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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
Agent Can't Get
Stock, Holds Court

The supreme court today reversed
the Cass county district court in the
case Of H. o. McAndrews W.. The
Idawa Gold Mining Co., l.. s. Hon.
stead, president; DR.. S. A. Zemmer-
man, president; Orwin Baertsch.
secretary, and other Officers and
directors. The case was ordered dis
missed.
McAndrews had sought to compel
the company to transfer certain
stock to his name in return for SER
vices rs an agent for the company.
The lower court ordered the transfer
made but the supreme court held that
"pledgee Of stock cannot maintain
an action to compel the transfer Of
the stock upon the records of corr
poration until such pledge has been
foreclosed according to statute and
such Pledge becomes the owner
thereof" The court also held that
evidence with regard to certain other
allegations was insufficient to sus-
t4in the complaint.
McAndrews charged numerous ir-
regularities in the management OF
the company, among other things that
It sold stock at varying prices and
thst the directors purchased worth
less silver mine, listing it as worth
O,l07.56, issuing stock in payment
therefor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
LABOR MARKET
GOOD IN STATE
Plenty 10 DO In North Dakota
and Supply Is Adequate,
Says Report

En,plos sslcnt conditions in North
Dako.'% compare favorably with
conditions in other states of the
North and Middle West, analysis Of
the August report Of Richard T.
Jones, director Of the Fourth district
shows. Thr area comprises the
states Of North and South Dakota,
Minnesota. Missouri, Iowa, Kansas
an' Nebraska.
Throu hout North Dakota, the re.
port says, "There is brisk demand
for general farm labor with plenty
of men arriving from southern points
to meet all requirements. Building
continues active with resident trades
men all working. Road construction
continues to utilize Ia large volume
of unskilled workers."
At Fargo, the report said, local
industries are operating with normal
quotas. The supply Of farm labor
is fully equal to the demand.
Building strAdesmen are nearly all
entaged with indications tna s...-
ployment in this industry will con-
tinue' on satisfactory basis !all
summer.
A slight shortage Of experienced
farm help is reported from Grand
Forks, with no surplus Of labor evil
dent in the building industry.
Surplus In South Dakota
The report declares a surplus of
harvest help exists in South Dakota
and the demand for help in harvest
ing small grains will be lighter than
usual. Minnesota reports most skill
ed and unskilled workers employed
with railroad shops still slightly be-
low normal and a surplus Of clerical
help. The harvest, public improve
ments and highway construction have
furnished employment to many in
Missouri where conditions are said
to be generally good. Iowa reports
slight surplus Of building trades
men and building activity in Kansas
is reported to be slackening. The
drought affected the Nebraska small
grain crop and harvest help was
needed in only a few counties.
Nearly every state in the area re-
ports . surplus Of clerical help.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
FAVORS CREDIT
FOR FARMERS
But Coolidge Does Not Indi.
cate. Attitude on Widening
Law Recently Passed

Paul Smiths. N. Y. Aug. l2--(AP)
Coolidge is favorably dis.
posed toward q program for supply
ing agriculture with adequate credit
machinery, in the Qpinion Of Arthur
r. Rule Of New York City, general
manager Of the Federated Fruit and
Vegetable Growers, Inc.
Mr.. Rule, who discussed the prob.
lens Of the cooperative farming or.
ganizations. with the president here
yesterday. received no indication as
TO Mr.. Coolidge's attitude toward the
produce experts specific suggestion
that the rural farm credits act, pass.
ed by the last congress. be widened
in space so as TO afford the fruit and
vegetable growers elastic credit facili.
ties similer to those which the new
law gives to the livestock producers
He came away from the conference
however. with the conviction that Mr.
COolidge, in addition to being favet
able toward = plan Tor supplying rutsa
credits, was also sympathetic with
cooperative farming methods.
Borrow on Security
Under the rural credits act live.
stock growers are enabled to borrow
on the security Of their stock long
before the animals are ready foi
market, and Mr.. Rule believed that
general produce farmers should be
given similar opportunities.
President Coolidge received Mr.
Rule after he had discussed the pre-.
liminary 1928 financial estimates with
Brig. General Lord. director of the
budget. who spent the day at White
Pine Camp. leaving for New York
last night. General Lord went to the
summer White House to 20 over with
the president the tentative depart.
mental and bureau expenditures fol
the next fiscal year. which were sub.
mitted on July 16.
In cutting $4,000, 900 from these
preliminary figures, President Cool
idge set $3.270. 100000 as the limit fol
the cost Of running the governmen,
in the fiscal year Of 1928.
This total represents an increase oi
$55 .OCO. 900 over the current year. bu'
the growth in expenditures is at.
tribted to additional fixed or "con'
stant" charges to cover legislation
pressed by the recent congress.
Final estimates of the various de.
partments, bureaus and agencies must
be submitted by Sept. 10.
will See Hoover
President Coolidge had no engage
ments for today. Tomorrow Secre
tary Hoover OF the department o.
commerce will be . guest at the sum
mer White House to discuss depart
mental business with the chief execu
tive. (
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
THROWSLIGHT
ON GREEK LIFE
Interesting Material Found In
Tomb Discovered By Swed.
ish Prince Expedition

Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 12.-tF--
A royal Greeks tomb, said to rival
in splendor that Of the Egyptian
King Tut Ankh Amen, has been un.
earthed near the ancient citW of
Asine, on the southern shores of the
Peloponnesian Peninsula, Greece, by
a Swedish archaeological expedition.
Crown Prince Gustav Adolph is the
organizer and u formal personal
participant in the expedition.
Preliminary reports published here
say the discoveries include masses
Of materials throwing new light on
Greek life As far back as three
thousand years before the Christ
ian era.
Vases and ornaments in great
quantities have been found. and
among the contentsi of the royal
tomb, dating approximately from
1900 B. c. were several ornate gold
pieces and unique weapons.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
HOMESTEADIS
HELD INTACT
Mortgage Cannot Be Fore.
closed Because Wife Didn't
Sign Papers, Holds Court

Affirming. an action Of the Barnes
cdpnty district court, the supreme
etuft Has held that mortgages exe-
3tedAto the First National Bank Of
Valley City are not legal rs applied
to the Grotberg homestead. The
court sustained . verdict Of heydis-
trict court, setting aside the mort
gage ~ invalid under the law pro-
tecting homesteads.
GrOtberg, the record shows, gave
the mortgage to secure prior indebt-
edness while his wife was in the state
hospital at Jamestown. When she
was discharged, the Crotbergs re-
turned to their home and later the
bank attempted to foreclose the
mortgage. The action resulted.
Wife Doesn't Sign
The district court held that the
mortgages were invalid because they
were not signed by Mrs. Grotberg.
The bank cohtended that the property
was not homestead because the
Grotbergs had moved away but the
court held that the absence was tenn
porary only and that the Law. protect
ing homesteads applied properly. !.
In the case of the First National
Bank of lie Seuer VS.. e. f. Bailey and
R. W. Sether, the court held that 2
promissory note properly executed
and purchased by third party is
valid despite alleged promises by the
person to whom the not was given
that it would be held and not sold.
The note was given by the defend
ants to Welch 4 Company. . Min
neapolis commission house, and sold
by it to the bank. When the commits
sion firm failed the defendants lost
credit held by the commission firm
in its behalf and then found that
their note had been sold.
The decision characterized the sit
uation ~ "unfortunate" but held that
the sale was legal and the note valid.
Il reversed : decision by the Bur-.
leigh county district court from which
appeal was taken by the plaintiff.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
Policies Need Not
Follow State Form

Policies written by life insurance
companies doing business in North
Dakota need not be written on the
North Dakota standard form, the
supreme court has held in the case
Of Mary Matilda Young vs.. Mutual
Trust Life Insurance Company, ap-
pealed from the district court Of
Ramsey county. The decision sus-
tained previous ruling by the
lower court.
Mrs. Young appealed the ease on
the ground that the provisions in
the state law. determinine the sur.
render va1pe Of her hushandr life
insurance policy in the event 1t was
permitted to lapse differed from
that in the state law. Under the
state law, dividends due . policy
holder are automatically applied to
keep the full face of the policy in
effect rs long as the dividend pay
inert permits, Young's policy pro-
vided that in the absence Of other
agreement the dividend should be
used to purchase paidup insurance.
Young died four days after his
policy had lapsed apd his widow re-
Iceived some $500 less under the
policy than she would have receivoA
had it been written on the state
form, despite the fact that her Ana-
hand, prior to his death, had besnn
negotiations to pay the prsmipm hy
giving note.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
EXECUTION OF CATHOLICS REPORTED in MEXICO
Trial Judge Must
Observe The Rules

Although u Judge has wide powers
in the trial Of court action and may
reasonably restrict" the examination
Of witnesses and endeavOr 10 bring
10 light essential facts in the trial
Of q case. he 'must do this in a prop
er manner and without violation Of
the rules Of evidence" the supreme
court has held in reversing the dis
trict court Of Benson county in the
case of August Bryngelsoh vs. the
Farmers Grain Co., Of Toxic.
A new trial Of the action, one to
determine rights to certain grain.
was ordered on the ground that Ger
tain rulings by the trial judge on
questions Of evidence were erroneous
and prejudicial.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
SHOWS STATUS OF RIVER.

In order to form q concise report
of the average and extreme condi-
tions in the Missouri river at Bis
marck, N. OAK, the following state.
ment has been prepared by the
All stages given in the following
table are based upon readings above
and below the zero Of the gage,
the zero Of the gage being low
water Of November 8. 1889, at that
time the lowest stage ever record
ed. This arbitrary zero of the gage
10 1912 feet above mean sea level.
The highest stage ever recorded 1t
Bismarck, N. OAK, was 27.6 feet on
March 81. 1881; the lowest was 81
feet on December ~, .l0lS. The aver
are, stage by. months for the period
1885 TO 1926, inclusive, follows:
January, 2.2: February, "a; March,
6.2; April, ~; May. l.2; June. ~;
July, &C.: August. 81; September.
l.6; October IL: November. la;
December. 2l; annual, 3.6.
The highest yearly average was
81 feet In 1898; the lowest vas 10
feet In 1905 and 1914. The highest
monthly average was ALT net IN
June, 1900: the lowest was -l2 feet
In September. 1924.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
2 KILLED, 3
INJURED IN
CAFE FIGHT
Gunmen Drive Up to Place in
Motor Cars and Quickly
Open Fire

Detroit. Mich. Aug. l2.--LR Two
men were shot to death and three
persons wounded. one Of them u wom-
an, in pistol fight In downtown
cafe here early today. Joe Gustcl-
la, 30, and an unidcE' fed Italian.
were killed, and Miss Marian Lebeis,
%. Luis Rosa, 40. aud Marion M.lito.
~. were seriously wounded.
Hit BY Stray Bullet
Two autOmopIie loate Of men
drove up to the cafe and enter ng
Immediately opened fire Oh the four
men who were seated at table,
according to information to police.
Miss Lebeis. a waitress, is believed
to have heen struck by stray
bullet.
The gunmen fled after the shoot
ing which police att,ihu ed 70 "a gang
feud.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
PRIESTS And
/ PROTESTANT
ALSO KILLED
Archbishop Also Claim 3
Homes Of Nom Catholics
Set Fire BY Mob
TROOPS GET LEADERS
Government Says Nation Ii
Tranquil, Admitting Only
Minor Disorders

Mexico City. Aug. i2--tAP)->A re-
port Of excesses and Of executions
growing out Of the religious situa-
tion has been made 70 the arch
bishopric here by Archbishop Leo
poldo Ruiz, Flores, Of the state Of
Michoacan. The ministry Of the in
terror announces that it has no
knowledge Of such happenings a. the
archbishop has reported.
The information brought to Mexico
City BY Archbishop Ruiz is that two
Catholic priests and between 2b and
35 Catholics were executed in the
town of Zhuay0. state of MichOacan.
Bishop estimated that altogether 50
persons were killed in the battle.
Protestant u Killed
The prelate also said that At Acam.
baro. state Of Guanajuato, disc rde RS
arising from the religious controversy
led to other executions. When the
people Of Acambaro refused to turn
over their churches to the munieipal
authorities, two government engineers
were killed BY crowd and their bodies
hacked almost to pieces. Federal
troops executed three and possibly
more Of the leaders, the prelate
added.
At lrapuato. also in the state Of
Guanajuato, according to the arch.
bishop. . protestant was killed when
she taunted the Catholics % their
services ended. The residences Of
several Protestants were set on fire
BY the mob. Federal troops also wer.
brought uD here and executed three
or four Of the leaders Of the mob.
Officials Admit Little
These disturbances are reported by
Archbisho~ Ruin to have taxen place
Aug. l and ..
The government has consistently
asserted that the situation through
cut the patton, has been tranquil,
with the exception Of few minor
diHtprbAnces. The newsnapsra have
,,ssMted Tlittle Or, nothing regarding
6s essaeaaic bsyrsGG ccatiApAel -
dfpress Business, sMA there xeeIiinfA
~ are not prospects Of q reconciliation
OF the completely opposed positions
Of the Catholic episcopate and the
government regarding the new re!i.
gious regulation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
TODAY
WONDERFUL GIRL.
COOLIDGE CANNOT.
SUPER.SACRED PROPERTY.
PLANTS HAVE HEARTS.
by Arthur Brisbane. J.

+.
With powerful strokes, guided
by bonfires, Gertrude Ederle landed
on the English shore after swimming
the channel from France. Making
the trip in IA hours 81 minutes, Miss
Ederle beat by two hours the best
record made by any Of the five men
that have conquered the dhannel.
She conquered wind, rain and tide
as we'll as the channel, and landed
unassisted after three hours Of des-
perate fighting off the British coast.
What . girl that is! What 9
credit to her father, mother and
her German ancestry!
Miss Ederle should be satisfied
with swimming and devote herself
to wOman's greatest work, mother
hood--more important than swim
ming the channel or che Facaflc
ocean.
President Coolidge cannot accede
10 the request Of the supreme council
of the knights Of Columbus for
United States Intervention in Mexi-
20. That is official. The State De-
partment has reported no interfer..
Ince with property or rights OF
American citizens, and the United
States has no right to interfere in
Mexico's internal affairs. Catholic
churches and schools taken over by
the Mexican government not being
the property Of United States citi-
zens, this country has no ground
for protest.
Affairs in Mexico are officially
watched on behalf Of the State De-
partment and President Coolidge.
but neither can intervene. legally.
unless the rights or property OF
American citizens are injured.
Russia hasn't offered to pay its
debts, and the administratiop tells
us that before Russia could be rec
ognized it must agree to uphold the
sanctity of contracts and property
rights.
We recognized the cars when
they recognized NO individual prop
erty rights, when they put men and
women to death under the knout
for expressing their opinions. and
sent thousands to freeze and die
n Siberia. II we could stand that
treatment OF human beings by Rus
sia. blindly recognising Russia and
the right Of the cxar TO murder his
neoDle. why cant We recognize the
right Of the Soviet goyernment to
control Russian propertye
Are property rights the only things
important in the opinion Of our
glorious rspublicf
BEFORE scisntists gathered at OK
ford. Sir Jaeadis. Chandra, Bos. :
H;ndu scientist. .Aemonstrstes that
niants have real life. flow of sap like
the flow Of our blood and Z central
power like the human hart. Sir
iaradis showed the *hsert Heats" of
: snapdrsgon, proved that bromide
deadens tie plant hesrt 0eaf that
(Continned - paee ehseeJ
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
'SWEDENQUEEN
GETS WEAKER
Pneumonia Is Increasing, AL.
though Heart Action. Is
Calmer and Stronger

London. Aug. l2--(AP)-Queen
Victoria Of Sweden has been weaker
during the last few days and her
pneumonia has increased somewhat.
says an exchange telegraph dispatch
from Stockholm quoting medical
bulletin issued yesterday. Her heart
action. however. has been calmer and
stronger. and her sleep has been
good
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12

Baltimore, Aug. II. .-R-Richard
Reese Whittemore's life. scheduled to
end on the gallows few minutes
after midnight tonight. was suspend.
ed today on the slender thread Of
hope that his negro attorney could
persuade United States supreme
court justice to waive aside the
hangman.
Having failed in his attempt to
obtain from Judge Robert +. STAN
ton in city court either writ Of
habeas corpus or writ Of error to
stay execution pending attempt to
appeal to supreme court, J. L. Pend
Teton. negro lawyer, who espoused
the bandit leaders cause ct the
eleventh hour Left Baltimore last
night. He let 1t be known that his
destination was Massachusetts, and
that he intended to place the case
before Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
st Beverly Farms, Justice Louis
D. Brandeis At Chatham or Justice
Edward T. Sanford at Nantucket.
Mrs. Margaret Whittem0re, his
wife, has refused to relinquish hope.
Reese will not hang" she said.
II have not made arrangements tor
y funeral or for mourning. have
implicit faith in our latest move."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
Every Commodity Covered
COLUMDUs NAN HEADs K. p.

Chicago, Aug. lX.--(N-AIva n.
Lumpkin Of Columbus, s. c., was
elected suprsme vice chancellor Of
tho knights 81 Pythias on the fourth
bellot of tie supreme lodge here
today. Two years hence. under the
precedent followed bv the lodge, he
will be elected TO the office of
supreme chancellor, succeeding Rich
ard s. Witte Of Milwaukee, who to-
day was advanced to that office.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
Battered Body of
Woman Found in Bed

Milwaukee, Wis. Aug. 12.--(P)--
Battered almost beyond recogni-
tion and her clothes torn to shreds.
the body Of woman was found
flung across her bed in her home
here late last night.
Neighbors identified the woman as
Mrs. Blanche Donile, 43 years old.
Police are hunting for the woman's
husband.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
WOULD JOIN
IN RATE CASE
Railroad Board Supports Far
go Commercial Club For
Better Freight Tariff

The state railroad board today pet
toned the Interstate Commerce Com,
mission for permission to intervene
In the Fargo rate case.
Supporting the contentious of the
Fargo Commercial Club, plaintiff in
the case, the railroad board indicated
its intention of joining in the fight
for better freight rates to North
Oak0ta's gateway city.
Fargo interests are asking that
they be given the same relative
commodity rates, distance consider
ed, as are enjoyed by the Twin
Cities. Such action would enable
Fargo wholesalers and jobbers to
compete with Twin Cities firms
without having. to meet q freight
rate situation favorable to the lat
ter.
Every Commodity Covered
Commodity rates are assessed on
the basis of certain percentage Of
the class rates, railroad board ex-
perts said. Practically every COM
modify shipped into North Dakota
Is included in the Fargo application.
A similar case asking the same ad-
justment for all cities in the state.
filed by the railroad board, now Is
pending before the Interstate Com
merce Commission, decision having
been postponed pending completion
Of the genersl investigation Of all
fares and rstes on western lines
begun last fall by the Interstate
body. Hearings in the general case
will be resumed this September, the
North Dakota board Mas been advised.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12

SSbV0B OVOHV ~ - Sses|VsW ASVS
2l hour change-.O.l feet.
WEATHER FORECAST
For Bismarck and vicinity-Mostly
cloudy tonight and Friday with pos
sibly showers; warmer tonight.
For North Dakots-Nostly cloudy
tonight and Friday With possibly
showers west portion. Warmer west
and north portions tonight.
GuNE9AL WDATuHe CONDITION.
The pressure 10 high over the
northern Plains States and northern
Rocky Mountain region and cool
wsathsr prevails over the entire
Northwest. Lower pressure /over the
Mississippi Valley II accompanied by
warm weather over that section.
8cattered showers occurred In the
Plains States and over the north
eastern Rock Mountain slope while
elsewhers over the West the weath-
o. ". 1oDERT1.
0ffjejal II Chareo.
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Temperature and
Road Conditions

(Msrcury readings st Z .. m.)
Dismarcl-cl Cloudy, D6; roads good.
s.; st. c!oudER.iny: o.; ;.Ie ,oads ds,E good
DNlnth-Reiaing, g; roads food;
Mahkato-C Cloudy, night rain. 20;
roads good.
Winona--rsrtly cloudy. s5; roads
good.
Grand Forks-Clear. 50; roads
good. s.
Hibtins- Partly cloudy. g.; roads
Mandaa ciser, III roads GOOD.
Rochester, Cloudy -; roads good.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12

London-When his pet dog leaped
into his lap, =. b. Harris lost control
Of his automobile. Il ran Into ditch
and turned . somersanlt. The man
was uphurt, but the der suffered seri-
Gus injuries.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
WHEN CLEMENTS PUT UP THAT 100000

b. f. Clements Of the Chicago
Coliseum club backs up his injunc-
ton secured recently in Denver
barring Jack Dempsey from meeting
Gene Tunncy until the champion
meets Harry Wills in Chicago bat
tie with $3OO,0OO guarantee check
posted in Dempsey's favor with the
Equitable Trust Co.. of Chicago:
Nicol. cashier Of the Equitable Trust
Co.. Of Chicago; doc" Krone. pro-
moter Of Pat Carr's Christmas Fund
for Poor Kids. who will benefit from
the fight funds; John +. Gordon.
fight promoter. and b. +. Clements,
president Chicago Coliseum club
shown presenting check to bank
cashier).
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Incased IN armor of beaten copper
plates, the skeleton of what is be-
lieved to have been an Indian chief.
tain has been uncovered near Berea,
Kentucky.
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Artificial eyes, which can be
moved sy s nssns se cf eraissa 0ns...s9sis. ss'%s.
fitted BY : ApssialiSt Of Jena, Ger
many.
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Weather conditions at North Da-
kota points for the ~ hours ending
At q. m. today: sv
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EktTodt60n NpaperS have been u
snod at the executive office here for
the rsturn to Fargo from Moorhsad.
Mimi, Of ABebe", 6hosmalger and &.
". McCoTmick. Miss Shoemak6r Ii
ehar9ed with bootlseGing and Me-
Cormiek II charged. with second Of
fense of engaging n ths sliqaor 'trafr
fie.