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SEDITION!#
OL. 12, NO. 160.
LEGATIONS OP ALL
ROYALIST LEADER
IS NEAR FAILURE
50,000 Republicans Oppose
Small Force at Lang
i... -Fang.
(Peking, July 6—Fighting began
yqeteMay at Lang Fang, about 85
miles suothwest of Peking between
the troops of General Chang Hsun,
supporter of the monarchy, and re
publican" forces.
The situation In the capital Is
serious. Trains are filled with fleeing
Chinese, going to Tien Tsln. The ho
tels are full of foreigners. Small
American and Japanese forces are en
•. deavorlng to come from Tien Tsln, but
their arrival may be delayed by the
fighting at Lag Fang, where 5,000 of
the troops of General Chang Hsun are
opposing an advance guard of 20,000
republicans.
Royalist's Position Hopeless.
The position of General Chang
Hsun, the leader of the royalist move
ment, apparently is hopeless. It. is
feared., that when this is realized his
troops will loot Peking. The lega
tlpnq iare prepared for all eventuali
ties.
}f
1
iTuAn Chi Jul, commander in chief
of the republican forces, has Issued a
lengthy manifesto denouncing Chang
IfsUn, saying that his.action Is villain
ous and declaring he is using the
Manchus to further his own ambi
tions. Tuan Chi Jul promised gen
treatment for the Manchus
Iter the' republic Is restored.
Astride Railway.
Three thousand Imperialist troops
and 1,00.0 of Chang Hsun's soldiers
took. positions astride the Peking
Hankow: railway, four miles from this
city to oppose the republican troops.
'The diplomatic representatives have
"warned the government that the pro
tocol of 1901 requires maintenance of
and free passage on the Peking
'Shanghai railway.
Converging on PtUflf.
Tien -JC^ln July 6.—Fifty thousand
publican soldiers areconvergjng on
Peking and tl*e attempt torestoreifce
iManchu dynasty appears to be at the'
point of -failure. By midnight,:/Tua*
I Chi Jul, *ho has been appointedcom
mantter In chief of the punitive ex
pedition, Is expected ..to havo.b.20,000
troops between Tien .Tsln and Peking,
iT«P'
-.••V
General Chang Hsun, the dictator
who attempted" to restore the mon
archy, has only some 3,000 men.
It is rumored that part of Chang
1 Hsun's forces already had desterted
1 him. Fifteen provinces. are support
ing Tuan Chi Jul.
May Sack Peking.
London, July 6.—A dispatch to the
Da^ly .Mail says that General Chapg
Hsun,' realizing his mistake In at
tempting to restore the emperor
threatens to sack Peking, burn the
palace and take the emperor
to, Mongolia.
!iManchu
TROUBLE DUE
10 SALOONS
11. W. W.'s are Also Blamed
for the Recent Outrages in
i' East St. Louis.
Washington, July 6.—Senator
Thomas brought up the race riots In
East St.-Louis during debate on the
food bill In the senate yesterday as an
indication bf social unrest which Is
manifested in various parts of the
country, at times. He declared that
one-tenth-, of the population of this
country Is black and said their loyal
ty In the present crisis Is essential.
"Can they fight for the flag and give
their, yhole devotion to the cause If
their friends and relatives can at any
time be subject to murder?" he ask
ed.
Senator Lewis Interrupted, to say
that the news reports of the trouble
had been Inaccurate and that the citi
zens, have asked for federal interven
tion.
Senator Sherman declared the dis
orders in .East St' Louis were due' to
the saloons.
"It's, the worst salo6n town In
America," he said, adding that part
of the blame was due to the presence
of •Industrial Workers of the World.
-CIVILIANS AID THE
..SOLDIERS TO RESUME
WORK AFTER FOURTH
1$
..., A French Seaport, July 6.t—Clvil
lins as well as, soldiers turned out
«rly today for the task of shaking
off the effects of the Fourth of July
celebration, which to the townspeople
TfaS *. novelty. -The military camp
was aHve soon after sunrise and by 7
d'Qlook' every main Was hard at ln
tenslve training, which Is to be the
•wule between now and July 14, the
Hate when It is believed all the first
American contingent will be In Paris
to participate lo -the- French- national
holiday program before going Into
cjunp near the front
(The Fourth passed with undue quiet
for a majority of the soldiers and
sailors, but It wjw an unforgettable
day for the town^ devplte its safe and
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MANCHU DYNASTY TUMBLING AS BIG
FORCE Of CHINESE KEPUBLKAN
SOLDIERS CONVERGES ON PEKING
1
COUNTRIES PREPARED
FOR ANY EVENTUALITY
Force of American
Troops is Trying to
Reach Capital.
BIOOWNGTON
SCENE OF BIG
STRIKE RIOTS
"Mother" Jones Causes Out
break of Violence in Pow
er Company Strike.
Bloomington, 111., July 6.—Nitae
companies of Illinois National Guards
men were ordered to this city early
today to restore order following a
night of rioting caused by the strike
of employes of the Bloomington and
Normal.. Railway and Light company.
The strike had been conducted in
an orderly manner until last night,
when "Mother" Jones, labor advocate
addressed a crowd. Immediately fol
lowing, the crowd began attacking
street cars and their crews. Several
motormen and conductors were badly
beaten. One rioter was: shot through
the neck.
After breaking up several street
cars, the crowd started for the power
house of the street railway line which
furnishes commercial power and light.
In order to avert damage to the plant,
Sheriff Flesher turned off the power.
The street railway system is a sub
sidiary of the Illinois Traction sys
tem of which Congressman William
B. McKinley of Champaign 1b presl
dent.
Early this morning the city was
quiet, although there were presistent
rumors that the mob was again form
lng.
The morning newspaper was unable
to publish owing to lack of electrical
power and many other Industries were
similarly' hampered, but the power
was turned on after the arrival of
troops.
NAVAL PATROL
BOATS SEARCH
FOR SUBMARINE
U-boat Reported off Atlan
tic Coast Yesterday—
Is Not Located.
4
Fortress Monroe, July 6.—NaVAl
patrol boats'~ today continue# their
search for an enemy subiharlrie which
was reported to have been sighted
submerged in these waters late yes
terday, but no trace of the craft has
been found.
Marine observers did not believe it
possible for a submarine to submerge
in the Roads of Lower Chespeake bay,
because of Insufficient depth of water,
and in this connection they pointed
to the fact that the German merchant
underwater boat, Deutschland, could
not go under until after she passed
the Virginia Capes last summer.
WINTER WHEAT CROP
IS LATE IN MOST
SECTIONS OF NATION
Washington, July 6.—Harvesting of
winter wheat under generally favor
able conditions, although the crop Is
late In most sections, need of rain for
spring wheat, excellent progress for
spring oats, cotton considerably im
proved, corn steadily Improving, and
good weather for white potatoes, were
the features of today's national
father aria /crop bulletin of the de
partment of agriculture. Fruit con
ditions were reported as good in prac
ticaliy all parts of the country.
WARlCONOMY
||IS OUTLINED
Suggestions Given by
Josephine Berry of Min
nesota University
St Paul, July 6.—Suggestions for
war economy In foods are contained
In an appeal Issued yesterday by Miss
Josephine T. Berry, head of the home
economics division of the University
of Minnesota.'
Miss Berry Is one of five members
of the advisory food conservation
committee appointed by Herbert C.
H6dver,' national food administrator.
She returned recently from Wash
ington, where she attended a national
conference of food experts. Her ap
peal for war economy Is the first'of a
series of Instruction papers under
preparation, with recipes for war
dishes..
Here are some of her suggestions:
"Use oats, cornmeal, barley, flour
or oottonseed meal with the wheat
flour In making bread,
"Go strong oh summer gardening,
and replace, half the bread now'con
sulted'by garden'products.
^Revive old-fashioned buckwheat
and cornmeal griddle cakes to save
wheat bread.
'"Slice the bread at the table as you
need it,- And use "the left overs- as
crumbs.ln maklng up your next batch
of-dough."
Miss Berry appealed for co-opera
tion of houaewiyee with retailer* In
enforting' t^ie plazv suggested bj Mr,
Hoover by- which bakers will
to accept stale bread from ref
"The rptailem cannot afford
NORTH DAKOTA'S
7
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£'v7'?V 'VV-
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II refnse
it&Uers.
this un-
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less their customers understand and
oo-operate" Was Berry said.
FIRST NORTH DAKOTA INFANTRY
Kf3»r#
Curtailment of Imports from
America Causes New Ex
igency—Ordinary Pair of
Shoes Sell at $10 to $12
and Auto Tires at $500
Each—Stocks of Coffee
Soon will be Exhausted.
Stockholm, July 6.—Washington
dispatches the last few days forecast
ing the sharpest limitations or possi
ble discontinuance of all exports to
neutrals caused anxiety In government
ircles and among the people gener
ally. The situation is already grave
and the prospect pictured by news
from America renders it still more
disquieting.
Crops are likely to be below the
average. Manufactories of various
lines are closed-, by lack of raw ma
terials. Others cannot maintain pro
duction much longer. Benzine and
petroleum are nearing exhaustioi}.
Leather is scarce and so dear that a
pair of ordinary shoes costs from 10
to $12. Automobile tires bring $500
apiece. The stocks of coffee In the
kingdom will be exhausted in a month.
Long lines of people stand outside the
stores waiting to buy coffee.
Expect Many Idle Hands.
The government already has taken
extraordinary measures to deal with
extensive unemployment which is
considered inevitable If, the war lasts
another winter and it becomes im
possible to Import needed commodi
ties.
In view of the assertions in some
quarters that Sweden's imports are
not intended solely for Swedish con
sumption, the Associated Press asked
Herr E. B. Trolle, formerly minister
of foreign' affairs and now president
of the government's war trade com
mission, for a statement. He said
"Official statistics of Sweden's im
portations for 1916, which are now
nearly complete, demonstrate con
clusively the absolute erroneousness
of assertions that we are bringing in
American products for the purpose of
passing them on to the central pow
ers."
MAIL SMUGGLED
INTO U. S. FOR
TEUTON AGENT
Feaer4 Agents ^Unearth
Method of Communica
tion with Germany.
New york',. July 6.—Federal' author
ities Investigating suspected methods
of communication between the United
States and Germany announced here
today the seizure of a bundle of let
ters, including communications ap
parently intended to reach Alexander
Von Nuber, formerly Austrian consul
general in New York. Von Nuber left
here after the government Investiga
tion charges that the shipped reserv
ists to Austria under fraudulent pass
ports in 1915.
The letters were brought here by
sailors on a Scandinavian steamship
and delivered to a saloonkeeper in
Hoboken. The plan according to the
investigators was for- the mall to be
re-addressed here so that It would ap
pear to be correspondence from the
United States.
The sailors admitted they were paid
to smuggle mail.
DELEGATES TO THE
ELK CONVENTION ARE
ARRIVING IN NEW YORK
Boston, July 6.—Several .hundred
delegates to the' national Elks con
vention next week arrived yesterday
and today and it is expected that
many thousands will be in the city
by Saturday night.
Fred Harper of Lynchburg,' Va., and
John W. Stevenson of Fulton, N. Y.,
are candidates for Grand Exalted
Ruler.
AIRPLANES WILL
END WORLD WAR
Dr. Joseph S. Ames has Been
Appointed by Government
.^tudy Conduct of Wa|,.v
Baltimore, July 6.—Dr. .Joseph 8.
Ames,- professor of physics at Johns
Hopkins university and chairman of
the committee of scientists appointed
by this government to study the con
duct of the war in France, stated here,
last night after a number of confer
ences in Washington that speed and
a lie in aeroplanes will end the war
most quickly.
He said the'United States must fur
nish 10,000 pilots and at the lowest
20,000 aeroplanes and must maintain,
this loverage in the face of casualties.
Each pilot, he said, must have two.
planes.
pr. Ames said the program must be
carried-into effect before the close of
this-year. -1
He said the American people can
not appreciate the tremendous scale
on which things are -being done
abroad.
"To. Illustrate," he said,, "in »ome
plaees the British battle line In
pVance is forty miles deep and I have
Seen trains of motor lorries 20 miles
long and a train of nine-inch guns six
miles long."
GRAND FORKS, N. D., FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1917.
People of Scandinavia Face Grave
Shortage of Food. Prices Soar Out"
Of Reach And Many Will Lack Work
The people of Russia .under the most
trying conditions in history have given
an example of dignity and self re
straint.
"These people know their job and
will do it. I suggest it Is about time
to do away with all. criticism and give
them a chance."
ADVANCE OF NORTH
AND SOUTH ARMIES
HAS BEEN STARTED
London, July B.-r-TJie Peking cor
respondent of the Exchange Telegraph
company says that the'advance of the
Northern' and Southern Republican
armies, under Tuan CJpl Jul the form
er. premier,' and General Feng K?o
Chang, the former Vice president, re
spectively has commenced. They are
moving toward Peking-
The situation, the'idispatch adds, Is
considered grave.
CROWN PRINCE
HAMMERS NEW
jte
Turns Attention to Cham
pagne, but French With
stand all Attacks.
(By Associated Press.)
Having: failed ,disastrously in their
recent effort to drive the FrencK from
commanding positions on the Chemln
des-Dames on the Aisne front, the
Germans are now turning their at
tention to the Champagne, apparent
ly with a similar purpose.
Attacks were made by the crown
prince's troops last night on the
French lines west of Mont Carnlllet
and southeast of Tahure. The drives
evidently were'not of such intensity
as that earlier in the week along the
Alsne, and the Paris official' report
says they were easily repulsed.'
Vigorous Artillery Work.
The artillery fighting is proceeding
in these and other sectors 'of the
Champagne. In the Verdun region al
so the French guns are active. With
the evident effort of making the Ger
man trenches west and north of Hill
304 untenable, -General .Petaln's ar
tillery is pouring a destructive fire
upon them. Apparently the crown
prince has.none too secure a hold on
such ground here as his troops were
able to seize in their sudden rush a
few days ago.
London Reticent.
London Is reticent as to .what is jro
injf onv aloiMf 'the .Brltlsly front. In
Era&c^-j^ere-these -hasfc. beJen indir
cKtipns- ..that.. some »important -mover
ment was prospect'Ynfe only activi
ty reported was a nocturnal raid on
British posts near Bullecourt which'
was repulsed.
In Macedonia there is some revival
of activity, but seemingly not on a
large scale. Enemy troops, 'probably
Bulgarian, launched an assault on
the ridge west of Doljell, southwest of
Lake Dolran, but were compelled by
a British counter attack to relinquish
the footing they obtained.
Russians Fight Turks.
Petrograd, July 6.—Russian troops
and newly reinforced Turkish de
tachments are engaged in battle in
the Bistan region of the Persian-Mes
opotamlan frontier, says the official
statement Issued by the Russian war
department.
CANAMANDRAFT
BILL PASSES TO
Vote Gives Government
IMore Ballots Than
Usually is Case.
Ottawa, Ont, July 6.^—The Cana
dian house of commons early today
adopted the resolution offered by
Premier Borden, passing to- second
reading the bill for compulsory mill
tary service.
Exciting scenes marked the taking
of the vote, .which stood: 118 for con
scription and 65 against'
The vote gave the government about
20 more votes than it usually-polls on
Important questions. This wa».the re
sult of a considerable number of Eng
lish'speaking liberals breaking away
from the leadership of Sir Wilfred
Laurier and Joining with Premier Bor
,den in support of .conscription.
-Before the bill was sanctioned Sir
Wilfrid Laurier's proposal that- the
opinion of ..the- people on conscription
should' he tested .by a referendum was
defeated by a majority of '49.
A resolution presented'' by the
French nationalists from,the province,
of Quebec ..that the conscription bill
should: be killed by t,he adoption of a
six months postpohment Was'defeated
by. the large .majority of 186. Only
nine nationalist votes were cast for
the resolution and both -the govern
ment and the opposition to conscrip
tion-voted against this proposal.
An amendment aimed to supply
more' adequate provisions for- depend
ents of men
at
wm
ff'i
'•^T0
'ill!
the 'tront, was •defeated
116 to 65.
Premier Borden explained that this
amendment was "dilatory" and that
he should refuse to,allow .it .to Inter
fere with the second readintr.
mS8H PARiy VRKSEWl^
Washington July T. P. O'Con
nor'and Richard Haxelton, leaders of
the Irlsht parliamentary party, were
preeented- to Presldent Wilson yester
day by Senator PWWan of California.
Mr. O'Connor expressed to the Preel
dent the thanka of his party for the
sympathy shown by Mr. Wilson
'the-'-Irish causa.
NEWSPAPER
DR. LADD MAKES
STATEMENT IN
SBOAM) DEMAND
Says President Crawford
Asked That He Resign
as A. C. Head.
WAS TOLD IT WAS TO
I BE PLACED ON FILE
Believes He Can Handle all
I His Jobs if He is not An
noyed too Much.
Fargo, N. D., July 6—Dr. E. F. Ladd
has Issued a formal statement of the
proceedings of the May meeting of
the board of regents, at which he says
he was asked for his resignation as
president of Agricultural college and
at which, time he was informed by
Regent Wftite of Valley City that he
had personally been looking about
for a man to succeed Dr. Ladd.
Dr. Ladd also alleges that Secre
tary Brewer had applied to him for a
position and had been interceded by a
third person, not named.
Secretary Brewer in a telegram
from Bismarck makes a denial of this
statement. The statement of Dr. Ladd
follows:
Dr. Ladd's Statement
"I keenly regret that I am forced
to make any public statement, but
duty and loyalty to the college com
pel me at this time to do so. For
seven years the Agricultural college
has been, the football of politics,
kicked about by petty politicians and
one group or party in the past has
not been one whit better than anoth
er. They have not striven for the up
building of the college as an educa
tional Institution to one-half the "'ex
tent they have to gain control of Its
policy or. to further their own schemes
or ambitions and this to the disgrace
of our educational system and state
betterment. Any man who dares to
speak has hazarded his future if he
has not been disciplined. It is un
fortunately disgraceful' that such
should be the case. I trust that It
may be purged for all time but the
curse' is outside more largely than In
side.
Resignation is Asked.
"At an adjourned meeting of the
board of regents in May, a member
of the faculty was being, as I thought,
unfairly criticised and I defended, as
well as I could, his course, when Mr.
Crawford said that if I had been a
real president, I would have demand
ed his resignation within 24 hours of
the occurrence and my action would
have been approved by the board.
After further comment and dis
cussion, Mr. Crawford asked rne to re*
sign afe president'ortBifcblTe'lce. N'oSh
ing was said with regarft to my work
In jthe regulatory department except
to ask how much time I put .In for the
college. To this, replied, two-thirds
of my time. I did not feel that there
was any good reason for resigning and
I thought that I should be given a
chance as I felt I had never yet failed
In what I had undertaken but added
that the board of regents were the
doctors and the highest power and I
must abide by their action.
Wanted Resignation On File.
"Mr. Crawford said that he desired
the resignation on file so that they
could be looking for a man to take
my place and that it might ,be some
little time before the change could
be made. He then instructed Mr.
Brewer to write a resignation for me
to sign. Without further comment,
Mr. Brewer at once proceeded to do
so. In the interim, Mr. White stated
concerning the publication that had
been given In The New Rockford
Center with regard to looking for a
man that neither Governor Frazier
nor Mr. Crawford was to blame, but
that he had requested the man to
look for a suitable person as presi
dent for the Agricultural oollege. Be
fore -Mr. Brewer had apparently com
pleted' writing the resignation, 'at the
suggestion of Mr. Powers, he was
again recalled.
"It was now late, nearly 1 o'clock
and the board adjourned. In the aft
ernoon, Mr. Brewer came to my of
fice and stated' that he had discussed
the matter further going to town and
that he was confident that it was not
the desire of the board to in any way
handicap my work In the regulatory
department.
Says Job Was Asked for Brewer.
"On the following Monday morn
ing an employe and representative of
the-board came to my office and said
he "waa going to make a suggestion,
namely, that the board members were
very fond of Mr. Brewer and inas
much aa I had asked for an assistant
to aid me as food commissioner, 'if
Mr. Brewer was appointed and the
correspondence and general work
turned.'over to him, he was confident
that the board would not take fur
ther action, and that .this would be a
good solution' for' me. Mr Brewer
had previously applied in person to
me, for the' position. The board' had
already furnished me a man to, act as
deputy In the administrative trork.
~1No"orte' regrets more keenly than
I, the dragging of these matters in
to, the'.public'press but they are be
yond my .'control and will be as long
as petty, politics dominate and. com
pel subserviency to 'their demands.
Wants to Keep Al) Positions.
"It Is said I have too much work.
I grant I have plenty to do. It is not
work that Injures or kills, but petty
annoyances and worry 4ecause. of
suoh annoyances. Besides I have a
devoted body of loyal workers among
my associates, in the faculty who have
aided
me. -Agpin the legislature in
the oil bill provided for a deputy who
has charge of all oil work and this
relieves me of any -added' duty. The
railroad commissioners have provided
aihple aid, a deputy inspector, a clerk
and stenographer to handle the rou
tine work. The board of regents at
the April meeting granted my request
for- an assistant in the regulatory
work now appointed, and my duty
to. organlse the work and develop
college as aa educational institu-
•To
(fee
"Do not tor the any bile be
•V.V.:TO-5i''«SlS'«im
-,- '"-1
drawn Into this unfortunate mael
strom,' for youf sake and
that
of .thq
college. I stand alone with no one
else involved. There has never been
a more loyal and devoted faculty than
that of the Agricultural college dur
ing the past year. Harmony has pre
vailed your support came to every
undertaking and I place you, without
fear of contradiction, as the equal of
any faculty of any other college of
the same rank and type. Stand for
your work, be loyal to the college,
stay with it, be honest In your ef
forts and discuss, not even among
yourselves, this unfortunate affair
for by your efforts and with the sup
port of the student body, the educa
tional standard has been, in the past
year, much improved and do not let
it be set back.
"I am but an incident in the up
building of the college and as the
curtain may be forced down, I say to
you, it will surely rise again and as
you have served, so may you be re
warded in Its future greatness. We
all come short of what we would like
to do. If at times I have seemed un
sympathetic, you may now catch a
glimpse of the trials that have made
it necessary.
"What I am here forced to say is
with no feeling of 111 will towards any
one, and I shall regret If any one Is
forced to feel otherwise towards me,
but petty politics can never be made
to mix with the spirit of true educa
tion and research. My work and its
results I am willing to leave to the
will of the common people whom I
have endeavored to serve during these
years.
"—E. F. Ladd.
"July 6, 1917.
Bismarck, N. D., July 6.—"I never
asked President Ladd of the Agri
cultural college to appoint me acting
food commissioner, no member of the
state board of regents made such re
quest and no person was authorized to
solicit the pure food commissioner
ship for me. The appointment of
pure food commissioners are made by
the state board of regents, not by
President Ladd, and I have never
heard any other name than his men
tioned in connection with the posi
tion. I talked with Dr. Ladd and he
denied that any member of the board,
or that I had solicited from him po
sition of-acting pure food commission
er." Charles Brewer, secretary of the
board of regents Issued this signed
statement in response to charges that
he or friends for him sought pure
food .commisslonershlp of North Da
kota *.
SAXON DIET
BREAKS WITH
GOVERNMENT
Warned Officials that Up
heaval Would Follow Un
less Reforms Came.
A-
-v.'..
Copenhagen, July. 6.—A-jflispatplv
•from Breitderf «£ys tnkt" "tSeV'Spfl
diet which Tuesday .warned -th« gdv^
ernment of a disappearance of the
sentiment of loyalty toward the king
and also of a coming upheaval unless
the government mends Its Wdy, has
now broken openly with the govern
ment.
This action Is'a consequence of the
refusal by Count Von Vltzchum d'
Eckstadt, premier of Saxony, to auth
orize the diet committee on constitu
tional reforms, to continue its labors
during recess. The diet refused to
give the necessary authorization to
settle fuel problems and it must
therefore be reconvoked not later
than August. This will enable the
constitutional committee to resume
work.
ABSENT VOTERS
GIVEN BLANKS
No Court Order Has Been
Received by County Audi
tor—Langer Opposes.
Despite protests emanating from
the office of Attorney General William
Langer, relative to the legality of the
absent voters ballots for the special
election of July 10, county auditors
throughout the first congressional dis
trict will continue to distribute the
ballots, until a court order has been
Issued restraining further issuance.
County Auditor Hans Anderson re
ceived a message from Secretary of
State Thomas Hall this morning, stat
ing that Attorney General Langer had
advised against the absent voters
ballots. Mr. Anderson conferred with
the county auditor of. Cass county,
who declared that he also would con
tinue to distribute the ballots until
legally ordered to discontinue.
The call for the ballots has- Increas
ed during the past few days and num
ber of blanks have been sent to Fort
Snelllng where eleglble voters are
stationed.
Interest in the election has been
growing dally and with only a few
days left, even a keener display of en
thusiasm on the part of the various
factions, is anticipated.
In. Grand Forks city, the. senior al
derman of -each ward will be the In
spector and will select the judges
and clerks to' act The polling sta
tions will be the same as on registra
tion day,'it'is expected.
E E N I N
EDITION
M:
THREATENED STRIKE
OF OPERATORS HAS
BEEN SETTLED NOW
Hoquiam, Wash.,' July L—Differ
ences between telephone operators of
Gray Harbor and the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company, which
threatened-to cause a strike among
employes 'of the company along the
entire Pacific coast were settled yes
terday. Under, the terns of the agias
ment- reached, operators will return
to work tomorrow morning with
wages increased It cants a d*ftr. The
company agreed not to discriminate
agaiast operator* affiliated with tine
operators' union,
North Dakota' Regiment. Experie&Cevia drtie hc^pita)^
norcinj! desired. Apply Qyp«. i&im«ufck, N.
H-T-in
PRICE FIVE- CENTS.
ISSUE MAY BE
Washington, July 6.—Final dispo
sition by tonight of the prohibition is
sue was forecast when the food con
trol bill was. again taken up in the
senate today, although a. sharp strug
gle was promised. Both the "wets'*
and "drys" were lined up for the con
test.
It was strongly Indicated that ths
so-called "administration com
promise," providing only that distilla
tion of food stuffs for intoxicating
beverages shall cease, would be adopt
ed by a big majority.
The food bill was taken up in the
senate under an agreement to begin
consideration of the prohibition sec
tion this afternoon with debate lim
ited.
Senator Chamberlain, in charge of
the bill, hopes to reach another agree
ment for a final vote on the bill itself
by next Wednesday or Thursday.
An amendment by Senator Cham
berlain was adopted providing that
the minimum price of any necessities
sold by the government shall not be
less than the minimum guaranteed
price of products.
Senator Curtis introduced the "bone
dry" prohibition provision contained
In the bill as it came from the house.
Conferees on the first food bill, pro
vlding for stimulation of production
and a national food stuffs survey, ten
tatively agreed today to provide for
settlement of unsurveyed public land
in western states along the lines of
Senator Fall's amendment, but proba
bly with new restrictions safeguard
ing the government's interests.
DRAFT DATE IS
Expected that 2,000,000
Names will be Drawn to
Get 625,000 Troops.
Washington, July 6.—Secretary
Baker and Provost Marshal General
Crowder today were completing the
final details of the method to be em
ployed in selecting registrants for the
new national arms-, but the date of
the drawing has not yet been an
nounced. A complete organization of
every local and district exemption
board is necessary before the draft
machinery can begin to operate. The
drawings will be in Washington and
indications point to the use of num
bers instead of names in making se
lections.
As there will be exemptions among
the drafted men before the first in
crement of 625,000 men can actually
be assembled, necessarily more than
that number of names will be drafted
on the first operation, it was said to
day. It is probable that as many, as
a million or two million names might
be drawn and from them exemptions
will be made. Then, the first army
of 626,000 men will be formed. Other
troops will be drawn from the re
mainder until it is decided to raise
another increment.
JUDGE YOUNG
HEAD OF N. D.
RED CROSS
Fargo Man Appointed State
Director—Each County
to Organize. ...- if
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Disposition of Dry Amend
ment to Food Bill Ex
pected Today.
COMPROMISE TO
PASS IS BELIEF
Look for Control Bill Itself
to Pass by Next Wed
nesday.
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NOT ANNOUNCED
Final Details of Method of
Selecting Army Being ,A,
Completed Today.
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Judge N. C. Toung of Fargo, today
was appointed director for North Da
kota of the American Red Cross-So
ciety. The appointment was •. an
nounced at headquarters in Washing
ton today.
The plan of the American Bad
Cross society is to organize each state.
A state director is to be appointed,
and, under his direction, a county di
rector will be named. A county unit
is to be organised in each of the 6$
counties in North Dakota.
Judge Toung opened headquarters
in Fargo today. The executive secre
tary for North Dakota will be ap^
pointed within a very Short tims.-
EQUITY MAN IS
NAMED ASSISTANT
deputy grain Inspector of
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