The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 23, 1915, Page 3

THE NONPARTISAN LEADER “THREE ‘Briefly Told News of the World in Paragraph and Picture "Of the Week. Turkey, met further reverses. NewsSnpsh ts The opening of c called for preparedness; he also hailed a new pan-Americanism and condemned the foreign born citizens who abused their priv- ileges, asking for severe legislation with which to punish them. In the war area the British in their march on Bagdad, Aslatie Greece, while completely mobilized, held to her benevolent neutrality, while the Teutons cleared the rest of Servia. After the recall of Captains Boy-Ed and Von Papen of the German embassy was requested by our government Von Bernstorff asked for reasons, which were denied him. William F. McCombs and Charles D. Hilles, Democratic and Republican chairmen respectively, called the national commit- tees in session. Baron Shibusawa, Japan’s Morgan, visits us. Bryan bade Ford godspeed as the Oscar II., peace ship, sailed on its mission to Europe. Reports have it that the allies are evacuating Serbia entirely. Quiet reigns, it is reported, on all battle fronts of the armies of Eu- rope. T. R. calls President Wilson a “Byzantine logothete.” Now if that don’t start war, what will? The United States general war staff asks for an army of 1,500,000 men to defend the nation. German newspapers are strong in their criticisms of president Wil- son’s message .to Congress. The White House wedding cake was made by Mrs. Marian Cole Fish- er of St. Paul On Saturday Congress, having passed a resolution eantinuing the stamp tax, took a vacation to Jan- uary 4. - Gen. Haig has succeeded Sir John French in general command of the French forces in France and Fland- ers. The White Star steamship line has agreed to pay $644,000 on claims filed agaist it over the sinking of the Titanic. A second “note” to Austria, which is practically an ultimatum, has North- Dakota Loses Credit " Minnesota Mills Get Credit For Bulk of North Dakota Flour Output. With one excefition , 1910, North Dakota on the average has raised nearly double the wheat annually that Minnesota has. ' Yet Minnesota this year will have nearly five times the wheat North Dakota will. This is a startling state of facts brought out by R. F. Flint, commis- sioner of agriculture and labor for North Dakota. He calls it food for thought and inspiration for action. The big fact is that the farmers of North Dakota are raising the best spring wheat in the world and that too little of it, after it is made into flour bears a North Dakota brand when it goes into the markets of the world. 3 % Commissioner .Flint has compiled a report on the amount of milling done in North Dakota and Minneso- ta. It shows that 58 mills of North Dakota ground, a total of 9,031,296 bushels of wheat for_ the year end- - ing August 31, 1915, of. which was made 2,006,953 barrels-of flour. For ~ the same reriod Minnesota’s 226 mills . FeRial laca aF shinplng the manelar: - tured products,” ' ground 46,578,686 bushels of wheat, been forwarded to the Austria-Hun- garian authorities. Bread in London is 16 cents a loaf. Munition workers, mostly women and girls, get from $2 to $4 per week— a week of 73 hours. Tyrhus fever, known as the “black death”, according to a Car- ranza paper, now holds in its grip 60,000 victims in Mexico. A London report says that Earl Kitchener, British secretary of war, will soon wed the Dowager Countess of Minto—not by proxy, however. The Texas Daughters of the Con- federacy refused to congratulate president Wilson on his coming mar- riage because it was “so soon.” Ex-president Taft, declares that postmasters should be abolished. He says they cost the nation $4,000,000 annually and that the postal clerks do the work. The United States and Austria are engaged in a diplomatic set-to over the sinking of the Ancona. Washington officials' regard the, sit- uation as grave. = A B. & O. passenger train was crashed into by a trein of empty cars near Chester, Pa. last Friday The natural supposition is that the excess of this state’s product not milled in North Dakota is milled in Minnesota and bears the brand of that state in the markets of the world. The statistics would not be so dis- couraging, Mr. Flint points out, were it not for the fact that milling in North Dakota is falling off, the fig- ures for this state given above show- ing 2,252,609 less bushels ground in the state during that period than for the year prior, Regarding the situation, Mr. Flint says: “This is a serious condition of af- fairs and one for which a remedy must be found, if po:sible. It is a worthy ambition that North Dakota producers of grain should desire to see that grain manufactured into its. marketable parts in the state’s own mills, “It has been suggested that the probable reason for this falling off in North Dakota milling is due to the inability of country millers to secure enough local trade to absorb their output, and that outside com- petition has made the handling of their: curplus unprofitable. = That this might be the case seems to be borne out by the fact that while many interior mills are prospering it is only where they are well man- aged and, have exceptionally favor- able advantages in‘securing raw ma- resulting in five deaths and several injuries. Dispatches from Salonika reports that more than a million- Serbian girls and women are facing intense suffering and ppssible starvation as a result of the war. Government officials and detectives claim to have unearthed an extensive pro-German plot to wreck munition factories in the United States. Many arrests are expected, to follow. Secretary of the navy, Garrison, in his message to Congress, hints that if necessary “enforced military ser- vice,” will be resorted to, to carry out the administration’s prepared- ness program. Ex-president Taft was kissed at a Chicago theatre the other night by Geraldine Farrar, famous prima donna. It was by mistake, however, but the characteristic Taft smile smothed it all over. Reports from London say that un- married, eligibles may be conscript- ed to army esrvice before the married men are called. Maybe this will give impetus to the “marry before you die” program. Japan, England and Russia have Governmént T 0 Get Farm Hands Postal Department To Help Farmers To Solve Farm Labor Problems. Independent of any scheme for solving the farm labor problem which may be wocs:d out by the commercial clubs of North Dakota as a result of the meeing heeld in Fargo last week, the United States government new employnienc service has outlined a comprehensive plan to meet the situation next year. Details of the governmen”s plans as given out by Charles W. Seaman, inspector in charge of the Minneapolis office of the United States Department .of Labor, in his words, contemplate “a system to give service, not to make profit,” as opposed to the fee system and other evils of the private employ- ment bureau. The government’s ser- vice is free to farmers. Mr. Seaman explains the govern- ment system as follows: “Each postoffice in the state of North Dakota is to be an employment office and each postmaster an employ- ment agent. A farmer in need of help goes to: the postoffice, states the number of men he wants, when ~Europe or come requested China to stop the pro- ceding of returning to a monarchial form of government. The Pekin authorities view the request grave- ly. President Wilson and Mrs. Edith Bolling-Galt, beautiful Washington widow, were married last Saturday night at 8:30 and started on their honeymoon. The honeymoon will be spent at Hot Springs, Va. The Republican national conven- tion will be held on June 7th at Chicago, one week prior to the Democratic convention at St. Louis. A confidential friend says that Col- onel Roosevelt will attend the Re- publican convention. United States Comptroller of the currency announce the failure of the First National Bank at Wart- race, Tenn., capital $50,000, surplus $26,000 and deposits $130,000. The failure was due to ‘ forgeries and de- falcations of the cashier.” A report from Elpaso, Texas, says that General Villa has announced that he will abandon his efforts to overthrow the Carranza defacto government. He will go either to to the United States. he wants them,how long he wants them and what he will pay. This information he gives on blanks pro- vided, by the postmaster. The post- master forwards this blank to Mr. Seaman at Minneapolis, from which point all the employment business for North Dakota will be handled.” At the same time at all the post offices in North Dakota and thruout the middle west the postmasters will be registering men looking for work, the service being free to them as to the employers. The working men’s blanks also will be forwarded to the Minneapolis office by the postmast- ers. Mr.Seaman and his assistants, therefore will have before them a list of all the registered farmers needing help and a list of all the registered men needing work. It will then be merely a matter of getting would-be employee and would-be employer to- gether and exercising proper judg- ment as‘to which man should be sent to which job. ““As the work becomes better known thruout the country,” says Mr. Sea- man, ' “there is no apparent reason why the public should not turn natur- ally to it for assistance as it now turns to the other government de- partments for aid or service in other matters.” k The new service quotes the follow- ing ‘with aproval: “The man who wants work and will work and can not get work exists only because our organization ' is at fault.” : : R AN SUETFISE