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Fergus County Democrat
VOL. XIII., NO. 7
XWISTOWN, FERGUS COUNTY, MONTANA. NOVEMBER 16. 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
EXPEr~ 1 & CT, F HIES
TO BE PROTRACTED
Great Britain to Adopt
Timely Measures to In
sure Food for All.
ON THE WAR FRONTS
Strong German Forces Attack French
North and South of Somme River,
but Gain Only Limited Advantage
at the Cost of Very Heavy Losses.
On the Transylvania Front Almost
Everywhere the Teutons Are Gain
ing Ground Against Rumanians and
Russians—Serbians Gain Important
Heights—Italians Lose Trenches.
strict the luxurious use of sugar, to i
LONDON, Nov. 15.— (10:25 p. m.) —
AVaHer Runciman, president of the
board of trade, In parliament today,
outlined the government's proposal
for dealing with the food problem.
The speech of Mr. Runciman had sig
nificance, aside from its actual con
text, as showing that the government
is looking forward to protracted hos
tilities and foresees the necessity of
timely measures for insuring the na
tional food supply bv an etfective or
ganizatiou of national resources in a
similar manner to that adopted in en
emy countries.
Mr. Runciman, in bis speech, an
nounced the imminent appointment of
a food controller with full power over
all departments concerned in food sup
plies and immediate measures to re
prevent waste and the making of largo
profits in potatoes and milk and for
forbidding the milling of pure white
flour. He said also that the govern
ment would ask new powers under
the defense-of-the-realm art to deal
with all attempts to exploit public
necessities.
These measures, Mr. Runciman ex
plained, would be temporary, but if
they were found insufficient it might
become necessary to have recourse
in food tickets.
The speech of the president of tho
board of trade was welcomed in all
party of tho bouse Sir Edward Par
son, on behalf of the opposition, Geo.
.1. Wardle, for the laborites, agreed
that the house was ready to grant tho
power asked without the formality of
a bill.
Mr. Runciman, in opening his
speech, admitted that the time had ar
rived when the government must re
gard the question of food supplies as
a war problem, declaring that the
strain the country would have to bear
next year, would be mainly in con
nection with the food supply. He was
only able to express the sure and eer
tain hope that, however tragic it might
lie, the strain was still more severe
in Germany and Austria.
Dealing with the wheat question,
Mr. Runciman said the government
had taken full advantage of the abun
dant harvests of Canada and Austrn
lia. which had been augmented by an
enormous production in the United
States, but that next year the country
would have to depend to a large ex
tent on Australia. Arrangements with
Australia, he added, were rather a
question of stimulating not production
but transport.
Already a large block of tonnage
bad been requisitioned and was -on
its way to Australia, Mr. Runciman
continued. The transport difficulty
hail been enhanced by the need ot
coming to the assistance of France
and Italy, but the government had tak
en the right step in regarding that
the whole of the entente allied wheat
shipment should he dealt witli b
one requisitioned fleet. He empha
sized the importance of transport and
the absolute necessity of shipping be
ing regarded as serving the national
interests when it was conveying food
to the kingdom.
Mr. Runciman also referred to the
constant difficulty and the anxiety of
satisfying in this respect, the conflict
ing interests of the naval and the mer
chant service, especially considering
the fact that Great Rritain was called
upon to provide not only for its own
needs but those of her allies. He saw
no reason, why, at the end of this
year, the production of new shipping
for tlie preceding six months should
not approach 500,000 tons.
Announcing that he was making ar
rungements lor the pooling of engi
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GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO DEFEND
THE ADAMSON EIGHT-HOUR LAW
WASHINGGTON, Nov. 15.—Suits by
railroads attacking the constitutional
ity of the eight-hour railroad law were
begun today in many parts of the
country and the department of jus
tice laid plans to defend them.
No offer has yet been made by the
•■aliroads to settle the question by one
test case. It was stated officially that
Attorney General Gregory has made
no such prdposal to the railroads, and
the department is planning to contest
each suit as it comes up for hearing.
Assistant Attorney General Under
wodd will have direct charge of the
government's defense and Frank
Hagermnn of Kansas City, Mo., has
Deutschland Arranges
For Return January 5
NEW LONDON. Conn., Nov.
15. — Eighty negro stevedores
from Baltimore who loaded the
cargo of the German submarine
Deutschland last week have
been ordered to return here on
Jan. 5. it was learned tonight.
While the officials of the East
ern Forwarding company de
clined to offer any explanation
of the order, the belief prevails
that another German submarine
may be expected about that time
or that the Dei.tschland may
make another trip here. Al
though the Deutschland's cargo
was loaded several days ago and
she had provisions for 60 days
on board, the time of her depar
ture still was uncertain at a late
hour. Her crew was given shore
leave tonight.
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A LIVELY RATE
TREASURER POLAND HAS ISSUED
ABOUT TWO THOUSAND
RECEIPTS TO DATE.
HIS REPORT FORTHE PAST MONTH
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Judging from tho way the taxpayers
are flocking to the county treasurer's:
i office, money must be pretty plenti-,
ful in Fergus this fall. Up to last
night, Mr. Poland had issued about
2,000 receipts, with 15,000 yet to be
issued. The payments thus far re
ceived are not all from small taxpay
ers cither, several checks running
rom $400 to $600 having been turned
In. Taxes become delinquent after
November 20.
County Treasurer R. G. Poland's re
port for October shows a total in all
the county funds on Novcmbor 1 of
$02,067.26, and in tiled trust and
agency fund of $212,170,610
The balances in the county fund
were: General, $14,260.84; road, $12,
422.04; poor, $4,471.55; bridge, $2,
4S4.76; contingent, $5,449.00; county
sinking, $28,105.28; institute, $87.22;
high school, $3,683.57; high school
linking, $20,001.S1.
Trust and Agency.
General school, $12,422.22: district
school, $84,569.96; state, $5,563.81;
state bounty, $114,31; state tubercu
losis, $88.54; state sinking, $1.49;
state stock bounty, $425.12; state
stock indemnity, $141.30; livestock and
sanitary board, $141.43; insane asy
lum, $444.03; coroner's estates, $94.75;
district court clerk, $3,191.97; reilemp
ion, $62.30; estates, $6,854.92; Lewis
town, $2,977.74: Moore, $421.08; Stan
ford, $38.10; Denton, $70.75: Round
up. $229.70; Lewistown sprinkling.
$7u,84; Lewistowq sanitary sewer.
$359.70; storm sewer, $100.36; l-ewis
town paving, $803.94; Lewistown
boulevarding, $561.63; Lewistown
boulevard maintenance, $81.92; Stan
ford improvement, $207.17; Windham
fire, $15.42; Winifred fire, $36.89;
Hilger fire. $14.35; Coffee Creek fire,
$65.37; Henchlnnd fire, $64.31; Denton
fire, $4.29; Roy lire. $289.42; Mocca
sin fire, $24.95; Straw fire, $78.46;
Lewistown grading, $49.95; Lewis
town light maintenance,
town lighting, $205.01
provement, $140.70.
The receipts during
$74.01; Lewis
Denton im
October
amounted to $74,705.01, of which $62,
638.19 came from taxes. $2,286.25 from
licenses, $2,296 10 from county offi
cers' fees and $7,484.47 from other
sources.
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M'COLLUM—MARSHALL.
Two well known and popular young
people of Fergus county were united
; in marriage at the Methodist parson
; age yesterday when Frank It. McCol
lum and Mildrc.J Marshall were made
* man and wife. The young couple was
; attended by Perry Irish and Patience
! Fldridge, and the bride was given
■ away by Mrs. John S. Marshall, her
; mother. The young people are well
: known around Lewistown as they
have resided on ranches a few miles
south of Lewistown. They will make
their home near the Jones postoffice
on Upper Cottonwood. The best
wishes of their many friends go with
j them on their new venture.
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been retained to assist him. Mr. Un
derwood expects to appear personally
in most of the eases, but their num
ber may make it necessary for him
to employ other special counsel.
The attorney general and Solicitor
General Davis have been in confer
ence with Mr. Underwood frequently
since the first suits were field and
the general lines of defense have been
laid. Information so far reaching the
department shows that the railroads
base their prayers for temporary re
straining orders against the law be
coming effective on
he ground that
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Re-elected Chief Executive of the Natioii
Woodrow Wilson.
NEWS FLASHED TO THE HOMES
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JUDGE AYERS EXPECTS TO BEGIN
A JURY TERM OF COURT
MONDAY, NOV. 22.
HEARING IH STROUF ESTATE CASE
.Judge Roy Ayers yesterday decided
to call tlie docket and set cases foi
trial on Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
All attorneys are expected to lie on
hand. While tlie (late for the next
jury term to begin has not boon defi
nitely announced, it is practically cer
tain that it will lie on Monday, Nov.
Judge Ayers would like to start
a little earlier, Imt if will hardly he
practicable to do so.
Dick Whitney, charged with rob
bery, entered a plea of guilty yester
day and was sentenced to from one
year to 18 months in tlie penitentiary,)
the court then paroling him.
In the case of Allen I.arson. charged
with forging Hie signatures of two
endorsers of a note to that instru
ment, tiled a demurrer to the Infor
mation.
Albert Wells and Charles Chaplett,
young half breeds, charged with crimi
nal assault, took further time in which
to plead.
John Dickerson, charged with viola
tion of tlie Donlun white slave law,
will plead tomorrow. It is alleged the
defendant lived off the earnings of a
fallen woman.
The Strouf Case.
In the matter of the estate of
Steven Strouf. deceased, the hearing
oil the application of the widow for
the removal of Frank Strouf as ad
ministrator was resumed and occu
pied most of the afternoon, O. O.
Mueller and Karl Wineman appearing
for the petitioner and Worden & Grib
hie for the administrator. Mr. Strouf
was on the stand throughout the ses
sion explaining his acts as adminis
trator and had not concluded his tes
tiniony when court adjourned.
In the case of the Pure Oil com
puny against 10. F. Dorlasque. the mo
tion to strike the answer was over
ruled.
In the case of tlie Power Mercan
tile company against Firmin Tullock
as sheriff tlie defendant's demurrer
was overruled.
in the ease of Rooney against Daw
son and others, the demurrer w as over
ruled.
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Mrs. L. D. Hartzell returned yea
terday from her ranch near Deerfield,
where she went to look after her
grain.
MONTANA POWER COMPANY SIG-|
NALS THE NEWS OF WILSON'S j
SUCCESS TO THE PEOPLE.
ALL GLAD THE STRAIN IS OVER!
Manager Schmidlapp of the Mon
tana Power company, was fully pre
pared on election night to lei the
anxious public know which of tlie can
didates for president was leading, bnl
he did not get the opportunity. Tlie
witching about in the returns made
tlie tiling so uncertain that tlie sit
uation was in doubt all through
Wednesday morning and then followed
a series of remarkable turns in the
'.ide, so "doubtful" remained the word
right up to 9:35 Thursday night. At
that time an Associated Press flush
announced that Wilson had carried
Uaifornia. This meant more than that
Wilson was "leading," for, witli Hie
trend us it hud been all day, it made
the election of the democratic candi
date practically certain.
And so at 10 o'clock every electric
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light in the city except tlie arc lights
went out for a
'ook the people
a second to gru.
welcome signal
oupie of seconds. It
just the fraction of
> the meaning of the
and in the quarters
where the returns were received tlm
crowds cheered, while at the theatres
there was prolonged applause. The
signal was repeated at II o'clock and
that
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everywhere was taken to mean ram;
t ie long suspense was over and that
Woodrow Wilson would remain at the,
head of affairs for another four years 1
Tlie tide was running so strongly
to Wilson Wednesday that bets
better than even money were posted
on the betting boards and remained
there until last night. Very little
money was wagered here, however,
alter Tuesday night. Probably not
less titan $40,000 altogether was
wagered in Lewlstowu on tlie various
eondidates.
BRIDE OF FOGG MONTHS FROM
COLORADO DIES OH A VISIT HERE
Mrs. Edith Miller, who came here
with her husband from Genoa, Colo.,
three weeks ago to visit Mr. Miller's
sister on Alaska Dench, died at the
latter's ranch Tuesday morning of
peritonitis after a short illness. She
had been married onlv four mouths
and was a little over IS years of age.
Undertaker Creel was placed in
charge of the case, but it bad not been
determined last night whether the
funeral would take place here or the
body be shipped hack to Colorado for
interment.
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SETS A RECORD
was broken last evening, not only as
to attendance, which considerably ex
(■ceded a thousand, but in the all
around excellence of Hie entertain
nient and the all pervading spirit of
fun. The booths were gayer than ever
immense business.
Downstairs, tlie "Days of '49" again
attracted great crowds and more vast
.fortunes were won and lost during
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BIGGEST CROWD YET SEEN AT
THE ELKS' FAIR GATHERS
LAST EVENING.
SOME OF THE COMING FEATURES;
Tit
lingers of tlie Niks' fair
Ihiiuglii flic limit bad linen reached
Tuesday night, when about a limit
1C Ik money) than
tallies of the la
Goldfield in its
ntrs (in
lever went over tin
inous Northern at
palin' (la vs.
"Take a chance on anything" was
the spirit of the crowd and tlie chance
was taken. Never before In Lewis
town hns so much fun been purchased
lor so little mazunia.
At Ml .„. L. Fitton's booth. Dr
T ,, ,.,easa.its was the fortunate in
, iiv ;.| ll:ll ,.., rry olf „ 1P Klkf .* pl „ ow
\| rs ( ,-.j |(lin captured tin
Mrf / Harkens th
palm and ;
second beautiful
"nightie."
Coming Events.
Tlie First National bank announced
la-1 evening that beginning with to
night it would give away four savings
bank accounts of $25 each, which will ,
start four persons on Hie road to pros j
perily thiturilay night the autumn- ■
bile, the vietrola and the very hand ;
some bedspread will he given away. '
There will lie a lot of other especially
attractive events, some of them ached
nil d for this evening.
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HUP BUCKS SNOW
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Y^ILSON EXPRESSES
GRATITUD E TO WEST
Villa Threatens to Kill
Americans and Chinese
EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 15.—
Francisco Villa referred to Amer
icans as "white Chinese" at Par
ral when he entered the town
at the bead of his troops, follow
ing its evacution by Gen. Luis
Herrera, a Mexican refugee from
Parra I, who came to the border
last night disguised as a peon,
declared. In a speech to the peo
ple of Parral Villa said lie In
tended to kill all Chinese and
"white Chinese," meaning Amer
leans, the refugee reported.
Three Chinese were said to have
been killed there by Villa ban
dits. Villa also announced his
intention to go to Chihuahua
City and capture it from the Car
ranza troops, the refuge said.
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TALKS
ON "THE SCHOOL AND THE
START IN LIFE."
THE PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION
'The feature of tlie annual meeting
"f the Purent Toucher association at
the high school gymnasium Tuesday
, was a very Instructive address by
Principal F. L. Cummings of the high
school, whose subject was "The School
and the Start in Life." The great
cause of lack of Interest in education,
shown by boys and girls, was due to
hull ill real life motive, which could
only he given them through vocation
al guidance, and this was made pos
sible through the co-operation of tlie
parent, teacher and the child. Self
analysis cards were distributed to
make clear Mr. Cummings' theory and
its application It was essential to
the success of the boy and girl in
school that they he given tlie proper
start in school life. Witli the use of
j self-analysis cards and grouping care
fully the leading characteristics of the
student an intelligent estimate of tho
, child, Ills capabilities and so on were
I obtained, Tho boy who ranked as
strong, with excellent physique and
vigorous health hud open to him vo
cations that were not open, with the
........bailee of success, to the hoy
who was weak and of frail physique.
Yet for both there was u wide field
I for the choice of vocations and there
was always to be taken into consider- !
a tion the selection of an occupation
in which the student could render the
maximum benefit to mankind through
it. 'I'llrough self analysis the child
; himself had a better estimate of Ills
strong and weak points.
Rev. II. P. Crego, president of the
association, presided and In addition
. to tho address of the evening, he made
.some entertaining remarks aim there
1 was a violin solo by Mrs. W. O. Free
man mill a piano solo hv Miss Pauline
Crego.
The Officers.
Reports were made by tin- retiring
officers and the following officers for
the ensuing year were then selected:
! n |._ Crego, president; K. C. Russel,
vice president; Judge F. K. Chen die,
second vice president; Mrs. Jack llrls
cue, third vice president; Prof. (). W.
Freeman, secretary; Miss Kmnm Ma
till, secretary.
The section of I leers for each of the
school buildings will be elected at
the regular sectional meetings in De
cember.
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CALLED TO MISSOURI.
Alvin Martin, chief deputy in tlm
office of tlie clerk of the district
court, leaves lodny for I lutminsviiie.
Mo., being called there liv n telegram
announcing the critical illness of his
father, William A. Martin. The pa
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tieiit, father of James L. Martin and j
Al Martin, visited li
made a number of Ir
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Miss L. G. Davidson arrived yes
terday from Heath to meet her mother
from Spokane. Mrs. Davidson will
spend the winter visiting with her
daughter.
LABOR CONVENTION CONSIDERS
MEmODSTOPREVENTFUTUREWARS
ISALTIMORK, Nov. 15. Two meth
ods lor employment by the United
States on a policy of preparation
against war are set forth in resolu
tions presented at tlie convention here
of the American Federation of Libor,
and which tho committee on interna
tional relations had under consider
ation today.
A resolution introduced by Al Rich
of tlie Texas Federation of Labor,
urged tlie establishment of a com
men ial union between the United
States anil the South anil Central
American republics. To this end, tlie
resolution favors the issuing of bonds
by the United States government to
DUTIES ARE CRITICAL
President Declines an In
vitation to Pay a Visit
to This Section.
HE MAY COME LATER
Invitation to Visit West Tugs Hard at
My Heart, the President Says, and
Adds That He Would Not Be Worthy
of Their Generous Confidence If He
Were to Leave His Desk at a Time
When Duties of Most Critical and
Pressing Sort Crowd Upon Him—Re
turns From State of California In
dicate There Will Be No Split.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. President
Wilson expressed his gratitude to the
people of the west for their support
III the election, In messages sent to
night in reply to requests that ho visit
that section before congress opens.
He said he would he unable to make
the trip at present because of critical
duties, but proinlsud to go west later
If possible.
The presldont sent the following
telegram to Willhini II. King, success
fill candidate for tho United Staten
senate from Utah:
"The Invitation to visit the west tugs
hard at my heart, becuttso I feel deep
ly gruterul to all the west for the
splendid and generous support you
have given me; but I would not be
worthy of their generous confidence It
I were to leave my desk lit n time
when duties of the most critical and
pressing sort crowd upon mo. I am
promising myself the pleasure or such
a trip If ever I can get free from the
toils of exacting duty and In the mean
time wish to express my deep grail
tmle, appreciation and regret."
THERE WILL BE NO SPLIT
HAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15. Predic
tion Hint the lowest democratic elector
In California will run ahead or the
highest republican elector, was iiiudc
tunlglit by democratic lenders after
watching the slowly augmenting re
turns from county clerks.
"The difference will he about 600
In favor of tho democrats." said 8ld
noy M. VanWyck jr., a chairman of
the democratic campaign committee.
Available returns wore considered
in lliomtiolvoH not an Index of the situ
at Ion. proportionately, because tho)
were from smaller counties, most ot
which bud given Wilson good major)
ties. They showed the lowest demo
ernt 14,773 ahead of the highest re
publican, hut nearly all the big conn
lies still were missing.
HUGHES' LEAD DROPS.
HT. PAUU Nov. 15.—With 46 out
of the 86 counties in Minnesota having
turned In their tabulation sheets to
Secretary of State Hchmuhl, am! witli
unofficial returns from tho remainder,
including Hennepin and Ramsey, Mr.
Hughes' plurality tonight wns down to
385. The total vote was: Wilson, 177.
798; Hughes, 188,182. The sheet from
Renville county made the big differ
ence over last night's lead of more
than a thousand credited to tile re
publican candidate. Hennepin and
Ramsey returns are expected tumor
row, and democrats are basing tlielr
holies on enough guin lor the pros!
dent in those two counties anil the
other 38 not having reported possibly
to change the result.
The official vote, checked over at.
the cupitol today, gave Wilson 69,598
and 11 uglicH 80,075, Indicating a big
lead for tlie republican candidate out
side the Twin Cities of St. Paul and
Minneapolis, notwithstanding the plu
rality of 1,222, Duluth and St. Louis
county gave the president.
lit the 46 counties, Allan L. Henson,
socialist, polled 8,095 and J. Frank
11inily, prohibitionist, 3,803.
The official vole In the 46 coun
ties on United States senator was:
Dan W. Lawler, democrat, 45,688; F.
It. Kellogg, republican. 77,533; \V. G.
Calderwiiod, prohibitionist, 24,080.
On supreme court justice they
voted 64,061 lor James H. Quinn and
62,013 for \V. I). Anderson.
BE NO LAPSE.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15. There will
lie no lapse in the service of President
Wilson because of Hie fact that Mnrcli
I next. Inauguration day, falls on Sun
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finance steamship lines to engage in
commerce among the countries com
posing such union, and the extension
of credits or loans to such countries
as may require them in order that
they may be enabled to participate in
the management thereof. The resolu
tion states that the interest of all the
people of tlie republics of this conti
nent, including the assurance of peace
among themselves, "is of more vital
importance, and therefore entitled to
greater consideration than the selfish
desires of a few individuals, whose
chief aim is to exploit them aud their
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