The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 2, 1919, Page 1

UNE THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 175. K TRI BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1919 PRICE FIVE CENTS HINES DISCOVERS NO NEED FOR NEW MILL CITY ROUTE Director General of Railways Believes Region Has Enough Service SEES NO DISCRIMINATION Asks North Dakota Legislature What It Means by Con- Con Resolution Walker D. Hines, director general of ‘American railways, is unable to see the need for competition from Mis- souri river points to the Twin Cities for the Northern Pacific which, might cause that system to sit up and take notice and mind its peas and queues. The 16th assembly, “among other things, adopted a concurrent resolu- tion introduced by Senator King of Burleigh county saying that the North- ern Pacific was not nice, and that it didnt give this section of the state adequate service, and that it asked too much for such service as it did give. Walker D. can’t see it a—tall. Careful Study Made. In addressing ‘Secretary of State Hall in reply to this con-com resolu- lution, Mr, Hines says: “Avery careful study has been made of the question raised ‘by the concurred resolution adopted ‘by the sixteenth legislative assemoly of North Dakota, dated March 3, 1919, urging the establishment of through Passenger. and freight service from Bismarck to Moffit via the Soo line; Moffit to Linton via the Northern Pacific, and Linton to Minneapolis, via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. The matter has been thorough- ly investigated by Regional Director Aishton, who has submitted a full and detailed report, gnd it has also been the subject of extended correspond- ence. The report and correspondence have ‘been studied independently by the divisions of traffic, operation and public service, who have severally submitted to me their conclusions. And I have given the matter that, careful and respectful consideration which is due to a resolution formally adopted by the legislative assembly of the state ot North Dakota. (Ouch! I cracked my lip.) No Present Need. _ “As to opening up a new route be- tween Bismarck and ‘Minneapolis and St. Paul, there seems to be no pres: ent need of additional facilities, the existing lines being able to handle all the traffic offered or likely soon to be offered. And the distance.by. the pro- posed new route, between Bismarck and Minneapolis, would be 463 miles, fas against 425 miles by the Northern Pacific and 425 by theSoo line. \As to local needs, the territory in North Da- kota south of Linton is rather sparse- ly populated, and it has’ reasonavle _ good service to Bismarck by the Soo “Tine. “Investigation has failed to develop Any prospect in the immediate or near foture of ‘building up a substantiai traffic, freight or passenger, between _ South Dakota points and Bismarck and western North Dakota. The ex- isting service, slight though it is, is adequate to accommodate all the traf- tie offering, and is actually not self- @upporting. It is true that there are fo close connections at Linton. “Bui this is because the branches meeting at that point are designed to furnish connections with their respective main line trains; and it is believed that this arrangement serves the con- venience of far the'greaier number oi patrons. Would Mean New Rails. “The line of the Northern Pacific from Moffit to Linton and that of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul from Linton to Roscoe are of light branch- line construction, of such a character as not to permit of even ordinarily fast schedules. To allow the running of through passenger trains and heavy freights, they would have to be prac- tically rebuilt. Thig.would involve an expense for which under present con- ditions the railroad administration could not furnish thé funds. We are trying, I believe with gratifying suc- cess, to make the quality of the serv- ice rendered on our railroads better than it has ever been before, and to keep its. quantity up to a reasonable approximation to what has been re- garded as its normal standard. Bui in view of the early termination of federal control, we cannot now expend money in an attempt to develop new sources of traffic, or to build for the future, even where the prospects are for a remunerative traffic. 1 am there- fore forced reluctantly to conclude that it is impossible for me to accede to the request of your legislative as- sembly. No Discrimination. “IT am not clear as to what is meant iby the reference in the resolution to ‘the excessive rates now charged for inadequate service estadlished by the former management of the Northern ‘Pacific Railway Co. to the exclusion of other railroads, from the capital of North Dakota.’ I have no information of any rate adjustment in any way injuriously discriminating against the city of Bismarck. If anything of the kind shall be brought specfically to my attenton, I will see that the mat- ter is thoroughly investigated, with a view to removing any possible in- justice. “Sincerely yours, “WALKER D, HINES.” SHEETS TO ASSIST WITH PROSECUTION OF BANKE Assistant, ‘Attorney General Albert E. Sheets has gone to New Rockford to assist in the prosecution of E. R. ‘Davidson, a prominent businessman of that city, who is charged with hav- ing made false returns in his former cupacity of cashier of the Farmer's & Merchants’ bank of that city. \GEWFREDERICH. New York—Blame for beating of American soldiers in prison camps in France is laid at the door of Brig. Gen. W. W. Harts and Maj. Gen. Frederick Smith Strong by witnesses in the congres- sional committee hearing. Harts was former commander of the American troops in the Paris district. Strong was attached to the 40th division. Orders of the men higher up, is the reason given for admitted cruelty to prisoners. CORONER'S JURY FINDS BOWEN WAS SLAIN BY TAYLOR Inquest Results in Holding Con- stable—Feeling Running High at Beach BITTER FEUD ENGENDERED _ Beach, N. D., Aug. 2.—A coroner's jury brought in a verdict last night that M. W. Bowen came to his death by a gunshot wound at the hand of E. W. Taylor. Neither Taylor nor any of his posse were put on the stand, only witnesses for Bowen testifying. Most of the evidence was hearsay. Mrs. Bowen testified she had a sawed-off shotgun at the house but could not make it work so she ran to the barn after her husband was killed and used a rifle. The defense says Bowen attempted to use a gun on them and also that’ most. of the posse used firearms and that the whole proceeding was a frame-up. Mrs. Bowen asserts tht the husband neither had a gun nor; attempted toy shoot. * 3 Bowen’s hired. man said that im- mediately after the shooting he saw ‘Bowen lying on the ground with a gun in his hand, contradicting Mrs. Bowen, who testified there was no gun by her husband. Many witnesses testi- fied as to bad feeling between Bowen and Offley. Feeling ran so high in that negihborhood that the sheriff did not take Taylor to the scene and had extra deputies sworn in. Nonpartisans here are trying to make it appear that the killing is a plan of the opposition, and there is some talk by irresponsibles about hanging Taylor, who is also. a Non- partisan, but obscure, while Bowen was a leader. There is great feeling around the Bowen home and likelihood between Offley and Bowen adherents of an old-fashioned Kentucky feud. Practically all of the people are strongly Nonpartisan but in opposing factions. GENERAL STRIKE GRIPPING BASLE Strikers Killed in Clashes With Government Troops Basle, Friday, Aug. 1—A strike al- most general in its scope is in prog- ress here. Troops have been called out and machine guns have been placed in the heart of the city to put down the disturbances in which stones were thrown by the demonstrators. Shots had to be fired into the air to disperse the crowd. Encounters between strik- ers and police have taken place. TROOPS KILL STRIKERS London, Aug. 1.—A dispatch from Geneva under date of Aug. 1, says that during fierce rioting at Basle in connection with the strike there troops fired on strikers killing nine and wounding large numbers. bureau. “~~ The Tribune will do everything in its power to obtain‘in- formation desired by discharged service men. When writing to this paper be sure to give , organization at the time of your discharge, date of discharge, address, and your serial number. These facts are necessary in almost every instance. The Tribune will then take your ques- tion up with the nearest army authorities or other proper agency, or sent direct to Washington for the desired informa- tion. __.This service will be maintained free of all costs to the discharged service men as we believe it is a debt we owe them for their service and sacrifices. If you have any difficulties in getting what you believe + you are entitled to, write to the Service Men’s Bureau, The Tribune, Bismarck, N. D., and we will do the rest. SOLDIERS, SAILORS, MARINES: TELL YOUR TROUBLES TO THE TRIBUNE Because many of the returned soldiers, sailors and marines who are readers of The Tribune are uncertain as to what steps to take in securing bonus pay, allotments, paying premiums on war risk insurance, obtaining victory buttons and medals, travel ‘pay, Liberty bonds paid for while in the service but never received and the thousands of other matters which they are ignorant of, this paper will maintain a free information GEN. WHARTS~ ee na Robbers Get Big Booty From Bank In South Dakota Watertown, S. D., Aug. 2. —Three men held up and robbed the State bank of Dempster, thirty miles south of here today and escaped with $3000 in cash and $6000 in Liberty bonds. The cashier was forced to open the vault at the point of a gun, > KAISER WANTED PEACE, ANXIOUS TO SUE SINGLY Wilhelm’s, Conscience Began Worrying Him Month Be- fore Armistice Caine o INTERESTING ‘WHITE BOOK’ Berlin, (Thursday), July 31—(By Associated Press).—The former Ger- man emperor’s statement on October 7, 1918, that he had reached an unal- terable determination to sue for a separate peace within twenty-four jhours and to demand an immediate ar- mistice is one of the interesting reve- lations of German war diplomacy contained: in the “White Book” pub- lished at Weimar today. The book is jissued by the government, it is an- nounced, because the people wish to know the truth. The former emperor’s decision to seek peace immediately he considered necessary because he believed the peo- ple both unable and unwilling to con- tinue the way. His conscience also was said to for- bid him to permit further bloodshed. More than a month earlier, accord- ing to the document, General Luden- dorff heard that Bulgaria had of- fered to sign a separate peace. In the official discussion of a direct ap- peal to the United States it was agreed thet Washington should be the center of peace iations. NORTH DAKOTA BANK LOANS NOT TO BE HANDLED DIRECT Applications for loans from the Eank of North Dakota are to be made through local banks and not direct to the parent institution here, advises Director General F. W. Cathro in a recently issued circular. The appli- cant will pay the bank acting as mid- dleman an initial fee of $5 with the loan, and if the: loan is made the bank will receive a commission of one- fourth of one per cent annually on’the unpaid principal during the life of the loan. : your full name, your rank and SHOP STRIKE IS TO BE GENERAL Anticipated That Walk-Out Will Assume Nation-Wide Pro- portions Soon CONGRESS LOSES VACATION At Request of.Wilson Will Re- main in Session to Con- sider Labor Crisis Chicago, Aug. 2.—Leaders of the Federated Railway Shopmen’s union today predicted that the strike which was started yesterday would spread and become the nationwide movement that it was expected:to be when it was called. At present the strike is for the most part confined to points in the mid-west and southeast. In the middle west 30,000 men are reported out with a lighter number in the south and southeast section. Those effected are car repairers, inspectors, machinists, electricians, blacksmiths and sheet metal workers. They demand a.wage increase from the present scale of 66 cents to 85 cents an hour with 60 cents an hour for helpers and that the increase be effective from Jan. 1, 1919. “Every railroad system in the coun- try will be affected by night,” John B. Saunders, secretary of the council discussing the Chicago situation said. Trainmen to Stay Out’ Leaders of the federated railway trainmen union who called a country- iwide strike for higher wages yester- day, declared the men would not re- turn to work until their demands had been granted. Reports at union head- quarters showed’ ’the strike to be spreading. It was predicted by Mon- day it will embrace the entire country. CONGRESS TO CONSIDER CRISIS Washington, Aug. 2.—With their proposed five-weeks’ recess abandoned at the request of President Wilson, who asked that they remain in session to consider a new: labor crisis precipi- tated by the demands of railroad em- ployes for increased wages, members! of the house today set about rear- ranging plans to meet the unexpected development. Altho the formal request by the president was that the creation of a committee to determine all questions concerning the wages of railroad men be considered it is generally recog- nized that the real problem before the house will"be that’ of: the high cost of living on which the claims of the rail- way men are based and a lowering of which would be expected to solve the situation. Congress to Consider Efforts to have the house recess for two weeks were blocked today by Rep- resentative Igoe, democrat, of Mis- souri, who refused unanimous consent for the consideration of the recess measure until the house acted on his resolution for investigation of the high price of shoes. 600 OUT AT HAVRE Havre, Mont., Aug. 2.—More than 600 employes of the Great Northern shops and roundhouse struck today in Tesponse to the call for a nation-wide strike, ‘MANDAN MEN STILL AT WORK. Mandan, N. D., Aug. 2.—Mandan shop workers of the Northern Pacific, who are affiliated with the shopmen’s unions which have ‘been called out on general strike, were still at work late this afternoon, and no orders to quit had been received. NO STRIKE IN BISMARCK The general strike of shopmen has not yet spread to employes of the Missouri division of the Soo line at the Bismarck shops. Local shopmen are partly organized, as are the main- tenance of way men, but no intimation had been received up to noon today of the intention of any of the men to join in the general walk-out. RUSSIAN TROOPS MASSACRE JEWS Slaughter Lasted Three Days and Nights, Says Report London, Aug. 2.—Semi-official Pol- ish sources have received a report that General Gregorieff’s troops which are occupying Odessa, surrounded the Jewish quarter and began a massacre which has lasted three days and nights. Russian soldiers of Gregorieff’s command, it is stated, carried out the massacre. Jews of Ukrainia and Bes- sarabia have proclaimed a mourning period of fourteen days. JACK DEMPSEY TO BE CIRCUS ATTRACTION Cricago, Ill, Aug. 2—Jack Dempsey, champion heavyweight pugilist, is to become a circus at- traction it was announced today. Jess Willard, from whom Demp- sey wont the title July 4 at To- ledo, appeared for several seasons with 2 circus during the time he held the championship. &—$———_—______________---- -« | HARDING CALLS IN COUNTY | | ATTORNEYS TO_ DISCUSS | | HIGHER COST OF LIVING | Des Moines, Ia., Aug. 2.—Gover- | | nor W. L. Harding, today started | a campaign to reduce the high cost. | of living in Iowa by sending or- | ders to all county attorneys to ap- | pear next Friday to discuss ways | and means to fight the proditests. | | ee Uncle Sam’ May Sell . All: Surplus War Commodities Washington, Aug. 2.—Dis- position of all surplus com- modities held by the war de- partment for in modification of the original. plans an- nounced today. Sale of only canned and cured meats and canned vegetables was plan- ned at first. o__—.. HREE THOUSAND MADE HOMELESS BY INCENDIARIES Negroes Charged With Burning 100 Homes in Chicago Stockyards District 7 PROPERTY LOSS $200,000 Bitterness Between Blacks and Whites Aggravated by Lat- est Outrage Chicago, Ill, ‘Aug. 2.—An incendiary fire which police declare was started ‘by negroes early today swept through the district bounded by West 48rd, 46th, South Lincoln street, South He- amrges avenue, destroying 100 homes of stockyard employees and causing a loss of more than $200,000. Bad Feeling Aggrivated. The buildings destroyed consisted of frame dwellings. Three thousand per- sons have been rendered homeless iby the fire, and bad feeling between the whites and negroes is gratly aggra- vated. State troops were sent to the scene. A number of witnesses say they saw several automobiles of ne- groes with burning torches in the dis- trict shortly before the fire was dis- covered. The fire broke out in three different sections at the same tims, according to the police. Telephone wires were cut a few moments after the blaze broke out. Several residents declare they saw negroes fleeing from the scene. A number of shots were fired. Of Incendiary Origin. Fire Chief O'Connor declared that the fires were undoubtedly of incen- diary origin and evidently started by throwing gasoline on the outside of the bufldings and applying a light- ed torch. Calm pervaded the black belt of the south side today and but for the pres- ence of soldiers and policeman a vis- itor would scatcely have known thai for four days and nights the district was seized with race hatred that re- sulted in thirty-five deaths. One fist fight was the only report of trouble in the sector for the twelve hours pre- ceding this morning. STREETCARS RUN AGAIN; STRIKERS LOSE $380,000.00 Workmen Accept New Wage Schedule—Hearings to De- termine Who'll Pay Chicago, Ill, Aug. 2.—Street cars are operating today after a four-day strike of surface and elevated men that is estimated to cost the workers $330,000 in wages lost. Resumption of traffic soon followed announcement of the rescinding of the strike order and acceptance of wage schedule of 65 an hour for surface and 67 cents for ele- vated men. Hearings were begun today iby the state utilities committee to determine what the public will have to pay for the seventeen cents an hour increase in wages given to the men. It is ex- pected a seven-cent fare on surface lines and an eight cents fare on ele- vated roads will be granted by the ‘board. In addition to one cent charge LEVI P. MORTON ILL 47 QP MMCHETON New York.—Levi P. Morton, vice president of the United States when Benjamin Harrison was president, is seriously ill at his home, Rhinecliffe- on-the-Hudson. He is 96 years old. SLOPE MEN HELD FOR LOOTING OF JUD STATE BANK President Pierce Egan Sought in Salt Lake City; Cashier Mann Confesses SHORTAGE ABOUT $42,000 Charged with having looted the First ‘State bank of Jud, in LaMoure county, of $42,000 between April 10, when they took over the institution, and July 31, E. H. Mann, cashier fol- jowing the signing of a written con- fession, is at liverty under $5,000 vonds, and Pierce Kgan, the president, is being sought at Salt Lake City on extradition papers sued today by Governor Frazier. bank is in the nands of Manuel F. Blanco, as tempor- ary receiver. The loss, which will be $42,000, assuming that all of the paper held by the bank turns out to be as ‘vad as State Examiner Lorthus fears, will be fully covered by the s:ate de- positors’ guaranty fund, which now amounts to. more than $1 0, and whici will be doubled dy this year's assessment, recently made. No extra call will be necessitated by the Jud shortage, which is the first which has had to be covered from the state de- positors’ fund. The state examiner notified iAttor- ney General Langer of the condition of affairs at Jud on Thursday. Albert E. Sheets, Jr., assistant attorney gen- eral, left for Jud the same day to in- vestigate. Cashier ‘Mann was arrest- ed on a charge of falsifying the books of the {bank, arraigned before the county judge at LaMoure; a written confession procured from him, and bonds in the sum of $5,000 accepted. As a result of Mann’s confession, a warrant was issued for the arrest of President Egan, charging him with embezzlement of $42,000. Extradition papers were signed this afternoon by Governor Frazier, and an officer de- parted for Utah to scek Egan, who was last héard from at Salt Lake City. B®. H. Mann is a son of W. H. (Mann of New Salem, one of the Slope’s best known merchants. Egan formerly was in the banking business at Golden Val- ley, and was one of the first business men to establish himself in the Gold- en Valley country. Mann, it is said, was recently married to his third wife,| a Virginia young woman whom, it is alleged, he met through the medium of a matrimonial bureau. The Jud State bank is capitalized at $10,000, has a surplus of $12,500, and its last footings were approximately $183,000. BISMARCK WATER USERS THIRSTY LAST MONTH Bismarck consumed 24,485,500 gal- lons of water, the largest amount for any single month in the history of the city, during July, reports Engineer C. F. Hansen of the Bismarck Water Sup- ply Co. Mr. Hansen attributes this heavy saturation to the intense heat and drouth. for transfer may be authorized. FIRST MAIL FOR GERMANY, ing to friends in Germany. NEW YORK—New York’s postoffice is swamped wit for Germany. Most of it is foodstuff.by parcel post—hams, frank- furters, soap and other things which friends in America are send- Here is’ the first truck load on the 4000 BAGS £: h mail SOCIALISTS TAKE HOLD; HUNGARY SURS FOR PEAGE Bela Kun Communist Govern- ment Completely Routed by New Regime OVERTURES MADE ALLIES Administration Under Leader- ship of Herr Peidl Re- quests Terms Vienna, Friday, August 1,—(By \As- sociated Press.)—Bela Kun, the Hun- garlan communist dictator, has re- signed and has been succeeded by a socialist government, according to @ telephone message from Budapest. HERR PEIDLL NEW LEADER, Copenhagen, Friday, Aug. 1—A: dis- Patch from Budapest announced that. a purely socialistic government has ‘been formed under the leadership of Herr Piedll. The new government has issued a manifesto, the advises added, declaring that its chief task will be to preserve national order and enter into negotiations with the en- tente. PEACE OVERTURES BEGUN. Vienna, ‘Aug. 2.—(By the Associated Press).—Overtures for peace with the allies have been made by the new so- cialistic government of Hungary which has been set up in succession of Bela Kun’s regime. Bela Kun, who resign- ed his virtual dictatorship, was fur- nished safe conduct by the allies and expected to seek refuge as he felt his life was endangered if he remained in Budapest. CAPITAL IS QUIET. Vienna, Friday, Aug. 1—Budapest was orderly during the night. Troops patrolled the town. When the new government was proclaimed last night and the coming of peace was an- nounced, there was a celebration but | the people responded to the appeal for order, Farly today thousands of Hunfar- ians who fled from their homes dur- ing the reign of the soviet government began returning to Budapest today. BELA KUN QUIT THURSDAY. Vienna, Thursday, July 31.—(De- layed) by the Associated Press—The resignation of Bela Kun from the Hun- garian government was effected this afternoon. His retirement was pre- cipitated by the Rumanian successes along the river Thies. BRITISH AROUSED BY DETENTION OF SCOTT IN DAKOTA Formal Complaint to State De- partment Demands Inves- tigation of Act Washington, Aug. 2.—Formal complaint has been made to the state department by the British authorities against the recent action of immigration authori- ties at Pembina, N. D., in remov- ing Walter Scott, former premier of Saskatchewan, from a train crossing the Canadian border. Mr. Scott was imprisoned four hours. Before making a reply the state department will refer the matter to the department of la- bor for a report from the immi- gration authorities. LANGER CERTIFIES LARGE ASSORTMENT FOR SIOUX COUNTY Attorney General Langer has certi- fied to the county auditor of Sioux county the following moneys and cred- its to be assessed under the North Dakota tax laws: McLaughlin State bank, McLaughlin, $43,265; First Na- tional bank, McIntosh, $43,045. Rosen- stock Bros., Sioux City, Ia. $21,800; First National bank of Lemmon, S. D., $29,181; First National bank of Mor- ristown, S. D., $18.540; Rosenbaum Bros., Chicago, $50,000; Slimmer & Thomas, So. St. Paul, $312,920; Secur- ity State bank, (McIntosh, S. D., $32,791; First ‘National ‘bank, Mo- bridge, bank, Morristown, S. D., $9,396; Drovers’ Cattle Loan Co, St. Paul, $46,800; McLaughlin State bank, Mc- Laughlin, S$. D., $42,265; McCaull- Webster Co., Minneapolis, $3,151; Billings Stockyards Co., Billings, $3,- 150; Prouty Commission Co., St. Paul, $8,000; Dakota Livestock & Invest- ment Co., $33,993; King Cattle Co., St. Paul, $14,140; Farmers’ State bank, Thunder Hawk, S. D., $12,975; First State bank, Lemmon, S. D., $2,392 Lemmon State bank, .emmon. S. D., $2,341; Farmers’ State bank, Watuga, ‘S. D., $14,707; State bank, Sleepy Eye, Minn., $2,000; ‘Mobridge Cattle Loan Co., Mobridge, S. D., $9,455. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. Governor Frazier todav named J. C. \Arneberg of Grand Forks, S. A. Zimmerman of Valley City and W. G. Brown of Fargo members of the state board of medical examiners for a per- iod of three years. These practition- ers succeed G. M. Williamson, of way to the steamer for Hamburg. Grand Forks, G. J. McIntosh of Devils Lake and J. G. Dillon of Fargo. antral theme Nhcar prea mnt 1 4