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ort TEM B EMMONS HALL, DAMAGE CASE || IS SETTLED Hail Insurance Department Abandons Plan of Holding Public Hearing — ‘ Proposals to hold « hearing on the validity of certain claims for trail insurance indemnity, filed by.a num- ber of farmers in Emmons county and protested: by others on the | Sober that no hail fell on the date ified, have been abandoned by state hail insurance department. The pn A which has caused much comment in Emmons county, was taken up by several weekly newspapers and made the subject of a bitter debate carried on in the public prints. “This department had considered ‘the possibility of conducting a hear- ‘ing on the claims end adjustments which were protested bi t information now gleaned is so conclusive that there was hail and that the hail damaged the crops t the extent that the adjust nothing further and therefore, the d that the a» be approv issued here today. just Be Voluntary “The attorney gene! office, in a letter to this department, states us follows: ‘If, from the evi- dence you have before you and which seems like all the evidence you can get, you are isfied that: insured crops have been da: you should glow the Feference tova public hearing there should be no objection to it except that you have no power to compel witnesses to appear ana tesity wnu, therefore, ‘such hearing would have to be entirely voluntary on the part of all the persons interested.’ ” Those who objected to the adjust ments contended that each of the two adjusters for the department adjusted a claim made by the other, Those who objected to th ndjust- ments were open to question and that the damage claimed to have been done by hail actually was done by wind. by the validity of the claims the di partment sent C. Lee, a deputy adjuster from another county make a survey. He reported that the crops had been damaged by hail and submitted samples of grain taken from the fieldy to support his con- tention. MANY CLAIMS FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE N. D. Hundreds of Persons in Other States Seek Money Placed in Closed Banks Half of the cases. now coming be- fore him for decision a ing outside the state, C. J. Fisk, ‘eree for the guaranty fund commis- ict today. isk’s job is. to hear evidence in cases where claims have been made by persons who claimed to have been depositors in closed state banks but = have rejected by the commis- sion. The commonest cause for rejection of such claims, Fish said, is that the bank in which the money wax held was paying a ener rate of interest than permitted by law for guar- anteed funds. The maximum amount of interest allowable on a guaranteed deposit is six per cent, whereas many persons had deposited money in banks under an reement whereby they received much higher rates of in- terest, This was. especially truc of aged living outside the state. who ad money on deposit in North Da- kota banks. th interest rates be- ing paid by the banks are believed to have attracted such deposits. Money. “Invest: Insurance een peaies still, have many claims @n file with the com- mission, Fish said, since many of these money in closed banks which they seek to prove was on de- sit. Practically all of such claims ave been rejected, he explained, on the Linger fe that the money wi ‘state ora avainst es gga nty fund re- he in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Fisk's records show. has 267 cases waiting the ge number on large number on which no nefion has been taken. Somé of those which the commission is expected to reject doubiless will come to him for review, Fisk said Few of the claims now being h present any new points of law, said, precedents in practically cases which possibly. occur. poring been set by _previdus de previéus_ decis' 8. LISTENERS-IN ‘WALK OUT’ ON AIR PIRATES “Chicago Redo. Fans Turn Deaf Ears to ‘Unfair’ Broad- ia i strike es pickets is ee ments ‘has deen’ When the question was raised | rd | man’s ER 2, 1928 — The hurricane made a complete wreck out of this warehouse at Deuglas Railway. FIRST PICTUR Prk, sccm Wrecked But be tol Aren’t Cracked Only a few cases of grapefruit juice stored in it remained read and the Florida:East Coast unharmed. Househoat Left Lving on Hotel Lawn This big hobsebvat floated high up on the terrace of the Royal Palm Hotel, Miami, when the Miami river became flooded during the hurricane. its side in this’ position. ‘Theater Ripped Apart By Force of Gale _ This theater building in Miami was literally ripped ‘n half by the h Vett nad be toe * Kt block, ‘caving only a shell. off and sent into the nekt tations adhered to a “gentle- agreement” to remain off the air each Monday night so the receiv- er owners could grope for distance. National Effect ters which comie on the air in hee present crowded condition and those which select wavelengths other than those’to which they originally. were ssigned by the department of com- “unfair” and urges its is them over’ when they are turning their dials. In additioy to affecting Chicago stations, the association has stated that its movement is nation-wide that listeners all over the country joining 4m the effort to keep the air Note FINDS ORIGIN wana RAMOUS TITLE "ROUGH RIDERS’ Associated Press Credited With First Giving Name to Roosevelt’s Men ‘San Antonio, Sept. 24—)—Re- search into musty and yellowing files A.| of newspapers of 1898 has established i <ee "ieee ote thet about ee isteners wilt decrease in 8 num- ber as a result. ig eRe stra err ion todi , addine t that the apres seat it be | pou riued “until ert bie indy ions prevail; o1 ingress enacts a law governing the situation, substi- to. be. Fes id. to. be: pepe voltae for Meplane ei ‘eight of ol from the fs in a.ton nigler Sairty- gt ay ry high n this Ld ‘ganize to the satisfaction of Hermann Beat: dorn, secretary of the Roosevelt Memorial association, that The A: ociated Press was instrumental apnlyi ing the term of “Rough Rider: eodore Roosevelt's famous regi- ment of cavalrymen. Hagedorn made the research, in congeetion with the Pia he here by Famous-Players-Lasky of the story of the regiment, to settle many di putes as to the origin of the’ pictu: esque name. He found that am: As- sociated Press item.on the night of | d from. Phoenix, Aris., st, cra f this teh, es 4 re are F “papers, bei erat t a Terrow.” ‘Golousl A Brodie, famous Idler, took. the firs titeps to. or- the suclous 0 rot the ‘cowboy urricane, | regiment at Prescott, Ari \to have been its commun jing ae ha Associated Pres: 8 February 21, 1808. “ae ‘principal item of April 18, however, which so far as known first peed the term “rough riders.” fol- dispateh ARIZONA ROUGH RIDE: Regiment Gan be Ready for Muster in Ten Days (Associated Press Nicht Report) Phoenix, Ariz. April 18—Gov. McCord. is deeply ‘interested in the formation of Col. Brodie’s regiment ‘of Arizona rough: tid- ers. Today. he ‘telegraphed the president as follows: “I beg you to remember that Arizona was the first to offer'the government a regiment of ‘cavalry recruited from cowboys of the southwest. The regiment can be ready for muster in ten days and will be an honor to the rritory and to the nation. se give me authority. to raise auch a regi- ment outside of our quota of volunteers to be. called for.” Name Stuck Throughout subsequent agg the * saremanes, Sokmsenendonis tinued to call the ee. Teds Jars but the also picked Shapatch The. men oes Sted are all th i emi al alpaich ch riders, deed Thets ‘and Pie int hters.”: “stuck to Roo: 4 not lon, ‘before It ee ment’s themselves. volt’s men. The top and front were torn! how the street in front is flooded. Sit OF MIAMI HURRICANE Here's the strangest traffic jam in any city’s history. canal when the hurricane started, that’ were carried over into South Stseaeeet Hs sod in History! Miami avenue, Boats Block Street -« ennnnavonncncncnausnnccnacones It shows the remains of a fleet of pleasure craft, moored snugly in the Fair Haven there to block the thoroughfare completely. Former Yacht of Ex-Kaiser Wrecked By Hurricane When the waters receded, a few hours later, it rhe left on! { | | \ | | | | { i | This was once the private yacht ‘of the former Kaiser Wilhelm of G erm: originally built for Bertha Krupp, who presented it to the kaiser, wa s thrown over on i House Is Dropped on Auto close to Roy | Flannelette lb ‘Now Condemned as ‘Household Danger Oswestry, England, Sept. 24.—@) —Flannelette, a popular article of wear for women and children, has become a common household danger owing to its inflammability, says Dr. W. Aylmer Lewis, district coroner. Coroners of England have Srged A movement to Varig Tame tte ser ments outlawe TI yaaa e- cause of the Sbatouk bi “The number of .inqui 2 Tt have -held on’ oe in this, goreich fre stats thi al. ig. oAppalling.” - Lew ea the same . picturesque fis; |century house in’ Alton. | eggs. Once Mrs. Bowen was in bed for two days after having been) struck with a flying maleate. | | police commissioner Fulton, ‘allaway county is| renowned for its fine mules, but} not_so this year. According to re-| ports ‘there rot a mule has been! bought for fattening purposes by Grand Prairie feeders. In recent years Grand Prairie feeders bought hundreds of the animals. Mule feed- ers declare they have lost millions of dollars since the World War, rare- “| ly getting a profit on their sales, DOcT RS FOR- 224 YEARS London-—-Until the death of Dr. William Curtis, 87, his family had ‘an unbroken line of doctors for 224 years. Through five genera- tions, fathers and sons practiced in seventeenth SCORNS ‘TRIBUTE Lgghe mel does not desire h France's unknow! Recently a spray of 6 was placqd ‘on the tomb, A Now it's dy for the croft park, wreckers. The yacht, the Nabob, die-on the beach at the mouth of the Miami river, Marooned By the Flood | This garage-apartment Was raised clear of its’ foundation by the force! Residents of Miami had to resort to all sorts of expedients to of the hurricane and left resting she touring car that had been parked | side it. about their flooded city after the get disaster. This family, on Fourth street, S. W., « onstructed a temporary bridge to get in and out of card rom the youth of many he to the unknown soldier.” i rdered destruc: | tion of the flowers and requested | a court order forbidding unknown | persons to place flowers on the tomb. TOBACCO IS BLAMED Ithaca, N. Y.--Arsenic brought into the body through the continued use{ of tobacco is blamed by Dr. Ervin F. Smith as one of the principal uses of cancer among men. Arsen- ic is sprayed on the tobacco in the fields and is used again as a _preser- vative in the sheds, he says, Hw made known his belief at the International Convention of Plant Sciences here. HOW SHOCKING Paris—A party of foreigners enter- ed a box~in one of the big music halls. The women were elaborately gowned, the men in evening clothes. The theatre was hot. Suddenly one of the men arose, removed’ his coat id hung it over the. back of his air, The audience showed no sur- prise;“but down the lime of: almost their house. nude young women on the stage ran a distinet murmur of indignation. (EES ear ener swanmeNs fale | CORPORATIONS | ——— eee Crystal Spring Stock Farm, Golden, Valley, Mercer county $15,000; iel. Rosina and H, E. Mueller. Pargo Rial Women’s Club, non- | profits Adds Biakeslee, Ruth Hazel- ‘tine, Alice Moshier and others. TWO _ TRIBES DWELL. IN LAND New York.—-Two tribes dwell ih the “land of. fire,” "terre del Fuego) the Onas und the Yahgans. The Ones use bows and in ie chase; Yehgans, who habit. the southern part’ Heed. ere et ee umn miserable 6 Western emis miharyy cagnibalism ever, has been fo! . The ground freezes 100 ‘feet in Siberia,