The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Mostly fair tonight and Friday, except unsettled tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 NEW RECEIVER SYSTEM URGED BY PATTERSON Senator Tells Banking Com- mittee Depositors Should Name the Receiver DISCUSS N. D. BANKING Situation Vastly Improved and Legislature Faces New Sit- uation, Says Rusch Proposal that depositors! of closed banks in the state be permitted to e the’ most weight in the se- lection of a bank receiver was ad- vanced by Senator G. Patterson, king committee today. mmittee was called into for- ion by Senator Ralph Inger- in, to consider a banking ion program. Senator EF. B, Page, Benson coun- ty, announced that he would soon introduce a bill providing that cole lateral banks given to secure loagis must be sold in the county in which the bank is located and limit- ing the amount of collateral a bank may give as security for a loan. Senator Ingerson, opening the ses- sion, told the committee that but three bills were before the commit- tee, limiting the amount of interest albank may charge and the amount of interest a bank may pay, but that the people looked to the banking committee to formulate a construc- tive legislation program on the banking situation along “conserva- tive, safe lines” to correct existing evils. He said that dissatisfaction existed in his community with the Depositors Guaranty Fund Commis- jon. The legislature faces a different situation with respect to banks than formerly, Senator Rusch, Cass county, said, adding that prosperity in the state had given banks more deposits than they want. Senator Patterson said he was op- posed to the present system of re- ceivership, under which there is one general receiver who names mana- gers of various closed banks,” and also opposed to the old system under which courts named receivers, The Senator asserts he believed that de- positors in many communities want- ed the banker to be receiver of h own closed bank, adding that in many cases the depositors will say they have confidence in the banker and believe he can handle the re- ceivership better because he knows Igeal conditions. # Senator Rusch, defending the pre- sent system of centralized. receiver- ship, said he understood collections under the receivership of L. R. Baird ~ were greatly in excess of those under the old court receivership system and that Mr- Baird would pay several iy dividends, as high as 50 per- as soon as the Depositors cent, Guaranty Fund Commission has paid the special dividend it declared and is ready to handle additional funds, ‘NEW GRAFT CHARGE MADE Another Parole in Kansas Bought, Is Declaration . Topeka, Kan., Jan. 15. (By the A Governor Jonathan M. Davis tions against the retired Governor, son ‘Russel G. Davis and Carl J, Peterson, state bank commissioner. The new charge presented to the Shawnee county attorneys who are conducting n of the par- dgn scandals involves the parole of Attorney-General and the a sweeping investiga’ Ernest Bartholomew, son of C, H. Batholomew wealthy’ Wichita mer-' Batholomew al- leges in an affidavit he paid $1,250 to a man named “Johnson” and re- ed the parole for hi##son, who chant. The elder s convicted of motor car theft. Johnson told® him, led through Carl bank commissioner,” money would be ernor, Davis; $5 $250 to Johnson. Oscar Seiler Peterson, and that Jamestown, N. D., Jan. regular meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Jamestown, Wednesday, occasion of more than ordinary sig- ‘nificance in the annals of the clu After the preliminary exercises Pre. sident A. B. DeNault launched ber, a sonve Oscar ‘J.\ Seiler. Mr. Seiler is expecting to remove to California’ and. enter a law part- nership with his son, Lynn’J. Seiler, and prior to his departuré the Ki- ranis Club, seized upon the occasion tl to express to Mr. Seile caer P.)—Another charge that money was paid for a parole issued by former was added today to the series, of accusa- Bartholomew states, that the “deal would be hand- state the jivided $500 to Gov- to Peterson and Leaving State 15,—The was an a topic of unusual importance to every we . farewell to one “af the clubs charter members and old time residents: of * Jamestown, of Mie. renga pled yn of | work as ata THE BI _ BORN IN DIFFERENT YEARS s [J Twin brothers, but born in what these two Amarillo (Te up.’ The nurse is shown holdin Thomas Rex Daniel in the left arm. m., Dec. 31; Thomas Rex war born at 1:40 a. m., Jan. 1. Each weighed 7% pounds at ibirth. The fataer, a barber, now thas something to talk to ‘his customers «out besives racing and baseball. LEMKE T0 COME T0 BISMARCK 70 TAKE HAND IN AFFAIRS, REPORT WOULD REMOVE the Present Legislati e| HEBRON PL ANT ‘Session yb an tell the world when they grow Well Known Supporter Is Au- thority for Statement That A well known supporter of Wil- liam Lemke, during the Fargo law-| | yer’s political battle North Da-| is authority, for ihe statement that Lemke will take a hand in the! North Dakota legislative program! during the present session of the legislature. A number of individual legislators are planning to “chip in”} and shire-Lemke for. tegal adviee, he said. Another supporter of Lemke declared that he would come to marck for a conference, without’ being employed as legislative coun sel. At the present time Lemke is engaged in special states attorney | State University Pro- posed in Bill in |Bottineau Delegation in the House Again Seeks Ap- propriation \ {service in Burke count The statement now openly by those Nonpartisans ape designated as the “Lemke group” that they are not isfied with present conditions nor with the at- tude of Governor Sorlie. Their first complaint came over the ap-iof representatives yesterday by the pointment of S. McDonald to suc-jcommittee on appropriations. ceed himself on the Workmen's Com-| The bill is one of thase drawn up pensation Bureau, alleging that the by the state budget board after con- bulk of the railroad labor orguniza- | sultation with the board of admin| tions, many other ,labor organiza-|tration’and the university authori- tions and many prominent citizens, 'ties. It provides for the sale of the both Nonpartisans and Independents, buildings and land at Hebron, and were opposed to the reappointment the application of the proceeds of of Mr. McDonald. The latter was such sale to further work in lignite charged’ with having “knifed” at| investigation at the uhiversity. least two Nonpartisan candidates for] Members of the house were able s being made who station now maintained at Hebron to Grand Forks where it will be con- ducted alongwith the other work o the school of’mines at the state uni- ity is provided for in a bill in- troduced in the North Dakota house sible for holding up of the appoint-|this afternoon’s session which was ment. of another Nonpartisan to a/devoted almost entirely to the intro- state position at this time. duction and first reading of bills Those of the Lemke group look/for appropriation bills drawn up by upon the program of Governor Sor-|the budget board. ‘ lie as conservative and a departure} One appropriation bill introduced from the Nonpartisan League prin- | was neither drawn up or approved by {ciples. They also like the more vig-|the budget board. This was a mea- orous politics of the past, and the|sure put in by Representatives harmony prograri of Governor Sor-!Shurr, Streich; Svingen, and Thatch- lie does not appeal to them. ler all of Bottineau which would ap- They are watching in particular] propriate $74,800 for the current developments regarding future ap-'and contingent expenses of the state pointments by Governor Sorlie, uand|school of forestry at Bottineau dur- also the Nonpartisan League legis-|ing two years. lative program in this session. It is apparent that the Bottineau Among the complaints being made ‘county Solons plan on a determined by the Lemke group is the Gover-jeffort to re-open this school which nor's attitude on the child, laborjhas been closed since 1923 as a amendment ratification to which he|result of the veto of its appropria- is opposed. The North Dakota Non-jtion by ‘Governor Nestos. Their bill, partisan, offici organ of .the|was referred to the committee on League, in its issue of yesterday, | appropriations. . prints the Nonpartisan League pla Amendment In -R form and includes: “We favor an} Rep, Rasmussen of Barnes county amendment ‘to the constitution of|brought in a concurrent resolution the United States which will pro-|for a constitutional amendment as a bit the employment of child labor|companion bill to the three meas- in industry.” The newspaper declares also that “This platform was adopted by the Nonpartisan League’ convention be- fore:.any nominations were made. Ever¥ nominee of the party wa: pledged to carry out the platform. * *-* The voters were amply advised and warned. And \they elected can- didates whom they relied upon to carry’ it out—to deliver the goods.” The Nonpartisan organ _ praises Governor Sorlie’s inaugural address, and takes direct issue with him in its: columns in this statement: “Governor Sorlie has recommended that the first thing to do is to pass the budget bills. The suggestion is good, except that the very first thing to do is to ascertain who is going to’ pay: the \tax % MUCH’ STOCK SHIPPED Wahpeton, N. D,, Jan. 15.—Twenty- five carloads of fat cattle and hogs, valued .at $84,500, loaded at Wynd- mere,’ Barney and Mantador, recent- ly were shipped to Chicago~ and. South St. Paul, constituting the largest shipment of- beef and pork ever made from Richland county in one day. Twénty-two carloads of the hogs: and cattle were shipped by A. G, Timner, stock buyer of the Wyndmere and Barney vicinity. The ‘average value of a’ carload was esti- Jmated at $1,500, Good Roads association introduced a few days ago. The amendment sions six days a wi pected was not introduced. Would Repeal Appropriations Repeal of severdl small appropri- appropriation laws is teen Senator Humane Society, ‘an anount allowed for artesian waters. annual Marshall mal school at Ellendale, more than decade ago, Suit tecently’ ‘was i stituted in behalf of the ‘state;- (Continued on page 'thrée)> lifterent months and different years. That's] gestion. James Ray Dainel in her right arm and James Ray was born at 9:45 p. Further Experiments at the | NORMAL SCHOOL SOUGHT Removal of the mining experiment ! office and is alleged to be respon-|to sleep through the greater part of ures fathered by the North Dakota is required to provide for the three member highway commission which is part of the association’s program. Need of greater concentration in the work of rural schools is recog- ” rs nized in a bill introduced by Rep.| Shall in the following or any sue-|In the successor to Mr. Slemp, the Starke of Stark county, which au- , thorizes school districts to hold ses-| 4emnity for hail losses as above pro-| jy equipped in his knowledge of con- k if they see fit.| Vided is not in excess of an average] gressional imatters, as Mr. Sanders A-coal tax bill which had been ex-|°f 12 percent of the risk carried by] is rounding out eight ; member of the House. for,hail indemnity tax such sum or] 43 years old March 8. C. Bascom would be discontinued are those to|the s igation of presented a, bill: appropriating $38,- 308.34 to reimburse the Andrew Car- | to the Board of County Commission- negie estate fpr. money advanced to jers in order to assume the duties of build Carnegie hall at the state nor- ‘byt when they appointed'as his successo: | NEW METHOD OF REACHING HAIL RATE PROPOSED Zcning System By Counties Based on Experience Urged By Department FLAT TAX PROPOSAL Department Would Restore Two Cent an Acre Tax Levy on All Lands A bill providing for a complete re- of the stdte has been prepared by the state hail insurance department and submitted to some thembers of the legislators in the form of sug- It is probable some changes will be made should the measure be introduced, according to Martin Hag- en, manager of the department. The proposed measure would pro- vide a two cent flat tax, to be used both for building up a surplus and paying indemnity losses in any one year; a maximum hail insurance rate of 12 percent of the risk of the de- partment is fixed, and a zoning sys- tem provided under which each coun- ty would be placed in one of four different classifieations, according to the amount of r The previous zoning plan worked out by the department—dividing the state ‘into four districts—is aban- doned under the new plan. The hail insurance flat tax, formerly three cents an acre, now one cent an acre, would be raised to two cents an acre, The permanent surplus of the de- partment is set at $5,000,000, The measure provides that there shall be four districts for rate-mak- ing purposes and the per acre costs of the fail indemnity tax shall be based on the following proportions between the districts: First district, 5; Second district, 6 Foirth district, 8.° Establishing Rates The bill provides the following method for establishing the district rates: “Provided that for the pur- pose of, levying, the acreage indem- nity tax, the state is hereby divid- ed into four districts, the compos tion of wh be determined by {the Insura' issioner and the Manager of the Hail Insurance De- {partment at the time levy for such indemnity tax is made. Provided further than the basis for district- ing shall be the actual cost of the insured within the county. Provid- ed that District No. 1 shall be com- posed of all such counties showing for such year an actual cost of not more than 3 percent of the risk car- tried; District No. 2 over 3 percent but not more than 5 percent; Dis- trict No. 3 over 5 percent but not more than 7 percent; District No. 4 over 7 percent. Provided further, that when such levy for hail indem- nity tax is made, each of the four districts shall be considered a unit and the rate and actual per acre indemnity tax levied costs of such shall be based on the following pro- portion between the Districts: First district, 5; Second district, 6; Third district, 7; Foufth district, 8. The bill provides that the hail in- surance permanent surplus shall not exeeed $6,000,000 on October 25 in any one year when the levy for the hail indentnity tax is made. When the fund exceeds $5,000,000, “any such excé¥s shall be turned back in- to the state hail insurance fund to pay indemnities for losses for the then’ present or next’ succeeding year and. the .two cents flat acreage tax shall thereupon and thereafter be used for paying indemnities for loss- es for that or the succeeding year or years.” Using Surplus “Provides further,” the bill goes on, after giving’ the district rates, “that if the amount necessary for such indemnity tax for any one year equals more than 12 percent of the risk carried by the Department for such year, in order that losses may Insurance may use any monies in the surplus of the Hail Insurance Fund to pay such difference between levy for hi amount actually needed to pay all such legal indemnities for each year, and the Commissioner of Insurance ceeding year or years when the in- the Department, included jn the levy sums that may be necessary to reim- s borréwed from such fund, Pro- 1 EER ac REEVE NAMED COUNTY AUDITOR I ditor Brant tendered his resignation State Representative from this di trict. , The commissione: the resignation-‘and: chose wisely’ Mrs. E. H. ‘ vision of the hail insurance business} Third district, | Put trici yesterd ally a tko vers: appealed the tion that stipulation of ive on Fuary pinitial | tionately. made in city taxp: year, a sioners, Chairma settlemen imdemnity allowed and the acreage‘ parison of tary Sanders It was the President. pressed there, developed in This was said to have 1 indemnity tax and the | been due to the political Indiana and the same ‘tonsiderations, it is understood, do not apply to the post for which he position the monies actually obtained by the | delegation, President* will have a man similar- early date” as Secretary to the Pres- lent, to enter upon the practice of | from 37 counties in the state. and wreck on Februa over rates in now is pending in the federal courts, The case originated when the utility from railroad rates, the schedule will n elect an IS, SETTLED New Schedule Very Low Electricity Rates, ys Commission Head h ste: m today. the a comm it s: m 6 light mate: city S ELECTRIC RATE BASIS IN CITY __ IS DEOREASED Hughes Electric Company to Into Effect Rates on February Bills Lower Harold farm 1h. millionaire MeCormick, ment manufacture daughte married» Max Oser, Swiss aster, led suit the United States District Court here yesterday asking that 128,824 s of Standard Oi! Company of ., indiana stock with a present value Gives City Jof more than. $8,000,000 med by his divorced wife, Mrs, Edith Rock cfeller McCormick, be held in. trust for Anita Oser, 9-months-old daugh- ter of Max and Mathilda Os The stock is part of a trust fund eating revenue right ious ion neter ing 1 dee “Whit approved “| ers of Indiana Washington, to practice of law was prevailed upon to accept post by Mr. Coolidge. understanding when nders was propos- ed for the vice-presidential nomina- tion at the Republican national con- vention in Cleveland last June that be paid in full, the Commissioney of | he would be entirely acceptable to His name was when -op- the the name of Mr. Jan, return how: 15.Bascomb Slemp will retire March 4 as Secre- to President Coolidge and be succeeded by Representative Everett Sanders of Indiana. It had been. the the ever, the The Hughes Electrie Compan for being’ contended was too low. be entered into for dismissal of the case in court. The new schedule of rates, effect- February which will inglude part of the rvice to consumers, cuts the rate from ‘112 to 10 cents per kilowatt hour. lother ratings are dec A the lighting charge, w institute lower rates for both elec Bis- | y bills, and a test conducted to determine if the rates prescribed will yield to that contemplated by law, it was announced The electric utility, in filing late a schedule of rates the state railroad commission, spec- i reserved lignite coal rates in North Da- are inereased by the in in marek, which order red readi ased propor- rease e Chairman’s Statement Frank Milhollan of the state commission said regarding they SLEMP QUITS AS SECRETARY T0 PRESIDENT Will Be Succeeded on March 4 by Representative Sand- intention of Mr. to in Indiana, but he pri Ind ituation in is now selected. years as a He will be Slemp,’ announced to- ations which were made by the leg-|burse the surplus fund for such mon-| day his intention to retire “at an islature in the past under standing _P proposed in| vided, further, that the Commission- bills introduced in the, State Senate |¢r of Insurance is hereby authorized] jaw in Washington, this afternoon by Chairman’Kretsch-|t0 ase any necessary umount out of eq with ailrouds, Jan-! Way ich will save the. $3,000 to $4,000 ing to railroad commis- WIN. pe Be MAXIMUM AMOUNT al Paris, Jan. «1 During the next the|two years the allies will be allowed a maximum of 160,000,000 gold marks the ($40,000,000) for ainance to file a supplemental schedule|of their troups on the making such adjustment® as will reparation commi take care of any increase in oper-| allowed 9,205,900 ($2,- ating expenses occasioned by an in-|300,000) for 1926 will have to cu crease in the coal freight rates. [down its to 7,500,000 gold he filing of the new schedule} marks ($1,87 and approval by the state railroad commission ended the legal contro- RAILROADS'TAX I$ ABOUT SAME UNDER NEW LAW State Tax Comm Figures do Not Show a Material Decrease of duc- | A ngs 1 a) 10 AFFECT LEGISLATION In spite of the charges over the , duction of 1923 y the tax law, an examination of fig- railway taxes under ures and estimates prepared in the “The Commission office of the state tax commission schedule of rates oly after a most] shows that the proportion of taxes careful consideration of the matter’ paid by the railrod f North Da- from e y angle, including a com- | kota for 1924 will be pr: ly the the rates of all other!same as that which they bore in utilities operating in North Dakota. {1920 and 1921 under the former tax The rates compare very favorably | law, and less than one per cent un- ‘with tho: in effect in our largest ,der their 1922 share, it declared cities. here can be no doubt that | today. the new schedule, which 1] become The commissioner timates effective with the meter readings | that the total amount of taxes to be for the month of February, and] coll)ted in North Dakota for 1924 (Continued on page three) for all purposes except special as- = sessments for local —impro ents will be $29,600,000, Of this amount the railroads doing business in the state will pay about $4,350,000 or 14.69 per cent according to the es timate, This is a materially higher portion than was paid by the roads for 1923 the fi sent law was in force, when the pi centage of the total taxes which they paid was 1) prmer Law the former tax law was in effect it is shown that in 1919, the total amount of the taxes levied in North Dakota came to $28,219,804, of which the railroads paid $4,010,450 or 14.21 per cent a proportion materially smaller than that for 1924 under the new tax law, Similarly in 1920 out of a total tax paid in the state of $29,899,139 the railroads paid $4,320, or 14.45 per nt in 1921 out of a total tax of $31,422,054 the railroads paid $4,637,- 076 or 14.76 per cent. In other words the tax commis- sioner’s estimates show that under the 1923 law the railroads will pay a higher percentage of the total taxes levied in the state for 1924 than they did of the 1919 and 1920 levies which were made under the former law. vate the not Peak In 1922 In 1922 railroad — tay reached their peak in the state amounting to 15.27 per cent of the total but eve! this is only .58 of one per cent great- er than their estimated proportion iana S for 1924. This situation for 1924 is due chiefly to the work of the state board of equalizations which made material reductions in the: assessed valuation placed on many classes of property throughout the state. i Taxes. Rise for 1924 have now been received at the office of the tax commissioner In these counties the increase of state President Coolidge has decided to{ taxes over the levy for 1923 is $401,- Mr. SI six years, preach. ACCEPTS CALL hi we Hazelton, N. D., Jan. 15.—Rev. S. Baer, who has been pastor of the 10-] 603.64, accepted} cal Lutheran. church for the cepted a call to the | Zeeland: church:and . inten be in mar of the ‘appropriation committee. |the surplus fund to pay in full the}name Representative Sanders of In- | 152.42. All other taxes have decreas. Among the appropriations which | indemnity for losses suffered’ during| diana, for the place which Mr. Slemp|ed the decrease in taxes for county ison of 1923, and such neces-|has held since soon after the begin- | purposes being $127,434.35 for town- the Society for the Friendless, with |*ary amount is-hereby expressly ap-jning of Coolidge’s administration. headquarters in Bismarck; the State] Propriated out of such surplu' ship purposes, $139,206.77; for schoo} p will become a member| purposes, $430,171.10 and for city of the firm of former Representa- tive Good of Iowa, and will Linton, N, D., Jan. 15.—County Au-|charge of the Washington office. and village purposes $156,083.50. In Grand Forks county the tax lev- ies for 1924 a’ State, $215,215.31. County, $314,087.31; Township, $80,- 508.75; School, $520,888.56; City and ‘Village, $243,903.18, Total $1,374,- past ek About 120 million pounds ef to- tof baceo are consumed every year in Great Britain, Sha M’CORMICK WOULD GIVE $8,000,000 FOR BENEFIT OF HIS YOUNG GRANDSON Asks Court to Prevent His Divorced Wife From Claiming ndard Oil Stock He + The Daughter of Max Oser puld Go To M7 by John D. Rocke- which is held by — the Kquitable Trust) Company of New Yo us trust The suit sets out that Edith Rocke McCormick relinquished her » the original trust fund Jan Is, 1919, when she turned it to old F. McCormick. plaintiff hi s Mrs, MeCor- mick now attempting to n possession of the stock whieh, ac- cording to the petition, is now the |property of the grandchild, to be held in trust until it’ reaches the age of 30 rs. i i | | | i | | | | ' | | | | {was | PUPPY ALLIES ALLOWED FIRE DESTROYS ~~ Fo Two yeas HOME, LOSS 1S NEAR $30,000 Resident o pf W. E. Lahr on Mandan Avenue Com- pletely Burned Family Belongin; BURNED U Escapes With Few gs—Firemen Pre- vent Spread of Blaze The fine tw E. Lahr, 504 stroyed by f the to house and from 4 000 covered | Perhaps not vit was di i loss. Mand basement idence of W. 1s de- ire which originated in last night, The loss contents is estimated at to $30,000, The house by insurance, though sufficient for the entire vo-std The fire may have originated from short circuit the opinion o in Glendive, when inform rived here t have started Lahr, said, al since precau taken against fire The chief opinion of the sons of Mr Lahr, wi py, whic Lubr. Willia ment door to the fire broke in electric wiring, in of W. E. Lahr, who was Montana, last night ed of the fire and ar- his moring. It might from the furnace, Mr. though he doubted this, tions had already been iginating there. loss in the fire, in the and Mrs. Labrador retriever pup- ht recently by Mr. 5, went to the base- rescue the dog when ¢ out but the smoke was m, so dense that he could not pierce it and the dog perished. The fire had been seeping through the basement firemen id in flames wh. before 8 o'cle children eseu ) ings, the overed, it is believed, youngest for some time before the entire b en the: uped ement was rrived shortly Mrs. Lahr and the with few belong- son being taken jfrom the house in his night clothes. Turning however to the years when, i { | | i Complete figures on the tax levy| jcentra But little fur The fir walls, and i ted the ing spread w o {houses in the vicinity. mained on th: this morning. cold, and in rniture was saved, rked its way between a time firemen con- ir attention on prevent- f the flames to other Firemen re- e job until 5:30 o'clock The night was bitter the sub-zero weather two lines of hose froze to the ground and had to morning. Wishek be chopped away this Produces Million in Year Wishek, N ducts of this section during 1 about $1,000,0 The estima D., Jan. 15.--Farm pro- ious kinds, produced in 24, were worth 000, a survey shows. te includes 401 carloads of grain shipped from here, valued at about $601,: stock, cans of crean total being $ that unmark thi commun valued at 50; 58 carloads of live- $42,050; and 8,271 m, valued at $82,710, the 26,010. Ht is estimated grain, and butter, eted eggs and poultry sold by farmers in ity or used by them- selves, would easily bring the total value to $1,0 000,00 i > Weather Report For 24 hours ending at noon: Temperature Lowest yeste: Lowest t Precipitation Highest yesterday at 7a. im. . rday night Highest wind velocity .. WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity fair tonight settled tonig’ temperature, For North tonight and tonight. No’ tonight. Mostly and Friday, except un- ht. Not much change in Dakota: Mostly fair Friday, except unsettled t so cold east portion WEATHER CONDITIONS High pres: low temperatures, prevails over the northern states. sure, accompanied by Temperatures are below zero in Minnesota, the Dakotas and in Monta: rising temperature prevails over the southern sta’ cured in the Rocky Mountain region and north Pacifie coast na. Lower pressure and ites. Precipitation oc- northern Plains States, ates. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. SMARCK TRIBUNE [mmm BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1925 FIRST FARM AID REPORT GIVEN COOLIDGE PRICE FIVE CENTS PLAN OPPOSED FOR RELIEF OF STOCK RAISERS Tariff Pretection, Reduced Transportation - Charges Are Among the Needs URGE EXPORT BODY American Council of Agricul- ture Urges Action Upon The Commission { a hington, Jan. 15.—With its report on relief measures for Wa first the livestock industry placed in the hands, the Agricultural mission was ready today to go forward with the second phase of its studies marketing of agricultural products. The President was told that the federal intermediate credit banks are able to handle the credit emer- gency within the industry but that tariff protection, reduced transpor- tation charges and a new poliey for ng cattle on public lands are President's —cooperative For the present the commission will center its study of the market- ing question about agricultural re= lief bills pending in Congress. Secretary Hoover of the Depart- ment of Commerce arranged to pre- sent to the commission today his views on the subject of distribution of agricultural products. ASK CORPORATION Chicago, Jan. 15.—Creation of a urmers export corporation of 15 in- dividuals with power to divert a surplus above domestic needs to the world market with adequate working capital, power to collect from each unit of each commodity amounts suf- ficient to prevent impairment of working capital and a protective tariff have been recommended by the American Council of Agriculture to President’ Coolidge’s agricultural commission, The suggested legislation, oute lined by B. G. Peék, Moline, Mlinois, president of the council, provides that the incorporators be the secre- taries of the treasury, agriculture and commerce and 12 individuals, appointed by the president, one from each of the federal land bank dis- tricts, from nominations made in the district by bona fide farm orgamt- ions. he life of the corporation would extend to June 30, 1 WILL AID STOCKMEN Albuquerque, N. M., Jan. 15.—See- 'y Gore of the Department of Agriculture ‘today telegraphed the American National Livestock Associ- ation in convention here that “the Department of Agriculture will give arnest consideration and heed to every suggestion that promises to promote a better day for the Amer- ican livestock man.” SHOALS POWER - PROBLEM BACK IN THE HOUSE House of Representatives Again to Consider Fight Over Muscle Shoals Washington, Jan. 15.—(By the A, P.)—The Muscle Shoals problem was back again today in the House where the four-year-old fight over disposi- tion of the property started. It was returned by the Senate in the form of the Underwood private leasing bill adopted as a substitute for the House measure proposing a lease to Henry Ford, Whether this measure will be sent Atody of t! the to conference between the two Houses or will be referred to the military committee is the first ques- tion the House must determine. Ob- jection by a single member would serve at least to delay the sending of it to conference. Supporters of the Underwood bill will make every effort to get it be- fore managers on the part of the two houses the hope that some sort of legislation finally disposing of the question will be enacted at this session. Opponents want to have it refer- red to a committee in the belief that this step would result in the matter going over for disposition by the new Congress. Alleged Thief _ : Has War Medals Jamestown, N. D., Jan. 15.—James Norton, former serviceman, who was bound over at a hearing here on the charge of gran@ larceny and who also is char with kidnaping his two children after their eu: had for been granted to his ‘divorced wife, possesseg two medals awarded bravery in service overseas. The children were returned’ to, the’ eus- he mother who is employed tate hospital here. le