FEBRUARY CIRCULATION Pald 41,282 samples, sulk; office" a DAILY AVERAGE 41,677 VOLUME LI. NO. 153. 30 PAGES ST. CITY MANAGER BILL GIVEN APPROVAL OF SENATE COMMITTEE Passage "Late Today or Tomorrow Morning" Is Recommended to Senate.
EVEN KINNEY CASTS HIS VOTE FOR THE MEASURE Action Today Is Considered, a Personal Victory for State Senator Emmett Crouse. (Now- Press Staff Writer.) JEFFERSON CITY. March AL a special session of the senate committee on municipal corporatons beld after the noon hour today, the St. Joseph city manager bill was passed upon favorably and will be reported out with recommendation that it pass late today or tomorrow morning. Several minor amendments were suggested by members of the committee and agreed to by Senator Crouse, to be incorporated in the measure on engrossment if adopted by the senate.
The committee heard former City Counselor Alva Lindsay, D. T. Altchison and I. T. Curd on the merits of the bill before voting to report it out.
There was no dissent in the committee to favorable action, neither Senator Kinney nor Senator Casey voicing objection of it. It will now take its place at the bottom of the lengrossment calendar and will be reached in that order of business unless taken up out of turn some time next week. BIG VICTORY FOR CROUSE. New Senator Pited, His Strength Against Old Timers In Senate. Friends of State Senator Emmett Crouse, were elated this afternoon when word was received that the senate committee on municipal corporations has voted unanimous ly to report favorably the city manager bill for St.
Joseph. The measure Is an enabling act giving St. Joseph the right to vote on city manager, the election to be held Sept. 1 next. D.
T. Aitchisoa. L. T. Curd and Alva Lindsay went to the capital this morning to work for the bill and firit reports from there today were that their efforts might be unsuccessful.
Crouse Gets Busy, The senate con had decidad not to meet today because of the importance of the survey bill now before the senate proper. Then Crosse got busy. He had pledged support to the measure and was personally responsible for the presence of the delegation from St. Joseph there today, Crouse made an effective appeal to his colleagues on the commitee that his personal honor was at stake, and that' he must consider further delay as unfriendly to him. efforts were rewarded, possibly because with the critical alignment the senate involving votes of city members, Louis and Kansas City senators did not care to offend the Buchanan County nember.
Influence on Kinney, Frienda of Crouse are wholehearted in giving him credit for today's victory. They called attention to the fact that Michael Kinney of St. Louis, chairman of the committee, has been unfriendly to city manager form of government all these years. He reiterated his oppo, aition this week. Strong influence must have been brought to bear on him to get his approval of the measare before his committee today.
This is the farthest city manger bill ever has been. It now has been reported favorably by the committees of both senate and house. The house already has engrossed the bill. The next step is engrossment by the senate, then final reading and passage. DENISON IS ACQUITTED.
Former Congressman Not Guilty of Liquor Charge, WASHINGTON, March 13- Edward E. Denison, former representative from Illinois, was ted today of charges of liquor possession. The jury reached Its verdict shortafter closing arguments were made at the third day the trial, Denison, who was defeated. in the last election while his eighth term in congress, WAS charged with possession of 24 quarts of liquor found by prohibiZion agents in a trunk in his office. PRINCESS IS CHRISTENED.
Japan's Tiniest Bit of Royalty Named Yorl Atsuko. TORIO, March (P) -Japan's tiniest bit of royalty was christened Tori Atsuko today on the seventh day, after the princess' birth and shortly thereafter, in strict accordance with time honored rites, Emperor Hirohito had duly reported the name to the spirits of the Imperial ancestors. The name was chosen from the ancient. Japanese Scriptures, Yorl meaning obedience to heaven and Atsuko meaning generosity to those on earth. PRINCE WILL OPEN SHOW.
British Trade Exposition in Argentina Begins Tomorrow, BUENOS Aires, March The Prince of Wales will throw open here tomorrow the greatest British trade show ever held outside the empire, climaxing Great Britain's effort to recapture firet place in Argentina's foreign trade. NE JOSEPH. MISSOURI, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, The Weather Today and Tomorrow THE FORECAST. THE. THERMOMETER.
Friday, March 15, 1981. St. Joseph, and Vicinity- Partly cloudy tonight and alightly colder tonight with lowest temperature about 30. Missouri Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, probably rain in the extreme southeast portion; somewhat colder in the west and north portions tonisht and in the wouth. east portion Saturday.
ally come fair, cloudiness Geher- except in CLOUDY. the extreme south portion tonight and colder in the southeast portion tonight. Nebraska Generally fair tonight and Saturday: somewhat colder. in the extreme north and extreme east, portion tonight. Mostly fair tonight and Saturday: somewhat colder tonight.
The government weather map CLOUDY. CHARGES AGAINST STATE TREASURER AWAIT HOUSE VOTE Nine Formal Articles of Impeachment Are Presented by Committee. ACTION ON THE REPORT SET FOR NEXT TUESDAY Senate Will Be Asked to Hold Trial if Any Counts Are Adopted. JEFFERSON CITY, March (U.P.) Nine formal charges of Impeachment against. State Treasurer Larry Brunk were presented to the Missouri house of representatives for adoption today.
They will be voted on next Tuesday as a special, order of business. The Impeachment articles, charging the treasurer with high crimes, misdemeanore and gross misconduct in office, were presented to the house by Stanley P. Clay, Joplin, chairman of the committee appointed to draft the charges after the house had adopted the report of an investigatIng committee which recommended impeachment, Representative Clay, who also was chairman of the investigating committee. moved that the adoption or rejection of the articles be made a special order of business next Tuesday, The motion adopted with little debate. The various charges will be voted on separately, adoption of any one article being sufficient to Impeach Brunk, following, which he would be tried by the senate sitting as a court: Conspiracy Te.
Charged. Six of nine charges dealt with Brunk's alleged connection with the now defunct Bank of Aurora, in ence County. They charged that Brur conspired with officials of the bank to misappropriate various sums of money owed the state by the nk, which was a deposlfo: state funds. The other three articles charged Brunk with conspiring with securlties firms in St. Louis to Hell state depository banks unapproved bonds as.
collateral for state funds, Charges against the treasurer ranged all the way from wilful misappropriation of state funds to negligence or lack of diligence In guarding the safety of state money, Interest Money "Withdrawn." The nine articles, in substance, are as followa: 1. That the sum of $2,950 was diverted by the Bank of Aurora from interest money owing the state, was deposited in an account in the bank Continued on Page Two. HOUSE HEARS HOPKINS Legislators Learn of Danger of Communism. Congressman Invited to Speak at Capitol Just Before Noon Recess. JEFFERSON CITY, March (U.P.) A warning to the state that Communiam is "growing by leaps and bounds and threatening to overturn our was given the Missouri house of representatives today by David Hopkins, St.
Joseph, congressman from the Fourth district. Hopkins addressed the house briefly just before the noon recess. He has just returned from Washington where congress adjourned last week. I just want to leave this thought with you," Hopkins said. "Members of the Communist organization testified before congressional committee of which I was a member.
They openly admitted that their purpose was to overthrow our government, destroy religion and do. away with property rights. "Congress is waking to the fact that the Communists are a serious menace to our government, and think It la high time the various legislatures take cognizance of the fact that something must be done to retard the Communist movement. ONE ROAD STILL BLOCKED. Highway No.
13 Will Be Open by Tomorrow Evening, Only one state, highway in dive sion No. 1 is still blocked as the sult. of the snowstorm of Saturday, Route No. 13, from Hamilton north to Gallatin, will not be open until tomorrow evening, reporta received at noon at. the division headquartera indicated.
Route. No. 4 east of Bethany cleared at 11 o'clock Inst night. All earth roads, are drying rapidly, and today's sun and warms wind was expected: to leave most of them In fair condition. NEWS-PRESS ESS 1931.
30 PAGES PARLEY OF NORRIS GROUP PUTS 1932 RACE UNDER WAY Independents, Democrats and G. O. P. Have Defined Presidential Campaign Issues. FOUR DIVISIONS OF EARLY PLATFORM TALK Prohibition, Power, Unemployment and Tariff to: Be Bones of Contention.
WASHINGTON, March (P) The national political campaign culminating in the 1932 presidential election was underway today propelled by a second conference of political leaders as many weeks. Election of a "progressive, presldent" was called for yesterday by Senator Norris Nebraska, in concluding the last meeting of election portent- -the two day progressive conference over which he presided. Issues Well Defined. The unuenally early popping of political phenomena has occurred in the three distinct groups- Democrats, Republicans and Independents. It has gone far already in defining issues and developing candidates.
Prohibition; power, unemployment and the tariff stand out as issues projected from the early swirl of conferences and maneuvers. As for candidaten, President Hoover, titular head of the Republican party, la unchallenged so far within the regular ranks, and the Republican national committee has centered ita efforts in support of his administration. There are a host of Democratic possibilities, Including wets and drys. Some are just in the speculative stage. Others have been advanced formally by their states.
Progressives Attack Hoover, The progressive conference leaders centered their attacks upon President Hoover and made it plain he was not acceptable, Turning to the Democrats, Senator Norris warned that the platform Chairman Raskob submitted to the Democratic national committee last week was unacceptable as was any candidate sponsoring it. Norris again declared third party futile, and his remarks were for interpreted as a plea to Democrate candidate "progressive" stamp. His. declaration that need another Roosevelt in the White House stirred prompt gosContinued on Page Twenty five. INSURANCE FRAUD BARED? Body Had Been Coibalmed Before It Was Burned In Auto Crash.
PERRY, Iowa, March 1 theory that the burned body of man buried here Feb. 3 as John M. Smith, Farmer-Labor candidate for governor in 1930, was not that of Smith was being investigated today at the request of Insurance companies with which Smith carried policies amounting to $50,000. The body of the man, burned beyond recognition, was found under wreckage of a motor truck near Denison, and was identified by Mrs. Smith as that of her husband, When exhumed yesterday and subjected to an autopsy it was revealed, Coroner L.
EL. Deford said, that it had embalmed before it has been burned. The authorities were unable to Identify the body. C. D.
Bessmer, an undertaker, told them the corpse contained a mortician's stitches, made before the burning. KILLED IN SELF-DEFENSE. Mrs. Nixon-Nirdlinger's Story Shooting Spouse Is Given. NICE, France, March 13.
(P) Mrs. Fred G. Nixon-Nirdlinger remained under arrest today while police continued an investigation of her story that she acted in selfdefense when she killed her busband with a revolver in their apartmen Wednesday night. Examination of the apartment by police seemed to corroborate her version of the affair, A magistrate today began an Independent in. vestigation of Nixon-Nirdlinger's grounds for jealousy.
An autopay was to be performed today. The theatrical magnate's body will be sent to Philadelphia later. TO PAIR BOXERS TONIGHT. Names Will Be. Drawn for the Golden Gloves Tournament.
The names of forty one amateur boxers divided into seven weight divisions will be shuffled and drawn from a hat at 8 o'clock tonight at the business emporium of Max Zalken, St. Joseph boxing commissioner. The pairings so made will match the fighters for the Golden Gloves tournament to be held at the Auditorium on Wednesday and Friday of next week. Among the late entries today were Al Sima, Silm Slivers and Lem Schneider. Bed Moore shifted today from the welterweight to: the lightweight division.
BOWLES TRIAL DELAYED. Five Jurors In Hillsboro, Ore, Murder Case Are Ill. HILLSBORO, Ore. March 13. -Two more Jurors in the adjourned murder trial were stricken with Influenza here last night and Circuit Judge George Bagley said he held little hope the trial could be resumed Monday.
Nelson C. Bowles, Portland milIonaire, and "Irma -G. Loucks are on trial for the knife murder of Bowles' wife, Leone. Illness of three Jurors: Wednesday caused Judge Bagley to adfourn the trial until Monday. Home Edition LAST EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS BLAST ROCKS TULSA.
Thousands Alarmed by Explosion of 400 Quarts of Nitroglycerin. TULSA, March 18. -40 -Tulsa and its environs were shaken early today by the explosion of 400 quarts of nitroglycerin stored in magazine two miles wrest of Red Fork, near Tulsa. Score of windows were broken and thousands of persons were alarmed by the shock. Officers of the American Glycerine Company, owners of the explosive, watchman was on duty and that no lives were believed to have been lost.
They expressed the opinion grass fire might have -been responBible. A hole twenty feet In diameter and more than six feet deep was blasted from the earth, Goose near the scene. were Into ribbons. Small bits of the steel house which covered the explosive were found miles distant. The explosion was heard at Vinita, more than sixty live miles away.
BUSHMAN'S OFFER TO MARRY WEALTH BRINGS 33 REPLIES Women Even Storm Dressing Room of Former Movie Actor. ALL WILLING TO PLACE RICHES AT HIS DISPOSAL If Applicant Has Not Charm and. Beauty $1,000,000 Is Rock Bottom. CHICAGO, March This was Francis X. Bushman's busy day, He is picking wife wealthy eno to support him in Hollyword style.
Thirty three women spinsters widows and girls -are each willing to place their fortunes of varying size at his disposal provide luxuries if he will just marry them. Three of the applicants were booked for Interviews during the day. Met at Stage Door. Bushman's offer to "marry for money" created a danger, however, that the motive- to obtain continued success In motion plo tures-may be removed, for at least one film company offered to star the former matinee idol, providing its terms were agreeable. "But after all." said Bushman, "it might be only.
temporary." Nevertheless, he promised to confer with the film producers, The women who wrote. wired of telephoned Bushman of their willingneas to, support forty year old screen actor in return for Chia companionship, his guidance on Continued on Page Two, "DEAD" MAN RETURNS 39 Years Ago Quarrel Caused Gabel to Leave Hays. At Age of Seventy Finds His Property Had Been Divided Among His Heirs. HAYS. March 18.
John Gabel, seventy years old, who left here thirty-nine years ago and had not been heard from since until a month ago, returned to his former home yesterday. A quarrel with a brother, now -dead, over the ownership of a tract of land, caused him to leave his family, the missing brother explained. He had been adjudged legally dead seven years after his disappearance. and property, consisting of 266 acres of land, was divided among his heirs. says he had resolved never to communicate with his relatives.
Recently, however, he wrote to his brother, Anton Gabel, wealthy farmer of Ellis County, for news of his relatives. Anton Gabel sent him railroad ticket and told him he would be welcomed back home. The returned brother said he had no regrets concerning the disposal of his property. When a man 1s seventy years old, he, explained, property "doesn't mean anything, providing one has enough to eat, a place to sleep and enough money to buy tobacco for his pipe." DIES AT SUNNYSLOPE. Hiawatha Man Contracted Diphtheria Convalescing From Burns.
Owen Picton, fifty one years old, farmer of Hiawatha, died this morning at Sunnyslope Hospital following a short illness of diphtheria, Mr. Picton while suffered burning both legs weeds on his farm on Feb. 12, Later he WAS brought to Missourt Methodist Hospital for medical attention and several days ago he contracted diphtheria while he was in the hospital. He was removed to the Isolation hospital two days ago. He da survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mattie Picton. The body is at Fleeman's mortuary and will. be taken to Hiawatha for burial. "SAUSAGES" WERE LIQUOR. Former Employe of Indiana er Gets Revenge.
HAMMOND, March 13. -00 -Revenge may be sweet for Albert Szymoniak. Albert is a butcher. He used to work In the shop of John Briggs, until Briggs discharged him. get my revenge," said he.
Yesterday, the police said, he did. He led the officers in a raid on the place of his erstwhile employer. Pointing to a string of sausages. Inside the sheaths, the police said, there was moonshine. POLICE CHIEF GIVES NO ENCOURAGEMENT TO LIQUOR DEALERS Mathews Issues Threat to St.
Joseph Bootleggers Who Won't Give Up. WILL FILE ALL. CASES IN UNITED STATES COURT Police Head Answers Complaint That Republican Violators Have Immunity. Chief of Police E. M.
Mathews today defied the liquor world in St. Joseph. have been raiding everywhere in this city," the chief stated today, "and have made arrest after arrest. I have learned that only a few liquor dealers have gone out of business. They seem to think we will be satisfied with the $100 police court fine and they continue operating.
"I think my men have practically made the rounds and in several cases have made arrests twice. Yet many proprietors seem to think the drive a joke. It they are going to defy this department we will defy them. Into Federal Court. raids will continue a few days more and then If liquor is still being sold in this city every arrest we make, regardless of who it is, will be prosecuted in federal court.
It we can't put tear in their hearts with police court we will see what Judge Otis in federal court can do." The chief was sharp in answer ing a complaint he has heard that no Republican proprietors had been raided. "Let anyone study the list of places where we have seized liquor," the chief stated. "That will show them we are playing no pollLica. The first place raided in this dive was owned by a well-known Republican Negro. He paid his fine and then continued operating.
Wednesday when we raided two of his places and found liquor we sent both cases to the state court. Want the Big Boys. "We are trying to get the big boys, and I believe we are doing it. Last week we raided 018 Charles street and seized a large quantity of liquor from the place said to be owned by one of the Yesterday we struck another hard blow." The latter was in reference to a raid on 229 Edmond street yesterday afternoon when Officers Barnes and Reynolds arrested Lester Continued on Page Two. $445,000 IN ROAD WORK.
State Lets Contracts for Construetion in Division No. 1. Contracts, were for let $445,000 this worth week of at road work in division No. 1, by the state highway department. Notice of the awards was received here today at the division headquarters.
The largest project is for paying u. 8. No. 169 in Andrew and Buchanan counties. The Gaines Construction Company received this contract.
The work will cost ap. proximately $235,000 and includes replacing 1.5 miles of bituminous paving in Buchanan County with concrete. and extending the road 5.64 miles from Avenue City to Rochester. The stretch from the Andrew-Buchanan County line to Avenue City was paved last year. State highway No.
27. from Pickering to the Iowa line, le to be graded at a total cost of $155,000 for the 9.41 miles. The road will be entirely relocated, and will run parallel with the Burlington tracks almost the entire distance. The R. G.
Aldridge Company of Kansas City, received the contract, which calla for two bridges over the One Hundred and Two River. The C. H. Atkinson Paving Company received the contract for grading and graveling No. 116 from Lathrop west 3.14 miles.
The cost will be $55,000, and will Include an underpass. COULDN'T SEE JOKE. Justice McDonald Certitles Case of Orville Cripe, Somebody, Justice McDonald was informed by a witness in court yesterday afternoon, played a practical joke on Orville Cripe. The joke, the court was informed, consisted of placing a bottle of whisky in his cont pocket when he wasn't looking. The joke was performed several minutes before Police Detectives Fee and Morris searched Cripe, who was at the wheel of his car at the time, the court was told.
Despite the testimony Justice MeDonnid certified the case in which Cripe was charged with ing liquor to the May term cuit court. His bond was placed at $500. SHIPWRECK TOLL 262. Remainder of 793 Aboard Saved When Chinese Steamer Sank. SHANGHAI, March Additional reports on the sinking of the constwise steamer Pachi indicated today that 262 lives had been lost when the ship exploded sixty miles north of the Yangtse River mouth Wednesday night, The re mainder of the- 722 persons aboard were saved.
THREATEN NEW REVOLT. South Peruvian Military Chief Would Oust Jimenez. BUENOS AIRDE, March 019 A Lima dispatch to La Nacion 10- day amid that military chiefs of southern Peru had threatened to start new revolution 12 Lieut. Col. Gustavo Jiminez does not resign as secretary of war in the new government junta.
midnight m. 13 10 noon P. P. p. Humidity, 12 o'clock, TEMPERATURES AT ST.
JOSEPH THIS DATE SINCE 1910. In 1018 Lowest. 10 in 1912 ONE YEAR AGO TODAY. Highest ....61 1 Lowest. SUN AND MOON.
Sun rises tomorrow, sett. 6:25. Moon risen tomorrow. 4:10 RIVER STAGE AT ST. JOSEPR This morning.
0.9, rising, appears on first market page. GARBAGE PROBLEM STILL IS BUGBEAR FOR CITY COUNCIL Ordinance Recently Introduced Comes Up for Passage Monday Night. ARGUMENTS ARE HEARD BOTH FOR AND AGAINST One Side Contends That It Will Mean Tax Increase, the Other That It Will Not. Opponents of the garbage ordinance cha ge that putting hauling on general revenue will mean an increase hit taxes. Proponents of the ordinance contend that the city council has enough money to make the change without increasing taxes, and that if it is done no taxes will be raised.
The question comes before the city council next Monday night. Those opposing the bill say that levy of about 8. cents on each $100 assessed valuation of the city, both real estate and personal, will be needed to take care of hauling the ty garbage, if the money is to be paid out of the general fund, The city can expect to collect on about $75,000,000 in property, possibly a little more, during the coming fiscal year, A levy of 8 cents on that amount would produce 000. The amount proposed by the St. Joseph Sanitation System, Inc.
at which It would take the contract from the city in an ordinance now pending, da: $64,000. Argument Pro and Con. These figures: contain. the argumenta which are being advanced both for and against the proposal of the Sanitation company, Pelltons afready presented to the council contain the signatures of promiment property owners, opposing the ordinance, on the ground that the city cannot afford to take this money out of the general fund now. It is 10 contended that the cost should be cheaper.
It takes but little figuring to show that a large property owner, probably a business house which has a large merchandise stock but no wet garbage to haul. with valuation of $150,000, would have to pay $120 of the garbage bill year. or $10 a month, and still not receive any direct service. Lower for Majority. On the other hand, a renter who has an assessment of $150 in personal property on which he is paytaxes, but has to have wet garbage hauled, would have to pay tax of $1.20 a year, or 10 cents month, and would receive direct service for which he now pays 65 to 85 cents a month, or at the rate of $7.80 to $10.20 a year.
Under the direct tax system the householder with but a small personal property tax would save from $6.60 to $9 year under this proposed plan of having the city to pay for the garbage hauling. Advocates of the garbage ordinance also hold that the average home owner also will benefit even passage of the ordinance necessiContinued on Page Two. MAN DROPS 16 STORIES. Philadelphian Falls. From Chicago Hotel Window.
CHICAGO, March 18. P- Leave Ing a note directing that the Philadelphia Trust Company, his administrator be notified of his death, Alfred Mase of Philadelphia leaped or fell to death from a room on the nineteenth floor of the Y. M. Hotel today. His body struck the roof of courtway, three stories above the ground.
RESULTS AT MARYVILLE. Liberty Defeats Chillicothe and New Point Trims Hamilton MARYVILLE, March -Liberty defeated Chillicothe, 44 to 20, in the opening game of the district high school basketball tournament here today. New Point scored a 23-to-7 viotory over Hamilton in the second game, An overtime period was necessary to give Eagleville a 24 to 22 victory over Cameron. Other first-round scores: Maryville, 18; Tina, 14. Richmond, 21; Brockenridge, 17.
INDIANS WEDDING GUESTS. Thirty Tribesmen See Cherokee Girl Married in Kansas City, KANSAS CITY, March Thirty Indians from various tribes were guests at the wedding here last night of Misa Dora Sixkiller, twenty five years old. Cherokee from Adair. and Aaron McGregor. The bride was graduated from Haskell Institute at Lawrence In 1925.
Bald Headed Persons May Drink Hair Tonic Special to The News Press. BEVERLY HILLS, Match 18. As there was more money, spent on cold creams and metica last year than on bacon and beans, why naturally there must be more people interested In beautifying themselves. The international beauty, congress met in New York and figured out that this rubbing something on your head to prevent baldness is really what causes ft. They claim that you got to take stuff internally for it.
So from now on, If you see a bald headed bird reach for his flask, don't -ask him for a swig. It's only irrigation juice for his roof. Yours, WILL ROGERS. HOT ON WALKER'S TRAIL. City Committee to Prefer Charges Againit New York Mayor, NEW YORK, March Definite charges of incompetence, inefficiency and negof official duties, such AS those alrendy filed against District Attorney Thomas C.
T. Crain, will probably be filed against Mayor James J. Walker, by the city affairs committee early next week, John Haynes Holmes, pastor of the Community church and a leader of the committee, said today, Doctor Holmes said a case of such character could be made much stronger against the mayor than that already made against Crain. do not intend to let Governor Roosevelt dodge this Issue," he said: "We are going to force test." TO LONDON? British Government Invites Mabatma to Conference. LONDON, March 00 The British government is extending an invitation te Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian Nationalists, to come to London shortly and participate in further negotiations looking toward granting qualified dominion status to India.
Concluding debate on India in the house of commons last night. J. Ramsey MacDonald, prime minister, announced that a second round table conference would be convened in London in the fall, and that prior to that time the federal structure committee of the first conference would meet here. RURAL SCHOOL DESTROYED Building and Contents Near Maryville Burn. Special to The Press, MARYVILLE, Mo.
March The Lasher schoolhouse, four miles west and a mile south of Maryville, was destroyed by tire shortly before midnight last night. The blaze was not noticed until it was beyond control. The origin of the tire has not been determined. The Lasher School was one of the better rural schools of Nodawav County and was well equipped. Eighteen pupils were enrolled.
A small frame house owned by Chet Gilbert was also destroyed fire here last night. The blaze da believed to have originated from an overheated stove. HEATED CHICAGO CAMPAIGN Spectacular Race to Lead to Mayoralty Election April 7. CHICAGO, March (U.P.)Indications that the Impending fight for the mayorship of Chicago may become as spectacular as the recent Republican primary were seen today as candidates mobilized their forces and disclosed the types of warfare they will wage. Making his firat public appearance since he won the Republican nomination, Mayor William Hale (Big Bill) Thompson launched vigorous attack yesterday against his Democratic opponent, Anton J.
Cermak, whom he charged with wasting money as president of the county board. TO JOPLIN St. Joseph Delegation Will Attend G. A. R.
Encampment. A delegation of St. Joseph persons are planning to attend the annual encampment of the Missouri department of the Grand Army of the Republic and Its affiliated organisationa to be held at Joplin May 5 to 7, inclusive. Smith George, commander of the local post; H. W.
Sandusky, quartermaster, and the Rev. A. M. Reynoids, chaplain, are to attend. Mrs.
Catherine Imel, state presIdent of the Women's Relief Corpa, and Mrs. Lavinia Morrow, state secretary, will also be included in the delegation. FLYING WITH SERUM. Point Barrow Awaits Planes CarryAntitoxin. POINT BARROW, March Ewo airplanes bringing new supply of antitoxin for this diphtherin-stricken village were awaited anxiously today.
Joe Crosson and S. E. Robbina, Alaska airmen, left Fairbanks yesterday with the serum. Crosson landed here last Sunday with a quantity of antitoxin, which soon was exhausted. Several new cases have been reported since then, four virulent cases yesterday.
The hospital overflowing, with patients, and the less serious cases are being cared for in homes. 11 ARE INJURED IN FIGHT. Stabbed, Beaten in Com: munist Clash Near Berlin, BERLIN. March 18 (U.P.) Eleven, persona were stabbed and beaten at Spandau, near Berlin, today during a fight between Fam elate and Communists at the unemployed, labor exchange, BACKERS OF TAX BILLS SEEK VOTE TODAY IN SENATE Work on Final Passage to Follow First Roll Call Testing Strength. AMENDMENTS CUTTING RATES ARE EXPECTED Dearmont Doubts That Chamber Will Agree to Double Tax on Corporations.
JEFFERSON CITY, March (P). -Forces sponsoring the state survey commission income tax increase proposals rallied for stpreme test today in the Missouri senate. Nearly three hours of debate yesterday on the proposed income tax bike bill failed to reach the slightest indication of a vote, but both sides expect some sort of vote to be taken today. After the first roll call, which will be on amendments, the strength of both sides will be indicated and the rest of the work on final passage is expected to follow shortly. Coming up as special order of business for final passage, the survey tax measures are expected to be amended as auggested by the ways and means committee, fixing the rates at from 1 to 5 per cent and the corporation income tax rate at 2 per cent.
This reduction in rates as compared to those ape proved by the house, which passed the bills by Heavy majorities, will out about $1.725,000 from the estimated revenue. Defeat of Part Seen. In debate yesterday Senator Dearmont said he did not expect the senate to approve the two bills doubling the corporation franchise tax, also passed by the house. These are a part of the revenue raising proposals of the survey commission, As amended by the committee suggestions, Senator Dearmont said the bill would produce more than $6,000,000 the first -year and about $9,000,000 the second' year. hen the senate adjourned yesto Senator Joseph H.
Brogan St. Louis, was reading masority report signed by himself and Senator Frank Warner Louts, members of the WAYS and means committee. He yielded for adjournment with the announcement he would finish when the senate went back to wok today. School Issue Ralsed. The first two houra of debate yesterday indicated the opponents, headed by Senator M.
E. Casey Kanana City, and Senator Manvel Davis also of KanCity, a member of the survey commission, proposed to. center Continued on Page Two, DIMMICK IN APPEAL Writ of Error Is Filed for Convicted Slayer of Wife. Attorney Claims That the Trial Should Not Have Been i in Nodaway County. Counsel for Charles D.
Dimmick, former state highway department draftsman here, under life sentence for the murder of his wife, Abbie Dimmick, In Andrew County in 00- tober, 1920, today made a move for his release. Earl C. Borchers, His attorney, was to file a writ of error before the supreme court of the state this afternoon. Prejudice Is Charged, Dimmick was charged with, beating his wife to death with a rock after an argument in which Dimmick's mother was involved. One of the charges made is that the circuit court of Andrew County erred in taking the case to Nodaway Instead of another county, The writ charges that evidence showed Mrs.
Dimmick came to her death as a result of injuries suftered in a motor car accident. Dimmick's car was wrecked at the place where Mrs. Dimmick's body was found. He first declared she suffered her injuries in the wreck, but police later, obtained a confession from him that ha beat her to death, then wrecked the car. Since the trial witnesses have been located who can give testimony to show Dimmick's Innocence, the deTense claims.
Claim. Verdict Was Altered. The fact that the court altered the verdict made it invalld, it is are gued. Judge D. D.
Reeves, after reading the verdict, scratched out "lite imprisonment," and wrote in "at imprisonment in the penitentlary for the period of his natural lite." Dimmick working as a bookkeeper in a factory at the penitentiary. TRY TO TAME LANDSLIDE. French Engineers Attempt to pivert Rush of Earth. CHAMBERY, France, March 13. -(P) -Government engineers today attempted to divert an enormous landslide which was bearing down upon the picturesque village of La Chatelard at the rate of 000 feet an hour, after engulfing Berges and Michaud.
The landslide, brought on by the evcessive rainfall of the past few weeks, broke losse front the hillside with loud rumbling and crashing and moved dewhward with an area or about 100 acres. volume was estimated at 200.000.000 feet. The engineers ordered the 125 Inhabitants to move out of Le Chatelard, which la. well known to tour. Ista who visit.
