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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-08-07
LANCER PUBLISHES | |! ] ) J J !
!. RE(oRDsOF r! Q! / s. BOWEN . Y En-
! STlGA / ! 6 llollS'
Refutes Attempt, 81 Toa,.nlley q
Press 10 Connect Him With
Killing of Beach Rancher.

Bismarck, I'D, Aug. 6:--Attor-
ney General LANCER, against whom
the Townley press Of this state has
launched q campaign seeking to
prove that the killing Of M. H Sssaw-
en-, Golden Valley rancher am i'm
,inent zleaguer, was due to Of neg
ligence in investigating s,laints
Of persecution which len had
made. today made pub complete
statement Of the inv dsations con-
Quoted 81 his Office s. 81 agents Of
the federal depart .t Of justice.
LANCER submit proof that no
grounds were found to substantiate
charges made by Bowen that neigh
bors had poisoned his cattle, and
quotes the statement made by his as
sistant, Albert e. Sheets, Jr., person
ally in charge of the investigation.
I'VE have spent $1,000 Of the
states money in investigating this
affair Assistant Attorney General
Sheets. informed Martin Blank. .edi-
tor Of the Townley newspaper at
Beach. county seat of Golden VAL
ley; "and il you can produce one ,iota
Of evidence to warrant it We will
spend $4,000 more" 55...
The attorney general found that
the herd from which cattle were
mysteriously disappearing was mort
gagged. to the amount of $4,000 hy:
q st. Paul house.
Blank, at the time of this conver-
sation,4 is reported to have been sat:
isfied that the state had done all that
could be expected of it. He is now
one Of the most ardent Townley
newspaper agents in the concerted
attack on Attorney General LANCER.
The Beach killing is said to have
been a result of bad blood which had
existed for years between ranchers
located in southern Golden Valley
county. Both the slayer and the
slain were Nonpartistns. .s.ss
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-08-07
7. /. RANGE AUTO
GARAGE DESTROYED
BY FIERCE FIRE
Early Morning Blaze Wipes
Out Garage and Its
Contents.

About s o'clock this morning fire
was discovered In the rear shed part
of the p. H. Range Auto Co. garage,
: on East Front street. Mr.. Range
and daughter had visited the build
ing preparatory to taking an early
business trip to Fargo, on the $50
train. on leaving the front 'pt, the
building nothing to indicate fire was
seen, but ii little later: the smell OF
smoke was detected and on return
ing to the building from the N. p.
depot it was seen that the. rear Of
the building was in flames. II, was
Impossible to open the side or rear
doors to salvage the property the
fire having gained such headway.
The fire burned flercely as the
building was an old structure and
was an easy prey to flames. The
fire whistle alarm brought out the
fire department which kept the
flames confined to the building and
soon extinguished the fire., but not
until the entire building and CON
tents had been completely gutted and
destroyed. There we're three cars in
the building; all burned and one was
nearly a new 7-passenger Mitchell,
worth $500, the other two were a
5Studebaker and a Ford. a large
amount of auto parts and acces-
sories were also burned inathe store
room, including 40 new tires.
The building was owned BY Geo.
Lutz and has been used in the past
for various purposes, such as a. lum-'
Der Office and cream buying station.
The Salvation Army building on the
west was not injured BY the fire and
was no doubt saved by the good work
OF the departmen The garage
building was insured in the Steel
Agency and Mr.. Range has SUFFICIENT:
insurance on his fixtures and stock
80 cover q part Of the loss, the In.
surances being with the SWolfer and
Still agencies. Mr.. Range desires to-
thank the Are department for It's
prompt work the men reaching the
building within i've minutes after the
alarm They did a. good work as
any paid flre department could
have don a.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-08-07

.. .. - 10
by the. nation we went to war to
for such acts, and we turn
the result OF the larceny over to the
most autocratic government that now
exists on EARTH the counterpart of
Germany in the east.
"And it can never be forgotten
that every nation whose representa-
tives at around the table at the
peace conference and sanctioned this
oriental crime-every one Of them
had treaty with China to protect
the territorial integrity of her en-
pire.
'I believe that the secret treaty
made by Japan with the allies in
1917 should not be countenanced, by
them or by us at this time, because
it rests ON wrong, and is established
on fraud. 1t was a fraud on China
because by the terms of that under
standing Japan got China into the
war. And the secret treaty was as
well a fraud on our government.
When by the Lansing-Ishii agree
ments in 1917 the United States rec
ognized that Japan has special inter-
ests in China, neither President Will
son nor Secretary Lansing knew that
Japan had secret treaties with the
allies by the terms of which she was
to hold shantung after the war;
"The people of China believed. In
the United States. We have been
her one great and only friend. The
president willingly throws aside the
work of Burlingame, casts the ef-
forts of Hay upon the scrap heap,
and not only consents to the robbing
of China by Japan, but seeks to force
us to fight to sustain the robbery and
protect the robbers. 1t cannot be
denied that if the people of Shan
tung revolt against the CALLING yoke
of Japan, and if China shall rise to
defend her own people, then by the
provisions of Article 10 we shall be
compelled to send American soldiers
to subdue China.
"We send missionaries to China
to teach the principles of the Chris
tian religion. And we do right. But
it i'll becomes us to sanction an ar
rangement that will fasten upon
them the rule of nation that is OPP
posed to Christianity, that had sys-
tematically prosecuted Christian mis-
sionaries.
II do not believe that the treaty
should be ratified unless and until
Japan either withdraws from China,
or states in unequivocal terms that
she will withdraw, or better still fix:
es definite date Of withdrawal; for
1 believe this to be as monstrous e
proposition as has ever been pro-
posed to civilization. . RE-.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-08-07
STATE FINANCES! { ! !
llBAbl J SHAPE II A 4.
Report j Of j; stats A4ditez': !:
Show. 10Y That Etea,nony' 4 #
Last Legislature May Bank: !:
rupt State.

Bismarck, N. D., North Dakota is
skirting the ragged edge Of bank
ruptcy, in the opinion Of State Audi
tor Karl Kositzky, who today ex.
pressed the fear that the last three
months Of this year, at least, will
witness no perambulatfon of the
ghost at the state house.
The condition Of the general fund
is worrying Mr.. Kositzky. August l,
1916, the balance in this fund was
$366,576.06; August 1, 1917, it was
$271,S37.0s; August 1, 1918, 1884,.
564.69; August 1, 1919, 1t was just
$6s,2ss.55.
Collections in August, 1918, total
ed $4,000. If the same amount
comes in this month, North Dakota
will still; be unable to meet the
monthly allotment due the agricul-
tural college. declares Mr.. Kosttzky,
to say nothing Of a payroll of some
100000 at the capitol and the ex-
penses of other state institutions:
In August, 1918, expenses paid
from the general fund aggravated
more than 100000. The average
monthly expenditure from this fund
has been $lss. .136 during the chr.
rent year, says the state sanditor, and
he, predicts that With large number
Of new commissions and departments
'functioning" this aggregate will be
swelled to 100000.
Mr.. Kositzky is applying. the
brakes where he can. He has refus-
ed to allow the workmen's compen-
sation commission to draw on the
general fund for salaries and ex-
penses, insisting that these form q
legitimate charge against the work
mems compensation fund. The COM
mission was given an appropriation
Of $4,000 by the sixteenth assem-
bly,, and Commissioner Wehe desires
to draw on that allotment.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-08-07
NORTH DAKOTA MAY
FURNISH U ! j! !! SEED ]; FOR OR.
E ENTIRE u + NORTHWEST RI! ] : j
Deputy Inspector Of Grain
Grades Says That Rust Has
Done Little Damage in West
ern Counties.

Bismarck, N. D., Aug 5.-Central
North Dakota may be called upon to
supply the northwest's seed wheat
for 1920.
]. A. McGovern. who retains his
post of chief deputy inspector of
grain grades, in addition to being
manager OF the state mill and ele-
vator association. was in Bismarck
yesterday en- route from Leith, where
he had addressed a farmers pic
mic.
Conditions in the eastern part of
the state are bad said Mr.. McGov-
ern. THE rain has made terrific in
roads, and we hardly know what to
expect in the way OF crops This
condition extends down into Mime
sofa and into Wisconsin.
your wheat here does not appear
to be touched by the rust. I have
examined some of it. 1t seems of
fine color, bright and red. The
heads seem to be we'll filled. and the
kernels are plumb and hard. 1t
should make good seed wheat, as It
will grade high. and it is free from
rust"
Rye-threshing was in progress
during Mr.. McGovern's recent visit
to Drake. The crop was running five
bushels to the acre Of a high grade
Of grain testing full Sc pounds to
the bushel. At Leith Mr.. McGoverE
found the small grain crop very
light, but he states that he never
has seen finer corn in North Dakota
than is growing in the Slope section
this year.
They have splendid cattle in that
country" said the deputy state in
spector today. They are fine AMI
sleek, fat as butter, ready for the
market. There is something in the
buffalo grass you have out here on
the prairtes that is found nowhere
else. It's the only,grass knowpof
that will fatten cattle and put them
in shape for the butcher"
Prohibition, says Mr.. ,McGovern,
will not affect barley, which has be-
come one of North Dakota's impor-
tant crops. IA very small percent
age of barley went into malt" said
he today. "A large proportion OF
northwestern barley is ground up
with wild oats and shipped south for
stock food. 1t is surprising, too, to
discover how much of this grain en-
ters human consumption. For the
fattening of stock, for port, especial
ly, there is nothing finer. Putting
the breweries out of business isn't
going to affect the price OF barley"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-08-07
CARSON, HELDFoR !!
ATTEMPT TO SLAY
WOMAN KILLS SELF
Hangs Himself i ! ., to Cell Door
With Roller Towel -Ae-
cordins e &C Carson. confe.-
SION. On Attack grew Out Of
Old Love Affair.


Carson of Washburn, held in the
county Jail awaiting sentence follow
Ing his plea Of guilty to assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to kill
upon the person of Mrs. Ethel Gra-
ham of Bismarck, suicided Monday
morning in his cell by hanging him
self with roller towel to the. cell
door. Carson appeared as usual at
breakfast time.a. His act was not dis
covered utnil the dinner hour, when
Sheriff Welch entered the cell. The
body was Immediately cut down and
a. physician was summoned, but life
was extinct.
according 10 Carson's confession
made the night Of June 80, follow
ing his assault npon Mrs. Graham,
the attack grew out of an ancient
love affair. Carson. who has known
Mrs. Graham since girl-hood, had.
Epnly week before testified for her
Husband In . divorce action which
resulted: In . verdict for the latter.
When Carsonsc to Bismarck to
call upon Mrs. Graham, she turned
him away from her door. Carson
then purchased i 3S-calibre revolver
from a Bismarck dealer, went to the
Graham home,: south of the tracks,
forced his way past Harry Barker,
the woman's son BY former mar
riage, and, discovering Mrs. Graham
in the back yard. opened fire upon
her., Three shots had taken effect
before Barker overlook his mothers
assailant and felled him. Badly beat
en-, Carson was taken in custody by.
the police and imprisoned. Mrs.
Graham was. removed to local hos
pital, where she still remains. 1t
was owing TO- doubt as to her ulti>9
mate recoyery thsk Judge Nnsssle
|upon accepting scafson's plea last.
week withheld sentence. '
Carson.had been a model, prisoner,
but Sheriff Welch states that he
brooded much over his act and that
he, was apparently wrecked with re-
morse and with fears that his vic
tim might not recover. He seemed,
tis said, to worry less over the PEN
atty which he must pay should Mrs.
Graham die than over the pain which
he had caused her. Apparently he
was deeply infatuated with the wo-
man, whom he had known for years
at Washburn,, during her residence
with her former husband, Barker
following her divorce from him, and
as Mrs. Graham. -
Carson was frequent caller st
our home when I was boy" said
Harry Barker recently. II always
rather liked the fellow. !!se was thu
last man in the world I-would have
expected to shoot anyone, least of all:
my MOTHER
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-08-07
HUNTING LICENSES
MORE EXPENSIVE

For the information Of hunters
and others County Auditor Blewett
calls attention to the increase in cost
of hunters licences. The last legis-
lature amended the state game law,
making resident hunting licenses
$3.50, instead of $1.O0 as hereto
fore.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-08-07
DENIES REPORTS OF
SLOPE i FARM OWNERS E!|ll s
LEAVING THE STATE
Only Comparatively Small
Number Of Renters Leaving
Drought Stricken Area,
Says Land Bank President.

Mott, n. D., Aug. 4.-Reports of
an exodus from the Slope of discour-
aged farmers have no foundation in
fact, announces e. G. Quamme, pres
ident of the federal land bank Of St.
Paul, following a three-days tour OF
this section of the state in company
with D. B. Morris, county agent, and
F. G. Orr .-..s..yy.
Mr.. Quamme came to Mott to in
vestigate the condition OF the coun-
try with a view to determining the
stability of farm loan securities here.
He stated that rumors were current
in st. Paul and as far east as Wash
ington that the fields were entirely
denuded of vegetation and that crops
were a complete failure; that there
was no feed for stock, and that
heart-broken farmers were moving
out by train loads.
In not a single instance, reports
Mr.. Quamme, has he found where
a land d-oWner had left the country or
was planning to leave. A few rem
ers, have become discouraged and
pulled stakes, but SO far as the ac-
tual farm owners are concerned, they
are sticking, to a man.
Borrowers from the federal bank
advised the president that payments
would be made when they fell due.
There is not single delinquent in
this section at the present time.
While the yields will be small, there
is hardly an acre which Is not worth
harvesting, and many farms will
have profitable crops. These yields.
together with the steady income
from stock and cream checks; are en-
abling the farmer to more than meet
expenses, even in this, the most ad-
verse year in the history of the Slope.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-08-07
lPPOINTBIENT OFsWORsT
CONFIRMED BYSGOVERNOR

Bismarck, N. D.. Aug. s; The ap-
pointment of John II. Worst. presi-
dent emeritus Of the North Dakota
agriculturai college. which he serv-
ed for IS years az active head, to be
commissioner is con-
firmeds at the governor's Office.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-08-07
LOCAL MAN NAMED ON
BOARD OF AR RCHITECTS

Brainerd, N. D., Aug. a..
Shannon Of jamestown yesterday
was named by Governor Frazier a
member Of the state board Of archi-
.tects for the term ending March Is,
1925, vice Geoge H Hancock Of Far
90. .S 3
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-08-07
HORRORS OF PEACE
TO MARSHALL FOCH MEAN
. pOSTNG FOR GAMER 4

London, July 31.Marshal Foch,
submitting to photographers at his
hotel In London yesterday, said to a
reporter Of the Mirror: For me
the terrorss of peacesare worse than
those Of war. hate all this posing :
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-08-07
HAIL LOSSES REPORTED
81 FROM OLIVER AND BURLEIGH

Bismarck, N. D. Aug. - (spe-
cial. The state hail insurance de-
partment department yesterday was
advised Of slight hail losses in Oli-
yer county and near Menoken, in
,Burleigh county, the first of the
week.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-04-03
SOLDIERS HOLD
MASS MEETING
in Vienna, Favor Uniting Aus
tria With Hungarian and
Russ Reds.

Berlin. April s.-(A P.)-The
strike of the metal workmen involves
only the technical staff and clerks,
and not the workers. The strike is
due to a rejection of a demand for an
increase in wages. II it continues,
the workmen are likely to be In
volved.
Geneva, April Sat a mass meet
ing of soldiers in Vienna a resolution
was adopted in favor of Austria unit
ing with the Hungarian and Russian
reds, according to a message from
that city today.
Every Effort for Order.
Budapest, April 3.-Via Vienna-)-
"a. P.)-Communist Budapest is or
derly and the government is putting
forth, every effort to stabilize condi-
tions. There are pessimists. how
ever. who declare the government
will endure less than a month, 1t
being pointed out that its success will
be partially dependent upon the sue
cess of the Russian bolsheviA army to
establish a corridor from kiev TO
Budapest by way of Bessarabia and
Bukowina.
. Bella Kun, the foreign minister. re-
ceives hundreds of kilograms Of an
official nature every day, among
them being messages from Nikolai
Lenine, the Russian bolshevik pre-
mier. He receives newspaperlnen
freely, but has ordered that their dis
patches be censored for the purpose
of cutting down the material to be
sent over already crowded wires, as
well as to eliminate Objectionable
features. Kun, who was formerly a
secretary of Lenine. is most anxious
to deny reports relative TO the com
munization of women in Hungary,
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-04-03
SAYS EBERT ToTTERING
Muehion, Former krupp Directc
Says Germany Should Pay
Indemnity.

tby btNlltt.t ..1
Geneva. April 81. N. S)-I d,
not believe that the German social
list majority government. headed by
President Ebert and Premier Scheide-
mann, will last much longer, because
the socialists who voted for the war
fund in 1914 are too closely aligned
with the pan-German iunker party,
and therefore are discredited
abroad" 1t was declared here today
by DIR. William Muehlon. former d.
rector of Krupps. Dr. Muehlon was
the author of the startling declara-
tion in 1917 that Germany was re-
sponsible for the war and since then
has been living in Switzerland.
In his exclusive interview with me
today DIR. Muehlon continued;
"The allies should keep the ex-
kaiser. for Germany does not want
him to return"
"Was the former kaiser RESPONSE
BILE for the war;" he was asked.
Yes" was the reply. "lf he had
raised his little finger against Vienna
there would have been no war.
Germany should be compelled to
pay large indemnities TO France and
Belgium, but the allies reported de-
mand of 100000, 100000 Is too
much. II would cripple and grad
ually kill German industries. II
would make the German people sim
ply slaves.
at would be a precarlous under
taking for Krupps 20 manufacture
only locomotives and agricultural
implements in the future because Of
American competition"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-04-03
must DECIDE
| TIME LIMIT
Developments in Germany
and Hungary Urge Early
Peace Action
or POSITIVE CHARACTER
Wilson Presses for Full Pub
Icity, So That People
Can Judge Issue.
(John Edwin Nevin.)

Paris, April 3.--Developments ir
Germany and Hungary make 1t prac-
tically certain that the peace con-
ferees must decide upon a "timc
limit" one way or another for posi-
tive action upon the problems still
confronting them.
The big four" at this afternoons
session continued their efforts to I'm
sure an undertaking upon the quesr
tions of reparations and the Saar
Basin. Complete reports on the actual
situation in Germany were presented
ITO the premiers of England. France
and Italy.
Attacks on the presidents policies
in certain quarters have naturally
created somewhat of q feeling Of ~
sentiment in American circles.
This has resulted in further pres.
sure upon the part OF the president
for full publicity on all matterA
making known what has been done
and wkhat has not been done and
giving the actual facts to the people
so that they can judge where tbs
blame lies.
Chary Of Prediction.
Paris. April 3.-(A. P)--Com-
petent German and foreign observers
are chary of making any definite
prediction of what will come out Of
the welter of political and economic
disorders and developments in rev.
olutionary Germany.
The former Berlin correspondent
Of the Associated Press, returning to
Paris after six weeks devoted to a
study of conditions in Germany, left
that country, however, with the dts
tinct impression that the tenure OF
the present coalition government was
by no means secure, although Il IL
for the moment in control OF the
situation; that there is no alternative
except that a radical socialist ad-(
ministration with a strong drift to-
ward soviet republic is possible, II
the present government fails that q
renewal of Spartacan activities
against the present regime by further
strikes and uprisings Is almost cer~.
tain; that although the great mass
of people are opposed to bolshevfIx
government they can count only upon
the comparatively small force on
Noske volunteer troops to keep down
this insurrectionary movement the
masses at present being politically
too anaemic and apathetic to give
more than passive support In an
emergency: that while the Noske
troops have been able to handle the
Spartacan insurgents so long as they
can take sectional uprisings in turn.
success would be difficult II the
Spartacans and their independent So
cialist allies should be able to stage
a really general strike and insurrec-
ton
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-04-03

Marching beneath saccato canopy bursting bombs
along streets lined with surgng cheering from
the entire Chattanooga section the 18th field the
4th machine battalion, the first Fighting
to reach Chattanooga received
morning which will live long in the annals of the Com
posed in large measure of Hamilton county boys
columns evoked of interest perhaps
any demonstration occurring here bows coud
have doubt of the pride and they are held
by their home folks
Early in the morning the crowds began gather along the
line OF march, trains and automobiles brought the
surrounding towns, which steadily along
the Hag-decked way Market street red white
and blue facades to the buildings practically rooted
with fags hung from the overhead wires.
Immediately following the parade fighters
wcomed by to their homeland by Senator X D. and
T. Betterton, and made by Col Lea
served delicious chicken dinner by the and
church organizations under the Women Service
league.
lunch
thaanoogas welcome begun with shreking of fac
tory whistles beginning at III o'clock, the moved off
from the starting point of the parade Main street and
Rossvie avenue Bomb were fired from the roofs the
buildings lining the in time with the progress the column
down Market street stirred the enthusiasm onookers
rolonged cheers amidst which the songs choolchdren
Fnlng the way were heard minor symphony+
AssNFa Lea Impressive Figure.
Walking at the head of the column Col Lea former
snato from Tennessee made impressive figure
recipient OF much of the cheering and applause directed the
marching column Col Lea continued Market street
ana around to the speakers stand instead of leaving
march at the reviewing stand originally planned.