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feet attendance slips for the third
month of school.
Our window plants. add much
cheer to our schoolroom these win.
ter days.
Sixth grade boys and girls made
ONE splendid drawings Wednesday
showing the various parts Of 9
plant.
intermediate Room
This week ended another four
weeks with very good attendance
record. Twenty pupils will receive
certificates for perfect attendance.
There are also five others who had
not been absent but will not receive
one on account Of being tardy.
The third grade have been hav.
ing a race in spelling. Gertrude
Ticker is the winner. She has a
perfect score for this month.
The other grades have started
some new graphs for the next
month, which are going to be very
interesting.
Primary Room
The new monitors chosen this
week are: LIST grade, Jean Omdahl,
End grade, Irene Challgren.
Thirteen of the twenty-six pri-
mary children have completed the
third month with perfect attend
ance.
We hope the poster, "A Dillar A
Dollar" given us by Irene Mocn
may prove an incentive and over.
come hardness.
Many smiling faces report an en-.
joyable Thanksgiving vacation
Their sympathy rests wholly with
the turkey.
Jack Frost" peeped in the win.
dow one night and nipped our
plants. We shall not encourage
another such visit. +.
Church Notes for Sunday, Dec. s.
Services at Lcith 10 a. m.
Raleigh 2:3O p. M, Carson 7:3l
p. m. December 5 is Golden Rule
Sunday and the sermon and serv.
ice will be in keeping with the
thought Of the day. The Golden
Rule is the common derominator
o. all beliefs. 1t is one of the few
expressions of religion around
which no controversy centers. II
is the one platform on which the
whole community, regardless of re.
ligion, can meet. If you have nc
church home, come and worship
with US. On Monday evening the
Sunday School, workers of the
Presbyterian church met at the
manse in conference relative ia
making the school a graded school,
After thorough consideration, il
was decided to put in the depart.
mental graded lessons, starting
with the New Year.
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Regain

Mr.. and Mrs. Noon ~ Still were
dinner guests at the H. Dimmind
home on Thursday.
The high school is making plans
fer the organization of a basket
ball team.
Jack Rempel, Bismarck, was
seen in town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Newcomer and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. H. Mel.
son Of Driscill were guests at the
J. NJ. Lem home on Thanksgiving
day.
Messrs. A. H. Lundberg, j.
Fisher, F. Daniels0n and o. B.
A1ne motored to Bismarck on
Saturday to be present at the trial
Of the Wilton party who hit ].
Fisher, local marshal, in the Bleck-
reid cream station on Wednesday
evening. Mr.. Fisher received .
very painful cut on the lip and had
I'd have it sested by DR.. Thelan Of
Wilton. He Is getting better now
The offending party was duly
punished and is now in the counx
jan.
M1 and Mrs. F. Fisher and
family Mere dinner guests OF
Thursday ct the home Of thu
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w
ScUtt Of Regan.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Schroeder AND
family q Wilton visited with tn.
hfRe$,a fnnther. Mfg. "A. M. Viii.
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Minnesota Coach
Is Operated on

Rochester. Mimi. Dec. s.-tP)-Dr.
Clarence W. Spears, University of
Minnesota football coach. underwent
an operation for infected rail- blad-
der at GAS this morning at st. Marys
hospital. and half an hour later was
reported resting 'as well as can be
expected" The operation was en-
tirely successful according to attend
ing surgeons. Dir. W. J. Mayo per-
formed the operation.
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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

brother, George Gerhard, was mott
fled of the accident and. n1otorcd
to Watoga ut once. Miss Gerhard
returned with him and considered
herself quito lucky to have escaped
with as few injuries.
Miss Ruth Cochran, who teaches
at Solen, spent the weekend ut her
nome.
Several from Leith attended the
dance at New Leipzig ThalkF-
giving evening.
Nellie Finch, who is attending
the Dickinson Normal, sflt n t
Thanksgiving at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J.. H., Finch.
Arthur Dahl motored to Bis
marck Tuesday for his mother, who
has been spending week with her
husband, who is patient at the
st. Alexius hospital.
Miss Martha Kicker left Friday
for Chicago to represent the Star
Clothing club.
Professor and Mrs. Arnestad
spent Thanksgiving at Esmond
with relatives in the northern part
Of the state.
Miss Helen Lambert, a student
of St. Mary's High School, was
the guest of Agnes Finch during
the Thanksgiving vacation.
j. Hawley Of Lennon was the
guest of R. F. Hawley Friday.
Kenneth Gebhart of Watoga
spent the weekend at the home Of
his aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Gerhard.
Mrs. Merrick and son returned
from weeks visit at Bismarck
Monday.
Bert Rock and Charles Griffen
motored to Bismarck Monday re-
turning the same day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anhom and family,
accompanied by Miss Marjorie Lun-
din, spent Thanksgiving at the ].
Herbert home.
Perry Finch made business trip
to New Leipzig Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence and FAM
lily, accompanied by Miss Amanda
Nelson, were visitors at Leith
Sunday.
Bertha Zacher spent Thanksgiv-
ing with her home folks at He'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Wolfe were
callers at Leith Monday.
Glen and Leon Armitage> were
visitors at Lcith Sunday.
High School Notes
English l class is completing it's
course this term by the study of
julius Caesar.
The Citizenship class is to debate
on the following question this week:
Resolved, "That School Attendance
should be made compulsory for all
young people under 10 years of
age" It promises to be very in
teresting.
The boys and girls basketball
teams play the Shields teams on
Friday Dec. 3rd at Shields. f.
/ School was dismissed Thursday
and Friday of last week for the
Thanksgiving feast.
Students are now resuming. their
studies diligently in preparation fol
the first semester examinations
which are to be held January 1921
Grammar Room
All pupils in our room were pres
emit and on time Monday morning
except William Nelson. =
Each pupil in the sixth grade re.
ccived a perfect mark in spelling
Tuesday, except Earl McAndrew
who had a mark of ninety-three.
Covo,th and oiUhfh rroIoe 1ool
forward to every Tuesday morning
as this is the time we read and dis
cuss Current Events. I.
The teacher and. pupils wer,
guests in the intermediate room fo
about forty-five minutes last Wed
nesday. Here we listened to lit
tie program given by the intermedi
ate and primary children.
Twenty-Five pupils received per
r =
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SEN. MCKINLEY
SUCCUMBS TO
LONG ILLNESS
CONTINUED from page one.)

(IOntlnUeO from page OHe.J
the votes Of womcn--ovcr Col
Smith. who finally defeated him in
1926.
Born in 1856
Senator Mckinley was born in
Petersburg. H., on Sept. 6. 1856, the
son of IA Presbyterian minister. He
worked on the farm and spent two
years at the University Of Illinois, Of
which he became trustee in 1902.
At the age Of Is. after he had gone
into the banking and mortgage loan
business with an uncle, he began his
public utilities career by building Il
watcrworls system in his home city
of Champaign.
The Senator supported President
Coolidgc's advocacy Of, and voted
for, adherence Of the United States
te the world court.
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Where as many as 20 liquor ships
once floated off the eastern coast. he
said, now only an occasional snug
gler dots che horizon. He agreed
that conditions were not SO good
along the southern coasts But de-
clarcd they were improving.
The prohibition hearing witnessed
a raking over Of nearly all phases OF
the controversial subject, with KEEP
Gallivan leading the at
tack and delving for statistics on
the number of agents dismissed for
drunkenness and other charges, The
amounts used to purchase evidence,
and tor other information.
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ROckne May Write
Football Scenario

Culver City, Calf. Dee. 8. tP) =
knutc Rockne, football coach of Notrc
Dame University, is considering writ
ing a football thriller" for the
screen.
An offer for film story. based on
his technical knowledge Of football.
was made to Rocknc yesterday.
- Rockne, who already has one novel
to his credit. said he would entertain
the proposition at the expiration of
his contract with Notrc Dame Uni
versity.
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Youngstown, Ohio.-Willie Davies,
Charleroix, Pa, shaded Happy Athcr-
ton, Indianapolis l1O). Ray Fay,
tChsrleroix, outpointed Bombo Myers,
MassilOn, Ohio TO-. .~4.
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FIGHT RESULTS

ASSOCIATED Press
Reading, Pa.--Paul McGorma, Ok
lahoma, beat Jack Palmer, Philadel-
phia 60.
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Fresno, Calif.-Fidel Labarba, fly
weight champion, defeats Delos Will
liahSs. New Orleans (10).
Evening star., 1926-09-24
LIQUOR STATE ISSUE.
PLATFORM ASSERTS
Maryland Democrats Blame Law
lessness to National Enforce
ment Act.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, September 24.-The
Nolstead act was denounced as having
caused a disregard for law and order
and a degree of actual lawiessness un-
paralleled in this country by the
platform Of the Democratic party in
Maryla nd. adopted at the state con
vention last night.
a plank Of the platform devoted to
the liquor question declared that pro
hihition should I've referred directly to
the States and removed from the iuris
diction of Congress. Amendment OF
the present law to permit sale of light
wines and beer where local laws do
no, forbid il was recommended.
The platform also pledged the Demo
cratic party to oppose ratification OF
Il child labor amendment To the Fed
eral Constitution.
Gov. Albert g. Ritchie. the first
Governor of Marylan nd to serve more
than one term. was renominated He
held every convention vote. having
swept the state with a ma iOrity of
more than so 900 over William Milnes
MaIoy in the Maryland primary on
Septemher ~ Other Democratic or
ganiZstion candidates were renomi-
mated. including Controller William s.
Cordy, jr: Attorney General Thomas s
n Robinson and Clerk of the Courth
Of Appeals James A. Young.
Evening star., 1926-09-24
Baby Otter's First Plunge.

Ii Is because their ancestors did not
60 iutu the water that the infant al
ter Is tinlid about taking its first
plunge. SAYS oliver @. Pike in Tit
Bits. The mother gets one Of It's on
spring on her back and then enters
the water. swimming along the sur
face When considerable distance
from, the shore the mother sub
merges and the infant. much to it's
own surprise, discovers 1t can swim
as we'll as Its parent. II is very easy
for the mother then to entice other
offspring into the water, once they
have seen how easy II was for one of
their brothers or sisters to swim.
They also are taught To dive by
the mother which snbmerses and
then rises to the surface With Ii fish
in her mouth. When The little otter
sMlms TO its mother, believing she
will share the fish with 1t. the mother
again submerees and the offspring
takes Its first dive.
Evening star., 1926-09-24
Ancient Discs Found.

\ number of discs Of polished lava
used by Hawaiian mobiles centuries
ago in bowling game known as
mai-ka have been discovered by ex-
cavators at work on the site of the
royal palace and palm grove Of
HawaiiS kings. where the Royal
hawaiian Hotel iIonohilu, il nov un.
der construction.
The discs are about !~o and ltaif
incnes in diameter. and all inch Lid u
quarter thick TIE object VI the
game, according to David Maio. an
authority on Hawaiian customs, vas
tWo-foid. to roll the disc between csr-
tain stakes Set on the eartleu course.
srd at the Same tipe outdo the Other
contestants in the distance rolled
Up until 2 uuarter Of n century 20
some Of the old Tnai.ka courses. worn
smooth BY centuries of use were Sttll
plainly visible at Iarious localities in
the islands.
Evening star., 1926-09-24
REPUBLICANS DISCUSS
MONTGOMERY OUTLOOK
State Committee Conference Con-
siders Candidates for County
Ticket Vacancies

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. September 24.--
pproximately * Montgomery County
Republican attended a conference at
the Country Club Yesterday. 1t was
ca lied by the State central committee
for the county principally to consider
candidates for vacancies on the
county ticket, which the State cen
tral committee Is authorized to fill.
Paul Sleman. chairman of the com
mittee presided and spoke. and all of
the candidates already named and
others made short speeches.
The STATE central committee. ii
was expla aimed. will have to nominate
candidates for the House of Delegates.
county commissioners. Judges Of The
Orphans Court, county surveyor.
clerk of the Circuit Court. register of
Wills. a total of Y. and those attend
ing the conference were asked. to
make suggestions for the benefit of
the committee A large number Of
men and women were mentioned as
highly probable the committee Will
make its selections from among those
suggested.
The regiatra ton and transfer or
voters and other matters pertaining
To the campaign We're given considera-
tion. The committee is expected 10
Announce it's selection of candidates
within the next day or two.
Evening star., 1926-09-24
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATE
HEARING POSTPONED
Government Suit for 100000
Share in Readjustment of Over
charging Up October s.

The efforts of the Federal Govern
ment and Il private individual 10 ger
a part of the rate fund retained by
the Potomac Electric FoWer Co, as
it's parc of the compromise i'll the
electric light rate adjustment, which
were TO come uD tor argument t"uaE.
went over until October 2, under au-
tnorjtr granted bH Justice Wendell
=. Stafford
I'nited States Attorney PeNton Cor
Ion in open court. to-day sai6 that al
the parties had consented to- tne post
ponement. and at thSt Time the Gov
ernment would argue its notion tor
permission to intervene in the case.
in an effort 10 collect s20c. 900 alleged
To be due IT. AS u result of alleged
overcharging for electric power.
Justice Stafford signed the decree
approving the compromise, and the
Government is 10 contend that This il
void and should he SET asids. ndrt
that decree the electric power com
pany retained half The fund and dis
tributed the rema lIdev to current con
sumers i'll proportions /" the amount
of their bills during The time the
matter was in litigation.
Evening star., 1926-09-24
CHANGING STREETS
TOPIC OF HEARING
Five important Proposals to
Be Considered by Commits
SionerS October II.

Five Important cha nEes in the high
way plan. designed to preserve tho
natural topography Of the land in
OUTLYING sections of the District as
well as beautiful groves Of old oak
trees. will he considered by the Com
missioners at a public hearing in the
hoardroom Of the District Building
October II.
From an esthetic standpoint. the
outsta anding change proposed by Mel
vim c. Hazen. District surveyor,
would remove from the highway plan
a number Of projected streets in the
territory living between Nichols ave
nue, the Potomac River. 81. t.liZa
heth's Hospital and Rlne Plains. and
would create scenic drive para !.
leline Nichols avenue along the crest
of the hill overlooking the river and
the Virginia hills. The change also
would preserve wooded area which
is regs rded as a potential park.
Another sa lient chan would Gre
ate heautiful drive connecting Fort
Slocum and Fort stevens. The plan
to he considered contemplates the
Widening of Madison street between
Concord avenue and North Capitol
street from 90 to 120 feet.
The third change calls for a reduc'
ton in the width of PineN Branch
road north of Rutternut street from
a projected I2O feet TO 90 feet in order
10 prevent the raZing of numher
Of attractive homes now in the road
line. Cedar street would he dropped
from, the highway plan between
Georgia avenue and PineN Rranch
road IL the plan is approved.
The Argyle section north Of lineN
Branch and west Of Sixteenth street
is involved in the fourth proposed
change. In this territory 1t is planned
10 aha ndon Randolph street and sub
stituta street which would follow
the topogra ply of the hill and ohviate
the necessity ot telling the trees along
PineN Branch.
The final proposal calls for change
I'm the location of Tilden street be
tween the Bureau of Standards and
Wisconsin avenue. Graceful curves
WOULD he given this street and the old
tak trees in the Sterrett property
would not hA destroyed.
Mr.. Hazsn is anxious that all prop
priv owners in tho section affected by
the proposed changes attend the hear
tns.
Evening star., 1926-09-24
BIRDS BURNED AS TORCHES.
Crude Beginning of Lamps l.
Traced in Museum Research.

The romance of artificial lighting
has been traced back 10 The days when
the early Shetlan nd Islanders fashioned
a torch lamp by sticking d WICK into
the throat OF fat stormy petrol and
to other crude beginnings by Or. Wal
ter Houeh of the National Mnseurn.
says Popular Mechanics.
His resea rches reveal that anima Is
have played an important part in f"r
nishing light for man. In the tropics
of America natives once built cages
for a species Of large luminous beetles
and used them as lanterns. while the
Indians off the northwest coast of
America burn fat little fish for light
ing purposes in much the same way
as the Shetlau nd lsla nders did the
stormy petrel.
Whales and seals have made the
largest contribution in supplying lamp
fuel Up to 1859. when petroleum was
discovered in large quantities. they
furnished the major part OF the
Evening star., 1926-09-24
PlLOTAGE RATE UPHELD.
Virginia Court Affirms Corpora tiou
Commission Order.

STAUNTON, Va. September ID 'App.
The order of the Virginia State Corpo-
ration Commission on August 20. 1925,
fixing IHhtage rates in Hampton
Roads WAS affirmed Yesterday hv the
State supreme Court Of Appeals IN . u
opinion ha nded down bV Judge Robert
f.. Preniis. president oi The court. end
which held thai the rates were reason
D bic.
The order "f the commission based
pilotaE+ rates iu flJmDtOu Roads "u
Doth The drafi and tonnage instead Of
draft alone and viii reduce he gross
annual receipts of the Virginia Pilot
Association aDproXiInatel" $Sc 0cN 8.
year. The case was appealed By the
association on the grounds that tho
law placing the pilots under the CON.
mission specified that the commission
could not change pilotaSe rates more
than once every two Years. Judge
pfentis' opinion today held ghat ths
difference between fhe orders Of
August 10 aud AuGii@t % vas n1eT6is
Of clerical character ana ,h3t The last
u nOdif yinS one was v7lid The flrst
order w0nld have ucreaG Ged rates
Evening star., 1926-09-24
STATE FUNDS SOUGHT
FOR ARLINGTON ROAD
Lee Highway Associa ton to Send
Representative Before Com
mission in Richmond.

Special Dispatch To The Star.
CLARENDON. Va. September -.
the ZEE Highway Association Of rling-
ton County will send a representa-
tive to the annual allotment meeting
of the State Highway Association In
Richmond in December to urge alloca'
ton of funds for immediate improve
ment of Giebe road. This action was
decided on at meeting of the or
ga niIation held las nigh at CoIItmbia
Pike schuolhouse. Richard l.. Eacho,
president. presided.
A letter from the State Highway AS
SoCiation in answer 70 A resolution of
fering services of the local organiZa
tiOn in securing additional right Of
way for widening ot l>lebe road In.
formed the meeting that the highway
association was appreci3ttve Of the
offer and that the matter was refer
red to our right.of-way engineer, Mr..
Henley, and he will get in touch with
you"
Appointment of committee 10
draft and present al the next meeting
constitution and by laws TO Include
the desls liza tion OF q night each month
for q regular meeting of ihe orsaniZa-
tiOn, was authorized.
The meeting took action looking to
the elea ming up and beautiliCa ton Of
ROsslyn, which was characterized 10
one or ,he most important entrances
10 the National Capital. The general
appearance of that community was de
scrihed AZ unSightly and A disgrace to
the county. II vas moved TO convey
this sentiment of the orga nization to
the board of supervisors at its next
meeting, urging that steps be taken
for improvement
President Eacho announced that J.
u Brewer. jr.. had resigned as chair.
man of the membership committee nd
that he had named Walter Z. Sias 10
fill the vacancy. A plan to increase
the membership of the organiza tions
was outlined BY Mr.. Sias. The plan
provides for Q member of the commit
Evening star., 1926-09-24
Rosenthal Slain For y. S. Attache Lane.
Who Owes Life to Thirst For Lemonade

Mrs. Jack Za bier. all Americans were
driving through the country to Mexico
City. The bandits stabbed Rosenthal
TO death on September IS while troops
and posses We're closing in on them
Lane and party were driving
through also. Just behind our car.
Their car was identical TO ours. and
we are positive the bandits thought
they were taking the emba ssy secre-
tsry when they took Rosenthal," Ruff
said.
lanes party left Cuernavaca 10
minutes ahead of our car, but we
passed them a few minutes before the
hold-up. when they stopped to buy
some cold drinks. They came upon
us while we We're being held up in the
road by the bandits, but the cha uffeur
of their car, by sheer grit and cour-
age. drove them out of danger, around
"A horseshoe curve. The bandits fired
Al them several times. but missed"
Evening star., 1926-09-24
Beauties of Grand Canyon.

Look down the dark canyon and get
the red. purple and blue of IL, and
then turn quickly TO the east and note
the yellow. gold aud rose NJ The desert
What superb color schemes Are they
not IA perfect harmony; Even the
atmosphere may be reckoned with Is
contrast and Vet accord That Of the
canvon is gas blue or purple. or per
hsps violet whereas that at thS desert
IS rose blue golden yellow ar "na les
cent. The hotter and dryer the wealth
er the more pronounced in color the
e,n,oerhere. says John c. Van Dyke.
IN The Grand Canyon Of the Colo
rato."
People come to see the canyon--to
look down. But they should also look
up. For the sky. as elsewhere. is the
crowning feature of landscape. out
of il comes light. llsht al
which the beautiful blue IL only
broken and dispersed fragment.
Evening star., 1926-09-24
Willing to '0blige.
the Life Magazine

From, the Life Magazine.
A nice looking old lady. about 70
step from a taxicah, appeared to be
having considerable difficulty fun
bling with her handbag while holding
her umbrella.
Here, young man She called To
the driver. cant You help an old
lady TO alight?"
sure. Sure. lady responded that
worthy. producing a box of matches.
where's yer cigaret?'
Evening star., 1926-09-24
Was Sumner Joking!

FIUm The Boston IraDsc1Dt,
Charles sumner is said to have had
little sense of humor. The. following
incident may prove that no hadn't. or
il NAV NOT. 4, an ofFicia, ball in
Washington he said 10 young wo-
man who had stood beside him. We
are fortunate In having these places.
We shall see the first entrance of
the new English and French Ministers
into Washington society.
The young wolnsn replied, I'm
glad Of that, l like 10 see the lions
break the ice
Sumner was silent for a moment.
then he said. Miss x. in a country
where lions live there 10 ne Ice
Evening star., 1926-09-24
Toothache, Poison,
Auto Accident Give
Woman Busy Night

Hard luck overwhelmed Mrs.
Dorothy Gunnell of 3l45 + street
as she set out last night for Il
pleasant little visit to her sisters
hone. in kallston, Va.
She started out with a tooth
ache. swallowed dose of poison
by mistake in an effort to relieve
it and was injured in an automo-
bile accident while being rushed to
the hospital for treatment for the
poison.
Her sister and her h,ISha nd we're
accompa nying her TO Georgetown
University Hospital when the acct
dent occurred. Their car was side
swiped on Westover street. Claren-
don. All were shaken up, but none
was seriously hurt.
Mrs. Gunnell was reported on the
road to recovery today from tooth
ache, poison and bruises.