The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 9, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Clou- dy; unsettled tonight and Tuesday. E TABLISHED 1873 BIG WORK OF LEGISLATURE YET TO COME Mcst Important Measures Pending Are Yet to be Disposed of by Body SOME BIG QUESTIONS Banking, Highway, Cigarette, Appropriation Bills Re- For Action The 19th general assembly of North Dakota, moving at an accel- erated pace, this week will approach final decision upon some of the im- portant subjects of legislative con- sideration in the present session. With but few of the big measures disposed of both in Senate and House, however, it is evident that the most important work of the as- sembly will be done in the last two weeks before adjournment. ’ Many knotty problems are on the program of business of either the Senate or the House. Among them are: The two cigarette bills, to be voted on in the House Tuesday. Have passed the Senate. ‘epeal of county agent law, ding in House. nactment of Sorlie mill pro- m, particularly board of man- s repeal law, pending in Sen- passed the gr age! ate after having House. Bank _ regulation pending in Senate. One measure providing $10,- 000,000 bond issue to pay depos- itors of closed banks; another abolishing guarantee of bank de- posits law, in Senate. Bill for reopening of Bottineau Normal, pending in Senate after ving passed the House. Four House bridge bills, in Senate. measures now - THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. BISM RCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1925. 1925 ~ [DOCTOR AND NURSE FIGHTING DIPHTHERIA This photo taken at the. } show Miss Bertha Saviile Public Health Servic who are the diphtheria-stricken Nome, being rushed there in th S tp} Your i| Income Tax This is one of a series of articles explaining the in- come tax to the laym 1 has been prepared in view of recent changes in the income tax law. Tax Consu tant A normal tax is imposed upon | net income in excess of the personal | exemption and other credits against | Senate bill tax laws, now -before House. Measures restoring some ex- emptions from taxation,.in Sen-, ate. Highway policy, yet unsettled. Measure abolishing party reg- istration by assessors, pending in House. Passed in Senate. Bills Disposed Of Some of the appropriation bills have finally been disposed of, a several more of the important ap- priation measures will be voted ik finally during this week. That ome differences may arise between Senate and House is evident from the fact that already the Senate has refused to agree on amendments made by the House to three meas- tures, and conference committees also ‘Wave had trouble in reaching an agreement. The action of the Senate against the child labor amendment was fol- lowed by putting to sleep of two oth- ey measures which, if they had come up for lengthy consideration, would have provoked sharp differences of opinion., They were the measures providing for compulsory vaccination. The House, by voting down two bills designed to limit the school transportation costs, ended in short order consideration of a subject much discussed both before and dur- ing the present session of the as- sembly. Serious discussién, however, will follow on a bill. providing local option for school. districts, in the matter of furnishing or paying cost of transportation of pupils.‘ The Highway policy ‘of the legis- lature still is unsettled. The House has before it hills placing’an addi- tional one-cent tax on gasoline, re- vising the automobile registration fees and providing a new form of highway commission. The, chief problem“is the division of the pro- ceeds of the motor vehicle and.gas- “wline tax. The conflict comes be- tween those who believe the proceeds should largely go back to the coun- ties to aid in maintaining and build- ing local roads, and those who de- sire to see main state -roads built. About the best that those advocat- ing main state roads ,hope for is a 50-50 division in the funds. Federal Aid Resolution There -is division of opinion as to whether it is wise to accept Federal Aid in road building. The House has before ‘it ‘today a resolution memorializing Congress agaiftst cost of the federal aid system of road building. A bill providing for ‘local option in the matter of Sunday movies is pending in the Senate, but no action $e likely before the, cigarette bills aré-gisposed of this week. The program of financing the state mill and elevator will ae a prom- inent plate jn le lon deliber- ations this week. Thé Indepéndents are ready to insist upon amending House Bill No. 94, which repeals the provision for a board of managers ‘Yor the state mill and elevator, sub- stituting the por of the Governor for the Industrial. Commission and An appropriation to finance , the,mill’s operation ‘also is proposed. FLIES YIELD DYES 0, City, Feb. 9.—Tons of dried are shipped. saeeelly from Mexican ports. fnsects yield soartet and ‘crimson dyes. Many of the peasant children are helping support | faintly. by. eatebing these rewriting delin- passed Senate, Me: “el income, at the following rates: 1. Citizens, and residents: First $4000 +2 per Next $4000 .. Aper Balance 6 per 2." Non=resfdent™ alien}, ~~” otal amount ..6 per cent | The surtax is imposed upon the entire net income before deducting | the personal exemption and other credits against income. However, it does not apply unless the net in- come exceeds $10,000, the rate on the net income from $10,000 to $14,- 000 is 1 per cent, $14,000 to $16,000 is 2 per cent, $16,000 to $18,000 is 3 | per cent, and eo on up until a max- imum rate’ of 4 per cent on all in- comes in excess of $1,000,000 reached. The tax is payable in four equal quarterly installments. The first in- stallment is due when the return is required by law to be filed, and if return is filed for a calendar year, the return with at least one quarter of the tax is due on or before March 15th, of the following year. The sec- ond. installment would be due June 15th, the third one September 15th. Returns should be filed and pay- ments made to the callector of i ternal revenue fay the district ini which you reside.” | FOG BRINGS TRAIN WRECKS * New York, Feb. 9.—Two men were killed and more than 50 persons were hurt in a series of collisions on New York Transit lines today, While one of the heaviest fogs in recent years enveloped the city. D KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK Into; cent cent cent Locomotive Crashes Freight Train Kansas City, kans., Feb. 9.—Five persons were, killed and‘three dan- gerously injured when the locomotive of Missouri Pacific train No. 104, eastbound from Omaha to Kansas City Teft the rails and crashed into a standing freight train at Nearman, Kans., three miles west of here. The exact cause of the wreck had not, heen determined. The revised list of dead: R. H. Jones, Falls City, Neb., engi-| neer of freight train. Marvin’ C, Wodell, Kansas City, en- gineer of passenger train. D. R. Wires, Falls City, Neb. freight fireman. ~ Corporal Carlos Hall, attached’ to sétvice school at Fort Leavenworth. W. J. Neely, of Falls City, Neb., eman of the freight train, who witnessed the accident, declared he saw the passenger train leap from the rails ‘of the main line as the front trucks of the locomotive hit the switch. He said the passenger engine swung into the freight train while they jago PLAGUE fl iN ynard-Cclumbus Hopital in nd Dr. C urtis Welch. director of the e entire mecal force battling waited for the life-saving seurm he epic dog team race. LEGALITY OF ATKINSON FEE TO BE TESTED Action Started by ‘Taxpaye Under Edburg’s Name Has Been Resumed $7,800 Is INVOLVED - EEL Y Powers’ of ‘@ City“Comitission To Fix Compensation in Matter Involved George D. Mann, publisher of the Bismarck Tribune, has permitted his name to be substituted for that of Marcus Edburg’s to the taxpayers’ suit brought recently to determine the legality of the three percent commission paid T. R. Atkinson, city; engineer, upon $265,000 or the pur- chase price of the water plant of the Bismarck Water Supply company. This suit was instituted sometime to clear up the situation, but pressure was.brought to bear upon Mr. Edburg and after consultation with his friends it was decided that the suit could best be pushed by securing another signer. The Tribune has taken the position that the payment of this fee was ethically wrong if not legally, Mem- bers of the city commission and the city engineer should be as willing as the publisher of ‘The Tribune to have the matter settled in court. Thé group of taxpayers_started the suit far in ddvance of the cjty elec- tion in hopes that the matter would be settled and determined far re- moved from the heat of such a con- test. But interests’ at work fighting strenuously to prevent this action reaching the courts, brought press- ure to bear upon Mr. Edburg,.m tax- payer, to withdraw which he with- stood until it was disclosed that a member of the city commission in- {volved in this law suit was adminis- trator of an estate against which Mr. Edburg had a very substantial claim. In view of this fact and thé embar- rassment encountered by Mr. Edburg; under these circumstances, he was advised to withdraw from the suit and that another signer would be secured to carry on the matter and on whom none of the members of the city commission had any. strings. Investigations made by The Tri bune indicated clearly that those made defendants in this action by the taxpayers were not anxious to have the matter adjudicated. The issue over the payment of this fee has become more of less acute and a large group of taxpayers of which The Tribune company is one, decided to continue the action and ascertain if such fees can. be paid to city engineers without specific contract, previous publicity or warn- ing to the taxpayers of the city. While such a duty involved in this suit is plainly one that should have been,; performed by. the city in the opinion of these taxpayers, no steps have been taken to deter- mine the validity of a fee that takes one dollar out of the pockets prac- tically of every man, woman and child of the city of Bismarck. All this too in addition to a five per- cgnt commission on all new con- tracts, amounting to vast sums all of which have been repeatedly set forth in these columns. These taxpayers take the position that if it is possible legally to pay a city engineer three percent on the purchase price of a water plant that may be bought, that there is no limit on the side track, then rebounded and rolled down’ a ten foot embank. ment. to the commission’s powers and if there is no-law ta prevent such’ pay- (Continued on page three) UTILITY ASKS FOR RENEWAL OF FRANCHISE Company. Hughes Electric Files Application with City _ Commission PLANNING TO EXPAND Investment to be Materially Increased in Future, Says Application Application for renewal of franch- been filed with the city by the Hughes Electric Company, and is expected to be act- ed upon soon by the commission. “The franc now held by the ise has commission e during the coming summer,” says the letter of transmittal accompanying the application for franchise, “This | has let contracts for ex- placements and betterments to its present plant; and in view of | these facts, it has been deemed ad- visable to make application for al new franchise.” A proposed ordinance drafted by O’Hare and Cox, attorneys, is sub-| mitted to the commission, providing! the company shall have a franchise | to construct, operate and under certain restrictions, an elec: trie light and m heating plan’ in Bismarck, for period of years. To Increase Investment Commi ider the ability of the utility to h satisfactory service at rea- s to the consuming pub- the letter of transmittal further | As to this, we advice that the ted value of the property of the utility used for this purpose has been, fined at figures ranging from a minimum of $499,009.00 to $5 191.00. This investment will be ma- terially increased during the com- ing months.” The recent statement of the board of railroad commissioners in connec- tion with publication of new rates in the city is set out and the state- ment added that “the new rate sche~ dule now in effect gives to the city of Bismarck and private consumers therein the most favorable rates for , like service in the state of North | Dakota.” deprec appended to the application, speci- fying that the streets may be used) in placing of poles, ete. Section 2 change of grade of any street own cost and expense. It is provid- ed that all poles and posts set in| the streets shall be placed in con- formity with all ordinances and regu lations of the city. Does Not Bind City “Nothing herein contained shall be construed as the granting or at- tempting to grant of any exclusive privilege to said first party, or to! bind said city at any time to be a patron of said first party (electric | company) whether in the way of tak- ing lights or otherwise.” There is some question, it is held as to whether it is necessary for the} utility to ask for a new franchise, because of the railroad commission law giving it supervision over rates | and regulations of public utiliti and the right to grant indeterminate permits, The ordinance follows the lines of the one now in effect under which the company first began to operate, There is, according to the state-| ment of the railroad commission, submitted to the Commission, little chance of any litigation arising over electric lights and service in the city. The railroad commission is quoted as saying: “The Commissien is well | pleased with the action of the utility (in settling the rate question) and| is of the opinion that the rates filed | will receive the general approval of the consumers in Bismarck, The favorably with| jes operating in our larger cities ‘and since it has been universally conceded that the utility renders . excellent at ci aa we believe that rate litigation in Bis- marck has been ended for some time BOMB CAUSES HURTS T0 ONE Chicago, Feb. 9.—A bomb placed in the desk of Charles 0, Rider of the printing firm of Rider and Dick- erson, fractured the arm of Mr. Rei- der and caused consternation among the employes of the building. The police are investigating the motive for the bombing. TOO MUCH PENSION Glasgow, Feb. 9.—The city council granted a pension of 38 shillings & week to a Highland widqw. She mov- ed to Skye with her five children. Now she has requested ‘that the pen- sion be reduced, saying that only two other persons the! a cletgyman. and Ld aaah as well, off a8 she. - Hughes Electric Company will expire | maintain, | “In passing upon this matter thet ion will doubtless desire to} The regular form of ordinance is requires the company, in case of any | or 1 pavement, to replace the same ‘at its; i aes and commi MEDIATOR N s, who has nd at Valpar- row between | Mrs, Augustin Edw jarrived with her hus aiso to help settle th Chile's army and navy over propo: fed return of President Alessand Her husband's president of the Lea | gue of Nations. RR AA SHIPSTEAD IN “SPEECH UPON CONSCRIPTION |Minnesota Senator Oppos Use of Conscription in War Time | Washington, — Feb. jagainst conscription in war time was delivered in the se Shipstead, Farmer. who declared the time had come to |deprive “diplomats dominated by the industrial groups” of the’ power to \ bring on and then force the or- citizen to carry it on. The Minnesota senator offered an} amendment: to a pending appropri ;tion bill to authorize President Cool ridge to negotiate an international agreentent prohibiting the drafting! of man power, but the proposal went out on a point of order. | Jones Has Similar View | Senator Jones, Republican, ington, who raised the object he was somewhat sympathe |the purpose of Senator Shipstead,| | but that the proposal did not belong! {in an appropriation bill. Senator Shipstead asked if it were! conceivable that the World \ ‘have been fought had gover: i been compelled to rely on voluntary | enlistments. one of our international law | bodies’ here or in Europe,” said Sena- |tor Shipstead, “in spite of the fact) jthat they draw their nourishment _|from the industrial prosperity andj | corporate securities of the Carnegie| |corporation and other perpetual es-| tates have had the courage to meet | ithe issues. They have not ‘had the, {courage or wisdom to see that in the! | Bolshevist chaos in Ru: | the inevitable result of the whol | sale and ruthless disrespect for ene- my private property that character- lized the war time policy of Great | Britain, France and the United} | States, i | Sees Another War | “Great international lawyers and! | statesmen are quibtling over techni- cal points in the abstract while diplo- sions dominated by | [industrial and banking groups are ‘playing the game of international |poker for possession of natural ri | sources and markets of the ‘world. | Unless something of a practical ni |ture is done the time will again a |rive when one or more of these pok- {er players will find it convenient to |accuse the others of cheating and | | the shooting begins, . | “It would not be so bad if these in- | [ieenationall poker players had to do| their own shooting, but they now have the power through the control jof the governments of the world to jeonscript the manhood and wealth of | the world to enable them to start and! i j rol jong the row.” | “sa i { I | For 24 hours faint at noon Temperature at 7a. m. .. Highest yesterday .. Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity . WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Cloudy and unsettled tonight and Tuesday. | 1No decided change in temperature. For North Dakota: Cloudy and un settled tonight and Tuesday. No de- cided change in temperature. 'EATHER CONDITIONS A high pressure area has appear- ed on the Pacific coast but low press- ure, with centers over Alberta, Co- lorado and the Great Lakes, prevails over the rest of the country. Mild weather prevails in all sections and temperatures throughout. the north- ern states ‘range from 56 degrees above zero at Toledo, Ohio to 20‘de- grees above zero at Moorhead, Minn. Skies are mostly cloudy in all sec- tions and precipitation occurred the Great Lakes region, Mississippi Valley and from the Rocky Mountain region to the Pacific coast, 225 af 8 i i in | Steen and Secreta | mercial vehicles, on which they were | three miles northwest of Napoleon, HIGHWAY BODY | PROBE METHOD: I$ OUTLINED Committee, in Meeting This Morning, Decides on Public Hearings ENGAGE ASSISTANC © Checkup of Equipment partment of Comm Will Be Made The House committee named to in-{ the affairs of the State Commission, at a meeting | morning, completed the formula- | tion of a method of procedure and engaged assistance, j The committee will hold executive sessions for a few days, ints and “leads” and then will open public hearings, according to F. J. Graham of Ellendale, attorney | or the committee, | The committee will subpoena wit- nesses if necessary, swear them and} require them to give testimony, un-| the authority of the House, receiving | ! A set of rules for the investigation been drawn up. Miss Sigfrid Alfson has been n ed reporter for the committee and transcript of the testimony will be taken, A. W. Luehrs, formerly in| charge of the equipment department of the Highway Commission, was en- gaged to make a check-up of the! equipment ¢Ppartment and given au- thority to name four assistants. is to be paid $7.50 per d will be paid his compensation of Mr nd others, has not been declared. Members of the cor mittee, it is understood, feel Mr. Gr ham should be paid the attorney “court day fee” of $50 per day. 0, B. Lund, accountant, is to he- gin a checkup of the Highway Com- mission under instructions from the board of auditors composed of At- torney-General Shafer, Auditor, y of State Byrne, Mr. Graham said, He added that | tate engineer Black had promised | cooperation Motor Vehicle Fees The highway committee Ho at a meeting this morn decided to report in House Bill the motor vehicle license bill, iding a division of the motor hicle license counties and | The license fees present, except of the pro- ve- 3) 75 percent to the percent to the state. re the same as at on trucks and ecom- raised. Bank Measure ; It was reported a group of Non- partisans w§uld introduce a measure providing for establishment of branch banks by the Bank of North Dakota, on petition of 50 percent of the voters in a county, and restore the compulsory deposit of all public funds. The measure also would pro- vide that one-fourth of one percent on daily balances and one-half of one percent on other funds would be set aside in a fund, one half of which would go to pay depositors of closed banks and one half to a permanent guarantee of bank deposits fund. It also way reported a bill would be introduced permitting campaign organizations to post tickets of their candidates in election booths. 2 CHILDREN IN ONE FAMILY DIE Napoleon, N. D. of Mr. and Mrs. Feb, 9.—-The home! George Marquart, thas been saddened this week by the. death of two of their children. Bernard Marquart, past two years old. passed away Tuesday morning. George Marquart, aged five, passed away Wednesday morning at 5. o'clock. Death in each case was scarlet set in, caused by fever, complications having METAL EXPORTS DECLINE Nuremberg, Feb. 9.—The metal ware exports of Germany recently have amounted to only about 40 per- {cent of the pre-war figures, accord- ing to announcement of the German Metal Ware Manufacturers’ Associ- lation. The decline, it is said, is due to the protective measures adopted by many countries which formerly consumed considerable quantities of German goods. GERMAN COPS MILLIONS Mrs. living Scott Durand, a “dirt farmer” t Lake Shore Drive Hotel, Chi shown telephoning her broker to buy more wheat. Accor ing to repoxts she doesn't deny she has cleared a million dollars by t= guessing the market INQUIRY COURT ON COLLINS IS , TOBE OPENED Military Commander Plans to! Clear up Many Rumors | Regarding Him RESCUE WAS BLOCKED?! | pale ee | Reported Fireman Declares He Has Positive Knowl- edge on This Cave City, Ky., Feb. 9.—(By A. P.)—First extrical electrical tests conducted have convinced H. M. Carmichael, in charge of the Floyd Collins rescue work at Sand Cave, that Collins is still alive, after 10 days imprisonment. H. G. Lane, Munfordsville, op- cratigg the lighting system which supplies current for the bulb left Collins’ head said Homer Col- ins, after livtening 20 minutes on the wire, was satisfied he had heard Floyd's heart heating at a rate of 20 times a minute. test was ide on the wire w had been placed around Co! chest last week by rescuers. Many people on the outside would not believe our tests showed Collins was alive,” Lane said, adding that .a statement would he given outater, “proving that Collins was alive.” Cave € Ky., Feb, 9 -Circum- stance surrounding the trapping of Floyd Collins in Sand Cavg and the efforts of volunteer rescuers to re- lease hia will be made the subject of a military court of Tai Brie) gadier-General H. H. Den command of the National ¢ here, announced today. “I hope by this court of inquiry to lay at rest all suspicions, whisper- ings of the efforts to block r work and rumors that Collins’ trapment was not genuine,” General Denhardt, The commander said his plan for the military investigation had been sanctioned by Governor. Fields and Adjutant-General Kegoe. His Purpose “It is my purpose to determine ex- actly why the effoxts to rescue Col-* lins through the natural passage failed,” Denhardt continued. “Wheth- er Collins went into Sand Cave through the regular was caught coming out and whether he knew of any other way out are) matters whieh will be delved into, “T have received information that the eye of suspicion has been tym- ed on Kentucky and its officials and the wonderful cave region by persons , unfamiliar with the cave section. I) propose in the inquiry, to bring out every fact. “It is hoped that the findings to the board will be so definite and thorough from the testimony we hear that the underground whisperings | will be quieted. Every witness w be summoned to testify and will be heard in full.” (Continued on page three) Bakes said “DIANA OF THE DUNES” DIES, WANTS HER ASHES SCATTERED Chicago, Feb. 9.—Mrs, Alice Wi son, called Diana of the Dunes, after she went among the sandy wastes between Michigan City and Gary, In- diana, nine years agg, to live in a shack by Lake Michigan, died Sun- day. She succumbed to an illness for which she had refused to have a doctor because she feared to leave her hills fot a hospital. Mrs, Wilson, a graduate of the University of Chicago and a Phi Beta Kappa, was a mathematician and editorial secretary of the Astro- Ptysie@l Jdurnal, & University publi- eatin: Her first winter in the Dunes, Mrs. Wilson, then. Alico Gray, spent in a tent.. The first’ spring she spent there, she became an object of gen- eral interest when Deputy Sheriffs started through the’sand hills to tind the nymph who was bathing without a bathing suit and in the light of the full moon. She married Paul Wilson three years ago,.the two continuing to live close to nature. Mrs, Wilson asked her husband to es to the Winds frénr the top of Mount es tothe winds fro mthe top of Mount Tom, the highest hill along the Lake shore. entrance and; FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CEN’ DECLARE COLLINS LIVES IN CAVE ‘aruRe HALTS ESCUE EFFORT AT SAND CAVE | Will Be Thursday or Friday Before Shaft Is Sunk to Required Depth pees IS | Theories Being Advanced, One That Collins Is Put- ing Over Hoax SLOW Cave “City, Ky., Feb. 9—The shaft through which rescuers hope to reach Floyd Collins in Sand Cave was approximately 30 feet deep at 9 o'clock this morn- ing, four days after it was start- ed. At the present rate the level where Collins is thought to be will not be reached before Thurs- day or Friday. Cavg City, Feb. (By the A, P.) Mother Nature had added another obstacle to the efforts of man to rescue Floyd Collins from the grip of a boulder in Sand Cave, sending: jtorrents of rain last night with a promise of more today. Despite precautions to keep the wa- jters out of the perpendicular shaft aimed at Collins’ prison, seepings crept into the bottom of the shaft nd added heavily to the burden of | the volunteer diggers. They kept | doggedly at it, with slight increase in hourly progress as the tenth day jof Collins’ imprisonment ended at | 10 o'clock this morning. The shaft | then was less than half way to Col- lins, 60 or 70 feet below the surface, With most of’ the spectacular, frenzied, striving to reach Collins a closed chapter and all efforts center- 'ed on the monotonous toil of dig- ging and hoisting, new theories be- {gan to develop about the situatioa \until they were almost as thick as the outstanding incidents in the | drama. The principle group of theories fall {into three classes: that the impri- {sonment of Collins by a rock slide jon’ his leg is a publicity hoax; that Jenemies finding him trapped caused the walls of the cave to collapse so that he could not be rescued alive, or possibly caused the slide which Jentrapped him, or the most gener- ally accepted theory, Collins’ own story in the early days of the rescue work that he really was accidentally j trapped after discovering a caver® more beautiful than any yet found in | this region. | Lieut. Robert A. Burdon of the | Louisville fire department, and Wil- liam Burke, “Skeets” Miller, the little red-haired reporter of the Louis- | ville Courier-Journal, who were al- most the only outsiders to talk to Collins in his prison scoffed at the publicity hoax, especially at the varia- |tion which has Collins climbing into | position when rescuers approached 'and climbing back to his secret l cache of food and water when no one is near. ‘LEAGUE PAPER FIGHT LOOMS Annual Meeting of Stock- holders To Be Held A meeting of the stockholders of the North Dakota Nonpartisan is scheduled for tomotrow in Bis- imarck. Possibility of a marked jchange in the management of the newspaper looked possible, as several who are interested in the control of the paper became active over Sunday. John H, Bloom, editor-manager, | has suggested that a board of five newspapermen be named to control ithe) paper. He would, however, re- tain Mrs. Minnie Craig. Other pre- sent directors are S. S. McDonald, | Pat Daly, R. W..Frazier and Thomas |Mahoney. The executive committee \of the Nonpartisan League has gen- éral control of policies. Among those much interested in the paper is William Lemke of Fargo. ‘he state convention of the Wo- 1|man’s Nonpartisan League of the state also opens here tomorrow. WILL OPPOSE RATE BOOST Grand Forks; N.D., Feb. 9.—The Grand Forks Commercial club through T, A. Durrant, traffic com- missioner, will oppose the rates on lignite coal proposed by the car- tiers, according to a recision made {at a meeting of the traffic commit- jtee. * These rates, if they are put into effect, would be so prohibitive as to bar/the shipment of lignite coal to Grand Forks in preference to soft coal from the Head of the Lakes, Mr. Durrant says. A workingman’s clubhouse will be built near Yokohama, with a of 350,000 yen. contributed Se izens of the at the time at Whe | os The “building ill. earthquake.