plant were: Arthur Meeker of Chicago, vicepresident and a director of Armour and Company, in charge of packing plants; Arthur Hanford, Jr., Sioux City, Iowa; Herbert 8S. Johnson of Chicago, vicepresident of Ar- mours in charge of butter, eggs, cheese and poultry projects; John E. O'Hearn of Chicago, general superin- tendent for Armours of packing plants; A. McKenzie of Chicago, sup- erintendent of motive power for Ar- mours; J. G. Woodworth of St. Paul, vicepresident of the Northern Pacific railway. WINGS FOR TRAFFIC ‘CoP _ Singapore, July 15.—Traffic Here have wings. “Stop” and TWO RESCUED : YOUTH GIVEN PRISON TERM FOR SLAYING Boy Who Killed Watertown Girl Pleads Guilty to Brutal Crime REVEALED MOTIVE Lad Receives Sentence of Court Without Sign of Emotion D., July 15, of Garden City imprisonment at hard labor for the remainder of his na- tural life,” in the state penitentiary at Sioux Falls following his plea of guilty in circuit court today to a charge of having killed Byrle Healey, 17 year old Garden City girl, last Sunday night. Meek was | ast ni Watertown, Win- fred Meek, 2 sentenced to from arraigned and ntenced just 30 hours after he admitted to county authorities t he had killed Miss Healey Sun- y night by. striking her over the ad with a tire iron and then chok. ing her with her own scarf, Motive Revealed motive for the slaying was re- vealed to when Ralph Durham, n attorney of Clark, who qssisted in the investigation of the ca told the court that Meek had to intimacy with Miss He An topsy, Durham said, r that the girl was to have beco mot Meck in his confession, Durham told the court, claimed that Miss Healey begged him to take her life if he did not, her father he learned the truth would Meek “or somebody e' stalwart youth, almost 6 feet 1, Meek took impogjtion of the life sentence without parent emo- tion, First Time In Trouble It was the first time Meek the had ever been in trouble. He lived the ordinary life of a small brought here ight and said The fort and Mrs, eighth anniversary of the Thomas A. Edison, They H. P. GODDARD NEW MANAGER | OF CIVIC BODY Bradley Quits as Secretary cf Association of Com- merce; Leaves for East , ————— { Harry Goddard, prominent in civie and state affairs for many !years and who on July 1 completed! a term as member of the state board of administration, has been elected ary of the Bist ¥ charge of the office Friday. town boy, going to school until he had completed the grades. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Meek, parents of the youth, were in court, and when sentence was pronounced, Mrs. Meek collapsed. ROBBER KILLS WOMAN St. Catherine's, Ont., July 15.—Go- ing to her husband's aid after he had been shot in a holdup in the St. David’s bank of which he was man- ager, Mrs. Rogers shot the robber and died in a hospital today. Rogers was slightly wounded when he en- countered the robber, Matt Kolidee, of Hamilton, in the bank last night. WHEN AUTO TURNS OVER St. Paul, July 15.—(2)—Two ‘men, killed early today when their auto toppled over a 25 foot embankment and pinned them under it, were iden- tified at the morgue by their par- lents as C. H. Olson, 26, and Archie Goranson, 24. A third man, Linde Dahlstrom, is in a critical condition. He said the car crashed through.the guard rail and left the road en the driver tried to avoid a collision with a Soo line ‘train at the railroad crossing east of here. Goranson is believed to have been driving. BEACH MAN GIVEN LONG PRISON TERM Fargo, July 15.—Ernest Douglas of Beach, N. D., pleaded guilty to stealing a Ford sedan July 6, belong- ing to Victor Mattson of Fargo, and a Ford coupe from Utah, before Judge A. T. Cole in Cass county dis- trict court and was sentenced to serve five years and three years con- currently. on two charges of grand larceny late Tuesday. Douglas waived preliminafy hear- jing before Police Magistrate Paul M. Paulsen and was bound over to the district court Tuesday afternoon. His wish to plead at once and to face sentence was granted. He will be sent to the penitentiary at Bis- marck today. After stripping the Ford coupe of tires and other portable parts, Doug- las stole the sedan and drove it to Beach where he was arrested by Sheriff Stone of Golden Valley coun- ty Wednesday, July 8 EARLY ARREST |, OF MURDERER IS EXPECTED New York, July 15,—(4)—While some authorities are epecting the apprehension of Philip Knox Knapp accused thrill slayer in this city, up- state officials are continuing search for him in a dozen cities and towns. District Attorney Weeks of Nassa county said yesterday he believed Knapp was hiding not far front the scene of the murder of Louis Pan- ella, Hempstead taxi driver. “I am convinced it is but a mat- ter of hours before he is located,” Mr. Week said. ‘ ‘Meanwhile reports have trickled in that the former collegian and de- serter from the Army aviation ser- vice, whose consuming desire to perience a super thrill is believed to have prompted the taxi Ariver, has been cuse where his- parents live, in One- onta, Romulus, and other cities. can be made sentaphores extend out from their shoulders, thus leaving their handa free to keep traffic moving. Three hundted dim each minute by newest coin stamping machine of the - govern-| te: ment, he board of directors of the As- tion of Commerce, at a meeting | last night, accepted the resignation of A. F. Bradley, who had been se: retary of the as two and one-half years. Mr, Bradley left for the east last night. It is understood he will attend the sum- mer term for commercial secretaries | at Northwestern University at Evans. | ton, Ill, and later will become sec. } retary of the Mishawaka, Ind., Cham , ber of Commerce. ‘Following the acceptance of Mr Bradley's resignation, Mr. Goddard was elected to the office by a unan [imous vote of the directors. Mr. Goddard is closely identifies | with the farming and business in terests of Burleigh county and j thoroughly conversant with the needs jof this community. He has been aj resident of North Dakota and Bis-| marck for many years and knows the | problems of the state and c During the World war Mr. |had charge of all the Liberty I and Red Cross drives in Bur’ county and all the campaigns were | uccessful under his direction. The | irectors of the association believe; that Mr. Goddard’s executive ability and his knowledge of the problems of the state, county and city will he valuable to him as secretary-manager | of the Association of Commerce. RAIL BODY CITES INCREASED GRAIN RATES FOR STATE: Typical increases in grain rates from North Dakota points to Minn: apolis and Duluth were cited today by the state railroad commission as follows: Carrington to Minneapolis and Du- luth: wheat 20 to 22% cents per cwt.; flax 22 to 26 cents, ewt. Jamestown to Minneapolis and Du- luth: wheat 20% to 2144 cents per ewt.; flax 24 to 24% cents, ewt. Mott to Minneapolis and Duluth:} wheat 28 to 29 cents per cwt.; flax 29 to 33 cents per cwt. Cooperstown to Minneapolis Duluth: wheat 20 to 22 cents ewt.; flax 22 to 25% cents. COUNTY BOARD OPENS BIDS FOR HIGHWAY WORK The Burleigh county commission is in session in the court house. Bids for road improvement work are be- ing opened today and contracts will be let during this. session of the commission, A hearing on the budget for the coming fiscal year is scheduled for this afternoo! Raise Funds for Roosevelt Cabin From Basket Sale Funds for maintenance of the Roos- evelt cabin, on view at the capitol, are being raised from the sale of or- namental baskets made by the School for the Blind at Devils Lake. The Minisheshe chapter of the D. A. ®. aims to collect sufficient money to fit out the historic cabin in the man- ner in which it stood on the Elkhorn Ranch in the Bad Lands. Furniture will be an exact replica of Roosevelt's furniture at the Elk- horn ranch according to drawings made at the time by Sylvane. Ferris, who was intimate with Roosevelt dur- ing his years in the Bad Lands. An average of 50 tourists a day visit the Roosevelt cabin, D. A. R. at- di timate. The highest at-- tendance ran 125 two weeks ago. f ‘ st i and per ment of the phonog | ington j been a invent are s ion of the phonograph wa own with the fi rh, used in di BODY OF MAN FOUND HANGING OVER CLIFF iM uly 15 (A) Min Found D poli on th precipice jin. southeast the body of an unidentified man murdered in the night was taken to the county morg uty Coroner G nounced death rstrom — pro- due to a fractured found the body at 4 woman had notified telephone that a man ure held for saby, being au the police, had heen sharp instrament. SEC. JARDINE COMPELLED T0 POSTPONE TRIP IIIness Forces Agriculture Head to Delay Return to Washington Washington, July 15.—()—-Secre- tary Jardine has postponed his plans for an immediate return to Wash for a rest. Although hts general health is not considered to foot | oday where Dep! He! struck on the head with a | phonograph at the left, and the 1 ating to stenogray hers. fm ithe highway comm | EDISON CELEBRATES PHONOGRAPH’S BIRTHDAY ebrated at Orange, N. J. by ateat devel DEFER ACTION INST. ANTHONY HIGHWAY CASE Hearing in Injunction Pro- ceedings Before Morton County Court Postponed The scheduled hearing in injunction proceedings brought by Morton coun- ty against the state highway com ion to restrain the highway body from grading the St. Anthony cutoff leading off the Mandan hig! west of the Missouri River was postponed by stipulation following a conference etween Attorney General Shafer and C, F. Kelsch, torney of Morton count The attorney general is represent ing the highway commission in the case. Morton county sued a temporary district at- urt last week is- injunction against Judge Ber. ion to show ry ordered. the comm Anthony cutoff cause why the St hould be improved. District Attorney Kelsch, appear- ing for Morton county, demanded an injunction on grounds that: qd) ‘of the fact that the be impaired, the secretary has not} fully recovered from indigestion suffered during his recent six weeks’ tour of the west. For several years the tim of a diges etary e ha: d clusive jurisdiction over improvement of Morton county highways in view St. Anthony cut- off was never laid off as a state road. (2) Morton county's share of the state motor vehicle tax cannot be used to improve the St. Anthony cut- off until the latter has been de: S nated as a state highway. The date of the next hearing will order and at times has been prac- pe fixed at a conference between lit- tically forced to live on a diet of milk. The vigorous activities of participating in feats of sportsmanship during the trip taxed his’ strength. His J associates believe after a rest he will be able to resume duties. The secretary expects to go to Swampscott soon to discuss the ag- ricultural situation with President Coolidge, but he plans to go to Washington before making this trip. ILLNESS KEEPS PASTOR FROM N. D. MEETIN Rev. A. A. Holmes, who has to have delivered an address at the North Dakota Baptist convention in Val- ley City today, will be unable to at- tend the convention. He is confined to a local hospital by illness. ———___—#* Weather Report Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest -yesterlay .,. Lowest last night . Precipitation to 7 a. m. . Highest wind velocity . Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair to- night‘and Thursday. Cooler tonight. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Thursday. Cooler tonight and in southeast portion Thursday. General Weather Conditions Low pressure, accompanied by high temperature, extends from the Red River Valley eastward over the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region. Temperatures near or slight- ly above 100 occurred throughout North Dakota yesterday. A large high pressure area centered over the northern Rocky Mountain region is accompanied by cooler weather over the extreme Northwest. Light pre- cipitation occurred in the Great Lakes region and at a few of the Canadian Stations while elsewhere the weather is generally fair. North Dakota Corn and Wheat Re- gion Summary For the week ending July 14, 1925. Favorable weather for all crops prevailed in most sections of the State. Corn made exceptionally good growth but it is somewhat weedy in the extreme east portion due to wet grounds. Some of the early planted corn is being laid by in many sections. Spring wheat is good to excellent and no reports of serious damage from black stem rust have been received yet. The harvest- ing of rye has begun and the crop is. ripening rapidly in all sections; other crops are doing well. The sec- ond ‘crop of alfalfa is being out. Ranges, pastures and meadows are in good condition. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in Charge” Conn, | was igants. Hearing will probably be set of travel and his ¢or next week. Attorney General Shafer asked to have the hearing deferred to give the state time to prepare its case. Shafer will confer with W. G. Black, state engineer, secretary of the highway ommission during the week in fram- ing the state's casi MRS. WILSON, REPORTED DEAD, RESTING WELL Mrs. R. A. Wilson, wife of Rev. R. A. Wilson of Flaxton, N. D., who iously injured June 12 in an auto accident near Valley City, today was reported resting well in a Bis- marck hospital. Rumors that Mrs, Wilson had succumbed to severe al domiinal injuries were afloat yester- jay. The accident happened when the auto in which Rev. and Mrs. Wiison were riding was struck by the North- ern Pacific Comet, fast train, at a railroad crossing. Mrs. Wilson was cared for at the Valley City clinic for some time, and then was removed to a Bismarck hospital. MINERS PLAN FINISH FIGHT OVER WAGES Scarborough, England, July 15. (#)—The mine workers federation today unanimously adopted a reso- lution refusing to accept the gover ments court of inquiry into the min- ing dispute, and refused the coal mine owners proposal for negoti- ations until the latter withdrew their notite terminating the pres- ent working agreement. This action indicated the determination of the miners’ federation in session here to fight to a finish the wage reduc- tion proposal by the owners. FARMER BUYS LAND TRACT - NEAR BALDWIN Julius Meyers, prosperous. farmer of near Baldwin, added to his land holdings in North Dakota this week when he purchased a quarter section of land rtheast of Baldwin. The consideration wi 000, Mr. Meyers already had holdings but his faith in the future a sore Dakota led him to buy more land. A pair of cartwheels used in the Revolutionary War at Yorktown owned by George. A. Ro: Morton county alone has ex-{ 1 large | ee ' _ ° ° | Evolution Trial Sidelights |“"Dayton, Tenn. July 15—@) The story was told in Dayton today of how Dudley Field Maione was aped by an ape. One of the animals | brought to Dayton by publicity seck arried last night to “The * for a visit with the pro posed scientific witnesses for the de- |fense who are making the public house their headquarters. Interested in the animal, the scien- tists were said to have placed it in Malone's chair at the table around which they were grouped. While they were discussing the ape and subject- ig it to various tests, Malone entered the room. The conclusion of the | story was that Malone called an auto, bundled the ape and its rhaster in it jand sent them them back to town. | Dayton prepared for a flood and ‘received a shower. The anticipated crowds failed to materialize. Although |hundreds of people have visited the jtown within the last five days, the numbers have fallen short of the ex | pectations of Daytonians. Amplifiers arranged at various places about town, on the court house |grounds, in the high school build- jings, have had scarcely more than a ‘handful of listeners since the begin- ning of the trial Concession stands which prepared for heavy business, with the excep- tion of those stationed at more fav- | orable spots, are finding few custom- fers. Traffic ordinances passed sev leral days ago to prevent congestion Jabout the principal thoroughfares j have had little congestion to relieve. \A few times have there been more { automobiles on the main streets than jcould move freely. | Newspapermen and women from all parts of the United States have come. | Publicity seekers of various types are here. The camermen have snapped | vie motely connected with . Several breeds of fanatics came early but the thousands of expected spectators | are enjo: ial more comfort- ably by radio or through the news- | papers. ALIENS MAKE | ESCAPE FROM HALLOCK JAIL Fourteen Men Held for Vio- lations of Immigration Laws Gain Liberty awing their way through two jail window bars in the second story of {the Hallock, Minn., county jail, 14 aliens held for violations of the United States immigration laws, made a dash for two o'clock this morning after tying two blankets together for a ladder, according to word weceived at Grand Forks district immigration office this morning. Six prisoners, Ed. Gunthrey, held ifor rum running, two serving sen- ‘tences of six months, and three aliens awaiting federal court hearings in lovember, refused to join the escap- ig 14, feeling that their sentences would be lighter if they stayed. Among the -escaped prisoners are two aliens serving two months sen- tence starting in May. Others are all men held for violation of pass- port laws in entering the Dnited States in the Noyes district. Sher- iffs, police officials, railroad officers and others in the district were not: fied to be on the lookout for the pris- oners. MAN GIVEN STIFF JOLT BY MAGISTRATE Hiram Johnson, 22, must serve 20 jdays in jail and pay fines totaling $60 as a result of an argument he had with Judge W. S. Casselman in | police court yesterday. Johnson was fined $50 and sentenced to ten days i for contempt of court and days in jail on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. When Johnson appeared in court yesterday he was asked to tell where jhe got his liquor, He refused to tell and used strong language to the court’ when the judge questioned im. \HOG PRICES TO BE HIGH ALL SUMMER Washington, July 15.—(P)—Short supplies of hogs for the next few months point to continued price ad- vances throughout the late summer, the department of’ agriculture de- clared today in its June pig survey. Hogs are just approaching the peak f their price cycle, the report said. “During the next 12 months,’ it continued, “market receipts will be smaller than at any time since 1921 and with prices probably higher than during the last 12 months. Judging ifrom previous experience these high prices plus a larger supply of corn this year probably will stimulate a considerable expansion in hog pro- duction in 1926 which will start the price cycle swinging downward once more. RADICALS HAD @ Tokyo, July 15.—A large number of revolvers and other weapons were seized when 60 police raided the headquarters of the Great For- ward Movement, a radical organ- ization of young Jpaanese. FAMILY LIVES LONG London, July 16.—Four hundred! and forty-nine years are the total of the ages of the five “children' of of Lisbon, |of the late Thomas Merry. ‘Their ages are 101, 92, 88 85 and 83, JUDGE DENIES DEFENSE PLEA TO END TRIAL Rules Defendant Must Plead Further in Tennessee volution Case DELAYS HIS DECISION Premature Publication of Ruling by Newspapers * Arouses Court’s Ire Court Room, Dayton, Tenn., July 15.—(#)—Judge John T. Raulston to- day denied the defense motion to quash the indictment against John T. Scopes. The judge's decision up- held the constitutionality of the Ten- nessee anti-evolution law. The motion to quash was made Monday and the day was spent in ar- gument. Judge Raulston was occu- pied all of yesterday in writing his position, which was voluminous. The decision took up each conten- tion of the defense and ruled that the defendant would be required to plead further. Stormy Day The third day of the trial ended amid stormy scenes here yesterday without the jury who will try th young school teacher having been sworn in, and before Judge John T. Raulston had announced his decision on the defense motion to quash the indictment. “It was a stormy day,” the judge remarked as he left the bench, from which he had a moment earlier warned news reporters of _ possible contempt of court proceedings, b cause of publication of stories inti- mating the judge would deny the de fense motion to quash. A committee of newspaper men was uppointed to igate the premature publica- A statement from a correspondent of the International News Service heard by the committee and it announced it would report to the judge today. Day Ends Stormily The storm occurred at the end of a long, hot day of waiting to learn what the court would do in response to the defense’s attempt to end the trial by establishing the unsound- ness of the indictment and the un- constitutionality of the Tennessee statute which says that public school instructors shall teach no theory of evolution which denies the Biblical story of man's creation. When the judge at length entered the courtroom after a recess of hours which he employed in writing his decision, he was met before he could make any announcement by the fil- ing of a defense motion asking that the court's practice of opening the morning session of court with prayer be discontinued. Orders Investigation At this juncture the. court an- nounced that he would not publish his decision on the quashing motion until today, explaining that he had been informed that certain news re- porters or services had presumed to forecast the tenor of his ruling and had dispatched news reports to this effect. Declaring that if it should be established that the privacy of the court had been violated he would immediately institute contempt of court proceedings against the accused persons, he called for a conference of representatives of the press and dismissed the court session over night. ,_In the conference which followed immediately Judge Raulston repeated his assertion and appointed a commit- tee of five reporters whom he charged to investigatesthe matter and report to him. The committee began the investi- gation at once and announced that a report’ of their findings would be made to the court toda: ALL NURSES OF BISMARCK PASS EXAMS All student nurses of St. Alexius hospital who wrote in the recent state board, examinations successé fully passed the examinations and were given their degrees of register- ed nurse. Miss Fay LeBarron had the honor of receiving the highest average in the state, 96 8-10, out of about one hundred nurses writing. FRENCH TURN BACK ATTACKS OF RIFFIANS Fez, French Morocco, July 15.—(#) —The French today defeated two at- tacks by Abd-El-Krim’s Biffians upon positions protecting Fez and Tazau. COURT HEARS HAGEN MOTION FOR RETRIAL Grand Forks, N. D., July 15.—Judge W. J. Kneeshaw yesterday took um der advisement the motion of U. J-. Burdick, attorney for H. J. mn, former president of the Scandinavian- American bank of Fargo, that Hagen be granted a new trial on the charge of accepting deposits when the bank ‘was insolvent upon which’ he was convicted here in 1924. e chief-ground on which the motion is based is the fact that the official stenographic notes of th former trial have been lost and no transcript can therefore be obtained to present to the supreme court on an appeal. More than in $35,000,000 were paid: by 74 millionaires in ‘oss.