The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1921, Page 1

"Fargo, N. D. Dec. 29.—Work of the/ : North Dakota Farm Bureau Federa | 2 ! tion in securing financial aid or bet-! ° , Bureaus held’ such meetings in their} and retained as attorney for’ Burke The Weather FAIR AND WARMER | FORTIETH YEAR TRIBUNE - Last Edition -BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29 PRICE FIVE CENTS FARM BUREAU FEDERATION OR N.D, CONVENES ; | . inneapolis, Dec. 29.—Federal au- i beeaeseres Members in Session at Fargo) ,.ities have confiscated $500,000 Today Listen To Secretary | worth of drugs and have driven hun- Fuller’s Report Ireds of alleged cope peddlers out of ie \ the Minneapolis division, comprising | Minnescta, )North and Scuth Dakota, HELD COUNTY MEETI rege cor rem SOCIALISTS OR NATION STAGE | BY FEDERAL A Discussed ter prices for its membership formed | the topics of ‘the final sections of the annual report of Secretary H. B. Ful-; ler to the state convention here today, | The state ‘association represented its} members in, the matter of the loans; of the’ War Finance Corporation and gave information upon labor, coal and : —_—_— freight prices and handled a sale of} Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 29—ugene binder twine. | V. Debs socialist leader parojed s loral days ag trom fu-jeral prison w . resting ‘at his home here today fol From the time the American Farm) jowing a rousing home coming cele. | Bureau Federation instituted the ac-}| bration tendered him last night by! tion that finaMy resulted in the pas-} thousands of his followers and fellow sage of the War Finance Corporation|townsmen. Relatives announced fir Billion Dollar loan, the North Dakota|the next few days, Mr. Dc»s would ‘Farm Bureau Federation backed the| probably! remain in the seclusion of | )novement hy resolutions and letters, his, home. Released From Penitentiary Is: Now Resting in Seclusion | Of His Home | Passage of War Finance, Commissioners Employ E. R.} Sinkler Minot Attorney, As | Counsel—Treasurer Charged to our senators and co! ssmen,”| i Scar SENSES Mr. Fuller told the convention. “It was felt for some time that the bank-| H ‘ers were not taking ahold of it in the| “~ ‘manner that would bring the relief | to the farmers that they deserved. A CASEIN BURKE my series of three meetings of our Coun-| i ty Farm Bureau Presidents was held! a ' at which-this matter was thoroughly discussed and recommendations that} | i each county farm bureau hold a joint i meeting with bankers and-farmers to! Loma | discuss the matter in order to develop! a better understanding on the part of; the bankers and farmers and to stim- ulate the applications for loans on the} part of the bankers. In the south western part of ‘the state this was\ eats a not deemed necessary and in e+ Bowbells, N. D.- Dec. 29. — The! counties the work had progressed to) Pyrke county commissioners have such a degree that meetings were Not | ‘adopted a resolution’ to the effect that | held bit the majority of the Farm) f R. Sinkler, Minot attorney, be hired! counties,\very: greatiy-to-thejs ‘benefit.; county “in case ‘of embezzlement At the time: these meetings were call-/ against -Lawrence Larson, )former Seon ne eeu saa Burke county treasurer, in the man-} een made, while today ove! , jamus proceedings brought by C. J. 000 in applications are in and prac-/ Kopriva, auditor of Bute couaity, ta tically a million dollars has been ap-| recover $165,500 placed on time de- proved for the state.” posits in various Burke county banks Labor Situation.‘ | by Nelson, and also in the case of the Pe ‘ ton,,two Burke county commissioners, Kf hi i in; ay ae Rie atiaedt es | John O. Grubb and H. A. Kirkelie, te! +Representatives of Minnesota, South; Moved by former Governor Frazier, Dakota and North Dakot& State Fed-| Whose actién is reported as likely to rati Q to | be appealed. + Re al pease Se eee hae The resolution says that the state 51 mon labor ii the cities was getting | *ttorney of Burke county has refused, | from $75 to $80° per minth and were | failed and neglected to prosecute the} paying from $1.25 to $1.50 for board actious, and is to ‘the effect that the; ‘and lodgipg and in some cases more. | district judge in and for Burke county | It was believed that $35 and $40 per| be asked to name Sinkler as special month would indace these laborers to 'Prosecutor.. Sinkler sore ete come ti the farms of North Dakvta|ed as special prosecutor under Ap-| ointment from. former Attorney Gen-| oral Lemke, but his services were ter- and that such prices would compare. |minated under the eccnomy order of very favorably with the prices receiv | Attorney General Sveinbjorn Johnson. | ed in the cities. The county farm bu- reau reports were compiled and 4a; condensation of the Minnesota and! bya = t South Dakota reports added ana sent, i back to the county farm bureaus... The ; | \, i paid employment agencies of Fargo, | ; i Grand Forks and the Twin Cities had- articles published urging laboring men; to hold for $50 per month, which they 1 asserted was a fair wage. These were, countered by articles from ‘this office} giving the exact labor situation in-j cluding labor supply, demand for help! and wages being paid. The CaNs | Courty Farm Bureau executive meu; and set a scale of $35 per month. | New Officers Take Office They had posters printed and put all over Fargo districts. This had a! At Three O'clock : beneficial effect, not only locally but sigs i ull over the state. | Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 29—(By the As- ‘As a result of this work, wageS: sociated Press)—It was announced | were established at $35 and $40 per) with stwttling abruptness today that month.” E the government of Canada would The Farm Bureau continued its sup-] change at 3 o'clock this afternoon. ply of labor information to its mem- ‘The announcement was made when) bers. beginning with, the information the cabinet of Premier Meighen, of the harvest and threshing wages Unionist, defeated at a recent elec- paid in the Texas fields, and following tion went into final session. the harvest: northward. . Sale of Twine. 2 After making a statement of the purchase and sale if binder twine and of the reduction by local dealers to meet the price set by the Farm Bu- reau purchases, the report went on to say: “During the tfactir,show at Fargo, over 60 dealers met officers of the International Harvester Com- pany’s officials at Fargo to discuss twine prices. “Apout two weeks ago a committee of three from the North Dakota Agri- cultural Implement Dealers associa- tion visited your secretary to discuss the twine situation for 1922, and ex- pressed a desire to arrivé at an un derstanding in regard to the handling of twine. It is hoped your new execu- tive committee will meet with this gommittee to develop plans for this ecming summer.” After detailing the attempts made through co-operation with the West Virginia Farm Bureau to get coal from that svurce and the offer of an Indigna firm to supply coal under certain but unacceptable conditions the report goes on to speak of North Dakota lignite coal: Lignite Industry. “Correspondence was carried on with a number of lignite mining com- (Continued on Page 2) “HANDS TODAY Officially Reported That The, formed by W. ‘L, MacKenzie King,, premier, and leader of the, Liberal) forces, has not heen officially an-| nounced. i 23 DIPLOMAS GIVEN TEACHERS, Valley City, N. D., Dec. 29.—At the closing exercises of the fall quarter; at the State Teachers college of Val- ley City, 23 diplomas of graduation: from various courses were awarded.’ They follow by courses. Five-year} standard—Louise Barr, Adele Finley, Anna Greenen, Kather:ne Hartnett, | Kathleen Loucks, Annie McCradie,; Lena Mann; two-year standard—Flor-' ence Foran, Anna Keeley, Helena Maddocks. Marion Messer, Jessie, Niles, Eva Siple, Kathryn Stave, Es-' ther Steen; four-year. elementary Dorothy’ Gates, Florence Huber, Lil- lian Krueger; one-year elementary— Alice Dammann, Dorothy Duncan, ; Lena Olson, Mary ,Reycratt, Charlotte Schmidt. ae LIBRARIANS MEET Chicago, Dec. yur 5 librarians from various cities were jn attendance at the opening session to- the American Library association. HALF MILLION IN DRUGS SEIZED NORTHWEST NARCOTIC DIVISION GOV'T CHANGES The personnel of the administration | . 29--Four hundret{ist Turks. are aboard: shins at Alex- OF OCKET WIRELESS UTHORITIES IX cording to M. Bransky, narcotic agent in charge. He said: t “Addicts in the Minneapolis division} | » will spend one million dollars yearly; for drugs if they can get them. It! would be a rich field for peddlers if} it were not for our operation and those of the «local authorities.” WAGON TIPPED, FARMER KILLED ‘Ashley, N. D., Dec. 29.—John Ley, | farmer, living ten miles southeast, of ; Kulm, sustained injuries that resulted | in his death twelve hours after his; , team bolted and tipped a heavy farm; gon over upon him. The hi 3 he-! ame frightened at a passing automo-) bile. ' { Mr, Ley ‘was 50 years old and leavés | a wife and three children. : ! \ of i MRS. R, HENRY i What you see in, tie picture is all HEADS LEGION ithere is to the pocket wircless outfit i invented by the Englishman holding jit.. He can receive messages from a ‘radius of 100 miles: 7 7 AUXILI ARY. Tawa oo : : ] N ¢ ALIFORNIA GOV. NESTOS HEADS PARTY GIVEN EIGHT | Officers For 1922 Elected Last! Night—Drive For Increased | Membership Planned Reinhoel, who worked for several sea- sons near Streeter, convicted in di trict court of a statutory crime, \v Mrs. Frank S. Henry was’ unani- pare Jacob Martin, former Glen Ullin| kere had been notified that Western; nously. elected” president. of the| Sentenced to eight years in the peni-| is e : | North Dakota would be well repre: ‘American Legion. Auxiliary, Lloyd | tentlary. It was said that his aliempt|™4n, wanted in Morton county on ©: cote at the dinner. Walter F Specz Post No. 1 for the ensuing year | ‘© Set out of jail during his prelim-/ statutory charge, is on his way baci ing, formerly socretary’ of the at their meeting last evening at_the | nary imprisonment, operated against, American Legion club rooms. Other! him. | officers elected were: Mirs. F. L. ——— FARMERS MUST. * COMPROMISE gent at Arms; Mrs. ‘Wm. Falconer and Miss Maud Runey, members of the! executive: committee. , The auxilfary held.a very-nterést- ing and enthdsiastic meeting and was well attended. . Among-the import- ant matters discussed was the mem- bership of the local auxiliary. Plans will be arranged to increase the 'mem- bership as. there are eligible about 1,500: consisting of the wives, widows, mothers and sisters of the legionaires. ane abe ete ut o Ber rear, There i i, no initiation fee. he méetings iil i | are held every two weeks at the sing Local. Industries | American Legion hall with a good ‘ pee ee i representation of the membership al-| Pittsburgh, Dec. 29,—(By Associat- | ed Press.)—Townspeople and farmers | ways present. must put themselves in an attitude of | making goncessions or as an-alterna-! tive, co-operative stores established by | combinations of farmers will ulti- mately drive local merchants. out of} the business, John M. Gillette, of the | University of North Dakota told: the; Dr., Gillette,.Says, Beth Sides: Have Interest In Promot-. | 5 KILLED FOUR ~ WOUNDED TOLL members of the American Sociologicat i C fi Society at its annual meeting here to-| “That organizations of farmers has} intensified the strife between city and! country is generally recognized by! students of the subject,” continued | Dr. Gillette. ‘Too often the blame is| attached exclusively to the farmers ag | if they have no rights of self-protec-! tion. It is not always perceived that! the business elements of cities have! sults of the last five days of robbery been Organized a6 a profit-getting | in New York city which set the of- | class for.a long time and “that the ten-! ficials hard at work to prove their} <ency if for all these elements to pre-| been no. sent a_uyited front: when ‘ameliorative! agricultural leete}ation is proposed or} Se when farmers dttempt co-operative ; NEW SALEM MAN’ | [snterprises. " “If the farmers. are right in their} DIES IN ALASKA , contentions that they received an un-} LEFT BIG ESTATE duly small proportion of the proceeds; ‘from their produce, then they have} Sarees! ‘a right.to organize both economicaily New Salem, N. D., Dec. 29.—Albert and politically to protect their inter-; Suppnick, who left here ten yeafs ago/ ests. But be it remembered that their} for Alaska, died several months ago, j co-operative efforts evoke» about as, cording to. information received py: much hostility as do their politicai at-| relatives. ‘tempts. H He ‘left an unusually large estate,; “There are many directions for far-| being one of the few to strike it lucky mers and townsmen to take in their in the gold, fields. | teamwork together. Good roads ‘are * ‘mutually desirable, Both sides have H fN Pero fac rest i ting locai Ship Of NG Year S$ fnaystries. ‘They ‘make nearby, mar- Booze Taken By «kets for certain kinds of farm produce * land serve as the basis of diversified Custom Officers te:minz. + LPR TTe | Since it is chiefly over matters of most Dee: ae greener Soe jtradé that country and tome are ar- seized by a coast guard cutter while| rayed’ against each other, “the ques- outside this’ port. She was towed ' tion arises as to how they cans com- by the cutter this morning and turned : Pose their differences. The local met, over to custom officers. The latter Chant insists that farmers and other id they had receivéd word that the , consumers should patronize home in- iquor ladén vessel flying the Union dustries and grcw quite bitter over Jack but. said to be owned by a Pos | buying from mail order houses. The ton bartender was bound~here from/farmer, in turn, f ists that local Halifax, Novia Scotia. | prices’ of the thi he bnys are too ‘High and for things he sells, too low. KICKS LADY | “If both sides will be sensible and » | fair, there is a basis of compromise; AND FINED $10 one townsmen and farmers must put i themselves in the attitude of making concessions. The farmers should not Gotham Officials Are Hard At Work To Back Up Assertions New York, Dec. 29—Five killed and four seriousty' wounded are the re- assertion that there has crime wave this year. *® Napoleon, N. Dec. 29.—It cogt Martin Gunseth just $10.00 for kick | be expected to sacrifice all of their }, gains from buying from mail order | ing Mrs. Christ Schock in the shins. “well, she was trying to unhitch | houses, for example: mor should they mine team, and I couldn’t stop her,”| expect small merchants to meet the he said. ‘prices of such huge ard efficient es- “Shouldn’t. kick 2 y,itablishments. The ‘merchant should $10.00!” said the judge. 'be willing to cut prices and farmers — ito pay a margin fir local convenience. REFUGEES NOT WANTED. The alternative would appear to Cairo, Dec. 29.—Christian refugee: ‘he the development of co-operative from Asia Minor. flee‘ng from Kemal. lady, anyv¥: stores by farmers-that will ultimat rive local merchants out of busine: YEAR SENTENCE. Jamestown, N.D., Dec, 29.--M. H.| |authorities to get him to come back. | Cushing secured the promise of the ; Shuman, vice president; Mrs. ene | i Caurady, secretary; Mrs. Selvig, | treasurer; ‘Mrs. Mary Sheehan, Sar-/ | |'Buck, he was arrested on a COUNTY ALIENIST DECLARES THAT ARTHUR BURCH IS INSANE, BUT Los Angeles, Dec. 29.--Further tes- | timony’ from alienists as to the men~ tal condition of Arthur C. Burch, charged with the murder of Kennedy | was expected at the resumption of the j trial today. ; Dr. Charles Allen, of the Los An- | geles county lunacy commission, the| case would be completed. j first witness calle by the defense to] The prosecution planned to combat | give expert testimony concerning ra this testimony with that of alienists STATE WILL COMBAT THEORY of mental deterioration amounting to insanity.” Dr. Allen was scheduled to resume his testimony at the session of court this morning. Defense said that with conclusion “of the examination of Dr. Allen and, several other alienists: the | alleged insanity of Burch, declared] it has called. i) (Srone Nar stantey MANY OFFICIALS | i | |. Stanley, N. D:, Dec. 29.—Thieves en-| i tered the Stanley hardware store and} - {stole several safety razors, three! rifles, a Remington shotgun, and sev-! feral ar of silverware, No trace! of the thieves has heen found. é GLEN ULLIN. i WAN ARRESTED | | Beach Commercial Club Makes! Great Preparations For Visitors’ Reception us i Representatives of North Dakota's H i j state officials left here at noon today Jacob Martin Refuses To Return: for Beach where they will appear to- inight at a gridiron dinner of the To Morton County—Turn- | Beach , Commenelal Club. Elaborate <a lans have been made at Beach for ed Over To Offic ih : y Officials jthe reception iof the states officers }and the men who boarded the train {i9-Mandan, He waged a hot fight for; reledse before it was possible for th tate railroad commission, is at the head of the entertaining party. Mr. | é e 4 state officials to make this trip when He ‘left North Dakota about two! he was in Bismarck to attend the in- weeks ago for Stockton, Cal., intend- auguration of Governor 'Nestos. ing tio’ make his future home there.! The party that left here was made In reporting the case, the Stockton | {? of Governor R. A. Nestos, Joseph that he believed him to be “in a state! GOV. SMALL MUST FACE TRIAL SOME COUNTS THROWNOUTBY COURT ORDER [Illinois State Officials, How- ever, Must Face Trial on Main Issue i CHARGE: FUNDS JUGGLED it 'Placed on Deposit and Then Loaned Out to Private In- | dividuals Alleged i : | ONE CHARGE REMAINS ‘Waukegan, Dec. 29—The state this afternoon nolled the charge of embez- zlement against Governor Small. At- , , ] torney for the defense objected and ATTEND DINNER demanded that the governor be given i trial. Judge Edwards nolled the in- Ror mpas | dictments and the only charge re maining against the governor is that of conspiracy to defraud the state. The state was djrected to furnish the j defense with a bill of particulars next Thursday. Waukegan, Dec. 29—Judge Claire C, Edwards of the circuit court of Lake.county upheld “an indictment charging Goy.. Len Small with em- bezzlement of $5001900 of state funds. fhe decision upholds nine of the shirteen counts ‘of an indictment charging the governor and Fred Sterling, lieutenant governor, and vernon Curtis, a banker of Grant Park, Ill, with conspiracy: to operate a confidence game involving two mil- lion dollars: of state money. The court ordered the governor to trial January 9 at 9:30 o’clock on the $500,- 100 embezzlement charge. Judge Edwards sustained the attor- leys for the governor and Mr, Cur- is in part by questioning an indict- ment. charging them together with Mr, Sterling with embezzlement of 700,000, and he quashed three counts charging conspiracy and one charg- Sentinel. says: . Kitchen, Sveinbjorn Johnson, + “Jacob Martin. of North Dakota, | Thomas Hall, John Steen and, Miss has ‘been releascd twice on writs of | Minnie Pe ieon heads of state de habeas corpus and arrested three | !2rtments, Judges A. M, Christianson times: Alter the hearing, Saturday of Court, W. H, Stutsman of the Balt saan pCa eR cee ‘oad Commission, C. R. Green of the Bi t . iB. a complaint. changing (him wlth, con-| ce the irarm.Lgan Dejartavent, WP. ipinor etild.. When agtested the irae MeClelland “ot the State Training and sécontl times he was charged with { School at Mandan, Will ‘Holbein of a statutory crime upon information the Good Roads association, Phil My-| from Mandan, N. D. ers of the Bismarck Commercial clu “Deputy Sheriff George Eaton tooh | and H.)8. Halverson of Bismarck. { Martin into custory Saturday as he.! une batt rnc to return to Bis came through the doorway of tho| ™4rck early Friday morning. court room. An officer from North; ; i Dakota is coming with extradition pa- I i pers for Martin.” ~* 5 i eet A still further writ of habeas cor- aan i | rus seeking his release was secured | | by Martin prior to the arrival of; i heriff Jack Brady if Morton county | at Stockton, according to information | ~ ’ MINOT ROTARY received by State's Attorney L. H.' ‘onnolly. This was fought out in the + courts last ‘Saturday, December 24,/ Bésiness Man of Devils Lake, Nationally Prominent in Business.World, Gave Talk and ‘Martin was turned over to the! Mandan official. x MATRON FOR DANCES AT_ hae DICKINSON} An unusually important meeting SLT was held by the Rotary club at Minot Police Matron Will Be.In Charge! Tuesday evening, when F. P. Mann. | n{ aft Jet i noted business man of Devils Lake, Of All Public: Dances in ras present. The meeting was held A | in the Association of Commerce rooms. Queen City In Future | A dinner was served at 6:15 o'clock, _ | followed by the regular weekly meet-;} Dickinson, N. D., Dec, 29.--Appoint-| ing. The feature of the meeting was ment of a special ‘police matron to | the address by Fred P. Mann. The supervise public dances in Dickinson | speaker is a national authority on} is provided for in an ordinance just! solving business problems of the day passe¢ here, The ordinance also pro-|4ind gave many valuable suggestions vides that no minor under 16 shall at-| his address to the members of the} tend any public dance in Dickinson’ club, It was ulso decided to enlarge} unless accompanied by a parent or; the program of business for the Mino* guardian. The salary of the police Rotarians. It was decided to send a! matron is fixed at $5 a-day. Appoint-| large delegation to the Duluth meet-| ment of the.new police official is ex-' ing from the Minot Rotary. pected this. week. ' ' * Help Kiddies Keep“ 2 KILLED MANY | Sliding Place Safe; WOUNDED IN | Notice to Autoists “| A fire coasting phice for {) | B children of Bismarck hhs been provided by the city commission, acer Mandan avenue, between Avenue | | / Lisbon, Dee. 29—(By the Associat- A and Broadway has been marked ed ‘Press)—Two persons were killed at all cross streets “with large #4. five others wounded through the signs “Panger—Children— | &XP!osion of bombs which it is al- Coast These are nailed to leged were being manufactured in a wide horses so that reckless auto- building belonging to the Lishon gen- ists will have to slow up to pass. eral confederation of labor. Some are The hill makes slide three oO er amir the rs element A ? Ai | ajnin; Prd ele: t blocks long and every aiterioon | trom which violence was feared are and evening it is alive with new under surveillance. Christmas sleds and happy young: sters. It is noted that afler dark some ‘PUBLISHERS ARE rather Inrge exttren tare been | DOING THEIR BIT vate “Bellwhopper.” Drivers are urged Attorney General Sveinbjorn John. to avoid these three blocks ,as son has received letters from two of much as possible, both for the the states attorneys of North Dakota safety of the children, and to keep | in answer to his recent circular let a good surface on the snow. ter to them, asking them to use their The Street Commissionors De-~ influence in getting the official papers partment provided the horses and of the state and the county gornmig. will see that they are kept up dur- | Stoners baseney stan i nt oan ing the winter. Lack of funds pre- agreement had tbecn reached, ini tw, f & a | counties. In Golden Valley qounty Mal ear arenaliakes fOr stems the amount was cut $565 dollars while Es andria, Thev have been refused en-| The latter would become managers if trance, Neither the French in Syria'and salesmen in such undertak'ngs. day of the three day convention of |nor the Palestine government want! This would remove the reason for them. ‘ strife.” . teed by S. W. Corwin, Parents in Steele county the publisher and ry § ‘° vin, s and others who may wish to help defray this expense may send their check to Mr. Corwin, tax lists. ing a confidence game in the other joint indictment. As a result Mr. Cur- tis will be taken to trial only on the nine remaining counts of the conspir- acy charges. zi f Mr. Sterling is not a party to the proceedings here, he never having asked a Ghange.of yenue from Spring- field, where ‘the indictments were re- turned July 20, 1921. 3 Judge ‘Edwards’ action in passing on the joint embezzlement indictment against the governor, lieutenant. gov- ernor and Mr. Curtis will automatical- ily kill that charge against Mr. Sterl- ing. The charges against the governor and lieutenant governor and-Mr. Cur- tis centered around, their alleged il!- ; legal acts during the term-of Governor Small as state treasurer in 1917 and 1919, and the term of Lieut. Gov. Sterling as state treasurer in 1919 and 1921. The alleged illegal opera- tion according to a “special report” returned by the grand jury consisted of the deposit in the Grand Park bank at Grand Park, a town of about 600 population, a few miles from ‘Jovernor ‘Small’s home of sums of money aggregating 10 million dollars which was then loaned to Swift & Compary and Armour & Company, Chicago packers, on notes paying 7, to 8 per cent interest. BRAKEMAN FOILS ROBBER IN HOLDUP Attempt To Holdup Passenger On Milwaukee Last Night Failed Hawarden, Ia., Dec. 29—(By the As- sociated Press)—An attempt by a fobber to held up passengers on a north bound Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul train here last night was balked by Alec Porter, a brakeman, who grappled with the robber as the latter was, searching Porter’s pockets for valuables. The would be hold-up! made his escape after forcing a pas- senger to pull the bell cord and stop- ping the train. SENTIMENT FOR TRISH PACT IS GROWING DAILY Dec. 29.—(By Associated Pre —The majority of English newspaper correspondents in Ireland see in the growing volume of senti- ment for the peacy treaty an indica- tion that ratification will go through easily next week. Some believe that a vote will be ‘taken as early as Thursday, Jan. 5. The increase in the number of expressions by public bod- ies in favor of the pact emphasized by the correspondents. SUGAR HITS NEW LEVEL IN EAST — New York, Dec. 29—Prices for re- London, the commissioners reached an agree-| fined sugar declined to a new local ment by which the paper accepted the! reqord when a local refiner reduced old rate for printing the slelinouent,| ue price ten points to $4.80 for fine granulated.