The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1925, Page 1

f | | “4 Independents organize it, and Mose | \y | WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity settled tonight and Tuesda, Un- ESTABLISHED 1873 i MS INS VOTE OF | LEAGUE CAUCUS | OVER 3 OTHERS } Representative From Eddy and Foster Counties Select- ed For High Positions SENATE IS UNCERTAIN \ Contest Talk Clouds Issues in That Body As Time For Ben C. Larkin of Brantford, repre-| sentative from the 32nd legislative! district, Eddy and Foster counties, will be speaker of the 19th legisla- tive assembly, which opens here to-| morrow, if the Nonpartisuns are able! to control its organization. Nonpar- tisan solons, expecting to assume} control, in caucus, voted to support | Parkin for the position, when the | ¢ House meets at noon Tuesday to go’ into session, Larkin won the position over F. A. Vogel of Coleharbor, Mrs. Minnie! Craig of Esmond and J. H. Burkhart} of Ward county. On the first ballot yin the caucus, Larkin had 17 votes,; Vogel 14. and Burkhart and = Mrs.} Craig six each. On the second bal- lot Larkin received al! but two votes. Vogel, in asking the members not | to vote for him, urged that Larkin be named for speaker, and Vogel, in! turn, was named the League floor} leader. , i Organization of the Senate remain- ed clouded today, with the prospect; of three contests being brought. Non- partisans, it was announced recently would contest the seats of Independ- ents from Wells and Grant! countie: and today it was learned that objec- tion may be made to the seating of L, R. Baird, Senator-elect from Stark county. that since he is general receiver of | closed banks he is barred from hold- ing two state positions. Independ- ents, however, do not feat this con-} test, pointing to a supreme court de-! cision of last week in which Mr. Baird’s right ‘to accept the position of receiver was upheld, although he! was a member of the Senate two years ago when the general receiver- ship law was enacted, Compromise Talk v There was talk today of a com- € promise arrangement, under which the Nonpartisans and Independents} would share committees in the Sen- ate, providing contests were dropped. Otherwise, the Independents may at- tempt to organize the Senate, name ,all committees and distribute all jobs. “Gov. Sorlie was brought into confer- ence on, this subject. The legislative session is expected) to be devoted wholly to organization matters Tuesday, and under present plans the House and Senate will meet in joint session at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon to hear the messages of the retiring Governor, R.! A. Nestos, and incoming Governor, A. G. Sorlie, after which the regular! legislative grind will get under way,’ to continue until March 6, Divide Jobs The Nonpartisans of the House, adopting a plan for the distribution | of jobs, figured there were. about 30) positions to give out and that the! Leaguers had control of 30 districts. Fach district was declared entitled to one job, except that the chief clerk of the House was considered' elected at large, and the Eddy-Fos-| ter district, which got the speaker- ship, was to be denied patronage. J.C. Miller of Bottineau, formerly | a member of the House, was agreed; on for chief clerk, with Howard! Thomas of Driscoll as assistant chief | clerk. R. R. Smith of Bottineau will be in charge of stenographers. Other | positions are expected to be allotted! by a committee on employment, which ! was named. C. F. Verry of Minot probably af be named secretary of the Senate, if Rosensweig appeared as a candidate | for assistant secretary. NEGOTIATIONS ON Independents were holding out the’ olive branch this afternoon in the; organization of the Senate, agreeing | o to a Uivision of organization if con- tests were dropped, but also asking for a division of patronage in the House providing the Independents) gave up their apparent majority pow-| er in the Senate, Committees of the! Senate were to meet this dhernson| to go over the matter, after informal | conferences had been held ‘during| the day, which \ included Governor! Sorlie. The House Nonpartisans were pro- ceeding with the expectation of com- | pleting' their organization. Side- lights on the League house proceed- ings included the refusal of the Le: 'Y guers to name R. W. Frazier, mem- ber of the League state executive committee, as Sergeant-at-Arms of |the hou: POLICIES UNCERTAIN The nineteenth legislative bly of North) Dakota Nise statehood will get under, way with its legisla- tive policies in the most indefinite form of any session in many years, (Continued on page 8) ‘little all’ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. BISM: ARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 5, 1925 Business Career Governor A Group picture — (les: to right) Sorlie, Glenn, aged | three; Eveline, 10 month Arthur Jr, 12 student at University; Ruta, | ; aged seve: Mrs. Sorlie. Lower (ri )- Louise who is attending Mary ipiscopal School, irbandt, Minnesota. * x & of A. G. Sorlie Centers in Minnesota and North Dakota—Wife and Five Children Compose life and_ busine have been the two chief Family of New Executive A wife and five children comprise the family of Arthur | ; G. Sorlie, fourteenth Governor of North Dakot Family | interests in Mr. | Sorlie’s life, polities having been largely confined to a local | sphere before ‘he entered the race, for Governor. who will pres Grace Hilleboe of Mrs. Sorlie, here, was Miss riage to Mr. Sorlie. children in the family former marriage, his belonged to,the Mr. Sorlie, 26, 1874, was 11 miles north of first born WwW ide at the executive mansion | Buxton ‘before her tv | { | | She is a graduate of the University of Baird’s seat will be contest-} North Dakota in the class of 1914 and has been prominent ed, it is understood, on the ground! in many activities connected with the University, the Alpha, Phi svrority of which she is a member. f five are children of Mr. ife having died. Bethany Lutheran church in Grand Forks in Freeborn began life as a farm boy. Albert Lea. especially Three Sorlie by 2 The Sorlies | “county, Minnesota, Apr The ‘Sorlie Seed Mr. Sorlie attende school until he was 16 years of age in the country and coal attended a Lutheran Academy The first entrance of Mr. Sorlie to North Dakota was on January 1, 1894, when he landed at Buxton, at the age of 19. He worked for three | at A Albert Lea for three years. | JUDGE M'KENNA years in the State Bank of Buxton,! and operated a general store for three years at the same place. In October, 1899, he joined the travel. ing fraternity, going out on the road for the Kellogg-Johnson Company of St. Paul, covering the northern half of North Dakota and the northwest- ern quarter of Minnesota. In June, 1903, Mr. Sorlie started a cracker and bread factory in Grand Forks. In the fall of 1907 he went into the fuel, feed sand wood business in Grand Forks, which he still con- tinues, Although Mr. Sorlie continues in the fuel, feed and wood busines: his business interests have expanded considerably in the last several yea He is interested in eleva- tors, a few oil stations, a couple of automobile agencies and has some j banking interests and smaller lines. In speaking of his business career Mr. Sorlie said: “I have found in my experience that there is only one ay to succeed in anything and that to play the game fair, honest and above board and use the different lines of business to serve the com- munities that they are operated in. I have also found that it is well to interest all the people working for you in your different lines and give them a chance to develop themselves by having an interest in the busi- ness. This is true cooperation. I j have been told at times that I was giving away the stock in my business but this is not the case. I find that the people who get stock have their invested. interested nifturally (because more lit is their business and the profits in that way become larger so it is really an investment to allow the {people working to buy stock. Co- operation is what we need not only in our own affairs but-in the affairs of the state as well.” Murphy Again — Board ‘Chairman R. B. Murphy, chairman of the state board of administration, was reelected to that positiow for two years, by members of the bourd at a meeting late Saturday. Mr. Mur- phy’s term as chairman had expired Saturday, although his term in of- fice continued. EXIT TABBY! . Cairo, Jan, 5.—“A Catless Cairo” is the motto of civic legislators who |” have put through an ordinance that serves,a death sentence on all stray cats found within the ¢ity limits. Cats are spreaders of pestilence, advocates of the Idw declare. Cats sre regarded 3s sacred in various parts of Egypt. They become | ;Member of U. QUITS OFFICE Ss. Supreme | Court Will Retire | Washington, Jan. 5—The resigna- tion of Associate Justice Joseph Mc- Kenna was announced today from the bench of the supreme court. By virtue of upward of 30 years service on the supreme bench, Ju tice McKenna is ranking assoc justice of the court. He reti cause of his: advanced age. Chief Justice Taft, making the announcement as soon as court met, said the resignation had been ac- cepted by President Coolidge. GERMAN NOTE DELIVERED | Berlin, Jan. 5.—The British, French, and Italian ambassadors and the Belgian minister today present- ed Chancellor Marx: with the allied government's identic note regarding | postponement of evacuation of the Cologne zone, who was set for Jan. 10 under the Ureaty of Versailles. Kennedy to Take Place of William Green Indianapolis, Jan. 5—-Thomas Ken- nedy of Hazelton, Pa., president of district No, 7, United Mine Workers of America, today was appointed by President John Lewis as successor to William Green, who resigned as se- cretary-treasurer of the miners’ un- ion to accept the presidency of the American Federation of Labor, The appointment of Mr. Kennedy was rat- ified by the national exachaive board. Boy, 9, Dies of _ Coasting Hurts St. Cloud, Jan. 5.—Frank Terring- er, nine years old, died late yesterday ‘as a result of injuries sustained in a coasting accident at Sauk Rapids, The youth, sliding down a steep hill, | was run into by another boy with a larger sled and rammed against a tree. ;2 CONTEST: ARE DROPPED! mill was ded on by the new 2 Governor without consultation with LaMoure, NX. D Two elec- |Attorney-General George Shafer and tion contents iyaen in LaMoure|Commissioner of Agriculture and county have beendgcpned: ubor Joseph A. Kitchen, who are Charles Gunthorp of abandoned proceedings the electio M.. ¢ county and Ernest Edgeley has ngel has dropped his contest of the elec- assure: tion of M. Wallrich of deeds. It had been charged that the polls in Ovid township were kept open until 9 p. m., and that proper voting booths were not provided in Swede township. as register WOMAN SHOT “BY SOLDIER Sentry on Duty at Reserv: tion Near San Diego Responsible Jan. 5. wife of a S: San Diego, Calif., Charles W. Rockwell, Diego reu) estate man, was shot in the back by a sentry at one of the gates to on Rosecrans vation Point Loma hi day. She was sitting in an auto- mobile driven by her husband and was holding a baby in her arms, The} baby was not injured. The bullet | from a .45 calibre ce revolver lodged in her lung. She was taken to military hospital at Fort Rosecrans, where her condition is serious. According to Rockwell and others | in the auto party the sentry stepped across the road at the entrance to the reservation when they drove up. Seeing him nod they thought he meant them to proceed and they drove yn. (They said they heard nothing more until the shot struck Mrs. Rockwell. It is reported the sentry suid he shouted for the cur to stop and when it did not he fired at the rear wheel. The three others were ‘in the car when it was fired upon. Supreme Court Will Occupy New Chambers The supreme court, when it con- venes Wednesday to hear arguments. in the danuary term, will occupy its new chambers in the Liberty Memorial Building for the’ first time. Heretofore the court has heard arguments in the House of Representatives Chamber. * sion. HOME LIFE, BUSINESS, CHIEF INTERESTS OF NEW GOVERNOR | NEW POLICY IN [STRIKE OF COAL TEANSTERS IN CHICAGO THREATENS COAL FAMINE ‘STATE MILL IS | (LAUNCHED HERE: ‘Governor Sorlie Announces That O. L. Spencer Wil Succeed Austin as Head | COMMITTEE OPERATIO Department Heads To Largely Responsible for | The Mill Management —| j | {cember 31, A new policy in the management | for the state mill | Grand Forks was announced today by Governor A, G. shortly he assumed office, A lextended statement on the mill poli- | ies probably will be*issued by the } Governor within a few days, he} indicated. | With C, E, Austin, general man- | r, resigned but still in his posi- | tion and the resignations of all 1embers of the’ board of managers the mill on file with the Indus- | and elevator at | 4 | Sorlie, | ter more | trial Commission, the new Governor | during announced the 0. pencer, mow head of $5,000 a yea named general manager, Kutler, in charge of accounting, first | assistant manager, and K, C. Nelson ccretary of the board of manager who is to look after finances, second | assistant manager. These _ three, | nC. H. Vorhees, sales manager, ind H. M. Webster, of Grand Fo: lected by Mr. Sorlie to su L. Simmons, elevator -manager and grain buyer, will constitute an} executive committee. Management of the mill will be; ized largely with the department j ds, but with Mr. Spencer assum- | jing the position. of general man- | r. Mr. Sorlie announced he would ask the department managers ,to take lunch each day at the mill, | at which time they would discuss | the problems, holding this’ would, make for cooperation. He said the salaries of the department heads would remain the same, and that Mr. | Austin’s $12,000 salary would be saved. Other plans for changes are in mind, Governor Sorlie said. | Know Nothing Of It | plan of operation of the the arrangement The jmembers of the Industrial Commis- These two professed to know nothing about it. Mr. Sorlie, a jsuming responsibility for the mill, declared it would be operated on an efficiency basis. SUE T0 GET ROAD MONEY Great Northern Construction: Company Enters Suit | aS ae Interpretation ofthe law affect- ing the state bridge fund will be| obtained, it is expected, in the suit} brought by the Northern Construc- ; tion Company of Grand Forks to; mandamus the state auditing board} to allow a bill of $27,783.83, due for | concrete paving west of the Missouri River bridge here. The highway | commission ordered transferred this amount of money from the bridge ; fund of $130,000 set aside by law to! |aid in bridge construction, the road ' |project being counted a part of the | Missouri River bridge work. The! Attorney-General’s office held that the money could not be transferred, but must be appropriated by the Hegislature, and the auditing board! \declined to allow the bill presented. MDONALD T0 BE RENAMED? Dope Favors Commissioner, For Reappointment | S. S. McDonald, ~ member of the Workmen’s Compensation Comn sion, is likely to win the first .ap- pointment to be made by Governor |4. G. Sorlie, in the opinion of poli- | |ticians here. The appointment is to made next Monday. Some opposition to Mr. McDonald has been registered with the Gover- nor. It is understood, however, that \the Governor has taken the position | ‘that since Mr. McDonald is supposed to be the Tepresentative of labor on |the commission, he will be guided ibv lahor body recommendations. The executive committée of the state fed- eration has indorsed Mr. McDonald and several local unions havey also’ done this, it is understood here. j the coal teamst Bel jdeath of his second wife, Mr ch phith o, Jun. 5. sanaion| or-| Hupp tai es will be the only institutions aia with coal here until a set- 'tlement over a wage dispute is af- fected following a strike today of 3,000 coal teamsters, truck drivers ers, voted yesterday by union conference with 0 weeks’ the Coal Merchants Association failed to < bring about un agreement. The teamsters demanded a raise on expiration of They their contract De- also demanded that {RACES WITH DEATH AND WINS Duluth, Jan. 5.—-Congressman O. J. Larson of his district raced with death to gain a few hours with his son before the latter died in Washington, D. C. last night. Mr. Larson left Duluth Friday evening and by taking fast trains, reached W i ng. His son died of typhoid Sunday night, accord- ing to information here. STEADY GRIND IS FACED BY NEW CONGRESS Both Senate and House Buckle Down For Two Months of Hard Work MEASURES MANY uP Washington, na Congr squared away today with the remain- ing two months of session with the house facing a week that will give other legislation, including the M Fadden banking bill, a chance along th appropriation bills, while the enate tackled at the outset the postal pay increase issued. As the Senate took up the Pres- ident's veto of the postal pay with a parliamentary situation com- plicated by the pending ,administra- tion postal rate increase measure, | the House gave over the first day of | the week to consideration of meas- ures on the unanimous consent cal- ; endar. The latter body will get back to appropriation bills when it is expected to reach a final vote on the Army bill. SS FORMER DAKOTAN SHOT ‘D KILLED BY WIFE Golva, N. D., Jan. 6.-Jake Loope, who formerly farmed near ‘here, was illed by his wife at his home at Cincinnati, Ohio, according to word received here. Mr. Loope was shav- ing, When his wife entered the room and fired five shots from a revolver into his body, causing instant death. The wife refused to give any reason for her act. SANITY PROBE I$ ORDERED Omaha Contractor, He'd For Murder, Examined Omaha, Neb., Jan. 5.—John War- ren Hahne, Omaha contractor, in the city jail facing @ charge of first de- gree murder in connection with the Mae Hahne, today awaited a report of mental experts who examined him yesterday. The slain woman's body, the head gashed with 12 deep wounds, was found in the basement of their home Friday. . Cushing, editor pf the Beach ab tace chief clerk in ‘the house in| Is last session, will call the house| to order tomorrow and then go to | Floride for his health, He will visit jat “New Fargo,” established by some Fargo men, and other places. Rep. Paul Johnson of Pembina |county, a veteran legislator, is satis- ‘fied with the Democratic. party in that county and figures it is satisfied ‘with him. While he was at New York attending the Democratic con- vention last June he was nominated on the Democratic ticket for the leg- islature, getting 400 of the 403 Dem- ocratic votes cast. He wasn't a can- | didate, either,‘ Senator Cherie Whitmer of Mer- cer, Oliver and Dunn, created a stir when he came in Saturday afterrioon, driving a Ford truck, with a bed, trunk, bed clothing, etc. on it-—ready to settle down for the winter. One of the veterans of the House will be found in the Senate this “| sider flatly t bill | tomorrow, | IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES (hee 'be yt mere $1 a day ere conmeliealea HindieveGrTs ants association ordered and refused to con- teamsters’ other’ de- mands, The latter had been receiv- ing 70 cents un hour, and 80 cents an hour overtime. Theaters, homes, public and private entery and all other institutions will be affeet- ed, Schools will suffer heavily and those institutions having only a small supply of coul on hand will be with- out unless an rement is reached or unless they carry the coal themselves. ises ‘FRANCE’S PLAN ON WAR DEBT I$ DELIVERED Turned Over to Secretary Mellon by Secretary Hughes For Consideration PAYMENT IN 80 YEARS Moratorium at the State Is Said to be One of the Provisions Washington, Jan. 5. (By the A. P.) The French ing payment of Franc the United States was transmitted to- day by Secretary Hughes to Secretary memorandum regard- to ‘s war debt FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS A. G. SORLIE BECOMES 14TH GOVERNOR LEAGUERS WILL SUPPORT LARKIN FOR SPEAKER ENTERS OFFICE IN SUCCESSION TOR. A. NESTOS First Act of Chief Executive Is to Sign Small Voucher of $2.50 MANY * CALLERS R. A. Nestos Retiring, Plang to Enter Law Practice and Give Lectures 4 North Dakota ecutives today changed chief exe iy. Arthur G. Sorlie off Grand Forks, Republican, elected with Nonpartisan indorsement, suc~ ceeded R. A. Nestos, Governor for the last three years. The change became efefctive at midnight, as a result of the new Governor filing his oath of office late Saturday afternoon. It had been anticipated that the change would not be made before tomorrow and Wednesday but apparently due to a misunder- standing the new Governor's oath was placed on file before he and the re- tiring Governor had agreed on the exact time of change. All state officials elected in November enter- ed on new terms of office today. The first official act of Mr. Sorlie was to sign his name, as a member of the auditing board, to a voucher for $2.50 to pay postoffice box rent for the Workmen’s Compensation Bure Much of the morning was spent in receiving visitors to the capital. Mr. Nestos and A. B, Cox, secre- ta remained at the capital this morning, cleaning up their desks and sisting Mr. Sorlie and F. G. Larson of Aneta, who assumed the position of the Governor’s secretary, in routine matters. The retiring Governor, Mr. Nestos, will remain in Bismarck until after Mellon “for his personal and private informatian.” Inasmuch as the document was presented by M. Clementel, French finance minister, to Ambassador Her- rick, as an unofficial and private jcommunication, state officials would i make no comment on suggestions em- | bodied in it. They did however, that it was hoped that the Clementel ‘memorandum might be made basis for u follow-up. The memorandum is understood to contain references to a settlement plan including a moratorium, with | Payment over ifrom the time the moratorium ex-j ‘pires and interest payments during (the moratorium period at a rate oH one-half of one percent. Mr, Mellon becomes heir to this} much discussed doeument by virtue of his position as head of the debt funding commission, authorized by Congress to receive and act on all | of settlement by debtor na- | He is expected to lay the; French suggestion before the com- LOSS CAUSED Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 5.—Two fire- men were injured, more than a doz- en business firms suffered losses and an entire downtown business block was threatened today when flames threatened a 10-story build- jing on Pennsylvania avenue causing damage estimated at $500,000. | Edgeley Divine Is Invited to Be Chaplain Rey. Alfred Terry Cory, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Edgeley, has been invited by Lieutenart- Governor Walter Maddock to be chaplain of the legislature when inaugural ceremonies are held Wed- nesday. Rev. Cory is well known among ministers of the state and is a personal friend of Mr. Maddock. | year. ‘He is Dell Patterson of Donny- brook, who will represent Renville | county, as successor to the late B. F. Baker. Dell is expected to liven things up a bit. A group of tegislators and others from Bottineau county have one “signed by ‘a week and railroad expenses. a period of 80 years 5 thing in mind more than any other— they want an appropriation to restore the Bottineau Normal School, while a group of legislators from McKenzie and Williams county want state aid for bridges over the Missouri river. Mrs, Minnie Craig of Esmond has the distinction of being the first wo- man ever voted on for speaker of the House of Representatives. She will have. company in the House in Miss Laura Sanderson pf LaMoure county. The latter, however, is on the Independent side. The Independents will have many “war horses” back in the Senate, in- cluding Senators Ployhar, Storstad, Kretschmar, Rusch, Stevens, Steel,| Baird and Bond, Wednesday, when he delivers a message to the legislature, and then will go to Battle Creek, Michigan, to enter a sanitarium for a month of rest and recuperation from his labors. Mr. tor Nestos will then go to Minot ume law practice and on April +21 will begin a three months’ lecture engagement with the Redpath Ly- ceum Bureau in the south on the chautauqua platform. The contract Mr. Nestos calls for $300 His ct on the chautauqua platform ;probably will be “The Obligations of Leadership.” After completing his chautauqua engagement, Mr. Nestos plans to go ‘to Norway to visit his mother, and during the trip he will visit other European countries to study condi- tions there. CALF CLUB PRIZES GIVEN State Holstein Breeders’ As- sociation Announces Awards The North Dakota State Holstein Breeders’ Association has agreed to offer $15.00 each to the first eight counties organizing a Holstein calf club and carrying it through to the end of the year, according to W. F. Reynolds, state dairy commissioner, secretary of the association. To be eligible to compete for the prize, a club must consist of seven members owning purebred calves or 10 mem- bers owning grade calves, The As- sociation also agreed to offer $10.00 for the best calf exhibited by a member of a Holstein calf club at the following fairs: Mandan, Fargo, Grand Forks, Valley City, Devils Luke and Minot. The club must be started by March 1. ¢-—_-_________¢ | Weather Report } > mS For 24 hours ending at noon. Temperature at 7 a. m. ... Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night . Precipitation .... Highest wind velocity . WEATHER FORECAST Bismarck and vicinity: For Un- settled tonight and Tuesday. Rising temperature Tuesday. For North Dako Unsettled to- night and Tuesday. Rising temper- ature tonight extreme west portion and east portion Tuesday. WEATHER CONDITIONS Low pressure, with its center over the Cafiadian Rockies, extends from the upper Mississippi Valley west- ward to the north Pacific coast. It is, accompanied by moderate temp- eratures in the northern states. The temperature is above freezing st most places from the northern Rocky Mountain region to the Paci- fic coast. The pressure is high over the Southwest and the lowest temperatures on the map are in the central Plains States and in south- ern Utah and the surrounding dis- tricts. The weather is unsettled in |