The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 21, 1927, Page 1

ee NORTH DAKOTA’S =~ OLDEST NEWSPAPER | i _— — ESTABLISHED 1872 PICKETS ARRESTED AND HELD UNDER G Western Senatorial Group to Discuss Agricultural Rel OCAL BUSINESS MEN ARE OPPOSED TO PROPOSED CHANGE IN TIME OF TRAINS ON MOTT, KILLDEER LINES BROOKHARTIS | FORMING NEW FARM AID BILL Measure Would Replace Equal- ‘ation Fee With Govern- ment Appropriation HOPE TO PLEASE BORAH Governmental Agency Would Administer Surpluses—All Crops Included Washington, Oct. 21:—(AP)—The newly formed group of five western Republican senators who have united in the hope of solving legislative problems peculiar to their section was called together today for a dis- cussion of that stumbling block of congress, agricultural relief. In the nature of a compromise, a new farm bill has been under prep- aration by Senator Brookhart of Towa, a guiding spirit in the move- ment. It would replace the contro- verted equalization fee of the vetoed Rumors State That Northern Pacific Is to Have Trains Leave Early in the Morning and Return in the Afternoon, Reversing Present Schedule Reports of a proposal of the Northern Pacific railway to change the schedules of trains on the Man- dan-Mott and Mandan-Killdeer lines so that they would arrive in the aft- ernoon and leave the following morning were causing comment here today. As the schedules now are ar- ranged, the trains arrive in Mandan sMortly after noon and leave there after 3 p. m. Merchants of the city mainly were opposed to,the proposed plan, some of them, arguing that passenger service would be disrupted by the fact that the change would require passengers to stay over night in either Bismarck or Mandan, where- as they can now do their shopping and take the train home the same afternoon. A. W, Mundy of the A. W. I a McNary-Haugen bill with direct gov- ernment appropriations, offering this concession in the hope of win- ning the approval of Senator Borah of Idaho, one of the group who op- posed the McNary-Haugen bill be- cause of the fee provision. Brookhart’s tentative bill would include all crops as well as the few named in the McNary-Haugen meas- ure and would have surpluses ad- ministered by a governmental agency. Anxious for a farm bill it can ap- prove, thereby removing an impor- tant issue of the coming political campaign in the west, the adminis- tration is watching closely. The little band, which in addition (Continuee on ~age two) FORT LIBRARY OPENED TODAY Room in Post Exchange Build- ng to Be Used—Public Li- brary Extends Privileges eens A traveling library of approxi- mately 30 books was sent to Fort Lincoln yesterday through the court- esy of the state library commission. In addition, it has been announced, members of the garrison may appl: at the library in the Mefnorial build. ing for the privilege of borrowing from the collection of books there. The city public library also has extended the borrowing privilege to members of the garrison. The first applicant was Private First Class William J. Palm, Company I, who borrowed a copy of Milton’s “Para- dise Lost.” A room in the post exchange building has been set aside to house the books from the ‘state traveling library, as well as such as may be obtained from the usual military sources. Sergeant Edward Harney has been appointed librarian under the supervision of Captain R. C. Wright, school and recreation offi- cer of the post, Library hours for the present will be from 4 until 5 p. m. and from 6 to 8 p. m., beginning today. Jack Johnson, ‘Once Heavyweight Champ, Again Under Arrest Columbia City, Ind., Oct. 21.— (AP)—Jack Johnson, former heavy- weight boxing champion, was arrest- ed at North Manchester last night and lodged in the Columbia city jail on & three-year-old charge of liquor law violation, Three years an Johnson was ar- rested at Columbia City while en rae om petit to ae ant ta icago for 8] i. He was fin and upon further ivckiteation four company; Phil Webb of Wel Brothers, S. E. Bergeson and Alex Rosen were the merchants opposed to the reported proposed change. Nothing Definite Yet There is nothing definite yet to announce on a contemplated change. of train time on the branches, Su- erintendent T. M. Flynn of the akota division was quoted as say- ing in an Associated Press dispatch from Jamestown, Arguments in favor of the change were that it would benefit shippers of cream and produce by getting their products out to the various towns earlier in the day and by get- ting cream and other produce in here at a more convenient time. Creamery operators here, while indicating that they would like a further explanation of what any change would do, said they believed themselves at the present time op- posed to the shift. Henry Duemeland of the Bismarck Grocery company said he would not favor the plan, while C. ‘R. Simpson of the Gamble-Robinson company said the proposed change would be a good thing. The promise was made by Nor- thern Pacific officials that before any change were made it would be throughly discussed with the busi- ness men of Bismarck and Mandan. There has been no definite proposal outlined as yet, they said. A.C, OUTLOOK NOT $0 GOOD Four Regulars Still on Side- lines; Victory Over St. Mary’s Considered Unlikely Fargo, N. D., Oct. 21.—(7)——With four regulars still on the sidelines as“ result of injuries received in early practice, North Dakota agri- cultural college football followers are not very hopeful of a victory over St. Mary’s of Winona.here to- morrow. Ion Cortright, Bison mentor, has definitely announced that he will use none of his ailing performers as he is determined to have the entire wad ready for the annual contest with North Dakota university at Grand Forks, October 29. Many sophomore performers will start against St. Mary’s and Cort- right evidently plans to let these youngsters go as far as they can in order to give them all the experience possible the week before North Da- kota’s own gridiron classic. Among the youngsters billed for action are Cod Ordahl of Grafton, center; Francis Gibson, of Mohall, guard; Jess Sleight of Maddock, tackle; George Hayes of Elkton, 8. D., end; Polly Guertin of Grafton, hi and Vern Hickerson quarts of liquor were said to have been found in his car. Johnson, it is claimed, put up three diamonds which he valued at $4,000 and which Frank Nott of Columbia took as se- curity for a $1,500 bond Johnson state and the diamonds were later appraised at about $3. John- son’s arrest last night followed an exhibition boxing match at North Manchester. He is being held with- out bond, f Weather Report | ——_—_—_—____—_—_+ iT cloudy a > ler’ Sate North Partly cloudy ‘or Noi g tonight and turday. warmer tonight extreme southeast portion. tS WEATHAE CONDITIONS The pressure is high over south-central: and mn states while low pressure covers the Canadian Provinces. This pressure distribution is accomparied by gen- erally fair, pleasant weather from the Great Lakes region westward| {the Peers We ROBERTS, Officinl in charge, , Minn., halfbatk. New Electric Rates Approved by Board . New wholesale power rates, filed by the Northern States Power com- ny and applicable at Fargo, have jst approved by the state board of railroad commissioners, it was announced here today. Other electric rates were approved as follows: By Montana-Dakota Power company, applicable at Sen- tinel Butte, Sherwood, Kk, Stanley, Tee ford City, Wheelock, White Rawson, Powers Lake, » Grenora, Portal, Ambrose and Alexander. By Otter Tail Rolla, by the Interstate Power com- pany at Neche, Pembina and Bath- the gate and by the Public Service cor- oie st Lawton aed Syenet, The rt Tail com was authorized the service at Rolla from to direct to alternating current and M. A. Erickson was authorized to make a similar change at Willow City, The » Overland: Stages, Fargo, was autho: operate _ passenger service between Fargo and the South Dakota state Jing, _ : ‘ ‘Toga: Tollgy: Wat | het , Tolley, Wa , Tioga, Aly Ruth Elder to Try Cross-ocean Flight Again Next August Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 21.—7)— Ruth Elder, undaunted by a forced descent of her plane upon the At- lantic, plans to try to cross from New York to Paris by air again next August. Miss Elder, who has arrived at Ponta Delgada, San Miguel, Azo! on board the steamer Lima, wi is bringing her here, declared sh will fly from Lisbon to Paris and then to London. From London she will go by boat to New York and immediately begin preparations for her next venture. Her great ambition is to be the first woman to fly from New York to Paris, Miss Elder said, and, now that she has faced the dangers of a transatlantic flight and is accus- tomed to its sensations, she is con- vinced that she will succeed in her next attempt. REPORT CAROL ENMESHED IN ROYALIST PLOT ‘Plan to Return Ousted Prince | to Rumanian Throne Related in Paris Newspaper MARIE SAID AGREEABLE Break With Magda Lupescu Called Imminent — Stories Not Taken Seriously Paris, Oct. 21.—(AP) — L’Oewre, French radical newepeper today says that delegates of the national peasant party of Rumania have ne- gotiated with former Crown Prince Carol for his return to Rumania and his assumption of the throne. The possibility of Carol’s return, however, is not regarded seriously in competent quarters here as the latest reliable advices from Bucharest say that by general consent the Carolist movement is non-existent in Ru- mania, L’Oeuvre, in an article signed by Henry Barbe, foreign editor of the paper, Says that the peasant party delegates laid down one condition— that Carol break with the ‘Litian- haired Magda Lupescu, with whom he eloped nearly two years ago, de-| serting his wife, princess Helen. | Carol accepted this condition, it is; stated. j Barbe says that Carol will enter his kingdom at the beginning of next year, and that the congress of the national peasant party, to be held at Albaiulia, Rumania, October 27, will issue a pronouncement in favor of Carol’s return, Barbe added that Premier Bra- tiano and his brother, Vintila, are so alarmed at the prospect of Carol’s return that they are doing all in their power to prevent the congress from meeting. Barbe also relates that Queen Marie wishcs to come to Paris to see Carol, but Premiér Bratiano, fearing that she might betray him, exclaimed bluntly: “If you con- HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1927 CHICAGO MAYOR ISSUES EDICTS IN BOOK FIGHT Charge Made That Texts in Li- braries Are Injecting Eng- lish Poison Into U. S. PLANS HOUSECLEANING ‘Horrible Plans’ of Great Brit- ain Valiantly Exposed by Thompson Chicago, Oct. 21.- Mayor Thompson today trained his big guns on another sector in his war against “King George of England.” He aimed at a “British lion,” crouched upon the shelves of the Chicago pub- lic_ library. The first offensive in the cam- paign was directed toward removing William McAndrew from the super- intendency of public schools because he was a “stool pigeon of King George.” Superintendent McAndrew is now on trial before the schgol board, charged with insubordinatidn. To Investigate Libraries The mayor has commissioned U. J. Hermann, well known sportsman, as his lieutenant in the latest drive. A long letter of instructions was sent to Mr. Hermann in which the mayor expressed the fear that the Chicago reading public is being propaganda. Hermann was instruct- ed to scrutinize every history book in the Chicago library and branches for traces of the “Briti: taint.” “My pre-election pledge sacred thing to me,” wrote mayor. is he “I will not rest until I’ve purged this entire city of the poison that’s being i of American youth to eulogize land at the expense of their country.” i Mr. Hermann, a trustee of / the library, arranged to confer today with Carl B, Roden, librarian, and president of the American Library association. Mr. Roden succeeded George H. Locke of Toronto, Can- ada, who was assailed by forgaer Judge Frederick Bausman of Wash- ington in testimony at the trial of Superintendent McAndrew Wednes- day. The western judge declared that Mr. Locke was in charge of British propaganda bureaus during the World war and that soon after he became head of the library associa- tion an edict was issued suggesting that librarians recommend the read- ing of six particular books. Most of them, .:e witness sald, were de-| signed to promote pro-British sen- timent. Commenting on this ‘testimony. Mayor Thompson declared: “1 want to know whether our, public library association has been used, like the schools, to undermine American in- stitutions. “If there are any such books they will be thrown where they belong-— in the furnace. In their place will be substituted books by authors whose loyalty is to America and not to the ruling class of England.” Former Congressman John J. Gor- man, who investigated the school text and who plans to take the wit- ness chair again at the resumption of Superintendent McAndrew’s trial Monday, said: “I expect to show that a deliberate plot exists to in- oculat the minds of American teachers with pro-British ideas. The ing- wn rn h tinue to pester me with your family business I will proclaim a republic.’ Other rumors and surmises are contained in the papers of Paris. Le Journal says that Carol has broken with Mme Lupescu. The reason given by that paper is that her memoirs now appearing in the American papers caused Carol in- tense annoyance. ‘Mme Lupescu formally denied that she was the author of the memoirs but Carol ‘preferred to separate from her and did so last Tuesday, Le Journal says. On the other hand, the Paris edi- fback,| tion of the New York Herald says| with ) of Bemidji, & prominent member of the Ruman-| granted here to William J. Bryan, ian colony in Paris declared he saw the former crown prince and Mme Lupescu together Wednesday. eee Farbman Bewilders Critics in Brazil Harry Farbman, the phenomenal young American violinist who is a: in his own country for the irst time, has, in spite of his deli- cate years, established a firm repu- tation in Europe and South Ai Especially noteworthy of Mr. Farbman’s typical success whenever appeared was the 40 years experi- have I critic ve been so by a violin as played by Hi last night. rapaey Pacbnan Pence’ afl SP} ht, Farbman at the Bismarck au- Arne- Sittzy, Eecoress, ot the Biamarek 60: forward to as a musical event of the Power company at, greatest interest. FIRE DESTROYS GRAIN ES) n., Oct, 21.—() 01 the frame "levator of the com io Sete cGvaiar contained barley. The fire-was brought under ing plant and an adjo conerete savase Loss was | at »| turn to inoculate the minds of their purpose is for these teachers in pupils.” The former congressman also charged that.the university of Chi- cago is a hotbed of pro-British propaganda, and said he would bring several teachers to the stand to corroborate his statements, William J. Bryan, Jr., Is Granted Divorce Los Angeles, Oct. 21.—(@)—Artis- tic aspirations today were charged ‘ing the cause of a divorce Los Angeles lawyer and son of the noted commoner. On the testimony that his wife re- fused to live with him since De- cember 1, 1925, and that of a for- mer governess of the three Bryan children that Mrs. Bryan had chosen @ musical career in preference to family life, the attorney was grant- ed an interlocutory decree of sep- aration yesterday. “Mrs. Bryan felt that her musical career le it im{pussible for her to devote her time to household du- ties,” the governess testified. The suit, which .was brougtt on the ground of desertion, was not con- tested. Bryan was awarded custody of the served liberal doses of pro-British | While in Pittsburgh as the guest of bloci.house, a part of old Fort. Pitt, of the Mellon home, ‘etary Mellon, Mrs. R. B. Mellon Left to right are 4 Coolidge Visits Historic Site in Pittsburgh Secretary Andrew Mellon, President and Mrs. Coolidge visited the historic e Washington fought Indians lidge, the president, Se Davis and Samuel Harden Church, chairman of the Car- where , Mrs, Jam nogie d Foundation, Here the party is shown in retary of Labor James J. Davis, EARL CARROLL IS ON WAY BACK TO BROADWAY i Producer Hopes to Stage Come- back ‘If World Will Meet Me Just Half Way’ Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 21.—@)—Earl Carroll turned to the lights of Broadway today to erase the shad- ows of a prison sentence. At liberty on parole from the federal penitentiary after. having served a third of his year-and-a-day term for perjury, he goes back to. New York to resume his work with the expressed intention of staging a comeback “if the world will meet me just half way.” With his wife, his brother, James, his sister, Mrs, Alice Schneider, and T. V. Rooney, his casting director, the theatrical producer had reserved compartments on a southern _rail- way train which arrives there short- ly after noon tomorrow. Issues Statement Carroll’s feelings over his _im- prisonment, which grew out of his celebrated “bath tub” party in New York last year, were expressed formally in a statement typewritten on prison stationery, that he handed newspaper men upon his release. He assured those who felt he should be punished for his “mis- guided gesture o? chivalry,” that he had suffered. “I have undergone an irreparable loss of self respect,” his statement said, “a realization of unworthiness such as each and every man feels when the door of a prison clangs behind him. My constant compan- ion has been a great shadow of humiliation, a heavy sense of moral degradation. “I never watched each setting sun through the bars of my windows without seeing written there in those iron shadows the loss of my most priceless heritage—my Ameri- can citizenship.” Futare Plans Indefinite He was going back, however, with the even firmer belief that what he did “was the only thing I would do man’s honor is far more precious than liberty, and liberty more preciotis than life.” As for future plans, he has made none as yet, but he admitted the possibility that his recent exper- iences will be reflected in some of his future work. ‘ “All experiences make an impres- sion on a man, and some of mine may work into my productions at a later date,” he explained. Minnesota People Favor Bond Issue - For More Paving Tracy, Minn., Oct. 21.— (AP) — “Crusaders” for paving of highway No. 7, from 16 towns extending from Winona, Minn., to ‘Brookings, S. D., met here last night and went on record in favor of the Babcock road program, including the issuance of construction of hard surface high- ways in the state. ‘he towns represented at the meeting were ‘inona, Rochester, children. with. the vision that the lest may live with her mother if ske desires, and that the youngest shall remain with Mrs. Bran for TO DEDICATE BUILDING ee are’ bei deb re are ere for the dedication of the children’s building which recently was added to The building 4 iy complets is com; and will be use as zoon xpect- ed to attend. The building, a fire- proof: brick structure, cost approxi-|H. F. mately $125,000, { Owatonna, Waseca, Janesville, Man- kato, New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Walnut Grove, Lamberton, ‘Tracy, ‘Balaton, Tyler, Springfield and Garvin, Minn., and Brookings, S. D. They were ests of y » Commercia! association and the: city of Tracy. , About 200 representatives were present. A resolution, passed unanimously at the gathering, stated “Paving of highways will reduce the cost of eg Talaipoenee fot fetes Fe sul in large saving peop! of Minnesota.” Speakers included E. C, Ward, Waseca, president of the Number 7 Highway association, who presided eri Joe Mankato; Philip Leisch, Gerlicher, Winona, and ny Roches! and that there are times when a/ $20,000,000 in bonds for furthering §; Commits Suicide by | Jumping in Cistern' Fargo, N. D. Oct. 21.—-()—The! body of Mrs. Anna Schroeder, 49, who made her home with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fraase, six miles southe f But-; falo, N. D., 3 county, W found} in a cistern on the farm Thursday by} Mr. Fraase, 0. J. Hanson, Cass county coroner, who wa: to the farm, declared she committed | Suicide by jumping into the cistern. There will be no inquest. Schroeder had recently ben leased from the state hospital a Jamestown, her condition having MRS, GRAYSON MAY HOP OFF LATE TODAY at Any Time Since Monday —Ship Is Ready | Old Orchard, Maine, Oct., 21, —@\—The tak f of ic Dawn on its flight to Europe was tentatively fixed for 3 o'clock this afternoon, after the crew had received radio reports from almost a dozen ships at sea. Old Orchard, Maine, Oct. 2 —The outlook was brichter today than any time since last Monday for | a transatlantic flight by Mrs. Fran-| ces Wilson Grayson’s Dawn, the big amphibian monoplane in which she hopes to span the north Atlantic to Copenhagen. The plane, in which she and two companions almost got off to a suc- | ,cessful take-off the first of the 'week, was nearly ready ‘or a new venture. All it lacked was a final ,100 gallons of gasoline and there ;was ample time for loading that. Indications were for a favorable tide for take-off from the beach between 1 and 4 p. m. Local weather which had been gloomy through the week showed signs of clearing. The aviators thought the result !of a radio poll of ships at sea prob- ably would ‘determine whether de- parture today was feasible. Hartley Funeral Will Be Saturday Funeral services will be held Sat- urday afternoon at 2:30 from the Perry funeral parlors for William Henry Hartley, who died at his home here Wednesday. Rev. W. E. Vater will officiate at the services and in- terment will be made in St. Mary’s cemetery. Mr. Hartley, who was 73 years of age, came to Bismarck 1895 from | Woodstock, Ill. He was married to Miss Mertie Miles of Woodstock in 1879. Her death occurred in this city a year ago. he deceased leaves five daugh- ters, Mrs. Ora Norton of Vergennes, Vt., Mrs. Ella Matthews of Orton- ville, Minn., Mrs. Edith McLean of e, Wash., Mrs. Lydia Jensen of Tacoma, Wash., and Mrs. Winnie Wilcox of Bismarck; and five sons, Willett and Earl of Bismarck, Leslie of Portland, Ore., and Arthur and Roy of Austin, Minn. Taxi Driver’s Widow —(P) ‘| ~ Will Get Insurance St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 21.—()— James Maher, Duluth taxi driver, 7 was ey Sunteted 1B superior, be evening of No- vember 4, 1926, died in the formance of his duty, the state su- preme court held today. : As a result his widow, Mrs, Lotus Maher, was declared entitled to ex- se and compensation of $7,650 ‘rom the Duluth Yellow Cab com-| movies with the wife and children in| Millet pany and its surety, the Maryland) Fort Madison now and Casualty company, in an opinion which sustains the findings of the state industrial commission, . .| fowan Who Wins New Title Sees Sights in Chicago as - Newspaper's Guest , improved considerably, {I Outlook Brighter Today Than; y| of view. ‘AVERAGE MAN’ IS VISITING WINDY CITY L. Gray of Fort Madison, Lee county, ‘$ average man,”— hi ‘ome to Chicago for a couple of. days to give the big town the once over, meet some of the boys, take a peep, maybe, at the night life, and find out if Chicago hasn't a few “average” citizens of her own, Gray, who owns a one-man cloth- ing store in Fort Madison, was} picked as America’s “average man” in an ingenious survey of the coun- try published in the American Mag- azine. Iowa was found to approxi- mate most nearly the “average” state and Fort Madison the “ayer- age” city. The folks in Fort Madi- son themselves picked Gray as being the “average man.” | Chicago Newspaper Is Host The Chicago Herald and Examiner is host to Gray here. A reporter for that newspaper went to Fort Madison yesterday and found G iz an average top coat to an ge fellow townsmen. Suppose you come to Chicago,” said the reporter, “and meet the people there and give them a chance to see what most of them really look like from the other fellow’s point Mayor Thompson is anx- ious to greet you, The folks want to hear your voice—which they must regard as an echo of their own— over the radio.” The “average man” had to talk it over with his “average” wife and children to decide if they could get along without daddy for a day or so. Also, there had to be found an average clerk to take care of the store while Gray wa; away. On the train ride to Chicago, with the reporter, Gray smoked two aver- age cigars and chatted about sub- jects of average interest. Many Subjects Discussed “Bill Thompson? Sure, he makes a good mayor for Chicago. But I don’t know about all that talk he is making over British propaganda in the schools. “Locarno ract? What's that? “Walter Johnson—there’s a great ball player for you. Always plays clean, “Next president? Oh, probably Charley Hughes. Greatest Ameri- can? Lindbergh, undpubtedly. “Mussolini? He’s got a good pub- licity man. “No, Dempsey won't stage any| comeback, And say, that fight with Tunney was decided on its merits. “Flappers? Aw, this chatter about the younger generation going to the bad is silly. The youngsters are all right. a “Prohibition? Yes, and no. You can’t believe everything told you either by wets or drys. Don’t drink myself, so am not specially inter- ested,” At the Herald and Examiner of- fice Gray was puzzled as to why a newspaper should seek to take his photograph. “I thought newspapers printed only pictures of important. people or great criminals. But, no mat- ter. I’m average cae to enjoy the thought of seeing what my face will look: like when it comes out in print.” Fears Talking Over Radio The Weather Rartly cloudy tonight and Sat- urday. Cooler Saturday. PRICE FIVE CENTS UARD OTHER MINES IN COLORADO REMAIN IDLE Twenty Women Included Among Those Taken Into'Cus- tody at Walsenburg THEY SING I. W. W. SONG Leaders Make No Announce- ment as to What Action Will Follow Arrests Walsenburg, Colo., Oct, 21.—4)——- Wholesale arrests of pickets sent out by the I. W. W. were made in this district today as the Colorado coal miners’ strike entered its fifth day. Between 50 and 60 rickets, in- cluding 20 women, were taken into custody and brought to the district court room here where they were held under guard. Before the arrests the pickets succeeded in causing a suspension of operations at the Cameron mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com- At the Ideal mine of the L, heavily armed mine s stopped the advance of the ets and held them until deputy sheriffs arrived. Mines which suspended operations yesterday remained idle today despite the absence of pickets. No immediate announcement was made by I. W. W. leaders as to what action would be taken as the result of the arrests. Those in custody included one woman with a small baby in her arms, and also a 14-year-old. The prisoners _lustily sang “ darity,” an 1. W. W. sony PICKETS OUTNUMBERED SPECIAL OFFICERS Denver, Oct. 21—(P)—The fifth day of the Colorado coal strike called by Industrial Workers of the World found the strikers claiming victory in the first test of strength with the state. Confronted by hundreds of pickets, authorities in southern Colorado yes- terday were unable to muster enough special officers to prevent invasion of mining camps by strik- ers. As a result, more suspended and operators turn to. the state to re-enforce special po- lice. The Colorado Fuel and Iron com- pany, one of the largest mining con- cerns in the state, t would ask for state protection un- less county authorities were able to stop picketing. William H. Young, of the state industrial commission, admitted the committee lacked puw- er to obtain more action and said he believed the state police should take | control. Several/women pickets appeared in the Walsenburg area to assist the men in defying the state order to arrest all s ers appearing on mine property. Six strikers were vested on charges of picketing in violation of the state labor statute. This brought the total arrests to 6. Although the I. W. W. leaders warned authorities that the. iuen would start “to pack six-guns” as soon as there was bloodshed among strikers, all pickets were searched before being assigned to duty. 1. W. W. spokesmen at various camps reiterated statements that the strike would be peaceful as long as pickets were not attacked. Operators declared that more than 90 per cent of the 4,000 odd strikers desired to work but had been in- timated. TOTAL ACREAGE HIGHER IN 1927 Increases Shown in All Crops Except Flax, Rye and Al- falfa This Year The total acreage planted to crops in North Dakota this year. as esti- mated by assessors in their reports to the state department of agricul- ture and labor is 15,118,792 as com- pared with 12,509,999 harvested in 1926, statistics released today show. Increases are shown in all crops . listed except flax, rye and alfalfa, the principal increases being in hard spring and durum wheat, oats, bar- ley and sweet clover. The slight decrease in the alfalfa acreage came as a surprise to offi- cials of the department, who say that some alfalfa land was plowed under this year while some may have been winter-killed. Another factor, they say, is that alfalfa seed has been compargtively high in price and farmers evidently turned to sweet clqver as being more eco- nomical for their purposes. Acreage given over to various crops this year, as shown by depart- ment of agriculture and labor re- He expressed misgivings. when| Ports, and a comparison with the told he had been announced to make | ®reage aries last seer iellows a radio talk. ~ hataneted ted sasereae— know, But what is py, 1928 Ra average a 8] : Fy He was asked what he wanted to Wheat Berd a sesonay do today. Oats wu. 1411121 1,716,192 ‘Well, I’d like to look some of the Flax... he 781,973 stores over, the stores on Statel Barley 1,142,775 1,528,512 street and elsewhere. YO ccs 714,80 ‘525,141. He was lukewarm toward sugges-|Corn” 760,897 847,588 tions for night ent *iTimothy ..... 44,766 27,578 tres and night clubs. §. Clover ... 285,055 335,969 “No, guess not. I go to thel Alfalfa ...... 122,688 93,080 hen | Potatoes BO80 eet rol eee there’s something good. And we've|Speltz ......... 122,737 128,385, got a radio—just an ayerage one. —_— (Continued cn page two) Totals oooeee42,509,999 15,118,792