The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1920, Page 1

{ i} THE WEATHER Generally Fair t 4, er THIRTY-NINTH YEAR ~ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 1920 THE BISMARCK TRIBUN LAWS EFFECTIVE IN STATE TODAY ‘Ruling Declares That They Are Effective Today Instead ‘CALLS BANKERS. |THREE THOUSAND 10 A MEETING SOCIETIES UNITE ‘HERE ON DEC. 7 IN CO-OPERATION State Examiner Takes ActioniFarmers of Minnesota Have Followng Passage of | Made Great Strides in CONFESSION OF BRUTAL MURDER IS MADE BY ONE OF PHILADELPHIA GANG ‘Robbery Said to Have Been Motive for Murder of Manufacturers’ irl Is Named as One of Those Implicated in Killing During Party in Slain Man’s Apartment Agent— Dec. Philadelphia, Pa., -In gned statement given out by ude LAST EDITION E eee ——— - 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘SIXTY MILLION IN LOANS FOR ~ FARMERS, PLAN Senator Hitchcock to Introduce Bill in Congress Pro- ~ e was in the act of tak- ing a drink, When Smith confronted him with the confession says, { it i a . i < Hy | , one or the trio under arrest oye * uy 3 of Tomorrow é | } Resolutions \ Solving ‘Problems | here in connection th the a gun and blackjack ordering viding ‘Aid . = | -—--—- | 3 | killing of Henry ‘T. Pierce, manu- him to throw up his hands. Pierce ees es ! | u x ! oe | facturers’ agent, who was beaten was intoxicated and at f NO WITHDRAWALS HERE: 'NO MORE BANKS CLOSED HANDLED POTATO CROP) to death in his apartment he thought it was a joke but realiz- |WAR FINANCE PLAN UP | | | ce 7 ] Noy. 22 is alleged to have ad- ing it was a real hold-up he re- | = 5 ‘ Minneapolis, Dec Staion mitted that he and “Al” Smith, fused to comply. Smith then < Local Treasurers Say They Will iby Minneapoils bankers to re-cnter N. J. Holmberg: Declares Tha known as Marion Elliott, | streck him over the head with |Committees Discuss Revival of Not Disturb Balances i ;the investment banking field in North | ; ae, <5. 2 the slayers. the blackjack until it broke He | = z z nces in the | (Dakota will be the principal topic | Plan Affords Practical Sys- Robbery was the motive, accord- then heat Pierce With a | This Plan as An Aid . . of N. D. at a meeting of the’ Minnesota In-| tem of Marketing ing to the alleged signed until it brok Crushing te tags | vestment Phere tonight.| eting fession which says that 1 1| me for their’ weakness in Situation ae blgecihi i i Views of the as to whether | ae way and Smith, unknown to a he grasped a pipe-wiench d P een he. ive initiated laws enacted by the pavsage of the initiated laws in|, Chicago, TL, Dec. 2-—iarmers in} man named Moss, who is also continued — the beatings. hington, Dec. 2.— Immediate popular vote at the November 2 elec- | North Dakota affords needed protec. Minnesota, with more than 3,000 co- being held-in connection with the Pierce sank to the floor I put a of $60,000,000 from government Hou Decume. stlecuye today without tion to North Dakota farm mortaazes |OPCttive associations, a majority! murder and a girl formed a plot | towel over his face and tinding sto aid farmers’ in face of falling any attempt being made to halt them | {will he given. marketing organizations in. purpose,! the night of the killing to hold ap him still breathing [ held the | prices of their products is proposed. by through court action, as some had} i ees Fi sare prepared to move forward tw} Pierce and that they suggested towel tightly until 1 was suré he | Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, ifi a predicted. State officials ‘ideas of how bank- S0lve the big marketing problems thai! the party in his apartment. was dead.” {bill drawn today after a conference There has been some difference of | opinion as to whether the laws are] effective today or tomorrow, the law! face the Ame n farmer, N Minnesota commissioner iculture, told the National J. Holm- ers of the state may co-operate in present financial situation are ex pected to be outlined to bankers of er JUMPS ON RAFT j with Governor Harding of the federal reserve board. | 5 | Senator Hitchcock plans to present H the measure when Congress meets this i | month. providing they shall be effective 30/ . the state at a meeting to be held in “on of Commussioners qr days after, the election. The secretary | = 2 Bismarck, on December 7, the meeting and Departments of TO ESCAPE KEEN | of tanga aites has ruled they are | VACOB L. HAMQN being called by'0. E. Lofthus, state ex- convention here tod: U.S. OFFICIALS 7 | COMMITTEES MEET ‘ective today. a - : : ammer. | Mr. Holmberg di bisa I an eat daa oe Inder: bled oe ee ARDMORE, Okle.—-Follo@ing oe org ; a opt D 5 | : Secs “a \ pees age ail ae ee teed (aMtic montes trom the, the death from revolver wounds [ine ogilon followed the meeting of Leal projects ota! nuurketine dey New York, Dec, 2.—After bobbing ” leommitices, of the ‘senate gad house rae ais a uae re a Of ” 1. Hamon, one/of the aaa COU ° the state ment, and told of the experience around aimlessly in the harbor on a | wi RS ea meee Gets: aleta dc. Hank of North DaRota, a board.of aw | Cocithiest independent oll pro- bankers? association’ in Fargo at the. Minnesota department ut Agr zeoly: ithe, harbor ca j will meet in joint session this afte cf ae va i avai : e Lona ‘ "| ducers in the country and Repub- w ich resolutions were adopted offer- culture in the marketing problems. 7 rold stows hoon: to conauet Vea relief meas- pank’s real eetate loais, are limited’ ican national commiticeman for gna tendering their best efforts to sue- 1 the Minne tment | way from. Aus! led early to- F nee Ee see wspape’™ Oklahoma, police are searching cages, L siptsh ert ema created about "day to abandon his novel method of = ore " iPheaeetins le anenes! P eRe nt for Mrs. Clara Hamon, a distant case type Jato. atte deviate news Holmberg said, “it leluding Kilis Island officials, and, Gross Business of 900,000 Mem- | like ne eects ote nie J. Nielson is again, el en yelative, in connection with the | giccti sie at the November 2 yather broad powers with regard 10 called dejectedly for help. White , | Revival ot the warciuanes oi 4 many powers removed from her whe . fe Sin noting. whichioce 1° ection. co-operation and rketin ss hawing out, ti: radi: ! bers Totals More than _ Revival of the war finance corpora Tray ee vatare created the board of, s#0oting. ‘The shooting, which oc- 1” Letters will go out to bankers of the jy adi md, marketing control ; thawing out Gy n radiatoy, ke told a |tion, further extension of credits to amination. curred in avhotel here where |,,otters will go out to bankers o} te in addition to the ithorization ty tux boat captain he had’ been told $600,000,000 jfarmers, placing tari’ on wheat im- Following the action of the execu amo ee nome. ae state and national bank heads are to Ss ips hoo datas tee te x Peon wey? ener aa ‘ports, utilizing of funds in hands of : ‘ a Ney 1d ea al. Li ee AN : alee oy, Sue Market re F regulate cer-; A! g ard, a 1 t Peay ean cor a re ae ‘i yho, at various intervals |; ae sa onto it and hoped e wa lectin nBpaae foiereéent 4 withdrawals of OMAN WO. 2e ‘itol. Supervise Cold Storage ashore, We wae taken Peg ats |by Congress to 61 per cent. in compa- 4 heavy public money made on the Bank of. North Dakota by treasurer No withdraw- als will be made by most of the cus- totlians of funds in Burleigh county, | qT unless the Bank of North Dakota ay makes tod heavy drafts on county in the past few years ,had beey his stenographer. It is expected that the proposition of calling a special session of the leg- islature to repeal the initiated law re- garding public deposits will be re- newed at the meeting, although a can- vass of the legislature has shown enough members are opposed to it to prevent its passage. “Later on, at a spec ses the legislature, supervision over the cold storage of the stete w as was the supervision of ¢ cooper ment -also has power ess practices, not of an agricultu ‘ganiain; The depart- to investigate ' many of wh uP nature. ion of ;!sland for depor ati GOVERNORS 10 TAKE PLACE IN Members Work tq,Shorten up ,nies formed for export business under . ithe Edge law are some of the meas- | Process of Reaching Market | ures to be considered. Amendment of | a the federal farm loan act to permit for Buyer and Seller ;short time loans on cattle and agri- - culture products and a resolution di- recting the commerce department to make immediately available reports on crop conditions in foreign countries as | Kansas City, Mo., Dee. 2—Co-opera- | ‘tive agencies, selling and purchasing | Several state officials conferred last : mob. N ra A cnet a A nai “I do not intend to make heavy night on the situation, and particular- he first farmeys elevators in Min- together with commercial enterprises yeceived from commercial attaches withdrawals." said Richard Pe ly on the resolutions’ adopted by the Resta were startéd in the seventies, | conducted by the National Farmers’ also may be discussed ization of 900,000, did | warden, county treasurer. “Of course, if the Bank of North Dakota with- draws heavily from the rural banks HERE TONIGHT alr. Holmberg said, and the cream- éries began in the eighties, and the rineties were a period of rapid ex- executive council of the bankers’ asso- ciation. | No More Closings | NATION AFFAIRS Union, an orga an aggregate business cf, more than $600,000,000 in the last twelve months , according to reports submitted at the nesota, with more than 3,000 co-opera- (0-OPERATION SUCCESS Chicago, Dec. 2.—Farmers of Min- ot Buleigh county I feel it my duty a . acd 4 No- additional bank closings had! pension of farmers elevators and . 0 to deposit ‘what public funds I can Rooms Will Be Redecorated and been reported up to noon today, ac- , creameries- |Conference at, Harrisburg De- annual union convention here several tive associations, a majority of mar- in those banks, but if the Bank of Real Club Maintained, Says cording to the state examiner, and no “The past twenty years,” the com- " i ‘days ago, keting organizations in purpose are . 4 definite date for the reopening of any | missio continued, “has seen the velops Intention to Enlarge Strung across more than twenty prepared to move forward to solve the North Dakota does not make heavy withdrawals I shall uot disturb ny balance at the present time, except | for current expenses.” The county! has about $80,000 in the Bank ot Adjutant The Lloyd Spetz post Legion will meet tonight in American the club- ‘vise of thé livestock shipping asso- 'Giations and various other forms of «o-operative efforts. of the closed’ banks had been set. It was stated at the Governor's of- fice that Mercer county bankers had! sent copies of a resolution in which they asked bankers to request a spe- Organize Potato Growers Conference Scope . Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 2.—Discuss- ing the subject of state incomes and states, the business activities of the big marketing problems that face the union have become most important American farmer, N. J. Holmberg, Min- | factors in the farming industry and nesota commissioner of agriculture, ‘the agency feature. presents the only told the national association of com- working co-operative marketing plan missioners, secretaries and represent- today, according to officials atives of department of agriculture North Dakota on ‘certificate of de- rooms of the post in the Hinckley © : initiated! “The fi | posit under which the money is cue block, opposite..the First Guaranty ial session to repeal the initiatec ia he ret. problem, pontronting the | disbursements before the goyernor’s Highest Price Hoe uhay in Ja i , vat. . stre jaw. depariment following the grant of re py ra . % Fae ; Louay: in January. Bank building, on | Fourth street. v 6 8) ng of ‘conference here, today Governot Wil-! The agencies are maintained pri-; “When the Minnesota departnent M Every legion man is urged to be pres- ent. Real clubrooms will be maintained, according to P. G. Harrington, adju- tant of the post. There are five rooms, including the old K. of C. hall, a din- ing and two other rooms. The rooms will be completely outfitted, according will be A. J. Arnot and John Larson, city and school treasurers, do not intend to make withdrawals now except for payment of current expenses. The board of auditors is expected to make an examination of the Bank of North Dakota and the Drake mill this month. The aw provides that ) F.W. Cathro, director-general of the its Bank of North Dakota, when asked to tion of the potato growers. Ap- comment on the-action of the banker's’ | ;,roximately thirty-five struggling co- executive council said: “I don’t want operative organizations were made to criticise the executive council of yucleus of a state-wide federation, the bankers’ association; neither can wh; today embraces 104 uassocia- 1 commend it until I,see somg more tions, handling one-fourth of the to- concrete evidence of their intention to tal potato crop of the state, or about co-operate than mere words. 5,000 cars, during the shipping sea- new powers, was the organiza-| at ake 4 * \. {liam C. Sproul, of Pennsylvania, told of efforts made by fiscal heads here to raise necessary revenues for man- icipalities, state and nation without ; imposing a burden upon the state’s | j industries. “In Pennsylvania, the Governor said “No direct state tax is levied on the marily to bring to the members the was created about two years ago,” Mr. ‘highest market prices for what they Holmberg said, “the first problems ‘produce and to offer them commod- confronting the department was the ities at the lowest prices. organization of the potato growers. Under the plan the farmer-member Approximately 35 struggling, co- ‘ships his produce or livestock to the operative organizations were made market selling agency. There it is the nucleus of a state-wide organiza- taken in charge by men who have his tion with 104 associations handling interests at heart and not sold until one-fourth of the potato crop of the the examination may be made with- to Mr. Harrington. They f 7 ks out previous notice, so it is expected clean and they will be conducted in’ The bond depaytment of the Bank gon, This was made possible by the ,property of the people, needed rev-| the highest price has been command- 4 ing the the examination will be started such manner that members of the of North Dakota has sent out circulars co-operation of the extension division |@MUes being derived from taxes on! eq” For the purchase of commodities ae ce apa eae Sie ene Ne without previous announcement of the legion auxiliary or War Mothers may offering bonds of the state for sale.’ or the Agricultural college, and the |CaPital stock, securities and the he necds, the member turns to the Shipping perloe.' exact time. visit them, he added. It was stated at the bank that this in- county agents, which are in practical. |Carmings of certain classes of corpor-| purchasing agency, whether he wants; r a Newent Lave "Already the club has had a gift, cludes $3,000,000 real estate mortgage j, cvery one of the state's eighty-six |@tions upon insurances and from | calico, two by fours or a steam tra iLIVES LOST IN AO WSEREE a Mrs. Eppinger presenting the post bonds and also a hank series. Mitaak counties.” . fees and licenses.” ‘tor. He finds them offered, officials | 1 rh KF Anather of the laws that was pass- With a leather couch. After _ the improbable thd state officials will ask “It is proposed to organize the grain Encouraged by lively} djscussions | say, at prices considerably belcw those | COLLAPSE O ed anjends very materially the offi- ;ooms have been redpcorated they bankers to aid in the sale of these) Qovitors along similar lines of c provoked at yesterday's sessions the i he would have to pay ordinarily. This | 1 and a {conference of Governors in the | is possible, they explain. from the fact | BIG BUILDING i cial newspaper law. Heretofore, th» law provided that every legal notice will be completely furnished, and the War Mothers have offered their as- bonds. | operation, Mr. Holmberg said, by ;plan is contemplated to centr twelfth annual convention here con- tinued its deliberations in the senate | that the agency is able to get better: prices because it purchases in carload! New York, Dec. 2.—An all-night of any kind had to be published in sistance. | {co-operation the livestock shipping | , the Eee he ae Pe ttm hae a s RAve = | i | associations now scattered over the amber of the Pennsylvania state lola and’ the prot of the middle man rch through the massive piles ot is chosen election. his has @ ° i | state, : en BGs masonry that deluged” Fifty-second been amended so that the official pa- SCHOOLBOYS OF | | “Our conception of state department | The general discussion developed is in the case of groceries, the street at Brodaway. when rd 9-story per publishes only the atthe ial pro BiG CITIES. TO i N EAR N of agriculture, in so far as it re- ee ayerteraay when in | busin S encerprined of the onion are apartment house collapsed yesterday, ceedings or official notices, required ‘Yates to marketing,” the speaker con- OMe Of the periods devoted. to inter- | UY nals a le OF- fuiled to establish whether any lives change of ideas a plan was formulat- | S4mization's membership. In Kansas | were Jost. workmen. members of ENTER ICE RACES fes in} by the counties or by the ¢ which they are docated. Parties pub- _ | to find out what the | cluded, ‘ keting problems of the farmer in that / state may be and to establish from 1, ed to make the annual conference a power in national affairs. where that feature has been given especial attention more than 700 ele- ® wrecking crew, were still uncount- ed for and four unclaimed overcoats lishing private legal notices, such as! Chicago, Dec. 2.—Mayor Thompson pe | vators, stores, ills, lumb ‘ds mortgage foreclosure notices, etc., are reported to the council today that ;that point onward to the consumer At that time it”was decided to use | ere in on eration umber yards, 5) jusement lockers bore testimony privileged to publish them in any le- Mayor Hylan of New York has accept- | the widest and most open channels the nen? of the body to secure | nj | operaline expenses f the sell lthat at least four had been killed. gal newspaper. ed the challenge for i ating con- ‘of farm products. It is) my heliet federal legislation for benefit of farm- ign ay shold Seo" The avalanche which rumbled into i aati haat ibaa ¥ a 8. s y , and purchas: a als e avalanche which rumbled inte The last of the group of initiated tests between 60 New York and 60 Records of Bureau Do Not Show fi ee nest be accomplished |€8 ing, and pureha ing agencies, officials 5 gee aa: thegnas “ot peonle laws relates to the duties and pow- Chi ago school boys. | aa Di i Great Variance in Tem- |by recognizing the value of existing | = a RN ales are made for members and from thronged Broadway, crumpled the ers of ‘the; office: of (state. superin: Ihave directed President | asus market agencies, and by utilizing | : | margins realized from the sales of Wood structure crected over the side- tendent of public instruction. ‘The the school boar a oan th ss peratures for Month =, these in so far as it may be pos- jcommodities to the members. In Wilk for the protection of pedestri- legislature two years ago passed the clubs in each school picking he mos { sible. | both cases, they say, the sum realized “ns, as if it had been made of pape>. likely boy skaters as fhe captain of so-called board of administration s : each club,” he said. By a series of law by whicha number; of powers each civ pgs ean were taken from the superintendent of elimination ¢ mtests we will pick the publie instfuetloh. These powers*re- best 60 skate in the city to contest lated particularly to the designation with New York lay of courses of study and the certi SE aes =I tion of school teachers. By the ini- ANTHRACITE tiated law, th v a all re; iated law, these powers are all re-; COAL PRICE TO BE PROBED turned to the superintendent of pub-, ~Senate ii lic instruction and are removed from the jurisdiction of the state board of i administration. Laws in North Dakota are initiated Washington, Dec. “I believe the time is here for the November is nothing unusual for Bis- , farmer in co-operation with his neigh- marck, e records of the weather | bor: and federate: | bureau testify to that. lother groups of farmers, to finance + Tt monthly meteorological sum: the market movement and the selling é hows that the mean temperat f his products through the entire ure forthe month was 30 degrees, ‘chain from the farm at least as far as which is but 4 degrees Records of the weather buréau, which date from 1874, show the levest mean | CANADIAN WHEAT : in, GROWERS TO FORM The weather for the month 9 tor November to be 7 and the highest to be 40 above ix The mean temperature for the co operation with | above normal.|the terminal market.” ef UPWARD TURN Chicago, Dec. 2.—Sharp advances in the price of wheat took place today ccompanied by a general rush to the bull side and a scarcity of offerings. Opening quotations which ranged from 7 to $ cents higher were follow- | ed by rapid fluctuations with the aver- age level about 5 cents adove yester- from the individual is nominal. ‘AIRPLANES ARE | IRISH STRIFE USED TO CARRY CANADIAN BOOZE | London, Dec. 2.—Persons to the number of 673 have been killed or se wounded in Ireland up to November air in 27 of the present year by anti- frightened | government | Winnipeg. .Man., Dec. 2. {planes that skim through th jdead of the night like by petitions signed by 10,000 voters. tigations into the price of anthr Ferre ena tue: follows: “1016, BIG SELLING POOL «2y’s finish. ; | de 7 elements, according to a ‘These petitions must be in circulation coal will begin in New Yous Ses oth jaiz, 20; 1918, 2; 2918, 185 1920, | ——__ At one time prices showed an ex- birds are being ‘used constantly for statement issued by the home office. and must be filed at least 90 ys day, it was announced by Senato: 2 1917, 40; 1918, 31; , ' Calgary, Alta... Dee. Represent- treme, gain of 16 ee ie 1): can a smuesling, across the United State aa one rr election. It is then made Calder, Chairman of the senate co one ; aa a ing more than 30,000 shareholders in, bushel as ecmpared with yesterday’s Canadian borde’ line, the Winnipeg [RR . ee aaty ot the secretary of state to mittee of inquiry. Senator de The absolute oe ae ne j the three prairie provin the dele-| finish with March deliveries at $1.66 Tribune declares it learned today. |SINN FEINER i id the Governors of the New En-, month is shown to be ty ot ‘gates to the United Grain Growers’ 1-2. \ | These planes are used by the al-y IS ARRESTED submit the proposed law to the peo- ple, and if a majority approves, it, be- comes a law of the state thirty days years and the absolute minimum is 28 below. jconvention here unanimously |dorsed a proposal for the creation of Temperature during this November | tarmerg’ co-operative pool to handle en-! SCANDINAVIANS ileged “crime trust” that police be-}| [lieve has its headquarters in Winni- jpeg. Liquor and other contraband is} SECOND TIME , ecti i canvassing board hington, Dec. —The govern- Dp r ns ae ie as ae eared it pane by the ele “ment will not interfere with any ol weal feinly ee pe tote the wheat crop of 1921 and future | TO VISIT HOME j hein secretly transported a¢ Dublin, Dec. 2 torate. - the anthracite coal, commissions on NOV eS as f | years. | j \ ine in this manner, it is charge MacNeill, Sinn Fein member of par- % als (ard of last August which may be zero on the 13th =| The cor . which drafted i AT CHRISTMAS) Reval mounted police and liament, was again arrested last night. lagreed upon by the joint scale com-| |The precip ation was 0.39. wil? proposal, estimates that with 7 | teers | offic are pushing the ¢ He had been released from prison GETS 8 MONTHS linittee, Sec. Wilson declared in a the normal is 0.68, showing x defici-! Uontractholders. this gigantic under-| \finneapolis, Dee. 2—A party of 250 #8ainst the smugslers with great diac atevioua cayidheving’ ieen, af: tal ring his conference | ency of 0.20 ; \taking can be laurched successfully.! gcandinavians fr > Northern | energy, the newspaper declares, and | rested in Dublin on November 26. FOR MAKING DOPE seater aay: sth mesabers of the com-, The accumulated deficiency of Pre mpere are now 69,090 signed up in Seandin sane trem. the oe ee within. the past two months 44 auto-| A large party of auxiliaries took T , been seized while ac-| him and his second son into custody. mittee. SALES IN-MINN. Minneapolis, Dec, 2—Robert Tom. OFFER THANKS alias Wong Lee, was se TO PRES. WILSON eight months in the Winona county verta and. Saskatchewan. A pro- cipitation since January is 6.18. “There were 8 clear days; 10 partly | y | cloudy days and 12 cloudy days, the has been named, with | record shows ; . The percentage ‘ shine was 46. repr of possible sum berta;\the rg; United Farmers of Manitoba, and jail this morning by Judge Page Mor- pe ris in the, United States district court; Geneva, Dec. 2—Dispatch of a sol-! ed farmers of Ontario; Tho tives from the United Farmers of Al-! country, katchewan Grain Grow-| agents cf the Scandi k VIII, the first contingent of ional hoard to handle the 1921 crop 1,500 Scandinavians from this région enta-! who will spend Christmas in the old to Northwest: according ian-American Two more parties of 500 per-, line, r s each will leave Minneapolis Sun- mobiles have i y engaged in running of liquor muggling other goods. ials now are in pt “full evidence proving the ‘ough and costly organi: part of the law breaker: maintai jeven to the extent that Ameri His eldest son is already in jail. PUBLIC DEBT IS BOOSTED IN MO. Washington, Dec. 2.—An inckease {Un ons | United Grain Growers, and the 5 day and Monday. C _— ‘smugglers have been and aye guar- U. S. GU NBOAT ; katchewan operative /anteed by certain liquor dealers and GOES TO AID company. The provisional board may | *. = == | have onti til 1922, after | | [boot leggers against interference by FOREIGNERS Yin {Eco tone nen], WEATHER REPORT ai ine ht pit nth ; lwill elect a board. lers are captured, the liquor people | and ¢ was’ For twenty-four hours ending at noon, | with whom they do business in Mani-} a ae | ‘ “Thursday, December 2. "| toba pay the penaltie | HAITI PEOPLE tol to} of $112,646,571 in the public debt dur- ing the month of November was an- nounged today by the treasury de- partment. in Minneapolis after a jury had found, emn message of gratitude to Presi- | him guilty of selling narcotics in vio-| dent Wilson for the way he responded | tion of the Harrison drug-act. |to the appeal of the council of the “If this man were an American I league of nations to act as mediator would send him to Leavenworth,” : hetween the Armenians and the Tur-| Judge Morris declared, “but he is only, kish Nationalists s propesed to the a poor Chinese who has not had the; mbly of the league by Paul Hy- same opportunities to know the laws} president, shortly after to- Elevators | estimate required American definite Shanghai, Dec. While no British gunboats are hurrying to J- | given as to the amount ans, i m. 25 | 5 hav ‘icans.” ay’ i t y ‘an. ang, a treaty port in the province | finance the pool, it is estimated it; Temperature at 7 a. m...... = = of the land ak have Americans. | day's’ session of the assembly began.) Chane, otra e mutinows Chinese | would be in excess of $1,000,000. Some| Highest yesterday... 4% ITALY SCOUTS ENTER PROTEST é ORGANIZE CLASS troops have looted. and burned a | of the essentials to success of the} Lowest yesterday a 22| | . ae, ae 15 IS HUNTING St. Paul, Minn., Dee. 2 | portion of the city. The American pool are: ; | Lowest last night. wens 25 THREAT OF WAR) ston, Dec. Citizens of : former middl gunboat Monocacy, which is now on| ‘Contract holders must sign for a) Precipitation — : None | Mie Ni ait i ave protested to Secretary whose abili con him the sobriquet, patrol along the upper reaches of|term of five years, binding them-) Highest wind velocity..........-.. 12-E} Trieste, Italy, Dec, 2—Declaration| Daniels against the departure from > Phan | selves to. sell wheat only through the) Forecast of war with Italy, beginning Friday| the country ot the) a a of unti additiona witnesses |the Yangtsee river above I-Chang, ; | i the nearest warship to the scene pool, | For North Dakota Generally fair| morning which was made by Capt. of the trouble. The’ lives of foreign- Fifty per cent of the wheat acre-|tonight and Friday; somewhat colder | Gabriel D'Annunzio is not regarded in died from gun shot wounds, titution. ers are said not to be in any immedi-|age, or about 8,590,000 acres, to be Friday in the north and west por-|a serious light by military command- hunters die mo s is, | Sti 3 " and two were drowned while hunting. at Urbana. ute danger. brought under the scheme. tions, ers here. : \ | inquiry | have been heard into the investiga- tion of the conduct of marine forces occupying the island republic. Madison, Wis., Dec. “The Phantom” has accepted an offer ver nting toll in Wisconsin! from the Uni ity of Illinois to or- rere tee i ize a class in boxing at that in- Gibbons will spend a week Nani } | SEASON’S TOLL bors. fer-the season just closed. Thirteen