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The Ordway new era., 1920-10-22
FOREIGN

The ChIrese govsrnner. formally
has spproved the sending Of japanese
troopz Into the Hunchan district Of
sfanehrria, 70 protect japanese nation
ais there, says Toxic enbIegrsn-
The German cabinet decided unan.-
uossly on e program for reduction Of
the rslehstzz's expenditure, putting
the burden OF the Individual states
within the eonfe5eration, says a Ber-
LIN dlsE1ieh-
Five masked men blew open the
ssfe in the Union Bank at winkler,
Manitoba, and escaped with $4,000.
after shooting and wounding W.
Graefer. who attempted 10 rouse the
town By ringing the town fire bell.
Robbed b. her nan9e Of Jewels val
ned al more than $1,000. Nile Sou
beyran, famous French beauty, eonn-
mltted suicide Al Paris By opening the
veins in her wrist She left a note
Fhich said: Life without ny Jewels
Is worthless
The chamber ot deputies Of BIO
Iaue.r5 approved the senate measure
making Alert. king OF the Belgians,
a citizen Of Brazil and a marshal OF
the army. II also voted TO raise the
Brazilian legation in Brussels TO the
rank of an embassy
Nolodehno. forty miles northwest Of
Auusk, has been captured by the
Poles. according TO adviees received
Near ROrosten, the advices add, the
Poles captured 2OoO prisoners. twelve
cannon forty machine guns and large
quantities OF war materials.
The yellow fever epidemic in the
Tuxpam oil fields is spreading and 40
died there from the disease during tie
last week. said dispatch from Tux
pam The people are becoming pane
stricken and are appealing to the gov
eminent for assistance.
Germany fulfilled the terms of the
Spa coal agreement for August and
September by delivering TO the allies
1,flsG,sf-j tons Of coal, the reparatiOns
commission announced. OF this, France
received 1.f77. SO tons, the remainder
going 10 Italy, Belgium and LuIern-
burg.
8fan o. War proved his claim as the
horse Of the century at Windsor, On
iario. when he defeated Sir Barton over
mile and quarter at Kenilworth
Park Clarence Hummer piloted the
great colt owned by Samuel Riddle 10
Fictory while a crowd Of 5000 cheered
wildly. The rnce was for a purse of
$4,000 and a 5000 cup. all going to
the winner.
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A man who is satisfied with his jos
never reaches the top of the ladder.
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The world is full of tainted money
though few people mind the odor.
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WASHINGTON

State department officials said that
81 is not expected that the United
States would he represented In any
sembly OF the League of Nations TO
be held IN Geneva, Nov. Is.
The resignation Of w S. Chapman
secretary OF the federal reserve board
effective Nov. ], has been announced.
lie will enter private business and be
succeeded by W. W. Hoton, executive
secretary OF the board for the past
year.
Approximately 600 acres Of home
stead and desert land In the Eureka
and Sacramento land districts of Cali
fornia, will he opened 10 entry Dec. 3
the Interior Department announced.
The land Is classed as non-ngricultural
mountain grazing land, and entry wiz
be reserved 10 ex-service men for sixty
days after the opening as provided By
law.
World peace, universal and per
petual," can he purchased with the
si0l0oO,OD0O00 the allied governments
owe the United States, W. J. Bryan
declared In an address at Washington
before the World Brotherhood Con
gress. He suggested that cancellation
Of the war debt would go far towards
the building up OF spirit that would
remove the chief causes OF conflict be
tween the nations.
Stocks OF wheat in the United
bushels, the department OF agriculture
has estimated. This compares viii
74T,0OO,OO0 bushels In the Country on
the same date last year.
Prosecution Of anthracite coal ope-
ators for profiteerlng has been de.
cided upon by Attorney General Pal
mer. who ordered that evidence b.
gathered agninst mine owners in the
central Pennsylvania field.
The governments suit against the
United Shoe Machinery Company un.
der the Clayton act will be reheard
by the Supreme Court on Jan. 3. Tn,
company is charged with restraint oi
trade In enforcing clauses in It's con.
tracts with purchasers OF it's products
A saving OF 30,OOO.O00 tons OF coal
annually. representing Sl5O,o0O.OOO IN
value and the labor Of more than thirty
thousand miners and the release Of
vast railroad carrying capacity foi
other freight were pictured ns among
the possibilities to result from the pro
jectcd eastern Industrial region super
power electric system. In nn addres,
by w. s. Murray. before the Water
Power League at Washington.
Financial conditions In Cuba are
not considered serious by officials Of
the Department Of Commerce, who de
clGred that OF the governments action
10 declaring moratorium was neces
shry TO protect responsible trnders
during the present slump in business
Charges OF irrcgularlty IN the award
Of S2.200.O0O 10 the Standard Steel
Car Company in settling and cancel.
Ing war contracts are not sustained,
says report Of special committee
II Investigation appointed by Secre.
nry Enkcr. ninde public at the war
department
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GENERAL

the winner.
GENERAL
Rube Marquard, star southpaw pitch
er Of the Brooklyn Dodgers. was found
guilty OF ticket scalplug when ar
rnlgned In Municipal Court at Cleye-
land, and was fined 81 and costs.
Clinton L. Conkling. who notified
Abraham Lincoln OF his nomination for
president by the Republican national
convention at Chicago. died at his
home In Springfield. ILL.,. this week.
Gold from the Bank of England,
valued at s11.0OoO0o and consigned to
the federal reserve banks, has arrived
riatic. II also brought 100000 worth
for Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Herb Roth. alias Roddy Rothman,
arrested In Brooklyn at the request of
Jackson. Tenn, authorities was held
in $4,000 bail by a United States
commissioner for examination In con-
1ection with thefts OF 100000 worth of
platinum from the government during
the war
Slugged unconscious by burglars
who fansacked and then set fire to
his palatial home at Des Moines, Iowa,
DIR. Wilton Mccarthy, prominent sur
seon. aroused from his stupor by tho
crackIe Of flames, escaped By jump
ing from the second story Of the blazr
ing residence.
The Chicago, Milwaukee L St Paul
railroad has been paid a sum, under
dOod to he s3O.OOO,Oo0. in full com
,romise settlement with the United
states railroad administration for the
period it was operated under federal
control II Is the first OF the major
lines 10 reach such settlement
Dr. Duncan MacDOugall. fifty-four,
a surgeon known particularly for his
experiments ia the weighing of the
soul.r IS dead at Haverhlll. Mass.
Through delicate welghtlng devices, he
calculated the weight Of the human
soul at between six and eight ounces.
He was a contributor OF poetry TO
various magazines.
Asking the custody Of his dead child,
w. II. Warner OF Lyon county. Iowa.
has instituted divorce proceedings
against Mrs. Ollie Warner, who re-
sides in Mount Vernon, Ill. Papers in
the complaint show the child Ia buried
Ia Hamilton county, Illinois. The father,
10 his petition. asks that he be awarded
custody Of the child and further AL
lowed to exhume the body and have
II taken 10 Iowa for reburial.
The states Of New York and New
Jersey Joined hands and broke ground
ON tile New York side for veh'cular
tunnel beneath the Hudson river which
viii be the biggest substructure In tho
world. Stnfc officials and other dlcnii-
'arIes from both sides Of the nations
front door launched the $4,000, 900
project, while thousands Of citizens Of
both New York and New Jersey
cilecred.
Working with amazing stealth and
s~iftness, n thief ransacked the rooms
Of the fashionable Sleepy Hollow Coun-
try Club mt Scarborough on the Hud-
son and stole about 10000 In Jewels.
There were about fifty guests at the
club. all prominent socially and while
they slumbered peacefully the thief
did his work
A gift OF $4,000 by the Rockefeller
Foundation to the American Hospital
Association, on condition that 1900 is
obtained from other sources, was an
nounced at the cloning session OF the
associatlon's convention at Aentreal,
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NEWS To DATE
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM The NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
The WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE
v.a.rz s.-,5.s-r uzasa x.-ss<rvss>
WESTERN

w LID bI@N
More than 1900 rats have been
killed at Corpus Christi, Texas. 70
date at an average cost Of five cents
per rat Not trace Of bubOuic
plague has been found among those
examined.
James Hess, twenty-three. pleaded
guilty at Joplin. no, to robblng the
bank at Avilla, No, Sept. "a, and was
sentenced 10 fifteen years in the peni-
tentiary Most OF the $500 taken
waS recovered.
All banks Of Los Angeles have ioinei
In an arrangement TO finance the cot
ton crops Of California, Arizona and
New Mexico 10 the extent Of $500
900. according to an announcement by
J. Dabney Day. vice president Of the
First National Bank
Attempts of three military prisoners
to escape on an imprOyised log raft
from the army disciplinary barracks
on Alcatraz island, in San Francisco
bay, failed when they were rescued at
dawn By a ferry boat, nearly senseless
from submersion and all night expos
ure-
Fl. A. Dykstra Of Topeka. a Ca
madam citizen. has filed suit 10 the
federal court At Topeka, Kan, 70 col
Iect $4,000 damages from the city Of
Hudson. Stafford county. alleging thaf
be was selzed by mob. bearen and
rushed out Of town. BIS attorney
stated HAT similar suits viii be filed
against Dodge City and ST. John.
Victor l.. Nelson, seventeen, Of
Omaha. who confessed to robblng elsh-
teen homes, three Of which he sci
anre, told police he robbed the houses
for practice" After he got enough
experience he intended to become q
famous robber. he said. He made no
attempt to sell his loot. burying II
like they do in the movies"
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DlCINE CLOVER j.
CUL. T(IRE SERIOUS
70 wheat CROPS
Department Of Agriculture Ad
vises 1t Is Time To Get Land
Back to Clover-American
Farmers Have Declined Clo-
yer Culture So That Is Threa
tens The Wheat and Corn
Crops. .,

Washington, NJ: March 17:-Decline in
clover culture BY Aifier,,v,,..n farmers
seems to have gone 50 far as to threa-
ten to be serious and for the good
of the nations corn and wheat crops
it is time to get the land back into
clover, the Department of AgricA-
ture advises. Froductiveness of land
under corn and wheat decreases most
rapidly. Rotation of crops is earnest
~ advocated by experts who say the
most important is corn-wheat-clover,
with oats in place of wheat where
corn occupies the land too long to per-
NIT seeding wheat in time.
Experiments show that in continu-
Gus culture for 20 years, the yield
of wheat fell from 9.24 bushels as an
average for the first ten years to 5.79
bushels for the second ten years, while
in 3-year corn-wheat-clover rotation
the yield of wheat rose from 9.92 bu-
shells in the first ten years to 1878
bushels in the second decade.
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Great Gums of British and 9th
er Giant Allied War Ships
Are Commanding- Arrival
OF Allied Forces Caysed lit
tie Alarm and No igns Of
Panic Except At Stsrnbpnl !
(Bg The Associated Pfess.i

Is (By The Associated Psess.i
Constantinople, March 17.-Al
lied troops have occupied this city
and the great guns Of the Eritish
dreadnought Benbow, and ather
giant allied warships command
both sides Of the Bosphorus. hv +
cry ship was cleared for action.
The actual arrival of ,allied forees
caused little alarm and there was no
sign Of panic except ir stamboul,
Shopkeepers near the war ofHce clJs-
ed their places of business when they
heard the allies were coming, but the
troops inspired confidence and stores
were soon 'reopened. h ,.,s
All the allied powers ticipated
in the movement, beingeuAl ~ orders
from the British cammander-in CHIEF
here. The Italian contingent cen
tanned detachments having Moslon OF
their roosters. Four thousand blue
jackets and marines were landed by
! British warships.
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SIX lVISARE lost IN BLIZZARD
WHICH SWEPT STATE YESTERDAY.
Four Children Were Frozen To
Death at Ryder Young
Lady Sacrifices Life To Save
and SistersIndian Woman
Lives Of Smaller Brothers
Frozen Al Fort often
Trains Returning To Normal
Today.
(By The Associated Press)

Fargo, March 1.-THE blizzard
which ragged in western North
Dakota for two days and eastern
North Dakota for a day, claimed
sis. lives, so far as reports avail
able disclosed early today.
Four children, the sons of Gus Moh-
lka, were frozen to death near Ryder,
N. D., while Miss Hazel Miner, OF
Center, N. D, aged 1S years, died of
freezing, sacrificing her owr life to
save her three younger brothers and
sisters, when they became stranded
in wrecked buggy on highway
seven miles from home. The victims
were bound for home from school, the
storm. owe taking them. ~ '-s
Railroad trattice was resumed in
northwestern North Dakota last
night and, is slowly returning to nor.
lnal today. Fire service is still bad
ly demoralized. u
No estimates Of property damage
was available vet, as reports from
rural districts where sstomrs were the
severest and the greatest havoc was
reported.
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OWNERS AUCTION
APARTMENTS TO
HIGHEST BIDDER
Auctioning Apartments To
Highest Bidder Is The New
est Measure Several St. Louis
Real Estate Owners Are Us
ing To Obtain Maximum
Returns On Their Property.
ENza

St. Louis, Mo-, March 17.-Auction-
ing apartments to the highest bidder
is the newest measure several st.
Louis real estate owners are using
to obtain maximum returns on their
property.
The City Complaint Board has
received many letters to this effect
from disgruntled tenants. The ten
ants write that property owners as
ssert exceptional rentals have been Of
fered them in the last 1e months, be-
cause Of the house famine, and that
Put the expiration of leases the apart
nientsFaswould be turned over to the
highest bidder. ;.
Z One Of the complainants, Charles
V.. Brady, declared his rent had been
Increased from $3.50 to $3.50 in the
{ q .ss, N ssars.
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by The Associated fress..
Faro Mai6fifv & ia i

fafgo, March l7.-Four cOnstitu.
tional anendemerts that were voted
on yesterday have been adopted on the
face of the meager returns available
l''ore was no organized campaign Ell
for or against the amendments
i carly return entries from the city,
'':;e.e the opportunity would be re-
s'E r''''i, if there was any disclosed tlat
the amen"-:ents have majority OF
about 5 to L..
The constitutional amendments
prov let fer the recall of public Of
ficers, to reduce the residential re-
quirements of voters, to permit the
cultivation of state owned coal larf.s,
and to permit cities to mortgage re-
venue producing utilities, without re-
gard to the bonded debt limit other
wise provided for by the constitution
or by law.
The constitutional amendment will
be made a part Of state constitution
when the election returc is officially
proclaimed by the state board of can
vassers, which will be in May.
The returns on the presidential
preference election AM! election of
delegates were meager today, ard
were confined entirely to a few Of the
largest cities. In the cities the elec.
tion boards still were counting ballots
this forenoon. s..s.
The few returns from the cites gave
majority for the nti-Nonpartisar
league ticket in both the Democrat
and Republican primaries. This was
anticipated, and TIE election outcome
apparently is hinged on the rrral vote
which was ligh. heca,l'.e Of the storm,
Scaering reports today disclosed that
early ,-e.j :t'e::.s. TIA, many county
political places cocld not open have
been born out. N. q u.
The Fargo Courier News, the Non
partisan league newspaper. comment
ing today on the election said, '.No
reports were received from the rural
districts up to ar early hour this
morning, but telegraphic reports from
Bismarck and other points, indicated
| that in many sections the voter was
unable to get to the polls because Of
the severestorm. It was predicted in
Fargo this morning that BECAUSE of
the farmers beirg unable "a vote yes
terday the military measure gniinst
he moral laws have carried and that
the Progressive Republi an Aick ket nro-
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Fargo, March 17-Returrs from.
comparatively small portion of the
county received by noon indicated q
majority for Republican and Demo-
crat candidates opposed BY nominees
Of the non-partisan league afflicticr,
The result at noon showed defeat for
the presidential candidacy and of the;
group endorsing Senator Hiram John
SON. $2 @ .s5 g,S al 81;
Big majority il this section were
rolled up "a favor of repeating thel
four i, '1 laws and for the adoption ,fS our.
constitutional amendments. Man.lan;
reported S Is for Non-partisan lea y,
que pponerts and Jamestown nea:siy;
j3 IN 4.
L L y Many p ases IS psorted; ;not7to ,nesI
held due Is mad Reaflse
81 t6Rns a ia ednIed q il sle,e
local officers, = ctiion In not Jes as
held. I y y resent oilScers hold oveyI
another term acsosl an irfol.l,al
Is ruling of ttclne Sssesnern lsI sg
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ARRANGEMENTS TO TAKE over
|CHAUTAuQUA GROUNDS PROGRESS
Chautauqua Board and Park
Commissioners Are Trying
To Get Together-Will Pro-
badly Succeed-Parlk Board
Favor Taking Over Chau-
tauqua Grounds As City Par;..

The City Park Board and Chautaa
qua directors have been having con-
fe1ences with view to the city taking
over the Chautauqua grounds as a
city park. The Park Board are in
favor of the project, and it now lools
as the deal would be consumated in
the near future. The main plans
have-been agreed upon, and there
only some minor details to be worked
out before an agreement is reached.
Secretary Avery Johnson of the Park
Board stated that there was a meeting
of the two bodies Monday evening
and hat the matter was gone over and
his opirion that while, the deal had
not yet been closed, that it would be
before long.
If this proposition goes through
Devils Lake will have one Of the
largest and finest parks Of any city
in the state
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MOULD |
not / l' FoREGO It's /
RIGHT MAKE. {. WAR " !. !!
Dr.. Van Ripper, Of Rockford Col
slexe For Girls, In Lecture Said
If The Right Of Mankind
To Make War We're Put To
Universal Vote, World
Would Vote Forty To One
For Il.

Rockford, Ill, March 17.Dr. Ben
..jamin w. VanRiper of Rockford Col
lege for girls, in q recent lecture be-
fore the student body says: "If the
right Of mankind to make war We're
put to universal vote, the world
would vote forty to one for it." His
statement is being widely discussed
& mankind, said DIR. VanRiper
"would not, if it could, forego the
right to make war. Excitement is
necessary to the physical well-being
of the race. War exercises our high
est virtues courage, sacrifices, scorn
Of ease and social solidarity If war
is ever eliminated, we must have a
moral substitute that will call into
play these same virtues. Take war
away and human life would flatten out
to defeat. This would be cattle
yard Of a planet with war gone and
q Sunday school peace established for
all time. The recurrence Of wars will
be reduced only by education and the
cultivation of human fellowship"
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(By The Associated Press.l !

I ~
Berlin, Germany The Kapp
administration at Berlin, realiz-
ing the futility Of attempting to
hold its reign Of power, has de-
cided to give up its short lived
dictatorship. At ore O'Clock this
afternoon by Berlin time, Chan.
cellor Kapy decided to resign, ac-
colding to official advice from the
capital.
The feuds of ertreme radicals
are asserting themselves in var
ious German centers. There are
increasing spartanical disorders
ard growing talk among radicals
Of the possibility Of utilizing the
present disturbing conditions to.
establish soviet rule.
The list Of the killed from num-
erous German countries and cit,
les from clashing between DEM
onstrators ard troops is mounting
to the hundreds. There has been
no direct nfirmation Of last
nights report Of four hundred
killed in a bonbar dlment Of Keils
by q warship, but approved re-
ports Of ore hundred killed and
three hundred wounded at Dres-:
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RETURNS COMING IN SLOWLY,
CITY VOTES FOR SUNDAY LAWS
Owing To Bad Weather, Re-
turns are Coming In Slowly,
Take Several Days To Learn
Accurate Returns-For Ma
tional Committeeman Gun
der Olson Received 324 Vot-
es, Opponent Ole Olson, 125
Votes.

Owing to the bad storm yesterday,
thus causing the telegraphic and tele-
phone lines to be out of commission,
election returns are coming in very
slowly and it will probably take days
to learn the accurate results of the
primaries yesterday. .g
In Devils Lake. City the anti-Towr
ley ticket won but by nearly three
to one ma aiority, -
In the city for Republican National
Committeeman Gunder Olson receiv-
ed 324 votes, while his opponent Ole
H. Olson received only 125. This is
about the ratio of the vote through
out TIE city Flifar Johnson receiv-
ed 24O votes, while, !: re name of Leon
ard Wood was written in liz times,
The Democrats cast only snail vese
and for National committe\ ne,., II,
H. Perry won out over 1. P.\saSsr
In the city the Eyes" WOW nut .tso1
all the Sunday laws. I!
Only a very few precincts have We,
been heard from in the. q ctvasY
Churchs Ferry defeated the Ton s.,ssy
ticket by about 6 to 1. and ever l3ake
township went against the Townley
| element. u, :. 1st he -,
County auditor Kramer has receiy--
ed telephone messages stating that 40
elections were held in Bartlett, Odes-
sa, Cleveland, Royal, Webster, o1
Grand Harbor townships, and it ].
quite likely that large majority OF
the rural precincts of this and othe,
counties held no elections
| Wires from Grand Forks and Far.
go stated that practically no returns
have beer received, except local, anc
that not even guess could be made
how the election has come oct.
1t is now predicted that Ramsey
county will go three e. one agains1
the Townley element.
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When Old Contract
Expires Will Ask
For Higher Wage

Cleveland, O., March When
their old contracts expire April 80,
electrical workers here will ask $1.O5
an hour and a forty hour week, ac-
coding to ]. A. Groves, financial sec
retary of Local No. 29, international
Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers the
largest Of five electrical unions in
the city. About 1000 men will be
effected. .&3.5
The present scale is 81 an hour for
sforty-eight hours, and time and one
half for overtime. n. s,
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i(By The Assoiclared Press. J

10y 1ne Assoclated PresS.J
st. Paul, March IL. Delegates that
belonged to the candidacy Of Leonard
Wood were in control Of the Ramsey
County Republican convention here
today, and were successful in defeat
ing the Johnson and LoWden delega-
ton on the first important test Of
strength. Wood forces with major
ity Of the delegates, named the cam
didacy committee ard elected Herbert
Keller chairman Of the convention.
Support Johnson
Minneapolis, March II. Suporv
Of Hiram johnson for president took
control of the Henripen County Re-
publican convention tday,5 amig a new
Cunty Comnait tee and elected State
Senator Arch Coleman, who has been
in opposition to -..s Wood state cam
paign, as county hairman.
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MANY Are Killed

Paris, tHaves) March Fifty
nine persons have been killed and up
wards of hundred wounded ir dis
orders at Treves in the American
zone of occupation southeast of Cob
lenz, according to advices received
here. Revised figures for the cas-
ualties in the fight at Dresden are
said to. show that more than one nun
dred were killed ard three hundred
wounded.