The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 20, 1919, Page 1

appeal to the voters. “secretary of the majority socialists OWS crowds during the counting of THE WEATHER Fair tonight. THE BISMAR K. TRIBUNE| ==" LAST EDITION THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 17. , ’ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY, JAN. GERMANY HOLDS FIRST POPULAR | ELECTION UNDER NEW. REGIME; TROOPS STAND GUARD AT POLLS Scheidemann Party More Adept at Campaigning Than Bourgeoise Element—Streets Strewn with Literature ‘ (By Associated Press) Berlin (Sunday), Jan. 19.—The streets cf Berlin today were virtually buried under a deluge of election dodgers and hand-bills and election literature hung up by campaign workers early in the morning. The billboard privileges are usually strictly confined to columns on the street corners, while distribution of hand bills is ordinarily restricted. by police regulations. | Today, however, the streets were one continuous billboard The entire appartus of the government was set in motion for the majority socialist. campaign, which was easily the. most effective carried on for today’s election. In addition to having the stragetic advantage of government control, the Scheidemann party was more adept at the campaigning than the bourgeoise, to whom the game was somewhat new. It is estimated that no less than seven divisions of troops were placed at the disposal of the government for protecting the poll- ing places. A machine gun squad was in position within a hun- dred feet of every polling place. The voters turned out early and a rush to the polls resulted in long lines of men and women await- ing their turn to vote. % NEW GOVERNMENT OUTLINE London, Jan. 20.—Details of the proposed new legislation for Germany drawn up recently at a conference of widely. known authorities on constitutional law are given in an official dispatch sent out from Berlin. It states the empire is to consist of its former component states besides any territory, which by virtue of self-determination, desires to be received into the empire. The imperial president who is about to be elected by the peo- ple must be 35 years of age and must have been a citizen of Ger- many for 10 years before his election. He will be elected by an absolute majority of all votes of the empire. The president shall vepresent the empire, but declarations of war and conclusions of peace shall rest with the reichstag. : ’ The imperial president’s tenure of office will be for seven years and his re-election will be permissible. The government will be composed of a chancellor and ministers chosen by the reich- stag. The president:-must have the confidence of the house of deputies. i Rioting Occurs ‘ Rioting occurred in Berlin. last night after the spartacans attempted to destroy ballot boxes used Sunday. The spartacans were dispersed.everywhere. The spartacans also made an:‘attempt to storm the office of the Vorwaerts. : ' \"\ BITTER: AGAINST POLES Warsaw (Saturday), Jan. 18.—Bolsheviki troops have slack- ened their advance at the Polish frontier: The Germans are delay- ing their evacuation of Grovno for several days. i Polish leaders allege’ that the Germans aré selling arms to the Bolsheviki for the purpose of “aiding the society for prolong- ing Ukraine.”, ” sabe Me subacute) * The BolsKeviki are especially bitter against the Poles, it being reported that the declaration of a holy war against Poland’ by’ the Moscow government makes ‘it “right and the duty of every Bolsheviki to kill the Poles-as'énemies of mankind.” There are fewer burning houses, than. formerly, but it is charged that. where houses are spared their inmates are slain. NUNS; CAST. VOTES. CEE eet eth Se Oe Oe, Amstermad, Jan. 20.—Somewhat ot LEAGUE USES a sensation was.caused in Berlin Sun- * i) day, according to A aicbetch to the HIS fprcecen ‘ASE Handlebladt, when the nuns from the Catholic lyseum marched to the poll- Places Removal of Peter Weber ing booths in a group. m \ in Favor of Nonpartisan on High Moral Plane ‘By a vote of 61 to 28, anod with 24 members of the house absent, the league majority on Saturday unseated hep. Peter Weber of Sargent county, independent, and seated in hts: place LITTLE SUPPORT. (By The Associated Press.) Coblenz, Sunday), Jan. 19.—The ex- treme radicals are believed to have found little support today among the German votérs in the Américan zone a occupation. Barly ¥aports tonight prank Ribe, Nonpartisan. This restlt indicated that the delegates elected to, was accomplished by throwing out the the national assembly were from the ‘entire vote of the city of forman, more conservative group. The Amer-! Without which" ‘Weber's majority . dwindled into .a ‘minority of 11. ‘No ican troops were on the alert through: to4q op corruption was alleged, by. out the occupied territory ready tO tho majority report of tho elections suppress any disorder,.but none was committee, which was adopted, held prevalent. The voting was conducted | thei arte precedent would ve establishe! the house gave its ten- quietly the only unusual feature be) iy, approval to the counting of bal- ing the partictpation: of ‘the women. /igts hehind locked doors, which, it 1s Both the Centrist and: Democratic: alleged, was done at Forman. Affi- parties had a woman among: their 12 davits were submitted to the com- candidates, mittee by the state’s attorney and county board of health showing that SOCIALISTS LEADING, the election board acted on their in- Berlin, Jan. 20,—Richard Fisher, Structions, excluding the usual curi- rty in Berlin early this morning es- the ballots @ precaution to prevent en that the Sinjority WOnauak the spread ae flu. These affidavits, party would haye between forty and however, were given no weightt by fifty per cent of the vote. the committee, except to become the ‘Only scant retufns will be available basis for a recommendation that the ‘Monday noon. Election officials were attorney general be asked to inves- too tired to make a count. On one tigate the action of the board ‘of precinct the majority socialists se- health, which the committee declared cured 1,028 votes. , to have exceed its authority. 4 ernreny four Of the #44 Peilowing: [LUTHERANS PLAN German democratic party, 7.3/5; ma- SERVICE DRIVE jority 8,195; Independent socialists 3,- d 005; German National party 4,706; 1 4 movement to rouse the Lutwéran people of America for the tasks of re- Centrist Leal 2a ae The stren, shown by fhe demo- = .| Coustruction has been set on foot in cree, as surprising to the poll connection with the reconstruction ticians. service campaign of the National Lu- theran council. jdid in the Stark county balloting for WILSON <a 1 [Which shall dictate future of the World? subtle indirection of Latin statesman: the resignation of the Italian cabinet, Here are the big four of the peace congress. Two of them are of Celtic stock (Wilson and) Lloyd George), one Scotch, the other Welsh. Simple, di- rect diplomacy is their: Two of: them are of Latin origin: Clemenceau of France and ‘Sonnino, Italy’s minister of foreign affairs. The’ GHOST OF 44 FLAPS WINGS INTHE HOUSE Last Bill Introduced in Lower Chamber Saturday Bore Famous Number WHISKY IN STARK COUNTY Leaguers Claim That Roquette and Murtha Invested in Drinking ; Liquor The work of the house closed Sat- urday afternoon, for the week, with the introduction and first and second ‘reading of House Bil 44. It was quite a different measure from the original House EM - 44, introduced by .the leagne two years ago in an effort’ ta! legisliter¢hrough the 15th assembly a wholesale. emendment of the consti- ‘tution. The 119 model “44” is a sim- ple littleWill prepared by Rep. Burt- hess of Grand Forks and designed to prevent bridgé engineers and contrac- tors from ‘ertering into a “gentlemen’s agreement” or understanding when bidding on country‘ bridgé contracts. It was: ‘rather a busy day in the house, with the introduction of 13 new ‘bills, the reading of the charges and rebuttal in the election contest brought by Valentine Kuhn and An- thony Riley, leaguers, against T. F. ‘Murtha and F. L. Roquette, who re- ceived more votes than the leaguers members of the house; and with a final vote on the unseating of Peter Wever, independent, in favor of Frank Riba, league member of the 15th assembly. Fraud of various degrees and types is liberally charged adainst Roquette and ‘Murtha by. Kuhn and Riley in the Stark county contest. Amang the most heinous offenses alleged is that Roquette and Murtha supplied several barrels of whiskey as a means of in-j flunencing the minds of the elector- ate; it is also charged that they paid the transportation of electors to and from the polls. Roquette and Murtha deny all the charges in toto, in divid- ually and in. minute detail. The league, however, is understood to have madae.up its mind to unseat them, thus claiming two more Nonpartisan seats in the lower house. House Bills. ‘House bills introduced were: H. B. 32, Keitzman.—Making it a misdemeanor for anyone to separate! a child of six months or less from it: mother except in the event of proven; physical incapacity on the part of the parent, to support the child, or when her condition is such that, the baby's health might be endangered, when the infant may be removed to such in- stitution ag two qualified’ physicians may designate. H. B. 33, O’Brien—Extending the time of closing polls at clections from a p.m. to9 p.m. ” H. B. 34, Ivers—Amending present statutes in re restraint of trade, com- nations or unfair agreements jn fix: ing the: selljng or purchasing | price of any commodity to include a clause which will permit the prosecution for such misdemeanor of any “person, persons, estate. or corporation own- ing or controlling a majority of the stock in'each of two corporations do- ing business in°the state.” : Saturday BANGS SAYS cone micvement ies designated hed the TOWNS WANT ‘Lutheran Forward Movement fo HOME RULE Tracy R. Bangs, Grand Forks at- torney, addressed the senate state af- fairs committee at length Saturday af- O, H. Pannkoke. 34 Fifth avenue, New York |City. ments to the constitution, provided for} Columbus, Springfield, Cincinnati, in concurrent resolutions which Sen- ator Whitman of Grand Forks hag in- troduced, and for which Mr. Bangs declared all municipalities in: North Dakota were on record. He a pleaded for a bill now before the sen- ate which would establish the claim of the wife to the personal property of her husband, or vice versa, in. evetit luth, 4Ore.), Tacoma, San Francisco. quarters in interest. World-Service.” It is directed by Rev./ civil actions against corporations may It contemplates aj be tried in any county, in which such series of large mass, meetings in ev-| corporation transacts business. ery important Lutheran center, be-|" H. B. 3¢,: Bjerke.—Authorizing su- tween Feb. 2-16; Headquarters are at|preme couft to issue writ of certiorari “property | the mieetings and stimulating general! tion H. .» 35, O’Connor.—Providing that [CELT OR LATIN? SONNINO shap is theirs. i It’s Celtagainst Latin. | Latin ‘differs with Celt over. tho! league /of nations, and!over extension | of tertitory. | First bldod has gone to Wilson and Lloyd Georgé,“foxSonnino’s imperial istic program for Italy is dashed by, Pershing Rewards: “4 Head Commanders Washington, all army, corps. and division yom- manders of the American expedition- ary forces and heads of the staif de- partment have been awarded distin guished. service medals, »y Gen2val Pershing for conspicuous serv: LEAGUE GOING SLOWONGREAT © ECONOMIC PLAN in| 20.—Practically | ol | | Anxious to. Make Schemes This State Air-Tight to Establish Precedent Immediate action has not been ta- ken toward making lIéague bills em: bodying the party’s. economic schemes laws because.the party is anxious to obtain advice on these: subjects from every possible angle and to act only after the.most careful deliberation, | said Walter J. Maddock, chairman ot | the house state affairs committee and league floor leader, this morning. Rep. Maddock stated that. delay in any event would have been required: until the league amendments were finally ratified and approved by the govern-/ or, but that even had these prelimin-| aries been completed, there was no disposition on. the part of the league to act precipitately. League leaders appear to realiz the magnitude of the undertakings to which they are about to commit the state. There is an apparent desire upon their part to so proceed t applied socialism will prove a succes: in North Dakota, in order that their organizers in other states may have North Dakota to point to as a shining example of the virtues arfd benefits | f a league rule. Therefore, radi as. the league plans are, efforts are} being made to tone them down to a . 20, 1919. point where they will prove practical. PRICE FIVE CENTS il pe CLEMENCEAU and he is forced toward the Celtic program for a democratic peace. The second round will be decided on whether or not Russia shall have repre tion at the peace meet, a pro pproved by Wilson and influence most the ac- tion of the peace meet. BiG CHARGE IN STARK CONTEST League Doesn’t Think It Fair for Opponent to Adopt Nonpartisan Tactics HARTUNG IS STAR WITNESS Made Copy of Sample Ballot Pre- pared by Opposing County Chairman, He Says iNegal colusion between Senator M. L. McBride, chairman of the Stark county republican central committee, and Rey. T. F, Murtha, chairman of the Stark county democratic central committee, in securing the election of the latter and of F. L. Roquette was, alleged at’ the beginning of the hearing before the. house elections conimittee this morning of the contest Orought by Valentine Kuhn.and T. J. Riley, league candidates whom Mur- tha and Roquette, running on the dem- ocratic ticket, defeated in the recent election. Theodore \N. Hartung, sheriff of Stark county, was'the star witness of the morninge for the contestants, whose case was conducted by Ed. S. Allen. Hartung told of a sample bal- lot shown to him a few days follow- ing the election b Andrew Baird, judge of elections in Ward Four, Dick- inson, and which Baird informed him, testified the sheriff, had been “fixed up’ for him by Murtha and McBride who, Baird said, came to his home the night before election and routed him out of bed to give him his instruc- tions. Baird, said Hartung, thought it would be a good thing to preserve this sample ballot, and Hartung was so much impressed with this idea that he hastened straight-way to his of- fice, where he marked another bal- lot in the same manner, This sam- ple hallot, which he swore was an ex- act duplicate of the original in the (Continued on Page Three ) when such action may appear neces: The centers where these mass-|sary to. prevent a miscarriage of jus- ternoon in behalf of home rule amend-| meetings will be’held are: Detroit,| tice. H. B. 37, Committee on Highways Cleveland, Toledo, Indianapolis,, Louis-'and Bridges.—Repeals Sec. 4051 “of ville, Boston, Albany, New York, Buf-|the compiled laws providing for levy-!_ falo, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Fargo, Du-|ing of bridge taxes. Milwaukee, Rock Island, Des| iH. B. 38, Hardt—Amending Sec. ‘Moines, Ohama, Kansas City, Wash-|7847 to more clearly define the pow- ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia Har-| ers of the supreme court to secure ev- risburg, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Portland,|idences in cases tried without jury. H. B. 39, Wog.—Providing that su- , Local committees are being formed | preme court may determine causes at to co-operate with the national head-|iseue in any district or county in ci- arranging the details of| yi) or criminal actions’ upon applica- of attorneys for plaintiff or de- (Continued on Page Three.) bs, sere = zs With this wireless equipment, messages may be received First Photo and sent Py vines without the aid of aerials, and the equip- ment wey ground: ready to tune up and receive messages via under- ive minutes. Atmospheric conditions give no trou- James Harris Rogers, who is here shown, with the here: equipment:he developed, has received messages from Berlin, Paris and Rome at: his home in Hyattsville, Md. -The system was used by. thé-United States during the war, for. the little stuck into the and is ready for business when NATIONAL DIFFERENCES COMPOSED AS DELEGATES DISCUSS. PEACE: RUSSIAN SITUATION IS PROMINENT Definite Plan Proposed for Erecting Structure Agreeable to All Nations for an International League é Paris, Jan. 20.—The situation in Russia was taken up by the supreme council at its session today. Joseph Noulens, the French ambassador to Russia, was present at the meeting and addressed it on the Russian situation. This announcement was made in the official statement given out regarding the decision \cf the pleni- potentiaries. 4 As the supreme council of the peace conference resum sittings today, marked progress was being made in comparing the various plans for a league of nations and harmonizing them into a concrete proposition. The program, it is believed, will present to the common thought of the leaders of the United States, Great Britain and France and may furnish a starting point from which all the peace idelegates’ may participate in the work. Definite Plan With a definite plan formed for erecting a structure upon which dll nations can agree, there are about 25 working days remaining of the time that President Wilson has allotted to him- ‘self for work in France before leaving for home. The question being asked whether he can in this comparatively short time bring AA | \the nations together in an agreement for a society of nations. Many of the president’s closest advisers are convinced he can do so. | They base their opinion on what appears to be a development on expressions indicating adherence to the league plan by Gfeat Britain, France and Italy, and on the assumption that being vir- tually agreed on in principle and indeed as to some details, the remainder of the work, while presenting some perplexing ques- tions, does not offer hopeless obstacles. No Super-Sovereignty With discussions now past the point where it seems to be agreed there should be no super-sovereignty and that the ques- tion of whether a nation shall contribute force in carrying out the decisions of the league will be left to each nation individually in each instance, the general plan being most talked about embodies an enlargement of the principles contained in the treaties nego- tiated by William J. Bryan. These provide for a delay of'a year before declaring war and investigation by a special committee of all disputes and that no declaration of war shall be made thereafter without giving spe- cial notice. Such a plan, current discussion in Paris brings out, is intended by those who favor it, virtually to establish a concert of power among the principal nations for the preservation of world peace. - This would be extended to what would be a virtual guardianship over the smaller nations. Internationalize Guardianship By this plan, it is apparently proposed to internationalize guardianship of smaller nations with the idea that theré shall + be.ne.domination over them by one nation, economically or. finan- It is proper to state at this juncture that President Wilson has a reasonably complete plan for the formation of a league of nations. i a Aside from the attention being paid to the Russian situation, the society .of nations ‘question is now in an advantagébus posi- tion and steady development may be expected. Orlando Absent With Victorio Orlando, the Italian premier, the only absentee, the supreme council of the peace conference reassembled at 10:30 ° o’clock this morning. Premier Orlando had arrived from Rome, however, and was expected to attend later in the day. Arthur J.,Balfour, the British foreign secretary, was accom- panied by Lord Robert Cecil, who has especial charge; of the sub- ject of a league of nations on behalf of Great Britain. The chief iof the Japanese mission attended the council for the first time, representing Japan, with the ambassador to France. It is understood that an official communique would be issued at the close of the meeting, at which it was expected that exchange lof information of the government of the situation in Russia, fore- least last week, would take place. The council, as it met today, comprised 10 members, two each from the great powers, Presiuent Wilson and Secretary Lansing representing the United States. CABINET CRISI -— IN SERBIA (By Associated Pri ATTENDS LUNCHEON. The supreme council adjourned its sésisons at 11:45 to give President Wilson time to attend the luncheon given him by the members of the rrench senate, President Wilson drove directly from the foreign office to the Luxem- Sanoliki, (Friday) Jan. 17.—Nikola| burg palace where the luncheon took P. Pachitch, the Serbian Premicr, has] place.) (He was accompanied by Pre- resigned. Prince Alexander has asked | g Stovan Protitch, the finance minister mier Clemenceau. President Poincairo jin the Pachitch cabinet to form a new| 22d Marshal Foch were among the i Sav eOcoatcLoal . | guests. cabinet for the Serb-Croat-Loch King-|8U5SI*. ss sived with great cere: x feaee ns } mon. The Republican guard was ¥ {drawn up in the courtyard. A fan flare WORST COUNT 'of drums and trumpets marked the president's appearance. This was fol- HARGE SAYS | lower e band playing America’s : DUNN LEAGUER tations! anthem ee At the entrance of the Palio: Pres- A a 9 jident Wilson was greeted by Anton Objects to Pension of $2,000 Per Dubois, president of the senate and Annum for Former Head he was escorted to the salon where i the luncheon was served. of the A. C. This room was once the throne room of the Bourbon kings and is one of the richest in Kurope. ‘Price- less tapestries hang from the walls. President Dubois sat at the head of the table with President Wilson at his right and President Poinscaire at his left. GUEST OF SENATE. Paris, Jan. 20.—President Wilson was the guegt of the French senate at luncheon today. He was greeted by. Antonin Dubost, the president, who made an eulogistic address in which he said the senate welcomed the pres- ident and his ideas. . It became apaprent from a brief discussion had in the house Saturday afternoon, before referring the mat- ter to a committee, that. the .concur- rent resolution asking a berth at $2,- 000 per annum for the late John H. Worst, 20 years or more president of | the North Dakota agricultural college, is not to be adopted without opposi- tion. Representative Herbert, a league representative from Dunn county, de- clered,that Dr. Worst always had en- joyed a good salary from the state. “Cll venture to say that in the last 20 years he has drawn more money than any man in this house. ‘If he’s ‘broke today it must be his own fault, Phone Company ‘and he should do as we will have to| Reaches Agreement do when we go broke—apply to the * county commissioners.” ‘Herbert's remarks were greeted with applause from both gallery and floor. O'CONNOR IN HOSPITAL. Rep. J. F. O'Connor, suffering} from a severe attack of influenza, was