The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 9, 1919, Page 1

by THE BIS Agr EDITION THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 108. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOT A FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS FIVE DIRECTORS TO ASSIST BANK OF N. DAKOTA Heads of Departments Will Form Finance Committee to Rec- ommend Policies FEDERAL RULES ADOPTED Regulations Ruling St. Paul In- stitution to Governor Tem- porarily at Least Five directors, the heads of as many; co-ordinate departments will form the finance committee which will mold the policies of the Bank of North Da- kota. It was so decreed at a meeting of the bank officers, Manager J. R. Waters and Director General I’. W. Cathro, with the industrial commis- sion Thursday. Each of these diiec- tors, announces Secretary Morris of the industrial board, will be a prom- inent banker. Of the five only one, ‘Mr. Cathro of Bottineau, has been ap- pointed to date. A plan of operation submitted to the; industrial commission by Manager Warters and Director Cathro was adopted Thursday almost withvue amendment. This plan creates five coordinate departments in the Bank of North Dakota to be known as the bond department, farm ioap depart- inent, ‘credits department, audits de- partment and department of siacistics and publicity. he head of each ‘ac- partment shall be designated tne dt- rector of such department. The rules provide that “the man- ager of the Bank ot North Dakow shall ve general representative of tne industriat commission in all aftairs pertaining to the bank of North Ua- kota, witn such powers and authoriry as may from time to time ‘be cou- ferred upon him by the industriat commission. The manager shalt ap- point the directors and tne deputy «i- yectors of each of ‘the departments hereinafter: established, subject to ap- proval by the industrial commission and. subject to removal ‘upon orders trom the industrial commission.” Duties of Directors. “The bond department direc.or shai ve charged with tne duties of de- veloping a markec for-sale. ot such bonds as.may.from time to time’ be offered. for sale by the bank and. upon such terms: a8 shall be most edyant- ageous to the bank. : “The farm joan department director shall ‘be ‘charged’ with’ the: dutiés, of carrying inte-etfect the -lawascit..per taing to féfim loans to be made’ by and through the bank.’ : -“Phé> credits. department, diréc.or shall be charged’ with the duty of ae termining ‘and “passing upon the character of ,re-discounts ofrered 0 the bank, ‘and loans.to be made by tue bank upon cbflateral, and for that purpose shall investigate the credit, standing and“ respOnsibitity of redis- counting banks or'borrowers. “The audit department directors shall keep a correct account of all we tinancial transactions of the bank for all departments. The transit depart- ment is hereby established as a sud ordinate depariment of the audit de- departmen:. “The director of the department of statistics and publicity shall submit estimates from time to time as may be required by the bank, with suc. suggestions as may be needed for tue procurement of funds to meet the ord- erly transactions of the bank and tor such demands as may be made upon it to meet the financial requirements of business throughout the state.” Federal Reserve Regulations. The rules further provide that “the regulations adopted and now’ in eftedi for the federal reserve bank’ of Min- neapolis, so far as the samé may be found to be applicable to the govern: ment and regulation of the Bank of North Dakota and until such time a; the Bank of North Dakota adopts de- tailed regulations are hereby adopted for the government and regulatio. ony the Bank of North Dakota.” In the absence ot a department di- rector at a meeting of the gencral finance committee, the deputy direc- tor for such department shall act in lieu of ‘the department director. Bonds Required. Bonds will be required of every em- ploye of the bank, from the janitor, stenographers clerks and bookkeep- ers, each of whom must furnish surey in. the sum of $5,000, to tae manager, whose bond is fixed at $100,000, and the director general, whose bond is placed at $25,000. Each of the sev- eral directors must be secured for $15,000; each deputy director tor $10,- 000; each teller for $10,000, and the secretary to, the manager for $5,000. Banking Hours, ‘Banking hours: are designated as follows: Working hours from 8 a. m. to 12 m. and from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m, or until the completion of the day’s work, with two weeks’ vacation per- mitted annually to employes who have worked a specified number of montis. The bank shall be open to the public from 10 a. m. to 12 m. and from 1 p. in. to 3 p. m. The director general is made the chief assistant to the manager and is made general chairman of the finance committee consisting of the five de- partment heads. This committee is to meet daily to advise the manager and the director general of the business for the day and to make such recom- mendations as may seem advisable. ‘Each director will have a deputy. Manager J. R. | Waters yesterday was authorized- to engage a private secretary, and the appointment of Lieut. S. J. Boyd of Mott to this post was approved by the industrial com- mission. Lieut. Boyd’s salary will be $1,800. He is an experienced stenog- rapher, formerly with the Brown Land Co, at Mott. He enlisted in the na- tional army from ‘Mott and won his commission in the service. He is al- go a veteran, of the Philippine war and a man who is Véty highly regard- “is (Continued on Page Four.) Submarine Captain Held in London Tower for Trial captain of a German submarine ar- rived in London from Spain today a was placed in the Tower. The St understands that he was commander of a U-boat which suank several hos- pital sbips. LANGER GOING APTER ALLEGED FRUIT COMBINE Attorney General Prosecuting { Wholesalers, Contrary to Townley’s Ideas Attorney General Langer, whose purchase by a group of Twin City and Fargo wholesalers was heralded by President A. C. Townley of the No1- partisan league at a time when Mr. Langer was making things warm for the Consumers’ United Stores Co., which is Mr, Townley’s pet separator project, is again playing false to form. Some timé ago the attorney. general filed suit against the Gamble-Robinson and Stacy-Bismarck fruit companies of | Bismarck, Grand Forks, Fargo, Minot charging them with getting together o' Saturday nights and fixing prices. Similar action was instituted in the federal courts and has been disposed of. Now Mr, Lan- ger is pressing his prosecution in the district court of. Burleigh, which op- ens next week, and he has engaged Assistant U. S. Attorney John Car mody and Judge S. L. Nuchols as spe- cial counsel to aid Assistant Attorney General A. E. Sheets. AUTO BANDIT GETS $4,000 BUT ~ POSSE GETS HIM Whité Bear, Minn., May 8.—An au- tomobile bandit, who said he Wis C. H. White, robbed the First State bank of White Bear of $4,000, shortly after noon -today. He was captured 30 min- utes later after a sensational automo- bile chase through the streets duying which he lost most’of his stolen cur- rreney from the machine, SUSPECT HELD “4S HODERY ~ BLUEBEARD May | 9.—Caleined human said to have been discovered | py police in the villa at Gambess, owned by. Henry Landreau, who is junder arrest on suspicion of | havi murdered several women who' have ‘re- cently disapeared. According to po-| lice, Landreau used a furnace heated some method yet unknown to con- me the trunks of his victims and destroyed their limbs in the fireplaces of his villas, One of the most im- portant discoveries has been a mas of stones piled against the walls of the villa. These stones doubtless belons to a furnace, and clinging to them »re bones which the physicians haye icf 1- tified as human, Among them “re three fragments of skulls, The floors: are now being cleaned and they are said. to have revealed stains ychuman blood. — Sintilar jand elsewhere, Pa bones been found on the furniture i house, Million Bushels. ; of Canadian Wheat to Be Purchased May 9.—Frank dent of the United States Grain corporation, will leave for Winnipeg on Saturday to purchase wheat fe le to millers of the United Stat it was announced here today. Mr, Cary stated the pur- chases would not be large. The resale wheat will be sold to millers for grind- jing up to the time the 1919 crop is harvested. Gary said the sale price by the government would he figured on a strictly cost basis. Minneapolis grain men were quoted here as est mating the governmen' impending purchase at. Winnipeg at 1,000,000 bushels. HASTEN DISCHARGE OF ENLISTED MEN Washington, May 9—Commanding generals of the northeastern, eastern, southeastern and central Gepartments and of Camps Knox. Bragg, Hur- phreys, Eustis and It. Sill were in- structed today that it is the desir of the war department to have dis- charged by June 15 all men drafted or enlisted for the aymy who are eligible for discharge. |PROBABLE JAMESTOWN PASTOR IN THE CITY Itev. Ward Boyd of Carthage, IIl., who is considering a call to the First Presbyterian church of Jamestown, to succeed Rev. Guy W. Simon, who went some time ago to the First \church of Lansing, Mich., was a visit- or at the capitol yesterday, in com- pany witr Rev. H. C. Postlethwaite of the First Presbyterian caurch of Bismarck. Dr. E. Bolton Henry left Wedues- day morning for Minneapolis and Chi- cago, and plans to spend a month or more Visiting at these points, Dr. Henry may decide to remain in the east until Major Henry returns home from overseas, j Soft ground into the grass west of NORTH DAKOTA'S ANTI-PILL LAW “TROUBLE MAKER Enforcement of Act Threatened by Rev. Watkins Results in Deluge of Protests MAY SEEK TO REFER LAW Movement Said to Be on Foot to Give People Chance to Vote on Moot Measure The North Dakota anti-cigarette act has become a bone of contention which may prove as interesting as the old blue laws from which Justice «i. E. Robinson kicked the slats in 1917. The Dakota statute:has been a dead let- ter for years. During the war it was openly violated by the pudlic display of smokes packages containing cigar- ettes for sale to organizations which were supplying the Yanks overseas with their favorite brain food. North Dakotans generally acquired the habit of regarding cigarettes as a heaven: born right. .A majority of the boys who have returned from overseas have become accustomed to cigarettes. About the time they began to re_urn in large numbers, the Yanks were in- formed that North Dakota had stepped on the accellerator and put some life into its anti-cigarette law. Dealers who had always kept cigaret es on hand were given a certain length of time in which to dispose of them and advised that the law against their sale after this grace period would be strict- ly enforced. Many dealers have ceas- ed selling them altogether. Others have shot up the price five cents a package to recompense them for the risk they are taking and are still slip- ping them, fromthe bottom of the stack. Now the: Rev, Watkins of the law enforcement league. who is on the at- torney general's pay roll as a sleuth, has served notice on dealers that he is going after them. with spurs. Whole- salé violations are threatened, and dealers everywhere are getting under cover. | Friends’ of the cigarette are ap- pealing.to the licensing department of the attorney general's office to head off Doc Watkins. They insist the cig arette is a-pacific type of pill, less harmful than a pipe or cigar. They de- mand their cigarettes at market quota- tions,.and insist. they should not be compelled to blind pig for them. The law, however; is on the statute-books, and:the plan seems to be to enforce it. The first action of the dicensing de- partment ‘under the anti-cigarette law ~mired-next- Monday, when O. A. raigned befdre’the commission here to plead. to-a charge of selling cigaret.es and of <otherwise..violating thé pro- visions of:the law under which his pool hall is lfcensed.. Several other actions of a similar nature are pending. In the meantime friends of the cigarette lare talking of referending the law. It ig too late now to get action in the special election, which is expected to be called the fore part of July, and should referendum petitions be filed against the act, the voice of the peo- |ple cannot be heard until the next general election, in November, 1920, which makes it a long time between smokes. KILLED AND TOWN RAIDED Douglas May = 9.—Twenty mounted bendits last night raided: the town of Cananea, Sonora, robbed the killed five police officers and 0 jailor, and released al pris- oners. The chief of police was among the offificers killed: The —bandidts stole a number of horses and escaped to the mountain STRIKERS FIRED UPON IN TOLEDO May 9.—Disorder which y in connection with labor tronble at three indu here jneluding the Wi company broke out today when special officers at the plant of the Ford Plate Glass Co, tn Wood county fired on | fifty enployes approaching the time keeper's office. The officers including several returned soldiers fired low and | no one was hit. The men then dis- persed, Later an alleged I. W. W. agitator was arrested. i Underwood man,. will be ar-| 3} Dakota's BUILDER OF OLD NORTH SOO PAYS VISIT TO WILTON. Wilton, ‘May 9.—E. C.. Washburn of Wednesday to visit the big pl | The Washburn Lignite corte : Mr, Washburn, who is the son of the late Senator, W. D.: Washburn, is mak- ing his first visit to Wilton in seven- teen years and notes many improve- ments. Mr. Washburn was here dur- ing the building of the Soo, then the Bismarck, Washburn & Great’ Falls railroad ‘and had charge of the road for several years. * Until the govern- ment took over “the railroads, Mr. Washburn was assistant to Daniel Wil- liard, president of the B. & 0, with headquarters in New York City. HOUSE BILL 100 SEEMS CERTAIN FRAZIER IGNORES PETITIONS FROM New York city, accompanied by. his; nephew William D, Washburn, Jr. of Minneapolis, were. arrivals in Wilton 5 Ww Declares He Will Exercise Own Discretion and Prevent Ini- tiative Election FEARS VOTERS’ IGNORANCE Declares Intelligent Electorate of North Dakota Might Confuse the Issues Fearing that the intelligent elec- | torate of North Dakota might “con- fuse the issues” if given permission {to vote upon referendum and initiative T0 BE DEFEATED este: at the same election, the | Townley press speaking for Governor Referendum Movement Said to Be Making Good Progress About the State Reports from over the state indi- cate that one act “of the last legis!: ture which js, practically certain to lose. its place in the sun by the refer- endum route is House Bill 100, which ts on wheels ‘and leaves them. at the mercy of townsite places county seats promoters .and village bonsters. strong referendum organization back of the campaign to get House Bill 100 before the people, and _peti- tions are being freely signed, especial- ly in the smaller counties which are principally concerned. House ill 100, which slipped through the last session without at- tracting much attention, makes it pos- sible to move any county seat in which |the court house erected is not valued ‘at more than $20,000-every four years. Almost helf of the counties in the State would be affected by this act. and some of these counties are those with long established county seats, | While leaguers’:and non-leaguers supported’ the’ bill in the assembly, | they now insist tifat they did so be- |cause they did not see its teeth, and they are, in many: instances, backing the movement to give the’ people a chanc to vote it out of existence. Only seven thousand signatures are requir- ed on these petitions, and there seems; to be no question that more than this number —_will easily. be obtained. Whether this mattér comes up at the special election in July or.‘goes over to the general election will make lit- tle difference, as thaict does not carry an emergency, ‘and the effct of filing ja rferendum. petition, which must be {in the governor's hand6:not-more. than | 120 days following the adjournment of legislature, will be to suspend the op- eration of the law. VICTORY LOAN THREE BILLION; GOAL IN SIGHT Washington, May 9.—The total of jthe Victory Loberty lonn today went above 100,000,000 but treasury of- ficials said that the advance figures for today’s totals could not be tab- ulated until tonight, "hile the St, Louis district wai Wilson today issued the Victory loan “a great thank offering.” REACH §$149,900,000. Minneapolis, Minn., 000. their quotas. NORTH DAKOTA’S RYE ACREAGE UP. TO 1918 Grand Forks, N estimated by A. J. Suri he same as the record acreage of J year, and the rye outlook is v Mr, Surratt estimated tha: of the total state planting pleted May 1, compared with 7 cent Jast year, and an average of ¢ per cent. FORMER FARGO MAN {Immigration FATALLY SHOT BY! MIDNIGHT ROBBER Aberdeen, S. D., May 9.—As he ‘leap- ed from bed to grapple with an un- known intruder in his home, 211 Sec- ond avenue northwest, Loren PR. Ren- scoter bookkeeper for Armour & Com- pany, was shot five times and prot ably fatally injured at 11 o'clock last Inspector Killed Hi an appeal to the American people to make popular May 9,—Sub- scriptions to the victory loan in the ninth federal reserve distrcit were of- ficially estimated today to be $149,000,- The quota is $157,500,000. Dis- trict Chairman Rogers announced that 178 counties out of 293 had exceeded RECORD ‘th {little different way. tt, government crop reporter, to be 1,945,000 acres, o1 The condition is 88 per cont, favorable, per cent ats Con Frazier today advises the public that! the wishes of more than 20,000 voters who signed the initiative petitions will be ignored, and that a special election will be called June 26, instead of July 8, as requested in initiative petitions filed with the secretary of state sev- ja-leral weeks ago, thus thwarting the expressed will of the initiative peti- tioners. _ “This means,” announces the Cour- ier-News, “that the initiative petitions | proposing several laws along similar | Allines to take the place of the legisla- 18! tors’ acts will be invalidated, AND NO VOTE BY THE PEOPLE WILL BE HAD UPON THEM. THE GOVER- NOR ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD PURPOSELY DECIDED UPON THE DATE FOR THE REFERENDUM, ELECTION WITH THE VIEW OF| INVALIDATING ‘THE INITIATIVE} PETITIONS,” | Had Double Required Number i Under the initiative and referendum amendment to the constitution pro- posed by the league at the last general election and adopted but ten thousand signatures are required to initiate any measure by the people. The four ini- tiative petitions filed with the secre- tary of state several weeks ago con-| tain over 20,000 signatures, or more! than twice the required number. The constitutional amendment pro- vides that: “Ten thousand. electors by large may propose any measure by initiative petition. Every such peti- tion shall -be filed with the secretary of state not less than ninety days .be- voted upon. Governor The...constitution. provides - that: “Each measure initiated: by’ or ;réfer- red to the electors shall be voted: upon at any state-wide election -designated in the petition; or‘at a special election called by the governor.” The general ‘state-wide election des- ignated in the five initiative petitions | is for July 8. Governor Frazier, how- ever, is quoted as stating that this fact is not binding upon him, but that he is a law unto himself. Measures Initiated The measures initiated include a mill and elevator association law, non- partisan election law, rural credits law and home building law. | The Townley press today quotes the governor as follows on the subject: “In Bad Faith” “The initiative petitions are in bad faith and they were intentionally cir- culated by the Independent Voters’ association to confuse the referen- dum issues,” said the governor. “I have decided on a date for the refer-| -{endum on the legislature’s acts early; enough to invalidate the initiative petitions and to prevent a hopeless confusion on the part of the voters. The referendum petitions place before the people for a vote seven measures adopted by the legislature and th is- sus should, and must, remain clear, so that a verdict of the people can be obtained. “If the acts initiated by the I. V. A. are voted on at the same time the issues will be so mixed that a fair, intelligent verdict cannot’ be obtained. The acts cover largely the same field as the acts that will be before the voters on the referendum, for the I. V. A,, which is known to be opposed to state ownership, is dishonestly attempting to initiate a mill and ele- vator act, a home-building act and others along the same lines as those passed by the legislature, but is pro- posing in each case to do it in just a To Prevent Confusion “The constitution gives me discre- tion within certain limits in fixing the dates for the referendum and I| am using that discretion to prevent hopeless confusion. If I permitted this unfair initiative to be held at the same time as the referendum the vot- 5 per {ers would have before them at the 53 {same election two mill and elevator bills, and two home building bills. For instance, the people might, not} understanding the proposition, vote} for both the legislature’s and the I. V. A. mill and elevator bill. It is too In Border Fight ss complex equations as would result rank Hom rom the referendum and_ initiative being held at the same election. These Laredo, May 9. c the kins, government immigration inspec: bills, both initiated and referred, tor, and two Mexicans were _ killed would get on the ballot by title only and several jujured ican smugglers last night. evening. {MONTANA IMMIGRATION The man fled as Mrs. Benscoter ran| smreaming from the house to call as- sistance, and he has not been found. His tracks were followed through the the house toward the Milwaukee, roundhouse and tracks. | No motive is known for the crime} other than of robbery for the young couple were happily wed and Benscot- er is not known to have had an enemy in the world. He came here with his wife and baby daughter, Lydia, a year ago from: Fargo, where they had been married} four years ago, 4 OFFICER VISITS Charles D. Greenfield, commissioner immigration of; ballot being so nearly alike. week from He was much interested in North Dakota’s new immigration act, which appropriates $200,000 for the bi- ennium, a sum much larger than Mon- tana has provided. Mr. Greenfield's principal work is along publicity lines, and he publishes each year ao statis- tical blue. book entitled “Montana,” in demand in other of agriculture and Montana, was here Helena. this which is much states as a text book, hoa gunfight be- tween United States officials and _Mex- and it would be impossible for all, or even a large per cent of the voters, in; {the short time that remains, to become so familiar with the complete text of both referred and initiated bills that they can cast an intelligent ballot by HERE | voting in each case for one of the} bills and against the other, the titles of both as they would appear on the “Not to Permit Trick” “I feel that I would be derelict in| my duty if I permitted the initiative and referendum to be misused by po- litical tricksters in this way. There- fore we were elected. There is also proposed referendum as June 26, which is less than 90 days after the filing of the initiative petitions. Since initiative petitions must be filed 90 is (Continued on Page Two.) ST. LOUIS DISTRICT FIRST OVER TO Washington, D. ©. May treasury department today reco GERMANY IS SILENT ON P officlally the claim of the St, Lows district of having exceeded its vic- tory liberty loan quota by gathering subscriptions of $195,104,000, thereby winning the honor of being the first district to achieve thts record. FLYERS HAY INFIRST LAP One Naval Plane Is Towed Into Chatham Harbor by Motor Boat FLOTILLA FOLLOW PLANES Patrol Fleet in Constant Contact With Transatlantic Aviators Washington, May 9.—A favorable weather report from the territory covered by the second leg of the flight) from Halifax to Newfoundland was| forwarded to Washington today by a cruiser at Halifax. The report said that fair weather prevailed along this leg, with a 20-mile wind from a direc! tion favorable to the flyers. | . Commander Read of the NC-t aphed the navy department to- from Chatham, Mass., that two would be required to repair the! disabled motors which forced des- cent yesterday. He said that when the et were again in running or- der he would proceed to New Found- fof thé hour. any indication of the attitude of the eGrman information from German sources indi- PEACE TREATY Ebert Government May Decide Not to Sign and Relin- quish Control FINE WEATHER Ltt INDEMNITY SEVERE Delegates Were Prepared for More Moderate Terms Rela- tive to Boundaries IMPOSS!BLE OF ACCEPTANCE London, May 9.—In review of German opinion on the terms of peace telegraphed here, Reuters Berlin correspondent says that a remark heard on all sides in Ber- lin is: E 1 “Rather anarchy than such slav- ind that all the people are ing the consequences of a. refusal by Germany to sign the treaty. “President Wilson,” continues the correspondent, “is particularly the object of criticism, his so- called weakness invoking indigna- ° tion, although there are still many who base their hopes upon him.” According to the Zeitung Am Mittag all the parties from the extreme left to the extreme right regard the treaty as impossible of acceptance. Versailles, Thursday, May 8.—Tie | question of whether Germany will sign the treaty or not is the pressing one It is impossible to gain plenipotentiaries here, ut Law Unto Self { "The members: of yy. were. comfortable and that ‘they passed the night on a calm ‘sea. ‘Only one:engine of the sea land to join the NC-1 and NC-3. The departure of the nava planes NC-1 and NC+ for Treacy Bay, Newfoundland, the second leg of their trans-Atlan’ row, the navy department was a message from the supply more at Halifax. It follows fax today because of ret propellors. Wil be ready to start 5: urday morning.” TOWED INTO HARBOR. ed by a guard at the naval stati the seaplane nounced that.. plane was in service. ARRIVES AT AZORES. naval trans-Atlantic flight. CROWN PRINCE Washington, May 9—The — form German crown prince has gone it from Holland. on the Island of Wieriengen sea- from Halifax flight has been postponed until tomor- “Planes will not start from Tauli-| ‘al of four Chatham, Mass., ‘May 9.—The naval plane NC4 was towed into Chatham harbor by a motor boat about 5:30! fore the election at which it is to be| this morning. The NC4 was first sight- La Punta Delgado, Azores, May 9.— The American torpedo boat.’tender Melville arrived here today from New York for duty in connection with the ENTERS TRADE the pottery business, according to of- ficial dispatches received here today A new company just organized to use the calcareous sands in the cates that the Ebert-Scheideman gov- ernment is considering its fate if it should accept such a drastic treaty. 1t oli may refuse to sign and go down in a tic) blaze of patriotic glory. According to this. information, . the greatest shock to the Germans was | ud- | vised just before noon today pe Batt |Biven by the formula establishing the frontier of Poland, giving as it does a great part of west Prussia and a con- siderable seacoast to Poland, in’ addi- tion to large coal deposits in upper Silicia. The German delegates, ex- pected to hear rather more moderate proposals regarding the Polish fron- tier and Danzig. The delegates also questioned the possibility of Germany paying repar- ation to the extent laid down, and they doubt the advisability of signing clauses which they regard impossible of fulfillment... They. object ..also., to the surrender of thelr entite*mercan- tile fleet, arguing this would compe! them to pay an additional indemnity to England for every ton of-frefght im- | ported or exported, as a result of the British. monopoly — of - ocean traffic,. which they: insist would follow the elimination of the German fleet. CHINA WON'T SIGN. | paris, May 9—The Chinese delega- |tion has received cable instructions from Peking not to sign the treaty ot peace because of the Kai Chau Shan- tung settlement. Instructions to the Same effect have been received from the representatives of both the northern and southern governments in the peace conference at Shanghai. PAGE MAY RESIGN. Paris, May 9.—It was stated in high quarters here today that Thomas Nelson Page, American ambassador to Italy, would resign his post upon the conclusion of peace. ale Ss jon. an- ner nto North sea “has named Mr. Frederick William Hohenzollern” as the general TO WIPE OUT ARMY. manager. investor. MAN WHO DIDN’T PRODUCE WIFE IS It was, said he was a large Paris, May 9.—The naval terms to be presented to Austria as they have been completed entirely wipe out the Austrian navy. All ships of that navy large and smail are to be surrendered. Their disposition among the allies is SENT TO PRISON Hilsboro, N. D., May 8 H. Dumphy, one of the swindlers who defrauded a farmer in Traill county by inducing him to advance him the sum of $31.50 to pay the railroad fare for his wife from Minneapolis to Kelso, North Dakota, was brought back to Hillsboro from Minneapolis by Sheriff to be adjusted later. DUE MAY 12. Paris, Thursday, May 8.—The Aus- trian peace delegation numbering 40 to 50 persons is expected to arrive at St. Germaine, May 12. MAY OFFER AMENDMENTS Paris, Thursday, May 8—It is geu- Olson and State's Attorney and entered a plea of guilty to t charge of obtaining money by fa pretenses. He was taken a term of fourteen months in t state penitentiary. ney and sheriff learned while in M when the det scene, is an escaped convict, and t Acker befere Judge Cole at Fargo for sentence and was given The state’s attor- neapolis that Harry Williams, who es- caped by leaping through a window ves appeared on the erally believed the Germans will an- swer the delivery of the peace treaty by proposals relative to certain phases of the document. A committee will examine the German answer and it modifications are necessary the Ger- mans will be notified. It is expected that in this rejoinder the enemy will be allowed “four to five days to agree to the whole treaty. Jt is therefore probable that 25 to 30 days will elapse before the pact is finally signed. he lee he in- aut if he is apprehended, will have to serve a term in Stillwater before the au- DELEGATES DIVIDED. Paris, May 9—German delegates tc imuch to ask any electorate to decide|* thorities in Trai! county session of him, Williams has as ‘department and the sheriff's off ‘in Minneapolis have a very accu ption of him and it is quite pre that he will be caught in t near future. BLUE SKY COMMISSION get pos- not been apprehended but the police APPROVES MANY FIRMS the peace conference are considerably divided among themselves on. the peace terms submitted by the allied and associated powers, it was intimat- ed today by a high British authority. WOULD USE RUSSIA. Berlin, May 9.—“There is only one immedate solution—peace with Rus- {sia and the use of Bolshevik troops for Germany,” Herr Geisberts, one of the German delegates at eVrsailles, is quoted by the Neue eZitung as declar- ab- he The blue sky commission enjoyed an uneventful meeting Thursday. In- crease in capital from $10,000 to $15,- 000 for the Security State bank of Deering and from $15,000 to $25,000 ing terms submitted. with referenece to the peace RESUMES SESSIONS; Paris, May 9.—Both the council of tinel Butte, operating the old Grim Minot Mica Co., a Magic City corpo: tion which has valuable noldings kota. for the Courtenay state bank and the change in the name of the Liberty State bank of Selfridge to the Self- ridge state bank were approved, The Grimm Lignite Briquetting Co. of Sen- Alabama, and which is capitalized at $100,000, were admitted under the blue sky laws of North Dakota and given permission to sell stock in North Da- four and the council of foreign minis- ters resumed their sessions — this morning. The former is giving spe- cial attention to the impending nego- tiations between the allies and Aus- nm |tria and the latter to the boundaries mine and capitalized at $100,000; thejof former Austro-Hungarian territor- Great Northern Bridge Co. of Wahpe- ton, capitalized at $135,000, and the ies. ra. TO DEPORT UNDESIRABLES. in} Buenos Ayres, May 9.—Within the © next few days between will be deport- ed, among them are seventeen wom- en. Within the next week the police hope to have several hundred more (Continued on Page Three.) TANTS