The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 18, 1927, Page 1

| | a | NORTH DAKOTA’S \ |THE BISMARCK TRIBUN | OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 _ SORLI Miners G RN eT | HORK TODAY IS | IN SOME. MINES Between 2,900 and 5,000 Men! Answer I. W. W. Strike Call | Issued Monday | 6 ‘WOBBLIES’ ARRESTED United Mine Workers and Others Who Wish to Continue | Work Given Protection Denver, Oct. 18.-— (AP) — Work was at a standstill in the northern Colorado lignite coal fields today as between 2,000 and 5,000 miners an- swered the ILW.W. strike call. At Trinidad, in the southern Col- orado fields, a check of seven Colo-| rado Fuel & Iron company mines; showed’that less than two per cent of ti® miners failed to come to work today. In the Aguilar and Walsendburg field early estimates placed the number of strikers at half the men. Six members of the T.W.W. were sted for picketing near Aguilar morning, but no trouble has reported in any of the coal ra ‘Guards on Duty of the state industrial ommission said they feared the i.W.W. representatives might make the strike generally effective through intimidation. Extra deputies | were sworn in to protect United Mine workerg and others who wished ‘ontinue work. The union miners in the minority in virtually all is. The strik. movement spread from southern to northern Colorado last night when 4,000 miners at Lafay- ette voted to strike today. ze In the southern fields citizens’ committees joined state and county officials to prevent the walkout. Ul- timatums were posted at Walsend- burg and Aguilar, ordering all IW. WV. members to leave. As far-as could be learned, no suspension was planned by United Mine workers at any point. . Meetings at several of the larger last night were conducted by B . representatives, who advo- ted a “100 per cent walkout,” in my «to the present wage scale. REE MILLION 70 BE PAID FOR LOSSES BY HAIL, + Dakota .Farmers Will i hecks Early in Decem- ber, Department Says North Dakota farmers who suf- fered hail losses this year will re- ceive $3,315,917.45 in indemnity, it was announced today by the state hail insurance department. Pay- ment of claims will be made early in December. A total of 16,780 claims were re- ceived this year, as compared to 9,744 in 1926. While the increase in the number of claims, depart- ment officials said, is partially ac- counted for by an increase of 1,649,- 919 acres insured this year as com- pared with the 1926 total of in- sured acreage, it is. mainly due to heavy hail storms which caused a loss 95 per cent greater than the joss for 1926. The total acreage in- sured in, 1926 was 6,136,813 acres, while in 1927 it was 7,786,582 acres. ‘The increase in acreage this year was attributed largely to the pros- pect for good crops which prevailed throughout the growing season. The insured acreage represents approximately 4? per cent of the 18,842,426 acres of land cropped this year, officials said. Four Districts D ignated Indemnity tax rateé for 1927 were determined after the division of the state into four districts, counties with the smallest loss being placed in the first district and other coun-?5 be made. The ties in the other three districts on an_ascending scale of losses. In the first district this year, con-. (Continued »n page two) if Weather Report | See. Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday . Lowest last night .. Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity .... . WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Fair tonight und Wednesday. in temperature. ~, WEATHER CONDITIONS The pressure is high from Great Lakes region to the southern Rocky Mountaih slope and it is low over the western. Canadian Prov- inces. A few light showers o in the lower Great\Lakes region and in the state of Washington while elsewhere the weather is generally fair. Cool weather prevails over the Great Lakes region and upper Mis- sissipp: Valley ‘but warmer weather prevails from the Plains States westward to the Pacifie coast. . @3RIS W, ROBERTS, . > Offivial ia charge. jm, today, fe 22 Androcles showed great Not much change] 4), BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1927 The Weather Fair tonight and Wednesday, Not much change in temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS E T0 CALL SPECIAL LEGIS o On Strike in Colorado Lignite Fields Mrs. Grayson’s Flight AT STANDSTILL | Postponed Another Day Adverse Weather Conditions Prevent Take-off For Europe Totlay—Radio Pall of Steam- ships Shows Contrary Winds Over Entire Route—Plane Sets Weight-lifting Record ord Old Orchard, Oct. 18.—(?)—Ad- ‘verse weather conditions unce again today forced postponement of the European flight of Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson -d her two com- pa.ions in their amphibian plane, the Dawn. A radio poll of steam- ships showed contrary winds clear across the Atlantic. Undismayed by their false start yesterday, when an excess load of gasoline mad the machine nose- heavy and forced a retur less than a quarter of an hour after the take- loff and ifter a large quantity of fuel had been jettisoned, the flyers had hoped to get away with first favorable tidal conditions this fore- noon, Wind Too Strong Mrs. Grayson herself announced the enforced delay today, after she, together with Brice Goldsborough, the navigator, and Wilmer Stultz, pilot, had studied ‘he weather report. gathered for them by the R.dio Corporation of Amercia. “It would have been perfect for a flight from the Azorcs but going east we would have met a resistance of from 15 to 25 miles an hour practically all the way,” she said. “There were no storms, however, and the day over the ocean was bright and su ny.” The plane itself is fully ready for the new attempt. Gzsoline which was dumped has been “eplaced and mechanics were .naking a few addi- tional minor adjustment:. New Record Established The possibili-y that “The Dawn” had established a new weight lift- ing record today remained Mrs. Grayson’s chief consolation from the disappointing false siwrt. A rough computation of the gross weight at the take-off was 11,500 pounds while the lancing weight was approximately 10,000 pounds after the fuel had been dropped. Carl S. Schory. cecreta: - of the contest committee of the National Aeronautical socicty, v.20 serled the -barograph, said he had hearc of no performance so cod. p AOE TE STANDARD OIL PLANE MAKES VISIT 70 CITY Giant Craft Here Today—' Makes Special Stop at Het- tinger to Promote Aviation Stanolind, the giant all-metal air- plane of the Standard Oil company, landed gt Fort Lincoln field today at 11:10, ‘bn a tour of the northwest to promote commercial aviation. Six flights were made by the plane this afternoon, carrying Bismarck and| Mandan people, from 2 o'clock on, at 15-minute intervals. With the sole purpose of promot- ing commercial aviation, the plane is making its tour. That the com- pany is anxious to further aviation in this section of the count shown by the fact that the pl went out of its course, en route from Mobridge here, to make a land- ing at Hettinger, where members of the American Legion post have been agitating the establishment of an airport. The plane left Mobridge at 8 a. and arrived at Hettinger at 9:16, leaving there at-9:39. Flyin conditions so far have been “ideal, -officials making the trip said. The total distance of the tri bridge here was 206 miles. At Minot Tomorrow Minot will be the next stop of the plane, with a landing scheduled for 9 o'clock tomorrow and with flights lane will leave here for Minot at 8 a. m. It will leave Minot October 20 at 8 a. m. and will land at Grand Forks at 10:15, It is a distance of 170 miles. Fargo will be the October 21 stop, ~ “(Continued on page two) Batavia Men May Be Cited For Bravery Batavia, N. Y., Oct. 18—(AP)— ing the thorn, f 1 the lion, removi rn; from’ » but Batavia ‘citizens were asking tans how ges Harry Russell al kwood Ager. “There's - skunk running around re with a can on,\said an uniden- tified to police headquarters. “Well, to yov want us to ‘do, make an arrest on a public intoxica- tion i aan the desk sergeant an- swered, . y It developed, however, that a full grown. siane was anny blindly around in Franklin s\ ith a gal- mon can wedged over its head. Russell and Age, empl factory, picxed up the skunk before the police arrived and with a pair o hear. removed the can from its head and allowed the animal to scurry away uninjured. in| sell, the only witness to'the double LUND AND POOLE ARET0 EXAMINE JOSEPH’S BOOKS Head of Minneapolis Company Asks That Action Be Taken by Audit Board APPOINTS SORLIE POOLE Governor Charges That Re- port Made by Lund Is ‘Pé- litical Audit’ O. B. Lund, accountant for the board of auditors, will examine the books of the I. Joseph company, Minneapolis, with regard to trans- actions between the Minneapolis firm and the state mill and eleva- tor at Grand Forks. Action was taken today by the state board of auditors at the re- quest of Mr. Joseph. In a letter to Governor A. G. Sorlie several weeks ago, Joseph claimed that his The Joseph company of Min- neapolis was brought into the state mill and elevator contro- versy as a result of a report made some time ago by a senate committee named at the last legislative session to investigate the affairs of the state mill and elevator. The committec re- ported that the mill had lost a large sum of money as the re- sult of selling quantities of feed to the Joseph company at less than the Grand Forks market price and in addition had paid the Joseph company large sums because it was unable to fulfill its contracts, business and reputation had been damaged as the result of the report. of the senate fac’ ding sommit- tee, appointed at t! last legislative session to investigate the st mill and elevator. - In a letter received by Gilbert Semingson, state bank examiner, Joseph referred to the committee report and also to the audit of the mill’s affairs, made recently by Lund. . Semingson turned the letter over to the board of auditors which then directed Lund » audit the books of | the Minneapoils firm in 70 far as} j, they revealed its reiations with the mill and elevator Governor Appoints Pool At the same time Governor Sorlie announced that he had appointed Th mas Poole, Bismarck —account- ant, to-audit the books of the Jo- seph company concurrently with Lund. Lund left for Minneapolis Mcaday night but Poole is not ex- pected to follow for a day or two. Poole was appointed 0° recommend- ation of the state bank examiner. The Joseph investigation, the gov- ernor announced, is merely the first of several moves, which, ke said, will show that the Lund audft of (Continued cn page two) Police Probe Death of Woman From Gas 18.—(?)—Mrs. Minneapolis, Oct. is} Anna Nodell, 30 years old, was found dead in a gas-filled room here today, under circumstances which led to a police investigation. Her husband, James Nodell, 35 years old, was held for questioning. * Nodell told detectives that they rented a Troom Monday at 1808 Washington avenue south. He left the room in the afternoon, he said, and did not get back until night. When he went into the room, he told the dectives, he found his wife from Mo-| dead. +Mr. and Mrs, Nodell, detectives were told, were separated not long ago. Deaths Were Result of Murder, Suicide Rice Lake, Wis., Oct. 18.—(P)—A verdict that the deaths of Harold Nord, 24, and Mrs. Rudolph Oettel, 28, were the result of murder and suicide was returned by a Barron county coroner’s jury here late yes- iY @ The jury held that Nord first shot Mrs, Oettel and then killed himself. irs. Oettel’s 8-year-old son Rus- killing, testified peer the coroner’ "its. Oettel’s husband, whom Nord attacked with a club before he shot the woman, was overing from his injuries. . és: The tragedy occurred after Mrs. Oettel told her husband she had been unfaithful to him, when he : ited her with £ gift on al irthday Saturday. Nord learned o: her omtaetied which infuriated him and led to the killings, = = * ——$—_$_—__—_ moving to- PLANE REACHES LISBON |ward Cuba today passed “60 mail Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 11 to the east of the Isle of Caimen, | afte The Heinkel hy miles south of here. Indications irplane D-1220, en route from Warnemuddene, Get- many, to the United States by way f the Azores, alighted on the river re at 9 a. m. The plane, piloted FIRE LAYS The manger in which a $4,000)00 £ ‘the photo shows the center of the ire laid the New Jers: fire zone, Big hotels were among ‘were no fatalities. IW JERSEY RESORT IN RUINS ey resort of Ocean Park in ruins is portrayed here. the buildings destroyed, but there MISAPPROPRIATION CLOUD, MINN. City’s Business Methods Criti- cized by Minnesota’s Public Examiner — Payments Company in Which Mayor Is an Officer Declared IHegal to are made in a ort of the records and accounts of Cloud, made public today by Garfield W. Brown, state public gx- amine} isappropriation of $4,900 by Jul Adams, former city treasur- er, is charged. Adams_repaid the sum: befove-thesaudit, When” con- fronted with the items later he ad- mitted the misappropriations and re- signed soon after, the report says. Wegal Claims Paid Payment has been made of more than 60 alleged illegal claims from the city’s general fund and more than 69 frgm its water department fund, the report continues. Those cited as having been made from the general fund range from $6 to $3,219. No legal authority ex- od for the payment of many of In another case amounts of $250 were ‘spent without ad- vertising for bids. Several instances of payments to the Ice Service, Inc., of which Mayor J. Arthur Benson is secretary and treasurer, are declared illegal be- cause a public officer cannot do bus- iness with a concern in which he has an interest. Payment of support to the St. Cloud municipal band in excess of the limit sllowed by law is also pointed out. System Is Inefficient In the case of the water depart- ment, payments ranged from $65 to $1,000 with numerous purchases of meters in groups with an aggragate cost of less than $250. Mr. Brown cites this method as inefficient. M ters should. be bought once a 3 and bids advertised for, he recom mends. Exception is taken to transfers made from one fund to another, ag- gregating about $72,000, which the report holds have been made with- out proper legal authority. These range from $556 to more than $10,- e 100. Further criticism is directed at Adams in connection with the clos- ing of tw Cloud banks. Pity School Kids in Italy; Holidays St. Paul, Oct. 18.—(@)—Misap-| j propriation of funds and numero’ payments of _ illeg: claims are criticism of | ¢. OF FUNDS AND PAYMENT OF ILLEGAL CLAIMS BY ST. CHARGED IN REPORT ‘Chicken’ Season Ends Yesterday The prairie chicken season for North Dakota closed yesterc:y, and today hunters were looking back to it as far from the howling success id been expected. There was ‘ity of chickens this year, and icularly noticeable in the jope country. The reason ite game and fi late frosts this le” off many of the spring, which young birds. MOONSHINERS | ARESENTENCED ON BOY'S STORY Six Members of Youth's Fam- ily Given Jail Sentences To- taling 38 Months New Albany, Ind., Oct. 18.—(AP) —-A boy who objected to carrying water to supply a whisky still in Moonshine Gulch, near French Lick, Ind., testified for federal authori- ties in court here yesterday and as a result, six members of his family received jail sentences totaling 38 months. The boy’s grandmother was given a suspended sentence of 60 days. Claude Hayes, 12 years old, said that he had been whipped and even shot at by his relatives because he objected to helping them. Federal agents charged that the peddling of the whisky was left to the child as far as possible. Although the de- fendants denied the charges, the Hayes boy’s testimony was corrob- orated by.a 12-year-old playmate, Robert Andrews, and by two young women, one 24 years old and one 17, who said that they had drunk liquor at the Moonshine Gulch establish- ment. Mrs. Bethel Hayos, mother of the boy, was sentenced to 60 days in jail. Two of her brothers, Clarence and Herbert Conrad, received six- month sentences. Two other broth- ers, Claude and William Conrad, were given eight months each, as was a brother-in-law, James Belcher. , Judge Robert C. Batzell, in pass- ing sentence, declared that if he re- mained on the bench 100 years he would not expect to see such a case Will Be Abolished Rome, Oct. 18.—(AP) — Holidays are to be abolished in Italy. | 7 Determined not to follow in the step of imperial Ronie with its many holidays, Premier Mussolini has pro- posed that speechmaking and public celebrations be abolished and the council of ministers has enacted his erect into a decree. The decree announces that the move is made so that the functioning of the govern- ment iat the work 4 the people shall not be interrupted. Not only will holidays be abol- ished, but the Facist state wl le brate wo important events in 1 Lil gl the Sundays that fall nearest, so that the wheels of in- dustry may continue to turn for six op of-the week. The Facist mareh on Rome which occurred October 28, 1928, will be observed Sunday, October 30. T! celebration of the signing of the Armistice between Italy. and Aus- tria, November 4, 1918, will be held on Sunday, November 8. STORM MISSES NAVANA Havana, Oct. 18.—(?)—The cy- clonic storm which was that the disturbance, which is not considered of great intensity or dangerous, would pass over the 3] edge of the island touching The appr.ciztive skunk spared its|by Horst Merz, completed a hop of Chpe Cruz, in Oriente province, and benefactors. ‘ about 250 miles from Vigo, Spa: Jamaica. , again. Two Oregon Lumber Companies Merged Portland, Ore., Oct. 18.—(AP)—A. lumber merger involving timber re- serves capable of meeting the com- ny mill capacity of nearly a mil- lion feet of timber a day for 20 years@was announced here today. Under the merger the Clark & Wilson Lumber company, whose ane stock will be $21,000,000, will take over operation of the Beaver & Nehalem Lumber com- panies and. the Portland & South¢ located at Linneton and Prescott, Ore. The officers include O. H. Clark, ppeatdeats Henry Turrish of Duluth, jinn., and A. J. Keith of Eau Claire, ‘he | Wis., vice presidents. Ten Escape From Ohio County Jail St, Clairsville, Ohio, Oct. 18,— from wr Russell Gilmore, trusty, sen- tenced yesterday to one to seven 3 in the state penitentiary for larceny, picked a lock to the cell block, Eighteen other inmates re- fused to join Gilmore in his break. |b: Most of the escaped prisoners were awaiting trial for burglary. western Railway company. Mills are | © RUTH ELDER IS ON HER WAY TO LISBON TODAY Girl Flyer Completely Wins Hearts of People on Island of Fayal Horta, Island of Fayal, Oct. 18.— (P)—Still wearing Captain Goos’ cap | as a reminder of her thrilling rescue by the steamship Barendrecht; Ruth Elder sailed this morning for Lis- bon aboard the Portuguese mail boat Lima, with the cheers ef a great crowd of spectators,’ whose hearts she had completely won, ringing in her ears. With her sailed George W. Halde- man, her co-pilot on their transat- lantic venture in the? monoplane American Girl, and the two waived a vigorous farewell as the mail boat crept away from the city bathed in brilliant moonlight. The last view of the American aviatrix, who had captivated her hosts by her spontaneity and democ- racy, was the picture of a tiny figure aboard the Lima waving hands, blowing kisses and made more jaunty than ever by Captain Goos’ hat poised on her wind tossed curls, Quip Brings Laugh “Has my luggage gone below?” was the first question she asked as she boarded the ship and the crowd laughed at the quip, knowing that the clothes she had on—plus-fours and red sweater included—were all that she had been able to rescue from her plane. Miss Elder and Captain Haldeman had tea yesterday at the home of her host, George Mackay, the guests inclyding the British consul at Ma- deifa and Horta. The appearance of Miss Elder brought a crowd of eag- er autograph seckers to her and Haldeman and the latter said: “I would rather fly three Atlantics than face this.” Wears Borrowed Gown Miss Elder again was wearing her borrowed Paris gown with perfect ease, apparently unconscious of feminine dread of an_ ill-fitting gown, the dress being much too large for her. After a quiet dinner, in private, the flyers prepared to board the Lima, Miss Elder donned her flying rig-out—it had been in the wash—and boarded the Lima at 11 o'clock last night, carrying a lovely bouquet of Horta pink lilies. The deck of the Lima had been a scene of eager expectation for many hours before and a large crowd (Continued on page two) Butte Mining Case | Becomes Tangied as Court Is Reversed San Francisco, Oct. 25.—(?)—The United States cizcuit court of ap- eals has reversed the decision of Sade John H. McNary of Oregon sitting for Judge George M. Bour- quin in the United States district court in Montana, where Jucge Mc- Nary sought to vacate a previous order appointing receivers for the North Butte Mining company with headquarters at Duluth. The court of appeals held that United States judges having coordi- nate power cannot disturb decisions made by contemporaries in the same urt. Meanwhile, stockholders at Butte, Mont., faced an injunction grant in district court there on complaint of Frederick R. Kennedy, Duluth, secretary and a director of the com- pany, from holding 2 meeting today with the announced purpose of re- moving certain company officials. The stockholders alsd proposed to change the headquarters from Du- luth to Butte. CITY AUDITOR ILL mn Atkinson, city auditor, is M confined to his home by illness. He blankets | expects to be back at his desk with- in a few days, however. ADMITTED TO BAR W. C. Cull, Oakland, Neb., was ad- mitted to practice in North Dakota the supreme court Monday. He plans to practice in McLean county, at either Wilton or Garrison, LATIVE SESSION Announcement Made Today by Call Will Be Made in Late November or Early December, Exec: utive Says—Has Nothing Definite to Say Yet For Reason o! WILL ANNOUNCE REASONS WHEN HE ISSUES CALL Wants to Call Representatives of Stockholders of Public Serv- ice Corporation Together to Discuss Affairs of . State—Statement Unexpected Definite announcement that Governor Sorlie will call « special legislative session in late November or early December was made at the executive offices this afternoon. 4 ‘The announcement was made by the governor’s secretary, and followed one made earlier in the day by the governor in said he probably would call a special session. initial announcement the governor conferred partment heads at the state capitol and Alfred Dale, Nonpartisan manager in the last campaign. The definite announcement was made following the con- which the latter _. Following | with Nonpartisan depz ference, It was intimated by some o ing the conference that there was no unanimity of opinion on mn proposal, One Nonpartisan leader, S. A. ssioner of insur: E the special se: Olsness, comm make a statement on the subjec The governor’s announcement came out of a clear sky and : was made by him in the course Associated Press correspondent. statement, announcing calmly that call for late November or early December. __ Reasons Not Given ' Asked regarding the reasc a a calling the legislature in : governor said he had no definite a ment to make on that score now, but that the reasons for the special session, the GUN STARTLES FORT SOLDIERS Soldiers Learn It’s Time to Get Up as Field Piece Is Fired This Morning Boom! Farmers living south of Bismarck rolled from their feather- beds under the impression that an earthquake, such as disturb less fav- ored portions of the globe, had shaken up North Dakota. . The local game warden _ hastily pinned on his star, supposing this year's flight of ducks were being attacked before dawn by hunters! armed with super-shotguns. And] the soldiers at Fort Lincoln, for more than a week unannoyed by the reveille gun, “hit the floor.” A three-inch field piece was in- stalled yesterday in front. of the post flag pole, supplying a deficiency in saluting ordnance at the local fort. This morning at 6:55 o'clock it spoke for the first time, loosing a full charge of black powder into the Dakota atmosphere by way of in- forming the garrison it was time to get up. This evening at 4:55 p. m., the gun will speak again to call at- tention to the lowering of “the gar- rison flag and the sounding of “To the Colors.” As the bugler of the guard plays this call, all military persons with- in hearing will salute, and it is re- quested that visitors at the post pay their tribute to the national flag when they hear the retreat gun by halting and standing uncovered un- til the last notes of the bugle call, at which time the lowered flag is folded up for the night. Tax Deed Issuance Ruled on by Shafer North Dakota sheriffs are re- quired by law to issue tax deeds to the Bank of North Dakota in cases where the bank has foreclosed mort- gages but has not paid taxes as- sessed against the property. Answering a query on the point by the Bank of North Dakota, At- torney General George F. Shafer pointed out that he wrote the law and designed it to meet that par- ticular point since it was the situa- tion which the legislature had in- tended to meet. The new law, pass- ed in 1927, applies to deeds issued prior to July 1, 1927, as well as geeds issued since that time. When the law says “distinctive color” it means just that and there is nothing else to it, Shafer has ad- vised Secretary of State Robert Byrne with respect to the binding of 250 copies of the session laws of 1927. Under the law the printer is re- quired to bind 250 copies in a color distinctive from that used in bind- ing other copies of the same book and to stamp them with the words “Property o the state of North Da- kota. 4 ‘When the books came they were ted | properly stumped but were bound in a uniform color, so Byrne asked Shafer what he should do about it. Shafer advised him that the law specifying a distinctive color for those volumes which are to be kept by the state is mandatory and that the secretary of state is without au- thority to accept them unless they comply with the Jaw. i sormefeld, Hk, Ook 18 CAP) ingfiel Le — John C. Clark, 14, a high school freshman, died here yesterday while playing football His death was at- tributed to heart disease. “Robin Hood’s Larder” is. the name of a eat tree in Sherwood Forest in which, according to tra- dition. Robin Hood used to the deer he had killed. hide| November 14, the date set, Governor f Special Call f the department heads attend ance, indicated that he might t later. ! of his daily interview with the He had prepared no written he expected to make the { t call would be clearly outlined it was made. if bic ca | have been thinking of this for some time,” the governor said, “and there are a Jot of reasons why we should have a special session, but they can come later.” Answering a query he said that no one had asked him to call a spe- cial session but that he practically had determined upon the advisabili- ty of the move, “As manager of the public service corporation of North Dakota I want to call the represen- tatives of the stockholders together to discuss the affairs of the state,” the excutive said. He indicated that he may have further statements re- garding his plans for a special ses- sion in the near future but said he had nothing more to say at this time. The announcement is believed here, however, to be a direct result of the agitation over the manage- ment of the state mill and elevator which began last winter during the legislative session and which has since been prominently before the public on several occasions. The first was the report by the fact-finding committee of the state senate, appointed last winterp and the second was the audit report of O, B. Lund, examiner for the state board of auditors. Both attacked the governor’s management of the mill and elevator. Although silence had been mains tained regarding the two reports for weeks, it was broken for the. first time yesterday when the gov- ernor charged Lund with having made a “political” audit and going far outside his duties as an audi- tor in connection with his audit re- port on the state mill. The execu- tive charged Lund with going into matters in the audit report which he was not competent to discuss, Lund in Twin Cities Lund left last night to investigate the books of the I. S. Joseph com- pany, Minneapolis, which purchased milll and bran from the state mill and elevator. Both the fact-finding committee report and the Lund audit attacked the contracts made by the mill with the Joseph com- pany as disadvantageous to the mill. The audit of the Minneapolis firm’s books is being made at Jo- seph’s request. At the same time the governor appointed Thomas Poole, Bismack accountant, to make an audit concurrently with Lund. In a discussion yesterday Lund told the governor that he would not cooper- ate with Poole in making a report but that each would present a sep- arate report. The governor con- ferred with Poole today. If the executive carries out his announced intention of calling, 8 special session it will be the t time that the legislature has met in other than regular session since 1919, when U. S. Senator Lynn J. Erase, then governor, issued the call, State Auditor John Steen, of the Independent office holders, had no comment when informed of the gov- ernor’s announcement. “It is news (Continued on page two) Jury Will Decide Sanity of Remus Cincinnati, Oct. 18.— (AP) — George Remus, former king, under indictment for first degree murder of his wife, Mra; Remus, will be tried before a pee the question of his sanity J judge Chester R. Shook of the criminal’ division of a pleas court made this. order state hospital, but if the holds him to have heen sane, Noveane ths the dane tennaale * x“