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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-08
FOREST FIRES IN
MlNNESOTAN NOW
UNDER CONTROL
No Destruction Of Buildings
Reported Except at Village
Of Whitepine Authorities
Claim Burning Of Village Of
Incendiary Nature.

St. Paul, Sept. 7.-Over cast skies
at noon today, an augury of quench-
ing rain, coupled with winds of only
normal velocity, aroused the hope of
state forest and military officials
that the brush, grass and forest fir
es in Onanlia and McGrath regions
would be brot definitely under con-
troll by night fall.
In the only other section of Min
neapolis where forest fires were re-
ported not under control-along a
road northeast of Duluth, 100 fresh
men were thrown into the fire lines
to make a, strong effort to bring this
situation to a favorable decision.
Despite the element of no rain, the
situation was greatly improved at
noon over that of the rs hours pre-
vious, but it was admitted another
out burst of wind equalling that of
yesterday could shatter hopes of ear
ly success in the fight. ea, Is
Whitepine, the lumber settlement
west of Solana wiped out at noon
yesterday when the fire got beyond
control temporarily, still remained
the only community casualty of the
fires that have ranged with varying
intensity since Saturday.
Fire at Lisbon 80
Fargo, Sept. IA city block was
destroyed by fire at Lisbon, Monday,
doing damage estimated at $4,000,
according to reports from that town
today. Five houses and two barns
were burned.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-08
TEMPORARY INJUNCTION
RESTRAINS BOARD IN
Jamestown REASSESSMlENT

Hearing Will Be Had Before Judge Cofey in District Court
Monday September 10 to Decide Merits Of Tax Payers
Charge That Reassessment by Jesse Bgster Was Unlaw
full and Contained Glarng and Unwarranted Increases
temporary injunction granted Saturday night by Judge
Coe court restraining the board of county
commissioners from taking action in regard to the
en for taxation Of real and personal property in the city Of
different from that made by the regularly authorized
city assessor reviewed and equazed by
city council acting board Of and equalization and
equalized by the county board of equalization. %
case which brought before the court and which
granted that the Western Electric comptny
plaintiff vs. county commissioners and county auditor and j.
Burgster as tax supervisor Of the fourth district
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-08
Rain Falling

were prOp1tlOuS Tor neaVy showers.
Fire Under Control
McGrath, Mimi, Sept. T. The
fire at Solana is under control &C.
kcording to message received by Ma
jor j. L. Lewis, from Captain Van
Dyke in charge of fighters there.
"a Showers Falling
Onamia, Mimi, Sept. L. Brisk
showers began falling over the entire
fire area west of here shortly after
noon today, and indications were that
before night the fire, already check
ed by the lowering wind and workers,
would be put beyond immediate dan
ger. To the west, south and east. Of
Onamia showers were falling.
Lumber Destroyed in Wis.
Rhinelander, Wis, Sept. -Four
million feet OF lumber was Destroy
ed in the yards of the Larson Lum-
ber Company at Bundy, IA miles
southwest of here, by the fire which
broke out early this morning. The
loss is estimated at sl50,O00, partly
covered by insurance.
McGrath, Mimi, Sept. 6-White-
pine, a lumber settlement miles
north of here, was destroyed early
this morning and inhabitants of So
lana village,4 miles east of there,
were forced to flee the town when a
sudden 80 mile wind sprang up at
noon and swept forest fires north
of here beyond the control of fire
guards. is nj
The condition in the Solana and
Whitepine district was reported
favorable by forestry and military
officials at II q. m: but a " hour lat
ers the sudden wind lashed the flames
into a new fury and upset hopes that
the fires might be under control <to-
morrow. q
According to Miss Claire Nelson,
one of the refugees to reach Nc
:Grath at 1905 p. m. all women and
children we're removed from the
burning town OF. Whitepine in, army
trucks. The entire town seemed to
catch fire at once, she said. Nothing
OF value was saved from the town,
the refugees starting ediately
toward cGrkth. They walked three
quarters Sc q mile thru q flame swept
side. road and suffered greatly from
smoke q 4 III: i4s 853 4,
Many 81, the women we're on the
verge OF collapse. II 1T
All available III transpo was
ordered by head dquarters 70 the rear
road to Wnitepine BY Adjutanta Con:
sfal RhinoW, who left herel shortly
before noon when first reports came
that the town s. war hstng swept by the
six 81 larKe trucks a ~ were dtsl,a,pl,tched
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-08

McGrath, MINI, Sept AFTER a
night of continued back firing and
ditching, the forest fire, which Tues
day got beyond control of fighters in
the olana-Whitepine sector near
heer, is today reported checked and
if weather condition are favorable
will be held within the prescribed
area as set by fire fighters yester-
day.
No report of destruction of build
ings has been received with excep-
ton of Whitepine village. Officials
of both the military and forest de-
partments are assert that that burn
ing Of that village was not. caused by
forest fires but Is of incendiary ma
ture.
1000 Soldiers Fighting
st. Paul, Sept. approximately
1000 of the Minnesota national
guard are fighting forest fires in
northern Minnesota todayI accord
ing to Major E. J.. Walsh, acting ad-
jutant general.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19
DEATH DEW FOR ARMIES.
Amecian War Chemists Have Developed
Deadliest Poison.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19-The Dew
of Death! The next war will be more
horrible than the last world catastrophe !
This prediction. frequently heard from
not only army and navy experts but from
the average citizen. seems certain of full
fillment unless some summary action is
taken by the forthcoming Washington
conference to prohibit or restrict the use
of these latest war devices.
One of the three main subjects to be
taken up at the conference under the
broad question of limitation of armament
is Rules for Control of New Agencies of
Warfare. The Chemicals Warfare service
of the American army is believed to pos
sess today the deadliest poisonous gas in
the world This is called 'Lewisite," a
gas developed during the latter part of
the war by Winford Lee Lewis, profess
sor of chemistry of Northwestern unfver-
sity, but never used in the last war.
A quantity of this gas, equivalent to
three drops. reaching mans body in
liquid form, viii kill. Lewisite is similar
to mustard gas, a burning gas, which
caused the major portion of the gas cas-
ualties of the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19
SCOTT FARM APPLES
WIN AT RUTLAND
Get Prize for Best General Display -
w r. Ranney of Westminster
Takes FirstS.

RUTLAND, Nov. 19.-First prize for
the best general display and - first
prfzes. and three seconds on his plate.
single and five-box exhibits, We're awarded
to the Scott farm of Brattleboro at the
25th annual fruit show of the Vermont
State horticultural society. w. F. Ran
ney of Westminster. took home - of the
blue and 10 red ribbons as his share of
the shows spoils Many other awards
were made to smaller exhibitors.
The Judging was done by X. w. Rees.
department manager of the Western New
York Fruit Growers Packing association
of Rochester, y. Y, and he stated that the
exhibit this year is of an exceedingly high
order. He stated that the color and
quality of the apples shown were very
good and that the exhibitors showed rare
Judgment in their choice of materials
f. y. LOOMS, apple dealer of New
York. shows some fine specimens from
his West Addison orchard. He told the
horticulturists that he planted 100 acres
to apples 10 years ago to show that the
Champlain valley was the best apple
growing district he could find. The ex-
pertinent has proved that he was right, he
says. and the last season. in spite of adj
verse weather conditions, he sold 900 bar
rels from $500 trees, that netted S7.75 a
barrel at the farm. including drops"
McIntoshes led at S14 barrel, Green
ings brought S11, and Spies IS.
Mr. Loomis recommended that the state
give young apple trees to any farmer will
ing to plant them as New York does pine
trees,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19
MANY LIVESTOCK
ASSOCIATIONS
Great Gathering at International Live
stock Exposition In Chicago
Nov. 26 to Dee. ,.

CHICAGO. Nov. 19.-More than 80
national agricultural associations will
meet here during the International Live
stock exposition Nov. 26 to Dec. g. These
include:
National Association of County Agri-
cultural agents. National Association of
State Marketing Officials. National Swine
Growers association. Animal HuSbandry
Extension Mems convention. Interna-
tional Crop Improvement association.
Horse Association of America. United
National Society of Records association,
and these special organizations
perchcrOn Society of America, Amer
lean Hampshire Swine Record: Ameri-
can Suffolk Horse association; American
berkshire association; American Shire
Horse association; American Cheviot
Sheep society; American Shropshire Reg
istry association American Polled Short
horn association American Rambouillet
Sheep association; American Oxford
Down Record; American Clydestlale
Breeders association: Chester White
Swine Record association American A.
ISOLATION of Importers and Breeders of
Belgian Draft Horses; American Tam
worth Swine Record association; Red
polled Cattle club: American Romney
tion: Continental Dorset club: American
polandlC hina Record American Aber-
deem Angus association American Short
horn Breeders association; American
Galloway Breeders association; Ameri-
can Duroc-JerSey Swine association
American Hampshire Sheep association ;
American shetland Pony club Welsh
Pony club and the American Cotswold
Registry association.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19
CHINAMEN IN SCHOOL HOUSE.
Young school Teacher Causes Their, Ar
rest For Violation of Immigration Act.

ST. ALBANS, Nov. 19.-I'wo China-
men, believed to be in this country I'M
lawfully, were found early Monday in a
schoolhouse in Bakersfield.
Miss Zoa Marcett teacher in q rural
school near Bakersfield village, was
greatly surprised on opening her school
house Monday morning to find, two China
men in the building. Shortly after her
discovery of the men, Harry Weston of
Enosburg Falls drove by the schoolh)use
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19
A MONSTER LOCOMOTIVE
Largest Engine Outside United States
to be Run in China

1t is a sign of the growing industrial
power of the Orient that the largest
locomotives in operation anywhere in the
world outside the United States will soon
be hauling trains over railroad in China
which was built by and is operated and
managed wholly by Chinese
1t shows the progressiveness of this
particular railway, that among these
locomotives are seven of the Mallet
type freight locomotives which are
the largest locomotives ever shipped from
the United States and when in operation
they will be the largest locomotives in
service outside of the United States.
These locomotives were built at the
Schenectady, n. Y. plant of the Amer
lean Locomotive company. The length
over all of this locomotive and tender
is 81 feet inches and its total weight
when ready for operation is 800 tons
while the maximum horsepower is 1900
MIR. X. u. Kwong, engineer in chief
and Mrs S. r. Wang of the Pekin Sui
yuan Railway co-operated with the bull
ders in the design of the locomotive Mr.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19
DISTRESS FOLLOWS
WORTHLESS MONEY
Austria Suffering From De-
creasing Value of Paper
Currency
WAGES AND PRICES
JUMP SKY HIGH
Presses Unable To Print Money Fast
Enough to Enable WOrkmen to Buy
Food - Much Unrest Among Poorer
ClaSSes-WOmen Raid Markets.

VIENNA, Nov. 19.-With the collapse
in the exchange value of the kronen
Austria is undergoing another economic
and financial spasm. Since July 16 the
crown has dropped from $50 to the
American dollar to about 5000. The
100 crown note, whose pre-war value was
500 is now about the minimum unit of
daily use, and 10000 crown notes cannot
be printed fast enough to meet the needs
of business.
For the last month the government
presses have been printing some $780,
100000 kronen week to meet current ex-
penses. The issue viii have to be in
creased to meet the demands of the, great
army of civil servants for a living wage,
Within a month they have received in
creases amounting TO about 5000. 100000
krOnen and already, with steadily falling
exchange and the equally steady advance
in living costs, they are formulating new
demands.
The same is true of private business.
In every class of industry and wage earn
ing employers are being forced to raise
pay while prices of everything mount.
Alien Buyers Clear Stores.
When the collapse of the currency set
in so feverishly few weeks ago, a swarm
of alien buyers swept over the country.
They bought everything they saw that
had value. Stores We're stripped of stock
until the ma jority of merchants began TO
retire their goods or refuse to sell more
than one article to a customer.
These foreign buyers were aided by
natives in the general desire to get rid of
Austrian money. The feeling was that
anything was better than the crown.
The most serious feature of the situa-
ton however is the alarming increase in
food prices. The increase in wages has
not been equal to this rise and the result
is much unrest among the poorer classes.
Women have been storming the public
markets, overturning stalls and in some
eases beating market men. They have
had public sympathy and the police have
been very mild in their attempts to con-
troll these demonstrations.
Jump Food Prices.
In the height of the panic many arti-
cles of food disappeared magicaIly from
shops TO reappear at greatly EXCHANGED
prices. Timed milk for instance, jumped
from $50 crowns to $50 and this article
is fair index of increased prices.
Tailors are demanding pay in pound
sterling and refusing crowns. jewelers.
ask for Swiss francs, despite the law for
bidding business in foreign monies.
The collapse of the currency was fore
seen by financial experts but none could
suggest means of averting it as long as
the government is forced to buy foreign
money at any price in order to buy bread
stuffs and coal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19

and the teacher, a mere girl, told him of
her unwelcOme guests. He telephoned to
Constable Croft at Enosburg Falls, who
directed Mr.. Weston to bring the men to
that place, which he did.
In broken English the men told the
school teacher that someone followed the
automobile in which they were being
conveyed and that that the driver ordereI
them to enter the sehoolhouse through a
window and not to leave the building I'M
der a threat of being shot if they came
out Miss Marcett compelled the men to
pay her 50 for wood they had burned dur
ing their nights occupancy of the school
house.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19
$3.50 IN OPIUM SEIZED.
Boston Police Make Two Arrests in
Seeking Drug Gang.

BOSTON, Nov 19-Discoyery in a
house in the Roxbury district of bulk
opium and cocaine, valued at So, 900
contained in two trunks which had been
reported missing from Delaware & Hud
son trains between New York and Lake
George points. resulted in the arrest yes
terday of Asnthony Ferino. charged Will
Illegal possession of narcotics
y second man has been taken into Gus
tody as a suspicious person, and police
say they are on the trail of gang which
had been flooding this section with Illicit
drugs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19

Kwong was educated in the United States
and is today one of the most prominent
engineers in his native country and has
been devoting his time TO the building
and developing of her railways. The
locomotives are equipped with the most
modern and effective attachments for
economy and labor-saving devices such
as super heaters. Elvin automatic mech
anical stokers and the latest power steam
reverse gear.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19
HUGHES STRATEGY
SURPRISES THEM
Foreign Representatives
Do Not Understand His
Drive for Disarmament
EXPECTED FAR EAST
PROBLEMS FIRST

Japan and England Think He May Sac
rifice China to Get Disarmament-Still
Far East Questions Are Progressing
With Armament Problem.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19
Don't Know Hughes.

Meanwhile the effect of Mr.. Hughes
tactics thus for has been TO make the
British and Japanese delegations at least
believe that he is 80 deeply interested in
naval armament that he would dispose
o. that question apart from what happens
on Far Eastern questions. American Off
Gals TO whom this view is preached in
sist that the foreign delegations do not
know Hughes the negOtiator, and if the
language of the original invitation is ex-
amined it will be seen how important a
relationship he conceives Far Eastern
questions to have with the reduction of
sea power in the Pacific. The British and
japanese, through several of their spOkes-
men, have given out the view that they
believe the United States delegation Is 50
much compelled for political reasons to
point to q concrete result from this con-
ference that they will sacrifice most any
thing, including China, to get an agree
ment on the reduction of naval armament.
Fun Conference Must Act.
Whatever there may to this theory, the
suspicion is growing that Mr.. Hughes
will be benefited by events as they de
velop rather than by deliberate formulas
For instance, the talk among the navy
men of prOtracted discussions on the de
tails" of the naval program comedies
nicely with the debates in committee con-
corning Far Eastern matters. Another
important fact to bear in mind is this
Members of the American delegation in eX-
planning the parliamentary rules of the
conference have emphasized the fact that
no action" is actually taken except by
the full conference and that whatever is
done in committee is simply n committee
report, unanimous though the agreement
may be there. 1t is, therefore, being
freely supposed that when the committee
on limitation of armament reaches an
agreement it will still be necessary fer a
plenary session to be held to ratify that
report. Mr.. Hughes has been empowered
to call plenary sessions at will. The sug,
gestiOn is made that when the committee
on armament is ready to report Mr.
Hughes could speed up the committee on
Far Eastern questions and compel stimuli
taneOusly the submission to the full con
ference of a report on the general prin-
| ciples, at least, which should govern in
lternational behavior in the Far East MIR
| Hughes's tactics are far from being re
vealed. open as some of the moves may
| seem to be.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19

Surgical splintS were used to form ,
triumphal arch at the wedding of a mem
Der of the ambulance section of an Eng
lish fire brigade recently
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19

The moon is getting nearer to the earth
at a speed of about fourteen feet in two
hundred years. Astronomers up TO the
present have not been able TO explain why
this is So
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-19


With Armament Problem.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
tSnecial Despatch TO The Reformer.)
Copyright 1921.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19-The grand
strategy, so to speak, of the United States
delegation at the armament conference is
puzzling the representatives of the other
countries. This is mostly because they
do not understand Hughes the negOtiator.
The various delegations came here with
the idea that the United States would
not consent to the reduction of her navy
without first having a definite under
standing of what was to be done about
abrogating the Anglo-Japanese alliance
and the settlement of Far Eastern q@es-
tons This inference was drawn from
the language of the original invitation TO
the powers When. however, Mr.. Hughes
made his famous speech at the opening
session of the conference, some Of the for
pign delegations thought they detected
change of front. for Mr.. Hughes said
plainly that he believed the work OF the
conference could be so distributed among
committees without either subject being
treated as a hindrance to the proper con.
SIueratiOn ana disposition vi the oIHeI'
One Thing at "a Time.
On that word "disposition" is based
| the confident statements which have been
coming from Washington the last few
| days that as soon as an agreement on
naval armament is secured il would be
signed without respect to whether a def
Mite agreement should be reached on Far
Eastern questions.
Those who have talked with Mr..
! Hughes in the last 24 hours have not
| found him inclined TO discourage that
| view He seems to be of the opinion that
| it is much wiser for the whole conference
| to look at the two subjects as separate or
| else there will be mental reservations in
| the consideration of one subject which
might interfere seriously with the con
cluSion of an agreement on the other sub
! iect Mr.. Hughes appears to emphasize
rather the need of mutual trust and an at
Imosphere of friendlinesS so that no dele
CATION will suspect the United States, at
| least. of trying TO bargain on the naval
armament to secure certain concessions
on Far Eastern questions, or vice versa.
| But the truth is the KEY To the whole
situation is more likely to be found in the
mechanics of procedure than in anything
else If an agreement on naval armament
lcould be reached nj once, unquestiOnahly
| the American delegation would be tempted
| to sign it and put ii out of the way as a
concrete achievement But the eXamina-
/ ton by experts takes time and members
| of the naval body with whom this CORE
| spondent has talked were unable TO haz-
ard even guess as to the time that win
| be consumed before final signatures can
be attached.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-16
.atarrhGernns
Move Out When Hyomei
Moves In

No stomach dosing Hyomei is made
chiefly Of oil OF eucalyptus taken from
the eucalyptus forests Of inland Aus
tralia.- and com oined with other excellent
antiseptiCs.
In inland Australia the atmosphere is
SO impregnated with balsam throws ont
by the eucalyptus trees that germs do
not thrive, and in consequence coughs.
colds catarrh and other nose and throat
Affections are practically unknown.
Breathe HyOmei and get the some
pleasant germ killing effect as you would
get in the eucalyptus forests
Hyomei is sold by Wettick's Cut Rate
Drug Store and druggists everywhere on
a guarantee OF satisfaction or money re-
funded Adv
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-16

the session included a vigorous ad-
vance in foreign exchange which
caused British renittances to
mount 20 their highest quotations
so far this year. and a court de-
cision in Chicago which was cal
culated 20 further complicate the
question OF state and interstate
railway rates.
Partial Reimbursement.
There was a partial reimbursement
OF prices in the later declines.
when buying Of equipments and
steels caused the shorts 10 cover
I'm rails and oils The net result,
however. revealed a mixture OF
gains and losses. sales amounted
10 $500 shares.
The money market was unruf-
fed. the only change OF interest be-
ing the hrmness Of call loans at
seven per cent.
Reading general tours were
among the active features on the
bond market. making a substantial
but reacting later. Lib
erty bonds and other domestic is
sues were irregular with the prom