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AT MEETING HIE
ENDING WEDNESDAY
Reject Governor’s Proposal to
Join With Survey Body in
State Meeting
POLITICAL SCHEME SCENTED
Consider Suggestion to Bar
State From Levying on Real,
Personal Property
Having accumulated a mass of data
regarding the expenditures of vari
ous state departments, members of
the executive committee *of the North
Dakota Taxpayers* association left
for their homes Wednesday to study
It at their leisure.
They were not sure where they
would begin to suggest state tax cuts
or where they would end, but their
i professed intention was to formulate
la program which would markedly cur
tail the state’s tax budget.
Citing accomplishments of taxpay
ers groups in various counties in the
eastern part of the state as indicative
of what may be done to curtail state
taxes, members of the committee pro
posed to apply the same methods to
state problems.
Their program will be formulated
and presented to a state meeting of
the organization to be held early in
June. The exact date and place will
be designated later.
Although all of the members of the
executive committee are or have been
members of the I. V. A. faction in
politics, they flatly rejected an invi
tation by Governor George P. Shafer
to join with him in calling a state
meeting at which the association
would join hands with his govern
mental survey commission. Among
* several reasons given the governor was
one that it would be impossible to
obtain a really representative turnout
lor such a gathering because of the
cost.
Politics Barred
It was said privately, however, that
the most compelling reason was fear
that such an alliance would dimin
ish the effectiveness of the associa
tion’s movement by entangling it in
state factional politics.
Members of the committee were
frank to say that numerous attempts
have been made to embroil the tax
reduction movement in politics. They
reaffirmed their intention of keeping
1t free from such considerations.
* Among methods of reducing state
taxes under consideration by the
committee is one to eliminate entirely
the power of the state to levy against
real estate or tangible personal prop
l erty, reserving that right to local
taxing districts. iThe problem here
is to find other sources of revenue
to finance the state government, the
apparent idea being tb adopt excise,
sales and other levies to replace the
funds which the state now gets from
property taxes. Members of the as
sociation were frank to say, however,
that the state will not need as much
in the future as it has in the past if
their plans are accepted.
Other measures considered were
thqse to reinforce the present con
stitutional limitation on the rate of
tax levy by one limiting the assessed
valuation of nropertv. Hie taxpay
ers contend the lew limitation has
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WHITE Will PLEAD
IN IOWA SATURDAY
Suspect Faces Charge of Rob
bing Calumet State Bank/
on June 24, 1930
Primghar, lowa, Jan. 13.—<ff>—
George White, known as “The Turk”,
will plead Saturday to charges of bask
robbery-
He was to be arraigned Tuesday in
O’Brien county district court but late
arrival of the judge and failure of his
counsel to appear caused postpone
ment.
It was understood White received a
message from his attorney instructing
him to plead not guilty. This White
refused to do in absence of counsel.
White, also known as Burke, is
charged with complicity in the robbery
of the Calumet, lowa, State Bank
June 24,1930.
He was returned from Long Beach,
Calif. North Dakota also sought hint
in connection with a Bismarck bank
robbery.
i Negro Convict Kills,
*' Woman He Attacked
Rock view Penitentiary, BeUefonte,
pa., Jan. 13.—CSV- Hiekock, 22,
daughter of the chief of Roekflsw
penitentiary's psychopathic ward,
was stabbed to death Wednesday by
Fred Collins, 37, a negro convict from
Allegheny county.
The negro assaulted liiai Hiekock
in the bathroom of her home.
Leaving the house quietly, Collins
walked a half mile to the prison and
surrendered. HO was a psychopathic
ward inmate.
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JAMES A.~FARRELL
New York, Jan. 13.—(/P) —James A.
Farrell, whose rise in the world of
steel over a period of nearly half a
century has few equals in fact or fic
tion, will retire April 18 as president
of the United States Steel corpora
tion, a post he has held for 21 years.
Announcement of his retirement
was made at his Fifth Avenue home
last night. It came in a simple state
ment in which the 69-year-old man
gave frank cognizance to his ad
vanced age and the ’’advisability of
establishing the management upon a
foundation composed of younger
men.”
REPUBLICAN STATE
CdWHEMENTO
MEET HERE JAN. 20
Convention of 'Real' Committee
Called By Chairman T. H.
Thoresen
.. Grand Fades, -N. D., Jan. 18.—CAP)
—A convention of republican state
committeemen at Bismarck Jan. 20
was called Wednesday by T. H. Thore
sen, Grand Forks.
Two republican state central com
mittees exist in North Dakota, but
the committee of which Thoresen is
chairman asserts it la the “real” com
mittee by virtue of having a majority
of regularly elected members.
“The purpose of this meeting,”
Thoresen announced, “is to discuss the
question of delegates to the republi
can national convention, presidential
electors and such further and other
questions as may properly come be
fore the convention touching the wel
fare of our party.”
At the organization meeting of the
republican state central committee
last year, delegates split, each set
ting up a committee which claimed
to be the “real” oommlttee. Thore
sen said his committee received the
recognition of the national headquar
ters at Washington, and therefore
constitutes the real state organiza
tion.
The meeting date was set by the
executive committee of the state cen
tral committee. Officials of the cen
tral committee are, betides Thoresen,
Representative Minnie D. Craig, vice
chairman; R, R. Smith, Bottineau,
secretary, and F. J. Graham, Ellen
dale, national committeeman.
Members of the executive commit
tee are H. A. Bronson, Grand Forks;
A. T. Lynner, Fargo; E. G. Larson,
Valley City; H. H. Hendrickson. Bim
coe: O. E. Erickson, Tappen; I. San
ford, Watford City, and Elwood Bek,
Bucyrus.
ONCE N, D. WOMAN
IS BRUTALLY SLAIN
Mrs. Spencior llsley and Maid
Found Beaten to Death at
Middieburg, Va.
Mkidleburg, Va., Jan. 13.— (JPh- Mrs.
Spencer llsley, the widow of a weal
thy Milwaukee business man, and her
maid, were found early Wednesday
beaten to death in the manor house
of lier estate near here.
The skulls of the two had been
crushed. A bloody iron bootjack was
found nearby.
Mrs. Haley's room, in which her
body was found, was in wiki disorder,
police said, indicating she had strug
gled desperately.
The boy of the maid. Mm. Anne
Buckner, 65, of Rockville, Md., was
in Mr own room nearby.
Both, were dad in night dress.
They were found by Mrs. Hsley’s
brother, Paul Boeing, when he went,
from the nearby house where he lives
to that of his sister.
Mrs. nsiey was 42. Bhe was a
member of the select Middieburg
Hunt ckab and was prominent in the
social activities of the section.
She had attended a meeting at
UppqrviUe, several miles away, Tues
day night end police Wednesday were
looking for the automobile she Fas
believed to tyure used. It was miss
ta pdice also were seeking a negro she
discharged recently. Neighbors said
Mrs. llsley complained the negro bao
threatened tee. J
Mn. Haley was a native of Minot,
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POULTRY EXHIBITS
FOR SLOPED SHOW
Entrance Total of Any Previous
Exposition Is Expected
to Be Doubled
JUDGING NOW IN PROGRESS
Variety of Fowl on Display Has
Increased 20 Per Cent
Over Last Year
With birds still coming in, the total
number of exhibits at the Missouri
Slope Poultry show, in progress here,
may approach a figure double that
of any previous exhibition, Secretary
P. W. Starkle said Wednesday.
An exhibit from the North Dakota
state penitentiary farms was* to be
sent in Wednesday and this will fill
all the remaining pens available.
O. J. Weisner, South Dakota state
college, began judging the entries
late Tuesday and Wednesday noon
had 'completed work on the turkey
section. He expects to finish his work
late Wednesday or early Thursday.
Starkle said the variety of fowl on
display had increased 20 per cent
over last year.
Attendance at the show Tuesday
was excellent, Starkle said, but in
dications were weather conditions
would reduce the turnout Wednesday.
Exact Number Uncertain
The fact that entries constantly
were being received made it virtually
impossible to determine the exact
number of birds on exhibition.
At noon Wednesday receipts from
entries had aggregated approximately
$lB5, which was more by SBO than
that collected during the entire show
last year.
Starkle estimated there was an in
crease over last year,ln number of
fowl registered which would reach
nearly 75 per cent, ... . ..
Despite disagreeable weather, the
attendance at the show Tuesday eve
ning compared favorably with that
of previous years, with several hun
dred persons in attendance.
Interested spectators followed the
Judge as he moved along the rows of
exhibits examining each bird sepa
rately. Weisner announced the prize
winners in each division as soon as
judging was completed and ribbons
were attached to exhibits Which were
given awards.
A number of wild fowl have been
placed on exhibition and are shown
in a separate section.
Weather Cats Attendance
A number of farmers from the
eastern part of the state, who had
expected to enter poultry, were un
able to do so because of adverse
weather conditions and poor condi
tions of the roads, according to A. L.
Nordquist. superintendent of the
show. Entries were expected from as
far east as Lisbon.
The show is wider in its scope than
in previous years, Nordquist said,
with nearly every section of the state
west’of the Missouri represented.
Particularly gratifying to show of
ficials, he said, was the number of
entries received from farmers living
north of Bismarck. Heretofore only
a few exhibits were received from
fanners further north than Under
wood.
Entries have been labeled only by
number and no complete list of prize
winners can be obtained until a check
of the records is made to determine
owners of exhibits.
HATTIE CARAWAY
NAMED TO SENATE
Wife of Late Senator in Arkan
sas Is First Woman Elect
ed to Body
Little Rock. Ark., Jan. 13.—CAP)—
A mother whose life largely was con
cerned with domestic affairs until
two months ago will serve as the
first woman ever elected to the Uni
ted States senate.
Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway, widow of
Arkansas' junior senator, Thaddeus
H. Caraway, Tuesday defeated two
“independent” candidates in a special
election to achieve the distinction.
She will fill out her husband’s un
expired term.
Returns from more than two-thirds
of the counties gave ter 14421 votes
against 436 for Sam D. Canon, self
styled ''dirt farmer,” and 815 for Rex
R. Floyd, son of a former congress
man.
Mrs. Caraway mads no campaign.
She remained in Washington, serving
in the senate under a temporary ap
pointment from Governor Harvey
Parnell, while women's clubs and
democratic leaders worked in ter be
half.
The vote was mall because of rain.
HANGED IN IRELAND
Beifsst, Northern Ireland, Jan. 19-
—(AV-Eddie Cullens, young natural
ized American, was tertged at. 8 a.
m. Wednesday for the slaying; of
Achmet Muss, a Turk who was en
gaged in promotion work for the aged
Bare Agha, who claimed to be one of
the oldaat men in the world.
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1932
Secretary Submits
Tax Boost Program
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New Governor
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Martin Sennett Connor, farmer, law
yer and legislator, who becomes gov
ernor of Mississippi Jan. 19, is shown
here in his best picture. He had been
a candidate in three successive elec
tions before he won last August.
CHINESE FLEE FROM
CITY WHEN ANGERED
JAPANESE ORGANIZE
Nipponese Take Exception to
Reference Made By Tsing
tao Newspaper
(By The Associated Press)
Japanese marines from the war
ships in the harbor patrolled the
streets of Tslngtao, China, Wednes
day and thousands of Chinese sought
means leaving the city following
a riot Tuesday in which Japanese
residents attacked and wrecked a
Chinese newspaper office and burned
the headquarters of the Kuomintang.
Tuesday’s clash occurred after the
Chinese newspaper Ming Kuo Jlh Pao
had said the recent attempt by a
Korean to assassinate the Japanese
emperor revealed Korea’s desire for
independence.
Japanese residents, incensed at the
reference to the emperor, stormed
the building.
Demonstration Is Staged
Tuesday night the Japanese began
a more threatening demonstration.
Several thousand of them formed a
parade, waving Japanese flags and
demanding further action against
the newspaper, declaring they con
sidered the offending article disres
pectful to Japan and to the emperor.
After the parade, several hundred
Japanese again swooped down on the
newspaper’s offices, wrecking and
burning the building and then burn
ed the Kuomintang headquarters
also.
Chinese newspapers at Tientsin,
commenting on a transfer of Japanese
troops from Tientsin back to Shan
halkwan, said the situation about
Chinchow is growing acute for the
Japanese and that Chinese volunteer
militia bands "all over Manchuria”
are renewing “warfare.”
Determined to Fight
These village militia units, the re
ports said have declared they are de
termined to fight the Japanese to the
end and on several occasions recently
they have been spurred by successes
in practically wiping out small Jap
anese garrisons. One story said they
had taken 60 Japanese prisoners in an
encounter.
Both Japanese and Chinese reports
agreed much fighting has been going
on around Chinchow and west of it
during the last few days. Chinese
newspapers said the militia groups
along the Felping-Mukden railroad
were offering sharp resistance to Jap
anese occupation.
VOTEB DOWN FRANCHISE
St. Paul, Jan. 13.—(AV-Citizens of
St. Paul in a special election defeated
by an estimate five to one vote three
proposed franchises for the Northern
States Power company for gas, steam
and electric service covering a 90-
year period, according to unofficial
returns Tuesday night.
Mexicans Hold Funeral and Burial
Ceremonies For ‘Dead City Charter'
Tampico, Mexico, Jan. 13. (AP)—
—The charter of the “free city”
of Panuco, the roaring oil camp
of a decade ago, wae buried Wed
nesday after a “funeral” oere
. mony as a protest against ap
pointment of a city mayor by the
state government.
The burial ceremony, during
which the charter wee placed Ift
a coffin—carried to the cemetery
■■ and lowered into a grave, follow
ed a solemn barbecue for Fanner
Mayor Rocha, who wae declared
elected by the people, but wae
supplanted by the state. > About
700 people were at the barbecue.
The coffin containing the char
ter was carried on the shoulders
i offbur men to the ceatotory. A
lone man with his hands tied*
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Urges Sales, Super Estate Tax,
Income, Corporation, Sur
tax Increases
SAYS DEFICIT IS INCREASING
Balanced Budget at End of Fis
cal Year 1933 Contem
plated in Proposals
Washington, Jan. 13.—(AP)—A bal
anced budget at the end of the fiscal
year 1934 is the goal of the adminis
tration’s . tax increase program sub
mitted Wednesday by Secretary Mel
lon to the house ways and means com-
I mittee.
Appearing as the principal witness
at the opening of hearings before the
democratic-controlled group that will
formulate broader revenue raising
legislation, the veteran cabinet mem
ber of three republican administra
tions said:
“We are in the midst of a grave
emergency. It is essential to raise
additional revenue, not just to cover
current expenditures but to maintain
unimpaired the credit of the United
States government.
“This last objective is of paramount
Importance to every citizen In the
land. It is an Indispensable step in
our progress toward recovery.
“The losses that will be suffered by
every individual and every industry
through a continuation of the de
pression will exceed many times over
the amounts to be contributed In ad
ditional taxes.
Sacrifice Is Demanded
“It Is not only the patriotic duty
of all to Insure the financial stabil
ity of the government in times such
as these, but the sacrifice demanded
is amply warranted by considerations
of Individual self-interest.”
Mellon said the plan he submitted
generally was a return to the taxa
tion existing Under the 1924 revenue
act, twice amended since. He esti
mated it would return $390,000,000 ad
ditional revenue during the current
fiscal year and $920,000,000 In the
fiscal year beginning next July 1.
It would Include a selective sales tax,
increases In Income and corporation
taxes, a super estate tax, and increases
In surtaxes.
Citing the $903,000,000 deficit last
year, and a prospective deficit of $2,-
123,000,000 this year, Mellon estimated
there would be a deficit of $1,417,000,-
000 in 1933 despite the increase in
revenue.
Coming somewhat as a surprise to the
committee members, the treasury
secretary announced “the administra
tion is determined, with your coopera
tion, to arrest this borrowing process
on June 30 next in urging the in
creased taxes in order to prevent an
increase in the public debt The ad
ministration has been borrowing hun
dreds of millions the last three years.
In addition, he recommended that
the new taxes be terminated at the
end of two years, when the budget is
balanced in 1934.
To Reinrigorate Credit
“This is essential not merely for
maintaining unimpaired the credit of
the government, but also for rein
vigorating the entire credit structure
of the country.
“The greater part of the present
fiscal year has already elapsed and It
is Impossible to avoid a large deficit
for this year. To cover, for the bal
ance of this fiscal year, all expendi
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Union Heads Confess
They Planned Bombing
Kansas City, Jan. 13.— UP) —Police
announced Wednesday that Ermal Jay
Lime, 34, president of the sound pro
jectionists union, confessed that he
and E. M. Evans, 40, its business agent,
made the bomb which exploded Mon
day night in the lobby of the Mid
land theatre, killing Prank Alexander,
negro janitor.
Police quoted Lime as saying they
induced Edward Gillespie,. 22, former
convict, to place the bomb under a
seat in the theater belcony, under the
impression the package contained li
quor.
The two union officers declared
Gillespie was unaware the package
contained explosives, r
representing the people, preceded
Ik Wreath bearers followed.
.At; the grave a funeral oration
was delivered. The orator dealt
on the causes of the “death” of
the free city, and regretted that
/“those x who killed the city were
not even present, at the grave, but
> only Uie noble and suffering peo
ple came to place this charter in
a happier resting place.”
The people then went berk to
town to a mass meeting where toe
state's “lmpotitk»”j was depounc
ml in rnniftifiH
The difficulty at Psnnoo orig
inated several months ago fol
lowing an ' /:
Mayor Rocha, the people said.
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SEEK ENDORSEMENT
OF N. D. DEMOCRATS
Brother of Oklahoma Governor
1 Here in Interest of West
erner’s Candidacy
WILL CIRCULATE PETITIONS
Primary Will Provide Test of
Strength Between Murray
and Roosevelt
George T. Murray, of Berthold,
brother of “Alfalfa Bill’’ Murray, Ok
lahoma governor, intends to put a
bombshell under the Roosevelt candi
dacy for the Democratic presidential
nomination.
He Indicated Wednesday during a
visit to Bismarck to look up the legal
requirements necessary to enter his
brother in the race for endorsement
by this state's Democracy at the presi
dential preference primary March 15.
Murray brought with him petitions
to be circulated for the 10 men who
will appear on the ballot as Murray
advocates and said Former Governor
Walter Maddock would head the list.
The identity of the others was not
disclosed. Murray said they have
been selected but that their names
would not be made public until they
have accepted the invitation to run.
Murray will attend the Democratic
state convention Thursday at Valley
City but only as a spectator. He ex
pects it to give rousing endorsement
to the New York governor and will
make no effort to stop such actions.
He feels, however, that his brother
will have more appeal to the common
people.
The result of the Murray announce
ment is to throw North Dakota once
more Into the limelight since it will
provide, at its early primary, a con
test of strength between Roosevelt,
reputed to be strong in the west, and
a western man. Although the num
ber of convention delegates involved
is not large, the winner may be cori
sidered to have a psychological ad
vantage in-seeking delsljprtes from oth
er so-called progressive states.
Murray said he expects “Alfalfa
Bill” to visit the state and make at
least three speeches before the elec
tion and that a group of Chicago men,
who know the Oklahoman because
of their interest in the oil business,
are sponsoring his pre-convention
candidacy.
Gather in Valley City
Leaders of North Dakota's demo
cratic party met at Valley City Wed
nesday to outline plans for the state
convention which will set the pace
for the nation in bringing presiden
tial candidates into the open.
The democratic state central com
mittee, composed of 49 members,
Wednesday had before it preliminary
details incident to the state conven
tion which convenes Thursday.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, democrat,
was regarded as certain of the en
dorsement for the presidency by the
party convention.
H. H. Perry. Ellendale, chairman of
the state committee, said 27 counties
which reported the action taken at
county democratic conventions were
unanimously for the endorsement of
Roosevelt.
The central committee and the state
oonvention will take up primarily the
presidential situation, with a view to
advancing the party’s preference at
the March IS presidential primary
in North Dakota.
Will Endorse Candidate
The convention will endorse a can
didate for the presidency, name dele
gates to the national convention, and
will choose a national committeeman
and committeewoman. Resolutions
also will be considered.
Selection of a state ticket is not to
come before the convention. The
state slate, Perry said, will be con
sidered at a subsequent state conven
tion, for which a date may be set at
the sessions here.
Among those present at Wednesday
afternoon’s meeting of the central
committee were K. O. Vick of Shey
enne, Dr. R. H. Leavitt of Carson,
H. H. Perry, Fred J. McLean of Grand
Porks, secretary; P. W. Lanier of
Jamestown, B. 8. Otis of Wyndmere,
Lee Darling of Kenmare, G. S. Wool
edge of Minot, John F. Strauss of
Wells county, A. G. Kennedy of Crete,
W. J. Kttzman of Willow City, and
W. E. Glotzback of Anamoose.
Reports of committees were present
ed at the meeting, bearing on platform
details, and a state ticket.
Governor Shafer Has
No Comment on Ruden
(By The Associated Press)
Governor George P. Shafer, in
Minot Tuesday night, said he had
no comment to make cm a proposal
advanced by Governor Warren Green
of South Dakota that he lend his
support to have E. A. Ruden, Bouth
Dakota superintendent of banks, ap
pointed as the northwest's represent
ative on the board of directors of the
proposed reconstruction corporation.
Governor Shafer said he had re
ceived a communication from Gov
ernor Oieen on the subject and in-
tended to confer with him.
At Helena, Mont., Governor Erick
son said he agreed' with the views of
Governor Green as to the qualifica
tions of the northwestern representa
tive. f ,
though hid acquaintance with E. A.
Ruden. Governor Green’s candidate,
is limited, Governor Erickson said the
SOUtir Dakota man seemed to have
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Charles Bischoff, 45, who has been
held in jail in Cincinnati since Dec.
22, confessed the murder of six-year
old Marian McLean after days of
questioning. Bischoff signed a detail
ed statement of his actions during the
five days which followed little Mar
ian's kidnaping Dec. 17.
SOLONS CONSIDERING
MANY PROBLEMS OF
VARIED DESCRIPIION
Impeachment, Taxes, Hoover
Program, Labor, Agricul
ture Are Prominent
Washington, Jan. 13. —<&) New
problems pressed forward in congress
Wednesday while the main legislative
work remained the program for help
ing business.
Secretary Mellon and his assistant,
Undersecretary Mills, detailed the
administration plan for increasing
taxes to the Democratic house com-
i*. going to A «rigipate
the new revenue liw.
The house looked ahead to passage
of the reconstruction corporation by
Thursday. The senate again debated
the bill for bulworking the federal
land banks.
President Green, of the American
Federation of Labor, told a house
committee congress should look into
charges of conditions approaching
slavery in southern flood control
work camps.
On Impeachment Hearing
While Mellon sat before one com
mittee, another began hearings on
the Patman resolution for impeach
ment of the treasury executive.
Other gatherings of senators and
representatives dealt with varied gov
ernmental activities, including the
farm and shipping boards and the
navy.
A favorable report on the Norris
resolution calling for an investigation
into activities of the farm board was
sent to the senate by the agriculture
committee.
The committee asked that the re
port be sent to the audit and control
committee which will pass on the
$50,000 asked to finance the inquiry,
which the senate agreed to.
The resolution was amended in
committee to provide that the in
quiry go into interstate and foreign
marketing operations of private or
ganizations or cooperatives borrow
ing from the board.
It also was changed to direct speci
fic investigation into the organiza
tion and operation of the stabiliza
tion corporations or subsidiary or
ganizations set up by the board.
Investigation of all exchange in the
United States dealing in commod
ities over which the farm board holds
jurisdiction and the relation between
the exchanges and operation of the
board would be directed.
Promise Vote Thursday
An assurance the house would act
on his $2,060,000,000 reconstruction
measure by Thursday night was car
ried to President Hoover by Rep
resentative Snell of New York, the
minority leader.
Repeal of the 18th amendment and
passage of a law which permits
“moderate drinking to replace the
present unenforceable and intolerable
measure" was urged by Dr. Graham
Lusk, professor of physiology at Cor
nell university.
Testifying before the senate com
mittee considering the Bingham four
per cent beer bill, Dr. Lusk said the
“introduction of light wines and beer
to legitimate sale in this country un
der the Canadian system will, in my
judgment, provoke no injury what
ever to the community.”
Canadian Assails
High Tariff Policy
Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 18.—(PV—Mae-
Kenzle King, liberal leader, Tuesday
night assailed the high tariff policies
of the Bennett administration with
the assertion that “eoonomlc war,
sooner or later, will be followed by
actual war."
Addressing the Manitoba Liberal as
sociation, he said the policy of “Can
ada first" was strangling trade and
that if it is pursued it will result in
Canada Incurring the enmity of “every
other nation on earth, not excepting
the nations of thw* common
wealth." ' -
' iW sgjd Canada’s tcrnSl-- Mitpftßi
■UMths ortmated on a world wide
board and a whsat quota.
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%e Weather
Snow tonight, fair Thursday; eoid*
er tonight; not ho cold Thera.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HEAVY SNOWFALL
IS REPORTED AT
MINOT, DEMON
Williston Area Also Is Hit Hard;
Wind Delays Plowing
Operations
MERCURY DROPS SHARPLY
Weather Bureau Forecast Is For
Mark of 20 Below Zero
Wednesday Night
Gripped by a heavy storm Tuesday
night, many parts of North Dakota
were digging out of the snow Wednes
day.,
Bismarck received only an inch of
snow and highway traffic was unin
terrupted in this area. West and
north, however, the precipitation was
heavier and roads were blocked.
At noon the federal weather bu
reau here said the storm was over but
that the thermometer would continue
to drop. The lowest mark in the last
24 hours was 2 below aero at noon
and indications were that a mark of
15 or 20 degrees below bero would be
reached Wednesday night, Meteoro
logist O. W. Roberts said. After that,
he predicted, the mercury probably
will begin to rise.
The wind reached a peak velocity
of 30 miles an hour at 10 o’clock Wed
nesday morning and then began to
recede. Other points in the state also
reported high winds.
Nine Negroes Killed
It was as nothing, however, in com
parison with the wind which struck
Moundsville, Ala., according to Asso
ciated Press dispatches. There
negroes were killed and a score of
persons, including several whites,
were injured by a tornado. Between
Big: Storm? ‘Pooh’
Says Weather Man
O. W. Roberts looked at the rec
ords Wednesday and “pooh,
t" 1 * cop?**!#*!
that Tuesday night s storm was a
severe one.
For on Jan.* 12, 1888, the wind
blew 54 miles an hour and piled
the snow into huge drifts. Only
a few inches of snow fell but it
was added to a previously heavy
fall and the result was the worst
storm in the history of the weath
er bureau.
And it was cold, too. The aver
age for January of that year was
16 degrees below zero, the low
point being 37 degrees Jan. 14.
30 and 40 hornet were destroyed.
Other tornadoes killed two persons
and Injured 17 In Southeast Texas
and a flood was threatened by an Jce
jam In the San Juan river, near
Shlprock. N. M.
The Rocky Mountain and Canadian
provinces were affected by the same
storm which swept Into North Dakota
and Llsgar Taylor. 16, froze to death
near his home at Olen Ellen. Saak
bringing the death total in the na
tion to 12.
North Dakota’s weather was a sharp
change from the balmy temperatures
which prevailed Tuesday. Readings
in the eastern part of the state ranged
near 50 degrees. Wednesday they
were near or below zero. The drop
here was 39 degrees in 24 hours, the
maximum Tuesday having been 37.
A survey of the state showed high
ways closed between Bismarck and
Minot and west of Minot and between
Bismarck and Linton.
Dickinson Has Drifts
Dickinson was buried beneath deep
drifts of snow. Snowplows were to go
out as soon as the wind subsided. The
barometer reached the lowest mark
in 15 years there Tuesday as a fore
runner of the storm. Some stage
lines were trying to operate but their
success was not ascertained. Deliv
eries on all rural mail routs were sus
pended until the roads could be
opened.
The snowfall near Minot was the
heaviest in three years and brought
much-needed moisture to that area.
The fall was reported at seven inches.
The wind velocity there also was 30
miles an hour. It brought a 47-degree
drop in temperature, the mercury go
ing below zero early Wednesday
morning.
The Ward county seat reported at
noon that, after a mid-morning lull,
the storm had renewed its full fury
and additional snow was falling.
Reports at Minot were that roads
in the Williston area were closed and
efforts to even them were delayed
pending subsidence of the wind. The
same condition ruled at Towner and
Crosby. Great Northern railroad of
ficials said thaw was little snow east
of Hannaford and the same was true
of cities in the Red River Valley, al
though they reported drops In tem
perature.
Injured Bismarck Boy
Showing Improvement
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