The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 17, 1927, Page 1

ie = ee _ his wife on his farm for seven years. ny st | the latter would aid the Shanghai After the Fortieys left the farm re-| coreg to, Erank Snyder, manager of | defender when called ed upon r cently they had si searetye. Fortney company here. Sun Calls For Help had ore accused McCaffree of breaking e use of trans-Atlantic teleph- ove an fe mae Marshal Sun issued yr his home. will be extended that day to| call for help. y Wyortney was indicted in March, 2 ba a crass of the North:| General Chang Tsung Chang’s }. 1914, for criminally, assaulting © 16-| western Bell company’s territory—| failure to move in this direction was year-old girl, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North| regarded as an indication that he in- WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Friday. Colder tonight. Not so cold Friday p. m, HOUSE ACTS ON 30 BILLS WEDNESDAY Legislators Hope Night Ses- sions to Complete Work Will Not Be Necessary 15 PASSED, 15 KILLED Independents Win Out on Bills to Clear Up Foreclosed Land Tax Mixup The senate flour label bill, carrying provisions asked by the governor, today wi ‘ed for indefinite po by the house state atta re mittee. When it was discovered, how- ever, that the senate already had postponed the flour label bill passed by the house and carry- ing amendments opposed by the governor, the senate bill was re- ferred to the state affairs com- mittee. Chairman L. L. Twichell of the state affairs committee said the purpose in sending it back was to put the senate bill in the same shape as the measure passed by the house. If Twichell’s plan is carried out, the bill would then go to a conference committee of house | and senate members. | Working at top speed Wednesday again disposed of 30 bills and legislative leaders are; hopeful that it will be unnecessary to hold night sessions in order to get| the house bills to the senate with- in the time limit set by the consti- tution. Amoung house bills passed were one to permit the nomination of presidential electors, national party committeemen and delegates to na- tional party conventions by primaries; one requiring governing boards of municipalities and coun- ties and the state highway, commis- sion to obtain bids on all types of paving used in any three cities in receiving bids for paving work and a bill repealing the statutory freight rates on lignite coal and authori ing the state railroad board to insti tute an investigation of all freight rates on fuel. A bill which would prohibit mi tary training at any school or un ES com: the house} = FARM RELIEF California | | San Francisco, Feb. 17.-Up—| | Despite confusion and roar of high water, flood stricken southern Cali-| |fornia today turned an eye toward} growing totals of death and destruc-| { tion ag the result of the worst storm) | in its history, while thousands of its! besieged citizens sought refuge from a@ menace ‘still unabated. With the known death toll stand-! ing at 21, property losses from rain, snow and wind which has beset the southland with unprecedented _vio- lence for four days probably will to- tal several million dollars. Up to/ early today, 6,000 persons had been | driven from their A survey late last night, made up| from reposts received over limited lines of communication, showed at STORM IN TABLOID (By The Associated Press) California Southern part of state flood bound as result of four s of unprecedented rain and snow. Five thousand persons home- after fleeing from high- ater in Venice, Long Beach, Anaheim, Fullerton, Los Angeles, San Diego and smaller towns near the southern metropolis, Death list reached 21 as toll in snowslides near Fresno swelled to 13. Property damage untold. Total protaely will reach several mil- ions. Nearly 100 oil derricks blown down by violent winds at Taft. Nearly every railroad and highway in flood district blocked. Limited train service started from Los Angeles cast. Continued rain promised top today and other storm approach- |} ing from the Pacific ocean. Flood conditions prevailed in at least 20 cities, with seven of them badly Three dea five snow slides strike state mining camps, traffic facilities. Heavy damage to highwa southern Utah following burst. injured, as northern crippling Arizona y streams at s and undermined. Prescott isolated due L flood stage. railroad tracks reported virtually to weakened rail- and flooded high- road trestle | ways. | \ least 20 cities had been partly or wholly delu; wei of them badly. Damage to s alone in Los Ay- versity supported by state funds was defeated in the committee of the whole, 29 to 53. Of ‘the 80 bills disposed of, 15 were passed and 15 were killed.’ 4 Majority Wins Out Among the latter was the mea- ware offered by the Nonpartisan faction authorizing“ the Bank of North Dakota to advance the money to pay tax certificates on land which the state has taken over on mort- gage foreclosure but on which delin- quent taxes have not been paid. Two bills sponsored by the Inde- pendents, one to pay the tax certif- icate holders with money raised by a tax levy and one declaring a mora- torium on payment by the state of tax certificates held by counties, were approved by the committee of the whole and placed on the calendar for tomorrow, Speaker Carr again urged the house forward Wednesday, shutting off senate een it threatened grow lengt The fant on the tax tangle bill resulted when the minority attempt- J to force passage Str ee com- (Continued ontinued 6A pump Sant three.) JEALOUSY Is HELD MOTIVE FOR SLAYING Iowa Man Confesses Murder After “Returning From Funeral of His Victim Waverly, Iowa, Feb. 17.—()—Less than a week after the slaying of Frank A. McCaffree, officers today prepared to file murder charges against Frank Fortney, who last night signed a confession pining, trom the funeral of his vic- im, Cleméney for a jealous husband, who madly attacked the s: ppapasd lov- er of his wife, is expected to be the defense plea of Fortney’s attorneys, Fortney maintained the killi Rag not premeditated and that hs fough his former employer with the Pityis ie: tention of giving him a severe beat ing. Fortney said he struck McCaf- free over the head twice with a rough timber, McCaffree employed Fortney and Fengler Breaks Engagement and ed for SS ig telephone is reached nwhile it wag learned that the Will Enter Race sf, ‘0: simscit incr available: these rt Chaumont, now en route to Calif, will be a report charge of $10. For a from Honolulu with 1200 mar- Culver Cit . 17.—()— | the present, time of each conver- | ines from San Diego aboard, has be Harlan Fengler, me red from au-| sation will be limited to 12 minutes | ordered to pr directly to Shan; to racing two years $1 the Debeet and the service will be available| hai. They are due here February of his fiancee, Miss Shirle; from 7:30 a. th. until noon which} This will make the number of Ameri screen aa will return to sree’ corresponds to 1:30 p. m. and 6 p. m.|can troops aboard ships here total Rem pees fonts classic on Culyer rch 6. ‘The youthful pilot, ntly By its e to the motion picture actrés: broken, said today he has entered the rece. after. : Hebert & geles was estimated ut $1,000,000. Floods Threaten San Diego San Diego stood in imminent dan- ger of a catastrophic flood for severa hours last night and early today, but} the waters finally receded to below the danger point. No estimate of the San Diego losses could be made early today. A survey of damage at Taft, which is out of the southern flood area, ae 4 windstorm toppled over near- Ag 100 oil derricks, indicated loss there would run to $250,000 or more. San Francisco shippers claimed loss of $100,000 fize to the weath 13 Killed in Snowslide Untold damage was caused to crops, orchards, Ripeways, and homes in San Fernando valley, where several towns were inundated. The death toll in the snowslide in the. mountains above Fresno reached 13 last night when coroners’ reports had been checked. Two avalanchee struck the camp of r. to| the Southern California Edison com- pany there, causing the greatest Prapedy of the storm, Twenty: sons caught in the slide still f beapiials, many seriously injured. Other Points Affected Besides San Diego and Los Ange- les, badly flooded cities include Long Beach, where some 2,500 persons were driven iam their homes by high water and 64 city blocks hav- ing been flooded; Venice, where 600 or more were forced to flee; Ana- heim, with 20 blocks inundated, and Fullerton, where 40 blocks were un- der water. ‘At Anaheim an oil tank, under-) mined by flood waters, toppled and added its 80,000 barrels of petroleum to the flood, covering the surface o! the water with a greasy mixture. At Escondido, one of the show places (Continued on page thr on page three.) BISMARCKANS MAY TALK TO LONDON SOON Trans - Atlantic Telephony Will Be Extended to Include North Dakota Saturday The people of Bismarck will be pls, to talk by telephone to all points in England, Scotland and Wales be- ginning seeeertey February 19, ac- and South Dakota. The charge of this service will be 1 for the first three minutes and 27 for ae additional minute there- gar person is call- London time. , The service will be opened to the rho | Northwestern Bell company’s terri- tory Saturday morning at 7:30 by o Exeeent © B. T. Belt of that com- ing from Omaha to Col. Shreere in London, vende emaermuee 4‘ rN \ homes, | Bill See Tokens of Victory | BILL VOTE MAY | COME TODAY House sits Aswell and | Curtis-Crisp Measures, Of- fered as Substitutes | VOTE FRIDAY AT LATEST | \ |Friends of McNary-Haugen in Today’s Test Washington, Feb. 17.—' Advocates of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill will attempt to force a vote late today, and if their move is unsuccessful they believe the final rofl call on the measure will be taken not later than 5 p. m. tomorrow. Chairman Haugen of the agri- cultural committee, in charge of the bill, said that while there had been numerous requests by houye members for time to air | their views, the great bulk of the house appeared ready to vote. Washington, Feb, 17—()—Rushing | towards a final vote on the McNary- Haugen farm relief bill, the hous day Tejected in rapid order the Aswell and C ‘risp measures which were | offered as substitutes. | The vote against the Aswell bili |THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE =tom | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THU! Diagnose Smithsonian’s Ailment as Lavk of Public to discuss ernment'’s scientifi dent, the Chief U. S. Se bureaus. Today’s Program _ in Legislature House meets at 1; senate at Senate to vote on bill repealing was 160 to 144, while that against the Crisp measure was 177 to 156. Neither | was a roll dall vote and both bills | can be offered later as substitutes, | although friends of the MeNary-Hat gen bill professed to see in today's test the tokens of the victory which they claim, ‘Lhe house then rejected 110 to 3 a move to substitute the debenture | farm relief bill framed by Representa- tive Jones, Democrat, Texas. . On a_ viva voce vote the house} turned down a motion by Representa- tive Hill, Republican, ryland, to substitute the Curtis ional commodity marketing bill rejected j last year. SAYS ENACTMENT WOULD BE | STRIDE TOWARDS SOVI Washington, Feb. ation such as pro (Continued on DOWNFALL OF HANGCHOW IS THOUGHT NEAR} A) vsed in thee Me. Nationalists Claim City Has! Been Taken, But Reports Are Not Confirmed Shanghai, Feb. 17.—(AP)— Hangchow, regarded as the gate- way to Shanghai, was believed tonight to have len into the | hands of the Cantonese invaders. | ‘Thetroops of Marshal Sun Chua- | Fang, ruler of the province of ju of which Shanghai is | lef city, were reported evacuating Hangchow after their — by the Cantonese. Fighting was taking place in the ong nn ff Hi how, city of 890,000 po; 6 early a last night, rind foreigner who arrived here by train. The sol- diers of Sun were falling hack then, demoralized, before the Cantonese onslaught. | | Shanghai, Feb. 17.—)—National-| ist claims of the: capture of Hang-| chow had not been confirmed here to-; night, but railway officials of the Hangchow-Shanghai line said there was the utmost confusion in that city because of trains standing by there to evacuate the headquarters of Mar- shal Sun Churan-Fang’s defending| army. Cantonese forces were only 10 miles from Hangchow this'morning, press- ing hard on the retreating northern army. Confirmation of the city’s fall was expected momentarily, as it may already have fallen. jorthern Army Collapses It is clear that the northern army in Chekiang province, of which Hi chow is the capital, has collapsed, but whether disintegration is so com-| plete as to prevent further effective resistance to an attack on Shanghai is uncertain, Hangchow is but 113 miles from here. Foreign authorities here believe Marshal Sun has finally lost Chekiang province unless he receives reinforce- ments from the Shantung northern army. No Shantung support has bsen forthcoming up to the present. For some time Marshal Sun has been paying General Chang Tsung hang, Shantung commander, $600,- 000 a month on the condition that | | | | i | i | 1 tends to wait until Marshal Sun’s} retreat becomes a collapse and then he will be able to take Shanghai for himself. Marshal Sun drove General ae from Shanghai in 1925. Lief for yehore duty in case of emer- Pariah there are 21 warcraft in the harbor here, five of which are American, There are six British ‘eraft. Japan hag five, France four, and Italy oneg | yesterday | tee, and was attended b jand district flat hail tax. House to vote on bills designed to solve delinquent tax muddle caused by foreclosure of state farm lo: INCREASE FEED “GROF ACREAGE lice chief, are a total blank to him, iG.N .D.A. Officers, Meeting | arnold ‘Thiele, alleged murder, told Here, Plan Series of ‘Meet- ae ee a es ig: i . Placed on the stand to sustain the ings in Slope Area |defense contention that he was eee! acy drunk” when Romer was elgin An intensive campaign under the | Christmas day, ‘Thiele said that he! {direction of the agricultural de “doesn't on ber” anything that) epment committee of the G North Dakota 4 | the of feed crops in south-! after the alleged murde west North planned Dakota this year and today the state association, The confer- ence was called by B. E chairman of the agricultural commit- Charles C. Eastgate, director of the extension agent Dickinson, E. H. Johnston of Cente director of the association, H. Russell of Mandan, county chairman of Morton county, and €. E. Danie son of Minot, president of the i. D. A. “The extension department of the agricultural college has recommend- ed that our committee direct its at- tention to a feed crop campaign in the southwest corner of the stute. Mr. Groom declared today, “In co operation with representatives of the college and the agricultural d partment of the Northern Pacific Ry., we are going to carry on an {intensive campaign to increase aa acreage of feed crops. We have j completed a pure bred sire aataaign in Cavalier county and have been as. sisting in alfalfa and' sweet clover campaigns elsewhere in the sti Beginning March 1 and extending through the greater part of the month, the committee will devote its energies to southwest North Dako ta.” The campaign will take the form of a series of, educational meetings to be addressed by Mr. Groom, John W. Haw, general agricultural agent of the North Pacific Railway, A. R. Keoh, farm economist, Oswego, IIl.. and ‘Charles §S. Collisson, agricul- tural editor of The Bisneapolis Tri- bune, The last two speakers are furnished by The Minneapolis Tri-! bune as’a part of its cooperation in the work of the Greater North Da- kota association. + Mr, Kroh and Mr. Collisson will be the principal speakers at the meetings with Mr. Groom and Mr. Haw, as well as county agents, ax- sisting. The Schedule The following is the schedule of meetings worked out at the con- ference here: Mareh 1, Flasher; March 2, Car- son; Mareh 3, Mott; March 4, Het- tinger; March 5, Bowman; March 7, Amido: March 8, New England; March 9, New Salem and Killdee March 10, Hebron and Halliday March 11, Glen Ullin and Beula! March 12, Buaareten: March 14, Bismarck; March Beach and Stanton; ‘March 16, r Siekinton Center; March 17, Mandan, After March 17 a series of meet- ings will be held in Burleigh coun- ty and the corps of speakers will then swing through McLean county into Northwest North Dakota. Mr. Kroh speaks at the North Da- kota Retail Merchants Association in Grand Forks March 8 and will also speak at the annual meeting of the Mandan Chamber of Commerce on the evening of March 14, and Officers of the association express- ed themselves as well pleased with the progress being made by the agricultural committee, Mr. Daniel- son stated, if | | was | t a conference held here, by officers of sty, | ssociation | | \ | | jslaying of Nels Romer, jhe DAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1927 President C atte, chiet Justice Taft and other members of the board of regents cf th ible circumstances. r when the institution can no longer perform its intended function w popular ,misapprehens ion that the institution is a governmental agency. In_the first row (left to right) are Justice and Dr. Charles G Senator Smoot of Utah; Secretary cf Agriculture Jardin The Chief Justice, Abbett, acting sec! tary of t! ution, tld the One of its gr hencellor of the in hout public support. This aris of the Treasury i Second row, Mellon; U. ‘THIELE CLAIMS TO KNOW NOTHING OF CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING SHOOTING OF MANDAN POLICE CHIEF | iineocank: ‘Satien: Takes Stand To- day in Own Defense—Does Not Recall With Officers or Newsp: per Men, He Says—Attor- neys Have Sharp: Exchange | of Words the andan_ po- Circum surrounding ances He recalled pothing a 5 4 failed to recall any of sked at his prelim ion two days after the shooting. Atshis preliminary examination, rding to newspaper reports Thiele said he remembered “shoo ing at an object” but when queried | today by William Langer, d torney, could remember’ nothings Atemory Fails Him Of the chasing of his wife from the house, the fight with Alec Ried- inger, his neighbor to whose home ‘Mrs. Thiele# fled, the walk down town, the capture by Sheriff Charles MeDonald—everything that occurred between Christmas eve and the ing Monday afternoon when he as returned to the Morton county il from the penitentiary—Thiele could not remember. Called by Langer shortly after 11 | o'clock this morning, Thiele climbed hesitantly up the steps to the wit- ness stand and sat down, fixing his gaze on the floor, He answered questions in a barely audible voice so that jurors had difficulty hearing him and his lips searcely moved when ‘replied to the him. Longer completed his questi of Thiele just before court recessed at the noon hour and Mr, Kelsch opened the questioning wien the afternoon session began. Thiele admitted he had been’ drink- ing for a “good many years” und re- | membered that he drank home brew Christmas day, but remembered notin- ing else that occurred at that time, he said. The accused man said he did not remember when, he first saw William Langer, his attorney, and swore he did not discuss with him what his defense would be. ‘ “Did you call for Mr. did you send a message?” asked. don’t know,” Thiele said. ‘You wanted to see a lawyer, didn’t Langer or Kelsch ou?” “Yes,” Thiele answered. “Whom did you send for?” “I never sent for anyone as I re- member,” the accused man replied. “Who was the first man who came to see you?” asked Kelsch. “Mr. Langer,” Thiele replied. The accused man denied that he had carried a gun for the past fifteen years, when the question was aska4 by Mr. Kelsch. Just a few minutes before Thiele was called to the stand, his wife had completed her testimony. She gqld of Thiele’s actions prior to the shodt» ing and said that he “staggered aw- fui.” The prosecution stressed the point in questioning that Thiele had climbed up and down stairs, pursued his wife and walked about unaided the morning of the shooting. Attorneys Have Tilts Several hot tilts between attor- nevs for the prosecution and defense broke the even tenor of the question- ing. Fy asn't it. true that Thiele was a bootlegger?” State’s Attorney ‘Kelsch asked Mrs. Thiele. Langer jumped to his feet and cried: “Pl give you a thousand dol- M~ Welsch if you can find any- thing to that effect in the transcript (Vontinued on page three,) | Conversations fol-j questions asked | ning | | ‘Meanest Thief’ Steals Cripple’s Artificial Leg, | Minneapoti A thief, who stole artificial was being hunted tod While the owner, Charles Clark, years old, was asleep in his room | night, the thief entered his room by way of a fire escape, and took the leg and the sleeper's trousers. Clark told the police his lex wa worth $159, and that he had $20 i ithe pockets of his stolen trouse 47 | | AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR | = MORN GRAVE: If Woman's: Sica Be Charged With Murder b. 17. CP) the mysterio | Boy yea | were ing for the in ti northea ', somewhere in the pe hill | the county If th Minnie Cae band of his uncle's widow | charg ww hus- ies face of murder, said ( ne Duiton, fe tatement by the woman upon the ar al of the couple here from Kearney, Neb., Wednesday night, that the | Boyer was murdered in cold blood in the fall of 1 | “Henry and his brother, Tom, killed | Frank so Hen nd 1 could be to. cethnr® eho deeiarel, “They went out hunting. Henry and Tom return- ed, dragging Frank with them. Tom laughed and said Frank ‘got in front of his gun.’ By the light of the moon, in back of the barn, they a deep grave and buried him. Henry Breaky Silence It was Henry who broke the years of silence last week through a desi to “get right with God,” as he his story to a min after he had begun last Thanksgiving. The secres weighed heavily, he said, that “I preacher last week and to Henry had come to h | homestead upon the latter's invitation from his mother’s home near Osh- kosh, After the mother's death, tne other nephew joined the family. Mrs. Boyer said her husband was cruel to her and Henry and that both of the boys hated their uncle since “we were kids.” Henry told how the three had plan- ned to kill Boyer ut the first oppo tunity and gave much the same a count as that of Mrs. Boyer, who cor- roborated the story of her nephew- husband. After the homestedder's death, the brothers separated, Thomas g. “Oklahoma” where he died. Kidnaping Charge Is Dropped When Father Marries ‘Kidnaper’ Chicago, Feb. 16, (The disap- voararce of little Brunhilda Koellner, 11, a few days ago, became a closed incident when her father, Fra Koellner, contractor, and Miss lian Hochstrasser, whom he charged with kidnaning. were married last night. The kidnaping charge will be dismissed, = 1 | Suitor Kills Girl Who Rejects Him Toronto, Feb. "17. )-—Because Kathleen Lalingo, 17, rejected him, Joseph Piccadali, 19, shot her dead on the street last night and fired two bullets into his own body. He has a chance for recovery. 1 's from the fact tha Support n Institution at Washington in meeting assemb « t test it a tan tackles farm relief || Would adversely affect their busi- b n ; A ‘i , ‘ Ford || ,Eastern railroads likewise opposed tant oer yateowers, ef Ford 7) the cut as did carriers participating RE | t] j ture,” the majority of the comr sion’ sii vould have marked ¢ i wi area und would the revenues lof the Should the re- duction be made, carriers serving other centers would be forced to K p True, She and Husband Will ead praigh Feet Sena ty, wh w of] it is designed to fit a specific ¢ the jin ool W. Fi that i dren b to con Sena coun Te ‘ Lowes! For For and Fi portioi noon. The | moder: are cl west. adininisters’ seven of the ov i ; { 6 » Relies: tha presi Rates involved in the Minncapolis ator Met ealf of Rh and St. Louis application were de- Today’s Doings in Nation’s Capital AT PRIMARIES nate Pass Requirement That Voters reports by the childre The bi This aroused the the formation of consolidated schools be eight cents lower than the all-rail was one of the greatest crimes ever rate, the present spread between the ommitted in North Dakota, stating | rail and water and all-rail rates be- ing 14 cent: | that it is an injustice to require farm to school. on that hundreds of farm a have to go s ight | b] ‘ miles to attend consolid: yi and that there was no necessity for ‘ legislation for the one school. y. itor Ole Ettestad, also of Me-| ; nry county, said that he did not | re oppose the bill, but said that when} farm children are transported from! ig the farms to schools there is no ob: t jection, but when town children have | to go some distance to school there| Illinois Senator-designate Is are many objections, 7 5 tterson Agsails Very Sick Man and Un- The bill was assailed by Senator G. atterson, Renville county, who said sil Sete oe if Weather Report o_O Weather conditions at North Di kote points for the 24 hours ending | ne at 8 a. m. Temperature at 7 a. m. | Highest yesterday Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity tonight and Friday. Not so cold Friday afternoon. ;ern Plains States this morning and | the South. centered over eastern Montana and| necessary if a mastoid operation is ‘much colder weather prevails over! to be avoided, and he is not in physi- the northern Rocky Mountain region|cal condition for that.” and northern Plairfs. Smith's occurred from the northern Plains| short term left to die a States southwestward to the middl and southern Pacifi PRICE FIVE CENTS ]SAYS ACTION WOULD DISRUPT RATE BASIS Permission to Make Reduc- | tion Asked By M. & St. L. and Soo Lines |FOUR MEMBERS DISSENT North Dakota Rail Board Members Surprised at Ac- tion of Commission Washington, —®)—The In- terstate Comm Commission to- day denied the application of the ' Minnesota and St. Lonis and Soo Line railroads to cut the grain rates |from Minneapoils to the east by six hundred pounds. lage that the time had come handicaps, it was said, is the | st, ye Island; i | signed to make the rail haul from the Twin Cities to the principal | castern markets lower than the rail | and water haul to the same destina- [tions vai Duluth. When the rail- jrouds filed the new schedules last | August, protests came in from a wide |territory, and shipping from Duluth to the Missouri river ideclared that the proposed reduction y of Labor interests eets at radio control noon nate Soup in the Great Lakes haulage. The commission suspended the |railroad proposals until March land today denied them completely, ordering the new schedules canceled and present rates maintained, GISTRATION Would Disrupt Rate Structure “Approval of these rates would lean to disruption of the rate stru meet the competition by cuts, and | Minneapolis would find itselt eventu- ally in no better situation. “It is not probable th tion would be passed furmer by uny inereaxe™ tprices“on the farm.”- and eight) Chairman Esch, and Commi killed ‘through commit- ers Campbell, Lewis and McManamy stute senate Wed-|dissented, Commistioner Campbeil adding 2 separate opinion to the ef- fect that the railroads propos take the step, and that the 1a was not justified in assertins |there were no possible benefits to \the Mineapoils grain and the flour milling indus the agricultural area. RAILROAD BOARD ME sU aera AT DEC Bill Repealing the redue- to. ther. grain back of Designate Party 4 —_—__—_———" | Fe] ed was requir- easures I the la industry ry pa avoring: the and r sehe n schools was hill, providing tha cent of th { of the Interstate commission in the Minn d,/ St. Louis and Soo Line ca: Commerce polis and rain rate g Chairman Frank Milhollan, who at- el tended the hearings, said he felt that said that | the railroads seeking to cut the rates e a very good case and he F that the reduction would be permitted. tend acon-| The position of the Interstate s from town.) Commerce Commission that the re- ill would not affect any other! duction would not benefit the farm- s, he said. er, he said, is not well taken. The jboard feels that the reduction pro- posed would have been of substantial \tor m © introduced the isl, of the stat I] town on a northern ’ ire of Senator C, county, wh id Benson s than farm cl ine, it is no worse | benefit to North Dakota grain men, peing transported several miles! he said. nsolidated schools. Had the reduction been allowed, ator i. Stevens, , remarked that Ramsey Milhollan said, the combined rail- n his opinion| water route via Duluth would still taken several miles eee ee eS j HEARING OVER en to be ator D. H. Hamilton, McHenry opposed the measure with the able to Leave Home Continued on page three.) Washington, Feb. (AP) Any (hope that Frank L. Smith of Mlinois | will be seated in the senate at this session of congress disappeared to- when the elections committee jwas advised by his counsel that ill- would prevent the senator- designate from coming before the 7> | committee. -11| "The short term for which Smith -5| was appointed by Governor Small Ol expires March 4. The committee 24) previously had decided not to seat him pending hearings on his cam- Fair} paign exvenditures, ut which he was Colder tonight. | requested to be present. The hear- | ings were to Rave begun today, but North Dakota: Fair tonight} Smith’s attorn Doyle, asked rida, Colder tonight south} for indefinite SRY n. Not so cold Friday after-| cane Smith “ae very sick jman,” Doyle told the committee. WEATHER CONDITIONS “We had hoped he would be present pressure is low over the south-| today but his physicians will not permit him to leave his home. “He has a very serious infection of the ear. The greatest care is ‘oday. t last night WEATHER FO Bismarck and vi ‘ate temperatures prevail over A high pressure area is Precipitation’ With credentials for the ural death March 4, the fight to seat him will nceforth on his certificate lecti 2 for the long term ensuing. That issue will not come to a peint of discussion coast, but skies learing rapidly over the North-| of, ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in charge. |