The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 7, 1919, Page 1

LAS RDHiOn THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 130. CK TRIBUNE “BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS MARTINESON BREAKS UP AUTO STEALING SYNDICATE COVERING MANY NORTHWESTERN CITIES Bismarck Chief of Police Arrests Agent for Gang Which Has Sold Stolen Cars in’ Al’ Parts of Minnesota and-North Dakota— Branch in Fargo'Is Operators’ Claim—Disposed of Purloined Machines for Commission of Ten Percent—Mill City Had Right Men Once. 4 _.. Andrew/Hund, Mapleton, Minn., meat market man, - today: established title to the Ford car which was taken from Frederick Bahman, alias George C. Arnold, when the latter was ‘arrested here Thursday by Chief Martinéson, and identified Bahman.as a man who had entered a place on Mulberry street, Mankato, where Hund was playing cards with some of his friends a week ago Friday, giving Hund a thorough inspection. When Hund left the place a little later his car, which had been parked at the curb, was gone. Bahman, who admitted to Chief Martinesom that the car had been stolen, at first insisted that he had nothing (to do with the actual theft and that he did not know at ‘what point the car was taken. He insisted that it was delivered to him at Breckenridge, Minn., byymembers of a far-reaching syndicate of automobile thieves who were to vey, him a commission of ten per cent for disposing of e car. — \_ The Minnesota license tag on the and through it Chief Martineson, Oscar Martinson of Hennepin cou! car had not been changed, munication with Sheriff ced the ownership of the machine Oy epgey ay mae ni erday, and he reached Bism sheriff of White Earth count; route to Bismarck to take fhe latter was notified yes- “the noon train today. th Mankato is located, is en pack to Minnesota for trial. The}, Bahman, or Arnold, is dually revealing more and more of the inner workings of an automobile syndicate which he claims to have stolen-scores of cars in the Twin Cities and Des Moines, and which he says has agents in a number of North and South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa cities, who sell stolen cars on a com- mission basis. Through Bahman’s confession, it is expected that at least a.dozen arrests will be made during the next 24 hours in various parts of Minnesota and North Dakota. What-is believed to be one of the largest automobile stealing syndicates in America was unearthed when Chief of Police Mar- tineson arrested: Frederick Bahman, alias George Arnold, a young boilermaker-and. mechanic who claims St. Louis as his home, while F; the latter was offering for sale at a greatly reduced price a 1917 by ‘ord. Bahman at first denied his guilt; declined to admit that thenumber on the engine of the car which he was driving had been .)..¢hanged, and put up a bold fron , Afteg two days in jail, however, he caved, and made to the’ authorities a complete confession in- volving’at:least ‘eight members of the thieves syndicate in the Twin 4 Cities, Des Moines and other northwestern cities. 1 i ": <Bahman claims to be merely an agent forthe syndicate. He é asserts that’ in'a pool hall-in’Minneapolis, which he describes as ‘ th rs gnnine and! acon om Bahman professes { conly by the tat Jack. ey. teld:himn. they, were““picking up cars” in.the Twin Cities andDes Moines, changing the numbers and fitting them out With .tiew license tags, and driving them out,around the country to. agents, who:sold them ‘ona ten Percent commission. . They asked Bahman to come in’ with them, and ‘he consented.’ The 1917 Ford Bretkenridge; Minn., by Monroe and “Jack.” He was’ under the. _dmpression the car had‘been stolen at’ Wadena or Mankato. He was instructed to sell. the car for $300, and to keep $30 for his trouble. ia | a ‘Fargo In On Deal. ‘He first drove the car to Fargo, ha alleges, where, Bahman states, the syndicate has a fence in a second hand store operated “by three black fellows” that Bahman thought were Italians. From there he came to Bis- marck. Here he wroteo L. G. Evan- son, at Wyndmere, and also to Miss Grace Chapin at Luedden.. Bahman’s letter to Evanson was signed Arnold, and read: \ ‘ ‘ “Will be at Wyndmere June 6 with. a ‘17 Ford—@eorge Arnold,‘care of W. H. Waters, Luedden.” To Miss Chapin he wrote advising her that he was in Bismarck. | Under the postageystamp on an ordinary postal card he had written the warn-} ing “DON'T WRITE.” A photo post- al of himself and Miss Chapin which, Bahman carried contained instructions to write her in case of accident or serious injury. . Getaway Was Prepared. The police believe that Babmap had prepared for a getaway into Canada in case suspicion should fall upon him. He had on his person a certificate of a Canadian land settlement agency at , Grand Forks, No. 549,823, made out to ‘H.. A. Sitler of Minnewaukon, for transportation to Calgary, via North Portal. The certificate originally bore a March date but this had been cross- ed out and May 2, 1919, substituted. It testified that the holder was seek- ing transportation to Canada with a view to procuring land for a home. Had Right Guys Once. Bahman insists that he had never. met “Jack” and Monroe until the evening upon which the deal was cooked up in Minneapolis. © “Jack” appears to have known a’great deal about the auto thefts which have puz- zled Twin City police for some time, and he told Bahman “they had the right guys once in Minneapolis, but they let them go.” y Evanson, of Wyndmere, Bahman stated, was a chautauqua man. “who rode for a cent a mile.” Bahman had met him on @ train, “when they smok- ed a cigarette. together.” Just what conenction Evangon had with the gang Bahman did not apepar to know. He claimed to not know the names of the three second hand store men in Fargo “who ran a place. to drive cars to.” He was told, however, that a car stolen recently in Minnesota, a Ford coupe with electric starter-and equipment, had been sold through this agency. Making Only Day Wages. Bahman registered: for the draft in St. Louis, was*asigned first to the » third and then to the fourth class, be; cause he claims to have a mother and two sisters dependent upon him. He says he is an expert boilermaker and : a mechanic, but that he was compel- q led to quit “boiler-busting” because the acetylene hurt’ his eyes, “You weré not!tiakthg a lot of mon- (Continged! on Page Three.) IS PRIZE GARDENER Mrs. Charles Liessman Has Po- tatoes in Bloom ‘Mrs. Charles Liessman, wife of the secretary ofthe state board of regents claims to be the prize woman garden- er in Bismarck. She has a fine field of potatoes which haye been in bldom for several Gays, GREAT FARMER MERT PLANNED HERE IN JUNE Noted Agricultural’ Leaders in National Life to Address North Dakotans With {Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, Gifford Pinchot, president of the Pennsylvania sural progress as- sociation and a member of Roosevelt's cabinet, and Dr. W. J. Spillman, the noted economist, as headliners, the na- tional board of farm organizations at Washington, D. C., will bring ‘to Bis- marck on June 16 the greatest galaxy. of agricultural specialists which ever has appeared in the northwest on one platform. f In addition to the trio named there will be Charles S. Barrett, national president of the Farmers’ Educational & Cooperative union; ‘Maurice McAu- liff, president of the Kansas Farmers’ union; A. A. Elmore, president of the Washington State Farmers’) union;, John A. McSparran, master of the Pennsylvania state grange, and Milo D. Campbell, national president of the milk producers’ federation. Farmers conventions under thé aus- Pices of the national board of farm organizations have been conducted by these-men at Lexington, Ky.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Modesto, Calif. and San Jose, Calif. They are putting in next week at Spokane, Wash., and marck to Fargo and finally to Mitch- ell, S. D. In addition to the visitors, Govern- or Lynn J. Frazier and commissioner of Agriculture and Labor John N. Ha- gan will have a place on the Bis- marck program, which will be given at the Auditorium. Governor Frazier will make the address of welcome, and Commissioner Hagan will talk on the new era in agriculture in North Dakota. It is anticipated that at least two thousand farmers from all parts of the Slope and of central North Dakota will attend the meeting hére. \ ‘which he brought to Bismarck ‘was delivered) to’ him, he /gays, at Bozeman, Mont., and will go from Bis-, NORTH DAKOTA MAY’ BE ‘AMONG THE FIRST STA TO RATIFY Should Special Session Prove ak This State. North Dakota, fifth state’ in the union to ratify the prohibition*amend- ment to the federal constitution, may be among the first to ratify the.equal suffrage amendment which passed the senate last Wednesday andjnow-is to be submitted for approval by three- fourths of the commonwealths., North Dakota will not have another regular session of legislature until 1921, but’ the governor intimated before the ad- Election or for Any OtherReason, Questipn Will Come Up ‘Then and Favorable Action-ts°Assured—Ends Long Fight in TES IN UNION: SUFFRAGE PLANK ry as Result of Referendum mediately reassembling of the 16th legislature in extraordinary session. Governor Frazjer viewed.by- several eastern papers as to the probable date of the ratifica- -tion ofthe fedegal suffrage ‘amend- ment in North Dakota. He: has re- plied that it is Mkely ta,come up at the nex#regularelection, in Novem- er, 1920,. The governor does not ad- mit the probability of a special ses- journement of the 16th assembly that, a epee ‘Session - probably” would ‘be’ required’ to work out: details’ of the Jeague; program. which. practical ap- t lication of the scheme would reveal. n emergency ‘necéssitating-a special reson oul azise from ine efetets « selertion quid the: indus-, i Bt comiieeion be defeated at that’ time; for the state would-be left with ‘a mill and elevator: association without any machinery for its opera- tion,” ‘The’ same would be true’ with regard to' the Bank ‘of North Dakota bill, “should the industyja ¢ mmission, act be defeated and'the hank measure approved. While the <f ‘overnbr » has, made,no statement. on, the ‘subject, it. is a. foreggne conclusion: that’ sich a4 contingency would ‘result’ in the jim- PORES OIE Cae LUEHRS IS ‘MADE SECRETARY MILL Popular - Bismarck Citizen Re- ceives. Fine Appointment on ” <4) New State Board A. W: Luehrs, bill clerk in. the ‘sen- ate for the last two sessions, secre- board during the war, and since March automobile registrar in the state high- ‘way department. has been named sec retary of the«North Dakota, Mill & Elevator association, which fottis one of:the ‘most important features of the league “program! ‘o€* industrial: democ- racy. aa | Coming to the capital city, from Leith,/Mr. Luehrs has resided in Bis- amrck for several years, and he has won mgny friends-here. He has ‘held a@ number of important -political ap: pointments and has won a reputation for ‘efficiency which will make,his se- lection’ for the important post which he now holds generally popular. - His appointment comes from Jamés ‘A: "Mc: Govern; former deputy state inspector, of grains, grades and grading, récent- lyelected manager of the mill and ele- vator , association. It is‘) expected that the association will immediately establish offices at the capital BLG “RECEPTION TO MEN OF, 88TH’ MAY BE CANCELED In response to a request from| Gov- Suffrage Pioneers—Susan B. Shaw: (left) who.are honored,at guffrage jubilee. , AND ELEVATORS, tary of the, North Dakota district draft | victed:- was‘communicating information Anthony: and ‘Dr. Anna Howard sion,’but gives assurance that should one be found: riecessary, the ratifica- tion of the suffrage amendment would come up at that time. “ There would be- no question as to the ‘fate of the amendment with tfe present. assembly.: A concurrent’ reso- lution... memoriniitinges-congreys::.t0), adopt the Susan’ B. Anthony amend- ment: passed the 16th assembly with only 13 dissenting votes in:the two houses... It.is not believed there would be’ any radical change in the vote upon the ratification of the amend- ment. The North Dakota Votes for Women league, more or less somnam- bulant during the war, is expected:to bestir itself to make certain that there can be‘no slip up when North Dakota’s (Continued on Page Four.) AUSTRIAN TRIED AND SENTENCED TO DIE .AS SPY Alleged That Captain Funck Re-| mained in Paris Giving News of Bombardments | > Paris, June 7.—Captain Funck of the*Alstiran army has, been tried and Sentenced. to death as a spy by a se- »feret court martial here.’ It appears that Captain Funck was in Paris bé- foré the .war began . and remained throught the hostilities... The. specific indictmdnt upon which he:was con- as to:-bombardments by German Goth- as and Berthas to Berlin. , \ WON'T PUBLISH TREATY UNTIL TT IS. SIGNED Washington, Jyne..7.—Administra- tion, officials believe’ President Wil- son’s. reply to the senate’s resolution asking for the peace treaty with Ger- many will be that it is'not compatiable with the public interest to’ furnish the text at this time. This belief was strengthened ‘ today by dispatches from Paris saying the American peace delegation is firmly convinced not to publish the treaty until it is signed. “Senator Lodge today called a meet- ing of the senate. foreign relations ‘Committee for next Monday to con- sider proceedings for the investiga- tion ordered. ernor Frazier as to the date ‘of the reception which Des Moines had plan- ned for ‘the returning 88th division, Governor Harding yesterday wired that the men are coming invin-smfalh, contingents and being rushed through Camp Dodge as rapidly as possible, Moines must abandon its plans for_an elaborate reception for the whole division. Governor Frazié® had been jinvited to go down to wel- come the/ North Dakota members. of the 88th division, in which a majority of the select service men ‘from: this state setved. plato Bac ucts LUND’ TESTIFIES Deputy State Auditor O. B, Lund ap peared before tho federal examiner conducting a hearing on the North Dakota railway tax caseg Friday, tes- tifying as to land values‘in Kidder county. ce tthetes oe jand that it apepars probable that Des’. briginal.|' row, Wilson, the week of June Boy.Scouts of America. ticularly effective. the manly healthful instincts of North Dakota. has been inter-| ! into the most :radical socialism and {{endorsed the economic. features of the NORTH DAKOTA BOY SCOUT DRIVE »In-accordance with the announcement of President Wood- “mended to be observed as Boy Scout Week throughout the United States for the purpose of strengthening the work of the There are almogt twol thousand boy scouts in North Da- skota. . Their services during the war in the Liberty Loan drives, Red Cross work and Thrift Stamp campaigns was par- It is the purpose of Boy Scout Week to show by exhibi- tions and displays what the Scout movement is accomplishing, and to enlist their-elders’ interest and help.in the upbuilding of I trust this occasion will be suitably observed in the State HEAR LEAGUERS! MAKE US PAY, SAYS DERNBERG AT TURTLE LAKE Attorney General Langer and Senator Mees Given Splendid Reception in McLean DENOUNCE , TOWNLEYISM Speakers Show How Leader of Great Agricultural Organiza- tion Proves False . Turtle Lake, N. D. June 7.—Attor- ney General Langer and Senator F. W. Mees, Nonpartisan league leaders who are touring the state in opposition to the Townley socialist domination of the farmers’ movement, spoke here Friday evening to an audience of more than 2,500 farmers, gathered from all parts of McLean.couny., The meeting had heen scheduled, for.a lo- cal ‘hall, but it early became eyident that the room would not accommodate the crowi, and the speakers finally de- livered their addresses from an im- provised platform in the open air, Langer denounced Townley for his insincereity; for his attempt to dic- tate to state officials against the dic- tates of their own consciénces, and fon his false ‘leadership of the farmers’ movement, whichis plunging the state ‘paving the way for, Bolshevism. Lan- ger challenged. Townley to prove his assertions that thp officers who have turned against im have become tools of big business, “traitors, crooks, fools and cowards.” Langer de clared that he was here in North Da- kota’ fighting the farmers’ battles be- fore Townley ever conceived his dream of a socialist utopia, and that he: was continuing to fight, in spite of the efforts of Townley and fellow so- cialists, to hamper. Both Langer and Mees. thoroughly ea league. program and urged the farm- ers to vote yes on thé industrial com- mission and the Bank of North. Da-| kota bill. at the ‘referendum’ @lection June .26. ) They, denounced,, however, Townley’s ‘efforts. to’save, alleged “graftoand. pergonal spite measures.” by convineing the: people that-unless they “vote yes. seven times’: the league program would be jeopardized. The speakers showed that the print- ing bill, framed and forced through by Job W. Brinton, owner of a string’ of Jeague. newspapers; the board of adinmistration pill; the “one-man, ‘tax commission | bill, the judicial. redis- tricting bill and the immigration bill not only ‘were measures passed for private profit or the, gratification of personal, jealousy; that they not only had. not place in the farmers’ pro: gram, but, {hat they were actually in: imical to the league movement and, if persisted ih, might ‘result in wreck- ing the great organization which the farmers of North Dakota have spent) three years’ time and three millions in, money to build up. 80,000 MEN ENLIST FOR OVERSEAS Washington, June 7.—Official an- nouncement was made today by Gen- eral March that all of the original Archangel expeditions will have sail-; ed for home within two weeks, Com- panies E, G. I M and the machine gun company of the 339th infantry are now enroute for Brest, having sailed from Archangel June 3. Fifty . thousand recruits for the army of occupation have been obtain- ed. General March, chief of staff, an- nounced Yoday that incomplete re ports showed 48,023 men enrolled. Three year enlistments continued: to, predominate over the:one year. AMERICAN FORCES SOON TO RETURN FROM RUSS LAND Archangel, Friday, June 6.—Accord- ing to the revised arrangements, all American forces, including the engi- neers, will be withdrawn from the North Russian front and will be ready for sailing before the last of June. The second American contingent to leave Russia is assembling at Evono- mio. It is expected to leave in ten days. There will be left at Archangel temporarily the railway units sent there to assist in the withdrawal. General March said he, was unable to forecast the date of the withdrawal of the Siberian forces. 8 to June 14 has been recom- through the Scout movement. LYNN J. FRAZIER. IN HIS DEFIANCE OF ALLIES “You Can Invade Germany and Occupy the Rhur Basin, and No- body Will Stand in Your Way If You Wish to Come to Berlin, But When You Are There, What are You Going to Do?” Asks Minister of Finance—Declares Entente Must Get Reparation Speedily for “Our Children Will Not Consent to Be Slaves Merely Because Their Fathers Lost the War.” London, June 7.—Germany’s inability to meet the financial provisions of the peace terms and the inability of the allies to make her pay are insisted upon by Dr. Dernberg, the German minister of finance, in an interview telegraphed by the Dnily Mail’s Berlin correspondent. ; Dr. Dernberg reiterates his recent declaration will not sign the terms as submitted, and continues: WE CAN’T PAY—YOU CAN’T MAKE US PAY “As a matter of fact, neither the entente nor Germany is capable of signing this treaty. Germany cannot pay, and the entente cannot make Germany, pay. You can invade Germany and occupy the Ruhr basin, and nobody Will stand in your way. if you wish to come to Berlin; but when you are there, what are you going to do?” “Your ou hope of reparation lies in getting the German people to work, producing goods which they can give the allies against a money indemnity, but first they must have food, and then raw. materials,” ’ that Germany MUST GET QUICK ACTION “You must make terms which will WILL STRIKE AVENGE CHIEF Trouble Brewing in Berlin and Munich Over Execution of Levine Nissen Berlin, Friday, June 6—The Great- er, Berlin soviet, which is dominated by the yadical proletariat element, has ordered a 24-hour general strike in protest against the execution of Levine Nissen, the Bavarian commun- ist leader: Many of the larger shops were closed this afternoon. ' Munich, Friday, June 6.—A general strike threatens this city a result of the execution of Levine Nissen. Oc+ cupational troops have been ‘ordered to, prepare to meet. any emergency. SENATE BEGINS ‘TREATY SILENCE Wide Scope — American . Delegation Stands Pat Washington, D. C., June 7—Prelim- inary preparations were being made today for the investigation to be con- ductéd by the senate foreign relations committee into the statement that! copies of the unpublished treaty with| Germany are in-the hands of private; interests in this country. The inquiry | may take a wide scope. It is not ex- pected that definite plans will be laid; | however, until the committee, meets to take up the subject Monday. - AMERICAN DELEGATION/FIRM. Paris, June 7—The Americar dele- gation to the peace conference appar- ently is firm in its decision not to authorize the publication of the Ger- man peace treaty until it, is signed and not even to communicate the of- ficial text in its present form to the nited States senate. WEHE CAN'T SBE WHY HE SHOULD BECHECKED OVER Workmen’s Compensation Com- mission Says Its Dough Is It to Spend as It Pleases Incensed because the state auditing board objected to paying an “expert” from Ohio $1,800 per month for his services with the workmen's compen- sation commission, Attorney L. ° J. Wehe, of Devils Lake, a member of the commission, this week took it up- on himself to hand down a formal opinion in which he held that the com- mission was given $50,000 to shoot as | it pleased, and that its accounts were nots subject to audit by the state aud- itng bioard. The state auditing board, which is holding up the commission’s voucher callipg for $3,600 for the first two months’ services of the Ohio “expert” and which also declines to O. K. a bill for the rewiring of an old hotel build- ing in which the commission has its quarters,‘referred the matter to As- sistant Attorney General Packard. Mr. Packard ruled today that the workmen's compensation commission is in no wise superior to any other, department of the state government; that its $50,000 is not a “trust fund.” as Mr. Wehe indicated, and that the commission must account to the state for every penny it spends and that its accounts must be audited by the state auditing board in the same manner as ath npr ttt artnet ernie (are those of other departments. enable you to get your reparations veasonably soon. You do not suppose that our children are going to remain slaves’ because their parenta lost the war.” ‘ Dr. Dernberg, in the interview, speaks derisively of President Wilson. “T thought he came over here as a new sort of redeemer; in the role of a seviour of mankind,” the f.nance min- ister is quoted as sayil “But 1 have nci found in the peace ty one word ore ireaty of consiliation ane good will. TERMS MAY BE MODIFIED/ (By. The Associated Press) There is every evidence that the leading figures of the peace confer- ence in Paris are endeavoring to has- ten the delivery of the allied reply, to Germany’s cougter proposals.to» the terms of peace. According. to adyices positive instructions have /been. given by thé'council of four to all commit- tees working on the, reply ta: complete their work by Monday.’ If this order is carried out, it is probable the reply will be framed early in the week and will be presented to the enemy delega- tion. Fxom reports coming from Paris it seems there is. a grewing.sent! terations must be made in the treaty, but in what particular the terms will be_ modified is not indicated. ie French official citcles are, expect- ing thé Germans to reftise to sig the terms, and, it is pointed out: that. asmuch.as delay would aid the;iGer- mans, a speedy conclusion of tiations is sought. A more hopef sentiment is said to prevail in‘ erlin. TEN KILLED Paris, June 6.—Within the last few months, ten citizens have been killed in Ireland by soldiers or constables, under, circumstances found by coron- ers’ juries to have been wilful murder. This charge is made in the report on observations made in Ireland by Frank P. Walsh, Michael J. Ryan, and Ed- ward S. Dunn, delegates of the Irish Society in the U. S, "The reports were sent to President Wilson along with the demand that the peace conference investigate the Irish question. Charges are made that hundreds of men and women were put in prison without any specific accusation being made against them. GERMANY SHOWS MILITARY ACTIVITY Berne, Switzerland, June 6.—Great activity is being displayed in Germany in recruiting men for the army and in gathering atfimunition the Inde- pendent Socialist Die Freiheit of Berlin says. According to Vienna.ad- vices German recrititing agents are busily at work in Austria. aot The Nachrichten of Basel says that the German recruiting bureaus are appealing for men to enlist, and are offering various inducements, includ- ing pay of nine marks a day and “fi- (delity” premiums. ‘ LABOR FEDERATION ENDORSES STRIKES Paris, June 7.—The. general labor federation has issued a proclamation endorsing strikes which now are g0- ing on, but at the same time exhort- ing the workers to keep the move- ment on a purely concessions ground, not concerning themselves with a pro- gram of social claims. The proclamation announces that delegates will visit all procincial cen- ters during the coming week to set forth the federation’s program to town and country workers. British labor organizations have de cided to make a similar effort. Tho federation has asked them to co-ordi- nate the action of the two proletariats. Consequently the time when action will be taken depends on the answer received from the British unions. CUT 400 MILLION FROM ARMY BILL Washington, June 7.—As reported out of the house military committee the 192q army bill carries only $810,- 000,000, a decrease of $400,000,000 from the estimates made by the war » department. fi In a report accompanying the bill the committee said the purpose in making the large reduction was to bring to an end the program of un- limited appropriation and to make the burden on the. taxpayers.‘fas, light as possible without detriment to our military establishment.” a t owing.sentiment - among the council of four. that’ al-