The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 28, 1919, Page 1

so de MS “sum less than two million or whether ‘A WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1919. @ PRICE FIVE CENTS BANK BOND ISSUB]*" “Sass” eitae ITALIAN GL AIMS THING, ALS OF 'THIRD TERN FOR 0, K.D BY LANGER; WHEELS REVOLVE Temporary Halt in Capitaliza- tion of New Institution Is | Ended by Opinion | DEBT LIMIT IS EXPLAINED ‘Constitutional Intent Was to Ig- nore Indebtedness Existing Prior to 1919 The Bank of: North Dakota may procéed. -° In ‘answer to Secretary of State Hall’s request as to the legality of is- suing $2,000,000 of bonds without first mortgage or public utility security, when the state already has a bonded indebtedness of $400,000, and when | the constitutional amendment under which the issue for the Bank of North Dakota ts made requires such security | for’ ail’ bonded Indebtedness in excess of two million, Mr. Langer today ruled that in his opinion the constitution as amended authorizes the state to issue bonds, not secured by mort- gages, in the aggregate amount of $2,000,000 irrespective-of the amount of bonds outstanding at present. Hall Called Halt. To make. @ ‘bond: issue constitution, ES al, the securities. gt be aligned . by, the governor: and, state treasurer ani attested by the secretary af state an state auditor. The governor and treasurer had already signed one mil- lion dollars’ worth of the bank bonds when Secretary of State Hall declined to affix his signature until fortified by the attorney general, to whom, in asking an opinion, he~cited the fact that the constitutional amendment. re- moving the debt limit, adopted last fall, requires bonds in excess of two million to, be secured. , iThe, attorney general: in his opin- ion ‘quotes. a? decision fromthe sup: reme court of Oklahoma ‘in a similar matter affecting bonded indebtedness, which upholds <the stand. he, has tak- en. . Kentucky ‘had ‘an experience of the same-kind, and :its supreme court held “as. Mr. Langer \ has indicated. The rule of construction followed:-in each of ‘these’ Cases ‘fs that indebte Hess“ fs not included in 4 tutional, limitation, ‘unless expressly sovptated,. and, a: careful} investigatior discloses no’ decision to the contrary, advises the attorney general. ‘Bill is Authority. “Moreover, yt House . Bilt 4 dace of: bonds ungecired b; toes -assembly constraed Section 187, of, sapien only. to 8, ,t0_ be issued subsequent to the taking effect of the amendment -:to.; Qection, 182 of the copatitution, “The law is well-settled that ‘if the meaning of thé ‘constitution is doubt- ful, a legislative construction shall be given serious consideration by the courts, both as a matter of policy and also because it may be presumed to represent the true intent of the in- strument:—In view of the foregoing, it is no necessary for me to answer your question as to whether H. B. 49 authorizes the’ issue of bonds in any the Bank of North Dakota may. pro- ceed to do business before bonds in the sum of two million have been de- livered to the industrial commission as the capital for said bank. Secretary is Absent. Secretary of State Hall is in the southwesterm part 6f the state today, but-be: is expected ‘to return ‘tomor- row noon, when. {tis expected that the signing of bonds will be resumed. Only. half the ‘bonds, 1,000 of the $1,000: issue, have been signed to date by the governor and state treasurer. The remaining bonds, in denomina- tions of $50 to $500, will be signed later. It is planned by Director Gen- eral Cathro to fmmediately offer but half; /millign for sale in North Da- kota. a EGYPT RIOTERS BEAT , ARMENIANS TO DEATH Calro, May 28.—Armenians suffered just as in Turkey in the recent out- ‘breaks against British rule in Cairo. An Armenian youth who ran into the street when tl rioters approached was found later dn. a. hospital with both hands cut off and his head bat- tered in. An Armenian who escaped from a house from which a revolver shot had been fired was pursued from roof to roof and finally dragged into the street by the mob and beaten be- yond recognition. After the corpse had been placed in an ambulance, rioters tore away the cover to, spit upon the body. * KENMARE BANKER WAS SHOT ACCIDENTALLY, IS JURY'S VERDICT | Kenmare, N. D., May 28.— A. G. Engdahl, banker, who was killed’ Saturday, met | death accidentally, according to a verdict of the coroner’s | jury, returned this after- | noon. Engdahl in a death bed statement said he was shot while cleaning a_ revolver, and this view was accepted by the jury. : It was stated that the ar- rest of Engdahl on a charge ! of alleged mismanagement of | ‘the Kenmare State Bank, of. which he formerly was cash- ier, was about to be made. 1 { ! 1 such: eonsti-| - DELEGATE OTAMFERS Stampfer, by virtue of his position as editor of the Socialist Vorwarts in Berlin, is one of the influential mem- bers of the German delegation to the pekce congress, CAPITALIZATION CONSOLIDATIONS WEIRD PROPOSAL ‘Many: Intangible Values That “Public Is Ignorant of Enter Into Quéstion MANAHAN FOR BIG MERGER That reforming need not necessar- ily unfit one for the, practice of cor- poration law was proven most con- vjncingly Tuesday when former Con- .gressman at Large James Manahan of Minnesota, personal counsel ‘for. A. ‘C. Townley, president of the Nationa! Nonpartisan league, and ‘William C. Lemke, Townley’s chief. lieutenant, appeared as chief of counsel for’ the Dakota Heat, Light &.Power Co., in the railway commission hearing on its application for permission*to form a $3,000,000. public utility combine . in North Dakota.. 4 Fi Mp. Manahan extracted frem his expert witnesses testimony, to the ef: fect that the United’ States : Steel ‘Corporation, once’ oné‘of.our greatest trusts, is now, our, most, efficiel nigetion;that-economyr-eid* are promoted by-the very same com- binations” once « eschewed , by’ all re- formers, and ‘that:a capital charge of 86.5 per cent for. “intangible v:ilues’ || may: be altogether proper: in forming guch) a comPine’ as the Dakot® Heat, Light & Power. Co,” eae ee How It’s Donel The charge of 36.5 per cent; Was ad- mitted by Certified Public Accountant Schmidt of Temple,,Webb & Co., St. Paul, to be the maxjmum generally recognized as permissable, Mr. Schmidt did not go so far as to total the various percentages of charges for “4ntangible values” which he declared to be held legitimate ‘by all valuators. He testified that the expense of pre- liminary promotion should be’ capital- ized at actual cost, or, if ‘such cost were not obtainable, at anywhere from one to 1% per cent. Technical expenses, installing of accounting and bookkeeping systems and brokerage costs were approved by the New York public utilities commission, he stated, at five percent. The minimum for promotion costs was five percent, he ‘stated, and the maximum 10 per cent.’ With reference ‘to a legitimute charge ‘for discounts, in sales of se curities,-he stated that securities sol! as low as 80 percent and as high as par, the maximum in this instance peing 20 percent. These variou: charges total up 36.5 percent, for “in- tangible values,” generally recognized Mr. Schmidt stated, to be legitimate and necessary capitalization items And Furthermore (In addition, he testified under Mr (Manahan’s questioning, thvre are ivs- al expenses, costs of heaiings, costs for installing uniform systems of ac- counting such as may b¢ required by public utility commissions: ralway commission expenses, interests and taxes during the period of incubation, all of which are intangible vaiues which may be properly “capita ” He did not, however, furnish an mate:as to the percentage of the whole. capitalization which shoula be apportioned for these charges Items ‘Not Included. These items, Attorney Manahan brought out, were not included in the Hagenlow & Ericson survey of the util- ities which the Dakota Co. plans to consolidate. This survey, made for the state, does not altogether agree with that made by Pillsbury of Minne-| apolis for the Dakota Co, Among other items not included in the Hage- naw & Ericson survey and noted-in the Pillsbury report is $60,000 for working capital. Mr. Schmidt stated in addition that valuable contracts held by going con: cerns entering into a consolidation should be capitalized, altho such cap- italization is not asked in this —in- stance. 5 } The contention is, said Mr..Mana- han,, that economy is served by con- (Continued on Page Two.) REPUBLICANS WANT WAR EXPENDITURES GIVEN ONCE OVER Washington, D. C., May 28.—Plans of republican leaders of the house for the investigation of war expenditures took definite form today when Repre- sentative Graham of Illinois intro- duced a resolution calling for the ap- pointment by the speaker of a com- mittee of 15 to go to work immedi- ately. | Conferees at Paris Find It Diff Joffered::the Italian ‘merchants ‘at ex* STILL HOLD U AUSTRIA TREATY cult to Adjust Neighborly Relations.) °) * GERMANS’ ASK INDEMNITY Huns Have “Supreme Nerve to Ask Reparation for Allied Blockade of Ports Paris, May 28.—Although arr“nge: ments have been madg¢ to present the treaty to the Austrian delegates Fri- day noon, éfforts of the delegates t reach a decision as to the southern boundary of Austria have been delayed because of the position of the Itahan delegates, the council of four hope; to have the Dalmatian problem post- poned for subsequent settlement. Both the council of four and the council of ten had the southern bounda Austria under consideration today. GERMANS WANT INDEMNITY. Versailles, May 28.—Thé German peace delegation here, it was learne* today, will present a counter claim 2f 12,850,000,000 marks for damage from the allied blockade as an offset to the reparation demand of the allied pow ers. re —— COUNTER PROPOSALS WITHHELD: Paris, May 28,—Tle German. count; er proposals to.the allied peace terms, ; the Petité Parisian says, will not be made public; until’ the allied answer; has beey sent the Germans. GERMANY READY TO RESUME HER ¥ | WORLD CONQUEST Warehouses. on Swiss Border Filled With Cheap Goods ¢ to'Be Dumped LY May 28.—Immense . quanti- ties of’German jproducts are stored jn. cwarehousés at Chiasso, on the frontie® between Italy and Switzerland, and it is proposed by Germany to renew immediately here commercial relations with Italy, accordingto Ulysses By- ater Oo: U, 8, chamber of com: fete Ns. Se thowwane of bi cycles of German manufacture at Chi- asso -ready to flood the market, ‘Mr. Breathe told the Associated Press to-; ay, 5 There are alsovcarleads of chemicals dyes-and by-products which have been tremely: Mr. Bywater 4,000 DAILY IN PRTROGRAD Wadhington, May 28.—Official health reports in Petrograd show the death rate in that city now exceeds 1,000 daily according to reports received to- day at the state department. Further reductions of the food rations even for workers have been made, and. itis e8- timated that no worker’ ‘i ; even in a: modest’ way ori T rubles a day.) "»* vid tt RUSSIA DENIES: PETROGRAD TALE OF EXPLOSIONS London, May 28.—A Russian wire- less message today denies the report that explosions had occurred in Petro- grad due to its approaching evacua- tion. The dispatch declares there is no in- tention of abandoning the city and that reinforcements, were already sent to the Gatchine front, south of Petro- grad and are succeeding in driving back the enemy. HAROLD HOPTON HOPES TO HOP ON JOB ‘ABOUT JULY Sergt. Harold Hopton, former Bis- marck stenographer who went over- seas ag secretary to Lieut. Col. EB, P. Quain of the army medical corps, and who is now with the water analysis laboratory of the army of occupation, writes Insurance Commissioner S. A, Olsness that he hopes to be home by July to accept a perfectly good job a*| deputy in charge of the state bonding | department which the commissioner ig holding for the popular Bismarck Yank. , pen , low. prices, * Py 3 “4 ' American Fliers, _ Receive’ Famous" Portuguese Cross London, May . 28, — The crew of the American sea- plane NC-4, which madg the first transatlantic trip, has been decorated with the grand cross of the order of | the tower and sword, Says a | message to the wireless press j; from Lisbon. The decoration was presented by the Portu- BELGIUM TO PAY AMERIGA A VISIT Paris, May 28—King Al- | bert of Belgium, is expected: | to visit’ Washington to at- | attend the initial meeting of the league of) nations next October. MBNORIAL DAY ONE OF REAL ~ CONSECRATION Unusually ‘Impressive Ceremo- nies on Slope Will Mark Anniversary of Dead oo ee FINE PROGRAM FOR CITY The Slope will, observe Memorial day with greater:fervor than ever be- fore. There will be fewer baseball games and dances; ghore solemn serv- ices sacredly ‘dedicited to men who have fallen in defense of their coun- try in America’s last three great wars. The Program. jn Bismarck. Memorial aegan the capital'city wil! open Friday) morning with the. décors- tion'of Veterans’ graves ‘ih the two cit cemeteries. ' This cohsecraiéd ‘service Wil} | Be‘Wivcharge of McPhér: at Grand Aymy of the Repuvli¢} the Wa! when's Kelief' Corps, and other patriotig, © organizations, and flags and flowere will be planted on the last bivouac of every soldier who sleeps at St.'Mary’> and Fairview. e The formal program in the after- noon opens-at 2 with a parade from the state armory to the auditorium, ir which Grand Army. veterans, members ot the Women’s ‘Relief Corps, veter- ans of the Spanish-American war «and our fighting men of the war af all wars will participate, togethér with other patriotic and fraternal organiza- tions, Because of the “heat, the line of march will be short. The niarchers will be headed by the Bismarck: Diky’ band. Automobiles’ will be proyided for veterans of-the Civil war. and mem- bers of the ‘Women’s . Rejief Corps. | Veterans of the World War and mem- bers ofjthe American legion .will ‘ap- pear injuniform, Capt. A. A. Jones will be officer. of the day. : At the Auditorium. The marchers wi}l break. ranks at the auditorium, where a well arranged memorial program Will be given. -"*he Hon, A.M. Christignson, chief justice of-the supreme. couit, of<North ‘Dakota; and one of the: state's iblést’ speakers, will be orator ‘of the*day..’ He is a man whoge patriotism’and statesman- ship always win for him a sympathetic hearing:, Miss Bergliot Caspary “sill be, in charge ‘of an. attractive and ‘ap* propriate musical program, whteh’ will include, solos by Mrs. Victor J.:LaRose and other prominent capital city vo- | {ealists; |. Lincoln’s eternal Geetysburgh ad- dress will be read by Miss Ruth Cord- ner, and McRea’s immortal “In Flap- ders Fields” wil) be reeited by Miss Caspary. The program will not be long, but it will be effective and im- pressive, and the /auditoriym will un- doubtedly be filed. Capt. E..G.:Wan- ner is in charge of arrangements for the day, which assures satisfactory re- sults. Y : In Other Towns. Washburn will celebrate Memorial day with unusually elaborate services, in which Major J. M. Hanley of Man- dan, who commanded a machine gun battalion in France, will be the orator of the day. Attorney, General William’-Langer illdeliver the address at} commun- ity, celebration of the day: té:be held’ ‘at. Ryder,,.where a half@ozen towhs will,, unite); ins honoring:! their’ ‘hero dead. 4 Mandan Not to Celebrate. There will be no official observance of Memorial day in Mandan, altliough the Morton county seat will furnish speakers for celebrations ni a number of neighboring cities, TO SWEDISH RAILWAYS | Stockholm, May 28.—Swedish state railroads and various gas. works have bought 100,000 tons of American ‘coal at prices below those for which Eng- PRES, WILSON RESTS ON LEAGUE International Agreement May Determine Political Future of President’ COMMITTEE IN SESSION Preliminary Plans for National Convention Are Discussed by Leaders Chicago, May 28,—President Wil- son's candidacy for a third term wil! be determined largely by the fate of the league of nations in the opinion of Homer 'S. Cummings, chairman of the democratic national committee, whe came to Chicago today to preside at a two days’ session of that body. : “While 1 have no intimation of President Wilson't intentions to to be: coming a candidate for a third term, | believe the fate rests with the outcome of the league of nations.” In absence of word on the subject there was little gossip of candidate among the party leaders, The names most) frequently mentioned were Wi)- liam G, McAdoo, former secretary of treasury, and A, Mitchell Palmer, ‘Unit- ed States attorney general. Every state was represented wher} Chairman Cummings’ called the body! pto'order -in)a session which formally | amred the opening kof thetpresidential ; campaign: of 1920, ‘He ‘urged a closer cooperation ir preparing for the national campaigr and -referred to the important part women will take in future activities. He said democratic headquarters would remain in Washington until the opening of the 1920 campaign, wher they would be removed to New York. MOVEMENT FOR SYMPATHETIC STRIKE. FAILS west Canada Won't Join Demonstration Winnipeg, May. 28.—-Efforts of lead- ers.of the general strike movement to enlist*sympathy from unlong’ in other cities was the’ outstanding develop- ment in the local. situation thia morn- ing. Ernest Robertson, secrétary of the trades council, said communica- tiong had been, received:from: unions ‘throughout Canada. :. Federal: govern: ment officials, who ;have’ denounced the strike leaders. as’ revolutionists said they were not alarmed at the ef* forts, of the local leaders to obtain sympathtic support their maximum demands upon the city and the domigion. Officials in touch with the situation here @day said that they considered the refusal of several unions in Cal- agry to strike an indication that opin- fon there is divided regarding the Win- nipeg trouble, since the result of gov- ernmental investigations here were announced. —~ Gideon Robertson, federal minister. formally »announced government will take the same atti- tude toward‘the railroad clerks who struck last-night a sit did toward the local employees. be announced, later for their return. |, Returned soldiers: in..“pleasing num- bers” are cooperating, with, the, feder- al government to reorganize. its postal service in th Winnipg district it was announced at noon today. A number of men who have been sworn into the federal service ar men who fought for the dominion in Flanders and in France, ! oll. 1 LIMITED Bucharest; May 28.—Rumanian oil fields are producing but 170 cars a day because of the shortage of ma- terials needed to resume work, Of! producers are urging the government to take steps to repair the damage done by the Hun invaders and speed lish coal was offered. Glen Ullin, N. D., May 28— “Langer may be mistaken, but he’s’ no crook.” This admission was wrung from President A. C. Townley of the National Nonpartisan league, the man who has berated in public speeches ‘and through the col- umns of his press the league of- ficials who-have opposed his dic- tatorship. His favorite terms have been: ‘Fools, Crooks, Cowards.” ; ‘ *When the Consumers’ United Stores Co. was under fire, Town- ley’s’ press carried column after column of front page stories whose tenor was that Attorney General Langer, who was conduct- ing the investigation of the Town- ley chain store scheme, had sold out to a gang of Minnesota and North Dakota jobbers and whole- salers who ‘had pledged a slush fund for the purchase of Langer. At Glen Ullin, asked by Lang- er’s friends for an opinion of Mr. Langer, Mr. Townley says: “Langer may be mistaken; but for them ‘Traitors, guese foreign minister: he’s no crook.’ “You might stay in this county up production. LANGER MAY BE MISTAKEN BUT HE’S NO CROOK IS ADMISSION WRUNG FROM NONPARTY’S BOSS for six months and talk against Langer twenty-four hours each day, including Sundays, and you couldn’t convince us that Bill Langer was crooked,” said an old 4| friend of the attorney general's, shaking a fist under Townley’s nose. “I never said he was a crook,” replied Townley. Townley brought on the ¢conver- sation when he came to town. Greeting a group of leaguers who have been Langer men ever since they elected him ¥o his first term as state’s attorney of ‘Morton county, Townley remarked: “This is Langer’s home county—how does he stand afound here?” “Ace high,” came the prompt reply. It was doubted. And it was then, with Langer league men on all sides of him, that Townley amended his recent estimate of the fighting attorney general. As yet the matter has received no publicity in the league press. ~ To’ its readers, Town- ley’s original charges against Langer stand as the. gospel, too emphatic to be | peace delegates has MARKS TOTAKE in ‘trying to fix! today that the| The time limit wil); BELGIUM’S SPOKESMAN AT PEACE CONGRESS | VAN DEN HEUVEL With Belgium’s claim to the left; bank of the Scheldt and a portion of | Dutch Limburg before the peace con- | gress, Van den Heuel, minister of | tsate for Belgium and one of the| his chance to dis- | play his skill in statecraft. | MAAN ARRAN ACTIVE CHARGE OF HUGE ORDER Well Known Bismarck Financier Becomes Manager of United Workmen Fraternity WILL GO TO GATE CITY Bismarck will lose one of, its best citizens ‘about. January. 1, when Brad- ley C. Marks, vice president of the Cit National bank secretary and man- ager of the Bismarck ‘Clearing House association, will go: to Fargo to as-| sume ‘the active general management of the Ancient Order of United Work- men for the jurisdiction of North De- kota, which embraces North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Ne- vada and California, Mr. Marks has been grand master | workman of this jurisdictién for the last. four years, but only at the last ‘annual.convention, held in Fargo ten days ‘ago, were the duties of this of- fice extended to include the active ; management of the order's affairs. At} the same time Mr. Marks was reelect- ed to the office of grand master work- ‘man, ‘with the understanding that he ‘would assume his new responsibilities about the first of the year. To Retain Local Interests, While the new position will necessi- tate the removal of Mr. Marks and his family to Fargo, where the Offices of the North Dakota jurisdiction are lo- cated, he will retain his interests in | Bismarck and will prodably remain vice president of the City. National bank, to which he has given eight/ years of constructive effort.’ Before} becoming associated with the City Na- tional, Mr. Marks was for nine years! with Webb Bros. and prior to that. time he served for 3 1-2 years in the Bismarck office of the United States | weather bureau. He has been aétive in civic and fraternal as well as com- mercial affairs during his residence here. He served throughout the war as executive of the Lurleiga county {Red Cross society,,, many of, whoye, splendid achievements were dug;to, ble ability, and he has throughout, his, res- idence here served the whole,commu! ity in so many important capacities | and so well that his going will be felt by Bismarck and Burleigh county, Pioneer With Order. jrand Master Workman Marks has; | been closely identified with the devel-| opment of the Ancient Order of Unit- ed Workinen for the last 15 years, He! enters upon his new work with a large capital of enthusiasm and ambition; ‘he ‘is young; of well proven ability and| is expected to make a record for him- {self in the fraternal insurance field.: Associated with him on the excutive committee of the North Dakota juris- ‘diction will be BE. J. Moore of Fargo, ;} |grand recorder and a fraternal insur-; ance man of national prominence; R. S. Adams of Lisbon,,grand treasurer, and \Fred White of Donnybrook; C. R. Green, Cavalier; John E. Nuss, Grand Forks; Judge John Carmody, Hills bore; Judge W. J. Kneeshaw, Pem- bina; Ed N. Leiby, Ellendale, and Dr. George A. Carpenter of Fargo. i Mr. Marks becomes chief exécutive of a fraternal insurance company with assets of almost $2,000,000 and with a! !large and loyal membership. The or- ‘der’s vast field, comprising the whole of the northwest, with California and | Nevada, is one of the most rapidly de- veloping sections of America. Much of this territory is almost virgin soil, {and with an aggressive executive at the head of the organization it seem*| due for a marked expansion. The op- portunity offered-Mr. Marks is regard- ed an exceptionally desirable one by those famility with the organization \and its prospects and with Mr. Marks’ capacities. ESTHONIANS TO TAKE PETROGRAD AS HUMANE ACT] New York, May 28.—The Esthonian troops are entering Petrograd “not as; “Jan act of conquest, but for humanity | | and justice,” according to a statement | issued here today at the request of the Esthonian government at Reval. “The Esthonians will try to estab- lish peace and order and give immedi- ate food to the people,” the statement says, GERMANY COCKY: TELLS ENTENTE WHAT SHE'LL DO Will Surrender No Territory or Colonies; Wants Her Shipping POWERS READY TO ACT Mailed Fist Will Be Used When Smooth Words Fail of Purpose Berlin, May 28.—Germany’s counter proposals ‘presented to her plenipotentiaries at Ver- sailles, says’an unofficial state- ment to the Assocaited Press, in- clude the folowing points: Germany offers to disarm all of her battleships on condition that a part of her mercantile fleet be restored to her. She proposes that there be no territorial changes without con- sent of the people affecte The people of upper Silicia and the claims to east Prussia, upper Prussia and the Memal are flatly rejected. % It is stipulated that Danzig shall become a free port and the river Vistula be neutralized. Occupied territory ig to be evacuated within six months, if the league of nations jis’ estab- lished with Germany as-.a mem- ber. ' Germany to administer her colonies. Germany offers to pay twenty billion marks in gold. by the year 1926 as ‘war indemnity; and to make ten payments from 1917 not. in excess of 100,000,000,000 marks in gold. 3 POWERS READY TO ACT (By The ‘Assoctated Press.) It #8 expected the German peace delegation will present, its counter pro- posals to the peace terms at Versailles today. It is known that; the German reply, has. been ‘completed, and ag the extension of the time limit expires to- morrow noon, the official attitude ot Germany toward the treay must 'be made knewn without delay. Dispatches from Berlin and Paris in- dicate the Germans wilt base thelr pro- posals on the claim that they acéépt- ed the offer of the allies to conclyde peace on the basis of President Wil- son's fourteen points and other asser- tions by allied representatives ‘that thé’ peace would’ Hot’ be ‘ong of vid: lence. 5 ae No Disposition to Dal There are reports which seem td'f flect a disposition on the part of the allies not to parly long, if the Ger- mans actually ‘refuse to sign the terms. An Amsterdam dispatch states the Belgian frontier has-been closed and that all, Belgian, soldiers have been recalled from Leige. It is* further reported that the general mobilization of the Belgien army will be ordered as soon as it fs definitely known that Germany will not sign the treaty it that decision is reached by the enemy delegation. if Allied commanders along: the Rhine are reported to have held conferences relative to action if- th Germans de- clin to conclude peace on allied terms. i PRESENTED FRIDAY. NOON? (°!02 Paris, "May 28.—The Austrian: peace. ‘ treaty, the newspapers: say, .will) ins! clude clauses on the league of-nations -’ similar to those whichywere ‘aspart of the German peace terms. ‘Phe: Aus-'' trian peace treaty will be presented Friday at noon. MORE DAKOTANS LAND.IN GOTHAM Flickertail and Coyote Yanks of 349th Regiment Are Home New York, N.Y. May 28— Twenty-seven officers and 1,283 men of the 349th regiment, 88th division. North and South Dakota, lowa, Minnesota and Illinois, ar- rived here today on the transport Mallory. . They composed staff, first battalion headquarters, med- ical detachment, headqaurters, supply and machine gun, compan- ies, and Co’s A, B and C, and are under orders for Camups Grant, Russell, Dodge and Taylor. DISCUSS RETURN OF WIRES TOMORROW Washington, May 28.—Consideratjon of legislation providing for the return of the telegraph and telephone sys- tems to private ownership will be ta- ken up, tomorrow ' by the interstate commerce committee. Chairman Cum- mings said today that hearings would be held today. The committee plans to expedite the legislation. oo | KING GEORGE AWARDS | | HAWKER AND_ GREVE ! | AIR SERVICE CROSS London, May 28.—Harry Hawker and MacKenzie Greve, who reached here yesterday after being res- - cued in mid-ocean, were wel- comed today at Buckingham palace by King George. He bestowed upon them the air force crozs, the first to be awarded,:..and: bestowed for ! devotion to- duty. S —— ene