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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
PLAN FOR STATE. q rs sllNsURe.

Prairie armer Works Out al Extra-
ordinary County Commission
srs g Levy Tax on Each Acre Of
Crop. MO-
rs A North Dakota farmer has worked
out plan for the state to engage in
the ailSinsurance business, it also res
quiring every farmer in the state to
carry such insurance.
The plan is outlined in q prepared
bill which is in the hands Of almember
Of the legislature with the request that
1t be- introduced at the forthcoming
session. 85|
The bill provides that the assessors
of each township in the state shall
make a report Of the number Of
acres cropped by each land owner. It
is made the duty Of county commits
sioners to levy a tax Of cents for
each acre Of crop, and the amount Of
tax thus levied is to, be q lien on the,
land described, collected In the same
manner as other taxes. At the end Of
each month the county treasurer in
each county will make a report to the
state treasurer, showing the amount
of money collected under the act, and
1 forward such amount to the state
treasurer, who shall set such amounts
( aside as q hail insurance fund for the
purpose of paying losses on growing
crops damaged or destroyed by hail. 1,
The county commissioners are to act
as adjusters, and will report to the
clerk Of court of each county, who will
in turn report to the state auditor,
who will issue his warrant, payable
out of the hail insurance fund created
by the tax Of S cents an acre on all
growing crops. In no case will an ad.
liustment exceed 81 an acre.
4 The man who has worked out tho
plan, fearing q claim Of unconstitu-
ltionality, has suggested that it might
further be provided that grain grow.
ers shall have the opportunity Of TAX
ing out hail insurance with the state.
each assessor asking EACH man assess
ed whether OF not he desired hail in
surance, his reply to become a part OF
his report TO the county auditor, and
in turn by him reported to the state
auditor.
I With a provision making it optional
with farmers in taking hail insurance
on such plan, it is expected that the
: measure will be approved by large
numbers of the farmers of the state.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
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BOY THINKS HE'S A RABBIT.
iHypnotist Is Unable to Restore Boy t.
Normal Condition.

ihypnotist Is Unable to Restore Boy to
Normal Condition.
Duluth, Nov. 20. - According to a
travelling man, hypnotist who gave
an exhibition ut Fertile, Mimi, recent
ly, put a nine-year-old boy named
William Burgson. son of Adolph Burg
son. a farmer, into hypnotic state
and has been unable to bring him out
Of it.. The boy was told he was a
rabbit when he went under the influ-
ence of the hypnotic spell, and he still
thinks so. After working a day on the
boy to restore him to his senses, the
professor left for Minneapolis .promis-
ing to return with a-nerve4 specialist.
but has not done SO. The boy
squeaks like a rabbit and makes no
other, sounds. He has q mortal fear
of dogs, and is disposed to discard his
clothing, no matter how sharp the
weather. The boy is said to have con-
tracted severe cold, and may not re.
cover.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
NA1sED. FOR ExToRTloN..

Former Extortion League spotter Re-
turned to Fargo for Trial. ~
H..A.t-:Lasson; blind pig spotter, has
been arrested on the charge Of :extor.
!. ton: H #I! was i in the employ, Of the
State Enforce cement league and caused
the arrest Of some blind piggers in the
county. Recently healost. his Job and
attempted to secure! employment of
the Fargo. Enforcement league, but 1t
is asserted was not engaged. It is as
serted that he went to- some of the
aandladies and secured $g5 from, each
and gave them a rec sipt for the mon
ey. He paid his bill at, the hotel and
moved to Moorhead. where he was ar
rested and taken back to Fargo.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
I DATES FOR INSTITUTES.

Director Kaufman Arranses tor. Mo.
vember and December Meetings,
Prof. E, E. Kaufman Of the North
Dakota agricultural college, and di-
rector Of the farmers institutes Of the
state, ANNOUNCES meetings at, the fol-
LOWING places; Thompson, =Nov."2S;,
Emerald, Nov. 20: Lakota, Nov. 80 and
Dec . I; Crary, Bee: q and Isl; Knox,
Dec. s; Cando Dec. and s; owner.
DEG. 40; Granville Dec. Is /; Mohall;
Dec. IS; Glenburn, Dec. i d Ray, Dec:;
rs and 16; Stanley, Dec. III; Bottineau,
Dec. 90 and 21.5
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
= scAREs' BANK ROBBERS.

Before Burglars Can Get Into Safe
= Citizen Gives Aaart1a.:is>.ss +. !.
Forest Lake, Mimi, Nov. 80. The
Forest Lake State bank was burglar
lied between 2 and 9 O'Clock satur-.
day morning, Leon ;;Nadeau: heard an
explosion and, il. spite Of a warning
from the robbers to set back inside or
be shot he gave the affirm in such
short time that the saiburglars got no
4firth ersthan dee raying the vault The
.sssd&&e Isl juted. 10 !. ,Struble;;sis
cashier Oh the hank. 4 They brieGs open.
the front door The damage to the.
vault doors and plate glass windows
amounts to 5000. The robbers made
their escape toward the. lake. &. 4 sss
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
Fort FUGITIVE .cAPrvREo.

One 81 the Private. :Nhe Broke Jai
:. 4 at Meade Is :,cou light.
I. Stnrgis, S. d., Nov. 80. = Private
Patterson, one Of the. prisoners who
broke out: of the guard house at Fort
Meade Sunday night, was captured b.
a detail of soldiers about seventeen
miles; from the post. The other pris
oner is. still at. large. = n
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
ARGENTINE WANTS NEW pacr.

Seek to Improve on Terms Of 1858
Treaty.
3 Buenos Ayres, Nov. 29.-The minis.
ter Of foreign affairs is preparing q
scheme for arranging new commercial
treaties with the United States and
other important countries. The evi.
dent object Of the foreign Office is to
secure abrogation of the treaty of
1868 with the United States and obtain
better conditions.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
THINKS DRyHAue NOT: SLAIN,

ooroner's Opinion on Postnastcr's
&: Death Dissgrees With Widows.
geInidji, Mimi. Nov. 3O.' - Coronei
March, has returned from Shotley Hs
found no marks of violence on Post.
master Jacob Dryhaug''s body and be.
licres.the man was drowned. A check
and a@note for $3.50 were found on this
body The widow still insists that her
husband was murdered.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
Eoys PERISH wH,LE TRAPPING.
Party Searching Lake Discovers One
ct the Eodies Under Hole II, Ice.

s-SNT. ASsoSSySS
OF the Bodies Under Hole in Ice.
Anoka, Mimi, Nov. 29.-Two sons Of
D. g. Emmons Of st. Francis, aged
fourteen and fifteen years. were
drowned Saturday morning in a small
pond a mile east Of st. Franciss where
they had gone to trap muskrats. The
boys had started early in the morning,
intending to return home in time for
dinner, and when they did not appear
at that time search was instituted
for them by the parents. The search
ing party went to the lake, where two
holes In the Ice were found. which In.
Dictated in what way the boys had met
death. At one Of the holes one body
was recovered and brought back to st.
Francis. The coroner has been notified
and an endeavor will be made to re.
cover the body Of the other boy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
81 Brakeman Killed:

ar1estONn. n. D., Nov. 80. -Erak
man & Shaw. was accidental
killed In the yards. The train wa.
backing down the yards to take .
run for the west grade when Shaw
stepped out &c the caboose onto the
rear platform. "A sudden halting Of
the engine threw him to the track,
and the caboose and one car passed
over him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
\: Man Burned 10 Death

New York, Nov %. = One man is
eight horses we're burned to death in
a fire at Flushing, L.. l., which de
stroyed large stables anu a carriage
factory.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
Ex;ouEEh PRISONER TO WE'D.

Ranavalo Of Madagascar to Marry a
French Lawyer.
Algiers, Nov. 20. - Ex-Queen Rama
valo of Madagascar is about to wed M.
GARNER, member OF the Algerian bar.
This makes the ex-queen French cit.
izen, and complexities matters, as she
is now q state prisoner, and it is a
question il the government could per-
NIT her to leave Algeria with her busr
band. Wa
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
FATAL EXPLOSION.

One Man Killed and Three Severely
injured. -
New York, Nov. 29-One man and
dead, three are in hospital suffering
from burns and decorations and several
others are less seriously hurt as the
result of an explosion early yesterday
in the generating house of the Consol.
idated Gas company's plant. The cause
of the explosion is not known.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
ALLEGED FoRGER SENTENCED
J. H. Wilson, Wanted ii Twin Cities
, III Goes Up for Four Years. 49,

J. II. Wilson, Wanted ii Twin Cities
r . Goes Up for Four Years. 80
Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 80. - Fou.
years in the penitentiary is the sen
tence imposed upon J. H. Wilson, al
alleged expert forger who has bee.
in the county Jail in this city for some
time, and who is wanted, by the au
thorities of the Twin Cities. -Siou,
City,. Dubuque and other: places. Will
son pleaded guilty to the charge oil
assault with. IA dangerous weapon
and it was upon this charge that he
was. sentenced. Two other charges
still stand against him here, that Of
forgery and for attempting 70 -breaa
Jail. =. = ;......... d.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
YALE GETS FOREST EXHIBITS.

School Obtains Extensive Concessions
at st. Louis.
New Haven. Conn, Nov. %. - Yale
university has obtained for its forest
school all the forestry exhibit at the
st. Louis exposition of Cuba and Haiti.
and also large and important parts OF
the exhibits of the Philippines and
Japan, as we'll as several states of the
Union. M.E:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
.lndiana's otficlal Vote.

indianapolis, Inds Nov. 80. The
state election board canvassed the
electoral vote Of Indiana yesterday
and the Official vote was made pub.
lie by Assistant. Secretary of State
Grubbs last night Roosevelt received.
I plurality of 81, s. "a.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
.1hirty.Five Persons: injured.

Memphis. Tenn. Nov: %. - Thirty
five persons were injured late yester-
day by the derailment of g passenger
train on the Mobile & Ohio railway
mile east of Columbus. Miss. (
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02

Man Crushed Between Cars.
Aberdeen, s. D.. Nov. %. Robers
Konantz, car repairer on the Mil
waukee road, was crushed to death be.
tween cars. a wife and child survive
him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
TRAlNMEN eAFFLE ROBBERS.

Kun BY HoIdup Men, Who Shoot
Through Fireman's Cap.
u Buena Vista, Colo, Nov. 29.-An un.
successful attempt was made to hold
up "a Rio Grande passenger train.
Three men signalled the engineer to
stop. but he suspected their intent and
put on all steam AS the locomotive
passed one Of the robbers fired twice,
one Of the bullets going through the
cap Of the fireman. 5s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
Thrown From Auto and Killed.

Darlington, r. l., Nov. 20. James
Donahue of Providence, was thrown
from an automobile and instantly
killed here. The automobile crashed
into telegraph. pole. ;. n. \. =; h
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-02
J /! ] J ! ] Dakota !, ! [
.ubbins S s.

II
McHenry county cast 2 800 votes.
A town well was dug at Berwick.
In Emmons county 1O1 women vot,
ed. I. IL
Darlington had case. Of scarlet fell
yer. AK
Hannah elevators are loaded to the.
roof. t Il.
A Berwick elevator got so full it raj
over. ..5 ~ III +.
Fessenden had another incipient
There was prairie fire north Of
Linton.
Two large wolves were killed near
Courtenay. g5 is
One bushel Of max in Emmons
yielded fifty.
Hannaford's new bank has opened
for business. d. 4S
The boys are beginning to dig up
their skates.
A dangerous prairie fire ragged in
oliver county. @s
Ramsey county lis having lot Of
bridges put in.
Fessenden is to have a new tele.
phone exchange.
At Aneta drunks are assessed 81
in fines and costs. (,
Increased jurisdiction for the county
court lost In Eddy.
DR.. Johns of Bowdon will spend thu
winter in the South.
Esmond will have creamery about
the first Of the year.
improvements are being made on
the Cooperstown mill.
The railroad grade from Edmore to
Hampden is completed.
Flasher people miss the telephone
and telegraph connections.
The fake doctors are working some
sections of North Dakota
A farm laborer near Cooperstown
was stricken with apoplexy.
There is a Rose Valley in Cass
county and another in Williams.
Lectures on Christian Science are
being delivered over the state.
The delinquent tax list in some
counties was very abbreviated.
There is great river business be.
tween Mannhaven and Washburn.
Anamoose has shipped nearly half a
million bushels of wheat this fall.
Father Wardwell Of Pembina. So
years old, voted at the last election.
Some thieves have been stealing
harness and hay around Wimbledon.
The adjustment 81 tie Buford town.
site fight seems to please the settlers.
One Ward county farmer had a flax
field from which he received $35 per
acre.
A farmer and an Indian laborer had
lively scrap over some booze at Bis.
bee.
Sergeant Morris of Eddy county has
just celebrated his sixty-seventh birth
day.
Flour from the Sharon mill got a
grand prize at the St. Louis exposi.
ton.
At McHenry the justice fined man
for fast driving and disorderly. con.
duct.
Mayor Chisholm OF Pembina is dead,
He has suffered with cancer for three
A number of minor cases were dis.
posed offtat the Forman term Of
court. z
A youngsman was arrested near Mo.
hall on the; charge OF. stealing a silver
watch. 8 4.s,.,.'::, $50: s. g:
A lot Of claim: holders around Flash,
er have been improving their resi-
dences. \; \, i: 81 " y
Christine ande, accused Of kifline
her infant Child. was acquitted at Coop
srstown. j..
A threshsr was t;uh over BY i cook & ii
car and killed between Goodrich and
Bowdon: + ii.
Some residents, Of spiritwood will
soon leave for visit at their old home
in Switzerland. Al
FessendeHl has had SO many fires the
business men are talking of erecting:
ireproof Buildings.
In Bottineau county one male. can,
didate for Superintendent Of schools
defeated two ladies. fss 5,s 9.3Sa
Some of the elevators Of the state
have been Busting as a result OF the
oyercrowded condition. d:
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The Forrest City times., 1904-02-12
Arthur.
DESERVING CONSTABULARY
COnstnbu1ary Mt yigan, Luxon,
Desert, Carrying on Rifles
and Ammunition.

Manila, Feb. 10-Severteen members
of the constabulary stationed at Vigan,
one of the leading business centers of
Luzon, have deserted, taking with
them so rifles, 5000 rounds of ammu-
milton and $500 obtained by looting the
commissary department. The num-
ber OF fugitives has since been aug
mented by party OF 80 escaping from
the same quarter. Gov. Wright
promptly requested military assist
ance. and Col. Thomas Immediately
dispatched a squadron of cavalry
scouts in pursuit.
Later advices indicate that the re-
volt of the constabulary at Vigan has
developed into small uprising
against the Americans and loyal Fill
pinos. Two American priests, Frs
McCloskey and Kirk, have been fired
on but no casualties are reported
The telegraph wires leading to the
disturbed district have been cut.
The Forrest City times., 1904-02-12
lTY, ARK, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY u, 1904
Divorce Case Decided.

BY decision of the supreme court.
passing upon the validity of the act
OF the last legislature, known as the
HoXie-Walnut Ridge act, authorizing
incorporated towns to annex con-
uguous territory. the city of Little
Rock loses the Eighth ward, 5eing
the territory lying on the north side
OF the river. Shortly after the above
act was passed the town of North Lit
tie Rock, a community without the
city limits, was Incorporated Then
petition was presented to the new
town council asking that an election
be held for the purpose of allowing
the citizens OF North Little Rock and
the Eighth ward of Little Rock proper
TO vote on the question of being an.
neXed to the new municipality. The
election resulted Overwhelmingly in
favor of severance from Little Rock.
The matter was taken into the courts
on the question of the constitutional.
lty and intent of the act. and the
court ruled in favor of North Little
ROCK. This gives the new town a
population of about 5000. and it will
be incorporated as city of the first
class
The Forrest City times., 1904-02-12
Lee King of Boone County Wanted
on Charge of Murder
Captured in Texas.
EVENTS OF AwEEk BRIEFLY CHRoNIClED
Timber Inspector Schlierholz Resigns.
Five Negroes Convicted Of Arson.
Result of Jefferson County Pri-
!. maries.
Farmer SWindIed.

W. ID. Young. a Saline county farm
er, who took two bales of cotton to
Little Rock, was the victim of one
OF the most audacious swindles that
ever came under the notice of the
officers. When Young reached the
business section of the city where
the cotton buyers are located he was
approached by a stranger, who sam.
pied and agreed to purchase the cot
ton. The swindler got On the wagon
with Young and directed him to
drive to cotton shed. Here the cot
ton was unloaded and weighed. and
while Young stood by the stranger ne
gotiated the sale to a dealer and was
handed check for the amount The
bunco-steerer then told Young to
drive to bank and wait for him, and
that he would be there in a few min
utes and pay him his money. Oh
course the swindler did not put in an
appearance. but instead secured the
money on the check given him for
the cotton and skipped out. but was
later captured at Pine Bluff.
The Forrest City times., 1904-02-12
Federal Prisoners Sentenced.

Eight prisoners convicted at the
recent terms of the federal court in
Fort Smith were sentenced by Judge
Rogers Lafayette Price boy about
Il or II years of age. was sent to
the reform school at Washington. ID.
C., for four years. He was a whisky
peddler and got into trouble through
operating in Cardin's Bottoms. Clark
Thomas, for selling whisky. received
sentence of two years in the peni-
tentiary and a fine of $500. Red
Thomas, a whisky peddler, was sent
TO the penitentiary for year and
fined 800. John Broderick. a manu-
faCturer Of illicit whisky, was SEN
fenced to two years Imprisonment
and fined 500 Warren Carroll. an
assistant of Broderick, received
sentence of one year and a fine of
500. Len Hanson was sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary and
fine Of 800 for taking letter from
rural delivery box near Springdale.
Town Baker. young whisky peddler,
was sentenced to thirty days impris-
Onment in the Fort Smith jail and
fine of 500. Henry Swanson. con
yicted of illegally cutting timber from
homestead, was sentenced to four
months Imprisonment Swanson's
home was in Scott county.
The Forrest City times., 1904-02-12
Tornado in Fulton County.

territice tornado swept over Full
ton county last week. Eight persons
are reported to have been killed at
Union and vicinity. Only one build
ing was left standing in the town
of Union. and it was blown from its
foundation. Two churches. the Ma
sonic hall the residence and barn of
Samuel w Cochran, the residence
and barn of William Gilstrap and a
number of smaller dwellings. together
with the store houses of S. w Coch-
ran and S. w Cochran. Jr.. with the
entire contents, and the Carnes black
smith shop, were swept away. The
path of the tornado was about 300
yards wide, from southwest to north
east. crossing the Frisco railroad a
few hundred yards north of Fickinger
In its course of over thirty miles it
demolished the farm houses of Fay
ette Green. Robert Mathis, Wyatt
Phillips, Dan H1ney, Riley Griffith.
George Sadler, Bruce Thompson and
many others A fast mail train on
the Frisco ran into the tornado near
Fickinger. and was struck by flying
timbers and the windows demolished.
The Forrest City times., 1904-02-12
Death Of George E. Dodoe.

Colonel George L. Dodge. one of the
best known lawyers in the state. died
at his home i'll Little Rock on the
9th. The immediate cause of his
death was heart failure. The de.
ceased was a member of the widely.
known law firm of Dodge & Johnson.
OF Little Rock, general attorneys for
the st. Louis. Iron Mountain and
Southern railroad in Arkansas and
Indian Territory. He was born and
reared in Little Rock. son of DR..
X. l.. Dodge. native of Vermont
who came to Arkansas in 1912. Geo.
r. Dodge was born fifty-eight years
ago. He studied law and was sent
to the Albany law school in New
York, where he graduated with hon.
ors about 1867. One of his class.
mates was William Mckinley, of
Ohio, afterward president of the
United States. They were lifelong
friends. Young Dodge began the
practice of law in Little Rock in
1868, and was elected city attorney in
that year. In 1871 he formed a law
partnership with Col Ben S. Johnson.
which was in existence at the time
of his death. This is the oldest law
firm in Arkansas. In 1876 Col Dodge
was appointed by Gov. Garland one
of Arkansas commissioners at the
Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia.
In 1871 he and Col Johnson were ap-
pointed attorneys for the St Louis.
Iron Mountain and Southern railroad.
In 1887 they became general attorneys
of that road for Arkansas and Indian
Territory. In the death of Col. Dodge
the legal profession loses one of its
brightest men and the state a loyal
and progressive citizen.
The Forrest City times., 1904-02-12
Will Raise Ginseng.

Antonio Rose. a native of Switzer-
land. has leased a farm in Garland
county. and proposes to raise ginseng
root. which sells at an average of 50
per pound. Mr. Rose will begin his
experiment By planting two acres and
expects to make the first harvest in
three years. II the experiment is
successful he expects to realize be
tween $1,000 and $4,000 net per acre.
Ginseng in China has a ready sale
among the wealthy class. 1t is sup
posed to possess medicinal qualities
of the greatest value and is used as
a beverage to prevent sickness. In
America no physician has attributed
any value TO its essence, but this has
not interfered with the expectation of
large quantities from the United
States each year.
The Forrest City times., 1904-02-12
ORDERED TO CHINESE WATERS.

Admiral Evans Ordered to send His
Cruiser Squadron To China.
Washington, Feb 10.-Orders will be
cabled to Rear-Admiral Evans to send
his cruiser squadron, consisting OF
the Alliance, New Orleans. Raleigh and
Cincinnati. from Subig bay to some
point in Chinese waters yet to be de-
termined for the purpose of observing
the naval operations. 1t is expected
that the squadron can coal and get
under way within two days Admiral
Evans is expected to keep the battle
ship squadron in Philippine waters
throughout the period of hostilities be-
tween Russia and Japan This decision
was reached at the cabinet meeting,
Tuesday, after long consideration. 1t
has been definitely settled that the
cruiser squadron will not go to Port
Arthur.
The Forrest City times., 1904-02-12
SENDS NOTE To THE POWERS
Secretary Hay Wishes to Safeguard
the Integrity of China.
Has Sent an Identical Note With q
View to Learning How They
stand On the Question.

Washington, Feb. 10.-Secretary Hay
has addressed an identical note to a
number of European powers to ascer-
tain If they are willing to join in a
notice to Russia and Japan that dur
ing hostilities and thereafter the neu-
trality and integrity of China must be
recognized. Details of the note are
not obtainable in advance of the re-
ceipt of replies.
1t is known, however. that exchanges
already have taken place which justi-
fies the state department in expecting
favorable responses to its note.
The matter has created a great sem
sation in diplomatic circles here.