The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 2, 1923, Page 1

Soe MA TIENT es + WEATHER. FORECAST Generally fair tonight and Sat- urday. ESTABLISHED 1873 : ‘ |. EXPECTS STATE | TO WIN PRIZES: ~ — AT BIG SHOW Some Blue Ribbons Coming to. State From International , Exposition, Prediction QUALITY JS IMPROVED North Dakota Products Rise to New Standards Through Cultivation Fargo, N. D., Nov. 2—Blue rib- bons will be owned by several Ncrth Dakota farmers after the Interna- tional Livestock Exposition in Chi- cago, November 10, thinks H. L. Wal- ster, agronomist at the North Dako- ea Agricultural college. “With North Dakota already mak- ing a name for itself through the north as being an excellent source of good seed corn, there is every reason for the farmers of. this state to better this young market by showing their wares at the national show,” said Mr. Walster. “Canadian farmers have recently purchased ceed corn from North Dakota farmers and this market can be extended so that] Mrs, Julia Madden Asks Sum it may cover states of the Northwest as well as Canada. Because of Car Damage , The showing at Chicago may te a good advertisement for North Dako: ta grains, in the opinion of Mr. Wal-) was shot by state licensing depatt- | ster. In answer to many letters of| ment agents while engaged in rum inquiry as-to the kind of exhibits to] running in Stutsman county in May, send and the manner of handling) 1921, has filed suit for $3,300 against | them the agronomist advises that) Harry Dunbar, former state license the entry card for the International] inspector under Willian Lemke, the Grain and Hay show must be in the} state bonding department and the hands of the Superintendent of En-| state licensing department for $3,300, tries, International Livestock Ex-| due because, she alleges, Dunbar and position, Grain and Hay Show De-| his agents drove the Cadillac auto! partment, Union Stock Yards, Chi-|taken from Madden until it was al- cago by November 10. most worthless. “If you do not have cards, get; Mrs. Madden, who is a resident of | them from your county agent or drop} Jowa, says she was adjudged owner | a postcard to the agronomy depart-| of the automobile. She asserts that ment, North Dakota Agricultural col-| after it was confiseated 4t was driven lege asking for cards. North Dako-|py Dunbar. and others until it was ta growers of Rustler white dent,| depreciated so it could not be driven Pioneer white dent, Minnesota 13,] more and then placed in storage. Square Deal, golden dent, Dakota white flint, Mercer flint, Gehu flint (or similar varieties), should get in- to the game at once with Sen- ear and single-ear entries. “Let's wake them up down at Chi- cago. Don’t forget your peck sam- ples of any hard red spring wheat; RADIO BEATS scctenzszca| DISH WASHING beans. We have every chance to win, The Dishes Wait on Farm out against thesworld on our four- s quart samples of sweet clover, alfal-|’ Homes as Well as City Homes FILES SUIT AGAINST N. D. Mrs. Julia, Madden, whose husvand “ fa, alsike clover, red clover and tim- othy seed. A single North Dakota arm got away with the first prizes ae ‘ on both sweet clover reed and alfalfa] Fargo, Nov, 2.—The supper dishes seed last year. Let's rqpeat the per-| have waited until 8:30 and some of formance but let us have 500 farm-|the evening chores have likewise basiy iaiaptan tessa corn that | eet neglected on many a farm home might win prizes (are destroyed be-| and city home as well if letters re- cause of the way\they are packed,, ceived by Lean Keene of the school continued Mr. Walster. He advises|of mechanic arts at the North Da-; that each ear be carefully wrapped|kota Agricultural college, tell the! with paper or excelsior and that the | true story. entire sample be enclosed in a wood-| The housewives and their husbands en box or stiff cardboard box. If] prefer to let their work go for a these precautions are not taken the| while on Monday, Wedhesday and} “corn will shell off the ear and the| Friday evenings in order to listen sample be spoiled for showing pur-|to the radto lectures and entertain- poses, he states. Excelsior or straw] ments which are sent out from the may be used as packing in the box.| broadcasting’ station at the college. , “With other grains it is ‘not ne-| Many letters have recently come to cessary to go to so much care in| the dean requesting lectures on vari- packing,” the agronomist concluded.| ous subjects. “Oats, alfalfa, etc. may be sent in a] The only. complaint so far’ regi closely woven sack.” tered is that the hour of the radio Keene reports that ‘it is/impossible to change the hour at present as it is the time allotted this station. “We will be glad to receive sug- Ambassador to London In so far as is possible our program St. Paul, Nov. { 2—Former Senator | shall be arranged to satisfy the re- Frank B. Kellogg, informed of the | quests that come in to our office.” formal announcement of his selection} The program for November fol- dent and the secretary of state and} Morgan: Novémber,19, Masonic Pro- also the responsibilities of the of-| gram lovember #23, Agronomy, Dr. All that I can say ig that I| W ; November’ 30, Chemistry, \shalt do. my. best to carry out their| Dr.’ Pearce. Chancellor Stresemain (left) of Germany is shown talking with the noted Englis:. labor leader E. D. M. where Morel went to discuss l.ivor Gifficulties of Burcpe. ‘2,000 MILE j tour, |of Americas second ions from those who have listen- ambassador to the Court of St.|!ows: November 2,) Football, Coach instructions, represent the best in- f KELLO rit programs comes too soon after sup- ea in on the programs,” remarked Mr. Keene. “By this means we will James, issued this brief statement | Dewey; ‘November 5; Mrs. Myrtle today: Gleason Cole, Dean of Women; No- terests of my country and as far as I am capable maintain the high stan, per and intérferes with the house- STATEMENT be able to offer a wider variety and “I deeply appreciate the great hon-| vember 7, Agriculture, C, B. WAd- ‘ ‘dard set by my! distinguished pre- work and after-supper chores. ‘ Dean Appreciates Honor of Being will know just what the public wants. or conferred upon me by the presi- | ron; November 12, Daifying, Max decessors. PLAY DAY, 3 Williston, N. D., Nov. 2.—The proposal of the Williston Commer- cial club tq hold in this city the an- nual play day of the, Williams coun- ty schools, was adopted by the school officials of the county at ir an- ipervision of work on thé $75,000 nual meeting tecently held here. The | river reverting job to be undertak- last play day held in this, city was/en on the west bank of the Mi three years ago, after which it was |, our river just'north of the North: decided to hold it in different em Pacific Railroad’ bridge. town each year.” This plan has been| < Mr, Malden desires’ to hire tried twice, suteeeding events hav-| teams, separately and with ‘drivers, * ing been staged at Tioga and Gren-} and to hire common labor, and to ora, The authorities have concluded | ‘begin grading operations soon ~ that the county seat, being also the| “as possible. He will be’ able to largest city in the county,’ draws] employ'a great deal of Isbor, and merce ced ge and,can een al hopes to rush the grading work} dint it Hes be complete: ve: 'W. J. Maiden of the Kansas City office of the United States’ En- ; ae ‘t ar FARMERS AND TEAMS WANTEDON ginegrs: has. arrived here to begin|: frosen over. | om werk there} te with iim ‘Wow,’ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1923 orei, f&hoto was taken in serlia,! CHECK INCOME | TAX RETURNS: The annual checking of all income, tax reports on incomes of less than $5,000 a year has been inaugurated | by the Bismarck division office of the United States. Internal Revenue | Bureau, under B. E. Hitchcock. The reports are to be checked for their accuracy and sufficiency. Corporation reports in this district | {are checked by agents from the rev-| ; enue agent's department , St. Paul. PAVED ROAD Last Barrier and Detour Sign Removed from Pacific Highway Portland, Ore., Nov. 2.—The Pa- cific Highway, the longest hard sur- faced Highway in the world is now a reulity. On October 25th, the last barricr and detour sign, was removed and with elaborate ceremonies the 2,000 mile scenic highway from Can- | made him “more ___ |LAFOLLETTE IN PLEA FOR ® GERMAN HELP Senator Says That American People Ought to Prevent Starvation in Germany OTHERWISE, ~ CHAOS Senator, Returning From Europe, Says He Will De- vote Life to Present Cause Portland, Me. Nov. 2.—Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin returning today on the United States liner George Washington after three months in Europe told newspaper ;men that what he had seen overseas determined than ever to devote whatever power I possess to bring our government back to the people.” —_ He said he was prepared to spend the balance of his life in combating ‘with renewed energy “the forces that are tending to undermine and des- troy in the United States the Amér- ican tradition of government.” In making an appeal fdr American [aid for the people of Germany, Sen- {ator LaFollette said: “Delay means the possible. over- throw of government; dissolution, chaos, civil war and hell let loose in Europe.” “I feel bound,” he said, in a pre- pared statement,” to avai] myself of this firsé opportunity upon my re- turn to appeal directly to the men and women of our country to help the unfortunate people of Germany. Wholly aside from the issues involv- ed in the war common humanity calls upon the American people to aid the German people in their dire need, ‘to aid them now.” SOVIET RUSSIA. MUCH VISITED. BY OUTSIDERS: ada to Mexico was formally opened to uninterrupted. traffic. The celebration began at Olympia, the capital of Washington, and end- ed two days later at Salem, the cap- ‘tol of Oregon. The biggest feature of the celebration, however, centered ; aYound@’ ‘tite burial of “Old Mar De- tour,” symbolized by a stuffed figure of a man, who was tossed over the side of the mile long interstate bridge at Portland, which spans the Columbia river and connects Oregon and Wi: ington, Here representatives from oreaor! Washington and California conduct- ed the mock funeral while tens of thousands of spectators substituted chéers for tears when Old Man De- well decorated “with broken auto springs and detour signs, was lowered to final rest under the waters gest river. Many Views Aired by Visitors,“ From All Parts of the ze Country Moscow, Nov. 2.—Soviet Russia has been so full of American visitors, commercially, politically and artis- SEPAR ATISTS | REPORT FORMER CROWN PRINCE AGAIN TAKE TOWN-CONTROL Re-enter Aix La Chapelle Af- ter Storming the Town Hall Dispatches — Say USE SULPHURIC ACID Separatists- From Several Towns Join the Force in Seige at Aix La Chappelle QUIT CABINET Berlin, Nov. 2—The socialists have withdrawn from the coul- ition government of the Reichs, it was announced this afternoon. MAKES DECISION Berlin, Nov. 2.—Chancellor Stresemann informed the social- ists Icaders this af oon! that the majority of the members of his cabinet have rejected the de- mands which the socialists made the condition off their continu- ance in the ministry. Aix La Chapelle, Nov. 2.—(By the Associated Press)—The se- paratists belonging to the party of Leo Deckers, who proclaimed the Rhineland Republic here on October 21, admitted tké'r defeat this afternoon and bien to de- part from the city in large num- bers. All the separatist flags have becn hauled down from the town hall and the government quarters evacuated. (By the Associated Press. Cologne, Germany, Nov, 2.—The town hall at Aix La Chapelle and the government buildings where the Rhineland republic was proclaimed 12 days ago are again in thé hands of separatist forces, according to word received here shortly before 10 o'clock this morning. Men under Leo Deckers, sepa leader, reinforced by separatists from Coblenz and Dureen seized the building this morning, the advices stated. According to word telephoned here Seizure of the town hall was accom- panied by street fighting in which a number of separatists were wounded. unverified report said the separ- atists in Aix La Chappelle were plun- dering the shops which refused to open, the raiders helping themselves to the supplies they desired. DEFEND BUILDING. (By the Associated Press.) Aix La Chapelle, Nov. 2—Fifteen tically inclined, during the past summer that more versions of tl “truth about Russia” ‘are likely to be aired in the United States dug- ing the coming winter than ever be- fore. Divergent views have been express- ed here, and views equally divergent will be carried away. Some of the American visitors who talked only with disgruntled business men, or whose own pet schemes went away because of some government code de- signed to prevent exploitation and. Old Man Detour’s interment marks the culminaticn of more than 20 years of approximately $30,000,000 in Oregon and Washington alone. But the results have proved worthy of the effort bec: it has given to America a scenic highway that challenges the admiration of the world. It includes every type of scenery from gentle farm lands to massive mountains. white with Glaciers. It traverses plain plunges through great forests, hugs the walls of huge canyons, skivts beautiful taxes, and from ‘it radiate other paved highways that carry one to ocean, mountain or desert. In les’ than fopr hours drive from Portland, Oregon, for ex- ample, one can be bathing in the ocean, or climbing snow capped mountains, or hunting in mountain fastness, or yachting or picking fruit, as desired, ‘STEELE FARMER KILLED Aneta, N. D., Nov. 2.—John Erick- son, Steele county farmer, was kill- ed when' the car in which he was riding with a brother and another man, ran from a high grade and turned turtle. He was 40 years of age and had farmed in:Steele county for a number of Ee ee the work of placing the brush and wood matrices on bank. ~ An opportunity is offered farm- ers of this section and others to obtain good ; wages for use of their teams on the project imme- diately. Application a ercnid be «made to Mr. Malden, whose addre: is 810 Second peer Northw. Mandan, he having taken a hous there during the period in which he will be employed on the job. Applications should be made imme- diately. Just when work will beginis un- rtain becat ‘definite authoriza- must first be received by Mr. iden. e#t Jead profiteering, probably will call Rus- all sorts of names and paint the country as a huge: Bolshevik viper waiting to sink its Marxian fangs in- to the world. Visitors artistically inclined found painting, music, the drama, and the ballet in Moscow better than any- whére in the world, and these im- pressions will color all, they have to tell their friends. Many others found the Spviet gov- ernment firmly planted’on strong feet, with no evidences in sight of an overthrow, while not a few were im- | pressed by the great size of the country and its future pos The finding of the needle in the haystack» would be simplicity itself compared to reaching’ unanimity of opinion about the desirable and un- desirable’ traits of Russian Bolshe- vism. THE WEATHER i For twenty-four hours ending Pf noon. Temperature at 7A. M). 35. Temperature at noon 52, Highest. yesterday 52. Lowest yesterday 26. Lowest last night. 88, Precipitation’ 0. Highest wind velocity 8. Weather Forecast For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Saturday. Little change in temper: For North Dakota: Gei ally fair tonight and Saturday. Little change in temperature. Weather Conditions ‘The pressure is low over the ncrth- ern Plains ~ States Rocky Mountain ° region causing southerly winds and warm wepther in practically all sections. Minimum temperatures above freezing at: almost all places from the Plains. States eastward. Precipitation oc-| curred over the \ southern Ploins}: States and in the extreme Northwest; ‘but elsewhere fair, pieeiast weather vere Ww. Roberts, ‘Meteorologist. ‘There are “more © newspapers in its sige in the world, recent Enypty: that aay “lowever, names may be fil- | Ca! hundred separatists who arrivea from Coblenz, Crefeld and Duisburg yesterday are beseiging the town hall which they surrounded early today. A force of firemen, security police and communi: are defending thé build- ing, hurling bombs containing sul- phuric acid at thy separatists. I lively fusillade is being kept up. The situation as the morning wore on seemed to be growing more favor- able to the separatists. KIDDER COUNTY DADS’ VICTORS Win Suit Involving Deljn- quent Tax Payment to Newspaper . The supreme court today affirmed District Judge Jansonius in the ap- peal of B. G. McElroy of the Kidder County Farmers Press in his suit against the board of county commis- sioners of Kidder county involving the newspaper's bill for printing de- linquent tax notices. The sele question raised on ap- peal, the court record said, was @| Whether or not the defendant com- missioners had the right to be rep- resented by counsel other than the states attorney, but this was not decided, the case being af- firmed because, the court said, it was not contended the lower court’s judg- ment was errofeous and if the court is right the method of decision is not material. “ The Kidder County Formers Press had presented bill for $2,855.37 for printing delinquent tax notices. The’ commissioners refused to altow more than $1,530.00. The plaintiff, having assigned the account to B. G. McElroy, sought to force payment of its bill but other questions interven- ed and the matter was not decided on the merits. The commissioners ad_employed Sullivan, Hanley. and Sullivan as additional counsel in the and’ northern |. case, 26 CASES‘ UP IN COURT, Williston, N. D., Nov. 2.—The reg: ular term of district court will con- vene. here on. Monday morning, Nov. 'B, with Judge Moellring of this city residing. . Twenty-six criminal cases fand~some 40 civil cases have been’ | listed for‘ trial most of the ‘criminal Factions, being for violations of the | Hiquor ta ; . Sixty, million quarts of ice cream conpumed in the pied States last years question | | | wearing of extreme shoes. BACK IN GERMANY DENIED; HE" WANTS TO GO TO AIS ESTAT Berlin, Nov. 2.—Reporta that former Crown Prince Frederick William, exiled in Holland since the war, had returned to Germany were in circulation this morning, finding publicity through the col- umns of the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. Inquiry, however, quick- ly brought out details. Members of the Hohenzollern family at Potsdam declared there was no truth in the rumor while at Eols, upper Silesia, where it was reported he had reached, it was declared he had not arrived. It is known nevertheless that there has been informal discussion recently of the question of allow- ,ing the ex-crown prinee to return ‘and it is considered a possibility that he may shortly be permitted to do so on condition that he re- main quietly at his upper Silesian estate at Eols where it is said he desires to settle down, The question of granting the Hohenzollern heirs \ permission to return has been up for discussion. The concensus of official opin- ion appears to be that the govern- ment in principal is net opposed to his return which he is entitled to as a German citizen although neither the present cabinet nor its predecessor has definitely fixed a date or made his returning a mat- ter of the ex-Crown prince's op- tion. It was officially stated today that no formal agreement had been entered into betwepn the present government and Frederick William regarding his return. OFFICERS OF HUMANE BODY TALK STATUS Rev. G. B. Newcomb of Bismarck, | superintendent and Rev. J. C. Wilson} of Jamestown, district superintend- ent, of the North Dakota Humane So- ciety for the Friendless conferred | with members of the board of ad- ministration yesterday on the mat- | ter of a definition of the relation of the organization as a child placing | agency and the children’s bureau of |. the board of administration, created, under senate bill No. 179 of the Inst, logislature. When Miss Henrietta! Lund, director of the children’s bur- | eau, returns from’an investigating | trip it is expected that the matter’ will be gone into more thoroughly. AGRICULTURE IS IMPROVED, U.S. DECLARES: Position’ Best in Three Years, Assert . Department of Agriculture Experts Washitigton, Nov. 2.--The coun- try’s agricultural position is the best! it has been in three years, the de- partment of agriculture announced today in its monthly review., “Purchasing power of farm pro-/ ducts, though still at » disparity as! compared with industrial products, is now at the highest point in three years,” the review states. “More- over, farm prices for agricultural produc! re higher at a season when| farmers actually have something to| sell. The spring wheat , territory continues {in ‘distress. Farmers in! this territory nre also discouraged at the low price of Potatoes and inei-; dental crops, There is considerable talk of diversification, and especial- ly of increasing dairy ‘stock. “Ptices of crops as a g®oup in September were slightly higher than in August, and 28 percent higher than September a year ago. Prices of livestock products as a group made.the largest gain of any one month since February, 1922. By! specific products, advances were! made in cotton, wheat, hogs, eggs, butter and lambs. Cprn and pota- toes registered decliners : “The index of purchasing power of farm products as a group is placed at 75 as compared with 73 in August, and with 64 in September, a.year ago. The run of hogs and sheep to mar- ket continued heavy, although many shoe were re-distributed for feed- G0 BAREFOOT, PERFECT FEET This is Why A. y A.C. Girls Have ‘Them, Says Director. Fargo, Nov. 2-—-Roaming North! Dakota farmyards in ‘bare fecté tor! many years after the supposedly more discreet city maidens . had started wearing high-heeled narrow- toed shoes has enabled the farm girls of the state to retain near perfect teet. That isthe reason that 10 per cent ‘of the girl students at the Agricul- tural college have perféct feet while only one out of some 800 is at the state university has perfect feet, according to Miss “Ruth Andrews, in charge of physical education at the ‘North Dakota Agricultural college. “We have a large number of stu- dents among the women as well as among the ‘men who have lived on farms the greater part of their lives and during . childhood and early youth following the prevailing sum- mer fashion of going barefoot,” Miss Andrews declared, Miss Andrews said that the high reentage of 90 imperfect feet out ire every hundred would go still higher anless ‘the;girls stopped the “Of all methods I have tried to get girls to wear sensible shoes the reat of buni has. brought the Jed thbe sum for rewriti: SEE CHANGES — IN APPROVAL OF BIG BILLS Senators Frown Disapproval on Method of Allowing $33,000 Vets Bureau Bills Washington, Nov. 2.—Recommen- dation for legislation limiting the authority of the comptroller-gener- al’s office in the settlement of claims against the government are forecast as a result of disclosures before the senate committee investi- gating the Veterans Bureau, Sharp questioning and comment by senators “followed the frank state- ment to senators yesterday by W. B. Gordon, an attorney in the comp- troller’s office whose salary is $3,- 000 a year, that he had settled a cltim/of $33,000 in full without ref- erence of the matter to his superior jor calling for -detailed information ‘)from the Veterans Bureau which dis- allowed the claim. The bill passed upon was that of Matthew O’Brien, a San Francisco architect, who claim- plans for @ projected hospital at ‘Livermore, California, for the original drafting \of which.the- Veterans: Bureau al- ready had paid $64,000. Frank T. Hines, director of the. bureau, disal- lowed the claim and filed a counter one for $5,000 against O’Brien on the jground that he had been overpaid for the first drawings. Charles R. Forbes, -former director of the bur- eau, whose name has figured exten- sively in the hearing has not yet in- dicated when he will appear to ans- wer the charges made against him but he probably will not take the stand until all matters relating to him have been presented by investi- gators for the committee. COOPERATION IS SOUGHT New ‘State Librarian to Ask Aid of: Others Cooperation of librarians through- out the state and special efforts to serve communities without local li- CK TRIBUNE (iitam | brary facilities will be the general policy of Miss Lillian Cook, who has assumed the position of director of the state library commission, she said today. “It is only with the closest cooper- ation and esprit ‘de corps of all li- brary workers in‘ the state that ef- fective work can be done by the li- Fae commission, in that the state |is short in libraries which have been kept from building up because of limited funds and the rapidly in- creasing cost of material,” said Miss Cook. * “There is no question but that real service can be rendered the state be- cause libraries all over the state al ready have: pledged the most cordial cooperation with the eommission, Miss Cook said that she. will. én- deavor to improve relations with the more isolated. communities. Where- ever there is a library, reference work will be done through that li- brary in order that the limited re- sources of the state commission ‘may be directed toward aiding the com- munities without libfaries, she said. While every endeavor will be made to supplement small brat she added, the chief or will be to those who look. to the commission solely for stance. Miss Cook, throtigh experiepce in Minnesota, ‘is conversant with the needs of rural fommunities. in li- brary work. BANK BANDITS IN BIG HAU i Ottawa, Kan., ar held wp the Fre ving a hee National Bai y this” mace took all the ay in ‘Secon ae anfe ontimated at between PRICE FIVE CENTS | FRANCE ATTITUDE DISTURBS U. S. ENGLAND-GERMANY BRITISH SEE | POINCARE NOW SOFTENING Exchange of Notes on Termin- ology Lends Hope to Lon- don Officials of Plan POINCARE'’S POSITION In Note to British, However, He Is Understood to Cir- cumscribe Conference Washington, Nov. 2.—In the absence of a definite understand- ing of the allied reparations for- mula being worked out between London and Paris American offi- cials: are still unable to deter- mine whether the invitation for American participation in an ex- pert investigation will be found acceptable. Until there are further offi- clal advices the United States is cintinuing the role of interested observer altd is maintaining hope that the restrictions imposed by France may not in the end be of such character, as to render American aid futile. Washington, Nov. 2—Plainly dis- turbed at reports indicating, a de- sire of Premier Poincare to circum- scribe the testimony of economic ex- paren into, reparation negotiations b of French approval of the plan, Washingtoh officials today apparent- ly awaited some official word to show just how far their previous understanding of the French posi- tion is to be modified, it was evident, that should the French government now insist. uport such a limitation on the scope of inquiry as would prevent a free and full examination jnto every vitally related ‘phrase of the question of Germany's capacity to pay it would be viewed by officials here as doom- ing the plan to “abortive. results.” How far such limitations as out- lined in press reports of the state- ment ef thé French ' foreign office on the premier’s speech at Nevers -| would influencee American partici- pation in the economic committee plan had not-been indicated in ad- vance of definite and official infor- mation on the matter. The position of Fraftte had been understood here to assure ‘her ac- ceptance of the plan with only the reservation of all treaty rights and the condition that the committee function under the reparations com- mission. Discussion in administration cir- cles was said to have developed defi- nite conclusions at least as to the type of man to be sought in select- ing an American representative sit on, the expert committee with government approval. It is known authoritatively that a too intimate connection with domestic politics or on the other.pand too wide a dire. business interest abroad will be cou sidered a bar in any case as a suit able selection, ACCEPTS U. S, PARTICIPATION. (By the jociated Press.) Paris, Nov. 2.—France accepts with cordiality the contemplated collabor- ation of the United States in a con- ference of experts to study Ger- many’s capacity to pay reperations. _ She demands, however, that/it should be clearly understood that the in- quiry should be solely on “the pres- ent capacity of Germany” and that it should Tappect all the rights of the reparation commission held un- der the treaty of Versailles, This was the substance it was learned today, of the reply France has made to the British note asking her to join Italy and Belgium in a collective invitation to the United States to join in the proposed con- ference. reply was handed to the British embassy. yesterday. Its text was not made public. EXPRESS HOPE. London, Nov. 2.—Increasing | con- fidence is felt in government quar- ters here over the prospects for the rly organisation and meeting. of 4 special’ reparations “committee 01 which an’ American economic: expert will sit, in. the exchal of which is proceeding between” don apd Paris on the terminology of the collective allied invitation: to the United States. mier Poincare, it is learned, shows a perceptible de- sire to soften some of the restric. tions he has already ‘set forth. CITY HALL SOLD, Devils Lake, Nov. 2.—Devils: Lake City ‘hall, which has hi ity of- ficials during their deliberations for about 20 years, was sold to’ B. A. Stefonowicz, published of.’ Devils Lake World, for eee ‘ a one eS ver aon cen FT