The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 6, 1925, Page 1

/ WEATHER FORECAST Snow probable tonight and urday, Colder tonight. Sat- E BISMARCK TRIBUNE | EST. 'ABLISHED 1873 NEW CHIEF OF AIR SERVICE RECOMMENDED War — Department Chooses Colonel Sechet to Take Place of Gen. Mitchell RESULT OF FIGHT Gen: Mitchell's Charges of In- efficiency of Air Service Brings Change Washington, March 6.—(By the A. P.)—The name of Colonel James E. Sechet was sent to the White House today as the War Department’s choice to succeed Brigadier William Mitchell, assistant chief of the air service, whose public utter- ances over air power have kept off! cial Washington on edge for several weeks. General Mitchell will révert to the rank of Colonel on April 27, the day his successor takes office, but Secre- tary Weeks had not decided on a new assighment for him. The nomination of Colonel Sechet commanding the Air Advance Line School at Kelly Fields, Texas, must be confirmed by the Senate. There have Been intimations that General Mitchell desires to be as- signed as air service officer on the staff of the commander of the Sixth Corps Ares, Chicago, and it is be- lieved he will be assigned in accord- ance with his wishes, although for- mal orders to that effect are not ex- pected to be issued until about the time of his change. The fact that Colonel Sechet rose from “the ranks as did General Mit- chell is believed to have influenced Mr. Weeks in his final decision. The nomination of Colonel Sechet, carrying the rank of Brigadier Gen- eral, was sent to the Senate by Pres- ident Coolidge a short time after he received the recommendation from Secretary Weeks. NEW GUNS ARE TRIED OUT AS AIRCRAFT FOE: War Bisiiliea Is Making Test Before Doubtful Leg- islators of Worth 4 Fortress, Monroe, Va., March (By the A. P.)—Post war anti-air- craft guns were matched today in a test with aircraft to demonstrate ve-| fore doubtful legislators and other, Washington officials their worth against enemy air bombers. The test was arranged by Secretary Weeks end was designed to help in the determination of the question of relative values of land guns and air- craft as defensive weapons against air invaders in war times, Only one side of the question, however, was to be emphasized. That was what progress had been made since 1918 in developing gun fire ef- ficiency against raiding aircraft.» SOME AGAINST COUNTY AGENT Minot, N. D,, March 6.—Opposition of sonle of the county board mem- bers to again employ a; county agent for Ward county, following the recent resignation of John Husby to become state dairy commissioner, has developed, with’.final disposition of the question likely to come subse- quent to the presentation of an opin- ion as to whether or not it is re- (quired by law that the board em- ploy another agent. States Attorney H. E. Johnson and Assistant States Attorney B, A. Dick- inson, who have been requested by the county commissioners to prepare an opinion dealing with the legal aspects of the question, were, looking up the law today and expected to be in a position to present the opinion late today or tomorrow, BIG DAMAGE -CLAIM SETTLED = | Minneapolis, March 6.—A claim against the Northern Pacific Rail- road company asking $55,000 damages for the death of a mother and son and injury to another son was or- dered settled for $6,500 by Dis! Judge Jopeph W. Molyneaux in Min- neapolis, on petition of the plaintiff yesterday. : On Aug. 15, 1924, a Northern Pa- cific passenger train passing thru Billings, Mont:,, struck an automo- aye in which were riding William “ Hier and Dave Zier and: their mo- ther, Eva Elizabeth Zier, of Sheridan county, Wyoming. ave and his , mother were fatally injured and Wil- ‘liam suffered serious: fractures. Offered $6,500'in settlement, how- ever, and believing that there was a question ‘as to whether the company’s liability in negligence could be es- tablished, John’ G. Zier, husband and father of the THER .to set- 4 , te. sins Y q u ie COOLIBGR TAKING OATH OF OFFICE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1925 FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CEN’ wise ais af Chief Justice Taft a at the Capitol. § continent reaching San Fr 0 COST OF STREET DEPARTMENT HELPS TO BOOST TAX RATE IN BISMARCK; HIGHER THAN GENERAL AVERAGE) Editor's Note.—This is another cost of municipal government in B The cost of keeping Bismarck's streets in condition and lighted whit not the highest in the country is nevertheless well above the ave for all cities for which the census bureau gathers statistics. The aver- age per capita cost for 261 s with more than 30,000 people in 19 was $2.87, For the very same ser- vice, and perhaps in the case of many cities: for -more si ck gets, ‘this ‘cit capita. Why. thi Ach eae tia ae costs exists can only be ascertained by omplete and thorough exami- nution of the local situation. to learn if there is Not some way in which expenses can be reduced without in any. way impairing the extent or the effic of the work now done. The census bureau figures for ci- ties over 30,000 people and therefore jmany‘times larger than our city are as follows: Gyoup No, 1 Group No. 2 Group No. 3 Group No. 4 Group No. 5 Average for all 261 c BISMARCK | PLANES MEET - IN MID-AIR Both Pilots Escape, Jumping in Parachutes San Antonio, Tex., March 6.—When two Kelly Field planes collided in mid-air at an elevation of about 4,000 feet today, both pilots jumped from the wrecked planes ‘in parachutes, landing safely soon after the burn- ing planes, locked wing in wing, crashed to earth, Second Lieutenant D. C. McAllis- ter and Cadet Charles A. Lindberg, of the advanced flying school of Kelly. Field were the pilots of the planes. With the exception of a few minor scratches neither was hurt. This is thought to be the first time in history that two pilots have leaped from different ships follow- ing a collision and landed without fatal ‘injury. Debate Pairings Are Announced crdna Forks, N. D., March 6.— Pairings for the third series in the state high school debate league were annouhced here recently: by A. H. Yoder, extension division head of the state university and director-of the debating league. Schools listed first in each pair won first choice on the} place the debate is to be held and the side of the question they wish to take. The round must be completed before March 21. Mr. Yoder an- nounced. The pairings: Hebron—Beach. Ellendale—Wimbledon. Cooperstown—Reynolds, Williston—Leeds. Rugby—Egeland. The winner of the Bowman-New jelpaly debate, which has not yet been jannounced, was given a bye. Results of the second series, just completed, were as follows: Hebron won' from Steele. Wim- bledon was victorious over Tower City: Cooperstown won from Kensal. Reynolds won from Lakota, Egeland won from Park’ River Agricultural S¢hool.. Leeds won from Westhope. Rugby won from Rolla. Ellendale won from Wyndmere. _Bowman-New Leipzig not yet heard from. October in the’ wettest month of the year in’ the British Isles, NEA Service and The Trijune over ns the oath of office “to -| compared to our city. ‘|ty damaged, e wires of the Bell Telephone system shows President Coolidge at the inauguration ceremony t Washington it was flashed across the single operation. ICE GORGE IN MISSOURI IS HELD SERIOUS Bottom Land Is Flooded From Four to Eight Feet as s picture had ‘been taken and principal way points in a in the series of articles touchin ismarck. Continuing our comparison, we |+ find that some cities between 30,000 | and 50,000 inhabitants are in Bis- marek’s class, but that these are very few of the 107 municipalities a Result which make up Group 5 of the bu- —— reau's compilation. Some of tne ci-| Yankton, S. D,, March 6.—The ice gorge in the Missouri River above Niobrara, Neb) till holding this morning, according to telephone ad- vices received here and the. jam now extends from a point just west of the month of the Niobrara River up to Greenwood, thirty miles that. Below the jam the’ tiver is running open with occasional floes. All bottom land above. the gorge are higher, and all half \ties in the Eas the cities of the South pay onl or less than half for highy In the latter case, this may be due to the fact} that the South employs vheap color- ed labor’ and even chain gangs on its thoroughfares. Hence, in the table below we have ‘omitted ul) Southern communities, and also Eastern cities, feeling that the cities from the Mid-|js under from four to eight feet of dle, West and the Northwest would water on both sides of the river and afford a much fairer b of com-|the residents have been driven to parison. ‘The table is also confined to 20 cities only, but if all West and Northwestern cities enumerated, Bismarck would h higher ground. On the wide Ne- braska bottom above Niobrara, about twenty families have abundoned their homes and belongings escaping in Bice from the top or most expensive out} bouts in many instances. The water of 31 municipalities in this terri-] js up to the railroad tracks at Ponca tory. In other words, it would come| Creek, this side of Verdel, Neb., nc in the bulation, and would find 25 other s below it in the cost of its 1 (Continued on page three) cording to reports, but the line is still open. Niobrara is about titty miles above Yankton and the river is apparently open for that distance as well as EN. McCORMICK Fella Yankton with the ice running LONG SERVICE IN POSITION Gilbert Semingson, Renamed Bank Examiner, in De- partment Eight Years LEFT $2,000,000 Chicago, March 6.—(By the A. P.) —The lute United States Senator | Medill McCormick left his entire lestate upwards of $2,000,000, accord- ing to the estimates of his attorney, to his widow, Mrs. Ruth Hanna Me- Cormick, for her lifetime. Mrs. Mc- Cormick was named sole executrix and co-trustee with Vice President Charles G. Dawes, the other trustee, it was disclosed when the will was filed today. FREIGHT RATES ARE ATTACKED Poultry and Egg _ Rates Brought Into Question Gilbert Semingson, reappointed state bank examiner, by Governor Sorlie, has been with the department for eight years, and is familiar with all branches of the bank examiner's office, wihch includes the examina- tion of banks, cities, counties and other subdivision books. Mr. Semingson was appointed Sep- tember 15, 1917, as deputy examina- tion by J. R. Waters, -He was re- appointed on March 10, 1919, by Mr. Waters and reappointed chief deputy examiner by O. E. Lofthus. He was named state examiner by Gov- ernor Frazier November 21, 1921, re- appointed by Governor Nestos on March 11, 1923, and reappointed by Governor Sorlie March 5. Mr. Semingson is a~ veteran in the banking business in the state, having commenced in 1905. Today he re- ceived the congratulations of many friends, SIX DEBATES ARE SCHEDULED AT ‘U’ Grand Forks, N. D., March 6.—Six intercollegiate debates are scheduled for the University of North Dakota men and a dual debate has been ar- ranged for the women debaters this year. gin all the forensic events the ques- tion will be “Resolved, That Con- gress, by a two thirds vote, should have the power/to override decisions of the supreme court, declaring acts of congress unconstitutional.” . The men’s schedule includes a dual debate. with the state agricul- tural college on March 12; Ripon college at Grand Forks amd St. Olaf college’ at Northfield, Minn., on March 16, and a dual debate with Carleton college on March 17. The women debaters will speakers from Jamestown college ‘on April 15. Washington, March 6.—Rates on poultry, eggs and dairy products from western trunk line territory to points east of the Indiana-Illinois state line were attacked today by western shippers including the Amer- ican Farm Bureau Federation and the National Poultry and Egg Asso- ciation, in a complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The complaint said the western trunk Jine territory, which includes a large area west of the Mississippi, had been subjected to unfair treat- ment since March 20, 1924 when the railroads put_into effect new sché- dules. The commission was asked to prescribe a new scale of rates and to award reparation to shippers unjust- GRADUATE STUDENTS INCREASE AT; UNIVERSITY Grand Forks, .N. D., March 6—A three hundred percent increase in the number of graduate students at- tending North Dakota university from 1920-21 to 1924-25 is the out- standing feature of the comparative enrolment: statistics of classes com- piled by the Registrar's office. The number \of seniors during the same period has increased 175.6 percent; the number of Juntors, 70 percent. That a large’ number of the up- per classmen and graduates are from institutions all over. the United States is another indication of the increasing recognition the University is: receiving, the Registrar's’ ‘state- mont said. Corporal punishment was inflicted Been last Your. above’ meet SENATEG. 0, P. Proceeds Without Services of Senators Who Were Read Out of Party | MOSES Is ELECTED New Hampshire Man _ Is Named President Pro Tempore of the Senate Washington, March 6.—(By thé A. P.)—Without the support of the Senators they have read out of the party councils the Republicang pro- ceeded today to the reorganization of the new Senate, Senator Moses of New Hampshire {was elected president pro tempore, 26 to 50 over Senator Pitman, Demo- erat, Nevada, the choice of the Dem- ic conference. ater Robinson told the Demo- cratic conference that Democratic Senators should let the Republican party “fight out the issue without interference,” over committee as- signments, The minority,” he said, “ig under no obligation to settle disputes of this nature. We should recognize the right of the administration ‘to organize the Senate and unless its efforts prove futile, stand by and re- frain from participation in clashes among Republicans concerning com- mittee assignments.” The Democratic leader advocated} nonpartisan consideration of foreign} relations, “in order that the moral, strength of our nation in its deal-} lings with other peoples may be un- diminished.” Senator Robinson was_ re-elected party floor leader and all of the of-; ficers of the Democratic conference | were re-elected. The Democratic Senators also adopted a resolution authorizing ap- pointment of one additional member Senate to the committee of which now are This action was the re- agreement with the Re- jislative jjustment BLACK INVITES | REORGANIZES, | TWO ENGINEERS NAMES LEADER) TO LEAVE JOBS fuse to Sign Vouchers for Five Days Pay Given Testimony That Dis- pleased Commission’s Sec. Ww. Gettleman, superintendent of the uipment Department, and Oliver Knutson, engineer, employed in the State Highway Commission, who figured prominently in the re- cent investigation, were still on the Job toi despite the fact that the chief clerk, under Secretary Black's instructions, presented them with vouchers for their pay up to last night. The presentation of thesé vouch- ers was taken as an invitation to quit by Messrs. ettleman and Knutson, but in view of the fact that, according to their story, Mr. Black had never given them any no- tice, they refused to abandon their posts and reported for duty this morning as usual. There is considerable friction in the department due to the recent leg- investigation. Mr. Gettle- man and Mr. Knutson were rather independent in the manner in which they testified, and.it is said that they incurred the displeasure of their superior, Secretary Black. Just what wifl be the developments in the Highway Commission are not known now, but as two of the mem- of the commission retire in April and a new commission is to be appointed by Governor Sorlie, it is expected that there will be a read- of personnel -and_ poli in this department, although no in- timation has come from the Gover- nor's office as to what he intends to do. '2 MEN REFUSE ANY TESTIMONY | UPON DAWES: Senator Reed Delivers Satiri-. cal Address ! | Wabhington, March 6—A satirical attack on any one man who would set his will against that of the Sen- ate, was delivered here last night in an address by Senator Reed of Mis- souri, The Senator did not men- tion names, but told of an “attack” on the Senate. Apologizing to Kip- ling, he said the object of his re- marks reminded him of an “India rubber injun on a spree.” A farewell dinner to Senator Walsh of Massachusetts who retired March 4 was the occasion for the addregs, which was heard by a num- ber of* senators. ASK AID FROM CONGRESS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS In an effort to improve the pub- lic school situation in the former Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, especially that part situated in Mountrail and McLean Counties un- der the openings of 1916 and 1917, where the present rate of taxation is wholly inadequ@te for educational needs, a concurrent resolution of the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the legisla- tive Educational Committees was mailed Wednesday, March 4, to North Dakota members of Congress. The resolution recommended to Congress the earnest consideration of the district’s request for the granting of an appropriation suffi- cient to conduct its public schools until such time as, the district can function under the laws and regula- tions of the State. - The fact that homesteaders were unable to pay for their lands under pressure of crop failures and gen- eral adverse conditions, and the fur- \ther fact that the time limit was extended in 1924 for an additional three years for making final pay- ments, are responsible for the pres- ent dearth of school funds.. In the {Van Hook district alone is any at- tempt made to keep up a four-year high school course, and difficulties there are very considerable. The resolution, copies of which were sent to Senators Ladd and Fra- zier, and Representatives Burtness, Hall, and Sinclair, was signed by Miss Minnie J. Nielson, State Sup-|P erintendent of Public Instruction; Representative J. H. Burkhart, Chair- man of the House Educational Com- mittee; and Senator P. J. Murphy: Chairman of the Senate Educational Committee. OUTCASTS COMBINE Tokyo, March 6.—Social outcasts|an operation for acute peritonitis | while elsewhere the weather is gen- here have formed an organization clase distinction in Japa ‘and James E. MAKES ATTACK March H. M. Blackmér O'Neil, former offic nies, who have Paris, jof American oil com been visiting in Fr ned before the Civil Tribunal of a Seine, February 24, for inter- Togation by ch J. Mengert, spe- representative of the United s Re Department in connection with the Teapot Dome al Reserve case, it was revealed today, Both fae it was added, refused to testi- UNDERWORLD STORY TOLD Girls Married Into Richest Families, Is Statement Chicago, March 6.—The: girls of the Everleigh Club, the notorious underworld resort, the skeletons of which have been rattled in the con- spiracy trial of the wealthy W. E. D. Stokes of New York, married into the richest families of the country, according to Stoke's informant. Pride in her youthful aristocracy of the undercrust was evidenced by Minnie Everleigh, as Stokes, in his testimony yesterday said he found her living under the name of Miss Lester on 7ist Street, New York, when he interviewed her in an ef- fort to trace a red-haired girl, Helen Underwood, who had been an inmate of the resort. He is being tried for conspiracy to defame his estrang- ed wife, Helen Ellwood Stokes of Denver, “Our girls were the pick of the country,” he said Minnie Everleigh told him as she stood erect refusing to open the book of the past: “Some of them married into some of the richest families of the United States. Our life in Chicagp is a closed book. ‘We'll give you no information.” “All right, madam,” Stokes said he replied, “I admire you for your loyalty.” 26 KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION Leningrad, March \6.—Twenty-pix persons, mostly women and children, were killed, and an unknown number wounded by an explosion of oxygen tanks in a building in the center of this city today. : The explosion caused a panic in the vicinity and scattered debris and s of human bodies in every rection. GLORIA SWANSON MUCH IMPROVED Paris, March 6.—Gloria Swanson, American film star, who underwent on February 18, has recovered to only “once ‘on “a* convict ‘in \British\| which will work for laws abolishing|such an extent that she is leaving ‘ b ‘Clinie at* Auteuil ‘this afternoon. Gettleman and Knudson Re-, NO WORD FROM CHIEF These Men Said to Have LEGISLATURE ENDS SESSION TODAY HIGHWAY POLICY SETTLED IN MORNING SESSION; BUDGETS FOR INSTITUTIONS, BRIDGES, LEFT } independent Senator Leaves For Home on Word His Son Is Il, and Final Deliberations of Legislative Assembly May Be Affected by His Absence—Fight Is Waged Over Ap- propriation Bil's for University, Experiment Station, Other Institutions With the North Dakota legislative assembly nearing its élose, probably to be late today, some of the big appropri- ation questions of the session remained at noon to be settled. The highways policy of the state was formulated this morning when the House, by a vote of 85 to 25, accepted Senate amendments to House Bill No. 3. Under this bill, the auto license fees are raised a total of approximately 10 per cent, with larger increases on trucks and commercial carrying vehicles; and all but $200,000 of the present one- cent gasoline tax taken from the general fund and placed ina state highway fund. It is estimated that the Highway Commission will get $550,000 to $600,000 annually for main- tenance of federal aid roads already built and building new roads. The road construction program after November 9, 1926, when the present system of counties matching federai aid must be discontinued, will be cut two-thirds, under the bill, it is estimated. The House of Representatives approved the three budget bills for the North Dakota Agricultural College, with cuts made from the Senate appropriations. The Senate disposed of the state departmental budget bill shortly before noon by accepting Senate amendments. Senator W. H. Porter, Independent, left for his home early today, in receipt of word that his son was seriously ill, and the Independent majority of one was lost. A move as made to reconsider Governor Sorlie’s efficiency expert ill. The fate of the four bridge appropriation bills—Sanish, Williston, Fargo and Des Lacs — was to be settled in the closing hours of the assembly. A, C. Budget Bills Senate The House concurred in § ‘after a brief debate, this morning. ARE ACCEPTED It was originally proposed by the North Dakota Good Roads Associ- House Avoids Fight ation that provision be made for $ 600,000 annually for building high Highway Commission Reports ways, through a gasoline tax and in- creased license fees. Over Anvexpected battle over the reports Under House Bill No. 3, it is esti- mated the Highway Commission will get $300,000 from motor vehicle li- |cense fees to maintain roads already |built, and $250,000 to $300,000 more from the gasoline tax to build new roads, after November 9, 1926, when jof the majority and minority mem-|counties are prohibited from match- bers of the House Highways Com-|ing federal aid. This would make imission investigating committee} possible $500,000 to $600,000 a year dwindled into a few rumblings of/for new federal aid roads, compared discontent, so far as the record!to $1,500,000 a year spent now. shows, in the House of Represen-' ‘The three budget bills for the Ag- tatives yesterday afternoon. Instead of a.contest for the adop- tion of one of the two reports, an informal agreement between leader was carried out under which no ac-; tion at all was to be taken on eithey of the report: The galleries were crowded with ricultural College were disposed in the House rapidly. Senate bill No. 50, providing for the maintenance of the experiment station, was ap- proved by the House at $265,400 as compared to $278,200 recommended by the Budget Board. The Agricultural College general spectators, expecting to see an ora-| maintenance bill, for the institution torical display, when Rep. Streich! proper went through at $538,500 us of Bottineau county, one of the!compared to $565,600 recommended League leaders, moved that the se- lect committee named to investigate the Highway Commission be dis- by the Budget Board. Senate Bill No. 51, for the exten- sion division of the Agricultural charged, adding that since the evi-}College, went through at $65,000, dence and both reports of the ma-|compared to $129,061.98 as recom- jority and minority members of the committee were printed in the Jour- nal, the people of the state could be the judges, and thanked the commit- tee, both Nonpartisans and Independ- ents, for their work, Previously the resolution appro- priating $4,011.00 to pay for the three weeks investigation was voted by the House, 71 to 37, Some heat- ed objections were raised by mem- bers explaining their vote. mended by the Budget Board and $80,000 as it passed the Senate. The House approved in committee of the whole an appropriation of $25,000 to make a topographical sur- vey of the state, te aid reclamation work and flood control. Kill Fair Bilis In a night session last night, the House indefinitely postponed for the second time four fair appropriation bills—Minot, Mandan, Fargo and Grand Forks fairs. The appropria- tion bills had been passed by the Senate, after similar bills had once been killed in the House. ‘The Fargo fair bill was first defeated. A call of the house was moved on this, and word sent out for two Independent members. The vote for indefinite postponement was 59 to 52. a The Grand Forks fair appropria- tion bill was killed, 58 to 54; the Minot fair bill 59 to 52, and_ the Mandan fair appropriation died, 61 to 52. The action leaves but one fair ap- propriation. A standing appropria- tion for the Minot fair, at $2,500 a year, stands on the statute books. Several of the members from the northwestern part of the state, afraid of the fate of their bridge bills, vo- ted at various times for the fair bills. The. House also killed the Senate bill appropriating $30,000 from the bridge fund to pay the amount due the Northern Construction Company for building a concrete road from the Missouri river bridge west. The vote to kill it was 57 to 55. was some argument on this appropriation,.F. A. Vogel, chairman of the appropriations committee, d clared the work was done by the DYNAMITE FISHING Melbourne, Australia, March 6.— Two young men while fishing near here recently tried to set off a bottle of dynamite and kill scores of fish. They forgot to put a weight on the bottle and their dog jumped in after it. As the fuse was slowly burning down, the fishermen started to run, dog and dynamite came after them. The bottle exploded about 25 feet from them and the dog disappeared. mubedatbe, | Weather Report For 24 hours ending at noon: Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Snow probable tonight and Saturday; cold- er tonight. For North Dakota: Snow proba- ble tonight, and Saturday; colder to-, night. WEATHER CONDITIONS n area of high pressure, accom- panied by colder weather, is center@d over northern Saskatchewan while a low |pressure area, accompanied by considerably warmer weather pre- vails over the lhe Rocky Moun- tain and Plateau States. Tempera- tures are above freezing in all parts of the» United States except. in the northern Border States where it is slightly below freezing. Precipita- tion occurred at scattered places from the northern Rocky Mountain region to the north Pacific coast ey co@ld not be ‘legally taken from the bridge fund. Rep. Halcrow, ar- guing for it, declared both the. pres- ent and former. Highway Commission had déclared the road a part of, the bridge project, and that the’ road had deen built ‘to keep an agree- ment with the federal government. to pave it within three years from the time the bridge was finished.” ‘Ipeperisliam and War” ea erally fair. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, © Pai