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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
WINTER FAILED TO SET MILD
RECORD ASSERTS BUREAU

Z j is 4 y i Of 4
Washington. There was more sun
shine and less snow throughout most
Of the United States during the win
ter just passed than ever before in
the memory of the present genera.
ton.
Heretofore low temperatures have
prevailed during winters when there
was light fall of snow, with the re-
suit that crops, especially of winter
wheat and oats have suffered during
the past winter, however, the com.
bination Of light snow precipitation
and high temperatures have resulted
in the rapid and sturdy growth of
grains.
Frequent warm rains and absence
Of severe cold snaps. also helped
crops.
The ice crop appears to have been
the orly one to suffer because Of the
mildness ostthe winter.
Bureau statistics show the general
notion that the past winter actually
was the mildest ever known, instead
Of merely one of the mildest is erron-
eous. The winter of 1856, was con
sideraEly warmer as was the winter
1878 The winter Of 1866 fell
slightly short Of being as mild as that
Of 1852.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
!. An Appeal to Be Taken.

Il An appeal will be taken to the su-
preme court Of the state, it is stated.
There is more or less latitude in the
supreme court for expression Of opin-
ion respecting the merits of the case.
If the supreme court approves the ver-
dict Of the jury, that will end the mat
ter. If the supreme court reverses the
verdict the matter will come back FOR
another hearing.
The court, however, in the event Of
remanding the case for a new trial.
may choose to offer observations with
regard to the merits Of the controversy
That is to say, whether. in the opinion
Of the members Of the supreme court,
the verdict is justified under the eyi-
dence. If, in the court s view the evi-
dence was such as to Justify q diff
ferent verdict, and the court SO ex-
presses lis opinion, it would be a vir-
tual notice to the lower court to di-
rect a verdict for the plaintiff on the
rehearing.
This is understood to constitute the
chief hope Of the plaintiff in taking an
appeal
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
Jury Returns Verdict for Defend
ant on All Points in Con-
troversy.
GOES TO THE SUPREME COURT
Plaintiff Sued to Recover the Sum
Of $7,50o.oo, Paid to
Carpenter.

The jury in the case Of lake Ritz
versus Clay Carpenter returned a YER
dict this morning in favor of the de-
fendant on all points in controversy.
The case was concluded last evening
about 6 o'clock, and given to the jury.
Judge Skinner, in his instructions,
had reminded the jurors that if the
plaintiff was entitled to a verdict at all,
it should be for the full amount de
manded The court further said, in ef-
feet, that the defendant, to be entitled
to a verdict, should nave sustained his
case throughout-that if there We're
any doubt with reference to the plain
tiff having a full understanding Of the
situation. the verdict should be for the
plaintiff.
The following were the jurors:
Herman Herman son.
r, p. Thompson.
Louis Gustro.
John Wtcoley
G. w. Ronning
Chas Barrette
John Mcdowell
III M. Mccain :.
Dick Jones
George Farrell
Tom Reedy
3sss O. E Fowler * N.Y. IN sSfss
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
HISTORY OF THE CASE.

The case OF absorbing interest in
circuit court the past week was that
OF Jake Ritz versus Clay Carpenter.
This suit grew out Of slsc arrest Of
Mr.. Ritz by federal authorities upon
the charge Of violating the espionage
act, involving, 1t was claimed, utter
ances Of disloyalty to the United States.
then at war with Germany and other
countries. VI g
ss Briefly speaking, and touching upon
only the main points in the c0ntrover-
sy, the contentious on either side are
about as follow:
The plaintiff brought suit to recover
about $7.750.00 alleged to have feen
4 withheld from Mr.. Ritz without war
4 rant sof law. The defense alleges that
the sum OF money was received as are
suit Of an agreement BY which the de.
fendart. or Judge McNulty 81 aberdeen
acting for him, or having been retained
{ ~ him, was to defend the plaintiff Ia
the federal court "A the case brought BY
I the government.
The PiaintiE's Contenti Ions
The plaintin sets up the allegation
j that when he was arrested by the gov
{ ernment he employed Clay Carpenter
to represent him: that M. Carpenter
accepted the sum of s250.0o as the ats
torney's fees in the case; that the said
$4,000 was 10 be the total cost Tor the
services 81 the defendant Ii defending
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
ASKS COZ OPERATION CITIES
SECURE EMPL 0YMENT MEN

+
Washington. Chambers Of coma
merces in six Thousand cities today
were asked by Colonel Arthur Woods.
special war department assistant on
soldiers employment ~ take RESPONSE.
bility Of providing fpf the returning
men.
Woods emphasized that the unem.
ployinent problem Is sserious and viii
become critical unless each locality
takes steps ts provide work for its
discharged soldiers he recommend.
ed that the char arnbers Of commerce
provide employment bureaus and as
sist tha fare u nizatlpns III pro
Eiting safl the eidpI Ioyrnent possible.
The agencies were also urged to get
the soldiers away from the cities
where uilenp ployment is increasing.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
FORMER russ
PROVINCE SETS
Up A REPUBLIC
Bessarabia Proclaims lndepenc
ence. Offensive Against Ru-
manian Army AZ Occupation IS
Launched. N
(By United Press.

Warsaw, March Bessarabia has
proclaimed it's independe estab.
lished q soviet republic an begun an
offensive against the Rumanian army
Of occupation. dtspatch from Chotin
announced today. 4.
Bessarabia is a former provixce Of
Russia, bordering on R,iinania on the
northeast. 1t has been claimed and
occupied by Rumania.
The Bessarabian army has captured
a the important town o sadagara and
is pushing the Rumanians across the
river Pruto toward Largu.
NJ. Lislsim heads tho new Bessara
bian government. Ss
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
I62S DE HAvlLANDS in SERV
ICE AT SIGNING ARMISTICE


Washing ton Up to November II
there were 62s DsI5aviland 4's.. air.
air service announced. ssssss
Up tos Noyember last, 1855 De.
Havilands had been received at;
French ports out of q total produc;
ton Of s2227 The number Of planes
put into service overseas cluding
those put III y service |at the front
numbered ss4. on November : the
number actually ii commission on
the front was As Con srscts cans
|celIed and suspended by the air ser-
vice up % Mare, 4 l9 totaled n value
y4so. .7s0sl5 ialtt this Leins A.
Icapcelation of ofxlss f1or ems ines and
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
BODY OF KIDNAPPED AMER.
FOUND NEAR Pr ROCRESO

Washington, March ~ The state
department was advised that the body
of Oscar Wallace. an Amrican citizen
who recently was Kidnapped BY Mexi-
can bandits, had been found near Pro
greso, C.oahuila.
The state department e dispatch
which was forwarded from Monterey.
y i'd IT was believed Wallace had been
murdered
Wallace was manager of q ranch
near Hacienda Encipas. He was
captured BY the bandits after an ex.
change of shots.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
STUDENTS OF AGGIE COLLEGE
ARE GIVEN DIPLOMAS TODAT
(By United Press)

Crookston, March 27.Four seniors
who have been military service will
be absent when diplomas are confer
red here today in the thirteenth annu-
al graduating exercise of the Univer-
sity Of Minnesota Northwest School Of
Agriculture.
Students from nine northwestern
Minnesota schools well receive diplo-
mas ana certificates. Certificates viii
also be conferred for comp pletion or the
farm engineering and sdressmaking
courses. 8 sss Il iS ~
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
NO ANNETTE KELLERMANS
AMONG THESE MONKEYS
BY United Pres

assf st Wy N1itilS-NA = EfsSys5 taGt
New Orleans, March 27. A
. monkey detests water. There are
. no Annette Kel.crmans among the
! simians. A monkey refuses to
: cross a stream.
These characteristics have given
! birth to q new idea in the minds
Of members of the Audubon Park
commission here. with the result
= that a monkey island will be es-
tablished in the center of the lake
= at Audubon Park.
The island will be provided with
: trees and a jungle, dear to the
: monkey heart, and the tribe of
monkeys, imported from the Cen
trail and South American forests,
will be able to swing from limb to
: limb and desport themselves with
as much freedom aS they did in
: the days when they were "home"
in their native jssngles.
y *& 4
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
BOLSHEVlS1'S
REPAIRED FOR
new UPRISING
Revolutionary Spirit Seething in
Austria and Czecho-Sloyia. Any
Move Against Hungarian Gov
crnment Would Start Trouble.
Allies Increase Food Supply if
Austria Maintains Order.
BY RUDOLPH KoMMER
lUnited Press Staff Correspondent

---. 30nitet I-fesS ~
q Berne. March ~. Bolshevist up
rising IN Austria and Czecho- slovia
are imminent according to edvices re-
eeived here today. Any move in these
two countries against the Hungarian
soviet government is expected to pre-
.cipitate the trouble
a The British military mission in vi
emma. It is reEprted, has notified the
government that the allies are ready
TO Increase the Austrian food supply
if order is maintained. ~
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
JEWISH RELIEF
DRIVE nets CO.
ABOVE QUOTA

The quota Of s275o tor the Jewish
welfare work has been oversuhscribed
in the county, according to the an
inouncement made this morning by
Chairman Earee. The Jewish people
subscribed literally and $4,000 viii be
the portion Of the fund available from
the county budget for war relief work.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
FARM BUREAU WORKERS SEE
PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION
OF ERADICATION OF SMUT
{By United Press)

Bemidji, March County agri-
cultural agents and farm buerau work
ers in northern Minnesota counties
We're here today for a practical demon
stration in eradication of grain smuts.
The agricultural Departments smut
special closes its March tour here to-
day.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
$4,000 Home BY July

Sit. Louis, The Hungarian situation
will not clog war depa artinent plans
for speedy retrun Of American troops
from France General Peyton a
March. chief Of staff, declared here
today: We plan to have 916 900 sol.
5diers home by July Il There WIN be
no delay on account of the Hungarian
developments. !,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
cEcIiS CROSS DANUBE; CUT
BUDAPEST-yIENNA NA RAILWAY
CIV United T,lceasl

London, March 25.-The Czecho,Slo'
wax forces have crossed the Danube,
cutting the Budapest Jenna railway,
says news agency dispatch from
Basle today.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
Outline Campaign for Victory
Loan 4 Meetings SEIZED
uled for This Evening.
WOMEN 10 Or I; ME- LATER
Bankers il Conf erence at Hotel
Lincoln. County Execn
i've, IL Elks club.
WOMEN TO Or GAME LATER

County Chairman Earee has called L
conference of the bnnas scrs ana county
workers nor Tins evenins "a sisci,ss.
plans Tor tlae drive ana outline the
campaign Tor TIE Victory isoas,, 81
& The bankers Will meet VA Chai
Earee At incoln tonigh when thsir
part III the Victory zsoan work viii be
discussed at a sfx O'clock dinner.
The county workers WIN gather 1T
eight o 'c:1ck 1T the E,ilss club mouse IL
become familiar with the outline of
the drive. #
Mr. Earee has comb pleted his county
organization and the men who w,Ill ait.
tend this conf ference are as follows:
Watertossn Executives
G W., Hart.
III. B. Case.
Al. w. Palm. 9.sl8 s
. w Dougherty
ID. G. Noonan.
II. II Morris.
g. X. Burt.
n B. stiles,
r III. Austin. sss8s ~
HI p. Rice.
County Executives
r. N. Larson, Florence
q. G. Bloom, Florence.
II Foss. Henry.
& ii. A. sasse. Henry.
n r. r. SoaIin, Kranzburg.
J H G. ANDERSON, South Shore.
u. "A. Adams, Wallace.
M, 7. Anthony, Waverly.
ss Women Will Organize
The women committee OF the Fifth
Liberty Of Tlianksgivin Loan Will be
represented BY Miss Leah Hopkins,
who was appointed March 2 as county
chairman. AS the county organiza-
ton Of the Women's COMMITTEES is
not complete as yet, their meeting
will be held later. o ss
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
REHEARINC ON UTILITY
RATES IN GRAND FORKS
tBy United Press

Misnarck. March ~ rel1earing
IN the matter Of the lowering Of light.
Ing and gas rates in Grand Forks Ii
being held here today.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27

TROOP MOVEMENT OF MEN
FROM OvERSEA CONTINUES
= q. \ "a
SIBy Tinted Press. ]

E New York, March ~. The cruiser,
Pueblo, arrived with 1.7al mon. The
sTitvos and Wesboro also arrived.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-16
Two-Thirds Vote Ruled

Proposals were placed before the
Commission by the Italian, French,
American, Belgian and British dele
cations as to the declarations which
should be made. The Commission
decided that no declaration should
be submitted to the Peace Confer
ence unless it were adopted by a
two-thirds majority, and it now sub
mits nine declarations, all Of which
obtained a majority, and some of
which were adopted unanimously.
at should be added that a ma
jority, but not a two-thirds major
ity, was obtained for proposal
couched in very general terms
which suggested the application to
agriculture of the general princi-
Piles of labor legislation, and which
arose out of an Italian proposal in
regard to the limitation of the
hours of work in agriculture.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-16
Method of Complaint

"The governing body also has the
power, either on its own motion or
on receipt of a complaint from a
government or from a delegate to
the conference, to apply to the Sec
rotary General of the League of Ma
lions to nominate a Commission of
Inquiry. For the purpose of such
inquiries each high contracting
party undertakes to nominate one
employer ,one workman and one
person OF Independent standing,
and each commission shall consist
of one person drawn from each of
these three categories.
"The commission will report on
the facts, recommend the steps
which should be taken to meet the
complaint and indicate the econom-
ic measures, if any, which it con-
siders would be appropriate in the
event of the condition complained
of not being remedied.
appeal may be made to the per-
manent Court of International JUS
tice of the League of Nations, which
shall have the power to review the
findings of the commission. If the
defaulting state fails to carry out
the recommendations of the com
mission or the permanent court, as
the case may be, within the speci-
fled time, it will then be open to
the other states to take the eco
nomic measures indicated against
it.
at will b. seen that the above
procedure has been carefully de-
vised in order to avoid the imposi-
tion of penalties, except in the last
resort, when state has flagrantly
and persistently refused to carry
out it's obligations under a conven-
tion.
'eThe representative of the work
ing classes in some countries have
pressed their delegates to urge
more drastic provisions in regard
to penalties. The Commission
while taking the view that it will
in the long run be preferable as
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we'll as more effective to rely on
the pressure of international pub
lie opinion rather than on economic
measures, nevertheless considers it
necessary to retain the possibility
of the latter in the background
Chapter III does not call for
much comment, but attention
should pehaps be drawn to the pro-
visions of Article 80, which provide
that the British dominions and In
dia and any colonies or possessions
! of any state which may hereafter
be recognized as fully self-governing
by the Executive Council of the
League of Nations shall have the
same rights and obligations under
the convention as if they were sep
arate high contracting parties.
ut seemed evidence to the Com
mission that colonies which were
fully f-governing, not only as re-
CARDS labor legislation but general
ly, must be regarded as separate en-
titles for the purposes of the Labor
Conference, but it was decided that
state and its self-governing colo
MES should not have more than one
seat in the governing body.
I'm the case of colonies which
are not fully f-governing the
mother country undertakes the OBJ
legation to apply labor conventions
to them unless local conditions rem
der it impossible to apply them
either wholly or in part.
THE Italian delegation proposed
that all nations should be admitted
to the conference Immediately after
the signature of the peace treaty,
but the Commission confined itself
to passing the second resolution at
tached to the draft convention.
I'm conclusion it should be re-
markeds that after a long discus
sion on the question of adopting
certain measures in the interest of
seamen the Commission thought
that the addition of the very spe-
cial questions concerning the min
imum conditions to be accorded to
seamen might be dealt with at a
special meeting of the International
Labor Conference devoted exclusive
ly to the affairs of seamen, at which
| the delegates and technical advisers
could accordingly be chosen from
the shipping community.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-16
Americans Take Other View

"The American delegation, how
ever, found themselves unable to ac-
cept the obligations implied in the
British draft on account of the linn
itations imposed on the central ex-
ecutive and legislative powers by
the Constitution of certain federal
states, and notably of the United
States themselves. They pointed
out that the Federal Government
could not accept the obligation to
ratify conventions dealing with
matters within the competence of
the forty-eight States of the Union,
with which the power of labor leg
islation for the most part rested.
Further, the Federal Govern
ment could not guarantee that the
constituent states, even if they
passed the necessary legislation to
give effect to a convention, would
put it into effective operation, nor
could it provide against the posi-
bility of such legislation being de-
clared unconstitutional by the su-
preme judicial authorities.
THE Government could not,
therefore, engage to do something
which was not within its power
to perform and the non-perform-
ance of which would render them
liable to complaint.
"The commission felt that they
were here faced by /. serious d.
lemma, which threatened to make
the establishment of any real sys-
tenn of international labor legisia-
ton impossible
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-16
LOCAL UNIONS

BARRIERS, Local No. 446-Meets fourth
Thursday in each month 7. w. Sol
ONION, President, Phone Main 80;
Christ Balmer, Secretary, Phone
Main 594R.~
Boilerma sers, Lodge 5o0-Grant Wiz
ick President, Pinehurst, Wash; Lee
Main, Corresponding Secretary 2O14
Summit Ave. ?. OBrien, Treasurer
=. Q. Station A.
Electrical workers, No. 1911, meets in
Hall No l. Labor Temple. on Mon
days at S u. m; J. NJ. Gibbs, Presi-
dent, 3119 Cakes. Phone White 36
H. II. Pile, Financial Secretary, 2624
Lombard Phone Black l42.
Engineers, Local No. 719, meets first
and third Thursdays in Room 8,
Labor Temple, Maurice, Wilson,
ass2 Lom5 SaTS Ra H9rry
Longshoremen No. 3S-S, meets Monday
nights at $50, at 2S39 Bond Street.
r. H. Mills, secretary, 2989 Bond
Phone Main 705.
Maohinists, Lodge No 100, l. A. OF NJ.
President 1905 Victor Place; John
MacKay, Rec. Sec 2316 Harrison
Ave; Chas. q. Sundstrom, Fin. Sec
1905 Lombard Ave.
Painters, No 3S9, meets every Tues
day at s p. m. President, +. w.
Phillips, 29ls Hewitt, II. Arends,
Secretary, 2426 Virginia Phone
Blue SS5.
Pnsdrivsrs, Local 2l9, meets Tuesdays
in the Labor Temple. Maurice Will
son President. Iona Hotel, +. G.
smith, Financial Secretary and Bus
mess Agent 1921 Nassau Street,
Phone White sac.
Retail Clerks, Local No.-Meets.
every Friday evening in the Labor
Temple. f. j. Edney. President,
27O1 Grand; r. A Bradford, Finan-
cial Secretary, 23l9 Everett, and NJ.
waldorf. Secretary, 2422 Rucker.
stage Employees l.. V, Stoddard,
President, 1855 Norton; Mark Be
beau, Recording Secretary, 2514 Nir-
gina; Archie Lafreniere. Fin. Sec
Treas, 1913 Everett Ave.
Timberworksrs, Local No Meets
Thursdays in Labor Temple at Z
pm. John erosion, President 23l0 Il
Rainier; Ray Lindholm, Secretary,
1928 Pine Street
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for such purpose, provided that the
amount so appropriated shall not
be less than twenty-five per cent of
the allotment on the basis of pop
ulation made to such State. nor less
than the amount expended by such
state for public employment offices
in the year 1918, such payment to
be conditional upon the conduct Of
the State employment system in ac-
cordance with uniform rules and
regulations and with the standards
of efficiency prescribed by the Di-
rector General with the approval Of
the Secretary of Labor.
5. During a period Of two years
the Secretary of Labor shall have
authority to spend so much of the
sum apportioned to the States as he
may deem necessary in the respect
i've States as follows:
Ca In States where there is no
state employment service in estab-
fishing and maintaining a system of
public employment offices.
Cb) In States where there is
state system Of public employment
offices, but which are not entitled
to receive Federal funds under the
provisions of Paragraph 4, in main
tanning a cooperative State and
Federal system Of public employ
ment offices which shall be main
tanned by such officer or board and
in such manner as may be agreed
by and between the Governor Of the
state and the Secretary of Labor
IS That provision shall be made
providing for the extension to the
system of employment offices oper-
ated in conformity with the prov-
sions Of this bin and under the rules
and regulations OF the T.. s En-
ployment Service the use OF postof-
flee and postal facilities, incmdiue
the frankinE privilege.
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cral shall be appointed by the Sec
rotary of Labor to have general SUI
/ peryision of all matters relating to
/ the employment of women, and
there shall be such other assistants
and employees in the District Of
Columbia and elsewhere as shall be
necessary to carry out the purposes
of the Act
>. II shall be the province and
duty of the said bureau, under the
direction of the Secretary of Labor,
to establish and maintain a system
of employment offices in the States
which do not maintain an employ
mcnt service. and, in the states
which do maintain such a service,
to aid as hereinafter provided, in
the development thereof and i'm
addition, to coordinate the public
employment offices throughout the
country by furnishing information
as to labor conditions. by maintain
ing a system for clearing labor be
tween the several States and by es-
tablishing and maintaining uni
form policy and procedure.
3. For the use of the Service
there shall be appropriated annual
ly sum of money from which a
specified amount may be used by
the Secretary of Labo. for main
tanning the offices and staff Of the
Director General, offices for clear
ing labor between the States and
for inspection forces; of the balance
of the appropriation, so much as
shall in the discretion of the Secre-
tary of Labor be allotted among the
States on the basis of their respect
| i've populations. the uneXpended
| balance remaining after such allot-
ment has been made to be expended
in the discretion of the Secretary Of
Labor as shall be required where
necessary to supplement the Serv-
ice maintained in the several States.
4, When any State has made, or
shall hereafter make an appropria-
ton for the maintenance Of pub
lie employment service under State
control and which is maintaining or
is prepared to maintain such an en-
ploymeut service in cooperation
with the Federal Government, there
shall be paid to the Treasurer Of
such State upon certificate by the
Secretary of Labor for the benefit
of the State employment system an
amount not exceeding the allot-
ment for the State and equal to the
amount which is appropriated by
the State and its local subdivisions