The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 3, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled tonight and Wed. with probably rain or snow. Colder. ESTABLISHED 1873 _ |. PROHIBITION, \ a Klansman. KLAN, ISSUES IN ELECTIONS Voters of 13 States Will Fill Various Offices at the Polls Today N. Y. TO NAME MAYOR Boston Has 10 Candidates For Mayor—’Frisco Votes on Buying Railway Washington, Nov. 3—()—Prohibi- tion and the Ku Klux Klan furnish the issues in some of the more spec- tucular of the election contests which are to be decided today in 13 states. __ The wet and dry question, hic right at the front in the de gubernatorial contest with Harr Moore, the Democratic candidate, de- for modification of the Vol- ct and repeal of the state en- ement act, and state senator Ar- thur Whitney, Republican, favoring enforcement of both of these act The K. K. K. issue has been the mayoralty ised fights in Detroit and Loui Prohibition also has figured in the Detroit contest. The contest for mayor of New York was between State Senator James J. Walker, Democrat, and Frank D, Wa- terman, Republican, + In the Detroit Nonpartisan elec- tion, supporters of Mayor John W Smith have accused Charles Bowles, the opposition candidate, with being x Klan candidate. Bowles denies he is a member of the Klan, and charges Detroit is a “wide open” town which he promises to “clean up”. Candidate Withdraws Injection of the Klan issue in the Louisville mayoralty fight has an un- usual result, Wm, E, Baker withdraw- asthe Democratic candidate in 28 hours of the election after the Republican committee had offe 1,000 if he could prove not or never had been Joseph 1. O'Neil, formar judge of the state court of appeals, replaced Baker as the candidate against Ar- thur A. Will, Republican. Two s in the house of represen- tatives are at issue in today’s election “with the Republicans seeking to _re- tain control from the third New Jer- sey district and the Democrats seek- ing to keep gohtro| from the third Kentucky district. Frank T. Appelby is contesting in New Jersey for the seat made nt by the death of his father and_ is opposed by J. Lyle Kinmouth, Democrat. Thurman B, Dixon, Democrat, and, John W. Moore, Republican, are run-| ning in Kentucky for the place inj the house made of Robe-t Y. Thomas. New York, Kentucky, New Jersey and Virginia are to elect members of the state legislature, while the voters | attorney for two members of the of Pennsylvania will fill one state) Genna Gang, leaders of an alcohol office. Constitutional amendments | ying on trial for killing two police- are voted upon in New York and . Ohio. Many Candidates Boston furnishes a special mayor- alty contest, unique in the number of candidates offering for the place— seven Democrats and three Republi- cans. At one time 17 were in the field. : : Kansas City, Indianapolis and Pitts- burgh are among the other cities where candidates for mayor are up, while San Francisco is to decide the question of the purchase of a muni- cipal street railway. Burleigh Court’s Verdict Sustained Decision by the Burleigh county district court in the case of la Markley, now Mrs. J. Schacht, against the First Guaranty Bank, appealed to’ the supreme court by the defendant, was sustained in a decision handed down by the high court Saturday. The appeal was taken by the bank following the lower court’s refusal to sustain a demurrer to the plaintiff's com- plaint. The action was one in which Mrs. Schacht sought to recover from the bank on the ground of illegal con- version of personal property. sp me | Weather Report 4 ———_____—_—_——_ + ‘Temperature at 7 a, m. Highest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a, m. . Highest wind velocity WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Un- settled tonight and Wednesday with probably rain or snow tonight. Cold- er_tonight. For North Dakota: Unsettled to- night and Wednesday with probably rain or snow tonight. Colder tonight and in east portion Wednesday. Weather Conditions A trough of low pressure extends from the northern Plains States southwestward over the southern Rocky Mountain region and rain oc- curred at most places in the Dakotas and rain or snow fell from the Rocky Mountain region westward to the Pacific coast. The weather is gen- erally fair over the Mississippi Val- ley and Great Lakes region. Moder- ate temperatures prevail throughout the United States but colder weather is general over the western Canadian Provinces. Weekly Crop Report Under more favorable westher farm work made considerable progress and much late threshing was accomplish- ed and corn picking made good ad- vancement. Fall plowing and potato digging are about completed, but many reports of potatoes freezing in the ground have been received. Live- stock are in good condition and ship- ping continues in the western part of the state. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in Charge. ant by the ie 7 DROWNED IN WALES FLOOD Llandudno, Wa Nov. 3--(#) Seven persons are reported to have been drowned and 17, including a wo- man and nine children, are missing as a result of the bursting of a dam and the destruction of the village of Dol- garrog. Houses and buildings were swept away and hundreds of cattle and sheep drowned when 180,000,000 gallons of water from Eigian Lake rushed down the Vale of Conway yesterday. Most of the occupants houses escaped orth W without electricity aresuit of the flood. ROAD IS PUT IN CONDITION “POR TRAVEL Paving to Penitentiary Can-| rot Be Done This Winter Even If Court Permits of the The Red Trail between Bismarck and the state penitentiary, which was partially torn up a few’ weeks ago by employes of the Haggart Constrac- tion company of Fargo, is now being smoothed over and put in shape so that it can be traveled this winter. In the meantime traffic has been de- toured over another road. The Haggart company begant work on this project on contract which it claimed to hold calling for ¢ this pie road, Patrick an, a Bismarck r, start- ed injunction proce: to prevent the carrying on of the work and the state highway department and the construction compan have since agreed on a temporary order stop- ping further work until the validity of the contact is determined in court. It will now be obviously im, ble to lay the pavement this winter, even if the court rules in favor of the Haggart company, and consequently the road is being placed in condition for winter use. 300 CHICAGO POLICEMEN IN GRAFT CHARGE Attorney Produces Records Purporting to Show Amounts of Money Paid Chicago, Nov. 3.—()—Charges of graft involving 300 policemen an payments of $8,000 a month hi been made by Patrick H. O'Donnell, os men last June. . He offered as evidence to prove his charges cords which, he said, showed h policeman’s star num- ber opposite the amount paid him. Barred from introducing the evidence inthe murder trial as irrelevant, O'Donnell said he would give his in- formation to the federal government. Some of the policemen took their pay in alcohol from the 15 plants con- trolled by the Gennas in basements and tenant rooms on the west side, and_bootlegged it themselves, declar- ed O'Donnell. The charges were made, the lawyer id, in an attempt to show that cordial business and personal relations” existed between the gang and the police and that Genna and his henchmen would not have at- tempted to kill any of them. FRANCE WILL ATTEMPT T0 SETTLE DEBT New Painleve Government to Continue Negotiations Already Started Paris, Nov. 3.—(#)—The New Pain- leve government in its declaration of policy to parliament says it will “res- olutely pursue, with determination to succeed, the negotiations with the allies, begun in London and Washing- ton by the preceding government, with a view to settlement of the debts.” The _ministry’s pronouncement finds the financial problem the greatest facing the country. As was expected, it declares for “a sacrifice, in which will participate all forms of wealth,” and the revenue from which is to be used exclusively in reducing the debts. To accomplish its program of fi- nancial rehabilitation the declaration says the government intends to as- sure monetary stabilization. The “menace” of the rebellion in Morocco, it declares, has been com- pletely swept aside. |The first move for peace must come from the rebel- lious tribesmen. As for the troubles in Syria, the government says, they arose from anti-foreign intrigue:and “false news from Pan-Islamic aad revolutionary centers.” . It lays down a program calculated to hasten the hours “when the peo- ples of Syria shall be capable of gov- erning themselves.” The oldest eggs in the world are believed to be those ‘found in Mon- golia, They are claimed to be those of a dinosaur, a reptile ‘which lived 10,000,000 years ago, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1925 BOARD CANNOT REVIEW CITY REASSESSMENT Temporary Restraining Order Issued By Judge Coffey at Jamestown Monday HEARING NOVEMBER 15 Auditor rer En. joined "rom Spreading Re- asse sment on Books and chiy in spreading upon - hooks of the county the reas- eosment of the ree ently competed by S x Com- mission T. H. H. Thoresen and his assistants, was caused late yesterday ein District Judge S Jamestown of porary restraining order pre the Burleigh county co pm reviewing or equalizing the re sessment. A special meeting of the board had been called by County Au- ditor Frank Johnson for Wednesday, November 4, at which time the missioners were scheduled to re sessment. aining order also prohi- county auditor from spr ing the reassessment on the tax and enjoins the county tr from collecting any taxes und sessment, Arguments in the ase scheduled fgr November 16 at Bismarck with Judge Coffey on the bench, The arguments at that time will be for the purpose of injunction preventing the out of the r sessment until such time as the case be tried on merits. An effort will also be mad to s county auditor to spread on th rolls ‘the a ents “as mad awful officials ing an carrying cure an order commanding the tax and The merits of the reassessment or! its justness to all concerned is not eked in any way by the action ted to halt its being put into ef- » but the case is instituted on the grounds that the reassessment is il- legal and void and that the statute providing for a reassessment of this kind is in violation of the state anc federal laws. It is also contended that there were irregularities in the proceedings of the state tax commis- sioner and his assistants in making the reassessment. The Plaintiffs The plaintiffs in the action re questing the restraining order Attas Boutrous, Henry” Duemeland, Frank G cE. A. Hughes. C. B. Little, son and the Bis- marek company. They were repre O'Hare & Cox and & & Tillotson, Bismarck attor- neys. MRS. STILLMAN DENIES PLAN TO WED MCORMICK Agreement Reached With Her Husband Regarding Their Divorce, She Says New York, Nov. 3.—(P)-—Mrs. Anne U. Stillman denies that she and young Fowler McCormick of Chicago plan to marry after she obtains a di vorce from James A. Stillman. am too old and he is to young,” she has informed a representative of the New York World, answering a direct question. Interviewed at her camp at Grande Anse, Canada, where Mr. McCormick is visiting her, Mrs. Stillman admit- ted, the World says in a copyright article today, that she and her hus- band have reached an agreement as to divorce. A mutual friend acted as mediator last summer. All that remains is to reach an agreement as to a money settlement before pro- ceeding with her suit. Mr. Stillman agreed once before, five years ago, to permit her to divorce him, she says, then started his “unpleasant suit. Z Good Friends Now Mrs, Stillman says that she and her husband are “good friends” now, and that their children visit him when- ever opportunity offers. He is giv- ing her an allowance of $7,500 a month, the amount directed by the court pending settlement of her suit. As to reports of a marriage with Mr. McCormick, the World says: “They deny it singly and together, but do not deny that there is a great bond of sympathy between them.” She did not seem displeased that the question was asked, nor did Mc- Cormick. In New York, when informed of Mrs. Stillman’s statement about the divorce suit, her attorney, Isaac N. Mills, said: “I am sure a made.” Question of Girl’s Adoption mistake has been rj pal of tye Gerald | Chapman. Police vis the bus-| iest night experienced in’ many} months. | The bodies of Anderson and Detec-| tive Chas. Hammond, who brought | the gunman down afier being mortal- ! | | LGIERS CREW STILL MISSING | Norfolk, Va. Nov. (#)—The fate of the crew of the steamer Al- giers, found Sunday night gutted by | fire andoned today remained iH Coast guard vessels from \) nd New York have set out j to search for them and other v $ that have sought them f: d to find a trace of the freighter’s lifeboats. The vessel out of Philadelphi The cre f the other two ships ‘that were caught in the week-end | storm in this area have been account- jed for. POPULACEOF | MUSKEGON HAS A“BAD NIGHT” Ied Persons Following Anderson Killing Po \ 3 bad night} red doors from suse of their Muskegon, Mich, Ni Muskegon had. : . sleeping behind and suffering in man although t rm, Geo “Dutch” An- Police were called frequently dur- ling the night by startled persons | imaginations had been keyed | hy the shooting to death of An-| derson, notorious gunman, killer and | lly wounded himself, lie today at op- | posite ends of the city. At the mor- igue, where Anderson’s body was tak- jen and identified yesterday, hundreds | of persons gathered. Police reserves called’ and the morgue | finally | closed, were Thousands Pass Bier {At the undertaking parlors, where the det body lies, more than 4,000 ed by his bier yesterda although the body was not to lie in ute until tod | her local’ police nor secre Jservice men here believe Muskegon | thas an i to fear from any 7 compl Anderson, A Detroit wonian ing sought for question- ing. concerning Anderson's most_re- ities but it is believed he s been playing a lone hand in hist erations in Mich np. These con-' pparently o: sing counter- 1 pa of such a counterfeit Sat: urday night b Muskegon store keeper led to a police call, the sub- sequent f Anderson, his at- tempted k for liberty when he shot the arresting officer, and his own death when the officer, though | wounded, tore the gun from his ‘and fired a bullet into Ande body. Woman Used As Shield Mrs. Alex A, Campbell told police last night why detective Hammond} did not use his own revolver against | Anderson. She suid she was on West- fern avenue when Anderson made his \break for freedon; and that Ander- son grabbed her and placed her be- |tween himself and the detective as the la tarted to fire. ingering doubt that the slain man is Anderson was removed last night when the body was viewed by George Page, a secret service opera- tive of Toledo, Ohio, who was well jacquainted with Anderson. His; identification is added to that estab- lished by finger prints, Bertillon measurements, and by other officers who knew Anderson. It has not been determind what dis- position will be made of Anderson's body. DISCUSSION: “OF ITALIAN "DEBT DELAYED American Commission Mem- i bers Are Studying Docu- ; ments Offered By Volpi Washington, Nov. 3.—(®)—Formal {discussion of the funding of the $2,138,542,873 Italian debt to the Unit- ‘ed States was in abeyance today, to permit the American commission members to study, until tomorrow's session, the 21 documents bearing on the problem which Count Volpi, Ita- lian finance minister, presented yes- terday at the first joint session. Pre- sident and Mrs. Coolidge will enter- | tain members of both commissions to- | night at a white house dinner. At yesterday’s gathering, Secretary Mellon informed the visitors that his government would ask but “a just settlement that will insure economic peace,”, bearing in mind the Italian capacity to pay. Count Volpi, in re- plying that the American position was @ proper one, drew attention to the Dawes commission report show- ing the two principal elements of the j capacity to collect in a country were the necessary money from its people and the transfer of collected money in the national currency to the credi- tor country in the latter's currency. Embody Vaiuable Data . 1, Nov. Girls of} American blood traded to Chinese for pigs. i Small boys locked in cellars and} compelled to work as slaves in the rice fields — Children of 12 years of age and less sold to foreign masters like so many animals: - | These out Ss are occurring on! the Philippine Islands, under the American flag 1 To put an end to them a fund of ; $2,000,000 is being sought. com-} mittee headed by Governor General) Leonard Wood is engaged in as sent appea States for help. 18,000 of Them for whom prote are some The is being sought children 18,000 in numbe unfortu dren cf Ameri it mothers, who are usually left to shift for themselves almost as soon they are old enough to talk, or are slavery by the untaught sn who bore them, luckless youngsters, — then, are partly of American. blood, born under the Americ flaye—-exposed from the time leave their crad les to lives of suffering. The boys y wind up as virtual s ions. The ad best be alanis’ right to Chinese for co: Pigs or some other commodity. | The povernment is unable to give these children the protection they | should have. Some system of free schools and homes is needed. | 100,000 ! esidents of — the! all they can situation, but ‘shorts funds hampers their effort $2,000,000 that is being sufficient to provide pro- tection for all of the children, it is believed. Protestant nd Catholic chureh | schools a ng for some children | now, und the n Guardian As- | soc the organization which is the fund, is looking out for! diditional number. i But until the amount n usked is col-, lected, adequate protection cannot be | given. \ ar rances Korn of New ago, who has been ac-| ef work here, has sail- | the request tive in the d for Americ: at Governor General Wood to take ctive part in the appeal for funds Ameri headquarters oft agency at 8 West 40th strect,! New York. HUGETWIN i ANNOUNCED, Northern States Power Com-| | pany Buys St. Paul Gas_ | Light Company Chicago, Nov. (#)— Arrange- ments for the pure by the North ern States Power company of the S Paul Gas Light company, serving S! Paul, were announced today by H. M, Byllesby and company. It is planned to seek official authority for consolidation of the properties of | the St. Paul Gas Light company and} the Northern States Power company, which now serves Minneapolis and about 600 other cities. The announcement stated that the St. Paul Gas Light company suppli all of the gas service and approx mately 70 per cent of the electri light and power service of the city of St. Paul, while the Northern States Power compa i cent of the electrical s | Paul, all_of the electrical requir ments of Minneapolis as well as some 600 cities and towns in the central northwest. Steam and Hydro-elcctric The St. Paul Gas company’s prop- erty includes both steam and: hydro- electric generating stations, and a gas plant with a daily manufacturing capacity of 10,000,000 cubic feet. The! company also has a contract for the purchase of coke oven gas, which provided for about 75 per cent of its total gas output. R. F. Pack, vice president and gen- eral manager, Northern States Power company, states that the unified op- eration of the electric utilities in St.| y Paul will insure better service and improved operating efficiencies, as | well as utilize to greater advantage the large hydro-electric and steam power stations of the Northern States Power company. The Northern States Power company has 43,000 share- holders, 8,000 of whom reside in St. Paul. The financial arrangements for the proposed merger were not announced. | DEAL 18 PERHAPS ST. PAUL’S LARGEST ‘ St. Paul, Nov. 3.—()—Consolida- tion of the St. Paul Gas Light com-| pany with the Northern tes Pow-| j the center of the b The 21 documents, which the Ita-|er Company, which has arranged to lian finance minister presented, em-| purchase the former organization, is) bodied data gathered under the di-| expected to take place within 60 days} rection of Dr. Mario Alberti, one of | after the purchase has been approved | the mission’s members, and gleaned| by the attorney general and St. Paul from governmental and economic} city council. sources. Local offi The American group has secured | refused to divulge the ¢ independent information. involved in the transaction, but pub- Is Up to Court Portland, Ore., Nov. 3.—(#)—-Whe- ther the engineer of the train which killed her parents near Harrisburg, Oregon, August 13, in an automobile collision shall be allowed to adopt nine-year-old Evyline Castle, was the question before Circuit Court Judge Evans at a hearing today. Following the accident, for which 1s of both companies consideration Italy’s wa: w her taxation, lack of raw material,|tween $25,000,000 and the engineer, Harvey Carpenter, was| population growth and unfavorable}ithus making the deal perhaps held in no way to blame, Carpenter,|trade balances. This information is| largest in the history of St. Paul. | in grief over the accident, usked that | expected to form. the basis of des-| Negotiations in the transaction he he permitted to adopt thn girl, the; tination when the conversations are} have been in progress for more than sole survivor of her family. resumed tomorrow, two years, | $30,000,000, | COURT DENIES MITCHELL’S PLEA FO 18,000 Children Facing Slavery—Homeless W aifs Traded to Chinese for Pigs Two ty Americ nm Guardian Wood to Politician at Home in F: N. D., Nov re, Miller, member of th tional convention of jone time within | tion ship tw to the Uni from this in Fargo M days. Pne pri cause, resulted death. as in the fa h sena- torial election of is Mr. Mil- ler, Republi candi S once | within two votes of the coveted hon- | or of being named United States | Senator. The \ day after day zone down int state as one Q and bitter political STUTSMAN CO. AGENT TAKES | HIS OWN LIFE, | Hangs Self to Water Pipes in Basement of His Home— Wife Finds Body for wife, hanging to the the basement of his Prominent State Dd, agent pical Filipino-American girls M Association at help the camp Die: Fargo (A) HH. Ff | he 1889 consti North Dakota i votes of elec history lost pic encoun Nov. 3. the past of Stu his life found er pipes in} residence, short- | ow ly after 6 o'clock this morning. Mr. Goodhue had been under con-|the close of the ye because of the pres-|prel i 1 siderable stra sure of his work tural agent, and h ancholy 10 days, accor Mrs. Goodhue. siderably cured vei a week. He awakene this morning and, light, read for some fort to get to sleep. 4 o'clock, he got up would go into anothe He hi to disturb Mrs. Goodhue. Shortly after 6 o'clock ™ hue went to the room where posed he was sleeping and, not find- ing him there, went into the base ment. Dr. Frank C. Count Volpi’s monograms surveyed| lic utility experts estimate the value| ed immediately, and he called the burdens and human tolls,| of the gas company holdings at be-| county coroner, Dr. A. s|as soon as he discovered that the; Goodhue had been dead for some! and at a much lower cost than when minutes. A full meal for its weight in blood. ing to th insomni: little sleep for mor county ‘agricul- b t tement by! uffered © id d about 2 o’el: turning on time in an‘ef-} Finally, about | aying that he/ room.so as not} the! Good- | fe sup- Titzell was H. Movius Mr. hedbng is twice ign for a jlo finance a who are being cared for by the nila, Inset, Mrs, Mary Frances the request of Gov, . Leonard ; $2,000,000 THREE MILLION | 1926 NEED FOR HIGHWAY WORK Next Year’s Plan Calls For 612 Miles Grading and 199 Miles Graveling 100,000.00 will he required it struction program Department to the last of the ne ubmitted to the} Commi y Kin project 4. 15th, the H had received reque « es of the grading G12 of 499 miles elin miles, t larger port ion of which ca! for 1926 con- struction thous » of the work on the ons was com- menced Of the miles to be aded, McKinnon estimates that the average cost for grading miles will be $3,000.00 per mile and the remainde t $4,000.00, making a to- » of $1,948,000.00 for g 00 wise, will per miles of gravel cost $1,000,000.00 or mile on ‘the average. nd total for road con- 48,000.00 for federal dy in the Depart- surfacing $2,000.00 This makes a gr ction of § projects alre: ent More Applications Expected It is anticipated that other applica- ions for fe aid will be made in the near future which will bring the construction cost in excess 0 the three million dollar mark before r. According to 2 t es made as to the ; of federal aid funds for the opinion av: of a number a ment heads that it has 3 hed the high mark or limit. on, counties which m row t y 1 be obliged to wait for another year before y construc- -|til Monday to permit pre; }) been THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [2am | PRICE FIVE CENTS R DISMISSAL NO PROOF OF GUILT SHOWN SAYS COLONEL No One Believes. Statements Issued With Malicious In- tent, Says Counsel NO DISRESPECT SHOWN Defense Counsel Moves Court inding of Not Guilty —Overruled For A (P)—Colonel again was overruled general court martial trying the charges agi missed on the ph that the prosecution had | presented no proof of his guilt, The d ded down without delay after an argument of counsel during which Representative Reid of Ilinois, counsel for Mitchell, declared the prosecution has rested yesterda without producing ne of proof that the air officer discipline by his utterances in the air controver his conten- tion the prosecution denied. Statements Not Malicious The court was told by Representa- tive Reid that the prosecution had been unable to. find in the whole country “one single, solitary indivi- dual, man or woman, soldier or civi- lian, to come here and say he thought, from reading these statements, that they were issued with a malicious and wicked intent.” “And so the prosecution stands all alone on its claim,” he i “Deserted by the whole world, it the court accept its mter f these statements as op- ntinue sed to the opinion of 100,000,000 Americans. What a farce it is. “No evidence was produced by prosecution that might cone y have shown that these statements re insubordinate. In fact, the only evidence on that point was’ just the reverse. Lieutenant Colonel George L. Hicks, the prosecution's own wit- ness, said on cross exaikination that did not consider the Sgateménts in- subordinate. ck of Respect me remarks apply to the highly contemptuous and dis- respectful. ‘It cannot be said for a the accused has ever ck of respect r his military superiors. He had obeyed every order of his ding officers with promptness xactitude, as is attested by the highest authority on military. dis- cipline in the world, General Persh- ing. “I move the court for a finding of not guilty.” Col. Sherman Moreland, the trial Judge advocate, briefly answered Mr. Reid, opposing the motion to strike out. “It these is my opinion,” he said, “that statements and attacks upon these two indispensable agencies of the government. constitute the of- fenses as recited. The motion, there- fore, should be denied.” MITCHELL H TO CALL WITN. Washington, No 3. —) urt-martial, trying Colonel Will Mitchell, held today that he wa within his rights in asking for the testimony of a long list of witne: including three ¢: defending himself against the discip- linary charge growing out of his at- tack on the government’s air policy. After the court had examined the list, Major General Robt. L. Howze, president of the tribunal, directed the prosecution to “take immediate teps to proceed to facilitate the de- fense by securing the witnes: and documents called for.” An adjournment then w The ken un- ion and service of subpoenas. Three Secretaries on List On the list are Secretaries Davis of the war department, Wilbur of the partment, and Jardine of the 1 department; — Everett ident Cool- king army ell as others in had contact with idge, and navy officer: civil life who h aeronautics. me of those named are*in Hono- lulu and other distant points, and it was indicated that no decision had reached as to whether all of them would be brought here. The ac- tion of the court apparently means that Col. Mitchell will be given a free hand in threshing out the whole aircraft controversy in court, in an attempt to prove that he was justi- fied in charging that the army and navy air services were being admin- istered with criminal and almost treasonable neglect of the best in- terests of the country. Documents Wanted Voluminous documents now in the government's files, including war and navy department records and copies letters as may have been written and received by President Coolidge in regard to the air con- troversy, are called for as a part of the case of the defense. Whether the right of the court- martial to demand access to all of these documents is recognized by the white house and departments con- cerned remains undisclosed. A trial running into several weeks Can Do Work Cheaper now seems certuin, and as a result The report also shows that 334] the debate over the government’s air- miles of new federal aid projects | craft program doubtless will be car- were surveyed up to Oct. 15th at a| ried over into the session of congress total cost of $ .00 or an aver-| which begins early next month. age cost of $38.18 per mile which is ——— an extremely low figure for this HARDWARE STOCK SOLD class of work. It proves that the Beulah.—Marshall-Malaise Lumber Highway Department can now do the! company here has purchased the work more cheaply than heretofore] entire stock of hardware belong. ing to Jacob Heihn and will tal the survey work was let out to pri-] possession January 1. The busi vate engineers who usually received | will be operated in the same location. from $40.00 to $60.00 per mile for Mr. Heihn is retiring from active bus- their services, iness life hecause of poor health. tion work can be undertaken on their projects