The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 31, 1923, Page 1

‘WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and- Thursday, Continued cold. | ESTABLISHED 1873 FRENCH AND BRITISH IN CLASH N.P. SENATORS PROPOSE TWO BANKING BILLS Creation of District Public! Banks Urged by Senator | Ingerson 1 i} N. | | | | > Be B. OF D. MEASURE \ Senato? Wog Proposes to Re-| store Compulsory Depos- its in State Bank Introduction of two program bills ty the Independents, two important banking bills by the Nonpartisan! Lea : and the killing of Sen. Ine concurrent resolution! 1, .orializing congress to stabilize! the price of farm products by the passage of the Norris Sinclair bill: were actions of a long session by the state senate yesterday afternoon, {| The two program bills put in by) the Indenendents were a measure to! do ¢ with party designations ins te election, and a new grain grad-| ing law repealing those portions of | the law passed at the last general} election which are now under fire in; the courts, and substituting provi-}| sions which it is believed will stand the test of constitutionality. | Of the two banking bills introduc- | ed from the league side of the house, introduced by Senator Gust Wog, would simply put back into effect the old law requiring all counties, cities,| chool distriets, ete, to deposit all of their funds in the Bank of North} Dakota. i Ingerson’s Proposal. The other measure, introduced by Senator Ingerson of Burke county is much more comprehensive, and is in- tended ‘to make possible the creation of a syste of publicly owned, dis- trict banks throughout the state. The districts forming these banks may be of any size and may consist of a village, county, or group of townshins. The only restriction is that the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the district form- ing’ the bank must amount to five million dollars, The canital of the bank to be form- ed in-one of these districts would be obtained’ by the sale of bonds based on the faith and credit of the dis trict involved. The capital obtained in this man- ner, the bank would be formed by the ciecuion of a group of directors by the vaters of the district, and thy new institution would then proceed to enter into a general banking bus- iness. All public funds originating within the gistrict forming the bank would be required to be deposited; therein. The formation of such a bank would be determined on at an elec- tion which must be called by the county auditor on petition of 20 per cent of the voters in the district involved. The Bank of North Dakota would be the fiscal agent of such banks for the sale of their bonds accord- ing to the terms of. the bill. They would be paid out of the earnings of the’district bank. Funds deposited in the bank would be guaranteed by the district, and would be exempt from all taxes. The bill carries the emergency clause. Election Bill. Regarded of great importance in connection with the Independent pr. gram is Senate Bill 283 introduced by Senator Carey, which does away with all party designations in state elections. \ The bill provides that in the pri- maries the .names of all candidates for each office shall‘go into one col- umn. Each may place after his name in not more than three words a sum- mary ,of the principles on which he stands. He may not however, in this statement indicate if he is a Demo- erat or Republican. ’ The candidates receiving the high- est number of votes to double the number to be elected to any office would go on the ballot for the gen- eral election:. Their names would! be placed on the ballot at that time in the same manner as in the /pri- maries. ‘The bill does not apply in any man- manner to the election of congress- men, senators, presidential electors, or party committeemen. % Price Fixing Loses, Senator Ingerson’s price fixing res- olution was killed by @ vote along strict party lines after a rather warm debate. The vote stood, 24 to 22 for indefinite postponement. Both Sena- tor Whitman, and Senator McCoy passed, the latter explaining that he did so because he had no idea that congress would pay any attention to such a resolution. The indefinite postponement of the resolution was in accordance with a majority report.of the committee on egriculture to which it had been re-' ferred. Senator, Ingerson warmly de- fended his measure declaring that the only objection to it seemed to be that itsyecifically endorsed the Nor- ris-Sinclair bill now pending before congress. “At the same time that the Inger- son zesolution was recommended for indefinite postponement the commit- tee recommended for’ passage a reso- Jution @fong similar lines introduced in the house by Rep. Jackson, and which had. passed the lower body. ‘The chief difference be' in the two bills is that, MrogJackson's does not (Continued on Page Three). i $ IF GERMANY F PUBLIC SQUARE OF MAYEN( POSSIBLY THE FORERUNNERS COMMITTERIN | HOUSE VOTES FOR MASK BILL No Dissent on Approval ot Senate Bill 14-Anti Ku Klux Klan Bill —— MAY HAVE NEW BILL Amendment Requiring Secret Societies to Make Report Is Suggested Without a dissenting the state affairs committee of the house of representatives today agreed to re- port for passage Senate Bill 14; the anti-mask bill opposed by the Ku Klux Klan, ‘At the same time Rep. A. B, Jack- son of Ramsey, Ind., indicated his intention to introduce another biil for the control of secret societies operating in North Dakota. This pit would provide that all secret socie- ties must register with the attor- ney-general and file with him 2 ;complete list of their branches, and! the members of ach = branch throughout the state. An amendment to this effect was offered by Mr. Jackson today when Senate Bill 14 came up before the house committee. L, L. Twichell, chairman of the committee pointed out however\ that such an amenJ- ment would hesinconsistent with the title of the present bill. Mr. Jackson thereupon withdrew his amendment but indicated that he would proba- bly introduce in the house a new bill covering the points indicated. “In my opinion guch a law would be a real protection to any legiti- mate organization,” said Mr. Jack- son. “If any outrages occur the rec- ords would be ayailable to clear up the question of whether the men who perpetrated them were members of a secret society. If it is shown that they are not, then that clears the society of all blame.” The motion for the favorable re- port on Senate Bill 14 was made, by Rep, Harrington of Burleigh county and American Legion man. It car- ried without opposition. The committee also voted to re- commend for passage House Bill 116 providing for the appointment of a special assistant attorney general to ist the state railway commission its work @ut will recommend H. B, 125 providing for the hearing of complaints by special examiners de- signated by the board of commis- sioners for indefinite postponement. Senate Bill 50 dealing with the qualifications of legal newspapers will be recommended for passage, a3 will Senate Bills, 25 and 68 validat- ing the acts of certain school dis- tricts in connection with the issu- ahce of bonds and warrants. AGED INDIAN MAKES LONG TRIP IGHTS: — THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1923 RESULT, SAY U.S. EXPERTS ‘KE WHERE RIOTS OF PROT! OF A “SUPER-GUERILLA” ' BY By Harry Hunt NEA Staff Correspondent Washington, Jan. 3l—ihe Ger- mans, known since the beginning of modern warfare as the world’s |most orderly and methodical fight- ers, may become the world’s ‘most disorderly fighters. This is the prophecy of experts of |the War Plans Division of the Unit- ed States army general staff who have given careful study to the mil- itary situation in Germany. The intensively drilled Pru soldier may become a supe carrying on irregular figating of a type hitherto unknown, they say. All this, if Germany, goaded by French encroachments, decides to replace its present passive resist- ance with active resi be Army regulations prohibit these officers from being quoted directly. But I am to present a digest of the opinions of high officers secured in a series of interviews. Can’t Risk New War “Germany knows she cannot match arms with Frafiee in a new war,” these officers agrec. “She has no heavy artillery, no tanks, no aircraft. | “She has an arnvy of 100,000, .al- {Towed by the treaty, and guard and police forces thet might serye: as jnuclei for reorganization of a\con- ' siderable part. of the old army. “Granted she has even large quan- tities of rifles, machine guns and ; even small artillery hidden away, it is certain/she Aas not now and can- not obtain quickly heavier fighting equipment, — artilérry, airplanes tanks—to confront France along a given line. No Natural Line “Also, beyond the Rhine, there is no natural line of side of the Elbe. And a stand at the Elbe would leave more taan half of Germany in French occypation. “Even should the army of Russia, reputed at 1,000,000, join hands with Germany, still France would be mill- tary master. “With a highly organized and equipped army of 800,000, with artil- lery, aircraft and caemical warfare equipment and material in abun- dance, France could sweep through Germany as Germany swept through Belgium. “The German knows the futility of any attempted general military resistance. “But, deprived of materials for his factories, fuel for his homes and in- dustries, it is possible even tae dis- ciplined, stoical German would reach a stage of frenzy and desper- ation which would goad him to open revolt even in the face of recognized military disaster. , “In that event German resistance would doubtless take the form of a super-guerilla warfare, with no large concentration of troops, no battles fought to conclusive victor- ies, but constant raids, slashing, jab- bing, wearing down of French re- sistance, necessitating the maximum effort by France to maintain her oc- | cupation. “Such a situation does not fit in with German psychology. He does not want to invite ruin to his cities, disaster to his industries. He likes to fight like ae works, in an order- (Continued on Page Three.) { | Oe »4 TO NORTH DAKOTA BY AUTOMOBILE North Dakota Indjans who drive their own luxurious automobiles when they visit friends in the tribes of neighboring states, are no long- er a strange sight, according to Dr. Melvin Randolph Gilmore, curator of the state historical sotiety. The same theory holds trée, he says, of Indians from other states when they come to visit their friends in North Dakota. Dr. Gilmore cities incidents in'the past few years, when Pawnec Indidns of Oklahoma, visiting their old homelands in Nebraska, eyteud- ed their trip into North Dakota, that they might visit their distant cou- sins, the Arikaras of the Fort Rer- thold reservation. Some of th: p: ties made the entire journey in ex- pensive high-powered cars. ‘Many traveled by train, ‘first-c and de luxe, Gone -are the days when the In- dain. need rely on the, horse to’con- vey .him, on long pilgrimages, “nor does he need to travel on foot. The automobile has been adopted by him as the indispensiole mode of conveyance, according to Dr, Gil- more. The Indian tourist hes :ame into being and it is safe to say that he enjoys being a tourist as ..uch as he does his white brothers. On a recent trip Letekats, trans- lated White Eagle, age 87, made the trip from Pawnee county, Oklahoma to Fort Berthold reservation, North Dakota, and proved himself a tour- ist of the first water. Letekats or White Eagle, is chief of the Skede, one of four tribes that make of the Pawnee nation. His. visit north ‘was actuated by an intense desire to view before he passed on beyond the Borderland, the scenes of his youth in Nebraska, where tha Paw- nees once had their reservations, He came with a, party of fifteen or twenty and after traversing the old familiar ways came on to North Da- kota to visit some of his’ friends and relatives in the Fort Berthold reservation. Here Dr. Gilmore visit- ed with him, “SUPER-GUERILLA” WAR WILL BE WAR TASK RECEIVER iclude the Equity Exchange, a cor- resistance this | | GERMANS HAVE TAKEN PLAC! E. FOR RQUITY IN | ST, PAUL COURT | es | | Complaint Says Heavy Loss Were Sustained by Stockholders WANTED LARGER PROFIT | \ Alleges Money ‘of Corporation | Was Squandered and | Petitioners Defrauded St, Paul, Jan. 31.—Receiver- ship was asked for the Equity Cooperative Exchange, a grain- handling concern with head- quarters here today in a peti- tion filed in Ramsey county district court here, charging that the account and funds of the company had been juggled and misappropriated and — that officers and directors had mani- pulated a grain pool belonging td farmers. Jan, 31- several | The petition- individuals St. Paul, ers besides in- poration, organized under the laws ;of North Dakota, The officers and | directors are made defendants. ‘The complaint says that the directors jand officers induced many to turr ‘over their grain to a pool to be di- rected by them and that heavy loss-j jes were sustained. The main contention in the peti tion is that the officers and direct- ors attempted by means of the grain | Pool to get a larger profit than by handling individual accounts and in- stead of profit losses which were suffered and were shouldered on the Equity Cooperative Exchange stockholders. The petition alleges that the mo- ney of the corporation was reck- essly squandered, credit extended to irresponsible firms without ade- quate security, and that they bors rowed money on the Grain pool, and defrauded the petitioners and other stockholders and grain men. As the result of such operations thé petition sites stock as worthless and the firm as insolvent. Attorneys for the petitioners ask for a temporary receiver, pending the return of an order signed by Judge Olin B. Lewis, citing the de- fendants to appear Saturday to show cause why a receiver should not be named. Judge Lewis decided that the naming of temporary receiver shall go over until the hearing Saturday. FIRE DAMP PERILS MINERS Berlin, Jan, 31.—Fire damp foi- lowing an explosion has cut off 250 miners in the Heinitz mine at Beus- then, Polish Selicia, says a Central News message. Seve: bodies have been recovered. There is little hope of saving the imprisoned miners. . LIFTED BY WIND, . HURT IN FALL Wahpeton, N. 'D., Jan, 81—Lifted from his feet by a-sudden violent wind, Moses P. Propper, 79, one of. Richland county’s three first set- tlers, fell with such force that one hip was badly injured and his con- dition for several days was serious. Mr. Propper lives (on a farm near Lidgerwood, :; STEWART RE-APPOINTED. Governor R.A. Nestos has re-ap- Pointed G, W. Stewart of Wilton a member of the state pardon board, accordipg. to announcement. Mr. Stewart is ‘president’ of the North Dakota Press association. He is pub- isher of the Wilton News. ‘ i t ' Degouette's i some of the | of carloads of building material had PRICE FIVE CENTS SOLDIERS ARE CHARGED WITH $48,000 THEFT, i FRENCH READY WITH WARNING. ENGLISH HEAR Will Impose More Drastic Held Pending Decision As To| Measures If “Passive Re- | Civil or Military Court sistance” Continues Trial { STINNES IN DEFIANCE FIND MONEY ON MEN | Was Concealed in Clothing and Bottom of Shqaes— Gag Officers Magnate Refuses to Continue Plans for Rebuliding De- vastated Region 31g-Apparentty ba- vport. News, Jani 31. statemnta “upon General | © harged aah a daring holdup and a robbing of a $43,000 army payroll in! patil to {front of the First National bank at English correspond-| Hampton yesterday, Corporal John S. ents at Duesseldorf assert that the! Wood and James Ha were held) French almost immediately will setd | Under military guard at Langley field | today, pending 2 decision to ; Whether they will be tried before a v atum de-/ civil or military court. It is prob-/ eversal of Wilhemstrasse’s able that the two men who are said/ regarding the Ruhr. to have had in their possession a Germany is to be told, The Post's |&teater portion of the money when Duesseldorf correspondent says, that | "rested last night would be brought | ‘rance will not tolerate passive hos-, before 1 court martial. | supported and financed by the} Of the =mount missing $5,000 was | German government and that if aj S#id to have been silver contained | ctory reply is not received in a bag which the men are said to! : measures will be taken ex-{ have been forced to abandon. | ceeding any already in operation. | When arrested after a search by | cee | military and county authorities aided | STINNES CEASES WORK !by posse of several hundreds civi | Berlin, Jan 31.—Hugo Stinnes has | ians and soldiers the men were repudiated the contract for con-|to have had notes comprising most struction works in the devastated | of the money taken concealed in their regions of France which he made] pockets, the lining of their clothing with Martin Lubersadt, says ihc | and bottoms of shoes. Deutche Berger Zeitung. Hundreds| The two alleged bandits offered no| resistance to arrest by Lieut. Hort- uum, who said he came on the party {as they were joking with two ne- | groes, | Search for the two then began TO AID WORKERS | when Capt. Norman Kota, finance of- Moscow, Jan, 31.—-The All-Russian | ficer, his assistance, chauffeur and| council of trade unions had donat-| guard of two enlisted men were! ed 100,000 gold rubles to the Ruhr| found tied, gagged and bound to| workers, The money has been sent t in a woods about 20 miles from | to the state bank with request that here. They reported they had been it be handed to the German consul; held up in front of the bank at| of shop committee. (The Russian| Hampton. and taken on a wild ride gold ruble is worth 51 cents). in their automobile which ended in | the ditching of the machine near the spot where they .were found. POKER PLAYER London, Jan. sing their German Berlin a notification equal in spirit} if not in form to an ulti manding r poli I i been sent into northern France un. der the provisions of the agree- ment. TO TIGHTEN HOLD Paris, Jan. 31.—France and Bel- giam will tighten their hold on the Ruhr valley tomorrow and shut off shipment of coal and coke to un- occupied Germany. This will be an- nounced to Germany this evening A by French and Belgium ambassa- | dors. | 5 Lausanne, Jan. Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation to, the Near East conference, asked the conference today for a delay of two| weeks before signature of peace and| a delay of eight days before a) meet- | ing of the conference commission. The interval would be employed, he explained, in striving by every means | to reach’ an agreement. Brussels, Jan, 31.—Belgium and| _ Jamestown, N. D., Jan. 31.—George raniceleilll presentieoiehe German| Blake, Known) ss “Blackley, end who government tonight at 6 o'clock de.| has been arrested and fined for gam- mands that the Germans fulfill the STEAL BUT $8 George Blake in Serious Con- dition at Jamestown Re- sult of Shooting on such a charge, is in a hospital Treaty of Versailles today. here with a bullet through his left lock, which had been rented to Mike Kostoff, otherwise known as Notice of action in the federal court] up the $8 or $9 on the table. The to resist the decision of the rali-|.32 calibre bullet went through injunction modifying the commis-| INQUEST ON A LEG sion’s order. The water company will} Jersey, England, Jan. 31.—Human lung) and may not live as a result ‘of a shooting affray last night. | The story, us told by authorities, is that Balke and others were en- |“Dago Mike,” janitor of the building. Notice Filed by Company; About 10:30 two partly masked i {men came in the back door and lev- After Commission Dis- | eled guns at the party calling “Hands misses Protest road commission in the Bismarck | Blake’s body and lodged in the wall. i !He has a.chance for recovery if he Water Supply case was filed with the jives through the day. At noon ;commission by the attorneys for the! Blake was conscious and his story, ask permission to file a supplemental’ leg was washed up on the beach. bill to that now before the court. | Much excitement, Coroner holds in- The commission dismissed the pro-| quest. Physician says leg is result test which the company filed to the! of surgical operation at sca. Ex- }gaged in a poker game in a room jup.” All raised their hands. Blake water company, it being stated that! authorities said, tullied with the commission’s decision, the protest| citement over. {at the rear of the Lenz and Company | was standing up, defenseless, when the matter would be presented at St tory told by others. being filed in the 80-day period allow- ASKS STATE TO PAY | bling and at present is out on bail reparations program and execute the | { offices in the basement of the Seiler ‘shot. The masked men then picked Paul on Feb. 9, asking for furthe ed in such cases before the order of | the commission is absolutely final. The commission also took no action on the city attorney’s request to mod ify the order with respect to meters. The water company, it is expected, will take the additional matters be-; fore federal court to be considered; in- connection with. testimony pre-| viously given when‘an injunction sued upholding a- 35 per cent in- crease. The railroad commission a lowed a 16 2-3 per cent increase. COLD WAVEIN THE NORTHWEST A cold wave settled over the entire Northwest last. night, bring sub-zero pemparatangy in many cities. The forecast is for continued cold. Some of the coldest points shown in the weather bureau report ate: Bismarck, -16; Calgaty, -4; Edmon- ton, -2; Havre, 12; Miles. City, -8; Moorhead, -4; Prince Albert, -20; Swift Current, -18; Williston, -18; Winnipeg, -6, "' Whatever appropriations the pres- ent legislature make it should pass one to pay debts contracted nearly thirty years agd when people jof modest means lent it money in five dollar amounts to keep the univer- sity at Grand Forks going. That is the opinion of Frances Freeman, Pine Island, Minn., one of the contributors of that time who has written the secretary of state about the matter. According to M. W. Duffy of the secretary’s office, the subscriptions were taken when the legislature practiced economy on the university appropriating bill to the extent of cutting out professors salaries alto- gether. The amounted to about $40,- 000 or $50,000 according to Mr. Duffy. “The Freeman letter follows: “In 1895 when. Iwas. teaching in Grand Forks, each teacher was as- iy | Senators Sign Up in Hope | Senator Johnson of South Da- from Paris, ? SECOND COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF STUTSMAN DEAD FRENCH BACK TURK STAND AT LAUSANNE Jamestown, N. D., Jan, 31.—After returning Mon y from Courtenay where he had attended the fdne of John Kasper, county commission- F ‘ cr of the third district of Stutsman {English Envoys Call Attitude county, who had dropped dead of ] i i heart trouble Friday, William H. Den- Flagrant Violation of nison, county commissioner from the second district of this county, was stricken suddenly last i d died of heart trouble home five miles northeast of J: town. Mr. Dennison came to Stut man county in 1879, and took homestead, His wife died last gust. He is survived by a daughter and a son, START ROUND ROBIN UPON BONUS LAWS Agreement POWERS MAY LEAVE Great Britain Serves Ulti- matum Upon Turkey Re- garding Proposed Treaty Lausanne, Jan. 31.—The French delegation announce- |ment that it could not consent ;to leaving Lausanne so long jas there were prospects o* | agreement with Turkey led ¢ | complications among the : lies which brought the Ne: East conference to the brin of a greater impass than ha _ been anticipated. The French’ decision whicl was understood to have th FORTY AGREE TO PACT! SUpport of the Italian delega tion was further confirmed by a message to M. Bompard ! declaring that France was willing to make further concessions to the | Turks and that he did not con- a sider the allied treaty as final. Washington, Jan. 31—A_ rouna | The British receiyed the robin was started last night by Re-; French announcement as “a publican members of the house fa-| flagrant violation” of the mu- vorable to soldier legislation in an/ tual understanding arrived at effort to get action at this session of | ji i jari Congress on certain measures affect. | PY the allied Plenipotentiaries ing the welfare of former service OMly a few days ago. This men. Friends of the legislation or-| agreement provided that if ganized a conference behind closed|Turkey did not sign the doors in the house, elected officers | treaty i etna of certain measures. | ‘4 . rok 1id more than 40 signed the | draw, leaving a. few experts resolutions and it was agreed to hold, to supply the Angora repre- the resolutions for 48 hours in order! sentatives with an P that other friends of soldier legisla-| information y desired JURY IN CASE Representative Johnson, Republi-| can, South Dakota, who has pending ae . . ’ Six Women Join Men in Find- ing One Guilty of Charge Of Getting Through Now kota Leading Fight For Former Service Men ‘ in the house several measures affect- | ing veterans, including a bonu led the fight for action in beha former soldiers, but the bonus bill,| he said, was not among those covered in the resolution. | STRONG MAN OF RUSSIA ELECTED SOVIET HEAD i: : Jan. 31.—| found M, C. McCowan guilty of di Nikita Denisenko, the champion | orderly conduct on a charge prefer- strong man of Valivostock, a former; red by Policeman W. C. Ebeling. longshoreman, who is credited wit: | With eight standing for sonvicticn the ability to carry with ease a load | and four for acquittal the jury di: of one hundred and twenty pounds | agreed in the case of Mrs. McCow- ¢ gangway of a ship, is the new | an. ce sid preening Peineiieal@ oviet,| ¢ Inv thowefirstscasc: Nenianayeiaee presidents are Constantine | asked and the court fined the d n and Theodore Tretiakoff, | fendant $20 and costs, the cotal b: and the secretary Nicholas Gush-| ing $56. It was reported the wom chin, a printer's assistant! Presi- members of the’jury were for 2on- dent Denisenko is an interview with | Viction in both cases, The Associated Press explained the, The jurors were: Mrs. H. K. aims of the new’Soviet. He said: | Craig, Mrs. F. R. Smyth, Mrs. B. “In the Primoria, owing to local|M Dunn, Mrs. E, J. Taylor, M conditions, taere is at present aj Ray Folsom, Mrs. Nellie Evarts, slight divergence from the normal] Paul Cook, H. R. Bonny, Art H. constitution in force in the Russian; Crane, W. J. Nogele, C. H, Gutman, Social Federated Soviet Republic, | J. 0. Barth. The first “fifty-fifty” jury to sit in Bismarck agreed in one case and | disagreed in another before Police j Magistrate Cashman yesterday aft- | ernoon, | Viadivostock Siberia, portunity of saying that the govern- ment here is a military dictatorsaip, but in fact there is no military d tatorship. There is only a transi- tory stage which is common in Rus- - WHO GAVE TO KEEP U. OF N. D. OPEN sia in parts of the country which have been cleared of the enemy, and which is being organized. The ex- istence of the Provincial Military Revolutionary Committee is certain- ly not opposed to the Soviet ideal. ‘All authority in the hands®of the Workers'—as the unanimous elec- tion of a Soviet in Vladivostock re- ceived the immediate sanction of the Revolutionary Committee. BACK THOSE sessed a certain amount for the sup- port of the university with the prom- ise that when the state were able it would be naid back. fs “I believe you have a wealthy state now and ‘are,able to pay these old debts.” A number of certificates of con- tribution with the! promise to pay are enclosed. Their form is as foi- “University maintenance fund. “This is to certify that Frances; Freeman has contributed the sum of five dollars to the maintenance fund of the University of North Dakota to be paid out of any future legisla- tive appropriation applicable thereto on return of this certificate properly endorsed.” They are signed by W. E. Parsons as secretary and David Barlett, pres- ident of the board of trustees anu have begun to yellow with age. PLANOF U.$ Washington, Jan. 31.—The Br ish decision to accept the Americ: debt-funding suggestions was su: today by Seerctary Mellon to op< the way for immediate drafting « recommendations to the Presider for changes in the funding’ law t legalize the terms suggested in th American proposition. CHILDREN PRESENT SNOW WHITE AND SEVEN DWARFS One of the rarest treats ever of- fered music lovers, will be given at Bismarck Auditorium when about 200 children handsomely arrayed in costumes ‘and \ flowers present, id The’ Seven Entertainment. of high. class has been made possible by hard work, and the ‘publié is invited to apend a delightful three hours, Friday, Feb: 2nd starting at 8:15 p, m, sharp. The proceeds will go to the d ie in the vari partments musi schools, solini where he first: vert it into