The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 11, 1920, Page 1

STATE COUNCIL eter meth abet. ttt THE WEATHER Generally Fair sam ttre et tn BISMARCK, ] N ORTH DAKOTA. SATURDAY, DEC. iy, 1920 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE 200 KILLED IN QUAKE; VILLAGES ARE DESTROYED, i Southern Albania Disaster Is Reported Through Italian Sources SHOCKS ARE CONTINUING Also Being Felt in South Ameri- ca, Says Reports From Buenos Aires Rome, Dec. 11.—All the villages in the Tepeleni district, southern Al- bania, have been destroyed by a vi- olent coxthquakt, says an Avlona message to the Tempo today. Two hundred persons are reported killed while 15,000 have been made homeless. The town of Tepeleni was complete- | ly razed. The message reports the shocks’are continuing. Previous messages priginating in| Avlona on Dec. 5 reported earthquake shocks in’ the» Tepeleni district ren- dering thousands homeless but made | no mention of alties. \ SHOCKS 1) Buenos Aires, Dec, 11-—Earth tre- mors were distinctly felt in some parts of Argentine shortly after mid night this morning «nd reports from | points as far south as Patagonia show the shocks was perceptible. lt is possible the tremors were x result of the terrific earthquake in south were received today, but the distance between Argentina and Honduras | would seem to indicate that the shoeks felt in this country were of more lo- | cal origin. | OF IRISH WILL. BE FORMED HERE, Leaders of AN Irish Organiza- tions in State to Be Invited to the City ™ Tt way announced today by the Na~ tional headquarters of the American Association for the Recognition ot the Irish republic, 621 Bond Building, | Washington, D. C. that a conference of American citizens who sympathize with the Irish people in their fight for independence would be held in the city of Bismarck within the / near future. The leaders of all: Irish reeinlee tions now in existence will receive in: yitations to attend this conference at which will be formed a state council to take charge of the affairs of the new association in this state. This is the society which was form- ed in Washington a few weeks ago. Jt has the endorsement of Mr. DeValer2. Its objects are to bind together Amer- ican citizens who will advocate the recognition of the existing republican government of Ireland by the United States and to co-operate with the elected officials of the Sinn Reln gov- ernment. The time and place for holding the meeting will be announced shortly. 8 YEAR OLD GIRL KILLED BY BROTHER Dickinson Ded. 11.—Kathryn, | the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Hauck, -who reside on the old William Harle place twelve miles southwest of Richardton, was shot and fatally wounded by her six-year-old brother, Pius. as the children played about the farm home last Thursday. Although the ultimate outcome of the terrible tragedy was apparent from the time of the accident the little tot lingered a short time when deatt came as a/relief to her suffering. The Hauck children were at home in charge of a neighbor boy when the accident occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Hauck, in company with John P. Goutz, a neighbor, had left the pre- vious day for Wilton, this state, to consult a physician. U.S. TO RECEIVE AN INVITATION Geneva, Dec. 11. Committees of the assembly of the league of nations were called into session this morning and the meting of the assembly was deferred until four o’clock today It has been decided by the com- mission! on technical organization to send the United States a special in- vitation to name a member of the in- ternational advisory commission, which? will study opium traffic. / sidan aT To Move Soon, F. E. Packard ,who is to enter the Chicago legal department of the Stand- ard Oil company of Indiana after Jan- uary 1 to devote himself particularly to tax matters for the company in the middle west, expects to leave Bismarck with his family soon after the first of the year. Mr. Packard has returned OF AIDING THE. i iH. A. Shuder Tells of What Is bably toward end of the week. vn Honduras, reports of which | || VOLUNTEERS FOR ‘EMPTY STOCKING CLUB’, MAY HELP SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER BY; iGIFTS. TO THE SALVATION ARMY’S FUND No Direct Appeal nate Made for General Relief Work, “But Voluntary Contributions Already Mode to Swell the Fund Needed to Provide Christmas Cheer in Every Home tunds for general relief work and cannot violate that pledge. However, there have been many voluntary pntributions. One church organization sent the Ar- Bismarck people who wish to, impart Christmas cheer by join-. ing /a volunteer “Empty Stocking club” may do so through the Sal- vation Army. The familiar kettle of the Sal- my $25 for Christmas relief work. vation Army, which is the gen- Another citizen wrote out a check eral clearing house for Christ-. for $10. The Rotar Jub has in- mas relief work in the city, ap- vited Capt. Huffman to explain peared today at the corner of the Christmas relief pla Main and Fourth streets. It will their lunc’ hdon eat Wednesday. “yeappear next Saturday and re There appear to. be plenty of volunteers for an “Empty Stock- main in evidence until Christmas. It is estimated that $500 in | ing/club.” | The Salvation Army money and gifts is necessary to | plans to distribute to needy per- take care of the persons who ;| sons particularly to children = ful articles. It plans also to give toys to children, and to give bas- ; kets containing food. A Christmas will he supplied with Chris cheer -by the Salvation Army Capt. V. J. Huffman says that no direct appeal is being made other | celebration will be held at the than the one on the street, which | citadel. ' is to provide money for Christ- r voluntary donations, in value of gifts received and: in retual cash, amounted to about $500. mas baskets. The Salvation my, he says, has agreed that it will not make campaigns for ' ‘EXPLAINS PLAN SNOW, COLDER ashington, Dec. 11.Weather ons for the week include: sippi and Lower Missouri leys: Unsettled with probably rain. or! snow and moderate temperature first half; latter generally fair and colder ~ | Period of much colder weather pro: NEAR EAST WORK’ Being Done in Various Counties sn" SAYS LEMKE IS WANT ORPHANS SUPPORT, LEAGUE'S HEAD , IN NO. DAKOTA Burleigh county inty_pedpte may aid in| he Near Kast relief work by dled to support orphans, according to an- iouncement by the state organization. | There is no Joc al central body direc ng a “drive” but many organization e tendering aid to the state bod secording to H. A. Shader, who was in| the city this week calling on local peo-; ‘ple. Bishop J. P. Not Actively in Charge but Advice is Sought | Tyler, is chairman ofp state organization; H. P. Beckwith | LEVANG’S state treasurer; H. A. Shuder, state + etary. North Dakota’s quota | OF LEVANG 500 orphans. These 1500 were ap-} Minneapolis, Dec. 11.—A. C. Town- vortioned exactly to the counties o! he state on basis,of War Liberty loan 1 ley, president of the National Non- ipportionments. partisan league, has no direct voice “No attempt has been made to putjin the affairs of the North Dakota] on_ Drives,” says Mr. Shuder. jdranch of the league and this condi- “The quota ‘ small. We have! tion has obtained for nearly two years. thought of children instead of dollars,| Oliver S$. Morris, the league’s national we have believed the 1500 orphans,| publicity director said today. Mr. Morris spokesman for the! could be supplied by the different or- ganizations, in a city or county as-|league at national headquarters here suming responsibility. This has been! made this statement in commenting a great success so far. It has given|on reports quoting Chris Levang, a spportunity for the organization to} North Dakota state senator prominent function by making them stronger. The Commercial club of Ca: has taken the responsibility for Cass | county, the Commercial club has done likewise in Grand Forks. The Rotary club of Devils Lake take the fine re- sponsibility for Ramsey county. The} American Legion for Richland county,) the Public School Superintendents in !some counties, the Elks in some coun- Hes. “The Near East Relief is an organ- ization from National Congress, one of the 3 such ever chartered by the aational body. Its work is regularly inspected by our Secretary of War; ind by ‘@ congressional committee. The work of the Near East is loc | n the near Ea The Red Cro: Y. M. A., the Jewish Workers, the work of the Missionary societies ire all under our direction in the; omergency. There is no over lapping? over. The National committee has ut its head. Mr. Taft, Mr. Hoover, Mr. Root, Cardinal Gibbons, Rabbi e and the heads of an American Board of Missions and others promi-j{ {nent in America and whose name is} | suarantee of the free integrity of the work. “Last year Mr, Cleveland Dodge paid out of his own hand the total over head’ of the Near East relief. in any case the act of congress limits ‘he overhead to a total of 5% of the! receipts. ‘This year Mr. Dodge will pay at will his funds with the overhead met a gain so that every lollar subs¢ribed will go direct fo: ton torship of the league in that state. “The various state branches of the league are directed by a committee of five farmers in each state, chosen by the state convention. William} Lemke, of Fargo, « member of the n tional executive committee has super- vision of the alfairs of the national organization in North Dakota. Each; member of the committee is assigned certain states. Mr. Townley holds no office in the league in North Dakota. He has, and will continue to confer, with Dakota heads of the league and gi advice whenever it is sought with re! erence to league activilie SOCIALISTS POLL 8,000 VOTES IN ‘The socialist vote in North Dakota | reached 8,283 at the recent election, the official count sowing that Debs received this number of votes. Hard- | ing’s plurality reached the grand ‘to- tal of 122,650. Other sofhicia! figures | completed today were: For Congress, st district, O. B. Burtnes: 30; John Baer, 32,072: Second district Geo. M. Young = Ole Olson 32,618; Third distr J. H. Sinclair, 41,409; R. A. Johnson, , 24,460. District Judge; First district, Char- purpose of the cause: les Cooley, 33.727; A. T. Cole, 25,156; “Many of the counties here gone) x, 5. Bnglert, Lee Combs, 18 the top. It is hoped all will be) 4s4° Second district, Wm. J. Knee- complete before Jan. 1 as the funds shaw, 25,622: A. G. Burr, 39,658; © are needed badly now. i “There are 500,000 women in the bread lines; cover 100,000 orphans ab- W. Buttz 27.484; H.C. DuPuy, Charles A. Verret, 20,999; Third trict Frank P. Allen, 16,603; F Gra- solutely dependent now and new! 787: Charles Ego, 10,985; Geo causes of suffering constantly are| ennavlé 21. Fourth district arising. Over $00,000 children have in| J .MeKeun ya 471. W. L. Nuessle.d7 the past two years perished’ These] 75." M. C Freerk py 43 Geo. kK. Eee eee aticne needed tO) Foster 14.712; Fifth district, Frank “One of the churches in Westville | Fish 12.886; IC. lo. teighton, SL.ALo. in Emmons county subscribed and Loss 16,620: Sten tice pininas paid $850,00, another church has just | sO%S ixth ict, Thoma a H. Pugh, 16,895; F. T. Lembke, 17.-/ sent in a free will onering on $650.00. 107: T. Hyland 12412: M -L. Mee “The various or dues have come ere splendidly, An official receipt will] Bride. 12,970; H. L. Berry, 17,455. President Harding highest elector, Dr. Youman, 160,072; Cox, 37 S Debs, 8,283. be sent te each donor. the moderator of the Presbyterian church of Persia, spoke recently in Minneapolis and told of his leading a group of Americans out in front of Pontiac, Mich., Dec 11—The Gen- eral Motors truck plant here has re- 3umed operations after a period of| four weeks idleness. About half the | Highest wind velocity. Forecast. For North Dakota _ Increasing} cloudiness probably followed by snow from Chicago where he made arrange- ments to take up his residence there. He will live on Sheridan road. vorkers are employed on a produc- tion schedule calling for 400 machines for the balance of the month. tonight or Sunday; colder Sunday and in the north and east portions tonight. FOR NEXT WEEK. pre- | Publicity Man Declares Townley: STATEMENT Moniana. in the league, as saying Mr. Townley ; has relinquished the supreme direc+! NOV. ELECTION rritiive:comnitee, f WEATHER REPORT’ ‘ADVANCE PLANS TO DISARM IN| THREE STAGES |First Stage Would Be Marked| | By Agreement for no Fur- ther Increases | THEN GRADUAL REDUCTIO? | Haitian Delegate Advocates Pro- payanda to Create Senti- ment for It | Geneva, Dec. U.—Japan can- hot reduce her. armament as long agythe United States Is increasing hers, Viscount: Ishii, of tne sap- anese detegation, declared at a ; meeting of the armament commit. tee this afternoon when (he ques. } tion of disarmament: was under discussion, Geneva, Dec, 11.--Disarmament in! three stages is the substance of three ; recommendations of the committee on} janmaments got the league of nations mbly icn it will make to the embly ys the result of its delibera- ‘tions. i , ‘The first stage would be marked by | an agreement among thé powers to{ make no further increases in arma- fs The second stage of e recom- mended procedure is a gradual reduc- ‘tion in armaments. i "The third stage would: be that of! general complete disarmament except | {insofar as arms were needed for polic e | S. Wants Propaganda Doret, delegate trom rfaiti, suc- M. jce seded in securing the adoption by the oday of an amendment to- | e council of the m- “committee ‘day providing that i league inaugur ‘ated propaganda ¢ (paign for “disarmament mind. as ‘he-put it. | Conditional acceptance by Holland! lot the invitation of the league of na- tion’ to contribute a portion of the militar force to be sent to the league | to the Vilna district for the plebescite | ‘there announ Washington, Dec, 11. -A resdlution requesting President Wilson “to ap- { point an American representative to meet with the league of nations com- mission considering disarmament was; presented and advocated in th ‘today by Senator Walsh, Democr {company and ihe institution of WHEAT GROWERS OF COUNTY T0 Being Organization. Meetings | Held at Various Places in I the County i arious local or | Members of the ' ganizations in Burleigh county which | have become a part of the National | Wheat Growers’ association will hold {# pe meeting in Bismaree on Dec, 18, tis it announced. By that time it is expécted there will be a half-dozen i local organizations in the county. ‘Forty-three farmers signed as mem- {bers at a meeting held in Wilton on/ | Thursday, it is announced. Addresses, ; Were made:by J. Wallman, county ort j ganizer, and P. J. Cahill, Wilton bank-! | er, who spoke on the manner in which business men and farmers can co-| j operate, 1 John Moon was elected presiden: | | ‘ar Backman was chosen v ident, and J. E. Pitzer was retary-treasurer. These of ‘two others composed the ecutive | The two named on the’ according to in- Os: “formation from Wilton, were Joseph |" M yy Wamka and ‘NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS GET COMMISSIONS Dec. D., | Jamestown, 11. — The following non-commissioned officers and firstclass privates have been jnamed by the members of Company 'H of Jamestown, reorganized unit of the North Dakota National guard \First sergeant, Louis B. Allen; geants, Roy McLeod, ™ ‘berg, Fran K, Judkin J. Ratzlaff; corpora Smith, Yale L'Moore, i r- | and Arthur Calvin H. Maurice K. Murphy, Frank W. Tellner and John! H. Bord- iam F.} Harold | W. Thom Chas. i well; private Brown, Milton FE. Ratzlafi ‘A. Wennison, Joseph E. Wescom, Al- fred M. Williamson, Percy M. Han-| sen, Louis M. Allen, Thomas J. Far- ley, Patrick J. Corbett, Robert Eddy. Leonard W. Strong, Ralph C. Knauss and Floyd Rathman. | bugle: first class, \HAIL WARRANTS is N. P. Places Ten WRITTEN FOR FOURTEEN COS Hail warrants have been written for 14 counties, it was said at the office of one tents. . The startled poke tte —|the state auditor today. The lists are} Dick ie a - 80,000 men, women, and children.| ,, eae “being gotten out in alphabetical or- ic on, De ‘en new pass When they arrivdd safely. in the Brit-| Pr Bir an ae "December 11. nooM.! der, beginning this year with the! enger engines have been received at ish lines, there were only 41,000 of| mo.) ere Sa ane ‘ 1g) “W's” instead with the first county in| the Dickinson round house during the them left—the other had died of hun- Highest yesterda og alphabetical order. | past wi eck to be used in passenger ser- ger and fatigue.” Lowest yesterday pee 15 Warrants and the amounts for the | vice on the Dickinson-Glend ve z Y | Lowest last night : ig (counties thus far written follow: trict. Several of these are already Precipitation og Williams, $128,843.51; Wells. $98.-| inservice and the rest will make 2B 5; Ward, $91,994.02; Walsh, $16,-| regular runs as soon as they have 5; Traill $11,402.83; Towner, 1$35,894.98; Stutsman, $110,817.10; | |Steele, $39,655.26; Stark, $75,840.84; Sioux, $19,901.10; Slope, $64,819.04; Sargent, $35,010.68; Rolette |Richland, $29,745.79. MEET IN CITY: ment |implement and itack the North J. Gretten- | P°° j law, CLAIMS BIG LAND GRANT IN RUSSIA ee W.D.VANDERLIP j been ; been framed to the i i H LAST EDITION | Mencia _ PRICE FIVE CENTS 10 AD AMERICAN COMMERCE S. P. EMPLOYES | I | i i | | i | MAKE PROTEST Tucson, dred and thir ‘Southern Pac laid. off Dee. 1-Three hun- | one employes of the! railroad shops ha wa it Kighty-eight were laid off Dec. | a protest had Interstate Com- Union officials said merce commi: son, GREEKS REFUSE CONSTARTINES LONDON—Washington D, Van- A D derlip, Pacific Coast mining engi- | who says he obtained 60- | rants square Paani ais of Siberi: y trom | Invite Greek King to Return but Lenin and the Ru at gOV- ernment, has arrived here. Van- derlip was a sensation in the news recently when it was rumored that he w in Russia as an agent of President-elect Harding. Hard- ing promptly denied the rumor. ‘ASK HARVESTER TRUST CHARGES BE PROBED ANEW Federal Trade Commission Re- port Read to Congress Out- lines Views EEKING DISSOLUTION Washington, “De of the government’ against the International ite-opening anti-trust suit Harvester judi- cial proceedings” against a number of associations having to do with farm | implements is recommended by the jfederal trade commission in its an- nual report presented’ today in the senate by Vice President Marshall. The commigsion says the increase of 73 per cent in farm implement prices from 1914 to 1918 {is “in part due to price understandings or agree- ments between manufacturers and to more limited extent the same is true of the dealers.” “Judi 1 proceedings” against the ociations who have been active in restraining trade is proposed, the com- naming the National Imple- Vehicle association, the ; Southern Association of Wagon Manu- ifacturers, the Carriage Builders’ as- sociation, the National Federation of Vehicle dealers and the Eastern Federation of Farm Im- plement dealers. With rd to the re-opening of gainst the International company the commission § hould be done “so that a plan of dissolution be arrived at thatq will restore competitive conditions in the harvesting machine business.” il. mission and BIG TAX CASE TO BE HEARD IN U. 8. COURT Judge Woodrough Agrées to Try Capital Stock Case at This Term, of Court Judge Woodrough, who is holding fede ‘ourt here, has agreed to } the: ¢ in which the railroads at- Dakota capital stock tax during the present term of federal court in Bismarck. the It ii heard probable that during the case will be nt months. The state was temporarily enjoined } from collecting Ure tax in a hearing ; y before three federal judges In the trial here, which yto be on the merits of the case, it is! expected Judge Woodrough alone will hear the e, according to F. E. Packard, assitant attorney-general. ilroads contend that the tax commissioner did not. interpret. the Maw corr in allocating the for North Dakota on a property basis. They contend the proper interpreta- tion would have been to allocate it on an earning ba but hold the under this construction, is un- constitution It is es 50,000. i mated that $100,000 involved in thers case. New Engines West Of Missouri River} been put in shape for p enger work. The first of these new engines to be used west of Mandan pulled train No. 1 into Dickinson last Saturday and the first to be used on the west jGreeie throne immediately were re- fe King Constantine | / to jf Say “Pro-German Advisor” | Must Stay Out | {WILL HAVE WA RSHIPS; Escort to Be eas on Wednes-| day to Convey Monarch to | Athens | t EE SNES ES i Lucerne, S erland, Dec, 11,—Of- ficial notification of the result of the| plebescite in Greece and an invitation | to return to Athens and reascend the former ed by H ; é here this morning | The Greek governiuent notified Con- | stantine it will have a Greek cruiser | and escort of warships to receive him jand his family at Venice on Wednes- day. Prof. Georgios Steit, former foreign: minister and Constantine's chief ad-! viser during his exile, who reputed to be pro-German and others, includ- ing Constantine's aide, are prohibited | trom returning to Greece by the Greek government in the telegram in- viting Constantine to return. U.S. STANDS FIRM ON QUESTION OF GERMAN CABLES Senator Péltes ee Senate Com- mittee Backs Stand of "State Department | i Dec, 11.~-Co-operation ate department and th tde to obtain! Washington, between the foreign relations co recognition of the United States ir distribution of German cables ceded to the allied and associated powers under the ‘treaty of Versailles was ar- ranged for tot it a conference be: tween the committee and Acting Sec retary Davi: Mr. Da in a two-hour confer- ence with the committee behind closed doors, outlined the whole situation re- | garding negotiations for partition of the German cables in all parts of the world and Senator Lodge, committee chairman, stated after ds, that the committee had given “its unq ed approval” to the stand being takefi by Mr. Davis’in the communication con- ference. FARMERS HELD UP | AND TIED WHILE | ROBBERS ESCAPE 11.—No trace has been the three masked men Hilden bachelor Minot, Dec. discovered of who held up the J. home in McKinley towns miles northeast of Minot Sunday eve ing, tied the two occupants, threaten them with torture and escaped with aj $150-fur coat deaving the helpless mi to freeze. However, Hilden and his! jcompanion managed to worn them- although they were badly | chilled by the time they ex! themselves. The same dwelling wi robbed last fall of $30 in cash and a $150 check Hilden they froze and his companion were | alone in the house about 8 p. m. Sun- day when a stranger came in and ask-| ed conterning some person. ‘The which is beleived to be} niliar to the occu- » the stranger de-| parted. In about 15 minutes he re- appeared with two companions, all asked with handkerchiefs over their! ce: They ,were armed and, while one held a weapon, the others tied! Hilden and his companion and then demanded their money. The two gave! up small sums they had but declared | there w no more about the place, Hilden saying his money was in the} bank Stutsman County | Pioneer Passes Away) name given, fictitious, was not fa pants, of the hous Jamestown, Dec. 11.—The death of John Weber of Cleveland, N. D., a} resident of Stutsman county for the | eighteen 5 occurred at his home in} w.eveland at 5 o'clock this morning! from pleurisy pneumor He is sur-| vived by hi ve children, ix sons and hters. Two! ugnters are residents of Jamestown, end left Dickinson pulling train No. 7 Mrs. A. B. Curtis and Mrs. Will Heinz tand scope. j tte hip 10 or 12) ¢ selves free from their bonds betore | © acted | ar jtr | Bell TO. BE FORMED IMMEDIATELY 'Committee of 30 Is Named to Plan Underwriting Work Without Delay Koard of Directors Is to Be Chosen from Various Industries Chicago Dee. oie The foreign trade conference in session here today vot- ed to proceed at once with the organ- ization of a foreign trade corporation, capitalized at $100,000,000 under the | revislons: of t Edge act. A committee of 30 headed by John | Meltugh, of New York, was named to proceed with the work and the sub- scription list was immediately started to finance the underwriting. The conference unanimously adopt- ed a report of the committee on plans The board of directors of {the corporation are to be chosen as representatives of commerce, finance, agriculture and indust with due re- leard to geographical representation. To Raise $100,000 The ho of directors will nomin- the principal executive oflicers. The committee recommended the ing of $100,000 for underwriting Pur Does, the money to be returned ater. ‘The committee named to supervise the formation of the corporation in- cludes: John McHugh. chairman of the com- mittee on commerce and means of the rnes, Duluth, Minn. and six New York Hoover }men. WIRELESS AID FOR SKIPPERS IS U.S, SCHEME Automatic eae Signals to Be Placed at Points About Lake Shores Chicago, Dee tablishment of a chain of automatic wireless stations at danger points along the Great Lakes by the federal government dangers of lake navigation ‘will be minimized by wireless com- munication with skippers day and night, it was learned today, When ships are blown near to dan- gerous r and shores their skippers will be warned by means of automatic danger signal sent Bee a pitch that it can be caught by the wireless men ,of any. vessel and they will be directed to safer channels. With the Great Lakes station as a basis the bureau of navigation plans to build direction finding stations at a cost of $15,000 each. ‘AUDITORS MAKE TOURS TO GET NEEDED. FUNDS Langer and Hall to Visit Many Parts of State in Campaign s of the state board Thomas Hall and Wil- ‘liam Langer, will make personal sol- icitation of funds ‘throughout the state, it was announced today. This step was taken because the neces: y funds to pay the accountants now mining the Bank of North Dako ot come in rapidly enough, ed. anger left this afternoon on He will make short talks at ) place the train stops. Persons terested in seeing the audit of the Bank of North Dakota completed have inged to have gatherings meet the rain. Longer teks will be made at | Valley City and Jamestown. Tonight Mr. Langer will talk at Towner City. | Sunday he will spend in Fargo, and on Monday he will speak at towns on the South Soo, out of Bisma He will speak at Foreman Mond night, at Tuesday he will be in Rich- land county. ate in the week he will visit Grand " Lake and other citie: Thom, Two memb ,of auditors, w in that region. Hall will leave Monday for Mandan, speaking at towns througa the southwestern part of the state. Auditor rl Kositzky will remain in Bismarck to conier with the ac- countants. PHONE COS. TO CONSOLIDATE Minneapolis, Dec. 11.—Consolidation of three telephone companies operat- ing in the states of Minnesota, North and South Dakota, lowa and Nebraska under the name of the Northwestern Telephone company, will be af- fected January 1, s received here today. No change in the fs of the companies have been announc- ed. The consolidation will Northwestern Telephone include the Exchange ‘company: