The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 27, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST. Generally fair tonight and Sun- day. ° ESTABLISHED 1878 FRAN TAXPAYERS’ BODY PRESENTS CASE HERE ‘MASK BILL IS ? WILL G0 DOWN LINE ON GUT IN EXPENSES. In Ring to Stay in Every County in State Pres- ident Says ,Tell Legislators That Money ' Is Being Wasted and Give Suggestions Demands of the North Dakota Tax- payers Association for a reduction in expenditures to lower taxation was presented to legislative com- mittees here last night and today. At the same time officers of the association announced the associa- tion was in the ring to stay; that it would be a permanent body, and that after the legislative session it’ would carry -its demands into every county, city and to every other taxing board in the state. t With headquarters at Fargo, of-; ficers and executive qgmmittee, the; association will also have a paid! all-time secretary, F, W. McRoberts, | formerly secretary of the Fargo Fair Association, { “This is to be a permanent body,” id J. G. Anderson of Aneta, pre-j sident of the association. Other of-} ficers include: Vice-presidents, A. L.| Martin, Sentinel Butte; W. C. Me- Dowell, Marion; Treasurer, E. J. Weiser, Fargo; secretary; F. W.! McRoberts, Fargo, and fifth member of the board of trustees, T. Welo,| Velva. \ \ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [aesn C _—_ After servin; E ST komance and Wealth Await Convict 85 1 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1923 | | ! \ ig 16 years In the Arizona State Prison on a murdez charge, Louis Victor Eytinge received his freedom, and left his cell tq marry Miss Paul ‘While in prison tising expert. line Diver and accept a $10,0 Eytinge established a national reputation as an ady- eee ee ELEVATOR AT MEDINA BURNS | TO THE GROUND Cause Unknown, Loss Farmers Company Esti- mated at Medina, N. D., Jan. 27.—The ele- vator of the Farmers Elevator Com- pany of Medina was destroyed last! night by fire. The fire also spread $20,000 00-a-year job in New York, | WILL INSPECT SHERIDAN CO. Capt. G. A. M. Anderson, seni instructor of the North Dakota N: tional Guard will hold an inspection y F, infantry, Corringto», on Monday night. This inspection will be to secure federal recognition for ‘the comnany, according to announe ‘ment at the adjutant general's oflice to here. | The citizens@of Carrington are sol- jidly behind their national guara company, according to the office here, having built a 80 by 100 foot armory without any state aid, for the use of the company. The officers of the newly organized company are: George Beier, captain; }Monroe A. Shenkel, 1st lieutenant; sand charges of the company. to the printing office of the Medina Citizen and the home of Phil Hoff-; man, but they were not seriously damaged. The fire was discovered about 7:30 o'clock last night by some boys. The lower part of the eleva tor was burning fiercely. The Nor- Give Concrete Suggestions Mr. Gunderson, M. F. Murphy, of Grand Forks; P, M. Madson of New! Rockford; A. L, Martin of Sentincl| Butte; T. Welo of Velva; John Knauf of Jamestown; F. T. Gron- vold of Rugby and F. McRoberts were representatives of the associ- es A ation appearing before the Joint | usp eacitice tire) “Beyartaent (of committee on tax arid tax laws Tasty} oorag ty 195 tome at oa wht | night and the educational commit-| Shea Hemineitedee al eee 49087: Loss is estimated at .$20,000, in-! Several concrete suggestions were/ eiuding 10,000 bathale off eee or Tis! Dut “beforo ethe vledisletora aby the! sievevaraiavewned iby atarmers| Ninian, visitors. These ingluded repeal of | 7 armen the three cent per acre hail tax, es-| i” the vicinity of Medina. Cause of ; tablishment of a flat tax valuation| ‘te fire is unknown. | of 50 per cent of ghe actual value| I | PRESENT IN CASS COUNTY, a law to prevent counties from is- Charges Made That Men Wore suing warrants for a larger amounts than their income, and establishment Masks While Attacking Their Victims of a county budget system. M. F. Murphy and J. G. Gunderson Aneta were the chief speakers on behalf of the Taxpayers associa- tion. Mr. Murphy declared himself in favor of a fixed price for farm products, and for taking steps io lower the wages of farm laborers. The holdups perpetrated by I. W. W. members and others against the farmers were outrageous he declar+ Fargo, Jan. 27. — Charges of ku! Klux Klan operations in Cass county | were made in justice court yesterday | ina preliminary trial of three men, by; Walter Corcoran of Casselton near Too Many Normal Schools Among other suggestions made by Mr. Gunderson were elimination of appropriations for the state high- way commission, reduction of expen- | Water Company case was filed before Frank b, Putnam, 2nd lieutenant. | TO DECISION INWATER CASE { Utility Company Files Objec- tions with Railroad Commission Protest against the decision of the railroad commission in the Bismarck the commission late yesterday by the utility company. a The protest is based on the grounda including: That the valuation lacks the speci-} fications and detail required by law as to unit basis of such valuation including the unit basis as to the labor and material entering into pro. testant’s plant and labor and materi- al costs. That $361,109 determined by the board is far less than the true depre- STATBUTILITY ACT VALID I8 COURT'S VIEW Judge Jansonius in Memoran- . dum Opinion Finds.It Is Unconstitutional | | { |AGAINST LOCAL CO. ! Public Utility Company Had Attacked Railroad Body’s Power | { Ay U | The legislative act conferring pow- ers over public utilities upon the , North Dakota board of railroad con.- missioners, is constitutional, Judge. | Fred Jansonius of district court de-| cided, in an opinion handed down to-| [day in the case brought by the! ‘Hughes Electric Company of Bis-/ ,marck. The case originated through | action by the electric company to! prevent a hearing ordered by the railroad commission into the rate: ‘The board of railroad commission- | ‘ers is a constitutional body, but the) {Constitution does not define the du-| of the Board of Railroad Com-| sioners further than to state gen-, lerally that the powers and duties! (shall be as prescribed by law,” the| imemorandum opinion recites. “In my opinion, the fact that the legislature has named the board of railroad commissioners as the pub-| |lic utility board, or rather given it) power over public utilities, instead | [of creating a separate board or com-| mission, and giving it powers as pro- j tie mi | Bill Also to Permit Cities of Double Last Sessions Bills Are Introduced More than twice as many bills have been introduced in the state legislature thus far. this @ession as two years ago. Comparative records for the first 24 days of the session show 85 bills had been introduced in the house on the 24th day in 1921 and 125 have been intro- duced in this session, The senate had 57 bills on the 24th day two years ago and 155 on the 24th day this year. Today, being the last day for the introduction of appropria- tion bills, was expected to see another flood of bills in both the senate and the house. Both senate and house had recessed instead of adjourning yesterday to permit appropriation bills to be introduced today. MORTGAGE BILL | GIVEN 0. K. OF STATE SENATE Supporters of Measure Roil Up Big Majority on Com- mittee Report Line-up Forecasts Passage of Measure by a Two to t One Vote The anti-mask bitl was passed by the state senate this afternoon 40 to 6, with three absent. Those opposing the bill were Senators Gross, Inger- son, Miklethun, Olson of Barnes, Patten, and Whitmer. Opposition from the Ku Klux Klan and other sources to Senate Bill 14, IS PASSED BY | | hit by a landslide in the North Da- ' kota qenate yesterday afternoon. On a roll call vote which stood | 82 to 15, the senate adopted a min- | ority report of the committee on state affairs recommending the passage of the bill without amend- ment, The majority of the commit tee had recommended the indefinite postponement of the measure. When the roll was called only two | Independents and 13 Nonpartisan League senators voted to kill the measure. The Independents voted! thus were J. E. Eastgate of | Grand Forks county and R. J. Gar- diner of Nelson. The size of the majority rolled ap in favor of the bill was a surprise Hard Fight Over Crop Mort- gage Measure Results in Narrow Victory CITY PLANNING 0. K. 12,500 or Over to Create Zones Passed The house of representatives yes- |10 BE PASSED TODAY | why} PRICE FIVE CENTS 'RENGTHENING ARMY IN RUHR FACES ARREST DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTEDWHEX LIMIT EXPIRES January 31 Is Time Set For Payment of 500,000 Gold Marks BEING Bavaria Reported to be Unde: Modified Form of Mar- tial Law STRIKE’ FELT Gus Calhoun, Morehouse parish (La.) deputy sheriff, may be arrest- jed as a result of the open hearing at Bustro>, La. into terrorism {masked night riders, | Sse Aas REPARATIONS ~ WAIT ACTION ' OF CONGRESS =: (By the Associated Press.) Duesseldorf, Jan. 27—A furt) strengthening of German resistor was generally anticipated today b jthe French as an aftermath of jterday’s meeting of the Ruhr polic chiefs, burgomasters, and state o ficials’ it which it’ was said ths: ; Measures for carrying the occup: tion were discussed. One immediat result of the conference was the ar rest of its chairman Dr. Gruentzner president of the province of Rhenish ‘British Chancellor Declares! *fter General Simon had warned hin: ae : jhe would again be taken into custody Legislative Action First | if he remained obdurate. | The French are understood to b i Necessary Step | ready for any developments and wit! | |#dditional troops on the scene hav. | this city practically under martia SITUATION COMPLICATED law. Such places as hotels, cafes | | theaters and. cabarets were close‘ | —= inat Sight at 10 o'clock while soldier H . ; of the aceupation forces walked thi Agricultural Representatives beats of the German police. Not Alive to Real Signifi- | Reports that the French contem- j Plate summoning several military cance of Issue | classes suggest the extent, to which the Paris gqvernment is preparing i go in forcing the Germans into ine. i (By the Associated Press) H | Southampton, Jan. 27,— Samuer| to its advocates, as it appeared early | terday afternoon passed a bill which opponents declared would put thou- | sands of farmers in the state out of | i ; ».| business and waich proponents of Eee cerrealiee:| CHOHMIIcelareubWauldipul honeiard Tune State commissions are ordinar-| oneouragement into thousands of | in the afternoon that the vote would be close. As it was, however, it was a Non- partisan League senator who really started the landslide, when William ; SS aALitgHaloe , Martin, of Morton, a veteran of Hy ct smconstitutionsl as an 1 and aaa for them a part of the| mony legislative battles summed 40 proper delegation of power, either an! fruies of their lebor. 3 4 his feet, after the reports of the the ground that they delegate legit hill No. dowhich has once x Ne trate lative power or that they delé Ty, was house bill No. c minprity and majority of the state i gen placed judicial power, as power incidental atfalre/scommiyres had! Been’ plxce nes before the ‘senate. to administrative power may be con- Martin Stro: ainst ferred by the legislature, Judge Jan- Errno aac Secrest sonius holds. contracts, seed, thresher and labor} Ku Klux Klan until the other night,” Vulnerabks Points. j liens, but provides the exemption | he began, The most vulnerable objections) shall not be more than $1,000. The | “Then this gospel sounder urged, the opinion says, the broad} vote was 57 to 51, with five absent. Grand Forks stood before a crowd rule governing hearings, restriction] “I am a farmer, and have been on! over at the court house and bragged of evidence on appea! and the method' a farmer in this state for 40 years, about how they went around through of review by the courts. “Rep. Watt, Cass county, said in| the country and imposed their will “It is well regognized that thej the first speech on the bill. “I am|on people and how none of them procedure before public service com-| for any measure for the benefit of | were ever convicted. missions is not required to comply; the farmer, but I am against this! "O¢ course they’re not convicted. in all respects with the ‘strict for-| because I think it will do the farm-! No one can identify them when malities which obtain imcourts of vided in this act (chapter 192 of the laws of 1919), does not invalidate the ac been fought over several times. As passed the bill excepts one-third in- terest’in any crop from a crop mort- gage, except as to land sale or rental er harm. they’re masked, and it looks to me a3 common law and equity jurisdiction,”| “I am against the bill for three | Judge Jansonius states. “Ordinarily! Teasons, first because the farmer the procedure before boards is not! needs all the credit he can get and (Continued on page 3.) restricted by technical rules prevail-| this will take it away; econ) be- ing in strictly judicial tribunals. The! C8U8e the farmer is capable of hand- purpose is not to exclude competent! ing his own affairs; third, because DEFICITS IN H . » of! 1.8m not satisfied if you exempt one- | evidence but to widen the range of pity "Or The Gyn dhat at een inquiry. | “Section 42 gives the public uti {this portion from any other execu- | FISH AND ¢ AME : : til-| tion.” | ties the right to be heard and in-! “Rep. Maddock, Mountail, support- | troduce their evidence in the hear-| jr Rh, yanioci, Mountall, support: | FUND CHARGED 5 though the courts of justice would soon be powerless unless we did ing. Under this provision of the) another difference in viewpoint be- | statute it has the right to controvert tween the farmers of the eastern’ the claim asserted against it by pro-| ang western part of the state. It curing and presenting evidence, and,. is 3 temporary measure of relief for | from‘ ses for, schools, and elimination of waste and duplication among the here on Jan. 4, The three men wore masks ac- jciated value of protestant’s water |plant, including overhead expense, in my opinion, it has such a hearing as is necessary under the due pro-| the farmer. We want the farmers of the western part of the state to Unpaid Bills Still Pouring state educational institutions, He pointed out that it was absurd that North Dakota should have ge- ven normal school®or schools do- ing the work of normal schools when Minnesota with a population several times that of this state can get along with only six, The session last night became an “experience meeting” in which scores of criticisms were made. Senator Ole Ettestad attacked the method of using state aid for schools. He cited the cases of two towns. He declared persohs came into one town and told the people they ought to build ‘a ‘schoolhouse, because they could get part of the money from the state. They built a better scHoolhouse than they need- cording to Corcoran. It was broughs out in the testimony that George Sermeisers, one of the trio, said he was secretary of the Ku Klux Klan. Clara and Eleanor Rdholm were wit Corcoran at the time of the attack. Identification of three men were made by the girls and Corcoran. They testified today. Clara said she tore the mask from the face of Ed Mesemer xt the beginning of the at- tack and cs far as she remembered Bill Erdemier had ‘no mask. All, three recognized George by a limp he had in spite of the mask. The; fourth man was unrecognized, except that’ he Wore a mask, The trio wa: bound ‘over to district court under $500 bonds each. They were releas- ed under their own recognizance un- Saar ater eigee arth ne, Som Lats votcleck nig: aftananm ae bite The same agitators, he said, went|time they must -raise $500 each. Up- to a neighboring town pointed te | P cross axamination of W. C. Green, the first, and tgld him they ought state’s attorney, Corcoran admitted to’take advantage of state aid. The|that he had filed suif against the same condition resulted, he said, re-| three defendants for 21,000 for in- sulting in extravagant expenditures | Juties growing out of the attack. The | of money. suit was filed Jan. 10 or 11. Lack Fundamentals, Claim gnome speckers asserted that chil-| BEISEKER TO ren were not being given proper 1 education in fundamentals; but that| + GET HEARING there were scores of unimportant —_—— subjects added. One man declared] A hearing is to be held today be- that three typewriters were bought| fore Governor R.A. Nestos on the! in a country school and the sons extradition of C. E, iseker to and daughters of the farmer, who| Montana. Mr. Beis! er, former cash- ought to be taught subjects of use| ier of a\bank at Plentywood, Mont.y; on, the} farm, were being taught how | is charged with irregularities in to typewrite, / , the handling of .funds, according Another declared that students] to information in the governor's of- were being turned out of the \com-| fice, mercial rtments’ who couldn't} According to Francis Murphy, Mi- opel or punctuate and didn’t know] nob, attorney for the defendant, /the much about arithmetic, the speaker | latter is already under $20,000 bond declaring that ‘if the’ students were| to appear in Plentywood on January. teught the fundamentals they would 31, feason for the present ex- quickly pick up the commercial work dition ae not known! brothe; J iS in any good business 5 E of Fessenden, a . Urge School Redaction. ‘ of: the ‘defendant, is also Elimination of duplication in the| connected with the Plentywood educational ‘system of North Dakots| bank, according to the governor's office, having saved the bank, fi- nanecially, at the time his brother Was accused of irregularities. After the hearing. today, tion was refused, and that the undepreciated ‘value is in fact $603,113, H That $240,649 determined by the board is far less than the true de-! preciated value upon any theory of depreciation, asuming that any de- preciation whatsoever should be all owed. That the valuation given to each of the general classes of property is too low. That the board erred in determin-! ing the valuation of the plant in fail- ing to give controlling consideration or. weight to the factor of cost of reproduction new at the time of the determination. ¢ sboard erred in giving weight. to the historical cost basis. That the board erred in’ giving ‘weight to what the board referred*to as the “financial history” of the util- ity. That the board erred in. giving consideration to what it refers to as “capitalization of excessive earn- That depreciation allowed was not as much as the, board allowed, that it erred in giving weight to evidence as to alleged inefficjency of the plant which was not true, that the board’s allowance f6r overhead expenses in construction was inadequate, that the $4,000 working capital allowed should be at least $7,000, that the board err- ed in ordering the company to. in- stall certain improvements within nine months for the reason that the improvements are unnecessary “andl for. the further reason that the finan- cial conditon of the protestant. com- pany makes it impossible at the Present time for it to..furnish or procure for said extensive bet- terments ¢nd improvements.” U utility act, a utility is given 30 days from the time: of i suantce of an order in which to pro: test. wig ) The water company has appealed from the order of the commission or- dering an extension of mains on the south. side on petition of Emil Gob and others... t y cess of law provision of our consti-! put in crops next year, and we want In On Funds Now j Grew up the bill. tution.” | ASKS TEETH IN BLUE SKY LAW, Senator Rusch Introduces Measure Giving Broader Power A bill aiming to put more “teeth” into North Dakota blue sky laws and to drive stock salesmen out of | the state was introduced into the senate yesterday, by Senator H. J. Rusch of Fargo. 4 There is considerable activity of securities and witdcat stock swindl-| ers in tne state, according to R. J. Murphy, secretary of the state se- curities (blue sky) commission, who. “Some of the points wherein the bill. would be more stringent than the existing law agrees as follows, according to Mr. Murphy. Brokers would ‘aave to secure a license from the state before oper- ting in it. They would thus be une der the control of the state and if their securities or stocks was found fraudulent or weak the license could be revoked and sale stopped. be prohibited from advertising any stocks, bonds or securities which ‘aad not been in- vestigated and approved by the com- mission, Companies. selling stock or secur- ities in the state would be required to comé under an eserow agree: ment in such cases where the com- mission felt that their stock was not fraudulent but merely weak. This arfangement would be continued un- til the stock had strengthened. to the point where it could be consider- ed a sald investment. In this way: buyers, of: the stock weuld be pro- tected incase’ the stock proved worthless, him to have some equity in it.” Rep. Twitchell, Cass, opposed the bill, because, he said, “I can see it! wil] put thousands of fafmers out of | business.” r H Rep. Orange, Stutsman, opposing the bill, said “I have farmed all my life, but I believe that if this bill is passed the poor farmeP might as well kiss himself goodbye.” i Rep. Vogel, McLean, for the bill, | declared that the measure would help some in the western part of the state, and that it was aimed to give the farmer an opportunity to con- duct his own affairs, rather than! having some creditor buying his{ shoes, seed and clothing for him: \The city planning and city zon- ing bills, applying only to Grand Forks and Fargo through amend- ents providing the measures shall be applicable to cities of 12,500 po- pulation or over, were passed by. the house with little discussion and little discent, Both bills were in- troduceq by Rep. Jardine, Cass county. City Bills Pass House bill No. 8, which passed 95 to 8, gives city commissions power to regulate the size and location of buildings in zones which may be es- tablished in a city, the restrictions to be applied to be “to promote the Public health, general welfare of the city, or to prevent dangerous traffic congestion. House bill No. 22 provides a city planning commission may be c! and provides it shall be the duty of the commission to collect data and keep itself informed as to the best practice and the advance- ment made generally, in the art of City Planning, to’ the end that it may be qualified to act on matters that affect the present and future movement of traffic, the ‘convenience, the safety of persons and property, the health, the recreation and the general fare and amenities and ell other of the city, waich are dependent upon the City Plan.” The vote was 105 to 0. Rep, -Twichell, explaining the easure, said that an experiment. (Continued on Page Three.) Exhausted With big deficits existing in two ‘ divisions of the state fish and gam fund and bills still pouring in, mem- bers of the commission are endeav- oring to clear up the records. Ex- aminations conducted from avail- {able sources indicate great extrava- gance in expenditure of money un- der the fish and game commission members controlled it, it is charged by some of the present board mem- bers. There ig a deficit on the travel fund of the fish and game depar:- ment of $2,725.65 and bills are still coming in, The unpaid bills in the "s offi amount $3,571.02. a deficit in the propagation of game and fish fund of $256.22 and there are unpaid bills in the audit- or’s~ office of $1,463.00. Expenses of the department rose to a high mark in 1921, according to records of the treasurer's office, when they amounted to $83,313.58. Expenses in 1920 were $41,189.65 and in 1922 the expenses were $40,- ‘778.5 It said that’ one deputy warden whose yearly salary was $1,200 sent $4.800 in traveling expenses. When Geo. M. Hogue resigned as secretary to permit George Dickinson to become secretary, he was made a vice-president. C. E. Manning is president. The other member is El- mer Judd, fish commissioner, One cause of the deficit in the travel pay funds was the payment of $7,500 from this fund on the pur- chase of a game farm in Kidder county. REP. PATTERSON | Rep. Dell Patterdon, one of the leadets of the Nonpartisans, . who has been ill at home with: typhoid fever, arrived here today to take -his seat in the house of répresenta- tivés for the remainder of the ses- sion. \ wi Baldwin, chancellor of the exchequer, returning on the Olympic today from ‘the debt funding commission meet- ing in Washington, told newspaper- ;men that settlement of the devt question‘in the United States was “in ithe hands of Congress as the repre- ‘sentative of the people” and ‘that this situation constituted “the great- lest difference between America ana this country.” / | Explaining that in erica “you may have an executive who is wil’ ing to do a great deal for you bus cannot because of difficulties encoun- tered in Congress,” Mr. Baldwin snid: “In the early days the secretary of the treasury could undoubtedly have arranged terms with the British gov. ernment but their situation new i complicated because the matter in the hands of the American Con- gress. You are not settling in Amer- ,ica with the cabinet at one end, or |with business men at the other; you ‘are settling with Congicss and the Senate which represert the people of America from one end of the coun- try to the other. Cannot Force Issue. “On the other hand what the ea ecutives of America have to do is to endeavor to force anything of this sort through Congress and in doing so they may be beaten.” Mr. Baldwin described Americans “as a country, not an urban people.” find that the majority of the mem- bers come from the agriculture and pastoral \ not realize the existing position with regard to the meaning of the inter- national debt. “The bulk of the people in Amer- ica have no ‘acquaintance with it. ; Great Britain lives on international ‘trade, but in America this is not so. The veople in the west merely seli wheat and hogs and other produce and take no further interest in con- nection with the international debt or international trade. They are in very much the same frame of mind lwe used to be in regarding repara- ions when a large number of peo- ple in the country thought Germany would send bags of gold every Sat- urday night until the money was paid up. A great many people in America think that all we have to do is to send money over there. “The debt can only be funded on such terms as can be got througn Congress and the senate and that is the root of difficulty with which we now are faced, “Asked whether he would return to America he said, ‘I should like to do so because I have been well received there but I shall not\because I have my own work here to do.’” The suggestion included for stated annual payment and amortization ration of 1-2 of 1 per cent in gddi- tion to the yearly payment on’ the principal. The yearly payments it was explained were to increase the amount of interest decreased. The whole scheme considered in the entire 62 year periods, would aver- age rate of approximate 4 per cent THREE PER CENT INTEREST. Washington, Jan. 27—It was re- vealed today that the American debt funding commission in its recent ne- gotiations with the British delega- tion on « funding arrangement for ia! is If you look at the senate you will! communities and they a: | Commerce Affected. It is thought likely the next im- portant move will not come until |after January 31, the time limit for the five hundred jmillion gold mark reparation payment. Industry and commerce are being seriously affected by the rail strike and the French are ready to try their hand at operating the lines with the ‘assistance of the 3,500 rail worker: lexpected in the Ruhr today. Haviny lestablished their own communic: | tions through Knauss junction so » jto avoid Cologno the occupation a: thorities have informed Berlin thc cannot move civilian food trains a1 |that the question of hunger may } jadded to the situation. | The effect of the rail strike is als ibeing felt in the mines and ste ‘plants for many of the'workers ar |being forced out. Imposition of Customs. Imposition of the customs contr | by which the French will be able ‘direct exports and imports into o |cupied Germany was expected soo | This step is hailed in German qua _ters as the last link in the cha |that will imprison and stifle Rul industry. Another court martial is in pro ;Pect, Burgomaster Schmidt and t | Duesseldorf police chief, both whom are under arrest as a rest of Thursday evening's disturban: await trial at Mayence on charg: jof failing to preserve law and c: der. Offers Mediation. 27.—In the name of t jlittle ‘entente Czecho-Slovakia about to offer mediation betwe |France and Germany in settleme {of the reparations. question, accor {ing to the newspaper Prava, says t Matin today. The dispatch, whi comes from Belgrade, adds that t (Continued on Page Three) KELLER DECLARES "FIGHT NOT ENDED ON DAUGHERTY Savannah, Ga., Jan. 27.—Rep. (¢ car E. Keller of Minnesota, declared here today he would continue his o! forts to obtain the impeachment o! Attorney General Daugherty on | is return to Washington. The Min sota Congressman, who was here a short rest, said he had no defir plans tp announce. NTI-SMOKING . LAW-WILL STAY ON THE BOOK: The anti-smoking bill—prohi- biting smoking in cafes, etc. |. Paris, Jan. Great Britain's debt to the United]. States-had &1 of. 3 per cent and 31-2 per cent provisions for extinguishing the -en. tire debt in 62 years.’ Wei Saete ited an interest rate thi ret 10 yes yr the first 10 years