The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 28, 1919, Page 1

WEA’ Fair tonight. THE BISMARCK eee eens! LAST EDITION THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 197. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1919 PRICE FIVE CENTS NORTHWEST CROPS WORTH MILLIONS MORE “WILD BILL” FUN FUNCTIONING AGAIN; DAKOTA CITIES IN IN PANIC VALLEY CITY POLICE CHIBF QUITS FOLLOWING RAID BY LANGER SQUAD ON NORMAL TOWN; MANY IN DRAGNET Swanson Tenders Resignation After Conference With Assis- tant Attorney General Sheets—Gamblers, Piggers, Moon- shiners, Violators of Anti-Cigarette Laws and Other Offenders Gathered in by Flying Squadron on Second Day. Valley City, N. D., Aug. 28.—Valley City is s today without a chief of police. The usually quiet and peaceful normal school town —the Athens of North Dakota—has awoke to discover its true character as a cross between Sodom and Gomorra, with a touch of Babylonish and Pompeian, deviltry thrown in. “Wild Bill” Langer is functioning again; the city jail is filled; justice mills are grinding overtime. Staid, law-abiding citizens are pacing the streets with a hunted look in ‘their eyes. Valley City is getting today what Jamestown got two days ago, and, in a trifle milder form, what Minot got two , Attorney General Langer’s flying squadron, in charge of Assistant At- torney General Albert E. Sheets, Jr., entered Barnes county late yesterday afternoon and proceeded to duplicate its Jamestown performance here at Valley City. In company with the State Enforce- ment league and the state’s attorney’s office law violators for bootlegging, selling cigaretts, gambling, and the like were hauled up before the local justices to account for themselves. A total of 12 criminal complaints were filed and examinations are still being held today as a result of yesterday's work instituted by the law enforcing Attorney General. Cigarette Law Violations One man from Eckelson brought in by the sheriff late last night and pleaded guilty to the charge of selling cigarettes. The proprietors ‘of . the Clarens pool hall at Sanburn were ar- rested for violating the anti cigarette lew and had a hearing last night. Art Stearn,s local pool hall owner, Was grabbed for bootlegging and was charged with gambling and permitting gambling to be done in his pool hall. George Bettes of Valley City; was hauled up on a charge of selling: cigar- ettes. The Mahew pool hall at O¥iska is charged with having sold cigarettes and hearing will be had sometime today. The proprietors of the club pool hall at Valley City were arrested, charged with violating the cigarette law. A number of other warrants outstanding but the parties have not as yet been located and the arrests have not as yet been made. Chief of Police Quits The most sensational phase of the clean up instituted by the Attorney General, however, came today when it became known that Chief of Police; Swanson had tendered his resignation, following a- conference with the attor- “ney general and his assistant. Mr. Swanson has served on, the po- lice force of Valley City for the past} 13 years and his resignation coming in the midst of the arrests made by the attorney general for law violations comes as a distinct surprise to local people. When interviewed this afternoon as to the resignation of Chief of Police Swanson, Assistant Attorney General Sheets, stated that he did not care at this time to discuss the matter. Building Up Funds It is estimated that the fines from the prosecutions instituted yesterday and today will amount to over $800. In the past two days criminal prose- cutions commenced in Stutsman and Barnes counties resulting in fines and forfeitures, which will total well over $2500. have been commenced. Mr. Sheets together with other mem- bers of the attorney general's staff returned this afternoon to Bismarck Jeaving the remaining cases to be tried in charge of States Attorney Ritchie. PERMANENT RANK OF GENERAL FOR JACK Washington, D. C., Aug. 28—In recognition of General John J. Per- shing’s service in the war the house today passed a bill authorizing the president to confer on him the per- manent rank of general. The measure now goes to the senate. MARRIED 75 YEARS London.—Mr. and Mrs. Benwell, of Tunbridge Wells, who were married at Blackheath Hill, have just celebrat- ed their diamond wedding. John Doe; Nears or so ago. R ECRUDESCENCE OF BALKAN WARS I$ THREATENED Fighting Breaks Out Every- where in Montenegro; Rev- olution General REBEL AGAINST SERBIANS Re-enforcements Received, But Little Success Attends Ef- forts to Suppress London, Aug 28—Fighting has broken, (out everywhere in Montenegro, and. the whole country is in a state cf reyolution, .according..to. news. re- jeeived here. The’ Serbians are using strong measures in an attempt to sup- press the upriisng.- _ “We seem to be in for a recrudes- cence of the Balkan trouble,” was a statement made to the -Associated :Press today from an authoriative source, The Montenegrans have cut the rail- way between Virpazar and Antivari on the coast. The Serbians are receiving reen- jforcements but are not meeting with stecess in their efforts to put down the revolutionary movement accord- ing to advices which represnts the Montenegran national spirit as_thor- joug rghly aroused and the animosity of the people against the Serbiang in- ereasi ng. GOMPERS ENTERS INTO RAIL MESS WITH PRESIDENT Head of American Federation and Chief Executive Dis- cuss Labor Troubles Washington, D. C., Aug. 28—Upon his return here today from Europe Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor went irto conference with officials of the fifteen railroad unions to discuss President Wilson’s decision that there should be no general increase in rail- road employes’ wages while the gov- ernment was conducting its campaign to reduce living costs, It was expected that a statement would be issued after the conference. Meantime the union officials declined to discuss what attitude Mr Gompers had taken with regard to the presi- cent’s decision. GET LOYAL GIFT Bukarest.—The crown prince of Rumania has given the American re- lief workers in Bucharest six new motor trucks. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR IN LETTER TO GARY ANNOUNCES STRIKE VOTE OF STEEL MEN WILL BE TAKEN Refusal of Corporation Heads to Confer With Workers Results in Official Declaration of War—Trouble May Yet Be Averted by Granting Interview Within Time Limit Set by Organization Heads, Says Ultimatum Issued Today. Washington, D. C., Aug. 28.— After a conference here today the executive committee of the American Federation of Labor representatives of the committee of the steel and iron workers union made public a letter to E. H. Gary, chairman of the board ofdirectors of the United States Steel corporation, announcing that the decree for a_ strike of union steel workers would be en- forced unless the corporation granted an interview to the com- mittee within the time limit set. The letter was dated at New York yesterday, but was withheld until the steel workers represen- tatives could confer with Samuel Gompers, president, and other officials of the federation. f Acceptance of Wilson’s Award Urged on Unions Washington, Aug. 28.— Acceptance of President Wil- son’s offer of a small wage in- crease pending the. outcome of the government’s effort to reduce the high cost of liv- inv was advised by the ad- vance executive council of the railways shop union in a letter sent today to all union [locales HIGH GRADE NEN MAKE UP MOTOR TOUR PERSONNEL Over Half of Eighty Demonstra- tors Are Factory Repre- sentatives USED TO ROUGHING IT The trucks are here. Showing an unusual burst of speed, the caravan, leaving Steele. at 1p. m., covered the 55 miles to the capital city in thre hours flat, parading through the streets of Bismarck at 4. The b'g show begins tomorrow and continues over Saturday. Over half of the 80 men with the national motor truck development tour are high grade factory repre- sentatives and when they were met near Steele today by committees from Bismarck they made inquiry with re- gard to the country north of here and were especially interested in hotel ac- commodations. “My instructions are to get single room with bath for every. one of 54 men in every town we get into,” said; C. G. Smith cf the Signal truck. Mr. ‘Smith has been elected by the party tolook- after registrations and follow up the work of the advance man. Five in a Bed “Smitty,” as the ‘boys call him, is familiar with their likes and dislikes. He knows how many will sleep in a (Continued on Page Hight) SWEET CIDER NO LONGER SWEET IS DUMPED IN DUST Practice’ of Buying Juice in Large Casks to Permit It to Harden Is Banned The practice common among some pool-hall and soft drink emporium pro- prietors of ordering their sweet cider in uncommonly large casks, is to be, 8 big a suc seriously discouraged, Earle H. Toste- vin, head of the licensing department of the attorney general's office an- nounced today. “Sweet cider must be ordered in such small quantities that it will re- main sweet until the last drop is con- sumed, or a great many dealers will find their hard cider used to relieve the drouth,.” said Mr, Tostevin. In‘the eastern part of the state Deputy Val Koch poured out a lib- eral libation to Bacchus this week when he found 45 gallons of viciously hard cider in a 60-gallon cask which had been sweet when the pool-hall proprietor opened it. This particular dealer was doing a land-office ‘busi- ness in sweet cider with which nature had taken her course. It sold freely at ten cents per glass. The thirsty soil, thanks to Mr. Koch's liberality, drank up the whole 45 gallons with- out paying a single penny. This dealer, reports Mr. Koch, has made @ practice of buying his sweet cider in 60-gallon casks. In warm weather not many days were requir- ed after the openine of the cask to put an edge on this soft stuff, and the older and harder it got, the better it sold. “Sweet cider must. he sweet,” said Mr. Tostevin today. “It must be or- dered and offered for sale in quanti- ties small enough to insure its con- sumption before it has time to get hard.” A wholesale raid on vendors who have violated North Dakota’s ‘bone dry law by selling cider with a kick in it is projected. ARRESTS ARE FEW FOR PAST MONTH SPEEDERS IN LEAD With the Nonpartisan league in the saddle, a republican congress and a democratic president. the repeal of the daylight saving law, prohibition and the approach of winter, the num- ber of arrests in Bismarck for July amounted to only 18. Which simply Proves that it proves nothing. The arrests included eight speeders, three intoxications, three vagrants and four disorderly. The fines col- lected totaled $136 which with $59.25 in costs brought the amount to $195.- 26. HUSBAND T0 CITY Bismarck ‘Will Have Honor of Entertaining President and His Wife COMMITTEES ARE NAMED Arrangements Being Made for Great Demonstration When Woodrow Comes Washington, D. C., Aug. 28.—Pres- ident Wilson will leave Washington next Wednesday on his speach mak- ing tour {n the interests of the peace hheaty sand will deliver his first ad- dress in Columbus, 0., next Thurs- day probably in the evening. Accompanying the president will be Mrs. Wilson, Admiral Cary T. Gray- son, Secretary Tumulty and a corps of secretaries and stenographers. Among places at which the Presi- dent will speak will be Denyer and Couer d'Alene, Ida. In California, the home state of Sen- ator Johnson, one of the leading re- publican opponents of the peace treaty, the president: will make three speeches at Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego. His only address in Oregon will be at Portlind, while he also will speak at Spokane, Wash., and possibly Seattle. PLAN: ALREADY STARTED Although the newspaper announce- ment of President Wilson’s coming visit to Bismarck was made yesterday, preliminary plans already have been started by the Commerdial club to make the day of his speech here of ccuntry-wide importance. It is expected that the president will arrive here the second. week in Washington, it is hoped that he will jremain in the efty several hours, in- stead of just passing through by train ont? making a” speech" from *the” reat platform, It is considered quite an honor to have Bismarck named the only place in North Dakota where President Wilson is scheduled to stop and make a formal speech, Fargo and other. east- ern cities in the state, when the pres- iden’s former trip was being planned made every effort possible to have the chief executive stop off at those cities, but because of the strike situation all over the country and the federal high cost of living campaign, that trip was called off. To Care for Out-of-Town Folk Arrangements Will be made to care for all out-of-town people who come to Bismarck on the day of the pres- ident’s visit and everything will be done to handle a large crowd as it is expected that thousands will come to the city for the opportunity of hear- ing the nation’s president speak since the ending of the war ang his return fcom the peace council of the world in_France, With a view of making that day ss as possible, it is now being planned to have the welcume home celebration for the men from this section who served the country during the late war take place either on the same day of the president's ar- rival or the day proceeding or follow- ing that day. If this plan is consum- mated, it expected that every for- mer servic around Bismarck will be in the capital city to take part in the event. wediately to complete all of the many deiails that are to be worked out and it is expected that the business inter- ests of the city and the farmers ad- jacent to Bismarck will work together to make the President’s visit here the most memorable occasion in the city’s history. These committees will be an- nounced this week, it is expected. If time permits, the members of the president’s party including Mrs, Wil- son, Secretary Tumulty, Admiral Grayson and others will be taken on a short automobile tour of the country tributary to Bismarck, as well as showing the party many of the land- marks and points of interest in and around the city. It is ex: d that the women of the city, through the various clubs, will cooperate to make Mrs, Wilson’s stay there as pleasant and interesting as pessible, Committees from these clubs, it aid, will be named for this pur- pose. ARSENIC IN COFFEE URN; 30 POISONED Chicago, Ill, Aug. 28—Arsenic was feund today in samples of coffee taken from a downtown lunch room where 30 persons Were poisoned yesterday ac- cording to health commissioner Kobertson. He expressed the opinion thah some- one has put poison in the coffee urn with malicious intent. Friederich Forms Hungarian Cabinet Paris, Aug. 28.—Stephen Friedrich, Hungarian premier under Archduke Josef’s regime has formed a new cabi- net for Hungary in- which besides the premiership he assumed the post of winister of the interior according to a Hayas dispatch from Budapest today. MRS. WILSON WILL’? (ACCOMPANY HER September and although -no definite apnouncement has yet been made at man from a wide radius’ Committees will be appointed im-j{ { Mayor Ole Hanson Quits Seattle Job to Go on Stage Seattle, Wash., Aug. 28.— Mayor Ole Hanson announced today that he would resign at 1:30 p. m. when the city council meets. It was said at the city hall that the mayor intended to give up his post on account of ill health and his desire to’ fill lecture en- gagements. FARMER TO PAY PENALTY UNDER LEAGUE SCHEME His Taxes Boosted Sky-High While Railways Would Be Saved $218,000 AUDITORS ARE INCENSED Contend That Wallace Plan of Horizontal Increase in Lands Is Insult As a means of increasing the as- sessed valuation of North Dakota’s taxable property to a point where it will be possible to reduce the mill levy, and to thus effect a paper sav- ing to which the administration may point with pride, Tax Commissioner George E. Wallace vesterday served on tax supervisors and county audit- ors in conference here notice that he would ask the state board of equali- zation to boost the county ‘boards’ figures on farm lands all the way from ten to 25 percent. Cass, Grand Forks. Pembina. Traill, Welsh and Richland will be the only counties to escape a horizontal increase in the assessment of farm lands, if Mr. Wal. ‘lacé“has his way. The average assessed valuations of farm lands as returned by the county boards and the percentage of in- (Continued on Page Two.) BRITISH TROOPS WITHDRAW FROM CAUCASUS POSTS Soldiers Who Have Been Pro- tecting Armenians Will Be Out by Sept. 15 Paris, Wednesday, Aug. 27.—British troops began leaving the Caucasus region August 15 and will all be out of this district where they have been protecting Armenians before September 15, Davis Arnold of Providence, R. I, managing director of the American cmmittee for relief in the near east, said today upon his return to Paris from London. While at the British capital he in- terviewed Viscount Peel, under secre- tary of war, who told him it was im- pessible for the British to retain troops in Armenia unless the United tutes should give assurance she ould send troops to relieve them within two or three months. SATURDAY LIMIT FOR RETURN OF RAIL STRIKERS Unless They Are at Work Then, Brotherhoods Will Support Administration Washington, D. C., Aug. 28—Satur- day morning has been set as the time limit by which all striking railroad employes on the Pacific coast must return to work “or the brotherhoods will support the federal administration in its endeavor to operate trains wherever they have contracts.” Improvement Reported Improvement in the strike situation on the Pacific coast was reported to- day to the railroad administration. ‘Trains begun moving out of Oakland but so far traffic at Los Angeles still is tied up. Officials declined to state specifical- ly what plans had been made to run trains in the event the strikers re- mained out, OAKLAND MEN OBEY ORDER San Francisco, Calif.. Aug. 28—. strike a yard and switchmen of three transcontinental lines had ended at Oakland, Calif., and trains were leay- ing on normal schedule there but the strike continued here although most of the trains were being dispatched out, officials of the railroad adminns- tration announced today. |IBARNES REDUCES SPREAD BETWEEN FIRST FIVE GRADES OF WHEAT TO INSURE BETTER PRICE TQ FARMER No. 5 Under Schedule Announced Today by Julius Barnes Will Sell for Eighteen Cents Less Than No. 1—Local Elevators Now Paying Considerably More Than Tariff Calls for at Twin City Terminals—Expected That Damage from Rust Will Be Offset. Minneapolis, Aug. 28.—A new scale of prices for the lower grades of wheat for the 1919 crop was announced today by Julius Barnes, head of the United States grain corporation and were posted today on the trading floor of the local Chamber of Com- merce to become effective September 2. The prices for Nos. 1 and 2 northern remain the same as last year. $2.21 1-2 for No. 1 and $2.18 1-2 for No. 2 at this terminal. Other prices follow No. 3 northern . $2,1514 No. 4 northern . 2.1114 No. 5 northern 2.0714 Under the regulations of the grain corporation all dealers will be required to pay producers not less than the proper country point reflection of the terminal guaranteed price for wheat grading No. 1 and with the relation for other grades as follows: No. 2 wheat, 3 cents under ‘No. 1. No. 3 wheat, 3 cents under No. 2. No. 4 wheat, 4 cents under No. 3. No. 5 wheat, 4 cents under No. 4. WILL MEAN MILLIONS MORE Washington, Aug. 28.—New prices fixed by the United States grain corporation for the lower grades of wheat will result in north- western growers, particularly those in Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana, receiving many millions of dollars. more for their crop this year, Representative Young of North Dakota, said today after receiving the grain corporation order. The light weight wheat was produced entirely in those four states this year, Mr. Young said. He added that the price of flour was not likely to be affected because the millers based their price upon No. 1 wheat which remains unchanged. ULES BARNES CHURCH PROVES NO SANCTUARY TO GEORGIA NEGRO a., Aug. 28—El Cooper, a negro, was shot to death in a church at Ocmulgee, Ga., near here today by a mob, The church then was, burned. Other negro churches and a_ large lodge in the vicinity were burned yes- terday after reports had been circulat- ed that the negroes were planning to “rise up and wipe out the white peo- ple.” MORE STOCK GAMBLING Boston.—Thomas Eastman, . Larson says percent of the before the war only 5 people of the United States gambled in’ stocks while now fifty millions are doing it. PRICES HERE HIGHER Wheat is now selling in Bismarck at considerably more than the guar- auteed price at the Twin City termin- als, C. A. Baker, manager of the Rus- sell-Miller Milling Co., announced this afternoon that today’s quotations are: d , $2.38;-NO.3, $2.32 5 . 5, $2.19. ‘The local ween No. 1 and No. 5 is 23 cents, while under the new schedule fixed by Barnes it would be only 18 cents, Inasmuch as there is an almost universal shortage of wheat, it is not expected that the guaranteed price will greatly affect the market. MISSING EAGLETS SHOW UP AT HOME AVIATION FIELD Slater Developed Engine Trouble on Flight From New York to Toronto Mt, Clemens, Mich., Aug. 28.—Lieut. H. E. Slater and Set. Strickland, be- lieved to have been lost in‘ Lake On- tarlo or to have been blown out of their course and landed in some out-of- the-way region during their flight from Buffalo to Toronto in the internation- al air derby New York-to-Toronto and return yesterday, are safe at Selfridge field here, Lieut. Thomas Gill, com- mandant, announced this morning. Lieut. Gill reported that Slater's machine developed engine trouble, causing him to head for his home field instead of continuing the flight to Toronto. LENINE WOULD MAKE PEACE WITH RUMANIA Copenhagen, Aug. 2 28.—Nikolai Le nine, the Russian Bolshevik premier, has sent a delegation to Kishinev to negotiate peace with Rumania, accord- ing to a report received from Buda- pest today. CARNEGIE GAVE AWAY ‘$350,000,000 AND HAD _ $30,000,000 LEFT, SHOWS HIS WILL, MADE PUBLIC IN GOTHAM Ironmaster Disposed During Lifetime of More Than Third of a Billion Dollars—Leaves Annuity of $10,000 to President Taft —Takes Care of Widows of Former Presidents—Educational Institutions Are Remembered. New York, N. Y., Aug. 28.—The will of Andrew ‘Carnegie, made public today, estimates the value of the iron-master’s estate at be- tween $25,000,090 and $30,000,000. The will leaves the real estate and all the works of art and household goods to Mrs. Carne- gie. The financial provision for Mrs. Carnegie and her daughter, Mrs. Miller, was made during Mr. Carnegie’s life time. A statement issued by Elihu Root, Jr., says that Mr. Carnegie’s public gifts and charities during his life time exceeded $350,000,- 000. The fourth article of the will contains a series of legacies to charitable institutions, while the fifth article contains annuities to relatives and friends. The Car- negie corporation of New York is the residuary legatee, Cares For Statesmen An annuity of $10,000 was be- queathed to former president Taft and annuities of $5,000 each to Mrs. Grover Cleveland, now Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, widows of former presidents. An annuity of $10,000 also was bequeathed to Premier Lloyd George of Eng- land. Public interests include the ‘Cooper Union, New York City, $60,000. Pittsburgh University, $200,000; Relief Fund of the Au- thors’ club of New York, $200,- 000; Hampton Institute, $300,000; Stevens Institute, Hoboken, 'N. J., $100,000; St. Andrew’s society of New York, $100,000,