The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 17, 1918, Page 2

WISHEK DENIES QRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT Ashley Banker Declares He Did) * Not Make Statements At- i tributed. to Him TALKS OF INVESTMENTS : | Admits Purchasing None of the; First Loan; Did Buy of Second and Third | “Most emphatically, ‘No’!’”” re-| plied John H. Wishek, Ashley | banker, when his counsel on di-' rect examination in the United States district court this morn- ing asked: ; | “Did you ever say to Mr.| Rumeley that ‘you were not go-! ing to support a government! which went into a. war. against | the wishes of its people’? “My, Rumeley,” explained the witness, “was in the employ of my bitterest enemy. He has never enjoyed my confidence. He was the very last man with whom I would have had any se- cret conversation.” . Cashier Rumeley of the First State bank, a witness for the government, had testified to al- leged conversations with Wishek in which.he stated the latter ex- pressed antagonism to the war and criticised the government for entering it. : Banker Wishek also denied that he had said to Robert Linn that he did not intend to invest in Liberty' Bonds “because he had better uses for his money.” He had known Linn 30 years, stated the defendant, and had never been on friendly terms with him. During this time, said Wishek, Linn had represented the’ Hammond and Johnstone banking ifiterests which Wishek declared had always been un- friendly to him. The witness stated that his enemies in Mc- Intosh county were almost en- tirely confined to his competitors in the banking business. On direct examination, Wishek told of “billing the town” of Ashley with Liberty loan posters. He did-not re- member having given Mr. Linn one, but stated he’ would ‘have done:so, had: Mr. Linn asked him to. He stated he did not in-person attend the bankers’ meeting held at Ashley to apportion Yonds for the second loan, but said that his cashier, Mr. Johnson, attend- ed. He admitted that neither he, personally, nor any of his banks ‘had purchased any of the first loan, but stated that he and his banks had pur- chased. more than their allotment of the second and third Icans. The bonds, the witness testified, were in the First National bank in St. Paul as collateral for a loan which -he had negotiated. He excepted one bond of $500, which he had presented to a daughter as a wedding gift. Wishek' makes’ a good witness, ad- dressing the jury directly as though he were engaged in a friendly chat with a group of associates: BUY W. 5, PRATER AGAIN HEADS COUNTY. ‘CENTRAL BODY Republicans Select Land Com- missioner—Patterson on State Committee W. J. Prater, state land commission- er, was reelected chairman of the Bur- leigh county republican central com- mittee at the annual meeting held at the court house this afternoon, ana Edward G. (Patterson was elected ‘member of the state central commit- tee for Burleigh county. ‘H.. P. Knap- pen: was elected secretary, R. L. Best. treasurer, and H. W. Voight, Howard Thomas, John A Johnson, Axel Soder and'Ed Deitzman were elected as one member from each cammisisoners’ dis- trict to form, with the chairman and secretary, a county executive com- mittee. The resolutions committee named. today consists of E. A. Trygg, chairman; Howard Thomas, Ole Sath- er, George Humphreys and R. H. Wil- ‘cox. A report on resolutions will be presented tomorrow. The democratic county central com- , mittee, composed of precinctmen elect: ed at the recent primaries* also is meeting today. At press. time its or- ganization had not” been completed. te Ws Sea FATHERLESS CHILDREN A Bismarck committee has been {formed for the benefit of “The Father- Jess Children of France,’ working di- rectly with the ‘National ective Committee in New York City. The aim-of ‘the ‘organization 1s’ to secure the support of these little ¥yench Children by paying $36.50 per \ “year for the adoption of one: child. They are kept in their’ homes with their own mothers. : Already the, work has been startet anid a number of adoptions have been received. ~The local committee is, Chairnian Mrs. X. 0. Ramstad, Secre- “tary Miss Agnes Orr, Treasurer Mr. J. L. Bell—Contributed. ———avy w. s. s——— Marred urniture. © When furniture has become marred + fouch up the spois.sith Jogine to bring ‘pack the color, then fr) with furniture polish. * : Ww. 85, Tribune Want Ads Bring Results. oo. KERMIT | ROOSEVELT WIRE ORDER FROM WILSON DUB'THURSDAY Anticipated That an Executive, Statement Will Be Is- sued Tomorrow | TO USE THE POSTOFFICES | Telegrams May Be Mailed in the! Same Manner as Ordi- ‘nary Letters i Washington, D. C., July 17.—An ex-| ecutive order by. President Wilson: tak- .ing over trunk line telegraph and tele-} phone systems is expected today or! tomorrow. Arrangements for govern- ment operation of the lines virtually) are completed, but there will be no! announcement of details until the| president’s order is issued. One feature is the acceptance of; telegrams at postoffices and elimina- tion’ of bookkeeping by use of stamps to pay for. messages. BUY W, 5. S.———— THRIFT STAMP TIPS.URGED AS | WAR MEASURE) Hotel Steward Says Stickers | Should Be Substituted for Quarters pel A thrift stamp will supplant the| ordinary 25-cent tip on diners, sleep- Jing cars and parlor cars, in hotel din- Ing rooms, cafes and restaurants ang in other places where tipping is in vogue if a suggestion made by the steward of the Hotel McKenzie is car- ried out. The steward today outlined his plan to the Bismarck W. S. S. committee, and it has been referred , to the special U. C! 1, committee of} the local orgaizations. It is believed that the plan will be favorably ,consid- ered by United Travelers: councils throughout the country, and that in place of the elusive quarter, waiters and others who serve the public will in the future find as their reward one of Uncle Sam's green thrift stamps. “Tips are seldom saved, at least to the extent which is true of regular wages,” said the McKenzie steward today. “They are largess—something on the side. With thrift. stamps, I believe it would be different, aud that dining room em- ployes‘ and others would take pleas- ure in filling their books. This would {stimulate a genuine thrift habit, and would at the same time result in greatly increasing the sales of ‘thrift stamps.” # 4 BUY We TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY C7) C7 FOR RENT—A four-room flat witn bath. Strictly modern. Phone 487X or call at’ 516 ‘7th. street. TAT 3t BUX W, S. S.-—-~= ‘FOR SALE—1917 Excelsior _ motor- cycle and side car. Also brass bed. Call 319 17th street or Phone 740X » 7171 wk srw. 3 FOR SALE—Fine, good big farm horse, weighs 1,500°lbs.. See S. F. Lambert, Bismarck, N. D. . 716 3t ———atyW.s.s = > ‘FOR RENT—Five room house. Phone 4841, or call 214 Sth street. 7 17 2t BUY W, S. S.—-—— WE WILL CLOSE OUT our entire stock of Moline Advance binders at 1917 cost. 7 ft. at $145; 8 ft. at $150. . $8.00 extra if.set-up, Farmers Union ‘Elevator & Merc. .Co., Regan, N. D. . TAT 2 wks. BUY W. S. S. Warning to -Hene. |Pershing’s communique for ’Monday | looked upon as! warg, Pembina, Motto te hang in henhorises:, and:[' weccecceccococoeeccce. the colors immediately after Am front lines “over there.” 500 PRISONERS HELD BY YANKS, Americans Capture Large Num-| ber of: Huns in Driving | Enemy Back | aia, { ‘Washington, D. C., July 17.—General | reaching the war department today | reported that 500 prisoners were ta-| ken by the Americans in their count2r} attack which drove the Germans hack to the Marne east of Thierry. | The communique for Tuesday re-| ports the cooperation of American troops with the French in repulsing- enemy attacks at all points. ———avy w. 8,8 DRAFT BOARDS URGED TO MOVE Number of Counties Which Have; Not Filed Questionnaires Are Checked Up Chairman Luther E. Birdzell of the; district draft board today wired lo- cal boards in Slope. Dickey, Hettinger, Stutsman, Ramsey, Rollette, Morton, LaMoure, Bottineau, Earnes, Adams, McKenzie, Dunn. Cav-' alier, Walsh and Bowman’ counties in- structing them to rush their question: aires for the 1918 class of registrants. All of the other counties ‘already have | filed their questionaires .with the dis- trict board, which naw is considering | them. { . Agricultural and industrial: cldims} (mong the ne wregistrants are run- ming 60 to 70 per cent. From the coun- ties reporting to date 2,900 claims for exemption have been. received. The total number of registrants in the 1918 class does not exceed 4,800. BEY W. 8. S, Attending Meeting: ] W. L.. Richards, president. of the First National bank of Dickinson, and | J. L. Solstad of Grand Forks are here attending a special session’ of the dis- tfctangard; of which they are mem:' ers, ni bi BYY W. 5 5 ——-- * Ladies’ Aid ‘Meeting. The. Ladiés’’ Aid’ society of the Swedish ‘Lutheran: church will serve! refreshments at the Country club Fri- day afterhaon, July. 19. The income from this’ meeting will be ‘donated to the Red Cross.: Notify: Mrs, Catl' Bliason,.chairman transport> ation committée, and autoes willr be’ furnished: :All.are invited to-tatttend. THEODORE ROOSEVELT JR» velt and Kermit Roosevelt, all of whom have | Hoskins and daughter will return to MORE RAPIDLY | BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUN! - ARCHIE— ROOSEVELT- erica’s entrance in the war. To Big Pine Lake. { Mr, and Mrs. O. B. Hoskins and} daughter Pearl will ledve this week for Big Pine lake, Minn., where they will-spend a two weeks’ outing. Mr. | Hoskins is expecting a call for ‘sery- ice with the engineering corps andi probably will _ proceed direct from Minnesota to Washington, ‘while Mrs. Bismarck to make their his absence. ~ home during SPECIAL FOR Beg We believe the citizens tional ‘securit; ‘State F. A. LAHR,. President. Upper Fourth St. # egg x day keeps the hatchet away.— Irish World. Brown & Geierman _ Watermelons Large, slightly speeked watermelons, each The deposfts,of, this. Bank are now. guaranteed under the laws of the State of North Dakota. ‘can offer,as a We will pay SIX PER CENT on our certificates of deposits for TWELVE: MONTHS; CENT for SIX"MONTHS. °, FIRST GUARANTEE BANK CAPITAL. $50,000 ee ebewew ewe ce wccc cco coewcoooocors ROOSEVELT HAS THREE SONS LEFT IN oe SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN FRANCE peeewecocccewceroncocoococococoooes - # @ Fighting sons of a fighting sire, all-four:sons:of former President Roosevelt enlisted with Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt is dead upon the field of honor, but there remain to avenge him Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Archie Roose- rendered their country distinguished service in the a “THIRD PAYMENT ON | LIBERTY LOAN DUE | Subscribers are reminded | that the third payment on | the Third. Liberty Loan of | | 35 per cent is due and pay- able on July 18. | ¢—— woe Le WEDNESDAY ‘will appreciate the addi- FIVE PER E. V. .LAHR, Cashier. Opp. Grand Pacific Hotel a Pe, OLD LANDMARK BEING RAZED Lambert Livery Barn Purchased by Adjacent Property Own- ers and Wrecked . BANK PLANS NEW HOME First Guaranty Will Build as Soon as War Conditions Make It Possible Wale Thanks to the enterprise of owners of adjoining property an old land- mark which had become an eyesore to Fourth street soon will be no more. Neighbors of the Lambert barn ‘diag-| onally opposite the Grand Pacific ho- tel “chipped in” and bought the struc- ture from S. F, Lambért, and the raz- ing of the big hulk now is in -prog- ress, t On the adjoining lot, owned’ by the First Guaranty bank, a handsome banking house will be erected as soon as war conditions permit. The struc- ture will ‘be of reinforced concrete construction to have‘a fifty-foot front- age and to be two storfes in height, with handsome pillars extending to the cornice. + The First Guaranty bank had plan- ned to build this year, but in response. + WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1918.. construction: not an absolute necessity Ie. abandoned,. the bank has aband- oned the project for this year and probably until the end of the war. It is posseible that when the, time comes ON FOURTH IS ‘tor the bank to build, the adjoining 50 feet, from which the Lambert barn 1s being removed, will -bé improved at the same time. S. F. Lambert has removed his taxi line headquarters to Main street, for the timebeing at least, The Fourth street barn ‘was erected 25 ‘years ago and had been used as a livery and stage barn for many years before the advent of the automobile, when it, was transformed into a garage and. taxi stand. —— GOPHER LABO WILL PUT UP. STATE TICKET Virginia, Minn, July 17.—The Minnesota Federation of Labor. in its 36th annual session’ today of- ficially threw its hat into the po- litical ring, with the passing of a resolution calling for a.caucus to be held at St. Paul, wher'e a com- plete state ticket will be nomi: nated. ¥ BUY wes LANGER ITCHES ~ TO GET AFTER STATE'S IDLERS It was reported today that Attor- ney General Langer at the next ses- sion of the state council of defense will ask authority to strictly enforce the work or fight orders of the board. The attorney general is said to have especial reference to city dwellers who have been reported to the board to have no visible occupation. He will insist that the board’s ruling be strict- to the government's request that all Between lost money is this: is no loss. money. bank. —any size—for only save money. the refractive type. pearance of your car.’ Get Sun-Rays today. supply you-send direct Dakota’s new law. Further the courtesy of the road. 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