The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 23, 1923, Page 1

) i } 5 ' i Ways wise, kind and just, SE, WEATHER FORECAST. Snow and colder tonight. Wed- nesday generally fair and colder, Le QO IS TALCOTT BODY TOFARGO FOR | LAST SERVICE State Legislature and Offi- cials to be Represented At Services TRIBUTEIN LEGISLATURE Eulogies are Delivered by Former Colleagues to Memory of Deceased FUNERAL WEDNESDAY, Fargo, Jan, 23.—Funeral serv- ices for Frank & Talcott, who died in Bismarck Monday will be held in Fargo at the Gethsemane cathedral at 2:80 o'clock tomor- | row afternoon. Burial will take | | place at te Riverside cemetery. The tribute paid to the memory of Frank S, Talcott in the state leg- | islature yesterday afternoon will be Joined in by many state officials who will attend the funeral services in Fargo, tomorrow, some of whom will be honorary pall-bearers. The body | of Mr. Talcott was taken to his home ; ; : Catherine Dunbar, 20, Moline, city last night. Several local friends | whoa reported pasting thom hee also left on the train while many where, according to the story polic others were at the station to offer | be married, help in handling the last remains. s~ Governor Nestos may not be #ble to attend the funeral it is like- ly that he will be represented there by Lientenant-Governor Frank H. Hyland. Judge A. M. Christianson will represent the supreme court and Secretary of State Thomas Hall the PILOTS MUST TAKE CAREIF ’ THE: BIS CK TRIBUNE [am ’ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1923 a ee Ill, object of a country-wide search ome, has been fo€nd in Racine, Wis., e sy she told them, she had gone to e TWO HELD ON OLATE RUHR MISSING ILLINOIS GIRL FOUND ’ OFFICIALS ARE CAUGHT IN. | ; LIQUOR NET j Alleged Lake County Ring Broken by Federal Carried ae oe mae NERS. (GRAND FORKS MAN AR ’ Rev. F. Halsey Ambrose, pastor of the First Presbyterian ch of p : | by Senator Lynn Sperry to be pre- aa pas / Sent at the senate committee acar- ing at which the anti Ku Klux Klan ; bill is considered, arrived in Bis- marck at noon today and will appear | before the committee at 7 p. m. to- Into Atlantic Motor Boat Loaded in _VALLE ARRIVES HERE, ted an invitation to Rev. Ambrose to be present, received considerable Klan literatare from him, he said. The bill would pronibit the wear- ing of a mask to conceal the face, by any members of an organization as such, outside of any public build- ing in the state. GAMING CHARGE Clarence Anderson Alexander and Agents PROMINENT MEN Arrests — Shielded Violators Gary, Ind., Jan. 23—Work ficials. Copiases persons been. issued. liam H. Olds, William son, constable, Andy Wytow, Popps and John Mullen, can committee. Gary attorneys also were arrested, HELD | Potice Numbered Among the, of rounding up members of an alleged | Lake county liquor ring waich re- j sulted in the arrest of several local and county officials including Mayor Roswell Johnson of this city was | being continued today by federal of- tor the arrest of 75 alfeged to be members val | the ring which indictments returned " by the federal court at Indianapolis | Florida fishermen, -all past middle| charge they operated under protec- tion of Lake county officials, ‘aave Most of the persons indicted were Trested yesterday and federal offi- | Dunn, judge | of the Cary City court; Peter Per- j Nathan | launch and cargo. police offi- cers; Clyde Hunter, former Prose- | Three prominent (tease With Liquor LINER ‘RESCUES THEM night. ‘ be considered tonight. j obtained delay in consideration unti Asked to be Candid with i Cargo of Booze on Florida Coast Lousiana and other places. The hearing will be county courthouse, Sen. Sperry after ae had transmit CS Galveston, Tev., Jan. 23,—Subsi ing for 11 days on n diet of Brit beer three men, half-dead exhaustion, exposure and hunger, | were picked ,up by the Morgan liner El Occident 225 miles off the Caro-| lina coast January 18, according to! | Capt, E. F. Hamel, master of the! | steamer, on, arrival here. | The three men were described as| IN PAY GIVEN !age, who said they were engaged in| j taking a cargo of liquor from the | Bahama islands to Cuba in an 18- | foot motor boat. Their gasoline sup-| ply running out, they were carried | Method of Compensating Is expected to complete the work | by current and wind out into the! Officials of serving capiases today. Among] Atlantie. The loaves of bread and| | those arrested were Dwight Kinder, |two cans of beans, the only food on| Change in fhe 1921 law fixing! prosperous attorney; Sheriff Wil- | the raft, were quickly used up and! for 11 days they subsisted on beer. Capt. Hamel picked up the men, The cargo includ- ed whisky, cognac, gin, rum, winc,| cordials and beer, all packed in sacks, Dakota County Auditors’ , will be placed before the legislature | cuting, attorney of Lake , county. | The men desired to be landed on the 5 r Louis Barnes, former ‘sheriff; | Florida coast, Capt. Hamel gave| fF consideration, according to Wil- Charles Clemens, formerly a justico | them the option of going ashor.| liam W. Felson of Pembina county, of the peace and Joan Bennett, | after confiscating the liquor or com | treasurer of the Gary City Republi- ing to Galveston with the liquor and | in the city, | facing the customs officers. They| It was expected that the bill would Sen. Sperry, one of the authors of the bill, nad he could get some information from held in the CHANGE URGED HOUSE ACTS AT ELECTIONS County Auditors Urge New Cuts Short Debate to Adjourn | compensation for clection officials; CROP MORTGAGE of the state is urged by the North, Associa- tion, and bills embodying the change president of the association, who is} TeSelution to adjourn out of re-/ It is proposed that election officers | The anti Ku Klux bill may reach the floor of the senate tomorrow and next day. With the rouse fac- ing a scrap over the anti-dancing 1) bill, the senate facing a scrap over the $500 appropriation to help Con pany A in the Armory suit in Bi marek and an anti-Ku Klux fight in prospect, things were warming up -| on Capitol Hill tais afternoon. ~ QUICKLY ON RESOLUTION Out of Respect to Memory | of F.S. Talcott BILL | . The house of representatives yes- | |terday afternoon cut short what ap-| | Pear to be action which would bring j4 sharp division of members, in or-| ‘der to adopt the concurrent. senate | | spect to the memory of Frank S. | | Talcott, who died in a Bismarck hos- PRICE FIVE CE) IFRANCE PLANS 10 FIGHT IF STRIKE OCCUR Would Cut Ruhr Distri From All Outside Communication RESPONSIBILI FIXES Declares It Is Up To Berli Whether Residents of Section Suffer (By the Associated Press) The coal’ miners’ strike in the Ruhr valley ordered in opposition to the France-Belgian attempt to collect reparations by forceful means seems far from complete. Duesseldorf reported a major- ity of the Ruhr miners still work- ing at noon today. On the other hand Berlin claims 165,000 men have gone on strike in the Thyssen and Stinnes works in the Ruhr. .Paris announces new and dras- tic measures to be taken if, Ger- man resistance in the Ruhr con- tines. The measures call for total isolation of the Valley, complete control of the mines, railroads and public utilities and the in- troduction of new currency to meet the money stringency caused by Germany withholding cash, Bearing out this forecast a Dortmund message said French troops already are guarding ali exits from tho Ruhr preparatory to carrying out the isolation pol- icy if there is a gencral strike or pan Saeco orcees eer pital early in the day. | mally agreed to Res 4 b SEES ays state department. All members. of Ace's Osis cite shew she costes eed, AMEE | Se Haver” ich ‘was tarows, eer | Hla cee eeneeierrcel rm Ree pon marae sts a + ‘ ; i i e ictments charge, entered in- | . fish-; Vote cast. Such plan, it is declared | § e seh at he | the board of administration are ex- VQ | Sting 2 gambling game, following a (i A i j- | board, and were turned over to fis i k |membtr for seven consecutive ses. pected to attend the last rites. BILL PASSES ivisit by the sheriff, chief of police Dion Eee ote a |erman friends on the Florida coast.| by the auditors, is better than the sche ioamokenl sa, Ke bauad os faces Prior to the adjournment of the ii jand other officers to a shack ‘on transportation of intoxication 1-| Present compensation of $6.00 per sage from the senate, and Rep.| senate several of the senators, in- fae South “Seventh street, on a search| quors, The conspiracy extended, ac- day and $1.00 additional for each| Sproul, Cass county, immediately | cluding E. Stevens of Ramsey, al.! | warrant issued by States Attorney | cording to the indictment’ to having : | 100 additional votes or major frac- j moved its adoption .and Rep. Watt, | fred Steel of Stutsman, and B. F.| North Dakota _—_ Senators! F. S. Allen. Officers said there were members of the ring placed in ont | H Baker of Renville spoke briefly pay- ing tribute to Mr. Taleott's character, | the chief address being given by Senator Steel. Three members of the present sen- ate will act as honorary pall-bearors They are Senators Steel, Stevens and Kreschmar, all of whom served with Would Prohibit Hunting From Airplanes Mr. Talcott in the senate several! the state was intepducediingh thet years ago, Representatives Twichell, | 62° t+ + i Watt and* Maddock were appointed ss : | by Senator Speaker Roy Johnson to| The bill would punish reckless | represent the house at the services. In addition to these the following | former members of the senate who} served with Mr, Talcott are to be asked to be j Goodrich; H. P. Jacobson, Hettinger; | Wesley McDowell, Marion; C. F. Mudesth, eee a ables, definitely upward from his land. Mandan; A. T, Kraabel, Traill coun-| ji i . ty, and Alex MeDonald, Emmans| EVeF¥ airplane ride over the state county. Memorial Resolution. The concurrent resolution under which the senate and house adjourn- ed carly this afternoon was present-| ed by Senator McLachlin of Cass; county. Its text was as follows: “Whereas, it has been athe will o the Supreme Master of the Universe te,,remove from his,,earthly labors our esteemed friend. and “honored! eitizen, the Honorable. Frank S. Tal- cottya.long time resident of the! Eleyenth Legislative district of North! Dakota and an active and useful cit- izem.in al], matters pertaining to the welfare of ‘the state, and “Whereas, Frank S. Talcott was! for seven consecutive sessions a member of this senate ‘body and dur- ing said .service was actuated by an earnest desire to have good and wholesome laws enacted, and has in that respect been ‘a valuable asset to this state the effect of which will be felt by generations yet to come; “Therefore, be it resolved by the senate of the Eighteenth Legislative Assembly, the House of Representa- tives concurring therein that both houses do as a mark of respect to Frank S. Talcott at this time ad- journ.” Passed by Rising Vote. The resolution was seconded by Senators Stevens, Steel and Baker, and passed by @ rising vote. It was then messaged to the house and passed there in the same manner. ed so far because a man’s property | another. A nonpartisan and an Independent, Senator Baker and Baird, collabor- ated on the bill which has the sanc- of the American Bar association and the international air navigation con- ferenc¢ as well. The bill was supplied by Chief Justice, Harry A. Bronson, of the North ‘Dakota supreme court who is a member of the uniform law com- mission, The owner or lessee of the plane, air-ship, hilocopter or glider, is li- able for any damage done by the machine while the pilot of it is made ing carelessness or recktessness. made lawful, landing on it is not unless it is a forced landing and even then the owner or lessee of the aircraft is responsible if a cow is killed or a wheat field is messed up. Dropping monkey wrenches from airplanes seems to be forbidden in a élause which permits only the throw- ing overboard of loose sand or water ballast. Stunt flying or flying too low over a thickly populated area or/a crowd along with the,dropping of objects is made punishable by a fine up to $500 or imprisonment up to @ year or both. The matter of licensing pilots and aircraft and rules of gir navigation is left in the ‘hands of the federal government, thus far has been one trespass after | tion of the uniform law commission | responsible for only damage follow- | While flying over a man’s land is| | several men engaged in a there. the air for the first time yesterday when a bill controlling flight over | reau to Demand Premiums A large number of law suits will | be instituted soon .against corpor- right, according to law, extends in-| | ations in the state whb have not paid | workmen's compensation premiurs, | it was stated at the offices of the | bureau today, Scott Camefon, em- | ployed as special assistant attorney- | general to bring the ‘suits in con- | junction with bureau lawyers, is ex- | pected to file more than 100 cases. There are, it is stated at the offices, more than 300 firms, individuals or | public corporations which have not | paid the premiums. One bureau mom- | ber estimated the amount involved to be upwards of $100,000, but said accurate figures were not obtainable because premiums are based upon payro}ls which have not been submit= ted. After conferences had bech held with city officials of Grand Forks and Minot, the bureau announced that tentative arrangements had been made whereby the cities would pay the workmen’s compensation premiums. | ASK FUNDS FO: MINOT’S FAIR A separate bill will be introduced in the legislature providing for an appropriation for the Northwest Fair of, Minot. Among those here in the interest “of the appropriation are August Krantz of Kenmare, president of the fair association; Carl W. Ma- son, secretary; Alfred Haldi, Glen- burn, and. Halvor Halverson® The budget board had declined to, accede to the recommendations of the state fair association for a $60,000 annual appropriating covering fairs at Grand In seconding the motion for the Forks, Fargo, Minot and Mandan. adoption of the resolution Senator Steel said: “I don’t suppose there is anybody present who didn’t know Frank Talcott, and to know him was to like him. Therefore there is Prob- ably no one in the senate chamber today who didn’t experience a great feeling of sadness this morning when he was informed that our friend had passed beyond. y “While he was in this senate cham-|" ber he ocupied the place of chair- man on the education committe subject in which he always took a great deal of interest. I always thought that his judgment on that great subject or the subject matters pertaining to that especially was al- CONVICTS TO LAY FL A tribute to the-gentleness and kindness with which Frank 8, Talcott ruled the state peniten- tiary while warden will be laid ‘on his bier in’ Fargo. Gray-haired and’ bent Sam Burns and Clarence Orton, set- ving life terms in the state peni- tentiary for murder, walked: in- to the office of Deputy Warden Cram late yesterday. They had heard of Mr. Talcott's death. “Won't you take us to town so ' we can get-some flowers?” they ask “When the motive moved: him he could be Sloquent- He occupied the Place that my friend from Barnes (Frank Ployhar), now occupies, and T'can in imagination see him rising from that chair to deliver something that was, clear cut and to the ‘point.’ “Far be it from me, Mr. President, express office. There the con- at this time’to measure the value of | - victs put fifty dollars.on a table the hu life that has ceased to| ——the savings from their laber at exist: anyone who would attempt to| 25 cents a day in the state twine; |i medsure the value of human life} _ plant—and asked that it be sent (Continued on Page Three) to s Fargo floral shop for flow- deputy warden did, and, took them'as they wished to the dj ‘ F OWERSON BIER OF DECEASED FORMER WARDEN “|. ers to be placed on the’ casket when it lays in state in Fargo, Even the mask of stolidity of a convict of years did not hide the emotion they felt. When the Talcott family lived in the warden’s regidence of the prison a few years. ago, ‘Sam Burns became their friend. With a horse and buggy he drove ‘the children to school, and for hours would. drive Mr, Talcott’s ‘mo- ther about the streets of Bis- marek. Clarence Orton was in charge of the chicken pens when , Mr, Talcott was warden,-and. it_ was then when chickens of the’ |) prison took premiumg in, many boslie eR iat Their’-arder for, flowers left the two convicts wended their way over ‘wind-swept, snow-coy- ered ‘roads to th, ¢ at the prison, and, _ the prison doors closed behind them, ey poker game BE BROUGHT 5 5 flying, fix penalties for injury done| Workmert’s Compensation Bu by aircraft and atknowledge the law- | fulness of flight generally—a thing | present, J. E. Davis,| that has merely been taken for grant | and.gounty offices, on | force and other criminal forcing agencies, he ring wa: charged, that no be meted out to | Violators, PROTEST AGAINST Viadivestock, Sibe: way. zone have rotested to the Hunghuses bandits, include many Russian, These Chinese allege Reds purposely to create railwy. FORMER LIQUOR DEALER TAKES mer saloonkeeper and later poli |man of East Grand Forks, |was found at 9:30 a, m. Sunday by the janitor of 8 rooming house that city with a pistol in his left |hand, a bullet Kole through the up- per part of his head, and one cent, a pocket. “Suicide caused by despond- ency” was the verdict of the coroner. A wife and. daughter of Portland, been notified, Erickson chose to end his life just as @ 21-year-old son of his, Leonard Erickson, did early in the summer of 1914. Both used a revolver, and both shot themselves through the head. Only the circumstances lead- ing up to the suicide were different. The son. born and educated in East Grand Forks, first killed a woman in @ fit of insane jealousy; and, then, stepped into the vard in front of her home and killed himself. The father was a member of East Grand Forks police\ force ut the time. 2 WEATHER REPORT | |For twenty-four hours ending at noon today. i Temperature at 7 A. M. Temperatere at noon Highest ‘yesterday . Lowest yesterday . +0 that “the Bible has been put out of Lowest last night ... + 8B some public schools because of con- Precipitation ... Sao lene te zubreme court hes reversed) gict with the conscientious beliefs af Highest wipd velocity ....:..... 24 the case ‘of Sarah E. Hellstrom pupils of various religious faith. - |_| Weather Forecast easel Tne, First. Guaranty Bank,| Tsing’ conflict: with ihe venkat, Snow and colder tonight. Wed-| which Was appealed from Judge nesday ‘generally fair; colder south | Nuessle in the portion. 59 __ Weather Conditions High pressure, " moderately low_ temperature: vails in the Mi ippi Valley, the} si southern‘ Plains States and also over | company, the Can: temperatu: however, Temperatures conbiderably ofer ‘the — Plains ‘States and over the Rocky Mountain“ region. ‘The weather is: gratslly fair'from the Mississippi Valley Rockies ‘and: precipitation occurred west of bee ¢ Rockies. Rockies, HIS OWN LIFE ‘Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 28,—The body of Theodore Erickson, 60, for. e+ Mina., of the police law en- So powerful, it was | just penalty woyld " = Prohibition tew| Delkinson , Has Done Best ! | Jan. 23.— The Chinese authorities of the Rail-| gov- ernment against the activities of the who they claim in Manchuria, that these Hunghuses have-been sent by the disorder in the country ‘and thus give the Rus- sians an excuse for taking over the pocket knife and some keys in his! Ore., the only known relatives, have|* ° | ton of 100 votes after the first hun- dred. “Election officers would be com- Pensated under the proposed plan more in accordance with services rendered,” Mr. Felson said. “Under the present fees a precinct with 50 or 60 votes pays the same fees as one with 125 or 140 votes, each pay- ing $6.00 for the service. Under the Proposed plan a precinct with 50 Votes would pay the officers $5.50 in- stead of $6.00 as at present, one with 80\votes, $5.80 as compared to $6.00, increasing until a precinct wth 475' votes would pay $9.75 in- stead of $10.00 as at present. The auditors also urge repeal of the law which requires an absent voter to use a colored ballot, be- cause of extra cost and because, they hold, there for ‘this ballot being different from other ballots. They also would per- mit election officials to send in elec- tion returns by express as well as registered mails; allow the inspec- tor of election to retain unused bal- lots instead of forwarding them to the county , auditor; provide the publicity pamphlet should go to each householder instead of every voter, and amend the registration law to Provide that voters in cities and vil- | lages of 500 or more voters be re- {quired to register, instead of in , cites and villages of 160 voters or over. If the publicity pamphlet were sent to each householder only the Present mailing list would be reduc- jed two-thirds, Mr, Felson says. j There is, he asserts, great waste | Row occasioned by sending a half dozen pamphlets to a house in which that many voters. reside. OLD ITEMS OFF | STATE BOOKS| ,,Moturns tension cost State Treasurer John Steen has! county is paying out $625 monthly naked thelNegisisreette enact a law/ fF mothers’ pensions. Plaza has two to permit him to wipe off his books ponerse receiving this aid, Mrs, an old account, dating back to the| Hilda Baalerud gets $40 per month failure of the First National Bank| 9" Mrs. Julia Johnson, receives $30, FOR RELIEF Work, Says Field Agent | A new call for money and food for relief of Russians was made here today by Christ Flegel, field worker mittee, which has northwest head- quarters in Minneapolis, and which is assisted by the Northwestern ; Russian Relief committee of which | A. S. Bolster, Bismarck, is treasurer. | “We call your attention to the awful condition still existing in the famine districts in Russia, and the| necessity of immediate relief in or- der to save a large part of the popu- lation in these districts from star-| vation and death,” said Mr. Flegel. The Northern Pacific, Great Nor- thern and Soo lines have agreed to! haul grain over their lines and to} make connections to the seaboard or any mill free of charge, Mr. Flegel | said. Mr. Flegel also was given a Pass over these lines in his trips about the state. Dickinson has done the most act- ive work of any city in the state, he said. That community has already sent a car load of clothes, and is now ready to send a carload of wheat. If all communities would be as active, the matter ought to be closed up by June, Mr. Flegel said. WOULD WRITE is no good reason | : Cass county, seconded the motion. i Ren. Walter Maddock, Nonparti-| san, also joined in seconding the mo-| tion, and paid a short, but impres-| jsibe tribute to the memory of Mr.} Talcott. { “This is a sad day for North Da-| ‘kota,” he caid, “to lose @ man who! has served the state in so many} capacities and has served it so faith-| fully.” | | ‘Mr. Talcott he said, was a man! j universally loved and respected, and said that “we can all join in voting |for this resolution without slightest | {regard to any political affiliations.” | | On motion of Rep. Watt the reso-| | lution wes adopted on rising vote. | The house had begun considera- tion of the judiciary committee re- port on house bill No. 1, the bill to prohibit the making of crop mort Bages except in certain inneanees dl The judiciary committee had report-! jed the bill for indefinite postpone- ment, and had amended house bill! | 42 to caver the situation, it believed. | | A minority report was brought in on house bill No, 1, for amendment and Passage, providing additional excep. tions by which crop mottgages coul be made. The report on house bill No. 4£| was read, so that members would! know what was contained in both! 1 reports. One report was for without »mendment, the bill ing that the crop & separate instrument from a chi tel mortgage. from the tenance of the farmer. bate, the house was ready on the report on house bill No. 1 when the resolution calling for ad- Journment was read and adopted. Several communications from con- stituents were read earlier. They included several urging. passage of the anti-dancing-in-schools bill, one (Continued on Page Three) il of Rugby in 1909 and failure of the c Barton State Bank at the same time. ! The first named bank owes the state ‘DIVIDED REPORT. ON $2,759.59 and the Barton bank owes | the state $152.44, Both have been | fully liquidated and there is no, chance for the state to recover, the treasurer says. The state recovered from bond companies $13,421.55 of $16,151.44 which had been deposited in the! Rugby bank, and recovered $10.000 of | $10,152.44 deposited in the Barton bank from bond companies. ‘The state | recovered these amounts, it is said, House bill Ne; 25—the anti-danc- ing in schools bill—was aired before the house committee on education this morning, Several Bismarck pastors, George M. Register, member of. the school cc | THEATER CASE aecompanied- by| court, The suit was for damages of pre- | $2,588.29 beca@se of alleged conver- No. zero} preme court on.an appeal from an ppear. on the map| order overruling ‘have risen | case being ‘appealed by the bank, northern | which was victor in to the eastern slope of the} general, board; and Rev. F. L. Watkins, ay peared to argue for the bill. The bill would prohibit dancing in all Public schools, except the oné-room eountry schools, Rev. Watkins, the first speaker said because the amounts deposited werc in excess of the legal limit; | IS REVERSED entious belief of many people and it seems to.be dancing ought to be barred also,” He said the opposition was based jon the idea that if dances are held in, schools they are given the sanc- tion of school boards, and it makes it difficult for parents opposed to dancing to control children; anu causes social ostracism of students who don’t dance. “T believe the national. councils of all but two large churches have de- clared against the dance as an evil —the police court records show it, he said. oy > He#was followed by Rev. C, F. Burleigh district court. District Judges Cooley and Berry,sat in the case on the supreme ‘of property’ of the Rex Theater and was before the su- demurrer, the n he. high court, \'BACX ON JOB R. J, Kamplin, tant attorney is back on duty this week after suffering from’ an attack of grippe last ‘week, t | BILL; WOMEN MEMBERS ARE OPPOSED ANTI-DANCING t M1 Strats, Rev. 8. F. Halfyard, and Rev.) L. } fl R. Johnson. ‘Either repeal the law compelling people to send their children .o school, or throw around the children of thase who are opposed to the dance real safe-guards,” said Rev. “The modern dance is, I \elieve largely responsible for the aimless- ness and thoughtlessness, at Jeast in @ Seneral.way, of the young people,’ he added. “Educators will testify that those students: interested most in dancing are -usually least inter- ested in their studies.” Rep. Sagen, member of the com- mittee, talked against the bill, “T've been ‘superintendent of a Sunday school, I am a member of a school board and I have seven. chil- dren,” he said. “And I say giye us a protected dance and not drive our children out into the hell-holes: that exist.” The two women,members of the legislature divided in their attitude —Mrs. Minnie ‘Craig was for the bill while Miss Nellie Dougherty was hi against the bill. The majority of the;committee will report the bill for passage, while a large minority will ask for indefinite postponment ‘of the bill. - jlute severance of tions with the rest of Germany w: jannounced in government circles t: day inthe next step in French stru; gle against German resistance if th | #ee-saw halted momentarily tod while Germans and French wait for news from Mayence, where F | Thyssen and six other industri: ; Were expected to be tfied before | commission. Passage | nates might mean the calling of provid- | general strike throughout the Rui mortgage must be! Workers in the Essen and Muelheim who recen: The amended bill gave | declared they would strike if th: an exemption of $500 worth of grain; employer was not released, held crop mortgage, for the sus-/ their action until the result of t After dé-| strike should become known, and to vote’ was thought that the general tem; of the working populetion of { valley might find expression in strike. if the\ industri a jail sentence. & general strike with the compl bend coal out @f the basin and shipping leaving the Germans to’ operate + Population. . ‘ “If Berlin wants official of the headquarters told newspaper correspondents last ev ing. will not be the #rench. mans have ‘chose; we will fight them to a“fnish.” ion that the Ruhr valley was t! we lose all pur sacrifices of men ai money, during for naught.” nationalists , 5; little and around Bochum the form: are gradually ‘turning to the Frenci They have twice asked Fren tection against ‘the ‘nationalists i, rioting. Conferences between British and French over arrests and ex- pulsions in the Cologne ar: it British bridgehead, was avoided by instructions from Lendon to the British military authorities not to interfere although not to co-operate, Fritz Thyssen and one of the industrialist magnates, arrested ith him in the Ruhr will be led tomorrow by the Mayence court martial, the procecdings having been postponed from to- day, ——a Paris, Jan. 23.—The fomplete ts. lation of the Ruhr valley, the abs: ity communic: esistence continues, SEE-SAW HALTS, (By the Associated Press) Duessledorf, Jan. 23—The Ru ‘rench court charged with refusi 0 obey the orders of the cont: Fear Strike. French general headquarters | ieved that conviction of the m: Thyss@n plants ts receis The French are ready to reply solation of the Ruhr and the Rhi and for the rest of Germany. 1 ontrol commission, it was said, v every effort toward gett © France where it is already need ‘ailroad and to feed the miners, 2 Would Starve Scction. the Ruhr her own business,’ tarve its f anyone istarves in the Ruhr ‘The G their battlefie Gen. Dundeens expressed the opi« cene of the last battle of the w: “If we win this,”"he said, “we shi lave peace for 50 or 100 years. the war will have go: The communists and the organize indicates are findir pro face of incipient riots. French ‘The