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iKEwera BY GMRT W TEST Jürrr finds congressman not ,/ SOI LTV OF VIOLATING . LIQUOR LAW f DHL TO SEEK HEN BOY UMH Will Also Ask Congre«« to Modify Volstead Act in Favor * Of 2.75 Beer - ■ I "... Baltimore, Md.—Re pres e n tative John Phillip HR! of Baltimore was acquitted by « Jury in the United States court of violating the Volstead law by manu facturing intoxicating wtae and rider at hit home. The fifth and sixth counts of the In dictment. which charged Colonel Hill with maintaining a common nuisance at his home, were dismissed under in structions from Judge Morris A- Sop er, who presided at the trial. The trial was the result of a test case forced by Colonel Hill, who main tained the Volstead law gave the farm er a right to manufacture cider and * wine, but withheld from the city man the right to manufacture beer. The trial brought from Judge Soper the opinion that the clause of the Vol stead act defining beverages of more than one-half of one per cent alcoholic content at Illegal did not apply to home-made wines and elder, providing the product I» non-Intoxicating "In fact" Representative HIM declared after the verdict that the finding gave him an opportunity to go before congress and demand modification of the Vol stead act and the passage of hla 2.79 per cent beer bill on the ground that the Volstead act in Its pressât form, discriminates and is unfair. APPOINT DOUGLAS ROBINSON AS SECRETARY ÖF THE NAVY Washington.—President Ooolldge hat appointed Theodore Douglas Robinson of New York, assistant secretary of the navy. In doing so the president fulfilled the last recommendation to him by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, who died Sunday night Robinson, who is son of Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, rolled at the White House and after a conference with President Ooolldge -went to the navy department to confer with Secre tary Wilbur. The poet of assistant secretary has been vacant since late in September, when-Theodor* Rbbsevrtt realgnild make hia unauocewrful campaign ai Re publican nominee ft»r governor of New York. < to Bandit Pleads Guilty Chicago.—Brent Glasscock, alleged leader In the robbery of the Chicago. Milwaukee A St, Paul mall train last June when loot estimated at 52 , 000,000 was taken at Roundont. Til., and Joseph and Jesse Newton, formally changed their pleas of not guilty to guilty be fore Federal Judge Cliff, Five of th alleged conspirators now have pleaded guilty, leaving only four to be tried. William Fafaey, former poatofflce In spector, arrested by fellow inspectors and accused of being one of the arch conspirators ; James Murray, politi cian; Walter McComb and Herbert Hoollday, the tetter of Kanaas Olty, remain to be tried. Border Patrol Pull Eirangtb Washington—The United States im migration border patrol fer the Cana dian boundary to being recruited to its foil strength of 450 men. Toe cod of toe Canadian harvest. Immigration of ficial* said, has found an Increasing number of persons attempting to coroe Into this country illegally and every precaution ta drive. I taken against this A rrsat Ende Tong War New York.—Police expressed the be lief that the Chinese tong war which has claimed 15 lives through««t the country, had been ended with the ar rest of Chin Jack Len, former On Lccug tong leader, who became a Hip upon expulsion from the On Leongs. W n o —v olts to Hunt la South Oyat« - Bay. N. Y.—Ool. Theodora Roosevelt defeated nominee for gov ernor. and Mm Roosevelt will leave within a few day* for a boating trip in the South Carolina mountains. Beyond that Colonel Roosevelt has no definite plan fer the totere, he said. MacDonald Flan* Trip to U. B. temulating a visit to America « a boll day after hia herd grind of nearly a year a* Great Britten*» first labor pre of a Democrat where fa s* follow»; n»prnmrrnm. BBS: Demoeralt, ÜM i S A on ra te, a» m «a actes ÉS Up i-i i rüt'.i«' UBI m JPÉES Oft« Village on the Island Hm Cem g l a te ly Disappeared Inta • River Batavia, Java.—The island of Jam has been severely shaken by earth quakes. Already 800 persons are re ported Jellied and countless numbers are missing. , The shocks extended over « day and a halt Many native towns of (he Kedo district, a central residency of Java, have been destroyed by land slides. One village completely disap peared into the river. The shock centered In the health re sort of Wonosobo, where all the build. Inga colupeed. A dispatch to the London Horning Poet from Amsterdam, quoting reports received from Java, says the river near Kampong has been transformed into a mod channel in which the bodies of men and animate are lying. Forty-five hop a re in the Lokauno dis trict have disappeared entirely. The whole of Prasab Barjlngtn has been engulfed In the Pring river. Magetirg, the principal town In the Kedu district, Dutch official« at Wonoeobo were destroyed. THREE MEN KILLED WHEN BOMB IN MAIL EXPLODES Grand Rapids.—Postal Inspectors from Chicago have arrived to aid investigating the explosion which wrecked the loading dock and receiv ing room of the main postoffice here, killing three men and Injuring others. Herman Pettersch, a clerk euccnroh ed after having both legs blown off, and Kniest A. Roth, a track driver, died three hours after the blast Dale Newhouae, 19, died in a hospi tal Thursday. The theory that the blast was caused by the premature explosion of a bomb being sent through the «alte was ad vanced by postal authorities, police and firemen who scoured the wreckage all night for ctnea No fragment of bomb or other explosive was found, however. The explosion shattered windows for several blocks, hurled fragments of the loading platform 100 feet Into the air threw a loading track out of the feder jdNMUdlng room and hurled five auto mobiles in debris. Cattla Receipts Break Record« Denver, Colo.—The largest receipts aver received at the Den vee stockyards cans to Nov. 10 totelng 18,<tOO head. Moat of the shipments came from Colo rado points One year ago the receipts were 16.245—the previous high record. Under the heavy supply tha prices held steady, with fat stock and feeder* showing considerable strength- All divisions of the cattle market were ap proximately fl a hundred weight high er than last week, r Pon*l Jury Deadlocked Boston.—The In Suffolk Boston.—The Jury In Suffolk super ior court trytoff Charles Pon*l, former financial wteard, on a larceny indict ment In connection with his get-rich scheme of fours ago, reported to Judge HI ah op that it was unable to agree on a verdict on any of four counts. The Judge ordered the Jury discharged. Express Company May lias Planes New York.-—The American Railway Express company to ready to use air planes for the transportation of freight If a dependable service I» offered It, Robert EL. M. Co wie. president, told a gathering of airplane manufacturers and pilots. Butler to Suoossd Lodge Boston.—WllRam M. Barter, lawyer and manufacturer, and chairman of the Republican national committee, waa appointed by Governor Orx to succeed the late Henry Oabof Lodge as United States senator fro ■ Massachusetts. Mr. Barter has accepted. Rules for Filipino# Washington.—Natives of the Philip pine« are eligible to become American citizens, whether or not they have boro In the military service of the United Htatea, It was ruled by the «nprenxs court of the District of CoHiroWa. Got« Nabel Prix# Stockholm.—The Swedish academy Thursday awarded the Î 924 , Nobel prise in literature to the Polish author, Wteeftetaw Beymont The recipient Is one of the later school of Polish poets. Rtagw* Kills 4.060 Secnttdrabad, British India.—An eph detalc of the bubonic plague, which has already roused 4.000 deaths, has broken «wit in the native quarter of Trimaigtem, —sur here. One vlctift w— a British soldier. '•—rotary Davte to Retire WaMtington. - fiecret* ry Darts of tee labor department Informed Preakleat CooHdB* November 14. that he wtoh— Is retire fro— the cabinet after March Mr. Devis is th* only rob I net tire, R worn Officially stated al «to Mean while. H was a*M. th* prote the hope teat Mr. and tai expresacd ftevto wlS réareJn. MBtMH« «m |J JSmSn ** V ..- ■ CUCDirr DDniCUTq l«W»g UlILIlll I I lll.Th.IV I tl imwWW THE KILLING OF A WHIT« HAN BY TWO BLACKS FIRES . RESENTMENT V% wayiuan t w Fifty national guardsmen arrived at the Dix river dam construction camp Monday. Dire detachment remained on guard at the dam, and another. Open request of the contractors In charge Of the dam work, was uæd as an WT to protect negro workers who wer* fcs ing retained. National Oua*d»m«n «re Gent to Con »truction Camp to Check Rasa DM Harrodhuggh, Ky.—Armed white workmen drove dot approximately 806 negroes from S construction eftwp «i the Dix river dam. eight miles from here. Nov. 9 after Edward Wlnkly, IS, a bridge worker of only a Urn had been fatally «hot by a negro high All negroes will be paid off. It was announced, and those who wish to re main will be retained on the company's pay roll. Walter Chance- and John William«, negroes. were arrested by Sheriff Wal ter Kennedy at the dam and hurried te Danville for safe keeping. ' Sheriff Kennedy. Sunday night tot* rupted a crowd driving negroes before them four miles from camp and prdb ably prevented a lynching and Wood shed. Some of the negroes were bars footed and many were scantily clad. MURDERED GIRL THOUGHT TO BE VICTIM OF DEGENERATE Ohlcago,—The apparent victim of a brutal slaying, the body of a 14-year* old girl was found lying in a lonely prairie near Bast Chicago, ImL, early Nov. 10.. tiie head almost severed and the clothing tern from the body. The girl, Francis Gosses, of East Chicago, daughter of a well-to-do lly and the eldest of five children. «Re appeared Sunday after starting for the home of some girl friends. Her body was found by a man on hia way to work. Frank Townaley, coroner's phy sician, said that the girl's tongue had been torn out and that she was without doubt the victim of a degenerate. Police doge, given the scent of a man's handkerchief found near the dy. led the officers to the negro die-' Later the police Arrested John GerliOi a roomer at the girl's bqpie. He can-* not speak EnglWh and is being held fob questioning through an Interpreter. fto trl wh Rob Safety Boxas OUcago.-Slx men, believed by po lice to hove been former employes, hound and gagged the watchman of Th* the Empire storage company Nov. 8 and spent several hour* breaking Into [ a vault and opening 25 safety deposit boxes before they escaped with Jewelry and securities the vnlne of Which may ran Into thousands of dollars. mate of the value of the loot conld not be made until holders of the boxes The method* of the robbers, police said, were slmHIar to those of the Wer »er Brothers Warehouse robbery a year ago. when safety deposit boxes were tooted of jewelry and serorUlea valued at »1.000.000. _ were questioned. Plan New Air Mall Rout« Parte—Plans for an airmail line he tween Francs and South America have been completed, according to Le Jour aal. The mails will be conveyed by sea planes as far as Baker, thence by rapid steamer to Pernambuco, and the rest at the way to Buenos Aires along the «roast by air- The nails will leave daily etch way and take seven days for | the journey. Instead of 20 at present. Uncovw »till Near Capitol Washington —Within a block of lhe j capitol and directly o p po s ite the house office butldlng police found three moonshine stiff», 1.000 gallons of m«»ti | and large quantities of brandy. The i entire third floor of a residence which ! In Its day bad been sa sxclindve home is the then fashionable section, was de- 1 med to distilling prone and pcarh | into « powerful coacoctlon Bakersfield, OaL—"Rainmaker Hat- [ field has closed a cbntract with the! Kern Uounty Cart lerne«' * association and the sheepmen's »—oristlon. where by he promis— to produce «me and one-J half toebe* of min Sa Stern county be j twee® November M and December 20 ff the rain la produced Hatfield is to receive »4.000, the money being guarsn- 11# teed by the routesn«» and sheepmen. 1 .TtoThlt Dry Law ftetoniw —JM» R, Riley. secretary of the Rot« club of (Took county, an [ nonneed Nov. «, that SB men will pub firty nud deMb«r»teiy violate the Vol ' «lead art m mme date yet to be act j to ftrroisb a aew test at the law - » con i «titetteusHty. 1 of war ret tat Odrosr«. will spon- { •u of whom art eras* «rite sreordlsg to Its secretary* sur tbs* Ttesy wfil demand Jury trial* Hews Brirf N«(w CMMMmtaf Üb •4* «to «tau ■> •>• -■ -— Paying ah Tame.—Tax atatemeftts for Sweet (Jrass county are ail In the hands of .property owners and many payments are betag made dally. In ,t4 »d of taking advantage of the — ft»™* payment privileges, according to Treasurer Darts, a big majority of .people are paying the whole amount of their tax in one sum at this time. This s'oultl indicate that the people of Sweet -Grass county are In much better shape financially than for some years pro vlous. There has also been a notable reduction in taxe« In this county. Frenchmen Visit Falls.—Frederick Lêdoux. president of the Penarroya s com pan y of France, the largest French producers of lead, accompanied by two Metallurgical engineers of his company, W4?rt ' 1,1 < ' reat Falla to study methods * he Anaconda Copper Mining «.mpnny at its Great Falls property. Mr ^onx and his party are making a tour of the United State» and Rian to murl> t0 France In December. The P" r '>- " en < to Butte for a three-day ,,ay Powder River Bridge Open,—The re bridge across Powder rivet opened to public traffic last week, The two steel spans Installed last fall are - 40 feet In length, the steel span installed is 192 feet and In addl tlon «'ere is a wood bridge at the west end of 120 feet, making the reconstruc twl bridge 522 feet from bank to bank. T*™ new concrete pier la 15 feet high '«tore the water level and IF eight feet «"to the sand, making it 28 feet in alt Payments To Blaskfaati—The second lease payment for 1925 for Indian lands on the Blackfoot reservation he wn November 1, when lease money col lected by the agency for ail lands held In trust was due the Indians. The work wilt continue until all payments have been made. Practically ait allot ments held in trust, not occupied by the owners, are teased and members of the Blackfeet draw a large revenue from this source twice a year. Fourth Arrest—M. A. Anderson, for mer cashier of the failed Stats Bank of Coffee Creak, was arrested on an in dictment charging him with having re ceived deposits after the bank was in solvent. Mr Anderson gave bond of 12,500 to secure his appearance when wanted. This makes four arrests in connection with the banka, two former Coffee Creek bank officials and two who were officiais at the Hllger State bank. Car This# Sant Up^—Hugh ghiviey, |<Hiug auto thief who pleaded guilty ë |!B# to 4n the penitentiary, Shivley, Says* he come from Sort la, Waah tUf&p. Mole a Chevrolet car belonging John McLaughlin from In front of thb Holy Cross churcft, Sunday, Oc toher 10. The young man and the car ("•« Mter caught at Forsyth, the laying of 1,800 feet of additional [trackage at Kevin will take care of In creased loading from th# oil field« due Given More Trackage —Tompietlon 1® the present record production, ae cording to Fred Wear, division supro } mtendent of the Orest Northern. The fro«« also contemplates laying approx 1 nately 1.000 feet of additional trackage «t Sunburst to Increase loading facil We* there, Mr. Wear said. Cream*ry for Belgrad«. —Frank Pike and Harl Coven of the Boxeman Orttmery company are installing ■ branch creamery at Belgrade. The plant will have a capacity of 200,000 wands of butter annually and will bear the name of "Belgrade creamery." The new enterprise will be reedy for opera tion within a few days. Big Hem Man Escapes—8fate prls on authorities and Powell county of fleer» are searching for George Klrch nh*, alias Roy Moore, who escaped while working on an outside Job. Kirch nick was sent from Big Horn county on ■ charge of grand larceny to serve from tour to eight years. He was due et be paroled November 4. Man Dead Two Days Found.—Hud a bed In a «heap lodging house, the body of Frank Dolenstck, 58, was a caretaker. Indications, ac te the authorities, are that the found l?y ••oedtog t mac Rad been dead for at lqs*< two da/st The body bore no marks of vlo tends. Nothing found in the room gave «»* MfiOmatlon a* to relatives. alert engine crew on ths Northern Fa rifle saved the Uvea of two persons Atoct Crew Prevents Aoc ■«!*?■ who ware In an automobile fh«t «tailed crossing near CTUnton Æ on a gtneer W. E. Brunson and other hat« of th* train crew bad brought the train to a stop before it came upon the plant now under way mature at Man-1 hatten, a pea canning factory will be in op e ra tion there nest year. The old malting plant Is to be utilized and It woman In the car. Canning Plant tor Manhattan ,—XI test 1,000 acres of peas will be planted if the plant ia assured. the experiment station trot* In thin state, has written County Agent Oh« Mtose to urge Blaine county potato farmers to lucre**c their acreage of rortlfted potatoes, which have alrrody demonstrate«! their superiority tor —tel. snd tit«* be able to anpplr the ~ potato market. Already the 0R»M i » a stock ha* be-n pretty well eteuissd up In certified pMatoro *1 "" are calls for «everts! more testons growers Ins'si on ig bat certified stock Wants Mere Certified Potatoes Mr. Tiebot. manager of mus HAVE LEGISLATIVE GONTHOL Governor.« tort Erfahren Will Have to Out With a LegWatert Bf rntift 11 1 BAnmkliAeH OTrOfigty nvpuyucin Governor-elect J. E, Erickson, Demo crat, will assume fais duties January next to deal with a state legislature overwhelmingly Republican, according' to unofficial return* complete from aH of the 56 counties. The state senate la composed of SB Republicans, 16 Democrats and one la» dependent Republican, house comprise« 68 Republicans, N Democrats and two Fanner-Laborttes. A Democratic and Fanner-Labor coali tion would be unab|e .to control either house unless an unpreceaded number of Republicans voted independently, political observers declared. The entire personnel of the lower house, 101 members, were elected Tues day, while 27 senators were hold-over». Of the senators receiving pluralities Tuesday, eight Republicans and one Democrat were reelected, while 14 Re publicans and Four Democrats unseat ed Incumbents. Sixteen of the hold over senators are Republicans and 11 ■ ■ -»Min The low#» C. A. Linn, Independent-Republican from Meagher county, defeated Dr. W. B. Rogers. Republican, In the senator lal race by five votes, following ''»ticker" campaign. A. T. Lamm and Robert Larson are the Farmer-Labor representatives, both from Sheridan county. Unless the official canvas« changes ths result the following will be the of ficers to govern the state : Governor— J. K. Erickson. Lieutenant governoi^-W. 8. McCor mack. Attorney general—L. A. Foot Associate Justice—John A. Mat thews Secretary of state— Chartas T. Stew art. State treasurer—W. B, Harmon. State andltor— George P, Porter. State superintendent of public in struction—May Tromper. Railroad commissioner—Leonard O. foung. Clerk of the supreme court—John Ward Crosby. MONTANA'S VOTERS WIPE PRIMARY LAW PROM BOOKS The referendum measure for the ra wed of the Montana preferential pri n * rj t * l * ctl0 ® tow ^ rt * d by * ty of more than 15,000 votes, according of returns of teat Tuea »check o fay's bmlotlng. Numerous errors were found ia the icattered early returns on Chi* measure vhlch on their face favored retention. Sufficient official return# had been re ceived to Indicate voters In • majority >f the 55 counties favored repeal of :he law. Other Issues remained un hanged after the recheck of the early inofficial figures. The presidential preference primary aw was enacted at an initiative mene ire In 1012. It provide* for the nomln o. a ition of party candidates for president tnd vice president, the nomination presidential electors and election leiegates to all national party conven Äns, Lewi« and Clark county, on •echcck, gave 1,000 majority for peal. Metal Mines Tax Csrriss A majority of more than 10,000 votes was recorded for the proposed Initia tive for a grow proceeds metal minas tex, the measure advocated by Gover nor Joseph M. Dixon. - Rancher Kilted by Cava-fn Bkalaka.—While mining coal, Georgs Thompson, a rancher two miles south >f here was killed by a rove-in. The tretdent happened at a small cost mine which Thompson hsd been working. Thompson was found by bis small son who bad been sent to roll him to din ner. He was buried under earth and rock with only one arm visible. Life was almost extinct when help was se cured Thompson was a steady, hard working man about 46 years old. He Is survived by seven children, one mar ried and six at home under 16. Outold« Judge Will Hear Coos Orest Falls.—Federal Judge Charles W. Pray has disqualified himself from sitting as trial Judge in the prosecu tion of Senator B. K. Wheeler, who was indicted here lest April on the charge that be bad accepted « fee for representing a client before a federal department after bis election to tbs United States senate. Senator Wheeler's trial will be held hers in December, before a Judge to b# assigned to the Great Falls court by Senior Judge Gilbert of Portland. Judge George M. Bourqnln. the other Mona Ins Judge, disqualified himself from sitting in tbs Wheeler case when the action roma before him last sum robr. Quarantine Breaker Oeivtanesd Park City.—J. U. O s t e rmy e r and two sons were taken Into custody by Depu ty fihertff Levi Colgrove upon order from the county health officer on a charge of repeatedly breaking smafi pox quarantine. The three were held in the local Jail until Mr. Onlgrove took there to Oolurobus where they were amtlgned before Justice of the Pea«» Qua hearing the evidence h th# ea»e t aan fenced Ostetmyer to serve 80 days 1» the county Jafl and pay « ft»« <!». The sons being minors were discharge«!. glwmoas, who. after sssssm ss "» «r w«b tetMMd »f Wut du« date, »«a««» ,* vm\ 19 *TSr8' Ami ' (QM -tntoilïli iü > ftfYdnrri- fitoMMÉfeNMMk. hmn^SiMMaMwsa^mussuuaidûwaswstaauSsùsMirewwMiJ!«« ST—-9 ffmß. RmUwmy for Mom* Fuji Application for permission re build a cable railway up Mount Fuji has been filed with the department of home affairs and railways by a group of Tokyo capitalist». Th« government has ordered a survey of the tain's slope preliminary to issuing tits necessary permits. of Ootlcura Soap followed by gentls anointings of Ontlcara Ointment, Cut tours Baby Raahat That itch and hum, by hot hatha Nothing better, purer, daily if n Bitte of the fragrant Cuti corn Talcum la dusted on at the fin ish. 28c rech.— -Advertisement. lam* in Lifo Pstleat Diner »everything : comes to him who waits, I suppose Waiter—Ymsah, but de gem*man what won't w«it done gets his first— Boston TraBtiätoL - tlon as dear, white clothes and thanks Red Cross Bell Blow At «II grocers—Ad Open-Minded ..... He—"My love for you ronftdt ha ex pressed by words." Sim-' "Cbme here and tell me about it*' ?:* : «*. I# m ' T$rjp - MfSUnrs* CTtfyfatfaw tho &Ut£*tadiiio MRS BP* ■emmitf.. .Ir I# ao leapr b luxury .few nlxtv ■per oam ol im mm is far Because oltU* (fas noé* cru pawed highway has become an ceeeity. 1 ^'ÜptelB* .«aw si s', mux /'S- ■ 2n pfQgMHi d 1*4 - tat! mu hil tarai Is : %mm pi&b ik mwk Sut nest hav* yam support. T«U «beeid ha 1» mfiA PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION w ~<S£ 3 r tsx UtmrfCmmm > 4 VV Vm # Household Necessity sat for ■:U.: csSk* er I I» — I On—breach ne fa W. RL u., sn.LM*«ü. W»