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Declares It Is q Moral and q
Social Problem and Not q
Political One
FORTY Recommendations TO
THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE
These Include Investigation Of Ir.
regularities in State Offices, Inftia.
tive, Referendum and Recall, Mining
Royalty and Income Tax.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 5-Govssnor
Chase s: Osborne of Michigan sub
mitted his first message to the legis-
lature today. More than forty recon-
mendations are made covering wide
range. of which the following are
among the more important: Legisla-
tive investigation Of the alleged ir-
regularities in the public institutions
and governmental departments; plac-
ing express companies under the con.
troll of the state railroad commission:
ia mining loyalty and income tax. also
an income tax for corporations; the
Initiative, referendum and recall.
On the liquor question the governor
says:
Temperance is matter of person.
al discipline and is more Of a moral
and social problem than political.
Government by saloon and brewery
must go. In the communities where
the saloons exist, there should not be
more than one to each 1000 popula-
tion and the breweries should be di.
vorced from their ownership"
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THE GAME LAWS
INVESTIGATION
Full Text Of the Resolution
Providing For an Exhaus.
tive Inquiry
IN. ID. PAULsON.,

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 5.-Investiga-
tions by the legislative assembly are
becoming somewhat Of a habit in
North Dakota, and one of the first
resolutions adopted by the upper
house yesterday had to do with q pro-
posed investigation Of the game and
fish commission, appointed two years
ago. The resolution, presented by
Senator Gunderson Of Nelson county.
sets forth the expenditures of the last
two years and urges the appointment
of a joint committee that some reme-
dies, If any are possible, be pre-
scribed whereby the best work be
done and the best results be obtained
In the protection of the game of the
state.
His resolution, consideration of
which was objected to by Senator
Duis Of Grand Forks, and which had
the effect Of laying 1t over till jan
uary IL. follows:
"A concurrent resolution providing
for committee to investigate and to
examine the report Of the North Da-
kota game and fish board Of control,
now on file In the state auditors Of
fee.
Whereas. the governor Of the state
did duly appoint a game and fish
board of control in accordance with
H. B. No. 156, approved March s, 1909.
and
Whereas. the report Of said board
Of control up to Dec. 81, 1910 shows a
total expenditure of $42,630.18, and,
Whereas, this amount seems ex-
ltravagant and unreasonable, and
Whereas, the strictest economy
should be practiced . in all depart
ments Of state and public institutions,
be 1t further
Resolved, that the president Of the
senate is hereby, authorized to. sAp-
point committee Of three to act with
10; like committee OF foul" to 'be sp.
pointed by the speaker Of the house
of representatives, for the purpose Of
Examining the above mentioned re-
port and to ascertain as far as posi-
BILE II tho game Of the state is re-
ceiving proper protection under the
lpresent law, and to make report Of
its findings and conclusions to this
assembly, on or before the twentieth
day Of its session, also to make such
other reports and recommendations
in connection with this subject matter
as 1t may deem; proper and for the
best interests of the state; and to call
for any legislative power from this
ASSEMBLY that it may consider neces-
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and engrossing Of the bills to be done
by contract, and which law failed
In Its purpose to diminish the number
Of clerks, until last year when the
senate, needing the gentle admoni-
ton in the governors message, had
but sixty-f1ve employees as against
eighty In the preceding session,
while the house had seventy-four em-
ployees as against sixty-five the pre-
ceeding session. There is room for
improvement in both houses, and to
encourage you to continue the good
work, I quote from my last message
the following, viz:
THE legislature has not only
been extravagant ip the employment
of clerks, but 1t has by resolution
increased the pay Of clerks and fav-
ored officers, and has by resolu-
ton given away state property.
You are here as representatives
Of the people who have reposed a
sacred trust in you. and you have
no legal or moral right to give
away the property or money Of the
state as a gift or in spirit Of good
fellowship. You are entitled to
nave ucC0SSdIy duu CUu1Q0teut
clerks to facilitate business and the
clerks are entitled to fair and Just
remuneration for their services
Most of this extravaganza comes
through spirit of good fellowship
without wrongful intent and from
force of custom that has prevailed
for many years. I call your atten-
tion to it now at the threshold Of
your duties so that you may be on
your guard against this pernicious
custom throughout this session.
1t is no kindness to young men or
women to put them on the pay roll
unless there is something for them
to do. It only encourages them to
live by their wits instead of by
honest endeavor."
The constitution limits the session
to sixty days. This does not mean
that you must be In session sixty
days. 1t means that you cannot be in
session longer than sixty days and
draw pay. Thus far we never have
had legislation Of such pressing i'm
portance as to keep the legislature in
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GOVERNOR BURKE'S BIENNIAL MESSAGE
TO THE TWELFTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Y

The following is the text Of the BIZ
ennial message of Governor Burke to
the Twelfth legislative assembly de-
livereda before that body In joint ses-
sion after his inauguration Yesterday
afternoon:
Gentlemen of the Twelfth Legislative
assembly of the state of North Da-
kota:
In section Is of the constitution 10
found this language, viz, "He (the
governor) shall at the commencement
Of each session communicate to the
legislative assembly, by message, in
formation of the condition Of the
state, and recommend such measures
as he shall deem expedient." It does
not impose any legal obligation on
the members to be guided by the con-
ditions presented, or to approve the
recommendations made. The infor-
nation is for the benefit Of the mem
bers, to enable them to act intellig-
ently; and the governor is required
to furnish 1t for the reason that he
is In position to know the conditions
Of the state and to make recommenda-
tions in reference thereto. He Is q
member of many Of the state boards.
The institutions and the officials all
make reports to his ONCE and this
gives him q knowledge Of the condi-
tions Of the state and its, institutions
greater than that Of any other ofiiclal
The most important information to
the legislative assembly is the infor-
nation of the financial condition Of
the state, for without Il the legisla-
ture is working in the dark and may
appropriate more money than the rev.
enues Of the state warrant: and while
there is no legal Obligation imposed
upon the legislative assembly by the
constitution to be guided by the gov
ernor, there is an imblied moral OBJ
ligation to keep within the revenues
of tho state in making appropriations.
In my message to the Eleventh leg
islative assembly furnished an item
lied statement showing the expendi-
lures of the state for the two years
previous, and included ap official es-
innate Of the revenues of the state
for the ensuing two years, in spite
of which the appropriations made by
the legislature exceeded the revenues
of the state in large amounts. do
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to the institutions whose appropria-
tions came in on the last night.
If the governor could have had all
the appropriation bills before him
with free hand to veto items in each
and all, he could perhaps, have gotten
within the revenues Of the state and
have dealt fairly by the institutions,
SO it must be apparent to you that the
delaying of 50 many appropriation
bills until the last night Of the ses-
sion is not only carelessness upon
the part of the legislature, but 1t
is unfair to the institutions. Then
again. you are leaving matters of
great Importance that you should de-
eide yourselves with the assistance Of
the governor. to the governor alone;
for when the legislature sends to the
governors Office so many appropria-
tion bills in excess Of the revenues Of
the state after adjournment with no
opportunity Of sending them back to
the legislature. you are placing upon
the governor alone the responsibility
of fixing the appropriations.
repeat, do not believe that the
legislature intended TO- do this. l
do not believe that the members
either collectively or individually
shirked any duty or responsibility,
but through carlessness they did in
effect place this responsibility upon
the governor and the effect is just the
same as though 1t we're intentional.
The veto power is one that do not
care to use and ought not to use ex-
cept in case Of great necessity. l do
not want to place my judgement
against the judgement Of all the rep
resentatives Of the people. except
when conscience dictates that I
should. am not here to oppose you
but to work with you for the better
mcnt Of our laws and the upbuilding
Of our great state. ~,
In compliance with the provisions
Of the constitution heretofore refer
red to, I have furnished you with an
itemized statement showing the dis
position of the revenues Of the state
for the past two years and an Official
estimate Of what the revenues will
be for the ensuing two years.
And now at the threshold OF your
lahors ask you to keep your appro-
priatiohs within the revenues Of the
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were killed in the raid on their den

were klll0Q IN the RAID on their den
Tuesday.
The physicians who examined
Beron's body said that they found on
each cheek q wound cleanly cut in
form Of letter 81" The witnesses de-
clared that this deliberate cutting did
not cause death, but was suite SYM
metrical and obviously symbolical of
the secret society. They had never
seen anything Of the sort before. The
inquest was adjourned to Janusry 30.
The police accept the theory that
Boron was killed by members Of an
organization Of veiled purposes who
left the sign Of their order upon the
body Of the victim. Tho police. are
not satisfied that Peter tho Painter
was one Of the two mon killed In the
battle and are now working on the
theory that he is still alive Through
out the night two hundred armed Of
ficers secured the district Of the East
End where the outlaws are supposed
to have lived. and another spectacu-
lar fight is promised should the fugi-
tive be cornered. \
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not believe that the legislature in
tended to appropriate: more money
than there was revenue. Many Of the
appropriation bills were passed at q
late hour on the last night of the
hurry always icident to the closing
hours Of the legislature, 1t Is doubt
full II any member knew that they had
exceeded the revenues of the state
But whether It was the intention or
not, 1t was certainly negligence on
the part of someone to allow so many
appropriation bills to remain in the
hands of the committees until the last
night Of the session. The appropri-
atoms should be taken caro- of as ear
ly in the session as possible. not In
the confusion of the last night Of
the session when the members are
cleaning up their desks and prepar-
ing to leave, but at time when there
is nothing to distract the attention
Of the members from the mature de-
liberation and consideration they
should give to so important matter
as the expenditure Of the peoples
money.
Most Of the appropriations made by
the Eleventh legislative assembly did
reach the governors ONCE early in
the session, and they were signed as
a matter Of course: for, as you know.
the governor can hold bill only
three days when 1t becomes law
without his signature unless vetoed.
He has no right to assume that the
legislature would exceed the revenues
Of the state in their appropriations
and the bills we're signed a. matter
of course. and when the legislature
sent to his ONCE ON the last night Of
the session appropr' alton bills az
sregating between eight and nine
hundred thousand dollars, and he
discovered that more money had been
appropriated than the state had pro-
vided. 1t was. Of course. necessary
for him to cut the appropriations
down 30 as to make the revenues and
the appropriations as near equal as
possible. He could only veto bills
that had not been signed: for those
that were signed had become laws
and the governor was bound by them
the same as every OF er citizen. This
made it exceptionally hard and unfair
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-05
FIRST CLUE Of
AVIATOR GRACE
Glasses and Cap of an Aviator
Picked Up on Belgian
Coast

Brussels, Jan. 5-The Aero club TO-
day received dispatch from the
president Of the Ostend Aero club
stating that an aviator's cap and
glasses. probably those worn, by Cecil
Grace, who is supposed to have. been
lost in the North sea, had been pick
ed up at sea off Miakerko on the
Belgian coast.
Cecil Grace, an American and q
member of the Royal Aero club of
England, disappeared in the fog over
the North sea on December %, while
attempting a return fight from
Calais. France. to Dover, England.
No clue to his fate has been received
from the diligent search, after he
was seen taking a northeasterly d.
rection out of the course which would
have taken him to the English port.
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lake. COVERS. THE
OLD Town. SITE
@,>~-:
Earthqn> y Asia May Have
Wrought x <1 81 Destruo-
tion Of L. @

st. Petersburg, Jan. k-A message
from Taahkent. Rlssian sTurkestan.
says there are unconfirmed rumors
that the towns Of Przhevalsk and
Peshpek in the territory Of Semiryet-
schensk were destroyed by q series of
earthquakes and that a lake was
formed on the site of the former
place. Each town has a population
of about 5000.
Communication with the disturbed
section is still impossible and the
government here has no advices today
substantiating the latest reports.
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state. Introduce your appropriation
bills as early as possible in the ses-
sion. Consider them all as nearly
at the same time as may be, for it
is only by careful consideration Of all
that you can justly determine what
each should have. Inasmuch' as the
constitution permits the governor to
retain a bill for three days, try and
have all the appropriation bills reach
the governors Office within three
days from the time this. he receives
the first bill. He will then have them
all before him at the same time, and
IL in his judgement something should
be cut out, you will still be in ses-
sion to receive his judgement and
subject it to your own. This is only
fair to yourselves, to the governor.
to the institutions and to the people
of the state. a.,
Economy in Legislative Expenses
Do not construe my request to keep
within the revenues Of the state as
demand to appropriate all the revenue
provided by the state. This Is q
good year to practice economy. and
economy. like charity. should begin
at home. The state has been extra
ordinarily prosperous since 1900 until
the last year. and because of our
abundant crops the people have as
sumed great obligations which under
present conditions compel them to
practice the most rigid economy.
Beginning at home. that is, right in
the legislature, call your attention
to the fact that it has always been the
custom to print all the bills intro
duced in the legislature, whether the
same have any merit or any prospects
of ever becoming laws, and large
number Of clerks are daily employed
mailing newspapers Of the state such
bills and the legislative journals.
Thisahas always seemed to me- q
useless waste Of public money. AS a
remedy, I recommend that no bills
be printed until they are reported
favorably from the committees and
that the mailing out Of bills and
journals be entirely dispensed with.
That the legislature is extravagant
in the matter Of unnecessary en-
ployees is common knowledge. 1t is
this extravaganza that is responsible
for the law requiring the enrolling
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-05
NELLIE M'MAH0N
GETS LIBERTY
Acquitted Of Murder on an
Insanity Plea-she Is Now
Sane :

sturgis, s. D., Jan. 5-Mrs. Nellie
Mcmahon, who killed David p. Thom-
as last summer and was acquitted by
jury on grounds of insanity, was
yesterday declared sane by Judge
MCGEE of Rapid City and given her
liberty. The insanity board had de-
clared her insant, basing that deci-
sion on the evidence produced at the
murder trial. but Judge MCGEE re-
fused to permit that evidence to be
presented at yesterdays hearing.
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FIRST WORK Of. THE TWELFTH LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY OF NORTHDAK0TAAT BISMARCK
sary and expedient for the carrying
out Of It's duties. Be it further
nAn Ia

6dEy 6uU S1Q0QlcuL lot .In0 carrying
out Of It's duties. Be It further
Resolved, that the committee shall
organize by electing one Of it's men,
bers chairman aud a stenographer er
from either branch .of the assembly to
act as stenographer thereof"
Anti-pass bills were numerous in
the senate yesterday. Three of them
were presented, In succession, and
when the third one, was reached there
was a ripple Of laughter all through
the senate, In which all members
Joined without regard to their politi-
cal or other sentiments. Senator Gil
bert has the honor. Of presenting the
first one, and Senators Bessesen and
Mclean, introduced the others.
The session Of the senate was de-
voted largely to resolutions. Mr.. Gil
bert presented q resolution urging the
strictes and most careful economy as
the sense of the senate, pledging the
economical administration Of legisla-
tive affairs and that It was the sense
Of the senate thatsall appropriations
should be measured by the needs of
the state and its Institutions and not
the local pride Of any locality.
Senator Pierce presented resolu-
ton for the fnal adjournment Of the
legislative assembly at the forty-fifth
day, instead Of the sixtieth day, as
usual. Senator Pierce's resolution re-
cited that the business Of the session
was such that It could be properly at
tended to and disposed Of In forty-five
days. Senator BeAsesen objected to
the passage Of the resolution at this
time. He said II was not possible to
see in advance what might be neces-
sary. Under the objection the resolu-
ton went over . day, so Senator
Pierce asked to have the resolution
referred to the committee on state af-
fairs.
Mr. Welch offered q resolution ex-
pressing confidence In the. retiring
lieutenant governor, r. g. Lewis, and
the good feeling Of the senate toward
him and presenting him with his
gavel and chair and this resolution
was unanimously adopted.
Seven bills were. introduced. Sen
ator LAMonre has the honor Of intro
lducing Senate Bill No. i. which pro
Ndes an appropriation for the con.
|Ainuance Of experiment station farme
by the Agricultural college. The bills
introduced were A. followg: -,
8. B. No. /, Acknowledgements.
ing money for the maintenance OF ex.
pertinent station farms by the asrt
cultural college.
8. B. No. ., Gilbert-Anti-pass bill
8. B. No. 3, AfeLSal ssssAntt-pass bill
s;RNa sg kS + 5ssssg kat e.
referendum.
S. B. No. 6, simpson-october IL
Columbus day, legal holiday.
8. b. No. Z, Duis-Jotnt resolution
Iindorsfng income tax amendment te
federal constitution. .s-3< -si'
Mr.. Talcott moved that, special
committee be- named to draw up reso'
lutions Of respect for the late U. S
Senator NJ N. johnson, and to pro
vide for such other memorial as the
Legislative assembly may deem prop.
i er. Senators Linde, Talcott and Ken.
nedy were named. s: 49,
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ROBBERS MAY
Be IN SEATTLE
Mail Clerk Clark Of Spokane,
Who Was Wounded, Will
Recover

Seattle. Jan. 6.-The two robbers,
who looted the mail car Of the North
Coast Lxmited train Of the Northern
Pacific railroad shortly after It len
the station last night. undoubtedly
left the train in Argo. where the train
stopped on the crossing and they are
now believed to be In Seattle. Mail
Clerk Harry o. Clark of Spokane,
who was wounded, will recover. His
registered mail valise. which the rob-
bers stole. was found today where the
robbers had dropped it after taking
the contents.
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KING MANUEL
GETS THE MONEY
Will Receive Braganza Reve.
nues Pending Settlement
With Government

Lisbon. Jan. 5-The British gov.
ernment has intervened successfully
with Portugal on behalf Of the de-
pleted purse Of the deposed King
Manuel. Representations (rAm tho
foreign office at London set forth that
the exiled monarch was possessed Of
means insufficient for his personal
needs. Accordingly the Portuguese
government has decided to allow him
to receive the revenue derived from
the properties of the house Of Bra
ganza pending final settlement be-
tween the state and the royal FAINT
w.
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GOOD FEELING
IS PREVALENT
Members Seem More Anxious
to Get Results Than Quar-
rel Over spoils
IN, ID. PAUI.sON.,

Bismarck, n. D., Jan. 5.-Whatever
importance may have been attached
to the state fair question in the early
work Of the legislative assembly Of
two years ago, 1t must be admitted
this year that that once paramount
topic has been almost entirely for
gotten. so far as appearances on the
surface would indicate, and those
who might be particularly designing
seemingly have little desire to pre-
cipitate fight that could not operate
otherwise than to overshadow other
important legislation and delay the
work Of the assembly.
Fargo and Mandan are the only
cities in the state that appear at the
present time to have any aspirations
for the permanent location Of the
state fair, although there are undoubt-
edly many other cities Of the state
that would gladly assume the respon-
sibility Of giving North Dakota an
In accord with the states vast inter-
ests in that field, and which would
be q peer Of any OF the fairs 80 far
attempted by either Grand Forks or
Fargo since the fair on wheels" was
established several years ago.
Members Of delegations from both
Cass and Morton counties, In which
Fargo and Mandan are located, have
given assurance that 50 far as they
are aware at the present time, there
is absolutely no disposition to evoke
q state fair fight again. To num-
Der Of Grand Forks people who have
been In the city during the last few
days, members Of the Cass county
delegation have stated most emphati-
cally that there would be absolutely
no effort at removing the fair this
session.
Mandan Is Ambitious.
Mandan's aspirations for the per-
manent location Of the fair have come
to the surface frum time TO- time ever
since the Legislative assembly abol-
ished the holding Of state fair in
that city and removed the same to
the eastern part Of the state, and
following the recent election this
hope was again revived In the
breasts of the loyal citizens Of Man
dan who see opportunity for future
greatness Of unexcelled brilliance In
the possession Of the fair.
Speaker j. M. Hanley Is Mandan
citizen, and in an interview granted
the writer he stated that so far as he
had knowledge, Mandan had no in
tention Of provoking fight this year.
He did not undertake to answer for
what action might be taken later In
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new MYSTERY IN
LONDON MURDER
Victims Cheeks Were Mark.
cd With Symbol of Death
Dealing Organization

London. Jan. 6.-Another element
Of mystery developed today in the
inquest into the death Of Jos. Beron.
whose mutilated, body was found on
the Clapham common last Sunday.
The murder ia attributed by the po-
lice to the Houdsditch anarchist
burglar gang. two members Of which