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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-19
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it's activities, and recommendations for the enactment of such legisla ton as it may deem for the i'm provement of the school system.
 Authority is bestowed on the board to close schools and trans port pupils to another school, us- ing funds from the former when ever needs of a community would be better served.
 The measure would wipe out the present Board of Education which is composed of the Governor and four senior Senators. It carries an emergency clause, to make it effective immediately upon passage and approval.
 A bill to require persons seek ing donations for charitable and eleemosynary purposes to take out municipal licenses was introduced today by Senator Robert s. Bragaw. It is apparently designed to curb irresponsible, and in cases fraudu- lent, soliciting in the name of char ity Only church, religious or ganizations and their agents are exempt from the provisions
 No license issued under the sta- ute would have a life of more than three months. Each licensee would be required to make a full report of his collections in detail, showing sources of donations and amount, and the name of the beneficiary. Soliciting without d- cense is made misdemeanor pun ishable upon conviction by fine or imprisonment or both.
 Anyone falsely representing him. self to be the agent of any re- ligious, fraternal, beneficial, char itable or eleemosynary society and in that guire solicits or obtains money or property, would be sub ject to criminal prosecution and punished upon conviction for a misdemeanor.
 President Hess this morning an- nounced Senator Lomen had been appointed acting committee chair man on the Committee on Educa- ton, succeeding Senator John w. Dunn. MT. Hess has taken up all of the rest of MT. Dunn's commit tee assignments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-19
.SHATTUCK BILL TO RE0RC A NEE
 SCHOOL SYSTEM

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
New Missing Link
Found by Scientist

New Orleans, Dec. 28.-(R)-
Discovery Of a true missing link.
an animal with the foundations
of the human face" was de-
scribed to American Association
for the Advancement Of Science
Monday by Professor William
Patten Of Dartmouth college.
The link Is a tiny, five : inch
long skeleton, found in rocks OF
the Baltic Sea. It Is between
500, 000, 900 and 1000. 100000 years
old and has the typical markings
OF q certain early prenatal devel-
opment of q human being.
It is an oStracoderm. an extinct.
ten-pin shaped, fish-like creature.
descendant of giant spiders, the
sea scorpions. which Professor
Patten said something like q
thousand millions years ago were
the highest mammals In exist
ence."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
La Toilette Charges
Charity Breakdown

Washington, Dec. 28.-P,-senator
Robert La Toilette Of Wisconsin
Monday called welfare workers before
his committee In IN effort to prove
private charity and local govern
ments are not meeting relief needs.
His idea. as embodied in bills by
himself and Senator Costigan, Demo-
crat, Colorado. Is the government
should contribute $250,000,000 to help
the unemployed through state gov
ernmentS.
In President Hooyer's eyes a direct
appropriation from the treasury for
such a purpose would be q "dole" and
he is uncompromisingly against 1t.
Regardless, the Republican indie
pendent who heads the manufactur-
errs committee thinks the testimony
will show government help. is i'm
perative to prevent suffering this
winter.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
ACCIDENT TOLL IN
NORTHWEST IS IS
Numerous Traffic Mishaps DC.
cur Over Holiday Week. End;
One in North Dakota

st. Paul. Dec. 28.-(R-Fatalities
from traffic accidents during the
holiday period in the northwest
mounted to 18 as eight additional
deaths were reported over the week
end.
The weekend deaths include:
Miss Elsie Rubin. Is. Faribault
killed near Austin while returning
home from a holiday trip to Illinois
Hugh Anderson, 40, killed by car
while walking along highway one-hali
mile north of Bottineau. N. D.
George Gerry. IS. Memo, s. D., killed
when truck skidded IL miles from
Lead, S. D., and overturned.
Ronald Mason. 81, killed in truck
auto crash near Creston, Iowa.
Arthur Hill. Sutherland, Iowa. in
jured when his al struck a bridge
railing near James, Iowa.
David Lasky, Minneapolis. brother
of Art Lasky, boxer, killed when cal
went into ditch near Garrison, MINI
Shirley Luck. 3, Minneapolis, in
jured when a al was crushed be-
tween two street cars.
!: Gustave A. Horton, 60, st. Paul
struck by a car while crossing a street
George A. Cooper killed when auto
mobile plunged into q ditch east OF
Huron, s. D.
Christopher Lloyd Pierce, "a, Onida,
s. D., fatally hurt In what was be-
lieved q fall from a train near Red
Wing, MINI.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
Former Local Woman
Dies at MinneWaukan

Minnewaukan, N. D., Dec. 28.-P-
Mrs. l.. L.. Butterwick, Al, Benson
county resident, died at her home
here Saturday following an illness OF
two years.
She was a member Of the loca!
chapter, O. E. S., had been a past
matron and past district deputy OF
that organization, and past president
Of the Degree Of Honor here. She
also had been village clerk and had
worked with her husband in his Law
office.
Mrs. Butterwick was born in Mel
vile, N. D., in 1884. After her mar
riage In Washington In 1912. she had
lived here continuously with exception
Of a two-year period at Bismarck
while her husband was employed in
the states attorney generals office.
Surviving is the husband. a daugh-
ter Dorothy, II, a son Douglas. eight
and five brothers, among them Ernes.
Dodds OF New Rockford.
Funeral services will be held in the
Presbyterian church here this after
noon. The local o. e. s. will be In
charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
v v OUT
DENIAL

Paris, Dec. 28.-P)-Reports that
Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald
had invited Premier Laval to Lon
don for a conference regarding re-
parations brought a guarded denial
from the premier Monday.
The usually well-informed news
paper Excelsior said it is not impos-
sible the British and French govern
ments may approach washington
Jointly on the subject Of revision OF
q debts and reparations.
The newspapers observation fol-
lowed the semi-official announce
ment Sunday night that Prime Min
lister Ramsay Macdonald of Great
Britain has invited Premier Laval to
discuss French and British repara-
tons policies with him before the
larger conference of nations meets.
The object Of this conference. po-
litical observers heard. would be a
coordination Of the policies Of the
two powers.
In its comment. Excelsior said that
in view of the findings Of the Young
plan advisory committee at Basel las!
week the American government
while taking fully into account the
opposition Of congress, will have to
envisage, with European governments,
solutions tending to relieve Europe's
burdens"
Pertinax. the ell-known writer OF
the Echo de Paris, said the invita-
ton to Laval from Macdonald came
in a private letter. He said Lava
no doubt would accept.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
B0TTINEAU MAN IS
KILLED BY HIT-RUN
AUTOMOBILE DRIVER
Body Is Found Along Highway;
Believe Mishap Occurred
Saturday Night

Bottineau, N. D.. Dec. 28.-(P-
Killed, it is believed, by being struck
by a al or truck as he walked along
the highway, the body Of Hugh
"Scotty" Anderson. about 40, was
found in a ditch one-half mile north
OF Bottineau early Sunday.
injuries to Anderson's head are be-
lieved to have been the cause OF
death.
Discovery of the body was made by
M. Kirkeby, who reported to Sheriff
William Thatcher.
The sheriff said Anderson appar-
emily had been dead for several hours,
indicating that he had been struck
sometime Saturday evening.
The sheriff said no clues could be
found to indicate foul play.
Authorities so far have been unable
to gain q trace OF the h~it-and-run
driver.
Anderson was a native OF Scotland
and after the World war. in which he
served, he came to the United States
1t is believed that all Of his relatives
reside in Scotland.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
MERCHANT IS SHOT
BY THREE MEN IN
ATTEMPTED H0LDUP
Speed Away in Large Black Sc.
dan and Escape From
Pursuing Policemen
BELIEVE SIX WERE IN GANG
Band Thought to Be Same
Group Which Held Up Lar
imore Filling Station
BELIEVE SIX WERE IN GANG

Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 28.-(F-
Three youthful bandits Sunday night
shot and seriously wounded the pro-
prietor Of a hardware store at Ne
koma. N. D., IS miles northwest Of
here. while attempting to rob the
place. They sped away in a large
black sedan and escaped from pur-
suing Grand Forks officers south Of
here.
Believed to be members of q group
OF six young men who took gasoline
at Brockett and later at Larimore
the trio entered the Nekoma store
at about 6 p. m. Sunday and follow
ing an alteration shot Oscar Wild.
proprietor Of the store. and fled
without obtaining any loot, according
to the states attorneys office at
Langdon.
Wild was struck by a bullet that
entered just below his heart and is
reported to be in a serious condition.
The bandits drove south on high
way No. l to Brockett, where they
were reported to have bought and
paid for gasoline. At Larimore the
robbers obtained seven gallons of
gasoline and left without paying for
1t, police here were Informed.
Word Of the robbery reached here
from Larimore about $3.50 p. m. and
two police officers, riding In a car
with Sheriff Ed Hough Of Grand
Forks county. were waiting for q third
policeman when the bandit car sped
past them. The officers started an
immediate pursuit and were follow
ing the fleeing car closely when q
chain on the Sheriff's car broke and
wrapped around the back wheel.
While unwrapping the chain, the
bandit car was lost to sight OF the
officers on u. S. highway u. lust
north Of Thompson.
The officers telephoned Hillsboro
and the car was reported passing
through that town q short time later.
It was then reported to have been
seen by a Fargo traffic officer. From
that point all trace Of the robbers
was reported lost.
Six men held up Melvin Peterson,
employee Of Clifford Olson's service
station at Larimore after stopping
for gasoline. The thieves took IS
from Peterson, SIS from the cash reg
lister of the station, a rifle, a Shot
gun and some ammunition. Then
they drove away without paying for
the gasoline.
Police expressed belief they were
the Nekoma bandits.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
Panama Will Levy
Protective Tariff

Panama City, Dec. 28.-fPeA new
protective tariff schedule. carrying
heavy duties against importations Of
agricultural and other products, m
Guiding a tax Of $50 a head and Is
per cent ad valorem against beef cat
tie, Is slated to become effective
April /.
The decree states that the measure
Is intended to decrease as far as
possible the harmful effects of the
economic crisis" and adds that ut Is
necessary to issue measures tending
to develop national industries. while
preventing the emigration Of capital
and to provide work for large num-
beers Of unemployed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
Chicago Policeman Slain;
Six Young Folks Are Held
One Of Group Is Girl From Well
to Do Family With Good
Education

Chicago, Dec. Is. -(AP)-T Two
girls and four youths were held
Monday in connection with the slay-
ing Of Policeman James j. Caplis
during the holdup Of the Beach View
Gardens.
Three others, police said, were
sought.
Frank Freeman, 25, accused by
the police Of being the leader, first
said n of the girls fired the bullet
which killed Caplis, but the girl
Marcella Royce, II, member Of q
well-to-do family and, graduate Of
a girls academy, denied this. She
said she and the other girl, Dorothy
Evans, Is, a divorce, acted only as
decoys and were in the cloakroom al
the time.
When police gave this information
to Freeman, he shifted the blame to
one Of the three uncaptured suspects
Those held beside the two girls
and Freeman are Jack Burlison, 20
formerly of Vassar, Mich; Nicholas
Bruning, 81, and Tony Pape, 16.
Assistant States Attorney Harry
S. Ditchburne said he would attempt
to send the youths to the electric
chair. The two girls, he said, would
probably be charged as technical &C.
completes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
BLOOD runs RED AS
GANDH RETURNS TO
HIS Home IN india
II Are Injured in Clash At Pier
as Crowd Gathers to Well
come Mahatma

Bombay. Dec. 28.-tP)-Blood ran
as Mahatma Gandhi arrived in In
dia Monday after his four-month's
absence at the round table conference
in London.
Twelve persons werer injured t1i~s
clash which took place at the pier
where a huge crowd awaited his land
ing from the s. S. Pilsna. About
1000 "untouchables." carrying black
flags. had gathered for an anti
Gandhi demonstration and they tried
to rush the pier.
Delegations of the national congress
caught the rush of the mob. Police,
with the assistance of the congress
adherents, finally dispersed tn I
crowd.
The Mahatma also heard news OF
serious riots in other parts Of India,
which have taken IL lives in the last
IL days. At Lahore four Hindus and
four Moslems were injured Monday
The city was alarmed and q curfew
order was issued.
Eleven persons we're reported killed
at Peshawar where troops fired on a
group Of anti British red shirts.
A general strike and the closing OF
shops was proclaimed here Monday
in protests against the arrest OF
Jawahrlal Nehru. president Of the
All-India congress.
Wife Greets Him
Among the first to greet the Mahat-
ma at the pier was his 60-year-old
wife. Some groups of women ad-
mirers placed garlands of flowers
around his neck. Gandhi gathered
his spinning wheels, his bed, his pots
pans and loincloths and walked down
the gang plank amid a wave OF
salaams and a thunder Of Long live
Mahatma Gandhi. VI king"
British police and customs officers
frowned d%oubtfully.
Gandhi, in his first speech after re-
turning home, told a crowd OF $4,000
white capped Nationalist he would
not finch from sacrificing the lives
of a million people as the price 81
India's liberty.
In the last fight members of the
Nationalist congress had to face
lathis Cstaves) he said, but the next
time they may have to face bullets.
Wants No Fiery Ordeal
IF the fight is inevitable I will
expect every son and daughter OF
Mother India to contribute his mite.
he said. However, I will not aban-
don attempts to save the nation from
a fiery ordeal. If, on the other hand,
there is no single ray of hope. I shall
not hesitate to call upon you to bear
any amount of suffering"
It seemed clear Gandhi was strug-
Cling with his conscience to find an
escape from the revival of the fight
against Great Britain. His speech
was punctured with Ifs" and othlT
qualifying phrases.
IF the fight is inevitable I invite
YOU to be ready for it," he said re-
peatedly and then added but I will
go to any extreme to avoid the strug-
gle."
He said British officials were
honest in their conviction that India
was unfit for self government but Il
am all the more convinced u sim
certify in the cause Of liberty will melt
even the stoniest hearts"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
REQUIREMENTS ARE
SENT TO MUKDEN AS
CAMPAIGN IS OPENED
Lin Sen, Aged Political Chief,
Takes Over Reins of Nan.
king Government
SNOW COVERS battlefield
Chinese Armored Train Report
ed Defending Railroad
Station at Tawa
SNOW COVERS battlefield

w
A strong japanese force moved up
from Yingjow along a branch Of the
Peiping -Mukden railway toward Kow-
pangtze Monday to capture the town
Of Tawa after blasting a Chinese
armored train out of the way with
bombs from the air.
There was a SkirrniSh at Sar1chi-
atze and another at Tsaipaochin be-
fore the main body got through to
Tawa. where planes had preceded it.
Officially the movement westward
from Yingkow was kept secret. But
there was a possibility it might de-
velop into the long expected drive
against Clninchow itself.
Meanwhile, at Marking the 67-year-
old Lin Sen was elected chairman OF
a new national government, composed
OF other nationalist veterans.
Fresh troops with new goatsktn
Jackets and steel helmets covered with
white cloth as a camouflage against
the snow arrived at Mukden. 1t wIs
expected q military movement would
start from there in conjunction with
the operations between Tienchuangtai
and Kowpangtze. Operations against
Chinese irregularS continued on
snow-covered battlefieldS where the
temperature was 20 below zero (cen-
tigrade).
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
Montana Educators
Meeting at Butte

Butte. Mont, Dec. 28.-F,-Mon-
tana's educational problems came up
for scrutiny Monday as the Montana
society for the study Of education be-
gan its sessions.
Assistance to college students was
discussed as to freshmen by E. A. At
kinson of Missoula and as to general
vocational guidance and student adj
justments by w. r. Ames. also Of the
State university.
C. G.. Manning, head Of the Lewis
ton schools, was to present sugges-
lions for improving the efficiency Of
high school instruction and G. E. Kid
der Of Glendive, a study Of methods
for financial education. with recon-
mendations for Montana.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
Fog Hats Search
For Missing Filler

Marlinton, w. Va, Dec. 28.-PS
Fog and low-hanging clouds Monday
forced temporary suspension OF an
aerial search over the Blue Ridge
mountains for a missing army E:Sr.
Six army planes from Selfridge
Field, Mich, were unable to take off
from their base at Hot Springs, Va.
to aid in the search for Lieutenant E.
H. Bobbitt, Jr., "a. Weather condi-
tons also prevented ]. M. CASTOR Of
the White Sulphur Springs airport
from continuing his search by air.
Bobbitt left Selfridge Field. Mich,
Christmas Eve to spend the holidays
with his parents at Hot Springs. He
refueled at Uniontown, Pa, and went
southwark
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
Floods Threatening
Towns in California

San Francisco, Dec. 28.-R-Fed
by one OF the heaviest rainfalls on
record, virtually every stream IT.
northern California was rising Mon
day.
Many overflowed yesterday, includ-
ing the Sacramento river. which
poured water toward Chico, Calf,
and inundated lands near Colusa.
Rain fell steadily Saturday night
and Sunday. reaching a high at Ken
nett, Shasta county, Of 9.88 inches In
"a hours.
A snowslide near Cisco last night
blocked the 3outhern Pacific main
line east. Some 10 homes In Oakland
were marooned by water and several
summer cottages In Humboldt county
were swept away by flood waters.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
CULBERTS0N OPENS
WIDER GAP BETWEEN
HIMSELF And LEM
Has Lead Of 1900 Points With
Big Bridge Battle Half
Completed
Associated Press Photo

New York, Dec. 2s.-(P)-Ely Gull
bertson will resume playing with Mrs.
Culbertson Monday night. confident
that he virtually has won his l50-rub-
Der match Of contract bridge with
Sidney s. LEM and Oswald Jacoby in
a test of rival bidding systems.
With IS rubbers left to be played,
|Culbertson, with three different part
ners, has acquired a lead OF 1000
points.
The mathematics of the situation
give LEM and Jacoby a bare chance.
It happens the lead Of Culbertson's
side has been accumulated in IS rub
bers which is the number. yet to be
played. The average gain for him in
those rubbers has been 81. The same
average gain for Lenz and Jacoby
would leave time to square the match.
But the high-water mark for LEM
and Jacoby vas $500 points plus after
Is rubbers had been played. That was
an average gain of 272 points a rub
Der. The same average for the rest Of
the match would still leave Culbertson
with q comfortable lead.
Continuation of things the way
they have been going since Culbertson
went into the lead after 40 rubbers
would make him a winner by more
than 10000 points.
LEM and Jacoby have complained
Of inferior cards since Culbertson be-
gan to gain. The records of aces and
kings shows no great disparity. In
fact LEM and Jacoby have held 1857
aces to 1,035 for Culbertson's side. The
kings compared 1.068 to 1924, with
Culbertson's side holding the great
er number.
Theodore A. Lightner. the partner
responsible for most OF Culbertson's
lead, leaves the match Monday night.
Mrs. Culbertson, who by the contract
for the match must take part In at
least Is rubbers. has q left In which
to play. When she completes her quo
Ia Culbertson plans to have Howard
Shenken opposite him. He has ar
ranged for Mrs. John s. Warner. the
former Emily Smith, daughter Of AL
fred E. Smith, to be his partner for
one session.
LEM can change partners, now that
Jacoby has played at least half the
match but he has given no indica-
ton of doing so.
There will be sessions Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday nights and
Saturday afternoon.
The IS rubbers played stand 81 for
Culbertson's side and Al for Lenz and
Jacoby. OF nine played at the last
session Saturday afternoon Culbert-
son and Lightner won six and increas-
ed their plus 2,565 points.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
MDONALD-LAVAL
May MEET SOON
FOR CONFERENCE
British and French Leaders
Would Discuss Joint Re-
parations Action

London. Dec. 2S.-Tj-A meeting
between Prime Minister Macdonald
and Premier Laval Of France simila:
to that between M. Laval and Presi-
dent Hoover seemed q possibility
Monday as q result of q letter from
the prime minister to the premier IN
connection with the ~reparations is
sue
It was q private letter, written
about two weeks ago and although II
did not explicitly suggest a meeting
1t was phrased In such q manner tina
a meeting easily might result II both
parties desired 1t.
Laval has not yet replied, so far
as could be learned. 1t was under
stood Macdonald did not confirc
himself to the reparationS problem
as such but also touched upon broader
phases Of the economic situation.
Meantime it appeared that the ten
tative date for the international re-
parations conference had been adj
vanced to Jan. Is from Jan. 18 and
that the Hague Is still the most like
ly place for the meeting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-28
T IS PROMOTED

Chicago, Dec. 28.-R-George A.
Semmlow. chief clerk in the adver-
Using department Of the Milwaukee
road, has been appointed advertising
agent succeeding the late A. L. Eide
miller. who died Dec. is. Ray w.
Myles, passenger agent at Gallatin
Gateway. Mont, for the last five
years. becomes chief clerk in success
sion to SemlnloW.