The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 29, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER) FORE air tonight. dnd) Thursday. Now mueh change in temperature. THE BISMAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEL TRIBUNE | ESDAY, JULY 29, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS 4! Ff] BOARD SUSPENDS FREIGHT BOOSTS . Business Conditions in Northwest States on Upgrade ‘Harding Makes Plea for Great Lakes Waterway Says Completion of Project Would Mean Big Boom in Middle-West GREAT TRADE GAINIS MADE IN DISTRICT Higher Prices for All Farm Preducts Reported in July Review point, bi The completion of the ct Va ldo ft Sal | the Canal has done for the At- sand Pacific coasts, W. L, Mard- Des Moines, former governor lowa, red in an adar to- day at the convention of the > ote al Hay Association here, “There adjacent to the Great Lakes landlocked--that is, they off from ovean transport: said. “These people want. to | their produc equil’y wart to b outside, e St. Lawrence, if opened \ big boats, will make it possible for ‘them Yo get out and for the rest of the world to get into them. It mean the removing of a barrier that now stifles progre congesti between j the east and the middlewest will be Tremoved. It will help the manufac- j turer of the east as well as the farm- ‘er of that territory, It will help the farmer and turer of the north Miss for it will give them cheaper out and in them on a par with their mpetitor “The development of the St. rence is inevitable—it must Economically it is sound and ba ly it is right.” GIRL SHUNNED “BY SOCIETY BUYERS PAYIN CASH Increased Purchases of Man- ufactured Goods «and Much Building Noted they Minneapolis, Minn., Ju (®)—Higher prices for farm pro- du.ts. increased purchases of manufactured goods and great- building and commercial ity are noted in the July re- view of agricultural and com- mercial conditions in the Ninth Federal reserve bank. These conditions, —_ together with the increased money value of business transacted during the month, has helped to create a “growing confidence in the sustained purchasing power of these northwestern states,” the review avers. Although damage has occurred to wheat in the western half of the district because of the heat, wild hay and forage crops heavy and corn is making good progre c activity is held y reason of the issued in the ties loans and volume of ne £0: Law- me. ical- « business in i district. reduced their commercial reported iner in the demand deposi the same ti non-comm were increa: and investment reserve funds! rged. curities In Demand increase occurred by the public of secur ‘oreign securities and stoe! especially mand with a i and farm offered in the market, ives compiled by the bank show fer reduction in-corn and loans and Widow of George Gould Be- comes British Peeress at Quiet Ceremony in’ ties. were Ju Dd. 1, a be; in Aime New York, (P) AN mer chorus gi who married an million- the report ral depart- to flax in- the July from than were Mareh 1 “intent the a Acreage planted by 200,000 and of corn reduction is larger crop previously harvested the 1923 crop. is 15 per cent r, but is nearly rthan the previ- children, but who neve in American soc ome a British Mrs. Guinevere Sinclair widow of George Gould, ws ried vevterday in Montreal to ¢ St. John Broderick Viscount Duns ford, son and heir of the Karl of Middleton. The family title dates » is 37 years old. several years the viseount’s Gould, ere foreva, younger. se mai “We want keep our marriage s quiet as possible,” Lord Dunsford d. “We shall be here a few days and after that we shall go touring da and possibly on the con- We shall, of course, end up land, where we will live. New York society is speculating whether Lady Dunsford’s reception in London society will be more cor- dial than was that in New York three years ago. Lady Dunsford is the daughter of Alexander Sinclair, Her grandfather was provost of Trinity college, Dub- lin, She was appearing in the Eng- lish musical comedy “The Girl On the Film” in 1914 when she caught the attention of Howard Gould, brother of George J. Gould. When the comedy. company cane to New York the same year Mi. Sinclair carried a letter of introduction from Howard to George, husband of the late Edith Kingdon Gould. When the company returned to England she remained behind and as Mrs. Sinclair lived in a mansion just off Riverside Drive. Later she moved to Rye, N. Y. Children were born to her in 1915, 1916 and 1922, married George Gould in 1922. after the death of Edith Kingdon Gould. After a legal battle that followed Gould’s death in 1923, the present Lady'Dunsford obtained last June an annual income of $10,000 for each child. .He claim for $4,000 000, which she said was bequeathed her and her children is still in litiga- tion. She has already. received $1,- 000,000, AGEN DENIED NEW TRIAL BY JUDGE KNEESHAW Grand Forks, N. D., July 29.—(@)— A motion for a new trial for H. J. Hagen, former president of the Scan- dinayian-American | bank of Fargo, convicted in March, 1924, of receiv- ing deposits while the bank was in- solvent, was denied in an order re- ceived here today from Judge W. J. Kneeshaw, the trial judge. Hagen’ motion was based on the loss’ of part of the court stenog- rapher’s notes on the former trial in which he was convicted. A mo- tion for a new trial had previously been. made before the state supreme court and had been denied by that hody, which held that such a motion should properly be made before the trial judge, MAN KILLED WHEN AUTO HITS TRAIN Mankato, Minn. July 29.—(@)— Oliver Klonpenback, aged 21, wa: killed at.Truman, Minn., 50 miles sosth of bere, this morning when |his automobile. truck collided with an Omsha passenger train. The par- ents of the young man reside at Sleepy Eye, Minn. * 4 10 ps of com- tock, showed largest ‘increases f less-than-car- miscellaneous com- du nditie: from Minneapolis and y commodities to the sr shipments in have other months of this year. Buy Implements ri and vehicle — ship- ments jumped from 266 carloads in June last year to 520 carloads in and shipments of rep- ilding materials were ast June compared with ars in June a year ago. Ship- of automobiles, trucks and totaled 1,059 cars in June this year compared with 754 cars in June last year. Shipments of linseed products increased 69 per cent and flour one per cent.- Labor conditions are said by the review to have been more favorable to laborers in June this year than was the case a year ago, the esti- mate being based on the number of advertisements for help in compari- son with ‘advertisements for posi- tions. Wholesale trade during June and the preceding five months showed marked increases over the corre- sponding periods a year ago with the exception of wholesale groceries. In- creased sale of farm #mplements was especially notable. Seven firms reported June sales 45 per cent larger than for June a year ago. Sales for the six months ending with June were 64 per cent larger than for the same period a year ago. Wholesale hardware, dry goods and shoe sales also made increases in comparison with a year ago. Buyers Pay Cash Emphasis is placed by the report on the fact that accounts receivable and notes held by wholesalers have not increased in proportion to the total volume of business. Credit-in- struments held by farm implement, wholesalers and manufacturers on July 1 were five per cent less than a year ago. Shoe wholesalers held 13 per cent more credit paper than was the cade a year ago, but dry goods receivable were only one per cent larger and- wholesale hardware and grocery credit instruments were 10 and 8 per cent less, respectively. Other business also responded to the improved outlook, gains of five per cent in departtment store sales, 58 per cent in retail lumber sales and 46 per cent in building permits heing recorded, in contrast with June 1924. The number of business failures was 27 per cent larger than in June last year, but 10 per cent smaller than in May this year. The liabili- ties involved were 3,342,444, 9 fig: ure larger than:that for June last year or May this year, Grain ‘Receipts, Large Grain recéipts ‘at Daluth-Bupgtior were 16 per centlatge than in-June last year, Receipts oats, barley an f@ax were more than twice and wheat receipts increa: (Continued on page ¢! to MARRIES EARL fors ¢ utiful blonde, in reages were made by farm-" gine, thus legitimatizing their three | TORREY GIVES PRECEDENCE T0 + PARKS IN EAST vors Projects on Atlantic Coast Over Bad Lands for National Playgrounds TELLS OF PILGRIMAGE Reports Favorably on Area But Urgcs Resorts in East First D. The report of Raymond 1. Yorr who last month inspected the H Lunds with a distinguished com for the purpose of reporting upon its feasibility for national park pur- poses, has been received by the of- ficers of the Roosevelt National Park Pr ociation, and upon the whole is and availability. precedence to two other park projects in the App range of mountains along tic coast, declaring the posed parks’ should come fir ing the only national parks posed for the eastern part of ountry, as all the national are in the western section United States, rive onal er, national the of the if {n) of its teachers parks! {W EVOLl in the I who teach evolution the District of Columbia's laws spect to the Bible. This suit wi questions of t suit to res Mr. Torre. of his pilgri through Lands, describing the various tures of that strange country in the sequence of their order on trip, from the start at the Peacetul Vat- y ranch down the to the yon and thene up the er to the McCarty r burn- ing coal veins, old for Pretty butte and other tures in the Marmar has suppressed much thusiasm he exhibited on the trip in an unbiased recital of what he saw. He p bute to the great interest that attaches to the petri- fied forest, ; showing an_ intim knowledge of its origi ing the age of the trees 1500 and 1600 years death a likening them quoia trees of California iv length 1 i fe; He en- of the now Describes We expands — con weirdness of the | tion and tis allt for it in wildness and s ty, and comments on the of seoria hing the Ih hips pa ‘ranchers in dry years and hard win- nd of their desire to remain lands should a park be made of the region, He relates with in- terest the campfire on the site of the Roosevelt Elkhorn ranch house and of the greeting at that time to the spirit of Roosevelt, of the inter i 0 up there and the beauty nery. In_deseribing the grand canyon Mr. Torrey says: “We rode 12 miles north, over the tops of buttes + |mesas, which gave us a good of the deeper and more impres: part of the valley, where the river turns east teward the Big Missou’ For some miles here, there is a true canyon, with deeply sculptured walls rising 600 to 800 feet above the river, and above the mest walls are higher buttes. The general level of the prairie surrounding the Little Mi: \ souri valley is about 3.000 feet, with buttes rising 300 or 400 feet higher, but the erosion in the valley and its tributaries, cutting down in places to 2,000 feet above sea level gives the relief to the region, The character- istic colors, grey in the sandstone and gumbo, red in the scoria beds and black in the lignite veins, some- times 20 feet thick, are displayed to the highest degree in this northern part of the Little Missouri valley. The higher buttes, such as Bullion, Sentinel, the Singleterry ridge and others, and the Pretty buttes, fur- ther south, make impressive masses above the general level and give splendid viewpoints when climbed.” Tells of Wild Game Then he speaks of his trip through the regions south of Medora, of the burning coal veins, the former re- foresting reserve and the Bad Lands around Pretty butte. In regard to game in the region he speaks of a herd of antelope “estimated at from tén to thirty,” ag the sole remnant jof the millions that used to roam \this region, when at one place the number is estimated at around one hundred and as many more at other scattered points in the Bad Lands. ‘He says extensive fencing would probably be needed to protect .the antelope and other game that mfght be brought in after the park is created. Mr. Torrey says he first explored every avenue looking toward the creation ofa state park, but was as- sured by Governor Sorlie and others that the financial condition of the state precluded such action by the legislature. He then discussed the ownership of the proposed park area, making an estimate of 110,000 acres ‘of public lands, as much more owned the Northern Pacific railway, school lands at 10,000 acres, the majority of the balance being in rivate ownership at a value of from 1 to $3 an here, except the bottom lands, which are worth more. Mr. Torrey suggests that in case the park is created that it “might be regarded as a sort of ‘Cow Country’ park, a remnant of the old cowboy ‘life of which Roosevelt wrote; and made enjoyable to visitors through the ‘dude ranch’ system which has ad considerable success in the hi | West.” Favors Eastern: f In: conclusion Mr. 4 Tey. says: “That in any thorough allocation of the territory of the United States for recreation the Bad Lands area of (Continued on page three) peer and disappeared, RIGID RULES — COMPILED FOR | \ | i | \ | {State Health Department to Make Survey of N. D. Resorts Rules sanitary throug! regulations to govern tourist eamps be van and conditi ut th by Dr alth off ata sing collected by means of 4 survey is completed. The survey, Dr. Whittemore intended to disclose sani ons in now sting furni nformation on. whieh the stat y base reasonable rule tegutations for the proteotic both the tourists and. eitiz near them The fact that a tourist camp may be surrounded by trees and locate: in the midst of beautiful scenery means nothing from a health stand- ‘point, he explained. Statistics al- | ready at hand show that some. which | ore ed on treeless prairie Ibetter. from a health standp ithan those which are apparent! more favorably located. 0 Diseases Re To date no serious 4d appeared in’ any tourist | throughout the state this yea Whittemore aid, but he be es that several cases of typhoid fever and minor outbreaks of other com- municable diseases whieh occurred vear were due to unsan iti in tourist camps se con di and iving s have akota or in other st It is possible that the typhoid case: were contracted. by tourists in other states, but the disease did not be- come apoarent until the v reached North Dakota, Dr. Whitte- more said. Inspection cards devised by the state health department show that a scare of 100 per cent is possible, but Dr. Whittemore said 70 per cent will be_a pasing average. The score allows 45 per cent for sanitation of which 15 per cent. is awarded for good toilet facilities, 15 per cent for good water, 10 per cent for proper drainage and five per cent for miscellaneous items. The care which a tourist camp re- ceives may win a total of 25 points, 10 per cent each being allowed for the presence of a caretaker and good rubbish disposal and five per cent} for miscellany. five per cent is allowed for bility and four per cent for 1 | already per y rules and regulations in force it wins another three cent. Convenience Not Counted The conveniences which tourists hope to find at such stopping places count for little in the score, one point each being allowed for near- ness to a store, electric lights, fire- places, shower baths, telephone, trees, laundry, fuel, shelter and gen- eral appearance. Where necessary orders will be issued immediately to clean up the camps, Dr. Whittemore said, but where’ conditions are generally sat- isfactery no action will be taken un- til the state has compiled its rules and regulations. Hundreds of thousands of people tour through North Dakota each summer, Dr. Whittemore said, and sanitary tourist camps may ‘mean life and health to them as well as to the North Dakotans with whom they come in contact. LONE: BANDIT HOLDS UP G. N. - TICKET OFFICE Marshall, Minn., July 20.—@)—A lone masked bandit held up the ‘night telegraph operator in the of- fices of the Great Northern rail- road ‘station ‘here at 3 a, m, an after taking $63.53 from the cash drawer locked the operator in a box Loren H. Wittner, a government clerk istrict of Columb MOTOR CAMPS 1 5. police If the camp has satisfac-| ION TRIAL at Washington, D. C., has filed 1 from paying sal 1. He bases his suit on a provis.on which prenibit the teaching of dis- ill bring to’ issue all of the moote © Scopes trial. GREAT HEAT WAVE SWEEPS OVER SWEDE k, causing ths, many fires in fac- tories, ms and forests through Lightning, drownings, sailing acei- {dents and damage to crops by hail storms, The damage is estimated at | al million kroner, YOUTH SHOOTS DOWNTHREEIN ~ JEALOUS RAGE i Boy Murders Woman and Two | Men and Wounds Another on Busy Street several | Richmond, Va., July ‘jealousy for 4 Peers, former artist’s model, he has conf d to police, caused Rudolph E. Disse, 18, to kill her and two {men and seriously wound another man in a sudden burst of gunplay that startled Richmond yesterday. Detective Sergeant “I. Harvey | Burke, who died last night as the third ‘victim of the shooting, was ‘one of the two men whom Disse told he shot simply because he was afraid they would frustrate his purpose . of. killin; i. Carter, the other victim and hi d_rival after he had shot Mr: Willis | Britt, who was seriously wounded, ‘was a stranger to the others and had simply volunteered to take Mrs, i; Peers, Disse and Burke in his auto- | mobile when they were leaving po- jlice court. Mrs. Peers had ‘been { arraigned there on charges made by | Disse and the latter was in court on charges by Carter that he had threatened him. Both cases were continued and as the two left court Burke arrested Disse on a bad check charge. He accompanied them with Britt when Mrs. Peers said she (P)—His an Tomlin ' it 1 BRYAN’S BODY | EN ROUTE TO Remains of Commoner to Washington Comrad Make Pledge to Carry on Fight Against Theory Dayton, ting for Frown where July 29--uP) er the littie southern friends made his last he body of William Je: y toduy began 1 from Dayton the nation nal tribute to his memory before burial in Arlington cemecer The special Pullman drew Dayton at o'clock, moving list toward Chattanooga, where the pub- lic will enter to view the placid fa of the great commoner, Mrs, Bryan with members of her household o pied the forward end of the cur, The bronze casket lay on supports in the observation section at the rear of the coach, zens of Dayton, where former secretary of state w last’ vigorous fight for orthodoxy, gathered at the track side to see their leader and friend de- ssociates of battie in the Tennessee evolution statute stood with bowed head the funeral train moved away through the Cumberland hills or d with wistful eyes us the sor- ed from their nings Br long. tre W the a rowing entourage pas view. The special car will stop first at “ha whence, after an jin- h the public will view the body it will go to Knoxville, Bristol, Roanoke, Lynchburg Washington, Funeral Party The funeral party will include, Mrs. Bryan, Mrs. Ruth Owen, her daughter and her husband, Major Reginald Owen,-of the British arm: P. H. Callahan, Louisville; Wm. E, Thoinpson, Secretary to Mr. Bry- un; Wallace Haggard, member of the prosecution counsel in the trial, Mrs. C. keeper, and Willi chauffer for the Bryan family William Jennings | Bryan. younger, will join his mother Sister in Washington Friday, al panied by Mrs, Grace Hargr other daughter, rom the neat white he had been known loved and followed as the fundamen- talist. leader, to‘the city where he had been the respected democratic chieftain, the congressman, and the secretary of state, the kaleidoscopic change of scenes carried the remains of the commoner. Just as in life he had thrown uside the political clouk for the raiment of the religious leader, in death the body passed from the scenes of his last fight for funda- mentalism to those of his earlier political strife. Loving Tribute In Dayton loving tribute was paid the fundamentulist chief by the and the nd (friends among whom he passed, men: and women to whom he was the de- fender of the faith bred in them by God-fearing forebears of the South- land, Here he received the homage of the hills, rendered in the simple fashion of those who dwell among them. In Washington will come the lau- dations of those who knew him best as he moved among ther, the politi- cal leader, the orator, the statesman, As the funeral car headed toward Washington news came from differ- ent sections of the country of the wanted to get some clothes at Disse's home. Remaining in the car there as the lothers stepped to the sidewalk, Disse suddenly whipped out a pistol, wit- nesses told the police and without warning shot down the woman and two men, Rushing in the car to a restaurant owned by Carter in the downtown section, Disse startled the crowd gathered there for a midday meal by bursting through the door and brandishing a pistol. Before Carter had warning, eye witnesses said, he was shot through the heart by Diss After escaping in the confusia the youthful slayer was captured by a traffic policeman, AGED WOMAN FATALLY HURT; BY BANDITS Biwabik, Minn., July 29 —()—Aft- er clinging to a slender hope of re- covery for eight days, despite her 89 years, Mrs, Mary Nisa Karish died here late Tuesday from axe wounds inflicted by four men in thir at- tempt to plunder her home. Frank Karish, 55 years old, her son, who also was injured severely at the same time, has recovered suf- ficiently to be discharged from the hospital. Mrs. Karish and her son, sleeping in the same room in their little home at the Chicago location, near here, were attacked the night of July 21, by four men, still at large, who at- temnted to enter the home forcibly the Karish family slept. Mr. Kar- ish protested and one of the men. infuriated, attacked him with a small hand axe. Then as Mrs, Karish lay in her bed, the axe-man attacked her, in- flicting wounds about the head and shoulders which crused her death, Subsequent to the attack the raiders ramsacked the home, apparently under impression that Karish had a large sum concealed about the place, homage to be paid the memory of the silver-tongued orator of the past. Pledges of his comrades in the fight against evolution came from far separated corners of the land. Opponent of the evolution theory will drive i¢ from the tax-supported | schools of the nation, they suid. ‘Telegrams and letters continued to flood the little home at Dayton, bringing to the bereaved, widow notes of consolation from hundreds of ad- mirers and friends of the dead. Flags at Half Mast From other section$ of the coun- try came news of a tribute to be paid the memory of the dead man. In North Carolina, Governor Angus McLean ordered all flags on state, county and municipal buildings in the state to fly at half staff Friday while the people of the state lay aside their activities for 30 minutes during the funeral. This was supplemgzted by addi- tional instructions from mayors of different cities, In Charlotte, N. C., a request was made by the mayor to pastors of the city’s churches to toll their bells for five minutes at the hour of the funeral. From other sections announce- ments came of memorial services to be conducted at the hour of the fun- eral. Chief among .these was the announcement of a meeting to be held in Royal Palmpark, at Miami, Fla., where the voice of the common- er had been heard so many times in Bible cl under the direction of el his former pastor. CROWDS VIEW BODY Chattanooga, Tenn., July 29.—)— The Bryan funeral here at 10:15 cent: The public was cial ey vi! itesman. rowd party arrived d the remains of the di sthe ‘station as the train from Dayton mulled in. Captain W. the Chattanooga (Continued on page three) CAPITAL CITY — ‘ {Special Pullman Car Carries ATION TO PAY HOMAGE in’ Evolution War will; out of 1 standard time. admitted to the man, where in single aa estimated at 1,500 persons against the iron barrier of ker of police restrained Bryan Family Traced to Old Irish Captain Commoner May Wave De- seended From Eleventh Century King of Erin The tn- ss Bryan liam O'Br in in King dames? Irish arm war against William, ' 1 \ ns HY in the of Ors O'Brien, histriographer ef the American Irish historical so- ciety, today told how 18 years ago, he had traced the Bria directly as far back a showed that there was a pos the commoner was descended Brian Boru, an eleventh Irish’ Kin Mr. O'Brien said the name O'Brian was changed to” Brian und subse- quently to Bryan alter the removal of one of the family to Culpepper county, Virginia, froin North Caro- ling, where Captain O'Brian firsts from ceniury histriogrs asserted that studi © commoner for many years and had found that Mr. Bryan E many celtic char- istics. His gift of oratory was and, even his build and appearance, all the little celtic attributes that ‘d down in the blood he celtic, 1 ighteen years ago after much re- search Mr. O'Brien. presented the commoner with all the data he could dina on Bryan’s branch of the fam- ily. YANKEE HELD FOR RANSOM BY CHINESE Cartridges for Release of Dr. Howard Peking, July 29.--()—Consular advices say that ransom, in money and cartridge, has been demanded by the brigands who captured Dr. Har- v J. Howard of the Rockfeller hos- in Peking more than a week while he was visiting at sthe nehurian ranch of Morgan Pal- . a native of New York > * amount of the the where : is not revealed. The demand is said to have been forwarded to Samuel Sokobin, Amer- ican consul at Mukden, who jis nes the ranch javestigating the, bandit’s attack. Roger Green, business director of \the Rockefeller hospital has arrived at Mukden and is appealing for the aid of Gen. Tso-Lin, the manchurian war lord, to effect the release of Dr. Howard. Morgan Palmer, long a resident of China, was killed on the day that Dr. Howard was captured, July 20. Be- cause of the isolated location of the ranch where the attack took place, on the Sungari river, details of the affair have not been received. It is ; known, however, that the mother of j Mr. Palmer, a son of Dr. Howard and Harold Baldwin. formerly of Derby, Conn., and his wife and child who were ut the ranch at the time, escaped. Peking advices several d pressed the belief that G would be stirred to action against the bandits as Mr, Palmer was per- sonally known and highly regard- ed by him. N. D. PASTOR SERIOUSLY ILL Rev. W. R. Thatcher, for four years pastor of the Methodist church in Mandan, and who formerly held pastorates at Center and Beach, is in a critical condition at a Valley City hospital following a stroke of apop- lexy Sunday morning, according to information received today by Bis- marck fi 5 Mr. Thatcher, who was assigned to Lisbon, N. D., Methodist pastorate ahout a year ago, had gone to Valley City last Saturday to occupy the pulpit there in the absence of the pastor of that city. He was stricken Sunday morning. Mrs. Thatcher, called from Lisbon to Valley City, was recognized by him when she reached the hospital, but ‘Sunday evening he sank into unconscious- ‘ness ang is now in a critical condi- tion. Rev Thatcher two years ago suf- fered a stroke of apoplexy, but fol- ‘lowing careful nursing was thought to have completely recovered. o> | Weather Report Temperature at 7 a. m Highest yesterday . Lowest last night ..... Precipitation Highest wind velocity . 16 For North Dakot: Fair tonight and probably Thursda: Not much change in temperature. jeneral Weather Conditions No well defined storm area ap- pears on the weather map this morn- ing, but precipitation occurred at red places throughout the Plains States and alae slope of the Rockies. Fair wi prevails west of the Rockies. Cool weather accompanies the high prese- ure area centered over the northern Plains States and sortheasters [Ree Moe! in region, STATE OPENS WAR ON GRAIN RATE INCREASE Commission Files Protests on New Tariff With Federal Body BIG BLOW TO FARMERS | Several Organizations Join in Fight Against North- west Carriers The state road commission today announced that it will sus- pend the proposed increased tar- iffe on grain and grain products proposed by railroads operating in North Dakota, The suspension will be made effective from the date the proposed increases were to be made effective and will re- main in effect 120 days pending investigation by the board. The commission has the right to order a second suspension of six months when the first one ex- pires. The action will affect only In- trastate shipments and will be taken in order to bolster the board's protest to the interstate commerce commission, filed yes- terday, in which i objected to proposed increases of interstate rates by the carriers. PETITIONS FILED Fargo, July 29.—Petitions asking for a suspension of new increased freight rates on grains, scheduled to come into effect on Aug. 10, and a hearing of their case, have been for- warded to the interstate commerce commission by several organizations in North Dakota, The increased rates have been established by the Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie railwa: The petitions have been sent to Washington on behalf of the Farm. ers’ Grain Dealers’ association, F go Commercial club, Interstay Seed and Grain company, Manchester bis- cuit company, Magill and company, and the North Dakota Farm Bureau Federation, N. E, Williams, traffic commissioner of the Fargo Comune: cial club, and Karl Knox Gurti attorney of Washingtca. Rates Unjust the laying of complaints by above organiza- tions again: Present rates, which are claimed te be unjust and too high, It is also take some measure of relief in the present rates such s been asked by the railwa cording to Mr. Williams, | T crease asked for amounts to: 3 1 cents on flax and millet seed, cent on wheat, flour, corn, oats and coarse grains, all between Fargo and Chicago, and 1-2 cents on flour from Beardstown, Ill, to Fargo. These rates are per 100 pounds in carload lots, according to the first petition, In the sec§id application rates for which a suspension is asked affect grains between points in North Da- Kota on the one hand, and points in Minnesota and South Dakota on the other, also from Fargo to Minneapo- lis, St. Paul, Duluth and Superior, Wis. The increases in this latter case are from 1-2 cent to 5 1-2 per 100 pounds. Increase Unwarranted The petitions state that the in; crease is wholly unwarranted and that no showing of any kind has been made by the northwestern lines that would warrant such action, and that the present rates are even un- just, unreasonable and discriminatory as compared with grain rates from Minnesota points to the same ter- minal markets. The statement that immigrants of a high type are now going to Canada, owing to the greater latitude allowed them by the Canadian railways, is also made. Included in the applications are statements to the effect that North Dakota is the principal flax produc- ing state; the second largest wheat producing state, and that corn, oats, rye gnd barley are also grown in large quantities, making the state one of the largest customers of the northwestern lines in the matter of grain shipments. Carriers Not Shown Cause It is also stated that the railways ” have not shown that present rates are too low or that the proposed ones are just. The Hock-Smith reso- lution of the United States congress, is mentioned as being in direct con- flict with granting the increases in such a manner, BOARD ALLOWS HUGHES TO BUY MANDAN PLANT The state railroad board has ap- proved the purchase by the Hughes Electric compe Oy. of the property of the Mandan Electric company for $225,000 and also has approved the for steam heat and electric service proposed by the new owners, NORTH DAKOTA MILL TO SELL MIXED WHEAT “North Dakota (12.8) mix”! wheat, mixed te a uniform gluten content‘ of 12.3, will be sold by the state vator at Grand Forks this: fall, cording to Governor A. G. Sorlie, rector of the enterprise. While the standard mix is to be known as 12.3 gluten content, it is possible that this standard. may. change in other ars, according to. demand and the ‘quality of wheat. is about one point ‘higher than Minn sota terminal mixes, he said. This step follows He: a