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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
INCOME TAX
RATES UP
IN COMMITTEE
House Ways and Means Com
mittee Works Over the
Rate Schedule

Washington, Jan. 29.-Revisions OF
some administrative features of the
revenue bill and some new special
tax proposals were considered today
by the house ways and means COM
mlttee preparatory to taking up the
income tax rate schedules, the heart
OF the tax revision program.
Acceptance yesterday of the recon-
mendation of Secretary Mellon to al
low special reduction in the taxes on
earned incomes disposed of the last
major section of the bill other than
the income rate.
Chairman Green's suggestion for a
gift tax was among the subjects be-
fore the committee today. Such a
tax also has been advanced by some
members of the house as a means of
blocking evasion of the inheritance
tax through gifts.
With approach Of the income tax
rate discussion house Republican
leaders and majority members of the
committee moved to unite their
forces. The Republicans are divided
on whether to take up these rates in
the full committee or write their
own in private conferences. They
also are at odds on the surtax rates,
some of the leaders from the mid
western states favoring higher sur
taxes than proposed by Secretary
Mellon but lower than advocated by
the Democrats.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29

ing for cooperation between the ma
tlonal and state governments for in
tant welfare and maternity instruc-
ton and aid, will be vigorously car
ried out in the state, under plans of
Or. A. A. Whittemore, state health
officer.
DR.. Boutelle in her report said or
ganization of local committees had
been completed in IL centers, many
conferences held, much instruction
given and many children examined.
Of 1921 children registered, she said.
only 1862, or about IS percent, were
found absolutely normal; SIT, or
nearly 81 percent, were suffering.
from malnutrition, and of these l24
had diseased tonsils, and az dental
carries.
The work will be carried out on
broad lines, being chiefly education
al in nature, DR.. Whittemsre said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29


He said his daughter since leaving
school several years ago had devoted
herself to social activities to such an
extent that few months ago her
health had become seriously impaired
and that he had warned her contiau-
ously against late hours and cigar
cite smoking. Last week Governor
Harding said Miss Harding told him
that she was suffering from break
down.
Miss Harding shot herself late Sat-
urday with her fathers revolver
which she had found hidden in bu-
reau drawer. go.
Stanley Hawkes., head of the Blu
reau of Information of the State De-
partment who hurried to Boston af-
ter receiving a special delivery letter
from Miss Harding written shortly
before her death, returned to Wash
lngton last night and did not attend
the funeral. He is engaged to an
other girl, it is understood.
Governor Harding said in his state
ment:
"Today' was the first time ever
heard my daughters name linked
with Hawkes.. l told this fellow tc 20
back to Washington, that there was
nothing that he could do here"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
WOULD CHARGE
VETS BUREAU
Full Authority For Change in
Plan Proposed

Washington, Jan. 29.-Full author
ity for the director of the veterans
bureau to put in force an admins
tration reorganization both in the
home office and in the field is pro-
posed in preliminary report filed
with the senate today by the special
committee which has spent eight
months investigating the affairs of
the bureau.
Under the plan recommended the
director would be able to establish
rating boards in every district and
sub-district to examine a rate claim
ant in person to greatly simplify
procedure on appeal and to make ra-
dical changes in hospital admins
tration.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
SEEK BODIES
OF TW0SLAIN
BY LINCOLN
Man Aids the Police in An
EndeavOr to Locate Bodies
of the Two

Aurora, ILL.,, Jan. ga search is
being made today for the hcadless
bodies of Mrs. Lima Lincoln and
Byron Shoup, wife and brother-in-
law of Warren j. Lincoln, lawyer
and horticulturist, confessed slayer
of the two, who told authorities last
night he might have buried the bodies
instead of burning them in his green
house furnace as he has hitherto
stated. The victims heads, immured
in block of concrete, were found
Saturday by local police.
Investigations are also being made
of the death of Lincoln's first wife
10 years ago, and that of man
whose body was found near Geneva,
Illinois, shortly after the time
Lincoln says he killed his wife and
her brother. The police have
theory that the man might have
been stranger Lincoln said he
employed to dispose of the bodies.
An overdose of headache powders was
said to be the cause of his first
wlfe's death. Lincoln spent several
hours yesterday pushing a wheel
barrow from his home to the green
house in belief that by reenactinr
the process by which he said he re-
moved the bodies he would be able
to recall his disposition of them. He
abandoned the attempt after telling
Chief of Police Michaels that too many
persons were watching him and that
after nights sleep his memory
might be refreshed.
Mrs. Clara Lousbaugh of Tulsa,
Okla, who arrived to take charge
Of the funeral over the remains of
1er sister and brother told the au-
-horities that Lincoln's first wife's.
ieath had been under strange circum-
itances when he was postmaster at |
VT. Pulaski. III. His second wife was
clerk in the postoffice at the time
md LINCOLN married her two years !.
alter.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29

New York. Jan. 29.-Mister Tiff is
his name. And that's all there is,
there isn't any more.
When he was born his dad and
mother didn't hang any monicke,
handle on his little frame.
They thought they'd let him decide
for himself when be grew up.
Then when he did grow up, they
were pleasingly satisfied when he
continued to be known only as Mister
TiHt-or just plain Tiff, as. he is
called by his intimates
For 55 years he's gotten along
very nicely without given, Chris
tian or surname.
d "No, nothing amusing or exciting
has ever happened as Il result of it,"
he said in his unique Office in the
tower of the Produce Exchange
Building, one Of the ancient land
marks of-lower Broadway.
II sign checks, contracts, hotel reg
lsters-and everything else Mr.. Tiff
Sometimes they ask for my initials,
or given name. But when / explain,
they never ask again. 1t has been
great help in having people re-
member me-"
Mr.. Tiff is the only man in the
country who has legitimately gone
through life without the added ap-
pendage of surname, he believes.
But when his two sons were born,
Ell made up for the name he never
had. He called them Alanson Her.
Hebert and Robert Lincoln.
There seemed to be just bit of
remorse in his demeanor when he
talked about Alanson Herbert, who
nearly was called Tiff, 2nd"-and
then wasn't.
.s.. Tiff is in the Box Shook bust
ness, which means he manufactures
and sells wooden boxes-without the
air in them. Just knocked down
boxes, ready to be put together by
The buyer. It's easier and less ex-
pensive to ship them that way, Mr..
rifft explained, and then added, ,,
They can get the air to fill the boxes
any place"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
SIXTY PER CENT OF CHILDREN IN
STATE HELD mot UP TO NORMAL

Approximately 60 percent of the
children in North Dakota under
school age are classed as mot up
to normal" by DR.. L. E. Boutelle, d.
rector of the Sheppard Towner act
administration of the state health
department, in report to the state
board. Her conclusions were reach
ed after examination of many chill.
dren and holding clinics in various
parts of the state.
ITO sum up, with approximately
60 percent Of the children not up to
normal, and over 60 percent of the
non-normal children suffering from
malnutrition it seems essential to see
that the defects which are correct
able are brought to the attention Of
the parents and that instruction as
to proper diet and general hygiene
be ,given," said DR.. Boutelle.
The Sheppard-T owner act, provid-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
REQUISITION
HEARING IS
CARRIED OVER

Hearing on the requisition of the
Governor of Ohio for return to Eat
on, that state, of Chas. Y. Mcdonald
OF Langdon to face charge of non
support of children, was to be de-
cided today by Governor Nestos.
The hearing, which was held. late
afternoon, was continued
until this time. Mcdonald, having
expressed a willingness to pay 81 a
week ordered by the court for sup
port of his children and asserting he
has not been derelict in his duty,
was trying to satisfy Prosecutor
Ralph Sever Of Ohio of his intentions
80 that the charge would be dismiss
I'd.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
MAKE PROGRESS
AT OIL WE'LL

Marmarth, N. D., Jan. 20. The
double crew started work bailing out
the water at the deep test we'll be-
ing drilled seventeen miles south
west of Marmarth and it is expected
that sometime today they will start
on the work of drilling out the ce-
ment. When this is completed, the
new string of 65-8 inch casing will
be run. which will probably take
three or four days, providing the
weather moderates again. Then the
drill will be sent on it's way down.
ward to the first of the Dakota
stands.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
EXPLOSION IN
MINE PR0BBD
Second Public Day of Mourn
ing in Illinois Town

johnson City, Ill.,, Jan. 29.-(By
the A. P)-The coroner's inquest in
to the death of the 33 miners who
lost their lives in the east side COL
liery of the Crerar- Clinch Coal COM
pany's mine as the result of an ex-
plosion occupied the attention of the
local miners here today.
Officials representing the miners
organization stated last night that
the principal question to be ., obed
at the inquest would be whether the
safety laws of the state had been
observed and to determine if posi-
bic the cause of the explosion. The
last of the funeral ceremonies of
those who died in the mine will be
held today when four more bodies
will be laid to rest in accordance
with a proclamation of Mayor Grant.
Schools will be closed here today and
business suspended in homage to the
dead and another day of public
will be observed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
WONDER BLIND
GIRL RECEIVERS
Recovery of Sight and Hear
ing a Held a Marvel

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Jan. 29.-Willetta
Higgins, 18-year-old Chippewa Falls
student at the State School for the
Blind, can see and hear, it was learn
ed today.
This girl, who for two years has
puzzled the scientific world and re-
ceived world wide fame through her
ability to "hear" with her fingers
and "see" through her sense of
smell, has cast aside these unnatural
methods with the recovery of the
use of these faculties, the loss of
which caused their substitution.
Although since Christmas vacation
when she was at Chippewa Falls,
Willetta has been able to see and
hear, her guardian, Superintendent
j. T. Hooper, did not determine that
this was a fact to his own satisfac-
ton until Friday. Three Chicago
specialists examined the girl on Sun
day.
According to the physicians Will
letta has about so percent vision,
practically normal hearing in the
left ear and about 40 percent in the
rightly
In the latest development, Willetta
still presents an interesting case,
for, blindfolded, she is still able to
tell colors by her sense, of smell and
her ability to feel paper bills and
tell their denomination and other
similar feats remain, although not to
such marked degree.
The examining physicians, though
much baffled' by the girls condition
which they regarded as a recovery
Of her sight and hearing believed
hat it may be attributed to grad /
1al recovery due to her improved
physical condition and her age.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
DIR. KNIGHT IN
CITY TO TAKE
NEW POSITION

DR.. F. M. Knight, who is to be
sanitary engineer for the state de.
partment of health and to have
charge of the Bismarck branch labor
tory, has arrived here to begin mis-
work. DR.. Knight who was recon-
mended by the International Health
Board, came from Rhode Island
where he has been engaged in health
work
He will have an Office in the state
department of health at the capital.
TIL Laboratory location, in the Bis
marck bank building, will not be
changed.
The total appropriation for the
branch laboratory has been doubled,
now being $5,581 annually.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
SINCLAIR TO
STAY ABROAD
AT THIS TIME
Figure in Oil Inquiry Declares
He Had Been Discharged
By Committee
REITERATES DENIAL
Head of Great Oil interests
Declared He Did Not Bride
Government Men

Paris. Jan. 29.-(By the A. p)--
Harry r. Sincl air today cabled Sena.
tor Lcnroot commencing President
Coolidge's action to institute legal
proceedings over the Teapot Dome
OIL leases but reiterating his deter
mlnatlon not to return to testify fur
Their until his European business trip
had been completed.
Mr.. Sinclair, in his message. saws
he welcomed the judicial determine
ton of these questions in lawfully
constituted court Of our country and
at the earliest date possible" He
ADDS that having appeared before the
investigating committee five different
times and been discharged he feels
justified in remaining in Europe un-
til his business relations are COM
pleted.
ION five different occasions" the
message says, ~ have appeared be-
fore your committee. have given
you every fact or circumstance of a
fact you have inquired about from
me and was thereupon discharged by
you from further testimony. 1t was
not until you told me that was dis
charged from further testimony that
l came to Europe.
Il came here on a business matter.
AS soon as can expedite my business
| shall return.
II have stated before your COM
mlttee that neither l nor the COM
panies with which / am connected
have ever given Secretary Fall or
any representatives of the govern
ment any money or any consideration
in connection with the
Teapot Donre lease, and again re-
peat that | have not done SOL
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
LIVESTOCK ON
DAKOTA FARMS
IN BIG GAINS
U. S. Agricultural Statistician
Shows Marked Increase
in Industry
SHEEP, HOGS INCREASE
10000 More Milk Cows Re-
ported on Farms Than a
Year Ago, by Diamond

Increasing interest in the dairy,
sheep and hog industries on the part
of North Dakota farmers is evidenced
in the inventory gains made during
the past year, which closed with S5,-
600 more hogs on farms, 10000 more
milk, cows, and $4,000 more sheep
compared with the numbers on farms
when the year opened, according to
j. G.. Diamond, Agricultural Statisti-
clan for the u. S. Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics, Grand Forks, in u
report on estimated numbers and
value of livestock on farms in North
Dakota as of date January l, 1924,
compared with these items as of date
January I, 1923. The report which
excludes a negligible proportion of
livestock held in cities and villages
places present numbers of livestock
in the state and inventory changes
from year ago as follows: Horses,
ISL 900 head, u loss Of 10000; mules,
5000 head, no charge from a year
ago; milk cows $4,000 head, a gain
of 10000; cattle other than milk
cows, 100000 head, loss of 5000:
sheep, 254 900 head, gain of $4,000;
hogs, 651,O00 head gain of $4,000.
The total estimated value of all live
stock on farms due partly to lower
valuations per head is placed by the
report at $SS,257,000, compared with
$94 $4,000 on January /, 1928. The
report in full follows:
Numbers of Livestock.
The number of horses on farms in |
North Dakota on january 1, 1924, '
is estimated to be ISL 900 head or % |
CONTINUED ON Page y
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
EARTHQUAKES
SHAKE CHILE
Violent in Some Quarters,
Scientists Say

Buenos Aires, Jan 20. Fourth
earth shocks beginning at 9:45
O'Clock last night were registered by
the seismograph at LaPlata observa-
tory. The last quake was violent.
The center of the disturbance, &C.
cording to the scientists, was in Chile
between Santiago and Valparaiso.
Advices from Mendoza in western
Argentina says that the shock was
felt in Chile from Telta to LaSerena.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
CHAIRMAN OF
LEAGUE SHES
AT NEW PLAN
Church Not For League De-
claring Itself Third Party
At Convention
OPPOSES INGERSON PLAN
Believes That State COnven-
ton Here February 6
Should Nominate
OPPOSES INGERSON PLAN

The plan to be proposed to the
Nonpartisan League state convention
here on February under which the
Nonpartisan League would constitute
distinct third party in the state is
opposed by w. J. Church of York,
state chairman Of the league. The
proposal voiced by Ralph Ingerson
and the Burke county leaguers was
told to Mr.. Church by lngerson.
Mr.. Church believes that if the
league makes itself third party it
must change its name, which he holds
would be inopportune at this time.
He also believes the majority of the
leaguers are progressive Republi-
cans" and that the action proposed
by Senator Ingerson would leave
Senators Laid and Frazier, nominal
ly Republicans, in a peculiar posi-
ton.
"The majority of US in the Non
partisan League, believe, are there
because We thought We had to have
an organization to obtain remedial
measures" said Mr.. Church, land at
heart are progressive Republicans.
| would not be surprised in the next
few years to see such general
agreement on state issues that the
division there would be largely what
it was many years ago.
81 believe it is unwise to make a
switch in the leagues plan of action
at this time. If a third party were
created it would be necessary to
change the name to something more
comprehensive as distinct political
party. If later it seems that the
league should make this change it
can be made"
Senator Church also favors the |
league state convention nominating |
candidates for state office in the
convention on February 6. He said1
he had talked with Senator Ingerson
and did not agree with him.
Meanwhile discussion continues as
to possible candidates for office with
Nonpartisan League endorsement. A
likely slate, as seen by local league
circles, is:
Governor--A. G. Sorlie, Grand
Forks.
Lieutenant Governor-Walter Mad,
dock, Mountrail county.
Secretary of State-John Andrews,
Cass county.
Treasurer-E. G. Larson of Aneta
or G. A. Fisher Of Valley City.
Attorney General-T. H. H. Thore-
sen, Dunn Center
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Labor-B. f. Baker, Renville county.
AuditoE-D. c. Poindexter.
Congressman, End district-W. j.
Church.
Railroad Commissioners - Incum-
bents.
+. A. Vogel of Coleharbor will an
nounce formally this week, it is I'M
derstood, that he is not candidate
for endorsement for state treasurer.
He has been mentioned in this con- E.
nection.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
FORD WON'T
APPEAR AGAIN
Considers it Unnecessary To
Go Before Committee

Washington, Jan. 29.-Henry Ford
considers it unnecessary for himself
or any representative to appear be-
fore the committee to further dis
cuss his offer for Muscle Shoals.
Further hearings" Mr.. Ford said,
in a telegram to Chairman Kahn,
would only serve> to delay action
and unnecessarily consume the time
OF busy and important committee
OF Congress already in possession of
all the facts"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
FIRST GUN ToTING CASE

Grand Forks, N. D.. Jan: 29.-The
first trial to be held in Grand
Forks county under the 1923 gun
toting law, will take place Jan. 30,
when Clarence Mulane will be ar
raigned. A pistol is said to have been
found in his car during a raid made
by the authorities some two months
ago.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
DENLY WON'T RESIGN Under FTPT
RESIGNATION
OF DAUCHERTY
IS DEMANDED

Washington, Jan. ga resolution
expressing the sense of the senate
that the President request the i'm
mediate resignation of Attorney Cen
eral Daugherty was drawn today by
Senator Wheeler of Montana, who
said he would present it at the fi,st
opportunity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
REVOLT AFTER
LENINE'SDEATH

Toxic, Jan. 29.--White forces in
Siberia have, seized upon the occa-
sion OF the death Of Nickalai Lenine
10 proclaim free state in Amur pro-
vince and have interrupted railway
service to Vladivostok and eastward.
according to advices received BY the
Japanese government from Mukden.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29

Among the natives of South Az,
rica there is general belief in
the split soul. One tribe believes
IN three souls-one in the head, an
other In the stomach, and third
in the big toe.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
Weather Report

For twenty-four hours ending at
noon today:
Temperature at A. M. ........ 81
Temperature at noon ..........
Highest yesterday ...............45
Lowest yesterday ................14
Lowest last night ....,. 20
IreclplCatlOn ......... ........... U
Highest wind velocity ........... is
Weather Forecast
For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair
tonight and Wednesday. Not much
change jim temperature.
For North Dakota: Fair tonight
and Wednesday. Colder tonight
northeast portion.
Weather Conditions
The low pressure 1area is central
over Manitoba and Minnesota this
morning and fair, pleasant weather
prevails throughout the central
states. Minimum temperatures were
near freezing in the Dakotas and
Montana this morning. Precipitation
occurred in the north Pacific states,
but fair weather is general from the
Rocky Mountain region eastward to
the Mississippi Valley.
{ ORRIS w. ROBERTS,
Ieteoroloeist.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
SHOCKS RECORDED

Washington, Jan. 29.-An earth
quake of moderate intensity was
recorded between 9:06 and 10 y. m.
last night on the seismograph at
Georgetown University. Father Con-
dorf, the seismologist, announced
that the quake apparently was about
1900 miles south of WASHINGTON
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
FORKS IS DISTRIBUTING POINT

Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 29.-Grand
Forks has been named as chief dis
tributing point by the Hart-Parr
Tractor company for North Dakota.
Montana, and the western Canadian
provinces according to H. H. Boettger
who has arrived here to take charge
OF the depot for the company.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29

Scientists say there need be no
fear of the sun dying" to quick,
and Of the earth getting cold. The
suns heat will last, they say, for
another billion years or SO.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
VARSITY EXAMS SOON

Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 90
Classes at the state university will
close Tuesday evening for the SEM
ester examinations which will con-
tinue through Feb. 6. Classwork will
be resumed Feb. when the new
semester will open.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
PRESIDENT SILENT

Washington, Jan. 29.-Presi.
dent Coolidge, asked direct
question today by callers to his
office relative to the Robinson
resolution requesting the resig-
nation Of Secretary DENLY, re-
piled that 1t was a matter he did
not care to discuss.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
WHIRL OF SOCIAL LIFE BLAMEDBY
BANK HEAD FOR DAUGHTERS SUICIDE
w. p G. Harding, Head of Federal Reserve Bank in Bos
ton, Says He Had Warned Daughter Against Late
Hours and Cigarette Smoking-Name Linked
With Washington Man

Boston Jan 29The wh of social dancing cigarettes
hhaly breakdown p.
ng Governor OF the Federal Reserve
MS Elliott 3d.
Governor Hardlng in statement last night made public
MISS ard1ngS
medical death