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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-16
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FARM KEYNOTE
Of CONVENTION
Tri.state Grain Growers Open
Eighteenth Annual Show in
Fargo Today
THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED
FARMERS IN ATTENDANCE
J. P. Hardy, Secretary Gate City
Commercial Club, Gives Ad-
dress Of Welcome

Fargo, N. D., Jan. 1G.-Thirty-fve
hundred farmers from North Dakota,
South Dakota and Minnesota today
swarmed into Fargo, to attend the
eighteenth annual meeting OF the Tri.
State Grain and Stock Growers asso.
citation, and contingent activities that
will make this a red letter week for
Fargo.
Selling Quantity.
The Northwest has been selling
quantity rather than quality in seed
potatoes and must standardiZe the
crop in order to furnish guarantee in
quality that will mean something, de.
clared c. L. Grown of St. Anthony
Park, Minn., in the opening technical
address of the Tri-State Grain and
Stock Growers convention this morn
ing. Mr.. Brown said that legislation
was needed to bring this about, and
that such laws were now being work
ed out by the Minnesota Potato Grow
ers' association
500 Are Present.
About 500 farmers were present this
morning from North Dakota, South
Dakota and Minnesota, many having
been delayed t'by# late traIns. 1T was
expected that the attendance would
be doubled by noon and would reach
/ 1850 before the end of the week.
The convention was opened by Pres
ident C. B. Waldron of Fargo. The
delegates were welcomed by J. P!Har.
dy, secretary of the local commercial
club,
Otto Uhlhorn. Ransom county agent
said that corn was raised in the vicin-
ity Of Mandan three or four hundred
years before white men settled the
country. It. had been shown that it
produced 20 bushels per acre, against
the present production of 23.9 bushels.
He recommended isolation of the in
dividual feed plant and ear-to-roW
methods to breed up strong seed.
In addition to the grain and stock
growers, simultaneous conventions OF
the North Dakota Society of Equity,
the stockholders of the proposed
Equity packing plant. The National
Farm Management association, the
women's auxiliary Of the Grain and
Stock Growers association, and the
North Dakota Polytechnic society will
be held. A local feature opening to-
day with the coming of these thous-
ands Of delegates, was the home prod
nets show, to which each visiting dele
gate was given ticket.
With the convening Of the various
today came word that Roder-
|ck Mckenzie, secretary of the Cana
lian council Of agriculture, scheduled
to speak Thursday morning, will ad'
dress the convention tomorrow.
eetterment Of the Farm.
The aim of all the societies whose
opened here today, is bet
terment of the conditions Of the far
mer. Farmers organizations, business
of the farm, marketing
and cooperative methods, and road
work were the principal themes for
Charles e. Forbes,
Minnesota state highway engineer, Is
scheduled for an interesting talk in
this connection tomorrow.
Today's program was largely intro
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magazines; to play billiards or to 60
to places of innocent amusement. On
ISnn <h> A1
3y Justice ]. E. Robinson

magazines; to play billiards or to 60
to places of innocent amusement. On
one side of the meridian line the do
ing Of thing is sin and crime, and
on the other side of the line it is
neither sin nor crime. BY our great
est jurists, such laws have been de-
nounced and held void.
Now, sir, let me tell you that l am
not above working with my own
hands to make an honest living. l
own a good farm and grow carloads OF
pigs and lots of corn and grain, and l
care little for my ofice only SO far
as it puts me in position to main
tain the right and to denounce the
wrong. / hope the people did not
elect me, by . great majority, to come
here and to act the part OF coward
or q dummy.
And now. sir, let me ask you few
questions:
Do you, know that God made the
Heavens and the earth and rested
only when his work was done; and
that the time for man TO rest is when
he has done his work, or when he 10
tired?
DO yoa know there d . class Of men
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RUSSIAN ATTACKS
END IN FAILURE
(united PresSl

Berlin, Jan. 16.-Failure Of strong
Russian attacks on both sides Of the
Fededi river was reported in the off1.
cial statement issued today. dealing
with the activities on the eastern
front. After violent artillery activity
on both sides of the river. the human
waves broke down for several hun
dred yards. Some hostile detachments,
however, managed to penetrate a few
Teutonic first lines, but these were lat
er driven out with terrific losses. In
similar attacks near Sept, two hundred
prisoners were taken.
Bending back Of a trench attack,
south of Roye, was announced ohdcial.
ly today. Elsewhere on the western
front, the fighting was moderate, with
little artillery activity, the statement
said.
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The Blue Sky Law and Other Matters
BY Justice J. E. Robinson

who never earn their bread by the
sweat of their brow; who never do an
honest days work, and who live on
the labor Of others; and for that rea'
son they grow narrow minded and il
liberal?
Do you know that under the consti'
tuition of the state every man has a
right to live and prosper and to pur'
sue and obtain safety and happiness;
and 10 Il not the duty Of the clergy to
know and to teach the people how to
obtain prosperity and happiness IN
this world as we'll 40 in the next, and
10 not that duty sadly neglected?
DO you know that the Sabbath was
made for man, and not man for the
Sabbath, and that 1t is lawful to DO
good and to pull an OK or an ass out
Of a ditch and to pass the contribution
box even on the Sabbath day?
Do you know-th intolerance and
standpatism Of those who live on the
labor Of others has been the great
curse of humanity; that It has made
countless thousands mourn, and 1t is
all contrary to the human teachings Of
the One who is Lord even Of the Sab
JAMES E. ROBINSON.
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HEAD Of LEAGUE
SAYS STATE HAS
OUTCROWN Law
Designed To Aid Stockmen and
Indian Fighters and Not
Farmers of North Dakota
MONSTER PETITION IS
STARTED AT STEELE
Man Who Put Organization Over
Speaks at Jamestown This
Afternoon

Steele, N, D., jan. Indian
fighters and COW punchers" made the
present constitution, declared A. c..
Townley, president Of the Non-Parti.
san league, in his address here late
yesterday afternoon, in which he urg-
ed that petitions be signed and sent
to state senators urging them to vote
for House Bill a., the revision plan
ned to pave the way for the leagues
program of state owned utilities.
Mr.. Townley asserted that the "ln'
dian fighters and COW punchers" plan
ned the constitution to suit their needs
and not those of the farmers. He de-
clared agriculture had been wholly
overlooked in it's drafting.
Accepted Spokesman.
The head of the league and the &C.
cepted spokesman for the organization
spoke for an hour. He said that it
was necessary for the senators to
know how their constituents felt about
the proposition of the state engaging
in public utilities, especially the oper'
alton of elevators, flour mills, packing
plants and hail insurance. g..
"If the league program is thwartedJ
he declared, "by holdover senators
there is danger of all past labor and
expense to get control of the execu
tive branches of government being
wasted through long delay"
He pointed to the profits OF the
twine plant operated at the state pen
itentiary in defending. the leagues
plan to build state utilities to admins
ter to the marketing needs OF the far
mer.
Steal in Wheat, He Says.
"Ladd's experiments he said
"showed that Dakota feed wheat
brings two dollars per bushel value IN
food products but that the farmer gets
only "a cents. Present marketing sys'
tenn, he says, means loss to the far.
mer from one.fourth to two-thirds OF
the real crop value
He declared the league is not max
ing a new constitution but merely asks
that the people be allowed to vote Tor
the changes. The petition was signed
generally by those present and by
many not league members. Mr.. Town
lev left for Jamestown, where ne
speaks this afternoon.
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ENTENTE PEACE ANSWER
YIELDS TEUT0N FACTIONS
(united Pre3S.)

Berlin, Jan. 16.-Germany does not
regard the Entente Allies reply as a
listing Of peace terms, but instead re-
CARDS it as setting forth the Entente's 8
aim of conquest. The note is regard
ed as the confirmation of a c0nspir-
acy of nations to crush Germany.
German public opinion has arrived
at this decision, following the first
shock following the receipts of the
note. The general effect of the note
has been to weld an Germany togeth-
er evenly more firmly to continue the
war in defense of their national ex-
istence. ....t,
It is considered certain that there
will be no more peace note writing
from here for the present. In view OF
the heavy losses, it is believed that
the recent Rome conference Of the
Entente Allies will be significant in
the new offensive in the west. That
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FALKENHAYN NOW
ON GREEK SOIL
ASSOCIATED PreSs)

London, Jan. 16.-The presence in
Greece of General Won Falkenhayn,
former German chief of staff, and of
late in command Of part of the forces
engaged in the campaign against Ru-
mania, is reported in French official
quarters at Saloniki, according to a
Reuters dispatch from that point.
General Falkenhayn is said to have
embarked on a submarine at the Greek
port of Kavala, now in the hands II
the Germans, and to have landed on
the Greek coast, whence he made his
way to Larissa
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ALLIES MAY DEPOSE
KING CONSTANTINE
FOR An ITALIAN
London Times Says That Entente
Determined To Rid Greece
of Present Ruler
BELIEVED CONFERENCE AT
ROME DECIDED ON ACTION
Omitted Press.).

>, f., New York. Jan. 16.---7That, King Ton.
stantine will be deposed and an Ital-
ian prince will be placed on the Gre
clan throne was the story carried by
the Times in a dispatch from Athens
today. The report says the proposed
change has the full approval OF the
Venizelos faction. The recent confer
ence fthe Entente Allies at Rome
is said to have approved this plan.
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DEWEy'S DEATH
EXPECTED At
ANY MOMENT
ASSOCIATED Press)

Washington, Jan. 16.-Admiral Dew
ey's condition at $3.50 o'clock this
morning was said by his doctors to be
distinctly worse" and it was feared
he would not live through the day.
In a bulletin this afternoon his ply
sicians said: 'The admiral Is worse
than at any time since he became Ill.
His wife, at his bedside almost con-
stantly since he became i'll, this AFTER
noon appeared near collapse.
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SWISS MOBILIZATION.
(AsSociated Press.)

Berne, Jan. 16-Official announce
ment was made today that the federal
council has decided, as a measure Of
precaution. to mobilize on January "a,
the second division and the contin-
gent of the fourth and fifth divisions
which have not yet been mobilized.
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Editors Note: Called to the

Editors Note: Called to the
carpet by Rev. william Gaines Of
Jamestown, for HE stand two
weeks ago on the Sunday observ-
ance laws, Justice J. z. Robinson
Of the supreme court In 4 com.
munication to the jamestown pae
tor says "is It not the duty Of the
clergy to know and 20 teach the
people how 70 obtain prosperity
and happiness in this world 40
we'll az in the next and 10 not that
duty sadly neglected." HE letter
10 as follows:
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Reformer of New School, Made
Executive Of Florida, Says
Bible Should Be in Politics and
That Strongest Law on This
Subject Comes From the Ten
Commandments; Determined
That Whiskey Must Be Ruled
Out

Tallahassee, Fla.,. Jan. 16.-With a
Bible as his platform and sermons as
his political speeches, Sydney J. Cats,
just inaugurated governor of Florida.
stands today the most unique figure in
an American gubernatorial chair.
A reformer of the new school, pro.
hibitionist with new but drastic ideas,
a former minister of the gospel who
hasn't forsaken his religion, Cats en-
tered the statehouse after fighting
Florida's most strenuous political bat.
tie, defeating the regular nominee Of
the all-powerful democratic party by
pitting Biblical quotations against
mudslinging.
His Bible will remain on the COVER
nor's desk until his term ends four
years hence, and to it he will turn for
counsel, rather than to political ad-
visers--so Cats declares.
Il have literally choked the devil
out of politics in Florida" declares
the new governor, "and the devil is
due another choking. l hope to have
enacted legislation that will make our
primary laws so plain and simple
there will be no chance for fraud"
Cats entered a five-cornered race
for the Democratic nomination for gov
ernor last spring. On the face of the
returns he was the winner over his
nearest opponent by a few hundred
votes and received certificate Of
nomiati0n.
A recount Of certain precincts was
demanded by the opposing side, and
granted by, the : courts, and after
months of suspense and re-checkiny of
votes a new certificate of nomination
was awarded to w. v. Knott.
Feeling he had not been treated
fairly, Cats announced he would en-
ter the general election despite the
Democratic certificate of nomination
held by his opponent.
In years gone by such move would
have meant political suicide in Flori-
da, but a political revolution swept
over the state in the fall Of 1916, and
Cats came out a victor by an over
whelming majority. r
Thus, for the first time since recon-
struction days, Florida has a governor
not the regular nominee of the Demo
cratic party. ~
Cats is the home" type Of man
genial, religious, Industrious. Frills
and airs are as distasteful to him as
q high-ball would be to William J.
Bryan. His administration, therefore,
will not be marked by brilliant social
events" but visitors to the mansion
will receive such a welcome as can
be given only by genuinely southern
hest.
Discussing his views on religion and
politics Cats says: Is
Il believe there IS place in poll.
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REV. William Gaines,
"JamestOWn. N, d.

Dear Sir: l have yours concerning
the Sunday Blue Sky Law, which !
hold to be no law at all. Il 10 clearly
contrary to the constitution and the
first principles Of natural right and
justice. It is remnant Of religious
or clerical bigotry and intolerance, for
which the clergy and the lawyers are
in a way responsible.
According to the pretended law It
ID sin and crime for person. on
the first day Of the week to buy or
sell frsit, candy, cigars, newspapers or
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Suffragists were uneasy today as
the hour approached for woman's suf
frage to come up in the house. John
Rott, an ardent anti-suffrage member
started the trouble by announcing that
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JOHN R07T HEADS
OPPOSITION TO
SUFFRAGE Twins
Measures Passing Senate May Be
Opposed in the Lower
House
FAIR LOBBYISTS BUSY
AT ELEVENTH HOUR
BILLS PASS.

The suffrage bill providing linn
tied franchise passed the house
late this afternoon by a vote Of
SO to 10. This measure has pass.
ed the senate and goes to Cover
nor Frazier for his signature.
On. the concurrent resolution
providing a suffrage amendment
to the constitution the vote stood:
SO to q. This must be ratified
by another session and then goes
to the people.
No fight developed on the floor
as was anticipated by John Rott.
Cheers and applause greeted the
passage Of the measure.
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GOVERNOR ASKS
ADOPTION Of
LEAGUES BILL
Says House Bill No. A Most I'm.
portant Legislation Now Be-
fore Legislature
.s,3i. gTFTs n }4Sei H..
No osREAsoN 1xIsTs FOR
CALLING CONVENTION
Terminal Elevators, Flour Mills
and Packing Plants Owned by
State Vigorously Advocated

TURN DOWN APPOINTMENTS.
The senate returned to Cover
nor Frazier late this afternoon
his appointments to the board Of
regents without action. No rea.
sons are stated. Debate was be-
hind closed doors. It became
known, however, that the senate
refuses to accept Lanuer's con-
struction Of the legality Of the
present board.
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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-11
FORMER ALASKAN
 NOW ON THE FRONT
 WITH GEN. PERSHlNG

Word has been received in Juneau that Captain Robert L. Weeks. for mer disbursing officer for the Alaska Road Commission, and before that stationed at St. Michael, is at pres ent with the First American conting- ent in France under the command of Major General Pershing.
 Captain Weeks was stationed at St. Michael as lieutenant and was later commissioned captain in the 16th Infantry. Later he was trans ferred to Valdez and detailed as dis bursting officer for the Road Com mission. He was succeeded in the Commission by Captain l.. A. kunzig who was in turn succeeded by Lieut. Col P. w. Davison. Captain Weeks has many friends among the old time Alaskans who will be glad to hear that he received the chance to be among the first of the officers sent to France.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-11
JUNEAU MEN
 ACCEPTED IN
 NAVAL RESERVE
Recruiting Officers Will Probably Make Trip to Westward on
 the UnaIga.

The enlistment of men for the Naval Reserve Corps here is going ahead at rapid rate and a number have already been accepted. Several times more have been turned down than have been accepted on account of physical disability. Those whc enlisted in the Reserve today were Sidney T. Shaw, Fred E. King Charles F. Heacock, Lewis E. Jen kins and J. L. Mcclure.
 It was recommended to Lieuten ant Davis and Lieutenant Clark, whC are acting as recruiting officers, that they join the coast guard ship Un alga on the conscriptive draft reg isration cruise along the far west ward coast and visit the canneries ol the westward section. They at once saw the benefit of the plan and have wired south for instructions.
 In case the necessary authoriza ton is received for them to make the trip. the two men will visit Wran gell, Petersburg and Ketchikan, leav ing this section either on the North western or Admiral Watson for Val dez, where they will join the Unalga The Unalga is supposed to leave Valdez July 15 but will be held un til the two naval officers join her if they are instructed to go.
 The Unalga has been ordered to make the cruise to the westward and Bristol Bay canneres to register all cannery workers of that section foi conscription and the officers will act IS recruiting officers for the Naval Reserve at the same time.
 A wire was received today from Deputy Collector of Customs kenne dy at Cordova, stating that a good chance for recruits exists there. It was also represented to the officers that from 5000 to 15,000 men work ing in the westward canneries are mostly sailors and navigatOrs and that prabably a percentage of them will sign on for service if urged.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-11
EMPIRE PRIZE BUICK COMES TO JUNEAU TO
 STAY ONLY BRIEFLY

The Buick Model 35 automobile, won by Mrs. Estella Barclay, of Ket- chikan, in the late Empire circulation campaign, arrived on the Spokane and is at the Pacific Steamship Com panys Wharf, where it has won great praise from those who have seen it. It is a replica of the Buick machine recently purchased by Allen Shattuck.
 The automobile will be shipped to Mrs Estella Barclay at Ketchikan on the Spokane when she sails from Juneau for the south Friday.
 The Seattle agents for the Buck au tomobiles had been requested by telegraph to ship the machine direct ly to Ketchikan, but it was evidently too late to change the billing. Al least, there was no change, and the machine came on through to Juneau
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Personal Mention

J. r. Davidson, general agent Tn Alaska for the Alaska Steamship Company returned from the south on the Mariposa.
 II. w. Clutter, superintendent of the Funter Bay cannery. is in the city on business and is at the Gas tineau Hotel.
 Mrs. o. G. Bayless and three chil lren, of Circle, Alaska, arrived on recent boat and are at the Hotel Zynda.
 Mrs. B. E. Hoffman, of Ketchikan arrived on recent boat and is at the Hotel Zynda for few days. Mrs. J. A. Stewart and family, ol Seward, arrived from the south last night on the Princess Alice and are at the Hotel Zynda.
 Floyd E. Ryus, business man ol Ketchikan, accompanied by Mrs. Ky us, is in the city and is registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
 Frank o. Burkhart and wife. who have been at the Gastineau for the past few days. left for the north or the Spokane last night. Tney arc bound for the Chilkat cannery where MT. Burkhart is superintendent.
 Maurice Casey. of the B. M. Beh rends Bank force. left on the Spo kane last night for a round trip t Sitka on his vacation trip. Emmet J. McKanna, broker, re turned from the south last night ol the Spokane. Mrs. Mckanna. wh
 has been spending the past winte
 in California, returned with him.
 Robert McKanna, who for the pas
 year has been longshore boss at Jl neau for the Alaska Steamship Con pany, left for Anchorage on the Mar posa and will fill the same positio there for the company.
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PERFECT ORDER IS PREVAILING
 AT KENNEC0TT
Two Hundred and Sixty Men Have Quit Work but Everything Is
 PeaCeabIe.

Everything is peaceful and good order prevails at Kennecott, accord ing to a telegram received by The Empire today from James M. Mil sap, deputy United States Marshal at Mccarthy The telegram also confirms the information contained in former Empire dispatch from the scene of the strike that the mill men are now out as well as the min CTS. There are now about 200 men out in the strike.
 The dispatch says:
 "All the miners in the Jum-
 bo, and Bonanza mines. 210
 men, walked out June 16.
 July the mill hands, about 50
 men walked out.
 Everything is peacable,
 and the order good"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-11
HUNGARY IS PREPARING FOR TWO MORE WINTERS
 OF WAR IF NECESSARY

VIENNA. July 1.-The Hungarian minister of defense declared that Austria counts upon two more win ters of war and is making prepara- tions accordingly.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-11
WORK OR ENLIST

SPRINGFIELD, July H. It will be a crime to show symptoms of hookworm if bill to be introduced in the State Legislature by Sen ator Dunlap of Champaign, Ill.,, is enacted into law. The bill provides that all idle men in Illinois between the ages of 19s and 50 years must join the army, go to work or go to jail.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-11
SALMON RUN THE LARGEST FOR
 PAST YEARS
icy Straits CannerieS Are Putting Up Enormous Pack - Fish Are
 Plentiful.

That the salmon run in the Icy Straits section is one of the largest in years is the report brought from there by cannerymen who arrived today. At the present time, accord ing to the report, all the canneries in that section are getting all the fish they can handle.
 Yesterday the Hawk Inlet cannery had 10000 cases packed, HoOnah 22,- 900 and Funter Bay 14,000. In addi- tion all of these three canneries had scow loads of fish alongside the dock waiting to be handled and the traps are reported full. The run this sea son is exceptionally early, in addi- tion to being large
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Summary
 decidedly the of during Light southern the interior and moderately heavy slon the Berng Sea coast
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MINING MAN HERE ON
 WAY TO CHICHAGOFF

R. E. Hutchinson, mining engineer and Secretary of the Hirst-Chicha- golf Mining Company, who arrived from the Westward on the Alame- da, will spend some time in this vicinity He will visit the Hirst and Bahrt properties on Chichagoff Island before returning to Seattle where his headquarters are.