The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Show- ers or thunderstorms, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [mom | ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS HOLD THREE MEN IN CHURCH MURDER GUNS SMOKE | _ FLIES INTO FAIRYLAND ON WINGS OF WEALTH NAB FEDERAL NARCOTIC CHIEF IN DESTIN: eee mmm, | AS “BRAIN” OF NATION-WIDE an WILL IN NEW BAY STATE RIOTS DOPE SMUGGLING CONSPIRACY CLOSE TODAY Klansmen Discharge Volley of Curtail Flax Buckshot Into Ranks of Forecast For Working on Case, Uncovers Opposite Faction North Dakota New Evidence : al PRIZE BEAUTY J Revelations of Graft and Ir-' regularities in Federal Nar- cotic Enforcement in Chi- cago Is Biggest Expose on Record, Claim FIVE RIOTERS Police Hold 15 KKK Members Hi Washington, Aug. 11—(A)— One estimated area of flax has been reduced from 3,446,000 acres to 3,093,000 on the basis of CLEWS POINT TO PAL a | Chicago, Aug, 11.—-()-—Col, Will Gray Beach, chief of the narcotic After Battle at Framing- ham Farm Barn Framingham, Mas: (F)—Sixty of the 7: into custody last nicht after a continued Ku Klux Klan meet- ing had been broken up in a -shooting affray in which five men were wounded, were re- leased today. The ot 15 were held in $250 bail for appearance August 19 on riot charges. Two of the wounded, Alonzo Fo- ley and Thomas Sliney, both gf Sax- ville, are at the Framingham hospi- tal. Foley, shot through the temple with buckshot, is in a serious condi- has two facial wounds. Wm. Bradley and Ed- Il of Framingham and Francis Maguire of Saxonville, were able to go home after their wounds were dressed. The riot, one of the most serious Klan disorders ever staged in New England, started last night when a crowd of spectators gathered out- side of a field on the farm of Pear- ley W. Libbey, where 100 klansmen intended to hold their fifth meeting in as many weeks. A few taunts and frocks hurled at the klansmen by the outsiders, were followed by six charges of buckshot, fired from the klansmen near a hen house side the Libbey ho As the five men fell, the outsiders dispersed, pausing long enough to pick up the wounded and carry them to a nearby doctor's office where their wounds were dressed and the state police notified. The police then surround-, ed the Libbey farm house and arrest- ed 45 men who were hiding inside. Search.of the barn revealed 22 more and eight others were found hiding in the bushes. State troopers also found, they said, two shotguns, a rifle and two belts of ammunition st 4 as Sees . 16, who suddenly found herself transpianted into a ounced tby all the comforts and pretty things that money pwn at top returning from a shopping tour with her new d West Browning, w hy al estate operator, who adopted Mary recently. Wher Mary walked five miles from her home to the office of Browning for her first interview, she now rides around the city in a Rolls-Royce automot Right shows Mary with some of the fifty strings of jewels bought her by Brown'ng to match a similar number of gowns, \CINDERELLA ADOPTION ANNULLED BY REALTOR ON FRAUD GROUNDS Action Marks Denouement of Fairyland Drama; Mary Writes Memoirs Court York, (P) of w. Aug. 11. Mary Louise Browning, operator, was by Surrogate Noble of Qui county, on the grounds that the girl had misrepre: The age ii: one presented by district attorney New- | comb, who entered the motion for revocation, d was present, as was also her foster father, when the surrogate’s decision was announced. The girl showed little emotion. The by 11.) The in a_copyright rd Louise girl, who become the night a fully stried to derella, spent this morning in New- ark in av: ttempt to enter a convent me a nun. “If T cannot become a nun,” sob- the young woman, “I'm’ going poor boy and we'll work a nice home.” At the con- t. John Baptist, the girl threw herself at the feet ‘of the Mother i ed to be accepted “Oh, I'm so tired sobbed. “Please hing is ashes. Refused Entrance bed New Louise capitaliz brief adopted daughter of York 11.—(#)—Mary continued to experience as Edward W. r estate Bohemian | § a resurvey found necessary ow- ing to the conflicting nature of evidence from North Dakota and Montana ilable when the July estimate prepared. The department of agriculture announced the revised acreage was about six the acreage y The new figure for North Dakota is 1,386,000 acres and for Montana 297,000 acres. STERILIZE DEFECTIVES Governor Calls Conference of Institution Heads to Decide Law A. F. Sorlie nounced today t the heads of North Dakota's penal and correctional institutions will meet here September 5 to con- der whether or not the state's ster- tion law shall be made effective. several years ago, as lain inoperative on the statute books. It grants to the state the right to sterilize habitual criminal idiotic and feeble minded persons and in some ses the insane. If the heads of the various state in- stitutions upprove a proposal to » the law in operation plans will devised for carrying out the work, MAIL FLYERS division of the internal Revenue de-| partment, for the Chicago district and three of his trusted assistants, have been arrested on charges of bartering drugs for the loot of rob-; ber gangs. i Coincident with the arrest, agents of the special intelligence unit of the Internal Revenue bureau rein- forced by more than 100 detectives, raided a score of opium joints in Chinatown and on the southside. Arrested with Beach were Dennis O'Brien, Alonzo Baxter and Harry Deitrich. More Arrests Coming Others will be made, said federal agents, as part of a nationwide in- quiry and cleanup of. alleged graft- ing conditions in the federal narcotic serv Elmer L. Irey, chief of the spec- 1 intelligence unit, who came from ‘ashington to work with Patrick Roche, special agent here disclosed the raids and arrests were ordered by David H. Blair, commissioner of internal revenue and coln CY Andrews, who recently was given « free hand enforcement measures by Secret: Mellon. Leot Uncovered Search of the apartments of Beach and O'Brien, Irey said, uncovered readily salable goods, identified a stolen and worth thousands of dol- lars. Included were wearing apparel, jewelry, curios, ra guns and cameras, searchlights, ni are lamps and a violet ray machine, used in beauty parlors, A fortnight ago, their largest seizure in years, when they confiscated opium and drugs valued at nearly a quarter million dollars, in the apartment of Kitty Gilhool Hed “Queen of the dope ‘ peddlers.” Find Names In addition they found lists of names and telephone numbers that indicated a ring of nationwide extent existed with headquarters here. raiders made | was chosen from 100 contestants. COMMISSION DISCUSSES SPEED WAR \ Declines to Act on Proposal to ; Purchase Motorcycle in \ Speed Campaign i) 1 The city commission at its meeting last night declined to act on the re- quest of W. selman, city. mag- trate, for purchase of a motorcycle to aid in enforcement of traffic or- dinances in Bismarck and to curb reckless driving within city limits. Police Commissioner John French declared there were few violations nees in the down: Coroner Will Conclude Inves- tigation Late Today, Sheriff Announces Circumstantial evidence, pointing to Henry Klingshrin, wandering har- vest hand, as the murderer of his pal, “Jack” Page, Detroit harvest laborer, was uncovered today in the Zeeland church murder mystery, by Sheriff Daniel’ P. Erlendbusch, who is probing the case with the aid of Chris Martineson, Bismarck chief of police. Martineson left for Zeeland last night, on orders from Police Com- missioner J. B, French. A telegram from Sheriff Erlendbuse asking that Mar\ne.én lend a band in the investigation was received at police headquarters late yesterdat. Klingshrin, who can give no fixed abode, admitted he served a term in . Military prison on the Pacific coast while in the service during the war, according to Martineson, Three suspects are held the murder, including Klingshri Arthur Werman, who gives _ his home as Burketsville, O., and Fred Lucas, who names a town in Indiana, as his residence, are being held on evidence supplied by Klingshrin. A scrap of paper, bearing the bloody fingerprints of the dead man's pal, Klingshrin, may be the basis of clearing up the church murder. The paper was found on Klingshrin, to- gether with a pocketbook, the prop- erty of the murdered harvest hand. the wallet contained $50 in cash and $20 in traveler's checks, together with a letter. Klingshrin, questioned last night and today, holds firmly to his orig- inal story with slight variations, Sheriff Erlendbusch, repodts. Ac= cording to the harvest hand's ver- sion of the crime, Klingshrin and Page were returning from harvest. in on the Klan ting pla e ning eanillional Plans to continue the raids would aaa ; a tates lan meeting plac he Browning, millionaire = Plana itotcontinuenthe raids would of careedsoritin work on a farm in the vicinity of anti-klansmen claim they were fired on from ambush as they stood in the highway. The klansmen claim that rocks had been hurled at them from the highway. This was nied by spectators who said they were not molested. de- that PRELATE GETS PURSE; LEAVES | FOR VATICAN, Flock Gives Bishop Wehrle $2,500 for Overseas Voy- age; to Last 3 Months Bishop Vincent Wehrle left yes- terday for a three months trip in Europe that will terminate in a visit to Rome where he will attend the Jubilee and give an account of his stewardship as a bishop. The Catholics of Bismarck presented Bishop Wehrle with a purse of $2,- 500 before he ‘eft. Bishop Wherle will sail from New York to Hamburg and then go to Germany where he will visit in Fulda, Mayence, Augsburg and other places. He will next visit relatives in Switzerland and attend services at tie Abbey of Our Lady of Einsedls where he first became a vest, After a ten day stay there he wit, go to Rome. Bishop Wherle expects to be back in Bismarck by the end of October. TEN COW HIDES MAKE ONE BOOT Doebeln, Germany—)—What is claimed to be the largest cavalry boot in the world was recently man- ufactured to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the boot-makers’ guild here. Ten large cow hides were required to supply the leather for the boot. The foot measures 5.9 feet and the shaft 16.4. feet. The boot will remain the town hall as a permanent exhibit 2 | Weather Report ¢ Temperature at 7 8, m. Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation at 7 a.m. . Highest wind velocity .. Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vicinity: Show- ers or thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight, followed by mostly fair Wednesday. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota:Showers or thunderstorms this afternoon or to- night, followed by mostly fair Wed- nesday. Slightly cooler tonight in northwest portion. General Weathet Conditions _ by precipitation, prevails all along the eastern slope of the Rockies and in the southern plains States. Show- ers also occurred in western North South te eee we eudy weather in the eastern part. Two inches of rain fell at Rapid City and almo: inch at Miles City. S sonable temperatures prevail in all sections: ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in Charge CARGO OF BOOZE AND 5 MEN HELD AT PEMBINA LINE Grend Forks, N, D., Aug. 1— (®)—Five men and forty cases of whiskey are being held by the federal customs officials at Pem- bina following the interruption of the operations of, a gang of alleged liquor smugglers near Neche, N. Dak. One of those held is Roy Hughes, a Neche farmer, who is said te have been hauling the liquer across the border to the remaining four who waited for it on this side. The latter quartet gave the names of Clarence Mu- lane, Joe Ryan and Peter Davis of East Grand Forks, Minn, and G. W. Johnson of Lorimor, N. D. WHEAT ESTIMATE IS UNCHANGED Washington, Aug. 11.—(P)—Wea- ther and other conditions during July were shown today to have been detrimental to crops generally, in the department of agriculture’s monthly report. The spring wheat production esti-| mate for North Dakota is practically unchanged from that of July 1, be- ing 102,134,000 bushels, according to the department's report for Aug. 1. The large prospective corn crop for the nation was reduced 145,000,- 000 bushels as compared with a month ago, the production now in- dicated being 2,950,000,000 bushels. Rye, flaxseed, rice, sweet potatoes, tobacco, hay and grapes also showed losses from forecasts made last mont! Winter wheat, for which a prelim- inary. estimate of 416,000,000 bush- els was given, showed an increase over last month, but spring wheat with a total’ of’ 263,000,000 bushels declined 13,000,000, placing the en- tire wheat crop 7,000,000 bushels be- low that forecast in July. There was an improvement in oats the crop forecast being 1,387,000,000 bushels, or 95,000,000 more than a month ago. — ee ' BOWESMONT \ BLAZE TAKES | CHILD'S LIFE | ee —+ (Sa Bowesmont, N. D., Aug. 11—A)— Muriel Styles, aged 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Styles, was burn- ed to death early this morning when the farm home of the family two and one-half miles southeast of Bowesmont was destroyed by fire resulting from the explosion of an oil stove. Mrs. Styles saved her own life and that of the second child, one year old, by leaping from a second story window with the baby in her arms. She was slightly injured but will recover. A Miss Rogers, an aunt of Mr. Styles, also escaped by leap- ing from a window. Mr. Styles was in the barn at the time of the fire and did not discover it until the operator, by writing her story for syndicate publication. Meanwhile proceedings were sched- uled at Jamaica for annullment of ‘her adoption, on grounds of fraud. Mr. Browning charges that she fool- ed him into believing that she was only 16, whereas written records show her to be 21. Mary Louise was assailed by Di trict Attorney Newcomb of Vueens county last night as “designing and unscrupulous.’ “She sought to obtain ease luxury, regardless of all els said. “It's the same olr story of money—-of trying to get something for nothing.” |The Bohemian girl also was term- ed a fraud by Dr. Joseph F. C. Luhan, friend of Browning, who was with him when Mary Louise was reported to have attempted suicide last Fri- day night. “It was a deliberate bluff,” Dr. Luhan said. “She merely smeared jher lips with poison and then locked herself in the bath room, crying, ‘I want to die’ when I threatened to have her locked up as an attempted suicide she screamed, “No, I didn’t want to commit suicide.” HOLDUP KILLER .DIES IN CHAIR + Lincoln, Nebr, Aug. 1.—@)— | Walter Ray Simmons from Fremont |and deputy sheriff was electrocuted jat the state penitentiary here today for the slaying of Frank Pahl, Spen- cer, Nebraska garageman, The current which ended Simmons’ \tife was sent into his body at 7:05 a. m. and was turned off at 7:06 a. m. The doctors pronounced Simmons dead shortly after. TORNADO SWEEPS IMPERIAL VALLEY Rockwood, Calif, Aug. 11—@)— Damage estimated at from $125,000 to $175,000 resulted from the torna- do which late Sunday swept this Imperial Valley town. A checkup of property losses: and casualties re- vealed that only two of the town’s approximate 20 buildings were resting upon their original sites. Five residents are nursing minor in- juries. The fact that the two tornadoes met at Rockwood is believed to have saved Brawley, four miles from here, and other Imperial Valley towns from serious damage. The twisters ‘tore a path one-half mile wide and four miles long before they could destroy themselves. Raw Pork Causes ‘Two Farm Deaths Griswold, Towa, Aug. 11—()— Two members of the family of Chas. Ware are dead and the father and mother are ill the latter seriously, as the result of eating food which ig supposed to have contained noi- son. : Mrs. Ware said the family ate raw j pork sausage for lunch yesterday and physcians expressed the belief that the meat caused the feagedy. The dead are: Aliéworth, 16, and Charles, 4. RUBBER IMPORT GAINS The total value of crude rubber dur- house was wrapped in flames. The |fi house was totally destroyed and the body of the burned child is believed to have been consumed, en at $121,417,490 compar- Fraies at for a cotrespond- ing period “Of Ieht-pear, 6 54 « ppeal to the community hers also failed, “I don’t think you are capable of making a judg- ment now,” a father of the order told her. “Ifyou insist you can go to the convent station near Summit or to the house of the Good Shepherd near her, but I advise against it. Go home with your father and mother; I give you my blessing.” Accompanied by her father and mother, the girl, who for a day or two had been the adopted daughter of Edward W. Browning. wealthy real estate operator, arrived in New- ark shortly after midnight. ads to be Admitted “Take me to this place,” she told Jas O'Neill, a taxi driver, as_ she pointed to a newspaper story telling how Geraldine Riche, 19, New York girl, sought asylum in the or- anage of St, John the Baptist, ad- Joining the convent. When the ear morning attempt to arouse the in- mates of the convent was unsucces: ful, the girl consulted with her par- ents and told the driver to take her to a cheap hotel and call for her this morning. ‘ They spent the night at a hostel- ry near the tube station and break- fasted in their room on a can of coffee and sandwiches, after which the attempt was resumed. Before 9 o'clock the trio left Newark, the girl announcing that she must appear in a court in Ja- Rail Board Grants Permits to Local Transfer Companies The North Dakota railroad com mission today granted the Transfer company a permit to oper- ate freight service out of Bismarck. was granted by the r commission to the Interstate Trans- portation company. to substitute Class B service for Class A service the Minot-Sherwood freight line, together with time schedules and tariffs submitted ~ | | Ple Kk: WILL DECIDE FATE OF CAR LINE IN WEEK | Final decision on whether or not to discontinue the trolley car serv- ice from the down town district to the state capitol will be made by the state board of administration this week, R. B. Murphy, chairman, > said. Although the legislature at its last session authorized the hoard to discontinue the service no au- thority was granted to dismantle the property. At the same time nc appropriation was made for con- tinuing it in service. The toard has under advisement a plan by the Interstate Bus company to operate bus lines to the capitol trom all parts of the city during rush hours to accommodate em- ployes at a fare of seven cents. Visitors to the capitol, however, would be subjected to a higher charge for trips to’ and from the capitol in anything except rush hours although it‘is probable that @ reduced price ticket arrangement would be made for the benefit of town folks. The annual profit of the Suez canal is now $15,000,000, i WILL ARRIVE Aviators Speak at Massmeet- ing at A. of C. Headquar- | ters Tonight Minneapolis alr mail flyers arrived in Minot shortly be- fore 2:30 this afternoon and will hop off for Bismarck at 4:30. They plan to arrive in the capital city at six. Plans for receiving the convoy of air mail flyers, due, to arrive i arck from Minot this evening, at six o'clock, were completed today by the Bismarck association of com- merce, it was announced by H. P. Goddard, secretary. The general public wili turn out to meet the flyers ut the landing field, west of the ci The flyers will be guests at u dinner served at the country club, following which a mass meeting will be held at the as- sociation of commerce headquarters, at which the flyers will present their case. Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 11—(®) —Three airplanes, bearing repre- sentatives of Twin City interests, promoting the air tail service which spent last night in Grand Forks hopped off for Devils Lake shortly after 8 o'clock this morning, reaching Devils Lake about 2 hours later After a brief meeting at Devils Lake the flyers hopped off for Minot. SCOTT DIVORCE SCANDAL LOOMS Alpena, Mich., Aug. 11.—(AP)—A deposition by Florence Dallaw, servant to Congressman Frank D. Scott, read into the record of the congressman's divorce action against Edna J. Scott today assert- ed that Mr. Scott and his secretary Miss Jane Kennedy were alone in the house office building, Washing- ton, in April, 1923, under “suspi- clous circumstances.” Put Over Sand, Gravel Hearing The state railroad board today postponed to September 2, its hea ing on the application of the North Dakota Farm Bureau Federation's application for reduction of rates on sand and gravel by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and other railroads. The hearing originally had been set for Augst 18. LAND ALLOTTED TO SAMOANS Apia, Samoa,— () —The ent of Western Samoa, meet- Ing recently, made a radical change in the land laws. All mal over tl we of 17 are to be five acres. When these five acres are planted, each will receive a s ond grant of five acres. The own- of the land so allotted are to be at ed. This change will affect consider- ably the Samoan social system. FATALITIES DECREASE it has been learned that there are comparatively few child fatalities from auto accidents in places where there are conveniently located play- grounds, agents estimated. “It’s the biggest exposure of a dope ring ever made in the United State,” Chief Irey declared. “Chica go has been the source of supply for the entire country GIRL SWIMMER COLLAPSES IN CHANNEL SWIM Boulogne, France, Aug. 11.—() Miss Lillian Harrison of Argentina who was taken from the water in a! state of collapse last night when cight miles off Dover while attempt: ing to swim across the English Channel, suffered a relapse after reaching her home at Gris Nez this morning. The doctors said ‘hey condition was not serious, but that she would require absolute rest for some weeks. They described her as quite run down physically. Rear Bryan Shaft at Cleston Fla. New York, Aug. 11.-(#)—Cleston, Florida, has been definitely select- ed as the site for the jonal mon- ument to the late William Jennings Bryan. Announcement to this ef- fect was made today by Miss Dion- essa Bryan Evans, god-daughter. SPEED TRAPS ILLEGAL The state ‘legislature of California has passed a law which eliminates ed trap evidence as legal mate- against traffic law violators. Speed cops now pected drivers and district of the city, and stated it as his opinion tha situation can be taken care of wit the present police arrangement. tow A renewal of the war on speeding pals. be! bandits sh long Memorial Highway — will launched today, it was announced at police headquarte Commenting on of motor acciden' {French pointed out that no ‘mishaps occurred within Bismarck proper. : | Ad of substituting stem of traffic ability |more modern |vices for the present system of ‘Tent police” which now dot the ci a de- eae discussed. The city water department will draw up plans and specifications for laying one block of water main be- tween Ingals and Indiana street on Tenth street following action of the commission last night. Purchase of a Ford dump truck costing $734.35, street department equipment, was authorized at last night's meeting. City Magistrate Casselman was di- rected to submit a rep mission covering acti police court for a three month per- iod. SETS FIRST RECORD The first speed record between Los Angeles and San Francisco was set 20 years ago by George Hens- ley, averaging 24 miles an hour. This record was broken a year later with an average speed of 28 miles an hour, Forests cover two- tal area of Russi COURT COMPENSATION RULING SAVES STATE THOUSANDS IN AWARDS Supreme Court Decision Is of Vital Importance to Workmen’s Compensation Department, McDonald States The recent decision in which the supreme court held that district or other courts could not upset awards in workmen’s compensation cases was of vast importance to the effi- cient operation of ‘the workmen's compensation bureau, S. S. McDon- ald, a member of the commis: aid today. Awards totaling thousands dollars hinged on the decision the ci of Sam Crandall, Richland county penely sheriff, who tried to have the board’s award reviewed by the district court, McDonald . rs Reinforced In ruling that the board is the best judge of the evidence as to the lowed, McDonald pointed out. the discretionary powers of the board were re-enforced by a judicial de- In the Crandall case the board found that h jd been suf- fering from an took employment It held that he was only partly com- pensible since the illness which in- capacitated him was of long stand- ing and not directly attributable to his employment. One case which hinged on the Crandall decision, McDonald said. was that of a man'who had suffered for years from injury to his leg. Several times a year he would have severe trouble with a sore which. veloped at varpihg peri and amount of compensation to be al-| native | }, would disappear. Later he was bruised on the affected spot and the sore failed to disappear as had pre- viously been the case. He asked for disability compensation. Cites Cases Another case at issue was that of a man who claimed an electric shock had ruined his health. Medical ex- amination showed that he was suf- fering from several chronic ailments, McDonald said, and that grave doubt existed as to whether the shock, suf- fered in the course of his employ- ment, had anything to do with his condition. By confirming the board's power of discretion and declaring it not the traffic) down town street intersections was, subject to judicial review, authority was granted to reject unsubstai | tiated claims which will total thou- sands of dollars over a period of years, McDonald said, and will pre- |vent the board from’ being imposed on by persons urging spurious claims for conditions net caused dur- ing the course of their employment |or which were chronic ailments, The supreme court's decision speci ly pointed out that eases where the point at issue is whether or not claims are compensible at all are proper matters to be decided by the court since questions of law would be affected, but that the amount of compensation even in such cases be .fixed solely by the Zeeland and slept in a Zeeland church. Two men, one with red hair and a gruff voice, entered the church toward morning, and held up both When Page resisted the im and fled, On description furnished by Kling- shrin, county officials picked up the two other suspects in Zeeland. Both deny implication in the murder. 'They say they slept in a moving pic- ture theatre Sunday night, but are unable to prove an alibi. Klingshrin admits he and Page talked with the two suspects Sun- iday night. A coroner's jury, which has been probing the murder for two days, will return its verdict this afi#rnotn, according to the McIntosh county sheriff. RAIN TODAY SAVES LATE STATE CROPS Drenching Downpour’ Re- lieves More Than Six Weeks of Dry Weather throughout the state today will give new life to corn, late flax, and range grasses, suffering from’ protracted dry weu- ther of July and August, Roberts, Bismarck weather caster, declared today. Precipitation up to three o'clock this afternoon measured approxi- mately .46 of*an inch in the Bis- marck area, Roberts stated. The downfall, which concluded shortly after three, will be followed by fair weather tomorrow, according to the forecaster. The rain lasted nearly ten hours intermittently. Showers were general throughout western North Dakota early this morning, but the rainfall was not sufficient to materially improve the crop outlook, reports to the weather bureau here indicated. The local forecaster, however, said that fur- ther scattered showers were possible. Dickinson reported .17 of an inch, Napoleon .07 and Bismarck, at seven o'clock had .05. By nine o'clock it had increased to .15. It was the first measurable rainfall Bismarck had enjoyed for a month. ZAP COLLIERY CO. PREPARES FOR LARGE OUTPUT Zap, Aug. 11.—through the install- tion of a large steam shovel, the ion of its tipple facilities and ition of new pro derlaid with coal, and capable of be- ing stripped, the Zap Colliery Co. to largely increase its out- put during the winter mont! Last year the company employed an average of about thirty-five men per day in getting out an average of six hundred tons each twenty-four hours. With the changes the tipple and the new equipment it is believed that a working force of twenty-five men will an average of 1,000 tons each da; fore- BUSES POPULAR Motor buses are being used by 134 street railways in the United States, according to information received by the Automobile Club of Southern California, Expenditure of $100,000,000 to bring the Russian telephone system up to date is planned by the soviet government, \