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

WEA! Falr tonight. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION Hi THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 220. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1919. PRICE Fivé CENTS STATE FLOATS $3,000,000 BANK BONDS FIUME SITUATION GROWS MORE SERIOUS DAILY D'ANNUNZIO COMPLIGATES FIUME ISSUE Action of Poet Chief Compli- cates the Entire Balkan Controversy PEACE COUNCIL DISTURBED ——— Action of Poet Chief Disturbed the Entire Balkan Situation Rome, Sept. —Cabinet ministers do not conceal the enormous gravity of the situation and the serious difficulty not to say the possibilitles of finding a Satisfactory solution to the Fiume problem, ‘They do not mean to ‘use force against Captain fan wishing to avoid conflict {and it is said that this hesitation! may be partly due to the fact! that troops or- dered against the poet’s forces might refuse to obey orders. Pessuation, it is said here, is useless without agreeing to captain D’Annun- zio’s condition, the annexation of the port of Fiume and the hinterland to Italy proper. It is aserted that if the Italian government should accept such conditions she would have against he. not only her allies, but her erstwhite enemies headed by Jugo-Slavia whien perhaps would already have acted, bat for internal troubles and the lack of a responsible man in power, CONCERNED OVER SITUATION Paris, Sept. 25.—Apparently in emu- lation of Captain Gabriel D’Annunzio whose dramatic seizure of Fiume cen- tered the attention of the world on the eastern shore of the Adriatic, other Italian leaders are reported to be ad- vaneing on Spalato Sabenico ani through important towns along the coast which have been under the coa- trol of Jugo Slave forces. Peacd con- ference circles are plainly concerned over the situation which seems to have become quite grave. Belgrade advices declared Italian soldiers -have overpowered a smal) Jugo Slave force at Toguire and have entered the town. It is probable that the place mentioned: ..is.. Trogir, . the. Croatian Section of the city of ‘Trau. about 15 miles northwest of Spalato. Farther south there appears to be «lis: orders, reports from Rome indicating there is a virtual reign of terror at Ragusa, a Dalmatian town close to the frontier of Montenegro, In addition there are rumors that the Italian plan to restore King Niche las to the Montenegroan throne frot which he was ousted by action of the national assembly last April, King Nicholas ig father of queen Helena of Italy. FIGHTING NEAR PPTROGRAD London, . Sept. 25.—Fierce fighting was in progress througout the day yes- * terday in the region of Psoy, southwest of Petrograd where the Esthonians aa- nihilated two Bolsheviki regiments, ac- cordiag to Esthonian dispatches re- ceived here today. BOARD HAS BIG TASK PLACING WOUNDED YANKS Vocational Training Being Pro- vided for Men Disabled in Army Service tip a Washington, Sept. 25.—One of the most. urgent problems before the fed- eral board of vocational education has been to establish contact with men dis- charged from service, so as to ascer- tain those whose disabilities would place them in the group needing voca- tional training. A most. persistent effort was made by the board to this purpose. Demobilization points, hos- nd debarkation ports were constantly visited’ by. representatives of the board, until thousands of men were registered as possible candidates for re-education. Individuality is hecessarily one of the important elements in the re-edu- cation of disabled soldiers. Hach man is a distinct problem, they cannot’be disposed of by groups or battalions. Vocational advisers personally inter- view each soldier, sailor or marine who applies for retraining; their in- dustrial and educational qualifications are carefully analyzed in relation to their physical handicap with a view to their future employment. Out of the thousands registered with the board, a large number of the cases are closed as not eligible for training under the provisions of the law; others are still in process of es- tablishing their eligibility; some are awaiting the action of the. central of- ‘ice in approving or disapproving their courses, and many are entering he schools or colleges opening this month and next. As rapidly as is con- jistent with thoroughness in investi- jation and fairness to the disabled bidier, these cases are disposed of by federal board. WILSON AT PUEBLO Denver, Colo., Sept. 25.—President F Pueblo, Colo., where he is to de ir hig next address, pitals, camps, returning transports |: Suspend Long and Short Haul Provisions for Stock Washington, Sept, 25.—Owing to severe drought in northwestern states, the Interstate Commerce Commisston today authorizes the suspension of the long and short haul provisions as reg- ards rates on live stock shipments from Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho and North and South Dakota to graz- ing or feeding points in other states when it is the intentjon to return the cattle, The provisions was » suspended as regards shipments. of feed, LABOR HOLDS STAND IN PROBE OF STRBL STRIKE John Fitzpatrick Is the First Witness Called in Senate Investigation MOST SIDES CONFIDENT), Steam Engineers in Illinois Plant Walk Out in Sympathy With Iron Workers By Associated Press Interests in the great struggle in the steel industry shifted today to Wash- ington where the labor committee vf the senate opened an investigation with the avowed intention of discove.- ing “if the situation in any way can be relieved by federal action.” Meanwhile no radical change was reported in the actual strike cente It was labor’s day in court for the fi witness called was John Fitzpati i chairman of the National Steel Work- ers committee, The employers. tura will come next Wednesday when El- bert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel corporation) presents the case for capi- tal TO LAY BARE CAUSES It is the expressed hope of the com- mittee that the investigation will lay bare the underlying causes of the struggle which is threatening the ecou- lomic interests of the nation: The com- mittee also is expected to probe chafges made on the floor of the senate and elsewhere that ‘more _ sinister motives are involved than the losten- sible one of the right of the workers to organize. ED GINEERS STRIKE So far as actual conditions of the battle line were concerned the most definite news came from the Chicago district where both sides claimed speci- fic and significant advantages. Steel corporation officials announced that tne steel and slab mills of the corporation at Gary, Ind., would resume part ope- ration today, the most extei ree sumption claimed in the district sin the strike was declared. Offsetting this 195 steam engineers employed the Illinois Steel company’s plant were called out by their local, raising again the possibility of a general walkout by this most important part of the workers, In the Mahoning yalley district of Ohio the complete paralysis of the in- dustry achieved by the strike con- tinued and the success on the Ohio sector was emphasized by the closing of the plant of the bar mill of the Em- pire Rolling Mill Co., with the excen- tion of the sheet mill department which. employes: only 500 men. This department’ is the only mill now operating in Cleveland. RETURN TO WORK But the issue in the great Pittsburga area where both sides conceded the struggle must be lost or won, remaius uncertain. Corporation officials agan asserted today that strikers were re- turning to work “admitting that the number was not large, but terming it “steady.” These claims were as usual disputed by the strike leaders, W. V.-Foster, secretary of the strike committee, cul- Jed the situation “better than ever" and predicted interesting developments within a few days. He declined to be more specific. POLICE MAINTAIN QUIET, Farrel, Pa., Sept. 25.—The boroughs of Farrel and Sharon remained quiet today. A full company of 54 state no- lice continued to patrol the principe; streets of Farrel, Mass meetings have been forbidden by. proclamation here and at Sharon. The South Carnegie plant was in operation today. Officials said moze men are returning every day. WANT “DECENT JUSTICE” Washington, Sept, 25.—Even should the United States steel corporation consent to meet representatives of the men the national widestrike of steel workers would now be called off in the opinion of John Fitzpatrick, chairman of the strikers committee, as expresse] today at the opening of the senate labor committee investigating the strike. “The 355,000 on strike,” Fitzpatrick declared, “are going to demand from the United States government justice and decent justice. 1 TO MOVE COAL Washington, Sept. 25.—In an effort to meet the first effect of the steel strike on the transportation systems, the railroad administration today. in- stituted a system of moving coal and ison left at 11 o'clock this morniug|iron ore to the steel mills by perm't which will limit the quantities shipped (Continued on Page Two.) | FIRST PICTURES OF CORPUS CHRISTI HURRICANE LOSS N. E. A. PHOTOGRAPHER EVADES UNAUTHORIZED CENSORSHIP TO BRING OUT PHO- TOGRAPHS OF GREAT STORM DAMAGE. Renee HOSPITAL WILL ERECT $100,000 BUILDING SOON Three Story and Basement Struc- ture to Meet Growing De- mands of Institution A new building costing at least $100,- 000 will probably be erected by the Bismarck hospital early next spring. Bids were received on the work yes- terday for the new building which will house the power plant, laundry, ani dormatory and will be located just east of the present building. Because only one bill was received hy the hospital authorities for the work it is thought that the matter, will.be held in* abeyance’ until later wher either new bids will be asked for the work, or the contract let to the Bis- marck . Construction Co. which made the sole bid on the’ building yesterday. The cost of building alone will amount close to $50,000, according to the figures. Besides this work, separ- ate bids will be asked for the installa- tion of the boiler plant, plumbing and other extras not included in the origi nal contract, These extras, it is si will amount to another $50,000. The building as planned will be three stories high witha basement. On the upper stories will be dormatories for the nurses and other hospital _atten- dants. A huge laundry will be located on the first flooy and the boiler room will be placed in the basement. A garage and coal storage room will be additional features of the new build. ing. The Bismarck hospital is considered by medical men as one of the finest and most completely equipped hospital west of Chicago and medical men from the large eastern cities are surprised at the perfection of the facilities of this iu-| stitution. It has been necessary make seyeral additions to the building because of the increasing de- mands which at present practically tux its capacity continuously. Patients from all over the state are brought to Bismarck to receive medical and surgical care at the Bismarck hos- pital and its annual admittances of new patients reaches into the thon- sands. With the erection of the new building, those portions of the pre: building now used for nurses quarters will be turned into private und pub- lic wards. $42,500 LOOT OF MAIL ROBBERY FOUND ON FARM Chicago, Sept. 25.—With the recov- ery of $42,500 found ‘buried on the farm at big Suamico, Wis. near Gres bay on the farm of John Wejda, father of John S. Wejda, clerk in the Chicago post office, who is said to have planue:i the robbery, the amount received from ‘the $340,000 stolen-from a registered shipment from the Chicago federal re- serve bank to the Standard Oil Co., of Indiana, at Whiting, Ind, Thursday Mast night was brought to $181,500. The money was found wrapped in old Tags and buried in a milk can. It was the younger Wejdas share of the lovt, according to officers. The missing money is believed, the police say, to be in the possession of a man who disappeared with the arrest Tuesday night of the younger Wejde and Leo and Walter Philipkowski, The Philipkowski brothers with the miss- ing man are said to haye done the actual robbing. Much ‘of the money recovered was placed in safety deposit boxes by them or members of, their families, Another Attempt to Settle Irish Question London, Sept. 25—The Evening News announces that as a result of a consultation by the cabinet with Vice ‘Count French, the Lord Lieutenant oz |Ireland, another attempt will be made! by. the government to settle the Iris question and Vice Count French will Chapparal St. in Corpus Christi, i : : ( Tex., the day after the big storm, was filled from.end to end with a mass of debris. Mexicans here are at work cleaning up the wreckage. This house was lifted by the hurricane and flood that struck Corpus Christi and deposited on seen in the foreground. top of the boat, part of which is The house above was floate street car below overturned whil: Christi citizens. CRANBERRIES T0 BE CHEAPER IS LATEST RUMOR Washington, Sept. 25.—Cranberries for soft “trimmings” at the Thanks- giving, Christmas and New Years din- ner feast ought to be cheaper this year than they were last,. although labor conditions may force growers to demand prices higher than the average, This years crop, according’ to the Sep- tember. forecast of the department of agriculture, will be: about 637,000) baz- rels as against 350,000 ‘barrels last year. Question of U.S. . Keeping Pledges to Guarantee Peace Denver, Colo., Sept. 25.—Declaring the issue in the peace treaty discussion at last had been, “clearly drawn”, president Wilson. ‘said in an address here today. that the “question squarely facing the nation was whether}; the ten blocks on the flood and the le going to the rescue of Corpus Cotton bales from a warehouse a mile and a half away were strewn thickly in Williams St. United States would keep its pledges tu retain his office, help guarantee the peace of the world: var So after the waters had gone down. | COUNTRY TAKE $2,000,000 of which represents series of five percent bonds and bank was par. The sale was consummated North Dakota. syndicate of eastern investment extremely favorable one. has been decided to re-issue the in of new capital from outside of bonds as are now held locally. The sale of the $1,000,000 series bonds. It will not now be The Bank of North Dakota business. Ship Bourbon Into Idaho in Crates of Big Juicy Peaches Nampa, Ida., Sept. 25.—The reason for shipments of peaches to Idaho from California to Idaho, when this state is producing them by the ton, caused Nampa police officers to inves- tigate a shipment which came recent- ly, consigned to. a Boise man. One crate of “fruit” was unpacked. The reason was apparent. In the middle of the crate, care- fully surrounded by peaches, were six quarts of bourbon. Army Concentrates Aviators on Border to Meet Mex Raids Kelly Field Has More Than 1,000; Men and Officers to Meet Bandits San Antonio, Tex., Sept, 25.—Con-| centration at Kelly Field of more than 1,000 officers and men, recently or- dered transferred from scattered fields in the north and east, virtually has been completed, according to the avia- tion service office of the Southern de- partment headquarters here. ; The first pursuit group, which is| comprised of four pursuit squadrons! ‘or approximately 150 officers and 600 men, was ordered’ from Selfridge | Field, Michigan. This is the only regularly organized unit included in the transfer, the others being casuals, Removal of the Ninetieth aero squadron to Eagle Pass, Tex., where an airdrome is under construction, has been almost completed, transfers be- ing made as fast as housing facilities for the planes are available. W. C. T. U. MEETS TODAY Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 25—The thirtieth annual convention of the North Dakota W. C. T. U. opened here today at the First Methodist church. In addition to discussing TWOOF LARGEST BOND HOUSES IN QVER BIG ISSUE THRU EFFORTS OF COL. LITTLE Bear Five Percent Issue and Were Sold at Par Value Making Entire Cash Capital of Institu- tion Immediately Available—Will Make Real Estate Loans at Once. The Bank of North Dakota has sold $3,000,000 bonds, the remaining issue of the bank the balance the real estate series of five percent bonds of the bank. The price obtained by the state through the efforts of Col. C. B. Little, president of the First National bank of this city, the buyers being two of the largest bond houses in the United States with offices in New York and Chicago. The bank series will be reissued in denominations of $1,000 and the present denominations of different amounts will be can- celled. This will bring in outside capital to the state which will make available at once the entire cash capital of the Bank of Thru the sale of its $1,000,000 real estate series bonds, the bank will be able to close a large number of real estate loans which have been held pending the sale of these bonds. The official statement regarding the sale of the bonds as announced by the Bank of North Dakota, is as follows: OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Col. C. B. Little of Bismarck, acting in co-operation with a bankers, has purchased for the Bank of North Dakota, the whole remaining issue of the bank series of the five percent bonds of the state of North Dakota, and an additional $1,000,000 of the real estate series of the five percent bonds of the state of North Dakota. approved by the industrial commission. Notwithstanding the ex- tremely unsettled industrial and financial conditions existing throughout the United States at this time, the Bank of North Dakota, through the efforts of Col. Little, was able to effect the sale of this large amount of its bonds at par, which price, taking into consideration these adverse conditions, is considered an The sale has been In order to perfect a salable bond on the eastern market, it bank series in denominations: of $1,000 each and to cancel the present denominations, and for that reason an opportunity is to be offered to local investors to sur- render to the Bank of North Dakota their present holdings. The result of this surrender of outstanding bonds will be the bringing the state, which will make avail- able at once the entire cash capital of the Bank of North Dakota, and will restore to the several localities the cash amount of such WILL MAKE FARM LOANS, of real estate series bonds will enable the Bank of North Dakota to facilitate the closing of a large amount of real estate loans, applications for which are now pending, and will make available to the farmers of the state the ;money to be loaned by the bank as contemplated by the constitu- tional amendment authorizing the issuing of these real estate necessary to call in from banks, except temporarily, any considerable portion of funds for the financing of these farm loans. The loans can now be completed just as rapidly as the clerical force of the bank can handle them. feels that it has been extremely fortunate in effecting this sale within eight weeks of the openin, of the doors of the bank for the actual transaction of repuleg nm—oe eee EIGHT FOOT SHORT CAKE FOR RETURNED BOYS More Than 20,000 Persons At- tend Stutsman County Home- coming at Jamestown Jamestown, N. D., Sept. 25.—A strawberry short cake, measuring eight feet square, probably the largest ever made in the United States, was the chief contribution to the free meal given to the former service men ai the Stutsman county homecoming cele- bration here yesterday, More than one bushel and three pecks of home grown strawberries, picked Tuesday by W. S. Moxen were in the cake. It was estimated that at least 20,000 people attended the celebration welcoming home the former soldiers, sailors, marines, nurses and other who servei with the armed forces during the war, KING ALBERT TO VISIT THE WEST St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 25.—Governer Burnquist was officially advised from Washington today that King Albert of Belgium has expressed his desire te visit St. Paul, Minneapolis and pos- sibly other. Minnesota cities on his tour of the United States. A formal invi- tation from the governor will be sent the royal family probably today. Lenine Assassinated; Is Paris Rumor’ Paris, Sept. 25.—A rumor was_ in circulation on the bourse here today that Nicholas Lenine, the Russian But- sheviki premier, has been assassinated, URGES HASTE ca routine topics, the convention will complete details of a drive for in- creased membership. The convention will close September 29. One of the speakers will be Mrs. Maude B. Per- “Americanism.” a kins of New York, who will discuss. | treaty. Paris, Sept. 25.—Speaking in the chamber of deputies today on the Ger-* man peace treaty Premier Clemencean said that if he had any word to say to the United States senate, it would be. that: it hurry the ratification of the?