The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 16, 1922, Page 1

, ‘s ’ a.) — 5 ’ ’ ” 7 x “ x é J ‘ \ ¢ 4 el 3 BR "i ‘veterans of the world war, “come, and in the narrow streets and| ’ For Generally fair tonight and Tues- Bismarck and vicinity:- day; cooler tonight. ESTABI TABLISHED 1873 s THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [esx | ; | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1922 . (Leased Wire of Associated Press) PRICE FIVE CENTS LLOYD GEORGE FACES CRISIS BIG WELCOME FOR BUDDIESIN NEW ORLEANS Opening Attendance Not So| Great as When Legion Met. , At Kansas City WEAR SPECIAL - GARB California Is Outstanding Contestant For 1923 National'Convention ¢ —— i (By the Associated Press) New Orleans, La., Oct. 16.—The American Legion opened its fourth ; national convention here today.j; Meeting in a converted warehouse of | the Mississippi river front, decor- ated with flags of the allied nations, the Legion heard the reports of its; national commander and adjutant. Clad in uniforms, civilian clothes, and the costumes adopted by state delegations, the’ veterans of the| world war inade merry, held improm- tu street dances and generally en- joyed themselveb; fast night. Practically every state |in the Union was represented when the con- vention this morning,“as well, as u number of territorial possessions and representatives of post of the| legion in foreign countries. California, outstanding contestant ; for the 1923 national convention ar- river here clad in broad brimmed black hats, red shirts and and knee boots, the costume of the! ‘49’ers.” ‘> Medleys Sung. A dozen medleys, reminiscent of the war, floated through the hotel lobbie: of New Orleans last. night. New Orleans resounded to the tramp of young men’s feet—also the feet of the young women who served in the army nurse corps during the war,| as wel as the women, old and young, who “kept the home fires burning” four and five years ago, and are here} today as delegates and visitors toj the conventin of the American Le- gion auxiliary, composed of moth- ers, wives, sisters! and daughters of “Early today the veterans and the women falk were enroute to the con- vention hall. A nifht of excitement, dancing and music, had not decreased their en- thusiasm and during the band music which preceded the op ning of the! convention, the first session of which was attended by members of the au. iliary, there were frequent interrup-; tions of handclapping and cheering. The legionnaires had not arrived in such large numbers on the first day, as were in Kansas ,City last: i year. | The American Legion opened its| national convention here today, with- in a rifle shot of the historic square} where Andrew Jackson mustered > sharpshooting army of frontiersmen and Gulf pirates to fight British vet- erans of the Napoleonic wars, some- wpe more than a century ago. few Orleans, graceful product of | three civilizations—Spanish, French and American—mude. its guests wel- wrought iron balconies of the old; French quarter, there was more than | a hint of the French towns with | which the veterans of the A. E. F. grew familiar overseas. | Bit Roomier, | The Legion “buddies’ are a ‘bit! roomier around ‘the waist, some 0); them, than they were four years ago,; when the fighting in the Argonme| was drawing to a close, and they are distinctly more comfortable today than they were in those war-harassed | French towns, where quarters were searce and even stables were at a: premium. But they were the same old A. E..F, gang--the same hurrah and noise, the same spirit of “Let's go” pervaded their nineteen twenty-) two assemblage. It was not hard to imagine that the | old buildings which had seen Andres Jackson’s troops march out to de-| feat a crack British army two weeks after peace had been declared in the war of 1812, the buildings which had/ seen veterans of the Mexican war{ and wearers of the Confederate gray and of the Union blue swinging along to martial music—it was: not hard Yo; imagine these ofd buildings open; their eyes;a bit behind their dusty jealousies as the veterans of the lat- est war gathered in reunion, and to declare the policies of their organ-, ization, Five Day Session. The Legion wil be the guest of New Orleans for five days. During that time, it is expected it will once more declare itself with some ex-! plicitnes; in regard to the bonus bill; that it will demand the removal | of Brigadier General C. E. Sawyer, President Harding’s physician, ‘form; the position of supervisor of the hos-| pitalization of wounded veterans, ! BY JUCK JUNGMEYER. NEA Staff Correspondent. Los Angeles, Oct. 16.—First, he told on his wife to shield himself— Now,.to save his wife, he attem) to besmirch the girl she is charging. with ‘killing. Pictured by the prosecution in this role, Armour L, Phillips, dapper young Texan, waits to testify in be- half of his wife, Mrs. Clara Phillips, after proclaiming himself a “love strial for the brutal hanner slayin, here of Alberta Meadows, attractive youhg widow, ! Phillips, whose statement of in- timacy with the slain woman, will bolster an unwuitten law defense for his wife, has temporarily drawn the spotlight of public interest. First, he brought about his wife’s arrest after he had helped her to fice, telling the or fessed the crime to him. He said he feared she might harm herself, and insisted that her fatal jealous fury was, without foundation. Now, assuming’ a moral share in the tragedy, Phillips hes confessed, through Clara’s ‘attorney, that’ he and’ Mrs.’ Meadows were desperately infatuated, that they were even plan- ning a trip abroad at the time of the murder. ~~“ Girl's-Family' Roused. By these dramatic ‘inconsistences, the old-time soldier, garage man and oil worker’ promises, to share with Mrs Peggy Chaffee, chief state wit ness, the heaviest legal crossfire of the trial, which is. scheduled to start Oct. 20. The prosecution deslates its belief that the confession is shockingly false.’ It also has aroused the fight- ing bitternes: of the slain woman's fantily, who characterize it “an un-| speakable attempt to besmirch Al- berta’s untarnished name to help Mrs. Phillis, and wholly without foundation.” The killing of Alberta Meadows on a lonely road, in the asserted: pres- ence .of Peggy Chaffee, former chorus | girl friend of Mrs. Phillip, shocked the country with its grisly details. The state will contend Mrs. Phillips adroitly lured her victims into the death trap, chatged her with undue | interests in Phillips, and then smoth-, ered her terrified denials in a volley of mutilating hammer blows. The state attorneys’ will declare | Phillips’ latest statement was con- cocted at his wife’s instigation in a desperate dilemma. It will call many witnesses to. refute a3persions ov the*dead girl’s! character, Wife Love Probed. But the, state’s original intention —putting the domestic relations of the Phillips couple through pitiless analysis—will be carried on. The nature of Clara’s love for her hus- band will be the main iswue, prose- eutors say. The state will challenge the gen- uineness of her professed ardor for | Phillips, which it hitherto accepted as a matter of fact. Overwhelming love must be shown as a basis for an “unwritten law” defense, - Miss Frankie Lee, former chorus girl associate of‘ Mrs. Phillips, the | prosecution admits, will’be called in an effort to strike at the very un- erpinning of such an assumption of deep, unquestioned devotion. Miss Lee is ready to testify that Mrs. Phillips kissed the stage manager of a Los Angeles theater a week before the killing, the prozecution declares. At that time, the state says, Mrs. Phillips made disparaging remarks about her husbahd, according to the expected testimony of Miss Lee. Many Surprises, Into the trial the state will also try to introduce tesitmony to show the couple had a stormy domestic life, Married at Houston, Tex. in 1915, they were divorced and re- married in 1918, according to ‘state witnesses. The state will also seek to delve into alleged tempestuous scenes. at; th ePhillips home for days that it will reaffirm its position as toy preceding the murder; to show that making “American citizens out of im- migrants and instructing them in the Phillips told friends that life at home was unbearable and that he fled duties of citizenship. f Kenesaw Mountain Landis, commis- sioner of organized baseabll and an outspoken friend of the veterans, was to deliver an address to the com- rades of his son who fought in France. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor and from Clara’s alternate embraces and rebuffs to. more sympathetic cofh- pany. inal hours proceeding the trial are filled with many surprises. The defense maintains the state adroitly inflamed public opinion by printing fragmentary evidence, that only part of the Albert Meadows dairy veteral leader of organized labor in the United States was to make a speech. Whether Mr, Gompers would (Continued ‘on Page 2) ‘ has been divulged, that even Peggy Chafee, eyewitness, has failed to de- tail many obscure phases of her ac- (Continued on Page 2) MANY SURPRISES SPRUNG AS “HAMMER CASE” NEARS TRIAL’ chameleon” on the eve of his wife's; ~~ This is the | will try to prove as the motive for the Los Angeles, hammer murde: Armour Phillips, in a statement just announced by his wife’s attorney says he and Alberta Mcadows left) Mrs. Meadows was ‘killed after he told his wife (right). HEADQUARTERS OF CAMPAIGN: BODY OPENED DAY AT CONEY ISLAND! today in the investigation ,of the triangle the defense | P' planned to flee together, and that} RECTORS WIFE | FEARSINJURY. GUARDS SELF | Regina, Sask., Oct. 16—A load Mrs. Halls Telephone Wire Tapped by Police in Hunt ' ¢ by Lee Diltiage and Jim Lackoste, For New Clue alveged slayers of Paul Matoff, a j liquor agent, has been discovered jin hidden underground ce]lars near Diliage’s. farm south of Lignite, iN. D., according to information re- | ceived last hight from Portal, N. D., Mrs.’ Mill’s Letter to Minister, “Pere the missing liquor is ‘said to have been unearthed by United Made Public Indicating States Federal officers, Intimacy. Aecording to authorities, the | ; New Brunswick, N. J. Oct. « WRATHER MAN A charge that the telephone belong-| | jing to Mrs. Edward Wheeler ,Hal). whose husband was slain with Mrs, Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, had Seen tapped, was the latest development | AND COAL MAN double murder. y, The charge was made“ by Sally Peters, who lives. in the Hall house-/ wns : hold. ‘She said that, no important; Warning Served Upon House- calls now were being made over it. ii f 'A similar charge was made by Ralph holders by Light Touche Winter in State |V. M. Gorsline, yestryman of the church of St. John the Evangelist, j who at one time was questioned as| j to his whereabouts on the night of} the murder. Mr. Gorsline declared 'he was not greately concerned about the wire tapping, as he had nothing FAIR, WARMER COMING | to conceal. Light Snowfall | Probably County Prosecutor Stricker, of $ ‘ < | Middlesex also declared he had good Won’t Stay Is Indi- {reasons to believe that the wire cation | leading into his office had been tap- ed. { Mrs, Hall, whose counsel has pro- tested against “bungling investigat- ing” which, he asserted had turned | ill-foGnded suspicion against _ his client, had her porch lights turned ton all last night. It previously was learned that she had surrounded] nation. For the Nght mantle of jherself with bodyguards day and! snow which decorated Bismarck to- | night, for the announced purpose of| day, and many other cities in the protecting herself. | Northwest, probably will not last Investigators today claimed to have] jong. ‘The touch of “temporary The weather man today joined hands with the coal man and oth- they ought to put their coal in early, with a shortage facing the JOIN FORCES | Tailroad commissioners from enfor- ers who have been trying to’ con-! i vince hesitating househoiders that| eas | | jeaened that shortly before the m@r- | der the slain couple had spent a day ‘ft Manhattan Beach, near Coney Is- land. As tending to prove that an winter,” however, is lield to be fair warning to all to fill their coal bins and get ready for the winter blasts affection existed between Mrs. Milis and the rector, a letter alleged to have been written by the choir sin: er was made public today. Th letter apparently referring to Manhattan Beach outing read “Anti-Socialist © Committee” Opens up Its Offices In Eltinge’ Block Headquarters for the “Anti-Social- ist Campaign Committeee’ were open- ed today in room 17, Eltinge block, Bismarck, and the Burleigh county organization plans for an intensive campaign in the two weeks. preceding election. The telephone number of the head- quarters is 1044. In addition to dis- tribution of literature and maintain- ing a headquarters for the meeting of various workers and committees, the committee plans to carry the campaign into the country districts through schoolhouse meetings. More than twenty speakers have been en- listed in the campaign drive. It is probable also that there will be a big rally meeting with. speakers, in Bismarck’ before the campaign ends, Seaplane Lands Governor in Ocean Waters . (By the Associated Press) Honolulu, Oct. 16.—Wallace Rider Farrington, governor of . Hawaii, cheated death by a slim margin to- day when a seaplane in which he was returning from Mauy Island to Honolulu caught fire and made a for- ced landing in the sea near Pearl Harbor. The governor swam until he was picked up by another plane. No one’ in the party was injured. ROAD BIDS CONSIDERED, County commissioners still have under consideration the matter o7 bids for construction of two miles of road beginning at McKenzie and run- ning wést for two miles. —— ss | The Weather’ | For twenty-four hours ending at noon today: Temperature at 7 a. m.», Temperature at noon . Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity. bt WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Tuesda; colder tonight, rising temperature | Tuesday. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday;, colder <o- night, rising temperature Tuesday west and north portion. Weather Conditions High pressure over Montana, and the Canadian north west is accom- panied by cool weather. Light preci- pitation has occurred over the Rocky Mountains, Plains States and Cana- da. ORRIS -W, ‘ROBERTS, . Meteorologist. ‘part: / “Yesterday I was happy in a way, in the boat, and in the water; but on the way home, I was thinking hard **** Oh, my darling babykins, what a muddle we are in. But I will be content, I will be.” Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Parker was expected to announce ty- day a special prsecutor to take der of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, and Mrs. Eleanor Reinha: Mills. He is. expected to name At-. torney General McCran, but it is thought unlikely that McCran will personally look after the investi- gation. Private detectives working on the case declared yesterday that their investigations has convinced them that the murders resulted from jealousy. ’ GLAND THEFT NOT SOLVED (By. the Associated Press) the!" that are to come, A high pressure area which had ‘been in the Canadian Northwest descended over Montana and North Dakota, bringing coolness and light snowfall with it. The forecast to- ™} day is for generally fair weather tonight and Tuesday, colder yet to- night but with rising temperature tomorrow. The thermometer reached its lowest point of the last twenty-four hours last night, when it. was 2 degrees below the freez- ing point. It has been colder this ‘season. ‘Low temperatures ranged from 26 to 35 over the Northwest, with rdt | 820W reported in many places. MELTS ON LANDING (By the Associated Press) Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 16.— Heavy snow, the first of the sea- gon, fell here this morning between 8 and 9 o’clock. It melted upon landing. SNOW IN THREE STATES (By the Associated Press) St. Paul, Minn. Oct. 16.— The first grip of winter’s icy hand closed on the Northwest today with rain and snow reported at, various cities in Minnesota and North and South Dakota. In most cases the snow wag re- norted ‘melting as it fell, but at Fergus Falls, Minn., advices said that a three inch blanket of white Chicago, Oct. 16.—Police and the| Covered the ground and was mele Chicago Medical Society aiding in| ing slowly, the investigation, still were baffled today by the mystery surrounding the city’s gland robberies. At least two men were known to have been subjected to operations in which vital glands were removed from their bodies. Both said they were kidnaped, drugged, mutilated | 802. jane left on the street. In some respects the two cases differed widely, Joseph Wozniak, 34, one of the victims, lost one gland through an operation which medical men said, was the work of an expert surgeon. Harris Johnson, an employe of the city electrical department, whose loss of glands was double that of Wozniak, was mutilated by an ama- teur, according to surgeons. Thomas J. O’Grady, Demodratic representative in the general assem- bly announced he would introduce a bill in the legislature next winter for drastic measures against the potential menace of “gland bandits.” MIXED BOUT HELD AT STEELE Steele, N. D., Oct. 16.—Steele box- ing and wrestling fans saw some- thing new Saturday night, a mixed match between Mike Collins, wrest- ler, and Buck Jones boxer, in which Jones tried ‘to win by boxing and Collins*by wrestling. Collins won in four minutes. A six-round boxing match between doe Moug and Buck Garrison went to a draw. Moug was the aggressor} Bat Krause challenged the winner. Heand Moug have fought two draws, and probably will be matched soon. ALL STARS VICTORS Fargo, N. D., Oct. 16—In a thrill- ing game of baseball here Saturday the All Stars of the American league defeated a team composed of Dakota league players, 6 to 5. % HALF INCH OF SNOW (By the Associated Press) Watertown, S. D., Oct. 16.—Halt an inch of snow fell here this morning, covering the ground in its first white blanket of the sea- HEAVY FLURRIES AT FARGO Fargo, N. D., Oct. 16.—Fargo was hidden this forenoon in heavy flurries of snow, the first of the season which begun during the night and ended at 11 am. It melted as it fell. A cold wave traveling southeast from Lower Canada is expected to reach this part of the state tonight, according to R. E, Spencer, U. S. weather ob- server, ~ LIQUOR STORES FOUND AT LIGNITE IN CELLARS NEAR DILLIAGE’S FARM BY FEDERAL DRY AGENTS (By the Associated Press) | of liquor taken across the border {OM at the Bienfeit, station on ithe |into the United States October 4,] was robbed and murdered there, 1 seized and carried away by “High on the prairie, ling final hearing of. the matter. The 'FOUR OUNCES OF HORSE FLESH NETS OWNER BIG LOSS (By the Associated Press) Paris, Oct. 16.—Lack of four ounces in the weight carried by} Dauphin in the Municipal Council stakes at. Longchamps Saturday cosy the, horse’s owner, Captain Jefferson*D, Cohn, 238,450 francs in stake money and a little more than 200,000 franks in bets, Dau- phin being disqualified. Jockey Sharpe had weighed out | | i | | Nquor has been identified as that which Dilliage purchased from Mat- morning of October’ 4, when Matoff} Dillage and Lackoste are said to have driven the truck load of liquor over the boundry where it was Jackers” who left the men stranded Jointly charged with Lackoste.;Correctly, but Dauphin’s girth Lee Dillia; 3napped, and was replaced. The ge Who. was, the/ last man substitute girth was found to to see Matoff ablve, iq awaiting ex- tradition at the county jail in Bow- bells, N. D. NAME LAWRENCE AS MASTER IN MINOT MATTER Aubrey Lawrence, Fargo lawyer has been appointed master to tak: evidence in the case in which the Northern States Power Company seeks to prevent the state board of weigh 120 grammes less than the original. Dauphin, which was {quoted at odds of eleven to one in the mutuals led from start to finish, winning in a canter, INSURANCE ON INSTITUTIONS IS T00 SMALL Report to Board of Adminis- tration Results in Order Of Appraisal cing its order for a reduction in Mi- not ‘electric rates, according to word received today from Federal Judge Elliott by Frank Milhollan, chairman of the state commission, The Minot utility obtained an injunction pend- master is expected to take evidence next month, THREE DIE AS RESULT OF GUN FIGHT Policeman Killed by Negro When They Interfere in ‘ Fight with His Wife REVAMP: PURCHASING Appraisal of all state institutions will be made by a firm employed by the state board of administration, as a result of the appraisal report of the Lloyd-Thomas Appraisal Co., on the state penitentiary and insane hospit- al at Jamestown, whith, according to board members showed them to have been insured far below their value. The appraisal of these in- stitutions was ordered because of lack of definite figures on the value of these institutions, The Lloyd-Thomas report gives the replacement value of the state penitentiary at $1,253,663.30. The board’s August report showed that insurance in force on the prison was SEVEN FATILITIES Underworld Killings at Rock Island Due to Political Fracas Rock Island, Ill., Oct. 16.—Police- men Janies and Edward Minor and Robert Scott, a negro, are dead as aresult of a gun fight last night in an underworld negro dope den. The policemen sought to stop a quarrel between Scott and his wife that was disturbing neighbors Scott turned‘ his gun an the offic- ers when they entered his place. Green was instantly killed and Minor and Scott died after being removed to a hospital. Scott came here recently from St. Paul. A rifle and several revolvers were found in his home, which is thought to have been a distributing agency for dope among underworld negroes, Scott lived in a district the police have been seeking for weeks to free of vicious conditions. | The three latest deaths bring the toll of lives lost in underworld warfare in the city in a few months to seven, and the Billburg and Looney gangs still are vowing vengence upon each other. Looney, whose son ‘was slain in a street’ battle between underworld factions, is barricaded in his home surround- ed night and day by armed guards. being one of a gang that killed young Looney, is at large on $20,- 000 bonds. Feeling is running high at the seeming inability of the police authorities to make the city safe and it may yet be necessary to call for state troops to restore normal conditions. The grand jury is in session Rearing evidence in several y ings. KID BRADY NOW ‘HERE AS BOXER Kid Brady, who has been boxing around Fargo for the past year and claims the bantamweight champion- ship of the state, has joined the Krause stable of boxers and wrezt~ lers here, The boys are all working out at 3 p. m. at the Capitol Pool Hall. POLICE WOMAN OF RACINE RETIRES UNDER FIRE OF SCANDAL CHARGES; WAS “STRONG WOMAN” OF VAUDEVILLE Chicago, Oct. 16—Mrs. Alma Long- gale, erstwhile “strong woman’ of the vaudeville stage and more recently police woman at Racine, Wis., is leav- ing that city, she’ declared today, the victim of persecution. Prominent business men of Racine. have been mentioned in anonymous charges incident vo Mrs, Longgale’s departure, As she prepared to leave Racine Mrs, Longgale vigorously denied tha. she has made her home a rendezvous for business men and girls, as charged in mysterious telephone calls and unsigned messagas which have some Racine wives up in arms. Mrs. Longgale said that vaudeville pictures of. her costumed in a leop- ard skin had been distributed by hes enemies. “The charge is true that Mr. Long- gale, who left town last Easter, had not been divorced from the first wife when he married He,” she: said. “But I was innocent of any knowledge of the first wife's existence and so can- not be blamed for that.” “Last week Racine celebrated a ‘made in R§cine’ carnival.: At a meeting in the auditorium during one of these festival sessions, som one released from the roof a flock of handbills. “I understand the bill was headed ‘made of Racine’ and that it inclua ed a paragraph to this effect: ‘Two hundred reward to the married wo- man who can write the best scandat story. We know something. Whht do you know?” | the future just as they are made by the state institutions. bers will keep a close touch on the needs of the various state institutions goods needed at the lowest prices for grouped in estimates so as to make will be segregated so that the busi- ness houses whith specialize in cer- bid, according to members. planning of the future needs of insti- tutions has building which is wasteful in many ways. typographical survey at the Agricul- tural College, University of North Dakota, Insane Hospital This survey will show not only the outline of property used for institu- tional purposes, but all buildings to- gether with utilities, heating plant, connections. method is to have a definite plan on which extensions and additions may be made, bobbed hair, Leominster, ; tant center of the comb and hairpin $319,100 on buildings and $260,000 on twine fiber. The appraisals of the insane hospital at. Jamestown gives the replacement-value of the insti- tution at $2,805,835.97, The board’s August 31 report showed insurance of $642,025, since ‘increased to $1,- 141,360.00 through the ‘state’ insur- ance fund. Since the state insurance fund is limited the amount of risks it can assume, the state has been a co-insurer on the two institutions to such extent that it was assuming a burden of 33 1-2 to 50 percent of the value, which situation in case iof fire would cause serious loss to the state. REORGANIZING PURCHASING The board is now letting contracts for suppliés for various institutions, and it is announced that the entire purchasing system has been re- organized. A shortage of $12,000 was found to exist in the purchasing department as conducted by the former administration of the board, according to members of the Nestos administration majority on the board. This shortage is represented chiefly in supplies and materials which could not be accounted for, and in less measure to depreciation in gooos bought athigher prices and not consumed, according to the re- port of the examination of the de- partment. Under the reorganization system a, perpetual inventory is to be maintained in the supply depart- ment, so that at the close of each day’s business a report may be ob- tained showing just what had gone out during the day and the exact amount of supplies on hands. The department is now under the direc- tion of M. E. McIntyre, Change Building Method Requisi is will not be filled in Board mem- and endeavor to furnish the kind of which they can be obtained. Com- plaints have been made by bidders that the specifications were too in- definate as to the quality of goods to be furnished, and some bidders further allege that articles were so it difficult if not possible for various jobbing houses to bid. The former purchasing agent grouped scores of articles which, as a unit, could be furnished by buta very few business houses. Under the new system they tain lines may have opportunity to Report of Needs Investigation -has convinced board members that lack of systematic resulted in haphazard The board is having made a at James- town, Valley City Teachers College, Deaf School at Devils Lake and Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Dunseith. such as the ystem and of this sewage The obje' Because of the prevailing fad for an_impor- industry, has been hard hit. ‘CONSERVATIVES MAY DISCARD COALITION PLAN Meet to Decide Whether a Return to Party Rule Is Advisable MI ISTRY MAY FALL War Time Arrangement Is Meeting with Opposition And Crisis Feared Soon (By the Associated Press) London, Oct, 16—The conserva- tive members of the government have been summoned to meet to- day to decide whether they shall ‘continue their support of the coali- tion under the leadership of Prime Minister Lloyd George. The meet- ing which was called by Austen Chamberlain, Lord Privy Seal and government leader in the House of Commons, will include the conserv- avives in the cabinet and the under secretaries belonging to the party. It is believed Mr, Chamberlain will be backed by the Earl of Bal- four, Lord Birkenhead and Sir Rob- ert Horne in his adhesion to the Premier, but the attitude of sev- eral’ others is regarded as more than doubtful. It is stated there will be a de- mand from the majority for a gen- eral party meeting before any de- cision is taken, and that if this is not done there will be many resig- nations from the ministry—enough, according to some predictions to cause its fall. In any case it is believed today’s meeting is likely to have a decis- ive effect upon the political future, although the possibility of some arrangement which will hold the party together for a time is not excluded from consideration. All the morning newspapers through their editorial columns re- Peat their conviction that an elec- tion must come soon but opinions differ as to the probable date. Some expect a definite announce- ment in this respect within a day or two, Mr. Lloyd George’s Manchester ‘speech is roundly condemned by the’ -bulk’ of the morning papers, among’ which he has only two ‘staunch supporters, namely the Daily Chronicle and the Daily Telegraph. COOPERATION PROMISED IN FUEL SUPPLY (By the “Associated Press) St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 16, ooper- ation in obtaining a sufficient sup- ply of hard coal for the Northwest, is promised in dispatches received today by Governor J. A. O. Preus from Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, \ Mr, Hoover's telegram is in reply to the Message sent by Gov. Preus Friday in which he urged the neces- sity of the shipment of hard coal via the Great Lakes to Northwest- ern docks, Mr. Hoover stated that a repre- sentative of ithe Federal Fuel ad- ministrator was sent to Philadelphia to sit with the anthracite distribu- tion committee whose duty it. would be to see that Northwestern states yeceive a tonnage of hard coal ade- quate to meet the demand. He stated that the lack of shipments was be- cause of the grain movement and that fully realizing the critical sit- uation in this territory, the matter will be given special attention over all other fuel questions. POWER BY RADIO NOW POSSIBILITY New York, Oct. 16.—Transmisision ; of power from Niagara Falls to New York by radio is a possibility of the future in the opinion of Dr. E. F. W. Alexanderson, chief engineer of the radio corporation, This prediction followed the success of a 16-hour test of election tubes in place of large alternator) in transmitting wireless messages across the Atlan- tic ocean. ALL STARS WIN -GAME AT MINOT (By the Associated Press) Minot, N. D., Oct. 16.—In a game featured by extra base hitting and flashes of spectacular fielding by players on both sides, the Ame ican All Stars, a team composed of players from aggreations playing league baseball in the east, defeat- ed the North Dakota All Stars here yesterday by a score of 5 to 4. A crowd of approximately 2,000 fans from all parts of the Northwest was here. Batteries: American league, Ogden and Perkins, Picki- nich; N, D, All Stars, Boardman and Seibert. A proposed trip to the Orient was abandoned by the barnstormers who will return east today. Normally, about 60 per cent of the world’s output of gold is pro- ducing within the British Empire, Principally in South Africa.