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-^1 1 -ae*® V'-.St y V'M T/iV* w it i wfe •y»rtw.aa^ 7 -V i •*,£ V. y- i I t& iVs,^ ,, fj A f4c at St Paul to Urge 'Elimination of Parasites of Industry' A Preliminary Mass Meeting at Fargo." St. Paul, Sept. 8.—The -success of the nation in the war against German autocracy, depends -in a large measure upon a. square deal lor both the farmess and the work ingman, according to Benjamin C. Marsh' ot New York, executive sec retary of the committee on the high cost of living. Mr. Marsh has ar rived in St. Paul to cooperate with national headquarters of the Non partisan League in arranging plans for the conference of the producers and consumers which is to. be held here on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 18, 19 and 20. The conference will discuss the new government price on wheat, to seek to determine what will be its effect and what is its relation to prices and profits on other necessaries of life. The conference will seek to aid the government in establishing a con sistent policy in regulating war prices and profits. Mr. Marsh says that the elimina tion of the parasites of industry is now the main problem before the government in order to increase the efficiency of the nation in war and to allay the discontent likely to ariBe if the poor are made to bear the main burden of the war. "We cannot afford to pay a bonus to men just for existing in these times fit war,", said Mr. Marsh,. "A man is a slacker who does not do something to help the country win and to make it more efficient. The speculator and. the war profiteer who are fighting the efforts of the gov ernment to stop their unfair prac ices are the real traitors. "Prices of the necessaries of life have gone up 85 per cent in three years and wages on the average only 25 per cent. The effect of bad hous ing and partial starvation due to high prices is shown in the poor physical condition of most of the 25,000 enrolled by the draft in New York. "I believe that the" interests of la •^bor and tbe farmer are identical. Thei farmers reali^eAthat good wages are necessary to make a .good mar ket for their products and the wage workers realize that denying the farmers fair prices will only drive men off the farms, reduce the pro duct and play into the hands of the food monopolists whose game just now is to make'the working man think the only way to get cheap food is to make the farmer take less than' his product is worth. "I want to see this" 'country vic torious in the war and I am for ev erything that will promote its effi ciency. I believe that 8uch a con ference as has been called here by the'Non-Partisan League is going to be a valuable medium for prpmot ing that deficiency.". .The list of speakers at the St P-aul Conference includes many men of national fame, and- expprt* on duction problems High pfficers" of or ganized labor ate amidng those -in vited. Robjert Bridges, the man who built the Seattle:.:^ former United States Senator J. C. McLaurln of South Caroling and President flu J. Raters of Kansas Agricultural'^College are among those who have aocepj*Kl invitations. Gpv. ernor Prazier of'-Nojrth Dakota, Pres ident Ladd of North Dakota Agri cultural College, .and Congressman John, M.,Baer/also will speak. Bodies of organized labor, ^thru out the cpnntry and all taadiiig farm organizations willr participate. The conferences here will be preceded by a one day mass convention, in Fargo., -:$s| |ma»ine ktts v The Ijayy league at WMfiington requests, women of the country to make a large number of Hits for the marine corps, t&e receptacle fo In clude needles, thlmbl6B, thwad .and scissors. A description of the- kit is. 'as follows The sowing kit wanted by the Na vy League is made ot witton k&bki. sewed with red thread—the Marine Corps uniform colors, the kit Is thirteen, iw^a. long a^d seven and a half incite* wide, ind ttjfc five pocji ets three and a half inches deep by two aid a luflt ln^«i wl$. %. top flap foW» over the poc*et* and torn the contents ot twenty inches 'long, sewad the back of the center ttai'.tto kit when rolled. A pair of blunt four inch^ iong nu lep^^^We ,^ *um khaki, if* %sS'r as N.D.MILU1A CONFERENCE NORTH CAROLINA Statement Issued at Camp Greene—Philippine Rumor Renewed. An unofficial report from Char lotte, N. C., has been received, stat ing that the guardsmen of North Dakota will be among the 27,000 Northwest militiamen soon to be en trained for Charlotte, where is lo cated Camp Greene, under command of Major General Hunter Liggett. The report was ^not confirmed at Bismarck, altho the rumor was cur rent and it was stated the movement of the troops is expected next week. Entertained at Mandan. The Second battalion, First North Dakota Infantry, returned Saturday to Fort Lincoln, from a three days' visit at Mandan, where they were royally entertained. At the conclu sion Major Wright said: "We wish to extend to the citi zens of Mandan a most sincere and enthusiastic appreciation of the splendid hospitality extended to us on our three day visit to your city." "Not a member of the whole bat talion but appreciates the efforts of the people of Mandan to make their visit pleasant. We especially appre ciate the interest taken in^ the pro gram given Friday afternoon, the splendid hospitality of the women of the city. If we are at Bismarck until September 18, which is possi ble, we undoubtedly will come over for the fair and do our share to make the exposition a big success." Thousands Stirred.. It is estimated that between 5, 000 and 7,000 people gathered at the fair grounds Friday afternoon to watch the boys in their maneu vers. Chief of Police Reynolds is authority for the statement that at least 500 automobiles were parked in the grounds. Each of the four companies had its share of work and thrilled the big audience with the drills. The work of all companies was superb and showed what the weeks of train ing had done for the men, the ma jority of whom two months ago were raw rookies. The Second Regiment band took' a big part in the program and made a tremendous hit with the big croyjd at a concert rendered after the mili tary program. -y i~. The following program "was car ried out: Company A, Bismarck, the complete exercise with the rifle pre scribed in the Butts Manual Com pany H, Jamestown, demonstration of the new British bayonet exercise Company K, Dickinson, demonstra tion of skirmish work Company .F, Mandan, guard mount. Each of the companies also had company drill. A brief battalion drill was very in teresting. Major Wright in order to impress upon the ajidience the num ber of men in the command, execut ed what the officers call the "ring ground the rosie." Ih this the boys marched in jingle file around the track and the line extended over half w?ty around the half mile track. The program ended at 6:45 and Friday evening battalion staged a second dress .parade- to the music of £he Second" Regiment Band, ending with the lowering of the flag at sun down while the band Pl&yed the na- $ J't': Get Neat'Sum. Tito boys also drew a ne»t sum from Mandan citizens for their mess funds. They received a total of. $426.00. The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid society which turned over the money derived from serving the dinner, paid for by the business men, gave $50, to. the battalion fund Which with $86 profit from' the pave ment dfcnce Thursday evening ipade $!136- for the whole battalion. The proceeds from: the dance Friday night were $43.50, and the $107.50 collected at the fair grounds gave Copipany an .eyen $150. The band wq* paid $14 O.for Its services. Total receipts ft'oni* collections and the idanqep '^ere $458.50, divided as above, listed together with $32.50 deducted for expenses. In addition to this the- ladles pf the' Reil Cross Hygtiene: class were promised enough out of the proceeds from the dance by Major Wrlght and Captain Wil son to_ *ajr a deficit In the cost of cle^ss equipment. They were, given FROM JUDGMENTS IN MANY STATES Seven Out of Forty-three States Reporting Have Such Laws—Matter Will Be Dis cussed at Meeting of Farm Mortgage Bankers. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 9.—Leg islation exempting soldiers and sail ors in federal service from judg ments based upon foreclosures will be one of many present day ques tions discussed at the fourth annual convention of the Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association here this week. The organization's board of gover nors will meet tomorrow but the convention proper will not assem ble until Tuesday. H. M. Hanson, of Chicago, secre tary of the association, has submit ted to the membership a summary showing that seven out of forty three states have enacted laws granting exemptions from foreclos ures to their citizens in the federal military forces. Five states failed to report as to whether such laws were on their statute books. The report shows that Iowa has declared a moratorium for soldiers and sailors on all obligations based upon contracts to pay and that cases already instituted against them shall be continued until after mili tary service is ended or the defend ant is dead. Homesteads and prop erty to the value of $10,000 are exempted from taxation. Maryland and Massachusetts have new laws designed to relieve their military men from civil processes until six months after their terms of service have expired and Michigan extends a similar provision to ex emption from arrest for all causes except treason, felony or breach of the peace. Oregon's moratorium* ap plies to property owned in whole or in part by men in active service. It is limited to sixty days after dis charge from the army or navy. Pennslyvania^'s enactment applies to all .civil processes and suspends the statute of limitations until 30 days after return to civil life. Wis consin exempts every branch of mili tary service from all civil suits and provides for continuations of pend ing cases, until discharge,- providing that such stays shall not extend more than three years from the time the person is mustered into ser v i e v The convention proper is to extend thru Thursday but the business ses sions are to be held only in the mornings of the three days. Social functions and sight-seeing trips are to occupy the afternoons and even ings but, in deference to war condi tions, the association has abandoned Us annual formal banquet, substitut ing for it a. "smoker" and moving picture show. POSSIBLE PEACE TERMS PROFFERED BY DIPLOMATS Washington, Sept. 9.—What pur ports to be an outline of Germany's peace terms, has been circulated a mong diplomats here within the last two weeks, but has been regarded by the «ntente embassies and most of tHe. neutrals as a "feeler."' The origin of the so-called terms was not disclosed, hut they are said to have been written by Foreign Sec retary Vop Kuhlmann before his visit to Vienna which has been pointed to as strengthening the pro bability that they bear evidence of authenticity. i as Restoration of Belgium and north ern France, to be paid for out of the sale of Germany's colonies, to Great Britain. v Alsace-I^Waii^ ^l^i^fepeident states. (High French officials re cently have stated anew the deterini natlon of France to be -Mttafled with nothing less than the ^bvery of her,16stprovln Trieste to be a '*free port." 8^pbfa and Runia'nia' to be res^or ed/aind. Serbla to have a port on the »i THE WEEKLY ALBHtff NO SECOND CAUL IN NEAR FUTURE SAYS GEN. CROWDER Washington) Sept. 8.—Provost Marshal General Crpwder, in issuing new rulings concerning the execu tion of the selective draft law, yes terday reiterated* that no date has been set for a second call for men for the national army, and that, so far as is known, 'no second call is contemplated by President Wilson. Rulings issued today provide that a registrant whose order of liability does not permit of his being select ed for the first quota cannot, even at his own Request, be advanced and sent with that quota. The acceptance of substitutes for men selected for military duty is prohibited and local boards are in structed not to consider claims for exemption based on discharge of a registrant from the army, navy or marine corps at, the expiration of enlistment or from some physical disability which can lie soon cor rected. Another ruling is that registrants may in certain circumstances be ex empted or discharged to enable them to continue in non-military pursuits, but after they are selected for military service they may not be assigned to non-military service. $2.20 PER BUSHEL FOR CANADIAN WHEAT Winnipeg, Man., Seyt. 10.—It was announced Saturday evening by the Canadian board of grain supervisors that the price of the 1917 Canadian wheat crop is $2.20, basis Fort Wil liam. Farmers on the board fought hard to make it $2.20 basis Moose Jaw, Sask., but a communication from Food Controller H. C. Hoover settled matters. United States brokers are provid ing money to carry the crop over from the close of navigation to May 1, on the understanding the price be the same basis as the United States crop, and to cover the same length of time as in the United States. Canada consumes 20 per cent of its crop and exports 80 per cent. The wheat crop this year was a few million bushels less than last year Manitoba and Alberta, 40.000,000 bushels each Saskatchewan, 120, 000,000 total 200,000,000 bushels. RED CROSS KNITTERS SHEAR OWN SHEEP Fargo, N. D., Sept. 10.—When members of the Akra branch of the Pembina county Red Cross chapter ran out of knitting yarn they did not stop their knitting but sheared the wool from their own sheep, carded and spun it and now are as busy as before knitting socks and wrist lets for the soldiers from the gray wool which they make by carding white and black wool together and later dying it blue to conform with the Red Cross regulations. Send us your mail orders. We guarantee to fill them right. The mail carriers bring it ,to your door- 'v-V, We pay the postage. ilte OPENING SESSIONS OF OTY SCHOOLS The work or enrolling the more than 1,000 pupils of the Jamestown public schools, which was begun at nine o'clock this morning, is prac tically completed. A large number of little tots were brot to the schools by their parents or their older broth ers and sisters for their first day at school. The majority of the chil dren enjoyed the first day of school, in spite of the large number of sore arms, since there was no real study to mar an otherwise perfect day. The arrangement of classes, the pur chasing of books and assigning of lessons took up the school day and real work will begin tomorrow. The state laws relative to vacci nation are being strictly enforced and every pupil, was required to show a certificate showing that he had been vaccinated recently. Many of the pupils, especially the younger ones, could exhibit a very sore arm if they were called upon to do so and the playful boys soon learned that it is not safe to hit a companion on the left arm the first day of school. New School to be Opened Soon. The new south side school build in'g is completed and ready for use with the exception of placing the seats in place. This work will take but a few hours and Supt. Koontz announced this morning that the new building would be ready for the younger pupils of the first ward some time this week and very prob ably by Tuesday or Wednesday. These pupils reported today to the Franklin school. The new building is the last word in public school construction, being made of brick and practically fire-proof. The building is arranged so that it can be added onto when ever the board of education finds more school room necessary. The building which faces east is built with large halls and spacious cloak rodms in anticipation of being a much larger building some time in the future. There are two class rooms on the first floor and two on the second floor. The class rooms are in the north and southwest cor ners of the building, the northeast and southeast corners being used for the cloak and toilet-rooms. The main office is situated on the second floor between the two class rooms with its windpws over t,he main ...entrance.. The basement is divided into three rooms, one large play room, a second room that can be used either as a play room or a store room and the furnace rooms. The building 'is electric lighted thru out and fitted with sanitary bubbler drinking fountains on all floors. The heating plant provides for hot air and is fitted with an electric mo tor and fan to provide for the proper ventilation of the building. This announcement was made by Mrs. R. S. Thorwaldson, who is chairman of the branch, which is composed mostly of Icelanders who are known the world over for their knitting. |aiacgM% TO MOTHERS OF BOYS WONDERFUL VALUES In brown and brown mixtures only, Sizes, 7 to 14-- $2.98 and $3.45 Ar-i i AIRPLANES GALORE AT CAMP KELLEY, TEX. Recent correspondence from Wal ter Plunkett, who is with the lJ6th Aero Squadron at Camp Kelley, San Antonio, Texas, contains sev eral notes of interest. He says in part: We left Jefferson Barracks Mon day at 3 p. m. and arrived here Wednesday the 29th. Foster and I are in the same squadron. Every thing is tents here. There are hun dreds of planes and the air is full of them all the time. Our train left the barracks with 12 Pullman cars, 36 men to a car. We followed the Mississippi river a long way and then we busted into Arkansas. In every town we went thru there were never over two or three houses that were painted. We stopped at Piede mont, Mo., where the Klu Klux Klan started and also at Taylor, Texas, for over three hours. While there they exercised us by running us all over the town in a downpour of rain. We got to San Antonio at 11:45 Tuesday night, but stayed in our sleepers until about 6 a. m., and then left for here. We marched about two miles to our camp and then sat down in the sun until al most non without any breakfast. We were only about 50 feet from a water faucet but not a one of us could get a drink. We are in quar antine for two weeks with about 8, 000 others. There are supposed to be about 20,000 men in this camp. It is the busiest place I ever saw. Army trucks, motor cycles, aero planes galore. This is a new avia tion camp and isn't all completed yet. The Wright people have a fac tory here and all the planes are made on the grounds. It has tried to rain here all day, but as yet hasn't rained over a min ute a stretch. Those who live in this country say it hasn't rained here for over a year and I sure be lieve it as I threw a pail of water on the ground today in front of our tent and it disappeared in no time. How would you like to be drilling in this hot sun with heavy woolen army shirts and clothes on? Barney Tordoff and Clint Howell (Sheldon) came on September 3rd from Jefferson Barracks. We have to take our inoculation all over again, starting this after noon. We will be "shot" as they call it, three times and ten days a part. We were shot twice previous ly. It makes some of the fellows sick and a great many faint but it doesn't bother me" in the least. There is a fellow by the name of Enderson- from Valley City in our tent and he is all right too, even if he is from Valley City. Every squad ron here has a dog for a mascot and every dog is branded with U. S. on one side and the number of the squadron on the other side. This isn't like the barracks as we eat on the ground and wash our own dishes. Of course when we get out of quarantine we will be sent to the wooden barracks where the accom modations are better. GILBERT R. HORTON 4 4* Architect 4 4 Citizens National Bank Bldg. 4 4 Phone t8 4 4 Jaaieatoira North Dakota 11 If. 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Depot 4 Phone 86 Jaateatowa North Dakota 4 4 DR. GAIL P. SHEPARD SpeciaMst Eye, Ear, Nom and Throat Phone 120 Office: Over Western Electric Co. Opposite N. P. Depot Jaateatowa North Dakota Our guarantee is absolute. Com plete satisfaction or money re funded. SHOES Boy Scout »»»«'•».«»» Canrington,•ft 0 m.:m Other Good Shoes at $2.50, $5, $3.50 'j W-pi Bt i« '-t