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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23
THE MEMORIAL
CROSS EXERCISES

One of the important features OF
the program on Memorial Day at the
Orpheum will be the Memorial Cross
Exercises.
A large cross will be placed on the
platform on which will be placed
floral offerings in memory of depart
ed soldiers of the late war or of any
war. This exercise is for the bene-
fit of those who have lost boys in
France or who died and were buried
elsewhere.
The graves of the boys who are
buried in Plentywood cemetery will
be decorated by the soldiers in the
forenoon and it is hoped that all
families in the county having boys
buried in France or at sea or in any
part of the country away from Plen-
tywood will bring floral offerings in
their memory to be hung on this
Cross.
> Please write the name of the sol
der including the rank, the date and
place of birth and death on card
and tie to the floral offering. Leave
these flowers, with card, with COM
mittee at the Community Hall and
they will be taken care of and
brought to the Orpheum building be-
fore p. m.
Floral offerings in memory of
Civil and Spanish American War sol
diers will be received and placed on
the Cross with the others.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23
GERMANY WILL
NOT SIGN TREATY
German Cabinet Says That Germany
Will Not Sign Peace Terms-Peace
ENJOYS to Present Allies With De-
mands for Modification.
(By Associated Press)

The Sefhite statement that Ger
many will not sign the peace terms
in their present form is made by
the German cabinet through the AS
sociated Press.
Statements along a somewhat SINH
lar line by President Ebert, Premier
Scileidemann and other Germans in
high place have preceded this one.
Another note was sent Tuesday by
the German peace mission at Yer
sailles to the secretaryiat of the
peace congress.
The German representatives are
expected to transmit to the allies a
comprehensive statement Of Ger
many's attitude towards the peace
treaty, specifying what points they
accept and what they desire to have
modified. The 15-day time limit for
them to make known their stand
point expires Thursday, but an ex-
tension of time has been asked by
the Germans.
Premier Orlando has gone to Rome
for a conference with members OF
his cabinet "on certain interior and
foreign questions" according to a
Paris dispatch. It seems probable.
therefore, that the peace terms will
not be presented to the Austrian
delegation before Friday, when the
Italian premier returns.
In view of the fact that the settle
ment of the Italian and Jugo-Slavic
claims to Fiume and Parts of Dal-
malta are still unsettled and that ev-
cry effort has been made to bring
about an agreement before the peace
terms are laid before the Austrian
peace mission, it may be assumed
that Signor Orlando's trip to Rome
indicates some new development in
the work of adjusting the situation
Apparently Premier Orlando will at
the most remain at Rome only a few
hours.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
PASSES IN HOUSE

Washington, May 22.-The woman
suffrage constitutional amendment
resolution was passed by the house
yesterday after less than three hours
debate.
The vote was 3O4 to 80, or AZ more
than the necessary two-thirds ma
jority. The resolution now goes to
the senate, where supporters plan
to urge speedy action. Final en-
actment of the measure within two
weeks was predicted by some suf-
frage leaders.
Only two amendments were offered
in the house and each was defeated
without a roll call. Representative
Clark proposed that it be made neces-
sary for state legislatures to COM
plete ratification within seven years
while Representative Saunders,
democrat of Virginia, proposed that
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23
RAILROAD MEN
REFUSE TO CARRY
CIRLSITO STRIKE

Regarded as Sign They Will Join
Winnipeg Labor War-Veterans
are Hopeful Trouble Is Near End.
Ottawa, Ont, May 22.-The Winni-
peg strike is nearing a settlement,
according to a telegram from Winni-
peg representative of the Great
War Veterans association, received
here, by the organizations dominion
secretary.
The message intimated that both
side have agreed to abide by the
mayors decision on the right of en-
ployes to bargain collectively through
their unions.
"The strike situation is tighten
ing" the message said. "The city is
quiet and orderly. Labor terms, in
volving recognition of the right of
collective bargaining, are subject to
the mayor"
The dominion secretary announced
that he understood this to mean that
both side had agreed to abide by the
mayors ruling.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23

ratification be by the voters of the
state instead of the assemblies.
After passing the resolution the
house adjourned until noon tomor-
row.
Action Praised by Mrs. Gait
Immediately after the vote was
announced Mrs. Carrie Gait, presi-
dent of the American suffrage asso-
ciation, issued this statement:
Never was there a more splendid
response to the movement for. Justice
to women now sweeping the world
than the quick and gallant action of
the house of representatives. Rati-
fication will follow in the various
state legislatures, l am convinced.
with the same generosity and thus
release American women from
further struggle to secure political
freedom"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23
OUTLOOK MERCANTILE co.
IS HOLDING BIG SALE

Fred kort,h owner of the Outlook
Mercantile Co. store, will close his
entire stoG, out in three weeks
tune in big sale now being held in
Outlook. The fixtures and stock are
all to go. The sale commenced May
2land will continue for three weeks.
Mr.. Korth informs us that the pub
nc will receive bargains which will be
impossible to overlook. Everything
mas been reduced to rock bottom
prices. 1t will pay-any one to call at
Outlook and take advantage of the
big saving in dry goods and gro
ceres. Mr.. Korth reserves the right
10 sell groceries to consumers only.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23
BIG MEMORIAL DAY
PROGRAM MAY 30

Memorial day has been designated
an official holiday in the memory of
the boys who in years gone by have
offered themselves as sacrifices on
the altar of freedom, and to those
we add the boys of the late war.
What better day could be chosen on
which to honor our boys, to cele-
brate the return of those who are re-
turning and mourn those who made
the supreme sacrifice.
A special invitation is extended to
the returned boys. Come in your
uniforms. There will be a big din
ner at the Community Hall at 200
o'clock. Everyone bring a basket
and put enough in for that bachelor
soldier. The Red Cross will serve
coffee and tables will be set.
Those who own autos will help
make this celebration success by
notifying their local chapter of how
many boys they can accommodate.
The Red Cross branches are asked
to notify all the returned boys that
they know. Everybody join forces
to make this the most successful
Memorial Day that Sheridan County
has ever had. Show your appercia-
ton of what these boys have done
by all coming and doing your part.
The program of the day follows:
Memorial Day Program
II 100 A. nj.
Parade.
Honor of dead comrades.
Decoration of graves by local SOL
diers, sailors and marines.
1900 M.
Reception by Red Cross.
Picnic Dinner at Community Hall.
200 P. M.
Program at Orpheum
l. Hymn
2. Invocation.
3. Reading-Gettysburg Address.
4. Music-High School Chorus.
5. Address, Spanish American
War"A. w. March "a Spanish
American War Veteran).
7. Address, "World War"-Ralph
Pask.
e 8. Memorial Cross Exercises.
8. Singing-Audience.
10. Memorial Address-Judge c. E.
Conner.
II. Star Spangled Banner.
II. Benediction.
Memorial Committees
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23
Fear Ocean-to-Ocean Spread

rear Ucean-tO-Ucean Spread
Winnipeg, Man, May 21-Forces
of capital and labor were still in a
deadlock tonight with members OF
the citizens committee unable to
bring about an adjustment of the
local labor situation which resulted
in general strike last Thursday.
The day, which was one of meet
ings and conferences, was marked by
a Tightening of the lines under union
control. Neither union leaders no1
other prominent figures, including
industrial chiefs and city officials
made any effort to conceal the fact
that failure to settle the local
trouble may bring about disturbed
conditions which would affect the do
minion from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc.
Employers Sit Tight
L. r. Barrett, vice president of the
Vulcan Iron WORKS, one of Winni-
pegs leading industrial plants, and
this afternoon:
eve can do nothing. The whole
situation is in the hands of the citi-
zens' committee, and we must await
action by that committee. In the
meantime, we are going to sit tight
an make no concessions"
Between the union camp, which is
insisting that the general strike is
a protest against local labor condi-
tions from the standpoint of wages,
hours and the right to organize, and
the camp represented by leading en-
ployers of the union men, are three
forces trying to bring the factions
together. One is the citizens COM
mittee, another is the military COM
manded by General H. D. B. Ketchen
and the third is Mayor Charles F.
Gray. 1t is known that peace feel
ers were sent out today, but failure
of the conciliatory agencies to an
nounce any result, caused the gen.
eral impression that no definite steps
toward a settlement had been taken.
Trainmen Ready to Strike
The Western Labor News official
organization of the 10000 union
workers who are idle, announced
that trainmen on the government
railways entering winnipeg are
ready to strike; that the Canadian
Pacific railroad trainmen are voting
upon the question and that railway
shopmen of the Winnipeg and dis
trict shops, who are seeking higher
pay and shorter hours, will announce
their attitude tomorrow.
The same paper contained intima-
tions that the Winnipeg strike is re-
ceiving support from the union
forces in other provinces. It an
nounced that a 'strong contingent
of girls from Toronto who We're
being brought here to the largest de-
partment store of the city was re-
fused transportation past Port Aur~
on" and that railway workers are
said to refuse to handle trains on
which such persons are found"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23
CONG. MINISTERS TO
MEET AT ANTELOPE
Annual Meeting of Northeastern AS.
sociation of the Montana Congre.
gational Churches Will Be Held al
Antelope June 10th and 11th.

The annual meeting of the North
eastern Association of the Montana
Congregational churches will be held
at Antelope, June 10th and 11th.
This Association is made up of the
Congregational churches in North
eastern Montana, comprising four
large parishes: the Plentywood par
ish, of which Rev. E. w. Savage is
pastor; the Medicine Lake parish,
Rev. R. H. Evans pastor; the Glas-
gov parish, F. E. Henry, pastor, and
the Malta parish, Rev. w. H. Haley
pastor.
There are several churches includ-
ed in each one of these parishes and
it is hoped that each one will be
represented.
The following program will be
presented at the Antelope meeting
and everyone is cordially invited to
attend any or all of the services:
Tuesday, June 10th
g.. 200 p. m.
! Devotional Service.
Organization and Business.
Address of Welcome-Mrs. c.. A.
Foster, Antelope.
Reports from Churches.
Tuesday, June 10th
Music by Antelope Cornet Band.
800 p. m.
Devotional Service.
Duet-Margaret and Gena Stub
bans, Medicine Lake.
Address, "The American Mission
ary Association R. w. Roun-
dy, New York.
Music by the Antelope choir.
Address, "The American Board of
Commissions for Foreign Missions"
Mr.. C. c. Fuller, South Africa.
Hymn.
Benediction.
Wednesday, June 18th
900 a. m.
Devotional Services.
Business Session.
Address-Rev. E. w. Savage, Plen-
tywood.
Music.
Address-Rev. R. H. Evans, Medi-
cine Lake.
Baptismal Service.
Sacrament of the Lords Supper.
Supt. G. J. Powell, D. D., Billings.
Wednesday, June 18th
200 p. m.
| Devotional Service.
| Address-Rev. E. Henry, Glasgow.
Women's Hour.
Address, "Missions"- Mrs. C. C.
Scott, Froid.
Music
Sunday School Work-Mrs. Bel
gum, Antelope.
Reading-Miss Edna Foster, Ante
lope.
Red Cross Work-Mrs. T. w
Greer, Plentywood.
Address, ."The Church AS Factor
in Rural Life-County Agent f. w.
Anderson, Plentywood.
Wednesday, June 18th
800 p. m.
Closing Session
Doxology.
Invocation.
Gloria.
Responsive Reading.
| Scripture Reading.
Duet-Eleanor and Lydia Scott,
Medicine Lake.
Association Sermon-Rev. N. f.
Haley, Malta.
Music-Antelope Choir.
Address-Superintendent G. ].
Powell, D. D., Billings.
Hymn.
| Benediction.
Pastor and delegates please send
your names to Mrs. c. A. Foster OF
Antelope, so that entertainment may
be arranged. Entertainment: MON
TANA Plan-a bed and three square
! meals a day.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23
NC1 SINK AT SEA

Washington, May 21.-The, naval
seaplane NC-1, forced down by tog
early Saturday during the trans-AI-
lantic flight to the Azores, has sunk
at sea. The second of the trio OF OF
planes, the NC-3, lost of nearly oO
hours off the Azores, is beng dis-
mantled for shipment back to the
United States.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23
LUTHERAN SERVICES
Sunday, May 25th

Sunday, May 25th
1900 a. m.-Dooley.
300 p. m.-Bethany.
8:15 p. m.-Plentywood.
S. J. FRETHEIM, Pastor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23
THE WEEK
Very Efficient Farmers
World Gets Peace Plan
Who Inherits the Earth?
Big Fight for 80 Cents
Some Magnificent Piffle
he Lowest Breed of Animal,

The most important document OF
the twentieth century has been made
public. The allied statesmen have
given US their version of the proper
settlement of the great war.
We are too near it yet to grasp
what it all means. Nations, parts OF
nations, colonies, peoples, vast sums
Of money, trade arrangements, the
weaps of war have been shuffled
like huge deck of cards. And in
the shuffling of the cards, for once,
at least, lies real fortune the
worlds fortune for generations to
come.
We shall probably find good deal
of good and bad in it, and according
as We weigh certain factors will we
pronounce it good or bad. In the
main it is a peace built on the old
diplomacy. The statesmen did not
have the necessary faith in the new
methods SO much talked of during
the war. But the peace will have to
appear very bad for the war-weary
people to reject it at this time.
Our controlled press is using an
argument to support it which is
most discouraging. The terms are
no more harsh than the German
militarists would. have dictated had
they won. II the terms are as bad
as that it means that the Prussian
spirit which we hoped to overcome,
has although defeated at home, con-
quered the world.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23

STRAYED-Three weeks ago, red
bull calf, 10 months old. $5 reward
for any information leading to re-
covery. Svend Peterson, Az miles
north, u mile west of Dagmar-
6-3t
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23
NC-4 DEPENDED
ON FOR LAST LEG
NC-1 Out of Commission-NC-3
Needs Repairs-Read All Ready to
Sail With Good Weather.

London, May 21.-Up to this hour
there is no word of Hawker and his
navigator Grieve. Not a single re-
port has been received from any of
the numerous airplanes, destroyers,
mine sweepers and light craft of all
descriptions which are sweeping the
seas off Ireland.
Their task has been hampered by
fog and rain.
In an official comnnunique just is
sued justifying the attitude of the
government in relation to the cross
Atlantic flight which has ended in
disaster, the admiralty warns the
public that in view of the vast areas
involved the chances of finding
Hawher and Grieve are very remote.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23

Ponta Delgada, May 21.-Lieuten-
ant Commander Albert C. Read, in
command of the American seaplane
NC-4 expects to start for Lisbon at
6 o'clock this morning. He hopes to
reach there before dark. If all is
well with the flight, an overnight
stop will be made at Lisbon and the
NC-4 will proceed on the last lap of
the transatlantic journey for Ply
mouth, weather permitting.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23

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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23

Is there any farmer who wouldn't
be willing to pay 80 cents more taxes
on a 10 to l chance of being able
thereby to cut out the gouging of
unnecessary an wasteful middlemen
of getting a fair banking system, a
home building association to promote
the general prosperity? If there is
such a strange animal, he should be
rotting for the Independent Voters
association of North Dakota, for this
highfaluting title covers a group of
farmer friends" who have organized
themselves, collected a lot Of money
a good way east of North Dakota,
and put on a referendum campaign
to save the real farmers from ex-
pending 80 cents for "new and revo-
lutionary" legislation.
The state tax commission there has
figured out that the total current
cost of the farmers industrial pro-
gram in the next two years will be
$215,000 a year, or $430,000 for the
two years. With a population of
$4,000 this means 30 cents a year
per capita. Stronger yet, when the
new industries get to working the
state will get the 80 cents back out
of profits.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-05-23

North Dakota has exploded 50
many myths that it may be an old
story to mention a new one. But the
fact that the last session of the leg
islature there, controlled entirely by
organized farmers, was the least
expensive in the recent history of the
state, deals a hard blow to the theo-
ry that only those "born to rule" can
be efficient.
The state auditor has just found
that the total expense, including all
salaries, mileage of members and
miscellaneous expenses, was S87,-
299.91, or $$20,O2722 less than that
of the previous session, when the old
gang had big finger in the pie. The
1913 session, that session which told
the farmers to "go home and slop
the hogs" spent $144,735.19, or $751;
435.28 more than the recent farmer
controlled assembly. To make it
stronger yet we might remember
that the cost of nearly everything
has about doubled since 1913.
Strange to say, too, the farmers
did it by applying business methods.
They hired only employees actually
needed, cut printing costs to one
fourth by introducing fewer bills,
eliminated a large part of the Gus
tomary miscellaneous expense, and
saved $4,000 by adjourning six days
before the time limit.
An English statistician who has
been going over the records of the
670,0G0 persons who died in. the
United Kingdom last year, reports
that $4,000, or nearly 80 per cent,
left an estate of less than $500 each.
Most of them left nothing. Four
thousand four hundred, or about one
twentieth of one per cent, left behind
them more than 81 900, 100000, or an
average of $250,0O0 each.
It is thus very evident as to who
inherits the earth in England The
expert who made the above study
declares that 10000 persons, who
with their families make up about
one-seventieth of the population of
England, Scotland and Wales, own
about two-thirds of the accumulated
wealth. In other so-called civilized
countries the situation is not much
different. But it doesn't constitute
the civilization; it marks the failure
we have made in developing it pro-
perly.
Is there any farmer who wouldn't
be willing to pay 80 cents more taxes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-30
PRESIDENT TO BE
 INVITED TO ATTEND
 ROADS CONVENTION
Senator Bankhead Will Arrange for Committee to Be, Received at
 White House In January

President Wilson will be invited to attend the annual convention of the United States Good Roads association in Hot Springs, Ark, April 12-17. A committee representing the good roads association. the state of Arkansas, city of Hot Springs and the commercial bodies of that city will go to Wash ington on January 22 to extend the in- vita tion to the President.
 Vice President Marshall will also be invited to attend the convention
 Senator John H. Bankhead, presi- dent of the association, advised Di- rector General Rountree yesterday that he would name a committee of 25 representative business men and wo- men to call on the President and vice president on January P and formally extend the invitation to them.
 Governor Charles H. Brough of Ar kansas. who is first vice president Of the association will appoint a commit tee to represent that state, and City Manager George R. Bedding of Hot Springs and President s. M. Mutt of the Hot Springs Business Mems league will head committees from the city and the league who will join the good roads association committee in Wash ington and go with them to call on the President and vice president
 Senator BanIShead writes that he will make arrangements with the Presi- dent and vice president to receive the committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-30
HOME MISSION WORK a FOR BIRMINGHAM IS
 N PLANNED BY BAPTISTS
of Mission Work in the Birmingham District Outlined
 By Special Committee

IA Comprehensive and adequately fi- 8Eanced home mission work is planned Eby Birmingham Baptists for the dis ftrict.
 " Yesterday 10 members, of the spe- fial committee of which Dr.. J. R. Hobbs is chairman met and entered into a thorough discussion of the work! \ Although the committee is to meet again Monday for final action, it was -fpractically. though not definitely, de- cided to expend an annual sum in the vicinity of $1s,000 in such develop ment.
 The office of superintendent of mis- sions is to be created, suitable quar- fers provided and most thorough work done. Three other workers will be added to the staff to have charge of the mission work of the B. r. P. U.. w. M. U. and the Sunday school diyi- sion. M
 The programme has been under dis cussion for some time and has grad ually been worked over and shaped up to it's present phase. Final decision is looked for at the meeting next week, at which time working programme will be prepared.
 Other members of the committee who took part in the, conference Mon- day were pr. NJ. M. Woods, treasurer Jesse A. Cook, secretary; k. S. Barnes. pr. c. Ross Baker, Dr. J. E. billiard. pr. ". P. Price. Rev. w. P. Reeves and Rev. B. c. Kincaid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-30

The robbery was made known early yesterday morning when one by one the dentists reported to John Lewis, super intendent of the building. the fact that the drawers of their instrument cases had been pried open and numerous arti- cles, most gold plate, gold scraps and jewelry had been stolen.
 Dr. J. A. Ellard. one of the heaviest losers, found on arrival at his office on the fourth, floor of the First National bank that his safe had been broken into and $75 in cash and the same amount in gold plate and gold scrap had been taken Waive notes to the value of s50O were left untouched by the thieves, 9
 Detectives from headquarters were called into the case. but up to a late heur last night no arrests had been made. The police state they were working on several clues.
 The following known losses were re- ported by the dentists yesterday:
 Dr. W. A. Massey, s4o in gold plate and gold scraps.
 Dr. w. B. Goodwin, $30 in gold plate,
 Dr. R. J. Barnett, S25 in gold plate a gold watch, several gold coins, band ring A quantity of platinum that was in the same drawer that was robbed in this office was left untouched,
 Dr. W. S. Malone, 80 in gold plate and a B government baby bond"
 DTS. L. and J. G. Caldwell, an amount