The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 8, 1921, Page 1

N PRICE FIVE CENTS PHONECHARGES (GREAT BRITAIN INVITES SINN FEINTO NEW PARLEY GOPHER BUREAU REV. QUIGLEY LEAVES METHODIST | _SAOETORPASTORATEINORECON TQ BR BOOSTED IN ERFORT TO FIND BASIS FOR IRISH SETTLEMENT | BY COURT ORDER HARDING HEADS see ras Sem a: LIVESTOCK PLAN , | | Resignation is Announced Today! LEAVES CITY j | LEADS KU KLUX : : PRESS CONGRESS, Federal Court in Fargo Today BEING. OPPOSED By Pastor, Who Go ‘New —— President Sets Aside Railroad Com- La Grande, Oregon | |!Harding accepted. the honorary presi- mission Order Latest Note Opens Way For Con- tinuance of Negotiations With De Valera | o i Equity Cooperative Members Ob- ject to Farm Bureau Com- mission Organization GROWERS FIND OPPOSITION i 8. ACTIVE IN CIVIC WORK: | pee AEENS York, Sept. | i dency of the pri congress of the world to be held in. Honolulu next | j month, i Rev G. H. Quigley, pastor of the Mee | Cabe Methodist Episcopal church, and} ; Well known in Methodist cire inj North Dakota, has accepted a pastor-! ate in La Grande, Oregon. ‘Re Quigley and his family will Jeave Bis- |marck about Sept. 20 for their new | home. A successor to Rev. Quigley prob-} j ably will not be chosen until the meet-j ting of the Methodist conference at! i Valley City on, October 5. i | “Rev. Quigley has een active in | Methodism in North Dakota for twelve years, and has occupied the pulpit of the McCabe church for two years, i Following pastorates at Drayton and Cando he was superiniehdent of the! Grand Forks district of, the church} for six years, coming to Bismarck two! | ~ IRISH roles Would te ineesed | ON MANDATES IN Fargo Sept. 8.—A decision in Unite! LEAGUE MEETING ed States district court today enjoins | eR Under Company Petition the state railroad commission trom|Lord Cecil, South African Repre- enforcing its order of August, 1920,| si . ree . {refusing the Northwestern Bell and} sentative, Criticises U. S. (North Dakota Indepenaent Telephone | Position | companies an average increase of 2¢{ | Would Reconcile Association with Empire and Irish Na- ational Aspirations Refusal of Permission to Sell Stock Brings New Problem to United Grain Growers The Minnesota Farm Bureau has begun attempts to create a new live- stock commission firm and to. enlist North Dakota stockmen in the new society, according to announcement in Fargo.’ The new organization is known as the Minnesota Central Livestock Commission, an organiza- tion said to have been formed under Inverness, Scotland, (By the As- sociaited Pi ).—Official contirma- | tion that the British cabinet’s reply to the latest note of Eamonn DeValera, the Irish leader, which was dispatch- ed to Dublin last evening invites rep- resentatives of the Sinn Fein to a fur- ther conference was given here today. The cabinet asked Mr. DeValera for i ' F As . years ago from that city. One of the reasons prompting Dr. Quigley to ac- cept the Oregon pastorate is his de- sire to seek a milder climate. La Grande, Oregon, is situated in the northeast part of the state, in the Grande-Ronde valley, a ffuit grow- ing and lumbering country, on the slope of the Blue Mountains. The population of the city 14 about 10,000. Rev. Quigley will occupy the pulpit of the First Methodist Episcopal church, the largest church in that dis- trict. Rev. Quigley, Mrs. Quigley and their daughter, Ruth, who has been very active in musical and church circles, the auspices of the Minnesota Farm Bureau federation. It has sent or- ganizers into the state and is seek- ing to sign members at a membership fee of $25 and to sell stock at $25 per share, according to the Fargo an- nouncement. The effort has aroused the man- agement of the Equity society, which operates the Equity Exchange with headquarters in St. Paul. The Min- nesota Farm Bureau is said to have had difficulties with the Equity Soci- ety in developing its marketing pro- gram, and Equity officiais now assert that the creation of another co-qper- Rev. G. H. Quigley ee VETS CLEAN-UP per cent in tol! find exchange rates. Judge Kimbrough Stone, of Wooddrough participated in the de- i “SQUAD 10 VISIT BISMARCK OCT. 3 i i | | | { H |< H \Will Endeavor to Settle Claims! cision, Telephone rates in Jismarck dan and in a large number of cities und towns served: py the North Da- kota Independent ‘Telephone company j and the Northwestern ‘Telephone [x- | change will -be increased on Oct. 1, as a result of a decision of the Unit-| in Fargo to- ef of officials day, according to be! the, U.S. cirenit court of appeals, and! Federal Bes i a / ye} panos Pay ederal Judges Amidon and J. W.' Foreign Minister Says That “Un. an} | connected with the railroad commis- | sion, ARGENTINA DISSATISFIED} 1 ic” Form of \League Kills It democrat Geneva, Sept. 8.--(By the Associat- | ed Press.)--Charges that the “purely | negative” position of the United States has been responsible for the delay in| the application of mandates by the League of Nations were made by Lord | i i I a definite reply as to whether he was prepared to enter a conference to as- certain how the association of Ireland and the British empire can best be reconciled with the Irish national as- pirations. It was suggested that the conference will be held in Inverness Sept. 20, The British reply, written by Prime Minister Lloyd George, says: “Government by consent of the gov- erned is the basis of the British con- stitution but we cannot accept as the sis of a practical conference any mterpretation thereof which, would commit us to any demands you might Colonel William J. Simmons of At- lanta, Ga., is imperial rd of the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the organization that Atty. Gen. Harry Daugherty has announced his departmeent is probing. The Klan, organized at Atlanta in 1915, now is making a drive through the northern states for new members, RA GUARDSMEN AT | of Every ex-Service Man on Trip ative commission firm can only re- sult in a split in the co-operative ex- change business. present even to that of a Republic.” will be missed by a host of Bismarck | Mr. Lloyd George says he cannot frignds, and it was with regret that) | WORK MOPPING The railroad commission had denied Robert Cecil, represeniative of Soutn! » | the general increase in toll and ex- i Africa, at today’s session of the as- the officials of the church learned of! Rev. Quigley’s intention to leave. METHODISTS IN WORLD SESSION HOPEFOR PEACE Grain Growers Active. The organization work of the Unit- ed Grain Growers Inc., the co-opera- tive marketing plan of the American Farm Bureau, is proceeding in North! Dakota under the leadership of U. L./ Burdick, Claims are made that the Grain Growers have succeeded bet- ter in North Dakota thau in any other state. However, the Wheat Growers organization, under George Dnis, of! Grand Forks, has not let down in its| opposition to the Grafa Growers plan; in North Dakota. There appears no/ prospect of the fight pe.ween the two organizations abating. ‘The Grain Growers national organi: | zation is having difficulty in launch-! ing its Farmers Finance Corporation, evolved to meet financing problems! of the wheat pool plan. _ Several states have refused permission to the cor- poration to sell stock. Last week the Blue Sky commission of Nortn Dakota, on a divided vote, granted | permision” to» th®-Organization to sel! | Messages Are Sent To King Of England and To President Harding i London, Sept. 8.—(By the Associat- ed Press.)—Greetings to President Harding and King George, voicing a hope for world’s peace were sent to- day by the world’s conference of Methodists ‘in-session here. In the ad- * | surance Act. 1 | change rates. The tziephone com- H panies held that the present rates are ‘AT OTHER SLOPE - POINTS| confiscatory and appealed. . The rail- i road commission order is set aside. The Northwestern company operates over 70 exchanges and the North Da- kota Independent 36 »xchanges. A squad of government officers sent} [out by the new, consolidated Veteran's | [pare will juiatt Bismarck on Oct. 3) In addition to the increases, aver. ‘a in a clean-up campai | i e 2 | following urpores? campaign for the| ging about 20 per cent, the teleghone Securing information on disabled | (oa serea tor a scelasa nea ion veterans whereby evury ex-service | Of aiid then Tee & Hieher stale fOr man and woman may be apprised of Metallic than for grounded lines. itheir rights ‘under the War Risk In-| 4 message to the railroad commis- ; Speak on mandates. sembly of the league wiich took up 2 general discussion of ihe accomplisa- ments of that body to date. A flurry of interest spread over the audience as the South African dele- gate rose and announced he wished to Lord Cecil re- viewed the whole mandate question, during which he took occasion not only to criticize the policy of. the United States but also the lack of| publicity » permitted by the recent meeting of the council of the league. |sion said that the injunction was | granted -on condition tnat the North-| To assjst ‘disabled ex-s dq yl ist ‘disabled ex-service per era Exchange give ‘ond of $100,-| sons in securing compensation, medt-; ¥e3t i i | | ‘cal treatment and hospital care. sey To inform and assist all claimants | Sive bond of $25,000. ‘ imsurance. i To assist those whose claims are| ;pending in securing final action} i sary to_connect their disability with! the service, or other data required by/ the Bureau of War .Ri: { regarding the procedure necessary in| | a jfiling a claim for compensation = 67 154 000 BUSH J 3 . | {where additional evidence is nece: “|S ESTIMATE OF AS) 000 and the North Dakota Independent S $100,000 worth of stock. The Minne- sota Securities commission refused to grant permission to operate in Minne- sota, View of N. D. Board, dress to the king the conference. said: “Especially is this world’s confer- ence united with your majesty in making for peace and contentment in your earnest desire that the effort now | lreland may meet with early and com- | plete success.” The message to Pres:dent Harding thankfully recalled President Hard-} The main* objection raised to the! corporation, which is a $100,000,000! corporation, is that it provides that all ‘the power:of the corporation shall! of Ingprance. To provide for immediate physical) examination where necessary and) promptly furnish hospivalization for| | urgent case&. | Veterans . "| from the counties of Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Morton, Bur- leigh, Emmons, Logan and Mcintosh are invited to appear before the hoard in Bismarck on Oct. 3 and 4. | | ND, WHEAT CROP Complains of Delay. Regarding the note recently sent by | the United States Department of State he said that intervational affairs ; would have tbeen better advanced had it been started earlier. S “These territories,” he said, refer- ring to the countries over which man-! dates were provided by the covenan: of the leagues “must no longer be left in the present situation deprived of a definite status or a definite govern- ment. He said he did not want to appear to criticize the United States “but the mandates should be settled in the in- terest of the people directly entrusted! | | i be lodged in 21 holders of common stock, of no par value, while holders of $100,000,000 wortn of preferrea ing’s inaugural address in which he declared that America wags eager lo; | initiate a program to lessen the prob- Visit 13 Points. Forecast of Department of Agri-|' vith them and without further de- | lay.” culture is Announced Today Republics May Withdraw. i Buenos Aires Sept. 5.—Rejection by the assembly of the League of Nations of amendments to the covenant of the league proposed by Argentina may be followed by the withdrawal from the | 1 5 i Washington, Sept. 8.—Preliminary! believe a refusal to enter into the con- allegiance to the Crown and that if Mr. DeValera’s real objection is fear that the Bfitish proposals offer less than liberty to Irelan@ that matter can be discussed in the conference if held. TRAIN WRECKED ATER STRIKE; ENGINEER DEAD Protection of Troops to be Asked of Governor of Georgia | |Battle of Guardsmen Against! Minnesota Fires Consid- ered Won St. Paul, Sept. 8—Mopping up of smouldering fires was the order of }the day in the McGrath-Whitepine- | Solana-Onamia and Kaite River svc-| tors today. The battle with flames} which started Saturday afternoon and} which called out every uvailable mem- ber of the state forestry service and} 1,000 state guardsmen is considered won today, the only work remaining| {o complete the victory being de-| struction, of smouldering, fires which! it was estimated this morning woule be completed. within three days with favorable weather conditions, GRAIN GRADING FIGHT WILL G0 i | Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 8.—Military pros tection for employes and property of the Atlanta-Birmingham and Atlantic railroad will be asked of’ Governor Hardwick as a result of numerous cases of dynamiting of the road’s freight trains, it was stated today, by Col. B. L. Bugg, receiver for the road, following the wreck of a freight on the out skirts of Atlanta last night in which the engineer was killed and several negro trainmen injured. . John E. Morris, the engineer, who ‘was killed, was the first person to lose his life as a result of various TO HIGH COURT ability of war and promcte the ‘broth-! Thirteen points in the state will be! estimate of this year’s production of wrecks but a number of employes stock would have no voice in the or- ganization. The North Dakota board! majority held that concentration ot! power in such an organization is nec-! essary: to its success. An account of the action of the! Minnesota securities commission inj refusing to permit the sale of $750,-) 000 preferred stock, follows: | The Minnesota Farm Bureau federa- tion has known for several weeks that | operation of the Farmers Finance cor- poration on a national scale was vir- tually impossible and active steps al- ready are being taken to provide suit- able agricultural credit facilities for} Minnesota farmers by means of aj state co-operative finance corporation L. E. Potter, president of the state federation said today. Farm Bureau Action Promised. “The plan worked ou: by the com-| mittee of 17 is absoluteiy sound,” said | Mr. Potter. The Farm Bureau Feder- ation financed the investigation of the committee of 17 and, is determined that the national grain marketing plan drawn up by the committee shall be put into effect in the grain producing states on a sound, practical basis at the first possible moment. erhood of mankind. The message said that Methodists everywiere would re- gard” with prayerful uttention .the American government to Great Brit- jan and other nations tc secure peace without recourse to war. Methodist churches have always striven “to translate tic teachings of Christian truth into the pfactical ac- tivities of every day, light” and with this end in view it deemed it the duty of the church to assist «he administra- tors of just laws to restore to its old | i | Christian family and the home. OLD BONDST0 BE EXCHANGED | | | Industrial Commission to Re- place 5 Percents The Industrial Commission is, pre- paring to issue to purchasers of 5 per cent mill and elevator bonds, new The old bonds are being called in. The action is to be taken because the mill and elevator bonds which the t. practical proposals since made by the; place of influence the authority of the; bonds bearing 6 per cent interest.! | Industrial Commission is now offering visited. The clean-up cquad will be| winter wheat and forecast of other | in Mott on Sept. 26-27 to meet ex-/ crops based on the condition of Sept. rvice men from Sioux, Grant and} 1 were announced by tie department Hettinger counties; in Bowmag, Sept. ‘of agriculture @oday. 28-29, to meet men Adams, Bow) The conditions on Sept. 1 and fore- {man, Slope; in Di on Sept. 30-| cast of North Dakota fur spring wheat | Oct. 1, to meet ex-service men from] a¥e56 per cent and 67,151,000 bushels. ;Stark, Billings and Golden Valley!. The national corn crop made a gain! | counties. of 154,000,000 bushels during August L. M. Mitchell, field 1epresentative| and is rated at $5.1 per cent and 3,- {of the- Red Cross, of 186,000,000. | Bismarck today. Mr. Mitchell is mak-; National conditions of* the crop on {ing arrangements for «ne visit of the| Sept. 1 or at the time of the harvest and some estimates follow: clean-up squad in North Dakota. Have Special Stalls. | Spring wheat, 62.5 per cent of nor-| mal; 210,000,000 bushels. “T have been with the clean-up si cae squads in Towa, Nebraska and Illinois, | ATU Ce cent of normal; and I feel that this clean-up squad a coming to Bismarck can offer a reai oe ot a cent i mora service to any ex-service man who has arley, 68:4 per cent of normal. a disability or a claim .or compensa-| tion which has not been satisfactorily | adjusted,” said Mr. Mitchell. “There lis a special staff of trained workers in the Minneapolis office detailed to j handle the claims coming in from the jclean-up stuad. The same thing 1s itrue in the Washington o: and in Towa, Wisconsin and Nebraska defi-| URGES FARMERS | i | hicago, was in! 000 tons; wild, 14,800,000 tons. Buckwheat, 85.6 per «ent of normal White potatoes, 63.7 per cent of nor- mal. BS Flax, 62.3 per cent of normal; 8,300,- 000 bushels. ! | | league. Hay no percentage; tame, 79,800. ,, league. of certain American republics, it is learned here in reiiable sources. Belief is expressed that Cltile will be; among them. Argentina withdrew} from the first assembly when her amendments were not accepted. The committee on amendments re | Permission Granted Atty.-Gen.' Lemke to Carry Fight Up To U.S. Supreme Court - have suffered injuries and an engineer died last week as a result of a shoot- ing affray. The acts have followed a strike on the road last spring which ulted in union employes who fought a decrease in wages being replaced by jnon-union workers, jected the one propose’ by Argentina providing that all sovereign states | should be members of the league un-) less they voluntarily abstained from; membership. Foreign Minister Pueyr. redon last night said this action by, the committee undoubtedly meant re-| jection of that amendinent’ by the as-j sembly and that such action would) result,in the absolute and Permanent} separations of Argentina from mer Says League Is Dead. Signor Pueyrredon said the league} was dead,” explaining he did not be-; eve it could survive “under the; present undemocratic system of or-| ganization in which there is an equal-! ity of duty but not an equality of; power.” i “This distinction fs not conducive; to harmony and co-operation among the members.” He continued, “The possibility of a new world association | of nations growing out of the Wash-| ington conference depends on the (nite ratings are being returned one! | week after the man’s appearance be-! |fore the clean-up squad. H | “I should urge every man to make| T0 REPAY lj N jarrangements to appeir before the: a Na ; squad on the first day of its stay in . aoe. | Bismarck.” i | Any ex-service man desiring fur-|Seed Loans Payable Oct. 1,/ {ther information can he informed) United States, ‘That country holds the} Key to the situation.” | “While the interests of the man- date peoples,” Lord Cecil continued “are safeguarded by the covenant the) are not yet so safe-guarded by the. | Attorney General Lemhe. | the official list prmted in the Travda Fargo, state grain} grading commission is granted per- mission to carry the question of the constitutionality of the state grading laws to the United Siates supreme court for final decision, rding to decision today in the U. S. district court Here. The request was made by SOVIET REFUSES INVESTIGATION BY RELIEF BODY Calls Naming of Frenchman, Chairman, a “Monstrous Jest” at Starving Moscow, Sept. 8.—(By the Associat- ed Press,)—-The Rusian Soviet gov- |ernment has~declined to permit the UPRISING PART ) international Relief Commission re- cently appointed by the allied su- Riga, Letvia, Se —(By the As-|"eme council to investigate condi- sociated Press.)—Sixty-one persons| tions in Russia préparatory to aiding have been executed by te Bolsheviki,| i" famine relief. being charged with partic:pating in the; | This decision was made known to- recent Petrograd plot, according to! ly through a note forwarded by M. Tchitcherin, the Soviet foreign min- ister to England, Italy, France and Belgium. The note says the Soviet The district court graated the com-| mission permission to continue the state law temporarily though it held} the law unconstitutional. The decision came in action brought by elevator interests asking that tie! law be declared unconstitutional and that it be not enforced. 61 EXECUTED IN PETROGRAD FOR of Petrograd. Among those put to | death were 16 women, most of whom | were accused of sheltering male par-/89Vvernment regards the appointment | ticipants in the plot. lof Joseph Soulens, of Framce, as chairman, as a “monstrous jest at the fate of the starving Russians.” The note recalls activities of M. Noudéns against the Soviet govern- ment when he was serving as French ambassador at Petrograd and dis- misses the entire proposal of the su- preme council as unthinkable and de- signed to give Russia’s enemes oppor- 46) tunities of spying into its affairs. It emphasises the Willingness of Russia to accept aid for its famine-striken {league organization.” . | The mandate, he added, must not Bis- | be “camouflage.” Coat MERCER COUNTY __/ Today’s Weather | FAIR SEPT. 15 * About $800,000: was loaned farmers) |_ For twenty-four hours ending STATE SCHOOLS FAIR \to aid in purchase of seed, Mr. Hall! Beulah, N. D., Sept. 8—The sixth’ noon Sept. 8. NOT OPEN =|said. Under the terms of the loan annual Mercer county fair will be held) Temperature at 7 a. m. No reports of schools failing to/the amounts are to be paid back Octo-|at Beulah, N. D., Sept aby 36 creel ecrennearaaetens 3 opén in the state have heen received ber 1, Payments may be made through | The program aa ten ude buek. Lowest ee aa jat the office of the staie superintend-/ any bank, Mr. Hall said, urging farm-|Traces, steer riding, ball games, Sst las 4 lent, The county superintendent of/ers who obtained seed loan money to|ing, contests, bowery dance, motor-| Precipitation . .. O REPORTS OF \ eycle racing, with Indian and cowboy | Highest wind velocit: ORDERS PROBE MINISTER’S BOND The, Farm Bureau federation does not” intend to ask the :armers of the state to invest thir money in any co-; operative marketing project until every detail is worked out so that the; plan as a whole shall have a fair Sa eeeiie nee dit for the: fe 1 being issued at 6 per cen is vide necessary credit for the: for sale are being iss marketing te mem aroducts in Minne.| When. the Industrial Commission , through the county Red Cross chaptet | M. O. Halls Says gota, the state farm bureau federation embarked on its first bond selling! or his American Legion post, Mr.; a8 has organized a joint committee of/campaign to obtain money to build | Mitchell said. | M.O. Hall, of Mohall, was in bankers and farmers. Tiis committee| mills and elevators it executed a mort-; |marck today, after having completed | will meet in St. Paul Friday to con-!gage on the Drake mill and property, NY three months work in Fargo assist-| sider the establishment of a co-opeta-|to-be acquired in the future for $5,-' ling in the direction of federal seed! tive farm credit corporation under ex-| 000,000. A total of $120,300 bonds at | loans in the state. isting Minnesota laws. The farm bu-|5 per cent were executed and deliver-| \ reau federations of several other grainjed. About $25,100 worth of bonds) producing states are taking similar| Were sold at Drake and about $95,200! “The United States Grain Growers, | Places. ne » ine! Incorporated, is a basiness organiza-|the Grand Forks elevator, is to be tion, established by the various far-|!é' mers’ organizations inierested in grain} marketing. If for any reason it is) found impossible to put the United! States Grain Growers, Incorporated, | into successful operation, the state ; and national farm bureau federations, Sprinsfield, Il will take whatever steps are neces. | 1en Small ord: sary to provide a co-op<tative mark ing system for grain producers, simi- lar to the marketing organizations ready provided throug? the Minnesota; Farm Bureau federation for livestock! and dairy products.” | Causes of Ruling Given. Evidence before’ the commission at! realizin g a total of $15,900, F. &. slaying of Father James Coyle, Cath (Continued on page 6.) olic priest, on August 11, IN MINE STRIKE Sept. 8.—Giovernor open last year. d an investigation of -| conditions in Harding county in con-'aple this year. |nection with the miners’ strike there. qualified corps of teachers has been;ture Wallace, in a letter, thanked Mr. IS MADE $10,000) Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 8—Bond in the hearing Aug. 10 showed that the|the sum of $10,000 was today fixed by Farmers Finance corperation had is-| Judge R. V. Evans in circuit court in sued its 21 shares of ‘no par value”|the case of Rev. R. Stephenson indict- stock to the United States Grain Grow- ed yesterday by the Jefferson county ers, Incorporated, and had sold 127 grand jury on a charge of second de- shares of preferred stock for casia, | gree murder in connection with the Slope county, from which reports; promptly reimburse the government. came recently that some schools would; Mr. Hall believes that the loan of not open, has written ‘ the state de-|seed money in the Northwest greatly partment that the same number of| stimulated production this year. Mr.} schools will open. this year that were! Hall, after getting an indorsement from the legislature on the proposition, There is a surplus of ieachers avai:-| went to Washington to work for the An unusually well! $2,000,000 bill. Secretary of Agricul- obtained in the state, according to re-'Hall for his efforts in promoting the sports to the te super:ntendent’s of: ' seed Ioan bill. fice. ‘There is no need of any district} using “permit teachers” this year, ac- cording to State Superintendent Niel- son. HALL’S REQUEST ; IS DEFERRED “We have reports that where dis- 7 tricts are not able to pay teachers sal- The state emergency commission aries in cash the teache!’s are accept-| has deferred consideration of the re- ing warrants and practicing thrift to| quest of Secretary of State Hall for the utmost,” said Miss Nielson. $10,000 with which to print a public “They are animate by a spirit of| {ty pamphlet previous to the recali service and sacrificing 2 great deal inelection until the petitions actually many communities.” are filed. | and wild west touches added, The Dunn Center band will furnish music each day. Premiums amount- ing to $1,000 and purses amounting to $1,000 are offered. BRITISH UNEMPLOYED DEMONSTRATION; CLASH WITH POLICE | London, Sept. 8—Demonstrations by ‘unemployed were held in many places throughout England yesterday and in ‘several cities serious disorders were narrowly avoide#. An ugly spirit was \in a evidence at Bristol where a crowd ‘attacked the building occupied by the [Board of Guardians and clashed with |; population from the individual pow- ers on such terms as those governing the relief work of the American Re- lief Administration and that of the - International Red Cross. MILL MANAGER IS PROMOTED L. W. McLean, manager of the Rus- sell-Miller Milling company’s mill in Mandan, has been promoted to the position of manager of the company’s large mill in Billings, Montana. He and Mrs. McLean will move to Bil- lings next week. Mr. McLean, who is the son of Mrs. Mary McLean of Bismarck, has been with the milling company for 1% years in various capacities The Bi!- lings mill is one of the largest prop- erties of the company. , : Foreeasi For North Dakota: Unsettled weath- y with possibly showers; cooler Friday and in the jnorth and west portions tonight. STAGE BIG the police. In the ensuing struggle police broke banners and captured a red flag. Finally the gates before the building were opened and a large body of constables charged the crowd which was dispersed but the windows in a hundred shops were smashed. iting scenes also were witnessed