The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 19, 1919, Page 1

; THIRTYN NINTH YEAR. 15. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA : WE ARE COMING HOME: TO FIGHT oo WHAT YOUR ADMINISTRATION HAS STOOD FOR, WRITES DAKOTA YANK Govstner Frazier’s Letter of Greeting to Flickertail Soldiers in France Elicits Fiery Reply From Fighting Man Whose Letter Is Published in Overseas Camp Dodger—Asks' Chief Execu- ;, tive What He and Townleyism Did to Win the War and i Fighting the Scrap. Under a three column heading, “Fiery Criticism: Hurled at North Dakota’s Unrestraint of Bolshevism by 88th Officer in Reply to Goyernor’s Letter,” the Oversease Camp Dodger in a recent issue carries the following letter from Lieut. Charles A. Dawson of the 350th infantry, in reply to Goverhor Frazie recent letter of greeting to the men of North Dakota, published in the Overse: Ahe Townley press for publication: “From a rhetorical standpoint, Mr, Frazier, your letter ts not badly written and should be a source of more or Jess inspiration were it the utterings of a mau whom’ we knew to be heart and soul with us. They stand before us to be re- read, not as # greeting should be read, not asa letter of appreciation to enthuse us, but as a series of unfelt assertions, a few paragraphs of flattery intended to. engender a kindly feeling toward your socialist re THEY CANNOT FORGET “We well remember your attitude to s ‘Unele Cam's Army’ when we were training ay rookies at Camp Dodge. We shall nevgr forget the feeling that chilled. our blood when we retd how you permitted, yes and protected, seditious speakers to operate throughout our state and preach tyfanny, while North Da- kota Americans were giving their time and efforts a mp Dodge and ot? were doing in agony which only the battlefields of France have witnessed that such fiendishness might be forever suppressed. Were you ‘safeguarding «nd protecting our interests’ then? WHAL DID TOWNLEY DO oaitt¥es, ‘the fighting isydone;:but what didithe governigent of North Dakota do tothelp finish it? In what,ways have your administration indicated a backing to the North Dakota men at the front worthy of the patriotic spirit for which they were ready to sacrifice life and limb? How did the Nonpartisans ald the federal-government in the promotion of its war program? By voting against tt, by constant criticism, by permitting sedition. Is that the ‘cooperation’ you speak of? We in uniform resent it bitterly—why shouldn't we, Mr.,Governor? Enr-| thermore, we have not forgotten nor can a letter such as you have written make | us forget. DEBS) AWG “WE ARE COMING HOME TO FIGHT” : “There is a natural tendency overy here for men of the same state tu hang together and boost their state. [ha to find a North Dakota soldier wha does not curse the gang of men who ure loose in the state at present. Men from other states chide us about our government, They call us “The Bolshev- ists” ‘I, W. W.'s.’ etc. We are proud of our state, but we despise that clique men, consumed by jealousy and stimulated: with malicious intent. who ha come into power. We want a government re tative of American ideals, one that. can administer justice without prejudice, one that is strictly responsi- ble to the people for its actions, one with loyalty enough to uphold t unda- wental principle of the federal Cconstitution—the sovereiguty of the people and not a group of erratic s <, North Dakota wants a government that has courage enough to pre from degenerating into license, one that conspicuous for stabili nd vigour: one thafsets an example in main- tiloing contentment and’ Promoting prosper among its people as a whole, ‘WE ARE COMING HOME TO. FIG. HT “North Dakota should be so governed that her star will shine brightest in the nation’s flag, and, what is more, Mr. Governor, we are coming home to fight that these ideals may not be comple tion.” —_—_—$————————————— ry A LETTER FROM OY: ER HERW. To the. Editor of Courier-New3: 4 'To the Editor: J am a homesteader, living 12 miles northedst of town. I am not a Nonpartisan, but had intended to become one. But if I read any more editorials like the one in the second column indors- ing bolshevism of date about May nd the first editorial of the same paper booming Governor Frazier for president, I think I'l wait awhile and see how many “nuts” there seem to be at the head. That's a hell of an editorial for the leading newspaper to spread broadcast over the United States and-no wonder in most of the country we are linked with the I. W. W. and worse elemen' That editorial desn’t represent the farm element in thi tion by one hell of a Jong ways. Thut writer better read the Saturday Evening Post anyway, if he is tov busy to read anything else, and learn a few facts, not theories. J. 8. FAIRBANKS, Mercer, N, D. The Governor's Letter. The governor's letter of greeting: which very apparently did not in one P instance at least reach its oJective, (FLASHER MEN TAKE was as follows: “To the North Dakota soldier “It is a pleasure to send a message of greeting to the boys of our state in Uncle Sam's army. The fighting is done, and you are naturally eager to get back home, which feeling is shar- ed by your loved ones here, as evi denced by the many anxious inquiries that come to my attention. We will hope that the day is not far distant 7 when all of your will once more be breathing the pure, free air of the United States. Flasher, N. D., May 19.—An organi- zation of Flasher business men headed by Joseph J. Tavis has purchased the interests of H. R. Lyon, L. A. Tavis, Joseph P. Hess, B. W. Stephenson and A. Timmerman in tho Flasher tSate bank, which since its organization nine years ago by this group of Man- lan financiers has developed into one of the strong institutions of Morton county. Joseph J. Tavis, who heads the new organization, formerly was y a “In the meantime, be assured that| cashier of the First State bank of a we are taking steps to safeguard and| Raleigh and for the last two years advance your interests. It is the aim| has been cashier of the Flasher bank. of the North Dakota legislature, now in session, to do something of real and lasting benefit for the boys who have so nobly defended humanity’s cause. “Under the provisions of a bill now under consideration and which will TO RECALL TROOPS. Archangel (Sunday), May 18.—Ar- rangements are under way to begin the transportation to England of the 839th American infantry within ten undoubtedly pass, every soldier will days. Aare a Be -receive from the state $25 a month NOT PRESENTED THIS WEEK. for the time he has spent in the serv-| Paris, May 19.—The impression ice—this sum to be used as the initial payment on a home under the easy (Continued on Page Three.» prevailed today that the peace treaty with Austria would not be presented Ithis week, AIRPLANE Camp} Dodger, a soldier’s letter which. by the way, Governor Frazier has-not given to} den ly destroyed by .the present administra- OVER STATE BANK: REPUBLICANS IN SADDLE AT EXTRA SESSION Questions of Organization First to Come Up in Sixty- Sixth Congress APPROPRIATIONS FIRST Then Will Come Peace Treaty and Proposed League of Nations Washington, May 19.—The recon- struction congress asembling in ex- traordinary session today marks the jreturn to power of the Republicans and the loss of-control by the Demo- crats.. Organization of both” senate and ‘house, by: the new majority was today's \principal business. mediate work before the congress, the 66th of the American republic, is pass- age before July 1 of several regular and new appropriation bills which ;| failed’ in the filibuster last aMrch. Atef' that will come consideration of the peace treaty, the covenant of the league of ‘hations, prohibition, woman suffrage, federal control of railways and many other important matters. The Repudlicans.today for the first time singe 1911 had a majority. in, both bragsien of congress as a result of the congressional elections last No- vember. In the-house they have a margin of two score votes, but in the senate their majority is only two, leaving a question in a few of the sectional and factional differences. Promptly at noon today, the extra- ordinary session of © got smoothly under way. With Republi- cans in majority in both branches, the leaders plunged into the work of organization. Ti the House, the Republicans ef- fected organization by elecung — the President; Frederick H. Gillett, of Maxsdchusetts, speaker over Champ Clark, of Missouri, By a majority, of five votes, the, Re- publicans took control, of the- senate, electing Senator Cummins, President pro tempore, and defeating Senator Key Pittman, of evadi, ‘democrat, by | Ju record vote of 47 to 42. | Assembling of the new Congress was, marked by the establishment of more precedent. Jt was the first time that Congress: had convened with a -Pres!- 4). Euvonpsiud his, opening imes- ge cabled from a forélgi ‘The bessage Was not to be sent to Con- gress ‘until tomorrow, and it probably will make no reference to the peace yas Mr, n expects to ap- pear personally to present the peace trelty: next month, ‘The session begiubing today was ‘ex- pected to run virtually to the'time for the regular December ‘session, which will precede the 1920 presidential; campaign, \ jing the first hour of the session with the election of Representative Gillette as speaker of the house and Snator Cummins of Iowa as president pro tempore of the senate. Tomorrow the two houses meet jointly to hear Presi- dent Wilson's message. | A flood of speeches on the league of {nations and peace treaty is expected. ‘The flood of bills designed to undo {much of the Democrats’ wartime legis- lation began today. SON REPORTED DEAD; INSURANCE PAID; IS HOME [Joy Proves Too Too Much for Lehr * War Mother, (Who Faints When Soldier Returns Lehr, N. D., May 19.—Mrs. John Reich fainted when her son, Pri- vate Jacob Halm, reported killed 1 in action in France last Novem- ber, and upon whose war insu- rance the government already had paid two allotments, walked in upon her, sound and whole and happy. Private Halm was wound- ed at the time his death in ac- tion was erroneously reported, and he spent several weeks in a hospital near the front. He was unable to write during this time, and, ignorant of the fact that his death had been reported, he ne- glected to write when he left the hospital. ORDER REARGUMENT. Washington, May 19.--The supreme court’ today ordered a reargument cf {the test proceedings involving the con- stitutionality of provisions of the in- come tax act of 1916, taxing stock dividends as incomes. Arguments will be heard next fall. TO SPEND $15,000,000 ON GOOD ROADS Spokane, Wash. May 19.—Wash- ington’s road building program. for. 1919 and 1920 has officially been esti- mated as involving an expenditure of between $15,00,000 and $18,000,000. One of the ambitions of state high- way officials is to complete a road across the state to the Idaho line and to finish the Pacific highwav and the Inland Empire highway. highway commission is' touring Wash- ington. REGULARS RELEASED. Washington, May 19.—The fourth, fth, si. th and regular divisions have been released for return to the United States, General Pershing notied the war department today. The 90th and The im-| THIS IS THE NEW FLQOR LEADER HARRY FRANK Ul MONDELL ~* Ree UNION FORCES AT WINNIPEG STANDING PAT Strike Lasts Five Days With Signs of Any Settle- 2 ment MAYOR’S States City Will Take Matters Into Own Hands If Necessary Winnipeg, Man., Charles F'. Gray of Winnipeg issued a proclamation today regarding the gen- eral strike of Winnipeg's union men, declaring law and order would be maintained at all costs. The state- ment said that if food supplies were not maintained action would be taken to meet the emergency. mation was issued after restaurant proprietors -closed their places of ‘business hecaues of the food ticup. The fifth day. of Winnipeg's general strike .of 20,000 union men and wom- en began today with every important element. involyed preparing to bring the situation 10 a focus within 48 ‘hours. i> ‘Théte were three outstanding move: ments.’ One was to bring about a con- and union leaders regarding a plan of arbitration. Citizens’ committees were Congress organized itself today dur-; recruiting volunteers to respond to jany emergency calls issued by city} {officials in charge of law obgervance. {Conferences were held with city offi- |cials and the railway trainmen’s union iregarding a strike which is possible by these men. Prominent business men said this; forenoon that they understood the union forces were’ preparing a new outline of their “minimum demand”! which might be considered at any con-j ference with representatives of Win- nipeg’s employers, President Baker of the Manitoba, trades council announced at union headquarters here that a general strike would be declared to- morrow at Brandon. AUTOMOBILEIS STRUCK BY TRAIN Sad Tragedy Reported From Ransom County—Well Known Men Are Victims Fargo, N. D., May 19.—Two men and a boy were killed and two boys were seriously injured when the north- bound passenger train on the Soo yailway struck an automobile at Mc- Leon, N. D., in the eastern part of Ransom county, at 7 o'clock Friday night, according to news reaching this| city yesterday, The dead are: E. L. Vining, 45, farmer, Chaf- fee, N. D. A. Nystul, 14-year-old son of George A. Nystul, farmer, Mc- Leon, N. D, Vv. E. Frum. 50, potato buyer, Valley City, N. D. Two Seriously Injured. A 16-year-old son of George stul and the 14-year-old son of EB. L. ing weer seriously injured and are in the hospital at McLeon. Both will re- cover, it is believed. , The Vining boy was driving the car and started to cross the track at ‘he McLeon crossing, a boxcar on the track blocking the sight of the com-| ing train. The front wheels of the automobile were just clear of the track when the engine on the train crashed into the rear of the automo- bile, killing the three occupants of; the back seat and injphing the twol boys who were seated in front. ife Accident Victim, Mr. Vining was farming three miles The state|from Chaffee and is survived by six children, His wife died seven years ago. Mr. Frum was a potato buyer making his headquarters at Valley City and traveling’ in the southeastern part o fthe state purchasing potatoes, feed and hay. His wife was killed in an accident a year ago. The Nystul boys, one of whom was killed and the other injured, are the sons of Mr. and S8i1st divisions also will embark that month. Mrs. George A. Nystul, who live on a farm near McLeod, PROCLAMATION | “May 19.—Major| The procta-| ference of business men, city officials; Brandon, | THREE DIE WHEN| GERMANY IN DEMONSTRATION AGAINST PACT President Ebert Declares That Government Will Never Sign Treaty ANTI- AMERICAN RIOTS Rantzau Returns to Versailles From a Conference at Spa on Peace Terms ® Vorcailles, . May , 19.—Count von! Brockdoréf Rantzau, head of the Ger- man peace. mission, who left for Spa {on Saturday night, -returned this mohning. He was. accompanied , by. {two other members of the delega- jen who. had been.to Berlin. St. Germaine, “May'''19.—The ex: {change of credentials between repre- jsentatives of the allied and associat- ed powers and Austrian delegates,| took place at 3:30 this afternoon. The session lasted four minutes. WILL NEVER: SIGN, Berlin (Sunday), May 18,-Presi- | dent Ebert in addresing a detionstra- tion here today said ‘that’ “Germany would nover sign the peace terms.” President Ebert describes the peace terms as “the product of the enemy's revengeful hysteria,” and added, “for- eign countries will not permit the pro- scription of Germany. They will raise their voices with us that this peace of enslavement, which we will not sign, may never come to pass.” CURSE ALLIES. Paris, May 19—Describing recent demonstrations before the Adlon hotel in Berlin a dispatch to the Temps says the crowd shouted: “Down with France, England, Amer- ica, Clemceau, Foch and Wilson.” It says that the shouts against Wil- son seemed to indicate that he is par- ticularly reviled by the German popu- | lace. FIGHT BOLSHEVISTS’, FLEET. Helsingfors, May 19. British war- ships, engaged the Bolshevik’ fleet in a 35-minute ght off the Coast: of Fin- land Sunday. The Bolsheviki after one of their vessels, had been sunk. RUSSIQ wars ¢ ‘ON RUMANIA. London” (Sunday), May 18.—Owin 1 matum from the Russian soviet gov- ernment demanding an evacuation of | Bessarabia, a state of war exists be- tween Russia and Rumania, according to a wireless dispatch from Moscow. Bolsheviki troops have crossed the Dniester river.in the Triaspol district, fans aud occupied Tchrutcihi and Ben- ider, the dispatch gays. C0. A BOY WAS | HELD PRISONER INGERMAN CAMP Member of Bismarck Unit, Home From Overseas, Tells of Prus- sian Frightfulness Napoleon, N. D., May 19.—Some first hand information of the indigni- ties suffered by allied prison 2r3 in Ger- man prison camps has been brought home to Logan county folk by Frank J. Last, former Napoleon photograph- er and school teacher, who went over- seas with Co. A, the Bismarck unit of the Fighting First, and who was cap- tured at Soissons, while serving as a dispatch runner, after he had been rendered helpless by a shrapnel wound. Last, with 21 other Ameri- can prisoners, was sent to the Ger- man prison camp at Merseberg, where 10,000 allied soldiers were interned. That was in July, 1918, and from that date until after the armistice was signed, November 11, when Red Cross packages were permitted to come through, the prisoners were forced to sub- sist on the Ithiest of fond. Con- vinced that seeing is believing, Private Last managed to smug- gle home with him a loaf of the bread of which they were allowed 150 grames a day. It is composed of sawdust, mangle, potatoes and rye flour, For a change the pris- oners were given soup made of grass. Private Last saw prisoners to death before their comrad saw men jabbed with bayonets and! clubbed with gun butts on the sl est provocation, “The Germans as ay rule inflicted more savage treatment; upon men who wére of German descent or German speaking than} upon the others,” says Private Last. | As the Logan county soldier speaks the German patois current in this vi- cinity, he was at first subjecte] to many hardships and petty tortures. The prisoners were released from Merseberg on December New Highway From Bismarck to Gulf) | | Piorre, S. D., May 19.—The latest | automobile highway to be proposed | is ecaled the Black and Blue trail, It is planned from Bismarck, .N, D., southwest through the two Dakotas and thence into Wyoming and Colo- rado. The trail would curve into Tex- as and end at the Gulf, “ fled | 4 the. misfortunes: Of their associates, to Rumania’s disregard of the ulti-/ where they have defeated the Rumani-! CREW OF NC-1 RESCUED AFTER BEING TOSSED FIVE HOURS ON SEA IN DAMAGED PLANE This Machine Definitely Out of Race—NC-4 Will Proceed to Lisbon and Plymouth, According to Original Schedule London, May 19.—The manager of the Sopwith Airplane com- pany, received a report at 5 o’clock this afternoon that Aviator Hawker was 150 miles off Ireland at 4 p. m. today. The air ministry announced shortly after 5 o’clock that it had no confirmation of the report that Hawker was off Ireland at 4 e’clock this afternoon. NO TRACE No trace of the missing seaplane NC-8 and her crew of five men has been found by searching navy vessels around the Azores, the navy department was advised in dispatches received about noon today from Ponta Gelgada. The messages said the'NC-1 was difinitely out of the race because of damage, and the NC-4 would proceed to Lisbon and Plymouth, it being impracticable to use her in the search for the NC-3. CREW RESCUED Horta, May 19.—The crew of the NC-1 was picked up by the steamer, Ionia, Saturday afternoon, after they had been tossed about in the water for five hours in their damaged.plane. All the members were fatigued.and suffering from seasteliness when picked up. The plane i is almost a total wreck. ANXIETY IN WASHINGTON Washington, May 19.—Altho it was said it was possible that London might get the news first, the naval department today had not been officially informed of the rescue of the crew of the NC-3 as told in a dispatch from London this morning. It was said, however, that interrupted cable service between the Azores and Pyne ited States might result in the report reaching London irs No news of the NC-3, missing since early Saturday morning, when Commander Powers reported the plane was 100 miles off her course, has been received at the navy department. Owing to bed weather and sea conditions that would have made it very difficult for the plane to live on the ocean surface, even had it made'a safe landing, uneasiness of the naval officers for the safety of the crew had increased over night. The more than a score of naval vessels which have been sweeping the, sea since a short time after: the NC-3 was lost was kept up during the night. The wrecking of the NC-1 by the wind and waves, was pointed to as indicative of the difficulties which the fliers face. Hopes of rescuing Commander Powers and his crew have not been forgotten, and efforts to:find them were renewed today.. The NC-4 is expected to resume its flight from Horta today. The machine is said to be in excellent ‘condition, and the confidence of its crew has not been shaken by seeders iis a OFF IRELAND’ Harry é. Hawker, i in his airplane, has been sighted off Treland, according to an ‘unofficial report received by.the American navy jhere. The Sopwith’ Airplane Co. has received’a repo! rt that Haw- 'ker was 300 miles off the Irish coast at 3 a. m. H Naval and military lookouts on the western coast of Ireland *iveported at 2 this afternoon they had seen no sign of Hawker. London, anxiously awaited news of the aviator, but up to 4 o’clock there was no official confirmation of the report that he had been ene off the coast of Ireland. RESCUES CREW A shop this afternoon was showing a chart purporting to give | Hawker’ 's position at 4:30 p.m. There was no confirmation of this report American naval authorities here have received an, unofficial report that the crew of the NC-3 has been rescued by the American warship, Columbia. MAC'S HATRED OF MISS MIELSON IS OF OLD STANDING DISMISSES SUIT Passing only on the constitu. tional questions presented, Judge W. L. Nuessle this afternoon Tated that the statutes of 1911, ing additional ‘ywaltficatione for the state superintendent of pub- He instruction were unconstitu- tlonal, and he dismissed the quo warranto proceedings brought by Neil C. MacDonald under these statutes to test the qualifications of Miss Minnie J. Ison, his successor in the off of state superintendent! : PROCEEDS UNDER OWN POWER. Washington, D. C., May 19.—‘‘The NC-3, lost in the mid-Atlantic since midnight Saturday morning, was re- ported to the war department to be Proceeding. to port under her own power. . “The NC-3 ldcated seven miles north of Ponta Del Gada under its own power,” read the message from Admiral Jackson, filed at 12:10 p. m Washington time, and. while it made no mention of the crew, naval officials were confident that Commander Pow- ers and his crew were safe. Details of the experiences of the men during the 48 hours they spent lost in the fog and storm are expected within a few hours after they reached Ponta Del Gada. Communications received here were taken to mean that after Commander Powers was forced to alight, he was blown northward and eastward until he was enabled to “taxi” his plane to land. ,READY FOR DEPARTURE. Horta, May 18.—The NC-4 was tun- ling up this afternoon preparatory for jits fight to Ponta Del Gada. ASHLEY LEADER DIES UNDER S00. PASSENGER TRAIN Mystery Surrounds Kililng of Fred Bodman, While En Evidence proving that Neil C. Mac- donald’s efforts to injure Miss Minnie J. Nielson of Valley City, whom he would now oust from the office of} state superintendent of public instruc- tion, from+*which Miss Nielson, with the aid of a more than 8,000 popular majority and a writ of the ‘supreme court of North Dakota ejected him January 1, extend back over a long period of years was introduced in the Burleigh county district court. this! ‘ A morning when Assistant Attorney | Route to Capital City |General EK. B, Cox had Macdonald} Ashley, N. D., May 19—Fred Bod- man, Standard Oil agent and cream buyer at this point, was found dead beside the Soo line tracks, a short even ‘ M distance fro mthe station here, three ont or me Miatruction Ae ae hours after the departure of the train the latter was state inspector of rural! (°° Blame rN a boarded and graded schools, in which Taylor} from the trunk It is presumed that, advised Macdonald that Miss Nielson,| unnoticed, Mr. Eodman fell between then superintendent of Barnes county | the cars as he was walking from one school, held a first class life profes-| coach to another. He was one of Lene eae a ents lssded to et Ashley’s mest known business men, tember 2, 1902. “There aversonne Bar Prominent tal ve ane ae Re % blow to the comm . | sons,” wrote. Supt. Taylor, “who hold death ee: Lew ee that you are not friendly to Miss Niel- CAPTURE 10,000 0 PRISONERS. son. I entertain the highest regard London, May 19.—General Dena- for Miss Nielson and her ability as an| kine, who is personally. conducting the educator. and she has been very loyal| operations of his anti- nti-Bolshevik army to this department.’ Mr. Taylor sug-| against the city of Tsaritzim, on the Volga, announces the capeure of 10,- gested that Macdonald retire his per- sonal peeves, petty jealousies and pri} 000 prisoners and 28 guns from the ! Bolshexiki. (Continued on Page Four.) complainant in quo warranto proc ings instituted against Miss Niclson, under cross examination, Attorney Cox read into the record a letter which, former State Super-