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4 minga probably nesday. | SENATE GIVEN RIGHT ee ens ‘MA’ FERGUSON - GIVES WAY TO MOODY TODAY Former Attorney General of Panhandle State Now Its Chief Execative INAUGURATED AT NOON — Fergusoas Dispell Rumors That They Would Not Wel- come New: Governor Austin, Texas, Jan. 18—(4)—Youth —exemplified by the titian-haired | * Han Moody and his bride—today | stood at the head of. anew Texan | political order ‘to take over the gu- bernatorial “duties from Governor Miriam A.” Ferguson, who with her husband, James E. Fergusom, occu- pied the state's highest. © office for neatly five of the last 12 years. Moody, who at the age of 33, lefg the attorney gencral’s chair to de- feat Governor Ferguson for relection, faced the inaugural, ceremony at noon today in a community where 14 years ago he worked as an electri- cian’s helper to pay his way through law school, The Fergusons dispelled rumors that one ,of the sharpest political fights in the state's history would cal them to deviate from the cus- toms of welcoming the new governor, with the announcement they planned ' to be on the platform in front of the capital building when Moody takes the oath of office, Governor Fergyson has ignored criticism of her genergus pasdon and Warole poticy during the ¢! of her administration, wi vitatioh to her critics to show any of the clet:2ncy orders were unjustified went unchallenged. Unofficial ree- ords show she released 3,291 persons, including more than 1,000 full pai dons, This total exceeded by sev- eral hundred the record estahlished by her husband. CK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1927 Kellogg Before Senate INCREAS Three-fourths of Two Million Dollar Increase Would Be For Loans to South Caro- lina Farmers to Buy Fer- tilizer and Balance to Aid Florida Fruit Growers Washington, Jan. 18-—()—The Norbeck-Johnson $6,000,000 seed loan On leaving the executive offices today, the Fergusons plan ‘to reti: to their ranch near anch near Temple, COLD WEATHER MOVES SLOWLY OVER MIDWEST Temperatures From, 20 to 30 Below in Canada—Consid- erable Snow Forecast Chicago, Jan. 18—U}—Progress ‘of the northwestern cold wave which promised to send the temperature in the middlewest to zero by today has been slow and its effect in that area will not be felt for 24 to 86 hours, at least. Instead the weather forec “considerable snow” would uperatures ranging from 20 to jegrees below. zero again were renisere today in the Cansdian northwest, which has felt the most severe cold of the present disturb- apee and readings of from 8 to 20 #elow zero were registered across the northera plains states from Lake Superior westward, Snow covers a wide arta, including virtually all northern states, accord- ing ta, the weather burcau’s weekly report, ‘today. “Depths in the Great Lakes “tugion from’ five to 14 inch and three to eight! Inches west at the Rockies, ~ Six inches ¢over central Ilinois and there is an unusual depth of 13 inches in the Kansas City area. Jersey Police Will. Use Miniature Radio Sets in. Near Future Passaic, N. hae Jan. 18 A Vadio receiving { set, tio, bo ad than a package of cigarettes, Larogerr part of the regular’ ats ty siti Hi : the trathie omen Pig ge practica- bility. The one tube set which includes ‘batteries and 2 pair of collapsible ear phones will ‘always be tuned in on a wave of less than fourteen me- A. wire will connect {t to the paroles: ’s badge, which will be used fol aerial, and another. wire’ will be connepted with » small ted light rapped to the wri When the generator of the trans- mitter at” police ‘hy started, the red light will a * 80 Russians Die in Intense Cold Samara,» acai ood Ae) — Eighty persons have, a S, to death io utiying Prd ie governmsy mara, yard ‘past be Russia. tern ens: aon er said far ones hoy perished from ie Volga riv- For several has toed at wnt tag Senn ae ah Ratan seine bill was increased to $8,000,000 and approved’ today “by the house agricul- tural committe, . Of the — $2,000,000 increase, $1,500,000 would" be used for loans to South:.Carolina farmers to buy fertilizer und $500,000 to Florida fruit growers to rehabilitate orchards damaged by the hurricane. The original $6,000,000 would be for making loans to farmers in drought stricken areas of the north- west, principally' Montana, North and South Dakota and Minnesot: Chairman Haugen was instructed to request special, consideration .of the measyre on the floor. PAYMENT OF INDIAN WAR BILLS ASKED, Measure iilesbaaeds in Minne- gota Senate’ Asks Money For 50-year-old War St, Paul, Jan. (P)— would “attempt to collect agginst the United States government under promises made more than 60. years ago if a bill introduced in the state senate last night becomes a law. The bill would authorize the attor- ney ‘al to employ attorneys and prosecute. a claim for expenditures | the state made in raising and equip- ping troops for Indian campaigns in the: 60's certain troops for the. civil war, One, of ‘the chief items in the bill is for troops which the. state raised for the expedition which General Sully led into the Dakotas and Mon- the Sioux following the /massacre in Minnesota in 1862, Senator C. H,’ MacKenzie, Gaylord, author of the bill, explained that these troops were raised’ and: equip- ped by the fe on the ‘promise of the g@vernment that it would pay the cost. This payment never was made, he said. Total Cost Not Determihed How much is involved in the claims still is: problematical. The state pent from ‘$30,000 to $40,000 in rai ing and equipping the troops for the bo ly expedition, Senator MacKenzie ‘Bai He did not have data at hand last night as to exact expenditures made, but said that the Indian campaign}' items constituted the major portion of the claims. \ Senator MacKenzie said that sev-. eral other states. which raised and equipped troops for the federal gov- 4 lar circumstances have been paid, and he believ the Minnesota claim will be allowed; when propesly: ‘Presented through the elaims. roads, 4 by H. the state This shows Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg (right) in the com- mittee racm of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, when read a lengthy document charging that a “red was back of the Mexican-Nicaraguan trouble. ater Borah, whom his arguments failed to convince, NORBECK-JOHNSON SEED LOAN BILL IS he lot” against America fe is shown with Sen- ED TO EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS AND APPROVED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE Senate Bill Fixes Compensation Limit Senate bill 65, providing for changes in the benefit schedule of the workmen's compensation act, was intreduced this after- noon by Scnator C. L. Bakken of Williams county. The principal change in the present law pro- vided by the bill is the fixing of the maximum payments in case of death or total disability at $15,000. This is $5,000 higher than suggested maximums. The present ‘law has no miximum limit. The committee on state affairs this afternoon referred the bill on capital punishment to the sen- ate without recommendation and asked. that it he placed on the calendar for a third reading in ordef that a roll call vote might be had. Senator Frank E. Ploy- har, Barnes county, is chairman of the committee. WRIGLEY MAY SPONSOR NEW » OCEAN DERBY Proposal to Have Second $25, 000 Swim For Women Only | Taken Under Advisement Los Angeles, Jum: 18-—-()—That nnesotn. William Wrigley, Jf Chicago manu- claims, facturer, may sponsor another $25,000 1 swim such as that of last Saturday, exgept that the con- | testants would be exclusively women, became a possibjlity'teday following the announcemnt that the: proposal was under adyisement. The announcement was made last night: by Oscar Reichow, business manager of the Los Angeles baseball club, which, is owned by Wrigley. Reichow, who was Wrigley’s chicf + lieutenant in Saturday’s event, said if another contest is fostered, it would be held some time this sum- mer and would provide $25,000 for three prizes. The recent deep sea derby, which was won by 17-year-old George Young of Torot@o, created a'new crop of professiond! swimmers, for virtu- ally all of. the 102 entries were a teurs, before undertaking Entranee in the. prize competition, however, ‘disqualified them for fur- ther amateur swimming. For Young, who, alone of the large field successfully paddled acroés the 2-mile passage, it meant the loss of his- prized standing asa Canadian amatedr. But also dt, meant a net profit: of $15,000. He had'a contract with, Henry O'Byrne, his trainer and manager, giving ‘the latter 40° per cent of hig winnigs. “Young, however, jas answered the eall of the vaud: ville stage and, it is aid, will re: ize $1,000 « night. for @ brief appear- a Housé ied wee aonvene at 2. ‘House: to vote og fesolution relend feders! aid Indians of the Standing Benate Rpg oA on educetion to hold pu ieee! _week-- . | home of hi || CONDITION OF COMEDIAN I§ ‘NOT $0 GOOD’ Friends of Charlie Chaplin, Suffering From Nervous ‘Breakdown, Worried TOO MUCH PUBLICITY Suffers Another Spell of De- pression Last Night Sim- ilar to One of Sunday New York, Jan. 18.—()—Friends of Charlie Chaplin, suffering from @ nervous breakdown, today were ™more concerned about him. N Dr. Gustav J. E. Tieck, the attend- ing nerve specialist, reported his con- dition as “not so good. Dr. Tieck said Chaplim had no solid food for two days, his diet consisting of thin soups and broth, and he was so weak hp could hardly stand, The comedian, who remains at the attorney, Nathan Burkan, suffered spell of depression last night similar to the one that sent him to bed on Sunday. Publicity attendant upon his wife's divorce suit is responsible for Chap- lin’s condition, sayy Dr. Tieck. LITA GREY CHAPLIN’S VICTORY AN EMPTY ONE Los Angeles, Jan. 18.—UP)—Attor- neys for Lita Grey Chaplin today as- sumed roles of dogged bill collectors as they rummaged through a hypothe- tical fortune of $16,000,000 in search of enough money from the income of her screen star husband to satisfy orders for $14,400 which the court allowed her for alimony, attorney's fees and receivers’ expenses. The orders were ixsued here yes- terday after the first skirmish in| court relating to the sensational suit filed recently by Mrs. At the conclusion ‘-of the court hearing it was disclosed that her vic- tory was an empty one when her lawyers agmitted they had been un- able as ‘yet to diseover any property | held by Chaplin as an individual with | which to meet the court’s orders. They asked for a continuance until next Thursday wher, if none of the come- dian’s personal funds have been lo- cated, they will attempt to prove that Chaplin Studios, Inc., and the Chaplin Film company, are one-man corpora- tions. In the event they succeed in this, Mrs. Chaplin's attorneys said they would ask that the payments be met with the ¢orporation’s funds. In her divorce petition, Mrs. Chaplin alleg-, ed the screen actor had an income of $500,000 a year apd was worth $16,-| 000,000, 0. GUNWALDSON LIKELY 10 .BE NEXT,MARSHAL Nonpartisan Leaguers Here Express Confidence Thut He Will Be Appointed Confidence, that 0, .Gunwaldson, | former Burke county sheriff, will get the smueh discussed job of United States-marshal for North Dakota is quictly — expressed by Nonpartisan league leaders here for the legisla- tive session. Several are said to have already taken up with. Gunwaldson the mat- ter ef deputies’ whom he may ap- point to assist him in the work. When, recent advices from Wash- ington Indicated that Senators. Fra- zier and Nye had agreed on a candi- | date whose name will be submitted .to. the. president, there was some doubt as to which of the 20 odd can- \ didates had been selected. Recent; confidentia) . advices,“ however, arc said to,have stated that. Gunwaldson , was the choice. | Frazie?’s Choice The Burke county man is said to have been the first choice of Senator Lynn J. Frazier, Senator Gerald P. Nye jv ‘said not to have been en-!| thusabtic for Gunwaldson, however. | What arrangements has been made between the two senators ha: been disclosed. Neither has th formation” on which Nonpartisan Leaghers here base their. prediction that Gunwaldson will get the place. Gunwaldson is known to Nonpar- tisans largely through his friendship with Roy Frasier, former chairman of the state Republican. central and | committees. Frazier also ave been frankly told that he had no chance. It is said that he then threw his support to Gunwalq- son, Although the majority ‘are predict- ing Gunwaldzon’s appointment, other advices lead some to: antici- pate the appointment ‘of-a dark horse in ire “ofa former sheriff of ‘ 1, W. E. ‘Matthsie, for- TRS | Catholic. archbishop of ¢ orris Murder Trial Opens Reew This picture shows the opening si gelist, for the murder of D. E his church, The arrow indic Chipps, ites Rev. N ion 2 ort Worth lumberman. I by hi Austin, Tex. attor is, noted Fort Werth evan- shot C hipps in the study of ‘The tria! is being held at GOVERNMENT SHOULD ASSUME RISK OF PIONEERING, ‘ PRIEST SAYS | REVOLUTION IN MEXICO NEAR. Claims Calles’ Bolshevik Acts Will Scon React to Sweep Him From Office New Orleans, Jan, 18.—(®) fires of revolution are being fs by what are declared to be the shevik wets of President Calles co'and these will flire up ii val short time to sweep him from office, { in the opinion.of Father Gustavo Ca-! bellero, American citizen, who ar rived here yesterday after being | exiled from Mexico. | With Father Cabellero were inree other priests. The four were rested in Merida, Yucatan, on char of violating the religious laws were ordered deported after held in prison fur taree days. CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP IS SAID TO BE LEADING ARMY Mexico City, I | ing that the. uprisings in Mexico are part of a “Catholic rebellion” the war | | department says it has been informed that Francisco Orozecoy Jiminez, The | ned | ta | and | being | under the emblem “long the king,” is personally leading a revolutionary army in the state of Jaliseo, The situation in Jalisco appears to be serious,.for.the‘ war department has ordered federal reinforcements to proceed tu that state. At last ac- counts the federal forces had killed more than 100 rebels in the vicinity of Tepatitlan, after a similar engage ment in which, the authorities an- nounced, the rebols had suffered 100 casualties, While Jaligeo and Durango seem to be the two states where the revolt is most midespread, other sections, like Puebla’ and Tlaxcala, are witnessing, combat between revalutionists and government forces, SMITH DEFERS SENATE DEBUT TO TOMORROW Wishes Not to Interfere With Plans For Vote on Lau- }sanne Treaty Today Washington, Ja 18,--()--After his arrival here today from Chicago, Frank L. Smith, Senator-designate from Hlinois, dectded to defer until tomorrow the presentation to the sen- ate of his credentials as. successor to the late Senator William B. McKin- ley. ‘ Smith found that senate leaders de~ sired to press the Lausanne treaty to a vote today and, out of deference to their wishes, he decided not to appear in the senate at noon today, as had been. his original intention. C, g. Doyle.'consel for the senator- designate, said Smith was not in any beligerent mood, and desired to ac- commedate his own plans to those of the senate. ‘The senator-designate’s ‘right to a seat is contested largely on the ground that ‘he agcepted a12b. 000 from Samuel Ineull, public utilities opera- tor, for his senatorial. primary cam- 5 Ae —— CAN'T 8EE 80 WELL see has certainly made my me hardly recognize him now, hardly, recognizes me.”— i} a ae [Relief Which Bill Aims to! Give Farmers Called an Ex- periment in the Public In-| terest — Apprepriation No) Different Than Advantage | Government Has Other Industries Given| HAUGEN SAYS IN REFORTING M’NARY-HAUGEN BILL FACT FINDING | BODY WILL GET MILL DETAILS; |K. C. Nelson, State Mill Audi hington, Jan, 18, The relief which the Mc gen bill aims to give the ies is an experiment in the public in terest and, therefore, the govern- | ment shculd assume the risk cf pioneering work, Chairman H. | gen declared today ip reporting the | measure for the house agriculture committee. The, problems of American ag-! iculture have become so profound, | he xdded, that they are “beyond the power of individual farmers or their relatively small organi cole ” Admitting that the bi a_ large appropriation: $250, 000, ,000—he held neverthel that this was merely to set the plan in motion and was no differ- ent than advantages the govern- ; ment had extended to varicus lines of industry. He explained the provi: the bill which carries the contro- jal equalization fee, as com- pared with the Curtis-Crisp and Aswel! measures, which do not in- clude such a fee control erop surplu: ‘There was no subsidy or pric Nary-Haugen bill, he Explains Fee Pri “The (EWalization fee,” he as- serted, “is simply the contribution each unit (bus el, bale or pound) makes to a common fund for the commedity. This stabilization fund for wheat, for exampie, :aakes it possible for an ageney set up and ; controlled by the wheat growers, in cooperation with tne federal board. to say: how @auch of the surplu: of wheat shall be removed from the domesti¢ market at any time. “Within limits dictated by busi- ness sense, it enables wheat farm- ers to adjust the supply of wheat | to the needs of the domestic mar- | ket at an American price. It would | mean the same with rice. “American’ experts are eae two-thirds «f the world’s interna- tonal trade in cotton. Such a fund for cotton would make it possible for cotton growers to feed cotton into the markets of the world as fast as the world wanted it at a reasonable price.” Other commod: upon which the fee would be levied are corn and swine. ~ Other Commodities “There are differences in opera- tion,” Mr. Haugen said, “but the same principle applies to each cf the five commoditi Notwith- standing the tremendous up-and- down movement in corn prices, we produce on the average little if any more corn than we need here, Variation in corn yields keeps the farmer in the corn belt in an end- less Seesaw between corn and hogs, To help check this is one cf the purposes of the measure.” laugen held that the $250,000 revolving fund is not different in principle from the monetary reser- voir which began the functions of the federal reserve bcard, or that contributed to the stabilization of | railroads. After the plan is once set in mction, he added, the equal- (Continued an oage three.) ay iple Today’s Doings in Nation’s Capital Congreds meets at noon. Senate hears vote on Lausunne treaty with Turkey. \, n ions of | 5 fixing element in the Mc- |< ; Americ House conclades debate Army appropriation. bill. Lake diversion hearing contin- Special. “Master ter, Expected Here Tomor- Testify row to Detailed infurmation on the opera- tions of the state mill and e tor during 1926 probably will be avail- able to the senate investigating com- mittee tomorrow, it was said here to- x ©, Nelson, auditor for the mill, is “Scheduled to arrive here tomorrow} and will be ready io testify as to the | financial status of the institution and the results of its last year's peration, He is expected to bring | with him a detailed report of the mill December. The investi- will be , notified and it @® consid- ecord for gating committee when Neison arri ered probable th vestigation, vid Hamilt rman, is to hat benefit the mil! has state. the McHenry rtain been to the mill investigators aiso will vailabie before the end of the preliminary report on the audit now being made by O. examiner for the state au- diting Lund said he expects to complete his work within a few weeks and will immediately begin work on the pre- ‘inary report. It will contain fig- of 4 complete inventory of and other materials on hand at I when the audit begun. DOCTORS TALK. PROHIBITION AT GATHERING Discussion of Heart Disease and Cancer Gives Way to ‘Dry’ Subject ures wh the ni Jan, 18.—()—Heart d cancer h given way to prohibition in discus- at the meeting of tite n College of Surgeons, ng the annual banquet of the o ation fast night, Dr. George David Stewart, its president- elect, declared alcohol was a most ex- cellent drug which he wished the justices of the supreme court couid he made to believe. “Russia went dry in 1915,” he said, ind then went crazy in 1917, He added that congress, in passing the 18th amendment, should have passed unother law to prevent the people from eating certain kinds of food. / Dr. Charles Mayo, world famous surgeon, Who went to the meeting prepared to speak on economics in medicine, cast his theme aside to add his word on the dry law. He said he favored prohibition, but was “no bigot.” He facetiously remarked that he would leave the economic situation to be threshed out by President Coo!- ‘dge anid Will Rogers. The Rev. C. B. Moulinier, president cf the Catholic Hospital ‘association, ‘told the surgeons that he had “un- consciously” broken the prohibition law, but only on a physician’s pre- scription. Washington, disease sions Addr JUST TO DO SOMETHING Dentist’s Wife: We must give the maid a little treat of some sort for her birthday. Dentist: All right. I'l extract | same of hér teeth free Namale ter tige Welt, Berlin. PRICE FIVE CENTS 0 TAKE BALLOT BOXES 1 | | | |WAY CLEARED FOR PROBE OF PA, ELECTION | Appeal of Election Judge to Prevent Taking of Boxes Dismissed in Court WAS NOT A CANDIDATE Boxes Will Be Taken to Wash- ington and Stored in Senate Office Building Philadelphia, Jan. 18—()—The state supreme court today dismissed the appeal of Jose vent the taking of. F lot boxes in the Vare-Wilson sena- torial contest to Washington. The action of the court clears the way for the delivery of the 2,000 bal- lot boxes to the senate special com- mittee which is investigating the contest brought by William B. Wil- son, Democrat, against William S. Vare, Republican, for the senatorial seat in succession to Senator George | Wharton Pepper. The boxes are in the joint custody of Mayor Kendrick and. John M. Seott, prothonotary of the Philadel- phia civil courts. Yesterday the -ommon pleas court was about to give | them authority to turn over the boxes to the senate committee when counsel for Cicalese, who is an election judge ia the 10th division of the fourth ward, suddenly objected on the ground that the committee had no | tight to open the boxes. Common pleas court brushed aside the jection and the matter was carried to the supreme court. The higher court today decided that us Cicalese was not a candidate in the contest to be investigated he had o standing in court. WILL STORE BOXES IN ATE OFFICE BUILDING Washington, Jan. 18—)—Advised \by the Associated Press of today's detision of the Pennsylvania supreme tourt, David S. Barry, the senate sergeant-at-arms, announced that he would proceed at once to take posses- sion of the ballot. boxes now stored +in-the Thiladelphia-eity: yall: He plans to leave Washington jute today, and to ' make ‘rangementa there tomorrow for the freight cars or motor trucks to transport the + 2,000 boxes to the capi They will be stored in the senate office build: ing until after March 4, when the re- count will be started. CONVENTION OF COUNTY SCHOOL HEADS OPENS Delegates Divided Into Com mittees to Discuss Educa- tional Problems To discuss school and educational problems of North Dakota, over 40 county superintendents of schools from all pafts of the state gathered at the Masonic temple today in the opening session of the three-day con- vention, S. J. A. Boyd of Cavalier county was elected temporary chairman when the meeting opened this morning, while A. M. Waller of Ward county was named deputy chairman and W- E. Parsons, deputy state superintend- ent of public instruction, was named, secretary, After organization had been com- pleted, the group was divided into committees ‘which will discuss var- ious educational problems. Anrong the things to be considered are high school and grade examinations, in- spections and requirements of schools, institutes, teachers’ and pupils’ read- ircles, supplies and reports, of study and Parent-Teacher associations, Miss Bertha R. Palmer, state su- perintendent of public instruction, spoke this morning, outlining work discussed at a preliminary meeting yesterday of superintendents. who have been connected with public schools for the longest periog. The superintendents plan no officia! action on the week-dey church school bill now before the senate, according to W. E. Parsons, deputy morenaek ent of public inate tees Appointed Following are the committees: High. school and grade examina- tions—S. J. A. Boyd, Cavalier coun: ty; Hazel McKay, Ramsey county; . Helen EB. lorns, Sioux peri myi - jamin Rinde, Walsh county; Smith, McHenry ¢ounty; and M. Thompson, Foster county. Inspection and a ar riet E. Perry, Stutsman eounty; Brownye Knudson, Bottinesy a Elfie Freeman,’ Ransom county; lie J. Byé Witiams county; W, Olmsted,

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