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PIONEER KILLED WHEN CAR BUMPS ~ LONGER WAGON Brily Douglas, Prominent ‘in Vi- cinity of Beach, has Brains ’ Dashied aslied Out, Beach, N. D., | Dee. 1: 12- —Brily Doug- las, of near Carlyle, a pioneer settler of Golden Valley, was immediately killed when his skull was crushed in a collision between a Ford car driven by his son, Fred, and a wagon loaded with lumber. The Douglases were re- turning from Baker, Mont., where the elder had been on jury service when the lights of the car refused to work. They procured a lantern which they strapped on in front and they were running with this light when they crashed into a lumber wagon at the base of a steep hill. The deceased was 58 years old and is survived by his widow and five children, all of whom reside negr Cariyle. He was one of the directors of the Beach Co- operative Mercantile Co. PLEADS GUILTY. Jamestown, N. D., Dec. 12—Paut Cysewski, young farm hand employe on a farm near Courtenay during the summer. months, pleaded guilty to grand larceny ih‘ district court and was given.an indeterminate sentence of from one to three years in the state penitentiary by Judge J. A. Coffey. Cysewski is alleged to have taken a load of grain owned by Cas- par Wojick and disposed of it at the Courtenay Elevator Co. ing’s “Discovery for Coughs e Colds ‘The saat taste of this fa- mous 50-year old remedy is one reason for itsremarkablesuccess. The kiddies like it, ask ioe, t ; and it does them . Shi . laxative, too, and cops them in: good condition. Keep it in your: medicine closet and give it tothe «| kiddies for all forms of coughs, colds and croup. Just as eff old folks, too, especially for grippe- Get it at your druggists your Stomachand Liver Healthy A vigorous Stomach, perfect working er and regular acting Bowels, if you will use Dr. King’s New Life Pills. ‘They correct Constipation—have a ‘lhe union has an organization in 27 ‘flor Farm Loan bank association was FOUR HUNDRED WOMEN SUFFRAISTS ASSEMBLE FOR ARGH. OM -CARTOL Forty-Ninth Annual Convention of American Association at \). Washington. MEMBERS RECEIVE SUFFS IN OFFICES Washington, Dec. -12—Four hun- dred women gathered here for the 49th convention of the National Amer- ican Woman Suffrage association will march on the capitol tomorrow to pre- sent arguments to their state con- gressional delegations in favor of the passage of the federal suffrage amendment reported today by the house judiciary committee without recommendation. Senators from each state will re- ceive women from their states in their oftiices, it was announced, and all the members of the house have been in- vited to attend their respective state hearings. The executive council, it was leqrn- ed today, probably will recommend to ‘the convention that if the suffrage amendment is defeated at this session, the association enter the congression- al election next year in an effort to elect,enough members favorable to suffrage to insure passage of the amendment by the succeeding con- gress. The principal social event of the convention was a reception tonight in honor of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, the national president, and Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, honorary president. MILITANTS WANT $400,000. Commissioners of District and Jailor Sued. Washington, Dec. 11.—Eight dam- age suits for $50,000 each were filed today against the three commissioners who govern the District of Columbia, and the superintendent of the jail here, by the woman's party militants recently imprisoned for picketing the White House. The women charge as- sault and conspire conspiyecy.. MORE FOOD FOR NATICN, | 9 MILLION BUSHELS) ___ (Continued From Page One.) North Dakota the solid, safe’ agricul- tural state which it is today. Bismarck a Pioneer. Bismarck is a pioneer in Farmers’ union work. The first local in the state was organized here not quite four years ago, and it was at a con- vention in this city that a state or- ganization was formed two years ago. states, with a total membership of more than five million farmers. NEW LOAN SOCIETY Farmers of Taylor Meet and Form Federal Association. Taylor, N. D., Dec. 12.—The Tay- organized at a meeting of. farmers held Monday at the Taylor State bank. 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Victrolas it will be this as complete ite probable’ no Read $62.00 $92.50 records, $119.00 4 Finlayson, | official statement received in Amster- |dam and forwarded by AVIATRIK RECORDS CAN DIEGO-FRISCO. “NONSTOP JOURNEY Miss Stinson of Texas Breaks! ‘lished Nov. 19, 1915, OFFICIAL DISTANCE 51218: MILES—9 HODRA) San Francisco, Calif., Dec. Katherine Stinson, Texan aviai who started from San Diego at 7:31 a. m. today in a non-stop flight to San| rancisco, reached her destination| :36 p. m. today. She was the first person to pilot an aeroplane over the ‘Techachapi mountains on a non-stop flight, The distance between San Diego and San Francisco on an air- line is 461 miles. The distance Miss Stinson traveled was unofficially announced as 530 miles, which breaks the non-stop flight | record established November 19, 1916 by: Miss Ruth Law, who flew from! Chicago to Hornell, N. Y., a distance! of 5121, miles. Miss Law was com-}| pelled to alight at Hornell by engine}, trouble. Miss Stinson had been in the air nine hours and when she alighted,-she showed the’ tremendous strain under| which ‘she had labored. Miss Stingon landed at the Presidio, a military res- ervation by y special army permission. FOO GROP VALUES SHOW BANNER YEAR count of Late Spring and Untimely Cold. WHEAT CROPSHORT si Washington, Dec. 12 year and their value far e: ds that of other yea Cotton, howeve' caught by an early frost, suffered a million bales from early estimates. * -Lkitenss of pldntinig’ because of dr weather and the shortness of the son, Uué toiearly frosts, , eurtailedy pro- duction of many crop: Final estimates,announced today by the department of agriculture show the great corn crop to have been; damaged to the extent of about 000,000 bushels by frosts, nevertheless corn production establishes a record this year with 3,159,494,000 bushels, value, also a record, is $4,- 872,000. | ‘he wheat crop shows a decrease of | Ils from previous about 9,000,000 ba r oa 's crop is estimat- Is and its yalue $4957 2,00 Hal t v5 f, Oats is a record crop with 6,000 bushels and a value of $1,061,- The potato crop is the largest ever | grown, with a total of 4427536 i els valued at 3,865,000. i Other crops whose production estab- lishes records are rye, sweet potatoes, beans, onions; cabbage and tobacco. SOUTH SIGE BOYS FOUND GUILTY OF BURGLWG STORE Ellworth Finlayson and William Skeggs Convicted by Jury— Devlin Case Now_On Ellsworth Finlayson and V Skeggs, charged with robbing the Weinstein grocery, south of the tracks, were convicted by a district court jury after a short deliberation this morning. The two young men, apprehended by Chief Martineson, were bound over to district court by Police Magistrate Bleckreid. It was alleged that they entered the hase- ment of the Weinstein establishment {and made away with a considerable | quantity of groceries and other stock. The first-named defendant sat at the bar at the side of his father, Frank who is himself defendant at. this term of court in a bootlegging action. Nat Devlin, another defendant who is little more than a boy, now is on trial on a charge of bootlegging. | | {| jam | WANTED— ‘oung lady wishes posi- tion as bookkeeper by Jan. 1, 1918. ‘Miss Marie Pew, Watrous, N. D. 12 12 2t Austrian Man of war Wien Lost London, Dec. 12—The Austrian Bat-| tleship Wien was torpedoed and sunk) Sunday night, according to a Vienna| the Central] News. Most of the crew were saved.! The battleship Wien displaced 5 | 312 tons and was laid down in 18 She had a complement of 441 men. Reqord of Ruth Law Estab. |p COTTON IS FROSTED. Production Not Up to Mark on Ac, - Bi THEATRE The Judgement MASTERPIECE House FROM THE FAMOUS NOVEL BY SIR GILBERT PARKER | ismarcK)| Lhe Photo | TONIGHT TUESDAY, DEC. 12 Do You Like Big Powerful Men? ” Then you'll ‘ike Rudyard Byng, Sir Gilbert Parker’s man of power, money, dramatic love theme that sways the fate of a great nation. brawn and brain; the central figure in a tensely 200) OAKOTANS C0 T0 FORT Adjutant General Frazier Author- ized to Send Drafted Men to Coast Artillery. Adjutant General Frazier on Tues- ceived authority coast fartiller, army stationed at The adjutant general had appealed to the provost marshal general for per- | mission toi itake. car ‘ood crops| number of men awa ho are, out of eniployment but forééd to ay's order was requests generally with the exception of wheat} (raft established records in production this | who 10 sénsational Joss) of) appgoximately, etn Paneth ate rom Provost] Helena, Mont, Dec. 12.—Thirteen Gehéeal Crowder to Send 2001 inches of snow had fallen he id- oO the) night, when the’ thermometer corps of the national ort Stevens, Ore. 44 e of the large! gic ng the second in in the state. in response to atre tor ‘udgment te -at a i} | THEM LAUGH, BUT Big Business Men Shed Women go Wild with Applause. Everybody who sees this show will feel better the next day. Get away from the seriousness of life for one night. If you are worried this to your nerves. It will drive away the blues. It is just like a vacation. Reserve your seats now and get 304 laughs by the clock Great Falls | Great Falls, per’ ohly about two hou about six degrees below zero tonig: tered 12 degrees below 7 was general over tion of the sta snow. Sverdrup lodge, \ Nor ay OUT OF SEEING “MAX FIGMAN In the Biggest Laughing Scream of the Season Nothing But the Truth Chronic Grouches Scream. In Grasp of Northwester Mont., Dec. 12. y was enveloped in a blizzar seven and the snow blown by wind fell in large quantit he worst storm the city ‘ienced initwo y but it lasted The mere HEAVY SNOW AT HELENA, degrees in nine hours the w . Sev tomorrow, ted fo with continued SONS OF NORWAY. | No. 107, will hold its anpyal Knigh THEY CAN’T GET Teors from Laughter. show will be a tonic ment 32. IGMA IN' THE GREATEST OF ALL FARCES | Let us place you on our regular Sun: | cay service. 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