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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
Coolidge Withholds Opinion on Total
Amount of Tax Reduction Possible
Collections This Year Expect
I'd to Be as High as Last
kear, Judging From Income
Eeturns-Prop0sal For Uni.
fled Department of National
Defense Considered Unfeasi-
bic

Washington, Sept. 24.-(R--Based
on income returns, income tax col
lections are expected by President
Coolidge to be as high as last year,
when record of $6OO,OOOOOO trea-
sury surplus was accumulated, but
he as yet is withholding his opinion
on the total amount Of prospective
tax reduction possible.
The president also believes that
the failure of the Geneva naval linn
itation conference will have little
effect on the prospective action in
the drafting Of a naval cruiser pro-
gram by congress. Furthe rmore, he
feels that the American Legion's
proposal for unified department
leaders previously asserted that they
cause Of opposition to it in the army
and navy, and in congress.
Despite the large income tax re-
turns, Mr.. Coolidge has been stress
ing in his discussions Of tax revision
to members Of congress that the COL
lection Of nonrecurrent items by the
treasury has aided materially in pro-
ducing large surplus last year but
that these items cannot be counted
upon in the future. Administration
leaders previously asserted that they
had made a preliminary estimate of
a tax slash of $300,OOO,O0O.
Even if the Geneva armament
pact had been consummated, it was
pointed out at the White House, the
United States would still be faced
with the necessity Of building up a
cruiser fleet and the president ex-
poets wor', to proceed on the cruiser
program at the new session.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
ED 7. JEFFERY
OF n. Y. Is DEAD
Was Close Associate of Late
George Gould in Manage.
ment of Railroads

New York, Sept. 24.-(R-Ed-
ward T. Jeffery, for many years
president of the former Denver &
Rio Grande railroad and a close as
sociate Of the late George Gould in
the management of several railroads
under Mr.. Gould's control, died to-
day in his apartment at the Biltmore
hotel.
Mr.. Jeffery had been i'll in his
hotel suite for three days with a
heart affection. Although he re-
tired from active business several
years ago, he had visited his office
almost daily until Tuesday. He was
"a years old.
The body will be taken to his home
at Chicago tomorrow, where the
funeral will be held. He is survived
by his widow and one daughter, Mrs.
E. J. Doering of Chicago.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
ARMY AND NAVY
CRAFT ALL IN
THEIR BERTHS1
Fear at First Held That Shen.
andoah Tragedy Might Have
Been Repeated
MYSTERY is UNSOLVED
Army Dirigibles Were in Vi
cinity at Ti.ne, But Reach
Langley Field Safely
MYSTERY Is UNSOLvED'

Washington, Sept. "a. - (AP) -
The report of a railway constructions &
engineer that he had seen a large 2
dirigible apparently falling to the o.
ground near Salisbury, Maryland,r q
brought fleeting fear along the a
Atlantic coast today that the Shen- d
andoah tragedy might have been re- d
peatcd, but quick checking up byal
the army and navy disclosed all gov-
ernment craft, including the great q
Los Angeles, safe in their berths. y
The identity Of the ship which =
mained mystery, however, al q
though it was believed here that the ID
engineer who sighted her was de- !
ceived by a maneuver either Of the u
army dirigible TC-5 or the TC-9, q
both OF which were returning from
Lakchurst, N. j., to Langley Field, u
Va, and both of which were in the =
vicinity Of Salisbury at the time. n
These ships landed safely at Lang q
ley field early this afternoon and 2
reported nothing unusual had oc- i
Cured during their flight. It is the v
custom during training flights, such q
as that of today, to engage in man. =
euvers whenever the opportunity Of d
fers. ri
The Salisbury report said the big !
ship seemed to be falling in the D
woods with her nose pointed toward J
the ground, and that she was flying q
close to the tree tops. Flying Off .|
GERS point out that such maneuvers
are often carried out when landing
practice is being held. u
With army and navy craft ac-
counted for, officials here were un-
able to explain what really happened 4
near Salisbury. a
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
OF
SEVEN STATES
MEET IN UTAH
Endorsement of Smith For
y Presidency Adopted Over
Utah's Opposition

Ogden, Utah, Sey4. 24.-tR-Aft-
er endorsement ol Al Smith as a
candidate for the Democratic presi-
Dental nomination ess adopted over
opposition Of Utah dsics sates. party
workers rom seven western states
in conference here ssday turned to
discussion Of plans 20 bring about
unity in the west.
Summoned by an Invitation from
Fred w. johnson ~ Wyoming to
discuss big problems of the party"
the conference organization was per-
fected yesterday. The committee on
the order Of business Immediately
offered resolution endorsing Gov
ernor Smith.
Governor Smith was described in
the resolution "as the most available
candidate mentioned for the nomina-
tion for president"
Representatives were present
from Idaho, Montana, Colorado, CAL
ifornia, South Dakota, Wyoming and
Utah.
While plans to perfect western
Democratic organization was sched-
uled as the principal subject for dis
cussion today, a resolution on tariff
rates for the west also was pend
ing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
Norma Shearer to
Wed Film Director

Los Angeles, Sept. "a. (APl -
Norma Shearer, film star, and Irv-
ing Thalberg, director, will be mar
ried at Thalberg's Santa Monica
home next Thursday evening, the
actress mother announced today.
The couple applied for . marriage
license yesterday, giving Miss
Shearer's age as % and Thalberg's
as %, but refusing to say where or
when the wedding would be held.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
Four Inches of Snow
Over Saskatchewan

Winnipeg, Sept. 24.-R)-Wheat
farmers Of northern Saskatchewan
speeded harvesting operations today
after fall of snow that totaled four
inches in some places.
The sudden change in the weather
that placed blanket Of snow over
the prairies yesterday interrupted
threshing operations which had
reached the height of activity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
Detmer Wins Race
at Spokane Today

Felts Field, Spokane, WASH. Sept.
24.-(AP)-Eugene Detmer Of Tar
rytown, Pa, in . Travelair biplane,
was the winner Of the western fly
ing trophy free-for-all race for two
or more passenger low powered air
planes, the first race Of today's pro-
gram Of the national air races.
First prize was $1,000 and the
race was 80 miles around q 10-mile
course. Eleven planes were en-
tered.
Paul Richter. Jr., Los Angeles, in
an Eagle Rock biplane, was second.
G. w. Meyers, Troy, Ohio, in q
Waco was third; Lesli Miller, Des
Moines, in an Eagle Rock, fourth
and D. C. Warren, San Francisco, in
Travelair, fifth. Apparently they
placed in the same crders
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
Gov. ChristiansOn
Will Have TOnsils
Taken Out Monday

Rochester, Mimi. Sept. 2k-HN
Governor Theodore Christiansou
probably will undergo IN operation
for removal Of his tonsils Monday
morning, he announced today. He
had not planned to perform the oper-
alton before that date, the governor
said, denying that it was, to have
been done Friday but was postponed.
J. The governor il il excellent health
and expects to be confined only for
two or three days following the ton
silectomy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
Indiana's Drama of Alleged
Political Corruption Reaches
Courtroom and Mayor of In
dianapolis Has Already Been
Convicted - Former Cover.
nor McCray May Be Wit
ness

Indianapolis, Sept. 24.-(AP) ~
After 13 months Of investigation.
Indiana's drama Of alleged political
corruption has reached the court
room.
Mayor John L. DuvaE q indian
apolis, first Of four prominent
Hoosier politicians to be indicted,
has been tried for violation Of the
corrupt practices act Of Indiana and
found guilty.
After him will come Governor Ed
Jackson. Robert !. Marsh, Jackson's
former law partner, and George v.
Coffin, chairman Of the Republican
party in Marion county (Indian-
apolis).
Duvall was charged specifically
with having accepted from William
Armitage. during the 1925 compaign
when Duvall was : successful can
didate for mayor, . III, 300 payment
on condition that Armitage Be per-
mitted to name certain officials 4
Duvall won. Arulitage testified that
he rot $4,000 Of the amount back
because DuvalI declined to permit
him 70 name the men he desired to
appoint.
Two Charges
Governor Jackson, Marsh and Cof-
lin Al are charged with conspiracy
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
MINISTER IS
MUCH SOUGHT
AS DESERTER
Rev. JOrdOn Detained at Grand
Rapids For Charlotte, N. C.,
Authorities

Grand Rapids, Mich, Sept. 24-E
The Rev. Willis F. Jordon, late Of
Columbus, Ca, who told police he
left that city at the urging Of some
Of its citizens, was being sorely har-
assed today by persons who claimed
him for husband and father.
Detained here pending arrival of
officials from Charlotte, N. c., with
warrant for him on a charge that
has not been disclosed, the preacher
was the subject of communications
from various cities, where it is
claimed he is wanted for desertion.
From Charlotte came a telegram
to Chief Of Police A. A. Carroll, al
leging the evangelist had deserted a
wife, the former Miss Emma Land
ridge.
Another signed by Mrs. Cora H.
Coyrell from Atlanta, Ca, set out
that the signee believed the preacher
to be the man who deserted her and
two children just before the birth of
q third.
Discrepancy in Funds
"He had enough brass to return to
Columbus, Ga, in disguise, as pastor
Of q church," the telegram added,
and also made mention Of a dis
crepancy in accounting of church
funds entrusted to the man. In q
request for information regarding
the man held here, the chief of po-
lice Of Zion, ILL.,, sent along q group
picture of q family that sought its
absconding head.
The Rev. Mr.. Jordon recalled hav-
ing some children in Zion, in fact
he thought they were the young
people pictured, but the woman in
the group was not his wife, he was
certain on that point.
Another woman from Roanoke,
Va, wired in purp0rted identifi.
cation Of the preacher as her hus-
band and the father of her children.
and Columbus, Ca, officials wrote
that Jordon left wife and family
there when he disappeared last week.
Claims Amnesia Spells
Confronted with the accusations
the preacher in desperation ex-
claimed, according to Chief Carroll:
IF there are records Of these mar
riages against me, / am sure that
they occurred while / was under the
spell Of amnesia from which ! suf-
fered frequently"
The preacher, who was placed un-
der arrest here yesterday at the
home Of Mrs. Ella Thomas, an
nounced he would not fight extradi-
tion, but was going back to North
Carolina and plead his case "before
God, the Judge. the jury and mar"
The southern authorities were ex-
pected to reach here today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
TRIAL OF GOVERNOR Ed JACKSON OF
INDIANA, HIS FORMER LAW PARTNER
AND COP. CHAIRMAN COMING SOON

to commit a felony and with at
tempted bribery, in connection with
allegations that they offered $l0,-
600 to Warren T. McCray, Jackson's
predecessor as governor, if he would
appoint their designee to the office
Of prosecuting attorney of Marion
county to fill an existing vacancy.
More than year ago Thomas H.
Adams, crusading Vincennes editor.
stirred the state with a broadside Of
charges linking men high in Hoosier
public life with allegations Of mall
feasance. The charges could be sub
stantiated, he said, by D. C. Steph-
enson, then and now serving life
term in prison in connection with the
dAAtA Of an Indianapolis girl. Steph-
enson, prior to his conviction, was
grand dragon Of the Indiana Ku
Klux Klan and an acknowledged
power in politics.
Three grand juries carried on in
vestigations,. and the last returned
the indictments now pending, after
Stephenson had come from his
prison cell to testify before it.
Held Many Offices
jackson has been an office holder
in Indiana for many years. He was
prosecutor in his home county for
two terms, then Judge. then s-cre-
tary Of state in Indiana for two
terms. During the world war he
was . major in the army. He is 81.
Duvall came to the mayoralty Of
indianapolis from the office Of Mar
ion county treasurer. He is . busi-
ness man and q banker.
Coffin Is q one-time soldier Of
fortune, who came to indianapolis
ffom western lumber camps after
service in the army during the Boxer
rebellion. He became q police cap
tain in 1913, Signalling heroic work
- lContinued on Plge 81
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
Cycl0nic Storm
in Gulf of Mexico

Vera Cruz, Mexico, Sept. 24.-P)
A cyclonic disturbance in the Gulf
of Mexico, believed to be centered
120 miles east Of this port, is re-
ported in a storm warning issued by
the local weather bureau. Small
craft have been forbidden to leave
port.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24

Long Count Protest
Must Come from Jack
Daylight Saving
Time Ends Tonight

New York, Sept. 24.-tF-New
York city, and other cities and
towns in the eas3 which have been
observing daylight saving time
since last April, will return to east
ern standard time tomorrow. The
official time for changing clocks is
2 q. m.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
WINS RINGSIDE SEAT

LaMoure.-C. j. Robideau of La
Moure, general agent of the North
American Insurance company of
Chicago, was one Of the five rep
resentatives Of the insurance COM
pany in the Unit States to win
a free trip and a $40 ringside seat
to the Tunney-D Dempsey fight. VIM
ming the prize came as a mark of
salesmanship, and over 200 sales
men qualified.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
NEW STORE WILL OPEN

LaMoure.-The Gamble ..-uto Sup
ply company will open it's seventh
store in North Dakota as soon as
the company can lease q stor build
ing in La Moure. C. T. Gibson Of
Valley City will be supervisor Of
the store, and George Brunskill of
Grand Forks will be local manager.
This will be the 9th store of the
Gamble chain.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
No FLYING

Kinston, N. C.-Thirty feet above
tn ground. in the fork of tree,
q farmer nam | Brown set a steel
trap for q fish hawk that had been
m~lesting his chickens. Returning
later, he fcu a sixteen-inch trout
j: the jaws of tho trar. 40 cap
tured was ths hawk, which had
caught the fish and flown to the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24

WEATHER FORECAST
For Bismarck and vicinity: Rain
turning to snow probable tonight
and Sunday. Much colder. Freez-
ing temperature.
For North Dakota: Rain turning
to snow probable tonight and Sum
day. Much colder tonight and south
portion Sunday. Freezing tempera-
ture.
GENERAL WEATHER CONDI.
TI0NS
The pressure Is high over the
East, extreme West and in the Cana.
dian Provinces while low pressure
area is centered over Utah and ex.
tends northeastward to the Dskotas.
The weather Is somewhat unsettled
in Ill sections and rain or snow oc.
curred ct many places from the Pa
cific coast eastward to the eastern
Rocky Mountain slope. Moderate
temperatures prevail throughout the
United States but colder weather
prevails in the western Canadian
Provinces.
oRRIs W. ROBERTS,
xs> Official in charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24

SHOW RECORD ENROLMENT
LaMoure. - Enrolment in the
classes Of La Moure high school is
the heaviest ever known in the
school. The great ,st increase is
shown in the freshman and senior
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24

FINDS PETKlFIED xNIMAL
Dickinson.-While digging coal in
the mine near his home recently,
John P. Wanner Of near st. Plus
excavated what is thought to be
the petrified bedy Of an animal. The
figure il about a inches tail and
weighs 166 pounds
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
Weather Report

Temperature at z q. m. ..... 4,
Highest yesterday ............ q
Lowest last night .............. 4!
Precipitation to z a. m. ........ (
Highest wind velocity ......... Is
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24

Contrary to popular belief, traffic
on the Mississippi river has doubled
within the past 40 wears.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24

WEATHER FORECAST
Rain turning to snow probable
tonight and Sund: Much colder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-29

are working under a sepa,l
agreement with operators.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-29
RADIO TO, HAVE
WORLDS FAIR
Exposition Opens in Gotham
Next Month.
BY WILLIAM J. PAGAN
UNITED Press Radio Editor

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 2o.-Elaborate
preparations are under way for the
Radio Worlds Fair. to be held at
Madison Square Garden sept. 10
to "a, inclusive.
In addition to the exhibits to be
maintained by numberless manu-
facturers of radio receiving sets and
allied equipment, there will be the
customary personal" appearances
Of radio artists and broadcasting
direct from studios located on the
exhibition floor.
Edgar H. Felix has been appoint
ed director of broadcasting for the
show and will Lave complete charge
OF all arrangements for broadcast
ing from the studios.
Felix Is preparing broadcasting
novelties, In cooperation with lead
ing stations, which will be seen by
visitors to the radio worlds fair
and heard by the radio audience of
most Of the United States.
Twenty-Five of the nations lead
ing radio trade organizations will
sponsor the fourth annual radio in
dustries banquet, to be held
Wednesday evening, Sept. 81, at the
Hotel Estor. The largest number
OF stations ever to join in broad
casting a single event will be linked
together to broadcast the entertain
ment features of the banquet. II
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-29
ROYAL STOCK SHOW TO
GIVE $4,000 PRIZES
Cream Of Nations Exhibits VIII Be
at Kansas City.

Cream Of Nations Exhibits VIII Be
at Kansas City.
BIZ United I'ress
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. o.
Cash prizes, trophies. and medals,
totaling approximately $75,oOO,- are
being offered this year by the Am
erican Royal Live Stock and Horse
Show that will be held at the KAN
sas City Stock Yards, Nov. 1918
The American Royal, for many
years great event here, ranks with
the live stock shows of Denver and
Chicago as one of the best and most
widely known live stock exhibits in
the country.
The committee in charge OF the
show is making preparations for a
larger number Of livestock than in
former years, besides many special
features, not the least of which will
concern All club work and voca-
tional agriculture for high school
students.
Prizes offered for the beef cattle
department, which includes Here
fords, Shorthorns, Angus, grade
steers and car lot cattle, total more
than $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-29
WANT SEA BEACONS
Congress Will Be Asked TO
Change Laws.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. %. = Be-
cause obsolete navigation laws clash
with modern aviation progress,
Congress this winter will be called
upon to pass bill enabling ocean
liners in the ship-to-shore air mail
project to be provided with special
fog-piercing beacons.
Raymond r. Machlett, youthful
inventor Of the -so-called rainbow
superbeacon, interested the steam
boat inspection service in an altera-
tion of the navigation laws when it
was discovered they prevented OPP
Grafton Of the beacon in the recent
Leviathan air mail test.
Present laws allow a ship to dis
play few lanterns-much like an
auto-but prevent use of the hea-
con, which pierces fog and can be
seen 100 miles away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-29
SCIENCE ADVANCE RAPID
Nicholson, Noted Physicist, .Foresees
Greater Progress.
By United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-Professor
Albert A. Nicholson, noted physicist
Of the University of Chicago,
celebrated his seventy-fourth birth
day by playing tennis. Professor
Nicholson said he believed the last
ten or fifteen years marked the
greatest scientific advances of any
similar period and the coming
twenty-five or fifty years would see
still greater developments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-29
COAL FAMINE FACED
Heart of Producing Area
Imports Fuel.

BIZ United Press
WEST FRANKFORT. ILL.,, Aug.
20. - Franklin County, the largest
coal producing area in Illinois, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-29
Freak Queries Make Life
Interesting at Library
Bathing Habits of Male Ca.
naries and Location of
He'll Among Questions.

where is the exact geographical
location of help"
This query by grown-up and
serious voice didn't surprise the
library attache who answered the
extension telephone in the refer
ence room of the Indianapolis Pub
lie Library recently.
No attempt was made to answer
the question. 1t was only one out
of many which tickle the funny
bone of the library employees and no
more extraordinary than:
us is natural for a male canary
not to bathe?"
Or,
Can you tell us what will make
the muscles of a dead pig perspire?"
About the funniest question ever
asked me-" said Miss Martin Furnas,
chief of the circulation department,
was by a small boy who wanted a
copy of DIR. Jekyll and Mr.. Hide
and didn't know the name. He
asked for a book about a respect
able man who went out nights"
Among the most recent interro-
gators was a cynic who wanted
them to find some humorous mate
rial about Decoration Day.
A girl who wanted to know the
rn1o- nf q ,eocock,c ave for har am
broidery.
A young man who wanted to
know some proper quotations to
write in a girls autograph album
Casually they beat about the
bush before asking q direct ques-
tion," said Miss Furnas.
Il once searched a long time for
a book on ostrich farms before the
man who wanted it finally admitted
that all he wanted to know was
how to color white feather black
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-29
PROHIBITION TO
!. COST MILLIONS
/. IN NEXT YEAR
Total Enforcement Expense,
Since Law Enactment,
RI Up to $200,000,00o.
BY LEO R. SACK

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Con-
gress will be asked to appropriate
more than $13,0Oo,oo0 for mainten-
ance of the prohibition enforcement
bureau during the next fiscal year.
That will bring the total expense,
since prohibition was enacted, up to
5000, 100000.
Prohibition officials have for
warded their estimates to the treas
ury department and the budget bu-
reau. They follow closely the costs
authorized for the current year, for
which $13,220,405 was appropriated,
and also for the year which ended
July 1, when appropriations were
$13,321,345.
These figures do not include cost
Of the anti-smuggling activities, of
the coast guard, which for the cur
rent year we're estimated to be $15,-
649,940.
Combined, the two appropriations
total nearly $30,000,000 annually for
federal prohibition enforcement.
This figure does not include money
spent by the department Of, justice
in obtaining court convictions for
prohibition law violations, nor the
sums spent by cities and states.
When congress acts on the forth
coming official recommendations, 1t
will be the tenth year funds have
been voted for prohibition enforce
ment. The first enforcement ap-
preparation, approved Oct. %, car
ried 100000.
The next year appropriations
totaled $6,350,000. In 1923 the cost
had reached $8,500,000. In 1925 it
was $l0,0l2,330, and in the 1926 ap-
preparation bill the cost exceeded
$13,321, 1916.