The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 16, 1919, Page 1

a). THE WEATHER Unsettled. THE BISMARCK: TRIBUNE] | THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 136. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA | MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS _ BANKBONDS, HIGH COURT CONTENDS Supreme Bench Upholds Consti- tutionality of Two Million Dollar Issue CHRISTIANSON _DISSENTS ; rs Chief Justice Contends Against Antiendment Under Which Laws ”, Passed Were Not Adopted Attorney General Langer, most re- viled of Townley’s league opponents, won another important victory for the league Saturday evening when the su- preme court by a four to five decision granted him the writ prayed on be- halt of the state mandamusing Secre- tary of State Hall to sign the Bank of North Dakota bonds. ‘Tue opinion of the courts, by Judge Grace, in which Birdzell and Robin- son concur specially, construes Sec. 182 of the constitution of North Da- kota, as amended by the Nonpartisan league to remove the debt limit, and holds that it authorizes the issue of $2,000,000 of bonded indebtedness, “umsecured, except by the faith. anc credit of the state of North Dakota, In addition to $412,000 of existing bonded indebtedness.” The court further orders ‘that “Thomas Hall, as secretary of state, having refused to attest and certify that certain bonds in the sum of §2,- 000,00 Oissued pursuant to law by the governor and treasurer of the state of North Dakota, were within the debt limit, held, that it is proper that the writ of mandamus should issue in|° this case.” Christianson Dissents. ‘Chief Justicé A. M. Christianson, in @ dissenting opinion, holds that the constitutional amendment removing all limit from the indebtedness which North Dakota may incur never was le- gally passed and that therefore the bonds cannot legally be issued, and that consequently, Secretary. of State Hall is taking a proper’ stand in re- fusing to attest: that the $2,000,000 ~ Bank of North Dakota bonds are with- in the debt limit, which Justice Chris- tiangon holds to: still remain at $200,- 000, as it was: before ~the league amendmeit ‘was submitted for the ap- proval of the voters at the polls last ‘November. _ RY We Hatte“Stand. Secretary of State Hall balked on] Attesting the Bank of North Dakota bonds’after the:governor.and the state treasurer had signed the first mil- lon‘ dollars of the issue. He first ‘asked for an opinion from Attorney Genera] Langer, upon the question ot issuing two million dollars in unse- cured bonds on top of the $412,000 bonded indebtedness already existing when the league's constitutional amendment requires that all bonds in excess of two million shall be secured ‘by first farm mortgages. The attor- ney general conténded that the bond- ed indebtedness existing prior to the adoption of the constitutional amend- ment was not to be considered. Hall still declined to act, and application to the supreme court for a writ of man- damus was made. GERMANY GIVES BLUNT REFUSAL Berlin, Saturday, June 14—A can- vass of official quarters this evening adduced the blunt positive statement that unless the revised proposals of the entente make most radical modifi- cations in spirit and in letter, Germany would not sign the peace treaty. Alleged modifications in the treaty as unofficially reported from news sources, are rejected-here in official sources. Emphasts was placed on the state- ment that the cabinet which now is fully represented at Weimar was now united in its attitude, and that there ‘was no prospect of a- division which might break up the present govérn- ment and produce a new ministry. PETROGRAD TO BE EVACUATED. London, June’ 16.—Active prepara- tions are being made for the evacua- tion of Petrograd, says a wireless from Moscow. - ae —— PROMISE LIST OF OFFENDERS, Paris, June 16.—The allies have promised Germany to deliver within one month a list of persons whom they intend to try for the responsibility for the war and violation of the laws of war. The reply of the allies to the Ger- man counter proposals will be deliver- ed at four this afternoon. TO ASK EXTENSION. Paris, June 16.—It is anticipated generally that the Germans will ask for an extension of the time within which to reply to the peace conditions. The request, it is believed, will be based on the fact that the eGrmans were given only one revised copy of the treaty. GENERAL PRESENT. Paris, June 16.—Marshal Foch, Gen- eral Bliss, and other military leaders, ! attended the meeting of the council of five today. The meeting develop- ed the nature of a general windup of the German situation. ELECTRICAL MEN WALKOUT .»Los Angeles, June 16.—Linemen and switchboard men, members of the In- ternational Brotherhood of Electrical ‘Workers, left their work in the plant of the Southern California Telephone Co. today at 8 o'clock, according to officers, HALL MUST SIGNBRITISH AIRMEN MAKE SUCCESSFUL : NON-STOP FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC; LONDON CELEBRATES AIR ACHIEVEMENTS|FOR THE WORLD CAPTAIN ALCOCK ~~* LIEOT ARTHUR V.B2OWN CAL MILES IN SIXTEEN HOURS. London, June 16.—London celebrat- ed today the achievements of the two British airmen who, yesterday, com- pleted a non-stop trans-Atlantic flight, meanwhile preparing @ formal recep- tion for the victors, Capt. Alcock and Lieut. Brown. Examination .of the Vickers-Vimy airplane in which the two men flew 1,050 nautical: miles from St.,Johns, Nfd., to Clifton, Ire. in 16 hours, has been completed by airplane officials who have Officially established the au- thenticity of the flight. . ' Meanwhile the aviators are on their way to London. Both are well, but Lieut. Brown, the navigator, suffered (Continued on Page Four:) SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS FLOCK INTO MANDAN Vanguard Already Has Arrived! for Big Convention Opening » sTuesday.Morning.,.. Mandan, N. D., June 16:—The' van- guard of the North Dakota .Sunday School convention which meets in Mandan for three days beginning Tuesday is arriving. Secretary Garrison and Prof. H. Au- gustine Smith are ‘here. » Other workers are also looked for tonight and it is expected in a number of the churches tomorrow representatives will be present. The main ‘sessions or rather the alrger general meetings will be held in the Palace theatre which has been secured by the committee for the three days. In addition there will be sessions in the Presbyterian church, in the Commercial club rooms and at other places as may be needed. Headquarters have been establish- ed in the basement under the Man- dan Drug Co, where H. M. Pfenning who is in charge of exhibits has ar- ranged displays, here will be the of- fices and also the place where dele- gates will report for assignment. It will be an exceedingly busy place for the next two or three days. The offiical programs have not yet arrived, but are expected by some express today or tonight. The public generally will be invited to the mest- ing at the opera house, but first regis- tered delegates will be admitted. I. C, Iverson, chairman of the enter- ainment committee, has tabulated the Places where guests will be sent. As there is no means of knowing how many will be here it will be some- what embarrassing if at the windup it should be found there is a shortage of room. Many have signed for two or three. CATTLE RUSTLERS MAY BE AT WORK IN THIS COUNTY Valuable Beef Stock Missing From Sam Roberson Farm and at Points Near Wilton Sam Roverson, pioneer rancher south of Magnus, only a few miles from the capital city, is mourning the loss of sixteen head of valuable beet cattle, and he has begun to fear that he has been made the victim of cattle rustlers. Tho Roberson pastures are in prime condition; there is planey of water, and there would seem to be no incentive to cattle to stray. More than a week ago, however, nine two- year-old steers, two fat helfers; five yearling steers and a yearling heifer disappeared, and Mr. Roberson has not succeeded to date in finding any trace of them. It is reported that valuable cattle also have disappeared in the vicinity of Wilton, and Burleigh county offi- cials suspect that an unusually bold band of cattle thieves is operating in this region. NELSON TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO SEVEN Glen Ullin, N. D., June 16.—J. T. Nelson, nestor of Slope merchants, will campaign in Hettinger, Adams and Bowman counties until the eve Oi the referendum election June 26 in opposition to the bills which are being referred. THE PLAIN TRUTH ABOUT MR. TOWNLEY’S PROGRAM Facts the Taxpayer Should Consider Before He Makes Up His Mind How He Is Going to Vote in the Referendum Election June 26 THE BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA F. E. PACKARD, TAX COMMISSIONER “In support of my contention that Townley had in mind other objects than the benefit of the common people and that he and his social co-workers were more inter- ested in international socialism and in the establishment of a socialistic state in North Dakota than in the enact- ment of.the laws which were sane and honest and which will protect the people in their rights, I submit the prin- cipal measures themselves now before the people for their approval or rejection dn the 26th. Unlike most of the objectors to Mr. Townley’s program, I will not start with the educational bill or the newspaper bill, although I con- sider them both the most vicious kind of legislation, but with the measure which is more vital to the success of Townley’s scheme—the banking bill. The Matter of Rural Credits “For years I have been an advocate of rural credit banks modeled upon those of Europe—banks in which the collective credit of a community could be used. The great need of the farmer and of the small tradesman, mechanic, etc., in order to enable him to become a home owner, is cheap mobile money—money which can be secured at the lowest rate of interest and at the time he needs it. Nearly all civilized nations have provided banks to meet this need —banks where money can be secured at the lowest rate of interest without payment of commission to a middle man, and banks where societies or communities, upon their collective credit, can obtain money for any member of the community money at.the very lowest rate of interest. “When banks were discussed in connection with the Nonpartisan League movement, as scores of articles in Townley’s publications will prove, it was this kind of a bank that was understood. A careful observer of House Bill 18, which creates the Bank of North Dakota, and the accompanying measures, discovers that the bank had no such purpose. No Cheap Money “The Bank of North. Dakota will not furnish cheap money to the men who need it... An individual or private corporation can secure a loan only upon unencumbered real estate or upon grain storage tickets. A man who has unencumbered real estate or grain storage tickets is not in need of cheap money. He can secure it at reason- able rates anywhere—but it is the man who does not have this kind of security who needs cheap money. If John Smith, who has plenty of personal security and good credit desires $500.00 to buy seed wheat and finance the putting in of his crop, he can’t get it from the Bank of North Dakota. He must go to his local bank, where the public funds which have been collected by the Bank of North Dakota have been loaned, where he secures money at the usual rate. The only effect of the Bank of North Dakota is that the expense of maintaining another bank has been added to the cost of the money which he borrows. What the Bank Is “Without going further into the merits of the Bank, I desire to point out some of the things which indicate that this law was enacted for some other purpose than to create a bank for the benefit of the people and to safe- guard their interests. The provisions of the act below enumerated are peculiar to it. I challenge anyone to dis- cover another bank in the civilized world organized under the provisions pointed out. “The bank is not governed by law but by rules which are made by three state officials who have no financial interest in the bank and who are elected bi-annually. (Continued.on Page Four.) WE MUST MAKE DEMOCRACY SAFE President Campbell of Milk Pro- ducers Argues for Closer Co-operation GORE WILL-SPEAK TONIGHT Famous Oklahoma Senator Who Fathered Wheat Guaranty at Auditorium at 8 “We have been struggling to make the world safe for democracy. We must now set about making democracy,” said Milo D. Campbell, president of the ‘|National Mill Producers’ association, ‘AVIATORS FLY 1,050 NAUTI- addressing a farmers’ conference op- ened her this morning under the aus- pices of the national board of farm organizations. Mr. Campbell placed emphasis upon the need for closer .corporation, not only between the various farm organ. izations, but between the farmer and the city dweller. He declared all made of the same clay; all brothers by her- itage, all working toward the same end, and he urged that petty differenc- es..be dropped and that everyone get together in a harmonious effort to achieve the bigger things. That, he declared, was the aim of the national board of farm organiza- tions. There are many things upon which all farmers stand agreed; many things which all farmers are striving for. This applies, he said, to the cot- ton-grower of the south, the corn- grower of the middle west, the stock- man and the wheat grower of the northwest; the fruit-raisers of the Pa- cific coast ,and the milk producers of the whole country. In the national board of farm organizations, stated Mr. Campbell, an effort is being made to harmonize all of these interests and to bring them together in a common cause. Mr. Campbell’s general subject was the Sherman anti-trust law. He told of the great combinations which were be- ing formed to boost prices when the farmers, 35 years ago, launched their demand for laws which would curb or break up these monopolies. He de- scribed the birth of the Sherman anti- trust law, and told what has been ac- complished under it, He criticised the act’s. weaknesses, and recommended changes which he believed the farmers the nation over would unite With ‘the city dwellers in demanding. Good Crowd Out. The attendance at the afternoon ses- sion was large and many league farmers were. present in spite of a column attack on the nation: al board of farm organizations car- ried by the Courier-News recently. This attack was inspired by the Farm- ers’ national council of Washington, upon whose directorate is President Tittemore of the American Society of Equity. The council seeks to show that the national board of farm organ- izations, which is made up of the Farmers’ union, the Grange and a doz- en or more other national farm asso- ciations of equal prominence, is work- ing in the interests of “big business.” Stories similar to the one published by {the Courier-News were sent to news- papers in every state in which the na- | tional board of farm organizations had called conferences, and in most in- stances the attack was ignored or re- ferred to the local farm organization under whose auspices the conferences were to be conducted. The Courier- News, which gave the story much prominence, was the only newspaper in North Dakota which carried it. Gore at Auditorium Tonight. Gifford Pinchot, who was advertised as one of the head-liners on the confer- ence program, is not here. Sen. Thomas P. Gore, of Oklahoma, is in attendance however, and he will speak at the Auditorium at 8 o’clock this evening, when the entire city is urged to join with its farmer guests in hearing his address on “Farm Organization and Government Price Fixing.” As author of the act under which wheat farmers were assurred their $2.26 guaranty for 1919, Senator Gore is thoroughly: fam- iliar with this topic, in which North Dakota is most vitally interested. The Senator is one of America’s foremost statesmen, and Bismarck people are expected to avail themselves of the op- portunity of hearing him. Dr, W. J. Spillman, the Washington economist, followed President Camp- bell this morning on “Farm Organiza- tion and the Cost of Farm Production.” The forenoon session closed with an address from Maurice McAuliff, presi- dent of the Farmers’ union of Kansas, on “Organization and Co-operation in Kansas.” At 2:30 this afternoon John A. Mc- Sparran spoke on “The Federation of Farm Organizations and the Temple of Agriculture,” and Charles S. Barrett, national president of the Farmers’ un- ion, spoke on “What Part the Farmer Took in the Peace Conference and the Part he Should Take in the League of Nations.” The afternoon session was brought to a close with an address on “The National Board of Farm Organi- zations and the Plans of the Temple of Agriculture,” by President A. A. El- more of the Farmers’ union of Wash- ington state. Frazier Preside: Governor Lynn J. Frazier is presid- ing. He opened the conference this morning wtih a brief address in which he welcomed the speakers to the state with a hearty endorsement of co-oper- ation. He was followed by Secretary G. N. Keniston of the Bismarck Com- mercial club, who extended a welcome on behalf.of the.city, H. A. TUTTLE DEAD. Minneapolis, June,16—H. A. Tuttle, president: and general manager of the North nerican Telegraph Co., died this morning a! alsam Lake, Wis His home: was in eapolis, AMERICAN TROOPS ROUT VILLA FORCES TWO PERSONS KILLED AT EL PASO AND SEVEN ARE WOUNDED BY MEXICAN FIRE When Bullets Come Across Border Gen. Erwin Ordered 6,000 Americans to Invade Bandits’ Stronghold—Many Prisoners Taken by United States Army. El Paso, Texas, June 16.. American troops sent into Mexico last night to stop the indiscriminate firing across the border fought their first general engagement with the rebel forces of Francisco Villa at the Juarez race track shortly after 2 this morn- ing and they were victorious. The Villistas were driven from the race track by rifle and machine gun fire, and many prisoners were FIGHT IN JUAREZ The Mexican and rebel troops fought in the streets of Juarez Saturday night and Sunday night. Bullets fired by rebel troops came across the Rio Grande, and two persons were killed and seven taken. wounded on the American side. __, When the Mexican- bullets became too thick for the safety of citizens of E] Paso, Brigadier General Erwin last night ordered American troops across the border, and 15 minutes later 6,000 American troops were in Mexico. OPEN TERRIFIC FIRE After the federals were allowed to retire into the town, Col. Hadshell’s colored infantry opened up with a terrific rifle fire on the trenches flanking the race track. They advanced in open order and succeeded in dislodging the Villa forces who held the strongest positions, as the colored troops were forced to advance across a comparatively open plain. The first fire of the colored troops was answered shot for shot by the Villa forces. American machine guns started sputtering from adobe huts near the track, and the preponderance of rifle fire soon was on the side of the Americans. The explosion of Mauser and American cartridges could be plainly distinguished from military headquarters in El Paso, where General Erwin was an interested spectator from his tenth story office. As American troops progressed over the plain their path was marked by green rocket flares, which were an- swered from military headquarters here in the Mills building. BEGIN FLANKING MOVEMENT » The American artillery was stationed in positions from the Juarez race track, where the Villa rebels’ quarters could be shelled with shrapnel. A flanking movement was begun in an effort to prevent the escape of the rebels. In announcing his action in or- dering American troops into Juarez, Brigadier General James B. Erwin said he did so to prevent indiscriminate firing on the part of the rebels from endangering the lives of Americans. He said it was not an invasion of Mexico, Major General Cabell; ment, arrived here from Fort commander .of the southern depart- Sam Houston early today, and immediately went into conference with Major General Erwin.’ DRIVEN FROM JUAREZ Juarez, June 16.—Villa troops driven from Juarez early today by U.S. infantrymen sent across the border just before midnight, were reported this morning in flight to southeast of Juarez, headed toward Guadeloupe, opposite Sabins, Tex. U. S. cavalary were reported in close pursuit. 30 Villa Men Killed An American army officer who made an inspection trip from the international bridge to the race track southeast of Juarez this morning, reported seeing the bodies of 30 Villa dead. PERFECT AGREEMENT Washington, June 16.—There can be no misunderstanding be- tween the government of the United States and Mexico regarding the movement of troops across the border at El Paso, Secretary Baker said today. The sole purpose, he said, was protection of the American side of the border, and there is a distinct under- standing between the governments of such action. HAIL INSURANCE LAW NOW IN FULL FORCE IN STATE Farmers Who Had Not Gotten Out From Under Yesterday Must Pay Assessment The withdrawal privilege under North Dakota's semi-compulsory hail insurance law expired yesterday. Farmers whose withdrawals were not then in the hands of their county aud- itors or en route to the commissioner of insurance here are covered by the act and are subject to the assessment of not more than 50 cents an acre which may be levied by the state de- partment to meet hail losses. All of those who have withdrawn as well as those who stay in are subject to the flat tax of three cents an acre, from which there is no escape. Commis- sioner A. S. Olsness advises i: will be impossible before the end of the week to determine the. number of per- centage of withdrawals. Several notices of hail losses camo in last week, from LaMoure, Barnes, Cass, Traill, Ramsey, Mountrail, Het- tinger and Morton counties. While some complete loss full indemnity will not be allowed im- mediately except on winter rye, under the expectation that wheat and other spring crops may recover from the beating down received in last week's hail storms. LOTS OF RAIN AND FEW HOPPERS MAKE ’EM. GLAD Reports from Adams, Bowman and Slope counties, where rain was badly needed, are that a soaker was enjoyed Friday night and Saturday morning, when six-tenths of an inch fell. The hoppers in that territory are well un- der control, and there seems to be fine prospect of an unusually good crop. In most parts.of.the,Slope there is an abundance of hay, which is a boon to the cattle men... es are reported,! Seventy Prisoners Taken, At the fort is was announced that seventy Villa prisoners had been taken south with General Gonzaled column, and that eight officers of the Villa command had been executed. It was also stated by Major Hernandez that the body of Emanuel Castro, a Villa general, had been found in the trench- es east of town. The number of Villa rebels killed during the engagement was placed at two hundred by the Fed- erals. They said they had no estimates of their own losses. Kill Snipers, = |") Private Sam Tusco, headquarters company, 22d field artillery, was the first fatality in the expeditionary force which crossed into Mexico. He was killed by a sniper while on the Ameri- can side. Private Buchand Casey of the same unit was shot through the chest. One sargent of the 7th cavalry was seriously wounded by rifle fire of the rebels and two members of the 24th (colored) infantry were left seriously wounded. The sniping in the lower part of El Paso was under control soon after it started it was announced today. A number of suspected snipers were ar- rested. A sniper killed by an American sol- jdier at 9th and Stanton streets, lost | the entire top of his head, which was shot away when the soldier fired on him. The man was alleged to have been firing at civilians. At 11 o'clock the entire second cav- alry brigade, composed of the 7th and 5th cavalry regiments could be plain- ly seen about eight miles south and west of Juarez in hot pursuit of the Villa forces which were engaged at 10 o’clock this morning in the vicinity of San Lorenzo, it was stated at mili- tary headquarters. U. S. Infantry began’ withdrawing from Juarez to El Paso in obedience to orders from the commander of the southern department who arrived from San Antonio earl today and crossed the international bridge for a confer- ence with General Gonzales, supreme commander o fthe Juarez troops. Artillery fire against the Villa rebel forces southeast of Juarez was open- ed at 10:30 a, m. with the second battalion of the 82nd field artillery firing shrapnel bursts which could be seen plainly from the river. The fir- ing was six miles from Juarez, near San Lorenzo. (Continued on Page Two.) '