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1 to ie Ai sr ill I if 1H Nil Mlftli Fifty-first Year. No. 262. Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1921 United Press.

Price Two Cents in Minneapolis Three Mail Crash Forecast Ford's Cowless Milk Lemke Breaks With Townley, Dakota Report Raise in Phone Rates Is Denied By State Board Rail Commission Says Poor Service Does Not Jus-I tify Measure. Petition for Permanent Ad-j justment Is Still S- Pending. 1 Minneapolis Victim of Wreck nrf ft nig, Aflf I Hw; ill i By Minneapolis Man Kills Him 'Hun Junker' Plane, Flying to Twin Cities, Bursts Into Flames. Falls Near La Crosse With Airmen After an Explosion. W.

L. Carroll, Victim, Was Leaving Service This Month. Three air mail aviators were killed at La Crosse, late yesterday when their all-metal ship, flying from Chi cago to Minneapolis, exploded 600 feet In air. The victims were: William L. Carroll, 23 years old, living at 3300 Columbus avenue, Minneapolis; pilot.

Arthur Rowe, Fort Pierre, S. pilot. Robert Hill, Chicago, mechanician. It was the second fatal accident on the Chicago-Minneapolis air route. Last Thursday K.

M. Stewart, pilot of Chicago, was killed In an air mall ship at Mendota as he was leaving Min neapolis for Chicago. George J. Sampson, 2627 Nicollet avenue, mechanic on the ship, was severely injured. Plane's First Trip.

Pilot Rowe-was flying the all-metal ship on Its maiden trip to Minneapolis, and Carroll came along as observer. They planed to land at La Crosse at Salzer field and were circling for position when the explosion came. Work ers and pilots on the field saw the ffi 111 one of the victims in yesterday's, air William L. Carroll, Minneapolis, he first ship to be used in the service "arroll inset. It was a De Haviland spurt of fire.

Then the ship buckled, turned over and dropped, forming a ribbon of flame. It landed a half mile from the field and continued to burn. When the service station men reach, ed the ship they were able only to pull the victims from the flames dead. The ship had left Chicago Monday morning but heavy snowfall forced a landing at Lone Rock, near tha southern boundary line of Wisconsin. Superintendent Carlson of Salzer field, declared the plane had been in trouble almost from the beginning of the flight.

Not Carrying Mall. Lacks Soul, Wileu Saus VnWtrul Sento. Washington, Feb. 9. There Is not a very fertile field for the reformers to be found In Henry Ford's machine-made, cow-lens milk, according to Dr.

Harvey Wiley, famous pure food expert. He says that such milk is as soul-less as the Idea of Its production Is practical. "I do not know of any real substitute for milk and have not heard of any, on which children would not speedily starve to death," he said. "There cannot be any artificial substitute for milk made. It may have a body, but It would have no soul." Nash Appeal Allowed By House Move Bill, Favoring Ousted Official, Passes Lower Body, 72 to 39.

By George E. Akerson. By vote of 72 to 29, the House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill, designed to make It possible for William M. Nash, former county attorney, removed by Governor Burn-quiet, to have his case reopened. The bill relates to certiorari proceedings before the supreme court, giving that court power to pass on questions of fact In cases, where public officials have been removed by the governor; In the Nash case, the court held that the governor had full power to re move an official, and that the facts on which he had taken action were not subject to review.

The measure, as passed by the House, is general In its nature, but has a retroactive clause, making It possible for officials removed within the last six months to move to have their cases certified to the supreme court for review. That one clause takes care of the Nash case. The bill was recommended by the Judiciary committee, and Representative Paulson made the fight for It when the House considered It in committee of the whole. Yesterday only one legislator spoke on It. Representa tive Milton Llghtner of St.

Paul opposed It, making special reference to ths Nash case. BIH Introduced In Senate. The bill has been introduced In the Senate by Senator E. Putnam, chairman of ths Judiciary committee. It bas ths indorsement of the State Association of County the organisation, which protested vigorously against the removal of Mr.

Nash by Governor Bumqulst. Two Hennepin county members, W. t. Norton and C. E.

Hulbert, voted against the bill. Representatives Cameron, Eaton. Girling, Howard, Koziak, Lauderdale, Miner, Nellermoe, Nimocks, J. W. Olson, Erllng Swenson.

Washburn and Speaker Nolan voted for It. Representatives Child and West were ab sent. Ths complete roll call follows: For the bill: Arens, Benson, Bernard, Brlggs. Brown, Burdorf. Cameron, Christensen, Conley.Cullum.Cummings, Day, DeLury.

Dllley, Eaton, Enstrom, Flahaven. Flaherty, Gartner, Gerrteh, Girling. Glslason, C. M- Goodwin, Hera-stad. Hinds.

Howard, Keller. Putnam. Koziak, Lauderdale, Lee, Lennon, Lorg, (Continued on Page 5, Col. 4.) The Girl Cub Reporter makes ft tour of the beauty parlors, and you'd never jruess what she found in there. If you want to know you'll have to read her itory in next unDap's Cribunc You'll find a lot of other snappy features In that same paper.

United States Ambsssadoi Page was one of the really big men in Europe during the war, says Margot Asquith, in the next instalment of her "Intimate Diary," which describes London just ftfter the armistice ftnd tells of Wilson st the peace table. 'SMATTER C. M. Payne's great home life comic, is now running weekly as full page in colors. Another instalment of the ad ventures in England of Sir Ever-ard Dominey, or of Baron Leopold von Ragaiteln, German apy, whichever tha mysterous central figure of "The Great Impersonation," Oppenheim'a big novel, finally will prove to be.

Map of Europe mast be re made ag sin, says Manley 0. Hudson, international law expert of the American Peace Commission, in discussing the protection afforded minorities in the new states of Europe by the peace treaties. This is the ninth of the Public Ledger Peace forum lectures. American dress designers have thrown off the Paris yoke, says Edith M. Burtls, the Tribune'! fashion writer.

Charming poses by popular screen actressea showing gome of the latest modes, "A New Chapter in Thrift written by a young and pretty settlement teacher and the fam-ily of one of her class, in Elta Lenarfs "New Americans" series. All in the next issue of Cbe Ctiftune Newspapers Allege Split Over State Bank After Quarrel. Attorney General Ready to Renounce Chief as Enemy to League. Severe Handicap Is Seen to Efforts of Organization in Other Fields. Bismarck, N.

Feb. 9. North Da kota newspapers which are opposed to the Nonpartisan league carried stories tonight charging that Attorney General William Lemke and F. B. Wood of Deering, two of the three members of the executive committee of the National Nonpartisan league have split with President A.

C. Townley, the third mem' ber, over conditions existing In the Bank of North Dakota, and that they are ready to renounce Townley and place him in the ranks of league ene mies. Leaders of the league, while admit ting that the Bank -of North Dakota liquidation had been discussed wHh Townley, denied emphatically that there was any split. "Mr. Townley did not advise the closing or liquidation of the Bank of North Dakota.

There is not the slightest friction, and talk of any impending break between Mr. Townley and Mr. Lemke Is ridiculous," Governor Lynn J. Frarier declared tonight. "Mr.

Townley, as always, is the greatest friend of the farmer, the worker end the Nonpartisan league," Mr. Lemke said tonight. "I consider his principles of co-operation and industrial democracy the greatest in the world, and I am working in closest harmony with Mr. Townley." Liquidation of Bank. The Fargo Forum tonight said: C.

Townley sees liquidation of the Bank of North Dakota as the only way open to a final solution of the state's financial problems. "Mr. Townley, because he advocate the liquidation of the state bank bete re the Nonpartisan league caucus, reoeiv-1 ing the support of only 10 is marked for political destruction at the hands ot the Lemke element." The article goes on to say that there Is shown "the readiness of Lemke and his crowd to renounce Mr. Townley, and place him In the ranks of league enemies, if he persists In his theory that the state bank should be abandoned. "In a room In a Bismarck hotel, where he (Townley) was closeted with Lemke, Governor Frazier and Cathro (bead of the bank), Townley declared bis position.

He scored them roundly for the condition that the state administration has precipitated, end declared that he was through with them for all time. Associates Are Lashed. "Townley lashed his former associates In Just the same manner that he has applied the lash to scores ot others who have crossed his path within the league organization during Ms meteoric career. Standing with Lemke Is Frank B. Wood, third member ot the executive committee.

"The split in the National committee, Lemke's open threats through his Fargo paper to brand Townley as an 'enemy of the with the groundwork already laid, means serious handicaps for organization work In other flelds. Lemke, by sustained efforts, over a long period, has placed himself in such position that he has complete authority over the Nonpartisan league organization In this state, and that Townley, to all intent- and purposes, Is a rank outsider. They turned him out of the Nonpartisan league caucus, with 10 votes the most he could muster; 10 votes where once be was the unchallenged master." Hastings News Writer for 30 Years Dies Hastings, Feb. 9. Charles A.

Thorne, veter- newspaper correspond ent of Hastings, died at Latto hospital at 6:40 p. m. today after an illness of eight days from double pneumonia. He was EI years old. Born In Henderson, 81ble county, Thorne came to Hastings In his youth with his parents.

For more than 30 years he was correspondent for Minneapolis and St. Paul newspapers and the. Associated Press. Funeral service will be held Saturday. Dinner to Mayor Leads to Dry Raid Newark, N.

Feb. 9. Alleged vio lation of the Volstead act at a testi monial dinner given last night in honor of Mayor Charles P. Gillen, led to a raid today on the Krueger auditorium, scene ot the and the seizure of wine, whisky and champagne. Six prohibition agents, who raided the hall, made affidavits that they had attended the banquet and purchased liquor at an open bar.

Smuts Party Assured of Working Majority Cape Town, Feb. 9. At midnight to night the results of the election to the House of the Assembly showed that the South African Coalitionists has won 65 seats, the Nationalists 84, the Labor- Ites nine and the Independents one. General Jan Christian Smuts, the prime minister, Is sure ot a working major ity ot 10 in the assembly, while ti re fetter Facilities Might War- rant Higher Charge, Hinted. Holding that telephone service In Minnesota la not reasonably adequate, the state Railroad and Warehouse commission in an order Issued yesterday denied applications of the Northwest' rn Telephone Exchange company and Trl-Sta'e Telephone Telegraph com pany for Increased rates.

The denial was on the application of the companies for an emergency In' crease over the entire systems, to be In effect pending decision on the application filed previously for perraa rent rate readjustment. Yesterday's decision was on the temporary relief petition only. Order Follows Ilearings. The order followed a series of pub- Be hearings held In the offices of the railroad commission, at which citizens and representatives of various commer ciai and civic clubs testified as to the service given by the two telephone companies. Testimony of the telephone companies was also taken by the com mission, and the costs of operation and i tension of service were considered.

Judge Ira B. Mills, chairman of the feommlssion, and O. P. B. Jacobson concurred in the order, while Commissioner F.

W. Putnam dissented. Reasons Set Forth. The order denying the rate Increase la part reads: "After due consideration the commission finds that the present rates for telephone service in this state, taking Into consideration the character of the service provided, are reasonable; that the present service In the state Is not reasonably adequate and sufficient, and therefore the application of the telephone companies for an increase In the present rates Is hereby denied. The evidence In this proceeding was undisputed, that the telephone service furnished the people of this stats was not reasonably adequate.

Obligation Not Fulfilled. "It Is a primary obli-iatlon of public utility such as a telephone company to furnUh reasonably adequate service. This obligation has not been fulfilled. While Improved service might afford a sufficient basis on which to predicate a Claim that the present rates are unreasonable and to warrant tha commission in granting an aplicatlon for an increase In rates. It Is clear to us In view or ail circumstances, that the present rates are adequate compensation for the nature ef the service furnished.

"It Is the opinion of the commission that when a public utility does not provide reasonably adequate service, consideration should be given accordingly and such rates should be allowed as are commensurate with the character of the service rendered." Poor Service Objection. In discussing ths order the two concurring commissioner stated that at the hearing when all interests were given an opportunity to be heard the prin cipal objection was not to ths rates paid or sn Increase, but to inadequacy of the service. It was shown In St. Paul, Judgo Mills aid, that the service was of such character that a body of as fair minded men Judges of the district court had requested -the county commissioners not to pay for the telephone service. In Minneapolis the service was shown to be equally bad by public officers and by other prominent users of the tele phone, ho said.

The companies themselves admitted the service was Imperfect, Judge Mills added, and In both cities, Minneapolis and 8t Taul, positive damae was dine to physicians, whose business was being ruined by the Inadequacy of the telephone service. The companies, he said, claim they fcan remedy mis conaiuon cui. I commissioners hold, the service should I be reasonably good before an Increase of rates Is granted. The combination of the automatic ana I the manual phones seems to hava been an experiment which has not yet proven a success, Judge Mills con- I eluded. Commissioner Putnam in dissenting fceld that the two companies are en titled to a substantial Increase in rates In order that they may properly perform their services as a public utility and meet the general demands of the public.

He also held that tne rerusai oi me leommimlon to grant Increases In tele phone rates'tn December, 1918. Is partly I responsible for ths service condition oi I today. Increase Held Herniary. Commissioner Putnam's statement In I part follower "I dissent rrom mo oraor in uui mm ana oeneve inn ins reiepnunw companies are entitled to ft substantial Increase in fates in order tnai mey may properly perform their services as la nubllo utility ana meet ins general demands of the public. "The basis for denial of Increase set lout In the order of ths commission is failure to give reasonably adequate I service.

This commission by Its rerusai (Continued on rage 6, Col. 6.) Weather Forecast. Minnesota Cloudy today; tomorrow fair, not much change in emptrature. Shop in The Tribune Look Up These Display Advertisements in This Issue Page Blankets, Frocks, Aprons, Furniture 3 Bread Regan's Bakery .....12 Boston Dentists ....11 Children's and Women's Wear The Leader 4 Comparison of Advertising Rates The Minneapolis Tribune Chocolates Garrottes Chocolate Co 12 Cash Registers Cash Register Exchange 2 Candy Independent Packing Co. .12 Dancing Curtis Hotel 2 Electric Contractors Midland Electric Co 8 Eggs Rehnberg 12 Furniture Brecher Furniture Co.

4 Financial Advertising 18-19 Groceries Brackett's Groceries Witt's 112 Hose for Men Maurice L. Rothschild Co ....10 Jewelry Max A. Kohen .11 Men's Suits and Overcoats Foreman's 2 Meats Witt's ....,:..12 Meats Duley 12 Meats Frederick ..12 Milk Metropolitan Milk Co. 2 Motor Cars Ashley Motor Car Co. 7 Motor Cars Harvey E.

Mack Co. 9 Motor Cars Oakland Motor Car Co 9 Motor Cars Gray Motor Car Co. 6 Motor Cars Midland 6 Motor Cars Harrington Motor 8 Motor Cars Nash Sales Co. 9 Motor Cars A. C.

Templeton, Inc. 6 Motor Cars Allen Motors 6 Motor Cars N. W. Cadillac Co. i.

9 Motor Cars Northern Auto Co. 8 Motor Cars J. H. Motors 8 Motor Cars Wood Motor 8 Office Furniture Office Furniture and Equipment Co. 2 Pictures Beard Art Galleries.

.12 Photoplays The Lyric 10 Pianos Raudenbush 2 Removal Sale The New England 11 Spectacles M. L. Cohen Co. 4 Shoes for Men Maurice L. Rothschild Co 2 Suits and Overcoats Maurice L.

Rothschild 17 Silk Hose. Girls' Dresses, etc. Dayton's Downstairs Store ....11 Shoes for Men, Women and Children The Home Trade 2 Silks Movers Silk Shop 2 Sporting Goods Warner Hardware Co 17 Tents, Army Blankets, Shoes, etc. Minneapolis Army and Navy Store 11 Theaters and Amusements .....11 Trucks J. N.

Johnson 8 Trucks Motor Truck Service Co. 15 Union Dentists 11 mail crash at La Crosse, brought plane is shown above, a photograph of a accident was an all-metal JL-6. Trade Revival Looms Strong in Northwest Opportunities for Future Stressed at Business Week Rally. Opportunity for better business is now knocking at the portals of the great Northwest and needs only the welcome of those within to assure this territory of an era of business revival which will place every trade, industry or business from the farm to the largest city on the firm business basis enjoyed in pre-war days. This in substance was the message livered td the gathering at the Au ditorium last night by civic, commercial and railroad leaders at the Trade Week Eetter Business smoker held under auspices of the newly organized Northwest Auto Trade association.

Kallroads Optimistic. Voicing the viewpoint of the rail roads, W. It Bremner, president of the Minneapolis St. Louis railroad, declared that the railroads operating in the Northwest are optimistic over the business outlook and that if they can afford to take this view, surely every individual and other business can well de cide that It is to their advantage to do likewise. "We want prosperity and optimism." said Mr.

Bremner, "but we do not want a howling, mob-swaying optimism that will wear off within a few weeks. What we want is a sane optimism that will assure this territory of substantial and continued prosperity. In this the railroads are vitally Interested and In this (Continued on Page 5, Col. 2.) Eggs 30 Cents Dozen Saturday, Predicted; Butter, too, Is Lower Hens, Month Ahead' on Produc tion, Cause 55-Cent Drop in' 3 Weeks Meats Drop. Strictly fresh eggs will sell at 28 cents a dozen wholesale in Minneapolis today, the lowest prlco at this time of the year In 10 years, according to Ira, K.

of Meagher A I'arsona. wholesale produce firm." The whole sale price yesterday was 31 cents. Mr. Meagher, predicted the Minneap olis consumer would be able to buy the best eggs Saturday tor 80 cents a dozen. Butter is due to take another drop today, The wholesale price yesterday was 43 cents for the best grade of creamery butter, and today's price will be 41 cents.

Retail stores add about 5 cents to this price. Butter has dropped six cents within a week, and eggs have dropped from 85 cents for selects three weeks ago. "The hens are about a month ahead of avorago production," said Mr. Meagher, In explaining the reduction. Butter prices are said to be due to weather conditions.

Fresh beef and pork have Joined butter and rggs In the downward procession. Minneapolis consumers will get milk one cent a quart cheaper today, the price of 12 cents a Quart for milk and 14 cents a half pint for cream being scheduled to go into effect. This reduction is affective In tha Twin Cities. There will be no reduction in the price of pints of milk. James Huneker, Noted Critic, Dies, Aged 61 New York, Feb.

9. James Clbbons Huneker, musimi critic and essayist, died tonight. He was 61 years old. Ho was born at Philadelphia and educated In Paris and abroad, where he gained an International reputation as musical and art critic Mr. Huneker had been on the staff of the York World from Chicago to Minneapolis.

The type. The ship that hgurea in yesterday the next year. The election of Mr. Max well established a precedent, because those who have previously held ths of fice to which he was elected were busi It was nearly 5 p. whejj La Cross air mail employes first sighted the ship from the south.

Pilot Rowe went Into two long spirals, preparatory to land ing. As he straightened out the explosion came. The wrecked plane was not earrylnjf mall, officials said. The plalne was of the all-metal, cabin JL-6 type, known to American avlatora as "Hun According to Minneapolis airmen, the ship was manufactured In Germany after the Armistice and shipped in parts to America by way of Holland and Switzerland. John Lar-sen, mechanical engineer of Omaha, is said to have conceived the idea of buying these planes for commercial usa and to have assembled some 16 "or at a Long Island plant and sold them to the government for the mall service.

While" Eddie Rickenbacker piloted one of a similar type of planes on a continental flight, other aviators. Including Carroll, were opposed to risking their lives in them. Pilot Car-roll's last words to his brother, Gerald, before he left for Chicago Tuesday morning, were: Wreck Every Time. "It will probably be up to me to fly some of that metal Junk back and I don't want to do it. You can't make a suitable landing with one of them.

Every time a landing Is made something cracks." Carroll had planned t9 quit the mall service this month. He was born in Minneapolis April 9, 1898. As a boy he attended the Holy Rosary parochial school and South and Central high schools. When America declared war in 1917 he was one ot a party of 15 Minneapolis boys who went to Toronto and enlisted in the Britlsn Royal Flying corps. After preliminary training at Talia ferro field No.

2, near Houston, and a course at the Toronto school, he was sent overseas early in 1918 and was doing flight duty on the front one month after arrival with a rank of first lieutenant. He was assigned mostly to night bombing expeditions but saw considerable scout service. An Exhibition Flier. After the armistice, Carroll carried mall betwocn Tarls and Cologne for several months, returning to Minneapolis late In the spring of 1919. Aftef doing exhibition flying with Walter Bullock, he joined the air mail service and flew the first mail carrying plane from Chicago to Minneapolis on October 13, 1920.

Carroll held the record for flying be tween Chicago and Minneapolis, 374 fly ing miles, In 3 hours and 22 minutes. One unofficial record he is said to bold reduces this record 8 minutes. I Before entering the war, he was professional golf instructor at the Mason City, country club, and he was well known among golfers of the Twin Cities. Brother Goes For Body. Lynn B.

Carroll, a brother, left for La Crosso Inst night to bring the bod? home. The funeral will be held proba bly Saturday. Other surviving relative are his mother, Mrs. Alta R. Carroll and one sister, Miss Elthne M.

Carroll. Pilot Rowe's home Is at Pierre, S. D. While he was In the aerial mall service, he resided at May wood station, Chicago, with his wife and small daughter. His mother wa visiting his home at the time he left on the fatal flight.

He served In the Av E. aviation corps and last year, with two other aviators founded the Ft. Pierre Aero club, giving exhibition flights over South Dakota. Hill's home Is said to be near St. Louis, Mo.

Praise For Csrroll. Mlnnai)l air men praised Carroll's flying abilities lust nlitht. Reports from La Crnsie said he did not wish to make Educator Heads Winona Civic Club. Winona, Feb. 9.

O. C. Maxwell, president of the Winona Normal school, was elected president of the Winona AsslciaUon of Commerce tor far the past two years, (Continued on Page Col: sults axe stiU outstanding, ness mea ec the eity.