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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
,1N'GEE FUNERAL
PLANNED
Many Prominent Persons
Will Attend

Minneapolis, Feb. 17.---Funeral SER
vices for Federal Judge John F. Nc
Gee, who was found dead in his Of
flee Sunday, will be conducted at 10
a. m. tomorrow at St. Stephens
Catholic church. Rev. j. H. Gaughan
will officiate. Federal court will be
closed and men prominent in. judi
cial, financial and, civic welfare
circles will assemble to pay; tribute
to the jurist, who was broken, mem
tally and physically, on the wheel
of public service.
Associates, physicians and friends
today added further evidence to sup
port the conclusion that Judge McGee
had become mentally unbalanced
through overwork and that he ended
hiS life when he faced the prospect
of failing. for the first time, in COM
pleting the task to which he had
been assigned.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
CONVERSE TO
QUIT POST AS
TAX OFFICER
Will Resign About April l to
Enter Practice of Law
in St. Paul

C.. C. Converse, state tax commits
soner, has informed Governor Sor-
lie of the desire to relinquish the
post about April 1, it was learned to-
day. Mr.. Converse will go to st
Paul to engage in the practice OF
law with his brother.
Mr.. Converse, who formerly was d
lawyer in Williston, was appointed
tax commissioner on December 81
1921, by Governor Nestos, succeeding
George E. Wallace, and was reap
pointed for term Of two years, ex,
piring July 6, 1925.
While no announcement. is made IL
is understood that. Coy, SQrlie has
pretty we'll decided upon an appoin'
tee. The name of former tax Com
missioner Wallace, who now is in
Washington as an attorney for the
Federal Trade Commission, is men
toned frequently. The position OF
tax commissioner is one of the ma
jor appointments of the Sorlie ad-
ministration.
E. M. Crary, state printer, has
submitted his resignation to the
state printing commission. 1t is ef-
fective, it is understood, April 1.
James Curran of Bismarck, former
state printer, is understood to be
slated for the job.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
SIX men DESCEND into CAVE TO
IDENTIFY BODY OF FLOYD COLLINS
Part of Body May Be Cut off
TO Provide Positive Identi-
fication for Family, Says
Officer in Charge.

Cave City, KY, Feb. 17.-Six men
selected by Magistrate Turner went
down into the rescue shaft this
morning at the instruction Of j..
Lewis Williams, commonwealth at
torney, to make report to him and
identify the body. The detailed re-
port of the men then will be given
to special coroner's jury.
Capt. J. l.. Topmiller, member
Of the military court of investiga-
tion, this morning, said that the
findings of the corners inquest would
be read into the records of the mil
itary court and probably would con-
stitute the final session of the pres
ent military investigation.
While the men were down in the
shaft H. T. CarnIt chael ISSUED "a
statement saying that in view Of the
known danger workmen would be
subjected to if they resumed oper-
atons on the lateral, the inspectors
who now are in the shaft probably
would sever portion of the Cave
victims body, such as a finger, hand,
wrist, ear or any available small
portion and bring it to the surface
where it would be turned over to
officials for Identification by men,
bers of the Collins family.
Mr.. Carmichael then said it would
probably be taken down the shaft,
deposited beside the remains, large
rocks and other debris rolled into
place to seal the body in its already
natural tomb.
Mr.. Carmichael announced that a
seventh man, All Mattox, one OF
those who reached the entombed
mans side in the first few days OF
his Imprisonment, also had gone
down the shaft, washed the dead
mans face and twisted the body
into such position that it could
be identified more easily.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
BY r. A. CONkEY
Tax COnsultant

All persons, in whatever capacity
acting, making payment to another
person, of interest, rent, salaries,
wages, premiums, annuities, compen-
sations, or other fixed or determin-
able gains, profits and income of
$1,000 or more in any taxable year
must file with the commissioner OF
internal revenue at Washington, D..
c., a return of information on form
No. 1899, separate form must be
filed for each person to whom such
payments have been made, also a
form No. 1896 must be filed show
ing the total number of forms No.
1899 filed by the taxpayer. This is
very important subject to be borne
in mind as failure to file returns of
information subjects one to penal
ty. These returns must be filed on
or before March Is, blanks may be
secured from the office of the collec-
tor of internal revenue. Corpora
tions are also required to file re-
turns of information showing
amounts and to whom they paid divi-
dends during the year. They are not
required to report amounts of less
than $500 paid to any one person.
Income tax return blanks are now
being released by the collectors Of
internal revenue and those who filed
return last year will receive a
blank by mail. The fact that one
does not receive q blank does not
excuse him from filing return if
in accordance with the law he is
liable for one, so if you are liable
for return and have not previously
filed one. or If you have changed
your address within the last year.
you should apply to your collector
of internal revenue for the proper
blanks. If your income is practical
ly all from salaries and wages and
does not exceed $4,000 you should
use form No. 1O4O A, if your income
is from various sources, or if it ex-
ceeds $4,000, you should use form
No. 1040. Should there be any items
Of your return about which you are
not certain as to the proper way Of
handling, assistance can be secured
by calling at the office Of the col.
lector of internal revenue. or in most
eases your bank can furnish the ne.
cessary information.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
Bowman Judge
Dies Suddenly

Bowman, N. D., Feb. 17.-Judge
c. E. Taylor, 70, judge of probate
of Bowman county since 1918, died
suddenly while being rushed on q
train from here to an Aberdeen hos
pital. He was taken i'll on the 45th
anniversary of his wedding. His
illness quickly became acute, being
due to obstruction of the bowels.
Judge Taylor moved to North Da-
kota from Iowa in 1908 and home
steaded on farm near the City of
Bowman. He became probate judge
in 1918 and since the change in the
law affecting certain counties, has
also served as clerk of court of Bow
man county
His widow, five sons and two
daughters survive.
!. C. v. Hook, custodian of the court
house building, was named by the
county commission to fill out the un-
expired part Of the term made vacant
by Judge Taylor's death. Mr.. Hook
homesteaded in this county in 1908.
For the last 12 years he has been
city assessor here.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
auto DRIVER
ISHELD UNDER
$1,000 BONDS
CorOner's Jury in Mandan
Renders Verdict in Fatal
Accident
DRIVER RESPONSIBLE
CCr0ner's Jury Holds That
Driver of Death Car
Was Negligent

Arthur Marshall, Selfridgc, North
Dakota, driver of the car in which
Theresa Naekel, his fiancee, was
riding Sunday afternoon, was placed
under $1,000 bond last night for
appearance in court later.
States Attorney c. F. Kelsch, who
conducted the inquiry before Cor
oner J. X. Kennedy in the tragedy
lin which Miss Naekel was killed al
most instantly, declared that he
doubted whether he would file a
charge of second degree manslaugh-
ter against Marshall. The states at
torney is continuing his investiga-
tion of the case and declared that
he was convinced that Marshall,
himself a poor driver, and who had
been running at a rapid rate just
before the collision, was responsible
for the tragedy.
The coroner's inquest SO held late
yesterday afternoon.
The jurors in their findings de-
clared that "Theresa Naekel came to
her death as the result of collision
of a Dodge touring car driven
and operated by one Arthur Marshall
with bus operated by the Wetzstein
Brothers and driven by Glen Ionic.
"That Immediately preceding the
said collision the said Arthur Mar
shall drove and operated his car in
a negligent and careless manner, col
1idipp with an ant n m philo drivon bv
one Arthur Nustad and which caused
Arthur Marshall to lose control of
his car"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
WESLEY AND u
. T0CELEBRATE
AFFILIATI0N
House Is Expected to Increase
The Penalty
(By the Associated Press)

NDN JuS toSOCldIcu
Grand Forks, N. d., Feb. 1.-THE
anniversary of the first and what
officers of the school claim to be the
foremost affiliation between a state
university and a church school will
be celebrated at the University of
North Dakota by the state university,
and it's sister institution, Wesley
college, here, starting next Sunday,
it was announced here today.
Begun as an experiment twenty
years ago, the cooperative plan be-
tween the Methodist school and the
North Dakota state school "has be-
come an assurance and stepping
stone to the further development Of
higher education in the United
States" the university and Wesley
college heads said today, through the
university's extension division, which
has prepared history of the affilia-
tion.
The first suggestion toward rela-
tion of church schools and state
schools, according to the history pre-
pared by the extension division, was
made by DR.. R. T. Ely, author of re-
ligious works, to DR.. E. P. Robert
son, presiding elder of the Winona,
Minnesota district of the Methodist
church. The pair were crossing the
campus Of the University Of Wiscon-
sin one afternoon in 1898, when DR..
Ely said, "There's something wrong
here-thousands OF young people
here and the church. absent"
!, In 1899 the Red River Valley Uni
versity Of Wahpeton, N. D., invited
DR.. Robertson to become its presi-
dent and he took charge of the sew
enty-year old school, with campus
of eighty acres and one building. In
addition to it's religious courses, it
music and complete courses leading
to B. A. degree.
That winter, with other presidents,
he attended the educational associa-
tion meeting at the university, and
here President Merrifield repeated
practically the same words DR.. Ely
had said, telling DR.. Robertson, "You
OelOnS mere.
The following April. the state uni
versity president addressed the an
nual state conference of the Metho-
dist church at Grand Forks, at the
request Of Dr.. Robertson, on the sub.
ject that was then impressed on his
mind, after the two men had spoken
Of it.
Thus on April 13, 1900, President
Merrifield extended to 1.-THE Metho.
dist church and all others in the
state, most cordial invitation t
build homes for their young people
about the university campus ane
avail themselves to whatever extent
may seem desirable of the class in
struction, library. laboratories ant
museum"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
COSTLY ROAD
IN STATE Is
MADE SUBJECT
House Highway Commission
Inquiries Into Richland
County Project
BLACK is ON STAND
Chief Engineer Asked Ques-
tions Concerning Tread
wei Twichell Contract

The House Highway Commi ssion
investigating committee, with Chief
Engineer w. G. Black on the witness
stand, today went fully into Federal
Aid Project No. SO in Richland coun-
ty, the bone Of much contention. be-
tween Treadwell Twichell, contractor,
Highway Commission engineers and
Richland county authorities.
The project, according to infOrma-
tion adduced through questioning by
+. j. Graham, committee counsel
cost $1l7,793.00 for ID 1-2 miles. II
was started in 1920 when w. H. Ro-
b;nson was chief engineer Of the
Highway Commission, completed in
1923 Swhen Mr.. Black was engineer
and final payment has not yet been
made the contractor. The original
contract price for the work was $780,.
1900.
Through questioning Mr.. Graham
sought information as to whether
Mr.. Black and his department was
not responsible for the additiona
work done on the project and fol
failure to see that it was completed
econ omically, while Mr.. Black, il
turn, declared that responsibilit!
for the job rested on the previou:
Highway Commission administration
History of Project
The history of the project wa.
traced. On questioning, Black as
serted that faulty set of plans wa.
prepared by Highway Commission
engineers to begin with, that plan:
and surveys were made during th'
winter, the surveyor running rod
through the snow and ice, and call
ing it ground" when they hit sol
id place. In reality, he said, th'
road was to 60 through man!
sloughs and bitches.
He declared that the Highwa!
Commission later sent a man dowl
to adopt an arbitrary grade line il
1922. In 1923 he said. two residen
engineers and a practical road mar
were sent over the job. Jack Gavir
was engineer in charge Of the job
Black said. He declared his belle.
that personal enmity existed be
tween Gavin and Twichell (which
caused much trouble"
additional work was done on tn
road.
':Is it not customary to have sup
Elemental agreements for additiona
Continued on page three)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
MILLSAVINGS
ARECITED
Governor SOrlie Says Salary
List Is Cut

Governor A. G. Sorlie said today
that the annual overhead at the
Grand Forks mill and elevator had
been reduced considerably since the
first of the year.
Figures made public by the Cover
nor showed the annual cut would
amount to $54,s30.00, based on the
difference between December and
February (estimated) expense. The
December payroll was $11,891.6S and
the estimated February payroll is
$7,52l.68. A large part Of the saving
reduction was cutting out of the
$1,000 monthly salary Of c. E. Austin,
former general manager. The sales
force expense was reduced $2,146
monthly, the office force reduction
was. $1,140 monthly. The number
Of statesmen employed by the mill
has been reduced to about 10 or II
from about 27, it is understood.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
Is CONFIRMED

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE nomina-
tion Of Frank B. Kellogg of Mime
sofa to succeed Chas. E. Hughes as
secretary of state, was confirmed by
the senate.
Action was taken unexpectedly
and without consideration of the
nomination by the foreign relations
committee. Chairman Borah had ex-
pected to take up Mr.. Kellogg's APP
pointment in the committee today.
No opposition was offered to con-
firmation, senator's said, and senate
action came with practically no dis
cussion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17

Two tax bills, one making a radi-
cal change in the tax classification
laws of the state and another provid-
ing for publicity of income tax re-
turns, pushed through committee of
the whole house to the calendar, for
third reading and final action to-
day.
House Bill No. 229 would change
the flat classification law Of two
years ago and provide that property
shall be classified for taxation val
uations .as follows:
Class AT 80 percent of true
value, including railroads, other pub
lie utilities, together with franchises
and all real and personal property
employed in connection Herewith;
lands and lots, exclusive of struct-
ures and improvements thereon;
bank stocks, flour mills, elevators,
warehouses and store houses Of all
kinds, buildings, improvements upon
railway right of way, structures and
improvements on towns and city
lots.
Glass 2-At so percent of true
value, including livestock, agricul-
tural tools and machinery, gas and
other engines and boilers, thresh-
ing machines and outfits used there
with; all vehicles, automobiles, mo-
tor. trucks and other horsepower
driven cars, boats and all water
craft, harness, saddlery, robes and
all property not specifically mention
ed.
A motion to indefinitely postpone
the bill failed, 48 to SO, and the COM
mittee Of the whole recommended it
for passage on viva voce vote, after
it had accepted an amendment to the
printed bill with regard to Class
two, the bill originally providing this
property should be assessed at 60
percent Of true value.
The bill is regarded as Nonpar-
tisan League program measure.
Publicity Bill
House Bill No. 157, by Rep. Cart,
provides for publicity of income tax
es. There also was large negative
vote against recommending this mea-
sure for passage, but it went on the
calendar. The bill provides that in
come tax payments shall be made a
matter of record in the county audi
tors office, where people may see
them. The bill provides:
The tax commissioner shall also, as
soon as practicable after receiving a
receipt from the state treasurer for
all income tax collections from any
county, prepare and certify list of
all persons, firms or corporations
paying income tax in said county,
giving in detail their names, amount
of their incomes and amount of in
come tax paid by them, and shall
forthwith transmit such certified
statement to the county auditor Of
said county in which such income
tax has been paid and such list shall
be made a matter Of public record in
the office of such county auditor and
open to public inspection during all
office hours.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
TO AMPUTATE
FEET HELDIN
CAVE IS PLAN
Doubtful If He Can Be Extri-
Gated From Rock Which
Held Him Fast
DEATH TIME UNCERTAIN
If 1t Were More Than Il
Hours Doctors Cannot
Tell How Long
BURIED IN CAVE

Cave City, KY, Feb. 1.-THE
body of Floyd Collins will be
kept in his natural tomb and his
funeral services will be held
this afternoon at the mouth of
the shaft which was dug to res
cue him but in vain. His aged
father, Lee Collins consented to
the arrangements after DR.. Will
liam Hazlett of Chicago had
himself examined Collins and
pronounced him dead.
Seven friends of Collins crawl
cd down the tunnel to identify
him as members of a cOroner's
jury including Magistrate Clay
Turner, the acting coroner.
Everything has been done that
could have been done and mans
ingenuity and mans machinery
has failed" said Mr.. Collins.
mo more lives should be
sacrificed in further attempt to
remove his body"
DIR. Hazlett came up the shaft
and said that he had identified
Collins through a gold front
tooth. He said Collins had been
dead three to five days. Magis-
tratc Turner said that he had
seen and recognized Collins and
felt confident that there was no
way to remove the body without
great risk.
Meantime work was proceed
ing rapidly to remove the ma
chinery around the shaft.
Someone was always starting
rum0rs," that was the plant of
the many newspapermen and
photographers sent here.
Here's what they have gone
through during the last week:
Sand Cave IL seven miles from
Cave City and the road is bumpy
all the way. All of the cores
pondents sleep at a hotel but
have telephones and assistants
at the cave. Naturally each man
was trying to beat the others,
but with annoying regularity \
rumOr would be brOadcasted be-
tween three and four every
morning.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
BULL CHARGES WINDOW

Manchester, England, Feb. rs
Bright red scarfs in the show win
dow of Manchester haberdashery
attracted the scorn of a bull being
led through the city streets by Ar
thur Mack, farmer. The bull
charged the window, shattering the
glass and tore up the display Of
clothing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
Former Mandan
Rail Man in
Shooting Case

Mandan, Feb. III. c. Barber,
formerly Northern Pacific brake
man running between Mandan and
Dickinson and who has lately been
employed out Of Forsyth, Montana,
shot and killed his wife. and wound
ed his sister-in-law, in an affair at
Chicago, late Saturday night, it has
been learned here. No details are
available. Mr.. and Mrs. Barber had
been separated for about two years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
LIGHTS THAT FAIL

Hull, England, Feb. 17.-When the
lights went out during the wedding
OF Carl Campson and Alma Sagg, the
man and woman left on their honey
moon before the ceremony was COM
pleted, parents of the couple say.
Police arrested the boy and girl in:
London.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17

Cave City, KY, Feb. 17.--(By the
A. P.)-Revealed, but not recovered,
the body Of Floyd Collins today still
was lying in the natural tomb which
has been his for more than II days,
while jaded miners, spurred on by
the realization that at last they had
found the cave explorer, pecked
away at the limestone roof of Sand
Cave
Without warning, the roof caved in
yesterday afternoon and it was an
nounced officially that Collins had
been apparently dead"
A short time later Ed Brenner of
Cincinnati, had gone, head-first, in
to the hazardous pit and under ply
sicians' directions, made a superb
cial examination of the trapped man.
Doctors expressed the opinion that
he had been dead for "a hours.
Saddened by the realization that
their long struggle with the inscrut-.
able forces of nature had failed, in
sofar as rescuing Collins alive, the
tappers continued to toll all night,
timbering and excavating in the eight
feet beyond where their lateral
struck the original avenue.
To Amputate Feet
Collins feet probably will remain
forever in the spot where they were
pinioned by a falling boulder. The
perilous task of finding the body be-
ing accomplished, H. T. Carmichael,
In charge of the rescue work, was un-
willing further to risk the lives Of
the miners in removing the boulder.
Surgeons went into the pit early
today to attempt to amputate Collins
feet but were unable to reach him.
The body was almost covered with
dirt and rock which must be removed
before medical examination can be
made.
With the consent of the Collins
family, physicians will amputate one
Tor both feet, when the hole has been
made large enough for them to en-
tier.
It was reported late last night that
Governor y. =. Fields had ordered
lcontinpsdS y pass twe)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
ON
WAY TO i. s.
Ambassador to Become Sec
retary of State

London. Feb. II. - Ambassador
Kellogg and Mrs. Kellogg left this
afternoon for Southampton from
where they will return to the United
States on the Berengaria. Mr.. Kel-
logg will succeed Charles Evans
Hughes as Secretary Of State.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
Your Income T ak

This is one of a series OF
articles explaining the in
come tax to the laymen. 1t
has been prepared in view of
recent changes in the income
tax law.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
FedarSl Court Term

"A term Of federal court will open
in Bismarck on March 10, with Judge
Miller presiding.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17

The American drug trade attained
. total volume Of $500, ,0Q0, 900 In 1924.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17

Actic temperatures are no more,
intense than those experienced in the
northern part of the United States.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
NEW TAX BASE
PROPOSED FOR
NORTH DAKOTA
House Of Representatives
This Afternoon Will Con-
slider Measure
INCOME PUBLICITY
Measure Providing Publicity
For Income Taxes Sched-
uled to Pass
REPORT BILLS

REPORT BILLS
The senate state affairs COM
mfttcc has voted to report the
Fargo, Williston, Sanish and Des
Laos bri4ge bills for passage.
The house state affairs COM
mittee voted to report the addi-
tional Onc-cent gasoline tax bill
for passage, providing the addi-
tional One-cent tax shall 60 into
state highway fund.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-17
WEATHER CONDITIONS

The pressure is high over che MIS-
sissippi Valley and Plains States, but
it is somewhat lower over the north
SeW Rocky Mountain region. Tenn
peratures rose somewhat over the
northern Plains States and in Mon
tana while lower temperatures pre-
vail over the South and East. Sub
zero temperatures occurred in the
Canadian Provinces and along the ex-
treme northern border Of the United
States. Precipitation occurred in
the Great Lakes region and upper
Mississippi Valley while elsewhere
the weather is generally fair.