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AND LAWRENCE COUNTY LEAD CALL Fair and sightly colder tonight and Associated Press Service OFFICIAL PAPER THE WEATHER of DAILY Thursday. IN THE MINING CENTER OF THE BLACK HILLS FORTIETH YEAR LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS LEADERS FORCED FOR ADOPTION RULE; BONUS 35 More Signatures Needed To Force Vote On Vet Bill In the House WASHINGTON, Feb. House leaders conceded today that just, when forced it to was abandon needed plans they for have installing an opponent-designed gag rule. Leaders originally proposed to change house rules so that it woul1 be necessary for 218 instead of 145 members to sign a petition before consideration of a bill could be forced.

Today, with the veterans issue still in the foreground, Representative Byrns of Tennessee, the democratic floor leader, said the change in could not be effected. He and other leaders believed 100 members up to today had signed a petition by Representative Lemke, republican, North Dakota, to bring up the bonus bill. Should 35 more signatures be affixed the house would have to vote on whether it would consider the 400,000,000 bill and discharge the ways and means committee which has not approved the bill. "I wouldn't want to suggest change in the rule," Byrns said, "when it could be charged as a move against some specific legislation." LOCALS The Sunnyside branch of the Methodist Ladies aid will meet on Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. William Martin, on Coolidge street.

John Kovacevich, of Lead, recalls that 30 years ago today he arrived in Lead from Omaha, Neb. Although he has spent a part of the past 30 years elsewhere he says he prefers Lead and has settled here permanently. Mrs. Alice V. Goodman, of Yankton, grand president of the Degree of Honor lodge, will be in Lead this evening to attend the meeting of Lead Lodge, D.

of to be held in the K. C. auditorium this evening. A social hour will follow the bustness meeting. An enjoyable program was presented by the Music department of the Woman's club in the sewing rooms of the high school building last evening.

A paper prepared by Miss Carrie Voigt on American women composers was read by Mrs. G. M. Shattuck. Miss Voigt was unable to be present.

Miss Gladys Morthlang sang "Mifonwy" by Dorothy Foster, "The Americans Come" by Faye Foster, and "Till I Wake" by Finder. Miss Dorothy Kubler, of Deadwood, played the piano accompaniment. Miss Kubler played two piano selections, "Sunken Cathedral" by Debussy, and the left hand arrangement of the Sextette from "Lucia." Mrs. Theodore Krueger, of Deadwood, played two violin selections, "Romance" by Lily Strickland, and "Puppet Show" by Manna-Zucca, with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Harold Rogers, of Deadwood.

The Lead high school girls glee club of 36 voices directed by Miss May Martin sang "The Lay of the Fairies" by Persis Heaton Trimble, and "'The New Moon" by Florence Price. During the business meeting Mrs. H. S. Clark was elected to represent the department on the general club election board.

Schiller Suspect Escapes From Jail SHERIDAN, Feb. -R. special prosecutor in the L. J. Schiller case at Sundance, announced today he had been informed of the escape last night of Lloyd Wilkerson, one of six suspects in the slaying of an aged miller at lett last fall.

Wilkerson escaped from the Sundance city jail. POOR PA BY CLAUDE CALLAN "The doctor thinks my niece has got the measles, but he can't tell for sure. She wears clothes so tight that there's not room for the measles to break out on her." (Copyright 1934, Publishers Syndicate) TO ABANDON PLAN OF TIGHTER GAG BILL IN FOREGROUND Production Credit Ass'n Is Formed RAPID CITY, Feb. Rapid City Production Credit association which is to serve farmers and stockmen of Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Pennington, Shannon and Washington counties was organized here Tuesday afternoon under the direction of Ray Heaton, Yankton, director of the Producers' Credit corporation of Omaha. E.

H. Hammerquist, Rapid City, acted as porary chairman at the meeting of west of the river farmers and stock growers, and Fred H. Root, Powell, acted as secretary. The following directors were elected to serve until the first annual meeting of the group: John W. Chitty, Folsom; W.

F. Wyatt, Hot Springs; Mr. Root; Gordon Stout, Kadoka; Oscar Mills, Wall; R. E. Barker, Denby; and Ben Gall, Porcupine.

The next step of the group will be to secure a charter from the proper authorities in Washington which is believed will require two or three weeks. When the charter is granted officially a permanent secretary-treasurer will be elected by the board of directors and headquarters will be established here. CASE ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY Custer Editor To Seek Republican Congressional Nomination At May Primary CUSTER, Feb. H. Case, 37, editor of the Custer Chronicle and a former member of the board of regents, today announced his candidacy for the republican congressional nomination in the second Dakota district.

Mr. Case's statement says: "I have decided to be a candidate because of the opportunity a sentative has to work for all of western South Dakota and because of the faith of friends which I shall do my best to justify. "I know western South Dakota and love it. Part of my boyhood was spent on a prairie homestead in Meade county. I attended school in Sturgis, Spearfish and Hot Springs.

I have repeatedly traveled through the district. I have edited newspapers in Pennington, Fall River and Custer counties, where every interest of the district has its examples -dry farming, irrigation, mining, lumbering, stock raising, whites, Indians. I have a little land in Haakon county. I believe in this country and my life is given to it. As one-time secretary of the Hot Springs Commercial club, I know something about working for roads, dams, new settlers, and civic improvements.

We learned how to get results, and I propose to get results if elected to congress. "A representative is not a king but a servant--and only one of 435 when he gets to Washington. His first duty is to his people. "I believe in my state and her people. What they want, I shall fight for--a square deal and a chance.

This is a young country. Our best days are ahead. We are going forward. As the people with whom I have worked know, I try to help every forward movement in my community. And I propose to do that for the west river district with every resource that a congressman can command." Hammer Services To Be Tomorrow Funeral services for the late Rena Mae Hammer, 6-year-old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Albert Hammer of Lead, whose death came at the Homestake hospital here yesterday morning, will be held tomorrow, Thursday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock at the Rounsevell funeral home on Mill street. The Rev. F. W.

Viken will deliver the sermon, and four boys, John and Francis King and Wilbur and Dale Henderson, will act as pallbearers. Beverly Kirk, Celia May Waymire, Joyce Buchholz and Bonnie Jean Wilkins will act as flower girls. Interment will be made in the Municipal cemetery in South Lead. Young Republicans To Meet, Deadwood Saturday Afternoon Organization of a Lawrence county Young Republican club will be perfected at a meeting to be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the courthouse in Deadwood, it was announced today. republicans are invited to attend and lively meeting is anticipated.

The selection of delegates to the official state republican convention in Huron will be among the matters to be taken up. CLAIM POLITICS BIG INFLUENCE IN CWA AND PWA State Farm Bureau Issues Statement Against Public Works Program HURON, Feb. executive committee of the South Dakota Farm Bureau charged today that party politics are a controlling influence in CWA and PWA activities in this state. In a statement 1g- sued through L. E.

Cummins, of Huron, secretary of the federation, the committee listed "a few of the many examples that might be submitted to substantiate its charges." "In the organization of the public works 'the statement said, "we were assured that no one connected with the South Dakota Contractors association would be given any official recognition, but through some political manipulations we find F. H. Collins, of Aberdeen, for many years executive secretary of this association, was named as director for this state." Stiff Sentence Is Given Gold Embargo Culprit ALBANY, N. Feb. The first violation of President Roosevelt's gold embargo order before federal court here drew 8 heavy sentence yesterday from Judge Frank C.

Cooper. Adolph A. Eisen, of Far Rockaway, Long Island, pleaded guilty to a charge of exporting gold to Canada and was sentenced to pay a fine of $10,000 and serve 40 days in jail. He was detained at the Canadian border a month ago when Canadian officials said they found three gold bars valued at $7,000 in his luggage. HOTEL BILL JUMPERS DRAW STRETCH IN JAIL J.

E. King, of Wyoming, and Ella G. Moore, of Winner, brought into justice court in Deadwood fur this morning on charges of defrauding an innkeeper, charged their pleas to guilty. Justice Stir.ett sentenced each of them to 30 days in 1 the county jail. They were arrested on complaint of the Franklin hotel in Deadwood for jumping a hotel bill.

They were apprehended in Rapid City and grought back to Deadwood for trial. George Watson and James C. Anderson, arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Miller when Whitewood people complained of being annoyed, were to be arraigned in justice court this afternoon on vagrancy charges. Mrs. L.

A. Fell of this city was a pleasure caller in Deadwood yesterday. John Barrymores In A Family Group Here's a new picture of the John Barrymore family, taken after their return from a fishing cruise in the Gulf of Lower California. The actor is holding John Blyth 19 months old, Mrs. Barrymore, the for.

mer Dolores Costello, holds Dolores Ethel Mae, three years old. (Asso clated Press Photo) COACH, 2 BOYS KILLED IN CAR SMASH, DELMONT, Tragedy Strikes At Corsica Basketball Team; Twelve Are Injured DELMONT, S. Feb. The coach and two members of a basketball team were dead and 12 others injured, three critically, when two cars carrying the Corsica high school basketball players collided with a truck near here last night. The dead included John Lugginge, coach; Fay Vanderberge, player; Louis Meeter, player.

Meeter died this morning as the result of injurles, after he wag taken to Corsica for treatment at a hospital there. The other two were killed instantly last night. HOMESTAKE MINING EMPLOYEES' AID FUND DISBURSEMENTS OR JANUARY, 1934 -Death -Injury Sick Name Cause Amt. Bauer, Fred $22.50 Bergerson, J. A.

16.00 Bedell, Bert 1.00 Bedell, Bert 800.00 Bradley, J. W. 8.00 Carlson, D. A. 3.00 Cola, Joe 46.50 Cole, Frank 3.00 Collister, Wm.

2.00 Compton, John 20.00 Crow, E. L. 46.50 Davis, Frank 3.00 Dopp, Phillip 2.50 Doorman, Wesley 3.00 Droddy, W. E. 19.00 Dusell, John 14.00 Engriselli, Frank 46.50 Foster, Matt 2.00 Fox, John 1.50 Gadler, Minnie 46.50 Harris, Thomas 34.00 Hill, Ray 19.00 Johannsen, Jacob 5.00 Johns, Edmond 31.50 Julius, Joe 8.00 Latterell, Verlin 31.00 Lausser, Michael 5.00 Lewis, Jack 31.00 Lilly, John 20.00 Marr, James 16.00 Mattson, Ed 46.50 Morlan, Fred.

8.00 Munoz, Manuel 21.00 Receipts From Int. allowed in January 377.50 Total Pay day February 15, 1934. Homestake Employee's Aid Fund 1933 Receipts Ledger Jan. 1, 1933 Cash rec'd from employes 38,381.50 Int. rec'd from securities 3,472.04 $67,795.28 PRICE REVIEWS POSSIBILITIES 1934 CAMPAIGN Clear Cut Party Issues Absent With End of Congressional Session In View By BYRON PRICE A somewhat restricted congressional campaign, circumscribed by the unusual political situation as well as the a condition of both party treasuries, appears in prospect for 1934.

The house campaign promises to peach its greatest intensity in only 100 or so of the 435 congressional districts and the senatorial campaign in less than a score of states. It is on those fronts the republicans will try to keep the present democratic senate majority from increasing and to whittle down possible the democratic "preponderance in the house. Although the congressional committees are steaming up, they concede the issues are not yet very clear. A lot will depend on coming events whether times get better or worse, whether the Roosevelt administration comes through the summer going strong or burdened by blunders and failures. Battlefront The full membership of the house is to be but the chief contest will be over the 100 or 90 normally republican districts which fell into democratic hands in the great sweep of 1932.

The democrats agree that in the natural course of action and tion some of these districts are likely to slip back into the republican column. It would take exactly 100 such changes, however, to wipe out the present democratic house plurality of 200. That would be one of the heaviest turnovers in history. Republican Handicaps In the senate only one-third of the membership comes up for reelection at one time. A glance over the 1934 list shows in impressive fashion the handicaps which beset the republicans at the outset.

The democrats have today a senate plurality of 25. Not counting abnormal vacancies (of which there are three or four), only 32. senate seats are to be filled. Even to keen democratic plurality where it is. the republicans must either defeat some democratic incumbents or reelect every one of the republicans who are 1 up.

That is their problem. Of the 32 seats, 14 are held today by democrats, 17 by by the farmer-labor senator, Shipstead of Minnesota. What is the chance of defeating any of these democrats? Five of the 14 are from the democratic south, and 6 others are from western or southwestern states where democrats have had no trouble being elected in recent years. That leaves on the democratic normally doubtful list only New York, Massachusetts and Nebraska, and even in those states there are special considerations this year. The Claims The 17 republican seats are almost all in states carried by Roosevelt in 1932.

The incumbents include Johnson of California, Cutting of New Mexico and LaFollette of Wisconsin, all Roosevelt supporters. The other 14 states are: Vermont, Ohio, Maryland, Maine, West Virginia, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Delaware Michigan, Connecticut and North Dakota. What is the chance of reelecting all of the 14 republicans? In almost every one of these states the democrats are making vigorous preparations, accompanied by many longrange claims of what will happen in November. The claims even encompass so regular a republican state as Pennsylvania. The republicans do not concede the present democratic claims, but they are digging in.

They hope most of all that the present session of congress will produce somehow a clear-cut party issue- which it has failed thus far to do. Lead And Rapid Debate Teams To Clash Tonight The high point in pre-tournament high school debating will come this evening at 7:30 in the school auditorium when the Lead and Rapid Citvi teams clash in their final tilt before the district event. This season the teams have already met in three decision contests, two of which have been won by the locals. Chances of making the score even are the stakes for which Rapid's are working, while the Lead speakers are anxious to enlarge their margin of victories. The public is invited to attend.

Darrell Ayer and Robert Shipp will defend the negative of the radio control question. Coach Russell Tooze of Deadwood will judge and criticize the contest. Socialists Fail Dollfuss Says CANDIDACY OF MRS. COYNE OUT Former Republican Secretary of State Announces She Will Seek Nomination FT. PIERRE, Feb.

Mrs. C. E. Coyne, of Ft. Pierre, announced today that she will seek the republican nomination for secretary of state at the party convention this spring.

Her candidacy is the first announced in either party for a post for which nominations are made at the convention following the May 1 primary. Mrs. Coyne, publisher of the Ft. Pierre Times, was secretary of state from 1931 to 1933. With three candidates opposing her she ran high among the republican candidates for state offices who were defeated in the 1932 democratic landslide.

In announcing her candidacy Mrs. Coyne said she would seek the nomination on her former record in office. Another Bremer Clue Followed ST. PAUL, Feb. possible clue--the automobile suspected of being the one Edward G.

Bremer rode in from the hideout of kidnapers to Rochester, where he was released, was reported under investigation by federal agents today. WINTER FROLIC IS CALLED OFF Black Hills Winter Sports Club To Await Snow For Further Plans RAPID CITY, Feb. a special meeting of the directors of the Black Hills Winter Sports club here last evening it was voted to call off definitely the carnival which was scheduled for Sylvan Lake next Sunday. Future plans of the club will depend on snow. Markets NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE (Closing Quotations) Alaska Juneau Allis Chalmers American Can American Smelting American T.

Anaconda Auburn Baltimore Ohio Barnsdall Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel Borden 25. Cerro de Pasco C. M. St. P.

P. (Pref.) C. N. W. Chrysler Colo.

Gas Electric Consolidated Gas Eastman 88. General Electric 23. General Foods General Motors Gillette Homestake 327. International Harvester International Nickel I. T.

T. Kennecott 22. Montgomery Ward 34. Morrell 43. Nash National Biscuit North American Co.

Packard Penney Penn. R. R. Pullman Radio Corp. 8.

Reynolds Tobacco (B) Sears, Roebuck Co. Socony-Vacuum Standard Brands Standard Oil of Cal. Standard Oil of N. J. Studebaker Trans-America Union Carbide United Aircraft United Corp.

United Fruit U. S. Steel Vanadium Western Union Westinghouse Woolworth 51. Yellow Truck NEW YORK CURB Cities Service Standard Oil of Indiana Swift Co. Electric Bond Share Ford Motors Ltd.

MINNEAPOLIS STOCKS First Bank Stock Bancorporation 6. Resort To Arms Only Strengthens Federal Government, Chancellor Claims VIENNA, Feb. Engelbert Dolfuss told the Associated Press today that the socialist attempt to resist government authorities with armed force is "madness." "The attempt has failed," he said. "The ultimate result can only be to strengthen the government and further unite people behind the forces of law and order," he added. "It was a mad beginning," the chancellor added, "to include the working class -even if it was only part of the class -to offer armed resistance against the state and not only plot a general strike but attempt to mobilize the republican guards.

One may say already that this undertaking has entirely failed and that the position of the federal government is stronger than ever." Earle to Hasten Back HAVERFORD, Feb. -George H. Earle, U. S. minister to Austria, sails for Europe.

tomorrow, hastening back to in Vienna because of the serious situation there. Earle conferred today with President Roosevelt and state department from officials New in York Washington. tomorrow. He V. F.

W. TO STAGE RADIO INITIATION THURSDAY One of the most impressive events of the V. F. W. year will be the third annual "Hello America" hour on the air, February 15, at 11:30 o'clock, eastern standard time.

In conjunction with this year's radio's hour Lawrence County post No. 1353 of this city will hold a special open meeting and veterans' rally at 7:30 o'clock, preceding the "Hello America!" program. A class of 25 new members of Post No. 1353, recruited during a membership drive of the last few weeks, will be prepared to take the obligations as administered from Washington, D. by Comamnder-in-Chief James E.

Van Zandt. The local program to be sponsored on February 15 by Post 1353, will include a series of brief talks and a variety of entertainment. It will be concluded in time for the national broadcast, over the network of the National Broadcasting company. In addition to the formal initiation ceremonies, the third annual "Hello America!" hour will include a 15- minute dramatic sketch 'Remember the Maine!" in observance of the thirty-sixth anniversary of the sinking of the U. S.

Battleship Maine in Havana harbor February 15, 1898. The program also will include an address by Senator Patrick A. McCarran, of Nevada, widely known as a champion of veterans, and a message by National Auxiliary President Julia L. Pitcock, Cleveland, O. Music selections will be presented by the United States Marine band at Washington and by several famous dance bands from various New York clubs and hotels.

ness Su-Suicide In--Insane Name Cause Amt. Mutchler, Roland 2.00 Naugle, John 35.50 Odrlin, George 10.00 Panerio, James 2.00 Parsons, Albert 31.00 Parsons, Albert W. 3.50 Paul, Jed 35.50 Passage, R. J. 3.50 Patterson, Horace 2.00 Peerboom, Lawrence 3.00 Pendo, Mitchell 37.00 Pittenger, Clarence 3.00 Poe, R.

J. 24.00 Pridgeon, John 2.00 Rasmusson, Art 2.00 Renner, Howard 4.00 Ruther, Chas. 3.00 Sanders, Virgil 15.00 Schmidt, W. A. 3.00 Schultz, Lloyd 4.60 Sleep, James 10.00 Stanton, Houstan 26.00 Summers, Earl 26.00 Summers, Earl 31.00 Thomas, Bert O.

46.50 Walthers, Jacob 31.00 Weber, Zay 6.00 Whaley, Dell 27.00 Williams, Arthur 46.50 Williams, Ray 23.00 $1,880.50 Disbursements Death benefits 800.00 Sick benefits 1,080.50 Bal. for January, 1934 1,984.50 Total $3.865.00 B. C. YATES, Treas. Disbursements Sick benefits $12,091.00 Death benefits 11,725.00 Bonds purchased in 1933 10,674.36 Federal tax on checks 12.70 Ledger Dec.

31, 1933 33,292.22 67,795.28 Aid fund assets as of Dec. 31, 1933 Securities $80,351.15 Cash on hand 33,292.22 $133,643.37 A son, their third child, was born Monday night to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Virkula, of Nemo, at the Homestake hospital. Weather and Roads Lead 40; clear roads good.

Deadwood 36; partly cloudy roads good. Spearfish 36; cloudy roads, good. Sturgis 40; clear roads good. Belle Fourche 36; partly cloudy reads good. Hill City 30; cloudy roads Custer 34; cloudy roads good.

good. Rapid City 40; cloudy roads good. Hot Springs 38; cloudy roads good. Philip 30; cloudy roads good. Presho 30; cloudy roads good.

Chamberlain 28; clear roads good. Newcastle 38; cloudy roads good. Yesterday's min. 40; max. 57.

AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN "I reckon things even up. About half of our kin folks are payin' taxes, and the other half livin' on government money." (Copyright 1934, Publishers Syndicate).