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•MEiU. fcfcj fk'-K 5'V, fr a i-'-T fc '^V |s. rll. RAILWAY WALK OUT PREDICTED All Railroad Men Will Ballot On Acceptance Or Rejection Of Large Wage Cut WILL EFFECH200,000 Railroad Men Will Take Strike Vote on $110,000,000 Wage Cut Made by the Railway Labor Board. Cincinnati.—Railroad wages under the new railroad labor board orders for seven of the larger groups of the country's rail workers soon will be at a level which does not measure up to the American standard of living and which will make vigorous protest necessary, according to B. M. Jewell, head of the railway employes' depart ment of the American Federation of Labor, in explaining the quick vote action of the conference of railway union heads. In less than two hours, heads of the railroad unions arrived at an understanding whereby each organiza tion will take a strike vote immedi ately on issuance of wage reduction orders from the labor board for its membership. The vote will be return able in 30 days and the strike vote for the six shop crafts, sent out by Presi dent Jewell's orders, will be in his office in Chicago by June 30. Affect 1,200,000. The strike votes decided on will affect about 1.200,000 of the country's railway employes—all except train servicemen, whose wages are not in dispute before the board. Although wage cuts have not been announced for any classes but the shop crafts and maintenance of way, pending de cisions, are expected to add five other classes of labor to the general slash. Union executives of these organiza tions decided to print their ballots and have them ready to send out to the memberships immediately if the board, as anticipated, orders further reduction in their pay. HARDING FAVORS BIG ARMY Harding in Favor of Stronger Military zf Defense. Washington.—President Harding in a letter to Chairman Warren of the senate appropriations committee urged retention in the army appropriation bill of provisions for officers, enlisted personnel and National Guard voted by the senate and opposed the smaller provisions of the house bill. The president said he thought the day might come when the army and military forces generally could be fur ther reduced but added that for that time "we must await fuller readjust ment and more stable conditions." "I feel," he wrote, "that the develop ment of our national defense system under the national defense act is of the utmost importance and I am satis lied that the allowances made repre sent the minimum under which even the most conservative and modest pro gram of development Is possible." The president's lettec was received at the capitol simultaneously with the beginning of the conferences between house and senate delegations on the bill, and served to bolster the senate conferees who went into the negotia tions backed up by a two to one vote of their body in support of the larger army. CROPS IN GOOD CONDITION Crops Throughout the State Are Doing Fine, Reports Show. Fargo.—Crops in eleven North Da kota counties, with few exceptions, are doing very well according to re ports received at the office of J. W. Haw, county agent leader, from county agents for the week ending June 3. Most of the smaller grains are doing very well and some counties report alfalfa ready to cut. Meadow grasses are growing rapidly. :In cases where crops are reported as being below normal the late season is generally blamed. Weather condi tions as a whole are favorable. Very little rainfall is reported al though some counties have had some extremely hot days. E. A. Willson, Cass county agent, reports fair weather suitable for grain. Temperature hus been below normal. All small grains except llax is now being planted. Farmers are busy planting corn and potatoes, and pre paring the ground. All spring sown email grains are doing excellently. Oklahoma Pastor Is Assaulted. Lawton, Okla.—The Rev. Thomas J. Irwin, who resigned as pastor of the First Presbyterian church here re cently, after being charged with con duct unbecoming a minister, was at tacked and beaten near this city, he •aid. Irwin would not talk about the alleged attack and few details were obtainable. County officials who wen out in search of Mr. Irwin when he failed to return to his home said they had found him at a farmhouse in a weakened conditio DR. R. L. WILBUR Dr. R. L. Wilbur of Stanford, Cal., president of Leland Stanford univer sity, was chosen president-elect of the American Medical association. He will assume office at next year's con vention, which will be beld In San Francisco. BARBERRY BUSH WAR Growers Urged to Adopt Eradi cation Measures. Minneapolis, Minn.—Farm Bureau federations in the wheat growing states of the Northwest are sending out bulletins warning farmers that 3very common barberry bush is now spreading the black stem rust which later will destroy millions of bushels of grain. As a means of checking this loss growers are being urged to be gin eradicating barberry bushes on their lands without delay. The federal government will come to the aid of the 13 Middle Western states which are waging war on the barberry bush as the spreader of black rust to grain crops, according to Harrison Fuller, secretary of the Conference for the Prevention of Grain Rust, with headquarters in Minneapo lis. Mr. Fuller has just returned from Washington where for the past two months he has been representing the conference in urging a congressional appropriation to help carry on the work. Congress has made $250,000 avail able on July for barberry eradica tion and $30,750 will be spent in Min nesota during the ensuing year. ACTION TO SECURE RELEASE North Dakota Railroad Commission Seeks RiOver Intrastate Elates. Fargo, N. D.—The North Dakota Railroad commission is planning ac tion to secure release from an injunc tion which now prevents it from in terfering with intrastate rates, it was brought out at a rate meeting of varl 3us state bodies called by the State Farm Bureau federation. The recent reduction approximating 10 per cent granted by the Interstate Commerce commission will not affect Intrastate rates, C. B. Hutchings, traf Sc manager of the National Farm Bu reau organization, told his hearers. EXCHANGE LOSES DECISION Supreme Court Rules South St. Paul Pit Is Open Market. St. Paul, Minn.—The law making the South St. Paul Live Sto=k Ex 2hange an open market was held con stitutional by the state supreme court. The supreme court in rendering its opinion, affirmed the Ramsey county district court, in which Geo. Grisim, a member of the live stock exchange, brought action against the South St. Paul Live Stock exchange following an imposition of a $250 fine by the or ganization. Grisim was fined by the exchange following his violation of the live 3tock exchange rules which prohibited him doing business with others t^ian the members of the exchange. The Ramsey county district court held that the law was valid and that the exchange had no power to fine Grisim. ALL DRUG TRAFFIC HALTED Measure Is Called Effective Legisla tion—Effect Far Reaching. Washington—The United States Customs service has issued orders halting all traffic in drugs until regu lations can be drawn up for the en forcement of the Jones-Miller anti narcotic law. These regulations will be so drastic, it is indicated, that drugs will never be used again in this country except for legitimate purposes in the prac tice of medicine. Entertains Mr. Hearst. London—David Lloyd George, the British prime minister, entertained William Randolph Hearst, the Amefi can publisher, and Mrs .Hearst at luncheon. Breaks Old Customs. Rome—Pope Pius has disregarded the conventions of centuries by install ing his old servant, Signora Linda, within the precincts of his apartment, appointing her his hausekeeper and wardrobe maid, savs the Giornale Di Italia. TO FIX GRADES Haugen's Amendment to Measure is Expected to Be Approved by Committee. Washington Legislation affecting the grain trade and the producers of grain in the northwestern section of the country will be prominent in the house. The house committee on agriculture will have a meeting to consider the bill introduced by Representative Halvor Steenerson of Crookston to fix the grades of spring wheat. Representa tive Gilbert Haugen, chairman of the committee, has an amendment to this bill on which Secretary of Agriculture H. C. Wallace will be given a hearing. The amendment proposes to strike out the phraseology of the Steenerson 'bill and to substitute the folowing shorter act: "Moisture shall not be a grading fac tor and shall not affect the grade numerically, but if in excess of that permitted in grade No. 1, it shall be noted on the grade certificate, speci fying the amount. "All foreign material in excess of that permitted in grade No. 1 shall be calssed as dockage and shall not affect the grade numerically, but shall be noted on the grade certificate, speci fying the kind and quantity therof. "This act shall take effect thirty days after its passage." GROWERS PLAN A BIG YEAR Shipments of 40,000 Cars Likely Com pared With 28,000 During 1921. Los Angeles, Calif. California grape growers are preparing to ship to Eastern markets approximately for ty thousand carloads of grapes this season as against 28,529 cars last year. Prices will be fixed by the board of directors of the California Grape Growers. Growers are more concerned over a possible car shortage than of any action by the prohibition forces to cut down the supply of "fruit juice" al lowed each family. In the orange market there is also prospect of a substantial increase in shipments. Some authorities place the total number of carloads at 55,000 with few estimates under 50,000 cars. Last year 40,420 cars were sent East. CHIEFS CONFERENCE NEARS Walkout Vote by Workers Forecast if Leaders Authorize Strike. Chicago—Union chiefs who may take the first step toward tying up the country's railway transportation facil ities as a protest against wage reduc tions now being ordered by the Unit ed States railroad labor board, were headed for Cincinnati, where they are to meet in Joint conference. If, as threatened, these leaders au thorize strike referendums, indications are that the rank and file of the mes affected 500,000 railway shopmen, 400,000 maintenance of way men, and clerks, telegraphers and other classes aggregating 200,000, will vote solidly tor a walkout. The "Eig Four" brotherhoods and the Switchmen's union, not being in volved in the present wage decisions, will not be represented at the Cincin nati meeting. Speed on Claims. Pierre—Steps intended to speed up litigation in connection with Indians' claims for payment for the Black Hills country were taken at the annual meeting of the Black Hills Sioux council. Approximately 400 dele gates, representing every local coun cil on the Rosebud reservation, at tended the sessions, which wore at the favorite meeting spot on the reserva tion. Teachers With Husbands Barred. Fargo, N. D.—Women with hus bands are banned as teachers in Far go public sohools, single women and widows only are to be accepted. The Board of Education, in making next year's contracts, resurrected a ruling to this effect of some years ago which was suspended during the war period. Threatens Expulsion. New York—Will Hays, moral men tor of the movies, has the support of the main picture producing companies for clean and purified films. No Law Violation. Somerset, Pa.—Judge Berkey, in common pleas court here, decided that striking miners had not violated the injunction granted to the Quemahon ing Coal company by congregating in the vicinity of the company's mines where non-union miners are employed Refuse to Print Pardon Plea. Rhinelander, Wis.—Newspapers in Vilas county have refused to publish the notice of a pardon hearing for An tonio Imperio, who 12 years ago shot and killed Sheriff John Radcliffe of Vilas county. Prisoner Two Years. Bucyrus, Ohio—Irene Menges, 20 years old, was rescued recently from an iron-sheeted shed on the farm o( her father, Jacob P. Menges, near Crestline, where she is said to have been imprisoned two years. THE HOPE PIONEER ASK PRICE CURBOF COALHETMLE8S Secretary Hoover to Confer With Merchants on Co-opera tive Methods. Washington—Retail coal dealers of the country will be asked by Secre tary Hoover to co-operate with the commerce department in insurings to the public the benefits of the maxi mum fair prices for coal at the mines established last week with the opera tors in more than 80 per cent of the present producing fields for the dura tion of the strike. Members of the National Retail Coal Merchants association headed by Homer D. Jones of Chicago, its presi dent, will confer with the commerce secretary on the co-operative methods to be adopted for preventing runaway coal pirces during the strike. Later in the week, Mr. Hoover is to hold a conference with representatives of the wholesale coal' trade fcir the same pur pose with a view to linking up the dis tributive ends of the coal industry in passing on to the consuming public the fair prices agreed upon with the producers. PUSH IRISH FROM PROVINCE Record Number of Troops Poured Into Area—Belfast Fears Invasion. Belfast—British troops were pouring into Ireland while British infantry, artillery and airplanes already here, backed by destroyers in Belfast lough were ready to go into action against the Sinn Fein forces on the Ulster border unless the latter cease their attacks, according to an official an nouncement. Two battalions of British infantry, a squadron of the Royal Air Force, and a battery of artillery started for the war zone. Authorities here said the hopes the threat of British parti cipation in the defense against repub lican extremist forces would be suf ficient to make the latter withdraw without further fighting. NEWEST TOWN IN THE STATE Former Fighters Clearing 4,500 Acre Tract and Will Have Own Farms. Veteransville, Minn.—The newest town in the state, has 32 citizens, each wearing a silver service button. It is the only town of its kind in the Uni ted States and was organized by wounded veterans of the World war. April veterans at the University of Minnesota agricultural college who were taking government training band ed together to get a permanent ben efit from the three year course which they had started. "We knew that we would be out on our pwn at the end of three years," Knute Lothberg, who fought with the fourth division, said, "and we didn't want to be farm hands all our lives. "So we decided to get a tract of land, develop it ourselves and have it for our own at the end of the three years." "There are 4,500 acres in the tract," Mr. Lothberg said, "and there is room for other buddies, if they want to Join us. The land will be divided into dairy, stock, poultry and truck farms, rang ing in size from 10 to 80 acres. The average sizt of the farms purchased so far is 60 acres." SUNFLOWER SILAGE INFERIOR Corn Better, Wisconsin Agricultural Station Finds—Nutriment More. Madison, Wis.—"Suflowers won't do for silage as long as corn is available." "In the cold district's of the United States, such as Minnesota and north ern Wisconsin, where corn cannot be raised successfully, sunflowers furnish a more or less satisfactory substitute." These are the conclusions drawn by the University of Wisconsin agricul tural experiment station after a three year period of testing in various parts of Wisconsin. Results of the experi ments were announced in a bulletin written by E. D. Holden of the college of agriculture. "Sunflowers produce a greater ton nage of silage an acre than corn, but the amount of nutriment is about 40 per cent less in the case of sun flowers," Holden said. U. S. To Take Part. Washington—The American govern ment has accepted the invitation of Great Britain to be represented on the commission which is to investigate al leged Turkish atrocities in Anatolia. Seven Year Voyage. Seattle—Escorted by a guard of honor composed of a flotilla of United States destroyers and the fleet of the Seattle Yacht club, as well as numer ous other craft, the schooner Maud, veteran of the polar wastes, with Roald Amundsen and a crew of noted scientists aboard, left Seattle for a seven year voyage across the frozen polar continent. Bergdoll Seeks Release. Topeka, Kan.—Erwin Rudolph Berg doll, draft evader, now a prisoner in the United States disciplinary bar racks at Fort Leavenworth, filed in the United States district court here a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 1 U. 8. Prison Raid. Atlanta—Narcotic officers, under an executive order signed by President Harding, raided the federal peniten tiary here, confiscating a quantity of drugs. They arrested a resident phy alcian. Dakota] Jletos Digest RACING PROGRAM AT STATE FAIR A DANDY Announcement of plans for the har ness racing program to be staged at the North Dakota state fair at Fargo, July 17-22, has been made by the fair board. It has always been the policy of the fair to assume a generous attitude to wards horse racing, since it is so pop ular with fair visitors. The speed committee, after consulting with horsemen and, adjoining fairs usually visited by the same horses which race at the local fair, has decided to put up $7,500 In purses for racing. The detailed program will be ready for announcement and distribution soon. Although it is early, many inquiries are being received. Judging by this pre-season interest, an entry list of 125 horses Is expected. This will as sure well-rounded fields in all events. The closing date for entries will be on July 1. Care is being taken in the planning of the program to arrange for at least one feature on each day's racing card. Fair officials believe one feature each day will stimulate interest in the en tire card. Among the features on the program will be the three events for each of which a $1,000 purse is of fered. There will be a great many strange horses on the track this year. Horses from stables In Minnesota, Iowa, Wis consin, and other states will make their appearance here, and later in the season will race at other fairs in the state. GRADING HEADQUARTERS NOW IN BISMARCK UNDER LUND Consolidation of the work of the grain Inspection, elevator accounting, and weights and measures depart ments will be effected by the state railroad commission under plans drawn for the resumption of the su pervision and Inspection of grain and elevators, which was terminated at the passage of the 6tate grain grading act. The commission decided to estab I llsh what will be known as the grain department of the state railroad com mission. Ole Lund, formerly employ- ed as an auditor by the board of ad ministration, was chosen to head the new department. His duties, it was stated, will be to supervise the entire grain inspection and accounting work. The grain inspection and weights and measures departments will be moved from Fargo to Bismarck as soon as possible. Mr. Lund succeeds W. C. Palmer, of the state agricultural college, who was chief grain inspector under the grain grading act which was recently de clared unconstitutional by the supreme court of the United States. Since that decision Mr. Palmer has continued to head the department temporarily es tablished by the railroad commission under the statute revived as a result of the decision nullifying the grain grading act. J. I. Brady will continue as head of the elevator accounting de partment, recently moved to Bismaf-ck, and an inspector of weights and meas ures will be appointed. Turtle Lake—A fire department is being organized. Zap—The N. P. is building a new depot here. Agricultural College—The institution band is being reorganized and equip ped as a full regimental band. Bismarck Auto registrations for the current year now total 71,500, the Fords numbering 40,500. Devils Lake—A flying circus, motor cycle and Ford races, and auto polo will be entertaining features at the state Legion convention here June 20. Wilton—Poisoned oats which had been buried on a local farm were dug up by a pig, and several pigs, ducks, and chickens were found dead. Bismarck—George E. Wallace, for mer state tax commissioner, has taken a position with the Western Union Telegraph company in their tax de partment in New York city. Wahpeton—Residents of Richland county, North Dakota, and Wilkin county, Minnesota, are presenting the history of the Red River valley in pageant form. Beach—Golden Valley county will vote at the coming primaries on the question of issuing bonds for $25,000 to purchase a site and erect a court house. Ray—That North Dakota's climate is good for the fairer sex as well as for crops has been further demonstrated by Miss Zaidi Botlie, who only recently moved from here to San Diego, Calif., and has just been voted the most beau tiful girl In that city. Carrington—Yeggs cracked the safe in the N. I'. depot here and took $40. Grafton—Prevented by a strong wind from hearing train which he did not see, a local autolst drove his car against the mail coach of a passing passenger train. He and several oc cupants of the car escaped uninjured, but the auto was badly damaged. Devils Lake—First Division men from all over the United States are expected to be here for the annual re union of the North Dakota branch of this organization In connection with the state Legion convention beginning June 20. TWELFTH TRAIL ACROS3 NO. DAK. 13 PROPOSED The current number of the North Dakota Good Roads Magazine carries the following list of ,trails and high ways which cross the state, making the prediction that traffic this year will be much heavier than in seasons past: National Parks Highway Enters the state at Fargo, running east and west, goes out at Beach. The trail to Yellowstone National Park. Theodore Rossevelt Highway—Run ning east and west. Enters the statb^ at Grand Foplts, goes out at Willis ton. North Star Trail—Running north and south. Enters the state at Fair mount', goes out at Portal. Sunshine Trail—Running north and south. Through Ellendale, Edgeley, Jamestown, Carrington, north to Can ada. j- Yukon-Canada Trail—Thro' Divide south to Williston, down to McKenzie and south to South Dakota line. Metigoslie-Black HiTIs Trail—From Lake Metigoshe, north of Bottineau, to the Black Hills In South Dakota. International Highway A state road from Minot, south across the Mis souri into Glen Ullin. Mandan-Killdeer Mountains High way—Running south from Kllldeer to Mandan. Parks Highway—From Drake west along Soo railway to Sanlsh, across McKenzie county. Meridian Trail Runs north and south along Red river. A Gulf-to-Win nipeg highway. Glacier Park Highway—Comes into Fargo by way of St. Cloud, goes north out of Fargo and west, connecting with other east-west highways. The Black Hills Highway—From Aberdeen, through Oakes, Lisbon, Fargo, and on to the head of the lakes, is a new trail under contemplation and, if built, makes a twelfth important highway running through the state. Velva—Boy Scouts have, organized here. White Earth—A fine Masonic temple is being erected here. Gwlnner—Local boosters are organ izing a summer resort. Milnor—A chapter of Eastern Star has been instituted here. Portal—Funds are being raised to eguip a playground here. NEdinbu»'g—A potato warehouse will be built here this summer. Wlldrose—Work is now under way on a $26,000 school building. Binford—The Red Willow Lake sum mer resort is being opened here. Devils Lake—"Lakewood" is_ the name chosen for the new park here, its originator winning a $10 prize. Abercrombie—Richland county pio neers will meet here June 22. The 1921 meeting was skipped. University—One hundred -fifty stu dents get degrees at the annual com mencement June 13. Towner—Five army trucks will be obtained from the state for McHenry county road work. Enderlin—A pavilion has been built in Patrick Pierce park by the local Legion post. Grand Forks—A traffic manager will be employed by the local Commercial club. Hatton—Lighting followed a light wire into the house of T. T. Hoff and set fire to a mattress. Firemen with gas masks put out the smoldering firet Wahpeton—Every box and package in the Milwaukee freight depot here was broken open by thieves, but only two cans of pineapple were missing. New Salem—Lightning pierced the heavy insulation on a telephone cable here and fused the several smaller wires within. Velva—The site chosen for the fu ture erection of a modern city hall al ready is being beautified with trees and shrubs. Bismarck—Crushed under a heavy wooden dirt-roller, Ralph, 2-year-old son of Joseph Gabel, met instantan eous death. Fargo—Reserve officers of this city and Moorhead, Minn., have organized a "mess" to stimulate interest in army affairs. Marmarth—Loren Anderson, 11, was drowned when he triefl to swim the Milwaukee reservoir with his clothes on. Minot—Two policemen have been dismissed from the local force for driving a car Into a lamp post, which was snapped off, and then, on another tack, breaking a store window. Hillsboro—Bonds have been approv ed in the sum of $12,000 for the equip ment of an electrical distribution sys tem to connect with a high line from Grand Forks. Bottineau—Only the fighting blood of his Collie dog saved Charles Whit teron from serious or fatal injury when he wns attacked by his herd boar. Grand Forks—A 26-lnch vertebra from a prehistoric animal which scien tists at the state university estimate must have stood 10 or 12 feet high, was recently pulled from, the Red river by "Fisherman John," a local character. Grand Forks—One million dollars to handle the wheat pool will be placed in this state by the Northwest Wheat Growers association. Van Hook—The first high school commencement here wns featured by an address by Miss Minnie J.° NlWson, state superintendent. 8tarkweather—Standing on a chair to slip a belt onto a pulley, Mrs. M. W. Revis had her hair caught in another pulley on the shaft and only the belt •lipping saved her life. She lout a great deal of hair and 20 stitcher were necessary to close the wounds In her acaln -f 4 1 1 3 a 3 fl *1 11 11 a a tc Si /t ease