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

_ was elected. HE BIS CK. TRIBUNE! ‘ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1919 MISS NIELSON, STRIPPED OF-ALL | WORLD ON OPERA _ PEACE ALONE C-. TAKE LID FROM | POWERS'T0 WHICH PEOPLE ELECTED | WHEAT MARKET HER, TO BE CREATURE OF BOARD} SENATE URGED | State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sneeringly Informed by |NO'Ti8 Thinks 5 Farmer Should the Rev. George A. Totten of Intention to Make Her Mere Figurehead in Educational System of North Dakota—Mac- donald Man Named Certificate Clerk—High Schools Taken Over. Stripped of practically every power which has been- held by a state superintendent of public instruction since North Dakota acquired statehood, Miss Minnie jority of more than 8,000 North J. Nielson, preferred by a mia- Dakota men and women as the managing head of their public school system, was Thursday in- formed, it is said, by the Rev. George A. Totten, chairman of the state board of administration, that she was little more than a creature of this board; that her duties would consist of such tasks as the board might from time to time assign her, and that it was the province of the board to abridge her powers wherever and whenever it might see fit. John N. Hagan, commissioner of agriculture and labor, pre- sented at the forenoon session of the board ef administration, and Robert Muir, brother-in-law of William Lemke seconded, the fol- lowing resolution: “Resolved: That, the board of administration having the power to prescribe the courses of study for the several classes of public schools of the state, we hereby empower and authorize the educational commission to proceed to prepare, draw up and prescribe all the courses of study for the several classes of public schools which shall in- clude all the common schools of the state; to take charge and supervision of the certification of teachers; to stan- dardize all schools, and to prescribe examinations for the eighth grade and high school ‘tion shiall’be in effect from pupils, and that this resolu- and after its passage until otherwise altered and amended or changed by this boa: The very Reverend Mr. Totten, Mr. Casey, Mr. Muir and Mr. Hagan voted aye. Promises Ignored. Miss Nielson. had the day. before protested the adoption of a similar motion ‘on the grounds that it con- flicted :with Sec. 1432, Chapter 26% of the compiled laws of 1913, defining the duties of the state superintendent public instruction, and; with Sec- tlon 9 of the board: of administration act, which provides that the powers and duties of the state superintend- ent of public instruction, as they ex- isted! prict to.the passage of this act, shall not be: altered or,.amended. or abridged. The Rev. Totten and Mr. Muir appeared to. egree with (Miss ‘Nelson when she eited her authori ties, and the ‘matter was dropped for that day. Thursday, .however,. Mr. Hagan advised that he had ‘spent the night poring over the statutes and that he had found excellent legal au- thority for the actiou which the board proposed; that all acts in. conflict with the board of administration act had been repealed, and with: them any powers or duties which the leg- islature. -theretofore had _ conferred upon the office to which Miss Nielson The Rev. Totten and ‘Mr. Muir were converted by Mr. Ha- gan’s' legal: lore, and Casey had been quiescent at all times. So, the reso- lution passed. Upon her second meeting with the board Thursday, following. the ap- pointment of B. P. Crain, a Macdon- ald man, to be certificate clerk, by the board of administration, in the face of Miss Nielson’s objection that it did not make for good organiza- tion, that it was unnecessary and an added burden on the state which was not justified, Miss Nielson asked: “Then, it is true that this act does curta!l my powers and that it does limit my authority?” “Oh, undoubtediy so; undoubt- edly. so,” unetucusly replied the , Rey. Totten. “Then the state superintendent is a creature of this board?” “Oh, we would not say that— not that, exactly,” said the Rev. Totten., “Within limits pre- scribed by this board there will ‘be duties for the state superin- tendent to perform.” “You were of the opinion, were you not,” chuckled the Rev. Tot- ten, “that this act would limit your powers?” “I was, yes,” replied Miss Niel- son, “but I accepted the promise of your leadarsy, that it would not.” ‘Protest Not Accepted. When this “resolution originally was presented Wednesday, Miss-Niel- son asked to have read into the min- utes her protest against the adminis- tration commission’s taking over the fixing of the courses of study for the public schools, grade schools and high schools, “as an unwarranted and il- legal interference with her office.” The Rev. Mr. Totten was insistent that this protest not go into the rec- ord. Miss Nielson was promised that ‘before the board took any action in the matter an opinion would be pro- cured from the attorney general “and one other attorney.” This promise was ignored when the board sum- marily took action yesterday, unon legal advice from Mr. Hagan. The Rev. Mr. Totten, chairman of the ‘board, was very determined that ac- tion be taken yesterday and that no delay be brooked. The educational commission, ap- pointed by the board of administra- tion, then on motion of Prof. A. P. Hollis of the agricultural college, ‘bosom friend of Neil C. Macdonald, the person ‘Miss Nielson defeated last]. fall, “requested” the state board of administration to appoint a certifi- cate clerk “who should also be secre- (Continued on Page Two.) | STEAMSHIP WITH 285 PASSENGERS GROUNDS ON ROCK North Star Reported to Be ing With Water Off Coast “of Nova Scotia Boston, Mass., Aug. 8.—The steam- ship North Star, which left this port for :Yarmouth, N. S., yesterday, with 285 passengers, went aground today on Green island, six miles off Yar- mouth, according to word received by. bfficials of the Eastern Steamship Lines here. Four steamers. were standing by, and the passengers were said to be in no danger. ‘In a later message, Capt. Strout, of the North Star, reported that water was entering the fire room and it had been necessary to draw the fires. Two boats, several motor schooners and all other available ves- sels were ordered out. The North Star struck on the rocks at 6:40 a. m. during a thick fog. Re- ports received here indicate that no one was hurt and there was no con- fusion aboard. GORN GROP DROP OF 27 MILLION BUSHELS NOTED Big Decrease From Estimate Results From July Weather —Wheat Goes Down ° Washington, D. C., Aug. 8—The country’s corn crop, shows a decrease of 27,000,000 bushels as a result of the weather and other conditions during July. The department ‘of agriculture in its August forecast announced the crop promised $2,788,378,000 bushels based on conditions existing August 1, compared with a forecast of 2,815,430,- 000 bushels made early in July. Wheat production fell off 221,000,000 bushels, as compared with the July forecasts, the total being placed at 1,161,000,000 bushels. There was a de- crease of 124,000,000 bushels in winter wheat and 97,000,000 in spring wheat. UNCLE SAM SELLS FRANCE WAR STUFF AT $400,000,000 Republic Will Have Long Time in Which to Pay for Army Stocks Left Over Paris, Aug. 8—An agreement for the sale of American army stocks in France for 400 million dollars was signed yesterday. (Marcel Houtin, in the Echo de Paris declares arrangements were made for a long time credit, so that France will not have to bear the high rate of exchange which prevails at present. ait co Get Full Benefit of High Prices GROWER GETTING BUT $1.50 Alleged That Grain Corporation Has Violated Act’s Intent Washington, Aug. 8.—Re- peal of the government price guaranty: for wheat to en- able farmers to secure higher. prices was urged at a-special meeting of the senate agricultural commit- tee today. Action by the committee was deferred. Senator Norris, republi- can, Nebraska, proposed the repeal of the price guaranty, and T. S. Atkeson of Wash- ington, representative of the Heaters Grange, endorsed it. , $2.26 IS MINIMUM ‘Senator Norris, Chairman Gronna and other commit- tee members,said.the wheat price guaranty law had not been carried out. The $2.26 price they declared was in- tended by congress to be the minimum price with a higher price possible under the law of supply and de- mand. Instead, they assert- ed, the United States Grain corporation had made the minimum guaranty the maximum, price for the farmer. Mr, Atcheson. told. the. . ittee the farmer would receive an average of only $1.50 a bushel for wheat this year. He and Senator Gronna declared that had the government not fixed the price farmers would re- ceive much more than the guaranty because of the prospective wheat shortage and the world demand. US.CORPORATION TO SELL FLOUR AT $40 PER BARREL Plans for Reducing Price of Bread Announced Today by Barnes ’ ha New York, Aug. 8—Details of the United States Grain corporation’s plan to sell flour at $10 a barrel were made public today by Julius H. Barnes, Unit- ed States wheat director. Under the plan restrictions are placed on the price tg be charged by wholesalers, jobbers and retailers. The flour will be sold in 140-pound sacks on a basis of $10 in the territory west of the Illinois and Indiana line and west of the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf of Mexico not including the Pacific coast region and at $10.25 inthe remainder of the country. Jobbers and wholesalers must guar- pntee to resell to retailers at not more than 75 cents additional and retailers are confined to an increase of not more than $1.25 over the wholesale price for original packages and must not charge more than 7 cents a pound for broken vackages, NEW YORKERS MAY REGAIN ANCIENT ART OF WALKING Third Day of Street Railway Strike Finds Citizens Panic-Stricken New York, N. Y., Aug. 8—With only a few surface cars and an’oc- casiorial elevated or subway in opera- tion, thousands of Brooklyn residents were compelled again today to re- sort to busses, motor cars and trucks. Terminal points were jammed early with anx‘ous throngs when it became apparent that the third day of the strike of B. R. T. employes promised little or no relief. Banker On Vacation ‘Charles Owens, paying teller of the City National bank, is spending his two-weeks, vacation among the lakes of (Minnesota. Mr. Owens left here last Saturday. le * German Prison: Commander Will Face Accusers London, Aug. 8.—The sur- render of General Kruska, commander of the German prison camp at Kaiser, has been demanded by the allies as the first of the enemy of- ficials to be. tried for viola- tion of international law dur- ing the war, General Kruska is accused of having been responsible for an epidemic of typhus which caused the death of 8,000 French prisoners. + DEALS OFF TILL STRIKERS BOW T0 OWN AUTHORITY Wilson Serves Ultimatum on Railroad Men—Must Recog- nize Their Organization NO TRAIN CURTAILMENT). Administration Announces Ser- vice Will Not Be Effected— More Dakotans Out Washington, D. C., Aug. 8.—With the declaration ‘by Pres. Wilson that until the men return to work and again recognize the authority of their own organization, the whole matter of wage increases must be at a stand- still, the next step in the railroad strike situation, thus put squarely up to the employes themseives was being awaited today. The few reports received today in- dictated a willingness on the part of some of the striking shopmen to com- ply with the request, and it was be- lieved nearly all. of the 80,000 men reported iflle yesterday would follow Trains ‘Not Affected. Officials of the railroad adminis- tration declared today that-no nation- wide ‘curtajlment of the massenger traffic as a result of the shopmen’s strike is in contemplation. Discon- tinuance of 125 trains has been au- thorized since the beginning of the Strike iby the railroads, DAN N MEN OUT Mandan,’ N, D., Aug. 8.—One hun- dred and twenty-one Northern Pacific shopworkers are off duty here, and it is feared that before the day is over the operation of trains may be affected. QUIT AT DEVILS LAKE Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 8.—Great Northern shop workers went out here this morning, following @ strike vote taken last evening. Three hundred men left work at 10 this morning Three-fourths of the men voted in favor of the strike. AWAITS RETURN TO WORK Washington, D. C., Aug. 8—Director General Hines today awaited word that all. striking shopmen had returned to work before undertaking to carry out President Wilson's instruction to settle the wage controversy on its merits, The telegraph system of the railroad admin- istration was put at the disposal of the union officials and peremptory or- ders that the men go back to their jobs went out to 500 local chairmen. Until the men have resumed work railroad administration officials said they would not discuss the procedure to be employed. As the shopmen’s Yeasons for wanting a 25 per cent in- grease has been considered thoroughly by the board of railroad wages and working conditions, which debated three to three, it was believed possible that the evidence in that case would be put immediately before the attorney eeneral. Mr. Hines is undérstood to’ consider that two main points are involved: First, how much has the cost of liv- ing increased beyond the increase in wages, and, second, What are the wages being paid in other industries for the same Class of work? KANSAS CITY “STRIKE ENDED Responding to an appeal of the heads of the international organiza- tion, striking railroad shopmen of the six federated crafts at a mass meet- ing here today voted to return to work immediately. Local labor lead- ers said the men would’ resume work at once. UNION TO REPLY TODAY Chicago, Ill, Aug. 8—John D. Saunders, secretary of the Chicago council of the federated railway ship- men’s union, announced today the executive board of the organization was considering President Wilson’s demand that the 300,000 strikers re- turn to work before their request for higher wages be taken up by the gov- ernment. He said the board expected to reach a decision by 5 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. At that time it is expected the union will make a formal repiy to the demand made by President Wilson. EAST GRAND FORKS QUIT Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 8—North- ern Pacific railway shopmen at East (Continued on Page Five.) AN RESTORE SANITY NORMAL LIVING CONDITIONS CANNOT BE HOPED ‘Washington, Aug. 8. ducer. EX-LAW PARTNER QF LANGER’S T0 BE PROSECUTOR Judge S. L. Nuchols Will Act as Deputy Attorney General in Bowen Case SELECTED BY MRS. BOWEN Widow of Slain Rancher Shows Confidence in Man Townley Press Attacks The personal selection of Judge S. L. Nuchols, of Mandan, as her special prosecutor, made by Mrs. M. K. Bow- en, widow of the Non-Partisan league farmer who was shot and killed near Eeach, July 31, is the last straw on | the load of fact and truth which has |broken the back of the Frankenstein monster of reportorial aberration which was aimed to politically devour | Attorney General William Langer. Judge Nuchols today is in Beach conferring with L: A. Simpson of Dickinson, named by Langer to assist {in the prosecution. In answer to numerous newspaper charges of more or less slanderous character that the murder of M. K. Bowen at Beach was the ultimate result of failure on the part of At- torney General Langer to cause ar- rests for cattle poisoning; in answer to jmputations that Langer would endeavor to shield the slayers of Bowen because Bowen was Leaguer; and further insinuations that Mrs. Bowen could not get justice through his office, (Mr. Langer, on Tuesday, sent a letter to Mrs. Bowen offering to allow her to pick any lawyer she might choose to conduct the prosecution of the man who kill- ed her husband, conferr'ng upon such lawyer all the powers of the attorney general. (Made Request Personally Mrs. Bowen requested Frank Evans the stockman investigator, who was coming to Bismarck, to personally ask Attorney General Langer to appoint Judge Nuchols as special counsel in the prosecution of the case Evans, whom ‘Mrs. Bowen regards with ut- most confidence. was summoned to Reach hy Mrs. Bowen, following the shooting as one of the men who could ‘bring sbout justice. Further proof that Mrs. Bowen does not share the alleged lack of faith in the attorney general’s department. which the Townley vapers would cause thé publio to believe is general near Reach, is shown by the fact that Mrs, Bowen hag recuested Mr. Langer to assign Albert E. Sheets, Jr, as his department representative to the trial. Assistant Attorney General Sheets was originally in charge of the investigations ¢¢ cattle poisoning which were dropped ‘because a. halt dozen different sources failed to dis- close any trace of poison in. sneci- mens or parts of cadavers submitted. Close to Langer Judge S. L. Nuchols, of Mandan, (Mrs. Bowen’s choice for special prose- cutor. is a former law partner of Langer’s. He is a Tennessean endow- ed with all the traditional honor of the southern gentleman. Nuchols came to North Dakota fifteen vears ago and entered the practice of law in Mandan. He was elected and serv- ed as Judge of tho Twelfth Judicial district for five years and resigned to return to private practice. During the past year he has on a number of occasions been engaged as special counsel by the attorney gen- eral’s department, including the fol- lowing: Assisted in the conviction of Hiram) Stepp at Langdon after one of the) aA FOR UNTIL SAFETY I$ GUARANTEED ENTERPRISE AND MIND OF UNIVERSE IS SET FREE FROM WAR PRESIDENT ADVISES REGULATORY LEGISLATION BUT IS CONFIDENT IT ALONE WILL NOT BRING PROMPT RELIEF Addressing congress today and proposing rem- edies to check the high cost of living, President Wilson declared that ex- isting laws were inadequate and that high prices were, not justified by shortage of supplies present or prospective but were “created in many. places artificially and deliberately by vicious practices.” He recommended that the food control act be extended to peace time operations, and that congress exclude from intrastate as well as interstate commerce goods which did not comply with its provisions. PENALTIES FOR PROFITEERING He also recommended a substantial penalty for profiteering, and that a cold storage law be enacted modeled after the law in New Jersey, by which a time limit is placed on storage. He also advocated the marking of all goods released from cold storage warehouses with the price prevailing when they went to storage. He further recommended that goods in inter- state commerce be marked with the prices with which they left the pro- “Tt would serve as a useful example,” the president stated, “if congress enacted legislation to control the situation in the District of Columbia, where it has unlimited authority.” Further the president recommended a, licensing system for firms engaged in interstate commerce. He also urged prompt passage of the law pending to control securities issues. HINGES ON NATIONS’ LEAGUE Making an appeal for the ratification of the peace treaty. “to turn the country from a war basis, the president said: “There can be no peace prices so long as our whole financial and economic system is on a war basis. A process has set in which is likely, unless something is done, to push prices and rentsand the whole cost of living higher and higher in a vicious cycle to which there is no natural or logical end. “Some of the methods by which these prices are produced are already illegal; some of them are criminal, and those who employ them will be energetically proceed against ; but others -haye not yet been brought under the law, and should be dealt with at once by legislation. $3,000 MEN AT PACKING PLANTS WALK OUT TODAY Trouble Caused by Alleged Re- employment of Non-Union Negro Workers NO TRADING IN CATTLE Chicago, Ill, Aug. 8—A general strike of 33,000 employes at the packing plants began at 9 this morn- ing. The action followed the decision of the stockyards labor council last night to call a strike unless state troops and police guards were immedi- ately withdrawn from the plants. The strike was precipitated by the return of 500 negroes to work yesterday. The dispute, according to labor leaguers, is over the employment of non-union negroes, rather than race hatred. There was practically no trading in ‘livestock here today. Even before the beginning of the strike the buyers for the packing houses held off, await- ing developments. 3,000 Negroes On Strike Officials of the stockyards labor council said today that of 12,000 negroes employed by the different packers, 3,000 are union men and walked out with the white workers. a shut-down in nearly every plant, and the non-union negroes left in large numbers, as there was no work for them. GERMANY ORDERS REDUCTIONS IN TRAIN SERVICE Traffic Reduced in Order to Save Coal—Luxury Travel to Be Eliminated Berlin, August 8.—At the coal con- ference yesterday the Prussian min- ister of railways announced, that the railways had only sufficient coal for a fortnight, and that a great restric- tion in, passenger traffic therefore must ibe expected. The minister of public works today ordered a sharp| reduction in the number of express trains. On August 15 there will be a big reduction in the already small number of diners and sleepers. HERE FOR CONVENTION H. J. Goddard, publisher of the Ellen- dale Leader, one of the best edited and most attractive weekly newpapers in the northwest, is here for the annual press men’s convention which opens in (Continued on Page Eight.) Mandan tomorrow. WAGE DEMANDS JUSTIFIED “Demands. for. increases:i wages, ‘accompanying’ the high cost of living,” the president sald, ‘were justified if there be no. other niéans to enable the men to live.” ‘Surplus stocks” of clothing and foods in the government's hands, the president said, would (be sold, and hordes of food in private hands would be forced out under the existing food laws. i “Dealers, eager to reap a har- cumulated hordes,” the president said, “would now see the disad-. vantage as well ag the danger of. holding, off from the new procces of distribution. The normal opera- ton of the law of supply ard dtmand,” the president said, “has been set at naught in many neces- sary commodities.” ‘He cited the report of the federal trede commisison slowing rising prices in the face of greater stocks of food on hand than were in the ‘countty a year ago. The president called on congress and the public to deal with the subject soberly. He appealed to merchants and others to deal fairly with the people, and to housewives to exercise a greater vigilence, a more thoughtful economy. No Immediate Remedy. The president warned congress, however, that no complete and im- mediate remedy was to be found in legislation or immediate ection. Pro- cesses of supply and demand would not operate of themselves while the country neither was at peace or at war. World On Operating Table. “While there is no peace of mind, there can be no energy of endeavor,” he said , “Politically, socially, Jeconoml- cally the world is on the operat- ing table, and it has not been possible to administer any af- esthetic. There can he no con- fidence in industry no calcuable basis for credit, no confident .buy- ing or systematic selling, no cér- tain prospect of employment, no normal restoration of business, no hopeful attempt at reconstruction or the proper reassembling of the dislocated elements of interprise until peace has been reestablish- ed. and so far as may be guar- anteed. ig This the president said, in connec- tion with his reminder that the peace treaty should be speedily ratified. “The world of course must pay for the vast wastage of the war and take the result of food fields turned to battle grounds. At the same time it must help Europe back to its normal state.” “We, and we almost alone bblid the world steady,” the president said. “It is in this supreme crisis that America must prove her metal.” WORKMEN COMPENSATION FUND NOW HAS $260,000.00 The North Dakota workmen’s com- pensation fund aggregated $260,000 yesterday. So far no warrants have been.drawn against this fund, which is in the custody of State Treasurer Olson, and it is presumed that no claims have as yet been paid by the compensation bureau. The fends org + denosit in various Bismarck banks, the Bank of ‘North Dakota not hav- ing issued a call for these moneys.