The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 28, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER (RORECAST Fair tonight; Tuesday increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [aw BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1925 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS | AMERICA MOURNS FALLEN CHIEFTAIN _ GREAT ARMY OF WORKERS COMING HERE Theus: nds of Harvest Hands Moving on North Dakota From Middle West TRAVEL IN AUTOMOBILES Transients Forsake __ Rail- roads for Secondhand Flivvers With winter rye, oats and barley full harvest and wheat almost to cut in most sections, the government today turned its ention to providing adequate la- ‘or all sections. i Under a rate which will effective August 1, harvest will be granted five dolla: faze from Minneapolis to any po.at in North Dakota in groups of five men more. Only one ticket will be issued for the group, it was said by Joseph Kitchen, state director of agriculture and labor. the suggestion of Governor labor agent will be sent ota Agricultural college at Fargo to Minnefpolis to direct harvest hands arriving at that terminal to North Dakota points where they are needed, Farmera Send Request County farm agents. and farmers throughout the state have been ad- vised to send requests for harvest hands to the office of County Agent orman at Fargo. From there the uests will be transmitted to the gent at Minneapolis. Kitchen said todaye that the wheat harvest will be on in earnest in shont 1 days and that approximate- ly 22,000 men will be needed to in become hand “the demand for extra help. The i pected to range from ad Although many will take a ti he low fare offer} thousands are comi to state in automobiles from states to the south, where the har- alread’. has been completed, Kitchen said. : In the past the tendency has been for harv workers to concentrate in the larger cities. The tem is expected t stricts where WORKERS - ARRIVING van- the in- vest, new svs- Large Liquor Laden Vessel Runs | Government’s Atlantic Blockade | And Lands Huge Cargo of Booze ew -Yerk, July 28.—(AP)—The government’s de off the Atlantic coast has been run by the liquor laden vessel ever seized in New York Champagne, whiskey and cordials valued at $250,000 were landed and gobbled up by bootleggers befcre custem officials knew what was happening. When they arrived at the busy docks at Lykman stree, on the Hucsoa river early yesterday morn- ing, they feund the steamshin Augusta empty ex- cept for 15 bottles of liquor in the officers’ quarte: The crew was lolling about the decks in kid gloves. Acting Capt. Chas. Wilson ahd 24 men were arrested. ‘The ship, a $250,000 twin screw freighter, was seized. Edward Barncs, 2ssistant soliciter to the collec- {ev of the port, said Wilson should haul down the American flag and hoist the black banner of the pirate. The ship had no customs papers; none of the officers had a Jicense; no log was kept and there were nc sh'p's ziticles giv! the names of the crew, Custems cfficia's described the landing of the 2,500 cases of liquor as the most daring rum run- ning feat in the history of nrohibition enforcement. Despite precautions the Augusta slipped by the secres cf coast guard blockade ships through the busiest part cf the harbor, transferred the cargo to an unidentified lighter and sold the liquor to re- EVOLUTION ACTIVE FIGHT FOR FREE TEXT SUIT HEARING IS POSTPONED 28. -(P) evolution suit was ‘postponed until Friday. On that. day the motion of government to dismiss the c have preferred status as the que before the court, The delay was agreed to by Jus- tice Siddons of the District of Co- lumbia supreme court, when coun- sel for Loren H. Wittner, who brought the suit in an effort to stop} the pay of local school authorities, insisted that more time was needed to study the government's motion to dismiss, filed yesterda: Washingt Mear-} ing in Wa will stion Workers Expect to Secure 1,200 Signatures Petition to Board on A two-week drive to secure signatures for. the petition to the local schoo! board for free text books for Bismarck school children will be launched August 1, it was announced {today by F. W. Herbert, assistant land commissioner. Volunteers already have obtained 1.000 names, in the campaign to win MENOKEN MAN Vargo July 28. A jitney brigade of 18.000 transient, workers is mov- ing into North Dakota for the har- vest inst of the usual army rid- ing on the or the cushions ds. per cent of all in automo- doubtful er of Kansas of the United farm la- Fargo to director ployment service, on, declared in States, ¢ bor divisi day Mr. secretary, recentl will mike accompanied by hi Tillotson, arrived Tucker, Ww their headquarters ’ here until the is over. United States labor men have been stationed at Fargo, Grand Vorks, Devils Lake, Valley Ellendale. and Wahpe- ton and it is expected that several others will be appointed at logical points. On the basis of an estimate that 25,000 harvest laborers from outside | the state will be in North Dakota in August. 75 per cent of them, or 18,000, will arrive here from braska, and South Da- r own masoline buggies. Buy Sccond-hand Cars Last year only 20 to 25 per cent cime in on rubber tires. The cars, mostly second-hand vehiales, are Lough* at prices usually under $100, and several men chip in to pay ex- penses to get to the nearest Incra- tive field, Mr. Tucker said. He has known of as many as eight to make a trip ina single car, The field director predigted that in the future almost “all transient, harvest workers would travel by au- tomobile instead of iby rail. Due to the new mode of traveling, Fargo will not see as many laborers this year as formerly, as those com- ing in by automobile will enter the state wherever there is a main hivh- ‘av, Mr. Tucker thought. As the city is a railroad, center for. the state, large numbers of transients used to congregate here upon arrival on the trains and before distribu- tion over the state. Between 200 and 300 men went through «the United States farm la- bor office here Monday, seeking em- ployment shocking rye and barley in fields contiguous to the city. The wage offered!is $3 ner day, but in- dicstions are*that this may go to $3.50 or $4 for threshing, according to Mr. Tucker. U. S. Ambassador . to Javan Dies at Health Resort Tokio, July 28.—(#)—Edgar Addi- son Bancroft, American ambassador to Japan, died this (Wednesday morning) at Karuizawa. Ambassador Bancroft was taken ill at Karuizawa about three weeks aco. Karuizawa is a popular moun- tain resort in central Japan, where the ambassador had been spending the summer, At first if was thought he was suffering from indigestion but his trouble later was diagnosed as small dudodenal ulcer, WANDA HAWLEY WEDS FORMER RACING PILOT Hollywood. Calif. July .28—(P)— Wanda Hawley, motion picture act- ress, and J. Stuart Wilkinson, former automobile racing driver, were ‘mar- ried here yesterday. KILLED WHILE | PITCHING HAY Hit in ‘Abdomen When One of | Traces ‘cn Team Attached to Hay Rack Snaps cast at the last local election. The state school code provides that the local. school board shall he under obligation to distribute free text hboaks on the p of the district electorate. Approximately 1,200 signatures are required to complete the pending petition, according to Mr. Herbert jwho will direct the free text book drive, City-Wide Canvass t \ Volunteers will he enlisted i make a house-to-house canvass Lenig Norlin, 34, manager, of githe city for petition signers, he Menoken farm, died today in ‘a Bis-! Sorted. iy family head in marck hospital, where he was taken city will be asked to endorse the pe- this morning following an accident tition, efforts will be made to ob- in which he was fataly injured. Nor-itain the required signatures before lin was pitehing h: on the farm the opening of the fall school term, when one of the traces of the team he. stated, re pttached to a Rev rack snapped and} ‘There can be no opposition ta a struck him in the ‘abdomen. jcampaign for free text books,” Her- The blow: left him. unconscions.! bert declared. “We who Norlin regained cohsciousness| en’ moted this movement feel that the route to the hospital. He died about; Tank and file of Bismarck voters Ywo hours after the injury. Norlin; Will be in favor of the chane suffered from heart trouble, rnd it! Herbert estimated, on the basis is believed this orvan was unable to 1923 costs, that the amount neces: withstand the shock. ;sary for providing school children Norlin rented the farm near Men-. With free texé books will not ex- oken owned by Mrs. McGray of Bjs-i ceed $4200 for the first year. The ‘marck, in partnership with his, cost will diminish during succeeding jbrother, Arthur Norlin, who is re- years. he predicted. |turning to North Dakota this week| , Under state law, distribution of followine a trip to Sweden. | free text books will continue for four The Norlins rented the McGray years when the board votes on the farm for three vears. The dead manj issue again. Eile had only been in America six years. ti Unger the state law, authorization ‘or to of as ; WOULD SOLVE PROBLEMS BOOKS PLANNED 1,200 | signatures of two- thirds of the vote | vetition of two-thirds | have pro- | FARMER AID BRYAN HELD || LAWWANTED | FOR BIBLE IN BY COOLIDGE} LAST ADDRESS Argument Pre livery at Scopes Trial Is Made Public President Urges Leaders to Enact Cooperative Marketing Bill FLAYED EVOLUTIO Denounced ‘Attack on Che of tian Religion Through Public Schools Executive Told) Farmers Middle-West Are Enjoy- * * . ing Prosperity 1 Dayton, July 28. -P)-—"The Ten- hessce case,”.an address preparea by Wuham Jennings Bryan in detense of the Tennessee anti-evolution luw which the late commoner was pre vented the delivery of the speedh, ton trial because of an early termin- ation ef the case, was made known to world today by Mrs. Bryan. sudden decision of the defens to submit the case without argument, nd permit a verdict of guilty, pre- vented the delivery of the specch” said un introduetgy note to Mr. address. f presents the issues involved and the reasons for the law pronibi- ting the teaching in public schools f any hypothesis that makes man seendant of any lower form of life, itis printed for the information of the general public.” Becomes Battle Royal Mr. Bryan declared in the address that the case was no longer iocal, but that it “has aroused the propor- tions of a battle royal between un- belief that attempts to speak through socalled seience und the defenders of he Christian fait speaking hrough the legislature Tennes- Swampscott, Mass., July 28,-—A)— Discussion of the ugricultural sit- uation between President Coolidge nd congressional leaders who are siting White Court for conferences has revealed a general agreement that legislation in the next congress should be limited to enactment of a cooperative marketing bill, This ithe main recommendation of ¢ | dent’s agricultural conferences emaining to be translated into law. President Coolidge favors passage | of a cooperative marketing measure, lalthough he is of the opinion it would be best for congress te work out the details. ator Curtis of Kansas, the Republican leader, here ja week ago expressed the view that ifarmers could be best aided by en- couragement of cooperative market. opinion | so Was | yesterday by R expressed esentative Purneil Repub of the committee, wi presi to the executive that fy middle west were enjoving prosper- j ity with good prices in prospect for | their crops, he said he believed the attention of congress should be cen: tered 6n cooperative marketin i In the last congress he cb the 8: f the MeNar the of It is for the jury to determine Whether this attack upon the Christ- ian religion shall be permitted in the public schools of Tennessee by, teachers employed by the state and paid out of the public treasury” was a conelusion drawn, {bin encourage of erting that “this, law does not 2 ate any rights guaranteed by an {tation of surplus grain but appar-! Ae ently has abandoned his advocacy of | Constitution to any individual” and the measure. Bryan in- {dicted evolution five broad UP) The Grain | Counts, the first of which that it (Py _The Grain’ Yisputes the truth of the Bible paarees aipted, | Count of man’s creation ‘and shakes ever attempted,’ faith in the Bible as the word a ial denth today, toi he company w not pay the $4,-) wy ef ve | 000,000 put up a year ago by the four! comparing the processes ‘duseribwat companies forming the big ‘grain’ y. evolutionary with the text of merger and which is due today. Suf-| fvnesis.” he said, “not only contra ficient farmers have not put up the! jicis the Mosaic’ record. as to, the i human life, but it di {$1 per share to make up the xu b putes the Bible, doctrine of repro- Land it was understood that le ;duetion according to kind—the great- { est scientific principle known.’ Disputes Bible Truths “Our second indictment,” the was not an interterence dom of conscience, Mr, MARKETING COMPANY DIES. |. Chicago, July Marketing Comp: ooperative j prove by Liquidation of the company's af irs is proceeding a¥ fast as possi ble, John Overdahl, secretary of tne concern, annou The four mer-' dress said, “is that. the evolution ving compe k their hypothesis as perating conclusion disputes ant ta of the Bible. % reenter the individuals | if not ad Was the Ke. Grain corpor, Who really accept it, first to agnosti- | ation, which resumed board of trade! cism and then to atheism.” i6ns yesterday. Here Charles Darwin w il months will be required («| te to illustrate what “1 did not in the rict | every word in the Bible,” Darwin wis ‘RURAL CARRIER is “ast then sad evan, “the { | cha Y tii s Darwin's, | EXAM. TO BE celsius tiews will be found ins, | HELD AT WING letter written to a German youth in United {them ‘ was) me: wind ficials said, 1879 x, x x.” { | “'Selence has nothing to do with! Christ except insofar as the habit of scientific research makes a man cautious in admitting evidence. For myself I do not believe that there| ever has been revelation, As to fu-f ‘ture life every man must judge for salary of a rural carrier on x himself between conflicting vague daily wagon route of 24) Probability.’” . $1,800 per annum, with an Trifling Speculation per mile per annum’, The third, indictment against evo- for each mile or major fraction lution was. “that it diverts attention ‘thereof in excess of 24 miles, The, from pressing problems of grebt im- | salary on motor routes ranges from! portance to trifling speculation.” | $2,450 to $2,600 per annum, according, He decried attempts of evluotion- | to length, Separate examinations for | ists trying to imagine what happen- | motor routes and wagon routes are ed in the dim past and also to pry no longer held. Appointments to, open the door of the distant future, both positions be made from the| declaring that the science of “how! 'same register. The examination will, to live” is the most important of all ‘be open only to citizens who are! the sciences. It is desirable to know jactually domiciled in the territory | the physical sciences, but it is nec- of the postoffice where the vacuncy| essary to know how to live x x x . exists and who meet the other re-| “While not more than two per cent | quirements. Both men and women,| of our population are college grad- jif qualified, may enter this examin-| uates, these, because of enlarged ation, but appointing officers have| powers, need a ‘heavenly vision’ even the legal right to specify the sex de-| more than those less learned, both sired in requesting certification of| for their own restraint and to in- j eligibles. Women will not be consid-| sure society that their enlarged pow- ered for rural carrier appointment| ers will be used for the benefit of unless they are the widows of U. S.| Society and not against the public j soldiers, sailors, or marines, or the | welfare, | The States civil service s announced an exani on to be held at Wing to fill the rural carrier at Are and vacancies that may later occu on rural routes from that postotfic and literal truth of ¢ Temperature at 7 a, m... Highest yesterday Lowest last night ... Precipithtion ..... an Highest win dvelocity Fair tonight. cloudy day; Rising temperature. For North Dakota: Fair tonight, probably followed by _increasi cloudiness Wednesday. Slowly ris- ing temperature. } i General Weather Conditions High pressure, accompanied thy fair, cool weather, prevails over the Mississippi Valley, northern Plains States and: ‘ever the northeastern Rocky Mountain slope. ‘Lower press- ure, accompanied by partly cloudy and. warmer ‘weather, prevails over the Plateau states and western slope of the Rockies. Precipitation oc- curred at most places in‘the south- ern’ Rocky Mountain region, middle and southern Plains States and in the Great Lakes region. More than two inches fell in parts of northern Texas. , ORRIS W. ROBERTS, . Official in Charge. Because of the short life: of dollar billa, replacing 40,000,000 bills with coins would save the goverhment $1,- 000,000 a year. He was unmarried. istribution of free text books The inquest. will be held this afts; must be renewed every four years pee are Okeke we area FOr or “We are’ making a fight to reduce P. D. NORTON cost of text books works a real hard- ship on large numbers of parents in Minot. N. D., July 28.—P. D, Nor-|law for families which lack means ton of Mandan, former North Dakota| for purchasing books. office from Mandan to Minot, and! respecting to accept this form of will make his future home in this! aid from the city,” Herbert declared. ‘ost several days, transacting legal business, 2 49 ernnon at Bowman's undertaking, while the practice cannot be discon- parlors. tinued in the four-year interim. the cost. of educating the children TO. PRACTICE of the poor,” Herbert declared. “The . % eee LAW AT MINOT 3? 3 Free distribution is provided under congressman and former secretary of}. “The average family head on the state, shortly will remove his lnw| borderline of poverty is too self- city. he announced in Minot. Mr.{“Thev fear the stigma that is always Norton has been in Minot for the| attached to accepting public charity. ee ogee _Weather Report ! see Re a 4 By distributing free text books, this barrier is removed.” . Herbert stated that opposition ‘to the plan for distributing text books without charge comes chiefly from the class of citizens financially able to buy the books. “There ig nothing to prevent these people from continuing to buy text books, should the school board determine to distribute them free,” pe declared. : Parents Object Another objection, cited by Her- bert, was the fact that many pa: ents would object to having children handle second-hand books. “These: same parents will allow their children to take books out of the public library,” he — declared. “They do not know where library books may,have been while in circu- lation” é “Herbert ‘stated it as his belief that the bulk of Bismarck voters will sign for free text books in city schools. ata ek GOULD WIDOW - MARRIED TO ENGLISH EARL New York, July 28—(#)—Mrs. Guinevere Gould, widow of the late George J. Gould and heiress to a large part of the Gould fortune, Ke married at. Montre: lay; bo, Vis: count Dunsford,. phe and heit.of th Earl of Middleton, » . wives of U, S.’ soldiers, marines who are physically qualified for examination by reason of injuries received in the line of military’ duty. Applications should ibe forwarded to the commission at Washington, D. C., at the earliest | practicable ‘date. ‘At the examina- Ition applicants must furnish —un- mounted photographs of themselves taken within two years, WATER MAIN ORDERED ON “Our fourth indictment against the evolutionary hypothesis is that, by paralyzing the hope of reform, it discourages those who labor for the improvement of man’s condition,” Mr. Bryan said. Seeks to Lift Level “Every upward looking man or woman seeks to lift the level upon which mankind stands, and they trust that they will see beneficent changes aaa the brief !span of their lives,” he held. “Evolution chills their enthusiasm by substituting aeons for years. It obscures all beginnings in the mists of endless ages. It is represented as TENTH STREET The city water department wili be- gin laying water mains for two. blocks on South Tenth street between Bow- en and Ingal following action of the city commission last night in_order- ling the project completed. Demand for the improvement has been agitat- ed for several months. The commission last night ordered hod water department to advertise for bids to lay a water main on | Eighth street adjacent. to Bismarck high school building. City fire hydrants will be painted red in order to aid in enforcement of the parking ordinance, it was de- cided at last night’s meeting. The commission will take under advisement a compromise submitted i by W. H. Hughes, estopped under the [zoning ordinance, from completing a bullaing on Seyenth street and Ave- nue C, we ; % a cold and heartless process begin- ning with time and ending with eternity and acting so slowly that even the rocks cannot preserve a record of the -imaginary changes, though it is credited with having carried an original germ of life that appenred sometime trom somewhere. Its only program for man is scienti- fie breeding, a system under which a few supposedly superintellects, self-appointed, would direct the ing and the movement of the m: mankind—an impossible syste! “Evolution,” Bryan said, “disp ing the miracle and ignoring the spiritual in life has no place for the regeneration of the individual. It POSTAL CHIEF ‘ows Harry New S. Regar, w Regi ste: Robert genersl Dera puer, postmaster gene no has just been sat the right, entered the department He succeeds W. Irving Glover AND NEW AID land hi made thing a ewest assistant, nt postinaster in 1909 as a BRYAN FUNERAL TO BE HELD IN CAPITAL FRIDAY (®)—-Fun Jennings ushington July Wm at W Pr lay Dayton, Tenn. eral services for Bryan will be held in New York avenue church, sometime d e Radelifte, ps of the church where the final vices for the former seeretar state will be held, has been for m years a great friend of the commoner and his fami The e t depend on Washington Bryan, th sister, Mrs. route’ from widowed mother. ARMS PARLEY IS FAVORED ~~ BY COOLIDGE Believes Security Pact Lays Foundation for New World Arms Conference Rev. Wallac the of arrival in Jennings with his es, is en join. the time of William Swampscott, Ma summation of the curity pact, in the opinion dent Coolidge, would lay foundation for further disarmament, Published reports that the ud given up hope for conference were jay at the White although — it conditions in propitious for movement for a conference: It was stated that there had by no change in the status of the pro- posal, which thus far has been con- fined to preliminary and rather in- definite suggestions from the ad- ministration that jt would make an effort to have onference whenever ther ed any likeli- hood of its going through. UPHOLDS TRADE BODY Swampscott, Mass., July 28.) President Coolidge beli the fed- eral trade commission has a useful function and he is not in symoathy with suggestions that it should be abolished, / sident's — conv’ ome of the ¢ mmission is pe performin, task us the policeman of bus the whole is performing service to the public. : Mr. Coollidge is of the belief that some of the practices of the com- mission might. well be modified so as i ble injustices to legiti- y and business, but he had not reached any conclusions as to what change in methods should be adopted TWO BOYS AND MAN FOUND DEAD IN ROOM New Haven, Conn., July 28.—()— Two boys and a man were found dead in'a room at a hotel here to- day, after a door had been broken down to gain entrance to the room which they had occupied since Sun- day. They were last seen Monday night when the man went to a near- by store to buy food. The man registered as Mike Sepne- zupa, of Providence, R. I The boys were about 7 and 12 years old. Their bodies were lying on the bed, fully clothed, The man’s body was oh the floor, doubled up, as if he had suffered convulsions. Three glasses which had contained ginger ale were found in the room. MOTHER SLAIN WHILE WORKING IN HER GARDEN Creemor, Ontario,,July 28—()— Mrs. Edward Dunseath, mother of two children, was battered to death last night with a hoe handle in the summer ‘thro tions the trade ¢ tified, it ness on a usefui recognizes no cry of repentance and} vegetable garden of her :home, while scoffs at the doctrine that one n pe born.” Would Eliminate Love picking berries. Her assailant set fire to the barns and police believe he perished in The fifth charge brought was that] the flames. They are hunting Frank “if a (Continued on page three) x . taken. seriously and made the} Dunseath; a brother-in-law, who had quarreléd with the murdered woman. ily. hour of the funeral will} called * .'be d BOB'S WIDOW ~ NOT IN RACE FOR SENATE La Follette She Will Not Seek Sea Unper House (F) forn Washington, 23. Mrs. Robert Mo L nounced Goday seek the July Follette Jher husband. In Ten's aun her to make the race, she expressed the belief that she would perform a eater ry itask of writin ENTIRE NATION PAYS TRIBUTE TOW. J. BRYAN Commoner to Be Buried in Arlington Among Heroes of Republic BODY LIES IN STATE Hundreds File Past Bier of Religious and Political Leader Dayton, July 28.—(®)—As the body of William Jennings Bryan lay in simple state in the home bed a Hates ea rare the peo- ple of America paid him sympa- thetic tribute. \s ae While others from among their midst poured messages of condolence into the little white cottage which housed the remains of the commoner, uncounted thousands whose causes he ha® championed mourned a leader, silently. Of varying political views, he had found in them a common chord when he came forward as a defender of the inspired Bible id revealed religion. Even news came from Wash- ingcon that arcangements had been made for the interment of their loved leader among the na- tion’s heroew many were penning messages of , sympathy to the widow, While the members of the imme- y ans! that she will not/terms they spoke of himas they had seat in the United States heard him during the past ieveral made vacant by the death of weeks or they laid aside their work {in orchards or cornfields and made diately family were hurrying across the continent from California and other western and midwestern states, these admirers were discussing his features in homely phras Among the foot hills of the Cum- berland hills where he spent the closing days of his career, farmers paused to talk with neighbors of the man who had passed. In simple statement addressed to wom-| their way to Dayton where the body ations, which had urged this afternoon will lie in state, Hundreds View Body Out of deference of these simple ce for the progressive’ people, Mrs. Bryan who had expresa- cause by devoting herself to thejed a desire for an her “husband's biog-' funeral unostentatious service for her husband, raphy from 1912 to the time of his! postponed arrangements for them to death, from “a wealth of notes andj take a last look at his remains. material” prepared by the senator. Mrs. Sia Fol t publie here th friend pected {o cle announcement vernor of a special election to fill the un- ement, made! Ys is ex! tride mules, jostling | behind e way for an early, conveyances and by Blaine’ came from anion i Their appreciation of this defer- ence was shown today. y foot, ru automobile they the hills. Lightly they stepped as they lett expired term of the leader of the’ the sidewalk and passed up the four progressives, it made, lieved ivtte, THREE COUNTIES APPLY FOR FEDERAL AID Three counties have made applica- tion to the state highway commission for federal aid in the graveling of 100 miles of e highway, and Wells county has just let a contract for nearly 11 miles of graveling, ‘making a total of 110 miles of better roads to be completed in 1925 and 19°6 in three counties. oe The board of county commission- ers of Grand Forks county have re- quested uid for 49 miles of gravel ing in that county on projects No. 41 215, and, See. B. This work will ne this year and commenced as soon as the plans and other prelim- inaries can be completed, — Trail county, through its county board, has asked for federal nid for graveling of thirteen and one-half miles of ' state high covering projects No. 61, A-B to be done in 1926, The re- 1 acted on by the county ners on July y 23, the board of county commissioners of Wells county not only let a contract for graveling ten |and one-half miles, subject to. ap- | proval by the state hway com- | mission, but also requested federal id for graveling thirty-seven miles in addition, to be built in 1926. The latter is for improving federal aid projects No. 175-A-B and 210 A-B. COOLIDGE SENDS CONDOLENCE TO | WIDOW OF BRYAN Swampscott, Mass., July 28.—(#)— President Coolidge late yesterday sent the following letter of con- dolence to the widow of William Jen- nings Bryan: “My Dear Mrs. Bryan: {The sudden death of Mr. Bryan brought a sense of personal’ loss to Mrs, Coolidge and myself. It was only the other day that he had been our guest at the White House. We wish to extend to you and your fam- ily our most heartfel sympathy, “Mr. Bryan has been a prominent figure in public affairs for a third of a century. He has been a leader in the advocacy of many moral re- forms and was representative of the effort for purity in our political life. He was endowed with the great gift The sincerity of his beyond dispute. He was three times chosen head of great political party ‘and held the ‘exalted office of secretary of state. | His career was another example of what American opportunity affords to those who have the will industri- ‘ously to apply themselves, It would be difficult to find among his con- temporaries anyone with so large a circle of friends and acquaintances, who had+so generously bestowed up- jon him their esteem and confidence. ; “I trust that you may be given great consolation in remembering all his worth and in the abiding faith that a divine providence has ordered abl things well.” i is rather generall, that Robert M. will seek his | ‘upon the widow cement steps to the grassy lawn While no announcement has been | where rested the’ bronze casket, Con- versation ceased und they were si- lent as they stoically viewed the pla- features of him, whom last they heard and cheered as he defend- Few of them ventured to intrude ; even to carry the Messages of consolation and sympa hy they wished to Re- J of the burden of preparation which she had borne, unaided, she today found more time to review the past of her dead and to contemplate the tributes of affectionate acclaim millions of hearts were bestowing upon the memory of the fallen leader. Secretary Plans Funeral Plans for the journey to Washing- ton and interment in Arlington ceme- tery had been taken over by Wm. E. Thompso: uthful secretary to the dead man, who was recalled from Virginia, to join the widow of his former chief by news of the death. The body will leave for Washing- ton tomorrow morning and arrive Thursday morning. After services Friday, probably a Presbyterian church, burial will be in Arlington. President Coolidge has ordered that flags on government buildings in the capitol be at half staff Frid: Although surrounded by friends who tenderly sought to perform her every desire, Mrs. Bryan has been crushingly alone in her grief. Her son, William Jennings Bryan Jr., left for California a few days before his father died. The secretary had gone on his vacation. All her daughters were in distant states. Yet tbe fortitude with which she bore her sorrow amazed associates who'sought to share her suffering. ‘The approach of her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Owen, brought a ray of cheer to Mrs. Bryan today. Mrs. Owen, hastening here from Mount Vernon, Ohio, was expected to reach Dayton’ early’ today. William Jennings Bryan, Jr., Was speeding eastward with his sister, Mrs. Grace Hargreaves, and planned to join the mother in Washington. Friday morning, and attend her to the burial services later in the day. Many Messages Hundreds of telegrams poured in upon the widow yesterday and last night and today letters began to ar- rive, each bearing another consola- tory note; each adding a bit to the tribute to her husband. From men high in the nation’s affairs. down the line to men and women, other “simple people,” these came. From President Coolidge, from senators, governors, ministers, church organizations and other in- stitutions, notes of condolence ar- rived. YOUTH HELD FOR DEATH OF YOUNG BOY Fort Morgan, Colo. Inty 28.—(/) —An information, charcing first de- gree murder was of file in distriet court here today against Henry Markely, 17, former Colorado refor- matory inmate in connection with the drowning last Friday of 10-year- old Frank’ Wallace Mevers, of Kan- sas Citv, Mo. at Brush, near here. The boy’s body was found ina pond with a flour’ sack tied over his ead and his ‘hands ‘bound...