The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 21, 1919, Page 1

4 » THE WEATHER Generally Fair. THE BIS C THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 117. » “To the “and barley? hereby warned county auditors, i drawing shall sign an affidavit to that] attorney general. t. ott ice- for private ¢in-| n are certain of get: ting your protection at cost, minus actual administration.:expense, espe- clally_heing thgt-you:nlready have con- tributed sthreé” Génts an acre on all tillable land towards the: fund? you feel that $7 an acte is too smal! an indemnity, -why not take out addi- tional private ‘insurance besides? you -know that ithe private companies charge‘ as high as $1 an acre for _4heat, and two per cent more on ryo!arch Elevator Co, _._ Must Use Official Blanks. “Finally,” continues the insuranc! commissioner, “I wish to emphasiz' the fact that applications for with- drawal made on firms those prescribed by the department will be absolutely ignored, and all are to make sure that! their applications are made on thet the spread between the proper blanks, furnished through the Otherwise, the op-| the farmer by local elevators. portunity to withdraw may be forfeit: ed, by the delay in getting the correct: application filed in time.’ The commissioner quctes cently announced decision that wheht-| er an owner of a renter be the party) trial. s wishing to withdraw, the party with- ct to take the testimony of those farme y ing tte'insurance shall be ‘entitled’ to,, the ‘full ‘indemnity accruing in case; of loss, regardless of what his actual) )o interest i nthe crops may be. holds that should both wish to with- draw, the affidavit must be signed) jointly, and that in case of an ab-j sentee owner renting his farm for) “Reports are coming in,” says State Insurance Commissioner | Olsness in a letter of instruction to hail insurance adjusters, “to the effect that in certain sections withdrawals are asked for on a; large scale, even in blocks of whole townships. This is indeed de- | plorable,” states the insurance commissioner, “and must be as- cribed to two factors, namely: unfair competitions upon the part of private insurance interests or others unfriendly to the state fund, and failure on the part of the farmers to realize the advan- tage of ‘staying in’ on the state proposition. “The withdrawal privilege is plainly set forth in Sec. 12 of the act, and Sec..4 prescribes that all necessary blanks and rules shall! , wembership of 40 at an enthusiastic | be promulgated by the commissioner'of insurance. This has been | i | done,,.and we have sent such blanks and affidavit forms to all the county. auditors, with ingtructions.. Orders have: been issued to auditors to instruct the assessors not to furnish withdrawal blanks | longer service record than any other to farmers or anyone else, except upon individual application to their respective county auditors. we have done to make them known, it is apparent that violations of the withdrawal provisions are practiced extensively. Private Agents Accused. private agent, who in his zeal to obtain busi- ness for himself forgets to observe common, acknowledge:l business eth- ics that he so glibly talks about when he condemns a so-called ‘twister,’ 1 would say that you surely ougit to} have as much regard for the state fund, established by a law of the ma: rity,-as you seem to have for a com- sting company or its agents. fo; the insuring public 1, would is: Why in the name In spite of these facts and all LANGER MAKES " ANOTHER MOVE IN BIG ACTION Evidence of Farmers Who. Claim | They Were Gouged on Grain Sales to Be Taken » Attorney -General, William. Laniger today made’ appieation to & trict: Judge Amidon at Fargo: for the appointment of an examiner to take stimony in the case of the state of North Dakota versus the Great West- n Elevator Co, the Powers Elevator Co.,, Ovcident Elevator’ Co. and) Mon- This represents the next step in’ the $10,000,000 Jaw’ snit instituted by, the torney general last fall for the pur- pose of recovering alleged exce its tuk the pu ‘ i io jelevat of the companies made de- fendants in this action. The cause of action originated out inarket tprice of grain and the price offered Judge Amidon two weeks ago refused to re- mand this case to the state courts on ithe question of jurisdiction, and this ; application for an examiner to take t for the latter part of August, move on the part of the It ix the intention is the next ved the alleged unfair. pri “their grain from these companies, 70° to compile as evidence the und records of the ¢ mpanies j Who are defendants in this case. Attorney General anger is repre- sented by Judge 8. L. Nuchols of Man- dan and Assistant Attorney General Albert H., Sheets, Jr. cash, and not wishing t il him- Se eT self of the inauranée,che'may. assign NEGOTIATIONS ON rénter. agreeable. his interest in such insurance to the under conditions ? Homesteads oNt Covered. “Homestead lands not proved and Indian lands. not subject to taxation Y cannot come under the provisions of td the state hail insurance for the rea- son that such lands are not subject to taxation and hence no premium could be collected,” rules the insur- ance commissioner. June 15, the last date for with-|} drawal, is still a month distant. fact that at this comparatively early TO SETTLE STRIKE AT WINNIPEG Winnipeg, May 21.—H. G. Veitch, a member of the executive committee of jthe central strike committee an- ‘nounced today that negotiations were lin progress to develop the “conciila- tory conferences” which have taken place into “direct conferences” look- ing toward a settlement of the strike. Immediate restoration of the normal \city water pressure was ordered by the jcouncil. Low pressure has been main- | date there should have been whole-|toined by union men on duty at the jorities. 10 SEPARATE TEAGUE PLAN FROM TREATY May 21. — Senator Sherman, republican, of Illinois, an- nounced today that on Friday he would introduce a resolution in the senate proposing separation of the covenants of the league of nations from the peace ‘ 4 treaty. The senator plans to speak on ‘ his resolution, and Senator Reed, dem- ocrat, of Missouri, an opponent of the Jeague plan, also expects to speak at Washington, that time. Senator Sherman’s resolution would declare it the sense of the senate that the treaty and the: league covenants separately, so as to af- be considered sale withdrawals is rather surprising, in view of the'fact that North Dakota} has discussed state hail insurance for| the last decade, while have thrice voted for it by large ma- water works. Volunteers offered to protect property. | The Winnipeg Great War Veterans jassociation announced today that the lassociation decided at a meeting last night to remain strictly neutral during the strike. The announcement also stated that President James Winnipeg, of the Winnipeg Trades and Labor council told the association there was a possibility of the strike settlement within a few days. | Efforts of the central strike commit- tee to maintain control of local public utilities and the movement throughout sition today that has been shown since the general strike was declared last Thursday. When union men at the city works today declined to fur- nish. full water pressue after the coun- jefl had ordered it, they left the buiid- {ing and their places were filled by a iforce supplied by the Manitoba so: \.ciety of Civi! Engineers. Delive' lof gasoline, food and ice were made, |and a number of small delivery auto- mobiles moved throughout the city Some vehicles still carried placards declaring they had received permis- sion from the labor forces to operate. | Others were without cards. Leaders of the central strike com- mittees were in conference until this afternoon, and no announcements ford an opportunity for a vote on each. | were authorized, lEXAMINER IS APPOINTED| testimony which is co be used at the; j the city met with the sharpest oppo-! BISMARCK POST NAMED FOR HERO DEAD OVERSEAS ‘Memory of Lloyd A. Spetz, First Capital City Boy to Fall, Is Pernetuated ‘ENLISTED MEN ELECTED | as) i Democracy of Organization Is | Shown by Choice of Officers “*“Rrom the Ranks { t Loyd A. Spetz post, American le- gion, named in honor of the first Bis-| |marck boy to fall on the field of hon-| (or in the ‘cause of world freedom, {was organized Tuesday evening with | meeting’ of Veterans ‘of the world war at the! 'atat: Capt. Aw Sathhory): iki ‘Jones. Who has perhaps Bismarck man who has returned from overseas, was unanimously elected commander of Loyd Spetz post. Other officers named are as follows: Vice commander—Philip M. Webb. | Aujutant—Paul M. Jewell. Finance officer—P. G. | ‘Chaplain—M. B. Gilman. Sergeanta-t-arms—Emil Bressler. North Dakota members of the na- as secretary. General G. Angus Fras “PRIVATE LLOYD A. SPETZ Overseas and Whose Name Is: Per- petuated by American Legion. being organized. A specific was entered to the report which has gained some currency to the effect zation.” ranks; that both of North Dakota’s present executives are former enlist- Sergt. Jack: Sullivon of Seattle, is sec- ond in command in the national le it was proven, is essentially demo- cratic in its organization and pur- poses, and rumors to the contrary have been spread. it is feared, by in- terests intent on crippling its patri- otic usefulness. Greetings were received from the Boys in Blue to the Boys in Khaki, and were returned with interest. Every member of the legion agreed to appear in the Memorial day parade in full uniform, and a committee was terans with their plans for { fitting ob- servances of their day. The next meeting of Loyd A. Spetz evening when it is hoped to have at least 100 out. BRITAIN’S UNEMPLOYED | WANT RAW MATERIAL This cotton 7 Britain. is paiticnlarly true in the trades, Unemployment trades is rapidly deer Offici declare the million dr wnemploy coed £1 ¥ ment benetitfis do not 3 7 in ions show among 000 general labor- worker Figures and ‘ ach run under 50,000, for other trades GET TEN THOUSAND. Chicago, May 21.—Automobile ban- dits locked three officials of the state bank at Cicero in a vault and robbed the institution of $10,000, Ho BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA WE Horvath Now Rules Horvath will play an important part Eastern Siberia HAWKER LOST HEAR MARION SHUTTER AT THE GRAND THEATRE TONIGHT K TRI BUN LAST EDITION AY, MAY 21, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS GERMANY PLEADS SOFT FARMERS WITHDRAW FROMSTATE HAIL INSURANCE FUND BY WHOLE TOWNSHIPS, SAYS COMMISSIONER S. A. Olsness, Custodian of State Fund, Charges Private Insurance Interests With Double-Crossing North Dakota—Farmers Must Apply in Person for Blanks Necessary to Get Out From Under—Important Rulings Made Under Semi-Compulsory Act. IS BELIEF OF NAVY OFFICERS No Word Received From Airmen Who Started for Ire- H land in Biplane ICEBERGS AFFECT ENGINES NC-4, Now at Azores, May Get Away on, Next,,Leg. by Thursday Morning St. Johns, Nfd., May 21.—Hopes for the safety of Commander Harry G. Hawker and Commander McKenzie Greeve, missing. since they set out Sunday in their Sopwith biplane for Ireland, was virtually abandoned to- day. Some of the airmen here believe in the reorganization of Russia. He der the All-Russia Omsk+ government. He is vice president of. the inter-allied looked upon with favor by the Ameri: has been, made civil as well as mili-|the Sopwith’ collapsed a short time tdry governor of Eastern Sideria, un-jafter leaving St. Johns, andéthat the} i oF rl ii is commission.in Eastern Siberia and pearance, members of the other cross- wireless failed. Undaunted by the Sopwith’s disap- ocean expedition today coetinued can government. | pri Cape Race came. word that’ the Han- Historian—Ambrose Gz eens ington: ley-Page super-bomber would be in the be eee ee air in ten days. The Anglo-American 3 i reach here tomorrow. [canbe meeting Was cellos. to order Oy DISCUSS MODERN The opinion is gaining ground that ve er ips Aan . field ice and icebergs extending for i i . 100 miles off the coast may have af- | Leral. executive; conncllof ihe feelon | fected the work of the engine through. on outs Ha + SO De oc the intense cold congealing the oil. their plans for flight with the next full moon three weeks ‘hence. From expedition expects its machine to The American airmen who. flew to Trepassy from Rockaway, N, Y,, found Pastor ‘of Church of the Re- deemer at Minneapolis Tells of Purpose‘and Program IS FAR-FAMED AS ORATOR| Holds’ Unquestionable Position of Finest Pulnit Orator in the Northwest Bismarck is given an unusual. op- portunity to hear a great subject dis- cussed’ by a big man in a large way jat the Grand theatre at 8 this evening when Rev. Marion D. Shutter, pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, Min- neapolis, will talk on “Socialism: Its Purpose’ and Program.” | There will this condition caused them much in- convenience, disturbing all ‘their en- gines, some of which virtyally:burned out through this cause, according to officers on the U. S. S. Prairie. EXPERIENCES ENGINE TROUBLE.) Washington, May 21. — Although weather conditions were extremely favorable, Commander Reed was un- able to get-the:NC-4away from, Ponta del Gada today for the 800-mile flight to Lisbon, because of engine trouble. Dispatches indicated that the motor trouble was not serious, and ‘officials expected Commander Reed. to get away at daybreak tomorrow. EXPRESS HOPE FOR SUCCESS named to assist the Grand Army -vet-| tional sense. ; passing, the building |val in the 5! BOLSHEVIKI ASK BRITISH RAIL PROJECT steam engineers, be no this subject. ys Marion D, Shutter is unquestionably rst Bismarck Man to Fall ‘n Action|0"¢, of the finest pulpit orators the northwest has ever known. ak on any subject : " should be sufficient to fill to capacity er, Capt. Treacy and Lieut. Semling.|the largest auditorium in the city. The} suffrage resolution before congress for Dakota delegates to the recent na-jfact that he is coming to talk on al|more than 40 years was taken up in tional convention in, St. Louis, ¢x-|topic of which North Dakota has heard}'the house today as the first real work plained what the legion is and what|so much and knows so little should be| of the extra’ session. it stands for,,and told how posts are|double guaranty of a packed house denial|the Grand tonight. ing here to charge for. admission, and a cordial invitation is extended every- one, friends of socialism, its opponents and those who are in no-nian’s land on Not a Dynamiter ‘ i th : Shutter is not a dynamiter iw any|B. Anthony draft proposing submis- that ithe aren Ie Sh olerts ormeae sense of the word, He is a student of sion to the state of an equal suffrage than 90 ee pa ot the raaberahiptis unusual educational and intellectual /amendment to the i necessarily composed of men from the|*ttainments; a man of broad experi- | tot adopted by the house in 1910 and ‘ yNenet ence, of liberal ideas and witha whole-| 1918, but twice failed in the senate. souled love and understanding for his Pecilealts ple at is not a man who re- 1 0 men, and.that an: enlisted man, ' sorts to avenge or Stilifieation as an|hope to get a vote early next week. excuse for the absence’ of argument He knows his subject; he fellow man. and logic. ion. Of the officers elected by Ris- fs . A 4 marck post, but one, Capt. ‘ones, neld}has given it minute’ study; he has ceed: a commission in France. The legion, weighed it carefully in its every phase. When Bismarck hears him to- | constitutional amendment resolution night it. will receive the mature de-|began in the house shortly after noon liberations of a philosopher and think- er and the deductions of a specialist. Not Political Rev. Shutter does not come to Bis-| afterwards. {marck to attack nor to offend any.-po- ilitical party or faction; he is essen- ‘tially anything but a politician in-the ordinary sense of the term. He is a statesman in the sense that he has formed the habit of thinking in a na- His mind is not so nar- row nor so sectional that he cannot grasp problems and discuss them with a broad and comprehensive perspec- il 7:3) " d tive. post will be held at 7:30 next Monday ‘The ‘Tribune urges every thinking ‘man and woman in Bismarck and vi- cinity; everyone who is patriotically in their state and country and its future; everyone who is puzzled, perhaps alarmed, by the | conditions through which we are now F i to. make it a point to hear|of 16 different labor unions here, es- It should be the| timated at 15,000 men, went on strike one important engagement of the eve-| here this morning in sympathy with ning for every sober-minded individ-|common laborers who are asking 50 interested Dr. Shutter tonight. 1 city. AID IN jana, May the admits that fo nical experts must be handle industrial and problems, 21,—Bolsheviki| tos workers, sheet metal worker s have appealed for British iz railway con-| stone masons. and iron ; n 91.000 in cotton, 61,000. in |Support for the Hanne al texti 100) in construction trades |cessions in North Ru The appeal i ors “h a member of the ex- Socialist party sritish minister here. shevik’commissary of foreign: afta ign capital and tech-| week. Representatives of the build- employed transportation | not recognize the common laborers’ His com- at] debate and adoption of the resolution their | The B OF SUFFRAGE HOUSE PASSES RESOLUTION Washington, D. C., May 21.— | The woman suffrage constitu- tional amendment resolution was passed today by the house after less than three hours’ debate. ‘Washington, May 21—The women’s Four hours of before adjournment were planned. The resolution is the historic Susan constitution. It favorable action in the house senate | eaders Changes in the senate lead suffrage leaders to bliv th resolution will suc- Consideration of the equal suffrage today under an agreement to close general debate in two hours and with leaders expecting a vote immediately In calling up the resolution Mann of Illinois, chairman of the suffrage committee, asked unanimous consent to extend the debate, but a democrat refused to agree. Representative Lit- itle, republican, of Kansas, opened the debate with an address in support of the resolution. 15,000 STRIKE IN ST. PAUL St. Paul, Minn., May 21.—Members cents an hour, an increase of ten cents; a nine-hour day and recogni-; tion of their union. The building trades cement finish: plasterers, tile setters, masons, affected are side and outside iron workers and Members of the carpenters’ union who were on strike last week said to| the strike of the building trades would -| not affect them, as a satisfactory set- :|tlement concluded their strike to|ers’ exchange said the builders would union, .{back with the -|Semmler that his name in the Ponca -|Indian tongue mean: is}and is evidence that quacks will do CABINET SAYS NATION FACES POLITICAL DISHONOR AND MORAL DEGRADATION IN TERS Count von Rantzau, Head of Teuton Peace Dele- gation, Asks for More Time—Expected Extension Will Be Granted Paris, May 21—Count von Brockdorff Rantzau, head of the German peace delegation, has asked an extension of time for Ger- many to present her reply with stated further notes were being regard to the peace terms. He prepared and that it would be impossible to complete them by 1 p. m. Thursday, when the time limit is up.’ It is believed, the Havas agency says, that the request for the extension will be granted. REFUSES TO SIGN : Berlin (Tuesday), May 20.—Germany declines to: sign th peace terms laid before it, because they spell “the economic de- struction, political dishonor and: moral degradation of the entire German nation, not only for the present, but also for still ‘unborn generations,” was a statement authorized by the cabinet this morning through the Associated Press. “That these consequences must logically follow acceptance of the peace conditions, the Ameri without question,” the statement ican press itself has recognized continues. “Toward them Germany took the standpoint that acceptance of such conditions could not be demanded and that the entente was unjustified in imposing such demands. “Germany has not only a moral right to the promises made it, but a clear and intrinsic clam. A specific recognition of the right of Germany and of the German peoples to a peace of right, justice and reconciliation instead of the paragraphed song of hate which was written at Versailles is contained in the note of Secretary. of State Lansing of November 5, 1918. In it the secretary of state notified the Swiss. minister at Washington unconditionally. that \the established status of President Wilson’s fourteen points should be authoritative for the peace conditions. Secretary Lansing, an- nounced further that the entente government was prepared to rec- ognize the conditions set up by President Wilson as a basis for the conclusion of peace.” RY FORCES PREPARING'0 FIGHT WILSON Opposed to Any Revision in Prohibition Regulations July 1 Washington, May 21. — Notwith- standing the president's recommenda- tion for repeal of wartime prohibition | insofar as it relates to wine and beer,| the opinion seems to gain ground at the capital today that all repeal meas- ures would be kept in committee until after July 1. In the meantime prohi- bition leaders plan to enact legisla- tion for enforcement of the wartime prohibition act and the constitutional amendments. Senator Sherman said today he was confident enforcement’ legislation would be passed | before July 1. There was no disposition’ on the part of the majority léadets, it was said, to hasten consideration of a repeal measure nor was he impressed with the argument that it might be well to set out the saloon system from which the hard liquors are to be elim- inated when the whole country be- comes dry next: year. The only apparent move was by prohibition members who were out- spoken in their opposition to the pres- ident’s recommendation regardless of party lines. They let it be known they would oppose any substitute liquor bill and make every effort to prevent favorable committee action on any measure which would delay national prohibition. SEMMLER’S NAME MADE BY AUDITOR Carl Says Moniker of Deposed | Draft Board Member Stands for “Quack” in Ponca i The charming exchange of compli-|{ ments between State Auditor Kositzky | and Carl Semmler, the Mercer county auditor whom Governor Frazier was compelled to remove from the county board “for cause,” and who has now taken up the cudgels for Townleyism i in his county and is one of the strong- est exponents of the Townley creed, continues. Semmler wrote to the Staats-An- zeiger of Bismarck and other foreign language papers ridiculing Kositzky, whose name in Polish, the Mercer county ex-servant of Uncle Sam con- tended, meant “goat.” Kositzky comes information to Mr. “quack.” “It seems to me,” says the auditor, “that Semmler, translated into the Ponca Indian language, is very fitting these days when we sce it signed so often to translated speeches of Kate Richards O’Hare, Townley and Mills, most anything at $175 per, received from an unknown source. Why not be honest and tell the people who is pay- ing this $175 per?” “The declaration of rights emanat- ing from these declarations of all the entente powers and the United States constitutes Germany’s’sole asset in the general moral breakdown of all-inter- national policy which have found un- surpassable expression in ‘the °Ver- sailles terms, wor Call It Bankruptey .**1" “Germany answers them with’its clearly right in international law. ‘To- ward the politico-mozal bankruptcy: of Versailles, the German nation stands a creditor with undeniabie rights and is not in a position to yield on this chief point, Germany concluded peace on the basis of President Wilson’s fourteen points, which all America has made its own, an all America‘is responsible for its fulfilment of its claims. Those Fourteen Points “It is not the German people’s busi- ness to indicate how its rights shall be realized by the fourteen points or especially by the note of Secretary Lansing, that, rather, is the task of those who construed the fourteen oints and brought them to acceptance thereby inducing Germany to, Jay, down ‘her weapons. We do not believe Pres- ident Wilson, Secretary Lansing, ‘and the American people can. take other than this German standpoint if they do not wish to do that which President Wilson in his message of December 4, 1917, condemned categorically when he said: ‘We would dishonor our own case if we treated Germany any other than justly and in a non-partisan man- ner, and did not insist upon justice toward all no matter how the war ended. We demand nothing, which we are not ready ourselves to admit.’ The German people demand nothing more than that which President Wilson an- nounced in his declaration. Incorporate Principles “We demand nothing more than that America place the fourteen points opposite the peace terms, We do not believe that any one in the United States will then have the courage to claim that there can be found in the peace conditions one single case left of President Wilson’s program. at “And here begins America’s definite duty to step in. America either must put its fourteen points through or it must declare that it is unable to do so, or that it does not want to do so, so that in no case may the world be led to believe that America’s desires to have the peace conditions count as President Wilson’s fourteen points. That is our demand to which. we cling, and we canont imagine what argu- ments from the American side: would be effective against it.” In President Wilson’s message to congress of Dec. 4, 1917, no passage can be found in textual agreement with the quotation in the cabinet statement. URGE AID FOR RUSSIA. Paris (Tuesday), May 20.—A. F. Kerensky, former premier of Russia, and several other members of the Russian constituent assembly and mebbers of the Farisian union for the regeneration of Russia today appealed to the democracies of the world for prompt action with a view to helping Russia out of her present chaotic con- dition. It proposes the formation of a mission representing all allied ‘pow- ers and organized labor which will go to Russia and explain categoracilly that the different.governments repudi- ate the idea of any intervention likely (Continued on Page Three.)