The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 16, 1919, Page 1

eet baits THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 113 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA “FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS BRINTON PRESS GRAFT MEASURE LEAST POPULAR Largest Number of Signatures Filed | Against Townley Henchman’s Grab Bill TO MAKE PUBLICITY TRUST Would Subsidize Newspapers _ Owned by League Insiders for $500,000 Per Annum A , Least popular of all the legislative acts to be referred at a special elec tion which Governor -Frazier plans to call for June 26 is Senate Bill 157, the “newspaper bill,” judging from the number of signatures appearing on the referendum petitions filed with the secretary of state. The newspa- per bill heads the list of seven meas- ures against which petitions . have been filed, with 38,562 signatures. The! industrial commission hill. parent of the’ leagud's whole economic and in- dustrial) program, ranks second, with 38,101 ‘signatures, (s Brinton Brain Child.. - ‘Nhe newspaper Dill is a. brain child of J, W. Brinton, who- after serving! &@ year as manager of the Consumers’ ‘United Stores" Co. mvested heavily in, new banks in Stark county and who now ‘is head’ of - @ Jeague auxiliary which is purchasing weekly newspa- vers in various county seats, reor- ganizing, them, increasing their cap- ‘italizationw ‘and selling}tke preferred stock to farmers, ‘white the common and the voting power is retained by the promoters, The newspaper dill places the dis- tribution of public patronage — vari- ously estimated at $500,000 to $1,500,- 00 per annum in the - hands of a printing commission of three. Ip or- der that Townley might dominate this commission beyond a doubt, the board was Rep to; consist of the) secretary of ‘atate, the commissioner of agriculture and-the’chairman of the doard of railway; commissioners, Com-| missioner of; Anpipanire. Hagan and Chairman, Aandaht of-the railway’com-/ mission, who constitute a, majority on this beard, ape‘ faithful: Townléy ‘men. - | iNames’ Official: Newspapers. :Phis commission,” under yisions ‘of the ‘printing ‘bill’ ‘Shall havé the power to make all. printing Contracts! #% and the power. to designate a newspaper in every coun ty*in the state; “apd .a newspaper or newspapers .in ‘the state, in which ppblications ‘required by ‘law to be published . by. @. officials must be Te oh Be commission, denigtiate >in every stat & newspaper, in, each co nated;, and in, Weld: county .a8, ySpapers in each i Baal ihe Bae proceedings of the: boa gominiagioners in each coun- ty_ respectively nil all-other natices and publications, that, are now required ‘hy law..to.be published: by county offi- cers in, the ;exeral counties; ALL SUMMON: TATIONS, NOTICES, ‘ORDERS AND OTHER PROCESSES IN ALL ACTIONS OR’ »PROCEED- INGS IN THE SUPREME, DISTRICT, OR sosney COURTS, WHICH ARE ‘BI OR MAY. BE HEREAFTER REQUIR-| ED, BY LAW TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES OF THE STATH; all publications of every nature that.ere now or may hereafter be required to be published ‘by, state ‘officers; -all notices of fore- closure “by advertisement or real es- tate or chattel moriaszes, or of other Hens on real or sonal propervy; all notices of whatsoever kind and character now’ or :befeafter required ‘by law''to; be pudlished in’ said coun- ty; providéd, however, , that in. or ganized citleg, towns or villages where no official newspaper is published, said city; town or village council, com- mission ‘or board. may designate an official newspaper for the publication of such notices and legal publications; including legal, notices and_ official statements of banks and other cor- porations therein;*.BUT ‘IN CITIES, TOWN: OR VILLAGES WHERE TH) COMMISSION. DESIGNATES AN OF- FICAL «NEWSPAPER, SUCH NO- TICES AND LEGAL PUBLICA: TIONS AS KRE NOW REQUIRED BY LAW. TO’'BR PUBLISHED BY CITIES TOWNS OR VILLAGES SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN, THE OF- FICIAL NEWSPAPER DESIGNATED | it BY THE COMMISSION.” Caused Biggest Fight. Brinton broke the good news to a convention_of editors of his chain of newspapers held in Bismarck early in the session. It. was not until the busy hours of the closing days of the ses- sion, however, that his bills, nine in number, were trotted out. They passed the senate with dittle debate, league | members’ holding stock in, newspa- pers which would. benefit from the bills voting for them. In the house, however, the minority, led by J. T. O’Connor of Grand | Forks. demanded that members comply with the con- stitutional requirement that represen- tatives having a ‘private or personal interest in legislation under consider- ation reveal that fact and ask permis- sion of their associates to vote upon (Continued on Page Bight.) EVERY OFFICIAT, BUT ONE IS A WOMAN IN SOUTH DAKOTA TOWN Tacoma, 8. D:, May 16.—With the exception of the treasurer an pustice of the peace, every offici in Oacoma is a woman. The town board has completed its organization. Mary FP. Leggett was elected chairman and the other members are Carry Barlow and Flora Green. elected clerk and Ruoy Green is the new assessor. Lyman county, in which Oacoma is Jocated, has a woman deputy sheriff who ja, said to he one. of the best ‘markemen with rifle or. pigto},in South Dakota. ~ ~ planted, Peduity Ot “satay: the; Rosalie Wang was! HERMAN .HARDT THREATENS TO Mandan, N: D., May 16.—Represen‘ tative Herman Hardt, league mem- ber of the assembly from Logan coun- ty, has served the Morton County Farmers’ Press, a league organ in which Senator F. W. Mees and Simon J. Nagel are interested, with ‘a de- mand for a retraction of statements made under a heading, “Red Gang- agers Working In Morton County.” The Farmers’ Press renlies with a copy of the sentence nassed on Hardt in United States district, court Octo- ber 20, 1910, when Hardt pleaded guilty’'to» making false affidavit in naturalization proceedings and advises Hardt to “lay on” with his damage suis. WHEAT SEEDING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MAY 30 Many Farmers to Take Chance | on Laté Crop Because of ' Price Guaranty {. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., May 15.- iRains during the Jast week again de- layed seeding of Wheat in North Da- jkota, northernj, South Dakota and (northern Minnésota, but our corre- spondents report some, work — was done, and that wheat” seeding will jcontinud to be done until May 20, \ Because of the guaranteed price, an {increase in acreage of wheat was an- { ticipated, this will not materialize be- Feause of the Jateness of the season, {but we believe that when the final re- {ports on acreage are in, they will in- ldicate it to be practically the same 4 }last year, as increases in some itions will offset decreases in others, | FIEL GREEN IN SOUTH |} In the central and southern parts jof Minnesota and South Dakota the | wheat fields are green, the grain his ;good roots and with a couple of (weeks of warm weather will make a {fine chaning. | Rye continues to ave. a {growth in all the territory. we cover. The weather has n favorable everywhere the past three days, and the seeding of barley and oats is pro- gressing rapidly. INTHE CORN DISTRICTS In the corn‘ districts ‘the’ farmers {are now plowing and in’ the’ more jsouthern : sections some has been An. the . localities where too.anuch jain“ has interfered «with wheat seed- ling, the ground wWHl le used for oats ? acreage and it. will be further aug- | miénted. by, the late season. -. * the Van ny Harrington Co. TELEPHONE OPERATORS Winnipeg, Man, May 16.—Tele- iphone operators in all exchanges joined) the strike here today, stopping lall_ telephonic’ communication. With the labor forces and returned soldiers in complete control, commer cial, industrial and municipal Wnni- peg was paralyzed this morning by {the general strike declared yesterday jin sympathy with strikers of build- fers and metal trades, Sunday mor jing quiet marked the down-town di: trict, and no disorders had been re- | ported from any source up.to 9 a, m. | At a meeting held this morning the stereotypers and webb pressmen de- cided to join the strike, and all three Winnipeg newspaper's will undoubted. ly suspend publications. The strike! committee is considering the advisa- bility of the Labor News to publish a | daily edition, it being the labor puli- | cation. } Neither the striking forces: nor the industrial element opposed to union- jism had made public moves of im- portance during the morning, and the {sitnation was referred to as an air- tight deallock. Formal approval of {the strike by the returned soldiers has ‘been the overshadowing development since the strike was called at 11 a. . ysterday, and it is understood that |this action is being ‘considered by {government officials at Ottawa. In some quarters, it is expected that the next move in the situation might be made by the federal government. The city was without mail service as well as telephone communication. The postal employes were among those who walked out yesterday. ‘Winnipeg newspapers were abrupt- ly forced to suspend puDlication this afternoon when web pressmen and linotype operators voted to join with the 30,00 men and women who have walked out ‘in s¥mpathy with the building trades unions. postal service, telephone service, tele- graph service, department store deliv- ‘eris and scors of other municipal con- | veniences. SCHAFER ENTERS PIBA OF GUILTY Minneapolis, Minn, May 16.—Wil- \liam H. Schafer, promoter. charged |by the state with having diverted $500,000 from fourteen tate banks and two mortgage companies, which he controlled, entered a plea of guilty early today in Hennepin county dis- trict court. SUBMARINE. ARRIVES. Halifax, May 16.—The German subh- marine UC-97 arrived. here today on Lakes, SUE, NEWSPAPER| vigorous | *| graduation levening willche furnished: by O'Con- the grain industry, including. grain »;Nox's orchestra. "+ ait handlers, millers and’ pakers,. ire now 1} ollowlngedis the program : ify holding a conferanee in: New: York city. ‘| Selection“. ~ JOIN STRIKE This afternon the city was without; her way from New York to the Great}: |THE BROTHERS WHO ARE FIGHTING | OVER THE JAY GOULD MILLION | | | \ | FRANKS. GOULD 72 Frank J. Gould charges his brother, George, with mismanage- ment of the Jay Gould estate which caused a loss of $25,000,000. | Frank is supported in his fight for the removal of George as one | of the executors by his sister, the Duchess of Talleyrand, while | ‘another sister, Mrs. Helen Gould Shepard, stands .by brother | George. While the original estate inventoried $83,000,000, it is ‘considered worth nearly double that now. DISTRICT HAIL AAA A ‘WHEAT WILL BE inspectors met | out a Uhiform plan of. ope jtion for North Dakota’s new hail in Tsuranee act bMeré:\Federal Holdinzs io Be PUBLIGINVITED | ioe parts! Becienie TOGRADUATION swore P wheat, The grain will sell for ap- | proximately | $240. a bushel, ‘This! }will be a reduction: yf about 40 vents in the present. price’ of cash - wheat, ; Which was selling at a premium today, | j around $2.80 2 bushel, x i iEleven Nurses Who Have Com- pleted Training School Course i Get Diplomas Tonight A cordial invitition ‘ix extended to e the public tovuttend -the Second annual buyer here, said*today that. the piie t 1 ie held att the Auditorium | Crease. when thecapills’ start grinding gf when’ eleven ‘nurses off the. gradi: they: buy) trom the gayerni- {the classe@f 1019 will receive theit ment. .The bests grade of , Minneapolis | diplompity.s 4547 S149 : flour was ‘quoted. at $1240. today. The HPrograr will begin .at 8 o'clock, | When the, mills ‘start making flour out i There. are. #léven nurses in the class, | of the grain: sold, -hy, the government | Ac yery. agtraetive program. has Deeg Mr, Carey believed: Muir will decrease / | hospital, this .eveni prepared, and sses wil he given | about 40: cents. a barge), bringing jit to , ty r Meo Hiltyer, Bis-) $12; a barrel; ae pele: whieh” Muliiy' marek, and’ Hoi, “I; M Devin uiper- | Burnes, head: of ‘tle. United, States intendent: of the Industrial Training; Grain corpotatign, “declared: was: fair. Schol of?Méndan. |The music for the) “Mr. Barnes, and. representatives of tis understood that Meeting.was Rey, M. J. Hiltner called injan effort to’ prevent wheat. H. H, Steele! Prices: from soaring: to heights that _ Arthur Bauer! Woulll greatly increase ‘the price of J. M. Devine flour and consequently the price of fooMiss Vivian Trish [Fed i UI Henry Halverson |) (BARNES ASSUPS STATEMENT | Conferring of Diploma Sih. | A statement issued by) Mr. Barnes . R. Smyth | shld 5 “There. was a general agreement }fhat in order that all“¢he wheat pro- O'Connor's Orchestra’ ‘Addreasai.,, Ver Voetal solo, Selection i ! i PUBLIC ‘SPIRITED aiéers of the: country should "secure x equal benefits that the Various trades IDAHO WOMEN-HELP | Contd be bound. by. contracts to see Nn fe AMERICANIZE that wheat trading should be only on ‘ the guaranteed ‘price, and if a lower —-- basis was. justified with the develop- BOISE, IDAHO, May 16.+-Public | ment of world factors as the season spirited women of Boise have former | advanced, this lower’ basis. should be tan Americanization’ club and are tak- | made to reach the consumer by trade ing a census of the foreign born resi- | agreements with imilleys: and — manu- dents of the city, May 15, has been facturing facilities, the wheat direct- for the close of the campaigns} 4 ty njaking the readjusting ~ basis ef- A.record. of paqh foreign fn Fe ebtive by: the payment: of the differ: dent is being’ taken on a card, “When | ence as allowed undeés act: of! Congress. {the work is completed efforts are/td, bi “In. return, for protection: against a ‘made to provide educational and othep'| fall in price, ;after the guaranteed assistance for prospective citizens. | price jhad been made” for wheat Night schol Classes are contemplated. | bought, the wheat director would re- | Allens who have lived here for sev-| quire from’ the) various trades contract eral years and who have mastered | obligations — by ich their trade’ the English language are to be asked | practices aiid margins of profit would why they have not sought the citizen | be subject to review and control by privilege, the wheat director.” Barbed wire and board fences an da picket of British soldiers ick, Ireland, citizens oven ‘this bridge during the recent riots in Ireland. Then ‘they f His Majesty, King George. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN, May 16—[° x 1 { e Frank; 1, Carey, government grain} cises of; St, Alesis [Of flour ought. to Show a slight) dg at UNCLE SAM WILL ASSIST STATE IN PEOPLING LANDS Mustrated Booklet Advertising Advantages of North Da- kota to Be Issued IN CITY FEDERAL. AG J.P. Jatrell of U.S, Railway Ad- ministration Confers With State Officials Homeseckers i America and Eur ope will have an opportunity to read the story of the wonderful growtl? and development of North Dakota through the ‘information service of the United States” railroad administration, © ae- cording to J. F. Parell of Washing- ton, ass nt mantger of the Agricul- tur Settion, whg is in Bismarek on official, business, The ggrienttural of jrallroad adwinistration is preparing | section the 1 Hust kota for general distribution, in, dependable data fon, markets." tra It will ward lye schools, churches, roau, bay iditious, ete, the kind of in- formation homeseekers call for, The materiil is being assembled hy ajc mittee of -agricultur representative «4 the vailroads operating in North ee Ole. at which L. J. Briel supe ervisan sof agriculture of the Noxthern Paciti:, , Chairman. The ,other inemhers are ELC. Leedy of the Great Northern, H, S. Funston of the Soo Line, and H, Hunter of the C. M. & St. Poy Jarrell’s work in rth Dakota'is with this committee, MANY INQUIRIFG RECEIVED “Our information seekers bureau, as it is known,” Mr. Jarrell ‘explained, “was established in annary this year to take care pf the increasing demand fér facts’, regard- i farm opportunities in the several By the end of ‘April we 14d ed approximately 14,000) inquir- . and: they.awere about opportunities state rec i inj 48 states, showing: a general inter- n anal¥sis: of the* inquiries ..ye- ed indicate that the states which ¢: othe. most “active in ‘advertising their‘resources, have the greates num Ver, of inquiries. |, Homeseekers natur- ally ask for infoymation “©. regarding the States they hearjthe most about, ealls. for the best advertised razor, aid.as. the. woman purchasing com- Plextor ‘cream ‘calls ‘for the . best) ad- -xent lee slotion.“. Some. states. adver. | tise all”'the time, and: these hdve been leaders, ‘so.,far a8 inquiries are con- cerned, Some. states never advertise, for-seldom, advertise, and there are few inquiries about them, ; ' NEEDS MORE* ADVERTISIN “North Dakota, ‘with its larg of rich farm land for able prices, has advertised its unde- veloped ré@sources, but not to the ex- tent the situation warrants, in my opinién, A locality: may have hyn- dreds of thousands ‘of acres of first grade, inexpensive * land, but if) in- vestors ure not_aware of it, there will be few sales, The merchant who does not advertise his goods will uot ryve so Many sales as will the merchant who keeps his wares before the pub- lie, The U.S, railroad administration offers North Dakota its cooperation in an effort. to direct the attention of; (Continued on Page Four.) SUGAR THEFTS OF $80,000 FROM NAVAL BASES New. York May 16.—Theft of be- tween’ $75,000 and $80,000 of sugar dur- ing the last five weeks from the Unit- ad State.naval base in Brooklyn lead to the arrest of four men today. aed] iBARBED WIRE, BOARDS AND BRITISHERS ; jean KEEP IRISH FROM CROSSING BRIDGE prevented the passage of Limer- marched in end- 8s chain fashion, about:the.part of the bridge that was left to show their contempt‘for'the soldiery : De ae) “oer? ated booklet about? North Da- | portation ! prvice, or home-j O P i Meantime repairs were being rushed} jon the ‘NC-4 which arrived last even-| SERIOUS FIGHTTING AT MORE THAN HALF MILLION TUITION In the second quarterly apoprtion: ment of the state tuition fund, an nounced today by Miss Minnie J. Niel [son state superintendent of public instruction, $529,399.35 will tributed among North Dakota's counties on a basis of 202,835 chil: dren of school age. Cass county will receive the larges amount, $28,477; Grand Forks $22,991; Ward, $23.481: | Stuts $17, and Burleigh. $10,654. be dis 3 $2.61. NAVAL PLANES STILL DELAYED | Sometime Today—Ral- the NC€ this afternoon to take the second leg of flight by way of the Azores. Mechan- jes overhawled the NC 4 which arrived here last night from Halifax, and dt | Was hoped she would be ready to join i the other” planes, | Asa result of the failure of the NC ;l and NC 3 to take the air when {yesterday, it was explained that, the take off today would be attempted in- side the harbor. ‘The ‘rough seas at the mouth of the bay dashed over the heavily laden plines, ehilling the avvi- ators to the bone and threatening to {play havoc with the steering appar- atus, ing from Halifax, and if completed in i |ter plane. |mander Reed’s flight | soon as possible. 2 With the weather along the route will follow as o’clovk ‘thi afternoon, New Foundland {time (1:30. p. m. New York afternoon. start of thefr trip to the Azores. | slightly“ damaged when. she sea “yesterday, + port .today. s », Finding of the runaway ‘balloon sp ale at reason-)¢loxe to shore led aviation’ officers to believe eithéi, that the raft had as- ‘cended to a «reat ‘heighth, and. burst when the air pressure ‘on ‘its ‘butside decreased, or that the tow onthe lift cord! which Lieut, A, G? Little risked his life to operate, w though the cord broke in his hand, to |deflate the gas bag. {| The destroyer Edwards — reported that it had picked up the dirigible miles out at sea, with the war v Nipogen standing by. CONDITIONS FORBID START. St. John, Nfd., May 16.—While the | American naval aviators were pre- ‘paring for their flight, Hawker and |Rynham, ‘the British aviators, an- {nounced that mid-Atlantic weather |, machines. The navy dirigible which was sent to sea yesterday, now is believed te have been ‘lost. The destroyer Edward which went in pursuit report- ed by wireless today tifit she had been unable after a search to find the dirigible and that she was returning. The merchant steamer which ‘had previously reported she was standing ‘by the big balloon subsequently sent ;@ message that she was unable to stand! by longer and proceeded on her | Way; according to information from the Edward. The Edward returned to port this afternoon with no sign jof the C-5 on her dec! MINISTERS OF ‘TOLEDO PROTEST ~ AGAINST. FIGHT Toledo, O., May 16.—Protests against the Wilard-Det ey batle, scheduled ‘to he fought at Bay View park he July 4. are! expected to be in. th ‘hands of Governor Cox and the sheriff tof Lucas county toda These — off cials together with Mayor Schreiber of Toledo were requested by the To- lo ministerial union, an organization churches, to prohibit the co The protest mailed yesterda characterized the coming battle as a |“gladiatorigl contest worthy of the ; Roman arena of infamous memor said it wotld teach the youth § jot gamblers and sult in an i sion y Schrether’s reply to the re- s that the government had xing a part of the curriculum j}of the army and navy and that the [battle would bring to Toledo thous- would spend Tred," and would re ands of visitors who here hundreds of thousands of dol- | lars, 5 | eatin is Pee SD ; TO END GOVERNMENT CONTROL. | Washington, May 16.—A resolution for the return of the wire companies to private ownership July 31 will be introduced by Senator Kellogg of Min- neapolis soon after congress meets. It. was drafted by the Gopher senator after! tonferences ‘with Senator Cum- mins) 6f Iowa, prospective chairman of. the interstate commerce committee. gels an, The amount of tuition fee per capita is|CHI BY WEATHER May Get Start for England i loon Falls ; Trepa: May 4 he naval sea planes NC 1 and NG 3 and probably + will make another attempt e om the} or city in the near east. their trans-Atlantic} time she will “hopp off” with her SiS“ hoy If not, Lieutenant Som-) to the Azores the best yet reported, | the American navy seaplanes NC-1) BOLSHEVIK! FLE d) i jand NC-3 will atmept to start the! Vvienun, May se-Ukcaniag trans-Atlantic flifiigh t at about 3/ indicate. that the Bolsheyikt ate time). jtions at Jommander’ Powers announced this It} uprising dirigite C5, said to haye been only |gin at Sinyrna in connection wth a | broke | mandate to Greece 1 jfrom her ‘morings and drifted out rol anne PLS eo ba bts the is being, towed back to; sufficient, al- | | conditions forbade a start with their! FuNDisteiBuTED) MADE PUBLIC | ININSTALMENTS One Delegate Declares Nothing for Germany to Do Now | But Sign Up ul E CABINET RESIGNS ‘Turkish-Bulgarian Peace to Be Arranged in Constan- tinople f he German peace treaty, it developed today, contains a clause which has not yet, beep, made Germany and three of the prinetpal jassociated powers will , bring the itreaty into force by the ratifying pow- jers. It is quite probable that the Turkish and Bulgarian peace treaty. will he negotiated and signed in Constantl- nople, Saloniki or some other country ;. The Chinese cabinet ‘has resigned, |but the president has retused to ac- jcept the resignations, according to 4 telegram from Pekin to the peace conference. ‘The conference at Shanghai be tween northern and southern ‘Chinese delegates has broken up. As a result of ,conférences among representaives of the ‘powers which were being continyed today, the text {of the German treaty. probably .will |be made public in instalments, It. reported that the financial. and: boiln- ‘eleased tonight, u Coastwise conditions were fay- vs lorable today.* . peice sections of the document will be CROATIA. London, May 16.—Serious. fighting tween Serbidns and Croatians. at ;Agram, the Croatian capital, is re- jported in a Vienza dispatch tonight. {Many of the combatants ‘are’ have hen kiled. eh fal jing from their advanced western. post- Rovno, ‘before ‘the .drmiés jled by by Simon: Petlura,. and are: re- itiring in disorder due to, lack’ of | Crews: of the three navy airplanes! transportation, . as. the man buying a safety razor | Were preparing at 3:10 p. m. for the} It apears that ‘there visi a géderat of Ukranian peasants ‘against | was expected the planes, would cast! the belsheviki, {off ‘their moorings in about an hour.} ENG cme ae NAVAL, C ENTR, a3 SDIRTWTBLE FALLS | Paris: May rh aaa ‘i | St... Johus, “May /16,—The naval |tied naval concentration has béen ‘The. British and. French ‘ach have, des, the Greeks have a. bi ip Ww gunboats, and the Itallang ‘hive : five large warships. “The Uniited’'States’ naval forces are the battleship” Ai lzona and four destroyerg,. “'Thé: alliéd' | naval contingents are dtawh: trdm the \forces in the Adjatic and Black’ ea.. Troops also are beng cloncentrated {from Saloniki. It is underst Brit: {ish and French forces are coapérafing jin the Greed administrative mandate. ; MARCHING AGAINST PETROGRAD. 7 Copenhagen, ‘Thursday, May’ 15:A strong Finnish army commanded by {General Mannerheim, Jéhder of the ‘government forces, » is» marching against Petrograd, . which, It is éx- tnected, will be occupied in a few. days, according to advices to the national ‘Tiedende, % 4 |. \COTROVERSY, UNSETTLED. Paris, May 16. ing for the adjustment of. the Adriat- fc controversy contemplate a directed settlement between Italy. and Jugo- Slavia, through American intermedia- tion. Through this plan the’ Austrian treaty would not specify the disppsi- tion to be made of Dalmatia and Fiume aside from detaching them from Austria, _. The council of four | continned work today on subsidiary details) of the Austrian treaty having to do, with {the Austrian frontier, It ig regarded unlikely’ that the treaty will be ready for presentation to the Austrian. | plenipotentiariés before Wednesday of j next week, : MUST siGA, fon We illes, May 16.—A distinct im- pression among some of the subordin- ate members of the Gerian mission [that the Germans will sign the peace jtreaty is reflected in the ‘remark ‘of fone of the secretaries. ‘A i “What else can we do but sign? |We are on the ground; your knees lare on our stomach and your thumbs ‘in our eyes.” | .TO PRESENT CREDENTIALS. St. Germaine-En-Laye, France, May 16.—The credentials of the Austrian ‘ peace delegation will be presented to | representativs of allid.and associatd powers at a*meeting probably next Tuesday, it was said here) today. MILKDRIVERS AND DEALERS /—ARBITRATING i |. Chicago, May 16—Signs of a break jin the labor deadlock involving milk wagon drivers and thelr - employers were visible today. The headquarters announced fie of the diatributitig con- [cerns had split with the Milk Depl- ers’ association. sade The officials of the company ‘said that they had not broken with the Milk Dealers’ association, byt bad | merety allowed the men td take thelr wagons ovt'and later pay ally wages agreed on between the association ada the union. ss public providing* that ratification by ‘ léets'on the scene: with janding. par. atteanip Negotiations, pend: -°