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OFFICIAL PAPDt OF LEAD AND LAWREXE COKOT THE WEATHER Generally fair tonight Thursday po 1 1 1 showers and somewhat warmer. ASSOCIATED SXBVICa IN TBI HINIMO OIXIIB Of IHI BLACK H1LLI THIRTY -EIGHTH YEAR LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23, 1931 FRIOi nvi CENTS In P. G. A.

Finals Deadwood Woman Is atalSy BALDWIN TAKES REINS BRITISH Probes Sea Mystery HERE AND THERE i i. i i REED MAY TRY FOR PRESIDENCY Former Democratic Senator From Missouri Again In Limelight KANSAS CITY, Sept 23. (JP) Speculation over democratic presiden tial prospects again embraces the name of James A. Reed, former United States senator from Missouri. Two newspapers, the Kansas City Star and the St.

Louis Globe Democrat, said today Reed would make an active bid for tho presidency In 1932 and observers saw In the situation a threat to the political strength of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. CAVEIN OPENS INDIAN GRAVE 200 YEARS OLD GETTYSBURG, Sept. 23. (JP) The cavein of an ice house at the Bridge store, 17 miles west of here, opened an Indian grave estimated to be 200 years old, In which the skeleton of an aborigine, pieces of Indian pottery, and an old sandstone pipe were found.

Charley Long Rock, a full-blooded Sioux, estimated age of the grave, and said it probably was that of a Ree. The skeleton was In good condition except that the skull was missing. Other relics are expected to be uncovered when digging operations are resumed. 0FFCERS OF LEAD M. B.

A. LODGE NAMED LAST NIGHT J. A. Miller was elected president of the local M. B.

A. lodge at the regular meeting of the organization held last Monday night Other offi cers for the forthcoming year include: vice-president Daniel McLaughlin secretary, Mrs. Elda K. Stevens; treasurer, J. H.

Pyne; chap- flain, William C. Casey; conductor, Mrs. Mae McLaughlin; watchman, Mrs. Frances Fry; secretary, Miss Mary Elinor Green; trustees, Frank Schadel, Mrs. Elizabeth Keffeler and Mrs.

Myrtle LaBau. During the business session Mr. Schadel, who was one of the three official delegates from South Dakota to the recent supreme M. B. A.

convention in Chicago, gave a brief and interesting report on the national meeting. Following the business meeting the lodge officers served a delightful lunch In Society hau. After the lunch tables were laid for bridge, five hundred, rummey and bunco games un der the supervision of the following committee chairmen, Mrs. R. L.

An drews, bridge; Mrs. Harry Dick, five hundred; Mrs. J. A. Miller, rummey, and Mrs.

Walter Goes, bunco. Favors In the card games were awarded as follows: bridge Mrs. Charles McLean high and Mrs. O. M.

Boham, low. Five hundred Mrs. Leon Wil-kins high and Mrs. Nick Gergen, low. Rummey Mrs.

James Roscoe high and Charles Volmer, low. Bun-I co Mrs. Dan McLaughlin high and W. C. Casey low.

There was an un usually large attendance. DRAFTS PLEA of of In ismed; MRS. ANNA BURK LOSES LIFE IN BEDROOM FIRE Flames Do Little Damage Savo To Bed And Bedding In Tbe Room Mrs. Anna Burk, about 50 years old, was burned to death In her apartment at 612 Main street Deadwood, this morning. The fire was discovered about 9:30 o'clock this morning by neighbors who rushed there and summoned the fire department.

Mrs. Burk's body was found In her bed, when the firemen got the flames sufficiently under control to get in. The fire did little damage except to the bed and bedding In which Mrs: Burk was lying. The origin of the fire was not known although it waa thought that the woman might have dropped the butt of a lighter cigarette on to the bad clothing. It was reported that Mrs.

Burk had been ill, and that members of her family remained with her until about 3 o'clock this morning. It was the last time they saw her alive. She is survived by two sons, John and Robert, and a young daughter, Martha, all of Deadwood, and her husband, William Burk, who Is serving a 90-day sentence in the Lawrence county jail on a federal court conviction of liquor law violation. The body of Mrs. Burk was badly burned.

An Inquest Into her death prob ably will be held this evening. Street rumors to the effect that Mrs. Burk's death, or the fire, were not accidental, were not affirmed by county authorities this afternoon. GUARDS ENFORCE IOWA BOVINE T.OEGULATWN TIPTON, Iowa, Sept. 23.

(iP) Determined to fulfill the task entrusted him by Governor Dan Turner and with 1,800 Iowa national guardsmen at his command, General Parks S. Findley today was preparing plana to enforce the state's bovine tuberculosis law in Cedar county. The general, who received seven Cedar county farmers at his encampment here last night, told them he knew nothing of the controversies that had broken out here intermittently since last March, and that he cared less. Of 11,687 wholesale Institutions in Illinois, 6,238 are located in Chicago. American League Chicago Washington 7.

St. Louis Boston 2. Detroit Philadelphia 8. Cleveland-New York, idle. National League Brooklyn St Louis 3.

Philadelphia Pittsburgh 3. innings.) Others idle. (13 Weather and Roads Lead 36; cloudy roads good. Deadwood 44; cloudy roads good. Spearfish 46; cloudy roads good.

Sturgis 46; cloudy roads good. Belle Fourche 46; cleoudy roads good. Hill City 44; cloudy roads good. Custer 36; cloudy roads good. Rapid City 50; cloudy roads good.

Hot Springs 56; cloudy roads good. Philip 44; clear roads good. Presho 44 roads good. Chamberlain 37; clear roads good. Newcastle 48; cloudy roads good.

Yesterday's min. 35; max. 39. AUNT HET J9 "Jim is the kind that bustles around an' acts responsible for ever'Using so nobody will notice how little he' puts in the collection plate." (CepTTirht 111. rabllabere Syndicate) Baseball Scores J) 'A t.

.1 M. Attociated Pre Photo Tom Creavy (above) of Albany, N. upset the vetersn Gpne 8ira- zen and won the right to meet Denimore Shute In the finals of the P. 0. A.

tournament at Providence. INVESTIGATE FIRES IN THE SUM BUTTE REGION BUFFALO, Sept. 23. (JP) Harding county authorities are seeking clues to identity of persons believed to have set blazes in the Slim Buttes timber lands and at the Harding school the same night recently. Both fires were brought under control without extensive damage.

WAGE CUTS ARE ANNOUNCED BY CORPORATIONS Reductions Affect Steel, Motor, Rubber And Copper Industries NEW YORK, Sept. 23. (JP) An nouncement of impending wage cuts in steel, motor, rubber and copper industries was subject today to a variety of Interpretations. Organized labor proclaimed its resistance. Some financial writers attributed to unnamed business leaders the belief that the step would hasten a revival of business.

Formal statements from the cor porations concerned merely stressed unsatisfactory conditions or new standards of value. U. S. Steel took the Initiative and announced a ten per cent cut affecting 220,000 employees October 1. Bethlehem Steel followed suit It will reduce wages ten per cent October 1 for 50,000 employees.

Youngs town Sheet and Tube ordered a corresponding cut. The General Motors corporation announced a 15 to 20 per cent reduction for 25,000 salaried employees. Some 000 employed on an hourly wage basis will not be affected. The U. S.

Rubber company 'announced a five-day work schedule starting October 1. This will mean a reduction of about nine per cent but no one will be given more than five days work. The American Smelterlng and Refining company and the Utah Copper company announced a ten per cent wage reduc- ftlon effective October 1. Hoover's Attitude Unaltered WASHINGTON, Sept 23. (JP) President Hoover's anxiety to main tain the present standard of living was said at the white house today to be unaltered despite wage cuts made by leading corporations yesterday.

"AKRON" IS SCHEDULED FOR HEREIAJDEH TRIP AKRON, Ohio, Sept 23. (JP) The U. S. S. Akron, largest airship In the world, today faced the begin nlng of her reign as queen of the skies.

Weather's three-day bar against her majesty's debut waa seen last night by the navy board of In spection and survey to be lifted the influence of a low pressure area moved away from Akron. The sec ond of America's home made dirifrt Ides, she had only to prove on the maiden trip that she could fly. Later tests will take her measure as the world's largest fastest and strongest airship. Dan McGuigan, football coach at Vanderbilt university, picks Georgia and Tennessee to lead the Southern conference football parade. ST A I I 'i P.

G. A. Finalist i i -i Antnriiited Pre Photo Denarnoro Shute (above), the "giant-killer" from Hudson, Ohio, met Tom Creavy of Albany In the final round of the professional golf championship tourney at Providence, R. I. Mercer university football team will travel 6,000 miles this fall to their gridiron contests.

PROHIBITION, BONUS PAYMENT BEFORE LEGION National Commander Promises Full Discussion Of The Bonos Qnestion DETROIT, Sept. 23 (JP) The The American Legion national convention went into business session today with the controversial Issues of prohibition and bonus payments in the foreground. The bonus question was pushed into prominence last night by a statement from the national commander, Ralph T. O'Nell, In which he renewed his promise that there will be full and free discussion of the issues. It was the first utterance on the subject by a Legion leader since President Hoover's address at the opening session Monday at which he called attention to the condition of the national treasury and asked that no burden be added to it Portland Gets Convention DETROIT, Sept.

23 (JP) The American Legion voted today to bold its 1932 convention in Portland, Ore. Auxiliary Election Tomorrow DETROIT, Sept 23. JP) Mrs. Louise W. Williams, of Tuckahoe, N.

and Mrs. W. H. Morgan, of Edwardsville, 111., will be placed in nomination today for the national presidency of the American Legion Auxiliary, with indications of a close contest when the election is held at the closing session tomorrow. NEW YORK STOCKS (Closing Quotations) American Can 82 V.

American T. 4 T. 144 V4-Anaconda 16 H. Baltimore A Ohio 39. Bethlehem Steel 36 S.

Cerro de Pasco 13 V4. M. St P. A P. 6.

A N. W. 20. Chrysler 15. General Electric 33.

General Motors 30. Homestake 104. Kennecott 12. Montgomery Ward 13. Radio Corp.

16. Sinclair 7. Standard Oil of N. J. 34.

U. S. Steel 83. Vanadium 20. Westinghouse 50.

Western Union 107 Willys-Overland 2. Woolworth 56. Yellow Truck 5. NEW YORK CURB Cities Service 8. Standard Oil of Indiana 21.

MINNEAPOLIS STOCKS First Bank Stock 15. Ban corporation 26. MARKET NEWS i G0VERI1M MacDonald Forced To Rett After Straggle To Keep Pound Sterling Afloat LONDON, Sept 23. () Stanley Baldwin, leader of tbe conservative party, was at the helm of the British government for the first time since 1919 today as lord president of the council. Mr.

Baldwin became acting prime minister yesterday when Ramsay MacDonald left for a secluded rest In the country to recuperate from the strain of keeping the pound sterling floating on the world money market Mr. Mac Donald's inenas and associates were not alarmed over his condition and felt that a few days of rest would restore him to Up-top shape as It has on previous occasions when overwork dictated temporary retirement Measure ftuahed Through LONDON, Sept 23 (JP) Rushed through parliament in record time -and signed by a royal commission, the British government's emergency measure suspending the gold standard went Into effect yesterday for a period of six months. The stock exchange was closed for the second day. The house of commons passed it just before closing time in spite of half hearted attacks by labor back benchers and the house of lords requiring only two minutes to give it the necessary three readings. The commission acted for King George who is in Scotland.

There was no. division on the final vote but the government won majorities of about 100 on successive closure motions. Labor members opposed the bill chiefly on the grounds that economy measures already adopted were unnecessary if gold payments were suspended. Chancellor Philip Snowden who sponsored the measure, went on the air to assure the nation that the fall in the pound sterling would be "limited" and to invoke its confidence in the government's ability to weather the crisis. "The consequences of the suspension," he said, "are bound to be disagreeable.

In some ways they may be serious but they will not be catastrophic. The pound will not go the way of the (post war) franc or the mark. "The British budget is now the most securely balanced budget In the world. There is no longer any risk of an Internal Inflation and there are no longer any grounds for disturbing the essential soundness of our financial position. "For the great majority of our people in Great Britain there is no cause for alarm or panic.

I want to say most emphatically there is not the slightest cause for anxiety about the money you have in banks. Avoid a panic." Newspapers affirmed and denied a report that a movement was under way to draft leaders of the labor opposition Into the national ministry, now composed of conservatives, liberals and ostracised labor members. The Daily Mail said on what it termed first hand authority that Prime Minister MacDonald Was negotiating with Arthur Henderson, his former colleague, to make Henderson home secretary and to find places for other former labor ministers. The appointments were said to depend on the conservatives. The Daily Herald, Labor party organ, said it was informed on the highest authority that such a plan was not being contemplated.

The possibility of an early election loomed once more on the strength of a meeting of back-bench conservatives who declared unanimously in favor of an immediate appeal to the people on a protective tariff Issue. They pledged unqualified support to Mr. MacDonald in the event that he led the way. POOR PA oiAvom oaxjjut "Nobody wanted me on the phone. Ma just used that as an excuse for callin' me away from those girls to tell me I mas makin' a fool of myself again." (CfeBTrirkt.

111. Pttbltahers KntdloaU) GOVERNOR GREEN SLIGHTLY ILL. PIERRE, Sept. 23. (IP) A slight illness kept Governor Green from his office this morning and there were no announcements on the progress of federal loan plans or other relief work.

The executive has been slightly indisposed since the return from the state fair at Huron last week. HOPE FOR CRAMER IS YET ALIVE. LONDON, Sept 23. (P) Hope that Parker D. Cramer, American airman who waa lost on a flight from Detroit to Copenhagen, remains alive lingered today.

On the request of the American embassy the British broadcasting company appealed to ships in north sea waters and resi dents Of the barren Orkney and Shet land islands to keep a sharp watch for Cramer and his radio operator Oliver Paquette. MRS. CO LUNGS IS ABSOLVED. NEW YORK, Sept. 23.

(JP) Convinced that Mrs. Benjamin P. Collings is "relieved of all culpability" for her husband's strange death In Long Island sound, District Attorney Alexander B. Blue, of Suffolk county, today pressed the search for a mad man who he believes murdered the Stamford, engineer. AVERAGE SOUTH DAKOTAN SPENDS $375 IN STORES WASHINGTON, Sept 23.

(JP) The census bureau reported today that the average South Dakotan spent 1378.36 in retail stores during 1929, compared with the national estimate of $407.52. Presenting figures on retail distribution in all states, the bureau announced South Dakota's net sales as $262,148,879, while the nation's total was more than 60 billion dollars. Comparison of South Dakota with the rest of the country shows that the state has 8,990 retail stores, or 13 for each 1,000 population, while the national average was 12.9. In sales per store, South Dakota had 129,160, compared with $32,297 as the nation's average. South Dakota had .52 'per cent of the net sales in the United States.

The average retail sales of $407.52 per capita for the entire country in dicated retail purchases for each family ranging from $1,250 to $2,000, the census bureau said. The report covering nearly stores, filling stations, restaurants and other retail establishments in the nation, is preliminary and subject to correction. Retail purchases In the 48 states varied greatly, ranging from $172 in South Carolina to $575 in California and New York. MINIMUM BEET PRICE IS SET PER TON BELLE FOURCHE, Sept 23. (JP) D.

Pratt president of the Black Hills sugar plant here, announced today that the year's price for beets has been set at $5.50 a ton, based on a sliding scale. This means the final price will be determined by the trend of the sugar market in the next year. The price of $5.50 a ton is the minimum and beet growers have the possibility of obtaining a higher price should sugar raise In the coming months. Sugar prices as set by the plant depend largely upon the outcome of the Chadbourne plan of price fixing, Pratt said. The sliding scale of price fixing la divided Into four periods, and the final amount paid will depend upon restrictions other sugar-producing countries carry out More than half a million dollars will be paid here for raw beets this fall, Pratt said.

An equal amount will be placed In the hands of 300 laborers at the plant during the 60 to 70 day run which Starts October Pratt announced that labor for the fall run is virtually all signed up, with little opportunity for additional employment Three eight-hour shifts will be employed, with preference shown married men and local residents. The run of 60 to TO days falls short of the usual 100 days, it was explained, but not because of any failures in the sugar beet crop. Cuts in the total yield under the project are due only to cases where farmers sacrificed part of the crop to Insure ample irrigation for other porticos when water levels became low in the government reservoir, Pratt said. He predicted that sugar content the beets this year will be up to past averages. Jim MacKenzie, Dallas, golf professional, has Invented a "sure shot" putter with the weight concentrated in the center of the head, Attotiuttd Prett Photo Alexander Slue, district attorney of Suffolk eounty, New York, Is conducting the Investigation Into the Long Island sound "pirate" murder of Benjamin Codings, Stamford, Conn, yachtsman.

Texas football fans will ride a special train New Orleans when Texas A. A M. and Tulane battle on October 8. CHINA REJECTS ARBITRATION OF RAIEJDISPUTE Movement Of Troops Toward Harbin Cancelled By Japanese Comanders TOKYO, Sept 23. () The Jap anese legation In Nanking today advised the foreign office here that China had rejected proposals for arbi tration of the Manchuiian question.

The refusal was based on the Chin ese position that the original suggestion for arbitration as it came from China sources was unofficial and lacked the consent of the Nan king government Meanwhile press dispatches said Japanese military authorities had cancelled the movement of troops from Southern Manchuria toward Harbin. This was In harmony with the decision yesterday the Japanese cabinet against the movement of Japanese troops north Chang Chun, the northern terminus of the Japenese-controlled Manchurian railway. At the same time Japan's Consul General Chichi OhashL at Harbin, denied previous advices which said he had requested the movement of Japanese troops into Harbin for the protection of his fellow citizens. A triple steal put over the winning run in a recent Texas league game which Beaumont defeated Houston. FOR INDIA Auociatot Pre PKMo evading tbe nahs I Mahahwa QcdM, Mttle leaser of India's mlHIons, bard a werk ea erattea be daMvarea foreefuMy before tbe India rotMd taWe eea-ferenee tm London.

Ms bMpm made Brttleb delaaatea pHtk up tbelr are. He criticized tbe emsersss far.