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SRY TO RESOLUTION
'Stti jirstructtons From Chief Executive
Aniag Secretary of State Polk
Sends Letter of Explana
tion to Upper House.
TjCasiunston, June 17.—The state de
TwrcE'.^nt. on instructions from Presi
"t iison, formally declined to give
fdw Semite an official copy of the
.-jH'acf treaty.
_& Secretary of State Folk, in a
SBtlsr to the senate, said that "Presi
"Vilson feels that it, would not he
'in public interest to present a
ott!sr. f.luit is provisional."
M~ Polk's letter follows:
"its tt»e absence of the President
?UKi '.fre Secretary of State and by the
"Pressii'.1tit's direction, undersigned act- I
in," «.,:v.retary of state presents his
lEBnuftfiments to the honorable secre
Jisri- the senate, and in response]
•Jp xJv? jfftnate resolution of June ad
Ttircf-'. that the President states that
-jto? inat.y is now in process of ne
that many points of great
'.mussmt are under consideration, that
fiexi wiH, of course, not be com
jptar« ant.il it is finally ready for sig
saatauro *nd he (the President) feels
t]3kiA- '.t. wo«Id not be in the public
r:Kntr«.t to communicate officially to
JiJie annate a- text which is provision
al not definite, and he finds no
riW».TBisent for such a procedure."
Senior Johnson, Republican, of Cal
ifornia., author of the resolution adopt
-:«d .liratsr 6, indicated he would discuss
vtiS' President's reply in the senate
'totcr.
TWO FLEETS ARE CREATED
Atlantic and Pacific Forces to Be of
6qua1 Strength.
Washington, Jiwh 18.—Orders mak- i
Mi:, sffoctive the .proposed divijrfou of
tflK. 3/"-ailed States naval forces into
1'wc v".ai.:ts of e(|iial strength, one to
*3#
-'.nilfld the Atlantic and the other I
.'Jj-r i'.-wnflo fleet, won issued by tiio'
department. Admiral Henry Ii. I
VS.
S son will command tne Atlantic and
Ac'iWiral Hugh Kudniuii rtie Pacific i
fits'-:.- 1
Kitfi of the two fleets will be coin
ymsed of fouc divisions of battleships
•sbiV 'iroadnaugJits. i\»o divisions of
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USES SENATE
PY OF TREATY
f&nsstfent Feels It Would Not Be
te foblic Interest to Present
Provisional Pact.
X8 divisions of destroyers,:
ttevw -iivisions el sirt-marine arid two
rii'Kv.oos of mTne layors.
3SSGRS A12CGCK Ai\iD BROWN
Hoa&z Resolution Proposes Medals for
8ritish Fliers. i
'BTefflfngton. In lie IS.—A resolution I
the admiration of the
.S.iK-n' y»r congress for the feat of the
saxUl«rs. Captain Alcock and IJeuten
-aii~ i}r-)'vn in crossing the Atlantic i
uj introduced in the house by Rep
•itjtf'scftitive LaUuardia, New York,
-ftynwir Italian flier.
President ra authorized by the
-rawitstan to confer the congressional1
•sikM af honor on the fliers.
8AS N0 REASON TO EXIST
vJftWi Senator Favors Abolishing Turk
ish Government.
TSCSshington, June 18.— Senator
\3Stos. Democrat, of Utah, introduced
sa rDetswiyition proposing that the senate
SjR record as favoring abolishment
.sff .ifor Ttrrkish government and the
•tjBrrfeS of territory now controlled by
vrtK- sw-ernment under mandataries.
7:tfc? restolntion said that "the Turk
.rovernmetit has neither right nor
•k-%o.TO
to exist."
OTE MEN HOLD UP BANK
\3fc®Wi* About $50,000 in Currency at
West Cleveland.
aT^iwefand, Ohio, June 18.—Five
mstawi bandits held up the West Cleve
'3asii£' Sank and escaped in a stolen au
with currency estimated at
Two of the robbers stood
•,%wr& over six customers and four
-alssfes outside the bank while two
..Tiwfjhfid the bank and the fifth re
-afiSffivki in the automobile with the
inreg&se running.
mt® SAVE BEER AND WINE
rifaajriarion tn House Gives Authority
to President.
W !»s£dngton, June 18.—Under a reao
introduced by Representative
Republican, of California, con-
Sg&tst would declare that President
•ygprnmm may "permit the manufacture
production of light wines and
JgUam?* now prohibited under the war
tSjpra prohibition act.
MiaHen Exemption Urged.
jaSOMrtifc City, N. J., June 18.—Dr. B.
jgvsaxrd, surgeon.of the.United States
•anagte- iltettlth service in Washington,
ametentsed' the opinion that if the mem
:3ttss af'Congress better understood the
"an*—renins!a problem they should make
Sfceaxermption in the income tax more
•i/IBUtu|200
for each child, in an address
'^HsJtawthe National Tuberculosis asso
«a»nsaa_ in annual' session here. "1
•mmcH' say that the primary step It
this menace of tuberculosis
Igie clothe the people."
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HIRAM W. JOHNSON
California Republicans Boom
Senator for President.
A resolution recommending to the
Republican national convention that
it nominate United States Senator Hi
ram VV. Johnson for President of the
United States was adopted at a special
conference at San Francisco of all
branches of the Republican party in
the state in Johnson's behalf.
STRIKE LEADERS TAKEN
Winnipeg Agitators Arrested and
Spirited Away.
Bolshevist Literature Reported Seized
When Government Police Officials
Raid Quarters.
Winnipeg, June IS. Ten strike
leaders were arrested in their homes
here and transported in automobiles
to sone place in the cowntry, pre
sumably StoVmy Mountain, by govern
ment p'olice officials. Other arrests
are reported to have been made in
Calgary and other western points at
the same time.
Bolshevist Literature Found.
Simultaneously the Royal Northwest
Mounted police raided the Labor Tem
ple from which the strike, lias been
conducted. Much literature, ?aid to
be of a bolslievist nature, was seized.
The police broke down doors and win
dows during the raid.
The official list of the men talren
into custody includes the following:
R. n. Russell, secretary of the Met.al
Trades Council, said to be the real
leader of the strike Rev. William
Ivens, editor of the Western l/abor
News and pastor of the Labor church
R. E. Bray, leader of the strike pa
rades which visited the parliament
buildings Alderman John Queen, ad
vertising manager of the Western
Labor News Alderman A. A. Heaps,
George W. Armstrong and four Rus
sian agitators.
Postal Strike Defeated.
The government has met the strike
of postal employes in Winnipeg suc
cessfully. Before the postal workers
walked out on May 15, there were 500
men on the list. About 420 veterans
and newly hired employes are now on
duty, it was stated.
Freight Yards Hampered,
Freight yards here were crippled
when a number of firemen, swftclimen
and enginemen joined the general
strike. Passenger service was still
practically normal.
The back to work movement con
tinued, but not in such large numbers
as last week. One milk company re
sumed house to house delivery.
HARRY A. TUTTLE IS DEAD
Wat President of Nortti American
Telegraph Company.
Minneapolis, June 18.—Harry A.
Tuttle, 72 years old, president and
general manager of the North Ameri
can Telegraph Company, die'd at Bal
sam Lake, Wis., whither he went 10
days ago, hoping to recover his health.
Death was caused by angina pectoris.
Mr. Tuttle had been a resident of
Minneapolis for 37 years and had been
active in the affairs of the North
American Telegraph company since
1886, when he became general super
intendent.
CAUSES HALF MILLION LOSS
Result of Severe Storm in Winnipeg
and Vicinity.
Winnipeg, June 18.—It is estimated
that the loss resulting from terrifflc
wind and electrical storms which
swept the Winnipeg district Saturday,
reaching a velocity of 84 miles an
hour, will total more than half a mil
lion dollars.
No persons wese killed, but several
were injured.
Badger Ordered Home.
Chicago, June 18.—John V. Tross,
19 years old, of Stanley, Wis., was
ordered to return to that town after
a short official membership on the Chi
cago park police force. John decided
that the parks were not properly safe
guarded so he purchased himself a
shiny star and whistle and ordered sev
eral spoony coupleB from Douglas
park. One particularly insistent cou
ple called a. regular policeman an'd the
volunteer was hauled into the boys'
court.
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VERDICT RESTS
WITH GERMANY
Tension in Paris Over Foe Reply
Recalls Eve of Declaration
of War.
ALLIED ARMIES WAITING
Ready for Quick Action If Germans
Refuse to Sign as Hinted—Enemy
Delegates Hooted as They
Leave for Weimar.
Washington, June 18. That
President Wilson believes the
Germans will sign the revised
peace treaty is indicated in pri
vate dispatches here from the
Paris White House.
Paris, June 18.—With peace or war
to be determined before 7 o'clock next
Monday evening, the tension in Paris
recalls that preceding the opening of
hostilities in August, 1914.
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau was
en route to Weimar with a retinue of
73 German peace delegates to present
to the national assembly the Allies'
reply to the counterproposals, submit
ted at Versailles. The feeling of the
French people was illustrated by the
fact that when the Germans left the
Hotel Des Reservoirs for their special
train at 9:43 a crowd of 4,000 gath
ered outside, hooting and insulting the
enemy representatives. This was the
first demonstration against them in
the weeks they have been in France.
Foe Not Expected to Sign.
The latest advices from Berlin and
Weimar reiterate that Germany will
not accept the revised treaty unlesB
it, contains important modifications.
Through unofficial press reports the
German government has been apprised
from time to time of the alterations
and in this way already is in posses
sion of the main concessions.
The optimism in Allied peace cir
cles, which had been so noticeable in
the last few days, has changed to a
feeling of uncertainty as to whether
the Germans will find the modifica
tions sufficient to warrant acceptance.
This aftitude was reflected by the pub
lic. which eagerly scanned every print
ed word touching on the situation.
There were no demonstrations in the
streets and the people went about
their business as usual, but the air
•was c!ectric with a nervous tension- as
the citizens silently considered the
one great question, "peace or war."
Allied Armies in Waiting.
To the eastward, beyond the battle
scarred regions over which the. oppos
ing armies fought and refought l'or
four years, the armies of Marshal Foch
waited on German soil for the word
that will send them marching to Ber
lin or reduce them to the status of a
mere police force. To the northward
the great ships of the British navy,
their movements shrouded in mystery,
were known to be preparing for a
quick descent upon the all but un
protected German coast if the verdict
is war.
In Paris a little company of men,
moat unmartial in appearance, had be
fore them the plans for the economic
blockade that will strangle Germany
into submission if her leaders choose
to continue the struggle. The long
months of weary consideration of the
details and technicalities of the peace
settlement are over, so far as Germany
is concerned. When Paul Dutasta,
secretary of the Peace conference,
handed the Allies' reply to the Ger
mans—an incident entirely devoid of
ceremony—the negotiations for the
most momentous peace in history for
mally were brought to a close. The
Germans were given just seven days
to the minute in which to mqke known
their decision. The verdict rests with
them.
REPORTED HELD IN BIG PLOT
Nine Radicals Said to Be Under Ar»
rest in Chicago.
Chicago, June, 18.—Nine radicals
are reported under arrest in Chicago
charged with complicity in a plot to
spread a reign of terror on July 4.
Others are under close espionage.
Complete plans of the R. & V. Wag
ner Ordnance company's plant in East
Moline, 111., one of the largest in the
state, were found in the radicals' pos
session, it was learned. This and oth
er important government works have
been marked for destruction. Strate
gic spots where dynamite might be
placed and remain far some time unob
served had been indicated in the dia
grams, as had the position of guards
and routes in and out of the stockade.
The man to whose care the plans
had been committed is in custody.
Held in close confinement, he is ex
pected ultimately to reveal the
tails of the conspiracy.
German Paper Suspends.
Kenosha, Wis,, June 18.—The Ke
nosha Volksfreund, one of the oldest
German language newspapers in Wis
consin,. was withdrawn from publica
tion with this, week's edition. Miss
Mathilde Holmes, editor and publish
er, in announcing the discontinuance,
decided that-she believed that'the field
of the foreign language papers had be
come so small that she did not care
to continue the Kenosha paper. Thp
Volksfreund had been successful and
its discontinuance ia due to no finan
cial trouble.
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Their Reasons
For Opposition
WHY MISS NIELSON OPPOSES
Because it makes an elective offi
cer subject to the direction of an ap
pointive board in the exercise of his
constitutional duties
Because it deprives people of di
rect control of their schools. The
State Superintendent, who is elected
by the people, is responsive to their
demands, but an appointive board will
be responsive only to the person by
whom it is appointed. There can be
no true democracy without schools
which are responsive to public opin
ion through an elective superintend
ent.
Because the measure is a radical de
parture from not only the experience
of North Dakota, but of the States gen
erally. It is untried, and there is no
assurance that it will not result in dis
aster to the schools. Change should
be the result of experience and not o£
some ready made "scheme."
Because it was hurriedly passed at
the dictation of politicians. Suffici
ent attention was not given to the de
tails of the measure by persons of rec
ognized qualifications. The result
workable and unsiredle.
Because it is a spit measure. In
1917 Governor Frazier recommended
increased powers for the State Super
intended. As late as July 1918, N. C.
Macdonald, then the State Supeinten
dent recommended in his Biennial Re
port greatly increased powers for the
State Superintendent. Up until the
time of my Election the administration
had thought of nothing but greatly-ex
tending the powers of the State Super
intendent. As soon as I was elected
it determined to prevent my taking
the office if possible, failing in that,
to strip me of all power. I appealed
to the Supreme Court to secure the of
fice, and I am now defending my right
in courts. Senate Bill 134 is purely
a spite rrteasure.
Because the Board of Administra
tion Bill brings under the supervision
of the one board three kinds of insti
tutions of totally different nature—the
penal institutions, the charitable insti
tutic.rit the educational institutions,
eat:h «f which should be directed by a
boasd Tuore or less expert and requir
ing (j.uaiifications that would not: be
practical to place in one board.
And finally, I am' opposed to this
system of achool administration be
cause it has never been advocated
or demanded by the educators or the
people of North Dakota but it the
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MINNIE J. NIELSON,
Superintend of Public Instruction.
WHY F. E. PACKARD OPPOSES
Because the finances of the State
are in desperate plight. Ordinarily
at this time of the year there is a
$350,000.00 or $500,000.00 cash balance
in the general fund and all bills paid.
Now the Treasury is empty with from
$350,000.00 to $500,000.00 unpaid bills
on hand.
Because the legislature, dominated
by him, added 750 new employees to
the state pay roll at a cost to the peo
ple of $1,250,000,00 annually.
Because his legislature increased
the appropriation and levies from$4,
229,054.00 to $12,954,285.00, or 203 per
cent.
Because as a result of the tax meas
ure passed, the tax on the average
quarter section of land in North Da
kota has been raised from $35.07 to
$59.92.
Because he is attempting to secure
control of the public schools for the
purpose of teaching socialism.
Because the bank is permitted, as
a mere matter of "bookkeeping, to
transfer money from any school or
other fund of the State to buy a Con
sumors Store or to establish a glue
factory or any other enterprise in
which the Industrial Commission may
see fit to engage.
Because there was no attempt made
by the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly
to safe guard public funds. Competi
tive bids need not be called for nor
accounts audited before they are paid,
but millions of dollars may be spent
at the whim of the Industrial Commis
sion without check or safeguard.
These three men are empowered to
deprive anyone of their property upen
what may be called by a jury a just
compensation and sell it. to someone
else upon easy terms.
Because they have not honestly en
deavored to carry out the economic
program of the League but nkade enor
mous appropriations which can be
wasted by «areless or dishonest offi
cials and no one held- to account.
The. manager of the Bank of North Da
kota which has $25,000,05^.00 on de
posit now and may have $7-5,000,000.00
within a short time is only bonded for
$50,00#.00.
Because Tovnloy is filling all pub
lic offices with imported socialists and
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he has always employed socialists as
organizers and officers of the North
Dakota League, if socialists eould be
found to fill such positions. He has
now a $200,000.00 slush fund to adver
tise his socialistic state of North Da
kota and import socialists to perpet
uate his control. He will have vast in
dustries ahd great building projects
upon which to employ them. They
ean secure homes under the Home
Builders' Act. He plans to try out the
socialistic state in North Dakota.
F. E. PACKARD.
WHY LANGER OPPOSES
To the People of ^Sforth Dakota.
Townley and his papers say that I
am opposed\Sthe economic program
of the Leagu
Townley knows better. Townley
knows that I saved the League pro
gram before the Canvassing Board and
in the Courts.
Townley and his papers have never
told you that there are TWO printing
bills.
Bill No. 158 which provides for one
legal paper in each county, and for the
election of the legal paper by the peo
ple after the next general election IS
NOT TO BE REFERRED.
The bill referred is No. 157, the
Graft Bill. This bill provides that for
the next IS months, three men at Bis
marck will grab the power now posses
sed by your Board, of County Commis
sioners and your other local author
ities, and designate the legal paper
in each county.
If this bill passes it means that not
the farmers but Townley will control
the legal newspaper in each county
for 18 months.
It means that if your Senator refus
es to bow down to Townley's will at
the next session that the next morning
in 53 newspapers in the State your
Senator will be called a traitor, and an
attempt made to discredit him with
the farmers.
It means the establishment of a
domineering, autocratic, aiad utterly
selfish control on the part of Townley.
It means the surrender of your part
of the rights for which your ancestors
fought—a free press.
The Chamber of Commerce mewspa
pers and old gang papers have lied—
the North Dakota Leader, the Fargo
papers have lied. The Free press,
your weekly newspaper, is about tiae
only paper you can depend *pon.
Vote "KO" against the printing
bill. It hay absolutely nothing 'to
with the economic program tke
League. It is s. graft measwe, pur«
and simple, and I as Attorney Ganecal,
elected ky the farmers and cemmo*
people ef «he State, would be a eowari
if I let Townley and his outfit prevent
me frei» teiling you the truth.
WILLIAM- LAKGER.
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