The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 12, 1919, Page 1

Lage EpHHON CK TRIBUNE 157. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, N' LANCER DEMANDS THAT RAILWAYS OBEY STATE LA Rates Made Effective by McAdoo and Still in Operation 50 Per Cent Too High BACKS FREIGHT RATE ACT Attorney General Insists That Distance Tariff Measures of 1919 Be Enforced Attorney General Langer and Assis- tant Attorney General Albert E. Sheets, Jr., today applied to the North Dakota supreme court for an injunc- tion restraining the Great Northern railway and Walker D. Hines, as direc- tor general of railroads, from enforc- ing and collecting the freight rates now in effect in this state, which the attorney general declares to be fifty percent higher than those provided for in House Bill 48, the distance tariff measure passed by the Sixteenth as- sembly, and which became effective July 1. The attorney general’s petition sets forth the fact that the freight rates act provides maximum tariffs which can- not be increased unles first a hearing shall be had before the state board of railway commissioners; that no peti- tion has ever been presented to this tuard or hearing had as to the confis- catory or. unreasonable nature of said rates, and that no exception has ever been made or permission granted to the defendant railroad company for the purpose of charging a higher rate than that permited by the freight rates act, and that it was the duty of said rail- road company to establish, publish and put into efect rates not exceeding the maximum charge authorized by the said act for the transportation by it between stations upon its line of road of the commodities therein named. 50 PERCENT TOO HIGH The attorney general’s petition states that the freight rates fixed by order of Director General McAdoo on June 25, 1918, which are still in force, are 50 percent higher on all commodities than is permitted by the maximum freight rate on such, commodities al- lowed by.the freight rates act, and that said rates, so in effect and operation since the first day of July, 1919, have not been authorized after a petition aud hearing by the board of railroad com- missioners provided for in the freight rates act. Messrs. Langer and Sheets further attack the order of May 25, 1918, which became effective June 25, 1918, as “un- authorized “and contrary to the acts of congress of August 29, 1916, and March 21, 1918, and the proclamation of the resident of the United States of De- cumber 26, 1917; that none of said rates prescribed in said order affected the government transportation of trops, war materials or government supplies, nor did they affect the issue of stocks and bonds'by defendant rail- read company, and in no way affected the government of the United States in he prosecution of the present war.” ACTION UNAUTHORIZED The state contends that the act of congress giving authority to the presi- dent of the United States to take pos- session and assume control and opera- tion of the railroad systems of the United States does not authorize the defendants or any federal authority whatsoever either to initiate or put into efect rates or charges or any other kind of rates or charges for ser- vice by said rialroad’ company in the state of North Dakota other than those authorized. by the freight rates act of this state. The attorney general insists that each and all of said charges now in operation and being maintained in North Dakota by order of William G. McAdoo are unreasonable and exces- sive and do not serve any useful pur- se, Pethe attorney general therefore prays that the Great Northern railway and Walked D. Hines, as director general of railways, be enjoined and restrained from continuing in effect said schedule of rates in its intrastate business in North Dakota and from the collection or any attempt to colect any of the rates or charges for intrastate freight services contained in the order of Wil- liam G. McAdo of May 25, 1918,, and that an alternative writ issue from the supreme court directing the defendants to show cause why such permanent in- junction should not issue. WON FORMER SUIT On exactly similar grounds Attorney General Langer some months ago at- tacked in supreme court the rates made effective by the federal railway ad- winistration. He then alleged that these rates as regards intrastate busi- ness were ilegal and void inasmuch as the railway. ‘administration had not filed tariffs with the state railway commission and received its approval, as required by law. The attorney gen- eral was victorious in the North Dako- ta supreme court, ba ne ees ae ration appeal o the U. S. su- ane court, where the North Dakota cecision was reversed. KOSITZKY COLLECTS $9,000 PRIVATE CAR LINE TAX TO DATE State Auditor Kositzky, who in the name of efficiency and economy was requested by the new state board of equalization to continue with the col- Jection of private carline taxes, in- stead of assigning this work to the individual counties, as the legislature evidently contemplated, has already collected and apportioned among the various counties in which the reve- nue originated $9,000 in taxes. Cass county is the greatest beneficiary, its proportion of the pfivate carline tax- te collected since May being $600. FEDERAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDS PRICE FIXING BE FLEXIBLE Washington, D, C., July 12—Re facturers be permitted by law to fix and maintain retail prices subject to review by a disinterested agency. was made by the federal trade commis- sion today in a special report to con- gress: Existing laws, which have been interpreted by the supreme court in the case against Colgate & Co., and other test cases, to prevent fixing of retail prices should ‘be amended the commission believes, with a view to removing the present complexity in the business world to promote the ef- ficiency of manufacturing and com- mercial institutions and conserving the interest to the consuming public. ATROCITIES IN KOREA. EXPOSED BY MISSIONARY Presbyterian Church Takes Lead In Publishing Facts of Cruelties HUNDREDS ARE DESTITUTE New York, July 12.—<A report of al- leged_Japanese_atrocities in Korea Was inade public today at the head- quarters of the Presbyterian Church in America. It is a result of investiga- tions by representatives of the church in Korea, “Knowing that another Belgium is on the world’s hands, it becomes necessary that the facts be stated by someone, and that these be held to form the basis of constructive reformation later on. This article is written with this idea, in mind. “What is reported here can be dupli- cated in scores of places in Korea, Hundreds of Koreans who had pro- fessed Christianity are said to have been driven by Japanese at the point of bayonets into churches, there to be fired upon as they huddled in terror and later to be subject to flames as the torch was applied. Most of these vic- tims were men, and hundreds of women and children were left destitute.” H. H. Underwood, a missionary re- siding in Seoul, was quoted regarding a visit to Saltung, a market town.’ A fortnight before, Japanese troops, he said he was told, burned 36 of the 40 houses. in the village of Chayammni, two miles from Paltung, because the inhabitants were Christians. Paltung, he said. he was informed, escaped, both fire and sword “because there were no Christians there.’ Preliminary police examination of ‘Koreans suspected of complicity in the revolutionary movement are said to include “every human refinement in brutality,” men being beaten to death and women subjected to nearly every possible form of painful treat- ment. Milder punishment ,it is said, included 90 blows upon the prisoners bods with a bamboo rod. ~ A signed statement by an Ameri- can resident in Korea dated April 22, women who have been arrested for their activity in the independence movement is the “most disgraceful ,|and humiliating possible.” He asserts women prisoners were forced to undergo examination by the police, and says cultured and refined Korean women were subjected to the grossest indignity. y The Japanese police designate all women who favor the independence of their land as social outcasts. AGENTS, SELLING ON COMMISSION NOT UNDER ACT Life insurance agents operating on a commission and not bound by contract to give all of their time or any certain percentage thereof to the companies or agencies they represent are independ- ent contractors and not affected by the workmen’s compensation act, according to an opinion which Assistant Attor- rey General Albert E. Sheets handed down today in response to a request from the North Dakota Life Under- writers’ association of Fargo. The North Dakota compensation act exempts from its provisions two classes of employes—those whose occupation is casual and those whose employment gives them the status of an independ- ent contractor ,who controls his own time and directs his own activities. As- sistant Attorney General Sheets rules that life insurance agents selling on a commission basis come within the sec- ond class and that they need not be covered under the act. ‘TURK LEADERS CONDEMNED TO DEATH BY COURT Constantinople, (Friday), July 11.— Enver Pasha, Talaat Bey and Djenal Pasha, the leaders of the Turkish gov- ernment during the war, were con- demned to death today by a Turkish court martial investigating the conduct of the Turkish government during the war period. WILL ALLOT LAND AMONG FIGHTING SONS New Youk, July 12.—The Lithuanian council of ministers today decided to distribute the public lands of Lithuania among soldiers, according to cable- giams received here today. Every sol- dier will receive from 20 to 52 acres, which he will not be allowed to sell or rent, TINY MONTENEGRO TALKS WAR PEACE ADJUSTMENT WIPES HER OFF THE MAP AND FATE newed recommendations that manu-|RESTS WITH JUGO-SLAVS FROM U. 8. MILLS AND MINES SHE IS VOLCANO OF THE BALKANS BY WILLIAM WARFIELD. Special Dispatch to the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Cettinje, July 12.—Montenegro is in an eruptive spirit as she faces the crisis of peace. The tiny Balkan state that was one of the original allies—having de clared war on Austria August 7, 1914 —emerges from war wiped off the map of Europe, swallowed up in the New Jugo-Slavia, And now Montenegro doesn’t know whether she likes it or not. Torn by dissension at home, shorn of her king who lives in exile in Paris, only at war with her own Mo- hammedan subjects, in the territory acquired in the Balkan wars, and on the verge of hostilities with Italy— Montenegro needs a friend. There is very bad feeling in Monte- negro toward Italy, growing out of the general Jugo-Slav antagonism aroused by Italy's aspirations on the eastern coast of the Adraitic. Prac- tically. the whole Dalmation coast is occupied by Italian troops with a sprinkling of French who alone keep the peace between Italian and Jugo. Slav. There is: bad feeling in Cat- taro, which was Austrian before the war, though the mountains behind were Montenegrin. But it is far from being as serious as in Antvari, or Bar, originally a Venetian colony. The present government is backed chiefly by Montenegrin troops, but it has also a much smaller number of Serbs. All of these are considered Jugo-Slavs, since the proclamation of the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Curiously enough the only troops I have seen worthy of the name of Jugo Slavs are from America, and speak English to a man. They are volunteers of Jugo-Slav race, recruit- ed in America, chiefly from the mines and steel works. Most of them that I talked with were born under the Aus- trian flag, a few only were originally. subjects of Nicholas or Peter of Ser- ia. y They are unselfish Jugo Slavs, without regional, tribal or religious affiliations—clearly different from the old type that cause the btter jeal- ousy in Balkan affairs and set ne‘gh- bors to cutting each other’s throats to the joy and profit of the outsider. These American Jugo-Slavs are the only men who can save (Montenegro from herself—the men who must pre- vent a disastrous eruption in this volcano of the Balkans, In montenegro itself there are three shades of. political opinion, royalist, federalist und \uatonist. . The. royalist party,. desiring the return of King Nicholas to the throne, is a very small minority, but has shown considerable military activity. In centers in Nich- olas’ ‘own family, the Petrovitch. tribe, with its headquarters at Negush. In December a determined attack was made from there on Cettinje, during which American troops were rushed over the Lorchen pass from Cattaro, and did more than anyone else to prevent serious loss of life. The rem- nant of the revolutionary force sur- rendered to the American captain who took them down to Cattaro to unload one of the Hoover Commis- sion’s food ships. EIGHT-HOUR LAW NOT POPULAR IN| RURALDISTRICTS; New Statute for Protection of Women and Girls Works Hardship on Farmers Some unexpected features of the eight-hour law for women and min- ors which are now cropping out are not increasing the popularity of this statute, especially in the rural dis- tricts. A well known Slope farmer who had occasion to employ a train- ed nurse, under this act, it is stated, found it necessary to engage three nurses, each at $35 per week, ir. ord- er to comply with the act and to avoid compelling any of the young women to spend more than eight hours on duty in any one day. His expenditure for these professional services for one week was $105. Heretofore, in the most serious cases two shifts have been used, while or- dinarily, where the demands were not too exacting, one special nurse has handled the case alone. This it is said, will be no longer possidl: under the eight-hour law. “The real trouble,” said an exas- perated agriculturist this morning, “is with our hired girl help. They have learned about this eight-hour law in the cities, and they prefer! eight hours in a laundry or a store to twelve to sixteen hours in domestic service, even tho at the end of the month they may have less money to show for their work. Girls are leav- ing the country in droves, and the help problem is becoming serious just at a time when we need help worst, to cook for the harvest and threshing crews.” The eight-hour law does not apply to domestic help nor to girls employ- ed in any occupation in villages of 5U0 or less. The result, iv 1s sala, 18 an exodus to the larger cities, SLEET IN SOUTH AMERICA, New York, July 12.—Cable advices received ‘here early today from Val- paraiso, Chile, reported a heavy snow and sleet storm sweeping the south- ern part of South America. An un- identified ship off Valparaiso was re- ported wrecked with probable loss of The difference between the federal- ist and unionist elements is not quite]. appreciated..by. the mass of the peo- ple, and is not important enough to cause armed revolt. The federalist party is in favor of retaining Moate- negro as a federal unit. in the contem- plated Jugo-Slav state. The unionists are working for complete union with Serbia, to thé. end that all the orth- odox Jugo-Slavs may be together in one unit of the new kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Roughly speaking the people of the old regions around Cettinje—original Montenegro before 1852—are inclined to the federalist pariy; and the peo- ple of the regions acquired in 1878— when the Russo-Turkish war really made. a nation, out of Montenegro— are unionists, As the royalists are practically all from among the former group, the strongest of the three parties is the unionist. Exact figures are not od- tainable, because of the ‘general un- rest, and because of the fact that the peasant is not very well informed as to the exact issues at stake. The government now in power has a brother of the late queen for its! nominal head, Voyvoda Voukotitch, and for its party leader a member of the strong Radovitch family. This government igs fast making an ac- complished fact of the union with Serbia. d The fall of Nicholas is scarcely to de regretted, in spite of the fact that he did a great deal for his country, pressing its claims before the pow- ers, and developing a splendid system of highways without which even the méost important! towns would have been inaccessible as in Turkish times. The fact is that he did not keep pace with the really astonish-! ing progress of civilization in the Balkans during the last quarter of a} century. As he grew older and his countrymen awakened to the possi- bilities of tmproving their lot, Nicho- lag became reactionary, and is large- ly to blame for the fact that the Montenegrin is, far behind the Serb in all forms of ‘education. The.onief.topic of talk in Montene gro today le of war with Italy over the disposition of the Dalmation coast citi claimed by both ‘sides. The Jugo-Slav:is hot blooded and al- ways ready for a fight—witness the unhesitating manner in which Serbia took up the challenge of Austnia in 1914, and the<rapidity with which Montenegro declared war. . After: seven years of war he thinks of little else; “his standards are dif- ferent from ours, and’ he must be handled with, # y and. firmness. His demands ‘are « von ‘all reason, and if granted,, would only get him into trouble. as: Montenegro was involved in endless difficulties by the Albanian lands ceded to her in-1913, But it is being widely urged that he be dis- eriminated against. And he would justly resent it——at. the cost per- haps of further war, now or in the near future, Unquestionably. the greatest pacify ing and constructive influence in Mon- TOWNLEY NOT TO TAKE STAND IN DEFENSE Defense Rests at Noon Suddenly After Courts Objection to Speech NO TIME FOR ORATORY Judge Refuses to Allow League Boss to Harangue the Jury Jackson, Minn., July 12.—The defense rested suddenly at noon today in the trial of A. C, Townley and Joseph Gil- bert, charged with conspiracy. After the jury was excused until 2 p. m,, the defense asked Judge Dean to rrmit President Townley to make part of the address to the jury. * Townley did not take the stand in his own defense, Strong opposition was made to Townley arguing his own de- fense, as he has not been admitted to the bar. Successful objection by the state at- terneys to the introduction of evidence which the defense charged would prove a “political frame-up” against A, C. Townley and Joseph Gilbert, charged with conspiracy to teach disloyalty and the appearance of a ‘long line of wit- nesses who asserted that Townley’s speech at Cambridge, Minn., February 18, 1918, was not unpatriotic, marked the afternoon session of the court to- ry. Clarence _F. Johnson of Marine, ‘Minn., who stated that he formerly was in the employ of Chas. Patterson of St. Paul, alleged by the league to be head of an organization working against it, was not allowed to testify other than te say that Mr. Patterson was r¢pre- senting an organization, the name of which Johnson did not know. STATE IS SUSTAINED ‘When Attorney Hoke asked the wit- ness who comprised the organization NEW LIGNITE COMPANY LOCAL SALES AGENCY IN CITY T. W. Childs, representing the Equity Coal & Light Co., of Coal Banks, on the Milwaukee line west of Regent, has established a_ sales a y in Bismarck. is of the opinion that the new rail rates will enable the company to sell its coal down here at $3.60 per ton on the track, The company is operating an exceptionally fine 15-foot vein at Coal Bank, where it is building a model city. There has been devel- oped by prospecting 60,000,000 tons of good lignite, says Mr. Childs, who contends that 230 pounds of this fuel is equivalent in a self-feeder to 180 pounds of the best anthracite. The lignite costs about 25 per cent as i= o much as anthracite, FOOD. PAIGES SLUMP. WHEN BAN LIFTS Profiteers in Germany Seek Cover Before Blockade Is Raised TO FIGHT COMMUNISTS Italian Delegation Sends Note Asking for Concessions at Tienysin Berlin, (Friday) By the A. P., July 11—In view of the impending rais- ing of the blockade, the government's recent action in reducing the price of food staples is forcing food traffick- ers to get rid of hidden supplies. As @ result a sharp decline in prices is reported from all sections of Ger- many, the most marked decreases be- ing in the Rhenish zone of occupa- tion, where they have fallen 30 to 60 per cent. The stocks in occupied territory ap- parently exceed the demand, and large quantities are being shipped to Ber- Assistant Attorney General J. B, Mark- ham said: “There is no possible relevancy to this, the activities. of the Nonpartisan league. If there were a dozen of them, it would make no difference so far as the indictments against Townley and Gilbert are concerned.” The state’s objection was upheld. Mr. Patterson was in court this aft- ernoon Waiting to be called as a witness for the defense. pag The ruling out of the Johnson test!- mony brought’ some warm ‘clashes be- tween the attorneys, T. V. Sullivan, representing the league, told Prosecutor Nicholas the defense could show. that “there is a frame up and you are in it.” SULLIVAN IS STOPPED Judge Dean stopped Sullivan by say- ing the court had been too lenient with the lawyers and that a few arrests tenegro today is the American Red |},ohably should hive been made. Cross. political, but it is winning the con- fidence of the Montenegrins and set- ting standards for them in home and| industrial reconstruction, FARMERS’ UNION WILL HOLD PICNIC The Estherville local of the F. E. & C. U. A. is making extensive plans for its annual picnic to be held at Still on Tuesday, July 15, The committee in charge {s working hard to make this year’s outing bigger and better than any previous affair given by them. W. C. Lansdow of Kansas, nation- al organizer of the union and one of the most eloquent speakers of that state, has been invited, and in all probability will be present to deliver an address. There will be refreshment stands on the grounds where coffee, sand- wiches, confections and soft drinks of all kinds will be for sale, In the evening there will be a dance which will conclude the day's program. A-4 NEW U. 8 DIRIGIBLE IN TRIAL FLIGHT Washington, July 12—Completing a vight flight from Akron, O., the new army dirigible A-4 circled Washington this morning. The aircraft left Akron last night at 10 with a crew of three After refreshing its fuel supply, the ship proceeded to Langeley field, Va. The A-4’s average speed was 25 miles rer hour. The A-4’s total cubic con. tent is 95,000 cubic feet. It has a total lifting capacity of 6,460 pounds. NEW RECORD FOR HOG PRICES Chicago, July 12.—Hog prices have rounded out another even dollar addi- tion for consumers, The market to- duy reached a top of $23. The highest price ever known before was $22.95, a new record made yesterday. It is ex- rlained that packing house products are making thelr ways into interior Europe. BOUGAS BROS. ADD ANOTHER TO STRING Bougas Bros., who operate the Van Horn cafe in Bismarck; the Glendive cafe at Glendive, Mont., and the K. & I. cafe at Jamestown, have recently ac- quired the New Capital cafe at James- town, which they will add to their string of restaurants, Andrew Bougas goes to Minenapolis tomorrow to buy Its mission is anything but! Representative A. C. Welch of Glan- coe testified that when Townley spoke at Glencoe, F, A. Teigen, the state’s leading witness, was half a block away roost of the time, soliciting Nonpartisan league memberships. Herman Rossow, a farmer living near Lakefield, testified that he was with Irving Freltag, a league organizer, for some time and that he never heard Freitag make any disloyal remarks, On cross-examination, Rossow ad- mitted that he attended what Prosecut- ing Attorney Nicholas referred to as an anti-draft meeting, “Were not delegates appointed at that meeting to attend the anti-draft meeting held later at New Ulm?” “I don’t know,” the witness replied. HAVE POLITICAL REASONS Attorney George Hoke, chief counsel for the defense, took the position that the defense attempetd to show that per- haps the county authorities had a po- litical reason for bringing the prosecu- tion against Townley and Gilbert, “Now if this action can be shown to be an action brought not in the ordi- nary sense for the purpose of punish- ment, but for political purposes as a result of what would be sometimes call- ed a frame up—” Judge E. C. Dean interposed at this point and said:: “Wait a moment, Will you permit the suggestion, Mr. Hoke, that this law- suit {s a criminal one under an indict- ment brought by a grand jury?” Hoke replied: “Yes, and the grand jury was of course influenced by Mr. Nicholas, the prosecuting attorney, very darge- ly. He was a witness before the grand jury, and they were able to ‘vear only such witnesses as he pro- duced. The grand jury was misled. “When you are attacking this, in the manner that you have, you are attacking the motives of the grand jury of Jackson county,” said Judge Dean. “I deny that, your honor,” answer- ed Hoke. Argument Gets Warm. “Very well, you can have your ex- ception,” replied the court, who then called the attention of the attorney for the defense to the fact that he, Judge Dean ,delivered the charge to, the grand jury and that one or both cf the defendants, Townley and Gil-| bert—were present when the charge was read. y “The grand jury retired, deliberat- ed and an indictment was presented to this court and properly filed,” the judge added. ‘And any reflection upon the action of the grand jury as being unwarranted and unlawful will not be entertained by this court.” When court adjourned at 5 p. m., the deefnse had not called any lead- ing members of the league to the stand. It was expected that William rew equipment for the firm’s latest life, Overland communication across jthe Andes were interrupted. acquisition which will represent an in- yestment of $8,000 when completed, Lemke, a member of the executive, committee, of President Townley (Continued on Page Three.) lin, where good prices still prevail. Berlin probably will be the last city to enjoy appreciable price reductions, The defense repeatedly hag re-| as much of its supplies must: be ship- ferred to some organization opposed to| ped long distances. MUST TAKE ACTION, Basle (Switeerland), July 11—The representatives of the allies in Vienna have decided that action must be ta- ken against Bela Kun’s- communist government in Hungary. A special courier as been. sent to. Paris to obtain the necessary powers from the allied supreme council. SEND NOTE TO CONFERENCE Paris, July .11—The Italian dele- gation has sent ‘a note to the peace conference asking that Italy be given @ concession at Tien Ysin, China, it became known today. DUTCH ENDORSE SUFFRAGE Amsterdam, July 11.—The first chamber of the Dutch parliament has adopted a motion to introduce wo- man’s suffrage in Holland. The vote was 34 to 5. COMMIT ATROCITITES. Paris, July 12—The Greek army operating near Smyrna is driving the Turkish forces rapidly backward, ac- cording to Greek advices here. The Turks left behind them the bodies of 84 Greek women and children in a mutilated condition, the communique declares. TO RAISE BLOCKADE. Paris, July 12.—The German dele- gation at Versailles was informed in a letter from the peace conference that the ratification of the peace treaty by Germany had been accepted and that lifting of the blockade was about to occur. Decision to raise the blockade was taken by the council Friday. MORTON DEPUTY LANDS MEN AFTER HOT STERN CHASE Mandan, July 12.—Deputy Sheriff Muellér had a merry chase after Mc- Arthur and Smith, two men who op- ened an automobile repair shop in the old Tobin garage about three weeks ago, representing themselves to be former Canadian soldiers. They closed up shop after running a num- ber of bills in town and it is alleged they took with them a number of tools and tires that were in the shop that did not belong to them. Armed with this warrant, Deputy Mueller went to Jamestown where the men had been located by the chief of police. They were with their wives and they all agreed to meet the officer at No. 1 on Monday night. When he got to the train the women were there but the men could not be found. The next morning tho sheriff at Jamestown got word that a car had been stolen at Spiritwood lake, and Mueller discovered that a laundry boy had carried two men from Jamestown to Spiritwood the night before. He kept track of the women and found they purchased tickets to Carrington, and on arriv- ing at Carrington he enlisted the support of the officers there and finally that night when the Soo train pulled in the men were found, one of them curled up in a seat in the smok- er, the other behind a lot of fruit baskets. The car that was taken from Spiritwood was later found ditched several miles from there. While’ the officers have no evidence that MacArthur and Smith took the car, they will be held here on the Jarceny charge pending an investiga- tion. The women arrived in the cfty on No. 3 and they and their children are being cared for by the county, WILSON VETOES ILL REPEALING DAYLIGHT LAW Sends Agriculture Measure Back and Defends New Time GRAVE INCONVENIENCE Points Out That Advantage of Act Repealed Outweigh All Criticisms Washington, July 12.—President Wil- son today vetoed the agricultural bill because of its provision repealing the deylight saving law, ‘The president also vetoed the sundry civil measure “because of certain items of the bill which seem to me likely to bear most serious consequences,’ In regard to the agricultural bill the president sent the following to the house: “I take the liberty of returning H. R. 3157, ‘an act making appropriation for the department of agriculture for fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, without my signature,’ “I realize of course the grave in- convenience which may arise from the postponement of the legislation at this time, but feel obliged to withhold my signature because of the clause which provides that after Sunday, October 26, next, the act entitled ‘an act to save daylight and to provide standard time for the U. S.’ approved March 19, 1918, be and the same is hereby repealed.” GREAT INCONVENIENCE “I believe that the repeal of the act referred to would be of very great in- convenience to the country and I think I am justified in saying it would con- stitute something more than an incon- venience, “It would involve a seridus economic loss. The act of March 19, 1918, ‘to save daylight’ resulted not only from a careful study of the industrial condi- tious by competent men familiar with the business operations of the country, but also from the observations of the happy and beneficial consequences of such legislation in other . countries where legislation of this character has been for some time in operation and where it has resulted in ‘substantial economy. The’ act was intended - to place the chief of business activity of the country as nearly as might be with- in the limits of daylight throughout-the year, It resulted in very great econo- usies of fuel and in substantial econ- omy of energy because of the effects of work done in the daylight and work dene in the artificial light, It also seryes beneficialy. the social. conditions of the country, and*it convinced me I should not be justified in acquiescing in its repeal.’ HOPPERS UNDER CONTROL; PLAN NOW FOR 1920 County Agent Declares Poison Has Done Its Work—Fall Plowing to Finish Job Reports from over the county are to the effect that the hoppers are fairly well under contro] and that the infestation has been _ effectively checked by the poisoned bran which has been scatiered over all of Bur- leigh, advises George W. Gustafson, county agent. “Jt is no longer a question of sav- ing the crops for this year, but the fight should continue through the summer to get the hoppers that are daily hatching out,” says Mr. Gustaf- son, “These are the ones that will lay the eggs for next year, and unless they are poisoned the infestation in 1920 will be more severe than the present. ‘ “Many farmers are depending upon the red mites to destroy the hoppers but they are pinning their hopes to the stars. The red mite found in large numbers on the larger grass- hoppers is perfectly harmless to the hopper, simply stealing a free ride on the back of their host. “Fall ploughing is one of the best remedies in fighting the hoppers, and as much of that as possible should be done this fall. Grain stubbled in is now most greatly infested, as well as rye and flax. Good, thorough and systematic cultivation and plowing will do a lot to lessen the grasshop- per crop for 1920.” MENOKEN TO HAVE BIG STATE BANK The Menoken Farmers’ State bank is Burleigh county’s newest financial institution. It is capitalized at $25,- ‘000 and officered by W. R. Allenson, as president; Lee Dralle, vice presi- dent, and J. M. Meier, formerly of Napoleon, cashier. The new bank expects to open for business in tem- porary quarters in two weeks. Dur- ing the summer it will complete a modern brick building. The dank is Menoken’s first and its sharehold- ers are substantial farmers of the Menoken district who feel there is a field there for a good bank. BRADDOCK MAN SUCCUMBS IN BISMARCK HOSPITAL August P. Richards, Jr., of Braddock, passed away on Friday at a local hos- pital, after an illness of pernicious anaemia, Mr. Richards was 36 years old and was unmarried, He had been engaged in farming in North Dakota for some time. The deceased was born in Germany. The remains were ship- they being destitute, ped today on..No, »8)>to° Hutchinson, Minn,, for burial.