The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 30, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Partly overcast tonight. Thurs- fair, rising temperature. ESTABLISHED 1873 EACHER NEAR DEATH FARMER KILLS HIMSELF Minnesota Man Runs Amuck When Girl Refuses Marriage WOMAN IS NEAR DEATH Earmer Blows Brains Out While Family Is at Sup- per Table Fairmount, Minn., Sept. 30.—G@)— Jorden Johnson, 24 year old farmer of Waverly township, beat Ruth Ogren, 21 year old school teacher, in- to unconsciousness, probably causing fatal injuries, and then went home and shot and killed hims:i Ite Tuesday. Miss Ogren, the daugiter of Mr. and Mrs. Ogren of Elm Creek town- ship, is at the home of Chris John- son, brother of the dead youth, suf- fering from concussion of the brain.! Dr. J. E. Betz, the attending physi- cian, suid her recovery is doubtful. After the school children had left for their homes yesterday afternoon, Johnson entered the school house and, according to his relatives, ask- ed Ruth to marry him. It is ed a quarrel followed and the beat- ing followed. Tried to Run The youthful teacher recovered consciousness long enough to day to say that she had tried to run through the school yard gate but “Jorden slammed it against. my head.” Though she is suffering with deep cuts and bruises about the head, face and body, it is not known if young Johnson used a club or any other instruments. Believing the girl dead, it is thought, Jorden calmly entered his home, while his parents sat around! the supper table, and went to his bedroom, A shot rang out. Hurrying upstairs to see what had| happened, his parents found’ him dead, a bullet through his head. He used a .22 calibre rifle. REGIONAL. ADVISORY BODY MEETS Hold Quarter! _ Session at Grand Forks, Octo- ber 20 Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 30.—-() ~—Facilitation of car service between carriers and shippers of the north- west, especially’ grain car service, will feature the quarterly meeting here of the Northwest Regional Ad- visory board of the American Rail- way association on October 27 when 150 representatives of railroads and shippers of Minnesota, North Da- kota, South Dakota and eastern Mon- tana gather here. Inasmuch as the peak of the grain shipment from the northwest will have been passed by that time, re- ports on the service effected this fall will be available. Setting the pace for its work in the United States by reason of hav- ing been the first of 11 boards to be established, the northwest board] since its organization in January, 1923, has been able to offer a real service in bringing shippers and car- riers together for better rail service, members of the board declare. The meeting will occupy but one day and will be ‘held at the city hall. Special entertainment for the visi- tors is being arranged by the Grand Forks Commercial club. Members of the board from North Dakota include: Walter Reid (of Fargo, representing the North Dako- ta Farm Bureau; Fred Irish, Fargo, representing the North Dakota Bank- ers’ association; ©. L. Spencer, Grand Forks, representing mills in North Dakota; C. W. Graves, Grand Forks, representing packing plants, and T. A. Durrant, traffic commi: ner of the Grand Forks Commer- cial club. Mr. Lee is a member of the grain commitee; O. L. Spencer is a mem- ber of the livestock committee. — l Weather Report | Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday ... Lowest night -. 40 Precipitation to 7 a, m. . 09 Highest wind velocity . 16 WEATHER FORECAST For arck and vicinity: Part- ly overcast tonight. Thursday fair with slowly rising temperature. For North Dakota: Partly over- cast tonight; probably rain or snow east portion. lay fair with slowly rising temperature. WEATHER CONDITIONS The low pressure area centered ever the middle Rocky Mountain re- gion yesterday morning now extends from the central and southern Plains States northeastward to the Missis- sippi Valley. The pressure is high over the northeastern Rocky Moun- tain slope and over the Great Lakes region. Precipitation occurred at practically all places from the upper Mississippi Valley westward to the Pacific coast, rally fair throughout the Temperatures are somewhat lower throughout the north and west but warm weather prevails im the southern Plains States and in the Misslvalpoe and Ohio valley: ORRIS W. ROBERTS, NEW STAR | Dusolina Giannini, Italian-American jconcert singer, made a strong im- pression on her tour of Europe this summer, So favorably .was she re- {ceived in Berlin that she has been | booked for an extended fall engage- if ment there. MANDAN CROP “EXHIBIT Is ~~ ATTRACTION Exhibit Comprises 37 Varie- ties of Vegetables Grown in State An exhibit of North Dakota vege- tables in the windows of the main agricultural exhibit room “of ‘the Northern Pacific general _ office building, St. Paul, is attracting the attention of a steady stream of pass- | ersebs. The exceptional quality and unusual variety of vegetables elicit | many favorable comments, and is a striking demonstration of what North Dakota's fertile soils can pro- duce. There are thirty-seven varieties: of vegetables shown, including onions, | emcees okra, green peppers, wa- termelons, cantaloupes, rutabagas, pumpkins and many others. “I thought they grew nothing but wheat in that country, but this does not look like it,” and “One of the finest displays of vegetables I have seen any place,” are some of the comments from visitors. The exhibit was brought to H. W. Byerly, general immigration agent of the Northern Pacific, by Guy W. Stephens, Mandan, North Dakota. Some of the vegetables are crosses of common varieties, and the results, especially in the case of squashes, show some novel coloring and mark- ing. TOURISTS VISIT | WORLD'S LARGE CATHEDRALS By NEA Service Rome, Sept. 30.—But few American tourists visit Rome and go away without seeing St. Peter's cathedyal. The cathedral is the largest in the iworld, covering an area of 227,069 square feet. Its length is 718 feet, and its dome riges to a height of 448 feet, 85 feet higher than the cross of St. Paul's, London. Next largest cathedral in the world is the Spanish cathedral at Seville. It covers little more than half the area covered by St. Paul’s, and rises 400 feet high. St. John’s cathedral in New York, when completed, will take third place. However, it will beat all oth- ers in height. The plans call for a tower 500 feet high. Other large cathedrals of the |world are St. Paul's in London, the York Minster at York, the Milan in Italy, and a new one being built at erpool, which when completed will be the largest cathedral in Eng- land. I. C. C. Examiners Urge Increase in Livestock Tariff Washington, Sept. 30,—(#)—Rates on live stock west of the Mississippi River should be revised to conform to provisions of the mileage scale, interstate commerce commission ex- aminers recommended today after a preliminary investigation of plaints of the American Natio Live Stock Association, and the Na- tional Wool Growers association. Convention Honors Bismarck Dentist Word was received in the city to- day of the election of Dr. R. S. Towne, ‘as chairman of the mouth hygiene section of the American Dental association which has bi in set at Louisville, Ky. More than 6,000 dentists were in. attend- ance from the United States, Ca: and foreign lands. M Mrs. Towne report an en- joyable visit through the south. Th THE BISMARCK __ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1925 LA FOLLETTE WINS BADGER SENATE SEAT Young Bob Carries Every County in Wisconsin With One Exception MAJORITY Is 112,915 Winne *s Plurality Over Near- est Rival Is Nearly ‘Two to One Q . Wis. Sept. 30.—()— The ple of Wisconsin “have ve-aftirmed their faith in the fundamental principles of the progressive movement and have re-enlisted in the struggle to wrest control of the government from the spec interests en- trenched at Washington,” Rob- ert M. La Follette, Jr., senator- elect frém Wisconsin, declared today. Ma Pe Sept. 30.— (A) in again placed the stamp of 1 upon the name of La Fol- lette and at a special election held yesterday chose the 30-year-old son of its late senator to represent the badger state in the United States senate. The .approval was emphatic as shown by the enormous majorities that all but one county in the state gave to the new senator. Only one, Rock, home of the stalwart section of the republican party, refused to bow to Robert M. La Follette, Jr. With 315 precincts of the 2,692 in the state missing early this morn- ing, owing to the heavy rains in the northwest section of the state, La Follette showed a plurality of 134,544 over Edward F. Dithmar of Baraboo, independent and q majority of 112,- 915. Half Strength Approximately half the voting strehgth of the state went to the polls, and returns from 2,377 pre- cinets showed that 331,387 votes were cast, although in the election of 1924 slightly more than 800,000 votes were polled. The Tuesday's election vote was slightly larger than that polled in the primary of September 15. The new senator went on record during both his primary and election campaigns as unqualifiedly endors- ing the platform of the Wheeler-La Foilette party of 1924, He empha- sized, however, that the contest in which he was engaged was “between a man who will stand behind the Coolidge administration and one who will follow in the footsteps of al ert Marion La Follette.” He promised to carry on the work started by his father and made this one of his leading pleas for votes. Socialists Routed One of the surprises of the elec- tion was the weakness displayed by the socialists in Milwaukee. For the first time in 15 years they failed to carry a single ward in the city of| Milwaukee, while La Follette romped | home a winner in a majority of them. The socialist candidate, John M. Work, ran third in the senatorial contest, polling 11,072 votes. The democratic candidate, William George Bruce, running as an inde- pendent, owing to the fact that he did not poll enough votes in the pri- mary to permit his name to go un- der the democratic emblem, ran fourth, with a vote of 9,857. These votes were in 2,377 precincts out of 2,692 in the state. The La Follette- Dithmar votes in these precincts were: La Follette, 222,151; Dithmar, 87,607; George Bauman, the socialist candidate, had 700 votes. The late Senator Robert M. La Fol- lette was elected in 1922 and his son will fill his unexpired term which ends March 1, 1929, Oil Well Brings Realty Activity Since the town pump of Robinson began spouting oil more than a month ago, a total of 10,000 acres of land have been leased, according to a story appearing in a Tuttle weekly It is reported that an oil stock company has been active in Tuttle vicinity and may begin drilling op- erations. E. E. Fredeen, Ryder, and George Galbreath, Tuttle farmer, are named as backers of the oil leasing organ- ization. Fredeen is quoted as an- nouncing that geological survey will be taken of the prospective oil field in November and drilling may begin next March. Realtor Is Shot in Woman’s Hom Philfadelphia, Sept. 30. —(®)— Maurice E. Felt, wealthy real estate operator, hovered between life and death today with a bullet wound in the left temple, received while in the home of Miss Lillian M. Emmaneul, in the fashionable Germantown sec- tion last night. Physicians said he had only a slight chance of recov- ery. Miss Emmaneul declared Felt had shot himself, but the police have been unable to obtain any further details. Miss Emmaneul is # divorcee, the mother of a two-year-old child. The child and a maid were the only other occupants of the house. New Earth Slide Jars Helena, Mont. Helena, Mont., Sept. 30.—()—A sharp earthquake shock of sufficient intensity to loosen accumulated snow on the roofs of residents and cause miniature snowslides, was felt h at 2:80 o'clock this morning. . They} disturbance lasted for six seconds. are now en route home after visiting] Th: Charge! in Ohio and Chicago. ie tremor and the sliding snow, awakened many residents. y/ Licutenant Colonel Benjamin D. Foulois, who is credited with flying the first airplane for the United States. Army, charged the Army general staff with crippling air craft defense, testifying before the Presidential aircraft investigation yesterday, WET TRIUMPHS IN COOLIDGE’S QWN DISTRICT Victor Promises to Work for] t Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment Springfield, Mass, Sept, 30.—-()-— The election of Henry L. Bowles, Republican, of this city over his Democratic opponent, Roland D. Saw- yer of Ware, from President Cool- idge’s home district, adds to the ranks of the wets in the National ‘house of representatives. Bowles’ election yesterday came af- ter assertion by him that he believ- ed the 18th amehdment had no place in the constitution and assurance that he would work for any’ chadge in the existing machinery for prohi- bition enforcement which would add to “temperance, contentment and re- spect for law.” The vote was Bowles 12,702; Sawy- er 9,067. It was a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of George D. Churchill, Republican, of Amherst. The prohibition issue was para- mount throughout the campaign, with Mr. Bowles, an admitted wet, and Mr. Sawyer, a clergyman, leaning toward light wines and beer. METHODISTS WILL DISCUSS UNIFICATION Wahpeton Conference Meets October 5 Unification of the Methodist Epis- copal churches, North and South, will be the principal subject to be discussed at the fortieth session of the North Dakota conference, which will be held at Wahpeton, October 5 to 11. J. P. Jackson, secretary of the North Dakota Lay conference, J. K. Doran, official delegate from the McCabe Methodist Episcopal church, and Rev. W. E. Vater of Bismarck will be it tendance. The official conference will con- vene Tuesday, October 6, and close Friday, October 9, at which time the laymen’s conference will open. Bishop Speaks Speakers at the conference will in- clude Bishop Charles Edward Locke, resident bishop of the St. Paul Area; R. E. Cornall, field worker and stew- ardship assistant, world service com- mission, Chicago; M. P. Burns, head of the city work department of the ‘board of Home Missions and Church Extension, Philadelphia; Mrs. F. W. Hicks, former field worker of the Des Moines branch, Women's For- eign Missionary Society; W. G. Smith, author, teacher and preacher, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Charles. E. Vermilya, executive secretary of the Council of Home Missions, New York, Rev. C. Lee, reserve pension fund; Rev. W. C. Fawell, principal of Boys’ school, India. Says Rum Traffic Is in Death Agony Fergus Falls, Minn., Sept. 30.—() —Rev, James True Wilson of Wash- ington, secretary of th hurch Federation Board of Prohibition and Morals, described liquor traffic as “in its death struggles,” before the northern Minnesota conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, in session here. Rev. Mr. Wilson’s statements were made at the opening sessions of the convention Tuesday night. a “A chicken flutters more after its head is taken off,” the speaker said. “Decapitation increases its activity but not its longevity.” ‘Bishop Charles Wesley Burns of San Francisco presided at the open- ing sessions today and organiza- tion completed with the election of Rev. C. R. Oaten, of Chicago, cretary, and Rev. W. J. McKee of Appleton, treasurer. Lincoln wag 52 years old elected president, ' Abral when first ~~ OOO BLAMES NAVY FOR DISASTER Claims Violation of Law in Shenandoah Minneapolis Flight | esc | CHARGES PROPAGANDA| Navy Blocks Development of | Aircraft Defense, Mitch- | ell Asserts ' Washington, Sept. 30.—(7)— ‘The “bungling” of three major rercnautical efforts—the disas- trous flight of the Shenandoah, “he interrupted flight of the | PN-9, Number 1, to Hawaii, and the unsuccessful arctic trip of the Navy MacMillan Airplanes— was charged against the Navy | today by Col, William Mitchell, | center of the aircraft row. In sending the Shenandoah to the} middlewest, Col. tchell asserted,! avy not only violated the law | g land operations to the Army, | “propaganda | but it despatched the big dirig on a “political” and mission.” | Notw/hstunding the statements of | Commander John Redgers that noth- | ing was left undone to .insure the} success of the PN-9, Number 1, Col. | Mitchell said i : parently were made by amateurs.” Commande: Rodgers at! the time Col. Mitchell made — hi charge was holding himself in read- iness to appear before the commit- ec. 5; Commander Rodgers is expected to be heard tomorrow. BLAME NAVY ! Washington, Sept. 30,—(#)—Re-| sponsibility for the Shenandoah dis- aster and failure of the navy plane, PN:9, No. 1, to reach Haw was placed directly on the heads of the navy department today by Col. William’ Mitchell in testimony be- fore the president's aircraft board. The sending of the big dirigible! into the middlewest was “in direct violation of law,” he asserted, and arrangements made for the 'PN-9 flight looked like the work’ of “bung- ling amateurs.” The former assistant chief of the air service severely criticized the work of the navy in arranging equip- ment for the navy contingent ac- companying the MacMillan Arctic ex- pedition, declaring “flagrant” mis- takes made in preparation for the three aeronautical events made it impossible for airmen to remain si- lent. Claims Violated Law By sending the Shenandoah to the middlewest, he insisted the navy vi- olated the law because in time of peace land activities belong to the army. The dirigible, he charged, was not equipped with parachutes. “This is like sending a ship to sea without life boats,” he added. Engineering data, he asserted, showed the PN-9 could not possibly have reached Honolulu without re- fueling en route and that the planes sent to the Arctic were designed and built for servic: in the tropics and along the Atlantic coast. “Yet these planes,” he added, “were sent to the Arctic regions where of- ficers in charge of planning the ex- pedition expected them to give sat- isfactory service.” CITES TARGET PRACTICE Col. Mitchell declared” an attempt to get obsolete vessels from the Navy | for target practice brought a reply from assistant secretary of the Navy Robison that there were “no obso- lete vessels.” “It might be well to build _pon- toons and rafts for this purpose,” he said in reply to a question, adding: “The point is we can't be choked off this way when every body else is going ahead.” Discussing the Lassiter aircraft report, Col. Mitchell declared the Navy ‘secretary repeatedly declined to accept any suggestions which would link Army and Navy air ser- vice, even declining the proposal of the ‘Secretary off War that appropri- ations for the two services be con-| sidered jointl; Man Is Arrested on Nuptial Eve Minot, N. D., Sept. 30.—When Ray- mond Nefzger, 22, of Melrose, Minn.,| was scheduled to be spending his; first days of married life, he is con-| fined in the Minot city fessed forger, and still a single man. Nefzger was arrested by Police Chief Dan Dougherty late Friday aft- ernoon, five hours before his mar- riage to Miss Alma Behrens, who is employed as a domestic in a local hotel, was scheduled to take place. Taken to the police station, Nef- zger admitted, then denied and again admitted, according to the police, that he had forged approximately $1 worth of checks on C. D. Stearns, a farmer’ living three miles west of Minot. Black Holds Road . Contract Tentative Opinion that the Haggart Con- struction company, Fargo, which holds a contract for paving the Red Trail east from Bismarck to the state prison, cannot collect on its contract, expressed by executives of the state highway department, is shared by W. G. Black, former chief engineer of the commission, who the Haggart contract, Black The former highway cl id that he had told Haggart that he could not collect federal or sta! id funds under the contract. This opin- ion is held by Gov. A. G. Sorlie and by Carl A. Myhre, assistant chief engineer, previous statements made by them show. aii,| ditions, Rear Admiral H. H. Christy LORD GREY’S MEMOIRS SHED NEW LIGHT ON OBSCURE PAGES OF HISTORY OF WORLD Wilson’s Confidant — COL. EDWARD M. HOUSB SBA BLOCKS SUB. RESCUE OPERATIONS Cling to Hope That Crew of S-51 May Still Be Alive New London, Con All rescue operati: marine, S-51 s because of unfavorable weather con reported in a message today to the submarine bi ere. The message from Admiral Christy, who is in charge of the fleet working the spot where the S-51 went down last Friday night after being rammed by the steamship, City of Rome, “present weather conditio’ make operations impossible. This was the first word to come from the rescue fleet since late last night with the exception of a brief | weather report transmitted by the submarine mother ship, Camden. The weather report had indicated that diving ut least could be resumed early today. Plans to make another attempt to raise the submarine by the two giant cranes, Monarch and Century, had been thwarted when the lumbering eraft were forced to return to New- jort early today after a midnight attempt to join the rescue fleet. Hold Hope Rear Admiral Christy has refused to give up hope that some of the men who went down with the ship are still alive and his feeling is shared by Captain E. J. King, com- mander of the Submarine Base. Many of the other officers sorrowful- ly admit, however, they can see little chance of any survivors being found. Forty deep sea divers are aboard the boats of the rescue flect anxious to aid in the effort to reach the sunken submarine before all hope is abandoned. Several trips were made to the ocean floor yesterday, Two bodies were brought to the surface on early trips and later the divers cleared away debris and took other steps to enable them to continue the search of the hull more expediti- ously. Officers at the Submarine Base today said that it might be neces- sary to stop the efforts at rescue and try to salvage the boat. Such a step, however, would have to be ordered by the Navy Depart- ment at Washington and probably would be taken only upon the rec- ommendation of Rear Admiral Chri ty, who so far has refused to give up hope that some of the men might still be alive. His feeling is shared by Captain E. J. King, commander of the sub- marine base. Many of the other of- ficers sorrowfully admit, however, they can see little chance of any survivors being found. SUCCESS OFTEN COMES LATE IN LIFE | By NEA Service New York—“Many a good tune has been played on an old trumpet,” says a New York writer, who ad- vises that folk should not be dis- couraged if they have done but little i at the age of 50. He states that Socrates, the Greek philosopher, learned to play musical instruments after he had passed 70. That Cato, at 80, took it into his venerable head to learn Greek, and that Henry Spelman, who lived more tly, Became a great lawyer aft- C began his Canterbury Tales at 54, and finished them when he was 61. Michelangelo preserved creative artistic ability until he was 90, and Anatole France wrote excellent poetry and short stories up to the end of his life. Thomas Hardy, poet, is in the 80's, but is still’ turning out good stuff, says the writer. Pick Mandan Man For Traffic Post F, P. Aughney, Mandan, has been named assistant traffic expert of the road board and will take ry work tomorrow, it was an- nounced at the office of the board today. Average temperature of the Canal Zone is 79 degrees. CONFLICT nen States in 1917 Was Imperiled by British Naval- ism and German Militar- ism, Memoirs Relate New York, § Enlight- ng hitherto pages of y of the World War, Vis- ‘s volumes of memoirs been given to the public in Eurpoe and America. The Lord's chronicle of the inti- mate details of the diplomatic nego- tiations between Washington and London which preceded the story of America into the great conflict, probably has primary interest on this side of the Atlantic, but his volumes also are rich with diplomatic ars of the war, and who was foreign minister during the carly years of the war, and wha was longer than any other man the for- eign minister of a great World Power, ; In his memoirs, the Lord records jthat in February, 1916, EF M. House, President Wilson's personal —rep- entative on many unofficial di- omat#d negotations in European capit set down in collaboration | with him a memorandum defining, as definitely as was then possible, the steps President Wilson would be | prepared to take and the terms of peace which the president would use the influence of the United States to secure. House, the Earl writes, left a copy of the memoran- dum with him, while he returned to Washington, and later cabled that the text. had been confirmed by the President. War The memorandum President Wilson was contemplat- ling throwing his weight into the {balance for war againstt Germany | 916. ‘olonel that President on Imminent. stated that told was House Wilson me ready, hearing from France and England, a conference should be end to the states. to propose summmoned to put an war,” the memorandum | “Should the Allies 1 sal, and should Germany refuse ‘it, the United States would prob- enter the war against Ger- If the Alllies delayed ac- 0s: it, ably many. cepting the offer ,of President Wil- son, and if, later on, the course of the war was so unfavorable to them that the intervention of the United States should not be effective, the United States would probably dis- interest themselves in Europe and look to their own protection in their own wa: Historical data is to be found in recollections of confidential conver- sations with the late President by those very few men with whom he intimately discussed the war and revealed the drift of his mind. As late as the winter of 1918,—in fact while he was on his way to the Peace conference—he disclosed to one of his confidants that for many months before the Unitetd States entered the war he was not sure that the drastic application of the British naval blockade would not so {shape public opinion in America as. to make it difficult to avoid an open rupture with the Allies and Great Britain in particular, Wilson Uncertain “For a long time” President Wil- son told this confidant, “I was unable to make up my mind whom we might have to fight, after all. It was dif- ficult to determine which the Am- erican public regarded as worst— sh navalism or Prussian mili- My decision finallly turned point, to wit: seized ships cargoes could be paid for in money, leaving everybodys fied. But the American lives which the Prussian government was sacri- ficing in its submarine campaign never ‘could be paid for or restored, and in making a choice of two evils I had to come to the conclusion that Prussian militarism was the worse.” From that, the war president turn- ed to the frantic efforts the, Allied powers had made to hasten the ef- fective forces of the United States to the battle line. “It was after Gough's fifth army had been annihilated before Amiens,” said Mr. Wilson, “and the German armies were pouring through the gap toward the Eng- lish channel, piercing the alllied resistance like the prow of a powerful ship pushing through still water. They came to me with tears in their eyes—these ambassadors in Washington. I do not use this term figuratively but liter: The tears a ly rolled down the cheeks of these ambassadors as they told me all was lost unless we hur- ried our forces and won the war for them. The British ambas- sador in particular (the late Sir Cecil Spring-Rice) threw out his arms in a despairing gesture and moaned: “‘If you are coming at all, God’s sake come quickly” We came,” continued the President to his confidante, “and now they, want to discuss who won the ‘war. I shall make this plain to Lloyd George and Clem- enceau. America Won “America won this war for them, but America doesn’t necessarily need to help them make an old fash- ioned peace. I already hear that they want to make an old world peace on the basis of ‘balances of power and then later atttempt a peace to insure the peace of the world for the future. In other words, they want to make a peace to suit their own selfish ends and then havin, done that rise from the table ani say ‘Now, Gentlemen, we will dis- ‘cusss this League of Nations busi- ness at some later time.’ And that time of course will never come. They will make guarantees for the peace of the future or they willl make their) peace without America. And if we make this peace, I will so intertwine the principle of the League of Na- tions with its terms, that no man will oes to acccept one without the other.” “(Continued on page three) TRIBUNE PRICE FIVE CENTS SEE FRENCH DEBT SETTLEMENT NEAR BACKS MITCHELT ATR COLONEL MAY CONCLUDE NEGOTIATIONS IN 24 HOURS. French Mission Is Booked to Sail for Paris To- morrow MAY REDUCE ANNUITIES Discuss Lengthening Term of Payment From 62 to 75 Years Washington, Sept. 30.—@)—The debt negotiations between the French and American missions seeking to fund the four billion dollar French war debt moved rapidly today with the negotiators nearer together than they have been since the discussions began. It was indicated that it had been agreed a clause should ‘be inserted in any settlement for a revision of paymen' in the event that it should become evident on both sides that the French ability to pay had been overestimated and, in addition, the American commission has reduced the proposed annuities from $150, 000,000 to $130,000,000. Both of these plans are considered of great importance by the French delegates. Another proposal would delay payments in the event of the exchange market not being favorable to the transfer of cash on the date fixed, thereby giving the French treasury a certain freedom of move- ment in choosing the more favorable time to transfer. Seek Solution The French group, it is understood, has not accepted these figures, but a way may be found for keeping down the French annuities by ex- tending the term of years from 62 to 67 or 70, or 75 years. Each of these terms of years is being examined. The term of 62 years in the Eng- lish agreement was taken as a basis because with the interest rate of 34% per cent the entire principal would be amortized at the rate of one-half of one per cent a year. The Frei it is understood, have been setting forth the advantages to them of a longer period as ‘they could thus re- duce their yearly average. Wait Developments Washington, Sept. 30.—(®)—De- velopments in the French debt set- tlement negotiations today were ex- pected to determine very largely whether they are to have a success- ful conclusion. With barely more than 24 hours remaining for negotiations unless the French change their plan of sailing for home tomorrow night, the situation appeared fraught with ‘pos- sibilities of a sudden turn in either direction — toward agreement or deadlock. What new offer the French may have to present in the formal state- ment Finance Minister Caillaux was understood to have prepared for the scheduled plenary session today was expected to show the result of the continuous. private discussion of the problem during the last 24 hours, and possibly to bring the negotiations to a head. As the status of the negotiations is now understood, there is still a difference of more than $50,000,000 between the amounts suggested by the French and American commis- sions as an average annual payment for France over a 62-year settlement period. o | Call German Pilot | in Lakehurst Probe —_____—__——_ Lakehurst, N. J., Sept. 30.—(?) —The disaster {o the airship Shenandoah was “entirely and very ‘easily avoidable,” Captain Anton Heinen, former German Zeppelin pilot, declared today be- 1 court of inquiry Appearing as one of the star witnesses in the Shenandoah dis- aster investigation, Captain An- ton Heinen, former Zepelin pilot, was subjected to sharp exami: tion today before the naval court of inquiry here. The questioning was directed primarily to statements Heinen made after the wreck of the air- craft in which he was quoted as saying the death of the 14 of- ficers and men of the ship was “pure murder.” There also was criticism of the reduction of the helium gas es- cape valves from 18 to 8, Heinen claiming the cells expanded and stre: the structure, this con- tributing to the disaster. Postpone Regional Advisory Board Meet Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 30.—() Quarterly meeting of Northwest Regional Advisory board, scheduled to be held in Grand Forks on Oc- tober 20, has been postponed until October 27, because of interstate commerce commission hearing on (BS) and other rates to be held in ‘argo on October 19. Police Get Hearse, Two Men and Liquor San Francisco, Sept. 30.—UP)—A hearse, two men, a motorboat and @ quantity of liquor were captured by federal prohibition agents at Point Pedro, near here, yesterd: The hearse was being loaded with liquor when the agents swooped in down on the rum runners. A xi- mately 80 cases of contraband: were found in the hearse, ‘China has been making silk from silk worm for more than 4000 years,