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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15

Just the Story Of a Mother--She
Walked Thousands of Miles for Her
Son, and Lost Him. But She's Happy

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Feb. l5.--0P)-
Mis-. Margaret Sweeney Anderson,
whose only claim to fame is the title
"a mother" has stepped walking the
long, hard miles and has come home
to stay. Perhaps to die. Perhaps to
die alone.
But old Mrs. Anderson is content.
She has found her boy. She is con
tent, even If in finding him she must
yield him to another woman and come
home alone.
The story Of 70-ycar-old Mrs. An
derson is u great human epic of that
unfathomable, gigantic thing called
motherhood.
Walks To Washington
All America rang with the story
some three years ago Of the little old
lady of 20 who walked all the way to
Washington from South Dakota to
plead with the president for the free
dom Of her son.
"My Joe is not bad boy. Tie is
u shell-shock victim Of the war;" she
told the president.
Joe Boyd Anderson was in the fed.
eral prison at Fort Lcavenworth
when his old mother made that tam
Gus walking trip.
Joe was just q case, II number. in
army flies. A World war dcrclict.
Gasscd, shell-shoeked.
Joe had deserted the army. twid-
died his thumbs Mt an officer and
had been sentenced by court-martial
to the federal prison.
Joe's mother was poor. The price
of ticket to Washington was a for
tune. But her tired old limbs were
ready for her boys sake. Joe's
mother walked to Washington.
That was in 1922. and Joe's mother
went home when President Harding
told her Joe should be freed.
Makes Trip 4 Second Time
her boy. She vas worried. Maybe
so busy! Joe's mother walked to
Washington again! That was in 1928.
State after state she passed through.
vast spaces walking on the weary old
feet. Sometimes staff helped her.
!, There was something of the pic
ture Of Mother Ceres walking on old
feet over the whole earth in quest of
uci ioSCI psuC Ill Cuic VI q
modern mother walking to find and
aid her son.
This time the president did not for
get. In fact. he had not forgotten
before. Joe had been ordered freed,
but had been rcarrested on another
charge just as he was leaving the
prison door.
Joe Is PardOncd
The president issued pardon to
this son Of a mother who had trod
the long miles for him. He said that
Joe Anderson should never again be
arrested for any wartime act.
And the old mother walked on
again, this time to Lcavenworth to
see her Joe and beg him to come
home.
But Joe did not come home and
mother started on the long and
dreary trail again. Two years Of it!
Detectives hired to help her seek Joe
took her little hoardings. There was
nothing left but IA crooked stick to
help her tread the long, long miles.
And she found her Joe in Adrian
Mich. just few days ago. Joe had
forgotten his name. lie was Joe
Boyd now. lie was married, working
doing we'll, and happy.
And little Mrs. Anderson has come
home-perhaps to rest! She is hap.
py now!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15
BY w. NJ. BRAUCHER
Especial Correspondent

| Niagara Falls, Ont, Feb. To-
Eighteen million horsepower is avail
able to drive the wheels Of Canadian
| commerce. These eighteen millions
today are tumbling down cascades
and waterfalls rushing helter-skelter
through narrow gOrges or tumbling
| over rapids in hundred streams and
! rivers Of Canada.
Three and quarter million horse
power has already been harnessed
| by man for his needs and bit by bit
the engineer is locking up more
| streams and turning them into the
power that drives big turbines that
| in their turn make newsprint, supply
| light and power to cities and do q
!, thousand daily chores in the indus
| trial life Of Canada.
| OF the three and quarter million
horsepower already developed about
100000 horsepower are used in the
manufacture of pulp into paper with
! huge additions to existing plants al
ready planned and with new mills
under way that will within the next
few months bring the usage of wa
terpower in this industry to over 4
million. The balance is used for
Commercial stations and municipal
stations for the generation of light
and power which is distributed t0
about 20 per cent Of the S,7ss. ASA
people which the last census credits
to the dominion.
In Ontario Leads
Ontario is the province with the
largest turbine installation with an
estimated output Of 1887 ,246 with its
;ncighbOr Quebec close second with
a development Of l,l96.549. Then
there is wide gap to British Co
lumbia with turbine installation OF
387, 900 and then comes Manitob:
with about one third Of this amount
Alberta, New Brunswick and Nov:
Scotia come next with the Yukon de
veloping l5,249 horsepower. Prince
Edward Island 2239. There is nj
record of any waterpower develop
ment in the province Of Saskatche-
wan.
In spite of the war the waterpowcl
development has nearly doubled since
1914. In that year the waterpowe,
developed in central stations was ;.
3O7,OO5 in pulp and paper mills 339,.
6O7 and in other industries 41,4ll
making a total turbine installation OF
1,888,O23. Today the estimated tota
developed is 3,3ll ,b77.
Build Up Industry
No resource Of the country has
seen such phenomenal development
in so short q time and none has re-
: acted so favorably on industry. The
development of the water power OF
the country has practically built ur
the newsprint industry Of the do.
minion until today Canada is the
largest newsprint producing country
in the world.
Yet with only about one-sixth oi
her visible power developed there is
a sum of over $7l2,OOO,OO invested
in the work which at the present rate
of increase should have reached ST..
600 100000 within the next ten years
Canada's position with regard to
other nations not only in the extent
of her resources but in the amount
already developed and energized
makes showing Of which she may
we'll be proud.
The heavy rise in the cost of coal
has no doubt been a main factor in
Continued on page three)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15
Railroad Board
Is Interested in
Salt Freight Rate

Permission to intervene in a Pc
tition to the Interstate Commerce
commission by the American Salt
company, which seeks reduction in
freight rates on salt from Michigan
and Kansas to North Dakota, has
been asked by the state railroad
board.
The state railroad board seeks to
present testimony in support of the
contention that the rates on salt
should be reduced.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15
TWO FIRES IN
MANDAN CAUSE
$4,000 LOSS
City Opera House, a Land
Mark, and Barn at Fair
Grounds Destroyed

Two fires which broke out stimuli
tanneously in Mandan at midnight
Saturday caused losses Of $15,0OO.'
The old Mandan city opera house,
a land mark of the late eighties, was
completely destroyed with an csti-
mated loss of $4,000. Insurance for
$4,000 was carried by the city with
the state fire and tornado insurance
fund.
In the secoSd blaze barn owned
by Cecil Pennington, located in the
Missouri Slope Fair Grounds, Of
which he is caretaker, was destroyed
with seven head Of horses and two
calves. One thousand dollars insur-
ance was carried on the barn.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15
DETROIT AIR
MAIL PLANE
STARTS TODAY
Henry Ford Puts Mail Aboard
First Machine to Run
on Contract Plan

Detroit, Feb. l5.--LP)-The first
airplanc to carry mail for the post
office department under the contract
system took the air ut Ford Airport.
Dearborn. at l0:40 Il. m. today for
Cleveland, where it will connect with
the ans-continental air service.
The mail was placed aboard the
plane by Henry Ford. who received
the pouches from Charles Kellogg.
postmaster, in the presence of city
and government officials including
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Glover.
The Chicago service will be started
this afternoon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15
prisoners Song"
Writer Buried With
Military H0nOrs

San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 15.-dP)--
Full military honors for the dead
were accorded Guy Massey, world war
veteran, boxer, singer and publisher
of "The Prisoners Song" at Fort
Sam Houston Sunday. Massey died
at the base hospital Saturday follow
ing an illness of long duration.
The body was sent to Dallas for
burial tomorrow.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15
Der Wanderer Editor
Is Given Decoration

ST.. Paul, Feb. l5.--LP)-Thel rib
boned maltese cross of st. Gregory
was pinned on Joseph Matt, ST., edi-
tor of Der Wanderer, Catholic Ger
man language newspaper of St. Paul,
by Archbishop Dowling of St. Paul,
at ceremonies here last night. The
decoration came from the vatican at
Rome In recognition of the 27 years
Of service Mr.. Matt has rendered the
Catholic church through the news
PAPER, and makes him knight of
that order.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15
WATER POWER
,ISBIG FACTOR
IN INDUSTRY
Canada Has $4,000, 900 Horse
power Available-3,25O,-
600 Harnessed
ONTARIO is IN LEAD
Water Power Development
Stimulated by Heavy Rise
in Cost of Coal
ONTARIO is IN LEAD

Editors Notc-With the struggle
over public or private operation of
Muscle Shoals just started in Con.
gress, the whole question of hydro
electric power again is a leading ma
tional topic. In view Of this Yhc
Tribune has obtained series Of four
articles telling how Canada has han
died hcr power problem. The stories
deal with Qubcc, where private own
icrship prevails, and Ontario, where
the Hydro Electric Power Commits
sion of Ontario has harnessed the
Niagara and other rivers for more
than 100000 horsepower, which is
being sold on the government plan
The first follows herewith.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15

TWO GOOD BIRTHDAYS.
| 1 NEGROES, WHERE ARE THEY.
STRIKE ENDSs@AScU6lIAl.. ID
ONISuI, GUN.TOTER. n.
ny ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright, 1926.


Another Lincoln's birthday gone,
the usual amount Of nonsense and
"flub- dub" talked, Lincoln fortunate
ly couldn't hear it:
Lincoln is still alive and greater
than ever. Real men, Of whom there
are few. continue to grow after
death.
Average "grcat men," the Mckin-
Ieys. Clcvclands, K0Osevclts, get
smaller rs they fade in the distance,
like narrowing tracks behind an ex-
pro0s train.
TO study Lincoln's character is
likc--taking voyage on the Pacific.
always stretching out farther than
your feeble eyes can reach. So with
the character of a really great man.
Thomas A. Edison has celebrated
his roth birthday, one day ahead of
Lincoln's birthday. Edison's name
also will last. He puzzles and an
noys those that are religious, pure
and limited, by ind0rsing prohibition
and evolution in the same breath.
Edison who has helped to give
light to the people, in more ways
than one, says the world is getting
better, because it contains more hon
. est, humane men.
What does happen to US after VIC
leave this brief life?
What happened to John Canada,
Isman Jones, Cephus Johnson and
Clinton Mason, four negroes execut-
ed electrically in Arkansas ,yester-
day?
Did the four discover that Her.
bert Spencer was right, when, in Bit
ter disillusioned old age he said
"Reason allows me to look forward
to nothing but EXTINCTION"
Did those four coIored men, who
protested their innocence to the last
wake up in another world, with
wings, or in a lower world in horri-
BILE, external torment?
If they gre alive somewhere else,
are they now white or black. or some
new color, perhaps bright gold? Have
brains for better brains incapable Of
murder?
Can they remember the names that
they took one after the other to the
electric chair? Are they bbycotted,
up or down there? What does hap
pen?
Secretary Of Labor Davis an
nounces the coal strike ending. The
workers get about what was to be
expected.
Intelligent leadership was on the
other side. After losing millions a
week in wages for, months, many Of
them hungry and all worried, the
men return to work with no increase
in pay and contract to keep on
working for five years.
The mine owners have not worried.
Their coal has stayed in the ground
quite SAFE. They sold huge surplus
supplies, including mountains Of coal
dust at high prices!
It is hard for working men % get
the right leadership. They can't at
ford to pay, or wont pay, for it.
what the owners win pay.
Great relief in Japan for Seljiro
Onishi. first Japanese "gunman," is
Japanese criminals use daggers,
everybody there e hea . j horror e Pis;
(Continned on paep thtee)
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15
SACRAMENTO
FEARSSTART
OF TONG WAR
Chinese Killed, Wife Fatally
Wounded and Infant Child
Injured

Sacramento, Calf, Feb. l5.-tP-
What Sacramento authorities believed
may be the outbreak of the tong war,
resulted in the killing Of Chinese,
the fatal wounding of his wife and
the shooting Of the couples infant
child in Walnut Grove last night
The slayer, another Chinese, escaped
and excited townspeople sent riot
call to Sacramento which resulted in
deputy sheriffs being rushed to the
scene.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15
PARENTS AND
BABY GIRLARE
BADLY BURNED
Victims Trapped in Second
Story Bedrooms Of Log
House by Flames
TWO OTHERS ESCAPE
Father Suffers Burns in Des.
perate Effort to Rescue
the Family

Houghton, Mich. Feb. 15.-R)---
Trapped in two second story bed
rooms in a log farm house, six chill
dren, aged from 3 to 10. were burned
to death and the parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gottfried Rothenbergcr, and
four-months-ol girl were severely
burned early Sunday in II fire ut Por-
tage Entry, lG miles east Of here.
The children who lost their lives
were:
Freda, 10; Elsie, .; Martha, 3; Will
liam, 6; Ruth. 4: and Paul, 3.
Two other children. Alfred, 13, and
Irving. IL, escaped without injury by
jumping through window to the
roof of shed at the rear of the
house.
Mrs. Rothenbcrger and the baby
arc in a critical condition, suffering
from severe burns. Rothcnberger,
who used rag rug to protect his
facsimile he attempted rescuing the
children. was badly burned about the
hands and feet.
The fire broke out in the lower
part Of the house, and before any
member Of the family awakened from
the smoke the entire first floor was
ablaze and the flames had worked
their way up an open stairway to the
second floor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15

NEW DIRECTOR AT FARGO
Fargo, N. D., Feb. 15.-(R)- DIR.
William Dekleine, Mansfield, Ohio,
arrived in Fargo Sunday evening and
took up his work as director Of the
Fargo Child Health Demonstration
this morning.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15
DAYTON. OHIO, HAS
AN %8OO,OOO BLAZE

Dayton, Ohio, Feb. l5.-(R)-Firc,
which early today destroyed the
Home department store, the History
American building and number of
small shops, was brought under con-
troll this morning. Fire Chief Randy
would make no estimate Of the loss,
but unofficial estimates said it would
be $780, 900.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15
MALES Is MASTER

London.-The Prince of. Wales has
been installed as Worshipful Master
n the Magdalen (oxfqrd) Lodge Of
FrsegiSslSns;
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15

BANK AT BARTON CLOSED
Closing of the Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank of Barton was an
nounced today by the state bank ex-
aminer. The bank had capital of
Sic, 900, q $500 surplus and deposits
Eof $9S 600.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15

TODAY IN WASHINGTON
Public building bills is taken
up in house.
Republican steering committee
outlines senate program.
House and senate conferecs be-
gin work Of revising tax bill.
! Senate considers treasury and
postoffice appropriation mea-
SureS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-15

Increasing cloudiness tonight; {;
probably unsettled Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14
Poignant Memory
OF War Is Revived
In French Capital


PARIS. February l3.-Paris just
now is having an annual poignant
reminder OF the great war and of
her thousands of manned veter-
ans. priority cards" which en-
title the holder to seat and pri-
GRITTY of entrance in all Paris pub
lie conVeyances must he renewed
annually during the first weeks of
February. Signs are now posted
in all the SubWIYS. busscS and
trans warning the war mutliatcd
linen thar their 1925 cards are no
longer valid. and that they must
present themselves at the prefec-
ture Of police with photographs
and pension cards To receive new
cards.
Blinded veterans. who are al
lowed To ride free in all public con
Veyances, have special day sci
aside for them 50 they VIII not pc
crowded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14
LIMBERING UP GEARS.
Shifting Before Starting Car I
Easy Way to Solve Problem.

1t is generally known that after the
car has been standing out i'll the cold.
and II the gear case lubricant is not
Thin enough for low temperatures the
gears will be difficult to shift. But
how many drivers suspect that they
could save engine power and - Soiin"
by shifting the gears into q dozen or So
positions before starting Motorists
who Try this plan say they can shift
much easier when the car starts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

lines Of transporter ion" Says the
automobile chambers statement.
Motor transport is one II he ua-
jor customers Of railroads and. more
important still. II aids the rail lines
in developing national resources and
wealth. Just as The railroad is more
economical III iOne-hau transports
zion. 50 in many forms Of short-haui
travel The motor vehicle ! the most
afliclenI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

Prices of Rubber.
Some harsh words have been heard
concerning the attempt Of the British
10 control The price Of rubber
The price. Of rubber il AN example
OF now little any group can control
the consequences when. without exact
information on consumption. il lets
loose economic forces by restriction
of product on price. or iuferfereS with
the free flow of the worlds supply Of
raw materials. The most conspicuous
violation of the principles % standard
iZatiOn. which has been 80 valuable in
all other branches of the industry, lies
in the tire policies Of the automobile
and tire industries. The present and
prospective shortages Of rubber are
the greatest possible challenge TO ON
Industries.
.'Today. due 10 research. anti-knock
doubled the mileage possibilities of til,
petroleum industry has taken ul
standardization, made Il more useful
product by progress toward uniform
Ity and increased its production of gas
oline from the crude
when industries are backward il
increasing the utility and lOWering
the price Of their materials, slowly
but certainly the world shifts 20 ma
terials of greater intrinsic value. This
* the great lesson that the engineer
and manufacturer and nations mus
ever keep in mind. Success comes a.
we increase utility at the same timo
that we decrease costs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

list the services of the more than 40
motor clubs affiliated with the
y. 4. A. to the end that over mil
lion members who are daily car users
viii know how TO save tires and he
in a position to pass the information
along TO others. Rules for saving
this valuab commodity are being
formulated. and several important suG
gestions have been made by members
of the committee appointed by the
\. a. a. 10 study this matter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14
Speedway for Louisville

Louisville is to have Il motor speed
way, with a view To giving four big
races each year. with some of the most
famous drivers in the country compel
ing. The grading has been completed,
an entrance built and work i to star
Al once building the track
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

ing trade-ins. lie came to discover
that the financing of cas- plays an eN.
tremely important role in the size OF
allowances. Every car owner, for in
stance, is a salesman in that he can
influence some sale. This influence
can br good or bad. Very frequently
Il dealer will lie asked to do the nm
possible and if he is not cautious ne
Will take a loss To get nd OF new
car ana fool himself into thinking ne
is making Roadway.
told smith of one car owner who
making a favorable deal with his
dealer. went out and told all his friends
TO go after the dealer. The result was
a number of persons traded in their
old ears at more than they were worth,
insisted upon particularly favorable
financing terms and then worried the
dealer by holding up on their pay
meutS. Two of them failed to meet
their payments. this being just Suti'
Client to sink the dealer financially. for
under the terms of the agreement with
his factory. he was forced to take pos
session of the cars not paid for.
The upshot of it was the owner who
started the dealer on the downward
path found himself with a car not rep
resented locally. The loss was as
definite as neglccting the car Other
local dealers with other makes did
not want il in trade.
Risk on Both Sides.
when a dealer has 10 risk ms
fiuanres to sell his cars a customer a
taking a similar risk when he buys,
| added your job of trying to obtain
a good allowance for the car. there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14
John Smith and His Car

smith a who should welcome He
selfish: chap willing and glad
o the motor elan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14
AUTO SHIPMENTS
AID TO RAILROADS
Freight Records for 1925
Disclose 100000 Car
loads Were Transported.

That the automotive industry was
one of the large customers of the rail
roads during 1925 is disclosed by
freight records just made public. This
disclosure follows announcements that
the railroads enjoyed record earnings
last year.
Freight carloads of automotive prod
ucts hauled by the railroads in 1929
totaled 3.040. 600, according to j. =.
Marvin. chairman of the traffic man
ayers conference of the National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce. This
total included shipments Of motor
cars and parts. gasoline used in auto
mobiles, road-building material and
kindred freight. Many other items,
such as building materials and equip
ment for factories and garages, less
than carload shipments of parts and
accessories and express matter, are
not included, because there Is no sep
arate classification for these.
Report of Statisticians.
Statisticians find that il would take
all the passenger and freight loComu-
tives and all of the various kinds of
freight ears of the railroads nearly
time: all of which is another way of
stating the fact that of 5l.17.9 So
carloads of freight of all kinds handled
by the railroads in 1929. more than
three million carloads were induced
by the manufacture and use of motor
ears.
The importance of this business To
railroads is emphasized by compari-
son with the shipping of other princi-
pal commodities in 1925. Coal leads
with SS66 1872 carloads. followed by
forest products, 3,7I .O6s: grain and
grain products. 300 1879; ore. 2,OlS.-
S54; live stock. .63525 shipments
of automobiles and parts alone dur
ing the year approNimated $40, 900
carloads compared with 74h.57S in
1874
Record Railroad Earnings.
THE record railroad earnings
coupled with the record carload ship
ments Of motor products are signiti.
| cant Of the coordinate interest of all