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WEATHER FORECAST Generally thit Conight and Fri- day; much colder. Y ’* ESTABLISHED 1873 HANNA IS WILL OPPOSE GERALD P. NYE AT PRIMARY Before the Vote, Hanna andj Nestos Both Promised Support to Nominees BALLOT QUICKLY TAKEN Congresgman Burtness and Halt Have Also Pledged Support to Ticket Devils Lake, N. D., Feb. 25 —(AP)—L. B, Hanna of Far- go today was endorsed by the real Republican convention as 4a candidate for the long term | for United States senate. He will oppose Gerald P. Nye, Cooperstown, Nonparti- THE BIS REPUB CK TRIBUNE! 3 : BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1926 LICAN CHOICE FOR U.S.SENA ’ | PRICE FIVE CENTS TOR J. M. HANLEY OF MANDAN IS INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR G. 0. P. Candidate For U, S. Senator REVENUE BILL EXPECTED 10 | SOONBE A LAW | Awaits Only the President's | Signature Before Becom- ing Effective SENATE VOTE 61 TO 10 Reduction Is 40 Millions: Over “Limit” Indicated | by Sec. Mellon | | Washington, Feb. 25.—()—Enaet- rment into law of the revenue bill | proposing tax reduction of $387,000,- 000 this year awaited today only the {signature of President Coolidge, who | was expected to approve the measure L. B. HANNA Fargo, N. D. Renominated san incumbent appointed by Gov. A. G. Sorlie, at the Re- publican primary on June 30. Preceding the vote, A. W. Fowler, Fargo, Hanna’s con- Plans Made to Exhibit Sam-; ples of License Plates | ., FOR CONGRESS _The “real Republican” conven- From Every State tion, in session at Devils Lake to- day, endorsed the following as candidates for congress from North Dakota: : First Dist 0. B. Burtness, Grand Forks, without opposition. Second District: Thomas Hail, Bismarek, no opposition. | A ‘unique feature at the Bismarck | automobile show, March 4, 5, and 6, i which will be, especially interesting | {to motor car drivers, will be a dis-{ | play of sample license plates being! used this year-in every state in the arck, no opposit ,. || union.! The committee in charge of WBN eae ds eet ie Om || the jocal Show hes eae otreect| ens, Williston, no opposition, ments to secure this display and it — will be, given a prominent place in L, L. Twitchell, Fargo, cited Ay-| the tabernacle, where the big auto sociated Pre: dispatches saying | show will be held. ‘ongressmen ‘tnegs and. Hall also Each state in the union endeavors had pledged themselves to support | each year to adopt a color scheme beth ‘the state. lopal-tiekets. ‘On motion of Weak Saat, Word county, Nests was asked to state his position, ‘owler seconded the motion and Smart and Fowler escort- ed Nestos to the platform. Nestos also pledged himself to sup. }* Port the nominees of the two con- ventions. He will close his law of- fice ee 1, he sajd, sed devote his timg to a campaign in support o both tickets until after the election. With~ congressional nominations out of the way nominations for the long term for senator were heid up (Continued on page two) TODAY YES, HE DRANK BEER THIS BORESOME UNIVERSE WHAT A SITE! so that persons familiar with the var- ious combinations can tell instantly what state a certain automobile is from by «glancing at the license plates. Motorists. who do’ much drivin, 1 find it interesting to. study thi display at the Bismarck auto show, so that. when on trips they can re- cognize what states passing cars are from rf the; combination of colors license plates, contest, which on the The old fiddlers’ wa)‘announced early this week, is attpactitig a great deal of interest and will prove one of the most pop- a 10" rtainment features at the I old-time fiddlers wishing itt in the contest are onee f at, Hoskins-Meyer. he arious entrants will et over station KFYR, , during the evenings of the euch player being desig- nated number, and the prize win- ners will’ be determined by the votes of the radio audience. Those taking ‘part in the gontest will also play at the auto show headquarters each afternoon-and evening. Laws Governing Utilities Are Being Compiled A new compilation of the laws governing roa telephone and telegraph, it, and power, gas, cold storage ani er public utilities now is being pre- pared by the state railroad board and probably will be ready for dis- tribution in. June. DOUBLE-DECKERS London.—Enclosed double-deck busses have made their first appear- ance on London streets. The “new’ type of bus has made a warm im- pression on the British public, and some authoritiés are predi abi ment of the tram-c: since tl advantage of the d car was’ its protection from the weather. eee Og w. he Bis rc! By ARTHUR BRISBANE ~ (Copyright, 1926) With common sense Seeretary Davis says tothe Countess Cathcart, “Come on_in. Strong minded “American ‘women were indignant borane. Lord Craven was admitted here without question, whereas the Countess Cathcart was .fhut out, These were the two whose clopement shocked our pure authori- ties. The double sex standard proved too much for our clean minded, strong minded women. pairs she power of advertising, even when isn’t. very good adver- tising. The Countess lands from Ellis Isiand with a contract to appear on the stage at a high salary. She wouldnt have got without the istance of Uncle Sam. In Washington City, on Washing- ton’s birthday, one thousand men and women gathered to fight prohibition determined to change the Vols jaw. They probably will not succe with Coolidge in the White Hous which moans that they will have te * postpone operations until after 1932. The Drys mourn because somebo: thas proved that George Washington not only drank beer but brewed beer. It can’t be denied because he left Jin his own ysaigaeats | brewing beer, exc tha PI id allowed aging. You need not change your opirfion of Washington on account of the beer. | | At least he drank good beer and lights wines, taking whiskey rare He did what othors did in his day, including some things that the pure don’t do now. He kept slaves, and other. thing, If Washington \ needs any excuse let it be remembered, however pain- ful the memory may be to the bone drys, that tife list of history's theu- sand greatest men’ that over lived, contains not one teetotaler, In fact, | in, you couldn't name a teetotaler among |. the ten thousand fracier men fi pelo Mohammed ‘was only a pre- tends totaler. All the ‘Latin races, all the peoples along the Medi- |. terranean, nk wine and were proud of it. Takes im al) the Greeks. and Romans, Spaniards, Italian: French. You know mans, British, ‘The founder was not a spects except much molasses ficient time fo insuf- n, Feb. 25.—(). Washin; Navy plans fyr gteat dreadnaughts of the air, bri ges, pb guns to ward off speiene att fe selene action hs use naval committee in provid- soe canstruction of two 6,000,000 ‘cubic fget rigid: sirships in the $100,000,000' naval expansion program it reeently; reported to the house. A siimpse at ae mourtars, that have bee! igned, given com- it Rede Admizal Willi vy air chief, shows 60 calibre machine guns, calibre and one of the post-war i-pounder automatics, to- ther with 9,700 rounds of ammuni- we weapons @ part of ule, mmllitary load as each une are so situated that a reraft cannot approach from jon or angle without, per- ntration of fire,” Ad- rely on non-inflamma- he which’ is different trom all. ot! 1] 42800 NAVY AIR CHIEF GIVES COMMITTEE (GLIMPSE OF PROPOSED AIR MONSTERS 1 of | Fras | Nn within short time. ‘LICENSE TAGS reuseeeer ease) OF ALL STATES I.'V. A. state ticket named | yesterday. Senate approval late yesterday b & vote of 61 to 10 of the compromise reached in the conference with the house completed the work of congress on its firat and probably most im- portant piece of legislation this ses- sion. The total amount of reduction goes almost $40,000,000 beyond the out- side limit which Secretary Mellon had indicated the condition of the treasury would permit, but favorable action by the ‘president is believed assured oh the promise of adminis- | tration leaders in congress to fore- stall some of the pending bills calling for additional expenditures. Effective at Once The widespread slashes‘in taxes would become effective in most in- stances immediately upon enactment of the measure and income taxpayers would have their assessment cut by more.than $200,000,000, with the re- duced rates effective on first pay- ments for this year which are due March 15. | More than 2,300,000 of the approxi- mately. 7,000.00 ‘federal taxpayers would ibe relieved of all taxation through the proposed increases personal exemption from $1,000 to! $1,500 for single persons and from te $300 for married persons. Hastening " if in order to "permait: thy reductions to be effective -with the first payments, congress sidctracked much other leg- islation and perfected the measure in record breaking time, less than three months aftér the opening of the session. } Demand for Haste Heeded | The demand for haste was heeded by -leaders of both parties in the house and senate and resulted in compromise in both branches bi tween the parties on the major pro- visions of the bil, ‘As a result, the principal fight dev- eloped over the inheritance tax which the senate voted to repeal, but which was kept in the bill by the house, which modified th . In con- trast to the two previous reduction voted since the war, almost com- plete agreement was-reached between the party leaders on the vital in- ugh Thew tax bill somewhat exceeds the reduction in revenue which the treasury believed safe, Sec- retary Mellon said today it was gen- erally satisfactory to the administra- tion. As the bill now stands, the secre- tary said, the government chould| ‘have little serious difficulty in mect- ing its financial needs, He explained, however, that any appropriations by congress, not now contemplated, would create a deficit for the treas- Fine secretary believes the retroac- tive features of the estate tax will not ie embarrassment to the treasury, F The 1927 fiscal year surplus will be small, if there is any, in the opin- ion of the treasury head, but the sug- ested that the revenue reduction will ave little effect on current fis- cal year. Such surplus as is available for the current year is being applied to reduction of the public debt, and that policy will continue to the end of the fiscal year, June 30. that machine eun fire of small shells cannot set the gas afire and send a great shi; To inlustrate the big airships age! endurance of the jf unfire from at- tacking planes, Admiral: Moffett said it would take ‘hours’ of gas leakage from bullet “holes in the cells of the ship to bring it down. could stop these smal! leaks before there was any appreciable loss, he A.) added, Value’ As An Aerial Transport Plans for a 6,500,000 cubic footer drawn by an erican commercial concern, the navy officer said, had been calculated to show the value of ing equipment, take it, a a of so allot an hour end still 50 pe! se! in a “In this air “i pa for the slaying of a Wank tonight nd mn ai id SEAT nm cago Thomas Hall of Bismarck, sideane| ‘ongressman from the second trict and nominated at the Devils Lake convention as a candidate to suc himself, | MURDERER} Was Released From Prison After Serving Part of a Life Sentence i Chicago, Feb. 25.—()-—-A man kill- in a pistol fight with policemen in Cicero yesterday was identified as Charles Bunworth, sought since last November when he killed a man in Milwaukee. + Bunworth w; liet penitentia: larch after serving part of a 2ife released from Jo. on i purolé last President in a holdup. Less than, séven months after his | release, the. police say, > Bunworth shot to.death Paul Honkvaar, called ; the “Bovtlegger de Luxe” of Milwau- | kee Chicago police estimated -he had a hand in about a score of Chicago ings. Bunworth was} killed in a fight with police after an ‘automobile, in which he and several other gunmen were fleeing toward Chicago, broke down in Gicero. PONZI FACES ARREST ON A “U.S. WARRANT Jacksonville, Fla. Feb, 25.--() Charles Ponzi, Boston financial w zard, today faces the third concu rent charge in connection with his latest venture--the promotion and sale and his subdivision in Columbia county. The third charge was inthe form of a federal warrant, issued late accusing him of using the s for fraudulent as recently indicted in con- the same enterprise by se Florida authorities iHe now is at liberty under bond of $5,000 on the Florida charges and also, is under bond on Massachusetts | Jargest industrial enterprise, was years old today. charges in connection with his old coupon scheme. . Aerial WarfareIs | Resumed in Morocco; Tetuan, Spanish Morocco, Feb. 25 —#)—-Aerial warfare in|. Morocco has been resumed by Spanish avia- tars all along thes front. The air bombardment has been intense in the Beni Habmar country und in the Tazarut and Beni Aros regions, where rebel concentrations were observed. o Temperature at 7 a. m. Piatest yesterday For Bismarck and vicinity: erally fair tonight and Friday; much colder. rth Dakota: Generally fair, Friday; much colder. ‘HER CONDITIONS deep low pressure area is cen+ te over the upper Mississippi Val- ley and precipitation occurred throughout the northern stabee from: e Fy Lakes region ard te north Pacific coast.. Over an} inch of precipitetion occurredain Chi+ St. Louis... Mede: tem; £ Syed revail ti ratures pre’ ee OER the human race. her fi e dise: in Mrs. Shephard’s home several days Is Charged With Using the|**°: | U.S. york U. §. STEEL Elbert H. Gary Also Com- century as chief executiv furnished with the {have served for 25 y {no special birthday decorations. was Mr. Gar: dual anniversary .| the n Weather Report || imicly 3: 1|‘nual payroll of about BISMARCK MAN | DIRS SUDDENLY, IN MILES CITY E. H. Dailey, Salesman, Suc- cumbs to Brief Attack of Heart Trouble NEWS COMES AS SHOCK | Had Been in the Best of| Health—Survived by Wife | and 4 Daughters \ of:618 Eleventh street, marek, wetl known salesman in orth akota and’ Montana for the Corn Products company, died suddcn- in a hotel at Miles City, Mont., at, o'clock last night, acc word received late last evening The news came as shock to taé famil 3 well as cir many friends here, as Mr, Dail- ey had been in the best of health. Death was caused by heart trouble, a sudden attack seizing Mr. Dailew in the hotel and death following a few moments after a doctor had been summoned. Funcral Arrangements Not Completed The body is being brought to Bis- marck, but the exact time of its ar- rival here has not yet been deter- mined, and no funeral arrangements have been made, ' Mr. Dailey was born December 9, 1887, at Chicago, Hlinois. On June’ he was married to Miss Della of Bottineau, N. D., and the made their home there for some time later moving to Bismarck. During a later period the family moved to Fargo, but returned to Bismarck two! years ago. . i Mr. Dailey is survived by the widow and four children. Melba, Frank John and Ruth, all of school age. His | mother is also living in Califo \ and he has three sisters, one Ii at Fargo. one at Luverne, N. D one in Washington. The two living nearby arrived in Bismarck this gi. ernoon, catled here by their brother's | sudden, death. ! {DEAD FROM | TRICHINOSIS SIX ARE ILL’ Disease, Rate in Human Race, Was Contracted From Eating Pork Pine Bluff, Ark., Feb. 25.—OP)--| Mrs, J. H. Shephard is dead and six others ate in a serious condition here today as a sult of contracting trichinosis, a disease common among animals but seldom experienced in Mrs. Shephard, her two children, ther sind mother and her broth: sister-in-law contracted the er e from pork eaten at a dinner (0.25 YEARS OLD TODAY pleted 25th Year as Its Chief Executive | New York, Feb. —~#)—The Unit- ed States Stel corporation, the world’ Ribert H. Gary. chairman of the board, also completed today:a quarter tive officer of the two and a half billion dollar cor: poration. The executive offices, still plainly fittings which rs, witnessed “Just another day's work to do,” announcement for the | The industry’s history, since its incorporation of 50 subsidiary orga’ izations in 1901, has been one of steady expansion. Its total business its career has reached approx- .000,000-—- more than mal debt or the Interstate Commerce Commission's tentative ap- praisal of the value of the railroads of the United States. Its total assets sre appvoximately $2,500,000.000... It has paid out nearly six and a half illions in wages, with a current an- $450,000,000 paid to nearly 250.000 men. Dividends to stockholders have amounted to $2,170,000,000. TODAY IN WASHINGTON | Education convention con- eludes. Railroad tabor bill remains be- | @. fore house. Senate resumes ‘discussion of Proposed inum inquiry. louse naval and military von- mittees hear testimony on .ser- viee bil Nominated For Commissioner of. é GEORGE Another Term A JOSEPH A. KITCHEN Labo Agriculture and | ir *. SHAFER Attorney General eet! The Nominee’s Life History James M. Hanley of Mandan, was | nesota. born at Winona, Minn., Ja at Mandan since | Dakota in 1902. Mr. Hunley was elected i sentative to the house in 1908; was} World War states attor 190% and 1910; ‘in 191t and was chosen j Was educated at the Ka; | high school and Carleton coiiege, and! was admitted to the bar xt the age! of Morton county. He was j of 21 years. He has been in practice; of the twelfth legisla coming to North) which he was speaker. ley of Morton county in) distinction elected to the house | elected as Republicun, Sei infantry. served overseas us World war with the dist, 6th, and, divisions, 89th months i rf y was appointed judge of ¢ril Judge Andrew Miller when the a ath Rare TEN GEL OL Funes cllquastyee vaselit 7. He is now a-| that appointment. ‘an,| Hanley has been linked mére or less the 12th judicial was re-elected in member of the la hat France. Mihiel sector. f ‘ed In Two Wa He served in the Spanish Americ: war in 1898 with the 12th Minnesota Volunteers and also on the Mexican border in 1916 as major in the First! North Dakota He major in ving served Served in firm of Sulli Hanley and Sullivan of Mandan, Has_Four: Children Mr. Hanley is married. Miss Irma James M., Jr. is « student at Un-! ed Schenectady, N. gel her: es M., Jr., ‘Jane and’ Lewista, Le have Joss Cambridge, Mass. family, are mem! terian ehurch, v Hi wis of four chi hine M., ollege, a Presbyterian college,! end from which: his | grandfather, great grandfather and! f er erst grandfather all gradi Sai { usa repre-| wars, the speaker; | also} the! St.{ Machine was all working for Major wife, fitted to act as Waseca,| B. Hunna i: ‘NOMINATION MADE ON SECOND _ BALLOT WHEN RAMSEY COUNTY DELEGATION SWINGS ITS VOTE i | John Steen, George F. Shafer and Joseph A. Kitchen, Repub- lican Incumbents, Are Nominated to Succeed Themselves in State Office ;CONVENTION PERFECTS STATE ORGANIZATION Agreement Is Arrived at Whereby Democrats Are Given Five of the Eleven Places on the Ticket—Undivided: Support Promised For Ticket Devils Lake, N. D., Feb, 25.—(AP)—James M. Hanley ,of Mandan was nominated to head the Independent Voters : Association state ticket at the convention here last night. | Hanley was nominated on the second* ballot when Ram- sey county, which had been voting solidly for Frank H. Hy- land of Devils Lake, gave its 14 votes to Hanley, giving:‘him ; three more than the necessary 223 votes necessary to i@lec- ition. Other candidates for the office were J. E. Davis, Gebd- rich; J. W. Carr, Jamestown, and Hyland. All joined in |congratulating Hanley on tha endorsement, and promised their undivided support for the entire ticket. By agreement of a committee composed of seven Repub- licans and seven Democrats, five of the 11 places on the tate ticket were awarded to Democrats. They were the posts of lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treas- ay two of the three members of the state railroad oard. The executive committee was authorized to fill by ap- pointment any vacancies which might occur on the ticket PRA an 0: Send Gtad: cand I supreme court and euperintendeat Gf public instruetion if such action Was deemed advisable. F County Chairmen Named ion also perfected ® ¢ otganization by electing from h coupty delegation a county chairman who will manage the I. V. | mpaign in each county. The list of county chairmen fol- | lows: Adams—Henry Moehn, Hettinger. arnes- Frank Ployhar, Valley City.” Benson—George Dickinson, Minne- waukan. Billings-—-Walter Ray, Medora, Bowman—Enil Scow, Bowman. John O. Grubb, Battleview. Burleigh--E. T, Burke, Bismarck. W. Fowler, Fargo. A. Melander, Divids . J. Clark, Crosby. Dunn—T. J. Anders, Werner, 4 Emmons i ', Braddock Golden y Gi | Beach. | Grand Forks—Mrs. W. A. Mcintyre, a a Grand Forks. ; Grant—Dr. R. H. Leavitt, Carson. town, Hettinger— | éd Rupp, Garrison. Mercer—Christ Schweigert, ers—May Revise Sentiment | jalorton— M. T. Schida, Glenn Ul- { lin. For Own Ticket IVA State Ticket For governo Mandan, Republi For lieutenant yovernor—T, J. Kelsch, Fullerton, Democrat. For secretary of state—-Wil- liam O'Leary, Minot, Democrat, For auditor—John Steen, Re- publican, incumbent. r treasurer—-Dr. E. T. Heg- ge, Traill county, Democrat. attorney general—George |! hafer, Republican, incum- |j | M. Hanley, commissioner of ance--Henry L. Reade, lican, Bismar. For commissioner of agricul- ture and labor—Joseph A. Kitch- en, Republican, incumbent. ‘or board of railroad missioners, John O. Grubb, tleview, Republican. Nick’ Nel- and Forks and John L. Cando, Democrats. insur. Repub- kes. com- S. Jones, New Eng- land. Kidder-—E. A. Anderson, Steele. La Moure—-L. A. Washburn. Edge- ley. Logan—-W. A. Ar McHenry~-A. V. Swanson, Denby. MeIntoeh--John Bishop, Zeeland. McKenzie Peter Davidson, Arne- dt, Bernstad. Stan- Mountrail—P. M. Schefolaad, Van Hook. $ Nelson---Robert Gardiner, Brocket. { Pembina--Andrew Robbie, Cavalier. : Pierce--J, H. Bratton, Rug! ' -Ramsey—Joseph M. Kelly, . A. G, Sor-! Lake. Renvilk (By Staff Correspondent) Devils ent forces to oppose i H. Dahl, Norman. illiam Schull, St. Johns. J. Kennedy, Crete. eter A. Winter, Mc- no infant in the game of poli-/ | He started his polities career} at Waseca us city recorder just af- ter he donned long pants. He join- ed the national guard there as a matter of cour id later aunexed} Sioux—Benj. White, Forg¥utes. a job as deputy nspector in Min-; SI Slope D. Leonard, Wihidon. In 1899, soon after admission| SI T. King, Dickinson. bar, he settled in Morton! ‘A. B. Boe, Finley. i Towner—Elmer F. Judd, Traill—Henry Leum, Ma Walsh--J. E. Gray, Grafton. Ward—George A. Reishus, Minot. Wells—L. W. Miller, Harvey. Williams--W. G. Owen, Williston. Bottineau, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, : Oliver, Ransom, Richland and Stuts- American and the| man county delegations failed to ch he served with; 4eree on a chairman and promised to feport the name of a chairman to the state executive committee as soon as they returned home. DEMAND DISSOLUTIO: OF STATE INDUSTRIE Devils Lake, N. D., Feb. 2 The Independent Voters association, in | adopting @ platform at their conven- tion here late yesterday, declared themselves as absolutely opposed to state industries trecommended that the state mill and elevator and |the Bunk of North Dakota be dis- | solved oon as possible. The IVA’s pledged themselves and their candidates to a policy of dis- continuance of the state industries and recommended changes in the state constitution and sta! which will Bank of North Dekota to abandon its other activities and func- tion only in the useful field of rural credits, The. following». i ie platfome scdgpfad, ot, the cofvdntion: '¢. the indevendent Democtais and Républioans of > Reta. in state convention assembled Set. Devils. Lake this 24th day of February, 1926, do hereby resolve: aoe fo the ics still attracted him and he soon was appointed state's attorney a member ion, of he i served as distr Major Hanley court judge. Pleasing To Hannaites nomination is regarded as jory for the stalwart faction the Republican party and is known to be pleasing to the Hunna faction. je insurgent clique would have preferred Senator Davis of Good- i rich, who failed two years ago by a few votes of getting the endorsement 1 for congress in the second district; 4; over. Thomas Hall, The MeCumber Hanley. He worked hard at Wash- ‘ington for the confirmation of Fed- to block In. politics, Major i with the old McKenzie machine as l against the Red River Valley insur- |gents. He is régarded as one best pacemaker for L. the event: he wins the endorsement for United States sen- jator, which at this writing is still | in the hopper. Democrats as usual were nomii us “fillers.” Republicuns received ement for the industrial, « mission. Kitchen and Shafer are re-endorsed for their old positions, igor: Might for vi ‘ous for on page three)