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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-05-16
PUBLIC SPIRITED
IDAHO WOMEN.HELP
A NJ E RIG ANIZ E.

BOISE, IDAHO, May 1G.-public
spirited women Of Boise have formed
an Americanization club and are talk
ing Il census Of the foreign born resi-
dents of the city May 15 has been set
for the close Of the campaigns n
A record of eaqh foreign. knals resi-
dent is being taken on card. When
the work is completed efforts arctic be
made to provide educational and other
assistance for prospective citizens.
Night schOl classes are contemplated
Aliens who have lived here for ,sev-
eral years and who have mastered
the English language are to be asked
why they have not sought the citizen
privilege.
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'Ik kPA(lVk Asbo
l11Il HUME ~ 2iIiI
OPERATORS. s., s.. !.
JOIN STRIKE !

Winnipeg, Man, May 16.-Tele.
phone operators in all exchanges
joinedi the strike here today, stopping
all telephone communications
With the labor forces and returned
soldiers in complete control, CONNER
cial Industrial and municipal Wnni-
peg was paralyZed this morning by
the general strike declared yesterday
in sympathy with strikers Of build
ers and metal trades. Sunday morn
ing quiet marked the downtown dis
trict, and no disorders had been re-
ported from any source up, to 8 a. m.
At meeting held this morning the
stereotypers and webb pressme,l de-
cided to join the strike and all three
Winnipeg newspapers will undou oted.
ly suspend publications. The strike
committee is considering the advisa-
bility of the Labor News to publish a
daily edition, it being the labor publ
cation.
Neither the striking forces nor the
industrial element opposed to union
ism had made public moves OF i'm
portance during the morning, and the
S''dlluH way TcICIIcu " dS dl dlI-
tight deadlock. Formal approval Of
the strike by the returned soldiers has
been the overshad0wing development
since the strike was called at II a.
m. Yesterday, and it is understood that
this action is being considered by
government officials at Ottawa. In
some quarters, it is expected that the
next move in the situation might be
made by the federal government.
The city was without mail service
as we'll as telephone communication.
The postal employees were among
those who walked out yesterday.
Winnipeg newspapers were abrupt
ly forced to suspend publication this
afternoon when web pressmen and
linotype operators voted to join with
the 5000 men and women who have
walked out in sympathy with the
building trades unions.
This aftern0n the city was without
postal service, telephone service, tele
graph service, department store deliv.
eris and scors of other municipal con.
yenienceS, .a&. 4
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-05-16
HERMAN HARDT
THREATENS TO
SUE NEWSPAPER

Mandan. N. D., May Represen!
tative Herman Hardt, league mem.
Der of the assembly from Logan c0un.
ty. has served the Morton County
Farmers Press, league organ In
which Senator F. w. Mees and Simon
j. Nagel are interested. with a de-
mand for a retraction Of statements
made under a heading, RED Gang
sters Working In Morton County
The Farmers Press renlies with a
copy Of the sentence nassed on Hardt
in United States district court Octo.
ber 20. 1910. when Harit pleaded
guilty to- making false affidavit in
naturalization proceedings and advises
Hardt to clay on with his damage
or
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MORE THAN HALF :
MILLION TUITION
FUNDDISTRIBUTED

In the second quarterly apoprtion
ment Of the state tuition fund, an
nounced today by Miss Minnie j. Mel
son, state superintendent of public
instruction, $529.399.35 will be dis
tributed among North .Dakota's 81
counties on a basis of 2O2,S35 chill.
dren of school age.
Cass county will receive the large 81
amount, $2S,477; Grand Forks gets
$22,991; Ward. $235S1: Stutsman
sl7,S23, and Burleigh $lO,654. The
amount of tuition fee per capita is
$26l.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-05-16
UNCLE SAM WILL
ASSIST STATE IN
PE0PLING LANDS
Illustrated Booklet Advertising
Advantages of North Da-
y. #.f - sLr .tH-
kOta to Be Issued
FEDERAL AGENT IN CITY
J. F. FARRELL Of U. S; Railway Ad.
ministratiOn Confers With
State Officials

HOmrScckers IN America and Eur
op" will have an opportunity to reaC
the story Of the wonderful growth anc
development Of North Dakota through
the information service of the United
States railroad administration, ac
cor'iing to J. +. Parell of Washing
ton, assistant manager of the Agricul
tnri!l Section, who is in Bismarck OF,
official business.
The agricultural section of the
railroad administration is preparing
an Illustrated hooklet about North Da-
Hk0a for general distribution. 1t will
contain dependable data regarding
production. markets. transportation
-dcilities, schools, churches, r0a,,.
living conditions, etc, the kind Of in
formation homeseekers call for The
material is being assembled by a icol.
mittee OF agricultural representatives
II the railroads operating l. in North
Dakota, Of which l.. J. Brickcr. sup
'cryis0rSPf agriculture of the Northern
Pacific y is chairman, The other
members arc. f. G. Leedy of the
Great Northern. II. S. Funston Of the
500 Line, and H. +. Hunter of the e.
NJ. 4 st. p. Mr. Jarrell's work in
North Dakota'.is with this committee
MANY INQUIRIES RECEIVED
"Our information service. or home
seekers bureau. as it is known" Mr..
farrell explained. was established in
January this year 70 take care of the
increasing demand FIR facts regard
ing farm opportunities in the several
states. BY the end Of April we lSd
received approximately $4,000 inquir-
les, and they. Were about opportunities
inf 4S states, ,slroWingia general inter-
est. ,. II r.
a,tt'An ANALYSIS of the inquiries re-
ceived indicate that the states which
are the most active in advertising
their resources have the creates num-
l,er, Of Inquiries. !, HomeseekerS natur.
ally ask for infOvmation = regarding
the states they hearIthe most about,
just as the man buying a safety razor
calls, for the best advertised razor,
and as the: woman purchasing COM
plexion cream calls for the best ad
-yeEtisel ], lotion. Il Some. suites .adyer-
tise allf3the time. and, these have sbeen
leaders, so far as inquiries are con-
cerned. Some states never advertise.
,orsseldom advertise. and there are few
inquiries about them. 49,.
=, NEEDS MORE s4ADvERTIslN(r1"
North Dakota, with it's large area
of rich farm land for sale at reason-'
able prices, has advertised it's unde-
veloped resources, but not to the ex-
tent the situation warrants, in my
opinion. A locality may have hun
dreds of thousands of acres of first
grade. inexpensive land, but If in
restors are not aware of it, there will
be few sales. The merchant who does
not advertise his goods will not 1--we
so many sales as will the merchant
who keeps his wares before the pub
lie. The y. S. railroad administration
offers North Dakota it's cooperation in
an effort to direct the attention Of
Continued on Page Four.) o
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EVERY OFFICIAL BUT
ONE IS A WOMAN IN
~ SOUTH DAKOTA TOWN

Tacoma. s. n, May 16.-With the
execution Of the treasurer and the
pustice of the peace, every Official in
Oacoma is a woman. The town board
has completed its organization. Mary
r. Leggett was elected chairman and
the other members are Garry Barlow
and Flora Green. Rosalie Wang was
elected clerk and Ruoy Green is the
new assessor.
Lyman county, in which OacOma is
located, has woman deputy sheriff
who ia said to he one of the best
marksmen with rife or pistol, in South
Dakota.
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NAVAL PLANES
STILL DELAYED
[ BY WEATHER
May Get Start for England
Sometime Today-Bal-
loon Falls

+ Trcpassy, Siay !"".---Thc naval Sc,
planes NC ! and NC 3 and prohabl,
the NC i will make another attemp
| this afternoon to take the air on. til,
second leg OF their transatlantic
flight by way of the Azores. Mechan
les oyerhauled the NC which arrived
here last night from Halifax, and ii
was hoped she would be ready to joil
the other planes.
AS It result Of the failure of the nc
l and NC 3 to take the air when
yesterday, IT was explained that. the
take off today would he attempted in
side the harbOr. The rough seas at
he mouth of the bay dashed over the
heavily laden planes. chilling the avvi
atOrS to the bone and threatening to
play havoc with the steering appar.
|atus. Coastwise conditions were fav.
orable today
Meantime repairs were being rushed
on the NC-4 which arrived last even
ing from Halifax, and if completed in
time she will "hOpp off, with her sis
ter plane. II not. Lieutenant Som
mander Reeds flight will follow as
soon as possible.
With the weather along the route
to the Azores the best yet reported
the American navy seaplanes NC-1
and NC-3 will atmept to start the
transatlantic fifigh at about 3
o'clovk thi afternoon. New Foundland
time (1;30 p. M. New York 'time)
Commander Powers announced this
afternoon. ~
Crews of the three navy airplanes
were preparing at $40 p. m. for the
start of their trip to the Azores. 1t
was expected the planes would cast
off their ;moorings in about an hour
SD1ItlE1REE FALLS ,.,.,
St. Johns. May 18,-The naval
dirigilNe C5. said to have been only
slightly damaged when she broke
from her mornings and drifted out to
sea yesterday. is being towed bnck to
port today. +. w a%a h@ /.
a. Ending of the runaway balloon Sssp
close to shore led aviation officers to
believe either that the craft had as
cended to a treat 'heighth. and burst
when the; air pressure ON its outside
uCCIVdscV. vi lAIl tlc tON Ol gtIIV lIlh
cord! which Lieut.. "A. G. Little risked
his life to operate, was sufficient. al
though the cord broke in his hand. to
delate the gas bag: N,......
The destroyer Edwards reported
that it had picked up the dirigible S5
miles out at sea- with the war vessel
Nipogen standing by. .
CONDITIONS FORBID START.
st. John, Md, May 1G.-While the
American naval aviators were pre-.
pairing for their fight, Hawker and
Rynham, the British aviators, an.
nounced that mid-Atlantic weather
conditions forbade a start with their
machines. rt #"
The navy dirigible C-5, which was
sent to sea yesterday, now is believed
to have been lost The destroyer
Edward which went in pursuit report.
ed by wireless today that she had
been unable after a search to find the
dirigible and that she was returning.
The merchant steamer which had
previously reported she was standing
by the big balloon subsequently sent
a message that she was unable to
stand by longer and proceeded on her
way according to information from
the Edward The Edward returned
to port this afternoon with no sign
of the CO on her deck.
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SEEDING
WILL CONTINUE
UNTIL MAY 80
Many Farmers to Take Chance
on Late Crop Because of
Price Guaranty

+ MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, May ID
Rains during the last week again de-
olayed seeding of wheat in North Da-
kota. northernL South Dakota and
northern Minnesota, but our CORE
spondents report some work was
done, and that wheat seeding will
continue to be done until May 20.
: Because Of the guaranteed price, an
increase in acreage of wheat was an
ticipated, this will not materialize be-
cause of the lateness of the season,
but we believe that when the final re-
ports on acreage are in,. they wilN in
dicate it to be practically the same as
last year, as increases in some Sec
tions will offset decreases in Others,
FIELDS GREEN IN SOUTH J
In the central and southern parts
of Minnesota and South Dakota the
wheat fields are green the grain has
good roots and with couple Of
weeks of warm weather will make a
fine showing.
Rye continues to have vigorous
growth in all the territory we cover.
The weather has been favorable
everywhere the past three days, and
the seeding Of barley and oats is pro
crossing rapidly /.
IN THE CORN DISTRICTS
lii the corn districts the farmers
are now plowing and in the more
southern sections some has been
planted.
In the localities where too much
rain has Finterfered with wheat seed
ing. the ground Will he used for oats
aud barley, 4, ,5,.- (. .3ss u. d.
s-se.snsiaetahle bres king IA sheiugs .tlasla
which will tend TO increase the fax
acreage and it will be further aug
mented by the late season. 4. <.
The Van Dusen. Harrington CO.
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TO PRESENT CREDENTIALS.
MILK DRIVERS
AND DEALERS
ARBITRATlNG

Chicago, May 16.-Signs OF a break
in the labor deadlock involving milk
wagon drivers and their employers
were visible today. The headquarters
announced tie of the distributing con
Germs had split with the MIR Deal
ers' association. .4.
The officials of the company said
that they had not broken with the
Milk Dealers association. but hnd
merely allowed the men I'd take their
wagons out and later pay any wages
agreed on between the association ana
the union.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-05-16
|SCHAFER ENTERS
PLEA OF GUILTY

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 16.-Wil-
liam H. Schafer, promoter. charged
by the state with having diverted
100000 from fourteen tate banks
and two mortgage companies, which
he controlled, entered plea of guilty
early today in Hennepin county dis
trict court.
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DISTRICT HAIL
INSPECTORS MEET
EANNL GoZzD -

Four district hail inspectors met
here Thursday in conference with In
surance Commissioner S. A. Olsness to
work out Uniform plan of opera
ton for North Dakota's new. hail in
Surance act, MI
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-05-16
MIN IST ERS OF
TOLEDO PROTEST.
AGAINST FIGHT

Toledo. O.. May 16.--Protests against
the Wilard-Dempsey battle. scheduled
to be fought at Bay View park here
July I. are expected to be. in the
hands of Governor Cox and the sheriff
of Lucas county today. These Off
cials together with Mayor Schreiber
of Toledo We're requested by the To-
ledO ministerial union. an organization
Of $50 churches. to prohibit the con-
test. The protest mailed yesterday
characterized the coming battle as Il
"gladiatolial contest worthy of the
Roman arena Of infamous memory y
said it wotld teach the youth 10 "see
red" and would result in an iliEasiOn
Of gamblers and thieveS.N
Mayor Schreiher'S reply to the re-
quest was that the government had
made boxing a part Of the curriculum
of the army and navy and that the
battle would bring to Toledo thOus-
andS Of visitors who would spend
here hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. :.
TO END GOVERNMENT CONTROL.
Washington, May ia resolution
for the return of the wire companies
to private ownership July 81 will be
introduced by Senator Kellogg of Min
neapolis soon after congress meets.
1t was drafted by the Gopher senator
after conferences with Senator Cum
Minis OF Iowa. prospective chairman of
the interstate commerce committee.
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BRINTON PRESS
GRAFT MEASURE.
LEAST POPULAR
Largest Number Of Signatures
Filed Against Townley
Henchman's Grab Bill
TO MAKE PUBLICITY TRUST

Would Subsidize Newspapers
Owned by League Insiders
for 100000 Per Annum
Least popular OF all the Legislative
acts to be referred at o special cleo
tion which Governor Frazier plans tc
call for June Is is Senate Bill l67, the
newspaper BILL" judging from the
number Of signatures appearing on
the referendum petitions filed with
the secretary of state. The newspa
per bill heads the list of seven meas
ures against which petitions ;. have
been filed, with 3S,562 signatures. The
industrial commission hill. parent OF
the leagues whole economic and in
dustrial program, ranks second, with
38,1O1 signatures.
10 erinton Brain Child.
The newspaper bill is q brain child
OF j. w. Brinton, who after serving
3 year as manager OF the Consumers
United Stores" Co. Invested heavily in
new banks in stark county and who
now is head of Z league auxiliary
which Is purchasing weekly neWspa'
pers in various county seats, reor-
ganizing them, increasing their cap,
italizatioH, and selling the preferred
stock to farmers, while the common
and the voting power is retained by
! the promoters, 8l
The newspaper bill places the dis
tribution of public patronage vari.
ously estimated at $5O0,00O to $780,
900 per annum in the hands OF a
printing commission OF three. IN or
der that Towpley might dominate this
commission beyond a doubt, the board
was reconstructed to, consist of the
secretary OF STATE, the commissioner
of agriculture and the chairman of the
board Of railway con mmissiolers. Com
missioner OF; Agriculture Hagan and
Chairman Aandahl ofsthe railway com.
mission, who constitute q majority on
this board. are faithful Townley men.
Names oft,elaiss newspapers.
This commission, under the pro
visions iof the printing bill "Shall
have the power to make all. printing
iCOHLTdCtSti 49, - Nuu hHC, PV"Sa "
designate .as newspaper in every coun'
tysin the state, and 10 newspaper or
newspapers i'm the state, IN which
publications required by law to be
published by state officials must pc
made II bhAy duty sof said
commission tD designate IN every er!
county Of the state. g newspa pei.
which ,shalt =. the pmctal newspaper
III each county Gin which It Is desig-
mated; J, and sin, Ssid neNspapers In each
county sis,s desiGnated shall be pup.
lished ofhcial prOceedtngs of the board
of county comm listeners in each counl'' ull'
ty respectively and al other natices
and publications that are now required
by law TO- be published ;by county otfl'
GERS in, the several counties; ALL
SUMMONS, CITATIONS, NOTICES,
ORDERS AND OTHER PROCESSES
IN ALL ACTIONS OR sPROCEED
OF JUsTicE COURTS, WHICH ARE
NJ M nv Ra law "a tAF N pIJBIIsHED nI3i. s IN
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SUBMARINE ARRIVES.

Halifax, May 16.-The German sub
marine UC-97 arrived, here today on
her way from New York to the Great
Lakes.
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SUGAR THEF'TS !.
0 0||F|''.$'S0,000 ! FROM + R
NAVAL BASES

New York May 16.-Theft of be-
tween SIS 900 and $4,000 of sugar dur.
ing the last five weeks from the Unit.
ed State. naval base in Brooklyn lead
to the arrest of four men today.
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eoLsHEvlKI FLEElNGs

Vienna, May 15.-Ukranian1' reports
indicate that the BOlsheyikt are dee
ing from their advanced western post
tions at Rovno, before the armies
led by by Simon Petlura, and .nre re-
firing in disorder due to lack Of
transportation. 3.. :"3 a ",
1t apears that there isa d general
uprising of Ukranian peasants against
the bolsheviki. ;.t:$. s..f' I:
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PEACE PACT.
MADE PUBLIC
IN ININSTALMENTS
Il
One Delegate Declares Nothing
for Germany to Do Now
But Sign Up
CHINESE CABINET RESIGNS
Turkish Bulgarian Peace to Be
Arranged in Constan-
: tinOple IT..
MOI

Paris, May l6.-The German peace
treaty, it developed today, contains a
clause which has not yet, been made
public providing that ratification by
Germany and three of the principal
associated powers will bring the
treaty into force by the ratifying pow
erS. '. f
!. 1t is quite probable that the Turkish
and Bulgarian peace treaty will be
negotiated and signed in CONSTANT
nople, Saloniki or some other country
or city in the near east.
The Chinese cabinet has resigned,
but the president has refused to ac-
cept the designations, according to
telegram from Pekin to the peace
conference. e
The conference at Shanghai be.
tween northern and southern Chinese
delegates has broken up. t4f
AS q result of conferences among
representatives OF the powers which
were being continued today, the text
OF the German treaty probably will
be made public in instalments. It ID
reported that the financial and bodn.
4ary sections of the docufnent will be
released tonight.
SERIOUS FIGHTING At CROATIA.
London, May 16.-Serious fighting
between Serbians and CrOatians at
Agram. the Croatian capital, is re-
ported in Vienna dispatch tonight.
Many of the c0mbatants are saldsst,
have hen killed H.. {i'''. (. NJ, ~ 'itiF,ti}
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MUST SIGN,

Versailles, May 16.-A distinct i'm
preston among some Of the sub0rGlin-
ate members of the German mission
that the Germans will sign the peace
treaty is reflected in the remark .Of
one of the secretaries. ,s&
what else can we do but sign?
We are on the ground; your knees
are on our stomach and your thumbs
in our eyes"
TO PRESENT CREDENTIALS.
St. Germaine- -En.Laye, France, May
16.-The credentials OF the Austrian
peace delegation will be presented to
representative of allid land assOciatd
powers at meeting probably next
Tuesday, it was said here today.
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NAVAL CONCENTRATION. /.

lied naval concentrnti0n has ,been bek.
gun at Smyrna in connection with d
mandate to Greece to administer the
city. 3. III q y b
T. The. British and French Sach have
| fleets on the scene with llhnding par.
les, the Greeks have a, battleship With
gunboats, and the Italians have Ave
large warships The United States
naval forces are the battleship Al.
zona and four destroyers. The allied:
naval contingents are drawn from the
forces in the Adiatic and Black ea...
" Troops also are beng concentrated
from Saloniki. It is understood Brit
ish and French forces are cooperating
in the Greed administrative mandate.
MARCHING AGAINST PErRooRAD.
Copenhagen. Thursday, May 15:-7A
strong Finnish army commanded by
General Mannerheim, leader OF the
government forces, is marching
against Petrograd, which, 1t is ex-
,pected, will be occupied in a few. days.
according to advices to the national
Tiedende. 10
'COJhOvEHSYi UN8eTTIEO. f-lt,t
Paris, May 16.-Negotiations pend
ing for the adjustment Of the 5Adriat-s
ic controversy contemplate a directed
settlement between Italy and JugO-
Savia, through American intermedi4-
ton. Through this plan the Austrian
treaty would not specify the disppsi-
tion to be made of Dalmatia and
Fiume aside from detaching them
from Austria.
The council Of four continued
work today on subsidiary details OF
the Austrian treaty having to do. with
the Austrian frontier. 1t Is regarded
unlikely that the treaty will pc
ready for presentation to the Austrian
plenipotentiaries before Wednesday Of
next week.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-05

middle OF March wems to have he"n
4 spasm vhich took a great deal Of
llfo out OF 'ha' general district
Nothing very good has happened
since, but much that is distinctly
appointing has occurred. Tire
Mid Kansas guhhcr on the Carey
farm, which IS now producing less
iEan 1000 barrels, has been offset
by two holes, both Of which 10 this
time mus, be classcd as comparative
failures The north offset. drillc {
nv the Sinclair company on IN"
Coody farm, and tho northeast OF
set. drilled bv The Texas company.
on the Srndldgc farm both have
hcCn"shoi ana neither or them arc
N"i producing OH. although each has
some . tn The hole Both holes
bridget tror tho shot and tho,c
is set som" hope for them, as the
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-05

bridges may have cut or cons.dcr.
able flow Of OIL
The wells In stephens county hold
their output little better than a.
Ranger. II as good Production of
that Ntld now is estimated approx
mately ! 900 barrels. producing
from g. wells The ToNas company
has 10 wells. producing approx
mafely 4 300 barrels. The CUT
Production company has wells
producing $500 barrels The Mid
Kansas on 4 Gas co. I wells pro-
turtng 800 barrels sinclair com
pan> ? wells producing 500 barrels.
Texas Pacific coul Il on 60 wells
producing 1850 barrels oklahoma
Producing a Rctntpg Co. e. al
well producing 500 barrels Mis-
collancous wells 500 barrels
Nv districts the production 81
divided as follows breckenridge
CONTINUED OS MKT rtgE