The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 3, 1919, Page 1

THE WEATHER RAIN AND @QRDERY/ THE BIS oronrapenreen ENT C _TRIBUNE THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 103. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA _ SATUR SLOPE TEACHERS CONDENN POLICY OF LEAGUE BILL Strong Resolutions Score Ef- fort of Townley and Mills to Make School Political NEXT CONVENTION HERE Invitation of Capital City Unani-| mously Accepted—Parsons President of Association Mandan, N. D., May 3.—With but three dissenting votes, the Missouri Slope Educational association Iriday afternoon adopted resolutions strong- ly condemning Senate Bill 134, de- signed to cripple the administration of Miss Minnie J. Nielson, state su-} perintendent of public instruction; to| make the public schools of North Da-| kota an incubator for socialism andj bolshevism, and to trestore to power Neil Macdonald, who was so decisive-| ly repudiated by the ‘people ot the | state at the general election last fall. There was comparatively little de- bate on the resolutions. Of the more than 300 teachers present, but one op- posed their adoption on the floor. He was a rural pedagog who announced! that he was a, Nonpartisen. “Wducationally,, i am in favor of} these resolutions,” he said, “but polit, cally I am against them.” He was. promptly hissed from the floor, and a vote was taken resulting in the, disclosure, of three negative ballots. The resolutions in part read: “We firmly believe that our edu- cational system should not be involv-| ed in politics, and to us it appears! that S. B. 134 is certain to involve the! school question directly in the tur-; moil of such, a condition which we have since the beginning of statehood sought to avoid. We condemn this as; a measure which will bring about the{ very situation against which we have been striving, and we urge friends of! the pubjic school system in. North Da kota to exert every effort to bring: about tne defeat of this measure.” To Meet in Bismarck. Upon inviation of W. E. Parsons, superintendent of sco0ls for Burleigh county, seconded by the Bismarck; Commercial club, 'the ‘association vot- ed: to meet in the tapital city, in,1920.) Parsone Is President. : The annual election, of officers re-} sulted. inthe. election of W. E. Par-; sons of Bismarck to’ the presidency; R. M. Lewis, superintendent of the Beach city .schodls,. was ,made, vi president, ani Supt: William Connol of Oliver. county secretary. SEN-GOHNSON: SAYS WILSON. ‘CHANGED FRONT Has Surrendered Without Semblance of Contest Washington, May 3.—Senator John- son of California, Republican, today | charged that President Wilson had re- | versed his stands upon secret treaties | in the Fiume dispute anc had surren- dered without the “semblance of a con- test” to Japan, in the controversy over the. disposition = of:} Shangs Tung,* by | which, he said, millions of Chinese were delivered*into bondage. “A week ago,” Senator Johnson | said, “out .of):the ‘darkness, the plot | and counter*plot, the cunning intrigue, | and bargaining of the peace, confer- ence, there came a ray of light when the president denounced secret trea- ties. firmly he would’stand against Italy’s secret treaty and Japan’s worse secret treaty. Within a week after an imi- tation barrage upon racial equality the Japanese boldly’ made their de- mands and without the semblance of contest apparently the president for- | gets his words which we were re- echoing and adjectly surrendered. “This is simply another concrete illustration of the League of Nations. The powerful member of the league will obtain by its strong arm exactly what it demands, Under her secret agreement she demands that she keep these lands and people, and the peace conference pledged to self-determina- tion forgets its pretenses and protes- tations and delivers into bondage mil- lions of helpless people.” ORIGINAL PLAY AT PRISON REAL GEM SAYS MASON An original play, ‘Out on Parole,” said by those who witnessed its pro- duct.on by convicts at the. peniten- tiary, was a feature of the closing ex- ercises of the state institution this week for the seven-months term of night school. The play was written by a convict who is in prison on a-statu- tary charge. It depicted tie handi- caps which confront the man with the prison brand on him when he goes back into civil life and it taught a moral by proving that the man who is loyal to his employer and really de- sires to make good will win out. All of the actors were convicts, and they de- signed and executed their own cos- tumes and stage settinggs. There were other stunts of a vaudeville na- ture, and the entire program was so good that Secretary Mason expresses regret that its production must be con- fined to a limited audience behind prison walls. The night school, which has done much for the, men,’ was in charge of A. M. Knight, Who is.a. con- vict, 3 TAGS GOING OUT AS FAST AS THEY CAN BE BUNDLED Luehrs Says Anyone Who Can! Shoot ’Em More Rapidly | Can Have a Job W. E. Luehrs, chief of the automo- mile registration division, scrambling up the side of a mountain of sacks containing the day’s out-going mail, paused long enough last evening to intimate that if anyone thought they could shove out license tags any fast- er than they’re going at this pr/sent moment has an excellent show for a job at the state house. There has been complaint. especial. ly trom the Red river valley, over de- lays in obtaining tags. As a matter of fact, thanks to the legislature's re- hashing of the automovile registra- tion act and the transfer of the regis: tration department from the secretary of state's office to the highway com- mission, this department is now three months behind its usual schedule. Applications for tags are being hon- ored as rapidly as is humanly possible. Sixteen sacks filled with tags and re- ceipts left the offices of the registra tion division last evening, and this is only an average day's work. Mr. Luehrs asks that the public show a little patience and assures auto own ers whose applications are on file that they will be protected if pinched for the lack of a tag. eee i MEMORIAL FOR ' + i NORTH DAKOTA ~ YANKS PLANNED Historians Meet This Afternoon to Talk Over Tentative Plans for Fine Building $200,000 IS APPROPRIATED The directors of the state historical | society met in Secretary of State | Hall’s office this afternoon to discuss | tentative plans for the erection of al memorial building in honor of North | Dakota soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the porld’s war, for; which $200,000 was appropriated from the eapitol building funds by the Six- teenth general assembly,.:: piss The act provides that: the building shall be erected on the capitol grounds by the state board of control, for ex- ecutive purposes, and that it shall be known as the Liberty, memorial. build- hing-of North: Dakota.”*“Such building} may contain a suitable memorial to Theodore Roosevelt and any other soldier or sailor whose life has been closely connected with the history of the state... Such: building is hereby ‘orever dedicated to the memory of the:soldiers, ‘sailors and marines’ of North Dakota. who served this nation in the great. world war.” It is required that the building shall be fireproof, constructed along designs furnished by the state archi- tect or such other architects as the board of control may designate. It is to be so planned that it can be used for the accommodation of the adju- jtant geenral and other state officials, the state historical society and its museums, library, records, trophies, pamphlets and historical data, and for such other purposes as the state board of control may deem advisable. The site is to be not less than five nor more than ten acres allotted from the capitol grounds, and the building shall be far enough fron\ the present state house to protect it in case of fire, but not so distant that heat and light it: he conveniejtly piped to the new ‘structure from the central power plant. A landscape architect is to be engaged to lay out the grounds surrounding the building, and it { planned to so plant this park as to af-| ford an ‘appropriate outdoor mus: of native trees, plants, vines, gra: His press agents told us how | 2nd flowers. | An attractive feature of the park | will be a grove of elm trees, one of which will be dedicated. to each North Dakota: soldier who fell in the recent twar. Rep. C. W. McDonnell of Ken- {sal, was the author of House Bill 121 jproviding for the Liberty memorial bill, and the measures had the support | of all the state’s pioneer, historical | land patriotic societies, The appro- ipriation comes from an accumulation jof $750,000 in the capitol building fund and necessitates no tax levy. ARE RESCUED Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 3,—Fifty men fighting a fire were overcome with black damp in the Nottingham mine of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal company at Plymouth today. Twenty of this number, many of them in a serious condition, have . been brought to the surface. The fate of the thirty men still in the mine is un- determined. The men were quickly overcbme, falling in rows along the gangway. Rescuers also fell over. Helmet men finally went into the mine, bringing out the victims. Hindenburg Admits Permanent Fall of German Militarism Coblenz, May 3. erman militar. ism has been broken forever,” is a statement credited to Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, reports of whose res- ignation have been received. General Gronner, former head of the depart- the field marshal’s chief of staff, is mentioned as his chief's successor, ac- cording to news received here. ment of munitions, and who has beent DAY, MAY 3, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS QUAMME REPLIES 10 ATTACKS ON FARM LAND BANK Shows Where St. Paul Institu- tion Is Lcaning Money for Less Than State Can INDEBTEDNESS DISTORTED oie gee sa 3 Townley Organ Has Every Acre in N. D. Mortgaged for $7.50 —How Plan Works “But the federal fand bank has thus far reached oply a small fraction of the fargiers ot North Dakota,” says the Fargo Courier-News, Townley's daily newspaper organ, in a recent at- tack upon the federal land bank sys- tem. “The average interest rate on the state's $309,000,000 in farm mort- gages is over eight per cent,” contin- ued the Courfer-News, editorially “The ‘gavernment’s rules are so strict that most farmers cannot secure fed- eral loans. The. state rules will be more [ideral, and’ without question the state bank’s loans will bring down the interest rate appreciably. At the very least, it will enable many more farm. ers to secure cheaper money.” Quamme, Makes Reply. In reply tothe Courier-News, bi. G. Quamme, president of the federal land bank of St. Paul, in a letter to the editor of The Tribune has the fol- lowing to say: “The tederal land bank of St. Paul was two years old on the first/day of May. During this period of operation the bank has loaned $28,500,000 to over 11,000 farmers of the seventh dis- trict. Of this amount we have loaned over $14,000,000 to over 5,000 farm- ers in North Dakota. The rate of in- terest charged the first year of opera- {tion was five per ceat, and during the last year and at the present time we are charging 5 1-2 per cent. “Do you consider the growth of the federal land bank of St. Paul slow ac- cording to these figures? Have you ever seen any other financial institu- tion render ‘such ‘service and ‘grow so rapidly? We must also keep in mind that this was the organization period of the bank. Not only did we have to organize the bank and the. system, with all that this méans to One who understands, but we have also organ- ized and chartered over 500 farm loan asséciations in the, country. “Very ‘ivarly half of all thé money. we have loaned’ ‘in the four statés of our district has, been loaned to the people in the state of North Dakota. "This looks: to ‘me like: we’ have ‘been rendering pretty good service to the ‘fartiers of ‘that state.” 28 Always Opposed. | Townley, Brinton and other’ social ists in ‘control’iof league affairs in North Dakota have-always opposed.the féderal. land bankisystem. Where the Townley; press ‘obtains its authority for its..aroitrary statement that «the farm, mortgages ‘in. this state aggre- gate $309,000,000 cannot be discovered. "This would mean an average incum)- rance of $15 upon every tillable acre in North Dakota, and the avétage as- sessed, valuation of all farm ‘lands is less than that amount. Jt would mean an average mortgage indebtedness ot $7.50 per acre upon every acre of land in North Dakota, tillable and untill: able, cultivated and wild, and this, of course, is a condition which could not exist. The tax commission has been reticent when asked for an estimate as to the total mortgage indedtendess of the state, but it has placed its wild- est guess at not much more than a third of the aggregate asserted by Townley’s organs, and this would mean an average encumbrance of $5 per acre on each acre“of tillable land in the state. 7 7 ‘ The Nonpartisan press’ statements in re mortgage indebtedness in the state have never been challenged, and the league organs, organizers and agi- tators have been permitted to build (Continued on Page Three.) WILSON MAY CALL SESSION Washington, May 3.—Intimation that a special session of congress will be called by President Wilson to meet about June 1 is contained in confiden- tial dispatches reaching Washington today from Paris. It was said in authoritative circles that it was possible should the Paris situation develop rapidly, the special | session might, be held even earlier. It was made clear in today’s dis- patches that the president was confi- dent it would be possible for him to return to the United States before the end of this month. SURVEY IS UNDER WAY OF NORMAL SCHOOL GROUNDS Dickinson, May 8.—F. W. Keith, ar- chitect of Bismarck, was here last week looking over the Normal site with President S. T. May. A topo- graphical survey was made of the ground for the purpose of determining the location of the various buildings. This survey was authorized by the board of regents. The normal site is of a rolling character and is eminent- ly fitted for the purpose to which it will be devoted, says President May. Three American Soldiers Killed In. Rail Accident Orleans, Franch, May 3.—Three American soldiers were kliled and ight injured seriously when an Amer- ican army motor truck was struck by a railroad train at a grade crossing near La Ferte-St. Aubin, 13, miles, [southeast of Orleans today. | | i jed by twice as many votes as both of BLACK HILLS TRAIL TO BE BOOSTED WITH MEET °AT LEMMON Associated Plans to Revive In- terest in Famous. Route to Gold Fields Mandan, N, D, May 3.—Interest anew ‘is being taken in the Black Hills-Devils Lake trail which passes through Mandan and a meeting where future action will receive attention is being arranged for May 8 at Lemmon. Dr. E. Mackey of this city, is presi- dent of the association, and plans to attend the meeting. ‘The plans of the trail association aré outlined in the following circular letter issued, from the office of the secretary this week: “Once again the. people of America are turning their thoughts ‘to home improvements and to: North and South Dakotans’ comes thé hope of better highways. It has. therefore been de- cided to call a meeting of the mem: bers of the Black Hills association foc the purpose of electing officers and appointing committees to promote the work to be done on the Black and Blue trail. We urge that you select some good man to attend this meeting, which will be held at the Commercial club rooms in Lemmon, South Dakota, on May 8. BLECKREID MUST GET OUT, HOLDS COX'S Assistant, Attorney General, \ Says Magistrate Is Elected for But Two Years OPINION COMMISSION IS ,TO’ ACT Bleckreid cannot hold ottice two years longer as a means of punishing the citziens of » Bismarck. who by more than two to one voted down in the re- cent. municipal elections the two can- didates for whom Bleckreid and the men back of him stood. The attor-) ney general's office today concurred} in’ an opinion given the city commis: s.on by City Attorney H. F.-O'Hare, holding \that Mr. Bleckreid has no Te- gal ate nertty under which’ he'can ini flict ‘his’ presence in’ the ‘official ‘ca‘; pacity’ of police. magistrate upon tne people: of Bismarck”: for two’-years more. 4 ss The opinion of the iattorney: gener: al’s office, written by. Assistant Attor: | ney Genera} Edward Bs Cox, and hand: | ed down today, is as:fgllows: .., i “This depattingutuiged-been request. ed to render an opinion: as,.to the dur- ation of the teim)of office of the police magistrate for the .city of Bismarck. |; The question arises due to the fact that the term of such city ofticer is not expressly specified in the. statutes} providing for the commission form ‘of! | sovpriment in cities. “We have... given this. matter ‘due! consideration and have reached ‘the! con¢lusion that the duration of the | termiof. office of the police magistrate! | dieétéd. in the city of Bismarck is two] year: | “We base our opinion upon the uni- versally recognized rule of statutory construction that, when the duration of the term of an office which is filled |by popular election is in question or doubt that. the interpretation to be followed is the one which limits the term to the shortest time and return to the people at the earliest period the power and authority to refil such of- fice. “We have also been guided by the rule of law which recognizes that in case of doubt or uncertainty raised by an ambigious legislative enactment that the practical construction given such statute by public officials and acted upon by the people will, in such case, be regarded as decisive.” Should Mr. Bleckreid continue to cumber the police magistrate’s office with his presence following this opin- ion, the city commission Monday eve: ning will direct that he be formally removed, and that E. H. Howell, elect- his competitors received at the recent general election, be officially installed. The removal of Mr. Bleckreid will be a severe blow principally to Ed S. Allen and the oft repudiated element in city politics which he represents. VICTORY LOAN STILL LAGS Washington, May 3.—Total sub- | scriptions to the Victory loan today | passed $1,575,000,000. The treasury! renewed its appeal to loan organiza- | tions to perfect their salesmanship plans for house to house canvasses next week, the last. week of the cam- | paign. “Very slight improvement of inter- est was reported from the districts,” | said the treaty’s review of the prog-! ress of the loan drive. “The nation is| so far behind schedule on subscrip- tions that it.will be necessary to raise approximately $500,000,000 a day dur- ing the remainder of the loan period to reach the four billion dollar goal. 21 Allied Nations to Take Part In Athletic Contests Paris (Friday), May 2.—Represen- tatives of 21 allied nations are expect- ed to take part in ‘the inter-allied games to be held in Paris from June 22nd to July 6th. General Pershing | and officers and men of the American expeditionary force are inviting all allied nations to enter what is expect- ed’to be the greatest international athletic event since the Olympic games at Stockholm. It will be open onl yto contestants who served with the allies between August, 1914, and ‘seems to be a growing conviction OVER INCH OF RAINFALL IN LAST 30 HOURS May Starts Out With Record Contribution to Moisture Store of Slope Country FAIR WEATHER PROMISED Needed Clear Skies and Warm Sun Predicted. Next Week— Seeding Is Delayed The vagaries of North Dakota weather were well illustrated Friday and today when during less than 30! hours there fell almost as much rain as was precipitated during the wiole month of April. The rainfall from 8:15 Friday until 2 p. m. today was 1.11 inches. , Had it come ten days hence when more seed will be in the ground its value to the Slope coun- try would have been greater, but, as a Burleigh county farmer said today, “we can always use it.” Warm, clear weather is promised by Weather Observer O. W. Roberts, and it is badly needed to give an op- portunity to’ the farmers to get into the ‘fiells and get their seed in the ground. A fair amount of seeding has been ‘done, considerable wheat hav- ing -been -disced into the stubble, but spring, plowing is far behind and as a rule.farm work isfrom: two weeks to a-month ‘late... ‘ vont Wheat “may <Safely be sown until May 20, ordinarily, and there are ex- ceptional years in which good crops are raised from wheat sown as late as June. The general impression now, however, is that the sooner the seed gets into the ground the better will be the Slope’s chances for a erop, and the next two weeks will be busy ones for the farmer. “The moon’s just rigat now for sow- ing wheat,” said an old-time Burleigh county agriculturist today, “We have a new moon, and wheat that goes into the. ground during the next two weeks is sure to -make- a crop. Then we ought to hold off for two weeks be- fore planting any more.” |. .A late spring usually means big flax acreage for the Slope country. ‘Flax is higher. than it)-has been in years. The location of a flaxjmill in Bismarck is expécted to stimulate the growing of this crop in the immediate vicinity of the capital city, and the fact that there is much new ground to .be broken » will make fora bigger acreage. _.The soil is ‘now well) stored with moisture; and two weeks’ clear, warm weather will help the pastures as well as seeding. If these is a’ normal amount of precipitation during the re- mainder of May, central North Dakota crops will go into.June inusually good shape. Optimism is general, in spite of the lateness of the season. There that “North Dakota is due for a crop.” INVADE NORTH DAKOTAINJULY Permission for 800 Troopers to Cross Border Given by Secretary of State With th e consent of Governor Fra- zien; official permission will be con- ferred by Assistant Secretary of State Francis Polk upon 800 Canad- jan troops, with their officers and all the accoutrements of war, to in vade North Dakota, by way of Emer- son, Man, next July. Advice to tais effect was conveyed to Governor Fra- zier in a most diplomatic-appearing lefter from the state department at Washington yesterday. Mr. Polk, act-) secretary of state in the absence of his chief, who is in Paris with President Wilson, advised that the request for 300 Canadian troops in uniform and under arms to enter this state next July had come from Secretary B. V. Moore of the Fargo home-coming com- mittee, which is to stage a big recep- t.on for returned soldiers July 21. Assistant Secretary Polk wrote Gov- ernor Frazier that Washington viewed tis enterprise with favor and tiat all that was lacking was the approval of his excellency, the governor of Nerth Dakota. This approval has already been conveyed, to Washington, but evidently had not reached the state department. Mr, Polk advised that the secretar- ies of the treasury and of labor would instruct the customs and immigration! officials at Emmerson. to extend to the Canadians upon their entrance and their departure from the United States Unemployment Conditions Show Some Improvement; | i i Washington, May 3.—Unemploy- ment conditions showed a slight im-| provement in the week ending April ; 26th on the basis of reports from 58 cities, according to a summary by the| federal employment service. Thirty- ; five cities reported a surplus of 82,600, | a decrease of several thousand from the total for the previous week. Twen- ty cities showed an equality of supply and demand. The surplus showed a decrease for the first’ time in New England and Pacific Coast states. Illinois reports some surplus, and Ne- braska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, report a supply and demand equal industrial activi- November, 1918. PEACE TREATY PRACTICALLY COMPLETED AND READY FOR SUBMISSION 10 GERMANY Some Dissatisfaction at Terms Heard From China and Belgium Who Looked for Territorial Concessions — Teuton Delegation Large in Number. (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) With the work of framing the peace treaty seemingly almost completed, except for some secon man delegations at Paris are wai dary matters the allied and Ger- iting for the formal presentation of the documents early next week. Final decisions on several articles which must be written into the terms of peace were reached yesterday. Germany must give up her cable Systems, according to reports, but the allies will not include in the treaty the plans for the future disposition of this propérty. The cables will merely remain in the hands decision is reached as to what will be done with them. of the five great powers until a This is virtually the same plan as adopted in the dealing with the war- SOME OBJECTIONS ships. Objection to some of the de cisions of the council of three is heard in Paris, the Chinese delegation being reported to have stated that the council has merely substituted Japan for Germany. in Shantung. Belgium, too, is inclined to object to the decisions of the council, it being reported that Belgians will not obtain rights they demanded over the control of the Schledt river, nor territorial concessions asked. The Italian situation is still unsettled; but efforts ‘are being made by the American and French ambassadors at Rome to reach an understanding with Premier taken to prevent further attacks on, President: Wilson b: Italian press and by persons enga; Orlando. Measures have. been yy: the ged in demonstrations. 218 GERMANS PRESENT Versailles (Friday), May 2.—The German delegation to the peace congres sis rapidly assuming a position of equality in num- bers at least with the delegations of the various allied and asso- ciated powers. There is now a total of 218 Germans here, while still more arrivals are expected. Time is hanging heavily on the delegations, owing to the de peace negotiations. The billiard the hands of the greater part of lay in the opening of the actual tables in the hotels occupied -by the Germans are in constant use, and card:-games are frequently in progress in the news| places. So far as is revealed the only activity papermen’ 's club rooms and in a dozen other on the program for the enemy -plenipotentiaries, before next week’s session, when the peace terms will be handed over, is a further meeting of the dele- gates with the credentials committee Sunday morning. CAN’T SEE PARIS The tendency of the Germans, raphers, to break bounds has le , particularly of the girl steno d the police commissioner to ‘i struct the police posted at the three hotels to turn back any Teu- tons found wandering off the r squad of detectives to round unauthorized parts of Versailles. a warning that any attempt on jthe sights will lead to their, immediate banishment} : PRESENT TERMS, WEDNESDAY Paris, May 3.—Presentation of the eservation and to form a flying up any of them discovered. in.. The commissioner alsp has issued their part to. go to Pari ff Gaxmanft peace terms to the Ger- mans will not take place before Wednesday, May 7, this morning's’ Paris newspapers say. Important progress has been made,. how- ever, in solving problems remaini: treaty. ing before the final shaping of the Now that the peace terms are to be handed over to the Ger- mans, the newspapers point out that the summoning of the Austro- Hungarian delegates seems probable, and they voice the expecta- tion that an invitation of an amic requesting the presence of her del PUBLIC UTILITY COMBINE WOULD LIKE A HEARING Dakota Heat, Light & Power Co. Makes Application to Sate Railway Board The Dakota Heat, Light & Power Co., a $8,000,000 corporation which purposes to control the public utili- ies of thirteen North Dakota towns and their environs, has applied to tae state railway commission for an early; hearing on the question of its pro- posed consolidation, The company} wired from Minneapolis on Thursday asking a hearing Friday or next Mon- day. Chairman Samuel J, Aandahl of the state railway commission is in New York and could not be reached by wire yesterday, and it is doubt- ful whether he can arrange to return in time for a hearing Monday. This] matter is being further gone into this afternoon. * In addition to its petition for a hear-} ing, the corporation has filed with the} railway commission a survey made by Hagenaw & Erickson, Chicago engi- neers and accountants, together with} recommendations from this firm for the future operation and development of several of the plants, which the} Dakota Heat, Light & Power Co.; plans to take ove DECISION IN RED RIVER VALLEY’S RATE CASES SOON i i i Fargo utility matters may be expected in the near future, the railway board announced today. Following the hear- ing given the Red river valley public) utilities, the state was given two weeks to file briefs and the utility cor- porations two weeks in which to re- ply. ‘his time has expired, and all the evidence now may be considered in hand. The rail board, with the aid of its utility expert, will decide the rate question and hand down its opin- ion with as little delay as possible. Both Fargo and Grand Forks contend- ed in the public hearings that their rates for electricity, gas and heat, ties, with some shortage of farm help. were too high. able sort will be sent. to Italy. legates. CONTINUE MARCH. Geneva, Friday, May 2.—The Rou: manian and Czech-Slovak goyern: ments, according to reports received here, have refused to entertain the offer of Bella Koff, Hungarian foreign minister, to make territorial conces- sions providing fighting stops on all fronts. -They. continue their March on Budapest. REVOLT STOPPED. Lisbon, Friday, May 2—An attempt ed military revolt in Lisbon, organtz- ed for Tuesday of this week, was broken up by the government. 27 MAY DAY RIOTERS HELD. Paris, May 3.—Eighty-seven per- sons arrested during the May day dem- onstration will be .brought before a court martial to answer to charges of assault, making seditious statements and carrying unlawful arms. PETROGRAD TAKEN. Paris, Friday, May 2.—Petrograd has probably been taken by the Finns, ac- cording to information believed trust- worthy which has reached Paris. BOLSHEVIKI DEFEATED Helsingfors (Thursday), May 1.— Deefated along the entire eastern front by the Siberian army, the Bol- sheviki forces are returning in dis- | order, the Russian newspaper, Rus- kaya Pjisni says, i CONFER WITH HUNGARY NEXT Paris, May 3.—With meetings of the German peace delegation already under way at Versailes, the question of steps in regard to making peace with Austria has been taken up. One jdetail that has been, made known is that the Austrian peace delegation on its arrival will be housed at St. Ger- main, a suburb of Paris. TAKES FAVORABLE TURN Paris (Friday), May 2.—The Ital- ian situation took a more favorable turn late today. Indications were that some arrangement would be ‘made for Italy to be represented when | the peace treaty was presented to the Germans next week. | ENTER MUNICH Berlin (Friday), May 2.—Heavy i fighting marked the entry of Bavarian and German government troops into | Munich, the communist stronghold in | Bavaria, and there were heavy losses |on both sides. The government forces entered the cit yafter a communist of- ‘fer to negotiate had been refused. | They met with desperate resistance which made it necessary to fight for each position. The attack was car- ried out by combined Prussian, Ba- varian and Wurtemburg troops, who fought their way into the suburbs,