The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 18, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: Gene erally fair tonigut anu soudas. a I THE B ESTABLISHED 1873 U.S. Frazier Here to Attend Nonpartisan Lea SENATOR RAPS RAILROADS FOR RATE BOOSTS Brands Contemplated Raises in Tariffs as Plot to Loot Farmer | MENACE TO PROSPERITY i Says Deaths of 1.2 Felletle and Ladd Come ::s Blow to “People’s C i An alleged “conspiracy he- tween the Interstate Cammerce Commission ani western rail- roads” to hoost grain races in the northwest on the eve of @& recerd wheat harvest was vixor- ously denounced in a statement issue’ today by U. S, Senator Lynn J. Frazier. Sena‘cr Frazier arrived in Bismarck late yesterday from Washington. His appearance was unheralded, Only members of the senator’s personal staff were aware of his arrival. Branding contemplated grain rate hoosts published by northwest roads us unother move ina “plot to loot the rmer,” Frazier stated: The Interstate Cofwmerce Commis- practically owned by the vho dictate its policies and ry decision. This com- ich has flourished under ‘ation Salvin Cool- ide, todav is unbeataple. It has grown to be a menace to the pros- perity of the northwest. “An unfortunate feature of the situation is the fact that farmers have no real representation at neur- ings before the Interstate Commerce Commission.” ural interests of the north- nominally represented by izations such as the American Bu Federation which are 1 controll by the “in- terests,” Senator F: No Farm Legislation irmers enn expect no remedial ion from Congress before the election he pointed out. of the financial in- trol Congress will] lation to aid the of tor nators La Follette Ladd ¢ a blow to the pople's cause, The — progressive movement will survive, The men who were associated with Lu Follette will carry on the fight.” Norris, Nebraska, as the outstanding pro pressive of the Senate by the North Dakota Senator. . La. Follette, Jr. will race in Wisconsin to, fill vated by the death of his! azier remarked. Bob to Make Race “It is understood Governor Blaine | will hold the primaries in September | and that the senatorial election will follow in November. I am confident young Bob will make the race and win.” Senator Frazier left today for El- lendale where he will speak at a san pienie Sunday. He will to Bismarck next week. ng dates in various parts of state have been arranged for next month, A week from Sunday he will appear at a political gatt er- ing at Rice Lake. meu: father, AT HARVEY AS STORES GO UP Harvey, N. D., July 18—Harvey is experiencing a building boom, about $100,000 of construction operations being in prospect. ‘Albert Hannes is constructing a two-story, modern, fireproof building, full’ basement. The lower floor will be used as a hardware and furni- ture store and the upper floor ‘will house offices and one suite of rooms. The Brant Oil company has opened a service station. James Krenik ix erecting three stores, modern and fireproof. The Sgutt department store is being enlarged and modern- ized. -——__— | Weather Report e Temperature at 7 a.m. . Highest yesterday ... Lowest last night Precipitation .. : Highest wind velocity Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Sunday. Slightly cooler tonight. i For North Dakota: Generally fair! tonight and Sunday except somewhat unsettled in e: portion tonight. Slightly cooler in west portion to- night. General Weather Conditions A low pressure area is centered over the northern Plains States this morning and light, scattered showers oceurred in the Dakotas and over the northeastern Rocky Mountain slope. Elsewhere the weather is generally fair. Temperatures are slightly above the seasonal average in most sections but a high pressure area on the north Pacific coast is accompanied by cooler weather over the Northwest, ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in Charge. Miss Dearie Story of LIKES IT on, Tenn., strong for evolution in gener: 1 tek land the evoiution of women in par- ticular. She remarks that most of all she is glad that women have evolved from long skirts and long h: APPLICATIONS FOR LOANS OX LAND DECREASE Report Shows Drop of 35 Per Cent in First Half of This Year Reduction in the number of auppli- catigns for farm loans from the rural : rtment of ‘the Bank of a is shown in the semi- ment of the departmen r of applic: st six months of the present year decreased ubout 25 per cent over a corresponding period last vear. There was a flood of applications for farm loans during the post agricultural depression period in the the number of from the state n fo D5 ap. umber to 2,910; down to months. dropped number went. nd in the first six pplications. to- of which 484 were canceled ing made. Decreased uk’s policy and 1 to the fact that the demand for big loans has not been so great. ‘The average of the logns el wus n.19, the average being high in part because of several loans ranging from $10,000 to $25,000, Adopting a policy of reducing the umount of the loans, in order to meet the heavy applications for loans, the | 1923 reased the 222, and in the the average loan department in average.loan to first half of 1 Was $2,820.43, Reduction in the amount of the average joan lessens the danger of deci loss to the department and often is/ of distinct value to the borrower, who is able to get along with less than he thought he needed, when necessity demands, believe officials of the department. loans Made Increased The volume of the loan business of the bank increased during the period the umount of the average loan was decreasing. The record of farm loans made by the bank is given as follows: Prior to 1922, 755 loans. .$2,760,331.83 1922, 1,077 loans . 8,470,691.12 1923, 1,984 loans 5,950,500.00 1924, 2,213 loans . 6,382,600.00 First half 1925, 1,191 loans 3,262,700.00 . $21,826,822.12 Operating Deficit Being Traced At the present time, the bank’s re- port discloses, the farm loan depart- ment shows a deficit of $146,574.46 in its operating statement, covering the period since farm loans were first made. Until the legislature of 1923 took action, a one-half of one per. cent administrative charge made on each loan went into the hands of the state treasurer, and no provision was made for paying the expenses of the operation of the farm loan depart- ment. Approximately $70,000 was paid to the state treasurer from the administrative charge. Although the 1923 legislature provided this charge in the fature should go to the farm loan department, no practical bene- fit was obtained before April, 1924, when théfirst interest payments un- der. the; new law became. effective. The bagk now jis profiting from this Bai nieteHveciarge to the extent of, about $30,000 a year,‘and C, R. Geen, manager, believes that the aghcly will be wiped out in five years?” 4¢ Acte Average Decreases The! average per acre loaned al has shown @ decrease, according .to the report. While the farm loan de- partment prior to 1922 loaned an average of $14.07 per acre, the aver- age impthe first half of 1925 was $9.96 per acre. The average cost of appraisal for each loan ‘has been cut to. $8.57, the report shows. More ‘money has been loaned in McLean than other county, it is shown, the rep made to farmers, there gear ig to $985,671.00. ECHR: ” KEEPS ON uf The. American play, on af 151 till running strong mances here. in” ig 0 perfor d prior | TURDAY, JULY 18, ig ‘JH SINCLAIR NOT IN RACE FOR SENATOR Congressman Declines to Be; Candidate Before League Convention Here SATISFH D IN HOUSE Praziers Waats Progressive Named to Fill Unexpired Term of E. F. Ladd Senator Lynn Frazier will seek the appointment of a “thorough- xoing” progressive to fill the un- expired term of the late E dd, he declared upon his rival in Bismarck late yester The progressive cause in Con- gress is at the cross-roads,” he stated. “I will work for the ap- pointment of a man to succeed Senator Ladd whose progressi ism is unquestioned. next senator from North Dakota should be a man who will carry out the platform on which Ladd was elected.” Senator Frazier announced he would hold a conference with Governor Sorlie some time next week at which the forthcoming atorial appointment would be discussed. | ! 1 ! | | SINCLAIR NOT CANDIDATE Congressman J. H. Si kK mare, will not be a c: League nomination for United St senator in the scheduled conventi: ‘ of the Nonpartisan state organization | which opens in Bismarck Wedni The third district representativ imade this announcement in Bismarck ‘last night before boarding a train for | Dickinson where he will speak at a farmers’ meeting today. ssman Sinclair has been mentioned as senatorial timber during the last week. n ae- | tive campaign has been under way in| ithe third district to secure his nom- ination. Satisfied With Post i “I am satisfied to complete term in the lower house,” he nounced. “When that term h Hx. pired ¥ will seek reelection. Ib lieve T can serve North Dakota and the third district best in the lower hous Congressman Sinclair did not deny sentiment for nomination powerful he would consider ting a senatorial nomination. I do not believe that sentiment! jin the state has reached this stage,” he announced. Removal of the third district con- gressman from the Nonpartisan nom- ation race today left John Hagan, mer commissioner of a as the most prominently mentioned candidate in the field on the eve of ithe League convention, my 11 | DUNN CENTER GIRL KILLED IN AUTO CRASH |. Miss Olive Grover, aged about 18, telephone operator at Dunn Center, ‘was instantly killed, and her excort, Irwin Ebeltoft, also of Dunn Center, sustained a broken leg, severe cuts and bruises and probable fatal in- ternal injuries at 9:20 o'clock Thurs- day night when the sedan in which they were riding was struck by the outbound north branch train just west of Dunn Center. | Miss Grover and Ebeltoft were re- | turning from a drive to Killdeer and approached the grade crossing from the north, Engineer L. F. Smith, Mandan, de- clared he sounded his whistle several ‘times, but the car dashed on to the track before the engine and he could not bring the train to a stop. Ebeltoft was carried on to Killdeer j and taken to a hospital at Dickinson i by automobile. The girl was dead ; when Conductor Hal Parsons and others of the train crew reached her. CALIFORNIA MAN BUYS BIG FARM IN N. D. Fargo, N. D., July 18.—Hans Sor- enson of Sacramento, Cal., has pur- : chased the big farm at West Fargo, , known as the Haggart farm, consis! ing of 1,120 acres, from Dr. John Rindlaub of Fargo, the price being on a basis of approximately $75 per acre, and will develop it at once as an alfalfa, livestock and all ‘round diversified farming venture. Mr. Sorenson is now purchasing the equipment with which to begin improvements. He will have two : tractors summer fallowing the farm within a few days and expects to develop it intensively. This big tract of land has been idle for several years. It is located along the National Parks highway. Mr. Sorenson believes that it is an ideal spot for a\big alfalfa and live- stock ranch, For years Mr. Sorenson was en- gaged in-the milling business at Minneapolis, Lisbon and Sheldon and ; he ‘operated a big wheat ranch at Crosby, N. D., before leaving for California two years ago. After two ye: in California, Mr. Sorenson is coming back to invest in the Red River valli gre: returns that North Dakota farm land, Swimming Pools now ‘are ‘bei built in some of the ‘palatial apart- monts of New York, |The two met at Atle 1B | ceivership, age and the wulpit were joi when Miss Ramona Weaver Ernest John Bowden, pastor o a when Mrs, playing there. MY, Re BLAGK RUST CONFINED TO. EASTERN N. D Considerable Damage Done to Wheat in Red River Val- ley, Report States “Black rust has done considerable damage to the wheat erop in the Red River valley, the damage being done greatest in Cuss county and the ter-| ritory more or less contiguous cording to the report of the United States bureau of agriculture made public today. Northward there was much black rust in evidence, but not 80 prevalent as southward and west ward, the rt states. | “Out of the Red River y there is less black stem rust and westward the remaining ona-third of the state is ulmost totally free! from infection. A few western areas | actually require more moisture. J what the decline in state product will amount to is most problemat and will not be decided until more time has elapsed. Harvest will be general in southern counties late in July or early in August, northward harvest will be later. Durum varie- ties of wheat are remarkably free from infection in all areas. “There is much variation in the! rye crop, Little of it can be very} good, and much of it is in very poor condition, Rye harvest will be gen- eral the week of July 19. Flax varies from fields which are already in the “ball” to many which are only five or six inches above the ground. The present condition is favorable, although many fields are exceedingly weedy. “Haying is in full progress, es-| pecially the tame hay crops, and the drier weather recently is high! favorable, “The abundance of moisture early! in the month was very damaging to! much of the corn, permitting the; weeds to over-grow the crop and pre- venting cultivation. “Potatoes, which are largely con- fined to the valley, have been suffer- ing considerable from wet weather, resulting in lack of cultivation, and weady fields. Much of this crop was drowned out. “Livestock in general are cellent condition. in ex-! Her home was in § heorps of | PASTOR WEDS ACTRESS | mn fr | i TT i) i | | (in this romance ler, actress, be an Atlanta (Ga.) Unitarian chure! Howden’s theatrical company w Y at uw EXPERTS WORK WITH DEFENSE IN SCOPES CASE ton, Tenn., July 18.—®) fic’ testimony before the jury definitely exeluded in. the Scopes case, members of the defense coun- sel spent the day with a group of | experts in many fields of investiga- tion preparing statements to be fl of the case. upon which a MAN DIES IN AUTO WRECK Iver Rustom, Ramsey County; Jailer, Killed When Pinned Under Car Devils Lake, July 18—()-—Iver Rustom, 60, jailer at the Ramsey county court house for 11 years and a resident of Devils Lake since 1881, was instantly killed early this morn- ing when the car in which he and his son, Marvin, were riding turned; over into an 8 foot grade when dust flew into Marvin's face and tempor- arily blinded him, The accident occurred about 8 a. m. The father and son were returning to Devils Lake from a dance at # nearby farm. The elder Rustom had been policing the dance. Both were pinned under the car until a passing motorist lifted the machine off. Marvin was not ser- iously injured. ‘A broken windshield on the car ermitted the road dust to pour into he driver’s face and when Marvin reached a turn in the road he was unable to see clearly, did not turn the car quickly enough to make the curve and it slipped over the road embankment and turned completely over. BAND TO PLAY AT BALL GAMES HERE SUNDAY “Dry and continued warm weather is necessary for the proper develop- | ment of North Dakota crops. “There were numerous days be- tween July 1 and 13 which favored rust development. July 15 and 16 were more favorable for checking this disease. BIG BROKERAGE FIRM REOPENS AFTER FAILURE Chicago, July 18—(#)—Dean Ona- tavia & Company, Chicago and New York brokerage firm, which failed with liabilities of $36,000,000 July 2, will reopen Monday as a result of termination yesterday of Its re- ceivership here, With $2,700,000 of new capital subscribed by customers, creditors and friends, Federal Judge J. ‘H. Wilkerson dismissed bankruptcy Proceedings and discharged the re- Immediate action will be taken to determinate receivership in the east, : Two baseball games with band con- certs as added attractions are the dishes that will be served up to Bis- marck fans tomorrow. The Northwood band, which will accompany the Northwood ball club here tomorrow for the Northwood- Prison game will play at the Prison and at the Bismarck ball grounds where the White Sox will meet the Dickinson Red Sox in a Missouri Slope League game. The contest at the Prison will start at 1:15 p. m. and the Bismarck- Dickinson struggle is scheduled to get underway at 3:30 p. m. The Northwood band was one of the prize winners at the band contest held in Grand Forks last week. WEATHER ae WEEK Washington, D. July 18.—)— Weather outlook for the week be- ginning Monday: upper Mississippi valley brief period of scattered showers about middle of week, tem- perature cool at beginning and nor- mal thereafter, With; ‘s will work all! of today and tomorrow, are for the gue ‘20,000 MEN NEEDED HERE FOR HARVEST to Give Aid in Secur- ' ing Workers | sy | BUREAUS ARE ABOLISH’D Bismarek Association of Com- merce to Help Burleigh County Farmers An estimated army of will be required to hi t North Dakota grain crop, Joseph K ture, the y in announcing. nm oof labor to | begin work of cutting grain matured Iby recent torrid weather, prevailing jin all parts of the state. j The 1925 harvest will be handi- capped by lack of apnropriation for | maintaining the department of labor {which has regularly functioned as a | subdivision of the department of jagriculture. At the last sion, mbly neglected to pass the nnual grant to the labor bu- ‘alls on Civic Bodies Work of organizing the tempor- ary labor force demanded during the harvest season will fall to local civic bodie: Communications went out today to county agents in the ifying them that the 1 I] have to be cruited by private agen’ “Although che department of agri- culture will cooperate with local agen: in bringing harvest into the ate, it can be of no ma- teri ithout an appro- priation,” Commissioner Kitchen de- clared. Wages for harvest workers will range from three to four dollars a day, accordingf to the harv scale prevailing in Kansas and South Dakota, Indicat a vest wages will be slightly lower than last year, Confusion and disorganization which may result from abolition of the state labor bureau would work hardship in a large section of state not read accessible itinerant worker: | i i ! the as | $5,000 an | Feau. merce will handle the harvest labor supply for Burleigh county, in the absence of state aid, H. P. Goddard, newly installed secretary of the city commercial club announced. The local chamber was swamped today j with requests for lubor during the coming harvest period, Goddard stated. DULUTH GRAIN FIRM FORCED TO QUIT BUSINESS Duluth, Minn. July 18.- An signment in favor of its creditor: was made by the W. S. More grain company of Duluth, } York, and Chicago Friday, according to an- nouncement here by Watson More, president of the concern, and w time secretary of the U.S. Grain a ministration. The W. S. More grain company had members on the Duluth, Chicago, Minneapolis and Winnipeg and New York exchanges and formerly did a big grain shipping business. Of Tecent years its business has been more in the domestie market. Short- age of ready money was given by Mr. More as the reason for the sus- pension. The suspension was pre- cipitated yesterday when the company was forced to notify certain grain exchange firms in other cities that ;| it coujd not take care of its trades. SORLIE HOME FROM FETE AT VERENDRYE Governor Sorlie and state officials returned to Bismarck today from Verendrye where the unveiling of a monument to eighteenth century ex- plorers who penetrated North Da- kota was the occasion for a con- course of more than 100 people. Pierce Butler, supreme court jus- tice, and General Hugh Scott, veteran Indian fighter, were present at the ceremonies ut Verendrye, The event, promoted by the Northern Pacific railroad, was in honor of Pierre de lu Verendrye und David Thompson, enrly explorers, A monument in the form of a marble sphere was present- ed to Governor Sorlie and the state, as the gift of Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern road. The three-day event concluded its first day with o banquet in Minot. In an address at the banquet Gov- ernor Sorlie referred to the Great Northern as one of the “larger stock- holders in this joint stock corpora- tion, North Dakota, of which I am chairman.” The executive cut short his north- ern tour to be present for the meet- ing of the pardon board in Bismarck, scheduled for Monday. L. F, CRAWFORD LOSES AUTO AT VERENDRYE An automobile owned by L. F. Craw- ford, state historian, was stolen at Towner, while Crawford wus partici- pating in the Verendrye-Fort Union celebration. No trace of the thief been uncovered, Towner officials reported today. Siitenliinushi:=. DoihiceeeriatamenneteaenaRAEmaaaaRee ee | Department of Labor Unable 000 ment hands | the; Meeting BRYAN JR. William Jenning the famous old Democratic | assisting his father in the tion of John T. 8 Tenn, He tion, she left Los An that the country go to ruin if ita tion to be taught in its U.S. OFFICIAL IS WOUNDED BY MEXICAN e Consul at Agues Cal- ientes Shot in Back and ightly Hurt Washington, Jul (PY can vice consul Harold G, Bretherton at Aguas Caliente ry shot} in the back and slightly wounded on the night of 5. Ameri- ISMARCK TRIBUNE [wan BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, PRICE FIVE CEN OPENS BIG DRIVE ON BOOZE NEW CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY DRY DIRECTOR Canadian Warned From U Rum _ Runne to Keep Away . Waters in Lakes LIQUOR RING BROKEN Whiskey Forces Prepare to Make Counter Movement Against Government New York, July Sam has started an i summer d the liquor forces are making sev- 1 counter movements. In today’s news there figured on the side of prohibition en- forcement: 1, Fight arrests in New York ax the result of heavy shipment of to inland points in trunks. ‘our of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews to Ca padiae border points to repair . Reports of warnings to Ca- nadian rum runners that they will be fired upon in American waters on the Great Lakes, 4. Completion of formalitics of a treaty between the United States and Canada regarding smuggling. 5. Impending shakeup in which all prohibition agents will lose their jobs and many hired over again, On behalf of the wets there devel- oped these move 1, Reappearance of a rum fleet off the north shore of Massachusetts. 2. Efforts to hold up salary of Pro- hibition Commissioner Haynes be- cause of his employment of a woman lecturer on prohibition. Big Salex Organization 1 ization that retailed the rate of 30 trunks full 30,000 customers has a Customers upon receiving a liquor consignment forwarded pay- ment here. Keys were then mailed to open the trunks, Customers shipped trunks here, A field force of 40 meu A sa liquor at. Mexico y the state up the case foreign office tor unishment of the on the shooting } today by Consul) uas Calientes. He said H use was not known but that the shot was believed to have been in-| tended for some person other thei the vice consul, There had becn no reports of anti-! frie in feeling in recent weeks} | there, | FIRE LEVELS Vand Edmonton. made homeless. |ROBBER GANG ROUTED BY KULM CITIZENS Kulm, N. D., July 18.—GP)—A band of robbers estimated at between 10 and 15 upon attempting to open the safe of the First State Bank of Kulm, was routed b, of local citiz The would-be yeggs ired 13 shots of explosives to open the outer door of the vault. Men gathere from all points of the five blocks of the town with any kind of firearms could muster, and when the gang je the bank saw the growing audience they fled in auto- take un department to with the Mexi stigation « Calgary, Alta., early today destroy Bowden on (P) st. of Fire the All telephone and telegraph wires into the town were cut there were robber lookouts posted at the five principal corners of the town. Several shots were fired b: the robbers and three men, members of the posse, were slightly injured when they peeped around corners of buildings before the greater share of the defending “army” arrived. A preliminary checkup of the bank’s books and office shows nothing of value taken. RISK BUREAU AWARDS FOR HEAT DEATH The state workmen's compensation bureau has awarded the first claim against the bureau because of death of an employe from heat prostration. Matthias Roehrick, 64, Bismarck street department worker, was strick- en by heat while working on June 19 and died June 26, The bureau held this was an accident, within the meaning of the law, and awarded compensation to the’ widow during her lifetime of $6.30 per week, and paid for wedical attention and the funeral. Because his annual earnings were below the lowest amount con- hil templated by law, the 35 per cent of his pay, to which the widow is en- titled, was figured on the minimum] f legal basis. RENTS CUT FOR 7000 Toyko.—Rents on 7000 houses in Toyko recently were reduced 25 per cent by the Donkunkai, tion for social welfare KERCHIEF WORTH $30,000 Rome. The Dowager Queen Margherita of Italy possesses a lace handkerchief valued at $30,000. worked the middle west. Federal prohibition men raided the suite of offices here. The organiza tion was described us bootleg ring prosecution of Kessler was home here penitentiary annie Kessler.” on his way to his today from the Atlanta after serving two years and paying a $10,000 fine for the al- leged le of more than $500,000 worth of liquor from bonded ware+ houses. Plans Big Shakeup Visiting New York yesterday Pro- tion Commissioner Haynes de- bed plans for a big shakeup in his forces. All agents will be dis- charged, but some reappointed. The entire dry organization will be dis- ; tributed in unfamiliar territory. The ociation against the prohibition amendment has addressed a letter to Controller General McCarl, request. ing him to withhold the ‘salary of Commissioner Haynes until the trens. ury has recovered about $11,250, paid to M ‘orgia Hopely. The associa- tion charged that Miss Hopely, re- cently resigned, had been employed as a prohibition officer, but was us- signed to touring the country lectur- ing on prohibition. MAN ORDERS RADIO SET FOR COFFIN Los Angeles, July 18.—(P)—Sam R. Kimball, aged’ San Fernando valley rancher, has placed and order with a Los Angeles undertaker for a $1,200 steel coffin equipped with an up-to- e radio receiving set, it as re- vealed today. In directing that the radio equip- ped coffin be prepared to receive his body he explained that he is con- vinced that the soul lingers near the body until the day of judgment and that he will be able to “hear what is going on in the world after he dies if properly laid away in the super casket.” PLAINTIFF IN SLANDER SUIT GETS $10,000 Chicago, July 18.—(#)—Albert R. Leland was awarded damages of $10,- 000 last night by a jury in his $50,000 slander suit against E. L. Hartig, wealthy official of the Oak Park church of which Leland formerly was a parishioner. The jury deliberated for a little more than three hours. The suit was the outgrowth of a suit for divorce filed by Leland, in which the Rev. Carl D. Case, pastor of the Oak Park church, which all the principals at- tended, was named. The divorce action came after Le- land’s wife, Mrs. Charlotte Leland, said that Dr. Case and she had been guilty of misconduct. Mrs. Leland testified for her husband in the di: vorce action. During the investigation of the af- by the church, Hartig, a trustee was a member of a committee which made an inquiry. Leland charged that Hartig had referred to him as the father of an illegitimate child. LIKES HIS OWN TAIKS London.—The Duke of York “listens in” on his radio speeches. A dicta- hone is placed in front of a receiv- ing set as the duke speaks. When he ets. home.he. listens .to himself again on the dictaphone.. | 2