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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
NO INTENTION
TO DEQUALFY
MISS NELSON
Governor Frazier States Only
Question Involved Is Legal
One.

The following correspondence is
self-explanatory:
Jamestown, N. D.. Feb. 3, 1919.
Editor jamestown Alert:
\ In a recent issue OF the Alert your
Bismarck correspondent gave the i'm
preston that Governor Frazier had
combined with former Supt. of Pub
lie Instruction Macdonald in, an ef-
fort to disqualify Superintendent
elect Nelson for the position to
which she has been elected by the
people.
l sent clipping of the article in
question to Gov. Frazier and ask
ed him If he would write reply for
publication in the Alert. :
The governor has made reply
which you will find enclosed and l
will ask you to kindly give it as
prominent publicity as you did the
article which so flagrantly misrep-
resented facts.
Respectfully,
,> N. S. RANDALL.
The Only Question Involved.
Feb. ], 1919.
Mr.. N. S. Randall,
jamestown, North. Dakota.
My Dear Mr.. Randall Your let
ter at hand. and contents noted. The
clipping you enclosed has been run
in several Of the opposition papers.
am surprised that the Alert is also
using it. :. There is no fight against
Miss Nelson by the league or Mr..
Macdonld. The only question in
volved is the constitutionality of the
law which prescribes certain educa-
tional qualifications for states su-
perintendent Of public instruction.
If this law is unconstitutional then,
in my opinion, the constitution
should be amended.
With best wishes, I am,
Yours very truly.
LYNN, ]. FRAZIER.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
CASUALTIES
tBy the Associated Press)

Washington, D. c., Feb. Skill
ed in action, s13: died from wounds
8; died of accident and other causes
8; died of disease, IA; wounded Sc.
verely, 1876; missing in action, 16;
wounded, degree undetermined, 755;
wounded slightly, 1,046. Total
'2,095.
Wounded severely: John White
Dickens.
Wounded, degree undetermined:
David j. Briemon, McCloud; Herman
j. Hullett, Lakota; Nicolai Hend-
rickson, Appaln; John Knoblick
Lehr.
Wounded slightly, Severin, Bin
ford; Alex w. Anderson, Heimdal.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
SINGLE FINANCIAL, J | | ] 1 |. !,
FRONT FOR ALLIES
PLAN /. OF ITALIAN ! I A
Senator Crespli Has Proposal
For Delegates 70 Peace Meet
to Consider.
tBy the Associated Press,

Paris. Feb. 3.A universal tax, the
proceeds Of which would be put into
Ia common fund along with the indem-
mites Germany should have to pay,
is proposed by Senior Crespi, Of the
Italian delegation to the peace con-
ference, in a proposition he has made
for the establishment of .'single
financial 'front.' for the Allies. The
tax would furnish interest on that
portion Of the debt of the Allies which
Germany had not paid and provide
sinking fund for the ultimate can
collation. of the debts.
Senior Crespi, who said his pro-
posal for the single allied financial
front has been we'll received by the
allied ministers, declared that his
great point was that the Central EN-
pire, as a whole, must be forced to
compensate the Allies for the war
damages they have suffered. Respon-
sibility was collective, he said, and all
the enemy states would pay in pro-
portion to their wealth.
ION the other hand, ne continued,
':all the Allies have suffered immense
losses and they must all benefit from
the indemnity which the enemy is to
pay. Each one should receive in pro-
portion to the effort it has made.
Some small states, who spent more
Sthan the larger ones in comparison
to their wealth, ought to receive larg-
er indemnities in proportion.
''The simplest way to carry out the
actual distribution would be to put
the entire fund into, a common pool
which could be periodically appor-
toned among a.the different nations.
The fund should be augmented by
taxes OF universal character levied on
all states. enemy, allied, orf:neutral,
the last named having benefited BY
theSsacri6ces mad de- by tAe Lies.
such taxes might be levied on ex-
ports and imports and also coal and
raw materials. It seems to me only
fair that the countries which have
beneiited and even grown rich thru
the sufferings and sacrifices of the
Allies should be made to help COM
pensate the Allies. Such tax would
not weigh more heavily on one state
than another, since it would be uni
versal. It would merely have the ef-
fect#of raising prices on some certain
particular products in all countries
alike 4 @. ss
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
SALE OF PROPRIETARY
MEDICINES In STATE
STRICTLY REGULATED

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 3.-(Spc-
cial The sale of proprietary medi-
cines will be strictly regulated in
North Dakota under the provisions of
House Bill 1853, introduced by Rep.
Bailey of Burleigh.
The bill defines patent medicines;
|Tequires licenses from their manufac-
turers or importers; requires that
tho formula OF such medicines be
plainly printed on the wrapper, ex-
cept in certain instances where the
formula may be kept secret upon sat
isfying the state registration board
as to the virtues of such formulas.
Prescriptions Of physicians in private
practice are exempted from this pro-
vision.
The state food commissioner, at
torney general, secretary Of the state
board Of education and physician
and surgeon to be appointed by the
governor will constitute the. licensing
board. a registration fee Of $40 is
required from manufacturers for the
first proprietary medicine register
ed, with q fee Of IS for each addi-
tional product.
The act decrees that medicated
wines and medicines containing more
alcohol than absolutely required
shall be- considered beverages.
The bill prohibits the advertise
ment OF cures for cancer, consump-
ton, deafness. I. diabetes, paralysis.
fits.. epilepsy. locomotor ataxia,
.Bright's disease, rupture, except
when surgical reatment Is Indicated,
and Of III syeneral diseases. The ad-
yertisement of any abortificent e
prohibited. e
The penalty for 4 violation Of this
act is Is 50 to $500 for the first Of
fenss and $3.50 to 4 4, 900 for each
succssding offense.
tsg The provisions Of the act become
effective zJuly 4, s20, hut II = pro-
vided that dealers may have until
Ian 92O. TO dispose Sof3 stocks
nov 81 81 hand. q q s25s
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
MINNESOTA FOREST
FIRES DAMAGING

st. Paul. Feb. State Forester
w. T. Cox in his annual report made
public today, showed that forest fires
in Minnesota in the past year caused
nearly thirty million dollars damage
There were 525 fires of which 125
took place during the five-day period
beginning October 12 when the great
est damage was done. s5.s8
The report estimated that the. Oc-
tober fires in Minnesota caused q
total damage of twenty-eight million
dollars. The 1913 eires swept TO-.
413 acres .iss is 355S
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
DAUGHTER OF DAKOTA
MAN COMMITS SUICIDE
(By the Associated Press)

Chicago, Feb. Florence Mckee
daughter of R. G. Mckee, of Cum
mings, N. D., formerly of Pontiac,
ILL.,. committed suicide yesterday by
asphyxiation. In September, 1917
Miss Mckee married John Mcdonald,
said to be the owner Of large ranch
in North Dakota. He divorced her on
the charge Of desertion and she came
to Chicago.
After turning on the gas, the young
woman started q letter. Death came
as she sat penning the letter. It
read:
Notify G.. "a. have threatened
to do this before. My former
& sweetheart asked me to marry
him not knowing that I was al
ready married. made poor
IS choice ~ n 81.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
TO HOLD MEMORIAL
SERVICES FOR TEDDY
,Ry .he Associated Press)

New York, Feb. 5.-Memorial SER
vices for the late Theodore Roose-
velt will be held under the auspices
of the American Defense Society to
more than seven hundred cities
throughout the United States next
Sunday at 4 o'clock, it was announced
today. Services will also be held I'M
Hawaii, Alaska and Porto Rico at the
same hour.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
ENGLISH ARMY BEING
DEM OBILIzED RAPIDLY
.(By the Associated Press9

London, Feb. Via Montreai) !.
More than $50 90 men were demo-
bilixed in the week ending January
30th, and the total today has exceed
sedia million men. The demo biliza-
stion u continuing In the most ssatis-
factory way.
S That the industriesGof the country
are unable to provide an Of these men
! With Jobs. = said @ be partly due to
the fsct TINT the industries are suf-
sferinI from s thhaes y q shortage Of coal,
Gvhich isfons the most serious
sqnsstionss sat p ia me facing tls coun-S
stry.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
W. SIS. SOCIETY D | Y
WEEK PLANNED AT
FARGO GATHERING
R. r. WoEer Attend. Meeting
Of Stamp Sales Director. Of
f5fz55{- ~ t'5F.
Fargo District.

Plans for a w. S. S. society week.
Feb. 1t to "a, inclusive, were COM
.pleted at meeting Of War Savings
directors of the counties comprising
what is known as the Fargo district,
held at the Gardner hotel, Fargo, on
Tuesday. r. r. Wolfer, chairman
of the W. S. S. campaigns in Stuts-
man county, was in attendance at
the gathering representing this coun-
ty. The Fargo district is comprised
of the counties of Cass, Barnes, Ed
dy, Foster, Griggs, LaMoure, Ran
som. Richland, Sargent and Stuts.
man.
George N. Bauer Of Minneapolis,
the Ninth Federal Reserve district,
was present and explained the new
system under which the war savings
movement will hereafter be carried
on. His address was followed by a
general discussion of the subject, all
present taking great interest in the
work and pledging hearty support OF
the system. A number of Mime
sofa directors also were present.
Three Types of Societies.
It is planned to organize three
types of war savings societies; school
societies, that 1t is hoped will be or
ganized in every school room in the
state; community societies, that will
become part Of every farmers club
agricultural associations, cooperative
associations, women's clubs, fratern-
al orders and all other community
organizations; industrial and com,
mercial societies, formed in all indus
trial and commercial establishments
containing five or more people, such
as stores, factories, mines, offices
etc.
Reasons for the Campaign.
The reason assigned for this inten
sive activity in war savings STAMP
sales is that the government needs
the money; that the world need is
great; that it Is good business from
q personal view as well as national
benefit; that the, educational and
related as to be- einseparable, 'itH be
Ing the purpose to distribute govern.
ment securities to- every man, woman
and child in the state, and that thru
these means a betetr Americanisnl
shall be produced.
Will Use Former Machinery.
The work will be carried on thru
the county organizations as hereto.
fore built up and thru that the local
organizations and clubs will be reach.
ed thru public meetings and by di.
rect action. The establishment OF
sales agencies will be energetically
pushed, and in many other ways the
plan, as outlined by Mr.. Bauer, will
be made into living agency in aid OF
the government and in fostering the
habit of thrift. .a
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
WILSON REAFFIRMS
APPR0VALoE THREE
YEAR NAVAL PROGRAM
(By the Associated Press)

Washington, Feb. president
Wilson in a cablegram received today
by Representative Padgett of Ten
nessee, chairman of the house naval
committee, reaffirmed his approval OF
the second three-year naval building
program. The presidents cablegram
read:
"May I not express my gratifica-
ton and gratitude and congratula-
tions at the unanimous report on the
three-year naval program"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
EVERY 4 * FIGHTER ] WILL '! y !,
GET JOB, BAKER SAYS
(Bv the associated Press)

Washington, Feb. 5.-Every SOL
dier who put on the uniform of the
United States. who fought or trained
to fight, will have job if he wants
one. said Secretary Baker today in
delivering the opening address at the
14th annual convention of the Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors conven-
ton.
The secretary emphasized the duty
of the American business men to CO.
operate in what the government was
doing. ,S
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
Situation Serious.

Washington, Feb. 5.-Urging the
house rules committee to give the
right of way for passage of the labor
bill prohibiting immigration for four
years, Frank Morrison, secretary for
the Federation of Labor, said that
100000 in the United States were
now without employment.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
U. 5. J! CONTROL ! ] OF J
RAILROADS IS NOT
IyTfAYORED By: HINES
Organization 2 / u I Of j Larger Com
panic. Subject TO Govern
ment Supervision, Is Rail al
Chief 5 Idea.
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 3.-Director-
General Hines. testifying today before
the senate interstate commerce com
mittee for the first time since his ap-
pointment as railroad head, declared
he did not believe in government own
ership, but in the organization Of a
few big railway companies subject to
close government supervision.
81 do not believe there is anything
substantial in the argument that the
five-year extension of government op-
Grafton would be necessary to govern
ment ownership" Mr.. Homes said. II
do not personally believe in govern
ment ownership. believe there can
be a form of radically constructed
private ownership with close govern
ment supervision. including govern
ment representation on the board of
directors, as will give the public and
labor all the benefits of government
ownership and at the same time will
preserve the benefits of private and
self-interested initiative and will
avoid political difficulties which per-
haps are inseparable from govern
ment ownership.
81 believe that all the objects which
I think must be achieved in order to
obtain permanent solution can be ac-
complished by the creation of COM
paratively few railway companies that
have capitalization q. equal only to the
real value Of the property and which
will have moderate guarantees re-
turns with the right to participate
moderately Id any additional profits: :"
To prevent development Of COM
prehensive and permanent solution.
Mr.. Hines renewed Mr.. McAdop's REG
ommendation for 9 fiye-year extern
sion Of goyernmsnt control and ex-
plained that II this waas not done he
believed IT would be best for all eons
cerned to relinquish control without
waiting for the expiration Of the 81
months period provided by existing
laws. s.s. l4
Mr.. Hines presented the following
arguments for the five-year extern
sion:
sit will give advocates of govern
ment ownership full opportunity to
press their views without being influ-
enced by the temporary reaction
against government control.
"It will remove the necessity for
undue haste. in solving such big
program as to the future Of the rail-
roads. .s.5
,s '.'It will stabilize employment and
wage conditions, permit prosecution
Of big program of improvements
and extension, help to take up the
slack in employment and material
during the critical period Of read
.justment. Il
SIT will protect the stockholders,
pending ultimate solution.
"It will minimize danger Of max
ing the railway question purely q
partisan issue to be considered in an
illogical manner in presidential cleo.
tions.'''' 51s1 81
On the other hand, Mr.. Hines said,
that If this extension was not made
the roads should be relinquished by
the expiration Of the 2l months. He
made. in substance. these explana-
tions:
..There is now a reaction from a
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-12-03
GIRL SHOOTS HER RIVAL
Blanche Davidson, Ohio Wesleyan
Freshman, Charged With Wounding
Classmate Who Won Her Beau.

Delaware, O., Nov. 24.-Blanche
Davidson, 10, Ohio Wesleyan fresh
man, according to authorities investi-
eating the case today confessed that
she shot Gladys Racey, as she was
ascending a stairway at Gray chapel.
Jealousy was the cause. Both Miss Ra-
cey and Miss Davidson are said to
have found favor in the eyes of a
student at Ohio State university, Co
lumbus The student, the Davidson girl
said, had of late been showering his
attentions upon Miss Racey. The
young woman is a daughter of .. Nj.
Davidson, residing south of this city.
The Racey girl, whose home is at
Caldwell, is believed out of danger.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-12-03
COUNCIL DECIDES ON
PEACE WITHOUT u. S.
Long Delay Is Fought in Peace Sody
Want Pact to Go in Effect
December 1.

Paris, Nov. 22.-The supreme couri-
Gil agreed upon December l as the
date when the German peace treaty
will be formally ratified.
Further informal discussions nave
been held with the German repre-
sertatives now here in connection with
the notification by the allies that
protocol must be signed by Germany
guaranteeing fulfillment of the arm
istice conditions. These discussions
have been confined chiefly to the meth
DDS of procedure in considering the
protocol. AS yet the Germans nave
not stated whether they will sign the
document.
The American delegation is still
without instructions as to its partlcl-
patton in the peace conference. follow
ing the failure of the senate to ratlty
the treaty, but Henry White attended
the meeting of the supreme council as
representative of the United States,
Undersecretary Polk being absent IN
London. and the entire delegation IS
continuing it's work in the belief that
a compromise ratification resolution
will be agreed to in the United States
senate.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-12-03
LEVINE BOASTS OF VICTORY
Declares Versailles Treaty Allies Un-
doing-PeopIes All Indebted to
"Unmasked America"

London, Nov. 26.-'Impudent at
tacks by enemies of the revolution
have brought about a miracle. We
have gained a full victory over Kol-
chalk, which will be of historic i'm
portance for the peoples of the East"
This was what Nikolai Lenine told
the second aIl-Russian congress of the
Mussulman communists at Moscow.
He continued 1.-The Versailles peace
is the greatest blow the entente could
inflict upon itself. The peoples see
clearly that President Wilson is not
bringing liberty to democracy, even
for the victorious nations, and are in
debted to unmasked America"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-12-03
RADICALS BATTLE
OFFICERS; 8 SLAIN
Trouble Starts al the Acts of a
Negro Agitator.
Ex-SERvICE MAN WOUNDED
Bogalusa (la.) Law and Order Men
Start Fight When They Attempt
to Arrest Protector of the
Black Leader.

Bogalusa, La. Nov. 24.-Three al
legged agitators were killed and one
was perhaps MORALLY wounded in a
rifle and pistol battle with members Of
the Low and Order league here The
Law and Order men suffered only one
casualty, Jules Leblanc, an ex-soldier,
who was wounded in his right arm.
Those killed were:
Lum e. Williams, president of the
Central Trades mad Labor council of
Bogalusa.
Walter Bouchillon, one of Williams
leutenants.
Thomas Gains, another of Williams
lieutenants.
S. j. O'Rourke was shot three times
and probably will not survive. He is
wounded in the left hand, right arm
and right lung.
Fight Starts Over Negro.
The shooting followed an attempt by
Williams to prevent the arrest of Sol
Dakus, a negro, who had been trying
to organize the colored labor of Boga-
luSa.
City officers spent the night comb
ing the negro quarter of the city for
Dakus. They were later Informed Will
liams was hiding the man they wanted.
That wasn't quite true. Williams
rather was Haunting him. He had
turned Dakus out of his hiding place
and the negro was parading Columbia
street, one of the busiest thorOughfares
of Bogalusa, with Bouchillon and
O'Rourke as a guard of honor. Each
white man carried a shotgun.
The parade" was over before the
officers reached Columbia street. 1t
notice on the townspeOple that Dakus
was under Williams protection.
Radicals Are Trapped.
When the police learned the negro
was in Williams garage, a whistle was
sounded as a signal to the Law and
Order league members to assemble at
the city hall ready for action About
so of them, most of them ex-sOldiers,
responded. They marched on the VIII
liams garage.
Williams was in his office with
BouchiIlon, O'Rourke and Jim Will
liams, his brother.
"Come out, Lum! !" called one of the
officers.
"All right" agreed Williams. "Pu
be right out"
But he didn't come. After waiting
several minutes the officer repeated
his demand.
eff you want me. come and get me"
was Williams reply.
AS he spoke, one of his companions
turned loose on the posse with high
powered rifle. 1t was in this fusillade
that Leblanc was wounded.
The fire was returned with rifles and
pistols. Perhaps so shots were ex-
changed. Then the battle was over.
with three of the agitators dead and
another dying.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-12-03
SOVIET OFFICIAL HAS DOVE
Maxim Litvinoff, Secretary of Foreign
Affairs, Hopes to Negotiate
End of War.

Copenhagen, Nov. 2S.-Maxin Lit
vinoff, soviet Russia's undersecretary
of foreign affairs, has arrived in Co
penhagen. At Boon the chief of police
met him at the pier and accompanied
him to tourist hotel, where the Eng
lish legation, after much trouble, has
succeeded in getting rooms for him
and his two women secretaries. He
admitted that the purpose of the con-
ference was not merely an exchange of
war prisoners. Peace negotiations
probably would be taken up, but that
depended on the actions of the British
delegation and how the preliminary
negotiations were started.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-12-03
CANADA S0WS MORE WHEAT
increase in Acreage for 1920 y $1,000
over That of 1919, According to
Official Statistics.

Winnipeg, Nov. 24.-Official federal
government statistics estimate the to-
tal area sown to fall wheat in Canada
for 1920 harvest to be 776.400 acres,
compared with TATTOO acres this year
Ontario reports an increase of 10 per
cent with 717,OO0 acres, while Alberta
one of the prairie provinces hard hit
by drought this summer, reports an
acreage of 3S,400, a decrease of Il
ner cent. Manitoba and British Co
lumbia report small increases.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-12-03
PRESIDENT is SILENT
MAY NOT GO TO CAPITOL NEXT
MONDAY.
1t Is Said Wilson Will Not Address
Congress Till 1t Yields
on Pact.

Washington, Nov. %. - President
Wilson will not go to the capitol when
congress 5reconvenes Monday, to read
his message. His physical condition
will not permit him to do so.
But it is doubtful if he would go
if he were physically able. Some of
the presidents friends are predicting
that he has made his last trip to
the capitol as president, unless the
senate compromises on the position
it has taken on the peace treaty.
If this prediction should prove true,
history would again repeat itself.
When President Wilson decided to
personally address congress he re-
vived a custom established by George
Washington, but obsolete since Wash
ington's time.
Washington himself gave up APP
pearing in person before congress
toward the close of his second term,
and for the same reason which, it
is now predicted-with a reservation
President Wilson will give it up.
John Quincy Adams in his memoirs
relates that President Washington
went to the senate with the draft of
a treaty; that the senate debated and
proposed alterations" so that when
Washington left the senate chamber
he said he would he damned if he
ever went there again"