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The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13
ALLIED PAR1EY
DISAGREEMENT
HELD SERIOUS
French, Belgians and Ger
mans Renew Effort to
Reach Accord on Ruhr
MACDONALD RETIRES
British Premier Leaves Rep.
resentatives Of 3 Nations
Fighting 1t Out

London, Aug. l.3-(By the A. P)---
The conference held by French, Bel
'gfan and German representatives in
Downing street this forenoon in an
effort to reach a settlement of the
Ruhr evacuation problem ended at
1870 o'clock without arriving at a
solution, adjourning until later in
the afternoon.
In consequence, the meeting Of the
council of Ia, set for p. m. at which
it was hoped the announcement of
settlement would be received, was
called off to enable the outside con-
versations to be continued.
1t was announced that the next
meeting Of the big fourteen" would
be held tomorrow morning.
To-day is the most critical day of
the conference" DR.. Marx, the Ger
man chancellor, declared to the news
paper correspondents this afternoon
just before going into the 5 o'clock
conference with Premier Herriot of
France and Premier Theunis of Bel
GUM and their French and Belgian
associates, to resume discussion of
the Ruhr evacuation.
At l0:30 O'Clock this morning,
Prime Minister Macdonald turned
over the big room at No. 10 Down.
ing street to Premier Herriot of
France. Premier Theunis of Belgium
and the two leaders of the German
delegation, Chancellor Marx and
Prime Minister Stresemann. The
British premier withdrew while at
tempts were being made to hammer
out settlement of the problems of
the Ruhr and proposed commercial
treaty. The negotiations dragged dis
couragingly.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13
DAVIS PLANS
EARLY DRIVE
Back in East to Prepare For
Intensive Campaign

Aboard the Metropolitan Special,
en- route to New York, Aug. 13.-(By
the A. P.)-John w. Davis, Democra-
tic presidential candidate, was back
in the East today to prepare for an
intensive campaign which he has
told leaders of his party he intends
to conduct without gloves.
His drive to carry his message to
the country will be a inaugurated
with his trip to Columbus, Ohio, to
address the Democratic state conven-
tion on August 26. Meanwhile, Clem
L. Shaver, his campaign manager,
and other party chiefs, will make
every endeavor to complete the cam
paign organization which now is far
behind that Of the Republicans.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13

The chapter is unable to provide a
Waterman day and night for the ca
bin. Many of the acts of vandalism
broken windows, writing on walls
are probably the acts of children
who, the chapter feels, have not been
taught the proper veneration for OBJ
,jects Of historical value. -..-. .
Repaired Building
Before the cabin was moved from
it's location in front of the capitol
to place behind the. Liberty Me-
mortal Building, to fit in with a
state capitol park plan as drawn a
few years ago by landscape archi-
tects, the local charter of the ID. A.
r. spent 1886 in lifting the roof, re-
building it, repairing logs, rebuilding
doors, and repartitioning it to accord
with it's original setting. All this
money has virtually been wasted, be-
cause vandals have rendered useless
much of the expense. The money,
too, was raised by dint of hard work
and sacrifice by the members of the
chapter. They didn't want to seek
public subscriptions, but raised the
money themselves. The result has
been discouraging to them. The ca
bin had been falling into sad state
when the committee undertook its
preservation.
The plan of the chapter called for
the expenditure of $500 to build q
beautiful fence around the cabin. BY
giving a dance, BY giving money out
of their. own pockets and by small
donations from one or two other
chapters, including the state d. A.
r., the women raised 1885 toward
this. Now, with vandals doing dam
age to the cabin, the chapter is fore
ed for the present to abandon this
idea and instead put Il hog wire and
barbed wire fence around it. There
will be a gate, but it will be pad
locked and the key left with some
responsible party in the capitol, SO
that tourists may obtain it to get q
closer view Of the cabin.
The local chapter has not given up
it's elaborate plans for the cabin, al
though they have suffered setback
They expect yet to plant Badlands
cedar trees around it, to get desk
which Roosevelt used at Medora and
to fence it, and if the state park
plan develops, to have it in a beau
tiful setting.
Ask Public Help
The d. A. r. ladies hope that the
public will assist in the protection
of the cabin. There is some doubt as
to the wisdom of the cabin being
moved where it is, and some dis
agreement over the act. Mrs. E. A
Thorberg of the cabin committee said
today that the cabin was moved al
the instance of state authorities to
fit in with park scheme while E. G
Wanner, secretary of the board OF
administration, said it was moved al
the request of the D. A. R. chapter
Mrs. F. L. Conklin is regent of the
local chapter, and members of the
cabin committee are Mrs. N. o. RAM
stad, Mrs. B. K. Skeels, Mrs. P. j.
Never and Mrs. E. A. Thorberg.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13
DEPOSITORS TO
MEET IN CITY

A meeting of depositors having
money in closed banks of the state
has been called for Bismarck on Sat-
urday morning, August 16, by w. E.
Dyer, president of the Association of
Depositors in Closed Banks, it was
announced today. The meeting will
be held in Patterson hall. The fu-
ture of the association will be deter
mined, it is expected.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13
Stock Streams
In Southwest N. ID.

E. T. Judd. state fish and game
commissioner, was in the city today,
on his way to the southwest part of
the state, where he will place fish
in many reservoirs in small streams,
at Marmarth, Hettinger, Reeder and
Buffalo Springs. The fish, mostly
native perch and bullheads, will be
obtained from lake north of Lem
mon.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13
Weather Report

Highest wind velocity ......... Ia
For North Dakota: Partly CLOUDY
tonight and Thursday. Warmer to-
night.
The high pressure area, accompah-
GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS
led by cool weather, has moved slow
ly eastward and covers the upper
Mississippi Valley and northern
Plains States this. morning. Tenn
peratures were unusually low in east
ern N. Dakota and jamestown report
ed light frost. Low pressure and
slightly higher temperatures prevail
over the Rocky Mountain and Plat.
eau States. Precipitation occurred
in the Great Lakes region. in Iowa
and in the southern Plains States.
NORTH DAKOTA CORN AND
WHEAT REGION SUMMARY
For the week ending Aug. 13, 1924.
The weather during the past week
was favorable for crops generally
and farm work made unusual pro-
gress. Spring wheat harvest is ex-
ceptionally we'll advanced, and con-
siderable is being cut to avoid dam
age from black stem rust which is
prevalent in many sections and is
damaging late sown wheat. The rye
harvest is completed and considerable
has been ,threshed with good yields.
The barley harvest is nearly COM
pleted and the harvesting of oats has
started. Flax is mostly in the boil
stage, some ripening. The corn is
all tasseled and most of it is in the
silk or ear stage. Rain is needed in
many sections for corn, potatoes
pastures and ranges.
sOKKIS w. ROBERTS,
Meteorologist.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13

Light Frost
At Jamestown;
No Damage Done

Light frost was reported in
jamestown last night, the only
weather station in the state to
report frost. according to o. w.
Roberts. weather observer.
No damage was done, in the
opinion of Mr.. Roberts. Light
frost at this time of the year
does not damage grain, he said.
Corn was not damaged, either,
it is believed. A light frost
when corn is in the ear stage is
held by some to be Of aid to corn,
preventing the leaves from alb
sorbing all the growing strength
of the corn.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13
OF
HOSPITAL DIES

st. Paul, Aug. 13.-Charles W.
Buech architect and designer Of
many public buildings in North and
South Dakota, and Minnesota, died
at home early today, following q
stroke of paralysis. He was 6s.
Among the public buildings which ~
designed is the St. Alexius hospital
at Bismarck.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13
FAMOUS ROOSEVELT CABIN DAMAGED
BY VANDALS; D. AR. COMMITTEE TO
BUILD WIRE FENCE FOR PROTECTION
ThOughess individuals Render Useless Much of Effort and
Money Put Into Restoration of the Cabin by the d. A. r.
ASK Public Help in Teaching Respect for Cabin

Mnshoshe Daughters the
Revolution of vandals the Roosevelt
cabin the state capitol grounds.
Sorely distressed in their efforts
setting the visiting cabinand this
the placed
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13
WIDE DEVASTATION

Shanghai, Aug. 13.-Unusually wide
devastation accompanied by great
damage has been reported from China
on Saturday. Late in July there were
serious inundations in the provinces
OF kwongsi and Sinkiang. 1t was
reported that the loss of lives had
been up to that time comparatively
small
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13

The chief causes Of crime are
said to be influence Of evil associ-
stes. inherited disposition, drink,
strong temptation plus favorable op-
portunity and poverty.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13
LOSS OF LIFE MAY BE GREATER.
SAYREP0RTS FROM PEKING AS
REFUGEES FLOCK TO THE CITY
Tens Thousands of Villages Are Inundated by Floods Over
Large Area of China, Say Meager Dispatches, Which
Declare That Loss of $4,000 Lives Is a Conservative
Estimate of the Number of Dead

Shanghai China, Aug. 13.- (By the A. P.) - Millions
have been rendered homeless and least $4,000
have been drowned in devastating floods which sweeping
in China sbmergng tens Of thousands of villages,
Thousands of refugees pouring into Pekng.
1t impossible to get even approximate estimate or
fatalities but $4,000 said to be conservative estimate.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13

Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. ia
After plans had been completed here
for the American army world fliers
to hop off for Greenland tomorrow.
weather permitting, disquieting
report today from naval flight COM
mande& Bruce Leighton, on board
the cruiser Raleigh, off the Green
land coast, caused a sudden change
in the schedule.
Rear Admiral Thomas Mapruder
at once called conference with
Lieut.. Lowell H. Smith, the flight
commander, and Major Crumrine Of
the Army Air Service, on board the
cruiser Richmond.
Reports received from Anemapsa-
lik, after reconnaissance from the
Raleigh, stated that the harbor was
too small and too nearly filled
with floating ice to make it suitable
as safe landing place for the fliers
and that it would be impracticable
for them to hop off from it. with a
load. 1t is probable that new
landing place will be selected.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13

No one ever has discovered the
secret of perpetual motion, although,
scientifically, nothing in existence is
ever still.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13

Roman politicians before election
time used to bathe with the people in
public lighthouses.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-13
MAY
AGAIN BE HELD
UP IN FLIGHT
Disquieting Reports of Ice
Conditions in Greenland
Received

Reykjavik Iceland, A. p, Aug.
1.-THE American world flyers
will continue to count upon uti-
lizing the port Of Angmagsalik,
Greenland. as their base of sup
ply of, the east coast Of Green
land, in which the presence of
considerable ice was reported, it
was announced by Lieut.. Lowell
n. Smith, flight commander, af-
ter a conference with Rear Ad-
miral Magruder, of the cruiser
Richmond.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-06
TOWN HELPS
INVENTOR

Oberleutensdorf, Czecho-s lovakia,
Feb 6.-~This industrial town of r.
600 persons has voluntarily trans
formed itself into one great clcctri-
cal workshop to assist Fritz Hav-
litzek, local electrician, in his
struggle to improve apparatus of his
own invention designed to transfer
electrical power without wires.
Every man, woman and child in
Oberleutensdorf consider themselves
Havlitzek's assistants. Every house,
every machine shop, every telegraph
pole in the town has been placed at
the disposal of the young inventor.
Just as the time when Havlitzek
had nearly perfected the machine
upon which he had been at work for
years, his funds gave out and he
found himself unable to carry on his
cndeavors. But the burgomaster and
the town deputies quickly came to
Havlitzek' S aid and gave him money
with which to continue.
Oberlcutensdorf manufactures toys,
textiles, hats and steel goods. Every
worker in town looks upon young
HavlitZek as second Edison, and the
men of science who have seen his
work predict great accomplishments
for the local wizard of electricity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-06
NARY WHEAT
EXPORT PLAN
IS EXPLAINED
Proposed Legislation De-
signed to Increase the
Price of Wheat
TO BRING UP LEVEL
Avowed Purpose Is to Bring
Farmers Dollar Back to
Pre- War Basis

Grand Forks, n. D., Feb. Ga com
munication explaining the McNary
HauGcn Bill has been received from
Gee. K. Duis, president of the North
Dakota Wheat Growers Association,
who was called TO Washington by
President Coolidge to discuss farm
relief measures for the northwest,
according to A. J. Scott, secretary Of
the association. The communicat on
in part follows:
Among all the farm relief mca-
sures introduced ut this session Of
Congress. the McNary- Haugcn Bill.
providing for an export agency, is
finding the most favor both among
government officials and congress
men. The purpose Of the measure is
to bring the price Of farm commod
tiles, especially wheat, back to their
pre-war purchasing level, by scgrc
eating the surplus for sale abroad
by the government thus making the
tariff effective. and readj busting the
tariff so that the price of wheat will
be on parity with commodities
which the farmers must buy.
The Bureau OF Agricultural Eco
nomics has compiled figures indicat-
ing approximately what the price OF
wheat would have been IN 1923 if
the export agency had been in exist
cncc. The following figures apply
to Dark Northern No. |, the first
row OF figures giving the estimated
price under the export agency and
H. SnrnnI il a nctllnl nrirn
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-06

By NEA Service
Fresno, Calf, Feb Ga woman
knceling on mound of ashes, SYM
holic of death. and chanting incess-
antly the death prayer of Armenian
superstition, beseeching for 40 days
and 40 nights that death take her
stepchildren-
\ This is the picture to be given Il
jury here February 4, in the trial of
Mrs. Elise Potegian, accused of MUIR
der.
The story of Mrs. Potegan is a
story of mystery. Mystery surrounds
her identity. Mystery has left the
deaths of her husband, two stepchil-
dren and her mother unsolved. The
jury trying her will be told that:
She fled massacres in Armenia
and came to Anne ica, bringing Choir
an, a boy whom She says is not her
son.
Weds Widower
In California she met Sestrak Po-
tegian, widower with three children,
owner of vineyards valued at $685.
900. She married him-for his mon
ey, charges the prosecutor.
In August, 1919, her stepson, 49,
months old, was found dead in a
shallow pool.
In June, 1918, her husband died
after brief illness. He willed the
bulk of his estate to his two children,
Margaret, Is, and Goorden, Fl.
Then, the state contends, Mrs. Po-
tegian called upon the power of Ar
menian mysticism to destroy the
stepchildren. She built. an altar on
ashes and gave herself to prayer for
40 days and nights. But the children
lived on.
Failing by this means, it is
charged, she resorted to more certain
mAans to accomplish her end.
Death is Mysterious
Late in October, 1928, Margaret
died after brief illness. At this
time Goorden, too, was mysteriously
stricken but he recovered. Autopsy
of Margaret's body disclosed Arsenic
poison in her stomach.
Mrs. Potegian, under arrest, &C.
cused her mother, Mrs. A. Torosian.
When the police went to arrest the
aged woman they found her body
dangling from rafter in her home.
She had hanged herself. On the
same day Mrs. Potegian tried to kill
herself in her Jail cell, slashing her
wrists.
Grape juice, candy and sweet
cakes, containing arsenic poison,
were found in the Potegian home.
Despite this evidence, Mrs. Pote-
gian pleaded mot guilty"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-06
BIBLES PRINTED IN
MANY TONGUES

Manila. Feb. 6.-Thc earthquake
and fire in Japan last September
were the cause of bringing to Ma
Mia the largest individual type
setting and printing order ever un-
dertaken in the Philippine Islands.
The job is that Of putting into type
every word of the Bible in seven
Philippine dialects for the Amer
lean Bible Society.
Prior to the earthquake the
printing for the American Bible
Society in the Philippines was
done in Japan, but the plant at
Toxic was destroyed.
The contract for the typesetting,
which requires about 24,0O0, 900
ems. was signed today by l.. c.
Moore, manager of the Sugar News
Press, and Rep. G. B. Cameron.
manager Of the American Bible So
ciety in the Philippines.
The work will he done on a
single linotype, which will be OPP
Grated 16 hours day by two men
working eight hours a day each.
they will be busy for the next
year and nine months. More than
21,000 Bibles are included in the
first order.
The seven Philippine dialects
are Ilocano, Pangasinan, Pam
pangan. Tagalog, Bic9l, Panayan
and Cebuan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-06
Bi GEORGE BRITT.
NEA Service Writer.

Ch,cogo, Feb. 6-Edwin b. Jen
nings fortune WAS estimated at ST.
100000
Edwin B. Jennings played pinochll
q. a barn for nickel Il hundred
points.
He protested he couldn't afford to
raise it to ten cents.
lie used to carry the bucket for
the paIty's beer to earn a dime tip.
And he never married for fear his
wife would take half the estate.
But the aged miser's lifelong
"Ienny wise" policy is laughed at by
fate. Less than four months after
his death. mammoth legal battle
is started that will squaader
and scatter the boarded wealth.
Jennings lodged the imagined per
H.; Of almony by lodging formal
marriage. For 80 years, he main
tanned Miss Ida Miner in a beautiful
apartment, introduced her as Mrs =.
jennings and recognized her son,
Charles, as his own.
Son Fights Cousins.
Charles T.. Miner, this son, has
left his laboring job in Louisville,
Ky, to claim sole neirship. Eight
cousins of the eccentric millionaire
are in court to contest him. And
with S27,000,000 to spur them on, the
fight promises to be long and ex-
pensivc, with the issues set by the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-06

prs II onious Jennings himself in
his craze for saving.
Ta'es innume,.blc are told of the
economics and distrusts Of jennings
lie bought all his clothing and Shoes
O! second hand dealers. Occasionally
ne would lend mcncy, but his out
side limit was for So 900 and then
only for short terms. high intercst
and large security. He took, Miss
Miner and their son to the theater
orce in their lives. Then it was
vaudeville, and they sat in the gal
lery.
his fed trusted cronics. they used to
nd ont in the old days for bucket
cf beer The millionaire Jennings
acted as bucket carrier on those oc-
casons and earned tip Of 10 cents.
He Celebrated.
Another story, like the others
SUI piled by Attorney Roe, concerns
the death of Jennings brother, who
was with him joint benefi ciary Of
their fathers estate. The brothers
death made Edwin Jennings the sole
heir.
81 feel pretty good Jennings told
his friend, Frank Reed. "To cele-
brate, I'm going to buy a bottle Of
wine and good dinner
"The wine,' says Reed, "cost 80
cents and the dinner, quarter"
Somebody can do some expensive
celebrating when the pending suits
arc all settled.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-06
Fox Hunting
Still Popular

London. Feb. 6.--Govcrnments may
come and governments may go, but
the old English pastime Of fox
hunting will 60 on forever.
If this opinion is not shared by the
majority Of farmers III Britain over
whose lands the hunters ride, it is by
Lord Hillingdon. master Of the Graf
ton Hunt, for speaking at the annual
meeting of the Hunt, the noble lord
said "Whatever government comes
into power ! have feeling that we
shall carry on foXhunting somehow"
The present season Of foxhunting
here has not gone at all smoothly
from the point Of view of the chasers,
for they have been debarred from
crossing lands on which the foot and
mouth disease has broken out. Con-
sequently sport has been greatly cur
tailed, and the number Of hunting
days considerably reduced.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-06
COUNT SEEKS
CITIZENSHIP

Prague, Feb. Count Berchtold,
who was minister for foreign affairs
in AustroHungary at the outbreak
of the great war, now finds himself
a man without Il country. His citi-
zenship is a tangle in international
law which has become so complicated
that the old statesman apparently
must wipe out all his claims and be-
come naturalized in one of the ccun-
tries which sprang from the old Aus
tro Hungarian Empire.
After the creation Of Czech oslova-
kia Count Berchtold assumed that he
was citizen of that country. Like
hundreds of thousands of other men
who had been associated with coun-
tries which had fought the entente
powers, he regarded it desirable to
become Czechoslovakian. Passports
from that new land were classed with
the passports of the neutral powers
in Europe. But Count Berchtold ap-
parently forgot that for political
reasons he had become naturalized in
Hungary about IL years ago. Conse-
quently the Czech os lovakian govern
ment regards him as Hungarian,
and refuses to admit his citizenship
in the new republic.
Hungary holds that the count has
lost his Hungarian citizenship be-
cause he has not made use of it for
ten years. He can make no claim
to being an Austrian, and the dis
tinction he achieved in European
politics before the war does not save
him from being an untagged nonen-
tity, along with hundreds of thou.
sands of other refugees whose citi-
zenship was swallowed up in the re-
making Of the map of Europe.
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layers of 1000 tons and four tank
ers of 10000 tons each. According
to the governments program work
on these various units was to COM
mence in January, 1925, and be
completed in 1890.
Deputy Paul Denise, secretary of
the Naval Commission of the
Chamber, in submitting his report
endorsing the program of the gov
eminent, recommended that COW
ing to the precarious condition Of
the French Navy" the entire pro-
gram be completed between 1924
and 1928.
This program as amended by the
Naval Commission will come up
for discussion during the present
year, probably few weeks after
the new chamber meets next May.
1t involves an expenditure OF
1850. 100000 francs, which the
present chamber is unwilling to
saddle upon the country just pre-
vious to going to the polls.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-06
VIEW ANCIENT
CHINESE CITY

Picking, Feb. 6.-Following the ex.
ample Of Investigators who recently
added to their knowledge of Stone
henge by viewing the site from the
air, Carl Bishop, Of the Smithsonian
Institution, has made aerial survey
Of the remains -ot an ancient city
located. near the present town OF l.
how, 60 miles southwest Of Picking.
The place, according to Bishop,
was the site of city of considerable
Importance antcdating authentic his
toy, which later became known as
Yen, capital Of the kingdom of that
Eamc, and which was burned My
Chin Shihwang in 222 b. c.
1hcie. are 80 mounds traceable
which Bishop designates AS burial
places, while others of greater dimen-
siDns he believes to be sites of tenn
pies and public buildings.