The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 11, 1925, Page 1

vern —<$ $$ $$ WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonight and Thurs- day; moderate temperature. ESTABLISHED 1873 QIL FINDING = | AT ROBINSON PURE GAMBLE Professor Leonard Says Con- ditions All Against Find- ing Oil in ‘Quantity OIL IS UNFAVORABLE. No Reputable Geologist Hz Examined the Field So Far As Is Known rand Forks, Samples of oil taken from the well at Robinson, which has created intense excitement in Kidder county by pro- ducing gasoline, show that the sub- stance is in fact refined gasoline, Prof. A. G. Leonard, d t i the North Dakota Geological < the Associated Pres As a result, Pro! oni prospects of finding oil in the Re son district, or near Wing, Burl county, are “a gamble pure and simple with the those in the proj onard’s statement followed numerous reports which have gained wide circulation throughout the sta that geologists have Kidder county area and to be an oil-bearing formation, As a result the hopes of Kidder county citizens that oil will be found in com- mercial quantities have been raised to such a high pitch that some land- owners holding their property at $1.000 an acre. Investigation by the state secu ties commission failed to locate a sin gle reputable geologist who had made a favorable report on the possibility | of finding oil in the region. In fact,| state investigators were not able to! establish the identity of a single ge-! ologist who has inspected the area recently. i | fownley Said to Have “Oil Witch” ceived by state indicate} ownley, former Nonparti- | n and one of the leading; promoters in the’ Kidder cou dis- trict, has placed at least pi liance in an “oil witch” impo: Kansas. It is alleged to be an instru-; ment which, when curried over the{ ground in a certain position, indicates | the presence of oil few persot who visited another oil development project sponsor y Townley in sas, claim to have seen the “wite in action and profess to believe in it. Commenting on the numerous stories of favorable reports by un- named geologists on the prospect of finding oJ in Kidder county, Prof.) Leonard said: Leonard’s Statement “I am glad to make a statement re- garding the possibilities of finding oil in Kidder county and the adjoin- ing region. hile I did not carry on any investigations in that county the past summer, I and other mem- bers of the Geological Survey have spent considerable time in that re- gion during previous summers and are familiar with the geological con- ditions there. So far as I know, no reputable geologist from outside the state has ever examined the field or made any report on it, favorable or otherwise. In fact, I am quite sure that no reputable geologist would be willing to make a favorable report since the geological conditions are all against the finding of oil in com-; mercial quantity in that region. “The samples of oil from the Rob- inson wells show that it is refined gasoline and cannot have*come from the rock formations since such oil is not found in the ‘oil san There is no evidence whatever of any anticline or other oil structure in the region| and in the absence of these there is | practically no chance that oil will be} found in commercial quantity. Pros- pecting in the area is thus a gamble | pure and simple with the chances all against those who invest in the pro- 8. oe 2,000 Feet seers i “Below the glacial drift o: e re- gion, the wel] would go through 2,000 feet and more of shale which is so/ compact that it does not contain oil in an quantity, if at all. Below this shale is the Dakota Sandstone which seldony carries oil even where the structural conditions are favorable. It'is thus practically certain that oil | cannot occur in commercial quantitic in the vicinity of Robinson and it is} a waste of money to prospect for it. | “The deep well drilled over a year ago, southwest.of Marmarth on the Cedar ‘Creek anticline where the ge-| ological conditions were all favorable for the occurrence of oil, has found no oil although considerable gas was | struck in the well.” 1 = e| | Weather Report ——— Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday . Lowest last night .---- Precipitation to 7 am ii st wind ve A Highs EATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vieinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and. Thursdays rate temperature. : mederorth Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Thursday; moderate tem- perature. Weat! Conditions The presure is low over the North- went and rain occurred over the west- jocky Mountain slope and in the north Pasific «---" region. General | ly fair weather prevails | from eastern slope of ‘the Rockies ward fo the Atlantic coast. The high pressure areas over the Southwest and in the East have moved very little during the past 24 hours and moderate temperatures prevail in all tions. section: OBRIS_W. ROBERTS, Official in Charge. DIES WHILE RUNNING London—Dr. E. H. Barton, pro- ‘nesor of nhvsics at Nottingham University College, died while run- ning to catch a tramcar. All the university professors attended his funeral: in caps and gowns, ! A PROGRAM : BY JOHN R. [===] THE BISMARCK T BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER i, 1925 FOR PEACE McQUIGG National Commander, the American Legion At 11 oclock in’ the morning seven yi the western front ges was at an end. destruction and desolation The cost in blood and tr COMMANDER MceQu! and sacrifice of comrades, hope that through it the men a may give some further BLAZER CASE | ISREADY FOR JURY TODAY Which Judge Will Prepare His Instructions Littleton, Colo. Nov. With. all evidence présented and a! half holiday rece ranted to permit | preparation of jury instructions and closing arguments, 12 men in district! court soon will have the task of de- ciding the fate of Dr. Harold Elmer Blazer, country physician who is| charged with the murder of his 34- year-old daughter, Hazel—the “child woman” who never grew from in-! fancy. Did Blazer actually born child? If so, was he insane when she took her life? If the deed was his, did he do wrong when he slew the imbecilic cripple, who was not, defense attor- neys contend, “a reasonable human being as comprehended by the stat- utes of Colorfado?” These are the questions that con fronted the 12 jurors as they pre- pared to take th se into” their hands for final decision. With the words, “the state Prosecuting Attorney Joel E late last night paved the Judge Samuel Johnson's instructions to the jury and the closing argument et both state and defense counsel to- ay. slay his first] rests,” . Stone To Hasten Verdict Determined to bring the now fi ous case to as speedy a close as po: sible, Judge Johnson granted but a half-day holiday recess to permit him to prepare his instructions to the iddenly became silent. The gr It seemed thit the were exhausted ure was staggering. The black offers this progra |to the way forl s ago today the guns on forees of death, of war, receding, torn, dazed and bleeding world, but liberty and justice had tri- umphed, popular government was rendered more secure and modern civilization was pre- served. ‘The victory was worth the price. America helped to bring about that victory and helped to pay that. pr From Flanders. to the Vosges thousands of Amer- left be! quiem * lery, the er oof ma guns sands a period nd suf that has Insofar to those who fol were urs, to se their desires’ and dr or peace come truc The American Leg that, to a great ext be accomplished | he maintenance of adequate for internal and exter- nal defense enactment into e principle : ! draft, thereby tuk : profit out of war; and mmediate adherence the United Stat nent court of inte tice The American Legion, in the name of the untold n for peace fought for peace BOSTON LEGION AND SOCIETIES NOT IN PARADE Boston, Nov. 11.—(#) with Rather than pacifist and radical American Legion ations declined The Kiwanis and Rotary clubs were among the organizations refusing to parade. There wese particular objections to the women's international league for peace and freedom, the fellowship of Teconciliation, the fellowship of youth for peace, and the league for demo- cratic control. The parade was sponsored by the Federation of Greater Boston Churches. In commenting on the peace parade, United States Senator Butler said that organizations had taken advan- tage of Armistice Day, which belon; veterans alone, to expr views not in accord with the meaning of the day. {0NOMINATED FOR DIRECTORS BISMARCK A.C. 157 Members of the Associa- tion Are Each Given One or More Votes for Positions A peculiar circumstance of the pri- mary election to nominate candidates for directors of the Bismarck Asso- jury and allow opposing counsel time} ciation of Commerce, which was held to marshal facts on their closing ar- gument. Because of the tion of Colorado's criminal code, the judge will deliver inis instructions to the jurors before final pleadings are made. Dr. Blazer appeared to be little wor- ried as the state rested its case. Tam anxious, but I be- lieve the jury will acquit, me,” he “However, there. is one person who s more interested in the outcome than I. That person my mother— < ears of age now. She will be waiting news of the dict in her little cottage near Ham- mondsville, Ohio.” Much Expert Testimony The final stages of the case drew from both lay and expert witness wide diversion of opinion as to the sanity of the Doctor. Almost as many explanations and justifications of his actions were laid before the jury as there were witnesses summoned, and the jurors carried with them’ into their quarters a bewildering mass of technieal phrases to ponder over, Hundreds of letters of praise, con- demnation and scorn from all ‘parts of the country have poured into tleton to the principals and attorneys in the trial. Many tales of patient devotion are recited in letters from parents of invalid children who con- demn the defendant. Likewise have come letters of condolence and sym- pathy to the defendant from parents who have “unwillingly borne the cross of servitude” for helpless offspring. N. Y. Company Would Write Fire Insurance Here .| sentatives of cooperative Application for permission to sell fire insurance in North Dakota hi been filed wi A. Olsness, state insurance commissioner, by the New York Underwriters Insurance com- pany. & e The company formerly operated as a nation-wide insurance brokerage concern but now wants to go into the insurance business on a larger scale, Olsness said, yesterday, was the fact that out of approximately 150 votes cast, there peculiar construc-} Were 157 members of the association who received one or more votes for the nomination. The ballots were counted and the vote tabulated yesterday afternoon and the following were the 10 who received the largest number of votes: Burt Finney J. L, Bell F. A. Lahr Alex Rosen E. J. Taylor 0. N. Dunham Carl Nelson These 10 names will be placed on an official ballot, a copy of which will be mailed to each member of the association within the next day or two. Each member should then vote for five of the 10 for the five vacan- cies and return the ballot to the As- sociation of Commerce before 1 p. m, on November 20, The five out of this list who are given the largest vote will be declared elected. Discuss Methods for Increasing Credit Facilities Washington, Nov. 11.—(?)-—Meth- ods for increasing the credit facilities of the farm loan board were taken up yesterday at the first session of a three-day meeting between repre- marketing associations and the board’s interme- diate credit banking system. No conclusions were reached, those par- ticipating declaring only a few admin- istrative details were threshed out. Albert C. Williams, member of the board who was recently sent to Iowa with a wepresentative of the agricul- ture department to study the farm credit situation, returned to Wash- ington for the meeting, but probably will visit the middlewest again before making his report. The cooperative associ sentatives who atten: te = ing included Walton Peteet, national counsellor of the Farmers’ Coopern- tive Associations, i |POTATO IS KI (Special to the . By M Thas reach _ TAXPAYERS WILL SAVE $308 ees PROSPERITY WAVE REACHES MONTANA CITY. Copper Mines and Smelters | Are Working Three Shifts a Day at Present THERE, | Butte to Stage Spud Show} With Object of Keeping State’s Potatoes at Home Geo. Butte, Nov. §. - Prosperity Butte. Many rent” signs Iters and mi “for w the copper up, Butte is up. It has a ution of some 60,000 and, when copper is up, a payroll of day. In the d Butte was define town entirely surrounded b: yo ready money. There is not much ready iskey is con- its absence et Butte ns its grotesque original r More th tion ism ding evening newspaper, Post,” a snappy she column, There h from the “Pink ‘T “afternoon bridgers” for sueh a de partment. Now this is not an insin- tion that “poker” is the only diver sion in this man’s town, for it “ain't.” | Bridge runs poker a close second. People Work Underground 1 There are few cities in the world of 60,000 where so few people are seen on the streets. A big majority o the population goes down below at | dawn and it is dark at this time of | the r before they are “hoisted” to the city’s level. That solves the t fic problem in Butte has a real comfortably at night story “ While corn is worrying Bismarck, | the potato is king in Butte. Butte} is Irish. How could a Clark-Daly | town be anything else? Hence, the} worry over the “spud” marke! “The Butte Miner,” a paper once edited by J. M. Quinn, an old Tribune writer, features Butte’s potato show on page one, column one. A shortage of spuds in Butte is a r catastro- phe and the first annual commercial potato show will be held here Nov. 12-24, Its object is to keep Montana potatoes at home. A real potato shortage exists in Montana. In many places prices have more than doubled in less than a week. Pick up a telephone direc- tory in Butte d go through the “M's” and “O and it dawns upon one why a “spud show” in Butte is a live, vital thing. To Many Potatoes Shipped Out Montana is tired of sending her fine spuds outside the state to sat- isfy foreign “spud” eaters and if this show succeeds, it will be hard to coax Montana “murphy” over the boun- ry line. More than 100 carloads of Montana potatoes have gone out of the state and now many carloads must be im- ported if Montana appetites are to be appeased. Judging from the number of tall men in Butte, and there are some re- markable types in this interesting mining town ch in the brain and brawn—nowhere can there be found a more cordial, hearty and upstanding bunch of boosters and “stickers.” This is the spirit that has the West; that laughs at the vi been no demand * brigade or the A traffic cop! ob days, but; well, that “is a different made tudes, Indemitable force is here and|* while Butte may not be beautiful, from a civie standygint, if is a most interesting study and asks odds from none of those ¢ scenic grandeur. Kind of grandeur here—“The of the West.” Another Bismarcker who his, join- ed the “Butte Boosters” is A. P. Peake, formerly of Valley City, and| once adjutant general of North Da- kota. He is in the mining game here. Spirit State Is Democratic Political sentiment in Monta Democratic. The state seems ably so. There is a Dem: ernor, one near-Democratic senator, Wheeler, now Progressive, und Sena- tor Walsh, a Democrat of unquestion- able allegiance. Many _ politicians | think Wheeler's sun set when he went political joy riding with the late “Bob” Follette. Diagnosticians here see his finish when he comes up for reelection. Butte’s locality is more prosperous than since the war and is not bother- ing much about politics. ‘There are evidences, however, that the wet issue might interest Montana, na- tionally speaking, in 1928. PRICE ADVANCE IN POTATOES AT STANDSTILL Chicago, Noy. 11.—(#)—Late _ re- ports from principal shipping sec- tions indicate that the big price ad- vance in potatoes has been brought to a standstill after a rapid climb, According to a statement today from the United States bureau of agricul- tural economies, price levels appar- ently were too high and dealers hes- itated to buy. 5 In spite of some declines, city wholesale prices are reported to be still three or four times last season’s corresponding range of values. To- tal shipments of United States pota- toes for the week are given as 6,440 cars—about 400 cars fewer than in the week prior, but 900 more than during the similar period last. sea- son. Maine led with 1,100 cars. Idaho and Minnesota shipped 750 to 800 each, ! been active in fiying work. |PINCHOT AND jviews of the operators at Hari jtomorrow when he will meet W. DERENSEIN MITCHELL CASE WINS A POINT’: Court - martial Gives Mitchell |; Permission to Subpoena More Witnesses | Washington, ov. 11, ()--After another ‘long wr: le between coun- sel, the court-martial trying Col. Wm. Mitchell todu ed the se to proceed with its plan of bringing into evidence virtually all phases of air controversy. The flow of defense testimony interrupted only long enough to pe h ur and Then new poenas were issued for 36 pe residing outside of Washington, summoned by Col. Mitchell in an fort to prove the a sations against conduct of the government air ser- vices which led to his trial. The first witness questioned tod: was Major Gerald Brant, an air se @ ofticer now attached to the sup- ct n branch, her hat’ he had | \ | a i | plied ne: nt said he was sent to} ww the recent joint army} and navy maneuve and was confi- Major Bri Hawaii dur J and appeal to the supreme court was | dent that no attacking forces could} have landed if the air forces had not} been handled in a “round-about” way. | LEWIS CONFER OVER STRIKE Pennsylvania Governor Will Meet Operators’ Spokes- | man Tomorrow Philadelphia, Nov. 11.—-P) nor Pinchot and John L. Lew ternational. president of the Mine Workers, conferred today on the anthracite’ strike situation, now in its eleventh week. “I have gotten the miner point; I'm listening in on both said the governor after the confer- ence. “I don’t feel free to comment on our conference,” Mr. Lewis said. The governor will obtuin the latest sburg Inglis, chairman of the operators’ ne-| gotiating committee. It is generally believed that Gov~ ernor Pinchot, who was-instrumental in settling the last hard coal strike in 1923, will make every effort for a resumption of the wage conferences, | the breaking off of which caused the walkout of 158,000 miners on Septem- er 1. TELEGRAM BY PHONE London.—-An arrangement to send tédlegrams .from telephone booths is being tried out in a small scale in England. The arrangement provides a small coin box similar to the coin x on a telephone. The sender can drop the required number of coins into the box and phone his telegram to the central telegraph station. ithe offen | report on recent events Grain Ownership HOLDS BOARD OVERSTEPPED Bresden Lumber company. Claims Administrative Body fan inthe Starlrcounty dietrict faure| Has no Right to Fix Stand- taken by the defendants. ard of Coal Used of Administration has no discretion — in fixing the standard of coal \ I sponsible der, are ih prepared by Shure VERY SERIOUS =" moines Was An action to determine the of contest right s Who held con- flicting lie Wanner, Dickinson farme upreme court Tue f the ution n Lignite Coal Con ; the board is expected to be ia eard, Rebels and Druse Tribesmen)?"}\. Tey, |B Are Trying to Provoke ey General Upri from y dis unction the purchase of ¢ public institutions, The Washburn con ere » the lowest res able to cope | contracts let, or d fother cowl compan infes Freneh ‘ ing so placed as to be with any eventuality, Apparently it is the purpose of the SOS MARKET OPENS “HIGHER TODAY ion is extrene- |Heavy Trading Continues — Small Gains Follow Yes- 's Price Collapse claims to bidder on rious. 0 reports have ) show that the French have re e against the ported they report that General Sarrail, French high conmissione who is on his way bi his be: e in he had done French mand claimed respo bardment of Damascus, he could not surrender the, bandits and th fighting in the (®) Wail v sigh of the stock higher aft- ying that] relief this. morn he city to! market opened irregular! t there had to bejer yesterday's collapse. in str i prices. Powerful financial forces “TE stopped the pillage,” General| working for higher prices apparent- Sarrail said. “Th. as the extent of ‘iy had distributed ebtensive support- my military repression, and, notwith-| ing orders for the pivotal industri standing what some foreign newspa-| stocks, which more than counteracted per critics said, I had the situation | forced liquidation from inability or well in hand ‘unwillingness to meet margin calls, ‘The general b hcon-|bear selling and profit taking by 1 at) Damascus ng al frightened investors and speculators. panic ) Opening gains ranged from 1 to 5 \preferred points with Mack Truncks showing the largest initial advance. Voolworth, Brown Shoe, Coca Cola, ) : ion Tank Car and Postum Cereal patching to the Island} were among the outstanding heavy of Laros, in the Aegean Sea, a squad- | spots, yielding 2 to 3 points. ron of warships to protect its nation-| ‘Trading continued in enormous vol- als in the disturbed region if such al ume, taxing the facilities of the stock step should become necessary. market and of the employes of brok- ann 2 erage houses, many of whom had WOMEN’S HANDS LARGER worked most of the night in order to London—The hands of English-! to catch up with yesterday's record women are growing larger is the ver-| breaking volume of business. dict of a London jeweler of 30 years’ —— experience. He bases his judgment] SPECULATORS REGAIN on the fact his calls to have rings| CONTROL OF MARKET enlarged have increased in number| New York, Nov. 11.—()—Specula- several hundred per cent during the| tors for the advance regained control past few years. Golf, tennis and] of the price movement in today’s general outdoor athletics i stock market bidding up prices 3 to as causes for the enlarg 15 points in a remarkable outburst of (Continued on page three) ed the Brit) for prov Italy Sending Warships Like the United States government, | e nt torpedo boat de-| a to protect Ameri-|U women's hands, NE| 000,000 ANNUALLY FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS NEW SCHEDULE WILL RECEIVE FULL SUPPORT Nearly All Excise and Occu- pational Tax Vill Be Done Away With EXEMPTION: New Surtax Schedule Estab- lishes a Maximuum of 20 Per Cent Instead of 40 11.—(#) ~ Revis dules that would mean a sav- east $308,000,000 annual- eral taxpayers will be in- corporated in the tax reduction bill to be presented to the house by its Ways und means committee on the opening day of congress. The committee two weeks of pu worked out the new it will propose on a nonparti basis, almost unprecedented ace time action, and virtuall, animous committee approval of the measure is expected. This would as- sure almost united support by the house, party leaders declare. Excise Taxes Wiped Out Most of the excise and occupational levies would be wiped from the books by the committee's action yesterday in voting a cut of about $114,000,000 in those taxes Reductions in the income rates through cuts in the normal and sur- ased personal ex- ns, und increased allowance for * credit, account 46 of the total slash in to be proposed. 000,000 will be saved repeal of the gift tax. rman Green believes the propo ed reductions in the estate or in- heritance tax will have no effect on government revenue next year. ‘The cut in the imum rate from 40 to 20 per cent and the 80 per cent cr to be allowed for payment inheritance taxes, howeve eted to result eventually in a loss $25,000,000 annually on this tax. New Surtax Schedule Approving the new surtax schedule with a maximum of per cent, in- steud of 40 per cent, to apply on in- comes in excess of $109,000, the com- mittee decided to make reductions in these rates, eff only on brackets $100,000. allow the $400 de- en 18 and e in school the committee upon complaint of the treasury that it would be impossible to admi ‘s The age limit now is 18 years in all cases. The committee gave further study today to administrative _ provisions of the | tentative agree- ment reac aining the mem- bership of the board of tax appeals at 16 members. It would give the members life terms, subject to good behavior, and increase their salaries from $7,500 to $9,000 annually 6 OCEAN SHIPS BRING CARGOES TO CHICAGO Sponsors of Inland Waterway Movement Regard Feat as Herald of Future Chicago, Nev, 11.—(#)- xoing ships this year have steamed more than 1,000 miles inland from tidewater down European and South the port of the gre Four of salt-water brought China clay from Fowe; jand. One brought coal from ¢ diff, jes, to Montreal, and came thence to Chicago. The other brought Chilean nitrate which had been tak- en to Montreal in a larger vessel, nloading her, sailed for Xx ocean s for Norway. of the vessels were of N and the other fiew nish flag. Heralds of the Future None was large, since the pre: Welland canal limits to 3,000 t craft finding their way from the sea up the St. Lawrence River and through the Great Lakes to the mid- dlewest. Nevertheless they were heralds of what spon: greater erway picture mate fruition of dreams of # great inland port, base of direct interna- | tional trade in oriental bottoms be- tween the middlewestern granary and industrial districts, with American and foreign ships bringing to the in- | land country foreign goods and tak- | ing back grains, packers’ products and steel. Hallowe’en Prank May Put Teacher in Dairy Business William Jackson, instructor in the agricultural department at the n mal and industrial school here, is contemplating an entry into the dairy business as the result of a Hallowe'en [ prank played on him by members of jf his class, On the morning-after H lowe’en the instructor found a cow in his coal shed. It was Segis Yeksha }j Whitehall, a pure bred cow with a good record for milk. production, ' .