The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 9, 1919, Page 1

T HE BIS THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, NO.'181. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1919 PRICE FIVE CENTS CONGRESS TAKES|' UP WILSON PLAN 10 CUT H. 6, OF L. Law-Makers Settle Down to An- alysis of President’s Rec- ommendations MESSAGE IS_ CRITICISED Opponents to League of Nations Object. to Having It ,Made an Issue Washington, D. C., Aug. 9.—Congress settled down today to analyzing Presi- dent Wilson’s recommendation for re-| @. duction. of increased cost of living. Although some members disagreed with the specific recommendations of the president it was believed that pros- pective legislation would follow the pro- posals he made, 3 Many opponents of the league of na- tions in the senate criticized the stress laid by the president on early ratifi- cation of the peace treaty, some of them, including Chairman Lodge and Senator Harding, Ohio, of the foreign relations committee, declaring that there was no connection between ratifi- cation and the cost of living. The domestic problem now facing the country may be taken up directly with the people by President Wilson during his forthcoming trip in the interest of the peace treaty. This was indicated today at\the White House, where it was also said that plans for the presi- dent’s tour were going forward. Congress Ready To Act. Republican Leader Mondell de- clared in the house today that con- gress was ready to.act promptly on such legislation as was needed to carry out the suggestion made yestér- day by President Wilson for reducing the high cost of living. Further appropriations suggested ‘by the president will be made quickly Mr. \Mondell said. “Congress stands ready to consider any. estimate” declared the republican leaders “and hopes that such esti- mates as are necessary and essential will be submitted to congress as quickly, as possible.” In regard to legislation Mr. Mon- dell said some of it would be enacted Promptly. while that affecting pro- foundly the politicies of the govern- ment” would: he debated. All would receive the active and: quick: consider- ation of the house, he added. \ LEAGUE LAWS DO THEIR BIT; BOOST COST OF LIGNITE North Dakotans Will Pay More for Coal Next Winter.as Result of Fads Through mine inspection under the Nonpartisan government and the work- men’s compensation bureau, the lignite coal minifg industry in North Dakota has turned from “a profitable invest- ment to a very poor one.” This is the view of Senator E. A. Hughes, who is the head of the Beulah Ceal Mining company, which supplies a lurge amount of lignite coal all over the state. Due to these factors the cost of coal production has increased so high in this state that it is hardly Profitable for dealers to handle it in ecmpetition with coal from sources out- side of the state. COST OF MINING BOOSTED “The cost of mining coal has greatly increased since the Nonpartisan league has passed its mine inspection and workmen’s compensation laws,” said Senator Hughes this morning. “The cost to our company for premiums on compensation amounts to about 17 cents a ton. This, of course, increases the cost to the wholesaler, as our mar- gin of profit has been so small the company could not stand this extra expense. “Under the mine inspection law, our miners are not able to work more than eight hours a day. This means that they only work about six hours a day. When they had a ten-hour day the men worked about eight hours daily. The men themselves are in favor of the longer hours, for their earnings are increased that much. Last year some of the miners made as high as $300 a month, This is impossible under the eight-hour law.” PRICE REMAINS SAME The price of coal now is the same “as last year, $5 a ton, it is said. This price is expected to advance as the cost to the wholesale and retail dealers has advanced. The Beulah company has a capacity of 800 tons daily. It was also stated that there is a grave possibility of a coal shortage this year. In the eastern mining districts, many of the miners have returned to their former countries in Europe, which hes resulted in greatly decreased pro- duction. Practically no coal was pur- chased by consumers during the sum- mer months for winter use, it is said. Germany Broken Nation, Declares British Report London, Aug. 9—Germany is a broken nation both in body and spirit and a long time will elapse before the efficiency of her people is restored, it is declared in a report-of British sci- entists on food conditions in Germany issued today. The wartime semi-starv- ation of the people is responsible for the slowness with which recovery will a effected, according to the authori- Hes, - ; t SUDDEN RECALL OF GENERAL PERSHING WASHINGTON RUMOR Paris, Aug. 9.—It is re- ported here that General Pershing has been recalled immediately to. the United States and that he may even abandon his visit to King Al- bert of Belgium planned for Sunday. Washington In Ignorance Washington, Aug. 9.—Sec- retary Baker and General March, chief of staff, said to- day they knew nothing of any order recalling General Pershing to the United States. White House offi- cials said they have not been advised that such an order had gone forward. gS o RACE RIOT SQUAD WITHDRAW FROM CHIGAGO YARDS Thousand Patrolmen and 100 Deputies Remain on Duty —Troops Are Removed WOULD UNIONIZE NEGROES President Murphy Declares Strike Will Not End Until Permission Is Given Chicago, Ill., Aug. 9.—Five hundred policemen, 250 deputy sheriffs and the last of state troops assigned to race riot duty were withdrawn from the stock yards today. About 1,000 patrol- taen and 100 deputy sheriffs still are on duty near-the stock yards. President Martin Murphy of the Stock Yards Labor council said the men: Would not return to work until every guard has been withdrawn and permission is granted labor organizers to unionize the 9,000 negroes employed at the plant. Union officials declare that of the 48,550 employed in the stock yards 36,500 are out, while the packers insist that not more than 10,000 are on strike. Union leaders predicted today that between:.60,000 and 70,000 men would be out on strike at the local stock yards by tonight. The withdrawal of state troops-from the yards would not. cause the strike order issued yesterday to be rescinded. Union laborers at the yards walked out yesterday in protest, according to their leaders, against re-employment of non-union negroes at the yards. and the use of troops and police as guards. ACTORS’ STRIKE IN NEW YORK IS CLOSING HOUSES Nine Playhouses Quit or Present Abbreviated Performances as Result New York, Aug. 9.—Nine play- houses in the Broadway theatri- cal district have been closed, three are presenting abbreviated programs, while seven have been able to defy the strike order of the actors equity association ana give their advertised bills with complete casts. In addition to the theatres closed, it was estimated that rehcarsals of 20 plays were being held up. CLOUD OF. HOPPERS MILE HIGH SWOOPS IN FROM THE EAST Great Swarm of Insects Ruins Corn Crop on Swenson Farm in Few Minutes Grasshoppers in a cloud a mile high, obscuring the sun at times, in- vaded the 800-acre farm of Charles A. Swenson, southeast of Bismarck and have damaged the corn crop so badly that it may become a total loss. As far as known, this is the first report brought to the city of the hoppers attacking a corn crop. Mr. Swenson, whose farm is near the Fort Rice reservation, stated Friday that drought, grasshoppers, hail and now rust have all conspired against. the farmers there and that crops will be Poor this year. Came From East “The grasshoppers that have prac tically ruined my corn crop came in from the east,” said Mr. Swenson yes- terday. “There were some hoppers the early part of the season, but by using poisoned bran continually we managed to hold down the damage to a great extent. “But this cloud of hoppers settled on my corp and it is a common sight to see six or more of them on one ear of corn eating through the husks and devouring the kernals. They usu- ally start at the tassel and work their way downward and in no time they have eaten every kernal on the ear. “It seems a simple task for them to even eat through the thick husks, I cannot tell yet what damage they have done to my corn crop, but I will consider myself lucky if there are any ears left that have not been visit- ed jby the grasshoppers.” ‘|SHOPMEN BALK ON PROMISE WILSON ASKS FROM THEM ‘Strikers Disinclined to Agree to Return to Work Pending Settlement EMBARGOES CONTINUED Only Partial Freight Service Of- fered by a Number of Roads —East Hit Hard Chicago, Ill, Aug. 9.—While some signs’ of improvement in the strike of federated shopmen was indicated by reports from central west points, others indicated that at some divisional points the men were disinclined: to heed the advice of President Wilson and their grand lodge officers to return to work pending a wage settlement. The reports from mid-west points said that upward of 2,000 shopmen had heeded the warning of the president that their wage grievances would not be adjusted until they returned to work, From east, south, southwest and far west came reports that the men had decided not to return to work until their wage demands were met. Limited embargoes on freight were ecntinued.on a number of roads, but the most pronounced freight regulations incidental to the strike were on the w England lines. . H. Aishton, northwest regional director of railroads, said: “The situation appears to be extreme- ly encouraging. We are hopeful that the president will make the men realize how ill advised their course has been. There is no immediate occasion for the public to be alarmed. The trains that buave bene cancelled are those which may be easily dispensed with and the purpose is merely to keep the engines repaired for hauling foodstuffs, milk and ice in the event of a really critical situation.” Traffic Seriously Affected. R. H. Aishton, director of railroads; for the northwest region, said today that, while both freight and passenger traffic on many roads is still seriously affected as a result of the shopmen’s trike, conditions are gradually im- ‘oving. He expects a majority of the strikers will be back at their posts Monday. Although officials of the Chicago dis- trict council of federated railway shop- men’ insist that’ 275,000 men are out and that not more than 25,000 have re- turned, railroad officials declare that the totalnumber jon. strike does. not exceed: 40,000. : 000. BILL AND JOHN DOPE OUT PAPERS 10 GRT SUBSIDY Bishop of Nonpartisan League and Coadjutor Have Star Chamber Session The list of newspapers which are to receive a league subsidy of $10,000 or more per annum for peddling the pro- paganda of Townley, Mills, et al., was doped out this morning at a special ante-room session of the two league members of the state printing and pub-' ication commission with Bill Lemke, ! bishop of the Nonpartisan league. It is understood that the doping was'done principally by John N. Hagan, Town- ley’s chief coadjutor on the capitol staff, and Mr. Lemke. Sam H. Aandahl, chairman of the commission, was, how- ever, allowed to sit in. Townley fears Aandahl’s independence, and he has Lemke and other big club-wielders here with special orders to keep Sam in line until the newspapers in which Townley’s league friends are interest- ed are assured the pap provided for them by the league press trust bill. Secretary of State Hall was not in- vited in on Lemke’s meeting this morn- i} afternoon, when Lemke and Hagan’s list of subsidized Townley organs will be formally announced. from $500,000 to $1,500,000 per annum} in the pockets of 53 newspaper editors, Who have sold out to Townley. The people will pay the bill, which will| be two to three times as great as the amount now spent for publicity under} the “open shop” plan. | CONFERS WITH LANGER Herbert Van Dam, assistant attorney ; general of Utah, is here for an impor-‘ tant conference with Attorney General Langer, . Gentlemen of the North to no boss, captains of your knights of the Fourth Estate, advocates of the people, independent, unkept, unterrified, bowing your necks to the yoke of no master, selling your conscience and your convictions to the trust, The Tribune salutes you. You have fought a good fight; you have been purified in fire, you are today, more than ever before, worthy of the confidence imposed in you by a constituency which looks to you for the salvation of our state. spirit you have shown, your courage, your : Chicago, Aug. 9.—Every dealing on ‘the board of trade spoke. Price changes turned most drastic on record. Extreme upturns of four ; STAPLES OF EVERY KIND GO UP ON CHICAGO BOARD AFTER WILSON TALK Whatever effect, to the contrary might have been looked for from the address of President Wilson on the high cost of living was entirely obscured by the opposite influence of the government’s crop report which was issued shortly before he tional severity of crop damage. The July cut of 221,000,000 bushels in estimated wheat production was said to be the corn and of $1.75 a barrel for pork resulted. single staple in which there is rose decisively in price today. almost entirely on the excep- cents a bushel in the value of MARMARTH RIOT IS NIPPED IN BUD BY BILL LANGER Prompt Action on Part of Attor- ney General Saves Bad Situation at Shops WILL ARBITRATE STRIKE Chief Law Enforcement Officer Unanimous Choice of Com- pany and Employes Riots following a strike of all shopmen employed in the Milwaukee line division slops at Marmarth were nipped in the bud Friday by prompt action of Attorney General Langer. Thomas Hiner, mayor of. Marmarth, yesterday morning wired the attorney general that the shopmen had walked jout; that the railway officials through Roundhouse Foreman Carl ‘Lundquist was seeking striking employes from company houses, and that serious trouble was brewing. The attorney general at once nott- fied the sheriff and the state's at- torney of Slope county that he would hold them responsible for maintafn- ing order, and be immediately dis- patched. ‘Assistant Attorney General Albert W. Sheets to the scene of the trouble. Upon hfs arrivaj at Marmarth Sheets swore in a number of the strikers and a majority of the returned sol- diers at that point as special depu- ties, committed to preserve order, and the rioting ceased at once. Sheets then called a ‘conference ‘between company officials and the strikers. and it was unanimously agreed to ac- cept the services of ,é4¢orney General Langer “as arbitrator. “Each © side agroed to abide by the attorney gen- éral’s decision in the matter, and complete calm was restored follow- ing the conference. The company employes are in un- disputed possession of their homes today; efforts to wreck the company property have ceased, and Mr. Langer leaves tonight for Marmarth, where: tomorrow he will meet with the con- flicting clans to arbitrate their dif- ficulties. This was the first indication of any trouble in North Dakota growing out of the general shopmen’s strike, and that it did not result in serious dis- order, destruction of property and possible injury to or loss of human life is attributed to the prompt de cisive action taken by the attorney general. All Quiet Now Agsistant Attorney General Sheets returned at noon Saturday from Mar marth, with the report that all is quiet there. Three hundred men, in- stead of 150, as originally reported were involved in the disturbance. In censed by threats of the company tc evict them from their homes, it is said, they were on ‘he point of march. ing upon the Milwaukee shops with the intention of wrecking them when Sheets arrived on the scene, bring ing promise of early arbitration. The shop employes are principally Japs and Bulgarians. 1919 FLOUR SELLS $1.25 UNDER 1918 Minneapolis, Minn. Aug. 9.—Flour milled from the new 1919 wheat crop Minneapolis. BURNQUIST CALLS SPECIAL SESSION OF GOPHER SOLONS ‘St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 9—Gov | overnor Burnquist announced to- day that a special session of the | state legislature would be called “as soon os possible” to consider | the urgent demand against forest | fire brought by northern Minne- | sota delegations and other mat- ters of pressing importance, pi LABORITES DENY DESIRE TO CLUB LAND INTO LINE No Violence or Threat Intended in Proposal to Take Over U. S. Railways TWO SEPARATE QUESTIONS Ultimate Ownership of Railways and Present H. C. of L. Not Connected Washington, D. C., Aug. 9.—Leaders ot the fifteen organizations of rail- way employes united today in a def- inite assertion that they had “no de- ; Sire and have had none to press upon jthe public by volence or by threat™ ther proposal that the ralroads be natonalzed under “tripartite control.” Declaring that the request of tie men that living costs be reduced or heir wages increased was aside from the-question of the fiture. disposition of the railroad problem the labor ‘eaders.said that if the president and congress could not meet this request ‘the men would have to try and find another solution.” While the labor leaders did not mention the presidents message to congress yesterday it was generally believed that their statements result- ed from his warning to the labor world that strikes would not only make present conditions worse and ‘hat those who thought to employ threats or coercion were “only pre- paring their own destruction.” SPECIAL AGENTS PUT ON TRAIL OF PROFITEER HORDE Washington, D. C., Aug. 9.—All special agents of the department of justice over the country have been ordered to assist the dis- trict attorney to aid in uncover- ing evidences of profiteering. Attorney General Palmer's in- structions were that they should drop everything hut the most pressing cases and devote their entire energies to the reduce the cost of living campaign. The re- sult. will be to put hundreds of trajned workers on the tra‘l of meh who have been profiteering in necessities, it is said. EXCESSES BY RUMANIAN TROOPS GIVEN DENIAL Berne, Aug. 9.—An official Rumanian ing. As a member of the printing and was quoted here today at $1.25 lower| statement declares that reports of ex- publication commission he was allowed than that of the old crop. In 98-pound| cesses by Rumanian troops in Hungary to meet with the board at 2:30 this cotton sacks flour sold at $11.50 f. 0. b.|are false, according to dispatches re- ceived from Bucharest. aThis lutest grab is expected to put FARMERS OF 24 WHEAT-GROWING AND CORN-RAISING STATES TO CONFER IN WASHINGTON ON HIGH COST OF LIVING Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 9.—Rep- resentatives of farmers organiza- tions in 24 wheat and corn grow- ing states will attend a conference in Washington Monday to discuss the high cost of living, according to John G. Brown, president of THE FOURTH ESTATE Dakota press, The Tribune own souls, true meeting, and a The a great cause, the Indiana federation of the farmers associatign. (Mr. Brown said the farmers ex- pect to carry their side of the question to the president and stay in Washington until some kind of a solution has been reach- ed. confidence, your willingness to sacrifice gain in the interest of righteousness and honesty, brand you as MEN. is proud of an opportunity to have a share in welcoming you to the Mis- souri valley; The Tribune is delighted with the splendid reception which our enterprising sister city has given you. The Twin Cities of the Missouri have been honored by your presence here; history has been made at your worthy host of true knights of chivalry have here been reconsecrated to INDEPENDENT, UNTERRIFIED PRESS OF NORTH DAKOTA PREPARED FOR FINISH FIGHT ON RED FLAGGERS Convention of State Editorial Association—Attendance the Best and Deliberations Most Interesting in History of Asso- ciation—Fighting Forkner Again Heads Group. Mandan, N. D., Aug. 9.—The independent, unterrified, unkept press of Nort! Dakota has just begun to fight, and it is ready to keep on fighting until North Dakota is reclaimed from the grip of the red flaggers, carpet-baggers and Bolshevists, the dark reds, the pale pinks and the 57 other varieties of dissensionists imported by A. C. Townley and his socialistic crew. That was the dominant idea in the first day’s sessions. of the 37th annual convention of the North Dakota Press association, which opened in the commercial club rooms Friday morning and closed with a banquet at the Lewis & Clark hotel, followed by a dance at Mandan’s beautiful country club, in the early hours of the present day. : wa, tu. «, . Not a Party—A Disease ‘Socialism is not a party—it’s a disease,” John F. Sullivan, the fiery Irish orator of the Slope, informed the editors at their banquet table last night. “It feeds on prejudice and class. con- science. Eliminate these by education from the hearts of your people and socialism is dead. Deep, dark, dire, dismal despair, prejudice, class consciousness, cultivated’ through concentrated kibosh and camouflage have prepared the ground for socialism. Socialism in this state has been built up on a fabric of half-lies— half-truths. You gentlemen of the press have before you the big- gest job in your history, the education of the people of North Dakota. You have got to stick and to stay with it. It is the duty of your communities, now that the Townley wrecking crew has wrested all official printing from you, to take an equivalent amount of space in which to present from day to day and from week to week the true facts to the people. The independent, unkept press of North Dakota must be its saviour in this crisis. We have nothing else to look to.” NAVY TO EXHIBIT WAR TROPHIES AT CITY ARMORY Will Arrive Here Tuesday With Ball Team, Vaudeville and Big Display Besides the gigantic army exhibi tion of military implements at the armory next week, the navy will bring a huge exhibit here Tuesday which. will be. displayed all week also. The navy is sending out this exhi- ‘bition in the interests of recruiting, nd ‘besides thb articles displayed, the jackies travelling in the private car have challenged the Bismarck| ball team to a game, which will ibe played Tuesday evening at the capi- tol ball grounds at 6:30 o'clock. Vaudeville and Pictures. The navy men will put on a vaude- ville and moving picture show every evening and it is said, according to {Postmaster Frank Reed who ‘has re- ceived communications from E. J. Clour, in charge of the navy exhibit, this show is well worth seeing. The navy band which accompanies the ex- hibit will furnish all the music nec- essary and will also render concerts {during the visit here. Both the army and the navy ex- hibits will be housed at the armory, it is believed, and the combination of the two will make a display which is seldom seen, for it is only an ac- cident that both exhibitions will be here at the same time. There is con- siderable rivalry between the army and navy and, this is expected to make the men in each service all the keener to have their respective dis- plays the more interesting and allur- ing. Everyone In Free. Entrance to these exhibitions and the vaudeville and movies and con- certs is free and everybody in this locality is invited to attend and bring as many of their friends as they can. The displays are intended primarily as instructive and educational, to let the people in the inland towns see what the army and navy used in the war with Germany. In addition to the baseball game with the Bismarck team Tuesday evening, there is a possibility that the army men will get up a team and play a nine during the week. STATE OF SEIGE AT BUDAPEST IS REPORTED TODAY Pogrom Brings Serious Compli- cations—Crimes Against Jews Made Capital Vienna, via Berne, Aug. 9.—A state of siege has been proclaimed in Buda- pest, according to advises received here. It is reported that in view of po- gtoms which had been threatened in Eungary menacing the Jews the com- mander of the Rumanian troops had issued an order that any crime against Jews would be punished immediately by death. DISTURBANCES DENIED Paris, Aug. 9.—Dispatches from American relief officers in Hungary! report that Budapest is quiet but that! all transportation, including that on the Danube, is being held up. As this involves great danger of famine the allied officials have appealed in an effort to lift the embargo placed by Kumanians on supplies as well as all cther embargoes on food transportation and distribution affecting the region. The American advises confirm re- ports that the Rumanians are gathering up all kinds of animals and all sorts A Real Feed The banquet at the Lekis & Clark last night was up.to the usual stand- telry, which means that the cuisine and service left nothing to be desired. Major J. M. Hanley, judge of ‘the ‘1welfth judicial district, fighter from the ground up, recently returned from more than a year in France, presided as toastmaster. There was about the tables an atmosphere of earnestness and sincerity. The personnel: of the North Dakota Press association shows a marked improvement, due, it is be- lieved, to the desertion of a frothy minority to the Townley press aggre- gation. No finer lot of men ever as- sembled at a North Dakota feast than sat down to the annual press spread at the Lewis & Clark last night, The Fighting Newspaper Men “Among the factors which won the war, a high place must be. reserved for the fighting newspaper. men “of North Dakota who upheld the honor of the state at home while the boys wetée away doing their bit at the front,” said Major Hanley, in introducing the .pro- gram of toasts, He declared that the boys from North, Dakota who served uewspapers and of the stand which they took against the destroyers here, Divine blessings were invoked for the banquet by G. W. Stewart, mayor of, Wilton, publisher of the Wilton News,’ and former missionary to the Dakota cowboys, who made a chuck wagon his church for several years. He proved jthat he is yet as much at home in ec- clesiastics as in editorial work. Earl K. Bitzing, editor of the Man- dan Pioneer, the first speaker called, at the very outset dispelled the com- mon impression that a newspaper man cannot think on his feet. Bitzing’s short, snappy talk was a gem of patri- otism and optimism. He compliment- ed the men of the North Dakota Press association on the work they are doing, “daily or weekly, year in and year out, boosting for the things worth while.” Strecter Wiil Stick Lieut. F. B. Streeter, who entered the newspaper field at the age of three months, when he went from Bismarck to Linton to take charge of the Em- mons County Record, the pioneer pub- lication of our sister shire, introduced as a worthy son of a worthy sire who was the Henry Watterson of early North Dakota, informed the bunch that he wasn’t prepared to quit yet. He told of coming back from a year's service with the national army to dis- cover the raid which had been made on the press of his home state. It was vot, however, the first time. he had been up against it. days of old Emmons county, he had helped get out the Record for a whole winter in a hole in the ground. “I’m going to stay with the game as long as I have one penny left, and I. believe that right finally will triumph; that svil-doers will receive their just de serts, The time will come when the diabolical schemers of this Townley- Mills-Brinton boss ring will reap the full reward of the storm they have sown—and I intend to be here for the finish.” The Doughboy Is Right Sergt. Russell Diesem of LaMoure spoke from the viewpoint of the dough- boy. He declared that just as the dough- boy had always been ready to go over the top over there, he was ready now to go over the top over here. Bolshev- ism, socialism, nihilism, syndicalism, all the froth and fret of anarchy, he declared, must go. “We must,” he as- serted, at the close of his witty and pepful talk, “skim the dross from our melting pot.” Cleaning Up The Mess The part the independent, honest, God-fearing press of North Dakota must play in “cleaning up the press” was elaborated upon by M. I. Forkner, the fighting publisher from Langdon, who will for another year head the state press association. Norman Black of the Fargo Forum sang “Your Flag and My Flag” and “Annie Laurie,” as only he can sing them, and he led the crowd in rousing community choruses. Frank Ellickson ct the Regent Times sang “The Sun- shine of Your Smile,” and responded with a humorous encore, and -David DeHaven of Fargo, whose beautiful of supplies to be sent to Rumania, (Continued, of, Rage, Seren), Once, in the early . |Discouragement and Gloom Noticeable by Their Absence at Annual ard of excellence of this popular hos- . in France were proud of their home .