The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 19, 1927, Page 1

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ‘WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled tonight and Sunday. No decided change in temperature. FINAL EDITION ’ t 4 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS | JURY GIVES THIELE 23-YEAR PRISON TERM DEATH TOLL © M'LEAN COUNTY DELEGATION SPLITS | —— SI a ke OF TORNADO OVER BILL APPROPRIATING $100,000 posal ae : si ae t Bridge ~ Committee Recom- ~~ RRACHRS 99 TO CONSTRUCT BRIDGE AT WASHBURN { Rescue Parties Still at Work Today, Searching Debris For Other Bodies | $200,000 DAMAGE DONE) Property Destruction Com- paratively Low, as Area Was Sparsely Settled New Orleans, Feb. 19—(#)—Louis- | iana and Mississippi today were | nearing an authentic approximation i | | Yof damage done by the tornado which |. struck sections of both states | Thursday night. While the death; count stood at 32, rescue parties were; still searching debris for other | bodies. The body of one negro girl} in Tensas Parish was found a quar- ter of a mile from the place she | was when the tornado struck. The storm dead were divided as follows: Twelve dead in Sabine Parish, ! Louisiana, near Pleasant Hill; 11 in Tensas Parish, Louisiana; eight at! Rose Hill, Mississippi. One man was drowned near Alexan- der City, Ala., when his boat was | overturned by the storm. i Property Damage Low Over 100 were injured and 200 are | homeless in various sections. Prop- damage is estimated as well | $200,000. The property dam- | comparatively low, since the ‘storm struck hardest in isolated farming sections. At Pleasant Hill, La., simple rites held for seven of the nine mem- ber of the Ashby family. The hodies were buried in one grave. esidents of the section said the | Ashby family had been picked up bodily thrown across the road. LOW TEMPERATURES i IMPERIL CITRU: P Kansas C j p the Panhandle today, holding temperatures throughout the state to low levels and threatening the citrus crop in Rio Grande valley. Forecasts for tomorrow;._ however, indicated relief from the three-day cold wave. The death toll for this region remained at six. | 25 DEATHS ARE REPORTED FROM CALIFORNIA STORM | Los Angeles, Feb. 19.—()—Flood waters raging down from the upper | drainage of the Colorado, Gila, and Big Williams rivers still menaced ¢ farm and ranch lands today in Im- «,perial Valley. All available men and y’teams were at work constructing ad- ditional levees to protect existing | bulwarks, from a threatened —over- flow. Although no additional _ property damage was reported, the death toll d to 25 last night the dis- ry of three more bodies in the e of the storm High School Girl Throws Herself in Front of Engine Davenport, Towa, Feb. 19.—(P)— Blanche Gabathuler, 15-year-old high school student, -met almost instant death when she threw herself in the spath of a Milwaukee railway freight locomotive here last night, after. hav- ing been reprimanded by her grand- parents. é She had made threats to end ber life on other occasions, the coroner has leerned, and is said to have dis- acussed the suicide of George W. Can- non, 17, one of her classmat who, killed himself Sunday. Her parents| ere visiting in St, Louis. Judge Cooley: of Grand Forks Is in St. Paul Hospital Minneapolis, Feb, 19.—(#)—The condition of znlge Cc. Cooley of the Grand Forks, N. D., district court, continued to improve today, according to physicians at the Miller hospit in Paul. Judge Cooley is 70 yea old and hag been suffering from @ complication of diseases. It was said at the hospital that he might be able to leave for his home late today. -@Delaney Funeral ais to Be in Missouri Funeral services for E. S. Delaney marck, manager of the Bismarck ‘rict in the office_of L. R. Baird, state bank receiver, will be held at ais, Missouri, Mr. Delaney's birth- place, Monday. ' Mr. Delaney died Fri- day morning at Asbury hospital, Min- neapolis, following a sudden ettack of heart disease. Mr. Delaney was taken ill in Min- neapolis Monday evening, while en route to Cherokee, Iowa, on a business trip. He was taken to the hospital Ffor treatment and seemed to be im- proving, but his condition suddenly took a turn for the worse. He is survived by his widow and eight chil- dren. * _Chaff From the Legislative Mill | There is “electricity in the air” in the state legislature most any time —and the wor to, be taken liter- ally. This is due mainly to thick, heavy carpets which cover the floors f the chambers of th nat id ‘ef ‘representatives. In ith the scuffling of his shoes, gen- erates a certain amount of static electricity Cd gives. ake ao - ona startling, en ap- pens to touch vin : 1] certain that if the weather is favor- jouse king across the caypets.a person, |\ mends Passage of 0. S. Oberg’s Bill, But Erickson Moves Indefinite Postpone- ment— Motion Lost — on Calendar For Today After a brink fight, the house committee of the whole today in- creased the appropriation for the Mandan fair to $10, pus. ting it on a par with the state te at Grand Forks, Fargo and A proposal to spend the total appropriation of $35,000 for county agricultyral fairs was defeated. Edwin Traynor, Ramsey coun- ty, chairman of the house educa- tion committee, said this after- neon that his committee will resent a report recommending definite postponement of the anti-evolution bill sponsored by Rep. L. 0. Richardson, Adams county. There probably’ will not be a minority report, he said. i SNe tTeadiibaa eli BR bald WY tie helen fest Mbhaby. of: Tuesday “and | possibly both nights, Speaker John] Wi'carr, Stutsman county, told the! house Friday. Responding to a session be held tonight, out that 60 house bills still are advised that all the time _possible| should be given the committees inj which to dispose of matters before! them. Night sessions then would be, resorted to in an effort to clean the | lendar and get house bills to the senate within the time limit set by! the constitution. H Apparently weary but continuing in their stride which has finally isposed of n i the last three days, the ho: bers Friday took final a measure: Twelve house bills and one senate bill were killed and were passed, ‘An appropriation to finance prize for boy d girls’ club winners at} state fairs, the subject of a hot de-, bate Thursday, came to ‘the fore in the committee of the whole! and was fought all over again before the bill was recommended for pass-! jage after numerous amendments had| some timbers in'th been rejected, Carr Stops Argument Speaker Carr, sitting as a mem- her of the committee with S. W. Thompson of Ramsey county in the chair, finally put a stop to the dis- cussion by suggesting that each member “dig up $10 for this work! and let us get on with the work.” } Appropriations for the various, fairs tobe held ut Fargo, Grand | Forks, Mipot and Mandan brought} on anothef squall as did a bill to appropriate $100,000 for construction of a bridge across the Missouri river at Washburn developed committee recom- of the Washburn 8. bridg: passage bill, introdu Oberg, MeLean county AL Erickson, MeLean county, moved as (Continued on page two.) MACDONALD TO BE SPEAKER AT PIONEER MEET Early Reservations Indicate Large Attendance—Affair Will Be Next Tuesday mended bridge Alex Macdonald of Glencoe, one of purleigh county’s pioneer settlers, as been secured to give the prin- cipal address at the annual banquet of the Burleigh County Pioneers’ as- sociation, to be held next reenany, evening at the Grand Pacific hotel. Mr, Macdonald’s talk will be on the subject of “The Pioneers.” All details for the event have been completed, according to the general committee on arrangements. Early reservations are numerous and it is able a large number of people from the country districts of the county will be in attendance. The affair will start promptly at 7 o'clock and all those planning to attend are urged to be at the hotel before that hour. Tickets to. the banquet will be ob- tainable only at the entrance to the hotel parlor on the second floor, and each person will be expected to dis-! play or her ticket at the dining room door, Those planning to al tend are asked to ‘notify Mrs. Lu- cinda Logan, telephone 761, so that} some idea of the number of plates) needed may be. obtained in advance. The Program Before the guests are seated at the banquet table, the “Pioneers’ Song” will be sung in unison under the di- rection of Henry Halverson and with Mrs. Byrne as accompanist. Follow- ing the dinner, there will be election of officers und reports of commit- toes, her humbers on the program in- clude Solo, selected......Mrs. J. A. Larson; Reading, select Miss Clarice Belk Trio, “the Songs My Mother Used to Sing” .... lesdames French, Staley and O'Hare, with Esther Staley as accompanist. jing, “Them Were the Good ‘@ poem reminiscent of jioneey days, written by Francis jalloran. srseents selected LaRose and Henry Halverson. Alex Macdonald, Glencoe and cards. nqvet. menu includes cream of tomato soup, celery, olives, roast purine aeieen mash potatoes, peas, head, Neate, chouse da island ‘dress ing, apple ple @ Je mode, cafes, ni Ta ‘the hands of house committees and| "4 1$5,000 in old, decaying i 13 house bills |! |Two Army Aviators Today’s Doings in Nation’s Capital Congress meets at noon. Boulder Canyon bill is hefore the senate, Ford tax recovery suit contin ues, House take® District of it culture up Columbia tree and p bill. ‘$5,000 FOUND | | { | IN FARM CABIN | OF 8 RECLUSES Guards Placed Around Home to Keep Searchers From Destroying Property (P) PasUre Palmyra, Wis., Feb. 19 hades of the host of buried t are hovering over , three miles beyond this vil- lonely ce Here, in and near the secluded | farm cabin of three old recluses, now | dead, has come a feverish trek for! gold. Treasure. seckers have flocked into the swamp about the shack of the aged Blackmore brothers, her mits of this nity for three dec- ades. Fired with eagerness by the bills and in gold already found, they have clawed the ground, ripped open the brokén the beams and sm walls in their seare been ord ; Bank of tor of the the last. of who has just the , appointed nore borthe for England, Over $5,000 Already Found A week ago Mr. Gurbutt, searching through the farmhouse, came upon a sheaf of aged, ragged, yellowing fed- eral gold notes, pre: attic. of 1863 issue, umounted to acting as appr stumbled over picked it up neath $588 in tarnished id pies all contained in small cylinders of gas pipe, soldered at each end, All told, more than $5,000 has al- réady been found, according to Mr. Garbutt. The land about the house will be thoroughly exeavated this spring, Mr, Garbutt said. The story of the Blackmore broth- ers, farmers, trapp nd day laborers, dates back to days when the Blackmore journeyed from England to Wiscon sin, Two of the brothers died 14 y ago. A third, Albert, passed { at the age of 88, three months ago. The fourth, Charles, more than 70 years of age, returned to England recently. He joined the brothers a few years ago, coming from Eng- land. The money already discovered on the property to be sent to him. No Effort Being Made to Clear Up Hail Tax Muddle Failure of the legislature to make any effort to enact legislation to clear up the hail tax muddle caused E. 0, Erickson, Nonpartisan, Kidder county, to draw a resolution which he had introduced asking that the Bank of North Dakota invest a limited amount of its funds certificates. The tax muddle resulted from a decision of the supreme court last summer which held that hail taxes; are not be considered in the same Yight as other taxes in determining whether they are a prior lien over mortgages given on the land. The decision held that they are superior to certain mortgage liens and in- ferior to others. The result has} been a tendency on the part of in- vesto: uying tax | certificates, Er | Erickson pointed out that the In-| dependents will be “held responsible” for legislation passed at this session | and that he withdrew the resolution | because nothing has been attempted ; toward clearing up the hail tax sit-! uation, Government Wants Additional Clerks ' The U. S. Civil Service announces an open competitive general clerical | examination to fill vacancies as they | may occur in the customs, Indian, or other services. Applications must ; be filed with the district secretary n or before March 2, Information nd application blanks may be ob-| tained from the lecal secretary at the | ostoffice S Civil Service Commission, Paul, Minn. and. discovered und: Saint | Believed Drowned | New York, Feb. 19--(@)—Only| faint hope of success was entertained | today for the outcome of search along | New Jersey coast for two army avia- | tors who disappeared in a dense fog Thursday. , Remnants of their sieplane found in thesurf led to fears that the men, were drowried. Optimistic theories were that combination parachute life preserverg kept them efloat or that they were picked up by a ship with no wireless. The aviators, Lieutentant William nd Lieut. Willard J.) 1 vanished while en’ route| be held at the mouth of the den into} a Gray, 28, larris, a" iitehol Field, N. ¥., Saglane ¢ | w fa gang of dock coolies i ¢ bellum jensu ‘amily ;manding the party was by jsence of thousands of children An epidemic of severe storm death toll of more than 20 pe! flashlight : the waters of the creek, dy to including torrential rain: ons in the wi telephoto picture shows the coaches of the cr the swollen waters of Puente creek, near Whittier, Calif. been weakened by the flood waters. tern part of the Uni ck Union Pacific tr: Two persons Wer help the injured passengers off the blizzards, tornadoc in, the Los Angel The train plunged through a killed and many injured short time after the wreck by NEA Service photographers, shows a rescue crew. standing in and es on Tue: snow da train, In the upper part of t picture can be seen the part of the bridge which did not collapse. TWO FOREIGN NAVY OFFICERS ARE INJURED One American and One Brit- ish Officer Beaten in Fight With Dock Goolies Hankow One Amer n and ere beuten today in a fra at of Tehang. The trouble ish coolies who started whe from the *Cockechafer landed and 1. The British the office con bout the face, The coolies then congre: opposite the I a hostile ated 1 Bricish from Cano, respon to a hospita 1. The coolies beat the doctor. LOS ANGELES WOMAN TEL OF BATTLE WITH CANTO) Mae B. of D. B river, w liner’ Tenyo } 3 six-day brush with Canton as her husband's craft steamed d the river bearing nine mi and 15 children to safety It was necessary for passengers to lie on the bridge of the vessel to escape bullets, she said. Two mem- bers of the crew were killed. ‘At one point the ship was to have stopped for inspection of her $1,000 000 cargo. Soldiers camouflage plans to attack the boat by the pre on was low 1 the river bank, Ag the boat about to dock, the children with: and machine guns started fi Hawley ordered the craft full sp j ahead and escaped. Daugherty - Miller Case Arguments to Begin Next Monday New York, ments in the Feb. 19.—(4)—Argu case of Harry M Daugherty and Thomas W.. Mille will begin Monday. There was n° session today of federal court, wher the former attorney general and for mer alien property custodian are be- ing tried on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government of their unbiased services. ler offered no defense. ty’s counsel r on his case yesterd America’s First Gold Star Mother Is Dead Evansville, Ind., Feb. 19. Mrs. Alice Gresham Dodd, Ame! first gold star mother, died ut he home here Jast night. Mrs. Dodd w the mother of James Bethel Greshs first soldier in the American Expedi- (P) | tionary Forces killed in action in the! world war. Memorial Exercises Are Planned For Dog Woodruff, 8S. Feb. 19,—(#) | Elaborate memorial exercises are be-} ing planned here for Ring, red fox- hound rescued early Thursday from an underground grave, but who suc- cumbed to an attack of pneumonia yesterday. The body waa brought to a local undertaking establishment, — em- balmed, and has Jain in state while hundreds viewed it. Funeral exer- cises within the next few days will which. Ring chased.a red fox, killed it and later was trapped. ;| state department, | || Today’s Program \ in Legislature louse meets at to yote on tion 4 ! I ! shburn nd revived f state IWNARY BILL PRESIDENT No inkling Has Been Given as to What Plans to Take Action Cool- Keb. 19 arm proval or a vet ident Dawes ‘an¢ orth, the engr oN sent to the White Ho: morning by messen The pres one members of his cabinet while those at the capitol who su ported of aught the bill can ony speculate on his decision (Continued on page two.) JAPAN ACCEPTS COOLIDGE PLAN ton For Transm Secretary Kellogg on Tokyo, Feb, 19.--P)- Japan's ac ptance of President Coolidge’s arms limitation conference proposal cabled to Ambassador Matsudia- in Washington tonight for trans- mission to etary Kellogg. , Th may be presented to the state department to- day, although the foreig e an- nounced it would not he made public here until tomorrow evening. It was understood dum covers appr: written pa tion unconditior and other technical details for the conference itself, and expressi hone for a. successful outcome in line with comment in of cles here since the proposal was made public. FULL COOPERATION OFFERED BY JAPAN Washington, Feb. 19.—)—Japan’s AD) leaving | for a naval limitation discussion at Geneva was received today at the | The communication was not made ;|-Public, but plans were made to give; it out’ simiftaneously in Tokyo and | Washington. probably tomorrow. that the Japanese government had of- fered full cooperation to President | Coolidge in his effort to lay down some agreement supplementary to the | Washington treaty, but with the de- | tails left for future determination at | Geneva. It was the second reply’to Mr. Coolidge’s proposal to reach Wash- ington, and the first acceptance. France rejected the invitation. Italy | is expected to do likewise, but Great Britain has indicated she would ac- cept. Whether an Anglo-American-Jap- anese conference will result, remains be determined. The president is de- laying any ‘decision’ until he can ex- amine all four replies together. | The Japanese note was received by j-the-state department by cable through the Anecrican embassy in Tokyo, with | and others, | acceptance of the American proposal | All available information indicated [ ~ NOW BEFORE j | ! i | i | ! i i i i | | | upon roll call all members voted aye.| Benson, ratio | LEVY FOR LAND BOND INTEREST IS NOT NEEDED Thoresen Quotes From Rec- ords to Prove Financial Integrity of Fund “The financial integrity of the ri bond amortization fund subject to more or less pul discussion during the Jast H. Thoresen, sta atements newspapers I desire to on which is a matter hoard of y for the real fund in the y 1924, The 1 in thes s ati e bo! v21, 19 equal st. levied . In making the 1 interest funds, levy for sinking at Mr, n the following: That no levy he fund known as the real bond payment fund, as the balance in such fund, with the estimated made casi levies, in the judgment of est obligations as to all probable amount of fiseal year. All Members Voted Aye “Mr. Steen seconded the motion at This motion was made in the light and after a request had been filed the manager of the Bank of North Dakota, that a levy of $250,000.00 made for this fund, In 1926 no le was made for the real estate boi ayment fund, no motion was offered | carried. Cc pi in favor of making any such levy a no member of the industrial comm sion of North Dakota appeared to Te- The man- ‘ager of the Bank of North Dakota, state quest that a levy be made however, appeared before the board of equalization and request (Continued on page six.) POR comer ‘il Weather Report Pe at an AE Weather conditions at North Da- S, | kota points for the 24 hours endii at 8 a. m, today. Temperature at 7 Highest yesterday Lowest last night recipitation to 7 Highest wind velocity WEATHER FORFCAST For Bismarck and vicinity: tled togight and Sunday. “No deci ed change in temperature, For North Dakota: night and Sunday. Snow southeast portion. No de: in temperature. WEATHER CONDITIONS The pressure is low oyer the ea: ern Roe m. Mountain slope and alo ic coast while high pressure areas are G Lakes region and over vada. at some places over the Plains State centered over the with heavier precipitation over the! smuggling of liquor across the Can- Rocky Mountain region and” Paci coast states.. Cold weather preva in the southern Plains States, sissippi Valley, Great Lakes regi and in the Canadian Provinces w elsewhere over the West temperatures prevail. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in The picture, taken by amount Kitchen who of-! fered the resolution, included in his for the estate together collections from loans and outstanding tax the Board of Equalization, are suffi- | cient to take care of real estate | bond payment sinking and inter- | bonds outstanding and also upon the | real estate honds to be issued in the ensuing “Is Unset- Unsettled to-| ght led change ‘tah and Ne- Light precipitation oceurred| ty, Mis- AFTER 18 HOURS’ DELIBERATION Decision Reached Soon After Judge Jansonius Gives Addi- tional Instructions in Answer to Questions Concerning ‘Voluntary Intoxication’ and ‘Malice’ JURORS SPEND MOS OF NIGHT IN ARGUMENT ertence Is Pronounced at Once and Thiele Immediately Taken to the State Penitentiary—Must Serve at Least 14 Years Before Parole Is Possible Arnold Thiele, slayer of Chief of Police Nels Romer at Mandan on last Christmas day, was found guilty of murder in the second degree at 2:30 this afternoon by a jury in : Burleigh county district court, which recommended a sen- tence of 23 years in the state penitentiary. Sentence was pronounced by Judge Jansonius immediately. Thiele’s commitment papers were signed this afternoon at i was taken to the penitentiary by Sheriff Rollin eicn. _, The jurors deliberated for approximately 18 hours, re- tiring at 8:35 Friday evening. When they reached their decision this afternoon, attorneys were called and Thiele brought into the courtroom. ‘The murderer shuffled in, with a bailiff holding one arm, and showed signs of the strain which he has undergone during the trial. He apparently could scarcely see and had hel The jury filed in. The scattering of people in the court- room waited expectantly. Mrs. Thiele and Thiele’s brother “Have you agreed upon a verdict?” Judge Jansonius x oe asked the jur : * * Alex Rosen of Smith So Likable | itis marek, the foreman, auntie 4 . man and then handed to Kleagel, Says Rogers ' ‘lek ef coun, who read it slowly, as “We, the jury, duly He Montgomery, Ala, Feb, 19, UP) | sworn'to try the issues tn the above sP session of the Alabama legis! uilt, if e inst might, urged the southern Dems! aud fis the penalte se aac eree go by default. and. urged Thiele bowed his head in his hands ator Heflin to and sobbed audibly, while hist wate Al Smith is such a likable fellow, with tears running down thelr che he told the legislators, th er two)” “In that your verdien, gentlemen? would el him kleaget. “Ye: our hono} Rose: “We're not going to Yan id. “Y y i ” to be helped into his chair. and sister leaned forward to listen intently. “Yes, Your Honor," Klan Would Call Him | "ig." ji20 aac nie Jury's Verdict Read Will Roge ing before the last! entitled action do find the defendant ts to let the next national elec-” penitentiary, zr stories in the future. {and other relatives sat watching him, jae ks il klan Judge Jansonius asked. sj south, he said, it's commodity.’ filed with the clerk,” Judgo Jangon- nking corn likker for eight} Sudge Jan niug then thanked the their services in the se. “This has been a hard case,” he aid. “I know you all fate the | responsibility respon- sibility. But it is a responsibility that we are called upon to do for our | country, sometimes.’ | Langer arose and said: “I wish to \thank the jury on behalf of the de- fendant. I see that he cannot do it | now so I will do it in his behalf.” he said, turning toward the sobbing man, | Sentence Pronounced } “We move sentence be pronounced this tim said State's Attorn . F. Kelsch. Arnold Thiele, will you stand ap,” dge Jansonius ‘said. Thiele was still sobbing so that he could not talk and, when lifted to his feet by the bailiff, was unable to say anything. “I think we'd hetter pronounce sen- tence some other time,” Judge Jan- ¥. I sonius said. us no debate on the mea-|” “think we'd better do [sure a e vote, 25 to 24, On said’ Langer, sine se Une sles! on the, After Langer had quieted Thiele ; bill was blocke hursday by Non-'the murderer stood up, while Judge Partisan senators who successfully Jansonius passed sentence. adopted filibustering tacties to foree)""“Atnold "Thiele, an. information delay of consideration of the nem: [or filed against you in this eourt jon nd FLAT HAILTAX 1 Lines, 25-24—Prohibition | Discussed at Length. i nd | house bill repealing th hail insurance tax of one ¢ was the state sen- The state an ver it now,” sure until two absent league mem-| gr i i | i or in the district court of Morton ae — Reena ee ote cer. | County charging you with the crime lanined to be presept in full force be: ! Stage Saecoutue oat ore ete | fo, Be p in) force ge Jansonius sai “The ca a . ich Leigl ‘o this charge you en- Rolette county, moved that turned a verdict of ‘guilty wed at the foot of the cal- der in the second degree.’ Do you have any legal reason to give why the sentence of the court should nat be pronounced at this time?” Thiele shook his head negatively. H __ Twenty-three Years incher Motion -Carcics | og Ie in the sentence and. judgment However, when Senator Brant ar- of the court that you, Arnold Thiele, rived a few moments later, Independ- be committed to the penitentiary at jents refused to delay the vote any | Bismarck, North Dakota, at hard Hlonger and passed the bill without! Jabor, for a period of 23 years, com- comment. The clincher motion, pre-!Mmencing at noon today. You stand nting reconsideration of the dt-, Committed, 7 ah wae canned: ~The spectators filed out slowly. The senate branched off into con-! Thiele sat still, sobbing, until a siderable discussion of prohibition bailiff helped him up and he shuffled ws when a bill that would. in-‘out of the courtroom, head hanging, se the penalty for bringing liq-, handkerchief to his eyes. into the state came up for final} | William Langer, chief counsel for the defense, expressed himself as much satisfied with the result of the case and declared that, on good be- heayior, Thiele could’ be released from prison in 14 years, six months and 18 days. Thiele is now 42 years of age. ttorneys for the prosecution de- clined to ‘make any comment on the ease. of, it be by | enda He did so, he said be|tor E. H. Brant, vy | Nonpartisan, was’ expec nd|later in the afternoon, because Sena-; mons county,! ted to arrive His motion | ind | i is- | ed uo! | vote, Senator D. H. Hamilton, McHenry ME! county, said that increasing jail sen- | | tences, us provided in the bill, would | 19| merely bring greater expense ' to the |taxpayers in paying prisoner's ex- ‘9 penses for longer periods. He went | further to remark that in his opinion all state prohibition laws should be repealed and enforcement of the Vol- stead act be left entirely to federal officials. He said that state enforce- ment, is a heavy burden that tax- payers have to pay. Thiele now is Number 4468, one of 600 prisqpers, nameless for the next fourteen Wears while he is confined in the prison. The murderer will Senator J. C. Forbes, Richland | Probably be given work in the twine county, contended that inasmuch | Plant, Warden John Lee said today, officers are often criticized for fail-| although he stated he would “ob- ing to enforce the prohibition law to| Serve” him for some time before de- |a greater extent, every effort should eine definitely. ist- | be made to tighten the laws in their| Thiele’s sentence brings to an end ng favor. He said that it was unfair|# case without parallel in the history jto criticize officers and then re-| 0f Morton county and one which has | fuse to tighten up, laws, probably sroused more public feeling Senator C. W. Fine, Benson coun. | than any dther ever securring there. ty, author of the measure, said that | Shooting Oceurreé on Christmas: Day es, it is designed to decrease alleged| The shooting of Nels H. Romer by Thiele shortly after noon on Christ- Mas dey was the climax of a fa: quarrel, dui: and her ie the house at ific| adian border, and urged passage of. ils | che bill. Increases Tax; Senator W. D. le | county, which ildren Mrs. ers’ Burden mch, LaMoure: remarked that no law 4 moderate | been supported. ai ee ind’ backed up money and resources os the |. | Bition law has, . while. Senator tem! (Continued on page three;