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

( } U _ THE WEATHER Generally Fair. THE BI a THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 128. BISMARCK, NO AY, JUNE HUN DRE H 5, 1919. LAST EDITION ' PRICE FIVE CENTS __ DEATH IN MINE DISASTER SOLDIERS WILL DEMAND SHOW DOWN INSTRIKE Four, Thousand Canadian Veter- ans to Take Matters Into Own Hands WOULD OUST AGITATORS Insist That Undesirable Aliens Be Deported—2,000 Spe- ‘cial Constables Winnipeg, Man., June 5.— More than 4,000 Winnipeg vet- erans of the great war, including scores of officers and hundreds of union men, after standing .at attention in the auditorium this afternoon and singing “God Save the King”, pledged themselves and their resources to maintain law and order in: Winnipeg and to stamp out bolshevism.and‘an- archy from the forces of Winni- peg labor. The mass meeting was still in progress'at 4 o’clock this afternoon. Resolutions were passed asking that officers at once ‘arrest and punish all per- sons responsible for, the strike situation in Winnipeg who have sought to overthrow constitu- tional government... Would Deport. Aliens Deportation of “all.undesirable aliens” was-urged. Gray, ddressed the mass ing and said thé city wanted 2,000 spe- cfal: constables from the ranks of returned soldiers to « ‘protect “honest labor from in imidation, to: provide:food<for all vclasses, and to safeguard every branch of municipal and civic life.” wie Saaies Yu Sante ‘A roaring response, “We are Pai oe ice followed the plea. The. city will pay the spe- cial, constables $6,per day. The mass meeting decided to appoint a committee to visit strike head- quarters today and to demand that the strike leaders immedi-|. ately declare their’stand on the Jocal food situation and the alién question.: It was intimated that if the “answer was not satisfac- tory, the delegation of returned soldiers would take things into their own hands.” Military authorities urged the paraders not to visit the temple “today.” : TOWNLEY MAN 1S ANKIOUS:10 MEET CARL IN DEBATE Senator Bowman Asks Kositzky to Prove He Is Not “Traitor to the ‘Farmers’ ” Kulm, .N. D., June 6.—State Auditor Karl Kositzky recently wrote Senator FE. A. Bowman of Kulm advising him that he (Mr. Kositzky) would pe here Friday evening and that he wished Mr, Bowman to attend his meeting as he (Mr. Kositzky) expected to say to the senator’s face some things whici he did not care to say to Mr. Bow- man’s back. Senator Bowman replies with a challenge to a joint debate on June 13, on the subject: “Resolved: That Karl Kositzky has proven h:ni- self a traitor to the farmers who elect- ed him.” Senator Bowman's letter follows: “In your letter to me you ask me to be present at your méeting at this place next Friday evening and you state ‘that you are going to 3ay some- thing about me and that you want to say it to my face and not to my back.” Now, Mr.. Kositzky, I would rather have you talk to my face, too, taun to my back, but it would hardly be fair to let you do all the talking, so I here- with challenge yas to a debate, the question to be: ‘Resolved.—That Carl Kositsky has proven himself a traitor to the farmers who elected him,’ you to defend yourself on that question, “The time, however, is too skort to advertise suc ha meeting, so I ask yo. to put off your visit until a week later, or until the 13th. Please advise if you accept the challenge or not. “E, A. BOWMAN,” PARIS HOPES. TO SOON SEE END OF STRIKES — \ Paris, June 5.—In competent circles optimism prevails today .relative to the strike in this elty.and:hapes. were expressed that the troubles’soon would be settled, ( GREAT FLOW OF FOUND AT MOHALL Mohall, N. D. June 5.— At 9 o’clock this morning ., the Great American Gas & Oil Co. of this city, struck on the Mohall anticline near the city limits the greatest pressure of natural gas ever struck in the state. The well is still shooting and a num- ber of men are working try- ing to-get it under control. AUSTRIA STILL SILENT UPON _ PEACE TERMS ‘Some Dissatisfaction Heard But Official Attitude Not Known FIX GERMAN INDEMNITY Teutons May Be Given Four Years in Which to Pay "War Damages (By Associated Press.) Austria’s attitude toward the peace terms has not been officially made known to the allies. Advices from Vi- enna, however, carry reports of offi- cial dissatisfaction with the provision of a course of newspaper. disapproba- tion. There are indications that the people. as a whole, are somewhat less legarthic. Completion of the Austrian treaty, several clauses of which were missing on Monday, is not likely to occur this week, although ‘the peace conference leaders are giving daily attention to she, matier.. The, missing: to the Austrian representatives as they become completed, , At Work on ModificatioAs, Modifications in -the peace’ terms with “Germany,seem to be approach- ing definite form, according to advices from Paris, These alterations,/ it’ is said, are not planned primarily. to make the terms lighter for the Ger- mans; but to render them easier of execution. 5 Billion Indemnity. Apparently there is a disposition on the part of President Wilson, Premier Lloyd George and Premier Clemenceau to fix a definite sum of approximately $25,000,000,000 as the amount of in- demnity Germany will be called upon to pay, and it seems probable the first installment of about five billion dol- lars will not have to be paid within two years as now stipulated but with- in four years. There seems, however, to be a general agreement that Ger- many will not be permitted to enter the league of nations at once. Pre- mier Orlando is standing aloof from these discussions ‘as Italy’s interest is not so much in the German as in the Austrian treaty. The establishment of the Rhenish Republié:is not looked upon seriously The esta¥lishment of the Rhenish in American circles at the peace con- ference, it is said. It is pointed out ithat no prominent men in the Rhine- land are identified with the movement, and there is some doubt of the demand for a Republic. Dispatches from Ger- man sources declare that French auth- orities have taken a prominent role in the setting up of the new govern- ment. PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL WOULD, QUIT HIS JOB Resignation of Castro Is Result of Disturbances of Mon- archists Lisbon, Wednesday, June 4,—Pres. Castro presented his resignation to congress today. Congress by acclama- tion voted to ask him to réconsider his action. There have been serious disorders in Portugal during the last few months incident to a movement for the re- establishment of a monarchy. It is probable that it was in connection with these disturbances that the Port- uguese president decided to present his resignation. ss MAJOR FRAYNE BAKER FEEDS MANY SOLDIERS Writing from St. Nazaire, Julius B. Wood in a copyrighted letter to the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Chi- cago Daily News tells what is being done at’ that port for homeward bound soldiers. Referring to the culinary department, he says: “The men are all billeted in permanent barracks and are fed in hig kitchens, the capa- city of the largest being 13,000 an hour. Getting food to the men and getting enough candy to supply the sales commissary to satisfy the sweet is a task that keeps Major tooths Frayne Baker busy.” it, is stated, are likely to be trafismitted | REAT FLOW OF | |AMERICA’S BEST HOUSEKEEPER, HER WORK WINS HER A MEDAL ‘There’s No More Dignified Pro- fession Than Housekeeping, Says Mrs. Thetta Quay Franks. She’s Written Three Books and Organized Classes That Made Home Efficiency Part of War Program. N. E. A. Staff Correspondence. New York, June 3.—The best house- keeper in America! She is Mrs. ‘Thetta Quay Franks of Pittsburg and New York. The lead- ing publicists and scientists of Amer- ica‘ have just presented her with a medal. Mrs, Franks is the first woman to be thus Honored‘ for domestic achieve- ments. The decoration was awarded by the National Institute of Social Sciences through a special committee composed . of Oscar S. Battle, Simeon E, Baldwin, H. Hols brook Curtis and Ripley Hitchcock: The citation to. Mrs, Franks. reads: “You have recognized that in the home lie the wellsprings of -all that make for the strength and integrity of a people. To aid women in organizing the home, you have consecrated years of your life, formulating a system of economics for the household which subtitutes for the haphazard a well: ordered procedure.’ Mrs. Franks has deen identified with “patriotic and philanthropic movements, She has given the greater part of ‘her. effort to original ‘researcit work in household) management and home#efficiency. During the war she organized classes in cooking and food saving.; and published . three. books which were important additions to the ‘propaganda for patriotic co-operation in the home. Straus, George Gordon np inore dignified profeasfon in the wérld than that of keeping house,” says Mrs. Franks. The strength and prosperity of a nation depend on the comfott and happiness in-the homes of the people, and this. in turn depends ‘on ‘the! intelligence’ ‘and ‘skill of fhe home: managers__the housewives... “My object has been to, establish & better understanding of home man- agement which would be of peramnent rather than temporary value, to make it_generally realized that strict atten- tion to the small things of the home means not petty restricion to -sordid trifles, but a vision which will insure the happiness of all within the house- hold.” LANGER IS VERY MUCH ALIVE FOR SCOTCHED GHOST Townley Press Says Attorney General Is' Dead, But Still Raps Him Daily “Art” and his “kept press” are be- coming somewhat hysterical, In one breath “Art” declares that Langer is a “traitor,” a “liar’ and a “fool” and that he is politically dead—his in- fluence/and ,political prestige is, but a: memory, in the next, he declares that he is a menace to the farmers’ ‘pro- gram and rallies all of his forces to the combat in North Dakota, One would scarcely suppose that a dis- credited fool—a political corpse— could be much of a menace, to any- thing and yet Langer’s political gnost appears to strike mortal fear into Townley's heart. His newspapers, with seven column streamers, announce that Langer is dead but in the next issue they an- nounce that he is a menace. and, trusting’ to their credulous readers, they state éxpose’ after expose’, which | resembles a gaity burlesque, Langer is a “fool’—Langer is “politically dead” and yet they continue to rail at his memory and devote their en- ergies to fighting his political corpse. Their latest stunt is perhaps the crudest that they have pulled yet. They announced with flaming head- lines and blistering adjectives that Langer had gone to St. Paul for a conference with R. C. Lille, Presi- dent of the Merchants National Bank, where he struck his colors, sold out body and soul to Big Business and brought the “loot home in a freigh! car. / Now they solemnly announce that he complained long, loud and bitterly to an utter stranger, Mr. Moore, a private detective that Big Biz had not come through with the “long green,” and he sent the said Moore, an~.tter stranger whome he had never “seen ‘before and about whom he knew noth- ing, to Nebraska, where Big Business does not have a lair, to get money. It is extremely difficult for one liar to keep his records straight. but when there are a multitude of liars engaged on the same job, they be- come fearfully tangled, and with the poet, the readers: of Townley’s publi- cations are wont ‘to’ exclaim: of Bismarck, N, D.|Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we pradtice to deceive.” “It has been. my privilege to point 0 4 gus leat there. no, more, necessary | AL AIM RY! BU AS TAS) ee in \fotind' éverywhére by the rescue crews. FEW OF SURVIVORS WILL RECOVER GERMAN TREATY IS UPINSENATE Solons, Hope to Vote Today on Request for More Infor- mation on Terms Washington, D. C., June 5.—A vote may be reached in the senate late to- | day by the bitterly debated resolution | introduced by Sen. Johnson of Cali- fornia asking the state department for the full text if the treaty with Ger-} many. Several hours of debate was expected to precede the roll call how- ever, and leaders of the movement were not confidentof. getting a vote before adjourning. i It was expected there would be a) vote today on the resolution intro-| duced yesterday by Senator Hitchcock asking an investigation of an alleged leak of the treaty: to New: York. TREATY LEAKS-OUT The leak in diplomatic.channels thru which it has been charged copies of the unpublished treaty with Germany reached parties in New York was the center of another stormy debate in the senate today. Senator Hitchcock declared the statements of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, and Senator | Borah of Idaho, constituted a “mon- strous charge.” | If this charge had been made in the} interests of the public, he said and not! merely in order to attack the treaty, the senators making it woujd have de- manded senatorial investigation. GERMAN MACHINE GUN FROM PLANE MAJOR EDDY GOT Dr. M. R. Gilmore, ‘curator of the historical) museum, reports the re-j ceipt of a war memento of unusual interest in the form of a Maxim ma- chine gun which was in-use on @ Boche plane brought down by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacher, king of Yank air men, ‘on the French front the latter | part of October, 1918. The gun is| the property of Lieut. P. H. Baker,/ who went overseas with Co. A of the Fighting First and who won his com-| mission on the west front with the American tank corps. Dr. Gilmore algo has received a large and inter- esting colection of souvenirs of the world war from Major Dana Wright, who is still in service abroad. NO-REPLY TO HUN NOTE IS EXPECTED BEFORE WEEK END Paris, June 5.—It is doubtful if the council of four will be able to send a reply to the German counter propos- alg to the peace treaty terms before |the end of the week, according to the Paris office of Reuters. THREE THOUSAND MEN STRIKE IN MONTREAL Montreal, June 5.—Nearly 3,000 em- Ployes of the Canadian Vickers) Co. weer on strike today for a 44-hour last night and camp officials hope to |EIGHT COUNTIES BLASTING ON SAME electrically. The trolley feet from the entrance. Mine rescue crews a few minutes. FIRST UNIT OF 88TH , DIVISION AT CAMP DODGE Boys Who Arrived Last Night Will Be En Ruote Home by Tomorrow Night Des Moines, Ia., June 5.—The first unit of the 88th division to return home, detachments of the 350th infan- try, now are in Camp Dodge going through the process of changing from soldiers to civilians. The men reached C: Dodge late have them all out by tomorrow night. LINED UP FOR BIG MUDDY SPAN Eight counties have now lined uP for the Missouri river bridge, report- ed Secretary George N. Keniston ©: the Bismarck Commercial club, who} is -doing’ field work for this million- dollar project. These> counties are} Barnes, Cass, Stutsman, Golden Val- ley, Stark, Foster, Morton and Bur- leigh, each of which has agreed to vote a certain proportion of its fed- eral aid to the bridging of the Mis- souri. TETLURA TAKES TWO IMPORTANT UKRAINE TOWNS Copenhagen, June 5.—Troops under General Tetlura have captured two im- portant points in western Ukraine. This announcement is made by the Ukraine press bureau. Denial of the report that the Bolsheviki have cap- tured Czernowitch, the capital of Buk- owina, was made today by the Rou- manian press bureau here. i TAINTED ICE IS CAUSE OF SUIT The Russell-Miller Milling Co. which dumps its refuse into the} Heart river at Dickinson, is in court again because of the aleged contam- ination of the stream as a result of this practice. John McDonnell, Dick- inson ice man, claiming that his pro- duct “tastes” because of the cereal} content in the water of the Heart, is suing the Russell-Miller Co. for dam- ages in the sum of $25,000, allegling that his business has been hampered to that extent! The case has been brought tothe Burleigh county dis- trict. court’on’ change’ of venue, .and week, = ts now is on trial here. POWDER CARRIED TRAIN WITH MEN — IN VIOLATION OF STATUTE LETS GO AT WILKESBARRE BROKEN TROLLEY WIRE IGNITES POWDER WHEN CARS:‘ARE 200 | FEET INSIDE MINE—BLAST SCATTERS MANGLED REMAINS OF MEN AND BOYS FOR LONG DISTANCE— BODIES OF DEAD ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE — FEW OF THOSE SURVIVING CALAMITY CAN RECOVER — HORROR IS MOST TERRIBLE, WITH ONE EXCEPTION, IN HISTORY OF ANTHRACITE DISTRICT | Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 5.—A death list which may reach 100 is the lawful result of an explosion today of blasting powder attached to a train load of miners being transported to their work in the mine of the Delaware & Hudson Coal Co. in this city. The disaster is, with.one exception, the greatest that ever has occurred in this vicinity. POWDER CARRIED ON TRAIN WITH MEN : More than 100 miners were riding to their work riding in what is known as a “trip” of mine cars attached .to a motor. The rear car carried 12 kegs of powder used for blasting. Themine is modern and is equipped wire snapped when the train had gone about 200 The wire sputtered and fizzled, and the sparks it emitted ignited the powder. There was a roar, and in an instant every ‘man and boy on the train was either dead or dying. Mangled bodies were working desperately succeeded in an increditably short.time in subduing the flames which followed the blast.,;Then came the grewsome task of taking out the dead and injured, Those who were not killed outright were so badly burned that their death was a'matter of on] ' VIOLATION OF MINE LAWS Violation of the mine laws of the state is the cause of the disaster. One of the most drastic pro- visions of the anthracite code is a section forbid- ding the carrying of men on a train or'car which carries explosives. An investigation will show whether the company or the men were responsible for this violation. . FROM DELIGHT TO, DESPAIR East End last night was the scene of great gayety. That section of the city welcomed home members of the 350th field artillery. Bands were blaring, red lights flaring and a carnival spirit prevailed. Within twelve hours the joy of many. of the returned soldiers has been turnéd into de- spair by death of fathers and brothers. 021 i+ias# IDENTIFICATION IMPOSSIBLE Identification of the bodies is almost impossible. Many are charred beyond recognition. The heads of some, limbs of others are missing. As the living and dead were removed from, the mine they were piled on the green about the colleries. Many did as they were being removed from the mine. Shrieking women and children gathered about the mouth of the mine. As they drew back the blankets which covered the disfigured corpses women fainted. Children ran from the scene shrieking. Strong men weakened. The whole community is stricken with the horror of the disaster. Seventy-eight men lost their lives in the Baltimore No. 2 tun- nel of the D. & H. Co. explosion and fire today and 31 were injured, according to a list given out by company officials at noon today. Forty-one bodies have been identified. The company’s injured list is not complete and it is certain the number of injured will reach about 40. \ : Some of the first bodies brought from the tunnel were burning when they reached the surface. Water was poured on these to put out the fire. a ; Company employes state there is a “pull” of 186,000 cubic feet of air per minute in the tunnel and that the air pulled in the flames from the fire directly over the men. Several employes state that it was not the force of the ex- plosion that killed the men. Flames and lack of air caused all the fatalities. All admit that the accident was the result of a violation of the law, but they state the miners are accustomed to the violation. Jt seems like the irony of fate that over the mouth of the tunnel in great white letters are painted the words “safety first.” a aeeeee@E>E@>S®>@n—@Oo>O™——™—————”——”__"@__@" @””vvO00—_0— OOOO GERMAN CORRESPONDENS, MINISHOSHE CHAPTER Berlin, Tuesday, June 3.—The cor D. A. R. WILL ELECT respondents at Versailles of most of - dees the newspapers write pessimistically} Minishoste chapter D. A. R., will today under the impression that the | hold a brief business meeting in the »3 will answer the German counter; Community room of the city library allies w at 3 o'clock .Friday afternoo# to be proposals with gn ultimatum which | followed by) tho annual election of will make it impossible for the Ger-' officers.o®very: member of the chap- ams to sign the treaty, [ter is requested to attend, | peasy