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

2 Orchemmmnsor area B S epee 3 TT I THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 105. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. DELIVER PEACE AAR RIAA ARAB AAR RAR AAA RAR ARAL, PIPL LL PRP PDEA RAP APA MEN OF THE RANKS, NOT THOSE IN COMMAND, TO BE HEART AND SOUL OF THE AMERICAN LEGION—THA T'S GOAL OF WORLD WAR VETERANS MILLION FOR MISSOURI SPAN I$ AVAILABLE Co-operation Between Counties, State and Nation Assures Success of Big Project WORK TO BEGIN AT ONCE Bismarck City Commission Ap-| propriates $2,500 for Pre- liminary Engineering i More than $1,000,000 for the most important improvement which yet h: been attempted on the Red Trail will! be made available for the construc:j tion of a bridge across me Missoure and,.necessary approaches on either} siae thyougn cauperauon upon we} part of Munuan und Mismarck, Moron! and surleigh counties and we staie} unu federm oiguway deparcments, i ‘yhe tinal prellminary step Was ta-| ken totay wnen tne Mortoa coun.y voardsof Comnussioners adopted a ievs- olution appropriaung §2,ouy lor mediato use as its 50 per cent of the estimated cose of premmibary enge) neering and 380,000 per annum. 209 tue eusuin, ie years. , ine sunegn coubyy Conmission ARgt Satay adopted. a . resolution’ ‘apprapriatins | pou,vuu for eaca of le ‘next ensuiy Major General John F. O'Ryan, Lieu- Uhree years as this County's sare ot) tenant Colonel Theodore Roos ihe cost-oL the bridge and approac.es,|and Lieutenant Colonel Henry while the Lismarcx cily cummussion | Stimson, as officers are representa- a its sunday eveumg meeung appro-| tive of the 40 per cent of the Ameri- priated Q2ovd as Us coudtys suare; can Legion, while the 60 per cent uf une) prelummary eugineering ex;| will be privates in the army and the pense. gobs of the water fore Large Fund Provided. Burleigu aau ‘morvon county jointly make avuilable $180,0U0 for the cou- struction of bridges and approaches, Uhe state highway department will as sist WIN Stace aid" tne amount of $360,000, and he Leaerai government will be asked Lor go4U,VUU, Making 4 Lotal or 91,v80,0uy to be expended adr ing the nexe viree years, exclusive, OF the $6,0Uy. appropriated by Mortou cuunty and the cry Os Bisinarck Loc immediate use ju preliminary engi: beenug work. | 1 if oe ‘important Project. The -bridge across :the Missouri is the most 1nportant construction pro- AMERICANS URGE RELIEF ~”-RORIRELAND Former Gov. Dunne and M. J. Ryan .Arriye., in | || YEAR AGO TODAY “ Australians and Canadians ‘| | ake offensive. against Ger- | ‘| mans in Picardy and Flan- ‘ders, making gains in vital sectors. i vt ject in which the North Dakoia hign- bli ‘|. French, made successful way commission has yet interested 1 Dublin 5 || raids west of Hangard and. | welt, At present there is no perma: Bie an Suh ie o ! nent wagon oriage across this sifedii irom the Soutn vako.a to the Montaita state umes.” ‘Vsere are temporary po.1- 10h briages wt oe or two polis, which have. given little satisfacuou. Yor the most part waguif apa aucomo ‘pile traffic revues on gusdline terres, und, were are always) several months in the year waa even. this service ys}; ' not available. . i {8" Result of Long Campaign. 1 The progress. announced today,! which practically assures an improve- ment which will mean more to tne de- velopment of North Dakota than any- one can now conceive, is a result of a campaign joinuy unaertaken by Mor- ton anu surleigh counties more taan three years ago. Puouc sentiment ac that time was found to be favorable to the bridge. rrominent e.gineers from various points were brougat here to ofter tentative estimates, and) some headgar had been made waen) Jowering war clouds mare further ac} tion at the time inadvisable. During the three years which have! Declare Irish Should Have Equal Consideration With ., Jugo-Slavs Doublin. Monday, May 5—Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia and Former Gov. ernor Edwin C. Dunne of Illinois, rep resentatives of the Irish societies in night from Belfast. They were met at the station by enormous crowds which formed .a procession and escorted the Americans through | the principal streets. Notwithstanding the mili- tary prohibition of meeting and pro- cessions, there was no interference with the demonstrations. Upon ar- rival at the hotel, the Americans ad- dressed the assemblage, dwelling up- on the objects of the war and declar- ing for the right of self determination elapsed since’ the project was first; and a republican form of government proached there,..2as been fayorable| for the Irish, to which they asserted state alld federal, legislayion which nas; the Irish had as much right as the greatly furthered, the plan. When, wita| Jugo-Slavs. the close of the. War and the opening; of the’, réconstruction period, tne THREE-YEAR-OLD ’ bridge campaten wae Younties found! TOT: BURNS WHEN FIRE TAKES HOME their work muca simplified and plans to date have gone through without,a| Burt, N. D., May 6.—A_ three- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. htitch. George Beyer, residing four miles north of this place, was burned to ; death when a fire destroyed their ; home while the parents were at work about the barns_and in the field. Mr. and M Bey aid not discover the fire until it had gained such headway that it was impossible for ‘them to save the Estimates Obtained. The Waddell Engineering Co.. of Kansas City, which became interested in the project-three years ago, sent experts here at the invitation of the two counties, and they have furnish- ed tentative estimates of the cost of! the preliminary engineering and of the ultimate construction. The engi-; neering plans include noe on the sac tual construction of the bridge but bead ” pen Bay : the provision of mpievasprogelies on} alta, ae wes gacep when the either side of the river which will lite; thin DE Oke maa eee . ot the Red Trail above, the high wate.) fin vear's, Lae ing ane ar ° mark and make it as permanent and, re ant personel, eee nee passable a thoroughfare at all seasons wee perihaaag young couple ot the yearsas the Northern Pacific aga, con tribatad: money: <clofaing tracks, Which it paralells. cand caurnituract sie p i ft e for the aid of the To Advertise for Bids. destitute pair. The two county commissions | will: adviieering work at once. I is est-| THREE MONTHS OF RAIL OPERATION LOSES 130 MILLION mated that the cost of this work will’ not exceed $5,000. It is probavle that; the soundings and surveys necessary will consume the greater part of the summer, and it is not believed that ac-! Washington, May 6.—The govern- tual construction work can he com! ment’s loss in operating the railroads menced until mext spring. The most) in the first three months this year was $130,000,000 according to figures of Class 1 for the larger roads report- ed to the interstate commerce c mission. During this period the rai likely site for the bridge seems to be immediately adjoining the Northern Pacific railway bridge. Federal regu- lations covering navigable streams re- quire that bridges either be immedi- (Continued on page eight) 000,000. PORTO RICO CLAIMS BIRTHPLACE OF TELEGRAPH San Juan, May 6.—With the installation of strong U. S. wire- less equipment at this port for transocean service. Porto Ricans are recalling that the electric telegraph had its first tryout in Porto Rico. Morse, the inventor, conducted many of his experi- | ments at Cuatro Calles, in Arroyo. The terminals of his experi- mental line were the house he occupied and a warehouse in the same village. IN BIG ‘OVATION! roads earned for the government $40,-| } woutheast-of Noyon, and re- ‘| pulse enemy attacks south- | | west of Anchin Farm. | W.asch ing ton announces | g i »8:'OF 57,695. | : ‘six wooden ships of | 21,500 tons’ were launched in | American yards during the | | week ending May 5. | | Vietory Bonds settle U.S. | } war debts. 2. the, United States, arrived here to-| WEATHER IS “AGAINST FLIGHT ~ OVER ATLANTIC Attempt Will Be Made. as Soon | as... Adverse.:: Winds’ Abate |ARE GOING VIA HALIFAX start today of the navy department transatlantic flight by way of Halifax was postponed shortly after nine this, conditions. The departure would be made be- ' 1 i H | i | orable weather conditions were re- ported; Commander John H. Powers | said. Observations along the north Atlan- jtic coast this morning indicated a |probability that northeast winds which prevented the flight. today would continue tomorrow. . Commander Powers explained that a start would not be made after 10 a, m. because it would bring the planes to a terminus of the first day’s flight out of Halifax after dark. This first leg of the cruise, he said, would re- quire eight hours or longer, if the | planes encountered head wind. 1 DESTROYER AGROUND Trepassy, Newfoundland, May 6.— The destroyer, Foote, one of the flo- tilla assembled here in connection with the American navy department’s transatlantic flight went hard aground here early today. Navy offi- cers said the ship was in no immediate danger and that they hoped to float weather moderated. The destroyer, Maddox, also drifted ashore, but her plight was not con- | Sidered serious, and she was expected to be floated soon. The tanker, Heske, touched the ground, but was soon blown afloat. OVERLAND LOCKS OUT EMPLOYES Toledo, Ohio., May 6.—About 7,500 employes of the Willys-Overland Co. jwho quit at. 3:30 o'clock yesterday in |defiance of . orders. extending: their, {workday to 4:6 o'clock were refuse: admission to the plant today, New York, May” 6—The proposed ; morning because of adverse weather | fore 10 a. m, on the first day that fav- | her at high water as soon as the! "SNOW ANDSLERT “WITH FREEZING "WEATHER RULE \No Summer his: Winter Is Pre: i diction of Indian Prophet— |» Fairer Tomorrow, Tho iNO MORE DAMAGE, REPORT ' ‘Phe Indian prophet ‘who sdf ‘No igmmer this winter,” seems to, have j the present situation sized up. North Dakota has passed through. another | freezing temperatures, and, while “fair {morrow, the general forecast is for continued cold weather throughout the week. Since the first of May ‘more than two inches of precipitation has been recorded at the local weather bureau. The snow and rain which fell during the night melted down to .30 of an inch, and this average appears to {have been general over the state, It Was not, cold enough to freeze the snow to wires and trees‘as it fell, and as;.a result a repetition of Saturday night's obliteration of great ‘sections of.telephone and telegraph wire lines was avoided. | No Crop Damage. “So far as our reports show, there has been no great crop damage to tate,” said the headquarters for North {Dakota’s weather service this morn- ing. “The principal trouble has been the delay in seeding, which is gener- al over the state. The frosts have not been severe enough, however, to {badly nip anything that is out of the ground.” oe Wires in Use Again. Long distance telephone service be- tween Bismarck, Jamestown, Valley City and Fargo was resumed today. | Telegraph service is still demoralized to some extent, but conditions are rapidly approaching normal. MAY. MAKE SHORT WHEAT CROP.) argo, NX. D., May 6.—Heavy rains! are falling today over wide areas of| orth Dakota, causing another delay in wheat seeding. In some districts! reports state that only one-half of the average wheat acreage has been sown} and that little wheat may be put into the ground after next Saturday. May! 10 is generally regarded as tne clos- ing date for wheat seeding. Reports from various northern an: central sections of the state indicate a falling otf in wheat acreage. The southern counties are sending in more promis- ing reports. This is the second gen- eral rain in four days. DULUTH HAS SNOW. Duluth, Minn., May 6.—Following a night of unseasonable cold, snow ve- gan falling this forenoon. This is not a record for the district, as a trace of snow fell here May 29, 1910, a snowfall oceurred April § 5 1-2 inches fell May 10, 1902 ing to weather bureau stat but is melting as it falls. HEAVY FALL IN SO. DAKOTA. Sioux Falls, S. -D.; “May 6.—-More than an inch and a half of rain fell here this morning during the most severe thunder storm of the season. Two buildings were struck by lightn- ing. Rain has fallen over large se PUESDAY -hour peviod of snow and sleet and} and warmer” is the prediction for to-| rd-| citizenship and American purpose. At noon the snow continued ating. | MAY 6, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS Welcome, American Legion! ‘1 The bravest of American maniood, who gave of their time and oercd of their lives that their country may be} forever free and jonored among the} nations of the world, they have decid- ed to bend themselves together ior} as long as they live in a grea: na-| tional organization of world war vet- erans. The call for the first national gath- ering ot these veterans of army and Navy has gone out. They are to meel in caucus at St. Louis, Mo., May Ss, 9} and 10. There it is expected a per-; maneni organization will be efvecied,| one which will include the whole of the country, and take in every ve.eran of land, or sea or air, those wo got “over there” and those who could go no farther than training camp at home, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roose- velt is one of the guiding spirits of (he American Legion. He has given his lie practicahy all since coming back from France to perfect the organiza- tion, and will be one of the leaders at! the national meeting. The first organization work of the! Legion was done in Paris, ional Guard and reserve offi-| serving in the A. EB. F. and sev-| eral olner o.ganizations came to geth- er in an informal meeting and laid) plans for the veterans’ future, 1 rom the very start it was admitted that. the men in the ranks/“anid not the ‘ofticers: who:cammanded; would be the ‘controlling factors) in. thé,,Ameri- can Legion. ‘It, was ‘intended to be so —a legion of men, rather than a le- gion of officers. It is the expressed purpose of the organization leaders to make of the American Legion a truly democratic body, and to dedi- cate it to Americanism, But we may get a more exact in- terpretation of the Legion’s purposes by reading the words of the tempor- ary officers, They tellin the follow- ing articles, written exclusively for this newspaper, what the Legion stands for, and what it hopes to ac complish, head— * By Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt Temporary Chairman of the American! Legion | The American Legion is a non-po-! litical, non-partisan organization | which I am helping to organize. It} is ‘intended to perpetuate the high} ideals for which our ‘army; navy and marine’ corps ‘fought ‘so. valiantly. While it is non-political and non- partisan, that does nof mean tiat art er its. permanent formation it. will not } adopt: poligies.- It will. | it will stand for Americanism in its} {highest sense, i i | | | | { i | By Lt. Col. Bennett \Ciark Temporary, Vice (Chairinan)j:(j | (Son of Ex-Spéaker Champ (lark), ; Pari: The American Legion will follow jthe footsteps of the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confeder. ate Veterans. Just as they perpetuat-! ed the bravery of the American peo-! ple and a comradeship in arms so will | the American Legion devote its best! efforts to making permanent the tri- jumph of right over wrong. The men in France are intensely interested ial it. They send a message to their} brothers in arms in America who were! {not fortunate enough to become a pari of the A. B. F.—it is, join the Amer-; ican Legion ‘and present a common! and united front to all that is unjust and un-American. i By Maj. Gen. John F, O’Ryan Commander of the 27th Division in| France and the New York State Na- tional Guard and Chairman of the New Ydrki State Committee of the} American Legion. 1 sincerely hope that all officers and men of the army and navy will enroll in the American Legion. It is a pa- triotic duty which will enable tiem to continue the fight against any! forces of evil that may creep into our national life or threaten it in the fu- ‘ture. The American Legion has sev-| eral very serious missions to perform. Jt purposes to organize the patriotism ot this country into a unit for the good of all; it purposes to continue to uti- |lize the young men of the nation who fought its battles or were ready to| fight them; it believes that in tue jmen of the army, navy and marine corps the nation has a bulwark which! will ward off all things that are un- American. I By Lt. Col. Henry L. Stimson Commander 305th Field Artillery, A. &. F., Formerly Secretary of War. The future of this country for good or ill will inevitably rest in the hands of the great body of young Americans under 30 years of age who partici-) patel in the great war. The burden} of tne war has rested on them, and,| on the other hand. they have received | from the war the greatest possible; stimulus toward a sense of duty and organized patrio! It is the pur-| pose of the American Legion to try to} keep alive and carry on in times of} peace that sense of patriotic unity} and enthusiasm. The Ameri gion is intended to not only serve as! a vehicle by which comradeship and) love of country, aroused by the wa shall be maintained and kept aliv but intended also to embody the de: ocratic spirit in wich the war has| been fought. It is open to all men who have worn the uniform in either the military or naval service, whether officers or enlisted men, uniting them upon a common ba: of American; By Chief Yeoman Joseph Jackson, | ULS.N. RF. | What I like about the American Le-! gion is its democratic spirit. The an- rouncement that 6 per cent of its} convention delegates must be enlisted | men and that a similar percentage must prevail on all committees cre-/ ated a very favorable impression} among service metus. helfeve > the tions of the state. navy wii be in jt strange MS WED NESDA GERMAN DELEGATES WILL BE RECEIVED BY ALLIES TOMORROW; FIUME MAY BE NEUTRAL PORT Orlando on Way Back to Paris to Take Part in Conference With Representatives of Central Powers — Details Held in Secrecy (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Preparations have virtually been completed for the presenta- tion of the peace terms to the German delegates at 3:15 o’clock tomorrow. Today is expected to witness completion of the draft, a digest of which will be read at the plenary session this afternoon, pramarily for the purpose of informing the delegates of the minor powers as to the details of the document the Germans will be asked to sign. With Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino of Italy on their way to Paris from Rome, it seems probable that they will be present at the historic meeting in Versailles on Wednesday. Nothing offiical has been made public as to the agreement under which Italy has consented to resume participation in the peace conference. A report reaching London, however, declares it is proposed to make Fiume a neutral port for a period, of two years, after which time it is to be turned over to Italy, * It developed this afternoon that changes were still being made in the peace treaty and the changing process would be con- tinued up to the last possible moment. It is understood the.altera- tions are those of phraseology. The plan for making the treaty. public are still vague. Seemingly the only plan effected is a. deci- sion to give out a 10,000 word digest of the treaty for publication Thursday morning. + PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT The League of Nations has proceeded with its organization. Stephen Pinchon, the French foreign minister, was yesterday elected provisional president of the organization. Pr 2 _ The government of Finland will receive recognition from the allies, pursuant to a decision reached in Paris by #he; council of foreign ministers. " The power of the Soviet government in Budapest seems to be crumbling rapidly. Reports agree that anarchy reigns: in the city with many executions being carried out by the leaders, heer With the circle of anti-Bolshevik forces rapidly ‘closing, in from the southeast, east, northeast and north, the Bolshevik ‘gov- ernment of Russia also appears to be hard pressed. is Russian-Finnish troops operating east of Lake Goda-havecut off the retreat of Soviet forces, farther north'and have severed communication between Moscow and the Kola peninsula. a 150 PERSONS KILLED : sine Berlin (Monday), May 5.—One hundred and fifty persons were killed or executed during the fighting at Munich. The Tagge- blatt states that’5,000 arrests have been made in Munich, -* on 4 a, 0 ISQLATE GERMANY, hs ._, Parsi, May 6.—The complete economic isolation of Germany is being considered by the council of foreign ministers of the-peace conference as a measure to be adopted if Germany refuses’to’sign the peace treaty. ee at, : AUSTRIA NEXT ON LIST ‘i : _ Paris (Monday), May 5.—Orders have been issued to spe-: cialists on Austro-Hungarian subjects to rush’ their reports so that the treaty with Austria can be considered during the fifteen days that the Germans will be discussing the terms of péace to, be submitted to them Wednesday. 1 eae ee ee at eee STRIKE ‘aris (Monday), May 5.—Leaders of the striking ban rks Calg morning stated that 15,000 clerks were parca othe strike, SBVEN PERISH IN APARTHENT HOUSE FIRE Columbus O., May 6.—Seven personsj are known to have ‘perished, and: a dozen were injured, several ‘probably fatally, in a fire which destroyed a six-story apartment house in the down-town section early this morning. 8,000 MEN TO BE RECRUITED FOR SIBERIAN SERVICE Washington, May 6.—Orders were issued today by the war department for the recruiting of 3,660 men to serve as replacement troops for Amer- ican soldigrs now in Siberia. A re- placement Metachment will be organ- ized at San Francisco and the troops; will be sent forward in units of 500) each, as they become available. | Twelve Wounded in Victory Tiana le Fight Between Negro rile CHINESE DISSATISFIED _ Paris, May 6.—The Chinese delega- tion is displaying great dissatisfaction with the announced settlement of the Chang Tung problem. While the Chi- nese probably will not refuse to sign the peace treaty, it is likely they will sign it with reservation. The Chinese delegation to the peace conference has appealed to President Wilson to intercede with the ¢onfer- ence’ officials to have China included amohg ‘powers submitted to attend the presentation of the peace treaty to the Germans at Versailles tomor-' ‘ow. DISPOSED OF BY JUNE 1 : Paris (Monday), May 6.—It seems now to be quite possible that the peace treaty with Germany will be disposed of before June 1, a member of the American delegation said tonight. GUNBOATS ACTIVE, ‘Archangel, May 6—Bolsheviki con- tinue their bombardment of the allied positions on the upper Dvina.~“In the meantime the gunboats ar efighting their way up stream through a river filled with ice, and it will be several days before they can reach the vicin- ity. {tion reports today raised the Victory Nearly Two Billion) 2#"4 Civilians Plano, Texas, May 6.—Twelve per- sons are reported wounded due prob- ably to an exchange of shots’ between officers and civilians over a negro who ran amuck here today. Efforts Washington, May scrip- loan total above $1,900,000,000, CONTINUED PROGRESS, Minneapolis, Minn., May —In spite of rain which has been falling through out the Ninth reserve district for a week, continued progress w: ed today in the Victory paign. loan cam- “Here Monday. oC 8 vere Vv Nelson and son of Dickinson |one probably itors in Bismarck on Monday, |Started when Embrey tried to kill his ‘are being made to set the house afire wherein the negro is hiding. Tom Embrey, a negro, after stand- .|ing off armed citizens and officers for four hours today from a barricade in !his home here was shot and instantly killed shortly before noon today. Nine persons were wounded by the negro, fatally. The trouble and were stopping at the Van Horn. wife, PARE $220 FOR FLIGHT LONDON 0 NEW YORK London, May 6.—Vickers, manufacturers of airships, who are preparing soon to establish mail and passenger servicé, by air be- tween London and New York, have decided on a charge of $220 for passengers. speed of 75 miles an hour. Mai This compares favorably with first class fares now jcharged on the big liners. The airships will make the flight at a | will be carried at a little over $2000 a ton. An airship to carry 200 passengers soon will be laid d jown,