The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 25, 1919, Page 1

“what T can obtain’ BIS CK TRIBUNE Pee t LAST EDITION THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 194. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1919 PRICE FIVE CENTS BUNGLING IF NOT MALICIOUS LAWS CURB INDUSTRY Head of Large New York Con- cern Declares Loss of Big En- terprise May Result COMPENSATION ACT COSTS Price of Insurance 500 Percent Greater Than That of Private Companies The loss te North Dakota’s resour- ces and wealth because of the Non- partisan league’s workmen’s compen- sation bureau scheme is enormous, and new business enterprises: seeking to enter this state are committing “commercial suicide,” is the opinion based on his personal experience of H. R. Bonny, general manager of the A. G. F. F. Operating corporation of New York city. This company, according to Mr. Bonny, is seeking to operate the first, modern flax fibre mill in North Da- kota, utilizing the thousands of tons of flax straw which is annually bumn- ed by North Dakota farmers. But the unjust rates charged by the state compensation bureau under the law prohibit his company from operating in this state, and in all probability this mill will be moved to Canada. “The Amercan Grown Flax Fibre Operating corporation is a national concern which takes the raw flax straw and turns it into fibre to be ultimately made into rope, twine, paper, canvas and almost anything that can be made from cotton,” said Mr. Bonny today in discussing the plans of his company locally. State Compensation Unjust “In order to operate in North Da- kota we must take out workmen’s compensation. This is perfectly just, both to the workman and to the em- ployer. We both need this protec- tion. But my chief objection to the Jaw, as it is enacted in North Dakota by the Nonpartisan league, is that we must take out our insurance with the state, paying a rate of $3.35 on each $100 of wages, when I can obtain the same insurance at 66 cents per hun- dred from companies that have been in the business longer than the state ‘bureau has existed and have paid thousands of dollars in claims with- out the slightest hitch. “In other words, the Nonpartisan league says that I must take out my insurance with the state bureau at an increase in rates. of 500.percent over ‘fame fisurance from outside companies, How Town- ley's followers ever expect new en- terprises to come to North Dakota as long as they will have these unjust and exorbitant premiums — forced down their throats, without the priv- ilege of getting insurance from per- fectly stable companies that might charge lower rates, is more than I can understand. “We intended to put in a factory in Bismarck that would employ 150 and more. people and my company was prepared to invest large sums of money in this. enterprise. But with these obstacles in our way, we will probably move to Canada, where busi- ness enterprises are fostered, instead of throttled. State Official in Ohio “I went to the workmen’s compen- sation bureau about my premiums. I was told by the secretary that our plant comes under the head of textile manufacturers. I told him it did not and that dictionary defined a textile plant as a place where textile was manufactured. This we do not do. “Then he said there wes no provi- sion in the law for our particular class of business. This official said he would have to communicate with the bureau's acting actuary at Colum- bus, O., for instructions. He could not explain why the state’s insurance actuary was located in Columbus and not in Bismarck. “A large cotton manufacturer in Providence, R. 1, the cotton manufac- turing center of the United States, wanted to know if I thought it advis- able to, build a factory at Bismarck, as they can use our product and man- ufacture the finisned product right here and thus save immense freight rates. I told him. ‘Decidedly no. would not advise you to invest one cent in North Dakota as long as the state government is run as it is.’ Loses Paper Mill SEES WAR AHEAD Washington.—If the ‘Shantung, clause is retained in the peace treaty, Millard told the senate foreign rela- tions committee, the United States will be at war with Japan in ten years. Millard was adviser to the Chinese delegation at the peace con- ference and has _ lived 20 years in China. f Armour & Co. Talk Cold Turkey; Claim Chilled Chickens —? St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 25.—Armour Co. filed papers in the federal dis- trict court here today asking for an order to release 130,000 pounds of frozen poultry in storage in Duluth which recently was seized by the fed- eral authorities. WEEKLY SHIFT IN HUNGARY MADE ON TIME AGAIN Paris Receives Confirmation of Retirement of Archduke Josef and Aides NEW CABINET IS FORMING Paris, Aug. 25.—The resignation of the Hungarian government of Arch- duke Josef previously reported in press advices was announced in messages received by the supreme council to- day. The messages indicated that the resignation occured -at-8:o'clock. Satur: day night and that the formation of a new cabinet had been started. In the new cabinet, the dispatches state, Paul Garm!, minister of justice in the Peidll cabinet, will b@ minister of commerce, while former premier Jules Peidll will be minister of food. Karl Payer, minister of home affairs in the Peidll government is designat- ed as minister of labor in the recon- struction cabinet and Count Crany as minister of foregn affairs. The other Places have not yet been filled. GERMANY T0 ASK ALLIES 10 LOOK AFTER SILESIA Expected to Invite in Troops for Police Duty Before Treaty Gives Right Paris, Aug., 25—Germany has de- Silesia before they have that right under the treaty which stipulates that they are to safe guard the plebiscite there. The Silesian situation {s° unsat- isfactory, and the Germans are report- ed to be bringing about a recrudescence of the recent reign of terror in that province. The question of sending allied troops to Silesia came before the supreme council Saturday, dispatches indicat- ing that Germany was being sounded on her willingness to permit foreign troops to enter the district for police purposes before the peace treaty had “another instance of how Bismarck | been ratified. is losing out on obtaining large in- dustries through the working of the compensation law: A large paper manufacturer of ‘New York also want- ed to build a factory near our plant. I pointed out that the Missouri river would furnish all of the water he would need for his operations and he would use some of the by-products of our plant, but that he would be com- mitting ‘commercial suicide’ .and would be morally dishonest to risk one cent of capital in North Dakota under the present state government. “Since North Dakota has become a state, her farmers have burned up, or otherwise destroyed more than 22,- 000,000 tons of flax, according to fig: ures I have received, Everyone of those tons could be utilized by our company. If we are forced to get out of the state because of these unjust laws, the farmers can continue to purn up their flax instead of getting an average of $3 a ton for it. In fact, I have paid as high as $5 a ton for what has in the past been considered so much waste, “T was born in this country and have voted 41 consecutive times and as an American citizen I believe that I am entitled to earning a living in my own country, but if the ‘Nonparti- San league continues to enact such legislation as it has and enforces such laws as workmen’s compensa- ition act, I will move to Canada, con- duct my business: there and raise my family \in purer civilization that I (Continued on Page Three) _, BELGIAN AUTHORITIES TAKE POSSESSION OF _TRACK GERMANY LOST Paris, Aug. 25.—Belgian authorities today took official possession of the district of Maulmedy, which was ceded t» Belgium by Germany under article 34 of the peace treaty. BEYOND POWER OF Omsk, Friday, July 25, by The ‘Associated ‘Press by courier to Viadivostok.—All the American Red Cross workers at Omsk, ap- proximately 60, were recently ordered to to be sent to Irkutsk by Roland S. Morris, American ambassador to Japan, who came to Omsk on orders from Washing- ton to make an_ investigation of the Kolchak government. Colonel George H. Emerson of the American railway mission, clined to invite allied troops to police; NAUGHT BUT MIGHT GAN KEEP HUNS RIGHT, IS OPINION OF JUDICIARY COMMITTEE; MUST PROT {CT FRANCE y Washington, Aug. 25.—While Germany has been vanquished for the present “nothing but force is likely to restrain her from seeking world domination at the earliest opportunity,” is the opin- ion of the senate judiciary sub-committee aj the validity of the proposed treaty by whi would go to the aid of France in t by Germany. In holding that ratification ointed to report on the United States he event of an unprovoked attack of the .% defensive treaty is within the constitutional power of the treaty making body of the American government, the sub-committee in‘its report submitted today to the full committee said it was for the interests of the United States that France should be allowed to recuperate and recover her old time vigor. , The full committee deferred ay. YANK CAVALRY \|HOME FROM HUNT FOR MEX BANDITS Chase Abandoned After Contact Had Been Made With Car- ranza’s Troops AVIATORS ARE UNHARMED Third Pair of Missing Airmen Turn Up Safe and Sound in Texas Town Marfa, Tex., Aug. 25.—Three hun- dred and seventy-five American caval- ry troops who last Tuesday entered Mexico in pursuit of the bandits who held Lieuts, Peterson and Davis for ransom were back: cn American soil today following abandonment of the chase yesterday. The troops today in- tended to resume patrol of the border. Heavy rains yesterday which oblit- erated track of the bandits brought ihe decision to abandon the chase af- ter contact had been made with Car- ranza troops. The troops after riding for hours’ in a heavy rainstorm began to arrive shortly after 8:30 last night at Ruidosa. Bandits Killed or Captured, During. the six days that American t¥oops“were ‘Delow ‘the border, four bandits were killed by the troops and another by airmen. Nine bandits are reported to have been captured at Coyams by Carranza soldiers. The captured bandits are said to have been members of the Jesus Renteria band which captured Lieuts, Peterson and Davis, Aviators Safe And Sound Lieut. Rice and Voquet, American army aviators, who were reported missing: below the Rio Grande yester- day after they had left Royce field for Mexico at daylight to reconnoiter for the punitive expedition, were located last night at Terlingua, Tex. They had become lost in a rain storm and made a forced landing. Neither flier was in- jured. Bandit Leader Shot. (Major James P. Yancey, command- er of the American punitive expedi- tion, told the Associated Press over the army field telephone at Ruidosa today that he considered the report authentic that Jesus Renteria, bandit leader had been shot and killed from an American airplane last Tuesday. STILL LOOKING FOR AIRMEN. San Diego, Calif, Aug. 25.—Army aviators from Rockwell field and troops from Fort Rorecrans resumed today the search for Lieuts. Ceoil Con- nelly and Frederick Waterhouse, army aviators detailed to Mexican border patrol duty, who have been missing since last Wednesday. RYE RUNNING TEN BUSHELS TO ACRE IN BENEDICT ZONE Benedict, Aug. 25.—Three threshing rigs started here the first of the week which was the beginning of the great threshing in this community, although some rigs have been running more or less for the past few weeks. Rye seems to be making the most yield per acre, as it is running on an average of about ten bushels to the acre.. The wheat is the most dis: couraging of any of the grain. In fields that have a stand of wheat that looks good for 25 to 30 bushels to the acre, it will make about 4.. Some fields planted early have fair crops, but as most of the wheat was plant. ed late it was caught by rust. AMERICAN RED CROSS WOMEN MOVED APPROACHING RED ARMIES; OMSK IS FACING A PANIC Sixty Workers Recently Sent to Irkutsk by Roland S. Morris, American Ambassador to Japan, Detailed to Make Russian Investigation pointed out that 35,000 cars filled with refugees and materials were moving toward Omsk and routed eastward and that the congestion dally was increasing. He rec- ommended removal of the women before it should be too difficult. Government circles are dis- mayed, the belief being expressed that the removal of Red C workers is calculated to precipi- tate a panic at Omsk where nerv- ous tension already is running high, action on réport until next Mon- —-——_o ee Wilson Asks More Pay for Workers in Railway Shops Washington, Aug. 25.— President ‘Wilson today sub- mitted.to representatives of six railroads the shop crafts’ “proposal to pay shopmen about four cents an hour in- crease, on a ten hours’ pay basis: for-eight hours’ work, retroactive to May 1. The president told a com- mittee from the shop crafts that any greater increase now would greatly increase the living cost and therefore would be inadvisable. °. 4 JAPAN INSISTS MONGOL PEOPLE Contends That Manchuria and Mongolia Should Not Be In- cluded in Consortium Tokio, Friday, Aug. 22, by The As sociated Préss+It-is reported that: a‘ its meeting: ‘yesterday, the. imperia’ cabinet, upholding. the opinions ad vanced by the military clement in th: | government, decided to insist upon the exclusion of Manchuria and ‘Mongolis from the consortium ‘by which the | United States, Great Eritain, France and Japan will assume 'a dominant po 'sision in the finances of China. } ‘PLAN ANNOUNCED LAST MAY. Washington, D. C., Aug. 25.—Organ- ization of a new * consortium for fi nancing Chinese loans was announce? in Paris in May. While the United States, Great Britain, France and Ja pan will assume a dominant pasitior in Chinese finances, the loan will no. be limited to those countries. Under the plan; which is understood to have been rpoposed by the Ameri can government, funds for China wil’ be advanced by a group of bankers ir each of the countries. LEAGUE EXCHANGE BUYING BANKS IN CENTRAL DAKOTA Sheyenne, N. D., Aug. 25.—The pur chase of the First National bank of Sheyenne, by the League of Exchange which holds 51 percent of the stock and control the bank, has been ‘con cluded. The balance of the stock i: being held by local farmers. The plan of control is similar tc that outlined by J. J. Hastings, wher he was before the state banking board at Bismarck last winter. and when he said it was the Nonpartisan. league's plan to retain 51 percent cf the stock in the hands of agencies that could be depended upon. The new officers of the bank. since its purchase by the League Exchange follow: President, H. P. Halvorson’ vice presidents, Iver Olson aad R. O Ostby; directors, H. C. Hall and Ed ‘Nystrom. Berth Torkelson will con tinue as teller, and J, O. Severtson as cashier. RUMANIAN CABINET NOT IN ACCORD WITH TREATY Paris, Aug. 25.—The Rumanian cab- inet refused to accept the decision of the peace conference relative to the division. of Banat, and Temdszar be- tween Rumania and Serbia, according to the Echo d’ Paris. AUSTRIAN TREATY UNDER MAGNIFYING. GLASS TODAY Paris, Aug. 25—The treaty with Austria will be considered by the su- preme counci} this afternoon and will probably be handed to the Austrian delegates tomorrow. Five days will be given for consideration unless the Aus- trians ask for a longer delay. CLOSE IN ON VLADIVOSTOK Insurgents Surround Town— Filled With Refugees London, Aug. 25.—Vladivostok is surrounded by insurgents and the town is filled with’ refugees, according to a Bolseviki wireless received here. It states that a Japanese squadron has arrived at Vladivostok, ONEXCLUSION OF RETAINS HIS RANK Washington.—Brig. Gen. Lord was highly honored by the fact that he was not reduced, as is generally the case, upon returning to regular peace duty. He is director of finance in the war department and owner of a dis- tinguished service medal. NO CRIME WAVE IN MORAL ZONE OF OUR DAKOTA Central Section of State Sane, Temperate and Law Abid- ing, Records Show JAIL CELLS GOING EMPTY Central North Dakotans are more sane or more temperate or are provid. ed with less incentive than those in other sections of the state, for, while eastern and western’ North Dakota and the country generally have had their mid-summer “crime waves,” the central third of the state has, so far as records reveal, contented itself during the heated season with one at- tempted homicide, which has not to date proven successful, and with the suicide, in a jail cell, of the man who made the attempt. Highway robberies, 20mmon in other years during the aarvest season; burglaries, fatal brawls and. other crimes, ordinarily. attributed “to”thé flobting population trom which the necessary surplus supply of fam labor ig drawn each summer, have ‘been albsolutely un-< snown so far as central North Dakota s concerned. Only one incident of he wrecking of harvesting or thresh- ‘ng machinery—in former years a fa- vorite form of sabotage, it is alleged, with the I. W. Wi—has been reported co date. At Dogden last week some- one believed to have had a personal srudge against Pulton Evanenko hrew a stick of dynamite into his threshing machine; the machine, not stopping to discriminate, attempted to ‘hresh the dynamite. The damage amounted to $300. This.has been an annual occurrence in the Dogden vi- sinity, and is attributed to local talent. Banks Are Safe Central North Dakota has not had 2 bank robbery up to the present ime. The safe of the Carpenter Lum- yer company in this city was looted a tew weeks ago, and a small amount of money was taken. This is believ- 3d to have been done by amateurs, 4s no professional ability was display- 2d. Week after week has passed without an important arrest by the sounty or city peace officers. Even the old-time “drunk and disorderly” routine of a Monday morning has iwindled to nothingness. Prohibitionists contend that the slamping on of an almost perfect-fit- ting lid may be given most of the credit for this reign of morality. Whiskey is still to be had in this vi- ainity, in spite of the fact that two years have passed since it could be legally imported “for personal use.” It retails however, for $12 to $14 per quart, or a dollar for a man-sized hooker, and it is such vile stuff that the market is far from brisk. There is an occasional “mule” party, but it as become increasingly difficult tol ybtain the “white stuff” from any source, and there is apparently too ‘ittle “authority” in home-brewed beer and wine of domestic vintage to make its consumers troublesome. The North Dakota prison has some- thing under a hundred inmates, which. is about a third of the average in the good old days. The most exciting thing that has occurred for days was the walking away from the peniten- tiary last week of a “trusty” who had only a few more months to serve for a minor offense. more or less hospital. The accident occurred at 7 p. lap. and bleeding profusely. on its wheels facing south. regained consciousness and died at the hospital. ALEX KARR’S SON DROPS 4200 FEET TO TRAGIC DEATH Passenger in Aeroplane at Sur- rey Which Falls From Short Tail Spin ‘Fargo, N. 'D., “Aug. 25.—-Drop- ping 1,200 feet when the airplane in which he was a passenger fail- ed to come out of a short tail spin, Brian Karr, 19 years old, son of Alex Karr of Jamestown, editor of the Community Life, and prom- inent Chautauqua lecturer, was killed late Sunday afternoon at Sutton, N. D. and Edward Aux- berg, Enderlin aviator. pilot, es- caped with slight injuries. (Karr’s legs were 'roken and his body was badly contused. He died an hour and a half later at a Sptton hotel where he was tak- en. LOGAN COUNTY MAN BURNS TO DEATH IN HIS SOLITARY HOME ‘Napoleon, N. D., Aug. 25.—Coroner George Laney was called to Gackle to view the charred remains of Clint Hoke, found in the debris of his home which was burned to the ground. Mr. Laney returned here and is waiting for the state’s attorney to return from a trip to South Dakota, after which his inquest will be con- tinued. Clint had been a resident of the eastern part of the county for the past 25 years. Three neighbors had visit- ed him Sunday evening, leaving there about seven o'clock. About eleven o’clock some person who passed saw the fire and gave the alarm to some of the neighbors. FARGO MAN FINED $200 FOR DEATH OF GIRL HE HIT Fargo, 'N. D., Aug. 25.—Burt Burson, of Hillsboro was fined $200 today by Judge A. T. Cole of the Cass county ! district court when he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the second degree. The death of Miss Maline Ashen, killed in an automobile accident near ‘Buxton, Traill county. is the basis for the charge against Burson. Miss &#shen’s parents opposed pros- ecution, holding that the affair was purely accidental, hence the light sen- tence. GREAT BRITAIN’S POSITION IN EGYPT LIKENED TO THAT OF HIGHWAYMAN BY ’ JOSEPH W. FOLK, ADDRESSING SENATE Former Statesman Declares British Seized Country Under Guise of Protectorate and Now Would Reduce Her to Status of Subject Nation Washington, Aug. 25.—Liken- ing Great Britain’s legal position in Egypt to that of a highway- man, Joseph W. Folk, counsel for the Egyptian peace delegation, the senate foreign relations com- mittee today that the Versailles treaty proposed to validate the “robbery” of Egyptian independ- ence. ‘Having occupied Egypt under pretext of protecting the Egyp- tians from rebels, Mr. Folk said, Great Britain in 1914 “seized-the Egyptian government and now proposes under the treaty to re- duce her to a subject nation, The treaty, he said, would make Egypt’s grievance against Great Britain an internal question so that it could not be dealt with by the league of nations. “The people of Egypt,” the wit- ness declared, “want a league of nations which will protect. their independence and not destroy it. They ask you not to deny them that self-determination for which mmore''than' a million Egyptians fought in the war just ended.” BEN LENHART KILLED WHEN LIGHT ROADSTER TURNS OVER ON PRISON ROAD—OTHERS SLIGHTLY INJURED One of Bismarck’s Best Known and Most Popular Young Business- men Victim of Sad Sunday Evening Tragedy—Car Was Trav- eling at Moderate Speed, and Cause of Accident Cannot Be Determined—Harold Semling Still in Hospital, But Thought to Be Out of Danger—Another Wreck at Same Point Saturday. Benjamin B. Lenhart, one of the best known young business- men in Bismarck, was seriously injured in an automobile accident Sunday night and died three hours later and three others, Harold Semling, Norman Flow and Forrest Skinner, were badly bruised. Semling was the only one of the three who remained in the m. on the road between Bismarck and the penitentiary near the Lahr warehouse. The car, a light runabout, was headed toward the city with Mr. Lenhart driving and Semling and Skinner on the seat and Flow sitting on Skinner’s NO OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP None of the occupants had an opportunity to jump. Flow was thrown a few feet from the car and was only slightly hurt. Skin= ner picked himself up in a dazed condition, and Semling was too dazed to know what had happened. Mr. Lenhart was found uncon- scious, his body caught in the wreckage of the top, his skull crushed Just before they reached the warehouse, Lenhart turned out to pass Jay Grills, who was also driving toward Bismarck. Accord- ing to Mr. Grills, Lenhart’s car was making about 20 miles an hour, and in an effort to get back into the road after passing Grills, the car skidded and without warning turned completely over landing The injured men were rushed to the St. Alexius hospital and were given immediate treatment. tured almost from ear to ear, probably caused by one of the ribs of the top being forced into his skull as the car turned over. Altho medical attention was given the unconscious man at once, he never Mr. Lenhart’s skull was frac- about two hours after arriving Semling Still in Hospital. Skinner and Flow were given first aid treatment and were able to return to their homes. Skinner had his face badly cut by broken glass, his hand torn and his body bruised. Flow es- caped with hardly a scratch. Semling remained in the hospital and altho it is not believed that he was suffering from broken bones, a more complete examination will be made today. ‘None of the survivors of the acci- dent could relate how the accident oc- curred. The only eye witness, as far as is known, was Jay Grills, who was within forty feet of the car when. it turned over. He stated this morn- ing that the car was not being driven fast and that when they turned out to pass: him, Grills ig: positive: that they were not making more than 20 miles an hour. ‘Skinner Tells of Tragedy. A : “Flow was sitting on my lap,” said ‘Skinner this morning, “and just.as 1 turned my head to speak to Semling, who was seated beside me, I suddenly felt the brakes go on, and the road. seemed to come towards us. When I picked myself up I saw tue others freeing somebody from the wreckage, but I could not distinguish who it was. Mr. Grills insisted on bringing me to Bismarck in his car, but 1 wanted to Picks up the glass in the road first. I guess I must have been pretty badly dazed, for I don’t remember any of the details, excepting that I saw someone being taken out of the car and the glass in the road.” “IT was sitting on Skinner’s lap and did not notice anything wrong when the car suddenly seemed to give a wrench and that is all I can recall un- til I picked myself up several feet away from the machine,” said ‘Norman Flow, who escaped with fewer bruises ~ than any of the occupants. “I haven't even a hazy idea how it happened. We were not going fast at the time.” May Have Been the Brakes. Automobilists are of the opinion that probably the brake tension was not adjusted correctly and that one wheel was adjusted tighter than the other which caused the machine to swerve. The car, after making a complete somersault, was undamaged with the exception of the fenders and top. It was driven to Bismarck last night un- der its own power. Returning From Funeral. The four occupants of the car were returning from the funeral of Capt. Hugo Renden at Mandan, all of the men, with the exception of Lenhart being members of the American Le- gion, of which Captain Renden was post commander. Skinner and Sem- ling were in uniform. Mr. Lenhart is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Lenhart of 416 First street and three brothers, George A. Lenhart of Hazelton; Frank A. Lenhart of Cando and A. P. Len- hart of this city. His mother, Mrs, Lenhart, is visiting a sister in Galena, Ills. and could not be reached this morning, but is expected to return to the city before the funeral. The two brothers living in Hazelton and Cando will be here today, it is expected. 7 Born in State. Mr. Lenhart was born October 21, 1883, at Davenport, N. D., where he lived until he was about 20 years of age, when his family moved to Fargo, After attending school at Fargo, he went to the agricultural college, from which he graduated in 1904. Mr. Len- hart then entered the employ of the Meredith Drug Co. of Fargo as chief of the laboratories. where he remain- ed until he came to Bismarck ten years ago to join his brother, A. P. Lenhart, in the Lenhart Drug Co. on Main street. Mr. Lenhart was a part owner of this establishment. The deceased was a member of the Elks and the Masonic lodge. Funeral arrangements were not completed this morning, but it is planned to have the two fraternal orders of which Mr. Lenhart was a member take charge. Ben Lenhart was one of Bismarck’s most popular young men. He was an accomplished musician, enjoyed an un- usually engaging personality, and pos- sessed: “a'rare’ faculty for:making (Continued on Page Three)