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TERS ri AUTOS Leaguers and Equity Men Deter mine No Efforts Shall Be Made to Revive CONFERENCE HELD THIS MORNING ON NEW BILLS Honse Bill 44 is dead. This was the conclusion arrived at after a friendly autopsy by leaguers and Equity men at the Northwest hotel last evening. ; Political pulmotors, artificial respir- ation and other last aids to the injured were used, and the ultimate verdict TILES FACT was that No. 44 is gone beyond recall; | that any effort to revive the measure will prove a loss of time and energy, and that if the league is to do any- thing toward revising the constitution, this year or next, the goal must be reached through some other avenue. Then solemnly, seriously and in cold blood, House Bill 44, which came into existence. under such auspicious cir- cumstances, and whose friends had hoped for it such a long and glorious career, was trotted out and buried in the graveyard of lost hopes. And out of this funeral p, re rose a@ new phoenix—the initiative, which, as come that will necessitate a more vi The Tribune originally predicted, the league will resort to to bring before the people at the general election in 1918 tne vital features of House Bill 44, Referring to the use of the initia- tive petition as a means of giving the people an eprertunity to act on the amendments de: by the league, Governor Fraziev said, in addressing the conferees last evening, “The method you have discussed here tonight is, I believe, the best un- der the circumstance. I do not believe ‘we shbuld compromise. House Bill 41 ‘was put up to the senate fair and square, and a few conservative mem- bers killed it. Now the people who hold the welfare of North Dakota at} Band to Escort Members heart should stand by their guns and not. yield one inch. “IT am proud to know that league representatives and senators had enough backbone to stand for what the people demanded, There is among complete dead-lock will ensue, as the senate, pending some form of com- promise, already has adopted the practice of shelving everything which | bears the league stamp or which has | been specifically recommended by Governor Frazier, The matter was further gone into in| Nonpartisan caucus at the Northwest | this morning, when it became evident | that the majority is in favor of fol-| lowing the plan suggested by Gover-| nor Frazier or letting the people take} the initiative, ~ LITTLE CHANCE IN SITUATION United States Merely Waiting, Now for Germany to Com- mit Some Overt Act (United Press.) Washington, Feb. 7—The United States ig now well in the danger zone | with Germany. No indication is forth-| coming that the Imperial Government intends modifying her unlimited sub- marine campaign. In view of Foreign Secretary Zimmerman’s utterances, Germany will go through to the end; in her campaign. The present situa-} tion is described as being the same a: last Saturday when President Wilson went before a joint session of Con- gress and notified the world of the break. Hope that no overt act will orous action by the government is fe by officials to be only a matter of time. EQUITY WILL OPEN MEETING THIS EVENING From Different Hotels to Commer- cial Club Rooms | —— | Members of the Equity will be es-; OVER SUBMARINE { night. | you not 2 man who need be embar-|corted from the different hotels by the yassed when he goes back home to,Elks’ band this evening to the Com-; give his people an accounting of his,mercial club rooms for the first meet- stewardship. ing of their three-day convention. The | Means of Education. band will be furnished free to the “This initiative method,” continued, visiting members through the courtesy | =the farmer chief executive, “will prove of the Commercial club. ‘a means of education for North Dakota| The board of directors of the Equity | people. During the year and a half|met in session last night at the Grand} that will elapse before the general el-|Pacific hotel and decided to transfer ection in November, 1918, we can|the convention headquarters from the make them fully acquainted with our|auditorium to the Commercial cup | purpose and set them thinking.» And|rooms because of the few- in atjend-| they are thinking now,” said the gov-|ance, dlue to blocked branch lines. The érnor, impressively, ‘There is many a| meeting will open at 7:30 o'clock. | farmer out on the open prairies of| J. N. \Keniston, secretary of the, North Dakota‘ who knows more about | Bismarck Commercial club, will give | House Bill 44 than do sgme of the sen-|the address of welcome tomorrow ators who voted to kill it. morning, in behalf of the city, and “One of the campaign arguments| Will be followed by an address of wel- used in opposition to the league|come by Governor Lynn J. Frazier, througout the campaign was that the|in behalf of the state. The response Nonpartisans would seek the establish-| will be given by IM. P. Johnson, presi | “ment of state-owned enterprises) dent of the league. | = through direct taxation, thereby in-| Tomorrow night the roll call will * creasing our taxes. Now that their|be made. -The chief feature of the | arguments have been discredited, they | evening meeting will be the address are seeking to make good on them by by General Lecturer Straube of the proposing to build by direct taxation | American Society of Equity. WADOO'S KIN DAIRYMEN OPEN THEIR CONVENTION | President Bittholor of Fingal, | Called Meeting to Order at Mandan at 1:30 P: M. | ANNUAL BANQUET WILL | (By Special Correspondent.) | Mandan, 'N.-D., Feb. 7.—The twenti- jeth annual convention of the North Dakota Dairymen’s association open- ted here at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, with 100 members in attendance and large delegation of buttermaker: | phe meeting was called to order by} Rev. | the | erian church gave the invoca-} of Fingal. president of President Bacheller ¥. W, Thompson, | Presb tion. Judge Hanley Speaks. | Judge Hanley of the district court | was the first speaker of the afternoon jand lauded the work of the dairy in- idustry in the state and the future | before it with the breaking up of the ‘large ranches in the western part of. the state and the induction of pure- | bred cattle. He stated that the total g| amount of butter churned in the state; | for the fiscal year ending June, 1916, amounted to 14,880,296 pound \ Sam Crabbe at Conven' Sam Crabbe of Fargo, state archi- |tect and leading Jersey breeder, who s offered a pure-bred Jersey for the best essay on the dairy cow, has ar-} rived in the city and stated at noon} ‘that more than 100 compositions have | been received. The announcement of |the winner will, in all probability, be | made this evening at the banquet. | The. annua] spread is the event to- night. The Dairymen’s association is | in charge of and is being assisted by residents of this city, Sam Crabbe} | will be toastmaster. Music will be] | provided throughout the evening. But- !termakers and several members of the state legislature have been invited | to give addresses. ‘The banquet will! | be served in the M. A. 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McAdoo, a brother of Secretary Mc: Adoo, hotly denied at the “leak” in quiry today, that he ever acted as a jed the death or injury of 26 Belgian “go-between" for the secretary and C. D. Barney & Co., New York brok: ers, in a Wall street deal; a9 reported to the committee by Thomas W. Iaw- son, MeAdoo. declared that most: of the newspapers probably wonld agt: print his denial; as they were “too anxious to libel somebody...‘ W. S. Hibbs, a local broker, testi: | fied that he has paid 'N. O. ‘Messenger, a reporter on the Washington Star, “not to exceed” $100 a month during flour mills and packing plants. Late this afternoon the courtesies Bismarck an Example. of the floor were extended Equity vis “If this little city of Bismarck,”|itors by both the senate and tlndered the governor, “can bond it-} house self for $300,000 to pave its streets, there is no reason why the state of North Dakota cannot bond itself for millions for state-owned enterprises— and there is no reason why they will not. The two years which must now elapse before we can place the league; program in operation will be a period | ‘of education not alone for the farmer, | but for the people of the cities, whose} conversion will do*much to carry the; (United Press) program through.” | Indianapolis, Feb, 7.—The lower Senate Amendments Hopeless. house of the Indiana state legislature Contending that the introduction of | today concurred in amendment on the | prohibition bill as passed by the sen-; It is now up to the governor to! constitutional amendments in keeping with the league program isa bluff on the part of the senate, which thus hopes to delay action on the league} program, the conference last evening went on record as in favor of oppos- ing these amendments to the last ditch in the senate and defeating them in the house. It is probable that a EVERYONE KNOWS THIS KIONEY MEDICINE IS GOOD Some twenty-five. or thirty years ago I began to sell Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp ate, sign it. Indications are that he would sign the bill, making Indiana bone dry | in 1918, LoST—Small box, teeth enclosed. with plate of Return to Trib EVERYONE KNOWS— T have been in the drug business for the | NO CONVOY ORY WN 198 sessions of congress for advising them of current events at the capitol. (Associated Press), Amsterdam, Feb. 7.—According to) 200 persons, mostly women. ; An ex Thursday on the railway: x-La-Chapelle and Louvain, this‘ newspaper reports, caus- ; vorkmen. ‘PRAISES ARMY. f . (Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 7—High commen- Mation for’thé-work of the army pn the border and in Mexico is expressed by | Secretary Baker in letters to Major General Funston, commanding the border forces, and Major (ieneral Per- shing who commanded the punitive ex- pedition, just returned to American territory. PLANT OF MOORHEAD CITIZEN DESTROYED Moorhead, Minn., Feb, 7.—Fire, ori- aling , from an undetermined valuable thing around the office de- stroyed. The machinery was - also badly damaged. The loss is estimat- ed at $1,000. E, G. Melander was the editor. source, early today destroyed the plant of the Moorhead Citizen, a Dem- ocratic weekly newspaper. The plant was located in a two-story brick build- ing. The paper stock was the most Young men anid: women who have acquired a training in the Ss BISMARCK pi laddicises Lindt are a rung higher’ on the ladder to success than the tin- ,frained. They are a step ahead in the commercial world. i A Busincess. College education in BISMARCK BUSINESS COLLEGE teaches the fundamental principles of business. It is a vital factor to a successful commercial career,, Every up and doing young person who expects to. mak in business should enroll. Students enter at any time—no summer vacation terms start soon. Compléte courses in stenography, book: keeping, penmanship, commercial law and other: business subjects taught by the newest methods, by, expert Write or call for particulars, ’ For particulars: write 'G. M. LANGUM, President Bismarck, N. D. ~ FOR LINER ST 1008 (Associated ciated Press.) Washington, ‘Feb. 7—The American line steamer, St. Louis, will not be given a convoy if she decides to sail | for England through the German sub- | marine zone, it was announced at the | state department today. i The government is acting on the a policy that Americans have an inalien- | able right to traverse the high seas, that the German submarine blockade | is entirely illegal and that any sink- | ing of American ships in contraven- tion of law would immediately lead to hostilities. INQUEST NOT. NECESSARY SAYS At K. P. HALL OVER. BERGESON’S STORE 8:15 p. m. —_ MISS Friday, Feb. 9 «thirty-five years and I have sold Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root satisfactorily as Jong as I can remember. I have nev- ér heard an unfavorable comment, but have heard of several different cases of kidney, liver and bladder ailments where Swamp:Root produced beneficial results. Judging from personal exper- «dence I can say that I believe it to be @ very good medicine and I recom- miend it. ! Very truly yours, C. STEINER, Druggist. 208 South 12th St. Lincoln, Nebraska. ; ‘Sept. 21, 1916, Root and I am satisfied that there is not a superior kidney, liver and blad- der medicine on the market. I enjoy a steady and satisfactory sale on the remedy and my customers have noth-! ing but praises in behalf of the merits | of Swamp-Root. I am so favorably im- pressed with the preparation that I recommend it to those in need of such a medicine because I firmly believe it is a valuable and reliable proprietary. Very truly yours, 2008 South 10th St., C. M. COBB, Druggist. Sept. 21, 1916. Lincoln, Nebr. a Prove What Swamp-Roet Will Do For You cirative value almost selis itself. 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FARGO CORONER Fargo, N.:D., Feb, 7—~Cotoner Dr. Samuel Mitchell arrived in the city | this morning and investigated the jdeath of Joe Sederholm, who fired a shot through his own head while at-| | tempting to-ill the woman with whom |he had lived for several years. | After viewing the body and ques-| |tioning those who were in the vicinity | of the shooting, Dr. Mitchell found | that there was no necessity of secur- | ing 2 coroner’s jury to investigate the death, he giving the verdict that Joe Sederholm came to his death from a gunshot wound, the result of a shot ac; | cidentally fired by himself: \INTER-STATE BRIDGE Is ORDERED GUARDED | , Urited Pri Press:) - Vancouver, Washi, Feb. - 7.—Major Waldron, commanding the Vancouver barracks, has been asked to establish a guard of United States regulars on jie Columbia river here. Assisted BERGLIOT R ‘MEZZO DOr ARTISTIC MUSICAL TALENT IN- ENGLISH AND: NORWEGIAN | A SHORT ADDRESS DURING » INTERMISSION: ADMISSION. - - -