The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 14, 1919, Page 1

pee pe aS rig a ee Generally Fal THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 111. PRICE FIVE CENTS AKOTA WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1919. ORGAN DECLINES TO RETRACT ITS EQUITY ATTACK Falsity of Story About Farmers’ Elevator at Driscoll Covered Up by Courier-News MADE FROM WHOLE CLOTH | Oscar Opoien Gives Affidavit ‘ That He Never Received $97 Rebate on Flax Sales Driscoll, N. D., May.14.—Walter W. Liggett, one of the league speakers, used with great effect in his debate with State Auditor Karl Kositzky at Bismarck the story of how Oscar Opoien, a Driscoll farmer, had recoy- ered $97 from a Driscoll elevator un- der the provisions of the state grain grading act, which is, incidentaly, not a pieceo of league legislation, the original bill. having been introduce: by the late Senator Kirkeide of Ben-| Drown of son county and. Senator Cass and having been drafted largely by F. Q. Helstrom of Bismarck. League leaders in the 15th assembly opposed the grain grading bill and per- mitted the house majority to vote for it only when it became apparent that otherwise there would be a show-down in which the league would appear un- fayorably.. Since 1917, however, the league’ has been pleased to claim the grain act. ' REFUSED. PUBLIC. DENIAL. Mr. Liggett told how happy. Mr. Opoien was when Deputy State Graju Inspector McGovern went to the Dris- coll editor and uttered some word Iii “Presto,” “Kalamazoo,” or “Trotzys' ‘That, said Mr. Liggett, was just a tao,” and the elevator man handed oyer $87, just Ilke that, to Mr. Opoten. That, said. Mr. Liggett, was just 2 patch on what every North Dakots farmer would get in exchange for the $16 he paid to Townley, Mils & Co. Now it appears that Mrj Opoien was not consulted before this story was used. He firs had his attention called to the thriliig tale when {t was jwilished ‘on- the front. page of the Cow News of Saturday, April 26. Mr. Opoien. was ¢somewhat . startled, inasmuch, as“ he had not ‘received. any | check ‘for $97, and-- not «altogether, pleased, hecauxe the clevator referred to was the Farmers’’ Equity Grain & Mercantile Co., in’ whjch “he ana’ fel: low farmers of the Driscoll territory were stockholders, © Theréfore “he and other members. of! the company ‘pre- pared a retraction,.which they mailed tq the Conriér-News tnder date ‘of ‘April /30-with.a request that if be pub- Jished.” “The Coiriet-News' to-date ‘has ‘declined, to; make the correction, ‘and Mr. Opoten and the elevator, company “tiave-nppenled to the independent, press’ + for protection from the Townley’ or- THER. AFFIDAVIT. The’ affidavit. executed April 30, and which the Courier-News has de- nied publicity, reads as folows: “The wndersigned, Oscar Opoien, farmer; B. F. Peasley, president; of the Equity Grain & Mercantile Co. of Driscoll, 7Clare Cobb, manager of Equity Grain & Mercantile Co.; A. C. Jorand, Roy Colton, 0. N, Nel- son and George V. Cunningham, direc- tors of said Equity Grain & Mercantile Co., depose and say: “That they have heard: of a news item in Courier News of Saturday, April 26, and of editorial in same paper based on said news item, under date of April 27. The said articles play up the Equity Grain & Mercantile Co, in a very unfavorable and entire! false light. After a thorough inves gation of the charges printed, we and each of us find that there is absolutely no foundation for the story ; that Oscar Opoien ix not’ a member of the Non- partisan league; ‘that he did’ not au- thorize or report to any paper the re- port credited to him, nor any other re- port; that he did not receive by mail 2 check for $97 for flax, or a check for any other amount; that the attempt‘to injure the Driscoll elevator, which is owned by farmers and practically all members of ‘the Nonpartisan league, comes as a shock to said farmers; that four of the above directors are mem- bers of the league and have for years trie¢ to work for the farmers’ interests in every way possible; that we in- dividually and collectively demand that the Courier News make retraction of this false report, giving the same ax much publicity as they gave the former slanderous articles, i “Subscribed to before me this 20th day of April, 1919, “K. A; FRSLAND, “Notary Public.” MANAGER WRITES NEWSPAPER Addressing the Courier News, Clare Cobb, manager of the Equity Co., said: “Front. page news item under double column head, under date of Saturc April 26, gave a sensational story which, while not giving name of our company openly, was so direct that our farmer customers and all others in this territory readily understood that you had singled us out for an attack, which to date we are unable to understand. We are enclosing herewith copy of uffi- davit of the man who was charged in your article with furnishing the story. He it is false, and the whole thing seems to be the raving of some irre- sponsible correspondent who for some unknown reason seems to desire to hit this elevator association under cover of your sheet. The enclosed affidavit sets forth the facts in this case and the demands of signers of the same. If vou are as fair-minde you repre- sent 3 to see in tomorrow’s issue of the Courier News retraction demanded. Mr, Cobb advised the Courier News that after. the lapse 6f a reasonable time his correspondence would he giv- en other newspapers. CAVALIER MAN WANTED Deputy Sheriff R. G, Phelps returned yesterday from Cavalier county with Charles Greening, wanted, here on a ‘statutary charge. ‘our papet to he, we shall expect | “FOOD WILL MAKE. ACETYLENE GAS EXPLOSION AT STANTON FATAL One Man Killed and Two Badly Injured When Welding Machine Lets Go HOOVER, JU: FRASER ELECTED MEMBER OF U S. N. G, COMMITTEE North Dakota Adjutant General and Texas Officer Honored at St. Louis Meet i Hugh Enyart is in a hospital here with a broken arm and leg, Anton Phlaeger is dead at the | home of- his father, Paul Phiaeger, nine miles southwest of Stanton, and Rein Jensen, residing on a neighboring farm, i#badly injured. us a result of the explosion of an acetylene tank which a Stanton | blacksmith was using in welding a broken part of a tractor at the Phineger farm, The injured men were gathered about the machine watching the felding process when. the explosion WOULD DEVELOP GUARD National Association Will Ask for Greater Assistance From American Congress i i occurred, It was late in the eve- ning, and the Stanton exchange had closed. It was necessary to | G,.Angts Fraser, adjutant general of | drive into town with an automo- bile over almost impassible roads ! to procure medical attention. {North Dakota, and for 80 years promi- jnent in North Dakota national guard i The case was officially brought affairs, was appointed to one of the] to the attention of the railway [two vacancies on the executive board commission fea ie when farm-|of the national agsociation of the na- ers residing in the vicinity of Stan- | ¢j, " 16 Ct i | ton presented a petition for some Peay ae Bt Ae maeiaere nee form of night service from the | St Louis last week, ‘he other mem- ber named at that convention was Col, Stanton exchange in order that } they may not be left without assis- ¢. B, Burkhead, who Is expected to, be the next governor of Tex: Col. Ben- tance in the case of another emer- gency of this kind. Railway Com: | nolt Clark of Missouri, a son of fornier Stanton telephone exchange to de- Speaker Champ Clark, and who was vine some way of xiving the service day the convention opened, was elected NS ipresident of the association. { General Fraser served with the First, = North, Dukota .in the Philipines, and upon the return of the regiment from the insular campaixn was active in the 0 N FLIG HT in this ‘state. He resigned the rank of {major in the spring of 1917, to become ‘national army, the navy or the marine | corps, P national guard convention, re- -» Speed of 50 Miles An ports General Fraser, went on, record H : “Hour , (The -national: guardsmen, he: dechiur a ite 8 yealized. the need of .a Standing army Montauk, N: Yo: Mege14.-The MANY | opposed to. the West Point system of which. .they . de flght ‘to St: Johns, Ntd., which may; be/ Clare un-American, i followed; ifthe flight proves succes ificers gradiated! from this’ school have missioner Depnis requested the {discharged: from the national army the asked for. jreorganization of the national guard | jadjutant general, in which capacity het {superintended the induction of more! \ Hthan 20.40 North Dakotans into the | Departs at 5 a. m. and Hits Up! 7, ChRoses Professional Army. ( * jagalnst a professional standing army. Lof- reasonable sige’ but aire unalterably dirigible’ NCS left here today..on, a} making » officers 4 Y ting thiit of- “\been so far remoyed from the people ful,\by’an attempted sight across the/t jose. tduch .with thelr idéils, snd Atlantic. The NC5 left the ground ‘at¢with: the principles of democracy. 5 ‘a/.m,and, promply took -her maxi-| “Whatever may be the future mili- mum speed of 50 milés. j tary policy of ‘America, Five men under-Lieut. Commander! Fraser tod, Coyle; Marietta; 0.., that the cit tomnprize tlie crew” of’ the NC5, “OL; Muarer swith “American ‘ideals: and: is cers staté’that if the present: breeze,! more representative of republican prin- increasing the NC5's speed.to.55 miles; ciples than any professional army ever ; an haur, continues,’ the mlimp may could. We expect to go before con- reach St. John’s between » 4:.and 5) sress with a request for greater sup-! o'clock tomorrow morning. 4fcus., i, Port for the national. guard than has The C5; driven’ by.:two 14%horse-| heen given heretofore. power motors, is carrying | fue@)qfor a+): National Guard in War. 1,500 mile cruise. ai ell “The record established by the ma- | The American naval seaplane NC-4/ tional guard in the recent wan shows arrived here at.2:04 p. m. from Chat-! What his organization ean do. It has! jham, Mass.° iproven that in an emergency the na- Allowing for an hour's difference in tional guard is this cfqptry’s chief re- time between this port and Chatham ‘Jiance. The guard placéd in the field | the plane made the flight of approxi- | 417,000 men. Practically all of these; mately 300 miles in three hours and ;™men went into combat units, into the | 45 minutes. said General | he national guard feels | ). soldier. more nearly | jfront line trenches, where they played | \Weather conditions over the At-/® most prominent part in the fighting lantic today were not as propitious!0f tha American expeditionary forces, as were expected, and the indications! “The guard went on record ax op- were that Commander John H. Pow-| Posed to universal military training at ers would ‘postpone the start of American naval seap!anes on thi theithe hands cf West Point officers, feel- eir,ing that officers with whom our men | transAtlantic flight until tomorrow. [are acquainted os fellow citizens can — ‘do more than strange officers can. We LEAVES FOR TREPASSY. feel that this training should be ca Chatham, Mass., May 14.—The NC4/ried on by the states, through state; left here at 3 o'clock Tuesday after-; officers, and with funds provided by | noon to join the NC3 and NC1 at Tre-: congress.” i passy, Leaves THis Eveninc. |TO REQUISITION | avieitoe ntncers’ stationed here im! STEEL FOR SHIPS UNDER WAR ACT connection with the possible trans- oceanic flight of the American dirigi-| ! Washington, May 14.—The navy de- {partment practically has decided to |ble NC5 stated the American planes! exercise its authority under war were prepared to hop off at Trepassy at 6 p. m. unless unfavorable weather developed.) eer emergency legislation and requisition POOR WEATHER HALTS FLIGHT.: Steel for battleship construction, The; 1 St. Johns, N. F., May 14.—The Brit-| price to be paid ‘would be fixed later, ish aviators Hawker and Raynham ap-|0n market conditions and quotations, pearel unlikely to get away today on! rather than on an examination of the their rival trans-Atlantic flight. Ke-; steel makers’ books, ports were received of poor weather, ae his gee aioe ABLE |3,000 : CHICAGO | Washington, May 14—While weath-; MILK DRIVERS IN WALK OUT er conditions along the route from; Trepassy bay to the Azores were im- Chicago, May 14.—Three thousand :milk wagon drivers today went on | proved. today, experts held that they | were still ansatistactory for tne! istart of the seaplanes NC-1 an Bl veces ‘j c on their transatlantic flight,” aceord-|Stvike in Chicago virtually tying, up ing to dispatches received at the navy) (1%! ph ‘the asin ae arevasiing | Wage, increases from $26 per week and coramissions to $35 per week and department. commissions said emergency deliver- DAKOTA COMBINE ies would be made to hospitals and TELLS ITS TALE paty'asytums. "Betore the strike had] been in progress more than a few hours emergency ‘calls were received by the rolice asking that crowds of strikers be dispersed about distribut- ing statemen i Representatives of the Pillsbury En- gineering Co, of Minneapolis app before the railway commission y day to shed more light on the Dakota Heat, Light & Power Co., which, pur- [poses to merge a dozen public utility jplants, with the approval of the com- i into a 10,000 combine | financed™ largely by Twin City and | eastern capital, jon all of its projects, in spite of un- David Todd, Ohio favorable weather, The commission Manufacturer, Dead | nas not yer siceceded in working ont _{@ system of dragging as means of 14.—David| maintaining roads which the counties HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CANNOT DRAG ROADS The state highway department re- ports that work is progressing well up- Youngstown, O., “May Todd, multi-millionaire, died at his|have already cor ueted, The com- home here today of typhoid pneu-} mission is given pervision of this monia. work in a law passed in 1917, but it never has been able to work out a comprehensive plan because of a lack of engineering supervision, sa re. Mr. Todd was a candidate for gov- ernor of Ohio in 1914, running against former Governor Willis for the nomin- ation., He has been. prominent in| sult roads in North Dakota generally local and state politics for manyjare in a deplorable condition at this years. His business interests included} ine problems of their own are not dis- many Youngstown . industries.,,,and| posed to yank teams out of their fields banks, los to put-them to work on the highways, SIGN,” SAYS ASSISTANT TO “The only method by which | mding CONN Gee PWIA SeE-OE NER something more than mayor of Seattle and high chief opponent of moment, and farmers who have seed- Bolshevism in the United States. down each afternoon, after office hours, to.a,shipyarc and helped! in the building of ships to beat the Huns; si: 00 400 ‘GERMANY. THE MACS’ SUIT 10 BE TRIED ON ST OUT OF HUNLAND | Hunger and Lack of Employ-| ment Now Urge Acceptance of | Allied Terms, Vernon Kellogg | Says. {Judge Nuessle Overrules De- murrer in Order That Facts May Be Brought Out | He Has Persuaded Peace Con- | gress to Send 440,000 ‘Tons of | Food Monthly to” Defeated| PPFENSE Huns. NOT PREPARED Several Days’ Delay Necessitated by Absence of Judge Car- mody of Hillsboro (N."E. A. Special to The Tribune.) New oYrk, May 14.—Hoover’s slo gan about food winning the war can! be altered.to “Food Will. Make Ger- many Sign Up!" Vernon Kellogg says.; Gyorpuling He has just emerged trom ine de! feated empires, and is the first Amer.| °°! HB, Cox's demurrer to the com- ican official able to divulge the real} Plaint on the ground that it contained arate ot stair there as to the food ; No cause for action, Judge W. ®. Nues- Pees Ae eee inne ae sle in district court yesterday set the which, during the war, he distributed! proceedings brought by former state food in Belgium and northern France j Superintendent Neil C. MacDonald, under Hoover, ; against his successor, Miss Minnie J. ant Attorney Gen- “The’ food’ we are placing in the) Nielson, for trial at 10 o'clock Mon- hands of the German government iS! day morning. the greatest, source of power in stav-' 7 ne ing off Bolahevisin’ Kellogg said upoa| The assistant attorney general stat- landing here. “There is being seut|ed in a motion to withdraw his original now 30,0070 tons; of foodstuits to Ger-! er and intefpose a, demurrer that many aac pet including 100} he wished to take this action in order tons of coreg! sand 70,00 tons fats. to keep the record of the case straight. It dp Noe a Be gure than she requires. | He demurred on the ground ‘i en I lefesGermany. there wasineither the statute under which the talk of the delegates not signing the | complaint was filed nor the. constitu- peace ey, but™E believe they will}tion provided for any of the C) sign, reatious whose alleged lack M Hunger, "lack sof employment. antl! Donald cout 4 is dissat{stgction | with the government.) son for the offiee to which she wits pre Maobe Bolsheyisin ‘in Ger jelected last November, bs Says. j fn overruling the demurrer the court Among the statements and Yonelu-| innounced that he did so without, con- sions of his report are these: sidering the motion on its merits and Although the public does not see} for the reason that he believed an ae- the armistice ‘as mJtitary defeat, Ger- ition of such stuie-wide —importi many cannot resist ihe allies now. | should be tried on the facts as well | The hert government is a compro-/ tie laws cited. in answer to an alle mise, with chaos as 4 result, for il! gation of the defense to the effect tha embraces the mosi able and level’ he was demurring to gain time, Assis- headed men’ in: Germany. jtunt Attorney General Cox ted Germany néeds. economic help to} he eaudy to go to Grind today. fulfill peace conditio of defense, however, was not prepared giving her a life is i “ita proceed, owins to the absence of Jndge Cartuody of Hillsboro, as nited States district Demobil-|chier of counsel for M no hand!) Macdonald, lewue th rerclection, Was ‘defeated by lO J. sNielson’ of “Calle has pendesit, by. more -than.6. and. November, MacDonalds 1 Sth, Hnaiish” the voffice, to: her pelled to by a writ of mandainus,, his followed by ‘the Jegishit meni of Senate, Bill 14, designed, its enemies contend, to-emasculate the of- fice of ostate, superintendent cof) public instruction,” aud to. ma Liss Ni ive officer, 's and for Min Yty. inde- wtes last wards, ‘Best -ipform! soetht and labor, leaders’ Uiiik~ {h hurt Geyman indus that ‘the Geran’ w in like™th fellow ‘he: w: , s * Germany cannot regain trade ‘pc tion. by. dumiping ,aiiy: surply world with peace, That wou! and wy, E d require vast overproduction, and -Gerniany. i put tovit to rest¥ck het own shel r ent position,” Kelldgg: declares, would| © be for-her workmen to ‘work longer hours.‘at-iower wage ‘than, the work: men of competing nations, to accept lower standards of-life than they ‘pos: sesses before the and to-assure’a degree ‘of industrial’ slavery ‘entirely out: of harmony with’ industrial con: ditions elsewhere in the world. + “This the German workmen shows rted tw besa member. ‘Thenycame 1O Warranté action to des termine Nielson’s © quitlifications for the oft he holds. Among the qualifications Whieh’ MacDonald alleges she lacks issa knowledge of “political science.” His complaint also alleges that Miss Nielson, for more than a quarter of a century actively engaged in th ate as an educator, and for a not the slightest disposition to under |¢reatey part of that time sup take.’ tendent of schools in Barnes county res in for a of the most advanced Dakota, cannot quali grade teacher's certifi The peace: conference has acceded | one to Kellogg's idea to send Germany| Nor 440,000 tons of food per month. Ger | fir many pays, he says, and with the al |$1 te, 000 WORTH OF TAGS OUT IN DAY Tuesday was A. W. Luehr’s biggest day to date in the automobile registra- ed to-surrender former emperor Wil-| tion department. There were mailed helm. The question at present, itjout 149 ta: netting the state ap- contends, concerns only Germany and| proximately $15,000 for the day’s busi- the entente. [mess. eee MEET OLE ' HANSON, SHIPBUILDER + lies shares expense of feeding under- nourished children, a special endeay or. DENIES REPORT. The Hague, May 14—The Dutca governnient denies that it has dec’ MBRITS NONDAY that | | | i | “eiday between Mr. Barnes and repre- .{had been made for wheat bought, the ,| wheat director would require from the | various trades contract obligations by (PP In | Mr. Gordon addressed a large audi- i worth hearing. i MECHANICIAN FOR AMERICAN ACE OF ACES VISITS HERE Floyd Sarquist, former’ Seo Line fireman at this point, and who enlisted in the national army soon after America's declaration of war, is home from France, where he served as mechanician to Major Eddie Rickenbacker, the Amer ace of aces, He saw Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt fall, He declares that young Roosevelt was universally | popular and that the whole army mourned his loss, After a brief visit at the home of A, W. Luehrs. Mr, Sarquist has returned to his former home in Minneapolis, REDUCTION IN| | WHEAT PRICE | | TO MILLERS . Julius Barnes Makes Provision i to Adjust Flour Dis- | tribution , } pane SECURE EQUAL BENFITS | Profit Margins to Be Supervised and Controlled by Federal Government New York, May 14.—An immediate jing all down the line from the pro- ducer to the baker, is believed assured, according to a statement issued today jby Julius Barnes, wheat director, fol- lowing prolonged conferences yester- sentatives of the grain dustry, including grain h ers, jobbers and baker: The statement issue ‘says: “There was a general agreement | 'that in order that all the wheat pyo- | iducers of the country should secure ‘equal benefits that the various trades {should be bound by contract to see jthat the wheat trading was done on ; the guaranteed price, : Subject io Control In return for production against a {fallin price after the guaranteed price ndustry, in- ndiers, mill- vy Mr. Barnes {which their trade. practices and mar- igins of profit would’ be subject to re- view and control by the wheat direc- | ‘tor. | . Reach Basis operating.” profits between wheat ibought and’ finished: product sold | should .not exceed an agreed basis per | {barrel of flour: manufactured, thus as- {suring immediate reflection to the con- sumer of any-reduced price of wheat {supplied to the mills. \ | ‘The jobbers expressed a willingness lalso.to contract that their handling margins should not exceed the price ‘fixed on an agreed basis, thus making effective a lower retail price of flour jwhen made by mills on a readjusted ; wheat basis. ; The bakers were willing to enter ;into a contract by which they would lveflect at once in their product the jlower price of flour made effective by {the mills. In this way, there is jthought to be an assurance that a re- duced price of wheat should be effec- tive immediately all down the line. GORDON TO TALK TONIGHT ON THE BOLSHRVIG PBST i Secretary of Anti-Socialist So- ciety Will Deliver Free Lecture at Grand { FR. G. Gordon, secretary of the | american Anti-Socialist society, will ! speak. at the Grand at 8 o'clock this j evening on “The Menace of Bolshe- vism.’ No charge will be made for ‘admission, and an invitation is - ex tended to everyone who is interested the subject. ence at Jamestown last night, and he; spoke at Mandan this after afternoon. He is reported to be a speaker well| Republicans Select Sen. Cummings as . President Pro Temp| Washington, May 14.—Senator Cum- mings, of Iowa, favored by the Pro- ve group, was chosen uni- sly for president pr tempore of the senate at the organization today | { i i ' t | I Here is photographic evidence that Mayor Ole Hanson is| Hanson, during the war, went of Republican senator: Senator Lodge of s reeelcted party ion of the controversy over com: mittee chairmanship for Senator Penrose of Penn ‘ania and Warren of Wyoming was postponed. Forty-three of the forty-nine Repub- lican senators and senators-elect at tended the conferen today, The ab-! sentees included nator Gronna of North Dakota, Beside the president | pro tempore the conference chose its candidates for all other senate offic Senator Curtis of Kansas was r elected party whip without opposition, and Senator Wadsworth of New York was chosen secretary of the confer- ence. Senator Brandegee of Connecticut, identified with the regulars, will be chairman of the committe of nine authorized to assign committee places, and Senator McCumber of North Da- ssachusetts und dis- ieee ‘ trians will be less reduction in the price of wheat reach-| , It _was suggested for instance that} «thé mills"agrée® that they totulsgross a bureau here announces, paring blanks foreign which are required to make their an- nual Failure to make such reports within a certain pel AUSTRIA TO” KNOW FATE. | THIS WERK Negotiations With Austrians to Be Less Numerous Than With Germans EBERT DEFIANT Believed Present Regime Will Be Wrecked on Peace Negotiations Paris, May 14,—Belief that the peace treaty wiim Austma would be handed to the delegates of that na- tion by the end of the week was ex pressed today. It developed that the allied powers to be represented at St. Germaine in the negotiations with the Aus- numerous than those at Versailles. These powers will comprise the states which de- clared war upon or broke diplomatic negotiations with Austria-Hungary. - LANDING TROOPS, London, May 14:—The Italians are landing large military forces at Cara and Sebenico, on the coast of Dal- matia, according to a Reuter's dis- patch from Belgrade, the Serbian cap- ital. The troops are being moved ard and are fortitying the ridges EBERT OPPOSED. _ Berlin (Sunday), May 11.—Declar- ing that the terms of peace contem- plate “the moral, spiritual and intel- lectual paralysis of the German peo- ple, that the German people were hypnotised by promises made by Pres- ident Wilson, that he, himself, is look- ing to the future with the gravest apprehension, President Ebert today expressed the hope that German dem- ry ‘y would not accept.the peace terms. He declared he would rather resign that ratify the peace terms, and that he hoped the German. gov- ernment would hold out to the.end. . The German. -people, he‘ declared, are only beginning. to: awake from the hypnosis into. which they-were, lujled “because of -their confidence. in. the honesty. and sincerity. of. :President. Wilson.” J Pasa GERMAN-NOTES. ~ Paris, May 14.—The’ three, Germa| notes deal with ‘the following ree ject EA oe » Tue first effects of the peace terns on Germany's economic ‘situation, + Thesecond, the manner in whieh Peesident’ Wilson's ‘fourteen ~\ points are applied, which are protested against. GaAe: if ese. Third, the repatation demands, which are protested, although it,.is stated. that Germaily is’ prepared’ to rajify them. - Pa ’ COUNCIL MEETS. Paris, May 14.—The council of four held a meeting this morning consid- ering problems relative to ports and waterways and some details of the Austrian treaty. It is. presumed that. the German note which wag reported to have been delivered last evening was also taken up by the council. Three notes from the German dele- gation were delivered to the council this morning. APPOINT SUBCOMMITTEE, Paris,| May 14.—The council of four of the peace conference appointed this afternoon a subcommittee represent- ing the United States, France, Great Britain and Japan to deal with objec- Hone from the German plenipotentiar- es, AUSTRIANS EN ROUTE, Berne (Tuesday), May’ 13.—The Austrian delegation to the peace con- ferenec numbering 72 passed through Switzerland this afternoon on ‘a ‘spe- cial train en route to Versailles, FIUME STATUS UNDETERMINED. Paris (Tuesday), May 13,—Italian delegates to the peace conference are no longer insistent on the fulfillment of the secrt traty of London, and this part of th controversy relative to ter- ritory on the eastern shore ofthe Adriatic is tending toward an adjust- ment, according to those who have taken part in recent conferences. The status of Fiume is‘ still being discussed, as the plan to make it a free city similar to Danzig hay not proven acceptable, WOULD POOL SHIPS. Paris, May 14.—Renewed efforts are being made by the British delegation to secure an agreement calling for ithe pooling of former German mer- chant ships and their distribution on a basis of vessel tonnage’ lost during the war instead of the plan of the United States of retaining the ‘ships interned in America prior to that country’s entrance in the war. CONSIDER PEACE TERMS, Terne (Tuesday), May 13.—Rouma- nia considers peace terms given Ger- many severe but just and less severe than Germany imposed on Roumania year ago, the Doumanian press It is recalled that plenipotentiaries made this to the Roumanians: The conditions imposed on you are mild compared to those we intend to impose on the allies.” the German remark REMINDING CORPORATIONS Secretary of State’s Office Mail- ing Blanks The secretary of state’s office is pre to be forwarded to and domestic corporations reports not later than July 1. od of grace will result in ‘kota will be chairman of the steering commiitee. i the automufie elimination of thé tagly rorporation,