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yw? Wkfh JA VOLUME 16. Hregiment k. 1& '•v-t*la3 illljiijiVtf Ultil'i ^VHfr* EVENtNH PlMfr.MKlfe .•. -\TrvJF NUMBER OF REPORTED KILLED IN MINOR BATTLES Union Officials to Make An other Effort to Send 1 Miners Home. ^HREE REGIMENTS awaiting ORDERS •J .*?' Washington, Sept. 1.—A third of infantry was today ordered by Secretary| Week? to be gotten in readiness at Camp 'Dix, New Jersey, for possible service in West'Virginia. This will be the second regiment to leave Camp Dix in case the troops are put in motion, and the third "•"I go from Camp Sherman, {Ohio. .? •.....' 10,000 in Camp. Madison, W. Va., Sept. 1.— Armed men making their way to the concentratiorf-camps around Blair, Clothier and Jeffrey, were passing through Madison all tof today, county officials estimating the number of reinforcements a.t no less than 500. One train con trolled by .miners, went- from :s Whitesville to Clpthier. It con sisted of an engine and four: .jcars, thft cir^je^rxying men ati iMuhilrtf^'n«$h«i€ guns. Ship Hill -^8:.j}£^i|iet s^iiaa^e^t filled .Jjf the figTitfftg slopg Spruce Egrk Ridge yesterday, bit he was fih to estimate the numbei When aske^to fesjiiillate the num ber of~ariped men in the vil&ges /-at the foot of the ridge, he, said: "There can be no less than 8, 000 or 10,000 of them." To Attempt Settlement. Charleston-, W. Va., Sept. 1.— Aiv'eti'ort will 'be .made to induce the armed bands on the Logan lioone county line to return to their homes, bef^ije further steps "are taken to bring federal-troops into West Virginia, it was an nounced here this afternoon by Williiam Petri, vice president of tt «. 11• i\7 "i the f. United Mine Workers aften a conferepce at the office of Gover nor Morgan. Petri said that General Band haltz and Governor Morgan "were present afid that a special tra^n carrying Major C. F. Thompson,s U. S. A: 'W. S. Ray, internation al board: member^ {United Mine ••Workers of America, and David Fowler, international organizers, •. would leave Charleston this ^after noon. They 'plan to address the miners and urge them to go homer They wilV/carry letters from Governor Morgan and Gen-, era! Bandholtz to the men,. Petri said. 'S'. .'• -Washington,- D.. C., Sept. 1.—Ex plratlon at noon today of the time limit fixed, by. President Harding by prtpcalamation for dispersal of the ai-med' bands pi cltlsens in West Vir ginia's mine ^diaorders, found White House a.nd war department offlciaUi waiting a report from Brigadier Gen eral H. H. B&tdliolg, the army's repf resentatlve On. the. scene, as to the it at on With' .officials awaltlns ,b.e report on which a decision is to, employment of federal troops and declaration' of ^martial law wnl rest in. was In readl .ness .fpr the federal government to utep Into West Virginia shotild that 'W •-bevfoutad- ii«ceai«Jy/j. ,y. "i 1 li TAlns- were said by. Secretary, Weeks.to'b stahdlng ready On ^he (C^iit^iied-n pa^s ,».) agalnsttisB r/ Says There May Newer Be Time to Completdy Abandon Arms. ,?• DECISION REACHED TO REWRITE HOUSE TAX LEGISLATION N Wasliington, Septal.—Decision was reached today by the senate finance committee to rewrite the house tax bill as to include in one document every .internal revenue law. on- thA. statute' books. TOSENTENCEWKISMAN. H^tings, Minn.. Sept.1.—Milce Welsman of Minneapolis, convicted of operating an establishment for lm- i^oi^il purposes 'in that city, will be sentenced Saturday, September 3. Just before-.the case was to come up for sentence in' distinct court hens today, lt.was announced that ill ness in the "family of Judge Albert Johnson of Red Wing, who was to pronounce sentence had caused^ con tinuance of the case until Saturday at. 10 a. m. MINNESOTA STATE OFFICIALS HAVE NARROW ESCAPE Fergus Ftolls, Minn., Seipt. 1.'— Ray P. Chase, state auditor N. J. Hols nberg, state donupt^toner of agriculture Xtesn C. W. Ooffey of the University farm school O. H. Smith, stnle oommisskmer of Jnlinlgrafloii, and F. BL Johnson, sdperintend«nt bf schools at Hib bine.. Minn,,0 narrowly, escaped death when an automobile In which tbey irere ridiM, plunged down, a 16{foot ootbaakment, turning completely over and fall ing forward on its top, near bere .. late yesterday. It was only the .top of the car which saved the Tiyes of the ofllotals. B*es of the ofBctals, Three Farmersfre"Stuck"for To Accommodate League Daily "'l WEATOBK. ^Minnesota: Gegaer^Uy fair to 'night and Friday, poeMMy be coming Unsettled by Friday night not. warm in northwest pArthm HrMUfcr. f.. Three cn:a iwt^ whkA a»et the toneAtiof -the Oi^ the ptooefd^gotog te tly Ors^ F^.,Ai«peHoMi, a^npaiiafan^lcaftte vthe. Anmia ma* OM NORTH DAK6YA'S •tft-Zkii & &£($ r. Declares v- Secretary Wants Word From Bandho)tz Before Making a Move.\Tr- West Virginia Trouble Due to Misun derstanding. ^Taatalngton, Sept. 1.—President Ha.rdlngr, speaking toaay at tne open ing of the fall term of the army wAr college, declared that "no ^matter "where the best aspirations of the world lead us there. ma£r never be a time without the necessity' for arfned forces." The' president, in his brief address, however, pledged the two hundred offlcers ln his audience that during his adfninistratioh they '.would never be called to perform, military service J» they could not enter into with all: their heiart and soul as Americans." liack of Understanding. Referring to the situation in the West Virginia coal 'fields, the presi dent said: "We ought not to have a conflict, like that which is going on In West Virginia. It is due to lack .of under-' standing." Mr. Harding sai& there were '"two relative essentials to the civilization to'which we all aspire one is under standing among men at*hdtne and the other an understanding between na tidns." The president expressed the belief that the tijne was coming when the "burderts of armament noald be di minished." 4 5r h. ,With kj^ahy^hMfrt,''1h? ad- W" o*M«fA..'fi^s',*pf ,.tchi ri the w6rtd dhly^la't^I io^' iiviii^M of '4m«d' warfare, 'Wk pj«tti(ent,v reftfefct^d tlilit' Hjs fJfought, It Vi?(irfeC!tly ,futUe t6 thlhk there' he^er .may be airmed cfi^fliiits." "We of America, without ne^cessary boasting," he continued, "have come nearer to civilized warfare than any •na.t:on.,• J"*- 4m North /Dakota: Generally fair tonight a|id Friday not quits a^-, wann ln wst aad iur|h portions, tonif^ 'aAd ta sQaibeast' porkkm .-. ••(...'• '. &?•- Mi. vMi.. Signed 'fj' Vji'."/.}, his t&m. a 1%'-- '•A IVncs.«»aaty mtpajpi^ cr tb« it1**u GRAND •V?v S The Thirteenth in a Series As has b^en shown the Bank of I"forth Dakota was more than liberal to the Peoples'' State Bank of Lelth in the inatter of: both deposits and loans, in spite of the fact that the ex aminers' report indicated plainly the' precarious condition of the Ielth tgpnk. Ahbut the only reasonable conclu sions a» to the canse of this generosl ty appears to be the. fact that the minority members Of the State In dustrial cofTtmltthftv Which controlled the. Bank of North Dakota, were high in the 'councils vof the Nonpartisan league' and the Peoples' State Bank was largely controlled by J. I. Cahlll, also high in the league. councils, wh6 is at present a member of the state board of administration.' Aldcd in Financing. But the kindness of the Bank of North Dakota^ went even farther than that. .It' appears pretty plain that a large part of: the capital of the Peo ples' State Bank 'of. Lelth was Indi rectly furnished, or replaced through tl*e Bank of -North Dakota. In the first pli(fee_the, records of the state examitri|r'i office disclose that the capiital an(t ^urplua of the Peo pl«&' State MrVk of Lelth' was 21,500, the capital 'being/. 189.000 and the surplus'fi 600. This,-was divided.in toa^Osharesiand incMentally the indications are that, the well-known J. J.~ Hastings ahd his' associatee 'who organized, the bank got a commission of $B per sl^are. Hundreds of Men Forced iii"" ^clvHtoa- '~-ha)& ~p&fyr. "J DgliMl^/MUinM.-v!iie|tt. l^-^itapljpf meiit-4iinnf thf fall Vihte! be ^provided ^se^eral' hundred' 1 httndfed foi er* ^hd weri forced injo ldlSnjus during "tifeysummer by .the dosing'tlf marfy mines op^'rating .^ the Min^tr sot&i .Iron ranges through early ,rjb* sumption of the'annual/cutting In th%' north woods by lumbering flrnts aril general Woods 'r pperattjrs, unofficial' word "from fintis intended.- Saw triills are now operating on an, extensive scale oyer the noirthifg: tiirt of the- state, according: to C. A. McDonald,: lutAbeir Jobber,' who re cently returned from-an inspection tour of the country-in theviclnityof the Canadian .border. ... This expected early opening ia heralded with unusual interest by employment agencies who" previously had been more- or less pessimistic over the outlook for work for. the idle miners and the hundreds of sea men who will be thrown out. of work when the present" navigation' season closes.' '!7 Saw mills in the north woods are obtaining. sufficient common Tabor for $3.50 a day sald Mr. McDonald. NOW, SAT IT TO MY fACE! Kf ,*\ y.-rrvl, tiffin~ t» •V^S ??v !^k®* S 6f •:I &:^x „f-8tOck Notes. However. the records show, that of the-. |2O,40O capital,' $8,000 Is being carried ii» stock notes by the People's State.bahk itself.-- Whether or not this has any. bear in»- on the' loan of (,000 whicli the records show to h&vto been made to the Peoples' ft^ate bank of Lelth by the Bank of North Dakota, the pub Mc^ may judge." Borrowlug Transactions. But-the records go farther than this. They show that the- Peoples' State batik of Lqfth borrowed $14,- 539 from the TScandinavian-American Bank of Far^d qn certificates of de posit issued to "3. I. Cahlll and two other stockholders of the Leith bank. The Scandinavian-American- Bank of Fargo then placed these certificate of deposit in the Bk^iV of North Da kota. as collatem fair a loan from th^ state institution. StaMgl^amliWT'sTeatlrtdBy. 0. E. IxfUtns. state exaxnlner, a Nonpartisan leogner. admitted under oath an the witness stud that these-loans plainly repre sented a large part of the capi tal of the Pebptoe' State Bank of Lelth. Heire- is part of the transcript of his testimony Mfore the houAe audit committee^ showing the interpretation of the. facts in. the caise. Mill owners told Mr. McDonald that their employes Were sticking to their work instead of jumping from one Job to andther, as was the case last year.-/'. Heeding the demand for pulpwpod, numerous small '-operators, Mr. Mc Donatd' believes, will- set." up camps in the wbods this winter." In propor tion individual contractors for rail road ties are expected t(/be numer ous. Marked revival of activity is ex pected in this business, due to the fact^that, the output for the p^st four sektions is .said to have been curtailed. •iiat «u^- .\ 4d^'ed dark #Bile gfalt'. is' ••'tei* ''liMit"'.- trlcicj^of. 'i$ottfayj». neis "giving settings to the eyes." .-The' ^proprietress, ^whose method is to -lroj'' a white and then an' amber iluldv on the sun-bleached lashes, de clared Egyptians had' used the 'fcystem and'that the French had followed it. And, it was hinted, certain-' men, alaor'ruled by vanity! dropped into the shopV.to.1 have their lashes revaraiahed. UTHUANIA-POUSH DISPUTE SETTLED OeMeva'. Sept' 1.—(By the- Associ-^ ated Press.)—The dispute between Poland and Lithuania regarding Vilita was-settled between representa tives ,of ,the» two countries here thi? morning. They agreed^., that there should be two Lithuania/), one the district o( Kovno, which' shall, be in dependent and the other Vilna_ in which the' Polish will "supervise*-the administration. 5C S \*K $«• H: J.,^HURSDAYSEPTEMBER 1,1921 esori the Bank of North Dakota. In of N. D. Qnestkm. "Them Mr. Xofthns, jut to dose sp this Ijrlth trans action, we find that 98,000 of this paper of the capital is in: the Leith bank itself?" Answer by Mr. Lofthus, "Yea, Sir." Q. "And fuuiteeu odd thou sand to in the Bank of North Da kota?" A. "Tea, Sir." a Q.. ."So the Ijeitth bank re oeiTed 914,000 pins of Its capital from the Scandinavian-American bank?" A. "Tes, Sir." Q. "Ihen the transactions be tween the Scandinavian-Ameri can bank and the Bank of North Dakota resulted in this paper being placed in the Bank of North Dakota?" A. "Yea, Mr." How Do Yon like It! Rather a simple way for good and deserving Nonpartisan leaguers to fi nance. their- banks with the public funds of the state isn't it But the question Is, how long Are the people of North Dakota going to allow an Jndnstitel Commission which permits such pracUoeg as ihls to remain In power? Isn't it about time these men were removed b? the exercise of the recall? FIGHTING IS RENEWED IN BELFASTTODAY Death Toll Totals Sixteen jrqppf. ., Sept. 1.—»(By tlie_ •fe'Wriifc)—Soldien were, "w thV ciafc 1- to" Ortve street section' of Belfast .Uis Bidjming, when eevemLshots were fired that district. Wlien the troops thrived, however, the gunmen had 'vanished. This was the first re currence of .the street fighting since yesterday, whpn six., -.persons, were killed and thirty ware'injured. To date the death roll" totals six teen. Troops are patroling Spring field road in the area which causes the authorities some concern as it is part' of the palls division where the fiercest riots of the past year. occur red. Th*s origin of the trouble here wjas an attack on Mackle's Foundry Worksi -the police driving ofT the as sailants with rifle fire. The carters and motarmen issued an ultimatum to the authorities today declaring .they would withdraw from the streets unless afforded protection. The tramcar drivers also are affected by the deciMon. Two members- of the driven*" union were killed in the rioting of the last few days and seven were .wounded.. By MORRIS oSsSWii* 9 m*'* p^%w' 3r 5''. Be Made Contents Not to Public Until Word Comes From Premier. V. **v' Reported to be Accqtance of PropoeEal For New Conference. Dublin, Sept. I.—The reply of the Iroh republican cabinet to the latest communication of Premier Lloyd George on the British gov ernment's peace proposals, was dispatched .last night to Mr. Lloyd George, who is in Scotland. The publicity department of the Sinn Fein will await announce ment of its receipt by Mr. Lloyd George before making" its conr tents known, or issuing a state ment concerning it. The reply is being taken to Lloyd George by Robert C. Bar ton, member of the "Irish republi can parliament, who has acted as courier for Eamonn de Valera in his other communications to the premier. It is reported here that the cabinefs reply'was redrafted since the outbreak of the rioting in Belfast. It was authoritatively stated here this afternoon that the reply is an acceptance of the invitaiton of Mr. Lloyd George for a further conference in London. No pleni potentiaries have yet beeA nomi nated, however. State Claimed to Have Exceed ed Powers. "a The sale of some 150 shares of stock in the People's State bank, ordered •*y the board of directors of that, in stitution to satisfy an unpaid' assess ment of $50 per share, which was scheduled to -take place this after noon. was halted by an injunction or der issued by Judge A T. Cole of Fargo. The injunction was issued late Wed nesday on the application of the O. E. Ifunt estate, owners of -ten of the shares scheduled to be sold today, represented by Bangs & Bobbins, at torneys of Grand Forks. 1 Claim Levy Excessive. Mr. Bangs contends that the order of the board of direptors under which the sale was to be held is irregular in that the directors h^ve no authority over the affairs of the bank which has been closed and is under the charge of the state examiner, it is also con tended that the assessment is ex cessive. A hearing in the case will be held by Judge Cole next Tuesday at the Grand Forks county court house. The assessment of $50 per share was levied'by the board of directors of the closed bank on July 9 last. On 'August 1 notice was given that the assessment had not been paid on the following- shares, which were adver tised to be sold this afternoon: -. No. of A. J.- Truckenbrod.. 10 Emily Rowans Woods 3 R. J. Walker 1 G. N. Morkassel.... 25 M. E. Bye 5 Assess ment. 500.00 600.00 500.00 100.00 500.0| 100 Shares. Name. C. A. Digness 10 Joe Williams 12 Richard Larson .. 10 H. G. Link 2 O. E. yHunt 10 A. J. Hulteng 2 J. L. Hulteng 1 Dr. J. G. Arneberg.. 4 Daniel Aakus 1 Daniel Aakus 1 John Lundhagen ... 2 F. B. Wood 18 A. J. Hammer 10 Lydia O'Brien The Service Co %:. ?nn no Washington, Sept. 1.'—Ajrthoi was granted by the interstate 00m merge commission- today to westeni. and southwestern railroads to reduOe' S%c a hundred pounds on rates on grain or grain products for export from Missouri and Mississippi river points anil on grain from the terri tory between the rivers and and'fronf Illinois to gulf ports, Mobile t9 Xal veston, Inclusive. PARTIAL"viOrORY. t' i^olM, Japan. Jtily' 2«.—(belayed.) —A partial victory for capital in th* big struggle here betwen shipbuilders and their workmen was evident toiday w^en about .thirty per osnt of the employes »tumed to their bshehes when the pluto we^e re opened. The puttee maintained that iHiatever reststanoe is left .''.1#-' atttjs ^r -lahor agitators «M' ttksy. IhoaghtChat ihis shtouy ke fWMfst fib the other ifisiaare' that* the IWHrad a fwn mt hn Italy, Ik aot •...-^v EVIp» EDITION #»sfa&K wt-m Seventy-five Who Arrived! Wednesday Night Quick ly .Rounded U& FOUR DETAINED BY THE OFFICIALS^ w. Remnant of Invadiryj- Force Will Be Kept Going By Deputies. -1 VI* *u $ (Special to the Herald.) L&ngdon, N. D., Sept.. 1.- Oevsnty-. one of the seventy-five Industrial Workers, of the World who invaded'' Langdon Wednesday night, were this afternoon loaded on to flat cars and sent south on a Great Northern freight train. The ywill be guarded as tar as tJn ion^ which is the most southern town Mn Cavalier county, by Cavalier county officers, and none will be permitted to leave the train. At Union, it'vis-ex pec ted, that the train will be met by party of Walsh county deputies who. will see that the wobblies remain oni the train "until the Grand Forks coun ty line is reached. It is expected thai the Reds will then be allowed to dis perse. Four Are Detained. Four pf the invaders are being held by the cavalier county-. ofBdala Three' of them are said to be leaders of. ths! gang and to have taksn a prominent part, in engineering the. "invasion," which had for its object ihe forcing of the release of the five wobblic* already, held in the county: JatL. The fourth man held is charged with car* rying: concealed weapons. ,- E. J. Burkhart. one of the chief agitators of: the gang, wis allowed- to depart with the rest of the Reda Be fore being Maded on the train the en tire btmcji was' lined up and their photogra^i taken -in OTder that if any of tham retumed ts I^n^Uni tliey might be readily -idehtifled: -No: resistance .w**.-nmdii:' by .:aajr the wobblies as they marched to the -train under,-a heavy guaxtl. and the toittS"ib. now- qtliet. 1 The men. who were shipped ont to- I dayj_ reached l^ngdAn Wedneasiay nignt oiu. a- G^est, NO(^hec?i freight I train. They .were the rehinaait ot at force of Industrial Wprkei* of the: World. 200 strong, Which gathered) at Larimo-ne Wednesday morning avith/ the. intention of going to .laAg^donJ to force the release of five wobblie® held in the county Jail there. All but 50 of this, gang dispersed when warned by Langdon officials that they would run into trouble -if they^ persisted in their intention "pt- invad-' in® Langdon, but 50 persisted In thei original invasion plan and started for Langdon on a Great Nortliern freight train. They we^e reinforced fiy 'about/ 26 recruits .at Eastby, and were aboiit 75 strong when the train pulled in to.' Langdon. Haded In on Arthil ,? Langdon citizens, 150 strong, wera waiting at the depot, many of them. armed with baseball bats. and pick! handles. The train was surrounded and the wobblies herded together Without any force being required. The invadfera were then marched to the city ha.ll. where they were searched and allI weapons found were confiscated. They were then locked up for the night and' kept in the city hall under guard un eastboi^id til it was time for the freight train to pull out this after noon. No resistance was made by the I. W. W. at any stage of the proceed ings. Hearing Postponed. S'4"3% The four wobblies who havfe been in jail for several days on the chaise of being implicated in an attack on four American Legion men,, were scheduled to be given a hearing be-1 fore the poik^ magistrate today. The hearing was postponed, howefoer, and! it is understood that a change of! venue will be asked. With the departure of the wobblies this afternopn. conditions in' ^Lang don have returned to normal follow^ ing the excitement which has pr'e "ft vailed during the last fewvdaya •001 The frftlrh* tnin «.v.uk it The freight train on wh&h the'de- p?^5e^ wobblies 50.00 I 900.00 500.0V 50:00 25 1.250.00 500.00 150.00 50.00 1^50.00 550.00 AUTHORITY GIVEN RAILROADS TO CUT EXPORT GRAIN RATE s-P are traveling is eir- 200.00, peeled to. reach Larlmore lata this 50.00 50.00 evening. 100.00 NEW YORK CLAIMS TO BE LARGEST CITT IN WORLD .Washington, Sept 1.—New Tork has a valid claim against London for classification as the largest city In the world, according to theTTfsttonal Geographic society. Discussing the recent announcement of tbiwttllli census that "Greater London"- has now a population of 7,476,ICS par sons, a Society bnlletln today- ques tioned the right of London City' prpp*' er to claim all that population, and suggested that New" York's 5,20, 048 souls .actually within one mirni clpal: unit, under on^ nranld^) Mr* eminent nmke lt largest^ NEW WEATONS OF WARFAK OBE TRffiB OUT T-S& Wartlngton. Sept. 1:—(By U» sodated Press)—Vew -^r«epo«s- /at a«rWl. wa^sre .*W1 he given aa lnlfclal test when the army sir doets: its next bombibr oj Bight attack jn the Md Ikiahams.. Thy' v-pm—t «ttaok f»o«t Ss st the soeas of the the formsr. fHwWv«iKaa. offjthe V}gglnia ftsjns.% *k.. tWM-IvnuT imm itWn A 4