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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
PALMER SETS
MAXIMUM ON
SUCARPROFIT
Steps Taken to Prosecute
Any Dealer Who Takes
Greater Profit.

Boston. Mass, May 12.-Attorney
General Palmer today set the margin
OF profit to be allowed on sales of
sugar at one cent pound for whole
salers and two cents pound at retail.
In telegram to United States Attor-
ney Thomas j. Boynton. the attorney
general ordered that steps be taken
immediately to prosecute persons TAX
ing larger profits.
The attorney generals order will
not have the effect of standardizing
prices either at wholesale or retail.
according to Mr.. Boynton. Dealers
obtained their stocks at different
prices and as a result sale prices will
vary, but in no case can profits ex-
coed the margin allowed.
Washington, May 12.-Telegrams
were sent by the department of JUS
tice today to all United States attor-
neys reiterating the departments
policy of holding the margin of profit
on sugar sales to one cent for whole
salers and two cents for retailers.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
Hines TO GO !.
TO EUROPEFOR
THE EPRESDENT
Former Director General of
Railroads Will Go On
Special Mission.

Berlin. May 12.-Forty-six Ger
mans ranking from. an army corps
commander to simple private. fg-
ure on the Allies first specined list Of
war criminals to be arraigned in the
Leipsic supreme court.
Prominent among them are Prince
Ernst Eof Saxony and General Won
army corps. who together with some
of their subordinate officers are ap-
| cused Of cruelties in, the Namur dis
| trict of Belgium. General Won Kirch.
bach and Colonel. Won geydlitz viii be
tried for alleged cruelties committed
at kalisz, Poland, and the we'll known
submarine commander. DIR. Arnauld
De Ia Perriere. for torpedoinE Italian
vessels. Three other submarine COM
manders. Neumann Won Nostitx. War-
ner and Patzig, will be tried on the
charge Of torpedoinz respectively tho
English hospital ships. Dover Castle,
rorrington and IAandovery Castle. 3.
General Stenger OF the infantry
stands charged with ordering tina.
prisoners and wounded taken by his
brigade Be put to death. A further
number Of officers, noncommissionsd
officers and prtvates are accused OF
inhuman treatment Of British prison-
ers In the different campo.
General g sKruska IL practically
charged with spreading typhus
among prisoners In the cassel camp,
while an army surgeon, DR.. Oscar
Michelsohn, Is accused Of causing the
death OF sick and wounded In his
charge by systematic iii treatment.
General Won owen. former governor
of Metz. will be tried, for atrocities al
legged to have been committed Ay
troops, under his command in the yil-
lagos Of eastern France. \. \ & q.
B It ts said. here that the submarine
commander mentioned In the fore
going list left Germany sope time
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
TURKS REPULSE
FORCES LOYAL TO
SULTAN NEAR IShlID

Constantinople, May 11.-(By the
Associated Press)-Turkish nation
alist troops have repulsed forces loyal
to the sultan near Ismid and are ad-
vancing toward the Dardanelles.
They have released all prisoners re-
Gently taken at Brussa and Adabazar
who would agree to join Mustaph
KemaTs army
Commanders of the sultan's forces
arrived here today from Anatolia
and conferred as to their defensive
campaign. Desertions to the nation
alist army threaten the sultan's forces
with collapse
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
GERMANY MAKES
SURVEY OF
(. FRENCH WAR ZONE

Berlin, May 11.-Germany ha.
made an Independent appraisal of
damage done in devasted districts in
France and Belgium and has incor-
porated her findings ii in a detailed
memorial which will be presented to
Allied representatives, Immediately
according to statement made at the
foreign office to the Associated
Press today.
Complaint will be made. it was
said, that Notwithstanding the fact
Germany has shown every willingness
to accelerate the work OF restoration
her proposals have been wholly
ignored by France, which has not
brought forward any plans of her
own
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
THE WEATHER.

North Dakota-Fair tonight
and Thursday; not much change
tia~tcmpcraturc.
NiinnesOta-Gencra fair to-
night and Thursday, preceded by
unsettled in extreme south por-
ton; not much change in tenn.
peraturc.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
Ian to Use German
Ship. Comm rcially !, a
h Approved ii Uruguay

|Tontevideo. May IA Proposals
y eight German ships taken over
during the war be utiliz-
Gs merchantmen were approved
~ In the; chamber Of debrtiess al
1Eh the intention Of the allied rep
ons commission relative to the
bls u assyet tsunknown. s3ss-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
SEEK PLEBISCITE.

Stockholm, May 11.-Hundreds OF
inhabitants of the Atland Islands,
representing the entire archipelago.
have sent an appeal to the Entente
nations, asking for a plebiscite to de-
termine' the future status of the
group. They declare the islands
should be attached to Sweden, be-
cause Of ties of blood, language and
culture
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12

Rome-The Nitti cabinet resigned.
Kansas city-Ernie Koob, Louis
VILE, American association baseball
club, hurled the seasons first no HIT
no run game. .t%
Washington-senator Reed, Mis-
souri,, denied charges by Francis M
Curlee, st. Louis that he had con.
doned the sinking Of the Lusitania.
aeneva-Austria and probabl,
Hungary may be admitted to the
League of Nations atAits first meet
ing, it is learned from q high source
Camden, N. Mike o'Dowd, for.
mer middleweight champion. bea'
Jackie Clark, Allentown, Pa, IN
eight Of ten rounds.
New York-"Babe" Ruth knocked
two home runs Off Chicago pitchers
and brought his record for the season
to four. winning the game for Ne"
York.
New York-Nathan Straus, q
years old, retired millionaire philan'
thropist, expressed an ambition tc
b die poor because it Is disgrace for
man to die rich" 4
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
CONFERENCE AT
SPAP0STP0NED
Meeting Was to Be Held
June rs But is Now Delay
ed Until Late in July.

Berlin. May 11.-Decision to post
pone the conference between allied
and German representatives at Spa.
Belgium, until late in June has been
reached, according to the Nord
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. The
meeting was to have been held on
May 25.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
Plan Reconstruction.

Ell Paso, May 12.-While President
Carranza was reported as fighting
what may be the final battle of the
old regime to retain its power, agents
for the revolutionary government Of
Mexico here were laying plans for the
reconstruction period following the.
revolution.
AsHthe first step in this work, Rob-
erto V. Pesqueira. revolutionary fin
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
Mexican Rebels Succeed III
q Carrying Out Plans Except
\ The Capture. of President

! ancial agent here for the revolution
lists, said he would endeavor to cor
rect what he termed abuses of the
M Mexlcan workmen in the United
States through contract labor. a..
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
.Washtngton Gets Rcport.

i "sASAAAAA5SOA NClS ktCUOFC. y'fHI
Washington, May President
Carranza, his cabinet, advisers and
other adherents left Mexico City last
Friday morning by train apparently
going in the direction of Vera Cruz,
T; the state department was advised to-
day in messages from the American
embassy at Mexico City.
! Carranza's train was preceded by
numerous trains carrying troops and
equipments, supplies, records and
arches. Artillery and supplies also
were held. in trains waiting at the
railroad station some hours after
Carranza left. :.
| ihe dispatches. which were dated
May Z, s and Q. and which were held
up by the interruption of the tele-
graph lines. quoted an official bulle-
tin published in \the Mexico City
newspapers on May s., announcing
that forty three cannon. ten trains of
equipment, supplies, etc. and one
train with funds which had accom-
panied Carranza's train had been
captured by the revolutionists.
The newspapers of May 8, the dis
patches said, published statements
tnat there was no confirmation Of re
ports that Carranza had been cap
.ured or that Generals Aguilar, MUIR
suia, Barragan and Urquizo had been
| -Xecuted.
El Paso, Tex, May IL: A reign
or terror which many Obregon SYM
pathizers were imprisoned and some
of them shot. recently was staged
IN Guadalajara, capital of Jalisco.
under orders of Governor Castellanos
, and General Manuel NJ. Dieguez, Car
rama leaders, according to a bulletin
issued here today by Luis Monies de
Oca, revolutionary consular repre-
sentative at FL Paso.
The bulletin said that the defeat
OF Colonel Luis Alvarez Gayou had
been confirmed. and that he had re-
turned to Guadalajara with only one
third Of his forces.
Washington. May 12.-The dis.
patches received here told of a confer.
ence between Generals Obregon and
Gonzals had appointed Juan Sanchez
Azcona and Aurelio Mendivil to take
temporary charge of the foreign of.
flee and the department Of Hacienda.
respectively. Then also said Con.
zales had appointed director generals
of posts. railways and telegraph lines
Town Surrendered.
Eagle Pass, Texas. May 12.--
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
Town Surrendered,

Eagle Pass, Texas. May "
Piedras Negras, the Mexican garrison
town opposite Eagle Pass, was sur
rendered to the revolutionists ut
midnight last night. Not y shot was
fired.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
All Reports Indicate That
Quiet Prevails in Districts
Under Control, Of Revolu-
tons; Small Portion Still
Loyal to Carranza.
fBy the Associated Press.)

My t1S <ASSOCldLcu fTeSS.)
have attained virtually all their, OBJ
1ectives with the possible exception
Of the capture of President Carranxa,
who fled from Mexico City late last
week. TIT
Advices from rebel sources say he
has been taken prisoner bur appar-
entity the news has not reached Vera
Cruz last night. That city reported
that near San Marcos. 1875 miles away
forces loyal to the president were
fighting against rebels sent. to cap
ture Carranza and gain possession
Of funds belonging to the Mexican
treasury which hd is said to have
taken with shim In his flight iron.
the capital. @.
Rebel rcinforcements are said to
have been ordered up to the scene OF
the battle. in the southeastern corner
|of the state of TlaScala, and it Is
probable the issue CT the struggle
will not be long delayed.
Dispatches from Vera Cruz alse
reports of the assassination Of Ger.
eral Candido Aguilar, son-in-law OF
President Carranza and governor oi
the state Of Vera Cruz
SO far as known, quiet prevails ir
districts of the country under control
Of rebel chief1Ains. The only part OF
Mexico that seems still to be loya
to the Carranza government Is mar.
row strip along the gulf coast. al
though at some points the rebels are
reported to be in control.
Matamoros, the Mexican town di
reotly across the Rio Grande river
from Brownsville. Tex, is expecting
rebel attack and several hundred
Mexican soldiers and customs ano
immigratioH guards have been mob,
tlized to repel any attempt by the
revOluttonists to take the place.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
Put Up Fight.

Vera Cruz. May 1l.-(By the AS
sociated Press)-President Venust-
iano Carranza's army Of 1000 men,
virtually surrounded by rebel forces
commanded by Generals Hill ard
Trevino, is making determined
stand in a strong position between
San Marcos, Puebia. and the village
of Huamantla, ten miles northwest,
in the state OF Tlaxcala, according to
advices received here. The struggle
went on all day today, and according
to latest reports the Carranza forces
had not been dislodged.
General Candido Aguilar, son-in-
law Of President Carranza ana gov
ernor Of the state of Vera Cruz, has
abandoned all chance of escape from
the country in an effort to Join his
superior and share in his fate, says
a dispatch TO Ell Dictamen. Ennis
SO aries from General AgGilar to,lay
conferred : with Genral Sanchez S
CHIEF GtsAaH and asked that their
e 2a,gSmS s5as Ieas sytarmitteda II to : pass
through tke rebel lines toward San
Marcos. This request was granted.
but it was stipulated General Aguilar
must be accompanied only by Ibis
general general staff and civilians, ,all of his
Paul, III: Foster, American consul
here, has reported t6,ithe state de-
partnent in Washington that condi
tlons are returning tosnormal; that
the lives and property and foreigners
have not been molested and that
there: Is no reason for retaining Unit
ed States warships in Mexican wa
tiers, where they may cause friction.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-12
LANCER SUPPORTERS DECLARE
THEY HAVE MAJORITY OF THE
VOTES AT MlNOT CONVENTION
TELEGRAPHlC BRIEFS

Warrington The interstate com
merce commission scheduled hear
ings on railroad applications for In
creased rates in southern and west
ern classification territories for May
24sat Washington.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-08-13
MOUNTED POLICE KEEP
EYE ON WHISKY RUNNERS

1t is reported that there is we'll
organized bootlegging business along
the border in Quebec and New
Brunswick. The Royal Northwest
Mounted Police arc doing their ut
most to suppress rum running be-
tween Canada and the United States,
but in spite OF their efforts the bust
ness thrives. There is an enormous
profit in rum running as seen i'll the
prices paid Whisky has jumped 100
per cent within the last six months.
1t is the general belief that the great
increase in imports in Canada is due
to bootlegging. For the first three
months of the year 1920 the imports
of Intoxicating liquor were $9,152,-
$50 and for the same months of 1919
only $l,860963. In 1918 there was
imported $4,065,72S.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-08-13
REDUCTION IN WINE DUTY
BOOMS TRADE IN BRITAIN
Liquor Journal Attributes Revival in
Trade to Reduction in Duty From
SO to 80 l-3 Per Cent.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer
in his budget speech had proposed
a so per cent ad valorem duty on
sparkling wines. A joint deputation
from the Wine and Spirit Association
and the Champagne Association had
an interview with the Chancellor OF
the Exchequer on May 4. The dep
utation urged the abolition of the ad
valorem duty and the substitution of
flat rate" instead and a substantial
reduction of the proposed rate of
taxation. The Chancellor has not
done away with the ad valorem duty
but has reduced the duty from so
per cent to 80 Is per cent as from
the 10th of April last. The Harpers
Wine and Spirit Gazette reports that
as a result OF this reduction business
in sparkling wines and champagne is
already beginning to revive.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-08-13
MISUEADS lAROR'S ATTITUDE
London Press Queer Interpretation
of Labor Party's Position On the
Liquor Issue

A London special dispatch TO the
North American says that English
drys are chuckling over the public
Interpretation OF the Labor Party
new liquor policy which was adopted
at the national conference OF the
party at Scarborough.
The conference had three policies to
choose from. The first, until then
the official policy of the party, was
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is, the purchase
of the whole liquor traffic by the state
for public ownership and public opcr-
alton. The second was local option.
The third was national Prohibition.
By an overwhelming vote local option
was adopted as the new policy OF the
party.
The Times regards this decision as
"eminently sane" and the rest OF the
press herald it as a Knockout blow
for Prohibition. mo To Pussyfoot,
says the big type of the Daily Mail.
Labor Votes Wet" cries the Ex-
press. big Vote Against Prohibi-
ton" Prohibition Lost" Labor Re
jects Prohibition arc other headlines.
1t is one of the most strangely unani-
nous misleading of events ever RI
corded in the English press, continues
the North Americans correspondent.
The real meaning of the decision is
that British labor has gone dry in
stead of Mathematical wet" On the
choice of between running any num-
Der of state brewcrics and state dis
tilleries and state saloons on the one
hand, and giving localities the power
to choose all breweries, distilleries,
and saloons on the other hand, the
Labor Party chose local Prohibition.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-08-13
JAMAICA VETS FEAR
PROHIBITIONS ADVANCE

1t is reported that thousands OF resi-
dents of Jamaica, the home OF
Jamaica rum, have united in protest
to the government and Legislative
council against Prohibition, state
control of the liquor trade, or altera-
ton OF the present license system.
A measure has been introduced i'll
the Legislature by the government
providing for state control of the liq-
our trade after the legislative council
had been asked TO consider also the
questions of Prohibition and licensing
Those opposed argued in a memorial
to the government that the manu-
facture of rum as a by-product OF
sugar had been carried on in the is
land for hundreds of years and form
ed an important industry which would
be seriously affected if Prohibition
were imposed. They object also to
state control, chiefly on the grounds
of expenses and risk involved.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-08-13
ONTARIO ELECTION GOES
OVER TILL APRIL, 1921
Government Decides to Postpone
Referendum On Prohibition
of Liquor Importation
DRYS WERE PREPARED
Referendum Was To Have Been
October IS; Respite Given
Border Rum Runners

Complying with demands OF the
Great War Veterans Association and
the Liberty League for postpone
mcnt OF the vote on the question OF
importing liquor into Ontario, Arthur
Meighan, Premier OF Canada an
nounccd at Toronto, July 80, that the
date OF the referendum had been
changed from October Is to April Is
OF next year.
The Premier, explaining the gov
ernment's reasons for the change,
said it would permit oil new voters
lists being prepared which would
allow many returned soldiers to cast
ballots who otherwise would have
been disiranchised.
DR.. 4. s. Grant, vice chairman and
secretary OF the Ontario referendum
committee, is quoted in the Detroit
Free Press under Toronto datcline
of July 81 as declaring that the gov
ernment's action will work a gross
injustice to the Ontario Referendum
Committee, which committee acting
in good faith and on definite under
standing with the government, had
its organization already set up in
every county and city in the province
had signed contracts for advertising
space i'll all the dailies and Wecklies
OF the province, and had billboard
space also contracted for and the
necessary posters and literature ar
ranged, all for the date fixed, namely,
October 25."
The postponcmcnt OF the vote will
prolong the lie OF rum running along
the national boundary. However, as
the question OF inter-provincial traffic
in liquor is one that the federal gov
eminent has sole control OF, the On
tario government which requested an
early date for the vote can take no
action to upset the action OF Premier
Meighan in deferring the date. This
practically extends the widc-open i'm
portation into Ontario for at least an
other year. Ii the law carries next
April ii will not be put into operation
until midsummer. Assistance Of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police to
clean UP rum running in Windsor has
been requested by Attorney General
Rancy.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-08-13
ABSTINENCE SOCIETIES
Meeting WITH FAVOR
Father Jacquenet Starts Move
ment in Fall River, Mass, in
1911 = Rapidly Grows
5000 MEMBERS ENROLLED
Cercle Lacordaire for Men and
Cercle Ste Jeanne dare for
Women Prove Popular

Effective work on behalf of total
abstinence is being accomplished
through the activities OF two associa-,
tons operating i'll Catholic parishes
in New England and in the province
OF Quebec, Canada.
These two associations, one for men
and one for women, were founded
and are being directed by Father
Joseph \. Jacauemet O. p.
The association for men is known
as Cerele Lacordarc, that for women
as Ccrcle Ste Jeanne Dare.
Father Jacqucmet is Catholic
priest of tho Dominican Order and
resides in Fall River, Mass. lie is
secretary Of both Ccrcles. When in
Fall River he holds public reception
at o'clock on Sunday and causes an
"anti-alcohol conversation to lead to
a pledge for abstinence" He hardly
ever receives at other times except in
the interest OF temperance unless an
engagement to sec him has been made
in advance.
The first Cerclc Lacordaire Qor
men) was founded i'll ST. Anne's par
ish, Fall River, Mass, September Is,
1911. Since then one other has been
founded in the same parish while 81
other Cercles have been founded in
other parishes in New England MAS
sachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hamp-
shire, and ConnecticuD one in St.
Ours, Richelieu county, province of
Quebec, Canada, in August, 1915, and
one in St. George, Beauce county,
Quebec, Canada, in August, JOY. Al
together there are Al Cercles Lacor-
daire, numbering about $500 men.
The first Cercle Ste. Jeanne Dare
(for women was founded in St.
Anne's parish, Fall River, February
II, 1911. Since then another has been
formed in the same parish, % in other
parishes in New England (Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island, New Hamp-
shire and ConnecticuD. Altogether
there are 81 Ccrcles Ste. Jeanne D'Arc
numbering about 1900 women. In the
two Cercles there are about 5000
members enrolled.
Father Jacquemet publishes
monthly journal. 'Revue Antialcool-
ique," in behalf of the Cercles Lacor-
daire and Ste. Jeanne Dare. The
Revue is a 16-page journal printed in
the French language. 1t is generously
illustrated and contains splendid tenn
perance and Prohibition material.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-08-13
MEXICO WARS ON BORDER JOINTS
Announced Federal Troops Will be
Used If Necessary to Suppress Vice
Dens Along Border

The Mexican authorities are deter
mined to stamp out the wholesale ex-
ploitaton of vice along the American
border, reads a special copyright ca
bic to the New York Tribune, where
the worst elements of both nations
have foregathered during the last five
years and are creating situation
that has become progressively worse
since Prohibition was instituted in
the United States. The conditions in
the border towns are considered a
disgrace and menace to the safety
of both countries and will constantly
create a petty friction which, owing
to political causes, becomes injected
into the international tangle, thus
adding to the other difficulties OF the
government The Mexican federal
authorities are determined to end
these conditions and are prepared TO
employ troops if necessary.
1t is reported that nearly 100000
border permits and identity cards en-
titling holders to cross to Mexico
were issued during the first year OF
Prohibition in the United States
These permits were issued to tourists
with the exception of 1929 which
went to residents along the border
T.. Al.
sons who called themselves tourists
asked permission. to go temporarily
into Mexico in the last twelve months
United States was wet. These fig
ures give some idea of the business
done by the border saloons and pos
sibly explains why the federal gov
ernment is determined to stamp out
these border joints.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-08-13
LIQUOR PURVEYOR'S GUILT
RAISED IN BALTIC. COURT

A suit for 100000 in which the
Volstead act plays prominent role
was brought i'll Superior Court, Balti-
more, Md, in which a mother of a
boy who died of apoplexy supposedly
the result of over-indulgence in
whisky, is suing a woman accused
of furnishing the whisky to the de-
ceased. The attorney for the plaintiff
asserts That under the Nolstead act
anyone who provides whisky illegally
to any person who IS permanently in
jured by the liquor can be sued for
the losses incurred.