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ryt For Bismarck and __ vicinity: Rain tonight; Tuesday fair, with rising temperature. < eee ee eee e eee aaa ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BI S CK *®TRIB BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY OCTOBER 30, 1922 NE (Leased Wire of Associated Press) LAST PRICE FIVE CENTS EDITION | GRAIN TRADING ACT ATTACKED FASCISTI COUP WINS VICTORY QVER FACTA Nationalists Have Army at Gates of Rome Ready for Demonstration KING WON OVER! Embraces Military Leader of |’ Insurgents and Promise a New Regime London, Oct. 30.—The triumphant forces of Fascisti were ready, today to take over the governmeft of Italy, according to dispatches, Their | leader, Dr. Benito Mussolini, was scheduled\to see the king and an- swer the call of the soverign for him to create a new ministry to re- place the Facta government whose | downfall was brought about last; week by the growing tide of Fas- cisti power and sympathy. | Outside the city thousands of ' Mussolini’s black shirted followers awajt the command that will send them marching with proud step of| a victorious army through the gates of Rome already gay with flags. and | bunting to celebrate their entry. | Communication lines leading to! the Italian capital are reported in| control of the Fascisti, Little news of their activities has come from! Italy since last night when Mus- solini boarded a special train at Milan to go to Rome. He had just notified the fallen Priemer Facta | that he had no intention of enter- ing any cabinet: formed by any poli- tician. ; He: declared “the Fascisti thust go into power without alliances; with any other party but granting some portfolios outside the Tascisti party.” Revolt Against Politicians ' The Revolt against “the politici- ans” long ago begun by.the-Fascisti,) many of them vigorous young veter- | ans of the world war, was crowned ; with success yesterday when King Victor Emmanuel, greatly moved ; embraced Deputy Di Vecchi, one of the supreme military authority of | of the Facisti, told him that he, would give Italy a government most | suited to the new spirit pervading! the country and then entrusted Mussolini with the task of forming a ministry. In forming a new cabinet Mus- | solini said he would retain to him- self the portfolios of interior and foreign affairs and appoint General { Diaz minister of war, Admiral Thaon di Rival minister of finance, | and include in the governor body; the Catholic deputy, Cavazzoni, and the Liberal senator, Lusignoli, now) prefect of Milan, conferring the | other portfolios upon Fascisti. British official dispatches from Rome indicate that the Fascisti movement in Italy is proceeding peacefully. So far the Fascisti, it is} stated, have proved themselves well disciplined. Soldiers in the King’s -uniform early today were lining the roads from Civitavecchia to Rome all along its way through the Apennines, and barbed wire and sentries with fixed bayonets protected the entran- ces» to Allumiere, Tolfa, Manziana and Bracciano, 20 miles northwest of Rome. Railway) communication was still interrupted in the early hours be- tween Civitavecchia and Rome. Within a radius of fifty miles from 'Rome sixty thousand Fascisti were encamped overnight, many of them sending lorries into the capital to bring back the bread necessary for their sustenance. The King’s troops unquestioning permitted these lorries to pass in and out of the city. SERIOUS RIOTING Oct. 29.—Serious rioting out here tonight Parties of Fascisti while passing through a workingmen’s quarters known to be a hotbed of subversive elements, were attacked by Com- munists, who threw stones and fired revolvers. The Fascisti replied. One person was killed and one Fascisti, was wounded and the rest who were greatly outnumbered, had two of their men taken prisoner. The Fascisti immediately tele- phoned to headquarters whence numerous groups in motor cars went to the rescue of their com- panions, Troops meanwhile occupi- ed the zone with an overwhelming number of -soldiers. Benito Mussolini leader of the Fascisti called by King Victor Em- Rome, broke manuel to form a cabinet, arrived in Rome this forenoon. The crowds thronging the neighborhood of the railway terminal gave him an en- thusiastic welcome Mussolini left immediately for the quirinal where he was given an audience by the King. The capital was lavishly decorat- ed with flags today but calm was being maintained. It is believed the new ministry will be constituted today. When the Fascisti leader arrived Civitavecchia before taking @ (Continued on Page Three) at Fire Hero! Poo eth, John O'Donnell, 17, was the hero of the incendiary fire that cost 14 lives in a New York tenement, | Young O'Donnell, passing when the | fire was discovered, rushed into the burning building, aroused sleeping occupants on the woos. | floors and carried three safety. LOW PRESSURE AREASPREADS ; barrel section, which will be used for grinding durum wheat exclusively, i will be finished shortly afterwards. | Old Man High Pressure Fol-| 2nd some space for public storage.) lowing on Heels to Bring Cold and Fair, However SNOW Is GENERAL, Most of Plains States Report Snow Turing to Rain Fall- , Snow: Turning'to Rain Fall- / Ojd Man Low Pressure, the pessi- mist. of the weather world who al- ways’ pa(cs along. a disagreeable | packet of rain, snow or something | else, was victor in the battle of the! elements today, but latest reports | said that Old Man High Pressure! was following close on his heels.! pressing the battle and probably would drive the gloom producer out of North Dakota tomorrow. Rain which turned to snow was the contribution of Old Man Low Press- ure today. He was in control over the entire Plains states. There was| snow in Lander, Miles City and Williston, and cloudy or rainy wea- ther at many other places early this morning. The snow hadn’t reached Fargo early in the day but was ex- pected to arrive. The thermometer sank to 33 above in Bismarck and .13 jnches of rain had fallen up to 8 o’clock this morr- ing. The cheering news was brought!’ that an area of high pressure was following from the west, whicn brought predictions for probably colder weather and fair tomorrow. There is an extreme low pressure lurking in western Canada, but there! kota banks between June 30 and Sep- to hear both men and women speak- is no telling if it will follow the high pressure area, RAINING AT JAMESTOWN Jamestown, N. D., Oct. 80.—The snow reported in ,the western part of the state had not reached James- town at noon. It was raining and snow was expected to follow this aft- ernoon. GENERAL PRECEPITATION. Chicago, Oct. 30.—General precip tation has occurred since Saturday from the Rocky Mountain region eastward over the Missouri Valley and Southwestward to Oklahoma, the weather bureau kvre announced to- day. In Wyoming there was a heavy fall of snow over a large area, Lan- der reporting fourteen inches. Abnormal warmth still _ prevails from the upper Midsissippi Valley southwestward to the gulf with the highest temperatures of record so late in the season reported from In- dianapolis and Minneapolis yester- day. It has been much cooler over the western half of the country, 2 minimum of six above zero occur- ring at Flagstaff, Ariz., last night. KQUITY LOSSES $158,000.00 Total losses of the Equity Cooper- ative exchange, for the year in which it is charged in recent suits that the sale of grain was manipula- ted in the interest of certain offi- cers, totalled $158,000,.00, according to the report for the year on file in the office of the Secretary of State. The total business transacted for the period was about forty million of dollars, according to the figures of the report. | provement in the banking situation. RIOTING REPORT STATE MILL “OPERATING AT - GRAND FORKS North Dakota’s New Enter- prise Begins Activities— 8,C00 Barrel Capacity GOV. NESTOS PRESENT Venture Initinted by Program of Speeches and Tour of Inspection (By the Associated Press) Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 30.—The | state of North Dakota today went! ‘into the elevator and flour milling) business when its $2500,000 mill: and elevator was formally opened here. Prior to al uncheon attended: by | ! state officials and other prominent {citizens, Governor R. A. Nestos, ipressed a button setting in motion ;Machjnery in the flour mill, which; ; eventually will have a capacity of |3,006 barrels a day. | One unit of the mill, with a daily | capacity of 1,000 barrels, was placed | yin operation today. A second unit j j with the same capacity will be ready lin about 3 weeks and the third 1,000} The elevator has sufficient room! lto care for the needs of the mill,| | which will be increased later. ' | Thirty-three thousand bushels of | {grain had been purchased for the! j opening and the first shipment ar- irived late last week. “North Dakota | Maid” was the trade name tentative- adopted for the state’s flour. The mill and elevator project was! nart of the state industrial program | inaugurated seyeral years ago by the state officials, elected with Nonpar- tisan. league , endorsement. The | league sponsored the movement. | Work .6n. the. structure “was: beguo in the spring of 1920 and wes halted in the fall of that year because. of nability of the state administration to: dispose of sufficient bonds .<o finance it. Nothing further was done until this spring when work was resumed, with a new administration, composed of officials opposed to the league, in office. (Continued from Page One) INCREASE I DEPOSITS MADE ly ‘initely with parties. ; | parties: i Washington, Oct. 80.—-The woman vote—how will it go? That's the biggest of all questions | in political: circles these days. If! that. could be answered, there would | be little need of waiting for the} bulletins election day to know the | outcome of the day’s'balloting. ij Women, united politically, wou'd : hold the balartce of power. Thvir) favor or disfavor would seat or,un-| seat senators and congressmen, But no united action by women in the | coming elections is discernible, ‘as | | election day draws near. Instead, even women leaders are urging Wo- men voters to align themselves def- How Republicans and Democtats'| are appealing to the feminine voters for their help Noy. 7 is shown in the | following statements written . fori NEA Service by the leaders of .the | women’s wing in each of the two old | By Mrs. Emily Newell Blair Of Washington, Committecwoman, Democratic ional Committee. How will the Democratic party ! get the women out to the polls? First of all by offering the women an op- portunity to rebuke the present Con- gress for its high tariff with a) vote for congressmen who will op- pose the present iniquitous fates cn| everything that women buy, for themselves and their families. i Women are the buyers of the fam-| ily and they cannot, as buyers, face the tremendous increase in the cost} of what they buy, without’ alarm. | They will flock to the polls to ex-! press this alarm in a vote against a | Republican. Congress which has voted for an increase in everything | they buy. In the congressional debates, Re- publican senators contended that this tariff would increase the cost ; articles “only a few cents.” But} women know that a few cents | on | every article adds into a big.sum on the whole. Object is Tariff i They will not agree with the Re-j publican paper which said that the new tariff on wool would “only” in- crease overcoats $6.50. To the ma- jority of voters in this country an increase of $6.50) on the price of oy- ercoats never can be qualified y “only.” 4 biped rts We have: attempted to bring this situation home to women through publicity. But we have also found many other ways to carry news of the tariff to wonien who neither read newspapers or attend mectings. In some cases they have made house-to- house canvasses. In others they have arranged © porch meetings. Sometimes they have employed the chain-letter system; sometimes the button method. Democratic women will spend elec- tion day at theig telephones, remind- ing women who are forgetful. But for most part the Democratic party must content itself with presenting to the women of the country the opportunity that is theirs, trusting! that the good sense and self-interest BY N. D. BANKS Comparative Statement Shows ~ Improved Position of Institutions An increase in deposits of $5,455,- 404.55 was registered by North Da- tember 15, it is shown by the #b- stract of reports of banks issued by jthe state examiner, based on the call’ of September 15, 1922. The ab- stract also shows that the total re- serve required of state banks was exceeded on September 15 by $3,- 891,557.33, Reports received by the state ée- partment since September 15 show a big liquidation in many parts of the state which are not reflected in the fall, since the fall grain had not moved in any great quantity prior to September 15. Although marketing of grain has been retarded by the car shortage and there still is much grain to be threshed, reports, to the department show a continued im Comparative statements of the con- dition of the state banks, based up- ‘on the last three calls, are given in the abstract as follows: Deposits—Sept. 6, 1921—$93,733,- 270.17; June 30, 1922—$87,183,320.55; Sept. 15, 1922—$92,638,725.10. In- crease, June 30 to Sept. 15—$5,455,- 404.55. 5 Total reserve—Sept. 6, 1921—$10,- 409,827.92; June 30, 1922—$9,110,- 010.70; Sept. 15, 1922—$11,272,448.75. Total reserve required, Sept. 15~- $7;380,891.42, Surplus reserve—$3,-. 891,557.33. _ Loans and discounts increased be- twe:n June 30 and Sept. 15 by $2,- 252,986.55; cash on hand $278,500,82; checking deposits, $3,478,721.90; de- mand certificates, $733,340.87; time certificates ,$1,539,893.38; savings de- posits $129,504.39. To Guard City Chief of Police Martineson said today that special police would be employed tonight and tomorrow night to guard property in the city against damage from Halolwe’en pranks. He declared that parents of boys who do damage to property wil! be caused to pay damages. The chief doesn’t want to spoil innocent fun, he says, but declares that there must be no vandalism, of the American housewife will lead her to the polls. | Once there, she will register a vote | to cut down the cost of her chil- dren’s food and clothing. By Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton | Vice-Chairman, Republican National Executive Committee. | The whole trend in politics today| is for men and women to work to-; gether, to attend the same meetings, ers, to work on the same committees, to have offices in the same head- | quarters. ‘ During the last several weeks I have personally met women voters in five different states—Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Maryland and Massachu- setts, Everywhere I have found; keen, intelligent interest -in the | issues. During the whole campaign, through reports received at natio’ headquarters, I have kept closely in! touch with the political situation as it affects the woman's vote through- out the country. Here and there it is reported v men do not understand the protec- tive tariff, and it is asserted this wilt cost the Republican party their votes. Women More Partisan These reports do not frighten me I am convinced that the misleading statements made concerning the cf- fect of new tariff rates on-prices will 1 have a negligible influence on the woman’s vote, The women of Amet- ica as a whole know well that a protective tariff means prosperity for the country. They know that it will mean that all the factories will be open and that all the workmen will be busy. . The present campaign shows two things clearly. First: Women are becoming more partisan. Second: The women who voted for President Harding in 1920 are continuing their affiliations with the Republican party. The Conference on Limitations of Armaments has nullified the feeling many.women held for the League of Nations. It showed America could play a great part in the peace of the world without making any danger- ous entanglements with other na- tions and without the sacrifice of this country’s independent position. Measures passed, by the Sixty- Seventh Congress of particular in- LEADERS SEE SPLIT IN WOMAN VOTE | By NEA Service | BELOW, MRS, HARRIET TAYLOR i INVESTIGATE | \ i | i | MRS. EMILY NEWELL BLAIR; | UPTON. | GRAND JURY 10 MINOT AFFAIRS U. S. Attorney Hildreth Says “Hue and Cry Raised” To Be Probed SAY CONDITIONS JUSTIFY Request of Canadian Author- ities Prompts Action of U. S. Attorney Fargo, N. D., Oct. 30.—M. A. Hil- dreth, United States district attorney for North Dakota has asked for a federal grand jury to investigate a “hue and cry” that Minot, N. D., is a rentlezvous for bandits, he an- nounced this evening, Mr. Hildreth, just. returned from that city, where fderal court has been in session for several weeks, added that he had no definite know!- edge of the situation there when told of reported complaints on the situa- tion by Canadian authorities. NOTIFIES DOMINION GOVERN- MENT. Winnipeg, Oct. 30.—Manitoba has recommended that_the dominion gov- ernment ask the United States de- partment of justice to wage war against boptleggers and criminals said to be making their headquarters in Minot, N. D, Blame for a large number of bank ‘robberies in Manitoba and Saskatche- wan in the last two months is laid against this land. STATE JOINS HANDS, State enforcement officers have joined hands with federal officers and local authorities in the northern part of the state in an effort to break up booze and robber gangs operating around the Canadian bor- der, Attorney General Johnson dis- closed here Saturday . L. P. Sand- strom, a federal officer, has general charge of the enforeement work in the district. Because the federal officers have no automobiles with which to work the machines of state officers have been made available for their use, under the co-operative effort launch- ed by Mr Johnson and A. A, Stone, federat prohibition director, in the campaign. In this connection, Mr. Johnson de- nied the statement of F, 0. Hell- strom that a license department car had been used to transport J. F. T. O'Connor declaring that Mr. O'Con- nor had never been in a license de- partment automobile, Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 30.—Reports that United States District At- torney Hildreth of North Dakota has asked for a federal grand jury investigation into the activities of international bootleggers and terest to women have been the ma- ternity bill and the independent :ci- tizenship bill, bad men said to have their head- (Continued on Page Three) DAUGHTER DID NOT MURDER Mother of Mrs. Carleton Em- ploys Lawyer to Investi- gate Crime CORONER JURY REPOR wast | Fixes Blame for Shooting of! Rev. Christler on Margaret | Carleton | Havre, Mont., Oct. 30,—While Mrs. Christler’ is on an eastbound! train accompanying the body of her slain husband, Rev. Leonard J. Christler, rector of St. Marks Epis- copal church and known as_ ths i “bishop of all outdoors,” Mrs. Jo- | seph Pyle, mother of Mrs. Margaret | Carleton, whose body was found be- | side that of Christler, is attempting to prove that her daughter did not commit murder and suicide. A coroner’s jury brought in a verdict stating that Mrs. Carleton killed the Rev. Christler and then| shot herself. The tragedy occurred | early Friday morning. } In spite of the coroner’s jury ver- dict Mrs. Pyle has employed an at- torney and is endeavoring to find evidence that will prove her daugh- ter did not commit the crime. “I do not believe Margaret did it,” said Mrs. Pyle. “I shall not be. satis- fied until I find who owned the} gun.” Her reference was to a 38 cali-! ber revolver found in the hand of Mrs. Carleton when the bodies: were; discovered, “Margaret owned and carried, for six years, a small 22 caliber revolv- er,” continued Mrs. Pyle. “Had this! weapon been found in her hand in-! stead of the larger one, it might) be. reasonable to take that as evi-| dence that she fired the shots.” MET HER IN CHICAGO (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Oct. 30.—Supporting the doubt expressed by Mrs. Joseph H, Pyle that her daughter, Mrs. Mar- garet Carleton, killed the Rev. Leon- ard°Jacob Christler at Havre, Mont., and then committed suicide, C. E. Booth, one of the officials of the Mutual-Elwell Chautauqua Bureau, by whom Mrs. Carleton was employ- ed, today made public a letter writ- ten by Mrs. Carleton last Thursday, the day .before the tragedy, and received in Chicago Saturday. The letter speaks of her lyceum work and her plans for her little daughter, and contained a promise to call on Mr. Booth when she returned to Chicago. In expressing the opinion that Mrs. Carleton did not murder Christler nor kill herself, Mr. Booth said the letter gave no evidence of mental derangement which a coro- ner'’s jury in secret session decided caused Mrs. Carleton to shoot the pastor and take her own life. He ex- pressed amazement at the verdict. Mr. Booth told of two occasions when Mrs. Carleton and the Rev. Christler were in Chicago and spent much time in each other's company. The last time was a little less than six weeks ago, he said. BISHOP'S EXPLANATION. Havre, Mont., Oct, 30.—That Mrs. Margaret Carleton deliberately at- tempted to win Rev. Leonard J. Christler, rector of St: Mark's Episcopal church of this city, from his wife, and that failing, she shot the minister, and then herself, iy the belief of Bishop: Frederick Faber, head of the diocese of Mon- tana, according to a statement made by him today. Expect to Make Up Coal Shortage (By the Associated Press) St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 30.—The shortage of hard coal in the north- west will be made up by all-rail shipment, according to advices re- ceived today by Ivan Bowen, state fuel administrator, from the Penn- sylvania fuel commission. The allotment of hard coal to the northwest up to date is falling about 40 percent below normal, officials said. Former Minister Held for Stealing (By the Associated Press) Maclestef#, Okla, Oct. 30.—The Rev. J. C. Trotter, former pastor of the Haleyville, Okla., Methodist church, who escaped from jail here last month while awaiting trial on a charge of embezzlement, has been arrested at Alamosa, Colo., where he was working in the railroad shops under the name of Oscar Kinser, ac- cording to word received by authori- ties here today. We TO HEAR CLERK. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 30.—Testi- mony given by A -B, Niles, hotel clerk, at previous trials, was expect- ed be read today at the third trail of Arthur C, Burch for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy, ‘COOPERATION Seeks Fortune Mrs. Graphie Grace Safrig, Berkeley, Cal., has gone to Seattle to claim a fortune of more than $200,000 left by George Washing: ton Carmack, Klondike explorer. | Bhe makes the claim as Carmack’s daughter by his first marriage. IN CAR LACK I$ PROMISED Interstate Commerce Commis- sion Will Work with State Commission, Simon Says POINT OUT SERIOUSNESS Stress Laid on Urgent Need Of Cars, to Interstate Commerfce Commission , Cooperation with the state rail- ‘road-commission was promised -by |sion, Charles Simon, assistant a** torney-general, said today on his | return from: Washington where he | and Chairman Mithollan of the state railroad commission took up the matter of obtaining authority ; for the state commisssion over car distribution in the state. , A representative of the Interstate Commerce Commission, stationed in St. Paul, will come to North Da- kota thia week to go over the whole | matter, she added. The general order of the Inter- state Commerce Commission to; cars west for use in marketing the Northwest grain crop is expected to ‘bring cars, Mr. Simon said. While the Interstate Commerce Commission did not wish to relin- quish authority over the movement of cars within the state to the state commission a pledge of cooperation was made, Mr, Simon said, adding | grain future act when ED IN STREETS OF ROME CLAINS HER | SUIT STARTED BY CHICAGO TRADE BOARD Declares Act Prevents Grain Men from Insuring Against . Market Flunctuations SAY LAW IS_ INVALID Summarizes Charges Against Dealing in Futures as “Inaccurate” Chicago, Oct. 30.—The Chicago Board of Trade made its first move to test the constitutionality of the it filed in federal district court here a petition for injunction restraining the gov- .ernment from enorcing the provi- sions of the act District Judge Carpenter issued a stay order preventing the enforce- ment: of the act until Nov. 13 when he will hear the petition for a tem- porary injunction against enforce- ment of the regulating act, The law, enacted to take the place of the former Caper-Tincher Act, which declared unconstitutional by the supreme court, was passed to be- come effective Nov .1 ‘ The bill of complaint, filed by Henry S. Robbins, counsel for the board, charges that the law sceks to regulate ‘as interstate commerce trade that is wholly state; that it interferes with stdie rights: tozgov- ern exchanges, and that it seeks to deprive board members of their prop- erty by admiring representatives of co-operative bodies and permitting them to rebate commissions in vio- lation of rules observed by other members. or . Further charg@s of unconstitution- ality are made on the. ground that the law makes violations ‘ofits pro- ; Visions a crime, “and constitutes the secretary of agriculture, the secre- tary of comm and the attorney the Interstate Commerce Commis- | general a commission with power to deprive offenders of their rights to thereafter pursue a lawful avoca- tion; whereas, such criminal laws are, under the constitution enforce- able only in courts,” with a jury trial. Other sections granting wide pow- ers of contro] to the secretary of agriculture who is given authority to designate what exchanges shall or ‘shall not be contract mai.vis, ure attacked as unsound. Fear of what might result from the drastic provisions of the law, the complaint says, may bring on “a seri- ous disturbance of the grain markets of the country.” “Many owners of grain,” it states, eastern railroads to send empty | «will be deprived of the privilege of insuring themselves against price fluctuations through ‘hedging’ con- tracts and irreparable loss to mem- bers and others would result.” Statements contained in that sec- tion of the law summarizing alleged evils, of marketing are attacked by the exchange as “inaccurate.” These assertions of supposed evils, the that he expected after the visit of a representative of the commission to North Dakota the state commis- sion would be made an agent of the interstate body. Strong representation was maue to the Interstate Commerce Com- mission of the seriousness of the shortage in North ‘Dakota, the as- sistant attonney-general said. It was pointed out, he said, that many farmers have been forced to thresh wheat out on the ground and that bad weather would result in heivy! logs. The snow and ‘rain of today, a cause materlal damage, he said. ‘ Stopping off in the Twin Cites on his return to discuss the situa- tion, Mr. Simon said he found heads of Northwest railroads much jconcerned over the car lack aad frantically making efforts to obtain return oftheir own cars. Normally lat this time of the year, he said, \the Northern Pacific would have 125 per cent of its own number of cars while at this time it has but 65 per cent. Mr. Milhollan will return to- night. Last Chance To Register Tomorrow, Oct, 31, is the last chance for voters of Bismarck to register before election. If you are not already registered, you may do so at the regular polling places, which will be open for this purpose. Voters reaching the voting age since the last election, persons not be- fore registered or who have moved into the city and are entitled to vote should register. bourd contends, were disproven e the numerous hearings on the bills “Statements before committees di not show that the transactions ani peices of grain in future trading a susceptible to speculation, manipul: tion or control,” to the detriment o: producers and consumers, the com. plaint says. The statements did show, it continues, “that such fluctu- ations as do occur are not and never has been an obstruction to, or burden upon interstate commerce in grain.” Action of the Chicago Board of Trade, in filing its petition in the federal district court here today for an injunction restraining the govern- ment from enforcing the grain fu- tures law was not unexpected by the department of agriculture which has charge of the administration of the law. Preapratios hae bee under way for some time to combat any such action by the grain exchanges and the government is prepared to go forward immediately with its de- fense of the law. The federal di trict attorney at Chicago with repre- sentatives of the solicitor of the de- partment of agriculture will conducé the case. Preparations for the enforcement of the law on its effective date, Nov. 1, have been completed by the grain futures law administration and Ches- ter Morrill, assistant to the sccre- tary of agriculture and in charge of the administration grain exchanges have received designations under the new law as contract markets. There are Los Angeles, Milwaukee and the Chicago open Board of Trade. RELIEF WORKER KILLED (By the Associated Press) New York, Oct. 30.—The murder by bandits near Aleppo, Syria, of James Lester Wright of Waukesha, Wis., a Near East relief worker, wag reported today in a cable mess- age to Near East relief headquar- ters by Stanley Kerry, one of its workers in the Bierut-Aleppo dis- trict.