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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
PLANS COMPLETE FOR TRACK AND
 LITERARY MEET
Executive Committee Name Judges And Adopt
 Program.

The executive committee of the Jefferson county Literary and Ath- letic association, at meeting Sat urday afternoon, decided upon the program for the track and literary meet for Saturday, April 19.
 All pupils will assemble at Gen. tral High School at 10 o'clock Satur- day morning and present themselves for the spelling contest. Immediate ly after the spelling contest, lunch will be served on the junior high grounds. At 1 o'clock the pupils will meet at the athletic field and pre- sent themselves to L. E. Bassett for the track and field events. Upon the conclusion of the track and field events, the reading and Reclamation events will be held. Lunch will fol- low this. All other events will fol- low this.
 The meet this year will be the first one held since the war began, and it is, estimated that fully thousand people will attend, besides the great number of school children who will be in the meet.
 Officials Named. Officials for the meet are announ- ced as follows:
 Referee and starter, l.. B. Bassett; time keeper, Henry Jordan, and H. |C. Stevens; clerk of course, Prof , - - '. m ---- \. --'- n
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
OFFICIALS URGE PHONE STRIKERS
 TO RESUME WORK
Request Them To Submit A New Wage Scale And
 Complaints.

Washington, April l6.-Sters to- ward settlement of the strike of New England telephone operators were taken today by Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary Tumulty. Each urged the strikers to return to work, immediately and submit their demands for higher wage scale, and recognition of the right of collec- tive bargaining to the general man. ager of the New England Telephone and Telegraph company, and gave assurance that such application would be acted upon promptly.
 In statement given out after a conference with Secretary Humility, MT. Burleson declared that the post office department was not free to grant wage increases which would have to be paid for by the public, without carefully inquiring into the relation between revenues and ex- penditures," of the company. He promised however, that if the in- creases were found to be "just and reasonable" they would be granted even if the charges to the public had to be advanced.
 MT. Burleson warned the strikers that unless they returned to work at once, the people of New England, "now suffering so seriously from the less. of service" would tour against them and would be Cess. likely to give the employees the support neces- sary to warrant favorable govern ment action."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
REFUSES TO
 RECALL STRIKE

w;m w;Mmuskogee, Okla., April 16.-John hsn hAe,son, e, president of District Num- st . zl, United Mine Workers, was th;. th:;,'oing firm tonight on his refusal ora.x mI a1ternoon to recall the strike rL worl or yesterday affecting 4,3OO coa, cAers in the mines of the Central fns' Si ana Coke company. The federal str;t ,admlnlstratebn's order that the p;anang mine workers submit their a;sssances to the labor bureau was eronss erossrued, Wilkerson says, on the 6efosaaa 6uaa that the dispAe originated es;s4s .s the administration came into lat;or l;nce and is not strike in viola
 on or contract obligations.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
COURT ACQU|1S
 B. C. WALLACE OF OPENING LETTER
Former Superintendent Of Mails Here Found Not
 Guilty.

Little Rock. Ark, April 16.--B. c. Wallace, former superintendent of mails in the postoffice at Pine Bluff, today was acquitted by a jury in fed eral court of the charge of opening a letter and taking three dollars from it. Several postoffice inspectors tes- tified that they had seen Wallace open the letter and that the marked bills contained in it afterwards were found on Wallace.
 B. c. Wallace, of this city, who was superintendent of mails at the local postoffice, was arrested several months ago, charged with riflng mails. at the postoffice. He was in- dicted by the federal grand jury some weeks ago, and yesterday. was tried in federal court, at Little Rock. Aft CT being out for forty minutes, the jury returned verdict of not guilty. Mr. Wallace was represented by At torney Alex Rowell, of this city, and Powell Clayton, of Little Rock. MT. Clayton is a brother of Mrs. w. D. Jones of this city.
 NIT. Wdldce was we'll knoWH nere, and has many friends who were in terested ill his acquittal. He is at present connected with D. w. Richey and Company.
 Attorney Alex Powell returned home last night He stated that the prosecution was in no instance able to prove that any one had seen Mir. Wallace remove any money from letters. He further stated that MT. Wallace, when put on the stand, ex- hibited entire composure, and readily impressed the jury with the truth of his statements. The letter with the marked bills, Mir. Rowell stated. has never yet been found.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
ALBANIA ASKS
 INDEPENDENCE
Rv The Associated Press,

Paris, April 16.-The members of the Albanian provisional government representing that country at the peace conference have addressed to the president of the conference letter asking for the confirmation of the complete independence of Albania.
 Cancellation of secret treaties re- garding that country, rectification of the frontiers between Albania and other Balkan states, according to the Ethnic principles and naming of a power to supervise the government as mandatory are also asked for.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
WALKER. AND HANF
 TRIAL APRIL 23

The trial in Little Rock of Mrs. c. H. Walker, of that city, and Ike Hanf, of Pine Bluff, charged in two indictments with selling and deliver- ing liquor to United States soldiers has been set in federal court fol April 23.
 The demurrer to the third indict- meat against Mrs. Walker, charging il(morality. was argued before Judge Trieber Tuesday afternoon. The demurrer was overruled as to the charge of immortality at l122 Scott street. and the Marion hotel and sustained " n the charge 1t immorality With skesant Tyree at sss 'ss sss ss1'ss' K z s'ss'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
ENERALS ARE |PP0SED TO NEW ARMY CHANGES
bnrove Present Control Of Court Martial.
|0ULD PREVENT
 TECHNICALITIES
ult Is Not In System But Tn The Failure To Apply It
 Properly.

Washington, April 16.-Three ma
 generals of the regular army
 onard Wood and Hugh L. Scott
 etired), former chiefs of the gener,
 staff, and each of whom trained
 q commanded divisions during the
 r, and John L. Chamberlain, in
 ector general, opposed today before
 American Bar association com-
 ttee inquiring into the subject of
 litary justice, any plan of taking bm the president and the command
 generals the control they now ex-
 cise over courts martial. The pres
 It controversy as to war time sen hoes began with the proposal of
 eut. -Col. Samuel T. Ansell, then &ting judge-advocate general, to re- tse in the judge-advocate general, hal jurisdiction of these cases.
 The three officers agreed that the toposed change would impair the dis plinary system, although all saw kfects in existing laws or regula- bns. which should be remedied. To eet complaints as to excessive sen-
 nces, the officers were of the opin- h that the president should be au- horized by law to fix maximum pen
 ties in war times as well as in bace
 Don't Want Technicalities. But whatever is done," General Food declared, don't give us any |ossibility of Harry Thaw case h the army. We don't want the |aggling over technicalities of civil burt cases"
 General Chamberlain shared this (iew as opposed to the suggestion hat the military legal system should (e put entirely under army legal au- |horities. He opposed the suggestion hat it De made mandatory that rained legal officers preside over 'ourts.
 General Scott declared control of liscipline was an essential function # comand, adding that "the weak ming of discipline in the Russian ar ny destroyed Russia"
 While probably 75 percent of the ases brought to trial during the var never should have reached a ourt martial stage, General Wood aid it was the inexperience of off CTS, their lack of "the habit of com nand," and the failure of the human lement that could not be reached by aw which caused this situation.
 Defects Not in System.
 The fundamental defect in our ourt martial procedure" he said, "is 'ot in the machinery, but in the fail Ire to carry out it's operations prop rly."
 General Wood urged that more areful scrutiny be given to cases 'efore they were brought to trial, nat greater use be made of the many disciplinary measure not in- 'oivlng legal proceedings; that ocm- 'etent counsel be assigned for all ,risoners to protect their rights and nat Judge-advocates of courts in- iine toward the French system, by vhlch the legal officer merely pre- ehts the case and does not take iecr. The tendency of courts martial, III three generals contended, was oward protection of the accused
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
PROFESSOR DIES h
 AFTER FUNERAL

San Francisco, Cal, April 16.- Professor Henry Morse Stephens, of the University of California, promin- ent educator and author and active war worker, dropped dead at the Union Ferry depot today after at- tending the funeral of Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
Other Workers Quit:>

Boston, April 16.-E Electrical work CTS and cable splicers numbering to- gether about 1,5OO joined the ranks of the striking employees of the New England Telephone and Telegraph company today. In addition, the New England joint council. of telephone workers at meeting this noon vot- ed to call out tomorrow the work men of the organization in all the five states affected by the strike According to officers of the council this action will affect 12,0OO men.
 A meeting of the inter -departmen- tai union which includes men and women clerks in various departments will be held tonight and, according to union officials, will consider the question of joining the strike in SUD- port of the operators demands.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
COURT ACQUITS
 T. D. McCALLUM

Little Rock, April 15.-Thomas D. McCallum, former teller of the Ar kansas National Bank, of Hot Springs was acquitted of the charge of having misappropriated the banks funds in federal court here today. McCallum once was convicted and was serving a term in federal penitentiary when granted new trial by the United States circuit court of appeals.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
WILSON WOULD
 AID EMPLOYMENT

washington, April 16.-A confer .aee t;, to consider a national legisla- slve program for the creation of a armament p;a national employment ser M n,ue m cooperation with state and SS.u,,lelpalltles S"a was called today bv oeei oeeeiletafy Wilson to meet here April cora cora to 2oth. Governors of all states were asked to send representatives.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
CHOPPED OFF HAND
 TO EVADE SERVICE

Capt Girardeau, Mo-, April 16.-Al- bert Wheeling, a farmer of Hol- comb, Mo-, who pleaded guilty here late yesterday in the United States district court of having chopped off his life hand with an axe July 21' last, to evade military service, was sentenced to six months in prison by Federal Judge Dyer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
MEMORIAL FUND Previously acknowledge
 ed --$ 114.50 Subscriptions yesterday .00 Total ---$ 114.50


 If those who have crossed into the great beyond possess power to know what is going on here, it must be with feel ings better imagined than de- scribed that those men of Jef- ferson county who died to pro- tect their country and loved ones from the houndly Hun regard erstwhile fellow citizens who permit an entire day to pass without showing apprecia- .tion of the heroes sacrifices by contributions to the War Heroes Memorial Fund.
 Surely, those heroes do not know.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17
NOTICE.

Beginning today, all theatre advertisements in the Graphic will be found on page six.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17

rbsrs~ ro~ turn to the Graphic Want Ads. terest ,, ,s something there that will in-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17

< If you are looking for 2 job, look al the Graphic Want Ad page,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17

If you have something to sell, Graphic Want Ad will sell it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17

If you want to, buy something, i; Graphic Want AdDwill secure it fol you.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-17

Continued on page five,
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The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-28
T A N 0 U s FIRST
REGIMENT BAND
HERE TOMORROW
Martial Musicians Will Arrive in
Bismarck on No. 4 Satur-
.@ day Morning
PLAN GREAT, RECEPTION
Citizens to Meet Bandsmen at
Train-Matinee in After
noon, Concert at Night

The First regiment band, the organ
ization which made music for North
Dakota's pioner military organization
during tn fifteen months it spent III
active service in France. will arrive
in Bismarck on No. at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning for two days
stay. The band is coming in from
Dickinson, where it plays tonight, af-
ter a successful afternoon and even
ing's engagement at Mandan yester'
day in connection with Mandan's SOL
diers' homecoming.
The band will spend a couple Of
hours in sightseeing. luncheon and
recreation will take up the noon
hours, and at 3 in the afternoon the
musicians will make their initial ap-
pearance at the Auditorium in a con-
cert which will include classical and
popular band mum oers, specialties and
singing Of genuine camp and trench
songs with real camp and trench
fervor ....- #,.',-
The evening concert will open
promptly at $50 in order that it may
be finished by 10, when dancing will
begin at the state armory where mu-
sic will b furnished by Lloyd Har-
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-28

mons great and only jazz band, an al
mighey popular unit Of the band.
A flat fee of one dollar will be
charged for seats anywhere in the
house Seats may be reserved, how
ever, as usual. The band is a big one.
with IS members. comparing in num-
bers with Sousa's and other famous
organizations which have been heard
here, and when they 1t loose thy will
b hard, no matter where one chances
to be sitting.
The band is travelling in two special
cars ut an expense Of about $500 per
day, and the prese:at tour is not ex-
pectcd to be "a big Iloney-maker. Bis
marck, however, is expected to give
the boys a chance to stow away lit
tie velvt, and it is hoped that the
Auditorium will be crowded for butl
performances tomorrow, in which
event the band will have a nice mar
gin to the good.
All business houses will close at 8
Saturday evening to. give employees
an opportunity to attend the concert.
Business houses and public buildings
are expectd to dress for the occa
sion in the national cOlors. and the
event will be made one of genuine pa
triOtic OutpOuring.
Sunday morning the two orchestras
which the band carries will play in
two Bismarck churches, and the
greater part of the Sabbath day will
be spent by the musicians in Bis
marck.
Bismarck has two members In the
First regiment band, Lloyd Harmon,
the original Pete" and George Dog
gle" Smith, both popular sons Of the
capital city.
They've been telling the boys Of
the Fighting First lot about the pa
triotism of their home town. and they
expct Bismarck to back them up to-
morrow.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-28
ST. PAUL POLICE
FORCE F0U Nd
NO 7 G UILTY

st. Paul. Minn.. March 2S.-After an
Investigation of several weeks touch
ing upon charges Of protection for
vice and crime in St. Paul. the Ramsey
county grand jury filed its special re-
port today and declared the charges
unfounded. The police department.
which has been under fire. is exo,l-
Grated.
The grand jury was convened after
charges had been made in the Twin
Cities and by officials of neighboring
cities that the st. Paul police depart
ment was protecting automobile thieves
and other criminals as result of an
agreement that the criminals would
not operate in st. Paul.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-28

by Non partisan League leaders to
prevent the voters Of the state to vote
on the referendum of the laws passed
at the last session Of the legislature" !"
Under the initiative clause of the
constitution 10000 signers are requir-
ed for petitions that are initiative.
The petitions must be filed 80 days
before the date Of the election.
Referendum petitions may be filed
any time within 80 days after the
adjournment of the legislature. which
gives 60 days additional time in which
the petitions may be filed.
The petitions are divided into two
groups.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-28
10 CENTS PER SHARE
$4,000 CAPITAL.

sa5 OOOC
capitalization We have Five Acre
this Field Your Will
IF YOU ARE THINKING OF 1NvEsTING-Do SO NOW ,
no We well
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1000 feet from lease Foydada
dividend between February 18th and March 9TH
Fodada mile Lease block So reported sold for
rels directly north should be the oil
Marine Company (see
nap week all We have real oil
proposition. Our is worth the entire capitalization
location the well known Pennsylvania
formation makes dividend practically assured
According compiled recently with
barrels will daily of
$ Is worth gamble? We capitalized for only Our
Quick stock and
watch
drilling should be under headway
time receive check This $ to you
Act Now
than $500.
Reference: Wells
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the subscription
FILL OUT THIS COUPON INTEREST
Big Southern Investment Company,
Worth Texas
stock the POOR CHANCE REFINING coMPANY
with the that it is fully paid and
receive of all dividends that
aret b declared from the sale Of oil
Address
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-28
HERE'S QUICK RELIEF FOR
YOUR TIRED, STRAINED MUSCLES

For sprains, strains. bruises, black
and blue" spots, Sloan's Liniment re-
duces the pain and eases the soreness.
Certainly fine for rheumatism, stiT
neck, sciatica, lame back, toothachc.
You don need to orub-it pcactrates.
Its use is so universal that you'll
consider Sloan's Lini1lcnt a friend ct
the whole family. Generous size bottles
at druggists everywhere.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-28

When your muscles become tired and
swollen and the joints become stltt,
your circulation poor, and your suffer-
ing makes you irritable. an application
of Sioan's Liniment gives you qulcE;
relief-kills pain, starts up good
circulation, relieves congestion. 1T is
easier and cleaner to use than mussy
plasters or ointments. acts quickly and
does not clog the pores. It docs not
stain the skin.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-28
FL B'CTI0N ON
REFERBNDUMIS
now ASSURED
Theodore G. Nelson Receives Pc
titions Bearing %, ia Names
Many Weeks Remain
INITIATIVE IS CERTAIN
Only Takes 10000 Signatures
for Measures of This
IT,. Character

Fargo. March ,2S.-The North Da-
kota referendum election ON laws pas
sed by the last Legislature was today
assured when Theodore G. Nelson.
of the N. d. Ind. Voters Association
announced receipt Of petitions con-
tanning 23,114 names.
1.-THE referendum is spreading like
wildfire In the face of drastic EFFORTS
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-28
BANDITS
SECURE $4,000

Detroit, Mich, March 28.-Six
armed bandits shortly after one this
afternoon held up a branch of the
federal state bank here and escaped
with sum reported to the police to
exceed $5O,00v.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-28

ufacturers estimating that approxi:
mately 315, 900 Of the machines VIII
be produced this year. The estimate
is more than double the number man
ufactured last year.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-28
COMMUNISTS PLAN COUP

Paris, May 28.-Communist ele-
ments in Austria are planning a
movement to gain control Of the GOV
eminent, the the correspondent Of the
The movement would begin simultarte-
ously in Vienna, Lens and Gratz. =
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-28
USE MORE TRACTORS

! Washington, March 28.-Increased
use by American farmers Of tractors
was shown today in reports from man
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-04-03
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION

AN IMPORTANT QUESTION
Is the Church alive sufficiently so to
raise a Billion and IL half Dollars
to Serve Humanity?
The Methodist Church Centinary
has blazed the way for the greatest
Observation-Disclosures drive for world
conquest. To raise an estimated
$500, 900, OOO. 90 a year for five years,
a total of $1,000, OOO, 100000 and to
disburse this immense fund over the
globe, so as to make the church in
fact, as it is in theory, the moral and
spiritual agency upon which Christian
civilization rests-such is the pro-
gram of the biggest church movement
in the two thousand years since Christ
talked in Galilee.
But for the war, which has taught
us to think big and pull together, this
change from the static to the dynamic
Wouldn't have been possible. In 200,-
900 Protestant Churches of North
America there are 100000 com
municants and 2O,0O0,O00 Sunday
School pupils.
The Methodist Church started this
movement. They have set out to raise
sos, 10000 and of this amount
$4,000, 900 is to be used in war re-
construction work,
Much more might be said, but the
point in it all is that the Christian
Church is Civilizations real defence
against the social unrest, which has
it's latest focus in Bolshevism, Or else
it is a mere form and mummery and
somewhat of an Intellectual stimula.
ton, thrust one side by the march OF
events.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-04-03
SERIES OF SERMONS AT THE
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

The Congregational Church cor
daily invites you to listen to a series
of lectures on "Germany's Moral
Downfall, Sunday evenings at $500
April 6th.-"How False Ideas Ru-
ined Germany"
April 13th.-How Prosperity Ru-
ined Germany"
April 2Oth.-"Why Education Did
Not Save Germany"
April 27th.-"Why the Church Did
Not Save Germany"
The subject of Rev. Bergman's
Sunday morning sermon is, Live
Like Men"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-04-03
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given to the creditors
of and all persons having claims against
the estate of Ida L.. Williams. late of the
City of Hope. in the County of Steele and
State of North Dakota. deceased. to en-
h hiRit them fe,1,. with w1dhtt the frn neee sha y.t VOUCHERS oe t%s
first publication of this notice, to the un-
dersigned, Administrative of the estate
of said deceased. at her residence in the
Township of Carpenter, Steele County.
North Dakota (Postoftice address Hope,
N. Oak.
Dated March II. 1919.
FRANCES C. WILLIAMS,
Administrative of the estate OF
Ida L.. Williams, deceased.
VIM. BARCLAY,
Attorney for Administrative,
Finley. N. D.
First publication March 90, 1919. ST
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-04-03

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