The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1924, Page 1

a# League cardidates will go before WEATHER FORECAST Cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and Saturday. ESTABLISHED 1873 SORLIE NAMED NX. FOR GOVERNOR, KLUXER, STATE TICKET FILLED Convention Which Lasts Un- til Early Hours This Morn- ing Names Grand Forks | Man Standard Bearer in Campaign with Walter Maddock in Second Place! —Lively Fights for Some Offices on Ticket — Plat- form -Reaffirms League! Platform with Additions CHOOSE NEW COMMITTEE | Arthur G. Sorlie of Grand Forks will head the Nonpartisan League’s | ticket in the June Republican prim- , ary. Sorlie was nominated by the League State Convention here late yesterday, receiving 79 votes to 3 for Usher L. Burdick of Fargo. Sorlie’s nomination then was made} unanimous. The league candidate for gover- nor was not without opposition in} the convention lobbies until almost time for balloting. Several Non- partisans from the western part of the state wanted B. F. Baker of Renville County, 8 former stand- ard bearer, but he declined and; pluced Sorlie in nomination. One of Sorlie’s most bitter opponents | in the lobby millings asserted that Sorlie was favored ‘because he was | willing to put up $10,000 for the) campaign. The League nominee is in the ~sfuel supply business in Grand ‘orks and also is said to have been jn the grain business, He denied reports emanating from Grand Forks that he was a member of the~Ku Klux Klan of that city. Summary of Action In addition to competing its tic- ket the League in the closing of its two-day convention took the fol-} lowing important action: Decided to remain in the Republican party unless the election laws of March 18 car- # ry, rejecting the Ingerson “own party” plan. Directed League.state exec- . utive committee to seek an in- junction to prevent submission of the non-party election laws at the March 18 primary as ordered by Governor’s procla- mation. Refused to endorse any can- didate for presidential nomina- tion. Refused action on hail law changes. Voted support for the fedge’ | lien bill and opposition to the referred law validating bank P * taxes. ¥ Made Bismarck state head- quarters. Adopted platform and res- olutions. ' Limited endorsement of dis- trict judges to league judges in office. The platform on which the the people reaffirmed the original program and proposed restoration | of tax exemptions repealed by the! 1928 legislature, higher income tax and publicity of returns, four-year | terms for state, legislative and county officials, election of pres- ident by direct’ vote and abolition of present delinquent interest pen- alties and substitution of the legal rate of interest as the penalty. Senator Baker, in nominating dé Sorlie, said that after conferences he had decided to accept the nom- ination for commissioner of agri- culture and labor if the convention desired him, and Sorlie in accept- ing for governor, asked that Sen- ator Baker be named for this of- fice, stating that “we'll make a team on the industrial commission (Continued on page 6) THIRD PARTY “TS LAUNCHED, H. Walker of Yucca Is Named Chairman of Body he’ Farmer-Labor Party of North Dakota was launched here ‘today, . with R. H. Walker of Yucca state) chairman, Henry Martinson of Far- go secretary-treasurer and Alfred . Knutson of Fargo, Herman Hardt of Napoleon and Harrison French of jowman as executive conimitteeman. The party, Walker said,‘ will be affiliated with the National Federat- ed Farmer-Labor Parties, and the or- ganization was completed to . take part in the third party conference ealled for St. Paul in*May. About 40 wer: present. “Tom Ayres, of Farmet Labor party of South Dakota, talked. The platform included measures “that will secure the land to the! users of the land” and reversion of tax title land to the state. te... LAWYER DEAD Minneapolis, Feb. 8.—William A. Lancaster, prominént member of Bi Mea, Bar and is Pais judge of Hennepin county- distri court, died here last night. a REFUSE TO RESCIND COO P, CANDIDATE DENIES HE {8 CROSBY MINE DEAD STILL IN WATERY GRAVE Effort Being Made to Drain Lake Which Holds Body of Dead Miners HEADS LEAGUERS TO BE REOPENED Owner of Mine Announces Resumption of Work as Soon as it Is Drained Crosby, Minn. Feb. 8—(By the A. Sealed with muck and sand the Milford mine near here, underground tomb of 41 iron ore miners drowned late Tuesday, today as it probably will for weeks to come still’ retains its flood victims, Fifty men, among them the best engineering talent on the Cuyuna range are engaged in the work of draining-the mud lake which flooded the mine but frequent readjustments of pumps and equipment are retard- ing progress, Engineers believe that pumping operations once under way to full capacity should continue 24 hours a day until the lake is drained which it is expected will be at least 10 days or two weeks. George H. Crosby of Duluth, pre- sident of the Whipmarsh Miring Company, operators of the ill-fated mine, is still on the ground, giving every aid to the augmented staff of engineers. Engineers today noticed little change in the water level of the mine shaft which yesterday sank six feet to about 20 feet from the ground surface. The mud lake has dropped about four feet already. Howard Crosby, son of George H. Crosby and manager of the Milford mine, told the Associated Press toe day that the flooded mine would be reopened for operations just as soon as the pin was cleared, the bodies removed and necessary repairs made. Mud lake, sometimes called Foley lake because it is on the property owned by a man named Foley, will not be allowed to refill, once it is drained, said Mr. Crosby. The mine manager could give no estimate of the total loss to the company. This, he said, depends on the damage wrought to the interior of the mine. The Whipmarsh mine is not pro- tected by insurance on damage to the property. LEAGUE TICKET. The Nonpartisan League state convention selected the following candidates to enter the Repub- liean_ prima : Governor — Arthur W. Sorlie, Grand Forks county. Lieut. Governor—Walter Mad- dock, Mountrail county. Secretary of State — Robert Byrne, McKenzie county. Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor-—Bert Baker, Renville. Attorney General—T. H. H. Thoresen, of Dunn. Commissfoner of Insurance S. A. Olsness of Eddy. Auditor-—D. C. Poindexter of Stutsman. Treasurer—C. A, Fisher of Barnes county. i Railroad Commissioners— Frank Milhollan of Burleigh, C. We. McDonnell of Foster, Fay Harding of Emmons. No candidates endorsed for su- preme court judge (one to be elected in the fall), or superinte: dent of public instruction. Congressman Third Distriet— James H. Sinclair of Kenmare. ‘Congressman First \District— H. H. Aaker of Grand Forks. Congressman Second District— John C. Shermay of Kidder coun- t ? FIGHTING FOR PRESIDENCY U. S. Residents in Honduras May Ask U. S. Aid San Salvador, Republic of Sal- vador, Feb. 8.—Fighting is report- ed in Honduras following the presi- dential election’ deadlock and the announcement that President Gutierrez would continue in office. . No actual outbreak has been re- jorted but Americans in Honduras. A eRe Believe the prospects for amicable adjustments of the Honduruan elections tangle are not good and that fighting may break out at y. State Executive Committee elected—First District, Ole Knut- son, Grand Forks; Second Dis- trict, S. S. McDonald, Bismarck; Third District, Roy Frazier, Crosby. : THE BISMARCK. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUAY 8, 1924 * ENGLISH HEIR’ NJURED WHILE Feb. 8. Landon, By the A. his collarbone while exercising one of his hunters at Billington Manor, near Ascot, today. The Prince was putting his mount over a fence when the horse fel'y throwing his rider heavily on his shoulder, The Prince got up and was remount- || ing with difficulty when his equerry said “I believe you have broken your collar bone.” “Yes, I have,” the Prince of Wales replied. The Prince was taken to the surgery at Leighton Buzzard where he received treatment and was driven back to Mentmore Mansion. He wore no collar when he emerged from the surgery and his shoulder was in bandages but he was stilb smiling. = * The Prince of Wales is a great lover of horse flesh and has fre- quently been thrown but has al- ways escaped serious injury. FEDERALS T0 TAKE CONTROL Evacuation by De La Huerta Forces Vera Cruz, (By A. P. by radio Feb. 8.—Mexican federal force: are marching toward Vera. Cru: which has been evacuated by th Jalapa of rebels Revolutionary forces left Ver: somewhere _ enroute where revolutionary headquarter: will be established. few cases of looting. The custom: house, telegraph offices and othe pub} business houses are open, Wooledge Minot Conference: Takes This Action Minot, N.. D, Feb. 8.—North Da kota Democrats, meeting in William G. McAdoo for that party’: presidential nomination. Resolutions adopted by the con: the national convention will vote fo: and support McAdoo’s nomination: a majority report of the resolution: the delegates to the national con vention go absolutely uninstructed. said they thought that it would no’ Dukota delegation to support Me into oil any time. State Department offic- ials say dispatch of the cruiser does not mean there has been\ a decision -to intervene. j SEND SHIP Washington, Feb. 8.—The cruis- er Rochester of the special service squadron now at Colo has been or- dered to~LaCeiba, Honduras, in response to an appeal to the state department from American resi- dents who fear that revolutionary developments will jeopardize their interests. ROBBER GETS QUICK JUSTICE Fargo, Feb. 8.—Seven hours after Motor Cycle Collides With Street Car at Night Fargo, Feb. 8.—Hurled from: the sidecar of a motorcycle in which she was riding when it struck a north- bound Fargo streetcar shortly be- fore 10 o'clock Wednesday night, Mrs, Marion Gray met instant death under the wheels of the, car about 100 feét north of Fourth avenue on Thirteenth street north. Lars Lohn, driver of the motor- cycle, is being held in the city jai without bail and without specific charges being filed against him, pend- ing the coroner’s inquest today. Clarence Johnson, employed in a local bank, and Mabel Alice Olson, - who were also inthe sidecar, were | they held up William Alinder, farm- being sought by police. er, just west of Casselton, Roland Mrs. Gray was sitting on Mabel ,Ganz was sentenced to 20 years in Olson’s lap in the sidecar. The lap-| the state penitentiary at Bismarck robe was not being used,- When the| by Judge A. T. Cole in Cass county Snotoreycle struck the steetcar she| district court, and Charles A. Mauer was thrown over the top and under | Was being brought to Fargo believed motoreycle struck the streetcar shé| to be dying from the effects of a bul- stopped immediately and did not pass | let -wound in his abdomen, received over the body completely. \ when he attempted to escape two The body was terribly mutilated. combined posses which had cornered The left side and back of the head | him and Ganz in a large plowed field, was crushed, the arsis were almost| 4 silver dollar was the total loot completely severed and the entire | obtained in the holdup, in addition thest, was crushed, every rib being | to the Ford coupe owned by Alinder, broken, Authorities have so far been|in which the bandits attempted to unable to decide whether or not the | escape. : ; : wheels passed dver the body, but it] The two were charged with first is believed they did, since the arms | degree robbery. / were so badly cut. POSTMASTER ILL Aberdeen, S. D., Feb. 8.—It was WANT VICE PRESIDENCY Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 8—An ef- fort will soon be launched to or- learned here’ yesterday that Ben ganize the Missouri delegation to Williams, local tmaster, is ser-| the ; national Republican convention iously ill at a Sioux City hospital. for Governor Arthur M. Hyde for The diagnosis indicates that his|vice president of the United States, illness is caused bya malignant| according to an article printed to- growth and is of a grave nature. day by the Kansas City Star. N i \ conducted at Washington. H. H. Perry of Ellendale was in- donsed as national committeeman. A resolution of condolence, unani mously adopted, will be forwarded to Mrs. Woodrow Wiilson. Condemnation af the present na tional administration was continucd in other resolutions, some of the specific indictments charging: “Woeful sacrifice” of the interes of American agriculture. “Attempts to deceive the farme! by illusory and designedly ineffective measures of relief.” ( “Gross partiality and . favoritism” in the passage of the Fordney-Mc: Cymber tariff act. ALicense it has given charge exorbitant rates. Scandal and graft in administra tion “of its most sacred trusts—its duty to sick and disabled soldiers— and for “feebleness and corruption of its “feigned enforcement’ of the ) Volstead act. y Twenty Escape ’ As Bridge Breaks Quebec, Feb. 8.—All of the 20 persons’ whose lives were endang- ered yesterday by the breaking of ice. bridge across the St. , the au- the Lawrence river escaped, thorities said today. Five persons who floated for hours on the drifting ice and who were believed to have been los made shore in safet; TO WITHDRAW TROOPS (By the Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 8.—Plans for th withdrawal of the American lega‘ion guard of 100 ernee from Managua, inauguaration of the new administration there in Jan- Nicaragua, after the uary, 1925, were announced today b; the state departgent. Four million women:ere. employ- |districts decided not to endorse judi- ed ae farm hands in Japan. RIDING HORSE P.)—The Prince of Wales broke ” OF VERA CRUZ Moving on City Following the rebels, according to a Cordova dis- patch received here today and reported in the possession) Cruz yesterday almost all of them going via railway to a destination to Tuxpam Order preVails in this city with buildings are closed and few The United States warship Rich- FOR WADOO | state convention here yesterday, indorsed vention declared ‘that the iominces} Huntsville, Tex., Feb. 8—Five ne- of the conference, as delegates to} groes The indorsement was contained inj executed in Texas by this method. committee ,whicH was adopted after) to electrocution from hanging was ar amendment had been offered that passed by the last session of the leg- ‘A few members of the conference | poids, Elwell Morris, George Wash- be advisable to instruct the North Adoo at this time, declaring that his | name had been uifavorably drawn\| investigations now being} ilroads “to YOUNG MOVIE ACTRESS SLAIN IN APARTMENT Found in New York Apart-| ment House, Bound and Gagged ! MAID DISCQVERS HER Believed That Caller Who Said He Was Express Man Committed Crime | New York, Feb. 8.—Bound to) the posts of her bed and gagged, | Miss “Louis Lawson, 24-year-old ' motion picture actress, today was found dead in her rooms in a fash- | ionable apartment house in West Tith street. | The actresses’ hands had been! “spread-eagled” and tied to the| bedpost with a dog leash. Her } Belgian police dog was found lashed to a chair in another room of her apartment. The murder was discovered by a negro maid who went to the apartment ‘to prepare breakfast for the actress. ’ The police said the murder must have occurred after 8.30 o'clock this morning, as the tenant of an adjoining apartment said she had heard Miss Lawson’s bell rung sev- eral times at that hour. To the girl’s query the caller replied that ) he was an express man, ‘The door S$ was opened, the tenant said, and % the aller apparently entered. © Nothing more was heard. Hold Robbery Cause The body was attired only in a night gown. The portion of the ‘a’ towel about the woman’s head had been stuffed into her mouth and it had been fastened to the sides of her head with adhesive tape. .s . The girl had been strangled to death after she had been attacked, according to the examining phy- s sician. Miss Lawson had_ her : home in an apartment house facing the park surrounding the Amer- ican Museum of Natural History, one of Manhattan’s high-price stu- dio apartment districts. Later the police) said Miss Law- son apparently had been the vic- tim of burglars who had subdued her only.after a desperate struggle. Furniture had been overturned and other evidences of a determined resistance were found, they said. is the grand old man ‘rom coast to coast, he’s into the heart: boy He is teaching Ameri creatures. and author. Uncle Dan is 74. men of 40. By NEA Service Chicago, Feb. 8—The Boy Scout is now an important factor in the conservation of human life. The Scout movement, generally as- sociated with an edutation in wood- craft and outdoor life, and thé prin- ciples of right living, has broadened out to include a widespread partici- pation in public service. ‘ Your modern Boy Scout plays an important part in nearly every big city’s traffic educational campaigns and safety drives. He is co-operat- ng every day with the National Safety Council here and with its lo- cal branches throughout the country. Traffic Cop In many cities he acts as traffic cop, after school hours and in vaca- tions, at corners where regular offi- ‘FIVE NEGROES ELECTROCUTED - cers are not assigned. He teaches ~ , j his schoolmates the principles of Substituted for Hanging Un- safety in the home and in play. He 's der New Texas Law is versed in the art of first aid. In bs —_ man of the fact, he has become the right hand ment. national safety move- The National Safety Council con- ducts a year-round educational cam- paign on safety in homes, in indus- trial plants and in the streets. In Ss convicted of murder were rjelectrocutéd at the state penitentiary here today, the first to be legally 3 |The law changing the death penalty ~~. JOHNSON ASKS HOUSE CLEANING Washington, Feb. 8.—The RepAli- : can party must clean house or the people will do it for them, Senator Hiram W. Johnson, candidate for the Republican nomination for the Presi- dency, declared in a statement is- ~ | islature. | The negroes were Charles Rey- | ington, Mack Matthews and Melvin johnson. RECOGNIZE RUSSIA (By the Associated Press) Rome, Feb. 8.—The yepresentatives of the Italian and Rivsian govern- ments signed the commercial 4rcaty today and thus, in conformity with Premier Mussolini's previous deci- sion, established de jure recognition of Russia. - | Kidder County Man Endorsed by Leaguers in Close Balloting. it T|! The Nonpartisan League plans to make the Second Congressional Dis- ,| trict, from, which George M. Young is Congressman, a battle royal in the coming’ campaigns. Four ballots were necessary at the Second district gathering of league .| delegates late last night to select) stealing of six rugs from the belfry its candidate,.who is John C. Sher-|o¢ the church at Chertsey. man of Mtecle, Kidder county, who / 2 ”\ formerly made the race against George M. Young once. The first ballot, a straw ballot for j tions, showed: J, C. Miller of Bottin- eau, 12; Sherman, 7; Gerald Nye of Cooperstown, 2; W. J. Church of Benson county, 2; F. J. Graham of Ellendale, 2. The second ballot, with two low men eliminated was, Miller, | 18; Sherman 13; Nye 2. The fourth | ballot was Sherman 15; Miller 14. Ole Olson of New Rockford was hominated but .withdrew. H, H. Aaker of Grand Forks was named candidate for Congress in the First district over John Andrews of ; | Fargo and J. H. Sinclair was endors- | ed again for Congress in the Third district. 4 Ole Knutson of Grand Forks, S. S. McDonald of Bismarck and Roy Fra- e|zier of Crosby were named, respec- tively, first, second and third dis- trict members of the new league state executive committee. operate in meeting the situation. the only district judges endu*sed ‘As an example of the financial sit- yy [were Berry,,Lemke and Pugh in the. uation that faces. boards -of educa- “tsixth jugicial, district and Lowe and jtion all over. the state, Mr. Carr !]Moeliring ‘in the fifth. The other ' quotes the figures in Jamestown, The 1928 levy for the Jamestown Schools was approximately $91,000. From. " VANDALS AT WORK London, Feb. 8.—An epidemic of thefts from churches has broken out in West Surrey, the latest being the MEETING TO Jamestown, N. D., W. Carr, president of the board of education of thé city of Jamestown, has called a meeting of representa- tives of the boards of education of approximately fifty of the largest ‘cities of the state at Jamestown on Thursday, February 14, for the pur- pose of forming, if possible, some general policy toward reduction of school expenses and ‘school taxes. ‘The increasing cost of the schools and the difficulty taxpayers are hav- ing in meeting the levies has result- ed in a situation so acute that it is felt that all of the boards should co- cial"éandidates. : \ TRIBUNE [ean | | “THE BOYS’ MAN” National Commissioner Daniel Carter Beard—he’s just “Uncle Dan” stantly traveling endeavoring to instill a lasting love for the great out-of. an youth to And no man is better qualified. Kentucky mountains, has been a scout, an explorer, a pioneer, artist But he’s as Modern Boy Scout Is Factor in National Safety Movement sente’ SCHOOL BOARDS CALLED INTO Feb. 8—John|this there are to be’ paid teachers’ PRICE FIVE CENTS LIDGE ACTION STATE BODY OF =W. | 6.0.2, BRISTLES Saar | VilTH CHARGES Stormy Session Held This Morning When Coolidge Action Comes Up FRAZIER DEFENDS SELF Several Attack Action of Dec. 28—One League Support- ed Delegation Asked Agree on One Slate The committee at the con- clusion of discussion agreed to allow the representatives of various factions—LaFollette, Coolidge and Johnson—to get | together and name one slate of candidates for 13 delegates to |! © the Republican National Con- vention. | The league-controlled Republican state central committee, in sessjon here this morning. refused to res cind the action of the committer of December 28, 1928, in commend ing the candidacy of Calvin Coo! idge for President to the voter of the state. The action was taken in 2 storm session, which bristled with per A | sonalities, and in which charges of of the American scout movement-| “selling out,” “patronace hur ters,” “double-crossing” and other choice enithets of heated political discus- sion were hurled about the room for three hours. The final action of the body— which was not legal because it did not constitute a quorum, ac- cording to Chairman Roy Frazier of Crosby—was a victory for Fra- zier, who was unmercifully assail- ed by many league editors after the meeting and satisfied the Cool- idge supporters among the leag- uers. Demand was made by some in the meeting that the league not sail under false colors in the Re- publican party and LaFollette sen- timent was strong. Erick Bowman was endorsed again for national committeeman ‘On motion of F. A. Vogel ster were taken looking toward a eo solidation of the various leag) supported delegations proposed ¢ the Republican national conve tion in Cleveland. Vogel declar«! he wanted to see an I, V. A. del: gation and a league delegatio: LaFallette men, however, appar ently had rejected this propositior of merging the delegaticns, F zier said. An effort was to be made to get them together. Walker Springs Surprise “The B Se ¢ lay,” 5 R. H, “Dad” Walker of Yucca, leaboy, Scout dotm today, Say8 | Republican state committeeman John K. Doan, seout director in| frm Oliver county, leading Non- veland, “goes in less for the back | partisan and chairman of the state uture stuff and more for activi- | organization of the newly formed s of a public service nature. It’s] Farmer-Labor party, started the all in keeping with the demands of| pall rolling shortly after Frazier ation, You'll generally | called it together to consider what find a Boy Scout where he's needed, | should be done about filling vacan- and nothing needs him more than| cies in the slate of candidates f the movement which has as its pur-| delegates to the national Republi- pose the saving of human lives.” can convention, TAKES FLIN ( inka Motisn’ that’ the setion of AT WALLACE the committee on December 28 in commending Coolidge be rescinded, Sapiro Says Department Does Not Aid Co-op Marketing doors. God's own For Beard, reared in the know intimately all hale and hearty as many the last few years it has broadhed its activities to include safety in- struction in the schools. It believes the best way to reform “carcles America” is through, the younger generations. And it is here that the Boy. Scout has given invaluable aid. He is the evangelist of sufety. Useful Work In a recent campaign conducted in Cleveland, O., by the locel Sefety Council there, Boy, Scouts distributed 400,000 posters bearing safety rules and admonitions. In a traffic cam- paign directed against the evil of “jaywalking, y s walks on the city’s s huge white feet to show trians where to cross intersections and ged every parked automobile with a safety tag. stenciled and it was seconded by J. L. Mikle- thun. Stephen Terhorst, ) secretary of the committee and a Coolidge sup- porter, was angered by what he declared was an effort to take, ad- vantage of Roy Frazier, and said he would withdraw from the meet- ing if the matter was considered. Walker read a letter from Con- gressman J. H. Sinclair saying that, the action of the league-controlled dress by Secretary Wallace the na-| committee on last Dec. 28 was a tional council of. Farmers Coopera-| serious blow at the work of “pro- tive Marketing Association here to-| gressives in Congress.” day was asked by Aaron Sapiro, Walker added that he didn’t care prominent in organizing such asso- much about the motion “but it will ciations, to draw up “a bill of par-| give-a lot of leaguers who came ticulars. criticizing the agriculture| to me and craw-fished after, the department policy toward coopera-| meeting a chance to explain.” tive marketing.” Roy Frazier, who is a member eigstcnsa US BORE of the Nonpartisan League state executive committee, took a fling at C. A. Fisher of Valley City nominated by the league for state treasurer, because Fisher partici. ated in the meeting of Dec.*28 anc later condemned it. Frazier quoted Fisher as having said “this is the cheapest and bes way of finding out if those fellow: will’ stick” and later “we did < good stroke of business.” “Dad’ Walker confirmed the statement. ‘ Fisher's Answer Fisher later got a chance to an- swer, saying that he had told them that if Coolidge were endorsed his wife’s name would be withdrawn from the slate of delegates, and that the agreement of the leaguers caucus before the meeting agAinst any. endorsement was not carried out. J. E. Engel of Maddock said the Republican committee meeting of Dec. 28 “looked like self-aggran- dizement and office seeking” and “if this is the way we’re gding to come to the front.as progressives, to “lievtenants of patronage” at the meeting and said it looked like Roy Syasee 7“ carrying a package around in his vest pocket “to be to Wash- feta and christened in the his- ic Washington, Feb. 8.—After an ad- NEW ROAD TO WEALTH Paris, Feb, 8—Many Parisian wo- men are buying pearls. Because of the rising prices, these jewels are regarded here as excellent invest- ments. CONSIDER TAX CUTS salaries of $81,000 and: an overhcad expense for operating the buildings, for light, heat, janitors, ete. $20,- 000. The overhead charges are prac- tically fixed and if-there is to be a reduction, it seems that the re- duction must come from teachers’ salaries and in eliminating certain departments, and supervisors. To bring the whole matter before the school boards and to secure dnit- ed action is the intent of President Carr, ‘The whole matter is carefully ovt- lined in the letter which Mr. Carr has sent to the presidents of the boards of education in about seventy- five of the larger cities of North Dakota. The replies’ to.Mr. Carr’a| Frazier was, |. *Sorne- letters indicate that forty or fitty | times I fee) like fi ‘and thatve cities will be’ gepresented at | the now,” he said. Jamestown conference. (Continued on page 8)