The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 26, 1919, Page 1

pa i LAST EDITION: THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 12¢: BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA ‘MONDAY, MAY 26, 1919. / PRICE FIVE CENTS HALL WILLNOT SIGN BANK BONDS ) ~ UNTILFORTIFIED BY OPINION BY. [LABOR TO REACH TANGER AS'0 THEIR LEGALITY SHOW-DOWN-SOOX Secretary of State Calla: Attention to Fact That Issue Will Make Bonded Inbedtedness: Exceed $2,000,000, Which Will Require First Mortgage: Seeurity ‘for Every Dollar’s Worth of Paper Issued—Asks What Authority Institution Has to Open Until “Yaw Is Complied With. The pleasant task of minting money at tlie rate of a million a day thru the medium of the signing of blank $1,000 bonds of North declined to sign the first thousand of these $1,000,000 bonds, to which signature sof the governor and state treasurer were affixed Saturday, untilhe could obtain an opinion from the attorney gen- eral assuring him that the two-million Bank of North Dakota allotment of state bonds can be legally issued without being first secured by first, mortgages upon real estate or upon state-owned utilities. The constitutional amendment proposed by the league at the last general election to remove the debt limit of. North Dakota pro- vides that bond issues in excess of two million dollars shall be secured by first mortga ties. The secretary of sta upon real estate or state-owned utili- in a letter requesting an opinion from attorney general calls attention tothe fact that North Dakota ‘Jyas a bonded indebtedness of four hundred thousand, and states he does not see how an additional issue of two million can be made unless secured by first mortgages upon real estate or upon state-owned utilities. f ; CAN. BANK DO BUSINESS? i ‘Mr. Hall asks for an.opinion as to wkether the Rank of North Dakota may. be opened and proceed to transact busjeess until bonds in: the ‘sum of two million have heen delivered to the industrial oeieeee |. provide gapital for said bank, and also whether under “authorizing: ijasue of bank bonds any sum less than two million canbe legally issued, The Bank of: North Dakota is already accepting deposits from state banks which have made it their reserve agent, altho the act,of 1916 wnder which this bank is established provides that it cannot formally open fof-business until two million in state bonds, which are to provide its capital, have been delivered. Former Examiner James R. Waters, now manager of the bank, moved down from the capitol to the institution’s temporary quarters this morning, and Director eral F, W. Cathro already has nt out a letter inviting the public to:subscribe to at least a half-million 2Mr.* follow! ‘section-6‘of saidinct: forth Dak: ota, shall be Droteed:'to transect pithers shall be-dé-1, 5 ndaetia Coramission 'a local corporation. It'is: probable the sy MIL City, man> will ispendvthe igrester} $Feonn0 aad novi i tor and secretary: of'state shall en: dorae and sign on*each bond a certifi- cefe’ showing ‘that. it. is, pursuant to law and is within the debt limit.” : Certificate Required. Section 187’of the constitution: “No bond or evidence of indebtedness of the state shall: be valid unless the same shall be endorsed thereon a cer- tificate signed by the auditor and sec- tetary of state showing that the bond or evidence of debt is issued pursuant to law and is within the debt limit.” “Section 182. of the constitution as amended reads ag follows: “The tate may issug or guarantee the payment of bonds, provided that all bonds in excess of two million dollars shal! be secured by first. mortgages upon real ot to exceed one- ar, upon real and personal, prope of. state-owned utili- ties enterprises -or industries, in amounts not, exceeding its value, and, provided further, that the state shall ot,,iggue. or guatantee bonds upon property, of state-owned utilities, en- terprises or industries in excess often million dollers, ’ “Future indebtedness, “No future indebtedness shall be in- curred!:by. the state unless evidenced by-aiipond’ issue, which shall be au- thorized ‘bylaw: for certain putposes, to-be clearly defined. Every -law authorizing: a basd issue shall’ provide for levying gn aunual tax, or make other provisions, sufficient to pay the interest seml-annually, and the princi- pal within thirty, years from the ‘pas- sage of such law, and shall specially appropriate ithe proceeds of such tax, or of any, other provisions, to the pay- ment of said principal and interest, and such appropriation shall not be repealed nor the tax or other pro- visions alseontinue’ until such debt, poth principal and.jnterest, shall have been paid. ae) fo. debt in excess of ‘the Nmit named herein shall’ be incurred except for the purpose of repelling in- vasion, suppressing. insurrection, de fending the state in time of war or to provide for the public defense in case of threatened hostilities.” I have been requested to sign cer- tain bonds purporting to be issued in compliance withthe provisions of House Bill’No, 49 and to certify that said bonds are issued pursuant to law and are within the debt limit. As the present bonded: indebtedness of the state is approximately $400,000, I do not see how an additional issue of $2,000,000 can be made unless secured by first mortgages upon real estate or upon state owned utilities. Wants Prompt Action. ‘Will you let me have your opinion this morning, if. possible, upon the correctness ,of my position? Will you ‘also advise whether the Bank of North Dakota. may be opened and proceed to transact business until bonds in the sum of $2,000,000 have been delivered to the industrial commission, to provide the capital for said bank? Can House Bill No. 49 be construed 4s authorizing the issue of bonds in ‘guy. sum -Jess than $2,000,000? L; ~ Yours very truly, te THOMAS: HALL, Becretary of State. bien. ‘other business. of the bank’s-bonds.at a premium of two and a half percent. |HETTINGER COUNTY BORED, BUT ONLY BY OIL SBEKERS Mott; N.: D., .May: 26.—Hettinger county*is being prospected for ofl un- der. the direction of L. S.' Cougell of ‘Minneapolis, a feologist,-in the employ the -New2England Petroleum: :Co., part of the summer iti#the county, . HUNTING DOG: - ANY TEETH Sportsmen Take Notice of Fact! That Penalty Clause Was Omitted by Legislators The fact that while an act of the! last assembly asolishes the use of hunting dogs, it contains no punitive clause generally is impressing itself upon the minds of hunters, who had begun to look forward to a season of shooting deprived of the companion- ship and aid of a good dog. The act provides that ‘‘no person shall hunt, pursue, catch, take or kill deer, ante- lope,; moose or elk with any dog or dogs; andothat no“person shall train any dog:or dogs owned or controlled by them known ag bird dogs, including pointers, setters or droppers, or allow same to run loose in fields or upon land in which game birds. may be found or are apt to be frequented by game birds between the first of April and the firat day of November (both inclusive) following of each year.” ‘Whereupon the act ables off about Nothing: is said of any penalty. The most a magistrate could do, were one convicted of violat- ing this statute, declare sportsmen, would be to say “Naughty! Naugh- ty!” For which reason some of them are thinking of taking a chance. A bitter fight was made for and against the anti-dog law in the last session. ‘A large majority of the farmer mem- bers wanted the use of dogs abolisb- ed, Sportsmen generally insisted that they be retained, asserting that the day’s bag limit was sufficient protec- tion for game birds. | After tho law had finally passed it was recalled once or twice in an effort to amend or de- feat it. In some of these maneuvers some wiley legislator snipped off the penalty clause, or else the original authors of the bill neglected to note its. omission. NEW REGULATIONS FOR:STOCK YARDS ‘Winnipeg, May 26.—On the recom mendation of T. A. Crerar, minister of agriculture in the federal parliament, new regulations relative to operation of stock yards in Canada have been authorized by order-in-council. . The regulations cover constructing and equipment, operation and maintenance of stock yards, and their chief pur- pose'ig to provide improved conditions in connection with handling of stock. Every yard must be so equipped as to afford adequate accommodation for | the transaction of business with safe- ty and dispatch’ No substantial alter- ation or addition shall be made to any yard until the approval of the min- ister has been obtained. Ample pro- cision for proper handling and feeding of stock must be made; to guard against injury. A record of all sales of stock must be kept, to be available for inspection of the public, GOVERNMENT AND Dominion ‘Minister Gives Strik- ing Postal Employes at Win- nipeg Final Warning JAVAN VOLCANO CLATINS 45,000 HUMAN VICTIMS Amsterdam, May 26.—The vol- cano of Kalcut, in Java, has bust inte éruption, wiping out twénty villages in:the district of Brangat and eleven ‘in the vicinity of BIl- SYMPATHY STRIKES TODAY Canadian Workers in Saskatoon, Calgary and Edmonton Quit * —Discharge Threatened Winnipeg, May 26,—Shortly after a statement for Gideon Robertson, imin- ister of labor, was made public to- day, stating that federal employes on strike here have an opportunity today. to determine whether “the govern: ment is bluffing,” word was méceived from Calgary, Saskatoon and Edmon- ton that sympathetic strikes will be called fh those cities because of the govertinent’s attitude. | The ministry at Ottawa received Notice of the threatened action in the western cities. Minister Robertson announced that government's attitude was final; that the Winnipeg postal elerks who do not return to work to- day are discharged. from the service, and that the roment will not be influenced by @émonstrations in othe. ition: t tt x Bint thereirine gettlement: was.jre| duced from | a probality to. a RasHl: bility, plans were being made to’ re- sume work. ‘ ‘Mayor Gray discussed with his ad- yisers the question of ordering 50 rail- way street cars to operate tomorrow. ‘ordi received from Calgary at noon indicated that the general strike went into effect at noon today as scheduled. Although newspapers are permitted to continue publication, tele. graph operators have struck. KENMARE BANK OFFICIAL DIES PAGING ARREST Tragedy in Ward County.Grows Out of Investigation of Al- ', “ leged, Banking Scandal HARRY K. SANDS. IS HELD Kenmare, .N. D., May 26.—Shortly after:the arrest of ‘his partner, Harty’ KxSantg,°charged with complicity: in ant ‘alleged ‘shortage of some | $95,000 in’ é teaburces of the Kenmare State bank, and while, it is alleged, Assis- tant .Attorney General’ Albert} B.| Sheets was in Minot drawing up a similar complaint against him, I. A. Ingdahl, who preceded Sands as vice president and acting cashier of the bank shot himself through the stom- hach at his home here, dying instantly. Attorney General Langer, in co-op: eration with State’s Attorney ‘Herig- stad of Ward county, has been engag- ed for some time in an investigation of the affairs of the. Kenmare State bank, closed several months ago by the state banking board. Finally com. plaints .were drawn up charging Sands, vice’ presigent and’ acting cashier at the time the bank was clos- od, ad Inga thig’ ¢ ity, , wil epopits' after the! jigibw ithe bank Was inl vent and with making fraudulent re- turns. The arrest’of Sands was made Saturday morning, but Ingdahl kill- ed himself before any definite action head been taken in his case. It is charged that the bank had assets of !of about 60 per cent ndrmal. \rule that the production of other Butte that,iand: causing deaths estimat- ed at. 18,000, according to a Cen- tral ‘News dispatch. MONTANA LABOR STATUS BETTER THAN IN 1914 Conditions Show Improvement Over Those of 1914—Only Mining Is Sub-Normal LW. W'S ARE AGITATING Trouble-Makers Busy as Usual, But Little Headway Is Be- « jng' Made by Them vHoeleng,. Mont., “May 26,—In, several phaser, ‘there'are startling: contrasts fnjdabor,.conditions and in: the cost of living, Montane today, compared, with the’ era preceding this country’s eiitrance ‘into. the great war, ‘While no authentic figures for the past 60 days aréayailable, it:was stat- ed in March, ‘by @ committee of the state assembly which investigated the cast of necessities in the state, that prices had risen, on an average, about 90:per. cent, inthis state, since. the world struggle began. Opportunities Greater. ‘As tar‘as. labor is concerned;oppor- | tunity.is far gteater-in Montana‘ than in/1914, when'the war broke ‘out, and even thah: in’ 1917'.when. America en- tered, aa i ‘Degpite the fact that, at present. the mines of Butte are not running fullibjast, a labor shortage:exists, in ‘Monténa, according to both state and féderal official reports. -*Farm labor, shortage probably will be,.acute fn, thig state for sometime, according to reports from workers in Montana for the départment’ of agri- =pewltare.c) The: Mifcoula™ office’ of ' the department. ‘recently. issued a. state- ment to the same, effect-and, the. week: ly reports of Chas. D. Greenfield, state commissioner. of agriculture, repeat. édly refléct the same situation. |“ ‘Mining Is Sub‘Normal. | y The. .mining industry is the only basie-indpstry in the state running on ‘a sub-normal basis. :The)-latest ‘fig- ‘ures available for the,/Anaconda,Cop- per Mining company, the dargest: ern: ployer in Butte; and in the state, i for for March. It shows a production It is a mines will, on a average, hold on a level with that of Anaconda. It is hoped the mines, not later than July, will return tog normalbasis. . Montana’s. manufacturers, . employ many men and are going full blast. Coal mining is said to be normal, for this time of the year. The prospects for road building are increasing, the new park-to-park project creating a demand for fine highways over hun ,drds of miles, to be pushed forward this year, ,Some rallway construction isagsured.. Two or three large de- Oll.,-drilling goes on with: ‘renewed vigor,and:the revival of sflverimining: will: eal].;many men into: the ‘hills. Building is brisk and is’ expected to increase. 4 ho preceded; him in} i up: th acre me Von ani projects are} eoming’ up. ‘ 1..W, We Busy. Aside from spasmodic troubles, here and there,:attrtbuted to I. W. W. agita- VICTORY LOAN FIVE BILLION Washington, May 25.—Total sub- scriptions to the Fifth or Victory Lib- erty Loan were announced tdday by the treasury as $5,249,908,300, an oversubscription of $750,000,000, s The Atlanta and Dallas reserve dis- tricts failed to secure their quotas. This was the first war loan in ‘which any district failed to subscribe its quota. WAR PAYMENTS TO DEPENDENTS WILL BE MADE AT ONCE President Wilson Directs Carter Glass Not to Await Sign- | ing of Bill Washington, D. C,, May 26.—Pay* ment of past due and current allot- ments to families of soldiers and sail- ors and dependents of Civil war vet- erans will be made by the war risk bureau without awaiting the signing of the urgent deficiency bill by Presi- dent Wilson. Orders to forward payments were cabled by Secretary Glass by Presi-| dent Wilson after the president had been informed that the $45,000,000 de- ficiency bill had been passed by con- gress. The bill is now en route to} Paris for Wilson’s signature. BUFFALO SELECTED. Denver, Col., May 26.—Buffalo, N. tors, there is no severe trouble ir ‘Montana. Complaint of the cost of. living is general. It is being investigated by the newly created state. efficiency commission, which is.to make a report to, a special session of the legislature, next winter. The commission has ‘made no statement of its findings. This body, was a joint committee of house and senate in'the last assem- bly. It submitted a report made in which it was, sald increase averaged as high,as 90 per cent and were al- most invariably more than 60 per cent, compared with pre-war costs, Particular complaint is made of the cost of dairy products. State Dairy Commissioner W. H. Fluhr has taken ‘up the matter. He suggests as one solution’ that the excess products of June and July, now shipped out of the state, be held in Montana for home consumption next winter. He is mak- ing a campaign among dairymen, for this practice. The high cost of feed has been ascribed as the great factor in raising dairy prices, / Prices of coal have fallen’ slightly since government supervision ceased. ‘yConiplaint. of rents;also is heard. Thig condition, however, is not gen- eral. KULM SOON TO BE IN MILLION CLASS Eank Resources of Little Town Double in Two Years Kulm, N.!D. May 26.—Kulm will soon’ be ‘in“the millionaire class as re- gards bank resources, and it prides it- self on being one of the most prosper- ous: villages. of its size in the north- west. Since May 1, 1917, Kulm bank resources have grown. from - $302,845 to $672,392. With the good crops Y., today was, unanimously. selected by the Northern Baptist for the 1920 con- vention of the church, which seem assurred’ this year, Kulm MERRY PARTY AT HAWKER HOMBON NEWS OF RESCUE Many Prominent Callers Includ- ing Head of Sopwith Plane Co., Call on Mrs. Hawker PRESS NEWS IS CONFIRMED Official Statement Issued— American Naval Plane NC-4 Still Held Up by Weather London (Sunday), May 25.—There was a merry party in the home of Ha-ry G. Hawker, near Surbitop, to- night, many calers, aincluding Thomas O. Sopwith, head of the Sopwith Avia- tion Co. builders of the machine in which Hawker attempted to cross the Atlantic, going to the house to con- statulate Mrs. Hawker. Many air- mén were among those who called. An official statement, confirming news dispatches of the rescue bf Haw. ker and Lieut. Com. Greve, was issued tonight. tt said: “Harry Hawker and Comman. der Greve were rescued in Lat, 60:20 north and Long. 29:30 west. They alighted close to a steamer, owing’ to a defect in the water elrculation of their motor. Both mer are in perfect th, The airplane was not saved.” ~ NC-4. STILL, DELAYED, Washington, D. C., May 26.—Con- firming. weather forecasts of yesterday Admiral Jackson at Ponta Delgada this morning cabled the nacy depart- ment that the naval plane NC-4 was still held at her mooring. Wather re- Ports from the Azores indicated: the trans-Atlantic flight probably cannot ‘be resumed before Tuesday. MGOVERN MADE MANAGER STATE _ Grades and. Measures Heads Gigantic. Utility Board James A. McGovern.of Fargo, who came to North Dakota: two years ago| to, become. chief deputy “{nspector of grades, weights -and: measures undér the new ‘state grain grading’act, was named ‘manager: of the North Dakota ~ | mill sand, eleyator. association. by. thé industrial commission,.at a special} meeting: Saturday,afternoon. «Mr; Ma: |Govern’s {immediate duties in connec: ition ‘with the~mill and elevator asso- ciation, authorized with almost’ unlim- {ted distributing and manufadturing powers for the handling of farm prod. ucts and provided with a state bond issue capital of $5,000,000 by the six- teenth assembly, will be discussed at @ conference with the commission next week. yGovernor Frazier and State Treas- ureer Olson made a million dollars for North Dakota on Saturday when thev signed 1,000 $1.000 bonds of the Bank of North Dakota series, They will be signed by Secretary of State Hall Mon. day and will be attested when sold. CATHRO DESIRES 10: SELL BONDS AT BIG: PRENIUN Would Dispose of Half Million at Home at 102 1-2 for Psy- chological Effect ; | ——_ In a proclamation, or open letter to the public addressed by Director Cathro of the Bank of North Dakota to the bankers of the state in par- ticular, attention is called to the fact that the state is offering for sale $2.- 000,000 worh a Bank of North Dakota bonds, 2,000 $50 bonds to mature July 1, 1929; 4,000 $100 bonds to mature July 1, 1919; 1,000 $500 bonds Yo ma- ture July 1, 1929, and 1,000 /$1,000 bonds to mature July 1, 1934. Interest at five per cent will begin July 1, 1919. and will be payable semi-annually, on January 1 and July 1. Director Cathro advises that these bonds are ready for delivery as rap- idly as they can be signed, and he de- clares that they are backed by $2,000, 00,000 worth of assets, representing the whole worth of North Dakota, or “$1,000 of responsibility for each dol- lar'in bonds.” He states that it is desired to sell $590,000 or more of these bonds to the people at a pre- mium, suggesting that a reasonable amount should be disposed of at home at 102%, which he states would be equivalent to the surrender of hte first si months’ interest. Such home purchase is desired, he says, for. its psychological effect on foreign inves- tors, KOSITZKY AND HALL INVADING TOWNLEY FIELD Secretary of State Hall and State Auditor Kositzky will speak on the Townley program in North Dakota at Flesher this evening, at Carson on Tuesday evening and at Shields on Wednesday evening. All of these talks will be niade in strong league NEW CHIEF OF STAFF NAMED FOR THE A. E. F. Paris, May 26—Major General James B, Harboard, head of the serv- ice and supply of the American ex- peditionary force, has beer relieved of his duties in this connection and detailed as chief of staff of the A. E. F. Brig. Gen. James W. McAndrew, the present chief of staff, goes to Washington to become chief of the war college. AUSTRIAN PEACE TERMS EXPECTED WITHIN A WEEK Next Seven Days May See Im- portant Developments in Con- ference at Versailles HUN TENDERS REJECTED Suggestions Relative to Western Frontiers Turned Down in Sharp Rejoinder (By the Associated Presa.) This week, during, which it* fs ‘ex: pected that peace terms for German Austria will be presented to her dele: gates, may witness also solution of the problems raised by the conflicting claims of Italy and Jugo-Slavia in the Adriatio area, Paris advices indicate that the con conferees are taking up the problem anew, with Great Britain, France and Italy seeking to have the secret pact among them in London {n.1915 to pro- vide the basis for the adjustment. Sharply Rejected. All Germany’s suggestions relative to her western frontiers have been re- jected in a sharp note to Count von Brockdorg-Rantzau by M. Clemenceau. Esthonian forces are reported : to have broken through the Piskov front west of; Petrograd and. to. have cap: tured 1,000 prisoners besides a great quantity of war material, Further edst the forcesof Admiral Kolchak are reported to be approaching Viatka. It is expected. that the Kolchak and northern ‘Russian forces will soon unite, and theri‘atta¢ks may be made on Petrograd and Moscow. 10 ADDRESS BIG RETAIL MEETING raeyre Bentley Neff of Duluth, Gover- nor Hanna and Other Not- ables on Mandan Program Mandan, N. D., May 26.—Bentley. P. Neff, vice president of the-F. A. Pat: rick Co., of Duluth; John, Dewild, of the Minneapolis Tribune: E. B. Moon, Chicago retail expert; W. K. Ware of the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter and former Governor L. P. Hanna of Fargo are among the prominent men who will address the North Dakota Retail ‘Merchants’ association, whose annual convention will be held here June 10, 11, 12 and 13. The visitors will be welcomed ‘te! Mandan by Major J. M. Hanley} judge of the 12th North Dakota district, and who recently returned from overseas; where he commanded a machine gun battalion. W. A. Donnelley of Fargo, secretary of the association, will make the response, and greetings from the Minnesota Retail Merchants’ associa- tion will be brought by George M. Pet- erson, its secretary. The North Dakota association now has an active membership of more than 1,100, and a record breaking at- tendance is anticipated at the con- vention, which will be one of the larg- est Mandan ever has entertained. LARGEST SALOON IN WORLD CLOSES Bridgeport, 0., Had Mammoth Groggery Run by Man Who Could Leave It Alone Bridgeport, O., May 26,.—The biggest saloon in the world will go out of busi- ness today when Ohto becomes dry un- der an amendment to the state consti. tution, It is located in this little city of 4,- 200 souls, just across the Ohio river from Wheeling, W.Va. It is owned and dperated by Sam Ungerleider. The saloon employs 77 bartenders and clerks and has 216 feet of ‘bar. For the past year or two its average daily bank deposits have been $5,000, or $1,6000,000 a year. The saloon has made Bridgeport one of the show places of the Ohio valley, Ungerleider is 36 years of age. He ig a millionaire and says he never smoked or drank intoxicating liquor *|He estimates that since 1915 approxi- mately 20,000 drinks a day have been sold over his bar. He also claims there has never been a fight in his saloon. He attributes this largely to the fact that he would not sell to a drunken hee or.a minor. In addition to owning the world’s biggest saloon, Ungerleider is a bank- er, manufacturer, mine owner, oil man, hotel owtrer and vice president hopes to reach the million-dollar ma ey oF recently stumped -by Town- by January 1, 1920, ley op his agents, of a street railway company at Colum- bus, O. = | vite Germany, AMERICA WILL RETAIN. SHIPS HUNS DONATED Seven Hundred Million Tons of Shipping Seized From Ger- many Awarded to U. 8. Ee RECOGNIZE ANTI-REDS | pata Bele Council of Four Favors Russian Government Opposed to -Bolshevist Dominion Washington, D. C., May 26—Presi- dent Wilson informed the officials here that the council of four .has reached an understanding by which the United States ‘will retain the 700,- 000 tons of German shipping seized in American ports when America en- tered the war. The United States has steadfastly refused to accede to the plan of pool- ing enemy shipping seized during the ‘war and its distribution on the. basis of tonnage lost. TO RECOGNIZE ANTI-REDS, Paris, May 26.—The council of four has decided conditionally to recognize the anti-Bolshevik gov- ernment of Admiral Koichak. and General Benekine, according) to Reuter’s agency here, AUSTRIA SENDS FIRST NOTE, Paris, May 26.—The credentials, of the. ‘Austrian peace delegation have been; approved by the credentials com- mittee of the peace conference, and the Austrian delegates have sent their first note to the allied terms dealing with the treaty terms. It has to do with Corinthian affairs. AUSTRIA WANTS EARLY PEACE. Basel, Switzerland, May 26.—Dr. Karl Renner, Austrian chancellor, ap- pealed to Premier Clemenceau on Sat- urday to expedite peace negotiations with Austria. Fears that disorders might break out in Austria prompted the apepal. EXPIRES THURSDAY, Paris, May 25.—The’ Fretich _gov- ernment has received from ‘the ‘Ger- that it will ask no further extension oF time for the consideration of: peace etms. The extension, granted; las week expires Thuraday, Pee BOLSHEVIK! LINES BROKEN, London, May 25 —Following: the-Bs- thonian surprise attack ‘last week when the Bolshevik” lines’ dlong . the. Piskovat ‘front, were: broken through,” threatening: the. linés.-ef-‘comimunica, tion between. Petrograd’ and »Piskovat Gatchina, the -Bolsheviki: ate ‘retirh from’ their positions on the northwest ern front, according to” a Russian, wireleds today, hub it: AAR. rales §. 0 vik, have ‘retiféd': to ; new, posit! 6 2-3 miles east of Riga, Bi DELAY PRESENTATION. i Paris, May 25.—It is probable that the presentation of peace terms to the Austrian delegation will be delayed until next week, according to Reu- ters. \ ANXIOUS OVER SAFETY London, May 26.—While there is no confirmation from other sources that Nicholai Lenine,:the Bolsheviki premier of Russia, has proposed an armistice there are indications that the Rolsheviki are anxious. over the safety of Petvograd and Moscow. According to a dispatch from the Reuter’s correspondent in the Mur- mansk region, which reflects military but 'that they say Petrograd (cai be’ taken, but: the capture would ‘be useless” feed the population. A The Omsk troops should be in the wards should be in touch with the Archangel front, REGARDED AS: SATISFACTORY Omsk, May 26.—The miiltary situa- tion is regarded here as satisfactory. Each week now units arg being:¢quip> ped and moved toward the:front.:.;The Bolsheviki have massed forces in the Samara sector, in a desperate effort to hol dthe grain growing section of the country, without which by their own admission, the Bolsheviki regime is boun dto collapse. Fighting ja.go- ing on in the streets of Orenburg. At Rulska, 210 miles southwest of Oren- burg, Cossack forces which have long been carrying on an isolated defensive have been joined by Siberian troops and the government’s position at this region has been greatly strengthened. SENATE G. 0. P. APPROVES NEW. COMMITTEEMEN a Washington, D. C., May 26.—Senate Republicans at the conference today from which several Progressives ab- sented themselves approved the com- mittee selections of the committee op committees, including Penrose of Pennsylvania and Warren of Wyom- ing ag chairmen of finance and appro- praitions, respectively. DEFEAT MOVE TO EXPEDITE VOTE Washington, May 26.—Efforts to eXxs pedite a vote in the senate today on the women’s suffrage resolution amendment were defeatet. . By parlia- mentary tactics opponents of the measure succeeded after two hours in postponing all action until tomorrow. After numerous roll calls and oth/r obstructions the motion to discharge the suffrage committee from consider- ing the resolution, which was passed by the house last week, were set aside under the rules at 2 o'clock for re-- newal of the debate on the resolution of Senator Johnson of -California,- re- questing the, text of the peace treaty ee) man peace delegation the assuratice | so says the) Balser. views, there ‘is no doubt entertained ' owing to the inability of the allies to’ Ivika in six weeks, and soor'‘after- - e