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VI r. i:i ,::1-,'/4',tf-kS aJS8 V\ 4 'X VI 1 I (s. v. If® •fti W •K,., :®r. i?fc wsm: •ILAi-.«2 Ptkf1}, *Mja fW jw$ t-w .V-A i, :•:.•• '.jrjvrj obeyed lfty- :j*#pee«Belit £sjp$ E I I 0 N VOL. 14, NO. 226. fell f, am jSP?^ "Ifilii ••II fl 5*25 Pittsburgh, Sept. 22.—"We got away in good shape at most of our plants in and about Pittsburgh this morning," said a representative of the Carnegie Steel company when asked for a statement on the ef fect of the steel workers' strike which went into effect today. .- AJtC "We are agreeably surprised at the showing made," was the announcement by William Z. Foster, secretary of the national committee for organizing iron and steel workers, who is in charge of the Pittsburgh district. ••'.•:::•• The preliminary skirmish in the great industrial struggle which opened today between the labor unions and the United States Steel corporation which directly or ^indirectly affects a half million wage earners, produced the usual conflicting claims by the generals on both sides. On the great strategic centers of the struggle, the Chicago, and Pitts burgh districts, many thousands of workers obeyed the strike order, but early reports stated that comparatively few plants had been compelled' to closc. At a large number of the outlying points officials of smaller plants reported they were operating as tisual. Elbert H. Gary, chairman of, the board of directors of the Steel cor poration, refused to make any comment. Secretary Foster- of the steel workers' union issued a statement ex pressing satisfaction with the outlook and claiming that reports, from outside the Pittsburgh district showed the shutdown was general., ^. Many Will Not Quit. An Important feature of the situation was the announcement-by repre sentatives of the 35,000 workers employed by the Bethlehenji. Steel compaily that these men would not join the strike pending an attempt to obtain a conference with the company officials. Some of the blast furnaces in the Pittsburgh .dfiMct vfrwe banked, but the majority of .the plants were, in operation $ 1 thougnS^amiked 1 with forces reduced^ntm ,15 per cent to 66 per cent. I*, the district, including Gaix4iAq Hammond, where 9d,fln ete^l woi'^ern «,«uS5»nio?ed, «lmilRh.con tmt-Msm di«?^| were rep»rted: At Olevt-Jbirt t&e nnWir iwijS^ cl^lTriCd ihfct Toungatown, th^ strike Jeaders «lso claimed''that the great majority of the woi^erij «iad *fruck and at Steubenville where three plants ot the Carnegie Steer1company.are..located, it was asserted that ail three had been forced to suspend operations. No Excitement. New York, Sept., 22.—At the offices of the United States Steel corporation here early today there was nothing to indicate that .a general strike directed against the (ompany's 145 plants was in progress. Heads of departments and the clerical force started work at the usual time and were apparently unconcerned about the strikd '.situ ation Elbfert Hi-Gary, chairman of the board of directors,, had not arrived at the offices at ,9:30 o'clock and was not expected until an hour lafej-, his usual time. Scores of. telegrams and a. large amount of -mail: were piled on his desk and those of other officials of the, corporation, but much of this was unopened and -there was no in dication as to whether it related to the strike situation. •. r,- Philadelphia Quiet. 1 At the less important points In Ohio and Pennsylvania, including Ports mo-ith. Warden, Canton, Toledo, Columbus, Lorain, Pottsville, Beading and Harrisburg, officials of the various plants announced their men had remaine'd loyal and that operatipns were in full swing. One ^notable exception wiuB Johnstown, Pa., where ^2,000 men were reported to h.ave struck. Philadelphia, Sept. 22.—The na tion-wide strike of steel workers had little, effect in Philadelphia today, but at' Coatecrrille, near here, a few hun dred worker*. Joined in the walkout.. the Baldwin 1« opening hour tm\ Outside the great pivotal states of Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvttn& co.ilitions were reported nearly normal, with a few important exceptions. At Buffalo,, where? the great independent plants of the Lackawanna Steel company ere located, the union chiefs claimed that seventy per cent of tlxe ^orkSpS-i?ad notiye plants at the Made. .'. Hamilton, Ohio, 'Sept. 22.—It wsls announced today tl\a.t the nation-wide steel irtrike does not affect the plant hpre o4 the Americkn polling Hilts at Middletown. The oopvpany. it is stated, has an agreement, with the union. i'f. Plant Closes. Denver, Colo., Sept. 22.—The 'steel plant of the Colorado Fuel and. Iron company at Pueblo closed this morn ing a reeult of the strike of work «rs, according to a statement lssued ^v s.sit the .offices of the company here. V.i ,w" ,'P^te Not enough men reported to oper- the plant, ,It was said. •. Mm. .. No Slcn of Strike. ^:'v: Harrisburg, E%., jBept •. 2i.—No sign W of a steel strike, was apparent any- Where to the Harri#burg district to 'iv'-flay. 1&e Stdelton plant of the BMh Steel^oompahx was Ml o^er '5',:-iiUon on the usuta scale ., ,. XtaiD Works caopei'"'' Stonbenvltie, OWo,. Sept.- 82.~Fol lowing the lead of the La Belle Jron ,-: WorU Saturday evening, the ICtogo works and Steubenville blast fur ,/naces of the Carnegie Steel company ^Igelose,^. dow^t tight gtr ml|nickf 8unV iT.-'W, .. .i--: WALKOUT STARTED MANY PLANTS ARE STILL IN OPERATION TODAY fr#? ft «i *.» v5 rWifr gi-ea.te8t -stegf" PJDH, V«1U O fttCrtCCmL CGntCr, MenyRenialn at Work. •. the/strike call. At Wheeling, W. Va., it was asserted that 8.J00 men were idle and the Colorado Fuel and Iron company's plaiit at Pueblo, Colorado, was closed down when its 2,000 employes walked out The,mitts of the Illinois Steel company at South Chicago were closed, the unions estimating that 95 pe/ cent of the 4,000 men On the day shift had struck. Boat Crews Quit. Cleveland, Sept. 22.—According to an official of the Lake Seamen's union here, union sailors at .this port this morning quit, several steel .corpora tion freight handlers at the docki-fe fusing to work on the boats. He would give no estimates of.?the number of men out. 80 Per Cent Oat. Pueblo.-Colo., Sept 22.—Aboutttwo thousand men of the first morning siiift at the-Minhequa plant of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company here did not go to work this morning. In-' stead they gathered, in: Bessemer city park neat the plant. Jt was estimated eighty per cent pf the first shift failed to report. Ex-soldiers patrolled the 'steel woi kB. The strikers were prevented from coming nearer than two hun dred yards of the'plant. Early in the morning the company began sending huge supplies of food inside the! plant.* Neither the company officials nor the men would give an estimate of how m»ny of the six thousand men regularly, employed- at the plant would tftnke. -The itockefSlier industrial repre sentation plan Is the chief grievance of iocal -.Meel workers, according to an cpen leter issued laet night by the strike committee. S -•*5WJ-.J "v -it? Almost Fnll IVme. Lorain. Ohio, Sept 22.—Officials of isteel .plants here and in Elyrla an nounced that their 'mills' opened.. as usual this morning with practically all of their men woHttng. ffficiaWof the N&tionai Tube .com pany, a local subsidiary of the United States Steel Corpprttion. iasued a statement that all of the flve thouriand men ,'on the day ehift had reported to work. Cromwe|l Steel company offifeials said their four hundred men I*,009 •Out. (tejit. 22.- -Uni«(n .Cleveland, OhiO leaders -elaimed thftt at' least 15,000 steel workers are oi strike this morn-i ing and .that plants, of some of the independent* mllU Were closed. Com pany oflfUato 'wonld' make no state ent.-. The sixteen mills, of the American i^JtepJ[ M»^ Wire company, a steel cor poration subsidiary, employing B.O^O men, were completely cloeed downi The McKijiney Steel eonipaay. larg^ est Independent plants was also Ant down. The Boor^e .Solior. company (Continued on ptgeJO ... .V'.-r ". .J'-•• A.'1 Cincinnati Gets !,' .Jj-v.?v .'.k V- First Two Games' Of World Series Cincinnati, Sept. 22.—Cincinnati won the toss for the' opening game of the world's series at the meeting of the' National Baseball commission here today. The first two games will be played in Cincinnati, the-next three in the American league city winning the pennant, of. that league, then two in Cincinnati if necessary, following by one in the American league city. The place for the ninth game if necessary, is to be decided by lot. The first game is scheduled for Wednesday, October 1. COIfiHOU) IMPORTANT MEET Will Go to Versailles to At tend Signing of Agree ment With Germans. Paris, Sept. 22.—The supreme council of the peace conference met this morning^ Frank L. Polk, head of the American dplfeg&tlon being It) at- te"JJ*nce- The membere of the supreme coun cil, including Mr. Poik will go to Ver sailles this afternoon, to attend "the signing of' the protocol annulling ar ticle 61 of the German constitution providing foi* Austrian representation in the German parliament. The docu ment certifying to the nullification of this clause will be signed by Barpii Kurt von Lersner, head of the Ger man mission at Versailles,'-at 4 o'clock today. The council decided upbn the .repatriation of the Csecho-Siovak ^troops remaining in Siberia, about 60^000 in number. The itace'ssary ton na|{e. will be furnished by\the United-^ GreAt.ftrltain' and Franc^., .- It was decided that tSii Rlebifkjite in the Tesohen district' to settlerthe ques tion whether the region should go to Poland or Czechto-Slovakia must take place ivtthin thr«e montlis. OtheP- action taken by the council was tp'fix the scale of ^salaries of the officers on the'.inter-Allied mission to Germany. '*-4 THE! WB&rTHER. North Piirltot#.' Fair tonight and Tuesday Whrmer In north and west portions tonight and in east portion Tnesday. fl iV ":-v- I,.. :.4'j,-i MINERS WILL NOT SUPPORT No Systematic Strike Will Be Called, Say Officials. Cleveland, Sept 22.—There Swill be Yio sympathetic strikes by the United Mine Workers of America in behalf of the steel strikers by' which men working under agreemes* jyght be called out. This was made -clear today when the committee to wnyph was re ferred the resolution pjjwlglng the miner's to refuse to furnish coal for any purpose which might endangter the success of the steel strike, report ed instead, a substitute resolution permitting the organization to use such measures as can •. legally be em ployed to give practical aid to the striking steel workers. The resolution points out that as the miners are about to draft an eco nomic program in their own behalf which may tax their resources to the limit it would be unwise to commit themselves to any more definite plan of action for the steel workers.. The resolution was adopted almost' with out dissent. Swimmers Lose Lives In Missouri River Pierre, Sept. 22.—Swimming in the Missouri river is not a safe means of recreation when the swimmers are not acquainted with the peculiarities! of the stream, and the attem.pt re sulted in the death of Henry F. Zu ber and Walter Huyck of Lebanon, in eastern Potter county, when they Were on a picnic trip to the river. They, evidently tried to wade to a sand bar a short' distance out from the shore and went into deep water, where they lost their lives. Zuber leaves a family of wife and three children, and Huyck was a single man. The picnic party watched their struggles in the water but were not able to give them the help necessary to rescue them. No Fear 01 Food Shortage, Declares British Controller Brussels. Surfday Sept. 21.—"The world have no fear of a food fShortace -jituring oopning- Winter, •prsviding thtfre is proper care iri han dling: the problem and proper distri bution,"said George H. Boberts^.'Brit lsh-food controller.. AJlffitANISS NOT PURCHASED. Parist Aug. 20.—(Mail)—The French army is at a lass to know what to do with its vast stock of air craft. Auction sales of aeroplanes organized'' by the government are viewed with absolute indifference by the general public. At the last safe a scout plane fitted with a 350.horse •power'motor found no purchaser even at $40. THE INSURANCE AGENT By Morris /. .v,,,,-„v:«vrr GREATEST yfc! RND ycUfcvE fAe UNCLE-• IF ANV ONE SRVS YOO WANT RESERVATIONS 0N tHf\T PdLICY VOL) TEUU 'EM fo do FISHING 't 1 A-.-'V s_ TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Tifiis, Trans-Caucasia. General Buratoff, representative in Georgia of Gen. Denikine, anti-Bolsh'evik leader in Soutn Russia, was wounded se verely by the explosion of a bomb thrown into his automobile. London.—An official wireless dis patch from Berlin says that the Bel gian ambassador at The Hague hav ing been withdrawn, the Dutch am bassador at Brussels also has been Withdrawn. London.—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Milan quotes the. Cor riere Dellasera as saying that a party of American marines has landed at Buccari, five miles from Ffume. Boston.—The Boston central labor union has decided against calling a general strike in sympathy with the striking policemen at this tin*e. Copenhagen.—The peace negoti ations which had been in progress between the. Bolshevik! and the Es thonians and Poles have been broken oft„ according to a wireless .dispatch to t.he Esthonian press bureau. St. Paul.—The St. Paul club won the pennant in the American associ ation. IA STORAGE BATT BELGIAN KING AND QUEEN ARE 0NWAYT0U.S. Leaves Brussels Today For Ostend to Take Ship to America. Brussels, Sept. 22.—(Havas)—King Albert, Queen Elisabeth and Crown Prince Leopold left Brussels this morning for Ostend for their voyage to the United States. MARKET UTTLE AFfECTED BY THE" NATION-WIDE STRIKE New York, Sept. 22.—The. steel strike exerted little adverse iqfhifence over the stock market at the opening of, today's, trading. shares, we: 1 feist distut is sues, opening mostly at gams which extended, from half to point in Unit ed States steel to one point in Bethle hem and three for Crucible, Re actions in the first half hour cancelled most of these gains however. Stocks dependent on. the stability of the steel industry such as equipments, were, steady to firm, although the motor group was inclined to yield. Trading was comparatively small With no indications of urgent liquida tion, Commission houses reported small offering for out of town ac counts. f-?v: NEWSPAPER GRAND FORKS, N. D., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MAY BECOME NEXT AMBASSADOR FROM V. S. TO GERMANY George McAncny. George McAneny, executive man ager of the New York Times, is slated to become the next ambassador to Germany for the U. S., according to recent reports. The new' ambassador will assume his duties as soon as dip lomatic relations with Germany are restored. McAneny waff formerly borough president of Manhattan. D'ANNUNZIO TAKING MORE TERRITORY Zone of Occupation Has Been Extended Into Jugo slav Territory. Parish Seg£, 22.—Troops, under-Ga briele d'Annunsio, the insurgent Ital ian commander at Flume, have mn extending their sone of occupation into Jugo-Slav territory, according to the Jugp-Slav delegation in Paris, 'hey penetrated seven optlefi into ugo-Slavia on Saturday,-1.occupying the heights at Pianiak, dominating the surrounding country. The Jugo-Slavs did not clash. with the d'Annunzlo forces executing this movement, the delegation stated. No Report Received. London, Sept 22.—Ameripan navy headquarters here which is in direct communication with Adriatic iports has no confirmation of the report from Rome last night that American marines have been landed at Buccari near Fiume. Naval authorities here are not inclined to credit the report, there being no reason for the United States to Interfere. Jugo-Slavs Fail. London, Sept 22.—An attempt by Jugo-Slavs forces to land on the Dal matian ooast is reported in official dis patches reaching here regarding the Adriatic controversy in which Fiume is the storm center. The landing wa$ frustrated by the Italian naval and military authorities. THOUSANDS SEE PRESIDENT AT STOCKTON TODAY Makes Short Stop at Station On His Way to Reno, Nevada. Stockton, Cal., Sept 22.—Several thousand people greeted President Wilson as his train pulled into the depot at 10:45 a. m.. today en route to Reno. The train stopped ten min utefe and the president put in the time waving to the crowd. Mrs. Wilson was summoned in response to the call of the crowd. President Not Changed. On Board President Wilson's Special Stockton, Cal., Sept 22.—Although White House officials aboard President Wilson's train declined today to dis cuss reports, of a new agreement for disposition of .Fiume, they indicated that there has, been no change, in the president's porttloh on the subject VEEDER CALLED BEFORE JUDGE mwav Has Been Ordered to Appear as Witness in Packers' *$&&***&! _• ..." icago. Sept ,'M.—iJlenrjr feeder, personal tooun«eJ to X«ais W. Swift, president of .Swift and Company, called before the federa^. jud(e as a witeess_ bi the government'* veMigatibn of the "Big rive" packers. t\A ED rTIO'Nii:' la TWO KILLED WHEN MACHINE TURNSTURTLE Hi Juergens and Noooan Vic tims of Auto Accident Near Devils Lake. s4 (Herald Special Senriee.) Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. George Juergess of Devils Lake, for mer state bank examiner and promi nent banker of that city, and Bd* ward Noonan, son of Mr. and Ki Michael Noonan of Devils take. met their death in an auto accident, which occurred at 10 o'clock Sunday night, on a country road near this. city. Harry A. Johnson, who was also in, the car escaped with injuries. 1 si.— The party was driving to Devils Lake from Mr. Juergens" farm twelve^ miles from the city, with Noonan at" the wheel. The car struck a rut on a high grade, and rolled over the em bankment, making two complete turns, ad landing bottom side VP, a ditch containing three inches. of' water. Noonan was killed Instantly, vj and Mr. Juergen was drowned being k*™*™ unable to lift his bead out of the water. Mr. Johnson was. able to keep his head above water until help came from a car coming up from behind them, driven by Pringle MoQuarrie. Dr. Mcintosh of Devils Lake was summoned instantly, bnt both,, men were dead when he arrived. I George Juergens, S6 years old, was a pioneer resident of Devils Lake having lived there since 18S0. At the time of his death he was cashier of the First National bank, and th« $ Ramsey County bank in D0lllsvL*ka, and was United States Pnnilnf Iniini jj For several years he was North Da kota state bank examiner. He Was iV also a member of the Benevolent and I® -1 Protective Order of Elks, No. 120. S^vj (He is survived by his wife and tw* children, a son, George Juergens, Jr., who recently returned from serviee, fSKi and had left only a few days ago for New York to continue with his stu dies. fti8 daughter, Miss Rosalia Juergens, is teaching school in Wf»' Seattle, Washington. Other relatives living near Jordafh, Minn., U^odtng ai) aged father and sevetlal brother*,*^ and sisters, survive htnw arangements have not. yet' been-'tnade, pending the arrival -ef" h$*»£hndren. Bdwasd- Noonan old son W Mr.- and'Mf^TBlehcel noo nan, and had J.lved in Devils Lake practically all of his life. .Only re cently he returned from service, anu was working with his father on their farm. His funeral will be held form St Joseph's Catholic church in DevOs Lake, at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, tpf Harry Johnson, who is assistant ¥-yi manager of the Daily World at Devils Lake, escaped with only slight In juries, which are reported to be 1m proving. He was severely burned on his back with the gasoline which dripped from the car, while he pinned underneath it TRADE INTERESTS ON PRE-WAR CODE American and British Con cerns Resume Competi tion For Trade.' London. Aug. 20.—(Coi, of the Associated Press) and British foreign trade have resumed their accustomed pre war code and the competition for the commercial conquest of Germany and other recently enemy countries la wel^ under way. This is freely admitted by tatives here of both American British trade bodies. The London head of one American bostneas men's organisation said: "The business man reasons it out this way: 'Eventualty—perhaps in a year from now—we shall have re sumed normal trade relations with those .nations which were, uatfl a taw months ago, our enemies. Why aot get busy now—if I don't, sum was else will.' So sentimental ootaMera* tions are eliminated. The dollar and the pound once more are what bad ness is seeking." A sharpness of competition unap prqached in pre-war days will char acterbe the conduct of foreign trade activities during the next few yean, it is generally conceded. America's possession of raw materials, her fa cutties for quantity productions and the fact that her industrial machinery is not jM clogged with strikes and oth er labor disturbances which are so seriously Impairing British trade, it Ja thought, insures the United States a fair proportion of this busineaa. But it is pointed oat that a. vohni inous foreign trade wfn be- risssnllsliy a "new game" and British tradeni feel that lack of experience win oflkat, to a measure, the advantagea 'indleated which noir favor American txpMle bid- FOUR ARRESTS MADE SUWAT BY POLICE Four Jiniets. were toy the looal Pioliee demeanqn of varying In police «rart druntn wepe «Md «i saah tQr MagiWmtriL J. PsroeOlaMNf was «laed lli» aad vwasj«n5l*J».t- I tin# If W'K-W-CIE