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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
WHEAT PRODUCTION
TO 0ESTABLlSHNEW
RECORD, PREDICTED
Condition Of Winter Wheat l.
Far in Advance Of That One
Year Ago, Indicated.
tBy the Associated Press)

Washington, June "a wheat pro-
duction of 1,238,o00,0 900 bushels,
combining winter wheat and spring
crops, was forecast today by the de-
partment Of agriculture from the
condition of crops on June l. Win
ter wheat production is forecast at
893,O00,00O bushels compared with
899,915,000 bushels forecast last
month, making 1t the largest ever
grown. Condition of winter wheat
was 94.9 per cent of a normal, COM
pared with 1913 last year.
Spring wheat production is fore
cast at 343,00O,0O0 compared with
last years production of 359,OOO,OOO
bushels. which was the record crop.
Acreage this year is 22,593,OOO.
Condition of crop, June 1, was 99.2
per cent of normal, compared with
95.2 year ago.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
WINNIPEG TROUBLE
CALMING DOWN; KEY
men BACK TO WORK
Military Forces Ready For
Any Emergency; Telegraph
Operator. Reinstated.
(By the Associated Press)

Winnipeg, June 11.-Mayor C. F.
Gray in a proclamation published this
morning, again urged citizens to as
sist in the maintenance of law and
order by keeping off the streets as
much as possible and attending strict
ly to business.
II wish to avoid the Use of sterner
methods, il possible" the proclama-
ton read, "but will use whatever
methods are necessary to preserve
law and order"
Military forces have been ordered
to "stand by" prepared for any
emergency.
Telegraph operators of the Cana
dian Press (Limited) of Winnipeg
Calgary and Edmundton, who have
been on strike for more than three
weeks, returned to their keys this
afternoon following satisfactory ne
gotiations with the management. The
operators were reinstated with their
former status.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
|BERC GER CHALLENGES
RIGHT OF HOUSE TO
PROTEST. HIS SEAT
Milwaukee Representative
s Counsel Indicates He Is Pre-
pared for Visorou. Fight.
(By the Assoo,atad Prssl,

i Washington, June 11.-Victor l.
Berger, representative elect from the
9Th Wisconsin district. challenged
through counsel today the right Of
the house Of representatives or one
Of its committees to deprive him Of
his seat.
The question Of Jurisdiction was
raised after Chairman Dallinger in
opening the hearing had expressed
the opinion It was the committee'a
purpose to go into the case from the
beginning. and permit the introduc-
tion OF evidence by the defense. which
was excluded BY the court in which
Berger was convicted and given 90
year sentence for violation Of the es-
pionage act.
81 H. r. Cochems, Of Milwaukee,
Berger's counsel, plainly indicated
that he is prepared for q long and
vigorous fight in Berger's behalf. and
Chairman Dallinger was just as in
.sistent that there was no desire on
the part of the committee to railroad
the case or prevent Berger having full
opportunity to present his side.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
BEG YOUR PARDON

In a news article under the cap
tion, Lands Are Withdrawn from
Hail Protection" printed in Mon
days issue Of the Alert, statement
by Commissioner of Insurance OILS
ness was given. In said article II
was stated that "a price Of SO cents
an acre for cultivated lands. and
three cents an acre for uncultivated
lands, is required for state insurance
under the law"
In telephone communication 70
the Alert Tuesday, Mr.. Olsness ad-
vises that the statement $50 cents an
acre" is misleading. The amount is
yet to be determined. altho the law
provides that the maximum rate per
acre for cultivated lands shall be SO
cents per acre.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
LUTHER AN SERVICES
IN BUT ONE LANGUAGE

Bismarck, NJ. d., June 10.-(spe-
cial. Rev. John Flint. pastor Of
Trinity Lutheran church, Bismarck's
leading Norwegian congregation, an
nounced today that hereafter all re-
ligious services in his house Of wor-
ship will be conducted in the Eng
lish language. Heretofore the serv-
ices have been part in Norwegian
and part In the tongue Of America.
Henceforth the American language
will be the only one spoken from the
pulpit.
Rev. Flint has returned from an
enjoyable months vacation in north
ern Ainnesota. and his appearance
indicates that he has derived much
benefit from his outing. Il
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
PARDONED CONVICT
GIVEN GOLD WATCH
BY PRISON INMATES

Bismarck, N. D., June 10.-(Spe-
cial. AN unusual ceremony marked
the checking out" of A. M. knight
from the state prison term at the
conclusion of his penitentiary sen
tence, shortened. several monthe by
good behavior. Mr.. knight had been
very active, in educational work
among the inmates, and had devoted
much of his time to building up
the night school. He also drilled
the men, in amateur theatricals and
recently staged at the prison for the
inmates, the governor and other
state officials an original play show
ing how convict can come back"
which was unusually meritorioHs.
When IT came Knights time to "go
out" fellow prisoners made up a
purse out of their meagre earnings
and purchased for him handsome
gold watch, which was presented 10
him with an earnest expression Of
good will. knights alleged offense
was obtaining money under false
pretenses. He has left for San An
tcnio, Tex, where he expects to be-
gin life anew, under his real name,
which is not knight. He intends.
he told the men he left behind, to
prove that he was expressing his own
honest convictions when he wrote
his prison play, and to show the
world that a convict can "come.
hack /"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
FRENCH WIFE QUESTION :
INTERESTING ONE SAYS
FORMER JAMESTOWN MAN

A letter from Lieut. Alex Stein
bach notes that he Is still at 'Brest,
France. He expects to go to Eng
land on leave this month, as the Ital-
ian leaves are still under ban. He
mentions meeting various James.
town soldiers, including Sergeant
e. v. Quinby, Lieutenant Tordon
and others.
Part of his letter follows:
Occasionally We get . North Do
kota man through here but not Of
ten. Had Lillian Blackwell cf
Cooperstown, an army nurse who
knows Frank Newberry. 1t. Col.
J. w. Jackson Of Williston formerly
on the State Board Of Control), got
out on the Mobile. Col. Chas. F.
Thompson of jamestown, is also here
waiting for the President Grant.
1t. Col. Chas. w. Wing, GAG, ia
the Base Welfare officer.sand 1 see
him quite often. He is the SON of
Chas. K. Wing of Darlington.
Major Dana Wright is now sta
toned with his corps at Ribineaut
near Chaumont, but is on. leave in
England at the present time. was
up to see him the early part Of this
month and we went all over the
country between the Argonne and
the Meuse, the east bank Of the
Meuse, the Verdun Notifications, the
Argonne,; and the Champagne front
from the Argonne to Rheims, includ-
ing Rheims Itself. It made three
dayssof continuous automobiling but
was well worth II. We stopped at
1t. Ken Wanner's grave and took
some pictures Of It which have not
been finished as yet.
.Is II have lost sight OF 1t. Donald
Wanner, the last I knew he was at
Saint Afghan. It. Cuyler Anderson
IS assigned to duty at Pontenazen.
but Is at present attending college In
England.
The movement of troops home is
proceeding 50. rapidly that expect
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
MANDATE FOR FORMER
GERMAN COLONIES TO
Be DEhlG,g'Y ALLIES
COUNTY CO z sloNEsRS
VOTE TO CONSTRUCT NEW
!. ROADS, TWELVE BRIDGES

Members Of the board of county
commissioners, at their regular June
session conducted Monday and Tues
day, voted to construct two new
roads in stutsman county, and IL
bridges in various parts of stutsma7.
Bids for such construction will be
advertised at once.
Bids will be opened July IL for
construction of a new road from
Courtenay to spiritwood lake, also
a road five and one-half miles in
length extending west from Wood
worth.
Twelve new bridges will be con-
structed in various parts of Stuts-
man this year as a result Of action
taken by the county commissioners.
Bids for bridge work will be opened
soon.
Contracts are being let regularly
by the county commissioners for the
dragging Of roads in all sections of
Stutsman. Farmers have been busy
in the fields up to the present time,
cut can now devote some time to
dragging roads, while contractors are
also being employed in such work.
i No action to stop the spread OF
5grasshoppers. particularly in the
southeastern section Of the county,
was taken owing to the fact that no
petitions along this line were pre-
sented.
1t Is reported thatsnnany farmers
In the county have gone ahead with
the work Of spreading grasshoppor
poison bit ins their fields. the cure GU!
being effective it is said.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12

most Of us will be able to get out in
July. The percentage Of French
wives has taken an unexpected jump
and the welfare workers are await
ing transportation in droves, Its
an interesting proposition this
French. wife question and We get
some strangely assorted pairs. They
are an awful nuisance to handle. al
though we are running regular
camp for them with a British Y. W.
G. "a. lady in charge. She lines them
up, gives them q daily dose Of cas-
tor oil,s has compulsory bathing, and
takes them down to the docks, where
We put them on the lighters
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
new ROCKFORD IS
MAKING BID FOR
FREM|lEN'S MEET
Reconstruction Convention
Of State Blaze Quencher,
viii End Today.A

- Bismarck, n. D., June 11.-(Spe-
cial. )-The 36th annual convention
of the North Dakota Firemen's asso.
citation, one that may we'll be styled
a reconstruction convention" will
close this afternoon with the election
of officers and the selection of q
meeting place for 1920. New Rock.
ford appeared on the scene yester.
day as a hot contender for the honor
of entertaining the flremen in 1920
and the balloting on this question il
expected to be spirited. Harry
Thompson, former chief of the Bis.
marck fire department, is an active
candidate for the presidency of the
association to succeed w. F. Cras.
well of Valley City, for fifteen yea Is
chief of his home fire department
and for two years head of the state
organization. 1t is not known wheth.
er there are other candidates.
The address of welcome was made
yesterday by Mayor A. w. Lucas
who formally turned over the keys oi
the city to the visitors. President
w. F. Craswell responded on behalf
of the firemen. One of the most in.
teresting addresses of the day was
made by Frank Robson of Cando
who spoke on reconstruction and
the part which the North Dakota
Firemen's association must play in
this program in the state and in their
own communities. Mr.. Robson pre-.
sented many points which sank
home, and his address was enthusi.
astically applauded.
The Bismarck convention has
proven that the firemen's association
car come back. k.ss There s was nc
mesetpE of the}tate organization
lastsyear because Of the war. The
Int assembly, repealed TIE act un.
der whcfSs 900 had beg / apn fopri.
ated for each bienniuY fa more
than a,adaaner Of xscaa trfy 4S9ls,
the firemen in financing their annual
convention. Fears had been express
that these discouraging factors
might result in a loss Of interest on
the part of the firemen. The splendid
attendance and close interest shown
in the sessions have proven that this
is anything but true, and as q result
of the Bismarck convention the fire.
mems association. standing upon its
own feet, and without its old-time
state subsidy, enters upon its new
career with a better spirit than ever
before.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
PEACE TREATY TO BE
SIGNED BEFORE JULY
/, NEWSPAPER AYERS
.By shs Associated Press,

N01 WV 4ADOvSsoSWV SbVWvE
Paris, June 10 (Havas) The
signing of the peace treaty with
Germany before July !, and its
ratification by various parliaments
before August /, is predicted to-
day by the Echo de Paris.
1t is expected that the answer
to the German contemporaries
will be handed over probably on
Friday. The course of the Ger
mans. 1t thinks, will be to replace
the schieGemann government by
another government in case the
present government determines
not to sign the peace treaty terms
as the Allies finally present them.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
EIGHTEEN PUPILS OF
ST. JOHNS ACADEMY
ARE GIVEN DIPLOMAS

A filled house greeted the eighth
grade graduates of St. Johns in the
school auditorium yesterday as they
received their diplomas from Rev.
Father Geraghty.
After the opening chorus Father
Geraghty addressed the pupils, re-
minding them that each has, thru
life, part to play, and that it is a
duty incumbent on him to play it
we'll.
Cecilia Hamm received IS in gold
for highest excellence in scholarship
in the eighth grade, and Edith Kelly
IS for highest In tine seventh. Both
these gifts we're prizes offered by
their pastor, who is always in evil
dence when there is anything to Le
done that will tend to the advance
ment of education in North Dakota.
Then followed two-act comedy,
IA Day and a Night" which was
greatly enjoyed. The academy or
chestra played, between the acts.
The list of graduates, eighteen in
number, follows: Helen Maze, Mar
garet Gates, Mildred Wells, Donald
Davis, Pearl Bowen, Donald Mckee
knie, Bernice Devlin, Cynthia VIM,
Genevieve Rulon, Marjorie Brock
man, Miriam Boyle, George Delmore;
Cecilia Hamm, Laura Gillighan, LOU
tse Degen, Margaret Boyle, Nellie
Sabraw, Arthur Aughney.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
'blETHO ODIST CENTElAR
FUND II ASSES GOAL

ChicagO, June 10.--The Metho odtst
Joint Centenary for $105 900, 900
passed its goal today, the director.
! Dr. John Hanchera, announced.
The total today had reached $1O6.-
S2s5. .OOO, with six, large bdivisions
Sof the loan work vet to report their
latest contributi tions. s.s=5s5
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
BILL FOR FABULOUS ,
SALARY FOR EXPERT
APPROVED BY BOARD

Bismarck, N. d. June 1O.-Bills
for $1,000, representing the first
months salary which the workmen's
compensation commission had con-
tracted to pay Emile Watson, an en-
ploye of the Ohio Industrial commits
sion, was approved under protest by
the state auditing board this morn
ing. Attorney General LANCER, as 4
member OF the board, gave an opin-
ion that the North Dakota compensa-
tion commission had legal right
made motion that while. the bill
is considered highly exorbitant," it
be allowed. Mr.. Watson has anoth-
er months salary upon the same bas-
is coming to him under the contract
which he holds from the workmen's 5
compensation commission, and Com
missioner John N. Hagan, who ap-
peared before the auditing board to
protest against the holding up Of
Watson's voucher, revealed the in
teresting fact that while Mr.. Watson
will continue to devote his full time
to the work. of the Ohio board, he
will receive side money Of $500 per
annum from the North Dakota COM
mission, for his services I'm an ad-
visOry capacity"
Why Not Have Secretary.
The auditing board asked Mr.. Ha-
gan, who is chairman OF the commits
sion, why the board did not employ
a capable secretary to handle this
work, instead of paying one salary
to q man for doing nothing" and go
ing outside the state for expert ad-
vice." Mr.. Hagan resented the i'm
plication that the commission had
been extravagant in its expenditure
of the peoples money in extra fancy
salaries.
Following the approval Of the bill
of 800 for months salary to Mr..
Watson, Attorney General LANCER
moved that hereafter before any
board contract Indebtedness of this
kind in excess of $1,000 it confer
with the state board of auditors.
State Treasurer Olson seconded the
motion and it was unanimously
adopted.
Charge Exorbitant.
Mr.. Watson has been employed by
the commission to serve for two
months in an acturial capacity. An
expert commercial actuary who prob
ably earns five times as much in a
year as Mr.. Watson receives from
the Buckeye board with which he ii
employed, hae informed member Of
the auditing board that s. 900 would
be a very liberal allowance for the
services which Mr.. Watson has been
engaged to perform. tIn T.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
FIREMEN AND ENGINEERS
URGE THAT MOONEY AND
DEBS BE GIVEN FREEDOM

Denver. June 1.-THE convention
OF the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen and Engineers has adopted
a resolution urging that e. v. Debs
and Thomas Mooney, now in prison,
be freed, it was announced today.
The conventions sessions are execu-
tive.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
UFA CAPTURED BY
BOLSHEVIK. FORCES

London. June 11.-Bolshevik fore
es on Monday captured one Of the
cities recently taken by the troops Of
Admiral Kolchak after three days OF
sanguinary fghting, according to q
Russian wireless dispatch.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
DEVILS LAKE YOUTH
IS AWARDED DISC.
lBy tho Associated press)

Washington, June 12.-The follow
ing awards of the distinguished SER
vice cross to officers and enlisted men
of the Expeditionary Forces were an
nounced by General Pershing in a
report today: Joseph J. Donahue,
Devils Lake.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12

Washington, June 11.-Former
Senator Elihu Root OF New York ap-
pearing Unexpectedly before the SEN
ate foreign relations committee to-
day. testified that it was he who
showed copy OF the peace treaty
with Germany to Senator Lodge.
Mr.. Root testified that he got it
from Henry P. Dawson of the Morgan
banking house.
Mr.. Dawson testified that he got it
from Thomas Lamont, another part
ner in the Morgan house, one of the
financial advisors of the American
peace mission in Paris, but asked for
it not in his capacity as banker but
as president of the International Red
Cross League, which is backed by the
covenant of the League of Nations.
J.tP. Morgan testified that he had
not seen copy of the treaty, so did
Frank Vanderlip, retiring president
of the National City bank.
It to no one but Mr.. Root.
During an hours testifying on the
witness chair, Mr.. Root said he thot
President Wilson was in his constitu-
tional right in not sending it to the
senate. but~th0ushe.aitp perfectly be
gitimate that the senate should ask
for it after 1t had been published by
the government. He gave it as his
opinion that the president was in his
right in not consulting the senate
more freely, but thought it would
facilitate solution had that been
done.
Mr.. Root saw nothing improper in
Mr.. Dawson having a copy of the
treaty.
At the conclusion of Vanderlip's
testimony the committee ended the
hearing for the day and went into
executive session.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
LABOR LAW HAS
SWEEPING EFFECT
Would Force ''':'''..I Humble ! Hen to
Set N ReAyt- Cut. Milk
Supply to Third.

$1,000,
The following letter from a re-
tired farmer living in jamestown is
published because Of its general iu-
terest not not because it affects the
laws to be referred to the people
June 26th.
Jamestown, N. D., June 8, 1919.
Referendum Editor Alert:
lam writing you an open letter to
Attorney General LANCER asking him
for an opinion on, the eight hour
labor law. This law is not going to
be voted on at the special election,
but if read it right it is the worst
law Of the whole business. I am
retired farmer and have two sons,
one in the grocery business and one
on the farm. We are all Nonparti-
sans and by heck, i was going to vote
for all OF the new laws but now J
amt so sure as was.
was reading this labor law,
House Bill No. 1876 it is marked il,
the book, and II it is enforced it is
going to make it mighty hard on the
fellers in business in the city. My
son will have to hire all men clerks
and that amt all. The law don't
say anything about girls or women,
it just says females Mares is f.
males and If this law amt killed my
son will have to sell his mares he is
using on his delivery wagon and buy
some geldings after July 1.
And that ain't all, l wasn't sure
about mares being females SO look
ed it up in the dictionary and it says:
.'Female-one of that sex that pro-
duces young the plant or flower that
produces seed or fruit" Now it Is
plumb easy to see that this law will
make all the companies get geldings
for their. delivery wagons, but what
gets me is how even Bill LANCER is
going to stop the cows from making
milk "a hours*&sday.f
.H thta snlprced. Its sure
going to cut the milk supply in
Jamestown down two-thirds. And
that amt ALL. it will be against the
law to set hens in jamestown after
July 1, unless you have six hens for
every setting of eggs, to set on the
eggs in eight hour shifts and three
extra hens for Sunday.
And what is worst than that II
Bill LANCER has the same definition
of females as oah Webster, I'll have
t ocutt down my apple trees and dig
up my gooseberry bushes here in
jamestown. heard about class leg
islation before, but this is the worst
ever seen. But that amt all, if
my wife has to dig up her rose BUSH
es and other flower "that produces
seeds" it is sure going to be hard to
live with her.
Bill LANCER says as how he is go
ing to enforce every bill on the stat
ute books, and now what l want ID
know Is, is there anyway to stop this
law before July. 1, and before Ober-
miller or the sheriff comes up and
makes our COW quit making milk "a
hours day, Shoes our hens of the
nest, cuts down my apple trees aud
digs up the wife's flower garden, Or
do I have to move to some other
state?
Yours respectfully,
,Nonpartisan Farmer.
P.S. ain't no bolshevik, but I'm
liable to be one If they amt no way
to stop some of these fool laws.
p. s. Again. Gosh! And that
amt all, is "tin lizzies" females?
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-06-12
PEACEPACTC0P
OWNED DBY MORGAN
FIRM, INDICATED
Elhu Root Te.tifie. He Sc
cured Treaty Term. From
Member Of Banking House.
(By the Associated Press)

Washington, June 11.-Elihu Root,
former secretary of state, appeared
today at his own suggestion before
the senate foreign relations commit
tee Investigating how copies of the
peace treaty got into hands of per-
sons in New York, testified that for
several weeks he had a copy given
to him by Henry P. Davidson of the
Morgan banking house.
Senator Lodge said the copy he
had seen was shown to him by Mr..
Root.