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

ey WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Saturday; colder tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 N ‘TAX REDUCTI TRIAL DATE UNDETERMINED Time Suitable to Judge and ~All Parties Concerned Is Difficult to Set “NO WORK THIS YEAR Work Cou!d Be Done Com- mission’s Way For $90,000 Says Black’s Statement BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1925 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | ™.no | SIX MEMBERS “More Children Would Make American Homes ~ HAGGARTGASE | OF 4 FAMILY | DIE IN FIRE Nine Year Old Daughter, Only Survivor of Blaze, in Critical Coz FIREMEN son Means of Escape Shut Off as Father Turns Back to | Rescue the Family | Happier” § Says Mother of 17 Son s, Daughters Arrangements for the trial of the action to determine whether or not| the Haggart Construction company has a valid contract for paving the Red Trail from “Bismarck east the state penitentiary are being held up pending the selection of satisfactory to all parties, vat the Attorney General John Thorpe, first a ney general who will represent the state highway commission in the c said he will be ready to go to tri whenever arrangements are complet- ed and a date selected. It has proved difficult to select a date at which all of the important witnesses will find) it convenient to attend the hearing and which will be convenient for one of the several district judges to sit in the Thorpe said. Roadway Smoothes Down The action was brought by Patrick Sullivan a Bismarck taxpayer, to halt the Haggart company from proceed- ‘Ying with the work after it had torn up a part of the highway prepara- tory to grading it. Sullivan's conten- tion was that the Haggart company had no legal contract. Recently the state began smoothing the highway tern up by the Haggart company be- cause it is obvious that the work nnot be done this year regardless the outcome of the court's deci- sion. A detour was designed by the Haggart company around the place where it began work but it has ocen removed. The cost of the work as provided for in the contract and the cost which the state thinks is proper will be one of the tributary the trial, in department officials. The price for the 2.49 miles of pav- ing called for in the Haggart contract to!s sues developed at opinion of highway Ballston Spa, N. Y., Nov. 6. Six members of one family were burned to death by fire which des troyed a bungalow earty tousy. ‘i orphan survivor is in erity condition ‘The dead are ieorge Kemp; Viola Allen, 14: Allen, 9; Carol Allen, 10; and Kemp, 11. The Allens were children of Mrs. Kemp by a previous marriage. The Kemp children were born in Kemp's previous marriage. Beatrice Kemp, 9 ithe fami in flam he summoned neighbors, but they and the firemen were help- jess. The nearest hydrant’ was a quarter of a mile awa: When the flames died down the bodies were found huddled in one room of the one story bungalow.) From the position of the bodies, a! doctor judged Kemp had found | of escape and had turned back to find | the rest of his family when flames! closed their w STILL TRYING TOGET JURY IN sole survivor of |Many Sided Plea Will Be Pre- sented By Defense For Colorado Doctor is a little more than $123,000. It] “ ~ provides for bitulithic construction! Littleton, Colo, Nov, 6—()—With on a black base, which is crushed; both prosecution and defense search- rock with an asphaltic binder. Biuck’s Statement A statement prepared by W. G. Black, former chief engineer for the state highway commission who signed the Haggart contract, prepared sev: eral months before his resignations, the from recently was unearthed The state- highway commission files. ment says: “A considerable saving can be made in the cost of co: d,, prov ion are adopted. this com contract bid for bitulithic or black The! work can be done for $90,000 if con- top for this road is $123,000. crete paving is employed and the rec- ommendations of the commission ‘followed in this respect. This will make a reduction of $3 cost of this item alone, A small sav- ing can o be effected in the cost of engineering. Under the plan con- templated by the county the usual engineering price would be five per cent of the contract price or in round figures about $6,000. nee costs if done under the commission’s direction, will run about four cent, one half of which will be borne by the federal government and the balance paid from the state aid fund. This should produce a saving of about $2,500. : “How much may be saved in con- struction costs by the employment of Saconvict labor is difficult of exact statement, but !t may be roughly and conservatively said that the redu should run about $100 a day. The fact that the work would be done un- der the immediate and direct super- vision of this commission's engineers will insure the very best of construc- tion work.” = Engineering Costs Too High Black’s estimate of the saving which could be effected in engincer- ing costs is much too low, in tae opinion of engineers now on the high- way commission staff. They explain that the plans for the work as out- lined bygthe Burleigh county com- missione®s provided for the engineer- ing work to be done by a private en- neer and was based on the engi; neering costs of grading and simi- lar work. ; 5 ‘The fact is, they point out, engi- {neering costs on paving contracts are and should be lower than on oth- er types of work because of the rel- atively high cost of the project com- pated with the services which the engineer is required to perform. They estimate that state engineers could do the work for one-half of one per cent, The fact that enginering costs on paving work are relatively small in comparison with the total oxpen- diture is the explanation, state en- gineers say, for the startling showing made by highway departments in other states where most of the money is spent for paving instead of for grading and graveling as in North Dakota. Dickinson Man .» Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement Minot, N. D., Nov. 6.—(#)—Harry Hill of Dickinson, N. D., formerly em- ployed as an insurance agent by the Midwest Indemnity Company of Far- go, entered a plea of guilty to a >“ charge of embezzlement when ar- raigned in district court here today, his codefendant, Ray F. Connors of St. Paul tered a of not Moriday, for passing) 8. 3 3 , P enilty. Judge Moellring set November 9, as sentence on Hill. Connors will be prosecuted on the charge, State’s Attorney H, E, John- son said, ‘ 000 in the Engineering per ing for jurors who hold to diamet: ally opposed theories of life, the trial of Dr. Harold Elmer Blazer, Engle- +wood, Colorado, physician who — is charged with the murder of his 34- year-old daughter Hazel, the “human usk” who never developed in body or mind, entered the third day. As court convened the hope was expected that a jury would be com- pleted by night fall. Although 12 Prospective jurymen were in the box, ithe defense still has six peremptory challenges left and the state nine, after 44 talesmen had been ques- tioned. Suitable Jurors Hard to Get Defense counsel continued its search for jury men who hold that temporary insanity is a justifiable plea as well as the theory that the taking of human life, under certain conditions, should be sanctioned. The prosecution on the other hand was gleaning the panel of veniremen for those who believe it is wholly wrong to take human life under any circumstances and who are apt to scout a plea of insanity. Dr. Blazer’s counsel will presen many sided plea—temporary insanit: that their client slew his daughter “to make her happy,” that “the thing” he slew had no soul and that his ac- tion, therefore, was not a crime. JURY TO TRY DR. BLAZER 1S COMPLETED Littleton, Colo. Nov. 6.—()—A jury to try Dr. Harold Elmer Blazer on a charge of murdering his 34 old daughter, Hazel, the “ch man,” was obtained in district court here shortly after noon today. The defense accepted the jury while it still had one peremptory challenge unused. The state had used only 10 of its allotted 15. The jury that will try Blazet consists of four farmers, two carpenters, one lumber dealer, a garage owner, an auditor, a former poolhall owner, a druggist banker. All but two are married and six of | the men are fathers. MANKATO VET REWARDED FOR HIS HEROISM Gets $1,000 From Carnegie, Hero Fund For Saving Man From Drowning Mankato, Minn. Nov. 6.—@)— Heroism in saving the life of a tran- sient in the icy waters of the Minne- sota river here in April, 1917, was rewarded today when A. M. Kircher, local civil engineer received a check ‘for $1,000 from the Carnegie hero fund committee, New York City. _ Kircher, who served over seas in 1918, received a Carnegie medal for making the res a bridge railing amid e and took the man from the water after he had gone below the surface. Minot Pioneer to Be Buried Saturday Minot, N. D., Nov. 6.—(?)—Funeral services for Mrs. John Lynch, Plceey Minot woman and mother of Mi Blanche Lynch, formerly of Grand Forks and now of Minot, will be held Saturday forenoon at 9 o'clock Loge St, Leo’s Catholic church in Mino} George Kemp, 40; - MURDER TRIAL’ and al He jumped from | a, of Here are Mr. and Mrs. William Jr., Rose, George, Bernice, Loretta, Marie, Joseph anc By NEA Service On Neb., Nov. 6.—-A homes would be happier if peop more children ay This, at least, is the firm belief of Mrs. William Koziol, of Omaha, who fully qualified to hold such an opinion. For Mrs. Koziol is the mother of 17 children, all within a space of 30 years. Her children range in . Mrs. Keziol has rea d for thei, done all hi work, found time to take part iw the church an $ to keep informed on public events enough to cast an in telligent vote in every election. Never Had Servants And she's done all of this without a servant, maintaining her home on CHAPMAN HAS LOST BATTLE Supreme Court Sustains Ver- dict—Must Hang on Morn- ing of December 3 Bridgeport, Conn ®) Gerald Chapman sits in his cell in the state prison at Wethersfield to- j day, knowing that presumably he has jless than a month to live. The notorious mail robber and con ; Victed slayer has lost his fight fo: a new trial. The state supreme court ed against him yes- terday, aining the verdict of the lower court which found him guilty of the murder of Patrolman James Skelly of New Britain on October 12, 1924, Chapman now must hang on the jmorning of December 3, unless pro- | ceedings contemplated by his counsel succeed. at Wethersfield court had ruled again man’s comment was * than I expected, Chapman has lost his legal for life a few days after the killing by a detect Muskegon, of his companion in crime, Anderson, really Ivan Dahl Von Tel- ler, black sheep of A noble Danish family. Chapman has not been informed of Anderson’s death. University Appointments Are Approved __ Acting on recommendation of Pres- ident Thomas Kane of the University of North Dakota the state board oi administration has approved the fol lowing appointments to positions in the university organization: A. L. Lindberg to be bacteriologist in charge of the branch public health that the th supreme im. Chap: Delia K. Johnson, resigned. berg is a graduate of North Dakota University. Miss Byrtle Rystad to be book- keeper in the office of the business manager of the University, succeed- ing Miss Ruth McClintock, resigned. Miss Florence Reese to succeed Ry- stad as assistant in the business man- ager’s office. J. 8. Johnson to be plumber at the university, succeedine Herbert Allen, relieved from duty because of illness. Lewis Lenzen to be fireman at the university power house. Arthur Buckingham to take the place of Claus Carlson for-two months or more as night fireman. Miss Pearl McConnachie as student ssistant in home economics. Miss Jean Hutchinson as student assistant in political science. physical education for men, Miss Rhea Shaw as student assist- ant mographer in the university music department. Herman Ehrhardt as student steno- rapher in the department of journalism. , Morris Fitch as student assistant in geology. Unemployed: in Great. Britain dut- William Ko: Virginia, FOR HIS LIFE When notified by the prison warden | no more, Mich.,! laboratory at Fargo in place of Miss! mother, in the Lind-| glimpse the murderer. ‘homas Doe as student assistant in| and their seven teen children. ‘They are, cop row, Lett to rig Join. Leon. Kate, Louis, péth and Adeline. toliom row, left to right: Mrs, Noziol, Mr. Koziol, Igtcille, Dorothy, 1 Francis over-swollen salary of her “ihe interviewer told Mrs. Ke nut spending mo |. who is a labore of namtisthes “arise. by “ied: viewer found Mrs. Koziol meee ee me in the kitchen of her home. She was Mo ae her who bis eae Make Good Bargains busy cu out winter dresses for| that the car of her first chile “ ; girls and { do all the the of her brood-from ‘an ilifd cost her $4000 and that shel, “M% oldet siris and Td af aN piece of heavy plain. mater-| couldn't aff j | trading,” said the mother. “We talk Long practice, acquired no d _ ; ‘thi and make pretty good n the making of clothes lies,” snorted Mrs ol.| b do all our baka, cn or so older childre hould have 17 children, then ingr, faney-work, every= | her letter perfeet in the yd make her a profit.” {thi angthing” done — when | shears sliced through Koziol the conduct of her | the © ten girls in the house? Not exactly as if she } home well aatized. y child | us Little Lucille, and Bernice,! is yiven a certain amount of ‘spend- | “We rush through rythit the babies of the family, sat on the | in the | I have plenty of time left for caurch floor pretending th too, were | t york, visiting and so on.” making dre ! daughter, | s Koziol was born in Poland,; Adeline, wing | ¢ Americanized. She | machi 3 it’s just as children as a j when there are care of one anothe | Jones of Ohio - Is Assistant to hington, Nov (P)—James E. | Jones of Ohio, who served as assist nissioner through lant prohibition com out Roy A. Haynes’ tenure missioner, has named in command. to Assistant Secretary been Secretary Andrews) | as com- second Andrews of the new prohibition en- into each little hand. Koziols see to it that eac finist high school cou Then the children go to work, turn ing their over to their pa State ‘Collected — $92,005 forcement with the title' During That Month, Treas- jof directo tion, | |" While the 24 regional ‘administra urer’s Report Shows Ntors functioning under the new or-| : j | ation continue to be d puntable to Mr. Andrews, in his) Oil and ga a tayeee ull jnew office Mr. Jones will have actual | daring Sept ee eee tases «collects charge of ninistrative matters at! the highest in the history of p¥ohibition headquarters. ties eonipita (Mr. “Haynes will continue ase : missioner, to assist in the or; tion work, but his resignation. is ex pected in the near future in view yhis indicated intention to en gubernatorial race in Ohio next year ‘WIDOW OF MURDERED | Wan Who Shared ment Fund” With Widow Charged with the Murder Nov, 6.—(P) j Sei e she heard Ku {Klux Klansmen pray for her: mu dered husband at his grav: | Pri 23, and prett; | jail today as a witness. |” Joseph H. Cowen, iron worke jelry si who gave Mrs. Clark $500 of $2,000 “elopement fund”, was also in | jail charged with murdering Wm. Clark with a hammer early Tuesday at Hillside. Clark was a gold beater for jewelry manufacturers. lof his automobile to open the d of his garage. His wife and ar, said they did not A five-pound hammer was oor stone mason’s sledge found near the garage. FORMER ALIEN PROPERTY KEEPER SAYS NOT GUILTY New York, N. Y., Nov. 6.—()— Thomas Miller, former alien property custodian, pleaded not guilty when arraigned today on an_ indictment earerement and was held in $5,000 ail, Mr. Miller’s counsel asked Judge Goddard for a continuance of a week arguing a motion on the indictment. change his plea within 10 days after decision. on the forthcoming motion. The National Surety company fur- nished the $5,000 bond, Mr. Miller himself appeared before Judge God- ing the early/past of September num- hered 1,345,500, his own behalf beyond the formal plea through his counsel, MAN JAILED : “Elope- lesman, and insurance agent, their He was| murdered at 1 a. m. when he got out her charging conspiracy to defraud the| to give the defense an opportunity of Fisher improved factor t the same tin roads is t lest sin . et s collected sin {came operative Where th Mon s 84 collected ° GASOLINE TAX INSEPTEMBER HIGHEST YET om co y kept out of d h | 1 re King Tut’s Body Believed to Be in Sarcophagu: The ex- Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 6. A) . eavators of K ‘Tut-Ankh-Amen’s tomb have discovered what th lieve to be definite proof that body of the youthful Pharoah is ac ually in) the sarcophagus wh plendors have aroused the admira- a of ptolog Their find consists of the inner cof- {din, shaped to fit the form of the y. About this is a linen shroud, adhering to and covering all the cof- fin except the face, on which are the 1g painted features customarily depict Jon such encasenents features believed to repr those of "= CHECKS FOR c HAILDAMAGE 10 BE MAILED Farmers of Fifteen Counties Will Get Payments With- in the Next Week i and gas. es for the first nine months of 1925, $200,000 will go to] War hail the state gen fund and $15,000} claims received from 15 ill be set aside for refunds to per-| counties in the state now who have made « ents on| written by clerks in the state audi such taxes. The rem appor-| tor's office and soon will be sent out ;tioned to the state highway commis-, to the persons insured, it i sion for use in road maintenance} today at the state hail insurance de- work. partment office. They will be the ‘as and oil tax collections for the! first Iment on more than $1- last nine months follow: {000,000 which will be naid out by the y, $23,330.4 7, August, 201.06; Septem 3.58 GRAND JURY AT HIBBING INDICTS | Hibbing, Minn., Nov, 6.--()—Joh | Hayden und Edward Sabattini, mem | bers of the present board of superv | sol | Kearney, a former member, entere |a plea of not guilty this aftcrfoo j when arraigned on an ting all three with “false auditin; } and allowing a claim of $2,500 knows | as the account of the Remer | struction Company.” | , The claim is-alleged to be a “frau-| Ally | dulent and not a lawful claim.” | three men were defended by Attorney | Their bail was sct_at The ing, men, John Curran, and. An-| |John Gannon. | $1,000, which was | bondsinen are well busin dre Guyette appearing as bondsme furnished. known Hibbi Chris Osdtiek and J. J. | former official of ‘con’ knew to be fraudulent.” The allege } to have been i ued October 10, 192 dard today but made no statement in’ The indictment mentions speciftcally three account numbers referred to i the alleged deal, : _ THREE OFFICIALS , township ef Stuntz, and James indictment brought in by the grand jury charg- Con- for James Kearney; Joseph Rano and | Frank Fiola for Edward Sabatini and | Stukel for | John Hayden. The indictment charges The defendant was,told that he could the two present supervisors and the ing to allow a claim for road work, which they rrant was supposed j department this year The work of certifying the cl, ms the end of the monti | department chief, All of the nties ineluded in the first list submitted to the auditor are in class one, which pays the low- rate. ‘The counties in which farmers will ve hail indemnity checks within the next wek are Bill- Burleigh, Ca Emmons, Grand Grant, Griggs, McIntosh, Me- zie, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Nelson and Pembina, The total num- ber of counties in class one was 27. TWO MARMOUTH MEN ARRESTED AFTER RADS Anton Messmer, operator of a pool n 1 ie d n 4 n jvoom at Marmarth, Slope county, and 8 shoemaker living in te Pad Corneil the same village, have been arr on charges of violating the pro! "|than the American army in th ON TO BENEFIT SMALL INCOME CLASS SHIPS ARE IN DISTRESS ON GREAT LAKES i {Many Others Put Into Po as Worst Storm of Season Hits Superior CALLS HEARD Canadian Passenger-Freight - Hamonic Adrift With Propeller Gone e Nov. 6.-(P)—At_ least s known to be in distress d many others scurried for cover in one of the worst storms of the season | which struck Lake Superior last night The Hamonic, a Canadian steamer 1, op Northe Navigation F company, was reported with her pri help- | ly by mi 20 miles west jot Caribou Tstind out 50 miles Vnorthwest of Whitefish Point | dio communication telling of | monic’s condit was inte \ at Eagle Harb | The vessel is a pas: freight running betw and) Duluth. Tt was, probable she was ea considered this late in the season. She a crew of 40 me Other Ships Near By The steamers Thomason and F ley were within call of the Hamon the ¢ Harbor coast: guard. si and added that it has been impossible to establish dio communication with Whitefish Point, indicating coast guards from there might have gone to her assistanc RS ARE HAMONIC Nov. 6.—(#)—The ported adrift off Caribou Island, Luke Superior, is rid- ing easily and in no tr, says a message by the Northern vigation company this morning. The message confirmed the report the propeller kone but, in f the ste he cc mer carries no PERIENCED IN YEARS Nov. Port . Ont, 6.) The storm prevailing over Lake Su- s one of the worst experienced tain Pyette of the steum- nd King declared on coming er Midla into port today. Last night, with hovering around churned into a maelstrom, the wind reaching as high as 60 miles an hour. The steamer Hamonic, which lost her propeller in the storm and drifted down the lake, is safely sheltered un- t ju Island tder the lee of Carib DRY AGENTS AS SOLDIERS Plenty of Action, Thrills, ‘ighting in Prohibition Work, Says Speaker v. 6,—@P)—A challenge ov th to enlist for ser- in defense of the constitution Chicago, to American v with plenty of action and danger assured, was issued today by the Re ynton of Chicago service at the Anti: eugue convention for the ne prohibition officers killed in a “W soldiers than the men in the world war. these men who fell in the line of fl fe dangers nd rum runne just us desper- te and vicious as the enemy in the world war. And their ranks suffered a far higher percentage of casualties orld war. Are Patriotic “Many of them were attacked by mobs; some of them broken down by exposure and all of them are as sure- ly patriotic martyrs for their coun- try’s honor and glory as those who sleep at Gettysburg and Flanders Field. “If any of the young college men of today want action, thrills, and a chance to fight for their country, I urge them to report to General An- drews. I assure them they will have all the red-blooded fighting they will wish.” ieee | Weather Report ‘ pM ad a a Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday Lowest last night .... Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity He WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinit; tonight, and Saturday; colder tonight. tion law, according to information received here at the attorney gener- al’s office. They were arrested Tuesday night in raids by C, F. Meyer of the license ision of the attorney general's office and Sheriff Johnson of Slope county. Messmer also was found to be selling cigarettes without state tax stamps. His license was summarily revoked and his place of business closed, n 4 A spider was ‘found living _at the height of 17,000 feet ow Mt. Everest, in For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Saturday; colder tonight. Weather Conditions An extensive high pressure area, with its center over the northeastern Rocky Mountain slope, has been ac- companied by colder weather over the AS PATRIOTIC | © (CLEAR LAKE, PRICE FIVE CENTS EXEMPTIONS OF WAGE EARNERS T0 BE RAISED That For Single Pergons to $1,500 and For Married Persons to $3,500 NORMAL RATE LOWERED Burden of Seven Million Tax- payers Will Be Reduced By Latest Plan Nov. 6. 10,000,000 of the Washington, than (P)-—More annual bur- den of 7,000,000 federal income tax- payers would be removed under in- come rate isions voted by the house and means committee in preparing nue. The committee yesterday a reduction in th ii 1 rate of 40 to 60 t, pa down the normal ites_and increased the personal ex emptions, By increasing the exemptions from $1,000 to $1,500 for single persons and from $2,500 to 500 for mar- ried persons, the committee relieved) more than one million persons in the small income class from the necessity of paying any tax as well as reducing the burden of all others on the federal I iding also to re pre: provisions of the law allowing a 25 carned the committee res the question of income limit i reduction applic New Rate I rates voted by the on The present $10,000 to which such The new no committee wou reduce from two per cent to 1 1-2 per cent the rate on the first $4,000 of taxable income, from 4 per cent to 3 per cent the rate on the next $4,000, with a six per cent of the present five per® ing on taxable income in by the committee is that proposed by Secretary Mellon and the normal tuken with retention of the earned provision are along the lines suggested by the treasur: In absorbing more than of the $00,000,000 surplu: for 200,000,000 nvailable ax reduction on the income tax the committee is believed ut the door to any resolu- epeal of the estate or /in- tion for heritance LIN E. ED (P)—The lim- cent deduction for ‘ome may be made by tax- ised today by the house means committee from which is framing a cted proposals to stock tax and mod- the corporation levy of 12 1-2 cent weestions that more corporations lowed to file partners and partners in some instances nwed to file retarns as corpora- tions were turned over to a subcom- Mittee Will Save Seven Million xtending the limit to which the lit may be applied, ayers would be ax rates begin at cent on the amount of in- xcess of $10,000. The scale 0 per cent maximum on the amount of income in excess ¢ $100,000 is to be worked out. Under revised estimates Chairman Green «figured that the changes so far voted by the committee would re- sult in a loss of revenue aggregating $10,000,000 annually, come in up to the MINNESOTA, HAS BAD FIRE Firemen From Neighboring in Cities Called to Aid , Extinguishing Blaze St. Cloud, Minn. Nov.t Four fire departments were Clear Lake early this morning to bat- tle a stubborn blaze which for a time threatened to wipe out the village, situated on the Jefferson Highway 12 miles south of St. Cloud. Discovered at about 3 a. m. tod, the fire already had made rapid head- way at the Frank Henkenmeyer res- taraunt and dance hall and was eat- ing its way into a small creamery shed owned by John Fueker. Unable to cope with the steadily mounting blaze, Clear Lake firemen summoned aid from St. Cloud, Becker and Clear- water fire departments, apparatus from which arrived within a quarter of an hour. $10,000 Damage A combined grocery store and meat market started to burn and one side was gutted out in addition to a con- siderable stock being ruined. The store was owned by c. L. Mosform, Sherburne sounty sheriff. Fanned by a light wind the fire, in’ the heart of the business section, threatened to take several more store buildings and several residences, but citizens formed a fire fighting aux- iliary to protect adjacent property. It was estimated early today that the Northwest. Temperatures dropped about 10 degrees in North Dakota and Montana and 16 degrees below zero was recorded at Edmontch, Al- berta. Snow flurries occurred in the Great Lakes region and over the Can- adian Northwest while rain is falling in the southern Plains States. Else- whore the vpather is mostly fair. loss probably would exceed $10,000. STEEN TO FLORIDA State Auditor John Steen, former treasurer of the national association of state auditors; treasurers and con- trollers, will leave next week for Miami, Florida, to attend the annual convention of that. organizati