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- WAGE LEVELS HOLD LEADERS' INTEREST Views on Whether to Reduce Made Contingent Upon Business Revival. BY MARK SULLIVAN. Policy sbout wage levels is the one matter that has most engaged the at- uumolunmuuotmeumud States Chamber of Commerce. The dis- cussion will be intensified at the meet- ing of the Iternational Chamber in Weshington this week. The public ad- dresses necessarily are not always as as the earnest private Dol The question seethes -wherever leaders meet. The writer has listened to many such discussions be- tween leaders of business and of thought. do not always con- . Practically all agree that on & long-time basls, as distin- guished from present emergency, the share of labor in the fruits of business is certain to trend upward. In all cases, views on whether to reduce or not are made contingent upon how soon business will revive. All admit that as a practical prob- lem the conditions differ. Some in Gustries, such as most public utilities, have not suffered to such a degree as to make wage reduction an immediate problem. Many other businesses, espe- small ones, are hard up against the necessity of deciding whether to bring about lowered wages at once as s means of avolding destruction, or to hang on in th> hope that greater volume of business may save them without the necessity of wage reduc- tions. Problem Practical One. problem is partly a practical one for each business and partly a national policy. As the question. is will be most has- tened by keeping up wage levels every- where or by reducing wages so as to adjust costs of production to the level to which practically everything except labor has already gone. ‘The outstanding exponent of the for- mer theory is Henry Ford. He has an- nounced that not only will he keep ‘wages up, but that the many concerns from which he buys materials must do the same or he will cease to patronize them. Incidentally, critics of Ford say this compulsion put by him on other firms is dictatorial and in the case of sor1~ small firms cruel. Cpponents of Ford's policy say he is in a special situation. Most of those P se his cars are workers and to his interest to maintain their ‘The <t : 1022 and again to $7 in 1923. He <7 having a study made to deter- T just what in various cities Ee&nmu }'ihe equi en:;of lt'l:hfldly in o S ol wage thus ascertained in effect in each of the 14 countries in which recently begun to manufacture in a large way. Business Men Oppose. Omuud to Mr. Ford is a school Tealistic busin:ss men and of equa’ ‘hard-thinking economists. They say with as much certainty as they talk about the calendar, that wage levels must go down in proportion as every- else has, that this reduction is absolutely irdispensable to re- the the read- that 4| THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 3, 1931—PART ONE. Red Cross to Eulogize Clara Barton ©Old home of Clara Barton at Glen founder of UBLIC interest in the old house at Glen Echo which was the lest home of Clara Barton will be revived this month in con- | nection with the golden jubilee May 21 of the American Red Crcss. It was in the quaint old frame struc- ture beyond the District line that Miss Barton, founder and first president of the Red Cross, spent her last days at work on her memoirs. For use during the celebration Chair- man Jchn Barton Payne has compiled a history of the events leading to the founding of the Red Cross in 1881 at a dinner at Miss Barton’s home in this city. Miss Barton's long struggle to gain governmental sancticn for an American branch of the Geneva Red Cross ended triumphantly at that time., when there tion of the Red Cross, organized under the treaty of Geneva for relief of suf- ferings of war, pestilence, famine, fire, floods and other great national calam- ities.” Johnstown Relief Work. One of Miss Barton’s first relief ven- tures after organization of the assc- ciation was at Johnstown, Pa., during the memorable flood there. After the flood a large quantity of lumber which had been sent to Johnstown for relief purposes was forwarded to Washington for construction of a Red Cross build- ing in the Kalorama section. The building project was drcpped when Miss lgartgn’wu presented with the was organized “The American Associa- | Eche, Md. Red Cross. | Glen Echo house as an office and home |by the Chatauqua Association. i, We are happy in knowing that in | this year of 1931, a brief half century |after Clara Barton felt hor first great thrill of pride in bringing the Red Cross to our shores as an actuality, | there is not one person in our 120,- 000,000 population to whom the Red Cross insignia and its merciful mean- ing is not known,” sald Judge Payne. Surviving Signers Sought. Discovery of the list of 51 signers of the original Red Cross constitution | started a search for survivors. | _Present workers in the Red Cross| | Building saw few familiar names on the | |list, and an appeal was made for aid |in 'locating &ny of the number who | may be living to participate in the an- | niversary dinner May 21 | The list of original signers follows: | Clara Barton, Willlam Lawrence, Mrs. Charles H. Upton, Edward W. Whitaker, | |L. A Martha Canfield, Joseph E Holmes, Mrs. M. F. Walling, Walter P. Phillips, Mrs. Fidelia H. Taylor, William |F. Sliney, Emily Thornton Charles, William M. Ferguson, R. E. Throck- morton. Alexander Y. P. Garnett, Rus1 |R. Shippen, Sarah H. Hatch, R. D Mussey, Mary Willard, Delphine P. Baker, Mrs. Willlam W. Hibbard George B. Loring, Emilene R. W. Ken- nan, Q. A. Bland, {4. Cora Bland, F. Prescott, Mary S@cy Withingto: ard J. Hinton, A. M. Smith, Lizzie B. Walling, Judgson S. Brown, John Hitz, J. E. F. Gould, S. W. Bogan, C. H. H. Cotrell, Willlam W. Hibbard, A. J. At right: Miss Barton, FOUNDER TO BE HONORED IN GOLDEN JUBILEE. Solomons, George Kennan, R. N. ton, Imogene Robinson Morr ‘Throckmorton, Mrs. Lilllam S. E. Barton, F. C. Phillips, tis, P. V. McGraw, E. L. McGraw, Olive Risley Seward, F. H. Trusd Albe: C. Phillips, F. B. Taylor and Helen M. Boynton. L Tl E. N. ‘alker, Broke Deadlock by BY WILL P. KENNEDY The contest for the speakership in the next Congress, wkich is now vexing ted | Republican party leaders, coming un 4 5 | majority of one if they are able T s e e % pre ity. It will g observed he refrained !romyuy- ing they bave been a ‘“cause” of pros- perity. ” Whether high wages are the cause” or the “consequence” of pros- perity is precisely the question about which much of the wrangling is. Ford holds the ‘‘cause” theory. One handi- cap of that theory is that it has been a few years in bad company. It was a feature 1928 and 1929 of the gm “‘new .mm omi‘cs" which main- m‘ ler things, that would never another great dzu.l::S slon and that common stocks of in- dustry would never range downward. As the net of many discussions, a few Muctm&lhnd out. One is that may be able to ?lc-dzy of l::h as g\iz'_l;:xc utdlities, on out fac! reductions. Some mnx‘;‘as-’ lacturing industries like Ford's may at- tempt for a long time to keep the rate of wages up even though the quantity 1s greatl, ed by part time. e mass Ford's own workers are on part time. Even though they get fil‘seu:eu::ud:?y‘hm. the sum they get e Wi o] eek is smaller than Another deduction is that there are many businesses which have ceueé their dividends, which have practiced every possible economy, which are now do business a loss, and which musy either reduce the wage rate or giveup. As to each business, the mat- ter is, as it was put by Myron C. Tay- Jor of the United States Steel Corpo- ;:‘lgn, “in the lap of the gods” de- % | the speakership are disclosed y at a time when the Re- expected]: publicans may or may not have ;’ voter, close and long-drawn-out though it may be, will have to go some to break historic records. Four bitterly contested flxhubovcr y 2 search of the old records, ching back for a century. In 1839 the Democrats really had a small majority in the House over the ‘Whigs, but they were cut up by dissen- tions, as are the Republicans today. In five hotly-conteste” cases from New Jersey, the Democratic candidates claimed the seats for which certificates had been issued to ‘The clerk of the House was a Democrat. ing the roll of the States in swearing in the members, when he reached New | Jersey he announced that there were | contests which he did not feel com- pelled to decide and so would not call the names cf any members from that State. This promptly resulted in an ch continued for five days, the clerk refusing to recede or to put any motion requiring him to proceed with the roll call The venerable John Quincy .,Adams came to rescue. On the fifth day when the clerk was again calling the roll, just as he reached New Jersey, Adams sprang to his feet, exclaiming: “I rise to interrupt the clerk.” There were cries ¢f “Hear him,” “Let's hear what John Quincy Adams has to say.” Challenge Is Interrupted. A hush fell upon the assemblage and all eyes were turned on the venerable statesman. Casting a withering look at the clerk, Adams turned his back upon him and delivered 2n impassioned ad- dress to his colleagues—picturing the humiliation and degradation into real 1 | | | In call- | g SPEAKERSHIP FIGHT IS FIFTH IN BITTER CONGRESS SERIES | | .|Republican Dissentions Today Like Those of Whigs, When John Quincy Adams Impassxoned SPCCC]’I. | | | | Whig vote supplemented by that of | John C. Calhoun and some of his fol- lowers i | Ten years later there was another irited contest which lasted nearly ee weeks. The House was made up of Democrats, Whigs and Free Soilers, with the latter holding the balance of power, and the Democrats not unani-| mous in their suport of Representative | Howell Cobb of Georgis. Representa- | tive Winthrop of Massachusetts was the | candidate of the Whigs. On the fist | ballot Cobb received 102 and Wmthrep; 96 votes, the others being scattered be- | tween a dozen or more candidates. On| | the eighth day Mr. Winthrop's vote had | | climbed to 102 and Cobb's had fallen| to 63. The next day Representative |William J. Brown of Indiana was| | brought forward as the Democratic| | candidate and Cobb’s name withdrawn. | |On December 11 Brown received 109 | votes and Mr. Winthrop graciously | asked tbat his name be no longer con- | sidered 1f it stood in the way of a speedy | nization of the House. The first ballot the next day gave Mr. Brown 112 votes, within two of an election—then came the great sensation. | At the conclusion of the ballot, one of the Whigs charged that Mr. Brown | had given a written pledge to the Free | | Soilers that if elected Speaker he would construct the Committee on Judiclary and on the territories in a manner | satisfactory to them in return for their |votes. Mr. Brown denied thé charge, but the letters were produced, one cf them being addressed to David Mil- mot by Mr. Brown, in which he| pledged himself not only to name satis- factory committees, but stated that he |favored the abolition of slavery wherever Gongress had the power to | do so. | Lie Passed in Clash. | A series of angry speeches followed. In one of these Mr. Duer charged Mr. Meade of Virginia with being a dis- |untonist and the lte was passed be- tween them. Brown was at once dropped by the Democrats. The strug- i vote for a Republican. | were frequently made which the Houss was allowing lml!“gle continued until late on Saturday upon future volume of business | to be dragged because the clerk, a| mere creature of the House, its servant, | chose to set the authority of the House | at defiance. He declared it within the | power of the House to compel him 1o | read the roll if he would not do 60| vcluntarily. Another member then | interrupted to say he was authorized o | tell the House that the clerk could not | be comprlied 2nd was ready to resign | cel night, when Mr. Stanton presented a resolution providing that the House | should cast three more ballots for Speaker and if at that time no one had received a majority, the clerk should again call the roll and the mem- ber having the highest number of votes should be the Speaker. On the fourth call of the roll Mr. Cobb re- ived 102 and Mr. Winthrop 100, with | generally. before he d read the roll for New One wise person of the writer' - quaintance says the final answer usmlxc» the g scale, ning & weage scale that rises and falls along with the price at which the product can be sold and ;le(:':, with the general state of pros- COL. FRANCIS WHEATON RITES SET TOMORROW Officer of Quartermaster Corps Who Died at San Francisco t5 Get Military Honors. The wf:neul of Lieut. Col. Francis B )y aster Corps, U. 8. A, '}m died at Letterman General Hos- 0y tom terment will honors. orrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. In- be with full military 5 of San Francisco, March | will Bo heid in Arlington Gemetery | i Jersey. To this Mr. Adams replied: | “Then let him resign, and we may | possibly find some way by which we can get along without the aid of his all- powerful talents, learning and genius. If we cannot organize in any other way | —if this clerk of yours will not consent |t~ our discharging the trusts confided in by our contsituents, then let us imi- | tate tne example of the Virginia House cf Burgesses, which, when the colonial Gov. Dinwiddie ordered it to disperse, | | refused to obey the imperious and in- | sulting mandate, and like men—" | Here the voice of the indignant old| man wes lost in a thout of approval from all parts of the chamber. The| hour and the man had come to pave | the way for the House to proceed with | its legislative duties. Having awakened the House to a sense of the shame attached to the wrangling, he| resented a moticn requiring the clerk | | to call New Jersey. He was immediately | jassailed by many voices, asking how | | the question should be put. The voice | lof Mr. Adems was heard high above | | | thus | in 120 votes scattering—thus ended the his- toric struggle. In the longest struggle on record for, the Speakership, Nathaniel P. Banks of Massachusetts was elected after two months of wrangling. This contest be- gan December 3, 1855, and ended on February 2. Mr. Banks received 103 votes to 100 cast for Representative Aiken cf South Carolina, only one vote different from the decision in the Cobb- Winthrop case This was a great surprise to the Democrats, who had supported the | plurality rule. When that Congress assmbled it was just at the breaking up of old parties and the forming of new. Attempts to introduce slavery into Kansas and Ne- braska had caused political revolution the North and members had been elected to Congress as opponents of that question without regard to politi- cal party affillations. Among those &0 | elected vas Banks of Massachusetts, who had formerly been a Democrat. | In the political parlance of the day they vere “Anti-Nebraska Men.” The regular or adminstration Demo- of the deadlock, but none was approved by the House. After the 122d ballot, on January 23, the name of Mr. Richardson was with- drawn and the regular Democrats united on Col. James L. Orr of South Carolina. On February 1, Mr. Cobb offered what he termed “an olive branch | of peace,” in the form of a resolution declaring Representative Willlam Alken of South Carolina elected BSpeaker. Representative ~Washburn promptly moved to “lay the olive branch on the table,” and it received 103 votes with 110 cast in opposition. This gave con- siderable heart to the Democrats and moct of the Know Nothings voted for it. They thought they were enjoying a fore-taste of victory. When the House assembled next day Representative Smith, Democrat, of Tennessee, offered the resolution that the House proceed at once to take three ballots for Speaker and if no one was elected, then a roll call should be taken the person receiving the largest vote should be declared elected. The 130th ballot gave Banks 102 votes, Aiken 83, Fuller 14 and 6 scattered. The two succeeding ballots held the same, and then the plurality rule went into operation—and Banks won. Rep- resentative Spinner, who was later treasurer of the United States, had been elected as an administration Democrat, but voted for Banks. William A. Wheeler, afterward Vice President under Hayes, voted for Alken. John Scott Harrison, father of the ex- President, voted for Lewis D. Campbell, while Mr. Campbell himself voted for ‘Banks. Struggle of 1852-60. Still another memorable struggle for the Speakership was waged in the Winter of 1859-60, when the Know Nothings combined with a few Free Soil Democrats who were reluctant to John Sherman was the Republican candidate, and sev- eral times came within three votes of being elected, but couldn’t make the grade. The contest milled along until Feb- ruary 3, 1860, with turbulent sessions daily which increased in vituperation and violent utterances, until bloodshed was_threatened and seemed inevitable. Each side was obdurate and up to the last moment a peaceful settlement seemed impossible. While the Republicans stuck steadily |to Sherman, the opposition tried out ‘Threats of disunion Motion after motion was made to adjourn and go home. The balloting went on and on with little change until the name of several candidates. | William Pennington of New Jersey was brought forward. He was a conserva- tive, serving his first term in Congress, a Republican who had never been iden- tified with the radical or stalwart, branch of the party. When it seemed likely that the Republicans could be rallied to_his support, Representative Briggs of New York announced that whenever his vote would elect a conservative Speaker he was ready to cast it The roll was called for the last time on February 3. When the name of Mr. Briggs was reached, with a few words of explanation he voted for Pennington, but there was still one vote needed Henry Winter Davis of Maryland could end the struggle and all eyes turned upon him. He was slowly pacing back and forth in t) ply when his name was called. Again| the clerk called his name, but he re- mained silent until the last name on the roll had been called. Then, before the clerk could _ennounce the result of the ballot, Mr. Davis said: “Mr. Clerk, call my name’ and when the clerk complied, in a loud, clear voice Mr. Davis voted for Pennington. The present outlook is that the House is facing such another historic contest for the speakership next December. SAVINGS SUPERVISOR OF STATE IS INDICTED By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., May 2.—N. L. Nicely, former State supervisor of sav- rt (and in emergencies, e lobby and did not re-| IAIR MANEUVERS + TO TEST GUARDS Diviston of 670 Planes Will +~ Hop Ofi as Unit for. %% First Time. The Nation's “second-string” combat pllots, composing the personnel of Na- tional Guard air squadrons from 19 States, will participate for the first time in history in peace-time military ma- neuvers with the Regular Army the last half of this month. $ National Guard squadrons from 19 States will contribute & total of 95 planes, with pilots and observers, and will be organized into an observation wing under command of Maj. Ralph Royce, Army Air Corps, former com- mander of the famous lst Pursult Group. The maneuvers will be a severe test of the efficiency of the militia squad- rons and will mark a big step forward in military aviation in the United States, in the opinion of officials of the Air Corps. Entirely New Experience. “This is the first time in the history of the flying Army,” sald F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for ‘Aeronautics, “that National Guard units have been called upon to p.n;gp-; u‘1 Corps fleld exercises. Flying fix{hlon of 670 planes will be a new experience to the Militia pilots and, for that matter, also to Regular Army pllots, as up to this point they have not been members of anything larger than an air brigade.” “The National Guard personnel par: ticipating in the air division exercises, Mr. Davidson sald, “will be operating on schedule where split seconds count. Many of them will meet new problems in administration and maintenance and the experience gained on these exercises will be something to impress them for the rest of their lives and increase their value as flying officers.” Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, command- ing the local National Guard, a part of the 29th Division, last night praised the efficiency of the 20th Division Aviation, located in Baltimore, which will send five planes to participate in the maneu- vers as a unit in the 22nd Observation Wing. There is no air unit in the Dis- trict of Columbia National Guard. Valuable in Peace Time. Each year during the fleld training period of units of the 29th Division, Gen. Stephan has been furnishing air transportation by the 29th Division Squadron to enable him to visit camps of units of the Division. Many National Guard air squadrons have had notable peace-time careers in flood relief work. as forest patrols carrying mail, ferrying the sick d assisting in quelling prison breal Since 1922 the National Guard air units have grown from seven squad- rons, 136 officers and 643 enlisted men to 19 squadrons, 361 officers and 1,572 enlisted men. In 1929-30 the Guard flew 3,000,000 miles without a single fatal accident. States to be represented in the Na- tional Guard wing of the Air Division are New York, assachusetts, Penn- sylvania, Maryland, Tennessee, Ala- bama, Michigan, Illincis, Minnesota, Missouri. Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Cali- fornia, Washington, Connecticut, New Jersey, Colorado and Arkansas. |SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES AT DUKE ANNOUNCED | Highest Fellowship Award Is Won by Graduate—Virginians Are Among Winners. By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C., May 2.—Award of fellowships and scholarships, ranging in value from $350 to $1,000 each, was announced today by Dean William H. Glasson of the Duke University Grad- uate School cf Arts and Sciences. Ap- plications considered numbered 600 and represented 12 countries, besides the United States. Hampton M. Jarrell, a graduate of the University of Georgia and of Har- vard, won the $1,000 Angier Duke memorial fellowship. Jarrell has been a fellow in English at Duke the past several months. Other awards announced included: Valued frcm $700 to $800, B. P. Flickinger, Willlamsburg, Va, and A. G. Gillaspie, Big Island, Va.. Valued at 8650, Charles L. Riley, Bluefleld, W. Va, and W. A. Cutter, Baltimore. Valued at Danville, Va.; Ar Va.; J. G. McAllister, jr., Va.; F. P. Summers, Barboursville, W. Mary A. Gorman, Lynchburg, Va.,, and P'rubces P. Delaney, Morgantown, w. Va. CITY’S KEY GIVEN SIAMESE ROYALTY King and Queen at White Plains Welcomed in Short Ceremony Despite Rain. By the Assoctated Press. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, May 2—The King and Queen of Siam motored to- day into White Plains from their tem- porary residence, Ophir Hall, country home of the late Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, and received from Mayor Frederick C. McLaughlin a goiden key, symbolic of the freedom of the city. The ceremony, because of the rain, |took place in the high school audi- | torium in the presence of 1,800 persons. It lasted less than half an hour. {arms and with the seal of White Plains, { was handed to the mayor by 12-year- {old Philip Singer, an Eagle Scout, and | the mayor presented it to the King in token of “a simple, sincere wi from your new-found neighbors. King Projadhipok replied: elcome “Your of our people.” Margaret Barbian, a Girl Scout, pre- sented & bouquet of orchids to the Queen. Apparently in mourning for the King's half-brother, who died in Paris a few days ago, the Queen was dressed in_black. Later in_the afternoon a delegation from the Presbyterian Board of For- eign Missions was received by the King at Ophir Hall. $350, Kate A. Forester, | le Glenn, Richmond, | Richmond, | Va.; Laura M. Jarman, Staunton, Va.;: courtesy has deeply touched the hearts | {Gypsy Tribal Rites Betroth Princess To Boy Aristocrat Chieftain in Washington Sends Gift to Couple to Wed in Six Years, By the Associated Press. OCLEVELAND, May 2.—Nearly 260 gypsies from all parts of the country feasted and danced at an encampment near here today to close the picturesque betrothal ceremonies of Anna Demitro, 13, s Romany princess, and Steve Millin, 12, who also is of gypsy aris- tocracy. It will be six years before Anna and ised to wait, faithful to each other. ‘The betrothal is a great event in the tribe. Anna is the nilece of the tribal chieftain, Zlatko Demotros, and Steve is the son of the chieftain’s brother- in-law. The music, dancing and feasting began three days ago. Today the girl and boy received their marriage por- tions from the tribal chief, who goes also by the name of Frank Mitchell and who lives in Was| 0 More than $9,000 in cash was given the couple. The boy's father gave $5,000, the father of the girl gave $3,000, the chief gave $500 and mem- bers of the tribe contributed nearly $1,000 more. Brighton's lifeboat station, established in 1825, and one of the oldest on the English coast, is to be abandoned and a powerful motor lifeboat established at Shoreham, a few miles away. Steve are married, but they have prom- | |MISFORTUNES FOIL COURTAULD RESCUE | Capt. Ahrenberg Forced Back by Weather and Plane’s Need of Repair. | | | | By the Assoctated Press. REYKJAVIK, Iceland, May 2.—Mis- fortune dogged today in the wake of the expeditions which are endeavoring to reach Augustine Courtauld, British scientist, who is marooned on the in- terior of the Greenland ice-caj Capt. Albin Ahrenberg took off in a plane early this afternoon, hoping to reach his base at Lemon Camp by dark, but he was forced to return less than | two hours later because of unfavorable | flying copditions and the need for re- | adjustments on his motor. | Ahrenberg's failure to reach Green- land followed another serious slip in the rescue plan. when pilot Siguard Johnssen, Swi h aviator, was forced to return to the Iceland steamer Odinn, from which hs flew this morning. Johnssen's return was caused by dam. ages to the plane which, it was believed, could not be re| ‘without bringing it back here for replacement. ‘There was no news from the dog sledge parties which are also out in search of Courtauld. In view of the misfortunes to these expeditions, the officials of the British for whom Courtauld was inves- m-:fiu the possibilities of an Arctic air route, obtained a steamer tonight in which it is planned to take additional aircraft to Greenland to pursue search Courtauld has been in Greenland since last November mapping the pro- posed air route from London to Canada. T Monte Carlo has a campaign against pigeon shooting. | | Our Buyer, in preparing for this sensational sale, has gone over his entire stock—assembling all his odd suites, one or two of a kind occasional pieces—and marked them all at ONE.HALF PRICE. All new and from lines that are no I you will be sure to find it’s very convenient! Room Suites . $150 3-Piece Living Room Suites . . $185 3.Piece Living Room Suites ... $199 3-Piece Living Room Suites . $250 2-Piece Living Room Suites ..... 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Dak., Blames Minneapolis Chamber. 3 the Assoctated Press BISMARCK, N. Dak., May 2—Ths | Wheat Growers' Warehouse Co., & sub= sidiary of the North Dakota-Montana Wheat Growers' Association, which re- cently denounced the Farm Board, was placed in receivership today on an or- der issued by District Judge Fred Jansonius. | " The association recentlv seversd con- nections with the Government-sponsor= |ed Farm Board, and a few days later |in_Minneapolis ‘the Chamber of Ccm- | merce canceled the organization's mem- {bership in that body. No reason for that acton was given. but grain men attributed the cancellation to what they termed a weak financial position R. L. Taft. Grand Forks. N secretary, attributed the receiver the chamber’s action in refusing ing privileges to the Wheat Gro | Assoziation. Dak., to Best Lighted Airway. The Fort Worth and San Diego Alr- way will be one of the best lighted in the world. A beacon light which can | throw a beam 75 miles has been con=- structed and 120 of these will be placed on this route. | List Your Vacant House i with J. LEo KOLB Y. Ave. 1237 Wisc. Ave. ist. 5027 West 0002 For the Second Day of Our Dept. Managers’ Sale of FURNITURE $85 $99 $139 $179 $199 Dressers—1/, 52495 $29.9 $50 Large Dresser ....... $60 Large Dresser ........ $70 Large Dresser $40 Vanity Dresser . $45 Vanity $20.00 $2250 $30.00 Chest $15 in SLUMBERLAND $10 Mattresses Boft, resiient layer felt s mattresses, extra ered with a good grade tick- ing that will give long service. priced at half regular $6 $19 Poster BEDS will be as follows: the tumult—"T intend to put the ques- | $8- 85 Col. A. Owen Seaman, Lieut. Col.|tion myself.” crats numbered 75, the “Anti-Nebraska ings and Joan associations, and four $14 Layer-felt Mattress— RENT A NEW CAR Charles G. Mortimer, Maj. L. M. Leisen- | fln& Maj. C. R. Alderman, Capt. L. 8. Doten and Capt. F. V. PFitzgerald. Col. Wheaton, who resided here for a | number of years, was born in Rhode | Island, December 31, 1867. During his ZTesidence in this city he was an officer of the National Guard. He served in the District of Columbia Volunteer In- | fantry during the Spanish-American ‘War and as a lleutenant colonel in the Nationa] Army during the World War. | He was a major, Quar-| Voted Right to Preside. At that, Representative Rhett of South Carolina jumped upon one of the desks, waved his hands and shouted: “I move that the Hon. John Quincy Adams take the chair of the Speaker of | the House and officiate as presiding offi- cer till the House be organized by the | election of its constitutional officers. As Imany as are agreed to this will say ‘aye’—" He never completed the sen- tence, for one tremendous shout of “aye” went up and Mr. Adams was conducted Corps, Regular Army, July 1, 1920, and was promoted to lieutenant| colonel 24, Al of his August 22, 1924, t the time death he was in chargs of the th Corps Arsa conmstruction and "= 3¢ P tha coiPs anea quariermaster. to the chair in one of the most spirited elections ever held in any legislative body in all the world’s history. He pre- ded until ntative Hunter of i*gin'a was elected Sp2aker by the Me 108; the Know-Nothings, 40, and | there were some 8 or 10 Whigs, who | were all from the South. Candidate of Democrats. Wwilllam A. Richardson of Illinois was the candidate of the regular Democrats | The vote of the Anti-Nebraska Men was divided between several candidates. | After the twenty-third ballot the Anti- | Nebraska Men concentrated in support |of Mr. Banks. The struggle continued | for many days, with the debate at times growing exceedingly violent, ané result- ing in exciting incidents and scenes. On the thirty-seventh ballot the vote for Mr. Banks jumped up to 107, with {113 necessary . for elestion! Many zchemes were pics men’t others were Indicted by the county grand jury today in connection with the fallure last February of the Puget Sound Savings and Loan Association. ‘The grand jury found the failure was due to the abstraction of upward of $1,000,000 from association funds since 1924. Lack of supervision by State au- thorities 2nd gross mismanagement were charged Nicely was charged with grand lar- ceny in two counts. Adolph Linden and E. W. Campbell, former presidents of the association, and C. G. Nelson, former secretary, were indicted for grand larceny. W. D. Comer, who was resident when the institution closed, cherged with making s false state- DRIVE IT YOURSELF NEW CARS—LOW RATES 1320N.Y. Ave. N.W. Famous Simmons make. 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