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NORMAL SALES ; TRIPLED WITH PRICES DOWN Independents Bede Gover nor, but Doleful Over Standard’s Price Sioux Falls, Aug. 12—South Da kota motorists, as the result of the ■"gasoline war” between Governor W. H. McMaster and the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, spent a Very pleasant Sunday. Gasoline throughout the stats sold tor 15 1-2 cents a gallon and auto fsts hastened to fill their tanks and purchase surplus supplies. Sales at many retail stations more than trip led normal business. Standard oil stations fill tanks to the brim with a smile from the deal er, but independents wore a troubled look and expressed doubt on where ft will all end. Gasoline Is selling cheaper in South Dakota today than it has for the past 10 years. The war was started Wednesday when Governor McMaster ordered the state filling station maintained at Mitchell to sell gasoline for 16 cents, declaring In his order that the then price of 26.6 was "highway robbery.” Aot on Governor's Advice Following purchases of gasoline in Chicago McMaster said he was ready to ship gasoline into the state for sale at 18 cents where committees could be organized to dispose of carload lots at that price. Sioux Falls and several of the other larger cities in the state have already form ed! such committees and requests have been forwarded to the governor for as much as 10 carloads of gaso line. Tom Ayres, manager of the non partisan league in a letter to the governor has pledged his organiza tion’s support in the fight against the "trust” but in the same letter he also oondemns McMaster for not having acted sooner. Independent dealers can see noth ing but “bankruptcy" before them and are hoping that the conference here Monday between them and! the governor will result in some plan being adopted that will save them. They are, however, whole heartedly behind McMaster and state they know the previous price has been "robbery.” They asked for reduc tions but always were turned down by the Standard Oil people," they aay. Endorse Nicholas Complaint These dealers strongly endprse the following statement is sued in Chi cago by L. V. Nicholas, president of the National Petroleum Market ers association: "Stanard Oil Company officials have not honestly and fairly reduced their prices in South Dakota, four oents per gallon as they should, but they have reduced their prices 8.6 they have brutally and cold-blood edly reduced their prices over the entire state of South Dakota to a point where, not only will they lose money on every gallon they sell, but they will force an incalculable loss on the independent oil indus try." North Dakota Wants Cut Bismark, N. D., Aug. 11—Gov. R. A. Nestos, upon receiving informa tion that tihe Standard Oil Company of Indiana had reduced the price of gasoline in South Dakota to 16 cents a gallon, wired officials of that company demanding that any reduction in the retail price of gas oline also apply to North Dakota citizens. The governor also approved the suggestion of Governor Me Master of South Dakota that co-operative as sociations be formed in the differ ent communities to buy gasoline in carload lots until such time as the dealers In gasoline sihall cease their policy of charging exorbitant prices. Standard Explains Move Chicago, Aug. 12—Dealing with the cut made in South Dakota gaso line prices, the Standard Oil Com pany board of directors Saturday issued the following statement: “In accordance with Governor Mc Master’s orders, gasoline has been sold and is now selling at the high way supply depot maintained by the state of South Dakota at Mitchell, S. D., at a price of 16 cents a gallon. “The governor has also stated that he propuoses to establish supply de pots in other parts of the state, at which gasoline will be sold a a price equivalent to this price so maintain ed In the city of Mitchell. "The Standard OH Company of In diana asserts that such a price Is be low the cost of manufacture and dis tribution, and that the prices now maintained by it, and most of its com petltors in the state of South Dakota are reasonable and just, based on the present price of crude oil and the cost of manufacture and distribution of its products. Pierson, la., Aug. 11 (Special)—J. P. Mead, 77 years old, civil war vet eran and pioneer citizen of this com munity, died August 2 and the fun eral was held on Sunday, August 5, the military aspect of the funeral being In charge of the local post of the American Legion. The seven drivers [Were arrest ed and held without bail. Agents valued the trucks at $46,000 and the beer at $6,000. Toledo—Tama county postmasters and postal employes have organized a postal service council, electing Mrs. Laura Smith, Montour, president, Mer el WUhelml, Garwtn, vies president; Miss Margaret Cross, Celsea, secretary. Mason City—An attendance of more than 6.000 is now anticipated at the American Legion state convention here next week. The business district al ready Is taking on a gala look, with th# decorating In full swing. Centerville—Klansmen here have de nied any member of their organization was responsible for the threatening letter sent J. W. Roberts, federal agent wbo is freiginy "moa up" county. Director Klein Warns Ex porters They Are Killing Goldegg laying Goose by Their Practices WASHINGTON.—American export trade is awakening to a danger of loss of foreign markets. Dr. Julius Klein, director of the bureau of for eign and domestic commerce of the department of commerce, said in an interview with the United Press. Exporters of the country, who formerly refused to recognize orders from foreign buyers when the dom estic demand for their articles was good, have now taken heed to a re cent warning against such an atti tude sent out by him, Dr. Klein ed. "As a result of my warning,” he de clared, "many large export organiza tions are canvassing their member ships to see if any of their members are carrying on such a policy, and if any are found, they will be request ed to discontinue it. “This sort of practice is confined mostly to the small exporters and .manufacturers who had their first experience in exporting in 1921. They do not realize the seriousness of a policy disregarding foreign orders. Such a policy is threatening th* re putation of American exporters in general.” Refused ths Orders Dr. KhJ.n explained that some American manufacturers give their line of goods to a foreigner and then after the foreign dealer has spent time andi money in developing a de mand for the merchandise, the Ameri can demand for the manufacturer’s articles becomes good and he refuses to handle orders from the foreign buyer. "This is a bad practice,” said Klein, "and as a considerable number of American manufacturers do this, among them some of the large and well-known houses, tht effect is serl ous, even though the proportion of the total number of exporting manu facturers is small." Klein said that the fact that a num ber of exporters are guilty of this practice "is sufficient in the minds of the foreigners to give American exporters in general ft bad reputa tion.” A Serious Mistake Some of the large exporting and manufacturing companies have writ ten to Dr. Klein, denying the state ment made in his warning to the American export trade. Klein has informed these companies that the warning "was not intended as an in dictment of American exporters in general, but its purpose was to call attention of American exporters to a serious mistake that some of them were making to the detriment, not only of themselves but to the Ameri can exporters in general." Many Are Guilty “The grounds were thoroughly established before the warning was Issued,” declared Klein “and that re plies that have been received) in this office indicate that the shoe fitted a distressingly large number of genuine exporters." Many large export houses and ex port associations have commended Dr. Klein for his warning and de clared that "it would not only be un wise, but delnltely unfortunate, if the American exporter should as sume the general attitude that the foreign trade of this country could be maintained by taking orders on ly at such times as might suit the manufacturer’s convenience." Dr. Klein state that although the exporters are beginning again to recognize foreign ■ orders, the danger point has not yet passed. He said that a failure of American manufac turers and exporters to keep in touch with foreign buyers would ultimate ly result in the loss of their for eign trade. Coolidge Won’t be Pre-Judge by Demos Washington, Aug. 12.—The demo cratic campaign managers will not "prejudge” President Coolidge. In a statement Sunday the democratic national committee says: "The new chief executive will not be prejudged by the opposition but only in the light of events as they happen. It is incumbent upon him and the members of his party In con gress to propose remedies and enact them Into law to remedy the condi tions of which the country now Just ly complains. That will be the acid test of his ability or inability to meet the situation Into which he has been so suddenly thrust by a great tragic event.” Court Makes Order In Demo Family Quarrel Council Bluffs, la., Aug. 11—Judge G. S. Cullison made two orders In the famous suit of L. W. Drenna, W. D. Doty politlcans, against tne mlllioA alre contractor, Ed. Wickham, for $218,000 claimed due for aiding Wlckl ham in securing government war contracts. Judge Cullison sustains objections of Defendant Wickham in part and overrules the motion of Drenna et al to make J. J. Hughes of Des Moines and J. W. Reynolds of Creston code fendants. Brookings, S. D., Aug. 10—(Spe cial.)—David Hunter, first state hunter to be appointed under the new state law, doing away with boutles on predatory animals, has been assigned to the upper lime stone country by Louis Knowles, of Rapid City, who has charge of the work. "The attorney general of the state,” said Mr. Knowles, “ has declared the now law constitution al and we are going right ahead with it. Slow, though at fifst be cause I want to get some real hun ters, not men who merely want a pleasant outing at the expense of the state.” Stresemann Asked To Replace Cuno .Guffect/ -,- ( CHICAGO STORM DAMAGE HEAVY Second Electrical Disturb ance in Two Days Takes Three Lives, Starts Fires Chicago, Aug. 12—Chicago stag gered through a terrific storm Sat urday night and early Sunday that cost three lives and thousands of dollars In property damage. It was the second severe storm In two days. In the first storm five per sons were killed. Lightning struck In scores of places and hundreds of telephones and electric light circuits were put out of commission. The public util ities companies claimed the storm was the most damaging in the city’s history. Lightning Kills Two The dead from Saturday night’s storm are: FRANK MANZTNI, 28 years old, killed by • lightning while seeking shelter under a tree. JACK ANDERSON, 76 years old, killed by lightning. FRANK L. HILLMAN, 68 years old, killed by live wire. Two serious fires broke out while the storm raged. A Chineese chop suey restaurant in the downtown district was gut ted. Twelve Chineese sleeping on the fourth floor had a narrow es cape. One was injured Jumping 16 feet from the fire escape. An 18-stor/ apartment building was set Ca fire by lightning and damaged. A score of persons fled in their night clothes. Foremen sub dued the flames before the building was destroyed. The building had been struck by lightning in the storm of less than 48 hours before, WOMEN PULL HAIR AT IRISH RALLY SUNDA Y Dublin,( Aug. 12—The first big political' rally before the elec tions, which have been set for August 27, was held Sunday in front of the College green, the scene of the former Irish parlia ment. The meeting was marked by uproarious scenes, men and wom en fighting wildly, many of the latter engaging in hair pulling matches. Organised groups of Larkinites and De Valeraites heckled the Free State speakers, forcing even President Cosgrove to silence for three quarters of an hour while the disturbance was being quelled. Gentle Grafter Has Way All His Ow„ Yankton, S. D., Aug. 10—(Spe cial.)—A gentle grafter has been reported making the rounds of leading citizens here lately, se curing permanent loans of small sums of money on the plea that he used to know “the old folks at home" or some relative of the vic tims. He Is a stately individual, of ministerial endeavor, and those among his selected list who had good memories recalled that he had cleaned up rather nicely on a sim ilar visit here about three years ago. STRESEMANN REQUESTED TO FORM CABINET Cuno Insists on Quitting Af ter Socialists Decide to Join Communists BY KARL H. VON WIEOAND Universal Service Correspondent Berlin, Aug. 12.—The Cuno cabinet fell Sunday evening. The new cabinet, with Dr. Gustav Stresemann, leader of the industrial ist people's party as chancellor, is ex pected to present itself to the rclcli stag Monday afternoon, unless some unlooked for change occurs at the last moment. In the face of the situation created by a stringency of money and scar city of food in the big cities, with resultant riots in which more than 40 are dead and 160 wounded, and the certainty of a vote of lack of confidence in the relchstag Monday, Dr. William Cuno, almost broken down under the strain of an ungrate ful task, presented! the resignation of his cabinet to President Ebert. “Reds’1 Claim Victory The social democrats enter the new cabinet, which will be a coalition gov ernment. Chancellor Cuno was over thrown directly by the social demo crats who went on the warpath against him when a large number of their followers began drifting to the oommunlst camp. The latter, who proclaimed a gen eral strike Saturday, claim the over throw of the Cuno cabinet as their first exclusive victory. Dr. Cuno was the first non-partis an chancellor since the revolution. He was perhaps the finest figure at the head of the government Blnce Count Von BueloW. He was a busi ness man, and not a politician. His fall is an example of the failure of the business man as chancellor in the mad whirlpool of party politics. May Not Last Long Btresemann is closely allied to big Industrial interests. It is expected that the communists will open war on him with greater Intensity than even against Cuno. There is no promise of long life for the Btresemann cabinet unless it can overcome the internal difficulties, in cluding a settlement of the Ruhr ' question, against which problem Cu no was powerless. ! Btresemann has been requested by [ President Ebert to organize the new government. It is expected that the secretary of state. Dr. Maltzan, father of the Rapallo treaty, will have the greatest support for foreign minister. With the socialists demanding three seats in the cabinet, the retir ing chancellor may, for the sake of publlo safety, remain in charge of his office until the new cabinet Is completed. Censorship Decided On The party leaders are in continu ous session with Dr. Btresemann. In the meanwhile sporadic risings are reported from differrent parts of the country and President Ebert has decided to impose a press censorship. Predict Little Change Washington. Aug. 12.—News of the fall of Chancellor Cuno and the se lection of Gustav Stresemann to form a new cabinet in Berlin was received without surprise In Washington Sun day evening. The change from Cuno to Strese mann. in the prevailing opinion of Washington, will have no efTect on the foreign policy of Germany. Both men, it is pointed out, are members of the German people’s party. Btresemann is regarded here as even more nationalistic than Cuno. By accepting the resignation of Chancellor Cuno and naming Strese mann, President Ebert is regarded as having joined with the united social ists in anticipating the efforts of the communists to overthrow the existing order of things in Germany. SHOOT S. DAKOTA HARVEST LABORER < Wounded Man Says I. W. W. Attempted to Force Him Into Order Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 12—Paul McLeod, a harvest laborer, was shot In rear of a store one block from the main street of Aberdeen Sunday afternoon, by a man believ ed to be an I. W. W. organizer. The assailant escaped, and ac cording to police, held up a party driving an automobile one mile south of t)he city. He forced the driver of the automobile to take him south on the highway leading from Aberdeen. The automobile was fired upon by a motorcycle po liceman as It went through Dux bury. Officers of Ashton report that the car passed near that town traveling at a high rate of speed. According to McLeod, his assail ant was attempting to force him to join the I. W. W., which he refused to do. —. Reports from the Aberdeen hos pital Sunday night were that Mc» Leod would live. T-jvo Girls Burned to Death in Nebraska Fire Columbus, Neb., Aug. 12—Two •mall daughters of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Mathew Abeggin, who reside on a farm near here, were burned to death Sunday morning, when a coal oil stove exploded setting fire to the house. Mr. and Mrs. Abeggin were se verely burned in an attempt to res cue tfaem. COOLIDGE GETS OHIO SUPPORT State's Republican Leaders Likely to Back Him for 1924 Nomination BY EARL J. J0HN80N United Preee Correspondent Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 12—Repub licans of Ohio, birthplace of presi dents, having no available son of their own, as a candidate for the presidential nomination in 1924, in all probability will throw their sup port to Calvin Coolidge. G. O. P. leaders, most of them de voted followers of the late Presi dent Harding, believe that in so doing they will be carrying out what they think would be the wishes of Mr. Harding. Had Harding lived, the slogan next summer would have been "Stand by the president." just as It was in the gubernatorial cam paign last fall. Thompson Boosts Coolidge Ohio republicans are agreeing with other Coolidge boosters that Che new president Is as logical a candidate for nomination as would have been the man who now sleeps forever in Marion cemetery. Carmi Thompson of Cleveland, in timate friend of the late president, probably will take the lead in an effort to oinch Ohio’s 48 votes at the republican nomination conven tion. Thompson is also a close friend of President Coolidge. He was a Coolidge booster long before Coolidge was selected as the run ning mate of Warren O. Harding. In Washington a few days ago, Thompson and Mike Gallagher, of Cleveland, were among the first Ohioans to pay their respects to the new president. Fees and Willis May Join Senators Pass and Willis, staunch Harding supporters, each have pre dicted Calvin Coolidge will make a good president. They, with Attorney General Daugherty, providing his health will permit after his contemplated resignation from the cabinet, prob ably will Join Thompson in Chs new movement. IRVING FISHER’S WEEKLY INDEX New Haven, Conn., Aug. 12—Last week’s wholsale prices of 200 rep resentative commodities averaged 163 per cent of the pre-war level, according to Prof. Irving Fisher’s weekly Index number. The purchas ing power of the dollar was 85.4 pre war cents, this week's index num ber shows. Both the commodity prices and the purchasing power of the dollar are relative to the pre-war period of 1918. Tihua the “low” prices In January, 1922, for instance, exceed ed pre-war prices on the average by 38 per cent; that is, the dollar was worth 72. 5 pre war cents. A summary of conditions follows: Index Purchasing Year Number Power 1918 .. 100 100. 1920 May (peak prices).. 247 40.6 1922 January (low) . 138 72.5 1923 1st quarter average. 163 62.0 1923 2nd quarter average . 163 61.5 July average . 163 65.2 Last week's average .... 153 65.4 (Mr. Fisher Is a noted professor at Yale university,. His weekly Index Is appearing exclusively In Sioux City In The Tribune every Monday. It Is the only weekly index of -gen eral prices In the world.—Editor’s note.) PRETTY GIRLS SOB TO JUDGE Sixteen Fashionably Gown ed Young Dancers Arrest ed in Raid on “Academy” New York, Aug. 12.—Sixteen pretty girls, some as young as 15 years old, none appearing to be more than 19, but all fashionably gowned, cast aside their pleasant mannerisms and wept Just as their less sophisticated sisters would weep, when thoy were assembled Sunday In the police sta tion. All the pretty prisoners, some blonde, some brunette, others titlan haired, were taken in a raid by de tectives at the Columbus dancing academy. The girls, all of whom are said to be Instructors at the dancing aca demy, were arraigned Sunday in Jefferson Market court on charges of Incorrigibility and discharged. According to tihe police, the acad emy Is frequented by Filipinos and Japanese only, white men not being encouraged to patronize the place. The girls are paid five cents a dance, the police say. Recently, the police allege, com plaint# were made to headquarters that Immoral dancing was being permitted in the academy and Po lice Woman Catherine Hadlgan In vestigated. On her report to In spector Bolan the place was raided. Interstate Fair To Give $250 In Prizes The Interstate Fair will give $250 In prizes to the annual horseshoe pitching association according to an announcement made Saturday by Don Moore, secretary of the asso ciation. The money will be distributed among three classes—$105 going to class A, $80 to class B and $55 to class C. There are more women than men voters to_ Sweden, NAMES TOTAL < ON DEBTS AND ’ REPARATIONS August 11 Note Makes Prof* fer Conditional on Pact to Rehabilitate Germany ^ BY JOHN T. BURKE ) Universal Service Correspondent London, August 18—Indicting France and Belgium witih wilful violation of the Versailles treaty by the Invasion of the Ruhr, Lord Curson, In his note of August 11. delivered to the French and Bel gian ambassadors, charges that France In the desire to ruin and break down the national spirit of Germany, has determined to hold tihe Ruhr as a pledge for 86 years, which may develop into perpetuity. He asserts that France and Bel gium by orally demanding 26 bil lion and five billion gold marks re spectively, taking into consideration the fact that they have already re ceived enormous sums in repara tions from Germany, are really claiming three or four times the sum they are entitled to. Ha fur ther insists the claims of France and Belgium priority in payment of reparations is open to contest. | Poincare Arraigned These are tihe outstanding features in a terrific arraignment of Poin care’s regime in occupied Germany. Lord Curson, on behalf of the government, makes the amasing of fer that if France and Belgium will agree to a rehabilitation of Germany and a readjustment of reparations by an impartial commission, on which he hopes that America could be repre sented, followed by an Allied confer ence to settle all other postwar probe lems, including debts, Britain will agree to accept from Germany and the Allies together about 14,200,000,* 000 gold marks. This would enable Britain to pay her total war debt t® the United States. As a further con sideration Britain would forego her rights to reparations under all heads. Threaten* Separate Action Proceeding with the declaration that the stand of France and Bel* glum In the Ruhr has "created a alt* uation which In its political, apart from lta economic, consequences 1* disastrous, and that the Invasion of the Ruhr is doomed to failure, the epoch-making note plainly point? out that the present plea for a set* tie ment Is rejected, Britain will be reluctantly forced to take separate action to "hasten a settlement which cannot be much longer delayed with* out the gravest consequences to the trade and the peace of the world.'* Lord Curzon also makes It plain that if France and Belgium maintain their present Impossible position Britain will refer the question of the legality of their occupation of the Ruhr to The Hague. The final pas* sages of the note are calculated to| make Premier Poincare alt up and) take notice. May Demand Debt Paymenta In these the British foreign min* later declares that if France deter* mines to continue the policy which has caused financial chaos, Britain Is tired of adding Interest to capital on the debt owed by France and will Insist that France "commence pay* ment at any rate of a part of the Interest as soon as the sterling and franc exchange rate becomes reas* onably stable.'’ This Is a diplomatic way of de* mending a first payment on France's debt which Lord Curzon declares cannot honorably be repudiated.; Britain's next move, the note hints, if France and Belgium persist In' "over riding the Allies," will be tat demand Immediate payment.” —4— FOREST YIELDS FINE REVENUE r Harney Reserve In Black .Hills Shows Big Return For Fiscal Year Deadwood. S. D., Aug. 11.—That the cash receipts from the Harney; forest In the Black HUs amounted to $54,704.14 during the fiscal year end ing June SO of this year, Is shown by a report just made. This Is the high est revenue derived fro mthe for est since Its creation, and is an In- . crease of 47 per cent, over receipt#! of the best previous year. The Harney forest Is one of 26 for- I ests Included In District No. 2 of the forest service organization. For the whole district it ranks third In the amount of receipts. Timber sales in the forest produced the largest rev enue and showed the greatest gain, the receipts for the last fiac&l yea#) being $40,998.67. Grazing followed timber, with re-1 ceipts of $11,940.38. This figure 1#) slightly lower than that for the pre- , vlous fiscal year, when the receipt# i amounted to $18,848.86. < Don’t forget your failures. They are the beet tips youll ever get. Hog Cholera Sweeps Herds Near Fedora, 8. D.v Fedora. S. D., Aug. 11.—(Special)—*; Hog cholera, whloh was supposed to i have been stamped out in this vioin*, ity, has again made its appearance | in a virulent form in the herd owned ' by Art Lambert, of Beaver Creek' township. They have been dying at j the rate of 10 and 12 dally. Although j they were vaccinated in the begin-1 ning of the outbreak, the disease spread so rapidly the use o| the serum had little effect. Neighboring hog-owners have kept busy reooinnt* ing. -