The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 17, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER FORBqAAT Probably fair*tonight and Satur- day. Not quite so cold Saturday, ESTABLISHED 1878 | CHANCELLOR MARX GOVERNMENT RESIGNS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1926 MUSSOLINI 1S ANXIOUS TOSRE | — aa UNITED STATES America More Completely Un- derstands Work of Facism, Premier Says EXPLAINS NEW DECREES New System of State Without Elections Producing Bene- ficial Results Mat HM Dec. 17 iad ee ssolini has always longed to visit the United States, he’ told a corre- gute for bd Prager via Pres in in interview af is office in the bef (tone o “I have often thought of visiting America,” the duce declared. “In fact as long as I can remember, T| hhave always wanted to see your! country. A people which built! rapidly with its own hands such col- losal fortunes and formidable power could not fail to attract me strongly. “Then, my symp&thy is greatly ceased when I notice that, despite the fact that an ocean divides. us, our revolution and the work of fascism have been more quickly and more completely understood in America than in many other countries separat- ed from us by a few hours’ train| “And now wha e, as she che being ch cumstances. journey. And there will be a lot of sad homes|ernoon for a. thorot examination | Crats, and one Farmer-Labor member,| Easily Explained in Bismarck by physicians. He lives at 633 North | That, with the prospect of several “America’s understanding our| others who | Third street, in Fargo, contests over Republican seats and movement is easily expleined if it is| help in brin| cheer tol The manslaughter _ complaint | the ever present possibility that in- considered that your pioneers raised | them by providing bas| of food,! against Lyons und. Brewington al-| Surgent members of the party might with their robust arms on the virgin, candy, nuts, and toys. The Chris! leges that they were intoxicated at| Ot go along with the majority, au- soil of America a temple to a new goddess which is the same to which all fascisti have raised a similar| “Good Fellows” temple on the banks of the Tiber—| lot of pleasu energy.” {telephone Mi The recent drastic national defense! Or if you w decrees, he suid, were issued for the through the Salvation ductive rhythm” of the Itelian na- tion, Fascism has nothing to fear from! __ its enemies at home or abroad, “he added, but since it is using every bit of its energy in a struggle for de- velopment of the national strength, + cannot afford, for the sake of ome abstract principle of es | to permit individuals or groups to retard its march upward toward the | supreme goal. | produce qu | ItMustn’tBe | Mustn’t Be her letter to Santa € Thousands from being one, Mary Cashel, No. 840. | to “do your Arm sole purpose of. protecting the “pro- your donations of money, toy to Salvation Army arters, SCHOOL BOYS KILL TEACHER of pencils a ewed now under similar cir- What a tragedy it will] be if a single letter fails of response! Woman Dies at Hospital “Without Regaining Con- sciousness — Fargo Man | With Her Has Leg Hurt— Manslaughter Charges | Filed Against Alleged Occu- | pants of Car | ton, a Minot barber, und Charles L | ons of Minneapolis, © magazine s i to have bee | itor, who are all | Wilson and Yoder, | Brewington was driving the machine. Brewington denies that he the automobile. have not been definitely determined. mas committee of the Association of| the time they are charged with hav- Commerce can still use several more} ing struck Mrs. Wilson with the auc and. you will get *!to mobil Suet | mebile. ing | or head- von antl Tartar vaaer ot Tee | AQR WHIPPING Se conan ot certain newepapens, the |. ness- Testifies treted as a bresen of. pre ine of! “berty of the press or of criticism. “ascism Does Not Fear Antagonists that fascism does not fear either ver- | News of Killing Brought to “It is well that every one know’ WHazard, Ky., From Moun- | in the small coupe which struck Mrs. Lyon’, in a statement to the police, |. jsaid that he was riding in the car jand that it belonged to him, and that asin The extent of Mr. Yoder's injuries He expects.to go to Fargo this aft- FREIGHT RATES' -| BASED SOME ON N. D. WEATHER, Extreme Cold Makes Railroad Weather conditions which carriers contend make operation of North Da- kota railroads difficult in the winter months attracted chief attention at the state railroad board’s investiga- MINOT WOMAN KILLED, COMPANION IS ‘INJURED WHEN CAR RUNS ON SIDEWALK St _ AND STRIKES THEM-2 UNDER ARREST Today’s Doings in Nation’s Capital Congress meets at noon. House continues with alien property bill. Rivers and harbors bill mains before the senate. Fall and Sinclair are called for arraignment on oil charges. re- Minot, N. D., De | Mildred Wilson, 2. A maid in a Minot home, ly |" | injured, and J. M. Yode: go, a traveling salesman, ree severe injuries to his left leg, wi jan automible alleged by the police A to have been oceupied by two men, ran onto a sidewalk here and struck them. Mrs. Wilson died in «4 Minot -hos- pital era after 8a oday with- pa EGS out regaining co~ usness, hs, Charges <’—mansluughter were | Shipstead of Minnesota Placed \ filed tod» nst Emmett Brewing- | in Strategic Position By | Election Results Washington, Dee. 17.—4@)—The ‘political lineup of the next session of the senate has become an element in the farm relief battle confronting the current session. When the electorate went to the polls November 2, it decreed that the senate, after March 4, should be com prised’ of 48 Republicans; 47 Dem: tomatically made the problem of or- ganizing the senate at the’ ext sess sion one of more than ordinary com- plexity. Furthermore, it placed the er-Labor Farm- ator, Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota, in an unusual strategic sition. This has been recognized y Republican leaders, and some of them have suggested that he be in- vited to join their councils and ac- cept committee assignments as @ Re- publican. Whether the suggestion will go further and whether Ship- stead would accept such an invita- tion remains to be seen, Wants Action Meanwhile, however, Shipstead wants action at.this session on farm relief. he announced, he intends to press for cultural legislation, and if some- thing isn’t done ubout it to his sat- isfaction, to resort to filibuster “or any other honorable means at this| or the next session.” “You krow, there is the matter of 3 z ES z 3 i eal, bal or actual antagonists. Fascism tains By Horseback rolonged filibuster might u 4s sure of being able {0 resist sift: ay Bia lteaatate tealest eatee bate tre, I o,Feeislative plans ot Reputilean ine by any criterion of criticism be- —_— és Ed, Hackenberg, superintendent of| leaders, and, by preventing enact catse no ‘barrie of paper can check Hazard, Ky. Dec. 12-—UPTwo sno" Farge: division of the Nosthera | oF essential appropriation ‘measures, “What fascism refuses to admit is cause one had been whipped by their which moreover is teacher, called him to the front door most severely banned by American of his home und killed him, according ‘and to ihformation brought here apologies of crime must be repressed from Hyden, county seat of Leslie liberty of libel, legislation. _ Vulgar insults not only when they explode crimin- county. ally in the streets or public squares ing 4 peer, phase of crime. That is to say, we insist upon tran- day night by Bud Morgan, 35, who taught school it also in journalistic haunts dur- on the middle fork of the Kentueky river in Leslie county, was slain Mon- two sons of Ardill quillity and security for the Italian Farmer, of Leslie, it was people, whose must proceed wit! juctive jout being disturb- While speaking the duce’s face set seve resembling some ancient ulpture, but when the cor- respondent suggested that the cen- sorship, at leat as far as foreign countries were concerned, was doing five children. Italy more harm than good, the oe ‘3 face lighted up in frank ilarity. “Look there,” he said, pointing to a corner of his huge desk where lay a great mass of newspaper cli: which my press office sends me every day of all the ~ criticisms, | calumnies and ingults which daily | are printed Frigg) me and fascism . Rebuttal testimony opposing reduc- i ee cer of ee acs are f bs aon aac wich aly aon Norn Deka pos ; 4 re} rates proposed by shippers sgut Hom Hine and Milan? “Wher eatertainment to Be Held in|! which so mach ig spoken in America? “[ must recognize one thing,” /he continued ironically, “that is, when it is @ question of inventions to dis- credit fascism, certain journalists give proof of an inventive power which could well be used to write a movie scenario. “They have not as ze ingented it would be the height of rdity and ridiculousness—that I purposely afternoon. | The boys called at Morgan's hore eyes | Monday: night after he had whipped the younger lad in school that Morgan is survived by his widow and Leslie county has neither railroad nor telegraph service and news of the killing was brought to Hazard by a Perry county citizen on horseback. CHRISTMAS ivan Get one rey eae! © PROGRAM IS. SCHEDULED Auditorium at 4 P. M., Day , Before Holiday Final plans for the Christmas cele- bration this year were completed by members of the Association of Com- merce Christnvas committee, meeting in the Association rooms yesterday Pacific railroad, testified sonee has been encountered with trains running late, Trouble winter 5 said, in ly ied by an | the toni pulle order to maintain time eel schedules. No Worse Than Other States reported. er northwestern states, still oe the stand at noon. it general frei agent for the Soo Line, sliandy pare Tinois. where the population unfair. several months. . Railroads Offer Testimony wags offered by railroads yesterday. L. L. Larue, general agent for the Great Northern rail- lower rates hogs in on shipped the movement of hogs is not suffi- too heavy to be shipped in double decked cars. It would cost the /rail- roads $70,000 to equip the 253 stoc! that ex- treme could weather often encounter- ed in North Dakota makea operation of railroads difficult and sseenee is equipment ieniae up, and other de- tails, He explained that it to reduce engine in On cross examination he admitted ‘that weather conditions in North Da- kota are no worse than those encoun- tered in Minnesota, Montana and oth- Hackenberg conten fed that North Dakota intrastate rates are too low and that to com- em with rates in Iowa pad is greater and traffic density heavier, is Members of the railroad board hope to complete the hearing late this evening but a decision on the ques- tions involved will be delayed for livestock road, opposed w proposed request fer double-decked cars, contending that ciently heavy and that the average hog shipped from' North Dakota is force an extra session, hope to avoid. FULMER INTRODUCES BILL IN THE HOUSE Washington, Dec. .17—()—A com- panion measure to Senator McNary’s | new farm relief bill was introduced at the house end of the capitol today by Representative Fulmer, a South Carolina Democrat. The development grew out of an effort to associate the west and the | south in support of a farm relief which they over the naming of the legis! It will be the McNar, newcomer, | farm relief debate the McNary-Ha gen bill of last session. Representative Fulmer’s bill fers in but one respect from that of Senator McNary. It would suspend operation of the equalization fee on cotton for two years after passage, but Mr. Fulmer said he understood Senator McNary was agreeable to the alteration, The measure might have become the McNary-Purnell-Fuliner bill had not Representative Purnell, Repub- lican, Indiana, delayed attaching his name to it while he waited for the opinion of his thief on, the agricul- tural committee—Chairman Haugen. Coincident with the introduction of the bit, singe issued hog a ment saying that its pas: ‘is the one way to force tariff reduction by having a farmer-minded board that will look into freight an dtariff rates and give congress fucts as they af- fect agriculture.” Representative Dickinson, Republi- can, Iowa, who stirred the house Wednesday by inferring as a possi- bility the presidential candidacy of former Governor Lowden ‘of Illinois, Bc ead oF my Soe] estas agra in heat | Ee adi oe’ dak deal | tet aan Ci agin pe after the other.” torium will start at 4 o'clock and willl cars, he said. aoe at its teereduetlen ke wrulmer. System Produces Results fe given mainly for the children. It B Contrary to the ‘eslamity-shouting| 15, t2 be very brief and no speeches| rreight POH: or of his opponents, the premier said, will: be deliv the new system of a state without yo pl fede already producing bene- “An yg analysis of the Italian tical system, ers. Henry Halverson is to lead) Other exhibits were presented eae Eohows' that’ eetside the coecuora thee audience in’ community singing shawing, that the traffic dsouity in lam, of political and| °, Chelstoane carols, North Dakota is relatively light, de- selection of | compe- Rotary club, Santa Claus is to appear at the gathering and distribute candy to the pe: children, while members of the Thurs- oy Masical club will present two ‘he program is being arranged by wh Jud, ern, pres ented exhib 8. r cent on its ioversmees but said it honet to go. petles in 1! Traffic Density Light yon § manding a higher rate, and that the showing the company’s earnings in, 1925 were 5.22 Weather Report Weather conditions at North Da- kote points for the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. '. Tempcrature at 7 Highest yesterday q financial condition of ‘th ier is] Lowest last night 5 > iene Hela is ae a ' Co Hencatorhy Christianson in ‘charge. ‘The Lions such that they cannot Mford to take Precipitation to 7 a, m. 0 rea Mod ot wake the places. of have charge of the decoration ofa cut, Highest wind velocity . so-called pure politici se oa et x Other features, he suid, are that pace At any rete, the Halians haven't ‘So that there willbe no duptice- North Dakota weather conditions are RATHER FORECAST | any sympathy for for aniveraet ‘suffrage, | tion in the giving of Christmas bas-| such. that it costs more to operate) For Bismarck end viginity: Bro! because have known by bitte ter kote, the lists of tho, Salvation Army|trains here than elyewhere. on the| ably fair tonight and Saturday, but experience ft is not @ syste! rag Cross «were checked over at/Great Northern system and also| With ‘eome cloudiness, Not quite so é $a socal chaise values |e Let ware phase at ihe bee ehine ee ve North Daves lige ad pore ae ion: ae % ‘alia From ig club, which has ta Bree Ya attippers| pisins States and uppet Mi that Italy hes never i iad a ie oP eseinaals ahs es Rothe altek tates | Valley While a low pressure ar; i. {in which more than 40 per cant of the| menh) comes 6, req ures aro still low. electors PArmCLMAE” i “Good Fellows” central states but Tt is, for the needy. ing slowly in all sections. The zero “ " tine moved north- S, A. Fund Donors ||: to the ‘border from pe ed the uppe: ion to the ¢ 1 | fisher eastern Rocky ae che ‘fond of the” out the northern states ated yesterday tion Te gion coast After the Christmas recess, ion of the next session to! plan and settled a week of discussion Fulmer bill, succeeding as center of dit-| Bessie Freeman is only 16, but she is manager of a large hotel in Har- lingen, Texas, and owns more than $20,000 worth of property. She got her start by selling hos “They're not interesting,” MRS, CHAPLIN STARTS SUIT FOR DIVORCE All Attempts to Settle Marital Difficulties Out of Court Have Failed Grey, that she had torncy to file sereen comedian. Attorney George Beebe, who made the announcement for Mrs. Chaplin yesterday, explained that all attempts to settle the Chaplin marital difficul- ties out of court had failed. He suid he was busy preparing the pe- tition but would not indicate on what grounds the divorce would be sought. Mrs, Chaplin will insist that she joe, awarded the custody .of theit two children, Charles Spencer, Jr., and Sydney Barle, and will ‘demand a | financial settlement in keeping with her former station, her lawyer has indicated, Whether Chuplin will file a cross | complaint depends wholly on the alle- | gations set out in his wife's petition, his attorney, Lloyd Wright, said $2,500 REWARD OFFERED FOR _ ERDMAN OLSON ¢;Money Will Be Paid For De- livery of Alleged Murderer to County Officers structed her at- suit against the Prairie du Chien, Wis., Dec. 17.— @)—Cireulars offering $2,500 reward for Erdman 8. Olson, wanted for mur- der, wero issued today by Sheriff H. W. Sherwood of Crawford county. ‘The reward will be paid for appre- hension and delivery of Olson to Crawford county officers. The fugi- tive is wanted for the slaying of Clara Olson, 2 neighbor, September 10, last. The girl's body was found in a shal- low grave near Rising Sun, Her skull had been crushed. She was about to become a mother. College Will Spend More For Religion, Less For Athletics Clarksburg, W. Va., Dec, 17.—()— More money for religion and less for athletics will henceforth be the policy at West Virginia Wesleyan college. eerunceiment has been made by col- Wee trustees that retrenchment in etic expenditures will be in order ‘and a new professor of religious edu- cation added to the faculty. M&n Charged With , Child Abandonment Denied New Trial St. Paul, Dec. 17—#)—Conviction of Henry James Wood, a farmer near Rochester, on a charge of child abandonment, was affirmed by the supreme court today. ‘ood was found gui July 19, 1925, and Judge Charles E. Callaghan denied him a new trial. was affirmed. Food Tablets For Cows Successful Marlborough, “England, Dec, 17.— Food tablets for cows have been | tried * successfully by A. J. Hosier, } | edalrypaan of Wexcombe House, near The tablets are of Mr. Hosier’s own This order Prescription. He says that by ex- periments cor five years he has rime piss Bly yea Tos Ange 17.—(P)—The | matrimonial bat es Chaplin} was headed for the divorce court| today following the announcement by | his estranged wife, the former Lita] | connec! [Hotel Boss | TWOMENBEING [Patience Gone | = (QUERIED ABOUT SAUER’S DEATH May Know Something About | Murder of Man Whose Body | Was Found in Apple Creek | BOTH MEN DENY CHARGE ||__ Patience Gone _| | | | | ‘| Officials Are Checking Move- | ments of Pair Since Wil- | liam Sauer Was Killed One man is under arrest her another is under surveillance by ter county authorities in connection with the death last summer of Wil liam Sauer, former Carrington well | driller. They are Henry Sauer, a cousin of the dead man, and David Johnson, | both of Carrington. Sat is being held here vestigation. for in. | Foster county. officials | have taken Johnson to Carrington | and are checking on story of where the pair were at the time William Sauer was killed, believed to be May 15, 1926. i Body Found June 13 \ The body of William Sauer w: found in Apple Creck near here on June 13. Its condition indicated that it had been in the water aj month or more. Henry Sauer and Johnson were | h the éase by the fact thats al travelers’ ch » issued to William Sauer a few days his death, were cashed by other than Se dead = man. Attorney F, E, McCurdy bel they were anahes by Henry Sauer | and Johnson and has obtained par- tial identification of the two men from a McKenzie gas filling station operator, where one three chee! wa ashed, at Tuttl cashed, | suspects, Henry Sauer and brought back from Wisconsin about 10 days ago after they had been where the other two wei w unable to identify t The cashier of a bank! Johnson were | traced to a small town near Duluth. | Ben tieny -Cherne _|Negro Has Religious Song, Each denies all knowledge of th crime and contends that they w: in the country north of Carrington on the date William Sauer is believed to hav been murdered. county officials are checking John- son's: story, MeCurdy suid. Investigation of the case ut this time recalls the gruesome deta of | the finding of William Sauers’ body | near Bismarck. Northern Pacific section men, walking along the bank of Apple Creek in search of 4 place | to swim, first discovered the body! and notified the authoritics. The} corpse was lying on its face in about seven inches of water, purt of it be- ing above water. The man was fully dressed in heavy winter clothing, except that his shoes were unlaced arid he wore no socks. His watch, keys, change and a travelers” check’ for $20 were found in the clothing, and an automobile insurance policy ‘among his papers led to his identification. Man's Neck Was Broken The body was found at the foot of a bank about 14 feet high, giving authorities the opinion at that time that the man was killed, his body carried along the creek to that point and thrown over the bank. The place was two miles east of the Patterson farm, south of the Northern Pacific railway tracks, and about one-half) mile from the Red Trail. Exawhination of the body after it had been removed to the morgue showed that the man’s neck had been broken. Cutting of ‘Melon’ Turns Wall Street Market New York, Dec. 17- street experienced a “roaring — bull market” today as a result of the unexpected cutting of a $200,000,000 “melon” by the directors of the United States Stee] corporation late yesterday. The first sale of U. S. Steel com- mon was a block of 40,000 shares at the “spread” price of 158% to 160, a record high for all time, this in- dividual transaction involving over $6,000,000. Other industrial and rail- road stocks changed hands in large blocks, with initial gains running from one to four points in scores of issues. Frenzied trading characterized the opening of the market, the floor in the exchange presenting a scene of wild confusion as brokers struggled to execute otders which had poured in overnight from all sections of the world. Post No. 2, where transactions in steel common take place, was sur- rounded by a tightly Paked mob of brokers as the opening gong sounded. After the first sple of steel, strings & transactions running from 5,000 to 20,000 shares changed hands at fre- quent intervals, the stock holding well within the limits of the opening quotations during the first half hour, Total sales in the first 15 minutes of this stock ran close to 120,000 shares. Foster | ‘Bullish’! (P)—Wall | ITHE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [iionn -NEA, Kansas City Bureau Patience is a virtue, but it can be carried too far. Miss Sarah L. Ap- plegate of Joplin, Mo., was eng ‘te Benjamin Franklin Cox for ‘s, but she finally lost hope, she ys, when Cox continued to delay the wedding. Now she’s suing him | for $50,000" for uch of promise. The 2. BXBCUTED IN KENTUCKY two are shown here, FOR MURDER Played, While White Man Asks For Ragtime Eddyville Ky., Dee. Rodger Brannon, 22, of Ohio, convicted murderer of William Nelson Fant, at Lexington, Ky., De- cember 26, 1925, was executed here ce wag pronounced dead at be- in the electric cha is, negro, convicted iq Kentucky, for the followed Bran- was pronounced Christian murder of non to the ch dead at 12: entered the death room, A negro inmate of the penitentiary played a religious song for Harris a few hours before he was executed and Brannon asked that a rag-time piece be played for him. The convict re- sponded with “Yes, Sir, Baby.” Brannon’s body will be taken back to Ohio for burial today. FOUR COUPLES HAVE GOLDEN WEDDING FETE Whole Town of Hilton, N. Y., Will Turn Out to. Com- munity Reception That's My Hilton, N. ¥., Dee. 17-—-(P)—In this quiet hamiet, where nothing much eres happens, today there is a quad- ries golden wedding celebration. their lives the eight persons have een close friends, never going far from the community, The couples are Mr. and Mrs. An- drew J. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. James K. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mott, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Curtis. To- gether, they represent 400 years of wedded life, and 571 years of age, The Smith families are not related. They were not all married on the same day, but just far enough apart so that their anniversary parties, at which each family has entertained the others for years, make a steady round from Thanksgiving to New Year's. Tonight, however, the whole town will turn from Christmas shop- ping to attend a community recep- tion in the Hilton Baptist church where all have attended for years, When the Andrew Smiths were married, James Smith was best man and his wife bridesmaid. At the wedding of Mr. und Mrs. Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Smith were attend- ants, Mrs. Curtis, the “juvenile” of the octet, is 67. James Smith, the old- est, is 79. Among ‘them they have nine chil- dren and 16 granchildren. minutes after he | PRICE FIVE CENTS ACTION TAKEN FOLLOWING AN ADVERSE VOTE Von Hindenberg Expected to Ask Marx and Cabinet to Carry on Temporarily | REIOHSTAG Scheidemann Charges Clique With Organizing Huge ll- | legal Army Reserve | Berlin, Dec. 17.-(@)—The govern- | ment of Chaneellor Marx today re- signed after being defeated in the Reichstag, 249 to 171, on a vote of | non-confidence. | The cabinet, which was automati- ADJOURNS cally ousted by the adverse vote, will tender its formal resignation | President Von Hindenberg this eve- ing. It is expected that he will ask Chanchelldr Marx and his minister to carry on temporarily until after tthe new year. The Reichstag, after the vote, ad- journed until January 19, Philipp Scheidemann, leader of the | Social Democrats, had charged that | a monarchist military clique was secretly organizing a huge illegal army reserve and was under-mining the Reichswehr as an instrument of | the repubNc. ‘The charges were denied by Chan- cellor Marx. to ARRAIGNMENT OF SINCLAIR, FALL DELAYED Will Take Place Next Tuesday —Both Men are Charged With Conspiracy | j | | | | Washington, Dec. -—Az- | raignment of Harry F. 'Sinclate and | Albert B. Fall on an oil spiracy | charge wa’ postponed today by the | District of Columbia supreme cour: until next Tuesday. Argument jon Sinclair’s motion to quash the indictment was put off un- til the same day, after the presiding justice had found today’s docket crowded with other cases having priority. | The announcement from the bench was made after Sinclair, whose lease of Teapot Dome started the senate | oil inquiry, had waited for more than | an hour in the court room. Fall re- mained at his hotel awaiting a tele- phone call from his counsel. Trial May Be in January The charge against ‘Sinclair and | Fall is similar to that of which Fall and Edward L. Doheny, leusee of the oe Hills reserve, were exonerated a jury yesterday after a four- wee trial. In anticipation of a court ruling upholding the Fall-Sin- clair indictment, government counsel are planning to ask at the arraign- ment Tuesday that the oil man and former interior secretary be brought | to trial early in January. Simultaneous with the announce- ment of Justice Bailey's postpone- ment of argument on the Sinclair mo- tion, Wilton J, Lambert, counsel for Fall, made a motion to quash in be- half of the former cabinet officer. Tho Fall motion was based on the same grounds as that of Sinclair, but went a step further, in challenging the authority of Owen J. Roberts and | Atlee Pomerene, the special govern- ment prosecutors named by President Coolidge, to handle the oil cases. ee | Temperature and Road Conditions ad (Mercury readings at 7 a, m.) Bismarck—Cloudy, -3; roads fair. Mandan—Cloudy, ~2 | Fargo—Cloudy, Minot—Cloudy, ~3; roads fair. | : Jamestown —Cloudy, 1 apres roads fair. | Winona—Cloudy, 10; roa is fair. Grand Forks—Partly cloudy, : -2; roads fair. Rochester—Cloudy, 10; roads poor. Hibbing—Cloudy, -4; roads heavy. St. ietairs ras 5; roads heavy. Mankato—Clou: 3, roads fai DuluthPartiy yclaniat 2; goo Crookston—Clear, 0; roads good. Devils Lake—Cloudy, ~4; roads Poor. ’ Last Minute | | News Bulletins | Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 17—(?) Several persons were killed or injured and communications were when a violent roads Retail Sales in provident Geel . France on Decline Penh ye t '. Parie, Dec, 17-0) —Whas san beers tlie kak tesa New York, Dec. 11- in France, 104 years The French people, who relaxed; Wall financier and - Inflation yours that ‘foliowad® the| tates at fo! poe cep thes Sahng eh drawn chple purse ae ae “4 eb sat eg tak Christmas shopping—are not b oxbeeied ; >. to be more than Bait what the Octo- be eee The sudden ot on and sebeaan of the] Strect’s fini