The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 10, 1919, Page 1

THE WEA Fair tonight. eeinumemiiamemnaenneameee THE BI THIRTY- i INTH YEAR. NO. 34, ' ~~ BISMARCK, NORTH GOVERNOR FRAZIER GETS ILLINO DAKOTA MONDAY, FEB. 1 UNITED MINE WORKERS SAY THEY WILL DE POSIT MILLION IN PROPOSED INSTITUTION Drive to Launch Illinois Made at Conference Nonpartisan League Is Between Governor Fra- zier, Labor Leaders and Those Behind New Labor-Agrarian Political Party Chicago, Feb. 10.—Representatives | . Of the United Mine Workers today as- sured Governor Frazier that they were in sympathy with the proposed | state bank of ‘North Dakota and if the! measure went through that they would take (he million dollars now in Chica- go banks and: thansfer it to the state banks. ‘ Governor Frazier is in. Chicago to-; day to launch the new. labor party which is hoped to affiliate with the Nonpartisan league.. The national league proposes to enter Illinois by|‘be used first capturing the cities through con- | centrating the labor vote. Before the: campaign jis carried.‘to the farm, an allance, will be made between the pro- HAIL INSURANGE BILL READY FOR 0. K. OF CAUCUS Mearure as Finally to Be Pre- sented Will Carry Three Different: Options | FLAT TAX IS PROVIDED "9 Levy of Few Cents Per Acre ty) for Each Groy Year The Nonpartisan’ ¢aucus. will have under consideration-thie ‘week. a: hail insurance bill which has been 89 qpended ant ewes as to bear lit: le re ca measure as original hate this sdsstok * ost of the chaz have peen, made at the susvestlen’ ot Gindtaioder Olsness, who has naife a: candful study of, hail insurance measures in force in various American states and western provinces of the doininion, togéther’ with new measures which other state avsemblies now have un- der consideration, Three plans will come before the gaucus for approval. One of these contemplates strictly mutual ar- rangement, in which the tillers or owners of all cultivated lands will participate. Another provides for a flat tax of five cents an acre to apply on all crop lands. There would be no withdrawal upon the part of owners of such lands from this flat tax, but provision would be made to permit them to withdraw, on or before June 15, each year, from the mutual fea- tures, which would provide for the assesgment,..of costs, ona, pro-rata absis against members of the fund, in the fall, after all losses had been reported and adjusted. _The third plan,;contemplates a flat. tax of three cents per acre on all tillible lands, . to. include cropped lands and lands which are tillable but. unfenced, and to, exclude al} untill- able and unfenced lands, with the same withdrawal privileges asin the second scheme, and with the.same mutual assessment features, In all cases the assessment, would be made -in,,the fall, after the extent of damage to growing crops had, been | ascertained, and ‘this assessment woudl be spread on the tax rolls of the various counties and collected as ‘other taxes are collected. Under this plan the fund would not become actually avatlable until the following spring, but immediate indemnity could be provided farmers suffering losses through the medium of interest-bear- ing warrants to be issued by the state auditor or order of the hat insurance department. Last year about 18,000,000 acres of land were under cultivation in North Dakota. A flat tax of five cents per acre on this area would yield a fund of $900,000 per annum. Then,, should the losses in any given year exceed that amount — which they probably will every. year—the difference will be made up by mutual assessment, A loss of $18,000,000 would necessitate an assessment of 95 cents per acre, if the farmers were indemnified in full. VISCOUNT GREY ~ ‘TOTALLY BLIND London, Feb. 10.—The eye troubl with which Viscount Grey has been fn- } flicted for years now has resulted in total blindness. ‘He is learning to read by the Braille system of charac- ters for the blind. TO FLY ACROSS ATLANTIC, Washington, Feb. 10.—The navv of- ficials arep lanning to stage a flight across the Atlantic. EGG MARKET declined, to_ six, fF posed: national, labor party and the league. The chief executive of North Dako- ta explained the fight being made in North Dakota and explained the scheme to launch a state bank. Dun- can Macdonald, president elect of the Ilinois federation of labor, assured ‘Governor Frazier that the one million dollars of United Mine :Workers’ mon- ey now in deposit in Chicago would be tranferred to the state bank of ‘North Dakota. He said that this money could well to assist in financing the farmers of North Dakota. Governor Fragier said that the state proposed to issue bonds of $2,000,000 in small amounts to float the new institution, O°CONNOR TELLS WHAT AMERICA DID FOR WORLD Talented Orator Makes Splendid Victory Address at Bis- marck Auditorium EULOGY ON ROOSEVELT \Pays Fine Tribute to Former North, Dakotan—Defends Acts of’ Pres. Wilson ‘Sterling Americanism was pro- poutided:to' ‘an’ audiéied: Which’ ‘Ned the Auditorium. Sunday evening in @ splendid victory address delivered. b; ke! 3. FT. \O'Connor of Grand Forks understhe‘auspicesof phe’ Biss marck council, Knights, of Golum) Mr. O'Connor had ‘spoken in Bi marck before, and the mere announ ment that he Was. to be the orator ot the evening was ‘sufficient tocrowd the Auditorium to capacity. In, fact, scores of late-comers.. were. turned away. O'Connor has never been in beter form, and he probably never has addressed a more appreciative and 1e- sponsive audience. There was not a moment when he failed to hold the complete attention of his hearers. Eulogizes Roosevelt. The Grand Forks statesman opened his’ address with a splendid eulogy of the .fine qualities which made “ol. Theodore Roosevelt, a former North Dakotan, the most typical of Ameri- cans and an acknowledged citizen of the world. It was Roosevelt memorial day throughout the country,.anl ,.the tribute from O'Connor was .z!vea: most gracefully and came , at an .dppor- tune time. America " Mr. O’Connor explained the points upon which, President Wilson bases his demand for a league of nations. He defended every act of our chief ex- ecutive and denounced. his critics, de- claring that peanut, politics was re- sponsible for the major portion of this criticism unjustly leveled against. one of the most outstanding figures in the great world drama now being brought to a conclusion. . ‘What America Hag Done. He endorsed the spirit with which America and her millions of valiant sons entered this struggle, not for ex- pansion or, agrandizement, or booty, but for the freedom of the world. He declared that never had a war been ‘waged upon such utopian principles, and that America had made for her- self a place in history approached by not other nation. The speaker's soaring flights of eloquence were lightened by occasion- al humorous sorties. He poked good natured fun at the Nonpartisan league, represented on, the stage by |’ Attorney General William Langer and Lieut.Gov. Howard R. Wood, and in the audience by a: majority of, the league members.of the legislature. He suggested that the league be assigned the job of paying Uncle Sam’s war debt of $126,000,000,000, #nd declared he had no doubt that Mr. Townley and his aides would find some way to do it within two years. without levying a sinele dollar in taxes. The meeting was staged under the auspices of Bismarck council, Knights of Columbus, arid. it, did the order great credit., P. J. Cahill, superin- tendent of the Washburn Lignite mines at Wilton, and chief executive of the Bismarck council; T. E. Fla- herty, secretary of the council, and ether prominent Columbians occupied seats onthe stage. Community singing was led by Mrs. -obhn-A. Graham, who also favored with a solo, in which she was ac- companied by ‘Mrs. B. D. Rose, and there was an excellent duet from Henry. Halvorson and George W. Humphreys. ea ey i TO AID CITY. Olympia, Feb. 10.—Gov Lister has. the: promise of cooperation of the war}. Gaga! | AUTO ACCIDENT: FATAL 10 WELL KNOWN FARMER Albert Borkhart Instantly Killed When Car Turns Over North of City | WAS PROMINENT °.CITIZEN Deceased Had Built Up Large Holdings East of Arnold Through Ability Albert Borkhart, one of Burleigh county's best known antl most pros- | Perous farmers, was instantly killed ;Shortly before noo, 2nd when a car in which he was enroute to Bis- marck ,to attend church struck a vock and turned over twice. Death was probably due to a severe concuss of the brain, altho a broken nec! also suspected. Life had been fully an hour before R. L. Bi Dr. Girebenow, arrived on the scenc. The tragedy oscurred nbout 13 miles north of ‘the city, within sfRht of the home of the deceased’s son, Walter | Borkhart. Albert Borkhart with a guest, H. A. Knudtson of Seattle, and Miss Blanche Bacon, a young woman who the rural school’ two miles east of Arnold and resides at the Lundcen home, left the Borkhart place, about 15 miles northeast of the city, early in the morning, planning to attend the! 10:30 service at the Bismarck Evan- gelical@church. These three ocupied the rear seat, while Alfred, who drove, and: Ira, Borkhart, sons of the de- ceased were in front. 'The car/was proceeding at a mod- erate speed about one and a half miles from home when one of the front wheels struck a small rock and col- lapsed. The’ car turned completely over and ‘then righted itself, facing in the opbésité’ direction. “AN of. the oc- cupants, Were thrown -yiolettly ‘to the roudside and..were severely stunned. The first to recover consciousness dis- covered ; the already lifeless body of Mr,, Borkhart.. All of the others sut- fermi hotishig: more thay. 2. bad heck and’ ntmerous’ bruises ‘and .schatches, except) MY, (;Knudtson,° who sustained acturesto the bridge.of his nose. aves immedi-. fy. sBest,.an. old, Hd) he left,-as- i fyttely | teleghoned;to I friend of the family soon jas possible with Dr, Griekenow. Upon! theig,. arrival, however,” they found, Mr:7Borkhart .jeyond..any earth- ly_aid.’, First ald was given the other members -of the party,.and. the re-| ‘mains of Mr. Borkhart were brought; into’ the city... Fuueral arrangements{ had not been made this morning, but ; it is probable that the last rites will | be held Wednesday from the Bismarck Evangelical church, with which the deceased had long been affiliated. Albert Borkhart was about 46 years old. In his early youth he came to Burleigh county, working for a time for W. E. Breen tintil he accuinulated sufficient capital to buy a farm of his own, He was progressive and ambi- tions, and he prospered. At the time of his death he was rated among the most substantiol farmers of ‘Burleigh county, and his holdings prob: oly. pu) gregated 2000 acres"of ‘uiusnally: geod: farming lands. i F In addition;to.Walter Burkhardt, who lives just}north of ‘the city, and Alfreg, (ira, Artht: Raymond, ‘at home, the deceased is survived by a sister, Mrs. Gus Hogue, woh resides near, the city. His wife passed away in-i local hospital about two years dgo.** ‘The deceased ;was one of the orig- inal members of the Bismarck Evan- gelical. church’ and a stockholder in the BismarckBvatigtlical ‘hospital. a ‘Funeral Wednesday. This afternoon . it was announced that the funeral would be held at the aa8marck Evangelical church on Sev- enth street at 2 o'clock ‘Wednesday | afternoon. ‘ ! $24,000 LOOT SECURED BY | FOUR BANDITS Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 10.—Four armed men held up the Liberty state bank on Franklin avenue shortly be- fore 10 this morning and escaped with cash. bonds and. securities. estimated | at $24,000. The bandits drove up to; the» bank, in an automobile. entered with drawn revolvers and © forced clerks and customers into a vault. The booty includes $10,000-'in cash and about $15,000 in Liberty bonds. ‘There; were’ 5 employees and two customers in'the bank when the rob- bers entered. . Three of the. robbers rushed to the counter and the fourth stayed at the door. “Just throw up_your hands and ibe quick about it,” said one of the quar- The. seven .victims completely com- plied. “ Now line up inside the cage and Tace the wall. The first person who moves, will regret it. We will shoot to: kill. The vault was entered where. more currency and Liberty bonds were obtained. : x ; ‘The six were then forced into the book vaults. , had made their escape ‘The. bandits by the time the victims escaped thru’ = 58} ¢ | HABOR ‘ed, Robert und) * (BOOK. TRUST DOESN’T KNOW “NEIL IS OUT, League organs (have charged that the American: book trust (s much elated over ithe fact that Miss Minnie J, Nisison defeated Neil ‘C. Macdonald for the office of state superintendent of public instruction. The facts are that the American: Book Co. does not e know ‘that Mr. Macdonald legated to private life by a very. substantial majority of his fellow. citizens last November. ‘Mail is daily arriving at the office of the state superintendent. of public instruction, from the Ameri can Book Co., and addressed to the Hon. N. C. Macdonald, state siporlotendens of public instruc- ion. LEAGUE CHANGES MIND ABOUT ITS %. ‘OWN LEGISLATION Defeats ‘Nonpartisan Ballot Bill for Which It’ Fought +. Two Years Ago \SOLON HEARS FROM HOME Keitzman Forced to Rescue Nel- son. County: Resolutions from Waste-Basket Two years ago Speaker Howard R. Wood and_Rep. Anthony Walton’ of Ward, two of the league leaders in the house, introduced a nonpartisan election bill which’ passed the house with’ a’ solid league majority, but which was killed by standpat forces in''the senate. Satyrday tables were exactly reversed, and the nonpartisan ballot’ bill introduced by Rep Burtness of Grand Forks, a member of the minority, was” voted down by the league majority in the house, ‘Thé -Burtness:-bill, "pro. 15,-came in. frbm: committee: with ‘a recommenda- ‘tion that ‘consideration .be indefinite- ly’ ‘postponed: Burtness protested against the'adoption of this report. He declared ‘his bill an exact copy’ in im- portant»detailsof the measure which the" league advocated two years ago. He called ‘the house roll on the league bill in the 15th assembly, proving that all of the leaguers: re-elected to this assembly: had voted for this bill two years ago. “You voted: then as a matter of principle. If, you vote now as your consciences dictate and not as _polit- lical bosses tell you to, you will vote as you did two years ago. ‘Majority members of the senate have told me this bill ought to pass, but that it can- not because Bill Lemke does not ap- prove of it. Bill Lemke is chairman of the republican state central com- mittee, but that does not give him a right to dictate our attitude toward togislation of this kind. I cannot be- (Continued on Page Two.) Berne, Feb. 10. conference were agreed on by here today. dent and unemployment; the tries for. women workers, and years of age. : The demands will .be recom: national agreement. There are special some ‘stirring scenes are promis The usual course at. the assemblages is for the delegates to as soon as they gather, any one of them bjections to the credentials of another exchange their credentials being privileged to make ol if he finds grounds to do so., , It was'stated, however, the would-conduct any investigation The delegates have been:coming along. in single file and it has not been thought proper to start objections to the credentials presented thus far by the members. Leading: members of the’ conferenc: the persons hav a proper status in the body,-and have sanctioned their. presence and have admitted them to membership in commit- tees and. it is understood they raised now. Making Such headway has.been made by) some lesser committees of the peace conference with the plans that it.is.expected they will be ready to report a number of important projects to the confer- ence for its-action almost immediately. The conference itself, while it appears likely to drop into a more leisurely pace after President Wilson’s departure, plans to undertake'the discussions of these topics.” ah MAY MAKE DEAL '\ Vladivostok (Saturday), Feb. 8.—Reports from Omsk state the Russian government has accepted men, money and arms to settle step, it is reported, is due to.a report that the alli withdraw their troops from Siberia and also to fears will: result in cs . 0, 1919. LOST BY ONE VOTE ew corecrEC eee IS LABOR SUPPORT FOR BANK 154 MEMBERS OF|WOMEN FAIL TO WIN THE LONE ‘lice during a year of secret campaign- GREES ON DEMANDS UPON PEACE CONFERENCE —Demands for presentation to the Paris-peace the international labor conference It includes:an eight hour day ; in g forbidding of night work in all coun- employment of children under 15 | demands ‘concerning seamen and it is asked \the'demands be made part of international law. CREDENTIALS MAY CAUSE ROW : If the peace conference on credentials ever begins to function, Japan. receives PRICE FIVE CENTS 1, W. W, DEPORTED |ASUNDESIRABLES Majority of -Prisoners Will Be Sent Back to Russian Provinces — STRIKES AT BUTTE Public Schools Closed at Denver Because of the Industrial Disturbances STRIKE CALLED OFF. Seattle, Wash. Feb. ty thousand king union em- ployees were ordered back to work here this afternoon by the general strike committée when the committee | called off the strike designed to help 25,000 trades workers to enforce de- mands for higher wages. i Chicago, Fed. 11.—Fifty-four mem- bers: of the I. W. W. passed through Chicago last night on a special train under heavy guard en route to an Atlantic port, where they will be de- ported by U. S. immigration officials. Forty of the prisoners came direct from Seattle, where they assisted in fomenting the strike which has par- alyzed that city for several days. Alien Labor, The majority of the men were alien labor agitators picked up by officers of the United States immigation serv- ing. wi _ “The proceedings against. U. S. en- émies of this type is simple,” an offi- cial with the train said. “Just two ‘hours before the Seattle strike was called we gathered forty agitators in- to the cars with everything cleared away between them and the Atlantic coast. Checking -Up :Agitators. For more than a year the depart- jment has been checking -up alien agi- tators and I. W.,W. trouble-makers who called. themselves, Bolsheviki. When ‘evidence was complied against this particular crowd each case was brought to'a federal hearing. and all court findings sent to Washington, where they were reviewed ‘by Secre- tary of Labor Wilson. The secretary has power to order ‘this typeof: pris: oner released of deported.” * 1 Back to Russia. . A- majority of thep risoners will be sent back to Rsssia provinces. They are principally “Norwegians, Swedes and Finns. The only mob attempt to jrelease the prisoners was frustrated. Shortly: before the train arrived at Butte, the officers were advised that the I. W. W. were massing there to deliver their comrades. Shortly be- fore arriving at Butte the two cars ocntaining the prisoners were detach- ed, and they made a wide detour around Butte and Helena. Several hundred men were awaiting the pris- oners at Butte, where they were per- mitted to search the train. When they found none of their comrades (Continued on Page Four.) insurance against acci- mended for incorporation into a ed to follow. present committee ‘on credentials necessary. e express confidence that do not desire to have an issue Progress : SENATOR TO PUT Senators McCumber and Women frage was beaten again today in the senate. The house resolution submit- ting an amendment to the people’ fail- ed of adoption by one vote, the test vote being 55 to 29 just one vote short of the necessary two-thirds. Thus ends what: leading champions said would be the final test at this sesion. The suffrage advocates knew that they lacked one vote but had hopes of winning over this sen- ator. Galleries were packed by wdmen who hase directed the drive here, im- mediately after the vote, 1@aders of th woman’s equal suffrage amend: ‘;ment to the federal constitution said that the fight would be carried to the next congress and they were con- fident of success. Senators McCumber and Gronna voted for the suffrage measure. Another effort to pass the equal suffrage resolution in the senate will be made today, when hopes of getting the one additional vote to obtain the required two-thirds majority were expressed by; suf- SOLONS UNITE IN TRIBUTE 10 | COL.ROOSEVELT Passing of Great American: Not- | ed.in the National House Chamber Sunday LODGE DELIVERS ADDRESS Eulogizes Qualities Which En- ‘‘deared Former President to His Country Washington, Feb, 10.—In solemn services within the house chamber Sunday the nation’s leaders and rep- resentatives of foreign governments | paid tribute to the memory of Theo-| dore Roosevelt. ‘Members of \con- gress, supreme court justices, mem- bers of the cabinet, army and navy ; officers, and diplomguts of many na-! tions heard Senator Lodge of Massa-| chusetts, praise Roosevelt as a siates-| man and as.a man. Crowded galleries and the throng of men and women who could not gain admission testified to the person- al feeling for the man whose death shocked the world. It was this to which Senator Lodge, a close friend of the man he eulgized, referred when he spoke these words in the stillness of the house chamber. “A tower is fallen, a star is set! Alas! Alas for Celin. “The words of lamentation from the old Moorish ballad, which in boyhood we used to recite, must, I think, have risen to many lips when the world was told that Theodore Roosevelt was dead. But whatever the phrase the thought was instant and everywhere. “Variously expressed, you heard it in the crowds about the buletin boards, from the man in the street and the man ‘on the raidroads, from the farmer in the fields. the women in the shops, in the factories, and in the homes. ‘The pulpit found in his| life a text for sermons. The judge on the bench, the child at school alike paused for a moment conscious of a loss. The cry of sorrow came from men and women of all ‘condi- tions, high and low, rich and poor, from the learned and the ignorant, ) from the multitude who had loved and followed him, and from those who had opposed and resisted:him. The newspapers pushed aside the absorb-; ing reports of the events of these fateful days and gave pages to the man who had died. j “Flashed beneath the ocean and through the air went the announce-| ment of Theodore Roosevelt's death. and back came a world-wide response from ®ourts and cabinets, from press; and people, in other and far-distant; lands. Through it all ran a golden thread of personal feeling which gleams so rarely in the somber form- alism of public grief. It would seem that -here was a man, a private citi- zen, conspicuous by no office, with not glitter of power about him, no ability to reward or punish, gone from earthly life, who must have been unusual even among the leaders of men, and who thus demands our serious consideration.” Senator Lodge was the only speak- er an odthe services were simple. Prayers by the senate and house chap- lains and anthems and_ patriotic hymns by the Marine band added to the stirring spiritual nature of the | Washington, Feb 10.—Woman’s suf- |speak of and is now rea \the highway, commission. an offer from Japan of the Bolshevik. difficulties. ies intend to tilat the con- coal and iron concessions. services. “We can not approach Hheodore Roosevelt along the beaten paths of empty civilities of comomnplace fun- eral tributes,” said Senator Lodge, “for he did not make his life journey over main-traveled roads nor was he: MEASURE OVER; WILL KEEP UP FIGHT IN CONGRESS Gronna Endorse Nation- al Equal Franchise Referendum—Vote is 55 to 29—Galleries Are Crowded with Interested frage leaders, while opponents again declared the movement would be defeated. So great was the demand for seats that admission was by card Holders went to the capitol early to await the calling up of the resolution by Senator Jones of New Mexico. i Before crowded galleries, the house resolution proposing equal suffrage was called up'in senate today at 12:40 o'clock. Both sides were prepared and confident of decision -before ad- journment. Before debate was begun, petitions of: Kansas, aMine, Nevada; and Mis- rouri legislatures in behalf ofthe res- olution were presented. Suffrage workers. before senate convened made a final and vigorous appeal for their case. State ‘delega- tions visited many senators in an ef- fort to muster the one vote believed to be necessary, Although expressing confidence that a two-thirds majority would be obtained, the chairman of the sufrage committee announced if defeated no further attempt this ses- sion would be made. DISTANCE RATE BILL READY TO GOON STATUTES Senate ‘Passes Important Tariff Measure with Practically: No Discussion IHIGHWAY ACT GOES BACK b Senators Believed Two Per Cent. Fee’ ‘on’ List ‘Price Is” Trifle too High One of the most important bills that can come up at this session, if the claims of its advocates are to be be- senite Saturday any discussion to y for the ignature. This was House 1g a comprehensive maxti- mum schedule of freight tariffs on a distance basis. The bill is a duplicate of that introduced in the 15th assem- bly by Railroad Commissioner Du- puis of Temple, then.a member of the house, with the exception that the 1919 model includes tariffs on lignite, which were omitted from the original bill. The bill is designed, it is claimed, to reduce all North Dukota intrastate rates, and to make it possible" for, wholesalers und jobbers | of’ Fargo; Grand Forks, Minot, Devils ’ ‘Lake, Jamestown, Bismarck, Mandan and other centers to compete on ‘a more equitable basis with the larger ‘estab- lishments in the Twin Cities and Du- luth. The effect of the bill, it is also claimed, will be to reduce interstate rates. There is a very decided ‘reduc- tion on intrastate rates in lignite, which is expected to further the de- velopment of this important resource. The amended highway ‘commisstun bill, S. B. 97, now providing for wv straight two per cent registration fee on the list price of automobiles, was referred to the committee on high- ways. The bill transfers the motor vehicle registration department from the office of the secretary of state to It fixes $6 per anhum as the minimum fee for the registration of automobiles, but n a two per cent basis. the first-year fee on a new car would ayerage bet- ter than $12. Even the cheapest of pleasure vehicles would pay a regis- tration fee of $10 or more. Some members of the senate believed this fee too high. and this was a reason for re-referring the measure. The senate passed on third reading the following: S. B. 198, legalizing certain acts of vr, village and school district of- lieved, passed the afternoon without al: S. B. 140, designating venereal dis- eases and regulating their treatment. S. B. 36, requiring railroads to co1- struct fences, swinging gates cattleguards. S. B. 142, relating to the consolida- tion of schools. 4 S. B. 72. appropriating monéy for the use of the motor v Tegistra- tion department from. Jannaty 1 to June 30. H. B. 48, the distance tariff measure. Matron Charged with Bartering Girl for a Cow and $35.00 Bonus Marietta, Ga.. Feb, 10—The fuvest- igation of charges that Mrs. Naomi V. ~ and This | eulogy oh satify ourselves with the| Campbell, head of an here had ae girl thirty Fs ‘today z | charge