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Evening star., 1925-04-26
'co1umbu Fouutainr at 4suadi1ta. @oo

work is at present in progress. All
the land thus reclaimed or created
will belong to the insular government,
and will probably be let or sold to
private interests for the erection of
the warehouses, factories and docking g
facilities of which the rapidly grow
ing business of Porto Rico is in urg-
ent need.
A new "carratera," which is the
generic name for q thorougfare, is
now being constructed along a por-
tion of this already reclaimed harbor
land to relieve the main carratera
which connects old San Juan with the
lately developed suburbs. This will
be a broad street capable of caring for
heavy volume of traffic, similar to
the present carratera, which at the
rush hours-nearly every hour Of day
light seems to be rush hour in San
Juan-is inadequate for the peak of
the load. At the meek of the bottle. /.
where the single road crosses the la
goon near its junction with the sea,
branching in one direction to the Con
dado suburb and in another to San
turce and by a diversion to the nearby
separate city of Rio Piedras, new
bridge work is in progress to relieve
serious, and at times dangerous,
congestion.
X X
IN a few years-perhaps two or
three, 50 rapidly is building work
carried on in Porto Rico-the present
carratera will be fianked by a series
of handsome buildings of public and
semi-public character, making 1t one
of the most attractive cities in the
American tropics. Already several
structures are in use, initially, on the
way east from the old city, the art.
istic Spanish Casino, opposite which
rises one of the largest public schools.
Then come other strikingly designed
buildings, such as the Atheneum, the
Y. NJ. G. A, and the Public Library.
Some distance beyond this group
will rise the already started new Capi-
tol of Porto Rico, which was planned
some years ago and actually begun,
but checked in construction, though
now again under way. 1t will be a
massive, imposing structure. Just
beyond it to the east is rising also the
School for Tropical Medicine.
The carratera is scene Of intense
activity. There Il . thro4 Of tranic.
Evening star., 1925-04-26
Do Ferns Harm Trees?

GONE of our most beautiful ferns
- may fall under the ban which the
Government is placing on goose
berries and barberries, according to
c. A. Weatherby, noted fern spe-
cialist. He reports that species of
rust attacking balsam frs with de-
structive force are found to have
ferns for their alternate hosts. Both
Eastern and Western balsams are
infected and ferns guilty of trans
mitting their diseases are found on
both coasts. Among them are the
beech fern, the sensitive fern, the
marsh fern, the Western lady ferns,
brackens and polypodies.
Evening star., 1925-04-26

motor cars; "guaguas'' or busses, with
their quaint notices and brazen ad-
vertiSing signs painted upon their
sides; trucks. all rushing to and fro,
all usually well filled. Everything in
a hurry. The sound of the COM
pressed air drills trimming the window
castings in the new Capitol to conform
to the altered plans and the steam
riveters on the new bridges give an
accent of pulsing life.
Where is the somnolence that one
has been led to expect to find in the
tropics? Up to noon and after 2
o'clock in the afternoon everybody is
busy. Far out in the country the field
hands are hustling in the fields to
cut the cane and get it to the mills.
The road members are diligently at
work to keep the highways in their
state of perfection that is the pride
of Porto Rico. In the cities artisans
are active. The tradesmen are alert
in the transaction of business. San
Juan-indeed, all Porto Rico-is as
much alive as any other American
city.
But at Il o'clock the scene changes.
Merchants close and lock the doors
of their shops and go home to
luncheon and siesta. For two hours
San Juan, like all other cities in the
island, rests from business. The
guaguas continue their dashes
through the narrow streets, with their
hubs barely missing those of parked
motor cars, or darting in competition
for fares" waiting at the established
stops" but few people are abroad
and few fares are to be had. At
o'clock San Juan revives and con-
tinues at high speed until 6. Then
the pulse slows down and by Z
o'clock it is possible to drive through
the streets and along the carratera
without much risk of collision.
X X X
TNTL the new Capitol is COM
- pleted San Juan will lack i'm
pressive structural evidence of gov
ernmental activity, outside of the
schoolhouses that rise on every hand.
The Legislature sits on the second floor
of a large but unimportant- looking
building cornering on the central
plaza. Many of the administrative
Offices are established in a conmo-
dious but badly congested old struc-
ture adjacent, fronting on the plaza.
Evening star., 1925-04-26
Smallest Visible Objects.

A CCORDING to Sir William Bragg
of London, the tiniest things
which the human eye can see are
the black spots and patches some
times visible in soap bubbles. These
black areas are SO thin that If the
soap bubbles could be magnif1ed to
the size of the earth and the thick
ness of the enveloping film increased
in proportion. the film would then be
only the thickness Of sheet of glass,
Evening star., 1925-04-26

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Today uhkaLnda With aMAh gGn npyd mya
Evening star., 1925-04-26
BY GIDEON a. LYON.

~ y the western coast of Porto
Rico just south of the city
of Aguadilla is a curving
beach broken by little river
and lined with cocOanut
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
WOMAN AIDS
IN DARING
BANK H0LDUP
Couple Secure $4,000 in Day
light Raid on Minneap.
y Oils Institution
(Bv The Associated Press)

Minneapolis, June 2.-Scooping up
$3,7OO in currency and walking out
of the front door of the bank, while
teller answered state telephone
call a man and woman robbed the
Mercantile State Bank in one Of the
quietest bank robberies on record
here yesterday.
Sores of customers crowded the
bank as the robber walked out the
front door carrying box containing
the currency and fled before the
theft was discovered. The woman
teller was called from the cage by a
telephone call from man giving the
name of Mr.. Loomis who said he left
a purse containing valuable domu-
ments in the bank The
teller left the cage to find
the documents and returning
after five minutes found the parties
had left the line and tin box
strapped and ready for the vault
was gone. Approximately $4,000 in
securities were untouched. A man
and a woman were seated in the rest
room when she left the cage, the
teller said. Police today branded
the robbery one of the "cleverest
games ever worked in the Twin
Cities"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
GRAND FORKS
POPULATION
NOW 15,168

Grand Forks, N. D., June 2.-Grand
Forks has population of 1898 now,
as compared with 14,0l0 given by the
1920 federal census, according to
final returns in the state census
enumeration completed by Robert
Green, Jr., city assessor. The popu-
lation includes bona fide residents
only who were living here on April /,
Mr.. Green states.
Mr.. Green's tabulations show that
females considerably outnumber
males in. all classes except among
people over 60 years old, and among
the IL negroes Of the city.
Grand Forks has all aliens and
1880 foreign born citizens, the latter
divided into 1853 males and 1897 fe-
males.
There are 5.99S native white males
and $500 native white females in the
city, total Of l2.807 native whites.
OF the IL colored people here, six
are males and five are females.
Grand Forks has 3,044 dwellings
and 4.874 families.
The census shows that there are
$50 more females in Grand Forks
than males.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
NATION PAYS
TRIBUTE TO
DEADLEADER
High Government Officials
Attend Funeral Services
For Thomas Marshall
(By The Associated Press)

Washington. June 2.-Shocked by
the sudden death Of his passing
Washington took full advantage to-
day of its brief opportunity to hon.
or the memory Of Thomas r. Mar
shall, wartime vice president, who
died here yesterday.
Only short funeral service will
be held here late today before the
body is taken back to Mr.. Marshalrs
native Indiana, but the nations tri
butte will be payed in that brief
space, surrounded by high officials
of the government in which the
kindly man occupied such an import
ant role during eight historic years.
President Coolidge will attend, in
behalf of the people, the services at
the New Willard Hotel where the
death occurred.
Funeral services reflecting the
plain life of the man will be held at
the hotel They will be conducted
by the Rev. DR.. Charles Wood Of the
Church of the Covenant, where the
Marshalls' attended during their
washington IeSloeuCc.
The journey to the Marshall home
in indianapolis then will be taken
up, the train leaving here at $3.50
o'clock. 1t is expected indianapolis
will be reached shortly before noon
tomorrow. Funeral services will be
held at the Marshall home Thursday
morning by the Scottish Rite Ma
sons with whom Mr.. Marshall held
high office. Later in the day exer-
cises will be conducted by the Mason
ic Blue lodge after which the body
will be placed in vault at Crown
Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. Sc
lection of the final burying place
will be made by Mrs. Marshall, it
having been decided to not place the
body beside those Of the former vice
presidents parents and foster son in a
Marion. Indiana cemetery as was
first planned
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
RUMORS DENIED
ISy rhe Associated PreBal

Oslo, Norway, June 2.-The Nor
wegian acronautic association last
night issued denial of rumors that
Captain Amundsen had returned to
Spitzbergen from his polar expedi-
tion.
The association announced that a
message had been received from the
supply ship Hobby that the situa-
tion was unchanged.
Rumors Of Amundsen's return have
been current since early Sunday, but
bulletins were posted in the windows
of the newspaper offices declaring
they were untrue.
In honor Of the spring festival, the
city gave itself up to holiday cele-
bration. 1t was the first fine day
for weeks and not one newspaper
was published; therefore by evening
the rumors regarding Amundsen had
grown prodigiously, necessitating ar
official denial.
The government offices, including
the admiralty, which controls the re.
lief plans, were deserted. Recently
efforts we're made to reach Amund-
sens old ship Maud. which is frozen
in somewhere in the new Siberian
archipelago. Official notification
was received by the Associated
Press yesterday that wireless mes
sage sent to the Maud on May 29
could not be delivered, as there was
mo communication"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
POLAND AND CZECHOSLOVAkIA
AGREE ON ARBITRATION PACT

Geneva, June 2.-(AP)-Polish cir
cles at the League of Nations empha-
size the fact that the arbitration
convention signed last month at
Warsaw between Poland and Czecho-
slovakia is based on the arbitration
principles contained in the Geneva
peace protocol.
The convention in question arrang-
es for the pacific settlement Of prac-
tically all conflicts which might rise
between the two countries. Any dis
pute can be sent before a commission
of Cancellation numbering five men,
and if there be inability to agree
upon the president, the selection will
be made by the President of Switzer-
land.
The decisions of the commission
are not obligatory upon the parties,
who, however, must resort to obliga-
tory arbitration if either of them
rejects the decisions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
ACTION TAKEN
TO COLLECT
BACK TAXES
McCurdy Asks Court to Force
County Board to Proceed
Against Delinquents

Legal steps to force the collection
Of back taxes in Burleigh county will
be taken tomorrow unless the Board
of County Commissioners, in session
today, passes resolution authoriz-
ing the county auditor to collect the
back taxes, according to F. r. McCur-
dy, states attorney.
Members of the Board Of County
Commissioners were served with
subpoenas today ordering them to
appear in Burleigh county district
court at 10 a. m. Wednesday when
States Attorney McCurdy will move
the court for writ Of mandamus to
compel the Board to pass 4 resolu-
ton that will order the states attor
ney, sheriff and county auditor to in
stitute proceedings for the collection
Of taxes and the disposition of real
property sold for taxes; the resolu-
tion to apply to all real property on
which taxes remain unpaid for the
year 1920 and for prior years.
The Board of County Commission
ers passed a resolution on Feb. 3 of
IHAS year oIucE1HS IHc County auoitol
to collect back taxes, but the next
day resolution was passed post
ponng the action for 80 days from
March l. On April 10 the Board
rescinded the resolution for tax col
lection.
States Attorney charges in the
petition for a writ of mandamus that
prior to Feb. 3, 1925 no resolution
relating to taxes on real property
which has not been paid had been
passed for period of more than
three years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
STORMS, HEAT
KILL MANY IN
MIDDLE WEST
Score of Persons Lose Lives
and Many Injured; High
Temperatures in South
(Bv The Associated Press)


Chicago, June "A score of per-
sons were dead and as many more
injured in the middle west today as
result of the heat wave and en-
suing storms which broke over most
of the Northern portions of the Cen
trail Valley. High temperatures re-
mained in the eastern and Southern
states.
The heat wave extended from
Alaska into Ohio and made a record
for June l at Chicago with 81 de-
grees. Cleveland was 81, Detroit 81.
Thunder storms broke the heat
wave in Nebraska, Iowa and othe
states from the Lake Region and
Mississippi river Westward, reliev-
ing Minnesota, South Dakota and Ne
braska from d drought that had con-
tinued throughout May.
Storm damages were greatest in
Iowa where four deaths occurred
three from tightening with pro-
perty damage estimated at 5000, ,00O.-
90. Sioux City was the center of a
violent storm and six homes were
wrecked by wind and fourteen per-
sons were injured.
Two men were reported killed at
Wayland, Mo-, when their automobile
was swept from the roadway and an
other windstorm swept southeast
Kansas and Southwest Missouri, re-
sulting in injury to several persons
and much property damage.
Four deaths, one drowning, were
charged to the heat in Chicago.
Cleveland had one heat death and
8 lost their lives in Wisconsin by
drowning on Sunday and Monday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
TERRIFIC HEAT
KILLS MANY IN
EASTERN STATES
lRy The Assoclated press) ]

(By The Associated PresS)
New York, June 2.-Four were kill
ed and twenty injured in wind and
rain storms near here. Seven heat
prostrations were reported in New
York; three in Albany; and two
deaths were directly attributed to
heat in Pittsburg; one in Newark
while the storm claimed fourth life
at Grainsfield, Mass.
The temperature broke all records
for the first day of June but fell
several degrees below the record for
this year registered May 20. 1t was
90 degrees in Philadelphia, SO in
Pittsburg and 80 in New York and
Albany.
Central New York and New Eng
land bore the brunt Of the storm.
Six towns were thrown into darkness
in Massachusetts,. Trolley and tele-
phone services were disrupted. FALL
en- trees blocked the highways. Hail
and rain caused more than 100000
damage in Ontario.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
Weather Report
WEATHER FORECASTS

WEATHER FORECASTS
For Bismarck and vicinity: Un-
settled tonight and Wednesday with
probably showers. Not much change
in temperature.
For North Dakota: Unsettled to-
night and Wednesday with probably
showers. Not much change in tenn
perature.
GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS
A barometric depression, with Gen.
ters over Manitoba and Nebraska, ex-
tends from the Mississippi Valley
westward to the Rocky Mountain re-
gion. Showers occurred at most
places from the Mississippi Valley
westward to the Pacific coast. The
precipitation is heaviest in the mid
die and upper Mississippi Valley and
over the extreme northern Great
Plains region. Very little precipi-
tation occurred in the southern
Plains States. Cooler weather pre-
walls over the West.
ORRIS w. ROBERTS,
Official in charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
Contracts Let
For Roads In
McHenry County

Towner. N. d., June 2.-Contract
for grading and culverts on IL miles
of federal highway from Riga to the
Mouse river west of Towner was
awarded to Stevens brothers of St.
Paul at bid of $47,329.49.
Contract for grading Of about
seven miles between Vslva and Vol
taire, along the North Star trail, has
been awarded to Druhl 4 Kemper Of
Minot for $l5,170.SS, and the concrete
structural work was awarded to
F. N. Haas Co., Of Minot at 81, S,992.93.
The route follows along the south
side Of the 500 railway and avoids
railroad crossings.
Bids for gravelling on the North
Star trail in RenvilIe county between
Carpio and Donnybrook are to be
considered at Mohall on June s.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02

BACK IN COURT
FROM HOSPITAL
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
Minneapolis, June 2.-Arthur Lo-
pez-Frazier, returned to the scene
of his hotly contested trial in feder-
al court here today in time to hear
his counsel blocked time and time
again in attempts to contradict the
mass of evidence offered by the Gov
ernment.
1t was the first time in 10 days he
was able to leave the Tubercular
ward in Minneapolis hospital and
he showed the benefit Of his en-
forced rest, appearing brighter and
stepping briskly to seat beside
Mrs. Hannah Frazier, mother of
Arthur Frazier, Sioux Indian SOL
der.
Mrs Fczier believes Arthur to be
her SON but the government, defend
ant in the court action, is striving
to prove Lopez-Frazier a Mexican
impostor. in support of its contes-
tion that the real Frazier died in
France.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
TWO GIVEN
PRISON TERMS
FOR ARSON

Lisbon, N. D., June 2-Anton Kriz
of near Lidgerwood and Arthur Gill
lespie of Lidgerwod, upon pleading
guilty in district court here to ar
son, were each sentenced to serve
one year in the state penitentiary.
Gillespie declared he was hired by
Kriz for 500 to fire the barn, locat-
ed north Of Minor in Ransom coun-
ty. 1t was declared by insurance
companies that the barn was over
insured. An old line insurance COM
pany paid the insurance claim, but
the Farmers Mutual Insurance COM
pany Of Gwinner launched an inves-
tigation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
2 APPOINTMENTS
A r e MADE BY
CITY COMMISSION

j. E. Andrews, custodian of the
Bismarck tourist camp, was appoint
ed special police officer by the city
commission last night. The commits
sion voted to pay $50 per month to-
ward the salary of the camp custo-
dian.
A. w. Ecklund was appointed dep
uty health officer by the commission
at the meeting last night.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
ATTACK UNITS
OF AMERICAN
ORDER SQUADS
u. S. Citizens Shot in Back
as Rioting Students
Shoot From HOuset0ps
FIRE IS RETURNED
Foreigners Mount Machine
Guns in Streets; Sailors
Guard WaterwOrks
(By The Associated proasl


Shanghai, June 2.-Chinese stu
dent riot participants fired from
house tops in three directions today
into the city streets upon units of
American volunteer corps, shooting
T. G. McMartin, an American den
tist, in the back and killing the
horse upon which he was riding.
Return Fire
American and other foreign units
returned the fire of the Chinese with
rifles and pistols. Machine guns
were mounted quickly in the streets
and then shot in the direction of the
structures from which the Chinese
started firing. The number Of cas-
ualties was not estimated.
The shooting Of the American dem
tist, who is a corporal in the volun-
teer organization attempting to re-
store order, marked the first use Of
rifles by the Chinese since the de-
monstration started last Saturday
as a protest against the conviction of
II strikers who left Japanese owned
spinning mills near Shanghai.
Shoot At Americans
The Chinese directed their shots
against the American units when
the patrol turned a corner into the
Thibet road in the vicinity Of the
famous Chinese amusement resort,
the "New World
While the students were attack
ing the patrol unit shots were also
fired in the Louza police station
from adjoining houses. American
blue jackets are guarding the wa
ter works. Several lesser affrays
were developing tonight in other sec
tions Of the city.
In another section of the city
surrounding the town hall troop
of American cavalry carrying drawn
sabers and rifles was on duty with
members of the American foot VOL
unteer corps and mounted police
with revolvers.
Italian, American and British ma
rine forces landed in Shanghai this
afternoon and will be quartered
ashore tonight, the Italians being
stationed at the Japanese Club.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-02
FIVE MEN ROB
DETROIT STATE
SAVINGS BANK

Detroit, Mich, June 2.-Five men
today held up the Brightmoor State
Savings Bank and escaped with more
than $4,000. Three employees and
ten patrons of the bank were COM
.pelled to lie on the floor while the
robber scooped up all the money in
the Tellers case.