The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 4, 1919, Page 1

THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 127. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. WEDN NESDAY, JUNE 4, 1919. \ BULLETS. USED TO SOLVE LABOR. PROBLEMS IN BUCKEYE LOCK-OUT BURL i IGH 00, TO FEED HOPPERS POISONED BRAN Dope Prepared Under Direction’ of Federal Experts to Be Spread in Fields PEST IS BAD IN SPOTS Reports Coming In of Wide Swaths Eaten for. Entire Length of Growing Area The Burleigh county commission at a meeting with’ H. C. Puderbaugh of the state industrial commission and Prof. John Hall of the agricultaral college, deputy leader of county, agents, voted Tuesday to inaugurate an. active campaign against the hop- pers which have become a menace in Parts of the county. Sufficient hopper dope wil be purchased toe: ate every hopper in the cofnty, an tae farmers will be asked oe for its distribution dver thelr The hopper poison is cot ohipoee! 3 bran, alfalfa meal, arsenic, molasses and oranges or lemons. The hoppers like it heap? fine, and will pass up gren stuff for an area of twenty feet, or more to feast upon this composi- tion, one meal of fe re is guaranteed in last a hopper tAe remainder of its life, Mr. Puderbaugh has inspected a number of fields in Burleigh county where the hoppers have been found in great numbers. In some sections the pests are said ‘to have mowed a swath entirely across a field, leaving, not a blade of living green in their course. The damage appears to be confined to sections, but. Mr. Puderbaugh advises that a third of the state is now in the ‘hopper belt, which extends as far east vas Griggs and north to. ‘McHenry County Agent Orr of Hettinger county | _ advises that a second dose will not be “Meeded in. sections of that county ‘where ‘hopper poison’ was spread last year, The hoppers'died before they Aad an opportunity to Jay their eggs, and ‘there is no progény to take their placds, this year. "These are: native hoppers, ‘states! Mr. Ruderbaugh, and not a Rocky Mountain locust, as ‘some have imagined: The hoppers do not come in from/the west or southwest, ‘but, are.a home product. Experiencé has, Joven that they can be entirely exterminated. A small réd parasite evidently feed- ing on the shopper eggs was ,discover- ed in a nest on a farm near Bismarck which Mr. Puderbaugh visited Mon- day. He believes it posisblg that this parasite may develope to/-a_ poi where it will eliminate the sand entirely. For the present, however, the farmer’ must depend for. relief up- on poison, which is purchased by egeh- county under a dere sspectal: tax tax levy. , - SENATE TAKES. UP SURFRAGE Washington, June “June 4—Thé' equalsut- frage constitutional amendment reso- lution as recently passed in the house was taken up as unfinished business in the senate today. Chairman Watson announced he would insist oh holding the senate in session until a vote is reached. FLAX FARMING IS ADDED TO STATES MANY ENTERPRISES To its various other enterprises, pub! lic and private, the state is adding that of flax farming. The, commons which front the capitol grounds ‘are being broken with a tractor outfit and will be sown to flax. ‘This is be- ing done not with'a view to earnings which will reduce the cost of state government fo much as to,eradicate the weeds which have found root there and to prepare’ the ground for landscape gardening next year, when considerale attention will be devoted to beautifying the half-section of land which surrounds the state house. RAILWAY WITNESSES TELL. OF LOW VALUES FOR LANDS ON SLOPE A amber of railway witnesses were examined at the tax hearing commenced before a federal examiner at the state house yesterday. Two from Mclean and one witness from Logan testified as to the value of farm lands in their respective coun- ties, which they held to ‘be $18 an acre in 1917, with a ten percent in- crease for 1918 and another ten per cent for 1919. They admitted under cross examination by Assistant At- torney General ©. B. Cox that these values might not be representative, inasmuch as their, particular regions had suffered four’ successive partial crop failures. The hearings will be continued today. There is involved in the action some $2,000,000 in taxes for 1917 and 1918, whose payment, rail- ways operating in North Dakota resist on the ground that théir assessment, as compared with‘ that of other prop- erty, is about 2 third too high, WILSON GREETS CONQUERERS OF _CIRCUMNAMBIENT President Felicitates Crew of Naval Seaplane NC-4 on Their Great Feat / Paris, June 4—President Wilson 1e- ceived Lieut. Com. A. C. Read, mander of the American seaplan3 NC- 4, Commander John H. Pswers and|: Lieut. Com. P. C. Bellinger thi3 murn- ing. He expressed pride in tie work they accomplished during the strike. HOPPERS BY THE (MILLION IMPERIL CROPS OF SLOPE McLean County Alone to Ex- ‘peta “More Than $100,000 ity Combatting Pest ee THREAT IS: WIDE SPREAD Shires on Both Sides of River Affected — Must Guard! _ Against’ New Brood GRASSHOPPER MIXTURE. Mix dry four pounds of white arsnic or Paris green with 100 pounds of bran. ~Mix two gallons of black-strap molasses with five gallons of wa- “ter and three pounds of salt. 1 1-2 dozen oranges or lemons which have been grated. Moisten bran and arsenic with above. This,will cover 25 acres. Put on at might to he there before they ~come from roost. Washburn, N. D., June 4.—Reports received in Washburn from different sections along the ‘Missouri Slope {country indicate that the grasshoppers are doing’ extensive damage to crops and unless the farmers engage in quick and concerted action there is danger that the products of the field will be completely destroyed. Ex- perts are inclined to believe that the condition reported to prevail through- out this section will soon be reported of many other ‘sections: of: the: ‘sta and that, in fact, the whole of North Dakota will have to do battle against | ‘A the devastating pest. It would seeni that this visitation of the grasshop- per is to be ,concurrent with the plague of the seven-year, locust, which is predicted to occur this year through- out a wide section, of the United States. That the svasshopper flight is on throughout a big section is indicated it| by the fact that Twin City wholesale houses, asked to hurry in supplies for fifghting the pests, have wired that their’ stocks already have been de- pleted. This seems to apply particu- larly to white arsenic, the poison used to get rid of the grasshoppers. Mc- Lean county alone will need 46.000 pounds of this poison, which is to be ordered through the county commis- sioners. This is apart from other or- ders of large supplies sent in from the different towns. Lemons, another re- ‘quisite for the “last meal” to be served the pests, are so much in demand that the wholegale price already has jump- ed to 45 cents a case. But it is not the price which bothers the farmers but whether there will be enough lem- ons to go around? McLean county commissioners alone are going to spend $2,764 on lemons, provided tuey can get them. $45,000 Appropriated. That the McLean. ‘county commis- sioners are prepared to wage a stift battle against the hoppers is shown by the fact that they have appropriat- ed $45,000 already for the campaign. It is not unlikely that altogether the farmers in the. county will have to spend about - $100,000 in. the fight, since many of them are ordering di- rect through their town merchants, afraid that the commissioners will not be able to get enough materials for all requirements. Stark county, which is about half the size of McLeai county, has appropriated 335,009 to wage on the campaign, according to word received by County Agricultural Agent A. L. Norling of McLean county. i 576 Tons of Bran. Some fWea of the campaign being carried on in McLean county alone is shown by the fact that the covgty com- missioners are going to order 574 ‘of bran. Apart from this, Undeewood ordered several tons yesterday and other towns may have to do likewise. The supplies of bran in the county are somewhat small and itis quite a ques- tion where a sufficient quantity is to be secured on such a short notice. A reprecentative of McLean county left for Minneapolis last.evening to see if the arsenic, bran and other supplies are obtainable. Such other supplies include 46,000 pounds of salt and 23,- 000 gallons of molasses. Farmers Discuss Problem. Farmers from Washburn to Coal Harbor amd Turtle Lake, comprising more than half the territory. of the county, have been holding meetings in school houses the past couple of days and discussing the situation. ‘Most of them are agreed that the only way to fight the menace is through co- operation. Some of the farmers al- ready have lost fields of wheat, which now present only black stretches of decayed vegetation. Rye likewise is ebing similarly attacked while the lat- (Continued on Page Hight.) $|Forks county, inspecting four state, “HEY MR. PRESIDENT!” anothe! word with the president. WELL KNOWN MEN ARE T0 ADDRESS. BANKERS’ GROUP, Program Isoued f for Missouri Slope Convention to, Be “Held in Bismarck *“ The Hon. Andrew J. Miller, who will discuss the Missouri river high- way bridge; The Hon. J. E. Phelan of; ‘Bowman, who will talk on North Da- kota finances, and F. W. Cathro, di- rector general of the Bank of North Dakota, who will deal with this Instl:) tution, will be the principal speakers; at the eighth annual convention of the Missouri Slope group of the North Dakota Bankers’ association, to’ be held in Bismarck on June 12. Fol- lowing the day’s program there will; be an auto tour .of Bismarck and points of interest, including the capi- tol, state prison, Fort Lincoln and In-/ dian school, and there will be a ban- quet at 6:30, with’ other entertainment to follow. The sessions will ‘be held at the Grand theatere. The local entertainment committee consists of H. P. Goddard of the First National bank; Harvey Thielke of the Capital Security, and J. A Graham of the City National. Officers | of ‘the Missouri Slope group are W. “A. Lan- terman of Mandan, president; B. C. Marks of Bismarck, vice president; George’ F.' Wilson ‘of Mandan, secre- tary, and’ H, 9. ‘Batzer ot Hazelton, treasurer. The North Dakota association will hold its first annual convention out- side the state July 10 and 11, when it meets at Detroit Lake, Minn. STATE HIGHWAY .FORCE IS BUSY Chief Engineer W. H. Robinson of! ¢the state highway commission at} Minot. on Tuesday awarded contract on a five-mile federal aid project, con- sisting of a/strip of graveled road inj Ward‘ county, and today he ‘is award- i ing contracts 41 a project of similar length in Eddy county. H. K. Craig,| pdoject engineer, is at Mott confer-} ring with the Hettinger county com- mission, on federal aid projects; W-. W. Moyer, road engineer, is in Grand; aid projects, and will proceed thence to Devils Lake. WHISKY PIRATES MAKE BRITISH PUBLIC MAD London, June ith the United States going dry and_ prohibition forces preparing to march on the rest} of the world, whisky dealers in E ng Jand continue to antagon: | lic and persist in profit ky pirates’ is the name they’s won. for themselves. The Whiskey Asso- ciation is threatening to’ withhdld! supplies. in anticipation 6f a budget) which will tax them more heavily andj the consumers assert it is being with- held now, except for exorbitant prices. | Whisky is now nearly three times what it was before the war, but the! wholesaler blames the retail trade for excessive prices. The cost of bottles and packing and labor is pointed as justifying much higher prices: But bated at $2.25 a bottle is nal ig for 5.5 i This picture of the British premier, David Hloyd George, was| snapped as he was hurrying from: the peace conference, waving his stick:to.the driver of President Wilson’s cay that he might have \CHEERS BRIT AIN ‘PARIS WALKED TO | | WORK TODAY WITH | TRAFFIC, BLOCKED Strikers” “Numbert gz 350,000 Yesterday ‘May Increase to Half Million by Night i | a \ Paris,- June 4—Paris walked to; work this morning, no subways, trams| or taxi busses being in operation be} cause of the strike here. Reports -ear- ly this. morning seemed to indicate that the strike was showing a tend- ency to gain in all trades where there were outstanding differences between the émployers and the men, Although there, were some 350,000 on strike in the Paris district: yesterday, it was said early -today that the number might be 500,000. before: night. Those considered most likely to be affected by the-spread- of the strike included cafe ‘and. restaurant employ- ees, insuranee. - clerks, . electricians, moving picture operators, -men in sev- eral branches: of: the. building trades and gas workers. ‘The latter have call- ed a meeting for tonight.. The rail- ‘road men’ are also showing signs of agitation, They are to meet Fri- day. 3 JOHN BULL HAPPY; DERBY: DAY. AGAIN Entire Nation Moving Today on Epsom Downs for World’s Premier Sports Event London, Juno. 4 erby day, the world’s greatest popular — sporting event, has re’ ed, after leaving a blank on the British calendar for four years, The people of London would know it even if they did not read the newspapers, because with the early morning the.population began a prog- ress toward Epsom Downs, compar- able with the migration of the tribes of Israel. “This: isn't a crowd; it is a nation,” said a French writer_of Derby day. Grand parade won the Derby to- day. Thirteen horses ran. DIRECT CABLE | WITH NATIONS OF | SOUTH AMERICA| June 4,—Arrangements | New York, United States and Brazil and thence along the entire eastern coast of) South America have been entered in- to between the Western Union Tele-} graph Co. and the Western Telegraph} Co. of Great Britain. OLSON MAKES ANOTHER MILLION IN, ONE DAY! State Treasurer Obert A. Olson} made another million yesterday. He} executed this feat by signing sundry! thousands of Bank of North Dakota, bonds in. denomination of $50 to; $500. This completes. the whole issue of’two million, so far as fhe state treasurer’s signature is concerned. y SIX PARDONS iS GRANTED. The state board of pardons in ses- sion at the penitentiary Tuesday granted pardons to a halt dozen minor offendors, MODIFICATION OF PEACE TERMS | HINTED IN PARIS Much Speculation at Capital To- day as to Possible Changes "Clemenceau Firm CHARGE FRENCH INTRIGUE Germa.s Allege Underhanded | Atteinpt to Foment Secession i ‘ in Rhine District Vienna, June 4.+The ‘Austhian government has declared, unani- mously that the peace terms of- fered at St. Germaine on Monday »] are unacceptable, the Neue ¢ | > Abendblatt says. qd’ Paris, Tuesday, Ju June 4.—Tho at- M mosphere in peace conference circles was full of speculation today as to Possible modifications a several clamses.of the treaty with Germany, ‘but nothing tangible is expedcd to de- J velop until the outcome of the joint meeting of allied experts »vecome known, , It is expected some of these | meetings will be held tomorrow. At the meeting of the council | ed again to bring about an agreement as to the principles of the repiy to be! made the Germans, but the meeting; ended without an agreement. tL. is understood that Premier ‘ menceau maintains. a firm atti against any revi n ‘of the treaty. CHARGE FRENCH INTRIGUE. Berlin, Tuesday, ties of the American, British and |*el- gia narmies of occupation regard ac- | tivities looking to the establishment (of a Rhenish republic as a result of } French , intrigue, and are themselves ; |taking a strictly neutral attitude, ac- cording to the Elberfield correspond- }ent of the LokaY Anzeiger. “It is believed that France is try- ing to gain by round-about means what she was unable to force Pres. Wil- son to concede—the annexation of the | cleft bank of ‘the Rbine,”, :the:corres- pandentdeclares. PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES Paris Jne 4—A report has reached peace conference .circles that the Ger- man minister of defense recently, made a tour of the G emasanocr made a tour’of the German coust \de- fenses and directéd the personnel to be prepared for emergencies. CLEMENCEAU Is FIRMLY AGAINST ANY CHANGES French Premier Insists That Peace Treaty Stand in All Vital Clauses (By Associated Press.) There is reason to believe, accord- ing to) Paris advices, that the council of four will reach a decision by Thurs- day as to the reply that will be made to the German counter proposals to the terms of peace. Allied experts are work on the reply and meetings are being held in Paris today for the draft- ting of memoranda to be submitted to the council of four.. It,is probable that this work is well under way. Premier Clemenceau is understood to maintain firmly that there can be no important changds in the clauses of the treaty to which the Germans. have entered their ‘strongest objec- tions. There are indications however of a strong undercurrent of sentiment to meet the German offer ofa defi- nite sum of 100,000,000,000 marks as the indemnity instead of the indeterm- inate sum that might be demanded un- der the terms as presented. It also seems possible that the clauses of the pact relating to Silicia may be modi- fied so that Germany will be able to receive supplies of grain, coal and oth- er commodities in spite of the trans- fer to Poland of sovereignty of that region. That the' Germans have not said their“last word in objecting to phases | }of the treaty is indicated by a mem- orandum which has been drafted at Versailles by German experts who} seek to refute allied charges as to the memorandum it is said will be pre- sented as a reply to the report made by the inter-allied committee on re- sponsibility for the conflict. OLSNESS TALKS TO HIS DEPUTY HAIL ADJUSTERS Mandan, N. D., June 4.—Insurance Commissioner S. A. Olsness addressed a full corps, of hail adjusters from the southwestern section of the state at a choo] of instruction conducted here ‘by J. M. Halstrom of Jamestown, in- spector for this territory. State | Treasurer Obert A Olson drove the], insurance commissioner across the riv- er and briefly addressed’ tho adjust- ers. IN ST. PAUL. Oliver S. Morris, secretary of the industrial.commission, is in St. Paul "on, official business, of four), this afternoon, Pres. Wilson attempt: ; ‘|to Bolsheyists and anarchists to keep TWO KILLED AND to Restore Order in Ohio Cit; men and injured 17 others. with Mayor Schreiber of Toledo Toledo, June 4.—Operations bile Company were at a standstil ito handle the situation. Winnipeg, Man., June 4.—Pi turned soldier factions who have ing the general strike in Winnipe After the majority of the facti ) AND SEVENTEEN HURT IN RIOTING FOLLOWING OPENING OF OVERLAND PLANT AT TOLEDO Governor Cox-Asked to Appeal to Government for Federal Troops y—No Attempt Made at Plant to Resume Operations Today—Thirteen Thousand Workers Affected—Soldiers’ Factions May Clash at Winnipeg. Columbus, 0., June 4.—Governor James M. Cox: has not yet indicated whether he will ask the war department to send soldiers to Toledo to quell the strike which last caused the death of two At Dayton today the governor stated he had been in touch by telephone. The ‘governor, is expected to return to Columbus this morning. OPERATIONS AT STANDSTILL at the Willys-Overland Automo- 1 today as a result of the rioting last night in which two persons were shot to death and 17 injured. The plant opened a week ago Monday after two weeks of idleness. Clarence A. Earl, vice'president and general manager of the company, authorized’ the statement that no attempt would be made to operate thé plant, which has been affected by labor dis- turbances affecting 18,000 employes, pending a response from ‘Governor Cox to Mayor Schreiber’s appeal for government troops SOLDIER FACTIONS MAY CLASH ‘ossibility of trouble betwéen re- split over the question of approv- 2 became apparent this morning. ion which has condemned recent ‘boisterous parades in which returned soldiers participated had arranged for a parade today, leaders of the minority faction de- BOLSHEVISTS NOT W A N T k D, SAY Ny | driving, milk and bread wagons also quit work. PATERSON MAYOR. Chief Executive Declares New | Jersey Town Will Not Har- bor Red Flag. Wavers “TQ.HIT AND HIT, HARD”. Patterson, N. J., June 4—A warning out of Paterson was issued today ty Mayor Newman as a result of the {bomb explosion yesterday. * “We do not intend to stand for Bol- shevism’nor anarchy in this country. ! | Wherever and whenever we find it we are going to hit it and hit it hari. Everything in sight will he clea out as far as possible to to In jof these undesirables Sov sheviks, wearers of the red others of anarchistic tendencies will not find Patterson a popular or,safe place for them. Outside undesiranies will not be permitted to enter the city,” said Mayor Newman, DEPUTY FEDERAL . HIGHWAY AIDE TO COVER DAKOTAS The highway commission is advised by the office of federal roads at St Paul that the work in the North and South Dakota district, originally in sole charge of Senior. Highway En- gineer F. D. Hudgins, has grown to such an extent that Engineer F. S. Berry has been apointed to assist hm. Mr. Berry is now in Minot in connec- tion with federal aid work.’ YANK MARINES TO SUPPRESS LATIN REVOLT San Salvador, Republic of Salvador, June 3.-—Authori. clared they also would march in a separate demonstration. Union engineers: in Winnipeg bak- eries and creameries were called -out this morning. First available reports said that most of the men obeyed’ the jorder-to ‘strike Some of the men RIVAL PARADES HELD, Winnipeg, Man., June 4.—Rival pa- rades of returned soldiers got: under 8 way shortly, before noon today. Re- iirtted” soldier's ‘who ‘itave”deéchinéa” to” approve the strike, assed around the |parliament building. ‘The faction in favor of ,the strike marched up Port- age avenue and did not turn toward |ing.of retarned soldiers about the par. liament building was estimat co tain 2.000, There were evidences that tHe Strike, now in its 20th day, was, approaching a climax. Soldiers held in readiness at the, barracks, MANY TRUCKS 10 BE STORED HERE -FOR ROAD WORK Highway Commission to Ask “Permission for Use of Old ‘Fort Lincoln The North, Dakota highway's com- mission of the auto trucks which tie signing of the armistice left on the hands of the war department is 300 machines, valued at $450,000. The first allotment of these trucks, expect- ed in the near future, consists of 27 three-ton and 59 two-ton,new trucks, and 14 three-ton and 24 two-ton used trucks, together with eight Studebak- er passenger cars. The trucks will be shipped as fol- lows: Two two-ton to Wahpeton; three tow-ton to Forman; three two- ton to LaMoure; three two-ton to Val- ley City; eight three-ton and nine tow-ton to Fargo; ten three-ton and six two-ton to Grand Forks; six three- ton and three two-ton to Jamestown; six three-ton ay@ six two-ton to New June 4.—American marines have been landed at Punta Arenas and Port Li-| mon, Costa Rica, because of the revo-! lution against the government headed by Gen. Tinoco, according to dispatch- es to newspapers here, DOUBTED AT WASHINGTON Washington, D. C., June 4.—No.in- frormation regarding the ‘reported landing of American naval forces in Costa Rica has reached either the navy or state department, and Secre- tary Daniels said today he doubted ‘for direct cable service between the|guilt of Germany for the war. This|any landing had been made. WEDDING IN CHINA MAY LINK OLD WITH THE NEW Peking, June old will be linked in president's daughter ma mer emperor. But there danger of the imperial line coming again to the throne, President Hsu Shichang js said to hav» made ad- vances for the marriage of his daugh- he new and the Shina if the ter to Hsuan-tung, the former em- peror, DECLARES INDEPENDENCE. London, June 4 eral Se enoff, leader of the Co Si-} beria, has called’a congress. which ‘de-| clared the automony of Mongolia, ac- cording to a Russian wireless dispatch from, Moscow. The congress it adds elected Semenoff “Grand Duke of Mon- golia, Rockford; six two-ton to Devils Lake; thre two-ton to Bottineau; four three- ton and three two-ton to Minot; three two-ton to Bowman; and seven three- ton and 27 two-ton trucks and eight passenger cars to Bismarck. It is planned to store the cars at state institutions in the various points to which they have been assigned, with the exception of Bismarck where the highway commission hopes to obtain permission from the war department to use Fort Lincoln. The trucks will be used.in highway con. struction and maintenance. Their use is awarded the state without cost, but title in.the property remains with the government. 57,000 AUTOMOBILE TAGS BRING STATE A NEAT $445,000.00 Fifty-seven, thousand automobile tags, ‘bringing the state a revenue of $415,000, had been mailed out when the automobile registration depart- ment closed for the day Tuesday. The day’s total was 1673 tags, while last Saturday 3,207 tags were mailed out. Deputy Luehrs, in charge of this de- partment, estimates that at least 2.000 new cars have already been li- censed in this state. Under the 1919 statutes dealers must provide new cars with license tags before sending them out of the shop. the parli ment building. The gather: