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

=| THE B ISMARCK TRIBUNE =] THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1919 ‘PRICE FIVE CENTS NATION'S TAXES MUST REMAIN TO MEET ALL NEEDS Secretary of Treasury Glass Makes Annual Report On EGGS AND BUTTER ARE NOW LUXURIES One Dollar a Dozen and 90 Cents a Pound Chicago, Dec. 4.—Fresh eggs sold uc retail for $1 a dozen in Chicago to- day. The receipts were only 583 cas- es, about one-tenth the normal supply at this season of/the year. Butter re- talled at 9 cents a pound with re- GET LANSING 10) ITALK ON MEXICO | i Will Appear Before Senate For-) eign Relations Body This COMMITTEE WILL! "Gary Man Gives ‘ Sick Child $60 Bath Every Day Judge Sentences Him, How- ever, to $600 Fine and Six Months in Jail MINERS’ HEADS PACE CONTEMPT CHARGES TODAY |Department of Justice Charges Encouragement of Strike — Indianapolis, dnd. Dec, 4,— SOUTH DAKOTA HAS GIVEN WOMEN VOTE Twenty-first State to Adopt National Suffrage Amendment. PLOYHAR DARKS LEGISLATORS TO IMPEACH LANGER Member From Barnes County Calls Bluff of League Ma- Pierre,'S. D., Dec. 4 —Rattfication of the federal womens suffrage amend- ment was completed by the South Da- kota legislature when the senate pass- ed the message early today. The low- er house acted on, the resolution Wed- i ceipts 5 Frank Milosich of Gary, Ind., told esday. § akota is the twenty- STEN: j Eapend tres the normal day's feesinta Se Afternoon Judge A.B. Anderson in United By Leaders frat slate to ratify the amenament jority in Upper House : } 2 ake e States district court here yester — teats Re ‘ — ; terday that he had made 300 gal- Z an FOUR BILLION DEFICIT : i SITUATION IS UNCERTAIN]. tons of raisin wine beacuse it was | ALL OFFICIALS ARE NAMED CHASTISEMENTS PROCEEDS necessary to bathe his sick child ; U! : q each ‘night in two gallons of al- To: rges New Laws to Get Tax ON NEW NIELSON Washington Making Thorough cohol, Milosch was in eourt to Arguments Will Be Heard Be- RESENTS KEPT Insurgents Taken From State i r, s Pe face a Charge 0’ ving an illlei x T Dodgers Evading Pay- Investigation of Senator still In his home along with a big fore Judge Anderson in Boards—Townley Scheme ments On Incomes DRIVE WINS VOTE Fall’s Charges sUPPY clogs however, was not - Indianapolis Tuesday PRESS INSULT Immune From Check ‘U)enkinhes . convinced, Calculations made by ene: i : RO Ratu De on Dec ber f= No the Washington, ‘Dec. 4,—Senator Judge Anderson and the district Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 4.—Headed “If Mr. Langer is guilty of all the | : Lats next fiscal year is to ‘be thought ol, tgeslgtich ithe Goeynitice whlch eee eed al uaien cad thee. [US Actine President John Ls Lewis sty crimes you have charged him with on Secretary Glass declared in nis an- nual report sent yesterday to Congress. Government receipts must be kept at their present figure, he said, in order to bring government borrowing to an end. ‘acing expenditures estimated at $5,629,486,359 for the year ending June 30, 1920, and $4,473,696,358 for the year ending June 30, 1921, the government must enforce rigid econ- omy, Mr Glass declared. He placed the deficit for the current year at $3,- 905,000,000 and for the year ending June 30, 1921, at approximately $2,- 005,000,000. said the same policy should obtain un- Refusal ‘to Further Carry Coals For Macdonald Gets Stenno Back Into the Fold Neil C. Macdonald, former state su- perintendent of public instruction and jhow “director general and supervisor ordinary of education” under the board of administration received a rather nasty slap on the wrist from the state affairs committee in the senat2 yesterday when it reported back an en- tirely new: bill in place of senate pbilt ielsen, state superintendent of public besides authorizing the president to break diplomatic relations with ‘Mexico would pledge support of congress to him in any subsequent action he might decide upon. Washington, Dee. 4-——Secretary Lan- sing will be called before the senate foreign relations committee before av- ‘tion is taken on the resolution of Sen- ator Fall, republican, New Mexico, re- ;questing President Wilson to sever di- plomatic relations with Mexico, The) ;committee hopes to have the secretary ibefore it later today. Decision to call Mr. ansing for a was worth $30 a gallon and that therefore it cost $69 a day to care for his sick child. Ater finding $600 and costs in all and sentenc- ing him to. serve six months in jail Judge Anderson remarked: “| suppose this is the first time in the history of the world when a man was sent to jail or taking care of his sick child.” general and district. officials of the United Mine Workers of America ap- peared at the federal building shortly hefore noon today and surrendered to United States ‘shal Mark Stoean who held capia: for their arrest on] information filed yesterday charging | 84 officers of the organization with con-! tempt of court. Besides Acting President Lewis who j{ppeared today are William Greene-| secret reasurer of the international oiganization; ils Searles, editor of, the Mine Workers Journal the official m Miteh, secretary of ct No. 11, the floor of this house and you have the proof, why do you not bring him before the bar of the senate and im- peach him. You do not do it because you dare not.” The senate majority received this defiance from Senator Ployhar of the Carl Nelson, editor of the Townley keri; Minority in silence Wednesday after- press at Cando, in an effort to explaia/N00n. And by a vote of 33 to 15, Towner county's repudiation of Towu-|Stenmo of Grand Forks executing his leyism, free loyism, ete., last week, Ha/annual switch and going back to the Parker post, American Legion, hag'Mmajority, the senate, as Ployhar put it. adopted the following set of resolu-{lopped off another wing from Attorney tions; {General Langer. The first wing was RESOLUTIONS clipped Tuesday when the senate passed. Service Men at Cando Reply to Charge That They Should Not Have Vote Cando, N, D., Dec, 4.—Resenting an implication of illegal voting made by Whereas; The following article ap-|PoWer of appointing special assistants On this basis, Mr. Giess urged Con-/23, commonly believed to have origin-! qis ion, of the Mexican question Publication ot the union; Percy Tet-| Adopted by Hal Parker Post American} bill by a vote of 32 to 16. Stenmo gress to deny “every: appropriation'ated with Mr. Macdonald, and which|was reached after a two hour session i atistician; Edward” Stewart, Legion then being with the minority which ‘ for expenditure in new fields.” He would have deprived Miss Minnie behind closed doors. T0 IN ESTIGATE ident of district No. 11, and Wil- Cando, N. Dak. deprived the attorney general of the 1 til the government had its sinking fund well under way ahd repayment of the war debt “satisfactorily be- instruction, of her last shred of author- ity. This is the second time that the ileague majority in the senate has been FLETCHER TESTIFIES Henry P. Fletcher, American embas- sador to Mexico, was before the com- mittee today to give his views on the The men provided ‘bonds of $14,- 000 each which were furnished by a surety company. The hearing will be Members of Legislature Delving peared in the November 27th, 1919, edi- tion of the Cando Record, a paper edi*- ed by Carl Nelson of Cando, N. Dak.: attorney general, Yesterday the sen- ate majority reversed its action of a year ago on a bill which increased the j gun.” forced to yield to public opinion, altho, \exi i : seGiaSl held at 10 o'clock next Tuesday) “The I. V. A.'s voted no less than 20,number of regular attorneys generals 2 ; i Mexican situation. ‘The discussion was A fo : y toe i nd ney i HIGH COST OF GOVERNMENT ne See ee ca a four to one de-! said to have revealed considerable dif: Into “Free Love” Need [morning. | se men’ named in the: tne ere mem mm Cando, many of them from two to five. This bill was forced { Mr, Glass charged that excessive Cision has held that in the first in-iferences of opinion among committer Bas n named in th young men who were total strangers| through a year ago as an administra- i i “the Stance, the amending of the board of! rawardl | Attorney’s Aid formation are without jurisdiction of|here and who possessed no more moral |tion measure and it was repealed yes- government expenditures were “the Stance, the | is .ot'membeis regarding the best method of é ; c q No more moral | 3 most vital factors,” in increasing the administration act to preserve to Miss protecting American interests in tie OES the local federal court and proceed-| right to vote in this election than the terday as an administration measure, » cost. of living and argued that it was Nielson her former authority and pow- sonthern republic. ; rs jings will be started at once to bring] Ahkoond of swat.”_ depriving the attorney general of three urgently necessary to keep down pub-; the senate simply indulged in som?!" When the committee recessed sena-|| ‘No “Free ‘Love” Report. Today them into court. ¢ “The additional yote on this occasion jof his regular assistants, lic expenses for this reason as well hérmless camouflage which did not at-| toys said the whole situation was in an|| _ There will be no report’on “free The men are charged in the in-/was cast by returned soldiers and ser-} | TAKE OVER THE FARMS as because of the drain on the tax- fect the final result. luncertain state. Senator Hitchcocs|| love” conditions in the state li- |/formation with violations of the in-)yico men who had not established a| ‘The only other excitement in the sen- payers. ‘The present revenue laws need re- vising to meet new conditions, he said He referred particularly to the excess profits tax laws which he de- scribed as being “objectionable even as a wartime expedient.” It would be The state affairs committee eliminat- ed from S. B. 23 a provision which ‘would have deducted from the amount of state aid apportioned to the state consolidated schools “the amount ne- cessary for expenses of administration, including amount necessary for print- still more objectionable in peacetime, ing, pupils’ examinations, clerical and he added, “Less harmful forms” of traveling expenses,” which would have deriving ‘funds for the government! provided more funds for Director Gen- should ‘be employed, thee secretary eral Macdonald. said, adding that the excess profitstax' ‘The state affairs committee also had been responsible tor much of the leaves with Miss Nielson the duty of increase in living costs because it had certifying to the state auditor the sev- been passed on to the consumer. eral amounts to be paid to consolidated “It. encourages wasteful expend!- schools by the state treasurer on war- tures, puts a premium on overcapital- 'yant of the state auditor, a privilege ization and 9 penalty on brains,” the which in the original Macdonald bill 23 secretary continued. “It: discourages wag transferred to Charles: Liessman, new ventures and new enterprises! secretary of the state board of admin- and establishes old ventures in their stration. There is also cut ont of the United States, France and Great 'syndicalism with which the display of Nebraska acting democratic leader said the administration senators had not taken any definite stand aginst the resolution but wanted the committee to he fully advised before a course was decided upon, Republican members of the commit- tee were understood to have favorel the resolntion but then ~ joined with the democrats in preparing to get. all the facts from Secretary Lansing be fore reporting to the senate. ‘NEW AGREEMENT IS ADRIATIC TROUBLE junction issued by Judge Anderson which ordered he rescinding of the |; Strike order and restrained the offi- cials from encouraging or furthering the strike of bituminous coal miners of the country. brary this afternoon before the special session of the legislature at the capitol. The house legisla- tive committee which has charge of. this. investigation. has. been granted a day's extension in which to make its report on the advisa- i Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 4.—Machix- residence, and by floating laborers who ;#te came when Senator Ole Ettéstad called Cando their home, Going by |¢#lmly declared the governor ‘should the decision of Attorney General Lan-|bave power to take over the farms of ger, that any service man is entitled! the state in an emergency to prevent to vote wherever he may be, if he has suffering. Ettestad made this state- uot previously established a residence | ment In reply to a suggestion from Sen- by voting, the following service men, *tor Ployhar that Senate Bill 31 should who is PREPARED TO END|* bility of the books in the state library and the responsibility for such books being there. The re- quest for the extension was made so as to permit the committee to appoint an attorney in aiding the | examination of witnesses called in the investigation. “ ae ol Miss Peterson, the deputy librarian assuming responsibility for the consignment of books on Bolshevism, ery of the department of justice was | were allowed to vote in Cando: Leigh- ton Joiner, Clark Harris, R, C. Clark, ‘put in motion today to bring about ap- ‘pearance in federal court here at au! early date of all the 84 international !land district cilicials of the United Mine, Workers of America against whom in-} jformation charging criminal contempt lot court was filed yesterday with United States District Judge A. B. An- derson. The miners are charged with violating the injunction against fur- therance of the strike of ocal miners D. B. Blount, R. C. Powell, A. M. Har der, John V, Dorn, Andrew Westegarc, S. Westergad, Glenn Ransier, Con- rad Jorgenson, Roy Miller, Arnold Fos: teson, Bert Jones, Harry Harder, Mar tion Skara, W. H. A. Todd, W. M, An- derson, Arber Ellsworth, Joe McCune, Sever Moen, Bernard Cleary, Will Ba- con, and others. Many of these were doubtless entitled to vote here, because {not limit the governor's power to con- \fiscate private property in time of emergency, or when an emergency may jseem imminent, to the coal mines and i the railways, Senate Bill 31 confirms in ithe governor by statute powers which the district court of Burleigh county held the constitution did not confer when it granted the Washburn: Coal ‘o. a writ commanding Governor Fra- zier to restore to the company its mines at Wilton. The supreme court on a anarchy, free love, criminalogy and of the country. Saturday refused; to grant Governor ;Cando has always been their home, ‘ Frazier a writ tying the hands of the but seyeral had no moral right; to vote monopolies. ‘In many instances,” it acts as a consumption tax, is added schools shall, as far as possible he in-) to the cost of production upon which profits are figured, determining pric-' supervisors and directors appointed. hy | es It has been, and will, so long as it remains on the statute books, con- tinue to be fh material factor in the increased cost of living.” Would Get Tax Dodgers In this connection Mr. Glass also urged redrafting of the revenue laws to prevent the evasion of federal taxes through this investment of wealth in the obligations of states and munici- palities, He said laws should be en- acted which would compel the report- ing of such incomes, although they ‘original bill the provision that “all pected and examined by inspectors, the’ board of administration, and all schools be duly recommended for classi ification hy au officer appointed by the \board,” Further there is eliminated the re- quirements in the original bill that on or before July 15 each year applica- tions for state aid and lists of eighth grade and high school graduates shal! he filed with the board and that on or ibefore October 15.of each year lists cf ‘all teachers and school officers and such other lists or repots as may be re- Britain Have Plan to Satisfy Italians London, Dec. which it is hopeful will solye- the Adriatic question has been prepared in Paris by the American, French and British peace representatives for sub- mission to Italy according to private dispatches today Frank L. Polk under secretary of state and Premier Clem- encean are declared already to have signed the agreement. It is understood (reat Britain is prepared to sign upon which the agree- shelves of the North Dakota public brary rooms were recently loaded, ap- peared before the house investigating committee and the state board of Ad- inistrati .— An agreement malate te Wednesday — afternoo ‘nder examination she-told of ordering the books, but she denied at this tim? that they were designed for use in the 64; elreulating libraries which go into the country schools, She did not give any intelligent explanaton of the presence of these volumnes in traveling libra case No. 107 when Rep, O. Ness chanced to step into the brary ‘for a look-see, B. Bur Rey. George A. Totten, chairman oi the state board. permitted Miss Niel With the «appearance. thig morning other officials of the organization. at-! tached to the international headquar- ters here to furnish bond fixed at $10. 000 the first step in the case against the defendants in Indiana were com- jeted. The capiases served on these ici are returnable next Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock when Judge An | derson will hear the first argument in u | general charges against the miners’ head allege that since the is- suance of the injunction against en- ¢ couragement of the stike or action t | limit the production of coal every ofli- ‘of John L. Lewis acting president and! is) election.” Whereas; The said Carl Nelson, edi- tor of the Cando Record sat on ti election board at the said election and did not challenge these soldiers yotes. Where: The puropse of the Hal Parker Post of the American Leglon is: “To work for the b its community, to sanct ship in mutual helpfulne: FREE FROM PARTISANSHP AND POLITICS, to exemplify 100 percent Americanism and to keep faith with the Constitution of its Democracy.” And Whereas; Altho tho Hal Parket t interests of its comrade- . TO KEEP district court; the mines were restored to their owners; the miners, who had been on strike, returned to work for the company under the old conditions, and the following Monday night the tip- ple which handles this mine’s product of 1,200 to 1,500 tons per day was burned to the ground, and 300 men were again forced from employment. GOVERNOR'S QUIZ. BILL In the house after considerable dis- cussion the administration concurrent resolution providing for the apoint- ment of an invesigating committee to look into the actions of officials, indi- viduals, corporations, ete., charged with maligning or seeking to obstruct | ve Yuatian! 5 fa violated injunction by Post of the American Legion is not a‘- zs dp ts are wholly tax exempt, and that that quired by the board shall be filed. ipleatiutenriaries Pelee the aration gon, state superintendent of public in- a cay consenting ‘that the strike be tacked as an organization in the above the lenge taba tireohe Mae red sum with other income of an* indi-| There is also cut out the further pro-." ne nature of the proposals is not! Situetion, whose job, he advised hee cootinned and by maintaining an atti- quoted article and only individual Tho: lea ie mater i ios. bs fGen vidual should ‘be computed as the vision “that in order to promote the' stated put they are said tat naverboen Tuesday, he intends to abolish entire- tude toward the membership and by members — of — this organization 41° onsie hie a noe ae basis for assessing federal taxes on the consolidation and standardization of frameq with a view of satisfying the ly, to sit with the hoard. Other mem- ciotement to “representatives of the are mentioned, nevertheless the joie ie feat’ aan thi saul amount derived form taxable sources,|schools it shall be the duty of the Trajan people. carey ae s present were John N. Hagan, com-| 4 ccoiated Press and the newspapers post, believing that such an attack Seat yeanione aaa Sh ps aoe ont Relations between conditions in hoard to cause to he prepared and pub-j 2” BeOple: NM and the Te ithat said membership will not go gae, Upon its members is also one upon the to to six yote Tes th ies hee Burope and those in the United States lished bulletins and other printed ma- selected by the, b lorganinztion, fecls that. it is Incumbent [Ur fo six votes less than the number were discussed also by Mr. Glass. terial concerning these and similar D'ANNUNZIO TO WITHDRAW | London, Dec. 4.—Italian regulars sey and Rob: “jto work but will remain on strike upon this post to defend its members required to ca ‘y the emergency clause Ne He said that, undoubtedly, there was| matters; and it shall also be the duty will occupy Fitme and the territory in-/¢"t Mulr. ° Rev, Totten insisted. that) New WAGE SCALE READY — [and the organization; therefore, | which woud have given the uet imme- a very great need in Europe for fin-lof inspectors, supervisors and directors cluded in the treaty of Londgn signed Miss Peterson when que by} Washington, Dec 4.—The new wage} Be It Resolved; By the Hal Parker . As a result, the g ~ ort trades, Mr. Glass declared, be- othe: elected officials, and the restora: 4 were being burned. 3 *4 atige operation of the pact would!tion to Miss Nielson of fall eontrol,| WHO WOULD SPEND MONEY TO BUY SILK ae [GOVERNMENT WILL) nen st was to rest im te umbo of eliminate numerous political risks and without supervision, over the common ER GUIDES FIND LOTS OF NOT HANDLE SUGAR factional lines. provide a surer investment basis. school system of the state. This bill, DRESSES AND GO TO PARTIES—LEAGU: BIG GAME IN WOODS Semen Othe: attempts to repeal blue laws : MANITOBA TO HAVE which peeeinltated Reprcseninlive Bir : Attorney General Paimer t0l/are expacted to meet a similar” fate ness’ revelations, will, it is understo i . " These include bills Jegalising teu- } 4 Husbandless mothers of minn some of them are quite well to do, Edmonton, Alta. Dec. 4,—Guides Fight Profiteers Instead le ; legalizing us i LIQUOR REFERENDUM aa page ca ate none eae * children who look to the counties but are trying to get a pension. | 444 trappers report that when tae ight round hori ection eon real tine x ‘ SAIN ial tad Ao aah for aid under the widows’ pension He want that the power pana hig game season opens this month| yraghington, Dea ad—Abandonment eae lo Eee ae oe as . —; = act are “old hens” who wish to taken away from the county judge | yortemey ay find plenty of material asl 1 ce, 4.—Aba ti vise 3 lega E u 5 Fen ee ae artedeaciok tid MRE MONTANA INVESTIGATING squander their pensions on silk and given to the county commis- Retaraetiee On Netting Dawe River dis-|f governmental attempt. iD control dis-}day baseball and Dermitting ie ‘opera- toba in. regard to inter-provincial| LIGNITE COAL DEPOSITS| dresses and parties, in the opinion, | _sioners.” trict. eae on Bag ney cAteornopi. Geneeald HOt cee bias oe Lee Aen i trade in liquor is to be taken at the : \ of Anton Klemmens, a good league Mr. Klemmens wants “destitute Moose, deer, clk, beat, caribou, and nounced today by Attorney General) influence which w brows Meiers in time of the provincial elections next| Helena, Mont, Dec. 4—Fred | friend of Senator John H. Fleck- ones” given an order on some store | the elusive jumpitig deer have all beeit ee the sugar equalization|is dis- Ge Ear es oe thees nae “but Ahi summer, according fo a statement | Buck, assistant state engineer, menorts ey by és Fleckten ead Ridm. ae the saree i bay al elo Cbeet yeaa fea e eon of paved Decsaper aL the government thet ah ne admit there jis Ii ir ea made at government buildings. It is|/that lignite coal in quantities which enator. ahs ie c y The same js. sa’ ‘o be true of) . fon! eens orisla' £ a s -) will confine its efforts to prosecution hope of procuring favorable legislative: £5 a that amendments to the!lexperts estimat t men’s communication into the sen- es to go to parties and So On, aS |northern Saskatchewan, where moose 2 a Sat sen peranes ‘Act will be state for aly AW HEART Res ie ate journal yesterday. Anton says: some of the ones we are giving. and brown bears are abundant. of profiteering in sugar Mr. Palmer | action, iN it is probable that the nee » passed at the next session of the jocated hear the proposed Fallon-Glen-| “We would like to have you get “The I. V. A.’s are howling their — said. assaulfwill be aah these ae mes se provincial legislature to make it im- dive irrigation project’s pumping plant,| that widow law repealed. I mean wenas 4 nace kee coe mieaasin ees ete vhnericia| ELECT OFFICERS TONIGHT oes Caitemeant of these. Jena was) : i B the one it td to the widow's want the taxes cut in two, w he r ir meeting of the ® \ 7 .Was} possfble for.a doctor to give prescrip-|in eastern Montana. one aMee. A ay i Legion, Bismarck post, will be held to-}_ The Tancred commandery, Knights placed in the hands ofa Meensing de-. ” ancial assistance, but that the sit- uation had been much exaggerated. “We must all feel deep sympathy for Europe today,” he said, “but we must not allow our sympathy to warp eur judgment and, by exaggerating apointed by the board to attend and discuss these topics and similar ones \teachers’ ‘and school officers’ meetings, the time and place of such meetings tu ;be filed with the board at least ten ‘days previous to the convening of the XM in 1915 by the representatives of Italy, | France, Great Britain and Russia ac: ‘cording to a Rome dispatch to the Ex- change Telegraph Co. Capt. Grabriel D’Annunzio’s yolunteers will withdraw sented “Miss plain some of her ans peal of Nielson give direct replies, r s Peters attempts to ex: ers. WOULD REFER PILL BILL, ‘As a last resort present anti-cigarette legi: dyoeates of the re-|helieved a compromise would be reach- from Fiume it is said under the terms; scale agreed to by the larger coal perators was ready today to be sub-| mitted to the fuel administration for ratification. On this agreement it was ed by the miners and operators whic Post of the American Legion in a spe cial meeting assembled at Cando, N. D Sunday afternoon November 30th, 191", that we condemn the article printed in the Cando Record of November 27th, so condemn the nor's investigators cannot begin work until ninety days after election, and opponents of the measure who brand it ag a purely political inquisition prom- ise that it will be referred to the peo- ple as the presidential primaries in “European financial needs, make them! .ame by those calling the meetings.” more difficult to fil. * *,* The problem of financing Europe belongs largely to the exporter because indus- tries cannot be reopened without raw stocks. Government financial assist- ance in*the past and talk of future government or banking aid to finance exports have apparently led our in- ‘ dustrial. concerns to the erroneous ex- pectation that their war profits based largely on exports, will continue in- definitely, without any risk on. their part. To them will fall the profits of exports and upon them will fall the consequences of failure to make the exports.” TO RESTORE PRIVATE CONTROL The treasury will continue its pol icy, in effect/since the armistice, to rescore private initiative and remove governmental control and interfer- ence with respect to the nation’s for- eign trade, Mr. Glass said. Only thru this means, he argued, could a “healthy economic life be gained.” He added that removal of any influence ‘by the government should provide the incentive for American commerce to go into the world markets and estab- lish jitself. ‘Ratitication of the peace treaty will-measurably stimulate ex- tions to!any person other than a bona All of these provisions were regard- ed as aimed directly at the shering of all remaining powers from Miss Niel- son and to further concentrate contro! of the whole educational system in the hands of the state board of adminis- tration. The elimination of these pro- visions leayes Miss iNelson with some vestige of authority, It is understood {that these concessions won back to the league Senators Stenmo of Grand Forks, who was with the league ma- ljority in the senate until the attack ;Wwas made on Miss Nielson in the board {of administration bill during the last rsession. Stenmo is chairman of the ‘senate committee on education to |which Senate Bill 23 naturally would have been referred, but it went instea 1. to the state affairs committee, which iis the league’s steering organization: in the senate. Change of heart on Senate Bill 28 will not, it is understood, deter the jleague majority in the house from kili- jing this afternoon House Bill 28, abol- ishing the board of administration, ‘substituting for it, for the control of charitable, penal and higher education- ‘al institutions, a state board of super: visors composed of the governor an] Buck has just returned! from the of an agreement reached as a resulr negotiations between London and) Paris, 'SENATOR GETS BIG INCREASE IN COAL Five States Are Benefited By "Raise Obtained Washington, Dec. 4.—After confe-- ence with Fuel Administrator Garfield Senator Cummins of Iowa announced today that the fuel administration had agreed to increase by fifty percent the coal allotment for Iowa, Missouri, Ne braska, South Dakota and Kansas. DANCE AT LINCOLN SCHOOL A basket social and dance will be given Friday evening December 19 at the Lincoln township school the pro- ceeds of which will be devoted to school uses. Everybody is cordially invited and the committee in charge ot ithe affair promises good music and a pleasant time. jtion, following the defeat of their bill! would bring the soft coal tic-up to a in the house, appeared before the sen-'peaceful settlement. Altho the pro- ate affairs’ ‘committee Wednesday af-! posed scale was not made public pend- ternoon to urge that the anti-cigarette ing its consideration by the fuel admin- act be referred to the people. No ac-jistration it was understood to contain} tion was taken by the senate commit-|more liberal concessions to the miners| tee Wednesday. It is undestood that | than was suggested, by Fuel Adminis-! further hearings will be held, but the trator Garfield who prepared a four- cause looks dubious. teen percent wage increase. Reports of miners drifting back to FARGO MAIDS WILL ork were received from various parts tof the country but conditions in the HAVE DARKNESS TO ‘centrai ficta it the main appeared un- | changed. “Lightless” Nights Returs as! BURNING CORN AND POSTS wae _ 4 Chicago. Dec. 4.—Another day oi} Measure to Aid in Fuel“ jwastage of the rapidly dwindling na- Conservation tional coal reserve with its incidental domestic discomfort and disurption of| i , industry was in prospect today. No Fargo, N. D., Dec. 4.—“Lightless” |immediate relief thru a return to work night in effect during the, war will re-'o¢ pituminous miners who went on} turn to Fargo beginning tonight and strike 34 days ago was in sight, will remain during the existng coal; some of the larger cities today for shortage. Under orders receved today the first time since the great walkout from the fuelA administrator electric yas called felt the stress of the situa- current for street illumination, dis-|tion, From additional cities and tow play signs and ornamental and decora-jin the west and southwest some tive purposes will be curtailed. them entirely without fuel.came re- ports of actual suffering. In three Ne- braska towns fence posts and ear corn |can bank of Fargo in Cass county dis- WIDOWS SEEKING PENSIONS “OLD HENS” pensions. As we have just learned want the pensions cut out, and let 1919, and that we action of Carl Nelson, the editor for allowing the article to be printed, Be It Further Resolved; That this resolution be forwarded to every paper; in Towner County. also to all state dally papers. and thereby. given proad-| east circulation. March. KOSITZY CURBED Another wing was lopped from State Auditor Kosit: one of the two in. surgent state oflicials whom the admin. istration is engaged. in chastising, when the senate passed by a vote of 33 to 15, Stenmo still with the majority, Senate Bill 40, removing the staate au- ditor from the state auditing board and substituting for him the commissioney FINAL ARGUMENTS IN BANKING CASE of insyrance, who has been reasonably Saar, tregular from a league standpoint. The President of Fargo League Insti-|state auditing poard~must-approve' ail : * claims before they are paki, and as the tution on Trial {board has stood the insurgénts have + {been in. position to hold up some league Fargo, N. D., Dec, 4.—Concluding pits. ’ arguments in the trial of H Hagen | HOUSE KILLS PILLS ..., president of the Scandinavian-Ameri-| The aimual execution of the cigar- dis-/ette billwwas accomplished on schedule . trict court here charged with having|time‘in’ the- howse: Wednesday after-~ made false statements to the Dank noon. This is the third thme in thres examiner were being made this after- years that the North Dakota legisla: noon. The case probably will be giV-/tnre has refused to repeal the statute en to the jury late today or tomorrow | which places the sale of cigarettes un- morning. . der the ban. This time it did it in the The prosecution rested its case Yes-!face of very vigorous pressure brought terday afternoon und the defense rest-|t5 pear by American legion posts, labor ed this morning. ‘By agreement be-| organizations and others who declared tween counsel each side will have they‘saw no harm in the lowly pill. two hours before the jury. The bill, too, was sponsored by Her- man Hardt, ‘a leaguer, but the vote by will hold election of officers | partment in the, attorney general's of < Ali|fice by the Tast assembly, but there ig © | | (Continued on Pago Seven) 2 night at the Hiks club. All members Templar, are urged to attend as important mat-| tonight at the Masonic temple. ters are to be brought up for decision. members are urged to be present. the ones that are perfectly able to work get out and work like we poor $16: suckers,” * that some more mold hens have come into ‘the county that are perfectly able to take care of themselves, fide patient; and providing for the: new field, which he inspected on re- use of numbered prescription forms quests of residents. He said there are supplied by the government, about 34,000 acres of lignite.