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mm Sl« g|jsfisj 4- '.ty ,'' 1 I !i $•• l^bi'TiaN'. yM \rr\y ik:^^SWt^..c V-15* Admiral Peary submitted »to a blood transfusion at a hospital here ten days ago. Ue later was removed to his .home and his condition then was reported as somewhat improved. He gradually grety weaker, -however. 1'he transfusion this month was the thirty-fifth to .which Admiral Peary had submitted within two years. Washington, Feb. 20.—rAdmiral Peary was 64 years old and entered the navy as a civil engineer on Octo ber 26, 1881.' He was assistant engi neer, Nicaragua ship canal, under government .orders 1884-86. Return ing to the United States he became interested in Arctic explorations and 34 years ago he made his first trip to the north, making a -reconnaissance of the Greenland inland ice pape east of Disco Bay. Two years- thereafter he was engi neer in charge of the" Nicaragua canal surveys and invented rolling lock gates' for the canal, -but the lure of the Arctic was: on him and he again turned northward. In -June, 1891, he led his first big polar expedition, be-, ing head of the Arctic expedition of the Academy of' Natural Science of Philadelphia. pole, returning In 1909 to find that Frederick A. Cook was being praised as the discoverer. In 1913 he was promoted to the rank of rea? admiral in the riavy and given the thanks of congress by a special act. Turning his attention to aviation, Admiral Peary became a strong advocate of aircraft develop ment-by ,tlie government and time and again•' urged .adequate':coast pa trol) in thiawpuntryk, .especially dur ing'the war period.. ••.5-'. ^Tjzl -Lsy- 1 Bom in iX Robert Edwin Peary :, ^rherifcan vAxi^ie9^«»ioi©r/ 1,87?,, ahd in'1881 became iWvil tvS\ •gineer in the tT. S. navy wtth we rank' of lieutenant. In 1884 he -Was appointed assistant engineer in con-I nectioh With' the Purveys for the Ni caragua frtilp capal, and in 1887-1888 he was in charge of these surveys, In 1886 he obtained leave of absence, for a sumiiier excursion to Disco. Bay on the west coast ot Greenland. From this'point he made -a. journey of nearly a hundred miles Into the interior, arid' the experience Im pressed him with the practicability of using this so-called inland ice-cap as- a highway for exploration. Irt 1891/ he organized an expedition. .under the auspices ot the. AcadMny During a. summer. excursion, to Mel ville Bay in 1894, Peary discovered' jihree large meteorites, which -sup plied the Kskimos with the material for their iron implements, i'd by Sir John Ross in 181_. Ins return in 1895 he brought the two smaller ones with him. The Re maining' meteorite -was bro.light to New York in 1897. In 18?8 Ueuten ant Peary published Northwjurd Over: the Great 'Ice,'a record of ajl his ex peditione up to that time, ajid in the same year he started on another ex peditipn to the .Arctic regional Ih this and subsequent expeditions he received, financial aid from Morris t. Jesup and tJ*B Peary Arctipj clu-b. In jN(#t 43^^,:w!^-vAvn^,r.v*v'-y^. ••i*-.'$.4? •r^-\' V*- vVivv- REAR ADMIRAL ROBERT PEARY, RETIRED ARCTIC EXPLORER Results From Pernic ious Anemia Explorer Has Submitted To 35 Blood Transfusions Withm'Thi Last Two Years, "Washington, Feb. 20.—Rear Ad Ulral Robert Edwin Peary, retired' Arctic e^cplor^r and discoverer of, the North Pole, died at his home her today from pernicious anemia, from which he had suffered for sfeverql 'years. He will be buried with full naval honors. fw*s as report 18j and on November, 1903, he went t^ England on'a naval conlniiasion^ to inquire Into the system.of naval barracks In Great Britain, and jvaa/preeenVedijwlth the Livingstone gold m^dai of the Royal Scottish Geographical sociei •?. Co'm mander Peary then began prepara tions for another expeditiQ i' by the construction pf a special sh ?, named .. the "Roosevelt,": the first .1 ver. built in the United Rates fo* ttti piirpose of exploration. .. -U'- His SncaOBfpl .«rl|L In 1908 Peary started 'l "Roosevelt" on the' Journ k'tas supplies dlminishei Tend of Uie month Gantaln1 was the onlir wrhlie map Peary, and he returned v.-: degrees north,- tti .^JrZz- then iver ireiu^iiea. -. '^Shr)rJ ,%$$$ TOgrtf servant'- and 'i^^.puihed on, And on.m .1909, readied in. 4he Which sucqess. August, viraa to bring him His fi: He left Etah on the 18th- oi m?.: wintered In Grant Land, an set for- ard over the ice from Cs^h Colum la on the 1st vt 'March, U09, '-. A s5®-pStf ot six ,suurted with' .«,Ayed' in sections,' on« in S3.Bf1: Robert Edwin Pear* Just before the news came ot Peary's success another 'American on a Danish ship, claizoe had reached the .North Pole on the 21st of April, 1908. He had accom panied an expedition northward In 1907, prepared to attempt to reach the" pole if opportunity .offered,, and according to his own story had'done so,. leaving his party, and taking only some Eskimos, early lh 1908. Nothing had beeh^ heard of him ainjoe March ot: that year, and was supposed tloii he h^d perished. ,Cook's claim to have forestatled Peary ,wa•' at fir*t iclre||(ted at.Copen^agifen but ecleatt-. -ffe dRinloh. in jplnlrlaiitd and America* tt^dre -re«(etved,s and eventually, .if profcnfeed -dupttt^. a .apeoial ire., submitted, declared that they ccMtaiii^d no -prbof that.: he had' ^eiached the pole, By that time moot conclusion arid, the over. when of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, buildings and fir-e spread to'the o'th The party of Seven Included Lleuten- erfli ant Peary's wife, the first white woman Lu accuinpany an Arctic ex pedition. After wintering' In Ingle- field Gulf on the ndrthwest 'eoast. of Greenland, in the -following-, spring Lieutenant Peary, with a. young Nor-' wegian, Eivind Astrup, crossed the Is- Chicago, Feb. 20.—John ''Smiling land ice-cap alpiig its-northern limit Ja8k'' O'Brien, 21-year-old gunman, to the northeast of^ Greenland and.wa*. Hanged-in'Cook county jail this hack. Lieutenant Peary w4s' able, to morning fox the murder of. Patrol- fit out another Arctic" expedition in mkn Richard Burke. Mrs.. Peary* who gavje birth, to a' daughter at the winter quarters in Inglefield Gulf. The expedition Re turned in ths season of 1894| leaving •Pehry. with his 'colored servant). Heii-' son, aiid Hugh Cf. Lee. to renefr the attempt to cross the. lnl&^d: ice in the iiext year. Tliis -they succeeded-' in 'doing, but without being able to car •fxy the work of exploration any -fartli •'Vr oil the opposite side of Greenland. 893, and was again accompanied ,by,p ^phe' execution was delayed nearly .v. -'-'i- an sejnsatioh vras THREE BURNED BADLY IN FACTORY FIRE 7 New Castle, Pa., Feb. 20.—-Three girls suffered burns and three small buildings, of the-'Conti Powder com pany' were feilrned here today follow ing an explosion' of fiteworks caused a stove was upset In one of the SMILING JACK O'BKIEN HANGED jv hoilr when a'last nilfiute reqiicat was received-from the grand Jury, asking-, to see O'Brien. The Juror* re mained in the- death, chamber and watched the, hanging! Farming^ Company Is ... Formed At Hazelton Haitelton, N, D., Feb.-20.—The Val ley Stock' Farm, a general farming corporation capitalised at $25,009, has been formed here by A. E. Rus •enand-F.andKayC.Tye, all of Haaalton. i, Moontrail Connty Town Wants Railway Station Bismarck, N D. F^b. 20.—A petlr tlen has bjBen received bjr the state railroad commissioners for a station agents at Manitou, Mountrail' county^ A^buflneaai totalling $12,0.00 a year i« rec^uived, the commleslon announces, before .an agent Is authorized: "BAr mso^ ELS ipther-. They -wierrf gradii Uly sent: of Hudsonr Wis., was fleeted presl' At the B*irtltft Vith. It lh 8T latitude 1tti his Aprlr, ned some ns, aa4 vop from the .polf, fo at t.60^ ttpdins: the excepttlonvof .safely to .She, left her wtatfr 4 LEFT SUM OF MONET Chicago, Feb- 20.—"Bat" Nelson former lightweight champion, is'chief beneficiary in the will of his father, filed here f?r-probate. The will leaves 1225,000 of the $250,000 estatb to the. boxer .aiid divides the residue among' rrsJ his Ave brothei The estate of mainly, of "Battl! lngs as a fighter. DAKOTA'S. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS £5"*" \. 9 father consisted Nelson's* earn- ELEKT' OmuKiUl' Green Bay Wis., Feb. 20.^—Tl^e ... ... Wisconsin real .jpstate association, ,in im, ''and convention here, held selection of ofr trpnt of ffcera late yesterday. W. B. Webster BU|K| Tf *011 VfW vivyv dent. Others elected are: First Vice Preeldent—B. M. Apker, Chstek. i. "v Second Vice President—F. R. QrumptAn. Superior. Treisuiw-T-Arthur ZSirjiich, Ra«ine. Seciretan^PaAiel .K&MStelnbeiw,,-' AWl(t«a- •*. '-a.'. 75few Dlrector»-r. W, Millar. JDlfr waukee C.- B. Chapiinan. Madlson John Genske, Kenoriha R. MOBTOW OOVHTT TO OOWVBW*. MaS&n, N,- p., Wb. I*'.-—A pan of«*v«nlremenhas been called -for the ndag term pf court lnstbls cltr llSrSuSr The calendar is wt and It lir Jkpeeted the term vrtll be brief. 1 'My 'y. v.* —A- summary of. the the Allied Buenos Aires main points in the Allied reply to President Wilson's Adriatic- note, cabled by (fan Rome correspondent of La Nacton, discloses that Presi dent Wilson threatened to withdrawf his signature from the British French-American treaty establishing securltyv in France. Washington—American trad* with the world is endangered by action of the -appropriations committed in catting foreign trade estimates of the department o£, commerce from $1, 658,000 to $490,000, Secretary Alex ander declared. 4 Los Angeleo—William Welsh Ad ams, American mine superintendent, reported kidnaped in Zacatecas, Mex., February 13, has been released, ac cording to messages his wife re ceived. from the'American consul at SaitiUo. Santa Fe—The new Mexican legis lature completed ratification of the woman suffrage amendment. The Hague—The second chamber of the Dutch parliament voted in fa vor of Holland's entrance into the League of Nations. 1 -Tommy Comiskey Stuenhmer in ten „Rock Islarfd— defeated "Bum" rounds,. Jerfcey City—Jimmy Wilde stopped Mick Russell in the seventh. Chicago—Johnny Meyers defeated Benny Reuben in straight falls. Wichita—Ed "Strangler" Liewis defeated John Olin in a one fall match. Cedar Rapids—Jack Reynolds de feated Peter Buzukos in straight* falls. Boston—Waino Ketonen defeated John Kilonis in a one-fall match.' 11 Mile Highway To( Be Built At Linton Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 20.—State expeditions into ~th? Arctic""before he1 explorer, Dr. F. A. Coojc (b. *1885), the. letting of a federal aid project of soulless individuals and corporations throughout India the Allied decision finally was successful in/reaching the returning from Greenland to Europe, 11 and one-half miles of road south ed that he.of. Hacelton. On March 11, the commission an nounces, a project of six miles be tween Heii and" Carson, in Grant county, will be let and on March 12 nine miles north- froijn New England, in Hettinger county, besides a 150 foot concrete bridge over the Can nonball river-at Mott. MORE COOPERAITON FROM FARMERS ASKED BY CENSUS BUREAU •?*,?: '^^K-'V'1- i: "j ,#»••• L:. •:','. *.... v: •^1 —*-fo'-V-^r^^V ^... _^j.',, N I N 0 Removal Of Kane SEEKS BETTER WAGES FORTHE PORTO RICANS Sixty events For Eleven Hours is Pay For Labor In Some Cases. San Juan, P. R„ Feb. 6.—(Mail.)— Complaint that wages "as low.'as 60 cel|U for 11 hours work" .are paid in Porto Rico waa made ,by Peter J, Brady ari^l Anthony McAndrew, repre sentatives of the American Federation of Labor, in a letter they sent re rcently to Acting Governor Jose E. Beneaicto (Remanding a "living wage" for Porto Rican workers. Messrs. Brady and McAndrew were sent tot the island to investigate labpr condi tions. In their letter to the acting governor they denounced the situation here as being of such a character as to make Porto Rico a "living grave ,yard,"' Washington,' «0.'^^^' aftpe»il to the farrtiera fbr, fuller co-opera tion with the census bureau ,was is sued today by Secretary of Agricul ..... ... ture Meredith. The delay and diffi- yaneeovjch, employed as a track ciilty in taking1 the census of the.! on the Northern Pacific ro*«l, farms, the secretary said, has beoome' suffered abdominal injuries wlien a matter of serious concern, to the de- struck by a heavy timber. The KU partment. Part of the delay waa1 Prome court found that the proof to adverse weather condi- Farmers were asked by Mr. Mere dith- to assist the work by notifying the department of any farms which may have been overlooked by enum erators. fit., Paul, Minn., Feb. 20 -—A ver dict of $881.50 awarded Paul Ivau t^&vleh,.-puluth,' in the -Hennapin dfetrlct "oourl,'"against the North' American Life & equally ra- .WSW. on a pplicy for accideniUl ownea largely Dy norm la. Jfijury' causing hernia, was .aftirluel amphg whom aire several •ul today, by the state supreme court, cit,itens of Mandan. It 1b made a case of accidental Injury un der the' policy and not of special In demnity resulting from illness aa contended by the insurance company. The company's appeal' was from an order denying its motion for: a' new trial. WOULD RECALL COMMISSION*. COLD. WAVE IN. MONTANA. Heleila, Mont., Feb. 20.—A cold Warsaw, Thursday, Feb. 19.—-A wave,, which spread" generally over motion was adopted In the Polish Montana, sent''temperatures down 15 diet today requesting the Polish gov to .26. degrees Within the 24 hours ernment to take measures to, petition ended today. Helena showed the max- the allies to recall from Teschen the imum droptand registered 10 degrees inter-allied plebiscite commissioners above zero. Moderate snows were re- who have been accused of partially ported. favoring the Czechs In) that region. WELL, HERE'S A GO! By 'iteii 4 M. mm**. Y*.U: FARMER EMPEROR PERFECTLY WILLING TO UVE AT DOORN The Hakuc, Wednesday,1 Feb. 10.—Before' aiuwrrlnR the last Allied note relative to the ex tradition 4f formers Emperor WUllam, tiio Duldi goremment is expected to assure itself that the Mft«fhUe monarcii is willing to settle'town for life at Ihiorn and not 1 Eight Woman Swimmers Will Participate In National Junior Match The investigators asserted -that in some rare instances wages as high as $1.60 had been paid for 11 hours work: but only where the best and strongest men Could be secured. "The Cleveland, O., Feb- 20.—Eight \of rate of pay for women for the same ,v,e number of hours was 30 to 60 cents the country are entered in the na-( and children get from 10 cents up," tional junior 100-yard championship they informed Signor Benedicto'. should. In asking the acting governor to call a conference of the ^ugar interests, the labor investigators requested that the minimum wage of all male work ers be set arbitrarily at $2.50 per day of eight hours and at $1.25 for women and boys but that when the work .of, m»n1th?rrJtaSn*(,t1^KAt0Kthatj*0'm^he Ixmdon, Thursday, Feb. 19.—An $2.50 be paid. They interesting Side light on the Turkish Engineer W. H." Robinson has been at "The sugar profits are enormous, so when it was .announced arrangements Linton recently in connection with there should be no excuse for these had been made to publish Officially. and It was after the receipt of the fore going letter that many of the sugar operators agreed to advance wag^s 30 to_50 per cent with $1. to $1.50 a daV as a minimum wage. yiCRJMCT OFJK81 AWARDED. best known women swimmers,in f°r "Many of these children are far be- tonight under the auspices of the low the legal age for employment. American Athletic Union. Most Necessities of living being, so high, it prominent are the Smith sistera, is impossible for' these unfortunate Eleanor an| Ruth, of Now York, people to live as human beings women, which will be held here other events are on the program. INTERESTING SIDY LIGHT ON TURKISH PROBLEM PUBLISHED situation appeared this afternoon Porto Rican statesmen. This that the sultan is to remain (n Con- starving condition of the people of stantlnople. Opposition amonp In Porto Rico should not continue a mo- dlan Moslems to the removal' of the ment longer. The' very men who sit head, of the church from the spiritual in the Porto Rican legislature are the capital has given cause for consider worst profiteers and the most heart- able anxiety. leas." AND AN TO GET NEW OIL STATION Ma A A 1A 1 Utah's congressional representation allows this state eight foil votes at the national convention. W. R. Wal lace, state chairman, believes that the meeting of the state body will be held about May 10. i- P- & N E W S A E GRAND FORKS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1980. PRICE FIYB^CENTS^ disturb the world's peace. W^le, on answering the original demand for extradition, the. Dutch government acted witmt coheal ting Count Hoh-. a different be panned In the course presentr Hoir ply sbe.ta liam of undoubtedly re- 4 to guard Wil- enzollern closely at' IHtom and accept mponstWUtr for nrcventing any danger to the world peace, but It will probably be necessary to consult the exile before reptytng.' Mo difficnlty' is anticipated- in. this connection as Count" Hobenaollern Is reported to be ready to accept Doom as.a haven fojr the rest of his life. A Th6 Republican state central1 com mittee will meet February 23 to fix the convention date for the selection of delegates to the Republican na tional convention. MORRIS 'f. X' •'r, %.' tf. '"f W fe f.J.1 r¥in jr r' -fi 11. vl ?V" 1 Flood Of Protests Poor In. members. jJSarly ihtelafternowit whetti i|ilber «4jred fey a JJsiaid, representative, 11 lia Hi kKe/vlM^Al«r m_ owned largely'by North Dakota men, the aboard niembejp absolutely re well known fused/Ao make any atatetnent.i^gard planned to ing their plans or aa to what' had. al erect a very ornate building here. ready beep decided upon. They re a a a UTAH DEMS TO, MEET. to the probable duration of the meet Sal.t Lake City, Feb 20.—April 3 Ing. or as to whether or not any ses has been set-as the date, for the meet-]sion would be held at the university, ihg of the Utah Democratic state cen-| President Kane said today that he tral committee hero for tne purpose bad received no Intimation as to of choosing the date, and selecting the whether- or not the board would meet city for the holding of the Democratic state convention at which de^sate8 to the national convention at San Francisco June 28 will be named. at the university or as to whether or not he would be Invited to appear before them. It^ia understood that i£ further ef forts are made to oust President Kane he will demand that he be given a hearing before the full board, includ ing Miss Minnie J. Nielson, and P. M. Casey, both, of whom have been ill since the effort to oust him began, and have taken no part in the af fair. Mr. Hagan this afternoon broke his rule of silence so far as to state that he. "stands behind" the inter view telegraphed, from St. Paul to the Townley papers In the slate in which he* was quoted as having ap proved the request for President Kanei's resignation. Conferred With St. Paul. It is known that Mr. Hagan held a long distance telephone conversation with St_ Paul this morning. A. C. Townley, the big boss of the Nonpartisan league, has his headquarters in St. Paul. Leaders Alarmed. There are indications that the league leaders kre alarmed at the whirlwind they have raised, by the high-handed attempt to unseat Pres ident Kane in the effort thoroughly "Socialise" the university. At a se cret conference, held here Wednesday night /between Governor Frailer and a number of the radical members of the university faculty, the governor is said to have intimated that Mr. Hagan's days as a member of the board administration were num bered. This is also Indicated by intima tions said to, have been given out from the governor's office in Bismarck that immediate action might not be tak^n ih the matter. In the meantime, a dispatch from Bismarck -states that telegrams pro testing against the dismissal of President Kane, and urging the dis missal of Totten are pouring into the office of Governor Frasier..' A telegram signed by'over 100 alumni, former students and cltisens of Hatton led the van, and was fol lowed by wires from Hillsboro, Val ley City, Devils Lake, New Rockford, Larlmore, Mandan and other points. The entiiie' state, sbems aroused over the matter, especially the alumni.of the university, and the parents whose sons and daughters are now attend ing the. Institution. pne of .the interesting develop ments of uie affair last night was tte news which leaked out that Gov. Lynn J. /JFrarf'er who wIuk In Grand Forks fori a fen hours Wednesday Aight on fils way back to Bismarck from Hqbple, held a. conference while in 'the city with a- number of the radical members tit the faculty who, are Strongly opposed .to Presl dentKane. Ths?Mr which Is being taken of the whol«K affair in other sections of the state Is lllustrated by .an editorial which appMred in the Devils Lake World of^Wednesday. The editorial lows: Now that tfkl ft E E N E I I O N While the majority meufttrg of the state board of met here today in Star Chamber session. Miss Minnie J. •.' superintendent of public InstracUo^, ex-offlcio member of the board. Just arisen from a bed of sickness. Issued a statement condemning the attempt to President IboiMs F. Kane from the presidency of ue state uiii vmhy, and P. M. Owey of Fargo, the fifth member of Ae board, who has aw been ill, disclaimed all knowledge of the scheme. FLEDGE SUPPORT. President Kane lit being deluged today witti telegrams and letters from university alumni, students, and other citizens pledging their support to him, and anting him to' "stick." and emphatically condemning the So-' dalist plot of which he is the victim. Definite action in the muddle at the state university where an effort is being made to force Dr. Thomas F. Kane out of the presidency, may come during the next few hours as a result of a meeting which is in prog ress here today of George Totten, Sr., Robert Muir and J. N. Hagan, members of the state board of admin istration. The three members of the board arrived in Grand Forks this morning, and went Into executive session at the Frederick hotel. None of them would give any Intimation early this after noon as to whether or not any course of action had been decided upon. Mandan, N. D., -Feb. JO.—O. T. summoned into conference. Among Griffith and P. G. '.Ostland ot. the th§nr were Dean E. J. Babcock of the Master OH company spent several engineering department, ahd Prof. A. days in the city recently negotiating J. Ladd. J. W. Wilkerson, university for the eretMbn wt an oil distributing secretary, took, lunch ^ith the board station for that company. •The,-Master iOtU' compatoy Ja^a® In dependent 5pnceriv.' the stock being MISS NIEljSON'S STATEMEST. Confer With Professors. During the omirig several mem bers of the university faculty were Miss Nielson, who has been 111 at a Bismarck hospital, retained to her home today, and was reached by The Herald by long distance telephone, "f She made the foil owing statement: I am very much oppoaod to .the removal of President Kane. I anew nothing abont the matter until a read of it in the paj^n, aathn matter had never been men toned at a board meeting at wtrich I wm present. I was amazed to know that the board of President Kane. CASES' KEPT IN DARK. P. II. Oaoey of Fmrgt. who has also been ill, was interviewed at his home by a representative of The Herald. He declared that he had not. evep been advised of the meeting which is being held here today. Asked if he was connected in any way with the demand for President Kane's resignation, he said: have no knowledge of the chaises that have been nufe against President Kane, and bad no knowledge that the board of td mlnistration had demanded his resignation until I read it in the pa pers. _~'.'-* iVf•—**.. :RS0f BOARD IN SESSION HERE fflNORTTV DISAVOW ANY SHARE IN PLOT ..• Miss Nielson Opposed To Ousting Of President Kane Casey Ignorant 01 The Charges Totten, Muir And Hagen Meet Hwe Today But Silent As To Plans .•„: ^...' --U^'', 1 .^+7-!^ administration Nlebon, state J(,» contemplated the removal if his friends forped him into the race ae a candidate against our "rubber stamp" governor. Kane is a man with the backbone to do what is right, and this does not suit the Townley creed at all. Dr. Kane has not entertained any politicaJ ambitions, but the Devils lake World's suggestion is pertinent in view of recent happening^ at the university and in view of the attitude taken by a number of Grand Forks business men. If he should be ouBt ed from the presidency of the univer sity, there would be a great demand to have him take the stump against Governor Frazier in the primary cam paign. and men familiar with the situation in this state declare that he pould change from- 15,000 to 20,00ft votes, for there has been a geperail uprising in the state against Totten'*1 high-handed scheme to ftre him. ~vvQu. ^fhe-day-.the .'gw^lrnorv .._ Grand Fork?, ope prominent rMffiBDtS-.'Ai of this, city declared in the pre£e%ce .' of a Herald representative and other prominent business man. thais he personally would finance Dr. Kane's expenses if he would agree to"-: take the stump in the evpnt of his ., being ousted from the university. One cf the heaviest subscribers to the mill and elevator bond sale fund said that if President Kane is retired it will demonstrate that the governor and his administration do not want men of responsibility and trust and capability at the head of the educa tional institution of the state, but men who will be tools. That being true, he said, it is folly- to think that a big industrial enterprise like the terminal elevator and state-owned mill could be run successfully, and he, therefore, would withdraw his subscription. Another prominent business man. who makes trips regularly into the country districts, reported that one woman in Grand Forks county, the wife of a prominent farmer, declar ed she would not send her daughters' bade to the university for the second semester if President Kane was fired.' PEACE PROGRAM OF POLAND NOW NEAR COMPLETION WJarsaw, Wednesday, Feb. 18.—r 3: Poland's peace program to be sub mitted to the Russian Soviet govern ment, is nearing completion apd will be communicated to France and Eng land for approval before being dis patched to Moscow. Premiers (Miller and of France and Lloyd George of England have already been consult ed on several of the chief points un+ :-i der .consideration. 'jvSl It is expected an answer will be'' sent the Bolsheviki by March 1, but possibly it will be postponed a few days longer. An extraordinary com mission is framing the proposals to be made and will outline its plan to the Polish diet on February. 2J.f DISCUSS LEAGUE. Copenhagen, Thureday, Feb. IS.— Proposals made by the Danish go^r ernment for the adherence of this country to the League of Nations were debated in the Rlgsdag tQda Erik de Sdavenius, minister, of for eign affair* said: "I rejoice that leaders of all parties are agreed that Danish interests can best be served by joining the league. LOAN IS IMPORTANT. Paris, Thursday, Feb. 19:—'!*• importance of the success of the lnfj* pending French loan was emphasises! in an address made before broker* In the Paris bourse,' by Frederic^ Francols-Marsal, minister of finance this-afternoon. "The success of the loan, proving our confidence in ourselves, will in* mire confidence abroad. Ever* Frenchman, rich- or. .moderately we&' off, should bring all the money at tds\ disposal and all l^ls savings and should deprive And. even stint kin^' self to swell subscriptions to mm. mmAwam. Mirth, pmhsHjr li i|3 II 'J