The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 10, 1919, Page 1

THE WEATHER alr tonight. THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 233. FRIDAY, OCT. 10, 1919. HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE PRICE FIVE CENTS GO SLOW IS YOU NG°S ADVICE 10 NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS ON PLUMB PLAN AND GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP Tiller of Soil Pays Freight Both Ways, Always, and the Tax Is Likely to Be Higher Under Unefficient Control of Government | Radicals, Declares Representative from Second Congressional |’ District—Analyzes Workers’ Washington, Oct. 9.—Congre: Dakota has written a letter to a he takes a decided stand against Scheme to Own Their Industries. ssman George M. Young of North Barnes county farmer in which the Plumb plan for government ownership of railways, and advises farmers to go slow. He says: “My study of this question has;convinced me that the Plumb plan for ownership of railways i Is uneconomic, and that it would be injurious to the public generally and particularly to the farmers. The plan proposed by Mr. Plumb briefly stated is for the govern- ment to purchase all the railways and turn them over to a board made up of two-thirds railway employes, one-third working in the general offices, and one-third working along the railway lines, thus giving the employes control of the’ business. “Let us run this proposition Transportation is the biggest of over briefly. You are a farmer. all farm questions... The balance sheet is influenced more by freight rates than by any other item. Freight rates mean more to agriculture than to any other industry. “Farmers pay the freight bo th ways. , Just now it is difficult to determine where the price of wheat is fixed. In time of peace it is Liverpool, the Minneapolis price being Liverpool carriage charges off. In other words the farmers pay.the freight in time of peace through to Liverpool, and pay similarly upon other farm products through to the ultimate place where prices are fixed. They also pay the freight upon all merchandise and machinery pur- chased. For their threshing rig they pay the Michigan price, plus freight, for the auto Detroit price, freight added, and upon the same basis for every implement used on the farm. It is even worse than that. “All the freight paid, say by Mr. Ford, in assembling the mate- rials for his cars is made a part of his price, and so with all other manufacturers of articles or implements for farm use. The items are mentioned by me in the most brief' way but you will readily understand what tremendous factors they are in the yearly ex- pense of farmers. The same is true as to:their purchases of mer- chandise. The factory adds. frei the cost of production, Minneapol: ight,in assembling materials to lis and Faxgo jobbers add freight from the factory to their price and the local merchant adds to his price the freight from Minneapolis or Iargo. No farmer can afford to brush this question aside with the thought that it is one for someone else to decide. The item of freight catches the farmer both going and coming. It MEANS his-very existence. Jones, who achieved celebrity by reason of having paid the freight, must have lived on a farm. ; FOR FARMER'S THOUGHT “There is another thing which farm- ers must take into account. After the conclusion of peace agriculture will be one of the first industries throughou: the world to return to normal conili- tions. Thd government. will not guar- antee a price for wheat, and. farmers will not be able to fix a price for } It will be governed in. large part by the law of supply and’ demand. The same will be true of other farm pro- ducts and the prices may fall surpri ingly low. I did not begin growing wheat as long ago aS you and have not sold it as cheap as you but most that I have raised has been sqld for less than a dollar per bushel. Farmers must face lower price level for their products, Butter will go down; eggs il drop; the price of wheat and grains will shrink. It behooves us to take thought of the future. While there may be serious times ahead f all, there is special danger in the situ- ation which may confront farmers. | It atime when rs of congre’ should realize the’ nsibility, and it is likewise a time when those at home who advise them should also feel their responsibility, and prepare them- selves to give @ just and patriotic ver- dict. The farmer who has been doubt as to the wisdom of ‘State ownel ship may have concluded that it was worth experimenting and that if a failure the state could stand its loss and get out of. business. It will not do to follow any such philosophy in respect to national government owne: ship. The farmers, who have the big- gest financial stake in North Dakota, are in the-majority. They have the power to ,vote themselves out of any proposition into which they have voted themselves, if they find jt is losing money or is out of harmony-with sounil rrinciples of government, Not so in the case of national government owner- ship. They will not have the power to vote it out, because they are in the minority. Farmerg: who tlamored for national grading of grain would be mighty: glad to get out of it now. It looks as though that door is closed for all time, and it should stand as a warning that it is sometimes easier to get in than to get out. Another important fact to bear fa mind is that in the event of govern- ment ownership the railways would pay no taxes. This would increase the taxes upon farm lands, and all other property. Would the freight rates he correspondingly reduced? My _ belief is they would not. TO SAFEGUARD AGRICULTURE “IT want to do the right thing by all the people of my congressional 'dis- trict and believe I can serve them best by helping to safeguard the interests of agriculture: It is.a time to go slow. The men’ who come to us with af pro- position that if we will. support govern- ment ownership of railways: they. will save us money in freight rates should be treated the same a8 anyone who has something to sell. , Let them: show’ us, The farmers did not start this, The idea did not originate with them. It is the other fellow’s idea. It is well known that the farmers never thought of a government price for wheat. The fdea originated with others. They whispered. to the farmers that it would be a good thing and they took the bait “Now we are asked by Some very plausible gentlemen to support the Plumb plan‘ for government ownership of railways upon'the assurance it will be a great thing for us. This is very generous, very generous indeed, but I want none of it in mine, and will vote for none of it. Senator Lenroot’s plan for a broad Government control with co: much bet bara PUBLIC OWNERSHIP i 2“The Plump plai, as applied to rail- Toads, 18:to be ‘only; pai general (Continued on Page Four.) some Heer ae would, to my mind, be : BANKING BOARD DENIES. CHARGES MADE BY LEMKE Attorney General and Secretary of State Declare They Acted in Good Faith ASK FOR RETURN OF BANK Fargo, Na ‘D., Oct. 10.—The state banking board in declaring the Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo insolvent based its action on reports of deputy bank examiners who surveyed the bank’s assets and who reported to the, board that its condi- tion was “hopelessly insolvent,” ac- cording to the answer made today by members of the banking board in the injunction proceedings brought against them by Bank Examiner O. E. Lofthus and officers of the closed bank. Denying that,they had any personal, political or .financial. motives in de- claring the .,,Scandinavian-American bank insolvent, the officials placed be- fore: the. supreme cqurt the complete record on which they acted, and they assert the course throughout has been lawful and orderly and every step possible to protect the civil rights of owners of, stock in the closed’ bank as well as to protect the rights of deposi- tors and the rights of the public. The banking board officers ask that the temporary injunction be dissolved and that control of the bank be re- turned to Receiver Halldorson pending the action of the Cags ‘county district court on their receivership proceedings brought against the bank by the at torney general. WILD MAN SHOT » BY POSSE DIES ‘Wounds Fatal to Inmate Who Escaped, From Jamestown 7 Lisbon, N. D., Oct. 10,—Albert Thompson, an escaped inmate of the State asylum for the insane, shot down several days ago by deputy sheriffs near Fort Ransom this county,’ died last night of his wounds. In a, cave where Thompson lived af-| ter. escaping from the asylum, was found a big box of newspaper clippings securedly tied together, all of theni dealing with murder and robbery, a ' $15,000,000 More. to Build, Planes For Ait Touring feeapeeees Washington, D, C,, Oct. 10. —The senate military com- mittee voted unanimously to- day to recommend an addi-. tional appropriation ‘of $15,- 000,000 for army aircraft construction in order that plans for the army. air ser- vice to. establish routes: to! Panama, Alaska and even t Asia may. be carried out, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA PRINCIPLES FOR’ IN BOLSHEVIK HANDS? GENERAL EDGAR JADWIN, Washington—Military circles here fear for the safety of Brig. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, representative of the American peace delegation, in Ukrainia. This is due to a report that two allied officers had been'shot by the Bolsheviki. IN eee CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT LEADER 1S AT SHEYENNE Lieut. Maynard, West-Bound, Hundreds of Miles Ahead of Competitors FRISCO FLYER IS DEAD Lieut. Wales Fatally Injured When He Crashes Into Mountain in Storm Chicago, Ill, Oct. 10.—Prospects of bad weather over much of the course faced two fliers who ‘today. remained in the twice across the country | al plane race from Mineola, N.’Y¥., to San! Francisco, Calif.. Cold. weather and show storms in the west and winds and} jrain-in the eastern half of the’ count yesterday interferred! with: schedules. Hundreds of miles ahead of other western, bound’ fliers; First Lieut, W. 3B. Maynard, the “flying parson,” was} ready today. to resume his flight to the Pacific coast from Cheyenne, Wyo., his. over. night..stop.... Capt.:. Lowell H. jSunith, well ahead of the contingent that. started from Sah Francisco, after Neb., ‘Yeaching the Omaha, control | mountain snow storms expected to; add many miles to his total of 1,469] flown in-two days. MACHINES ‘ACCOUNTED FOR Except two. machines, ail those in the race were accounted for early to- day at points widely separated behind Lieut. Maynard and Capt. Smith. The! machines driven by 2nd Lieuts, Hai and Queeng, who started from thé v snow storms, day of the race was the first between New York and Chicago between dawa and sunset and at his average rat speed he plans to be in San Francisco tonight. Capt. Smith this morning ap- parantly was about to complete the first San Francisco-Chicago air plane flight and a gold medal is to be award- ed by the Hamilton club awaited his arrival, MAYNARD HAS BAD LUCK Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 10.—Lieut. B. W. Maynard, who has been leading the western bound aviators. in the traus- continental airplane race, broke the radiator of his plane in alighting her it was announced at the control tion this morning. Lieut. Maynar said, he hoped to start again early it. the afternoon. *FRISCO FLYER KILLED San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 10.—Lieut. E. V.-Wales, army — transcontinental flyer, Nied at a farm house 25 miles from Saratoga, Wyo., at 10:25 p.m. yesterday after crashing into a mou Ktain in a snow storm, the army air service announced here today. »jand adjustment of complaints and/di: jsecure jus' station after a hard battle with: three}; it was feared were lost in mountains 2 Lieut. Maynard's flight on the first |S NEW INDUSTRIAL ERA AREDEVISED Round Table Would End Sym- pathetic Strikes, Boycotts and Lockouts ARE DECLARED. IMMORAL| “{nilefensible, Anti-Social,” Says Report Made -to Conferees at Capital | Washington, D. C., Oct. 10.—Opposi- tion to colective bargaining and the closed shop were among 12 fund:- mental principles outlined by the group representing capital and labor, presented today to the national indus- trial conference here. Sympathetic , black-listing and boycotts y red to be indefensible and ant social and immora].” While deploring strikes and lockouts, the principle is set forth that the right of strike or lockout “should uot be denied as a result and ulti resort after all possible means of ad- justment have heen exhausted.” This right however, should apply only to private industry, it is contend- ed. In public utilities se¥ it is pro- posed that the state’ impo: uch regu- Jations - as © would ass! continued operations, at the same time providin.z adequate means of the prompt heari = 2 putes. Opposition to. stri of gov- ernment employees was also expr d, the principles ating that. the right of such employes to be heard jand to redress should be; “amply safe guarded.” For the settlement’ of disputes in private industries it was proposed that each establishment be regarded industrial unit with adequate ery for adjustment of misunderstanc- ings between employes and the man- agement. Other principles dealt with the conditions and hoprs. t wages, and the right to associate, it was declared that gvery, a whether of either enyployes or emplo; ers, “must be equally subject to publ authority and legally answerable for its own conduct or acts of it a PEASANTS SEIZE ITALIAN VILLAGE Rome, Oct. 10.+Reports from Civili today state, that’ jthe town of Riesi the sulphur mining, ct has been Fou ed with even persons nd town aw ere compelled in the pos troor being killed. thorities, it to retire, leaving Rie: sion of the revel TON TO MEDORA Keniston, secretary of the Commercial dub, who is dir this state for the Roosevelt Memorial ciation, Jeft yesterday afternoon edora/in connection with the as He is expected to return to Bismarek e| this evening, or tomorrow. work, | ‘ector for| R. C, 1899, i ation’s campaign to raise $60,000 tate for a permanent memorial. | collaterally impeached on the ground FAMOUS SCULPTOR New York—Near the Statue of Lib- erty is to, be placed a replica of an- other ‘famous statue by a French artist, Bartholome will reproduce his famous ‘Aux Morts” (To the Dead) — which {stands in Pere Lachaise cemetery, IParis, for America. SUPREME COURT FINDS AGAINST - N.C. MACDONALD Highest Tribunal in State Rules Miss Nielson Qualified | for Her Job | JUDGE NUESSLE AFFIRMED The supreme court, with Judge J. | M. Hanley of Mandan sitting for As- |sociate Justice Bronson, who was dis- qualified, today for the second time declined to remove Miss Minnie J. Nielson from the office of state super- endent of publi¢e instruction, at the request of N. C. Macdonald, her pre- decessor. The supreme court’s action today was in the quo warranto proceedings | instituted by N. C. Macdonald in the Burleigh county district court last spring, following Macdonald’s eviction from the office of state superintendent. on’a writ of mandamus issued ‘by the supreme court. In district court Judge Nuessle held that Macdonald, had no | constitutional grounds for action, and he dismissed the case. Macdonald then appealed to the supreme court, | which affirms Judge Nuessle. | Macdonald attacked Miss Nielson’s ‘qualifications for the post to which \the people elected her. On this subject the supreme court holds: “That a professional certificate is- sued under the provisions of Sec. 737, a teacher’s certifi the highest grade issued in this state, | within the purview of Sec. 1105, C. L. 1913. “That such a certificate cannot be |that it was examination. issued without. adequate ALLEGED KING OF CATTLE RUSTLERS CAPTURED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN SOUTH DAKOTA AFTER LONG PURSUIT Jack Guyer, alleged king of cat- tustlers, who already has served two terms in the state pen- tta- S- itentiary, was arrested at G burgh, near Mobridge, S. D. terday on complaint of Att Geweral Langer charging him wita haying been engaged in wholesale thefts of cattle across the line in North Dakota, Attorney General Langer, who years ago as State attorney in Mor- ton county was responsible for sending G ate’s prison as a cattle rustler, had been on the trail of the alleged cattle thief for a month,.The attorney general closed the nippers on his victim KOLCHAK REVIEWS HIS FIGHTING TROOPS yesterday. when the arrest was made by Deputy Sheriff Jacob Froelich of Sioux county. It is alleged that the value of cattle stolen by Guyer and _ his companions and‘ driven actos the / line into South Dakota aggregates many thousands:of dollars. One Adams county rancher alone has 3,000 worth of cattle during st three months. The attorney gene asked Governor al last night for extra- er probably will be county. His former convictions were both from Mor- ton county, the second one haying been for blind-pigging, ‘Admiral’ Kole OSTOK— No comimand who is' trying ni the war has to wre! amore Variable catmbaigi’ tall that of ) : Russia from the Bolsheviki. Here he is reviewing’ his: {troops with General Gaida at the left and General Bogeslevsky at the right.. i ate of )- ganization Face to Face with the League”—Farmers Will in its history, L. L. Stair of Bott of Northwood and Axel Strom of “We are facing the gravest ¢ The league, the farmers’ papers. whole industrial program are in movement forever. The closing not save the farmers’ credit and determined to destroy the value o the meeting. “By order of the state executi ALLEGED NEGRO SLAYERS TAKEN TOST. PAUL JAIL Terrified Colored Prisoners in ~ Spéeial Cells and Under Heavy Guard St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 10.—Two terrified negroes, Tom Thomas and Jim Smith, charged with the murder of 17-year-old Edna Wer- ner at East Grand Forks on Tues- day night, were held in the Ram- sey county jail here today. They were kept in special cells and no one was allowed to see them. Special precautions against trou- ble were taken at, the jail imme- diately after their arrival at 11 o’clock last night. The force of deputies was increased, and riot guns were prepared, 1 Officials at Stillwater prison declared they had no authority to receive the negro prisoners if an effort were made to take them ‘there, COMISKEY STILL THINKS HE OWNS BASEBALL TEAM Head of White Sox Sorry They Lost But Glad That Vic- tory Went to Reds Chicago, IL, Oct. 10,—Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the White Sox. Said today that while he was disap- pointed at losing the words baseball championship, Cincinnati played the better ball and won. “Cincinnati had the better ball team this week,” said Comiskey. went into a world’s series. I was disappointed in its playing but that, does not detract anything from the work of the Reds. They played the better ball and they won. “As long as I could not win Iam glad it went to Garry Hermann aud Pat Mo:ran. “What pleased me and must have pleased the players in their disappoint- ment was the way the fans stuck with them to the last, It was a wonderful crowd and a wonderful tribute to the iball team,” . | No Sugar For ‘ Northwest Under , \ Federal Order | New York, Oct. 10.—Hast- ern and gulf sugar refiners % were notified, today by the United States food adminis- tration that effective October 15 and until further notice they are not to ship or de- liver sugar to any point west of Pittsburgh and Buffalo and north and west of the Ohio river. The order was is-_ sued because of the scarcity: it is with such collateral that j league has loaded up the. Scandinavian- MASS MEETING OF LEAGUERS CALLED BY TOWNLEY IN EFFORT T0 RESCUE SCANDINAVIAN - AMERICAN BANK Committee Acting for Big Chief Admits That Banking Board Dis- closures of Nonpartisan Financiering at Gate City Bring Or- “Gravest Crisis in the History of Be Asked to Produce Once More. Admitting that the disclosures mdde by the state banking board in connection with the Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo have brought the league face to face with the gravest crisis ineau, J. I. Cahill of Leith, E. A. Bowman of Kulm, C. D. Patterson of Donnybrook, C. O. Swenson Fargo, acting for President A. C. Townley, have issued a call for a mass meeting of league members to be held in Fargo on Tuesday, October 21. The call, published this week in league newspapers, follows: “To all members of the Nonpartisan league in North Dakota: risis in the history of the league. , the consumers’ stores and the danger of destruction. Plotters who serve big business have jeopardized the entire farmers’. move- ment by attempting to bankrupt it. The farmers’ credit has been attacked in a final desperate effort to stop all league activities, to destroy all league institutions, to ruin the new state industries, to crush the league program and blot out the organized farmers’ of the Scandinavian-American bank is the first step in a huge political plot which has behind it the money power of America. The conspirators have been ousted by the supreme court, but a temporary court injunction alone can- the movement. Big business is f farmer paper, and nothing but the united, powerful, overwhelming action of the farmers to make that paper good as gold can save it. We, the executive committee of the Nonpartisan league of North Dakota, therefore call a mass meeting of all league members throughout the state to convene in Fargo on Tuesday, October 21, at 2 p. m., for the purpose of demon- strating to the world that the farmers stand back of their collat- eral. Let no member who values the life of the farm movement and the continued struggle of the people for liberty fail to attend. Governor Lynn J. Frazier, A. C. Townley and others will address ve committee.” LEAGUE IN BAD WAY The wording of this ¢all seem to indicate that the league managers anti- cipate no permanent relief: from the Supreme court, whose alternativa writ is returnable next Wednesday, at which time William Lemke, member of the executive committee of the National Nonpartisan league, must cou- vince the court in open session that the temporary injunction which it has directed against the members of the State banking board and their tem- porary receiver should be’ made per- manent. It is generally believed that the league is in severe financial straits. Were this not a fact, contend those Who claim to know, the league would have gone to the relief of the Scandi- navian-American bank by. redeeming the almost half a million dollars worth of league paper— onsisting largely of post-dated notes—with which the in stitution was loaded. The only reason the league did not do this, it is said, was because there was not. sufficient money in the league treasury and :10 source from an adequate loan could be made, The league treasurer recently mailed out letters to 700 or more state banks inviting each of them to contribute {$1,000 to the cause and. to accept a simple six-months note, without colla- teral, security. These letters came to bankers in the same mail which rought them redeposits from the Bank ‘orth Dakota, The scheme of finane- however, does not appear to have reeded. Fargo headquarters of the league admit that very few bankers accepted the lure and mailed theiré thousand dollars to the Scandinavian- American bank, which the league de- signated as its repository. The league has exhausted every other form of money getting that has beeh devised. It has sold life member- ships at $100; Consumers’ United Store Co, certificates for the education of the farmer at the same price; shares in the league exchange and stock in’ lib- erally watered’ newspapers. In ‘order the farmers’ money it has. been in a large percentage of to accep# post-dated checks, and the American. Apparently the actual cash realized from the negotiation of these post-dated checks through the Scan- dinavian-American bank has gone the same route as the several million dol- lars in real money which’ President A. C. Townley and his associates haye al- Here aeertietes niece ear ae ay ready collected and expended, ' think have createst ba et | Which ev The call for the Fargo mass meeting an invitation to the farmer to con- tribute once more. TWO-YEAR-OLD INFANT IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT Jackson Franklin, about two years old, was accidently shot-in the back yesterday when a 22 caliber rifle at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. Franklin at Goodrich, was. dis- charged. Neither parent could explain how the gun was fired. The bullet was extracted at the St. Alexius hospital where the child was rushed immediate. ly after the accident. The wound is not considered dangerous, unless com- plications set in as the ball was im- bedded in the fleshy part of the back. | ONE MORE BIRTH THAN DEATHS DURING MONTH During the month of September there were nine deaths.and: ten births. Of the deaths, five were females and four males, while the females led in births also, with six girl babies. Causes of death during the last month were.as follows: stillborn, 1: meningitis, 2; kidney. trouble, 1; lung trouble, 1; cholic, 1; ad miscellaneous f the deaths. of catié stir.