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PAGE EIGHT SRD TERM ISSUE DISCUSSED ON SENATE FLOOR Counter Resolution Would! Sidetrack La Follette’s Pro- pesal to Judiciary Group Washington, Feb, ; Tecause of the inability of Senator Fess, Republican, Ohio, to deliver a prepared address today a private understanding | was reached to delay for a day a final vote in the senate on the | resolution of nator La Fol- | \ | lette, Republi Wisconsin, declaring ag. more than two terms for a president, | ington, Feb, 8—(AP)—The | issue, with particular! President Coolidge, | ' to reference ding attention and in litical erystal-gazing en. x both present and future. Described by some Republican yers as the “third term bug-| the question held the right | ’clock in the peer compa ASSN at 2 o’e nt n by Republican, W that departure f: established by W ington presidents,” of retiring second term, would be “ peril to our free institutions.” Brought unexpectedly before the Senate with Senator La ore statement that he wanted the tion adopted becu being made “to Coolidge, it was opp counter resolution that would side. track it to the judiciary committee. A vote on that resolution by Sen: Bingham, Republican, Conne was set for 2 o'clock, and was culated to bring to light the d of senators that may be exp the La Follette propo a now ne of the ampions who led inst the resolution, ut the senate on rec- ord as commending “observance of the precedent by the president.” He was joined by Senator Fee, Repub- lican, Ohio, in declaring that the resolution, if given the force of law, would make it “impossible or dif: cult” for the Republican party to re- elect Mr. Coolidge this year or in 1932, The debate brought out conten- tions that President Coolidge cannot be considered as oink served two terms because he completed the un- expired term of President Harding before being elected president in his own right, and also the argument that the resolution could have no bearing on him because of his an- nounced decision not to be a can+ didate. Devils Lake Youth to Lead Junior Ball at Minnesota School Minneapolis, Feb. 8.—(®)—Mary Symons of Minneapolis will share with Fred Hovde of Devils Lake, N D., the leadership of the junior ball, premier social event of the Univer- sity of Minnesota, which will take place March 2. Tickets for the social classic probably will be priced at $10. The affair will take place at a Minne- apolis hotel not yet selected, ‘Big Three’ Shorn of Much of Its’: Power by Court Decision St. Paul, Feb. 8,—()—Financial affairs of the University of Min- nesota are not subject to control by the state commission of adminis- tration, District Judge Hugo O. Hanft held in a decision today. The state commission, commonly known as the Big Three, also was held to be without “supervision and centrol” of a “constitutional offi- cer, department or agency invested with certain powers and discretio ted on Senator Bing administration In effect, the decision declares sec- unconstitutional an important tion of the lebislative act of 19 creating the commission of adminis- tration, depriving the Big Three of much of the power it has claimed under the act. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Larsen Dies} John S. Larsen, only child of Mr. and Mrs. H. n, 523 Fifth street, died at 10 a. m. today after a series of convulsions that had} their inception Tuesday. The baby | ‘was 14 months old today having| been born on Dec. 8, 1926, in Bis-} marck. Funeral services will be held from} St. Mary’s cathedral at 8:30 a. m.| Friday and burial will be made zl the St. Mary’s cemetery, Until the funeral the body will lie at the home of Mrs. Larsen’s mother, Mrs. Louisa Evans, 300 Ninth street. : West Point Gridders Will Play Nebraska .{ mill's account credited panels, Neb., Feb, 8—(AP)— Nebraskan’ Corn’ uskers will a the Army S een Point next fovember 24, acting athletic Bustos of Pena University of Nebrarka, anr.ounced today. soere is no chance for a return ane it Lincoln in 1929, Giss said, it we ‘Army may play here in one year contract was signed r ago at West "Point fol- negotiations with military my officials. Giss returned ‘the east Sunday. nacy Board Case Will Be Tried Soon| :s".,.", N. D, Fet Feb. bora laa fin Lowi See gaint H. H. bo sere eehich ; d to have kill Fi friend, at Eufals December, so he coul Hes son's wife and c suran He wa: When he appeared with the money to buy a farm, = BGGERS CASE IS ON TRIAL TODAY: is i Bank Employe Testifies Re- garding Sight Drafts Which Are Held Fraudulent Fargo, N. D., Feb. 8.—(AP)—Tes- timony given by sMrs. Peter H. wenkon, an employe of the First al bank of ton, previous and at the t a, being mite by th nt in an att mpt to prove Manville Sprague, missing cx of the bank, was responsible a_short- age of approxi: ractically ately $47,000, took lof the morning nm in fed court today in Henry B. Eggers, Jr., former manager of the Grafton Roller Mills, is on trial on a charge of :.iding and abetting the former bank cashier in the misappropriation of the funds, It was indicated that Mrs. Swen- son would be on the stand most of the afternoon. The government first must prove that Mr. Sprague was responsible for the shortage in the bank at the time it closed, before it can prove that Eggers aided and abetted him in misappropriating the funds, ac- cording to W. S. Green, assistant United States district attorney. Tracing of paper which went through the bank in connection witi the Grafton Roller Mills account was the principal action todfy. Mrs. Swenson testified that sight drafts, drawn up by the Grafton Roller Mills on eastern firms for approxi- mately $47,000, which the govern- ment claims were worthless, were placed in the bank’s files and the with the amount of these drafts. It is al- leged by the government that these sight drafts represent shipments of flour which were never made by the mill. The entire shortage at the bank was brought about through its dealings with the roller mills, the government contends, Lindbergh Starts Flight to Havana Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 8.—(?) —Colonel Charles; A. Lindbergh hopped off at 6:35 a. m. today on his 750-mile flight to Havana, Cuba. Havana, Feb. 8.—/P—Advices from Calimete in the province of Matanzas, which is next to that of Havana, state that Colonel Lind- bergh was sighted over that place at 1:49 p.m. Grading Is Asked on State Roads 14 and 41 More road improvement in Bur- leigh county is contemplated by the Burleigh county commissioners this year, according to a request made by the board today that the state highway commission proceed with the work of grading 20 miles of state highway 14 between Sterling and Wing, and 11 miles of state] | highway 41 from a point two miles} east and c 2 mile north of Wilton to the north line of Burleigh county. GIRL STORES SCENERY AS SIGHT DIMS Milwaukee, Feb. 8.—Spurred by the verdict of specialists, which giveh her but a few short weeks of sight, Miss Carol Hovius has start- » tour of European cities in order to store up ‘in Ler mind as liuc.a as possible of the world’s beauty before total blindness sets in. Miss Hovius has written. to friends here saying that she has al- ready placed London, Paris and Munich in her museum of visual memories, A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, 1926, Miss Hovius also has many friends in Tacoma, Wash., and Hollywood, Calif, the latter being the home of her mother. START POR W'SHINGTON Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 8.—(AP) —Dieudonne Costes and Josep Le- Brix, French ambassadors of the air, hopped off for Washington at 8:10 this morning. Weather condi- tions over the course were reported ASKS PCRILLING'S APPOINT- Moxa 4 .P- Schilling of one of the del- rnational Dairy congress was recommended today to President Coolidge by Representa- tive Mass of Minnesota. ° MRS. NCRTON DIES Sherman | 8: ATFRED DALE DENIED VOTE AT MERTING Anti - Administration Force: Win First Tilt at Nonparti- san State Convention | { | | | | nistration forces won the Nonpartisan tion here today when tate manager of the gue, was denied a ention proceedings. delegate to the attempt was made ote in the proceed- the fact that he is, convention to give him a ings be ‘the leagu The mot jafter labor de te, son, Mandan, Minot, Fargo and Burli ngton had been} given places in the convention. A| a fight to Dale was led by | S$. McDonald, marck. On a tanding vote, how r, it appeared |that a substitute motion offered by ny A. Vogel, Colcharbor, had carrie | Dale then stepped forward and sug- gested that the convention was making itself look foolish by getting into a fight on so small a proposi- tiori and asked permission to with- | draw. Both Vogel and MeDonald with- }drew their counter motions, Me- | Donald, however, contended that Dale had been insulted. Committecs Named the chair as fol- Senator G. Pat- LaGrav-, Einar McDonald, Grand z committee was Forks. 4 winted oP Fredrick Thomas Pendray Stutsman county; Mrs, Alfred Dale, Burleigh coun- ty; R. H. Walker, Oliver county, and Howard Thor ” Burleigh county, It was decided to appoint « com- mittee of 11 to formulate « platform, a committee of three to audit the books of the state central commit- tee and a committee of three to con- sider amendments to the Nonparti- san league by-laws. A sharp fight developed on the proposition to appoint a platform committee, + some delegates contend- ing that the Nonpartisan league platform was goon enough for them. A motion, however, was declared} carried. Funeral Services For Mrs. J. Winkle to Be Held Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph Winkle of Bismarck, who died Sun- day at a local hospital, will be held Friday morning at St. Mary's Cath- olic church. The remains will be at the Winkle home at 315 Thirteenth street Thursday. The deceased leaves her husband, Joseph Winkle; two sons, Leonar Winkle of Chicago and Henry Win- kle of Bismarck; three daughters, Mrs, T. J. Thienes of St. Paul, Mrs. H. S. Schoenick of Chicago and Miss F'orence Winkle of San Francisco, and her mother, Mrs, Leonard Scha- fer of Hankinson, all of whom will be here for the funeral. The following will attend the serv- ices as pall-bearers: William Laist, John Maasen, S. S. Clifford, William Breen, Matthew Boespflug and Joseph Berger. ‘ Boy Scouts’ Parade to Be Held Tonight Flaming torches will announce to the Capital City at 8 o’clock tonight that the local battalion of Boy Scouts has started its national anniversary week parade which will end at the steps of the postoffice where the khaki-clad lads will recommit them- selves to the scout oath and law. All scouts in the city will assem- ble at the Northern Pacific park at 7:50 p. m. where the parade will start promptly at 8 p.m. The line of march will pe on Main avenue from the corner of Webb Brothers store to Fifth street, north to Broad- way, west to Fourth street, south to Main avenue, west to Third street, north on Third street to the post- office, 3 . Justice Court =| ° Almeta Smallwood, colored, was | sentenced to serve 1s days in the | county jail by Justice of the Peace R. H. Crane yesterday when she pleaded guilty to a vagrancy charge, i | WAR WITH U. THINKA- BLE London, Feb. 8.—(P)—Sir Austen Chamberlain declared in the house of commons today that war with America was unthinkable and that the prospect of war with America | or preparation for war with Amer- ica had never been, and never would be, the basis uf British policy. McLEAN COUNTY MAN SEN- NCED county, pleaded guilty before Judge | Fred Jansonius here last night to a charge of wife desertion and was sentenced to an indeterminate term at the state pesiientiany, ranging from six months to five years. GETS SUSPENDED SENTENCE. Annie Bucholz pleaded , guilty yesterday before Judge Fred Jan- sonius to a charge of engaging in the liquor traffic, She was sen- tenced to serve six months in the county jail and pay a fine of $200. The sentence was suspended. SNOW STORMS CAUSE DEATHS Tokyo, Feb. (P)—Violent snow storms in the north of Japan hare re to shipping and of seni: mage to si and a genera’ disruption of communications. The bodies of 13 fishermen were washed ashore. Many others are believed to have drowned. P beso ABE RELEASED _ City, Feb. 8 trested in Mexico City, 5| Sharged with violating the religious’ services in their ———— | ee of five on resolutions | d py ceeatey: morning at a local hos- TE) Ernest Rust of Benedict, McLean) _ THR RISMARCK TRIBUNE ‘The Iowen ude R. Porter) of new in ate commerce | commissioner, was taken when} Potter dropped in at ihe, House the other day to. sec | ident Cooli be taking | up his new dutie ‘Export Debenture. Farm Relief Plan |‘ Under Discussion relief plan advocated al ulture _com- mittee today by Lo Taber, master of the National Grange, He said t ed relief legislation “in 1928 and not 1931,” While his organization has not favored legislation that has been endorsed by the committee, Taber said his. appearance not to be construcd in _de to the Mc equalization fee. “Our position is a one in the interests of lief,” he added. ng to the Ketcham bill, id the Grange “is extreme- ly anxious for the passage of leg- islation at this s to remove the inequality in . price which our commercial system has set up in prejudice of the interests of agriculture.” He said he would not insist on the attitude for the debenture plan or none, and this stand was com- mended by Kepresentatives Wil- liams, Republican, Illinois, Kinche- loe, Democrat, Kentucky, and As- well, Democrat, Louisiana. Mrs. Wicklander of Washburn Dies Here| The death of Mrs, George Wick- lander, 27, of Washburn occurred R EY nite opposition pital. Mrs. Wicklander was born in Sweden, coming to this. country with her parents while still young. She leaves her husband and four small children, Margaret, Raymond, Betty Ann and an infant a few days} old; her mother, Mrs, N. two brothers, Harry and Sigurd| Carlson; and three sisters, Mr: Myrtle Hagen, Mrs. Ester Kro: and Mrs. Hilda Jennings of Wash-| burn, Funeral services will be held Sat-| urday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Washburn with Rev. I. G. Monson of Bismarck officiating. Interment will be made in the Washburn ccm-! etery. More Donations to County Game Fund Burleigh County’s game fund slowly grows as sportsmen through- out the territory continue to send in cash donations which eventually will make this sector of North Da- kota the pheasant capital of the state. Subscriptions from 23 local sports- men today added $72 to the total which is now past the $1,600 mark, Those subscribing were R. Henderson, E. W. Wasche, Scott Cameron, “Wingreene_ and __Dietz, Cook and Haggerty, Harry Homan, W. D, Gallup, Joe Coghlan, R._O. Baird, Peter Lee, Isham Hall, Joe Maddock, Joc Sabrow, A. J. Balzer, A. C, Staak, C. Christianson, C. S. echt L._A. Ben William S, ler, L, Rubin, D White, and George very . Kramer, For ‘Best Results, in Your Baking * inte | gutte: agrjcultural sections need-| © constructive | “ immediate | ,, Shipley, Pat}. RESIDENTS OF EAST PART OF CITY WANT STREETS | Preposed Improvements Dis- cussed at Monthly Meeting of Association Last Night— Petitions Now Being Circu- lated to Be Presented to City Commission Later Plans for improving the property in the east part of the city were dis- cussed at the monthly meeting of the East-end Community associa- tion, held at the Richholt school ast night, and petitions will . be nted to the city commission t a lates date asking that ap- | proximately 22 blocks in that part of the city be either graveled or paved with some economical type of paving, and sidewalks, curbs and rs be installed, At the next meeting of the asso- i arly in March the residents part of the city will de- ly whether they will eon graveling or paving, this depending uidGie ld on the ap- proximate cost of each Petitions in Circulation Petitions are now being circulat- ed, i for improvement of the following streets: Broi from Ninth street to Fifteenth street. venue from Tenth strect fteenth street. venue from Tenth street third street. A from Ninth street to reet. B from Ninth street to treet, C from Seventh street to sue E from Sixth street to ° F from Sixth street to augen bill with its| ~ ‘ent aah ratreae from Breadway, to ex avenue and from Rosser avenue to Avenue C, Eleventh street from Broadway Avenue B, Twelfth strect from Broadway to 5} Avenue B Thirteenth street from Broadway to Avenue B. Fourteenth street from Broadway to Avenue B. Fifteenth street from Broadway to Avenue B, Sixteenth street from avenue to Avenue B. Last Night’s Speakers Speakers at last night’s raesting included F, E. McCurdy, J. Rosser’ Coming to Bismarck DR. MELLENTHIN Specialist In Internal Medicine for the past fliteen years DOES NOT OPERATE Will be at Patterson -Hotel | Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10 & 11 Office Hours 10 a. m. to 4 p. m TWO DAYS ONLY No Charge for Consaltation Dr. Mellenthin is a regular grad. uate in medicine and surgery and is licensed by the state of North Dakota, He does not operate for chronic appendicitis, yall stones, ul- cers of stomach, tonsils or adenoids He has to his credit wonderful ro sults in diseases of the stomacn, liver, bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart, kidney, bladder, ».1 wettin catarrh, weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, leg ulcers and rectal ail- ments. Below are the names of a few of his many satisfied patients in North .| Dakota who have been treated for one of the above named causes: Archie Larter, Outlook, Mont. Andrew N. Larson, Hawley, Minn. Wm, Loe, Georgetown, Minn. Axel W. Lindberg, New England. Mrs, M. J. Monson, Alexander. Swan Mortrud, Newfolden, Wm. Nelson, Oslo, Minn. Mrs. O. T. Olson, Devils Lake. Carl Oscarson, Abercrombie, John Moor, Buffalo Springs. Remember above date, that con- sultation on this trip will be free and that his treatment is different. Married women must |}: accom. panied by their husbands. Address: 211 Bradbury Blds., Ke BAKING | POWDER Same Price for over 35 years 2S ounces tor 25/7 MILLIONS of POUNDS USED BY THE GOVERNMENT Guaranteed Pure TRAVELERS INSURANCE ‘COw » HARTFORD Life and Accident Fire, Theft, Tornado, Automobile Fidelity Bids. & Loon, N. Dak. Wie Sate Invest- ‘Women. Money to Loan on Real Estate Los Angeles, California. Expert Watch Repairing All work guaranteed Royal Jewelry Company — OR GRAVELED son, A. D, McKinnon and 8. 8.1 Me- Donald. Mr. McCurdy outlined the rapid growth of the East-end asso- ciation since its organization a few months ago, pointing out that it ‘was non-political and non-religious but was formed for egies ben- efit only. Mr. Jackson told of growth of Bismarck since he first came here in 1883, while Mr. Mc- Donald talkcd on the improvements needed in the east part of Bismarck. Mr. McKinnon told of the rapid im- trovement of highways leading into Bismarck and the advantages which the city gains from having good roads. He told the approximate cost per yard of graveling and pav- in, Following the business session last night, lunch was served. More than 100 residents of the east-end were i. attendance and several new members were signed. Hill New Manager of Golden Rule F, L. Hill ha: assumed the man- agership of the Golden Rule store, according to an announcement to- day by J. C. McCracken, assistant ‘eneral manager of the company. Mr. Hill was formerly manager’ of the ready-to-wear department of a local store. He came to Bismarck six months ago from Glendive, Mont., where he managed a depart- ment store there for a number of years. ° | we At the Movies CAPITOL THEATRE Seething with action, rippling with comedy and thrilling with ro- mance, “Co)'>giate,” F. B. 0.’s first full length picture starring Alberta Vaughn will open at the Capitol Theatre tonight for a one day run, The story is an original writ- ten specially for Miss Vaughn by Jean Dupont and adapted for the screen by James Gruen. With col- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1928 lege life as a background for 2 youthful love affair, the theme ‘weaves its way through collegiate days of study, play and “exams” to the final smashing climax which takes place on the day of the Boe fovtball ihe Weven in the thrilling scenes are deli shal bits of character delineation full of the spirit of Young America at College, The entire story is suf- fused with a low of romance, the love of a boy and girl who are \ ork- ing their way thrcugh college, build- ing on their happiness the dreams ef the future, ELTINGE 3B THEATRE Laughter breaks loose in “Run- ning Wild the Eltinge today and Thursday with W. C. Fields turned! from a henpecked husband to a roaring lion, Elmer Finch, the original timid soul and familv it, is sudden- ly transformed into a fearless war- rior by means of a stage magician’s hypnotic spell. He goes out into the world and makes everything come his way whether it \ ants to or not. Then Elmer is sna out of the trance and he ik he has done. Finding a mq es of men_ chasing him, Elmer leads for the open spaces, never realizing they are both offering handsome contracts for his services. Finally—“Running Wild” loses all false pretenses and actually becomes WILD! And . is in these scenes that Fields is said to give over- whelming proof of Lis comic abilit time, tion. in size. Act now. See Mr. manger SPARTON'S GOLDEN VOICE Marvelous programs now on the air; the world’s greatest artists almost nightly. Nothing but the finest of instruments can do them justice. * Let Sparton’s pioneer all-electric sets— with “‘radio’s richest voice”—take you right into the studios where they sing and play. Hear a Sparton. 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