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

Hl i) q ed [="|THE BIS THIRTY. TH YEAR. NO. 55. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA ‘THURSD! AY, ‘MARCH 8, 1919 HOMECOMING OF OUR FIGHTERS PREPARED FOR Reception at Train, Dinner With Hospitable Bismarck Fami- lies; Rally and Dance | ELEM E beat | COMMITTEES SELECTED) eel | Prominent Citizens Will Vie With One Another in Doing Honor to Yanks homecoming to her fighting Yanks were advanccu today by the selection of committees and the arrangement of a formal pro- gram for this notable occasion. The general committee, consisting of Capt. BE. G. Wanner, representing the home guard, and Mrs. Peter Reid for the Ladies’ Auxiliary to Cos. a anu 1, w- day decided that-the order of events shall consist of a reception in which all Bismarck will unite at the train, dinner or luncheon, en family, to the homecoming heroes, in hospitable Bis- marck homes; a patriotic meeting at the auditorium at 4 in the afternoon and a banquet at 4 in the evening at! the Masonic temple, to be followed by @ grand ball. The returning fragment of the old Fighting First numbering some 551} men, is expected to arrive touay Camp Dodge, where the units will be mustered out within the next few days. Of old Co, A but 31 men are returning with the present contingent, but /there are a number of bismarck boys in the headquarters, company and the sanitary deta there will be at least Fighting First in addition to those who have already returned from other branches of the service. ‘The home- coming is to be given in honor of all]: th soldiers and sailors who have come} back to Bismarck and vicinity. ' The following committees will have, charge of the aftair: { General Commi€lee. { Executive Committee American Red! Cross; Capt. E.G, Wanner. Home Guard; Mrs, Peter Reid, Ladies’ Aux- illary Cos. A andl. Reception Committee. | General Angus’ Frazier, chairman; Governor Lynn J. Frazier. E.G. Wan- ner, A.W. Lucas, P. R. Fields, J. P. faker, C. B. Little, P. C., Remington, ‘Woman's Auxiliary Cos. A and I, W. H, Webb, Jr., Dr. F. B. Strauss, Dr. 'N. O. Ramstad, John L. George, G. D. Mann, 'H. P. Knappen, Dr... F. _K. Smyta, Rev. H. C. Postlethwaite, Dr. Wi. J. Hutcheson, Rev, M. J. Hiltner, Rev. E. F.'Alfson, W.°E:~Parsons, J.) iM. Martin, H, J. Duemeland, Judge A. aM, Christenson. » 1 Dance Committee. i J. A. Graham, chairman; F. A. Cope | lin, H. B. Gilman. : i Banquet. >. L. Conklin, chairinan and _toast-| master; H. H. Steele, Mrs, H. T. Mur-} phy, Mrs.‘Peter Reid, Mrs. N..O, Kam- stad. Decoration Committee. E.G., Wanner, chairman; 8. T. H. Poole, Mrs. J. L. Whilney, Mrs.; G. F. Dullam, Mrs. Robert Orr, Mrs C. W. Paulson, Mrs. W. J. Hutchin- son. WALSH COUNTY COUPLE KILLED} Prosperous Farmer and Wife; Found Side by Side, Dead From Shotgun Wounds ; Minto. N. D., Mar. 6. ‘ide by side and with terrible wounds inflicted by the discharge of a shotgun, the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Sumnér Phelps, prom- inent residents of Walsh county, were found in their farm home, a few miles from this city, this afternoon, The tragedy is believed to: have occurred last Friday evening, according to in-! formation giver by a‘ fétmer farm em- ploye, and neighbors who visited the Phelps farm last Saturday morning, when indications pointed to the ab- sence of the tenants, Returning a horse to the farm yesterday, the work-| man discovered the bodies when he broke into the home to conduct an _ investigation, The Walsh county coroner at Park River was notified immediately, but | was unable to reach the scene last night. Whether suicide or murder was the cause of death is as yet undeter- mined. The couple were married last fall and neighbors can offer no ex- planation for the unotive: of the tra- gedy. Mr Phelps was regarded as a pros- perous farmer and belonged to one of the oldest and most prominent families in the community, He was widely known as a breeder of fancy Belgian horses. His father, Mr. J. D. Phelps, and his brother, F. Phelps, are both attorneys of this’ city, though the for- mer is spending: the winter in Call- fornia with his wife. FORD AT WORK . ON CHEAPER CAR y lute American officers. Los Angeles, Mar. 6.—Further de- tails of Henry Ford’s plans to build a new automobile at less cost than any machine now on the market were an- nounced today. The plants will he strategically located, Mr: Ford said. As outlined, Mr. Ford's plan con- templates the early erection of a par- ent’ plant, probably at Detroit, a at some place in the central states, where water power will be available. He plans to erect other plants in various parts of | the country. i ANTI. JEWISH CONDITION Saloniki, March 6.—An _anti-sem- itie condition is reported. On Satur- day a bomb was found in the central qouet bgt at Sophia. ‘It nine leged that it was placed there by - garians. ‘ .,AMBASSADOR ‘ TO FRANCE © Useéencon € UNDERWOOD HUGH C. WALLACE Wallace, who has heen nominated by the president for ambassador to France te suceeed Willlam Graves Sharp, has been one of the unofficial advisers of the administration for the past si years, He is ‘now 56 years old, an tive of Missouri, one time receiver of public moneys for Utah and more cently of Tacoma, Wash., where he ha: business interes! Mrs. Wallace is daughter of ey the United States supreme court. HUN OFFICERS MUST WEAR THEIR UNIFORMS : jeents will be charged for the double- | Coblenz, Mar. 6.—-All German offi- cers and men on duty in the zone oc- cupied by American troops must wear! uniforms when they appear in the street, according to an order issued hy General Dickman. The order is due to the distaste which German _ officers have shown to wearing their uni because of the necessity that they FARM PUBLISHER WANTS GUARANTEE; EXTENDED TO 1920) Argues That Farmer Should Be! Recompensed for Loss on 1917 Fixed Price Minot, N. D., March: 6.—H, 1H, Owea, publis) er, NOE the “Farm, Stock «and in Minot today as a guest, of the North Dakota Grain Growers’ as- sociation, in a speech before that or- | ganization said: “Wheat growers must be paid back. If events prove ‘the 1919 world price; j to be-nearly equal or above the guar. antee, then wheat-growers should have a guaranteed minimum of $2.00 ‘per bushel for the 1920 crop, in order to receive compensation for the losses caused on account of the fixed prices of 1917 and 1918 being $1.50 a bushel, under the real value of the wheat.” MILLION LOSS FROM TORNADO; {this state. and Saturday morning. Mr.| Eufaula, Ala., March 6.—Reports today from the sections struck yester- day by a tornado showed’ four dead and the estimated property loss at one million. In nearby towns the tornado did much damage. British Press Sarcastic Upon Irish Resolution! London, Mar. 6.—Some persons, says the Manchester Guardian, may con- sider the resolytion on the Irish ques-| their lives, tnounced Premier Ltoyd | the American house of | ¢; tion passed by representatives, “irrelevant, even as an_impertinence.” “But,” continues ‘the paper, “it Is nothing of the kind. It should be regarded , not as. gratuitous interven- tion inour family affairs, but as a friendly and by no means unnece: sary warning.” Early Morning Blaze at Fargo Causes $55,000 Loss Fargo, N. D., Mar. 6-— Mar. ilies, ubout 65 persons, were driven from their homes scantily clad here early this morning when fire destroyed the Wellington apartment house. The flames were not discovered until they had gained considerable headway, and a number of persons were carried down ladders from second and third story buildings. Shortly after the last person was taken out the hot-air heat- ing plant blew up. The loss is $i 40. AT WORK ON WAR , RESPONSIBILITY Paris, Mar. 6.—The report of the Peace conference committee to deter- mine the responsibility’ of the author of the war will be completed early to- night and will be presented to the su- preme council tomorrow. Robert 1 sing, secretary of state, has heen ch man of the committee. The commit- tee’s report, it is stated. while fixing moral Hi fails to fix lesXI responsibility, because there 7s no ex- isting court to try the accused. FEW COMMENT Paris, March arrival, Chief Justice Fuller of {fy -—Thirteen fam- | ly a‘ few news- papers could handle much of President ilson’s address because of its late ‘SIX FAST TEAMS) BASKET T TOURNEY western District‘ to Meet in Local Gym Fans Certain to Have Treat— Beach, Ashley, Glen Ullin, Mandan and Steele ifor the southwestern district, wiih Positions and opponents by represent-| jatives of the contending teams. The | Bismarck .high-school gym Friday at- ternoon at°4:30.° At 8 fa the even- ing there will be a doubleheader, and there will be another sing#e game Sat- lurday afternoon and Saturday even- ing. The winning team must play hree games to achieve the honor. of representing the southwestern dis- ‘trict in the state tournament and to | become possessor of the six-foot ban- jner which the distriet is awarding the| : champion. {Glen Ullin, Mandan, Steele and Ris- marck. This is a larger representa- ition than has been had at any prev- {25 cents will be charged for admi {sion to the single games, and 59 jh er and the final game, | Richards of Dickinson will referee. | | To save expense, all of the visiting; jteams have waived te right to pring; | ‘ umpires. SUPREME KNIGHT “OF COLUMBIANS, HERE TOMORROW j Head of | 600,000: Fraters -in’ | United States. to: Visit Bis- i marek: -Coimcil- Friday “phe 'HonrJamps A> Ria Haven, Coan.; supreme kaigh {Knights .of Columbus, a which now. has: alniost :600,0 bers. in. the United: Stdies,. will arr jon No. 4¢tomorroy.. morning to ¢ ifer with, state -offtcers. of the Norih Dakota grafid council and to visit Lis j marek. council. of New of the jthe-Knights of Columbus hail at {the afternoon, when matters of grea Columbians of the Bismarck council | iwill be served at the lodge rooms in and other visiting notables. The la- dies of St. Mary's sewing circle will furnish the feast, which promises to !be worthy of the occasion. Supreme Knight Flaherty is the; first national chief executive to vis- it North Dakota. His Bismarck con- ference will be the only one held in | Flaherty. will leave dver the South Soo for Aberdeen, S. D. British Delegates } Directed to Submit Losses | London, Wednes Mar, 6—(Via |-Sfontreal. )—British delegates to the | Peace conference have been instructed reparation for British losses at sea during the war, including compensa- tion to families of mariners who 1 George toda HARNESS MEN ENJOINED. | . Washington, March 6.—One _nun- dred and’ fifty nine officers and men:- | jbers of the national saddlery associa- {tion and associated stores members! {of the national harness makers’ as- ! sociation were enjoined today to sus-| arguments offered for an ea {pend trade practices resulting in re-' such a change would not be aie yale. | straint. mera tag ets oe ade | tes Se ea ad AAR AAA i OFFICERS OF a CONGRESS i | (hes William FvierE Page. ‘HERE FOR GREAT! Basketball Contenders of South-| FINE SPORT IS PROMISED| j; The annual basketball tournament) six high schools represented, opens} Friday morning with the drawing ot opening game will he staged in rhe posed of jous tournament, and an_ interesting’ ‘| series of games is assured. A feo of | ; Telephone Pstitntad: in’ the ‘dist A businegs, hieeting will be herd aly and representative, of the grand: jlodge. In the evening, at 7, a banquet! | ihonor of Supreme Knights Flaherty; | Wilton to be state mine inspector coramission to submit, as their first demand full/ HOME AGAIN ‘WITH 57TH GEN, JOHN ©: ORYAN General, O’Ryan, came home from; > France on the Leviath: his meh of the 27th di Blanding of the 53rd brigade, com- New: York men, arrived just ahcad of General O’Ryan clares, “General O’Ryan. i eneral and the men of the 27th divi- ion are wonderful fighters.” The 2 ion is the federalized New | York National Guard. General 0 is a lawyer in civil life and ws much of a volunteer as any private. | Teams here will be Ashley, @each, | eer JURISDICTION: OF RAILBOARD = TS QUEST! ONED) we th di Right of Commission to Order Physica} | Connection The state railway Lv iN Forks county: Dy. thi $ te. *eleplinie companies hat the board's order requirin 1 connection, chanit si he: disteigt’ cbwet, las tempo nded the! operat! @ morits will") | Grand Forks comity, cotut within the ‘the telephone con} HENt te puniles question as to the jur ae INSPECTOR © AND REGENT ARE COMMISSIONED |: limportancée: will be taken up. with|John Hanwell of Wilton Ofti- cially on Beigle Gets Berth The comm issued yesterday by Governor Fr | of Sawyer to be a “member of the state | board of regents to succeed Dr. J. Taylor of Grand Forks, a maiiber named by ¢: Cheyenne, Wyo., March 6.—Efforts to advance the. date of Cheyenne's an- nual frontier show before the state ; | Pie goes dry on June 20, have failed for! p, the time being at least. The frontier committee decided to | ! hold the show from July 21 to 26. Ad-| vocates of an earlier date submitted reasons why the success of the event j might. be endangered, if it was not held in June. The committee decided that despite | date, ‘Here are the men ‘who will serve the 66th Congress: Left to right, Postmaster Frank W. | ;, : ae uattead Collier; Wisconsin; Doorkeeper Bert W: Kennedy, aches ; se rani atehenis Joseph G. Rogers; | Stares ontecst the creat wae he was LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS $33,000 RAIL TAX INVOLVED IN BURLEIGH D. Hines Insists This County, With Others, Assessed Property Too High [CLAIMS DISCRIMINATION| Director General Alleges Roads Were Valued at 33 Percent as Against 22 Percent has been filed in the United States district court at Far- Hines as director! general of railroads against all the county audilors and county treasurers of North Dakota in a suit to enjoin L the | Northern Pacific, Great Milwaukee & st./CT@tic national chairman taken just Brandon, Devils Lake &} Soutaern mallroads, Grain and Shipping Company. y the federal control of rail-| roads the United States is obligated i { 1918, hence the | roads are combined | suit with the director generai{ as plaintiff, instead of a separate suit by each company, ery one of the fifty-three. counties {n North Dakota is affected by the suit | s against. the Chicago & Norti-; western’ railroad are not included in} | > sui use of the small amount} | axes road having but a | the with 9,000 of ion. General mers; and he de- a great taxes of all th veing brought Sas The assessment made by the state|200 American tanks have been lent to! rd of equalization against the ds involved in the siut was as fol-isent over city streets and country 2 §2n et ‘alste Paul Ry Companies Deny} 2 SNS OF FAR Southern ee coe, NORTHHAVERLU tor general is that tho railroad 3 peF cant of theii alue while the la sed’ at not. more than 2 commission today jon has heen in- vourt of! Grand | rihwester! ne | fax rolls. against, The director t the valuation exceeded $51, as extended ‘and ‘that: it should’ hav th ed excess whici seeking 0 en amount in suit a collection of this an {tho director general is to each county is: $19,476.79 on of John Hanwell of as 7.14} Isle a la Crosse for a suppl f2.6Li turning to Clear Lake he distributed 40} the Golden Valley vernor Hanna whose} batten Grand Forks s expired. If Senate | Bill 134, creating a board of adminis- ration, is not retired by a referendum | vote, Mr. Beigle will hold office only from April until July 1, upon which date the board of administration will succeed the board of regents, the board of control and the board of education. CHEYENNE MAY NOT GET IN SHOW UNDER WAR ERA 03 i been able to do away with the wolves 23, At Portage, La Loche and White! 80] Fish lake he found a large number ot| 9,217.70) a few days for Fond du Lac, a dis (Continued on Page Thrae + CUMMINGS ‘UP-TO-DATE! HOMER S, CUMMINGS. 1 This i < i snapshot of the new demo- after he was made commander of his} |party’s campaign organization. It is POLICE TRAIN GUNS UPON GERMAN MOB |Industrial Revolution Brings | Fresh Red Terror to Streets of Berlin STRIKE WAVE _ ABATES Volunteer Marine Division Re- H ported to Have Joined Spartacans Berlin, Mar. 6.—The vicinity of po- lice headquarters in Alexanderplatz continued today to be the scene. of street fighting between troops and armed Spartacans. The police trained machine guns on_the crowd, which surged back into Alexanderplatz after being driven off. Minor clashes ¢e- curred almost hourly Tuesday, the cas- ualties being six dead and twenty his latest picture. { © TOASSISTIN Washington, March 6.—More than! -|the liberty loan organization to be} lanes as adve three will be ts. Th soldiers nad carr ng features. Two or | signed to the various | will be manned by; liberty 1} | an orator act site| Lamentable Condition Reported | Under.ihe Be | by Saskatchewan Provincial | made by the state hoard of oft f the} lroaW com-} general sallege: have /eer atosie a la Cros: tie ta tam $2, between! and reveals a sad condition among which] the Indi, Police Officer Regina, Eask., March’ (.—Constabdle | M. Chappuis, provincial police offi- » detachment has ent patrol! tchewan, ain thé northern part of Sa of Island Li Clear Lake | jand Cree Lake. Immediately on his freturn: from the patrol, Constable! | Chappuis started on trek to the north. ‘ernmost boundary of the province and will go to’ Fond du Lac to investigate | the death of a Swede trapper who 1s} reported to nave died suddenly. On: Jan Heft Isle a > by. dog train and jon January shed Clear Lake.) ‘Here he found the natives all sick of! influenza, After a conference with; |James Cumines, manager Hudson | Bay post at Clear Lake, he assisted | in nursing the k tor a time and, when the medicine at the post re Tjout, the constable trekked back o| On re new supply among the Indians; isted in nursing tor a few! s i From Clear Lake he then traveled | to Island Lake and from January 15-! 30 patrolled north and west from these | two lakes. In his report he remarks that fur-| . except beaver and mink | are scarce, as well as big game. The pest of timber wolves in al @;country is fast destroying the an-| 3;imals and nothing | a @ ir @ & 25 \ "They are so cunning, states eee 5! Chappuis, that they turn over a trap, 9,198.36! set it off, and then eat the bait set to catch them. Thi: ed on several occa: jot the north country 3 Unless a traveler is wel larmed, the has been report-| ions by trappers el in these sections, for the wolves | come right up to the camps. Indians sick of influenza, and the; children practically all sick with the 3, whooping cough. 1] He returned to Isle a Ia Crosse on 9! February 6, and started out. within j tance of about 3.000 miles, there and | back. He expects to be away for! {about two months, ‘investigating the} |death of the trapper at Fond du Lac. } j On his first patrol Constale Chap-! {puis covered 800 miles with his dog ; team. and states that when he return- ;ed the huskies were in prime condi- | tion, SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTY | CLAIMS YOUNGEST YANKS! Parker, S. D., March 6—Turner } joounty claims to have the three) | youngest soldiers serving in the great; | war. i According to figures compiled by; jthe Parker Press-Leader, Edwin Ro- | berts enlisted in the army on April ‘when he was 15 years and 16 days! old, and after preliminary training, jhe was sent overseas, arriving at | Liverpool on August 15. Verne Bailey | enlisted on April . when he was i just pjast 15 y and § months, ana! jarrived overseas on July 17, before he {had attained his 16th birthday. | Another Turner county boy, Keith Selby, now a top sergeant in over- seas service. enlisted in the South Dakota guard when he was 14 years; of age. When he was several montis past 15, he saw active service by! being sent to help patrol the Mexican border. dering the trouble with that Officer states, it is dangerous to trac-! } |canditions in each di: | tions show some accumulation of fands wounded. This morning two persons were killed in a clash between rioters and the police, Herr I the police chief, declares {that the wave is receding, and that police Thendauakton is amply for- tifled against any attempt to storm it. GO OVER TO SPARTACANS The volunteer marine division and a portion of the republican militia which Were supporting the government have gone over to the Spartacans. An at- tempt. of the Spurtacans to storm po- lice headquarters this afternoon was | repulsed, ERECT BARRICADES: Copenhagen, Mar. n account. of jthe fighting given in a German tele- gram sys the crowds in front of po- lice headquarters assumed a threaten- ing attitude, so thut the square had to be continually cleared by govern- ment troops. The Spurtacans early in the forenoon endeavored to crush in the doors at headquarters with the use of hand grenades, About 80 civilians and sailors tried to storm a building in side street, but were repulsed. During the afternoon a sallor detach- ment erected barricades . and. estabs lished machine guns, PAINTS DARK_ PICTURE Berlin, March 6.—The military sat- uation on the eastern front. is painted in the blackest manner by Hindenburg. He says it will be impossible to ward ‘off attacks by Bolsheviki hordes. “1 know the Poles and the country in the east will either belong to us or the Bolsheviki.” SITUATION NORMAL Berlin, March 6.—The-strike®situa- tion in Germany is unchanged: Nér-= mal conditions have been: restored, at Halle, where the. railroad station was jfound stocked with clothes and. food. At Leipzig the strike is still going on and threatens to complicate the situa- tion. = MANY KILLED Copenhagen, March 6.—Both the overnment and the Spartacans lost many in killed and wounded in the fighting before the police headquar- ters. The fighting was ended by ne- gotiations. ARTILLERY FIGHTING erlin, March 6.—Considerable ar- tillery fighting has taken place in iVicinity of government headquarters. STRIKE A F. AILURE Berlin, March 6.—A_ representative lof the government told the Associated Press today that the strike is a failure and that where the men had an oppor- tunity to vote sentiment against a | strike was Beneraly ROBBINS SCORES RUSS PUBLICITY Washington, D.C Dn. Mar. 6.—Ray- mond Robbins of Chicago, former head of the American Red Cross mission, and one of those whose testimony champions of the Bolshevik movement insist should be heard, testifies today ‘ore the senate committee investis gating lawless propaganda. Robbins said that before the end of the war “posters were all over He@s- sia, telling how great the allies were and how powerful America was. Some of the posters said America would hava | 20,000 airplanes and four million men | in Russia, The Russiang said to them- selves, ‘Well, if this is all true, we will go home for awhile.’ “There is no doubt that this propa- ganda assisted in breaking down the Russian morale and it had exactly op- | posite the effect that was intended.” ‘Federal Reserve Board \Sees Improvement of Labor Conditions Washington, D, C., 3 Mar. 6.—Expres- sions of improvement of business ¢o1- ditions were given today by the fed- reserve board in a business. re+ view. The review “was “based upon riet. Touching on employment the review says there has probably been over-ansiety about jit.) From several manufacturing ais- tricts it is reported that labor econdl- tions are far from satigactory and that there is considerable “nemploy- ment. It appears that the surplus of labor small in the south and southwest, where there are no evidences o2 wage reduction. There is as yet no general revision of wages downward although tere is _ a tendency to let wages setile to a/ level which will be far higher than those before.the war. Banking condi+ at centers and a tendency of hoarders to return to the banks... Aé sent to Franee. cording, to some banks, it ts estimated that the amonnt_of