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FIVE ARE NAMED
|NDAUCHERTYC CASE
Late John T. King and Jesse
w. Smith to Figure in
Government Evidence.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September s.-The
names of two men now in their
graves will figure prominently in the
trial of Harry NJ. Daugherty. former
Attorney General. and Thomas W.
Miller. former alien property custodian,
on charges of conspiring to defraud
the Government while they held high
public office.
This was made clear today when
United States District Attorney
Buckner presenting the prosecution s
case, mentioned repeatedly, the names
of the late John T. King Of Bridge
port. once Republican national COM
mitteoman from Connecticut. and the
late Jesse W. Smith, aid and con
fida nte of Daugherty. who committed
suicide in 1928
King and Smith. Mr.. Buc<ner
charged, pulled the strings" in bring
ing about the transfer to allegedly
German claimants. of 81 900 900 realiZ-
ed from the sale of American Metals
Co. securities seized as enemy prop
erty when the United States entered
the World War.
Metdl MdEndte NNjleSS.
Richard Merton. German metal
magnate. is another man who will
figure prominently in the trial. ap-
pearing as Government witness. He
and his family. the Government con-
tends. controlled the two German
firms and the supposedly Swiss firm
that were involved in the transfer of
the $1,000, 900.
1--WE will show by Government rec.
ords of hotel travel and other expense
accounts" said Mr.. Buckner, that
Miller. Smith. Daughertf, John T.
King and Merton met in New York
City on April 19, 1921. and that Miller
Smith and Daugherty came here for
| the purpose of meeting Merton"
1t was as a result Of this conference
| the Government contends. that bribes
totaling $441 900 were given the public
officials
This. the prosecutor said. was after
Merton had come to this country to
| find some one with political pull
that would assure approval Of the
claim to the 1000 900. John T. King
| was the man he finally chose, and the
conference of the five men consequent
1 ly was arranged, Mr.. Buckner as
serted.
During his outline of the case. Mr..
Ruckner declared that when Merton
later visited Daugherty in Washing
ton to personally take up the case, the
German metal magnate did not have
| = Daro Col,,y,,r
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RIVERA DOWNFALL
EXPECTED IN SPAIN
Unrest Reported General in
Army, With Opposition to
Dictator Growing.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, September S.-Unrest, in
the form of passave resistance Is
general throughout the entire Span
ish army 1t has eliminated thus
far in actual mutiny, however, only
in the artillery corps. 1t is directed
as much against the premier, Gen.
Primo de Rivera, himself as against
the new army promotion regulations,
which provide for election instead OF
elevatio by the old methods of scent
ority.
This is the consensus of reliable
information .trickltng through the
Spanish censorship into French bor-
der towns like La Hendaye, BiarritZ
and ST. Jean de Luz.
Adyices from Heudaye quote
leading Spanish statesman, VINO de
clined to permit his name to be used.
as expressing the opinion that the
quarrel between the artillery branch OF
the army and Primo de Rivers means
the, downfall of the dictator. he sald
the premier possibly, in order to save
appearances, might retain office Ior
short time, but that the emu oi
his rule was in sight; that the armed
would destroy the dictatorship.
designations Expected.
Various reports trickling through
the border also say that the reslgna-
ton of Primo de Rivera Is only
question of time; that he will give up
the helm of the Spanish ship OF state
as soon as the trouble with the army
has been ended and that military
man more In the confidence OF hlhs
Alfonso will succeed him. Cen
Martinez Anido, minister OF the IN
terror: Gen. Damaso Berenguer, the
new head of the Kings mliltary
household. and Admiral the Marquis
do Magaz. ambassador to the Vatican,
are mentioned as possible successors
of Primo de Rivera.
A national referendum will be held
Saturday, Sunday and Monday to de-
termine the attitude of the people to-
ward the present government.
Spain, from one end to the other,
rebels against the idea of the ref
erendum, for in it only those who
favor his regime will vote.
Among the 100000 inhabitants of
Spain there are about 14,0O0, 600 adults
over IS years Of age, and, according
to the last census. approximately 80
May Cancel Referendum.
Talk of cancellation of the refer
endum is already heard.
A high Spanish army officer in
Madrid Is authority for declaring
that the strife, while at present
materially affecting only the artil-
lery corps. is general in the army.
TT came to the surface said this
officer, through complaints of in
feriors who gained the confidence of
the government after having been
unsuccessful through the regular
channels. To reply to the complaints
with words so violent end so radical
as the government has done seems
to me to have been ill-adViSed.
Primo de Rivera cannot have lost
his mind, and / cannot understand
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ORGANIZED COMMUNISTS
DETECTED IN BULGARIA
Conspirators Have Headquarters In
Sofia and Branches Elsewhere.
Arrests Being Made.

By the Associated Press.
SOFIA, Bulgaria. September SIT
is announced by the police that they
have discovered a vast organization
of young Communist Conspirators
having their headquarters in Sofia
and branches all over the country.
A number of arrests have been made
in connection with the affair.
1t had been planned by the organi-
zation TO hold secret congress Sep
tember 5.
In the Chamber Of Deputies the
government spokesman said necessary
measures would he taken to put an
end to to the activity Of all sub
versive organizations in Bulgaria.
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POISONOUS ALCOHOL
TAKEN FROM WAREHOUSE
2,70O Gallons of Deadly Chemical
May Be Turned Into Boot
leg Channels.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL. Mimi. September s.
Drinkers Of illicit liquor We're warned
today that special preparation Of
poisonous alcohol stolen from paint
warehouse here last night might soon
appear in bootleg establishments
While police and prohibition agents
Joined In a search for thieves who
took nearly 200 gallons of the al
cohol from the &. r. Lyon & Bros
paint warehouse. Federal agents and
local police pointed out that the al.
cohol Is deadly poison.
The alcohol was issued to the com
pany under permit for use in manu-
featuring paint. lacquer and varnish
1t was specially denatured under for
mula No. I. which contains a large
quantity of wood alcohol. The poison
cannot he removed.
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'One of Meanest Thieves Gets 800 Days
On Charge of Robbing Woman Clerk

paper basket, she said. Mrs. Hall
then notified Detective NJ. p. Nc
Inerney of the investigation depart
ment, who arrested him..
McInerney told the court that
amounts totaling as high as $500 had
been taken during the last year. add
ing:
1T is really pitiful. In many of
the thefts money was taken from girls
that could i'll afford it. Often it would
be rent or vacation money that the
girls had put by.
McGhee denied participation in any
of the thefts and stated that at the
time Mrs. Hall grabbed him he was
merely busting the desk.
You were probably busting the
contents of the pocketbook," Judge
Schuldt remarked. You are one of
the meanest thieves that have been
brought before me.
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PRISON BOARD GETS
LANGLEY'S APPEAL
Clemency Case Of Former Kentucky
Representative on Atlanta
Calendar.
BY the Associated Press.


ATLANTA, Ga, September 8-Ap-
plications of John w. Langley. former
Representative from Kentucky, and
Scott Dillingham; Of Tennessee and
Florida for clemency are among the
cases on the calendar of the parole
board. which convened today at the
United States prison here.
Langley is serving four-year SEN
tence for violating Che prohibition law
and Dillingham; is serving a sentence
for theft of an automobile.
Warden John w. Shook of the At
lanta prison said today he did not
know when these cases would be
reached. as applications are considered
In numerical order.
Results OF the parole board sessions
are announced through the Depart
ment of Justice at Washington. No
announcements will be given out by
the board at the conclusion of its meet.
ing here.
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PAWTUCKET, r. l., September s..
Miss Dorothy l.. Cheek. Mount Holy
oke graduate, and Gordon Cedric Will
land, Worcester Polytechnical Insti-
tute alumnus. were married here last
night with a ritual which had been
edited by the bride to conform to her
idea of the real significance Of mar
riage.
The word "obey" was omitted from
the vow and paragraph inserted, in
which the bride expressed her idea Of
the spiritual character Of wedlock.
The paragraph written into the rit-
ual read: at is the duty of both to
delight each in the society Of the
other; to remember that, in interest
and in reputation, as In affection, they
are to be henceforth one and undiyid.
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Beavers and City
Fight for Water
Rights in Canon

By the Associated Press.
SPE,ARFISH. :. Oak. September
S.--A colony of beavers and the
local water department are EN-
gagged in a game of hide and seek.
The beavers recently were dis
covered as the mysterious cause
of a shortage of water in the city
mains. The animals had built a
dam across a pond at the spring in
the Speartish canon from which
the city obtains water and diverted
the water to new cha
The obstruction work was re-
moved. but each night the animals
go about their task of repairing
the damage.
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OFFICERS
SLAIN BY CHINESE
Three Leaders and Four Sea-
men Dead After River Bat
tIe-Curt Reply to Canton.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, September S.-Several
British naval officers and seamen We're
killed and wounded in yesterdays
clash between Chinese troops and
British gunboatS on the YangtZe River.
at WaShSien, it was learned today
when details of the encounter were
received in Shanghai. No definite
information has been received as TO
the number of Chinese casualties.
The British dead included: Comdr
f. c. Darley and Lieut.. A. r. Higgins
of the gunboat Dispatch. and Lieut..
G. r. Ridge of the gunboat Cooke hafer,
who died from wounds. Others killed
or dead from wounds are Able Seaman
Farminer. gunboat Dispatch; Leading
Seaman HaSlam, Able Seaman Mar
rott and Able Seaman FarrOw, all of
the gunboat Scara.
The dangerously wounded include:
Lieut.. Comdr. l.. S. AChesOn. COM
mander of the gunboat Cockchafer;
Able Seaman Beese of the gunboat
Scarab. Other wounded, but less Sc
riously: Able Seaman Grit. Able
Seaman Dolan, Shipwright Crabtree,
all of the Dispatch. and Lieut.. j. @.
Fogg- Elliott. of the gunboat Mantis
Two able seamen and one stoker on
the Mantis and five able seamen,
probably of the COckchafer, and one
able seaman on the Scarab. whose
names were not disclosed, also were
wounded
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U. S.-Hungary Pact Ratified.

BUDAPEST. Hungary. September
3 NS.-Ratifications Of the Hunga-
rian American commercial agreement
and friendship pact were exchanged
today. The agreement runs for 10
years and provides for most favorable
nation treatment. beginning Octo-
her
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Enforces IOcarnO Pact.

Election of Germany TO league mem
hership automatically brings into
force the treaty of mutual guara ntee
Initiated at Locarno last October by
represantativeS Of Great Britain
france. Italy. Belgium and Germany
The IIocarno treaty binds the con-
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British Merchant Ships Seized.

The incident developed at Wanhsein
when Gen. Yang Sen. an adherent of
WI Pei flu, seized the steamers Wan
tung and Wanhsein belonging to the
British firm of Butler. Field & Swire.
lying in port at Wanhsein. at the
same time lining the banks of the
river with troops and refusing TO per-
nit communication between the two
vessels The general threatened to
fire on the gunboat CockChafer whose
officers sought o.intervene.
The British consul, summoned from
Chungking. undertook futile negotia-
tions to release the steamers officers.
whereupon British naval expedition
of 40 men. commanded by Comdr.
barley of the cruiser Dispatch, was
ordered from HankOw and arrived AT
Wanhsein in the small river frelGhter
kiawo on September On the fol-
lowing day the kiawo attempted to
approaCh the steamer WanhSein and
succeeded in reScuinE its officers
when the Chinese began firing from
the banks.
The Eiawo was unable to approach
the steamer Wanting because of the
firing. The Wantung's officers jumped
overheard and all were picked up eX-
cent Chief Engineer Johnson. who
was wounded and presumably
drowned.
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Shin ROnbardS Town.

The .Cockchafer went into action
and hombarded the town of Wanhsein,
infiicting considerable DANA ge, it is
believed
Yang Sens action in seiZing the
merchant steamer is an aftermath
IN an encounter the British steamer
Nanliu experienced August %. While
discharging passengers at Tungyang
the shin was boarded by Is armed
Chinese soldiers and menaced by a
sampan carrying other troops. The
Wanliu sought TO escape slowly, While
the officers drove off the soldiers. The
samran became fouled and sank, the
Wanliu proceeding to Wanhsein.
Yang Sen-declared the Nanliu sank
.wo mnks, drowning 56 soldiers and
causing a loss to the Chinese OF Ss2.-
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WEATHER.

IL. s. Weather Bureau Forecast
Fair tonight: tomorrow. increasing
cloudiness and slightly warmer; shOw->
erS tomorrow night
Temperature--Hig so. at 2:30
pm. yesterday; lowest. 50. at 6 am
today. Full report on page 9.
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-07

Have you read the ads?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-07
FINLAYSON BANK
ROBBERS CAUGHT
Two 19-Year Old Youths
are Involved in the
Deal.

Four men, who confessed to-
having robbed the First State,
Bank at Finlayson and said they
planned the robbery of several
others, face terms of long inn
prisonment, as a special grand
jury was ordered to convene at.
Pine City on Jan. IL at 10 a. M
and their case will be heard in
District Court.
Prosecutors invoked a seldom
used statute, charging the men
with robbing a bank with fire.
arms, a charge which carries a.
penalty of, life imprisonment I'm
the state prison. on which the
men were arraigned.
A 10 year old boy Homer E.
Payne, Superior, Wis, was ar
rested at Virginia, Mimi, when
he drove an automobile into a
garage for minor repairs. In the
bottom of the car repair men
found currency wrappers bear
ing the name "Finlayson State
Bank" Police were notified, and
the youth was arrested.
Sheriff R. J. Hawley of Pine
county was called to Superior
where Payne was taken to by
police and after grilling he told
the whole story. Albert Kvisler,
another 10 year old lad, Archie
O. Andrew, 81, and George A.
Minett, 80, all of Superior, and
implicated in the robbery were
apprehended and taken to Pine
City Saturday when the prelimi-
nary hearing was held before
justice Stephan. A fifth member
Of the company is still at large
The four men were committed to
Jail at Saltwater awaiting action
of the grand jury.
Payne, young as he is, has al
ready served two terms in a re-
formatory in Wisconsin, for rob
berry. Minett was employed i'm
the livery barn at Sandstone
about Is years ago.
Following the robbery at Fin
layson on Tuesday of last week
the quintette drove to the old
Banning bridge where three of
them left the car and walked to
Askov where they had lunch at
the restaurant and caught rides
ON freight trains out of here. The
two continued out on Highway
No. / in the auto. The bank at
Bruno was one of those slated to-
be robbed.
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WELCOME STRANGER

A distinguished Westerner,
subject to severe attacks of in
digestion, was travelling with his
wife. Late one night in Pull
man he was seized with an at
tack. His wife slipped on a
kimono and hurried to the wash
room to prepare a mustard plas-
ter. She rushed back, hastily
threw aside the curtains, opened
his pajamas and applied the
plaster securely before she dis
covered it wasn't her husband,
but a strange man.
She fled, Mortified, to the right
berth and told her husband, who
went into such fits of laughter
that his indigestion was cured.
If they tried to take off the plas-
ter they would awaken the stran-
ger. To avoid a difficult explain
alton they decided just to leave
it on.
At 6 ann. there was a terrific
roar from the strangers berth.
Porter" he howled, who the
heck put q porcupine in my bed?"
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Our Wdshlin3 ton Letter
Dv " ICDaiev
Oh W ODaley
aap.l lp1oHla AsscepaloM ssce

Washington, January cit is
apparent that the holiday spirit
of Peace ON Earth" found little
lresponse from mortals having po-
litical aspirations. At the begin
ming of the new year the Execu-
tive and Legislative branches of
Congress are thrown into furore
by the covert threat to revive
the farm bloc and the mix up
generally on tariff matters. The
possibilities are such that the tax
bill ordinarily SO close to the
legislators minds is taking second
place in cloak room discussions.
Congressman and Senators on
their return from their home
towns over the holiday recess had
their memories refreshed by per
sonal chats. In the more popu-
lous states where manufacturing
is of prime Importance and agri-
culture only Incidental, the tariff
and the farm bloc are seldom,if
ever, considered. According to
political observers in the corn
belt states where there is an over
production of certain farm pro-
ducts, particularly corn surplus,
there is movement under way
to tinker with, the tariff in the
hope ofJforcing the Administra-
ton in line on price fixing and
farm export measures. At least
that is the feeling that exists in
Administration circles and softly
echoed by Democratic members
of Congress interested in tariff
adjustments. Democratic leaders
have watched with interest the
Eevidences of alarm manifest
| among those on the other side of
the political fence. The tariff of
late years has been considered
more of an economic than po-
Itical factor and never figured
prominently in recent. campaigns.
| 1t is said that there is a care
fully organized propaganda, not
sponsored exclusively by the
Democrats, to feature the tariff
as a campaign issue. It's discus
sion during the next few months
is regarded as pertinent because
of the fact that the entire mem
bership of the House will be up
for reelection and thirty-two
members of the Senate must lay
their cases before the voters this
year. There are twenty-six seats
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-07
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ORGANIZE FOR THE YEAR

The board of county commits
sioners met at Pine City Tues
day for the initial meeting of
1926. Organization for the year
was effected with the reelection
of Nels Oakland from the Third
District, as chairman and E. L.
Wilcox of the Second District,
was elected vice-chairman.
The Askov American was Sc
lected as the official newspaper
of Pine county for 1926, in which
will be published the auditors f.
nancial statement, the delinquent
tax list, commissioners proceed
ings and other notices required
by the board for which it will re-
ceive SOC per folio for first inser-
ton and Csc per folio each subse-
quent insertion. The delinquent
tax list is at the rate of 15c per
description. In addition to that
the American must furnish the
financial statement and delin-
quent tax list in supplement-
form to all the other news
papers of the county and commits
sioners' proceedings are also to
bepublished regularly in each of
the other newspapers, the Amer.
lean furnishing the type, and for
which service to the county the
seven other newspapers receive
the flat sum of $3.50 for the year
The official minutes will appear
in next weeks issue of the Amer
lean.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-07

in the Senate now held by Re
publicans which will be contested,
the other six are regarded as
safely Democratic.
The "watchful waiting" policy
which became a by-word during
the Wilson regime finds it's pa
rallel in President Coolidge's at
titude on the Tacnia- africa plebi-
scite in South America. The ordi-
nary citizen regards this matter
only as another one of those
foreign affairs. 1t has an in
teresting angle as two of our
most prominent citizens are per-
sonally involved in the dispute
President Coolidge and General
Pershing. General Pershing has
been chairman of the commission
drafting rules for the election by
which the citizens of the disputed
territory can make known their
wishes, through the ballot box,
as to whether they desire to be
citizens of Chile or Peru. They
have appealed to the President
personally rather than to the
United States Government, and
he has apparently adopted the
old Spanish habit of "manana',
which means tomorrow. an
other word for delay and procra-
stination.
Those close, to Mr.. Coolidge
feel that the clamor in the two
neighboring countries will sim
I.mer down after a few months.
Meanwhile Chile and Peru will
file briefs outlining their posi-
ton as to how the elections
should be conducted and differ
ing with the methods outlined by
General Pershing. The General
is returning home because of i'll
ness. Some say that this is. a
diplomatic method of Withdraw
ing from the fracas but those who
know the General say that he is
not retiring from the commission
under any false pretenses
The. New Years receptions at
the White. House and at the
homes of Cabinet members
brought out some interesting dis
cussions. The we'll informed
folk back home know that a con-
siderable amount of legislation is
actually transacted in drawing
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same neighborhood. Mrs. Elna
Hoganson, the aged mother, was
among those present at the
event of Is years ago and again
the other evening.
Mrs. Lindstrom has been resi-
dent of Pine county for IS years,
coming here at that time togeth-
er with her parents from Swe-
den. Mr.. Lindstrom has been
here 80 years and is also native
of Sweden. He helped lay the
rails of the Great Northern Rail.
way Company through Pine
county.
At late hour the guests
New Years eve, departed, after
wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Lindstrom
many more anniversaries of the
happy. event.