The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 8, 1925, Page 1

* in order. + ty WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonight and Wed- nesday. Colder tonight 1 ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, RTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DEC: [===] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [=a IBER 8, 1925 ITION PRICE FIVE CEN DAYLIGHT BANK ROBBERY NETS $15,000 IN CASH DESERT BASIN OF SALTON SINK HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A FERTILE AND PRODUCTIVE VALLEY CONGRESS IS BUSY WITH NYE SEAT, TAX BILL Debate on Tax Reduction Measure Will Be Beforg House Rest of Week NYE POINT LEGAL 0) Extended Debate Looked for Over Seating of: North Dakota Appointee Washington, D, G. De With the preliminaries gress of the important legislative busin of its first session, The reading of President Coolidge’s annual message embodying his recom- mendations for legislation, was first Then the house had before t the tax reduction bill, formally re- ported late yesterday by the ways und means committe Debate on this measure, getting un- derway today, was expected to occupy the remainder of the week in that branch of congre: The senate, meantime will be engaged in receiv- ing bills and in discussing the ar | tion of the legal right of Gerald P.| Nye of North i kota to a seat as the appointee of Governor Sorlie. Un motion of his friend: cuse was referred to’ the’ privileges and elections committee at the open- ing session of the ate yesterda The committee today began conside ation of the matter with a view to an early report to the senate. A legal opinion, which. is reported to hold against the right of tne governor to make the appointment, been pr pared for the committee by Senator ott, Kepublican, West Virginia. Purely a Legal Question Republican leaders conceded that the question of the seating of Ar. e Was a close one and that there probably would be extended debate on the senate floor, They hold that the issue involved is a purely legal one and that the qu regularity of Mr the Kepublican state central commit- of North Dakota, does not enter into the case. While the house tax bill, the Republic tommittees will: complete tion of the standing committees an is expected to remov from the present rank insurgents who joined the issue with the party leaders y terday by supporting their own can- didate for speaker. The committee on committees will ay and Representative the majority said the case of each of the insurgents would be dealt with in- He pointed out that two s debating the it votes” on the election of a speaker nd amendment of the house rule: Republicans Maintain Majority In each of these votes the Repub-j lican organization demonstrated its ntaiw a majority even against the combined opposition of the insurgents and the Democr On the first vote—that for speaker— the party candidate, Nicholas Long- worth of Ohio, had a plurality of 43. On the second vote for a change of the rules, the Republicans emerged with twelve majority. In the senate a test of the ability of the majority to put through a pro- gram is yet to be had and may be de- ferred for some weeks until some major administiution measure _ is brought to a vote. Leaders recognize thet a comlination between the in- surgents, progressives and Demo- crats could control action of the sen- , ate. Discuss La Follette's Status Some of these leaders, through policy of conciliation, hope to pre- vent a widening of the breach be- tween the insurgents and regulars. is policy is reflected in the. op- position to a program under whic! Senator La Follette of Wisconsin would be accorded the sume treatment as that given his father a year ago when the elder La Follette was read out of the party councils after he had made the race for the presidency on an independent ticket. Mr. La Follette’s status was a sub- ject of discussion today by the Re- publican committee on committees, which was called to fill vacancies on , ‘the standing committees. GOFF’S REPORT IS UNFAVORABLE TO NYE . Washington, Dec. 8.—An unfavor- able report on the seating of Gerald P, Nye as senator from North Dakota has been prepared by Senator Goff, Republican, of West Virginia, for consideration of the privileges and elections committee. Senator Goff, who was selected by the committee to study the law and the precedents, if any, affecting Mr. Nye's appointment by Governor Sorlie, has reached. the conclusion that the state executive did not have authority to make an ap- pointment to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Ladd. In‘his opinion, the only w: hat a senator can be selected from North Dakota is by election. The senator's effort will be submit- ted, to the committee, which then can accept his opinion or reject it and appoint a subcommittee to take up the case. | COMMITTEE HEARIN NYE OSSE ADIOU RES: jit FRIDAY Gerald P. Nye told the Tigi com- mittee investigating his legal right to a seat today Hu Governor Sorlie -North Dakota felt that the pole. ote was doing the proper thing in appointing a suc- cessor to the late Senator Edwin F. ae was the governor's jntention to save the state the cost of a election and make his appoit hold over until the next regular elec- tion,” Senator Nye said. f I had known such a question (Continued on page three.) 's}on y| pike pri Apecial i One Time Arid Wastes Now Grow Great Crops of Cot- ton, Cantaloupe, Dates, Lettuce and Other Garden Stuff — Diversification Is/ the Slogan. i George D. Mann) Dec. 1.—Transform- arid desert basin of fertile oasis is one of the butes to the skill of the irrigation engineers. This city with colorful ‘and “wet” Mexicali form the south- ern termini of a most interesting and absorbing experiment in desert ree- Qamation. In company with George Logan Price, now secretary of the Mayer Co., an advertising corpora- tion of Los Angeles, formerly aging editor of The Tribune, writer made a two days’ auto trip over the In 1 count been written | es have been} by Harold | of Bar-| the various reated in a rom i Bell Wright in his “Winnin, bara Worth he genius has transformed this portion of the Colorado Desert one of the most fertile of the world. Its | productiveness rivals that of the low. er Nile, all the impounding of fon the one h the flocds from the other. through m canals drenches large areas of the desert land, pro ducing a ble variety of ducts, but th menaces the lives of the courageous or sixty thousn ils who} reside if this unique and interest- | ing portion of Southern Califorr Choice of two Routes One can enter the valley from either Los Angeles or Diego. The writer entered by r route and returned ove ain high- | Sun Diego, making more than Colo ride fine conerete | ctically all the way to Calex o. It is hard to picture the thril an autoist gets in w night ride over | the desert, especially when the moon is up as it wax the night the writer) sped over the ribbon of concrete that | emed to stretch o sands never ending highway. The colors} ure -vivid. Grey, purple and pink | shadings predominate, and even the! song of the lark is heard as dawn} appro: orgeous flowers of | the di ort. “add to the glamour of it} all, It is interesting to observe the con- trast betw: the desert yet un claimed with that which is now grow. ing an espe cotton, dates, and a large variety of other garden stuff. More than 25,000 acres are given over to the growing of cantaloupes sand in more than 00 car- [loads of these melons were shipped out of the valley. More than 7,000 | carious of lettuce went to the vari- { desert, Riversi out ous centers of the United States. No Boll Weevil Ohe boll weevil has not made its ap- pearance in the Imperial Valley as t, but some of the businessmen were complaining that the farmer: were planting too much cotton. Di- versificgtion is the slogan here as in North Dakota. Merchants are preaching the same doctrine as’ in the Middle West state They are urging more dairy cattle, hogs and general stock raising. When one sees the great variety of crops raised in this reclaimed desert one realizes the force of those lines of the poet: ve fools their gold, and knaves their power; ‘Let Fortune’s bubbles rise and full; Who sows a field or trains a flower, Or plants a tree, is*more than all.” But the farmers here have far more to contend with than those of the middle west. Farming 100 feet! below the a level, in heat that’ reaches during some months as high ag 120 in the shade, is not pleasant to contentplate. Each summer there is an exodus, of those who are fi nancially able to seaport cities. Not a White Man’s Land Despite its beautiful winter clim- ate, balmy as late spring in the Da- kotas, the Imperial Valley is place for the white laborer. Negroes and Mexicans are utilized mostly for cotton picking and milo maize cut- ting. There are many Swiss milkers while Japanese seem most expert in the cantaloupe patches. There e also a scattering of Hindus, Fi inos and Portuguese. Some Ameri- cans are engaged in general ranch work, Great Salton Sea The Salton Sink of Imperial Val-| ley contains the Salton Sea, a de-| tached body of ocean water which in past ages had been the upper part of the Gulf of California. t equal in extent to the Greet Salt! Lake, in Utah, Sparkling in the moonlight with desert sands -for miles along its shores, the Salton Sea is picturesque. ‘Game abounds in many sections of the Imperial Val- ley, especially ducks, and there are many fine hunting lodges through this section. When it ‘is realized that twénty- one years ago this valley was the dried up bottom of an ancient ea, the transformation seems all the; more miraculous. It is now a verita- ble hothouse, producing continuous crops which find a ready market be- cause they come to maturity long} before other sections of the country; start seeding. ‘Thousands of car-j loads of. Imperial Valley produce| find their way into market when there is little competitgpn. ‘As recently as 1900, this section did not have a single civilized in- tant. Not an acre was under elivatton, Today more than fifty thousand live in the valley, at least acres are fnetr cultivation the section is do’ with pro- e towns, excellent schools and ine homes. ‘And all this has been Lopatpned on page three.) salt! TODAY IN CHICAGO Chicago, Ill, Dec. &—P)— The American Farm Bureau fed- eration had before its meeting today cooperative marketing, tax- ation and legislation, transporta- tion and farm fire losses. Addresses on phases of these topics were prepared by spe ers for delivery during the day's xeneral and sectional sesions. SHAFER HOLDS APPOINTMENT OF NYE VOID Governor Had No Right to me Ladd’s Successor, Attorney General Says eorge Shaier to opinion to the ions of views by rs who hold cht to to succeed the Attorney General day added an offic numerous expre: North Dakota | senator dd In’ response to ilding of Renubli ns afer held that the law empower the execut fill vacancies cithe te Such executive authe prior to the adoption the amendment to the constitution, the opinion held, but does not new exist tise that ndment provided When vacancies happen in the rep- resen ion of any state in the sen- ‘ate, the executive authority of such 1e Writs of election to cies; provided that the late request by ne | does not n congress or in ity 17th the opi pointed out. Contending that the | ture had never empowered the governor to fill | provided by the 17th Shafer held that the pointment of a senator by the Senne ot North’ Dakacaewad: iptalid. FARGO BANKER APPEALS FOR A NEW TRIAL Cannot Appeal His Case Be- cause Stenographic Rec- ords Were Stolen Appeal from an order of the Cass county ditsrict court overruling his| motion for a new trial was made to the supreme court today by Halvor J. Hagen, sentenced to two and one half years in tho state penitentiary on a charge of receiving deposits in the Seandinavian-American Bank when he knew it to be insolvent. ‘The appeal sets forth that it is im- possible for the defendant to carry the case to the supreme court be- cause the stenographic records of his trial in the lower court have been stolen, Sentence was imposed on Hagen on June 2, 1924, the record of the case filed with the supreme court shows. Railroad Board Postpones Hearing A hearing on the investigation of | crossing protection at certai ings in the vicin city of Bismarck, which had been “scheduled by the bourd of railroad conymissioners for Thursday, Decem- ber 7, has been postponed to a date to be later determined by the com- mission, according to an announce- ment made today, Defendants in the action include the Northern Pi Railway company, the city of Bis- marek, the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault ‘Ste. Marie Railway company, the county of Burleigh and the state highway commission Pn oe ere. | f Weather Report i 3 cross: Temperature at 7 a, m. . Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity . Weather Forecast For Bismarck and vicinity: Gener- ally fair tonight und Wedhesday. Colder tonight. For North Dakota: tonight and Wednesday. night. Weather Conditions A large high pressure ar panied by fair and somewhat colder weather prevails over the Rocky Mountain and southern Plains States. Lower pressu: tled weather ‘prevails from the Great Lakes region northwestward to the Cana Rockies, Temperatures have risen in the Great Lakes region and upper Mississippi Valley. Weekly Weather and (: Report Mild temperature, normal sunshine and deficient precipitation during the, week was favorable for outdoor work and for li eye ae con- struction “progres ed Fepidly. ORRIS W. OBERTS, Official in charge. Automobiles killed 20,000 this country last year and. 3 Colder to- eople in injured te Central Committee, | ppoint to | existed | h | y and within the |% Generally fair} accom- | and somewhat unset-| 1 phe tabrie, PEN STUDY OF BOY SLAYER \\\ : Here is Gordon Pirie, 19, who confessed to the a pal. for his $5.40. murder of George Nye, MARKETS MUST ESTABLISH UNIFORM STANDARDS, GRADES TH, livestock mi | Chi | the i Dec. 8. (AP) ~The future deveiopment of rket depends upon the esiablishment of uni ets of the coun in the opinion of » president of the National ock Producer has been brought out, u federation, in the exp handling 92,000 cars of livestock about 240,000 members in 1924. “Until livestock producers control a volume of sales equal to the market surplus on all the great livestock m ms there is little thope for the development of a successful orderly mar- keting program. . he told enee of valued the the at American Farm association in $121,000,000 for | OF National Scope rketing is a problem of to the geographical location of consimers the location of meat animals. enty- four per cent ef the people of the country are located tof the Mississippi river and two-thirds of this number north of the Ohio river, while the center of the hog population is in western Illinois, beet range cattle in Colorado and sheep in Ne entails a grave problem of dis.ribution. ‘While the consumers’ taste and ability to pay for various kinds of meat varies from week to week and month to month, the sale and distribution of meat animals depends on fixed standards for the country whole, Such standards are absolutely necessary before pooling methods of selling be developed further, VETS’ BUREAU | FUND REQUEST IS MUCH LOWER Extension of Service to Dis: abled Outstanding Accom- plishment of Year “Livestock national scope due of livestock and [Case Against State Senator Is Dismissed State county, accused of unlawfully cultivating state school id, was dism d by Justice of the . H. Maher at Center today. a jot Senator Char- Whitmer, Oli admitted tilling the land, but said he be confused as to the property and thought it belonged to him. rl R. Kositzky, state land com- missioner, said he will recommend at the next meeting of the state school land board that leases held by Whitmer for the use of e land in Oliver county be canceled. ONE KILLED WHEN ENGINE { | i ees | Washington, Dec. 8.--(®)--Exclud- ing expenses necessary for the ad- jjusted service certificate fund and for hospital construction, an appro criation of $314, 965,000 is imated in ‘the annual report made public of Director Hines as n for all Veterans Bureau} during. the fiscal year| re represents a material reduction in the approporiation for} {the current . provided a} proportionately smaller amount. “is | lasked for adn ration of the ad-| justed service act as was the case this year, when $50,000,000 compared with $100,000,000 last fiscal y allotted. for that purpose. Current appropriations, including that for ee adjusted service fund, total $405, Locomotive, Without Lights or Crew, Crashes Into Passenger Train Dieta: inteeachien ean report, | Director Hines suid that during th |last fiscal year “gs over no other pe ; i jtiod has the service of the United| _ Seattle, Wash. 8.—(P) ates Veterans Bureau been brought | inspect as instantly killed Iho the dikabled Vataran last night when a runaway | “Inspired by a broad policy of, de- speeding miles an {centralization of authority and ma ade j shed into the r ossible through the provisions of, Northern pa at vibe a A car locomo- hour, {liberal legislation,” said, “this } r station. extension of service to the disabled | is the outstanding accomplishment | of the year in the adminis! i veterans’ relief.” running ished into uw switch an fuuneed that into the ‘ony Portland, "Felix Harder, who was killed, was ; at the head of the train uncoupling Six New Hospitals H he engine when the accident. occur- i Six new hospitals were opened dur ing the year with a net increase o 14,794 beds, and the report said all; runaway locomotive — started construction under the $6,850,000 | about « mile south of the depot, F authorized in 1924 was expected to be; Guthrie, superintendent of the Ki completed during the next fiscal| Street passenger statio reported. year, ome one “maliciously and delibe: Wherever feasible, radio equipment #tely threw open the throttle,” he de- {was installed for the patients’ amuse- | clared, ment. = | Setting of the air brakes by the Legislation was recommended pro-, sudden breaking of the airline on the viding some means to take care of; train prevented a worse disaster, yeterans, who, because of their phys: | Guthrie said: ical condition, could not be induct- ed into vocational training prior to WIRELESS GUIDES PLANES July 1, last, the last lawful date for} Paris.—A scheme has just been put induction, and for those cases where‘ ‘ before the French government wher | progress has been, or will be, so’ by letters and parcels can be deliv- retarded as to prevent completion of ered to certain centers throughout the training before next July 1, when all| country by pilotless airplanes, guid- training activities are required by] ed entirely by electricity and wire- law to end. less. tulle, is named Tulle in central France, Axminster in Devon has made no rugs for more than 100 years, for; RUNS WILD, here, without; PRESIDENT COOLIDGE DELIVERS ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS BEFORE JOINT SESSION TODAY ns Include Tax Re- to Stronger Air TODAY IN WASHINGTON Suggest s te and house convene at duction, — Adherence World Court, Service. noon House of duction bi President Coolidge annual message to cor Army beg tres rebuttal evidence cont t Sena committe Gerald P. A MILLION TS GRANGE’S GOAL, “: WILL RETIRE That Sum Is Over— s debate on tax re tn Encouragement of Cooperative Marketing Aid Agriculture to Nee of Noth Dakols. Wauhtigten ine a number of probs ded napped the navy ai se Curtailindg Soard’s pow under ve ed s to Clear Before Winter Washington foothe with the control Shipping ' overnment fleet the of a single at ‘Today suthority rhments with labor the P Comme: dispar New York, N.Y. Dee Grange, who hes ple's ! come the nation’s me ball character, has set on self $1,000,000 C ture came pers whieh ¢ something like 00, The Arrow Pictures corporation produced a check $500,000 for his appearance in ion pietur Manufactariny wont buted “S40,000 for the (Ped h Itare 6 often ‘war ion Question A oseetion to stateme fu) the ter prieh aw observane « ous action a enforcement. afficnt alse renewed by the inst and ators by his advecacy of n recom mend property | the war, ted that The New York ment nt paid in the scan hs where conmunit with the feder nh orechamation work of Muscle Sho bidder who will Sunday Wash ay, himselt | # {the highest to produce here for leavi al. he con Shoals prob- place all out real import aduating becuse Muscle umed with hin pro fessional foothall repay hin what he spent on my edueation, But ot that much so quickly T figured yon and get set for Ti 1 collected today ve al salted away in the bank cle y million dollars th V Mr. Pyle, Chis manig- [over i 3 his share of that ones, but Fat a ti if things break right this wint will ne amylion, When 1 get that much Twill go nd be @ prominent citizen ound in my car.” NONPARTISANS GIVE CALL FOR MEETING HERE) Third Party Mass Meeting to} Be Held at Capital City, December 18 af proportion its y does not represent in much more than a first he added, “yet it Lin the sand form Finarket value battlesh vd per Unde Coolid, alo that there jshould be to liberty and equality before the law without dis- | tinction of race or er “Our country in its popul: jdiferent modes al to the high i of American ci is only! another n Pr with a st recommendations that “the country does not r to require radical departures from the, policies already adopted so much as it needs furthe attention of these policies and th improvement of details peal for continued vigi 8.—(P)—A call, mbers of as issued yo mass ck oon nphas tax reduetion and ved “in principle” the Ways and he app Dill drafted ns Committed “In the Me. December 18. he purpose of the call, as out- lined, is to bring into being a new party that will t to its mem- bership of the rtisan league. Nomination of candidates in the ne ; elections only, the plan calling the abandonment of the system nomination heretofore employed by the Nonpartisan | ‘ pme-tax exemp- tions are co he continued, “it seems to me the committee has far as it is safe to go and urther than I should have Foreign Relations a long discussion of foreign . Coolidge made these a the ments. repr policy of having Europ [settle their own politic: | without involving the United hat reduction of 1: of prime uliarly Eur tic pects, and that |try would look with particular ¢ Htude upon any action which lcountries might take to reduce ‘art, of Burke | own military force C.J.) That “the gene of !country is for disarmamtnt, and it ought not to hesitate to adopt any practical plan that might reasonably. cted to succeed, But it would fo attend a conference which location or — constituency all probability prove fu-| Locarno security nt the success of agree | the Prominent among the signers are: : Ralph Ingerson of Burke O. H. Olsen of Eddy coun Magnuson of Bottin Hamilton of McHenr y; Carl Bakken of Willia Dell Patterson strom of Wells Senator ‘Tom county, Re E coun Wen- former Stutsman Martin of tho their 1 policy of our h would in GOV NOR rand For! D., Dec, 8.) am not at all surprised at the call | ‘for a third party meeting, as of | course it has been brewing for some} but would time,” said Governor when | advancement told of the call today | That debt “Needless to say T have no share, go! “impose in such action. Apparently this is | and matually about the same bunch that held the | that convention at Jamestown and tried | to put a third ticket in the field dur- ing the last cam ome of | Turning to domestic issues the these people have e: decided | President advocated anew enactment that they want a third party all their We selecti ice act for mobiliza- own.” of materials as well as men in | waerrodls The report of the air d ought to be “reassuring,” he red, adding that the Departments of War, Navy and Commerce “should each be provided with an additional assistant secre: not necessarily with statutory duties but who would be available under the direction of the secretary to give especial atten- tion to air navigation.” The World Court That American pa ipation in the World Court would not volvement in the League of no beneficial” and} nable effort will be ments for liqui- 4 dation with the remaining countries.” ELIMIN NOISE London-—Passenger airplanes 4 installing heavy soundproof walls around the passenger-carrying com- partment. The sound of the engine and propellers keep up a constant drumming noise which can be heard unless checked by special walls, “STEAK” FROM COTTON | “We must-have an air strength London.—Beefsteaks made . from| worthy of America,” he said, "Pro: cottonseed are forecast by Dr. Davis| vision should be made for two addi- Neeson. “It is only a question of| tional brigadier generals for the army time,” says Neesan, “before chemists | air service. Tempdrary rank corre- discdver how to produce a meat sub- | spon stitute from the seed.” awarded to active flying officers in —— both army and navy.” Now is the time to sweur off smok- Agriculture ing so your friends won't give you| With reference to agriculture, the any cigars for Christmas, (Continued on page three.) {ST NATIONAL BANK AT ANOKA IS THE VICTIM Employes and Custome Commanded to “Hold "Em Up” and Locked in Vault LEE BY EGGS AUTO Robbery Took Place at 10 a. m.—Four Bandits Bank, One Outside took $15,000. in Lar persons ina vault tumobile. Withi nriny bery police of the 1 notified that the b headed toward > cast of here The Anoka robt bank robbery in Minnesota Vetober 16 und all of the holdup: were enaeted in counties in which county rangers had not been organ ized at the time of the robberies from the wall, locked nine and fled in an alarm, lo Brighton, south ery is the fourth The bank 3 iT minutes before Four men filed quietly out of the car, while the fifth stood guard outside. Inside the bank were thre tomers, four women stenog 1 Coleman, Lind: ssistant teller took and « E cashier, and Albin Vnobtrusively e four n advantage of position hin bank, from whieh they could comm the entry and a view of eyery son in the room, fo eoman in behind whieh Lindman an, ds With Guns front of the counter od Coleman and eniy commanded the to hold up their hand A the other thr men displayed their guns and urte ed similar commands, worki n fect coop entire seene had been rek As the two ter complied with the men recahed over ind the nd coun licked off and took w Then the cupan vault, 7 he could find. four forced the the into a second locking the door after then Free Selves With Key er the bandits left’ the prisoners work everishiy themselves. On the rummaged through his pockets nd a key with which they work wult lock and escaped Within ten minutes telephones were notif; authoritt of bank to men and 1 the d f busy ng Last Minute News Bulletins ation u and stockyard: icago ag. Producers | operative Livestock Market association, |, Dec. 5; s coun: ied to invite tne Russia and cil today United States, many to par! of the special is to prepare for an in disarmament conference Paris, France, Di The appointment of tor Henry Berenger as ambassador to the United States was approved today by the coun- cil of ministers. Burwash, Sussex, Eng., —(P)—A medical bulletin issu from Rudyard Kipling’s homes at noon to Y says that the author, who is suffering from broncho- pneumonia, had another good ight and is maintaining his im- proved condition. Shanghai, Chi —A Cantonese ate leader of the anti-Red element Canton, when the liner from Hongkong was nearing Woo Sung, near here. The cabin boy o itted sui- cide. General Hong was tak: # Shanghai hospital with wounds in the abdomen and nose. statement declaring not call a spe the legislature as re- quested by Speaker Lee Satter- vhite and other members of the hbuse. Harrisburg, Pa. Dec Business ‘men of the region, after a two-hour e with Governor Pi day, during which they discussed matters in connection with the hard coal suspension, adjourned their meeting until afternoon. All of the conferees kept silent as to the details of the discussion, A STRENUOUS LIFE London.—A London insurance agent who has retired after 40 years of service estimates that he has ‘walked 50,00 miles and has got in and out of 90,000 omnibuses during his work- ing hours. Three sisters were recently mar- ricd at one time. They were given away by a brother, a brother-in-law and _a friend, all of wham were nam- ed Harry.