The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 25, 1917, Page 4

Ps Four BISMARCK DAILY ‘TRIRUWE THE TRIBUNF Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. as Second Class Matter. ERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY 1880! Daily, by carrier, jer month Daily, by nail, per reas, vatly. by mail three months Daily, b~ mai! ta, ome year we. 6.00 Daily, by mall outside of North ta, three months . 1.60 of —-evlw by mail, per year. @. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY Special Foreign Representative @Ew YORK, Fifth Ave. Bidg.; CHICAGO, Bldg.; BOSTON, 8 Winter he is. arenter MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. | The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dtanatehes herein are also reserved. ‘Member Audit Bureau of Circulation v8 OLDEST NEWSPAPER an STAT Tatabltaned 1878) WEATHER REPORT For Twenty-four hours ending noon September Temperature at 7 a.m. . Temperature at noon . Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . FHighest wind velocity . Forecast for North Dakota: Generally fair to- night and Wednesday; cooler south- east portion tonight; somewhat warm- er Wednesday. Lowest Temperatures Fargo ... a Williston Grand Forks Pierre . St. Paul Winnipeg Helena . BO .. ift Current . Kansas City . San Francisc ORRIS W 49 30 58 ROBERTS, Meteorogolist. ee ee a ¢ Fear has many eyes.—Cer- * ~ vantes. Ce a ee a HOLD FAST AND TRUST! The other day scores of our newly selected soldier boys set off for their cantonments, to begin drilling for war.; There was a great crowd on hand to bid them godspeed. A good many mothers, wives, sisters and sweet- hearts wept over the parting, and a good many fathers and brothers had lumps: in their throats. To send a loved one to a war across the ocean is a most serious matter. In the latter part of June, Pershing. expedition landed in Europe. Ths, was three months ago, and the men c!! that force are not yet sufficiently we! drilled to take active part in the fight. Remember, these men were regu- lars, soldiers by profession, our veter-; ans, it might be said. If it requires over three months to drill our veter- ans for fighting, how long will it take to so drill the absolutely raw recruits who recently left this town? It must take many more than three months, without doubt. It is the intent of our government to next send the national forces that had experience last year on the Mex- ican border, and after them the con- scripted men. If the government is able to train, equip and transport the conscripted men by June 1, 1918, it! will be a most remarkable achieve- ment. Consider, too, that, owing to weak- ening of resources and national mor- ale, the coming winter is certain to be the most trying that Europe ever knew, making stronger the chances of peace by springtime. In the cantonments, the highest of; scientific skill will be devoted to car- ing for the boys’ mental, moral and physical welfare. Many a young man will come out of those cantonments a bigger and better man, war or peace. God rules and the nation loves them.; We say these things to comfort the} mothers who stood beside us in sad- ness that day our Loys marched away. FRIENDS iN DEFENSE, Friends of the Nonpartisan league recognize the necessity for explana- tion and defense of the “Nonpatriotic” conference staged in St. Paul last} week under the auspices of Pres. A.} C. Townley. A league mouthpiece, which in its! Friday's columns told glowingly of the| frantic demonstration accorded Sen.| Robert M. LaFollette after his tirade against the American government and| his defense of Germany, says editori- ally Sunday: “Out of the unguarded and unwise; remarks of Sen. LaFollette before the conference of producers and consum: | ers in St. Paul on Thursday evening,| newspapers which have long made it} their business to be hostile to any| enterprise of the farmers, are attempt-| ing to create an indictment of the farmers of the northwest. Thus the| battery of newspapers * * * use} -such expressions as ‘Nonpartisans cheer disloyal utterances’ and the charge is parroted by the stupid lit- tle dailies of North Dakota. * * *) The effort is to make it appear first) that the league is responsible for all. LaFollette said; second, that the UNION MEN and farmers: who « tended the convention approved a "| speech, “an ov | mines. Of neither of these propositions is a proof, and neither is true.” So var as can be learned from a 11 perusal of “stupid little dailies North Dakota” none of them, ex- cept the league organ above quoted, has endeavored to create the impres- sion that the farmers or union men) had much to do with Townley’s St./ Paul meeting. It was called by Mr. Townley and engineered throughout by him. He selected the speakers, and it is natural to presume that he knew from past performances what) might be expected of them. Nobody ; blames the farmer for what Mr. Town- | ley does or says, or might do and} say, were he permitted to go the! limit. And no one could possibly at-| tach any blame to the union men, for| they were not invited in to the pro-} German love feast which Townley so! successfully staged at St. Paul. They were denied a place on the program| until a- protest had been made, and their representative in a formal state-; =| ment issued last week declared they| would in no event have anything to! do with or allign themselves in any} way with an unpatriotic organization seems to insist upon regarded. | ended,” said the} porting LaFollette’s ion was given him, and it was necessary to form a flying | wedge to get him out of the building | to catch his train, so close was the throng that pressed around him to} grasp his hand.” i The St. Paul News, which has been friendly to the league from the start, says editorially in its Saturday issue: “Sen. Robert M. LaFollette made a} big mistake in choosing the subject matter of part of his speech in St. Paul Thursday evening. It was only a small part of his speech, but it was a rotten part. * * * The uttering of it was totally wrong. Utterances such as those by Senator LaFollette | may be quoted in Europe as showing that America is not united.” such as Tow having his ivas' “After he had league organ, DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU SIT— Government regulation is a new thing, and North Dakota farmers who feel that the prices of the things which they produce have not been regulated high enough and the cost of things they consume has not been; reduced low enough, are not alone in their plaints. It largely depends on where you sit! The following editorial comment on the government price fixed for cop- per is taken from the Mining Gazette, published at Houghton, Mich., in the center of a little peninsula whose an- imal production of copper metal at present prices is worth about $75,- 1.400. Seventeen cents always here- tvfore has been considered a reason- uble price for copper. Since 1907 it has been as low as 12 cents and as highas 30. The producers expected to see the price for their metal sixed at the highest figure, but Uncle Sam struck a medium, and this is the way it looks to, the man on the copper side of the market: “Here in the copper country of Michigan’ the price of 2314 cents per pound, fixed by the government as the price for domestic consumers, for the allies and for our own government re- quirements, is looked upon as reason- ably fair, but not to be compared with the government price of $2.20 on wheat. The impression here was that 25 cents would be a fair price, looking at the situation from a local labor situation as well as from the stand- point of the government. 23% cents a pound it is not likely that there will be any of the mines shutting down. A few years ago any such price 23 cents for copper would have | een considered as excep- tionally ad eous to the copper mining cor; ions and to the copper mining distriv!s of the country. But the cost of production of copper has gone up in the last six or eight months to figures which seem all out of rea- son. The average cost of production a few years ago was 12 cents. This year the cost sheets of the mines of this district are running above 15 cents at the best mines and above 29 cents at the greater number of mines of the Michigan copper district. “The increased cost of production j largely goes to labor and labor is en- titled to it for the increased wages and the bonuses are needed to take care of the increased cost of living. However, the impression among the people of the Michigan district is that the government price on copper is not unreasonable. It will mean an end to sensational profits for copper mining companies, due to the war, but it will provide for continuous. operation of practically every mine here. It will mean that wages will at least be kept at their present figure. Further than | that it will mean there will be a rea- sonable profit for the shareholder. The greatest need of this district at pres’ ent is more working men for the The army has taken a large number of the best men, as copper mines did not ask for exemption for any of their employes.” But even at] - “Nonpartisan League’’ Hopes to Have Big Voice in Choice of President in 1920 By E. C. RODGERS. (EDITORIAL NOTE—“Ned” Rog- ers, as he is known among the fra- ternity, attended the last session of the North Dakota legislature and j wrote a number o1 artw.cs Tavoracie to the league side of various issues. He formerly was on the staff of the St. Paul iIvews, a paper which has been very friendly to Townley.) St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 25.—A new political power is rising here in the west! ‘year ago they called this new power “the revolt of North Dakota.” Now the revii! has spread into other states, graduuily widening, thrusting eastward, southward and Pacific- coastward, A year ago the organization was confined to North Dakota, where it had captured control of the Republi- can machine and every state and ju- diciary office. Today the national headquarters, here in St. Paul ,occu- vy a whole floor of an office build- ing, and scores of ‘clerks are keep- ug track of the mempers secured by hundreds of organizers working in over a dozen states. Today the league has pernranent state organization in seven statw8— North and South Dakota, Wiscon- sin, Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, Col- orado five other ;states will have Slate Organizanons betore the year is | over—Washington, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas. Advance scouts are in Iowa, Miss- ouri, Illinois, Mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee. The league will not pose in every state as a third party. In some in- stances it will step in and take con- trol of the party machinery from one of the old parties, just as it did in North Dakota. In some states. the league may be working for the Dem- ocratic ticket; in others for the Re pnoltcans; and in suil others for a mixed ticket of republicans, demo- crats and socialists. “Whether we. run our ticket or name the ticket for one of the old par- ties, depends on which plan will be the easiest to win under,” Townley told me. i Townley isn’t boastingly confident He never -was.. When he thinks he is going to have; to null like Sam Hill.tc win, he keeps ‘still and saws a lot of wood. All during the North Dakota battle, Townley worked-behind closed doors of -a little back rcom in Fargo, jumping out every §0 ofie1 io address farmers’ picnics. The, day after the league’s sweeping victory I met him. “Well, we knocked their ‘blankety- blocks into so, many pieces » they'll never be able to find ’em all!” he ‘ob- served pleasantly. pave The league now has a daily newspa- per, three weekly state ‘organs, ‘and a dozen country weekles. The policy of the league is to buy or start papers friendly to -the -league’s . interest. in those states where newspaper oppo- sition is strong. 4 I saw book’ after book that con- tained nothing but names and ad- dresses of members. Mentally I fig- ured up the money war chest. Each member pays $16 in advance for the privilege of belonging to the organization. NOTICK TO DAIRYMEN AND MILK DEALERS. Present licenses expre Oct. 1, 1917. ‘All persons selling or disposing of milk or cream within the city of Bis- marck are required to procure a li- cense and are granted till Nov. 1, 1917, to comply with the requirement. A. C. Tor states (black) ‘Inwhich the league organization is under way. This is the first picture of Townle: North Dakota shows where the league was. started. é TOWNLEY'S NEW POLITICAL PARTY SEEKS 10: SWEEP WEST, EXPECTS 10 WOLD BALANCE OF POWER IN has more or less of an organi: ion, HET CORES y;*founder and president of the so-called Nonpartisan League, and map showing ‘the seven and the five states (shaded) in which y ever published in a newspaper. The cross in =e 7 Licenses will be issuéd upon applica- tion and fulfillment of.:réquirements, by the City Milk Inspector at the Public eHalth Laboratory, 207 Bis- marck Bank Bldg. * ADOLPH RUMREICH, * in charge. 9-22 NOW: UPTO: HOUSE Washington, Sept. 55.—House ap- proval of the. confere1¢e-report on the trading with the ovemy dill was necessary today to final enactment of cue imeasure. Lhe 1u.vkbs was adopt- ed by the ‘senate yesterday,:and af- ter‘.the house acts, w)i¢gh. probadly. will’ be :late. today, : tha; bill. goc3: to the president for his» signature. ANVIL CHORUS: COVERED BLOWS OF PIGK ‘BREAKING DOWN GUARD HOUSE WALL shes tedd bor Ft. Snelling, Minn., Sept: 25:—The unusual volume of: choruses sung by prisoners in the guard house here led to the discovery of a:tunnel which had been prepared for:their escape, when it was found one layer of brick only separated 120 inmates from the open air. Officers say the increase in volume was, to drown the noise of the men pounding the wall. Mandan News Bureau SUNDAY THEATRE - OPERATOR TAKEN ~ FOR VIOLATION B. L.'Hartman Charged With Breaking: Sabbath” Observ- ance Laws of State . H. L. Hartman, manager.of the Pal. ace theater, was yesterday afternoon, arrested for .violating the-Sunday laws. It, is allegéd that Mr. Hartman has been running his moving picture show on Sunday. Attorney General William Langer requested State’s At: torney Connolly to make the arrest. Mr. Hartman has retained J. F. Sul- livan of the local law firm of ‘Sullivan & Sullivan to defend him. The pre-; liminary hearing. will be held this af- ternoon in the-office of State’s At- torney 1. H. Connolly. The arrest of Mr. Hartman has caused a great deal of comment and the outcome of his difficulty is watched with much interest ‘by all concerned. RURAL TEACHERS’ RALLY. Supt. H. K. Jensen o Morton coun- ty schools, announced today that a Rural Teachers’ rally will be held in Mandan commencing Octwer 1 and LOOK HELEN, SEE HOW MUCH | WAVE Done ALREADY To THE Fire BARNS AND HAVE A GAME OF CARDS £1 eet mat beta terme Sent Bal ‘Double Strenrth $2.09, ROONEY Piz, Wesee today. }» SCUTHINGTON REMEDY C8., DOINGS OF THE DUFF:S. PANSY, te BET 1-CAN BEAT You AT! A GAME OF CHECKERS GAME IN THIS KNITTIN’ FACTORY By Allman MAN BE SO MISTAH DvFF BoT I CAN'T. LEAB MY KNITTIN’? WAIT. NO LONGER. COME , JOIN THE MERRY cIRCLE .:| Long. lasting until October 5. Educators from varios parts of the state and an educator of national fame will be present at the meeting. It is antici- pated that at least 5¥ teachers will assemble in Mandan to attend the rally. - Social affairs in connection with the rally will be announced later avers Mr., Jensen. F HUSBAND AND WIFE WANT $50,000 EACH ~— FOR ELEGTHIG SHOGK Allege’ Defective Wiring Caused Severe Injuries When They Touched Light Cord Adam B. Stolz and. wife have begun suit against the Mandan Ele¢tric com- pany for $100,000 for injuries sustain- ed through alleged faulty wiring of the Stolz residence. There are two cases ,each for §50,000. The accident in which Mr. and Mrs. Stolz sustained severe burns on the hands ‘and feet as a result of touching a drop cord occurred June 21. A disorder of the transformer near the ‘Stolz house is alleged to have caused a cross cir- cuit in the wiring in the house. Mr. Stolz was injured when he took hold of a drop cord and Mrs. Etolz was ‘hurt when she touched his person, the current being transmitted through his body. | Te defense of the electric company , has not been made public, though the papers in the case are being prepared ,from the office of the company’s at- torney, John F. Sullivan. Considerable public interest is be- ing manifested in the case, which will probably come to trial at the next term of court in December. GAL FIRE FIEND IS SENTENCED 10 REFORM SCHOOL~-LAND CASE ON Katie Meisner Will Be Turned Over to Supt. J. M. Devine —Too Many Sales The regular term of district court opencd yésterday with Judge J. M. Hanloy on the bench. Katherine Meis- ner, 14 years old, was sentenced to the reform school for stealing money and setting fires at Hebron. This morning the case of Mrs. Wil- liam Pahm versus Fred. K. Long was called and this afternoon the case oi Fred Motsiff versus Fred K. ‘Both cases involve a land dral in which Long is alleged to have sold the same plec@'of land to both ‘Mrs. Bahm and Mr. Motsiff. Eoth parties want the land ,although neith- cr party paid any consideration for the highly desirable property. MANY PRIZES. Supt: J. M. Devine of the state training school is elated over the fact that the state training school won 22 prizes at the Missouri: Slope fair re- cently closed. The first prize for the entry farm and garden prize, best display, were awarded to the reform school. Out of the farm and vegetable display, the reform school was given 17 of 32 prizes awarded. Tesides the prizes mentioned the state reform school live stock cap-/ ture some very attractive prizes. Chalmers in Mandan.—c. G. Chal- mers of Werner was in Mandan to- day attending to business matters. From Carson.—Charles Jansen of Carson’ has been in Mandan looking efter business matters for a few days. \ i} E. H. Farin to Return—F. H. Farin, tired this morning to his home in .| days inthis ‘Mandan of Saturday. locality . looking after real estate business matters. 5 Flasherite Here.—Charles Jansen of Flasher was in Mandan on business’ © yesterday: morning. “ Mickelson ‘tn’ Town.—Ole Mickelson of the Barnes locality was in the city. yesterday attending to business mat- ters. ah * State’s Attorney Here.—State’s At: torney H. L. Berry of tSanton was-in Mandan:yesterday afternoon on legal matters. . Miss Dooley to valley City.—Miss Florence Dooley ‘has returned to Val- ley City. to resume her studies at the normal ‘school. i To Dickinson.—Mrs. Joseph Regan went to Dickinson on’ Saturday after- noon for a few days’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Badgley. Fort the business visitors who were in the city today Fort Clark was repre- sented by Max Seigle. Miss Ellison. to Ellendale—Miss Al: pha Ellison has gone to Ellendale where she will today (e enrolled in the normal. school for the ensuing term. i Return Home—Mr. and © Mrs. Charles Woodward have returned home from Driscoll, where they bad been visiting with relatives or a few days. To New Sam tv Teach.—Miss Frances Williams left today for New Salem. where she will tomorrow open the fall term of a school she fs to teach. % Spink to Dickinson.—Charles_ F. Spink of the Spink & Agnew Clothing company, went to Diskinson oa Satur? day afternoon to look after business. matters. 5 Miss Van Solen Home.—Miss_Lu- cille Van Solen, who had been, in Man- dan attending the fair, returned to her home at Cannon Ball on Saturday afternoon. Attorney George Returns.—Attor- ney and Mrs. M. J. George of Ashley, who had een in Mandan visiting for a number of days, returned today to their home. Railroad Meeting.—The directors of of the Manning, ‘Mandan & Freda railway company held an important meeting at the Mandan Commercial club rooms Saturday afternoon. A. C. Wells Returns.—A. C. Wells, well known Indian agent of Cannon Ball, returned home Saturday’ after- noon after having spent the week in the city attending the fair.: 2 —— Miss Wilcox nere.—Miss Ella. Wil- cox left, this afternoon for. her home at Cannonball. after diaving spent several days. in Bismarck and :Man- dan visiting with friends. i To Center.—nesdaines William and Henry Grosgebauer. ‘went to ‘Center. yesterday afternoon to.attend the funeral ‘of. the. late Conrad . Nelgon: They’ wil return home tomorrow. |; L514 ba CPSTOP ATTIRE oy ers n Carsonite in. City.—A. D. La Due of Carson was,in Mandan looking after business matters. Mr. La Due. is with the Carson Press. He also. vis- ited with friends in Bismarck while away from home. nse ‘State Official.—s. J. Nagel, menwer of the state;board.ofcoptrol, wag in Mandan on Saturday afternoon en- route home to Haymarsh from .Bis- marck,- where he, had. been. attending — to ofticial matters at the capitol, To Milwaukee tv School.—Miss Margaret Cummins’ departed Sunday evening for Milwaukee, where she will enroll in Downer college as a student or the ensuing year. Miss Cummins attended’ the Minnesota university last year. i Returns Home—Mrs. Orin Albright and son, who had been in Mandan at-_ tending the Missouri Slope fair, re- turned to their home at Flasher on Saturday afternoon. While in Man- dan they were guests at the Tharp and Wickum homes. K. C. Meet Tonignt.—The menrbers of the Knights of Columbus wil hold @ meeting at. the commercial club rooms this evening for the purpose of arranging for a Mandan class to be initiated at the annual initiation to be held in Bismarck Council 1604, on Octoder 12. School at Hi r — ‘Contractor Charles Kidd advised yesterday that Hensler will in a few weeks have a new consolidated school. The new building is to have four rooms besides teachers’ living apartments. It is said it will be one of the best small school buildings on the north branch. Seamans Home.—Mr.° and Mrs. Howard Seaman and children return- ed home from the east Friday night on No. 1. Mrs. Seaman and children had been in Illinois visiting for the Past several weeks. Mr. Seaman went Thursday evening to St. Paul, where he met his family and accompanied them home. To Métt.—George Kasper, who had been in the east on business for sev: eral days, arrived in the city yester- day afternoon en route to his home at Mott. His father, who has been visiting with relatives in Mandan for a number of days, will leave this af- ternoon with his son for Mott, where he is to spend a few days before re- turning to his home at Glencoe, Minn. N. P. Agent to Elgin.—E. A. Will- son, better farming agent for thé ‘Northern Pacific Railway company with headquarters in St. Paul, was in Mr. Willson had been at Billings, where he attend- ed the fair held there last week as one of the judges of live stock. He attended the slope fair here, and Sat- urday afternoon went to Elgin, where he is spending the week at the N. P. experiment farm. Parker Arrived Safely.—Fred Park- er, Sr, received a card from his son Fred, who was numbered among the drafted boys who - went to Fort Dodge, Ia., last Wednesday. He says that the boys arrived there safe and sound. Fred writes as if he is enioy- ing his first experiences. of army life. former local real estate dealer, re-|irig corps. He has been assigned to the engineer- He spoke of having met Don CaddeH,-whoris with the artillery St. Paul after having spent several corps at Fort Dodge. Clark Represented.—Among * .