The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 1, 1925, Page 1

i > 4 \ natant ] ; It has been found very, ere wi ‘WEATHER FORECAST Cloudy tonight and Thursday. Somewhat colder Thursday, ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1925 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | FINALEDITION | PRICE FIVE CENTS BIG AUTO COMPANIES MAY COMBINE NEW HIGHWAY MARKERS MAY BE ADOPTED ‘North Dakota Products Are « Favored for Emblerh on Road Guide Posts WHEAT AND CORN GROUP | Preparations Being Made To, Handle Tourist Traffic Here This Season New highway markers will be plac-! ed along the state highways in North | Dakota in the near future if plans, now being made are carried out. It} is proposed to do away with the pro-| file of the Dakota Indian for the| emblem on the official road marker | and have a new emblem with ears of corn in the center and shocks of wheat on the sides. It is believed that the proposed new emblem will impress upon tourists that North Dakota is an agricultural state and that its chief products are corn and wheat. uovernor A. G. Sorlie is said to favor the proposed new emblem and le is expected to urge its adoption by the state highway commission. | Preparations are being made to} handle a vast amount of tourist) traffic through North Dakota this summer, A. W. Tracy, general man- ager of the National -Parks highway (ted Trail), which traverses North Dakota between Fargo and Beech, is! receiving inquiries and requests for} tourist information from many places in the east and middle west and it is expected that the 1925 tourist sea-| son will be the largest in history. The Red Trail, which is the short- est highway between Chicago and seattle, is being improved for the season and literature is being dis- tributed to Automobile clubs throughout the country. The high-| way is 2,632 miles long and will be; shortened about 40 miles when a) new road in the state of Washing- ton, between Wenatchee und Seuttle, is completed. The new Stevens Pass route, to be finished by July 16, will eliminate one mountain pass and carry travelers through the most beautiful part of the Cascades, Mr. Tracy says. Lhere. are only 17 miles of dirt be- tween Chicago and Jamestown, most of which is in Wisconsin, Mr. Tracy stated. The Kidder county commis: sioners ‘are planning to'sepair the road from the county line east and Burteigh county commissioners plan to improve the route between Bis- marck and the east county line. Im- provements are also being made west of Bismarck and in Montana. All this werk will be finished in the near future, Mr. Tracy said, and the Na-| tional Parks highway will have an excellent route this season. More North Dakota people will dri: e automobiles this year than ever before, according to applications for licenses pouring into the motor vehicle license department, Receipts of the department now are $10,000} a day and because of the rush of applications, the office force is be- hind in filling mail orders, but ex- (pects to be caught up soon. BISMARCK MAN FOUND GUILTY Henry Tifford Sentenced to Term in Prison Henry Tuffu.d of Bismarck pleaded guilty to a charge of desertion and non-support in Cass county district court yesterday and Judge M. J. Eng- lert sentenced him to serve one year and two months in the state peniten- tiary, according to information re- ceived here today. Earlier in the day Tufford had entered. a plea of not guilty to the charges. . Tufford’s first wife, who brought the charges, lives Fargo with two children, aged 7 and-6 years, His second wife lives here and has one! child. At the trial Tufford claimed that he had been legally divorced in Minn- eapolis in 1922, but no récord of the divorce could be found. He said that he had paid a man $50 and had se- pred the divorce in about 24 hours. (Action is being brought now to an- nals the marriage to the Bismarck girl. TWO COMMITTEES {APPOINTED FOR BISMARCK A. OF C. Appointment of the fire Rearention. and the agricultural committee have been announced by the board of di- rectors’ of the Association o¢-Com- merce. The fire prevention commit- tee is composed of S, 0. Barron, H. T. Murphy, W. C. Cashman, W. B. Couch and Harry Homan. The mem- bers of the agricultural committee are W. F. Reynolds, E, W. Leonard, J.T. Kelly, Jr., and A. K. Tice. . “PINK-FOOTED” GOOSE Boston, April 1.—A “pink-footed” goose, believed to be the only one of its species found in North Amer- ici hot recently by P. P. Mo! jy, near Newburyport, Mass. | It hi been placed in the Boston Museum of Natural History. * GLASS HARD TO BREAK * Berlis. Ane LA Shamles ae ie sam che ela sich do ena rack a4 splinter easily, has een develo; by Frits Pollak, a German inventor. lea! for shields, pro- automobile windows and. ¢ —— ‘ The American iF industry con- between $00.0 "hho fons of stan aoouallye and aay of moderate means, missioner (Pages 79-80) follows :— assessed valuation of the proximately 110 per cent extent. majority of counties. 1922 valuation.” taxation. tures: *.* *"*'* your city’ government. APRIL “th. COURT DENIES FREEDOM PLEA OF PRISONER Important Points. of Law Decided in Decision of “Jurists Important points of law were de- cided in a decision handed down late yesterday by the State Supreme court in denying an application for a writ of habeas corpus to James Ri- ley, alias James Golden, who was sentenced to serve an indeterminate sentence of from one to five years in the state penitentiary from Traill county for third degree burglary. Riley was sentenced on March~11, 924. ‘The application for a writ of ha- beas corpus was presented in the Burleigh District court and was re- ferred by that court to the Supreme Court. Riley applied for the writ on the grounds that he, is unlawfully re- strained in the penitentiary because judge and state’s attorney of the Traill District court failed to file with the clerk of the court a state- ment of facts and circumstances re- lating to the crime and, therefore the sentence is rendered indefinite and the prisoner must be released after serving the minimum term; and that since the Board of Pardons has not fixed a date when the sentence expires, /the prisoner cannot be law- fully detained beyond the minimum term. The Supreme. court decided that the legislature did not intend any such absurd result from the failure of the judge and state’s attorney to file a statement of facts. The court also held that there is nothing in- definite, the court held, with a fix- ed limit and for the maximum term unless the Board of Pardons rules otherwise. Weather Report | e For 24 hour ending at: noon. Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation .... Highest wind velocity . ‘THER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Thurs- day. Somewhat colder Thursday. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Thursday. Somewhat coldér. Thursday south Sortion, \ WEATHER CONDITIONS A large high pressure are: panied by fair w er, covers the Mit ley and Great Lakes FACTS FOR TAXPAYERS The Little Fellow Always Has To Pay Government of all the people, for the benefit of some of the people and at the expense of the people Sounds like bolshevism, doesn’t it? But, we are just trying to epitomize the following quotations from the 1923-1924 report of the state tax com- distribution of the tax burden and which reads as “Business structures are still assessed ‘too low in comparison with some other classes of property, with the result that other property in cities and villages are, in many instances at least, paying more than their fair share of the expense of maintain- ing the city government and city schools. * * * * * “The valuation of residence property increased 92 per cent in 1923 because of the change in the classification law enacted that year. further increase of tax burden on residence property due to a decrease of about 17 per cent in the total on residence property as a whole increased ap- The tax burden on homes as distinguished from leased residences increased to an even greater “In order to equalize the burden of taxes more equitably between business and residence property, the state board of equalization, in 1924, reduced the assessed valuation of residence property in a The 1924 assessed valuation of residence property is 66 per cent in excess of the “* * * * * Public officials are now confronted with the question as to what they may do to make more equitable the distribution of the burden of It is the consensus of opinion, and we believe it to be true, that owners of residences of the less expensive types are being required to con- tribute a larger amount of the public revenues in proportion to their ability to pay, and in proportion to the value of their properties than are the owners of more expensive residences, and also more, pro- portionately, than are the owners of business struc- The only means at present available whereby you can reduce the tax burden on your modest home is through greater efficiency and more economy in LOOK AT YOUR TAX BILL BEFORE VOTING region. ther is unsettled from the eastern stope of the Rockies to'the Pacific coast due to a barom tric depresgion over the Rocky Moun- tain region. prerlpiteaee opcurred in the southern Plains States and at most places from the western slope the Rockies to the Pacific; coast. Moderate temperatures prevail in sections. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, “4 Official in charge. 2 ry relative to the present There was a state. The tax burden between 1922 and 1923. CIGARET SALE BECOMES LEGAL IN STATE TODAY Cigarets may be sold legally in North Dakota beginning today, but no changes have been made in prices prevailing before the repeal of the law. Licenses have been secured by practically all pool halls, cigar stands and some grocery and drug stores in the state, Besides the license fee of $10 ne- cessary before one may sell cigar- ets. a stamp tax must be paid on each package. Under the present law it is unlawful to sell or give a person under 21 a cigaret and string- ent penalties are provided for all violations. BUCHANAN BOY KILLS SELF Son of Stutsman County Farmer Found Dead Jamestown, April 1.—George; 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Leslie, farmers near Buchanan, Stutsman County, committed suicide at Car- rington Sunday. The young man went to a Carrington Hotel Sunday and ended his life on that afternoon. He was found Monday morning by a chambermaid. He had shot himself through the heart and through the mouth, the one bullet going through his brain. Young Leslie left two notes, one stating the revolver belonged to James Wall of Buchanan and that his father lived’ at Buchanan and the other to his mother telling her things had not been going right with him for three or four years and if she knew all she wouldn't blame him for ending his life. He told here where to collect money for his fun- eral expenses. Plans Underway. For Addition To U. Armory Grand Forks, April 1.—Plans for a $20,000 addition to the armory at the University of North Dakota are now being made, it was announced recently by Theo. Wells, Grand Forks architect. The actual con- struction is expected to be starte about June 1, and the addition’ fin- ished for use at the opening of the university next September. Ti dition is to be constructed on the south sit ft tl will be 50 by 76 in size, Mr. Wel used for military rooms and for shower rooms. A balcony track also is to be constructed it one end = e and will be of the armory. STUD) STAY IN U. 8. Oxford, Eng., April 1.—The num- ber of American students at Oxford has decreased greatly since the post war eo. In 1922 the number was 226, in 1928 it decreased to 181, and in 1924 the total only 170. More than half of these wefe Rhodes scholars, Bape DRY LAW NOT ENFORCED IN. BASTERN U.S. Too Much Attention Paid To Sma'l Bootlegger, Witness Says CROWD COURT DOCKETS “Pull” to Declares _ Political Serious Obstacle Law Enforcement (By The Associated Press) Washington, April 1.--Prohibition is not being properly enforced on the Atlantic seaboard because of inadequate cooperation between fed- eral enforcement agencies, political influences, laxity of federal attor- neys, and a failure to give more at- tention to, the big bootleggers, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant Attorney General, yesterday told the Senate committee investigating the Internal Revenue Bureau. By! crowding court dockets with cases against the “pint” bootleggers and truck drivers, enforcement offi- cials, declared Mrs. Willebrandt, who has charge of prohibition cases in the Department of Justice, are not striking at their source of supply. To do this she asserted, there must be more concentration on the big bootleg operators. Political influences are a serious obstacle to enforcement, Mrs. Wille- brandt said, mentioning in this con- nection particularly the state of New Jersey and he endorsed a step that would assist in eliminating these, by placing the prohibition agents under the civil service. ‘After a long disagreement between the justice and the treasury depart- ments over procedure, she related,|’ injunction proceedings have _ been adopted throughout the United States ag the best means of stopping large sources of supply for the bootlegging trade. The department of justice had HUNTS HUSBAND | 3 | Disappearance of Edward F. Feick- ert, bank president of Plainfield, J., has been made known by his w Mrs. Lillian Feickert, here shown. Mrs. Feickert is president of the New Jersey Women’s Republican Club and one of the toremost women| political workers. She has made it knpwn that her husband has been gone for two months, “leaving no address.” LOST FLYERS | RETURN FROM DEEP SWAMP! favored the injunction method, she explained, while the prohibition unit of the internal revenue bureau had contended for seizure or libel actions. She put into the record corre- spondence between Secretary Mellon ‘and former Attorney General Stone in which the heads of the depart- ments sustained their bureau chiefs in their respective contentions over procedure, which finally resulted in the treasury adopting the policy ad- vocated by the justice department. The committee, having turned: its attention once more to investigation of prohibition enforcement, recessed after hearing Mrs. Willebrandt’s tes- timony until Thursday. UGLY CHARGES ARE MADE BY ” SEN. WHEELER Says Witnesses Against Him Given Intoxicants By Federal Agents (By The Associated Press) Chicagé, April 1.—Senator Burton K, Wheeler, enroute last night to Montana, to stand trial April 16, charged that during the grand jury inquiry which resulted in his indict- ment recently on charges of repre- senting a client before a federal Bureau while holding his senatorial offices, federal agents had given government ness intoxicants. “In indicting me,” said the Sen- ator, “the Department of Justice carrying out a boast made months ago by Harry M, Daugherty. They brought many witnesses “I never heard of, herded them together in a Washington hotel and supplied them with unlimited liquor for three out the designs of the persecutors.” “SUMMER WHITE HOUSE” CHOSEN BY PRESIDENT (By The Associated Press) Swampscott, Mass. April 1.— Preparations to receive President Coolidge and his entourage here next summer were begun with re- ceipt of news that the President would occupy “White Court” recent- ly leased for him by Frank W. Stearns, of Boston, from June 13 until mid-August. ‘A letter from Washington said President Coolidge planned to reach Swampscott in June and to remain until the middle of August when he would leave for Fiymeuth, Vt, to_spend two weeks with his father. White Court, situated on Little's Point. Is owned by the estate of the late Fredérick E, Smith of Dayton, Ohio. It includes about six and half acres and has four hundred feet of water frontage. The house is a large wooden structure of 26 rooms, built in 1905. \ ASSESSOR STARTS ANNUAL CANVASS Assessor Falconer has started & canvass of the city, assessing all prope: Bismarck residents . are urged to give every aid possible to the assessor as he calls in order to speed up the work and to. insure accuracy in assessm he property ig their com they may be corrected. It will be too late to ‘alter the: assessment, other than errors on the,part of the assessor, after the assessments have gone to the county auditor and the treasurer has sent out his tax notices, weeks to give them courage to carry | p, Men Forced to Make Landing Everglades Little Worse for Experience in (Ry The Asso jated Press) ring, Fla., April 1.—After three ; days on short rations and little wa- ter in the Evergtades, Captain R. T. Smith and E, P. Lott’ of New York,| gerial photographers, who were} iforced to make a landing in the huge swamp Saturday, were back in Seb-| ring today, little the worse for their | experienc The two, as they completed the la-} borious work of repairing their en-| gine late yesterday, were discovered by two ofher a rs, who swooped jdown on’the hummock where they had landed. ‘The rescuers, members} of aerial searching parties that for! the last three days have heen wing-| ing over the swamp in ch of the; stranded men, arrived only in time to escort Smith and Lott to Sebring. A cracked cylinder forced them to alight beside a little creek twenty miles north of Palmdale, between Lake Stearns and Moorehaven late | Saturday, as they returned from al| photographic expedition. The intervening days were spent in repairing the plane. y dined sparingly on the canned feans and chocolate which formed the emer- gency supplies on the plane. Water | was their greatest worry and atter| they had drained the radiator of its] store they boiled swamp water in ani empty bean can and used the fluid to queneh their thirst. | RAILROAD MAN AT CASSELTON DIES UNDER CAR} (By The Associated Press) Fargo, N. D., April 1.—Edward Smith, 32, a native of Casselton and yardfnaster for the Great Northern Railroad there, was killed at that/ town, which is near here, when he was crushed between two cars while elping make up the Larimore local train this morning. He is thought to have been instantly killed while working at the connlin~s. His mo- ther and wife survive him. A watch he carried was stopped at 6:10, the time the local is made up. A heavy fog there this morning is believed to have obscured his vi- sion of the approaching car that was backed into the one he stood near. The body was not dragged by the coaches, being found directly be- tween the two cars. He had been employed by the railroad about 19 years, gradually working up during ihe last twelve years to the post he eld. PROTEST MADE BY FARGO CLUB| (By The Associated Press) Fargo, N. D., April 1.—The Fargo Commercial Club on behalf of fruit wholesalers here today filed com- plaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission maintaining that freight rates on car lots of berries between} Missouri ‘and Arkansas and Fargo were unreasonable and unjust. The complaint demands readjustment of these ratas and reparations on past alleged overcharges. ’ REGAL RADIO FANS Tokyo, April 1.—The Emper orand Empress of Japan have become ra powerful receiving set stalied in the Nmadzu Im- _ COLUMBUS’ MAP \ Paris, April 1—The map which Christopher Columbus prepared in 1491 to prove that the world is round has been placed on exhibition | Iowa, one of the farm bloc leaders FREIGHT RATE |! UNITED STAND ON NEW FARM RELIBF URGED Dickinson Hopes to Unite All Interests Behind Agricultural Bill HAS WIDE SCOPE PLAN Provides for Commission of Wide Power in Dealing With Problems Washington, April 1.—A plan to unite all of the various farming in terests in the country in support of an agricultural relief program for enactment at the next session of congress was announced by Rep- resentative Dickingon, Republican, in the house. Mr. Dickinson hag drafte:! a bill which, he said, would be submitted to all figricultural organizations for study and suggestions in an ef fort to concentrate all interests be- hind one measure. It embodies in a modified form, ‘he explained, many of the principles contained in the old MeNary-Haugen export bill and the measure enacted by the house last session <esigned to iyenefit co-operative organizations. The proposal would create a fed- eral farm advisory council to be composed of 36 members, 3 from each of the 12 federal land bank districts, and representatives of bona fide farm organizations. This council would in turn recommend 18 members to the president, who would appoint 6 of these, with the consent of the senate, to a federal farm commission of which the sec retary of agriculture also would be @ member. % This commission would be given wide power in dealing with agri- cwltural problems. It would ad- vise and assist co-operative ciations and other agricultural o} ganizations and would be author- ized to represent co-operative as sociations in opposing trade dis- criminations, boycotts and such practices, and to act in their behalf before any court or administrative agenc 4 'The Dill also would provide that the commission, under certain con- ditions, could either set up an agency of its own or deal through an existing agency in the handling | of surplus products for export. This Mr. Dickinson pointed out, | was a feature of the McNary-Hau- gen ‘bill, but does not embody a price-fixing program, as proposed in that measure. 2 Under ‘his plan, he said, the sur- plus for export would not be segre- gate! from the supply for domestic consumption, and therefore, the world price would determine the price for the entire crop. i An appropriation of $500,000 | would ‘be authorized to defray ex- penses ofthe commission for the | first year. i BOOZE MAKING ON DECREASE’ North Dakota Moonshiners Take Up Other Work Making moonshine, like other well established industries, suffers sea- sonal fluctuation in production. Un- like other manufacturies, however, this is due not to vagaries in de- mand, which may remain fairly con- stant, but to peculiarlties in its pro- duction. For North Dakota moon- shiners are now turning to agricul- tural and other springtime pursuits, and those who kept busy during the winter months in white mule oper- ations no longer have the time to devote to that either profitable or unprofitable sideline, depending up- on their freedom from dete This was learned from A. director for North Dakota, based upon his past federal prohibition experience in’ prohibition enfotce- ment at this time of the year. Compared with previous years, moonshine operations have material- ly decreased in North Dakota in the last 12 months, as well, Mr. Stone id." At the same time there has been a. material increase in the amount of alcohol brought in, he said. Little of this Canada. as the cohol comes from inland tax there l boosts the price per gallon to, about $25, he explained. “However, there is now a possi- bility of a greater amount of diquor brought in from Canada since the province of Saskatchewan liquor con- trol act went into effect Jan. 16,” Mr. Stone pointed out. This act leg- alized the control and sale of liquor by the government, similar to pres- ent provisions of the Manitoba law. LUCK TO MISS TRAIN Canton, April 1.—A band of Chin- ese bandits recently made elaborate io | plans to capture a number of Chinese actresses from a railway train. But the actresses upset the whole scheme by missing the train, THE TREMBLING GROOM London, April 1—It’s the bride- groom and not the bride who trem- bles at the marriage ceremony, says Dr. Joseph Wallett. prominent in a Paris museum, It is one of the oldest maps in existence and for- merly was in the private rooms of Cardinal Mazarin. churchman. “Girls write in a firm, free hand when signing the . mar- riage register, while the men usual]; make a mess of it,” he says. | { Mrs. Dora Gage of Atchison, Kas., in a dying statement accused Roy Turner, below, of having given her poison to obtain her insurance. An autopsy disclosed a ntity of strychnine in the woman's stomach. NURSES WILL MEET HERE APRIL 27-29 sae Dr. Caroline Hedger to Ad- dress Annual Convention ef State Association POISON PLOT | jof the Dodge Brothers With Dr. Caroline Hedger schedul the princip: program, the ‘Thirteenth Convention of the North Dakota State Nurses Association and the Fifth! gue of Nur at the Bi April 2’ The As ing ‘Education will : endea- voring for several years to book Dr. ociation has been Hedger, who connected with the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund which is engaged in child welfare work, and considers itself especially eaker on the| Gompa Annual, Corporation, as reported in New DODGE FIRM ACQUIRED BY N.Y. BANKERS Sale Said to Involve More Than One Hundred Million Dollars in Cash ENDS FINANCIAL FIGHT Deal Believed Preparatory to Merger of Four Great Motor Corporations New York, April 1.—\News that the Dodge Brothers Automobile Company ‘had tbeen acquired by 2 syndicate headed by the banking firm of Dillon, Read and Company of New York, is prominently pub- lished here today as one of the most important financial transac- tions in the history of the automo- bile incustry. The sale is said to have involved more than $100,000,- 000, practically in cash. Represtntatives of the banking firm ‘declined either to affirm or deny the sale and Clarence Dillon declared that while final negoti- lations ‘had nit teen completed, some announcement relative to the deal will ‘be made within a day or two. In financial circles it was de elared the sale consummated a financial battle between Dillon- Read and the house of J. P. Mor- gan, representing the General Motors Corporation to gain control property. It was also believed that the sale was preparatory to a $500,000,000 merger of the Dodge property, the Packard Motor Company and the Hudson Motor Company and the Briggs Body Corporation, al though confirmation for this was lacking. = ANNOUNCEMENTS LATER Detroit, April 1—(By the A. P.) —Negotiations for the sale of Dodge Bros. Inc. to a buyer or group of buyers whose identity has not been learned, are now in progress ‘here and announcements may be made later today, A. C. Schwartz, local representatvie of Dillon-Read ane! Company, Nev York banking firm, told newspaper It has been reported for some time that negotiations were in |progress for the sale of the cora- { pany. Those in touch with the situation today, however, held the opinion that the announcement contemplated today would not be concerning a $500,000,000 merger to include the Packard Motor Car Company, the Hudson Motor Car and the Briggs Body York. It was rumorec! some time ago {Annual Convention of the State Lea-| that attempts were being made to meet negotiate such a merger but that the Hudson and Packard companies refused to consider the deal. A report recently that the sale of the company to the General Motors Corporation was contem- plated was vigorously denied sev- eral days ago ‘by Dodge Brothers fortunate in getting on her crowded officials. lecture schedule at this time. i The session: meeting of the State League of Nurs- ing Education on Monday, April 27, at 2 p. m, at the Masonic Temple. On Tuesday morning the Conven- tion of the North Dakota State Nurses Association will be called to order, and following a musical pro- gram, and organization and_ reports of committees, President Hdith B.} Pierson, R. of Fargo, will de-| liver the annual presidential address. | At the morning ion Dr. Hi edger will speak on ‘ b While all the ses vention will be open, the public are especially invited to attend the meeting on Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m, at the City Auditorium, when al special musical program will be stag-| ed and Dr. Hedger will deliver _an| address of general interest on “What the Community Owes the Child.” For Tuesday afternoon divisional meetings have been arranged for the Private Duty and public ‘health s, Wednesday’s program includes ses by local physicians dentist: and national conventions, and a busi- ness session, followed by formal bal- loting and a dietetic demonstration at the Bismarck Hospital from 3:30 to 5 p. m. The Convention's sessions will close with the annual banquet at eight o'clock at the Grand Pacific Hotel, tickets to be secured from Mrs. Henry Hanson, chairman ‘of the banquet committee. {Officers of the Association are: President Miss Edith B. Pierson, R. N., Fargo; First Vice President, Mrs. W. O. DuBord, R. N., Minot; Second Vice President, Sister M. Gilbert, R. N., Fargo; Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs, Harry E. Morris, R. N., Jamestown; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Esther H. Teichmann, R. N., Bismarck. The Executive Board consists of: Miss Wanda Kurth, R. N., Devils Lake: Mrs. Mildred Isaackson, R. N., San Haven; Miss Josephine Stennes, R. N., Rugby; and Miss Mildred ‘Clark, R, N., Devils Lake. GERMAN EMPRESS NOW Berlin, April 1—For the first time since she married the exiled kaiser, the former Princess Hermine is | rit open with the’ ANDREWS TAKES CHARGE OF DRY LAW AGENCIES (By The Associated Press) Washington, Apr. 1.—Supervision of the major federal agencies char- jged with enforcement of the pro- hibition act was placed today in the hands of Lincoln C. Andrews of New York, a West Point graduate and veteran of the World War. Taking oath as an assistant secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Andrews was giv- en direct supervision over the pro- hibition unit, the coast guard, and the customs service. All three of these agencies heretofore had been under the supervision of assistant secretary Mos Officials indicated that Mr. An- drews later may attempt reorgani- zation of the three agencies. In order to place the three arms ides] of the service engaged in prohibi- reports of delegates to state | tion enforcement under Mr. Andrews, it was found necessary to split the> rohibition unit and the Internal evenue Bureau under which the pro- hibition commissioner has many leg- al functions to perform. FLOOD DANGER FROM ICE BREAK IN RIVER OVER All flood danger from the ice break- up in the Missouri river is over, ac- cording to officials of the United States Weather Bureau here. Nearly all the ice is out of the river and the water is receding from the low- lands near Mandan. The water reached its highest point late yesterday when: it was 13. feet at the bridge, It had fallen six-inches at 7 a. m. toda: OLDEST HARVARD GRAD Cambridge, Mas April 1. oldest living graduate of Harvard George A. Peabody, 93, of Danvers, Mass, He was graduated with class of 1852, Dr. Charles W. Eliot, signing her letters “Her Majest: the Kaiserin.” The signature first noticed on a letter of condotence in-connection with the mine disaster at Dortmund, which took a toll of 187 lives. Coconuts are not related in any way to cocoa—the common epelling! their ens. “cocoanuts” being incorrect. graduated in ‘HICKEN “EXCHANGE” Lewisburg, Pa., April 1—A chicken thief with half a conscience recently visited the pen of Rev. R. M, Hi sucker. He stole three of oo preacher's ited hens { i