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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-07

Germany's commissioners named to
attend to the delivery Of live stock to
the French and Belglans, and to the
transfer Of the Saar coal mines has
arrived at Versailles and gone TO work,
and in other respects the Germans
seem to be trying reluctantly TO carry
out the provisions Of the treaty. But
thcif army In Letvla remains ohdurate
ana General Won der Gotz and other
officers have become so lnsolent in
their endeavors TO prevent the Let's
from establishing Il stable government
that the supreme council of the allies
has ordered the immediate expulsion
Of the German troops from Letyia.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-07

Austria was given until one o'clock
in the afternoon OF August 6 to con-
slider the terms offered her Her press
and public men have declared the
terms are impossible of acceptance
and on Thursday It was announced
that the cabinet headed by Or. Karl
Renner had decided - resign.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-07

Just before the engineers visited the
White House Democratic National
Chairman Cummings reported to the
president on his political inspection
trip over the country, telling Mr.. VIII
son of the growing importance of nc
ton to reduce the cost of living. What
form that action will take, when IT
comes, cannot be conjectured even
from the fact that official investlga-
tons of various kinds of alleged prof
teering are under way or proposed.
The immediate result OF all this was
a conference Of cabinet members and
heads of bureaus called By Attorney
General Palmer for the purpose Of
discussing the situation and possible
remedies. The government will seek
to stop and punish prohteering, to de-
termine the contributing causes for
high prices and to devise remedies for
immediate relief for the public.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-07

The Franco-American defense treaty
was submitted to the senate, and Mt
once became a subject Of debate In
the committee on foreign relations,
along with the peace treaty. President
Wilson, IN asking It's approval said
he considered the treaty with Ger
many and the covenant Of the League
Of Nations give France full protec-
ton. but that he had been moved 10
the treaty by considerations Of friend.
ship and gratitude 10 France Oppo-
sitiOn senator's protested that this
pact violated the constitutional right
Of congress to make war 10 which the
presidents supporters had the obvious
retort that It created no precedent,
similar action having been taken In
numerous cases In the past.
The foreign relations committee al
an unusual.if not Unprecedented thing
in holding public hearings on the pence
treaty Bernard Baruch was the FIRST
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-07

The administration is gravely con
cerned over the manifest dscor mt
Of the American farmers, which comes
lust at a time when the onici eS-
Inmates OF the nations wheat "op
have had to be greatly reduced The
farmers have been dissatisfied with
the system Of grading fixed by the bu-
reau Of markets Of the department Of
agriculture, and now, as Chairman
Barnes Of the government grain cor
poratlon told the president, they are
protesting against an order from the
corporation fixing a schedule Of dis
counts for the lower grades Of wheat.
This. they assert, dcprivcS 'hcm Of I'm
unreasonably large part % the guar
anteed price Of 1920 per bushel the
amount received being IN some in
stances ms low as S145 per bushel.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-07

witness and was questioned especially
regarding the reparation and other
financial clauses.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-02
MONTANA BANKER FALLS
FOR AGED RACE GAME

Minneapolis, April 28.-Oscar Mic
kelson, a banker of Custer, Montana
told the police here Saturday night
he had bet nearly $4,000 with two
strangers he met on a Great Northern
train on a horse race. Late last night
he was unable to find the men.
While on his way to Chicago from
Custer, Nicholson overheard two men
on the train telling of the marvellous
race track feats being performed by
Jupiter" on the handicap turf event
at New Orleans. Nicholson struck up
an acquaintance with the men and ju-
diciously inquired about the big event
and learned that Jupiter was a "sure
go" in Mondays ace at New Orleans
The strangers knew of a bookie
here who would place any wager, sc
Nicholson delayed a business trip tc
Chicago to play Jupiter by wire. In
a downtown hotel he gave the men
approximately $4,000 and they told
him to wait there while they visited
the bookie.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-02
GERMANS SELLING WAR
CROSSES TO AMERICANS

Coblenz, April ga factory at
Pforzheim near Karlsruhe has been
working day and night recently turn
ing out iron crosses to be sold to
American soldiers and other troops
eager for souvenirs of the war, ac-
cording to travellers from Germany
who arrived in Coblenz late in Jan
uary. While the Berlin authorities
have discouraged the idea of the Ger
mans selling iron crosses and other
war decorations to soldiers of the al
lies quite a business has been built
up in this line in the zones occupied
by the British, French and Americans.
In Coblenz and other cities the burgo-
masters have appealed to the self re-
spect of the trades people in endeav-
ors to stamp out the business of sell
ing the various German medals and
officers insignia.
But the souvenir business thrives
nevertheless, the merchants in the
neutral areas reporting that they can
purchase all the iron crosses and 9TH
er decorations in any quantity desir-
ed. These are all brought from un-
occupied Germany, the supply in the
occupied part of the Rhineland having
been exhausted soon after the allies
toop up their positions at the three
bridgeheads.
Owing to the fact that the authori-
ties will not issue permits for the ship
ment of honor medals into the occupied
zones, travellers say that iron crosses
by the hundred and other relics of the
war are being struggled across the
border in great numbers.
In Coblenz during the latter part
of january iron crosses sold in the
stores for from nine to twelve marks
each. When the Americans first came
to Coblenz the crosses were valued at
from five to nine marks. During the
war, around the prison stockades, iron
crosses We're sold to the Americans
at prices ranging from fifty francs
to two hundred francs.
The factory at Pforzheim which has
been manufacturing the crosses for
the souvenir hunters is the same one
which had a contract from the Ger
man government for years for the ma
king OF the iron crosses given to the
German soldiers for acts of bravery
IN the battlefields.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-02
MEMBER OF FLYING
CIRCUS IN ACCIDENT

Helena, Mont, April 27.-Major
Carl Spatz and Shirley Ford, banker
of Great Falls arrived in Helena early
Sunday morning after motoring from
Great Falls in order to permit the ma
jor to rejoin his squadron. The major
returned to Helena by automobile af-
ter flying from Helena to Great Falls
Saturday morning. While driving at
a good speed the driver of Mr.. Ford's
a failed to make a sharp turn on the
road near Mitchell, and it continued,
landing in a ditch with no one hurt.
Major Spatz arrived here early in the
morning with the assistance of a taxi
and later motored to Butte to ~rejoin
his squadron.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-02
THE GLASGOW COURIER

today, Monday, at 8 o'clock p. M, Par
is time:
Article one-The allies and asscs
ciated powers publicly arraign William
Ii OF Hohenzollern, formerly German
emperor, not for an offense against
criminal law but for a supreme Of
tense against international morality
and the sanctity of treaties.
'Aspecial Tribunal will be ,%consti-
tuted to try the accused thereby assur-
ing him the %guaranties essential to
the rights of defense. 1t will be COM
posed of five judges, one appointed
by each Of the following five powers,
namely, the United States of America,
Great Britain, France, Italy and Jap
an.
Will Fix Punishment.
" In its decision the tribunal will
be guided by the highest motives of in
ternational policy with a view to vim
dicating the solemn obligations Of in
ternational undertakings and the val
ldlty of information morality. 1t
will be it's duty to fixe the punishment
which it considers should be imposed.
The allied and associated powers
will address a request to the govern
ment of The Netherlands for the sur
render to them of the ex-emperor, in
order that he may be put on trial.
"'Article two-The German govern
ment not having insured the punish
ment Of the persons accused Of hav-
ing exercised acts in violation of the
laws and customs of war, such per-
sons will be brought before military
tribunals by the allied and associated
powers and if found guilty sentenced
to the punishments laid down by mil
itary law.
The German government shall
hand over to the allied and associated
powers or to such one of them as shall
SO request, all persons accused of hav.
ing committed an act in violation Of
the laws and customs of war who arr
specified either by name, or by the
rank, office or employment which they
held under the German authorities.
Article three-Persons guilty OF
criminal acts against the nationals Oh
n of the allied and associated powers
will be brought before the military
tribunal of that power.
Persons guilty of criminal acts
against the nationals of more than one
of the allied and associated powers
will be brought before the military tri-
bunals of the powers concerned.
" In every case the accused will be
entitled to name his own counsel"
Article four-The German govern.
ment undertakes to furnish all docu-
ments and information of every kind
the production of which may be con-
sidered necessary to insure the full
knowledge Of the discriminating acts,
the discovery of the offenders, the
just appreciation of the responsibility,
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-02
CROP CONDITIONS IN
STATE EXCELLENT
Winter Wheat Is in Fine Condition
and Spring Wheat Coming up ir
Good Shape.

Helena, April 24.-Reports on crop
conditions for the week ending April
10 received from IA counties by Chas.
D. Greenfield, commissioner of agri-
culture and publicity, indicate contln-
ued favorable conditions for field work
in all parts of the state. Light show
ers are reported from the northern
counties. There was a good rain IN
Ravalli county and counties in the
southeastern section of the state re-
port spring wheat coming up in good
shape. Except in isolated instances
the winter wheat crop continues to
look good and in only a few instances,
and these covering a very small ter
ritory, are there any reports Of win
ter killing. Some sections report a
shortage in seed grain, but from every
county save one there comes a report
of labor shortage. Alfalfa has start
ed we'll and in the fruit growing sec
tions of the state fruit buds are be-
ginning to show. 1t is estimated that
about half of the spring seeding had
been completed on the date of the
reports. The following are the re-
ports from the different counties:
Ravalli county.-Spring grain show
ing green. Planting has begun on
largest acreage of peas ever planted
in the county. Alfalfa getting a good
start. Early fruit buds beginning to
show.
Fergus commissioning we'll along,
winter wheat and rye generally good.
Weather and soil conditions favorable.
Blaine county.-Spring seeding will
be finished with two more weeks of
good weather. Feed is scarce. Labor
is needed for spring work and there
are a number of calls for year around
help.
Phillips ~county-Ideal spring wealth
er. 1t is estimated one-third of the
spring grain is sown. Winter grain
coming out we'll.
Dawson county.-Winter wheat and
rye looking fine. Labor very short.
Custer county.-Approximately half
of the spring wheat seeded. Farmers
are preparing their oats land. Alfal-
ia looks good. Labor situation easier.
Rosebud county.-Winter wheat con-
dition 100 per cent. Spring wheat rs
per cent seeded. Shortage of compe-
tent farm labor. Weather favorable
for crop growth.
Musselshell county.-Late planted
winter wheat that did not terminate
last fall is now coming strong. Spring
wheat so per cent seeded. Some oats
planted. Prospects fine if rain comes
soon.
Saltwater county.-Lack of misture
checking growth ow winter wheat.
Spring wheat seeding pretty well fin
ished. Big acreage. Landing season
on with more than 100 per cent in
crease. Labor scarce. Summerfallow-
ing begun.
Broadwater county.-Weather UNI
settled, windy, cool, dry. Seed wheat
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-02
GERMAN WAR MAKERS
TO BE BROUGHT 0TRIAL
Special Tribunal Is Provided to Try
Ex-kaiser; His Surrender Is De-
manded in Treaty.

Washington, April 28.-Trial of the
former German emperor "for a su-
preme offense against international
morality and the ~sanctity of treaties55
has been determined upon by the al
lied and associated powers. Holland
will be requested to surrender the roy
al refugee for arraignment before a
court composed of five judges named
by the United States, Great Britain,
France, Italy and Japan.
The state department made public
today proposed articles for insertion
in the treaty to be considered this
afternoon by the peace conference in
plenary session, providing for the trial
of William II Of H~ohenzollern, and
also requiring Germany to deliver all
persons within it's borders charged
with shaving exercised acts in VIOLA
ton of the laws and customs of war"
for arraignment before military trib-
unals of the allied and associated
powers whose nationals suffered
through such offenses.
Thus the peace conference commits
sion on responsibility for the war has
solved it's most weighty problem. The
state departments announcement of
the solution vas received here gener-
ally with surprise, because it was
known that Secretary Lansing, chair
man of the commission, had steadfast-
ly opposed any attempt to bring the
former kaiser before an international
tribunal. Mr.. Lansing contended there
was no law by which such an offender
could be reached by the conference,
and that it would be contrary to the
constitution of the United States for
the American delegates to participate
in the execution of a sort of %interna-
tional eX post facto law. At that time,
however, it was proposed to charge
criminal and military offenses, and
it was suggested today that the de-
cision to base the indictment upon vi
olation of international morality and
the sanctity of treaties was taken to
meet the American viewpoint.
Military Law to Rule.
Persons accused of violation of the
laws and customs of war;, according
to a second proposed article, will be
brought before military tribunals and
if found guilty, "sentenced to the pun-
ishment laid down by military law"
Belgium's Chance.
All persons accused of having CON-
mitted an act in violation of the laws
and customs of war, who are specified
"either by name or by the rank, office
or employment which they held under
the German authorities" will be de-
manded of the German government for
trial by the military tribunal of the
power against whose nationals the
criminal acts were perpetrated.
The announcement issued by the
state department follows:
"Following are the proposed articles
regarding penalties, for insertion in
the treaty of peace to be considered
at a plenary session of the conference
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-02

in demand. Acreage of spring rye in
creased. Landing progressing very
favorably.
Richland county.-Favorable wealth
er conditions. Seed wheat scarce.
Acreage will be reduced 80 per cent
on account of high cost of seed and
labor. There is a shortage of feed
for work horses.
Cascade county.-Lack of moisture
delays blowing in some sections. Cut
worms have appeared in one locality
Of limited area. More farm labor
needed.
Lewis and Clark county.-One-
third spring crop seeded. Strong
winds have had drying effect or soil,
which is blowing from some fields.
Rain is needed.
Sanders county.-Rain needed in
east end Of county. Seeding complet-
ed on a few farms. Range grass get
ting good start.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-02
Do You Enjoy Life?

A man in good physical condition is
almost certain to enjoy life, while the
bilious and dyspeptic are respondent,
do not enjoy their meals and feel mis-
cradle a good share of the time. This
i'll feeling is nearly always unneces-
sary. A few doses of Chamberlain's
Tablets to tone up the stomach, i'm
prove the digestion and regulate the
bowels is all that is needed. Try it.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-02

berry. The rust spores from the
wheat must grow on this bush in or
der to develop spores capable of at
lacking the wheat plant. Deprived
of the barberry these spores die.
Eight states from Montana east
to Michigan and north of Kansas have
laws prohibiting the sale or growing
of barberry. The Montana law, pas
sed in February, 1919, gives the state
board of horticulture legal power to
remove barberry. The law specifically
states that every bush Of common bar
berry must be dug up by the roots and
that all bushes left standing 10 days
after written notice to the owner shall
be removed by the horticultural in
spector and the cost collected with
the taxes on the land. A fine is pro-
vided for failure to observe the law.
The United States department of
agriculture is sending out special
agents throughout the spring wheat
region to aid the states in securing a
total eradication of common barberry
during 1919.
There is one kind of barberry which
does not harbor dust and is, therefore,
harmless and need not be destroyed.
This is the japanese barberry, a low
spreading bush with small, smooth
margined leaves, and with flowers
and berries borne singly or in twos
and threes. The common barberry is
a sturdy bush with three pronged
spines, large leaves with finely notch
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-02
EXPERTS OFFER FREE
SERVICE TO FARMERS

AS a result of a conference be-
tween A. L. Strauss, secretary Of the
state board of horticulture; D. B.
Swingle, pathologist of the Montana
experiment station, and R. B. Streets,
representing the United States depart
ment of agriculture, a cooperative
campaign has been mapped out to
free the state from epidemics of black
rust o rsteam rust of wheat and other
grains.
The plan is to control the micro
scopic fungus which causes rust by
the destruction of the common bar
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-02

granted charters for three new nation
al banks to be started in this part of
the state. One charter goes to the
First National bank of Antelope, an
other to a bank at Mondak, Roosevelt
county, and the third to a new institu--
tion at McCabe.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-02
ed edges and flowers and red berries
in currant-like clusters.

THREE CHARTERS GRANTED
FOR NEW NATIONAL BANKS
Word has been received here that
the comptroller of the currency has
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-10
Pioneer Drinks

Some old things coming back under new
names. The shadow of prohibition now creep
ing steadily on the people who hold that slim
ulating is one of the elements of healthful life,
they searching the records of the past for
the names Of drinks which can be home distilled
and home brewed without violation of the let
tiers (no matter about the spirits) Of the law
Rye, barley rice, most of the cereals used
in the making of breakfast foods, and other Of
the products of nature will ferment as readily
in house, or barn, as in distillery or brew
cry, when subjected to a fermentng process
With fermentation, an alcoholic content in crude
drinks which even the nonfastidious wouldn't
into greater favor after the ban on the more
perfected products is put on. The pioneers know
how to make many Of these drinks, They gave
to them names which do not persist as we'll as
do the stories OF how they are made The for
mulas Judging from many contemporary re-
ports have been handed down from one genera
ton to another.
But names have changed. What is now
called the "humdnger," and which ere long
will be more popular than now, was what was
known in pioneer days as cider flip" The
drink is made by thrusting into glass Of hard
cider the heated end of hot poker Even
should the 'humdnger" fail for want of right
handling, there will be a multitude of yeast
compounds for use in emergencies, any of
which may be trusted to ferment and give out
alcohol, il nothing more, or worse. When COM
bned with grape juice and water, and given the
needed time for results, yeast, it is said can
get rise" out of heavier things than home
made bread.-St Louis GlobeDemocrat
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-10
End of the Casually Lists

At last the end of the American war casual
ity lists is in sight. After four and half
months the military records have been made
as complete as possible. From time to time in
formation may come to light that will require
further corrections in individual cases. In the
aggregate they will probably be relatively few.
The greatest difficulty has been in checking
up the entries OF missing men. Here have arisen
what have seemed to many persons intermin-
able delays. But to make a thorough search,
in thousands of cases, OF all available records,
to run down every clue, has necessarily con
sumed much time In every~ war many men
simply disappear never to be accounted for
again. They may be killed in action and no
means OF identification be found. They may
1rop out OF sight in ways unexplained. After
the confusion OF battle, others reported missing
may be traced to distant hospitals turn up
with organizations other than their own
Among the prisoners in enemy hands there are
always certain number who have been classed
as missing in the absence of definite informa-
ton.
The French alone have had between 100000
and 100000 missing. It is one of the worst
tragedies of the war What became of them
nobody knows-whether they were killed in bat
tie or died in prison.
With the closing of the war casualty lists the
final count can be made. They are far lighter
than might have been expected after the United
State sentered the war, and far more so than
they inevitably would have been it the armstice
had not been signed last November. as certain
noncombatants still deplore.-New Yak
World
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-10
Is the President Coming Home?

The report that the president has sent
hurry call for his transport may be accepted
only as good omen. II Mr.. Wilson really
plans an early departure from France, it must
mean that substantial agreement has been
reached in regard to the peace treaty, and that
it will soon be ready for signature. We scarcely
can believe the president would leave Paris in
a fit of pique, nor that he would give over the
task there in an unfinished condition. He had
to choose, as he phrased it, between two du-
ties on March 5, when he left America the sec
ond time for Paris. To him the call of the
Peace conference seemed imperative and para
mount. If he now inds he can be spared from
that concaye long enough to give attention to
domestic affairs, the inference is plain that
things are going we'll. Immediate departure
of the George Washington and an equally
prompt return might land the executive at the
capitol in time to address congress in extra
session on May |. The outlook holds hope