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.CI TO BE MEN IIP EOCAL SCALE Series of Meetings to Unify Efforts of U. S. and States Planned. Washington, < let. 7.—The fight against high prices on necessities of life will be carried with renewed vigor to the country, this month, and .waged through a series of meetings expected to enlist the co-operative efforts of lederal, state and local officials. A decision to adopt this jnethod was reached, today, in a conference held] between 1'. S. Attorney General Palmer j and a committee of the national associa tion of state attorney generals. Mr. Palmer, or a representative of j his department, expects to attend all the gatherings and will leave Washing- j ton, October 27, for a tour of mid-; western states, where the first meetings are to be called. In each state, according to the plans ! promulgated, the governor and attorney ! general Will cail together district at - ; torneys,. mayors and members of the local fair-price organizations. Actual j steps which can be taken to ferret out | profiteering locally and in conjunction j with the national effort, will be con sidered. Attorney General Clifford Holton, of j Minnesota, chairman of the committee, j advocated the passage by states of uni form acts similar to that adopted in Minnesota, which vests state agricultural authorities with power and funds to in vestigate violations of the food acts. FIRST FLIEH OFF .S. Fifty Machines Ready for Hop Off at Mineo'a and 17 on Way. Mineola, Oct. 7. Air Commodore L. E. D. Charlton, air attache of the Rritifh embassy at Washington, was selected, tonight, as the first aviator to be sent, away from here, tomorrow morning, in the' great trans-continental air race and reliability test to San Francisco and return. Commodore Charlton, who is tb highest, ranking officer enter contest, will fly a will alternate is Lieutenant 11. E. embassy staff. At sundown tonight fifty machines, representing eight different nations were lined up on Roosevelt field awaiting th< signal of Major Gênerai Thomas 11. ! - I ! j I I j ! ! ! : j ; I j i ! 1 j d in the Bristol machine and pilot with Flight Traill, also of the Barry, commanding the department o the east. Seventeen other machines had eithe arrived or were on their way here. T'n contest is limited to military aviators. Municipal League to Hold Convention Next in Great Falls Butte. Oct. 7.-—Representatives of Montana municipalities of the first, and second class, in conference here today, discussed tax assessments as of increasing city revenue. Th assessment of a grain elevator doing a business of $1.250,(MM) annually in Rig Sandy. Mont., at a third of the legal amount was cited by one of the speakers as "the reason why taxes are so heavy on single-story frame buildings and why city treasuries are impoverished." À legislative committee was named to draft legislation to be proposed to the next legislature. Mayor IL W. Brown of Cascade was elected president of the municipal league: City Clerk W. 11. Harrison of Great, Falls, secretary, and Mayor John Dryburgh of Helena, vice-president. Great Falls won over Billings and Dil lon as the next convention city after several tie ballots bad been recorded. means alleged mast Superior In Flavor and more substan tial than ordinary corn flakes. says If you want to have the very best, ask for POST TOASTI j j 80 in Stanford Faculty Ask Johnson to Drop Pact Fight Palo Alta, Cal., Oct. 7.—Eighty members of the faculty of Stanford univertiy have signed a petition call ing upon Senator Hiram W. Johnson to withdraw his opposition to the peace treaty and the league of na tions in its present form and urging him to vote for immediate ratification without amendment or reservation. The petition states that failure of congress to ratify the treaty and the league covenant would encourag'o re actionary and destructive forces at work in Europe today and would im peril the objects for which the United States fought in the war. EPI FORBI a Committee Proposes New ( an on to Bar Marriage When Mate Is Living. I I ! I i ! ' ! Detroit, « »ct. 7. Clergymen of the Episcopal church will be prohibited from olficiating at the marriage of any per son who has been divorced, if the general I convention of the denomination to open ! here October 8, adopts the report, of a j joint commission of bishops, clergy ami I laymen. ! The report, signed by the bishops of j I Xort.h Carolina. Chicago, Long Island, j Lexington, and \ ermont, issues a new j ! canon which reads: . ! "No marriage shall be solemnized 'n j ! this church between parties, either of j whom has a husband or wife still living, ! who has been divorced for any cause : arising after marriage. A minority report, signed by the Rev. j Leighton Parks, rector of St. Bathole ; mew's church. New York, and a member I of the commission, would make the jcanon read: "Xo minister, knowingly, after due j inquiry, shall solemnize the marriage i of any person who has been, or is the ! husband or wife of any other person 1 then living from whom he or she has j been divorced." Membership of the church will be asked for approximately .$1.500.000 the first, week in December, it. was indicated ■from an incomplete survey of the needs of the church shown in a summary pre sented to the mission today. TURKS DUPLICITE SEIZING OF K01IEH Allies Helpless to Afford Relief and Situation Beyond Con trol of Turkey. I | ! l of L'Information at Constantinople Turkish nationalist troops are said to number upwards of .'i00,000 men and commanded by Mustapha Kemal, seem to have precipitated in Asia Minor on a major scale a crisis similar to that which arose in Dalmatia when Captain D' ! Annunzio seized the city of Fiuine. I There is a feeling that the situation ' is beyond control of the Turkish gov ernment. and that the allied powers are helpless at present to afford any ap preciable relief. The task of working out the future status of Turkey has not progressed far in the peace conference. j Paris, Oct. 7.—General Ali Riza i Pasha, new Turkish grand vizier, has opened negotiations with Mustapha Kemal. Turkish nationalist leader whose troops recently took possession of the strategic city of Konich, according to a. fr.,,n fhil Knoeiol corresnondeiit int..i from the special correspondent) CHINA WAR. -(Bv The As. NORTH AND SOUTH Annoy, China, Oct. 7 sociated Press).—Hostilities between the northern and southern governments have been resumed, numerous troops leaving this city against the southern forces stationed at Chang Chow. The usual rice supply to this port has been cut. Gen. Denikine Captures 1 5,000 of Reds Around Veronezh. Copenhagen, Oct. 7.—General von (1er Goltz, commander of German forces in j the Baltic provinces, whose activities j there have recently led to sharp ex- | changes between tlie allied powers and I Germany, lias with his staff, joined the Russian bolshevik forces, according to a Berlin dispatch to the National Tid- j wide. quoting a report from Petrograd Telegraph agency. There is no confirma- | tion of the report obtainable here. B0 LSH E V I K I TAKEN. Oct. 7.—The capture of 15, I 5.000 I London, I 000 bolsheviki during operations around ! Voronezh by General Denikine's troops I is claimed in a communique received by i wireless from the general headquarters ! today. ' The Uenikine troops also took a large ! amount of booty. ! j j ! j j The Voronezh district lies to the south east of the Orel region, towards which another section of the Denikine forces was reported. October 2, to be rapidly advancing. General Denikine's report on these two fronts indicates a wide spread of territory along which his forces are advancing toward Moscow. FORCES OUT OF DVINSK. Stockholm. Oct. 7.—An intercepted Russian bolshevik wireless message from Moscow confirms the report that the bolsheviki have been forced to Abandon the town of Dvinsk between old Russia and Poland, says a telegram re ceived here from Reval. The red troops evacuated the place after they bad been defeated in violent fighting. I (Continued from Pace One) Monday. The examination was or dered by Attorney General Langer. The injunction issued by the state supreme court against Receiver Halderson. in addition to affecting the Fargo bank, also affects the question of declaring post-dated checks valueless for collateral pur poses. The baking board is temporarily enjoined from putting its order on post-dated checks into operation, and is required to show causo why it should not be permanently enjoin ed from doinc so. I n. d. examiners declare fargo bank hopeless failure Fargo, X. D.. Oct. 7.—A snpplemen | tary report, of state bank examiners to ! the state banking board, filed today, as l sorts that, the Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo, closed last Thursday b.v the banking board, is "hopelessly insol vent, without any reference to the condi tion of the excess loans criticized in our former report." Letters from H. J. Hägen, president of the Scandinavian-American bank, to the Bank of Du which j ! ' a. Savings and Commercial ua.il. ^ ^ ^ ^ Duluth bank he expected a call from the state bank department within a few «lays and arranging for a temporary loan of $81, 000. were made public by the examiners. Basis of Prosecution. The report of the examiners, referring to the Tmluth transaction, which has been made the basis of criminal pro seen tion of Hägen and Cashier P. R. Sherman says the transaction had the approval of the board and directors of the bank, as disclosed by minutes which are quot ed in the report. The purpose of the Duiutli transaction, the report of the examiners says, "would appear to be to keep the reserve as high as possible and larsrer than it actually was." Hägen and Sherman, waived prelimi nary examination, Monday, und posted tionds when arraigned on a charge pre ferred by P. E. Halderson, temporary re ceiver of th« bank, of concealing the bank 's actual condition, by presenting false statements to the state bank ex - aminers. Bootleggers Trapped Between Dead, Lose 200 Quarts at Midnight Reach, X. I>., Oct. 7.—At the hour «if midnight, between two cemeteries three miles south of Reach, two bootleggers parted with 200 bottles of bonded whisky and landed in a trap laid b.v assistant Attorney General F. K. t'ox. Two Reach business men are charged with complicity in the whisky smuggling. Two former Montanans. John Sknik j rnd and Fred Steveek, turned the whisky over to investigators of the attorney gen eral's department, whom they believed to be ordinary customers. Truth in Fabric Bill Due in Congress in December Session Chicago. Oct. 7.—The national sheep and wool bureau, today, was notified by its president, Alexander Walker, at Washington, that majority leaders in house and senate would introduce into congress at the December session, the bureau's- "truth in fabric" bill. The measure is proposed to compel la beling of wollen fabrics aud clothing to show the presence of shoddy and cotton. Poor Aim of Bomb Thrower Saves the Lives of a Family Hillings. Oct, 7.—A midnight attempt of an unknown would-be assassin to exterminate the family of J. Kumbola. proprietor of a restaurant in Red Lodge. Carbon county. failed when a bomb hurled at a bedroom window of the Kumbola residence in the heart of the residence section of the city missed the pane by inches and exploded on the window sill, shattering the pane anil partially wrecking one side of the house. I Xo one was injured y WEATHER Observations taken -at 6 p. m„ October 7, for ths preceding 24 hours. High. Low. Free. Great Falls 77 Calgary 70 Chicago (Ml Havre 78 Helena 70 kalisnell New ork St. Paul San Diego Seattle \\ illiston «0 so (Hi 7<> M 7 Ho 56 a»: 40 H, 4 5(5 40 (i0 4K HS Weather Conditions—Pacific Siope, Northwest and Canadian Northwest: Pressures are falling over the greater j part of the Pacific northwest with the j passage of a barometric disturbance | through the Canadian provinces. No I precipitation, however, has been reported during the past 24 hours from any sec tion of the region. Temperatures as a j rule are. higher than the seasonal aver in Montana and adjoining districts, | l, » t > n the immediate Pacific coast region. Montana Forecast: Generally fair Wednesday and Thurs day; cooler Wednesday afternoon or night; much cooler Thursday. . j j j (Continued from Page One) j j night," and is anxious to get back to work, White House officiols said. j Rear Admiral Grayson will keep the j president in bed for a time yet, despite I Mr. Wilson's earnest desire to attend to official duties. Mesages of sympathy continued to reach the White House today. One from President Ador, of the Swiss confedera tion. said: "The Swiss federal council, truly grieved to hear of your illness, begs you to accept its wishes of speedy and full recovery." A e.ablegrom from Presinent D'Arti guenave, of Haiti, said; "With most sincere wishes for speedy recovery, I send to his excellency, the President of the United States, senti ments of genuine sympathy in which the government and people of Haiti heart fully. join." ct. 7.—-Concern over the sident Wilson is expressed I ion newspapers, today. The j LONDON MUCH CONCERNED. London. Oct. 7.—Concern over the ! illness of Pref ' by many London newspape ! Chronicle says: "Xo sick bed of our time, or perhaps j any other time, has commanded sucn I universal sympathy. Xot only America, j but. mankind, has a lot and a part in the \ president's welfare. 'Political and diplomatic circles are I seriously preoccupied over the president's I illness." says the Mail. "Really no man j in the world concerns the world more than Mr. Wilson. In Great Britain we await news from him not less anxiously than do the American people them selves." King George Inquires. King George sent his private secre tary. Colonel Clive Wigram, to the American embassy to seek the latest j news regarding President Wilson's con ! dition. Colonel Wigram also was in j structed to express his majectv's sincere I sympathy. Wilson's Daughters Are Returning Home j f'^hire jvas »ken a» «P i j : j . j j j ] : j j ■ ! { J I Washington, Oct. 7. Mrs. William G. McAdoo, the president's daughter, who had been at the White House for several days, left, today, for her home in New York, rtnd Mrs. Francis Sayre. another daughter, will leave tonight. Their de of improvement in the president's condi tion. FORMER AUSTRALIAN PREMIER DIES. Sydney. X. S. W., Oct. 7. Alfred Deakin. former premier of Australia, died today. STHM A A VlCR 'sVv There is no "cure" but relief is often brought by— [ j j j : j ' > ! [ | | ! ICR'S VAPOR! •YOUR BODYGUARD"-30?.60J-75T20 EYS ACT BID ME» Says Backache Is Sign You Have Been Eating Too Much Meat. When you wake up with backache and dull misery in the kidney region it. gen erally means you have been eating too much meat, says a well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which overworks tin» kidneys in their effort to filter if from the blood and they become sort of paralyzed and loggy. Wheu your kidneys get sluggish and clog you must relieve them, like yon relieve your bowels; re moving all the body's urinous waste, else you have backache, sick headache, dizzy spells ; your stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment, channels often get sore, water scalds aud you are oblig ed to seek relief two or three times dur ing the night. Either consult a good, reliable physi cian at once or get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kid nycs will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lit hin, and has been used for generations to dean and stimulate sluggish kidneys, als«> to neutralize acids in the urine so it no longer irritates, thus ending bladder weakness. ' Jad Salts is a life saver for regular meat, eaters. It is inexpensive, cannot injure and makes a delightful, effer vescent. lithia-water drink. PIANOS, FLAYERS, OB AFONOLAS, BRCOBDS AN» KVKBYTH1NQ MUSIC AI. SU Central Ave. Phon» UN J WC (Continued from JPasre One). relieved by Kopf, who sent an easy one to Felsch in center. In the fourth, the Reds accumulated two more. Xeale sent one to right which j took an eccentric bound and -T. Collins cut across the field after it and it rolled on for a triple. After Rariden sent one to Gandil. Xeale being held. Ruether measured up to the crowd's expectations by doubling and sending Xeale across the plate. Rath hit to Risberg. who attempt ed to catch Ruether going to third, but the ball caught the runner in the back j and rolled to the stands, while the j pitcher scored and Rath made second. Sox Stick to Fcrm. A moment later. Rath, taking advant age of the momentary demoralization of the Sox stole third. Joe Jackson ended the trouble for his teammates by a bril liant catch of Daubert's short fly and a throw to Schalk, which killed Rath, who was attempting to score on the out. Chicago's first evidence of a return to form came in the fifth. Ruether was unsteady and walked Risberg and Schalk, Kerr beat it out a hit to short, filling the bases. J. Collins lined to Roush, but the ball was caught so close in that Risberg made no attempt to score. E. Collins, however, came to the rescue with a long fly to Roush on which the Sox shortstop scored. Out in a Tangle. j who. however, managed to scurry back j to second. Kerr meanwhile had "trotted j down to second and seemed not to com prebend what was happening when Schalk j came back. He stood still while Groh, j shouting madly to some one to take his I throw, finally ran up to the unprotect At this point a serio-comedy episode was produced by the base running. Roush threw to third ahead of Schalk, * ' "'»»■ •?' »"'»• "'«» I P a . st Groh ""VT 1' °, ls, ' n home wit run " hchalk sUjl " s «' on ^ but ing Kerr and tagged him for the third out. In the Reds' half of the fifth, with two down, Duncan reached third when Felsch dropped his long drive, but he died there, as Kopf was interrupted, Risberg to Gandil. Sox Get Busy in Sixth. In the sixth the Sox did their first clean consecutive hitting of the series. Weaver polled a short double just where there was no one to reach it and flashed across the plate a moment later on Jack son's single. Felsch, who already had a single to his credit, doubled, scoring Jackson. Manager Moran, who had been standing on the side lines, at this mo ment relieved Ruether. Ring was sent in. Gandil popped to Daubert and Ris berg grounded out, Kopf to Daubert, but Felch reached third. Schalk then singled ith the but Kerr V:M, f um COMPARE AND 33 THEN DECIDE Surely that is the only way to make a real decision and be per fectly sure that you have chosen the instrument you believe to be the best. And here is the only place in Great Falls where you can make such a decision. And remember that you can do so at any time without the slight est obligation to purchase. Your Credit Is Good Brunswick r Mahogany and Oak, height 47 inches, width 20 inches, depth 21 inches .... $140.00 Other models from . $90.00 Victrola XA Mahogany and Oak, with twenty four selections (twelve double faced 85c records ... $120.50 OUR Easy Terms ARE FOR YOU! 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Xeale got his third hit of the game, a single to left, Rariden grounded to Kerr, who became confused in throwing the ball, and Xeale went on to third, while the Red catcher was safe at first. Ring forced Rariden a moment later, ending the round. In the tenth Weaver doubled and Jack son singled, sending Weaver to third, and the handful of Chicago rooters put up a shout. ; proved to be the winning run. Jackson ' took second on the play. Risberg lined i to Kopf and Jackson was doubled off second. The last effort of the Red legs was brief and ineffectual. Roush went out, Collins to Gandil. Duncan fouled out to Schalk and Kopf was easy by the Collins Gandil route. LffiE IS ELECTED (( mvlnaert from Pofe On«) Gandil responded with a single to ccn | ter, which sent Weaver home with what Lane Regrets Wilson's Absence. In accepting the chairmanship. Sec retarv Lane said he regretted the absence of President Wilson and "the paused in its work to adopt unanimously i a resolution of sympathy with President : Wilson in bis illness and to hope for a 1 speedy recovery. 1 inspiring word" he might say to the con-; ference and added that news from the, White House was that the president might be able to address the conference before it adjourned. Discussing the purpose of the confer enee, Mr. Lane said the men "who talk Safe THiUc f*r infants invalids Wmx gr: Forlnfants,Invalidsand GrowlngChildren j Rich milk,malted grain extractin Powder The Original Food-Drink for Al! Ages | No Cooking — Nourishing — Digestible | i \ : . : a CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years of Always bears the Signature of revolution in this country forget w«! have had our revolution which gave us democracy." "A democracy does not settle things that way," he declared. There is only one overlord in the United States, Mr. Lane continued, and that is the people of this country. The conference voted unanimously to invite Secretary of Labor Wilson to sit j w ith the conference and advise its de j liberations. Secretary Wilson Invited. Nomination of Mr. Lane as chairman of the meeting was made by Frank Mor rison. secretary of the American Fed eration of Labor. It was seconded by Robert S. Brookings of St. Louis, the delegate for the public. Samuel Gompers. speaking on the mo tion. said Secretary Wilson had been suggested for permanent chairman and that, organized labor's assent to Mr. Lan«'s election was in no way a reflec tion on Mr. Wilson. The labor leader was applauded as he seconded Mr. Lane's nomination. Replying Mr. Wilson, paid a high tri bute to Secretary Lane. The two permanent secretaries of the. conference will be Lathrop Brown, for mer representative from New York, and . later a special assistant to Mr. Lane, : an(1 j 09e pli J. Cotter. Mr. line's prcs j eut executive assistant. ; — —— NEW JUGO-SLAV MINISTRY a FORMED IN BELGRADE ; Paris, Oct. 7.—A new ministry for j Jugo-Slavia has been formed in Bel | grade, according to dispatches. M ; Trikovitch has been^ named premier, and M. Trumbitch minister of foreign a: ! fairs.