The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 4, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Generally f: Wednesday. tonight and Warmer tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4,“£923 ° CK TRIBUNE [aanm PRICE FIVE CENTS COOLIDGE-JOHNSON FORCES CLASH TAX BURDEN IS 9230 FOR EACH ~ FAMILY INN. D. C. C. Converse State Tax Com- missioner, Says $32,000,- 000 Burden Too Great SHOWS TAXATION TREND Demand of Public For High Standard of Public Service Held Increase Cause Fargo, N. D., Dec. 4.—The huge increase of the tax burden in North Dakota and elsewhere was told by State Tax Commissioner C, C. Con- verse in an address before the Com- mons club here today. He declared: That the tax levies have increased faster than legislators can find new methods of taxation. That the tax burden of North Da- kota is $32,000,000 a year, or $230 annually for a family of five persons, That the Northern Pacific Rail- way Company's tax per mile of single track line increased from $168.20 in 1900 to $1,076.08 in 1922, That school district tax levies in- creased from $3,896,°90 in 1910 to $13,994,000 in 1921. That schor] tax increased in 11 years ‘ore than the aggregate amount of taxes levied in 1910 by the state and all taxing districts. The greatest single factor in in- creased taxes has been increased commodity costs which has affected public and private business alike. That taxes can be reduced only through curtailment of public ex- penditures. Seek New Methods “Some of you may be old enough to remember the time when practical- ly the only tax citizens had to con- sider was the general property tax, and that was not burdensome,” said Mr. Converse. “During the last two decades, however, expenditures have increased to such an extent that taxes have become burdensome, And as the amount of taxes imposed upon realestate and personal .. property has increased from year to year, legislators have attempted to re- lieve property of a portion of the burden of government by adopting new forms of taxation, chief among which may be mentioned the tax up- on gasoline and the income tax. These measures have not reduced property taxes noticeably and search still continues for new forms of taxation. But we are already us- ing nearly al] forms of taxation which are at all feasible and which are good revenue producers, so that legislators may possibly feel that they are somewhat in the position of the monarch who wept because there were no more worlds to con- quer.” Mr. Converse asked that “we not delude ourselves with the notion that new forms of taxation offer a possi- ble solution of our problems,” stating that an annual tax-burden of $32,- 000,000 upon 700,000 people in North Dakota is heavy no matter how paid, Mich of the tax, he said, was con- cealed “in the prices which we pay for household provisions, and for wearing apparel; in the prices we pay for transportation, both directly and indirectly, in the purchases from our merchants of all sorts of com- modities.” “But~no matter how much they may be concealed, we pay them just as certainly as though we, as con- sumers, paid them directly,” Mr. Converse said. “What is needed and needed urgéntly until the condition of agriculture shall have improved is a reduction in public expenditures, - ‘and the public?is apparently unwill- ing to curtail public expenditures.” “This,” said Mr. Converse, “is a government by public opinion and it is apparent from the results of elec- tions in which matters having to do with expenditures have been sub- mitted to the voters that they are unwilling to narrow the wide scope of governmental activitieg or to low- er the high standard of public ser- vice. They are still hoping that pre- sent standards can be maintained un- til such time as returning prosper- ity shall make the burden less oner- Each individual of each class of individuals is disposed to suspect that he og his particular class may be unjustly dealt -with in that he may be bearing more than his fair share of the burden of taxation. But the truth is that taxes. are higher upon all classes of property. Owners of real estate know that their own taxes are uncomfortably high, but may not realize that the. taxes upon railroad property are likewise bur- densome. To illustrate this tact, consider the increase of taxes in the case of the Northern Pacific Kail- way, In 1900 the tax “per mile of single track in North (Dakota was $168.20. By 1915 it had increased to $480.48 and in 1922 it was $1,076.08, two and a half times what it was in 1915 and six and one-third tim what it was in 1900, Demands of Public’ ax “The difficulty of / reducing ex- Penditures is well illustrated by considering expenditures for educa- tional purposes. No one wants to lower our high standards of educa- tion; and ‘these a: some of the significant figures pedtaining. to the < the!¢d pursuant to lette This shows Representative Lest youngest ime welcomed to ¥ Wn NEW RULES ON LOANS TO BE ASKED OF U.S. State Bankers to Meet Group Meetings to Con- sider Making Protests CALL NOW ISSUED Fargo, Dec. 4.~-Group. and’ county meetings of North Dukota bankers are being culled to consider means for securing less stringgnt loan re- quirements from the federal inter- mediate credit banks, W. C. McFad- den, secretary of the North Dakota Bankers Association, announced here today. The meetings are being call- s sent out by Mr. McFadden last week asking banks to meet not later than this Thurs- day. The aim of the meeting is to get the sentiment and also actual in- formation from every section of the state which may be used later by a committee of North Dakota bankers in an effort to secure more favorable loan regulations from the federal bank at St. Paul. “It is expected that Minnesota will cooperate in this matter,” he said in discussing he prospects for successful action. “If relief cannot be secured from /district officiais the matter probably will be taken to Washington federal loan offi The letter,: which was addressed to the presidents of group and coun- ty associations “in the state, asked that the resolutions and the informa- tion gathered at these meetings be forwarded as soon as possible to the state bankers’ association headquar- ters here. Briefly the rulings which, accord- ing to the letter seriously restricts | usefulness of the intermediate banks are; r 1f A ruling that paper by tenant farmers be not considered. 2, That no paper be considered exéept that which is secured by chat- tel mortgages covering livestock and imperishable’ products which must be self-liquidating and the term ‘self- liquidating’ is -held to apply to pa- per covered by mortgages on such amount of personal property as will permit the borrower at any ‘time to dispose of it to liquidate the loan and still Have enough left to consid- er his ordinary farming operations.” MOTOR BOAT TS SRIZED New York, Dac, 4.—The motor cruiser Hereshoff was seized by customs agents of Port Reading; N. J. today after a running battle with riot guns and revolvers. Six men on the cruiser were arrested. ., ber of the next Congr ngton by employ in| “BABY” OF THIS CONGRESS er Hill of Alabama, said to be the He is 28, and is showm being cf the Capitol, |NEW BANK LAW | MAY COME TO COURT AGAIN Dec. 4.—The question of the constitutionality of Senate Bill No. 267, aimed to place control of all closed state banks in North Dakota {under the supervision and control ot | the supreme court, went to the su- preme court again, when Judge C, W. Cooley overruled objections to juris diction entered by Attorney Fraticis Murphy of Minot in behalf of W. H. McIntosh, as receiver of the defunct ; Mohall State bank, | The Mohall State bank is one of | many institutions named in a suit instituted by the attorney general in the supreme court to compel it to | come under the new law throwing all | closed banks under the control of the j supreme court, ae This law was previously “tested, {and the supreme court filed a mem- jorandum order upholding the con- ' stitutionality of the act for reasons \to be cited in an opinion of the court, which up to this time has not been | written, i i= WATER WORKS CHANGES 70 BE MADE SLOWLY City Commission Will Watch Operation Itself Closely _ For a Period NEW MAINS CONNECTED Filtration Plant Building Soon To Be Enclosed, Machin- ery to be Installed The city water department will operate for a brief period directly under the eyes of the members of the city commission. The members of the commission, in meeting last night, discussed various phases of the problem of operation which con- fronts the commission, but no defi- nite policy was decided upon. It was the opinion of the commission- ers that they should “feel their way way” in the new venture. It is considered certain that the 36 per cent surcharge will be knocked off the water bills the first of Feb- ruary, but formal action may not be taken until after the middle of the month. The general plant work for the time being will be under the di- rection of the city engineering de- partment. People who get water on flat rates and whe had paid for a period up to the first of the year will be given credit by the city, and the water company will turn over to the city its share of this paid-up rental for the month of December. It was the general opinion of the commissioners that afl services should be placed on a meter basis as soon as possible, but until the meters can be protected against freezing it is held useless to install them on some connections. It also was the opinion that the water de- partment should promptly cut off water service for non-payment of | bills if rentals were not paid at the proper time. The filtration plant building, tt was stated by City Engineer Atkin- son, is advancing rapidly with favor- able weather and soon will be en- closed. ‘The heating plant is-being installed. Unless unexpected devel- opments should arrive, work can be continued inside the building daring the winter and the filtration plant put in operation in the spring or early summer. The generator for the oil engine equipment for pump- ing water has arrived. The digging of mains has been POLICE HUNT ‘GIRL THOUGHT _ HELD BY MORON | | 12-Year-Old Chicago Child Missing After 36-Hour | Search in City i | Chicago, Dec. 4.—After more than {36 hours of search the police have | concluded that 12-year-old Rose | Bertch, who disappeared from her ‘home Sunday evening, has been kid- inaped by a nidron. Rose had been ‘sent for groceries and they were her ‘cap was found in a vacant lot near her home. ‘A woman told the police she saw ‘a girl answering Rose’s description with a man about 45 years old. She said the girl looked as if she had ‘been érying. The police said they ‘were secking a self-styed “celestial jangel and heavenly father” as the | possible kidnaper of Rose. They said |he was described in criminal records as moron and maniac, He is said to i have escaped recently from a state ‘hospital for the insane, where he ‘was sent after conviction for attack- \ing children under the guise of per- forming a religious ceremony. “IT am going to be confirmed to- night,” Rose is said to have told the grocer in her last recorded state- ment. her seven-year-old brother. “A man asked her a few days ago if she wanted to be confirmed,” the child said, 3 TO BUILD BRIDGE. Pembina, N. D., Dec, 4.—Contract for construction of a bridge over the Red river here was let here to the Linton Construction company of Lin- ton, N. D., for $175,400, the tentative date for completing the work being July 1, 1924, ONE KILLED, TWO WOUNDED IN ~ FIGHT IN. DRY OFFICERS’ RAID Alliance, 0., Dec. 4.—With one man in the, morgue here and two ih _| the Alliance city hospital, victims of a@ gun fight between prohibition agents and inmates of Nick Marku’s‘ general store east of here late yes- terday afternoon, Alliance police, armed with riot guns, teday were scouring the woods south of here for Marku, -blamed’. by:. police. for the shooting. John Marku, 20, was shot increase in educational costs: In. and instantly killed in the gun fray. (Contanued on Page 8) . * Thomas Crawford of East Palestine, leader of the raiding party, and Tom Sokach of this city, believed to have been a bystander, ‘were wounded in the fusillade of bullets. The latter two are in the city hospital here. Neither is believed to ‘be seriously wounded. cae . wa According to ice, u, pro- prietor of the store and familiar police court figire here, began shoot- ing with a shot gun when four pro- hibition raiders raided the place. After the shooting he fled to the woods, heavily armed. completed for this winter, and the work of covering them up and test- ing them soon will be completed, The additional main system consists of: 16-inch main from the river to Elev- enth street, on Avenue C; 10-inch main from Eleventh to Fifteenth streets; 8-inch main from Rosser to Avenue C, on Hannifin and Griffin; about two miles of laterals, or 6-inch distribution mains, in various parts of the city. Some of the 16-inch and other mains have already been con- nected to the present system. The purpose is to tie up “dead ends” in the water system and provide con- stant circulation of the water. Thus far little change im pressure has been made, it was said, and there probably will not’ Be much change noticed until next spring when water is pumped directly into the 16-inch main from the filtration plant. The work of spreading special as- sessments to pay for that part of the distribution system which it is held may be paid by special assessments will be taken up immediately. HEATON ALSO IS ARRESTED IN BANK CASE Fargo, Dec, 4.—Frank C. Heaton and H. J. Hagen, both of whom were indieted by the recent Cass county grand jury on charges growing out of the failure of the Scandinavian- American bank, were brought to Far- go by Cass county authorities. Heaton gave a $2,000 bond for his ‘appearanca during the Degemher None of her family knew of|term of district court, which con- any plans for ‘confirmation except] Vvenes tomorrow, Hagen’s bond had not been ‘fur- nished at 3 pi m. The indictmests against Heaton came as a surprise, for the first grand jury which investigated the bank failure and found true bills against A, C. Towney and Wm. Lemke did not indict him. He was indicted by the recent grand jury on two charges, both of which were not found by the first jury. He is charged with a false entry on Aug. 18, 1919, in connection with an alleg-, ed juggling of $18,000 in savings ac- counts, and with false entry on Aug. 14, 1921 inconnection with an al- leged juggling of $43,000 in savings accounts. Several indictments were returned against Hagen. On Jan. 10, 1922, a Cass county jury found Heaton guilty of em- bezzling not less than $20. He was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail. HAS 1910 MODEL FORD. Carrington, N. D., Dec, 4.—H. A. Page of this place, has a Ford car on exhibition here this week that he has used continuously for thirteen years, Mr, Page paid $882 for the machine and says it was never run- ning better than it is right now. The car has gohe ‘nearly one hundred thousand ‘miles: & SIX BALLOTS FAIL TO ELECT HOUSE SPEAKER Gillett and Garrett Each Re- ceived 197 Votes on the Progressive Bloc Increases Votes For Cooper From 15 to Seventeen STILL DEADLOCKED | Washington, Dec. 4.—(By the Associated Press)—After four more inconclusive ballots the house adjourned today with the deadlock over election of a speaker unbroken. Washington, Dee. 4—Another bal- lot for speaker in the house &f rep- resentatives today failed to break the deadlock, no candidate receiving the majority necessary for clection. On the fifth ballot Gillett. and Garrett each 197 Cooper received 17 and Madden five. There was no clection on the § th ballot. received votes. HOLD UP MESSAGE Washington, Dec. 4—Republican insurgents prevented the organiza- tion of the sixty cighth congress yesterday, its first day. Hardly had the house and senate convened at noon before the pro- gressive group in the house made good its threat to block the election of a speaker. Four ballots were taken without result and the house adjourned. In contrast with the storm in the} house, was an uneventful 45 minutes session of the senate. Although an organization fight there is in the background, there was no effort to force it yesterday, and there were indications that it would be deferred at least until after President Cool- idge has delivered his first annual saessage, to congress. The president cannot deliver his message, however, until the house is organized, nor can the new congress function. Some leaders said that even the senate would be unable to transact any business other than that of receiving and acting upon nomin- ations and treaties which is solely a senate function. While leaders of both the Repub- lican organization and the insurgents declared immediately after the close of yesterday's session of the house that the fight would go on today, there were signs that a break might come before another overnight ad- journment. Representative Longworth, the majority leader, declared that there would be no compromise with the insurgents as a group, but that or- ganization leaders would treat with the individual members just the same as with any other of their party. Representative Nelson, of Wiscon- sin, chairman of the progressive bloc, emphasized that the fight of his or- ganization was not against Speaker Gillett as an individual, but was be- ing wagéd solely with the view of forcing the “old guard” Icaders to give the house opportunity to amend its rules when a vote comes on their adoption which will be as soon as the speaker and other officers are elected, THREE SCHOOLS ARE DEDICATED, Williams County Buildings to Be Community Centers Three new school houses, all of brick construction and equipped with gymnasiums, and stages to serve as community auditoriums, were dedi- cated in Williams county last week, according to State Superintendent Miss Minnie J. Nielson. One is a 10-room school at Wild- rose, another a large rural consoli- dated school at Hamlet and the third a school at Hanks. All are of the same branch railroad line in Wil- liams county, Miss Nielson was pre- sent at the dedication in each case. Williams county, she said, has the largest number of standardized schools of any county in the state. New schools will be dedicated in the near future at Glenburn, Ren- ville county; Hunter, Cass county, Sheldon, Ransom county, and Wynd- mere, Richland county, Miss Nielson said. COLLECTIONS ARE LOWER Tax collections this fall are slight- ly lower than for the same period last year, according to information in the office of State Auditor Poin- dexter. General fund collections for October, remitted to the state audi- tor by county treasurers, total $567,- 687.42 for 41 out of the 52 counties Hin the state, while for the sam month last year 80 out of 52 coun- Jties remitted $511,362.26. |DEER KILLED ON MANDAN ROAD IS CLAIMED BY GAME WARDEN AND BUYER Brought to Bismarck, to be Sold All Over Again—Now lage Sold by Magistrate, Seized by Game Wardens and Ed Miller, Buyer, May Try to Replevin It Mandan has a tempting bone of! contention today—a 94-pound deer. Sixth Ballot It was killed by the automobile of Ted Loran, Mandan confectionery DEADLOCK Is HELD proprietor, Sunday night on the Mandan-Bismarck road. —— The deer became the property of Ed Miller, Mandan switchman, for $5 on a bid before Police Magistrate Campbell. Then it became the property of Barney Maurek, game warden, by {virtue of a badge of authority and ignoring of the police magistrate’s order, Now it is to be offered for sale on bids to be received up to Decem- ber 11, according to the game war- den. + But, according to word from Man- dan, Miller is going to court to re- plevin the doe. ,The dispute raised a lot of heat {in Mandan, and the fringes of the |controversy reached Bismarck today because the deer is in cold storage here. The decr, a doc thought to be about three years old, was struck by Loran’s automobile, its neck and one leg broken. Loran took the deer to Mandan, Game Warden Harry Thor- berg was notified and acting under a 1921 law Loran took the dec: to BUSINESSMEN TO MAKE TOYS! Grand Forks, N. D. Dee, 4—Toy- making by businessmen of Grand Forks will begin Wednesday evening at the manual training laboratory of | the Grand Forks high school and will | continue until Christmas. } It is expected that between 25 and | 50 local businessmen will take part | this year. They will meet three eve- nings weekly and the toys turned out will be distributed to the needy children of the city by the Grand Forks Herald Santa Claus girls, Last year more than 400 toys were made | in this way. BXPRESS RATE | PLAN WOULD BENEFIT N. D. State Would Get 25 Per Cent Reduction If Proposed Rates Go Into Effect North Dakota would receive a 25 percent reduction in interstate ex- press rates under the proposals of the Interstate Commerce Commission, announced yesterday, Railroad Com- missioner W. C, McDonnell said to- day. The interstate body, he added, gave the express companies until March 1 to show cause why the rates should not go into effect on that date. Presumably intrastate express rates would follow the same reduc- tion, if it is made, McDonnell added. | Since the last 131-2 percent increase | in express rates asked on intrastate express business was not granted by the state commission, possible reduc- tion in this class of rates would not be as great as on interstate rates, he; added. WHY BANK CLOSED Closing of the Farmers and Mer- chants State Bank in Steele yesterday was occasioned by the fact thht W.! T. Weum, former president of the! First State Bank of Moorhead, Minn.,| which closed several days ago, was a stockholder in the Steele bank, and this caused patrons to make withdrawals according to information from a bank official to the state banking department. A report on| the condition of the bank has not yet been made to the state depart- ment, i 1 TAKES OWN LIFE. s Carrington, N. D., Dec. 4.—Using the revolver that the government provides for the protection of United States mails, Join Johnson, local dray man and mail transfer contrac- tor, took his own life in the bige- ment of the local opera house. } Bergamo, Italy, Dec. 4.—The work of finding the bodies of the 600 or more victims of last week’s flood disaster continues over the extensive zone devastated by ‘the waters, but the rescue parties are encountering difficulties. The water has receded leaving Bergamo valley buried under several feet of mud which the rains kept soft, thus rendering progress almost impossible, Wallowing through this waste the searching parttes made the best of their way over areas where flourish- ing villages once stood. Food, cloth- jto have the deer. Police Magistrate Campbell, sur- rendered it and was exonerated of intentionally killing the animal out of season, Ed Miller bid it in. Chief Game Warden H. A. Brown of Cooperstown was notified and with State-Wide Deputy Barney Maurek arrived in Mandan last night on No. 3. They found the deer had been sold, “The police magistrate acted in good faith, but the Attorney-General held the 1921 law was no good, be- cause although it is on the statute books it was passed by only one house in the legislature,” said Mau- rek in Bismarck today. So Maurek went to Miller's house and got the deer. He brought it to Bismarck, gave Miller back his money and in- structed Thorberg to receive bids up to Dec. 11. But Miller’s friends were wrathy today. They said that Maurek’'s method of seizing the deer was a little bold, that the law had been complied with and that Miller ought Police Magistrate Campbell became indignant over the game warden's action and advised Miller to replevin the deer. So, the old game of “bunt in‘, buntin‘, who's got the buntin'” was being played today, with the doe deer as the article sought. 2 SENTENCED TO PEN UNDER REVOLVER ACT Get Sentences of From One to 10 Years For Having Guns in Possession |PLANNED A ROBBERY Testified in Court That They Planned to Force Safe in New Rockford Postoffice New Rockford, Dec. 4.—Edwin Jor- dan and James Ebert, both former convicts, have been sentenced to the state penitentiary for violation of the revolver law of the 1923 legisla- ture, and are believed to be the first convicted i the state under the drastic provisions of the new act. Each was given a sentence of irom one to ten years in prison by Judge Jansonius for having a revolver in their possession. They also were sentenced to two years each for hav- ing nitroglycerine. The two men, it was charged by State’s Attorney James A. Manly at. the trial, planned to rob the’ New Rockford postoffice and a bank at Grace City. They were found guilty by a jury. They were sentenced on one charge under section 6 of the revolver act which reads: “No per- son shall carry a pistol or revolver concealed in any vehicle or in any package, satched, grip, suit case or carry in any way or upon his person, except in his dwelling house or place of business, without a license there- fore as hereinafter provided. Viola- tions of this section shall be punish- ed by imprisonment for not less than one year, and upon conviction the pistol or revolver shall be confiscat- ed and destroyed.” Jordan and Ebert were captured through work of a detective for the North Dakota Bankers Association, who testified at the trial. He tra- veled with Ebert from New Rockford to Leeds, Devils Lake, Rugby and Granville and at Granville met Jor- dan, who had a bottle of nitrogly- cerine, he said. The three, includ- ing the detective, planned to blow up the safe in the New Rockford post- office and then went to New Rock- ford on a freight train. After the New Rockford robbery they planned to catch a freight to Grace City and rob a bank the same night, it was testified. Arriving in New Rockford, they “planted” their guns and the nitroglycerine on the outskirts of the city. The detective: made an excuse to get away, after they had (Continued on Page 3) 600 BODIES BEING REMOVED FROM ITALIAN FLOOD ZONE; PEOPLE IN | PRAYERS FOR RELIEF FROM FLOODS ing, blankets and bedding, not only for the survivors, but for members of the relief party are carried with difficulty in ox carts, for all mechan- ical means ‘of moving supplies have been rendered useless. Indeed, the authorities have been obliged to limit the number of volunteer workers as it in impossible to crowd all in the flooded area. Meanwhile the churches in, the nearby, villages are open and masses are sung continuously as the villag- as pray: for the cessation of. the rains. : PRESIDENTIAL RACE STARTED IN SO. DAKOTA First Selection For 1924 Pres- idential Primary in U. S. To Be Made Today TWO BIG BATTLES Coolidge and Johnson in G. O. P. and Ford and McAdoo in Democratic Party St. Paul, Dec. 4.—Denial that he has anything to do with the Ford for President movement was made by James A. Nowell of St. Paul, vice-president of the Moderation League of Minnesota. His denial was in reply to an anti-saloon league statement is- sued in Pierre last night chi ing the Ford movement was a “amoke screen” for anti-prohibi- tionists and naming Nowell and Thomas Sullivan of St. Paul as “giving orders to Ford support- ers in the Northwest.” Pierre, S. D., Dec. 4.—(By the A. selection for the 1924 presidential primary will be made to- day by the state proposal convention of the Democratic, Republican and Farmer-Labor parties. In the Democratic convention the supporters of Former Secretary, of the Treasury William G, McAdoo will do battle with sponsors of Henry Ford, while in the Republican gath- ering the advocates of Hiram John- son of California, and President Cal- vin Coolidge will face their test. The Farmer-Labor assemblage will have before it the names of Henry Ford and Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin. In addition to presi- dential preferences the convention must name majority candidates for the United States senate and all state offices. Platform suggestions for the na- tional convention to which the presi- dential selections of the state con- vention must be subscribed in writ- ing, also, will be framed, Attempts to amalgamate the Dem- ocratic and Farmer-Labor conven- tion through identical primary can- didates were under way during the day but powerful Democrati¢ lead- ers declared that the suggestion, for- mally approved by a meeting of a number of Farmer-Labor proposal men late last night, would not be ae- cepted in the Democratie convention. The senatorial race between Gov. W. H. McMasters and Senator Thomas Sterling is looked upon tu determine the result of the entire ticket from presidential choice down through the state offices in the Re- publican gathering. Both sides en- tered the convention claiming suf- ficient pledged delegates to secure the senatorial indorsement, For Johnson. Governor McMaster has coupled his campaign with the presidential race of Senator Hiram Johnson an i; known to ‘have the support « large Johnson delegations from t): county proposal meetings. Senator Sterling, whose preside: tial views have never been revealed is credited by many within the pari; favoring the endorsement 0° President Coolidge. In all quarter it is admitted that the presidentia! endorsement depends on the out- come of the senatorial fight. Pierre, S. D., Dec. 4.—(By the A. P.)—The senatorial contest in the Republican party between the Sterl- ing and McMaster forces was thrust into the state proposal mecting to- day at the sound of the gavel and precipitated a fight for the state chairmanship which led to a roll call on the names of H. J. Bushfield of Miller, the McMaster nominee, and E. O. Frescoln of Winner, carrying the support of the Sterling forces. In one of the closest votes in the political history of the state Bush- field was clected by a vote of 38,806 against 38,684 for his opponent, The Democratic convention unani- mously elected John T. Heffron ot Deadwood as permanent chairman, succeeding W. W. Howes. Heffron, a supporter of the McAdoo campaign was the sole nominee and was elect- - on an instructed unanimous bal- jot. Irvin Crawford of Huron, and George E. Pfeifle of Tyndall were elected secretaries of the Republican convention: _ The Farmer-Lubor party, meeting in separate convention following the failure of attempts to fuse with the Democratic gathering, elected A. L. Tutman ef Dewey county to the chair, succeeding Tom Ayres. The convention then moved from the su- bla oie chambers to a down- own hotel to secure larger quarters. The failure of the Ford Democrats to put forward a candidate for the state chairmanship caused great sur- prise in the meeting. Following the work of organization the Democrats heard Carl Vrooman, former as- sistant secretary of agriculture in the Wilson administration in a vigor- ous keynote speech demanding agri- cultural relief measures. ugPARDON BOARD MEETS - in He regaler, December: session at ithe state prison today to hear ap-