The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 8, 1919, Page 1

& THE: WEATHER QN nie i i N : tae C » I B E LAST EDITION , mM # a . re |r carrer em aeaticeml THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, 153. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA | TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS MUCH DEPENDS |PRESIDENT WILSON ARRIVES NOWONRAININ | FROM EUROPEAN TOUR; BIG NAVAL ESCORT HONORS HIM New York, July 8.— Escorted by a fleet of warships the trans- port, George Washington, bringing President Wilson from France, passed quarantine and on to New York harbor at 1:30 p. m. today. Four dreadnaughts and 36 destroyers from the Atlantic fleet formed the escort that met the U. S. naval transport, George Washington, with President Wilson aboard, 30 miles east of Sandy Hook today. The presidential salute from these vessels was the first of many welcoming ceremonies awaiting the president on NEXT TWO DAYS Moisture Crying Need of All Growing Crops in Central Area—Hay Going Back BUILDING IS HELD UP Farraers Put in Orders for Sup- plies Contingent on Rain- Maker’s Making Good A big year for B‘smarck, or the fourth in a series of only average years, depends upon a healthy rain within the next 48 hours. Without @ good rain, practically all of the flax, the bulk of the hay and all of ihe late planted wheat will go by the boards, and central North Dakota will have little beside its early-planted wheat, which is now in the milk; its winter rye, which js now being harvested; its barley and a relativély small crop of oats to rely upon. Until within the Jast week there had been prospects of an abundant hay crop, which would have meant a great deal to’ the cen‘ral territory west of. the river, as there will be Praccically no hay in the southwest- @cn quarter of the state, and that area would look to the Bismarck dis- trict as its closest and more cconom- ical market. The continued drouth, however, has set back the grass, and it is fast drying up. Only an immed- iate rain can save any fair proportion of this very essential crop. ‘Nothing, not even continued dry weather and hot winds, can deprive central North Dakota of a far better average wheat crop than it harvested last year. The abundance of rainfall in May, coupled with two or three soakers in June, has advanced the early sown wheat to a point where, even without another rain this sea- son, it will make better than an aver- age crop, “ The heads are well filled out, and experienced farmers declare there is enough moisture and nutri- ment now stored in the stalks to carry the grain on to maturity. ‘The winter rye crop in the centra! tier of counties will be abou: normal. While the straw is long and the heads well filled, the stand generally is not heavy. This is due largely to the fact that the soil was extremely dry at planting time last fall. This made it impossible to properly prepare the seed bed and déprived the newly planted seed of the moisture neces- sary for its satisfactory germination. The rye ‘harvest is now in’ progress, and grain in the immediate vicinity is ranging from seven to 17 ‘bushels per acre, with an occasional .exceptional field which will go twenty or better. It is believed the wheat yield for this district will average better than 12 bushels, including fields where the drouth and the hoppers have left lit- tle or nothing as well as those where the yield will run up to 20 and 25 Dushels to the acre. Filax-growers probably will be hardest hit. » Owing to the backward’ season, most of the flax was not’ planted until June, too late to take’ advantage of the May rains. Much ‘of the seed lay in the ground for weeks without rain, and the percentage of germination was small. Hot dry weather in many in- stances took the tender plants as fast as they peeped above the ground. Fortunately, the present high price for flax-seed promises to prevail after harvest, and a very few bushels to the acre will pay for the harvesting of the crop. The establishment of a tow mill in Bismarck by the Ameri- can Grown Flax Fire Operating Corp, of New York promises to add to the profit in this crop for the farm- ers. Dealers in building material report the receipt of many orders which are to be filled in the event of a rain within the next few days. Should the long-sought for rain be vouchsafed, there will be an: unusual amount of construction this fall in the contry, where little was done during the war. The price of lumber is 80 to 90 per cent higher than it was in 1912, but dealers ‘are confident that it is as low as it will ever be again. Stuff that sold for $30 the thousand in 1912 now brings $50, and $40 lumber then is worth $60 now. The high wages paid in the lumber woods and mills; the general-enforcement of the eight- hour day, which thas increased the cost of production, and the high freight rates all are held to be fac- tors in the greatly enhanced cost to the consumer. ‘ There has been no proportionate in- crease in the cost of tile, brick and cement, altho builders’ hardware and paints have more than kept pace with lumber. As a result it is antici- pated that clay products, stucco fin- ishes, tile, brick and cement block will enjoy an unusual popularity during the next few, years and that they will gradually replace lumber al- together for exterfor work. UNITED WORKMEN ORGANIZE BAND OF 32 ‘MEMBERS The most important addition to musical ranks in the capital city an- nounced in a long time is the 32-piece band whose organization has prac- tically been completed by the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Musical instruments of a value of $800 have already been purchased by the lodge, while many individual members have their own instruments. A competent instructor is to be engaged, and an effort will be made to give Bismarck one of the best bands in the north- west. There is an abundance of ex- cellent musical talent in the Work- men’s big membership in Bismarck, and the development of the musical auxiliary of the, organization will be followed with interest. Slic schools. his arrival this afternoon. In the harbor were 45 warships headed by the flagship, Penn- sylvania, assigned to join the outer harbor escort. The George Washington had a clear way up the harbor. Police and navy patrol boats preceded the transport, and her escorts, sending out of their path excursion craft, ferries and barges. As the transport passed Fort Hancock, the guns bombed a presiden- tial salute, echoed ten minutes later by Forts Hamilton and Wads- worth. The shrill whistles of harbor craft took up the din. GETS BIG RECEPTION The President and Mrs. Wilson stood on the bridge of the George Washington as the vessel steamed slowly up the harbor to her pier at Hoboken, convoyed by destroyers and welcoming craft of all descriptions. The rail of the transport was lined with re- turning soldiers, cheering and waving their caps. LANE LINED WITH CRAFT The battleship, Pennsylvania, bearing five members of the president’s cabinet, Daniels, Baker, Lane, Glass and Wilson, led the way, followed by the Oklahoma, with the George Washington at her stern. The president’s flag was flying at the foremast of the George Washington. Except for the wide lane through which the transport passed, the harbor seemed literally filled with small craft bearing excur- sionists. A great crowd of welcomers also had assembled on Staten Island shore on the New Jersey side, ARMY AS CITIZEN MAKER SHOWING UP The army as a citizen-maker is proving its worth through the large number of applications now being re- ceived by clerks of district courts from soldiers who were naturalized while in the service and who are making requisition for their final cit- izenship papers through the clerk of court in their home county. ‘Soldiers who had taken out their first papers prior to enlistment or induction were given full rigths awhile in the service and have now only to obtain their certificates from the war department. RUST MENACE CHECKED BY HIGH WINDS Bolley Declares Chief Danger From. This Source Passed Fargo, N. D., July 8—No material damage has been done to crops in the Red River valley and probably will not occur from the prevalence of the black rust in the valley according to Dean H. E. Boley, of the N. D. A. C. “All of these dry winds of the past few days have tended toward the has- tening of crop formation and toward the checking of the rust,” Dean Boley today. “I think there is very little chance tiow of the crop in the valey to get eiough moisture before maturity to push this rust growth along.” Dry, windy weather is unfavorable to the spread and growth of the rust, us is a heavy rain, which will wash. the spores away from the leaves. Contin- ued damp weather or light showers are favorable to the development of rust, however, Blackstem rust is continual- ly causing a scare among North Da- kota farmers about the time of ma- turity of the grain. In 1915 and also in 1918, rust was prevalent in the state and was checked finally by un- favorable weather, R34 TO START QN HOME TRIP EARLY TUESDAY Mineola, N. Y., July 8.—Major Prit- chard, executive officer of the R34, af ter inspecting the dirigible’s engines today, said all repairs would be completed by 9 o'clock tonight, and that fuel, water and other supplies would be taken aboard before mid- night. With favorable weatner, he said, the R34 will be ready to start at daylight tomorrow. \ RECOMMEND DELAY. Washington, D. C, Jwy 5.—‘Delay of at least 48 hours in th? atart of the return flight of the Pritish airigible R34 was recommended ‘oday by ‘he weather bureau in a forecast sent to the ship at Mineola, L. I., by the navy department. COPY FOR BLUE BOOK IN HANDS OF THE PRINTER Copy for the first blue book North Dakota has published since 1915 now is in the hands of the printers, and the most comprehensive statistical volume the state ever has puYlished is expected to be ready for distribution soon. Miss Leila Diesem of the secre- tary of state's office had charge of compiling the matter to be included in the blue book, which is expected to; prove of unusual worth as a refer- ence work and text book for the pub- @ jtifies the THIRD DISTRICT WILL PAVE WITH STEEL CONCRETE New Type of Pavement Con- tracted for by City Commis- sion Monday Evening SEWER BIDS ARE REJECTED Having already experimented with bitulithic and sheet asphalt, the city commission elected last evening to try out concrete, a third type of pave- ment, on paving district No. 3. The contract: for-this job was awarded by unanimous vote to the Haggart Con- struction Co., of Fargo, whose bid of $338,000 was about $25,000 lower than its nearest competitor. The Haggart Construction Co. with- in the next day or two will put up a bond equivalent to the whole amount involved in the contract to assure faithful performance. It will also give a maintenance bond to insure good service from the pavement when laid. ' The New District. The new district, which comprises 4 1-2 miles of paving, includes all of the western and northwestern sec- tion of the city heretofore -unim- proved. The pavement will extend west to Hiverview and thence north to the southeast corner of the Coun- try club grounds. East and north of the Country club there are included a number of street intersections whose improvement will make all of the ter- ritory west of Fourth street one sol- id block of paving. The Haggart Construction Co. will have its steam shovels, mixers and other equipment on the ground with- in a week or ten days, and it is plan- ned to complete the entire jo» this fail. aMterials which will go into the new pavement are crushd trap or granite rock from St. Cloud, Minn., sand and Portland cement. These ma- terials are mixed in various combina- tions to form a rough base, a slightly finer middle section and a smoota but not glassy surface with a thick- ness over all of seven inches. Three pounds of steel rod reinforcing will be used to each square yard of pave- ment. The reinforcement not only for- pavement against heavy traffic but assists it in resisting ex- pansion and contraction. To further care for the natural changes which will follow transition from hot ‘to cold or cold to hot weather, patented expansion joints will be installed the full width of the pavement every twenty feet or less. Other Bids. Other paving bids rejected by the city commission last evening were from Hanlon & Okes of Minneapolis, |, who paved the downtown district with bitulithic; the Ford Paving Co. of Ce- dar Rapids, which paved district No. 2 with sheet asphalt; S. Birch Sons of aFrgo, and.the Western Construc- tion Co. of Sioux. City. These com- panies each bid on several types of paving, while the Haggart company made a tender on concrete alone. Sewer Bids Rejected. All bids on the proposed trunk line sewer from Tenth street to the river were rejectd by the city commission Monday evening, and the city auditor was instructed to readvertise for bids on a trunk-line sewer to begin at Third instead of Tenth street and to extend west to the river. BE CHIVRALOUS TO BILL, URGES JAPAN PAPER, N. E. A. Special to The Tribune. Tokio, July 8—‘There is no partic- ular, reason why the allies must spit on the face of the kaiser,” says Kok- umin, a Jananese paper which mir- rors the opinions of the imperialist group in Japan. “If the allies aband- oned his summons, they would be showing Germany the utmost spirit of chivalry.” MAY HEAD BRITISH EMBASSY IN U. S. LORD BURNHAM ~ Lord Burnham is the latest to be considered for’ British ambassador to the United States: He is proprie- tor of the London Daily Telegraph, and has served '{n parliameyt and as colonel in the army. ITALIAN KING PUTS BIG FINE ONPROFITEERS Decrees That in Futiire They Will Be Severely Dealt With DECLARE GENERAL STRIKE London, July. 8.—King Victor Em- manuel of Italy has issued a decree that profiteers will in the future be fined $10,000 lira or sentenced to from three months to three years in prison and in’ ‘addition will suffer confiscation of ‘goods, according to} a Rome dispatch. Unauthorized middlemen dealing in food will suffer: similar punishment, it is safd. 5 The dispatch ‘states that a general strike, was declared in Naples on Sun- day. . After looting outlying stores rin “that city “‘wcrowd attempted to) reach the center of the palace but was prevented by the police. SHOES T0 BE FROM $3 TO $4 HIGHER IN 4920 Chicago, Ill, July 8 --Shoes will cost from $3 to $4 more by next Spring, it was stated today by offi- cials of the National Shoe exposition here. “All foreign countries must come to America for shoes, and there is only a limited amount of calf skin and a | David said. PROHIBITION IS SPECIAL ORDER Washington, D. C., July 8.—Prohibi- tion legislation framed by the judiciary committee was made a special order of business in the House today. FISHING SCHOONER SINKS. New York, July 8—The American steamship Magenkook, which arrived today from Rotterdam, reported the sinking in a collission of the gasoline fishing schooner Edmond F. Black of Portland, Me., off the Georgian fish- ing banks, in a fog last Sunday night. The schooner’s crew of eight men were rescued and brought here. tworld shortage of hides,” Secretary! Sir William Orpen is here at Wilson. Sir William has painted GILBERT ADMITS AUTHORSHIP OF PAMPHLET Manager of League Takes Stand In His Own De- fense DENY TOWNLEY’S CONTROL Says It Is Not Complete Over Affairs of Nonpartisan Organization Jackson, Minn., July 8.—President A. C. Townley of the Nonpartisan league will not be called as a witness today, hig attorneys announced to- day. Mr, Townley and Mr. Gilbert are being tried on a disloyalty charge. Joseph Gilbert, former organiza- tion manager for the Nonpartisan league, upon cross examination in dis- trict court here today declared he stood solidly for every statement con- tained in the war pamphlet issued by the league, and admitted that when he spoke at Lakefield, Minn., Janu- ary 23, 1918, he “ridiculed” certain county officers, because, he declared, their acts had held them open to ril- icule. Gilbert and President A. C. Townley of the league are being tried on a charge of conspiracy to teach disloyalty. The state alleges that they conspired to hamper the govern- ment’s war program. Prosecuting Attorney E. H. Nicholas read various excerpts from the war pamphlet, and Gilbert endorsed the statement paragraph by paragraph. He stated the booklet also had been printed in German and Finnish. Gilbert admitted that the pamphlct, printed after the national Nonparti- san league convertion in St Paul in September, 1917, was circulated gen- erally where the league was seaking to increase its membership. Gilbert took the stand this morn- ing. His direct examination was com- pleted just before court’ ‘adjourned yesterday, : Gilbert testified on cross examina- tion by Prosecuting Attorney Nicholas that he had been editor of several newspapers before he came to the Nonpartisan league. He was editor of the Seattle Herald the last posi- tion he held: “Was that a socialist organ,” ask- ed Nicholas. “T would not call it a socialist or- gan. Half the socialists there were opposed to'it,” replied the witness. He testified that N. Randall, who later made speeches for the league in Minnesota made a short speaking tour for the Herald “in the interest of the vfreulation: ‘ot they paper.” mote "Signed Letter to Townley. Gilbert testified that he was’ one of several-.league employees who signed a letter addressed to Town- ley in which it was set forth that the organization was’ autocratic and in which it was set forth the organizers of the league should have something to say about’ its control. He denied that he thought Townley had com- plete control of the league. With regard to the league’s war program the witness testified that he wrote portions of the pamphlet. “Did vou write this?” the prosecut- ing attorney asked. “We are unalter- ablv opposed to permitting stock- holders of private corporations to reap enormous profits while a species of coercion fs exercised toward already poorly paid employees of both sexes in urging them to purchase govern- (Continued on Page Two.) Tacit Agreement Only to Try Kaiser In English Courts Paris, July 7.—The agreement reach- ed by the allies council that the trial of former Emperor Willlam would be held in London, as anounced by Pre: mier Lloyd George in the House of Commons last week, was a tacit one, vut from American sources it was Jearned late today that the agreement was regarded as binding. eer 00 Oe ORPEN PAINTING WILSON work on a portrait of President practically every prominent per- sonage connected with the peace congress, AMERICAN ABOARD R34 CROSSING OCEAN wi LIEUTZLANSQQWNE Lieutenant Lansdowne is the only man-not an Englishman to make the flight in the R34 from England to America. He is a naval lieutenant who has been detailed the whole time of his overseas service to the study of air navigation. When the English extended an invitation to America to have an observer aboard the R34 in her translatic flight, Lieutenant Lans- downe was chosen. FLOOD CONTROL BOARD ACTING UNDER NEW LAW Commission Reorganizes and Prepares to Carry Out Pro- visions of 1919 Act The state flood control commission reorganized yesterday at the capitol in rms of the new law enacted last win- ter, Engineer Herbert A, Hard was reappointed chief engineer. The new law enlarges the commis- sion to five members, adding Dean Bab- cock of the university school of mines, Dean E, 8. Keene of the college and State Engineer Robinson as an ex- officio member of the board. The new members appointed by the governor are A, W. Linquist, Farmount, manager of the Independent Oil company, and H. P. Halvorson, of Sheyenne, equity man and farmer, The commission serves without pi the law specifying that ‘the commission, With the governor, ‘shall appoint an-engineer to conduct the-work.’... Nga Camron < The law was.framed last winter by 'the legislative committee of the North} Dakota Flood Control association, con- sisting of Judge Wartner of Harvey, | Wm. Lemke, 0, B. Blanding and Engin- ,eer Hard, and it was felt that the ad- jdition of Deans Babcock and Keens and {Mr. Robinson would give to the com: mission the best engineering talent of the state in an advisory capacity. The commission had Mr. Hard re- view the past three years’ flood control work and outline his future plang and authorized him to proceed, A vigorous plan is already under wa Three crews of engineers are al- ready prosecuting field work in the Red River valley. Engineer Hard has just spent three weeks of intensive study of the vast flood control projects in the Miami valley in Ohio, about Day- ton, where 27 million dollars are being spent in building five great earthen gams of puddled clay to prevent re- floods of ence of the disastrous ‘his vast project is the first of its kind in the country, and has required vast initiative, and courage for its in- cepton by the engineers and commis- sion in charge,” Mr., Hard. “One can only grasp the immensity fo the vast project by actually spend- ing several days in going over the Mi- ami valey. One can give a faint idea of its bigness by statement of some such facts as these: The town of Os- bern, having about 1000 inhabitants, was, bought out completely and will be removed to a higher site, safe from the backwater of the Huffman dam ; 35 miles of railroad trackage has been inoved bodily from its old bed to higher ground and in part there inclosed be- tween two levees; 1900 men are em- ployed by the flood control work, but jt is so largely a ‘machine job’ that one is forcibly impressed with the scarcity of men.” The Ohio flood control work is the on- in the country of its kind in ay aproaching in m tude that ct The engineering wo 1 ont of the on the Lake Trave reservoir project, and it remains for the interested taxpayers in the three states to agree in apportioning the between themselves. ‘This matter it conference morning. will be settled in a ic in Wahpeton on Satu HOG PRIGES STILL SOAR Chicago, Ill, July 9.—The breaking of high prices continued today in the hog market. Values climbed to $22.60 per hundredweight, an upturn of ten cents compared with the latest prev- ious tiptop. Nearly every day during the last week has witnessed a new apex. Prospective food demand from Europe is the reason most frequent- ly given. REPORTS COMING IN Banks Telling of Condition as of June 30 Reports of the condition of state banks as of June 30 are beginning to reach the state examiner's office in response to a call issued by Examin- AUSTRIA T0 ~BEADMITTED 10 LEAGUE Must First Comply With the Necessary Conditions— Treaty Held Up TO ATTACK PETROGRAD Council of Five Approve of Plan Proposed by Fin- nish Leaders Paris, July 8—The council of five today decided to infurm the Austrian delegation that ‘the'r government would be admitted to the league of nations as soon as jt complies with the necessary conditicns This nvti- fication would be in reply to tue Aus- trian note on the subject. Treaty Held Up. A decision of the council of five to devote further time to consideration of Austrian territorial questions has resulted in the Austrial peace treaty being held up after the printers had handed over the proofs. The bound- aries question will be taken up to- morrow, and it is stated the treaty will not be ready for presentation be- fore the end of the week. Approval of a plan for a concerted attack on Petrograd by Finnish troops and forces of Kolchak at Omsk was given today by the council of five. Washington, July 8¢—Definite in- formation that the Bolshevik auth- orities are planning to evacuate Pe- trograd has been received in official circles here. The decision is said to have been violently opposed by some elements of the government. ATTACK CASTLE, Berlin, via London, July 8.—A mob attacked the castle and the detention prison at Hanover on Monday and re- leased all the prisoners. The guards, it is said, surrendered their arms without resistance. Some fighting oc- curred between the crowds and gov- ernment soldiers. STRIKE DECLARED. Stockholm, Monday, July 7.—The strike declared by the Swedish sea- men’s union, and which began Satur- day, is affecting the entire Swedish commercial fleet. The dispute orig- inated in the refusal of ship-owners to accede to a demand for an eight- hour day and a standard wage on ships under 700 tons on the Baltic and 600 tons on the Norih sea. An arbitration committes has gone to Gothenburg to intervene. OCCUPIED BY BOLSHEVIK. Helsingfors, Sunday, July 6—It is reported that all foreign embassies, legations and consulates in Petrograd have been occupied by Bolshevik troops. LOTS OF WORK IN SIGHT FOR NEW ROUALIZERS Petty Complaints. Heretofore Handled by County to Go to « State Commission The new state board of equal- ization as created by an amend- ed act of the last assembly, will begin its annual meeting at the capitol the first Tuesday in August, State Audit- or Kositzky, who remains a member of the board, although he is relieved of the task of acting as secretary, which Js assigned to Tax Commissioner Geo. E. Wallace, anticipates an unusually heavy grist for the board. In amending the act establishing the state board of equalization, the legisla- ture last winter provided that taxpay- ers who have claims to be adjusted may go over the heads of their county boards and cary their grievances direct to the state board. This provision, states Mr. Kositzky, was primarily en- acted for the benefit of the Consum- ers’ United Store Co., Townley fearing, it is said, that some of the towns in which stores have actually been lo- cated, might not be over-liberal toward these institutions in the matter of tax- ation. The result of letting down the bars, while he admits it may help Townley’s chain store company, Mr. Kositzky believes will also have the ef- fect of bringing before the state board a great mass of petty matters which heretofore have been handled by the county boards. The state board of equalization con- sists of the governor, attorney. general, commissioner of agriculture and labor, state treasurer, state auditor and the state tax commissioner. GRANT COUNTY CROPS ARE BAD Gottleib Roth of Odessa, a caller at the capitol today, declares that crops of every description are practically wiped cut in Grant county. The loss of pas- ture presents the greatest difficulty, and farmers and ranchers are having a hard time to.find forage for their cattle. POISON GAS IN SEA INJURIOUS TO BATHERS (N, E. A. Special to The Tribune.) London—Drums of American poison gas washed up by the sea along the shore near Swansea have resulted in fous burns for boys in bathing and er O. E. Lofthus last week. for fishermen who have attempted to handle them, :