The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 5, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Cloudy tonight, probably snow tonight. Much colder tonight, ESTABLISHED 1873 DAVIS’ MEN GIVE GOPHERS STIFF BATTLE Joe Drew Grabs Fumble and Runs 90 Yards for Touch- down THRILLS BIG ball and Wins Game, 25 to 6 _ Minneapolis, Minn., Oct, 5.—Play- ing an impressive brand of football for so early in the season, the Min- nesota university team, making its bow for 1925, triumphed over the North Dakota university eleven by a score of 25 to 6 in the annual grid- iron encounter between these tr ditional rivals in the Meniov.al dium Saturday afternoon. The Gophers, with only two weeks: of preparation, were opposed to a@ corking good football team, a team that out weighed them by a consider- uble margin, man for man, and a team composed of veterans which had been well coached by Paul Dav a resourceful and cagey gridiron mentor. Time was when North Da- kota football teams were considered merely good warm-up fodder for their Minnesota rivals, but that time} has passed with the high class team which Davis turned out last year and which is functioning intact this fall, Long Runs Thrill Crowd Sensational open field running w: one of the outs ding features of the game. Joe Drew of the Dakotans electrified the crowd picking up the ball fumbled by Shorty Almquist on the visitors’ 10-yard line and sprinting 99 yards for a touchdown early in the first period. Before the Mally ydahl dodged by his way through the North Dakcta team for) 2 touchdown from the invaders’ 16: yard line. Ea Bob Peplaw circled In the third period, Shorty Almquist brought the crowd to its feet with a roar with a spec- tacular 80-yard run for a touchdown, SIMS YOUTH KILLS SELF Boy’s Action Believed to Be the Result of a Mental De- rangement Mandan, N. D., Oct. 5.—(@) ard Bakken, aged about 15 yea: and killed himself shortly after noon Saturday at Sims, according to tele- phoned information received here by Coroner John K. Kennelly. . Corone Kennelly and State’s Attorney C. Kelsch left at once to investigate the case. No reason was given for the boy’s action. The Bakken youth some months ago was taken before Judge H. L. Berry who conducted a personal in- vestigations of statements by Sims people that the boy was insane. At the request of Judge Berry the youth was taken in at the state training school for observation. He was released a couple of weeks ago apparently much improved ment- ally. Supt, W. F. McClelland de- c hallucination that persons were try- ing to kill him; that he was afraid to ride on a train or go to bed at night for fear of being electrocuted. However, after a few weeks’ care at the state school he appeared normal and was sent home to Sims. No details were available as to how the youth ended his life. in the minds of the officials familiar with his case, it is certain that he suffered a relapse to his mental de-j| rangement. Following hearing of a shot near the Sims church, persons investiga- ted and found the boy behind the church in a dying condition. Seismograph Shows Earthquake Shock | Sanjuan del sur, Nicaragua, Oct. 5.—(P)—A heavy earthquake at about 10 o'clock last night was felt from Managua, the cap- ital of Nicaragua, to Alajuelu, in Costa Rica, about 175 miles south east of Managua. No damage has been reported. Washington, D. C., Oct. 5.—UP)—A very sharp earthquake disturbance was registered on Georgetown uni- versity seismograph last night be- ginning at 11:15 p. m. and lasting until 12:30 a, m. Director Tondort laced it as 1,800 miles from Wash- ington in a southerly direction, Chicago, Ill, Oct. 5.—UP)—A rath- er severe earthquake was registered late last night on the weather bur- eau seismograph at University of Chicago. The tremors began at 10:15 p.m. central standard time, and continued until 1 a, m. ‘The dis- turbance was indicated at 1,820 miles, direction not shown. Oct. 5.—@)—Mild earthquake shocks lasting 11 min- utes were recorded by the seismo- graph at Regis college here last night. Those in charge of the in- strument said the quake was a: “long distance awa; 30 SECONDS OFF London, Eng.—Inventor W. E. Cooke, Sydney, Australia, has pre- sented to F. Hope-Jones here 2 new form of sun-dial which tells the time to withih 30 seconds of cprrect me, Denver, Colo., CROWD: i jing to an announcement this morn- ! North | quarter ended, | rly in the second quar- | rt ed the boy was suffering from the | However, | —~ CITIZENS INVITED | mesday evening at 7:30, at The workewill publicity. immi j road: ‘bership bureau. Practically every the list of supporters of the movem Milion Inhabitants by 1930.” day, October 12. CLUB WOMEN T0 CONSIDER WORLD AFFAIRS Two Hundred Delegates Ex-! | pected at Valley City ! Meeting | i D., legisla public internationa tions and law ‘enforcement will asked of the 200 delegates who expected to attend the twenty-n convention of North Dakota Feder-} ated Club Women here tomorrow, ay and Friday klin W dianapolis, e president of! the General Federation of Women’s| | Clubs and reporter of the Supreme} and Appellate Courts of Indiana, is} to be the princ speaker tomor-| row, which is known as legislation} Mrs. day. | Mrs. White will preside at the; round e meeting on co-operation, in legislation and in the evening will ddress the delegates on the ques- ' tion of law enforcement. Honor Guest at Reception Tomorow morning will be given over to routine business and part of! ternoon session to reports of, tive chairmen, Mrs. White is} to be honor guest at a reception late Tuesday i The first morning session will be} given over to routine busine: ters and reports of legislati men, to be followed at the afte: cha on | session by a symposium on legisla-, tion in education for women and} children. Women who will take part! in this feature are Miss Minnie Jean, Neilson, state superintendent of pub- lic instruction and a past. president of the state federation; Mrs. Mary Fleming Strand, Ellendale. general federation director, and Miss He rietta Lund, director of the chil- dren’s bureau at Bismarck. theater at the State Teachers’ Col lege and a health pageant to be i lrected by Professor A. G. Arvold of; “Little Country Theater” fame, dra- matic head of the North Dakota Ag- ricultural College, are to be features) of Wednesday, Public Welfare day, at which Mrs. R. E. Weible of Fargo will preside, Indian War Mothers to Sing An additional feature of Wednes- day's sessions will be the singing of tribal songs by some Indian war mothers from near Mandan, to fol- low the afternoon pageant. Mrs. F. H. Waldo, state chairman of press and publicity, will preside at a press conference breakfast Thursday when the questions of pub- licity wili be discussed. Mrs. M. J. Connolly of New Eng- land and Mrs. John Bolinger of Jamestown will speak on “What We Want From the Bulletin”: Miss Eva Finkle, Fargo, of The Fargo Forum, and Miss Blanche Lynch of The Mi- not Daily News will speak on “What We Want From the Clubs.” Miss Carrie Strong of Leeds Mrs. Cyrus Wheeler of Hope talk on “Advertising Experiences and, Suggestions,” and Mrs. Waldo will! discuss “What I Want From My Field Workers.” The “American Home” and its en- virons will come in for consideration Thursday niorning, when Miss M. Boeing, educational director of a silk company, will speak on “Tex- | tiles and Fabrics in the Home.” Election Thursday Election of officers will be one of the closing features of the conven- tion Thursday. ‘Mrs. John Emerson Featherstone of this city is state president and | wall preside at all sessions. Other officers serving with Mrs. Featherstone are Mrs. Jones, Lisbon, vice president; Mrs. W. A. McIntyre, Grand Forks,, treasurer; Mrs. James H. Cooper, Courtenay,, recording secretary; Mrs. John D. Gray, Valley City, corresponding} secretary; Mrs. John Koehane, Beach, auditor; Mrs. C. J. Lord, Can- do, historian, and Mrs. A. C. Strand, general federation director. State Museum Closed on Sundays Announcement was made here this iweek by Lewis B. Crawford, secre- tary of the state historical society and curator of the state museum, that the museum will no longer be open to visitors on Sunday. No pro- vision has been made to heat the state memorial building in_ which, the museum housed on Sunday, Crawford said, and the order was is- sued for that reason. Thousands of visitors have in- spected the state museum this sum- mer, including many tourists from other states. It has the most com- lete zoological and historical col- lections in the state as well as many relics of pioneer days of more than ordinary interest. HARD ON SOLES Halifax. N. S.—Alexander Millison, 66-year-old shoemaker here, has re- turned from a 9,000-mile hike to Sah Francisco, and will ali into the following departments: ‘ation and development, automobile, tourist and gocd | state tax and research, indust The entire proposition will be explained at ; Night and the drive for memberships in the Minnesota Plays Good Foot- | TO MEETING i) AT COURT HOUSE WEDNESDAY EVE ; _ Citizens of Bismarck and Burleigh county, business men and farm: ers alike, are cordially invited to attend a public meeting which be held at the court room in the county court house in Bismarck, Wed- ich time the di.ve of the Dakota Association will be discussed. will be at the meeting to explain the situation. The state's greatest need, the association contends, is more farm ers, more industries and more people and a plan has been formulated for a five-year 1 eater North Speakers trom the association » order t satisfy that um tute development program Advertising and al bureau, traffic bureau, mem- city in the state is represented in ent, which has for its slogan: ocivton will open Mon- October Term of District Court Opens Tomorrow The October term of District court for Burleigh county will open tomer- row morning at the court room in the county building here with Judge Fred Jansonius on the bench, accord- ing by Clerk of Court Chas. Fisher. Court cases only will be tried at this term and the number of ready on the calendar indicates that the term will continue throughout the month. No jury will be called until the regular jury term in December when a petit jury of from 40 to 45 men and women will be summoned. Pres-} ent indications are that no grand jury will be required at the Decem- ber term. SIX ORPHANS LOSE LIVES IN MISSION FIRE Dormitory, Housing 31 Youngsters, Totally Destroyed Bo: (Ay little Lewiston, Fire visited Idaho, Oct. tragedy on the mat-| Catholic mission settlement lying inj the Nez Perce Indian reserv miles east of here, at midnight Sat- urday and took a toll of six orphan dead, Located five miles from a railroad in a sparsely settled sec- tion, the boys’ dormitory at the mission where 31 youngsters sleep was wiped out by the flames while volunteer fighters fought val- jiantly to rescue the entrapped youth. | Members of the mission heroically The dedication of the new open ait, worked to urouse the sleeping youths, | half dragging them from their beds to safety. The sisters were be- lieved to have escorted all of the boys from the building. Five of the lads-—one only five years old dashed back into the blazing build- ing to rescue some companions they thought were facing death. The bodies of six were found closely huddled together by the rescue work- ers who raked through the ruins. The victims ranged in age from five to 14 years. Sunshine During September Totaled Less Than Average North Dakota had three per cent less sunshine during September than ig normally the case, records at the governmental show. It also had a high range of temperature with a minimum of 29 on September 21 when a killing frost occurred and a maximum of 98 on September 3. September 3 also pro- vided another record, the range in temperature on that day being 43! degrees. Despite the reduction in the amount of sinshine, however, the average temperature for the month was 2.7 degrees higher than the av- erage of 57.1 for the 54 years since the bureau was established here. Unless the winter is extraordinar. ily cold the year also will show an excess of temperature in comparison with the 54 year average, the excess to date being 1,000 degrees or an average daily excess of 3.7 degrees. Rainfall was .34 of an inch below normal, the figures showing .85 inches in comparison with a 54-year average of 1.19 inches. Half of the 30 days in the month were clear, six were partly cloudy and nine were cloudy. 14 IMPRISONED IN MINE BLAST Bluefield, W. Va., Oct. 5.—()—A mine explosion occurred at the Su- perior-Pocahontas mine, county, about 40 miles from here, at 8 o'clock Saturday night. About 30 men are in the mine. By long-distance telephone it was learned that the explosion was in the north entry of the mine, where 14 men were working. They are be- lieved to be entombed and the others are expected to have suffered from after-damp, word from the mine said, Rescue crews from the United States Steel Co. mines at Gary are being rushed to the scene, stance of 12 miles POLICE MUST SWIM New York.—Every city hes its drawbacks, even to policemen. Just now New York is putting into effect an order requiringing that all police- men must know how to swim. The ioner Enright ex- plains, is that city is surrounded by great expanses of water, and to be a truly proficient policeman, one must be able to rescue persons, who accidentally, and otherwise, fall into this water. lay | weather station here! McDowell BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, OCTOBER MITCHELL MAY BECOM 1925 FINALBASEBALL GAMES MAKE ONLY ONE CHANGE TN LBAGUE STANDINGS | Chicago Cubs Are Defeated By the Cardinals and Drop Into Cellar Position | “|THE LEADERS PREPARE FOR SERIES | | ne meeting Wednesday |Winners of Batting, Pitching, Base-stealing | and Other Records Announced i | New York, Oct. 5.—(®)—The regu- lar major Teague season has ended with the Senators and Pirates pre- paring for the post season classic. Three games in each league were played as the curtain fell yesterday. So far as the standi s | ed the only r drop into the cellar ague through a defeat by the Car- dinals. On the heels of the Senators and Athletics, the St. Louis Browns and | Detroit Tigers finished in the order! inamed in the American League and share in the world series spoils as will the Reds and Cardinals, who trailed the Pirates and nts in the first division of the National cir- cuit Wins Honor Fer 6th Time | Roge: led the N the sixth suc tablished the ord for consecutive batting lea ship last’ season, His mark, 403, also made him one of the only tnree men to hit over .400 for the season. The others were Jesse Burkett and | Ty Cobb. | “Harry Heilmann, Detroit outfielder, won the batting crown in the Amer- i v of the Cardinals batting parade for cessive year. He es- ionai League i { | | Harmony Prevails at Opening of Labor Convention | { | ot. 5. (A) y three mil- ds workers nbled formal opening of the nnual convention of the Amer- KF tion of Labor, A new hand was at the helm for the first {time in more than quarter of a century--William Green, who was chosen president last winter after the death of the veteran, muel Gompers. All signs point to harmony. Ses- j sions will be held dai probably jfor two week: Toda; program called for the customary welcoming addresses, the apointment of rou- tine committees and the presentation of the executive council’s report at the afternoon sessio: . Atlantic City, Representatives 0 niz for the | COOLIDGEON WAY TOOMAHA President Will Make But One Speech — That to Veterans 1 | i With President Goolidge’s Train, en route to Omaha, near Chillicothe, | Ohio, Oct. 5—A)EA daylight trip through southern Ohio, Indiana and, Illinois lay before President Coolidge | today as his train traveled westward | toward Omaha, where tomorrow he | |will address the American Legion; convention. His route was through | {a section of the country he has not, visited since entering the White House. Without incident, the special train, which Mr. and Mrs, Coolidge | boarded yesterday in Washington,’ forced its way during the night {through the mountains of West Vir- ginia. Before dawn it had crossed | the Ohio river, making its way to-! ward Cincinnati and St. Louis. Al-| though faced with the certainty that | crowds would greet the party at var- | ious points along the route, the pre: ident was determined to confine him-| self to one speech on the trip, the | prepared address he will deliver to| ithe war veterans at Omaha. He was willing to appear on the observation platform to wave to the public, but) unwilling to indulge in extemporan- eous speech-making. The president's train is due in} Omaha tomorrow. During a 10-hour | stay there he will address the Legion | convention, attend a luncheon that | will be given in his honor und review | an afternono parade of Legionnaires. | He will be back in Washington Thurs- day. oP || Weather Report Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 m. Highest wind velocity . WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: ly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; probably snow tonight. "Much cold- er tonight. For North Dakota: Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; probably snow tonight. Much colder tonight and southeast portion Tuesday. Weather Conditions Alarge high pressure area, accom. panied by colder weather, is center- ed over the northeastern Rocky Mountain slope and a low pressure area covers the southwest. Light, widely scattered precipitation oc- curred along the eastern slope of the) Rockies and in the Great Lakes re-! gion while heavier showers occurred in Utah. sonable temperatures prevail in all sections. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in Charge . led the Ameri |try with the same spirit of self sa- | League for the third time with | an average of 39: | Johnny Mostil of the White Sox captured the pilfering honors in the | Ainerican with 42 Carey of the Pira circuit with 43. thefts. rrnsby Home Run King Hornsby was crowned king of the | e run hitters in the majors with | blows, three less than his own ional League record. j Bob Meusel of the Yankees led in| the American with 33 homers while Babe Ruth, holder of the record with 9 circuit ‘blows in one se ished in a deadlock f honors in his league w liams of the Browns, each having Stanley Coveleskie of Washington League pitchers | ) victories and five defeats. | acy ce of Brooklyn en by Bill Sherdel of the Cardin: for honors in the National. Sherdel | won 16 and lost six while Vance won and lost nine. ! Bottomley of the Cardinals collect- ed the most hits in the National Lea- | while Al Simmons of the | Athletics rolled up in his circuit. | Cuyler of the Pir led the run} scores with M4 white Simmons ac- | counted for 121, | DRAIN URGES FEDERAL LAW with Da 8 | 1 Legion National Commander Presents Report of Year’s Work Omaha, Neb., Oct. 5.—@)—Law: which a war might be conduet with no profiteers and slackers, was urged by James A. Drain, na-j tional commander of the American Legion, in an address before the Na- tional Legion convention here today. “The surest way to preserve peace in America,” the commander said,| “is udequute American Legion has alway ways shall be pledged for peace,” he declared. “But we know the world cannot have peace simply by wishing for it and denying the possibility of war. We know peace must rest up- on international justice and prepar- | edness. “The American Legion that peace time preparedness for a war which may be thrust upon the! nation will, on the one hand, reduce the probabilities of war and, on the} other, better prepare us or defense of ourselves. Federal Law Needed “The Legion believes a wise pro-| jon in peace for the use of all} available resources of the nation to carry forward successfully an una- voidable war involves some form of} adequate federal law by which, at! the need of the nation, not only will there be made available man power | to fight but manpower to work, fac-| tory power to produce and money) power to finance a war. In short, a way to carry forward war with no} profiteers and no slackers.” Presents Report | Commander Drain presented a 150} page report for the period of his| commandership. He said the past| yeur has been one of success in all! Legion enterprises. Speaking on} ideals of fellowship the Legion, | Commander Drain asked the veterans | to “forget self and continue to turn} their efforts and their strength to an unselfish devotion to God and coun- crifice which moved them to service! during the world war.” Commander | rain warned the Legionnaires| ugainst participation in politics us a) national organization. “We must be} Nonpartisan in politics as an organ-j ization,” he declared. Pushmobile Race Being Arranged For Last of Next Week Plans are being completed for the pushmobile show and race which is to be held in Bismarck next Friday and Saturday and many Bismarck; boy¢ are now busily engaged in con- structing pushmobilies in various! forms, each of which is expected to} take the prizes in both workmanship and racing ability. The project is under the direction! of J. J. M. MacLeod, director of boys’ work in Bismarck, and all entries must be made with him not later than next Wednesday. W. E. Lahr of the Overland garage has offered display space for the home-made racers and is also putting up the prizes, which will be awarded both for the machines of the best con- struction as well as the “two-boy” team which wins the race Saturday. Further details of the race will-be announced later. CHINESE RUN STORES Washington.—Figures compiled by; the bureau of commerce and industry show that the.Chinese control 58 per cent of the retail stores in Manila, P. I, the Filipinos 36 per cent and the Japanese 6 per cent. E LEGI MRS. WILSON REPORTED ENGAGED | J during na {night believes | t South Dakota | BEING HIT BY CA From Paris come rumors that Mrs president, will marry Dr. Sterling I close friend of the Wilsons for many Wilson and he save 53 Drowned When Finnish Torpedo Boat Goes iii vo) Helsingic Oct fhree offic men were} drowned whe nish torpedo | boat S-2 went down in a violent storm A dispateh | through Copenhagen and London Last | said a Finnish gunbos had foundered in the pane ult | vessels have taken! Swedish and Finnish refuge off the coasts, COURT ENDS — BLIMP PROBE AT LAKEHURST Will Move to Washington to Take Up Other Angles of Case Lakehurst, 7 With the drawing together of a few) loose ends, the naval court concludes today the first phase of its inquiry into the wrecking of the airship Shenandoah, Tomorrow it will move on to Washington to take up the re- maining two phases the The first phase had to do with cir- cumstances attending the loss of the airship on September 3, the i and the d. ating from the gon three sep- arate farms in Nobl» county, Ohio. The next phase will deal with the causes of the wreck and many ex perts will have to be heard before | any attempt at a determination these can be mate. The final phase will be the deter mination by the court just where the responsibility for the disaster | rests. Connell Denies Mitchell’s Charges of Amateur Bungling | Washington, D. Oct. (P) Col. Wm. Mitchel!" m ateur bungling non-flying 0 officers was responsible for the fail- ure of the navy’s Hawaiian flight, drew a contradiction today before the president’ board from Lieu- tenant Byron J. Connell, pilot of the| PN-9, No. 1. i Under questioning by Senator Bingham of Connecticut, Lieuten- ant Connell backed up the testimony given last week by Comninder John Rodgers, leader of the flight, declar- ing that all arrangements were ried out by Rodgers and other fly officers. | | | cure ing Dismisses Suit Against Minnesota Washington, D. C. 5.—(P)-- | South Dakota dismissed in the su- preme court today its suit against) Minnesota to alleviate flood condi- tions in Lake Traverse and along the Bois de Sioux river. BOY DIES AFTER Virginia, Minn., Oct. 5.—Hyman Ronus, 9-years-old, died Saturday from injuries received Friday when he was run down by an automobile driven by Dominick Crinelli of Vir- gi The lad suffered a fractured skull. luth Tuesday for burial. third automobile since May 1. His body will be taken to Du- This is the fatality in Virginia National Banks Get Condition Call Washington, Oct. % —@)— The comptroller of the currency today issued a call for the condition of all of | 4 (ox 5 oul M, pejo00 00002 Woodrow Wi widow of the late Ruffin, «a Washington physicain and y Ruttin is 48 and a bachelor. ther frequently in Paris MINNEAPOLIS POLICE ROUND UP 70 CHINESE’ Those Not Having Proper)! Credentials Will Be Deported Minneapolis, Minn, Oet keneral round-up of all Chinese, dered by Chief of Police f Brunskiil to end tong war activities in Minneapolis, brought more than 70 ice headquarters for th United States is concerne Ww charg on depart. established quarters at the court- , Where preliminary questioning s undertaken, ‘Ten Classed ‘Doubtful’ the 70 brought in by police and ctive 1M able to prove im ately that they had = entry into the Unite 10° were classed. by Mr. $ 2 es, Only “ex lingly: an und his de- instances where we to prove that Chine muggled into this country, otherwise illegall sted or in en- ’ “steps will u taken | to them The order to pick up all Chinese ot able to prove their right to be in Minne s was rela night police officers, and v more were brought in to headquar- ters for questioning Saturday night. Yo Continue Questioning “Many of those questioned — and those held will probably be to produce proper credentials of entry within 48 hou but the inquiry will be continued,” Mr, Sea- man announced. Chinese who have told police that they have the necessary credentials to prove their right to be in| the United States, but who did not have them in their. possession when pic ed up will be given a “reasonable’ length of t du them. In the meantime, however, they will be held in the city jail. Several told the authorities that they h left their rs in other cities or had them in safety deposit boxes for safe- keeping, “The investigation of Ch Minneapolis will be continued until determine the exact status of ery Chinese living here and until we impress upon the tongs that Minneapolis is not a battleground ler can be committed with Chief Brunskill declared. ‘onnected With Murder Up to late Saturday night none of the Chinese held had been connected with the murder of Chin, police said. In six i nces weapons were found on those taken into custody. In an- other case the luggage of a laundry- an brought to light two rounds of aliber bullets, but no gun was found. Two Chinese en route from Canton, China, to New York to visit friend: were brought in by a squad of detec. tives from the Milwaukee roud depot, but were able to prove their inno- cence of connection with tong affairs here and were released after ques- tioning. The roundup of the Chinese was or- dered by Superintendent Brunskill after the murder of George Chin, a Chinese laundryman, who was shot down in the street Friday night. The slagers escaped in an jutomobile from which they had fired the shots. ' Three Killed n Pistol Fight ne to ein deport! | ee St. Louis, Mo, Oct. 5.—()— Three men were shot and killed in a terrific pistol fight at a roadhouse near Upper Creve Coeur Lake, St. Louis county, early today. James Quinn, one of the pro- prietors, said he killed the three men, The dead are K. Vincent Goed- + national banks at the close of busi- ness on Monday, September 28. de, 21; Don Jean Hoffman, 24, and James Tully. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | fan | PRICE FIVE CEN ON HEAD COMMITTEES AREIN FAVOR OF THE PLAN Legislation Committee Will Not Consider Colone Charges AUXILIARY TO ELECT Devils Lake and Council Bluffs Women Outstand- ing Candidates Omaha, Nebr. Oct. 5.—(—With the question, “What will the Ameri- can Legion do about Col. Wilham Michell and his charges of — ineffi ciency the the liveliest political conversation, the annual national conventiou of the Legion and Auxiliary organi- zations formaliy opened here tod The movement of Col. Mitchell friends to have his demand for @ separate air ce department. put into a favorable resolution and to get the support of the Legion of the colonel's cent critic: however, was given a set back night whei the national legislation committee agreed to lay down a hard rule that no business may be brought before the convention that does not bea upon the problems of the men, This forecasts, ay, that the Mit- be held strictly in of seventh navy?" topic LEGION GAVEL, MADE FROM ROOSEVELT’: OLD SNUBBING POST On Nebr., Oct. 5.—()—A cedar gavel, made from wood aken from the old snubbing in front of the house of Theo- dore Roosevelt's Elkhorn ranch in the Bad Lands of North Da- kota, today becomes the wroperty of the American Legion opening its annual convention ‘here. ‘The was brought to Oma ha by B. Welch of Mandan, N. D., known as the White Chief of the Sioux, and the adopted son of Chief John Grass, head of the Sioux Nation, who died in 1918. “Let this gavel be a reminder of the spirit of that great leader of men, Theodore Roosevelt, who was always fighting valiantly for the fundamental principles of righteousness”, said the address of presentation prepared by the Sioux white chief. | | Friends Are Boosting nds of Col. Mitchell were able to win national commandersh'» vf the Legion if he could come to the co vention in Realizing this possibility ink Warner of Nor- folk, Nebr., who also has been ne tioned for the commandership, introduce a resolution toda that Col. Mitchell be allowe tend the convention despite the fac my department has asked his nee in Washington for the start artial proceedings. Ono 1 newspaper stated Nétchell up- pears to be satisfactory to every one of the various committees, ex- cept that his election would “offend the National Legion administration.” Dry Question Labor Those conversant with the legisi tion committee members’ plans ed that the prohibition question never get to the floor of the con- vention. Lines were being drawn for the various offices, with many names already forwarded. The political pot also started to boil the American Legion auxi- with Mrs. Donald Mac Bluffs, Towa gene Fenton of ‘Devi Dakota, being the two out- candidates. for national Mrs. North standing president. Grand Forks Bank Deposits Show Gain Over a Year Ago nd Forks, N. D., Oct. Deposits of Grand Forks Sept. 28 were $989,364 higher than on October 10, last year, statements issued today in response to the gov- ernment call, showed. —_ Deposits shown in the report today amounted to $7,828,088 while on October 10, 1924, they were $6,838,724. Week-end Accidents Take Score of Lives Chicago, Ill, Oct. 5.— sions, fires, automobile accidents and a variety of other fatal misha created a death toll of more than a score, with injuries to twice that number over the week-end. One death resulted when a passenger and freight train collided on the Florida east coast railroad at Eau Gallie, Fla., while 20 passengers and three trainmen were injured and others received minor cuts and bruises in a head-on crash of two passenger trains on the Houston and Texas central railroad at Bryan, Texas. Four members of one family, Mrs. Chas. Huntin and her three children, perished when their home at Isa- belle, Mich., burned. Nine persons were killed and six were injured in automobile accidents in or near Chicago, one man was killed and one injured at Jackson- ville, Ill, while Gene Bingham, a racing driver, was killed and Lou Moore was seriously hurt when their cars crashed through a fence during a race at San Francisco. Automobile deaths in 10 midwest- ern states passed the hyndred mark for the week, as follows: Illinois, 25; Ohio, 22; Indiana 12; Michigan and Minnesota, 11; Oklahoma, 7; Texas and Wisconsin, 4; Missouri, 3; and Kansas, 2. ‘