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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
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.KAM RAM CAULDR0N'S
 FIRST CEREMONIAL
Committee To Report On Insurance Feature At Regular Meeting

Committee To Report Un Insurance
 Feature At Regular Meeting
 The first ceremonial of Kamram Cauidron, No 25. Daughters of Mo- kama, the womans branch of the Grotto. will be held iq the early part of December, according to the an- nouncement of Mrs. T. J. Miller, pre- siding officer of the Cauldron. The costumes for the degree team have arrived and the ceremonial will be held in the big auditorium of the Masonic Tempie.s
 The committee in charge of the insurance feature of the order have about completed their report and 1t is understood that the maximum fig ure will be set at $500. The report of the committee will be made Mon day night at the. regular meeting of the Cauldron, and on account of the interest taken in the insurance Idea, all members are expected to be pres ent
 Mrs. Ruby G. Alexander, secretary, states that a large number of ap- plications for membership In the Cauldron have already been received and that one of the largest classes in history of the organization Is ex- pected. Members desiring petitions can secure the same by telephoning Mrs. T. J. Miller. Main 6314 or Mrs. R. G. Alexander. Main 2636.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
 WISCONSIN'S HIGHWAYS

By marking the approaches to the main thoroughfares with the sign, "Arterial Highway" Wisconsin com pels it's motorists to avoid right of way" Misunderstanding at cross roads. Every motorist confronted with that sign must come to a full stop and then cross or swing into the arlerial highway on low gear. It makes no difference whether he ap- breaches the arterial highway from right or from left, or whether an unobstructed view shows him that Eothing is coming m either directions ha must obey the rule or pay a heavy fine, ne,-Youths Companion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
FRATERNAL AID UNION
Election Of Officers Will Take Place
 Tuesday Night

Empire lodge, No. 273, Fraternal Aid Union. met in regular session last Tuesday evening. the meeting being called to order by President N. H. Freeman. Several candidates were balloted on, and received into the order.
 A. w. Logan, manager of the south western division. is expected to visit Birmingham in the next few weeks, and Empire lodge, together with Mineral Valley lodge, will entertain MT. Logan while he is in the city. Several good talks were made for the good of the order by Judge Alvin M. Douglas, S. J. Campbell, state man. ager; J. D. Lighter and others. After the business the meeting adjourned to meet Tuesday evening, December f, at the headquarters, 1S091a Fourth avenue. north. All members are re- quested to come out at the next meeting as election of officers will take place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
AUTHORS AND PLOTS
Kfpling Gets His Best Ideas Before
 Brcakfast, Wells At Night

MT. Kipling gets his best ideas be- fore breakfast. While he Is dressing whole plot for story will some times flash through his mind in a couple of minutes.
 MT. Wells, I am told, gets his in the watches of the night, and has more ideas strongboxed away in note looks than one nan Is ever likely to be able to use in lifetime.
 But writers like Kipling and Wells are the exceptions. and with most of us plots are problems hard to start, worse to work out, and in the end the fruits only of strong mental eff fort and real hard work.
 The sources of plots are numerous and varied. One -well-known writer of my acquaintance gets all his ideas in the rough from his newspaper usually from the police court news. His chief trouble, he tells me. is that truth is often so much stranger than fiction that he has. as it were. to water down reality In order that it shall not be too strong drink for his readers.
 Another friend, when in search of new plot, prowls the streets or rides in omnibuses studying the faces of passers-by or passengers until he has spotted some unusual type around which he thinks he can weave a romance.
 Some writers can only begin a story by conceiving a character around which to write; others find that a big incident or an exciting situation is the center from which to start One begins at the beginning of story and works doggedly on- ward; another starts with the de- nouement and travels backward until the plot is complete.
 There are writers who spend more time on the plot of short story than on it's actual writing. and others who merely jot down half dozen lines in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02

Hurry Mother! Even a fretful. feverish, bilious or constipated child loves the pleasant taste of "Califor- nia Fig Syrup" and it never fails to open the bowels. A teaspoonful to- day may prevent a sick child tomor- row.
 Ask your druggist for genuine "California Fig Syrup" which has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother! Yor' must say "California" or you may get an imitation fig syrup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02

pencil on a scrap of paper. then slowly and painfully shape out the yarn itself
 For my own part--and in this re- spect am only one of many-I find that if get good idea and think it well over for day or two the plot begins to shape itself. Unknowingly I hand it down to my subconscious self to chew at and digest, and after a time, which varies according to my state of mental health, the story rises again to the conscious brain more or less complete.-An Author in the Continental Edition of the London Mail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
PICTURE ON BONDS
Engraving Of The George WashinE-
 ton Masonic Memorial On Bonds

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Dec. 1.-An en- graving of the George Washington Memorial temple recently dedicated ; at Shooters Hill is being used on the face of the 5 per cent municipal bonds being issued in the sum of $295,0o0. The picture Is two inches by three, and is at the top of each bond. The issue, s100,oo0, are school hondg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
PARK IS DEDICATED
Great Crowd Attend Services. ode To
 Flag Given

CHICAGO, H., Dec. 1.--Acacia Park cemetery, for Master Masons and their families, has been dedicated. Fully 5000 people attended the ceremony the great majority coming by auto mobile and all roads leading to the grounds were covered with parked cars for a mile in each direction.
 The services began with a fitting touch of patriotism in the delivery of arf ode to the flag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02

mon judgment. would settle that pie ture's fate beyond any doubt of mine,
 l say nice" young people because unquestionably clean pictures go pest, and they go best because the preponderance of American boys and girls are wholesome and they want pictures clean.-William A. Johnston in the Saturday Evening Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
PROTECTING ROYALTY

King Georges chauffeur never knows when he is to drive his maj esty until his majesty is actually seated in the car. This is a con tinuance of the rule which came into force when Queen Victoria ascended the throne. .s
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
KU KLUX TO
BEDEFENSE0F
GOV. WALTON
Preparing to Answer Charges
Before Senate Court of
Impeachment

Oklahoma City, Oct. S0.-Believed
to be preparing his defense on the
Ku Klux Klan issue Governor Wal
ton moved silently today to meet
charges of official conduct when he
is brought to trial Thursday before
a senate. court Of impeachment.
The prosecutors, board of man,
ayers from the lower house Of the
legislature. which drafted the
chargeA a..5 are making final ar
rangements although no indication
came from behind conference room
doors as to the probable course Of
procedure they will follow.
The Governor. it is predicted in
political quarters, will make his plsa
for acquittal on the grounds that
the lower house is controlled by the
Kh Klux Klan and that it conspired to
impeach : him through alleged ef-
forts of the secret organisation TO
supplant constitutional, government
with "invisible government"
He will Summon scores Of victims
Of mob violence. lit Is understood, to
testify in support Of his contention
that no mob rule had supplantsd
constituted rule III authority.
The prosecution will combat vigor-
ousay any such action By the sxecn-
tive, It is said, but mis- plans have
not been announced. as
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
HAIL SURPLUS
CANT. BE USED.
ON LOSSES
Attorney-Ge Says Legis-
lature Specifically Provides
D.. y1,r,FOr Its Use

The surplus of the State Hail In.
surance Fund cannot be used to de.
fray losses in any one particular
year, but is revolving fund used to
pay losses in advance of the levy OF
the hail insurance tax, Attorney.
General George F. Shafer said today
in an opinion to the State Hail In.
surance Department.
The question had been raised as to
whether the law could be interpreted
to permit surplus accruing prior to
July I, 1923, from interest and pen
atty on taxes, cover-collections and
similar means, to be used in paying
this years losses, the maximum tax
this year not being sufficient to
meet losses.
Mr.. Shafer, quoting the law, said
that the legislature provided that all
unexpended balances existing in the
hail insurance fund from whatever
sources derived must be converted
into the surplus fund, until the fund
has reached $4,000,000, and if the
surplus fund should exceed $5,OOO,-
600 the excess levy should be turned
back to the department to pay losses
the next year. The present surplus
of the department is placed at $2.-
100000, of which 100000 was from
interest and penalty and over-collec-
tion of takes prior to last July 1.
Accordingly, in clear and unmis-
taxable language, both the legisla-
ture in 1921 and 1923 provided that
the total losses occurring in any one
year must be paid only out of the
funds available from the indemnity
acreage tax levied for that year, and
that in case such indemnity tax
shall be insufficient to pay such
losses must be pro-rated," said the
opinion of Mr.. Shafer.
Use Of any part of the $2,9O0,00
surplus to pay losses in 1928 would
be an unlawful diversion of the
fund, Mr.. Shafer holds.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
PARKER ASKS
VOTE AGAINST
KU KLUX KHAN
Tells Louisiana Voters to Cast
Ballots Against Any Mem
Der of klan
CONVICTIONS
SEEKS
Declares Belief That Men
Responsible for Mer Rouge
Murders Will Be Taken

New Orleans. Oct. 30.-Governor
John NJ. Parker of Louisiana in an
address here last might touched on
the open hearing at Bastrop last
January into masked band activities
in Morchouse Parish declaring he
hoped and believed "the moose will
We. be placed around the necks OF
men guilty" Of the murder of Watt
Daniels and +. F. Richards at Mer
Rouge.
The Governor also discussed the
present campaign appealing to. those
"who love their home, their family,
state and country not to vote for
any man who does not unqualifiedly
place himself against the Ku Klux
Klan and pledge himself not to
knowingly appoint Klansman to Of
fce." ., j.
Referring to the alleged murder
of Daniel and. Richards which he has
repeatedly attributed to the Ku klux
Klan, the Governor told how efforts
put forth by the state had been
"balked at every turn by the Klan
when attempts were made to bring
the perpetrators of the outrage to
to justice
\ Mor& than a dozen men charged
with fsggin, warnings Of persons to
leave the parish and other misde-
meanors which grew out of masked
band activities in Morehouse prior
to the kidnapping of Daniel and
Richard in 1922 will 60 on trial at
Bastrop next Monday. Among the
defendants are Capt. J. X. Skipwith,
exalted cyclops Of the Morehouse
Klan and DR.. B. M. McKoin, former
mayor of Mer Rouge. More serious
charges in connection with the Dan
iel- Richard affair are pending against
1S citizens of the parish. No date
for the hearing of these cases has
been fixed
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
NEW FORBES
CHARGES MADE
Was Seeking to Remove
Stocks of Liquor, Is
Declaration

Washington. Oct. 30. = Charges
that Charles p. Forbes, while direc-
tor Of the Veterans Bureau, still
was seeking as late as September,
1922, to surreptitiously remove large
stocks Of narcotics and liquors from
the government hospital at Perry
vile, Maryland, were made at the
continuation Of the senate investi-
CATION Of the Veterans Bureau.
James M. Williams, Philadelphia
dairyman was the witness, his testi-
mony being designed to support in
part of the sensational story told the
committee last week by Elias H.
Mortimer, also Of Philadelphia, about
his alleged relations with Forbes at
time when he was seeking con-
tracts for hospitals from the direc-
torl
Williams testified that aside from
proposing removal Of the narcotics
and liquors. Forbes. with a man
named Bieber. had sought to obtain
from Mrs. Mortimer certain papers
belonging to Mortimer and also to
"embitter" Mrs. Mortimer against
her husband. This was at = time
after Mortimer. according to his tes-
timony. had broken" with Forbes
and wheh. Williams understood. Mrs.
Mortimer Exs contemplating a d.
vorce from Her husband.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
Erect Gin To
Aid Cotton Trade

Sydney. N. S. w., Oct. 3O.-New
South Wales, which shares with
Queensland the honor of pioneer
ing the cotton industry in Australia.
now has its own gin. erected at
Newcastle undep the supervision
Of the British-Australian Cotton
association. The premier and a
large parliamentary party with 9TH
er prominent figures were present
at the opening.
The cotton industry in New
South Wales Is. new, .but it shows
promise Of q good future. Last
year, sufficient seed was supplied
to plant more than $500 acres.
The demand for seed has been
widespread and It is estimated
that from 10000 to 10000 acres
will be planted 10 this state, The
cotton acreage in Queesland IL con-
siderably larger. s'iS. q *
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
CORN BRINGS
IN MUCH CASH

Dickinson, N. D., Oct. 80. Joe
Scheeler, farmer near here, she'll
ed 1850 bushels OF cron from Al
acre field, approximately " BUSH
els to the acre and sold the entire
product at so cents bus,.el to the
Dickinson Roller mills at SO cents
a bushel. A gross return of ST.
$50 from AZ acres of corn netted
more than any quarter section OF
wheat in the county. Figures such
as these, say local bankers, are
speaking for themselves so loudly
that Stark county in another year
will see double the acreage in corn
with consequent increase in dairy
and hog raising.
Scheeler not only melted fine
return from his AZ acres of corn
but has many tons of fodder for his
cattle and has clean ground for
next years planting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
DISABLED VETS
AGAIN OBSERVE
DAY FOR AID
National FOrget-Me-NOt Day
to be Observed in Bis
marck on November 10


National Forget Me-Not Day" will
be observed in Bismarck, as in other
cities of the nation, on November
10. Mrs. r. A. Tracy, who was city
chairman for Forget Me- Not Day last
year has accepted the request of the
local chapter of the Disabled Veter-
ans of the World War to act as
chairman this year. Forget Me-Nots
will be sold and the proceeds used
for the disabled veterans. Hearty
approval of the aims and purposes
Of National Forget Me-Not Day.
was voiced in, a letter just tent to
National Commander James A. Nc.
Farland Of the Disabled Americaf
Veterans of the World War, by
President Calvin Coolidge. The ma
tion's chief executive wrote the Dis
abled Vet.s' leader as follows:
White House,
Washington, d. C,
My dear Commander Mcfarland:
I want to express to you my hope
that the observance of "Forget-Me-
Not Day" by the Disabled American
Veterans of the World War, On Sat
urday, November 10th, will be gen
erously supported by the public.
The thousands who bear the scars
of the War will always hold their
place ip- the hearts of the American
people,. You can be assured that
those in places of national response
bility are striving to the utmost to
aid and compensate them, so far as
compensation is possible. Your or
ganization has shown a fine spirit of
cooperation with the Government in
strumentalities engaged in this diff
ficult task, for. which am glad to
express appreciation.
! Most sincerely yours.
CALVIN COOLIDGE
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
.HEALTHREC0RD
DEFECTSCAUSE
MUCH TROUBLE
Heart-aches and Difficulties
Caused by Lack Of Birth
Registration in State

Compiling statistics is drab busi-
ness but lack of them in North Da-
kota has caused hundreds of heart
aches and actual privation. DR.. A. A.
Whittemore, State Health Officer.
declared today.
81 have in mind the case of the wi
dow of Civil War veteran in Bow
man county, who was left with sew
en- children to support" he said. "Her
husbands sole means Of support was
his pension. When he died she ap.
piled for widows pension. She
was unable to get it because she
could not prove the birth of her
children and also because no death
certificate had been filed of her hus-
bands death. She finally rectified
matters, but only after she had been
deprived of the support for many
months and had employed. an attor-
ney to help her.
Another case is that a Sargent
county widow who could not get in
surance because her husbands death
certificate had been carelessly made
out. The insurance company con-
tested the policy. It was necessary
for her to employ lawyer and come
to the state health department to
get the matter Strengthened out"
DR.. Whittemore is now, engaged in
a campaign to obtain, accurate and
complete registration in every coun-
ty of births and deaths. Both VII
dows would have been spared diff
culties had the matters been proper
ly handled by local officers, he said
In the second case, had the careless
ly reported death certificate come in
since the new state health depart
ment was established last July the
department would have caused the
matter to be corrected before filed.
Birth and death certificates are
most important legal documents, 2
said DR.. Whittsmore. Every persot,
has certain rights which these Ger
tificatex protect. They estshlish h
legal proof Of age, percentage, legiti5
macy. It admits the child to school,
it gives the child papers when right
age is reached. the rights and privi-
leges Of citizenship, civil service ex-
animation. They are nAressAry to es-
tablsh claims to- pensoas, soldier
compensation and insufanee.s
Many ex-soldiers in North Dakota
right now cannot get all the compep-
sation the government allows dis
ablsd men because of fnability TO
prove their aRA or the nae ar fhnir
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
DESERTS WIFE AND CHILD HERE,
LEAVING THEM ESIIIUTE IN HOTEL

his oyercoat and left. A search
failed to locate him.
Apparently Simon and the nephew,
Emil -Brynestetter, had left the city.
The woman was left destitute with
the little child and in . delicate con-
dition. She appealed to authorities
for aid. A relative living east Of
here was notified and came to the
city. Today she was sent back to
her home in Milwaukee by him.
Search was instituted for the hus-
band who deserted her. authorities
said.
Il was the first time, Oceording to
police, that they had ever been out
Of Milwaukee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30

Fred H. Simon came into Bismarck
three days ago with his wife, aschild
about I'VE years of age, and a
nephNw about 1s. They registered
at local hotel in modest quarters.
Presumably Simon was going to get
= job and they were to remain in
Bismarck.
Last night he left, the hotel. When
he did NOT return the wife became
suspicious and opened the suit cases.
All his, clothing had disappeared. He
had, she told Chief of Rolies Mar
tineson. slipped On two or three suits
Of clothes and other clothing under
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
LLOYD GEORGE
ACCLAIMED IN
PHILADELPHIA
Former English Premier Lis
tens to Welsh Songs While
Eating Breakfast +
SITS IN FAMOUS CHAIR
Occupies Chair Used by John
e Hancock when United States
Declared independence

Philadelphia, Oct. 30.-David
Lloyd George, stopping here today
for few hours. was cordially re-
ceived. Arriving shortly after z a. m.
before the reception committee was
on hand he remained aboard his car
until $3.50, the scheduled hour for
his official entry.
During this period he was inform
ed of the passing away of his friend
and former colleague, Andrew Bonar
Law, dispatched message Of SYM
pathy to the daughter of the dead
statesman and paid q public tribute
to him.
At the station 800 singers sang
Welsh songs as the former premier
ate breakfast and continued to sing
as he left his car. :
The official welcome took place on
city hall q plaza where Mayor j.
Hampton Moore gave him the free
dom of the city. y
At Independence Hall, to which
the British statesman and his party,
was driven through crowded lanes
of people waving British and Ameri-
can flags, Mr.. Lloyd George was in
vited to sit In the chair occupied by
John Hancock when he presided over
the meeting at which the declaration
Of independence was signed and al
so occupied by George Washington
when he presided over the Constitu-
tional Convention. ~
Lloyd George took the chair for
a long time and turning to the as
semblage in the declaration room
said:
1T is indeed high honor which
you are comforting on me by giving
me the distinction of sitting in the
chair occupied by one of the great
men of the world during one of the
great occasions which had pro-
found effect on my country and
which altered the whole course of
htnan history"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
AGAINST CHANCK

Aberdeen, s. D., Oct. 30.-Aberdeen
c o m m ercial club Friday voted
against the 400 mile change in the
Yellowstone trail petitioned for my
Gfendive. Mont. business men. They
want the trail moved north from
Aberdeen to cross the Missouri at
Bismarck and after traversing North
Dakota Bad Lands and through Glen
dive, again join the Yellowstone q
Fallon. Mont. Final action rests with
the national board. The changs
would eliminate wsstern South Da-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
NORWAY CITY
LOSE NAME

London, Oct. So.-Norway's oapi-
tai may lose its familiary name Of
Christiania and nav in the future
be known by its original name Of
Oslo. Ten members Of the Storthing
have submitted proposal to that ef-
feet which according to the Morn
ing Posts correspondent will be
adopted by large majority of the
national legislature.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
RUNNING FIGHT

Wahpeton, N. D., Oct. 30.-A run.
ming gun fight on the streets Of
Mantador, 3 little town southwest Of
here, at 1880. a. m. Sunday, just af-
ter the attempted robbery of the H
C. Reed store, resulted in the wound
ing of Frank Harris, one of the
yeggs, and his capture.
, A few hours later, two other men
said to be Harris pals in the at
tempted holdup, were captured at
Hankinson. They are Dale CARRIER
and Claude McClain.
CARRIER and McClain were brought
to the Richlsnd' county jail in Wah.
peton.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-30
Resigns Post

R. E. Wenzell, president of the
University of North Dakota Alumni
Association, who recently assumed
the post Of Commissioner sof the
Workmen's Compensation Bureau.
Bismarck, has resigned as president
Of the alumni association because
he believes the best interests Of the
association require that the presi-
dent reside in Grand Forks or near
there.