The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 5, 1919, Page 1

THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 80. PRICE FIVE CENTS MINE ae ACT HELPS COAL BARONS OF EAST Vice President of Beulah Mine Declares It Means Death to Lignite Industry MAKES FUEL. COST MORE Will Render It Impossible for Producers to Compete With Eastern Product “If the big coal producers of Penn- sylvania, Indiana and Illinois had personally. drawn North Dakota’s mine inspection bill or directed its draft- ing they could not have succeeded bet- ter in their purpose to throttle the Mgnite mining industry of this state,” Said Senator E. A. Hughes, vice pres- dent of the Beulah Coal Mining Co, today, in taking exceptions to state- ments made by Rep. George A. Ma- Jone and Mine Inspector John Han- well to the effect that this act will not adversely affect the lignite in-; dustry of the state. “This act means,” said Senator Hughes, ‘“‘that when a thrifty farmer comes to us in the fall, after his work is done, and when our work is just Deginning, and asks for employment.| ihe Austrans from 2,830,909 (0 avoul ‘we cannot take him on unless he has Joined the union and has paid ‘his; dues the year around, the same as a professional coal-miner. The greater Part of the coal mining in this state is done by farmers who are not profes- sional miners. Lignite coal must be mined during the winter when the de- mnad is greatest. Very few of our mines can employ full shifts the year ‘round. Under conditions as they have been, the arrangement has been very satisfactory, coming at a time which enabled us to release our men when the farms need- ed them most, while our busy period; came at the season when there was little or no work to be done on the farm. Under this act, we can con- tinue this: arrangement only by in- ducing every farmer who applies for work to join the United Mine Work- ers of America. & “The act restricts us to an eight- hour day and imposes _ other obliga- tions whiéh will add 75°cents to tie cost of every ton. of coal mined inj ‘North Dakota. This will mean that we can not sell coal in competition with the large eastern prodticers. The ef- fect of the act will be to retard the development of our greatest natural! resource, and to place our consumers at the mercy of eastern producers.” ‘May. Ask Court Aid. It has been: intimated that some of the lignite: producers ‘affected by this act may appeal to the federal courts for relief. Contrary to a previously published statement, the act did carry an emergency clause, and is now in effect. *John 4. Satterlund, proprie- tor of the Washburn Leader, and who has heen. engaged in lignite mining for 19 years, declares of the law: “Its elaborate provisions will extend to every hole in the ground; it means an advance in the cost of production of $2 the ton; each mine must have a@ foreman and an inspector, and to dig coal you mugt have had from one to two years’ experience; eight hours is fixed by law as constituting a day's work; that its immediate effect is necessary for the preservation of health, safety and peace of the public; the law sure has enough teeth.” POLISH TROOPS WILL BE LANDED AT DANZIG PORT Arrangements for Return of! Soldiers Now in. France Completed, Says Foch Paris, April 5.—Marshal Foch *ias telegraphed the allied government that the right of the allies to use Danzig as the port of return for Pol- ish troops in France had been form- ally upheld by the congress. In ad-i dition to Danzig it was decided to use other means of transporjation for; the Polish troops. The use of the; Port of zig was provided for in the article of November 11 last. morning that arrangements for the landing of Polish troops ~ now in France at Donzig had been satisfac: torily arranged. The result aws made known. with the giving out of a communication received at Spa, where Marshal Foch and his aides have been in ceeterenee with German Tides Sree MISSOURI WOMEN OBTAIN BALLOT Jefferson, Mo., April 5—The Wom- en’s suffrage Dill,’ already passed by the senate, was passed by the house this morning and m@saged to the gov- ernor, who announced he would sign ithe pill immediately. WOULD SEND REDS BACK OVER SEAS Minneapolis, inn ‘Aprit 5— our slack season; the emergency clause declares: CENTRAL Ta MILITARY FORCE DWINDLING AWAY Less Than 15 Percent of the Men Mobilized November 11 Now Under Arnis 75 PERCENT OF ALLIES IN i Entente Armies Reduced to Very | Small Extent—America Has 2,265,118 “ Washington, D. C., April 5. on the latest status of the military | forces in Europe, General March an nounced today, showing that the arm- jes of the central powers still organ- {ized represent about 15 per cent. of their strength when the armistice was organized, while the allies’ armies show about per cent of their strength November 11. The centra) powers bave 1,500,000 as compared with 7,600,000 November | 11. Tne allied armies November [!; totaled 13,000,009, of which only per cent have been demobilized. The German army has heen reduced, from 14,850,000 on November 11 to 489,000; 15 | 106,000, and the Turkish from 499,000 } to less than 70,000, Demobilization of, the American} {army, including incomplete reports to; April 5, have reached a total of 1,| 624,171, of whom 97,674 were officers, the war department announced to- day. ' Total troops ordered for de mobilization are 1,81 The strength of the American army April 5 was estimated at 2,265,118. This! ; represents, General March said today, a demobilization of 44 per cent of the| i ;enlisted and 75 per cent of the com mand personnel. BANK SITE NOT FIXED: WATERS GETS SCHEDULE i One of City’s Largest Buildings | Under Consideration— Taking Up Terms MANAGER'S DUTIES, GIVEN aut Up to press time this afternoon} ithe site which the Bank of North Da-; | kota is, to. occupy in Bismarck had not been definitely selected. One of} the. largest buildings in the city is junder consideration, Terms and con ; (ditions of lease were being discussed! by the industrial commission and} Manager Waters this afternoon. i The {instructions of J. R. Waters, who last evening formally accepted the appointment of manager of the: Bank of North Dakota, were an- nounced by the industrial commission today as follows: “To proceed with all expedition to employ a cashier ithe bank. i “To retain an attorney for consul- jtation and advice upon a temporary basis of employment during the or- ganization of the bank. “To confer with the state architect; for the purpose of- obtaining plans land specifications for remodeling | {such property as shall be leased by the commisison ‘for use by the bank; and to consult with and obtain esti- mates and bids from contractors and builders to do the work of such re- | modeling of said properiy as may be | necessary for the bank's uges, To Transfer Funds. “To cause investigation to be made !s to the public funds subject to the \ requirements stated in section seven ‘of the bank act, and to communicate with persons having the custody of such public funds with reference to jtransferring the deposits thereof to |the Bank of North Dakota. “To communicate with ‘all the {banks located in the state inviting them that the bank of North Dakota {is being organized and will be open ‘for business at a time as early as| practicable, and that they will be | {further informed of the prgeress of} {its organization. { “To report to the chairman of the} industrial commision the progress ! upon all matters referred to in this resolution at least twice a week, on Monday and Thursday, until further direction shall be given in the prem- ises.” ! practicable} | for For interests of State. | Surprise has been expressed that Major Waters should be willing to accept the appointment at a salary so small. It is understood that this com. pensation is fixed only for the forma. tive period, and that more reasonable} compensation is in prospect. BERLIN TAKES OVER PASSING | OUT OF FOOD! Berlin, Friday, April 4.—The city! authorities have adopted a socialist resolution providing for the distribu- tion of incoming food. supplies from the entente nations under central au- thority. This resolution will exclude the middlemen, eliminate profiteering, reduce prices, and enable the Poorer classes to obtain food. PENNSYLVANIAN IS SLAIN BY BANDITS ~ Pittsburgh, Pa., April 5.—Robert Hamilton, who gave chase to bandits o raided Turtle: leaden get g, Was shot and killed | b «| Federal Charles D, Schwadd. ; North Dakota blue sky FARGO COLLEGE iconsin. | memory ~ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1919. GIRL RETURNS HOME AFTER 49 OFFICIALS Sa a pas SNOOZE!NOT ACCEPT BOSS” THEIR EDUCATION re hen et ‘HIRED LAWYERS, London, April 5.—The Bolshe- 13 years old, who for 49 days lay vi completely devastated the asleep in an Evanston hospital, town of Ossa,,before its capture was taken to her home today, by General Kalbruch, according and physicians who watched her to a dispatch here. All the edu- long sleep, said she probably ere Hall, | Kaciteky and Ql-| cited people of the city were would recover, During her slum- | if if . ! son Ask That Attorney Gen- eral Represent Them ACTION killed, and it is estimated that hers she was fed artificially. 2,000 were murdered. GREAT BANKERS OF. HUNGARY IN “MENTAL LABOR Famous Financiers Engaged a Clerks Under Bolshevik Government PAN MOTOR CO. CHARGED WITH oo ccs earan MAILS’ MISUSE“ INSULT! ed pereariiy Services of | i ‘ | State’s Legal Adviser Bismarck, .North April Hon. Wililam Langer, Attorney General, Bismarck, N. D. Dear Si The undersigned state officials, who were made defendants in the action brought in the United States district court to restrain them and other officials from put- ting into effect certain measures passed by the Sixteenth legisla. tive assembly, take this method of informing you that they are op posed to the employment of spe counsel by the industrial commission to defend them. We view the action of the in- dustrial commission in employing | pest other counsel than the attorney ! general to defend this action on behalf of the state, as uncalled for and imadvised, We have every confidence in notonly your integrity and wili ingness to properly defend this action, but in your ability to carry it to a successful conclusion. The action of the industrial commis. sion in ignoring the chief law of- ficer of the state, whom the per- ple have twice elected by a very large majority, is wanting in courtesy and fairness, not only to yourself, but to the people of the state. We, therefore, beg that you will undertake yourself. with the aid of your assistants, to defend this action on behalf of the state, and you may, if you deem it neces. cary, consider this as the author- ity of a majority‘of the defendants in this actian, to conduct the case on their behalf. Respectfully yours, Minnie J. NIELSON, Superintendent of Public Ins. THOMAS HALL, Secretary of State. CARL R. KOSITZKY. State Auditor. OBERT .A. OLSON, \ State Treasurer. Of the seven state officials wao have |been made defendants in the a sault | upon the league program instituted in| federal court this week by North Da kota taxpeyers, four have formally re. quested Attorney General Langer inj the letter which appears above, to} represent them as legal counsel. Two ty these state officials, Covernor! sjept until 9 this morning, and no bul- Lynn J er and‘ Commissioner) jetin was announced by John N. Hagan, have elected to a! gon, Altho he did no: ge jeept Townley’s especially hired help.|i1 jate in the evening. it was stated one Frederic A. Pike of St. Paul, and | this morning that he had pa a William of St. Paul and 7 | Fargo. Dakota, 3, 1919. Indictments Against; Minnesota Concern Returns iin Chicago es i RS IN OWN HOMES DMITTED IN N. Given I. icense to Sell Stock Here, | But Blue Sky Commis- sion Is Still Wary DAKOTA VPRISO. | {Noted Gun Manufacturer | Family Held in Attie—Cap- | tors Enjoy House | Budapest, ‘Thu , April 5.—Simon | former rector general ot} a Mausyar bank, and one of the! known financiers of Hunga S heen employed as a -hookkeep the new government. He is ne Working in a bank under the super ‘vision of a commanist. Chicago, I. April 5.—The ted grand jury today returned an indic ment charging the use of the mails in a conspiracy to defraud against the PanuMotor Co. of-Minnesota. The officials of the Pan Motor Co. naméd in the indictment are: Samuel C.,Pandolfo, oJhn Barrett, Norman A. Street, George Heidman, Charles A. Lad- ner, Frederick Sflplan, Charies I. Bonnell, Peter R. Thielman, George! E. Hanscom, Hugh Evans, 1. C. Ere vin, Jr, and H. S. Wigle. {tho gr PRISONERS IN OWN HOMES. Vienna, Tuesday, April 4.—Baron; Satvan, one of Hung: t and! |most— enterprising ens, is now! employed a clerk. Many of the} } prominent families have been interred yat Buda Pest. One of them is Man- fred Von Weis, a gun manufacturer, i whose family has been imprisoned in! the attic of the family home. Four! | proletariat. families occupy the ma jsion, Armed soldiers guard the hous | with instructions to shoot the owne \if they attempy to escape. riche cl oJhn Barrett, secretary of the com:: pany, was here this week before t om mission. While the Pan Motor Co. was ad-| mitted to North Dakota under the bine! sky act some time ago, the North Da kota. banking board does not appear! to have been entirely satisfied with: the showing made, and it had Secre- tary Barrett, Leslie A. Simpson of Dickinson, North Dakota attorney for the company, and several of the man- ufacturing executives of the concern; here, Thursday to present farther in-! formation as to the operati of the company! HAPSBURG FAMILY BANISHED. Copenhagen, April 5.—The Austrian ;Seneral assembly 3 introduced March ers of the Hapsburg ating their property. ing mem- y and con- EXPECT WILSON TO BE ON DECK BY NEXT XT MONDAY (President Had_ Fairly tory Night—No Cause for Worry, Says Doctor | | GETS $24,400.00 FROM M. 1. DILL ine Endowment Comes From Wisconsin Man Who Made Fortune in Red Valley Satisfac- ! Saal in; Paris, Apri | *resident Wilson Fargo. N.D.. April ~Fargo colleg: | has just been the recipient of a gift of 4,400.00 from hew 'T. Dill of Wis- It was designated for the de- partment of religious education te)" “np cove: mie Petey me TER ATA ward the endowment, df n chair in|, Zhe seventh slate official affected ee in con 48 Attorney General Langer, w2o wili Di Ne ceaee OM Frepresent himself in thie action pend Mr. Dill has long had extensive in-| ne yasolutions sts in the Red River valley, and t industrial everal years he hax heen a gen-| tye g aah erous friend of the college, Dill halt was named for him in appreciation | of a large initial gift, and for the last four years he has supported the; department. of religions education by an annual remittance which has met all expenses. ‘To guarantee the per- manence of -the work, after a gratify ing probationary period; he has just] transferred to the college securities to the amount~nhove mentioned. The formal tran took place in ae college chapel April 1 to Judge C. A. Pollock of Fargo, Mr. Dill's attor- ney, delivered the securities to Hon, George F. Perley of Moorhead, repre- senting the college trustees. Both men made fitting and appreciative speeches. The endowment board of the college, which holds all invested funds, was represented by H.W president of the Merchants’ bank of Fargo. CLEMENCEAU ASSASSIN SENTENCED _ i Lemke, st intervening it was believed pec sible that he might attend Monday's meeting of the council of four. in adopied b hington, D. C., April ving | game, \Wilson was reported “better’ ).=Pres Langer, who under the (Beet l creating the board is its legal ad The message. % well as a member of the comm Tumulty said: in line with the campaign) tor this morning, but still coutined to which President Townley has been di-| ped, No cause tor worry. recting at the attorney general from| There was no indication whether the first moment when Mr, Langer be-| the president. w ing consulted ov- gan to display inquisitiveness as to] oy under discussion in. the the financial operations of the Town | pes ley chain stores. gerne fHlort 10 dacrealt the atlomey | MENTBER OF GRAND | JURY IS ATTACKED effact upon his Nonpartisan — col leagues at the capitol, who openly ex- St. Paul, Minn., April 5. press preference for his legal advice rather than that of Messrs. Lemke,} Bike: etal {Giltsland. a member of the eee Pree ey jcounty grand jury which rec OGDEN HAS SALT STORM. I vestigated vice in St. Paul, Ogden, Utah, April'5.—Driven by altacked and badly beaten today by ‘Thigh wind, a salt storm swept over! three men who leaped upon him in Ogden today, leaving a crystal coat) the local armory, of which Gilfilland | jot salt in its wake. is manager. The men escaped Rear Admiral G addressed to} house ‘from n. Le} latters e confer Carey F. Rams ily. in- was at- Nation ‘ Sentence of death was passed on Enmiile Cottin, anarchist, who attempted to kill Clemenceau, French premier—and there will be no.review of his case. This i is the scene in court when the sen- tence was pronounced, the prisoner standing to hear the pe and} ACTION SERVED. to sleep un-; “| by services of Attorney) a message received today at the white! “The president is bet-| aie aT RUSSIAN FLEET. ‘UNDER PENALTY OF DEATH T0 MAKE IMMEDIATE ATTACK ON THE ALLIES | Bolshevik Minister of War De War Declares He W Will Shoot An: { | | iy Ofews Refusing—Winston Spencer Churchill Personally Promises British Troops in Siberia Reinforcement and Early Relief— Disorderly Conduct Charged to Americans by Commander of Soviets—Prisoner Declares Morale of Troops Is Low and That Peasants Are Fed Up on Communism. London, April 5.—Leon Trot ky, the Bolshevik minister of war and inarine, has ordered the Russian Baltic fleet to:put to sea and attack the allies, threatening to have all the crews shot if they refuse. Reinforcements Assured i | Winston Spencer Churchill yesterday sent a message in his jown name to the troops in northern Russ , promising them that \they will be reinforced and relieved as soon ible, and that jmen w ho have been there for months will be relieved and brought jhome. Troops in the army under the military service act-will be: | invited to volunteer, says the Mail. Relief troops already are being |mobilized. Military authorities are said to be confident that | Prepa: rations being fade will assure relief, but that the next two ‘months will be filled with anxiety. SUBPOENAES IN FEDERAL COURT | U ‘April 5—An American j sold. s said to have torn a Russian j!lag from the rear end of a train | bearing the commander of the Czecho- | Slovak forces in Siberia and the dis- trict commander of the Bolsheviks. dtficers on the train expressed indig- |nution over the incident when the {train reached here today. British, Russian and Japanese flags ; Were shown on the rear platform of |the train, which had stopped at Pulka, | ‘The American soldier was on a troop train which had been sidetracked. A ;Suard on the train saw the incident, tout not soon enough to prevent it. The officers ‘were jrritated since ‘this was the second incident of the kind which had occurred in a few jdays. Three days ago another Amer- ‘ican soldier attempted to board the jsame train. The guard pushed the {American from the car, whereupon he and some companions, securing guns, ; returned and demanded that the guard be turned over to them, it is ‘said. is veral cadets from tae Vladivostok j military school were on the. train, jand they likewise armed themselves, ‘What promised to develop into a seri- {ous situation was prevented when the mmandant of the cadets gave orders r the train to proceed. Major General Graves was informed the incident ‘by Col. Romanosky, ;the Bolsheviki governor, who ig said {strain the industrial commission, the | to have expressed regret over the Istete auditing board and the’ state!lack of discipline among the men. board of uniyersiiy and’ sehool. tends poenes al graves stated that an. sanysintt ifrom placing in operation the Nonpar-|®*4#on had been ordered. es | tisan league industrial program enact- MORALE LOW. ed bythe last mbly. Twenty days angel, April 5.—A Bolshevivid - ie allowed for the defendants to make} prisoner questioned regarding the a return. It is probable that three| Morale of the enemy forces declared | separate sets of returns will be made, | day. lone by Governor F and Commis.|_ “The soldiers of our regiments: are sioner John N. Haga members of | MObilized. peasants, and ‘the officers the state industrial commission ;re volunteer communists. The spir- other by John N. Hagan und | it of the men is low, and everyone is Praziér ascommisfoner ot fed up with communism. The soldiers land governor, respectively jare treated very severely and are shot ‘another by each of these offick {tor leaving their posts. Soldiers must individuals nd two. others alute on pain of death. Our men are Fra: 2 membe the | Suffering from typroid and look upon state auditing and the. state/the situation as being one in which Iborrd of un 1 school lands.| te Peasants are against the Bol- | These two o! 11 be repr came Py: Willi and Frede “REAR FOR YANKS “NOW IN RUSSIA ‘that board in this action. Returns as individuals, and as state officials and as members of the in| Lit Says It Is Incredible That Situ- ation Can Be as Serious as London Reports Seven State Officials Made De- fendants Four Ways in ‘Taxpayers’ Suit TWO SETS OF RETURNS} Hagan and Frazier Represented | by Lemke and Pike; Others by Langer Subpoenaes in chancery C28. Marshal Johu in the action begun by John W. Scott and other taxpay- | op ers -in federal court at Fargo to re- were serv: ed Deputy Gammons today by jdustrial commission, the s ing board and the board of y and school i {through Attorney the stite’s legal adviser, by five j officials, each served" sepa lindividually today and en |members of these three bos lare Attorney General William Li \State Superintendent of —Publie | struction Minnie J. Nielson, surer Obert A. Olson, ‘of State Thomas Hall and ltor Karl R. Kositzky. jebtained by Marshal Gammons upo: other “In| Washington, D. C., April §.—@eneral larch said today it was incredible | that the allied force in northern Rus- j all of these officials except the state|sia can be driven into the sea by auditor, who was at Val Cit anybody, He said it was the war de- ‘The subpoenaes are directed to|partment’s plan to have the Ameri- er, Langer and Hagan, as the! can forces out of that section of Rus- |state industrial commission; a ia by the first of June. General Kositzky, Langer, Olson and Hal Mreh made this statement on the the ostate auditing bo: trength of reports from London to ly anger, Hall, Kosi els he effect that the British and Amer- s the board of university and school! ican forces in Northern Russta were nds, and upon each of these officers; in a serious position. \in his or her official capacity, and up-| Engineers sent to Russia will -pre- on each of them as individu: ' vate for the eto of American is MADE MAIOR which the Americans will withdraw Popular McLean County Young nor any announcement to indicate that they wil be accompanied by all Man Earns Speedy Advance- ment in National Army | the allied forces. SOLDIER JOURNALIST HOME FROM OVERSEAS Lieut. Earle H. Tostevin, poet laure- xte of the Fighting First, is home from {France and has temporarily resumed his duties on the staff of the Man- dan Pioneer. Tostevin’s poems, spec- ial articles and fiction stories from the circulation reading He has a war novel, made up : James T. MeCutloen Jot Washburn in receipt of word | \from their son. ntenant Hugh Me-| Wr zone enjoyed a wi {Culloch, who has been in the national | 2d were enjoyed by a 1 army for the past enghteen months as | Public. \a Tientenant, that he had been placed | largely of a series of sketches cover- jin charge of the m instruction. | ha ‘tual experiences of himself and , lat Wentworth Milit Sea poe eee , Major Me loch received his eee! POILUS A T AGE OF 80, RETIRES thission at the officers’ training i at Fort Snelling and has been an in- Paris, Mar. 27, (corespondence of the Associated Press.)—After | structor ever since. Although very de- | jsirous to be sent overseas, he was! serving 4 1-2 yeare billets and dug-outs, | doomed: to. disappointment and when | Fruegue, 80 years old, has been. mustered out of service. When Hon. and Mrs. ameed to the ran ithe armistice was signed was sent to} ja military acadenmy as instructor inj | military tactics and his promotion to this important position and advanced | rank will be good: news to his many} friends ‘along the Missouri Slope. FAMOUS CHEMIST DEAD. London, April 5.—Sir William — the famous chemist, iene ives