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ar •v Kr-m if +K 1 (T I it 1 I "t'- J' T'/t. v-v-5 'i.'vi! '. THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 89. WORKING OUT PLANS FOR PEACE MEET :.'.'St Secret Plenary Session of Con ference Will Be Held Be fore Aoril 25 I I N A N I Rumanian Torces in Bessarabia Have Been Forced to Re tire Before Russians (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Details of the proceedure to be ob served at the historical meeting of the allies and German representatives at Versailles a week, from Friday are be ing worked out by the allied delega tions to the peace conference. It is improbable that the world will know the exact demands of the associated governments until after the Teutons have been formally apprised of the peace terms. It seems, however, that not only all the allied governments but the gov ernments of those countries which severed relations with Germany but did not enter the war'will be informed of the details of the proposed treaty. For this purpose it is likely that a secret plenary session of the confer ence will be held before April 25: Fighting at Munich Violent fighting Jhas occurred at Munich between German government and soviet troops, the latter seeming to have won at least a temporary vic tory. It is probable the battle will be renewed, the government forces having been reinforced. Anarchy is said to reign in the city. Government troops also have been engaged at Mageberg, where the radicals have been in control for the last few days, and are reported- to have been de fc&tcdi Labor troubles are still prevalent throughout western Germany .N Forced to Retire Rumanian forces in Bessarabia have been forced'to retire before Rus sian soviets troops, and further north the troops of Geheral Tetlura, peasant leader, have Ween driven westward a considerable .distance, ...The Russian soviets aire trying ito bot &, channel through to Hungary to join their com rades at Budapest. -iJ-MUSH! -j 4—v.- ,-.i ANARCHY REIGNS London.r Atml 16.-—Complete anarr chy reigns in Munich. Alt work has ceased trains are not running* and robbers are looting houses and threat ening the banks, the dispatch states. The first infantry regiment is said to have joined the Spartacides. REPORT IMPROVEMENTS Washington, April 16.—Distinct improvement in the general peace conference situation was reported to the White House today from Paris. It was indicated that excellent prog-, ress was being made towiard conclud ing the negotiations. TAKE PROMPT ACTION. London, April 16—Prompt measures taken by the Indiah authorities to deal with the disturbances at Bombay, Ahtnedabad and other points recently have resulted in the restoration of or der, says a Bombay dispatch FRENCH PRESS PRAISES WILSON. Paris, April 16.—"The time has come to destroy the legend tending to represent Pres. Wilson os adopt-, ing regretfully such a solution," says La. Petite Parisian relative to the agreement as to the policy on the left bank of the Rhine. "Not the least 'interesting feature of the prolonged discussion was to see Pfes. Wilson apply himself passion ately to the task of solving the prob lem aild stil not injuring the rights oi France. He uttered a phrase one day which Franbe ought to knew. He declared, with an accent coming from the heart, 'it would be the sorrow of my life if the great peace we are making should be jeopardized by any difficulty between France and Amer ica.' "The man who .threw his country in to the war to/save France remains our friend." PASS OW\REPRESENTATION. Paris, April 16.—^Delegates of the eighteen states which declared war against Germany, exclusive of the five great powers were caled to meet this afternoon with representatives of the five powers. The matters for discus sion included the question of calling in the German plenipotentiaries and making known the peace preliminar ies to these 18: states.' y^-v^ TO POLICE GERMANY. Paris. April 16.—-The occupation of the left bank of the Rhine is to con tinue for 13 years, newspaper reports here say. At first interallied forces would 'be used, but they would be withdrawn gradually as Germany m^c her .obligations, to be replaced by French and Belgian troops. PREDICTS WAR IN 1926. London, April 7. (Correspondence of the Associated Press j.—There will be another world war beginning in June, 1926, according to a writer In the British Journal of Astrology. This prophet who. signs himself "Sethariel" asks tor a serious hearing, inasmuch as he claims to have published a year la advance in each case,/the exact dates of the war of 1914 and of the cessation of hostilities. "The first phase of the next war." fie writes, "will' begin with Turkey, whose perfidy will lead to its final overthrow in lQtl-'22, This time Rus sian tntfigue win dominate the sitna (Ceotlaue* of P»f« Six.) U. S. CITY MANAGER RULES ALONG RHINE IA/A/7~£ Coblenz—H. M. Waite was a city manager in Dayton, 0., before he en tered the army as a colonel of engi neers. Now he's manager of a score of German cities—in the American zone of occupation. Waite finds the German city governments are effi cient and that the mayors are able to give him data the day it is asked for .that he and his staff expected would require weeks to compile. "Beyond doubt, the German mayor knows his job," says Waite, "but the whole dem ocratic spirit of our manager cit\es is missing." U.S.NAVYTO RUN HARBORS IF NECESSARY Washington, -April 1(3.—Transports will be operated in and out of. New York harbor, if it requires the entire United States navy, it was announced today, in response to a report that the harbor workers threaten £o strike to morrow with' the intention of blocking traffic entirely. London, April 16.—The vote of New Zealand soldiers has wiped7 out the majority fpr prohibition, which was rolled up in that commonwealth April ,1, according to a dispatch to the Cen tral News from Christchurch. In the New Zealand elections the prohibitionists claimed a majority of more than 12,000. It was claimed at that time the ballots cast by 40,000 soldiers had not bee ncounted. ST.PADLLAND BANK SECOND Washington, April 16. During March $15,946,000 was loaned to 4,630 farmers by federal land banks on long, time first mortgages, according to the monthly statement of the farm loan board. The federal land bank of Omaha' leads in amount of loans qlosed, $4,565,000,, with the federal land bank of St. Paul second with $1,818,200. CIRCULATION "MEN FIGHT BOLSHEVISM Utica, N. Y., April 16.—Circulation managers representing Newspapers in Neto York state have formed in co operation with local county officials, publishers and news writers, the nuc leus of the "crusadersk", an anti Bolshevik organization of proposed national scope to prevent the spread of Bolshevism in the United States. The organization committee of 37, it was announced today, will sptead the plan throughout the United States during the coming week and .will pre sent it to the coming meeting of the American publishers and the Asso ciated Press for co-Operation. Koreans in Revolt Against Jap Rule Shanghai, March 20.—(Correspon dence. of Associated Press.)—The Korea insurrection, announced as a passive revolution against Japanese rule, will be brought to the attention of the American government in a series of graphically written reports. One of these has just been read bjf a correspondent of the*1 Associated Press. It was written by an Ameri can and recites the sensational events from March 1, when the revolt began, until March 15, when the report was started on its way to the American minister at Pekin. According to this story the Koreans who sought pub licly to demonstrate theirdemands for independence were' violently treated, scores being killed, and hundreds in jured. The report summarizes the features of the insurrection as fol lows: I "In Seoul and Pyeng Yang and other cities where, foreigners resided the military abstained from firing on the crpwds but. in the rural districts violence of the, most terrible kind has been practiced. Unresisting citizens have been set upon, scorta'of people killed, and many grounded. Churches have been wrecked, homes entered and young men and school girls in par ticular dragged oft 'l.-'.V V'"J T-v. ONWARD, MARCH, SAYS PRESIDENT OF COMMISSION Mayor A. W. Lucas Urges* Re sumption of Municipal Im provements Halted by War ,'r S ...... O I S E O A N I E Bertsch Remains Head of Fire and Police and Thompson on Sewers and Water "Onward, march," was the tenor of President A. W. Lucas' annual ad dress to the city commission which Tuesday evening reorganized for the new year. The mayor called for a re sumption of the municipal improve ment program halted by the war. He said: "Gentlemen .of the City Commission: "With the war at an end, victory won, and peace assured, we find our selves facing new problems. We have as a municipality as well as national ly problems, of reconstrucion which must be met. During the war, quite properly, all other interests were made subservient to military interests. Now that the war has /been brought to a successful conclusion, we must turn again to,the pursuits of peace, and we must go back over a period of two I years and take up our program of mu nicipal improvement where we drbp ped^t. During the last two years it has been the policy the country over to discourage rather than encourage municipal development.' From this moment we must reverse our attitude toward municipal improvement- It becomes our duty to do everything within our power to encourage a sane and reasonable development of our city along municipal lines. "A year ago when property-holders asked us for an extension of the pav ing district we begged them to with draw their applications until a more opportune time. That time is at hand 1 to prison." afcd if the property-owners wish more paving it is our du.y to see that it is, provided. we are but directors in a municipal. corporation in which the. property owners and taxpayers are the stockholder*. As directors, Ve must 'be responsive to. the will of the shareholders. The corporation of Bi': marek Owiis p, "Wonderful property in th© city of 'Bismarck. As wo develop it,and make it a better place in which to. live! arfd to own property and to rear children we will increase our div idends. "On the aesthetic side there is muc".i to be desired. Qur parking strips in the new paving districts should be sodded or sown to grass and trees planted. It Is too late to organize general improvement districts. We must rely upon the public-spiritedness, the personal pride and the initiative of individual property-owners. Bis marck should look forward to the day when it must have more public parks, more play-grounds. The time has come when we must give considera tion to the need of a public swimming pool, something that will at a- compar atively slight cost provide the ris ing generations with privileges of which they are unfortunately depriv ed. I would recommend to the park commission that it immediately inves tigate the cost of establishing a swim ming pool and that it report upon the advisa'bflity of making this a project for immediate development. "The city, should jthrow its support in every way possible to the campaign which has been inaugurated tor a bridge across the Missouri. Such a bridge would be of mutual .benefit tq Mandan and Bismarck and wpuld do more toward the advancement of the Twin Cities of the Missouri than any other project that could be devised. "I believe that we should hold our selves ready to cooperate with ^and promote any economic enterprise which the farmers of our state and community favor, so long as a feasible plan which offers" a reasonable degree Of success, is proposed. I am con vinced that the city should reach out more toward its farming population, making them feel that the city is al ways open to them, not alone as a shopping point, but as a recreational and cultural center* We should en courage our country cousins to visit us oftener, and when they are here we should do more for their entertain ment, and we should not place a price on our hospitality. I do not know what can best be done, but a resump tion of the market days which were satisfactorily conducted several days, or a series of community picnics, in which city fofk and farmers can join, might "be considered. "i 'Mb$ ••}. ""'''."•"•^ile^.'.v .V* 5 "Bismarck has in the municipal aud itorium an institution in which it takes just pride. Unfortunately^ we have not during the last year had as much use of it for recreational purposes as could be desired. I feel, and I believe Ij echo a general sentiiftent. that tM av erage attraction which is brought to the Auditorium is too exnensive to hest serve thei needs of all our peo ple. Everyone craves entertainment, but we have many who cannot afford to pay the price. I am convinced that our auditomium could and should be open at least three nignts in every week, with- high-grade motion picture plays or stock company 'productions which could be offered to tha people at a nominal price and which would, at the same time, serve to increase the earnings of the auditorium. I am proud to say that during no vear since its completion has the auditor ium been made available without cost for io maai featherings of a'patriotic nature, and it has certainly justified Its existence from this one fact alone. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1919 SENATOR F^OM NEW HAMPSHIRE VAH.V4RY W- KE.YEL5 Keyes will succeed Senator Hollis of New Hampshire, when, the new con gress assembles. He has just com pleted a term as governor of his state, Mo¥iLLiofT IN FEDERAL AID TO STATE ROADS Amended Highway Bill Will Make $997,946 Available During Current Year MANY COUNTIES ACTIVE General Demand for All Money Than Can Be Had to Im-. prove Trunk System In addition to the allotment pre viously made to the fiscal year, ending June 30, iDlfl. amounting to $229,585, the state highway commission an noounces the receipt of certification •that .N'otjih' Dakota's,- tiliare of 'thd $15, 000,000 made immediately available, upon the passage of the federal aid amendment, which increased the amount af federal aid from $75,(H)0,uoO to $275,000,^00, is $708,30. The total federal aid( allotment for tlie fiscal year ending June 30, 1019, is, there fore, $097i94t!.' If tiie counties and the townships are equally liberal in their appropriations, •approximately $3,000, OOj will be invested in better roads this year. A number of North Dakota coun ties are anxious for an opportunity to match federal aid for highway work this year. They are willing to appro priate dollar for dollar for the im provement of their highways, and are ready to accept more than their quota for the current year. Barnes county, for example, has passed a resolution asking $325,000 in Federal aid on a three-year program which will provide not less ian $$50,000 for the impfove ment of state highways in that county. Ward county has acted favorably upon a proposition providing for the ex penditure of $600,000 on its state high ways, requesting, $300,000 of federal aid in a three-year program, while {Jrant county plans to raise $114,000 in the next three years to meet a like amount of federal aid. "Prospects for extended state high way improvement are unusually good," said J. E. Kaulfuss, assistant chief en gineer of the highway commission to day. Chief Engineer W. H. Robinson is attending meetings this week in Oli ver, Stutsman and Lamoure counties Assistant Engineer Kaulfuss has just returned from a meeting "of county commissioners and a good roads as sembly at Washburn H. K. Craig, project engineer, is in conference with the commissioners of Ward. Divide, (Continued on page eight) BROGUE?GALLERY same Aliases L««t seen.-. ff&rz BISMARCK WILL PUT OYER FIFTH LOAN JO DAY Capital City Expected to Show Returned Soldiers. Their Sacrifice Is Appreciated POLLING PLACES SELECTED Citizens Will Be Notified by Mail to Report Monday to Sign Up for Quotas Returned soldiers Who at a distance of 5,000 miles or so from home thrill ed with pride when the word came over, once, twice, thrice and then a fourth time, that Bismarck had gone over the top with her quota in each of the four Liberty loans, will have an opportunity Monday1 to see how the capital city turned the trick. They will see, too. that now the war is won and peace is assured through the sacrifices they and their comrades made, that the people who dwelt in comfort and safety here at home are not lacking in appreciation for the magnificent service these boys ren dered. Tomorrow notices will go out to every citizen in Bismarck respectfully requesting them to present them selves at their polling places Monday to sign up for their respective quo tas. "Conscription?" NO—We didn't "call it that when we took these boys from their homes and loved ones when we removed them from good jobs and placed a gun in their hands and shipped them 3,000 miles o.verseas to do our fighting for us.. That was "Select service," and it's a select service we're asked to render Monday in signing'up for what Major Hanley has so appropriately termed, "The Mopping Up Loan." We sent the boys oVer/we furnished the money to send thein and equip them and to keep thein in the field until victory was assured. Nqw we're g&ing to furnish the funds, to bring them safe home again, and to com plete the mopping up. process, and then we're through with our part of the job. BUT NOT UNTIL THEN.^ It's Going to Be Easy. Bismarck will "be asked for just $100,U00 less thkn it subscribed in the Fourth Liberty loan'—$26o,00'0 as against $365,000. And the terms are much easier,'the payments are spread over a longer period the interest rate is higher, and tlie bonds mature 16 years earlier than those of the last series. Uncle Sam has made it so easy for us that it's going to be a holy picnic. And, too, so many of us have acquired the saving habit during the last two years, thanks to the War Savings Stamps and the Liberty loans, that (Continued on Page Eigbt.) BRAVE BISMARCK FIGHTER IS HOME FROM OVERSEAS Albert Kukacka. who left Bismarck with Co. A of the Fighting First and who was transferred upon his arrival in France to the First U. S. infantry, is home, after several months in army hospitals. The E'ismrack Yank was badly hurt last July in the battle of Chateau Thierry, when several fingers and both thumbs were shot away and he was wounded in the face. Before that he had participated in engagements on the Somme and Toul battle-fronts The last several months of Mr. Kuacka's servioe were spent in hos pitals, where army surgeons worked wonders in repairing the damage done by Hun shot and shell. As a result he reaches home almost whole, mighty wel satisfied to get back to Bismarck, and proud of the opportun ity which he had to make a sacrifice for his country. Mr. Kukacka is a brother of Mrs. William Ferry. INDICTED PORTRAIT TN His ri O LEONARD WOOD This picture of General Wood was snapped just after he was decorated with a Distinguished Service medal. Though the general was not permitted to go overseas, his wartime service at home has been recognized. SNOWSTORM DELAYS TRIP OF AYIATORS St. Johns, April 16.—With a heavy snowstorm raging this morning, it was considered doubtful if a start could be made in the trans-Atlantic flight. Both the Australian and Brit ish pilots are ready to start at the first favorable opportunity. SNOW FLURRIES Des Moines, la., April 16.—Snow flurries prevailed in -central Iowa to day with a marked drop in tempera ture. Paris, April 16.—'Members of the family of the former czar reached Constantinople from -the Crimea sev eral days ago, according to Marshall fy loutin in the Eclio d' Paris. The par included Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholavitch former comamnder of the Russian army, and Arch Duke Peter, a younger brother of Nicholas. Nich olas and Peter, having been invited to reside in Home, have left Constan tinople for the Italian capital. The other members of the party, includ ing the dowager empress, will go to Malta, to await the disposition of their fate by the British government. WOMAN HEADS FARGO POLICE Fargo, N. D„ April 13.—'Mrs. K. H. Wilder, Fargo's only woman commis sioner, was today elected commis sioner of police. She will have com plete direction of the department. Mrs. Wilder has been prominent in suffrage and W. C. T. U. circles. CANDIDATES FOR ACCOUNTANCY TO UNDERGO EXAMS Fargo, N. D., April 16.—The annual examination of candidates for certi fied public accountants' certificates will be held at the University of North Dakota on July 1, 2 and 3. Applica tions may be addressed to the state board of accountancy at the Univers ity, which will furnish application blanks. These blanks must be filed by June 1, advises Walter Thomson of Fargo, secretary of the board. GOLDEN VALLEY MATRON IS DEAD Funeral services were held at Per ry's undertaking rooms this afternoon for the late Mrs. C. D. Hoppo of Gold en Valley, who passed away at a local hospital Monday evening after several months' illness. Rev. H. C. Postlethwaite officiated, and inter ment was made in St. Mary's ceme tery. The deceased was about 40 years old, coming here with her fam ily from Michig&n ten years ago. She is survived by her husband and a fos ter child and by her aged parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott, who reside at Golden Valley. She was one of the best known women of the Golden Val ley region, and her death is mourned by scores of friends. ,™ Young Has Chancev For Dakota Yanks Washington, D. C., April 16.—Con gressman George M. Young of North Dakota said today: "I have a posi tion at my disposal which pays $85 per month and which I would like to give to some enlisted soldier from my congressional district. The duties are sock as to permit him to take ft medical or other course at George Washington University, or some other educational tastituti^a at the ctftt*!. "M'wfj LAST EDITION Y?~^WWW:® ,i PRICE FIVE CENTS .ILL0YD GEORGE, PRAISES WILSON AND HIS STAND English Premier in Address to Parliament Points Out Huge Task ATTACKS ALL CRITICS Russia Seething Volcano, Declares and Opposes Intervention Calm Deliberation Necessary, After lus reference at thi£ point to what he characterized as a ing process in building up the league of nations, he continued along this line to point to the danger of not al lowing the conferees the cMw iteUher ation they require. "It is full of peril—peril for this country and for all lands—peril for the people of the world," the premier said. He believed the conference had sur mounted its difficulties, hut it was no easy task. Questions that had never been heard of before the war had nearly produced a conflict between two of the allied states, he continued, and there were a number of such ques tions, but, after all, he added, it was qaurrels over small states that had caused the war. Question Complex. The Russian question was complex. One difficulty was that there was no Russia. There was an organization controlling central Russia, but there is none to say that it is even a de facto government for the whole of Russia," he said. "Even if we iould under any circumstances recognize the Bolshevik! we cann ot recognize them as a de facto government for all of Russia. Russia is a seething vol cano. The most we can hope to do is to assure protection for thoqe resid ing on its uttermost slopes and to seek to check the flow of lava and to prevent its spread to other nations of the world." Variety of Problems. No conference in history, the pre mier said, had been faoed with prob lems of such variety, complexity, mag nitude and gravity. The conference at Vienna, the nearest approach to it, took 11 months for its work. But t'nat conference, Lloyd George pointed out, s«*nk into significance when its ac complishments are compareid with that of the present conference. "I would rather leave Russia Bol shevik until they see their way out of it rather than see Great Britain land ed in bankruptcy," was one of the pre mier's declarations. Act of Stupidity. He said it was his earnest convic tion that military intervention in Rus sia would be an act of the greatest stupidity. It is not the duty ot the government to commit England to a gigantic enterprise to improve condi tions in Russia. Russia is a country very easy to in vade and very difficult to get out of." .The premier said he had advices that Bolshevism was gradually wan ing, breaking down before the relent less force of economic fi^ct. Asked whethed advances for peace bad come from the Russian government the pre mier said: "We have had no approaches of any kind. None has been placed be fore the congress." The premier said tbat his ordinal intention upon his return^ wa* to await the expected criticisms ot him* self, hut inquiry had divulged that none were forthcoming. He said he was fully aware there was a great deal of impatience in the vrorM and he intended to address hlwitlf to the real, sincere honest impatttece evi dent in Ml circles. Returning to paths of peaoe aad re ducing armament, the piflnf said the forces of the counbQr which had kept Europe In aims tor years would be reduced to^aa amy oaiy ad equate enough to police hsr cftta* aad protect her commerce. Thws were, suggestions that there Wjjkt he war recrudescence fa flm maif That not a danger, iKr UuyOfW» aahMt-t ed, toecanse only with owr .(r m^w^SjSm 5 I He London, April 16.—The allied repre sentatives in Paris have reached a complete understanding on the great fundamental principles which would, affect a peace with Germany, Premier Lloyd George informed the house to day. The premier made a vigorous at^ tack upon those who had "attempted to sow dissension, distrust and sus picion between the nations whose cordiality and good will toward one another was essential." He could not conceive of a worse crime at a time wlien nothing would save the world hut keeping the na tions together, he said. Not at Variance. "It is not true that the United States and Europe have been at var iance," Lloyd George stated, declar ing no one could have treated more sympathetically the problems of Eu rope than President Wttlson. "Then," he added, "there is the great organization, a gre|U experi ment, but an experiment upon which the whole peace of the world hangs— the society of nations." With almost every nation in the world engaged in considering these problems the premier said, the dele gates were justified in taking some time fo rtheir work, as a blunder might precipitate a war, near or dis tant.