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tk v' .A'',v'V 4 -4A iit- f. a. •i'W AjB Pf were Ji A THURSDAY. 'SEPTEMBER 25. 1919. !, ~T The I S *s£ RETAIL FOOD PRICES SHOWN Slight^. N U'.'l bureau reported "that these were the figures obtained by a:week.'ago Today's estimate however was apparently in line with the department of justice statement that figures furnished from 12 states indicated A 1 ir .._i I Tka 1aKni adeqlinefrom 10 to 15 per cent in food prices. The labor bureau, said: This makes the cost of 22 articles of foo^ vupoh which the comparison is based as the highest on rec ord. bureau showed that since August 1918 food I S prides increased 12 per cent and during the six year per •*&iod from August 1913 to August 1919vfood prices increas «d 01 per cent. The increase in August prices took place •V-' .during the height of thegovernment's campaign to reduce $ the high cost of living at the same time t#ie records show that wholesale prices and prices paid to producers fell GARY REFUSES TO MAKE STATEMENT New York.Sept. 19.—Judge pary. head of the United States Steel Corporation refused to make any statement day. During the day a conference of several of the high officials of the steel corporations was held. The only ink ling as to the result of the conference came from the sec retaries who reported that the corporation would "sit tight." No hope was based ,that the strike would be called off in fact officers of the organization seem to have pre scribed an attitude favoring a show down now when their position is considered exceptionally strong.- PRESIDENT STILL AFTER QUITTERS Aboard the president's train in California, Sept. 19.— President Wilson today campaigned through California in behalf of the ratification of the peace treaty. Eri route to San I)iego where he is to make a speech late this after* ^, noon. Traveling through the state the president met many crowds at small towns. He said he was "hand shaking #and talking to the people. Mr^ Wilson's slogan through 'California is "We are not and never will be quitters." Any 'j m^n who tries to defeat the "peace treaty will be over whelmed." The treaty, the president claims, "is an organ fcV it. IJ rr izai4nm ^f lft)«fy and for tibe keyiiotein,hisj(:ampaign in Calrfornja:' MESSENGER BOY STEALS BONDS 4 New York, Sept. 20.—Leo Julessky, 17 a messenger, being sought today together with $141,000 in Liberty According tb his em-. ployer he and another messenger started out to deliver '$450,000'^worth of bonds to otner concerns. Julessky it 1/ was said, failed to return to h£s office, The package de livered to a Wall street concern later was discovered to be if|i|^S141,000 short. The missing securities were all $1000 wt^s'df ^'the,third' issue. .. ®WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE PLANTS Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 20.—The Lackawanna Steel Com pany has decided to continue its plant in operation in the face of the strike scheduledfor Monday. Mayor Tooley has applies to Sheriff Bradley and Gov. Smith for help in case it is needed during the strike: OFFI(jilrXiRESTED FOR Bismarck, Sept. 20.—Geo. Lamp, officer of the state reform school, was this afternoon airested charged with assault and batteyy as sin aftermath of his discharge for brutar treatment of boys. The arrest was authorized by A to a an :GARf oir:k,"Sept. ~rr» SI .STEEL COMPANIES PREPARE ^OR STRIKE s, Jl Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 20.—Steel companies are report ed to have rented all the halls in Braddock and Homestead in the.hope of preventing meetings of steel workers after the strike Monday. Union/officials meanwhile assert that the men will assert their right for assembly and will find placed to meet. In the absence of positive developments pndihg the strike aside from one or two mills closing tem porarily all manner of reports and rumors of preparations are^ being made by the companies are floating about Pitts burg All the companies in Pitteburg districts profess lit tle concern over a general walkout and declare that the plarits will be operated as usual oh Monday. New Yo*k ,J5ept. 20.—Judge Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel Corporation was not at his office here today and will not be here during the day it was stated by the secretaries. They refused to say whether he hadleft the city for the steel mill district but made it plain that no further statement from the cor poration would be forthcoming today. They would neith er confirm or dpny published reports relative to the policy of the corporation during the strike except to say that the closing of the shops will not be considered. WWOMEN TO HELP THE STRIKERS Washington, Sept. 20.—Women will be relied upon to help win the nation wide strike against the Unites States steel corporation scheduled to begin Monday, according to Chief Organizer John Fitzpatrick. Women investiga torswill be sent into the homes of strikers to see what help can be given by the union organizations and to keep up the morale of the wives and daughters of the strikers, Fitz gerald said. Fitzgerald is on his way to Chicago today after conferring yesterday with President Samuel Gom pers of the American Federation of Labor. ••. .. 'ire-..: August FOiwhb' S'-s? J- 4 MA':, BKUTA1.1TV SEES NEWSPAPERMEN" vffi.--Judge mian of the bd^ of directors of the ITnited States Steel Corporation received a number of newspaper men at his offire here today ljut made no stafement. He said if any Albert H. Gary, chair-i 'i$. Senator Against Shantung Am#ni|8,v •Jk. McCumber Protests AM# (A Traatw^ "if Republican Senator Asserts That Op ponent* of the Peaoo Treaty III ^•p^ths- 8en«te Are Trying to Kill It, P' VVY W'' T' '•/x •i H. X, -x Washln^fe iug. 2.—Senator Mc Cumber, for twenty years Republican: aenator from North Dakota. In a speech In the senate today, charged: that the majority of the fo|«g»: rela tions committee is trying to kill the peace treaty and the league- of nations. Senator McCumber spqke after hla second breach with the opponents the treaty on the senate cwmnl,ttee on foreign relations. ID the present breach Senator McCumber voted alone with the supporters of the treaty and. against the majority of the committee which voted to strike out "Japan" and insert "China" in the three section* awarding the Shantung peninsula^ "Why did the majority of this com mittee pause in the midst of their bearings to make this particular amendment?" asked Senator McCum ber. "The purpose is apparent. It Is to signify to the country that the sen ate Is hostile to thlr treaty. is to put Japan In a position where she can not without an appearance of- being coerced do what she has promise^ to do. It Is to create- trouble between this country and Japan and thereby send the first dagger thrust Into the body of this treaty. "I am satisfied that no greater blow could ever be struck against the real Interests of China than by such an amendment. "Is it an act of true friendship to ward Chinji or a mere political move to defeat the treaty? If its sponsors now fail to come forward'and openly pledge that if Japan is driven out of this treaty theri the United States will proceed single-handed .and alone to drive Japan out of China—will renew *his world-war and send our soldiers into the orient to fight for her, then by this act they are betraying China with a false kiss. "If, on the other hai(l, they declare they will make war to drive Japan-out of China, to prevent Japan receiving only* tWse rights which the other great nations of the world time re ceived, then they are proclaiming a policy which they have assailed as being the most wicked part of the Teagtte of nations—a polft$ of Inter ference with the Quarrels' of. the old. world.. Worse than that, while they violently condemn a, joint agreement with the other great white, nations of the world to shield the greater white races from annihilation they would /send our sons to death to defend the inferior, yellow raceS whom We claim t» be ^0 inferior as to be unfit to asso ciate with us. "Either we will bring both Japan and China Into this legi^ue of "'nations which by the very terms of Its pro visions will compel Japan to return to China all the German rights acquired by Japan, not only by conquest but by the solemn agreement made by her with China herself, or you will drive Japan out of this treaty wherein she will not be bound by the obligations which she should assume by joining the league, and wlitere she will be hold ing the German territory and all the German Interests by the right of con quest and with the broken word of China, she can work her way to the vory limit of subjugation of All the Chinese territory not 'now within the Sphere of influence of other powers. "With this league of nations. China obtains an assjirarice which is tanta mount to a guaranty by ail the wot Id that not only will Japen return to China what Germany wrested from her In 1898 but henceforth and so long as this. league 8hall last !*noh other nation shall rob China of. one Inch of her ter- jltbry br frercise any contrOl over her people inconsistentwith the claims of complete independence and sov ereignty." Senator .McCumber then recited the klstolrf of the several treaties under which Japan took over the derman rights in Shantung, promising to re store them to China. He then said: "By this amendment you declare that Japah cannot be trusted to keep s«cr«tf her word, given not only to China alone but also given to the United States and every other Import ant nation by reiterated declarations. "Then is btft o^te honorable, upright and proper course to be'purshed by the great nations of the world* Including China and Japan, Let China keep her treaty give Japajri ,an opportunity to oo. what she has pledged lier na tional honor to do cease this: attempt to juggle thla coootry Into wvr with Japan defeat this proposed1 amend ment which arriogates to ourselves the eight to annul a treaty between China and Japan and sets at naught a treaty made during the stress of battle be tween our corbelligerents and Japan before we entered- thto the War bring Japan and China into this world league and as sure as'the WUIJ shall rise to morrow Japan will keep her plighted faith and China' will receive complete present JJusflce and' assured, future protection. '•On the other hnnd force thls breach of contract by China drive Japan out of this league^by in^ufting her honor relieve her from her treaty by first breaking it yourselves and thereby in stalling her in her impregnable posi tion of right of conqiuest aind China is doomed.1 The other'European nations cannot' help her because they are tied by their own treaties and yon will not 'make war on Japan to help China 'after she has broken her treaty, "If these he friends of China, than .mWBSHXi rv?-•** r„'i*? liem&Mmmm THl WIKKLV T»f»f-WtCO*0. VALLEY CITY. MOUTH DAKOTA IS M". AGAINST INTEREST OF CHINA y,v Senator McCumber Explains Why lie- Voted Against Amending Treaty. FAITH IN JAPAN'S WORD Agrees With President Wilson That China Will Get Square Deal Under Treaty. Washington, Aug. 26.—Senator Mc Cumber, Republican, of North Dakota, in response to inquiry as to his reasons for voting in the senate committee on foreign relations against th«? motion of Senator Lodge to strike out "Japan" and substitute "China" in the articles awarding Shantung to Japan, in statement which tonight he authorized the Washington bureau of the League to Enforce Peace to make public, said: "I vqted against what is known as the Shantung amendment' because tinder the covenant and treaty as it stands all the nations of the world in joining it agree no longer to rob China, and for this and other reasons as good I believe in the early ratification of the instrument unchanged because it substitutes justifce for war In settling international wrongs, of which China has suffered many. "First: Japan has not yet a title to the territory. She holds It as a part of the results of the war until Its dispo sition is decided by this treaty. "Second: Japah has promised pub licly In her treaty with China to^ sur render the leaseholdv right over this territory 'which Germany helti Under its treaty with China, not at some in definite future time, not a thousand years, hence, but as soon as Japan lias acquired these rights under the pend ing treaty. "Third: Japan renewed this promistf at Paris through its mission and has repeated the promise to the president of. the Unitad States who has every reason to believe that Japan will scrupulously keep her pledged word. I agree absolutely in this belief and faith of the president in the sincerity of Japan. "Fourth: If Japan should fail to keep the treaty with China then under the preamble of the loiijue which pro vides that all joining it shall maintain 'a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations,' China can go before the council of the league, and all the nations of the world will unite to force Japan' to surrender the territory In question to China. Japan is deprived of the privilege \of giving to China as the fruits of her victory, the victorious possession of the rights held by Germany. By this course, a prouQ aiid high spirited peo ple would be affronted, and in the pub .ic opinion of Japan opposition would i)e aroused to this act'of justice by the manner in which 'it is proposed to :'orce Japan to act, after its spontane ous promise to do right. 'Then would arise a most serious situation. Japan would refuse to com plete her membership in the league of nations by refusing to' ratify the treaty sjgned by her commissioners at 'Ver sailles and would deal with China as ol&e nation with another. In this event Japan would inevitably impose more severe conditions which China would '^•powerless to resist. The only [•^urse then would be to use force a^nst Japan, and Japan would meet t'c^e with force. j3£or does it lie with those who»ob lecfc to our interference in European aff&jtrs to propose that we should go to war 5 rig^it differences between the yellow races. "All Japan asks in Shantung is a •mall pleCe of ground foe. residences for her nationals Wher6 they can live under their own government and the control of 'their owu nation, a right already enjoyed by the nationals of »ther powers." In answer to a question as to the 'economicinterests" retained by Japan, ance held by Germany in Shantung re lating to railroads and mines, Senator McCumber pointed out that under the league for the first time in a long series of similar attempts at economic spoliation of the Chinese people, China could appeal fpr H'R%I f* protection against any wrongs, under the eleventh article of the covenant. Tl»i» article confers the right on "each member of the league to bring to the attention of the assembly of the council any circumstance what ever affecting international relations which threatens^) disturb international peace or the good understanding be tween nations upon ,i which peace de pends.-' Chance' for Investors. A. prize of $10,000 Is offered by the Walnut Growers' association to any one who will Invent a satisfactory nui cjiine for branding the shell of each English walnut in a yearly $10,000,000 crop* ,5s" |Takina Up Our Timie. Sometime we are going to figure up how many horn's a day our telephon ing .time Is devoted to listening patient ly to sweet voices saving„ that" they know they ought not to disturb usr at our work.—Ohio State Journal. A 'J1!!•!::Kli:":iimMnnifllgnimf1ii!!liaiiI'liiii''''l'ilf: I 1 1 "Fifth: If this treaty be amended as proposed in the natter of v§hajitung, Plant ia tmiI •aya the Good Judge 1*4 Men who knoW tobacco, chew the best without costing them any more. tuit vj) in two styles RIGHT GUT is a short-cut tobacco W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco Crv.p'.i ri 1107 fi'-' et Contents lBUluid Pxac ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT. AVe^eiabtefrepaiatiooBMS similatinglheFood iinaiht»StamadiS and hr INFANTS CiiiLPRj^ Thereby ftomolinigu^^ Cheerfulness andR«stContai^ neither Opiflm,Morphiflcnor Mineral. Not N^otic^ JPumphn Sfd Jlx.Sfana JtodmUtSafo lUm Sai ClarfitJSug^ itTjrrtnmv» A helpful Remedy TALLEY-LIGHT is 1 electric light for the farm. in It is always ready every room of the house, in the barn. Simply turn a switch. No lamps or lan terns to carry: No matches to strike. W-1 No danger of fire.1 All at the cost of a few cents aday. tt'-t of for Constipation and DiarrbocaJ and Fevcrishncss and Fac-Sinuie Sijnatareof TH* CENTAimCOMP^Ot VTWYORg PACK THRB They take a little chew and $ it's amazing how the good taste stays in a rich, high grade chewing tobacco. For lasting tobacco satis faction, there's nothing like a small chew of rich-tasting tobacco. THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW A Exact Cor.*' of Wrapper. THE CIMTAUII OOMMHVi MEW YORK C"TV A SWJTCH STARTS IT LALLCY LIGHT LALLEY UGHT Electric Light and Power for every Farm J5 thai J(i w/i, For Infants and Children* Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bowels cfj Bears the Signature $ In Use Thirty Years With electric power into the bargain to run your water pump, churn, separ ator, and other light machinery. vt- "t FIFTEEN THOUSAND OUT AT WHEELING Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 22.—At the latest estimate 15,000 mill men in Wheeling and vicinity were idle today. Not a plant was in operations 'The porkers following mysterious meetings went to their homefe and failed to pet port for work this morning. All blasting furnaces were blown out last night.. Lalley-Light is proved right by more than seven years' ijgisfc actual farm u4e. We will demonstrate it free oh your farm. Call Wm'M for 67 iers' testiib«9mals,ViSl| SOLD BY ^Jv- RUDQLPH GESELIUS Valley City, N. D. Phone 295 v'.' wmm