The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 27, 1919, Page 1

HE BIS THE WEATHER | “Generally Fair. ° BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA THURS THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 73. \/ TOWNLEYFEAREDTOGIVE PEOPLE STRASBURG MAN }, TRUTH ABOUT HIS TAX SCHEMES, PROVES SCHERR ASSERTS SENATOR F. W. MBES CLAIMS CORRECT League Leader in Morton County Tells Farmers of the “Lie Like a | Declares There Is General Di Horsethief” Episode During Recent Legislative Assembly—| #ppointment There Over Con- But One Nonpartisan Out of Representative Group Fails to sumers’ Store Proposition ‘ 1 ARCH 27, 1 i 5 -. PRICE FIVE CENTS Mere ronee. (HEAVY GENERAL MANGIN MAY LEAD *_ “TuiAS AEE CHOWY FOR GATE, ARMY AGAINST. BOLSHEVIKS; ” cial stocks of wheat are t s (ate Meat hl raya During Last Six Months Net/ Military Critic in Paris Matin Declares That ire were: four Sinieiae lites as al Brett Hie in as Hlgh Sword of Foch Has Not Been Sheathed—Allies [poeta opening NTR: wor rents a3 | fe ee eran ! Must Finish Job by Force If Necessary. 7 : Sign Referendum Petitions. 2 nacies % Iper cent of 1918. is aa Ae eee Tie : FARMERS PAID $30,000 | Pak YR CS |GRAND FORKS RATES RIGHT Paris, March 27.—General Mangin, one of the leading officers 3 Mandan, N. D., March 27.—“Go home and slop your hogs” | rie eee ‘UNITED STATES ' jof the French army, will be recalled from his command at Mayence, was the slogan which swept the “old gang” out of power four) Thought They Were Going In on} ‘Althe No Lower Than’ Fargo’s, corundertale : mission aN character and scope of which is. “indi- years ago. : ft 4 ae : rated plainly by the events in Hungary.” i. ae Today it is: F Co-operative Basis and Dis MARINE POWER Overhead Expenses Are According to the Gaulois, he would receive an important com- i “Go home and lie to them—lie like a damned horsethief.” cover Mistake Too Late Much Heavier mand iw eastern Europe, undoubtedly the Balkans, with a view to ik Mees Makes Statement ‘ isi fi { possbile operations on the Balkan frontiers. ay Senator F. W, Mees told a representative group of Morton| “I have no worries about my $100; | OF THE WORLD That the Union Light, Heat &! General G. M. G. Malletere, the military critic, in'an article in 1 county farmers, gathered from.every township and practically fete ene Seance ; Power Co, of Fargo during the last{The Matin, suggests that they mean the checking of the Bolsheviki iy a s ie | every precinct in the county, at Mandan yesterday of his confer- ence with Townley on the one-man tax commission bill. laugh to think how easy | was, but | Chairman of Shipping Board six months earned 20 percent net on its electric business, twelve perecent and rendering definite the victory of the allies. General Malletere adds that the allies must finish the job by the sword and declares hate to furnish tun for my neigibors | : and give them a chance to say, ‘Eh,| ‘Tells “of Great Strides what did I tell you?’ ” { Made by America So George Grinsteiner, prosperous, | the sword of Marshal Foch is not yet sheathed. STRIKES DON’T MATERIALIZE Coblenz, March 27.—The general strike set for today in vari- ‘ “I told him I couldn’t stand for this bill,” said Senator Mees. “I told him I could not support it and then come home and face S| you people, my constituents, with a clear conscience, and his advice i] to me was: f . on its steam heating and seven per- ‘eent on its gas had been established | iby the state, Assistant Attorney Gen- a eee . ‘ hard-headed farmer of Strasourg sums Sa jeral PLE. Packard claimed, in con-| ous trades in the American area of occupati d i 4 4 ‘Lie to them, damn it—lie to them like a damned horsethief.’| up the situation which confronts bin |OTHER NATIONS HAVE LOST (ding last evening the first import-| materialize up to a late hour tonight. ST Coble chen fo a “You heard him say that, Nagel,” said the speaker, turning | nd 299 neighbors who last August) jant public utilitles rate hearing held! asked for more pay, the workmen returned to work this fabnine, suoscribed $30,009 for a Consumers’! United Store at Strasburg. ‘The Con-| sumers' United Stores Co., a Townley | q to Simon J. Nagel, member of the state board of control, who was . 2 f ‘before the railway commission under | present. “And you heard him, Harmon,” addressing H® H. Har- Vhe a a Destruction Through War Has ine When the: Ame New Norih Dakota public utilities! strike by the tailors, ican intelligence office heard of a threatened the Americans let it be known there were no mon, one of the prominent league leaders of Morton county. Both!chain store scheme now under the| Ned 3 ‘net acs for , 7 men confirmed the senator's statements, : than'ol- Gis slate aue eke cht Sein Crippled All of the ts TNS eNeren aitainae) places a unemploy ed men and that all men unable to work after BRIS, has the money or the noted of these] Allied Countries eemosee ue eutierg oe {April I, would be sent to other parts of Germany. There was a No Advice Accepted. urged by the | great se 300 farmers, and the farmers have a| ramble to get back into the positions they had. “We have been asked why we dld- 4 {promise that, after all these months,/ - A {Grand Forks division of .the Northern | JIRGES 1 n'¢’bfing our chjectlona tq these’ bills, a store will he estadlished abouc| Washigton, March 27.--Shipbuilding | sigtes Power Co., but. that because | Coblenz, March ‘oe reks. CAUTION ret thalerinting Bill: bie boatd of adrnin: j April 15. ‘facilities acquired during the war have| (rand Forks was “over equipped,” for | , 4, March 27.—The burgomaster of Coblenz has issued ‘ak a aa foe oard a m | Strong for Cooperation. Jmade the United States ie greatest }the number of consumers served, a proclamation that the population of the Coblenz district use more istration pill, the one-man tax com j,, We are firm believers in coopera |g entiat maritime power of the world,| Which is considerably less than the | self-control toward the Americans. He took this action because mission bill, the Immigration bill and tion down our way,” said Mr. Grin- ate : . i ti ission bill, the immigration bill ant : ect dt Saeed a serts Chairman 6, Hurley of the | Patrons served by the Fargo company, | of the increase of fights between Germans and American soldiers the judicial redistricting bill, before j Steiner today, “We went into 4 farm-|chiyning Board, and will enable it to|!he net return was not unreasonable. | “CTTER Be Jers’. clevator a few years ago, We)? VERE lolly wee ; the state made the contention that DISCUSS ADRIATIC . the league caucus. We had no chancey put in machinery, and we haven't OUldistance all other nations in the} % ete meee ‘ n Hat Paris, March 27.—Previous siige woul our views Uctore ine Soaene cilphads toe ‘a! pastel Of \ecuin Uk e toward replacing a shortage of |Grand Forks consumers were paying} | Paris, March 27.— Previous to the meeting Premier Orlando Me Las GAG NIKE ME Lae ieee rieenetcewacwarniinel 5,000 gross tons of shipping lost |fr- more equipment than was neces- | Spent an hour with Col. House discussing the Adriatic. ie Se ff i ce a pee —_——- ‘Screenings at home and feed it to{#8 the result of unrestricted German nee ms ae oS and that The meetings beginning at 11 o’clock were virtually continuous BI y, here, attempted to do so, and B s olir stock, and’ we sent clean’ gr to| Submarine warfare and of the failure | While the jorthe mn States Co. must i throughout the day. . jusiness to Be Suspended Early stock, e@ sel an grain to} enue it is now receiving | ve he was told to go back to his office at the capitol and mind his own af- fairs; he was told that what the league leaders planned to do with tax- ation and other matter affecting his office was ‘none of his damned busi- ness.’ a Both Senator Mees and State Audi- tor Kositzky went on record against the five bills named. Senator Mees riddled the Courier-News accounts of . thg, legislative assembly and of re- cent developments. He read state- ment after statement which he brand- Ciba: Led Bass se tor it, (of the normal increase by new produc-| have the {market and got a good price for tty ion: {to net it a reasonable return upon its! Mr, Hurley made this assertion in| inyestment, Grand Forks does not ne in Great Reception ‘ion has got his myney baek many (4 Teport of his trip to Europe where |#8 large an investment in public wt liimeataven : “for three months he was in close touch | ties as the Northern St Con has FROM PARIS TO ORIEN | «So, when a fine-speaking man came/ With the shipping interests of foreign {euon it, Grand Forke has, it w: oo, on zi = : iT es SHOW COLORS | to my place and began tuiking about | nations. ‘The report will be used in{ Drought out, two complete plants | _Paris, March 27.—The operation of through trains between les perative store, | was ready to|/ Working out a policy of ownership {Where one would suffice. | Paris and the Orient will begin over part of the line April 15th ne JEWS IN {CONTROL dasel, March 27.—The new Hungarian gover ii 24 Jews and six Christians, the reichstag tay. coment coset Saturday Evening to Aid {and everyone of the 90 farmers who ‘put up a $100 to go into this propo: CITY WILL Red, White and Blue Expected to Be Displayed on Every ide—Tour Is Success jlisten. He told us how much chAp-|and operation of the American mer-| | ae Teepe tore OF the year 1918. bas-i and the whole system will be inaugurated by May 1, according to jer we could buy everything we need-/ chant marine. jing, hale, of (he. year on sie, old rate’ | reports led chooks “dressoun cevaneree ta Mr. Hurley estimated that in July,,and half on the increased rates whi S. z e 5 goods, farm machinery and imple-/1914, the sea-going steam bottoms of ;Tesulted in the protest that final : AV ERT FOOD CRISIS lments—and how much more Wwe could! the world totalled 41,225,000 gross {brought the utilities before: the ra Berlin, March 27.—The arrival at German ports, of the first | Set for our butter and eggs and oth: tons punlen was reducted by war oe eine eae pakenaw & Erlck: | American food ships was just in the nick of time to avert the er farm products. He said the sto 000,000 gross tons, a net loss of 4,-|S0n, @! cers. nd ccountants who j ¢, orisis i se regions. The pots nati pt lt a cesta a secica at | 295,000 eone tons. Tn addition, he| Made the utility’ survey for the atate, {00d crisis, in those gee Te potato rations were returned to ed as deliberate falsehoods. At the SHOW YOUR COLORS a low price and ‘buy everytiing we;states there was a loss of 12,000,000 | Showed that the Fargo company’s net | “ree pounds per week. e resi ents are receiving canned meats close of the remarks from: Mees and 7 . ;Produced at a high price. 1 thought. gross tons which would have been con- | earnings wer 9.54 percent on its @ ‘from the remnants of the armies’ stores. There was little food Kositzky,’ every league farmer pres-|; Every public and private build- ||‘Well, if this is so, it, wont be long structed if war had not stopped the|tire plant; 15.45 perecent on electric- | for sale with exception of turnips and minor vegetables. ent but one signed petitions for the}; ing, dwelling, home or apartment || before I'll have my hundred bac o| normal increase in production, making |/t¥; 4.12 pereent on gas and 1024, CENTER OF INTEREST % referendum of: the five acts. | in Bismarck is expected to show /|/I went in, and pursuaded some of mya total loss of 16.2 s,|Percent on steam. On the Grand; Paris, March 27.—President Wilson’ 5 z ; : | its colors Saturday ‘in honor of |jneighbors to go in. I never heard, |Forks plant the whole net coring | eae cay Gag omoeny nec study was again the Spreading Lake Wildfire. | the “famous Fighting First regi- ||such a fine-talking fellow. I've list'| The Allies and neutrals suffered a] Were shown to be 3.98 percent on the|center of interest today, when he with the premiers of Great‘ “Opposition to Townley tyranny is|| ment band, which will be a guest |/ened to good preachers that. were not, total loss by enemy action. marine risk {Present value, divided as follows: | Britain, France and Italy, resumed the effort to remove the obsta- spreading. like.,.swildfire,:..said State||.of. the city all day, Saturday and |} so good as he was. ‘and capture: of 12,915¥0) ‘gross: tons, | Hlectricity, 4.1} pergent emg, 280 ne es which stand in the-way of peace. This-action has excited much ‘Auditor Kositzky this morning prior|; Sunday. pe 300' Farmers Went In. ‘Mr. Hurley said, and gained by new cent, and with a net actual loss of $3," interest, and while criticism and sarcasm are vet i idence { to his departure for, Tower-City, where||.. Flags should be j.,TMey got 300 farmers to put uP} construct and ure of enemy {059 on steam. The Northern States |— Deepa anelani en sarcasm are yet in evidence in he resumes his speaking tour this|| ery flagstaff, and storefronts | /100 apiece. We thought they were g0-' ships 14,249,000 gross tons, leaving a| some quarters, including the French chamber of deputies, still the flown from ev-.| | |Co. experts testified that the net earn-| qu ES) AE ho, resume {| -sheuld'te.drésaed for the obeasion®: |[ng to hgild Us. a rfne etord DurtMing| oe rote ee eT come The {ings of the whole Grand Forks divi-| prevailing view is that the time had arrived for the adoption of a “phe tarmeractiave: had. their eyes A majority of the\ business hous | jand knw thag‘it taey putiin all the! not loss to the Central Powers was; Sion were but 2.60 percent, electricity ' strong policy assuring early and definite results, opened; they are beginning to real-)| ese wil lelose at 8 p, m. to give || things they said they were going tol even greater since they lost 3,016,000 | Peing credited with 4.25 percent; gas "PROVIDES FOR ADMISSIO! ‘ ize how Townley has duped them, and|| their employes an opportunity to |jcarry, they would need the money:! gross tons and gained only 740,000, a|With 1.84 percent, and steam with ai A pre al which seek le eens | | i proposal which seeks to settle the conditions imposed for they are in complete revolt,” snid|| attend the dance and the con. ;So we, 300 of us, subscribed a hun-i difference of 2,276,000 gross tol 05 percent loss. ! have Mr. Kositzky. ee \ attend ‘the concert and the dance | dred dollars apiece, and then we be-|" Only two countries, the United! Considerable time was devoted to, admission to the league of nations has. been presented, requiring “They realize that there ia only)| to follow. . \}gan to feel good about tye-fine store! grates and Japan, have a larger a-|M éffort to establish a fair rate of that countries applying for admission “s iti: one way in which the real-program|| It is. reported that the street’ | we were going to get, and the money! mount of tonnage now than when the |Net returns. Engineer Hagenaw con-| well as all foreigne veaidine within thei Ga aelien all citizens as of the league—the program we have], commissioner will have out his '!we would save. ‘That was last AU! war began, Japan showed a net gain {tended that eight percent was suffi-| a heir borders religious liberty jelént, Robert F. Pack of Minneapo- | 294 sreediom of the press. while the United States jumped far| is vice president and General Mana | The pr ‘oposal would apply not only to enemy countries, but to in the lead with a net gain of 15 per] Ber of the Northern States Power Co.,) Mexico and Costa Rica, which were not invited to participate in lof which both the Red River utilities! the discussion of the league of nations pe ‘are subsidiaries, insisted that ten per-{ The league of ‘nations: bide thedelas ee eague of'nations commission with President Wilson in rce and clean up the downtown | treets in honor of this occasion. || ——————————————————— stood for and fought for for ten years past—can be put into operation, and that is through an honest administra- tion of the political and economic af- fairs of the league by North Dako:a executives who have the interests of gust, and we're still waiting, but We're! or 95 percent, Mr. Hurley not feeling so good any more. The Scherr Incident. “I know Mike Scherr. I knew him| ,, tin the old country, in old Strasburg, | when we were both boys. He reporter, = ‘ent. Bismarck will make a holiday in “The United Sta honor of the gallant band of the s forged ahead as rapidly or Germany fell behind,” id nas | cent was necessary to cover all inter- the state at heart and who have some-; thing at stake. Fighting First, recently home from , overseas where it conquered the Hun, been working for the league and being paid for it, | think. He came up to Bismarck to investigate because men lest and divident accounts. Thi asgain the report. “In August, 1914, the United States seagoing merchant ma- brought up the question of over-valu- dagenaw & Erickson placed ithe chair, last night completed consideration of the league of nations which was referred to Col. E. 5 Col. Marnau. ec to Col. E. M. House, Lord Roberts and Fight to Finish. “This is to be a fight to the fin- ish the tyranny that Townley typifies. If we fail, God save North Dakota, but rine, 500 gross tons and over, included | #tion ,and F 624 steamers of 1,758,465 gross tons,/their experts on the stand to break {and 870 sailing ves: and schooner | down.the corporation's contention that 1 undervalued the property This commission will correct th as: [, Marnat ) e phraseology where necessary and refer it back to the league of nations colnmiceige ‘before it is finally presented to the supreme council. {whom he had talked into buying {store certificates were getting mad. When he came back there was a and now indulging in a triumphal tour of’North Dakota. The band will reach Bismarck on No. 4 early Saturday ae abo rges 947, gross tons, making | they he No a : we cannot fail. The farmers of North, morning to find the city aplaze wita|meeting, and we were told that we)" 7 al “494. seneol er_{in the survey made a year ago. On o amendment has been included which fully 5 i ity a | ave acs y the middle of |* grand total of 1,494 seagoing me survey made:s ‘ ddl Pastor gS ose : t ch fully meets the de- Dakota demonstrated thelr power flags. ‘The Bismarck Elks’ band, sev eo have a Boron) Ue ade chant vessels of 2,706,317 gross tor Y xamining Engi Rittenhouse | mands of Japan for national equality. three years ago when they forever] eral of whose members played for the euNewassbuicl was Bly Gain For U. S. who gave expert testimony for the M. Joffe, former Bolshevik gt eet ambassador at Berli . meeting in Vilna, declared the Bolsheviks would celine ate teat te for the conquest of all eastern Euro i 0 is as ‘urope this spr dispatch here. Twenty million rubles : |said in The Cour jat te store meeting in Strasburg and) '1 didn't hear, any lutions read | Of the war, t B {about anybody being a liar like | un-j marine h 1 increased to 1,366 vesse! \derstand Mike Scherr has said. When} of 4,6 3 gross tons and the sail- broke the bonds of old gangism; they | are arising today to throw off a yoke even more degrading, and there is no question in my mind as to the resul..” Fighting First when it was chasing little brown men in the Philippines, will be at the station to greet the Martial musicians, as will a great “On November 11, 1918, at the end {Northern States Co., Engineer Hage- the steam-going merchant /@W made an effort to establish the {fact that the company was charging too much to depreciation and replace- 1 begin a campaign~ ing, according to-a monthly have been voted for Farmer Paper Attacked. throng of patriotic Bismarck: folk. sale. tet iing vessels and schooner barges had|Ments, and that a large portion of| propaganda ni Poland : 2 . zi sae eople heard from Mike Scherr what ig vessels as 4 i h charre esac ” ve i al - Morton county farmers resent a vi) he band will be played’ from. ‘he yhe learned when he was in Bismarck | decreased to 747 vessels of 829,917) Such eharge each year went into a) DECLARES REPUBLIC elous attack made upon the Morton|s lo its i $) somebody said in a joke they ought!sross tons, making a grand total of e which was becoming — top- 7 b abloom witi the ‘red, white and ~iue There will be a few hours for rest, recreation, sight-seeing at the ‘cap- itol and lunch, and then the band will play a matinee at the Auditorium. This afternoon performance is expeci ed: especially to appeal to .mothers and the young folks and to people from out-of-town ‘who wish to leave for home on early evening trains. The price of admission will be the same as in the evening, and the program will be identical. Dance In Evening. The evening concert will open at 8 and will last two hours. At the close of this program everyone will adjourn to the armory, where two hours will be devoted to dancing to the strains heavy. He declared rates which would! provide for such an apportionment to ed {depreciation and replacement were higher than necessary. The question as to whether the Far- |g and Grand Forks utilitie should London; March 07=teaiah ” be considered as one unit, or whether} = Li » March 27.—Italian troops have occupi ithey should be divided into depart-| Kresburg, on the Hungarian side oF the erates the ito of ‘ments and each utility be required to| dispatch from Budapest » according to a ruction in the Unit-/W#s made a unit, withthe company | besa q = All we could find was canned !ed States added to the merchant ma-;Support itself trom its own revenues, | . ; GALICIA IN REVOLT gods and bananas—long rows of jrine during the war amounted to 875 {contending for the plant unit b; Vienna, (via Copenhagen), March 27.—A dispatch from j Shelves filled with canned goods, and | vessels of 2,941,845 gross tons. ‘The /#nd the state insisting upon a separ-| Moscow declares all of Galicia is in revolt Troops dispatched b' j# long row of bananas hanging down! purchase trom ‘aliens of 255 vessels ‘ition of the several units, with each | the Polish government, the message asserts, joi pate: y ‘the middle. Now we can buy canned |of 833,854 gross tons, the movement |department carrying its own load a8 The | eo be nisctoae tigre ‘ssage asserts, joined the. movement. goods and bananas at the stores we from the Great Lakes'to the ocean of department to make up a deficit in| zemberg soviet, it is added, has declared a general strike. have been Patrons ne: querss no|66 steamers of 13! gross tons, and | not calling: eee consumers in ont TAFT OFFERS AMENDMENTS s yw we’ ying OUr| miscellaneous acquisitions a ing }another of which they might not be pee . av rf . reason why while re buying miscellaneous acquisitions amountir e w 6 i Washington, March 27.—The text of the proposed league of _ London, March 27.—A republic has been declared i - | bia. It is stated that the movement is evidently sonia | Bolsheviki, supported by Ukrainians, who seek to break through Besorabia to establish contact with Moscow and Budapest. OCCUPY TOWN ‘ : County Farmers’ Press, owned by 400 league farmers in Morton and Oliver counties because of this paper's sup- port for Attorney General Langer in his stand against the board of admin- istration and printing graft bills. The Courier-News in a front- page column story this week charged that Langer owned stock in the paper and control- led its policies and that he had dic- tated the publication of receht stor- ies and editorial comment opposing Townley bossism. The farmers as- sert with much positiveness that Mr.|* Langer does not own a share of stock in their paper; that they alone con- trol the Press and ‘its policies, and that they are accepting dictation from to take him out and hang him. [t/2,113 seagoing merchant vessels of was just a joke, but some of the peo-! 5,515,180 gross tons. {ole felt pretty much that way about; “This does not include, the s it. ;enemy vessels, which at the end of Kisses $100 Good-Bye. {the war aggregated 88 vessels of 56! “IT am not worrying any longer: 005 gros: of which number about my $100. e Consumers peo-j of 54! tons were steame ple may put in a store at Strasburg | nd seven of 15,795 gross tons as they have promi: But we have iling vessels. seen one of their stores, at Hazel ‘The {otal con ton. uy noone # Hck shoes and dry goods and hardware jto 31 vessels of 19 gross tons are | Patrons. : s ; =o Ser ie ee eae ee and implements we shouldn’t buy our!other sources of acquisition. "The new rate schedule, effectiv»| Nations covenant suggested by former President Taft, considered NORTH DAKOTA fre gree, he, organization which made jcanned goods and bananas at the same!” “The Joss of 114 vessels of 322,214 /]4st July, is eleven cents net per|in Paris yesterday, was sent from the White House less than a a piace. We're not going over to the/tongs by enemy action, of 278 vessels |Kilowat for elec y, and two dol-| week ago, after Mr. Taft had been assured by Secretary Tumulty the allied fighting men in France. The Fighting First band:is a singing as well as playing aggregation. The; boys have several choral numbers and other vocal specialties which they | interpolate, and here, of course, “Pete” Harmon is in his glory. _Ev- ery one of the 35 members of the First North Dakota band is a North Da- kota boy. The organization that comes here is the same aggregation which played for 15 months in France and for one year back of the lines. Not a member has been ad- ded or dropped since the band return-| ed from overseas, and there is not a} SOLDIERS WANT | CHANCE TO VOTE (By Earle T. Tostevin.) Camp Dodge, Ia., March 27.—North Dakota soldiers on duty here and at Fort Des Moines, and others but re- cently returned from overseas await- ing discharge today urged me to ap- pear for them to friends and voters “back home” to sign the referendum petitions so they may have a chance to vote on the radical legislation en- acted during their absence! They laud the break of state offi- company store just to buy one or tw0! or 403,400 gross tons by marine risk, lars net on gas. Price to July 1 the; that any suggestions from him woul B i things. We still want a store, tho. !or 130 vessels of 268,149 gross tons |Tates were 8:8 cents and $1.48, respec-| gent, This beeame known today ort the White ee ie apse and if we can get our money out of hy sale to aliens and of 64 vessels of | tively. | ventions Wi i e White House. ; Several this thing I think we'll get together | 149761 gross tons through the sale to! At the conclusion of the arguments, | Suggestions were ‘made by Mr. Taft, the principal one dealing with and put up $10,000 or $15,000 and have| the’ United States Government, aban-|the rail board announced it would take | the Monroe doctrine. This was stated officially, but White House a real cooperative store. That's what) ionment and other causes, acecounts|the matter under advisement, render-| officials declined to give out the text. . q we thought we were going to get when |tor the decrease. Losses of 15 Ger- | : we went into this proposition last satti - jman and requisitioned ships amount- summer, but we’ve made up our minds fing to 112,248 gross tons are not in- that was nothing but fine talk.” i cluded. Has Made His Own Way. j George Grinsteiner came to Bis) KANSAS WOULD GIVE ALIEN SLACKERS AXE! ing its decision at the earliest pos-| sible Hale ee th a rel ORDER | RESTORED : } mmediately after e disposal of} Vashi if ae i ‘the Red River utilities case, Senator | Se een Mate 2h Belgrade dispatches to the state d 'Frank E. Ployhar brought up his ap- Partment dated March 23 and received today, said at last reports {plication for a 50-cent. increase in, Order was being maintained in Budapest. The foreign missions rates for the Bismarck Gas Co., of; Were unharmed at that time but not allowed to leave the city. which he is president, now restraikn- | ARREST ANARCHIST : jmarck as a boy, emigrating from} Straspare. He worked here at com- | mon labor for $1.10 per day, filed on; ed by franchise to $1.65. cers from the league ‘ureau control and condemn army red tape which slows their discharge and. delays ac- tive participation in’ the fight against the I. W. W. menace at home. Many of the soldiers interviewed here are} former members of the Nonpartisan league. single imported musician in the lot. Indian Pilgrims Contract Cholera C&lcutta—Returning pilgrims from Daugor Island -have brought cholera to Calcutta, and authorities are mak- ing a fight to prevent it becoming an epidemic. Of the 30,000 pilgrims who have passed through Calcutta many cothracted cholera’ and nearly 200 deaths are reported. Cholera wards in all the hospitals are filled. The outbreak is blamed tod underfeeding because, of the high prices charged the pilgrims ;vmssod_vendors. Sy KAISER MAY FLEE TO. SWITZERLAND Geneva, March 27.—William Hohen- zoliern, alarmed, by the receipt of threatening letters, plans to leave. Holland and seek refuge in Switzer- [land, according to La Switz. -- a homestead in Emmons county and! | Saved his money. While proving up jon his homestead be worked during the winter at $10 a ‘week digging lig- nite. Today he is one of the wealth- iest farmers in the Strasburg com- munity, largely populated by people who came from Grinsteiner’s birth- place. “In all these years,” said {Grinsteiner today, “this $100 is the first foolish piece of money Ice spent, and it makes me laugh to think how easy I was.” Road Work Let. Contracts for federal and state aid highway projects were let this week in Bottineau county, announces the highway commission. The adjutant general's office is in jreceipt of a copy from the adjutant | jgeneral of Kansas of a concurrent jresolution adopted by the general as- ‘gress to amend the immigration and jas to provide for the deportation of neutral alien slackers who renounced (their citizenship rather than fight for vide that in the future Oath of al- jlegiance there be included a pledge of support for America in time of war. The resolution places “conscientious objectors” in the same class with “pacifists” and non-combatant alien neutrals. ‘THE HUN MARTYR Berlin—Germany views herself very recent cartoon in Simplicissimus. It {naturalization law in such a manner*is a full page showing Germany cruci-; fied. Her hands are tied to the cross and attached to her feet by cords are heavy blocks of stone. At one side | America in the recent war, and to pro-|stands Marshal Foch holding in his!registrations tags were mailed out hand a knout with spikes on each thong. John Bull, with a hangman’s noose, and Clemenceau stand by. “Tor- tured Germania,” is the legend, and there is the added inscription: “One more prolongation of the armistice and she will be ripe for peace.” Paris, March 27.—A Russian anarchist, a refugee in Lyo jhas been arrested for distributing Bolshevik propagahdaecnke : Matin says. Papers found in his possession, itis said, centainéd | plans for an uprising in France. sembly, of that state calling upon con-! much as a martyr, as is shown by a/ > | FIRST 1919 MOTOR TELEGRAPHERS ARE TAGS MAILED OUT, POLLED ON STRIKE iN | The first forty 1919 motor vehicle Chicago, March 27.—Ballots calling yesterday .about four months late. Tag| {°F # vote On a strike have been. No. 1 went to W. H. Robinson, state| Mailed to members of the national engineer and secretary of the’ state |telegraphers’ union. Increase of highway commission, while No. 13 is! reinstatement of membets of es reserved for Tax Commissioner H. H. | unions discharged during the Isat year Steele, who has claimed it for several | and assurance of the right years past. ize are demanded. §