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WEATHER FORECAST Ih snow tonight and rising temperature, Thursday ESTABLISHED 1873 "MEXICO AND | U.S, NEARING SHOWDOWN Four Notes Are Published By State Department With- out Any Comment RELATIONS IN DANGER Trouble Between Two Nations Hinges Chiefly on New Mexican Land Laws Washington, Nov. 24—()—Four notes published today by the state artment without comment d © the United States and Mexico showndown on the is- nerican property rights and ean government's pol: zing oil and miner: * of the troubled rela-i een the two governm hiefly on the new Mes nd laws requiring alien owners of} y to sign away their! plomatic protection of | vernments for their hold-| ings by January 1, or forfeit them! to the Mexican government. i American oil and land owners 3 cede to thi the state depart-| “the principle of tional law that it is both the y of a government t citizens against any inva- their rights of person or y by a foreign government, right may not be con- y by the individual.” not ex | ‘TODAY ,* LLOYD GEORGE WORRIES. LILITH BY DUSK. MIRACLES NECESSARY. MARRIAGE A STRAIN. By Arthur Brisbane (Copyright, 1926.) Lloyd George worried about everything. Mussolini’s treatment of ns in the Tyrol, annexed to will cause war between Ger- and Italy and “embroil all great problem, and, Union Services Thanksgiving Day The churches of Bismarck will hold union Thanksgiving Day ser- ices, at the Methodist Episcopal rch tomorrow morning ut 30, under the auspices of the 1 Bismarck Ministerial association. Rev. F. H. Davenport, president of the association, will preside at the services, and the nd will J] be delivered by Rev. C. F. Strutz, pastor of the Evangelical’ church. Other pastors of the city have parts in the program, which is as follows Hymn: “Come, ye Thankful Peo- ple, Come” ‘ongregation Invocation F. Klein Reading of Proclamat H. Davenport. Selection ......... Male Quartet, Scripture Lesson—Rev. Walter E. Vater. Hymn: “All People That on Earth do Dwell”. .Congregation Thanksgiving Prayer—Rev. €. A. Stephens. Announcements and Offering. Selection ....7.... Mule Quartet Sermon . Rev. C.F. Strutz Hymn: “America”. .Congregation Benediction Paul S. Wright hanksgiving day offering divided eq n the North Dakota Children’s Home at Fargo and the Societ for the Priendless of Bi FOR DECEMBER TERM OF COURT Seven of List Live in City of Bismarck, Rest Elsewhere in County Forty residents of Burleigh county were selected for jury service at the December term of court at the office of Clerk of Court Chas. Fisher ys terday afternoon, Those drawing the jury list include, beside the clerk of court, County Treasurer G. L. Spear, County Auditor Frank John- son and Sheriff Albin Hedstrom. The list of 40 names ii i men living in he others li H nty. The p Schantz, Max Kupitz, W. M. Griffis, iM. B. Gilman, Paul Cook, Simon Nel- son and W. T. Kraft. Others chosen for jury duty are: Geo, Boelter, Arena; Hjalmar_Eric! son, Bismarck; C. E. Rhines, Regan; i than our bankers) Herman Neiman, Sterling; C. P.|‘ that luught Kerensky’s Russian | Welch, Menoken; Richard Salter, bonds, Lloyd Geo si the dan-'Menoken; W. A, Yeakle. Menoken; ger will come rom _Bol-| Fred Johnson, Wilton; C. A. Ander- Phevisin, but trom the irresistible| son. Moffit; James Obowa, Bismarek; return of Russia to Czarist im-|@ G, Davenport, Bismarck; Ira Bai- perialism.” ley, Regan; August F, Anderson, Prepare, “4 Wilton, All nations should forgive alll “Louis Whitsock, Wing; 0. C, Uhde, their debts, England included, says] Regan; Peter Oshanyk, ton; + Lloyd George, but he fears the re | Nols Thompson, Moffit; John H. cent United’ States election will} Noon, Wilton; E. A. Lewis, Baldwin; prevent that. He does not mention | Freq’ Josephson, Wing; I. BE. Gibson, ct that everybody owes Us.! Sterling; Floyd Swanson, Driscoll; we owe nobody. What « Lloyd George culls “ general, jubi- lee which would wipe out all inter- national debts” ply means Eu- rope saying to Uncle Sam: “You free us of debt and you pay the viper.” Frank A. Simmonds says: “Amer- ica is looked upon in Europe as the common | peril.” Europe _ feels that we got all the profit out of the war; Europe got nothing. We ure to live rich and happy; Europe is to worry. Europe ought to re- member that Europe started the war, as she will start others, prob- ably. Men and nations that choose i to cut each other's throats have no right’ to hate, though they may envy, a nation or individual tl stays outside the throat cutting. America got in part way, .but not all the way, luckily. George Sterling, California poet, who committed suicide at 57, wrote: “ grown weary of permitted and adds, “Rather by dusk r Lilith would I wait,” ete. i ‘The troable with this age is weariness of “permitted — thi And the trouble is not confined to poets. The pig is weary his pen, the cow of her pasture, the young man of his job, sonie young girls of ‘decency and __ restraint, However, ‘the “permitted things’ will continue to rule. The pig is better off in his pen, the cow in her pasture, the man at his job, the girl with chaperon and the 67-year-old as away as pos- Bible from “Lilith by dusk: ually giving up Crijet in'n God who Felloves Himself by reversing His own natural order and Citta! umeee” Th means ily giving up rel Frere entinued on page seven.) Carl Berndt, MeKenzie; Wm. Miller, Bismare! Randall Rose Boyd, Me- noken; ‘hrist_ Schoon, Driscol Henry Schuh, Regan; J. J. Bros Arena; West W. Steeg, Driscoll; Ed. Wagner, Arena; Mike Doyle, McKen- zie; S, Woodworth, Bismarck; Alvin L, Peterson, Driscoll. . The fall-term of court will open Tuesday, December 7, at 10 a. m, with Judge J. A. Coffey of James- town presiding. Jurors will be sum- moned to appear at 2 p. m., on the same day, as the morning hours will be taken up with the setting of the calendar. Weather Report | Weather conditions at North Da- kota‘points for the 24 hours ending at 8 @. m. today. Temperature at 7 a. m. . oe SB Highest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a. Highest wind velocity . WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinit; Prob- ably snow tonight and Thursday; ris- ing temperature. For North Dakota: Probably snow tonight and Thursday; rising temper- atufe tonight and east and central portions Thursday. ITIONS The pressure is high from the Plains States eastward to the New England States. A low pressure area is centered over 0: yn and Washing- ton this morning. Light ion has been quite Northern Rocky Temperatures have ‘fallen sli over the Northern Plains haceriht where warmer er prevails. ORRIS W. ROBER' Official ion. tly THE BISMARCK BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDN ‘ONE NAVY PLANE QUEEN MARIE IS EN ROUTE TO: RUMANIA Boards S. S. Berengaria For Homeward Journey—Sails From New York EXCITING “LAST DA { Police Confiscate Bundles of | Circulars Assailing Rulers of .Rumania New York, Nov. 24,—(P)--Queen| Marie of Rumania wand her children, s and Princess Ileana, oard the S, S, Berengar- bound for Bucharest, where the king is ill. The que n bade farewell to “her, Ameri adio after a 30 tour of the ited States in a il that covered 10,000 miles, ast full in the new world{ ed with excitement, in some} h she did not sha The; bomb squad confiscated! es 6f incendiary circulars in| rulers of Rumania were as- 4 for mistreatment of peasants | laboring classes. A close, us kept over the queen but) not informed of the confisca- s were mad cupied herself yester-| roll on fashionable Fifth | venues, thtnee to; | First avenue and the Gas House Di | trict, where children broke through | police lines to win her smile by call-| ing out “Hello, queen”; @ dinner in} her honor given by Mr. and Mrs. Vin- cent Astor, a tug boat ride in New! York harbor. and*her radio speech. | Pleads For Better Understanding | “Good bye, dear people of America, | good bye, America, blessed child of which progress and understanding will come,” she said in her radio talk. “Do not shut your heart away from the old world, for the old world | and the new world must live together ‘and help each other and understand each other. So good bye, America, dear, beautiful America.” She reiterated that she had come to the United States simply to make friends and not. to negotiate a loan. When the queen boarded the boat i guard she wa tio T | day with a s and Park | | she was met at the head of the gang- plank by Captain Sir Arthur H. Ros tron, commander of the Berengaria, and his staff, and went immediately to her suite, which she found banked with flowers. All told, 220 pieces of baggage was delivered ‘at the pier for the queen and her party. More than 20 of the boxes contained souveni: Rev. F. H. Davenport Gives Thanksgiving Talk to Rotarians Rev. F. H. Davenport gave an ad- dress on “Thanksgiving” to the Bis- marck Rotary Club at its luncheon this noon. He dwelt upon the Pilgrim Fathers, their trust in and devotion to the Deity, und their heritage to the America of today. 1 James E. Milloy, secretary of the Greater North Dakota association, told of the work of the organization and its plans for the future. Visitors included: O, W. Paulson, Albert Slorby of Minot; L. A. Swan- son, J. M. Devine, Robert Flint, form- erly of Bismarck; James E. Milloy, of Fargo, 0. A. Roedell, A. R. Miesen, and Rev. F. H. Davenport. La Moure Boy Gets Married and Quits Lombard Grid‘ Team Galesburg, Ill, Nov, 24.-()—Cu: id has delt Coach Harry Bell's Lom- Bard eleven a harder blow than any injuries. Chet Juberg, quarterback, married a girl from his home town and quit the team on the eve of its departure for Cleveland to meet John Carroll tomorrow, returning to his home in La Moure, N. D. Annual Meeting of A. C. Membership to Be Monday: Evening Members of the Association of Commerce. will hold their annual din- ner and meeting Monday evening, November 29,. at 6:30 in the Grand Pacific hotel aialee room, A speech by. W. E. Witherspoon of St. Paui and a popular program of musical numbers and stunts will be lse-| presented. Short reports on the work of the association will be given. Admission to the dinner, and pro- gram is free to members. TRIBU SDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1926 E Fi ST WILL AND TESTAMENT 0 THOMAS TURK { Strange Message Is Pecked Into Bark of Sawed-off | Tree Stump | [EDITOR’S NOTE: A_ strange farewell message was discovered on an historie New England homestead, It had been pecked into the bark on the side of a sawed-off tree stump. Deciphered, it proved to be the last will and testa- ment of one Thomas Turk. Lying beside the stump was a pie- ture, supposedly of the auth The picture is reproduced above. The farewell message follows.] : * TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: L Thomas mind but vastly worried state, peck th upon the side of a sawed-off tree The whirr of the grindstone i ears I am beginning to have grave fears. ~~" Life has been sweet to me in this peaceful valley, far and have eaten my fill. Now they have come Turk, being of sound my last will and testament, hodes me no good, in the land, and for m, T have roumed h unto me to gaze upon my flesh with an eye alight. But my wisdom has been greater than my vanity in this, for [ have read into the eye they cast upon me a sinister meaning, My family is old, older than any about me, for | was here before them, now call theirs. So f leave to my heirs the memory of a grand old name, a name that has been associaled with gratitude since 1668, I leave, too, the memory of uncounted millions of my own kins- men who since that first dire November 23 have upheld well their diy nity, on field and table, as the king of birds, amily of these white people znd was king in the land they LANDS AT IS ‘er was introduced by creamery , on intrastate HIGHER RATES WOULD AFFECT DAIRY FARMER Creameries Operate on So Small a Margin That Farmer | Must Stand Any Raise | JOHN HUSRBY TE IFIES Dairy Head Says N. D. Mar- keted 43,000,000 Pounds Butterfat in 1925 Additional testimony showing that any increase in cream freight rates would have to be borne by the farm- | a3 at yesterday session of the h eam rates now being held before the state railroad com-! missi | Further increase in the rates as! asked by ¢he railroads would result) in forcing the Bridgeman-Russel company into exclusive use of motor trucks for bringing in cream, 0, Amundson of the company’s James-! town plant told the commis 1 | mare {city audi is ‘sional Women’s glub with M. B. Gil- LE OF PINES Tribune Will Not Be Issued Thursday th may pr ing day, the Tribune offic be closed all day tomorrow and will b issues of the Tribune published. All stores and t other F closed all day tomorrow, as will the state, county and city offices. FIVE ACTS OF VAUDEVILLE 70 BE PRESENTED ‘Much Local Talent Uncovered By Novel Program to Be Given Thursday Night Everything is in readiness for Bis- ‘k’s first competitive vaudeville to be given Thanksgiving night et the jum. The program, which e excellent acts, is spon- y the Business and Profes- includes ored John Husby, head of the state dairy, man as director. department was the last wi testify at the afternoon session. ess to He| The bl; agile of est of minstrels, the most robats, the latest creations, entered exhibits which showed that) in fashion, the “grandest” of operas, 43 million pounds of butterfat were) combined with the sweetest in song, marketed in North Dakota or shipped | are all to be found in the acts pre: to Minnesota during 1925; 31 pounds being sold to cream s' illion’ pared by the five Bismarck 0 tions | tions competing, the Panhell and 12 million pounds shipped direct.’ sociation, the Baatera Star. the T The price actually paid to the farm-| day Musical club, the Elks lodge and er for thi he test ied. Operate on Small Margin Further testimony that tiny in- crease in rates would have to be borne by the farmer was offered by Husby who declared that in 1925 the “centralizers,” branches of the large creameries, paid four’ cents a pound more for butterfat than the butter | market at the time warranted. As a result, the creameries are operating an extremely small margin and ith increased rites the farmer would o bear the additional burden, Economic condition; industry of North D ent time we cribed by Rex Wil ‘d, farm ec agricultural colleg before the railroad comm es ure that the he: ded this after wony is not completed it may umed after Thanksg' FOUR MILLION i he re There ure those who reap the harvest, and there is the harvest to be reaped. Sacrifice atgends it all; the earth gives up its precious fruits; why should § balK at the martyr’s crown that shall be mine? __1 am resigned. Let there be no moaning among my heirs and kinsfolk when mine enemies approach me with the sacrificial blade. Shall I deem myself better than Marie Antoinette, or any of thos: brave folk of old? Shall I quake with fear when the sharp ax gleams above me? Heaven forfend that I, Thomas Turk, scion of one of America’s oldest families, quake at. the hour of my fate. I am a turkey. I am proud of my past and my destiny. That is| ch: the most precious memory I find worthy to leave all other turkeys in the world in the years to come. The nobility of birds has spoken, ee Army-Navy Game to (Hearing on State Be Broadcast Herc, Mill Rate Case Is Play-by-play reports of the Army- Postponed to Dec. 7 Navy football game to be played at} Chicago Saturday afternoon will be| By stipulation between counsel for the railroads and the state mill and broadcast by the Bismarck radio sta- yn, KFYR, owned and operated by | elevator at Grand Forks, the hearing i play-by. scheduled for today in Burleigh coun- ty district court in the case of the railroads’ appeal from an order of the state railr ion concerning intrastate deine line and transit rates on grain, has been postponed to De- cember 7. At that time the case will be taken up before Judge J. A. Coffey of Jamestown, who will opena term of court here on that date, and ai on its merits. The hearing sch for today was only a preliminary one to determine the amount of the rail- roads’ bonds, and attorneys agreed to let the present bonds stand until the ease is argued later. BANKS CONSOLIDATE St. Paul, Nov. 24.—()-—The Farm. ers and Merchants State Bank by the Associated Press in the same manner that the detailed account of the Minnesota-Michigan game was re- ceived last Saturday, and the radio ‘station will broadcast the report as received by the Tribune. The microphone will be installed in the Tribune's editorial rooms so that the reports can be sent into the air just as rapidly as they come in over the Tribune's Associated Pres leased wire. FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED Fire starting from an overheated stove a a Eullging at 91 i sStig street, brought out the fire depart- ment at 12:30 m,, today. The house is not occupied at the present store room for Ss ise fasinates Senden tela d | land, mel hn IN MONTANA Two Branch Lines to Be Con- stricted During 1927, Donnelly Announces Nov. 24—(#)— the railway company, two major Montana ‘rail developmetns involving approxi- mately $4,000,000. One of the improvements will be a branch line northwesterly from Glen- dive, Montana, through Circle to the vicinity of Brockway on the Redwa- ar river, a distance of about 63 mi This branch, Mr. Donnelly said, will open up one of the best agricul- tural districts in the eastern part of Montana. It will cost in the neigh- bor of 1,000. The other development involves the construction of about 25 miles 0 road from Florence, Mont., through Stevensville, to Hamilton, Mont., on the east side of the Bitter Root river, and the abandonment of 8 portion of the existing Bitter Root branch on the west side of that river between th rail service to a considerable acre- age of highly productive irrigated pecially adapted to the grow- of sugar beets. connection with this develop- ment, it is expected that a large sugar beet factory will be established at Missoula, Mont., by the Amalga- mated Sugar company. The Bitter Root valley ‘construction is esti- ted $1,000,000. IDAHO MAN APPOINTED lov, 24—()—Albert Idaho, was 4 superintendent of butterfat was $17,551,000,\ the Rota ry club. Namen of, the Acts The exact nature of the acts will be kept secret but to give some mea- sure of satisfaction to the curious the names of the acts have been divulg- of George Ade’s grand These names do not con- vey much to the reader's mind and yet lead to iderable conjecture. The Business and Professional Women’s club is very gratified over the abundance of talent found here, believing it is not often that there is found a toWn producing a five act vaudeville without ii or orchestra or dire: formance is being direeted and play. ed by Bism talent. Through the courtesy of the Bis- marek ‘high school orchestra, a con- cert will be given while the ballots are being quickly and count- ed by the judg prize will be awarded before the auditorium or. This per- uch Sought toes” in its prize. Sponsors of the program be- lieve that the act a difficult task. the prize The Business he event his club wins it. and ers, Mrs. Elizabeth mother of Mrs. firmities of age. of LaJolla, Calif., and two sons, Ed. Schneider of Norristown, Pa., the present time is not known. 0 “leaves three grandchildren, great-great-grandchild. Series of Clinics agen ages will be held f Saturday and continuing th the next week. under the direction of Dr. Maysi ‘day at the school house in Sterling. Parents who wish to have their chil- dren examined before they enter school are invited to bring them to the clinic. The examinations will be- Fr on porting talent audience leaves ation is “on its tip- sire to capture the $50 abundance of talent will make the selection of the best Professional Women’s club appreciates very much the cooperation given by the compet- ing organizations and their perform- Schneider Dies Mrs. Elizabeth Schneider, 92, moth- er of Mrs, Marcia Thomas and grand- J. G. Cowan, passed away at the Cowan home here early today, death resulting from the in- The body will ba sent to Wilton, Iowa, where funeral services will be held and interment made, Mrs. Schneider has made her home in Bismarck for the past 16 years and is well known here. She is sur- vived by two daughters, Mrs. Thomas of Bismarck and Mrs. D. L. Basquin and Thomas Schneider, whose exact loca- seven . great-grandchildren and one to Start Saturday A series of clinics for children of at var- jus places in the county, beginning roughout These clinics will be WiNiams and a nurse from the state health department. The first clinic will be held Satur- PRICE FIVE CENTS FORCED DOWN BY LACK OF FUBL SUPPLY Commander Requests That New Supply of Oil and Gas Be Made Available HAD 1500 GALLONS GAS Two Navy Planes Were En Route to Panama Canal For Non-stop Record Washington, Nov, 24—()—An ex- hausted oil supply forced the navy seaplane PN-10 number two to de- seend today at Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, spoiling her chances to make a non-stop flight from Hamp- ton Roads to Panama, but so far as naval officials knew, the PN-10 num- ber one, hi companion craft, still was in the air over the Caribbean Sea. _ Lieut. Commander H, in command of the PN-10 number two, and also in command of the flight, notified the navy department of his misfortune and requested that supply of oil be made available for him at Siguana Bay, Isle of Pines, to which point he ex 3 to proceed during the afternoon. Reports from th -10 number e received earlier in the day said 250 nautical miles south of of Pines. ‘The oit one ot es was increasing in vem- it was sald, but otherwise conditions were good. Officers of the bureau of aeronau- i pressed some concern at the f the oil, declaring it might that the motor was not_re- sufficien ii ight T. Bartlett, y interrupt the non- atop he cruiser Cincinnati reported to the navy department that lost communication with the two plan this morning at 8:45. The Cincinnati, one of the guardships stationed be- tween the Isle of Pines and Old Pro- vidence Island, said that, failing to sight the craft, she was starting search to the north at 11 a. m. PLANES PASS FLORIDA AT EARLY HOUR TODAY Washington, Nov. 24—()—Speed- ing south at about 85 miles an hour, the navy’s two PN-10 seaplanes en route from: Hampton Roads to the Panama Canal early today had pass- ed beyond the tip of Florida, well on their way toward a non-stop record for this type of craft. The old record, 1,841 miles, was established in a PN-9 plane by the late Commander John Rodgers on his nearly fatal Hawaiian flight ir 1923. The distance from Hampton Roads to Colon, the PN-10’s objective, is 2,060 niles. Frequent radio messages from the planes to the navy vessels guarding their route and to the communica- Each competing organization is| t 7 d to huve its president or an of.| tion station here, kept the navy des ficial representative present to accept | F pragraes chief ity of “eyes the flight, which had purpose proving the practical long distance scouting by tl of the navy.” The planes took off at Hampton Roads at 4:18 and 4:26 p. m. yester- day a brilliant array ot aviation talent comprising crews of four men each. Bartlett in A veteran navy flier and winner of the navy cross during the world war for heroic service for piloting a bomber on the Belgian front, Lieut, Commander Harold T. Bartlett of Old Lyme, Conn., commands - the flight and’ Lieut. Byron L. Connell of Elizabeth, itots le- the one of the of the PN-9 No. i plane of the ers expedition, is ‘in charge of other plane. Other officers of the flight include Lieut. Lawrence W. Curtin of Beardstown, Ill, navigator of the ill- fated Skikorsky plane in which the French ace, Captain Fonck, planned to fly to France; Lieut. Clarence H. Schildhauer, of New Holstein, Wit and Lieut. Herbert Charles . who was on the NC-4 plane, when it crossed the Atlantic for the first time in 1919. Skiles Ralph Po an enlisted pilot, of Memphis, Tenn., a member of the Rodgers flight; J. Roe of Akron, Ohi Charles J. Sutter, New York, chinist mate, complete the personnel. 1,882 Nautical Miles Each pies started with 1,500 gal- lons of gasoline, estimated to be sufficient for 2,154 nautical miles. In nautical miles, the flight meas ures 1,882, Heavy smoke signals from an- chored vessels served to guide the aviators during the day, while at night their search lights played a steady beam for five minutes every aneries Ot A eer ne es lessages receit y the depart- mel i irom she pinoes sants tales dicated that the Number 2 machin: ing the it comm: WAS. trail the other by about 25 miles. +m flight