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Seen tet ny Feeney yar east |»: MANDAN NEWS +: _|DAVIGEIXNS GME al DBFINITELY DROPPED ? Soclaliste Breaking 1 Assolant’s leases set Bird across the Fargo Plans Indoor Cold Weather Blasts + OP AOFG.AT END ONES er oar nee eae : ‘thlons of the Association of Commerce * was held Wednesday night. Owing © %o the cold weather, only about a doz- } €n members attended. Various pro- ? posals for the association’s 1930 pro- A a of activities were turned in on é ‘The best meeting of the three was that of Tuesday night, when 35 mem- bers attended. That meeting was more prolific in suggestions, accord- ing to Secretary Goddard. The accumulation of proposed pro- jects will be gone over by the board and will be codified for presentation to the annual meeting, Thursday eve- ning, January 16, at Elks hall. It is understood that the new court house movement was very liberally sup- Ported in the suggestions, GHICAGO POLICEMEN, FIREMEN ARE ON JOB Mayor Thompson Vetoes Bud- get Slash, Orders Discharg- ed Men Back to Duty Chicago, Jan. 9—()—All policemen and firemen discharged under the reduced 1930 city budget were ordered to return to duty today. Sustension of Mayor Thompson's ‘veto of the slash in appropriations by @ majority of the council late last night was immediately followed with reinstatement orders from both Po- lice Commissioner Russell and Fire Commissioner Goodrich. All possible haste was used to spread the orders to bureaus and sta- tions; the police recall was sent over teletype while the fire alarm tele- graph hurried the good news to dis- Suffered From Rheumatism Four Years Mrs. L. C. Peters, 70, mother of 10 jehildren and resident of Mandan for the last 20 years, died at 2 a. m. to- day at her home, 105 Tenth avenue northwest Mandan. Death was caused by rheumatism, |from which she had suffered for al- most four years. Born at New Richland, Minn., in September, 1859, Caroline Johnson was married to Mr. Peters 54 years ago. Her husband is left. Her children are: Mrs. S. Jacobson, Tacoma, Wash.; Albert Peters, Car- bonada, Was! ichard Peters, Elma, Wash.; Lawrence Peters, Portland, Ore.; Benjamin Peters, Flasher; Ver- non, Earl, and Cecil, at home; Mrs. W. F. Reko and Mrs. Cais Lee, both of Mandan. Tentative arrangements call for funeral services at the United Luth- eran church, Mandan, Sunday, with Rev. C. J. Fylling, pastor, officiating. Burial will be made in a Mandan cemetery. All her children, three brothers, and one sister are expected to come to Mandan for the services. The brothers and sister are Christ and Jonas Johnson, New Richland, Minn.; Otto Johnson, Robbinsdale, Minn.; and Mrs. C, A. Newgard, New Rich- land, Minn. Mandan Basketball Fans Will See Two Week-end Contests Mandan will ‘have plenty of good basketball for its fans this week-end, according to Leonard C. McMahan, charged firemen. Commissioner Goodrich ordered all closed fire station reopened this morning while property turned in by ‘both policemen and firemen was to be reissued today, the orders read. At the same time, Health Commis- sioner Kegel ordered the reinstate- ment of all employes discharged in his department. The same procedure was expected today from other de- partment heads whose employment ea suffered in the general deple- tion. . Continuation of the budget fight to- day, however, still made the whole fi- nancal situation doubtful. Proponents of the decreased budget planned another attempt to muster enough votes to override the mayor's veto. TEST FREIGHT RATE CASE HAS INTEREST Arizona Company Seeks to Force Reparations From Car- riers For High Tariff Phoenix, Ariz, Jan. 9.—(#)—Two test freight rate reparations cases, ‘which are expected to set a precedent for several hundred similar cases throughout the United pending States, were heard in federal court} Coates is charged with stealing an| here yesterday. One suit was filed by the Arizona | Oct. 29, 1929, from John A. Sakarias- | Grocery company against the Atchi- son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, the Bay ‘Transport company of San | ties and held for Sheriff Handtmann. | Francisco and thc Southern Pacific | tt is understood he will waive extra- lines, and the other by the Grocery . company against the Southern Pa- cific lines and the Santa Maria Val- Jey Railroad company of California. Both involve rates on sugar shipped from San Francisco, Crockett and Sprekels, California, to Arizona ponits.| Be in Mandan, Jan. 13} The grocery company seeks to force payment by the carriers of repara- tions for alleged “unreasonable rates.” A refund, amounting to approximate- ly $6,000 ordered by the interstate commerce commission in March, 1929, as reparation from July, 1922, to March, 1928, when rates had been ordered reduced, has not been paid, the carriers contending the commis- sion had no power to grant repar- ations a year after the rate reduction ‘was made. A Gecision will be announced later. Counsel for both sides have an- the event the decision goes against them. Two Candidates for Representative Seat Called Before Board] zertna r. raimer, Bismarck, state Washington, Jan. 9.—(AP)—Rep- | Was. jan oie spon at ee ree j other foreign visitors. Fesentative Ruth Bryan Owen, Dem- erat, Florida, and C. Law- son, Republican, who is contesting her seat for the fourth Florida dis- trict, were summoned today to ap- pear before a house elections com- fay bt Saturday when hearings are Lawson charges that Mrs. Owen, m widow of Reginald Alltray Owen, a British army officer, failed to come within the ititutional re- high school athletic director, and Al- training ‘school five. The Trainers at 7:30 o'clock tomor- row night will oppose the Knight of Columbus aggregation from James- town on the state training school floor while the high school Braves will run up against Valley City’s state championship club at 8:30 o'clock Saturday night at the high school gymnasium. The Jamestown club boasts one of the strongest independent teams in the state, according to Letich, who expects a close contest. Making up the starting Trainer lineup will be Karl Thornberg and Letich, forwards, Mike Geston, center, and Larry Kinn and George Heidt, guards. McMahan is facing a tough task in his getting his green youngsters in the best frame of mind for their clash with Claude Miller's veteran five Sat- urday. Sheriff Handtmann Leaves to Get Man At Alma, Nebraska Henry R. Handtmann. Morton county sheriff, has left for Alma, Neb., where he will take into his cus- today Charles C. Coates, jr., who is wanted at Mandan to face a charge of grand larceny. This was announced today by Louis attorney. automobile in Mandan on or about sen, 404 Fourth avenue. He was ar- rested recently by Nebraska authori- dition proceedings. Boy Scout Council’s Annual Meeting Will Plans were made for the annual meeting of the Missouri Valley coun- cil, Boy Scouts of America, at a meet- ing of the area executive board held at Mandan. The members of the ex- ecutive board are Judge Nuessle, H. | K. Jensen, Father John A. H. Slag, eorge Bird, Al Weinhandl and Dr. "ercy. The date for the ann 1 meeting has been set for Monda: night, Jai at 7:30. At this meeting the officers for the year 1930 will be elected and re- ports from the various committees will be received. Bertha Palmer Gives Talk Before Rotary superintendent of public instruction, Mandan Rotary club at the Lewis and Clark hotel this noon. She discussed various phases of educational work which comes’ her supervision. How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat ford Letich, manager of the state) ,; H. Connolly, Morton county state's | 138, se Mandan Commercial club! under | alds, much the’same as they would | uled by a call issued recently, were| Although Davis-Elkins university of held in Mandan or vicinity, to league leaders. John C. Baron Will Open Plumbing Firm Mandan’s -city commissioners held another one of those “very short” meetings, occasioned by winter dull- ness, at the Mandan city hall last night, according to W. H. Seitz, auditor. The usual grist of bills was passed ; and F. C. Davis was awarded $10 for ; temporary relief. A _licensg, to institute a plumbing establishment was granted John C. Baron, who announced he expects to }open a shop at 207 Fourth avenue | school. northeast or some other suitable loca-| ‘There was no contract between the tion. Mr. Baron has been employed | two schools. The understanding. was {by a Mandan plumbing concern. His|that a home and home arrangement license was granted only to June 1,/was to be closed, calling for the the end of the city’s fiscal year. according | i will play the North Dakota Aggies at Fargo Sept. 27 and the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks Oct. 3, Coach C. A. West of the university states that the Davis-Elkins team is off of his 1930 football schedule. The Flickertail director the game with the southerners more than two weeks ago, following the announcement that the Elkins team would play the Bison at Fargo the week preceding their appearance here in what was to be the out- standing home tilt of the season. would take too much interest from the one arranged here, lessening the chances of taking in the big guaran- tee he had made with the southern Flickertails to play in the “south in 1931. Farming Activity in Middlewest Will Be Normal,. Board Says Chicago, Jan. 9.—(#)—The midwest shippers’ advisory board today re- ported that agricultural and indus- trial activity in the middle west will undergo little change from the same period Jast year. The territory in which shipping forecasts have been made covers Illi- nois, Iowa, Wisconsin, western Indi- ana and northern Michigan. With few exceptions, increases and decreases were shown to vary little. Among the exceptions, potatoes rank- ed highest with a predicted shipping increase in 1930 of 33 per cent. Ship- ment of fresh fruits will be 15 per cent under the same period for last year, according to the forecast. In the first querter of 1929, there ‘were 1,220,164 freight cars loaded with principal commodities in the midwest territory; the estimate for the first three months of this year is 1,213,043 cars. CLOSE MINNESOTA BANK St. Paul, Jan. 9—()—The Farmers State bank of Big Bend City, Minn, ‘was closed by order of its board of directors on account of poor paper and depleted reserve. it was an- nounced today by A. J. Veigel, state commissioner of banks. The bank has deposits of $36,000. The Food That Fights Fat It’s a gland food, now used to correct the known cause of so much excess Doctors now employ it the world over. And now, without multitudes f Personal and Social News of \ Mandan Vicinity j Mrs. John Anderson, Rock Haven, who has been visiting her daughter in Arle Nebr., has returned to her me. J. A. Timmerman, cashier of the ! | Farmer's State Bank, Mandan and Ed Temple, cashier of the First State Bank, New Salem, have returned from @ business trip to St. Paul. Mrs. E. P. Quain will display her pictures of the Holy Land and Egypt, and will speak on her travels there, at the Sunday evening service at the Mandan Presbyterian church. John Kennelly, former commander the North Dakota department, American Legion, and Henry Handt- mann, deputy for the sixth district, left last evening for Fargo where they will attend the officers conference to- Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Peterson, who have been spending the holidays at the home of Mrs. Peterson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Fristad, left yesterday for Fargo, where Mr. Peter- son will continue his studies at the | North Dakota Agricultural college. To celebrate their fifteenth wedding |anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Hynek Ryb- | {nicek entertained a large company of ; friends at a bridge party at their home Tuesday evening. Five tables were in play and honors went to Mrs. Miska, Mrs. C. Papacek, J. Baron and John Mushik. Mr. and Mrs. Rybnicek were presented with a | gift of crystal. | Disposition in Artie » vim Shires ‘Fixing’ Case | 2% stining nem south and Pe Deferred After Probe | ¥°u,!00k. Fat is the exception now. Marmola prescription tablets embody this modern method. People have used them for 22 years—millions of boxes of them. Some of your own friends, doubt- Lansing, Mich. Jan. 9.—(?)—Dis- | position of the case of Arthur “The ; Great” Shires was deferred by: the Michigan boxing commission when the taking of testimony was com- pleted today. A decision was expect- ed before night. A motion that Shires be exonerated of all implication in an alleged at- tempt to “fix” a fight in Detroit with Battling Criss was offered by Com- missioner Henry Komrofsky, Detroit. | In compliance with a request by com- . missioner David Gudelsky, Muske> In What Month e gon, for time to study the testimony, 7 @ vote on the motion was. postponed. Is Your Birthday? It was agreed by the commission |that testimony involving Nessie Blumenthal, Shires’ manager, Benny | Ray, Detroit promoter, and Scotty | Strachen, Detroit tight manager, will } be considered further. Gudelsky said he is not satisfied there was not some connection between the Shires camp and the charges that Criss was asked | to “take a dive.” Ray denied any connection with the alleged “fixing” plan. On your Birthday send your Mother Flowers Hoskins-Meyer Home of EFYR TO | Crown Jewels Put | | In State Bank Cage ° | Moscow, Jan. 9.—()—For better i safekeeping Russia's $264,000,000 col- {lection of crown jewels, probably the | finest array of gems ever assembled, have been placed in a huge steel cage jin the state bank, in a great coffer resembling a steel-barred cell in an American prison. The dazzling gems, which date from , the time of the extravagant Catherine | the Great to the last czar, are placed in plushlined leather cases on long tables within the “cage,” where they may be viewed by Americans and Upon presentation of proper | dentials visitors are admitted to the | cage to see this extraordinary display | of diamonds, rubies, pearls and emer- be allowed to see = prisoner in a cell. Elkins, West Virginia, has announced | tem id that thi t Fargo |be located. New ‘West sai it at eh tribe Memphis have: made headquarters. 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