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ORHM OF TAILOR IS il USI FULFILLED 1 •' ____ X NeWs of Montana Notes Concerning the1 Treasure State 1—William Allen White, noted writer, running for governor of Kansas as an independent. 2—Start of $2,- 000,000 fire at the tank farms of the Associated Standard Oil company at Monterey, Cnl., in which two men were killed and 40 Injured. 3— Soviet soldiers mining a river in Georgia In the war with the revolutionists. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS British Labor Government Defeated— Chang Like ly to Win in China. By EDWARD W. PICKARD R AMSAY MACDONALD and his La bor cnbinet went down to defeat In the British house of commons Wed nesday night and the prime minister decided to have parliament dissolved and appeal to the country Immediately in a general election. The crisis, which had been expected, came not ever the Russian treaties but over the government’s recent decision to drop the prosecution of John R. Cnmpbell, editor of a Communist paper, who was charged with Inciting sedition. Mac Donald and Colonial Minister Thomas defended the action of Attorney Gen eral Sir Patrick Hastings in that case when it was attacked In the house. The Conservatives moved a vote of censure and the Liberals, who had been supporting the Labor govern ment, proposed an amendment ending for an Inquiry. The prime minister declared the government could not nc- enpt the amendment, which he charac terized as a “mean and crooked party mnneuver.\ However, It was carried by the decisive vote of 304 to IDS, the combined strength of the Conserva tives and the Liberals. The contention of the opposition Is that in the Campbell case the govern ment brought the administration of the law into contempt by allowing pnrty politics to govern. The attorney genernl told the commons that the Camphell article in question had been brought to his attention by the direc tor of public prosecutions. He decided that it was primn facie seditious and he directed prosecution. Some time Inter a member of the Labor party told him that he had got the wrong man, Campbell having an excellent army record, being seriously wounded and decorated for bravery. He Investi gated nnd decided that on the grounds of public policy the prosecution was unwise and he dropped It. King George hnstened from Bal moral castle, Scotland, to London be cause of the crisis and Mr. MacDonnld saw him on Thursday. It was under stood the king, the big business lend ers nnd many political chiefs were op posed to an election now, but the king yielded to MacDonald’s demand. Parliament was prorogued Thurs day night, nnd October 20 was de cided upon as the day for the genernl election. The Labor pnrty really hopes to obtain a majority m the new parliament and thinks this a good time for the fight. Once more the British Labor party has refused to permit the Communist party to afllllnte with It. This nctlon was taken at the Labor nntlonnl con ference In London, the vote being over whelmingly against the Communists. It was declared the two parties have nothing In common, Communism being a product of cznrisin nnd war betrayal, In the words of Mr. MacDonald. T'JEVELOPMENTS of the week In U the war in Chinn, coupled with private advices from Peking, lend to the prediction that Chang Tso-lin, the Mnnchurlan chieftain, will ultimately be victorious In his conflict with Geii. Wu Pei-fu and the government forces. Last Wednesday Chang’s son led an army In a fierce attack on the Chihli troops that were Intrenched on the north side of the great wall near Shanhaikwan and, after a bloody bat tle, he drove them through the main gate of the wall at Chiumen nnd fol lowed them into the province of Chihli. Meanwhile land, air and sea forces were taking part In a big attack on Shanwalkan, but the Peking report .said It was repulsed. On the Shanghai front the Kinngsu and Fukien forces, which are operat ing for the Peking government, gained some Important advantages over the Chekiang troops defending the city, the most notable being the capture of the town of Sunkiang, called the southern gateway to Shanghai. General Chang Is well supplied with j^oops, equipment and money. He has about five hundred airplanes nnd Is constantly receiving munitions, which come by sea from Europe— from Italy, it is snid. He lias at least the moral support of Japan. Information from China says that Chang plans to restore the boy emperor to the throne and to re-establish the old mandarin regime. M ANEUVERS of the soviet Rus sians are complicating the situ ation In China. They have just signed an agreement with Chang whereby the management and control of the Chinese Eastern rnllroad has been turned over to them, putting Russia quite completely In command of the Far Eastern situation and, according to Karakhan, soviet ambassador to Pe king, dealing America nnd the western powers a crushing blow. The former directors of the rnilrond linve been ar rested and probably will be executed. On announcement of the agreement with Chang the soviet embassy in Pe king nnd soviet consulates general in Shanghai nnd elsewhere were opened and the red flag raised. D R EM IER ZAGHLOUL PASHA’S visit to London to induce Great Britain to abandon Its control over Egypt and the Sudan and its protec tion of the Suez canal resulted in com plete failure. The British government flatly rejected Zaghloul’s demands. Its attitude is said to be due partly to the stand taken by Australia. Prime Min ister Bruce of that dominion cabled to the government denying Its right to decide on the evacuation of Egypt without the consent of the Pacific do minions. He said surrender of the control of Egypt to incompetent na tives would set Australia back a hun dred years nnd would compel her to reconsider the whole question of ad herence to the empire. A LL arrangements were made for placing the German reconstruc tion loan on the market this week. The American allotment will be un derwritten by a syndicate headed by J. P. Morgan & Co., Kulm, Loeb & Co., the First National bank nnd the National City bank of New York, nnd will be $110,000,000, or $10,000,000 more than had been expected. In Ax ing the final details the British finan ciers won a big victory over the Americans, for It was decided that everywhere except in America partici pation in the loan should be reckoned In pounds sterling Instead of in dol lars. This, It is considered, will have n great influence in maintaining Eng land’s financial prestige. PAC IFIS T S from nil parts of the 1 world gathered In Berlin last week for the purpose of outlining a consti tution for a super-league of nations. They held a big demonstration in Potsdam which so enraged the Na tionalistic societies that thousands of their members assembled there the same day nnd attempted to put the pacifists to rout. Professor Basch of the French Sorbonne especially aroused the wrath of the Nationalists by his plea for Frnnco-Gormnn amity and the cavalry was called out to dis perse the mobs that attacked him. Next day, however, several well- known German generals participated In the proceedings and warmly second ed Genernl Verrnux when he declared: “A general strike of everybody, gen erals Included, must be declared If there Is another war.’’ The French government lias ap proved of Germany’s admission to the League of Nations, conceding that she should be recognized ns a great power and granted a permanent seat in the council. But it is Insisted that Ger many must assume all responsibilities shared by the other powers, which means she must sign the security and arbitration protocol without reserva tions and agree to the execution of all treaties^ Following up the presentation of a balanced budget, Premier Herriot'8 cabinet has announced that it will not be possible to include further expenses of the devastated regions In the budget. Hereafter the war-ravaged parts of France must depend on pub lic loans for their reconstruction work. T HERE has just been filed In the Federal court In New Orleans a suit that will be watched with consid erable Interest Its purpose Is to oust from office Walter L. Cohen, the negro controller of customs of that port, on the ground that he is of African blood and descent nnd therefore not a citi zen of the United States, and that he is inherently incapable of becoming such. The petition attacks the valid ity of the Fourteenth amendment to the Constitution, setting forth that It was not legally adopted, not having been proposed by two-thirds of each house of congress nor ratified by three-fourths of the states. It is al leged that at that time eleven states were unconstitutionally deprived of their equal suffrage In the senate, that six states were by coercion forced to ratify the amendment, and that con gress “ did without power or authority unlawfully declare said amendment to the Constitution adopted and a part of the Constitution.\ Of course, if the action were suc cessful, it 'would result In the disen franchisement of every negro in the United States. But neither Cohen nor the United States attorney down there seems to take the matter seriously. A S THE Presidential campaign draws toward the close the fight Is growing decidedly warm. Of course the managers of each of the three ma jor candidacies claim they can see a clear victory for their ticket. And this is true, even of the LaFollette man agers, who assert that Davis no longer has a chance and that the race is be tween Coolidge and the Wisconsin senator. Both LaFollette and the Democrats scoff at the theory of the Republicans that the Democrats are helping the third party in various states for the purpose of throwing the election into congress, where, it is fig ured out, the result would be the seat ing of Charles Bryan In the Presiden tial chair. But the G. O. P. leaders stick to their story and are devoting their main efforts to confining LaFol- lette’s victories to Wisconsin and per haps Minnesota. Senator Brookhart’s action In bolt ing the Coolidge-Dawes ticket and the story that Judge Kenyon was about to resign from the bench and take the stump for LaFollette have had a re sult that the Republicans believe may win the state of Iowa for Coolidge, if there had been any doubt of It. Judge Kenyon, who lins a very large follow ing in Iowa, sent word to Genernl Dawes that the story was entirely un true nnd that he was supporting the Republican national ticket. Senator Borah of Idaho, who has not always been In accord with the admin istration, In opening his campaign de clared he was running for re-election ns a regular Republican and would take the stump for Coolidge, who, he said, “ Is the only President who has had the courage to combat the grow ing tendency toward bureaucracy and extravagance nnd, therefore. Is one of the greatest men in the political his tory of the United States.\ Mr. Davis, campaigning last week in the East, delivered many shrewd thrusts at the administration. In Buf falo, replying to a recent speech by Secretary of State Hughes, he espe cially attacked President Coolidge’s foreign policy, saying: “The truth Is that since March 4, 1921, the control of America’s foreign policy has rested neither with Presi dents Harding nor Coolidge, nor with the secretary of state, but with a mi nority in the senate, to whose slightest nod both President nnd secretary have bowed without protest or complaint. Indeed, Mr. Hughes himself confesses that it has been necessary to conduct the affairs of his department in extra- legal fashion, lest they’ might be ‘tied up In controversy.’ ’’ As the week closed Mr. Davis was In Indiana beginning a two weeks’ tour of the Middle West. W HILE the Zeppelin ZR-3 was be ing prepared In Germany for the trip aerbss the Atlantic, our home-built dirigible, the Shenandoah, started on a great tour of the United States which, up to the time of writing, has been eminently satisfactory. From Lake- hurst, N. J., she sailed southwest nnd west to Fort Worth, Tex., for her first stop, and thence went across the mountains to San Diego. Her course from there is up the Pacific coast to Camp Lewis at Lakevlew, Wash. The ship Is actually performing better than the schedule calls for, in both speed and fuel consumption. Fallon Pioneer Dead. — Guneries Gustafson, one of the early settlers oi Fallon county, died a few days ago at his farm home southwest of Balter He was S3 years o f age nnd had been In 111 health for several years. Officers Stage Raid.— In prohibition raids in the Havre section one day re c-ently, county officers captured 1,028 quarts of beer, 15 gallons of moon shine. a half-pint of alcohol, one still mid three barrels of mash. Three men v ere arrested. Found Dead in Bed.— C. R. Miller vns found .dead in bed at Glendive, Oct. 11. He had attended a picture show the night before and was appar ently in the best of health. .The cor oner pronounced it a case of heart disease. Kicked By Horse. — John Barrow was seriously injured when kicked by n horse while cleaning out a stable. He was' struck just above the heart. Three ribs were crushed. The acci dent occurred at the D. C. Ivnapp farm, 30 miles north of Scobey. Bar- row is now convalescing. Quarantine Is Raised.— With the de velopment of no new cases of Infantile paralysis the quarantine placed on certain disrtlcts In Garfield county has been raised by the county board of henlth. Of the 18 cases reported, two were fatal and two o f the victims are crippled. Inspect Famous Herd.— I. D. O’Don nell and Dr. D. E. Willard o f the Great Northern railway’s dairy special, and Dan Noble, county agent, made an In spection of the famous Mar-Oar herd, owned by Lowe & Powers, after the dairy meeting at Culbertson, Oct. 14. The railway men said they were pleas antly surprised at the quality of the stock. Druggist Accused.— A. G. Gillespie, a druggist of Grass Range, was ar rested, Oct. 18, by Federal Enforce ment Office 2 *s Burr Hill, E. E. Kohler and J. G. Speer on a charge of v!olat: ing the federal liquor law. Pie gave bonds before United 'States Commis sioner Daniel Hanley in Lewistown and will appear In the federal court at Great Falls. Logger Killed.—Injuries sustained oy M. Neddow, aged about 30 years and an employe of a logging camp near Poison, when he was struck by a fall ing tree resulted in his death at a local hospital, Oct. 4. Neddow \was em ployed In a camp several miles north west of Poison and was at work in the woods when struck by n tree which was being felled. Motorist Injured.— Marlon Blakely of Butte was severely Injured when/ Ids car rolled o ff a grade between Clinton and Turah, east o f Missoula, Oct. 14. Tourists passing by picked him up and brought him to Missoula, where he is being cared for at the home of friends. He sustained severe Internal injuries, It is said, artd the car in which he was riding was com pletely wrecked. Fortine Man Killed.— S. J. Dohl- berg, n railroad contractor and lumber man of Fortine was instantly killed at the Great Northern crossing at White- fish, Oct. 10, when struck by train No. 27, when his car stalled at that point. Dohlberg was the owner of a fine ranch near Eurekn. H e was 65 years of age and unmarried. Burial services were conducted by Eureka lodge No. 93. A. F. & A. M. New Building and Loan.—Under the name of the Fidelity Building & Loan association a new concern lias been organized in Great Falls to operate throughout Montann. The capital stock of the association has been placed at $500,000. Officers of the Fidelity are: George Wilson, presi dent; M. R. Boynton, vice-president; T. W. Midkiff, secretary; T. A. Spald ing, treasurer. Bank Pays Dividend.—Judge R. Von Tobel has made an order authorizing George H. Kirk, ns receiver of the Benchland State bank, at Lewistown, to pny a dividend to depositors of 50 per cent, or about $15,000, after paying the preferred claim of an estate for nearly $2,000. These payments are made without drawing on the stock holders for any o f their liability and a survey of the bank’s condition Is said to .strongly Indicate that it will even tually be able to pay the depositors’ claims in full. Grain Stacks Fired.—W ill Neal of Sweeney creek who just finished threshing his wheat, having a total yield of 3,300 bushels, recently lost three stacks of headed wheat and one of hay near Joppa from a fire of un known origin. The stacks were in three separate yards and each o f the yards had been plowed around as a guard against fire. When discovered hy neighbors all three yards were on fire. His loss is estimated at 500 bushels of wheat and 10 tons of hay. No Insurance was carried. Lies In Lonely Cabin Two Days Jordan.— For two days and nights John Gustafson, whose place Is a few miles from A1 Engel’s, north of Jordan, suffered in his homestead shack with a ruptured appendix before being dis covered by a neighbor. Gustafson sought to attract attention by repeated firing of his rifle during ■the night but the only response was a howling chorus of dbgs and coyotea L. W. Watson hkppened over that way Sunday morning and sent for Dr, David who ordered hie patient removed to Jordan. 4 t After Forty Years Butte Business Man Strikes Gold A t . Marysville Butte.—For 40 years a tailor In Mon tana, investing his earnings year after year in a mining property near Marys ville, Wiliam Oertel, who conducts a shop at 431% South Arizona street, re ceived several assay reports that give an indication*of the fulfillment of his life’s dream and a realization of his Investment which he made year after year with money he worked for. A vein struck a few days ago in the Florence mine has returned assay re ports from $12 to $20 a ton In gold with an average of five ounces of silver to the ton. The most promising angle o f the new strike is that the lead is 35 feet wide and the character of the ore is like all the ore found in the Marysville district, free milling and easy to treat. DESTINY DEALS TERRIBLE DEATH TO A TRAIN RIDER Hysham.— Adam Banas, aged about 30, was killed near the Custer tunnel when a coal car on the west-hound local freight jumped the track, Oct. 9. Banas was found pinned between two coal cars caught from the hips down, and although he was able to talk for a short time he expired in half an hour due to shock. Efforts to release the unfortunate man were unavailing until the arrival of the wrecking crew several hours later. In his agony •the man begged the members of the crew to release him, but although every effort was put forth nothing could be done for him. Boys Find Stolen Jewelry White Sulphur Springs.— The jewel ry stolen from the E. H. Loney store here July 4 has been found by two boys, Neal Teague and Bradley, near the bank of the river. The boys had been fishing, and were at the time looking for chokeeherries, when they found a burlap bag in the rmshes. Finding the bag contained val uable jewelry, it was reported to the sheriff, who, accompanied by Mr. Lon ey, secured the jewelry, which proved to be that stolen from the local store. The jewelry was worth something over $1,000, and was not in any way damnged. ns there had been little wet weather since the theft. There was nothing found to Indicate who com mitted the burglary, however. The boys who found the cache were each presented with a $25 watch by Mr. Loney. Killed By Truck Butte.—Melvin Duxtead, 32, was In stantly killed, Oct. 14, when the truck ne was driving left the road nnd turned aver twice. The accident occurred on the new Rowe road, a paved highway in the south section of the city. It is believed that Duxtead was hurled to the cement paving as the car turned over. His skull wns crushed. He was deaxl when spectators arrived at the wreck. His companion, John \Slugger” Sul livan, escaped with slight bruises. Sul livan snid he could not recall events leading up to the nccident. Duxtead, friends say, recently won a $2.000 base ball pool and purchased the truck. Former Sheriff Killed Bozeman.—Former Sheriff C. C. Es- gar was shot and seriously wounded Oct. 4, at the Gallatin hotel by Lester Piersdorff, night clerk. The cause of the shooting is said to have heen trouble between the proprie tär of the hotel, the victim of the shoot ing, nnd his night clerk. The difficul ties between the men came to a head during the early'part of the evening, when the ex-sheriff discharged the man. After midnight, Piersdorff sought out Mr. Esgar nnd begnn to qunrrel with him, according to the story told, nnd without warning pulled a revolver nnd, placing the weapon against his body, pulled the trigger. Piersdorf was taken to the jail. Will Recover From Injury W o lf Point— In jumping from a hay rick, Bud Cahill, 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John- Cahill, near Vida, landed on the handle of a pitchfork with such force that It pepetrnted the bowels to a distance o f 18 inches. He was brought to the local hospital by Commissioner Rhoades o f McCone, and when- operated on by Dr. Larson It was found that a portion of the boy’s overalls had been forced into the wound in such a way that Its removal required three hours. It was at first thought that the in jured youth could not survive, but at last reports he was considered out of danger. Get Big Liquor Cache Great Falls.—The biggest cache of liquor seized by local officers within the year and .one of the largest ever found In Cascade county was un covered by federal and state raiders at 2014 Fifth avenue north. More than 200 gallons of liquor o f various kinds and twenty 50-gallon barrels of mash were taken by the officers and Mike PerussinJ and Victor Perlssini were arrested. Perrissini is a local painter and decorator and is said to be not a relative of Perussini despite the simlliarlty of their names. State. O a pi tail ÏV E W S SIXTEEN TAKE MEDICAL TEST A three-day( ession, during which 1(P prospective medicos were examined,, was concluded Oct. 9, by the state boat'd of medical examiners. Results- of the tests will not be announced? until a later date. ★ ★ ★ PARALYSIS CASES ON DECLINE Decrease in the number of infantile* paralysis cases in Montana to, eight is reported at the state board of health. Dr. W. F. Cogswell, secretary of the board, has gone to Missoula in connec tion with the situation. Missoula w*as the apparent origin of the malady I d the present occurrence in Montana. ★ ★ ★ UNIVERSITY PLANS RADIO PROGRAMS The State university will install » new broadcasting station In Simpkins1 hall this fall. The station will be con ducted by the department o f physic» under the direction of Dr. D. G. Shall- enberger .head of that department, f o r •the purpose of program broadcasting' nnd for experimental work. ★ ★ ★ WITHDRAWING CANDIDATE GETS NO REFUND The question whether a political can didate who files for candidacy ancF pays a filing fee ¿and later withdraws from the race Is entitled to a refund! of his filing fee has been definitely de cided by the opinion of Attorney Gen-r al L. A. Foot. The decision of the at torney general received by County At torney Fred Ewald at Gireat Falls up holds an earlier opinion of Ewald, who* said that -the candidate is not entitled to a refund of the fee on withdrawing his name from the ticket. ★ ★ ★ REGISTERED VOTERS SHOW INCREASE A total of 240,7555 Montana voters registered for the general election No vember 4 next, from the 1,533 precinct» In the 55 counties, ns compared to 211,- 550 registered for -the primary election August 26, last, according to a report just completed by the secretary o f state. The increase in. registration f o r the November election was general :hroughout the state, all counties show ing a gain of more than 2 per cent over the primary. The registration for the general election In 1920 totaled 261,257. ★ ★ ★ STATE UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT 1,200 Unofficial statistics on the enroll ment for the first quarter at the State university of Montana -have been an nounced as more than 1,200. This 1» equivalent to the registration on the same date last fall. Although the in fantile paralysis epidemic in Missoula caused some cancellations, many stu dents have returned to school on of ficial annonneement that spread of the disease is well under control. Others will wait until the winter quarter, after Christmas, to start school, it is an nounced. ★ ★ ★ RATE ASSOCIATION MEETS AT HELENA The Western Intermediate Rate as sociation, fighting for the permanency of ¿the abolition of long and short h'nut rates discriminating against inland: points as compared to coast points, met In Helena Oct. 11. Traffic men and heavy freight receivers from va rious Montana points were In attend ance as wns James A. Ford, secretary of tlie Spokane chamber of commerce and of the rate association. Support was lined up for the Gooding bill passed by the senate and to come be fore the lower house of congress in the next session. ★ ★ ★ CAR LOADINGS SHOW DECREASE Although Montana car loadings fo r August decreased more than 2,000 car* as compared to August, 1923, shipment of principal commodities showed an increase in -most instances, according to a report Issued by the state railroad commission. The decrease from 25,654- cars in 1923 to 23,460 cars August last, was due to a drop in the volume o f company coal and slag and tailings shipments, the drop in the latter being- caused by Improved smelting methods, the report indicated. A marked in crease was recorded in shipments o f canned goods, refined oil, company freight, flour and mill stuffs and wheat. ★ ★ ★ GIVE8 APPROVAL FOR HATCHERY Tentative plans prepared by the city engineer of Billings for -the structures and ponds for the proposed hatchery and pond culture station were ap proved by the state fish aqd game com mission at its meeting held In Helena, Oct. 10, and Game Warden C. A. Jak- ways, secretary of the commission, was instructed to wire the engineer to put them in shape for early submission to contractors. Mr. Jakways was also Instructed to wire Mr. Culler, of the United States bureau of fisheries, to hurry along his plans for the building which Is to house the aquarium and tihe hatchery for wall-eyed pike and similar fish. At this meeting the commission took: action in opening to a limited season the hunting of elk in certain parts o f Powell and Sanders counties, and closed to fishing for a .period of three years a number o f small streams in the vicinity o f H§l«a&.
