The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Fair to: it and Tuesday. tinued cold tonight. -|THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [amu | ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS CAR FERRY GOES ON ROCKS NEAR MILWAUKEE ISMARCK [S| EXISTING FREIGHT RATES FAVOR TWIN’ HIGHWAY BODY CREW OF 53 MEN Lake Fleet Locked in Ice King’s Grip BUYING CENTER CITY AND DULUTH JOBBERS INSTEAD OF DF SLOPE AREA Start on Christmas Buying During Past Week ITY LOOKS ‘CHRISTMASY’ Stores Have Fine Stocks From Which to Select Gifts For ‘Young and Old Heeding the admonishment to “shop rly,” ‘holiday buyers from every rt of the Slope country crowded Bismarck stores Saturday from early orning to late at night to select from the varied stocks their Christ- mas gifts. With w spring-like day an addi- tional attraction, the thousands of hoppers who visited stores saw on@ of the greatest collections of Christ- imas merchandise ever gathered to- igether here. They saw gifts from very land; gifts for every conceiva- bié taste and every type of person. sin cinated crowds stopped to watch toy displays in windows or marveled at the unique decorations Late shoppers saw Bismarck’s fullest expression of the Christmas spirit when the white way posts, with vari- colored red and green globes, were lighted, giving the entire downtown section a holiday air. Cedar boughs hung from the p»vsts and pine trees placed in every flag socket added even more to the festive spiri Stocks Still Complete _ With commendable foresight, Bis- tnarck merchants prepared for an ex- ceptionally heavy Christmas trade and, as a result, with only 10 shop- ping days left until Christmas, last minute shoppers will find a | wide variety of articles from which to make their selections. The majority f the stores will continue to remain open evenings until Christmas to ac- ‘omodate those who are unable to tiake their purchases during the day- Toys from every part of the world displayed in stores proved to be of absorbin, interest to grown-ups as well as children. Dolls, picture bo games.of all kinds, dogs that “walk, electric’ trains—in’ short, every toy that a child could possibly want, ure on sale. Christmas cards in every design, from the conventional engraved card |. to many-colored prints and pictures, and folders with a bit of verse in them, were being sold. Pictures and the latest books of biography and fiction were also enjoying an unprece- dented vogue. Newly imported pottery from Italy, brass trays and humidors ewaited the Christmas shopper with domestic furniture for every room in the house, rugs, draperies, and bright cushions for the boudoir have been d to the regular stock. Newest designs in silverware were on display in jewelry store: 0 For the Ladies Newest aids for feminine beauty, such as perfume in unique little con- tainers, powder and rouge and cleve: ly designed compacts attracted other shoppers, Bright leather pocketboo! in every color, beaded bugs and lug- gage of every kind were also a cen- ter of attraction. In men’s clothing stores, vari-col- ored scarfs, new desigris in plaid and checked socks for men, gloves, ties in regimental stripes or foulards, and men’s clothing in every design were much in demand. Women’s shops were displaying the latest designs 4rom American and European fashion centers, as well as novelties and inkets. =: tri Radio sets were being demonstrated to shoppers by clerks and in music to! others were looking at pianos Hardware, elect: ‘aol ching basineve,. with rus! usiness, i al shi stores came in for their share of the Christmas trade. investigation at the postoffice re- weals Soak shoppere are mailing carly as well oe, Neriee, | 200, fives Christmas mail are on fend and Oliver Lundquist and ‘workers, all set eer deity is belng nade of ell re made on Sunday, it was ald be made rie | cold — toni THOSE IN STATE, TESTIMONY REVEALS Railroad Board Reopens In-' vestigation Into Entite Structure of North Dakota Intrastate Rates—G. M. Springer Represents Bis- marck and Other Cities Investigation by the state rail- Toad board into North Dakota intrastate freight rates toda: was postponed until 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Failure of a number of import-, ant witnesses to arrive was given as the reason. Because of the cold, trains were running too late for the witnesses and attorneys to get here in time to open the hearing this afternoon, Frank Mithollan said. | » Chi Evidence bearing on all North Da- kota intrastate freight schedules will be presented to the state railroad board at a hearing into the subject opening here today. The hearing is expected’ to last two or three day First evidence in the case was pri sented October 20 by E. M. Hen- dricks, traffic expert for the state railroad board. Cross-examination of Hendricks by railroad attorneys is scheduled for this afternoon. He will be followed by G. M. Springer, Jamestown, representing the commercial organizations Jamestown, Bismarck, Mandan, Mii and Valley City. i view the gene! tion from the standpoint of Dakota distributors and wholesalers. | Work in Three Sections By arrangement with T. A. Dur- tant, Grand Forks traffic expert, and N. E. Williams, traffic expert for the Fargo Commercial Club, the work ha been divided into three sections. Springer’s testimony and exhibits on the distributing rates will be follow- ed by testimony and exhibits by Dur- rant on brick and livestock freight rates. Williams will discuss grain rates, exceptions to the present freight classifications schedule and miscellaneous items. Among those expected to be on hand in addition to the traffic ex- perts named were W. E. Keller, Min- neapolis, representing the Northwest Lumbermen’s Association; R. J. Hag- man und P.“B, Beidleman, represent- ing the Great Northern railroad; R. E. Smith, assistant general freight agent for the Northern ‘Pacific rail- road, and A. H. Lossow, attorney, and E. F. Rice, assistant general freight agent, for the Soo Line railroad, PRESENT RATES UNFAIR TO DAKOTA WHOLESALERS Charges that existing freight rates favor the distribution of goods to North Dakota towns from the Twin Cities and Duluth rather than from natural jobbing centers in North Da- xota were to be made to the state railroad board today by G. M. Spr: ze traffic expert representing siness organizations tn Bisma: Mandan, Jamestown, Valley City and Minot. Springer’s testimony is to be pre- sented in connection with the re- opening of the board’s investigation of | ‘i Today’s Doings in 9, Nation’s Capital Congress meets at noon, Oil conspiracy trial continues, Interior department bill is be- fore house. : Measure to extend maternity act is on senate calendar. Supreme court hands number of decisions in cases. REVETMENT OF MISSOURI BANK HERE APPROVED Capt. Maulding Will Start Work Wednesday, Using Crew of at Least 50 down many Revetment of t.e west bank of the Missouri rv here to prevent the pessibie destruction of the Liberty Memorial between Bismarck been avproved by nent according to Kansas City, who was in, Biss aturday conferring Capt Maulding concern- this and other similar pyojects along the Missovri river in’ North | Dakota. This work will be commenced Wed- nesday morning, Capt. »Maulding states, and a crew of at teast 50 men will be employed. The project will require 3,500 yards of rock and 1,500 c6rds of brush and Capt. Maulding is now receiving proposals for the fur- nishing of this material. The work is estimated to cost $42,000, half cf which will be paid by the government and the balance by the state, since bridge nd Mandan he the « war ! Major €. ¢ ing with the war department in the protect the piers of the hyhway bridge along the west bank of the river. Between Two Bridges ‘Three, thousand fect of revetment work is called for in this project, 2,800 feet being above the highway bridge and 200 feet below it. When completed the west bank of the river, will be protected betwen the Liberty | bridge and the Northern hundred feet of the latter structure. Capt. Maulding already has a crew of 35 men at work on the Harmon job, 13 miles north of Bismarck, »|und has three crews at work re- moving snags from the river channel between Sanish and the mouth of the Cannonball river. Several other river | Projects are expected to be under- taken this winter, but at present are ‘nto the entire structure of North Dakota intrastate rates, begun on Oc- tober 20 and postponed until today. Statistics, charts and graphs were wresented by Springer in support of his claim that wholesalers and job- vers in the Twin Cities and Duluth are enabled, by preferential freight rates, to place goods in small North Dakota towns cheaper than jobbers in nearby North Dakota cities. Spe- cific illustrations were given of many tases which he declared to be typi- cal ince the state commission has no control over interstate rates, Sprin- ger asked that an effort be made to adjust the situation so that lowered intrastate rates would nove the present alleged discrepanci N. D. Shippers Suffer — “Whether the North Dakota intra- state rates are too th or the Twin City-Duluth-North Dakota rates too low, the fact remains that the North Dakota shippers are paying, and have for several years paid higher rates, mile for mile, for movewent entirely within the state, than paid on traf- fie to and foe the Twin Cities an Duluth, he said. ~(Continued on page siz.) Weather Report | —_—_—___—_———————__* Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. a Tem: ure at 7 a.m. . Rikon rortardar Lowest last night . Precipitation to 7 a. m. . Highest wind velocity .... For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and Tuesday. ontinued it, Nob quite yo cold Fair tonight oon. WEATHER CONDITIONS ‘The low pressure area over the northwest’ Seturda morning is now centered over the Great Lakes region and warm weather prevails east of the Mississippi river. A large: hig! pressure area centered over Alberta and extending southeastward over the Plains States is saoeng cold weathe from the Mississip) iver westward - the meeare Roel ‘ern ures are Minnesota. to Mo high| establish a dairy and livsestock ex- ‘|R. W. FOLSOM DIES pending approval of the war depart- ment. $20,000 ASKED TO ESTABLISH MANDAN UNIT Agriculture Department’s Ap- propriation Bill Asks For _$128,362,000 _ Washington, Dec. 18—(—Crea- tion two substitute bureaus to separate research and regulatory tivities of the chemistry and soil di- visions of the department of agricul- ture was provided for in the depart- ment’s appropriation bill, carrying $128,362,000, reported today by the house. Of the total amount appropriated in the bill nearly $80,000,000 was for maintenance of federal aid of high- way systems and many millions more to the relentless war against insect pests. The total was $77,812 above current funds but $4,774,000 below budget estimates. The reduction was effected by paring down highway funds and authorizing use Of unexpended monies previously appropriated. <§ ould Consolidate Bureaus Secretary Jardine appeared before the house appropriations committee which drafted the bill, and recom- mended consolidation of the bureaus of chemistry and soils into the bu- rueau of chemistry and soils. He said that to the new bureau would be transferred all the research ac- tivities of the two units food, drug and insecticide adminis- tration would be created to conduct the regulatory, or public work. A total of $25,000 was requested to periment station at Mandan, N. under an act of the last congress. To continue tne department's con- tracts with farmers’ cooperatives, the bill provided $1,424,000 for farmers’ ‘cooperative demonstrations; $1,300,- 000 for cooperativ tension work and operative marketing service of the bureau of agricultural economics. t the highway commission is cooperat- | project because of its urgent need to | 10 PURCHASE 2 SNOW PLOWS Will Make Effort to Keep Leading Highways Open During This Winter Rotary Type Plow to Be Used Around Minot—V Type on the Red Trail Décision to purchase two pnow plows to be used in an effort to keep state roads open was announced to- day by Governor A. G. Sorlie. The plows will be attached to two 10-ton caterpillar tractors owned by the highway department and tests} made throughout the winter. If the! plows prove unsatisfactory they will Lire to the builders, Sorlie said. One plow, a rotary type, will be used in the Minot district. The sec- ond, an ordinary V.-type, will be used in an effort to keep the Red Trail open. Results obtained with these two plows will guide the highway depart- ment in determining if it is worth-| while to buy equipment and spend! tthe money necessary to keep the roads open, H. C. Frahm, chief high-| way engineer, said. | Difficult Problem The problem of keeping the roads open is complicated in North Dakota| | by the fact that the wind drifts the} snow heavily after it has fallen. “We have opened roads only to! find, a short time later, that they were as bad as before anything had| been done on them,” Frahm explained. Tests conducted several years ago with ‘a snowplow in the Minot dis- trict were not markedly successful, he suid. The new pfows, together with cab mountings on the caterpillars for the | operators, will cost several thousand | dollars. i FRAZIER WILL REGAIN INDIAN AFFAIRS POST, | | statement Providing He Is Given Former Status Washington, Dec. 13—)—Sen- ator Lynn J. Frazier, the North Da- kota insurgent, is again a Repub! can in good standing. He was invited back into the party fold Saturday by organization lead- ers who, two years ago, banished him | from their councils and deprived | him of committee plums because he | was in the La Follette camp during the 1924 presidential campaign. Republican leaders asked Senator Frazier to again attend their caucus- | es. The Republican committee on committees decided to restore his | committee assignments. This means | that he will be placed on the Indian | affairs committee, among _ others which will put him in line for the chairmanship when Senator Harreld of Oklahoma retires March 4. Insists on Former Status The proposal that he return to party councils found the North Da- kota senator, who recently was in- vited, with other colleagues, to a White House breakfast, in a re-| ceptive mood. | He insisted, however, that he be) given his former status on commit- | tees on the ground that he had al-| ways been a Republican and his ejec- tion from conferenees and loss of | committee standing were not justi-| fied. After the Republican caucus, whic! probably will be held Wednesday, he| will be moved up from the bottom of | the committee. To, assign Senator| Norris, Republican, Nebraska, to the chairmanship of the judiciary com-| mittee, as the successor of the late Senator Cummins, of Iowa, also dis- pelled another threatened. fight. Other Assignments Made | Other chairmanships agreed up- on ineluded Senators McNary of Ore-| gon for agriculture; Phipps of Colo- rado for irrigation and Couzens of Michigan for education and labor. Assignmetns to fill vacancies in- cluded Senators Gillett of Massachu- setts:on the foreign relations com- miteee to succeeed his former col- league, William M. Butler; Bing- ham of Connecticut on appropria- ions, and Edge of New Jersey on finance, succeeding the late Sen- ator McKinley of Mlinois, id Gould of Maine, on the district of Colum- ia committee to succeed the late Senator Fernal _ All those affected by the ments are Republicans. sign- R. W. Folsom, for many years roprietor of a jewelry store here and lor the past year ei in the oj ‘business, away thi oon et a local hospital. He re- cently underwent an Sereion for £p- ndicitis, from the of which was unable to rally because of his ical condition. No fun- ered services have as been » TRACTORS WILL BE USED|_ N. D. Senator Accepts Rein.| : , best—in the opinion of most reliably ; from Bucharest. + | the deceased These two views show a few of the 140 steamships that were locked in midst of the last rush of the navigation season. At the time this pic boats would be held in the ice until spring. Then the weather moderate DICKINSON |Witon, to Have BOY AWARDED | This Christmas ‘lows: setting up together club, ndy and nuts Auxiliary: vorn ball: Wilton D., Dec. 13. Wilton will ave an outdoor community Christ-) this season, the first in the the town, It is being spon- | h h Edmund 0. Belsheim ts Win- ner in 1927 Rhodes Schol- arship Contest helping with the distribu on of the sweets. A program of ‘community carol ‘ singing and a short address by Mayor Charles Howe will be given at the tree on Christmas, eve. | Edmund ©. Belsheim of Dickinson, a senior in the college of arts at the University of North Dakot: the winner ¢ 1927 Rhodes - arship for Dakota, according : MAYOR OF WEST CITY, ILLINOIS, tio . of. the! allis of the! Minneapolis, | University of North Dakota entered four s—Oliver A.! Peterson of Minot, Reinhold 0, Goehi | of La Moure, Kenneth Crawford of| Bismarck and Mr. Belsheim—while Jamestown college entered two- Robert Kroeze and Carl Raugust. Mr. Belsheim won the Skulason| scholarship in 1 nd was arded the s i He w ontest of the state Murder Is Culmination of Two Previous Attacks on City’s Executive ori | 1924, and was winner} peace oratorical contest. He has been a member of the varsity debate team for three yeurs, and has ved as president of Ad Altiera, a literary society; he is a member of | Scabbard and Blade, military group; asd of Iron Mask, senior honorary group; and is president of Delta Sig- ma Rho, forensic society. He acted | as president of Ad Altiera, debate! ‘oviety, for one year; was elected to Who's Who, and served as editor-in- chief of the 1927 Dacotah yearbook. Results of the election of Rhodes scholars in 32 states included: Minn-, esota, Dean A. Clark, Princeton Un versity; South Dakota, Samuel H. Subin, University of Wisconsin. FERDINAND'S DEATH MATTER | OF FEW WEEKS Operations Recently Per-| formed Reported to Be Only | Temporary Expedients Benton, Ill, Dee. 13.—()-—A theo: was advanced today that hired gun-! men killed Joe Adams, 0-pound mayor of West City, near here, who ax shot down by. two unidentified | men as he stood in the front doorway | of his home late yesterday. another episode in the gang warfa that has disrupted the peace of Wil-| liamson, Franklin and Saline counti: 5 during the fall and winter, dw the culmination of two previ tacks on the mayor. West City is in Franklin county, 20 miles from here. ‘Adams, a former roadhouse proprie- tor, whose term would have expired} next May, had figured in southern! Illinois gang strife through his ad- mitted friendship with the Shelton) gang, and had reported that Charles! Birger, militant leader of a rivalj gang, had threatened his life. The Sheltons and the Birgerites, once comrades in arms against the Ku Klux Klan, now are at pistol points in a struggle for southern; Minois liquor traffie supremacy. | Increase of Naval Force at Nicaragua Deemed Unnecessary | Panama, Dec, 13—@)—Rear Ad- miral Julian L. Latimer, commander S. federal service squadron in araguan waters, has arrived here. He says it is his opinion that it will not be necessary to increase the} American naval forces in Nicaraguan auters for the protection of Amer- an lives und property. | Paris, Dec. 13.—@)—The death of King Ferdinand of Rumania is now a matter of weeks—-a few months at informed travelers reaching Paris, These travelers affirm that the re- cent series of operations performed! He deems the four ships there at upon the sick monarch were only | present sufficient. | temporary expedients and that the wien | cancerous growth in the intestines,| Trial of Auditors’ i Suit Against Mill which is the real seat of the trouble, | i has not been touched. Father of Bismarck , Will Be at Forks) Dispute between the state mill and Girl Killed While | Working in Michigan gover sscciation and the Temple: | Nit osies ., | a8 to the amount due the latter for Karl Eichhorst, 53, of Falkirk,! examining the books of the mill in| father of Miss Gertrude Eichhorsi | 1925 will be tried in the district court | of this city, was killed in a cave-in| of Grand Forks county -under -an last Sunday while working with the | agreement reached by attorneys here. Seinis, Helmers and Schaffner Con-; “The Temple-Brissman company struction company at Keels, Mich.,| claims $2,534.08 as the unpaid balance putting in a power plant and dam. | for its services. - The state industrial pany already’ has’ paid $10,000 for tie ne yan: ready has pai ,f ‘or the and has one of. the finest. modern | work and contends that’ amount. is count homes in the county. | sufficient. In 1905 Mr. and Mrs. Eichhorst) In an answer to the Temple-Briss- and family moved from their home at|-man complaint Attorney General Cum |, Wis., and settled on| George Shafer contends that the com- their present homestead,’ Mr. Eich-| pany failed to complete the audit horst has held, a number of town-/| within the time specified in the agree- ship county offices and has been! ment under which it was employed ve in the affairs of the com-| and that’ by reason of such failure munity, pb I f ‘k di Piatial carvices’ word held ‘at the| ‘2 ere cate te verk home Thursday noon and were fol- lowed by public services ‘at the Luth- HUNT OLD IRONS San Francisco, Calif.—Relics of eran church of Washburn at 2 o'clock. California's colonists are being ‘was: made at Be. Rivervie ‘is rvived ‘by his| sought by scores of antique hunters wife and six children, Mrs. Roy|here. Branding irons of the early ranch days are prized by Californians ag fireside pieces, The irons har- of Sanish; Mrs. A, L. Skon- ird,| monise with the Spanish style inter- Mr. Eichhorst was one of the most prosperous farmers of the community, but will be ann: w. 4 Knowles nard of Valley Cit: Heni at home: two iors which are very popular along the Pacific, Const, 3 grandechil > thi and his aed mother, who lives tween Lake Huron and Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., when a sudden cold wave IS SHOT DOWN : jand has three children. the ice in the St. Mary’s river, be- | struck the Great Lakes in the ‘ red the ed over night and tugs opened clear 98 ARRESTS — MADE UNDER N. J. BLUE LAW Theatre Owners, With Hous Closed, Sponsor Crusade Against Law Breakers rture was tuken it was fe | | | | Tha} ar-old | ard to had within its | citizens, arrested in a crusade | sponsored by movie theatr | whose theatres had been closed prev- | iously ministerial protest | _ Their fate rested with a police judge before whom they cach had] posted $2 bail to appear in answer to charges of pursuing ‘ pation on 2 day when the immorality” law permits only travel- ing to and from church and the sale of milk and newspapers, for violation of the law is a $2 fine or, for habitual offenders, 10 days i jail, ven operation of ra trains is prohibited by the law, though mn amendment. tion of one passenger The offenders, arrested yesterday, represented almost every occupation but those specifically exempted by! the law. The groun contained 10 news- paper reporters who had some trouble convincing the police they were work- | 2, filling station proprietors, street | car conductors, motor, men, druggists, | barbers, bootblacks and others, PARSONS IS MADE DEPUTY SCHOOL HEAD Bertha Pasmer Announces Ap-| pointment of Amenia School Superintendent — Irvington, iron hand of blue law, Sunday morals, today gr passed as Fargo, N. D., Dec, 13.—W. E. Par- sons, superintendent of schools at Amenia for the last three yeurs, been named deputy state superintend- ent of public instruction of North Dakota, it was announced by Miss Bertha R. Palmer, Bismarck, state su- perintendent-elect. Mr, Parsons, appointed by Miss Palmer last week, announced his ac- ceptance of the office while in Fargo Saturday. The new deputy is well known throughout the state. He received his education in North Dakota insti-| tutions and since completing his| schooling has served in gchool circles for many years. From 1910 to 1916, Mr. Parsons served as deputy state superintendent| under E. J. Taylor. Later he served two terms as county superintendent of schools of Burleigh county and one year as superintendent of schools at Kildeer, During the 1925 session of the North Dakota legislature in Bis- amarck, Mr. Parsons served as secre- tary of the senate. | Mr. Parsons will make his head-} quarters at Bismarck. He is married Railroad Board Files Petition \ in Intervention Petition in intervention has been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission in a case in which the North American Creamery company is asking a reduction in baggage and express rates on cream from North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota and South Dakota points to its creameries at Oakes, N. D., Watertown, S, and Paynesville, Minn. The North American company con- tends that present rates are discrim- inatory in favor of various other ‘points where creameries are located The railroad board’s petition i tervention states that it Opportunity, to be heard its ” and filed in Onder that the board. might hays has |: STILL ABOARD THIS MORNING Another Ferry Sent From Milwaukee to Remove Cars En Route to Ludington NO ONE IS INJURED Engine Room Flooded—Crash Shakes Big Boat From Stem to Stern Post Milwaukee, W Dec. 13.—-(F)— The car ferry, Pere Marquette No. 18, went on the rocks here early this morning. Water filled the hold but no one was reported injured. Car ferry No. 20 was sent from Milwau kee to remove the cars from the bout which was on its way to Manitowoc from Ludington, Mich., by way of Milwaukee. With a crash that shook her from stem to stern post, the car ferry hit the rocks off Fox Point in a heavy fog at 1:30 a. m. Wireless advices from the ship were that her engine room was flood. ed with water. Car ferries 20 and 22, the tug Conrad Starke and a coust guard cutter were Standing by but the crew of 53 rften were still aboard this morning. MERCURY DROPS 47 DBGREES IN 32 HOUR PERIOD Bismarck and Entire North- west Has Touch of Real Win- ter—Wind Is Severe _ The people of Bismarek and vicin- ity, as well as throughout the sate, experienced a touch of genuine win- ter yesterday, with the mercury drop- ping steadily from midnight Saturday night until it reached 15 below at 3 o'clock this morning, the lowest temperature regist Bis so far this winte ———<——$—$ $e MINNEAPOLIS MAN IS. FOUND DEAD IN SNOW BANK Minneapolis, Dec, 13,—-(P)—C, B. Haskins, 72, was found dead in a snow bank in the rear of his home today. He had been over- come by the cold when he went outside and collapsed. ——_— The sharp drop in temperature was accompanied by 4 biting northwest wind which at times reached a veloc- ity of 35 miles am hour and made it most disagreeable to be out of doors for any length of time. Following the low barometric pres- sure of Saturday, which was the low- est since February 16, 1917, ‘and which brought unusually warm tem- Peratures, the mercury began drop- ping at midnight after a mixture of sleet and rain had fallen. At mid- night the temperature, according to records kept inthe local weather bur- eau office, was exactly ut the freez- ing point, 32 above. The following bihourly readin; after that hour show how py oe the cold settled down over this section: Sunday, 2 a, m., 25 above; 4 a. m., 18 above; 6 a. m., 12 above; 8 a. m., 8 above; 10 a. m., 6 above; noon, 4 above; 2 p. m., 2 below; 4 p. m., 5 below; 6 p. m, 7 below; 8 p. m., 9 below; 10 p. m., 12 below; midnight 14 belo Monday, 2a. m,, 14 below, 4 a. m., same; 6 a. m, same; 8 a. m., 16 below. 12 Below at 10 a. m. Today “At 10 a. m., today the temperature had risen three degrees, to 12 below, and at noon the reading was 10 be- low. The wind velocity here at midnight Saturday was six miles per hour, but this increased rapidly after that time (Contin on page six.) Last Minute | News Bulletins | Baltimore, Md., Dec. 13.—()— Thirty-six fertilizer companies entered a plea of note contender in federal court today to depart- ment of justice chai the legality of their alleged acts. Austin, Texas, Dec, 13.—UP)— Characterizing officials of the Farmers National Bank at Buda $5,000 cient for her release on a charge of robbery with fire arms. court to- lings which re- in affirmation of his conviction on the charge of. violating a Kansas-ind re. the right to be heard in case the interests of other creameries are threatened.