The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 2, 1919, Page 1

THE WEATHER RAILWAYSDONOT LOSE ABILITY 70 SUB AND BE SUED North Dakota Supreme Court Hands Down Important Opin- ion on Federal Control BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA WAITING TO:BE*BOOTED OUT Like a confirmed political coffee cooler, Charles F. Bleckreid, deties the American spirit of ‘fair: play. and ‘seeks to cling to an office whose occupancy he has Aliseredited by several exhibitions well Known to the citizens of Bismarck. E. H. Howell defeated Meetings of Guard and of | both of the Bleckreid: candidates - a enn canipeigh nd in the A : ig. [interests of a clean city. Now this political ward ‘heeler, using ! War Legion at St Louis ancient gumshoe tactics and invoking technicalities probably ‘“dis- Adjutant General G. Angus Fraser, |Covered” by States Attorngy Allen ‘seeks to defeat’ the will of accompanied by Mrs. Fraser, will le the voters of this city. | * this evening for St. Louis, » Mo., It was known all the time that Mr. Bleckreid wéuld attempt rere ue al int te au i {such a Hun drive on the office of police magistrate. ‘The Tribune which onens Monday. May 5, althe| Heard the threat made openly that Mr. Bd. Allen was holding Mr. national convention’ of the American |Bleckreid in reserve if his two candjdates failed’ of election. } legion, which opens next ‘Thursday. If anyone but Mr.’ Howell had been ‘elected . Bleckreid|GILBERT’S PLEA DENIED! (would have retired willingly from an office to which ‘he feared to gate | iseek re-election. He knew full well: that he would Have been as i PRICE FIVE CENTS ~ TOWNLEY MUST FACE TRIAL ON CHARGES {Supreme Court of Minnesota Re- mands Disloyalty Case to Cover Tribunal FRASER TO TAKE IN TWO NATIONAL WAR GATHERINGS Adjutant General Will Attend MANDAN WILL ENTERTAIN N. D. RETAILERS Merchants’ Association to Meet in Morton County Seat Four Days in June TREATY MAY BE SIGNED BY WAY 25 Mandan, N. D,, May Among the many conventions that Mandan wil entertain th mmer Will be that of { the North Dakota Retailers’ as: tion, which will ¢ ' First Formal Meeting With Ger- man Delegates Scheduled for Next Monday \ ! zs |NO ORAL CONVERSATIONS oS MUST PADDLE OWN CANOES is estimated that this convention bring some 800 delegates to the c Plans are now being perfected te the convention, Loeal committees have Details in connection with th turn of the national guard to its pr war status will be discussed at the 2? ‘dk the defendant. Judge Leighton up-| Bela this. contention, | i ». digipg the Cannot Shift Legal Responsibili- ties Onto Shoulders of Na- tional Administrator Carrier Corporations during the pe-| riod of federal Control remain legal entities, capable of suing and of being sued in the courts and they are the champions of their own legal rights, holds the North Dakota supreme court in one of the) most important decisions that has been’ handed down “by any state court affecting the status of rail- ways under federal control, The North Dakota court is the tirst,.so far as can be learned, to hold that railways not. snift their legal responsibilities, under\national control, onto the shoul ders of the federal railway adminis- tration, Courts of several other states have held to the contrary, ACTION AGAINST G. N. The question was presented to the! North Dakota supreme court in an appeal taken by John A, McGregor, as administrator of the estate of Christ Hanson of Minot, from an order of Judge Leighton in the county district court, dismissing an-agtion brought: bi McGregor’ against Areat Norfhetn fpr the death 0 to recover damages Hanson,-and substituting as the de fendant in his proceeding Witiam G, MeAdoo as direcor general of ‘the U.S railways. Hanson was killed while in the em- ploy of the Great Northern at Minot on’ January 22, 1918, after federal ¢ tro) of railways was made operativ Through attorneys PF. R. Sinkler and M. O, Fider, McGregor, as ‘administra | ‘tor, brought action under the federal | employers’ lability act against the j Great Northern to recover damages for | the alleged negligence of the railway | company. The federal railway admin: istration intervened through Murphy & Toner of Grand Forks and Bradford ‘& Nash of Minot, contending that the “Great, Northern could not be sued as 1 separate entity while under federal | mtrol and praying thatthe’ federal railway, administration be substituted | COURT'S, HOLDING fn reversing Judge Leighton, the sn- preme court hg) it under the ct of_congres: 1916, author- 8 ab of war of | trol by the president Systems of ; transportation and: thder® the procla- | AMation of the président {sted In pur- suante thereof; prima facle.a cause of | action for thé ‘alleged ‘negligerice’arosé aid became vested in the pliiitif®: prior to the passage of the rail control act. | ‘General order: No. 50, the court holds, | promulgated by the director-general ' of railroads, which requires that:suits typ-+ on causes of action arising ‘subsequent to December 31, 1917, shalt be brough against. the director general: of rail; roads and not otherwise, and which} authorizes the substitution of the ¢ rector general for tha carrier compar as party defendant and the dismiss of the action as to the commainy, is pot warranted by the rail control act’ of | March 21, 1918, insofar as it purposes national convention of the — state troops, which is expected to be one of unusual importance. The meeting of the American legion iy called to or- ganize on national lines this associa- tion, Which is to comprise [all the wars: in which America jParticipated and: which is expected to ecome a worthy succes to the {Grand Army of the Republic, the Span- ish War veterans and other organiza- ftions whose ranks have been greatly | thinned by death. MILHOLLAN PICKS ‘UP STATE JOB ON { QUIET FOR PAPER State Railway Commissioner | Doing Good Business for | | Brinton Till Karl: Got Hep WAS ALL WITHIN FAMILY) | State Auditor Kositzky is inclined to; ;Yegard Frank E. Milhollan, who wai {elected a member of the state railwa? ; commission last fall, an unusually apt; student of the Townley school of eco- ‘nomics. In addition to serving as| railway commissioner, Mr. is employed on one ot Brinton’s kept weekly newspapers. Mr. Milhollan si licits advertising, job-work and sub- scriptions and handles his duties as railway “commissioner at one and the same time, being a very efficient sort of an individual. How. faithful he is serving Brinton was shown today when there came up before the state auditing board a Dill for $74 tor printing, purporting to lave been ‘done by Mr. Milhollan’s newspaper for. the state mine inspec tor. Mr. Milhollan ignorant of the fact that it is the prac- tice to let state printing by contract on competitive bid. Apparently, he thought it quite the proper thing to hand this work over to his own news: paper and to put:in a bill for such: an, amount asthe “wific night» bear, Karl“Has to.Be Shown, Unfortunately “for” the plans of Messrs. Brinton, Miluollan, et. al., State Auditor Kositzky has other. ideas upon the sudject. He has declined to apprové a bill for work dane in suc an-irregular manner, and he deciar that he will stand pat on this propo- sition, ,insisting that the printing of! the state. mize inspector go through the regular channels prescribed by law with a view to assuring the state tie fullest value for its money. - Both League Stars Held Under | | | ey, i 1 been named and are at work so that) Reports From Peace Conference completely repudiated’ as were the candidates advanced by the ! me Milhollan | may have been} to be applicable to causes of action-al- | ready vested. :) BONDS ORDERED ‘Industrial cons rued and, held to authorize the} Com sion Desig- bringing of actions against the carrier | corporations during the period of fed-j ¢ral control. Under the rail control | act, the director general is charged :with administering, the transportation | systems owned ‘byathe various. carriers corporations, ‘but ‘be ispnot unthorizedt to appear and defend suits brought against them. Mh i THE CARRIER CORPORATIONS. DURING THE PERIOD, OF FEDER- AL CONTROL, REMAIN LEGAL ENTITIES CAPABLE OF SUING AND OF BEING SUBD IN THE) COURTS AND ARE CHAMPIONS OF THEIR OWN LEGAL RIGHTS. | The liability non-liability of a carrier corporation. for acts. of al- leged negligence ocetring during the period of federal contro? is not an nd- | ministrative question to He decided ‘by | the director general, but-is a judicial | question to be determined by the courts. i The question as to whether or not a carrier corporation may be. liable for the negligence of an employe dur- ing the period of federal control is not decided, The case is returned to; the Ward county court: for trial on its merits. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN APRIL WERE NORMAL But for the fact-that there were but seven clear days during April, there was nothing exceptional, meteorologic- ally speaking. in the month, according to the summary issued today by Orris W. Roberts, in charge of the United States weather service for North Da- kota. The month was slightly defi- cient in moisture, the precipitation he- ing but 1.71 inches, as compared, with a normal of 1.88. The bulk of ‘his moisture fell in the form of snow, of which there was more than a foot. Last April the precipitation was 2.13, but in the famous crop year of 1915} put 1.04 inches was recorded for this month, The mean temperature, 45, was very close to the normal of 42.6 for the 45 years during which obser- vations have been made at this point. To date the state has .36 of. an inch j less moisture than it showld have. but May starts out with a promise that this shortage will be more than made | —s > CONDUCTING SCHOOL. George E. Walace, chairman of the state tax commission, is conducting a tax meeting for supervisors and as- sessors at Fessenden, nates Denominations From , $50 to $1,000 for Paper Two million dallars’ jvonth.of hods fof ‘the Bank of ,Nor}h;Dakota series have been ordefed by the indistrial commission. ty providp thes capiiat stock of this itt ‘The /com- mission will iksue 2,000 1350 bonds; 4,000 $100 bonds; 1,000.$500 bonds and 1,000 $1,000 bohds. The ‘$50 and $100 bonds will mature in ten years» and those of the higher denominations in 15 years. Manager Waters and _ Director Cathro of the Bank of Notth Dakota announced today that they, ar® nat yet prepared to make public “any détails as to the terms under which the bonds will be sold nor the interest which they will draw. These matters have practically been déciged, but fi al action on the part of the industrial commission is awaited. The bonds will be of the regular cou- pon type. f ‘SIOUX INDIANS FIRST OVER TOP INVIGTORY LOAN Aberdeen.S, D., May 2.—Every coun- ty in South Dakota where Indian pop- ulation is predominant has over sub- scribed its Victory loan, Todd coun- ty more than doubled its quota by h- scribing $113,000, Sioux Indians sub- scribed $87,000 of this total. NO CLEMENCY POR HAYWOOD Ctlicago, May 2—Bonds for the re- lease of William D. Haywood. I. W. W. leader, now in prison in Leavenworth, Kan., were refused in the U. S. court! of‘ appeals today. SEVENTY KILLED. ~. San Salvadore, May 2.—Seventy per- sons were killed and more than 500 injured as a result of the earthquake of April 28. The damage was extreme in this city and nearby towns, 4 men who are seéking/by hook or by crook to’ retain h and perpetuate the jelly-fish administration which Has obtained in the local police court. The courts doubtless will boot Mr. Bleckreid out and if they sidont the voters are just “rarin” to go. Your methods, Mr. Bleckreid, were tried by Kaiser Bill and failed. Why not take your medicine? Corsets, Underwear, Must Bear Share of Newest War Tax New York, N. Y,, 2.—"Are Cor- sets underwear?” s, problem was put up today to Commissioner of In- ternal Revenue Roper by Ley Ham, executive secretary of the national r tail dry goods association, The new luxury tax jis the cause of the diffi- culty. An official ruling has declared that corsets are underwear, Mr, Ham sa, a luxury and_ taxable. others are not. 1 ASSAILED I _ FEDERAL COURT ! Arguments in Taxpayers’ Suit | Resumed Before Judge | Amidon le Fargo, N. D.. May 2.Argument on the motions of the several state joffi- jcials who are made defendants in the |suit brought by 42 taxpayers who are jcontending that «the Nonpartisan last‘legislature are in violat.on of tye | coristitution of the’ United States were | coritinudd betdrd” J of the United’ States district court ‘to- day. P Argument is expected to be conc!ud- led this afternoon. =), tAltorney 82? Ls Nuchols,-epect |counsetby appofitment of Langer, op- He argued the ; ened the arfwnient. jquestion of jurisdictional sum of mon- ley being involved, contending that the lactual: qu@ation At ise was’ the “in- 4 and not the proposed toibe issued, or approprin: 4 tions ‘made Plainfiffs, he maintained, could not aggregate their interests to obtain $3}- 000 interest that is required before a ‘federal court will.assume jurisdiction, | Judge W. S. Lauder, also specia] coun- isel by appointment of Attorney. Gen- leral Langer, maintained that the state |legislature, by declaring a business, j which it is proposed to conduct in the 'name of the state, a public business did in fact make such business public and, therefore, no longer assailaole on |the proposition that an attempt was | purposes. Attorney William Lemke, counsel by Appointment of the industrial commis- {sion, filed an amended dismissal mo- ; tion, in which he called attention to thé United States” court, rulings |such Pugifiess‘'as Ndil insurance, sta | bonding,” ete:,"i which they are de {clared to: be! publi¢'‘occupations or bus- jimesses. AttorneyFrederic Pike,’ also | special counsel by.‘appoittment of the commission, closed'the argument for dismissal by maintaining points, with respect to the business involved being public in its nature and coming within the exercise of state authority. Attor- ney General kanger directed handling of the case by special counsel of his | department. sa it Judge N. C. Young opened aygument ifor the plaintiffs. He took up the question of thé amount involved, main. taining that the -amount at interest i was in fact’bonds to be issued and ap- i propriations, that . have been made, jrather than. individual interests, and contended that the tax payer plain- tiffs appeared in the capacity of repre- sentatives of all the taxpayers of the | state. / Tax on Products * of Child Labor Not Constitutional |. Greenboro, N. C., May 2—The child jlabor section of the war revenue Dill {Placing a phohibitive tax on products of child’s labor entering interstate commerce was declared unconstitu- tional today by federal Judge James E. Boyd. Last year he declared void the original child labor act, which the U. S. supreme court annulled by a amrgin of one vote. : COLLINS WOULD BOOK FIGHT Mitineapolis, Minn., May 2—Mike collins, local boxing promoter, today telegraphed Tex Rickard. an offer. of Dempsey-Willard fight proposed for July 4. Collins. says he has" backing of more than $100,009 for a ten-round match to be staged here between the two heavies, fl 3 2g Sone! ants are coltecting the tax and) league ‘industrial law passed, by the age C.F. Amidon! ldividual’#terest of each tax payer {2 ow! grain, willbe iin shock “arid ple sum of state bongs the last legislature. ‘ } ; being made to collect taxes for private | IN MILL CITY $135,000 for permission to promote the! rim in office State Espionage Act St. Paul, Minn, May 2.—A. C. Town-| j ley, president of the Nonpartisan | jleague, and Jqseph Gilbert, league or- ganizer, must. stand trial in the Jack- <— | son county district court on charges | jof disloyalty, the Minnesota supreme Ve T ‘court decided today. The decision of ; | the Jackson county: aistrict court over- i iTuling a demurrer by Townley and | DAKOTA LEADING xi. who ‘asked the proceedings | ; quashed, was upheld, | OUR G00D CT ATE Gilhert ts charged with having made} public utterances designed to discour- | ‘age patriotic cooperation in the war,‘ ‘and the Jackson county indictme! t | !holds Townley responsible for a Non-| | partisan .league pamphlet which the} j indictment holds was a violation of; | the espionage act. ‘ I. .Both cases are remanded. to the! {Jackson county district .¢ourt. Tre cases} were argued here last. Thurs-} (day, ‘and the immediate decision came! Somewhat asa. surprise. : Li Guba cuaaged agit having used s seditious “language ‘in an address at | Marion, N. D,, May 2—The counties a mass meeting at Lakefield, Minn, on of Kidder, Stark, ;Billtigs, Nelson.; January 28, 1917. Attorneys for Gil- Steeele, Burke, Pierce, Mercer, Bur-‘hert arguing before the supreme court leigh; . Stutsman, « LaMoure, Divide, (contended that Gilbert's remarks at 2 ithe Lakefield meeting were tot in-! Dunn, Hetinger and McKenzie are over! tended to he disloyal and were merely | the top. & {a discussion: of. various-phases of eco- | y The state. has a strong: fourteen mil- | nom! conditjons in the United States, lion dollar subscription already signed phe attorney also charged that Gil. iD. thee’s ¥ s,.,{ bert did-not»make some of the state- Every county quota must be raised j,ments: credited ‘to him. jin ordér to make, the state aliottment. {! Sustaining the order, overruling Gil- It doesn’t look as though :the over sub-; pert’s demurrer. the supreme — court | ription would be’ sufficient to take} yuled that if. Gilhert utter the! reare of any deficiency: in’ the total statements charged against: him. the | }amount, so’ it is absolutely necessa ‘ould have tended. to develon | that each’ and every county make. its ion that the United Statest allottment to insure the $18,500,000.00,! did) not have: a just cause for enter-| the amount for our state, iy geothe war. and that it might haves | We mustingain urge’ that he people interferred. with the getting of war} buy, these bonds becausesthey iwant 0 Uiunds, > i hadk up fie government. gnd that there, , he aeawide, d i mt aa | Each and y citizet tiking | Mis! share insures its snecese tn the ensiest |: possible ‘manner ,and ‘distributes the payment: of, the Toan thot equitabl We agar call the ou “of, the LTerhert wtih sioaple har Bas are DEvalent pe Gy ae wh AS- jue taking care of Vietory: bons, This: sociated Press bulletin giving the st: | lan seems: to have been‘ niaites pi preme court's opinion today, he an- {ticularly for peaple inthe northwest, | nounced the eases would, he enlled in for the reason that 60 per cent of ‘it district court, Jacks HAY, at the dotyealled’ for-until-atter harvest, sarid Rta term; opening M. of EEO allt Fifteen Counties, Including Bur- leigh and Adjacent Shires, ’ Have Gone Over 1§15,000,000 SUBSCRIBED y gaand, jury held | i Nonpartisan | jon to. the war, prorat. | 70 BE TRIED IN'MAY. Falrmont,” Minn, May | Wor into threshing, J Like qt bondi ; ; Ks, that’ the. payments: hermude out of the savings of the people, s: the government! > million | subscribed? in’ the : rve! district. North; rib@t alihost. one: | Fach and eve) county organization is in the field hard | jat.work to make up the four and a {half million dolars which we still have ito raise, and if each one will do_ his | ‘part this can he put over by Satur H night without any trouble. i Let's not let it drag. Hl | Let’s do it. Let’s show the ‘government that we n.take- our share in the Victory loan, let's get the credit that is our due had bee ; Ninth, Federal re {Dakota has. sub: UP WHEN IT RUNS INTO OPENSWITCH 1 1 it Several Cars in Northern Pacific| Train Demolished and Pas- sengers Shaken Up Northern Pacific train No. 4 early y it TmepEy this morning crashed full speed in- by do-ng it, now. WESLEY ©. Me-|to a switch which had been left open |DOWELL, State Chairman. by a switching crew a mile west of CAT MTT TA V ANVE | Forsythel Moiit., auld Contded with, the! i M: A bl sitet e NORTH DAKOTA: | sstsus ine standing. ‘on a, siding, | ig the engine, injuring the aye engineer and fireman on the, switch ag ry and; destroying the babbage,, mail and f , express cars on No. 4. Several pas- IN R A T E CASE new train is being made up to follow = sot No. 2 in this evening, and at last Washington May 2.Counsel for reports it was chalked up for 9:45 p.} | brought to the supreme court. NEGRO SHOT, | The brief asserts that congress ia! | ; enacting the railroad control act had| THEN BURNED i ' -“Under the control act,” it says,! A T N T A K k “the president is authorized to make { |only: such orders as are necessary ae ean a mae | which was guarding a swamp where DISTRICT HAIL jhe had barricaded’ himself after mur- MEN TO GATHER °°" his wife. = veri FRENCH STILL segers are reported to have heen bad-! North ‘Dakota ,iled their brief today m. ‘Travelers will be twelve hours or no intention of giving federal official) and, proper to carry out the objects of] Warrenton, Ga., May, 2.—The body| ben i | ly bruised and shaken up, but so far as the local office of the company can} learn, there were no casualties. A; jcontesting the government's authoti:y | more late into the'twin cities. to interfere with intrastate passenger: and freight. rates, in the ‘appeal this authority and asserted that the statutes did not confer arbitrary pow- er upon the president. ‘federal control, namely, the use of the! of Benny Richards,'a negro, was rid-| |raiiroads for war and other purposes|dled with bullets, then burned early | connected ' therewith.” today, when he surrendered to a posse | A meeting, of district hail inspectors for the four quarters into whica North Dakota has been divided under the state hail insurance law will be held in the insurance commissioner's office at the capitol May 15, announces Deputy { T. J. Sheahan, in charge of this fast !growing department. The inspectors 'will receive their instructions ot this meeting ‘and upon their return home; i they will conduct a series of institutes nothing will he left undone to make the session here one of the mc cessful in the history of the or; tion. The local committees are as follows: C, R. Robertson, general chairman; R. A, Countr; ‘ge F. Wilson, finance committee; Geo. F, Jones, P. W. MeGillic, A. K, Pierson, Otto Bauer, registration committee ;.J, W. Hintgen, FE, W. Peterson, FE. 2. Lanterman and L. F, Lyman, entertainment commit- tee. POLICE BUSY HERDING REDS Federal Probe of Anarchist Plot Starts Throughout Nation New York, May 2.—Federal an. po- lice officials were expected to make a round up of “reds” here today in connection with an investigation into a nation-wide conspiracy to kill prom- IN GOTHAM EXPLOSIVES CONFISCATED! Indicate, That It Will Be a “Victors’” Peace ‘ (By Associated Press.) ' | It the work of carrying: out the last phase of the peace negotiations pra- gresses according to the program out- lined in Paris dispatches, the treaty j ending the great war probably will be signed early in the week beginning May 25. Z The treaty will be presented to the Germans next Monday afternoon. Re- Ports from the peace conterence in- dicate that it is to be a “victors’” peace and there will be nv oral gon- versations except the merest ‘formali- ities when the treaty is handed over. |. Fifteen days will be given the enemy ; to consider the treaty, with an.addi- {tional five days or a week for the ex- j change of views between the allied jand German delegations, Thus at the latest, if present plans tare followed, May hould see peace ‘reigning once more between Germany and the allied and associated. govern: ments, erét plenary Saturday, whilé Mor ibe held for the orga league of nations, ion will be held y a méeting will unization of: the { | TO TAKE OVER RAILROADS, Eerlin Thursday,“May 1, by Wire: less to London.—The constitutional committee of the national assembly at Weimar has adopted a resolution pro- yi fiseated at: a house in West; 42nd Teached an unbearable, point., NO, 4 BADLY USED : inent men with bombs addressed to) viding [hat the sentire. cay, ve thera through thes malls. a | eoverinnent and held until ‘April’ Twenfy-‘ive of these machines are! 191, ‘The plan would follow thal known to have been sent, one of them; adopted in the United States, exploding. It is: believed that be-| cause of the nation-wide warning giv-j en none of the bombs which may re-| NEARING MUNICH, Berne: Thursday, May 1.—The: ar- z pa ry { tillery fire of the German government Turidacaniesiieiet ee ine troops is, audible ifi Munich, and 4s It is reported here that cable mes.| Constantly creeping nearer, according sages have been sent members of the!‘ Ptivatejadvices from: ‘that city: The peace conférence at. Paris warning | S0vernment troops hold’ all. important them {to usé care in opening pack-{ Points about Munich and are masters ages ddressed to them. «There is no| Of railway communications in thab.re- proof; however, that any of these dead-| Sion. The communists: are threaten: ly contrivances have pest ‘sent |B to massacre the bourgeoise when abroad. the government attacks the. city. 5 The | A large quantity of explosives con-| Misery of the people is said to dave CAPTURE MUNICH, ™«\: Paris, May*2.—Bavarian governinent ; street was being examined. at’ police’ headquarters today in connection with |tie@ investigation of the May day con- spiracy to, kill 2 eondlins bombs to them through the | munists on Thursday, morning, acéord- ma * h ing to advices reaching here today.» alg; announced that the house! ‘e ded last night by detectives of] GITION T0.BE GECIDED the police: homb squad. ube Park Ne ATER. 1 Federal and police investigators of; Pars, May 2.—The naval terme :to. the nation-wide bomb conspiracy to as-, Pe,/offered Germany do not provide sassinate prominent men expresse: | for the Sinking of the area German the opinion today that they had found; Warships." ‘The dispositibi of these a clue which might lead to the dis-| Vessels is left to be decided later by covery of the conspirators when they | the allied powers. learned the identity of -the manufac-j; turer of tue peculiarly designed papec SOCIALISTS INDIGNANT. with which the boxes containing the| Paris, May 2.—Socialists and lead- ers of labor unions are extremely in- deadly contrivances were covered. i . . ag fi ed | dignant over yesterday's incident, The The: hone Wee turthersstrengtion general labor federation has issued a was DISPOSITION TO B jleft his stock and tiat he could tur- nish the police z#th a list of his pa- when they were informed by this manufacturer that not more than a/Protest, anda meeting will be held few hundred sheets of the paper had| tonight to determine what action shall be taken as a result of the disorders. j Socialist committee also will meet. | Which the company has leased. | comprises DECLARES FOGH trans into. whose possession the paper went in sample lots. RIOTERS WOUND POLICE. Madrid, Thursday, May 1.—The po- lice and people engaging in a, May attérnoon, .29:.policemen. and s¢verdl MACHINERY FOR "| pédple in the crowd being woupded. ON THE GROUND Manager H. R. Bonny Hopes to; Have Plant Ready for Trial Run Soon geant, who was stabbed in the back, being in a dangerous condition, dur- ing yesterday’s May, day disorders, Ap- parently only one person was yilled, PRAISES LABOR PLANKS Washington, May 2.—President ; Wilson cabled Secretary Tumulty to- day that in his opinion the labor pro- gram as part of the treaty of, Peace The first. carlond of machinery Td DE pe eed day in the flax fiber mill: to be established | which the interests of labor, are to be here by the American Grown Flax systematically and intelligently safe- Fibre Operating corporation of, y|guarded and promoted.” York arrived in Bismarck today, com-| Mr. Wilson said that he personally ing from eastern foundries and ma; |regarded the labor program as one of chine shops where it was built under {the most gratifying achievements of the direction of H, R. Bonny, inventor.|the conference and believed no ‘other, of the process used and general man-j single thing that had been done would ager of the corporation, help more to stabilize conditions of Mr. Bonny and his family and R. L.; labor throughout the world, and ulti- Cooke, the company’s chief engineer.|mately “relieve the unhappy ‘condi. arrived in the city 10 days ago. and they have since heen i the | ming of the machinery, which will he immediately installed in the Prank- lin hotel building on Fourth street, prevailed.” FIFTEEN CHAPTERS Paris, May 2,—The peace treaty from, fifteen to twent chapters, according to\Marcel Hutin, of the Echo d’Pari ONE-THIRD OF © ‘VICTORY LOAN Mr, Bonny stated this morning that! he hoped to © the mill ready for | a trial run within two or three weeks. | There has heen some delay in procur ing a large motor wi 1 WHE operate the, heavy machinery, Elect will | be used exclusively for power, The! present ‘problems chietly concern a supply of raw flix straw. | Although Mr. Bonny has had feelers out for the last two or three months he has succeeded in obtaining ay jfor the benefit of the adjusters under j Washington’ D. C.) —Revorts | their supervision. The inspectors are | printed in American newspapers. that | called in for a day's, schooling with a!the .way.time admiration #held by view to making the system of inspec-; French people for American people, ing and adjusting uniform over the|has waned since ‘the armistice was | state. signed have caused the aide to ! [a ee shal Foch to protest here, He has} ALLEGED ROBBERS IN TOW. [written “the only difference is that, David Haugh and Henry Petersoa) we love you better because we know of. Milltown, Wis. charged with the!you mores’. © * theft of an Overland car at, Fargo and |" apprehended at Glen Ullin, avith the ‘assistance of Chief of. Police Martine- |son, was returned to the gate city| that the Gesmans belong to the human last night by - Sheriff Rose of Cass| race, whereas they are only sort county, SS ce of mixture of tiger and snakes. 1 cause of — misunder- standing,” he adds, “is that Mr. Wil- son has too good a heart and thinks lcapital of Hung: small amount of straw to date. Hf did not hope at any time to obtain | enough w to pperate the plant at | full capacity until this year's erop ix | Washington harvested. but he anxious té get | dicated subser’ of $ enough straw to » the mill run-| ene-third of the Vicory loan q: ning on a small e during the sum-; Country still lagged today. br mer months, principally demon-|vecord made in both he Ro - stration of what his process will do. Aiea scans , is s ee eports showed hat. thgg* ‘TO ENTER BUDAPEST individual sub: peers aa. Mt Vienna, May 2.—King Ferdinand of |in several di: Rumania, accompanied by French gen-| and treaty officials’ de erals is about to enter Budapest, the |dinary efforts would + at the head of to equal the record gible. his troops, a Bucharest dispatch says. | scribers to the Fourt?s* 72 May 2—W _ try! Juice, spe- $2.75 | prominent. men bz{ troops captured Munich from the gom- , day demonstration clashed here this: “ fifty policemen were hurt, one. ser: : tions which in too many places have -0Or Oc 40c sell- 35c ricts, 09 a.m.; 2:30-4:30 p.m. least half hour before