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Evening star., 1926-12-18
SMITH FIGHT QUIET,
APPO|NTEE SILENT
Won't Have Anything to Say
Until Necessary, Says H.
Iin0iS Senat0r-Elect.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 18.-Quiet
reigned today in the Washington and
Illinois sectors in the fight center
ing abound Gov. Smalrs appointment
of Frank l.. Smith to succeed the
late Senator William b. Mckinley
for the four months of the short ses-
sion of Congress.
The Senator elect, who came to
Chicago with Mrs. Smith for a
Christmas shopping tour. said he had
nothing to say regarding his ap-
pointment and would mot have any
thing to say until I feel it is in
cumbent on me to do So
In Washington the issue was tenn
porarily cast aside by the Senate
pending word whether Col. Smith
would accept the commission.
Ashurst Defers Action.
The Senate hull came when Sena-
tor Ashurst, Democrat, Arizona, an.
nounced that he would defer action
on his resolution to prevent Mr.
Smith from taking the oath ''if and
until Smith presents his credentials
This stopped Republican leaders
who were prepared to fight consider
alton of the resolution until Col
Smith made known his decision.
Col. Smith planned to return to
his home in Dwight. ILL.,, today aftel
explaining that he had not received
either the commission to the short
or to the long term, but that they
probably had been forwarded to his
office at Dwight in his absence.
Asked point blank, Are you going
to accept the appointments" his re-
ply was a smile.
Refusal Is RumOred.
While the Senator-elect was un-
communicative, Senator Deneen ol
Illinois said at Washington he would
not be surprised" If Smith declined
the appointment because of the con-
dition of his health. Senator Dineer
stated, however, that he had not
communicated with Col. Smith.
Washington dispatches indicated a
new element in the situation in re-
cording that number of Senators
particularly those from the South
were inclined to proceed cautiously
because a refusal to accept Smiths
credentials might strike a blow at
the theory of States rights.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
BLOW TO BRAND SEEN.
Foreign Minister'S Position Linked
With Berlin Crisis.

PARIS, December is 1ssOP).-Foreign
Minister Brands position. in French
public opinion, will be slightly low
cred, Lucien Romier writes in the
q. Figaro, by the downfall of the Marx
Stresemann cabinet in Germany.
(This is presumably based on the
close contact between NJ. BRAND and
DIR. Stresemann in their plans for
bettering Franco-German relations.
Berlin dispatches however, state that
Stresemann was not seriously at
tackled during the Reichstag debate,
and that ii was believed the fall of
the government would not affect Ger.
many's foreign policy)
The other commentators follow
their usual lines in dealing with the
cabinet crisis. LIRE Nouvelle, organ
of the Left, says il has pleased Ger
many to cry halt to those leading
her toward transactions of deliver.
ance."
"Pertinax" in the Echo de Paris
concludes that Germany's two dom.
mating forces, bureaucracy and the
army, are working ceaselessly to wash
out the World War defeat, and that
"all the rest is only the confusion
of small interests in superficial imita
tion of the political ideas and customs
of Western Europe"
Evening star., 1926-12-18
AZ CAPITAL AUT0ISTS
LOSE RIGHT TO DRIVE.
Revelations From Dec. ] to Dec. 10
Show Decrease From Previous
Two Weeks.

Automobile drivers permits were
taken away from A motorists between
December 1 and Is, according to the
semi-monthly report of Traffic Direc-
tor Maurice o. Eldridge. submitted
TODAY to Mai. Edwin B. Hesse. super
intendent of police. Nine permits pre-
viously revoked or Cancelled were re-
stored during this period.
Twenty-six permits were taken up
on a charge of driving while intox-
icated, six each for reckless driving
and leaving after colliding, -FOUR Tor
bad records and one each for speeding
and lending a permit.
The "A revocations and suspensions
represent a reduction under the pre-
ceding two-week period, when 20 per-
mits were taken up, 43 of which were
for driving while drunk.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
MISSIONARIES FREED
AFTER CHINESE SIEGE
Eight-Month Battle for Possession
of Shensi Province Capt.
tai Ends.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LONDON. December 18.-The Bap-
tist Missionary Society today received
a cable message from China stating
that the eight-month siege of SIAN
fu. capital of Shensi Province, has
been terminated and six British mis-
sionaries liberated.
Fearful conditions in Sianfu, In
Guiding the buying and eating Of hui
man flesh to ward off starvation,
caused by factional fighting there,
were described in Peking dispatches
Of December 9.
The information reaching Peking
said that the streets of Sianfu were
strewn with dead and that the ma
tives had been robbed Of all food
stuffs by the soldiers. At last reports
there were 10 foreigners, including
several Americans, in the city.
The Baptist Mission in Peking re-
ceived a letter dated Sianfu. Novem-
ber 10. from the British missionary
Clement Stockley, telling Of terrible
conditions in the city and stating that
foreigners could hold out for only
short time if allowed to keep the little
food they had.
Evening star., 1926-12-18

Increasing bitterness of personal at
tacks on candidates, particularly in
congressional campaigns, Thompson
said, prompted him to introduce the
bill. The wet-and-dry issue has in
stigated many of these eleventh hour
attacks, he added. expressing the view
that "the majority Of these sallies
are timed to leave the accused no op-
portunity for redress before the voters
go to the polls.''
Evening star., 1926-12-18
COALITION CABINET
UNDER LUTHER AIM
OF FVONH|NDENBURG
Marks Defeated Ministry
Will Continue to Guide Af-
fairs Over Holidays.
PRESIDENT is DEEPLY
OFFENDED BY CHARGES
Delays Appointment of New Chan
cellor to Give Parties Time
to Cool Off,"
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, December 1S.-Indica =
tions are that the cabinet of Chan
cellor Marx, which resigned yester- =
day after a, defeat in the Reichstag,
will continue to guide affairs of state
until the holidays are over. After
passing the Social Democratic motion
of non confidence, 249 to III, the
Reichstag adjourned until January
fiS, and many members left the capi-
tai to be with their families for
Christmas.
The cabinet fell before an unnat-
ural alliance between the Left So
cialist and Right Nationalist factions
either of which group outnumbers
any government party. The motion
on which the vote was taken was
introduced by Philipp Scheidemann.
Social Democratic leader, and was
supported by the Nationalist. Com
munists and Fascist.
Schcidemann Leads Attack.
Scheidemann. in opening his at
tack on Thursday. charged that arms
and airplanes were manufactured
and boarded in Russia for Germany
through the functioning of a secret
fund This was denied by Chan
cellor Marx.
The cabinet, presenting it's resigna
ton TO President Won Hindenburg
last evening. was requested to con-
tinue in Office pending the formation
of a new ministry. Customary pro-
cedure would be to ask the Socia lists
to form a government, they being the
party responsible for the cabinets
defeat. but Nationalist leaders say
the President was deeply hurt by
Socialist charges of irregularity in
the administration of the defense
forces and that he may attempt to
the right and middle.
Former Chancellor Hans Luther,
who is now returning from trip to
Central and South America. is men
toned most frequently by the Right
lists as the successor to DIR. Marx.
President Receives Chiefs.
President Won Hindenburg this
morning received successfully the
chairman of the Peoples Party. the
Socialists, the Centrists and the Ger
man Nationalists. The discussions
We're officially described as merely
informative"
It was intimated that the President
would not commission any one to
form a new. government until after
the new year, giving plenty of time
for the parties to cool off after yes
terday's hectic session.
Foreign Minister Stresemann, who
has been in poor health, will start
next week for six weeks visit to
Egypt.
ENGLAND SEES CRISIS.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
Ferdinand's Trip
To Paris Uncertain
In Political Crisis
By the Associated Press.


BUCHAREST, Rumania, Decem-
ber 1S.--Although it has been de-
cided to send King Ferdinand to
Paris for radium treatment of his
intestinal disorder. opposition by
the Rumanian cabinet now has
made it uncertain whether the trip
will be. attempted.
The King himself, whose desire
to go to Paris for medical treat
ment was largely inspired by a
wish to see his errant son. former
Prince Carol, has wavered in his
determination to make the trip.
The Kings condition is steadily
improving as result of the last
operation which he underwent In
Bucharest. Radium treatment will
be used eventually. but it is pointed
out in court circles that this can
be given as readily at Bucharest as
at Paris, while the political results
of his absence from his kingdom
might be serious.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
STUDENTS EXPELLED.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, December IS
U0.-Two students at Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology have been ex.
PEELED, two suspended for year and
Is others disciplined as a result of
disorders in connection with the cele-
bration of field day at the institute on
November 4. The men expelled are
John l.. Dodson of New York and
William +. King of Boston.
Among students placed on proba-
ton are Erling S. Matthieson, Eu
Claire, Wis, and Prescott Crout
Milwaukee.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
EMPEROR'S DEATH
|SEXPECTED SOON
Japanese Report His Condi-
tion Unchanged, But Say
Announcement Is Coming.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, December 18.-A bulletin
issued by the household department
at o'clock tonight said the condition
of Emperor Yoshihito was virtually
unchanged" This is the first official
report from the sick room since noon.
Although no one outside the royal
family. members of the cabinet and
their attendants know what is hap
pening in the carefully guarded
chamber Of the royal villa at Hayama,
where Emperor Yoshihito is dying,
the outside world today began to hear
whispers of the rulers passing. News
paper correspondents have been told
that an important announcement
is coming.
Cabinet Visits SiclxrO0m.
The nation is stilled with that ex-
pectancy which always precedes such
an occasion in the imperial palace.
The cabinet has made it's visit to the
bedside. Battleships ride at anchor
almost within sight of the villa. Day
and night, princes and princesses of
the blood remain faithfully near the
sickroom, and other members Of the
royal family are at hand.
Six physicians remain with their
ruler, working with the determination
that marks the unwillingness of their
kind to capitulate to death. Oxygen,
saline solutions and every known ele-
ment for combating the pernicious
illness which besets the ruler have
been resorted to in the effort to save
him. He has bronchial pneumonia.
Despite the whisperings and the
Fo ~ hnf f1tn nv1o hQ hnnY1 a a
iy i'll for two weeks or more and
losing vitality everytime the doctors
make a report, the latest word is
that Yoshihito still lives.
Yoshito still is young man so far
as his span of years is concerned-47
But he has been ailing since 1921
when the cares of state were lifted
from his shoulders and set upon the
stronger ones of his eldest son, Crown
Prince Hirohito.
Two Attempt Harakiri.
The emperor has been confined tt
his villa for several months, the lit
tie villa, an hours ride from the capi
tai, was chosen by him as a place ir
which to seek health.
But his health never returned. Grad
ually he lost vitality until even the
ordinary gaiety of the village was
forbidden, lest he should be disturbed
From that time on he grew steadily
weaker.
Two attempts at harakiri the Jap
anese name for self-destruction, have
been noted in the village in the last
few hours. One of the nurses at
tempted to slash her throat with g
razor, and a minor public official also
attempted suicide. This is taken as
a demonstration of grief for theil
ruler.
The latest bulletin showed the EN-
peror's temperature to be over 101
but the bulletins from the sick room
are coming with less frequency thar
heretofore.
Whether the rulers death will be
officially announced at Hayama, in
case death overtakes him there, OF
whether he will be returned to the
imperial palace at Toxic before the
announcement is made is a matter
of conjecture. Heretofore custom has
required that death be announced only
when the body lies in the palace.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
SHAW ADMITS "GUILT."
Says His Writings Have Been
Means of Separating Couples.

LONDON, December 18 R9.-
George Bernard Shaw Is quoted by
the Daily Express as pleading guilty
to having been instrumental in sepa-
rating husbands and wives. Speaking
to a fellow guest at luncheon given
by Lady Beecham,- the famous dra-
matist is said to have remarked:
IT am supposed to haYe had a bad
effect on my age. 1 write plays like
Candida and unknown women write
to me and say / have inspired them
to leave their husbands.
sometimes meet them afterward
and ask them whether their decision
was justified. Thev usually say yes,
and / feel less guilty"
Evening star., 1926-12-18
18 BELOW IN NEW YORK.
Coolest Weather Reported Upstate
Near WatertOWn.

ALBANY, N. Y, December IS P).-
The second cold wave Of the present
Winter gripped northern New York
today.
Watertown. which yesterday was
buried under snow in a heavy storm,
which covered only a comparatively
small area, reported a minimum tenn
perature Of 13 degrees below zero in
the city and readings of 16 to IS below
in the outlying sections.
Malone, with a reading Of 16 be-
low, was one of the coolest spots in
the State. Saranac Lake reported ~
below and Oswego, on the shore of
Lake Ontario. experienced a tempera-
ture Of l to 3 degrees below.
In Albany the minimum reading at
the Federal Weather Bureau was zero
NEW YORK, December 18 @.-
King Winter today gave New York its
coolest weather of the season. To-
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Evening star., 1926-12-18
SINCLAIR SUIT DISMISSED.

NEW YORK. December Is R.-
Suit brought by H. Leslie Parker of
Wyoming against Harry F. Sinclair
for an accounting as to Sinclair's dis
position of a holding corporation,
known as the Salt Creek Oil Field. in
Wyoming, alleged to be worth $780,
900. 900, was dismissed In United States
District Court today.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
Will Be Made Bishop.

ROME. December 1S R.-Pope
Plus has decided to appoint Mgr.
Charles d. White, rector of ST.
Joseph's Preparatory Seminary in
Grand Rapids. Mich, as Bishop of
Spokane, Wash, at the next con-
sistory.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
PATRONAGE CHARGE
IS ORDERED PROBED
Senate Judiciary Committee
to Investigate Alleged
Selling in South.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The oft-repeated charge that
Federal patronage is being sold in
Southern States today was made the
special order of business for meeting
of the Senate judiciary committee
next Monday.
At that time q resolution by Sena-
tor Harris, Democrat, Georgia, de-
manding a congressional investigation,
will be considered. The resolution
went to the committee yesterday.
Not Member of Committee.
Senator Harris is not a member Of
the committee, but has the support
of several of the members in his
stand, and Chairman Norris himself
has expressed the view that the scope
of the inquiry should be broadened
to include other States than those of
the South.
A substitute for the Harris resolu-
tion will be offered by Senator King,
Democrat. Utah. Tho yesterday also
demanded a broadening of the inquiry.
The charges of patronage barter
ing furnished subject of consider
able debate in the House last year.
Southern group were vigorous in de.
nouncing conditions they said OBJ
tanned in the filling of Federal of.
fees and the activities of local DO
litical leaders in connection with ap-
pointments.
Suggest RumOrs Probe.
During the debate which preceded
reference of the matter to the judici.
ary committee Senator Trammell.
Democrat, of Florida suggested that
inquiry also be made into rumors that
assessments are made against Federal
office holders "for the maintenance of
their State and national organiza.
tions."
Il have no direct proof upon that
subject" said Senator Trammell but
it is a matter that is pretty commonly
rumored that postmasters, for in
stance, after they once get into office
have to make contributions to main.
tain the State Republican organiza-
tions and to maintain their national
committeeman here in Washington" "
Evening star., 1926-12-18
PERU SAID TO AVOID
o. K. OF TACNA PLAN
Reply to Kellogg Proposal to
Give Province to Bolivia
Asks PIebiscite Data.
BY the Associated Press.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, De-
cember 18.-La Nacion's correspond
ent at La Paz, Bolivia, hears that
the Peruvian reply to Secretary Kel-
logg's proposal in the Chilean-Peru-
Wan controversy over Tacna and
africa will avoid any reference to the
transfer of the provinces to Bolivia,
as suggested by Mr.. Kellogg.
1t will urge a statement from the
arbiter, President Coolidge, regarding
the report made by Maj. Gen. William
LaSSiter as chairman of the Tacna-
africa plebiscitary commission last
June, in which he declared a plebi-
scite impossible under existing condi-
tions.
The reply will maintain, the cor
respondent understands, that a solu-
ton through negotiations should be
sought only if it is impractical to
hold a plebiscite.
Secretary Kellogg's memorandum to
Chile and Peru, November 80, en-
phasized the futility of attempting
further to adjust the trouble between
them by diplomacy or arbitration, and
urged that the disputed provinces be
ceded to Bolivia. Chile and Peru
would, under his plan, settle by direct
negotiation the question of dividing
any cash compensation received from
Bolivia. The territory would be per-
petually demilitarized and the city
of africa made free port.
Chile, In note to the State Depart
ment on December 5, accepted the
proposal in principle.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
WEATHER.

tU. s. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair, continued cold tonight; min
imum temperature II degrees tomor-
row increasing cloudiness: not so cold.
observation-disclosures, SO, at 3 pm.
yesterday; lowest, TO- at am. today
Full report on page a.
Evening star., 1926-12-18

Continued on Page 2, Column ~
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
OLD JOHN BROWNS VIEW.

Interview in Kansas City Star with
G. w. E. Griffith, survivor of the
territorial days of Kansas.
Old John Brown was a small, round
headed man with deep, sunken eyes
I remember him well, but l could not
accurately describe him, as he stood
that morning in May, 1856, by the
roadside and defended his action in
what I believe was the murder of the
pro-slavery men on Pottawatomie
Greek, known as the Massacre of the
Pottawatomie."
"Griffith," he said, 'there is no law
in this territory" l acquiesced in
that statement. eff there was law
here and it was being rigidly enforc-
ed then l would say we have no right
to do what we are doing. But, while
there is no law in the land, then the
law of God must stand. 1t is the only
law we have. The law of God says
that if man takes his brothers life
he also must die. We are the SER
wants of God, and we must execute
that law.
Murder is the worst crime, save
one, that a man may commit. The
man who enslaves his brother is
worse than the man who murders his
brother. These men have come into
Kansas for the purpose of enslaving
their brothers. They are worse than
and they violate every law
of God. 1t is our duty to punish them
according to Gods law"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23

terror of distances and the world was
cramped and blissful. Then came a
youth, Copernicus by name, who gave
US new Heavens and new Earth.
upsetting the whole philosophical and
scientific world in which he lived, with
the theory of round earth and sol
ar system.
Men had been dying of rabies for
centuries and other microbic diseases
had claimed their victims by the mil
lions. Then youthful experimenter
in French laboratory asked 'WHY'
and nature confessed the microbic orr
gin of disease to Louis Pasteur who
perfected more than a hundred anti
toxins and saved the lives of count
less millions.
Humanity had been governed by
kings for centuries before any man
dared to ask "Why do some men gov
ern and other men serve?" When
that question was asked in serious
ness and sincerity the 'divine right of
kings" came tottering to earth to be
trampled under the feet of progress.
Asking "WHY" with intelligence,
patience and sincerity has been the
cause for every bit of progress the
world has ever known. 1t has open
ed doors, brazed, trails, invented ma
chimes, written laws, sailed uncharted
seas and discovered continents.
Where ignorance induces bliss it is
high time some one begins asking
"WHY.'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
GOOD DIVIDEND PAID

That cooperative oil companies can
be profitably conducted is shown by
reports of the first years business of
the Brown County company at Sleepy
Eye, which has just been given out.
A straight devidend of per cent was
paid and nearly $4,000 was placed in
a share holders fund making the
shares of stock costing S25 of book
value of $31.29. In addition there was
a fund of $S21.76 to be divided among
the share holders as rebates on the
gasoline and oil that has been pur-
chased from the company during the
year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
MORE OLD TIRES RECLAIMED

The average motor car owner gives
little thought to his abandoned tire
once it goes to the scrap heap. These
scrap heaps, however, have become
gold mines, because they are begin
ming to cut down our importation of
crude.
Manufacturers have reached the
point where not single tire, no mat
ter how battered, gets away. Last
January saw million old tires and
literally acres of them-col-
lected at one point. They were cap
able Of producing more than Is million
pounds of rubber.
That tire manufacturers are keen
ly alive to the value of reclamation
is shown by the increase in output.
In 1923 we produced only $4,000 long
tons of reclaimed rubber. A long ton
is 2,240 pounds. In 1925 the out
put was $4,000 long tons. By Oct
ober 1, 1926, it is estimated, the pro-
ducing capacity will be 23S,0O0 long
tons.
Whether it is doubtful economy to
use more than 10 to Is per cent of the
reclaimed article is a matter Of con-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
NO. 5 TO BE PAVED.

Paving on No. highway between
Belle PLANE and LIE Sueu: county will
start June Fl, engineers announce.
Concrete will be laid near the half
way point in Blakely township and the
paving crew will work toward Belle
Flame. When that section is finish
ed operations will be resumed at the
point where they started and proceed
toward the county line. When this
stretch is completed the .31a mile
strip between Belle PLANE and Jor-
dan will be paved. A crew of 80
men will camp south of Belle PLANE.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
SPECIAL TAX LARGE

The occupational tax, imposed on
mining companies operating in the
state, totals $2,317,270.55 for 1925, ac-
cording to a tabulation certified in the
office of the state tax commission.
The collections are the result of
per cent tax on a net taxable value of
$38,621, 176.06. The tax certification
in 1924 was $2,859, 735 81. The tax
was certified to Edward w. Stark,
state treasurer, who will Immediately
start collections from the various min
ing companies. The amount is due
June Is, next.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
WORLD NEWS
OF THE WEEK
MAGNUS' CASE
is DISMISSED.

The election contest brought by
Magnus Johnson, Farmer-Labor
against Senator Schallt Republican
Minnesota, was dismissed by the SEN
ate without a record vote and without
opposition The elections committee
held after hearing that there was
no basis for charges of Irregularities
in the campaign conducted by Senator
Schall and that he was entitled to his
seat over the former Farmer-Labol
senator,