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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04

last year, railroad shares were again
in high speculative favor Chesapeake
and Ohio continued its sensational
advance by climbing nearly ten points
to a new record high at 21815, later
reacting to 216 on profit-taking
Chesapeake corporation, which sold as
low as 64A, earlier in the year, touch
ed new record high at 84A or more
than 4 points above Saturdays close
New York Central crossed ITO for the
first time since 1901.
Other rails to break into new high
ground for the year or longer included
Canadian Pacific, Illinois Central COM
mon and preferred, Union Pacific,
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis,
Chicago and Northwestern preferred
and Norfolk and Western Texas and
Pacific, recent strong spot, fell back
more than three points, and a further
recession took place in Erie common.
Extension of the Seminole curtail-
ment agreement for another 80 days
failed to have any influence on the oil
shares which have been under the de-
pressing influence of a sharp increase
in production in the west Texas fields.
General Motors cold stock, regained
it's former place as leader Of the in
dustrial group by climbing 91s points
to 27715, a new high record, on Presi-
dent Sloan's prediction that 1927 earn
ings would better those of 1926. The
new stock advanced more than
points to 1895. The long list of new
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04

highs in the Industrial group included
American Shipbuilding, Bush Termin-
al, Commonwealth Power CuShman'S,
Cuyamel Fruit, Holne-Stak Mining,
May Department Stores, North Amer
ican company, Stewart-Warner and
United States Leather
Electric Refrigeration, which sold
above $50 a share less than years
ago. sank to new low at 10%. Amer
lean Water Works (new), recent
strong spot, fell back more than 3
points and CONSPICUOUS heavineSs also
was shown by Case Threshing East
man Kodak, Kraft Cheese, Tobacco
Products and U. S. Cast Iron Pipe.
Time money and commercial paper
rates were unchanged.
Wheat prices advanced about a cent
a bushel, but other commodity mar
kets showed little net change Cotton
was slightly lower and coffee and sugar
quotations we're practically unchanged.
Firnness of sterling exchange, cables
on London ruling around $486 Ills,
and drop of more than 10 points in
Japanese yen to around 461a cents
cents were the distinguishing features
of the foreign exchange market.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04
GRAIN MARKET

CHICAGO, Oct. 8 Q9 - Corn and
wheat achieved substantial late adj
vance today notwithstanding that
earlier the corn market tumbled to
the lowest prices yet this season. Corn
led the advance with buying based on
assertions that increased private esti-
mates issued today relative to the
1927 probable yield Of corn are likely
to prove misleading final crop re-
suits depending much upon the wealth
er from now on.
Closing quotations on corn were un-
settled, 7s to 1Mc net higher, wheat
u to IL -19sc UP, oats unchanged to
&c advance and provisions unchanged
to a rise of 20 cents.
At first the corn market was DOM
mated by corree. anticipations that
unofficial monthly crop figures issued
today would indicate larger yields Of
corn than were looked for month
ago. The average OF today's private
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04

forecasts turned out to be 2,582,O0O
bushels as against the unofficial Sep
tember total of 2,4470OO,OOO bushels
and compared With 2457,000,000
'-,--,,olc the september official predic-
-~lerlngs of old corn to arrive,
however, are light and with the corn
visible supply total showing decrease
for the week, the market rallied
strongly as the day drew to an end
Wheat owed a good deal of it's
strength to the fact that the average
unofficial forecasts of domestic spring
wheat production this season was 290,-
O00,000 bushels compared with the gov
ernn1ent September estimate of &c.,
100000 bushels. Wet weather adyices
from Canada pointing to further
thrcshing delay acted as a further
bullish influence, more than offsetting
3,157000 bushels increase of the Unit
ed States wheat visible supply total
Talk was also current that 100000
bushels of wheat had been taken Sat-
urday for October export from Duluth
and Port William.
Private reports on oats yield aver
aged 1859 100000 bushels against the
government September estimate Of L.
191,000,OOO bushels. Accordingly oats
developed firmneSs in line with other
grains.
Provisions were responsive to an up
turn in the value Of hogs and TO in
dications Of a continued decrease in
stocks of lard. sss
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04
COTTON MARKET

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 tP>-R Reactions
followed an opening advance in the
cotton market today. Failure of un-
favorable weather reports from the
southwest to create more general or
aggressive buying, disappointed hold
ers of contracts. After showing ad-
vances Of So to "a points in early trad
ing, the market broke 10 to IL points
below Saturdays closing quotations
and at mid-afternoon was within a
few points Of the lowest. Close:
October 2l.11.
December, 21.41.42.
January, 2147-49.
March, 21.70~73.
May, 21.88-92.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 tP)-Stock prices
made further recovery in today's mar
ket despite rather large volume of
profit-taking and sporadic bear sell
ing. A sprinkling of high-priced rails
and industrials recorded gains OF 8 to
10 points while advances of a point or
two were quite common in the gen.
eral list. A few weak spots cropped
out here and there but comparatively
little attention was paid to them.
There was nothing in the days
news to explain the brisk demand for
many stocks, although the usual crop
of rumors was in circulation Week
end market letters as a rule, stressed
the slow improvement in business and
a few predicted higher money rates
when the u. S. treasury's financing
plans were completed Call money
held firm at per cent but there was
no appreciable calling of loans. De-
spite the falling in freight traffic COM
pared with the corresponding period of
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04
Freckles and
His nends
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By BIosser
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04
FORMER CONGRESSMAN
JOHN DALZELL, DIES

ALTADENA, Cal, Oct. 3 lP)-Fun-
eral services for John Daizeil, known
for many years as the father Of the
house of representatives" will be held
in his home at Pittsburgh, Pa. The
announcement was made today at
the home of his son, Samuel. where
the former congressman died last
right.
Mr. Dalzel was born in New York
city, went to Pittsburgh in 1847, grad
uated from Yale and first went to
congress in 1887. From that time
he served continuously until he re-
tired in 1913 He was attorney for
the Pennsylvania railway and main
tanned law offices in Washington,
ID. G.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04
EARLY FROST REPORTED
I'm VALLEY SATURDAY

Reports coming into Douglas all
day Monday from points in almost
every section of the Sulphur Springs
valley indicated that a killing frost
struck the etnire valley on Saturday
night, doing great damage to late
crops. This is the earliest killing
frost ever recorded in the valley so
far as is known and pioneers stated
yesterday that not in 20 years at. least
has such thing happened.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04

Investigators driving out into the
various districts returned to report
that truck gardens and cane and
sorghum crops had been cooked as
they stood and that the damage was
very great in every instance were
lnmatured crops were being grown.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04
packing sows 9.25-1O.oo.

packing soWs 9.25-10O0.
Cattle 600, moderately active, steady
Two loads medium steers CTS; three
loads MeXicans 7.40-715; best Idaho
steers 1000; Nevada cows 750; Ari-
zona heifers 725; cutters 25C-450;
bulls 5.50G00 Calves ECO, steady.
Sheep none, medium to choice lambs
quoted 11.50- 1885, medium TO choice
wocled ewes 5.50-7OO.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04
Los ANlELEs 1.IvEsTnCk

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 .(P-( Federal
State Market News Service) Hogs 500,
active, mostly steady, top 1890 for
load lat pound butchers; six loads
1912 pound butchers 12.50-12.75.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04
STOCK QUOTATIONS

Closing Quotations Furnished BY
RICE g. COMPANY, Brokers,
929 G Ave. Phone 11S
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-04
PRICE TREND IS
STILL HIGHER
ON N. Y. MARKET

Total stock sales 1884, 100 shares.
dividend .125.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09
ITLIBERA[S Gain
D IN NICARAGUA
EARLY SARGENT
BRINGS $4,000.

~ AnfernotlonaI News Service
LONDON, Feb 9.-Described as
the masterpiece Of the famous
American painter John Singer sar-
gent, picture has just been bought
by Sir william orpen. Britain's
leading portrait painter. for s1O.-
600. orpen picked it up in a shabby
frame in a Bond Street dealers
shop.
The picture is stated to have been
painted by Sargent during his most
impressionable period. at 1 time
when he was turning out his finest
work. 1t represents poor Span
ish peasant woman. whose identity
viii probably never be known, and
the feature Of the painting is the
feeling OF poignant suffering in
every line Of the brush.
Orpen has refused five times the
amount he gave for the picture
ana he says he would sooner part
with his entire collection Of pic
lures than this example Of Sargent.
The Mona Lisa, he says, lis q
piece Of cheap clap-trap compared
to this woman. If Sargent failed
anywhere, his works sometimes.
apart from their excellence of tone
and technique, appeared rather cold
ana apart; but here we have a real
woman. soul and body, love, mother
hood and all one can desire, painted
with intense feeling and love of
the work. It must have been a
labor OF love, and to my mind, the
greatest picture the great master
ever produced
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09

ragua. which have not been neutral.
lied BY the American marines.
The Liberal claim. however, IL de.
MED by the Conservatives, who have
already celebrated their claimed vic.
tory over the Liberals in Chinandega.
These conflicting reports, sifted
down, appeared to result in q general
opinion that the Liberals. if still hold
ing out in Chinandega. have only a
small garrison there. and 1t appears
that the Diaz forces are in control
Of the greater part of the city.
The casualties have been heavy in
the fighting there, and one report
has 1t that there are 800 dead and
400 wounded on both sides.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09
b international Nsws Service

PUERTO CABEzAs. Nicaragua,
Feb. s.-capture Of the important
towns Of Chinandega and Ell Sauce.
in western Nicaragua. were claimed
by Liberal headquarters here today.
The Sacasa headquarters declared
that the capture Of these towns fore.
casts complete military control by
the Liberals Of all parts Of Mica
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09
NEW ALIEN BILL
IN MIDDLE

Fate Of the national origins pro
vision Of the immigration law ap-
peared uncertain today as the result
Of 4 sharp disagreement between
Senate and House immigration
leaders.
With the Senate proposal to extend
the date on which the national
origins, provision would become ef-
fectiye for one year to July i. 1928,
the House Immigration Committee is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09

A program in Keeping with the OBJ.
servance viii BE- given by the
Kappa Sigma Debating Society ii
Library hall at 8 p. m.
Charlotte Corbin will eulogize
Abraham Lincoln and David Tucker
will recite the life Of Frederick
Douglas Friday at noon. The His
tory Club OF the university, under
the direction Of Walter Dyson, will
give . program in Carnegie hall
at b. M
The University Glee Club viii
give a musical program in the
chapel at vespera Sunday at D.
m. Or. Mordecai johnson win be
the speaker. Public invited to ali
activities
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09
HOWARD STAGES
MUSIC HOUR

Negro music by the Howard Uni
yersity School Of Music. together
with singing Of folk songs, BY the
student body. consumes college
hour today at noon at Howard Uni.
versity in Rankin Memorial Chapel.
The recital was part of the weeks
program celebrating Negro History
Week.
contemporary Negro Literature"
viii be discussed by e. G. williams
in the chapel at noon tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09

proposing to abolish the plan alto.
gether.
Inability Of Senate and House To
reconcile their differences will result
In the national origins'' plan becom-
ing effective unless President Cool,
ldge exercises his discretionary
power and refuses to proclaim the
new quotas.
British immigration would in,
crease, while German and Scandi,
navian quotas would be greatly de,
creased Uuder the national origins
plan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09

To smother fires with foam a
mixing machine to be connected to
a line Of hose has been invented.
a powder poured into it producing
the foam on contact with the
water.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09

German chemists have developed
g process for extinguishing fires
with carbon dioxide snow; which
has temperature more than 100
degrees below zero.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09

Children can clip out the life
Of George Washington and paste
the pictures found on the Mag.
azine Page Of The Times every
day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09

A pedestrian tunnel under the
river Liffey that viii cost more
than $250.0O0 lie planned for Dublin.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
GammOns Case is
Argued in Court

Arguments in the case Of John
Gammons VS.. the state auditing
board were heard by the supreme
court Friday. The case was ap-
pealed by the defendant board from
decision OF the Burleigh county
district court which held that Gam
mons was entitled to salary 90 Sec
retary of the state industrial com.
mission despite the veto by the gov
ernor Of the appropriation for that
purpose made by the legislature.
Tho lower court upheld the con-
tention Of the plaintiff that Cover.
nor A. G. Sorlie had no right 10 ap-
point anyone to take his place, q
the governor assumed to do last
summer, and that Gammons' salary
should be paid from ! standing fund
to. the credit Of the industrial COM
mission.
Attorneys for the auditing board
contended, in the lower court q IN
the argument yesterday, that the
fund from which Gammons claimed
his salary should bc paid Il not
available for tat purpose.
Since the old appropriation Tor
Gan1m0ns' salary Was exhausted last
June, Cannon. has been serving
without salary since July pending
the outcome bf the present case.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
IVAN N. HART
CONVICTED OF
KILLING WIFE
Jury Returns Verdict Of Sec.
ond Degree Murder-De-
Tense Claims Insanity

Eureka, Kansas, Dec. 10.-(AP)-
Ivan M. Hart, confessed slayer OF
his bride Of three weeks, today was
found guilty of second degree muir.
der by jury in district court here,
Defense attorneys pleaded that
communicative insanity" caused the
31-year-old bank employe to slash
his ide'sthroat when she demanded
he kill her because she feared
motherhood,
Hart testified he was unable Ia
resist his wife's plea for death and
that, after staying her, he attempted
to end his own life.
The defense introduced expert wit.
nesses to support the contention Mrs.
Hart was insane and that she dom
mated her husband. Tom Forbes, Of
defense counsel, drew q parallel be.
tween Hart's case and events men.
toned in biblical history. He recit.
ed the stories Of Adam and Eve, and
Of Salome, who demanded the head
Of John the Baptist.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
RIGHT TO LET
PATIENT DIE
Is UPHELD
Coroner Says Neither He Nor
Jury Should Commend or
Censure Doctor

Sheffield, England. December 10.
-(AP)-The right Of q doctor to
let patient die rather than live in
unremediable pain, has been tactily
upheld by coroner's jury here.
The coroner in summation declared
that neither he nor the jury should
either commend or censure DR.. A. T.
Simpson for letting his patient, John
Robinson, die after the patient had
taken an overdose of dangerous
medicine. The jury brought in q
verdict that Robinson died from
medicine taken to relieve pain and
cause him to sleep.
DR.. Simpson was treating Robin
SON for dropsy and heart disease.
On the day that Robinson died he
found that Robinson had taken an
overdose Of medicine. In view Of
the great pain RobinsoD had suffer-
ed in the past, DR.. Simpson decided
to make no attempts to counteract
the poisonous effects Of the medicine.
II have known Robinson 20 years."
the doctor said. "He has done me
many kindnesses. It would have
been callous action on my part to
have done him an unkindness in his
last moments"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
R, R. VALUATION
CASE is DECIDED
Difference of $1,000, 200, ,OO0
in Valuation of Nations
Railroads Involved

st. Louis. Dec. 1O.-(AP)-Rail-
road valuations should be on the
basis Of original cost rather than
cost Of reproduction new, special
court Of three federal judges de-
cided unanimously today in the St.
Louis and O'Fallon test case, involv-
ing difference of $1,000, ,00O, 900
in valuation Of the nations railroads.
The valuation ease of the St. Louis
and yO'Fallon railroad, a nine-mile
coal road, has been called the great
est lawsuit in history" because of
the immense sum of money involved.
Attorneys for the interstate COM
merce commission have said that the
difference in the valuation of the
nations railroads on the basis the
railroads advocate in this case and
the basis adopted by the commission
is no less than Sill 1,O00, 100000, a
sum greater than the present nation
al debt of the United States.
Railroads Claims
Railroads would require an 18 per
cent increase in the rates to earn
five per cent on their valuation esti-
mates, the government attorneys
have declared. Railroad attorneys
have contradicted that no more than
six to eight per cent increase would
be needed.
Under the transportation act, the
interstate commerce commission is
required to fin the value of railroads
for two purposes: az As a basis
for fixing rates; (2) as basis for
the recapture by the public treasury
Of any railroad earnings in excess by
five per cent.
By common consent the commits
sion and the railroads accepted the
st. Louis and O'Fallon case as q
test case, to be carried to the SUI
premc court.
The reproduction cost theory is
that the railroads are entitled to
have their property valued on the
sums required to build them today,
regardless of what the original cost
may have been.
The investment cost theory, to-
ward which the interstate commerce
commission has leaned, is that rail-
roads shall be entitled to earn only
on the sums Of money prudently in
vested for service to the public.
Roads Plan Rejected
The commission, in the O.Fallon
case, rejected the method Of valua-
tion proposed by the railroads Of
cost Of reproduction new and de-
clared it leaned to the prudent
theory Of investment.
Judge Faris, in his concurring
opinion, declared that neither re-
production new nor prudent invest
CONTINUED on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
AGREEMENT
I'm PRINCIPLE
Is REACHED
Statesmen Undertake Recsyro.
cal Engagements to Settle
Controversy
TENSION IS RELEASED
TENSION IS RELEASED
Both Poles and Lithuanians
Must Agree to Text Of Set.
tlement Formula

Geneva, Dec. 1O.-{R)-~Peace or
war;" That was the questior.
Premier Pilsudski Of Poland dra-
matically asked Premier Valdez
maras Of Lithuania, at q secret ses.
sion today Of the council Of the
League Of Nations at which an
agreement lin principle" was
reached in the : sh-Lithuanian
controversy.
1T is peace" answered the Lith-
uanian leader, clearly looking the
Polish leader full in the eye.
Then the two statesmen under.
took certain reciprocal engagements
to guarantee peaceful settlement Of
the. controversy. which had caused
such tension in the Baltic states
and for that matter in all Europe.
Crisis Was Dramatic
The crisis in the negotiations over
the Polish-Lithuanian controversy
was supremely dramatic % de-
scribed by those present at today's
secret session Of the council when
the Baltic quarrel, in the view Of
the council members, was Liquid
ated.
Premier Piludski, Poland's iron
marshal, his face grim and haggard
with lines caused by the fatigue Of
his journey from Warsaw and exc
haustive conversations with various
statesmen, leaned suddenly over the
table. He pointed his finger 1T the
diminutive, but energetic. professor
who is Lithuanian premier, and
exclaimed:
II have q definite question to put
to the honorable representative Of
Lithuania; is it peace or war ?"
The little Lithuanian premier did
not quail under the gaze Of the
Polish marshal. He looked Premier
Pilsudski, full in the eye and an
swered clearly:
1T is peace"
Applause Follows
"A ripple of applause broke from
! the Spcllbound members uf the coun-
Gil and, when this had died down.
Premier Pilsudski announced in
trembling tones:
"As it is peace, / no more need
personally to discuss details Of the
settlement which leave to my for
eign minister, M. Zaleski. shall
order a Te Deum of joy to be sung
in all the churches Of Poland"
Premier Pilsudski then solemnly
took an engagement before the
(Contirue n rgc two) n
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
MOTOR VEHICLE
REGISTRAR TO
BE VERY BUSY
Certificates of Title Must Be
Issued in Addition to Reg
istering Cars
Preparations for

Preparations for greatest rush
of fuciness in it's history re being
made by the motor vehicle re istra.
TIA d. rtment here.
In addition to registering a larg-
er nun Der Of automobiles than ever
before, tht department will bt
charged with suing certificates OF
title for more than half the auto.
mobiles lie state. In addition
and just to complicate alters Q lit.
tie NOR the department expects to
move from its p~, mt offices just
about the time the applications for
motor vehic' licenses bein reach
the peak
It had been the hope If depart.
meEt officials at the change in
quarters from the Bank of North
Dakota build could be made be.
fore tht first of the We r but
chanes in the new offices were found
to be necessary and mo- day was
postponed. Indications ar that the
change ill be "a e about JsJnuary
10.
Rush Starts Early in -anuary
Nearly $4,000 cc.tificat1s of title
already have been issued but more
than 100000 more will be issued
during the rush Of applications
which is expected to begin early in
January and continue until March.
No licenses will be issued unless ap-
plication is made at the same time
for certificate of title. Persons
who already have obtained certifi-
Gates of title for their machines
need not trouble about it since one
certificate is ood for the life of any
car.
The law requirin a certificate of
title was passed last winter and is
intended to make he sale of stolen
automobile more difficult and dan
derous. Under the present law ev-
cry person sellin an automobile
must furnish a certificate of title
with it.
The law became effective July /
and $4,000 certificates of title have
been issued since that time. Any
extensive effort to enforce the law
was postponed until 1928. however,
when the business of issuin certifi-
Gates of title will be handle at the
same time annual licenses are issued.
A fee of one dollar is charged for
the certificate Of title.