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m CHOOSES irpiOG OS CHIEF i FROM OHIO PICKED OVER OTHERS in convention LANDSLIDE X. HEUES SHARD IN FRANCE Th« Now Caww w i Var i a Rawed Exaoda Through Bpor*»h A marte* n an« World Wars Omaha.—John It McOnlgg of Bast Cleveland, Ohl«, was elected national _ commander of the American Legion cm the first ballot at the Legionnaire« final session of their seventh annual convention here. The election was de cided with the votes of 18 delegates still to toc recorded. It was a land slide and upon motion of Howard Sav age, Illinois, and Edward Spefford. New York, losing candidates, 'was Omb mender McQolgg has had an ex tensive service as a soldier and offi cer. serving is the Spantah-Amorican the Mexican border, and the World war. He began his military with entrance to Woo««- col a cadet, and la the 8pani*r American war served with the famous CVvelaad Grays and the finit engin eer«. ranching the rank of captain and major. la the Mexican border trouble be served as colonel In the provisional re gim e nt of engineers. Ito tiie World war Commander Mo Qda mobilised toe One Hundred and Twelfth engineers. He served In the Baccarat sector and was wounded in _ toe arm Hla service was recognised and be was appointed brigadier general of tSe Ohio national gnard and placed In coramând of the Seventy-third In fantry brigade In the Thirty-seventh division. With retirement to civilian life. Commander McQnigg became Iden tified with American Legion work. He was elected commander of the Ohio department, serving from 1929-21. Re also served as a member of the nation al executive committee from 1921-24 and is a member of the Galbraith me morial committee and of toe legisla tive and finance committees. In private life McQnigg la an attor ney and banker. Bhoophardar Olvan Prtxa Cady, Wyo.—Mike Etchenique. a French Baaco, sheepberder at the Two Dot ranch near here, has been award ed a card of honor by Supervisor Lang worthy, of the Shoshone national for e«, for his effort In utilising the for age without Injury to the forest or range and for observing the rule* and regulations governing the national for ests. *? Sheepherders have great amounts of property st stake, and Instead of being "craay" are required to be the sanest of individuals. Mr. Etchenique came from a province In France, where as a lad et «X he took out small banda of sheep. He has herded 81 years, and brought off highe« weight Iambs from hla range this year. Burglars Maka Big Haul New York.—$1,000,000 worth of Jew elry was stolen from the apartment of Mrs. Jessie Woolworth Donohue, the daughter of the late Frank W. Wool worth, at the Plaaa hotel. The police department confirmed reporta that de tectives had been assigned to "a big Jewel theft" at the hotel. The valu able« «ölen Include a pearl necklace valued at $450.000. a separate string of pearls valued at $250,000, assorted rings and brooches worth $200,000, and other valuables, $100,000. i. Landslide In Japan Tokio. —Further detalla of the great rainstorm show that 20 persons wer« killed In Yokohoma and six in Yoko suka by landslides. Fifty houses were razed by the slides and other damage was done, partlcnlarly to the railroads, tnany miles of which were washed away by flood waters. In Tokio 42, 000 houses were partly submerged, but otherwise toe damage done was not serious. Washington—Harry Ward roan, own er of the building occupied by the de partment of Justice, has announced that he has given the department 80 day»' notice to vacate hla Mr. Wardrean believed the PtoP*rty. 175.000 a it being paid by the govern ment for the building la not sufficient while other officials of hla company said be had been offered $108,000 a year rental for toe property. Reno, Nev.— K. J. Ftlckert, Plain field, N. J„ banker, has filed suit for divorce here. Mrs. Flicker! la vice chairman at the New Jersey RepubU can state committee Santiago, Chile.—President Alesaan dri has resigned, placing toe presi dency In the hands of Lonla Barrow ..•JkR»o««v| t . 1 _■ <i : ; . Fond Tret Plan« ernähre It. Joseph, Mo.—Plane No. 8, of too Ford reliability tour, piloted by Ed G. Knapp, crashed two and one-half miles soatowret of Dearborn. Mo. The pl «»juries. The plane was badly dam ^ - „ * bidder for ta., î* the W n ' i ffi i' ll un b ü Mt.,'- <■ > »rcte * — mm ims oi Police Estimate Party Injured in Tan Story Siam and Sxoloolon SL Louis.—The death loll of a ter rific explosion that enveloped the 10 story Laclede Gaslight building in the downtown bnai three after the ruins of the first floor and basement had been carefully searched. The Hat of Injured who received hos pital treatment stood at 40—seven of whom were In a serions condition. The number of persons cat by falling de bris, overcome by ammonia fumes and otherwise slightly hart in the confus ion, police estimate st 40 more. Bursting ammonia tanks in the hase, meat spread the rain, but what caused the tanks to explode was unexplained. Officials were unable to cst.'mars the dnmage from the blast, the fire which followed snd the streams ol water played open the flames. The explosion and fire caused great excitement. Va« crowd» gathered cm the streets and traffic In all directions eras stopped. Twenty-one fire com- ( panlea responded to a general alarm district, «ands at A. Court Restores Ousted Official Casper. Wyo.—J. E. Scott, ousted as chairman of the board of county com missioners. August 5, when he was found guilty of misconduct In office, has been reinstated by a court order. Removal proceedings were brought agate« Scott by the county attorney St the reque« of Governor Nellie Tay loe Ross, early in the summer. These culminated in a trial early In August. st which Scott was found guilty of the chargee and removed, while the case against County Commissioner O. T. Morgan, accused jointly with Scott, ..._81,150. The present court order is Judge Ills ley't decision returning Scott to office. The state motion for a new trial In the Morgan case was dented. Oturter trials of the commissioners followed a unique period In the polit ical history of Natrons county, when a teries of charges of misconduct, fraud and malfeasance In office were made against the two men, upsetting for a time the entire central portion of Wy omlng. Special prosecutors In the cases an nonneed that an appeal would be taken Immediately to the supreme court. " I Photos Sont by Air Fort Leavenworth, Kan.—By ln«ant photography and photo-telegraphic de vices, a new phase of aerial warfare of great value was demonstrated here when Lieut. George W. Goddard, Cba nute field, Rantool. 111., flying over the garrison, snapped, developed and dropped from the air a picture which was transmlted to the Atlantic and-Pa cific coasts within less than 10 min Utes. The demonstration was one of the events In a gigantic air circus staged by approximately 85 army airplanes to show latest developments In aerial warfare. away In Tnlsa and Immense crowds were on hand to cheer the princesses as they passed in the pageant procès slon, an outstanding event of beauty of the oil exposition. Miss Ramona Berta. Montana's can Throngs Vlaw Pageant Tulsa—Royalty of the oil world held dldate for queen of Petrolta, was sec ond In the procession. The Colorado princess was first and following Miss Berta In order came the princesses of Ohio, Louisiana, Wyoming, Kansas, Ar kaosas, Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The beauties rode In ça« equipped with thrones and the processlon was a colorful event Q. N. Engine Makae Record Seattle.—Engine No. 2517 of the Great Northern railway pulled Into j ls rattle 110 hours from the time It left here for St Paul, establishing what Is j claimed as a world's long distance record. Twenty-four engineers and 24 firemen were used on the trip, which totalled 8.600 miles. The 2517 Is one of eight locomotives recently purchased by the Great Northern and Is of the heaviest and fastest type of passenger engine built for transcontinental lines. San Francisco.—James Tobin, bnild er of San Francisco's first cable car line, flrat of its kind In the United States, left an e«ate of $1.015, It was revealed when Public Administrate! Hynnis advertised for heirs. Tobin spent his later years selling newspap ers on the streets here. Montevideo. Uruguay.—Reliable ad vice« received here are to the effect that a revolutionary force of 800 men. fully armed, has Invaded the state of Rio Grande de Snl. Brazil. They cam« down from toe mountains near Rivera where they had be« concentrating foi several days. Extra Dividend New York.—The Holly Sugar cor poratlon has declared an extra dirt dead of per cent toward accumula tiens aa toe preferred stock in ad dittos to the regular quarterly dirt dead of toe same amount, both pay able November 2 to the stock of record Thirteen new national foresta, to to!lag $6 4569 acres, hare been ere ®a*t «s during «tod to a «**» «t tmimm w» «t HSUS A STATE LAW VOID I Contrary *to Intent of the Legislature •ays Opinion; Also Cl as h as With Second Statute Chapter 1», laws of 1925, la held sold by the Montana supreme court In a de cMon banded down recently. The statute limited appeals to the soprani• court by requiring that where a Ml) of exceptions Is presented for settTNhent the party appealing mo« fils tots tran crlpt In the supreme court within 60 days after the bill of exception h«f been settled._ _ The court points ont that such a law permits the court no discretion by which it might relieve an appel lam who, through no failure of hia own. might hare exceeded 'the statutory limit. It further repeals, by Implication, the court asserts, section 9782 of the revised codes which permits an appeul to be taken from a Judgment at time within six months after entry of Judgment, yet It questions whether this was the Intention of the legtala tare. Inasmuch as the section referred to was later amended with reference •nj to chapter 19 and without changing the time allowed for appeal. Inasmuch as the title carries no ference to Its purpose In changing th< time for appeal, the court declare« th» title defective and the act void. rc 81,150 Autos Llconaod I d * n ** d b J Applications for licenses, September added 1.093 new passenger care - bringing the total of new ma chlnM owned In Montana to approx! 12,000 for the year and the to I fal of ÄÄ passenger vehicles licensed ,n the f,nrt n,D « months of the year to Despite the already remarkable In crease in antomobllea this year, as evl Licenses Issued this year far surpass I number for 1924 except for accès I *"7 dealers and driver«. These are behind last year's figures but picking j U P ■ Bitte each month. Receipts of the bureau have already surpassed the total for last year by 1128.000. with three months to go. The amount thus^far collected Is $904.983.2" n * «gainst $776.820 la« year. Under rll< * apport Ion ment of the 1025 legisla ture, all this money, except that nec cssary for administrative expense, K 0 *"* hack to the county from which It came. Bozeman Boy On Big Paper Word has been received In Bosemsn that Joel Rickman, former boy of that place, ha* been nanied day city editor of the San Francisco Herald, a paper published by the Vanderbilt family. Joel Rickman formerly Worked for the forest sen-ice at Bozeman, getting his first newspaper work on the Butte Dally Post. From the Butte Post he went to the Billings Gasette and then to the Anaconda Standard, where his forceful writing attracted more than local attention. He went from Butte to San Francisco, writing feature art icles for the Herald before being pro moted to the city editorship. Nawspapar for Sumatra The Rosebud County Record will be .published at Sumatra hereafter in afe|ld of Forsyth . the . change In loca t [ 0n ha vin« been effected recently by | ts publisher and editor, Richard Knap pen. This paper was formerly pub lished at Rosebud, moving to Forsyth In September, 1923. At that time True edited the paper, later t urn i ng it over to the present editor's father. The editor of the Sumatra Sun re cently left there, leaving the field open for some other paper. There are now two weekly published In For the Tlmes-Joumal and the Inde pendent. RaCnery Makes Coke Bricks The Arro Oil and Refining company Lewlatown dropped the first petro ) eum <**,, ft™, , t8 big Duhhs unit cently, this being the flrat fuel of this re kind ever turned out In Montana. The plant will turn out the petroleum coke bricks regularly from now on, Offer» for the whole output have been re ceived from Great Falls and Butte, but It Is the intention of the company to distribute It among local customers, for a time at least. A real estate deal of considerable Importance was complete«) recently when Walter B, Dean, Forsyth drug gist, became the owner of W. E, Dow lin'a half Inter»« In the Dowlfn Sweetser building. This Is one of the beet buildings In Forsyth. It I« of brick construction and was erected in 1907. park daring the season Just ended, ac cording to figures compiled hy City Treasurer Oars M. Hunt The season opened on May 1. Tourist Parte Popular Severn thousand, seven hundred and sixty automobile parties received ac commodations at the Billings Tourist » - Border Booze Running Not Good Bum running is a sporting propo sition on the centra) section of the Montona-Osnadlan border, according to J. B. Thompson, federal prohibltl« enforcement officer. The border at this point Is composed of open coun try, he said, and la well blockaded. Mr. Thompson reported that during the month that iw spent on the border not on« rar attempted to run the bee de? to bis section of the stale. This to ûm. he «öd, to ton. duct that prévint« == vote tnran ruurr The rtlatrlhntlon of the Castle Moun tain Mining company's electric plant at White Mnlphur Dprtnp wu taken orer by the Montana Power and will be operated In conjunction with Ita state-wide system. Charles Àh.-rman, of the rustic Mountain Min In* company, still retains» th« plant, site and water, which may be used for Irrigation or an Indoatrlal location. The local system will be In charge of T. T. Arthur and a crew of men already at work Installing the trans formers at White Sulphur Springs and st Lowefh but It will be a fen* days be fore the power line can be put Into op eration. con »pan y are Firs» Takes Tw» Lives W. A. Pennington, 53, a prominent member of the Roundup bar, died from the effects of fire and smoke, and his wife, Mrs. Ada Pennington. 50, was horned to death when their home at lloundup was destroyed by flames. Miss Ada Pennington, 18-year-old daughter of the pair, escaped from the burning bouse without Injury. All emerged from the house In safety apparently, but Mrs. Pennington re turned to the building to get some effects from a bureau In the room that had been occupied by Mr. Pennington. When she did not Immediately return Mr. Pennington went Into the building after her and a moment later he stumbled out of the back door over come from Inhaling flame and from smoke. He dropped In the back yard a from the doorway and efforts to revive him by use of a pul motor proved vain. I vw,r that •«'bool authorities will give r< *™*nltlon to the state law which re quires public schools to observe the first Monday In November as ''Pio neers' day." The first Monday falls on November 2. The day was originally set aside by !he legislature of 19(0. The last Fri day In May was at that time desig nated, the day having been changed hy n later legislature. Mr. Hllger asserts that the day has been forgotten for many years and he has called atten tion to the fact that the statute pro vide that the state board of education shall furnish a gold medal annually to the student writing the best essay on Montana pioneers. Copies of es says are to be filed with the state his torical library, according to the law. "Plonoara' Day" David Hllger, librarian of the state historical library, Is determined this Page Diogenes County tax officers are convinced that the most honest man in the world Is a resident of Beaverhead county. Hecently a rancher of the Beaverhead valley appeared before he county clerk and declared that s holdings had not been assesed at their full val ue, a $1,700 savings account In the bank having been omitted from the as sessment figures. A little over a month ago the same man reported that he had overlooked 24 head of cattle when making a statement of hts hold ings and Insisted that they be includ ed In his assessment Mra Mil«» Romnoy Otoa Word has been received of the death at Burlington, Wash., of Mrs. Miles Romney, a long time resident of the Biter Root and wife of Miles Romney, Sr., publisher of the Western News at Hamilton. Although Mrs. Romney had been In poor health for some time her death was entirely unexpected and virtually without warning. Mrs. Romney fas visiting at the home of a brother. Auto Firm Incorporates Articles of Incorporation have been filed by the Cameron Manufacturing company for the manufacture and sale of automobile parts and accessories. The company has an authorized capi tal stock of $25,000 and Billings Is the principal place of business. The In corporators are M. A. Cameron, of Broadview, and W. R. Dean and Al bert Anderson, of Billings. The beacon light on the Montana Dakota elevator at Winifred can be seen from Lone Tree bench south of the Bear Paws and from Otlslcey hill on dark nights. But during the late storm It proved to be the final end of many rice hens, that taking the light for a place of safely out of the storm were killed by flying Into the elevator structure. Bums Fatal to Baby. Margaret Helen Harrison, 21 months eld, died six hours after she had sus tained fatal burns while playing with lighted papers in front of the kitchen «ove at the home of her parents In Anaconda. Judges in the Saturday Evening Po« national conte« awarded the flrat prise of $50 to the Public Drug com pany of White Sulphur. The award was given for toe beet window display of goods advertised In the Pout. Gallatin Road Near Completion The West Galiatin federal aid pro Ject between Bozeman and Yellow stone park will be completed by Oct. 15. according to Information received at the bureau of public roads at Mis soula. With St» complet tire Weal Gallatin section, mar» to the park boundary, will he a finished piece of highway, about «6 mile« to length. It has be«» hallt to mrtml section*, some by toe different c&mrim through which ft lop, the so t. from Bere mâ uftto* by the *ut* s «ad th* romai» am == BUT OK WES Of nr CW TMDHI6 If Adopted Will Bo a Blow to Pre fooalonal Farm Organisera, Promised toy Oates Chicago.—L. P. Gates, former pres! dent of the Chicago board of trade, lx an address declared that the Chicag« board of trade would be lifted to th* highest point of marketing efficiency ever attained by new changes of op cratlon, on which Its membership wtt vote. The proposals provide ter curbing wide price fluctuations; creation of s business conduct committee charged with protecting the public's Interest as well as maintaining the close« re lations with the government and tb« privileges of outside members voting by mail. Should favorable action be taken oc the proposals, said Mr, Oates. "It will be the biggest blow the professional farm organiser has ever suffered. Un der the grain futures act, farmers may come Into our exchanges." A. F. of L. for Child Labor BUi Atlantic City.—Organised labor's do termination to fight for passage of th« child labor amendment to the federal constitution was the high note of th« maiden address of President William Green before the American Federation Labor at the opening of the forty fifth annual convention. It was th« first time In more than a quarter of century that a person other than th« late Samuel Gompers had presided over a national convention. The executive council presented H» annual report, showing a gain of 13, 000 In membership over last year. Fraternal delegations from Great Britain, Canada and Mexico were re ceived, as was a delegation of 15 Ger man trade unionists. Airplanes Failure In Arctic Sydney, N. S.—The conviction that airplanes are not practical for use In the far north was expressed by Com mander Donald B. MacMillan after the arrival of his schooner Bowdoln here on the return from his Arctic expe dition. 'The dog is still king of the Arctic," said MacMillan. "There are «111 many things he can do that can not be done by any other method of transporta tion." "As the resalt of this trip I am con vinced that planes are not practicable for the far north and If air transport la to be used It must be the dirigible." Labor Leadar to Pan Indianapolis.—John C. McNamara, labor leader, was sentenced to one to five years In prison and fined $1,000 for blackmail. He was convicted on the charge, which arose from a controversy be tween labor unions and non-union men over construction of the Elks home here In 1924. McNamara Is business agent here for the Structural Iron Workers. He previously served a prison sentence for confessed complicity In the dyna miting In 1911 of the Los Angeles Times building hi which 22 were killed. To View N. A 8. Rail Route Sheridan. Wyo.—Directors of the Wyomlng-Montana railroad company, from Montana. Wyoming. Mississippi and other states, held a meeting here Oct 8 and adjourned for a few days when other directors will be present to discuss plans fog toe North and South railway. The Incorporation meeting, announced. Is preliminary to an In spection and examination of the North and South railroad project within the next 30 days by representatives of eastern banking houses who are in terested In the success of the project. was To Flaeo Flag on Peak Cody, Wyo.—A metal flag donated by the Casper Lions for planting on the Grand Teton, kno«m as the Matter horn of the "North American Alps," la to be turned over to W. O. Owens, first white man to scale the peak. Owens, termer treasurer of Wyoming snd 65 years of age, la to scale the peak again and plant the fhkg. Cut Rates on Auto Parts Washington.—A reduction in freight rates on automobiles and autompbile parts moving from Detroit territory to all points on the Northweetern Pacific railroad north of Wllllts, Calif., was ordered by the Interstate commerce commission. New York.—Mrs. Almee Crocker Goura nd who Inherited $10.000,000 from her father, Edwin B. Cracker, is back from Paris with another prince for her fifth husband. He la 25; she is 51. Denver.—Olney Newell, veteran ed itor, whose pen name was "Jason B. Popper." died recently her£ Mannedttos Move to Mexico Winnipeg.—The l«st batch of the German Men non lies who arc «migrat ing from Western Canada to Mexico are to bo transferred to their new bones as soon as their bolding* on tba prairies are disposed of. This state «rent was made by J. F. D. Wleke. who is directing the "trek." "Since we oMaianl, In Î92Î. to Mexico." Mr Wtafe« ssl* thus êjm German. Mastnoaftea. -- «I« emscieetioua objector«, have mt MRS. WM. BUTTS WAS VERY SICK Cnt Fd CMS to L;£> L V<——• hr «Ihrtoo, a-' *8 VagWtsbi« ''I took Lydia EL Pfnk Compwmd tomato* mo g Émn| rtnitHwIilwl my bock and r* table Cod m don't bother and I can do «y "I * "™ 11 " 1 ' .Vffl for my children now, tohare before I did notfeel Him doing ÂiÆSKSUi'.ss; hiroiikl help me, but I was afraid to try itbecaoMMOTle said it would help yooto have children and I knew I wad having children fast enough. thou ght if it would belpmett > better to have • whole bouse fnD of children and have good health. I be stranger from taking ft and my husband uyi I look like a Ihre instead of a dead one. When Spring cornea I am going to take your Blood M * dic *n«," l afnve ry thin. I wffl an T? f r om "T unman who arft a bout y our medicine. - Mrs. William Butts. Wallston, Ohio, But 1 would bo 99 Men or Mora? Several aclentl«8 have come to the conclusion that Martians actually 1st, and are a race not vary different from our own. They are said to have proofs that Mars is In the condition that the earth is approaching—that la» a desert. ^ _ ex Wind erosion has removed the moun tains and hills and the seas have dis appeared. The canals are not ditches nor water-courses, but vegetation each side of conduits of water used as routes of travel. These scientists also hope to on « prove that beings of an Intelligence and a civilisation far In advance of 1st on Mara. ours ex DEMAND "BAYER** ASPIRIN Taka Tablets Without Foar If Vow the Safety "Bayer Cross." Warning! Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bay« Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 28 years Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin Imitations may prove dangerous—Adv. » Women Filipino Farmer » Women «udents were admitted this year to study agriculture In the col lege of agriculture at Los Banos, Phil ippine islands, and seven are now en rolled. Several have petitioned for ad mission to the farm school at Monos, but so far their application has been denied. * Why That Bad Back? Is backache keeping you upeet? Feel I tired out—so nervous and dispirited hardly keep going' Then look kidneys! Your kidneys rid the poisonous waste. But if they lag. Impurities accumulate and poison the whole system. Then one is apt to »offer backache, »tabbing pains, hoed aches, dizziness and other annoying kidney irregularities If tout kidneys are sluggish, help them with a diuretic. Use Doan's Pitts. They are praised the world over. Ask your neighborl all you can to your body of A Mr». A- V. Ktnery, «U W. Front 8L, Ltviagston, Mont., «ays: "A severe at tack of k I d n ajr trouble had me reef ing mighty bad sad for tan week« | could do nothing sä ut sharp, i ovar, I couidi ap and felt aa there ware a knife »tabbing Into my back. I bad "u?tSd^aS£- b °*- ° f D °" r * DOAN'S WBiULART ORJBETIC TO THE K2DNKYS P i H i MB. » C*>.M|g rk . 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