The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 10, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled tonight with: possibly showers, Friday partly overcast. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [uate BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1925 PRICE FIVE C ' BANDITS LOOT WINONA MAIL WAGON _ PRAISES ROADS [= FOR ECONOMY OF OPERATION R.'H. Aishton of Railway As- sociation Declares Proper- ties in Fine Shape CITES HEAVY LOADINGS Fuel Bill in Freight Service Alone Cut Nearly Eigh- teen Million Chicago, Sept. 19.—(P)—The railroad rate burden was termed “Baby on the doorstep” by both Chairman Clyde B. ‘Aitchison of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission and Wy “I, B-emner, re- ceiver for the Minneapolis and { St. Louis Railway, today. Chairman Aitchison charged that the roads had left the “Baby on the commission’s door- step,” and Mr. Bremner replied that previously the commission had deposited it on the step of the railroads. Mr. Bremner, testifyi in the hearing on the weeatern arriers petition for a five per cent freight advance, asserted that without h freight rate reductions ordered by the commission since 1920, his road would not now be in_ receivership. He added that security holders of the road were virtual! devoting | their investment to public service; without _any compensation. Points To Bankruptcy Chairman Aitchison asked Bremner why his company had not offered a concrete proposal for relief, and ask- ed why the Mountain-Pacific terri- tory was included in the western. The chairman also asked him why he had not taken advantage of rate increases permitted in _ Minnesota. Bremner answered that he had in- creased passenger rates and also has somewhat advanced fr within Minnesota, our entire territory cannot ad- vance our freight rates if our com- petitors co not advance theirs.” we When Mr. Bremner said he had no concrete proposal for relief, but had heard a rumor of one, the chair- man said “You don’t think it is fair, do you, to leave this baby on our doorstep 7” “Well, back in 1922, you put a baby on our doorstep that put us into: bankruptcy,” Bremner replied. Sees Aid Mr. Bremner in conclusion said he believed when the record in the case was complete, the commission would find a way to help the northwestern lines by special treatment. R. H. Aishton, president of the American Railway Association, told the commission that thus far this year the railroads had far exceeded all records for handling carload freight and had done it with the greatest economy and efficiency. 10.—(#)— Intending Chicago, Sept. to show that the Interstate Com- merce Commission's suggestion of 1922 that the railroads look to “ef ficiency and economy in operation offers no solution of the problems of the western roads, President R. H. Aishton, of the American Rail- way association today described the conditions of the roads as the best they have ever been. He was testi- fying in the western freight rate ad- vance case. ‘So far in 1925,” Aishton said, “the railways of the country have handled the largest number of car- loads of freight ever transported in any similar period, and carriers are operating with the greatest economy and efficiency ever shown. Heavy Loading “From Jan. 1 to August 15, 1925, 31,345,000 cars were loaded with rev- enue freight, as compared with 29,- 550,000 cars in 1924; 30,993,000 in 1923, and 27,951,000 in 1920. Despite these record figures in 1925, despite the “fact that loadings for’ several weeks past have been in excess of one million cars a week, there has been an ample, surplus of both freight oars and locomotives avail- able. Increase in Efficiency “Other figures show this same in- crease in the efficiency and econ- omy of operations. Considering the western railways alone, it appears that these lines in 1924 reduced their fuel bill in the freight service by almost $18,000,000 as compared with 1920. In the passenger service there was a corresponding, saving of al- most $4,000,000 in the 1924 fuel. ; he has confessed, according to police of Montclair, N. (Continued on page three) . o—__-_________» | Weather Report | Temperature at 7 a. m. . 55 Highest yesterday B Lowest last night 54 Precipitation to 7 a. m Highest wind velocity Weather Fore For Bismarck and vicinity: Un- settled tonight with possibly sho ers, Friday partly overcast. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Unsettled to- night with possibly showers; Friday partly overcast. Not much change in temperature. joeperal Weather Conditions ig aes with its center over the’ Red River Valley, extends from the Rocky Mountain region eastward to the New England States while a high pressure ai is centered over Precipitation occurred at most places an ‘he Great Lakes re- 2 Valley, Plains and ‘in i ze western Canadian Provinces, Generally fair weather prevails from the western slope of the Rockies to the Pacific coast. Temperatures have dropped over the Mississippi \ Val! and moderate ratures previ er she west tem) o ern two thirds of ie count RIS nobis, ree Charge Harrison Noel is charged w uffeur fh Unperturbed, the a meraman, When Noel led police to eaardee scene, he was the calmest man in the (coatless) in the center, surrounded by detecti 3efore him lies the’ holy of little Mary Daly ( » six, whose kidnaping and murder LITTLE GIRL DRINKS, FLY POISON WHEN) RUM EXPORTS TOU. S. DROP 50 PER CENT British Financiers Write Off Annual $15,000,000 Sept. 10.—(®) r old daugh- nd Mrs. 1. ron ner from a tab ‘of the ‘m home at Shields, re- a | moved the cork and in some Loss took enough of the p to cause death, Mrs. Koch. return- ndon, Sept. 10.) ing to the room after a moment's million dollars is the estim: absence, found the tot writhing sustained during the past on the floor. She lived four English financiers who despatched Tragedy stalks in_ the ships filled with liquor intended to ke of the Koch family. Eight- nonths ago a son, also aged was crushed to death when ied to climb into the rear t of Americans, ts of the rum arn off the shores of the United $ pepe A a8 not only have obliterated rum row,| Of @ wagon in which its parents but also have cut deeply into the| Were starting for town. bank rolls of the financiers. | = Masters and crews of rum runners; banker Promoted to Rank of Colonel! assuage the thi The swift bo ada | are seeking other employment. They aver that their days of opulence ha passed and that they are looking for| MOTHER GOES Out “THRILL” MURDERER REVISITS SCENE OF TRAGEDY Montelair, N. J | | lI {R NEA g dl and Raymond Pierce, SAYS GROWERS ARE HOLDING HARD WHEAT Movement Will Disrupt Grain Speculation, Expert States The action of fa in North Dakota and other st in holding their grain off the market or tak- ing storage tickets for g ped dir chine may prove 2 menace to ¢ speculators later in the year, A. cker, Minneapolis, president of the National Producers’ Alliance, said here today: Ricker, who is touring North Da- and neighboring states urging i in off t “until the price is right. says that bankers and grain men in 40 counties have told him that farm- rmors, more law-abiding methods to eke out| Minot, Sept. 10.—Colonel Edward| ©!s te holding their hard spring a living. 1S Person, president of the Union| Wheat and w bile Hoc accise inthe Drop 50 Per Cent | N tional Bank of this oe; ility Cee Since January exports of liquors} fied of his promotion by the w Money” dopdiliana better than destined ‘for the United States have | Partment Wednesday from Tieuten-| iio," previous harvests and that dropped almost 50 per cent and avail- b ; bankers are willing to loan sub- He is receiving the congratul: able figures indicate tl liquor ex- f his many friends over the fac ports from Great Britain this year| ° will fall far below the annual 2,000,-| tat he is now entitled to wear the 000 gallons, sent out of the country| “Since his promotion to the rank uring: the dastsfew years: of Lieutenant Colonel in 1922, he has The loss of a }; rum running fleet rge part of the and hundreds of | been attached to the d Reserve Corps. He will now be thousands of cases of whiskey appar-| signed to a regiment over which he ently dismay these persons anil be placed in command. As an England who had ane to get rich | officer of the Reserve Corps it be- quickly and there now is no money} comes necessary to participa available for smuggling _ projects.| maneuvers in training camps at s Many ships once engaged in the il-| ed periods, licit traffic now are to be seen tying | idle in ports. Among these is the steamer, Gen-| |Report Death eral Serrett, the captain of says he has ‘on board 25,000 ca of McKenzie Man whiskey destined. for the United | States. The vessel has been tied up| Warren W. Peck, 67, passed away at Deal for a ause the own-| at the home of C. W. Thompson two er is unable to raise the money to| miles east of McKenzie Tuesday pay the wages of the crew The | night, it was learned here toda Serrett is owned by a Lon-| Peck is survived by two sons and two daughters. He lived ‘at the — Thompson home for eight ye | Fargo— vhirty. North Dakota! Funeral will take place in Bisma patriotic and organizations | Friday. making up correlated patriotic work ers of North Dakota voted to make it 4 permanent organization. A magazine written and edited by lunatics. has been started in England, NEW YORK TONG WAR BREAKS OUT AGAIN AND TWO MURDERS ARE CHARGED T0 CRIME RING New York, Sept. 10.—(4)—Chinese Tong warfare+has broken out fresh here. Two Hip Sing Tong men are dead. Three officials of the On Long Tong, including the national president, are in jail charged with conspiracy to bring about the slayings. Less than two weeks ago National Longs signed a truce. Longs signed a true. In addition to the Tong officials one Chinese is in jail as a killer. The other slayer escaped, A Chinese cook was shot and kill- ed going to his room. A few hours later the body of another Chinese was found in a market house, his skull crushed by a hammer, After the first killing, District Attorney Benton, in accordance with his recent threat to hold Tong lead- ers responsible for any more kill- ings, ordered the arrest of On Long officials, They are Lee Gee’ Min, national president: Lee Len Doo, lo- yoal secretary, /and Henry Moy... stantial amounts on grain shortage tickets or on the actual grain in the bin. Hit Speculators nbarrassment to thé grain specu- lators may come, Ricker said, when horts attempt to meet delivery de- mands and find that so much of the grain is being held by the fi ‘0 that he cannot meet his cont obligations, The result, Ricker said, will be to boost the price. Wheat prices would hi downward in recent weeks emaining comparatively firm, said, if it were not for the that’ farmers in other states are holding their grain off the market. He contended that Kansas farmers now have 40.000,000 bushels of whe: in storage which, if it had been mar- keted as soon as threshed, would have denioralized the market. slumped instead Show Decline Despite the fact tha ahead of the harvest in 1924 ship- ping figures show a decline in the amount of grain received ‘at termin- al, according to data compiled by t state railroad board. For the per- iod from duly 7,669 cars were re with 224,099 cars for iod a year ago. in comparis the same per- |Minnesota Lions to Boost Arrowhead as Pleasure Spot Duluth, Minn., Sept. 10.—(#)—The Minnesota Arrowhead council of Lions’ clubs, was organized at meet- ing of representatives of seven northern Minnesota clubs of the or- ganization at the half-way house, Wilbert’s Inn, on the Miller Trunk Highway, last night. The council will represent the 400 members of the seven clubs affi ed with the union and plans pub- lication of a magazine which will be given circulation among all Lions’ clubs in the United States and Ca- nada, setting forth the beauties and advantages of the Arrowhead district as a vacation ‘land, ‘ — | AMERIGANS | ARRESTED FOR KLAN ACTIVITY Two Held wy ‘tee German Police | in Silesia—Many Arrests | to Follow | WOULD BAR NEW ORDER} Many Cities Have Organi: tion Patterned After That | of United States H . Sept. 10.—(P)—Two Ameri- | Knights of the i patterned after the Ku Klux Klan | have been arrested by the German police in Silesia, They are Otto Strohschein, 54, Gothard Strohschein, 30, both . Don Burton Gray, Minois, is sad to have left y three weeks ago! f and to be in Chieago now. Papers found by the police cate that branch in Hamburg, Jena, Dortmund Cassell, and tha the founding the organization dates back to 19, A complete list of the members of the orga tion was discovered, | and the police in the larger cities | i ave been instructed to! indi- of the order exist and of | fons whose names. are | on this roster. | It ting leged by the invest authoriti s that the o: financed with funds Klan circles in Americ: The “Knights of th have copied to some extent the ritual of the Ku Klux Klan. The insignia of the or; ation is a bloody cross, the black, red and white flag of im-! perial Germany and the anti-semitic! tika. It is the avowed purpose of the | knights to gather togethe “de- | termined to fight for th from of the fatherland” and ing war on Jews, to free the country of | undesirables.” | YOUTH DIES IN BOXING BOUT, PAL, IS EXONERATED Mandan, N. D., Sept. 10. —)—| Frank Mitchell of Scotiand, S. D., harvest. worker, was exonerated of blame by Coroner Rice of Golden Valley county this morning, in the death of Arthur Lee, 17, who died suddenly during the course of a friendly boxing bout, according to a) telephone message tod he ecu oute anets Hering On| the farm of Ray Hathaway, one mile north of Beach, put on boxing gloves shortly after dinner Wednesday. Af- ter a few moments of sparring, Lee complained of feeling faint. Mitchell held him up and eased him to the} floor. He died within a minute.| Physicians declared the death was | due to heart failure. The dead) youth is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Pat! H. Lee who left Beach just a few! hours before his death for James: | town, where they will make their | home. The elder Lee was in ro? druggist business here. PREDICTS TWO DOLLAR WHEAT Dispatcher Says Farmers East of Bismarck Are Holding Grain Evidence that grain growers east of Bismarck along the Soo Line are; holding wheat for a rise in prices later in the season is seen in reduced shipments recorded at Soo Line divi- sion headquarters by A. W. Mellen, dispatcher. For the first time in the history of the Soo Line road, grain north; and west of the capital city along| the Soo route has been received at elevators to await shipment in vol- ume to exceed receipts from the southeastern section of the state Approximately one-third of the nual grain movement along the Soo Line has been reported for shipment, Mellen stated. It is the earliest grain harvest in memory of Soo Line offi- cials, he stated. Predicts Two Dolla Mellen predicts wheat will go to two dollars during the winter. A field of 30 acres of Burbank, a new variety of hard wheat introduc- ed in North Dakota this year, yield-{ ed 33 bushels to the acre in the vi-{ cinity of Underwood earlier in the| week, a Soo Line dispatch states. | Threshing southeast of Bismarck from Napoleon to Hankinson has been held up by rains of earlier part of the week. Threshing along this territory was due to begin today. Light rains visited the southeast section of the state from Bismarck to Ashley yesterday. MOTOR AGENCY INCORPORATES Incorporations Harvey Herald Co., Harvey, N. D., newspaper and print shop, $15,000, Walter R. Lee, A. P. Barstad, Harvey and Peter Scott, Bottineau; Capital Chevrolet company, Bismarck, $25.000, L. H. Connolly, D, C. Scothorn, F. M. Di vis; Western Manufacturing com- pany, Glover, N. D., $25,000, to man- ufacture wagons and. farm machin- ery, Nels Peter Albertson, Peter Peas, Mary Albertson and Sarah Al | statement, { fairs committee. | who will be “| route to Wii bertson, CONGRESS TO SIFT CHARGES OF MITCHELL, Secretary Wilbur Denies That There Was Any Politics in Shenandoah Flight CHALLENGES Declares Removal of Safety ves Did Cause Collapse of | Dirigible ot Washington, Sept. 10.) -Criti- ;cism and retort continue in the wake of the revised up Shenandoah d air service controver; more in interest Congr Wilbur says in issued to correct leading assertions,” that — there was nothing whatever “political” in connection with the Shenandoah flight. In that flight as well as that he lost N-9 . the + he » were ‘given entire freedom in Selecting the time of the flights and were con- fident of their success. Also, he regs proven the thee a formal y dis: that the reduction in the number of escape valves might have contributed to ihe Shenandoah's collapse The opinion, however, of Captain Anton Heinen, dirigible ‘construction | engineer, that’ reduction of the num- ber of escape valves made the Shen- andoah unsafe is one of the questions | that will be inquired into at forth- coming congressional investi, of the disaster, announced by ( man Butler of the House naval af Captain Heinen will be called to testify before the com- mittee. The committee chairm |, also will investi; the tack of Col. Wm. Mitchell on administration of the Air Servic n, Butler at- the which he included the a politics dictated the § j flight a n effort to offset failu of the navy's arctic and Hawaiian flights. GOVERNMENT MAY RATION ANTHRACITE Broach Plan for Government Distribution of Hard Coal President Coolidge Sp route to Washington, Sept. —Well rested by at Swampscott, | Pi ial, En 10.—() his 11 weeks stay sident Coolidge was traveling back: to Washington ready to plunge into the tasks of his office immediately. The train is |due in the Cap ‘ite today, and} tomorrow the President will open his office with a cabinet meeting. Mr, Coolidge is anxious to take up several matters personally with his advisers. Distribute Coal He wants the government prepar- jed to distribute coal if the anthra- cite strike should result in hardships jto consumers. Questions de with the administration's legi Program for the next sessidh of Congress have been closely watched yy the executive during his vaca- tion but he is ready now to act in some instances. Representative Longworth, of Ohio, speaker of the next house, and the man who was Re- publican floor jeader last session informed the president during a con- ference yesterday that early action could be expected on the tax reduc- ition bill. He predicted approval of this measure by the house before Christmas and final action by Con- gress before March fifteen, when | first payments of the next year are | due. Marietta, Ohio--The Aluminum Company of America, of Pittsburg, was the highest bidder on the junk- ing of the wrecked Shenandoah. Grand Forks— jsconsin to campaign for Robert La Follette, said young Bob's Prospects of election are good. HEINEN } eortain | 'TWO BOYS GET | FOUR YEARS IN __ STATEPRISON . Sept Fargo, No D. 10, (®) Two | youths, TR and 19, were sen- i tenced to years in the state penitentiary by Judge A. T. Cole of ass cou rict court Wednes- | Gas. 1 ted to third [degree burglary, after a ting that Ithey robbed. the son and Bracke General Store at Davenport, orth LAWYER HITS MOVEMENT TO Dakota, August 15. nlimited Legisla Would Lead to 1 Claims e Power 'yranny, ‘arge, N.D., ination of the right view making would 10, P) lim: of courts to re Intures, thereby suprem govern- justice Minnesota supreme court, told} of the North Dakota Bar ion ut their convention here in iate of the member associ: toda t a substantial movement to effect such changes is well under way is shown by the fact that 4,000,- 000 persons voted to support them! in the election last fall, Stone said | Pointing out that government can the of on occasion be both agency tyranny and the best preventative of tyranny, Stone launched an at- ck on the proposal to make legis: | ures supreme in government. Hits Movement | “The supremacy of the ative of any ‘department. of government has i meant and always will | rd and ruction of self-government and the freedom of! the individual, both that which is qualified and’ that which is abso-! the sp r said. lends straightly and surely to tyranny. ment many will} TAbURdG Tala’ ane gthars may de- Let us examine it and see what, y, merit it has | start with there are those who crave more democracy than we have, or ought to h They are | right when they say that legi © supremacy is necessary to pure acy. But who wants a dem > the government of any considerable number of people? Who is there but does not know that unlimited democracy is as evil and dangerous to individual right as au- tocracy? Has it not been demonst ed over and over again that un on= trolled majority can be just as auto- cratic and therefore is in need of | the same control as the individual rule Cites Constitution The farme of the constitution j knew that their tusk was to design a American people not — only abuses such as had been perpetrated | by monarchs but also to protect the people from their own majorities. In addition, they were confronted by the old problem of preserving local self-government. While the prob- ilem was old it was accompanied by a new compl of their own making. How to protect the local and! ion were they government of state community against the natural pro-| pensity of the new y designed Fed- either from an individual or am jority, of the return, in any shape, of tyranny. The manner of that complishment, now known to ev one inclined to give the subject se s simple enough, ret lies in the establish- | ment here of a government restrain- ed to its proper sphere and limited, not by words alone, but by three; ions of governmental au-! nd the separation, as far as ally possible, to the end that one department of government ry- no nor all of them together should ever become supreme over the people as a; whole or even it: dividual component.” Claude M. Hart, ton, was eliminated in the ment for his crown as champion of the United States senior golf asso- es ion. Bos- POLICE UNRAVELING HOTIVE IN SLAYING OF WOMAN WHO WAGED WAR ON BOOZE RING Vinton, Towa, Sept. Homann arrest of the murderer of Mrs. C. B. Cook, W. C. T. U. worker, is expect- ed here early today. County officers said last night that developments in the case had followed each other in quick succession, after a casual re- mark made by the slayer was heard and that they were certain a great amount of incriminating evidence would soon be in store, warranting arrest of the suspect. Mrs. Cook was shot through the heart Monday night. The .32 calibre revolver bullet crashed through a window she was near. It is thought to have been fired at close rang The slayer, officers said last night, will be under arrest in 24 hours. A definite motive for the killing, en- .| tirely different from that previously included in the officers worked up- on, has been established, they said. {Tt was first thought that Mrs. Cook had been slain by bootleggers or rum runners, against whom she waged an unceasing war. Five youths, Louis Gilchrist, Pete Tritten, George Thomas, Walter Long, and Merlin Swartbaugh, were arrested and jailed last night, charg- ed with defacing a private residence, as the result of a confession alleged to have been made by Swartbough at coroner's inquest, in which he was quoted as saying these boys were members of the gang which rotten- egged the home of Mrs, Cook. Coroner C. L. Modlin said the youths were not taken in connection with slaying but they were arrested in the hope that they might supply information which would lead to a clew. Warrants also issued for two other youths in connection with the egg throwing incident, CURB COURTS | against |government which would protect the | from |} {eral Government to expand itself at! the e: e of the sta and their subdivisions? One hundred and thirty-seve 3 of su ful and constantly progressive administration had dem-! onstrated the success of their un- dertaking, for thus far, the United! s as a nation and its people | have been undisturbed by thr most humble in-!| tourna-, FOUR POUCHES OF REGISTERED MAIL TAKEN | Tie and Gag Messenger as | He Was Driving to Postoffice SEE HOLDUP | Monetary Value of Mail in ! Bags Not Known—Rob- bers Get Good Start | Winona, Minn., Sept. 10.— (AP)—Five bandits held up a [ymons mail wagon about /4:30 a. m. today, tied the messenger’s hands and feet and gagged him, and then after selecting the four regis tered mail pouches out of be- tween 50 and 60 bags, headed | toward the Twin Cities in an | automobile. The night messenger, Hen- ry Williams, was on his way from the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway depot to the postoffice, a distance of about eight blocks, and then was to relay some of the mail over the Burlington route. When about three blocks {from the depot, the five men ‘intercepted Williams, led him into an alley and warned him any outcry and to \ “take orders.” i Tie Driver's Hands While two men covered th jenger with guns, one proceeded to tie Williams securely, Wire was tied to his feet, his hands were tied at his back and he was gagged,, wire [being used to tie a handkerchief round ‘his head. Then he was made [to lie on the ground, fuce downward mess anwhile, the two others w ttering the mail b hurriedl. about the ground, searching for t registered pouches, Women See Maneuvers Two women, whose names not be learned, watched the could maneu- vers of the robbers but apparently were frightened and did not ma any move to call the police un} after the bandits had departed, They were near the alley at the time. First they watched all that was going on, {then realizing they might be seen, ‘hid behind a garage. After throwing virtually all the pouches from the w: n, the four Jgathered mail pouches were placed |in an automobile which the bandits had re for their escape. Before ing their departure, tne ‘bandits told Williams that he should {not make move for a half hour, during which time they said a guard | would be placed over him. | Get Good Start | Postmaster FE, N. Hicks, said that the monetary value of the mail stol- en could not be estimated at present, jbut added that “it couldn't’ mean very much to the robbers.” He said jhe doubted that the four pouches stolen could contain any great sum. Because of the great start the rob- jbers obtained, local authorities did |not attempt to pursue them, but no- tified by telephone every surround- ing town and community and vicin- lity toward which the bandits. were | believed to be heading. The robbery was discovered when Burlington railorad employe _be- ame alarmed at his failure to find ithe morning mail on his arrival for {work. Believing that something had |happened to the messenger, he start- ed a search and found Williams in | the alley lying beside the mail wag- | on. REPORT DEATH OF N.D. WOMAN {a Hear of Death of Widow of | U.S. Senator Johnson Mrs, Stella White Johnson, 7 i years of age, widow of the late U. |Senator M. N. Johnson, died at ae ihome of her daughter in Bakersfield. Cal., Tuesday morning, according to reports from Petersburg, D. Fu | cral services will be Sunday after- noon from the M. E. church at, Pet- jersburg, the former home of the Johnson family, and where Senator Johnson is buried. | A sister-in-law of Mrs. Johnson re- | sides in Fargo, Mrs. L, C. Johnson, 901 Ninth St. S. Mrs. Johnson was born in Worces- jter, Mass., in 1857. She was a daugh- \ter of Amos White, and a member of a family whose ancestors have lived lin America for 250 years. While jvery young her parents moved to Mlinois and later to Iowa, She was a graduate ‘of the Upper Iowa_uni- versity. Her marriage to Mr. John- ‘son took place in 1879. Two years later, they came to the Dakota ter- ritory, where they located on a homestead adjoining the townsite of Petersburg. Four children survive, Mrs. S. G. Skulison, Missoula, Mont.; Mrs. S. M. Hydle, Williston; R. K. Johnson, Schuyler, Alberta, and Mrs. Elmer F. Karpe, Bakersfield, Cal. Mrs. Johnson was one of the most prominent women of the state in the pioneer days. Chicago—The late Edgar A, Ban- croft, United States ambassador to jsapen, left an estate valued at $1,- 50,000,