The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 31, 1919, Page 1

"j | ===]/THE BI “TRIBUNE = THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 124. ’ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA AMERICA TODAY GINCHES HONOR OF FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT WITH PLANE ACROSS ATLANTIC NC-4 Lands Safely at Plymouth, Eng., After 500-Mile Hop From Ferro, Spain—Exact Speed on Last Leg Cannot Be Deter- mined Owing to Confusion in Hour of Landing—Unofficial Report Says Read May Sail Home by Direct Route From Ireland to Newfoundland. t ‘ Washington, May 31.—The American naval seaplane flight “across the Atlantic which began at Rockaway beach May 8, was successfully completed today with the arrival of the NC-4 at Plymouth, Eng.jafter a 500-mile hop from Spain. The announcement that Commander A. C. Read had reached England was sent to the naval department from London. The time given in the message, 2:26 p. m., confused officials here, who| were not able to compute time for the last leg of the flight. MADE SLOW PROGRESS The NC-4 left Ferro, Spain, at 2:20 a. m. Washington time! and should have reached Plymouth six hours later. The message! showed that the plane got in at 9:26 Washington time, on this basis the plane averaged under 70 knots an hour, or less than any other lap of the voyage. = eh After resting at England, Commander Read and his crew will go to Paris to give allied officers and naval officials there an ac- count of their voyage. The NC-4 in the meantime probably will be taken apart for shipment to the Unitde States. CONGRATULATIONS POUR IN . After news came of the arrival of the NC-4, Secretary Daniels sent this message to’Commander Read: “All the people of America are happy over. your successfti flight, which has been an. epo¢ j plein event in the history of the world. My. congratulationg.and' greetings and good wishes.” ‘Congratulations to Commander Read and his crew and the naval air service have been sent by the British admiralty through Admiral Knapp. The admiralty’s letter was quoted in the follow- ing cablegram from Admiral Knapp received at the department today: ; “In a letter from the British admiralty they state that this morning’s news brings the epoch making intelligence that the space between America and Europe has now been successfully spanned-by air by way of the Azores. -It is with great pleasure! that their lordship have learned. of this success, and they desire me to offer congratulations to the.crew of the seaplane NC-4.” MAY FLY HOME Plymouth, Eng., May 31.—It has been learned here unoffi- cially:that there-is a prospect that the NC-4 may fly home over wae j.musichalls have been unionized for the direct Atlantic route from Ireland to Newfoundland. understood a conference may be held here soon to discuss the Project," vis ‘" CROWD. GREETS, AVIATORS, “The NC-4 completed: her long flight from the U.S. today. She arrived here: at 2:26 ‘p. m.’ local’ time : (1:26 Gfeenwich' time). is Keen interest an the syent and the | weathe! ich succeeded a rain, fing weather iti yout es Targe owe to gteet the arriving Americans, the ings. of whose planes: were ay it on the harbor at 2:23 o'clock. The’ NO-4 making a’ dashing finish wept quickly Jandward and three He later/had settléd down on the raters of the harbor.” ‘merican:.naval sofficers say’ the °NG-4 is in better condition than when she began her flight, Furthermore, the ‘experience gained by all the NC-4’s navigators and pilots should be of invaluable service. ACTORS DECIDE TO FORM UNION Paris, May 31.—The actors and singers of the Paris stage have de- cided to form a regular trades-union, to be affiliated to the General Labor Federation! and so compelled to take part insany strike ordered by that body. : The maghinists. electricians and ‘other employes of the theatre and some’ time: ‘The’ new union will’ try to establish a minimum salary Of $4’ a.day with payment during rehearsals. | “0. ATTEND GREAT ANTI,SALOON MEET Mr. and Mrs. F 1L.,Watkins and Rev. Cs W. Finwall will attend the anti-saloon league convention to be held: in° Washington on June 5 and 6. Rev. Finwail will return immediaicly following’ the national convention t9 make arrangements for the ratifica- tion jubilee to be held in Fargo on July 1 and 2. Rev. Watkins is super intendent of the Nerth Datsota law en- forcement league, and Rev. ! with the Dakota anti-saloon league. CORK UNIVERSITY WANTS TO BE SEPARATE UNIT Dublin, May 31.—The National Uni- versity of Ireland is a federal insti-|, tution composed. of three colléges, in Dubin, Cork, and Galway. It was es- tablished to meet the claim of the Irish Catholics for university educa- tion. The federal system has proved irksome to Cork which now demands ~ that its college ‘should be given the status of a separate university, The Cork claim has united every section of Munster men and the peti- tions in its favor have been sfgned by the heads of all the religious denomin- ations and the leading ‘men of the province. It involves however, a new Charter from the Crown, and the bulk of Sinn Fein opinion, while in favor of the ‘separate University for Cork is hostile to the only method by which under present conditions it can he obtained. ST CHIDREN IN me BRITISH MINE REGION. London, May 31—More babies are born in the northern counties of Eng- land than in the south, statistics of the registrar ‘general's department show. This is the mining region, where better wages are paid than in the south. Official comment on the figures says: “The miner, who can probably provide for his family more easily than most other workmen, has ‘/sition as regards Senate Bilb 134. It is KANE URGED 10 COME. OUT INTO OPEN ON SCHOOLS A, C. Berg, Chairman, of Legis. lative Committee, BAS: + Asks His ‘Stand! Urging him to take a_publie stand in support or opposition of Senate Bill 134, A. C. Berg, chairman of the legislative committee of the North Dakota Education Association, has Thomas F. Kane of the University ot North Dakota. Senate Bill 134 is the so-called school administration _ pill’ which has been under fire since its passage at the last session of the North Dakota legtslature. { The letter addressed to President} Kane follows: D., May 27, 1919, | Yr to President Kane of the Uni- versity of North Dakota, ‘Univedsity, N. D. Dear Sir: The! Townley’ press of the state has repeatedly quoted you as “having endorsed” Senatord Bill 134, the so- called School Administration Bill and the general impression of the people of the state is that you are in favor of this bill as it now stands. From conversations which I have had with you relative to this bill and from reports of conversations which you have had with other school men of the state regarding the same. ] do not believe that the Townley press is reporting you correctly, and because of the fact that the State Educational assOciation has delegated to me as chairman of its legislative committee the work of informing the people of the state about its objections to Sen- ate Bill 134,"I take the means of ask- ing you to state publicly your po- ' Respectfully’ yours, Signed A. C. Berg, Chairman of Legislative, Committee, N.°D. E.'A. BOOK ON POISONERS IN BLUEBEARD HOUSE! N. E. A. Special to The Tribune) Paris, May 31.—A book on celebrat- ed poisoners is among articles taken by the police from the villa of Lan- dru, the Parisian Blueveard. Landru was taken to the house while the segrch went on, and sat huddled in a chair during the two hours the detec tives kept him there. When they left the place with him, there were shouts of “Kill him!” from the crowd which had gathered. Landru shrank back and turned pale with fright. Women surrounded the clotsed car into which he was thrust and hammered on the windows and shook’ their fists at the man accused of perhaps a scure of murders. Letters from his supposed victims, linen marked with the names,of some of them and other articles were ta- ken. From the pond which is being dragged, ‘blackened bone, a woman's stocking and stones like those in Lan- dru’s garden, smoke-vlackened, have been dragged. Most significant of all, QUARATINE TO BE INVOKED AGAINST SOCIAL DISEASES Moral Lepers Who Are Endan- gering Community Will Be Tsolated Until Cured NEW. LAW FAR REACHING Almost - Unlimited Authority Conferred Upon Local and State Health Officers The first official action under Sen- ate Bill 140, which treats infectious “social” diseases on the same plane with smallpox, diphtheria and other, contagious afflictions, and which pro- vides for the quarantining and isola- tion of sufferers from venereal ail- ments, is aboui io be taken by repre- sentatives of the attorney general’s office. In the southern part of the state there is said to be operating a barber shop. a man who admits that he is afflicted with one of the most virulent | of the “social” diseases. His work! brings him daily in close contact with his patients. He has been ordered to find some other occupation and he has} declined to do so. It is held that he is jeopardizing the health of the whole| community, and ‘for the protection lof the little.town. in’ which he, operates. his Shop the attorney general’s office is instititing an action against this, unfortunate. f Senate Bill 140 requires reports from physicians to the health authori- ties upon all venereal diseases which come to their attention. State, county and municipal health authorities need not rely wholly upon reports from physicians, but may investigate and make examinations of persons “rea- sonably suspected of being infected with venereal disease.” The authori- jes may detain such persons until the results of such examinations are known; may require persons infected to report for treatment to a reputable | physician and continue treatment until cured, or to submit to treatment at public expense. : “Als6; when in their judgment it is necessary: to ‘protect the public health”: the: authonities may “isolate or’ quarantine. persons infected:;with venereal diséase.” . It is made the’duty of local health officers to investigate the source of such infection, and to co-operate with the proper officials in enforcing the laws directed against prostitution. ey 4 .sAttorney; General Langer, .iny addi- Mion to being chief law enforcement | officer of the state, is secretary of the! state board of health. It seems ap- parent that he does not intend to per- mit this law to become a dead letter. : If he is as vigorous in its enforcement ashe has been in enforcing the liquor, 148, North Dakota may make.'some headway in’ curbing the social evil. The law is regarded the most effective! instrument for .this purpose ever; placed in the hands of public offieials. | JAPAN WATCHES — SIBERIAN ZONE Tokio, .April -Virtually all the Tokio newspapers published today an item reading as follow: way east of Lake Balkdl, received at a of Ameéeriéan ‘troops havé recently rived here. There; are no barracks available at Chita for quartering troops ‘and the American troops have had to live on board trains for a long time owing to a lack of lodgings. Moreover, they have come to Verkne Udinsk without negotiating with the} Japanese or Russian authorities be- fore hand. This attitude of the American army which has hitherto; complained about the insufficient rail- way transportation, but which is now employing many railway cars at the expense of general railway transporta- tion is criticized in various quarters as an act of incongruity.’ “ “A certain quarter,” is the term ‘us- ually employed to signify the Foreign Office of the War Department. State- ments similar in nature concerning the American army in Siberia appear from time to time. The Japanese press appears very anxious about America’s interest in Siberia, Re- ports that, Americans may be seeking concessions or American business men seeking business opportunities constantly give rise to inflamatory comment based aparently on the idea that Siberia is the field for Japanese development. Mandan Names Her Firemen Delegates Nine Representatives From Mor- : ton County Seat dan fire department has elected the following representatives to the an- nual convention of the North Dakota Volunteer Firemen’s association, to be held ir Bismarck on June 10 and 11: John Boehm, chief; Mike Heidel, as- sistant chief; Adam Rambur, John Fedrerer and William Wetzstein, hook and ladder No. 1; Paul Ferderer and Jacob Lockbeam, hose Co. No. 2; Adam Knoll, hose Co. No. 2; Theo Schneider, No. 3, Syndicate. JAMESTOWN BEATS VALLEY JamestoWh, N. D., May 31.—James- was the discovery, buried under the \on that account less temptation to re- strict it than the man whose fnancial gituation je more stringent,” wall of the garden, of three pieces of skull and part of a human shinbone, town won from Valley City on Mem- orial day by a score of 17 to 13, NEA ss jof congress lit, and he insisted that here in Amert- SATURDAY, MAY 31, i919. ~ PRICE FIVE CENTS PROMINENT SLOP DOCTOR ARRESTED Serious Charge Is Preferred Against Flasher Man ‘Mandan, N. D. May 31.—Dr. W.R. Shortridge, proprietor of a private hospitul-at Flasher, charged by a 15- years-old. girl’ residing in that. vicin- ity with performing a criminal opera-| tion, was arrested by Sheriff Olson and brought 40 this city, where -he waived examination before Justice; H. L, Henke and was bound oyer to district court, BOLSHEVIK ARE DRIVEN OUT OF ANOTHER TOWN Reds Continue to Lose in Fight Against Russian Repub- lican Forces London, May 31.—The evacuation of Oremburg, one of the last Bolsheviki strongholds in southeastern Russia is suggested in a Russian wireless mes- sage from Moscow. The message says! that to the west of Oremburg the ‘Bol- sheviki abandoned Papiviki under “en- emy pressure.” : 2 The, message adds the Bolsheviki threw back their flank. to the Orem- burg-Smarey railway line. WINNIPEG POLICE ASK RAIL UNIONS TO ADJUST CLAIM Agreement to Mediation of Rail- way Brotherhoods Follows Concession Winnipeg, Mai May 31,—The mem- bers, of the city police force at a crowded meeting. in the court rooms learly this morning decided to. accept the offer of the railway services or- ganizations of mediation, and the mem- bers of the railway brotherhoods wij} meet the police commission this morn-| ing. The meeting was consequent on the action of the peace commission in postponing the coming into effect. of the ultimatum. | A procession of union’ men and re- turned. soldiers;sbitie- of the-lattersbe- ing in the union ranks’ marched through the business district of Win- nipeg: again shortly ‘before noon to- day, and proceeded’ to the provincial parlfament building. The delegation repeated its demands of yesterddy that, “something be done right away] to end this strike.” fe RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR NEW LINE BOUGHT President Mandan, Manning & Freda Line Active Mandan, N. D., May 31.—John Daw- son, president of the Mandan, Man- ning & Freda railway, reports that practically all of the necessary right- ofway for the new line through Dunn county has been purchgsed and that many sudscribers for stock have been signed up along the route of the pro- ‘AUTO EVENT HAS INDIANA CLASSIC THREE VIGTINS Trio of Drivers Killed in Great International Race at Indianapolis nn | EED IS. OVER 92 MILES DePalma Takes Lead at 270 Miles, With Wilcox Second —Many Cars Out Indianapolis, Ind., May 21.-—Phe 500-| | i | mile international automobile race started in a sweltering sun at 11 this morning. At the end of the first 50 miles, De Palma led; Wilcox second; Thomas third, “Speed then was 92.14 miles per! hour. | The speed on the first lap was 85.18! per hour. The average ‘for the first! tén miles was 73 miles an hour, Many Out of Race. Bouillot was left at the post at the start for half a lap, but got away in a sprint to catch the field. W. W. Lrown pulled into the pit in the 11th lap with a broken connecting rod. At; 75 miles, Boyer went into the pit on three wheels and was declared out of the race. At/270: miles Chevrolet had to stop atthe ‘pit;and was declared out of the TACO, ze 3) Dé Palma and Wilcox téok the post. Closely following -were L. Chevrolet and Herne. Average speed 91.20 miles per hour. Bablot's car, driven by J. Chassagne, his relief driver, turned over, The mechanician was injured seriously. Chassagne was only slightly hurt. y Thurman Killed. Arthur Thurman turned over on the north-turn on the 44th lap. It was re-; ported from the judges’ stand he was | killed, and his mechanician seriously injured. Thurman, the driver killed shortly before the turning of Bablot’s car, was from Newark, .N. J. It was his first race on.a brick track. Various. diffi- culties put the cars driven. by, Durant and Klein out of the race alsa. Lécocq and ‘R. Randani, his mMechan-| ician, both burned to death on the; back: stretch of the speedway when thefr car caught fire. SIBERIAN ROAD TO. BE OPERATED SOUTH BY ALLIES Tokio, April 17.—T. Matsudaira, GERMANY INFORMED THAT TIME FOR QUIBBLING IS UP—REPLY MADE 70 FIRST TWO HUN NOTES No Further Counter Peace Proposals to Be Received From the Teutons, Announces Paris Peace Council—Premier Clemen- ceau’s Answer to First of Series Made Today, But No Official Statement Is Given Out—Count Von Bernstorff Declares No One Will Sign Death Warrant. Paris, May 31.—Premier Clemenceau as president of the peace conference today replied to the last two German notes. ‘The offi- cial statement on the replies has not yet been issued. The greater part of objections raised in the German counter proposals, have in the opinion in French diplomatic courses, already been set forth in previous German notes and answered by the council. Consequently, it is said, there can be no modification of the peace terms, and there can be nothing gained by oral discus- sions in which the Germans desire to involve the peace delegates, : TO RECEIVE NO MORE NOTES It is understood the council of four will agree on taking this view in answering the Germans. The German peace delegates have been notified that the period of delay for presenting observa- tions, having expired at 3 p. m. Thursday, no further notes. will be accepted. j It became known today that the German counter proposals were accompanied by a covering letter of ten typewritten pages. The letter apparently is the work of Count Von Brockdorff Rant- zau, as it is more conciliatory and adroit than the counter pro- posals that were elaborated by the German government. The letter paints a most gloomy picture of the fate to which the treaty condemns Germany. : It, comments on the sacred charac- ter of treaties, denies Gemthen Dee's complicity in the treaty of Brest, and ends with the phrase:“'We shall agree only to a treaty which we are confident of keeping;-for it is in the final analysis the German people whom the treaty concerns.” ° JUGO-SLAV ISSUE COMPLICATES . (By Associated Press) i With a plenary session of the peace conference for reading the Austrian peace terms set for this afternoon, efforts were con- tinued during the forenoon to bring the Italian-Jugo-Slav dispute over the Adriatic question to a final adjustment. The Jugo-Slav delegates, however, are said to be setting up obstacles proving for the present at least, more unyielding than the Italians. Mean- while there have been no indications of what action the allied eon- ferees propose to take in regard to the counter proposals to the peace terms presented by the Germans. It has been: pointed-out that the greater part of Germany’s objections have been answered in advanc of the formal presentation of the counter proposals. It the peace terms. \ WON’T ACCEPT is known, too, that the allied powers have made pgeparati almost immediate action in the event the Germans-refuse to'sign 8: for MODIFICATION Paris, May 31.—The allied and associated’ powers,: the Paris newspapers declare, unanimously will accept no important modifi- cations of the peace terms as the result.of the German. counter proposals... The allies will reject: also all -vetbal-diséussions. The Echo d’ Paris says that the answer of the ‘tonferehce to the German counter proposals will be very. short. t The answer chief of the Japanese political dei wil] reject almost entirely all the German proposals. { partment at Vladivostok, ‘who has re- turned to consult with his home gov- ernment is quoted, by the Asahi ag, agserting that the, cost, of operation of the Siberian railway is, tu, be, porne equally by the Allies, not... Ry; :the United States alone. The railway, he said, forms — the backbone of Siberia and its destruc: tion would mean the starvation of the troops stationed at msk, Irkutsk and other places and also of the Russian | population throughout Siberia. Brit-} ish troops, about a battalion strong, and the French troops, are stationed at Omsk to guard the Omsk govern- meyt, he said. and they will not with-! draw from that place for soma time. “Various reports @re in circulation | regarding the alleged activities or am- bition of American capitalists in Si- ebria, but nothing exists that should give concern, to the Papancse,” de- posed ‘railway. siberian tye orunagieetan,. "381 N@: PLACE IN'AMERICA: FOR ANY covtain quarlgn, sys: siwo malo} (FLAG BUT STARS AND ‘STRIPES, DECLARES SUPREME COURT HEAD Chief Justice A. M. Christianson sion Which America Now Faces From Cowards Who Would; Avail Themselves of Protection of Constitution in Order to Undermine It. Declaring that the Grand Army of the Republic in standing for the last fifty years for the. things which it{ fought for in sixty-one had performed an even greater seryice to the coun- try in civil life than’ it had in the bat- tlefield, Chief Justice A. M. Chris- tian of the North Dakota supreme court in his memorial day address eulogised the American legion re- cently formed at St. Louis and de- clared that. when the flag fell from the trembling hands of the last vet- eran of the Grand Army it would fall into equally good keeping: in the; hands of the American legion. The chief justice declared the legion, in the words of one of its own members remarkable in the fact that it was not organized “to sandbag something out but to pound something into the American government.’ The chief , justice. declared the Stars and Stripes to ‘stand for every- thing that was good for America. He stated the flag had nevér been planted where better government and improved conditions did not follow! ca there is roorh for no other flag. “We fought one kind of secession in sixty-one. It had some logic to support it,” said Judge Christianson.) Today we are fighting another kind. We are fighting a secession which} would avail itself of the protection of the Stars and Stripes and the ideals for which they stand and would at the same time flaunt ‘the red flag of so-! cialism and the black, flag of anar- chy. We have with us men who would take advantage of the ideals; Washington. Lincoln, Jefferson and] Hamilton and who at the same time! would worship at the shrine of Le- nine and Trotzky. “There is no place in America for clared Mr, Matsudaira. Decries Sneaking Sort of Seces- such as they; I wonder not move closer to ‘their point where they can at s the héinvof the garment of I.wine and Trotzky, to the only pla+: ta :te viv-| lized world today where the red ‘lag | has a right to fly, and where no other flag is unfurled.” The New Day (1) Judge Christianson spoke eloquent- ly of a reunited America; cf veterans who wore the’ blue in ’61 who have seen their sons and grandsons march| away shoulder to shoulder with’ the sons and grandsons of those who wore the gray; of sons and grandsons of those who were masters and those who were slaves) in '61 fighting side side by side to, preserve the ideals vec were perpetuated by the war of 1861. why they doy hrine, to a Beautiful Decorations The stage from which Judge Chris- tianson spoke was a mass of beautiful fragrant blooms, culled from scores of Bismarck gardens inresponse to the appeal of Mrs, O. R. Barnes, chairman of the decorating coramittee. The loyal woman workers composing this committee had wrought wonders with the abundant material which Htad been supplied them, and there were many spontaneous expressions of pleased appreciation as the beauty of’ the stage first greeted the eyes of the hundreds who filed into the big audi- torium. The musical numbers were unusually well chosen, and were capably handled by some of Bismarck’s best known artists. ‘J. L, Bell was chairman of the afternoon; Capt. E. G. Wanner was chairman of the general arrange- ments committee, and Capt. A. A. Jones was marshal of the day. All were highly complimented upon the j river valley HEAVEN BORN RAIN BENEFITS Downfall General Over State With Exception of Extreme West and Northwest Inestimable benefit to crops in cen- tral North Dakota reculted from rain fall ranging from a tenth of an inch at Dickinson to one and two inches in the Red River valley Friday evening. The rainfall diminished trom the Red westward. , At James- town there was three-quarters,.of an inch, and at Bismarck .33;of.an inci. There was none at all at» Minot and very little in the northwestern part of the state generally. No further rainfall is predicted for the immdeiate present in Bismarck and vicinity. The promise for to- morrow is fair and cool. The weather bureau gives assurance, however, that more rain {is in prospect for next week. While crops in central North Dako- ta had not actually suffered from the prolonged hot and dry weather, thanks to the abundance of moisture which was stored in the soil during the early part of May, conditions! had reached a point where a very few days more without rain would have been damaging, and there was a universal prayer of thankfulness when the big drops began to come pattering down Friday evening. Official Rain Map The official rain map for the state shows the following precipitation for Friday night: Amenia, .22; Bismarck, .29; Bottineau, .02; Devils Lake, 1.10; Dickinson, .08; Ellendale, 1.24; Graf- ton, 1.05; Grand Forks, 1.25; James- town, .75; Langdon, .83; Larimore, 2.15; Minot, .0; Napoleon, .37; New England, ,10; Pembina, .58; Wahpe- ton, 1.45; Williston, .02; Moorhead, 82. 2 AERIAL LIFE DRILL IS NEXT IN ORDER London, May 3 As you step aboard the big Handley-Page you put light harness over the shoulders, to which a ring is attached and take your seat with the 30 odd passengers in the travelers’ compartment. Should fire or other mishap occur in air, you step to the reyolving door which the emergency exit. An attendant deft- ly hooks a life line to your harness and you walk out—into the air. The The turning of the door opens the case of youn parachute outside and as you drop clear of the machine, the life-saver, already, partly opened by breaker strips, spreads to its full width and gently wafts you down to oMther Earth. That’s how the new parachute dev which has been in- vented for Pritish passenger planes success of thei’ endeavors. will operate, SLOPE GROPS s|trade is invited to attend. WILL NOT/SIGN DEATH WARRANT Berlin, May:3f-No' Gerinin'édn be found who would/attath'nhis signature to a document equivalent tot leath warrant of the fatherland,” said’ Count von Bernstorff; when questioned ‘today concerning a report from Paris td the jeffect that it would be easier to get ‘him to’ sign the treaty than Count van Brockdorff Rantzau. “If our opponents really want peace, there is only one way—to amend the {unacceptable and unfulfillable sec- tions of the treaty.” CLAIM FACTS ARE WITHHELD. | German newspapers are comment- jing more and more upon the alleged fact that’ the full peace terms have not as. yet been published in any en- |tente country, saying that on thd con- [trary the German league of nations jhas issued the complete text. in Ger- man, French and English, with a: map showing the full territory to be ceded, and, has given, it widest circulation. Jt, is said these methods. are’ being resorted to to “conceal the severity of | the terms from the entente pedple and to deprive them of an opportunity to decide on’ the aptness and justness of the German counter claims.” AUSTRIAN TERMS DELAYED. Paris, May 31.—Indications are that the presentation of the peace terms to the Austrian delegation, will be post- poned beyond Monday, when it had been expected they would be handed over. ~ The plenary session of the peace conference this afternoon will idecide Je question. CUTS FLOWING BEARD _ Berlin, May 31.—The familiar flow- ing beard of Admiral Tirpitz has been reduced to closely chin decoration. The Vorwaerts commenting on the admiral’s present mode of travel re- calls that just a year ago he aroused wrath of some of the excursionists by reserving a train of compartments for j himself while women and children had to stand.” REITERATES DENIAL Berlin, May 31.—The German for- eign office reiterated categorically and emphatically today a statement made on behalf of the cabinet on May 20th that “Germany declines to sign the terms laid before it.” NORTH DAKOTA GRAINMEN TO MEET AT GATE CITY Fargo. N. D. May 31—The North Dakota Grain Men's union, an asso- ciation composed of a thousand soun- try elevator and. country mi!! buy- ers, will hold its annual convention and election of officers in Fargo on June 19-20-21, Everyone in North Dakota who is interested in the’ grain Spece will be reserved in leading hote lobbies for the exhibition of elevator surplies, and manufacturers and théjp agents now are in communication with Sec- retary W. W. Miracle at,Jud, seeking reservations. This promises t» bo the biggest convention of elevator mén ever held in North Dakota 9o2ecunse there are many important matiers to be considered in connection with the State’s new economic program, whith contemplatessembarking North Daketn in the elevator and milling busigess,