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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16

4.44 children as compared to 90 in
1921.
The birth decrease does not re-
suit from high mortality, OF relative
ly fewer marriages. Frances popula-
tion of 100000 in 1922 is practi-
cally that of 1900. The number Of
marriages for that year was 299, 900,
or about the average since then, with
the years following the war showing
a larger number, which is now re-
turning the average. For 1921 the
number of marriages was 456, 900,
and for 1922 it was little higher.
Until 1914, the number of births
averaged 100000 yearly. During sew
eral Of the war years the number
dropped to fewer than 100000. The
first six months Of 1922 showed
1886, ,726. as compared to All, ,180 for
the first six months Of 1921.
It is argued that if France is to
hold her place in the world and senJ
emigrants toller colonies, she must
pass laws, as already proposed in
Parliament, to give the voting ma
jority to- married men, reduce family
taxes, and give bonuses for each
child born. Already, families enjoy
lower railway fares.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
DR.S. B. TONBY
PASSES SAWAY
AT HOME HERE
Succumbs to Disease Which
Has fingered on For
Many Months
FORMERLY OF MANDAN
Deceased One of Best Known
Professional Men in Twin
Cities of Slope

DR.. S. B. Toney, one of the best
known professional men of Mandan
and Bismarck, passed away at his
home, 16 Avenue B West, at 3
o'clock this morning after a linger-
ing illness. His death was due to
tumors of the stomach, which had
kept him at home for many months
DR.. Toney was member of the
dental clinic of Rawlings, Towne and
Toney Of Bismarck. He stood high
in his profession and had host
of friends in Bismarck, and in Man.
dan, where he lived and practiced
for several years.
Funeral services will be held at
the Masonic temple at half past two
O'Clock next Thursday afternoon un-
der the auspices of Bismarck lodge
No. 5. Interment will be at St.
Mary's cemetery.
DR.. Toney was the son of Eloise
Breese and Charles Toney and was
born Nov. 16, 1876, Trenton, III.
He received his education in the
public schools in Burlington, Iowa,
and at the University o.. owa. where
he received the degree Of Doctor of
Dental Surgery in 1897. He after
wards studied in Minneapolis and
Chicago. Immediately after gradu-
alton from the University of Iowa
he began the practice of his pro,
fession at Preston, Iowa, where he
met and married Miss Charlotte
Schmidt. He allo practiced in Chi
cago, Ill.,, before coming to Mandan
in 1907. In 1915 he, became mem
Ger of the firm of Doctors Rawlings,
Towne and Toney and since then has
resided in Bismarck.
DR.. Toney was a member of the
Masonic lodge Of Mandan and of the
Rotary club of Bismarck. Mrs.
Toney and three sons survive him.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
SUBMIT HIGH
BIDS HERE0N
STATE BONDS
Four of Bids Range Around
$1OS and $1O9 for a Hun
dred Dollar Bond

The state of North Dakota will
sell $1,65O,OOO in bonds of the real
estate series this afternoon. Yester-
day had been set as the date of the
sale but because of an apparent mis-
understanding among the bond house
representatives, of the terms, on
which bids were to have been put in,
all were rejected and new bids called
for today. Four of the bids ranged
between $1OS and $l09 for hund-
red dollar bond.
The bids submitted yesterday We're
not all on the 1-2 percent interest
basis required by the state some
being on 1-2 percent interest ba-
sis.
Money realized from the sale of
the bonds will be used in financing
farm loans made by the state bank,
$65O,OOO of the bonds maturing in
1916 and $1,000,000 in 1948.
About Ia to 16 bonds houses were
represented at yesterdays bidding
according to Governor RI A. Nestos.
Some good bids were obtained,
state officials said, and better ones
were expected today. Some of the
bids made today would bring the in
terest the state must pay on the
money realized, down to about 4 34
percent. Bond house representatives
expressed the opinion that the de-
cision to call off bids and start over
was good one in view of the ap-
parent misunderstanding of the
terms required
Bond houses were represented
from many parts of the territory
east Of North Dakota, including
New York. Among the bidders was
the Spitzer-Rorick Co., Of Toledo
which had previously demonstrated
it's faith in the state by buying
bonds issued under the Nonpartisan
administration.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
CITY C0LDEST
STATES POINT
Bismarck Only Place on
Weather Map Showing
Below Zero

An area Of high pressure, which
developed suddenly over the Plains
states, sent the thermometer down
again in Bismarck last night, the
low point being below zero.
Two other points on the weather
map molly showed temperatures below
zero. They were Canadian points. it
being 20 below at Winnipeg and IL
below at Prince Albert. The thermo-
meter fell to 2 above at Williston
and to zero at Moorhead.
The weather bureau adds, how
ever, that an area of low pressure,
accompanied by rising temperature,
is moving in from the Northwest.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
C.IS. T0WNLEY
KILLED WHEN
TRAIN HITS AUTO

Fargo, Jan. -1G.--C. S. Townley,
brother Of A. C: Towniey,. former
president and at present national or
ganiezr of the Nonpartisan League,
was almost instantly Killed and Miss
Viola Crasse, former Fargo girl,
grand daughter of Mrs. E. S. Grasse,
matron of the Womans Boarding
home, 12O Eighth st. S., was serious
ly injured in an automobile accident
at !; grade crossing near Lincoln,
Neb., Saturday night. according to
dispatches from Lincoln.
First Taken for Another.
The victim of the accident was
first identified as George Griffith of
Minneapolis, brother of L. L. Griff-
it'll, 413 Third Ave. NJ, Fargo. George
Griffith also was employed by the
league. The mistake occurred be-
cause Mr.. Townley was carrying a
check book and other papers bearing
Griffith's name.
The error in identity became
known Sunday when Jess johnson
of Lincoln, d. league worker, said he
was satisfied that the body was not
that of Griffith, whom he knew to
be as Des Moines, Iowa. Later Miss
Grasse had recovered sufficiently to
make the Identification complete.
Miss Grasse Recovering.
Mrs. E. S. Grasse of Fargo was
notified today that Miss Grasse was
not as seriously injured as at first
reported and will receiver. Miss
Grasse, who was % years of age,
was born in Fargo. She is the
daughter of w. L. Grasse, travelling
salesman, now living in Minneapolis,
who made Fargo his headquarters
for several years.
:. :. Hit by Passenger Train.
The car in which Mr.. Townlcy ana
Miss Grasse were riding, a closed
conveyance, was struck by an
Omaha Denver Burlington railroad
train near the town of
Havelock. The victims were re-
turning to Lincoln from the north
ern part of the state where they had
been engaged in league work.
Mr.. Townley was not only an or
ganizer of the league, but particular
ly in charge of many automobiles
used in organization work. His
home was at Minneapolis and his
wife, it was said, is in the employ of
the league, with headquarters in the
Star building of that city.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
NO COMPROMISE FRENCH ULTIMATUM
Big TRADE MARDI GRAS
FOR BISMARCK FEBRUARY13:
UNIQUE EVENT OF SEASON

Bismarck Night" is scheduled for February 18TH when
all other affairs will make way for the grand Carnival
wherein business will out to play in Mardi Gras
of 1928
The Business and Professional Woens Club are at work
shaping premnaries to get the gala day under way and
within few days the program of events consisting of bril-
liant scenic representing the business houses of
town in living pictures will be interspered with stunts put
on by the organizations of the city,
Something is going to be doing February 18th, and
everybody will be in it. The City Auditorium has been
for the event.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
'WHITEPLAGUE'
MEETING HERE
Reports Show Steady Prog
ress Made by Association

Reports showing steady progress
and increase in public support for
work of fighting the "white plague"
were made this afternoon at the an
nual meeting of the North Dakota
tuberculosis Association.
Work of the association for the
past year and plans for the future
were on the program for discussion.
Among those here for the meeting
were DR.. ]. Grassick, Grand Forks,
president; Olaf Hagen, Lawton,
treasurer; Mrs. J. E. Stevens, Law
ton, field worker; DR.. H. E. French,
secretary state board of health; DR..
Robert Oleson, U. S. Public Health
Service, DR.. Louise Boutelie, U. S.
Public Health Service.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
PUBLIC INVITED TO HEAR MESSAGE
OF DIR. ANDERSON ON CHILD WELFARE

which Alexander Anderson representng
American will the subject
we especially the plan Of the Yoemen for an ultimate
cdns which located In city In North
Rto teater at o'clock Wednesday night
o Tuesday night 5St
Anderson expected Bismarck tonight tomorrow
3 g5f-sz 81.
The subject which will regarded very
important and especially there possibility Of Bismarck be-
coming the Of the chdrens Of the heater
for the Association Of
The public s welcomed to the mestg which entirely without
OF
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
NEW TURKISH CALIPH
GETS $1,000 A WEI

Constantinople, Jan. 16.-The al
lowance of the new Caliph, Abdul
Medjid Effendi, has been fixed ut
the rate of $4,000 month. Allow
ances will be paid also to other
members of the imperial family, but
not to those who are related only oy
marriage.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
Release of Suspect
Predicted in
Mint Robbery

Chicago, Jan. 16.-Release of Dan
Culhane, who said he is St. Louis
gambler, and who was arrested by
Chicago police as "a suspect in the
robbery Of fedefal reserve banl
truck in front Of the Denver mini
Dec. 18, appeared probable today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
l50 COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
MEET IN MANDAN

Mandan, Jan. 16.-About $50 coun-
ty commi ssioners, of the state gath
cred in Mandan this afternoon for
the annual session of the county
commissi association. Old
timers among the members declared
there were more changes in boards
of county commissioners in the re-
cent election than in the last decade.
Consequently, there were many new
faces among the commissioners in
Mandan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
THIEF SWALLOWS KEYS.

Paris, Jan. 16.Seized by police, a
thief swallowed several skeleton
keys, expecting with their aid to
effect his escape. He got stomach
ache. Prison doctor was called.
Keys removed With stomach pump.
Thief still III, iail.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
SEEK SUNKEN GOLD.

Cape Town, Jan. 16.-A vast gold
treasure, thought to be in the hull
of the sunken steamer Gfosvenor, off
Pondoland5 is being sought by a
syndicate which is digging a sub
marine tunnel in an effort to reach
the ship.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
MEDJID- GROWS BEARD.

Constantinople, Jan. 16.-Tradition
requires the Moslem caliph to have
beard, so Abdul-Medjid, new caliph,
has started to grow one. The An
cora Assembly offered public prayer
for its rapid growth.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
SMUCGLED CATS.

London, Jan. 16.-Among entries
at cat show were several fat Siam
ese cats which had to be smuggled
out Of Siam where cats are consid
cred sacred,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
BOMBS IN COAL.

Paris, Jan. 16.-French authorities
are keeping keen lookout for bombs
introduced into coal shipped here
from abroad. Several bombs, cart-
RIGGS and shells have been found.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
THE WEATHER

WEATHER FORECAST
For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly
cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Not
so cold.
For North Dakota: Mostly cloudy
tonight and Wednesday. Not so cold.
Weather Conditions
Temperatures are low over the
Plains States and upper Mississippi
Valley due to high pressure over
these areas. An area Of low press
ure. accompanied by rising tempera-
ture, il moving in from the North
west. The weather is generally fair
from the Mississippi Valley to the
Pacific Coast.
ORRIS w. ROBERTS,
Meterologist.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
WANT PAYING
ALONG ROUTE
OF CAR LINE
Commission Names Commit
tee to Confer with State
Authorities on Subject

The city commission, in meeting
last night, authorized appointment of
committee to conferJwith the Bur
leigh county delegation in the legis-
lature and the state board of ad-
ministration relative to paving be.
tween the car tracks on Fourth
street. 1t was said that it was agreed
originally by the city and state that
when the city gave use Of the street
for the car line the state would, as
private street car lines do, keep up
the paving between the tracks.
Assessment rolls for paving on
Eighth street, from Main street 100
north, and the alley in the rear Of
Corwin's garage, were approved. The
former was $3,349.54 and the latter
$2,825.42
The commission drew 81 jurors at
the request of the clerk of court.
Those drawn are: w. E. Lahr, J. ].
Loberg, John Hoffman, B. E. Jones,
Dan McPhee, G. M. Langum, +, E.
Flaherty, c. w. McGray, Pat Dona-
hue, H. S. Lobach, E. w. Leonard,
A. A. Jones, R. Drown; L. Van Hook,
E. H. Pierce, E. j. Gobel, Geo. w.
Little, Thos. Hall, A. L. Hendrick-
son, B. F. Burbage, J. o. Lyngstad,
G. w. Wingreene, R. M. Bergeson,
Thos. D. Cayou. VIM. Dohn, ]. L.
Vachon, H. O. Wray, A. R. Hoffman,
A. R. Aslakson, Frank Mccormick.
Bills were allowed as follows:
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cONTROL OUTLrr .

Dusseldorf, Jan. 16.-The French
now control every outlet from the
Ruhr into Germany whether by rail
or water. The lines were extended
today through Dortmund 10 kiloln-
ometers northeast of Lennen on the
Lippe and thence to Witten whle..,
is seven Kilometers south of Ders-
mund.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16

Police pay roll .............$ $3.50
R. H. Thistlethwaite (member
special assessment commits
SioHJ ....... ..... O.OO
F. L. Conklin (member special
assessment commission -. 500
R. D. Hoskins (member special
assessment commission) :. 500
Farmer-Labor Records ... 4.2O
Farmer-Labor Records ...... 4O5
Street-sewer payroll ,....... 1O7OO
Richholt Grocery ~ .......H 1000
500 Line Telegraph .......... 6.96
Richholt Grocery ........... 500
Paul Dvorsky ...... 1900
Lomas Hardware Vo. 80. 200
N. D. Ind. Tel. Co, ...... 1911
Grether Fire Equipment Co... 87.88
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
wheat, and it's storage on the farms.
with aid Of Government credit.
Regarded as impractical.

This would not be practical, Off
Gals said, because 1t would not be
legal to extend q farmer rs per cent
Of the value Of his wheat crop, and
then permit him to hold the wheat
in his own bins. Officials also dis.
couraged the idea that the Govern.
ment could go to the point of desig.
mating farmer barns as bonded
warehouses" and then make loans
on the certificates OF grain so stored.
Officials said the present wheat
situation only again emphasizes the
growing need for better warehous-
ing facilities for the farmer, in
order to derive maximum benefit
under the new legislation Of Con-
gress.
Prediction Of earlier recovery of
the wheat market was voiced gen.
orally by close students of agricul--
tural conditions. They recalled q
similar situation year ago. Last
summer the wheat market tumbled
about harvest time. and then went
upward sharply in mid autumn.
World demand for wheat today 10
slightly less different than a year
ago, they asserted. Officials gen.
orally deplored the alarming state
ments Of the producers themselves,
declaring that such sentiment only
stimulates the bearish conditions of
the market, and retards recovery.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
ENGLISH ASKED
To CURB ARMS
OUTLAY
Offensive Started by Laborites
to Have Britain Prevent
Next War"
international News Service.

LONDON, July 2S.-Laborites in
the House Of Commons today be-
gan an offensive" against expendi-
lures for ornaments. Ramsay Mac
Donald, parliamentary leader of the
Laborites, gave notice he would
offer resolution deploring the re.
newal of international competition
in ornaments construction and
asking Great Britain to call an in.
ternational disarmament conference.
Macdonald and other labor lead.
ers fear that new war will be
precipitAted unless armament build.
ing Is curbed.
It was anticipated that Lord
Robert Cecil would reply in the dis.
armament debate on behalf of the
government urging adoption of his
plan, which calls for general
treaty with mutual guarantees to
avert war.
Preparations Crisis.
The reparations crisis, which has
not been lightened to any appre-
cfable extent by the British note.
overhangs the whole disarmament
situation. Laborites fear that the
reparations dispute may prove a
contributory cause of the next
war"
A gloomier view of the repara.
tions negotiations was taken TODAY
as result Of Poincare's war me.
mortal speech yesterday at Villers.
Cotteret when he claimed that Ger.
many was trying to dupe the allied
powers by pretending to be on the
brink Of ruin. He charged that
Germany is only waiting her chance
for another attempt to foist leu.
tonic domination upon the world.
Secret Diplomacy Returns.
Reports from Brussels and Paris
state that the British note has not
been received with any enthusiasm
in either capital. Long arduous
negotiations. perhaps Of a secret
nature. are in prospect. In fact,
"secret diplomacy" which was de-
nounced so bitterly by Woodrow
Wilson at the Paris peace confer
ence, already has raised its head.
Foreign office officials said that
Premier Poincare's ipsistence upon
secrecy may prevent members of
the government from making any
statement in Commons Thursday
when the Ruhr question probably
will be forced into debate by the
opposition. The officials refused
to make any comment upon the
Poincare speech.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
KEPNER'S FATE
RESTS WITH
8 WOMEN
They Will Appear As Witnesses
at Grand Jury Probe of
Wife's Death.
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sweater of flinnsy silk, a shirt of
the newest style, elaborate hose and
shoes. She wears gaudy jewelry-
much Of 1t, including the expensive
white gold wrist watch given her
by Kepner. Bold and carefree at
first, she has begun to feel re-
action of regret. She said:
II am sorry for my connection
with the case, and think I have
said enough. Mr.. Anders advised
me to talk no more"
May Tucker apparently is the
most intelligent of the three women
whom an. inscrutable fate has ar
rayed against Kepner. She is self
possessed, with the air Of a COM
petent business woman able too take
care Of herself.
She said:
detest the way have been con-
nothing wrong and have nothing
to fear. I'm going to remain here
no matter what happens"
Miss Houck q Foe.
Miss Houck is different" She
is the deadly enemy OF the archi-
tect. She il his Nemesis. The slim
little woman who has set out to
avenge loved sister is sad, silent.
conspicuously respectable. with only
the thought Of preserving her
sisters good name.
She is a farmers daughter and
looks the. part in her plain house
dresses and with hair brushed back
close to her scalp, thin face and
sallow complexion--a veritable pillar
of spinsterhood. She is like the
other two, only in that she will not
talk, except to say:
I'VE don't want to hear or men.
ton Mr.. Kepner's name again We
are glad our sisters name has been
indicated. Enough has been said.
Please CO." -s
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COAL MEN WILL
DEBATE TALK
Of STRIKE
Wage Conference Session May
Determine Whether U. S.
Must Suffer Walkout.


ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July %.
After q ten-day recess, the anthra-
cite wage conference will recon
vene today to determine whether
there will be a coal strike Sep
tefnber /, and a consequent fuel
shortage next winter.
The big eight" of the coal in.
dustry, four operators representing
the millions of invested capital in
the hard coal mines and four lead.
ing officials Of the United Mine
Workers of America, will recon-
vene in an Ocean front parlor Of
the Ambassador Hotel.
The subcommittee appointed to
analyZe the eleven demands of the
miners as a basis for a wage con-
tract to take the place Of the
present agreement expiring August
81, will reconvene with the major
problems of the conference still
unsoNed.
The operators have not thus far
expressed themselves on the big
issue of the complete recognition
of the United Mine Workers of
America in Districts l, and 8. In
response to the miners demand Of
a 20 per cent increase for contract
miners and a 50 addition to the
daily pay envelope of day workers,
the operators have stated that
generally speaking they regard the
present wages as adequate"
OF the nine other demands Of
miners only three-and these on
very minor subjects-have brought
forth an expression of favor on
the part Of the mine owners.
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HARDING WON To
WALLACE ON
ALASKA
Control of Territory to Remain
Vested in Department of
Agriculture.
By GEORGE, r.. HOLMES,
International News Service.

ABOARD U. S. S. HENDERSON
WITH PRESIDENT HARDING EN-
ROUTE TO VANCOUVER, July
23.-President Harding came to
Alaska with an open mind concern
ing his Alaskan policy, and he Is
going out today after a fifteen days
tour fairly strong conscrvationis..
When he entered the territory
there was q we!ldefined division Of
opinion among the Americans &C
companyiny him over the Cabinets
policies, particularly whether con-
troll over the great territory should
he vested IN a single department.
Secretary of the Interior Work
believed it should and favored the
Department Of the Interior having
complete domination of everything
from forests to seals.
Wallace Apparently Wins.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace
strongly opposed this and ap-
parently has won his fight. Az
any rate control Of the vast terri
torial forests will continue to be
vested in the Agriculture Depart
ment, where they have been, while
the Interior and War departments
will continue their existing sphere.
The fortnight visit to all the prin-
cipal cities. and conversations with
innumerable territorial prominents,
has convinced President Harding
Of the unwisdom and unfeasibiIity
OF giving Alaska to any single
agency of the Government To do
so would not only have met with
determined opposition in Congress,
but also would have invited a repatl-
ton OF the old fight that helped to
wreck the Taft Administration.
Taking 1t Easy Now.
The conservationists, now headed
by Secretary Wallace and Col. W.
b. Greedy, who succeeded Clifford
Pinchot as chief forester. are fully
as strong as ever, and they won
general approval Of their program
from President Harding, while the
Journey has made President Hard.
ing conservatiOnist.
The Henderson settled down for
her three days run to Vancouver.
President Harding spending most
OF his time in his cabin working on
his speeches for his Pacific coast
tour. His one diversion was the
shuttle board tournament which will
be played en- route to Vancouver.
Including Al memhSEa Of the party.
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A. J. DRExEL BIDDLE, JR.,
FINED SIS FOR SPEEDING

NEW YORK, July ga. ].
Drexel Biddle, jr., twenty.six years
old, of 1909 Fifth avenue and r.
Vlng-on.the- Hudson, pleaded guilty
IN traffic court to a charge of driv-
ing his automobile at thirty-three
miles an hour on Harlem Speed
way. He was ordered by Magis-
trate Norman j. Marsh to pay a
tine or $26 or serve ten days in jail
He paid the fine.
mr. Blddle gave his occupation as
that or real estate broker.