The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 5, 1925, Page 1

peace oe ———$ $< $< —__—__—__. WEATHER FORECAST Mostly fair tonight and Thurs- day. a ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK “BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1925 PRICE FIVE CE! TRIBUNE [aioe | BREAK COAL WAGE NEGOTIATIONS UPHOLD STATE BOARD AWARD INCOAL CASE Jansonius Holds Court Cannot Overrule Finding ‘of State Body WASHBURN CO. | LOSES, —" { Deny Lignite Company's Com-, plaint Holding Illegal Let- | ing of Contracts | Holding that a court cannot sub- stitute its judgment for the judg-j ment of the North Dakota state! board of administration on matters | in which reasonable. persons might; differ, Judge Jansonius in Burleigh: county district court today refused the petition of the Washburn L nite Coal company, Wil for injunction to prevent | board from entering into contracts with other companies. The plain- tiff claimed its bid was the lowest and that it should receive all the| state contracts. | Judge Jansonius pointed out that) “the general rule is that in award-| ing contracts of this nature, boards! are vested with discretion in deter-| mining who is the lowest and best, bidder and their decision cannot be! interfered with by the courts, even if erroneous. provided it is "based! upon a sound and reasonable discre-| tion and exercised in good faith! without collusion or fraud.” | The state board contended that; higher heat unit content of coals! offered by competitors of the p tiff warranted them in awarding the contracts at a higher price thai made by Washburn comp: “The general rule is that in a ing contrac nature, bourds/ are vested with discretion in deter-| mining who is the lowest and best bidder, and their decision cannot be interfered with by the courts, even | if erroneous, provided it is base upon a sound and reasonable diser tion and exercised in good faith, without collusion or fraud, and not | abused, the court held. | “In other words this court cannot substitute its judgment for judgment of the Board on matters jonable persons might differ on.| it is true, as suggested by coun- sel for plaintiff, that the court can take judicial notice of the fact that the Washburn Lignite Coul Com-| Knights of Columbus Elect | has onerated for many years; that it is financially responsible, and that it produces « high quality of| coal. In fact it is generally known, especially in the eastern part of the state, that a very high grade of coal} is produced by the Washburn -Lig- nite Coal company. “But the proposal, following the} statute, requires the bidder to give! the B. T. U. of the coal he offees to} furnish, and here the companies are offering and contract-| ing to furnish coal having substan-| tially higher heat units. | “Whether or not the coal the de-; fendant companies ultimately fur-| nish is a higher grade than that of plaintiff cannot now be determined. ; he fact remains that they con- tracted to do so and are required to do so or suffer a reduction. Conse- quently, plaintiff's bid is not the) lowest.” > _The case involved. contracts for lignite coal ded by the state board of administration to the Knife River Coal company, the Lucky Strike corporation, and the Repu@lic! company, all North Dakota firms. Contracts for 70,000 tons of coal! were awarded. Of this total the Washburn company received con-! tracts for 26,000 tons. BULGARIA DENIES jas s' defendant} Mary Pickford as she r witness a appeared on ‘POPE SENDS ne GREETING TO CONVENTION Officers Today at Duluth Conclave adel, |, Sul ie Knights of Columbus, was reelected to his ninth two year term at the 43rd annual supreme convention here i “Es rd preme kn thie noch, defied Haggerty, Greenw newspaper publisher, 258 to 5 | votes. Duluth. Minn., Aug. 5.—()—With : approximately half of its busine | program accomplished, the Kni |of Columbus started the second day of their 43td annu vention here today with election of officers, The first matter scheduled for the executive business session opening at 10:30 a. m Reports of committees on the mileage, on laws and resolutions, and on good of the order, reports and recommendations of the board of di- rectors, of special commission and convention routine will fill the ses- sion. It is. expected the selection of next year's meeting place will be ef- fected by the directors, as has been the custom, Pour Over Border While the delegates labored in the siness session stirs went a long of automobiles over the Minne- RETALITORY ACTS Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 5.—(4)--The| Balgarian foreign office has denied | any movement of forces in retalia-| tion for the’ dispatching of Greek troops to the Bulgarian frontier be-| cause of the assassination recently; Greek citizen, on| Buigarian territory and because of alleged _terrori acts against, Greeks in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian} army, however, was declared ready to, do its duty if called upon, | WILL RESUME | NONPARTISAN’ | PUBLICATION Cooperstown, N. D., Aug, 5.—(®)—} The series of Nonpartisan picnics which were held throughout the; state recently attracted thousands of| visitors, Gerald Nye, editor of the North Dakota Nonpartisan league organ, said. Publication of the| Nonpartisan will begin again soon, Nye said, as the result of financial| aid obtained at the recent conven- tion in Bismarck. It had suspend- ed because of lack of financial sup- port. Harvest Hands Supplied Here | i Via Minneapolis; “Minneapolis, Aug. 5.—()—Seeking to prevent an over supply of labor in, harvest regions, the farm extension! bi of North Dakota will ji the distribution of farm Minneapolis office will keep in touch with ‘ail the county agents in North; Dakota, and will best be ble to. dg- cide where to direct harvest hands. FEW GIRLS GO UNBOBBED Hollywood, Cal.—(#)—The role of a school. girl in motion pictures longer is ing handled by the lass with bobbed hair, ‘was reyesled here recently)iJ&Dhi ngaphiaticated school miss now is identtied by her long tresses. ae 3 a sota International highway, skirting the north shore of Lake Superior this morn ‘This afternoon ap- proximately 3,000 Knights and. their ladies will visit the Minnesota Steel company plant here, and tonight they will go on moon light steamboat ex- cursion. Praising the education program of the fourth degree; tolling the names of prominent members of the order who hav ; bringing mess- ages from the Pope m Marshal Foch, and urging increased activity of local bodies of the Knights in their communitie functionings, Supreme Knig! mes A. Flaherty delivered his annual address to the Knights of Columbus 43rd_ supreme convention here yesterday in execu- tive session. He called attention to the works of the organized past, especially last year, stressing the activities of pro- moting boy welfare work in Ror the boy program of the Columbian squires launched by this convention, the insurance feature of the order, the post war work among former service men, the establishing by the order of the first chair of Ameri- can history in any institution, of learning endowed by the Knights at | Catholic university, and other«phases of the order’s work. + |CISTERN VICTIM TOOK OWN LIFE LATEST THEORY Mattoon, Ill., Aug. 5.—(#)—Suicide has been found by investigators as the most reasonable explanation of the death of Miss Cora Stallman, 48 years old, former Cincinnati teacher, whose body was found Saturday in a cistern on her sisters farm.” Though no ‘water was found in the lungs, physicians who examined the}: body said her physical condition was such that'a violent shock from cold water might have caused death. They theorized that. she attempted to drown herself, but had died instant- ly upon striking the cold water Relatives d the. opinion ‘that ‘suicide Ited ‘from: tem- | Porary mental derangement, MARY TAKES STAND gainst three men accused « Y Mary quietly and composedly told what she knew of the plot +] Lowest last night . COURT BACKS AUTHORITY OF AWARD BOARD Sustains Ruling of Burleigh County Court in Craig Compensation’ Case REVERSE ‘KING VERDICT Standard Oil Company Loses in Appeal From Richland County Decision Exclusive jurisdiction of the work- men’s compensation bureau in deter- mining amounts of-awdrds for in- i coming under the state work- disability’ Jaw was upheld by orth Dakota supreme court in ion handed down today in the of the state ex. rel. H. K. case Craig against the workmen's compen- sation bureau, ‘Tne court sustained the of Judge Fred Jansonius in district court of Burleigh county where the suit originated. opinion Craig, who was employed by the e highway commission, sulfered injury during the course of his prk apd was allowed compensation by the board after a hearing. On an appeal from the board's compensation! allowance the case was reopened by the board and further compensation awarded him, A second request to, pen the case was refused, how- ever, and Craig sought a writ from the district court to have his clam determined by judicial on, t Judge Jansonius’ de which vas upheld by the supreme court, a that t\> court had no jurisdic- tion in determining the amount of compensation. In its decision the high court held that only those cases wherein the compensation board has refused to| grant an allowance may properly be! brought into court. In that case the court can determine whether or not the ease is compensible under the state law. nd in Los Angeles ing to kidnap her the w ‘LOCAL BOOSTER Ed ‘King, convicted of robbery in the Ward county district court, was granted a new trial by the sugreme court in a decision late yesterday. The court based its action on etrors BODIES PLANNED FOR WHOLE STATE in the proceedings at King's first state Will Ce State-| cf being one of two men who brutal- State Will Carry on State-| frei and then robbed ‘A. 0. Hay. wide Publicity; Local Units | dea, Ward county farmer who lived alone. Serve Community In the case of Standard Oil com- pany vs. Braun, appealed from the Richland county district court, the le-| judgment of the lower court was af- Plans for establishing a focal velopment ociation in every dis-' firmed, The Standard Oil company j trict of North Dakota to carry on dis- had sought to recover from Braun a trict mmunity work will be an-! building used as a gasoline filling nounced within the near future by| station but was defeated. Fred A. Irish, First National Bank of Fargo, treasurer of the Greater] The supreme court today issued North Dakota association. an order to Sheriff Odin Overby of cent te is not the intention of the organization to assume the of diytrict development asso- 5," Mr. Irish declared. “The sociation will handle all publicity and development work in carrying out its five year elopment program, but local and district associations m continue to function for the v. us sections Grand Forks county ordering, him to show cause why writ of habeas corpus should not be issued in the cases of Harry Johnson and John H. Neville, convicted of grand larceny in the Grand Forks county district court. The writ was granted follow- ing contention by parents of the boys that their cases should have been heard in the juvenile court and that SEEK CHEMIST IN FIRE HOAX MURDER PLOT Body Recovered From Blast Fire Ruins Believed to Be Workman SEEK VICTIM’S IDENTITY Missing Chemist Carried in Excess of $100,000 Life Insurance Martiniz, Cal., Aug. .-An_unidenti- fied workman from New York was tentatively accepted authorities today as the murder victim, whose charred body was found in the labor- atory of the Pacific Cellulos Com- pany last week after an explosion and fire the result of which Charles Henry Schwartz, Berkeley chemist, is being sought on a warrant charg- ing murder, vidence gathered yesterday — re- vealed that Schwi who at the time of the explosion was believed to have met his death, had advertised for a helper about the plant and had told employes that he was expect- ing a man from New York. Seek Identity Working on this theory the sheriff, and district attorneys offices hoped! to establish the identity of the dead man, whose body w: yond recognition. an se which hoax plot. carried insura poli- in excess of $100,000 payabie to s wife and the cellulose company in which Mrs. Schwartz was heavily interested, Rodriguez Returns The reappearance yesterday of Joe Rodriguez, Portuguese farm hand, who had been missing and virtually accepted as the victim left the in- vestigators with few clues upon which to work and throw the entire case again into a puzzling situation. The warrant for Schwartz arrest was issued yesterday after five days of investigation which revealed con- clusively that the dead man had been murdered and the corpse was not that of the chemist. Mrs. Schwartz, however, remains unchanged in her statements that the body is that of her husband. Per- mission to bury the remains has terious is an insura believed ce ci been repeatedly denied her and it now rests in. the San Francisco morgue. JURY HOLDS FATE OF RUSSELL SCOTT Chicago, Aug. 5.—()—In probably another day a jury will decide wheth- er Russell Scott is sane and should be hung, or mentally deficient and therefore immune from the execu- tion of the death sentence from which he twice narrowly has escaped. The defense alienists have fin- ished their testimony that he suf- fers from delusions, paranoic demen- tia and is not oriented to his sur- roundings in jail. Three jailers of 15 lay witnesses for the state have said they believe Scott sane, and five defense alienists money raised, this percentage of re- ceipts to be turned over to the dis- triet associations. This fund will is a nucleus for district or- ions and can be augmented by er effort on the part of the local officers. There are two or three district or- ganizations functioning in North Da- Kota now, the outstanding one be- ing in northwest North Dakota, where the develo work is fostered by the banker: sociation. These or- ganizations will receive their share of the receipts fr for $150,000.00 Elsewh o Reduction in Freight Rates Completion of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway, ‘with an at- tendant reduction in freight rates will aid industrial development in North Dakota, Gov. A. G. Sorlie told John C. Wilkinson, manager of the Great Lakes-St, Lawrence Tidewa- ter association, in a letter made pub- ic at the executive office here to- re the percent- nizations will ing the organ- representing paign_ en age. for be held in trust ization of associations tay. three or more counties. Commenting on the things which “A state organization and several, pe helleves will aid in North Da- district associations, working in| Kota’s development the Governor close. cooperation, can successfully] said: “I am very busy trying to get attack North Dakota's problem of| the people in this state in a coop- development,” Mr. Irish concluded. | erative frame of mind in working out our problems, particularly as to putting ourselves on our own ¢ellers’ market and merchandising our pro- ducts. This happens to fit in splen- didly with the Great Lakes-St. Law- rence project. 5 Exporting State i ‘ail North Dakota fe particularly. in: * 0| terested in the St. Lawrence canal ‘Trace| because it is an exporting state as ~. 10] well as an importing state. We ex- port approximately 100,000,000 bush- els of wheat each year and because of this exportation freight rates Not! mean a reat deal to us. vs deep ,-| waterway placing ocean-going ves- For North Dakota: Mostly fair} sels at nearby lake ports Salt reduce tonight and Thursday. Slightly our freight rates approximately six cooler tonight in northwest: portion.| cents per bushel. It also will mean GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS| ® great saving on merchandise used Slight baromegric depressions cov- and consumed in the state other er the northern Plains and south-|than what we produce. western Plauteau States and light,| ,, ck Panama Canal scattered showers occurred in North|) “But it will even go farther than Dakota, Colorado and Utah, Else.|that. When the Panama Canal was where the weather is generally fair.| being considered the peo le in this Seasonable temperatures prevail. in| Producing section ‘of the United’ all sections. Stat of which section North Da- kot 8 part, recognized the value NORTH DAKOTA CORN AND of that al and willingly worked WHEAT REGION SUMMARY | for its building, knowing. full well For the week ending Aug, 4, 1925. |that when ‘it was completed vw, Cool, dry! weather prevailed in all] could not hope to retain any of o! _—______—_—-® r Weather Report 2 Temperature ‘at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity : WEATHER ,FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly fair tonight and Thursday. much change in temperature, posatoes: Lis bat lene rye harves' ractically completed, See eee etierd ha ous points than this producin; to the Atlantic of Pacific co: ley is being di fair yields in reported. Harvesting of springlorder to reach the ocean freight 2 wheat and oats has begun in all parts] rates, of the State under favorable weath- We believe we helped to a consid- ble extent in Fednciag the frsleNe er, conditions. RRIS 08 7 ane 420 tt pad , te: at Oni at in ote. coasts and we feel now. that they of the state can best be served dis-| the district court had no jurisdiction.| have said they believed him insane. trict units.” It is the plan of the executive committee of the state association DA A PERITY. HINGES to set aside a percentage of all ON LAKES- GULF PROJECT, SORLIE Would Bring Unparalleled Business Expansion in Northwest, Claim should not oppose from either coast our efforts for something that will reduce our freight rates. We be- lieve too, that the entire United States will he benefited by the com- letion of the St. Lawrence project. ‘e felt during the construction of the Panama canal that the best way to help ourselves was to help the other fellow and that is the theory we are still working on, that same theory here in the ‘Best of the est. Sound Structure “The only way to build a sound structure is to build it soundly ffom the foundation up, seeing to it that the entire structure is soundly con- structed and that the interior is in keeping with the exterior. In this great producing section of the Unit- ed States, which is designated as the agricultural section, agriculture is our main industry and it is the basic industry of the United States. Since this is the basic industry it should have the right foundation on which to build. Unless every safeguard is thrown around agriculture and it is given the same advantage as other industries have, it cannot and will not long continue as a basic indus- try. “The St. Lawrence project will mean the sound continuation of ag- ticulture and with the future assured we can invite manufacturing insti- tutions into our section, aad sit possible for ourselves to get the ben- efit of more of our own products, thus building up this wonderful sec- tion of the United States. Scatter Industries “If the United States is to main- tain its supremacy in manufacturing, factories must be scattered through- out the entire country and built up not in just a small section of the country. “It is not our purpose to remove ny opportunities from either the west or east coast, but our desire is to devel country, and in doing that we will help in the development@ of those other sectio1 We are not selfish in seeking the Great Lakes-St. Law- rence canal, for it is not a local pro- ject, but one that will make the whole United States sounder and More prosperous.” . d Olsness has asked the our own section of the| f COAL STRIKE WOULD DOUBLE STATE LIGNITE PRODUCTION North Dakota lignite coal mines will be ready to enter into an annual estimated production of more than 2,000,000 tons of coal in event of an anthracite strike in the Pennsylvania fields September first, figures reported today by Albert Waddington, state coal mine inspector, reveal. Lignite production in North Dakota in 1924 amounted to 1,029,449 tons, which total could be doubled without taxing the capacity of state col- lieries, Waddington stated. During 1928 when there was a coal strike for 11 days, the state coal output was 1,435,605 tons, the highest peak in coal production reached in this state. Coal production in 1923 was 1,057,823 tons, which marks an approximate average attained by state collieri “There is every chance in the world that anthra- cite mine owners and operators will get together in {ime to avert a nation-wide coal strike in Septem- ber,” Waddington, state labor leader, declared. “Three weeks are left in which negotiations can be resumed,” he stated. Waddington indicated his belief that, in event of an impending strike, the federal department of labor will bring both sides together. A total of 6,300 acres of coal land owned by the federal government in North Dakota are held under lease by coal companies operating in the state, Kenneth King, fed ures compiled today. 45 leases, ra land nt, revealed in fig- This acreage is covered by nlimited deposits of marketable coal in North Dakota are reported by King who estimates one- third of the state will yield lignite coal. Coa: mined from federal leaseholds pays royal- ties ranging from 5 to 10 cents a ton, King stated. The Knife River coal corporation and the Lucky Strike mine are the two largest collieries operating on federal leased land. STATE WILL INVESTIGATE CAR LIABILITY Chrysler Blanket Insurance Policies to Be Probed by Commission Acting on complaint of insurance men throughout the state, S. A. Ols- ness, state commissioner of insur- ance, has asked Attorney General George Shafer for a ruling on the legality of blanket insurance policies covering automobiles sold by certain companies in North Dakota. The case is the outgrowth of the action of the Chrysler automobile company in offering free insurance for one year with all new machines sold; the company contracting for the insurance in the same manner that group life insurance policies are issued to the employes of vari- ous firms. In addition to asking the attorney general for an opinion on the ap- plication of the North Dakota law. erintend- ent of insurance of Michigan for copies of the “master” contract be- tween the Chrysler company and the Palmetto insurance’ company which issues the policies. He also is watch- ing with interest the action of the New York insurance commission which will hold a hearing on the same subject within the next few weeks. Under the North Dakota statutes insurance contracts must be entered into between the insured and a local agent of the insuring company and a premium must be paid, Olsness said. Complaint of North Dakota insur- ance men was based on the fact tha adoption of a blanket policy system by insurance companies would ser- iously injure their business. EXPERTS MEET AT FARGO TO FIGHT BOOSTS Traffic experts from all parts of the state will gather tomorrow at Fargo to consider a plan for oppos- ing the proposed grain rate increases of railroads operating in the state The rates which were to have be- come effective August 10 were sus- pended by the Interstate Commerce commission until November 29. Be- fore that time a hearing will be held by the federal body to determine whether or not the proposed in- creases are equitable. Statistics to be used in opp rq the increase will be prepared at the Fargo meeting, Those who will at- tend are E. M. Hendricks, traffic ex- pert for the state railroad board; G. M. Springer and V. Ps Cadieux, Jamestown, ‘representing the North Dakota Fair Freight Rate association and other organizations; T. A. Dur- rant, traffic expert for the Grand Forks Commercial club and the state mill an! elevator jociation; and M. E. Williams, tra expert for the Fargo Commercial club. Maryland Prison Gutted by Fire Baltimore, Aug. 5.-(#)—All down town fire fighting apparatus and a heavy police: guard were rushed to the Marland penitentiary here at noon today to fight a thre fire which attacker the prison ar of the prisoner's dormi- Gata next to the city jail ‘rom’ within the walls came the word that there was no disorder among the prisoners and that g were ready to halt by gunfire any attempt by prisoners to take advan- tage Of the emergency. t] like to go to college. |EAST SIDE CINDERELLA LOVES DADDY, Bohemian Girl, with Mary Pickford Curls, Moves Into Adopted Fairyland New York, Aug. 5.—(#)—Picked from 12,000 applicants a dancing, blue-eyed Cinderella flaxen Mary Pickford curls, looked forward today to a paradise far beyond the realm of fairy tales. Of poor Bohemian parents, Mary Louise Spas, 16, has become the adopted daughter of Edward A. Browning, millionaire realtor. She is the girl with the personality and the sunny smile for whom Mr. Brown- ing advertised three weeks Ago. Foster Child Mary will be the playmate of an- other foster child, Dorothy Sunshine Browning, 9, who was lifted into the lap of luxury six years ago. In re- turn for love and affection of her new father she is to receive her pick of motor cars, an initial ward- robe of 40 or 50 frocks, the run of town and country estates, with swimming pools and roof gardens, enter into homes of elite and educa- tion the most fashionable of girls’ finishing schools. i Loves ‘Daddy “Why, I love my daddy now,” she said, caressing Browning. “it was hard parting from my real par- ents, but I was promised I cculd see them often. My mother felt badly, but she realized 1 would ave more advantages and I was happy.” “I want many things. I should Hiking and dancing are my favorite pastimes, I love to dance. music.” Plans Indefinite Mr. Browning said his plans for his new daughter were not definite. Mary's parents are Marie and John Spas of Astoria, Long Island. They came from Prague in search of wealth when she was a year old. As an only child the savings were enough to send her through two years of high school, give her a few piano lessons and spend some time at a ballet school. Spas is superin- tendent of a downtown office build- ing where adoption papers were signed yesterday. Walked Five Miles Mary read Mr. Browning's adver- tisement and walked five miles from her home to his office two days aft- er applications were opened. Mr. Browning interviewed thousands of applicants since she visited him, but none caught his fancy as did she. She is the third child adopted by the millionaire. The second, Mar- jorie Gloria, is with Mrs. Browning mae obtained a divorce last year in aris, FORD CLOSES DEAL FOR 200 BOARD SHIPS Washington, Aug, 5.—()—The shipping board has closed a deal for disposal of the major block of the idle ships of the government's war- built fleet with the sale of 200 such vessels to Henry Ford, chiefly for scrapping. Award of the ships to Mr. Ford on his bid “@ $1,’ as recommended by President Palmer of the fleet cor- poration, was voted terday by the board, four to one. Commission: paneer cast the only negative b: ot. Most of the ships will be broken up for junk, but it is understood to be Mr. Ford’s intention to convert a few of them to Diesel Engine pro- pulsion for use in oversea transport of the products of his own-plant, I love books. I love f ANTHRACITE STRIKE NEAR; PARLEY ENDS United Mine Workers De- mand 10 Per Cent Increase and Checkoff System CLOSE MONTH SESSION Wait Government Action as ; Both Sides Stand Firm on Eve of Strike Swampscott, Mass, Aug. 5.— (#)—Concerned but not alarmed over the break between anthra- cite operators and miners in their wage scale negotiations, President Coolidge ‘kept ‘close tabs on the situation today with- out indicating what action, if any, the government would take if suspension of mining opera- tions of Sept. 1 becomes a cer- tainty. {_ Atlantic City Aug. 5.) {Suspension of work on Sept. 1 by | 158.000 anthracite miners in the ' Pennsylvania fields appears certain unless an outside infiuence, federal or state, brings together the United Mine Workers and anthracite coal operators. Negotiations for a working con- trict to replace the one expiring j August 31, were broken off here last night. The conference of miners and operators representatives, which \has been in se: since July 9 voted unanimously to adjourn sine |die subject, however, to call by either side through the chairman. Operators Hold Key The miners found a grievance in the announced refusal of the oper- |ators to entertain any wage demand on the part of the men which would boost production cost of hard coal so much as a cent. Miners said this was the “key” to the operators po- sition, and that they found it au- tomatically debarred chance of agreement. W. W. Inglis, chairman of the operators half of the joint scale sub- Fenumlttee, and the president of the feneral Oldin coal company of. Scranton, charged on the other hand that John L. Lewis, president of United Mine Workers, had come in- to the conference with his mind made up to break negotiations. Ten Per Cent Increase The miners are demanding as terms for a new contract that wages be increased 10 per cent for con- tract miners and $1 additional for all day workers, recognition of the union with the adoption of the check-off, a two year contract and various other advantages. A suspension of 20 days two years ago was settled by arbitration. The miners got a ten per cent increase in wages. HOLD YOUTH | AS PARRICIDE Lincoln, Nebr, Aug. 5.—(#)— Adolph Smetak, 22 years old, was held at the state penitentiary’ here today, pending probable filing of charges of first degree murder. Smetak, county officers say, con- fessed last night that he had killed is father, John Smetak, 67, last March and threw the body in a well on the farm on which they lived near Wahoo. The body was found by county of- ficers yesterday and placed in a tool house in the Wahoo cemetery \awaiting burial. Late last night, | however, the building was myster- iously fired and the body was al- most destroyed. The’ elder Smetak disappeared last |March 12 and the son told neigh- bors he had gone to Europe. Neigh- bors and county authorities accepted the explanation temporarily, but lat- er began to doubt the story as they said they previously had complaints rom the boy's father that he was ‘“afraid” of his son. 50,000 Tourists See Yellowstone 1 National Reserve \_ Cody, Mont., Aug. 5.—Yellowstone ‘ational Park is experiencing the er test season since it was opened |in 1872, More than 50,000 visitors have toured this largest of the na- 'tion's playgrounds during the first ‘month since the opening for 1925 on {June 18—to be exact 1,740 visitors |a day are going through Yellowstone. Gardiner Gateway is showing a trav- lel increase of 53% over 1924 | The reason for Yellowstone's wide appeal lies of course in its wonder- fully varied attractions, its fantas- tic phenomena including’ 100 ge; big and little, and 4,000 hot springs, large and small; its wild animals, for Yellowstone is the most succe: ful wild-animal refuge in the world; ‘its birds of which there are more than 200 species; its sublime can- yons, petrified forests, lakes, hotels and camps. Escorted tours inaugurated this year through the Gardiner and Cody gateways will handle 2,000 people this summer. Tallest Cornstalk Shenandoah, Iowa, Aug. 5.—()—A stalk of corn 14 feet 10 inches high is on exhibit here. The unusually tall specimen is product from the fields of a local farming concern. SAFETY FIRST AN ALL YEAR TOPIC Los Angeles—(#)—All year round jafety work among more than 100,- school children of Lds Angeles become an established part of accident prevention here. ‘ormer- ly the teaching of safety. work at Public schools termina’ with ‘starting of vacation periods, Reese A ag