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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-12
THURSDAY TO BE EP0CHAL DAY
IN HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA
WITH PROGRAM OF LEAGUE UP
Half Dozen Important Public Utility, Bond Issue
and Taxation Measures to Be Considered
by Two Houses Tomorrow

Thursday will be epocha day in the 10th general assembly
At special order of business the house will have
consideration House Bill which makes Governor Frazier
of the state industrial commission the master
and industrial king of North Dakota.
At II O'clock special orders the house will take
Bill 49, which creates the Bank North Dakota nstt
ton with greater and than any similar
financial establishment in the northwest.
At the house will take House Bill 49, which provides
the issuance of worth of state bonds which
finance the Bank of North Dakota.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-12
NAME COMPANY ID.
! TO LIQUIDATE
T.. WAR CONTRACTS

Washington, d. c., Feb. 12.--Ap.
pointment of the United States Liqui-
dation company, war department, to
liQuidate financial affairs of the war
department in Great Britain and
France was announced today. In ad-
dition to settling all claims of AMI
against associated governments. the
committee will be in power to dispose
of all movable and immovable prop
erty used by the American government
in England and France.
Headquarters will be maintained in
Paris.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-12
MOTOR VEHICLE
/. Bill AGA IN is
PUT OYER DAY
Amended Measure to Receive
More Consideration at Re-
quest of Hyland
TAX MEASURES DEFERRED

Declaring that Senate Bills 81, the
new motor vehicle registration meas.
ure; 43, the leagues classification OF
property bill, and "A, relating to the
exemption of property from taxation,
were three - of the most important
measures that had come DefOre the
senate, and that, amended as they
had been in committee, more time
should be allowed for their considera-
ton, Senator Hyland of Devils Lake
on Tuesday secured postponement
of these bills until Thursday. ...r..
He also secured favorable action
on motion that 1000 copies of 81
and A, as amended, be printed and
placed on the desks of members of
the assembly. He declared the pub
lie especially interested in the motor
vehicle registration measure, which
he declared should not be passed with
out the most careful consideration.
Senator. Church presented the only
to Hyland's motion. he
merely contended that inasmuch as
legislative delays were holding up
the registration department, action
should be taken at the earliest pos
sible moment. He thought the motor
vehicle registration bill as amended
would, when explained, be found sat
isfactory. This bill returns to the or
iginal principle of assessing cars on
IL of one per cent of the list price;
20 cents per hundred pounds Of
weight, and 10 cents per unit Of devel-
oped horsepower, as to pleasure cars,
With additional fees for heavier motor
trucks. The principal objection to
this plan Is that it is too complicat-
ed and car-owners will have hack
of time figuring out what they
should pay.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-12
DEPALMA BREAKS
SPEED RECORDS

Daytonia. Fla, Feb. 12-Ralph De
Palma broke the worlds record here
today for mile and kilomefer. The
time for the mile was twenty-four and
two hundredths seconds. as against
Bob Burman's twenty-five and forty
seconds. His record for a
kilometer. 16S seconds. is slightly low
er than the past records.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-12
DRAKE FARMER
WANTS PHONE

The railway commission Tuesday
had under consideration the action
brought by stephen Lee, q farmer re-
siding near Drake, to compel the
North Dakota Special Rural Tele-
phone Co, to furnish him service. The
mater was taken under advisemeut.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-12
SEEK SUPPORT,

Seattle Wash, Feb. 12.-Seattle
trades unionists will leave today for
San Francisco to ask IS unionists to
toin the Seattle metal workers in
their strike.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-12

MESSAGE
SUPPRESSED

Rerne, Feb. 12.-German officers in
termed in Switzerland celebrated the
birthday Of the former emperor at
Luzerne, all of them drinking to his
good health and his early return to
power. They then drafted telegram
to Emerongeon, so insulting to the al
lied nations that the telegraph office
refused to accept it.
SIBERIAN CASUALTIES.
Washington, Feb. IA cAblegram
today from the statistics department
Of the A. E. F. says the casualties Of
the American forces in Siberia up to
February 10 1t 10 officers and 314
killed, died of disease, and wounded
In action.
The total divided as follows: Killed
In action. 2 officers. 90 men: died of
wounds. officer. IA men: died of dis
ease. "a men: died of accident. 5 men;
wounded severely 2 officers, 81 men
wounded slightly. 3 officers, 80 men
missing in action. 81 men.
! These casualties are being published
individually In the regular casualty
lists. .,, ss,ts s.,f5.s, .5ss
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-12

Washington Feb. R12. 2.AActing secres
tary Polk, announced today that the,
United States had accepted formally
proposals; of the Japanese; governmept
relative to the rehabilitation of rail-
ways In; Siberia. sfEyTTf9 fFg =
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-23
SMALL ARMY FAVORED
BY FORMER SECRETARY
Stimson Tells Senate Military CON-
mittee Force Of 100000 Is
Adequate.

Washington. - While favoring uni
versal military training, Henry l..
Stimson, secretary of war under Presi-
dent Taft, told the senate military
affairs committee that the peace
time army of $4,000 officers and men
proposed by the war department was
too large. He said it would not be
possible to raise such a force by re-
cruiting, and gave it as his opinion
that 100000 men would be adequate
until normal conditions were restored.
After that a smaller force would be
sufficient, he said.
Mr.. Stimson also said the three
training provided in the uni
versal plan was inadequate. Six
months should be specified, he de-
clared, and upon completing the men
should be assigned to some reserve
for stated period.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-23
TYPHUS RAGING IN SIBERIA
one Of History's Greatest seourees
Expected This Winter Unless Aid
Comes.

Omsk.-Siberia is threatened with
one OF history's greatest typhus cpl
demic, according TO reports received
here from Colonel Rudolph Balling
Tuesler. former director Of 81. Luke's
hospital, Toxic, but now a member OF
the American Red Cross, who, with
party OF the Red Cross, has been
in western Siberia for six months.
The cases OF .typhus among Sibe-
rian troops since January !, according
to DR.. Tuesler. have segregated 12O,-
600, and since July l, 10000. New
cases now number thousands daily.
Winter is approaching and the fever
is rapidly spreading among the
healthy soldiers and the civil popula-
lions of western and middle Siberia.
BY midwinter the epidemic is eX-
pected TO reach enormous proportions.
DR.. Teusler says the pressure of
fleeing from the balsheviki
in July, August and up TO the present
time in September, has Overcrowded
all the towns from Omsk eastward;
that a countless number of persons
are living in fields, and that the sit
uation indicates privations and deaths
in greater number than last winter.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-23
ASK new REPORT
ON COTTON CROP
SOUTHERN coNeREssMEN COM
PLAIN THAT THE LAST
PORT WAS ERRONEOUS
WANT new REPORT NOV. z
House Agriculture Committee Re-
quests Congress To Order Hous-
ton To Prepare Figures

Observation-Disclosures action by con-
gress on resolution ordering the agri-
culture department to issue a new
cotton report on November 2, showing
the crop condition as of October 25,
was promised by house leaders. Rep
resentative Byrnes, South Carolina,
author of the resolution, announced
that he expected to obtain house con-
sideratiOn under a unanimous consent
agreement. Such actor was delayed
by other legislation holdino the right
of way as unfinished business, and
previous order of business will SINH
larly prevent action at once.
Favorable recommendation on adop-
ton of the resolution was given unan-
imously by the house agriculture COM
mittee after Southern congressman
had urged immediate action as nee
essary so that the true crop condi-
ton" may be made known this year
for the financial benefit of the cot
ton planter.
Failure of the government report,
issued almost two weeks ago, to rec
ognize abandonment of fields, was
blamed by Mr.. Byrnes as causing an
estimated yield of more than lOOOO,-
900 bales this year. The departments
estimated production, he and others
asserted, was "extravagantly" high.
Southern congressman appearing be-
fore the house agricultural committee,
that the last report, Is
sued almost two weeks ago, was erro-
neous and would result in Southern
planters failing to receive as high a
price for their product as warranted
by this years field.
Unless speedy action is taken by
the committee was told, no
other report would be issued this year,
for Secretary Houston was said to
hold the last report was as accurate
as the department could make 1t, and
that another report would be OF no
useful purpose.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-23
PERMANENT RAIL LEGISLATION
STRONGLY URGED BY PRESIDENT
Pressure BY Administration For Per-
manent Measure May Block me
Plans For Adjournment

ington.-Pressure from admin
istration sources for enactment OF per-
manent railroad legislation may BLOCK
the tentative plans OF congressional
leaders for adjournment OF the extra
ordinary session about November ~.
Leaders were of the opinion that I'M
less consideration of the German peace
treaty is expedited, action by the SEN
ate on the railroad bill prior to NO
yember 10 would be impossible. House
leaders. however, are hopeful that the
bill may be enacted at least by that
branch prior to adjournment.
The railroad BILL as completed by
the senate interstate commerce colh-
mittee. is expected to be presented
so as to be in position for considera-
ton Immediately after ratification OF
the peace treaty. The house inter
state commerce committee hopes TO
report out its bill about the first OF
November
While the senate treaty fight con-
tinues the house expects to pass the
budget bill, decide the election con-
test of Representative Fitzgerald ana
Peter f. Tague, both Democrats, from
the Tenth Massachusetts district, ana
take up the public land-leasing DILL
The house elections committee plans
disposal of the custer proceedings
against Representative Victor BERGER
Socialist, of Wisconsin.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-23
ASK CONGRESS FOR BILLION
Permanent Organization OF World
Cotton Conference Effeeted-Nsxt
Meeting In England In 1921.

New Orleans - The world cotton
conference came into permanent or
ganizatiOn here when d report sub
mitted BY the committee on organiza-
ton was adopted. Sid A. Herbert
Dixon, OF Manchester, England, chair
man of the British delegation 10 the
conference, was elected president, and
the recommendation was made that
the next conference be held IN Eng
land in 1921.
Resolutions requesting congress to
place S1,000,O0O.00O at the disposal of
the war finance corporation for pur-
chasing foreign securities against de-
bentures to be issued which would
lengthen credits and stabilize rates of
exchange, were passed unanimously
by the general committee of the
world cotton conference.
Recommendation of the growers,
embodying fourteen points, were de-
feated when the British spinners OBJ
jected TO the condemnation of selling
cotton on call. Opposition to this
point killed the other thirteen.
Other officers elected were: Gen
eral secretary, Rufus r. Wilson, Bos-
ton; assistant secretary, Frank Ka-
smith, England; treasurer for Euro
pean members, Sir James Hope Simp-
son; for the United States, w. Irving
Boston; vice presidents for
the United States, Fuller Z. Galloway,
LAGRANGE, Ga; England, Edward B.
OFme and John Smithers; France,
George Badern; Belgium, Count Jean
de Hemptinne; Switzerland, Herman
Butler; Italy, Giorgio Myths.
The recommendation by American
members of the group on financing, !
foreign credits and exports that con-
gress place at the disposal of the war
finance corporation sufficient funds to |
permit the corporation to finance the |
expectation of at least one million |
1ales of cotton, was adopted. 1t was
pointed out that the government had
the extension of $1,000, 000,-
100 of credit to finance experts
through the agency of the war finance
corporation, and it recommended the
purchase of foreign securities against
lebentures which would be issued and
old in this country in order to get
way from short-term banking credits
nd stabilize the rate of exchange.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-23
EMBARGO SOUGHT
ON SUGAR EXPORTS
Bill Before Congress Would Impose
Penalties FOR Sending Sugar
Sugar Abroad For Six Months.

IL Washington. An embargo against
the export of sugar for the next six
Aonths under Apenalty of tens years
Imprisonment and $4,000 fine was pro-
posed in a bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Dallinger, republican, Massa-
chusetts. He also introduced a reso-
luton calling on the war and navy
departments to report the quantity
of sugar held by them. Mr.. Dallinger
saidd if the departments reports
showed any surplus he would propose
that they be placed on the market
"An export embargo" said Dal-
linger, in statement, would in
crease by many million pounds the
supply available for our own people"
Because of opposition of represen-
tatives of the sugar equalization
board to the elimination of clauses
providing for the licensing of dealers
in sugar, the senate agriculture com
mittee was unable to reach an agree
ment on legislation designed to re-
lieve the present situation.
The committee will meet again,
when William A. Glasgow, attorney for
the board, and George A. Zabriskie,
president of the board, and Secretary
Houston, will be present. Chairman |
McNary hopes an agreement can be |
reached at that time. Several SEN
ators are vigorously opposed to the
system.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-23
END OF TREATY
FIGHT is IN SIGHT
No AMENDMENTS, BUT REsERVA.
TONS WILL CERTAINLY
BE ADOPTED
LEADERS PLAN HASTY ACTION
Forty-Nine Republicans And Six
Democrats Pledged To Put
In Reservations

Washington-Th long treaty fighl
/ in the senate is about to enter Its
| final phase. Leaders hope during the
coming week to clear away all pro
posed amendments and make sub
stantial progress in the framing OF
a ratification resolution.
Virtually conceding that no amend
ments will be adopted, the opposition
managers are determined TO qualify
the ratifying resolution with reserva-
lions and Senator Lodge, the Repub-
lcian leader, declared in a statement
that decisive majority would stand
for reservations that would be "un-
equivocal and effective.
Privately the opposition leaders de-
clared Mr.. Lodges claim was backed
by an understanding amounting virtu-
ally to a complete agreement among
all of the 40 Republicans and six DEM
ocrats to stand together for a reserva-
ton program evolved after many
weeks of conferences. 1t was said
not all of the details had been agreed
upon, though on general principles and
Ill some cases Oll PM dSSOlOs5y ItSClA
and So senators had been brought very
close together.
How far the remaining Al senators
will go in their opposition to reser-
vations is an uncertain question, even
in the minds of some of their lead
ers. They have stood unswervingly
through the loLg fight for President
Wilson's program of ratification that
would not require the treaty's result
mission to the other powers. But 1t
is for the president himself to decide
finally whether any reservations adopt
ed do require such re-submission, and
his illness has left the administration
leaders somewhat in the dark.
There have been limitations that
should reservations unacceptable TO
the administration be put into the
ratification resolution, the admlnlstra-
ion forces would vote no on the
.atification roll call, but their leaders
ire not ready to say how they Will
ross that bridge until they come to 1t.
[ would take only 80 votes to pre-
yent ratification.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-23
REPORTED THAT
PETROGRAD FALLS
DOUBT cLoUDINe RUSSIAN STU.
ATloN-RUMoRS ARE
PLENTIFUL
WARSHIpS SHELL BIG FORT
Fall OF City Is Reported From Several
Points; There Is No
Confirmation

Stockholm.-A dispatch received
here says the army Of General Yude
mitch entered the suburbs of Petro
grad. At last accounts the forces 0.
General Yudenitch were fighting
around Krasnoye Selo. about twenty
miles southwest. and Gatchina, TWEEN
ty-five miles north of Petrograd, and
in the vicinity of Krasnaia GOrka, on
the Gulf Of Finland, thirty miles
northeast Of Petrograd.
Petrograd Taken, Washington Hears
Washington.-Rep of the cap
ture OF @etrograd and Kronsadt by
northwestern Russian forces under
General Yudenitch, were received at
the state department from an Ameri-
can consular officer in Sweden on
the Finnish border. Confirmation OF
the reports had not been received
when the dispatch was sent, but 1t
was said they generally were credit
ed in Sweden.
No Confirmation In London
London.-British authorities have
received no confirmation OF the re-
port of the entry of General Yude-
nitcL's forces into the suburbs of Pc
trograd. The ba.ief was expressed
that General Yudenitch's men had not
advanced so far as the former Rus
sian capital. The HelsingfOrs CORE
spondent Of the London Daily Mail
claims to have authentic information
that neither Petrograd, Gatchina nor
Pskov has been taken. He gives de-
tails tending to show that the anti
Bolshevik troops have not yet crossed
the railroad running between Gatchi-
ma and PskOv.
British Warships Shell Kronsadt
Stockholm.-A terrific lombard
ment by the British fleet in the Gulf
of Finland preceded the capitulation
Of the great Russian fortress and ma
val base of KrOnstadt, according to
advices received here.
An official Russian statement con
firms the capture of Gatchina and
Krasnala Gorka, on the coast of the
gulf of FinlanC by General Yudenitch.
Gatchina was stormed after short
bombard.nent, the Bolsheviki fleeing
when the northwestern army charged
with bayonets.
Official confirmation has been re-
ceiyed OF the capture of Krasnoye
Selo, 16 miles southwest of Petro-
grad, by the forces of General Yude-
mitch. Heavy firing was heard off
Kronstadt all day recently.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-23
SENATE REJECTS
SHANTUNG AMENDMENT
BY Vote OF IS To SIS, Famous Amend
ment Goes Into Discard-Sharp
Debate Lasts Over Six Hours.

| Washington. - The long debated
Shantung amendment TO the peace
treaty, presented by Senator Lodge
and approved by the foreign relations
committee, finally was rejected in the
senate with a majority OF an even
score against it,
in the vote of thirtyfive to fifty
five, fourteen republicans swung over
to the pro-treaty forces, while three
democrats lined up with those sup
porting the proposal. OF the six sena-
tors absent, two republicans were put
on record as in favor of t1e amend
ment and one republican and three
democrats as opposing it.
The roll call, which came at the end
of six and a half hours of sharp de-
bate, in reality swept away six amend
ments instead of one, each change IN
the treaty text having been numbered
separately by the committee in its de-
cision to strike out the word Japan"
and substitute the word China"
throughout the sec ,ons relating to
the province of Shantung. By unani-
nous consent, however, the six
changes were debated and voted on
as one.
Only three of the committees forty
five amendments now remain to be
acted on by the senate, thirtysix pre-
viously having been rejected. OF these
one relates to American
representation on the reparations COM
mission and two to equalization OF
voting power in the league of nations
assembly
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-23
SECRETARY REDFiELD URGES
EXTENSION OF ALL FOREIGN
J CREDITS FOR COMMON GOOD

New Worthwhile America talks
and talks some more" opportunity to
fulfill her duty to the small states
created by the war awaits the formal
re-establshment of peace, Secreta-
ny Redfield of the department of COM
merce, declared here, speaking before
the American Manufacturers Export
association. Until peace comes, he
said. organization of the vast agen-
cies necessary to finance the CONNER
cial regeneration of the world cannot
begin.
From the elevation of the spirit Of
war times, the secretary said, I'VE
have reached into an apparent orgy
of class selfishness varied by mob vio-
lence." 1t must seem to the onlooker
that America had made up her mind
to say to Europe goodbye, and the
devil take the hindermost."
The secretary pointed to the mira
Gle of reconstruction" being wrought
in France, and said il was wise to re-
member that Great Britain also was
finding herself and was already in
the field with government credits for
her foreign trade.
The world owes the United States
$4,000, 100000, he said.
They cant pay now and they can't
even wait unless we help them," he
said of the smaller nations. I'VE have
over here what all the nations lack.
We have the goods to sell, they have
the need to buy; we have the means
of paying ourselves for the goods, they
have not the means of paying u.s."
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-23
Small Drop Reported In Foodstuffs

Washington-Food prices are on the
decline. the department of labors bu'
reau of labor statistics announces in
a statement asserting that the retail
price of 90 staple foodstuffs showed
a decline of 2 per cent at the end OF
September as compared with the last
of August. The decrease announced
and based on statistics gathered from
all parts of the country, is the first
to be recorded since the world war
began, with the exception of a decline
in June, when food was $40 of 1@o
cheaper than in May.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-23
Return OF Railroads to Owners Urged

Indianapolis, Ind.-Return of rail
roads to private ownership not later
than December 81, 1919, is urged in a
resolution adopted by the National
Association of Railway and Utilities
Commissioners at the closing session
of it's annual convention here. The
resolution states, however, that the
transition should be made, with as lit
tie disturbance as possible, and with
this end in view recommends that the
existing intrastate rates, passenger
and freight, initiated by the director
general, be continued in force for a
period not beyond July /, 1921.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-23
DREADED FOR
NIGHT TO COME
Texas Lady, In Pretty Bad Fix,
Heard Of cardui, Tried 1t,
And Now Says It Saved
Her Life.

Chiffon, Texas.-Mrs. Mary Reese.
Of this place. states: "Some time ago
I was quite sick and suffered a great
deal. I had been suffering quite
awhile At times I had such
severe pains in my back. across my
hips and in my sides,-I was in
pretty bad fix was so restless
l dreaded for night to come.
Having heard Of Cardui, I thought
I'd try it I commenced to
get better with my first bottle.
took six bottles of Cardui, and will
tell any woman what this Cardui
Home Treatment can and will do If
taken according to directions. We not
only feel it cured but most
likely saved my life. I am able to do
my work with ease and know Cardui
did it,"
Cardui has been found to relieve
many womanly pains and ailments,
and thousands of women have written
to tell of the benefit it has been to
them, in cases Of female troubles aAd
weakness.
Cardui is prepared from mild, me-
dicinal ingredients, which act as q
tonic and help build up health and
strength in a natural manner.
Try Cardui. At druggists.-Adv.