The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 29, 1919, Page 1

x THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 100. ED ALLEN'S GAS. BOMB PROVES A HARMLESS DUD City Commission Receives Let- ters Completely Vindicat- ing Chief of: Police PAVING GOES SKY HIGH Prices Probably Double What They Were When Bismarck Got Streets Under Cover Another of Ed Allen's poison gas bombs proved a dismal dud when the city commission by a four to one vote reappointed Chief of Police Martine- son at its Monday: evening meeting, af- ter receiving letters. from former State’s Attorney F. E. McCurdy of Burleigh county, Attorney Joseph’ J: Joyce of St. Paul, an operative of the U. S. department of justice. and oth- ers, completely vindicating Chief Mar- tineson of the charges: preferred: by Allen in his “lily white’ epistles. Alen’s campaign against Martine- son began during the last municipal campaign. The state's attorney’s an- tipathy is said to date back over a year or two. {In addition to his per- sonal distaste for‘Martineson, Mr. Al- len\is said to have other reasons for preferring’ ‘his own man in the. office Of chiet-of police: At'the last’ meet: ing “ofthe commission ‘he “Charged iMartineson ‘with having seized and made way. with a consignment of li- quor without having let Allen in on the deal., The state’s attorney also alleged that the chief had not prose- cuted a gambling charge which had ‘been filed with him. Replying to the latter charge, form- er State’s Attoritey F. E. McCurdy, under whose administration this_inci- dent occurred,..wrote the city com- mission last evening -advising that during his’ incumbency he'had at all times “active and efficient ‘coopera- tion of the entire: police department. He declares a complaint was made last: December by a man whoc laimed to have lost. $50 gambling, but that the ‘complainant would.not name the Pisce where he aleged he had lost the money; would not make an affidavit that he had lostthe money, and would /sigpe formal: complaint. Instead he asked that the ‘state’s attorney ind tiie eller of police address(a black- mpailing \etser ‘to the alleged gambler threatening him with: prosecution if he did -not the complainant $50. This <MiCardy “retuscd sto: talking ‘with the ‘complainant more than .an hour in -an’ effort to secure somethin, ie, to: Work upon he ‘that. he would return in a fo to make’a formal charge. This he did not: do. Sena Would ‘Have, Pinched Ed. That he would: have. pinched the} Honorable Ed or any other local offi- liquor shipment in. his possession was one of the statements which Joseph J. Joyce of St. Paul, a department of jus tice operative who seized 48 quarts of whiskey here last winter, made in his| letter to the city commission in an- swer to the first of Allen’s charges. “Any attempt onthe part o: the chief of police or your state’s attorne: to interfere with that liquor after had been seized: by the government or by me as a specia) agent of the Unit- @d States department of justice would have resulted in prosecution by the United States attorney,” says Mr. Joyce, who describes the manner in which: the liquor was’ seized and tells of having seen it+ poured dewn the ban in Judge. Amidon’s private of- ice. “Ido of care to see a man wha does his ditty suffer for it,” concludes Joyce, in explaining his long letter in defense of the ,chief of police. . . A wire from U. 8, District Attorney Hildreth directing that the liquor be shipped to Fargo; a dill of lading showing its shipment and other ex: hibits were introduced by the chief of police, proving conclusively that the Uooze wag well taken.care of. Jager Heads Department. In spite of a petition signed by a large number of business men asking that 8S. F. Lambert be retained as chief of the firedepartment, the city commission by-a three to two vote installed Robert F. Jager in that posi- tion. ‘Mr.’ Jagér has been a member of the fire department for a long time and is regarded well qualified -for the job. The salary of.fire chief was re- duced by resolution to $50 per month and: it was directed that there be ap- pointed an assistant chief to receive $20.per month =. Other officers appointed last even- ing were: Cecil Burton, city auditor; A. J. Arnot, city treasurer; D. C. ‘Mc- Lean, street commissioner; Dr. C. E: Stackhouse health commissioner; Dr. F. R. Smyth, overseer of the poor, all succeeding themselves, Under a reso- lution adopted a year ago all of these appointive officers place their -resig- nations in the hands of the city com- mission when they qualify. E. BH. L. Vesperman was named manager of the guditorium to succeed himself, and Commissiotiers Larson, French and ‘Thompson were named . the Auditorium committee. A. F. Mc- ‘Donald was appointed custodian of the city firehall; E. E. Morris, city as- sessor; and J.D. Wakeman city weigher, all succeeding themselves. Paving Improbobie. That any ney paving for Bismarck year is rather improbable was shown when City Engineer T R. At- Kinson reported that St. Paul esti- mates that its sheet asphalt is now 3 ) per ‘square yard, as a.cost of $1.90 per square_yard for the work done in Bis- martk two and three years ago. The cost in Bismarck for relatively smal- ler Of work would be dn- the. do’ “After ngibh wi ed tedepart with the un-; ne cial who’ sought ‘to interfere with the! SUMMER ‘CAMPS FOR ‘TRAINING OF ‘RESERVE OFFICERS Washington, April. 29.—Plans fo: summer training camps for the re- serve officers’ training corps has been approved by the war department. Six cantonments wil be used for this pur- pose. They will open June 21st and! continue until August 2, for an intens- ive six weeks’ course of instructions. ; The camps are Camp Funston, Kan., for units from Minnesota, North Da- ‘ota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, ansas, and Missouri. $750,000 SURE. SHOT FOR GOOD ROADSINSTATE Manager Luehrs of Auto Regis- tration’ Department Sees $9 Average Fee Manager Luehrs of the automobile registration department estimates that North Dakota's 80,Q00 cars will yield in Ncense fees atleast $750,000 for better roads thisyyear. Seventecn thousand tags already’ have gone out,; and, they now are being issued at the! rate of 1,000. daily: Mr. Luehrs be- leves there are now in use in the; state 40,000 cars whose license fee will average $12 and. an equal num- ber whose tags will cost approximate- ly $6, striking a general average of $9. If present car sales:are any crit- erion, fees .will be: collected on near- er 100,000 than 80,000 ‘cars before the; motoring: ‘season ends. There has never at this time of the year been so general a demand for cars, especial- ly those of the bett grades. THE TRIBUNE LANDS BIG JOBS OF STATEWORK Will Print 1919 Publicity Pamph- let and Blue Book—By Far the Lowest Bidder The. Tribune Printing Co. of Eis- marck was awarded ‘the contract for 160,000 48-page publicity, pamphlets at $3,689.19 and’ 12,000 blue books ‘at: $5,- 627.83 at a: meeting of the state print- ing commission yesterday. Other bid- ders were: Pub) Publishing Co. of Wahpeton,’ $3.894. icity pamphlets: Gipbes ea ‘i sii Knight | Printing Co. of ‘Fargo, $5 SENATORSTO | 967.32; Devils Lake Journal, $3,818.48 Blue book,. Knight Printing Co. $1% 346,23... The Knight Go. bid on a dif- ferent ‘basis than the Tribune, but, re- duced to the same terms, its hid was still, $3,000 higher. CHILD FALLS 70 FEET: AND LIVES | Two - and - Half-Year-Old Fargo Tot Has Thrilling Experi- ence in Elevator Shaft zr Fargo, N. D., April 29.—Harriet, two and one-half-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Ben Rosenblum, 408 Pioneer Life Building, miraculously escaped death shortly after 6 o’clock last. evening when she fell through the elevator shaft from the third floor to the basement, landing on a concrete base at the foot of the shaft. Child Not Bruised At a late hour last night the child was still living. She had not been bruised in any way and doctors who examined her were unable to make any definite statement as to her con- dition, other than that she might be injured internally. The accident occurred when the child stepped off the elevator at the third floor, evidently thinking it was the : fourth floor, upon which the Rosenblum apartment is located. As the elevator started up the door was not fully shut and the child turned and stepped back through the open door falling, 70 feet through space to the concrete base three flights below. : Breathing Restored The child was found a minute later lying on her side against one side of the elevator shaft. The shock of the fall had taken her breath away and it was several minutes before breathing was restored. She was clothed in a heavily padded cloak and cap and it is believed .that~these saved her from being outwardly bruised. Aa -hour after the accident ‘happened the child was breathing almost normally and physicians were of the opinion that she would recover from the shock. ANTI-ART CLUB ENJOYS LUNCH The sans-Townley faction of the league in the\state house enjoyed a de- lectable Monday luncheon in Attorney General Langer’s office yesterday. As- sistant Attorney General Haines was master of event, and the young ladies of the. various offices concocted sal- ads, brewed coffee and manufactured \lars worth of prospeetive winter rye BISMARCK, NORTH:DAKOTA TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS PEST OF GEESE BATING WINTER "RYBINRAMSEY sioner Appeals.to Langer for Farmers’ Protection —-—— 1 FEDERAL LAWS INVOLVED Statutes Guarding Migratory Birds. Stringent—Special Ruling: Necessary Grasshoppers’ as a deadly \destroyer simply are not in. it,.with wild geese, according ‘to John Bloom, publisher of the Deyil’s Lake Journal and: state game and fish commissioner, who brought with him to the capital yes- terday.a wild story of millions of these migratory: birds which are de- vastating winter rye in the vicinity of Devils\Lake at the rate of a quar- ter-section daily, “There are literally millions of them,” said) Mr. Bloom. “When, they settle: down! on’ a field like-a ‘flock of grasshoppers every vestige of green disappears as though by magic. I am here in behalf of the farmers who are compelled to sit by with folded arms and see thetr:crops eaten up in front of their eyes.” The farmers %delieve they should have a right to do something more than say: “Please, Mr. Gander, won't you move on,” or “Mrs, Gander, will you kindly ‘shoo.’ Shoostting doesn’t work ‘worth a cent, \ays' Mr.:'Bloony.) -These gees are wild, wilder than & ery hour. The fish commissioner took the ter up with Mr. Langer. The ney general thought that so far as the state laws are concerned there might be arranged a sp 1 order giving the beleagured farmers authority to des- d upon the invaders with shot guds and other small arms. He wasn't sure the farmers would have a*right ‘to pickle their geese after they got them. But the federal statutes protecting ni gratory birds are very strict and “Mr. Langer feared the farmers would have to suffer’ in patience until spine sort of special dispensation could be» ob- tained from Uncle Sam. ‘In the meantime thousands‘ of dol- is going into the gullets of geese that never even ‘heard of the ‘Nonpartisan ledgue or Doc Ladd, and there's ‘likely to be a rebelli Devils Lake way. LODGE ASKS today by.,Senator Lodge of Massachu- setts, floor leader, and Senator Cur- pressions of opinion on the league of nation’s covenants be withheld. It was understood that no date has been fixed for thi nference, $38,000 FIRE AT HILLSBORO Hillsboro. N. D., April 29.—Fire which’ city officials say was‘of incen- diary origin destroyed the St. Anthony & Western elevator, coal shed, and causing a loss estimated at $38,000. Flying sparks started many small fires in various parts of the city. Just two weeks ago two attempts were made to fire the elevators. Dr. G. A. McFarland, assistant state superintendent of public instrugtion, has returned from New Rockford, where he addressed the Mid-State have had meetings this spring. UNLOADING other appetizing eatables. Mrs. H. H. Steele, wife of Tax Commissioner Steele, led the insurrectors. in com- munity singing. There was no speech- making. SHEEP GROWERS MEET. Philadelphia, April 29.—Delegates from. many sections of the country rep- resenting agricultural interests, the sheep industry, and manufacturing of sheep textiles attended ‘the ‘confer- United States. The meeting will con- tinue two days, eg : State|Game and. Fish Commis-|" - Se Paderewski, Poland’s premier, is in Paris to plead in person for the outlet to the sea by way of Danzig that his country has been ‘promised. . Complications in Central Europe threaten the loss of this port for Poland. - In the picture, left to right, are: Paderew- ski’s secretary, Strakacz ; the premier, and two of his aides, Cilcha- .|nowski and Major ‘Jwanonski. prairie flower and growing wilder ev-| their owners on ithe ment of legislation deemed ne: ‘ary and that tho, Ameri ARMY MAN ‘TAKES PLACE WITH'N. DAIRYING BOARD thalley, recently re- leased from training camp, { } piel hs ‘ . [at the capitol to Washington, April .29.—Telegrams assista were ‘sent. to all republican senators ceeding stanley F: Abbott, wie “has commissioner, suc-} taken up similar work in Washington! tis, of Kansas, asking that public ex- with the federal department. RAIN PREVENTS ATLANTIC FLIGHT dohus, N. I. morning plans to start the trans-At-| ight today were up- set by fickle Newfoundland weather. heavy rain began to fall during the There was no indication ‘of; BRONSON’S LAW. PARTNER GETS NEW: COURT JOB Joseph Coghlan of Grand Forks, former.law partner of Judge Harry A.| Bronson, yesterday was appointed to lantic airplane two box cars here early this morning, | OPPOSE S. B. 134! er, and law librarian, The} 2,500 per annum. TALK AT DAWSON Teachers’ association convention on the subject of “Americanism.” A note- worthy feature of the session was the adoption of resolutions prepared by a select committee warmly condemn- ing S. B. 134, through wiich Townley seeks to regain his grasp on the pub- lic school system of the state. Simi- Auditor Kositzky will go to Dawson lar action has been taken by all the on Thursday state . teachers’ associations which afrmers’ | Spcretary of State Hall and State! evening to address a meeting on league legisla- PADEREWSKI IN. PARIS TO PLEAD __ FOR DANZIG AS PORT FOR POLAND PRESIDENT WILSON APPROVES _. RETURN OF TELEGRAPH WIRES . IMMEDIATELY T0 OWNERS April’ 29.—President) Wilson has approved Postmaster Gen- eral. Burleson’s recommendation that the telegraph’ and: telephone ‘s 3; be returned ..to Ines be restored to their owners forth- with. te : Mr. Burleson stated yesterday that. he hoped to effect the return of the cables by, May 10. President Wilson's approval was conveyed tothe white house in a cable- gram received today. | FIRE LOSS IN ~ JAPANESE CITY Yokahoma, April 29.—The mone loss in yesterday's great fire is mated’ at 15,000,000 yen or approxi- mately $7,400,000 at the ‘pre-war rate of exchange. ‘Thousands of people are homeless. , Sixty blocks in Japanese quarters were -burned including pub- lic buildings and houses. It was the st dis: history of Yokahoma, Five fires raged simultaneously. LEMKE ISN’T IN “MOOD TOTALK ON | STATE POLITICS “Politics is one of the things L.abso- aid Wil- rman of the republi- can state central committee, when an attempt was made yesterday to inter- view him on the state and national al situation. Schuyler Haasé of Indianapolis, scouting for Will Hays, chairman of the newly created office of supreme| the republican national committee, was in the city yesterday, but whetyer he and Lemke met cannot be ascertained. It is believed more than probable they {did not, for there has appeared, it, is said, no’ great friendship Hall and Kositzky to Address Farmers’ Meeting Intely will not talk about,’ liam Lemke, ¢! these two republican leaders. DOWN ON FARM. Judge James E. Robinson of the su- preme ‘court will make himself the subject of a Saturday Evening Letter nd will depart Wednesday for a week’s stay on his fine farm this week south of Aberdeen, where he will get spring seeding under way. AWKER’S PLANE IN NEWFOUNDLAND ——. SS trous conflagration ‘in the between 117,179 TOTAL U.S. WAR DEATHS Washington, April 29.—An official report from the surgeon general gives the total number of deaths reported in the to date as 117,179. Of this total 5! or 51 per cent, were from disease, 43 per cent from battle or wounds received in battle, and the re- mainder from other injuries. Of the deaths from disease about 12,000 have occurred since hostilities ceased. STRIKERS HOB PHONE EXCHANGE Governor Goodrich Declares Martial Law in City of Linton Indianapolis, April '29.—Governor Goodrich today ordered state, county and city officials at Linton to obtain the name of every person taking part in the telephone disturbances last night and turn them over to the fed- eral authorities. He said the federal government is operating the telephone companies and that the circumstan- ces shouldbeplacedbeforethefederal ces should be placed before the ted- eral. court here. MARTIAL LAW DECLARED. Linton, Ind., April 29.—Martial law | was declared and put into effect here this morning as a result of a climax attending a strike of telephone oper- ators employed by the New Telephone Co. State troops are parading the street. which assembled late last night d persed early this morning’ The proc a demonstration in favor of ten str ing telephone operators following mass meeting last night. A several hundred went to the télephone company, smashed the windows, and caused all but one of the substitute operators to flee to the roof, whence they were rescued. The mayor ap- pealed to Governor Goodrich for as-! sistance, and state troops were sent to Linton. TALCOTT WILL | | | { | | LIGHT BRANCH tentiary Made’General Man- | ager for Ashelman Bros. \ Frank S, Talcott, formerly warden of the North Dakota penitentiary at Bisinarck, is the new general man: ager for Ashelman Bros., Fargo,. dis tributors in North Dakota and west-| ern Minnesota for Delco Ligit pro- ducts. Mr, Talcott has removed his family to Fargo. Announcement of Mr. Talcott's as- sociation with Ashelman Bros. was made Monday in conjunction with the announcement of the annual sales con- vention of the firm which will be held in the Waldorf hotel in Fargo today and Wednesday. Sixty to 75 dealers.! salesmen and service men of the firm) will be in attendance: MAJESTIC MINE BLOWN UP; coal gas. Four men have been taken 40 are still believed to be in the work- ings. PROVISIONS HIT Chicago, Ill, April 29.—Tremendous the board of trade. » Holders of grain and provisions competed on a big scale kei. Breaks as shown after - midday amounted to 8 1-2c a bushel on cora, and $1,30 a barrel on pork, $1.57 1-2 was off more than 13c from yesterday's top level. Trading in the corn market was especially on a board scale, with individual operations counting for little. STANDARD EIGHT HOUR DAY FIXED Washington, April 29.—The nine in the peace treaty as adopted by the ‘Paris yesterday were made public here today by the state department. Amang the principles incorporat are a standard eight hour day, a week- ly day of rest, the abolition of child labor, equality of pay for men and women, and workmen’s “right of asso- ciation for all lawful purposes.” NEW CONCERN ADMITTED Midland Packing Co. of Sioux City Gets 0. K. 9) by the Hon. The blue sky commission at a spe- crowd of |-but MANAGE DELCO: Former Warden at State Peni-|_ i | { i MANY HURT Birmingham, Ala, April 29.—:The | Majestic mine, north of Birmingham, | has been blown up by an explosion of | from the mine severely injured, and} THE TOBOGGAN | price smashing took place today on! to. unload and stop losses on the mar-| clauses proposed by the committee on} international legislation for insertion | peace conference in plenary session at) STAGE SET FOR FINALPHASEOR. PEACE MERT Some of Terms of Treaty. to Be Offered Germany Not \ Definitely Framed PARLIAMENT TO DECIDE Issues of Fiume Crisis Will Be Discussed by Italian Leaders GERMAN MISSION ARRIVES. * (By the Associated Press.) Versailles, Monday, April Eighty-seven members of the man peace committee arrived tonight, being the second party to reach the scene of the presenta- tion of the peace terms. Sixteen of one committee are women. With the party were official courrier ¥en Rumareks a doctor, a barber ni judo! rand, the. pre resentative. Tree repre aoe number of telegraph and. tele phone operators, (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) The stage! is rapidly being set for the final phase of the ii tf u peace negotia- Hone: Jesterday's plenary conference nped its approv: final » aided by local police. No vi-|of the davenant ot te ie. eae olence has occurred since the mo>|tions, while aeons today the German dele- Tgates are expected to arrive at’ Ver- sailles to ¢ i i lamation of martial law resulted from | gates Aiea ate Hhevallied dele: terms of'th treaty to be ofterer ae many are not yet difinitely framed, pa at re expected the treaty: will be ready for mee on le enemy delegates by, the italy was not represented plenary session yesterday, bute dn Patches from Rome indicate the prob- j ability) that her delegates will return to Paris after a brief i Roman _Parliament. will peatiagreti and it 1s expected that Premier Or- lando will at once appear and plate before it the situation which-atose in Paris when President Wilson appeared pefore the Deare conference and: made is statement r H i 1 the Ariat egarding Fame and ella Koff, head of the Hungari Bolsheviki, has admitted wee ane troops under ‘his’ c . defeated, ppesemun ae. being REVIEWED IN Paris, April 29. pte eg in all parts of Germany is Yreported'in German advices. received -here. : The jtailway employes inthe ‘Berli _dig- trict ake theon costes a Seneral strike May. 7, if thei: clai are not satisfied, ‘while: in “the mae industrial district the S , ar again showing great activity. ‘Ale Me there have bee in’ which’’ Se natica Secure ta a mich lectric railway empl in Silici generally are reported to have, Phy SURROUNDED BY TROOPS Paris, April 29.—The encirclement of Munich by German troops has been accomplished. This result was ac- complished, it'is stated, by the occu- pation of Landschuet, about 40 miles northeast of Munich, which town has been closely approached on &ll sides. In the meanwhile government forces are dealing with troubles in Burem- burg, where the Spartacan leader, Al- bert Schmidt, was killed by govern. ment troops and elaved: ps and a state of Beige de- TO ARRIVE THIS EVEN Versailles, April 20.—The lence of the German peace delegation are ex- pected to arrive h " rF evenini: ere at 9 o'clock this. London, 2 ‘anic prey; in Munich on Sunday witen the me: varian troops began their march ‘on the capital, and three members of the communist cabinet resigned. Before midnight: the troops had’ ¢aptured sev- eral villages. The communist lead- ers are said to be prepa; in airplanes. ee seer MAY MEET IN WASHINGTON, Paris, April 29a proposal is on’ foot to hold the first mbeeting of tic league of nations in Washington dur- ing the current year. .Should the as- sembly meet first in Washington, it is Said President Wilson doubtlessly would be asked to become the first president of the league. DEMONSTRATIONS IN ROME Tome, Monday, April 28.—Demon- strations in Rome today. in’ support of the government's stand on the Adri- May’ delivery of corn showed the| He question culminated in a great great weakness. July delivery at) mass meeting convoved by Premier Colonaa the mayor on the capitol. Hino hill. The citizens at the meeting ad- opted a resolution asking the’ annexa- tion of al territory given to Italy by the treaty of London and also Fiume. A procession afterward went to the ; Quirinal, where the king and” queen appeared on the balcony of the palace. The crowds cheered and cried: “Fi- ume, Dalmatia.” ~ VISITS ORLANDO, Rome, April 29.—Thomas. Nelson Page, the American ambassador, visit- ed Premier Orlando today. The two men: had a friendly conversation in which the ambassador expressed re- ;8ret over the situation wich had arisen. The ambassador said he thought the situation had been /aggra- vated by criticisms from Italian pa- pers which misunderstood Presid Wilson’s attitude. at Premier Orlando in reply ‘said he considered the situation pion, me that his desire was to ameliorate it and to restore calm. The fremier er said he deeply regretted that tncideat . turbed over it. MARTIAL LAW D cial session yesterday admitted the Midland Packing Co., of Sioux City. Ta., whose application to sell capital stock in North Dakota was presented apolis, =~ Tom Davis. of Miune Berlin (Sat re law was varian t «