The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 1, 1926, Page 1

WRATHER FORECAST Cloudy tonight and.Thurada: probably urisettled: Not 20 cold. ESTABLISHED 1878 BURNS cAUst DEATH OF TWO MINNESOTANS Mother and Five Children All Burned When Stove Ex- plodes Near Avon TWO OTHERS Blast Occurs as Mother Pours Kerosene on Smoldering Ashes_in Stove MAY DIE St. Cloud, Minn., Dec. 1—()—The toll of dead in the tragic farm house burning near Avon yesterday morn- ing rose to two today with the death of Edmund, age 2, youngest son of Mrs. James Koska, who succumbed late yesterday afternoon to the burns she received. Mrs. Koska, with her five children, all of them boys, were victims of a fire in their farm house at Avon y: terday morning, when a stove ex- ploded as Mrs. Koska poured kero- sene on the smoldering ashes. Following the fire, Mrs. Koska and her children were taken to St. Cloud hospital. It was indicated by doctors today that Leonard, age 5, will not live and that William, 9, the eldest child, may also die, They are suffering from severe burns and ex- posure, having run a quarter of a mile for aid, scantily clad. The father, who was at work at Avon when the tragedy occurred, prostrated. He has not learned of the deaths of two of the members of his fami (0, TREASURER IN MONTANA: IS ROBBER VICTIM Officer and Deputy Threat- ened With ‘What Wheelock Got in North Dakota’ Plentywood, Mont., Dec. 1.—(@)— Robbers who held up-the county eusurer’s office here yesterday es- ped with $85,000 in cash and bonds ter threatening employes with “what Wheelock got in North Dako- ta. The robbers took $45,000 in cash and bonds, some negotiable, approxi- mating $40,000, after forcing the county treasurer, Eugene Torstonson, and his deputy, Miss Anna Hovet, in- to a vault. In ordering the pair to hold up their hands, one of the two robbers said: get what Wheelock got in North Da- He presumably referred to a receht bank robbery in North Dako- ta in which the banker was shot, A description of the robbers cor- responds to that of the pair who rob- bed a bank at Malta, Montana, 10 days ago and took $8,000, Clubs, Societies Urged to Purchase Christmas ‘Bonds’ Fifty prominent organizations of the city today received letters from the Christmas seal committee solicit- ing’ their purchase of Christmas seal bonds, Because of the fact that many of the organizations have been formed and maintained principally through a feeling of benevolent sympathy, the committee feels that the plea will meet with a generous response. The organizations are asked to make their| returns as soon as possibl Interest in the Christmas seal drive is expected to be considerably boos’ ed when George H, Shafer, attorney general, gives a talk this evening at 7 o'clock over Hoskins-Meyer station KFYYR in the interests of-the drive. ‘Temperature and Road Conditions | (Mercury readings at 7 3. m.) Bismarck—Cloudy, minus 12; roads good. St, Cloud—Cloudy, 4; roads icy. Minot—Clear, 17; roads fair. Crookston—Clear, minus 26; roads heavy. ; Fai nite 18; roads fay Jamestown—! ily cloudy, 20 be- low; roads fair, ‘ . Grand F. ‘Partly cloudy, 18 be- low; . ronds fair, Duluth—Pertly cloudy, minus 6; roads , good,., * Winon: loudy, 11; roads fair. Rochester—Cloudy, 4; roads icy. Hibbing—Cloudy, minus 12; roads fair. ; - Mankato-Cleas, 10; roads. good, Mandan—Partly cloudy, 14 below; if tke —cloudy, minus 21; Devils ronda’ badly, drifted.- ‘ Flasher— Brown, well known pio er of the Flesher dis-| P i od BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1926 OLD WAVE USHERS Ivan the Great Not Ivan the Terrible but Ivan the Great is two-year-old Ivan Erickson, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M, Erickson of Pierre, 8. D. Though he’s only two, he weights 105 pounds and is growing fast. He weighted nine pounds at birth and began to “pick up” at two months, FORMATION OF JUDICIAL BODY DECIDED UPON | Judges Will Recommend That Legislature Make -Perma- nent Council Possible Recommendation for the formation! of 4 permanent judicial council will be made to the legislature at its next session, it was decided Tuesday afternoon by district judges and su- perme court justices at the council meeting now being held here. The recommendation _ followed reading of a report by a committee of the state bar association, which Suggested ‘such a permanent organs ization. Committee members con- forded with the judges in drafting plans for the proposed organization, Membership of the permanent council, as suggested, will consist of all district judges and supreme court justi ‘one county judge, chosen by ‘the supreme court; six lawyers chosen by the bar association; chair- men of the judiciary committees of the house and senate, und one: pro- ifessor in the University law school, \to be chosen by the members of the lhaw department. j The purpose of the council will be jto_exereiae advisory power, to in- 1 vestigate and to propose changes in the law to the legislature, which will “Be damned quick or you'llithen take action on the recommenda-| tions, Another aim of the council will be to gather statistics on crim- inal and civil cases so that the judges may have them on hand for reference and use them as a basis for study. : Changes Recommended To speed the administration of jus- tie two recommendations for changes in existing laws were dis- cussed by the judges at their session this morning. The changes, which will be recom- mended to the legislature, are: A change in the so-called “doubled | f headed” affidavit of prejudice so as to require affidavits to be filed be- fore the first day of a court term and to make the affidavits merely dis- qualify the judge; the judge called ‘in his eplace will then determine whether there should be a change of. venue. Reduction of time for appeal after conviction of a crime from six months to 90 days and requiring the appeal to be perfected in six months, ex- tension of this time to be granted by the judge only for emergencie: Other judicial matters were taken up briefly by the council, which ad- journed late this afternoon after a two-day session. | Weather Report | Weather conditions kota points for the 24 at 86. m. a Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday . Lowest dast night Precipitation to 7 Highest wind velocity .. WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday: ‘ably unsettled. Not so cold, For North Dakota: Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday; probably un- settled. Not so cold tonight and east and contrel portions Thursday. WEATHER CONDITIONS A high pressure area is centered over Manitoba this morning. Low pressure prevails over the Pacific Coast States. Light precipitation oc- curred over the Northern MURDER TRIAL JURY ‘LOADED,’ SAYS SIMPSON Presecutor, in Letter to Gov- ernor Moore, Says Condi: tions Are Disgusting Bishop Brown—Rip Van Winkle RIAL IS REQUESTED | Claims Jurors ast They Will Acquit Defendants Re- gardiess cf Evidence » Courthouse, Somerville, N. J. De ——vriedustice Charles W. Parker, thin afternoon denied motion by the state for a mis- trial in the Hall-Mills case. Judge Parker made no com- ment beyond saying that ine had studied the affidavits suimitted by the prosecution and that he had decided to deny the motion for a mistrial. Neither state nor defense counsel commented. Somerville, N. J., Dec. 1—@)— “loaded” and that some jurors are “stupid” are made in a letter from Special Prosecutor Alexander Simp- son to Governor Moore. Having determined to ask that a mistrial be declared, Simpson asks the governor, who appointed him, to take note of the situation. Simpson announced his decision to ask a mistrial after checking up a letter from the keeper of a hotel where the juror: hotel keeper versations ed the jury h decided upon acquittal before all the evidence was in, and that jur- lors had spoken slightingly of Simp- son and the state’s star witness, Mrs. Jane Gibson, who claims to have wit- nessed the murder four years ago of Dr, Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, Describes Conditions Simpson said he would offer a mo- tion for a mistrial as soon as the defense concludes sur-rebuttal testi- mony which.defense counsel thought would be completed. today. In his letter to Governor Moore, Simpson calls conditions in Somer- ville “so bad as to be disgusting.” “I am, of course, not working for conviction at all hazards in the trial of Frances Hall, Henry Stevens land Willie Stevens,” says the letter, :“but every one in Somerville knows Ithat the jury is loaded. Some of them sleep during the evidence; jthey receive telephone . messages ‘without any guard; also receive vis- jitors who talk to them without any guard or sheriff's officers. “[ have reports that the jurors are so stupid—that .is, one or two of them—that they have openly boasted they didn’t care what the evidence was, but they would find against the state. “It seems to me that the chief ex- ecutive of the state, having sworn to ee that the laws ure faithfully ex- jecuted, should take some notice of this condition.” Defendants Expect Acquittal The three defendants, Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her brothers, Henry und Willie Stevens, expect a. speedy ucquittal in the present trial for the murdering of Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills. Simpson indicated that in case a mistrial was granted, he would at once start machinery mov- for a new trial on charges of killing the Rev. Edward W. Hall, whose body was found with that of Mrs, Mills. PAIR TRIAL IMPOSSIBLE, PROSECUTOR TELLS.COURT Courthouse, Somerville, N. J., Dec. 1,—(#)—Alexander pson, special prosecutor in the Hall-Mills murder case, today moved for a mistrial al- Jeging that members of the jury had committed improprieties which made it impossible for him to obtain a fair tris The motion was made at the com- pletion of the state's case against Mrs, Frances Stevens Hall and her brothers, Willie and Henry Steve: They have beén on,- trial for four weeks on charges of killing Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, ‘soprano in the church of which Mrs, Hall’s husband, | the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, was rector. Simpson grouped his allegations under three heads: i Jurors Asleep That members of the jury had been asleep; that they had been improper- ly guarded, one member having been, observed in consultation with them- bers of the defense; and the manifest hostility of some members of the jury p-| to him and to the state’s case. The first affidavit, he aid, was made by Ralph Crimm who! stated that he had been in the court- Foom every day and had seen, juror’ number two, John W. Young, farmer Like Rip the Episcopal church as a “here' Van Winkle, Bisho, hein am Montgomery Brown, deposed by re where, as a youth, he used ‘to drive a coach for a wealthy family. re the family then lived there now is a vacant lot, strewn with rub- ls jury is| bish, and Bishop Brown had to hunt half a day before he could find a carriage to drive. But he did find one, as this picture shows. ib sited Omaha to look over the Be Sure to Buy and Use Christmas Seals Bismarck’s 50°: , during 1926, 1, Care for underweight chi a. b. 2. Care for est 4 children were supplied with proper glasses, 3. Care for t 4. eth: 8 children were given proper dental care, Other necessary care: 10 children were given free hospital care. ‘New Formula Made For Settlement of Chile-Peru Dispute! Santiago, Chile, Dec. 1—(@)—A {hew formula by Frank Kellogg, the American secretary of state, for the settlement of the dispute between Chile and Peru over the provinces of Taena and Arica has been made public here. The proposed solution calls for the cession of the territory to Bolivia, that country to pay Chile what- money the Chilean treasury has ded for public works. It pro- Iso that Arica be. declare rt, that th itarized and t be signed by ¢ DRY FORCES 10 PRESENT FACTS ON PROHIBITION To Inform Public of Econom Moral and Social Benefits, Says Wheeler | ile, Peru and New York, Dec. 1. | Wheeler. general counsel for the An- | ti-Saloon League, forecasts an educa- tional campaign directed in part against any wet candidate for presi- dent in 1928, that will “sow the na- tion knee deep in facts on the ben fits of prohibition.” Speaking at a dinner given by the New York Economie Club | Mr. Wheeler declared “state execu- tives who aid in the repeal of state enforcement laws can never be trust- ed to enforce the constitution of the United States in the White House,” and his assertion was considered a to Governor Alfred E. “The new dry campaign,” said Mr. Wheeler, “will sow the nation knee- deep with facts on the economic, moral and social benefits of prohi- bition,” and public sentiment will be aroused until “a ‘reputable citizen will no more think of speaking of his bootiegger than he would of his horse thief.” State referenda with “no legal or binding effect will be ignored,” he aid, and the drys will “continue to nominate and elect dry congressmen.” Reported Escape of ‘Lone Wolf’. Bandit Denied at Prison Rumors current about the ay this morning that Norris Forrest, the “Lone Wolf” bandit recently sent to the state penitentiary here from Minot for burglary, had escaped from of Middlebush, nodding and appar-| the institution during last night-were ‘ently asleep. ‘The next affidavits were by Barnhardt and his wife, Elsie. Mrs. Barnhardt is a sister of Mrs. ey alleged that another jilto ant ir i been seen conversing.with Robert 7 and Mr, Studer of defense incident believed counsel. This incident was to refer to w dey earlier in the ey erased of frlgih dco) ae ‘where he coul Cre a ‘ rov Naren: 12,000 bottles of milk for 200 underweight children. ‘ALIBI GIVEN ()—Wayne p.|Man in Charge of Training! t night,| Philadelphia sent the champion to 1 ided: DULUTH MAN IS SHOT, BUT | Harbor, Hawaii, naval oil NAVY HAD PART “IN AWARDING OF “OIL CONTRACTS T Doheny Counsel in Con- spiracy Charge COLLUSION IMPOSSIBLE | Witness Says Fall Sanctioned | Contract ‘If Navy Secre- tary Thinks Best’ Washington, Dec. 1.—()——With the structure of the government's con- spiracy case against Albert B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny nearly com- pleted, the defense alrendy has begun work on the effort to tear it down. The first important move in that direction became apparent at the first overtime session of the trial of thd former interior secretary and the oil magnate last night when their counsel ‘took up cross-examination of Assist ant Secretary Finney of the interior department. Finney has much first-hand knowl- edge about the awarding of contracts to Doheny’s Pan-American Petroleunf company for construction of the Pearl! plant and for exploitation of the Elk Hills, California, na‘ oil reserve. Basis of Charge The conspiracy charge against the | two men arises out of those awards and @ $100,000 transaction between Doheny and Fall which enabled thq latter to extend his ranch holdings in| New Mexico. Frank J. Hogan, chief defense coun- | sel, told the jury at the beginning of | the trial that he would show that the mavy department’s participation in the awarding of the oil storage con tract and the lease precluded Pp sibility of collusion between Fall and Doheny. Questioning Finney, he brought out testimony that Fall, then at his ranch, sanctioned award- SAVES COIN Battles With Two Bandits in : Bunk Car on Northwestern ; at Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, lowa, Dee, 1---(P)-- Minn,, fought h two bandits r on the Northwestern last night, und while money, he was a bunk ilroad he! he saved h through the t- en on the head by one of the bandit tt to club him into ¢ looking for ‘Vroy Smith and Cirkva say a gun was pok thought to of money, but 1 wher He is ge sum still has it FOR DEMPSEY Camp Says Fighter Was Given Poison in Coffee Baltimore, Dec. 1,—()—Poison in Jack Dempsey’s coffee the Saturday | before his fight with Gene Tunney at | defeat, Captain Charles J. Mabbutt, generalissimo of the Dempsey train- ing camp, charges in an article writ- ten for the Baltimore News today. “It is mow more than nine weeks since Jack Dempsey lost his heavyweight boxing crown to Gene Tunney et Philadelphia,” Captain Mabbutt says. “I have purposely refrained up to this time from discussing in detail what happened at Dempsey’s training camp at Atlanta City but after due deliber- ation I offer as my firm belief the opinion that both Dempsey and 1, as well aa his trainer, Jerry The Greek, were victims of foul play and that a poisonous substance introduced into | the cream used by our party did the | work.” He said he has satisfied him- self as to “the facts of the case.” Captain Mabbutt say: “On the Saturday preceding the fight Demp- sey, Mike Trent, his body guard, Jerry The Greek and I had breakfast with him as usual at a cottage West Atlantic City. It was about 7 am “After Saturday Dempsey did prac- tically no training, and barring punching the bag for a few rounds Sunday, he discontinued active work f sny kind. He was an ill man.” He said all at the breakfast table except Mike Trent drank cream in their coffee on Saturday morning. Trent, he said, took black coffee and ‘was not ill. State Pardon Board . Will Meet Tomorrow ing of the Pearl Harbor contract to Doheny's company, on condition that “Admiral Robison and the secretary of the navy think best” and “if au- thorized by Denby (the naval secre- tary).” Robison was chief of the bureau f engineering of the navy at the time. Publicity Avoided Statements that the plans for the Pearl Harbor project originated in navy department also were placed the jury by Hogan, together y that Theo: nt secretary rst to suggest wi dore Roosevelt. as a of the navy, was th avoided in the negotiations. Acceptance of the Doheny plan was approved, Finney said, by Robison and A. Wambrose, petroleum te: nologist of the bureau of mines, be- fore Fall was requested by telegraph to authorize its acceptance. DEFENSE INTRODUCES LETTER FROM HARDING Washington, Dec, 1—(@)--A letter by President Harding, approving the {oil leasing policies of Albert B. Fall ‘while he was secretary of the in. terior was brought into court today by the defense in the Fall-Doheny oil conspiracy trial, The letter was sent to the senate in April, 1922, in reply to the original resolution of inquiry into the Teapot Dome and Elk Hill leases, It was put into evidence while a prosecution witness was on the stand, and was a part of a defense effort to show that Fall did not himself bear the respon- sibility for award of the Elks Hilly lease to the Doheny interests, after Doheny had advanced him a “loan” of $100,000, In his reply to the senate, Pr ident Harding said he was acquaint- ed in detail with the policies of the interior department, had been ap- prised of the exact terms of the various leases and approved and sup- ported the entire program of the de- partment. E. C. Finney, assistant secretary of the interior, a government wit- ness, testified he personally had sub- mitted much of the interior depart- mental detail incorporated in the president’s message. “The policy which has been adopt- ed by the secretary of the navy and the secretary of the interior in deal- ing with these matters was submitted to me prior to the adoption thereof,” decided upon, and the subsequent acts have at all times had my entire ep- proval The president's letter did not go into details regarding individual leases, but he enclosed a statement by Fall, then secretary of the inter- dor, outlining what had been done and saying that he was certain the contracts entered into “will rebound Is Contention of Fall-| storage wrote Mr. Harding, “and the policy| to the credit of your administration, | nd 60 Elope | i | | i Margaret Hooper, Mich, was ver} jebum. And si ichum had [Se other |father, Dr. Robi | elo to a Battle Creek, fond of her girl found that the girl vfully nice father. she and the chum’s t V. Gallagher, 60, shboring city and were married. They're honeymoon- ing now. The bride is the daughter of Congressman Joseph L. Hoo WAGNER WILL HEAD G.ND.A. DRIVE HERE Campaign For 1927 Members in Bismarck Will | Be Launched Tomorrow The campaign to enroll 927 mem- | bers in the Greater North Dukota As- tion in Bismarck will be launch- ed tomorrow morning, J. P. Wagner, cashier of the First Guaranty Bank, who has been named chairman of the campaign in Burleigh county, stated today. The appeal to Bismarck busi- ness and professional men to serve for a few hours on teams and com- plete the canvass in one day has been very ready, Mr. Wagner said, and a meeting will be held late this after- noon in the Association of Commerce ;Mandan’s mi PRICE FIVE CENTS IN MONTH OF DECEMBER MERCURY IS BELOW ZERO IN 2 STATES Bismarck Has First Sub-zero Temperature of This Win- ter at 14 Below 5 BELOW ZERO AT MINOT Weather Man Promises Coun- ter Attack to Bring Re- action By Thursday _ The mercury dropped below zero in Bismarck last night for the first time this winter, although other Points in the state have already ex- Perienced several sub-zero nights during the past two weeks, and, de- termined to make a good job of it, failed to stop in its descent until the minus 14 marking had been reached. Only one night during the winter of a year ago was colder than last night, that being January 28, when the minimum temperature was 15 below zero. Yesterday's drop in temperature was unusual in respect to the sud- denness with which it came. At 7 o'clock Tuesday morning the weath- er was rather balmy, the mercury reading ut the government weather bureau being 17 above zero. Shortly after that hour, however, the cold wave swept in from the northwest and the temperature dropped ra idly. At 11 a, m, the reading wi four above, remaning at that point until shortly after 3 p. m., when it continued downward. The drop of BL degrees, from 17 above to 14 be- low, within less than 24 hours. is considerably out of the ordinary. 25 Below at Minot Other North Dakota and Minnesota points were also hit by the cold wave during yesterday and last night. Minot had the lowest tem- perature umong North Dukota cities, reporting 1 minimum of 25 below. Jamestown reported a low of 22 be- low and Devils Lake 21 below. Grand Forks and Fargo reported 18 below. imum equaled that of Bismarck—14 below. | office to assign the workers to teams and give the teams their lists of calls, j_ “'bast Bismarck raised $2,115 |for the state association,” Mr. Wag- Iner dei , “and this y | pect to about the same amount r the county, is campaign in other towns of the county will be made as soon as Bismarck is completed. Of the 101 members secured in Bismarck shot to interior officials that publicity be! last year, 78 pledged their member- | ships for the entire five year period 1926-30, With these, the teams will merely collect the checks for their Those who did not pledge ) will be asked to re- so expect to reach und individuals who | on or other were missed last year. “Everyone is quite familiar with| the splendi vice given to North! Dakota by the Greater North Dakota | Association during the pust year, The work must continue and it is gratify- ing to know that 27 counties have al- ready exceeded the amount of money they raised last year. This means that the campaign is going over the association will have cl $100,000 to finance its 1927 acti Bismarck will undoubtedly assume its share cheerfully. We hope to com- plete the campaign in one day.” Percy R. Trubshaw Being Mentioned For House Speakership Percy R. Trubshaw of Valley City, former editor of the Valley City Times Record, is being mentioned by the Valley City paper and a number of his friends as a candidate for the house speakership at the coming ses- sion of the state legislature. Mr. Trubshaw served in the legis- lature several years ago and those who are supporting his candidacy be- | lieve his previous experience quali- fies him Yor the office. He has a wide acquaintance throughout the state, being a pioneer resident North Dakota. “If Mr. Trubshaw were elected speaker each and every member of the house would be treated with the utmost fairness,” says the Valley City Times Record in supporting his Prospective candidacy. “He would bring to the discharge of his duties a sincerity and fidelity which would insure a highly valuable service for ‘the state.” Depot at Streeter Destroyed By Fire } ! both in the present and the distant future.” " THIEF ARRESTED Sentinel Butte—Arrest within a few hours of the guilty party follow- ‘ed the burglarising of the general) part of the building. merchandise store of McDonald and| Express and amall freight in the Boisen Friday night. The stolen mer-|depot was saved and the fire was chandise was recovered and the sus-jkept from spreading by the towns- Jamestown, N. D., Dec, 1—()— The ‘Streeter depot burned to the ground shortly after five o'clock last | ening, the fire thouhgt to have’ tarted’ from an overheated stove/ while the agent was busy in another ' | The state pardon board will hold ite.regular meeting tomorrow morn- ing ‘at the penitentiary. A number Of applications for pardons have been pect, 8 young man named Miles, con-| people, battling in a small blizzard fessed to the crime when he was ee with the temperature around zero. covered wearing part of the loot. ——_— is now in the Golden Valley county} Chicago has the. largest blind. col- Minnesota points reported mini- mum readings as follows: Crooks- ton, 26 below; Hibbing, 12 below; Duluth, 6 below; St. Cloud, 4 aveve; Winona, 11 above; Rochester, 4 above; and Mankato, 10 above. ‘The temperature has been rising wradually throughout the day here, will not drop below zero tonight, in the opinion of ©. W. Roberts, weather observer. At 8 o'clock this morning the reading was‘nine below, at 10 o'clock it was six below, at 11 Yclock it was four below and at the mercury stood at zero. At 2 o'clock the temperature was elght above and at 3° o'clock it’ was 12 above, Minot, N. D., Dee. ord for the season was set last night by the falling mercury when the thermometer of the state's official weather observer registered 26 de- grees below zero, At 8 a, m. today it was minus 17, Jamestown, N. D., Dec. 1—-@)— The mercury skidded in the cold north wind of yesterday here just 32 degrees, the official government 1-—(P)—A ree- .| weather records at the state hospital showing a maximum of 10 above and a mimimum of 22 below for the last 24 hours and a temperature at 7 a. m, today of 20 below zero. The wind, however, had switched around to the southduring the night and the mercury started a slow upward climb at daylight, Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 1—)— December rode into Grand Forks to- day on the low side of a cold wave which measured 29 degrees from tip to tip, the high point being six above and the low 23 below. The temper- ature climbed slightly and reached 22 below at 7 o'clock this morning. There was practically no wind and the sky was fairly clear. Crookston, Minn. Dec. 1—M— Crookston residents awoke this morning to find that a wave of bit- ter cold had settled over the city during the night and brought to Crookston the lowest temperature of any point in the country, the mer- cury reading 26 below zero by gov- ernment thermometers. At six a. m. thermometers regis- tered 28 below zero in unofficial reading, while the lowest recorded in the United States weather bureau at the time was 26 below. The mercury started going up soon after dayligh: and at 11 a. m. registered 18 below zero. Chicago, Dec. 1—()—Winter, set officially to attack on December 22, laid down a preliminary barrage over the middlewest today as the new month was born. Canada, | Pecelved and the full board will at-| jail waiting sentence. The stolen|ony in the world, with more than! Tuesday, é the meeting. f goods was Worth about $150. 2,000 persons,