The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 31, 1925, Page 1

{ J { | | 4 4 { N WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and probably Tuesday. THE B IS ESTABLISHED 1873 FINAL EDITION CK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1925 HARD COA PLANES TUNED FOR NON-STOP HAWAII CRUISE Hop off This Afternoon on 2,100 Mile Non-stop Ocean Voyage ESTIMATE 26 HOURS Giant Boeing Planes Weigh 19,000 Pounds Each When Loaded San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 31.—®) | ~-Two of Uncle Sam's giant navy seaplanes stood ready this morning to take off on the proposed 2,100 mile non-stop flight to Hawaii. The PB-1, big and heaviest of the three aircraft by 5,000 pour}: v still in hangar at Crissy Field) wich crew of expert mechanics bending every effort to prepare it for a sol- itary flight over the same route prob- ably day after tomorrow. to send the two PN hing 19,000 pounds euch when loaded, away at 2 o'clock ¢' afternoon without the PB-1 w reached late last night by Captain inford Moses and other officials in charge of arms for the flight! when it was definitely determined that the engine of the PB-1 could not be replaced in time for flight) today. | The big Boeing plane developed | engine trouble a broken oil! feed pipe on its flight south from Seattle ten days ago and was the in- tention as a non-stop flight to be a test before the journey to Haw: was interrupted with a forced land- ing at Neah Bav, and an. overnight stay at Coos Bay, on the Oregon coast, ! Examination showed the necessity of an entire replacement of the en- gine in the PB plane. The crews of each the planes comprises fi men. The flagship, the PN-9, No. 1, has as its chief officer, Commander John Rodgers, Washington, D. C., who is also the flight commander. No. 3, is commanded by Y., and among its crew is Lieut.’ Ar- . pilot, Ashland, Wis was cale'ated that the flight It would require slightly more than 26 hours. Only one record will be sought, that for distance, as a ship of this type has aloft for a period longer, than that estimated necessary for the test to begin today. The route, a direct line, according to the Mercator pro- jection, is already patrolled by navy boats stationed approximately every hundred miles between the Golden Gate and Honolulu. The PN their flirht today are virtually iden- tical, and were developed by the bur- eau of aeronautics and the naval air- craft factory at Philadelphia as the supreme type of twin engine trac- tor biplane. From top of the upper ‘wing to the bottom of the keel they are 16 feet, 6.87 inches and in length over all they are 49 feet, two inches. The spread of the upper wing is 72 feet, 10 inches and the lower wing 67 feet, two inches. The total area of wing surface is 1,217 square feet. Two motors of 500 horse power are in each plane, each power plant weighing 700 pounds. Propellers are of two blades and made of wood. Compasses, ,chronometers, sextants and galvanometers aid in keeping the aircraft on their course, and each carries a complete radio set by which communications will be maintained with the guard ships stationed along the route to Hawaii. Parshall Firms _ Advertise by Air Parshall, Aug. 31.—A novel scheme for advertising Parshall and the business places has been adopted by the business interests of the cit: Big posters are being prepared carr: ing the city’s store news and at noon tomorrow Dewey Lowers with his big airplane will start from the landing field south of the city and make a six hour drive over the territory, scattering along the route a message of interest to all those who believe in buyine at bedrock prices, The plane will soar over the reservation sometime tomorrow afternoon, swing around to the east and north over Wabek and Plaza, and complete the tour with a distribution of the li- terature in the Epworth country. Watch for the plane and the mes- sage Parshall business interests have for you ) Sore | Weather Report | ——______—_—__-© Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highést wind velocity ... Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and probably Tuesday; rising 19 62 ale . temperature tonight. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and probably Tuesday; rising tem- perature tonight in east and south portions and in southeast portion Tuesday. General Weather Conditions A large high pressure area is cen- tered over the upper Mi ippi Val- ley while a low pressure area covers the northern Rocky Mountain region. Light precipitation occurred in the Great Lakes region and in Iowa and over the southern Rocky Mountain region. Elsewhere the weather is generally fair. Temperatures are uite high in the Great Lakes region, hio and Mississippi Valleys while mederate temperatures prevail over the northern and western states. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, 4 Official in Charge In 1920 Russia purchased more than $5,000,000 worth of ammunition from the United States. already remained | boats scheduled to start; | paigns: Neither sold as many as have nal planes, two of which took of from San Francisco for an attempt to tly to Hawaii, £100 miles away: Top, left to right, crew of the PB-1, E. D. Thornton,” chief radio | me ian; Lieut. R. Davidson navigating officer; Lieut. Com mander J. Rico Botta, | engineer offic ©. Sullivan, | chief mechanician. d row, left to right, crew of PN-9, No. 1: H. Bowlin, machinist mate Connell, second-in-cc mander John Ro lot; 0. ta left to right, in-comm Snody, in command; —C. machinist mate; Clarence » radioman. | Below, close-up picture of John Rodgers, commander of the flight. jan PB. Snoddy, Yonkers, N.| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~.- ~~ MINOT CATTLE DRIVE CLOSES Applications for Dairy Cattle| Reach 700 Mark, An- nouncement Applications for dairy cattle in the campaign conducted under the} auspices of the Minot Ass'n of Com- merce reached the 700 mark today Dr. R. W. Pence, president, an- nounced. This figure assyres, he said, that at least 600 dairy ‘cattle will be brought into Ward county and to territory immediately adjacent ex-| clusive of those bought locally and of the applications that are re- jected. It will mean that 600 Guern- seys and Holsteins will be brought! in exclusive of Shorthorn strains Some 18 Shorthorn purebred sire or heifers have been applied for. The communities of Max, Berthold, Deering, Sawyer, Carpio, Foxholm, | Aurelia, Hartland, Ryder, Minot, Sur- rey and Glenburn have concluded | their canvasses and have sent in, their applications approved by local committees to the Minot Association | of Commerce which has forwarded | them to the Agricultural Credit Cor- poration. { The communities of Tagus, Des} Lacs, Velva, Verendrye, Douglas,| i Burlington still remain to send in theirs. Of the applications approved | locally and already forwarded to the| credit corporation, a total of 544, head are applied for. Of these, 264! are Guernseys, 239° Holsteins, 18 Shorthorns, i7 Jerse Swiss. Thirty purebred Guernsey _ sires are applied for, 37 purebred Guern- | sey heifers or cows and 197 grade cows. Twenty-nine purbred Hol- stein sires are applied for and 33; purebrmed Holstein cows and 177} grade cows. The catéle applied for alread around towns which haven't sent in their blanks to the association of commerce as yet number 200. The Guernsey applications predom- inate around Minot. The 75 purebred sires ordered in the campaign so far alone justify it in the opinion of officials of the} Minot Association of Commerce. They should have a great effect on the dairy breeding of the county. They are in 90 per cent of the cases going on farms where purebred sires Never were used before. i Cass county and Grand Forks coun-| ty both conducted purebred sire cam-/ ys and 6 Brown: | been sold in Ward, and neither did they represent near as high a per-| centage of farmers who previously | were using scrub sires. In 10 years, the value of the but- terfat, produced by these high yield-| ing Wisconsin genuine daity cows! and the value of their progeny will! run far -beyond $3,000,000, according! to calculations carefully worked out by J. W. Morrell, Minot business mam who has been busy in the cam- paign. BALL GAME CALLED Shanghai, China—By mutual con-| sent a baseball game between an American team from an oriental liner / and a Chinese team was called in the fourth inning when the ground raked by a fusillade of bullets Chinese snipers’ rifles. wi from Lightning Bolt Destroys Barn Rochester, Minn. Aug. 31. -(P) Two large barns, 1000 bushels of newly threshed oats, 40 tons of new hay and a quantity of farm = ma- hinery and equipment were destroy- ed by fire resulting from a bolt of lightning on the farm of Patrick Condron, eight miles east of here yesterday. The loss is estimated at about $8,000. The fire discovered by mem- bers of a railroad freight train crew, who aroused members of the family. SORLIE WANTS BRE EXCHANGE Would Make North Dakota Center of Honey-Packing Industry Valley City, Aug. 31.—“Why can't North Dakota honey be marketed un der a standardized name, from some th Dakota point where a bee ex- nge can he established?” This was the question asked last night by Gov. A. G. Sorlie, in an in- terview, Governor Sorlie has, before this time, expressed great interest in the bee ‘industry in the state, and has often talked of the possibilities of the industry. He has been in con- ference with Prof. R. L. Webster, head of the entomology department at the state Agricultural College, on the subject, and the suggested es- tablishment’ of a bee exchange in Fargo was the result of this con- ch: | versation. At the present time, according to the executive, bee raisers in the state are shipping their product to Minne- apolis and other trade centers where is repacked, labeled and returned to this state for consumption. The suggested bee exchange in Fargo would eliminate this duplicating of express costs, and would also. es- tublish the industry more firmly in the state, the executive believes. “Why not standardize North Dako- ta honey?” Gov. Sorlie asked. “It could be done very easily if every producer would adopt a trade name uniform throughout the state— and add the name of the town from which the product is shipped. I i would suggest the name ‘Cream of Honey.’ To this could be added the name of the town in which the honey was derived from the bees. Honey from Amenia would become ‘Cream of Honey, packed in Amenia,’ and honey from Valley City would be- come ‘Cream of Honey, packed in Valley City.” Prof. Webster, College, who is spector, agreed of the Agricultural also state Bee In- with the governor that such a plan would undoubtedly prove successful in North Dakota, as at present there is a duplication of shipment coststo and from the Twin Cities. North Dakota honey is a high class, clear and light colored pro- duct ‘and sells as premium honey. If the establishment of an exchange in Fargo could center the industry in the state—as Mr. Sorlie believes it would—Webster favors the plan. i Sere eee TRACTORS LEAD Washington—American exports of agricultural implements during the 11 months, ending with May, 1925, SIXTH SENSE i London—Doctors, here are amazed at the ability of a blind rug maker’ te pick out almost any color, or! ade of color by the sense of touch| lone. ‘The man went blind ten years! ago, at the age of 40, 4 amounted to 457,344,503, as compared with $56,182,801 for the same period of a year ago. Wheel tractors com- prised the largest item. Plows and harvesters and binders were the sec- ond and third largest items, respec- tively, THEY’LL RISK LIVES IN PACIFIC FLIGHT GIRL FINDS LOST FAMILY Ends 23-year Search in Min- neapolis Where She Lo- cates Father Aug. 3 Minneapo' rch, Miss Lydia T a brother ments to meet her learned her two other brothers, one in North Dakota and the other in Canada, were liv- ing, and learned that her birthplace} () Duluth. Miss w Dayton was four years old when the home was broken up by the of her mother and were adopted by sev During the ensuing yea track of her brothers and and while she lived at St. , she was entirely unaware of er brothers, all the death children lies. she lost living in or near I she learned from a had been trying to lo- cate atives that the search had met with success. She im- medi came to Minneapolis where she three si Mrs, John Ronnevitie, Robbinsdale; Mrs. Felix Boldue and Mr: Corcoran, and a brother, Napoleon Dayton, of Robbinsdale. Her father, Joseph Dayton who is living at the Little Sisters of the Poor, Minneapolis, is! 78 years old and feeble. He was unable to at- tend the reunion as were two other brothers, Felix, living in North Da- kota and Charles, of Manitoba, Can- The old family home wa luth prior to the time that struck them. in Du- versity ‘Rear Shaft on Fort Dilts Site A movement has been launched in Bowman county, encouraged by L. F. Crawford, superintendent of the State Historical society, to erect a monu- ment at old Fort’ Dilts, seven miles east of Marmarth. Remains of the sod fort which protected soldiers und a party en route to the gold fields from hostile Indians still may be seen. The fort was built in| September, 1864, when Capt. James L. Fisk, witl 50 soldiers as an escort for 280 men, women and children, stopped there en route to the gold fields at Virginia City. The soldiers had been detailed at Fort Rice, south of Mandan, to es- cort the party through the hostile Sioux country. Jefferson Dilts, scout of the part; who had been trying to locate a road through the Badlands, received three arrow wounds while returning to the party, died and was buried beneath the sod there. Two other members of the party who died of wounds are buried at Fort Dilts. The fort mark- ed the farthest west point of the ad- venturesome expedition. After being besieged 16 days in old Fort Dilts, the party was relieved by 900 soldiers sent from Fort Rice by General Sully, back from the Killdeer mountain and Sentinel Butte battles. pc NEWS BRIEFS | —* San Antonio—James Ferdinand McCann, noted painter, died. > London.—Daily Mail’s Dublin cor- respondent forecast that in the Irish boundary commission’s report, to be published this week, the free state would receive about one-tenth of the present Ulster territory and Ulster receive in exchange only a small part of the county of Donegal from the Dublin government. Washington. —The people's legisla- tive service made public a letter to the federal trade commission de- manding prosecution of the “Bread Trust.” Washington—The coast guard has completed plans for a winter cam- paign against rum smuggling with broadened operations contemplated. In Belgium nearly all motorists carry emergecy kits to be able to; assist any injured person found along! the way. sisters and | P, Bolduc, both of} J. TWO SUICIDES CLIMAX ENOCH ARDEN AFFAIR New ‘York Manufacturer and Wife Take Lives When “Dead” Man Returns WIFE DIES BY GAS British Colonel, Thought Kill- ed in Action in 1917, Finds Wife New York, Aug. 31.-()—An ine ernational Enoch Arden — story. in ending has Bic the suicide of 4. Fitzpatrick, a manufactur- nd his wife. Fitzpatrick, as a Belgian girl, married previously to a British officer ina war romance. Believing he had been killed in action, — she came to this country and married Vitzpatricky Then the first hus- band reappeared. Like the fictional Enoch Arden, he went away. But like the case of his prototype, he vealed himself, and marital ‘un- appiness followed his departure. : Fitzpatrick was found asphyx- iated in her Kew Gardens apart- ments last Friday, She had evident- ly turned on the burners of a range in the kitche ied her husband, who and, Florida on business. y the ‘police of that city raphed that he had shot and te killed hims teleg M If a few hours after the ram arrived, rie Louise Bernier, daughter of ulthy Belgian merchant, married Colonel Jack Leacroft, of the British army in 1917. After the ne offensive, Leacroft was missing. Distracted, came to this country married Fitzpatrick in San Francis- co in 1920 first obtaining a divorce on the grounds of deserti She met Colonel Li street some time after marriage, he begged her to divorce Fitzpat: . s . explaining that a gas brought on amnesia = from ari Fitzpatrick laughed off her ;and intimated that the Babe will not play again this season. RUTH, BAD BOY OF DIAMOND, MAY BE OUT REST OF YEAR go, Aug. 31—(AP)—“Babe” Ruth, bad boy of the New York Yankees, led today in his plan to appeal per sonally to Baseball Commissioner K. M. Landis, against the $5,000. fine and indefinite suspension, disciplinary penalties imposed by Manager Huggins of the Yanks. The commi: sioner was out of the city, having gone to his summer place at Burt Lake, Michigan. Without appealing to intermediary pow already had lost two decisions. Ruppert Indignant Col. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the Yankees, voiced satis- faction with the management of the club and expressed in- dignation that Ruth should assume the role of dictator in; the club’s policy. Ban Johnson, president of the American league, annoui- ced himself heartily in accord with Huggins’ action in dis- ciplining Ruth. | He called Ruth a man with the mind of a 15 year old boy | the sabe “Misconduct, drinking, and staying out all night, are things that will not be tolerated,” said Mr. Johnson, Ruth Jovial Babe came here from St. Louis, where Huggins broke ! the news of the suspension and fine to him. He seemed to; be in fine physical condition and was in a jovial mood. He denied but little that Huggins said against him, but sought to justify his own action. He admitted he recently had violated the club rule against remaining out after one a. m. and that the rule was badly fractured one night when he did not return to the hotel at all. He had explanations for cach instance of fail- ure to observe the restriction, Attacks Huggins Babe also assailed Huggins’ judgment in directing the team’s play, and told of two occasions during the Chicago- New York series when he deliberately done just the oppo- site to what had been directed by the manager. He had ex- planation for that too. i Speaking of his falling off in hitting, another subject of iticism in Manager Huggins’ statement given out in St. Louis, Ruth said he came back a month too soon after he was sick. “That’s the bunk about me losing my batting eye said Ruth. “I am seeing ‘em as well and hitting ’em hard as I ever did, they’re not falling safe.” Ruth accuse Huggins of seeking to make him the goat as an explanation of the Yankees’ poor showing this year, and said that Hug- gins had been “pulling the wool over Ruppert ves fora long while.” In conclusion Ruth asserted that if Huggins continues as the Yankee manager he was through. “I'll not play tor husband's suggestion of re- marriage, He left her and is report- ed to have married again, Whether or not meeting Leacroft: preyed on her mind, Mrs, Fitzpatrick's friends! did not know. An unfinished sui-| e note addressed to Miss Cherie Weber, a dress shop proprietor, by whom she had been emploved, stated merely that “life is not worth liv- ing” and that she wanted to be bur- [ied under her maiden name. Miss Weber told the police that ithe Fitzpatricks separated about a year ago. He had frequently threat- tened to kill himself, she said, Fra McKeon Jr. of Philadelphia, Fitz- patrick’s brother, asked permission to claim Mrs. Fitzpatrick’s body. ITALIAN SUB REPORTED LOST Rome, Aug. 31.—UP)—The Itali Submarine Sebastiano Veniero dis- appeared during the week's naval maneuvers off Sicily and has not been heard from since. An official announcement today says destroyers, dirigibles, submar- ines and motorboats have searched the Sicilian Coast day and night since the disappearance of the sub- marine but without success. The Sebastiano Veniero built un- der the Italian naval program of 1924 is 213 feet in length, has an arma- ment of six torpedo tubes and two 14 pounder guns, and has a cruising radius on the surface of 1,500 miles. She displaces 714 tons on the surface and 925 tons submerged. CROP OUTLOOK IS OPTIMISTIC Crops in the middle section of the state are generally better than were expected, Joseph Kitchen, commis- sioner of agriculture and labor, said today, on his return from the Kid- der éounty experimental farm near Dawson. This year has emphasized the ad- vantages of good farming, he said. Farmers who summer fallowed their fields or who have adopted adequate crop rotation report good yields while those who cultivated their fields poorly failed to get good crops. Block Express _ Rate Increases Washington, Aug. 31.—(#)—In- creased express rates on fruit and vegetable between Mountain-Pacific and eastern territories, proposed by the American Express’ company, to become effective September 1, were ordered held in abeyance by the In- terstate Commerce Commission to- day until December 1. Meantime commissioners will conduct. investi- gation to determine if the increases are justified. f Check Epidemic | ————___—_——__—__——_+ Only one case of infantile paraly- sis had been reported to the state health department today for the week ending last Saturday. The re- port came from Enderlin, Kidder county. - CAMPER’S DELIGHT Washington, Aug. 31.—For travel- ers and campers who like to carry but litite baggage, a complete shaving set has been devised that fits in the handle of the brush. A mirror is set in the top and there is space for extra blades, him,” Ruth announced. _——________—_—_® | Offer $150,000 For Kearns’ Contract | Ge Aug. 31.—U). Charlie Rose, manager of Bart- ley Madden, an eastern repre- sentative of Floyd Fitzsimmons, Michigan City, Indiana, promot- or, today wired Jack Kearns, of- fering $150,000 for Jack Demp- sey's contract. Rose would not_ reveal whom he CITY SCHOOLS REOPEN TODAY High School Students Number 450 represents in the venture, but ees he intimated that two others One thousand, three hundred and were interested with him in the | thirty b and sirls are enrolled $150,000 offer. His agreement in the Bismarck city schools, accord- wired to Kearns at Los Angeles follows: “Would you be willing to sell your contract with Jack Demp- sey? Will give you $150,000 cash, Will leave for Los Angeles immediately upon answer to this -wire if you mean business.” BOSTWICK IS_ FLEET CHIEF Washington, Aug. 31.—(4)—Rear, Admiral Lucius A. Bostwick, Chief | A of Staff of the Battle flect, was to- day appointed chief of staff of the United States Fleet, effecti' after ing to figures given to school auth- orities after enrollment was practi- cally completed this morning. It is expected, however, that there will be lat least’ an additional one hundred students at the end of the week. | More than 450 of this number are at the High school. This morning it was impossible to give the enroll- ment by classes but it is probable that the Freshmen are most numer- ous. It is estimated that ubout two- thirds of the students are girls, by Frank H. Brown, principal. The Will school, Junior high, has in enrollment of 280. Two hundred and eight are Junior High students and the remaining 72 are first, sec- ve after, ond and third grade pupils. | The the return of the fleet from New) first grade enrollment is 26. Miss Zealand. A | Marie Huber is principal. * See | Twenty-four youngsters entered RAIL TAX MEET | the first grade at the William Moo school. The total enrollment Miss Ella 0. Casselman is principal SLATED TUESDAY Final determination of the tax assessments to be levied against railroads operating in North Dakota will be made at a meeting tomorrow of the state board of tax equalizi- tion. ull It is expected that ie ablenyt sity made to increase the taxable val- PelURE ofteaterl canta (a Coroner: | ty-six of the 196 students at ison with former years but members} the Richholt school are beginners. mbers | Miss Aenes Boyle is the principal. wot the benrd spre said to be divided) Tr ii the schools, excepting the ee { and High schools, the first to N. P. HAULS HUGE | sixth grades are instructed. Seventh VOLUME OF GRAIN and eighth grade students attend the Fargo, N. Dak. Aug. 31—()— > Will school. Howard’ Elliott, chairman of the! One hundred and twenty-six pupils j have been added to the schools in the board of directors of the Northern’ Pacific Railroad, passed through | first grades. Many young veople from the country and nearby towns have arrived in the city to attend Fargo yesterday on a return trip; from the Pacific coast. E. J. Hack-| enberg, superintendent of the Fargo! the High school. Regular classes were conducted at division, told Mr. Elliott that grain{ was moving out of North Dakota! the High school throughout the day. There were no afternoon classes at through Fargo in exceptionally large; volume for so early in the season. the Junior high or grade schools but the regular schedule will be follow- The Northern Pacific is handling from 200 to 225 cars of grain daily ‘enrolled at the according to Miss ipal, Fifteen are Grace Hand, prin of the 8 It school, nounces an en- rollment of 129, 25 of the number t grade students. Thirt; ed tomorrow. ‘Beulah Plant Is and up to Saturday night had moved ra 2100 cars of grain, Mr. Hackenberg | Near Completion reported. Grain cars are beginning | celtics, to return to the Fargo division aft-| Beulah, Aug. 31--Knife River er making one trip to market, and: power Station No. 1, of the Hughes Mr. Hackenberg reported that he did! Electric Company which is located not expect to have any difficulty in y at Beulah is now enclosed and the supplying cars as fast as they are. work of installing the large boilers demanded. and generating machinery is being There Geena cruihnigo the belief carried forward as rapidly as pos- ibl that most deaths occur between the|" ‘This large building is built en- hours of two and six in the morning.| tirely of brick and ‘covers ground From investigation it is known that! space about 70x80 feet. the number of deaths for each hour i PRICE FIVE CENTS L WALKOUT BEGINS MINES SHUT DOWN: MONSTER EXODUS STARTS Vanguard of 158,000 Strikers Quit Work as Zero Hour Nears HALT WORK MIDNIGHT Total of 8,000 Maintenance Men Will Remain in Pit on Agreement Swampscott, Mass., Aug. 31— (#)—President Coolidge was urg- ed today to press far congres- sional approval of the federal coal commission's —recommenda- tion by John Hays Hammond, former chairman of the commis- sion, The commission which now is out of existence, recommend- ed for the legislation of the coal industry and would give the gov- ernment power to distribute fuel during emergencies. Mr. Hammond was not appre- hensive over the present tion with a suspension in ations in the anthracite fields scheduled to hegin tomorrow and he did not think an emergency existed which would demand special session of Congress to en- act the commission's recommen- dations. While the president discussed the anthracite problem today with several visitors there was no indication that he would yield in his determination to keep the ft : Philadelphia, Aug. (P)—An thracite mining in northeastern Pennsylvania will. stop at midnight by order of the United Mine Work- ers. The stroke of 12 iration of the twe pement of 158,000 been unable to agree with the mine own- ers upon its renewal and who decline to work until some renewal is nego- tiated. The walkout will place a vir tual padlock upon mines in ten counties, it will involve in addition to the bulk of the miners another army of they dependents. The full number of those depend- ent on miners and for whom bread winning accordingly stops, is put at 500,000. About 8,000 maintenance men will remain in pits by mutual agreement to prevent flooding and attend to their general upke y will be assessed a week for the Unio fund. Something like 10,000 railrond men employed in handling of coal ship- ments and in shops and car repair work will probably be thrown out of work, suspension will be practically 100 per cent effective e region has been thoroughly organized by the union and the handful of mea, the union has permitted its mem- bers to associate with despite the lack of union buttons is expected to quit as well. Union officials con- template no picketing and the own- ers, so far ag can be learned, plan no importing of non-union help. At many mines contract miners quit work Sunday after blowing down enough coal to keep laborers occupied for the remainder of the contract. Many heavy tools have been removed by the men and stored away until such time as a new -con- tract is signed. Many anthracite workers are pre- paring to set out for the soft coal fields and hunt for other jobs. The ability of unionists to substitute the jobs picked up there is half the bat- tle. The miners are demanding a ten per cent increase in tonnage rates, one dollar a day more for day work- ers, the check-off, a two-year con- tract, equalization of rates and other adjustments. The operators insist all demands must first absolve themselves of any likelihood of increasing production cost before they can be given con- sideration. The men in turn refuse the proposal of the owners*to leave the matter to arbitration and hold that negotiations are useless until the owners agree to consider de- mands on their merits regardless of cost. Negotions were broken off at At- lantic City on August 4. Stress Need of _ Booster Campaign Dunn Center, Aug. 31.—Unless something is done to stem the drift of population out of North Dakota Dunn county bids fair to lose a larg- er percentage of its population in the future than it has during the past five years.” That is the statement of H. E. Skauge of Dunn Center, director for Dunn county for the Greater North Dakota Association and North Da- kota Automobile Association, com- bined. “Dunn county has lost 160 inhabi- tants since 1920, approximately 40 families. As leading economists es- timate the value of a family to the community in which it lives at more than $2,500.00 a year Dunn counts is losing $100,000 of gross annual business. Mitchell Cheats _ Death in Landing San Antonio, Aug. 31—(4)—Colonel 5 This is the first unit of a power a te day is very evenly propor-; generating equippment to be located joned. at Beulah that will eventually de- velop 7,000 h. p. and furnish light and power for all of western North Dakota. Mr. Hughes was here several days to personally supervise some of the work, and he is well satisfied with the way the work is progressing. Southern California Yachting As- sociation will give to winners of this year’s race four bricks, shaken from Santa Barbara walls during the re- cent quake. The bricks are plated with gold and engraved, William Mitchell, Stormy petrel of the United States army air service, narrowly escaped death at the eighth corps area air service landing field near Fort Sam Houston, this morn- ing when his plane crashed and was demolished as he was taking off for a flight. Colonel Mitchell was unm injured, |