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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
DECLARES RUSSIA
WILL STRAIGHTEN
OUT ITS.TANCLES

London, Jan. 2.-On the eve of his
return to Copenhagen to resume the
prisoner exchange negotiations with
Maxim Litvinoff, the Bolshevik rep
resentative, James O'Grady told the
Mirror correspondent that he believ-
ed the pourparlers would be success
full and that the repatriation of Brit
ish prisoners and British civilian res
idents in Soviet Russia would be ef-
fected by the end of January.
. Mr.. O'Grady said his consultations
since his return from Copenhagen
would aid materially in bringing
about settlement. He expressed it
as his opinion that Russia. would
save herself If left alone.
''She is now like child cropping in
the dark, but she is growing up" he
declared. III
! NINETY per cent of Russia's popu-
lation is illiterate," continued Mr..
O,Grady "The other ten per cent is
purely predatory. They, are Asiatic
people and are at least a Thousand
years behind our civilization. We
must give them time and help them =
NO TRIAI1B NECESSARY.
L., So asal44. iEss st sea6 Hrs
in st. Paul public schools may he dis
missed without tria1s, state supreme
court held I'm decisions today on ap-
peals by two st. Paul teachers seek-
ing reinstatement through mandamus
proceedings. +
The commissioner of education
having removed the teachers in the
exercise of power given him by the
city charter and having followed the
prescribed procedure and assigned
reasons to Justify the removals, the
opinion states his decision cannot be
reviewed by mandamus. !, The char
ter having prescribed. the procedure
without providing for trials, the
teachers were not entitled to trials,
the court ruled. y
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
Portland To Have
Farmers Institute

Portland. N. D.. Jan. IA farmers
institute will be held in this city on
January s and 2 with several specials
lists in different agricultural lines
Chief among those who will speak are
George Hoople Of Hoople. N. D., who
has. probably raised more potatoes
than any other one man In the state.
Mr.. Hoople will talk ON the value Of
= cultivated cash crop. Edgar /.
Olsen, q former county agent, will talk
on the subject. winning Out in West
ern North DAKOTA" n. d. Marquis
will have charge Of the musical feaa
tures Of the two days and Mrs. Gordon
W. Randlett Of FARGO will talk to the
women. u 81 n eee Z 3s Sfs w \
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
Mandan Has $2,O00,0 900
Building Program On
Hand For This Year

Mandan, N. D.. Jan. 2-The build
ing program for the year 1920 in this
city if carried out as planned will in
volve an investment of $2,00e,00O.
Chief among the buildings for which
tentative plans have already been
made are the new Deaconess hos
pital which will cost $150,000; the
Methodist church, which will cost
$4,000; Improvements at the reform
school. which will cost 100000: a
Masonic temple which if built will cost
from $4,000 to $4,000, and new
school house which will cost $60,000.
Large paving contracts will also be
let. and the white way system will be
COmpleted
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
MORE THAN 200 RADICALS ARE
HELD in CHICAGO JAIIS AFTER
BEING TAKEN IN new YEARS RAID
TELEGRAPHlC BRIEFS

Washington.-Senato Borah, Re-
publican, Idaho, made public a letter
to Governor; Lowden of Illinois,
aspirant for the Republican nomina-
ton to the presidency, asking him to
define his stand on foreign relations.
Consumption of news
print paper in the United States has
broken all records during the last
three months. s* H4
London.-The army of General
Denikine- is threatened by Bolshevik
forces.
Z New York.-Total motor vehicle
production in the United States for
1919 reached 1,S91,929, the National
announced.
Dorpat, Esthonia-A seven day
arnlistice between Esthonia and soviet
Russia was signed. f.,
London. 1zBolshevik cavalry cap
tured 1900 prisoners and three
armored trains on the Trinka and
Meuse rivers, according to Bolshevik
announcements.
New York.-The, American steam
ship owners association sent protest
to Secretary of War Baker against a
bill to authorize the carrying Of
civilians as passengers by army trans
ports. ~
: Juarez, Mexico. - Through train
service to Mexico was resumed.
Pasadena, Cal.-Harvard's football
team defeated that of Oregon by q
score Of to 6.
:, Notwithstanding Levinsky won
q decision over wild" Burt Kenney.
Harrisburg, Pa.-Jack Britton was
awarded a newspaper decision in a
| ten round bout with Johnny Gill.
i Everett. Wash.-A tie resulted when
Everett high school met Scott high
school of Toledo, Ohio, for the ma
j; tional preparatory school football
championship. NJ s..t.f
| Detroit-Harvey ThLi:p won news
paper decision over Mel Stevenson in
ten rounds. '.
Grand Rapids. Mich.-Bob Martin
| knocked Jack Mcfarland out in the
fifth round. Ia
Fargo, N. D.--Jfmmy Delaney de-
! feated Billy Perkins, according to
newspaper men. in a ten round NO
decision fight.
Philadelphia---Jo Kilbane won
by q close margin. from Al Schubert
JAn Smith stopped Art Magirl, in the
third round. George Clhaanssy aa!.s ,..l oult;
Newbureh, NJ. Y.-Charles Jewtraw
carried on honnra lnsthe eastern skat-
ling championship meet here. He won
the mile, half mile and quarter mile
contests Elsie. Miller and William
Taylor broke the amateur tandem
record for the quarter mile. .
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
FAVORS DEEPENING
OF ST. LAWRENCE

: Duluth, MIMI. Jan. :.-The new
secretary of commerce. DR.. j. A
Alexander, views favorably the pro-
ject to deepen the St. Lawrence river
to accomodiate ocean going vessels.
Il look forward to the time in the
near future when ocean-going vessels
will be loaded at our ports on the
Great Lakes for the over1eas trade. :
he states in a letter to Charles p.
Craig. executive director Of the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence -Tdewater associ-
alton. /. ~
Mr.. Craig win address the conven-
ton of farmers grain dealers Of
South Dakota at Aberdeen on January
mercial club has asked Mr.. Craig and
julius II. Barnes to speak on the 81
Lawrence project late in January. .
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
200 PRlSO | OllE|RS
lyCOOK COUNTY
SEE HANGING
Sheriff Planned the Occa-
sion For Moral Effect
It Would Have.

Chicago, Jan. 1.-TWO hundred
prisoners in the Cook county jail saw
Ranalo Durrage die on the gallovs
this morning. despite requests from
Governor Lowden to Sherin Peters
last night that the hanging be private.
The usual death chamber quiet was
broken by the 200 involuntary witt
nesses. who loudly shouted for thei1
breakfast while the condemned man
was being bound and the moose
adjusted about his neck
Sheriff Peters, who planned to have
the prisoners present for the moral
effect" the hanging would have on
half before the usual time to prevent
a last minute reprieve.
Among the zoo prisoners who
watched the execution were num-
Der awaiting trial for murder and
scores held for robberies, holdups,
assault and offenses against yuons
girls. y ,5ff55s
peared little impressed They had
been required to wait past the hour
for breakfast and their, shouts for
food drowned out the chant Of the
priests who accompanied the con-
demned man to the scanold.
Sheriff Charles w. Peters later -
sued statement answering critics
who opposed his action in permitting
prisoners in the jail to witness the
statement says: PHI
Peters Statement.
"In my opinion the modern coddlinE
Of criminals by we'll meaning. but mis-
guided, sympathetic theoretical re-
formers and self constituted organi-
cations is one of the greatest causes
Of the present crime wave in this city.
Their interference with the vigorous
enforcement of the law has destroyed
the fear Of punishment by criminals
to the extent that it Is no longer
deterrent to the further commission
Of crime to be incarcerated in our
of prisoners openly acknowledge that
they would prefer to be incarcerated
in the county Jail where they are bet
| ter fed and where sanitary conditions
are far better than in their ordinary
environments
THE reformers are constantly ad-
vocating the adoption and enactment
| alleviating the punishment Of the
criminal, forgetting and losing entire
sight of the protection that the law
abiding and peaceable citizen is en-
titled to as against these human para
Sites
,.'If one-half of the energy now
spent in sympathy. on murderen and
criminals would be devoted to the
famflies>oc the vicsims End the other
half to bringing to justice the brutes
who have blotted out the lives Of law
abiding and peaceful citizens and
darkened forever the lives Of others,
this would be a happier and safer
| world to live in" i,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
Raids q Carried On By Police
And Detectives And Is A
Culmiin q a ito d OF Five
Months Investigation By
Well Organized Body OF
O&ciala

Chicago. Jan. 2.-More than 200
radicals, members of many organiza.
tons and cults, taken in raids direct
ed by States Attorney Maclay Hoyne,
were in Jail today waiting action. of
federal and state authorities. Raiding
parties continued the search for rad
lcal suspects today. following the de-
500 open and secret gathering places
of radicals.
The raids were carried out stimuli
taneously by police officers and de-
tecttves. working under Mr.. Hoyne
and marked the elimination Of five
months investigation into radical ac-
tivfties here by agents of the states
attorneys, office, private detective
agencies and military intelligence op-
eratives.
Says Politics Interfered.
Federal authorities did not colop-
erats in the raids Aid Of the depart
bureau Mr.. Hoyne declared had been
withdrawn at the last minute on in
structions of Attorney General Pal
mer. Tho states attorney declared
that although Mr.. Palmer had agreed
several months ago to take part In
the New Years cleanup Of radicals,
he received a letter at noon yesterday
asking him not to proceed with the
plan. The attorney general based his
request on the ground that the raids
might interfere with government ac-
tivities, said Mr.. Hoyne.
Apparently Attorney General Pal
mer and some Of his friends are play
ing petty politics with the situation
and are pur>Stng pussyfoot. policy
he declared y1s statement.
He also asserted that radicals had
been tipped off" by some employe or
attache of the department OF justice,
that the raid was to take place.
The investigation which covered
months. the. county prosecutor said.
had revealed that members Of radical
organizations daily preached the ov-
erthrow of the government and tina,
he I.tW. W., the communist party
and the communist labor party and
anarchists and syndicalists had dis
triblted tons Of seditious literature.
Several Women Taken.
Several women were taken by the
effidnE Jearch was continued today
4 IN ID. (Big Bill} Haywood
asS q = &cretary OF the I. W. w.
,that.a special jury be i'm.
s ss Investigate activities Of
BY win IBIS made within. 9
~ iiiTiS6is III sssssndicaStrtt ri and "a
law enacted at the last
The legislature. a maximum
Of ten years imprisonment
7 may. ~ imposed on persons convict
ed OF radical activities.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
CLOAK And SUIT
WORKERS STRIKE
IS! |! THREATENED
Higher Wages Demanded
BY Thousands of People
In New York.

New York, Jan. 2-The cloak and
suit industry of New York, employing
$4,000 persons, faces strikes for
higher wages which are certain to
mean exorbitant prices for the public
unless checked, the cloak. suit and
skirt manufacturers association an
nounced today Workers in AZ indi-
vidual shops already are out on a
strike, the association says, in viola
tion Of a three year agreement made
with the international Ladies Gar
ment Makers Union six months ago
by which the workers were granted
liberal increase in pay. At the pres
ton says. earn upward Of SIS week,
finishers $50, and women workers
from $S5 to $50,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
SCANDINAVIAN
!. MINISTER'S MEET

Duluth, Mimi, Jan. 2.--Scandi-
navian Methodist ministers from
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and
North Dakota are here today in con-
ference with Bishop Theodore Hen
derson Of Detroit, Mich, prelate Of all
Of the foreign speaking Methodist
churches Of the country and a group
Of English speaking churches.
Bishop Henderson is advocating q
campaign Of evangelism among
churches under his Jurisdiction. The
northwest ministers met with the
bishop at 9 this morning and again
this afternoon. This evening a mass
meeting will be held at which Bishop
Henderson will speak. Fifty delegates
are in attendance. *
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
WATCHING BOUNDARY.

Winnipeg, Man. Jan. "a close
watch is being kept along the inter-
national boundary between the Unit
ed States and Canada by the Royal
Northwest Mounted Police for l. W.
ing to enter Canada in fear Of prose-
cutions in the United States, Com
missioner A. F. Perry announces In
the past few weeks many suspects
have been turned back by the author
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
DEFENSE IN HARRY
NEW CASE MAY END
TESTIMONY TODAY

Los M Angeles, jan. 2.-Defense
counsel for Harry New. on trial hero
on q charge Of numbering his hancee.
F'reda Lesser. expected to close their
case. today with tho testimony Of five
alienysts. ''i5l5-
Tho arguments win require at least
day for each side. defense and
prosecution attorneys have agreed.
They thought It unlikely the case
would 60 tor the jury before next
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
MINOT SUFFERS
BIG FIRE LOSS

\ ;Minot, N. D., Jan. 2.Fire, believ-
ed to have started from defective
wiring in the window display signs
of the Hodgins Furniture company,
destroyed the Ehr block which hous-
ed the furniture company, garage,
Minot underwriters Office and divi-
sional office Rogers Lumber company
as well as number Of apartments.
The total loss is over 100000. The
building was valued at over $4,000,
and owned by Peter Ehr, local bank
er. He had $4,000 insurance on it.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
VALUABLE MAUI
STOLEN BY 20
LIMERICK N YECGS
Postoffice Force Held Up;
Robbers Escape Without
Being Molested.

Limerick, Ireland, Jan. 2.-The
Limerick postoff1ce was raided about
ed and armed men who seized several
thousand pounds in cash and money
orders. The postoffice staff number
Ing twelve persons was held up unttl
the pillage was completed.
The employees were then warned
not to attempt to follow the raiders.
who escaped unmolested. Military
forces occupied the postoffice today.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
PRIZE WINNING HEN
LIVED TO BE OVER
THIRTY YEARS OLD

Danielson, Conn.,, Jan. 2.-The
death Of Eusatia Pallidani, aged 80, a
Spanish black hen, said to have been
the Oldest hen in the United States. is
announced by the owner, James
Blanchard of Dayvil1e. In her youth
Eusatia was prize winning pedigreed
beauty: When Is years old her black
plumage became white, She mothered
a brood last spring and laid eggs in
tbo fall 5..-.E..z .
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
new YEARS WOOD
ALCOHOL LIQUOR I
CAUSES DEATHS
Number Of Deaths From
Christmas Celebration
| Checks Drinking. a

Chicago, Jan. 2.-Three were dead
today and several more ill mi hospitals
here from the results Of drinking
wood alcohol during: the New Years
eve celebration. Numerous deaths
which followed Christmas celebrations
and warnings by health authorities
apparently prevented widespread
drinking of the poison liquor. Cele-
orators in most cases confined their
drinking to the precious old stock
which they brought along with them.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
TRY TO REACH BELLE ISLAND

North Sydney, n. S., Jan. 2.-The
Canadian government steamer Mont
calm started early today on another
attempt to reach Belle Isle with sup
plies for the lightkeepers there who
are facing starvation. The Montcalm
will try to get to Belle Isle by going
around the east coast Of Ncwfound-
land.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
!. MANY HOMES BUILT.

New ork., Jan. 2.-Residentiai
bui1diags. contracted for and -.caR-
templated during the week ending
December 26 in all districts north OF
the: Ohio and east of the Missouri
river totalled LOIS in number and
$25,023,3O0 in value, according to
figures made public here today by the
F. w. Dodge company.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
COLDIN CHICAGO.

I'm Chicago, Jan. with the ther-
mometere. registering five degrees be-
low zero at 6 O'Clock this morning,
an unidentified man was found froz-
en- to death in the snow
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
HETR1CK is IMPROVING.

Ft5, New Orleans, Jan. 2.-Majpr Ha--
old s: Hetrick, in charge of the, Mis-
sissipp river engineers at New: Or.
EEaiisiss,.assssli;,.,,-- pi,ysac:ans sxpeetSd
TINT he would be incondition later
today so assist the police ii their
search for the unidentified man who
forced his way into the MAJORS home
and apparently shot the officer when
the latter attempted to eject him.
Mrs. ;Hetrick told the police that
she fired one shot at the intruder: but
as the man. was seen running from
the. Hetrick home, it is not believed
that he was wounded. s.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
WEATHER FORECAST.

Minnesota. Generally fair to-
ntFht. prObsh'y becoming unset.
tied SATURDAY: rising tenlnera-
ture late tonight and Saturday.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02
COUNTING OF /. .
6. PEOPLE IN !
U. S. BEGINS Gil j
IS, 600 Enunerators ate En-
gagged in Various Parts
of the Country IL

Washington, Jan. 2.-The four
teenth decennial census began today
with $4,000 enumerators engaged ia
counting the men, women ahd chill
dren Of the United States andkcollect-
ing data on the resources of the ma
ton. The census is expected to be
completed within two weeks, but the
compilation of the figures probably
will require four months
The population is estimated at be-
tween 107,000,000 and 112,O0O,0 900
compared with 100000 in 1910.
When the first census was taken in
1870 during George Washington's g
administration. the population was
reported at three million.
Washington is the headquarters of
the census work which is under the
supervision of Samuel J.. Rogers,
chief of the bureau. Officials here
expect to be able to estimate the pop
ulations Of the larger cities sby the
middle Of March, but the sreturns
from the country districts will be
slower. ts-s :.
Besides the enumeration of persons
the census includes the accumulation
Of Information or farms, nianufac-
turers, forests and oil production.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02

North Dakota: Generally fair
tOplght and Saturday; warmer
tcnieht and In cast and central
portions Saturday.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02

Philadelphia---John Kilbane won
by q close margin. from Al Schubert.
JEFF Smith stopped Art Magirl, in the
third round. George CLANCY out
Tlsssas1 Tf1hkies TowI:a ss s: s
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02

Newh,reh, M =. Charles Jewtraw
carried or honnra An the eastern skat-
ing championship meet here. He won
the mile, half mile and quarter mile
contests. Elsie. Miller and William
Taylor broke the amateur tandem
record for the quarter mile. .
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-02

Fargo, N. D.-Jiminy Delaney de-
feated Billy, Perkins, according to
newspaper men, in a ten round no
decision fight. \
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-06
BAN ON HIGH SUGAR PROFIT.
Department of Justice, Asks That Gro
Ger YioIators Be Reported.

The Shawnee fair price committee
today received instructions to report
any merchants, wholesalers or retail
ers. charging excessive sugar prices
The department of justice, according
to Ed T. Hackney, state fair price
commissioner, will look upon
charge" of more than one cent per
pound by wholesalern and more than
two cents per pound by retailers as an
unfair charge. Charge" was defined
as the amount assessed to cover the
cost of handling. overhead expense
and profits.
w. H Kemper, chairman of the To-
cal fair price committee, called a
meeting of the committee for this aft
ernoon to consider Hackney's COM
munication and map out campaign to
enforce the justice departments order.
Kemper said 19 cents a pound should
be the maximum price charge py re-
tailers for sugar.
Retail grocers in Topeka are realiz-
ing a profit off of sugar of more than
two cents. it was indicated by the
statement of Bert Green, of Green &
Sons, who said that his firm made
three and one-half cents pound, buy
ing at 16k cents and selling at zoe.
He said, however, that he would COM
ply with the justice departments Or
der.
At the same time. he assailed the
order as an outrage, unfair and dis
crimatory.
TT is not right that the jobber
should be allowed 81 a sack profit.
with a small overhead expense" he
declared, when we are allowed only
two cents profit on the pound. with
an enormous overhead. Where the
jobber sells in 100-pound sacks, we
are compelled to sell only In one
pound lots, so that the sugar will go
around. We will lose money, If re-
quired to sell at two-cent profit. The
order shows the effect of lobbyists
work. The jobber can have lobbyists
at Washington to look after his in
terests, but the small retailer cannot"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-06
Be BITTER BATTLE
Federation of Labor Will Enter
1920 Campaign.
Throw Union Votes Against
Anti-LabOr Candidates.
TO ORGANIZE EVERY LOCALITY
Oppose Reelection of All "Un-
friendly" Congressman.
Take Anti-Strike Measures
Directly to the Voter.
TO ORGANIZE EVERY LOCALITY

Washington, Feb. 6.-Plans for the
most aggressive and general political
campaign ever waged by the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor were formu-
lated at meeting here today of a
general committee composed of the
departments of the federation.
1t was said officially that the cam
paign to be conducted in connection
with the general elections in Novem-
ber not only would be aimed at MEM
bers of congress or candidates for con-
gress unfavorable to organized labor
president, governor and for members
Of state legislatures.
Every trade and craft affiliated
with the federation will be called upon
to take up the fight in every section
of the country and to exert every ef-
fort to elect only such public officials
as are favorable to the principles of
organized labor. It was said that a
vast army of organizers and workers
would be recruited for the campaign.
Every member of the present house
or senate offering themselves for re-
election who have by their records
shown an unfriendly spirit towards
organized labor, it was said, will be
opposed by the labor vote, which
federation officials placed at about
four million.
President Gompers presided at the
session today and there was the fullest
discussion of the whole question. For
NAL announcement of the federation S
plans was expected after the meeting
had ended late today.