The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 6, 1919, Page 1

THE WEATHER Warmer Tonight. * THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY, J THEODORE RO MWDONA wewe ewe ween ene ee AN. 6, 1919. SEVELT DEAD peewee ecw ewe ee eee PRICE FIVE CENTS CE INCUMBENTS IN.” STATE JOB ARE ~ LOATH 10 QUIT | State Superintendent. and His Wife Hold Fort When Miss | Nielson Appears. an, ! TO MANDAMUS PEDAGOGUE Attorney General Langer Plans! , to Bring Ouster Action This Afternoon. i Declaring they. were acting on. the “highest legal and educational advice,” and in the interest of “higher educa- tion in North Dakota,” retiring Si Superintendent and Mrs. Neil ©. Mac: dorald this morning declined to turn over the office’ to his successor, Miss Minnie J. Nielson of Valley City, when she presented herself:;;ith her staff to ‘take’ charge: Miss Nielson, ‘afer: ‘hecoming — con- vineed that Mr. and Macdonald intended to hold the office until ousted: by legal action, withdrew to the offices of Attorney General Langer, where she received Mr. Langer’s assurances of ! i ! i { | 1 1 i ! 1 MINNIE ‘J. NIELEON i Popular Choice for St&te‘Superintend. | ent Forced to go to, Courts to Oust Niet Macdonald and Wife, vi i. 4 support and a promise: that applica- tion would be’ made to the supreme court this afternoon for a writ of man damus compelling the ‘¥etiring stat superintendent to ‘relinquish. the office of public instruction to his success HAD DENIED, INTENTION Two weeks ago a report became cur- | rent that Neil’ Macdonald would | tempt hy legal action to retain the of. tuents would not reinstate him. came known that he had retained S. Allen of Bismarck to investigate the possibility of attacking Miss Nielscr on her qualifications and that the lat ter had intimated to the attorn eral that some actiom might be broug! Interviewed at the time, Attorney Gen. ! NEIL C, MACDONALD, * Repudiated Superintendent of Public Instruction who: Refuses to Quit. eral Langer admitted that he had heard. similar reports‘and when ques-; tioned declared that in the event of an attack being made. upon Miss Niel-/ son, he, as attorney general, would de- fend her, inasmuch as there was no question as to her qualifications under | the law nor that she’ had been legally | elected. i Mrs. Katryn Macdonald in an inter view personally denied that her o7ice contemplated any action: This morn- ing Mrs. Macdonald admitted that no definite decision had been reached by herself and her. husband — until last} night. Every preparation had been made for the vacation of the office. The; Macdonald staff had been released, and the employes. checked’ out. When Miss Nielson this morning. in response to Mr. Macdonald’s assertion! (Continued on Page Three.) | FORD CONTESTS NEWBERRY SEAT Washington, Jan:_6—Henry Ford, democratic candidate for the U. S. senate, defeated by Truman H. New- \ities of -virité manhocd which made Colonel ‘Roosevelt stand out ‘bor; recalling incidents of his life here aniong ‘us, miles southwest of Posen. -Its capture by the Poles would be most! {serious for Germany and all of Northern Prussian. ithe poles would cut communications between Berlin and Silesia. THEODORE ROOSEVELT — In the passing of Theodore Roosevelt the world loses a man. No matter how widely opinions may differ as to his politics and his methods, there is‘universal appreciation of those sterling qual- from alll yer public men of his day; down ih’ histdry as one of the collosal. figur the twentieth century. Here in Nerth Dakota we always ha’ claim upon Theodore Roosevelt: We. ha’ our plains in pioneer,days that he drew much’ of F vigor and the | directness andthe straightforwardness whith in after years made it difficult for the east always to understand him. He became aj westerner through his contact, with ‘the.oil and with nature in| the rough in North Dakota. . Only a few weeks ago‘he s di which will hand him f. the early part. of tood here talking to us as an old neigh- an old friend | returned for a friendly chat. ' He seemed’ a, yhan alive ‘with. mental | and physical. vigor. ‘e were ‘littleprepared for the sad news which’ was flashed over' the wires-this morning. The life of. Theodore Roosevelt marks‘anépoch in the develop- } thet eftAmérica. He lived earnestly and we believe sincerely. He | made ‘his)mistukes, but they were the mistakes ofa. strong-willed, ccurageous; independent leader who’ chose to rely upon himself rather than to accept advice from others. }His memory will be cherished for his genuine Americanism, his unswerving loyalty and his devotion to the public weal. ‘ GERMANS MUST DEFEND BENSCHEN AGAINST POLES | Berlin, Jan. 6.—Polish troops, have occupied a town four miles from Bentschen and:have sent an ultimatum to the German; com- mander in the latter place demanding that he surrender. The | demand has been refused, and the Germans will defend Bentschen at all costs, according to the Tageblat. Bentschen is about 43 Its loss to The cabinet directed the secretary of war to take the neces- sary steps to strengthen the eastern fronties. When preparations have been complete, probably early next week, the cabinet will appeal for a volunteer army. 3 PADEREWSKI HAS OPPOSITION Warsaw, Jan. 6.—Ignace Paderewski has found that Military Director-Pilsudski in Poland will not give up his power in Poland at the present time. The two leaders have had an interview which was not satisfactory. Paderewski came to Poland as representa- tive of four million Poles, from whom he claims to have received plenary powers to make loans to the Polish government and to be the representative of Poland at the Paris government. He says the Pilsudski government is not to be recognized, as it represents not more than one per cent of the people. TO MOVE AGAINST BOLSHEVIKI London, Jan. 6.—Germany is about to take diplomatic and mili- tary measures against the Bolshevik government, according to official advices here. * TRY COUP D’ETAT Amsterdam, Jan. 6.—The Spartacus group Sunday evening made another attempt tc seize the reins of power in Berlin and occupied ; the offices of the Wolff bureau, the semi-official agency. Private advices say the Spartacans occupied the offices:of a half dozen big. newspapers, including the Socialist Woerwartz. The newspapers are concentrated in a small area on Under den Linden, which is accessable fro ma working men’s quarters. This is one of the strongholds of the Spartacans. HS oom LI0% JOHNERIGKSON FOR RELIEF WORK | “VALLEY PIONEER DIES AT AGE 70 Morhead, Minn, Jan. 26—Johi Erickson, three times mayor of Moodr- Washington, Jan. 6—President Wil- son’s request that congress provide $100,000,000 for relief work in Europe outside of Germany was approved to-; day. by the house appropriations com-} mittee. | : TO SELL AUTOMOBILES. ‘ALL AMERICA ‘Paris, Jan. 6—The fourth son of berry, republican, former secretary of contest. the navy, today gave. formal notice “| Kaiser Wilhelm. Prince Augustus, has taken a position with an automobile firm, according to a dispatch here. head, a pioneer of the Red River Val- ley, who came here in. 1871, when the Northern Pacific reached the Red river, is dead at 78. | COL. THEODORE ROOSEVEET | | TO HAVE EYES Legislature to Convene at ‘Noon Tomorrow First Farmer- Controlled’ Body. PROGRAM. IS ANNOUNCED Official League Organ Points the " Way But Reveals Nothing vii’. Not Expected: Thé eyes of all America will be up- on the Sixteenth. general assembly which wil convene at high noon Tues- ! day. Ror the first time in the his- 'tory of the nation the legislative func-| tions of an American comomnwealth | will be entirely controlled by farm- ers. With approximately-95 out of the 49 memberg in the senate: and around 80 of the 113 members in the house, the league is in a ‘position to put through any legislative program which may be approved by the Non- partisan managers, and assurance al- leady has been given that. the’ pro- ram will embody'all of the experi- iments in pure democracy which this organization bas preached since its inception in North Dakota, some three years ago. Program Announced., While it disclaims advance knowl- |’ edge of what the legislature intends to do, the Nonpartisan Courier-News ot Fargo, whose editorial policy is di- rected by President ' A. C. Townley, “presumes” that “measures will be Passed creating a state land bank; that a state flour mill will be built and terminal elevators established; that a state hail insurance department | wil be inaugurated; that some form of industrial compensation insurance will bep rovided; that fhe state will undertake the development of our vast lignite deposits; and that minor reforms will be effected. in taxation, the enforcement of existing laws and the management of state institutions.” Nothing New in Story. There is nothing in*»this program which has not already been exploited in great detail in the. independent press of' the state. . It 1s. understood that some conservatives within. the league are opposed to taking any ac- tion-upon economic measures until the supreme court has, handed down its opinion as to the legality of the action of the state canvassing board in declaring that a majority of the votes cast severally for and against each amendment was sufficient to carry five of the league's amendments initiated at the recent election which failed. to secure a majority of al} the votes cast. There seems, however, no. disposition’ to force the issue in this matter. The supreme court will hear the state canvassing board one week from tomorrow, and the seven days °which must alpse before this hearing can be fully occupied with or- ganiaztion work. the bearing of ‘con- tests for seats in, the two houses, ard in the consideration, of highway legis- lation, required “amendments. to the county, seéd and. feed bonding act, trem which the priority. clause, must be eliminated to.comply. with the pro- visions of the federal farm loan act: corporations in the motor vehicle res- istration act, which was defective in several particulars. as passed. by. the 15th assembly, and which the supreme court rather thoroughly riddled in a recent oninion, and: other imiscellan- cous legisiation dependent in no way (Coatinued 6n Page’ Three.) LD REFUSES MISS NIEL MRS. ROOSEVELT died early this morning. SAPETY FIRST ~ POLICY URGED BY LL STAIR Nonpartisan League With Un- disputed Control Can’t Blame | Stalwarts Now. RECOMMEND TOLERANCE | | | | | | { | i \Probable Speaker Would See Op- | position Minority in House Given Fair Deal. | i Conservatism, toleration and mutual | |respect are to be the key-notes of the xteenth assembly if L, L. Stair of jottinean, who will-be the speaker of |the next house, is any criterion. Rep- irésenfative Stair is a leaguer of leaguers. He has been league organ- \izer and league whip, and he was en- ‘dorsed by many thousand of leaguers {some months ago for the office of United States marshal for North Da- kota, a job which Stephen J:Doyle of | Fargo; the democratic-independent op- ‘ ponent of Governor Lynn J. Jfrazier ‘in the recent election, still holds. | “We're going to go slow,” said Mr. | Stai¥ in an ‘interview today.” “If we imake mistakes thix timé, ‘we can't ;blame it on the ‘old gang,’ i say. ‘old gang’ in referring to the old-time \ politicians in the same sense in which TL would refer to the league as the ‘new gang.’ The talk of a short session. I-can’t see it. We've got to | take time to do things right. We can’t go about it slam-bang, haphazard. We've got, to eliminate our animosities and consider, ourselves as representa- tives of the people sent down here to make good laws and laws that will stand up. : “f have never been an active can- didate for speaker nor for any other job. I’ve been to busy the last few weeks looking after my farm without any help and nursing neighbors who have the flu to think about politics. Ii I should be elected speaker, how- ever, 1 intend to be speaker, and to represent the entire house, without respect to politics. .Any- man entitled to the floor will get it, and ‘he will receive the same consideration from me, if he is a member of the old guard, that I would give a Nonpartisan. “We said and did a lot of things in| the last session that were dwie to the newness of our organization and the | rawness of its anti-pathies. This time we've got to get down to busi- ness; work shoulder to shoulder with the opposition; give regard to their opinions and take advantage of their advice, and when a bill leaves the house it’s got to be in shape to become a law, without any jokers or any ill- considered clauses that are going to make trouble later on, “1 am not a candidate for the wardenship of the state penitentiary. I understand the appointment already ‘has been practically made. In any even, I couldn’t afford to take the job if it were offered me. It doesn't pay enough. I have all the jobs I can handle right now.” CARRIER BOYS ARE | TO USE WHISTLES City readers of the Bismrack Tribune will be notified by car-| riers when the paper is left at| the door. Each carrier has been given a whistle and has been in- j structed to blow it as he throws the r at the door. sSuat wait fcr the whistle and save yourself an. unnecessary trip to the‘door. The Tribune is| trying to give as early delivery ‘as possible and hold the forms open for the. very latest local and telegraph news. If you are! not getting The Tribune regular- ly call 32 and ask for the circu- lation department. Unless you notify us we have no way to! check up the carrier boys. | which became much. swollen. FINDS HUSBAND SON OFFI DEAD WHEN SHE GOES TO HIS ROOM; JOKED WITH DOCTORS ABOUT HEALTH New York, N. Y., 7 a. m., Jan. 6. (Bulletin.) — Theodore Roosevelt His secretary, Miss Josephine Stricker, who gave jout the news, said he had suffered an attack of inflammatory rheuma- tism New Year’s noon, and since that time had grown steadily worse until '4 o’clock this morning, when the end came. ' hese DIES AT ONATER BAY > re Roosevelt died at his home in Oyster Bay early today. ale aE of ne dormer president was received hers by s ine Stricker, the colonel’s secreta i u message from Mrs. Roosevelt. y, dose iss Stricker said the colonel had suffered an attack of i E s inflam- matory rheumatism on New Year’s day. The attack settled mally in Col. Roosevelt s right hand, and Mrs. Roosevelt sent at once for pute in ths village oe ovster Bay. His condition did not at ‘st seem alarming, and the turn for the worse is i to have come until last night. worse lent beliared Colonel Roosevelt, for seven pears i i 1 velt, 8 president of the United States, died at his. home on Sagamore Hill at 4:15 this morning. The famous American exponent of the “strenuous life,” who had served in the Spanish war, roughed it on the western plains explored the wild places, and hunted big game in the tropics, died from the effects of an attack of sciatica traceable to an infected tooth from which he suffered 20 years ago. he colcnel’s patriotic progaganda of speeches against pacifism and shadow Hunnism in America was halted last fall by hia ness, mut He redoubled nls efforts in writing editorials and articles supporting America in the war. He spent his last day reading letters and writing. , estas , , _, SUDDENYATTACK Miss Stricker said: ‘Myg} Roosevelt) called me on the phone shortly before 7 o’clock, saying the colonel:had died: this morning. The attack must: have been very sudden. On-New Year’s day in- flammatory rheumatism developed in Col. Roosevelt's right: hand, It did not oceur:to me at that:time that he was seriously ill.” et ut : Miss Stricker went’ to Oyster Bay last Satu a colonel a visit, she said. i ¢ stray Oe “At that_time. the. colonel .was sleeping -in-his room,anddadid not see him, and there was nothing in the circumstances of his illness at that time to indicate that death was near. When Mrs; Bonsevelt called a {his morning and told me of the colonel’s ea! cou ardly believe it. Mrs. Roosevelt: gav ) < Heulars ras his death. yo} aus a eur es 10 “It is believed that only Mrs. Roosevelt and his niirse.w i him at the time of his death,’’ esas i DIED AAT!4 AoM. A later message said thatideath.ctame to Col. Roosevelt at 4 o’clock this morning, painlessly :as he:slept. The patient’s trouble was diagnosed as inflammatory rheumatism, which, according to one of the doctor’s, had affected every joint in his body. The di- rect cause of death was pulmonary embolism or lodgment in the lungs of a cloth from a broken vein, it was stated by one of his !physicians, The exact hour of Col. Roosevelt’s death was 4:15 a. m. as nearly as can be determined. There was no one with the colonel when the end came. A moment before, the colonel’s personal attendant noticed that he was breathing heavily and went to call a nurse. The hour for Roosevelt funeral was officially announced today at 12:45 p. m. Wednesday in Christ’5 church. Two services will be held, one at Sagamore Hill, and the other at Christ church here, which the Roosevelts have attendad:for years. ‘Dr. George Talmadge, the pastor, is expected to officiate. Col. Roosevelt will be buried in Young’s Memorial cemetery” at Oyster Bay in a plat selected by Col. and Mrs. Roosevelt shortly: after he left the White House. a. W. Emlen Roosevelt, cousin of the colonel, in announcing the. ‘arrangements as thus far fixed says Mrs. Roosevelt desires ‘that her husband “be buried as a private citizen.” the funeral would be private, he said. desire also that no flowers be sent. ‘ JOKES WITH DOCTORS Pen iee: -eight hours before the former president’s death he had. sited by one of his physicians, who found the patient in good spirits. The colonel, said his doctor, laughed and joked with him, and said he soon hoped to resume his woodchopping exploits on his Sagamore estates. His secretary, Miss Stricker, said ‘that. he had suffered slight pain at intervals, but at no time seemed to be in a serious condition. Sunday he dictated articles for the Kansas City Star from 11 a. m. to 2 p.m. He ate well and slept like a child. One of the things which is believed to have contributed to Col. Roosevelt’s break-down was the death of his son, Quentin Roose- velt, in action last summer. Proud of his son’s heroism, the colonel bore up under the blow with a fortitude which was in keeping with his spirit shown in public life. Col. Roosevelt suffered a pulmonary embolism which nearly cost his life three weeks before he left Roosevelt hospital cn New Year’s day, it was revealed today by Dr. Richards. Flags were half masted at the White House, the capital and all public buildings today upon the announcement of the death of Col. Roosevelt, and in respect to the memory of the former preSi- dent and commander in chief, Secretary Daniels and Commander March ordered flags half-masted on every shore battery, ship at sea and military headqaurters on land. TELEGRAMS POUR IN Colonel Roosevelt died in his sleep early today at his home on Sagamore hill. The former president spent most of Sunday up and retired at 11 o’clock last night. About 4 a. m. Mrs. Roosevelt, the only other member of the family at Oyster Bay, went to her husband’s room and found that he had died during the night. Mrs. Roosevelt telephoned to Col. Emlen Roosevelt, cousin of the for- mer president and he came to the Roosevelt home immediately Dispatches have been sent other members of the family in various parts of the country. Major Theodore and Capt. Kermit Roose- For this reason It was Mrs. Roosevelt’s KILBANE HAS COMMISSION. Cleveland, Jan: 6—Johnny Kilbane, the featherweight champion, is a first Meutenant in the United States Army reserve corps. The commission was offered him as a réward for his work as boxing: instructor at Camp Sher- man, velt are in service abroad. Capt. Archie Roosevelt and his wife left. New York ast. night. for Boston, where Mrs. Roosevelt's father is ill. Mrs. Ethel Roosevelt Derby and two children are in Aiken, S. C. : - : bs “d Telegrams of condolence and sympathy began to pour in from (Continued on Page Two.)