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Great Event (Passes Off In
Orderly Way King
Witnesses Sight. ..
IVittorio Rolandi Ricci, Am
bassador to Washington,
Resigns.,
Rome, Nov. 1.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Vittoflo Rolandl
•JBccl, Italian ambassador at
Washington, has presented bis
resignation like biff colleagues,
Count Sforza, ambassador at
Paris, and' Senor Frassati, am
bassador at Berlin, wishing to
leave Premier Mussolini free to
choose bis own trusted men for
such Important posts.
It developed today that Pre
mier Mussolini' had sent a rdply
to the letter of resignation from
Count Sforza, which was received
yesterday, reproaching him for
his action and asking blm'to re
main at his post.
To xieopen Bourse.
Rome, Nov. 1.-—(By the Associated
^ress.)—Minister of Industry Rossi
in agreement with the minister of
the treasury has taken steps for the
immediate reopening of the Bourse,
it was semi-offlcially announced to
fday.
Rome', Nov. 1.—Italy will be on the
iroad back to normalcy today after a
.most exhilarating week that saw the
younger generation rise to power and
In a great triumph overthrow the old
er. politicians.
Tens of thousands of the vigorous
Fasclsti and their enthusiastic admir
ers who accompanied them here from
ftll over the land were on .the way
kkack
to their homes today.
Testerday theirs was the thrill of a
,real Roman triumph in which a mll
lion people made the streets ring with
applause for king'and'country and JDr.
'1 Benito Mussolini and his new Fasclsti
ministry had taken their oaths before
the sovereign. As soon as this formal
ceremony had' ended, .the blackshlrted
boys and men ~jyho brought about the
rise of Mussolini, marched as victors
through the ancient streets of the city,
crowded with concourse that
f. for the day doubled'the population
of Rome.' ,-• {.-•
Today, the •flush of ttfumph give
_M|L,tO:,.the
{Arab b\«si nesfc^fttill$ta£
dWWSfcFSJid hatioilil.Div Mussolini
wai thejJ«ib early, and he said he
wis goiftg' io'ie'efto it thateverybody:
•Ue engaged 4 the business of the na
tion followed suit. He made, it'plain
that he was vifbing to rule .' with an
Iron hand that Italy might the,sooner
he restored to a better, economic ba
sis, and a m.dte powerful place in ln
tern^tionalSftTalirs,
Tor the moment at least, .Comirtun
Ism has no pari in the life of Italy.
The onslaught
jot
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the Fasclsti liaa ren-
dered all. radicalism a paralyzing
blow1. Carrying their battles into the
labor temptes "and the meeting places
of their ah^gonjpts.the militant na
tionalists lifaye seTxed the records and
rosters ana Viirntd them.
Politically the chief topic In Italy
.today is what the fortune of the new
S cabinet will be when it goes before
the chamber of deputies. One thing
is certain. If Mussolini's government
does not receive a majority in the
chamber, he will have parliament dis
solved and' then the Fasclsti will take
their cause to the country. Musso
lini made this clear last Monday when
he built a new cabinet &t.the request
fef the king:
(By The Associated Press.)
Rome,. Nor. 1.—One hundred
thousand well disciplined Fasclsti
marched through Rome from the
north to'the wuth Tuesday to the
plaudits' of a mlllionltailao citl^
zens gathered In the capital from
all parts of the kingdom.
Their commander. Premier
Mussolini, was the oentralflgnre
of the procession.'like Ue outers/
who walked behind ibe leader
won the blade shirt of the organ
Isatkm. He was bareheaded and
In a.lrntton tiole was the Fascist!
badge, while on his sleeve were
several stripes showing ho had
been wounded In the ^rar.'
Mussolini was surrounded by his
generaJ jBtaff including Sfgiior Bianchi,
Signor de Vecchii a number of gen
erals', and several Fasclsti deputies.
He walked with a firm step the entire
four miles from Borghese'-park, where
the jiropession began'to the disband-
lng point at the railroad station.
For. six solid hours the. Fasclsti
walkeiS through the eternal city, many
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They Can "Now Solve
vtfFire\
New.Tib^^p*ll.-^oseph. Frwtb
jnonad 'pit 6AHy^ttda^W J»e-,
•ran from the lii4l*if* a? uptown
the, arrest mayv. a^d'Jn' splyini tn*
mystery two .fires I9 uptown apwrt
men^ recently
etory tenement ^thou*htJ»es4^jflamA)i.
Opening/ the d«or |je- httmpeA lntip
Prestomftwiol. *ho. w:sgi rttnnlM «ut,
nvan grabbed the, man foVfl#d him
to take ftto e^t itiid'heat, out-tlie
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FROM ARMORY AT
MANKATO TONIGHT
Mankato, Mjnn., Nov. 1.—!ol
onel W. S. Multon, commander of
the Fifth Reglmeat Minnesota
National Guard, with headquar
ters at Mankato, takes all reepon
slblllty for refuslvg Senator Rob
ert La Follette the use of Man
kato Armory this evening for the'
delivery of a political speech..
Colonel Fulton denied1 La Fol
letto the use o{ the armory be
cause of tho senator's war record.
The arrangements now are to
have la Folletto speak at the
Orpheum, theater In this city this
evening at 8 o'clock, according '.
to committees connected with the
Farmer-labor ticket.
IJUSOOESNT
HAKE FRAZ1ER
A REPUBLICAN
Says State Treasurer Steen
In Statement ^or J. F. T.
O'Connor!
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BiBmarck. N. D., Nov. 1.—Direct
taxes of $§86,000 have already been
levied to pay interest on bonds Issued
undei* the Nonpartisan league admin
istration, John- Steen, state treasurer,
declared in a 'Statement Tuesday. This
is Just a beginning Mr. Steep declared,
pointing out that delinquencies now
amounting to,$"439,000 in payments on
farm loans made under the Frasler
administration, create a, serious prob
lem and that unless the payments are
made taxes must be levied for pay
ment of bonds.
Declaring that "A Ford does not be
come a Packard because it is so la
belled," Mr. Steen issued a plea for
the election of Ji F. T. O'Cdnnor
Ijosscs Incurred.
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ed States senator. Declaring himself
to be a rife-long' Republican, he as
serted that Frazler is not a Republi
can and can not cl.aim support of
"Btraight Republicans." Mr,. Steen
said:
"l am supporting Mr. O'Connor for
United'States senator. "Why shouldn't
I? Two years ago I supported Mr.
O'Connor for governoV and' opposed
Mr. Frazier. This was not because of
any enmity toward Mr. Frazier or per
sonal friendship for Mr. O'Connor. It
was Mcause of the difference in the
things the two men stood for. So far
as I '.know the*i men still stand foe
t)ta sanie.:thinf0:they stood for then.
M?. Frarier jui governor asked. the-««i
jjctnuuityftf
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$&.S^»«mS"r^ltTl^reSiaftTure op^
p086d it. Hou0« BlU 44 ,made' 'the sky
the UmlC
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result of program, put
into operation by the"' Frazier admin
istration, the tax-payers of North Da
kota'Vill be compelled to make good
tremendous
^Direct taxes of
$986,000,000 have already been levied
to- pay interest on- bonds* issued for
the. purpose of carrying' out the league
program. This is Just the beginning.
No'tax has, as yet, been levied to pay
the-bonds wlj^n they become due. Due
to the fact inat real estate loans made
under -the Frazier administration are
delinquent, $439,00d of taxes has been
levied to provide for the payment of
interest' on.real estate bonds. Consid
ering the fact that the Bank of North
Dakota, during tbe, Frazier adminis
tration made only $2,771,000 In real
estate loans, the defaults are to say
the least rather startling. Are not
these losses to the tax-payers enough
Yet, if House BlU?44:had carried, that
Is If tbe sky had been the limit what
would the losses have been? In years
•to cqme millions in taxes will, have
to be' levied- to pay the state's obliga
tions created by the Frazier adminis
tration.
Fraaier Not Republican.
"I am a Republican, and should nat
urally have preferred to have seen a
Republican elected United States sen-
Sldate
tor. But there is no Republican- can
for the office this year. If Fra
zier is elected, whosb victory will it
be?. Will not every radical in America
point to it as a victory for what they:
stand for,, and as a repudiation of Re
publicanism? Will not the Appeal to
Reason, the New- Republic, The Na
tion and other publications, of that
kind point to it aa an evidence' Of the
fact that the doctrines ..which they
preach are.in favor with the people
of North Dakota?
"The- people of. North Dakota are
confronted., by questions, which go
deeper'than party label. A Ford does
not become a Packard because it is
so. labelled. Frazier has rather gloried
in' the'' fact -that he Is not boundi. by
party ties, that he st&nds for things
ffhich the'Republican party refuses to
stand Ar, and which the two Republi
can ex-presijlents, Roosevelt and Taft,
condemned It is an instilt to intelli
gence to say that Frazier is entitled
to support'because he is a Republican
and stands for Republican principles."-
KIDNAPPED CHILD
FOiniD WANDERING
:rn IN MICHIGAN WOODS
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&{uskegon,, Mich., Nov.' 1—Rosalie
Shanty, 11 years old, kidnaped Sun
day as she came from church, was
found ^nd^rinf In the woods near
publln, ^l&nl«i<i!» county, late last
nigiit, a^bidlnS, tr a: telegram receiv
ed today frbm the chief of police at
WelWon ltlb%-
According to'4be |olice the message
intimkud that the girl had been
abandoned, by her ahductpr and had
wandered--^ihottt in the w'oods until she:
reached, a'Utm house where she was
glvto shelter.
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Miukeidn' 90l«iiiito tuure left tot
Weih9.on»iK^*re thei ftrl ma removed
-,lA #os^M,swchlng tl«ew«ods near
Dublin for trabe of a ihfcq who Is said
by two boys here to have enticed the
nhlld' inio an automobile Sunday.
VRosalie »#n oonalderabl* reeo
recognl
•ummer for hsr swim
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f&i? »*-i }S r* 1 j»i .vi *-ki .1 ti ti tuii'.n
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Townsend Says U. S. Is
Rea^y to Start Water
way Project.
Declares Development of
Power Alone Would Pay
for Investment..
Chicago, Nov. 1.—As'soon as Can
ada consents to the United States
project for the St. Lawrence River
Great'' Lakes ocean waterway, work
will be undertaken, Senator Charles
E. Townsend of Michigan declared to
day in an address before the Chicago
association ofcommerce.'
'"With a twenty-foot channel be
tween Chicago and Montreal, 80 per
cent of all oceajn vessels now sailing
from United States ports could come
into the Great Lakes and there are
only 34 miles of physical obstacles in
the way 'of this development," said
the senator..
{'Within a, distance of 34 miles
above Montreal lie all the physical
obstacles of importance in the way of
this development. The Wetland ca
nal already is in process of complet
tlon on a plan which will accommo
date 'ocean going ships., Some little
stretches of the waterway between
the lakes will need some Improvement,
as will the harbors Which the ocean
ships ^111 make on the Great Lakes-"
I Power Would tie Profitable.
"By the- construction of dams to
overcome obstacles in the St. Law
rence river sufficient electrical power
will be developed to more than war
rant the. Investment of $252,000,00#
even if no ocean ships ever passed
between the lakes and the Atlantic,"
Senator Townsend said.
"The objection that this waterway
will not be all Stmerican but will be
constructed for the benefit of two
countries is. without merit," he de
clared. It is an international stream
and tjie latent power within it belongs,
to the two countries.
"Every argument against the proj
ect has been answered, and it is more
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 1,—A warning
that the prevalent Indifference of
citizens of higher, intelligence toward
government is giving tttfe country over
to those of lower intelligence, there
by creating a., dangerous situation was
sounded by Dr. Vjharles H. Mayo of
Rochester, 'Minn., in addressing the
Virginia Medical'society, which open
ed its annual Meeting last night.
Ip. the course of ills address Dr.
Mayo declared "the dabblingr-of medi
cal cults .in surgery will bring about
their downfall/'
Kiwanians Aid In
Building Ice Rink
Devils Lake, N. D., Noy. 1.—The
Devils Lake Klwanis,club with the aid
of the Boy Scouts is- making, prep
arations to build an'open air skating
rink on the site of the proposed new
school building.
The work -of leveling the ground
ahd building the embankment around
the edge 'has begun.
THE TUG OF W5RT
r:s'm
AKCftC OCEAN
GETTING WARMER
ICEBERGS FEWER
"Ay-,
CANADIANS
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Washington, Nor. 1.—The Arc*
do ooohi ip warming np, Icebergs
are crowing scarcer and1 In some
places the seals are finding the wa
ters too hot, according to a report
to the commerce department today
from Consul Ifftv.at Bergen, Nor
way.
Reports from fishermen, seal
huiiters and explorers, he declared,
all pQint to 'a radical change in cli
matic conditions and hitherto un
fieard of temperatures In the Ara
dee sone, exploration expeditions
reporting that scarcely any loe has
been met with as far north as 81
degrees, 20 miniites. Soundings to
a depth of 3,100 metres showed the
Ctilf stream still very warm.
tireat masses of Ice have been re
placed by moraines of earth, and
stones, the report continued, while
nt many points well known glaciers
have disappeared.
POSTAL SAYING
DEPOSITS ARE
STULDROPPING
Decrease During Last Quar
ter Less Than In Previ
ous Period.
Washington, Nov. 1.-—Postal saving
deposits continue to shrink, but the
decrease during the quarter ended
September 30 was smaller than in any
three months' period, since March,
1919, when deposits reached the peak,
Assistant Postmaster General Glover
declared today .in a statement which
said erroneous unofficial reports as to
the postal savings decline had been
published. Deposits in March, 1919,
reached the unprecedented figure of
$176,828,624 declining gradually since
to $t3S,625,000 'op September 30.
"The decrease,", Mr. (Jlover stated,
"Is duetto a very targe extent to three
causes, namely,' extremely heavy
withdrawals in these offices adjacent
to the'coal fields, decreased deposits at
than plausiblb that^,within the near'the large railway centers, and pnally
future a really mercenary purpose' the recent withdrawals of the old is
may be-proven against those who op- sue of treasury savings certificates
pose us
"As soon.as Canada consents to. the
request of the United States, the proj
ect will be vnderuken and completed.
and. the lake psrts will., assume t|je
importance which their location cler
stffcgests."
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Virginia Medical
Society Meet Opens
paying 4 1-2 per cent and the. issuing
of "a. new serleslunder date of October
1 at the. reduced rate of interest. of 4
quarter the po,((tLl
cent.
re dns
-saVii
thethlghef rate, of imerest.'
::.
Mr..01over.declajred^hat many posti
offlce'd were now. shb$rfrig a decided
Improvement in postal" savings de
posits "which ,can only tttean a better
ment in the industrial situation."
Aged Man Burned To
Death In Farm House
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GRAND FORKS, N. D., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1022.
OF ROME IS SCENE OF GREAT DEMONSTRATION
Savajge, Mont., Nov. 1.—Hermann
Hartvig, 78 years old and an invalid. Just after midnight.
was unable to escape from -the John
Hartvig home which caught on Are
from' unknown causes at an earlyhbur
in. the morning.
The old manrperished in the flahies.
THE WEATHER.
Minnesota: Rain tonight and
-probably Thursday colder In
south ahd west portions tonight
and in southeast portion Thurs
day-
North Dakota: Unsettled to
night "and Thursday probably
rain or show In east portion
coldee in extreme southeast por
tion tonight.
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IN AUTO CRASH
ATSCHURMEIER
Henry and Herman Sott
Badly Bruised and Cut
When £ar Is Ditched.
Other Occupants, Peter
Hartje and a Boy Es
cape Without Injury.
Henry and Herman Sott, two broth
ers, of Hensel, N, D., are in St. Mich
ael's hospitkl differing from Injuries
received this ihorning when the car
in which they were riding ran into a
ditch at Schurmeier,
Peter Hartje, also of
was in the car escaped without in
jury, and the son of Henry Sott, who
was driving hiB fathers car when the
accident occurred, va* "tunnoj.
1sut
did not receive any further injuries, it
'teas qaid at the hospital.
Injuries May Be Serious.
The «.»« «M W— J"*"4
by the two brothers had not been de
termined by the attending physician
at an early, hour thte afternoon, but
both men Were badly bruised and cut
as a result of th6 crash, and Henry
Scott, who was unconscious when
picked up, had not regained con
sciousness at 2 b'clock this afternoon.
The accident occurred about 11:30
o'clock this, morning? and passing mo
torists who came to the assistance of
the auto party telephoned to Grand
Forks for the Norman ambulance.
Paul Norman, who went out to bring
in the victims, said that the car ,was
badly wrecked.
It is believed that the car was be
ing driven at a fast rate of speed, and
that young Sott failed to make the
turn in the road, which he headed for.
The car was found turned over in the
ditch, just at the, turn of the road.-
TORNADO TAKES
UVES OFFOUR,
100 AreHapiel&s.
Webb City, Mo., Nov. 1.—Hundreds
of searchers welcomed daylight this
morning after ffve hoursi spent grop
ing in the darkness in their efforts to
find "the bodies of four persons who
are belleved .to have lost their lives
in the tornado which rfwept this city
One woman, a Mrs. Freds, was
knosyh to have been killed and fifteen
other persons were injured, some of
them critically, in the storm, which
struck in two places in the city. About
thirty, houses were demolished and
more, than
100
persons made home
less.
Search for the dead and injured
last night was hampered by the fact
that a cloudburst preceded the wind
storm. It is estimated that from 3 to
4 inches of rain fell within a few
hours before the tornado-
The storm struck first in the south
ern part of the city, and, passing
over the buslnesA section, dipped down
again In the northwest residential
section.
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RECTOR'S WIFE
BREAKS LONG
SILENCE TODAY
Denies All Charges Made
Against Her By Mrs.
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Gibson.
"Eyewitness" Says She
Heard Alleged Letters
Mentioned.
Now Brunswick, N. J., Nov. I.
—(By tho Associated Press.)—
Breaking her idlenco for the first
time, Mrs. Frances Noel Hall
today told reporters that she was
absolutely Ignorant of how her
husband, Rev. Edward Wheeler
Hall, came to meet his death
with Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, choir
singer ,on the Phillips farm Sep
tember 14.
The rector's wife, at an inter
view In her home, arranged by
her lawyer, Timothy M. Pfeffer,
asserted that she had absolutely
no knowledge of the shooting
and she was not on the' farm Che
nlglit of the double murders,
that she bore no enmity toward
either Dr. Hall or Mrs. Mills and
that she had no knowledge of
any love letters having been
passed between them.
"Holding Back Nothing.
Asked If she were holding anything
back in order to protect anyone near
and dear to her she replied:
"Positively no."
She asserted she still believed her
husband had been true to her.
Asked why she had offered no re
ward for solution of the crime she
replied:'
"I think it would be awful."
When she was asked if she did not
wish to see the murderer punVhed.
she replied:
"I don't wish to see anyone punish
ed."
She explained that she meant that
qhe' had no vindictive feeling toward
anyone and that she wished the mur
derer apprehended only because she
didn't think it safe for society to have
him at large.
Heard Letters Mentioned.
New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 1.—(By
the Associated Press.)—An eyewitness
aocount of the Hall-MUls -.mijrder on
September 14, Mrs. Jan* Gibson,
farmer, told the authorities, it- was
learned today, that a few hi omenta
before the fatal shooting she heard
dne. OS- tbe-^womfeji uiider ttrt web
apple tree' exclaim indignantly:
"Then explain these letters."
This part of Mrs. Gibson's story
came to light through a conversation
she had with a neighbor aftfer mak
ing her statements to investigators.
There was a moment or two of
heated argument, it.Was said, atfer
the explanation was demanded, then,
without warning,- the shooting.
Notes that were said to have
passed between the Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall and his choir leader,
Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, the murder
victims, were found strewn about
their bodies under the tree.
To Face Three Men.
Movements of the investigators to
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INCREASES IN
EXPRESS RATES
ARE PROPOSED
Petition Filed With I. C. C.
By MORRIS Would Lower Parcel Post
Weight Limit.
Proposal for increased express rates
is contained in a petition filed recently
with the Interstate commerce com
mission by the American Railroad Ex
press company, according to J. W.
Goodman, local traffic commissioner.
Mr. Goodman says it is also gener
ally proposed to ask that parcel post
packages be limited in weight to 15
pounds instead of SO pounds, as is
row the case. This is mentioned ifrom
the standpoint of competition.
The petition to the I. C. C„ Mr.
,Goodman said, is for an increase of
18.12 per cent in the eastern states,
23.62 per cent in the southern states,
and 12.26 per cent in the Western
states.-
No. date for the hearing has yet
been set by the interstate commerce
commission .it was said.
Made Investigation.'
For the past year the American
Railroad Executive association has
Afly local shippers who have opin
ions -to express regarding the pro
posals will be given a hearing by
the traffic department of the Com
mercial club, Mr. Goodman said.
MEXICAN OFFICE..
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emmmm
HAVE NOT COME
TO AGREEMENT
Two Factions In England
Undecided Regarding
Election Issue.
Premier Bonar Law Has
Announced All of His
Appointments.
Txmdon, Nov. 1.—(By the As
sociated Press.)—Mr. Idoyd
George has developed a sore
throat and on tho advlae of his
physician Iiord Dawson, has
abandoned ^hls engagement to
speak at Bristol tomorrow.
Ixml Dawson said today that a
few days rest were absolutely
essential for the former pre
mier. It is understood, however,
that his JUidispostion is not seri
ous.
Issue Not Settled.
London, Nov. 1.—(By the Associ
ated Press.)—The chieftains of the
Conservative party led by Prime Min
ister Bonar Law and the National Lib
erals under the banner of David
Lloyd George were still undecided to
day as to whether they would really
"spread the war" against one. anoth
er's candidates in the coming elec
tion or stand on the present situation
of fighting bitterly in some districts
and co-operating in others.
"To flghjt or not to fight," was the
subject Jpf discussions at Conservative
headquarters last night, but no orders
were issued to the political leaders In
the hinterlands, and it was said that
matter would be'threshed out again
today.
1
Meanwhile the political gossips who
vent their ideas upon readers of morn
ing papers are noising it about that
Lloyd George is not so keen for re
prisals against the tories as he used
to he. For one thing these writers
point out, the former jprime minister's
party is not the only one capable of
throwing reserve candidates Into the
scrap should the tacit agreements to
co-operate go to smash. Besides
Lloyd George hasn't built up such a
large number of local organizations as
hav^ his opponents. Some of the pa
pers think his threat "to spread the
war," is only a bluff anyhow.
But'his journalistic champion, the
.Oally.^ilhrjjriicle contends-that Meg®*'
George really has the men and the
means to use them and that he is
simply holding back in the hope of
"returning sanity elsewhere."
Premier Bonar Law -Tuesday an
nounced the complete list of appoint
ments for his ministry.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct.'l.—Premier Bonar Law
last night issued the list of the re
maining officers of his government 111
which /there is again a fair infusion of
members of the house of lords. His
appointment of minister of pensions
does not necessarily mean that he has
yielded to Laborite clamor against the
proposed abolition of that ministry,
but is considered more likely a formal
appointment to carry on the work
until the ministry can be abolished by
legislative act. Agitation against
abolition of the pensions ministry,
however, is gathering force.
Winston Churchill, who has recov
ered from his illness sufficiently to be
removed to his home, although
he will still be confined tB his rooms
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GERMANY AND
ITALY MAY BE
Barnes Expects Two Coun
tries to Be Active Pur
chasers Soon.
Dulutb, Minn., Nov. 1.—A predic
tion that Germany and Italy might
soon be expected to become active
buyers of grain as a result of recent
developments and an expression of
hope that negotiation^ now under way
in financial quarters would, enable
Germany to restore her finances,
were made in a telegram from Julius
H. Barnes'of New York, president of
the United States Chamber of Com
merce, received at the Duluth board
conducted an investigation of the! ^ajry ,,
express service situation, and the pe- Mr. Barnes in the telegram pointed
titlon, it Is said, is. based largely!
upon the findings thereof. This in
vestigation, by the way, has been re
ferred to as bearing directly upon the
question that has developed with the
development of parcel poBt service:
"Is the railroad express service ,an
essential medium-of this' kind of
transportation
The American Railroad Express
company, Its petition states, suffered
a deficit of thirty-nine million dollars,
and up to tl)e present time in 1922
the loss is claimed to be thirteen mil
lion dollars. This loss, as the re
lationship between the express and
railroad companies is understood, is
madte up by: the railroads.
out
^e great improvement that has
already taken place in Italian lire as
the result of change in government in
that country. This message, to
gether with higher cables, tended to
cause a moderate advance in wheat
prices on the local board.
MONDRAGON DIES IN SPAIN.
Mexico City—Word has Just been
received here that General.. Manuel
Mondragon, secretary of war under
President Madera and well known
during the early days of the, revolu
tion, has died in San Sebastian, Spain,
after a lingering illness. General Mon
dragon was considered one bf-the
most competent wilitary men of the
old school. -V:
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