The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 24, 1923, Page 1

sto asse WEATHER FORECAST. nerally fair tonight and Sun- ESTABLISHED 1873 TAX SHIFT IS BIG PROBLEM IN EXEMPTIONS House Tax Committee Is Ate tempting to Discover Ef- | fect of Measure 75 PER CENT BASIS! — | Question Raised How Much | the Total Assessment of State Will Be Boosted , | Whether the shift in taxes from | the farm to the city under the pro- | visions of the senate bill which ; would remove practically all ex-j emptions and assess all property) except farm improvements at 75) percent of its actual valuation will) be too great is a question which | the house committee on taxes and) tax laws, J. A. Jardine, chairman, | is attempting to discover. Action! on consideration by the measure by the committee has been defer- | red. until such time as ‘the state tax commissioner's force is able to shift the possibilities and wade through an amazing mass of fig- ures; | S. B. 255 was originally intro-| dui by Senators Storstad and Gardiner, independents and had as its main purpose the abolition of | all exemptions from taxation now in foree. | Jt called for the assesment of all| property whether “real, personal or mixed” at fifty percent of its value. The senate taxation com- mittee, however, amended to law} all property at 75 per- cent of its actual valuation. | According to experts who have | n working on the tabulation of | mparative figures in an effort to; urn just what the 75 percent val- | ation would do towards equalizing | the taxes as between farm and city | property, has expressed an ad-| vanc> opinion that in the average cities would be increased 10 per- | cent and rural d s 15 percent.! Under the provisions of the new} bill here are a few of the changes. | All city business property, hotels, city lots, public utilities, re- duced 25 percent from present 100; percent valuation. Exemption on household good: and personal wearing apparel wip- | out, by change permitting only | $200 cxemption for both classes. — | Valuation on farm lands now as- | ed at 100% is decreased 25) cent. Exemption on farm machinery | tdi THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | ° BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1923 a (4 " i he LW su i I" a j c Is ee, q jh i Alyce McCormick of Omaha, Neb., represented the Far West in the beauty contest held in conjunction with the Spring Fashion Show of the Retail Millinery Association of America in New York ADVANCE BILL Big Tim” Murphy Surrenders Himself LEVYING TAX To Federal sail Chicago, Feb, * phy, labor leader un Leavy y ‘Dearborn station robbery in 1921 sur- rendered himself at the federal « «FORMATION OF ~NEW CAMPAIGN BODY PLANNED “Big Tim” Mure der sentence Senate Votes 26 to 22 in Favor of Raising Funds Needed For Enterprise PASS WOMEN’S The senate got down to work yes- terday afternoon on the passage of senate bills and got outside of a big! work in a prolonged session. | The first two house bills passed! and personal property is abolished by the senate today were measures just about making up for next| which had been introduced in the! A ious item. Exemptions on| house by Miss Nellie Dougherty of Imdependents in Meeting to improvements are still con-! Minot, and Mrs. Minnie Craig of H 4 5 tinued. Bonen epintvan, Missu Dougherty? Discuss Proposal of Reor. Live stock exemptions are eli-; minated meaning a 50 percent in-| crease on that point. Removal of all exemptions on} residences, will result in the taxa- tion of hundreds of homes in the! small lages, and the cheaper} homes in the cities which now es- cape a real estate tax. Under the present laws the own- er of a residence ina city is grant-| ed a $500 exemption on a 50 per| cent valuation. This means that great numbers of houses costing; less than 2,000 are not taxed. Comparisons Shown In this connection figures are cited by comparison. One home in Bismarck on which was paid is $13.26 lot tax, $51.54 building tax, and no. personal property tax, paid a total of $64.80. Under’ the pro- posed new 75 percent. valuation | proposed the taxes would be lot, 10.59, buildings 100.98, _ personal property 6.75, a total of $118.30, an 83 percent increase. i | Another: property which paid a (Continued on Page 6) $1 OUTLOF $5 GORSOUTFOR | DAIRY GOODS; President Harding Urges Na- tions to Send Delegates to Meeting Oct. 2 Washington, Feb. (24.—President Harding has invited all nations to send official representatives, to the World's Dairy Congress, which wiil meet in Washington from October 2 to 5. Its object will be to get to- gether and exchange the information gained by the latest research into the influence of milk and milk pro- ducts on national health, into means of reducing the costs of production and distribution while improving the quality of dairy products, into the! international economic principles bearing on the dairy industry and methdds of sanitary control. The meeting will have its finger in. every American’s pie; because $1 out of every $5 spent for food in this country goes for milk, butter, cheese, or some other dairy product. The money cansed to circulate in’ America annually by the cow is equal in amount to more than a third and perhaps nearly a half of ‘our European war loans. The depart- ment of agriculture and the census bureau figure the United States has around 33,000,000 dairy cattle and that their products on the ‘farms have a value annually of two and a half billion dollars. It is, estima- ted that from the time the milk leaves the cow till it reaches th: consumers in yarious forms its va- jue has been-enhanced from 100 to 1,000 per cent. ‘he constructed so that they cannot the Independent Voters’ association , counties of the state to furnish seed bill provided for several penalties for intoxicated persons during auto-! mobiles while that of Mrs. Craig requires all doors on hotel rooms toi ganization of I. V. A. Plans for the nization of be’ opened from’ the outside when 0M # basis which will give it a more lacked is thorough organization in the pre- Both bil cincts, and counties will probably be were passed by the sen- | ate ‘unanimously and without de-‘ Presented at the meeting to be held bate. Senators Rusch, Gardiner, and. here tonight. McCoy were appointed by Lt. Gov.: If the plan is adopted it will make Hyland to message them back to the , certain a thorough working organiza- house. tion in every legislative district of Opposes Home Builders Bill; the state it is expected. Senator Baker put in an objection! There will be a state central com- ugainst the acceptance of a commit-} mittee and executive committee tee report which recommended for! which will probably be selected on a passage House Bill 212, which pro-! representative basis according to the vided for the levying of a tax to pay! votes cast for the Independent can- the bad debts of the North Dakota | didates at the previous election. The Home Building Association. He de-| executive committee will probably be clared himself opposed to raising | named on a basis of judicial districts. this money by the taxation method,| The executive committee will name and urged instead that bonds be is-|the executive officers who will have sued or some similar plan adopted. The bill was accepted for pussage | however, the vote being cast along party lines and standing 26 to 22. Senator Baker also lodged a stren- ! uous objection against the repeal of | members of the association and In- the law providing for the bonding of | dependent members of the legisla- ure who meet here Saturday. even- Ing. With the practical certatnty that | the Independent election laws. will be submitted to a referendum vote by [the Nonpartisan league and the ac- tion of the Democratic state execu- itive committee Independents will dis- leuss a plan of solidifying their forces. : About 200 are expected at the meet- tonight, and all plans fbr the campaign and organization will be thoroughly threshed over. tivities, These plans temporary \ ci 1 are of cowrse only but are expected to be and feed for needy farmers. He claimed that while this law had caused some heavy losses in certain counties of the state, its effect on whole has been good, as it had kept farmers in the state who would oth- erwise have left. The bill however passed, and also a group of companion measures to facilitate collections on the bonds already issued, and for the issuance of refunding bondg when these be- come due, Honse Bill 161 giving counties the right to accept or reject the free = wae school text book plan on majority =— aed vote or majority petition, put pro-|{ THE WEATHER hibiting the bringing of the matter| » se a eee up for acceptance or rejection often- . er than once in four years was pass-| For twenty-four hours ending at ed. The bill for the creation of a| Hoon today: state bourd of optometry and the] Temperature at 7 a. m. . licensing of optometrists went] Temperature at noon - through after an amendment offer-| Highest yesterday ed by Senator Ingerson, barring the | Lowest yesterday state association of — optometrists| Lowest last night . from any part in the selection of the| Precipitation examining board had been voted| Highest wind velocity . down., WEATHER FORECAST Affected Water Works For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- Rep. Jackson's House Bill. repeal-| erally fair tonight and Sunday. — ing the measure passed at the 1921] For North Dakota: Generally fair for the establishment of a state-] tonight and Sunday. Slightly warmer owned electric plant at Bismarck | northeast portion tonight. was, killed.on committee report for Weather Conditions the reason that'the repeal of the bill] The pressure is low over the would have included the repeal of| northeastern Rocky Mountain. slope that part of the measure permitting | ard over the upper Mississippi Val- ley and temperatures have risen Somewhat from the Rocky Mountain Bill 231, providing severe} region to the lower Great Lakes re- for duplication of signa-| gion. The weather is generally fair in, all sections except in the Great Lakes region, Texas and in the Pa- cific Coast states where light pre- 16 32 29 0 18 } the city of Bismarck to acquire con- trol ‘of its water works system. Hous petitions was’ also. killed on commit- tee report. / i G The senate continued, in session, sipiation occurred ROBERTS, Meteorologist. RRIS W.. until 7 o’clock this evening and then adjourned for the night. Work’ will be resumed by the entire body at noon Friday and in the meantime] Doctors and nurses by aeroplane the committees will be busy’ dis-|is’ an {nnovation in Australian dis- posing of some’ 55 house bills that|tricts where ‘families live far from have not yet been acted on by them. ! town. ' to; nworth federal prison for four! rs and to pay a fine of $20,000) active charge of the asociation’s uc-} submitted for the approval of thy] ra IN THE CITIES | Voting Places to be Open 9 a. m. to 7p. m. in Municipal Elections OPPOSE GAS TAX | | 1 | ‘Farmer Member ‘Says It Is | Unfair to them to Have to Pay it on Gasoline | REJECT PUBLICITY PLAN The house of _representa- tives, by a vote of 50 to, 46, to- day rejected amendments pro- pesed to the senate income tax bill making all incomes public. | The house, in committee of the whole, approved 363, making exceptions to the max- imum hours of labor law for the women, permitting them to work ten hours in one day, but not more than 48 hours in one week, in case of sickness, pro- | tection of human life, ban- | | quets, conven- | tions, sessions, court. providing nermission must be obtained from authorities. The house also approved S. B. 387, put- ting the inspection of weights and measures hack in the hands of the sheriffs. Polls will be open during muni- cipal election in North Dakota in th future from 9 a, m, to 7 p. m., un- der senate bill No. ?26, which pass: ed the house today by a vote of 66 to 41. The bill, having been slight- ly amended in the to the senate for concurrence, fore it can go to the Governor for signature. Another senate bill, | which makes 9 a, m. hours for polls being open in al? primary and general elections is still pending in the house. The house today came into con- | flict with the senate on one bill and {many senate bills were killed. For \the third time Senator Martin’s bill No. 200, extending the recall to 1 i i i j i pass“twice, a motion made by Rep. Eckert to reconsider was tabled ty a vote of 66 to 44 which, Speaker Johnson said, prevented any further consideration of the bill at this ‘ses- sion. Several Bismarck people Jov- bied for the bill. Opposes Gasoline Tax | ‘Opposition also developed to sen- ate bill No, 341, re-enacting and making a flat tax of one cent per gallon on gasoline, The bill came to ;the house with unanimous recom- mendation of the tax committee that it but Rep. Ellingson, Trail , asked that it be sent to general orders. He said he cither wanted to amend to kill the bill. The farmers, he declared, ought not to have to pay a 1 cent tax on gaso- line used to run tractors, for run- ning engines to grind feed or simi- \ | | cussed in committee on the whole tomorrow. | Measures advanced toward pass- age by the house included several jof the child welfare bills, including | acceptance of the Sheppard-Towner maternity act, licensing of homes in which orphaned children are kept, regulating child_labor in — street | trades, and the public health com- mittece’s report in favor of a new state board of health with enlarged | Powers and appropriation was fav- ored by the committee. FORECLOSED Board of University and School Lands Take Action H | The state board of university jand school lands has instructed the attorney-general to proceed to foreclostre on 371 farm loans cov- ering mortgages on which the in- terest is due for more ‘than three years, Land Commissioner Kositz- ky _ahnounced today. The board, at its ‘meeting, also cancelled 20 more school land con- | tracts, many held by people who have left the state sometime ago, |have paid no interest for years} jand ‘some of which have gone) through bankruptcy, he said. The board also authorized pay- iment today of $1,126.30 of taxes on some of lands mortgage, which ihave to‘be redeemed from sale for (taxes, Mr. Kositzky said. This, he said, is but a small amount of the taxes the board has been forced to} {pay on school lands sold under {cont act. \ The action, he declared, was| necessary not only to protect the state’s interest but to secure ‘money for the common schools. ‘ PROMOTED IN jN.P. POSITION H. H. Ellsworth, formerly of Kill- deer, who is well known here, has been promoted by the Northern Pa- cific railroad to the position of tra- veling freight agent, with headquar- ters in St, Paul. Mr. Ellsworth, for- | merly agent at Killdeer, recently has. | been temporarily assigned as trav- eling freight agent out of James- town. Mr. and Mrs, Ellsworth “were i \ i 1 house, goes back | be-| to 7 p.m. the! | lar work on the farm, It will be dis- | N Ten THOUSAND” | POLLS CLOSING BILL PROVIDING BOND ISSUE FOR | —SETAT7P.M. BUILDING DORMITORIES ATSTATE LIFEAT DAWSON’ cPARCH FOR ‘EDUCATIONAL IN ‘VIRGINIA MAN FREED OF MURDER Richmond, Va. Feb. 24.—-Thomas Pollard young business tan and member of Virginia’s leading families is freed of the charge of mur- today jder in Mrs Hammond Richardson, his for- mer stenographer. Pollard was acquitted last night ‘by a jury after a deliberation of less than two hours. The defendant sobbed as the ver- {dict was read. Mrs. Richardson, for- {merly Miss Thelma Ham of Atlanta, was killed on the lawn of the Pollard jresidence on the night of Dec. 11, | following a quarrel with Pollard. A ‘bullet from a revolver fired during the struggling penctrated her heart. |; 'The defendant claimed that she was | | shot by accident. A number of witnesses told of at- \tempts made against the life of Pol- lard. FEDERAL ROAD AID IS STILL |Three Senate Measures Be- | fore the House of Repre- | sentatives for Disposition ‘LOSS MAY RESULT { Good Roads Secretary Say : There Is Danger of Losing ; Much Federal Aid s Whether or not North Dakota will include county commissioners, was{ continue to receive federal aid in! _ Sai before the house. Having failed 10) roadbuilding will be one of the chief |dormitories | s of the; room, or $1,000 for each student jin | battles in the remaining da legislative session with its lin the house. scene !aid It. was probable that | the highways committee of the house {to which Senate Bills 44, 45 and 46 jwere assigned would make a report. for passage or postponement cither| -“itoday or Monday. The’ three measures were fathered by the North Dakota Good Roads as- sociation which has as its purpose the creation of an adequate system of state roads. 8. B. 44 had three purposes the re-organization of the state highway department, the cou trol of 5,000 to 7,000 miles of the 107,000 miles of roads in the state and giving powers to the state high- way commission to secure rights of way for state und federal roads. This passed the senate 30 to 118 but the emergency clause failed. S. B. 45, provided for the control of all automobile license fees collec- tion and disbursement of the same by the state highway commission and iucicased the fees on an average of approximately 60 per cent. S. B, 46 iy a constitutional amend- ment for reference to the people at the next general election establish- ing a state highway commission of nately for three years cach; creating a state system of good roads and pro- viding the methods of raising funds through automobile license fees. This latter measure passed the sen- ute by a vote of 26 to 19. (drew a 24 to 24 tie vote in the sen- ate fand Lt. Gov. Frank Hyland cast a deciding vote for passage. The tion hus been questioned as to its legality. Two Pass Senate. Tho first and third of the bills passed the Senate with but minor amegdments, However on S. B. 46, one @mendment raised the license fee \on tracks and unother—attached as a rider—wrote into the bill a general moratorium on road work and appro- priations for federal aid contracts during the years of 1923 und 1924. This rider is almost identical with H, B.+233 which was killed by the house—it as least nulifies any work on the part of the highway commi sion for’at least two years and pos- sibly three, as by 1925 new surveys probably needs must have been made and could not he completed in time for doing an work :n the year. Proponents of the highway com- mission bills point to the folly of abandoning federal aid. Under the department of war regulations not more than 60 per cent of the cost of road construction under federal aid shall be paid by the government. This averages about 48 per cent of the total cost. Under the proposed group of highway bills as originally introduced, the state would pay the remaining with nothing assessed against the counties. There are at the present time say engineers of the highway department | between $800,000 and $1,000,000 o1 unfinished work on contracts in ex- istence. The argument was used in killing H. B. 233, the repeal of the highway commission, that such re- peal meant withdrawal of federal aid and the counties would have to pay the difference on road work for which contracts are now in existence. Thir- ty-six counties in the state have haa surveys for state highways made by the highway commission and county ‘engineer's. Most all of these count ties have made levies to meet their tendered an elaborate farewell par- ty by the “Masonic bodies of Kill- } deer Wednesday night, Fritagt, 4 share of the expense, but under the war department. regulations such 3 (Continued on Page 6) connection with the death of ' | BiG PROBLEM! three members holding office alter-| S. B. 45) TIONS LOST STITU Issue Debated at Length on Floor of House by Repre- sentatives LEAD TO LOG-ROLLING After lengthy sion the house of representa’ rejected ion) titu- tional amendment permitting the legislature to authorize _ issuance of bonds to build dormitories state educational institutions. | Th was no record vote, but) there were few “noes” heard when | the motion to indefinitely postpone | the bill was put by Speaker John- | son. The bill came before the house | divided report of the judiciary | tee, with the majority for; nite postponement. Chairman Starke, of the judi- ciary committee, opening the de- bate, said Prof. Wilkerson of the! University of North Dakota had submitted figures which he believ- ed convinced many members of the committee that bonds could be issued for the dormitories to ma- ture in 40 years, and that rental from the rooms would pay the in- terest and build up a fund to retire the bonds. Rep. Twichell, opposing bill, declared that Prof. Wilkerson “didn’t convince anyone that we could get something for nothin; Need Classrooms, he Says “If we submit this to a vote of} the people we have given |prestige of legislative |ment,” said Rep, Twichell. ;will happen? The same thing will | {happen that happened at the A.’ iC. when we put the county seat | They will! S the Thorson bill for a subm to state-wide vote of a c at} jagent matter to a vote get out thousands of circulars and ithe state will pay for them. The \forces opposed to bond issues wont | |be organized. The amendment may; carry, and then they can come here | in two vears and say that the peo- } ple told us to build the dormi- | tories. | “If there is anythieg we need {to issue bends for it is for build- | ings containing cli He said it was would cost estimated the! $2,000 a| ‘occupying the building. i Waxes Sarcastic | Rep. Vogel, McLean, waxed sar- heat in opposition. Where are we heading for?” Ke’ asked. When in 1917 the Non-| partisan Jeague authorized bonds {for $17,500,000 we were told the jstate was being bankrupted. If Jall the legislation in this session | soft | t | providing for bond issues pas jit will amount to $34,500,000. J !the league made the sky the limit, | the I. V. A. is knocking out the | sky.” | | Rep. Watt, Cass county, declar- jed Prof. Wilkerson admitted that | |the rent from dormitory rooms | ‘would not maintain them and re- | {tire the bonds. i | | Rep. Carr, Stutsman, said that} i‘‘while I realize there is a lot of; jforce to the argument that the/ |present generation ought not to, ‘pay for buildings that last 100) iyears, yet I feel it is a very dan- {gereus measure, and would let, \down the bars and lead us into! | difficulties.” i Too Much Log-Rolling | He said there were representa- | tives in the legislature from ¢ight | (Continued on Page 6) LFARE BILL IS DEFEATED County Board Plan Loses in| the House \ WE | i Senate bill N 173, providing means of organizing county welfare boards and employing social welfare experts, was defeated in the house of representatives last night. It was the first of the measures | advocated by the Children’s Code | Commission to be defeated. The vote | was 36 ayes to 65 noes. The “clinch- | er” motion was applied by opponents, making impossible the feconsidera- | tion at his vessién. | The measure provided that when- ever county commissioners should! deem it necessary they should ap-| point county welfare boards to act! for the welfare of all the children, and giving the bourd power to ap-| int an executive secretary und as-| sistants well versed in child welfarc.! Many members feared it would c1e- ate too big a burden of expense., Several of the child welfare measures | have been passed. French Forces “i Seize 12 Billion Marks and Pla 7 tes Berlin, Feb. 24.—French forces have boarded the Berlin-Cologne (ex- press near Hengsley and confiscated a consignment of 12 billion marks and plates belonging to the Reich- bank, it was announced today. NEED $400,000. Washington, Feb. 24——Members of the Coal Commision have informed the congressional appropriation’s committee that unless congress finds it possible to grant the $400,000 ad- ditional appropriation ‘which the yn hi ought for in carry- ing on its work of fact finding in the coal industry its activities ill cease March 4, | man ‘tern disappeare = | sions, BRAKEMAN LOSES | Jamestown, D., Feb. 24.—Belie ed to have been thrust from a car which he stocking at the engine coal docks by the high snow ban which lined the banks there, Bra man Charles Johnson was instantly! killed by being cut to pieces by the} car whels at Dawson this morning at) 4 o'clock. - There were no eye Witnesses except! gineer John H. Carter and Brake- Hatfield, who heard the man cry out immediately after his lan-| In accordance with! railroad rules when the lights disap- | peared the train was brought to a} stop The train stopped in a car's length. Brakeman Johnson had drop- ped across the rails and was cut to pieces Johnson Johnson is survived by his wife. He has been in Northern Pa services for two years. GLASS SAYS CONGRESS HAS | BEEN BUNGLER | “Has Committed More Eco-; nomic Crimes” Than | i Any in History DEPLORES LEGE A'TION | 1 aes Declares Farm Credit Bills| Are Most Unsound in \ Principle i LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CEN NATION WIDE SWINDLER J.M. Marcino, Barber, Banker and Financier Short About $519,000 INVOLVES MANY MORE Police Believe He May Have Fled to Italy When Limit Was Reached Chicago, Feb. 24.—Although Jo seph M, Marcino, barber, banker an financier, whose financial methods in vestigators here have declared rulted in shortages in the account of three eastern concerns totallin $519,000 was still being sought today Samuel Lombardo, an associate of th missing man, was reported in Ch cago. Lombardo, vice president 0! the Ningy-a Insurance Company c Buffalo, N. Y., one of the concerr said to be short in accounts, we found here last night by newspap: men, He refused to diycuss tl charges against Marcino, also know: us Joseph Posita. “Anything you could tell me woul: be bad news,” Lombardo said. “Don’: want to listen to it. Besides my law yer has advised me not to talk.” The two other institutions said t be involved in the shortage are said to be the First National bank « Warren, Mass., where investigatar said $213,000 is mising and the Me: chants and Mechanics bank at Phi adelphja. Controlling interest i those institutions, as well as the re | Richmond, Va., Feb. 24.—The| siaiy-caventhy Conpresseutinn ends | suranch company, was owned by March 4 “has committed more | ©!" economic crimes” than are record- ed in the previous history of the country, United States Senator | Jarter Glass, former secretary of | the treasury, declared’ in an ad- | dress here last night before the local chapter of the American In-| {stitute of Banking. | Deploring what he termed the! increasing desire to “spend gov-| rnment money” Senator Glass de-; jared that much of the farm cred- its legislation brought up at this sion of Congress was unsound principle. | When the _ Lenroot-Anderson | farm credits bill was passed by the senate, Senator Glass said he | voted for it not because he thought 000,000 | was a question of $100. Lombardo, acording to authoritic signed a check for $10,000 on the in surance company funds payable t Marcino in violation of the order: of the New York state insufance de partment. While private detectives had not given up their search of the United States for the missing banker it wa reported here that Marcino boarded a ship at Tampico bound for Argen- tina. They placed no faith in re- ports that Marcino contemplated sui- cide. As investigations were in progress ull over the country into the tangled financial affairs another search was being made in Italy, where Marcino was reported ‘to have fled when he be or $500,000000." e involved in difficulties fol Touching on’ activities of the| lowing his purchase of a bank « war finance corporation Senator } Perras, California, Glass said he believed it had been so far beneficial “but if perpetust- ed it will be one of the greatest | curses we ever have had in this! country.” TO SUPPORT: FORD LATER IS EXPLANATION. Michigan Democrats Adjourn, Without Endorsement of Manufacturer pees i Detroit, Mich. Feb. 24.—Michi-| gan Democrats failed to endorse | Henry Ford for the 1924 presiden- tial race but will give the manu- | facturer their support “when the) proper time comes,” according to! Charles Kimmerle of Cassopolis, | leader of the faction that urged | the endorsement before the party ! state convention here — yesterday. | The rank and file of the party in! Mchigan was for Ford, he assert- ed. Failing on an out and out in- dorsement the Ford adherents put through a resolution applauding | him “for his tremendous influence r good on the economic, indus- | trial and political affairs of the! nation.” Miss Dougherty Wins Thanks of — Many Members; Miss Nellie Dougheriy, representa. tive, Ward county, had a heart for restless members of the house of representatives last night. Noticing many were showing the strain of the long grind she moved that the house suspend rule No. 57—! the anti-smoking rule—at night ses- The vote was 56 to 14, Rey Burkhart, also of Ward county, pro- tested the action. UNDERTAKERS SELECT FORKS Fargo, Feb. 24.—Grand Forks was selected for the next annual convention of the North Dakota | Association, of Funeral Directors! at the closing session of their 1922 gathering in Fargo yesterday. The following officers were elected President, H. -O. Hanson, Har- vey; first vice president, C. 0. Ol. son, Kenmare; second vice pre: dent, George M. Thomas, Willis- ton; secretary, Mrs. Nellie M. Price, Langan treasurer, E. L. Simmons, sergen it~ F. f rand at-arms, Forks. Members of executive committee were named as follows: Oscar Westerum, Flasher, three - yea James E. Orr, Lakota, two 5 The dates for the next annual convention will be fixed by the ex- ecutive committee later. -| Charlemagne Tower DAWSON MAN FOUND DEAD IN MILL CITY L. R. Nieman Picked uy in Snow After Automobile Hits Him Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 24—-A ws dressed man, middle aged, belicv to be L. R. Nieman of Dawson w found dead in the streets at a, m, today. Marks in the snow indicated th: He had been struck by an auton bile and dragged 16 feet. Identification was believed to established by the name “Niema: written on a carton of eggs fou: beside ‘him, his clothes by the lav: dry mark of “Louis” and in one po- ket was a lfer to that place. Ti victim was 6 feet tall and weigh: 220 pounds. His hair was iron gr: 2 HIGHWAY MEN BLOW VAULT GET $10,000 Petersburg, Va. Feb. 24,—Si + |masked bandits forced an entrancs into the Steward Trunk and Bu | Factory here early today, bound « | gagged th ewatchman broke open 1) vault arfd escaped with $10,000. ‘WILL BRING. ' “UGLAND-TO PE Devils Lake, N. D., Feb. 24, Sheriff D. J. Rutten of Rams jcounty, arrived in Devils Lal, jlast night from Minneapolis wi | David Ugland, former Knox, N. [ ‘bankeg, who will be taken to Bis- \marck next week to serve a year jsentence in the state penitentiaiy ‘for flax embezzlement. He wz jeonvicted on the cha here | 1920, but execution of sentenc ;was held up pending trial in the federal court for using the mails {to defraud, . for which he spent a@ year in Leaven ; Dies of Pneumonia | Philadelphia, Penn. Feb. | Chacleries ee in. a hospital, here today. monia. Mr. ‘Tower has also: ‘Hungary and Russia, He died at a 9 Unites to to