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MN~04A&AAA 1919 = - 7-ssSeS 80
Curtis, 1862; Former Attorney
General hermann Il. EIxreHl Of Wis.
cOnsftl, 10: Dawes. rs: MAcfafder. 3:
absent or not voting, 8
As soon - the vote was m
alOuugO0. Chairman Moses asked
whether the convention wished 10
make II unanimous. and this was
done with b wIaOOp and d yell.
1 The votes for Ekren came from
the Blaine.14a Toilette faction In
the wisconsin delegation and from
North Dakota
I The Dawes votes came from MIN
nesOta and South Dakota.
/ The MacEgider votes also came
from Wisconsin.
Heartily Congratulated
soon after the nomination WAS
officially announced, Senator Cur.
It's was summoned from nearby
hall and appeared snailingIy On the
platform. escorted by his fellow
.Fxansasis. william Allen White, Of
Emporia, ana senatur Arthur Cap.
While tlle usual routine resoIu.
tiOaSs were snapped through %
wind IN the convention, Senator
Curtis stood on the back part Of
the platform. the recipient Of con.
ordinations and hearty pledges
Of support from Representatives Of
al factions Of the party, east.
west. north and south.
|. This was I'M line with the hopes
Of the Hoover managers and party
leaders generally that some Ut the
LOWden and farm bitterness may
be wiped cut by the nomination
Of such d strong figure iii the
farm belt rs Senator Curtis.
Thanks Convention
Then Senator Curtis came forward.
The delegates and galleries rose to
him and there came q great yelling
cheer. Introduced by Moses Curtis
said:
II want to thank you from the
bottom Of my heart for the great
honor you've conferred on me and
upon the great State of Kansas.
ut was my pleasure in 1924 TO bring
to the Central West for the first
time the majority leadership OF the
Senate. I came here d week ago
not only hoping but believing and
desiring to bring to the Central West
the presidential NOMINEES for Presi'
dent.
I'VE brought our contest to this
convention. want to thank my
local friends for the splendid fight
they put UP for my nomination. /
am glad they stayed to the last and
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Dead Dog That Bit 2
To Get Rabies Test Here

The body Of stray dog which
yesterday spread pandemonium at
Boiling Field, biting two soldiers,
was today taken to the Bureau Of
Animal Industry Of the Agriculture
Department to be examined for
possible rabies.
Privates Henry Al. Carroll and
Wade r. Todd, who were bitten,
were given treatment at the post.
The dog was cOrnered and shot.
after he took refuge under a porch
Of the officers quarters.
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Sen. Curtis Named On First Ballot For
Vice President By G. O. P. Contention

tfoma1 convention, william M. But.
Ter Of Massachusetts. announced
that d meeting Of the new national
committee would be held an hour
after the convention closed. and
then the roll call started. 1T was
forn1a1ity To make his nomination
official.
me delegates began III DRIFT from
the hall during the ballot The
show was over.
with roar the delegates made
the nomination ufIanifn0tis, after
the vote had been announced. The
bas1iftfI, tiraid, Secretary Of the
Treasury, Andrew Mi MeT1on was
accorded IN ovation when he vas
called ID the rOstru n1by Moses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-15
$4,000 Refugees Swarm
Into Tientsin for Shelter

PEKING, June 15.--Mcre than 60.-
coo refugees from the agricultural
districts, who were robbed of all
their belongings by invading armies.
have swarmed into Tientsin seek
tng shelter and food.
A relief fund ID being raised for
the war refugees. Charles Cha1lir
the American film star, cabl d
subscription Of $3.50.
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Pull PITS USED|
BY POWER
Trust
lconIInued lron T'IrsI Pags.l

tG0MAAu@6 1k01A it'll - 8@st
every phase 81 life 81 the state.
Mckay f0ld the commission Tor
the last four years an average ut
one publicly owned power plant IA
Oklahoma per month had changed
10 private ownership ana opera ton
ana that he had been Instrumental
III bringing shout this result.
Approximately $50, 00O year was
subscribed ~ public Utility corr 1t
tfOns To finance the publicity work
iii Oklahoma, he said.
Mckay narrated in detail how
Ns III WeIker, one Dr. the speak
ers 0f his bureau, had lectured
through the state On the sub ect
BUY at Home, in 70
which local merchants con i0atel.
Attacks In KF6ss
Welksr always inserted comment
III his speeches fav0ring private
ownership Of utilities and opposing
public ownership. II was stated.
MeKay's bureau distributed q
news letter t. 400 okiahOma news
papers. he testified. In this letter
attacks were made against the
Muscle Shoals and Boulder Dam
projects.
Il was at McIKay's suggestion
that d course iii public utilities
was inaugurated in the University
OF Oklahoma.
Mckay was b newspaper man
for 10 years and later served On
the corporation commission Of the
State. Fred w. InsuI, president
OF the OkIahorna Public Utilities As
ISOLATION, recommended him Tor his
present post, chiefly beaause OF
his inside knowledge 6f public utiii-
ties affairs. gained when serving
on the corporations commission.
This educational world also IS
confronted with revelations re-
Iating to Il pOwer-trtist conspiracy
to poison textbooks ut their source
in collision with the PUBLISHING
houses, which for decades have
borne d high reputation IN the
schools of the land.
Permitted Cems0Eshfp
CHM and Company has been
named as ii firm, which sub
mftted its class room textbooks
on public utility subjects to agents
OF the power trust Tor censorship
and review.
One of the amazing instances
OF this form OF biue-pencilling has
come in the fact that. In one Of
the textbooks. all references to
Samuel Insults $500. goo gift tol
political parties has been deleted
at the instance Of the public
utilities.
The fact that CHM and Company
are one, OF the largest school look
in the country. publish-
Ing more than $4,000. 900 books 4
year, makes the power trust rep
resentation IN its offices all the
more significant. The publishers
made q stipulation that deletions
Or additions proposed BY the power |
should not be bind
Ing upon them or the authors, but
no evidence was introduced to show
that they made any opposition to
the censorship.
Bruce 'sImfOFmed''
During the Boulder Dam fight In |
the Senate. evidence before the
Federal Trade Commission yester.
day showed that Senator Bruce, OF
Maryland, received q great mass
Df information" from the Public
Service Magazine, q power trust
In Chicago. financed BY
insult interests.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-15
TELEPHONE FIELD DAY

The Telephone Society OF Wash.
ington will hold it's annual field
day at Marshall Hall. Saturday. The
society is composed of employees of
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company
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Russian Ice Breaker Starts
swedes Also Send Pine
BY lntcrnatiOnaI

BY IntcFnatIOnaI News SerVEce
STOCKHOLM, June 15.--A swe.
dish Junkers plane hoped off this
morning TO aid in the search for
the Mobile expedition.
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Hoouer Giues Pledge
OF Farm Relief
b international News seFvfce

KANSAS CITY, No. June 15Herbert Hoover, Republican
presidential nominee today sent telegram to Senator George
H. Noses chairman Of the convention expressing
his deep appreciation the Republican National Convention
for naming him as the party standard bearer.
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Homes In the city and suburbs--
large and snAall-can be located ard
0uFchaAAd through t0dMy'a Times and
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TRACTION | INE
ASKS RAISE
IN FARE
lcontInusd from TlIrsE 80

Continued from First Page.)
~ tl,e commission, is Der cent I'll
their ear riders viii use tokens ana
fE per cent win pay 10 cents cash
The washington Railway and
Electric Company, which enjoys the
same fare and which, 1 past per.
f0rnannces VI the UTILITIES Commits
sion are t0 be followed viii profit /
by any Increases allowed the Capt.
tai Traction Company, carries 65
PER cent oE its passengers on tokens
and 81 per cent az cents straight. /.
The Capital Traction Company
last year carried 50,79T ,s01 pay paEs
seneers. while the other company
hauled. III thu District oE Columbia.
hi s76Ss IS.
President Hanna. Jill his petition
today. sets up that Ia 1877 his
company earned only 3.88 per cent
on fair value and Cor the first five
months Of this year earned only
3.79 per cent.
Only to Meet Needs
aTio enabie the company to earn
4 reasonable return on ifs value
a. thus determined would require
rate of fare approxinating 10
cents hat" Mr.. Hanna wrote. He
addeds
'In view Of the situation respect.
ing the merger ana orr expectation
that Congress win approve the
Recommendation 81 the commission
FOR the enactment Of iegislatiOn
authorizing It. the Capital Traction
Company has decided 10 ask now
only for such relief as Is required
to meet it's present urgent needs.
Public hearings on the traction
company's petition will be held
by the utilities commission. which
meets today to map out details.
The public hearings will be . !
uuaSi-YnerRer hearing and much Of
the evidences offered pro and con /
during the late hearings will 80
into the fare-increase hearings.
The utilities commissioners will
face an unusual situation ait this
time.
Besides N00mafa
The Bureau cf Efficiency investi.
gators who are probing the COM
mission. its personnel and prac-
toes, win be represented at the
hearings; the experts employed by
the Senate to inquire into the val
uation Of the local traction lines
viii probably be presents the utili.
ties committee Of the Federation OF
Citizens Association has announced
it will be on hand To protest any
fare increase ana John j. Noonali,
large stakeholder OF the washing
ton Railway and Electric Company,
who recently sought q court in.
Junction to prevent q merger, IL GER
tain to BE- represented At the
hearing.
No statement is Forthcoming from
the Washington Railway ana Elec-
tffe Company as to the attitude IL !
will assume in the hearing; but that
ID certain to be represented
by counsel and rate experts,
Some New Elements
A new element was injected into
the case today when 1t was pointed
out at the commissions offices that
now is the time to launch d new
valuation Of the properties ok the
Capital Traction Company 80 as to
get it before the United States Su.
preme Court.
When the original valuation case 4
was in the courts the highest court
held it was without jurisdiction be-
cause the elements Of c0nfiscation
ana fare were not involved. With
these new elements In the case IL is
held to be d logical time to reopen
The subject OF valuation.
p ssN s. . 3
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8 MOBILE MEN
RESCUED
CONTINUED from First Page)

Continued from First Page)
and q sled. medical supplies and
provisions.
An attempt viii be made to
create a base in Northeast Land,
SO that relief expeditions may be
sent from there to search for Cen
eral Mobile and his companions
who are adrift on an ice floe some
where north of Spitzbergen.
Russian Ice Breaker Starts
LENINGRAD, June 1S.-The ice
breaker Krassin, which Is capable
OF cutting through ice foes Is
feet thick, sailed today to join the
combined sea and air fleet that is
trying to rescue the Mobile expedi-
ton, It carries n Junkers plane
equipped with pofioons.
The Ice breaker Maligin, which
left Archangel sarlier in the week,
has sailed from Alexan6rovsk and
expects to reach Foyne Island on
Sunday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-28
PAUL WACHTER
Is CANDIDATE
FOR CITY POST
Seeks Commissionership Mrde
Vacant by Death of His
Father

With tho announcement today by
Paul Wachter that he will seek elec-
tion to the vacancy on the Bismarck
city commission caused by the
death on March 10 OF his father
Charles Wachter, Bismarck now
has two candidates in the race.
Chris Bertsch, local garage man
and automobile dealer. announced
yesterday that he is q candidate fol
the post. Mr.. Bertseh has previ.
ously served on the commisston. be.
ing q m<:.sber, OF. sfAat. bcavG fror'
1918 to 1921.
Mr.. Wachter was born in Bis.
marck and has lived here contin-
uously. He is now secretary and
manager OF the Wachter Transfer
company, an organization founded
many years ago by his father. Ht
resides at S26 Fifth street.
His platform calls for an honest
economical, business administration
Of city affairs, Mr.. Wachter said to-
day. He has never held public Of.
flee, but believes that he is quail.
fled to serve the city faithfully ant
efficiently. His petitions were put
into circulation today.
Thes special election To fill tho
vacancy on the board will be held
Friday, April q, and persons desir.
ing to be candidates must file peti.
tions bearing at least 800 names
with the city auditor before 5 p. m
April Z.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-28
AGED ENGINEER
ASSUMES BLAME
FOR DAM CRASH
Mulholland Accepts RESPONSE
bility For Any Mistakes
in Engineering
FOUNDATION WAS o. X.
72-ycar.oh Man Asks CorOn.
er's Jury Not 10 Blame
Anybody Else

Los Angeles. March 2s.-(AP)-
A pair Of aged but unflinching
shoulders today carried the buvder
Of blame for the collapse Of the st
Francis dam.
Testifying before the coroner's
jury here, William Mulholland, r.
year-old chief engineer of the Lo:
Angeles bureau Of water and power
yesterday accepted the responsible
ity for whatever mistakes in cngi
neering may have led to the break
ing Of the dam.
And in so doing he flung a chal
lenge to the report Of the state in
vestigating commission, blaming
foundation of the dam for the catas
trophe.
The states report was to the ef
feet that the natural foundation up
on which the dam was built was in
capable Of sustaining it because oi
its susceptibility to water seepage.
Don't blame anybody else," plead
ed the gray-haired engineer. "What
ever fault there was in this job, pu'
it on me. If there were any errors
in judgment--and it's human tt
make mistakes - the error wa.
minc."
Never Worked Harder
Questioned by a member Of thu
jury, Mulholland almost Indignantly
denied that in the last two or three
years he had let up a little-resteG
more responsibility on subordinates.
II don't believe l have ever worked
harder in my life than in the last
few years-first at the office anc
not the first to leave" he said. II gc
where the work is. / wish I coult
let up a little. Afraid I'll have K
before long-this thing hasT4o me-
| Their he detailed tetts that Had beer
made of the foundation preliminar,
to construction, to assure the engi
neers of its strength.
1t was the character Of that foun'
dation rock which the commission
appointed by Governor c. c. Young
to investigate the disaster declared
had made the failure of the dan
inevitable" with its resulting flool
and loss Of probably more thar 40(
lives.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-28
3 KILLED WHEN
PLANE CRASHES
Americans Were En- Route,
From Nogales, Arizona, to
Mexico City

Mexico City. March 2s.-R-A
sudden gust Of wind caused 2 plane
carrying three Americans from
Nogales, Arizona, to Mexico City. to
crash in the streets of Toluca yes
terday. killing the occupants. The
victims were:
Sterling Rolls, wealthy New Mex
lean cattle man.
William f. King. authority on
mining law, of Douglas, Ariz.
Wallace Springer, cattle man of
Cimarron, N. NJ.
The governor said the airplane.
piloted by Rohlfs, was about 1000
feet above the city when = strong
gust of wind caught it. The ma
chine went into q nose dive and
crashed in side street near the
center Of the city.
Rohlfs and, Springer were killed
instantly. King, his body badly
broken, lived less than an hour aft
er he had been taken to Z hospital.
Rohlfs was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Rohlfs Of Buffalo. N.
Y. Mrs. Rohlfs is Anna Katherine
Green, writer Of mystery stories.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-28
1928 CAMPAIGN
FOR DELEGATES
QUIET AFFAIR
Reed Of Missouri and Willis of
Ohio Only Candidates to
Take to Stump
WILLIS IS ALSO ACTIVE
Secretary Hoover Announced
He Will Make No PrecOn.
vention Speeches

Washington, March 2S.-(AP)-
In contrast with many past presi-
Dental years, the 1923 campaign for
national convention delegates, from
the standpoint Of candidates, has
the ear-marks Of stay-at-home af-
fair.
OF all the presidential possibili-
ties, only two - Reed Of Missouri
and Willis Of Ohio - have taken to
the stump. Watson of Indiana is
awaiting an opportunity to get back
home to look> after his political
fences, but there is no sign from,
the others that they will take to the
road to press their candidates. be-
fore the June conventions.
Like campaigners Of former days
Senator Reed has set cut to carry
his fight for the Democratic nom.
ination into at least half the states
of the union. Already he has COW
cred more than 5000 miles on a trip
to the Pacific coast, and he now is
on q swing through ten more south
ern and midwestern states.
Willis Makes Speeches
Since he found out that Secretary
Hoover would oppose him> in the
Ohio presidential primaries, Senator
Willis has been spending his week.
ends making speeches in his home
state. This week he is putting his
speaking campaign on three day
a-week basis with talks in Toledo,
Delaware, his home town, and Lima,
and before the April "a voting he
probably will spend even more of his
time in Ohio.
Senator Watson, in Indiana, also
has Hoover as an opponent in the
primaries. He delivered one address
in indianapolis Immediately after
the commerce secretary filed as a
candidate, but. sincs>.then has been
held here by congressional duties.
Watson plans to spend q month CAM
paigning, probably starting off
about April z with a speech in VIM
chester, his home.
Hoover to Remain Silent
Hoover has announced that he will
make no preconvention speeches, and
while some thought has been given
to the advisability of having him 60
into Ohio and Indiana, because of the
recognized Importance of those
states to his candidacy and the fight
he faces there, nothing has de-
veloped to indicate he will change
his mind.
OF other avowed presidential can
didates, Governor Smith of New
York, who figures in every calcula-
ton of what may happen at Hous-
ton, who is out in the open for the
Democratic nomination, and Curtis
of Kansas, Republican,, are looking
after their duties here and at Al
bany; Lowden. one Of the Republican
possibilities, is on his Illinois farm.
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NVEN ton /
BEING HELD AT
VALLEY CITY
so Delegates on Hand When
Meeting Opens-More Than
100 Expected
E. J. HUGHES PREsIDEs
Complete State Slate Likely t0
Help Party in National
Campaign

Valley City, N. D., March cS.-lR
Democrats from all parts Of
North Dakota were here today for
the first delegate convention held
by the party in this state in several
years.
Although the attendance was cx.
pected to exceed 100, about so were
on hand when the convention was
called to order by Chairman E. J.
Hughes Of Fargo.
Conferences and meetings last
night apparently had failed to pro-
duce slate Of candidates and some
delegates were fearful that the par
ty would have trouble in obtaining
men to run fer all the offices for
which Endorsements were scheduled
to be made today.
So far aS could be learned, few
contests were expected on the state
ticket or for Endorsement for Unit
ed States senate and the three
places in congress.
Some delegates were even uncer-
tain rs to whether q ticket would
be indorsed, although this was the
expressed idea Of Chairman Hughes
in calling the convention. In event
that the convention fails to nomin-
ate. it Is expected to adopt = plat
form and devise some method Of
obtaining q full ticket to place be-
fore voters at the primary election
in June.
If ticket is indorsed today, it is
considered certain that the candi-
dates 20 favored will appear on the
ballot in November, since no con-
tests are expected 1t the primary
election in June.
Few delegates were optimistic
about the chances of the Democratic
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SOME GAS)TAX
PETITIONS ARE
FILED TUESDAY
Doubt Expressed That Pro.
posal Will Reach V0te-Not
Enough Signatures

Doubt that the people Of North
Dakota will have an opportunity ia
vote on . four-cent gasoline tax at
the June primary was expressed by
Deputy Secretary Of State Charles
Liessman today.
Petitions requesting that the pro-
posal to increase the gasoline tax
from two cents to four cents . gal
lon be- put to q vote at the June
primary have been in circulation
about the state for several weeks
and petitions bearing 1926 names
were filed at the secretary of states
office yesterday. At least 10000
names are required to make the
petitions effective, Mr.. Liessmar
stated today, and it is not believed
that enough additional names car
Be secured before the time limit
for filing such petitions expires 10.
night. It was at first thought that
the time limit expired last night
but It was later determined that pc.
titions may be filed until tho close
Of business tonight.
The North Dakota County Com.
misJloners association has been &c.
tive in circulating the petitions, fol.
lowing it, state meeting hers 1r
January, when tho organization
Wpnt on record o favorinS Z four,
cent gasoline tax, one cent Of thu
aoojtto0al 70 80 to the state high.
NAy department and the other cent
- - returned to counties for use
- county roads. Petitions filed
&1oeee6ay we're presented By II. r
eronoe d Harvey, secretary o8 tn
Coupty Conaai aaissioners association.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-28
Additional Returns Strongly
Nonpartisan - Mrs. Parkin.
son Has Good Chance to Beat
Jacobson and Peterson al
Convention Delegate

Two additional precincts report
ing returns from the primary cleo
tion March ~, gave majorities Of
approximately 821 for Nonpartisan
candidates. Approximately So pre-
.cincts remain to report, includ-
ing 81 in Rolette county. II
other late reporting precincts
maintain the average set by
the two reporting today, the Non.
partisans probably would sweep the
contest for presidential electors and
win several more places on the dele.
cation to the Republican national
convention.
One of the precipcts reported TO-
day was from La Moure county and
the other from Burleigh county
They were the last precincts in their
respective counties to report.
With 2,114 Of approximately 2,l72
precincts in the state reported, Mrs
Blanche Nelson. Independent, was
leading C. H. Noltimier. Nonpartisan
for a place on the list of Republican
presidential electors by $40. Motif.
mier gained an edge Of 26 votes in
the two precincts. However, M
additional returns for Mrs. Nelson
were received from La Moure county
and this may be an error.
Mrs. Parkinson Gains
In the race for places on the con.
vention delegation. Mrs. Barbars
Parkinson apparently had pulled ur
to q position from which she car
easily pass H. p. jacobson Of Mott
in the final standing. She was only
572 behind Jacobson and 594 behind
E. L. Peterson Of Dickinson. Jacob
son and Peterson are Independent,
and Mrs. Parkinson is a Nonpartisan
The next Nonpartisan in lire
Adam Lefor Of Dickinson, was 99s
votes behind jacobson and 1920 be-
hind Paterson.
In the two precincts reported to-
day Mrs. Parkinson received 9t
votes, jacobson 12 and Peterson IL
Because Of the possibility Of er
rors in gathering the unofficia'
election returns BY telephone and
telegraph. it is practically certain
that the final outcome of the presi
Dental primary, as it refers to Re,
publican electors and convention
delegates, will not be determined
until the secretary Of states office
has made it, official canvass.
Present Tobulations
The toal vote cast for varioui
candidstes for presidential elector
with Z.ll4 precincts reDorted. fol