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WRATHER FORECAST Mostly fair tonight.and ‘Murs~ day, Nob'so cold tonight: =~! /ESTABLISHED 1878 ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1926 JUGO SLAVIA AROUSED BY FRIENDSHIP PACT SEN. WKINLEY. SUCCUMBS 10 LONG ILLNESS ‘Illinois Solon Passes Away Late Yesterday at Mar- tinsville, Indiana FUNERAL TO BE FRIDAY Col. Frank A. Smith, Elected to Succeed Him, May Fill Unexpired Term Martinsville, Ind., Dec. 8—-—#)— His courageous battle against im- pending death over, friends and rel- atives today will take the body of Senator William B. McKinley of Illi- nois to his home in Champaign, where funeral services will be con- ducted Friday. The senator. died late yesterday after a four months’ battle against prostatic cancer, The death of the senator, who was 70 years old, was apparently only a matter of weeks as long as last May, when he was defeated for renomina- tion to the senate by Colonel Frank A. Smith of Dwight, who was subse- The defeat in the primary came on the heels of the senator’s vigorous stand in favor of American adherence to the world court protocol and brought to a close a congresional career of 20 years, 14 of which were spent in the house of representative. May Appoint Smith Springfield, Illinois, advices indi- cated the possibility that his elected successor, Colonel Sihith, would fill) the remainder of Senator McKinley’s unexpired term, but there were re- ports current ' in Washington that pressure might be brought on Gov- ernor Len Small to name some other person for the present short term of congress, to avoid a possible de- lay to impostant administration leg- islation which might occur if Colonel Smith were appointed and the sub- ject of primary campaign funds thus ‘hrought before congress. Blaadered into. Politics : William B. McKinley, whose span of more than 20 years in congress, the latter portion as United States senator from Illinois, covered the in- surgency among national legislators, ‘the Roosevelt bolt of 1912, and the primary scandals of 1926, was a vusiness man and philanthropist. By his own avowal, he “blundered into polities” because his business was ‘running so smoothly he had nothing else to do. “L really blundered into politics,” the senator once said. “I was get- ting unnecessary in my business. Things went on without me. So when it was suggested to me that I run for congress, I accepted just for something to do, IT never regetted s “blunder” lasted from j-the time the Republicans of Cham-| ihe Great Northern, pajen, glll., and the nineteenth con- gressional lower house of congress in 1905 un- til he was defeated for the party| privileges to the state nomination by Frank L. Smith, of Dwight, Ill, in the 1926 primary as McKinley was finishing his first six year term in the senate. Spent Hin Own Money It was the huge expenditures in that last campaign that brought a senate investigating committee to ieago after the Pennsylvania pri- y expense scandal had aroused national attention. The Chicago hearing developed that while Senator McKinley had spent about $360,000, it was virtually all his own money. Managers of his successful oppon- ent, Col, Smith, who was. chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commis- sion, accounted for approximately $300,000, much of it contributed by executives of public utilities, an _in- dustrial field in which Senator Mc- His defeat was immediately fol- “lowd by the senator's decline in health and serious illness of sciatic rheumatism. le from his political. career, Senator McKinley was best known for his contributions to educational and religious invtitutions.. His philanthropies were unattended by publicity, but his friends estimated in 1925 that his gifts to educ: had passed the million dollar mark. A Regular Republican , Always a regular republ . from “standpatter” times to “farm bloc” McKinley directed the adm istration campaign for the renomi. nation of President William Howard Taft in 1912 when'the Rooseveltians split the Republican party. ' McKinley issued a statement de- scribing- Roosevelt as an “Ajax defy- ing the lightning,” and denied the Roosevelt charges of stolen conven- tion seat He challenged Roosevelt to come from ‘his Oyster Bay, N. Y., home to the storm center, Chicago, and, predicted an unsuccessful bolt from the Republican party. Roose- velt accepted the challenge and soon after his arrival in Chicago, his ad- herents the party conyentio! organized the Progressive or Bull Moose convention and nominated Roosevelt for the presidency. ‘The'defeat: of both, cand Taft Ky Woodrow W. i cratic nominee, took MeKinley down to defeat in his home district and he was out of congress in'1918 and 1914, was again elected to the house, ‘however, and in 1921 was elected to the Senate by a few-thousand votes (contend | on page bing “Slain Girl, Fugitive Lover ’ After she had been missing for ne ly three months, the body of Cl Olson, Prairie du Chien (Wis.) schoo girl, was found in a in the woodlands — ne: Erdman Olson, her sweetheart, ing sought on. a charge of murder. The two a® pictured above: They were not related. MILL CASE T0 BE PRESENTED ™ WRITING Judge Coffey Hears Oral Ar- gument and Directs Coun- sel to Submit Briefs Arguments were presented to ‘Judge J. A. Coffey in district cour here yesterday in the case in which orthern Pa- cifie and Soo Line railroads are ap- riet sent him to the) nealing from an order of the state jrailroad board granting —cartain It and ele- vator at Grand Forks. A motion by H. A. Bronson, att ney for the mill and elevator asso- ciation, asking that the case be dis. of the to make findings o ir the case which was pr the board at hearings here last sum- mer, Railroads’ Contention Hagman conterMled that in grant- ing to the mill certain transit privi- leges ‘the commission acted without any evidence in the record to show what ao propér transit charge might be. At the hearing before the board the mill and elevator association con- tended that it should be given free transit privileges. Hagman also al- leged that there was no evidence pre- sented at the board hearing to show that the transit charge fixed by the board is reasonable, that the charge s fixed is below the rates prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Com- mission in similar cases elsewhere, that it, is a discrimination against interstate commerce because it gives privileges to persons making intra- state shipments whichsare not en- joyed by interbtate shippers and that the rates as fixed are much too low. He also attacked joint line rates fixed by the board as being unduly preferential to the state mill and ele- vator to the exclusion of other mills in_ the state. Bronson contended that objection by the railroads to the state ‘board’s decision was actuated by the, fact that it recognizes the state mill and elevator as a terminal grain market, a fact which the railroads and term- inal operators at Minneapolis and Duluth are attempting to forestall. Privilege Granted Elsewhere Free transit privileges are granted in many other states, he said, but have been denied to millers of the nd interior Northwest despite findings ‘by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion to the cotta A should haye the same privileges one ex- adel to millers in’ other stétes. Free Pi iyo peivilaate have been to mills in South Dakota, payee Kansas, he said, despite the fact that none of those states eer pees a Smnennt ot aren ay the ehe hi id, is based se, e said, is ba Tas ape oy On page foan) ts $5,000 RAISED TO HELP HUNT ERDMAN OLSON Farmers ®f Kickapoo Valley Subscribe to Fund to Find bastion Slayer EW CLUE DEVELOPS | Youth Answering !escription of Olson Is Being Held at Alma, Georgia Prairie du Chien, Wis., Dee. 8.—®) —With prospects of a $5,000 fund to speed the hunt for Erdman Olson, 18- | year-old college boy sought as the | slayer of Clara Olson, authorities to- day were preparing to tuke steps | which it was hoped would lead to | apprehension of the youth. The fund, to be raised by popular | subscription among the farmers of | the Kickapoo Valley, was approved | late yesterday by District Attorney J. E. Earll and Sheriff Harry Sherwood at a conferenece with six men in- formally selected us representatives of families present at the little Nor- wegian church yesterday when fun- eral services were held for Clara. To Hire Detectives It was suggested to the county of- ficials that the money be used to hire private detectives to,trace the move- ments of Erdman Olson from the time he fled from Gale College, at | Galesville, Wisconsin, 70 miles from | here, September 27. County officers today were await- ing word from Charleston, S. C., which might clear up two mysterious telegrams feceived here last night by Melvin Helgerson, 18-year-old chum f the missing boy. The first said: ‘Come. Urgent. Get finances there. Wire upon leaving to Attorney James H. Bowman.” After consulting Sheriff Sherwood, Helgerson wired back: “How much?” The reply, which came quickly, said: “Wire me thousand, Urgent. immediately.” Shortly after the Charleston clue developed, Sheriff Harry Sherwood here was notified that a youth giving the name of “John Pittman” but an- swering the description of Olson was held at Alma, Ga. The suspect had been working on a farm for two weeks. MAN WHO SENT TELEGRAMS BEING HELD AT CHARLESTON Charleston, S. C., Dec. 8—(@)—A man who signed “Attorney J. P. Bow- man” to a telegram sent from here yesterday to Mervin Helgerson in Prairie du Chien, Wis., was in the custody of police today while efforts were being made to check his activi- ties. NX Bowman admitted to Mayor Thomas P. Stoney, who conducted an investi- gation, that he sent the telegram to Helgerson requesting him to come here immediately and that he later sent another message instructing Helgerson to send $1,000: Both mes- sages, were sent, Bowman declared, at the instance of another man. Weather Report Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ooains: at 8 a. m. today, Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a, m, . Highest wind velocity ... WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly fair tonight and Thursday. Not so cold tonight, For North Dakota: Mostly fair to- night and Thursday. Not so cold to- night. WEATHER CONDITIONS High pressure, with its center over British Columbia and Washington, extends from the north Pacific coast eastward to the great Lakes region. Temperatures are low in North Da- kota and in the central Canadian Provinces while elsewhere moderate temperatures prevail. A low pressure area is centered over southern Utah. Precipitation occurred over the cen- tral Rocky Mountain region, in the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in charge. ——___—__—+ Temperature and Road Conditio (Mercury readings at . a. m.) Piemarck Chea, and foggy, minus roads good. St. Cloud—~Cloudy, 22; roads fair. Minot—Cloudy, 8; roads fair. Winona—Clear, 26; roads poor. Fargo—Clear, minus 1; roads good. : Mankato—Cloudy, 27; roads rough, and heavy, Crookston—Foggy, 6 above; roads fair. sepenere ns 2; roads poor to fair, Hibbing—Clear, 12; rate fair, | County Rochester—Cloudy, 25; Homemakers’ Today’s Doings in Nation’s Capital Congress meets at noon. President Coolidge | submits budget message. House takes up treasury-post- office supply bill, Poison gas treaty ratification is before house. Election committee moves to- f sea forces. i. measure for SIGNING OF GAS PROTOCOL IS OPPOSED Legion Would Block Ratifica- tion of Pact Eliminating Use of Poison Gas Kenosha, 8. —)—On the eve of consideration by the Unit- ed States senate of the Geneva pro- tocol eliminating use of poisonous gas in future conflicts, the national department of the American Legion has started a campaign to block rati- fication. Voicing regret that “heads of our government favor barring use of poi- ‘sonous gas by the United States when some of the great foreign powers ara not considering it,” National Com- mander Howard P. Savage declared here last night that the American Legion is opposed to ratification of the protocol, He announced that the forces of the legion will be brought to bear in an attempt to obtain an unfavorable vote on the protocol in the senate. Legion posts throughout the country were urged in telegrams Tuesday night to request their sena- tors to vote against the protocol. They were sent by John Thomas Taylor, Washington, D. C., national vice chairman of the legion legislative committee. PRICE OF FARM PRODUCTS MUST BE STABILIZED Cooperation of Farmer, Gov- ernment and Consumer Nec- essary, Says Lowden Chicago, Dec. 8— 8—(#)—The prin- cipal thing to do for agriculture is to stabilize prices of its products and make it possible for the farmer to market his surplus in an orderly fashion and at a profit to him, Frank O. Lowden today told the American Farm Bureau Federation. Cooperation of the farmer himself, by developing marketing agencies, of the government, hnd of those who use the products of the farm, he said, is necessary to attain that, end. “Just Australia found a way to take care of her huge w@ol surplus, without bankrupting her farmers, and Brazil a way by which her cof- fee surplus is no longer a menace, and England a method by which her rubber surplus no longer paralyzes the rubber-growing industry, so America may, if it will, find a way of-taking from the back-of the Amer- ican farmer the burden of his sur- plus,” said Mr. Lowden. Organization of \a federal farm board, Mr. Lowden outlined a& a step which would help stabilize prices of farm products. He pointed out that such a body would not “fix” the price of anything but by a systematic plan of operatfén create conditions which would automatically act as a stabil- izer. Farmers’ Meetings Open a at Driscoll The first of @ series of farmers’ institutes being sponsored by the county agent’s office was held this morning and afternoon in the town hall at Driscoll. Meetings are to be held at Sterling tomorrow, McKenzie Friday and Wayne Satu: Other meetings will be held during the early part of next week, their dates to be announced later. Homemakers’ Clubs Hold Special Meet) Washburn, N. D., De Dec. 8.—The third! lesson of the Kitchem Improvement Major Project has been given to rep- resentatives of the Underwood, Tur- tle Lake, Horseshoe Valley, Garrison, McGinnis. and Raub Homemakers’ Clubs of McLean County by Mies Alice Flaten of the Extension Divi- ‘sion of the Agricultural College. Se- lection and arrangement: of kitchen utensils ‘was the subject of the les- son. Meal more lesons of the Kitchen Improvement series will be given in the. spring. These will include door yard. improvement, personal effi- GRAVE CRISIS IS REPORTED FROM RUMANIA King Ferdinand Expected to! Undergo Serious Intestinal Operation Tomorrow D'ETAT RUMORED) Conflict Anticipated Between Two Separate Designs For Dynastic Changes cour Bucharst, Rui la, Dec. 8. ii rdinand underw tion at 11 velock this morning. The doctors say it was successful. Paris, of a grav ing conf! Dee. 8-—()—Fresh reports is in Rumania, involv- between two sepurate ching designs for dynastic n that countr ached re- jable Rumanian sources in Paris al- most simultaneously with announce- ment that King Ferdinand will un- dergo a serious intestinal operation tomorrow. One plan is to place former Crown Prince Carol on the throne by a coup detat in the event of his father's death, this to be followed by lishment of a fascist type go ment under the taranist (national peasant party), the leaders of which are Julio Manin and Dr. Nicolas Lupu. * The other is a reported scheme by | the former Premier lIonel Bratiano and his brother, Vintila, who are termed “the real rulers of Rumania,” te hand over the crown to an un- named British prince after a period of rule by the regency as at present | constituted, | M'NARY HAUGEN BILL IS HEADED: POR SIDETRACK Here we have “Rupert B,” world’s to an Atlantic City hotel for $3.60 in the International Livestock Ex, weighs 970 pounds, that runs into champion beef steer, who was sold per pound after winning first place position at Chicago. money. He's shown here with Nell Walker and Mildred Nugett (right) of Chicago. PRESIDENT SUBMITS BUDGET CALLING — FOR 16 MILLION MORE THAN AMOUNT ALLOTTED FOR Hunter Has Quota of Misadventure + Superior, Wis, Dee. 8—(P)— Only Most Gotiatietie Friends| of Farmer Predict It Will Get Anywhere Washington, Dec. 8—(NEA)—The MeNary-Haugen farm relief bill, hail- ed by its sponsors as American agri- panaeea, will be introduced 0 both houses of ed early in the short sessi But only the most optimistic friends of the farmer predict. that it will get anywhere. Two factors might come to its aid. President Coolidge might demon-| strate a change of heart in Sts favor, | which hardly seems likely, and the! serious cotton situation in the south| may lead some southern senators to swing intd line behind it. But unless a definite change in sentiment is distovered, the bill may not even get on the floor. Pressure | of time and the jam of appropriation bills and other legi: might cause leaders of the farm bloc to de- cide that it would be futile to trot the measure out for debate unless they could be assured of a change in the lineup of last year, when it was defeated. Opinion Varies Opinion varies as to the bill's pros- pects among leading senators and congressmen. While one doubts whether it will come out of commit- tee, another insists that it will be pushed in this session to the hitter end. Other pet measures for relief have given way before it, however, and the McNary-Haugen bill remains the only drastic piece of such legislation which receives serious consideration. © Senator Charles L. McNary of Ore- gon, who is about to succeed Senator Norris of Nebraska as chairman of the Senate Agricultural Committee, is ‘the bill’s author. “It attempts to segregate the surplus of all basic agricultural commodities,” (Continued on page six.) Last Minute | News Bulletins | o—_—__ ____¢4 Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 8—(P)— Timothy 8S. Hogan, 62, former at- torney general of Ohio and Demo- cratic politician, died today. New York, Dec. 8—(—A stock dividend of 50 per cent on the $65,000,000 ciency, and a tour. These noes arranged by County Agent A. L. Norling in co- operation with ae officers of the Seldom has the Wisconson- north, overrun with: hunters, produced 80 rare an epic of misadventures, Bob Ryan, local real estate dealer, shot a 250-pound buck. He went to a farmer's home and borrowed # horse to drag the buck to the road. Ryan returned to find that some one had stolen his deer and he followed the tracks for some distance, Then he came back and found the borrowed horse dead. An- other zealous hunter, mistaking it fo d shot CONGRESS IS GETTING DOWN TOREALWORK : | Convening Formalities Com- pleted and Committees Are Getting Into Action Washington, Dec, 8—(#)—With the president's long list of recommenda- tions before them, quan: s of con troversial fireworks spluttering her and there and committees going int actiop right and left, congress to was called upon to shake off the va-} cation lethargy and plunge into its} first full working day of the short session, Most of the convening formalities were completed yesterday with the reading of the executive's annual message emphasizing farm market- ing legislation and temporary tax re- as opposed to permanent reduc- n, leaving only the reading of the budget message today to be disposed of to clear the way for the strictly legislative functions of both cham- bers. ‘ Course Clear in House For the house, where fiscal legis- lation must originate, the course was, as usual, fairly clear, with coi ation of the annual treasury- office supply bill and introduc- tion of the Democratic tax reduction plan the principal events on the floor, and a meeting of the naval committee called to consider the rel- ative position of the American navy in comparison with the sea forces of other powers. In the senate, where it is more difficult under the rules to follow a charted course, ratification of the poison gas treaty, a subject promis- ing much heated debate, was the un- finished business, a number of con- troverted executive nominations were pending and the elections com- mittee was called to begin consider- ation of the qualifieations of Arthur B. Gould, the new Republican sen- ator from Mi challenged by Sen- ator Walsh, Democrat, Montana. Prohibition, meanwhile, maintained its vigor as a topic for discussion in and out of the congressional cham- bers., Senator Bruce, Democrat, Mary{and, wet, and ‘Senator Shep- hard, Democrat, Texas, dry, talked 1 (Continued on page six.) THE CURRENT YEAR Increase Caused By Higher | Pensions and Greater Cost | of Operating Postal Service and Veterans’ Bureau— More Than Offsets Reduc- tions in Other Branches Washington, The December 8,—(#)— government's budget for the fiscal year, calling for appro- War pen- n increases voted last session, to- her with inc in the cost of operating the postal serviee and the veterans’ bureau, account. prineipally j for the higher bud, more than off. | setting s in expenses ; of other bra of ae The largest $30,000,000 debt, 1928 fiscal year outlay pro- vides for inauguration of five-year ion programs in the army and navy, with a total of $574,000,000 for national defense; and mainten- ance of prohibition enforcement at a total cost of nearly $30,000,000, Cruiser Construction Postponed Coolidge usked congress to Y stpone construction of the re- maining three of the five light cruisers which were to have been (Started before next July in view of this country now engaging in nego- tiations “to broaden our existing treaties with the great powers which j deal with the elimination of competi- j tion in na maments.”” omitted ull wal ships which congress authorized to be built at a cost of $8,000,000 prior 1, 1928. He asked that time to experiment with the all- | metal Pp now being constructed | at a cost of $300,000, | Of the $73,477,380 proposed for | aviation in the army and navy, $20,- 600,000 is for new planes and 400,000 for constructibn of ba: and quarters. The total appropria- tions of $680,537,642 for the war and navy departments makes provisions for military and naval strength of 610,000 men, including reserves. The navy budget including $4,000,000 car- ried over from last year, is $317,815,- 500, or $9,246,475 less than this year, and the war department estimate is $366,722,142, or $11,251,340 more than for this year. “This is a very considerable amount to spend for protection in time of peace,” said the president. “No threatening cloud at the present time darkens the sky. Our intent and attitude is one of peace and friendly regard toward all nations and peoples. This, however, is not suf- ficient warrant to neglect our de- fense and default on necessary pre- cautions.” Law Should Be Enforced Regarding ‘prohibition enforce- ment, he also gave assurance that “whatever is necessary to put, into effect the expressed will of the peo- ple as. written into the -eighteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States and the will of congress as expressed in the Vol- stead Act will be done.” “Whatever funds may be neces- sary to vindicate the law,” he added, “and secure compliance with all its provisions should be provided. The (Continued on page four.) . Since Rupert} NATION WOULD BE ISOLATED BY AGREEMENT Excitement Intensified By Rumors of Secret Mili- tary Arrangement THIS, HOWEVER, DENIED Officials Claim Treaty Is Not Aggressive—Reports Are Called Absurd Belgrade, Jugo Slavia, Dec, 8) ——Popular excitement in Jugo Slavia jover the signing by Italy and Al- bania of a pact of friendship and security shows no signs of abating. In fact, it has been intensified by reports that the pact includes a military arrangement, and t feeling is now comparable to that in 1908 created over the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Haps burg dynasty, then ruling Austria and) Hungary. The cabinet crisis precipitated by the announcement of the pact is practically ended. Premier Ouzouno- vitch, who with his entire ministry resigned, has taken the task of form- ing a new government, which will be a coalition ministry. It is under- stood the national Democrat, Vija Markinkovis, will take the place of Foreign Minister Ninchitch, who re- signed before the cabinet announced its determination to give up office, Assumption of M. Ninchitch's port- folio, it is generally believed, would mark a radical change in Jugo Sla- via's foreign policy. Some observers even assert that one of his first steps would be to grant recognition tc the Russian soviet government. London advices say the treaty be- tween Italy and Albania, regarded. as an undoubted triumph for Italian cy, excites apprehension and not only in Jugo Slavia, rance and other countries, as, by giving Italy.a virtual protec- torate over Albania, it would isolate Jugo Slavia and give complete con- trol in the Adriatic to Italy. It is thought in London that what is con- sidered a potential threat to a fresh embroilment in the _ perennially troubled Balkans is a subject fox ac- tion by the League of Nations, of which Albania is a member, Paris advices say the view taken there is that the Italo-Albanian pact is the more serious when it is id that Belgrade, long suspi- cious of Italy, has a secret treaty with Hungary and i known that Italy has been cultivating Jugo Slavia's southern neighbor, Greece, for 18 months. Jugo Slavia has an armed force estimated ut 200,000. From Geneva comes indication that there will be prompt attention by the league should peace in the Balkans be endangered, notwithstanding the realization that it delicate test of the te | ity. REPORTS ARE DENIED IN OFFICIAL QUARTERS Rome, Dee, 8.—(#)—Emphatic de- nial was given in official quarters today of a report that the recent pact signed by Italy and Albania contains 4 secret military clause amounting virtually to a protectorate by Italy over Albania. Alarmist and false reports, which it is declared here have been spead abroad, especially from Geneva, are characterized as absurd and offen- sive, since it is held that the treaty concluded at Tirana has no aggres- sive character and does not aim at anybody. Indeed Italians say, it contains a clause establishing that, according to the treaties of Versailles and St. Ger- maine, it must be registered with the League of Nations, as in the case of similiar treaties. DUPLICATION OF TREATY I8 URGED Vienna, Austria, Dec, 8.—()—Ad- vices from Belgrade say Premier, Mussolini is reported to have sug- gested to the Jugo Slavian minister in Rome that Jugo Slavia duplicate the Italian treaty with Albania. Jugo ‘Slavia is said to regard the sugges- tion favorably. The treaties would form an or- ganic whole under the name of “Trip- le Alliance.” REINFORCING TROOPS ON ALBANIAN FRONTIER Budapest, Dec. 8—(P)—Jugo Sla- via is reported to be reinforcing her troops on the Albanian frontier. Dis- patches say movements for the re- grouping a her military units began The newspaper yesterday. Magyar Orszag says it learns that Jugo Slavia will threat- en to leave the League of Nations if that organization does not bring about cancelation of the Italo-Alban- ian treaty. Stutsman County Board Elects New . Extension Agent Jamestown, N. Da ge Bas 8 Herper Brush, 2 Ransom

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