The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 19, 1925, Page 1

‘ WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: settled tonight and Friday. Un- ESTABLISHED 1873 E BISMARCK TRIBUNE [mina] BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925 PRICE FIVE CEN’ COOLIDGE BACKS NAVY DEPARTMENT Sa OO ROAD PROJECT CHANGES MADE PROBE SUBJECT Highway Commission Still) Delves Into Costly Rich- land County Project BLACK ON STAND Effort to Place Responsibility For the Situation There Is Made Commission continued The House Highway ng committee this morning to inquire into Federal Aid Project No. 59, Richland coun- ty, for which Treadwell Twichell of Fargo was contractor, and which cost some $117,000 for 14 1-2 road. The work was begun in 1920 und the final estimate recently made, During the lengthy and det: questioning, during which F, J. hag, committee “prosecutor”, inquiring into whether or not Robinson regime was responsible for the situation, as Mr. Black had de- ed, Mr. Graham asked if pians were made under the Robinson re- gime to increase the cost of the road. “Yes, sir,” Mr. Black replied. “When was that change made?” It was shown from records that de- tailed estimates, for which permis- sion was secured from the federal Bureau of Public Roads, were made on Feb. 23, 19: Mr. Graham asked for previous changes. One change shown in Feb, 18, 1921, inereas- ing the cost of the road to $67, 6. The next change, Black id, was on recommendation of the district en- xineer of the Bureau of Public Roads, Feb. 6, 1923, and on March 19, 1923, he said in an agreement M obinson changé§ the amount to $89,983.98, Another Change “Was there still another change | by you after the work was comple Mr, Graham asked. Yes, on Oct. 13, 1924.” This final amount, Mr. Black aatd, was $119,179.09. “Why did you make that change?” Mr. Black was asked. “It was made after we found what the quantities were.” After some interchange, Mr. Gra-! ham pointed to what purported to be! u certificate of completion given by Jack Gavin and Clifford Thorberg, ; Highway Commission engineers. 1 f “Does it now show the cost of completion, Dec. 8, 1923, at $48,977,- 44?” Mr, Black was asked. “That was before the estimate of! the division engineer as to times figured.” he above was Section A of the je Mr. Graham referred to a yertificate of inspection of Thorberg fra Gavin on section B of the pro- ject, totalling $33,870.61, “Were these submitted to Twichell?” asked Mr. Graham. “I believe so, in conference,” Black replied, “Why did you not submit these for final estimate?” “Because the over-haul was not figured correctly.” “Did you ask Gavin to sign the estimate of $34,000? “I didn’t ask Gavin to sign any- thing.” Black said that he tried to figure the over-haul and it appeared Gavin did not have it well in hand. He said it appeared the right thing to do was to check it up. He said he learned of a dispute between Twichell and Ga- vin about the over-haul, “My idea in ascertai: was to be fair to both said. investig: miles of Mr. ig the facts sides,” he Went Over Job Black said he went over the job and by ronsulting owners of the pits fo nd out where the material was led from and ) and noted these on the plans, “The point I want to get at,” said Graham, “is that no effort was made to check the measurements of Thor- berg and Gavin.” Ses,” Black said there was no question (Continued on page two) ee Weather Report o—_—_—_—____—____.______» For 24 hours ending at noon: Temeprature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night . Precipitation Highest wind velocity . WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Unset- tled tonight and Friday; probably some snow. Colder tonight. Rising temperature Friday. For North Dakota: Unsettled to- night and Friday; probably some ww south portion. Colder tonigh it and south portions. Rising eee Aust e ER CONDITIONS An area Ha be pressure is center- ed over the Canadian Northwest and the weather is ansettled from. the Great Lakes ,region to the northern Rocky @fountain region tation occurred in Michigan Minnesota, Elsewhere the weather is fair. Temperature changes past’ 24 hours have ‘deen .tinue with RIDE HIM, COWBOY! photegraph iS sy shows an Coolidge must jook as he takes his dai | STATE BUDGET EXPECT HOUSE WOMAN TRUST COMPANY SECRETARY _ HELD EMBEZZLER OF $110,000 ITEMS ARE CUT IN COMMITTEE Senate Committee on Appro- ; MANY CHAN ‘ priations to Make Report To That Body ES MADE | Objections té Amounts Set For Several Departments To Be Voiced The priations will senate committee on appro- in this after- noon Senate Bill which carries appropriations for 30 departments of the state government, including all Weal) of the executive, and judi- departments, and the state edu- nal department for the coming year period. Total appropriations recommended report 52 ‘for these departments by the senate sts view of how President en upon he newly famous White House iron horse. AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARINGS Continues Work on: -Recom- mendations of the Agri- caltural Commission Washington, Feb. ee P.)—The Senate a fafieg ere NEN Was ings today on recommendatins of the President's agricultural conference, with prospects that they would con- night ions at least until next week. Norris told the Senate that furth- er extended hearings had been made by “the avalanche of — protest” aroused by the conference proposal for the creation of a federal co- operative marketing board, The chairman would not when the hearing might be c ed, in discussing the matter on the floor, aiter Walter Tette, secretary of the National Council of Marketing Agencies, had declared before the committee that any plan for federal control would be objectionable. Meanwhile house leaders are plan- ning to bring up in that body this week, legislation already approved by its agriculture committee, to create a federal board along the lines recommended by the confer- ence. (By the A. cultural com- furher hea predict nelud- FINDS AMBERGRIS New Bedford, Feb. 19.—While tramping around: Nantucket with his dog, Edward Dabis noticed a sticky, wavy mass wedged in between the rocks. He passed it by, but the dog kept barking at it to attract Davis’ attention. Davis dug it out and, after taking it to New Bedford, found that jt was ambergris, very valuable in making perfume. The sale of it netted him nearly $1800. *COLLEGE PAPER REVIVED Mayville, N. D., Feb. 19.—The first edition of the revived student paper, “The Exponent,” appeared during the last week on the campus of the state teachers college here, The old ex- ponent, a monthly, was first .pub- lished at the institution in ~1897. “The Mill,” student annual, will con- tinue to be published. Miss Rebecea Flaten is the editor-in-chief of the new Exponent. Airplane Saves Swiss Guides Berne, Switzerland, Feb) $9 Corn beef and hard tack dropped from airplanes in daily flights ved lives of three ts, who were m rooned for cight days by storms in the Marinella shelter hut on top of the Bernia mountains, and “who” arrived ‘safely at Pon- » tresina yesterday. This is the first time aviation has been brought into play in Alpine relief work, Committee on Aid:For Bridges Goes to St. Paul Five North Dakota members of | the legislature named recently to} a special conference com- ion to meet with similar com- ions from Minnesota, No South Dakota and Wisconsin relative to high route matters and loca- tions for bridges, left here last night for St. Paul. The session of represen- atives from the gour states will meet i Paul on Friday. The 2 ee Dakotans are Senator Moure, Senator s Magnuson of Souris, Rep, R. J. Boyd, Fargo; Rep. Eckert of Willi: ton, and Rep. George Morton, Dunn county. Location of bridges which are con- templated at various border points and location of interstate highways | will be discussed at the St. Paul ses- sion. Bloom Body Is Taken To Fargo ' Many friends were at the train this morning, when the body of John H. Bloom, who died here Sunday, was taken to Fargo for burial, this afternoon, SQUIRES AT HIGH NONCOM Grand Forks, N, D., Feb. 19.-—Al- den Squires of Grand Forks, with the rank of master sergeant, stands highest among the members of the sophomore class in the Reserve Offi- cers’ ‘raining corps of the Univer- y of North Dakota, it has been an- nounced by Col. W..G. Doane, head of the military training department. Mr. Squires also was the ranking noncommissioned officer during the first semester. ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDS ACTION OF: BISMARCK SCHOOL BOARD UPON TEXT BOOK MATTER WAS DONE LEGALLY In an opinion to Miss Minnie J. Nielson, state superintendent of public instruction, Rheinhast J, Kamplin, assistant attorney general, holds that the Bismarck board of education ‘had authority under law to return to the paid basis of text books from the free text book policy in existence for. a number of years without being petitioned by the school patrons. This opinion | was asked by Miss Nielson upon’ request ‘of a school patron to clear up a sit- uation that was confusing under, the d }1923 law. ‘He holds also. ‘that if the patrons of the Bismarck schools want to te- turn to: the free text book basis this fall they can do se by circulating fpetitidhs. In view of the ‘opinton just written and given to son, the four yéar limitation does | not apply to the Bismarck situation. {t is held as a matter of law that inasmuch as free text books were established in the first instance by resolution, the school board ihad the Power to rescind such a policy by resolution without impairing any rights of the school patrons to force the issue at some future time. This sets at rest the doubt that ekisted in the minds of some school patrons inthis’ city who have not paid the text book assessments. The opinion follows in part: “The law relating to this: proposi- tion does not provide that an elec tion is necessary in order to adopt the free text baok system, nor, does the law provide ‘that “an lection ts (Continued on. p pas | heavily and)| committee are $1,885,030. This is $13,450 less than the amount appro- priated for the same departments for the preceding two years by the leg- islative session 19: It is also 35,500 less than the recommenda- tions for the coming two years made y the state budget board. phe committee has slashed most the i for the state department of instrue- tion and those for id to schools and examination which are also administered by the superinten- dent of public instruction, The sum recommended for the former depart- | ment is $45,200 which is $8,300 less than the amount allowed for the pre- While there has been the appropriations for state aid and examinations, The (appropriation for this purpose two | rs ago was $699,800, while the {amount recommended by the senate committee this year is $654,000, Cuts Offset These cuts have been in part off- set by small increase recommended for a number of departments, Among those for which increases are rec- commended are the departments ‘of the state auditor, treasurer, and at- torney general, for which new funds of $3,000, $5,000, and $7,500 are rec- (Continued on page 2) ‘LEAGUE CAUCUS _ PAYS TRIBUTE — TOd.H. BLOOM | of '“Convietions Were Hard as a Cannon Ball,” Says the Memorial Resolution The members of the Nonpartisan \League caucus adopted the following resolution of sorrow over the death of John H. Bloom, editor of North Dakota Nonpartisan. Whereas our beloved friend and editor, Col. John H. Bloom, answer- ed the call of the Angel of Death Sunday morning, February 15, 1925, and Whereas we realize the impotency of phrases or eulogies to add or to detract from that feeling of irrepar- able logs, to his countless friends, to our great State, and to the cause of | Progress. We humbly seek to express our sorrw in simple word: Our friend who has finished the journey over life’s uneven road will ever be remembered as a champion of the rights of the meek and lowly. A man with a conviction to stand for what he believed to be right and to condemn that: which he believed to be wrong. He would criticise both friend and foe if he thought it within. his |line of duty. His convictions were | spoken in a language as hard as can- |non-balls. His life was dedicated to ithat great toiling mass of producers, |Any infringement of their rights pierced his heart causing it’ to throb in agony. Growing tired for a mo- ment and with an uneven step he de- cided to rest by the wayside, still planning and hoping that he could continue for the sake of éthers, but ; his hopes could not be realized, for jin that moment the Great Reaper of Life closed his eyes and carried him from us to“that other shore. { In the words of that great philoso- {pher. “All should be brave to meet that which awaits us all.” Our friend had reached the hill-top of life and was slowly marching toward the set- lting sun. His day’s work had long been done. His efforts were not in vain for all can say, the world is bet- ter for his having lived. He will live in the minds of his friends until ithe curtain is drawn, separating even them from this life to be a part of that great caravan of death, To his beloved ohes we can only say that we realize how futile it is to attempt to mend a grief with words, but from the hearts of his many, many friends comes the warm- est sympathy in your*hour' of trou- ble. Nonpartisan League Leg Caueus the | e Committee, ore ue MADDOCK. 10 VOTE MILL BILL CHANGES League Leader Declares Changes Made in Mill Bill Are Satisfactory TO COME UP TODAY Bank of North Dakota Is Di- rected to Provide $500,000 To Aid Mill Prediction that the Re- presentatives would concur in Senate amendments to House Bill No, 94, the mill and elevator management bill, was made today by F. A, Vogel, Non- partisan League leader. When the bill was returned to the House late yesterday afternoon, after ing been passed by the Senate, Mr. Vogel made « motion to concur in House} amendments, but because the most recent Senate amendments hud not been printed in the Journal the mat- ter went over one day at the request of several members. Mr, Vogel de-| clared that the Senate provision for} a loun of up to $600,000 by the Bank! of North Dako for the Grand Forks! nill House Bill 94, th mill manage- | ment bill passed senate with only! three dissenting votes the senate the bill car lowing general provisions. 1. The law placing the mill elevator undef. the i board of managers is 2. Full authority and lity for the operation of the mill and) elevator is placed in the hands of the Governor alone. The Industri House of and; of a h Commission is given authori appoint an audi | tor who shall at all times be given | access to all of the mill and elevator! records and who shall make monthly | and annual reports of the financial’ and business status of the enterprise | to the entire commission, 4, The industrial commission also shull “direct the Bank of North Da- kite to loan-to the association (the! mill and elevator) from _ time to time monies sufficient for the ef- ficient conduct of its business upon | the security of warehouse receipts, | bills of lading, and other usual forms! of security, but the total amount of such monies loaned shall at no time} exceed the sum of $500, over and| above the amount due the bank of| North Dakota from the suid associa- | tion at the time of the passage andj approval of this act.” Bank Loans | This last provision was inserted| yesterday afternoon as an amend-| ment on the motion of Senator D. H. | Hamilton. Nonpartisan of McHenry | county, while the second and third provisions were inserted by the Sen-| ate Independents last Saturday, the bill as it originally passed the house | having merely repealed the board of | managers’ law leaving the mill an elevator on the doorstep of the en: tire Industrial commission, Indepen-; dents included. Following the acceptance of Sena- tor Hamilton’s amendment the bill! passed the senate 44 to 3. Senator Ingerson of Burke county, Nonparti- san, and Senators Rusch of Cass, and| Bond of Ward, Independents voted) “No”. Senator Magnuson, Nonpar-! tisan, was absent. During the discussion of Senator Hamilton’s amendment Tuesday, the| senate leaguers declared their con- vietion that if this amendment was accepted by the Senate Independents | the other amendments which had been made by the Independents ma-| jority in the upper body would be accepted to the league majority in the house. Other Bille Passed Four other bills were passed by the senate during a short session yesterday afternoon. One of these} H. B. 87 has aroused some contro- versy in insurance circles in the} state. It prohibits the cancellation of an insurance agent's contract by! a company with which he has been! doing business on the ground of his| having taken a contract with another} company. The Shassed 30 to 17. On recommendation of the com-| mittee on taxes and tax laws, the senate killed S, B. 101 which woul have made all railway taxes payable, to the state, doing away with such payments to the counties. S. B, 88 which would have combined the of-} fices of county judge, and clerk of |y the district court in counties of less | than 20,000 population was also dis; posed of. The Senate accepted the reports of the committee on banks and ban recommending several bills for pa: age. One of these was S. B, 210 in-/ troduced by Senators Page and Inger- | son regulating the borrowing power {* of: state banks. This bill prepared | with the assistance of G. A. Bangs of | Grand Forks will take the place of! @ more radical bill along th me line introduced by Senator Ingerson early in the legislative session. There was no debate on the report of the committee on gounties recom mending for passage H. B. 151, de: signed to open the way to a new county seat election in Sioux county, where Selfridge is seeking to: win that honor away from Fort Yates, its present location. Reports recommending for passage bills providing for county, city and/at Northwestern University, and re- -achool -budgete, ‘were also ~secepted turned te-Milwaykee lnst-night } without debate, | Tuesday night, R. 1, Ve Rieh- | th Broome, textile manufacturer Rhode held a the Providence, Feb, 19. ard L. ot Island, was witness in of Miss Tesst, Lis accused of embezzling $110,000 | from the Kingston Trust Company of Kingston, R. 1, of which she was secretary-treasurer. Miss Tesst, who 38 rs old, is o in jail, The bank is closed. State attorney-genera said thut Broome had admitted borrowing a total of $51,00 from Miss Tess!, beginning with a loan of $1,000 in the fall of 1 Mr. Sission said Slocum, in jail toda case wude Forgot Safety Catch on His Pistol; Killed: Chiesa SREWEIONS forgot to throw off tch on his pistol wh ed it at a robber, William Glea son, a storekeeper, unable to fire at the intruder who shot d killed him while Mrs. Giea- son looked on, helpless to aid him. he robber had tied both when wus distracted b the en tr of customer Gleason freed himself and id the pon, The assailant escaped. BIG LOAN IS PROMISED FOR ’ AID OF FRENCH Because he the safety n he aim was he nee a seize ‘Would be Provided After the | Budget Is Balanced, Is Report Feb, 19. (By the A. P.)y Promise of $100,000,000 loan for the improvement of French finances and 000,000 loan for the de- ions, to be floated in the United States as soon as the budget is defThitely bal one of the remedies for Franc troubled financial and economi tel, in an address before the Cham ber of Deputies today. LISBON CAST GIVES DRAMA: Lisbon, N. “Abra- ham,” a biblical drama by Rev. Pet- er Edwards, rector of the Episcopal hurch, Lisbon, was given very suc- ssfully at the Lisbon armory re- jcently by a cast which included the /its owne! uthor in the title role. Music and lyrics used in the play were also written b: dwards who is composer The play is in five scene ing roles were taken by Re’ | Kirby, Mmes. A. W. Lee, mte, and F, S, Thomas, Misses Elfie Freeman, Alice Gilbertson, Mary Davis, Bernadine Thomte, Ruth Frost, Mary Davis, Effie Patterson and Edith Bale, Rev. W. R. Thatcher. C. E, Cavett, Dewey Challey, and Philip Thomte. A musical program completed the evening's entertain- ment. Gloria Swanson Will Recover Paris, Feb. 19.—Unless complica- tions set in, Gloria Swanson, motion picture star, is out of danger, her doctors said today. Operated on she is progressing favorably and may be able to leave the hospital within a week. She is said to have narrowly escaped acute peritonitis, the operation being per- formed just in time. FIRST WHITE BORN I RICHLAND STILL VING Hankinson, N. D., Feb. 19.—George Bridges, who claims to be the first white child born in Richland county, is still living, and is a resident of near Eden Vall i according to 4 statement made public by Matt Schram. . Schram says, jFort Abercrombie about the time of the Ci There George Bridges, now about 70 years old, was born. Bridges, Sr., was a post butcher at the fort. Milwaukee, Feb. 19.—The body of Robert B. Minahan, 21, son of Dr. John R. Minahan of Green Bay, Wisconsin, was found in a park here Monday night, a.bullet wound in his head and a revolver in one hand. The identification was made by the victim’s father, a prominent surgeon. Dr. Minahan id he had received a letter Monday from Robert in which the doy said he was “tired of life.” The father had gone to Chicago, where the boy was a student. identified the body. who | Cienvisetrens Wadi taen warned by directors of the bank not to extend credit to Broome t Sunday night, before she taken into custody, Mr. Sission said, Miss Tesst sent Broome to New York in an effort to secure a rebate from swindlers with whom she had invested money belonging to the bank in order that she might, to some extent, cover shortage in her ac counts. i Broome, proprietor of the Pontiac} Mills, said to have commenced borrowing from Miss after his | plant was partly burned down and reconstruction was necessary. was stock is sst INHERITANCE | TAX LEVY PLAN I$ GRITICIZED: | President Coolidge, in Address in Washington, Asks Changes Made iSOCIALISM METHOD i penal ' Lev Which Now Can Be Made Amount to Confisca- * | tion, He Says Washington, Fe withdrawal of the ment from the inher land greater economy in tax [ows were recommended public lcensideration by President Coolidge in an address at the opening sessien oday Tax Associa {tion national inheritance and estate | conference. The President condemned the pres- collec. fo BATTLESHIPS ARESUPREME | TS DECISION Holds with Navy Department That Airplanes Won't Supercede Them REPORT PUBLISHED Report of Navy General Board on Future Power Needed Is Published APPEARS AT HEARING Washington, Feb. 19.—-Instead going to the White House today his much advertised “reprimand” from Persident Coolidge, Brigadier General Mitchel! appeared once more before the aircraft committee and reaffirmed his opposition to the ad- ministration’s aircraft policies. Before he took the stand the gen- eral disclaimed all connections with the report of a White House sum- mons which broke up yesterday's meeting. When stand of for General Mitchell took the before the committee today, INinois, asked: “Is itchell or an ex-gen- stant Army Air Chief smiled but did not reply. Washington, Feb. 19."Definite ac- reptance by President Coolidge after careful inquiry of the Navy depart- that air power can never supersede battleship suprema- v at sea, if implied, is not stated, announced $30,000,000 naval construction program for the pres- ent and ensuing fiscal year, now be- fore Congress. This was disclosed in the publica- ment’s theory in his ‘ent federal inheritance tax, amount- ling in its highest brackets \percent, declaring that in some stances, it, with the state levie: [closely approuches if it is not act {ually confiscation.” | On Socialism country as socialism, and not; under the guise of a law to collect revenue,” he said. “The people are wite able to determine for them- selves the desirability of a particu- ilar public poli id do not ask to ihave such policies forced upon them iby indirection. Declaring there is “competition i ween states to reach in inherit- ar es, not only the property of lits own citizens, but the property of ji states,” the Pres dene by way of illustration, showed how a share of stock upon death of might be made subject to seven separate and distinct inherit- ance taxes by the federal and vari- ous state governments, “A solution of this problem pre- sents the difficulty of obtaining re- action upon the part of the he said. “I feel, however, that in fairness to each other and to their taxpayers, some way will be found of obviating this extravagance by giving up entirely the collection of inheritance taxes upon personal property of non-resident decedents or by the imposition upon the trans- fers of such property of a tax ex- tremely simple in administration and low in amount. Must Have Relief “The burden of taxation is one from which relief must be found. It tcuches directly and indirectly all of our citizens. The most obvious field of economy is for the govern- ment to spend less. It is, however, equally desirable that the burden put by the government on its citizens be productive of government revenue and not destructive of the property of the taxpayer, for it is what the taxpayer gives, rather than what the government ultimately spends, which measures the effect of the tax upon the We should, therefore, by a simpli ication of our methods of taxation and imposition of eco- uomically found rates of taxation, make certain that the government realizes more nearly the values which the citizen relinquishes. STUDENTS PLAN RECITAL Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 19. Eleven students at Wesley college will combine in the presentation of a student recital in Corwin hall at the college Thursday evening. Piano, organ and violin solos and duets to- Igether with interpretation readings ; are to compose the program. -| UNIVERSITY STUDENT, 21, KILLS SELF, WAS “TIRED OF L 99 Robert's elder brother, John, died in 1922, while a student at the Uni- versity of Chicago. In the case also there was a gun. It was at first thought that he had committed sui- cide with a shotgun but weeks later an inquest determined that death was accidental while the :young man was cleaning the weapon. In a pocket of Robert's clothes was found a note addressed’ “Dear Charles” and signed SLouis ", stating “I do not love you” and the girl's intention of marrying another. Rela. tives attached no significance to pet ‘paper, 1g affair. to 40]}, fm} ai “If we are to adopt socialism, itd; = Should be presented to the people of 'y _ | this uation advanced by Finance Clemen- ; ciple, but on a modified s tion for the tion today of the report of the Navy general board, acting as special board ‘of inquiry by the President's irection on the relative military value of aircraft, submarines and uttleships, along with the statement by the executive showing the basis of the appropriation recommenda- ions that he had forwarded to Con- Tess. No Direct Reference While the President made no direct reference to the board’s findings, hi statement shows acceptance in prin- ale, of the board’s recommendations as to the priority and nature of new construe Nay. The board recommended ately modernization of of the older battleships as the first require- ment for the Navy. The President, in his program for modernization without gun elevation, cut this num- ber to three ships and eliminated another recommendation of the board for modernization of seven other battleships as soon as possible. the bourd’s recommendations r prompt completion of the new craft carriers and their planes as econd step, the President con- curred. Where immedi- the board recommended building ithout delay” the eight 10,000 ton isers already author- ized, the President reduced this to two ships to be started at once. Fifth Proposal As fifth in priority the board, submitted the following recommen- dation for which no provision is found in the President's program: “That a progressive and adequate airplane building program be au- thorized to insure to the fleet a com- plete outfit of up-to-date planes with 50 percent replacement in reserve, as well as the necessary training planes, at a total expenditure for the first: year of $20,000,000.” The program before Congress also Proposes no step carrying out the board’s sixth recommendation for laying down in 1927 of the three fleet submarines already duthorized, while for the seventh, proposing au- thorization, and building, “without ssary delay” of a 23,000 ton ional aircraft carrier, the Pres- ident substituted a provision to start work on the group of gunboats al- ready authorized for patrol work on Chinese rivers. MANDAN MAN IS NAMED HEAD Mandan, N. D., Feb. 19.—H. C. Schulte of Mandan was elected pres- ident of the North Dakota Ice Cream Association at the concluding session of the two-day convention in Fargo recently. The other officers named e: F. O. Knerr, vice-president; Harry K. Geist, Grand Forks, secretary treasurer; directors, Harry Christian, pad and M. Nielson, Rugby. Mr. Geist was named as delegate to the national convention, which will be held at Detroit, Mich. Mr. Schulte named the following committee: Resolutions, A. 0. Amundson, Jamestown; M,. Nitlson, Rugby and I. F. Lowe, Lisbon. Advertising, F. O. Knerr, J. T. Jchnson, Harry Christian all of Far- Membership, M. Nielson, Schulte, A. oO. Amundson, Geist. ——_———_ PIONEER, emus 1s BURIED Grand Forks, ‘N. D., Feb. 19.—Fu- Hog 0° Grenbord, #8 H.C. ry