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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
20, 600 Operators II, Cotton
Mills in Ne,U Bedford Strike
Today; 81 Factories Are Hit
Special Police Details Keep
Pickets Moving And No
Disorder Is Reported; De-
mands OF so Per Cent In
crease In Wage Voted On
But Are Withheld.

New Bedford, Mass, May "A
strike Of approximately 10000 opera
tives went into effect at 81 cotton cloth
mills in this city today The walkout
was occasioned by the posting of mo-
tees relative to working conditions for
the loom fixers who were required to
operate more looms than formerly.
The. loom 'fixers struck several
weeks ago and their protest received
the support of the textile council
which ordered today's general strike.
Early police reports from the mill
gates indicated that only a small per-
centage of workers reported for duty
and that many Of these left the mills
soon after entering. Special details OF
police kept pickets moving and no
disorder was reported.
Many Corporations Affected.
The cloth mills. affected are operat-
ed by 18 corporations with a weekly
pay roll. of $367,000, and having 5o,-
317 looms and 1,926,662 spindles.
Three companies, the Nashawena, the
volved as the notices to which the
loom fixers objected, were not posted
in their mills. The yarn mills also are
not affected by the strike.
Mayor Charles S. Ashley was un-
successful in an effort to arrange a
conference between the textile coun-
Gil and the New Bedford Cotton Man
ufacturers' association The association
previously had refused to grant a con-
ference which the council requested.
on the ground that the strike was of
the workers Gown creation" The man
ufacturers claim that the closed
| shop" Issue is involved. .A
Innese Demanded.
Isssaands for a fifty per cent in.
crease in wages have been voted Sby
the various unions OF the textile coun-
lcil but are being i withheld. for the
| present: }1.s .}1ss1 tx q q,
Reports from other textile centers
indicated state Of unrest in the in
dustry. Thomas f. Mcmahon. vice
ers, Of America, said that demands for
fiat increase Of 171s per cent effec-
tive May 81 in wages of all textile
workers in Massachusetts,, Rhode ISL
and, and Connecticut would be made
today by the national executive board
of the organization.
! At Lawrence the local branch of the
Amalgamated Textile Workers OF
America has decided to request a fifty
per cent increase in wages, forty
hour week and recognition Of their
union. Officers of the Lawrence local
stationary engineers union say that
unless the demands made on April s
are granted by Wednesday night their
The union asks for an eight hour day
time and one-half for overtime and
minimum. wage schedules !. running
from $40 to $50 a week, according to
the class Of plants in which the men
work 'HF
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
ASSOCIATED PRESS
OPERATOR FOR 30
YEARS DIED TODAY

! st. Paul, Mimi. May SC. F..
Holden, for thirty-one years a tele-
Press, died at his home here early
today after an illness of more than
two months. Holden was born in
Mauston, Wis, February 5, 1870. and
came to St. Paul in 1883, working
short time for the old United
Press before entering the Associated
Press service in 1885,. He was the
first operator into Hinckley, Minn.,
after the disastrous forest fire of
September 1, 1894 and did notable
work. His widow and a son survive
him.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
PUBLIC SERVICE
IN FRANCE KEPT
IN OPERATION
Strike Situation in Paris is
Reported to Be
Stationary.

Paris, May 3.-At a meeting Of the
cabinet today, Yves lie Trocquer,
minister of public works, told the
ministers that all the essential public
services had easily been kept func-
tioning. This was possible he said,
because y large majority of the. en-
ployes had remained at their posts.
The faithful employees have been
greatly assisted by volunteers on the
railroads and In the mines and posts
NJ. lie Trocquer added.
The ministers decided to express TO
these volunteers the gratitude, Of the
governmnt. Jules Steeg, minister Of
the interior, reported the events Of
May day, which he dismissed as
"minor Incidents" .4. :
so Per Cent Normal. "
Paris, May 3.-The strike situation
in this city was generally stationary
at the north and east stations this
morning, only about SO per cent of
the usual number Of trains being in
operation. At the st. Lazare station
traffic was affected more seriously
Virtually no freight trains were NOV
ing during the forenoon. -.
M. Monitte. managing director Of
the weekly publication, Labor Life,
which has been conducting IA cam
paign for the continuation of the
railroad workers strike, was arrested
this morning. This is the first arrest
made by the police lin connection with
the railroad walkout but other war
rants have been drawn up at tie
ministry OF the interior. and itais.4ii,
Fpected others will be detained.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
BANDTTS0F
MEXICO Kill
TW0AMERICANS
United States Destroyers
Are Ordered to Vera Cruz
and Tarnpico.

Washington, May s.-Two Ameri-
can citizens. Eben Francis Greenlaw
and his minor son. were killed BY
Mexican bandits yesterday, the state
department was informed today by
the American embassy in Mexico City.
The navy department acted on the
request Of the state department, where
It was explained today that the war
ships would take aboard Americans in
those two ports in event that it
should become necessary.
It was said that the vessels would
not intervene in. Mexican affairs and
that their dispatch, was precaution-
ary measure. Only the cruiser Sac
ramento is now on the east coast of
Mexico. She was last reported at
Tampico. sFy5S t..# i.
The killings occurred at Palazadas,
about 125s miles from Mexico City.
Greenlaw was employed by a British
The state department announced
that IT. has requested the Mexican gov
eminent, through the American ems
bassy, to take, effective measures''
Immediately for apprehension and
puniehment Of the assassins.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
NORWECIANS PLAN .
BIG CELEBRATION

Williston, May s.-The local lodge
Of the Sons Of Norway is making ar.
rangements to celebrate Norway's in
dependence day, May IT, and a COM
mittee consisting Of Theodore ALEX
son. Ole Harstad, Torger Hofhnser
and j. P. Dahl. is working on the de-
tails of the celebration
Speeches win be made by, Hon. r.
A. Nestos, Of Minot; Hon. Silver Ser
umgard. the blind orator and lawyer,
Of Devils Lake, and citizens Of Will
liston.. Band music will be, provided.
The Sons of Norway lodges at
Wildrose. Epping and White Earth
Rave been invited to participate and
large attendance is expected.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
Exhibit OF Pure Bred Z:
Animals VIII Shown. i.

Regina, sask., May s.-rhe pro-
posal to organize joint Saskatche-
wan exhibit of pure-bred animals to
show at the International exhibition
in Chicago the last week ins Novem-
Der and the first week in December
met with general approval at meet
ing of the Saskatchewan Live Stock
board. Practically the entire board
was present and It was decided to re-
quest the Saskatchewan department
of agriculture to cooperate with the
board by assuming Transportation
charges and assisting in Organizing
the exhibit. .
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
PROVOST GOES ON
TRIAL FOR MURDER

Mount Clemens. Mich, May g.
Lloyd Provost, q local youth. went on
trial here today charged with this
murder Of J. Stanley Brown, a wea1.
thy Mount Clemens man whose. body
was found crouched over the steering
road near here December "a last
The accused man, = cousin OF
Browns widow had been In fail four
months. waiting, trial. .,.,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
BIG NEW YORK STORE
TO SELL $20,000,O00
STOCK AT REDUCTION

New York. May s.-one of New
york's largest department stores ad-
vertised in today's newspapers that
it would attempt ito break the back
bone Of high prices by offering its
s:O,00O,000 stock at a reduction of 20
per cent. The only motive in max
ing this general reduction, said the
, advertisement, is a conscientious
J sense Of duty" made necessary by
the reports of government investiga-
2tors that prices are still on the up
ward trend.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
Quiet In Bemidji.

y Bemidji. Mimi. May 3.-No disor-
der attended the closing down of three
big woodworking plants here which
ceased operation because they claim
they cannot comply with the demands
OF the timberworkers for an eight
hour day. The plants of the LBemidji
Manufacturing company which en-
ploys about SO men,. closed down Sat
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
NO PRoTECT WoRKERs

Z Paris. May Sd Havas) w orkers
France viii be. protected
by the government against agxres-
sion by strikers, according to an In
terview with Yves LIE Trocquer, min
lister OF public works. printed in this
morning Matin. The minister de-
claressall measures to furnish, neces.
stiles Of life to the people have been
taken and Is optimistic that pending
disputes viii be ssttled by arbitfa-
ton, $3.50 . s ~ SssSk. sS
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
TO Be.
GIVEN CAP1OR
OF MURDERER De
Citizens to Raise $4,000;
Officials Give ST, 900; Gov
II. ernor Gives 81, 900.

oIIdkSh, ~. IL, may 0.--CltlzenS
of Underwood today had subscribed
moro than $500 toward a fund of
$4,000 to be raised in Mclean coup-
ty as reward for the capture of
the murderer of the Wolf family of
Turtle Lake. Attorney General Will
liam Langer, Sheriff Ole Fl. Stefferud
and States Attorney Williams of Nc
Lean county, personally have offered
a joint reward Of $1,000 in the case
and Governor Lynn j. Frazier has
offered; a like amount
Seek One Man.
cials who have been investigating the
murder of seven members OF the ia
cob Wolf family, and their chore boy.
Jake Hofer, since: the discovery of
the crime on Saturday. April "a, are
now confident that the murders were
the work of one man, and that they
occurred on the forenoon of Thurs
day. May %. So far no arrests have
been made, though officials. cling to
the theory that the murderer resides
IN the community, was known to the
members Of the Wolf family, and
that he killed Mrs. Wolf and five
children, and the chore boy, TO cover
the murder of Wolf, which is be-
lieved to have been the first
The Investigations by the officials
have established that of the five per-
sons whose bodies were found in the
cellar Of the Wolf home, only one,
others being killed in the ca1iar
VIE r-.,,.., -
+. "O'i INiaeu rIs'.
AS they now believe the crime oc-
CURED, Wolf was the first. person
snot. tie was shot while in the yard
OF his home, about 80 yards from
the residence.
AFTER snootins Wolf, who was only
wounded ana was subsequently able
10 make his way to the cowshed in
Whlcn ms oody was found. the mur-
oerer evidently went to the residence.
MRS. Wolf and five children, includ-
ing the 6-month-old baby whose life
was spared, were In the house when
the murderer entered. Two girls, the
second and third Oldest in the family,
whose bodies were found in the cow
shed beddA that of their father, es-
caped from the house by making
ru rnnn;,. Wy na ~. oiH "a e pe9room @ WINDOW;
~, ns s9a;n.t YES Is .s, psu tnat was snovea
the <I,,I. y. ""4'n aie .ll .he snoepfints OF
1Mrs M,o,r . 49,. e... =.
o,dast oht,a. n anu .ne lourtn ana ti1tn M
~ 80 :euIen n1,o einer sousnt re1uge
na,,ar @ ~, ~ VI Wese ur1Ven ,1nto me
thew ueya sls;n tmo Ell, anu .nere
the +hrae 80 snd a,a 'mo W.. WIN snotgun,
heine ~ 1s;I,ed, u III nan na year oio cn,lo M
n,,rGera,. +ha, a,tt. naicnes. me
andad ~ cisa Ms,ns ~ent ae 20 the oarn ana
hnd eas t,'es - ne Two girls VINO
u,ho na+,,ro,,,, '.Is . IeS'oenec ano
fatb. piani ,+s;u Muu4u 80 70 tneir
son,e y. -. 49, es ssaus ..s on me teea crlo,
fonnd diea,a.e 90 ~ ", -, wnv sne Dooy was
sunno-t I hi,nse,t 'ia. a. VOL was aole 70
hains shnt ISL e;uat iu sUnle .; ume a1ter
nrnhs hIv had e haas Us !,nie Ii.He ana ne
air,s ray -, no ~ on sian ~nen me me
have thaan ,j',;,,n az, vi ne may sun
witness tn ~ S 5aa,h hu of ras kta 1een
"'Aess ~ lHe oedtn OF MS daugh-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
SUES FATHER.IN.LAW.

Ashland, Wis, May 3.-Allcging
'ienation of her husbands affections,
rs. Nellie Phillips has sued her
,her-in-law, U. G. Phillips, for $685.
o. Mrs. Phillips, who was form
,on the staff Of the Ashland Press,
led I. c. Phillips in 1912 and
lfter moved to Minneapolis with
She charges he left her in 1918
,sed his arrest on a non-sup-
lrge in Minneapolis, with the
nat he was ordered to pay her
month. She declares in her
7, filed in circuit court. that
es' told by the defendant are
c for the estrangement.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
sawmill. And Woodworking
Plants Are Not Running !;
No Disorder Has Been Re-
ported; Attempt Being
Made To Enforce Demands
For Eight Hour Day.

IDulutn, Mlnn., May 3.-IOQay zV,-
900 timber workers in northern Min
nesota, Michigan and Wisconsin are
expected to go on strike to attempt to
enforce their demands for an eight
hour day in mills and woods. and rec
tognition of their union. The men be-
long to two unions-affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor and the
Industrial Workers of the World.
In anticipation of the strike a num-
Der Of lumber plants shut down Sat
urday.4 No disorders have been report
ed. City and county officials in many
places have given warning that the
sale; Of liquor during the strike will re-
suit in prosecution. Union officials
have ann ounced they will not tolerate
sabotage among their membership.
Largely attended meetings of tim
ber workers were held Sunday in
.Cloduet. and Bemidj. MINI. Only
union men were admitted and infor-
nation concerning business transact
ed was refused neYspa pers.
Rhinelander, Wis. is considered the
center for the strike
Marinette, Wis. May $40 enforce
their demands for an eight hour day
1000 men employed in box factory
flooring mills and sawmills of this
city and Manitowoc did not resume
work this morning The Below
Lumber company, which is operat
ing Its mill with a half crew. was
the Only lumber company to operate
today. Reports received here indi-
! cate that. the sawmills at Oconto and
Green Bay are closed.
.. Virginia Mills Running. b.
Virginia, Mimi. May S.-The. mills
Of both the Virginia and Rainy Lake
| Lumber company and the w. T.. Bailey
| Lumber company are running today
Slightly short handed on the first
shift company officials said. Nc
demonstrations by strikers are report,
| ed and few strikers are on the streets
! There was no picketing this forenoon
/ The I. w. w. held their meeting last
night to discuss the strike in which
they Joined. -. i
Union is Strong.
Cloquet, Mimi. May 3-A complet&
! walkout took place here this morning
\ when 1000 men, women and girls
both union and nonunion.> refused t
! work unless the eight hour day II
granted them. The Timberworkers
/ union reported as 80 per cent strong
! and.if granted the eight hour day.Ew1
Ereturl to work at once. ME-. $50
s inc 'Slt0QueEa IIuiilDSf S&5@Il pAtlS sfi'
/ 1 isa6isslsSa1 "A an iia ilahlA sSEeh steam
I'm i'll. and wstfrpower mill and planning
{ mill crews. including foremen, maneg
i ing. u set crew Of II mento oberaN'
i tWo machines. sss1 ,ssl
The t1othpick factory is scompleteE
tshht4 down: the box factory has thre'
men,, the. Johnson -Wentworthf planel
i il com pletely closed: Their mill is op
Grating one gang to clean off .logs.o OF
the deck:
! .,sAll. mills were steamed mp. and ex
j; pected to run this morning but no on
went, to work. The town is quiet. n,
4 disorder being reported. 1T is like
\. Fourth of. July celebration, .automo
-biles loaded with men and girls crying
4 1--WE want eight hours work" AM
shooting off fire crackers. 4
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
POLISH TROOPS
OCCUPY. KlEV
-z ' =.
Newspapers Of Warsaw An
.nounce Pilsudski. Leads
Troops Into City.
Operations Tied Up.

Warsaw. May s.-(By the Associ-
-atedas Press: 9Ash fakaas- occupied
editions Of the newspapers here to-
day. General Pilsudski preAtdent OF
the Polish state, Ned the troops into
the city. the newspapers say.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
sol Per Cent Normal.
Hart,or ParalvxetI

Marseilles, May 3. 5=Thiss boz. Isl
almost completely pa aralyzed BY the
strike: Mp ships. have left since the
are deserted. =.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
DOCTORS AND
NURSESRUSHE
TO THE Scene
About Two Score of Bodies
Reported Recovered By
Rescuers from Wreckage
Only Physician in the Town
Who Could Have Given
Aid to Injured Killed.

Muskogec. Okla, May 3.-Thirty-
seven bodies have been recovered by
rescuers from wrecked houses in the
storm demolished town of Pegs, ac-
cording to a telephone report from
Tahlequah. This information was
brought from Peggs by the first man
to arrive here from that town today.
Twenty of these bodies are report
ed to have been taken from one
building alone. ..
Tahlequah county seat of Chero-
kec county, s miles south of Peggs
is the nearest railroad town to the
storm area.
John Littlefeld, his wife and six
of their seven children were among
those killed in the storm, a report to
Tahlequah. said.
The only physician in the town, DR..
w. x. Hill, also was killed.
$50 Injured. r., d.
Muskogee. OKLA, May 3.--Fifty
persons are reported killed and more
than $50 injured in a storm that is
said to have wiped the little town Of
Peggs Okla, Cherokee county, off
the map last night.
Reports TO the Muskogce Times
Democrat from Locust Grove, and
Tahlequah, where dead and injured
that not a. house was left in Pegs.
\ special train carrying doctors
and nurses !; and equipment left
Muskogee for Peggs t,1is morning.
vIstAti doctors .anrses IL, ln Tahlequah
have gone. i sssss - r Z .se.
Practically every store In Table
quah, which IL the county seat of
Cherokee county. has closed and sew
eral hundred people have gone to
rcrpS tO do ire9clle work.
Direct communication with the
stricken town was impossible this
morning as all wires from Muskogee
to Peggs are down.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03

plications from men who want to
work, beginning today, and when
they have enough men to work on q
ten hour basis will. resume operations.
Operations Tied Up.
e Duluth, Minn.,- May s.-The tim
bcrworkers' strike in northern Min
la, where mills are reported only
partly closed At Cloquet 1000 men
went out, complete strike. At In
ternational Falls, reports show only
q few men on their jobs. Remote
lumber camps had not been heard
from at noon.
Many Are Affected.
Ashland, Wis, May 3.-The timber
workers strike covering every man
who handles timber, from the tree in
the mills and the cars, began here
this morning. The mills at Ashland
and Odanah arc closed but adjacent
lumber camps are still running. All
camp work and raft towing must soon
stop IL the mills continue closed.
80 Every Mill Closed.
Rhinelander, Wis, May 3.-Every
sawmill in Rhinelander is closed to-
day as a result of the timberworkers'
strike Over 500 men are out here.
The companies affected are G.. G..
Collins Lumber company. Thunder
Lake Lumber company, Stevens Lum-
ber company, Robbins Flooring COM
pany and Rhinelander Box and Lum-
Der company. The plants of Rhine
lander Paper company, Rhine]ander
Refrigerator company and the Wis
consin Veneer company are in oper-
alton and no walkout is anticipated
by these three. At the majority Of
mills this morning steam was up and
whistles blew at o'c!ock.s but men
failed to respond. No disorder or
demonstrations of any Kind have re-
suited. Mills in small towns adjacent
to Rhinelander are reported closed
and woods operations are also sus-
pended to some extent. c: A. Young,
national organizer for the American
Federation of Labor, stated today that
approximately 10000 timberworkers
are out in the district of which Rhine
I lander is headquarters.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
Destsoyers Sent soutl,.

Washington. May 3.-American de-
stroyers have been ordered to Vera
Cruz and Tampico to protect kmsri-
cans there. VI
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-03
Tir1beruorkers' Strike Takes
Hold in laundering States and
Thousands of Men Quit Work

urday. The Crookston Lumber conn
pany, employing 500 men and the Be
midi Box company, employing 500,
closed tight today. I
The companies here will receive. ar-
plications from men who want to
work, beginning today, and when
they have enough men to work on q
ton hour basis, will. resume operations.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1920-07-21

kel 10 er ,,Traktatens Hierte, "
og det Wide y@re det samme
som lat knuse Verdens Hjerte .
at tage denne Artikel bort.
For Diet fjerde har Presiden-
ten naturligvis bestemt, at Gu
vernon Cox maa paatage sig,
underskrive og indfri allie de ma
tionale Lofter, som den nuvaren-
de Administration har givet paa
Nationens Vegne.
Det er derfor paa sin Plads
at sporge: Hvad er de forskelli-
ge mystiske og uyisse Forplig-
telser, som Presidenten har bun
Diet os til? Nogen maa fortalle
os det, fordi Folket 9nsker at
vide det.
Har Guvern6r Cox forpligtet
sig Til at fornye Forlangendet
ON, at Amerika oyertager ct
Mandat over Armenien, ON han
bliver valgt?
Har han forpligtet sig til at
insistere paa, at Trakien skal gaa
til Bulgarien og like til Gr@-
kenland, hvad saa Folket i Ira
kien, Grekenland og yore ALI
erede end vii?
Det amerikanske Folk har Ret
til at faa Svar paa disse Spergs-
maal.
Det er soleklart, at President
Wilson's Udenrigspolitik involve
rer. at Amerika maa have en-
stor Arme og Flaade, for Admi-
nistrationen har forlangt, at VI
j 1925 skal have en- Flaade saa
stor som Storbritaniens. Den har
ogsaa arbejdet for, at vi skulde
have EN- Arme, der var to Gan
ge saa stor som den, vi nogen
Sinde har haft Fred.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1920-07-21
PROHIBITIONSLOVEN.
Vanskeligheder we'd dens
Gennemforelse.

Washington, ID. c., II. JUL.
Seks Maaneder af national Pro
hibition har overbevist de EN-
bedsmend, der skal paase dens
Gennemf6relse, ON, at det er u
muligt at gore Staterne t9rre,
medmindre det faar Almenhedens
Tilslutning. Stillingen skildres
saaledes af EN- hgj Autoritet:
enkelte Slater er Tilstanden vac
re end den var en- Maaned efter
at det attende Amendment var
traadt Kraft. Befolkningen paa
saadanne Steder bestaar for Stor-
stedelen af Udl@ndinger, og
Stemningen er imod Prohibition.
Regeringens Embedsmend nev-
ner New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania og Illinois som bad
states. Massachusetts, Callfor'
MIA og andre hidtil wade Slater
er like indbefattet. De Embeds-
mend, der skal paase Lovens
Gennemf6relse, har like v@ret
i Stand til at stoppe Trafikken
med Salg af berusende Drikke
paa Steder, hvor Stemningen
oyervejende er imod Loyen.
| allie andre Slater end de fire
nevnte har der veret Zen Forbe-
dring af Forholdene paastaar
Sagkyndige i internal Revenue
Bureauet. Der er store Vanske-
ligheder ,,Moonshine" Distrik-
terne i Syden, men man haaber
at kunne overvinde dem den
nermeste Fremtid. Det indrSm-