The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 2, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled, probably snow, so cold tonight. Not THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [aon] BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WED DAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS HOUSE KILLS PROHIBITION REFERENDUM SKELETONS OF FOUR FOUND BY AUTHORITIES Thirteen Deaths Now Attrib- uted to George J. Has- sell, Texas Slayer UNDER DEATH PENALTY Following Chart, Authorities Find Bones of Whittier, Calif., Vietims Calif., Feb. Lied George J. sell, convicted Te slayer, today was branded as thir: teen times a murderer ag the bones four of his victims reposed in a val Waly Attar having been unearth- ed as the result of a confession he recently made. The skeletons of four—a womar and three children—were presumed to be those of Mrs. Marie one! of | Pittsburgh, Pa. and her children,| with whom Hassell lived here more | than 10 years ago. When Hassell Deal cently confessed to nine murders Texas he also said he had killed Zour | others here. chart he made, authorities yesterday discover- | ed the bones in the basement of a cottage here, Pictures Identi In further substant sell’s story, neighb identified newspaper pictures of him as. the! “Mr. Baker” who once occupied the| cottage with a woman known to thent! as “Mrs, Baker” and her three adopt-| ff children. Hassell admits sed the name of Baker while He is awaiting execution in| Texas as the result of the slaying in| that state of his wife and eight step-| children, »When the skeletons were renubpeal| they were found. to be! those of an adult and three chili bs | From descriptions furnished by ell the police identified the forms as those of a woman, a boy, 8, a girl, 5, and a one-year-old infant. The skulls of all four had been crushed, and pieces of rope, found. drawn about the necks, indicated that the victims had been strangled. In his confession Hassell declared he had clubbed and choked the wom- an to death while her; chijdren were asleep, He next put the children to death. He. said he had been living with the woman and that he killed her in-m quarrel over the question of his going into the army at the time the United States entered the world war. BROWNING IS PESSIMISTIC OVER OUTCOME ‘Woman dices Has 99 Chances Out of 100, He Says —Hearing Ends Tuesday New York, Feb, 2.—()—Edward W. Browning was pessimistic today 0" the outcome of his separation suit against Peache; “A woman sput_of a handred,” he sai ‘he courthouse at White Plains was comparatively still today. There wa: no laughter over tales of an African honking gander, -rubber eggs and benuine spoons. The. separation suit the 52-year-old wealthy seal ‘Geran aga! against his 16-year-old wii fas under otreenent by Supreme Court Justice Seege The final Becton was held yester- day, The rival attorneys will have three weeks | ie amplify contentions and file brief: New Teeth The final Teare ‘revealed seve: points of a magnitude in keeping with previous testimony. Peaches said he had tied the red _ ribbon around the saoter's head, it was said, Browning said ‘was not very good at tying bows, she said, Also, Peaches typewrote little “love notes” to Browning while she waited in his outer office when he was busy with- in, but they were written on request, she asserted. She setiee he said: “There's nothing to do now; write me some love letters.” A neurologist. testified that, sup- “hosing certain eccentricities and al- leged cruelties of ming to be true, “Mrs. Browning's nervous con- dition is the iauot ioegitoa tee trat- mas and emotional jon trom dis- agreeable environment.” ‘An attorney for Peaches-’nearly fainted in his cross examination. J Seeger said: “Any more tri ike this will have to be heard by an- other judge.” Banking tion Will Be Discussed at |; -» League Ce Conference Minot, N. D. "Feb. 2 2—()—Banking log’ n ‘will come in for special conaiderstion’ ‘ae gheterense ad Nonpartisan league members to be ried at Bismarck on Tuesday, Febru- ary 8, which is pelne called by a num- ber of membeps in’ western North Dakota. Leaguers in te. vicinity at le ton have jive i) making plans for ‘the’ meting werk, it is explainnd 33) has ve af Your fit except the “futu: pce’ Autnd ina . ganization.” Attorney Ushbe Te _ Bardiek of Far. go fl ,, Wingal banker who is described y- know ae ieee about the si bod than faye Whittier, ified ion of Has-| ways ‘has Bi chances ; RECOMMENDED western section of ask once in an STEPS TAKEN | TO PROTECT | AMERICANS 1,200 Marines Making Ready at San Diego For Depar- ture For Far East WILL BE TAKEN TO GUAM Cenference Between Coolidge and Borah Believed to Have Concerned China , Washington, Feb, 2.—(P)—-Fyrther ne to insure the fullest protection and possible transportation require-| ments of Americans in evacuating central China are being taken by the | ThisHearty handshake was but one of a great many Tristam Speaker | received when he returned to Cleveland from Chicago, where Judg« |Landis absolved him of baseball “scandal” charges. But it was the ;one that drew pentane broadest smile. It came from Mrs. Tris you see. FLOUR BILL Today’s Doings in - -Nation’s Capital ngress meets at noon. enate proceeds with transportation bill: House receives bills from terri- tories committe F lations _ committee agua and possibly milk FOR PASSAGE Favored By Majerity of House State Affairs Committee + —Some Amendments suit on- ernment tax recover; against old Ford minority tinues at treasury. Elections committee ‘considers request of Frank L. Smith for senate seat now and investigation COUNTY WILL FINANCE WORK OF CO. AGENT | Commissioners Vote, 3 to 2, to Take Over Work Sponsored By Bismarck A. C. The flour label bill, bone of con- tention between house factions,, was recommended for passage on a divi- | ded report,..with numerous amend-| ments, by the “house committee on | state affairs, meeting last night. | byes minority report is to be sub- a mitted. Sweeping changes were made in the portion he bill covering labeling and contents of flour containers. Under the amendment, the flour _container would bear abel which j would * the brand or trademark undeti which. flour would be sold: the, name of the manufacturer. and oe fete in which it was manufact- ti ‘and nthe net® weight of each to two, the Bur- ioners yesterday in explaining their vote, claimed that the majority of the people in their districts were opposed 30 the county agent work and: that/they were fol- lowing the dictates of their constit- uents. County Doctor Vote Up Again Two attempts were made again yes- terday to make an appointment for the office of county physician, bui both were defeat Commissioner Fricke moved the a) po itrfient of Dr T. M. MacLachlan, was seconded by Commissioner Will and the rol’ call found Fricke and Will voting aye, and Soder, Moynier and Swanson voting no, Commissioner. Sode the appointment of . E. Stack- house, incumbent, for the ensuing year. This was seconded by Com- missioner Swanson, and the vote was ler and Sw: in, Fricke. Moynier and Will, no. ~ At the January meeting of the board, an attempt to appoint Dr MacLachlan to the post was d when, according to the minutes as corrected yesterday, Soder, voted no, Prick aye, and Moynier passed. followed by a motion to reappoint Dr. Stackhouse, which also | day votec y the south -12 feet of lot 3, block. ma North- ern Pacific addition, for $150. Se BANK HOLDS. ANNUAL MEET ‘ashburn — Augu: rps Johnson was elected tara} of the First National. bank of Washburn ‘at the ‘annual meetii recently, with aang Bergquist loch nam vies. e Mig Cul- O'Brien was oidied pros a “and W. F. Bischof was th lee of tialstont camer lank. ste jobheoy, wk. ontainer, ‘The variety of-wheat. used in the manufacture of the flour could be stated en the label but no statement could be made that the flour. was! By a vote of th milled from North Dakota hard spring | leigh county commi Seely sedan tes fotnuecease, Orel the: work of the county ageiealtura! The’ state food commissioner would | extension agent, which has been han- be given authority to prosecute all died for almost a year the violations -of ‘the act, in addition to | Bismarck Association of Commerce the athier duties outlined in the! A delexation fj ‘bil, ited u e comm cen The Original Bill terday afternoon, requesting that the original bill, introduced by county assume the dinanetal respon: Rep. te Ferris, Nelson county, provi- | sibility fer the work. County Agent ner that. every package, container or A. R, Miesen attended the meeting to barrel of flour should’ bear a label outline the work being done in thy sepia eee artes “te cee seacreners "aad lewis UG name e| made of the Imanufactarer and department of the agricultural co! place where it was manufactured; (lege takes in assisting with the work seepema ae tea ed of wea aslon dviien ee used and the state in which it was n. Produced the percentum of protein} Commis oer Victor Moynier made * the tees and the net weight in ee ee a a mat ae seuanty. take e container. The section concerning the state poe by the Biaeaaeek Asgociation food commissioner, in the, original | of, Commerce, e ect i rabruary i, bill, made it the’ duty of the state , in atchrdange saith the budge! food commissioner and chemist to en- | Presented, which ote $4, force the act and gave him the same os Spovaty $1,400) com (Continued on page’ two.) eo Hpalied| login piel motion wa’ “py “Cohmmi sioner , William Fricke. Moynier, Fricke and George Will voted in favor of the proposition, while Commi sioners Axel Soder and Chas. Swan- WOULD “a AL son voted against it. The latter two, Voicrs Would » Not Be Re- quired to Register Party Affiliations if Bill Passes: Independents in the North Dakota legislature yesterday took the fi hop in a move to abolish party strictions: in state. primary pays The initial gun. fired in what is ex- pares to be one of the most. bitter fe of the present assembly came he se introduction of a bill by C. W, Carey, (independent Richiond county, that would repeal the lgw.:requiring voters to regi thete party: aH intigns at thé primi ries. it ‘seesaies the repeal would allo Democra\ to vote at Republica printaries; As the Democratic party ligible ‘number of votes in th eget Independent leaders Pay ees the repeal a tage id th 0. ma emocratic vo rare oe jer that many, Democrats wi A Hesiae ter. 48 Republi- cans with the Independ; ents: if atrictions were elim- inated, "indepe leaders ‘admit. ie dependents will line the ettinane ‘will Sprobabl ition .to the i es acess ma - their peak refer- simply call for the] qui se MeCulloe Mage moved ves, of- its: tifket they. vote, ee ed to take over the financing of A delegation of local business men loners yes- county take e February i, United States while awaiting some inkling as to the attitude of the ma MAN KILLED BY WIFE AND — DAUCHTER | Woman Confesses Hacking Husband to Death With Axe and Hatchet HAD Widow Says Heart Is Lighter , Because She Feels Her Children Are Safer Cle land, Feb. P) Liszka is hi axes w elded “by his daughter, beth, 1 i beca kill us.’ The wife, in telling police of the jor warring factions towards its of- fer to negotiate new equalization treaties with that country. ‘Twelve hundred marines are making ready at San Diego for departure this week for far eastern duty, while army recruiting offigers have called upon corps area commanders for 260 re. sruits to fill up gaps in the ranks of he Fifteenth Infantry Garrison at Tientsin, 4ne dan Diego marines, making up the fourth regiment, be taken to Guam to replace those ordered to Manila, and will be available for j emergency use by Admiral Williams, commanding the Asiatic fleet. While navy orders fixed their sailing for tomorrow, word from the California marine base indicated they may not get away before Saturday. President Coolidge called Chair- man Borah of the senate foreign rela- sions committee to the White House late yesterday for a epnference un- derstood to have dealt with China, uthough nothing was divulged as to Killing, said she struck the first blow with a long handled wodsman’s axe and her daughter aided her with aj hatch Mrs. Liszka said her husband had been whipping her and their three! children, Elizabeth, Antoninette, 15, was forced to leave home. She told police that during the night ned her husband and asked him her a drink. He refused and quarreled with her for waking him. Later she said she got up and while returning to bed stumbled over an axe. kill her she awoke Elizabeth, who se- cured a hatchet. “I hit him several times on the head with the axe,” Mrs. Liszska told the police, him.” The mother then awakened the oth- | er two children and all four went to rby police station. a way I did it,” sha! ut I feel my children sts nature. AMERICAN MISSIONARIES STANDING BY THEIR POSTS Chicago, Feb. 2.—-(#)-American sionaries in China are standing oy their posts in thé face of danget and ‘1 n institutions are being maintained despite a nationalist eam- raign against religion in sodthern ‘hina and general renewal of politi- cal_and religious warfare. Na live. My husband had| been drinking and abusing us so that | we all feured for our live 13,362 AUTOS — ARE-LICENSED Overthrow of old tra and respect for authority in favor of wn- bridled freedom in the nationalist campaign have failed to kill mission- ary zeal or wreck the mission :ays- m, reports from missionary ‘author ies in Chinn indicate. Idols of a remote past and tablets symbolizing China's ancestral worship are being destroyed and a . general Philosophy breeding an immorality and materialism undreamed of in ol« ‘hina hay been spread in the nation- Mist anti-religious crusade, Dr. N. Bercovitz, Presbyterian _ missionary loctor on the island of Hainan, China. has informed the Presbyterian boarc of foreign missions here. Idols Destroyed Dr. Bercovitz ment students, headed by their te: ors and supported by armed soldiers destroyed all the idols and ancestr ‘ablets in every temple in Hoi How Denial of a reported collapse ir Thinese missionary work is made ir 1 statement of Rev. A. L. Warnshuls secretary of the International sionary Council here. Dr. Warnshuls, whose organizatior acts as a of many denominations in all coun cries, says that only between 400 anc 500 missionaries are in the area 0: | disturbance. , “There are practically 8,000 mis Ch he says, “O area, only a few are leaving.” CABINET MEETING CALLED TO CONSIDER ‘GRAVE’ REPORTS London, Feb. 2.—()—The Britis! zabinet was called into session earl: this afternoon to consider what th: newspapers “grave”. report: from China. The foreign office, in 9 publishe statement, insists that the negotia tions with the Cantonese at Hankov have not broken down, but admii at Foreign ister Chen’s actior in raising the’ question of the dis natch of Britis! itary forces t | Shanghai ruined the prospects o! early signature of the draft agree- ment negotiated by Chen and thc British charge d'affaires, O’Malle; This agreement would ‘provide for | settlement or the recent incident: at Hankow an@ Kiukiang in which the British concessions were storm- ed by anti-foreign mobs. “From information available,” the foreign office ‘stated today, “it ap- pears that during the negotiation: regarding the future status of the British concessions in Hankow anc Kiukiang, Chen raised the question of the despatch of British troops to Chine. F “Consequently, the negotiations haven taken a new turn and the prospects of an early signing of the draft agreement providing for an amicable settlement of the Hankow and Kiukiang incidents must be postponed. Former Bismarck Resident Dies in Hospital at Fargo Robert H. Boyd, ¢ ‘d, 67, Minneapoli: died of heart diseave ta Fa "h term i Ower ya: ry, Rev. W. J Hutcheson, executive secretary of the Masonic Service and Education asso- ciation, conducting the services. R. T Torrence, worshipful master of Bost. mate A % and A. M., was in Boyd had‘ gone to Fargo on business and eat aae suddenly ill, dying’ before his wife and stepson could arrive from Minneapolis. Mr, Boyd was a resident of North| ¢ Dakota for about eight i it one time connected with ‘the Binmarck business col r a aad Sonpat eommer- cial work ports that govern-! jaison bureau for mission: | Fargo andj made thi DURING MONTH’ . Total Receipts vat Registra- tion Department in Janu- ary.Were $153,736.05 during J ¥ according to records in the of- of Fred B, Ingstad, motor vehic! i Receipts from passeng: Trucks numbering censod during January ‘eipts being $20,160. 1,176 were the total r , while 27 mo- GET YOUR TAGS Q Chief of Police Chris Marcine- son has issued a warning to Bi: | marck motorists that they will be given only a few days i which to secure their 1927 li- cense plates. Only a compara- tively few cars now operating in this city have the new license tags, although the law requires that new licenses shall be obtain- ed on January 1, and the whole month of January has now gone by. After few days the po- ice will bey to tag cars which are still carrying last year's tags, according to Chief Martine- 801 id tags mean visits to the police court. | coreycles were licensed with receipts | jf $129. Transfers “of registration | srought in $854, making total _re- ipts during January — $153,736.05, ind total registrations of 14,565. « Burleigh county motor vehicle >wners paid in $5,235.50 in registra- ion fees during January, the report | shows. The largest payments came | ‘rom Cass county, which hud a total | | of $28,206.75 for the month, Morton ‘ounty car owners paid in $5,645.40; Ward county “$5,400.30; Stutsman county, $9,636.75; Barnes county, $ $80.43; Grand Forks county, $7,14 ind Ramsey county, $2,765.70. Other Counties Total xeceipts from other counties were as follow: Benson, ee 66.25; | . | Bowman, $f, Stbo,1bs Cavalier, $6,816.65; Divide, $560; Duan, $1,211.75; Eddy, $745.30 Emmons, $2484; Foster, $1,724 Golden Valley, Bu: rke, Mercer, $1,043.50; 8.40; Nelson, $1,141.05. Olives, Pembina, $1,091.40; Pierce, $1,822.20; Ransom, $3, 682.05 Ren valle, $718.10; Richland, $7,494.35; Ro! 59.91 Sargent, $2,901.35; Sheridan, $1,072.55; Sioux, $411.7 Slope, $475.10; Stark, $2,500.45; St Towner, $940.70 Wal $2, Traill, $2,507. Wells, $5,400.3 ms, N, P. Uses Snow Plow on Dakota Division Ist Time it in 4-Years| estown, N. Dy, D., Feb. 2—M— Northern "Pacific officials ‘here re- port that the first’ snow plow used on the Dakota division of that road in was sent the bran Benoee ‘on Monday, Recent heavy show! ret and ae ch ante “ necessai of the track.” and Victoria, 14, and that the latter | she | Fearing her husband meant to/ “and then, Elizabeth hit? My heart is lighter for| ; workers stopped them. has {shares | The ine Says— | DECLINES T0 6 IT'S NICE AND UNSHINY TODAY, BUT DONT PUT VoUR OVERCOAT IN MOTH BALLS' we'Re IN FOR SIX WEEKS More} OF WASTER | JUST WATCH BEEN DRINKING | -Anton | 36, today | they were “afraid he would; | FEED AND SEED | BILL PASSES * STATE SENATE Weuld Authorize Counties to Issue Bonds to Provide For Needy Farmers Today’s Program in Legislature || spo at I: nieets at house church school bill for vote in senate. committee of whole to bill to license real te brokers. The much-disgussed feed and seed MAN SHOOTS day with ‘but two dissenting votes ter a number of amendments, had been made on the floor. |. The measure, introdu tors Peter McLachlin, and A. A. Peck, McLean county, a thorizes county commissioners to e bonds to provi y farmers ith feed and seed. An amendment prohibiting counties with unusually heavy bonded indebtedness from further increasing their debts farm relief was made on the together with Life Held ‘Nothing But Dis appointment,’ According to ’ Note Left For Father | i 20) Belioving he t his birthright to a. li and brooding-over his Harold R. Dickerson, 21 | | i | definite. The chang, ance at the suggestion of Se: testad, McHenry count meusure was who h ddressed to his father, Colonel R. Dickerson of | | Springfield, M ed friction | between the two and do that li i meu “nothing but disappointme y the youth, *Dolunet Dickerson, original backer of Ketchel, Jess Willard and Luther Me well known boxe and ow neh at Conway, Mo, the Ketchel was slain in stricken when informed of the traged: the Spanish w his son in months, | only intimation that he w Dickerson’s bride was i condition at a hospital today three bullet wounds. She ascribed the immediate cause of the shooting to jealousy and said that her husband had accused her of friendship for a) former suitor. Dickerson once was a newspaper re- porter in St. Louis. In his hotel room insurance pol hall be incontest- here police found a decree of separate able after two years except for viol. ts. I + and was tho of snecial con- who rthy,) * whose rugged Wolt Bounties Reduced ng wolf bount 8: $1.50. The bill was opposed by § ator John Benson, Rolette county, rted that it was a backward was made y because of the increasing deficit in the wolf bounty fund each year. Another bill, providing that life Committee Appo! The industrial commission's sage to the legislature on the mixup regyrding the supreme ion that the state must pay de-| Hered taxes on it holds {through foreclosures resulted in the mes- tax court | maintenance granted Mrs. Edith Dick-, tions of provisions of the policy in erson of St. Louis in January, 1925, regard to mijitary service and for 13 without debat months ald, The senate interrupted its session | prohibition question. Representative J. W. O'Neill, Renville | county, might be passed today, the day. ‘At that time the bi ich passed the house yesterday is sched- Believed of Incendiary Origin 1 Narrow Escapes jappointment from the floor of a sp. {lar committee from the house to de- ‘Ann Arbor, Feb. 2-—(#)—Officials cide on what legislative action may lure to pay premiums, was passed of “Richard Dickerson, to hear the house argue over the riation for the widow of the late: uled GS be received, and id be pass- —200 Patients Have {cial committee to confer with a sim ‘today were investigating a fire ut the be necessary. On motion of Senator W. iH oO. |. Porter, Car which 200 patients McIntosh count; . a Fredriekson pes from death and alier county, injury, as the result of an assertion | Nelson count: |by Harley Haines, director of the county; and S. J, Atkins, Towner institution, tl he believed it to, county, were appointed on the com- tage been of incendiary origin. j mittee. Itire wan the work of a tiretse when, Democratic Plan For Tax Reduetion here last L. i | flames broke out a short time later in a hotel pore the street to which some of ‘the patients een re- ateaghy moved. The hotel fire was- quickly; eatin 2 Tonggde _ to Get Vote Friday ny of the patients rescued owe! 4 —= their ee to the quick work ‘of the} Washington, Feb. 2—-(1--The se1 citizen and student volunteers who ate today agreed to go on record not moving them from the later then Friday on the Democratic burning institutipn. { prepessl fe tax reduction at this jique rescue methods were adopt-, session of congres: ed tense some of the patients.! Facing a threatened Democratic A chute fire escape was used for filibuster Republican leaders accept- sliding some of the pecans ‘on their for‘actlon by ag Poggi P. ™, beds to the ground, where rescue tot Meine ot aeantar Bday ae crat, ‘ippi, which would ex- press it as the sense of the senate that a reduction in the permanent tax schedules, should be made before the March 4 adjournment. {Bar would not in it contmittee in Soin any tax ron jon. rete eee | Senator Harrison served no- le Week” report a Levoraly le re-| tice today that he ete oo tie. up. the sponse from business men apd much: legislative machinery of the senate interest in the project, If any. a4 ‘each day until he got ness men were not interviewed by for a vote on hi committee members, they are urged tor Curtis jean lender. to-call the Association of Commerce’ shut at opposition by agreeing fo-a and someone will be sept to see them. vote Friday. * Many Interested in ‘Trade Week’ Plans, Members of the of plans for the pi for floor, several other amend- ments making the proceedings more also to advance the date of issu- nator Ole] Peters, > ot had een {came when a minori j | temperance old University of Michigan hospital Ployhar, Senators P. T. Kretschmar, | ht, | A.-S. Marshall, Dickey | "PUT QUESTION UPTO PEOPLE |Both Wets and Drys Call Heaviest Oratorical Guns Into Action Tuesday | | Galleries Crowded With Spec- tators During Debate— Speakers Applauded By a vote of 92 to 18 the North | Dakota house yesterday defeated a bill to submit to a vote of the people ; a proposal to eliminate the prohi- bition clause from the state consti- | tution. Action was taken after a hested debate in which both sides | called their heaviest oratorieal guns | ito action, Following the session the house _. | temperance committee voted to kill | a concurrent resolution which would | memorialize congress to repeal the Volstead act. The action today is | believed to have killed all prohibition | legistation which will be suggested at session. he house also passed five s1¢9- | sures, two of them se: of the latter was desig: uy appeals to the su; the other gives foreign executors of estates the | right _to | actions in North | basis as though he The Roll Call Those voting in favor of submit- ting the question of prohibi peal to a vote of the people included Reps Aljets, Bubel, Ehr, Erickson of McLean, Fettig, Helbling, Hildebrand, Kapfer, Keierleber, Miller, Mont- gomery, Oberg, Rabe, Renner, Streich, Thatcher, Van Berkom and Yeater. Those voting against the proposal were Reps. Anderson of Divide, Anderson of Sargent, Bell, Boeckel, Bohnsack, Bollinger, Brown of Adams, Brown of Stutsman, Burk- | hart, Burns, Butt, ey ro Cox, Craig, pilieeess son of Kidder, Fedje, Fores Fowler, Treen in, Gudmestad, Halcrow, Hanson, feces Henrickson, Hoffman, Holthi Iverson of Griggs, Iverson of McKen. aie, Jardine, Johnson of Foster, John- {son of McKenzie, Johnson of Traill, Johnson of Ward, Johnston, Kamrath, Kelly, Larvick, Lavik, Lee, Levin, Lillehaugen, Lotthus, Lynch, Lyon, McCay, McDowall, M Ginnis, McManus, "Mart Muus,' Olafsén, | Opdahi, Plath, Polfuss, Quam. Roberts, Rulou, Shurr, ‘Sins Silverson, Sleight, Standley, Steedman, Svingen, Thomps: THomieee of Ram: Meiaineet: 5 ardson, nalness, Burleigh, or, Tref- Twichell, Ww extford, Wil: Zimmerman, Speaker Trubsh: Viltens Watt, Wedel, son, Worner, Carr. Absent and not voting were Reps. Swett and Tester. The debate on the iiquor question y of the temp nee committee recommended p. of the bill to amend the constitution, Halcrow Ovens D. -John Halcrow, Pem committee + opened the fight against the mea- sure. By agreement with the weis, he said, the constitutional amendment proposal and that to ask for repeal of the Volstead act would be con- sidered together in the argum North Dakota has operated under | the prohibition law for 38 years, Hal- jcrow said, and has done well. He could not ‘see “why anyone wants to go back to the open saloon and the indred vices which follow it.” F citing is own experiences, he suid he belli: the good health enjoy dl by most North Dakotans may 5- at- tributed in part to prohibit: cag Reading from a prepared speech Herman Rabe, Stark county, one of the sponsors of the wet measure, i denied that anyone wants the return of the saloon and pointed out that the bill would neither create or re- | peal any laws. That it would merely give the people an opportunity to vote | on the questio: The wealth of the | United States is flowing over the {border into Canada, he charged, in , exchange for an “unlii second and third ch hibition/has not prohibited anything except good liquor, he charged, since home-brew, wine and moonshine liq- \uor are plentiful. Charging that it costs more to at- j tempt to enforce the law than to sup- 'port either the army or sory: Rabe (Continued on page three,) —_______________» | Weather Report ———————o county, Weather conditions at North Da- bets: points for the 24 ghey ending | at 8 a. m. today. roger at 7 a.m ighest yes! Loven ine Sig Precipitation to 7 a. m. . Highest wind velocity... WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Us- led, probably snow beginning to- night or Thurs: “Not so cold te- might. “For North Dakota: _Unsettled, probaniy snow beginning tonight or ‘hursday. Not so cold tonight and east portion Thursday. WEATHER Ahi ressure area, accompanied ct woather, is centered pressure 31 ; over the extreme Northest weather prevails from pi voll westward to hey coast. This low pressure stea. also been accompanied bj yen over the