The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight, with increasing cloudiness Friday. —_————— -——$ um ESTABLISHED 1873 FIXVALUBOF BASIC CROPS ATABILLION State Wheat Crop Worth $153,000,000 on the Basis of $1.50 Price WINTER WHEAT LARGER Six States East of Missouri River Show 16,000,000 Bushel Wheat Increase Based on current prices on the farm for wheat anu corn, these basic crops will yield the American farmer close to $4,000,000,000 in 1925, according to the government crop report, made public yesterday. The department of agriculture placed the wheat crop at 6/9,000,0J0 bushels and that of corn at 2,956,- 000,000, North Dakota has 102,000,- 000 bushels of wheat. Figured on a basis of $150 a bushel, the state cereal crop is worth $153,000,000. The current crop estimate for North Dakota is, 1,000,000 bushels less than last’ month, and — short 33,000,000 bushels from last year. The 1,387,000,000 bushels of oats, at farm prices, is estimated at $416,- 000,000, the 214,000,000 bushels of barley at $128,000,000 and the 62,- 000,000 bushels of rye at $47,000,000. This would make the five grain crops at close to $4,500,000,000. Total for the five grains—wheat, corn, rye, oats, and barley—was 5,- 285,000,000 bu., or 183,000,000 bu. more than harvested last year, and 67,000,000 bu. less than suggested by the report Aug. 1 last year. The wheat crop of 679,000,000 bu. is practically the same as suggest- ed a month ago and 194,000,000 bu. short of last year’s final returns. It places the United States on about a domestic basis with nothing but dur- um to export, and suggests the pos- sibility of importing bread wheat from Canada beforé the end of the present season. ‘ Winter Wheat Crop Larger Winter wheat crop of 416,000,000 bu. increased 12,000,000 bu. ‘during the month when a reduction was, ex- pected, but is 174,000,000 bu. short of last year’s harvest. In the six states east of the Missouri river there are 164,000,000 bu. or 16,000,- 009 bu. more than in July, but compared with last year there wi a loss of 3,000,000 bu. Th: most striking feature in the winter wheat report is the small- ness of the Kansas crop, 66,000,000 bu. the poorest showing with three exceptions, in the last 20 years. In! 1917, it raised 45,000,000 bu., in 1911,! 51,000,000 bu., while in 1910, there was a yield” of 62,480,000 bushels; Last year, it produced 154,000,000, bushels. ! Decrease in Southwest Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma combined have 121,735,000 bu. wheat,! a drop vf mure than 10,000,000 bu.! last month and of 141,000,000 bu. from last year. A spring wheat crop of 263,000,000 bu. decreased 13,000,000 bu. from July and 20,000,000 | bu. from last year. Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana have 187,000,000 bu., a loss of 12,000,000 from last month and 56,000,000 bu. from last year. Montana lost 14,000,000 from heat and droughy during the month and has 5,000,000 bu. less than last year. Corn Estimates Lowered A corn crop of 2,956,000 bushels represented a losg of 139,000,000 bu. as a result of heat and drought last month, yet the promise is 22,000,- 000 bushels above the average and & gain of 519,000,000 bushels over last year. The nine big states where the surplus corn is raised have 1,995,000,- 000 bushels, a loss of 85,000,000 bu. from last month and a gain of 454,- 000,000 bushels compared with a year ago. Iowa has the promise of 449,- 631,000 bushels, a loss of 20,-000,000 bushels last month and a gain of 145,000,000 bushels over last year. The condition of corn dropped from 86.4 in July to 79.8 in August and compared with 70.7 last year. One of the big surprises of the re- port was the showing of oats, 1,387,- 000,000 bushels, or 95,000,000 bushels more than last month and compared with 1,542,000,000 bus! last year. The five year average 328,000,- 000 bushels. A gain of 6,000,000 bushels was made in barley durimg July, with a ' yield of 26,000,000 bushels over dast| Bi year. The hay crop,is short 21,000,- 000 tons from last y IT’S BEST CORN EATER La Crosse, Wis.—Harry Lafléur claims that his rooster will eat more grains of corn at one meal than any rooster in the country. After not, being fed for 24 hours, the rooster ate 916 grains of corn, before its hunger was satisfied. | Weather Report ¢——____—_—_—___—_—_-° ; Tamparatiry at 7a.m.. Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity Weather Forecasts For North Dakota: Fair toni followed by increasing cloudin Friday. Rising temperature Friday and in west and north portions to- night. if General Weather Conditions The low pressure area has moved te the Great Lakes region, while a high pressure area covers the Plains States. Precipitation occurred over the middle Rocky manatee State: well di ure area centered over the ext rants. northwest omipanied RIS temperatures eRIS W. ROBERTS, ~ Official in Charge BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1925 CONVICT SLAIN AS 3 ESCAPE PRISON STRICT ECONOMY FOR GERMANY The German Amba at his summer hor which he Perhaps w in Magnoiia, wearing has been worn by ith the re-financing of Germany under the Dawes plan he * dor to the United States, Baron Ago von Maltzan, M The fineiy woven straw hat him for the last twenty years. may buy a now one. STATE HAIL LIABILITY TAKES JUMP Largest. Coverage Recorded! by Hail Bureau in Re- cent Years More state hail insurance is in ef- fect on North Dakota farms this year than has been the case for several years, according to records at the state insurance department. The to- tal acreage covered by state policies is 6,382,612 or 913,672 acres more than last year when 5,468,940 acres were protected. Another noticeable tendency, Mar- tin 8. Hagen, department manager, said, is that to increase the amount for which crops are insured. Eighty thousand more acres than last year were ingured in 1925 for the max- imum state coverage of $10 an acre, the total so protected being 241,658 acres. All but three counties increased the total acreage insured with the state after having recorded steady declines in the amount of the insur- ance in recent years. The three ex- ceptions are Billings, Emmons and Oliver counties. Reports received at the insurance department show that one reason for the increased acreage covered by Policies is the increase of almost 1,000,000 acres in the amount of land being tilled. In 1924 the figures were 18,436,110 acres. This year it jumped to 19,235,912 acres. Even that, however, Hoes not account for the total increase since only 29 per cent of the cropped acreage was in- sured last year while this year 33 per cent is insured with the state. Dunn county leads the list in sup- port of the insurance plan, having 89 per cent of its total acreage insured. Richland with only seven per cent insured with the state is the lowest in that classification. Up to August 5 the number of claims received by the department was materially less. than it had been at the same time in 1924 despite the increased acreage covered by state policies, Hagen said. On that date 5,005 claims had been filed compared with 7,671 at the same time in 1924 Heavy hail storms during the last week, however, are expected to re- duce this favorable margin. That nature may be getting more benefi- cent,, however, is indicated by the fact that at the same time in 1923 a total of 13,425 claims had been re- ported. The average payment per claim this year is not expected to be as large as in most previous: years unless damage last week and for the short remaining period until the crops are severe, Port Huron Woman Heads Fraternals Aug. 13.—()—Miss ina M.' West, supreme commander of the Women’s Benefit Association of Port Huron, Michigan, was elected first woman president of the Nation- ad Fraternal Congress of Ameriea, representing 10,000,000 fraternalists, at the closing session of the thirty- eighth annual convention here short- ly after noon today. Miss West’s election had been free- ly predicted throughout the conven- tion. She has served as vice-pres- ident during the past year, and comes to the office with a remark- Duluth, Mi }| able record for accomplishments in the fraternal field. Snare Rum Launch Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Aug. 13. 20| ()—After a running fight off shore in ney river inlet. here today during which’ one man was badly wounded, @ coast guard cutter overtook the launch Sall K.—805 with 450 cases of whiskey aboard. CHAMP OF ROVING CATS Lgndon.—The world’s most widely- traveled cat is Araguaya, the’ mascot of the Royal Mail packet, Araguaya. It has completed more than 108,000! miles of seafaring or more than four times around the globe. ( Se ES FLIES WITH RAT TRAP Fly, Eng.—A rook with trap attached to one of its been flying over the city here ‘two weel 5 The famous Pony Express was in- sugurated April 3, 1690, ha for “ harvested is unusually| — OPE FIENDS RAID MANDAN | DRUG STORE Mandan, N. D., Aug. 13.—(4)— | Dope fiends, shut off from their | Supply by — recent activities against the traffic in narcotics | in Chicago, believed source of supply for the northwest, early this morning smashed in a front door window of the Homan Drug ‘company here and looted the narcotic cases of drugs. Nothing clse was taken. The drugs were -@| Power Company, International Falls, SHOTS NAMED ON RIFLE TRAM Christpoh and Graves Will Compete in National Rifle Matches Personnel of the rifle team which will represent North Dakota at the national rifle matches at Camp Per- ty, Ohio, in September was an- nounced today by Majér Harold Sor- kenson, assistant to the Adjutant Gen- eral, Adjutant General G. A. Fraser will captain the team; Major Sorenson will be coach and Capt. Matthew E. Tindall, Fargo, will be range officer. The team members are: Sergeants Oscar W. Bell, Co. E, Williston; J. Alfred Sandry, Co. Williston; Oliver A. Peterson, Co. M, Grand Forks; Ingwald H. Person, Head- quarters Co., Fargo; John’ P. ‘Sin- clair, service company, Lisbon; How- ard F. Green, and Algot G. Peirson, Co, F, Carrington; Calvin H. Chris- toph and Charles H. Graves, Co. A, Bismarck; Heath E. Gross, headquar- ters company, third battalion, Ken- mare; Richard Kurtz and Frank P. Crause, Co. I, Wahpeton. The team ‘will leave Camp Perry on August 27. RUSH AID TO — COAST CUTTER Seattle, Wash. Aug. 13—(—A message received here today from the steamer Oduna, which yesterday was on her way to aid the United States coast guard cutter Bear, ashore in Behring strait said that the Bear was “ok” and the Oduna was pac- ing to Seattle. SCOTT DIVORCE CASE NEAR END Alpena, Mich., Aug. 13.—()—Tak- ing of testimony in the divorce suit of Congressman Frank D. Scott ended at noon today and arguments by counsel for Stott and his wife, Edna James Scott, began this afternoon. New Earth Shock . Hits Los Angeles Los Angel Aug. 13.—()—An earthquake shogk not heavy enough to be generally perceptible, occurred here about 6:15 o'clock this morning. Butte, Moat. Aug. 13—(@)—A slight earthquake was felt here at Fargo for 7:60 last night and 3:15 this morn-|: ing. There was no di —An_ unusually imber of old coins appearing in France and Ameriga recently are believed to come from a great chest creted littl Persian villag The chest was buried it 88 B. C., and was found a few year age. The discoyery was kept secret by the Peasants who feared the authorities would seize the chest, Smuggling of the coins out of Persia is now be- lieved to be in progr WHY 18 A DETECTIVE? Caerleon, A ee detective on the lookout fof pickpockets at the races here: almost lost his wallet to one of the men he was hunting. A cen- stable saw the pickpocket's hand in ie idatective's coat and arrested the ef. . In the little desert town ef Ten: bah, Nev; ‘water salle. fortfive » 8 gallon. ; ont, of old coins, in a | announced toda: CLAIM MERGER MENACES LAKES OF MINNESOTA Arrowhead Region Threaten- ed by Project Sponsored by Power Combine, Charge cosT JWO MILLION | Duluth Herald Raises Outcry «Against Scheme Supported by Backus Interests Duluth, Min., Aug. 13.—(®)—The Duluth Herald today publishes a story charging that border lakes of the Minnesota arrowhead country “are threatened with flooding and in many case extinction through a gi- gantic water power damming project which has just come to light. This project," the newspaper. says, “is sponsored by the Backus Lumber In- terests, E. W. Backus, president, through the Minnesota and Onte and the Frances Pulp and Paper Com- pany Limited, Frances, Onturio.” It will cost “two to three million dollars” and “already has gotten under way,” the newspaper account says, adding “completion of the dams on the border lakes will flood many of them from three feet to eighty- | two feet above the present slegal | level.” The paper declares “civic clubs of the range cities, especially Hibbing, have been informed of the catas- trophe confronting Minnesota's bor- der lakes, especially those of St. Lou- } is County. Monday, directors of the Minnesota Arrowhead association learned of the project and immediately decided to recruit every force possible to defeat the aims of the Backus interests. President Jas. A. Harper of the Arrowhead association was instruct- ed to appoint three men to make thorough investigation and it is like- ly they will be sent to a hearing to be arraigned by the Canadian gov- ernment before the government grants permission to the Backus In- terest to construct additional dams. : ELKS CONCERT TONIGHT AT WILL SCHOOL Thé Elks Band will give a concert tonight at 7 o'clock at the Will School grounds. A varied selection of num- bers will make up the program. The public is cordially invited to attend. BAY STATE RIOTGROWS Tear Bombs and Gunipay Fea-; ture Latest KKK Outbreak { Reading, Mass. Aug. 13.—(#)—~| After racing over the roads from four different barracks, a strong force of state troops mobilized here | today and stamped out a Ku Klux Klan riot. Before their arrival, several tear| bombs had heen hurled, a score of klansmen and anti-klan3men had been injured by stones and clubs,| shots had been fired and two al-| leged klansmen were arrested, he prisoners were booked at the Reading police station on charges of carrying dangerous weapons. Po- lice claim they were carrying clubs.) Acting Chief of Police Frank Slack and other members of the Reading police force stated that they were affected by the tear gas bombs when |; they arrived on the scene. The! bombs, Chief Slack said, had been| hurled into the crowd of anti-klans-/ men. Shots were also fired into the same crowd by polleermen. 1 No one was hit by the shots, but! scores suffered temporary discom-/ fort from the gas. The meeting, which began early last night in a field on North Main street, was well advertised, said. The white robed i were not in session more thi i an hour when the out riots gath- ered and jeered them. The verbal} je was- followed by one of roc! The handful of town police were! able to keep the two factions sep- arated until reinforcements arrived ry tioning themselves between! the hostile lines. Fargo Publisher ‘Buys “Normanden” Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 13.—()— Sale of the “Normanden” Norwégian language weekly paper published here by the Normanden Publishing Com-! pany to J. G. Halland of Fargo was The sale includes the paper only and the job printing business of the concern will continue under the management of Harold 0. Thorson, son of the late P. 0. Thorson, who controlled the establishment from 1898, until his death a year ago. The consideration in the sale was not an- nounced. Mr, Halland said today that there would be no change in policy of the porer and that for the present at least it would be publi: at the Normanden plant George hi Strandvold will continue as editor. Moos Reappointed Washington, Aug. 13—()—Charles {had | Turkish govern jtime of the marriage. scribed as & dainty, attracti |with large black eyes, ARRESTS NEAR IN LAND RENT ~ FRAUD PROBE Two Farmers Caught Probe Net in Northern Counties CLEAR SCHOOL LAN i Wholesale Cleanup of Rental Lands Is Waged by Kositzky Wholesale arrests are id prospect’ of the investigation , as the result last week of the use of state school lands by persons who have no leases on them, Land Commissioner Carl R. Kositzky said today. Two arrests already ha made, Kositaky said, one in Cav and the other in Towner county, and $9,000 has been collected for the state treasur Mositcky: d inspection tour Benson, Towner, Cavalier, Pembina and Nel- son counties. Notices were served on all people found using state lands without authority that they must pay rent and in two cases where dif- ticulty was encountered warrants were issued. In many cases, Kositzky said, men had planted from 10 to 70 acres of school land without any right to its use and were harvesting crops from it. In other cases large land and cattle corporations which had thrown up leases on state land in recent re found to be continuing ion of other counties of the state is being continued by Kositzky with the assistance of Melvin Steen, a deputy, and unless payments are made promptly prosecutions will fol- low, he said. Many persons who are using state land illegally have vol- untarily paid their rentals since the investigation started, Kositeky said. TURK LEADER GETS DIVORCE Mustapha Kemal Pasha, Pres- ident of Turkey, Obtains Decree Constantinople, Aug. 13. —-(#)— Mustapha Kemal Pasha, president of the Turkish republic, has divorced his wife, Latife Hanoum. Kemal was married Jan. 29, 1923, to. Latife Hanoum, daughter of a wealthy merchant of Smyrna. The marriage is said to have brought ud a dowry of one million Turkish ire, A few months later Madam Latife, known as a believer in women’s rights, was proposed as deputy to the Turkish parliament from Con- stantinople by women of that city who were indignant over the unsuc- cessful proposal of the Deputy Salih Hifond to make marriage obliga- ory. Mustapha Kemal has taken an ac- tive interest in the compromise in the condition of Turkish women. On March 25, 1923, two months after his marriage, when a banquet was given for him at Koniah, he broke two traditions by having women in- vited to the banquet with men. It was the first time the sexes ingled at an official function so the first time that the ment had approved women going outside their homes after sundown. The Turkish president also has advocated dress reforms for Tu: and jish women, favoring less conserva- tive costumes. In Janu 24. it was reported that Madame Latife was wounded by a id grenade, own at her husband in an attempt inate him. This later was denied, but still later it vealed that a Creatan was in prison charged with the at: assassination of the president, Mad- ame Latife was 19 years old at the She was de- to off we girl When she accompanied Mustapha Kemal on his e| first official journey after the mar- riage, she did not wear the custom- ary Turkish veil, but had a large, brightly colored silken _kerchief around her hair and otherwise was dressed in European fashion. The marriage at Smyrna was in Turkish style. Kemal simply de- clared: “I have decided to marry Latife Honoum. Will you please ac- gr h the necessary ceremonies?” The Mufti then addressed the bri saying: “Do you accept as husband from the Hazi Mustapha Kemal Pasha in return’ for a gift from him of ten drachmas of silver aed on condition of a mutual indem- y of separation?” He ffirmative reply concluded the ceremony. A dowry of one million Turkish lire which Madam Latife brought her husband was worth approximately $650,000 at the rate of exchange at that time. PAY BEFORE YOU FALL Berlin—A placard in a hotel at Partenkirchen, Bavaria, ren “Tourists undertaking to climb higher mountain. peaks: are respect: fully requested to settle their ac- counts in advance.” FINDS MOTHER AT LAST Cairo, Egypt.—A British soldier here has been placed in touch with his mother by the Salvation Army, after seeking her in vain for thirty years. He was separated from her when a» boy. She is now living in’ Canada. More than half of the buildin, United States 1 | J. Moos today was reappointed post-| stone used in th Master at St. Paul, Mina, year wes limestone, in: { | agreed upon by you in event | 0! / states. Mother and Small Chi THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [mono | Idren Cheat Death in Memorial Highway Crash Peter Olson, Bismarc k carpenter, sustained a broken arm, and a daughter, Mrs. Fitz, and two small children narrowly escaped death last night when the Mandan-Bismarck motorbus crashed into a Ford coupe in which they were riding from Mandan to this city. Olson’s car was completely demolished. The smashup, which occurred quarter of a mile west of Memorial bridge, to occur on this stretch four days. 7 is the second road mishap of the paved highway in Slight damage was done to the bus which con- tained several passengers when the accident took place. A spare tire projecti ng several inches on the side of the motor bus caught the lighter vehicle on the fender, whirled it around, and hurled it into the ditch. The two children, o ne an infant, were not scratched. Mrs. Fitz suffered scalp abrasions, but was not otherwise hurt. Conflicting accounts today. of the wreck were told Joseph Wetzstein, driver of the Mandan bus, de- clared Olson was driving with one light and main- tained later approached the bus, outbound from Bis- marck, on the wrong side of the road. Wetzstein also charges the Ford car was going at a high rate of speed. Olson flatly denies Wetzstein’s story and charged the bus was going “close that it occupied more th to 40 miles an hour,” and an half the road. Olson claims he was crowded off the pavement by the bus. The carpenter today announced his intention of bringing a damage suit against Wetzstein. Stories of witnesses vary as radically as those of the principals. FARGO ZONING LAW RECOGNIZED BY FEDERAL BODY Fargo, N. D., Aug. 13—()—Far- go's zoning ordinance, passed this year, is the only one in the state recognized by the department of com- merce in dts classificacion of zoning laws adopted by various cities and The Fargo ordinance is listed as “comprehensive” the high- est standard set by the department. More than 26,000,000 petsons now live in cities and states where zon- ing laws are effective, according ty data issued by the department. ST. CLOUD CRASH KILLS MOTORIST St. Cloud, Minn. Aug. 13.—-)— One person is dead and four more seriously injured as a result of an accident five miles west of St. Cloud arly this morning, when an automo- bile went into the ditch while the driver was lighting a cigarette. The five young people were returning from a dance at Cold Springs. * MRS. DINNIE BURIED TODAY Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 13.—()— Funeral services for Mrs. J. A. Din- nie will be held at St. Paul's Episco- pal church here this afternoon with Rev. Jonathan Watson of Denver, Colo., officiating. Interment will be in,Memorial Park cemetery. —. RED TOMAHAWK, SL FEDERAL DOPE FORCES SEEN Chief Forerunner to Mid- dle-west Reorganization ‘SHAKEUP IN | | Chicago, Aug. 13—()—Though | official comment was withheld pend- chief of the federal anti-narcotic forces in the United States, the shakeup wasgthought in some fed- eral circles to forecast a complete | reorganization of narcotic units in the middlewest. The chief of the drug agents has |joined fn the investigation here which thus far has resulted in the arrest of Col. Will Gray Beach, nar- cotic chief, and three of his agents, and raids on a score of Chinatown opium dens. Because drug supplies have fallen off and situation has caused desper- ate conditions among addicts, steps have been taken by the government officials to give medical treatment to all who apply. Of 15,000 addicts who are said by L. J. Ulmer, acting chief, to live here, few have been able to obtain narcotics, which have jumped in price from $35, to $200 an ounce. AYER OF SITTING BULL, DRAWS FARM LOAN ON BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA TO BUILD NEW TEPEE Most Photographed Red Man Will Build Residence on Fort Yates Reservation to Replace Former Dwelling Which Burned to Ground It_is a far cry from the slaying of Sitting Bull, most famous Indian of the Sioux tribe, to a state farm loan on the broad acres which he owns, but that is the case of Red Tomahawk, most famous of the Red Men of the Fort Yates reservation west of here. It is Red Tomahawk’s profile which appears on the official road markers of phe North Dakota high- jon an very-day life is a dif- ferent matter, for Red Tomahawk is a farmer and has adopted many of the ways of the white man. House Burned When his house burned down re- cently he set to work to build a new one and predicts that it will be a real one, not 9 tepee such as housed his entire tribe within the range of his own memory. f. The farm loan which Red Toma- hawk obtained from the bank of North Dakota is another evidence of his adoption of the ways of the white invader. Several years ago be needed money to make some im- Pprovemehts on his property and was readily granted the loan which he asked to finance his operations. Bank officials look upon it as a good joan, yi Most Ehetogrepbed In addition to his other claims to lame Tor has still an- other distinction, that of being the most photographed Indian in the country,* je'fact that he is credited with d when he dons| f ‘having slain Sitting Bull, whose name was spread far and wide after the Custer massacre, makes Red Tomahawk of particular interest to tourists and many drive out of their way to see him and take his picture. Is r The most enthusiastic motion pic- ture players have nothing on this aged Indian when it comes to love of posing before a camera. He pre- Proteseaties in his full reg and numerous pictures of the ancient chief in full war paint and feathered bonnet are in exist- ence, but he doesn’t mind going on exhibition in his working clothes either. Recently a state official visited the reservation and met Red Tomahawk driving @ wagon ‘along the roa unslung a camera and asked t a picture, so mounted and pot Internal Change “It seemed that he added inches to his height and ch measurements and that a new fire replaced the dull apathy which had been in his eye as he sat on the wagon,” said the of- ficial. “I never saw so much evi- dence of an internal change in all my life. When the pictures had been taken he seemed to shrivel back to} . the bent old Indian we had seen on the wagon, but I venture to say that if we had wanted to take another picture he would have repeated the transformation without difficulty. The old fellow has a great sense of the dramatic and would have made a wonderful actor if his talents could have been turned to account on the stage” ing the arrival of Col. L. G. Nutt,] PRICE FIVE CENTS GUN BATTLE MARKS SALEM PRISON BREAK Oregon Penitentiary Is Scene of Sensational Dash for Freedom OREGON BERT SLAIN Two Guards Fatally Wounded in Desperate Encounter Within Prison Walls Salem, Ore. Aug. 13.—(#). gon Bert” Jones, notorious high man and prison-breaker, is dead aft- ter slaying two prison guards, and three of his fellow convicts are be- ing trailed by several posses today as the result of a sensational riot and escape from the Oregon state penitentiary last night, first flight dash for liberty from’ the Oregon Prison since the famous escape of Harry Tracy and David Merrill tn Jones led Ellsworth Kelly, James Willos, and Tom Murray, in a raid on the prison arsenal and an attack on the guards. The notorious career of “Oregon Bert” ended when John Davidson, guard, sot him just as he was drop- ping off the prison wall. A few moments before Jones had fatally shot two guards, J. M. Holman and John Sweeney, his three compan- ions were seriously injyred in the fight with guards, and ‘James Nes- mith, turnkey, escaped in a taxi commandeered from the state hos- pital. The four convicts remained in their cells at ‘supper time, cut a hole through the roof, and dropped to the main yard over the adminis- tration building. They dashed for the arsenal where they obtained four rifles and several revolvers, after beating Nesmith badly about the face. Leaving the building they opened fire on the guards and escaped over the wall. Jones was serving a 20-year sen- tence for assault and robbery. Willos, seven years for burgl Kelly, 20 years for aiding a prison- er to escape, and Murray 20 years for bank robbery. Late last night orders were issued to the National Guards to mobilize to aid in the search for the escaped prisonets. Hundreds of persons searched the district near Salem dur- ing the night without finding any trace of the men. The escape was the most violent since that of Tracy and Merrill on June 9, 1902, when three guards were slain. The search for the two con- victs was conducted for several months throughout the Pacific northwest. Tracy killed Merrill when he thought he was about to give up and was later sarrogated by a posse in a wheat field near Davenport, Washington, and killed BELGIAN DEBT PARLEY LACKS COMMON BASIS Washington, Aug. 13—UP)—Nego- tiations between American and Bel- gian debt commission were suspend- ed temporarily today to permit the visitors to receive instructions from Brussels as to a new Belgian offer. A reply is expected over night, however, and the commissions agreed to meet again tomorrow. At that time they will have before them also a new American proposal embodying some concessions which was present- ed today to the Belgians. Washington, Aug. 13—()—A new ground upon which to continue their efforts to reach an agreement for the retiring Belgium’s war debt to this country was sought today by the American and Belgian debt com- mission. This was made necessary by the rejection by the Belgians of proposal put forward yesterday by the agree- ments in counter to that of the visit- iously found unacceptable to n_ government. While official statements regard- ing the negotiations continued to be withheld, there were clear indica- tions that the commissions are some distance apart on the fundamental basis of Belgium's capacity to pay and consequently on the details such as interest rates and annual pay- ments on the principal of the $480,- 000,000 debt. While the American today were not as optimistic as they were before the rejection of their counter proposal, they still were hopeful that an agreement could be worked out after the position of the two governments had been presented more in detail. SUSPECT HELD WITHOUT BAIL Henry Klingshrin, harvest hand, accused of murdering his pal, “Jack” Page, in the Zeeland church murder mystery was arraigned in justice court at Zeeland late yesterday, and ordered held, pending trial without. noni le is charged with murder in the © first degree and robbery. Klingshrin admits taking a wallet containing $70 in cash and checks from the dead body of his companion following the latter’s slaying. WHAT'S IN A NAME? __ London,—Bowman and Arrow were the names of a couple matried re- cently. In the Bow County court Mr. Heo recently sued Mr. Kidney for The 10,000 stars & person ca see with the naked eye, ‘but not more than a third of these cen be 2000 at any Ee,