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

9 yt the lines which were fai UG WEATHER FORECASTS ‘ Fair tonight. and Friday. Somew warmer Friday. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE WOMEN LAUNCH DRIVETOLAND SENATE POST Leaders Plan Campaign to me Fen e Candidate to Fill Vacancy CRAIG CONTENDER Name of Esmond Legislator! } Be Placed Before League Meeting to Minnie D, Craig, Esmond, woman member of the North Dakota legisla- ture, and outstanding feminine leader in the Nonpartisan movement, today was mentioned us a prospective can- didate for the League nomination for appointment to f! the unexpired term of Senator E. F. Ladd. Five women deleg: to the Non- partisan League convention, which will hold session in Bismarck next week, will launch a drive to name at woman candidate to represent North Dakota in the United States senate. Mrs. Craig is looked to as a logical contender for the post vacated by La Her name was among those which will be placed in the nomi tion when ghe scheduled leagu conclave convenes next Wednesday. Miss Nielson Mentioned Minnie J. Nielson, superintendent of public instruction, has been spoken of as senatorial timber. Miss Nielson is nationally known educational cireles. She supported Coolidge in the last presidential election, and is prominent in G P. circles. d Governor Sorlie, in letters received during the last two weeks, has been » urged to appoint M . F, Ladd to la succeed her late husband in the sen- ate. Political ip has also named Mrs. E. 0. B Bismarek, Nonpar- tisan leader, as a competent candidate i pointment. Both and Mrs. C ‘@ mem- cutive » wémen’s Nonpartisan move Movement Under Way A woni ent in both consin ndidates for the ed by La Fol- ‘olletfe, widow chieftain, and je, novelist, and progressive mber of the board of re- sconsin University, are candidates in the senatorial Robdyt M. La Mr: of the late progre: Zona G dev, m nts of WV ively mentioned fortheoming. election ; BUG HIGHWAY JOBS ARE LET BY MORTON ohn 1-2 miles of work on the D y between Glen Ulin and the ounty line. Gra- k went to Stevens brothers Paul and concrete bridge worl: Bellman of Burt, and yein- e work to J.J. Rub & Sons of Bis the total contract tional U.S. FLYERS - | AID FRENCH | IN MOROCCO, Twelve American Pilots Leave for Front Before End of Month o 16. P)—-The new La. | adiralle of American fly. | to assist the French int nst the Moroe re- ed the sanction of PM! and ers! 12 pilots and will at Fez in the center of the The list of flyers yet complete but it include: eral experienced pilots and observers , who saw service At the frontfin the | World war. WORK ON RED © TRAIL LAGS | IN BURLEIGH All Other Counties Agree. to Aid Improvement of rr National Highway cept for a gap of E: 25 miles in Burleigh county, the entire Red trail, or National Parks Highway from Fargo to- the ssouri river will Le improved by this time next year. Project Engineer A. D. Me- Kinnon of the s com- mission met with E Ross Haibeck, and John the hoard of county commissionets for Kidder county, at Steele on July 13 The result of the conference was that {the hoard has requested surveys and plans of the st,‘e highway depart- ment fer construction and grading during 1925 and graveling county line on 0, 10 to eon- d federal aid in the adjoining county. Jational Parks Highway, 7 Sarge to Jamesto heen federal aid constructed and veled. The board of county com- oners of Stutsman county this requested ‘construction. of the miles re wg in Stutsman county on the Natioual Parks High- of Tuttle to the way from Jamestown to the Kidder When county line. ments are fin al Parks Highw. ' line to Burleigh county, will have been brought under federal aid aud these shortly will be an excellent’ gravel route, This lea but a 25 mile gap from the east line of Burleigh punty to Bismarck and the Missouri river, which will not be thus im- proved. Bids were opened at Bis marek on July 14 for the improve- ment of five miles of Red trail in Burleigh, county. During the pres- ent year, Billings county has taken stens to’ improve 20 miles of the National Parks Highway, and Stark county, 12 miles. Contracts also were let on July.13 in Morton county for improving 18 miles of the National price being $7 43, Contract for 4 L-2omiles of gradig from Mandan south toward St, Anthony was let for a total contraet price of 674.20, the grading work to be done b Hurnstad of Burnstad and concaete ze work by J, J. Rub & Sons of rek, 2 POSITIONS TO BE FILLED IN POSTOFFICE The United States civil service commission announces an open com- petitive examinatiqn for clerk-carrier, chauffeur-carrier for the Bis- marek office. Receipt of applications ut St. Paul, Minn., will clase August 12, 1925. For further information and application blanks, apply to the local secretary of the Bismarck post- office. WOMAN DRAGGED TO DEATH _ IN NORTONVILLE Nortonville, N. D., July 16.—Mrs. ‘Axel Holmes, wife of a farmer near| H here, was killed when she was thrown from a horsedrawn hayrake on which she was riding and dragged about a field. No one witnes: the acci- dent. It was indicated that her head struck a stone when she was thrown o.1. Passersby saw the team run- ng about in a cirele and found that Mrs. Holmes was: being dragged by stened around ly mangled. her body. She was bi PICTURES SHOW TRICKS BY WHICH MADRID BEG- GARS DECEIVE PEOPLE} @: Madrid, July 16.—)—Street beg- ring here is on the increase and the efforts of the authorities to sup- press it have been frustrated by o too generous, public who give liberal alms to the beggars. . ‘ The authorities have now, however, iskued a photograph in the © press which they hope may have the effect +\.. of putting an end to what has been described as a nuisance, In this pic- ture a number of beggars ai own. before and after their admittgne to. the asylum reserved for beggars. In one the men are shown in @ Very| its gecompanying fair, cool wi pitiable condition, and one apparently with one leg. In the other the photograph shows] tain region. +. the same men erect and apparently | weather prevails in the,Dakot: Parks Highway in that county, 20 LICEENSED AS DOCTORS N THE STATE pilagess Grand Forks, Ne D. July 16.— Twenty persons successfully pas: the examinations to practice medi- ‘cine and surgery in the State of North Dakota, which were held here, ‘Dr. G. N. Williamson, secretary of |the board of medical examiners, an- nounces. The list of those passing follows: {Garnett J. Budd, Ambrose; August ¥. Jensen, Willow City; Carmen R. Salsbury, Drayton; John W. Stacey, St. Thomas; David H. McKeague, Maddock; Nigel A. Hardy, Minto; Robert H. Johnstone, Grand Forks; Rex E, Graber, Bismarck; William B. Van Vielt, Petersburg; Frank A. McGuire, Ink Wilbert A. Lieb- eler, Grand Forks; Theodore E. Me- Gauvran, Wales; Andrew M. Thomp- son, Havana; Donald W. Johnson, Jamestown; Bottolf T. Bottolfson, Moorhead; Charles _Koenisdergen, Edgeley; ‘Andrew Sinamark, Minot; Leonard W. Larson, Blamarck; Ruben Waldschmidt, Bismarck, and R. Carl Rasmussen, Harvey. BUFFALOES COME BACK Washington.—Because the buffalo has become partly domesticated and has been protected in government parks, the number in the United tates has increased to 80,000. Thirty years ago there were not more than 1,000 on the American continent. Weather Report Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday . Lowest last night Nees Precipitation-to 7 a. ‘m. Highest wind velocity 5 Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair to- night and Friday. Somewhat warm- er Friday. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Friday. Somewhat warmer Friday and in extreme west portipn tonight. General Weather Contitions A large high pressure area, feacy er, blind, . paralytic) extends from the upper Mississippi Valley ‘westward to the Rocky Moun- Considerably | cooler 8 quite normal, thé missing leg having) morning. The Jow pressure area has been untucked from. its The pictures, it was poi iding place.| moved eastward to the Great Lakes out, are| region and recipitation occurred merely proof af the ease with which| oyer that section. seo alms-giving person in Madrid is tricked. y ORBIS W. ROBERTS, bi | Official ip Charge. ‘lief through a 10 per cent cut in jon. farm produc during 1927. for the 26 miles of Redi or; ‘3 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1925 WHEAT STATES UNITE IN WAR ON RATE RAISE Sentiment Cry Campaign Against ( Tariff Increases ng in Conferences by Rail Heads Now Being Held in New York City w York, July 16—(P)—Demands for a straight 5 per cent increase in freight rates for the northwestern railroads instead of an 11 per cent advance previously suggested, prob- ably will be formulated at confer- ences in New York for which repre sentatives of the western roads are now gathering. Hale Holden, p ident of the Bur- lington, arrived in New York tere y and asserted that the western riers would base their claims for a 5 per cent increase in rates on the fact that two years ago they volun- tarily offered the shipping publ ‘t Recent develop ments, he said, indicated that it now the railroads’ turn to see! lief. Mr. Holden conferred with Howard Elliett, chair Northern Pacific, and direc both this road and the Bur Later conferences are — expec informally of the these als of and bring together executives of companies together with offic Chie: the Gre Northwestern, and the well as the receivers fo Milwaukee and St. Paul request for a rate revisi will be laid before the inters' merce commission in September. Northern; Line Chicago, joint ly trail from the eastern to the western ORGANIZATIONS UNITE boundary of the county. Iso) requested plans for 19) 1926| Several hundred farm, civic, and ‘construction for seven t north | Mercantile organizations throughout \the northwest today were pr ito petition the interstate com jcommission to suspend proposed rate i son grain and fi f ust 10, announ transcontinental roads, it w here tod A concerted movement will get un jder way throughout the northw {tier of ‘states during the next week to halt contemplated grain tariff ad | vances ranging from ‘2 to 51% cents, it_was learned. |_ The railroad co ;formal protest with the feder !merce body demanding suspension of \published grain tarif i {the Northern Pacifie, ¢ j und Milwaukee rods, ‘test petition seekin ‘rate increases proposed by the Soo Line was forwarded to Washington last week. |_The Minnesota and South Dakota {railroad commission will file formal j affidavits with the federal body de |manding an injunction against rate jadvances proposed by northwe: "roads, it was stated at the state rail jcommission today. The Minneapolis Traffic association, the North Dakota \ Fair, Freight Rate association, and {mill and elevator owners throughout ithe wheat belt will file protests, it was announced. Protests Mailed ission’s protest have been mailed to grain jelevators, grain growers’ organiza- |tions, elevator owners, and business bodi suggesting immediate action to prevent published rate boosts, av- Jeraging 11 per cent on grain and |flax, from going into effect before |the fall crop has been moved. The Bismarck Association of Com- merce today will prepare a petition along the lines proposed by the state railroad commission H. P. Goddard, who will take office tomorrow as sec- retary of the chamber of commerce, announced he will begin work on a protest petition at once. “The entire northwest is aroused at this attempt of northwest roads in raising grain rates without present- ing their cases before the interstate commerce commission,” E. M. Hen- dricks, rail commission rate expert, declared today. “This railroad commission believes sentiment throughout North Dakota will defeat this move, and force the interstate commerce commission to suspend the rates until an investiga- tion can be had.’ GIRL’S SLAYER | SOBS AS PRISON DOORS CLOSE Sioux Falls, S, D., July 16.—Win- fred Meek, 21, confessed murderer of Byrle Healey, 17; of Garden City, S. D., sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor yesterday at Watertown, ; as placed in the state venitentiary shortly after 3 p. m. yesterday, peni- tentiary officials reported. ‘Meek broke down when he entered the prison and the steel doors were {shut behind him, Warden G. T. | Jameson said, and late last night + from the youth’s cell came muffled sobs, “He is just beginning to real- ize what~he has done,” the warden added. Within a few days, according to the .penitentiary official, Meek will be placed in the prison twine fai tory. The sentence passed at Water- town by Judge W. N. Skinner of the third circuit court calls for “hard labor for the remainder of his nat- ural life. Meek was rushed to Sioux Falls by Sheriff Earl P, Sly of Clark coun- ty and a deputy. Tha trip was made. in a motor car, Warden Jameson said that the two men reported that Meek caused them no trouble during the trip. He also said that Sheriff Sly told him he was anxious to get Meek into. prison because: he feared there. might be an attack on the were Meek taken back to Clark, \ a | women pocs This (presents Mrs. Maggie in the creek outside of Day Wt heard of evolution,-but she inst the Bilée, whi iB, Wh SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST EXCESS TAK LAW| of North Da- corpo! y the The kota declared ax law, supreme court the fa n down today. court sustained the opinion of Judge F Jansonius, Burleigh county co: rendered carlier in the month, which held that moneys and credits cannot be deducted from corporation ex cess profits as provided by the 1923 tax he as Fruit wainst the H. H. Thor- © tax commissioner, ar- c for the state constitutionality of the cor- Tporate ex wohas been in dis: 1 ‘dressed the than two years. not enforced during the pute for tatute wa of Governor Nestos. Gamble-Robinson action, the statute, ARGUMENT IN SCOPES TRIAL Verbal Battle Wages Warm Over Admission of Scien- tifie Testimony Court*oom, Dayton, Tenn,, July 16. —A#)—William Jennings’ | Bryan made his- first argument in the Scopes ease this afternoon, Me sd court in support of an leffort by the state to have scientific testimony excluded. Argument. on the question of whether scientifie testimony shall be admitted in the: trial of John I Scopes occupied all of the morning session the case of the ‘young school teacher charged with teach ing evolution theories and will con tinue in the afternoon Court ad journed at 11:45 to 1:30, Rert ‘McKenzie, former attorney frenerul, spoke in support of — thi state’s opposition to the admission of experts’ testimony. He contended the admiss ntifie testimony was outside the issues involved. The question of when Judge Raul ston will rule on the admission of testimony. came up just before Mc- Kenzie began to speak. “I may not be able to decide this today,” Judge Raulston said. “We trust you will decide at once,” said Mr. Darrow. Mr. Malone broke in: “Your honor, we have brought witnesses from’a great. di tance; they are busy men and w would like to have this settled one.” Well,” said the court, “we'll sec. I will hear you, General McKenzie.” The.court room was thrown into a gale of laughter by Mr. McKenzic’s emphatic denial that the language of the Bible is ambiguou Quoting from the story of divine creation the speaker said: “This is: a much more reasonable story to me than that God threw a substance into the sea and said ‘in six thousands years I'll make something out of you. Questioned by Arthur G. Hayes during his’ argument, Mr. McKenzie asked Mr. Hayes: “Do you believe the divine story of creation?” “That is noné of your business,’ shouted Mr, Hayes. “Then don’t ask me any more im- pertinent questions,” said Mr. Mc- enzie, ‘ At the suggestion of the apologies were exchanged the two lawyers. ROAD CONTRACTS ARE LET. BY COUNTY BOARD Contracts for road improvement were let by the board of county com- court between | missioners yesterday afternoon. R. S. Burnstad was given the con- tract for grading and surfacing 1212 miles of road from Sterling south and for building two culverts. The bid was $34,879.96. C. V. Anderson was given the contract for the concrete work on the stretch of road. His bid was $2,356.39, Stanley Brothers were given the contract for grading and graveling 5% miles of road.from Bismark east, Their bid for grading was $16,473.66 and for graveling was $12,455.13, C. re Andeorsbn i. given: the contract cone! work on the road. His bid was $2,007.55, AE PA REDON OA AREA OOL BREEZES FORCE ME TO BLUSH 10 does nine or ten washines a week n, ‘Tenn. Mrs. King cant rea! and sie is ve re that bovved ‘hair for le she blushes at tae very word of e powder, FIRST QUARTER AUTO-FEES 60 TO COUNTIES Burleigh County to Receive} 7.79 as Its Share of Motor Receipts 1, ' | Receipts from auto first quarter of this ye fees for the amounted to $444,771|.60, according to a report submitted by Fred B. Ingstad, reg- of the motor vehicle depart- 1 Of this amount, $152,385.80 will be returned to the counties proportion to the amount contrib- uted by auto owners from each count igh county will re- ceive , us its share of the r of the auto license re joney must be — set into 5 road maintenance and state aid highw: this county M440 inty this fund du first quarter, Of the total $14,000 is appropriated for the cost and the expenses of the y comm on. One- of the balance of the — total amount, or is appro- | priated to the sta fund, and equal share distributed to the county contributed $51,195.50, per cent of the total auto and tops the list of counties. i} county with $2: omes next, but contributed only per cent’ or a little less thi f of the amount coming from Cass eoun- Richland and Stuts. jt made a close race for tl place, Richlgnd contributing $20,773.80 and Stutsman 666.60. Fifth — place went to Grand Forks with $18,882.85; d sixth to Barnes county with $17,- 247.10. Billings county is at_ the bottom of the li 3.00, or nearly $400.00 lowest, which is Si counties west of the J furnished $118,207.13, cent of the tot: OHIO PASTOR AGAIN FLEES FROM FAMILY Man Who Has Twice Deserted Wife for Other Women Elopes With Girl next South Bend, Ind., July 16.—()— | Wilson Culp, former Ohio pastor, still is a most ardent lover. The pastor who has twice deserted his wife and nine children, only to be forgiven each time, has again left his family. Mrs. Dorothy Culp of Nap- panee, Ind., a sister-in-law of Culp, has also disappeared from her home. Culp and his sister-in-law fled from their hdmes last spring and went to Chicago but returned when , Mrs. Culp obtained a warrant charg- ling nonsupport. When the latter re- fused to prosecute, each returned home begging forgiveness. Their re- quests were granted and each prom- ised not to do it again. Mrs. Culp , believes the couple this time have ‘fled to Mexico. On a previous oc- casion when Mr. Culp was in charge of a church at Xenia, Ohio, he eloped with a choir singer only to be re- turned and sentenced to an Ohio workhouse on a charge of nonsupport. A similar charge is now pending as a result of a warrant obtained yes- terday by Mrs. Wilson Culp. |DONALD FAUTH DIES. AFTER SHORT ILLNESS | Donald Roland Fauth, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fauth, died Tuesday at 4 o’clock at a locat hos- pital following a short illness. The body was taken to Tuttle terday CATCHES BIRD ON HOOK : London.—When.. John_ Kelsall, angler, made a cast in the River Wyre, a swallow swooped down near the water and tried to grab the bait off the hook. It became caught on the hook. Kelsall carefully extract- ed the hook, bathed the wound and teleased the bipd, es- for burial én the family lot. SRN OMNI IGE NO SEE NERC NR WEL NT nd expended for the up-keep + SCOTT LOSES FINAL APPEAL FOR HIS LIFE Former Chicago Millionaire Must Die on Gallow for Murder ‘ KILLED MAN IN HOLDUP, = | Business Expert) Placed in. Death Cell to Await Hangman Tomorrow July 16.—A)—Denied his final appen! for a reprieve, Russell Scott rated a few years ago a Can: dian millionaire, is in the death of the Cook county jail awaiting his execution set for tomorrow morning. | ‘The 30-year-old author of books on business ethics, who was sentenced to hang for the murder of a drug clerk | in a holdup, protested his innocence He said his brother, Robert, who hi never been apprehended, did the kill ing Head of Big Company Russell T. ott. at 30, was head of | a $10,000,000 Canadian corporation or- | ganized to build a $30,000,000 national bridge between Detroit, | Michigan, und Windsor, Ontario. few years later, after a career us! salesman, actor, bootlegger und dope | peddler, he was sentenced to hang for! murder in Chicago, for the death of | {a drug clerk killed in a robbery. — | In jail awaiting the hangman, Scott | devoted much of his time to wr | books on how to succeed, Before his difficulties overwhelmed him he pro-| duced a dozen books on — business problems and comme volumes “Humanity and Busine: and “Mind Your Mind,” were con-| sidered texts of more than mediocre | worth, | His plunge from fortune and s eminence to a murderer's cell, he at- tributed to affairs with women. \ With some 80 branch office: of the! bridge corporation “in operation throughout Canada, Scott’s first de scent came when disagreement devel oped among associates over his busi-! ‘ness methods. Forced*to leave the! comapny, he parted with a personal fortune of, $2,000,000 in settling his ffairs. Penniless, a few months er, he faced $10,000 breach of promise verdict obtained by a young. woman formerly employed in his of- fice. Unable to satisfy the judg- ment, he fled Cariada to launch upon a varied career in the states. Arrested For Murder On April 2, 1924, he was arrested | for the murder of Joseph Maurer, 19-year-old clerk in the City Hall pharmacy, opposite the Chicago City | Hall, Seott admitted, the police ‘suid, he ‘had turned holdup man under ‘the pressure of adversity and had taken part in 34 robberies: In his trial he sought to throw the blame upon his brother, Robert, who was indicted with hint but never apprehended. He insisted Robert shot the clerk in an} ultercation over un attempted liquor! purchase, State witnesses refuted the story declaring Scott and a se presumably his brath store and herded the employ patrons in the basement. After being} entenced to hang on a plea of guilty, ott petitioned for a new trial, hanged his plea, and was agai | tenced to the gallows. A heroic fight w father to save him from the scaffol Actuated by an abiding faith in his! son, Thomas H. Scott pauperized him- self ‘in an effort to raise funds for a third trial. ABLE SPEAKERS SECURED FOR STARK PICNIC) Dickinson, N. D., July 16.—Several able speakers are scheduled to speak at the annual farm picnic to be held at the Dickinson experiment station July 18. They include Congressman J, H, Sinclair, Dr. John Lee Coulter, president of the North Dakota Agri- cultural college; Robert Wilson of the Northern Great Plains field sta- tion at Mandan, and Anton Burda, pioneer Stark county farmer. Inspection tours of the station grounds and farm, sports, a concert by the Dickinson Boys’ band, and # picnic dinner are other features, The Northern Pacific railroad is cooperating to make the event a success by offering a one way fare round trip rate between Beach and intermediate points to Dic! HAIL DAMAGE IS SLIGHT THIS SEASON On July 13, the hail insurance com- mission recorded a total of 4,025 loss claims’as compared with 5,500 for the same period in 1924. Hail damage was reported in Stuts- man and LaMoure counties earlier in the week. | POLICE SEEK TWO NEGROES FOR SLAYING ‘ — Minneapolis, July 16,—(®)—After' rehearsing the scene of the murder of James McMahan, near the Missis-| sippi river in southeast Minneapolis early yesterday, police today began} a search for two negroes suspected of | beating ‘McMahan to death. The} case will be presented to the grand’ jury, police said todays PLAN HOP TO GOTHAM Paris, July 16.—T'wo rench aviators, Taracson and Coli, plan to leave here July 25 in an attempt to fly to New York. Re aR UR MRS OSE! Saddle Horses Must Carry Tail Lights Chicaga, July 16—C>)—Tall lights for saddle horses would be re- quired in an ordinance submitted to the city council, Increase of night bridle path riding has developed a real haz- ard necessitating the law, argued Alderman McKinlay, its sponsor. GANGLAND WAR FLAMES AGAIN IN WINDY CITY Two Dead and One Wounded in Trouble Between Un- derworld Factions ch PRICE FIVE CE RCURY DOWN POWDER? ?TIS WAVE BROKEN IN MID-WEST States Continue Suffer From. Hot Summer Blasts ; Mountain to CORN CROP DAMAGED Mercury Climbs to High Mark in Nebraska and Iowa Yesterday 16.—(®)—-The wel- come phrase “much cooler today and Friday” appeared in the weather man's forecast for virtually all cen- tral western states where heat rec- ords have been toppling during the last few days, Not much change in temperature Chicago, J ago, July 16. -(P)-Two are devd and one wounded in what the police believe is anether of the periodic gangland feud out- Yony Compagno, son of a wealthy commissiog merchant, was one victim, He wa. ed with Samuel Cimin- ello in a parked automobile on the south side when a closed car drove abre nd halted long enough to permit its occupants to fire a score of pistol and shotgun charges into Compagno Ciminello. slight] held for questicning. Another thuracr mystery was pre- sented ‘early today when Charles Burtucei, a taxi driver, brought to a hospital ‘a man fatally wounded. Bur- tucei said the man whose name he did not know had engaged his cab wounded = was but that an unknown man had ap- proached the cab and fired three ots ut the passenger. Burtucei disappeared before the police arrived at the hospital from the mysterious shooting liceman driving home in civilian clothes shot and killed « man who attempted to hold up the policeman’s automobile. 16 COUNTIES SHOW LOSS IN STATE CENSUS A Total of 20 Out of 53 Coun- ties Report Return: in Count Aside & po- Sixteen out of 20 counties report-| ed population losses on the basis | the 1920. fede census in. returns filed with the secretary of state in compliance with North Dakota cen- sus law, figures compiled today show Rolette county with a loss amount- ing to 1,412 in population showed the heaviest setback. Slope lost 940 dur- ing the five year period. Cass county led the state with an ivance of in population during the same period. Burleigh followed ith a gain of 1,469. Population figures for 20 counties out of 53 in the state follow: State Cen, Fed. Cen. 1925 19: Burleigh 17,047 Burke + 9,298 Cass... . 44,060 Slope | Ai Mercer .. 8,569 Stutsman 24,420 Kidder ... 7483 ‘Traill 12,295 12/210 Rolette 8,649 Sheridan . 7140 Sargent 9,250 Renville 7128 Griggs 7145 Melntosh 8,406 Dunn ............ 8,689 Golden Valley . Barnes .. Richland Oliver .. Ransom ROBBERS GET RICH HAUL IN DARING RAID New York, July 16.—()—Five rob- bers today held up the Stanley Jew- elry store in West 125th street, hand- cuffed three employes and escaped with jewelry valued by the proprietor at $100,000. The robbers fled in an automobile. COUNTY BOARD ADOPTS BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR| ¥; The budget recommended by Coun- ty Auditor Frank Johnson for the fiseal year beginning July 1 was adopted by the county commission yesterday afternoon. The budget in- cludes: general fund, $90,218; road and bridges, $43,510; interest and sinking fund, $21,150; road fund for unorganized townships, $31,000, F. W. Push of the tax department 'of the Northern Pacific. railroad at- tended the budget hearing. The county board finished its work late yesterday afternoon and ad- journed. UNIQUE CUSTOM Tallahasse, Fla—The old Spanish custom of having a funeral announce- ment carried through the streets on a silver tray by a servant is observed here, ONLY TWO AUK EGGS Rutland, Vt—There are said to be only two eggs of an auk in the United States. The bird has long been extinct. One Betram L. Field, is owned by id at $1,200. ; i was predicted for Montana, Wyoming and other mountain states which have suffered equally from the sum- mer's hottest blast. The intense heat mercury to 104 in hich sent the t Lake halted S traffic on the Union Pacific railroad when to near Rock Spring: “heat chinks” cau pull from the ties. Crops Are Damaged Corn and rye crops in Towa are ported somewhat damaged us a : sult of the record breaking temperu- tures. Des Moines thermometers climbed to 98 yesterday ‘und in Sioux city a mark of 100 broke heat records of six years’ standing. ‘Two fatalities have occurred in Minnesota, one in Minneapolis and one in Greenbush, due to heat. One seeker of relief from Wisconsin was drowned at Superior. Nebraska was runner up to Wyom- ing as holder of the highest heat record. Rock Springs, Wyo., street indicator registered 124 while North Platte Nebraska had 107. BOY SCALDED Duluth, July 16.—A three year old boy was seaided by water from a garden hose here yesterday after- noon. The boy, William Butler, Jr., picked up the hose which had been lying on a cement walk several hours in the hot sun and asked his sister, two years older, to turn on the wa- ter so-he could get a drink. A burat of steam from the nozzle of the hose envéloped his face. A physician pronounced the burns serious. HEAT PLAYS PRANKS St. Paul, July 16.—As cool breezes swept Minnesota today for the first time this week stories of strange “heat freaks” one of which caused serious injury to a Duluth boy were received from various parts of the state, Another strange prank was re- ported by C. F. Heikes of Ellsworth, Minn. Mr. Heikes started on a 40 mile drive with the. mercury touch- ing 100. The steel brake drums in his car expanded as he progressed and the brakes set. Several times he was forced to stop and loosen the bands before his trouble was reme- died, Returning after the sun had |} gone down he found that on going down a slight incline that he had no brakes. The drums had contracted as they cooled and the brakes would not hold. He had to take them up again. In attempting to remove a stcel rail, section hands at Kanaranzi, Minn., found it to be tightly wedged between the adjacent rails at each end, due to expansion in the intense heat, The workmen finally pried the rail loose and as the pressure was relieved the recoil threw the rail 15 feet, forcing the workmen to duck for safety. For three days Minnesota has ex- perienced temperatures as high as 102 at some places. MAN SOLICITS FUNDS TO AID ON AUTO TRIP Bert Miller of St. Paul, who was on an auto tour of the country, ran out of money in Bismarck yesterday and started in to make a house-to- house canvass to secure funds needed to continue his pleasure jaunt. He ‘was working along Rosser street and neglected to go through the formality of knocking on doors, walking right into the kitchens of homes and re- questing donations from housewives. Miller had secured $3.70 when he was interrupted by Police Officer Pecht, who took Miller to the city jail. He entered a plea of guilty to a charge of begging before Judge W. S. Casselman this morning and was sentenced to 90 days in jail and to pay a fine of $100. The sentence was suspended for one hour and iller headed west out of the city. Scranton Town Clerk Fined in Health Campaign First arrest in a campaign against birth return delinquents came this week when M, J. Swanson, town clerk of Scranton, fined ten dollars and costs for violation of the state law requiring local officials to file birth registrations with the state health department, it was announced today by Dr. A. A. Whittemore, health officer. Complaints will be filed against physicians, and officials throughout the state in 2 campaign fo place the state’s birth registration records on ‘up-to-date basis, Dr. Whittemore declared, STEEL SHIELD FOR COPS New York.—A portable steel shield on rollers has been devised to pto- tect policemen when they ‘are storming a “batricaded ho It about eight’ feet high, state