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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-19

Iollowfng fep0rttsconcerninR agricul-
tural conditions 1.-THE northwest has
been issued by the Van Dusen-Har-.
rlngton8scompany under date OF Au-5
Il !3si N The Report. s:i
The weather conditions Of the past
week have been almost ideal for har-
vestinEs grain in the AS
been very little r~ainSrecent-
~, the#early threshed Grain Is in good,
condition. s8 .Ssg \
Az we advised previously. the
wheatscrop is extremely spotted. The
dry weather Of the past month has
reduced the yieldf3to considerable
extent In many places, the wheat lie
yielding from five to fifteen bushels
per acre, depending upon the seeding
n weather aconditions.
We have heard further complaints
is delaying harvesting. operations:
Farmers Housding Grain 4
In the southern districts grain lie
not being marketed very freely. A
numbersof elevators report that farm
not being satisfied with present
prices.,Ss This condition win probably
not prevail in the northern and west
ern parts OF our Territory. Crops
there have been light for several
years past, and farmers are in need OF
npney.Yso that w look for "a : freer
movement OF. grain from those dis
tricts. s @
n Oats Are Good.
Our latest reports on oats are fully
az good as previously reported, espe'
cially in South Dakota and southern
Minnesota. While some oats contain
a heavy percentage Of dockage, the
weight and quality are good.
During the past week, South Dako.
ia and8Minnesota have had some good
rains. which have benefited the corn
In some of this territory, they hav1
%nryaturity. In, North Dakota and nor
thern Minnesota corn is very spotted
owing to the dry. hot weather.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-19
---sE N.NsNNS M "A r 5s4sslE ggNl YGAss8l 81 sN-E NJ
WE'Al!I'1'HERhAS
BEE inf IN E FOR I)|
]. \. HARVESTING
Five IS Fifteen Bushels re,
Acre Seems Is Be Aver
age For Wheat,

.Mtnneapolis,%Min Aug. 1s.-lTheI
turalJ conditions ST the northwest has
been issued by the Van Dusen.Harr-S
ringtons company under date 81 Au-,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-19

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
SHELL FROM WARSHIP
WOUNDED D'ANNUNzIO

PARIS, Dec 28.--Nine civilian resi-
dents OF Fiume have been killed and
thirty wounded by the bombardmen.
of the city by Italian regulars, said a
dispatch from Milan today.
new version of the manner In
which Gabrielle DAnnunsiO was
wounded cnme from Milan. II wss
said that n shell from 4 wnrskip in
the harbor struck the Governor's pni-
ace and exploded. and that n fragment
struck the wHrrior-poet.
Fiume Is completely surrounded by
government troops.
A portion OF that section OF Fiume
lying near the water front has been
wrecked by shells from the Italian
regulars artillery. according to re-
ports received here today from Udiua.
DAnnunzio was wounded while on
the firing line with his men directing
the defense of the city. said one re-
port.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Rome said IL was officially d.
MED there that D'Annunzio had becn
Killed, although reports persist in
somc northern Italian cities that the
warrlor-poet had met his death Mon
day morning. The story circulated
yesterday that he was suicide also
has been denied.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
'RUPP'S TRIAL
. IS TOMORROW
Lieutenant Accused Of Attack
ing Wife Has Charges Against
Another Officer.

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 2S.-Lieut.
d. A. Rupp, u. S. A., will be placed
on trial tomorrow at Fort Monroe
for attacking his wife at her home
on the Langley Field reservation. in
flicting knife wounds on her shoul-
der and back.
He is to be arraigned before a mill
tary court composed of five officers.
1t is reported he will cause charges
to be brought against another off,
GER. who is also stationed at Langley
Field.
RECALL FIST FIGHT.
Lieutenant Rupp was only recently
tried by courtmartisl for being In
toxicated and for conduct unbecom.
ing an officer. The findings in this
trial have not yet been made public.
Col. w. w. Hensley. commanding Of.
ficer at Langley Field, says Rupp had
some trouble with a brother officer.
but 1t did not amount t. mucn."
Other officers say Rupp ani anothrc
officer had real fist fight and Rupp
had black eye for several days.
Rupp said a woman had climbed UP
ladder and entered his wife's room
through window. He gave Colonel
Hensley an earring which lie said he
found in his wife's hand ami which
was torn from the ear of her assail-
ant. Later he said he alone was re
ponsible for the assault on Mrs. Rupp.
The earring. according to the DO
lice OF Hampton. Virginia. belongs to
well known woman who resides in
Hampton and with whom Lieutenant
Rupp was on friendly terms.
LADDER UNDER WINDOW.
Colonel Hensley says he found q
ladder under Mrs. Rupp's window.
but he is sure Lieutenant Rupp did
not place it there. He decline TO saw
whether another officer whose name
has been mentioned in connection
with the case was the cause of the
attack Lieutenant Rupp says he made
on his wife.
Lieutenant Rupp will ask the court
martial board to have his brain ex-
amined. He says he has not been
feeling like himself for over a month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
2-CENT TRANSFERS
MAY Be RESTORED
Commission Considering New
Street Car Fare Order, But
Is Still Undecided.

The Public Utilities Commission has
under consideration a draft OF a
street car fare order which provides
for a continuation of the present rates
Of fare, with slight change with
respect to the issuance of transfers.
This draft was presented to the
commission yesterday afternoon. For
three hours the commissioners dis
cussed 1t, and at G o'clock yesterday
afternoon declared they were not
ready to issue an order on the matter.
whether this draft was changed
during the commissioners meeting
either as to phraseology or it's main
contents, was not learned during the
day.
Engineer Commissioner Charles w.
Kutz said today he could not tell
when the commission would issue a
fare order. The order must be issued
before January 1 or the fare auto
matically returns to cents, four
tokens for 20 cents.
That the commission would turn
down the request OF the Washington
Railway and Electric Company for n
fare increase to 3 cents straight has
been generally believed.
1t Ia thought the delay in the is
suance of any order at all is caused
by indecision as to what transfer
changes will be made.
Restoration OF two cent inter-com-
pany transfers may be one OF the
moves OF the Commission in lieu OF
granting the w. h. & IL. the half cent
raise in fare.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
Heiress' Dad Sued Bv
Chauffeur He Gained

PASADENA, Cal. Dec. 2s.--Fash-
Unable society circles were startled
here today to learn that Robert +
Angel. father OF Delorra Angel, Of
Chicago and Pasadena. heiress to
s3S, 900. 900, Ia 10 be made the target
of a damage suit for $4,000. by Frank
3. Reid, a chauffeur, who charges he
was beaten by Angel with a cane.
i. c. Durham, attorney for Reid,
stated he would fle the suit some
time today.
According to the complaint, Reid
drove Mrs. Angel and Delorra home
one day last October and on their ar
rival he heard Angel "cursing and
swearing in loud and unusual man
ncr." Reid claimed Mrs. Angell told
him. "Mr. Angcll has found n letter
about you--but something you know
nothing about-that Delorrs has writ
ten. You drive the car to tho garage
and leave"
The complaint recites that Reid at.
tempted TO leave the premises. but
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
LIFE; IF CLARA
IS CONVICTED
Public Opinion Probably Will Be
Against Death Penalty,
Says Prosecutor.

ARDMORE, Okla, Dec. 2S.-Life
Imprisonment will be the penalty ex-
acted by the law from Clara Smith
Hamon If she is convicted OF the
murder of Jake L. Hamon, Oklahoma
politician and oil king, according to
County Attorney Russell B. Brown
today.
LAW SAYS LIFE OR DEATH.
Oklahoma laws provide either life
Imprisonment or death in the electric
chair for convictions of first degree
murder.
II don't like to anticipate action OF
the court on the Hamon case, but l
don't believe the death penalty will
be asked" said Brown. Public opin-
ion would be against the death PEN
atty and the law would be equally
satisfied by life Imprisonment IL Mrs.
Hamon were convicted"
The town of Ardmore was quiet to-
day. Mrs. Hamon again spent the
night at her sisters home in Wilson,
Okla, intending to motor in to con-
fer with her lawyers during the day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
GIRL Of TODAY IS
CALLED LOWbR0W
She Reads Only the lightest Of
Fluffy Stuff, U. S. Libra
rianS Say.

CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-Take il from
the librarians assembled hero from
All parts of the country, the modern
sirl is a lowbrow. She Is strong for
xnee frocks. she Is admittedly pretty
a nd wears tortoise she'll campus wind
shields but when II comes to litera-
lure, anything deeper than the light
est Of f,ury stun, she 10 not there.
"Oh, lookr' che says to the patient
librarian. I've got to read some
books. It's for my English " sems-
iuaIs. Look, have you got The Four
Horsemen With the Erycipelas,' by
that Spanish caveman. And I want u
hook Of poetry, too. something Kind
Of tazzy, seer
War books, immensely popular a
wear ago, are now gathering cobwcbs
on the library shelves, while the read
ing public is devouring works on
spiritualism. occultism, and new
thought
The demand for fiction shows a
marked decline.
The hundreds of thousands OF re-
turned war veterans demand books on
vocational training. Including on
ainecring. medicine, anu agriculture.
As for the college students, the li-
Orarians say, they read little outside
their prescribed courses and the news.
papers, with an occasional mnaazino
. rticlc some one else has recon-
ranndoh.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28

that Angel headed him OF. struck
him with u cane, hit him on the side
OF the face with his hand, and called
him vile names.
The belief IL expressed tnut the let
ter, which IL said to have enraged
Angel, was written by Delorra to a
friend and that in II she expressed
regret that Reid was ABOUT to leave
her fathers employ.
The curiosity OF the fashionable
winter colony Ia centered in the spec
ulatioD ne TO whether the alleged at
tack on Angelrs part was inspired by
a belief that the chauffeur was acting
as a so-between for his daughter and
one OF her friends whom he disap-
proved.
Mr.. Angel could not be reached and
no comment on the suit was made by
any one at his home.
Miss Angel, who viii soon bo
eighteen, will Inherit tho fortune left
her by Mrs. John w. Gates. her aunt.
widow OF the famous Wall street
plunKer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
FOR SALE, ONE MAN,
PRICE ONLY S2,5O0
Sailor Willing to Dispose of Self
"Body and Soul" for
Wife.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S--Anyone who
has $500 to spare can own Obert
FirHhn. body and soul. for one year.
The only restriction is that whoever
buys Firmin must not require him
to do anything unworthy.
Firmin is offering himself for sale
because Of the needs Of his wife and
thirteen-months-o daughter He de-
clares he has been unable to earn
money to support them.
IT don't want charity" Firmin said
in making his offer. "I just want a
chance to make good for 50 500 I'm
worth IL. All want is the assurance
that the wife and baby will be cared
fo-. I don't care where l go or what
l do SO long as its honest"
Firmin is a native of st. Johns, n.
B.. and Is deep sea sailor. He at
tributes his inability to get work to
his unfamiliarity with the ways OF
the "landlubbers." His wife was
Myrtle Smith, OF Cleveland with
whom he eloped and whose parents
he says have refused forgiveness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
WILSON TO WELD
HIS POWER OF VETO
Tariff, CIatyon Acts Suspension
and War Finance Measures
To Fall. Is Report.

President Wilson is determined to
exercise the veto on legislation,
passed and pending before Congress
now. it was indicated at the White
House today.
The veto OF the resolution reviv-
ing the War Finance Corporation
to extend aid to agricultural interests
was predicted at the White House.
The resolution extending the time
for tho railroads to divest them
selves OF their interests in railroad
equipment companies in accordance
with the Clayton act. will also meet
with a Presidential veto, It was said.
The temporary omnibus tariff bill
and the soldier bonus bill are also
likely TO meet obstruction by pres
identiai veto II they are passed H.
nally by Congress according to in
formation at the White House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
MAYF[OWER AF|RE;;
CIGARETTE BLAMED
Blaze Burns Hour and Threat
ems Destruction of Presi-
dents Yacht.

A lighted cigarette, carelessly
thrown way. is thought &c have start
ed a fire which threatened the de-
struction of the Presidents yacht.
Mayflower, this morning about 10
o'clock.
Concerted efforts by sailors and
men of the fire-fighting force at the
navy yard finally checked the blaze
after II had burned about an hour and
had damaged several OF the state
rooms occupied by the ships officers.
Although other parts OF the ship were
damaged by water, the Presidents
quarters and dining room escaped
any damage.
A naval board OF inquiry will con-
duct an investigation this afternoon
as to the cause OF the fire and the
amount OF the damage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
Cali Curci To Marry
Fine Young American
Divorced Singer, Once Through
With All Men," to Wed
Accompanist. .

CHICAGO. Dec. 2S.--"I wish to
start the New Year right and so am
going to marry very fine American
young man"
This was the cheerful announce
mcnt of Mime. Amelita GALL Curci. the
celebrated coloratura soprano, here
today.
Nine. Calf Curci viii marry her
accompanist, Homer Samuels, very
soon" after the first OF the year. He
Ia the man whom her ex-husband,
MARQUIS Luigi c. Curci, tried unsuc-
cessfully to involve in her divorce
suit one year ago
The wedding will walt the singer
said today, until she obtains citizen
ship papers.
She will be able 20 gain this distinc-
tion on January lG, she said, and.
while the date ~ not settled, she
declared II was possible she would be
married the same day.
W hile the place for the wedding
has not been definitely settled. II was
said II will probably be so,emnized
in Minneapolis, the home OF Samuels.
Amo. Galh CnrcS ohtsinnd a dtDocaa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
HARO|NGFACES
vEX|NG ISSUES
Taxation, Tariff, Foreign Trade
Must Be Solved by New
Administration.
BY J. BART CAMPBELL.
International News Service.

The dawn of the New Year will
still find Congress wrestling with
the fundamental problems confront
ing the country--taxation, the tariff,
and foreign trade-with little pros
pect Of satisfactory solution being
found for either of them before
March 4. twae pY, 9dicted today.
WV - vExTNG PROBLEMS.
In the judgment Of Republican and
Democratic leaders alike, all three
problems will rise to vex the Harding
administration and the new Congress
as much as the difficult question of
foreign relations.
II IS conceded by both sides that
the omnibus tariff bill passed by the
House recently will not pass the Sem
ate unless 1t Is amended materially.
A number of commodities inserted in
1t by a majority of the House will be
stripped from it in the Senate. Al
though its supporters claim to have
enough votes to jam it through the
upper chamber, even they admit it is
IN grave peril from threatened amend
ments and debate.
Beyond the emergency tariff policy II
involves, Senate leaders declare, lies
the more important one Of maintain.
ing the country's trade balance on an
even keel. embracing, as 1t does, the
iar-reaching subject Of exchange.
FEAR TRADE BARRIERS.
Senators opposed to it, like Hitch
cock (Democrat), of Nebraska, declare
1t is impossible to construct even
temporary tariff barriers to shut out
exports to this country If American
producers are to find an outlet for
exports to foreign countries.
International trade, they contend,
unless conducted on terms of barter.
Is already SO hampered under exist
ing exchange conditions that there
now exist economic barriers surici-
emily impenetrable without the situ-
alton being made worse by the erec-
ton of tarifr barriers.
1t Is an open secret in Congress-
that one of the first tasks the Harding
Administration will have to bend to
is the solution OF the exchange prob
lem.
Another vital question, involving
foreign trade and the merchant ma
rine, Is that of complete and Of
fetal restoration OF trade relations
between this country and Russia and
between this country and the central
powers. This, of course, involves the
replacement of this country on an
adequate peace basis. it is pointed
out.
There is u well-founded report that
Great Britain will suggest to Presi-
dent-elect Harding, as soon as he en-
ters the White House, that he sum-
mon a world economic conference, to
be held at Washington for the pur-
pose of dcvising machinery for the
Continued on Page 9. Column So
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
Better Halues'
Sure 'NufN Nou,
Women Will Boss Uni
verse Soon, Says Brown
University prof"
MEN WON'T OBJECT

Don't smile when you allude to
your wife as your better half.
It's no longer a joke. according
to Prof. James q. Dealey, OF Brown
University. president of the Amer
lean Sociological Society.
Woman suffrage has ended male
supremacy. the professor declared
today In a paper read before the
opening session OF the annual con
ference OF the society.
Presumably at the end OF the
twentieth century women will be
the predominant sex in the nation
al councils" Prof. Dealey said, "and
then may come organizations for
the protection Of mems rights
against the encroachment OF wom-
en-. and male sentinels with banners
may parade the sidew alks OF the
White House seeking to influence
the policy OF the naughty Madame
President OF the United states.
"Womcn hereafter will crowd into
business and professions. They
will hold numerous political offices
hitherto kept for males. They will
demand larger share in councils
OF education and religion anl will
assert their right to form standards
OF sex ethics.
Men will not resist the new Or
der OF things" Prof. Dealcy cen
tinued. but will more or less
cheerfully. surrender in part their
cherished prerogatives 20 those 70
whom hereafter In all seriousness
we must allude as our better
halves"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
FEAR rum REBELLION"
AS RESULT OF DRY DRIVE

HURLEY, Wis, Dec. 2S.-Fears of
another rum rebellion" such as broke 2
out in northern Michigan last sum-
mer. when prohibition enforcement
agents invaded tho Iron river district
in a drive on alleged bootleggers.
were expressed here today as forty
eight officers arrived with warrants
for the arrest of thirty eight Hurley
saloonkeepers.
The warrants were issued by Judge
X. NJ. Lands in the Federal Court.
The officers were sent here by Pro-
hibition Enforcement Agent Richard
son from Chicago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
IRISH LEADER
GETS z YEARS
h0bIeW0man Sentenced After
Conviction for Conspiracy
Against Britain.
IL KILLED SINCE CHRISTMAS
19 Others Wounded in Erin
Fighting-Woman Slain
In Limerick.

DUBLIN, Dec. 28.-The Count
ess Markiewicx, who was recently
convicted by q court-martial here
on charges of conspiracy against
the British government, was today
sentenced to two years imprison-
ment at hard labor.
DUBLIN, Dec. 28.-Twelve per-
sons have been killed and nineteen
wounded in Irish violence since
Christmas, according to official fig
ures revealed here today. One of
the civilians killed was a woman.
The totals:
Killed Wounded
ClVlhanS. IL IL
Policemen.
A new wave of Irish violence has
followed the Christmas holiday,
chiefly in the martial law zone, and
many shootings and other disorders
were reported today.
IRISH COMMANDER SLAIN.
1t develops that one of she fve
Sinn Feind q ssied % shSS cstsle u.
Bruff, County Limerick, when SOL
diers raided a dance. was command
ant Of the local branch of the Irish
Republican Army. Two civilians who
were wounded in that fight are re-
Ported to be dying. One policeman
was killed by the civilians.
farmer was killed in County
TS'ror by a band of armed masked
men who were raiding farms.
Two civilians-Maurice Reidy an !
John Leon-were shot to death at
Bailodyre.
James Hickey. a prisoner, was shot
and killed in struggle with his
guards at Tipperary.
A woman was killed a. Limerick.
Two large clothing stores were
burned in the business district of
Tipperary.
The Irish jails are so full of pris-
oners that many arrested persons are
being sent 20 Welsh jails.
LONDON, Dec. 2S.--The government
has begun a determined campaign to
prevent army weapons from falling
into the hands of the Sim Feiners
throughout the United Kingdom. A
dispatch from Glasgow today said
that soldier of the Dunbartonshire
territorials had been sentenced to a
year at hard labor for selling his
rife and bayonet to Sim Feiners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
U.S.. TO JOIN LEAGUE
SOON, BRANTINC
BELIEVES

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 2S.-Hjal-
mar Branting, head of the Swed-
Dish delegation at the League Of
Nations meeting in Geneva, has re-
ported to his government that he
believes America will shortly join
the League and that the League
will soon be universal. said dis
patch from Stockholm today.
DR.. Branting announced the
Leagues decision on the rival
claims OF Sweden and Finland to
the Aland Islands would be an
nounced on February 15.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
7 U. S. SOVIET PRISONERS
RELEASED, SAYS REPORT

Seven Americans who have been dc.
tained in Soviet Russia are now on
their way out OF that country. but
have not yet reached the border, &c
cording TO advices 70 ;he STATE Depart
ment today from American representa-.
tivcs in Finland.
The names Of the Americ9rs and
other details were not given. II was
reported that other CoreignHrs were
bing realcascd from dc'ntlon in Rus.
sio.
There are about 100 Americana IN.
der detention IN Russia ut present.
according fo state Department al.
vices. Tho release OF these people IL
being sought through representatives,
Of Scandinavian oonnArSes,