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Evening star., 1925-02-08
DIPLOMATS TO SEE
PAN-AMERICAN FILMS
Pictures of Highway Commission
Visit Will Be Shown
to ENJOYS.

Diplomats Of the Latin American
republics will be special guests of
the Pan American Union and the
Secretary of Agriculture tomorrow
afternoon at al exhibition Of moving
pictures in connection with the visit
of the Pan-Amerfcan Highway Com
mission to the United States last
June at the invitation of the High
way Education Board. The pictures
were made by the Department of
Agriculture.
Members of the cabinet. of Congress
and Government officials also have
been invited to attend. 1t will be
held in the Hall of the Americans
at the Pan-American Union Building.
Two films will be shown, "A High
way of Friendship" depicting the re-
ception accorded the Pan American
Commission at the places visited, and
Road Building in the United States
of North America" illustrating the
method of building the principal
types of modern highways. Music
will be furnished by the Marine Band
Orchestra
Evening star., 1925-02-08

tanned that Mr.. Madden has 70,
pledged votes for the Speakershin
1t developed at the meeting thai
the Madden forces were not only
retaining their strength In the
West, but had made very substan-
tial progress in several of the
Eastern States.
THE accuracy Of the statement
made by the Longworth forces.
published in this afternoons Star,
is challenged. A check-up of the
Longworth claims shows they
have l03 votes instead of 1922"
The Republicans caucus Febru-
ary 81, to nominate a Speaker and
floor leader for the next Congress.
The Republican nomination is
equivalent to election, since they
have q majority in the new HsusA
Evening star., 1925-02-08

ceive, the grateful thanks Of those he
has served 80 we'll" Representative
Madden paid Representative Davis the
distinction Of saying that few men ever
have given the American Congress such
devoted service
Representative Ffnis Garrett Of Ten
nessee, the minority leader. said that
Representative Davis had given the
Government the best years of his life
in devoted service, which he character
lied as of inestimabe value" Repre-
sentative Garrett said that the members
Of Congress are under obligation to Mr.
Davis for the quiet, but efficient. serv-
Ice he has given in the appropriations
committee work. Tho regret is univer-
sal that he is to retire from Congress {"
said Mr.. Garrett.
Evening star., 1925-02-08
Seek Oil Concessions.
Correspondence OF the Associated Press

correspondence o. the AShoCIAI''u FTess.
SOFIA, January 1S.-Many foreign
ers have applied for the right to pros
pect for petroleum in various parts
of Bulgaria. The committee on com
merce of Parliament considered
mass of these applications the other
day. The indications are that for
eigners will receive concessions for
digging oil wells, provided the rights
Of the state in natural resources are
well guarded. -.
Evening star., 1925-02-08
Skaters Have Gas Fires.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, February 7.
Skaters on small lake miles
from here enjoy a novel form of bon
fires at night. BY drilling a sma II
hole through the ice a heavy form of
marsh gas Is released, which burns
brightly until the hole is melted too
large for q pressure jet. 1t is be-
lisved the gas comes from q heavy
on seepage at the base Of hills,
Evening star., 1925-02-08

~ = opPh WI 10
tions, who now is
rounding out %
years Of continu-
Gus service in the
House. interrupted
proceedings in the
H o u Sc yesterday
before the District
bill was called up.
Chairman NJ a d.
den of the appro-
priations commit
t e e, w h o h a 8
served during most
Of those years with
r e p r e s e n tative
Davis, said that
"he has the right
to expect, and I
Evening star., 1925-02-08

subcommittee in charge of the Dis-
trict appropriation bill, said last
night that the subcommittee would
begin work on the bill early this
week. Tho District Commission ers
Will first be heard by the subcom-
mitee, he said
Senator Phdpps indicated that he
believed the bill would be considered
promptly by tho committee and that
it would be brought before the full
committee and the Senate as spe edily
as possible.
Evening star., 1925-02-08
Warmest February 2 in Chicapo.

CHICAGO. February To-day was
Chicago's warmest February on the
records Of the local weather bureau
whose observations date back to 1871
The official thermometer registered
50 degrees at 3 o'clock
Evening star., 1925-02-08
january Circulation
Daily .98,795
Sunday .1O4,954

District of Columbia, S.:
LEROY W. HEBRON, Advertising Manager
Of THE EVENING AND SUNDAY STAR, does
solemnly swear that the actual number of
ed during the month Of January, AID. 1925
foil
Evening star., 1925-02-08
C. R. DAVIS, LEAVING
HOUSE, IS ExTOLLED
Minnesota Member, Rounding Out
20 Years Service, Praised
by Colleagues.

Glowing tribute to the long and faith
full services of Representative Charles
r. Davis, Republican, Of Minnesota,
chairman Of the subcommittee on Dis
Evening star., 1925-02-08

Germany claims to possess the
largest of railway stations in the
Central, at Munich. which houses 50
lines, '' .s'
Evening star., 1925-02-08

THE WHITE HOUSE
ShtNcroN
January ss' 1920.

~ dear Sir:
The fact that the school children Of Washington
and the United States to participate
In National oratorical Contest the subject Of
the American Constitution affords the greatest
pleasure.
knowledge OF the foundat ion stones Of the Ameri-
Commonwealth Is essent ia1 II nat ion 1s to
maintain the glorious strength It has And,
there Is fertile field for dissemination
Of this edge than the youth Of tho
nation. Upon these younger Americans will our
future destinies, to them must b painsta
ing care Of our nstitutions. The their
regard for the tasks npo sed will prove their
respect for the Fundamental fabric Of laws and
life. The Nat iona1 oratorioa1 Contest means to
this end. powerful tns trument.
Very truly yours.
Evening star., 1925-02-08
MILLION TO SEEK,
ORATORICAL PRIZES:
~. D. C. TO- COMPETE

Continued from First Page
Evening star., 1925-02-08
D. c. BILL is PASSED,
CARRYING TOTAL OF
$31,141,907 FOR CITY

Continued from First Paxe)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-09
MADE
T0SETTLE THE
'C0ALSTRIKE
Merchants of the Hard Coal
Region Confer With Gov
ernOr PinchOt

Philadelphia, Pa, Dee. o. H) f.f
forts TO settle the anthracite cuu-
troversy were continued today by Il
committee of merchants Of the hard
coal region, who yesterday liSruS uSScd
plans with Governor Pnrhot in ilar-
riSburg.
Arriving here late last night. the
committee, representing the Wilkes
Barre. Scranton and lia2elton chant
hcrS Of commerce. and the Panther
Creek Valley Businessmen a&socia-
ton, went into conference with John
J.. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers, and other union off
cialS. Later the merchants conferred
with group of operators hcaUrd by
Ma Jor w. W. IngliS, chairman Of the
anthracite operators committee.
AT the conclusion of the meetings.
Ralph T.. Weeks, spokesman for the
merchants, said that no definite CON
illusions had been reached. He added
that members of his committee plan
ned to return home and that they had
no further engagements with opera
tors, miners or Governor Pinrhut.
Another Meeting Planned
The governor announced after his
conference yesterday that he expect
ed to meet the delegation from the
anthracite region again in the near
future.
The businessmcn's meeting with the
operators lasted from midnight until
2:3O a. m.
The executive boards Of TIE three
anthracite districts are scheduled to
meet in Philadelphia tomorrow, but
Mr.. Lewis said only routine matters
would be discussed
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-09
TAX BILL TO GET SPEEDY ACTION in CONGRESS
Plat May, Indian Legend
Killer, Is Given Freedom
by NEA Service

By NEA Service
Pueblo. Colo.. Dee. 9.-Onrc upon Il
time AN orphan grew to mnnh"ud
among the Ute Indians of CniorAdn
And h" rcbcllcd against the chief and
wiped out most of his own tribe.
Such is the legend Of the ltos.
!" guard themselves against Il req
ctition of the story. the Indians
ruled that when II Suuaw, who ha&
just given birth to Il chid, dies. the
child must be buried with its mother.
And Platt May, 25-y"nr-"Ii BRAY"
on the Ute reservation, the last TO
carry out the hribal law. has beer :Ir-
quilted by Il white jury.
Mays >quaw. Mullic Cuthnir. died
from pneumonia shortly after The
birth "f her child Her father, Mot-
mon Joe. medicine man of tn" trihr,
forbade Hay to turn the 1-day-"ld
orphan over to its grand mother. The
baby must be buried with its mother
so that the spirit which killed the
Squaw and was now in the child,
would not live and Kill the attire
tribe.
Mormon Joe told May the legend.
May placed his son in the tcpcc with
its dead mother, left them all night -,
and in the morning when Molii"
Cuthair was buried. her son WAS bur,
led with her.
May was charged with murder. But
Federal Judge j. Foster Symcs ruled
that the government had failed to
prove the corpus deficit and instruct
ed the jurors to find the Indian brave
not guilty. There was rejoicing
among the Indians when May walked
out of court Il free man.
The rejoicing, however, was damp
ened by one fact-Mormon Joe must
spend from 20 to 30 years in the
states prison. While he was being
held for trial he murdered fellow
prisoner who taunted him for parti-
cipating in the burial of the papoosr
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-09
BATTLEFIELD
TO BE SITE OF
CELEBRATION
Fiftieth Anniversary Of Bat
Tie of Little Big Horn
to BE Observed
Cl)STEK'S LAST STAND
Secretary of War Davis Heads
Committee To Direct
Affair Next June
Cl)STEK'S LAST STAND

Hardin. Mont. Dec. 9.--tF Plans
FOR observance Of the fiftieth ami
vcrsarv of the battle of the Little
Big Horn-General Casters last
stand-wcnt forward here last night
with the appointment Of a committee
that includes Secretary Of War Davis
to direct the activities Of the Ma
'ional Custer Memorial association mt
the Custer battlefield next June
The committee is headed by Gener-
al f.. :. Godfrey, Of Cockstown. n. j..
who was n second lieutenant I, Gus.
ter's command, and includes Indian
Commissioner Burke and heads of
the G. \. r.. American Legion, Span
lSh- American war veterans and 9TH
er patriotic organizations as we'll as
Chieftains Of the Sioux. Crow, Black
feet and Cheyenne Indian tribes.
On the site Of the battle of the
Little Big Horn will be depicted the
burial of the hatchet. symbolic Of
everlasting peace between the Indian
and the white man in the northwest.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-09
SENATE RESTS
WHILE HOUSE
TALKS TAXES
Debate on Measure Will End
Saturday 1870 Passage EN-
pectcd Next Week
MANY PROHIBITION BILLS
Senate Committee Refers La
Toilette Question 10 Re
publican Caucus

Washington. Dec. 9.-LE) With
IrcSIdent tooildgc's Legislative rec
concentrations spread ON the record
and the first flood Of bills and res
oIutonS presented, the senate paused
today to give its committees time to
organize while the house went ahead
with the tax bill
The non partisan measure, carry
ing IA $335, ,OUn, 900 cut in the nations
tax burden and endorsed ain prin-
clplc' by the president in his annual
message yesterday the praise of
leaders of both parties on the ways
and means committee, which framed
1T. in opening genera! debate on the
bill yesterday.
BY agreement, general debate on
the measure will be concluded not
later than Saturday night and leaders
are confident that. with clear right
Of way, it will receive final action
in the house before the end of next
week. Representative Mills of New
York, Republican member Of the
ways and means committee, had pre-
pared an address on the bill for to-
day.
Many Bills introduced
A number Of measures proposing
to carry out the major recommended
tlons of the president were included
in the .0l5 bills and resolutions in
troduced in the senate yesterday as
the first crop. Meanwhile the total
of 1927 bills and resolutions thrown
into the house hopper on the first
day has been swelled by several hun
dred more.
The reading Of the presidents mes
sage drew frequent applause from
the Republican side of the house
with members generally standing
and applauding at the end, but was
received in the senate without de-
monstration. Senator Curtis Of Kan
sas. the Republican senate leader,
later said it was 4 strong message
and lays out Il good plan for congress
to follow" Senator Robinson ~
Arkansas. the Democratic floor lead
err. endorsed its reference to the
world court but expressed disappoint-
ment over the presidents views on
aviation. Representative Garrett of
Tennessee, the Democratic floor
leader, asserted the message was
"a very mediocre paper" and saw IN
it "too much political opportunism"
La Toilette Status Undetermined
The work Of completing organiza-
ton of the senate committees, which
went ahead today while that body
was in adjournment until tomorrow,
finds the question whether Senator
La Toilette Of Wisconsin should be
classified as a Republican in com
mltt"e assignments still undctcr.
mined.
The senate committee on commit
tees came to a deadlock on Senator
Continued on page three.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-09

Washington, Dec. 9.-P)-The ex-
penditures of the federal, govern
ment for the coming fiscal year were
estimated today by President Cool.
idge at $3,S86,207 ,92l, an increase of
$lGO, O,O83 ,326 over the outlay for the
current year.
The bulk of the increase goes. to
the postal service, which is oper-
ating under,a new schedule OF wages
and rates, and to the Veterans Bur
eau, to meet increasing requirements
of the soldier bonus. The Post
Office Department alone is allotted
$lO3 ,8OS,l4s more than during the
present year. The Veterans Bur-
eau gets an increase Of $53,265 900.
Allotments for other agencies of
the government show a number of
lesser increases. balanced by about
an equal number Of decreases.
Maintenance Of the army and
navy at their present enlisted
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-09
MINIMUM COST OF RUNNING THE
! GOVERNMENT ABOUT REACHED, SAYS
i COOLIDGE INCREASES EXPECTED
Recommends Tax Reduction Orderly Air Policy Enforce
mcnt of the Prohibition Laws-Suggests Curbing
of Federal Road Aid Policy

Washington. Dec. 9.--(P)-Presi- j.
dent Coolidge informed congress in
his annual budget message today
that the minimum cost of runving
the government had been about
reached, and that the normal expan-
sion Of a growing nation would
hencefOrth involve added expend-
ture to keep the government ma
chinery in motion.
The budget estimates, transmitted
with the message, reflected the con-
tinuing efforts at economy, Mr. Cool
idge said, adding that on the basis
o-the calculations surplus Of $780,
3O7, 900 was indicated for the fiscal
year 1927. He expects surplus Of
$262, ,756 for the year ending next
June 30, although a year ago it was
estimated that the surplus this year
would exceed $373,0O0,000.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-09
TO
RE0FFER FAIR
DOLLAR" BILL
Will Also Present Bill Pro
viding for Labelling of
Flour Containers

Reintroduction Of his "Fair Dol
lar' bill is one of the main items on
his program ut the session of con-
grcsS which opened yesterday, Con-
.&rcssman o. b. Burtness, Grand
Forks, has told the Associated Press.
The intent Of the bin. which first
saw light ut the last session of con-
prosS, is to stabilize the purchasing
power of money.
During the lat few years the coun-
try has come TO realize more than
ever before the harm caused by re
curing periods Of high prices and
low priccS,' Congressman BurtncSs
said
"bf course it means that gold is
worth that much more or less during
such periods. The intent Of the mca-
sure is to stabilize not the individual
prices Of any one commodity but to
stabilize the average purchase prlce
of the dollar in the terms OF all
commodities. This question is now
receiving the careful consideration of
all our leading economists who almost
universally approve the plan Of stab
iliZing money by varying the weight
Of the gold dollar from time to time. .
Would Label Flour
Another GiIl which Burtness will
present is one to require the Label
ing Of flour in ntcrSt:ltc and foreign
commerce to show the kind of wheat
from which it is made. On the con-
tniner Of the flour would, under the
proposed law, be printed Il statement
showing whether the flour was made
from hard spring wheat, hard win
ter wheat, soft wheat or from two or
more such wheats.
The bill requires that agents of
the department of agriculture be
given free entry to all flour mills
to inspect flour and wheat and that
refusal of such permission would
subject millers to Il fine of 81 900 or
imprisonment for year or both.
The bill provides that misbranded
flour may be confiscated and either
destroyed or sold by the government
following process of libel for con-
dcmnation. Flour imported into the
United States from other countries
also would be subject to the terms
of the bill, the administration of
which would be bested in the secre-
tary of agriculture.
FavOrs Export Corporation
Mr.. Burtness said he will support
legislation providing for an export
corporation or "some other agency so
that the exportable surplus of crop
of farm product may be segregated
and sold at the world price without
such world price controlling the do
mestic price of the crop or product.
In other words the principle under
lying such legislation is simply that
Of providing means by which the
tariff, which is supposed to represent
the difference in the cost of produc-
ton in this country and abroad, may
be reflected at all times in the price
to our producers for that portion OF
the crop raised which is used in do.
mestic consumption regardless OF
what the exportable surplus may be
sold for. Our aim is to make the
domestic price the worlds price,
plus the tariff and plus the cost of
transportation from the principal
competing countries"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-09
GOVERNMENTAL EXPENDITURES NEXT
YEAR WILL BE- MORE THAN FOR 1926
P.O. SERVICE GETS MOST OF BOOST
Veterans Bureau Also Gets Increase Because of Require
ments of Soldier Bonus-Other Increases Balanced
by Number of Decreases

strength is contemplated under the
estimates, but the aviation services
are allotted somewhat larger funds
for purchases of equipment. The
Shipping Boards expenditures show
sharply the shrinkage OF. that agency
through sale Of lines, while expan-
sion Of the government aid policy in
building post roads accounts for ad-
ditional money requirements for the
Department Of Agriculture. An es-
innate of $2l,94O.52S for enforcement
of prohibition is contained in the
Treasury allotment.
Navy Wants Increase
The Navy's appeal for general re-
plenishmdnt which included recruit
ing to it's full authorized strength
of $4,000 mem together with slight
ly larger, purchases of aircraft
was responsible for a proposed in
crease of $8,0O7,O52 in that services
Continued on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-09

ROAD BUREAU
BEING CUT
Number of Employees Being
Reduced to Conserve Bal
ance of Funds

Reduction Of the number Of en-
ployes in the state highway depart
ment to Il point where it will be pos
sible to finish the fiscal year on the
money still remaining TO the depart
ment's credit is rapidly going for
ward and will be completed by the
end Of this month, II. c. Frahm, chief
engineer of the commission. said.
Survey parties which have been
doing preliminary work on proposed
state roads will complete their work
by Christmas time and will not be
sent out again until next spring.
Frahm said. Places will be found
for Il few men in the drafting divi-
sion of the highway department, but
most of the members of such parties
will be laid Off until next spring.
Since it will hardly be possible to
do much outside work after Christ
mas the department will concentrate
on setting road plans ready for use
next summer, Frahm sad. Detailed
maps will be made of each pro oject
and calculations made of the amounts
Of earth to be moved in construct
ing each road, the amount OF gravel
necessary to properly surface it, and
other technical calculations.
$4,000 Spent in Three Months
When Frahm took over the affairs
of the highway department in Sep
tember he found that over $4,000 Of
the $l0i,00O appropriation had been
spent in three months, leaving only
$64 1000 to tide the department over
the remaining nine months Of the
fiscal year, he told the highway com
mission recently.
BY closing the automobile repair
shops and the sale of war supplies
which had been turned over to the
state by the government, Frahm man
aged to make material reduction in
expenditures. Removal of number
of men in other departments cut the
payroll still further and the elm in
alton of the survey crews will be the
crowning touch. Only part Of the
reduction can be attributed to the
moves toward economy which he has
made, Frahm said, since the survey
crews would have been laid off and
certain of the other changes made
even. if the department had ample
funds to finance its operations.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-09
Plans Made for
Infantry Officers
School at Fargo

Plans for an infantry officers
school to be held in Fargo sometime
in February were formulated here
today by the adjutant generals de-
partment. Letters were sent to each
of the 65 officers in the 164th infan-
try asking them for opinions as to the
most convenient time for holding the
school which will last four days.
instruction, will be given in admins
trative problems and combat prin-
ciples which include the infantry.
As far as possible guard officers
will be assigned to duty as instruc-
tors under the general supervision
of Captain II. +. Thompson, Fargo.
and Captain J. l.. Ostrander, Minot.
all regular army men detailed to
duty with the North Dakota national
guard. ~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-09
Last Minute
News Bulletins

Cleveland. Ohio, Dee. 9.-tA)
-Rev. Albert Sidney Gregg, auth
Or, lecturer and head Of the
American Civic Reform league.
was to-day sentenced to % months
in Atlanta federal penitentiary
and fined $3.50 by Federal Judge
Paul jones. Gregg was found
guilty by n jury last Monday on Il
charge Of sending obscene matter
through the mails.
kcnCsha, Wis, Dec. 9.-LP)--
The cGrGner's inquest into the
deaths Of Jimmie Sears and Mad
alynne Latimcr, whose bodies
were found covered in a ditch
near here, October Is, will be
held tomorrow, Coroner Joseph
Friend announced to-day. Ii is
net expected, however. that new
light will be shed on the mys-
terry.
Burwash, SUSSEX, Eng. Dec. 8.
-(R-Rudyard kipling's cOndi-
tion was unchanged this morn
ing.
Council Bluffs, la, Dec. 9.-LP)
Edith Il. Fox. %, was electro
cuted in a bath tub at her par
ents home when she caught her
hand on wire and pulled ii in
to the water with her.
Vienna, Austria, Dec. 9.-(P)-
Belgrade dispatches today say 20
persons have been arrested on
charges Of engaging in revOlu-
tiOnary activity in southern Ser
bia in conjunction with the Mace
dOnian organization. The arrests
have caused intense excitement.
Chicago, Dec. 9.-iP)-A
worlds fair spread along the
new 10 mile parkway waterfront.
has been planned fnr Chicago.
either in 1894 or 1897, the re-
spective anniversaries Of the in
corporation as a village and of
the city charter, but probably in
the latter year.