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GREAT FALLS DAILY TRIBUNE
W. M. Bolt. Editor Û SL Wonka
Leonard C. ZHcM Butine»
EDITOR rAL PACE
A FOREIGN MARKET OR
POST MORTEM
THE editor of The Tribune has
just received from* Senator
T. J. Walsh a copy of a bill intro
duced in the senate by Senator
Norris of Nebraska entitled the
"Farmers Export: Financing Cor
poration," together with a covering
letter in which Senator Walsh ex
presses the opinion that the prin
ciple of the bill should be called
to the attention of the farmers of
Montana. We agree with Senator
Walsh that the farmers of the
United States are not familiar
enough with th« vital part that
foreign trade, exports and imports
play in fixing the price of their
products and on their general pros
perity. Hon- Carl Vrooman, late
assistant secretary of agriculture
under the Wilson administration,
recently discussed in a public ad
dress the principle of this Norris
bill which deals with the export
side of the foreign trade as it af
fects farm products prices. He
says:
"The farmer is being smothered
in his surplus crops. It remains to
be seen whether he is going to be
provided with export markets now
or a post mortem later. Unless
given at once a foreign outlet for
their surpluses a million more farm
ers will go benkrupt before fall.
Moreover, the business stagnation
and paralysis resulting from the
destruction of the purchasing power
of the farmer is costing the country
more every month than the total
value of these surpluses. If they
could be disposed of in no other
way, we all*'Would be- better off if
they were dumped into the sea.
"In tragic contr« t with this
stupefying .pcct.de, hundreds of
millions of people m Europe and
Asia are ragged, cold, starving and
unable to utilize either their idle
labor or their idle factories, for
lack of the very things that e ,
rotting in our fields, granaries and |
warehouses.
"But while
these war broken
with
countries have no money 1
which to buy our products they ;
have lands, forests, mines, ac
tories and mills, as a sound basis
for long time credit an in ustrious ^
and thrifty populations, rea y an .
pathetically eager to mu tip y many ;
times over, the value of our raw
materials, by working them up in
manufactured goods upon which
we would have a first lien.
"All that is required to enable
us in a sane and businesslike way
to fill their aching economic void
from our swollen economic sur
plus, is a financial mechanism that
will extend to them the long time
credits to which they are reason
ably entitled, in order to enable
them to purchase our surplus cot
ton, wool, pork corn, oats, wheat,
etc.
"Our ablest and most conserva
tive statesmen and bankers declare
this plan to be quite feasible. Ad
ministration leaders declare that
the creation of some such finan
cial instrumentality is the logical
and practical thing to do but that
unfortunately public opinion hsa
not yet crystallized effectively in
favor of such a step.
"In order to help focus the prac
tically unanimous latent sentiment
of farmers and Jbusiness men
throughout the country in favor of
such a project the agricultural,
business and labor organizations
are being invited to join in organ
izing mass meetings during the last
week in May and the first week in
June in every school district in
the United States, to pass resolu
tions and get petitions signed call
ing upon congress to create without
delay an agricultural foreign fi
nancing corporation to extend àp
propriate credits to nations, cor
porations, co-operative societies of
individuals wishing to buy our sur
plus farm products and having
real security to offer.
"Luckily, not a dollar of the ini
tial capital of the corporation wili
have to be taken from the taxpay
ers' pockets. It can be loaned by
act of congress from the profits so
recently made by the U. S. Grain
corporation. In order to repay as
soon as possible the government's
fifty million dollar advance, each
farmer could be required to buy
ten per cent of the amount of his
export sales in stock of the fi
nancing corporation, and in order
to enlarge the scope of its opera
tions the finance corporation should
be empowered to issue and sell de
bentures up to a maximum of ten
times its paid in capital.
"Representatives of farm or
ganizations will be working with
our congressmen, senators and
committees from now on until the
bill finally becomes a law. If it is
passed before our mass meetings
have been held, thes* greetings will
money >n(i c „ d ,, Si
^ obstacl(! b „ w „„ „ s and
be turned into celebrations, ex
pressing the popular appreciation
of the promptness and intelligence
with which congressmen an<| sena
tors have met a great jiational
menace.
"I venture to suggest that not in
all history has there been a time
when as simple a device could have
unloosed so many pent-up energies
and brought about so widespread a
business revival. Such a step
would tend gradually to relieve the
strain on the little banks and that
in turn would relieve the strain
they are placing on the large cen
tral banks.
"By restoring to the farmer a
part of his lost purchasing power,
the goods would begin to move off
the shelves of the retailers, and
warehouses of the wholesalers and
jobbers would begin to be emptied
again and the wheels of a myriad
mills and factories gradually
would be set in motion. The em
ployment given to labor by gradu
ally restoring its normal purchas
ing power would react to add mo
mentum to the upward movement
started in the markets of the coun
try.
"America, that amazed the world
by its intelligence and driving pow
er during the war, has stupefied
and sickened the world since the
signing of the armistice, by its
pathological and suicidal unwill
ingness to extend long time credits
to nations having ample security to
offer in exchange for our swollen
and rotting surpluses. But I am
an optimist. I realize that Amer
ica's troubles are purely mental and
spiritual. While Europe has giant
material difficulties such as short
age of food, fuel, clothing, raw
the
only obstacle between us and un
limited prosperity is a fatal inabil
ity to see straight, think straight,
and act decisevely. This weakness
^ unwor ^jjy fear lest by doing the
. . . , . , , 1--1
is born of greed, partisanship and
obviously desirable thing to help
ourselves, we may at the same time
do something to help some one else.
.. Afetr spen ding billions upon
bUUons q{ dollars t0 help in war,
an( j approximately fifteen bil
L.^ doHars of credit extende d to
g urQ p e during and immediately af
^ war, our sudden décision of
^ £ ew mon ths ago to do nothing
more for Europe—not even to sell
. ,
out our worse than useless sur
pluses on well secured long time
credits, can only be explained by
experts in post war mental path
ology.
'We have put ourselves in the
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position of the boy who had 'blown
his girl to an expensive dinner, tak
en her to the theater, dropped in at
a cabaret for midnight 'feed' and
whirled her home in a taxi—but
who resolutely refrained from kiss
ing her good night on the ground
that 'he had already done enough
for her.' What the girl thought
of that 'boob' is practically what
the rest of the world thinks of us
and what will be the final and
hilarious verdict of history— unless
we brace up promptly and act like
a nation of 'he-men.'
"It is not our intention to de
tract from or depreciate the ef
forts of the war finance corpora
tion or the proposed national for
eign trade corporation as we are
in accord with their basic princi
ple, but herein is sought an imme
diate relief from a more and more
menacing, acute condition which
they are not in a position to meet.
"We are supposed to be a busi
ness nation and this is supposed
to be a 'business administration.'
The question that congress and our
people have to decide is, are we
or are we not, willing to investi^""
$50,000,000 in order to forestall
losses and realize profits amount
ing to billions of dollars in the
added impetus given to industry
and agriculture by the opening of
our clogged and dam(n)ed chan
nels of foreign commerce"
Mr .Vrooman says nothing of the
import side of foreign trade as in
fluencing farm prices and all other
prices, but it- ought not be hard to
understand that if foreign nations
can sell us no goods they can buy
no goods unless they have gold. It
is useless to give them long time
credit unless they can pay at the
end of' the credit and they must
pay in goods of some kind. Con
gress is now engaged in framing
a tariff bill designed to keep all
foreign goods out of our markets.
Already Europe is unable to pay
the interest in gold on the fifteen
or twenty billion dollars she owes
us. It is useless to increase the
debt unless we are prepared to take
our pay in what she has to give us,
and that is goods and not gold.
Now that all the girls dress like
that, the vamp has to do some real
acting to put over the idea of wicked
ness.—Lincoln Star, > ..
The Haskin Letter
By FkEDEMCK
J. HASKIN
treasuryand patent office, were all not
more than three stories a bo re ground.
This gavp uniformity of style to the
gov . er £ ment architecture, and variey
was achieved hv using different kinds
of columns and porticos after Greek
Washington, June ll.-f-Is the city
of Washington to become a tangled
ränge of skyscrapers, like lower New
York, or is it to be developed as a
thing of balanced architectural beauty
as its founders planned?
Now that the war emergency, with
its justification for housing the gov
ernment anywhere, is over, this
question is receiving a good deal of dis
cussion. Some think that the old
buildings and the temporary buildings
should be replaced - by typical modern
office structures, so that the greatest
.possible amount of space may be had
for the money expended. Others con
tend that the capital of the nation
should be a thing of beauty, and that
each building should be a unit in a
carefully considered artistic scheme.
Meantime, what actually exists is a
curious mixture. The old government
buildings, of which the state, war and
navy building ia the best example, are
curious survivals of an old type of
architecture. They are picturesque,
uncomfortable and inconvenient. Most
of the more recent permanent build
ings, like the new interior building,
are exactly like the office structures
found in every American city. And all
about and between these representa
tives of the old America and the new
are the acres of wooden shacks, built
during the war and still occupied be
cause there is nowhere else for their
occupants to go.
L'Enfant, the man who planned this
city, seems to be forgotten, and with
his influence is going some of the pic
turesqueness which has always made
Washington a sightseers' paradise. Not
even the most amateurish traveler
would stop to gape at any of the new
red tape factories, or describe one of
them in letters home.
It is true that some of the newer
buildings are strictly temporary in char
acter. Thus, the department of jus
tice, a tall white stone office building
is merely rented by the government.
Some day—perhaps when the present
commodious quarters are outgrown—
there will be a specially built depart
ment of justice.
Temporary Buildings.
The huge munitions and navy build
ings in Potomac Park where Washing
ton's war shacks were thrown up. are
temporary, substantial as they look.
But until the war and nary depart
ments find enough room somewhere
else, the obstructions to the view of the
Potomac river obviously cannot be re
moved.
The war risk skyscraper is also re
garded as 8 temporary affair, so far
as the government is concerned. The
site had been dug for a private office
building when the ^government bought
it to put up a shop large enough to
house the war insurance operations.
The result is a honeycomb of office
rooms fitted together with the one
idea of getting as many rooms as pos
sible into a given space. It will re
main government property, no doubt
so long as the war risk regiment is in
service.
The gentlemen of 1872. who protest
ed at the state, war. and navy build
ing being four stories high, with a
mansard attic as an additional flaunt
at tradition, should be here to look up
the war risk building's 11 closely packed
stories.
In 1S72, two stories was the proper
height for a government office struc
ture, and the White House, eapitol.
pc
and Roman eiamples.
The buildings then were planned to
allow for a setting of grass and flow
er beds. Now. the War Risk and other
pr DPQR. lur "m inoR '««« • .
npw bu a dings have tiny grass plots
< . 1 »L k t ■> nitr ctrOPt
less than the width of a city street.
pungent paragraphs
The Cream ot the Nation'* Humor
George Bernard Shaw has dropped
the George from his name. There are
some Georges (now in England with
whom he would not. eare to be cou
fnsed. Columbia (S. C.) State.
In a chase after jewel robbers in
New York the pursuing policeman suc
ceeded in shooting one thief and one
spectator, which might he considered
an unprejudiced average.—Cleveland
Plain Denier.
Cuba is said to have tailless rats
But the story doesn't say how many!
drinks must be consumed before thev
are visible to the naked eye.—Toledo
Blade.
It, appears that some of the well
known teeth in the prohibition en
forcement. laws are of the kind that
are removed at nightfall and placed
in a tea-cup until next morning.—
Kan.- a s City Star.
Mr. Harvey has not yet informed
Belgium that we fed her in order to
get, rid of a surplus and c ave the sKin
of the American farmer.- Baltimore
Lloyd George's comparison of Euro
pean politics to checkers is good when
you remember how the kings arc
jumping backward over there.-—Wash
ington Post.
W. A. Brady says ninety per cent
of motion pictures are clean. The
producers clean up with the other ten
per cent.--Greenville (S. C.) Piedmont.
Ktpfanson's going to take a trip
three hundred and fifty miles beyond
the North Pole. Probably pay for it
out of the money he'll save on his
Tribune.
A New York girl of fifteen years
has got herself into trouble by having
two husbands. Poor thing—too young
to know better. By the time she's
sixteen she'll have learned to take her
husbands consecutively.—Tacoma Led
ger.
Some people are wondering what
they serve at those English luncheons
to make our admirals and others so
exceedingly ' verbose.—Buffalo Com
mercial.
To differentiate, the two horrors,
Tulsa seems to have been more dis
tinctly representative of hell and
Pueblo of high water.—Anaconda
Stauda rd.
One always feel? safe when riding
in the auto of a friend who is an in
surance agent after he has persuaded
you to take out a policy in his com
pany.—-Toledo Blade.
A SKYSCRAPER CAPITAL.
It is all enough to make L'Enfant and
" ashington send a protest back
through Sir Oliver Lodge.
Thea« purely utilitarian structures
are regarded as temporary, but the
government moves ponderously with a
great and prolonged rumbling for every
inch it advances. It will be years be
fore all these emergency buildings are
discarded. And when they are, what
are the permanent ones to be like?
We can get a good idea by turning
to the admittedly permanent govern
ment building latelly erected. The In
terior, Labor. Commerce, Engraving
and Internal Revenue buildings.
Only the Internal Revenue building,
across the street from the treasury,
is an exception to the tendency to
ignore architecture and tradition. It
is a return to the style of the treasury,
and would be one of the show places
of the show places of the district if it
were surrounded by shrubbery and
grounds instead of being jammed on
one side by a theater and at the back
by a bank.
The New Buildings.
The others are long blocks of brick
or stone. They are efficient office
buildings, but as material for souvenir
post cards or a background for tour
ists to have their pictures taken
against, they are distinctly inferior to
the old be-columned buildings.
The last anybody rfeally heard of art
in connection with government offices
was in 1912. Then designs were un
der consideratiou for State, Commerce,
Justice and Supreme Court buildings.
The drawings were dignified and im
posing, with the classic arches, friezes,
statuary, and columns, so long sacred
to the temples of government activity.
These needed buildings were to be
located south of Pennsylvania avenue,
where the government owns large
tracts of land, still presumably reserv
ed for government structures. In this
section there is room for a number of
buildings, each with the spacious out
look, which, to L'Enfant's mind, was
to be the great charm of Washing
ton. The proposed buildings were
planned and assigned to definite places
in this spacious parking. And there
their history ended.
The government structures now
south of Pennsylvania avenue, com
pared with those north of it in the
business section are ample evidence of
I'Enfant's wisdom. Nearly all of the
show buildings ar e south of the av
enue.
The only trouble with those directly
on Pennsylvania avenue is that they
face backwards. The White House
war department, and treasury in an
impressive row. all present their back
yards to cameras and visitors alike.
The fronts, far more attractive, face
on parking, and would be scarcely
recognized in a picture, even by Wash
ingtonians.
This situation is partly due to the
fact that there is no direct thorough
fare at the real front of these budd
ings. as there is at the back. The
street on which they face travels a
round-about, way past, the White House
gardens, which bulge in exasperating
curves. Business, even government
business, seeks the quicker back-door
route.
L'Enfant's plan received one of its
first, jolts in this front-door versus
back proposition Then I'ennslivania
avenue was knocked one-sided at the
treasury department and the view from
the capito! to the White House, sup
posed to be one beautiful mile-long
vista, was cut into two pieces. Siuce
then the intentions of congress have
always been good, but extenuating cir
cumstances have too often been plead
as an excuse for sacrificing art. If
Washington continues as it is heading
now. it can only be expected to drop
in the list of beautiful capitals to an
unenviable place.
T5he SPIRIT
o/AMERICA
DAILY
EDITORIAL
DIGEST
Prepared Exclusively tor The Tribus*
Today 1 * Sub fact:
THE NEW SHIPPING BOARD.
The majority of the press has set
its stamp of approval upon the ap- 1
pointment of Albert D. Lasker as Î
chairman of the I'nited States ship-!
ping board, a job that is generally ad
mitted to be a thankless if not a hope
less one. Of course, not everybody is
pleased, and the disappointment ex
pressed by the Springfield Republican
(Ind.) is echoed by a small minority.
Under the caption, "A Board of
Novices." the Richmond Times Dis
patch (Dem. I predots "a sorry out
look."' It quotes the Springfield Re
publican's remark that instead of
choosing a man of the calibre of the
president of the steel corporation tfie
president took Mr. Lasker, "who
knows little or nothing about shipping,
or the export trade, although he is re
puted to have interests in an automo
bile company, a pork and beans fac
tory, a cereal food concern, and the
Chicago National league baseball club."
The Times Dispatch suggests that "per
haps Mr. Harding is not altogether to
blame" for he tried, so it is said, to
get experienced men. but ended up
with what savors of political appoint
ments." On this "landlocked" ship
ping board, says the Baltimore Even
ing Sun (Ind. Dem.) "we find poli
ticians a-plenty." and "sectional con
siderations." the Brooklyu Eagle (Ind.
Dem.) complains, have had loo much
influence in the appointments, for
what, is needed "is a national policy
rather than a program designed to
serve the purpose of locality."
Such criticisms, however, are the.
exception and not the rule, and the
Democratic Roanoke (Va.) World
News considers it "most fortunate that
th e Democrats are inclined to criti
cize" the Lasker appointment, for "if
one may judge from his past record"
the new chairman "will make good in
a big way." With this statement the
Memphis News Scimitar (Ind.) agrees
declaring that the affairs of the ship
ping board "will be carried ou in a
vigorous, business-like manner." The
Pittsburgh Gazette Times (Rep.) ap
parently has a similar estimate of Mr.
Lasker and his new associates as well,
for it. remarks:
"What, is wanted is action. Happily
we shall get that now with a board
composed of men who can and will co
operate under the leadership of au ex
executive deeply concerned for pro
moting the welfare of the nation."
The Vork Evening Post (Ind.),
too, finds the appoi ^ments "on the
whole," good. "A bVeintpi task lies
before the board," says the Post, and
"Mr. Lasker, the new chairman, is a
shrewd and energetic business man."
The "welcome news to Republicans
and Democrats alike" of these appoint
ments, as the Florida Metropolis
(Jacksonville, Dem.) puts it, means
the beginning of a policy, says the
Washington Post (Ind.), that the coun
try "will hail with satisfaction and de
light"
The fact that none of the members
come from the great ports is consid
ered a distinct advantage by the Port
land Oregonian (Ind. Rep.):
"We may now expect to see," it
says, "the government's merchant fleet
administered to serve the commerce of
all the people without special favor to
any port wher e shipping business is
now concentrated nor to any shipping
companies, but without discrimination
against them."
"The chief function of the board,
which is "to find a market in other
countries for the surplus products of
the American nation," may be especial
ly served," th e Albany Times-Uaton
(Ind.) believes, under the chairin'in
ship of Mr. Lasker, for. in the opinion
of the Tacoma Ledger (Ind.) "he is an
organizer and a business man of ex
ceptional ability, whose sound judg
ment and quick decision have earned
him millions in his own business."
Another potential quality of Mr.
Lasker is seen by the Syracuse Post
Standard (Rep.) in the fact that he
was "Johnson's supporter in Chicago"
and "stands well with the congress
men in the trans-Mississippi," there
fore, he will doubtless be able to bring
about tariff adjustments "to meet the
needs of American exports as well as
protection against imports," which the
Post-Standard thinks is necessary for
the success of our merchant marine.
Several newspapers, while they have
no adverse criticism to register, feel
that the choice of Mr. Lasker is. as the
Lynchburgh News (Dem.) remarks,
"an experiment." It would be difficult,
says the Houston Post (Dem.) "to
imagine a more difficult job than he
has had wished on him by thç 1'resi-^
dent. If he fills it satisfactorily he will!
have proved worthy of all that his
admirers have said of his business
genius." The New York Times find.
Dem. t quotes a characterization of the
new chairman as " a human dynamo"
with '" rare genius for organization,"
abilities which, it tersely concludes, "he
will certainly need in his new posi
tion."
The Sioux City Journal (Rep.)
which hints that "a higher call may
await Mr. Lasker if his conduct of the
shipping board is successful" feels that
since he has "political ambitions, his
energy as chairman of the shipping
board will no doubt be directed in such
a way as to win the approval of the
administration.
As to the policy of the new board,
the Baltimore Sun find. Dem.» calls
"divorcement as rapidly as possible of
the government from the business of
operating the American merchant mar
ine" a "pleasing promise. But the New
York Globe (Ind.). though it recog
nizes the administration's desire to
fight shy " in every line of endeavor
of anything approaching government
ownership," it nevertheless feels that
the nation "may conceivably do better
to hang on to its merchant fleet un
til the market has recovered somewhat
than to sell when prices are at the
bottom." The New York Posh (Ind. I
looks at the shipping board's task in
a slightly different light. It sa.vs:
'Chairman Lasker and his aides ran
serve the country best if they reorgan
ize the board's offices on a business
basis and map out a policy of a steady
liquidation to be unflinchingly pur
sued."
Crop Outlook Has Put
Phillips in Delirium
of Joy, Result of Rain
Speeial to 'Hie Tribune.
Malta. June 20.—Phillips county has
a larger area in crops than ever be
fore. for despite failures of the past,
the farmers are optimistic enough to
try "just once more." and the seed
loans obtained have enabled them to
do so. All kinds of grain are well ad
vanced, have a good stand and are
most promising. Alfalfa has never
been heavier and is just about ready
to cut for the first crop.
The range is in the finest kind of
condition, with plenty of water in the
holes for stork, while never before in
the history of the oldest old-timer has
the grass in meadows or on hay lands
been taller or thicker, and hay. with
out any additional moisture, will be
verv plentiful, even on bench lands and
hills.
Potatoes are growing fast and prom
ise an exceptional yield.
Lawns and gardens in Malta are at
tractively beautiful and cieed little or
no artificial irrigation.
From the rainfall so far this sea
son the farmer has golden visions of
a rosy future for himself and family:
the merchants smile for they know
they will receive those outstanding
bills and establish a better rating for
themselves. The bankers, too. are in
a happier mood and people generality
rejoicing and exclaiming. "Isn't it won
derful! Just fine! The country's sav
ed!" and all just because it rained. The
precipitation for June thus far has
been 2.72 inches.
Allies Dissolve
German Societies
in Rhine District
Cobleuz. June 20.—The interallied
high commission had ordered dissolu
tion of the branches in the Rhineland
of three German societies- the
"Deutsche Offezier Bund." the "Reichs
arbeitnachweiss Fur Offizieren and
the "Oknlusas." These organizations
are of a military character and the
abolition of the Rhineland branches
is cons'dered advisable, to prevent the
possibility of endangering the S! )f pt - V
of the allied troops, it was explained.
Fare and Half Is Set
for Veterans' Reunion
Kalispell. June 20.—A reduced rate
of a fare and a half will be effective
for the .state cncanipment of the * Hit
ed Spanish war veterans here, June
to 25, it is announced. The entertain
ment of the several hundred visitors
will include a lake excursion and auto
mobile trips.
Getting Along Good
Women are as great sufferers from
kidney and bladder ailments as T " en -
Foley Kidney Pilla help rid the blood
stream of impuritiea that cause rheu
matic pains, backache, swollen, aching
joints and stiff, painful muscles. Mrs.
Carey, Box 01, R. F. D. No. '2 Mid
dleton, N. Y„ writes: "I had kidney
trouble ever since I was a little girl,
but I am getting along good since l
hare taken Foley Kidney Pills- I hey
act immediately and help restore the
kidneys to healthful activity. Great
Falls Drug store.— Adr.
FOR LEGION MEET.
Men Prominent in State and
Nation Will Attend Third
Annual Convention.
Special to the Tribune.
Helena, June 20. —- Tentative pro
gram of the third annua! convention
of the American Legion to be held at
Lewistown June 27-28 was given out
from the state headquarter., Sunday.
It follows:
Monday morning, Juns 27.
10 a. m. Convention cai'ed to order
by William G. Ferguson. s:ate com
mander. Address of welcome bv the
Mayor of Lewistown. Address by Gov
ernor Joseph M. Dixon. Business ses
sion until noon. 12:30 p. m. street
parade.
Afternoon sessions begining at 2 p.
m. Business meeting until 4 p. m 4»
p. m. posts drill team competition for
Malta trophy. 5 p. m. barbecue and
fish fry. 8 p. m. boxing exhibition.
Toesday, June 28.
Business session opens at 0 a. m.
Recess untill noon. Election of state
officers national delegates and selec
tion of next meeting place at. after
noon session. Night session if neces
sary. Convention meetings will be held
at the Judith theatre.
Many dances and other entertain
ment features are being planned.
The first state convention of the
women's auxiliary of the American
Legion will be held at Lewistown on
the same dates and an elaborate pro
gram of entertainment is being planned
for them. State headquarters of the
American Legion and the auxiliary will
be established at the Fergus hotel.
Among the distinguished visitors who
will be present at the convention are:
Governor Josepr M. Dixon. Adjutant
General Charles L. Sheridan. C. A.
Zuppann. D. V. O. of the federal board
of vocational education, Alvin M. Ows
ly, assistant national director of the
American lésion commis;, icn, Robert
A. Le Roux, field representative na
tional headquarters, the American Le
gion. M. A. Newell, state commander
of Wyoming and Major K. B. Keen of
the IT. S. army.
Cashier's Conviction
in Liberty Bond Deal
Reversed on Appeal
Helena. June 20.—The state supreme
court Monday banded down an opinion
reversing the conviction of W. J. Wal
lin, of Rosebud county, on a charge of
grand larceny and further directed that
the information against, the defendant
be dismissed and that he be discharg
ed from custody.
Wallin was formerly cashier of the
Rosebud State bank. It was alleged
that he had made wrongful use of a
$500 Liberty bond subscribed for by
Hugh Lynch through the Rosebud
bank. The supreme court held that
Wallin's action in placing the Liberty
bond—for which Lynch had not fin
ished paying—in another bank to se
cure payment of a loan made to the
Rosebud bank, was not criminal and.
therefore, his conviction was unwar
ranted.
New Trial Is Granted
in Stolen Heifer Case
Helena, June 20.—A new trial was
granted William T. Bönning of Bea
verhead county. Monday by the state
supreme court. He had been convicted
on a charge of receiving the carcas
of a heifer known to have been stolen.
The reversal of Bönning'.« conviction
was based upon the error of the trial
judge in instructing the jury that Bon
ning's flight from the state, after hav
ing beeu arrested on a larceny charge,
could be taken into consideration by
the jury in determining his guilt upon
the charge of receiving stolen property.
Nomination of Booth
Goes Before Senate
Washington. June 20.—Evan Evans,
of Grangeville, Idaho, was nominated
Monday to be collector of internal rev
enue for the district of Idaho; James
H. Anderson, of Salt Lake City, to be
revenue collector for the district of
Utah ; Edwin H. Booth, of Montana, to
be solicitor for the department of the
interior: and John L. May. of Salt
Lake City, to be assayer in charge of
the Salt Lake assay office.
HAIL KILLS BIRDS
Special to The Tribune.
Lewistown. June 20. — The hail
storm here Thursday afternoon killed
numbers of robins and other birds in
various parts of the city. The num
ber of windows broken proved to b?
large, TO being shattered in St. Leo's
Catholic church alone.
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Special to The Tribune.
Lewistown, June 20. — • There has
been a heavy registration for the sum
mer school that is to open here Tues
day, all of central Montana and the
section as far northwest qg Kalispell
being repr^ented. The school will
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direction of the state university, the;
normal school at Dillon and the county
high school here furishing the faculty.
LAKE McOONALD ROAD
Special to the Tribnne.
Kalispell, June 20.— A crew of 200"
men are now engaged in the construc
tion of a road around Lake McDonald
which will probably be ready for travel
this season.
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