The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 19, 1919, Page 1

THE WEATHER Generally Falr, THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 163. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS LANGER WINS IN FIGHT FOR EIGHT) UP 8¥.watk-our) NATIONS? YES, SAYS HOUR LABOR LAW Personal Counsel of Director General Hines Advises That ~ | He Will Comply WILL AFFECT 3,000 WOMEN Every Female Employe of North Dakota Railways Will Bene- ' fit From Statute Attorney General William Langer won a bloodlese victory over the fed- eral railway administration yesterday when he received a wire from Charles Donnelley of St. Paul, per-| sonal, counsel to Director General Walker D. Hines advising that the latter had signified his intention of immediately complying with North ‘Dakota’s eight-hour law as applied to women and minors, The eight-hour law became effect- ive July 1, having been passed by tne sixteenth assembly. The federal rail- way administration, which employs two or three thousand women and girls in its railway shops, express, freight and passenger offices and in its operating department, politely ignored the act, Attorney General Langer, who insists that a state’s po- lice powers are sovereign so long as they do not conflict with the prose- cution of war in any other national emergency, brought this oversight to the attention of the federal railway administration through the medium, of an action which he inaugurated in the North Dakota supreme court the first. of this week asking that the railways ‘be served with a writ of mandamus. A copy of the attorney general's petition was served upon Walker D. Hines, as director general, and it has apparently taken immediate effect. Mr. Donnelley yesterday advised the attorney general that steps will be taken at once to enforce the eight- hour law for women and children on all the North Dakota carriers con- trolled and operated by the federal government and Mr. Langer advised the personal counsel for the director general that the action in the North ‘Dakota supreme court would be with- drawn. The attorney general has pending against Director General Hines two other important actions. One of these demands . compliance with the “dis- tance tariff law enacted at the last session of the legislature and would result ‘ina reduction of about 50 per cent’ in all freight rates. The other asks that the.railway administration ‘be enjoined to enforce the full crew act’ passed ‘by the sixteenth assembly ‘and which would, in most instances, require the employment of one more man than is now carried on freight and passenger trains operated in North Dakota, : GOVERNOR AND BISHOP WRHRLE TO GIVE. TALKS Chief Executive and, Head of Catholic Diocese to Share Platform at Mandan Mandon, N. D., July 19.—Vincent A. Wehrle, bishop of the Bisharok diocese of the Catholic church, and Governor Lynn J. Frazier will share the platform at the annual Morton county farm bureau picnic to ibe held July 30 on the ground of the North- ern Great Plains field station. In addition to addresses by the governor and bishop, there will be lectures from farm experts, moving pictures and an interesting program of races and sports. George F. Wilson, A. J. Sylvester, W. J. Gill, W. H. Ordway, L. A. Tavis, Charles F, Ellis and J. M. Stephens form the committee on ar- rangements. In the evening a dance will be given, with Mesdames Joseph 'P. Hess, C. R. Robertson and Y. J. Mackin as patronesses. Max Mor- gan, Morton county agent, is in gen- eral charge of the plans for the big event. Fargo Y. M. C. A. Worker Reaches New York From France Miss Blanche True, head of the English department of Fargo college, who has been engaged in Y. M. C. A. work in France for the past year, arrived in New York Tuesday, ac- cording to messages received by Far- go friends. Mis True had not plan- ned on reaching the United States until early in September. In her message, Miss True did not state whether she would return to Fargo immediately, or wait until the open- ing of Fargo college. She will again be at the head of the English depart- ment of the college next year. Miss True was granted a year's leave of absence by the college au- thorities, allowing her to take up war work in France—Fargo Forum. RHODE ISLAND WITHOUT! STREET RAILWAY SERVICE AS RESULT OF STRIKE Providence, R. I, July 19.—All street railroads of the Rhode Island company, which cover virtually all of the state, were idle today as a result of a strike of 2,500 union carmen which began at midnight. The com- pany announced that no attempt would pe made to operate cars. SLIGHT INCREASE IN VESSELS TIED Longshoremen and Other Work- ers Left ‘Idle—Seamen’s Union More Hopeful New York, July 19—A slight in- crease in the number of vessels tied up in New York has been reported by the strike of firemen, oilers and wa- ter tenders today. Similar reports were received from other Atlantic ports. In adidtion to the strikers and allied employes thrown out of work by the strike, the number of em- ployes now out was increased by longshoremen and the hundreds of teamsters and freight handlers left idle ‘by the embargo on all shipments to domestic ports. Officials of the International Seamen’s union ex- pressed the belief that a speedy set- tlement of the strike was in pros- pect. SAYS WILLIAMS AIDED BROTHER SELLUNCLE SAM Rep. McFadden of Philadelphia Makes Serious Charges Against Comptroller SHARED IN COMMISSIONS? Congressman Alleges That Pub lic Official Profited From $4,230,000 Deal Washington, D. C., July 19.—Charg- es that John Skelton Williams, comp- troller of the currency, aided his brother Lewis D. Williams, of Rich- mond, Va., in negotiating for the pur- chase by the government of property in Washington, valued at $4,230,000 and received part of the commissions for the sale, were made today by Rep. McFadden, republican, Pennsylvania, in the house rules committee, Mr. McFadden asked that the com- mittee report out his resolution to investigate the official conduct of the comptroller of the currency and an- nounced if the resolution was not re- ported he would make cha-ges on the floor of the house and ask im- peachment of Mr. Williams. Claims to Have Evidence. “Evidence that the comptroller. made. use-of«his office for his private gain,” ‘is in my possession said the representative. “It shows he was in- volved in a financial way with the purchase by the government of the Arlington Hotel property for $4,200,- 000. He aided his brother. in nego- tiating the sale, and I am prepared to Prove that he received part of the commissions.” Mr. McFadden declared he also could prove that Mr. Williams had taken part in other transactions “of a most serious nature.” Williams Makes Denial. Comptroller Williams in a state- ment issued today said that charges made by Mr. McFadden were “utterly without foundation” and they. ‘were untrue from start to finish.” He de- clared that he had no interests in the sale of the Arlington company property to the government and re- jceived no recompense in connection with it. MATRICIDE HELD GUILTY BY JURY Towa Boy Convicted of Murder in Second Degree Mt. Ayr, la, July 19—The jury in the case of Roy Emerson of Creston, la., charged with beating his mother to death with an iron brake and throwing her body down an elevator shaft, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. The case went to the jury at 6 p. m. yesterday. ‘Sentence will not be imposed on Emerson for several days, it was un- derstood. The maximum penalty for second degree murder in Iowa is life imprisonment. Emerson, with his 22-year-old wife at his side, sat calmly through the reading of the verdict. From the time he entered the court room unt he was escorted back to his cell, the convicted man said nothing. 27 KILLED IN BANDIT FIGHT ‘Nogales, Ariz., July 19.—Twen- ty-seven persons were killed in a bandit fight at Potam, Sonora, 475 kilometers south of here on the Southern Pacific-De Mexico rail- road, according to passengers ar- riving here today. FOREST FIRES STILL BURN OVER AREA OF HUNDREDS OF MILES ‘Spokane, Wash, July 19.—Forest fires burning within an area of sev- eral hundred square miles in western Montana and Northern Idaho early to- day threatened three small towns in Idaho and consumed millions of feet of standing timber. ‘CABINET WILL ASK VOTE OF CONFIDENCE Paris, July 19—In view of last night’s vote in the chamber of depu- ties, the cabinet has decided to de- mand a vote of confidence by the chamber Tuesday next. A general de- bate on the government’s policy is considered probable | _ + SHOULD WE JOIN THE LEAGUEOF ORDER MUST BE HITCHCOCK; |PRESERVED SAYS NO, ASSERTS SENATOR MCORMICK ITALIAN EDIC Senate Leaders Will Write Six Articles Apiece in Which They Will Discuss the Good and the Bad of the Covenant Which Now Is Occupying Attention of National Congress. The Daily Tribune presents today the opening of a remarkable and important joint debate between senatorial leaders on both sides of the League of Nations question that is now agitating the country. On the eve of President Wilson’s proposed swing about the country, Senator McCormick, for the opposition, and Senator Hitchcock, for the administration—both newspapermen by the way— have prepared these striking arguments on the league. Other joint debates by Senators McCormick and Hitchcock will be printed daily for five more days. BY THE HON. MEDILL M’CORMICK Senator From Illinois, and Leader of the Fight Against the League of Nations. The treaty of peace is—a promise of war. The territorial terms in Bu- rope and in Asia have made it that. The covenant of the league is not a guarantee of future security, justice and peace, but a pledge that America shall take part in the next war, even agains ther conscience and her judg- ment, to insure the victors in the possession of their new-won borders. If we go into the trap now without providing for an exit, it will be our own fault. The fourteen points have been vlown to the four winds. Men and women in Europe and America who first supported the covenant of the league and denounced the demon- strant senators, now are as ‘bitterly opposed to the treaty as any sena- tors, The British empire has been the principal winner of the peace, and America is made the “magniloquent dupe” of the world. The terms are a triumph for Mr. Lloyd George. The Phrase Maker of the King has com- pletely bested the King of Phrase Makers. | Talleyrand, the great French dip- lomat, who in the congress of Vienna tricked the conquerors of Napoleon, wrote that “words have been given to man for the purpose of concealing his troughts.” The old world diplo- mats ‘who assembled in Paris and in Versailles have so phrased.and so contsructed the treaty and the gov- ernment of the léague that both, and especially the government, have a meaning different from that which’ at first. sight they seem to carry. The amendments, written nominally. to” nieet American criticism, are shams. They do not do what they pretend to do. The protection of our interest which appears in one line is taken away in the next. Questions like the Monroe Doctrine, the control of immigration and other domestic affairs, sovereignty over the Pana- ma canal, liability to war and the right to withdraw from the. league, are all placed in the hands of the executive. council, controlled abso- lutely by European powers. The senate cannot rewrite the treaty, but it can save America from o—_ _—______________, United States senator from IIli- | | | | nois, one of the owners and at one time publisher of the Chicago Tribune, is one of the most promi- nent senatorial opponents of the League of Nations as proposed by | the peace conference in Paris. } He saw more of the various | fronts and the allied powers dur- | | ing the war than did any other | | member of congress. o_ the trap; it can protect America from the blunders and defeats of her own delegates to Paris and leave her free to decide when the time comes, whether she wants to conscript her sons to die in the defense of Japan against China, in resolving the bick- erings and quarrels of Europe, or in guarding the far-spread tropic em- pires of France and Britain. Wilson’s Proposed Course Contrary to His Own Words Written in Past. The unreasoning critics of the sen- ate hold that it has no other duty than to ratify the treaty submitted. They say that altho the . peace treaty is the most important treaty in the history of the world, the presi- dent is justified inrefusing to seek “the advise and consent” of the sen- ate, as prescribed by the constitu- tion of the United States. I do not argue that Mr. Wilson has not the technical constitutional power to negotiate a treaty, but I ag e United States senator from Ne- | | braska, publisher of the Omaha | World-Herald, is ranking demo- cratic mem%er of the senate for- eign relations committee and was its chairman during the demo- crats’ control of the senate. | He is leading the fight on the floor of the senate for ratification | of the peace treat and the league covenant. \ & o BY THE HON. GILBERT M. HITCH- COCK. Senator From Nebraska, and Leader of the Fight For the League of Nations. Heretofore the world has been or- ganized for war and has had war. Now a united effort is being made to organize the nations for peace:'by establishing the League of Nations. Heretofore each of the peace treaties signed after a war has been only a truce, and has been followed by preparations for the next year. This peace treaty would be jujst like the others if it did not include the provisions establishing the league of nations. Almost ‘before thd ink is dry on the treaty each {nation would begin again to develop its mil- itary and naval powers for the next conflict. The only way to end this is for the nations to form an organization the purpose of which is to avoid war, war preparations, war taxes and war miseries, This organization we call the League of Nations. It is not a super-nation, as) some have charged, with power to destroy or to tyranize. It has none of the functions of government. It can not levy taxes, raise armies or build na- vies. It is a covenant or agreement between nations, each of which re- tains its sovereign powers and in- dependent existence. These nations make certain promises to each other. If these promises are kept, there will not only be no war but armies and taxes will be reduced while each gov- ernment can devote its energies to improving the conditions of life and developing the resources of its coun- ry. The document which may be called the constitution of the league, when first agreed upon ‘by the representa: tives of fourteen nations, embracing one thousand million people, wa3 made public about the middle of Feb- Tuary and published all over the world for examination and criticism. Then it was again considered. Va- rious amendments that had been sug- gested were accepted, and finally the revised document was adopted iby the peace conference, about the end of April, and became the first article ofthe treaty of peace which has been signed by Germany and thirty other nations, including the United States. All that now remains to be done is to have the various governments rat- ify this treaty and then the League of Nations will be in working order. Any Nation Joining the League Now Can Later Retire on Two Years’ Notice. In our country the U. S. senate has the power of ratification, and a two-thirds vote is necessary. Any nation ratifying the treaty and joining the league can, in the future, retire from the league on two years’ notice. This provision was inserted to remove the fears of people in this country and in others that a nation might find by experience that mem- bership was not desirable or that the league failed in its purpose. One of the difficulties in organizing the league was how to give a mem- bership to all nations, large as well as small, and yet to arrange for the great and advanced nations like the United States to have the leadership. A league could not last long or ac- assert that-his negotiation of a treaty| complish much if so organized that (Continued on Page Two.) (Continued on Page Two.) Instructions Carried Out Scrupu- lously and With Firmness, Asserts Premier WILL PROTECT STARVING No Disorders to Be Permitted to Interfere With Safety of the Peonle Rome, Friday, July 18. (By the As- sociated Press)—Instructions con- cerning the public order must be car- ried out scrupulously and with firm- ness. The government will not show indulgence to transgressors and will hold weakness as guilt,” said a circu- lar from the premier to all police in the state concerning the general strike called for July 20 and 21. “The fact that arms and explosives have been received in some cities shows the criminal dream of a few delinquents,” the letter says. “Any disorders will injure Italy's credit and her starving people. Let us avoid any conflicts and any c’vic disorders and violence must ibe suppressed.” The authorities have prohibited the circulation of automobiles and sim- ilar vehicles from Saturday noon and issued orders that no gasoline shall be sold except for use by motors driv- en by members of the diplomatic corps. SENATE REGESS TAKEN IN TALK ON PEAGE PACT President Wilson Has No En- gagements With Republican Senators for the Day Washington, D. C. July 19—There was a recess today in the senate de- bate on the peace treaty as well as its consideration by the foreign rela- tions committee. At the meeting yesterday, little progress was made in the preliminary reading, but to- day, hope was abandoned of com- pleting this task this week. The sen- ate algo. adjonrned.over. ‘today. President Wilson will have no en- gagements to see republican senators today, but he is expected to resume talks with republican senators Mon- day. Likes G. O. P. Attitude President Wilson announced today he was highly pleased with the atti- tude of the republican senators with whom he had conferred on the peace treaty. $14,000,000.00 FOR REHABILITATION | OF YANKS “OKEH” Governor Signs Sundry Civil Ap- propriation Bill Carry- ing Soldier Fund Washington, D. C., July 19.—The $613,000,000 sundry civil appropria- tion ‘bill revised, was signed today by President Wilson. The new bill carries $14,000,000 for the rehabilitation and education of disabled service men as against $6,- 000,000 contained in the measure ve- toed by the president. In the bill are appropriations for the various govern- mental departments. COMMISSION NOT TO CHECK DIRECT ON WORKER FUNDS Attorney General Contends That Warrants Must Be Drawn by State Auditor In answer to a request from State Treasurer Olson, custodian of the workmen’s compensation fund, the attorney general's office has handed down an opinion that the workmen’s compensation commission cannot check directly against this fund as it would were it a private account, but that accounts must be paid through regular state warrants drawn by the state auditor. The attorney general quotes Sec. 186 of the constitution providing that no money shall be paid out of the state treasury except on appropria- tion by law or on warrants drawn by the proper officer, and Sec. 641, C. L. 1913, which decrees that money shall 'be paid from the state treasury only on order of the auditor. The attorney general’s office holds that the authorization of vouchers by the workmen’s compensation commis- sion amounts only to approval by this board, and that warrants on the fund can actually be drawn only by the state auditor. —————'———_——? | Victory Bond Loan Paymants Payable Now oO The second payment of 10 per cent upon the Victory Liberty bonds was due July 15; and subscribers are re- quested to mail a check to the bank through which they are handling de- ferred payments. Prompt action will be appreciated by everyone con- cerned, COMMERCIAL WIRE OPERATORS’ HEAD QUITS HIS POST S. J. Konnenkamp Says Private Ambition Calls After 12 Years’ Service Chicago, .Ill., July 19—S. J. Kon- nenkamp resigned today as president of the Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America. In his letter to the executive board tendering his resig- nation, Mr. Konnenkamp said: “My reasons for this action are purely personal, and my chief regret will be to sever the harmonious and at all times cordial relations with my fellow officers. I accepted the presi- dency in 1908 to serve two years and have spent nearly twelve years in the office now. At that time it was my ambition to practice law, and now I hope to see that ambition realized.” Mr. Konnenkamp also stated that the next convention of the telegraph- ers is secheduled for October but might be advanced to August. His resignation may not ‘be acted upon un- til that time. 240,000 RUSSIAN PRISONERS FORM PEACE PROBLEM Supreme Council Discusses Dis- position of Hostages Still Held in Germany MANY ARE _ BOLSHEVIKS Countries Through Which They Would Have to Pass Object to Their Presence Paris, Friday, July 18. (By the As- sociated Press)—The supreme coun- cil of the peace conference today dis- cussed the disposition of 240,000 Rus- sian prisoners of war still held in Germany. The prisoners were held by Germany at the request of the al- lies after the armistice was signed and have been fed at the expense of the entente powers. As many of them are badly affect- ed with Bolshevism, Poland and other countries through which they would go on their way back to Russia, have objected to giving them passage for fear of Bolshevik propaganda. More- over, it is held, they would ‘be either forced in the Bolshevik army or kill- ed if sent home. The council was un- able today to reach a decision with- out further information concerning the military phases of the situation and referred the question to the mil- itary advisers for a report. REDUCED RATES ON LIVESTOCK’ NOW EFFECTIVE Big Reduction in Freight Tar- iffs Made Operative by Rail Board July 15 The state railway commission today announced a considerable reduction in rates on cattle, hogs and horses between points within the state. These rates became effective July 15. A standard car of cattle may now’move 100 miles for $41.80; 200 miles for $52.80, and 300 miles for $61.60. The old rates were $48.20 for 100 miles; $63 for 200 miles, and $78 for 300 miles. A standard car of hogs may now move 100 miles for $35.70; 200 miles for $46.75, and 300 miles for $56.95. The old rates were 48.20, $64 and 78, respectively. While these rates represent quite a reduction ,announces the commission, and while they will save the shippers of the state considerable money, they are still considered too high by the com- mission, which declares it will approve of no rates in excess of those prescribed in House Bill 48, enacted by the last legisia- ture, Distance tarriffs made effec- tive by this act are about 50 per- cent lower than those which the federal railway administration has had in force in North Dakota for more than a year. GRANT COUNTY TO HAVE BIG FAIR AT LEITH IN AUTUMN Premium Lists to Be Twice Amount Offered Last Year— Herron Heads Association Leith, N. D., July 19.—September 24, 25 and 26 have been set as the dates for the annual Grant county fair at Leith. Substantial prizes will be offered for pure bred cattle and horses and the premiums on sheep and hogs will be double those of last year. An increase of 100: per cent has also been made in the amount of prizes offered in the women’s de- partment. G. W. Herron has been elected president for 1919, and other officers are J. H. Emch, vice presi- dent; G. J. Kimball, treasurer; Clair Cornell, secretary; J. H. Emch_ of Leith, J. H. Wheeler of Pretty Rock CHICAGO FACES MOST SERIOUS LABOR CRISIS Fire Department Engineers and Assistants Vote to Quit Work This Morning STOCKYARD WORKERS OUT Dislike for Police Given as Rea- son for Strike of 10,000 West of Halstead ‘Chicago, Ill, July 19.—Chicago is confronted today with one of the most serious situations it ever has exper- ienced. The fire department engl- neers and assistants, at a meeting held last night, voted to quit work at 8 o'clock this morning. ‘This action taken as result of the failure of the city to meet the demands of the en- gineers for an increase in wages. The water pressure in the city mains ig not strong enough to throw a stream one story high and heads of the de- partment’ expressed grave fear in case of a big fire, ‘Dislike the Police, Dislike for policemen and guards is given as the reason why 10,000 work- ers in the stockyards are out on strike today. The men declare they will not return to work until the guardians of the law are withdrawn. Thompson Names Arbitrators Mayor Thompson today appointed a mediation committee of nine members to investigate both sides of the con- troversy between the transaction com- panies and their men in an effort to avert the threatened strike of the em- ployees. Heads of the streetcar em- plays said a telegram to William Mc- Mahon, president of the International Order of Streetcar Workers, asking him to come to Chicago. 19,000 ALLIED TROOPS MARCH IN LONDON PARADE Metropolis and Entire Kingdom Today Given Over to Vic- tory Celebration London, July 19.—Nineteen thous- and allied soldiers, picked men from the famous combat divisions, the names of which are written largely on the pages of history, marched through London streets today in cele- bration of the return of peace.’ The line of paraders was more than six miles in length. Following the parade, London en. Joyed a special holiday and gave it- self up to merry-making. Fireworks ended the day’s festivities. Whole Dominion Celebrates, Peace was celebrated by the Brit- ish empire today, not only in Lon- don, ‘but in every part of the vast do- minion over which floats the Union Jack. London’s great victory parade, of course, was the most spectacular event of the day, but throughout the country every city, town and hamlet held a peace carnival. MOTOR BANDITS MAKE RICH HAUL OF DRESS GOODS Store at Washburn Entered by Thieves Who Disappear With Large Stock Washburn, N. D., July 19.—(Special to The Tribune)—Motor bandits en- tered the store of the Washburn Dry Goods Co, yesterday and stole several hundred dollars worth of clothing, dress goods and other merchandise. They are believed to have made their escape in a motor, leaving no trace of their probable destination, Among the articles stolen were 15 suits of clothes, five raincoats, five dozen silk stockings, 50 women’s silk waists, 12 pairs of men’s shoes, eight bolts of silk, three dozen men’s socks, 15 sweaters, 15 pairs of serge pants and two dozen men’s dress gloves, The police departments and sher- iff’s offices in this vicinity have been notified. Local Police Notified Chief Martineson of the Bismarck police department was notified of the robbery by wire and he immediately instructed the members of the force to be on the watch for the robbers in case they come to Bismarck. Special warnings will be given all clothing dealers in this vicinity as it is be- lieved the thieves, if they come this yay. will attempt to dispose of their loot. DRY LEADERS HOPE TO HAVE NEWS FOR TABLE BREAKFAST Announce in Senate They Will Force Night Session If Necessary to Action Washington, D. C., July 19.—Be- fore the house resumed consideration of the prohibition enforcement bill, one part of which already has been perfected, dry leaders announced to- day they would insist on a night ses- sion in hopes of letting the country know through the Sunday morning papers that the measure with its and R. A. Leavitt of Carson have [been added to the directorate, amendments, was ready for the sen: ate.