The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 25, 1924, Page 1

bs WEATHER "FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Part- ly overcast tonight and Wednesday. ( ESTABLISHED 1873 2 CONVICTED FOR BiG MAIL — TRAIN HOLDUP William Fahay, Former Star Postal Inspector, One of Those Convicted A SENSATIONAL HOLDUP $2,000,000 Worth of Securi- ties Secured From Train in Roundup Holdup day by a federal jury by William Fahay, former postal inspector, and! James Murray, politician, on five charges of robbing the mails with a gun, five charges of mail robbery and one charge of conspiracy to rob the mails, each in connection with the $2,000,000 Roundout, —_ [linois, mail train holdup June 12. Judge Adam (. Cliffe said he would fix the punishmamt next Sat- urday morning when he indicated he would also hear motions of defense q attorneys for a new trial. Meanwhile Fahay and Murray will be held in the county jail. The jury deliber- ated over five hours before reaching an agreement, which was announced atl m, Walter Macomb, chaf- feur for Murray, in whose home Wil- lie Newton, wounded robber, w found, was acquitted. He was pic- tured an innocent victim of cir- cumstances. The verdict climaxed over a week of trial in which six men, named as the actual slayers in the indictment, pleaded guilty and some testified for the prosecution against Fahay, Murray and Macomb. In the closing arguments, government attorneys pictured Fahay as a Judas who ac- cepted pay from the federal govern- ment to run down the robbers, and kept them posted on _ operations against them. Defense counsel at- tacked the credibility of the gov- j ernment’s witnesses. } Daring Robbery The robbery was one of the most A Milwauke and St. Paul mail train carrying currency, bonds and secur- ities valued at millions of dollars, was stopped at Roundout, Illinois, about 35 miles from Chicago, as it sped toward St. Paul, The holdup men subdued the train crew and drove the mail clerks from the car ‘containing the registered mail with gas bombs. They selected more than 50 pouches of mail and forced the clerks to load them into two auto- mobiles. Only one man was wound- ed during the holdup. Willie New- ton, one of the confessed robbers, was shot and seriously wounded by one of his companions, reported to have been Brent Glasscock, when Newton was mistaken for a member of the train crew. ; The next day most of the mail q pouches, ripped open and ransack- ed, were found a few miles from the scene, but little progress was made toward the solution of the robbery for several days, until a police raid was made on the home of Macomb, who was arrested with his wife, Willie Newton, his brother, Joe, and | others who were later released. Mur- ray was taken when he came to the } flat shortly after the raid. i During the next two months, var- ious members of the band were rounded up, including Willis and Jesse Newton, brothers of Willie, a fifth brother, Tull, who was never implicated in the actual robbery, and \. Herbert Holliday, Fahay Accused In September a sensation was cre- ated Fahay, for years a star postal inspector here und credited with the solution of the Dearborn Street mail robbery for which “Big Tim” Mur- phy was sent to prison was arrested and charged with having furnished information on which the robbery had been operated. For several weeks he had been prominently iden- tified with the investigation. He denied any connection with the rob- bery and maintained he was being “framed” by jeulous enemies. The last member of the gang to be caught was Brent Glasscock, al- leged to be the leader, taken with his wife in Battle Creek, Mich. He gave the most important evidence for the prosecution when he related on the stand various meetings with Fahay and,Murray at which much of the loot was recovered. ere RECORDS TEST BEING MADE A test of the efficiqney of the birth and death registration of the State Health Department js being made by a representative of the federal regis- tration bureau. The test will decide whether or not North Dakota will be admitted to the registration area, and her figures accepted by the fed eral government as authentic on vital statistics. PRETZELS HIGH PRICED Berlin, Nov. 25.—The pretzel dustry is on the decline, Pretzels, 6 at one time one of Germany’s com-|number of monest foods, have become a luxury the ingredients has sent. the price ‘sailing high into the air. Pretzel stores have been failing in all parts * | of the country. daring in recent years. A Chicago,{2n’s drug store in-| stru for the aristocracy since’ the cost of} reported was |THREE YOUTHS No secret service men surrounded of Great Britain as he made his ws mbers, London, for a zed the premier a ane with pipe ARE CHARGED WITH THEFTS: Stole Articles From Automo- biles, Is Charge of the Police Three youths, one 18, one 15 and one 14, were arrested by the police and will be turned over to the juve- | nile court authorities to answer) charges of theft of tools and other} articles from automobile: lights, it was said toda Martineson. One youth picked up on the street as he was preparing to take articles from an automobile confessed and implicated the other two. The flashlights were taken, one each, ffom Finney’s drug store, Cow- and French and Welch, the chief said. Some tools taken from cars were found in| homes of the boys and some had | been sold, it was added. ‘The value } of articles taken was said to he bay! tween $30 and $40. Morris MeCortj mick, 19, and Forest , Bandell, '19,! former inmates of the state training school at Mandan, who have been working about the city, were ar-| rested on a charge of theft. They took an auto robe from the cur of | Carl Nelson, while it was parked in! front of a meat market. were carrying the robe down the street when arrested. Justice of the Peace R. H. Crane fined them $100 and gave them 30 days each in jail, Francis St. Germain Bajheim, taken with the boys, w held on a charge of vagrancy, which was dismissed on promise to leave town. SORLIE TALKS | ON N. D. BANK Not For Making Deposits Compulsory, He Says = Grand Forks, N, D., Nov. 25.—“It is not my plan to make the Bank of. North Dakota a’ compulsory deposi- tory, for that is not necessary,” de- clared A, G, Sovlie, governor-elect, when speaking at the Trades and La- bor assembly Saturday night to those gathered there for a social evening | under the auspices of the Women’s LaFollette-Wheeler club. “When we, the $00,000 people of North Dakota quit fighting among ourselves and get together as one great big family and fight for our- selves, we will get some place, not before. There have been mistakes made in this state and they have not all been made by the I. V. A.’s either,” Mr. Sorlie declared. “There is no reason why we should not have a bank in this state; St. Paul established a city bank in 1913, and there are many others in the country. “We have many things in the state to sell to the world and as soon as we know the value of our products ourselves. we will benefit by the wonderful gluten wheat, the fine clays and wonderful products of the soil.” The speaker told of his experien- ces in the campaign, speaking espe. cially. of the hospitality of the peo- ple in the western part of the state. Education Week Much Observed ' ‘american Education Week was gen- erally observed in North Dakota ac- cording to Miss Minnie J, Nielson, state superintendent of public in- Reports to her office, she said, indicated an unusually large parents visited the The most unusual feature at Sheldon, where school was held at night, to give par- ents an opportunity to come in and see the teachers and pupils at work in the class rooms, ‘i schools. BRITAIN’S PREMIER IN ACTION | returned THANKSGIVING The boys |} und Robert | Premier Stanley Baldwin (center) 3y to Conservative headquarters at nference with pirty leaders. moved along, minus overcoat, in mouth BONUS MAY BE PAID WIDOWS Payment of the state soldier bonus widow for use and benefit of minor children, according to an opinion rendered Adjutant- 1G. A. Fraser by Philip El- , Assistant Attorney-Genecal, The dicrs Tund lnw provides that in case of the death of a soldier yment shall be to orphan child, or children, to widow, or mother, father, ete, who are ¢ ents, in the or- der named, the opinion sys, and adds that it is contemplated the widow shall used the fund r the benefit of minor child PROGRAMS TO | BE HELD HERE Bur Association to Carry Out Locally, National and | State Policies observance of giving, ich the origin of day will be explained, lanned by ‘the Burleigh County following, out the | policy the state bur association gnd the national bar tion, it announced today Benton of by r, hend of the county associa- 1. It is planned to have members of the bar inisters spenk in the public week, urging ob- ool children of eakers will be: at , Governor R. A. R. Young; ‘os; hig orth Ward, 2; Roosevelt Rev. Postlethwaite; Wachter, Rev. a Richholt, I. C. Davies; Will, FE. J. Taylor. A similar program is being urged by the Americanization committee of the state bar association throughout the state, with observance of Thanksgiving being urged generally. The ideals and spirit of American institutions will be explained. 30 NEW CASES OF SMALLPOX ARE RECORDED Thirty cases of smallpox in North Dakota have been reported thus far this month, with two reports of deaths from smallpox being received from Grand Forks today, Dr. A. A. Whittemore, state health officer said. No authentic reports of the appear- ance of black smallpox have been re- ceived, he added. An increase in the number of cases of infantile paralysis also are re- ported, there being 18 cases reported thus far this month, in addition to 20 reported during October. BODY FOUND ON PRAIRIE Amidon, N. D., Nov. 25.—The life- less body of Thomas Peterson, 66, father of W. C. Peterson, clerk of court of Slope county, was found at 2 a, m, yesterday on the prairie near his home, located 15 miles northeast cof Amidon, Sunday evening, Mr. Peterson went out to bring home the cows. Later when he did not return neighbors searched several hours be- fore the body was found where he hag fallen while walking. Since 1921, Mr. Peterson had been subject to heart trouble, supposed to have been the cause of death. He came to Slope county in the fall of 1918, from Whiterock, S. D. He is survived by his wife, two sons, W. C. Peterson af Amidon and Elmer, a student of Dfekinson normal and two daughters, Mrs. John Egly of Amidon and Mrs, H. F, Moeller of Rocholdt, S. D. BUDAPEST FLOCKS TO FOOTBALL Budapest, Nov. 24.—A crowd of 85,000 gathered in this city; recently to witness a soccer football pame be- tween German and Hungéarian.play- ers. The German team was beaten 4—1. 5 ein accumbens Unie meats BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1 924 STATE'S MILL ADDS TO LOAD RITISH SLOW DOWN TO GIVE OF BANK OF N.D.) EGYPT CHANCE Loans to Institution at Grand Forks Increased to Over Half Million DANGER POINT SEEN Continual Loaning of Tax Money to Institution Would Imperil It, Declared Possibility of the state mill and elevator at Grand Forks steadily be- coming a mill stone around the Bank of North Dakota is seen in the la‘ est statement of the state’s bank is- sued as at the close of business No- vember 17. The statement reveals that loans to the state mill and ele- vator, which is unusual to repay be- cause of losses, are steadily becoming greater. Loans to the mill and elevator as- sociation total $547,766.52, and with $482,036.05, a total of $1,029,802.57 is tied up in two of the state industries, neither of which is able to repay the bank at this time Since virtually all of the funds of the bank are derived from tax deposits, in addition to the capital stock, the loans must come chiefly from tax money. While a balance of tax deposits is mai tained at all times according to the bank deposits, the total amount of these deposits fluctuates rapidly, a6 counties withdraw money to pay bills. It is recalled by those who see @ danger in too great loans to state in- titutions, that the bank's period of distress three years or so ugo was caused by “frozen asse a part of which consisted in the advance of tax monies for the purpose of making farm loans, without bonds being sold to reimburse the bank. When heavy drafts were made on the bank by counties and other — public sions, the funds of the bank were not sufficient to enable the bank to meet obligations, and registering of checks was resorted to. While private b: in the amount of I to one instituti 5 are restricted they may make for purposes of se- a regulation to ng placed in they are unable to obligations, no such position meet current regulation North Dakota, it is said, ‘The statement of the Bank of North Dakota at the close of business April 3, shows a rill and ele- vator operating account of $300,000 was established in the Bank of North Dakota, Failure of the mill to make money, caused the gradual increase of loans to it. 4 stutement of count to total November 17, the mill and ele $446,766.52, and on the amount was $547,761 of the chief purposes for which funds of the Bank of North Dakota has been used by the present administration is facilitating the making of farm loans. Because subdivi- | attaches to the Bank off Will Allow Further Time For Government to Consider Demands Made HOPE FOR AGREEME Cairo Somewhat More Peace- ful Following Senational Developments London, Nov. 25.—The British gov- ernment is going to withhold further action in Egypt to allow the new cabinet there further time to consid- er the British demands, only part of which the Zagloul miilistry agreed to, and to communicate officially with London regarding them. It was stated in official circles today that Great Britain has hoped the cabinet of Ziwar Pasha will be able to agree to the demands, in which case the British government will consider the incident of the Sir- dar’s a! ination closed so far as the diplomatic relations of a Britain and Egypt are concerned. The new cabinet is expected here to take a broader outlook in the de- mand and as regards future cooper- ation with England a government of- ficial said this morning. PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED Cairo, Egypt, Nov The Egyp- tian parliament was adjourned to- y by royal decree to December SITUATIOD IMPROVED Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 25.—An —im- proved atmosphere prevailed in Cairo today following yesterday’ sensational political developments in connection with action taken by Great Britain over the death of Gen- eval Lee Stack, the Sirdar. British troops paraded the streets in this morning, but otherwise there were few outward signs of the unusual. al Students of the education- institutions who had struck in against British demands il refused to take up their BOARD TRIED Former Treasurer and Bank- “ers Also Charged Bottineau, N. 1, Nov. teen defendants, includin; Bottineau county comm Bottineau county bankers and Henry C. Dana, former county treasurer, who were indicted by the Bottineau county grand jury which met here last July 1 August, face trial at the regular term of Bottingau county district court which will open here bonds cannot be issued until after| today with Judye W. J. Kneeshaw, mortgages treasurer, it is farm loan department to necessary for the money to run its business for short| 80m, E. Is. Bonds have found a ready| 80n, face sule in the last two years and there| counts, namely, inter filed with the state| Presiding. The five commissioners, Os: porrow| Vinje, Ralph Walker, J. P. Parkin- M. Kromroy, and Ira John- accusations under two ‘ailure to supervise has been, officials felt, no danger of] the conduct of county offices,” and “frozen assets” resulting from tem- porary loans to the farm loan depart- ment. The present Industrial Com- mission recommended a change the method to the South Dakota plan, however, under which the bonds would be sold before the loans are made, te avert the necessity of bor- rowing and the possibility of the farm loan business being held up through lack of borrowing capacity. With the Bank of North Dakota carrying on this business, and mak+ ing other loans, it is pointed out| Antler, that the bank cannot allow its’ tax| Md D. money to become too heavily invested in loans to state industries such as in| Which “failure to superintend the fiscal af- fairs of the county.” Mr. Dana in indicted on one count, charges he deposited county funds in the First National bank of Bottineau, now closed, in excess of the depository bond furnished by the bank. Four Bankers Accused August Sutherland, former cashier of the Maxbass bank, was indicted on a charge of receiving deposits in an insolvent bank, while F, A. Rinkle of Paul J. Nordberg of Newberg B. McDonald of Maxbass, all former directors of the institution, were indicted on charges of permit- the mill and elevator, or the bank| ting the receipt of deposits in an in- eventually might find itself unable| #°lvent bank. to function, o—____. ee | Weather Report | Henry Bach, farmer, residing in Kane township, chairman of the board of supervisors of that county, was indicted on a charge of falsely canvassing election returns in con- -—————__--——4 | nection with the’ township election For 24 hours ending at noon. Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly overcast tonight and Wednesday. Somewhat colder. For North Dakota: Partly overcast tonight and’ Wednesday. Somewhat colder Wednesday and west and north portions tonight, WEATHER CONDITIONS The low pressure is moying slow- ly eastward and is central this morning over Manitoba, and has caused mild temperatures through- out the entire Canadian Northwest. High pressure overlies the Pacific Coast and the South, ORRIS W. ROBERTS, - Meteorologist. Most of the schools of China have opened their doors to women in re- cent years, held last May. Ed. Belanger, Stanley Farden and 30|Joe Goodwin, residing in the West- ...29| hope section of the county, were in- 22| dicted on charges of violating the 17| liador laws. :20| Barber Emerges From Attack Jamestown, N. D., No After a siege of the hiccoughs for eight days, Charles Mitchell, local barber, is recovering and was up for the first time yes- terday. Mr. Mitchell has not hiccoughed since Sunday. Mark Hamilton, another local barber, owner of a competitive shop, is the latest victim of the same epidemic, Mr. Hamilton is well known over the state as a musician, There Fave beer numerous ilight cases here of the epidemic, the cases running from one to two days, Mr. Mit: chell’s being the longest. A three-bladed rudder is undergo- ing tests on a German ship. {which had no bearing on the busi THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE STATE, FEDERAL AUTHORITIES BOTH and state claimed first right to prosecute Leo Koretz, master swindler, due to for Chicago late te from | ax, where he was arrested Sun- dohn S. Sharbaro, assistant states attorney, who obtained the arrest on a state charge of operating a con fidence game, has notified his su- perior that all il delay. to the prompt removal of — Koreiz to the United States have been brushed aside und he will be brourht back on the first in Meanwhile the federal authorities High Brow, Also Low Brow, Mean Nothing Washington, Nov. Tf you have a low brow it is no sign you re one; either can you lay im to high browism simply possessing the physical dimen sions. The conclusion that high brows and low brows are no in- dication of mentality or lack of it, was presented to an andience in a lecture here last night by Dr. Ales Hrdlick, curator of physical anthropology of the national museum, ‘Long narrow heads with high, sloping foreheads,” Dr. Hrdlick said, ure currently supposed to denote a high intelligence and a low, broad forehead with round- ed craniums a similarly low de- gree of mentality, This is ab- solutely a fallacy, and scientists are now convinced that such characteristics have no bearing on a man’s min STANDARD OIL WINS TAX CASE AGAINST STATE Injunction Is Granted by Federal Judge in Matter Affecting Income Tax An injunction prohibiting the state from collecting approximately $75, 000 income tax from the Standard Oil Company of Indiana for the years 1919, 1920 and 1921 was is- sued by Judge Andrew Millersin fed- eral court here at noon today, after the court had heard arguments in the case for parts of two days. The injunction applies to a portion of the tax due the state from the Standard Oil Compan The question at issue was tech- nical, dealing with the method of al- locating the portion of the revenue of the company, which operates in several states to North Dakota, for application of the income tax. ‘The Standard Oil Company maintained that it was charged more than it should have been, alleging the state was attempting to allocate profits from refining and similar operations ness within the state of North Da- kota. An appeal will be taken by the; state tax commissioner to the Unit-j ed States Circuit Court of Appeals, in an effort to get a final d ‘ion on the intricate matters involved. Judge Miller announced his inten- tion of granting the injunction from the bench, and after discussing the case, said that he would write an opinion. The state’s case was presented by Tax Commissioner C. C. Converse, ith Lyman A. Baker, deputy, furn- ishing expert information to the court, and the Standard Oil Company was represented by FE. B. Cox of Bismarck and E. T. Conmy of Chi- cago. F. E, Packard of Chicago ap- peared but did not participate in the oral argument. VETS MAY BEG j Paris, Nov. 25.—Only former sol- diers are allowed to beg in- Pari according to a recent edict. The city streets ure being cleared of pan- handlers who have been annoying tourists, but war veterans, out of work, are being allowed to beg un- molested. BANS TELEPHONES London, Nov. 25.—Constant ring- ing of telephone bells disturbs office efficiency, according to Walter Brown, téy manufacturer. Brown has entirely dispensed with telephones in his office and employs a large fleet of boys to carry messages to different parts of the city. |RADIOCASTING took jen | his { steps to have the prisoner into their hands immediately on arrival here to answer to a fed- feral indictment to fraudulent use of Ithe mails, which pending ince Keret last Sep- | tember. Robert E. Crowe, states attorney, said he would not accede to any such demand, “If Koretz were — indicted charged separately for all his f Iwo should be able to sentence him to a thousand years in jail,” the st ttorney said. “It will be time enough for the federal men to ed forward when we are through with Koretz.” ACROSS OCEAN IS ERFECTED Experiment In Reciprocal adiccasting Is Only Par- tially a Success New York, Nov, 25.—Numerous amateurs in the eastern states to- day reported having heard the radio programs which were broadcast from Europe in the international broadcasting t London, Paris, Rome and Brussels were reported heard, Reception was not perfect and ia man ses the listeners were unable to identify the sending stations. In- terference, attributed to the tuning in of thousands of regenerative tests, was the principle difficult: There also apparently was confusion in the sending of the program shortly before the test began it was announc- ed that only British stations would broadcast, whereas the continental stations brondeast their programs in necordance with the schedule which had been arranged earlier. The ef- forts to send American programs to Europe apparently were less success- ful, although full reports were not received. ONE STATION HEARD EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS $10,700 IS SPENT TO DATE ON WATER INTAKE UNCOMPLETED WORK COST IS GIVEN TODAY Engineers Agreed on To Go Over Situation, Where Wa- ter Plant Work Is Held Up UES ARE OUTLINED Wrong Plans by Engineer Claimed by Contractor to Have Caused Trouble As a result of a conference held yesterday afternoon in the office of City Attorney Young, Engineer Grif- fin of Mandan, representing Contracs tor O. F, Woodrich and Engineer Dickinson, representing City Engi« neer T, R. Atkinson, will take sounds ings of the Missouri River bottom at the place of intake of the new water plant, and present findings to the city commission to be used in settle ing the controversy which has devel: oped. There are a number of points of controversy which developed over the construction of the intake—the pipe through which water is drawn from the Missouri river into the filtration plant. Work on the intuke has been stopped by Contractor Woodrich, and the intake of the old water plant is being used, the water being drawn to the old pump house and pumped to the new filtration plant. “It was agreed that the city ene gineer’s representative together with a representative of Mr. Woodrich would tuke soundings of the river bed, make a plat, show where the acs tual bottom of the river is and where the intake pipe comes in, and sub- mit findings to the city commission, Mayor Lenhart said, explaining the results uf the conference. Points Of Issue Among the points of issue. as oute lined by the mayor, are: Mr. Woodrich claims that the ine take ik now below the river bed, while City Engincer Atkinson claims that it is still about two feet above London, No’ ~The first attempt on a large scale of reciprocal hroud- ng by American and British and nental stations, made during the night, was only partially coal the sole American station picked up being KDKA, Pittsburgh, which was distinetly heard in Longon and re- transmitted to Amer Up to noon today no amateurs had reported hearing an American station. NEWCLUETO | DEATH FAILS Mrs. Sheatsley in Normal Frame of Mind Before Death Columbus, 0., Nov. 25 (By the A. P.)—Mrs. C. V. Sheatsley, wife of the pastor of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bexley, appear- ed tobe in a normal frame of mind last Monday noon, County Prosecu- tor John R. King told at Litho- polis, a village south of here, today, by Mrs. Gladys Redelphs, wife of Rev. Harry Redelphs of the village. Mrs. Redelphs visited the Sheatsley home last Monday and was one of the few persons who last saw the minister's .wife alive. Mr. King went to Lithopolis today hoping that Mrs. Redelphs might have some in- formation to help him solve the mystery of the finding of Mrs. Sheatsl body in the furnace of her home a week ago Monday eve- ning. He announced at the conclu- siongof the interview, however, tha nothing had developed. 2 DIVORCE OVER HAT Hull, England, Nov. 25.—Mrs. Win- slow Hart bought a new hat with cherries decorating the right side. Mr. Hart thought the cherries should be on the left side. They disagreed so violently upon the matter that they separated and were later grant- ed a divorce, TOM-TOMS POPULAR Algiers, ov. 25.—Tom-toms, na- tive musical instruments of the Afri- can jungles, are being manufactured here for sale to gullible tourists. Tom-tom makers have taken their | cue from the way in which the Hawaiian ukulele was popularized by American manufacturers. LOS ANGELES, BY MRS. COOLIDGE, TODAY GIANT DIRIGIBLE, ZR-3, CHRISTENED Washington, Nov. 25.—Bolling Fielg lay in trim dress today for the christening there by Mrs. Coolidge of the giant German-built dirigible ZR-3 as the Los Angeles. The air field had been put in read- iness for a capacity throng to wit- ness the ceremony of christening the giant air liner whose future of peace- ful pursuit is symbolized in the flight of snow white pigeons to be released by the first lady of the land, as she formally proclaims the shijf in her new home. The ceremony was scheduled for 3 o'clock, with plans calling for the immediate return of the ship to Lake- hurst. A crew of 300 men from the Navy Yard here and the air station were ready to give a hand in hauling the big ship to earth. the river bed. he specifications provided, it was explained, that the intake would be four feet under low water mark. The engineer ordered it. lowered one foot, making it five feet under low water mark. Woodrich claims that the difficuiiics of the job have been due to ordering the intake lowered one foot. Woodrich claims that his expense on the job to date, as submitted to the conference, is $15,700 on the in- take; the city engineer objected to some items, and claimed the amount was not this much. Woodrich claims that if the intake is completed at the present depth it would cost $7,000 more, steel sheeting being required. The contractor claims that since the extra foot depth was ordered 1 in on a cost plus basis, this es the entire intake job on @ cost plus basis, replacing the origin- al contract. The city engineer has contended that only the extra foot of work is on the cost plus basis. Many At Conference Present at the conference were John F. Sullivan, attorney fr Wood- rich, three engineers for Woodrich, himself, y Attorney Young, City Engineers Atkinson and Dickinson and member: of the city commission, “Mr. Wovurich asked for a confers ence with Mr. Young and the city en« gineer,” said Mr. Lenhart. “The city commission was asked to sit in on the meeting. It was not a meeting as far as the city commission w: concerned, The city commissioners were more or less bystanders in this instance, invited in to hear both sides, the controversy being between the engineers and the lawyers. It was the first time the city commis- sioners have heard both sides of the controversy at the same time. The case has been presented separately by both sides, but in this conference the engineers for the city and the contractor were hrought face to face with each other. What our action will be, we cannot say until a report of the engineers is made as agreed on in the conference, and the com- mission weighs all the evidence.” The matter will come regularly be- fore the city commission later, when the reports are received, the mayor said. EXTRADITION IS FOUGHT G. A. Olson‘ of Niagara, North Dae kota, for whom extradition to Minn- eapolis was asked by Minnesota an- thorities, to answer a charge of abane donment of minor children, will con- test removal. Governor Nestos hap set a hearing for 1:30 p. m. Monday, December. 1. i CATS GO INSANE Vienna, Nov. 25—Cats that will not chase:;mice or refuse to play with strings are victims of a kind of feline ingani according to Dr. Alonzo Roth, prominent veterinarian. “Insanity may attack the lower ani- mals as well as human beings,” says Dr. Roth. Animal insanity is sel- dom noticed, however, he saya, The blight has seriously damaged the European* potato crop in recent years. Aon