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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01
Northern Utilities
Company Permitted
to Buy Properties

Four joint applications on the part
Of various power and light COM
panics and the Northern Utilities
Corporation to buy electric property
have been approved by the board OF
railroad commissioners.
The applications were from the
Tower City Light and Power com.
pany. the Strcctcr Light and Power
company. the Gacklc Light and Power
company and the Medina Light and
Power company, to sell, and the
Northern Utilities corporation TO buy,
electric property at those places.
A number Of applications fol-
license to operate motor busscs In
the state were granted and number
Of Others previously granted were
cancelled or not renewed.
Among those cancelled were Elho-
woods Stage; jamestown Bus com.
pany; Frank NUM-. Minot; and among
those granted were Hiler Transfer
and Storage company. East Grand
Forks; Kendall and Hammar Ellen
dale; A. T.. Phillips. Glendale.
A certificate of public necessity and
convenience was granted to North
land Transportation Co. to operate
into Fargo.
Application for approval Of route
and specifications from AnamOOse Ia
Heat0n was granted and another or
the part Of Hughes and Dieters FOL
route between Dickinson and Bel.
field was also granted. An applica
ton Of the Brisbane Farmers Tele
phone company to sell one share o.
stock was also approved.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01
Crates Designed by
Clarence Larson to
Be Given Trial Here

clarence Larson is one man wht
knows how to burn Ignite.
Mr.. Larson, of the Ignite Com.
bustion Engineering company, Is the
designer Of . special CRATE for ust
in burning Ignite in an underfeet
stoker. He Is not the inventor Of
the CRATE which has been manufactur
ed for number Of years by ths
Pyramid Iron Products MaRufactur
: ing company Of New York, known al
the Pyramid Crate
$ Mr.. Larson is the distributor fol
the Iron Fireman Manufacturing com
pany Of Portland. Ore, and of Clcvc
land. His father brought out tn,
first pyramid crate to North Dakota
in 1918, and Mr.. LAWSON has taken |
CRATE Of the Pyramid company ant
designed and adapted It for use will
the automatic stoker known as thu
P.sn Fireman. The result IL tina
Ignite screenings. the cheapest par
Of the fuel. can be used with success,
il heating or power boilers.
while he might have taken on
patents for himself on the Wofl
which is practically completed; MI
Larson preferred TO turn the matte
over to the Pyramid company and /
in receipt Of several letters fron
their engineering department cnthu
siastically commenting On the work
4 Eo Of these sets have been made AMI
installed already and have prove
satisfactory. according to Mr.. Larson
One specially designed will b
brought to Bismarck this week 10
installation 1t the Bismarck hospital
II will he nut in ut once
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01
VENUE CHANGE
is DENIED BY
SUPREME COURT
Ward County District Court
ReverSed-COurt Sustain
ed.in Another Case

Reversing the action Of the Ward
County district court in the case Of
Lee Dillage VS.. The Lincoln National
Life Insurance Company and Rose A
Hoffman, the supreme court has held
that party who interplcads in a
suit cannot demand a change Of venue
Mrs. Hoffman. who interpleaded in
the suit brought by Dillage to collect
on an insurance policy, demanded that
a change Of venue be granted and the
case was assigned for hearing in Will
liams county. The supreme court re-
versed the order granting the change
Of venue.
In another case from Ward county
the supreme court sustained the lower
tribunal holding that "1n the absence
of facts or circumstances showing a
waiver, express or implied, of stipu-
latiOn of policy for annual payment
Of the premium. the insurer cannot
be compelled to accept payment of
less than the installmcnt agreed to
be due and payable on the named
date; and where the insured had the
privilege Of paying premiums quarter
", semi-quarterly or annually and
has elected to pay annually. until this
OtlpuI6tIOu IL dUHuuOuCO or MW0IVCO,
either expressly by agreement or inn
pliedly by custom or the course of
conduct Of tho insurer, il is incum-
bent upon the insured to pay the pre-
MUM in full when due or within the
period of grace.
Custom or an insurers course of
conduct may affordsa basis for rea-
sonable excuse for not paying the pre-
MUM at the time or in the manner
stated in the policy. when such Gus
tom or course of action is not within
the terms Of the contract.
"When an insurer applies q divi-
dend up0rDthe premium. due the same
day as the dividend, il cannot declare
the policy forfeited for non-payment
of the premium during the time that
such dividend is sufficient to pay the
premium"
The case was presented to the court
by the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety, defendant, in q suit by Mary
J. Halliday. The court directed pay
mcnt Of an insurance policy issued
TO Mrs. Halliday's husband on the
ground that the dividend was suffi-
cent to keep the policy in force un-
til after the date on which Halliday
died.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01
UNIFORM AUTO
CODE PLACED
UP TO STATES
National Safety Conference
Brings Out Rules For
Motor Safety
(BY ISRAEL KLElN)

The legislature Of every state in
the union will have before 1t this
year and next series of uniform
model laws that will make motoring
easier and safer.
These laws are the outgrowth vi
the national conference on street and
highway safety ut Washington. at
which Secretary of Commerce
Hoover urged their enactment in all
the states.
They are based on survey Of ac-
cidents and faulty driving methods,
made by the National Safety Coun-
Gil, and arc practically the recon-
mcndations of this organization put
into legal FORM,
Subjects Covered
The laws would cover provisions
for uniformity in
l. Speed regulation.
2. Protection of lschool children.
8. Fines and other forms Of pun
ishment.
4. Grade crossing rules.
5. Brake inspection and regulation.
8. Proper driving methods.
7. Rights Of way at crossings and
on highways.
8. Signaling systems.
3. Street car and pedestrian traffic.
10. Traffic control.
II. Testing. owners and operators.
IL. Parking.
Surveys Show Need
Several surveys made by the Ma
tional Safety Council and other or
CARNATIONS, on the traffic situation
in this country. point to the neces-
sity Of uniform laws for all the
states. They stress the large mum
Der of accidents due to ignorance Of
local laws and conditions, and the
growing congestion from increased
traffic.
The entire group Of uniform laws
would result in safer and smoother
motoring conditions throughout the
country. They would make street
crossings safe for pedestrians IS well
rs drivers.
They would help open up the
crowded downtown streets Of large
cities. And they would save time and
money. as we'll rs life. in the uni
form and methodicAl regulation Of
motoring.
Governors Of tia various states,
large state and AAtional orgenixa-
tions and inf1uAstisl Individuals are i
backing Hover in this campaign for
uniforr motoring code.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01
EXODUS FROM
FARMS MEANS
HIGHER FOOD
Agr:cult ure Is Becoming More
Important MS Population
Increases

Editors Note: This Is the fourth
special writer for NEA Service and
The Tribune, on the population
of a series Of articles by David Dietz,
on the population problem.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01
Charters of Three
Banks Are Extended

The terms Of corporate existence
were renewed for three North Dakota
banks at the bank board meeting
yesterday.
The charter Of the First Interna-
tional Bank at Esmond was renewed
to June 30. 1929. the Security State
Bank ut Edmorc had the span Of its
life extended 10 June }. 1851, and the
Bank of Oberon will continue until
June $, 1881. according to the action
Of the State Bank Board made pub
lie today
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01

consists in having the fuel showed
up through tho firepot. SO rs to
burn in heap on top Of it, instead
Of burning within the firepot itself,
which it frequently cloggcd up By
forming clinker on the lip Of The
pot.
TIL advantage of thS new arrange
ment u that as more fuel is showed
up. u forms pile in the furnace,
falh out around the edges making a
greater fire surface and permitting
the ash to gravitatc to the edges Of
the fire where easily removable.
: In addition there is tho advantage
that when the clinkcr forms it make,
merely CRATE in itself, instead Of
becoming an impcdiment to the feed
ing up Of fresh fuel.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01
BY DAVID DIETZ

on the populatlOn prODiem)
BY DAVID DIETZ
As the population of che world
grows larger. agriculture--the source
Of the worlds food supply becomes
more and more important. But in
stead Of receiving more attention II
is receiving less.
America is neglccting agriculture,
As result, great exodus from
the farm to the cities is in progress
Tenant farming is on the increase
These conditions will lead to a
smaller and higher priced food sup
ply. although there will be need for
the largest possible food supply.
These facts are pointed out By
DR.. Warren S. Thompson, director
of the Scripps Foundation for Re-
search in Population Problems.
Food Costs to Rise
This organization was founded by
the late +. W. Scripps because he
felt that the future welfare of the
nation depended upon a thorough
Of population trends
FOOD today constitutes onefourth
of the average family's budget" Df
Thompson says.
As the world becomes more and
more crowded the cost of food will
form larger and larger part Of the
budget.
"Cnder the present state of affairs
the future is bound to see d falling
off in exports of food from the
United States and an increase III
imports.
But Europe already has popu-
lation larger than it can support
With the passage of time, such ma
tions as are now exporting food will
no longer be able to do SO.
Hence our own agriculture de-
serves all the care and thought We
can give it. Instead, we are neglect
ing it.
"Thc decline in interest in agri-
culture began in the United States
in 1870. when industry became the
dominant thing.
"Thc farmers being scattered and
unorganizcd, have continuously got
the worst of it
"Thc situation is getting worse
The farmer has been unable to- hire
help since the war. He is working
longer hours and yet. he is not able
to keep up his land or his machinery
as we'll as he did IN the past.
HE cannot cut overhead during
dull periods, az the manufacturer
can. His overhead goes OH just the
same"
DR.. Thompson believes that the
increase in tenant farming is the
worst result Of our neglect Of the
farmer.
Tenant Farms Increase
In 1880, rs per cent of the ma
tion's farms were operated by tenant
farmers. Today. 40 per cent arc go
operated.
Prom a longtime viewpoint" he
says, "thc most important question
before the nation is the sort Of peo-
pie it is going to have on the farms.
Are we going TO have peasant
farmers working under some one else
with the profits going to another !?
Or are we going to have the enter
prising, thrifty farmer who owns his
own land?'
DR. Thompson points out that these
questions concern all Of Us vitality.
"And as time goes on" he adds,
they will become more vital"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01
HASTINGS MAY
RETURN MONEY
BY MINING GOLD
Former New England Banker
Tells Of Wealth Found in
Western Montana

How he proposes to raise the sum
which he confessed TO cmbcxxling in
connection with his management Of
the First State Bank of New Eng
land was told to friends here last
week by ]. J. Hastings, one time
Nonpartisan political leader and
exponent Of high finance.
HASTINGS pleaded guilty last week
to = chargc Of cmbczzlc mcnt but SEN
tencc was withheld pending his Ct
forts to raise money TO restore the
money taken. lie hopes. il he is able
to Do this, to receive much lighter
sentence than otherwise would be
the, case. or perhaps to receive a
suspended sentence.
His hopes Of restoring the money,
Hastings said. are based on the sue
ccs Of gold mining venture in
Western MoNtana. There. he told
fricNdS, is creek the bottom Of
which contains gold ia the gravel and
sand formations.
BY ordinary panning methods, he
said. a man can make Sis a day, the
gold content Of the gravel averaging
about $2.75 for each cubic yard Of
material.
Claim Holders Organized
Little has been done to develop the
claims lying along the creek. he said,
because panning by hand is tedious
and slow and the use Of any other
method causes infringcmcnts on the
persons holding ncighboring claims.
Hastings dreams in millions AS
he tells Of how he organized the
claim holders into a joint corpora
ton under his management for the
purpose Of developing the resources
Of the creek. Every claimholdcr for
over II miles along the creek is a
party to the proposal. 1t is these
II miles. Hastings AYERS. which con-
tain gold. -.
His plan is to build huge sluiccs
and bring steam shovcls into use to
wash huge quantities of gravel daily.
Thirteen per cent Of all the gold
taken from the creek. Hastings AYERS,
will be his under the agreement
reached with the individual claim
owners.
From his share Of the anticipated
profits Of the venture he hopes to pay
hack the money, cmbezzlement of
which may yet place him behind the
bars Of the state penitentiary.
~ g. A. tO
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01

1t took 1000 years for the piano to
develop out Of the guitar and claw.
chord.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01

A boar that died recently in the
London Geological Gardens was born
in 1917 in the historic forest at Crecy,
France, and had been adopted as a
mascot by the soldiers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01
National Party
Plans to Advance
Convention Date

Indianapolis, July l.--tP-The ma
tional executive committee Of the ma.
tional Party will meet here July !
to consider proposal to hold the
annual convention in July instead OF
December. and to change the rules
to provide for a membership fee Of
So yearl'' and an additional paymen,
Of fifty cents a month.
Should the executive committee
vote favorably on the convention
change, new officers would be chosen
next month. said John Zahnd, ma.
tional president. Members Of the
committee will be permitted to vot,
bv mail.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01
DAnnunziO Invents
New Wine and Pope
Gives His Approval

Paris, July l.-4R) Gabrielle d.
Annunzio has invented = new
liqueur. A French man Of letters
being TSs t ssh
that he was planning sort 81 factory
monastery to be built on lake GardA,
where the monks would make his
new elixir. He said the Pope mad
endorsed 1t o. *most excellent,' and
added. u will allow you ten monks
picked froHpthe thinnest In ell Italy.
Evidently the Vatican IL aw4re Of
the poets sprsjudice 1gainst obesity
in men Of religious srdors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-30
Reform NJ { { I
C0NVENES

Far-reaching plans to reform the
morals and customs OF Americans
and other peoples. are being dis
cussed today at the opening Of the
annual meeting OF the international
Reform Federation.
The meetings. which are being
held in the Church Of the ,Reforrna-
ton, 212 B st. s. f., win cover the
following topics: Moral reform is.
sues, by III. N. Pringle; prohibition
progress abroad, by e. r. g. Ho-
henthal; the Catholic clergy pro-
hibition league. the Rev. George
Zucher; the legislative outlook Id
Congress, Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost;
possibilities of field work, j. Ray
mond Schmidt.
Jesus Christ as reformer, win
be the topic of the Rev. Clarence
True Wilson, general secretary OF
the Board OF Temperance, PROHIBIT
ton and Public Morals, OF the Meth.
odist Church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-30
as YEARS,
WIFE SUES

Mrs. Maggie M. F'enton, 1910
Morse ST. n. E., married forty-s six
years today filed suit in the Dis
trict suprme Court against John
w. Fenton, 1415 West Virginia
Ave., S. E., for limited divorce
and aIimony, alleging cruelty, de-
sertion and non-support, Repre-
scented by Attorney Henry f. Ken
nedy, Mrs. Fenton claims that for
the last twenty years she lived
almost in constant fear of her life
and that September 10, 1907, her
husband, wholesale butcher, OBJ
tanning a affidavit signed by two
physicians had her put in st. Eliza
beth's Hospital, whereshe remained
for week, her lawyer securing
her release.
Mrs. Fenton says that one time
when she tried to stop her husband
from striking his horse he beat her
into Inconsistencies. She alleges
he showed her under the bed where
she was found the next morning
by their son.
Mrs. Fenton says they are the
joint owners of their home on
Morse Street and she asks the court
to require him to give an ac-
counting OF his income and finan-
cial resources. They were married.
in Baltimore, Nd, July 80. 1880
and have five grown.up children.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-30
NJ. I. NASH dies.
Of OWN SHOT

William E. Nash, So years old.
sos H st. N. w, a linotype oper.
ator. employed in the Government
Printing Office. shot himself in the
right temple, on the Union Station
Plaza early this morning.
Apparently no one witnessed the
act or heard the shot. He was
rushed to Casualty Hospital, where
he died an hour later. He was
found by Ralph Bailey, los Sixth
st. S. e.
A note found on him and ad-
dressed to his wife read, Ethel,
forgive me. / can't stand the strain
any longer. Will"
At his home no motive could be
ascribed for the act. unless it might
have been his health. which had
been failing for years.
AS he was employed on the
night shift. going on duty at Z
O'Clock in the evening, he arose
yesterday afternoon and ate dinner
as usual.
He then went to his room and
remained an unusually long time.
and left the house without return
Ing to the living room. bidding his
wife a rather hurried 'GOodby."
It was assumed he was going to
work, but he failed to put. in an
appearance. Where he was from
that time until he was found dying,
is not known.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-30
HIT BY DISHES, D. c.
MAN SUES FOR $4,000

Richard H. Hutchinson, 1888 Thir-
tieth st. N. W., today filed suit in
the District Supreme Court against
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for
$4,000 damages for alleged personal
injuries.
Represented ~ Attorneys Charles
r.. Meri1lat and E. b. Hutchinson,
complainant says that while seated
at a table in a dining car OF the
railroad company on his way from
Washington to Detroit, June %,
1925, he was struck on the head by
a tray of dishes. resulting In con-
cussion Of the brain and other in
jl1rfes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-30
To HONOR
RUDOLPH
GIACOMO PUCCINI

Indications that applications to
the testimonial dinner to retiring
District Commissioner Rudolph will
exceed the available seats were seen
today by the committee in charge.
Already 456 persons had paid their
subscriptions in advance, while a
host of telephone calls continued to
pile up reservations. The limit Of
attendance is 1000. The dinner
will be given at the New Willard
Hotel Friday, December II.
Manager Frank Hight announced
today that two dinners will be
served, one with meats, and the other
with fish as the piece de resistance,
in Difference to Catholics.
Robert v. Fleming, chairman of
the general committee, announced
an elaborate program of entertain
ment. The famed Otis Skinner viii
appear In person. Harry Fox, an.
other Broadway comedian, also viii
attend. Many local features viii be
given.
A handsome silver service will be
presented to Mr.. Rudolph, purchased
out Of the price of the dinner
tickets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-30
PROBE
IS RESUMED

The House District subcommittee
is to resume its inquiry into the
District government today, center
ing its efforts from this time on
the preparation OF legislation to
meet local needs.
Mrs. John B. Henderson may
appear before the committee today
in support Of a governorship form
of administration for the District.
Ringgold Hart, assistant corpor-
alton counsel, will be called TO
discuss conditions in his office.
Members Of the committee have
been informed that the office ts
handicapped because Of low sal
aries.
Former Commissioner Louis
Brownlow and local traffic officials
are to be called within few days.
The committee also will hear Major
Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent Of
police.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-30
COLUMBIA HOSPITAL
WILL ASK $50. 600

Directors of Columbia Hospital
announced today that there would
be a meeting of the general com.
mittee in charge Of the hospitals
contemplated drive for $500 at
4 o'clock next Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. George Hewitt
Myers, 1910 S st. N. w.
The purpose of this meeting will
be to completely organize the
plans for the drive, which is to cul-
inmate in an intensive campaign
chairman to assist Gen. John A.
Johnston, who has accepted the
general craftsmanship Of the com
mittee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-30
ALLPoRT WILL TOUR U. S.
TO AID GERMAN TRADE

The Commerce Department an
nounced today that Fayette w. ALI
port, American commercial attache
in Germany, will make a nation
wide tour to stimulate German
American trade. His itinerary in
cIudes:
San Francisco, December 2-11;
Portland, December 1915: Seattle,
December 1913; San Diego, Janu-
airy ga; Houston, January 7-S; New
Orleans, Jan 1913; Atlanta, January
14-17; Louisville, January 1919;
Cleveland, January 1926; Pitts
burgh, January 31-February 1; SYRIA
cuse, February 2-6; New York, Feb
ruary 9-23, and Washington, Feb
ruary "a.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-30
BROKE, FRAMED.
BANK Theft
nv international News Service

BY International news service
MIAMI. Fla, Nov. 30.-A COM
plete confession that he planned the
attempted robbery of the City Ma
tional Bank here yesterday because
he was out of funds and had no
work" has been obtained from
stephen Logan Jennings, %, of
Atlanta, former newspaperman.
police announced today.
Jennings is in City Jail awaiting
arraignment in Criminal Court
today.
While several persons were in
the bank, man, whose name police
declined to divulge, slipped note
through the cage of Ralph Dunn.
teller, commanding him to hand
over 100000 in big bills 'or my
two buddies standing at each end
of the bank will blow the place to
HE'LL
The note, neatly typewriter on
the back of check, warned Dunn
to wait on patrons for five
minutes after handing the money
over because the messengers two
buddies'' wouldn't leave until then.
Before he finished reading the
note, Dunn said, he dropped to the
floor of his cage, and a minute
later two city detectives walked up
to. the messenger. He led them to
Royal Palm Park, where jennings
was arrested.
a second note, found in the back
of a watch carried by the messen-
ger, and signed IS. ]. Jennings"
stated, II planned the City National
Bank Robbery" according to police,
who declared that Jennings adj
mitted writing it to protect the
messenger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-30
SCHNEIDER CUP RACES
TO BE EVERY 2 YEARS

The Schneider Cup race. won this
year by Italy, will be held hereafter
every two years, instead OF annually,
the Navy Department was advised
today by the international Aero
nautical Federation.
The Navy plans to seek sufficient
funds from Congress to build four
new planes to send to Italy for the
next competition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-30
Rum. Not Bullet, Fatal

NoRRIsToWN. Pa, Novq. 30.
Tenhours after he had been shot JIM
the right groin in a struggle for
possession of a revolver, Joseph
Gibbs, 81, colored, died, but his death
was caused by poison liquor and not
the bullet wound. according to pr.
Perry Mclaughlin. the attending