AND BORDER BUDGET VOL. 10 NO. 47. INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINN.. THURSDAY, THURSDAY, MAY 15 -I INTERNATIONAL. FALLS PRESS VOL 14, NO. 62 BORDER BUDGET VOL. 14. NO. IS MILLS SHUT DOWN BLACK BASS SEASON HUNS TO WAIL FOR Washington, D. C., May 13, 1919 union practically repudiates their! MOST COUNTIES HAVE "In re docket thirty five of this I agreement. The award was made byj CITY LIKE HOLIDAY board John Burke president, Int'l. BEGINS JUNE IStk WEEKOVER TERMS I the board in conjunction with the GOOD ROAD PROGRAM Brotherhoods Pulp Sulphite and Paper Federal trade commission, which in-j Mill workers has wired me stating vestigated production costs and es-j 1 his belief that war came to an tablished a price for print paper and Fishing Zones are Eliminated—Trout' Papersmakers and Sulphite Worker Ebert Edict Orders Nation Into end on November eleventh and that similar products on the basis of St. Louis County Will Build 200 Miles Season Opened April Fifteenth Quit Work by Instructions From Mourning—Political Situation Re—ported members of his Union did not consider wages and costs. Hard Surfaced Highways. Bond For Over State. International Officers Unsettled themselves tinder the award of $7,500,000 this board1 at' the present time I Glens Falls, N. Y., May 13—There WORK WILL BE RESUMED BAN ON PRAIRIE CHICKENS MILTARY CLASSES FAIL TO have telegraphed this as follows: Was virtually no change today in the KOOCHICHING COUNTY BONDS TILL SEPTEMBER 16-1922 N A FEW DAYS AFFORD FRANCE SECURITY strike situation which'has tied, up "Telegram received. Your reasoning TO SELL ON MAY 27th nearly all of the thirty-six plants of as to termination of the war on Koochiching county sportsmen are Our usually busy city has been like President Ebert's government has November eleventh is entirely unsound the International Paper company Of the 28 counties in Minnesota much interested in changes 'which a holiday this.week cfue to the walk ordered a "vyeek of mourning" in Germany and is opposed to the best interests throughout the country, involving approximately that have decided to issue bonds and have been made in the state game out of the papermaket's and sulphite because of the severity of the of organized labor in this 5,000 unionized workers, pave its roads in anticipation of the workers who have followed the instructions and fish laws by the last legislature. peace terms. The political situation according to reports received here. country if the National War Labor adoption of the Babcock amendment^ The usual flying trip to the favorite of, th.e International Union is unsettled and there are reports The strike began yesterday over a disagreement Board, had adopted such reasoning the program adopted by the St Louis leaders, because of a disagreement between fishing place in an effort to hook that if the present government refuses arid had held to the point that the concerning increased county commissioners is greater than black bass will not be started this the United States War Board to sign the peace treaty, it will be wage demands. In all of the plants war was over on the signing of the the aggregate of the remaining 27. season on the night of May 29. It and the Urriori's as to when the" war succeeded by one composed of independent Armistice it would have been equiva from which word has been received St. Louis county will issue. $7,500,000 ends. will be postponed until the middle of Socialists. the unions have permitted firemen lent to sa\'ing that the rates of pay worth of bonds to pave more June. The season oh black bass thru The unions made demands 'for the Discuss Refusal to Sign and labor standards established bv to remain on duty to care for the than 200 miles of road, according'to out the state will open this season following schedule of wages: he council of four discussed Saturday the war might at once be decreased' fires and the boilers. the plans adopted by the cOum'y on June 15. Under the old law the it was reported, the question 1. Eight hours per day for all employees and repudiated it is essential to the commissjoners. The remaining 27 lid was off on May 30. DITCH LEIN TO BE both day and tour workers. stability of working conditions and of what to do to Germany should she counties have decided to issue bonds Zones which divided the state into refuse to sign the t'reaitv. It was 2. Double time for all work performed the maintainence of adequate rates totalling $6,527,000 to pave 261 miles two sections, have been eliminated. on Sundays and holidays, and of pay during the period of readjustment said the discussion, was for the purpose PAID BY THE STATE of roadway. This information was The angling season for many varities of being prepared for any eventuality. time and one-half for all overtime that the legal interpretation as obtained from the reports received work performed upon regular work will open May The trout It is believed,-however, the to the termination of the war with op 1 by C. M: Babsfock, state highway season opened on April 15, which how Germans will, sign. days. This to apply to both day and the proclamation of peace be rigidly commissioner, who drafted the program Mr. A. N. Wasmuth of the State tour workers. applies to the entire state. President W'ilson, according to the adhered to, this situation has been under which this work is contemplated. Paris reports, still remains firm on Auditor's staff is spending several obivious to all other leaders of organized An important change in the f. me 3. New Year's, Decoration Day, days in our city, assisted by labor and to the majority of the Adratic problem and has not Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving birds laws is closed period cs' ^-ririe Federal Aid Is $25,000,000 agreed to the proposal to give Fiume Mr. J. F. Gould, in reviewing and employers because it has been plain' chickens until September 16, 1922. Day and Christmas to be holidays Some idea of the magnitude of checking the records in the County ly evident to them that if the board to Italy after 1923. In a speech on which the mills will close The partridge law was left the same the work may be obtained when it is Saturday at tlie academy of moral Auditor's office of Ditch Assessments had interpreted the war as ending on with the season to open in 1920. down for thirty-six hours: with the considered that the federal aid for for the several Judicial Ditches November eleventh it would practically and political sciences, the President exreption of Christmas when the shut Shooting will be allowed every other Minnesota for the next ten years, have produced industrial chaos an said that America was ready to defend against state lands. Chapter ,548/ season. The duck season, as usual down period is to be forty-two hours, will be but $25,000,000 and of this rendered impossible the stabilizing liberty where ever and whenever General Statues of 1913 provides for with pay to the employees for the will open on September 16, but will amount, St. Louis county will re it was threatened. the payment by the state of assessments of conditions until the resuming close on December 31, giving the Christmas shut-down period. ceive one-sixth. The remainder will industrial activity your reasoning International Law for ditches where state unsold gunners three and one-half months 4. A guarantee to the employees of cpme from the state if the Babsock Friday night the President said lands are benefitted, and the 1919 cannot be supported by organized labor of sport. fifty weeks' work or fifty weeks' pay. amendment is adopted that in Legislature made an appropriation or by employers or by any one the \var had given a new impetus to 5. Fifteen per cent increase in Scarcity of pickerel in many of the the end, the county will have paved international law and made it more of $487,714.88 with which to pay these who has the best interest of the wages over the War Labor Board's lakes brought about a closed spearing roads without one penny coming out assessments, of which a substantial country at heart." important than it had been previously. schedule for all employees included season. It is now unlawful to .f the county treasury. Jett Lauck, Secy Natl War Labor The President, it is said, in amount will be paid to Koochiching in the printed schedule of the I. B. spear pickerel in March and April. The Babcock amendment authorizes count}-. Mr. Wasmuth will determine Board. Paris, will be back in Washington of P. M. of 1918. Where 15 per cent The new law creates an open season the state to levy a special tax about June 15. just which state lands are affected will not bring the employees up to on motor vehicles. This money will METHODISTS 'ADOPT' for partridge from October 15 to from an examination of the Some changes in the German-Austrian the 1918 schedule, ah amount would November 30 in alternate years, go into the "trunk highways sinking Viewer's reports and other records, peace delegation are reported be added that would equal such positions fund" out of which the 6,900 starting in 1920, and fixes the open 12 FRENCH VILLAGES and payments will then be made. from Vienna as a result of the decision in the schedule as would season for dear and moose as November miles of trunk roadways are to be Koochiching county is the first county of the Austrians that it was hope bring the rates up to the Paper Makers' paid. Not more than $75,000,000 in 15 to December 5, instead of to be visited by Mr. Wasmuth, but less to look forward to union with Schedule of 1918. And: for all November 15 to 30, as before. bonds may be outstanding at anyone he will visit other county seats of Germany. Chancellor Renner of the other employees, eight cents per time. American Church to Help Rebuild those northern ocunties where state Vienna government probably will succeed hours over the War Labor Board's Reimburse Counties District Near Chateau Thierry family and community life normal lands are affected by drainage ditches I* ranz Klein as chairman of the Schedule. The Babcock amendment provides With Centenary Fund- again. Mr. Wasmuth, like Mr. Gould, is a delegation which is expected in Paris These demands were refused by the that counties may be reimbursed out "We expect to offer the serviced of about Wednesday. Minnesota man, having been Secretary manufacturers upon the grounds of the bond issue for money spem. ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS a skilled architect, so that the new of the Minneapolis Board of Education France Unsecured that inasmuch as the government had on any part of the trunk highway NOW BEING RAISED villages may be better arranged, especially for eighteen years. He has Paris, May 10—The military clauses established the price of paper during system. So the counties are going from a sanitary standpoint, been on the staff of State Auditor of the peace treaty do not give the war period it would be impossible New York May 9—Twelve Villages ahead to raise money, confident than the old. We shall also devote Preus ever since he took office four France security in the view of Henry for them to raise the schedule that the voters will approve the on the battlefield of Chateau Thierry, attention to spreading ideas of modern years ago working in the land department, Bidou, military critic of the Journal of wages during that period. Upon amendment next year. where United States soldiers and marines agriculture. and is well experienced in des Bats. He says they give France the matter being referred to the The following counties have let won undying fame by stopping land matters, particularly with relation the frontier of 18 miles which is the Community Centers Planned government by both employees and contracts already for paved roads: the German drive on Paris, have been to the condition of the school, frontier made against her in 1815. employers the War Labor Board "In each of our 12 villages we will "adopted" for reconstruction work by Estimated swamp and other land grants to the All military writers between those made a ruling that there should be County Mileage the American Methodist Episcopal lild some sort of a community center, Cost. state by the Federal Government. It two dates, Bidou continues, maintained no changes in prices or wages until open to men, women and children, Anoka 6.6 church, it was announced today by -165,000 is expected the w-ork in International that neither the frontier nor six months after the war was ended. Hennepin 6.0 the Methodist Centenary committee. a place to rest, to read and to enjoy 150,000 Falls will require a week or ten days Metz .was capable of defense in case The unions take the stand that Lyon 1.0 at times music and moving picture 25,000 Bouresches, Vaux and Le Thiolet, to complete. of a defensive war and that the when the armistice was signed on Nobles 5.5 names which will always live in American shows. We shall have a man 137,500 French forces would have to fall May lltht the war was ended and travelling with a moving picture machine Many Plan Work history, are three of the towns USE NEWSPAPERS, back on established positions in the six months from that date viz November Dakota county has 14 miles projected, entrusted to the American churches. from village to village. LUMBERMEN TOLD region of Nancy as in the present war 11th the new schedule should and will open bids for seven The others are Bonneil, Mont de Bonneil, "We will also leave some one who To support this view M. Bidou quotes take effect, but the War Labor miles on May 13, the rest to be advertised Azy, Nogentel, Vincelles, Monneaux, is an expert in the care of children. Increase Advertising in Newspapers French and German writers. He says Board's opinion is that the war will as soon as plans are ready. Montcourt, Crozy, and Aulnois. We will tell mothers the best modern to Aid Home Owning and Home the treaty gives Belgium no more se- not be at an end until the senate ratifies Sherbune county, which plans 25 The towns are in a district bordered methods of bringing up their families. Building No Protection the peace treaty and the President miles of road along the Mississippi on the north by Belleau Wood, "We shall co-operate with the As to the 30-mile demilitarized issues his proclamation to that river, will open bids for the first fivemile changed by the valor of the Second promising new- French Civic league Honest, widespread, well placed zone east of the Rhine, he adds, is of effect. stretch on May 13. Swift county Division to Bois de la Brigade de which is planning to establish centers and up-to-date advertising was urged no protection because German troops The following are copies of telegrams will open bids for seven miles of paved Marines( Marine Brigade Wood). for a healthful, moral life in upon lumbermen at the convention could cross and seize the passages of sent by the War Board both road May 22. Other counties are The city of Chateau Thierry itself French cities. The French government of the American Lumber association the Rhine and establish strong bridge to the manufacturers all over this getting ready to let contracts for is not in the reconstruction territory, has promised to supply sites in held in Chicago recently, in order to heads at the first sign of war before country and Canada and also to the paved roads as follows: but will serve as headquarters for the the devastated class if the league will educate people to home owning and the French could stop them. heads of the Unions which are self workers. An elaborate community put up the buildings for these civic home building. Nucleus for Army explanatory. County Mileage Cost center will be built in Chateau Thierry centers. "People are forgetting some of the M. Bidou says it is hard to see how The best of spirit prevails between 16 by the Methodists. This is an independent $400,000 old-fashioned, simple laws, such as limitation of the numbers of the "Plans for our civic center in Chateau the employees and the paper companies Blue Earth .. 16 project, however, the physical 400,000 that of supply and demand, which, Thierry cannot be definitely announced, German army can be enforced. He here and there is no question 16 250,000 rehabilitation of the city being by the way I understand some western declares that everyone knows that by but among the features we but that the matter will be amicably 10 entrusted to other forces. 250,000 legislator recently proposed expect to include will be extension permitting Germany 100,000 seasoned 10 settled in a few days to the benefit 250,000 Co-operate With French should be repealed since it interfered courses of study for young people, including troops, she will ge given the of all concerned. Crow Wing 7 175,000 The announcement of the Methodist with what he had in mind," said Horace courses in English, a gymnasium, nucleus around which the entire nation 6 150,000 plans was made by Dr. Ernest F. Taylor of Buffalo, N. Y., president a clinic and dispensary, moving could gather. Washington, D. C. May 12, 1919. 10 250,000 W. Bysshe, on his arrival here from of the National Wholesale Lumber pictures, reading rooms and a pop I have just wired John T. Carey 7 175,000 Paris. "For the present we are co-operating BOARD TELLS UNION Dealers' association, at the convention. ular restaurant or cafeteria where Morrison .... and John P. Burke as follows. "National 13 325,000 with the American Red Cross He characterized the present alcholic drinks will not be sold." War Labor Board is receiving 3 75,000 and the French government,'' said period as one of unusual stress. WAR IS NOT OVER notices of strikes either threatened 14 350,000 "Our workers are Bysshe. already Wilbur D. Nesbit of Chicago, in a Pipestone ... or, actually occuring in various plants PURCHASE OF LAND SALE 6 150,003 on the field and are in touch with the speech on "Advertising, What It Will covered by our award such action is Redwood 6 150,000 villagers. Supplies are being distributed Do and What it Won't Do," said the 15 in plain violation of the terms of the The following is the result of the 375,000 by our force. Board Demands Paper Makers Abide lumber business must advertise aggressively award which provide that the award 16 400,000 election held yesterday for the purchase "In order to get the work- started by Award and Return to Work and he advocated especially shall be in effect until the close of the 8 200,000 of a ridiculously small piece of quickly, we are for the moment using newspaper advertising, saying that 10 250,000 war. War does not end until pea:e and for "waterworks purposes" in the French government motor trucks and UNION CLAIMS WAR ENDED if the government had spent the $500,000 8 200,000 has been officially ratified by the drawing our supplies from Red Cross wrong location. NOV 11 AND FREE TO STRIKE expended for the Fourth Liberty Winona senate and proclaimed by the President First Ward. 5 125,000 warehouses. loan posters in newspaper advertising Votes for 78 you should immediately notify "We are sending our own supplies, Washington, May 12—The war labor it would have had better results." 120 ACRES SOLD AT your locals to this effect and insist Votes against 14 however, in the Methodist relief ship board prepared a telegram today "Any commodity that is advertised that they keep the terms of their Second Ward. which, will sail soon. The ship will to the officers of the International has to sell itself after the first sale," STATE LAND SALE agreement under terms of award as Votes for 88 carry clothing, kitchen utensils, Association of Mill, Pulp and Sulphite he said. "With the excess profits tax you know they have the right to request plows, harrows, horse rakes, seeds Votes against 46 workers,, demanding that the in effect, the government, virtually a reopening and consideration Third Ward. and small tractors. Probably no food union abide by the board's award, will pay 80 per cent of your advertising of any matters which may have Votes for 48 will be taken in the cargo, as this is which is effective until the end of the expenditure. The department of Torger Olson and Andrew Miller caused a change in conditions since now supplied satisfactorily. We may Votes against 53 war. This action resulted from a labor has asked all industries to increase of Margie, and M. J. Dobb of Happyland, the award went into effect" a take choice cattle to help restock Total majority in favor of proposition strike of employees of the International their advertising and you will were the only purchasers of strike under these circumstances 101. ihe region which is destitute of livestock. Paper company at Glens Falls, find that practically 80 per cent of Minnesota State Land at the monthly would be a violation of your agreement N. Y., who demand increased wages your advertising expenditure will be sale conducted May 12th bj- J. F. and would have no possible Homes in Ruins PRESIDENT BACK TO The union has claimed that the absorbed into what otherwise would Gould, Manager State Land Dept., on justification as you have an opportunity "Just before I left for the United U. S., JUNE 15 war ended Nov. 11, and has announced be your excess profits tax." the staff of State Auditor Preus. under the terms of the award States I made a tour of the villages that the workers were free to seek to have any grievances redressed or a which have been assigned to us. The Paris, May 10—Among those close increased wages and improved working FOR SALE—A good eight roomed FOR SALE made to get any new modifications people were drifting back slowly to to President Wilson, the Temps says, conditions. The war labor board house on Seventh street, good neighbors conditions. find heaps of ruins. We wish to see it is believed that the President will takes the position that the war is and pleasant surroundings, just New—Ranger bicycle, will sell cheap. W. Jett Lauck, Secy. these people again in clean, comfortable be back in the United States about not over until the treaty of peace is the place for one wanting to keep Call at 521 9th street. M. J. Bachvnski Natl. War Labor Board. homes. We wish to see their June 15. ratified, and that the action of the roomers. Apply at the Press office. owner. SsvVvi