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f L£M TRITZir IS AGAIN A POWER FORMER SOVIET WAR MINISTER IS GIVEN A RLACE IN THE CABINET. NUL HAYE DIRECTING VOICE Assigned Post that Will Enable Rad Leader ta Work for Bettor Economic Conditions r Warsaw.—Advices from Moscow re port the return to power of Leon Trots ky with the appointment of the former > war minister as chief of the economic f cuunriL His restoration to a position of Influ ence had been expected In Polish cir cles, where It was considered that hi* strength and popularity were too great to permit of keeping him longer ander probation because of the possibility of becoming the head of some antl-apvtet movement, lieved here, will enable him to devote his energy and ability to the task of Improving Russia's economic condi tion*. without Improving Ms political standing to any great extent. Trotsky returned to Moscow last May after virtual «lie In the Oao casns because at Ms Insurgency against the dictates of strict Bolshevism. He was given a minor post In the govern ment for what was termed a period of probation. The dispatch from Warsaw Indicates that this period has ended and that the former red army leader again Is to have a directing voice in at least one branch of the soviet govern ment. His new post. It is he Fleet's Visit Marred io N. Z. Christchurch. N. Z.—Men on leave from the United States warship« at present visiting Tort Lyttelton, the port for Christchurch, were ordered back to their ship»», following disorder In Victoria square, this city, caused by the "larrikin" (hoodlum) element an noying the American sailors. No one was Injured, hut several of the Amer ican sailors were arrested by their own patrol. . The order created a sensation when the news became known. The trouble started when the American sailors were annoyed by insulting remarks from a aiiuil) Irresponsible band of civilians, who shouted : "Who woo tbe war?" Indian Star Bricklayer Kansas City.—More than two bricks a second la the record of James Gar field Brown, Oneida Indian bricklayer, who Is literally paving tbe Kansas THty-CIathe, Kan*., highway. Brown's speed was determined by official tests under a stop watch. In eight and a half hours the Indlsn placed 1,187 feet of roadway—73,815 bricks This Is njore than two a sec ond. He receives $2 an hour for his labor and keepa alx helpers busy sup plying him with bricks. Other brick layers on the instruction gang are paid from 45 cents to $1 an hour. New Island In Mediterranean London.—The Athens correspondent rf the Dally Express, reports that the volcanic eruption* which begun sev eral days ago on the Island of Thira, north of the Island of Crete, are con tinuing. The volcano is throwing up tongues of fire 800 feet high, accom panied by strong submarine seismic shocks between the Islands of Kalmenl and Thira. A new Island Is said to be rising owing to the volcanic action. Thira Island, or Santortn, which ta of volcanic origin, has about 86,009 square miles and a population of about 20.000. It has suffered no eruptions SjOOO Riffs Lay Down Arma , Tetnan. Morocco.—Five thousand rebel tribesmen surrendered uncon ditionally to French and Spanish forces which captured the Harsat height« position. The prisoners constituted tbe entire Rlfflan garrison, which had the midable and s t rat eg ical upland. surrender Is believed to have the Franco-Spanlsh military problem In the region where the two armies have Joined forces Wallace, Idaho—Rein and snow frequent intervals have removed danger of forest fires In the Coeur d'Alene district. The fire In the Salt roe district is completely under con trol and Supervisor K. C. Pulaski, the forest servira here, declared that tbe Pine Creek and North Fork fires have been extinguished. Two flurries of snow fell in tbe district. Washington,—A formal communica tion, pressing for the return of Ger man property seised by the United «tote« (taring foe war, has been pra ted to Secretary Kellogg by the German government. • . 8t. Gall, Switzerland — Switzerland beat the United States In tbe inter ii»ni it itiitiangiitis N fat dlA îa* fiCwi Tim* nfrmtntfi jß » points against 6,246. the a 0 Bd American ream* finishing Mm US»* SB the International :■ • ■' '■'tffr&tftirfuh 'ifc# fOrngniB f mi m K I à ro-h*4i> .F 1 egiwwv w 1 ■$». Um ßmmm» «f aav«; to 2 PW» HUK CMSH M COLORIOO Dispatcher Knowing that Wrack Was Certain Send« Help to dead, I» passenger* are seriously In Jnred, 10 in « hospital here, and 75 obers are nursing cots and bruises a« a result of a head-on collision between two tourist-laden Denver A Rio Orand« Western railroad trains near the Mttle Halida, Colo.—Two trainmen are mountain station of Granite, Colo., 40 miles from Halida. Responsibility foi the wreck was laid by railroad officials to failure of one train to receive orders The trains, panoramic xperial, which daylight schedule between Denver and Salt Lake City for the| to stop at Granite. run on a benefit of tourists, met on a "reverse curve," after No. 8. the east bound train, had failed to receive the stopj order, official* declared. Steel coaches prevented a wholesale lom of Hfe. By • queer twist of coincidents preceding tbe wreck. Samuel Smith, Halida dis patriier, received a report that No. 8 had passed Granite without the stop order and realised that nothing <?ould I prevent a wreck. He railed the Red Gross hospital here and was ordering relief trains at Leadvllle, Buena Vista and Halida to { the scene fully 15 minutes before the j crash occurred. j 1 New Car Record Washington.—Revenue freight load ings by the railroads for the third con secutive week have required more than a million cars, figures announced by I the American Railway association. showing that 1,043,083 cars were load ed during the seven days ending Aug- J ust 1. This was an Increase of 18.460 cars over the preceding week and of J 67.490 over the same period of 1024. Loading of all commodities except ore Increased during the week, but the i heavy freight movement has not re- [ salted In a car shortage, the ussocl- i atlon having receive»! reports of a sur- j plus of about 283,500 cars In good re- ( pair. Sitting Bull's Outfit Sold Danville. I'u.—The outfit of Sitting Bull, famous Sioux Indian medicine man. consisting of headdress, saddle and coat, have been sold by Mrs. Em ma Heller to the Wyoming Historical society of Wilkesbarre for $800. The outfit was given by Sitting Bull to General Harry Thomas shortly he fore he was killed In 1890. Mrs. Hel ler's daughter married the »on of Gen eral Thomas und through her son-ln law she gained possession of the out fit in 1802. Fire Destroys Packing Plant Chicago.—Fire of undetermined orl rin gntted the six-atory cement etrue hire of O. H. Hammond A Oo.. meat pimkera, In the heart of the stockyards distrlct, canning damage estimated by firemen at upward* of $1,000,000. Forty-five companies fought the The O. H. Hammond com flames, pany Is owned by Swift A Oo. Woman H«ads Fraternal Congres« ~ Duluth, Minn.—Mia* Bina M. West, enpreme commander of the Woman'* Benefit association. Port Huron, Mich., was elected first woman president of the Ns Mona! Fraternal Congress of America, representing 10 million fra ternaUsts, at the closing session of the thirty-eighth annual convention here. To Burvoy Rang« Situation Washington.—Dan B, Casement of Manhattan. Kan., a livestock grower, has been appointed special represent ■ttve of the secretary of agriculture to review the forest service's recent ap pralsal of the national forest range situation. Werfe te Investigate Washington.—Tbe department o f tbe Interior is about to enter the Flor ida situation where two groups are contending over land on Marco Island, and Secretary Work has ordered a searching Investigation of the trouble. New York—Theotkire Spiring, viol inist and composer, who was to have conducted the PMIharmonlc orchestra at Portland, Ore., the coming season, died in Munich. Germany, following an operation. Honolulu.—A new record for sugar production was established here on the Ews plantation when tbe harvest of 52,086 tons from 4.850 acres was fin ished. This was an average of 11.96 per acre. Iowa (Tty. Iowa.—Three men were killed here when they became en tangled In a barbed wire fence that accidently had come tnto contact with a high voltage electric line. Kagene, Ore—Prince L Campbell. roldeat of the University of Oregon, died here. Mrs. J, P. Morgan Dies New York.—Mrs- John Plerpont Mor <hed at her home at Gleecove, L.H Death e ss the rendit of a "cardiac coltopae." the physicians said, which came after taro months' ti loess from sleeping sickness. Union Demands Frlntore Job Kata mason, Mich.—A resolution de manding that George H. Carier be ousted as public printer of the United States wa# adopted without roll call by the Interna Go», ai Typographic«! to convention here. =5 STATE TO OPE» 0 PU««E«a «*> 000 Acres «f Good Kam» Land Will ing October What is «*tld to b* the irremtcst dis j persai of public land* In Montana Indlridual* since homesteading »lays, J scheduled for neat October, when more J th*« 400.000 acre* of state land «dll be thrown open to sale, according to ad I vices reaching Scobcy. The laud to lie sold I* located tribu I ta ry to the new 50-mHe extension of [ the Great Northern railway from 8co Iwy to Opheim and I» regarded as some I of the best farming land in the state The land In that territory 1» gently [ rolling and more than ho per »rent of f he land to be *o!d 1* «.*1 to be tillable. Price* are listed at from $16 lb |I0 11*« «re. Hitbough the land Is to be *>ld ■* public auction on dates not yet In order to facilitate the announced. settlement of the country along tbe new railroad extension the state 1* offering 'h* '«"«l on »wnis * ha t ar ' i re sarded to lie much more favorable rha n homesteading, Those who are familiar with the sit nation In the territory which the new r ««0 >* opening up are ranch please»! with this move on the part of the Northeastern Mobtana Is re date, garded as one of the most prosperous sections In the entire northwest and the one big need Is considered fo be more farmers to till the idle lands. company, of Minneapolis: the National Bank of Montana. Helena, and Bid ridge and company, became the own ere of $502,000 worth of Montana ed »rational bonds There were eight bids submitted, two of which were con dltloral. The low bid was 4ty per 'ent. with a premium of $8,788.80, mak Ing u r*-t rate of .U44W| The proceeds of the bonds, which arc part of those voted In 1921. are to be used for further repairs, improvement and construction of state educational institutions, principally units of the state university. Bells Bends on Joint BM On a Joint bldr^he Wells Dickey I meeting place In 1928 of the Society of j Montana Pioneers and the Sons and | Daughters of Montano Pioneers at the | officers : j l-odge; vice president at large, AI W Grton. Bozeman; secretary, re-elected | Frank D ; Brown. Missoula; treasurer, re-elected, H. K. Tuttle, Rouble^ Ft. Benton Oats Meeting Fort Benton was selected a« the I HU n al convention. The pioneers elected the following President, Mrs. Mary Vallton. Deei Livingston Buys Cemetery The purchase of Mountain View | cemetery by the elty of Wrings ton In J conformity with a vote of the people I some two years ago, has been defl | nltely decided on by the city council, A levy has been added to the city hud I get to take care of the first payment | on the property and to care for a part of the cost of running a water main to the cemetery. The purchase price of the property Is $8,000, payable in three animal Installment*. - Itorehlp of two southeastern Montana newspaper* have taken place recently, with the announcement that John It. Standi*)), former Montana newspaper man, succeeds Hugo Camplln on tbe |V>wdcr River County Examiner at New Editera Acquire Papers Change* In Ute management and ed Broad»«, and Mrs. Lucy Talbutt Me f.emore has purchased tbe controlling Interest in the Baker Heutinei. at Bak er, and assuming charge, has changed the name of the paper to the Advocate War Methars Pledge Fund Montana chapters of War Mothers In their annul convention at Kn Mspell pledged donations to the American War Mothers memorial home si Den ver. the first part of wljlcb U now be ing completed. The home Is ijedicat ed to the gobl star mothers At a banquet Mrs. P. J. Pomeroy spoke on "Prepareftnes* " Mrs T. A. Grtgg. state war mother, spoke on pro grass since the war. Dr Ire L. Jaynes of Mlles CHy ws* elected pweklent of the Montana I'hlr opraellc association at a business «es slon ut Orest Fall*. He succeeds l»r. J. K. Daniel* of Bosemon, who has been presWeuf of (he association slue« its formation In 1918. Dr. George Cor win of Lewlstown was alerted vire president. 1-ewlstown was selected f»w tbe 1926 convention. Output of Oil Increases The daily average crude oil produe thin in the Unit»*»! States Increased 24. 800 barrels for the week ended Aug. 8, totaling 2,189,200 barrels, according to the weekly summary of tbe American Petroleum Institute. Montana daily average was 12.509 I Increase of 450 barrels. Book at a «pedal election. Those who sought the franchira were F, D. Over ten, D. L. Blackston«, local men, and company, , . _ : Veto Gas Franchise A gma franchira was granted the i Montons company hy the voters of Ohl the % A runaway team of horse* trampled to death Ghariro Ooffley. Sheridan. Mont, pioneer, near Moulds. Ooffley had town employed with a government part of Bro verferoU county. STATE Luther T. Ha«berg, acting secretary if the Montana «rand iode». A. F. A. M.. wa* elected secretary to succeed the late LVwoeMiM Hedge«, at the state convention at Mfasoala. Oihor affldih of the organization «•ere raised in rank as follow* : Dr. K Spottawood, Ulssonla, grand mas ter; J. M. Chartert«, Great Kalis, dep uty grand master; H. O. 1'lokett. Hel ena. senior warden ; Krancts Magntrom, Lewlstnwn, Junior warden, and O. D. Wolfe, Billing* chapiatn. to is Low Coat for Road What is believed to be the cheapest road building experiment In the state of Montana Is that reported from Pow der River county where $4 miles of roadway Improvements from the Cos ter county line south to the county seat at Bmadus was completed at a total cost of $8,000. or about 1285 a mile, -r- * ~ -* f- - The hoard of coonty commissioners of Coster coonty provided the rosd ma chinery for a rental charge of 875 per day. The machinery wa* operated by men who are experienced In such work with the result that the Improvement was carried on with the least possible expense making it the most cheaply constructed roadbed In the state. Movies In Montana Two baggage cars containing IS horses, to be used by a motion picture concern of California while shooting scenes in Montana and Wyoming, stopped over In Billings while enronte from Lodge Gram to Cody. Tbe party, < ompoaed of 25 people, has been at I»dge Grass for five weeks and, ac i-ordlng to plank are to remain in Cody near the Yellowstone National park for a month before returning to Cali fornia. "Her" was the most distinguished member of the party that stopped In Ridings. that I« being featured In the pictures l,,,w talcen - Rex" Is a dark brown horse New Feed Yards at Havre S'ock feeding and loading pen« with capacity for 75 cars are now under construction at Havre by the Great Northern railway at a cost of $15,000 and are experte»! to be ready for use ■ilxint September 10th. Westbound hog shipment* will then he unloaded and fod at Havre Instead of at Whlteflsh, as now, and all east bound livestock will be fed and rested in the new yards. Five loading chutes will be provided. After leaving Havre stock will again be fed at New Rock ford, N. D., and at 8t. Paul. West bound will fe»»»l again at Spokane and Seattle A movement to organize a road pol icy for legislative action by the state that win preserve to Montana the fed eral aid appropriation* was launched In the closing hours of the Custer Bat tlefield Highway convention at Bill ing*. The decision was to rejuvenate the moribund good roads association of the state and enlist the 80,000 auto owners In the campaign to lie under taken. Chairman Henry Good, of the state highway commission, starte»! the ball rolling by calling attention to the loss of $650.000 federal aid this year through the failure of the atate legis lature to roatçh federal appropriations. Catholic Church Dedicated In the presence of a large concourse of people of many denominations, the Right Rev. M. T. O'Brien, representing the Right Rev. M. C. Lenihan, bishop of Great Falls diocese, dedicated the new Sacred Heart Catholic church at Miles City. Sunday, August 16. Mon signor O'Brien 4s widely known In southeastern Montana, having been present at the laying of the cornei (tone of the structure about a year ago. Armour Buys CrumtriN Formal announcement has been of the purchase by the Armour creameries, subsidiary of Armour O- of Chicago, of the Western Cream cry company property In Miles City and Sidney. The purchase of the Olen dlve creamery at Glendive was also announced. No statement was given as to the CMMdderation Involved in the tranaac lion* ' Crew Indiana Wsd David Bad Boy. of Ht. Xavier, and Beady Anderson, of Crow Agency, cd nested Crow Indians, were united I» marriage recently by Win Gallagher Justice of the peace at Billings. Rad Bay 4s a son of Chester Bad Boy and Hits With the Htara. HI* bride l* the daughter of Albert Anderson anrY An nie Tobacco The groom is 26 and the bride 22 years of age. ***•* Q««k« Insurance Twenty thousand dollars a year I? the approximate cost of earthquake In HKUcc for all Montana's state build tegs, Charles W. Cook of Butte, state secretory for the board of fire under weitere of the Pacific, told the board examinera ~ ~ Child Dies of Injurie* Mary BHaahetb Robinson. 4- y ear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ley Roblo son, of Wllsall, died at the home of her parent* from Injuries received when she was run over by a binder in a grain field — - ~ — —r 9 A «rideod of 20 per cent on all ap agsiast the First Na noaet bank of Carter will be I rowed totoSf fold It was announced by J F , —— . _— Mi IM receiver of the bank. The dis will amount te approxImotety THIflTTSEVE» UVES B IBI SHIP EXPLOSION A K. D. Maker Mast Disaster Return Newport. R. L—Live steaaa that ponred over S 77 excursionist* on the steamer Mackinac had claimed the Uvea of 87 persona while SB others are so badly scalded that fear t* felt for their lives. Many move were leas ser iously burned and one person Is report ed missing. Merrymakers on the steamer were startled by a hissing sound and a surg ing of the decks about 15 minâtes after of a a they bad pot out from Newport on their return voyage to Pawtucket. In an Instant a cloud of steam enveloped the vessel ; crowds rushed for the rail ing, many Jumped overboard, while al most all of those below deck* were be lieved to have lost their Uvea or to have been seriously borne»! There was no loud report such as os daily accompanies an explosion, and the cause of the disaster remains a mystery. Conflicting reports said the ship's boiler had burst and that steam pipes had been broken. An official in vestigation was starte»! Moat of the excursionists were from Pawtucket and Providence, R. L, and Attleboro, Mam. Tbe Mackinac was a one-funnel steamer equipped with 750 horsepower engines. She was built ln 1906, The excursionist*, including many women 'and children, were homeward bound from an outing at Newport. Many aboard were employes of the J. A P. Coates company, thread manufacturers In Pawtucket. The company bad de clared a holiday for the outing. Wipes Out Insult to Float Christchurch, N. Z.—As a result of the recent Incident when hoodlums an noyed sailors of the American fleet, citizens determined to clear the name of their city, have showered the offi cers and men with Invitations to visit their homes. Commander Woodson, senior patrol officer made an expression of appre ciation of the way in which newspapers ian police arc cooperating excellently with fleet officials. River Parley Ende b» Fuse Phoenix.—Delegates to the tri-state Colorado river conference, which end ed in a disagreement when the Cali fornia and Nevada delegations with drew. declared that there was no hope of the meetings being resumed. The conference came to an end after sev eral hours of dickering when the Ari zona delegation refused Nevada'* re quest that opposition to the construc tion of a dam at or near Boulder can yon be withdrawn. Prince of Wales Welcomed Buenos Aires.—A noisy welcome greeted the f'rlnce of Wales on Ms ar rival here for a *tate visit to Argen tina. A* tbe guns of the Argentine warship* boomed a salute and the whistle« of scores of vessels In the har bor went into action the prince. In the uniform of the Welsh Guards, came ashore from the cruiser Curlew. He was met by President D'Alvear and the members of Ms cabinet. Bought City Hall Sioux City, la.—A flyer In high fi nance proved disastrous for Abe Remus, 82, a farmer living near Butte, Mont., who ran Into the police station without coat and hat and demanded the apprehension of a "friend" from whom he declared that he had pur chased the city hail for $15,000., pay ing $160 down and signing a contract for the balance. _ Asks Tariff War on Pay Cut Washington.—WIlHam Green, presl ^ of th<s American Federation of announced he would ask the J next to withdraw the tariff protection afforded teitHe manufact urers "who have Inaugurated and car ried out a policy of wage reductions," in a Jetter to M. G. Pierce, president of tbe American Woolen company. London, Ont— Sir Adam Beck, In ternationally known horseman and for many years prominent In the Industrial and political affairs of Ontario, died at Ms home here. He had been Hi einla. bis condition becoming grave a few day* ago. Washington.—th* grand eur of Niagara Fall* la threatened by natural erosion. Secretory Hoover has urged that engineering attention be given tbe situation. sad Cuba. Miss Duffy's home Is la jlawarfe, N. Miss Mtry C. Duffy, re-elected preme regent of the Catholic Daugh ters of America at its biennial In San Francisco, ts preparing to extend tbe work of the organization to Canada — X Typhoon In Japan Tokk».—A violent rainstorm flooded varions Faria of Japan. Several pel aooa were drowned Damage la rotl mated at between 15.000.000 and 20, 000,060 yen. Washington.—Ambassador Sheffield experts to return to his poet to Meade« City rarly next month Be formed Secretory Ketteggr that he wUt he to Washington ahrart Septem*«» t ttk for a Dual conferee« The Ns* Nxro to the United Stete* m BELGIAN DEBT IS TO RUN 62 YEARS INTEREST IS REMITTED ON PRE - ARMISTICE LOANS— CUT ON REST EQUAL PAYMENTS AFTER 1832 Oo as Recog n is i ng "Weighty Moral Obligation" Washington.— An agreement for funding the Belgian war »lebt to the United States, with remission of all In terest on loans preceding the armistic e and part of the interest on the balance was reached between the American and Belgian debt commissions. The program approved by President CoolWge was described as recognising "weighty moral obligation" growing ont of assurance* given by President Wilson daring the Versailles peace conference, and also the right of Bel gium to particular and special treat ment by the United States. The Belgians had insisted that the loans represented should be considered a debt by Germany to the United States because such a proposal "was accepted by President Wilson at the peace conference." Such transfer of responsibility from Belgium to Germany was refused by the American commission, but It de clared that "while no legal obligation« rest upon the United States In the mat ter, there does continue a weighty moral obligation as a result of assur ances given wMch entirely »llfferentl atss this sum from all other debts due the United States from foreign coun tries." In consequence, the agreement laid down a schedule of repayment for the pre-armlstlce loans, which provide« that Belgium shall pay $1,000,000 In 1926, and the same amount In 1927. with increases in each of the next four years until In 1982. the annual pay ment becomes $2,900,000. It will con tinue this figure until 1987, when a final payment of $2.280,000- will be due. •> 1 "Post-armlstlce debt" was fixe») at $246,000,000 including accrued interest. Stock Industry Drifting West Chicago.—A continuing westward trend in livestock production, with In creasing dependence of the populous industrial sections of the country op on the west for their dally meat supply Is Indicated In a study of "regional trends in the livestock Industry." — "Beef cattle production has been reg ularly Increasing in the far western regions and also In the west and com belts. Sheep raising has been decreas ing In this ronntry for more than a decade. Only two regions—the south west and the wheat belt—have more sheep this year than before the war." « Reorganization Bonds Deposited Newark, N. J.—Under the reorgani zation plan of the Chicago, Milwaukee A "t. Paul railway, bonds aggregating $47,400,000, or 21 per cent of the total of about $216,955,000, had been de posited on August 18, with the reorgan ization managers. Tbe time for de posit expires September 15. L— The percentage of bonds deposited represents tbe amount of certificate* of deposit issued for the bond* de posited, but does not Include those for which no certificates were Issued. Prohibition Conference Washington.—Enlarging upon prev ious plans, headquarters of prohiMtion enforcement here has called to Wash ington every state and divisional chief now on »hity in continental United States for a general conference pre liminary to the launching of the en forcement program. Previously only 80 of the higher officials were present here. Polar Flight Called Off Washington—The MacMillan arctic expedition has abandoned hope of carrying out Its exploration program over tbe polar sea this year. "Ss Curtailment of tbe expedition's ac tivities was forced by adverse weather which has locked tbe northland la ice and fog well ahead of the usual winter season. Plan to Train Votera Chicago.—An all-year campaign for political education of young voters was outlined at a meeting here of the United Statw Junior chamber of cotn * merce. The meeting closed e two day quarterly conference of officers and directors of the organization. Mrs Boy Patrick. Wichita, com mander of the Kansas state auxiliary of tbe Disabled American Veterans of the World Wtu*. was elected national commander of tbe auxiliary at the convention held recently in Omaha. Mrs. Patrick »erred oversea» as a Red Cross nurse during the hrar. Fmude Mural Wine Centro* Oklcago the author. was awarded a_$G0,066 prize which the Liberty, in conjunction with D« Players-Leaky corporation, offered for a story suitable for Liberty the The contest la spoken of greatest vi Its tend ever held. Almost 166.669 wann scripts and plot synopses received, routing tow® virtually K every quarter of She-globe. TiAw Liberty. Jew** L laufe y »toi Rex Besch, foe ueredfeM. ware foe