The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 30, 1926, Page 1

Unsettled tonight and Friday; rain probable, Cooler, Winds. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1926. . MINE RESCUE ONE OF GREATE CONSTRUCTION WORK TO TOTAL NEAR MILLION 23 Permits Issued in Septem- ber, Usually Quiet Month For New Building 50 NEW HOUSES Since May 4, 45 New Houses, 9 Business Buildings, 11 Garages Started That building construction in Bi: marck for the present year promi to equal ‘ arise which : f OVER mated bere: oa ‘was done here, 1s cod Phare, fact that during the of September, usually not a heavy month as far as the vegiening of new building work is conesr iB pel i by Iding Inspector M. H. Atkinson. These permits cover work with a con- templated cost totaling $51,768 Included in thé month’s perinits are those coverin; new resid with an esti cost of $43,31 one new filling station to be erected at 60 Main street, costing $4,000: seven private garages worth $1,450, and alterations to four buildings which will cost approximately $3,015. 87 Permits Issued A total of 87 building permits have been issued by the inspector May 4, this year, when the new b: ing ordinance became effective, a total estimated cost of $513,039, The total includes 45 new residences, nine new business buildings, 11 _privata garages and alterationg to 22 build- ings. In addition to the new construction work licensed by the city under the new ordinance, fe is estimated by of. ficials of the Asso n of Come merce that between $350,000 and $400,- 000 worth of new building was under in Bismarok when the law went permits for which were not required, This, added to the work on’ which record: is kept, will bring the total building in the city, from January 1 to October 1, to approxi- mately $900,000. The pailgings start- ed this year before the building law ‘was passed include the nurses’ hom @t the St. Aléxtts hospitat,the eddi- tion to the Van Horn hotel, the ad- ing, the first floor of the new Buick garage, and several residences. Construction licensed during Se tember, according to the records (Continued on page three.) TODAY FORD'S FIVE-DAY WEEK. HEARST PRECEDED FORD. BUSINESS, NOT SENTIMENT. SLAVES FOR ALL OF U8. dition to the Hughes apartment = in By Arthur Brisbane. (Copyright, 1926.) . Henry Ford announc week for working peop! plants, and that means about fifty industries—coal mines, iron mines, Jumber camps, ki Some years ago, whe: an was “well paid” wit! $2.50 a day for ten hours, Ford ed $5 us the minimum for an “hour day. Next he made the minimum $6. Now he reduces the working week to five days, and in- tends that every good man shall earn in five days as much as he has earned hitherto in six d: Fed ne weed m learly, twenty-five yea: the world knew Henry Ford, W. R. Hearst, then ih Coi » told 2 com- mittee investigating ‘labor conditions: I work men eight hours only and find it long oy A good man will do as much work in short Ir 2 as he vill de i's in and year out, long day. I do not think much of a man not willing to ly the eight- hour day in his business, or not suf- ficiently capable to make an eight- hour day produce results. Hearst was called “socialist,” an. enemy of industry, ete., because he advocated the eight-hour day and, in his newspapers, helped men that were striking to get it. Now the eight-hour day is the rule and Ford brings the five-day week for “workmen. forward. before As poveticn! as his own machines, disclaiming any philanthropic motive, Mr. Ford shows that national pros- rity demands high wages and short ours. “The industry of this country could not long/ exist if, factories gencrally went back to the es ee day, be- cause the people would not have the leisure, the desire or the means to consume -the fede roduced. workman would have little use for an automobile if he had to be the shop from dawn until dusk,” The cight-hour day ed the t fi Sando the tiv % ind so the our way to a still greater fourtee! bY ita Ms Sd is 3 tae sheet a of after tt i since | Close Up!—Close Up! The Grand Army Parades Again NEW ROCKFORD BANK ROBBED AT NOON TODAY Up Customers and Officials —Gef Away in Auto New Rockford, N. D., Sept. 30.—() —Three gnmas' men held up the First National bank here in a daring daylight robbery at 12:30 p. m, to day, crowded ejght customers of the ‘institution into a corner, forced four bank officials into a vault and escap- ed with between $50,000 and $60,000. Half of the loot is said to be in reg’ tered bo The bandits made their get-nway in a two door Buick sedan, painted blu A large posse of officials and citi- zens was formed immediately and set out in, cars ffi ¢ of the fleeing! bandits. The bandit"@ae had a good start, but members of the posse be- lieved they could overtake the rob- Be ¢ The entire town was aroused over the news of the holdup and many business ‘nen left their shops to join in the chase. IBABY FOUND ABANDONED IN AUTOMOBILE Grand Forks Man Discovers Anfant in Car—No Marks of Identification ‘and Forks, N. D., Sept. 30.—(@) by boy, ubout two or three weeks old was found abandoned in a car belonging to Lawrence Boese of Grand Forks Wednesday evening. . . When Mr. Boese left his house at that time he went direetly to his car, which way parked at the side of the \hrouse, and as he approached it he jheard o noise which seemed to come ; from the back seat. There he cov- ered the infant. The child was dress- ed fairly well and wrapped ink blanket but no marks ‘of identi tion were on the clothes. Mr. Boesg turned the child over to the police immediately and from there it was taken to the Deaconess Hospital. The baby seemed to suffer no apparent ill effects from its experience and it was stated at the hospital that it conta pa possibly have been in the car long since it did not seem hurt by the exposure. The. police thave no clue as to its parents. Post of Commanding Officer, Brigade 68, May Remain Unfilled St. Paul, Sept. 30.—(#)--In answer to resolutions urging the appoint- ment.of.a Minneapolis oftleer a commander of the 135th infantry Colonel A. E. Walsh, acting adjutant general for Minnesota, expressed the ssibility that the post of command- ing officer of the 68th brigade, com posed of Minnesota and North Dako- ta national guard units, may remain vacant after the automatic retire ment of General Perry Harrison on October 12, On the retirement of General Har- rison, who the age limit for military service October 12, Colone! Walsh will confer with the adjutant -4 general of North Dakota. Both states are privileged to offer a brigade commander, and in case neither yields, the post is not filled, but if ‘one state offers no candidate, adjutant general of the the new. commander, Colonel Walsh stated that mot been informed if North intended to enter a candidate. ‘Chicago Has Long Period) ‘Without Unnatural Deaths bi 30.) Picg rae Sept. No deaths then th ‘other velects he had Dakota period is Three Unmasked Men Hold! phote above {mander, ¥ | Walsh veteran, W With ranks thinner e lett is Dr. J. has trained DEATH TOLL ™ HURRICANE '° PLACED AT 400 2,900 Injured, 500 of Them Seriously, Red Cross Re- | lief Director Says West Palm Beach, Fla, Sept. 30.— (#)—Total deaths {rom the. tropi hurricane which swept over the east! coast of Florida on Saturday, Septem- | ber 18, were approximately 400 and) | there were 2,900: injured 500 scrious ly, according to figures unnounced Redden, | last night by. Dr. William geen relie! director of Red Cross mie work. Dr. Redden, in making public the figures, stated that they represented as near an approximation as could be| made as no final figures could be! obtained at this time. The estimates, | Dr. Redden said, were made after careful survey and check of the en-} tire disaster area. 0, GREENLAND, | PIONEER N. D. | BANKER, DEAD : Had Been in Hardware and Banking Business in Bin- ford, N. D., Since 1899 best known bankers ied of tuberculosis ut his home here Wednesday. Mr. Greenland was born in Lane: boro, Minn., July 18, 1873— He moved to Griggs county with his parents in 1881 and in 1899 came to Binford, where he established a hardware busine: Retaining his interests in his hard- ware concern, Mr. Green! became cashier of the bank here in 1907 and had held that position ever since. Mr. Greenland was widély known: throughout the state as being co nected with various fraternal organi- zations, among them being the Fellows, Maso Modern Woodmen of America, Sous of Norway, Yeomen. and Muscovites. Mr. Greenland was active in political affairs of the state! and in civie affairs of Binford and Griggs county. He was chairman of the Griggs county liberty loan com- mittee and a former president of the fifth district of the North Dakota Bankers’ association. j He was married in 1900 to Miss Bertha Ltir of Cooperstown. Eight daughters, his aged mother, ister, Miss Mora Greenland of Seattle, and two brothers, Magnus Greenland of| «; Aneta, N. D., of Cooperstow: Consolidation of Two Cathay Banks \~ Announced -Today B ae Consolidation of the Cathay State Bank with the Farmers State Bank of Cathay under the name of the:lat- ter was announced today by the state banking .department. ———. gnd Ingvald Greenland |, BUrvive. natural causes report. od ‘here from 11:48 las night ter8 8, Nei paraded in the rain at their annual encampment at Des Moine W. Benadom, 83- pet robin to perch cn his fife while he plays Civil War tunes. EVERY COUNTY ' la, The aws the head of the parade, led by the new national com- A. Walsh of Milwaukee, At the right, i a close-up of r-ol: Lonticello (Ta.) | Men, Don’t Tell - Your Wives Jokes { dropped ' laughing at husband. VERBAL FIGHT Spokesmen For Two Parties Have Different Views of Campaign Issues Washington, Sept. 3 er wave rippled today in the oc of campaign arguments ebbing and flowing between Republican and H ratic spokesmen whose activities | are “concentrated on the November elections which will decide the con: | trol of the 70th congress. a After breakfast and luncheon en. ‘ 4 with President Coolidge at | the White House, Senator Wm. Butler, Massachusett chairman. of | Republican national committee,' brought the turiff to the fore with « prediction that, some of the Fordney. | Sumber sch€dules now in effe vuld be revised upward at the c ing short session of congress, whi Senator P. rry, chairman of the Democratic senatorial committee, in| a statement from his home state of Rhode Island, accused Republican managers of “misrepresenting thd | past and the present and showing no ability to formulate a program for the future.” | cratic leaders, William B. former secretary of labor and s torial nominee of that pasty in Penn- sylvania, had a different view ot campaign issues, declaring the domin ant one in the Keystone state is the penditures-of Republican senatoria! | indidates in the primary which w: by Renresentative William S. He predicted the defeat of Congressman Vure. I Out in Ohio, Senator Frank B. Willis, Republican, who is opposed for reelection by former Senator At- lee Pomegene, Democrat, asserted in « campaign speech that the Democratic aim in November is to hamstring President Coolidge, and that “1926 is! only a preliminary to the big battle in 1928,” . While declining to reveal the sub- jects of the two conferences with President Coolidge, Senator Butler said that the Republfean campaign is! in “fine shape” and that he ant pated that the administration and its policies would be given the support of publican jorities in the senate and house e 70th congress. Claims iseues Are Ci Senator Gerry, however, said that ignificant that President Cool- ago,” the chairman continued, “Senator Law- rence C. Phi rman of the Re publican sen: ps committee, nounced that tl ‘sole is: year is whether the electors wanted te ain President. Coolidge. Then he dines with President Coolidge and what wa- the result? Senator Phipps made a new ‘announcement of the campaign issues and the fate of Mr. Coolidge was not mentioned among them. Id it too much to suppose that Mr. Coolidge told Senator Phipps he did not want his fate determined by elections that fi eve: romise of resulting in a moeratie \dslide?” : pecsieciae Arter t CRAVES MORE JAIL ¢ London.—“Make . “sentence a little longer. judge,” was the request of an elderly man re sent up for a month fc Bs oreke odes ne man f ; nis life of j meet of & y tt 3 fully | stated crops increase. | North Dakota can and good. sod . Nea ele, ony ce Pork Cloudy, 48; - roads Foal £0e9,,—cloudy, ot URGED TO HAVE CORN AT SHOW than ever before, the veterans of the G. A. R.! Increased Land Values De pend on Increased Diversi- fication, Says Devine \ PRICE FIVE CENTS ST IN HISTORY HAGGART CASE MEN IMPRISONED FIVE DAYS IN —— IS DECIDED IN (UNDERGROUND TUNNEL REMOVED FAVOR OF STATE! APPARENTLY IN NORMAL HEALTH Judge Cooley Rules Type of Paving Is Up to Commis- fon, Not Engineer PRISON ROAD INVOLVED Highway Body and County Beard Can Again Consider Improvement Project The state highway commission and not its chi mincer iv charged with the responsibility selecting the type of paving to be used state ‘ording to’ a decision by Judge Charles M. Cooley in the Hay gart Construction company case, re- J here today involves the validity of a held by the Haggart. Con wny for the pavi » two and one-hal miles of the rek to the state p In his order Judie Cooley upheld the contention of the highway com: mission that the Haggart company’s answer to the end: omplaint did j Not state facts sufficient to consti- ; tute a defense _, The Chief Point at Issue _ The state's demurrer, which placed in issu I the facts of the ca: con- tended that the chief engineer had no- right to select a type of paving nd | award a contract without the sp || authorization of the highway commi: immigy ent requesting farmers in every county in the state to exhib- it at the state corn show, to be held here from November 10 to 1 “The prin object for which the state corn show was, created — w: First. through th gathering of corn from evi uunty of the state, placed on ex jon at a cen- tral point, to provide dependable in- nation for the countr large as f state, rapid! roducing more Devine said, akers at and more — important, it was created to give the farmers of the through the medium of ex- "of ‘state and national }, up-to-date information 'y Phase of corn se! tiny and cultivation; hence @ message of encouragement to grow corn more intelligently and su in a ever increasing age. “When we get the ‘fact over to the middle west states that we are a good corn, as well as alfalfa an veet clover state, land values wi increase in proportion as the abovq When we can ammer home the truth in all states st of us to the Ohio rive North Dakota can produce mileh cow as Wisconsin and Minne. corn ae. sutd, as good a steer or hog and't round them up ‘head tj . nmigrat movement to thi ill be on in full swing as surely r seeks @ vacuum. Corn, hogs and beef stock have made the great ag) cultural states of Iowa and Illinois. Corn and milch cows ure now rapid! advancing land values in Wisconsin and Minnesot 3 in Do as Well “What those states have done should do. Other years as well us this one have fully demonstrated the fact that we must no longer continue to produce along the one-track method and that production of corn and more corn, supported by more und more forage ‘ops, is a dependable solution for our occasional crop failures. This object once accomplished, the acre- age in small grain will be less and less but each acre will produce more he market at less in , dollars because it will produce mora bushels. All grain will be better quality, weeds eradicated, dockage duced to the lowest level and the soil’s fertility conseryed. From a urely agricultural standpoint that the state’s great outstanding need d the surest remedy for our ex- isting agricultural, ills. : “We are, above all things, an agri- cultural state and our great source of wealth comes from the farm, The measure of prosperity that comes to all within the,state is the measure of prosperity that comes te the farm. es Support “All who live in this state should tuke an active interest and in evogy way help to support this important and growing institution. ‘othe ‘who, live in the great world outside, North Dakota will be exact- ly what we tell them she is and is doing. And to us who live in it be what we, as a people, mak Consequently, to make thi n her. state corn show more successful with jing year is a commendable otitable thing ae. It _ wins . wt on fertile groun: and na qoee time it will bring a rich harvest. In view of these things it each and deserves, and should have, the moral ial support of all good, ads good, roads “roads . danse 50; 3 roads good. r—Cloudy, 51; roads: good,| roads good. roads 8 jamestown—! fe Hlinois or Iowa, the’ at {sion. This was regarded as one of the chief pavints at issue in the case, |, The matter came to the court when it was discovered, a few days after } the retirement of W. G. Black as ch , highway engineer a year ago, th ‘had signed ‘a contract award | paving job to the Haggart Construc- | tion company, Governor Sorlie and other membe ‘of the highway commiss: j j to the action and when H. | me chief engincer he notified th | Haggart company that the state j Would refuse to go through with th contract Black had signed, which c: ed for the use of bitulithic surface Injunction Halts Work Tbe Haggart company, insisting {that the contract was valid, began work and way halted by an injunction , obtained by Patrick Sullivan, a ta i payer, in an action to test the vali | ity of the contract. Members of the | highway commission were joined with | Sullivan as plaintiffs in an amended Jcomplaint and the Burleigh count; commissioners and other county of ficials were joined with the Haggart company as defendants. Unless Judge Cooley’s decision is, carried to the sypreme court the cloud whieh has rested over the improve- ment project will be lifted and the ighway commission and county com- missioners will be free to consider the road improvement project on gn entirely new basis, Objection to the Haggart contract y the highway commission was based on the contention that the price of $137,500 was much too high and that a satisfactory pavement could be had for much less money. Governor Sor- lie was eredited with a proposal to reduce the cost of the work by using prison labor, since the penitentiary is close at hand. Following as it did Black’s removal highway engineer the case threat- ened, for a time, to become a political issue and charges und counter charges cre heard on all es, various fac- ions contending that efforts were be- iz made to throw the job to favored contractors, iv.—Since the establishment of police film censors last year, nearly 1,000,000 feet of kissing and embrac- ing have been cut from Japanese film, Ki: and embraces are re- garded as vulgar in Japan. l Weather Report | — Weather conditions st North Di kota points for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. foday: Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday . Lowest last night . Precipitation to 7 a. Highest wind velocity Precipitation im inches State of Weather Amenia . BISMARCK Bottineau Devils Lake Dickinson Ellendale . Fessenden Grand Forks Jamestown cogcegogccocooco ‘I RECAST ck and vicinity: Un- settled tonight and Friday; rain brobabl Cooler. Strong shifting jn For North Dakota: Unsettled to- night and Friday; rain probable. Cooler, Strong shifting winds. This desant gon ae ay Bias jon ‘bulletin until April 1, . Gl WEATHER CONDITIONS The rt high over the up- rion while a deep re arén is centered over oming. The weat {s all sections and occurred at many places issippi Valley i siscourl orle. in Missouri, Okla- ROBERTS, Miners Taken Immediately” “Hospital When Brought to Surface For Physical Examinations, But Some Will Return to Their Homes Today COMPANIONS KEEP ONE FROM KILLING HIMSELF Some of the Miners Are Weak and Exhausted, But Doctors Say They Are in Good Shape Physically—10,000 People at Mouth of Shaft When Rescue Is Made Ironwood, Mich., Sept. 30.—(AP)—The 48 miners, who spent five and a half days imprisoned in Pabst Mine here, were refreshed today after their rescue last night, and some of them received newspaper wards it Grandview hospital immediately following thcir removal from the mine. he hospital at noon, will leav Physical examinations a too great a strain. correspondents in the three to which they were bogies ome re being given to make sure that an immediate return to their normal life will not prove Clothes were brought by their families to the hospital and when the physical examinations are com- pleted, the men will go home for the first time in six days. One Miner Ate Three Pipes Three corn cob pipes were eaten by Florine Stolich, one of the e pipes relieved the longing for tombed miners, it was learned at the hospital. The tobacco. _ One man, whose name was withheld at the request of his comrades, tried to commit suicide by blasting himself with dynamite. FUNERAL FOR L. A. SIMPSON 10 BE MONDAY \ will Be Held at Dickinson Ar- mory at 10 a. m.—Large Attendance Expected Funeral services impson of North Dakota attorney who died at his home early Wednesday follo: a short illness with heart disease, will be held = Mond: morning at 10 o'clock at the Dickinson armory. Ori- ginal plans were to hold the rites Sunday afternoon but the arrange- ments have been chan A large attend the funeral serv was widely know state. He served his distrie sessio the state house of repre- sentatives and for six sessions in the stute senate, and was state’ torney of Stark county for years, TYPHOON MAY HAVE BROUGHT DEATH 70 MANY 130 «Fishing Boats, With About 2,000 People Aboard, Believed Lost for A. Leslie hout the for two Hong Kong, feared that Sept. 30-— fishing jun bout 2,000 persons aboard, i women and childr waters around the Portuguese colony of Macao, in Monday's typhoon. The fury of the storm is evidenced by the masses of wrec in the coast waters south of Hong Kong. The British steamer Hydrangea observed many fisher folk eckage and calling for help. e a rough sea the Hydrangea's lifeboats rescued 35 persons. OFFICIALS WITHOUT REPORTS OF STORY Washington, Sept. 30-—-()—The weather bureau announced today it had been without reports since yes- terday morning from vessels within 400 miles of the center of the tropical disturbance between Bermuda and the Bahamas. The storm was believ however, to have been of slight in tensity. : luding Thoresen Decides Two Front Names ~ Are Great Plenty T. H. H. Thoresen, state tax com- missioner, is trying ‘to find the an- swer to the ancient query “What's in @ name?” As state’s attorney of Dunn county, @ candidate for the attorney general- ship and as tax commissioner he has maintained the three jials which resent the wealth of names with which his parents endowed him. But recently the worm turned. He began to sign his letter Thorstein H. Thore- asting one “H” into the discard. a change,” he said. “I got tired of having a triple jointed front handle to my 0 I changed it.’ promtinent | were lost in the floating ng to Just when this occurred during the long imprisonment, it was difficult to learn, because many of the men lost track of time and were a little vague in speaking of it. The suici | prevented by fellow prisoners. j Phynical Condition Good No mental disorders due to despair or any other cause are noticeable in ithe men, nurses at the hospital told the Associated Press. This was con- firmed by Dr. M. H. Draper, in charge of the hospital. ‘The men are physic ally in good si xe ome are somewhat we xhausted. A exe still k and ¢ {IRONWOOD HOMES INAV \l OF THANKSECIV . 30-—-A)-- of nerve wrack- ent in the damp dept of the Pabst Iron Mine, 43 bewh' ered men saw daylight from hospital beds today for the first time in al- n a week, | Rest for them and the 400 men who j labored untiringly for their rescue was the order of the day. Entombed 800 feet underground last Friday by a shaft cave-in which killed th mine electricians, the miners were brought to the surface shortly before mic ight, ending one of the greatest res- cue efforts in mining annals, Today the men were recuperating from their harrowing experience They were given light food ing their diet of birchbark t over improvised stoves lunch p at- from mine reinforcements and seep- age water was plentiful. Will Go to Homes Tonight Most of the men, attending phyai- i id, will be able to go to their homes by tonight. Rescue was effected through hun- dreds of feet of underground shafts ‘and luterdls, some hurriedly _con- structed and others weakened and made unsafe by the cave-in, First to reach the imprisoned men was George Hawes of Chicago, safety expert of the Pullman compan a former employe of the m was greeted by Tom Trewartha, a shift boss, who with two miners were on guard duty” while their compan- ns slept. Hawes was followed by Captain Gust Erickson, in charge of ‘the Pabst Mine for the Oliver Iron Mining company; Captain Harry Byrne, of the Tilden Mine at Besse- mer, Mich. and Oscar Olsen, chief ngineer of the Oliver compan: s| made their way through the | ous reseue pa: ow are you?” Hawes asked Tre- | wurtha. “Wo ure all 0. K, Forty-three are all right,” Trewartha, replied, News Relayed to Top of 4 Hawes shouted the news to his lcompanions who were at various j places in the shaft. | They in turn re- \layed it and soon those on the sur- jface knew that all were “alive and It was not long until all the im- prisoned men were awake and rejoic- All took turns puffing a lone ar Hawes had in his pocket. Soup, coffee, tobacco and other ar- ticles to make the weary men as com- fortable as possible pending their re- moval to the surface were immediate- ly dispatch Meanwhile, workers started making the rescue passage safer with heavy timberings. Shortly after 9 o'clock last night Samuel F. Synkelmun, 38, father, of eight children, emerged. He was the first of the men to come to the su: face. Ten thousand persons were jammed about the shaft mouth. Synkelman, covered with red iron ore, was taken to the mine rescue car for examination. Later, after a few words with members of his family, he went to the hospital, All of the men were given limin: examination by hy who visited them in their ean abode. They declared they were all right but officials thought it best that all go to the hospital. Families f cach were permitted to spend.a little time with them. Never Gave Up Hope None of the entombed men gave yp hope. They took care to keep their watches running and ‘knew they: been imprisoned five days. i hours a mark was placed on a pi of timbering, indicating that ai ir da: id passed, am rry Uren, the “Salvation miner,” often led his fellow: