The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1919, Page 1

LEAGUE GETS THE WEATHER Fair tonight. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY, JAN. 18, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS WORLD PEACE CONFERENCE ONO POLISH ADVANCE THREATENS BOUNDARIES OF EAST PRUSSIA; FATHERLAND CALLS RECRUITS German Newspapers Urge Nation to Defend It- self Against Poles, Who Threaten, Western Frontier—Invasion of Galacia Is Planned (By Associated Press) Berlin (Friday), Jan. 17.—Volunteers are joining the colors in great numbers at Koeningsburg to protect the boundaries of East Prussia from Bolshevik aggression and against the Poles. Declaring that the eastern ‘frontier will soon be lost unless the Germans awake to the danger, the Lokal Anzeiger says: “The Poles have fallen upon our fellow countrymen like van-! dals; they have proclaimed martial law and have abolished Ger- man administration... Indications are that Bromberg will soon be in possession of the Poles.” To Invade Galicia ‘The newspaper declares that 800,000 Germans in Posen are being prevented by the Poles from arranging for an election to! the national assembly. Proclamations concerning the ‘‘advancing | Polish army” are being issued by the Poles. In the meantime the soldiers’ and workmens’-council at Essen ‘is reported tc have pro- hibited agitation or the raising of troops for home defense. Polish troops, numbering 18 divisions, are said to be about to invade upper Galicia. An appeal has been formulated in Galicia for pro- tection from the Czechs. The appeal says the population has been overwhelmingly German for centuries. President Wilson is asked to prevent the forcible annexation of their country by the Czechs. Loyal Troops at Berlin More loyal trocps entered Berlin today and occupied the whole central part of the city. Heavy artillery has been placed in Don- hoff Platz and Sittel Markt. Field guns stand at various points in closely guarded districts, including Unter den Linden, and armed motor cars are ready for instant use. It is impossible for one to move about without identification. | Systematic. search for spartacans continues. Strong forces have been stationed in sections most exposed to Bolshevik dangers. Shot Deliberately Independent socialists declare that Dr. Karl Liebknecht, who was shot and killed Thursday, was not attempting to escape, but that, he ‘was shot in the forehead from a distance of a few feet by. soldiers who were guarding him. |FEARS RULE OF HALF-EDUCATED Anarchy..Anticipated -by.German .,, Professor’, H N. E. A. Special to The Tribune: QUIGK ACTION . ON AMENDMENTS Ae CANADA SOLVING WORLD. FOOD PRODUCTION BY __ABOLISHING ALL LAND IDLENESS ¥ i] ven Resolutions Go Through Senate with Practically No. Debate i The league's ‘seven amendments went through the senate Thursday afternoon without a hitch by voies ranging from 32 to 12 to 32 to 15 oa the five contested amendments and by hy a unanimous vote on the two amendménts which received a ma-j jority of all the votes at the recent election. The minority senators ex- plained their votes in some instances, | but there was no lengthy dedate. Senator Stenmo of Grand Forks elected two years ago by the league, ‘hut who bolted the caucus during the Jast regular session, returned to his first love yesterday, voting steadfast- ly with the ‘Nonpartisan majority on every proposal, while senator A. G. Storstad of Cass county, elected at the last general election as a leaguer, vot- ed with the minority on the contested amendmezts. . Barring unfavorable action by. tne supreme court, these seven amend- ments immediately become a part of the constitution of the state of North Dakota. eer fe Superintendent Nielson to Provide for Transportation Expense ' | in the Consolidated School Districts Miss Nielson, state SINR PR of schools, today addressed the\following leter to John Maddock, chairman of } the house apropriation committee: | January 17, 1919. Hon. John. Maddock, Chairman, Committee on Appropria- tions, Bismarck, N. Dak. Dear Sir: I did not assume the office of state superintendent of public. instruction until January 10 and consequently did not have an opportunity of arranging data and proper recommendations to ‘be presented to. the state budget board. It is for this redson that I am writing you as chairman of the ap- propriatien committee of the house} of representatives. The recommendations which I make with reference to appropriations for graded and rural schools result from twelve years experience as a county superintendent of schools~ in this state and from a life long study of schol problems. For your convenience 1 set forth both the appropriations made for graded and rural schools in 1917 and my recommendations for the ensuing. biennian period. Ald to grade schools $ 25,000, $ 28,000 Aid to 1-room rural | is 80,000 100,000 schools ..,...... Aid to consolidated schools ......... 120,000 360,000 “Total ........... $225,000 $488,000 State aid ‘or transportation, $100,000 $588,0°0 Berlin —'Tis a sad future Prof. Del- ‘bruck sees for Germany, and in the Nght of past and present. events; \per:| haps his fears are justified, though! he seems to ovérlodk ‘the: ‘fact “that! barbarism has, preceded anticipated anarchy. ‘ : But here is what the Herr profes- sor writes: “What if the age of high intellectual kultur were now going to its end? What if we are closing an epoch, antiquity ended, in the :nigration of the peoples? What if the striving for a new order ends in anarchy, “Rome of old was governed hy a! highly educated aristocracy, whose place was then taken by the new aris: tocracy of warriors in vear-skins, Then reading and writing became an affair for parsons—nothting for’ emperors and kings, dukes, counts and knights. What if we also are. approaching times in’ which power. will pass into the hands, not of the illiterate, but, still, worse, of the half-educated? “Is Germany destined to disappear from the ranks of the Great Powers and to continue as an unpolitical kul- tur-people? Has Bismarck’s work really been destroyed forever? Has the League of Nations a future, and is the conception of Great. Power Gy- ing?” a Urges Solons In explanation of the item of $100,- ‘000 for state aid for transportation of | pupils in rural schools | will state that I consider this of the most vital im- portance. Consolidated school dis- tricts are required by law to furnish free transportation to pupils. Prac- tically every such district is'in finan- cial difficulties at the present time and this in spite of the fact that the tax levy made by such districts is. as high as the law allows. Many dis- tricts which cannot, now enjoy the benefits of consolidated schools on account of the expense of transporta- tion of pupils could do so if the state would assist by giving financial aidj to be ysed solely for transportation expenses. Other states have recog: nized that rural school districts need such aid for this purpose, and per- sonally I do not feel that the rural schools of our state can reach their highest point of efficiency until our state makes appropriation for finan- cial assistance to help bear the ex- pense of transporation ‘of pupils. If your committee will permit it, I would be very glad of the opportunity of meéting with you and explaining more in detail the absolute necessity of the appropriation which I have rec- ommended, and I wish to state that I will in the near future make addition- al recommendations ‘involving the ap- propriations for the public schools of the state. . |} 0)" RIBA SEATED, Settlers Will Be Aided by Gov- ernment in the Purchasing and ‘Operating of Farm Land N. E. A. Special to The Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba.—As a part of its reconstruction and rehabiiitation program, Canada has decided te nbol- > ish land -idleness, Every acre of publicly owne i arable land is going to-be made to produce. Every private owned fertile tract. withheld from use is going to bo taxed | till it becomes a Hability to ots spec ulative owner and he lets it xo or cul-{ tivates it. . Settlers who go upon the land will be able to buy it either from the zovern-j ment direct or at prices fixed by the} | Fertile Land, Held for Specula- | tion, Will Be Taxed Out of | Sight to Force Cultivation feent. of the full price of thelr lands. Then they pay nothing till the end of the second year, when their first pay- ment of inter at 6 per cent, is due, At the end of the third year, they make the first payment against principal, i which he has 17 years more to pay off {entirely ‘Chey must make improve- iments equivalent to 10 per cent’ of their lund value in the first year, 5 per. cent the second year, 10 per cent the third { md H per cent in the fourth and fifth years, ‘To help the settler do this the goy- Sernment will lend him $500 for a house | 1,000 for live stock. The land it- government. They wil have 20 years! and to complete their payments, and will! self is ‘the only security for these be supplied with money to help them! s E in getting a) start. {the price fixed by its own appraiser: It looks as if Canada were going to This is not the promotion scheme of} If the private owner refuses > and! swing in heavily on food production, speculative land sellers, but is a xov-! sticks for, a higher price, the govern-/ for. in addition to the settlers the gen- ernment plan to help solve the world ; ment st: . feral Jand plan will attract from friend- food problem by. increased production. | “Keep your idle Jaud. but your [ly overseas nations and the The plan is more radical in some re! taxes on it hereufter will be upon j there are thousands of returned spects than the most advanced gove: the valuation you yourself have i diers who will go to farming. In fact, mental ideas of New Zealand and Aus-{ set.” 143 per cent of the Canadian soldiers tralia. In the three prairie provinces of ‘have signified a desire fo go upon the J. A. Calder, Dominion minister of | Manitoba, atchewan and Alberta jland. and free homsteads it them. immigration and colonization, is re- | the 000,000.acres of land. Of| There are a million American farm- sponsible for the new Canadian land | this .000,000 acres are cnl-;ers in Canada. but the United States plan. which has been indorsed by the | tivated, t is. for the-most part, strong Need not fear its own production will provinetal prémiers. Its provisions are} sail, with a wonderful crop capacity, |be decreased by the new movement simple, but sweeping. Besides this tremendous a there are! acer the line which the Calder plan All government lands have been 1 ed, surveyed ayd appraised by the goy- ernment. If the settler chooses a piece of sov- ernment land, he does business direct with the government. If the land he prefers is privately owned, the gov- ernment seeks to secure it for him at The center of gravity of 10,000,000 uncultivated a in Ontar- | Will induce. be shifted io, 7,000,000 acres, in Quebec, 5,000,000 | quantity production may neres in. British Columb and 9,000,- ;Semewhat, Dnt the results will only 000 acres in the. eastern maritime |tend to increase intensive, specialized, provinces, Some of this is timber land, }™More profitable agriculture in the old: and oth bear spruce, valuable in jer areas. This has been the history of paper taking: {similar movements wholy within ‘our Purchasers must pay down 10° per [OWN country, RIBA VERSUS = ’"krtunwsreom (WILL RENEW WEBER TAKES HOUSE'S TIME Entire Afternoon Devoted to Debating Committee’s | Recommendation CORRUPTION 18 ALLEGED Declared That Board of Health Had No Authority to Lock Forman Polls Soon after convening today the house; unseated Representative Weber and seated Riba of Sar- gent county. Both men are ill at their homes. Representative O'Connor of Grand Forks was taken down with the “flu” this morning and is now in a local hospital. After an exciting discussion on the floor of the house, in which Rep, J. A. Harris, Rep. Frank Nims and a num- ber of other stalwart leaguers sided with the minority, the lower chamber yesterday recessed until 1 o’clock this afternoon on the question of accepting, the majority report of the elections committee, recommending that Frank Riba, leaguer, be seated as a repre- sentative from Sargent county, by throwing out the vote of Forman city, which gave Riba’s independent | opponent, Peter Weber, a substantial majority. The majority report held that there had’ been an opportunity for gross fraud in the counting of the ballots in Forman because this count 71s madé+ behind locked doors, in alleged compli-| ance with an order from the local board of health for which, the report contended, there was no justification. The report did not seek to show that fraud had been perpetrated, but as- serted that the manner in which the count was conducted was contrary to law. No effort was made, it was ad- mitted on the floor of the house, to count the .ballots in Forman precinct to ascertain whether there actually had been fraud. While County Judge Taylor of Sargent county, in response to the committee’s request, appeareu with all of the ballots voted in his county in the recent election, the en- velopes containing them were unopen- ed. Rep. Burl Carr of Barnes coun- ty presented a minority report up- holding Weber's right to his seat. :Never Before House. Burl Carr threw a wrench into the league steam roller when he brought out the fact that the Riba-Weber con- test never had been presented to the house, but had been privately and personally handled by George E. Tot- ten, chief clerk, who assumed the re-j sponsibility for feferring the matter, to the committee on elections This interesting situation was brought to light. by the - gentleman from Barnes when a motion was made that the contest. be re-referred to the elections committee. In a personal in- terview later. Chief Clerk Toten adyts- ed a press representative that he had been employed to represent Riba’s interests before it was known that he (Totten) was to be chief clerk of the house. and that he had appeared be- fore the elections committee as a rep- resentative of Riba. When asked from the floor of the house why the transaction in relation to the contest had not appealed in the journal, Mr. Totte> stated that he had been. of. the. opinion that the record ‘:.c :(Confinued on page eight) PRISON CAMP, ARMISTICE Washington, D. C., Jan, 18.—The} war department announced today that Ralph D. Fuller, Velva, N. D.; former! prisoner in Germany, has been return- ed to.arance. } FREE STATE THEATERS Paris, Jan, 18.—The agreement for the renewal of the German armistice _ AT CHURCH'S EXPENSE. | signed on Thursday. provided for the N. EL A. Special to The Tribune. renewal from time to time until the Sopenhagen: — Bolsheyiti plang in-! conclusion of peace. There is a clause ‘ . ; by which the allied coniniand reserves the, right to occupy that part of the sburg defenses comprising the eastbank of the Rhine. clude'establishment of- free state thea- ters ‘With mony: provided: by abolishing of churches, according to Dmitri Bob- King, Russian tenor, who has arrived here. ‘ He says the Bolsheviki are vot- FREQUENTLY) STAR FORMAL OPENING MARKED BY. ADDRESS OF FRENCH PRESIDENT: SOME SESSIONS WILL BE SECRET One Out of Five to Be Open to Public Is Decision for Time Being—Few Plenary Hearings—Pre- sent Solid Front to Enemy Delegates Paris, Jan. 18.—With the assembling of the first session of the peace conference today, progress seemed to be enhanced by the defeat of the Bolsheviki in Germany, thus paving the way for delegates regularly appointed to represent that nation. Formally Opened ~The peace conference was formally opened this afternoon by a speech from President Poincaire, who thanked the allies for holding the peace conference in France. “France greets and thanks you,” he said, “for having chosen the city for the conference which has been the enemy’s principal object for more than four years. It has been defended by the .|valor of the French army. “France has borne these sacrifices although she had not the slightest responsibility for the catastrophe which has over- whelmed the universe, - “What gives you the authority to establish a peace of justice 1s the fact that none of the people you represent had any part in the injustices practiced. Humanity can place credit in you because you had no part in the inhumanity practiced.” The British aims are regarded as coinciding with those of the United States. There are scme minor differences to be adjusted between these two great nations, but the commentators believe that their interests are practically identical. Great Britain is a firm believer in the league of nations. As to indemnities, Great Britain expects to enter into a pool with other nations: She expects her air and sea losses to be paid for in {full. 3 i: | First steps will be taken to form a league of nations. A study of methods to be followed will be submitted by an inter-allied com- mittee sitting concurrenly with the congress. All questions at issue will be settled before the enemy dele- gates arrive. Allied powers desire to present an unbroken front to the enemy. As to Russia, the five great powers have agreed that any representation of that country by any. present Russian element is impossible at this moment. . * cle Upon other questions of economic or politica] nature, the order of their consideration will be indicated in the rules of pro- cedure, 2 The five great powers, the organizers of the conference, will deliberate upon-memoranda prepared.-covering~a~-vast mamber:of questions at issue. There will be few plenary sittings, and: only. when questions of general interest are under discussion. will ail 4 the representatives of 25 nations present be called in. There will | Ss ing large ‘sums for encouragement ‘of: art. > | EXPLORE OIL. WEALTH | ai OF SOUTH AMERICA N. E. A. Special to The Tribune. London—British capitalists — are sending out expeditions in investiga- te the ofl resources in South Ameri One of them is leaving shortly for British Guiana, and another for Co- lumbia. Another powerfully equipped expedition is about to ecomplete in- vestigations in Venezucla, BRITISH LORRY Less CAREFUL THAN HUN N. E. A. Special to The Tribune, Liege — An English woman occu- pied a fine old house in ‘Liege through- out the war and for some réason was unmolested by the Germans. At the . entrance to her grounds were a pair of beautiful wrought iron gates, On the first day of the allies' entry to the town a British motor lorry went wrong and smashed down the iron gates and a stretch of the wall. The Co tbmptible Army rs Zunsanwooe > UNtERY: ae: ish see the day when the same lit entered Cologne, the pride of ae “That contemptible little army,” the Huns called the Brit- forces at the start of the war; and some of them lived to tle army, grown to giant size, the German Rhine, with the ‘great Cologne cathedral making an appropriately solemn back- tion.’ , FORTY DAYS T0 BE LIMIT, SAYS | Comparatively Little Aside from Routine Remains to Be Done by Assembly APPROPRIATIONS TO FORE i | i | Biennial Report of Budget Board | Now in Hands of Senate i Committee ibe plenary sittings when the league of nations is under considera- Preparations, Completed. All preparations had been complet: ed early today for holdmg:'the first formal session of the peace congress this aflernoon at 3 o'clock. The Salle. de Lapaix and one of the most splen- been placed in readiness for the var- jious delegations, the entire chamber having been rearranged for the spe- cial purpose for which it is being j used.” First to catch the eye as one enters the room a statue of peace, holding LE AGUELE ADER = resejtion. raoma’ in, Eurahac had taloft. civilization, has been placed: It seemed as if the statue might have been placed in this position to exer- ‘else a controlling influence on the deliberations. In front of the statue was spread the council table, covered j with the traditional green baize of diplomacy. Across the upper end were nine seats of honor. On each side of the two arms of the horseshoe | League leaders are now confidently | Dredicting that the present legislat! jsession, entering upon its third week lwill not exceed forty da The) Neague's program has already been) ractically completed. : Its seven con-} | stitutional amendments have been rat- ified and written into the constitution, igiving the Nonpartisans power to place | lin effect their ideas of public owner-| ship and taxation reform, and authorizing the state to engage in the | ‘elevator and flour mill business and | | various forms of manufacturing, in the | preparation and distribution of food stuffs grown on North Dakota farms; establishing a state bank of North Da- \kota, a state building and loan asocia- tion and a state industrial commisison ; have been introduced and are certain to pass this week. All of these meas- ures ‘carry emergency cla giving them immediate effect. and in each pro-} vision is made for the beginning of operations within twenty da. From this time on the legislature promises to be occupied - principally with routine matters. The budget board’s report went in Friday and is now in the hands of the senate appro- priations committee, whieh will make (this report the b: for its omnibus oppropriation bill. The report of the budget committee calls for $4,760,000, will boost:the total over the five mil- ‘tion mark. During the last biennium North Dakota expended $4,100,000, which is the maximum for which reve- nues can be produced through the present assessed valuation and meth- ods of taxation. It does not seem probable that North Dakota, in view of the increased cost of everything, can get along during the next two years on les than $5,000.000, and means of supplying $1,000,000 more public reve- nue must be devised. The most popu- lar plan of doing this seems to be the adoption of an income tax. The bills [ were 15 seats, making 60 seats, in ad- dition to the nine at the head of the ©: table, State Dining Room. Leading from the council room was another large chamber overlooking the garden. A large table at one end suggested that refreshments would be served there to the delegates. Further on is a gorgeous state dining room, where meals may be served in case protracted sessions are held. Final Meetings. All the peace delegations held fi- al meetings this‘ morning before tht assembling-of the peace congress this afternoon. The American delegation met at 10, but President Wilson did not attend. remaining at the Murat residence to rest. While there had been some expectation that President Wilson would make an address on be- half of the foreign delegates in re- sponse to President Poincare’s ad- dress of welcome, it has been decided that there will be no addresses ex- cept those of President Poincaire and Premier Clemenceau. Five Secret Sessions. It is understood that when, the su- preme war council adjourned today there were plans pending for one on- en and five secret sessions each week. American press delegates today de- cided to continue their efforts to have the publicity feature of the peace con- while miscelaneous appropriation bills | ference unrestricted. It now seems that the concessions made by the supreme council todav consttitute what may be termed “halt a loaf.” It is understood these con- cesisons were made after a vigorous debate led by Pres. Wilson. ‘Pres. Wilson has received seores of mes- sages from the United States urging fullest publicity. : The Bolsheviki eovernment ‘ has made several overtures for peace witht the entente on the part of the soviet ravernment. The main condi ot the Bolsheviki fs that all * main intact, and a general league already has a bill drawn, and it hag beén discused in the league's se- (Continued om Page Eight.) al political crimes committed name. Confiscations. also are