The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1927, Page 8

ection. iyi ‘Benator Reed, Democrat, y / “PAGE EIGHT LOWDEN GIVES | - ATTITUDE ON | FARM RELIEF ‘Agriculture Needs Equal Foot — ing With Industry and La- bor, He Contends Washington, Dec. 12.—(4)--Those friends of former Governor Lowden! Of Illinois who are booming as a Republican presidential candi- date have his implicd consent to batt on. iy Although he refuses definitely to announce himself as a candidate and declares himself in mystery concerning his exact status in rela- tion to the nomination, Lowden last night assured his supporters ‘that “whatever that status is there is little likelihood of it being changed.” Whatever his doubt concerning . himself may be, the former gover- nor is emphatically positive about two things—that President Cool- idge is out of the race, that agriculture will be the big issue in| the 1928 presidential contest. He is equally positive that what agri- culture needs to put it on an footing with industry and labor enactment of a relief bill incorpor- ating an equalization fee assessed upon crops to pay the cost of con- trolling surpluses. W'FADDEN BANK BILL PROVES WORTHINESS -...._etditions to Banks’ Resour’ --|* 8. ™. and returned to the starting | ‘More ‘Than Offset Losr-5; Comptroller Says Washington, Dec. 12.— Bre der wers given national banks, ch. fly the McFadden banking law, w’t¢ ¢redited today by J. W. MclIntcsh, comptroller of the currency, vit! having thecked the expansior of ite bank institutions in the hring new life to the system of 1. i tional banks,” the comptroller said: | “i th it is too early to judge its full effect, it has fully justified’ itself, ‘as additions to she resources national banking system have ; set the losses during’; enaciment of the acts Tos’ shorts of act. ‘00 short a se has elapsed ‘to no ional . islation is necssary at this time” 127 Branc> Banks Formed The McFadden bill. allowed some Increase in number of branch nks, the comptrol . He wit nd: ‘te ti Bey o} ‘onal banks in exi = Yeto- or 31 was placed at 7,832, or 176 -38 than. the total a year before. ‘here were 185 national bank fail- ures during the year ending October i, arelyee an aggregate capital of = On the latest date far which con- were’ reported, October 10, 1927, national banks had total 1 “sources of $27,213,824,000, the la: est unt ever reported. is e: by more than $1,500,000,000 gorse resources indicated one fore. part of the growth was im sav- ings accounts, the report indicated, 2 the total of national bank sav- inge aecounts on June 30, 1927, was 870,000, ar. increase of $912,- 10 over savings reported one year previously. “Penate Concurs With House in Awarding Medal to Lindbergh Washington, Dec, 12.—(AP)—The benate today followed the action of the house in unanimously voting the ional medal of honor for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. . yr Blease, Democrat, South Carolina, however, brought up the of the legality of confer. the medal on Col. Lindbergh. gh in favor of the action, he ‘was of the opinion that the honor eld be conferred only on men in Missouri, plained that an act of congrezs bestowing the medal was legitima‘e and the senate proceeded to bestow it without further delay. as Average Man of the ave was reached in an Gificial repott of the Industrial Fatigue Research board based on tests of 4,336 British women. ~An exception was found, however, at Glasgow. A group of 40 girls, x i factory there, far copieyet ns pod man’ in man. ‘of| Chevrolet warehouse, h| short time but despite this drivine | allow banking to |\ Away to Africa Fly the Cobham: ecenrernrtesentenenageantangire Sir Alan Cobham, Britain’s famous long-distance ace, and his wife (ar- tows) are photoed here as their great Short-Rolls Royce flying boat was warmed up at Southampton for the start of its flight ’roynd the rim of Africa, | ON MOTOR ROW. 8 The Sciberling Rubber company is the first tire n.anufac- turer to offer this domplete protec- tion to users «2 their products. 12 months. Whippet Travels 468 Miles in 511 Minutes : cberling Protected _ ervice The stamint, and speed of the Plan ip upporeed Wy the ull fein Whippet andi bility to conquer a| souves of the Seiberling Rubber company and ‘protects th. user against tire damage from accidents, blowouts, wheel mis-alignment, un- der-infla and any ro _ hazard. This exclu: Seiberling feature is the first defi i souls) BC eit . the cfficial check | ever given a tire buyer that he wil ere ene Union, not only at Teceive full mileage from his tires. the start ar. finishing poiats but at | !t is a sell known fact that 90 per five diff.ent points along the route. {Cent of all tires go out of service Wit’ Sam Ross at the wheel of | Prematurely due .o acc‘dents before the * hippet Coll .iate roadster and | they run ‘cir ‘ul’ course of in built Ch. Killmeyer acting as relif driv-] mileage. The Seiberling protected , the Whippet spec’ from Detroit at | Service plan provides that purchas- ers will be given a certificate of pro- tection on cac’. tire purchased and that the pritection feature s¥plies | to alt Seiberiing tires that e cov- ered by such written certificate of aarteon givgn '. purchaser by the ealer, Chrysler Swamped by |Demand For New Cars blinding sleet and snow storm was, demonstrated this week when a (I- legiate roadster traveled 46? “ailes in 511 minutes, around the 2swer rim of the state of Michigan. This aver- age of speed of 54’ miles an hour point after cove.ing 468 miles, at! 4:31 p. m. Newspapermen were on: hand both at the start and finish to. check the remarkable performance of the Whippet. From the very start the Whippet encountered a blizzard a_i. swept across the lower rim of Michigan. | The roads becam< i:e-covered in a hazard the Whippet continusc on its course fighting its way mil: after mile pone the blinding storm. As the Whippet -oared into the city limits of Flint and northward to Saginaw the “ury of the storm increased but the h’sh speed of the Whippet has maintained by the drivers. However, as they entered; the city limits all traffic laws were strictly obeyed. Oakland-Pontiac _ A reception surpassing in enthus- iasm anything ever previously ex- perienced even by the popular cars of the Chrysler corporation is greet- ing the three new models introduced recently by this company, according to advices from Detroit received by the Corwin-Chugchill Motors, Inc., local Chrysler distributors. Ever since the appearan-e in July , jof the Great New “62”, the first in ae series ee cars Lior genre \summer, Chrysler factories have Sales Increased been unabie to keep pace with the orders that have been pouring in, Record-breaking October sales of | Company officials state. Successive Nearly’ half of the prisoners at the state penitentiary here made feation for clemency at the last session of the state pardon board/| here but only 30 recéived favorable considetation, records of the board made public here show, One man was given a complete pardon and another wag-made eli- gible to pardon provi the trial judge recommended* such ‘action. joth were minoy Offenders, a state- ment by .the’ board said, and onc man was merely seeking the lifting of a suspended sentence, In cases where sentefces are im- posed but suspended, it was pointed out by the pardon board, action is necessary to restore a man to citi- zenship. ' Nine men were granted paroles and one man, already out on parole,! found his parole revoked. Twelve applications were referred to the emergency board, largely because! recommendations from the trial judges or state’s attorneys were in- complete or entirely lacking, 20 Get Commutations Six indeterminate sentences were fixed and 20 prisoners were granted commutations of sentences. Nine applications. were deferred to the next meeting of the board to be! held next June and two prisoners | who had served in the army were! paroled to the veterans bureau for treatment in government hospitals, Two applications were withdrawn before the board had an opportunity to act upon them. One prisoner, whose time was nearly up, was granted a leave of absence to go to work and another, already out on parole, was given @ permit to leave the state for the same glenn One man was transferred to insane asylum at Jamestown and three ap- plicants had completed thejr prison sentences. when their applications came up for consideration. Seventy- six prisoners were refused any con- eect whettat : ie number of applicants appear- ing before the board at the’ last meeting was the largest in the his- tory of the state. Cass county contributed the larg- est number of applicants with Ward county se end Burleigh, Morton and: Grand Forks trailing in the order named. ® ‘Favorite Crimes’ Most of the prisoners sent here from the eastern part of the state were convicted with violating the liquor laws while larceny and bur- glary also were listed as favorite ag @ statement by the board said. 5,674 Oakland and Pontiac Sixes,’ Presentations of the New “52” and 66 per cent *reater than during | the Illustrious New “72,” which fol- Odtober of 1926, sre re >rted by W.; lowed the initial “62” announcement, R,\ Tracy, vice-president in charge | Served to swell the tide and as .. re- of aceattor the Oakland Motor Car ; Sult the company, despite strenuous pany. Mr. Tracy also states! Manufacturing schedules in all de- t sales totals for the last ten! partments, has found itself constant- jwionths have made 1927 the com-,!y in an oversold condition on all Pany’s most successful year. three models. The October record follows a Sep-| The enhanced beauty of the new tember sales increase of 37 per cent Cts’ contours and colors, their me- over the corresponding period a year |Chanical refinements, and the in- creased luxur:- provided by artistic touches in interior furnishings and by the new saddle-type springs, ad- justable seats and many other inno- ations, have been mak'ng an instan- neous appeal to the buyirg pub- go. The grand aggregate of Oakland and@ Pontiac Six sales during the months from January to October, inclusive, is 172,027, against 121,230 during the first ten months of 1926. | ; This increase of 50,697 represents a! lic wherever the car are on display. gain of more than 41 per cent over | This favorable impression, dealers the sales during the same per: * of |Teport, is always increased when the 26. unbelievably smooth an@ powerful “The ::troduction of the improved ;Performance of the cars is exper- Pontiac Six at lower p.ices carly |tenced by those who have an oppor- this year con: -ibuted substantially | tunity to drive them and the state- the incre: sed tot] of sal ment is common that visitors who Mr. Tracy. i enter dealers’ showrooms as curious T rienced a brief m spectators speedily becom: admirers ruption while the factory was bei:.+ ~}and enthusiastic buyers, re-arranged for production of the new All-American Six. “But the immeciate put: ance of the Oakland All. models since their introduc-ion early |« in August, together with the sus- | tained demand for the Pontiac Six, ; heve increased our business to the Point where Oakland-Pontia retail registrations ranked f urth among all manufacturers in the United pas during August and Septem- r. |Studebaker Announces Unique Xmas Plan Economic experts agree that not only is America richer today than ever before but also that the Amer- ican dollar is being spent more wise- ly and conservatively. This Is par- ticularly true in the annual buying of Christmas gifts. “In other years Christmas gifts ‘were usually impractical and useless articles,” said a prominent bi recently. “Knick-knacks, fri souvenirs, gifts of no practical value were in order. But today Christmas buying is done with an eye to util- ity. ‘Phousands of Christmas Sav- ings clubs will release a deluge of gold this month—reported to amount to $701,336,000, or $102,000,000 more than in 1926. Dollars saved so care- fully are being spent in the same manner, Chevrolet Company Opens New Building The Chevrolet *fotor company to- day announces the openin ; of a new $625,600 parts and service building in Flint, Mich. This structure marks | the completion of a two million dol- lar parts and service program ex- tending over the last year and a half The western part of the state, especially the southern slope dis- ts, has been severely troubled with chicken end turkey stealing’ and cattle rustling. Persons victed of these crimes, as well 4s'a number of horse thieves, red. seant consideration, the statement said, In most cases the commutations of sentence resulted merely in lop- ping off a few days, weeks or months from the end of the prison sentence in order to enable the pris- oner y spend Christmas with his family or to enable him to resume is occupation at an appropriate time in the season, ‘ollowing its general rulé the board acted largely upon the rec- cmmendations of the .judges who imposed the sentences and the state’s attorneys who prosecuted the prisoners. ; Tho only prisoner whose: prison time was materially shortened by the action of the board w: larion D. Wilson, sentenced from Cass sounty to serve a 20-year term on a_charge of first degree robbery, His sentence was commuted to 15 years, : Nye Is Chairman of Public Lands Group Washi: Dec. 12.—()—Addi- tional ican irregulars from western states were assigned to im- Portant. senate committee chairman- ships Saturday Ty the Republican committee on committees, after the declaration of truce between sena- tors of this acep and of the old guard. on the question of senate or- ganization. 3 Gereald P. Nye, North Dakota, one of the youngest senators both in point of age. and of service, was given the chairmanship of the pub- lic lands committee, and Peter Nor- ‘beck, South Dakota, succeeded to the chairmanship of the powerful and involving in addition the con- struction of four major supply de- pots and a complete reoryanization of those ct Oak: and Ta: ytown. The new Flint building is a ‘hree stcry steel and concrete structure with a total of 225,00v square feet of Railroad dock for 12 - been provided to ite shipping. lad: necessary because of the great increzse i Chevrolet owner- ship during the yoar, the new ware- house is one of .4 finest in the in- dt t-v Priy Reade) modern fone veyors equipment for handling parts, and promises to pro- vide Chevrolet wit' the most com- ied bigtpae gn eprint ocean rq parts. 5 structure becomes th: cer.tral the major portion of which is devoted to the ring of to insure good :-7- ae o! il be kept on hand at all “This year people are giving phon- ographs, radio sets, pianos, articles of furniture, wearing apparel, even automobiles for Christmas presents. Such gifts are practical and will give i id pleasure long after Christmas is forgotten.” Substantiation of the economist’s the is to be found in the rapidly growing practice of giving automo- biles for Christm: n_idea which was crystallized Studebaker’s unique “Keys to Happiness” plan. Last year morc than 1,000 Stude- baker automobiles were delivered to saat apres Pa ing. is e: tl a great many more than 1 Studebakers will be. delivered by “Santa Claus” this year. The Studebaker “Keys to Happi- ness” plan allows any one who wishes to make his wife, dauhter, or entire family a present. of #Stude- baker, to buy Gy from any gineii a 47s gf = & , Studebaker rs be pares ris given a sating- con- taining two Keys. This box {3 ‘on the Christmas tree or pes among the presents. { —<— SALARIES RAISED La Moure-Srlary increases are be- ing given to various cit” ofticiais of Za -Moure through H 2. an unc] at » re- mayor. ‘passed by the city cent meeting. i aati get sib ssteat of banking and currency committee. Lynn J. Frazier, North D: was assigned: to th: Indian affairs committee, and Robert B. Howell, Nebraska, was elevated to the chair- mane! of the claims committee. 8 shee of lepetaet sateen oak shi im comm are: Borah, Idatic, foreign relations; Nor- ris, Nebraska, judiciary” Couzens, ~ higan, educat ae lehoets lary, Oregon, agriculture; Johnson, California, immigration. Navy Is Attractive to Bismarck Youths Completion of the basic training TO 3; ANOT: 4; Florence, aged 8, iater, and Floyd, 5 years old, died the following day. A ber of the family is seriously ill, but is believed by the attending phy- sician, Dr. J. L. Mulder, to be mak- ing recovery. U. President to Withdraw Rec- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE MANY INMATES OF N. D. PRISOX ASK CLEMENCY Half of Prisoners Appear Be- fore Pardon Board—Only 30 Get Considération trom Bismarck, will be part of the next quota of men that will be sent to the Great Lakes station. His ap. plication has beent placed on file as Number 1 .and he will probably leave for his basic course on Dec. 29, according to the recruiting of- ticer. CONDITION OF BOETTCHER BOY IS UNCHANGED Doctor Holds No Hope For Hi: Recovery—Similar Case Re- ported at Cavalier * New England, N.. D., Dec. 12.— (AP)—No change was noted in the dition of Richérd Boettcher, 8, who has been unconscious’ for 14 days as the result of a case of en- cephalitis of influenza origin, it was eported today by Dr. George A. Sarchert, the attending physicia. No hope is held for the boy’s recov. ery, the doctor stating that he migh: live a week and might die within 24 hours. Cecil Boettcher, 15, has recovered from the disease, and Wayne, 12, is well on the road to recovery, Dr. Sarchert says. Mrs. Emil O. Boett- cher, the boys’ mother, and Margar- et, 7, succumbed to the peculiar malady, DISEASE PRO’ ‘S FATAL RIS LL Cavalier, N. D., Dec. 12.—(AP)-- Believed to be the same malaty which has bdo i two ee ot the Emil Boettcher famil, of New March England, N-D., a mysterious and Next Session Will Be in deadly spinal di tal to three members of the George Schroeder family here. se had proved fa- Lorney, aged 12, died December died three days A fourth mem- Dr. Mulde! Sarchert of New England, wio 1s attending the Boettcher family, in believing that the disease strange combination of influenza|to meet in March. and spinal meningitis. Samples’ of blood taken from the inv.lid’s body} league circles, that spirit of mutual | Geo. W. Schuette Named P: and sent to the stato department Of| concession by X public health are expected to be r2- ported upon some time today, Rr. Mulder added. KANE-DAVIS ROW SETTLED ommendation— Davis to File Resignation id Forks, N. D-, Dec. 12.—(?) Gra —Adjustment of the a the retention or removal of Paul J. Davis as director of athietics at the state university was approved today at a meeting of the board administration with a committee consisting of F. L. Goodman, J. W. Wilkerson, business manager of the university, and A. L. Netcher, ac- cording to the board. = Although the boarc statement the settlement and members of the board refused in any way to add thereto, it was Uefinitely learned that the general Pires of the rreement are as follows: *epresident Kane’s recommendation for the removal of Mr. Davis to be Mr. is to file his -saslensis) with the committee ai a> ve be presented to the board of administration at its May The North Dakota student daily publication will carry an y for editorials attacking ir, vis, apich beonght the matter to public ition. athe three members of the commit- tee have pl d themeelves to see- ing that this agreement is carried out. It was understood to be satis- factory to the principals involved in the affair, according to the board members. eh Gagner Is Awarded . William F. Gagner was a verdict for $660 the Northern yy by a j istrict court these senators, others of | . of two Bismarck boys in the United | < States navy in September.and the acceptance of the enlistment app! cation of by. eB, Koktavy; chief quertermastér and ‘recruiting of- ficer, at Fargo. a third, Were announced}, George C. White, sop of Georgely J.. White, 115% First street, who enlisted at Fargo on Sept. 7 and has been in hog ud at the cee tation, has been assigned on the U. 8, 8. Maryland, a first fine battleship. at present in the 7 : the Pacific. Lattle fleet Bega Stat wa! 303 i the Great /. rees with Dr. George! versy, on the way to settlement as & result of its deliberations, the 48th session of the council of the League is alot Nations adjourned this morning controversy | March session in Rome and of} month or two. statement given out by/| for the gave no intimation of the basis of | via. + | request of the free city of Danzig to Verdict For $660 ° awarded in his suit against y com- - Custom Tailori lect our woolens on or before Dec. ing . rerill have our suit ready for you by Christmas Very Special Prices: ‘ . Bergeson’s ' Bismarck, N. D. : Open Evenings Until sare Pe Olivdrias, drank some coffee from fously ii, oA phyeiclan said they ously ill. physician would recover only besa Prompt treatment. x women, whe were found: in critical condition, complained of suffering a choking sensation, which recalled to Mrs. Bailey that husband had done the same. Man Killed When Struck by Train . St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 12—)— Arthur R. Clark, 35 y ars old, form- erly an undertaker of South St. Paul, was struck and killed by a pas- senger train in «the Union depot yards here las! night. Clark had goné to Ambrose, N. D., two weeks cgo te work, and rela- tives were my-tified as t- the rea- son for his suduen return. Both his feet had been frozen. LEAGUE OF NATIONS COUNCIL ADJOURNS - AFTER SETTLING FOUR VEXING PROBLEMS Daily Mirror. Watson was served in New York yestérday, but there was no confirmation of servin;, on the other two. The committee's right to, summon Elias is questioned by the Mexican ambassador here, Manuel C. Tell who maintains that, under interna- tional law, consular officers are im- mune-from subpoencs. z $00 EMPLOYES - HAVE ELECTION and May Be Held at Rome— Would Offer Way For Bri- and to Meet Mussolini With- out Making Special Journey Geneva, | Dec. a — (AP) —With four internatio: roblems, includ- ing the Polish-Lithuanian contro- To the very end, {t is felt in WN the governments in J ie reo teurig ce go| Ment of Tralamen Brother- | fore ly the various problems dominated the hood For 1928 b ent that it had been repaired recently at Minot. A_ widow, who "é lives at South St. Paul, survives cynthia of zr council. cials said that no arrange- espe ments to convene the March Geo. W. Schuette was elected president of Bismarck lodge No. been suggested in| 936, Brotherhood of Railway Train- some quarters offering a way of] men, an organization of Soo line em- bringing about a meeting of Foreigu pres, at the annual election of of- Minister Briand of France and Pres! ficers night. Other officers mier Mussolini without making it/named for ensuing year include necessary for the French foreign] H. E. Paul, vice president; J. M. minister to make a special journey] Stahl, secretary and treasurer, and to Rome for the purpose of seeking | W. M. Dolan, delegate to the nation- an opportunity to adjust Franco-| al convention which will be held in Italian relations, Cleveland a ee '. eee is French Favor Plan reeaioe . . The French representatives here boy seemed desirous of having : or Frid It 18) fourth possible that -conversations will a epee take place among the council mem- bers concerning this within the next of each month at the A. O. U. W. 1. W. A. McDonald of Minneapolis, neral chairman of the organie eee ‘attended the meeting y night and outlined to the members some of the benefits of membership. each othel| The organization, which now num- settlement of their differ-| hers 183.866 mem! has _ insur- ences and it is likely that a confer-| ance in force totaling $364,826,175. ence soon will be held at Riga, Lat-| Since its organization in 1881 it has total of 52,950 death and dis- claims, the aggregate amount The Polish-Lithuanian dispute was liquidated by an agreement of the two countries to enter into di- rect negotiations with id a The ceaseless activities of two Poility Latin-American members of the/ being $74,984,691.36. council, Senor Urrutia of Colombia] here were 262 members in the and Senor Vilegas of Chile, cOn-! brotherhood’s tuberculosis hospital tributed to compromise settlement! in October, this of two other vexing probl: These} since January, 1923, were the request of Greece to be bursements. Yor tuberculosis treat. freed from obligation to make full| ment since January, payme! for the battle cruiser! $1,744,698.33, Salamis, contracted for in a German} | shipyard before the war, and the 1 Dead, 3 Il From : Poisoned Coffee have a Polish munitions depot there either removed altogether or placed under partial control of Dau- uspected. of fatally poisoning fish pistire acter aul tecionee rear cin in an inveseigation here oe today. ‘The. victim, referred to a mixed arbitral body for °8¢ solution with the understanding that , Par Pi an advisory opinion may be asked of the mrad Ronrt ot dation as 2 . ‘ D. the whether Germany 2 ames from exporting war ma. Polley, Sa, cise Batnrenysoerege: terlal contracted for before the war.’ saying ‘a drink of coffee at his Srna a ee as, pe 80 prevent a pectession of the battle cruiser, tTo-| Ed Ma. Dailey, her drat a however, reece agreed ind i abide by the decision of the arbi- latter's sister-in-law, Miss Tommy Fe cant celle Se ae anes :