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| Cloudy tonight. Sunday mostly fuir and slightly warmer. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1926 TAKES M STORMS CAUSE 4] GREAT DAMAGE EIN SX STATES Bridges Washed Out By Swol- len Streams—Transporta- tion Is Crippled SEVERAL Wind of Tornado Proportions Destroys Much Property in Nebraska, Kansas Chicago, Sept. 4—(P)—Rain and floods the middlewest, three lives in south- threatened today to proportions crop area. storm 5 In cen Illinois the corn crop was endangered by deluge and agri- cultural agents deemed it unlikely that the water would recede in time to permit hot weather to iip.n was grait Towa, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana and Ohio are within the lim- its of the we storm which has e rainfall, floods and ittle promi: before Sunday. The weath +? tion for most of the areas suffering from flood conditions was for cloudy to unsettled, and thunderstorms and showers. hese conditions prevailed in Iowa, IiMnois, Missouri, western id out through Kansas and “Communication Disrupted The toll of the storms, which last night surpassed their previous fury of the week in some sections, could not be accuratély determined, with communicating lines down, but it appeared there was small loss of life. ‘Three persons ure known to have met dgyth iin Illinois. Property damage increased, however, as washed out bridges and railroad tracks were re- corded with destruction of farm | buildings, William Guteweller, 50, of Spring- field, was electrocuted when he touched a live wire blown down dur- a squall, and Henry Keil, 18, was by lightning while working in id near Bearstown, At Maquon, James Sprinklers, a highway worker, was drowned. He had plunged. into the raging stream to inspect a bridge. While in the central areas the dam- * aging.element was the rain which }tions flattened farm buildin, » ) deatl added to the effects of deluges of few days before, along the Nebraska- Kansas line wind of tornado propor. . No were reported in early com- munications from the region, al- though some areas were entirely cut off. Railroads Suffer Wind of a similar velocity swept down near the Illinois-lowa border and several railroad cars on a side track at Duncan, IIL, were tossed from, the right-of-way. In sections of Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, rail- roads abandoned operation entirely or strove to continue service by rout- ing trains around breaks in the lin ge areas were inundated in three states and miles of high: were entirely im; ib While many cities were inco: nced by flooded streets and cella others were fearful of more serious conse- quences from streams out of bounds and swollen by further downpours. TODAY IF GOETHE READ THEM. MR. THAW'S PRAYER, DIAMONDS AT HOME. A HINDU WORTH WHRILE. Copyright 1926.) y Goethe said the best way to Ger- manize territory taken from Poland was to send German plays and play- 4 to ins He respect for fi language. ‘What would Goethe think chosen from titles of vertised in New “If I Was Bich,” Say No,” “The Ado: Another title, strikes your eye, and your mind turns to patriotis: Then you read “It is the Nation's laugh hit.” The; was pla: say Euripides’ “Bacchue” id in Athens for 500 ye It wouldn't play twice in New York ‘ohan rewrote Ge tt gfeld organized @ chorus of bacchaute as Dionysus inever thought of. Hi K. Thaw, who killed Stan- ford Waite, fe ny has 1d mtion, wi an thee “cost him $28,000, ‘haw hit that the latter’ might ot r mi fe would be intafaating tt what ni Gabriel wrote on the margin of that wee ) In the. now: sae one, farm, a ths: te Sout) have. found $180,000 worth -« i F worth of dia LIVES LOST “My Country,” | ares {a Fakers used to locate wells with “divining rods,” Bertschy of Omaha, has gone them one bette static balance,” shown above, he has Iccated Nebraska s first oil well, with a population formation of a com- ans that they will get He predicts a good future for at Campbell, in Franklin county. Nebraska’ ROBBERS GET. GOOD HAUL AT FOXHOLM BANK Unmasked Men Bind Cashier and Wife, Then Steal Cash and Diamond Ring Minot, N. D., Sept. 4.—UP)—Two unmasked men, wha early this morn- ing robbed the Poxholm State Bank of Foxholm, near ‘here, obtained $2,383 and 2 diamond ring, valued at $600, belonging to Mrs. J. P. O’Leary, wife of the cashier of the institu- tion, Robbery of the bank was committed after the two men had covered Mr, and Mrs,O’Leary with uns and fore- ed ‘the former to divulge the com- bination to the safe in the bank. The logs was completely covered by insur- ance, according to Mr. O'Leary. Polite and condescending, the two yegme showed Mr. and Mrs. O'Leary many courtesies both prior to and after binding them together on a bed in their residence which is in the bank buildi: One of the robbers congratulated Mrs, O'Leary on the fuet that the couple yesterday observed their 13th wedding anniversary, but the other yegg warned his pal to “lay off the compliments,” One of the robbers told Mr. and Mrs, O'Leary that they weren't after their personal effects, although they took the ring, a of the gunmen took $4.60 from Mr. O'Leary's pockets, but at the sugges- tion of his pal “just to show jou, old (Cont on pi an, that Weather conditions at North Da kota points for the 24 hours ending 8a, m. Temperature at 7 a. m, ... hi yesterday Lowest last night ooae Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity Temps. Precipitation in inches Highest Lowest eaeeesegcezgsesl Moorhead, Minn. 62 50 0 WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly sloudy to cloud: it. Sunday mostly fair and sli ‘warmer. For North Dakota: rtly cloudy to einaéy es ig Sunday mostly fair and slight! er. GENERAL WEATHER’ CONDITIONS The low presgute now extends from the Mississippi Valley westward and southwestward to the southern Plateau States and pecipitatien. oc- Plai high pressure ‘centered over the northern Mountain region and fai eather vails from the western intain slope westward to coast. Cool weather pre- alle eros teh, West and Northwest. RIS W. ROBERTS, FR Official in Charge. | ilgpecaeeencceationene: Dr. Edwin Hubble, a Chicago es- . he has identified tater iF whlch istol, a shotgun, and a watch belonging to them. One refunded $2 of it, | Weather Report | The whole town, of 300, had contributed $70,000 or more to the pany to bore for oil; Bertschy’s discovery me. their money back and a whole lot more. With his new “fie!a.” i i} 1 i i} 05}er station Jretuding will receive service Minn., nob cS ‘ *w Minn, Sept, 4—¢ of control of ¢ FAIR WEATHER IN PROSPECT OVER SUNDAY ‘Slightly Warmer’ Is Prefic- tion— Roads Will AP) Dry Quickly if Sun Shines Fair and slightly warmer weather is in prospect for Bismarck and vi- cinity for tomorrow, according to i issued this morning by the weather bureau, the weather prediction persons govern themselves accordingly. Many local people had planned mo- lands, over Sunday and Labor Day and have been some- what hesitant about going through| ap with the trip, because of the rains of; principal tor trips to the B: This men, A, J. P. “electro- inona Man Dies _While Driving Car || —_——_— nd planning picnics or motor trips over the double holiday may the past few days which have jeft th roads very muddy. only a few hours thi tomorrow morning, tl in fairly good conditior Pembina reported the during the 2. a.m. heavie, hour period end weather bureau show. there totaled marck’s precipitati: period measured .05 of an repo: Amenia, .03; Bottineau, .02; :14; Fessenden, .08; Jamestown, 67; Larimore, .20; bon, .05; Napoleon, .14. Devils Lake, '.10; Dickinson, .20; Ellendale, rand Forks, i 8 Creamery Company Has Essay Contest The Fairmount Creamery Company Persons familiar with road conditions in this nart of the state say, however, that if no more rain falls and the sun comes out for: ing at ‘today, reports to the local rainfall has announced an essay contest on the subject “The Value of a Trench Silo.” All competing by October 1, be distributed in cash first of which will be $25. The rules of the contest a: down by the company provide that} roads any girl or boy between the ages of essays must be in, A hundred dollars will prizes, the 12 and 18, inclusive, whose fath mother, or guardian lives on a either owne The et the 01 ant subject. While information m obtained from any berg dulleti ight roads poor. person, it must be-arranged | night, ay 36 ay we x a Roche ter—Cloudy, ining past I roads soft. a ind set forth in the contestant’: words and submitted in hié own writing. The main bases for ly of or rented, may com; Vv ind | how: completeness, and application to and 20 points. Any contestant who moum Creamery Peay ga a : than Oct, 1 ‘They will be graded & dait ‘at tld: acom. the | jd _ composition, as demi a ailo on his farm, or who piss. the five trench ie points itional on, ‘aif cesays must reac the Pair-| lowed KIDNAP GIRLS AND WHIP THEM Young Ladies Taken 3 Miles From Bristél, Va., and Beaten Severely [POLICE ARE MYSTIFIED Girls Belong to Prominent Families and No Theory Known For Attack Bristol, V terious kidnaping of two young wom- en, who said they had been coker three miles out of Bristol and whip- ped severely with leather straps, was reported to police today. ‘The girls, Blanche Stone, 22, and Lilly Frick, 24, exhibiting welts Which they told police had been raised on they had been forced in an automo. bile, driven to an abandoned resi- dence three miles away, strapped and then taken to the roadside and or- dered to walk back to town. They did not recognize any of their three assailants but gave detailed de- scriptions. The girls are prominent here and police could advance no theory for the whipping. MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TO SPEAK HERE Pubic Invited to Hear Chris- tianson Talk Sept. 10 ,at Auditorium Sept. 4--(AP)—Mys-/ their backs by the whipping, said! [hall, were last night destroyed by lany convicts had escaped and said OF WASHINGTON PRISON BURNS Two Central Cell Blocks -and Dining Hall Destroyed By Incendiary Blaze PRISONERS ARE ORDERLY Prison Officials Say Inmate Hurled Burning Object In- to Ventilating Fan Wall av Walla, Wash. Sept, 4— eftart early today to burn jutemobite Weenne plate tactory of the ntnte pent- tentiary, acene of a fire tant night, failed when guards saw ere. ate e Heenne pi factory lett the factory tn wan extinguished A trail of sawaw ona attempt wan made at 2 a, m. ington state penitentiary, including the two central eell blocks and dining fire which prison officials believe ‘Was started by a convict. The 975 prisoners were escorted to where prison guards, soldiers of the| Washington National Guard and of- ficers from several cities and counties were called upon to prevent any out- brenk. i Prison officials denied reports that there wax no disorder after the in- mates hud been placed in the recrea- tion field. A burning object hurled by a con- viet into the ventilating fan is said by officials to have started the fire Governor Theodore Christianson of Minnesota, one of the Gopher state’s ablest orators, will speak at the au- ditorium in Bismarck at 2 o'clock mext Friday afternoon, Sept. 10. He has chosen a very timely subject for his talk here, the-title of his address being “The Stateaand the Nj oi THEODORE CHRISTIANSON | Governor of Minnesota i Although Governor Chrigtianson is aring in Bismarck as one of the; speakers at the annual meeting of the North Dakota Bar as- sociation, which is scheduled for Bis- marek next Thursday and Friday those in ae. of the program for that event believe that the address will be of great interest to the pub- lic, as well to the lawyers assem-; bled here, and have therefore ex-| tended an i: | sion of the convention. ; The bar association committee feels | quite fortunate in being able to se-! cure Governor Christianson as one! of the speakers, and xpected | that the people of imarck and vi- cinity will attend the meeting at the| auditorium in large numbers. The Minnesota governor is at all times in’ gteat demand for public addresses, within the borders of his state and! acceptance of the invitation to’ speak here was gratifying to mem-| bers of the bar association. Temperature and 1 Road Conditions |: ee i (Mercury read | Bismarck--Cloueye ! fair. | | St, Cloud—D: , 55: i Minot—-Cloudy, 43; roads fair. ; Duluth—Raining past 24 hours, 5: Mankuto—Cloudy, 65; roads good. | Devils Lake Rain, 60; roads vott. t ‘argo—C! loudy, 5; Tos good. Mandan—Cloudy, 61; roads muddy. | Grand Forks—Light night rain, 55; | roads muddy. Eb ing aa all night, 54; roads oft. y Jamestown—Cloudy, oads bad. rain, 52; roads . Winona—Cloudy, heavy rain heavy night Crookston—Cloudy, 54 roads good. French river fast ring, today em rench ri si 3 = i charges brovcht seats all [ that me nad o- ically state’s com; fire he set, to bure, on May 14 16. ‘ . i Seticarereancp teed from which Buglaad ote We made tebe {where an e¢: last | ¢Hl the last Schools Will Open is: _ The won neheole of ae the Bee set cee ‘been permitted to| yesterday afternoon. Shortly after 9 o'clock the: blaze was under control with damage estimated at $100,000. The main building, which was de- stroyed, was ¢onstructed in 1887 when Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 4—(AP)! ‘ Ww —The main building of the Wash-! War still walks his post in # military Neight is Claude manner. plained that out of the allow the recreation field within the walls! gives Mrs. Hamlet to care for the prison was established. PUBLIC. URGED TO VISIT FALL | FLOWER SHOW 80 Exhibits on Display at 1 O'clock Today and Others Still Coming | Si today, Righty exhibits were entered at the aunual fall flower show at 1 o'clock today and the committees in charge ; Were expecting other exhibitors to bring in displays during the after- noon, ty variety of flower for which prizes are offered is included in the display and there are half a dozen additional varieties to be seen, The show is being held in the dis- play room of the Lahr Motor Sales company. Graduated shelves have! been covered with green paper to make un attractive setting for the flowers, A great deal of care has ‘been used in the arrangement of the various exhibits, with the larger flowere formiog a background for the smaller species, Artistic tuste has been shown in the arrangement of the great variety of colors, ‘he flowers will remain on dis play throughout the day and even: ing and hundreds of people are ex- pected to view them. - In addition to the flowers for which d cosmos, nas- cabiosas are iy. A special table of flowers grown without any artifical watering is an interesting feature of the exhibits. 16 LOSE LIVES IN MINE BLAST 15 Bodies, Some Burned Be- yond Recognition, Recov- ered—Last One Sought Tahona, Okla, Sept. 4.—(#)-—Fif- teen bodies,’ all badly: burned, elmost beyond recognition had been Fought to the surface here today mm the Superior Smokeless Coal Mining company’s mine Numbtr 29, josion yesterday snuf- it the Fives of 16 men. jixteenth body. was buried be- debris. Rescue workers de- they would not stop work un- body was taken from the cared ming .. Fall-Term Monday in the ca president Judge aside a restrainin, Attempt to = > nea Hamlet of Memphis, Tenn., shell-shocked veteran of the bors recently constant com ance the gove' son. BANDIT SHOT TO DEATH AT BRECKENRIDGE Companion Captured After. Hold Up Cus- tomers in Pool Hall Breckenridge, jam Westerbo o! Edward M for two other m tempted holdu terbo, known killed by officer e of shots in a billlard ment of the Stratford Hotel The prisoner, 18 captured after he hu gerald and missed. follower, who s. at Minneapolis r Four men south shine. and two “Red. E Mi; if Pp her ering the pool room, the men looked over a group of card players inn., Sept. 4.—-(#)- Correll, Minn., die cores of Broton, L en following an at- last night. Wes- ot and an exchange in the base re. ears old, was shot at Sheriff He is a ci he left a show ecently, ne here afte: hall the t noon- vores k” and from numbering 15 and, after taking some soft drinks, walk Lookouts Escape In a few min Two stood at the top of t returned, utes the: he stairs as lookouts and Moores and Westerbo entered the busement, boys,” Moores commanded. up, “Stick Fifteen pairs of hands reached for the chandeliers, Then a couple of men escaped by another stairway when the men with the guns were not looking. They notified police. Patrolman Casper Schott entered the building and fired three shots, Westerbo droppe: man was Sheriff fired three times. d. With the patrol- Fitzgerald. He also Moores returned the fire and then surrendered. The lookouts disappeared when the shooting started, en from-the police said. About $35 was tak- dead man and Moores,| Photographs Taken According to the officers Westerbo lived at Correll, Minn., originally, but| and by 1925 had gone higher to 89. has He carried a John,” with him, been o transient for some time, coming home but twice in 17 years.) wished ook “ pel of St. Moores told police his companions were called “Red(’ and “Jack.” Photo- graphs were taken of Westerbo and | vances to farmers on crops marketed Moores and they will be sent to the | cooperatively, Twin Cities for tion, Several suspects were arrested by | further identifica- local police during the night and ear: ly today, but were released when they | proved their whereabouts at the time, of the holdup. Lowe Ordered to Set Aside Order ly which enj not do so. to des en was ori; two and one-hal tentiary, after havi ed of accepting deposi Classes} vent bank. "fe was is, however, nged of an appeal and was 28 for re-sentencing, set he procured the restraining achedule in H. J. jist from af ceeding in the ‘ease oF Hagen Case A writ of prohibition was issued | by the supreme court late yesterday | of H. J. Hagen, former the defunct Scandinavian American bank at Fargo, J.C, Lowe of directing inot to s order issued ined state officials from proceeding with the execution of judgment rendered in Grand Forks county district court June writ is alternative and Judge Lowe either to do or speese before on mber 8 shoul 2, 1924, directs directed the supreme court and show why he He is also direct- further pro- the atate vs. inally venjenend a Ying been. convict: its in an insol-’ fog ee RE arin, Pt the supreme. court, World pacing back and forth annoyed them, so his mother, in order to keep the boy! with her, had the high board fence! erected that is shown in the picture.| The money to build the fenc boy . | Commander Still Paces Post. . B SASSAILANTS (MAIN BUILDING \[— shet-shockea ve | Tribune Will Not Be Issued Monday he Tribune will be prin in order that membe i ions employed in the may be given an opportunity to observe the day. The business office will” closed and the mechanical de partment will not be in operation. ‘ WNARY HAUGEN is in jail here and police ar@ lpoking BILL DECLARED NOT WORKABLE Farm Aid Should Strengt!:en Market, Not Raise Retail Price, Says Jardine Emporia, Kans., Sept. 4—(AP)—The value of the farm dollar has declined to 87 cents within the last few months as compared to its 1925 peak of 89 cents, in the opinion of Dr. Wil- \ liam M. Jardine, secretary of agricul- ture, ' Serratery, J t ardine advocated gov- ernment: cooperative marketing: organizat nan address last night at a reception ut the home of William ‘Allen White, editor of the Emporia jazette, The secretary discussed farm problems with 50 Kansas editors and agriculture leaders. ; In 1922 the. purchasing power of jthe farmers’ products dropped from 205 points to 116 und during 1925 game back to 147 when the farm prob- lem developed, the secretary snid. Low Purchasing Power “In 1921 the purchasing power of the farm dollar was 69 cents as com- pared with the purchasing power of the dollar of other indsutries,” he de- clared. “By 1924 the value of the farm dollar had climbed to 74 cents Secretury Jardine said he had not to discredit or attack any, plans for farm relief but sought to I present “the other side.” He advo- cated government assistance in finan- leing crops and buildings through ad- This plan, he said,| would ‘aid in eliminating the peaks and falls of the market. Expressing belief that the MeNary- Haugen bill was not workable, he said he was against price fixing and op- posed a -rogram calling for the gov. ernment going into business. He ‘urged forms of farm relief devised to strengthen the market rather than to | raise the price t onsumer. ' Ancient Ruins at Labrador Are Norse, McMillan _ Believes Sydney, Nova Scotia, Sept. 1—®) —The ancient ruins at Nain, Lab- jtador, are probably Norse, said Donald B. MacMillan fand his associates of the Field Mu- seum expedition party, who returned |today from the Arctic regions. The voyage from Battle Harbor 4o Sydney was made in the record time of 49 1-2 hours. The party expects to get sail again late today and is due at Wiscasset, Maine, next Fri- day. AN on board the expedition’s two ships, the Bowdoin ~and Sachem, were reported in excellent health. Both vessels brought back a great Variety of specimens of fish and bird life. Many rare apecimens were cbtained and many important facts bout animal life in thé frozen north, were noted for the first time, One of the largest specimens was 1d to bee ag ® walrus weighing 1,500 pounds. It was shot at Melville Bay. The anj- taal will be reconstructed and sent to the Fleld Museum at Chicago. bs to American adheren TRIBUNE [mam] ANY LIVES IN JAPAN UILDINGS WRECKED BY HURRICANE School House at Toyohashi Collapses, Burying About 100 Persons MANY TOWNS AFFECTED Eight Reported Killed in Ruins of Clothing Factory at Hammamatau Sept. 4. sates aos to newspapers in Tokyo sj that ‘approximately ae pertony. ware killed in a typhoon in central east- ern Japan today. The storm was one of the. most severe in recent years, At Toyohashi, a school house col- lapsed, burying ‘about 100 Persons, of whom 12 may be dead and a score injured, At Hammamatsu a clothing factory collapsed and eight - ported dead. sisiepanti sich Two lighters and 15 membe missing. Forty military airplanes at the Akenogahara airdrome were badly damaged and 40 telephone lines con- necting Toyo and Osaka were inter- rupted, Numerous villages paid toll in death or injury or Property damage or all three to the typhoon. Railway and light plants suffered heavily although in Tokyo was negli at Kawasaki collapsed rs of the crew are the le. COMMITTEE OF 14 EXAMINES RESERVATIONS Will Determine if Regulations Permit Acceptance of American Clauses Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 4—(@)— The first meeting t lay of the com- mittee of 14 which is to carry on the work of the world court conference, convoked to examine the five reser- court, was devoted to a judic of the court's regulations, The object of the study is to de- termine how far the regulation "i lat present framed, make it posible to accept the American reserva f One question touches on the right of the court to grant public hearings, which is raised in the fifth Americag, reservation. any advisory opinion, except publicly after due notice to all states adher- ing to the court and to all interested states and after public hearing or. opportunity for hearing given to state concerned.”) Prof. Van Eysinga of Holland pre- sided. The discussion was quiet and general. Future meetings will be held as the activities of the league assembly permit freedom to the mem- bers of the committee. All the ses- ions will be secret, ACCEPTAN RESERVATIONS FORECAST Geneva, Sept. 4—(®)—Optimism prevails today that the reservations of the United States senate required for American adhesion to the per- manent court of international jus- tice would finally be accepted by the representatives of the 38 coun- tries holding membership in the court, Four of them already have been accepted by the delogates to the ronference who have been conalder- i them. Only part of the fifth, which would require that the con- sent of the United States must be obtained before the court may en- tertain request from the council of the League of Nations for advisory opinions on questions in which the nited States im interested, remains to be accepted. 2 After having beer under discus- sion for several days, the reserva- tions have been taken out of the hands of the conference committee and given over to a committee of 14 for study of the furidical poi: raised by the American conditions. This committee is expected to re- prt back to the conference prior to he closing of the League of Na- tions assembly, which begins next and ends the later part of next month. After adjournment of the confer- ence last night prominent delegate went #0 far as to say that all the American reservations eventually would be accepted. COUNCIL ADOPTS COMMITTEE REPORT Geneva, Sept, (—()—The Leagu: of Nations councit today adopted ti report of the commission on reo! ganization of the council, providing for the creation of three non-per- manent council seats and designat- ing Germany as a permanent seat holder as soon as she is elected to league membership. The League of Nations leadéra plan to elect Spain to a semi-| manent seat in the council atithe forthcoming — assembly, despite Spain’s probable absence from the: assembly, They hope this will in- duce the Madrid government abanden any idea of resigning from the league. . sh3} | |

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