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S*t f' W*$m* iM X&flU&v'• i»:'•• 5- --k ROAD PARLEY Peace Negotiations Halted Oyer Week End But Renewed With Much Vigor. STATEMENT"REFUSED Early Peace is Looked for in Railway Strike—Shopmen Are Out in Two North Dakota Towns. Chicago—Peace negotiations, halted over the week-end, were resumed by members of the United States Railroad JLabor board in an effort to bring about an early settlement of the railway shopmen's strike. W. H. Finley, president of the Chi cago and Northwestern and W. G. Bierd, president of the Chicago and Alton, were among the railway chiefs who visited the offices of the labor board during the day for conferences with Ben Hooper, chairman of tBe board, while Walter L. McMenlmen, a labor member of the board, met several high operating executives. While none of those present would make any statement regarding the sub jects discussed it was intimated some basis for agreement on the five demands presented by B. M. Jewell, leader of sliopment, to Mr. Hooper, at a conference between the two last week was sought as preliminary to the calling of a new formal hearing of all parties before the labor board. Quit at Mandan. Twenty-one stationary -firemen, en gineers and oilers stbpped work in the Northern Pacific shops here. fi. D. ABLE TO FURNISH COAL Williston District Alone Can Supply Coal Needs for Entire Northwest. Williston—Williston district alone can on short notice supply the coal needs of the entire Northwest. A survey here established that if existing mines in this immediate vlcln tiy were worked to capacity, thousands of tons of lignite could be shipped from here daily. Maximum production could be main tained for years, because the coal resources of this district are practical ly unlimited. Every acre contains' thousands of tons of coal. Only the upper veins of which have been touch ed. Little -Operation On. In addition to the government mine, the product of which is used exclusive ly for operating the power plant of the United States reclamation service, there is only one mine of Importance ining operated here at the present lime—the Williston Coal and Ice Com pany mine with facilities for mining and shipping 500 tons of coal a day. The Black Diamond coal mine turn ed over to a few miners is turning out from 20 to 25 tons a day for local use. Could Operate Full Bast. N. B. Ludowese, president of the company says that within 60 days it c'ould be* operating at a full capacity and it undoubtedly contains millions of tons of fuel. Plans are being made, for reopening of the Brueger mine at Avoca, closed for six yeas for lack of capital. The coal will be brlquetted. The property consists of 240 acres con venient to the Great Northern railroad. The Ellithrope mine, operating at a capacity of 50 tons daily, could be In creased to lOO tons. Square Deal now produces 25 tons dally. 4 ARE KILLED IN GUNFIGHT Civilians Fight With Officers Many Are Hurt Four Killed. Wellsburg, W. Va.—With 48 prison ers in custody, three in Wheeling hos pitals, 15 in the Ohio county jail there, and 25 in jail here, deputy sheriffs armed with 200 "John Doe" warrants charging murder are scouring the county as far as the Pennsylvania bor der, and a large force of state police and deputies guarding the striking miners' tent colony at Cllftonville, where a battle between a Sheriff's force and a large crowd of men resulted In the death of at least four men* and the wounding of others, the situation in Brooke county was tens£. The gun fight raged for more than an hour at daybreak around the Clif ton mine of Jhe' Richland Coal com pany at Cllftonville, 10 miles from liere. Sheriff H. H. Duval, who led his little band of deputies against a large crowd of men, said to have crossed .jfrom the union coal field of Pennsyl vania, was among those dead. The *|thers are: Francis Milich, Monnessen, J6&Crook an unidentified man. Bandit Gang Is Broken. St. Paul—With the shooting of one bandit and the capture of another dur iafev.lnfc an attempt to blow the safe of the Park theater, at Park and Snelltng -avenues, St. Paul, police. believe they have broken up a gang of shotgun bandits which for' the past month has been staging raids in the twin cities almost nightly. The wounded bandit, who was identified as J. C. Ryan, was lihot'by Patrolman Ethan Allen, who :j»asbeen stationed in thp theater with MtiRwt ofr ihntmn. ap"" S5« I •itte** MRS. JAMES M'DONALD Portrait atudy of Mrs. James lfe* Donald, Washington society woman, who will wed Marquis Huntley, Scot tish peer, In London, next fall. The marquis is seventy-fife years old and lira. McDonald a great many years younger. AUTOS TO MOVE HAILS 50,000 Ready for Mobilization To Prevent Tieup. Washington Postmaster General Work prepared a letter to President Harding notifying the executive that a survey prepared by all departments of the government showed that a thor oughly organized fleet of 50,000 motor vehicles could be mobilized within 24 hours should the railway shopmen strike further Interference with the movement of the. United States mail. The results of the survey were for warded to the President as a matter of information but there was no official indication that use of motor trucks to carry mails was being seriously con sidered. The prevailing belief in Wash ington was that should the President's warning against interference with the mails be disregarded, stronger meas ures were contemplated. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DEAD Death of Hennepin County Jurist Fol lows Operation. Minneapolis—William Edward Hale, 77 years old, judge of district court for 13 years and a descendant of the Hale family of Connecticut, conspicu ous in early American history, died In St. Barnabas hospital. Death follow ed a surgical operation. Judge Hale was taken from his residence, 1602 Laurel avenue, when his condition be came serious. He had been ill three weeks. Judge Hale's death removes one of the most interesting and prominent fig ures from Minnaapolls and Minnesota legal and judicial circles. For a hall century, he was active in this city and only in the last two years did bis bealth begin to fall. Judge Hale was the youngest member of the Third Minnesota regiment In the Civil war and he was active In the G. A. R. U.S. POTATO GRADES ADOPTED Producers and Shippers Meet and Ap prove Federal Standards. St. Paul—Change of Minnesota po tato grades to conform to the recently adopted United States grades was. an nounced by N. J. Holmberg, commis sioner of agriculture at a meeting of producers and shippers on proposed grades of farm produce at the state Capitol. "The change in the potato grading,". Mr. Holmberg said, "is necessary in order to keep Minnesota shipments in line with the market, demand in the large consuming centers." Grade No. 1 as now described shall consist of "sound potatoes of similar varietal characteristics which are practically free from dirt or other foreign matter, frost injury, sunburn, second growth, growth cracks, cuts, scab, blight, soft roU and damage caused by disease, insects or mechan ical or other means." Stamps Sold Cafterla Style. Fairfield, Iowa—Postmaster Dean Taylor's faith in Fairfield residents' hones'y was justified when he tried but the cafeteria system of selling post age stamps. At 8 a. m. he set out a tin box and $3 worth of stamps oh a counter. A card read: "We believe most i-eople are Honest. We trust you, but cannot-extend you credit. Take what stamps you .rant and place exact change in this box." 3,000 Bush Fires in Canada. Vancouver, B. C.—With about 3,00(1 men fighting bush fires In this prov ince, the forestry department is fast getting the situation in hand. There still is ho sign of rain to break one of the longest droughts ever known here. Blueberry Harvest In Full 8wlng. Rice Lake, Wis.—The blueberry har vest in Northern Wisconsin is now is full blast. The mecca of-the berry pick ers It Washburn county, the best fields betas near Bart and Sprini Brook. ("S Union Chiefs Forecast Bitter Struggle as Truce Parley Ends. «?S tSW-i. Minneapolis Negotiations which had reached a stage Indicating that the shopmen's strike In the Northwest would end were broken off when R. A. Henning, representing the men, an nounced that his district, would .re main In the fight until a national agreement had been reached Conferences which began July 6, one week after the men left the ahops, failed of their object because of one point. That was the reported refusal of Eastern roads to restore seniority rights to striking shopmen In the event that they returned to work. It was stated at strike headquarters that-all other differences could have been settled across a table with the Individual roads, but the ultimatum in the East against restoring seniority was the rock upon which the North west freace plan -was Wrecked/ Strike leaders declared that the failure of an agreement under this plan meant a bitter fight. Little hope was held out at strike headquarters that the negotiations could be reopened with any expecta tion of an agreement. Following the refusal of the strike leaders to accept the terms of the set tlement, two more' Twin City .xxmds, the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific, issued ultimatums fixing dales when the men must return to wfak without forfeiting seniority and ?pen sion rights. BALK AT PRESIDENT'S OFFER From All Indications Government May Take Over Mines. Washington—A practical certainty existed that the United Mine Workers of America will refuse President Hard ing's offer of arbitration to settle the coal strikes, both bituminous and an tharclte. John L. Lewis, president of the union William Green, secretary-treas urer, and Phillip Murray, vice presi dent, left a final conference at the White House with President Harding, and Secretary Davis detennined, it was understood, to recommend a re fusal of the government's offer to the union policy committee which will meet here. The expected refusal, it was said, will apply to the anthracite mines as well as the bituminous, although em ployers in the anthracite region-have accepted the President's offer prac tically without condition. The union viewpoint is that the anthracite fields, with 'their potential production ot two milliou tons of coal a week, should not resume work, because this coal supply, along with non-union production of bi tuminous, would lessen public pressure for a strike settlement. TO TAKE OVER BARGE LINES St. Louis to Twin City Fleet Planned as Goltra Breaks Contract. Washington—The federal govern ment is expected to undertake imme diate operation of its own fleet on the upper- Mississippi from St. Louis to the Twin Cities, as a result of develop ments in the negotiations with Col. Edwin F. Goltra if St. Louis. The War department informed Colonel Goltra that he must complete contracts for 19 barges and four tow boats for use on the^ Mississippi or that the government would undertake to operate the line. Advices from St. Louis were that dblonel Gotlra would Ignore the ultimatum. The government plans to put eight barges and two tow boats Into oper ation at once. At first, it is intended to operate the line as far north as Davenport, Iowa, and later to extend It to the Twin Cities. $220,000 DAIRY PLANT AT 'U' Will Replace Outgrown Structure Housing Department. Minneapolis—Plans for a new $220, 000 dairy building at the University [arm will be rapidly completed and work' started at an early date follow ing the authorization of the project by the Board of Regents of the Univer sity of Minnesota. A new era in dairy work at the: farm school Is expected to follow replacing of the present structure, used since 1891. All .phases of dairy research and experimental work will be given a place in it. Dr.. C. H. Eckles, chief of the division of dairy husbandry at the schopl, announced. A structure" similar to the engineer ing building is desired to glVe the de velopment of dairy work an impetus, be said. The old building,has proven inadequate to. this growing branch of the school. North Dakota Leads. Fargo, N. D.—North Dakota had re ceived $18,962,608.40 from the United States. War Finance corporation on July 8, it is announced by M. O. Gran gaard, North Dakota banker in a state ment in which he discusses the pres ent status and the future of the cor poration. North Dakota has now ap plied for mora loans, had more loans approved both in Minneapolis' and Washington and has received more from this source than either Minne sota or South Dakota, the other states in this district. Barring Bad Weather, Harvest .Wijl Beat Last Year's "4. Recort-''-^i^#y iftMy St. Paul—Barring radical climatic reversals in the next ten days or two weeks/the Northwest will harvest a grain crop considerably in excess .of last year's and In many sections bid ding fair to rank with bumper produc tions. The most favorable outlook in re cent years is from representative sec tions throughout Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Montana.: Black rust is reported as "virulent" in only one section—in North DakoU In the Fargo territory—and the minor showing of the rust tn other sections is declared to have no material* effect on the grain, unless weather favorable to its development persists from now until harvest" Already the binders are moving into the wheat fields, and only in isolated sections are there predictions for *a less than average crop. It is recog nized, generally, of course, that with harvest still .two weeks away In many sections, and nearly six weeks distant In parts of Montana, adverse weather conditions could raise havoc. v.**!,. /V— 'v, v. UNEQUAL RATES NOT FATAL Taxea Levied "Glaringly Irregular but Not Unconstitutional." St. Paul—The Minnesota automobile tax law. under the Babcock amendment was .declared constitutional in a de cision banded down by the Minnesota Supreine Court. The court declared-that while "there are glarlnf .irregularities in the taxes paid by automobile owners, the respon sibility' for the fairness, justice of a tax measure rests updn the Legisla ture, and the court may not declare a measure invalid merely because it does not come, up to their conception of a proper method of ^taxation." The case was given in the case of Charles N. Dohs of St. Paul against Mike Holm, secretary of state and registrar ot motor vehicles. On April 30, 1921, Mr. Dohs purchased a sec ond-hand car for $2,350. When .he ap plied for-license in May, the factory list price of the car purchased was $3,600, upon which amount he paid a 2 per cent tax' under protest.. PLEASED WITH PROSPECTS Pleased With Prospects for 8peedy Movement to Northwest. Washington—After conferences with Secretary Herbert Hoover of the De partment of Commerce, President Har ding and Chairman Hall of the Inter state Cbmmelrce commission, Governor Preus of Minnesota, announced that he was pleased with the prospects of getting abundant- coal for the. North west before the approach of the winter season. "All I have to say," Governor Preus stated, "Is that conferences here have convinced me that the federal officials are right on -the job and appreciate the seriousness of the fuel situation in the Northwest juBt bs much as we do, who are close to it." LOANS REACH 363 MILLIONS Total More Than Doubled 8ince Coiv poratlon Resumed Work In 1921. Washington—Books of the War Fi nance corporation showed a total of 237 million dollars In loans outstand ing at the close of the fiscal year June 30, according to a summary of opera tions issued by Eugene Meyer, manag ing director. 'When the corporation resumed op erations In January, 1921, he stated the loans outstanding totaled 111 million dollars and sfnce that time the cor poration has authorised loans aggre gating 363 million dollars, of which 53 million dollars was to assist in financing exports and 310 million dol lars for agricultural and lhy stock purr poses. Of the total amount, he added, 284 million dollars had been actually advanced on June 30, of which 39 mil lion dollars was for export purposes and 246 million dollars for agricultural and live stock purposes. Despairs of Winning U. 8. Bride. Sofia, Bulgaria—Despairing of find ing an American wife for King Boris, Premier Stamboulisky is understood to have asked David Lloyd George to suggest a suitable English mate for the lonely monarch. Swindler Suspect Recaptured. Butte, Mont.—Dan J. Morrlssey, who was arrested in Minneapolis early in June, 1921, on a Charge of swindling banks in various Northwestern cities and who escaped from the Silver Bow sheriff while en route to this city, has been returned to Butte after being ar rested in Seattle. Lower Lignite Freight Rates. Bismarck, N. D.—Governor Nestos started an appeal on its way .to the Interstate Commerce commission, ask ing that body to grant rates on lignite coal low enough to make its use profit able In Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota and Montana. Four Hurt In Mine Train Blast. Whitesville, W. Va.—One miner was killed and 10 others Injured, four seri ously when a mine train, carrying them to work near Mordue, ran into a dyna mite trap and was destroyed. PassingGUmfmt of Laie Events in North Dakota C6gsw*ll—Hall caused a total loss to crops on many farms near here. Llsbon^-Plans were dlacuased for a permanent Ransom county fair asso ciatlonr at a meetlng held here. Carrington—Three residences here were broken Into and robbed la one week.p Hat^on—Elmer Asking and Royce Dean have purchased the Great Wes tern elevator here and are remodeling It' Into potato warehouse. pipklnson—Improvements are being made on the fair grounds.here in pre paration* for the first annual Stark county fair set for Sept 8-5. Pingree—Entering through' a win dow, thieves obtained several dollars in small change from the Plercy hard ware store. Valley vClty—The largest summer school ever jield in North Dakota is now in session at the Valley City State Teachers college. The enrollment 'for the first term totals 1122. Minot—Archer D. Poole, an attache of a carnival company that Is showing here was shot and killed by J. Sharar, policeman. Sharar Is in a hospital, shot through both legs. 8haren—Clifford Paulson was badly cut up when his car was overturned In a ditch. Returning with help to right the car It was found that thieves had stolen all four tires. 8tanl«y—The loss of three fingers was the result when Oea Peterson placed his hand on top of a pot& which his hired man was driving With a sledgehammer. Minot—Bight hours after they were married, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Davis were in cells in the Minot jail. They face charges of giving Uqnor to a minor girl. Fargo—Forty-six No Dakota towns within a. radius of 120 mUes will be visited Jtily 27 and 28 by business men of Fargo' on a "get acquainted" tour. v. Bismarck—Work has been completed or is being done this season on 820 miles of federal aid road work In North Dakota, at a cost, of $1,400, 194.58, according to H. O. Wray of the state highway commission. Bismarck—Gov. R. A. Nestos has started an appeal on its way. to the Interstate Commerce commission ask ing that body to grant rates on lignite coal low enough to make its use profit' able in Minnesota, .Wisconsin, Iow% South Dakota and Montana points! Beach—Considerable damage was done to barns and crops in this section by a 60-mile wind. Within half an hour .62 Inches of water fell. Several barns and granaries were wrecked. Two horses were crushed to death and two killed by lightning. New England—State engineer Geo. McMahon made a survey oif the new bridge dam which is planned to be built across the Cannon Ball-river at New England. It is .hoped to have the bridge built with federal and county, aid during the coming year. It will be the-flrst bridge of Its type In the. state. Beach—Damages totaling* $16,000, were assessed against the Northern Pacific railroad by a jury In district court here, In favor of Mrs. Thomas Everetts, widow of one of three men who lost their lives when the speeder on whlch«they were riding was swept from the Northern Pacific .tracks by a cloud burst near Medora, Jane 17,192L Medora—More than 30 members of the National Editorial association gathered here for an hour and a half to. pay tribute to Theodore Roosevelt, statesman, soldier, cowboy and citizen of Medora, of the. frontier days, while they dedicated a tablet to his memory. Gov. R. A. Nestos, who presided, spoke briefly, extending a welcome to the editorial party. Devils Lake—Ramsey county farm ers will stabilize the harvest and threshing wages, as well as the price to be piald by the farmer for threshing grain this fall, if the movement* now on foot develops. At a meeting here of farmers and threshermen the harvest labor and threshing situation was dis cussed. The following scale of wages was thought reasonable and accepted as the standard for Ramsey county: Harvest (shockers and binder men), $3 a day, 80 cents an hour. Threshing (bundle men and field pitchers), $3.50 a day, 85 cents an hour spike pitch ers, $4 a day, 40 cents an hour team and wagon (bundle teams), $2 a day, 20 cents an.hour. Cook for 12-team right, $6 a day. Separator men and en gineers, $10 a day. The rate a bushel for the different kinds of grain thresh ed to be held at Devils Lake July 29. Bismarck—8unday dancing was plac ed under a ban In North Dakota by Attorney General Svlenbjorn Johnson yesterday In a letter dispatched to all proprietors of public dance halls In the state. Fargo—Between 20 and 30 bushels of walnuts are expected to be picked from the single row of black walnut trees In the North Dakota Agricultural college experiment grove, cared for under direction of A. F. Yeager, col lege horticulturist. The walnut trees, planted frbm seed 16 years ago, have been giving heavy yields of nuts for the past four years. Z}*'* T\ mmmmmm £2ZL£21^ :Appam- jbathinfinKetteltake,neat .J her^ Kriati^n Nelson, was drowned. V^llay Clty^Three nundred mem* btte of ii* Gralnmens Union are ab t«p3lhg a'convention here, Dickinson—Bfds for construction of the tnaln building of the. Dickinson Normal School Will be opened July- 28 by the state board of administration. .. Uihghern^-Little Raymond McGib very, 15 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. R, A. McGilvety lost two finger* In- a mlzup with a washing machine. Minot—wi £lmke has lost the slght of his left eye, due to Its' being pierced by a sllver from a piece of steel he was hammering. 1 Washburn—The body of Qeo. £rlt, five year- old lad' who was drowned in the Missourl was found on a drift far from where he 8herwood—Thieves^ put a crimp In the chicken raising business planned by Mrs. Oss when they .ralded^the ^,/f coop. Gaftkle—Alice, 14 year old daughter Of Miv and Jg^Sairi Gonrad of Alfred, Is in the care of a physician here and In a precarious condition following an attempt at-suicide by taking poison. .... :R«ub—w H. .Qoolesy, .farmer,, was ruilngi overturned. Bis skull was crushed. Bennie Dalby and Harold Larson, companions, were both- Injured lltchvllle—Litchvllle's first livestock show held here. East wee|c was a dis tinct success. A good representation of stockmen from' all over Barnes county were here for the occasion. Cannon- Ball:—At a celebration here, Indians conferred the War Bonnet de coration on Capt. L" S. Baker of Bis* marck and the title of "Mato Wankantu.," or- "High Bear." yelya—French weed, said to be one of the worst noxious weeds knOwn in the state, has been. discovered here. Farmers are urged to dig it out If it appears on their farms.. FlMher^Utifiel, 14 year old daughter of Mr. and' Mrs. Ned Ohadwick, was brought to a' local' hospital, suffering with a badly' broken arm, sustained by falling from a horse. Noonan—The general store of ths Noonan Supply company was entered and $5,000 stock taken, Including men's and ladles' apparel and about $2,000 worth of bolt silk. Grand )Fork»—North Dakota has al most one half of the total acreage sown to spring wheat in the United States this year, according to statistics gath ered by J. G. Diamond, federal statlstt? clan for North Dakota. Minot—Henry Seyfert if MlnoV whose automobile struck Thomas Gut lixson,' 9-year-old son of Rev. and Mrs, T. F. Gullixson of Minot, causing fatal Injuries Is exonerated from criminal negligence In connection with the acci dent, In the coroner's verdict Marmarth—Hurrying, home from swimming and endeavoring to cross the track in front of a train just starting out. of the local yards, Elvln, 12 year old son of G. E. Bergston, fell and had both legs cut off at the knee. He Is In a critical condition. Wahpeton—Moses Ferguson, 78, a resident of this section niore than 50 years, died at a local hospital. About the time of the Civil war he came to Dakota territory and engaged in freighting by mule team between Fort Abercrombie.and Bismarck. Ten chll-~ dren survive. Dawson—Reorganization of the Kid der County Old Settlers association, originally former in jthe '80s, and which quit functioning in i911, was perfected at a picnic recently held at Lake Isabel near here, which was attended by av large number of ploneers of this sec tion. Stanley—Presenting the defense that ... a boiler with a small holertn the top ot the cover, which was found in their home, was being used to .cook feed for the hogs, Instead of being used as a still, as the state charged, Arae John son and John Johnson, charged with' manufacturlng intoxicating liquor were acquitted by a, jury in district court. Fargo—North' Dakota had compara tively few heads of families In the 'wealthy class" in 1920 according to Income tax statistics just made public Of the 15,652 reporting incomes 9,357 report incomes of $3,000 to $5,000, 4924 Incomes Of $3,'000 to $5,000, 922 tncomes $5,000 to $10,000 and 309 In comes of $10,000 to $50,000. Bismarck—News of the splendid crops that are now about to be harvest-: ed throughout western North Dakota has spread throughout South Dakota, and maqy farmers will visit western North Dakota In a few weeks for the purpose of. locating homes, according to L. J. Foss of Rosyln, S. D., who Is vlsftlng here. Fargo—An oil painting of the first house ever constructed by a white man In the CItj' of Fargo, "Pat Devltt's claim shanty," has been formally pres ented t«i the City of Fargo by A. Law of Tacoma, Wash. The painting Is the work of A. J. Rupert, a pioneer resident of the city and was painted' tn 1880, shortly after Mr. Rupert had returned from Europe where he had been studying hla art. Minnewaukan—Jack Madlgan, well known resident, killed himself by shooting a .32 caliber revolver bullet Into his temple. Cavalier-Felix LePage, Walhalla banker, has found a new use for an airplane. With delivery of a large sum of currency from the First National bank of Walhalla to Morden, Minn., rendered exceedingly difficuly and haz ardous by auto because of rainsodden roads, and with the possiblL'.ty that part of an auto trip would have to be: made after night, Mr. LePage hired an airplane from Hatton, N. to make the trl jmi Iffpil a Kl .A-l "1 S?C I--: iS' Lss"' v. Mi te -a* yr*'. I-'- '•i 'A -"'v '-A-