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1—President Coolidge laying wreath on tomb or the Unknown Soldier on Armistice day. 2—Fascist! of Italy taking oath of allegiance to king and becoming part of regular army. 3 —Dr. Iiusebio Ayala, new Paraguayan min ister to the United States, Mexico and Cuba. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Armistice Day Is Observed Impressively— W . M. But ler Given Lodge’s Seat. By EDWARD W. PICKARD TVyTORE impressively and more gen- I »-l erally than ever before, Armistice day was observed throughout the United States, in all parts of the Brit ish empire, in France, Italy, and in the smulier allied countries, and wherever a number of veterans of the Great war could gather together, America’s chief ceremony was of course at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier In Arlington cemetery. Upon the tomb President Coolidge placed a wreath at 11 o’clock, and Mrs. Cool- fdge next quietly laid upon the white marble slab a single white rose, sym bolic of the tribute of the motherhood of the land. The British ambassador placed a wreath there, a scarred hero from France laid beside it a bronze leaf sent by the French Union of Face Wounded, and soon the beautiful sar cophagus was covered with floral of ferings. With King George and ids sons lead ing at the great cenotaph in Lon don, the people of the metropolis piled flowers six feet high about the shaft, and solemn services were held at the tomb of the Unknown British Hero in Westminster. For the Hrst time the day was observed generally in Dublin, where the crowds sang “God Save the King.\ Another ceremony of the day in Washington was held at the peace cross where Woodrow Wilson is bur led. Huston Thompson, chairman of the federal trade commission, was the chief speaker, and he described the war President as another Savanarolu who had seen a great vision and found the way of salvation for mankind but “had been compelled to ascend the Mount of Crucifixion\ by men who could not understand him and would not be led by him. At a church service of flags in a New York church, held in connection with the Armistice anniversary, Hear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske warned America that “our probable enemies are becoming stronger to attack and we weaker to resist.” 'Admiral 'Fiske argued that competi tion among nations, while often lead ing to war, was also the stimulus of progress, and that “ from this last it would be Illogical to expect human beings could escape.\ He said the United States was,, surrounded by virile, ambitious and Intelligent but poor nations, and mentioned Germany, Russia and Japan. These countries, he said, “cannot justly be blamed\ If they envy America’s wealth. P REDICTIONS that, having been elected to the Presidency, Mr Coolidge v'ould soon get rid of some of the caninet members selected by President Harding and would aiso dis card some of the Harding policies seenr to have been premature If not base less. No startling change In either respect Is to be expected. Secretary of the Interior Work, it is known, would be glad to retire, and Secre tary of War Weeks .would like to quit official life because of poor health, so they may step out on March 4. It is reported that there may be a new post master general, and that Secretary of Labor Davis may be succeeded by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers. Any such changes will be at the request of the present cabinet members concerned. Howard M. Gore, now acting secretary of agriculture, Is likely to be left In that position until March . 4, when he becomes governor of West Virginia. From the White House the word emanated that the President contem plated no changes in policy because he was to be chief executive In his own right; that he proposes to keep the ship of state on an even keel and that If he can help it producers, em ployers and wage earners ivill not be troubled by uncertainties. He looks on the business boom that has followed hU election as due to confidence In the stability of the administration, and intends to keep It stable. Washington, and to ji lesser degree the whole country, are interested in plans for the Inauguration, but Mr. Coolidge seems rather bored by the matter. He seemingly doesn't espe cially want either an inaugural parade or an inaugural ball, but says If they are held he supposes he will partici pate. P RESIDENT COOLIDGE and Secre tary of the Treasury Mellon held a conference on the tax situation and it was made known that the program of the administration would be to post pone any extensive revision of revenue laws until the regular session of con gress convening in December, 1925. Because no satisfactory data showing to what extent the present law will cut revenues will be available before the end of the calendar j'ear 1925, Secre tary Mellon has been Informed that it would be folly to tinker with the present law either during the coming winter or at a special session In the spring. The President is on record as favoring a further tax reduction as soon as feasible, but in view of the Information given him by Mr. Mellon he will not seek such nction at the coming short session. W HILE the mortal remains of Hen ry Cabot Lodge were being laid away In Cambridge, Mass., after a simple ceremony attended by many distinguished men and women, the na tional capital was speculating as to his successors as senator, as floor leuder of the senate and as chairman of the foreign relations committee. Governor Cox of Massachusetts settled the first point by appointing William M. Butler, G. O. P. national chairman, to fill the vacant senate chair. Senator Borah, it is conceded, will become chairman of the foreign relations com mittee, and the position of floor lead er lies between Senators James W. Wadsworth, Jr., of New York, and Charles Curtis of Kansas, both of whom were associated with Mr. Lodge in that work. I F YOU have any Liberty bonds or federal savings stamps it might be well to Investigate their genuineness, for the government secret service in the Middle West has uncovered n ring that has been flooding the country with forged, counterfeited and altered securities of those kinds. Warrants were issued in Chicago for a large number of persons and some of them already are under arrest. Chief of tiiese Is Ben Newinark, assistant state Are marshal of Illinois. T REASURY'and customs agents an nounced in Washington that they had broken up another huge conspir acy, this time of jewelry smugglers who have brought much stuff into the. country. At least two murders have been directly connected with the smug gling ring. Both were In Los Angeles. The first wns that • of Mrs. Theresa Mors, jeweler and antique dealer, for whose death \Kid” McCoy is being held; the other was that of Harry L. Katz, who was shot down a few days ago. The treasury was informed that a man named Medlanski, now In flight to a foreign country, wns the person who actually had brought the jewelry in. J OHN PHILIP HILL of Baltimore, congressman and foe of the Vol stead law, has had his test in court and came out with flying colors. Tried on charges of violating the dry act by manufacturing intoxicating wine and cifi'or at his home, he was acquitted by a Jury in the United States district court. In the course of the trial Judge Soper gave the oplnioA that the clause of the Volstead act defining beverages of more than one-half of 1 per cent al coholic content as Illegal did not apply to home-made wines and cider, provid ed the product was nonintoxicating “In fact.\ Judge Soper also indicated by his rulings and his charge to the jury that the burden rested upon the gov ernment to show that such home pro ducts were Intoxicating In fact and a violation of the law. Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon league, analyz ing the results of the election, says 320~of the 432 candidates for the house of representatives Indorsed by the drys were successful, and the wets eleoted 82 of the 174 candidates they Indorsed. I-I.e adds: \Of the 33 sena tors elected 17 who were re-elected are listed as dry, one is outspokenly wet and two vote for most .enforcement • legislation, while all but two of the 13 newly elected senators are favor able to prohibition enforcement. Most; of tiiese were fought by the, wets.” F OR several days it was feared that the strike of railway employees, in' Austria for higher wages would have serious international results. Two or three of the lines crossing Austria and- whlcli were tied ujî \by the strike are of utmost importance to mid-European commerce and there were indications that Italy and Czechoslovakia might seek to intervene. Chancellor Seipel offered his resignation but carried on. and finally the strike was settled by compromise. This Is well for Austria, for the country cannot afford to lose the guidance of the able Mgr. Seipel. TV/TUSSOLINI, declaring recently that he would continue to rule Italy, and if necessary would recommend the dissolution of parliament and the proclamation of a dictatorship, is mak ing good so far, and seems to have his enemies cowed. The new session of parliament opened quietly but 785 members of the opposition remained away. They issued a manifesto de claring they would absent themselves “so long as the present oppression continues,\ assailing the recent elec tion as gagged and attacking the good faith of the oatli to the king which the Fascist! took. /'‘OPPONENTS of Mustapha Kemal Pasha, president of Turkey, led by Former Premier ltaouf Bey, resigned from Kemal’s People’s party and formally organized the first opposition party. As they include many men of great influence, some of whom were named in this review last week, they are expected to give Kemal a lot of trouble. S UPPORTERS of the republic In Germany, of whom Foreign Min ister Stresemann has declured himself the leader, were much encouraged by a test election for the diet in the dis trict of Anhalt which showed losses for both the Nationalists and the com munists. Stresemann has cut loose en tirely from the Monarchists, saying it is impossible to work with them, it is predicted that in the elections of December 7 the communists will sus tain their biggest defeat since the armistice, for the workmen are return ing to the Socialist Democratic party. X/fARSIIAL CHANG TSO-LIN of Manchuria is now taking steps to set himself up as the real ruler of China, and will go to Peking as soon us military discipline lias been estab lished. Already he has made some Important changes in officials and promises more, and it seems likely General Feng will hnve to take a back seat. Chang has expressed a willing ness to confer with Tuan Chi-Jui, Anfu leader, whose Intervention has caused to he restored to the former emperor the summer palace and all his personal effects. The leaders will meet In Tien tsin. General Wu Pei Fu has not given up the fight and ten provinces are counted on to support him. Most of these are in the Yangtse region so the scene of the civil warfare may be shifted in that direction. E MMA GOLDMAN, veteran an archist, who was deported from the United States and went back to Russia, is in England telling the truth about bolshevism us she saw It. Site says the bolshevik leaders have given the country tyranny instead of liberty and are the arch-counter-revolutionists of the world today. \Let mo warn nil people that bolshevism is an interna tional disease,” said Miss Goldman to a gathering of London Intellectuals. \You may think that it will not come here because you have only a few communists. It doesn’t take many to destroy, but It does take many to build. The whole world must be warned to protect itself against this foul thing.\ Disregarding this expert testimony and lots more like it, Senator Borah advocates recognition of the soviet government of Russia ■ the United States \as a necessary step toward the economic rehabilitation of Eu- rope.” : News of Montana Brief Note»' Concerninf tlie Treasure State To Pay 15 Per Cent.—Formal an nouncement is made by the Central Bank &■ Trust company that it will, December 1, pay 15 per cent on the cer tificates Issued for deposits in the old Empire bank. Under the conditions as sumed by the new bank, it was obliged to pay .5 per cent December 1 and JLO per cent December 1 of next year. It is able to make both o f these payments December 1, Instead of the smaller one it agreed to pay. The fact is consid ered as vastly to the credit of the new bank and also as reflecting upon the notable Improvement in general con ditions here during this-year. Injured By Stray Bullet.—James Whorral of Dutton, one of numerous »Ik hunters who have been in the moun tains since the opening of the season, was brought' to Chouteau suffering from a wound inflicted by a stray bul let from the rifle of one of his party. No bones were touched, as the bullet ploughed its way through the fleshy part of the victim’s thigh and no seri ous results are expected. The flesh wound, however, Is severe and painful. The accident happened over on Big River. 81 Per Cent in'Carbon.—A compilation by Court Clerk C. E. Thompson, shows that slightly more than 81 per cent of the registered voters of Carbon county exercised their rights of franchise at the election November 4. Of the 5,539 qualified electors in the county, 4.497 appeared at the polls to vote. This percentage is considered unusually, large. Reports from other sect’ons of the state indicate that,75 per cent was an average vote. Killed By Awning.—'While William Walsh, well-known old-time resident of Anaconda, wns attempting to-lower an old awning at his place of business on East Commercial avenue the awning fell, one of the poles striking him and Knocking him to the pavement, with the result that be sustained\ fatal in- uries. Mr. Walsh was horn in Ireland 51 years ago, hut came to America when a young man. He came to Ana- :onda 41 years ago. Hardware Store Sold.—The Cut Bank Hardware company passed Into icw ownership this week. Walter E. °eoples, for many years connected with :he business .ebcesmp pooetrh the business becomes the new proprie tor. The store has been owned by Franklin, Minn.,, capital and for the last year has been in charge of Eddie Poss, a son of one of the proprietors Mr. Poss leaves soon for Minneapolis. Casteel Must Stand Trial.—-George W. Casteel, former president of the Banking Corporation o f Montana, Helena, must stand trial on a charge of grand larceny, growing out of an alleg 'd conversion of a loan to Henry and Tohanna Hagen, the supreme court aolds In a decision. The Hagens se cured a loan of $16,000 on an apart ment house and bonds were issued against the mortgage. Postmistress Indicted.-An indictment »harging Ada Wilson, postmistress at Rock Srings, Mont., with taking money from the mails was made public by the United States marshal’s office at Butte. Thirty dollars. It is charged, was taken from one letter and $15 Tom another. The woman Is out on !250 bond pending her appearance in federal court, at the opening of the term in Billings. Gov. Erickson In Helena.—Governor- lect J. E. Erickson is in Helena for a few days, coming to secure prelimin ary data for the preparation of his anssage to the coming session of the legislature. He expects to come to the capltol city again In December to com plete his message and look after other matters connected with his induction into office. His family will remove to Helena the latter part of next month. $200 and Sixty Days.—Appearing be fore Judge O. F. Goddard In district court at Red Lodge Steve Milowsky was fined $200 and sentenced to 60 days In jnil after his plea of guiltv to violation of the prohibitions law. Sim- iliar cases against I-Iarry Crissy and Frank Onmpagnola of Bear Creek were dismissed on motion of the defendant’s attorney, C. C. Rowan, for want o f suf ficient evidence. Reds Get $25 Apiece.—A per capita payment of £25 to 2,526 Flathead In dians of Montana was authorized by the Interior department in response to an appeal \that the Indans were in need of. financial assistance on account of npproaching winter. A $50 payment was asked, but because of lack of money In the tribal fund, the payment was reduced to $25. Blaze At Eureka.—Fire, of unknown origin, thought possibly to. have been caused by a dcfectve flue, did several thousand dollars damage to the Majes tic rooming house, Majestic theater, and the stock of goods of the Eureka Furniture exchange at Eureka. Teacher Badly Burned Mrs. Viebrock/teacher In the Utopia Bench school southeast o f Lavina, was badly burned nbout the face and hands recently when she attempted to start a fire at the teaclierage In which she lives during the school week, bne awoke early and went to the kitchen to replenish the fire and found It very low, so secured some kerosene and poured Into the stove, which caused an explosion. Her hair was nearly all burned off, and one side of her face and her left hand were severely in jured. REPORTS ARE FILED Parties and Clubs Show Money Used During Recent Campaign in Montana STATE GENERAL FUJ4D WARRANTS BEING PAID .Montana’s general election campaign cost the • Democratic party $5S,618.45, while the Republican party managers expended considerably less than hall that amount or $23,978.35, according to reports of the state committees ol those parties filed, with the secretary of state. In addition, the Democratic central committe of Silver Eow county reported an expenditure of $14,519.04. The La Follette-Wheeler campaign cost $3,896.01, the reports of its state campaign mauager. say. The La Fob lette-Wheeler club of Butte -spenl $947:11 in’ addition. _ . .Election expenses of the Anaconda Copper Mining company, its repori shows, were $30,905.81. The Montana Mining1 asodiatlon reports an expendi ture of $24,205. The Linderman-for-Senator club ol Yellowstone county reported expendi tures of $446.25. Nov. 17 was the last day for filins election expense statements of political clubs. Candidates’ reports are to be filed by November 19. Sixteen thousand five hundred dol lars was sent into Montana by the Re publican national committee for. ex penditure by the state organization while the national Democratic organ ization contributed directly but $2,000, according to the reports filed. BOY FRACTURES SKULL BY FALL FROM A HIGH CLIFF Norris' Brooks, 10-yfdr-old son of Mrs. Lydia Brook's, clerk in the county treasurer’s office at Forsyth, fell from a cliff on the Yellowstone river to a ledge of rocks 40 feet below, and sus- stained a fracture of the skull. He was taken to the Deaconess hospital where an operation was immediately performed in an attempt to save his life. He is not expected to live. The Brooks boy with three school mates was sitting on the side of the :liff after having been out hunting, at the time of the accident. The embank ment gave away, causing the lad to' fall. His companions, seeing that he was unconscious, phoned for a doctor it the Milwaukee depot near by, and die lad was rushed to the hospital. Citation For Dead Veteran Adjutant General Charles L. Sherl- 3an has received a corps citation from Major General Morton, commander of die Ninth Corps aren, citing Earlie Loren Hammond, deceased, private first class, formerly of Company “L,” 163rd infantry of Frold, who lost his .ife in an attempt to rescue Stephen Marcinkowskl, 14, asphyxiated by coal lamp In an abandoned shaft near Froid last July. Hammond, according to the citation, rnew that thè shaft was filled with the Jeadly gas but insisted that he could rescue Marcinkowskl without inhaling snough of the gas to prove harmful. He was lowered Into the shaft and wns d ver come by the gas within a few min utes. The bodies of Hammond and Marcinkowskl were later recovered with difficulty. , Long Terms in Prison Robert Holden, aged 20, and .Tack Lewis, aged 22, who ran away from Bozeman with two 13-year old school girls October 6, and were finally locat ed and taken into custody at Provo, Utah, after a search of 10 days, were sentenced to the penitentiary at Deer Lodge by Judge B. B. Law, for from eight to 1G years each. The specific charge against the pris oners was for violation of the Mann act. Three counts were filed in the in formation ; abducting girls under age for immoral purposes, transporting them about the state for immoral pur poses, and transporting them into an other state for immoral purposes. Child Injured At Crossing While on her way to school, Doris Wanamaker, 6 years old, of Helena, was struck by a Northern Pacific freight train at the Roberts street grade crossing, a block from the pas senger station. Harry Cameron, a brakeman, who was riding on the pilot of the engine, rlsk*ed his life to rescue the chid, pulling her from heneath the wheels, being himself thrown down and dazed by contact with the Iocomo^ tlve. The child’s injury necessitated the amputation of her right leg at the knee. Taylor Appointed On Boulder Board Lees Taylor of Boulder has been ap- ponted by Governor Joseph M. Dixon to be a member of the executive- board of the state school at Boulder. The term ends April 19, 1925, being the unexpired term of L. Q. Skelton, resigned. Injuries Prove Fatal Injuries received when the automo bile he was driving crashed into two horses on the highway near the home of Wm. Black on Sheep Creek neat White Sulphur Springs, proved fatal to Coleman B. Johnson and the drivei died Nov. 15. His death occurred a week after the accident. Johnson after ¿lie collision walked a mile to the Black residence. Several of his ribs were broken and one o f his lungs punctured The victim died at the Black home Johnson is survived by his widow, one daughter and four sons. Payment of 1923 state general fund warrants approximating $165,000 was- virtually completed last week with- $800,000 in 1923 general fund warrants- called for December 6 by O.J3. Jiinod, state treasurer. - The $105,000 quota, comprising warrants issued prior to / August 31, 1923, was called for Novem ber 8; while the December. call com prises warrants issued in September, October and November, 1923. The warrant's are paid from funds de rived from- the state two-mill general fund levy for the fiyst half of the 1924 personal and real property taxes. ★ ★ * ASK PERMISSION TO TAKE UP TRACK - t Permission to . take np the track ol a spur.line from Windham to_ Lehigh on the .Billings-Shelhy)-branch of tha Great Northern Railroad company is sought from hte ¡Montana state rail road commission in a petition filed N o V . 17.' 1 ' The spur, the petition says, was con structed for the purpose o f hauling coal mined at Lehigh, but-min}ng operations have been discontinued and the road has not been operated for two yeairs. * ★ ★ QUIET TITLE DECISION WINS IN HIGH COURT Action of Ellen Josephine Slette, plaintiff and respondent, against1 the Review Publishing company, defendant and-appellant, brought to quiet title to property,at Culbertson, Mrs. Slette obtaining judgment, is upheld in the supreme court in an opinion by Asso ciate Justice Wellington D. Rankin. In the appeal the record of the lower court was attacked. The supreme court finds no error In the record. ★ ★ ★ PUBLIC WATER IS PROTECTED Guardianship over the water which the communities of Montana use is jealously exercised by H. B. Foot, chief of the water laboratory of the state board of health. Mr. Foot has a sched ule according to which the various communities are required to send in samples of their water at intervals as frequent as the state health board believes Is necessary to protect public- health. ★ ★ ★ LEGISLATURE MEETS MONDAY, JAN. 5. The state legislative assembly wilt meet Monday, January 5, at noon. Likewise on that day all elective state- officers will take office. Preparations for the legislative session are - being\ made at the capitol. The building is In better condition for the assembly- :han Is has been for years, considerable cleaning and repairing having recent- ( ly been done in the assembly halls. ★ ★ ★ PEAK IS PASSED DN STATE CATTLE Montana’s peak in cattle shipments ' to the mavkets has passed for the year; it Is shown by reports received by E. A_ Phillips, secretary o f the state live stock commission. Last'week’s figures show that 64 Montana shipments were- received in Chicago as compared with.. 195 the week before. There are a few large shipments yet to go, Mr. Phillips . says, but the main shipping has been done. ★ ★ ★ SIX APPLY TO TA KE DECEMBER BAR EXAM Six persons have applied to take the- state bar examination to begin Decem ber 2 at 10 o’clock at the capitol, It Is announced by J. W. Crosby, clerk o f :he supreme court. The applicants are: Louis M. Dyll, Helena; Charles E. Day, Buttp; Floren N. Hammon, Savage; Bennett H. Smith, Billings; John W. Kelly, Butte, and Marcus O’Farrell,, Butte. % ★ ★ ★ COMMISSION WON'T REQUIRE EXTENSION Disclaiming authority to require a street railway to extend Its tracks, the state public service commission has dismissed the petition of citizens -of Great Falls who had asked ^liat the Montana Power company be ordered to extend its service to the west side of • the city. ★ ★ ★ STATE HOUSE OFFICES ARE WRITING REPORTS Every office and department at the capitol is busy with Its biennial re port which must be submitted to the governor before the end of the year. These reports will summarize the work of the last two years and In many cases' they will contain' recommenda-^ tions for the coming biennium. \ ★ * ★ STATE IS DENIED • PROBE OF RATES Declining to heed the petition of the then attorney general, Wellington D. Rankin, asking that a date be set od whiph an Inquiry might be made into express rates in Montana, the state railroad commission has dismissed the action. ★ ★ ★ 'APPLICATIONS COME . FOR REHABILITATION Quite a number of applications foi rehabilitation under the state indus- .rlal accident board have recently come .rora the eastern part of the state. Lief Fredericks, chief of the bureau of civilian rehabilitation, is\ leaving -fo*~ that region' to Interview these per sons.
