The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 30, 1920, Page 1

THE WEATHER RAIN OR-SNOW.__ THE BIS TRIBUNE [== — _ BISMARCK, NORM DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1920 _ PRICE FIVE CENTS GRAIN GROWERS OF NORTHWEST GIVEN HEARING Wheat Producers . Asked Journey to Chicago to Pre- sent Views on Grades FOR CONSUMERS, HAGAN Commissioner of° Agriculture Fears Few Farmers Can Spare Expense or Tine to If northwestern grain growers care to spare the time and the expense in- volved in making a trip to Chicago, they may be given an’ opportunity April 2 to present their views on proposed changes in the federal wheat grades (which embody in a general se the recommendations of Com- missioner John N, Hagan and Dr. E. F. Ladd which the vureau of markets did not adopt two years ago. When the question of amending the grain grades wag lait brought up, two or three years ago, the government yielded several points upon which Commissioner Hagan, who represented the views of North Dakoja grain-grow- ers, insisted. A‘ series of conferences was held at that time, and North Dakota farmerg Were given a chance to be heard at Bismarck and Fargo. As acresult many first-hdnd opinions were obtained by the bureau of mar- kets, and_a number of concessions were made. FOR CONSUME: “This conference ix called, pres ably, for the benefit of the grain- growers of the northwest,” sald Com- migsioner Hagan today. “The fact that it iS being held at Chicago in- stead of at some point reaHy central and accessable to the hard-wheat grow- ‘ing area leads me to believe that in reality it*is being held for the grain- consuming public, [t°is very doubt- ful whether any farmers from this state at this season of the year could spare the time, even if they na? the Money, necessary to make te long sjoyrney to Chicago and return: “I hope to be able to attend my- self, but I am not certain that 1 can get away, atid. Ido’ not expect the northwestern grain’ growers to gain much from this conference. SECRETARY'S ANNOUNCEMENT The secretary of agriculture’s state-’ ment announcing the ponference: ig. as follows: Tt has been. ranicaegutell to-me that flere, ig/dissatistact{on..fu ‘the ceitra: northwest. with the ‘present Federal grades for hard-red spring and durum wheats. I received a request for a hearing on the subject and on Marci 19, 1920, a. delegation visited) me a Washington and presented’ recommen: dations on behulf of the state hoards of grain appeals at Minneapolis and Du- luth, certain tate officials of Minne? sota and North Dakota, and others, that the federal grades for. hard red spring and durum wheats be changed in the following respects : To take effect at the beginning of the coming crop year: 1-—That the subcliss “Red Spring” be eliminated. 2—That the word “Bright” he elim- inated in the Spring and Durum grades, except in the No. 1 Dark North- ern Spring and No. 1 Amber Durum. That the percentage of moisture in the Spring and Durum grades be increased to 15 percent; that this maximum percentage to be the same in all gradeg/from No. 1 to No, 5 in clusive; that wheat having more than 15 percent be graded the sume as that having less, except ‘that in addition it be classed EXCESSIVE MOISTURE and stating thé percentage of mois- ture, 4—That the maximum percentage or Durum to be carried in the grade of No. 1 Spring wheat be made five (5) percent, and that the maximum per centage of Spring wheat to be carried in the Durum :grades be made ten (10) percent. the said maximum to be uniform in all the Durum grades from No: 1 to No.5 inclusive. 5—That one (1) percent of rye he carried in each of the grades of Spring and Durum wheat. in addition to the present foreign material. 6—That the test weight of the Hard Red Spring class be reduced one found for each grade, After the hearing the delegation appeared before me selected a special committee which discussed the details of these recommendations in substané: as follows: / 1—Substitute “Humpback” as &: subelass for “Red Spring” and make the definition of the subclass “Hump- back” in the federal standards read ag follows: “This subclass: shall in- clude wheat of the class Hard Re: Spring consisting of more than ten (10) percentum of the variety Hump- back.” This would necessitate chang: ing the definition of the subclass “Northern Ring’ so as to read as fol- lows: “This subclass shall include wheat of the class Hard Red Spring consisting of Jess (ian venty five (75) percentum of Dark, Hard and _Vitreous kernels. This subclass shall not include more than ten (10) per- centum of wheat‘of \the variety Hump- back.” » 2-In place of the requirement in all of the No: 1 grades in the Hart Red Spring and Durum classes that the wheat in grade No. 1 shall be “Pright” provide that the wheat in all of these No. 1 grades shall be of “gold _ color.” 3—Make the maximum percentage of moisture allowed in all grades from No, 1 to No. 5 inclusive in the Hard Red Spring and Durum classes ‘fifteen percentum, and provide that all wheat in these classes having more than fifteen €15) percentum moistur2 a | $250 000. (a shall grade sample grade, making regulation that all licensed grain in- spectors in grading the wheat in these two classes shall state the exact per- (Continued on Page Two) [WEALTHY SLACKER| MUST SERVE. FIVE YEARS IN PRISON New ‘York, ” March 30, — Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,. wealthy young Philadelphian, veuently = court “ martinled for desertion because of hig afteged failure to report for military service under, the draft, was sentenced to five. years in prison, according. to a decision of the court made public. here today. The, sentence affected today ‘is tor five years at hard labor in the | jail at Governor's Islayd, In addi- tion, Bergdoll’s rights: of citizen- ship are forfeited as n result of his conviction, ANTI-TOWNLEY CONVENTION T0 BE HELD HERE Opponents of f Socialism in State and Local Affairs Gather Aoril 6 WILL. UNITE TWO PARTIES very anti-Townley organization in Burleigh county has been invited to {-end delegates to™ an anti-Townley county convention to be held at the , Odd\ Fellows hall in Bismarck on April 4 beginning at 10 in the morning. The voting powerof any local unit or town- ship will be limited to three delegates in the endorsement of candidates for office. but any number. of representa- tives may be sent to the convention as spectators. “According to the new law.” says the call for this convention, all county delegates except legislative will run \pon a nonpartisan ballot, so the im- portance of having a good delegation f democratic workers must not be yerlooked. Pemocrats and republi % must unite in this movement and id our county and state of the carpet- baging politicians who wish to obtain control. Leaders. of the antiTownley moye- ment are urged to see to it that their townships and neighboring townships ire represented by men who are really worthy to speak for their communi- ties, Prominent men will attend and iddress the Burleigh: county conven- ‘ion. and an inspiring and ‘instructive meeting is promised. NEW LAWS MUST BE PASSED FOR WOMEN ELECTORS Juffragettes Will Lose Vote in Many States Under Regis- fi a tration Acts Washington. March 30, — Women in several state: may be denied vote in the coming presidential ele:- ion despite ratification of the suffrage unendment before November, it is said at the headquarters of the National Voman’s party here, unless changes tre made in registration laws. In order that women all over the Jnited $tates may register for the ‘oming November election under exist- ng laws. ratification must be complet/ od before May 1. 1920, on which dare yeorgia closes its registration. Ex- cluding Georgia the next date is June 30 when registration closes in Rhode Island. Registration. in all other states does not close until September -or October by which time (suffrage eadats are confident the amendment vill he ratified, LEGISLATORS MUST ACT Other requirements. however, be- side the element of time may nullit he women's vote next November in ertain of the states, especially in the south, unless the legislatures are will- ing to make necessary changes dn the aws. Payment of all tax is required in eight of the states; in Virginia wer a period of three years before he election and in Florida and Lon- ‘siana, for the two years previous. Texas law calls for the payment of Vo poll tax on January 1, Alabama ind. Mississippi on February 1 and North Carolina and South Carolina m May 1. Prevsure will he brought to) beay upon the legislatures, where necessar ‘o have registration re-opened and t laws modified. it is said here, bur women political leaders hope — the changes will bo. accomplished without lifficulty. In states where women have Dot heretofore been given the privilege of fulfilling the necessary require- ments, provision should be made. for them to go to the polls this November if the amendment is ratified in time, ! they assert. No opposition to the operation of the suffrage amendment in strot nti-suffrage states, similar to ta employed in the south to limit the negro vote after the passage of the fifteenth amendment. is considered likely by eulttreestetieres & here. Nome Would Become Siberian Gateway Nome. Alaska, Feb. 1—(By. Mail) — Nome wants to become the gateway to northeastern Siberia, whose rocky Nluffs rise out of the Bering Sea less than 100 miles west of here. Last summer's Nome trade witn Siberia ran as high approximately On account of disturbed poli- tical conditions at Vladivostok, the Siberians are sending their products here, The shipments were largely of | furs. CHICAGO LIVE “STOCK MARKET CLOSES TIGHT ‘| Thousands of Head of Cattle Di- | verted to Other Yards by Lock-Out WAGE DEMANDS REFUSED ‘| Workmen Quit When Denied In- , treases Ranging from $30 to $40..Per Month Chicago, Mareh’ 30.—Chicago's: live- stock market, the largest in the coun- try, Was-at a- standstill this morning and 50,000) packing house employes faced suspension of work as a. resuit of ‘the strike of 900 feeders at the stockyards, An embargo ordered yesterday .bart- ed all animals from the yards and railroads were busy divertt the thousands of cattle and hogs that or- dinarily arrive here each day to other markets. Dealings today were restricted to a few animals held over from yesterda and no quotations were made. Demands for increases of from ‘$30 to $40-a month, with elimination of Sunday work, w presented by tha strikers. They now receive from $115 to $145 a. month, according to company oflicials, RHUR VALLEY’S “REVOLT IS NOT. OF SOVIET TYPE vides Rebelling Against Mili- ' tarism, Not Opposing Ger- man Government Paris, March 30, — Information received by the foreign office :to- day by both French and England sources ix in agreement that no real communist: movement’ exists in the Rhur valley. ‘The prime demand of. the workingmen, it is declared, is a Suaranty against. the return of militarism, which is exactly, what, the French ile OT ea ‘Ocedpation.of the district by (Ger- man regulars in force, it is held, would run exactly counter to that end atid would be likely to puta stop entirely to the arieady dim- dnished coal shipments to France ° from the production of the Rhur region under the peace treaty. “There were indications today that the authorities had not yet given np the idea of the eventual occupation of the Rhur district by the allies. SOVIETS WOULD NEGOTIATE NEW POLISH PEACE Foreign Minister Not ies "Po. land He’s Ready to Begin Negotiations London, March 80.—George Tchitch- erin, the Russian soviet foreign min- ister, has notified Poland of his will- ingness to open .peace negotiations on April 10 as Poland has, sugested. ac- cording to a wireless message from Moscow today. The foreign minister suggests that the meeting he held somewhere in Es- thonia, a Today’s Weather > | o> at ending For twenty-four hours noon, ‘Tuesday, March 30. Temperature .at 7 a.m. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterda Lowest last night Precipitation .... Highest wind veloc FOREC For North Dakota: Rain or snow tonight. colder northwest portion; Wednesday unsettled = and colder: strong shifting winds. LOWEST TEMPERATURES argo. 26 WiLston -. 2s St. Paul 32 Winnipeg 2 Helena . 36 Chicago. - 42 ift Current. 26 Kansas City dt * Meteor olopist. SUFFRAGE ONE | STEP NEARER _| \IN: - MISSISSIPPI | Jackson, Miss., March 30—The Mississippi: "state senate today sratified “the federal suffrage amendment, thus re- versing the: action of several weeks ago when the amendient was rejected. wonen's i | 1 | | | | Is | | | oo DENMARK FACES POSSIBILITY OF Socialists and Trade Unionists Will Walk Out Unless Zaple Comes Back : REPUBLIC ‘IS PROPOSED Copenhagen, March 30.—King Christian announced today his re- fusal to comply ‘with the ujtima- tum. of the. social democrats de- manding the reifstatement of the Yale ministry dismissed by the king and: éther actions in connec- tion with the government crisis. ~ Copentiugen. “March Ocialists and ‘trade unioh representatives, who conferred : -ygith King Christian last night relative to the crisis which has arisen’ in Deamark as 2 result of the dismissal’ of Premier :Zaple’s, cabinet, demanded.“‘immediate teinstatemeyt of the Zap'e ministry, and an immediate call for a meeting of the Reisgdag and the introductign, once more of consti- tutional goudifions in this country. Declarations were made that if these demands were rejected all Danish trade unions would: call a meeting to, day with a view to declaring a genera: strike. ~ Crowds in th® public squares up to an early hour this morning were ‘rais- ing ¢ries for. the establishment of a republican form! of government. for Denmark. Slight disturbances — oc- wurred while soldiers were occupying: one of the squares and cries of “Long live the republic.” were heard during the nig! UNIONS DECIDE TODAY The’ demand was made, under the threat thatthe Danish trade unions would meet; today with a view. of de- claring a general: strike if the throne did_not comply. The. action demanded included the immediate uMMoHine of the Reigsdag and the restoratiqn of constitutional conditions, ASSAILANT OF LITTLE GIRL 1S HANGED BY MOB ‘Negro Taken from Officers’ at Paris, Ky., Last Night and Strung Up Paris, Ky., March 30.—Forty men swooped down npon ‘officers taking Grant Smith, 40-year-old negro; to the jail at Paris last night, took Smith and hurried him in an automobile oat the Mayville-Lexington pike to May: Lick. Fleming county, where he was hanged to a telegraph pole. Smith disappeared two \months ago after attacks on Ruby Anderson, 14- years-old gaughter of a farmer of Flemingsburg. He was arrested in Michigan last week. A quickly formed posse unsuccessful- ly tried to overtake the mob in auto- mobiles. The vegro’s hody was not multilated, although threats were made at Paris to burn him, His arms were wired to his dl he was still handcuffed according to reports, Smith, lived 15 mites after he was eyune: up. $60,000,000 IS RECOMMENDED FOR AVIATION Washington, March 30.—Appropria- tions of $60,000,000 for army aviation in 1921 was recommended today to! the house military committee hy Major General Mencher, director of air ser- vice. Genera) Mencher recommended an afr service personnel of 16,000 officers and men. ; VETERAN WISCONSIN JURIST IS CALLED Madison, wi ~ Mareh 30.—Tudge George Clementson died this. morning at his home in Lancaster, Wis., fol- lowing a stroke of paralysis. He has {been on the circuit bench for 38 years, CHICAGO PARALYZED BY STRIKE OF . “MUNICIPAL WORKERS, EVEN GARBAGE | COLLECTORS JOIN IN’ REVOLUTION Chicago, March 30.—Clerks,, ste- nographers and bookkeepers, em- pléyes in municipal offices, went on strike today for higher salaries threatening a-paralyses of city business. In addition, 136 garbage handlers were on strike shutting down the municipal garbage reduc- tion plant and causing a suspen- sion of garbage collection. At the same time a strike of groups of the general 18,050 | \ employes, who have demanded in- creased salaries, reduction of the police force, and possible whole- sale resignition of policemen and‘ firemen, threatened as a result of action of the city council early to- day rejecting a revised budgrt ‘arrying $4.000,000 to meet salary raises. Three hundred of the 1,000 clerks voted for the strike last night. They~receive $1,500, and demand a $3,000 salary. “INTELLECTUALS GENERALSTRIKE. | | OF VIENNA WILL tt BAREFOOTED New Movement -Instituted by Higher Classes to Encour- age Economy HONEST CANNOT DRESS Vienna, March 30:-—A society com- posed very largely of the intellectual | class, professional men and others, | whose incomes now are about the | smallest “in the country, has been formed to encourage their hanefooted- ness among’ the ¢people. They an- nounce they will shortly begin to ap- pear shoeless in public. Other dress reforms, wong? the lines of economy also are contempjated.~ In their annotncement the organi- zers say their action is not only one of necessity because of prohibitive cost of footwear, but is also a protest against the profitee who are fatten- ing on the misery of the country, No man they declare, can appear on the streets attrired + under ds do and say It is exthhated that a hata suit of clothes, x pair‘of shoes afffl ay light overcoat of really ood) quality. now H Costs about 50,000 crowns, HAMBURG HAS BECOME A PORT OF LOST HOPES Great Sea Town Stands Today as Pitiful Monument to Its Past Glories { Washington, March —30.—Hamburg today may be described, as an iimpos- ing montiment, to the dead glories of the German: merchant, marine, accord- ing to Consul Francis R. Stewart, who was detailed by the American commis- sion in Berlin to investigate conditions at the former{ premier German port for that body? A report from Mr. Stewart detailing the results of bis inquiry has just reached the depart- ment of commerce, “AK short’ trip, through: the harbor | quickly discloses: what a graveyard | the port “has Weeome,” ported. “Tugs-and lighters are tied up, here and there, apparently forgot: ten. One small cruiser rests, deserted, alongside a pier; electric cranes are motionless on unused. docks; floating elevators and docks are moored in rows, probably in readiness for déliv- ery to the allies, “The glant Bismarck (56,000-ton Hamburg-American liner) floats at a fitting-out pier without a sign of life on board and from a launch no new work could be seen in uny of the big shipyards, Tied up to another pier in the outer harbor is the former At- lantic: record ‘holder, the steamship Deutschland, relic of the war, painted a deep black over-all, with spots of white showing here and there where passing craft have scraper her, sides, a grim reminder of the glorfes once held. by the German merchant fleets.” Regular. service is being maintaines with Holland, England and North America. and lines were about to: start service for Spain and South America, but the “free port” is apparently dead, Mr, Stewart reported. BEAUTIFUL EASTER SERVICE WILL’ BE HELD IN SIERRAS Riverside, Cal., ‘Mareh 30,—Thon- sands of residents and tourjsts are .planning to attend the sunrise ser- vices to; be held Easter morning, April 4. about the Father § cross on Mt. Rubidoux, near Riverside, For, years an increasing number of persons have climbed the mountatu and lifted: their faces reverently to the east, to meet the sun. while in antl and prayer the rising of Christ from the tomb was memorialized. \ Many will ride this year but the great m: will make of the mountain: limb a sort of pilgrimage, as it was designated to be by Jacob Riss, author and social worl to whose mini first came the idea of greeting the Easter morn at the cross erected i y of Era Junipero Serra, famous scan priest and pioneer of Cal- op ifornia, The. program fer this year's service includes: numbers’ by Mareella Craft, prima donna; the reading of Henry Van Dyke's poem, “God of the Open Air.” by DeWitt V. Hutchings; and the benediction hy Bishop Ear] Crans- ton, of the Methodist Episcopal | church. , BRITISH COLUMBIA | DAIRYMEN PLANNING | MUTUAL INSURANCE | —— ° Victoria, B.C... March 30.—Britlsh Columbia dairy farmers,are conside:- ing the launching of a mutual liv stock insurance company of their ow! To prevent the spread of tuberculosis among cattle many valuable animals are slaughtered each year, and the provincial government's compensation | for such loss amounts to but one-third | of the present value, The. proposil calls for payment by farmers into a | central insurance fund. No shares | | | | | will be issued; no dividends paid. The idea is merely to create a compen- sation fund on the theory that all slaughterings of infected cattle pro- | mote the welfare of the cattle indus- | ie | i 4 ° [bers of the New York state assembly ngust Claeasnes.x | the) ‘consul Ave-’)- Jjoperating it as declared here today. MODAY’S ESTIMATES PLACE TOTAL TOLL IN SUNDAY’S TORNADO AT 158; PROPERTY LOSS OF MILLIONS Pills Candy; One Dead, One Dying | i Duluth, .Minn., March pe thur Jackson, 44-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. 0. Jackson, is dead and jis Marion, 3, is sertously ill in a hospital because they nfistook sugar-conted pills for ‘candy. A third child, Albert, 14 months old, escaped because “the candy” did not appeal fo his taste and he spit it out. Us preserihed for Mrs. heart trouble. At the hospital it was said to- day: Marion may recove: NEW YORK REDS UNFIT TO SERVE AS LEGISLATORS iCharges Against Five Socialist Memberd of Assembly Up- held by Report Thought Sugared _ 1 | AGAINST GOVERNMENT Albany, N. Mareh 30.--Charges of unfitness against five socialist mem- Louis Waldma Charles Yolomon, Samuel A. De Witt, and Samuel Orr—haye been sustained | by a majority of the assembly judici- committee in y 20.000. word report nitted to the legislature today. It s their seats should be declare:t vacant. ‘ . The socialist assemblymen, the find- ings state. are “not obedient to the constitution and, liws of the, United States and the state of New York, nor desirous of the welfare of the coun- try, nor in hearty accord. and: syt pathy with its government and instita- tions." The report mentions the fact that the party’s constitution provides that “any soctalist elected: to.an_office, who shiil] hi any “Way vote to appropriate for inlitar ‘yoy atival: purposes, Teasbead Indicate that Destruc- tion of Life and Property May be Found Even Greater When Complete Reports Become ~ Available—Many: Persons are Still’ Mishing Chicago, March 30.--The death tol of Sund tornados, which ripped paths of destruction through sections of eight states, stood early today at 158 with fears expressed that reports from isolated regions and paths among the injured would increase the total. Stricken communities were emerg- ing today from the w ge wrought by the storm and relief measures for the thousands of injured and home- less were well under way. Wire communication in the affected areas was being restored and this was expected to aid in clearing up the ex- tent of the destruction dnd the total number of those who lost their lives, TABULATED REPORTS Tabulated reports by .states today gave the number of dead as follows: Indiana, 86; Adams county, 2; Allen county, 11; Jay county, 11; Steuben county, 1; Montgomery county 1; Union county, 10. Mlinois, 27; Elgin. 7; Irving Park, : Melrose Park, 10; Mayw¢od, 4. Ohio, reenville and Nashville, S: Van Wert, 3; Moulton, 3. Renolett and Bronersburg, 6; Genoa, 2; Raabe Corners, 4. Michigan. 12; Fenton, Grove, 3; Cold Water, 2; Kalamazoo, 1; Yankee Springs, 1. Georgia, ; La Grange, > West Point. 10; mn. 1; Milner, 1. 4+; Maple Heart, 1; Mu Alabama, 17; Alexander, 11; Agri- ‘edar Springs, 1. Mo.. 1; East Troy, Wis. 1. A hunber of persons were reported as missing in various localities and it was feared that some of these might he found to hive been killed. , PROPERTY LOSS HEAVY. No accurate estimates of the total property damage. which runs into the millions, could be ma oday, In Mlinois, it was’ estimated that the material’ loss. was) $6,000,000; 1 vestern Ohio, © $2,000,000; Michigan, WOOK) and Georgin more than $1,000,000, SNOW DTD MINNESOTA Crookéton, Minn, Mareh 30.—North- west. Minvexota again assumed the 2p ar, shall he “expetled “from the PARE oA SRR . itee: Vie MINORITY REPORT DISSENTS Albany, N.Y. March © 30.—Two other reports by two republicans and the other by two democrats, made an opposite recommendation. The repub- lican pair held the socialists entitled to their seats and the democrats sail the membets of the assembly could not unseat the! five socialists without vio- lating their r oath of offi REGULAR ARMY TROOPS INVADE RHUR DISTRIC Complications.May Result from Alleged Violation of Ver- sailles Treaty Paris, March 30.—Absolute con- Wrmation of the entrance of regu- lar German army troops to the Rhur district on the edge of the allied zone of occupation without any permigsion from the allies das been ‘received by the French foreign oftice. ORDER RESTORED Verlin, Mareh 30.—The news from the Rhur disrict, the Rhineland in gea- eral, and from Westphalia permits the conclusion that order will be gradually restored in those regions where rebel- lious forces of workingmen have been ACCORDION PLEATS Accordoin platg are widely featured with sport clothes, while accordion- pleited underskirts are the latest for wear with afternoon Zrocks CONVENTION | DELEGATES | Here are ‘facts and figures of the national conventions which will name Republican and demo- cratic candidates for president. Republican national conyen- tion, Chicago, June 8. unber of delegates—9S4. Number to nominate—a major- 92 —$ | — ae be in- Y of who may structed delegates—44 Democratic national conyen- | tion, San Francisco, June 28. Number of delegates—108 to nominate—two- y¥—725 1 of who Ww | structed delegates—500. ; { Instructed delegations will be |" sent to both conventions by the | | ymber | thirds majc Number following 19 states: North Dakota, South Michigan, Wisconsin, | Nebraska. Montana, Massachu- | setts. New Jersey, Ohio, Mary- | land. California, Indiana, Penn- | sylvania, Vermont. — Oregon Texas, West Virginia, New Dakota, Mlinois, Cepia A omen pearance of winter when a heavy snow. fall, show@l -no signs of abate- ment by -ndon lay Although the show will further ddlay feeding opera- tions it is ndt expected to affect flood conditions jn the Red Lake river which is now almost normal, THIRTY OHIO DEAD Columbus, ©.. March’ 30.—-Addition- al casualties resulting from the storm which swept western and northwestern j Qlile on Sunday ‘brings the list of !nown dead to thirty. Of this num her 22 were killed in the region about Toledo ind eight in the region about Greenville, Other. deaths. are ex- pected. LAFOLLETTE ACT UPHELD BY HIGH COURT DECISION Washington, “Mare 30.—The — su- preme court in deciding appeals brought by British ship dealers today held the constitutionality of the pro- visions of the La Folletté, seamen’s act relating to the payment of wages to senmen upon demand, {50,000 REFUGEES CAMP IN STREETS . OF RUSSIAN TOWN Noyeressisk, Russia, March 30.-— Fifty thousand refugees from all parts of southern Russia have been camp- ing in the streets of Novorossisk for several weeks waiting for transporta- tion to take them acrosg the Black Sea to a place of safety. Most of them are families of officers and leaders of the army of Denikine. ‘All, the re- sources of the American Red Cross mission to south Russia have beea employed in extending relief to the refugees, Every shelter of any description has been crowded. with humanity. Idle factory buildings, grain elevators ana rdoms used as offices during the day have been filled with refugees at night. Thousands have spent their days walking the streets and at nightfall have spread their blankets and_ scant coverings upon the pavement to sleep. , Hospitals have béen filled to ovei- flowing and medical supplies have ru tow while hundreds of cases of typhus developed every day. Each morning’ found hundreds dead in the streets. 315,000 BRITISH COLUMBIANS HAD TO HAVE DRAB IN 1919 Vancouver, Mareh 30.—Three hundred and fifteen thousand liquor prescriptions were issued last year by British Columbia phygicians, accord- ing to the annual report of the prohi- bition commissioner. Rye whiskey is the popular “flu cure.’ Durin year, in all British Columbia , gallons of rye were prescribed, only 9.051 of Scotch. Total sales amounted to $1,579,000 during the year. Amendments to the British Columbia act provides that the limit of liquor prescriptions hereafter witli and Hampshire. +. be eight ounces, instead of two quarts as heretofore.