The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 14, 1919, Page 1

i i iq i \ THE WEATHER Generally Fair. =/THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE eee ql LAST EDITION ————— | INTH YEAR, NO. 158. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA PRICE FIVE CENTS NO INVITATION TO WILSON TO JOIN IN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMTTEE’S TREATY DEBATES) EMERGENCY eae) Forenoon Session on Peace Pact Devoted to Consideration of Reso- lutions of Minor Importance—Advisability of Calling in Presi- dent Not Discussed—Chief Executive Takes Matter Up With Members as Individuals. Washington, July 14.—The senate foreign relations commit- tee, beginning consideration today on the peace treaty, reported three minor resolutions bearing action on the question of asking on the negotiations, but took no President Wilson to take part in committee discussion of the treaty. The resolution reported would call upon the president and the state department for information regarding an alleged secret treaty between Japan and Germany; regarding a protest said to have been made by General Bliss, Secretary Lansing and Henry White against the Chang Tung settlement and why Costa Rica was not permitted to sign the peace treaty. : PRESIDENT NOT DISCUSSED ee Members of the foreign relations committee said practically all the two hours’ meeting was taken up with the consideration of those resolutions, and that there was no discussion as to inviting the president to meet with the committee or of the proposal to consider separately the peace terms and the league of nations covenants. Detailed discussion of the peace treaty probably will begin when the committee begins tomorrow. committee adjourned, debate on Immediately after the actual ratification of the treaty began in the senate, Senator Swanson of Virginia opening with a speech praising the league covenant as the only possible plan for preserving world tranquility. * MINOR AMENDMENTS All other resolutions reported by the committee were amended in minor particulars, that regarding the alleged Japanese-German treaty and that relating to Costa Rica were reported without record votes. The Chang Tung resolution introduced by Senator Borah was reported by a vote of 9 to 3, all the democratic members opposing it, and republicans voting for it. WILSON DISCUSSES TREATY President Wilson discussed the peace treaty today with Sena- tors King, Utah, and McKellar, Tennessee, democrats, who were among half a dozen White House callers. It was understood par- ticular attention was given to the Chang Tung situation. After a conference, Senator King said he was convinced this question even- tually would clear itself. SLOPE SEEKING TODAY TO SOLVE FEED PROBLEMS General Conference of County Agents, Bankers, Farmers And Merchants in Progress Dickinson, N. D., July 14.—County agents, bankers, farmers, merchants and other representatives of Slope counties are meeting here today to con- sider some action to relieve the feed shortage in this section of the state. An extreme droyth is general over the entire slope, and there will be far from enough hay and straw to carry the live- stock through next winter. At today’s session delegates will be ramed to visit other sections, to as- certain where feed is abundant and at what price it can be obtained. Com- misisoner Carl Hamann urged that the Siope petition the state to divert the $200,000 imigration fund appropriated by the last assembly to the purchase of feed and seed for stricken districts. “Our crying need is not more men ard workers, now,” said Commissioner Humann. “We have plenty of farmers and plenty of farm help. What is needed is relief for those who are now here and who are threatened with the less of everything: they have.” Harvest hands are returning from Montana by the hundreds. “There’s nothing doing in Montana,” is the report. “We'll have 10,000 farmers and farnt hands drifting into North Dakota look- ing for work within another two weeks,” said a former North Dakotan who returned a day or two ago from Montana, where he and his father op- erate a thousand-acre ranch, “There was nothing there for both of us,” he explained, commenting on his return. “One man can handle all the work there is to be done on the old ranch this year. I’m beating it back home to try to find something with which to grub-stake the old man for the winter.” The eastern half of the state, from the Missouri river to the Red, can use an army of harvest hands. West of the Missouri, however, there are more than enough men to havest the vestige of a crop which the hoppers and drouth have left. HALF RATES FOR FEED SOUGHT BY N. P. AGENT Beach, N. D., July 14.—H., V. Wil- mot, traveling freight and passenger agent for the Northern Pacific, an- nounced here that the will recom: mend to the federal railway adminis- tration a half-rate on hay and feed as a means of relieving the desperate situation in western North Dakota and eastern Montana, where the drouth has left little for the stock to consume. RETURNED SOLDIER MADE BILLINGS’ NEW AUDITOR Medora, N. D., July 4.—Walter R. Tester. of Medora, has been named aud- itor of Billings county to succeed J. A. Beery, who resigned to enter the em- Ploy of the state tax commissioner. Auditor Tester recently returned from France, where he served as a sergeant in the 313th. engineers, Most of his 26 years havé'‘'been' ‘spent in Medora, where his father: John ‘Tester, Jr., is a prominent merchant, CONVICTION OF TOWNLEY COMES AS NO SURPRISE Wise Ones at Capitol Had Pre- dicted” Result—Are Not Wholly Displeased The conviction of Townley at Jack- son, Minn., upon a charge of having conspired to promote disloyalty was re- ceived at the state house without any great evidence of surprise. League of- fice holders commonly predicted such a result during the latter part of last week. The news does not seem to be altogether ungrateful to them. Shrewd league politicians contend that Town- ley convicted will be a bigger man than would have been ‘Townley cleared, among a certain class of his followers, and already the term “our martyred president” is rolling smothly from the lips of league henchmen here, ACTUAL FIGHT ON PEACE TREATY If BRGUN IN SENATE Foreign Relations Committee Be- gins Consideration of Im- portant’ Document Washington, D.C, July 14-After 1 week of preliminary discussion the ac- tual fight over unreserved ratification of the peace treaty with the League of Nations covenant began today in the senate. The foreign relations commit- tee, to which the treaty was referred on presentation by President Wilson on Thursday, begins consideration of the document which may bring action on several collateral issues. RICHARDTON PLANNING TO RISE FROM ASHES Richardton, N. D., July 4.—Richard- ton, still in ashes as a result of the $300,000 fire which almost wiped out the business district ten days ago, al- ready is stirring itself and planning the resurrection of one of the most. beau- tiful and prosperous little cities on the Slope. Practically every business house which suffered through the fire is plan- ning to begin rebuilding operations at once, and Richardton for the next six months will be the scene of unusual ac- tivity, COMMISSION TO MEET. A meeting of the commissioners of the city of Bismarck will be held this evening ati 8 o’clock at the city hall. The most important matter to be taken up at that time will be the new sanitary sewer. Other routine matters will be discussed. DAYLIGHT SAVING SAVED — WILSON’S VETO WILL STAND Washington, July 14.— The house today failed to pass the agricultural appro- priation bill with its rider re- law over the veto of Presi- | | | pealing the daylight saving | | dent Wilson. ¢. BANK HELPLESS IN FACING FIRST Director General Cathro Says State Institution Can’t Help Drouth Stricken Area MUST SEEK LOCAL AID Home Bankers Asked to Main- tain Correspondent Relations to Get Eastern Money Although the Bank of North Dakota situation resulting from the drouth west of tlie river, this institution, at tne request of Charles Eastgate of Ami- don, county agent of ‘Slope, was repre- sented Monday at a conference held in Dickinson by Stockmen, farmers, bank- ers, merchants and otherwise, who rec- ognize the need of co-operation in the solution of the Slope’s feed and seed problem. The’ Bank’s ‘representative is Roy M. Halliday, deputy director of publicity and dudits, who went in place of Manager James R, Waters, who was compelled by other important demands to cancel his own engagement ut the last moment, The situation so far as the Bank of North Dakota is concerned, is summed up in the following statement from Director General F. W. Cathro to County Agent Eastgate:: BANK IS HELPLESS. “We realize that the conditions are becoming serious and will require care- ful handling. It does not look as tho the Bank of North Dakota will be able to meet the situation for the reason that the short crop area will probably be. quite extensive, over most of the western hulf of the state, and it will be beyond the ability of the Bank of North Dakota to materially relieve the situa- tion. It is the intention of the manage- ment of the bank to do all that can be done in the matter of rediscounts and afford all the relief possible, but the prospects that such relief can only be to a very limited extent, It will be some little time yet before the affairs of this bank wil be in shape where re- discounts can be considered, and it is not probable any considerable funds will be available. for rediscount pur- poses before next tax-paying — time. Consequently, if we gave promises of material assistance at this time, we would probably be unable to meet their requirements and be doing an injustice to localities needing, funds. ASK BANKS TO STAND PAT “We are asking banks to maintain their present correspondent connections so that they will still continue to have some place to go to borrow money to meet their requirements beyond the ability of this bank to serve them, Had the crop come off like it promised some thirty days or so ago, the bank would probably be in a position to take care of many more demands than it will now be able to do. ‘the large bulk of the funds to be deposited in this bank will be redeposited in the banks. in which they now repose, and such funds cannot be transferred to rediscounts to any considerable degree without work- ing a hardship upon the bank and the community where such, funds are now placed, and this we want to avoid. MIGHT GET EASTERN MONEY. “Of course, there is an opportunity in the event that we in the meantime ean establish proper eastern connec- tions whereby a large bunch of redis- counts might be sent east to some cor- respondent bank with which to bring new money into the state, and in view of that fact it might be wise to con- vert a considerable portion of the open deposits into the form of, rediscounts with the local banks, thereby betting paper eligible to pass on to a corres- pondent bank for the purpose of bring- ing in new money; but it will take some time to work out that plan, and it is not feasible to make such arange- ments until after this bank has taken over the public funds of the state. MAY PAY HIGHER INTEREST. “The benefits accruing to local banks under this plan will be that even though they may have to pay a higher rate of interest, they will have the use of the money for @ definite period of time, and for that reason will doubtless be beneficial to the bank in the long run. This is a probable solution of the prob- lem, and it might be worked out.. In any event it may seem best that the banks continue to maintain such con- nections as they have at present in or- (der that they will have an avenue for borrowing money beyond the ability of this bank to lend. “We want to assure you of our de- sire to relieve the situation as far as we can, but want to impress upon you that the magnitude of the situation in- volves more money than we will likely be able to divert to that purpose. We trust that some feasible plan may be} worked out to the entire satisfaction of your several eommunities, “RF, W. CATHRO, “Director General.” TWO MORE SUSPECTS IN STEELE SWINDLE HELD Two more suspects, making a total cf four, were arrested today to await investigation. and hearing on charge of complicity in the wire-tapping swindle that cost Alfred Potts of Steele N.D., more than $1,000. Detectives Passolt and Glarum took ‘into custody Morris Walker and E. 8S. ing, Who will be arraigned in munici- pal court Monday on the charge of taking money under false pretenses John Christianson, the first suspect to be arrested, was bound over to the grand jury and the second suspect, Dean Gage, is serving 90 days in the workhouse on a vagrancy charge. Police believe now that they, have rounded up the quartette of alleged sWindlers who are supposed to have lured the North does not expect to be able to meet the|| See. Ran Car Over Woman. Whose Hand He Asked; Simple Assault Dickingon, N.'D,, July 14—Fred Dubeau, a farm hand who so loved his wealthy . widowed. employer, ! Mrs, Ernest Forrester, proprietress | of a ranch near Belfield, that when she would not give him her hand |he beat her over the head with an automobile spring, threw her from the car in which they were riding, drove the car up and down over her prostrate body, then proceéd- ! ed to her home and set the ranch | on fire, was found guilty in district court at Beach, of assault and bat- | tery. The assault was made May 28, 1918. Mrs. Forrester recover- | ed from her injuries, which it seem- ed at first must be fatal, Dubeau’s | defense was that the woman shot him prior to the assault. —— % WOMEN RATLWAY BMPLOYERS MUST WORK 8 HOURS Attorney General Langer In- sists That Federal Adminis- tration Observe Law {S APPLYING FOR WRIT Asks Supreme Court to Com- mand Governnient to Comply With New Labor Statute Women and girls in the service of North Dakota railways, wheth- er employed in. the shops, as tele- graph operators or in a clerical capacity, are subject to the eight hour law which went into effect July 1, contends Attorney General William Langer, and he today asked the supreme court of North Dakota to direct against the Great Northern railway and Walker D. Hines, as director general of rail- roads in the United States, an alternative writ of mandamus commanding that: the Great Northérn Railway Co. and’ Direct- or General Walker D. Hines be compelled to comply with the pro- visions of this act, In the petition filed..with the su- preme court this morning, Attorney General Langer argues that on ‘July 1 it became the duty of the defend- ants to put into operation and main- tain on all railroads in the state of North Dakota, with respect to women employed on such railways, House Bill 186, passed by the sixteenth as- sembly and made effective July 1. In failing so to do and in requiring female employes to work more than 8 1-2 hours in any one day or more than six days or more than 48 hours in any one week the federal director general of railways, the attorney gen- eral contends, is pursutng a course unauthorized by and contrary to the acts of congress of August 26, 1916, and March 21, 1918, and the proclama- tion of the president made December 26, 1917. Mr. Langer holds that such neglect to comply with the laws of this state serves no useful purpose; is not a war necessity and in no wise pro- motes the transportation of troops or of war materials. He declares the action of the director general an un- (Continued on Page Three.) than midsummer. Arch d’Triumphant. Gen. John J. Pershing with \ GREAT CITY MONDAY, JULY 14, 1919. ° AMERICA CANNOT|TOWNLEY CONVICTED BY GOPHER AFFORD TO SULK IN WORLD CRISIS Senator Swanson of Virginia, Democrat, Takes Up Defense of Peace Treaty FRIGHTENED BY SHADOWS Solon Feels That We Are Tilting With Ghosts and Overlook- ing Real Issues Washington, D. C., July 14.—Hail- ing the league of nations covenants as “one of the world’s greatest doc- um;/its,” Seitator Swanson of Va ginia, a democratic member of the foreign relations comm‘ttee, told the senate today that if the United States rejected the, league “it would mean that she would sulk in the greatest world’s cris's that ever occurred.” The speaker defended the league saying that it would not sacrifice the sovereignty of American citizenship and considered that on the contrary it would result in immense material gain in the protection of American integ- rity and preventing war. He declared it would not create a super govern- ment nor involve objections to the ‘Monroe doctrine. Pathway of Duty Plain. “The pathway of our duty is plain,” said Senator Swanson. “Let us not be frightened by our own prodigious shadow as it projects itself into the world affairs. Let us not be deterred from our manifest duty and destiny by a craven tear of becoming great in giving service and directions to a world in a direst hour] of its need and distress.” Pointing out that the war had shaken the social order to its found- ation, the Virginia Senator said the Paramount obligation of responsible statesmen was to prevent another such conflagration, which would re- turn the world to the rule “of brute force and barbarous stages of civiliz- ation.” “The plan for the formation of the league is skillfully conceived and the only one possidle under existing po- litical conditions.” TWO WOMEN AND MAN SERIOUSLY HURT IN RIOTS Corn Products Plant Strikers in Illinois Town Clash With Guards Chicago, Ill, July 14.-Two women and a man were seriously injured today when strikers at the plant of the Corn Products Refining Co., at Argo, IIL, stopped street cars carrying nonlunion men and clashed with the guards. More than a thousand strikers and some soldiers attempted to block trolley cars enroute to the plant. The strikers are said to have used club and other weapons. There were twenty armed guards of the company on the cars and a number of shots, were fired. There were clashes with strikers and guards in front of the Argo hospital and fighting also occured in several other sections during the early morning hours in which ten other men and wo- men were reported slightly injured. TRIUMPHAL MARCH OF ALLIED AND AMERICAN TROOPS THROUGH PARIS CELEBRATES VICTORY OVER HUNS President Poincare, Joffre, Hero of the Marne; Wounded Soldiers, General John J. Pershing and Other Famous Soldiers Have Place in Line —Great City Congested With Singing, Danc- ing, Laughing Throngs From the Provinces. Paris, July 14.— (By Associated Press.)—A triumphal march of allied and American troops through Paris began at 8 o'clock this morning. The weather was brilliant, being more like October A thdusand wounded soldiers, with their crutches, born on wheeled chairs and clad for the most part in civilian clothes, led the parade, being preceded by a drum corps. Guns started firing at minute intervals as President Poincare passed under the Cenotaph A casket placed there in memory of the allied dead was also decorated by wreaths. HERO OF THE MARNE Marshal Joffre, the victor of the first battle of the Marne, passed under the Arch d’Triumphant. him came Marshal Foch, the commander-in-chief of the allied forces during the final campaign of the conflict. A storm of ap- plause followed the two marshals as they passed the president’s stand and moved down the brilliant avenue. He rode alone. Behind a number of American generals came next in line and was received with equal enthusiasm. Forty American organizations of soldiers marching with wonderful pre- cision were greeted by a sea of waving handkerchiefs and flags. CONGESTED One million people will ‘go sleepless in Paris tonight, three- quarters of them from choice and the others because they have failed to obtain shelter. While the crowds on the boulevards were as dense as on armistice night, the enthusiasm of Nov. 11 was missing. Groups Dakotan into depositing his’ ‘nioney, on the promised profits from “the races,” were dancing, singing and striving hard, almost painfully, to enjoy themselves, but the majority of the people were merely looking on ifrom mere curiosity. FARMER JURY OF CONSPIRING TO TEACH DISLOYALTY TO U. §. Jurors Return Verdict After Granted Nonpartisan Chie: Few Hours—Stay of Sentence f Until September 15—League President Renews Denial of Guilt and Criticises Attitude of Court—Trial Attracted Wide Attention. Jackson, Minn., July 14.—A jury which retired at 8 o’clock, after a brief deliberation returned a verdict before midnight Sat- urday in which it found Arthur C. Townley, president of the National Nonpartisan league, and Joseph Gilbert, formerly man- ager for the league in Minnesota and now connected with the league’s press bureau in North Dakota, guilty of conspiracy to teach disloyalty. Townley will not be sentenced until September 15, until which time a stay has been granted by District. Judge Dean. The Nonpartisan leaders were convicted under a Minnesota statute. Their trial, which occupied two or three weeks, attracted the widest attention. ITALY OR DEATH TOCSIN OF FIUME NATIONAL RIOTS City Plastered With Handbills— Signs in Jugo-Slav Lan- guage Are Removed CLAIM FRENCH MEDDLING Vienna, Saturday, July 12—(By the A. P.)—Fiume, recently the scene of disorders between Italian and French troops, is quiet, with the Italian pro- vost marshal maintaining order, ac- cording to reports received here. Few Italian soldiers are seen on the streets. The French remain in their barracks, and come out only to drill, Two French and two Italian war- ships are in the harbor. Italy or Death. The city, it is said, is plastered with hand bills, reading: “Italy or death.” Signs on buildings and streets in the Jugo-Slav, language have been re- moved. American relief officers are in the city. The Italians, the report said, have been claiming for months that the "French were meddling in their af- fairs, declaring that if the Italians had meddled in Alsace-Lorraine or elsewhere it would have been looked upon as presumpuous by the French. BRINTON PAPER BEGINS ATTACK ON HAIL BOARD Commissioner S. A. Olsness Re- ceives Reward for Independ- ence of Action Beach, N. D., July 14.—The locat Brintonized league organ carries in its weekly issue a two-column attack upon the state hail department, sing- ling out particularly Commissioner S. A. Olsness and District Inspector J. M. Halstrom of Mandan. Under the caption, “Funny Work in Hail Of- fice to Discredit Act,” the Progress complains that ten days have elapsed since the heavy hail storm which swept over Golden Valley county and that no adjustments have been made. While Commissioner Olsness has been loyal to Townley, his independ- ence in giving to some non-league newspapers of general circulation in- surance statements claimed by Brin- ton and other league newspapers as their rightful exclusive property has won for him the enmity of Brinton and similar leaguers. Olsness was quoted last winter as being opposed to the Brinton bill which gives to the league press in which Brinton has been largely interested a monopoly of all public and private legal print- ing. The Beach Progress broadside is regarded as the opening gun in a campaign which Brinton and asso- ciate editors will wage against Ols- ness. The insurance commissioner has given very general satisfaction. He has for many years been actively en- gaged in farming at Sheyenne; he 1s a pioneer member of the league, and he brought to the office to which he was first elected three years ago a general knowledge of the insurance business gained from having served for years as secretary of a success- ful farmers’ mutual insurance com- pany. HEAVY CROP LOSS CAUSED BY HAIL NEAR CROOKSTON Damage Estimated at Fifty to 75 Percent Estimated From Heavy Storm Crookston, Minn, July 14.-Crops were damaged fifty to 75 per cent by hail storms and a high wind that struck this section and Cli- max yesterday, sweeping over a path four miles wide and seven miles long, according to reports here today. The Theodore Hays, K. S. Aker, and Hanson — Brothers’ farms were damaged extensively by the storm. The defense asserted that speeches by Townley and Gilbert, at mass meetings in Minnesota, early in 1918, were not disloyal in their deferences to the government and prosecution of ;the war. These speeches were made | the ‘basis of the indictment together 'with circulation of the Nonpartisan league's so-called war program, over { Townley’s signature, i ‘Conspiracy Charged. { During the three weeks of the trial the defense has made repeated charges that the case is an out- growth of efforts to injure the Non- partisan league. Testimony along this line, and also testimony by Rep- resentative John M. Laer, and North | Dakota state officials coucerning the loyalty of Townley and the league, |was excluded by Judge k. C. Dean. ;. The jurors announced that they {took two ballots. The first was nine |to three for conviction. The second | Was unanimous for conviction. After receiving the verdict, Town- ley made the following statement: “Judges and lawyers may qui ble but in the court of public opinion the common sense of the people will never approve a rul- ing that says a man may merely deny he is disloyal and is forbid- den to prove by constructive tes- timony that he is loyal.” Judge E. C. Dean granted a stay of. sentence until September 15 to per- mit the preparation of the court rec- ord and the making of motions for a new trial. Townley Request Denied, When Prosecutor E. H. Nichols completed his argument shortly be- fore 8 o'clock tonight in the case of A. C. Townley and Joseph Gilbert, charged with conspiracy toteach dis- loyalty, Townley made a personal plea to the court that he be permit- ted to argue his own case to the jury. Fs Townley, standing in a crowded court room told the judge that he had dismissed his attorneys, that the co- defendant Gilbert had waived the right of further representation by counsel and that Townley asked for the privilege of speaking on the ground that he felt the Nonpartisan league was on trial. Prosecutor Nicholas spoke nearly four hours before the closed his ad- dress to the jury. He charged that: the state had proved its conspiracy charge against the two Nonpartisan league leaders through the testimony of witnesses who ‘heard various speeches made by the defendants through evidence in the form of league literature and through the testimony of the state’s leading wit- nesses, one of whom was F. A. Tei- gen, a former member of the league, who declared that Townley told him in 1917, “We are against this war, but can’t afford to advertise it.” Townley Before Court. A moment after Nicholas closed his argument, Townley stepped before the court, the president of the Non- {partisan league, an organ/zation | which Townley said thas more than 250.000 members, had taken off his coat, his suspenders snapped as he stretched his long arms and began speaking. Scores of women were in the crowd which jammed the court room. “Your honor,” he said, “I have discharged my counsel, have come to the conclusion that from this point of the case, I want to say that I have every confidence in the ability of the men who have been repre- senting me. But I feel that I and the organization are on trial and I feel that I can handle this case better than my attorneys. I do not know what Mr. Gilbert is going to do about it; do not know whether he is go- ing to be heard thru his attorneys,” Gilbert Waives Right. At this point George Hoke, who has been counsel for the defendants announced that Gilbert waived his right to be represented by counsel. “I ask your honor,” said Town- ley, “that I may be permitted to make my own plea to the jury. I am very anxious to do this. The attitude of more than 250,000 farmers and a mil- lion of people throughout this north- west will depend upon the decision of the jury and I again ask that I may be permitted to make the ad- dress in my behalf. Judge Dean pointed out to Townley that a conspiracy in which the law holds that the two defendants, if found guilty, would be considered equally guilty. The court questioned whether the law would permit one of the defendants to try ‘his own case in an action of this kind, without legally represent- ing the other defendant. Townley is not a lawyer. The applicatio: of common sense written into words and applied to the rules of life is law, your honor,” said the Nonpartisan league chiefta‘n. “Gilbert has quit, suppose he would decide to plead sully? “ould that mean that I am guilty. I feel that I am innocent and I ask for the right to make my own plea.” Assistant ttorney General Marham objected, holding that the co could not properly grant’ the defendants” re- quest. Judge Dean then asked the (Continued on Page Six.)-. ~~