The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 27, 1919, Page 1

THE WEATHER Falr tonight. THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 222. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1919. NATIONAL UNION OF RAILWORKERS TIES UP BRITAIN General Strike Appears to Have Become Complete. at Midnight LLOYD GEORGE SPEAKS Premier Declares Ulterior Mo- tive on Part of Few Prompted Action London, Sept. 27.—So far a8 could be learned thi morning, the members of the National Union of Railway men had walked out in a body and the stoppage of service was complete, Te- lephone and telegraphic reports to the executive committee of the.union from distance centers show that locat branches, are supporting the commit- tees action, i PREMIER QUESTIONS MOTIVES “The precipétency of this action gives the, impression of a deliberate and mature intention on the part of some to\see a quanel at any cost,” said Premier Lloyd George ina statement today on the railroad strike, “It has convinced me it is not a strike for wages or better conditions,” continued the premier, ‘The govern- ment has reasons to believe it has been engineered for some time by a sinall but active body of men who have sought. insiduously to exploit the labor organization of this country for their ends.” a MOTORMEN JOIN STRIKE The decision of the underground motormen union to support the nation- al union of railway- men’s strike caused a complete tie-up of the railway here today, ‘Thousands of perso! could not be accommodated by the i adequate bus and tram service and were obliged to walk to work. Many resorted to bicycles and even to roller skates, The government having delayed in its negotiations with the union to adjust the situation is said to be prepared te operate the railroad with armed fo if necessary. It has issued orde placing all-England= under a war regime so far as food and fuel is con- cerned and it was stated yesterda, the mails would be carried by air- planes. Thus far the employees of the Irish railroad have not struck, One of the most diquieting features of the situation is the possibility that the mines and transport workers who with the railway men form what is known as the*Triple Alliance” also may strike. This vous bring: a trem- duous addition to the rank of strikers and still further complicate an already serious crisis in the labor world of England. GERMANS MAY BE PREPARING FOR ANOTHER FIGHT “Time Will Come When Father- land Will Need Every Reso- lute Arm,” Says Paper BEST MEN ARE ORGANIZED With the American Forces in Ger- many, Sept. 26.—(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)--An entirely new scheme for establishing a reserve army in Germany in anticipation of some future opportunity to establish German military power is seen by ‘some German newspapers in a plan they have just discovered and exposed. While the scheme is confined to only one regiment and so probably has no sanction from the. War Ministry it is an indication, in the opinion of American army officers who for eight months have been studying demobil- ization of the German forces, of how hard Prussian militarism dies. The Lightschlag. corps in Westpha- lia, now the Sixty-second Reichswehr (National Army) regiment of the Thirty-First Reichswehr brigade, has sent out circulars to all men who ‘have served in this volunteer unit since the armistice, urging them to sign a pledge to answer to a call to the colors in the event of general disorder or a new revolution. The Freiheit, the Independent Socialist or- gan in Berlin, suggests that the men responsible for the scheme really have in mind something more than sup- pression of disorders, the paper the quoting from the circular as follows: “Soon the time will come when the Fatherland will have need of every: resolute and proven arm,” ‘The circular, according to the news- papers, says that the corps is organ- izing a “reserve” from among the best of its released soldiers, this re- serve to be called into the service of the corps in time of need. Details are then given of the method of is- suing such a call. The- “Freiheit, in a recent issue, demanded to know who had given the corps the right to es- tablish such a reserve and to promise regular Reichswehr or National army pay to these “reservists” whenever called. OMS is $5,000,000 Film Company in England. London.—A_ $5,000,000 motion pic- ture producing company is forming here to compete with the biggest film producers of America in the Euro- Pean market. Three of America’s best known producers have been signed, the organizers say. One pic- Eture a week is to be shown in Amer- ‘ica through one of the biggest distrib- puting companies, =, My Kingdom for | a Cat Is Today’s Cry in Belgium Brussels, Sept. 12.—(Cor- respondence of the Associat- ed Press).—Belgium, which is far-ahead of- any of the European belligerents in the process of reconstruction, is in great need of cats. The necessity is “urgent,” says The Nationale, which adds that “during the war we had not cats, but we had no mice either. They had all died of hunger. Now that food is plentiful the mice have reappeared in thou- sands. . Unhappily the same cannot be said of cats. The result is that a dollar is being paid for a mere atom of a kit- ten. O that our fairy god- mothers, England and France, would send us some cats.” . Ae ° M’CUMBER URGES EARLY RATIFICATION Declares Treaty Safely Protects All Sovereign Rights of Na- — tion—No Change Needed CONTROL DOMESTIC ISSUES Statement Issued by North Da- kota Senior Senator Thru League Society Washington, D, C,, Sept. 27.—Sena- tor McCumber, republican of North Dakota, member of the senate foreign relation committee, believes that the peace treaty will be ratified at an ear ly date without amendments or resei yations, that will require rénegoti: tion with the other signatories, Sena- tor McCumber occupies a commanding position in the senate at this time, as he is the only republican member” of the foreign relations committee who refused to sign the Lodge majority re- port and is in close touch with, all the various senatorial groups of both par- ties, In aistatement to the country today given out through the league to enforces peace, Senator McCumber said: “I cannot believe that’ there will be any amendments or reservations adopted that. will require “2 resubmis/ sion to the peace conference. I hope and believe that the senators will agree upon a few reservations that — will clarify any provision on which there ig doubt and which will assure us every right of independence of protec- tion of our national policies such as the Monroe doctrine and the unques- tioned control of all our domestic mat- ters, We do not need to make any amendments to assure these results and I cannot believe that a majority of the senators could be secured to vote for amendments or reservatiun that will defer the consumation of the treaty for many months longer, there- by continuing the present uncertainty and chaotic condition of the world for another indefinite period with all its resulting evils in strikes and the spread of Bolshevism throughout Fu- rope and the United States. “I believe that many senators who do not like all the provisions of the treaty, a treaty on which twenty-seven nations labored -for six months, to com- pose their difference and to reach a compromise, will pause long — before they add to the present chaos by send- ing this treaty back to conference either by Such radical amendments or by such reservations as will necessitate a reconsideration of the whole treaty by all the nations which join in the present. treaty I am convinced that a majority of the senators believe that we cannot afford to, subject the pres- ent delicate situation to another peace conference and another long delay.” August Reports Are Higher Than July’s Says Recent Report Value for the Month Is $646,- 000,000; Imports Amount to $308,000,000 The decline in our export trade in- dicated by the July figures did not continue in August, according to a ‘statement just issued by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, department of commerce. Exports during August amounted to $76,000,000 more than in July, being valued at $646,000,000. In August last year the totals was $527,000,000. For the eight months ended with August exports were valued at $5,275,000,000, against $4,009,000,000 for the corre- sponding months in 1918. August imports amounted to $308,- 000,000, a decrease of $35,000,000 as compared with July but a gain over the $273,000,000 recorded in 1918. Kor the eight months ended with August imports increased from $2,061,000,000 in 1918 to $2,263,000,000 in 1919. 1894 Versus 1914 Girl Cincinnatii—Basing conclusions on a stained glass picture of a high school girl of 1894, a Cincinnati high school girl decides 1919° school girl has it all‘ over 1804 school girl —deeper insight into life, more pep, prettier, more purposeful, more self- confidence, and generally “more ad- mirable and adorable?” CLASSIC STRUCTURE OF INDIANA LIMESTONE TO FORM NEW HOME OF FIRST GUARANTY BANK IN 1920 THE NEW FIRST GUARANTY BANK Handsome Front Which Will Add to Grace and Dignity of Fourth Street Business Houses Within a Year. {dignified bank buildings kota will house the First Guaranty bank of Bismarck and ornament upper Fourth street by the early fall of 1920, it was anounced today, licityl was en the fact that this in- stitution has contracted with A, Moor- man & Co, of St. Paul, bank builders, for the planning, designing, construc- and equipment of a new hone will be without a peer in its class in the northwest, The new building, to be erected on the site of the present bank,, will haye a frontage of fifty feet on Fourth treet, Its face will be of beautiful In* diana limestone, relieved with four massive pillars extending full two stories in bh h and. supporting a graceful portico, and fretted with beautiful grill-work of copper. Th2 building will be two stories high, the ground floor being.devoted wholly to banking and its associated interests, while modern office rooms will occuy the second floor. Work on the stru ture is to begin in the very early spring, and the contractors promise its completion by the forepart of next fall. FINE MATERIALS USED The finest materials obtainable ar2 to-be used in the building throughou Tha floor in the bank vestibule and public lobby will be of Tennessee ma ble, which has pink tone which givbs an unusually rich effect to the designs PATTI, MOST FAMOU Great Spanish Singer Had Enter- tained Millions and Amassed Fortune With Wonderful Voice—Was Pet of Elder Du- mas and a Favorite in Paris During Time of the Last Na- poleon. London, Sept. 27.—Adelina Patti, the prima donna, died this morning at Penycae, South Wales, .~ Mme. Adelina Patti reigned for 40 years as queen of singers. Her marvelous voice thrilled the greatest contemporaries of her dav. The elder Dumas, the French drama- tist, one said to her: “Being @ man and a Christian, I love to listen to your singing; but if I were a bird I would die of'envy.” “She had tones so beautiful,” said one eminent musical critic, “that they seemed to gush spontaneously from the very fountain-spring of vocal youth.” CHILD OF THE STAGE Mme. Patti inherited her talent. “I am @ child of the stage,” she has said, “being born during an operatic season at Madrid, Spain, in 1843. My father, Salvatore Patti, a Sicilian, was @ good tenor singer. My mother, a Roman, became a famous artist as Sig- nora Barili—the name of her first nus- band.” Dwindling finances sent the Patti family to New York when Adelina, whose birth name was Adela Juana Maria Patti, was a baby. When she Was seven years old, her parents sud- denly became destitute. “In the emergency,” the singer said “my mother considered that I had e: traordinary, yocal talent, and hit upo ‘the idea of bringing me out in concert, And so I sang and soon won bread for the family.” : ‘The child made her febut at Tripler Hall, in New York, singing arias from juvenile prodigy of the day, and nearly ruined her voice by overwork. She ap- ‘peared again at the age of 13. , After a tour through the West Indies, . she withdrew to prepare for a greater career, “LUCIA” HER FIRST ROLE At the age of 16 she appeared in the first opera role, “Lucia di Lammer- moor.” Her wonderful soprane roused the audience to the wildest enthusiasm, and her fame swept the country, At this time she was ¢arning $100 % week. She repeated her conquest as Amina in “La Sonnambula” in Covent Garden, London, in 1861. Her salary had in- creased to $750 a month. : It was the. beginning of a dazzling conquest of all Europe. Royalty enter- tained her and courted her favors, The populace besieged her hotels and thea- tres, Men in all stations of life woned her, but she brushed them aside with a laugh and trill. She finally capitulat- ed at the age of 25 to Henri, Marquis (Continued on Page Three). when pub-! the “Barber,” in 1850. She was tue! Academy of Music, New York, in her;! One of the handsomest and most in which it is used, Above the marble | in North Da- | of floor will be a ten-inch marble ba: Leyanto-marble, a product of the § Alps which is a beautiful blending of green, red, white, in a mossy, da green effect. Above the marble base lavill be Tavernelle Tennessee marble to the heigth of 42 inches on all portions of the vestibule and public lobby, This marble is of a beautiful pinkish grey east and will be highly polished. ‘The ‘public lobby check desk and the lohby setee will also be constructed of Ten- marble in a special design J out to harmonize with the gen- eral interior scheme, " The marble wainscoting will be sur- jmounted by a heavy counter of the ifinest American black walnut, in 3 ‘deep, rich brown finish. The counter itops behind the count@r sereen will be of brown’ “battleship” linoleum, and the floors in the work space and other portions of the banking room will be covered with the same product, which ( is vat the present time for the covering of floors and desk tops. | All of the glass used in the banking room will be manufactured under the new stipled etched process, with a spe- cial design etched into the glass. The ‘grilles and wickets in the main bank ‘counter are to be of heavy bronze con- truction, and every convenience known in modern bank building will be worked out in the construction of | (Continued on Page Three) S OF WORLD'S. SONG BIRDS, DIES IN 76TH YEAR AFTER REIGNING FOUR DECADES FOOTBALL HOLDS FORTH ON NOTED EASTERN FIELDS Harvard, Pennsy, Dartmouth, Brown, and Army Open Schedule Today New York, N. Y., Sept. 27.—With the baseball season on the wane, intercoi- lege football made its initial bow tv the sporting public today on a pre-war basis on nearly 30 gridirons through- out, the country. This season marks the 60th anniversary of the game‘in America. Harvard, Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Brown and the Army were among tht better, known eleven, in the east start- ing today, while Yale, Cornel and the remainder o¥ the eastern colleges will, inaugurate their season next week, GRAPES EXPENSIVE NOW | Toledo, 0., Sept. 25.—Grapes in this district are selling for $100 a ton as against $30 at this time last year, due growers say to prohibition. It is said that people are making grape juice who never attempted such a thing in others years. The demand has caused the price to more than treble. | Farm Hand Dies When Gang Plow Rolls Over Him | or Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 27. —Bert Johnson of Kansas City, was horribly mangled and died shortly later when he was caught underneath, a gang plow on.a farth 20 miles northeast of this city. The accident happened at 9:20 o’clock this. morning when Johnson in lifting the plow, slipped and fell beneath the sharp knives. The engineer of the tractor did not see Johnson’s. predicament until after the plow had passed over the fallen man’s’ body. Johnson was rushed to a hospital in this city, regain- ing consciousness on the way long enough to ask that his brother in Kansas be notified. He died shortly before noon. The dead man had worked in this district several years but spent his winters in Kan- es k| BRITISH COMPLETE THEIR EVACUATION London, Sept. 27.—The British evac- uation of Archangel has been comptet- ed with the exception of 200 High- landers who are expected to embark today, according to an announcement, WILSON SUFFERS FROM INFLUENZA ATTACK EFFECTS President’s Present Condition Held Due to Illness Con- tracted in Paris ENJOYS RESTFUL NIGHT Chief Executive, Now East of Mississippi, Appears Some- what Improved On Board of Wilsons Special Train, Sept. 27.—His speaking tour for the peace treaty interrupted by illness and exhaustion, President Wilson is on his way back to Washington today to take a complete rest on the orders of his physician, | Hig special train, shunted off from his original schedule ~ yesterday at Wichita, Kan., was routed direct for {the capital and had the right of way {for a continuous run at the greatest ; speed consistent with absolute safety. /1t crossed the Mississippi at St, Louts early in the day and was to be well across the Ohio by nightfall, It is due at Washington tomorrow morning, Under the constant care of Dr, Gray- son, his physician, the president w described as resting comfortably, I Grayson said} there was nothing alarming in the situation but that he would insist on Mr, Wilson's taking an absolute for a considerable time. | Mrs. W 1 although herself sho ling the strain of the long trip a the continent and back, also was in constant attendance upon the _ presi- dent. Having secured some sleep dur- ing the afternoon yesterday, Mr. Wil- son sat up in the evening and did not again try to sleep until late at night. Before midnight, however, his bed chamber was dark, , Mrs. Wilson also Inad retired, ‘The president’s illness, although brought to a head by his exertions, on his speaking tour, is ascribed by Dr. Grayson in large part to the attack of influence from which Mr. Wilson sut- fered last April in Paris, President Wilson was described to- day as feeling about the same after a night in which he was able to get con- i siderable x Just before the presi- dential ‘special reached Indianapolis late in the forenoon, Dr. Cary T. Grayson, Mr. Wilsons physician, issued the following bulletin # “The president’s condition is about jthe same. He has had a fairly restful night.” ' RUSSIANS WEARING DRESSES MADE OF LEAVES AND GRASS Red Cross Expects to Aid Chil- dren There Before Intense Winter Sets In Paris, Aug. 30.—People in some of the villages of southern Russia are wearing dresses made of leaves or grass sown together with bamboo fibre, owing to the difficulty in ob- taining cloth, says Major G. M. Towse, who is in charge of the Red Cross activities along the shores of the Black Sea. “It ig an ideal costume for the sum- mer when southern Russia has a tem- perature like that of the Garden of Eden,” said Major Towse, “but I shiv- er when I think of what will happen to those little girls when the snow begins to fly.” The Red Cross is expected to dis- tribute a shipment of clothing in southern Russia before autumn. NATIONAL BANKS PROTEST TAXING CAPITAL STOCK Declare That Inasmuch as They Are Organized Under Federal Statutes Act Is Null An annual tax income of approxi- mately $9,000 is jeaopardized through protests which have been filed by a number of national banks in this state against paying the capital stock tax levied by House Bill 47, which was passed by the sixteenth assembly. This tax runs from fifty cents to $200 per institution, depending upon the amount tof capital stock, and about $9,000 has been levied under House Bill 47 for the current year. In probably 75 per- cent of the instances the tax has been paid by national banks. Now many of these institutions are filing with the state auditor demands that these pay- ments be returned them. They inform the auditor that this action is based upon’ competent legal advice to the effect that they, being organized under federal statutes, are not amendable to this state legislation. Auditor Kositzky has informed the protesting banks that moneys already paid into the state treasury can be re- Adriatic and With Favoring in this city, one of them being t one side would be ranged the na which would be opposed by the leagues who have acted as if th and have favored Jugo-Slav aims. DEAD-LOCK ENDS INITIAL WEEK OF STREL WALK-OUT With Both Sides Claiming Bal- ance of, Power, Test Is Set for Monday TO ATTEMPT TO REOPEN Carnegie Co. After Poll of Em- Bloyes Announces It Will Start Up Again (By The Associated Press) The first week of the great steel strike ended today with the situation a virtual deadlock, while both sides waited with keen anticipation for Monday, when a crucial test will be afforded of the claim of the opponent respective strength. Steel company officials profess the fullest confidence that the opening of another working week, will see such defections in the ranks. of the strikers. that..the--back. of the unions resistance will be broken, Leaders of the strikers were equally optimistic in their followers would not be seriously breeched. WILL ATTEMPT TO REOPEN _ Youngstown, O., Sept. 27.—Follow- ing a canvass of employes as they re-: ceived their pay today, officials of the iron works of the Carnegie Steel Co. here announced that an attempt will be made Monday to reopen the mill.: The announcement marks the first ef- forts at resumption in the Mahoning) valley since the steel strike caused all its plants to close. Employes at the Ohio works who held a meeting last night voted 82 to 29 to return to work “when the proper time presents itself”, according to a statement given out after the meet- ing. A committee was appointed, the statement said, to induce the railroad men in the mill yards to join the movement to return. ANOTHER STRIKE ORDERED Pittsburgh, Sept. 27.—The national committee for organizing iron and steel workers at a meeting here today ordered a’ general strike in the plant of the Bethlehem Steel Co. to become effective next Monday morning at 6 o’clock, BELGIUM SOON TO BE READY TO TRY GERMAN CRIMINALS Department of Justice Working on List of Huns Who Fought for “Kultur” Brussels, Aug. 30.—(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)—The time of reckoning for German criminals is approaching. The Belgian Depart- ment of Justice is hastening work on the list of enemy subjects accused of violations of the laws of war and of international law. Thé Treaty of Ver- sailles gives to Belgium the right to demand the extradition of these per- sons, but it must be done within one month after ratification. The preparation of the list of per- sons to be extradited is’ a delicate task. The documentary evidence is netessarily incomplete as to the iden- tity of particular persons. Many crimes were committed by troops and the individual authors in numerous cases were unidentified or their chief, unknown. However, the treaty allows considerable leeway in that it permits extradition by designating guilty ones by their titles or employment. Judges have been making inquiries and a commission, instituted by royal de- cree on February 15, 1919, is contin- uing its investigation of all infrac- tions committed by Germans. Instruc- tions have just been given to hasten the work, Use Japs in Mexico. Mexico City—American capitalists are said to be planning mineral de- velopments in Mexico with Japanese turned only through an order from the supreme court. It is believed ‘that the banks in serving notice are laying 2 basis for legal action and that the con- stitutionality of this act, insofar as it affects national banks, may be tested in the near future, : e labor. 5,000,000 Tons of Coal. London.—Five million tons of coal is the estimate of a British expedi- ITALY WRACKED WITH THREATS OF CIVIL WAR BETWEEN ‘MILITARISTS AND REDS—NAVY IS DISSATISFIED Sea Forces Object Strenuously to Attitude of Anglo-French Col- leagues, Charged With Acting as Tho They Were Masters of Jugo-Slav Aims—Fiume Incident Adds Fuel to Smoldering Fires—Million Workers Striking. Rome (Thursday), Sept. 25.—Alarmist reports are current hat a civil war is imminent. On tionalists and militarist factions, socialists. Several generals are credited with the intention of heading the militarist faction with a view of controlling the government, it being said that they be- lieve the weakness of those in power since the armistice caused present deadlock. Some of these generals have already been menr tioned as being in league with Capt. Gabriel D’Annunzio before the Fiume raid with the object of overthrowing by force the Nitti cabinet and replacing it with a military dictatorship. The navy As represented as being even more dissatisfied than the army, having, according to naval officers statements, suffered more from “the lack of consideration of their Anglo-French col- ey were masters of the Adriatic | 1,000,000 WORKER STRIKING Workmen numbering approximately 1,000,000 are on strike and dissatisfay- tion is growing everywhere at the con stantly increasing cost of living. It is impossible for the government to call any men to the colors, especially after having recently pardoned all deserters under the proclamation of amnesty. Strenuous efforts are being made by oflicial socialists to reach an under- standing between the workmen and soldiers. They are urging the latter to refuse to obey and they thus hope to organize in Italy workmens and goul- diers committees which; would lead to \formation of soviets and an upheaval of the whole social order. Nobody has suggested a remedy for this alarming state of affairs, but the hope is ex- pressed tha me ynforseen event may happen to give things a turn in the right direction, WARN GERMANY TO RELINQUISH LITHUANIAN GRIP Supreme Council to Send Note Through Foch Threaten- ing Blockade TO CEASE PROVISIONING Paris, Sept. ‘The supreme coun- cil decided today to send tha Germen government through Marshal Foch a note demanding the evacuation of Lithuania“by German troops under: drastic penalty for non-compliance. The note informs Germany that her provisioning will be immediately stop, ped and financial arrangements she has requested be held up if Lithuania is not evacuated, s If all German troops are not recalled from the Baltic provinces the allies will cut off supplies from Germany, re- establish the blockade and interrupt the repatriation of German prisoners of war, according to the Figaro. BISMARCK HIGH FOOTBALL STARS IN FIRST CLASH Teams Composed of Candidates for 1919 Eleven Meeting This Afternoon The first try-out of the 35 candi- dates for this year’s Bismarck high school eleven was held at the athletic park this afternoon when two scrub teams lined up in an exciting if not particularly scientific scrimmage. One of the aggregations had been trained by Spencer Boise, athletic director of the Bismarck high, and the other had received its coaching from Principal C. F. Bolt, who acted as athletic direc- tor, in addition to his other capacities, during the last two or three years. Bismarck has four veterans of last year’s famous eleven to form a nuc- leus for a winning 1919 team. They are Kilners, Fogerty, Allen and Berndt, one of the likeliest quartettes which ever has worn the “B. H. 8.” Amongst the new candidates are a number of men who have played on high school teams in other towns and who have already won considerable of a reputation: Athletic Director Boise and Principal Bolt are confident that Bismarck this year will have a team which will live up to the best tradi- tions of the Capital City high. The schedule planned is relatively brief, and it covers considerably less territory than that of a year ago. Bismarck will not invade Montana as it has in past years, nor will it jour- ney as far east as the Red river yalley. Its games will be confined to its three nearest rivals—Mandan, Dickinson and Jamestown. With each of these teams Bismarck will have two games, and it is hoped that the capital city.may conclude its season before snow fliés. German Gold to Help British Ex- change. New York,—German gold will help to strengthen British exchange by pay- ing British indebtedness in America. The first $15,000,000 of indemnity paid in gold by Germany to Belgium was passed along to the Bank of England, tion to Spitzbergen after explorations over one square mile, 5 to New York. thence shipped to Ottawa; and then _ j