The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1927, Page 3

who fled from Nankini RATE HEARING WILL REQUIRE YEAR OR MORE Investigation of Freight Rates on Lignite and Other Fuel to Be Complete Investigation of the intrastate rates on lignite coal and other fuels, recently launched by the state rail- road board in compliance with a law passed by the 20th legislative assem- bly, will be one of the most complete | ever undertaken in the state and may last a year or more, according to members of the board. The new law, which carried an agmergency clause and became effec- tive upon its signature by the gov- ernor, repeals the present rates on lignite coal which were established by the 1925 session and authorizes the railroad board to fix such new rates as may be just and reasonable, Powers Unlimited The powers of the board in making the i ii ion, preliminary to ablishing new rates, are almost unlimited. The new law directs the board to take into consideration “all matters relating to: The kinds and nature and general character of all fuels consumed in this state, the source and places of production or manufacture thereof, and the methods, means, facilities and instrumentalie ties of transportation and routes of movement thereof to this state; the amount of each kind of fuel consumed d produced in this state during each year; the nature and extent of the mineral fuel resources of this sft and the ownership and right to ine the same; carrier and railroad ownership thereof and the relation- ship, affiliations and dealings of the carriérs or railroads with producers, shippers, receivers, buyers, sellers or consumers of fuel; the public inter- est, social and economic conditions affecting and affected by rates ap- plicable to or the use of each fuel; the value and utility of the several fuels and of the transportation ser- vices rendered in connection there- with by the carrier; the profits and losses of producer, shipper, receiver, buyer or seller in connection with production, purchase and sale, manu- facture or distribution of fuel” and a host of other things. It is expected that a number of hearings will be held here with addi- tional hearings in practically every part of the state. The mass of data to be obtained at these he: gs will be taken into consideration in adjust- ‘ng the rates to be charged for ship- ment of various fuels intrastate. Lignite Rates Most Important Although all kinds of fuel will be} considered in the investigation, prin- pal attention will be given to fac- tors surrounding the production and use of lignite ‘coal since that fuel moves in vastly greater quantity than all others combined and it was~to deal with the lignite situation that the legislature passed the law. A case now is pending before i Interstate Commerce Commi; Washington in which ‘the, aentieFs erry flemanding subsigy "contend that. the rates «oF the legislature are much tof, view of the investigation launch- ed by the state railroad board, how- ever, it is considered probable that the case before the federal commis- sion will not be decided until the state body has completed its investi- gation. Under the law. the railroad board is directed to make separate classifi- cations of the various kinds of fuel cand fix maximum freight rates on intrastate shipments of fuel in each classification. The commission is specifically giv- en the same powers which a court has in carrying on its findings and the rates to be fixed pursuant to the in- vestigation are declared prima facie evidence in all state or other courts that the “rates, schedules, classifica- tion and differentiation therein fixed are reasonable and just maximum rates.” Punishment, Apology and Reparations Are Demanded (Continued from pare one) Cantonese captured Chinkiang about the time they forced the northerners out of Nanking. Reports Conflicting The reports were conflicti of the more serfsational accounts -told of an advance by 100,000 north- ern troops and of 20,000 casualties among the Cantonese (southern na-| tionalists), adding that remnants of the Cantonese forces were Hesing in panic. Other reports were ruc! milder and all are qualified by un- certain language. The Daily’ Mail's version,*sent by Sir Percival Phillips, was that one division of Cantonese, moving north- ward, found itself med in on three sides by northern forces whieh were supposed to be miles ‘away. This, he added, might well have been an accident, and experts wondered which had the iter shock — the northerners finding tl pursuers in close proximity, or the Canton- ese, discovering they walked into } what seemed a trap. When, the Canton began to re- i tire hastily. ir Percival wired, the northerners naturally moved after them and it became another race. for the Yangtze, with the Cantonese easily first. Meanwhile, another Cantonese column moving along the railway from Pukow was involved. in similar trouble. The north resume: tilities so aggressively. that) Sir Percival reported, the Cantonese hastily abandoned two towns and iwere understood to be arriving at ‘ukow thoroughly shaken and be- ildered. _ Judged be western standards, the defeat of the Ci louble itonese hould not be a serious blow, the orrespondent thought, it the ef- ight be crushing the Can- had come to regard them- jpermen, able to surmount and the incident reaching effect and disaster. r a — SWORTH! ARMIES ARE REATENING CANTONESE Shanghai, China, April 11.—@)— be aittanose jamie checked in cir ‘horthwa: vance now are arently threatened on two fronts eaaine, northern armies. is persistently reported from fanking that Manchurian forces are spidly advancing down the Tient- -Pukow railway, while to the east, neral Sun Chuan-Fang’s rejuven- d army is progessing in strength puthwai long the grand canal. Pispatcties ‘here from | in the comm Jes ne free bottle to a family. No. RA eRe tata etnnin ‘MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1927 Nanking and Chinkiang cre badly de- layed, but support previous that the Cantonese have serious reverses. Reports of the Manchurian advance down thé railway are accompanied by the statement that gun fire from j that direction was heard in Nanking | yesterday. Five hundred Cantonese | reports | suftered | wounded are said to”have been re- moved from Pukow to Nanking. Sun Chuan-Fang’s army along the Grand | Canal is reported to have occupied strategic positions north of the | Yangtze in the Chinkiang region, CLAIMS EVANS WAS FORCED TO | COMMIT CRIME | ___ (Continued from page one) criminal and hafdboiled.” The at- torney intimated that the severity of the charges against Carlson might} warrant swearing out a complaint against him. When Mike Harm of Shiclds, an- other alleged member -of the gang, confessed to Louis Connolly, special prosecutor for the state, that George Couture had stolen three horses, he was perjuring himself because Catl- ron told him to, Sullivan _ alleged, claiming that Carlson himself led the men into commission of the claiming the ho belonged to him, Harm's ‘New Statement The attorney read a new statement from Harm denying his previous al- leged confession, In his statement, Harm declared ‘that Carlson told him to say: “George Couture hired me to round up thos: Ithree horses, claimed to be thi owner and sold them.” When Harm remonstrated with Carlson and s “That isn’t true,” he claimed C: son told him that “They will get Couture on some other charge any- way and if you want to get off ensy, this is the way to do it.” Harm al- leged that he demurred at the pros- pect, but Carlson, he alleges, said, “They won't find it out if we both tell the same story.” The truth of the matter, Harm al- leges, is thi: Carlson suggested that Harm, Cou- ture and himself go out and Tound up some horses which actually be- longed to Couture,-in addition to three horses which Carlson alleged belonged to him, The first day, Harm alleged, the horses could not be rounded up, but the second day Carlson brought them to Couture’s place and told him he }would be over Sunday when the | horse buyer came around. (The horse | buyer. was alleged to be Ted Albers, Oliver county sheriff, who was as- sisting the state.) * When the buyer came, Harm said, | Carlson told Couture: “You sell these | horses for me. Your're a better sales- man.” Couture sold the horses and the buyer handed him the money, which he is alleged to passed on to Carlson. Carlson, it is alleged, | handed it back to Couture and said: “Put it in your pocket.” In Harm’s first statement, he-#?t that Couture e! longed to him, initiative and->~?’ suspended Sentence Asked Sullivan pleaded for suspension of sentence, citing the circumstances of the case and declaring that Evans’ | father also ordered him to take part ion of the crimes. C. F. Kelsch, state’s attorney of Morton county, resisted Sullivan's application for suspension of sen. tence on the grounds that the de- fendant had already pleaded guilty to grand garcons Louis Connolly, special prosecuting attorney, argued that by commission of three crimes, Evans had shown himself not to be a “callow youth,” as the defense counsel alleged. He further alleged that Evans, by con- fession of Richard Trackhider, an- her member of the gang who is al- ready in prison, was implicated in robbery of a government substation at Porcupine, when supplies were stolen. At this time, neither Carl- son or Evans’ father were along, Connolly claimed. The prosecuting attorney further alleged that Harm had sworn to hi: first affidavit which implicated Cou. ture and that, since the youth hi already pleaded guilty to grand lar- ceny, the matter of his comparative guilt or innocence was not material. CARLSON WAS AGENT FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE Con Carlson, alleged member of the cattle rustling gang rounded “up in southwestern Ni Dakota sev- eral weeks ago, was acting as an agent for the attorney general’s of- fice and “operated at all times un- der express and careful instructions,” F. Shafer said here today. Shafer said that Carlson reported to him faithfully and that he was advised of the activities of the gang and of Carlson’s part in their raidé at all til 5 claim advanced ‘today dis. trict court at Mandan that Carlson had Jed Frank Evans into the com- mission of certain crimes or that Carlson had induced Mike Harms to falsely implicate George Couture, another member of the gang in cer- tain other crimes, are ithout rit,” Shafer said. Evans’ claim that he had been led into the gang’s operations “evidently were made to induce the court to re- duce the sentence as it ig a common thing for thieves to attempt to pass all or at least part of the blame to someone else and especially to some- one who has turned state's evidence.” — In ions | Eastvold, Groth and company, May- ville, $75,000; O, ‘A. Eastvold, B.S. Groth, Ray Gramstad and H. Skadeland. Werta Brothers, Incorporated, New Leipzig, $25,000; Christ and Paulina Wertz and J. P. Zweber. ———————— IF POISONED BY URIC ACID Try this FREE 85.cent Bottle, Did you get up this morning tired, dull, back aching, joints stift, 144 e money. Attorney General George Ny Were you in and out of bed half a dozen tintes last night? ‘Are \congested . kidno; irritated bladder, rheumatic making you feel “ol Let The Williams Treatment. prove what “wonde! it: can do for you. Get yes Be strong and active. En- joy living. < nd his notice and your address to The Dr. D. A. Williams Co., Dept. 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In the immense company will be seen here, the fe ers are ‘Bert Swor, Lou F Chasen, and t! Louise Brooks. Other important members in the cast a ing, Lew Miller, John Coyle, Kenneth Lackey, Alice Bradford, Johnny Dove, Aimee | Archer Swor, | Emma Doan Ricco, Ma‘ra Vesta, John Kirk, Alic rique, Virgi ay, Mae ' Valle, Walter Hamilton, Violet Davis, Harr Sharpe, Phillis Cameron, Ray Kavan- augh, and the Earl Carroll Theatre rchestra, Fifty of the lov ica are also prom many features. — a CROP R which st girls in Amer- das one of the rst crop report for the season 7 has just been issued by the Van Dusen Harrington company of Minneapolis. The report i sued weekly during the ering the progress of the grain crops of the four Northwestern states, Min- nesota, North and fs Montana The first report says: “We are pleased to a the general soil conditions out the Northwest, at this time, are very much better than a year ‘ag Our first report in 1926 stated that number of large districts w e tremely dry, and quite a deficiency of sub: ture, In South Dakota, was so dry, that mu n| did not even genmina This condi. tion also prevailed to in western Minnesota, rts of south- North Dakota and districts of Mon- tana. The final outcome showed a great reduction in all grains crops, throughout the Northwest, and the season was one of the poorest of rec ord. “Last fall there were good rains ricts, and dur- rthwest, to ger ‘owee rain crops, § 2P Sub. oe Youth Sut with normal spring ri crops can be produced, “In South Dakota and Minnes some wheat was seeded two weeks ago, Since: that time, cold weather and rains have delayed farm work. There are a few places in South Da- kota, where probably fifty per cent] of wheat seeding has been accom- plished, Very little has been done in North Dakota and Montana, as the weather has been too cold. “It is ta early to judge the acreage of small grain. Our reports, however, indicate a tendency, in a number of places, to sow less spring wheat and replace it with feed grains. \In the heavier wheat districts, farmers show a desire to increase durum, but good |] seed is difficult to obtain, and this may affec® any increase in durum. “At some places, farmers are hav-; ing difficulty in obtaining seed, ow- ing to a shortage of money. The per- centage, in this condition, is appar- ently small, We believe the campaign of education for good seed, and the treatment of smut, has done a con-) siderable amount of good. Farmers are realizing that good quality of grain means better prices. In many| places, seed has become so badly| mixed, that even though good yields were produced, the net results were unsatisfactory, because of low prices obtained for the mixed grain. “It is too early to judge the con: tion of winter rye in the Northwest. In Montana, winter wheat is reported generally good, althongh a little early to know definitely. “Most of our corresponde that farn .rs, in their districts, are feeling quite ‘optimistic over the crop prospects. This is probably due to the fine condition of the soil at this time, as at a number of places, there is more moisture than for several years.” report Bismarck Cloak Shop Advertised in Vogue _ DISPLAYED ESPECIALLY FOR EASTER Ranging in price, for $28 $38 $48 Betty Wales Chiffon Hose. Special for Me ., $8.00 Betty Wales Millinery Priced at $7.50 $10. asl play. | Barthelmess met he Perfect Venus—| >. i] parting of the RT |; aE ad through. | lesser degree | mu \Mary Hay, Former Mrs. Barthelmess, Is Married Again} New York, April 11.()—Mary Hay, musical comedy dancer and for- mer wife of Richard Barthelmess, |motion picture actor, is to livé in! | Singapore, Straits settlements, as the | bride of a young British rubber mer-! chant. H Her marriage to Vivian Bath by a justice of the peace at Greenwich, Sonn., Saturday night, was losed today. The couple met only a few j weeks ago. |. The bride said that on her way to [her new home she would stop at Los Angeles and try to persuade her for former husband to i i i ‘four-year-old daughter, Mary | Barthelmess, who under the terms of her mother’s divorce decree, spends six months a year with each} parent. Miss Hay when s dancing in the Ziegfeld fol- s in 1920 and he was acting in “Way Down Ei They were mar- ried the same year. A quarrel in front of,Texas Guinas’ 300 club ‘last November marked the | vs for Miss Ha: nd Barthlemess. She went to Pari the same month and began suit for! the divorce which ted Jan- Juary 15 of this year. New York Youth Commits Suicide (- me chool bay, hang: sa for his | Road Conditions TI Yes a badoslah (Mercury readings Bismarek—Cloudy, i dy, at 7 a.m.) 6; roads mud- roads good ds fair, 3 toads poor, s soft 40; roads very . Cloud—Cloudy. finot—Cloudy, 35; ankato—Cloudy, Mandan—Cloudy, Jamestown—Cloudy, Cloudy, 41; r Forks: Cloudy, Is poor, 42; roads | Cloudy, 4) Rochester — Cloud passable. c roads fair, 44; roads im- ton To Cloudy, 40; Hibbing oft. Cloudy, 38; Devils L: Clouds» soft, | Duluth— SSS ¢- dy, 40; roads good. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Re: a a changes here and at Turtle Lake andl Mercer, fas been sold by Charles |j Arvig, owner since 1914, to Ji:s| Odergard, who has arrived from Northwood to take charge. WASHBURN TELEPHONE COM- PANY SOLD Washburn—-The Washburn Tele- phone Co, which includes the ex- Easter Hosiery Chatter The air is charged with talk of new Bas- ter clothes and in your haste to choose a hat or coat let us remind you that the effect of your whole ensemble will either be greatly enhanced or marred by your Hosiery. . Why not choose yours here? ' Holeproof Hosiery Richmon Matinee Every Day at 2:30 RRR IAS: TONIGHT MONDAY and TUESDAY ANNA Q. NILSSON LEWIS STONE CHESTER CONKLIN MIDNIG’ VAUDEVILLE TUESDAY Palace - Mandan GEORGE GORDON “Pastime on Broadway” GILMORE & FOX “Hot. Dogs” . CAFE MADRID “A Unique Combination” VON STREMEL “The Tom Mix. of Vaudeville”: FLO JORDON & CO. “Sensational Roller Skaters” | + Matinee“at 5 Evening 8:15 & 10: Bismarck Time SS | At Eastertide the religious world breaks forth into joy. The world thas chosen to typify reawakened life with flowers— the symbol of beauty. Our stock of plants and cut flowers has never been as _complete—dozens of varieties in all their wonderful doloring: Be sure and drop into our store to sce them. You do not have to buy—we'’re glad to have you see and enjoy them. Fer your out-of-town friends use our F. T. D. service and delivery anywhere Hoskins-Meyer The Home of KFYR We wish to announce that we have combined the activities of our organizations under one roof and are now, operating at, our New Location at 206 Broadway This gives us adequate floor space for proper dis- play of our products and transaction of our business. Not only will it be more: convenient. for us, but it will be a great convenience to the public and will enable us to serve you better. E. E. RICKER ‘Electrical Contractor KELVINATOR SALES CO. ‘Kelvinator Electric Refrigeration Lignite ‘Combustion Engineering :Co. / , , Coal Burning Equipment ee samme Bismarck Phone 258 indy Mandan 96 DRY ; CLEANING Sed GOLDEN WEST LAUNDRY Mrs. T. J. Logan Mandan, N. D. 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