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

THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 1 [IE BISMARCK TRIBUNE = 247, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY, oct. 28, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS | DEAD MAN'S GURVE CLAIMS THIRD | SBT OF VICTIMS WHEN PROMINENT 1” FARMER 1S KILLED; BROTHER HURT Frank A. Teachout Dies Instantly From Broken Neck; James H. Teachout in Local Hospital, Possibly Fatally Injured, » > in this dity. ‘5 é u as Result of Blow from N. P. Engine Frank A. Teachout, prominent Glencoe farmer, was instantly killed and his brother, James H. Teachout, was seriously injured when the automobile they were driving towards Bismarck was struck by Northern Pacific passenger train No. 3 at dead man’s curve, east of Apple Creek, shortly after noon today. The accident occurred at the point where the road to this city crosses the railroad track after » *passing thru a cut and which has been the scene of several other fatal accidents in about. two years’ time. Just as the auto- mobile was on the tracks, the pilot of the engine struck it, pinioning the machine and car- rying the car and-its occupants a distance of three train-lengths ‘before the engineer could bring the train to a stop. The dead man was killed by having his neck broken, a hasty examination showed, but James H. , Teachout, ‘badly cut and bruised and probably suffering from internal injuries, was still alive when the pas8engers and ,- train crew extracted the bodies from the automobile.. Both men were placed on board the train and hurried to Bismarck where Frank Teachout was removed to the morgue and James Teachout was hurried to the St. Alexius hospital. Dr. F. R. Smyth, Northern Pa- , cific physician, gave the serious; ly injured immediate attention but could not announce how bad- ly hurt he was up to the time of going to press. The dead man is survived by his widow and three children and his brother has a wife and two children, twin girls. The broth- ers were both well known in the county and had a host of friends The deceased’s widow was formerly -Miss Ellen Eldrich. The crossing where the acci- dent happened is the most dan- gerous .in the- county......About. a week ago, a man from Dickin- son driving his car to St. Paul was struck by a Northern Pa- cific train at the same place and ’ altho his car was ruined, the driver miraculously escaped death. Conductor Williams of No. 3 said that the ill-fated car was crossing the tracks with the occupants watch- ing No. 4, taking a siding: to permit ‘No. 3 to pass to the west. Just at that moment, No. 3, thundering along, struck the machine. TRAGEDY SADDENS COMMUNITY Reports from St, Alexius late this afternoon were that the condition of James H. Teachout is very Serious, and that there is little hope for his re- covery. ae The tragedy has brought sorrow to everyone who knew the ‘Teachout Inothers and their families. Both in their thirties, the young men married + sisters and /took up~ ranching near lencve a number of years ago. They have prospered and ,haye proven ‘in every respect most exemplary citizens, Frank A. Teachout, whose body lies in Webb Brothers’ undertaking rooms, leaves three little children fatherless, and one of them is ai babe of only three weeks. His brother, who is not expected to survive the night, has two little daughters, twins, who are’ only a few years old. The widow, and the stricken wife, who may be widowed ‘ before morning, are sisters, members of a well known Burleigh courts. family. HOPE EXPRESSED THAT STRIKE IS "TO BE DEFERRED Possibility Seen in Meeting Called by Lewis of Favor- able Miners’ Action } NOT ALL READY TO QUIT \ % Washington, D. C., Oct. 28—Hope was expressed in officials quarters to- day that the sofe coal strike set for Saturday would be postponed if not called off. Announcement that John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, had summoned members of the full scale committee to meet the international executive board at In- dianapolis tomorrow was accepted, as Qn indication that President Wilson’s conimand to the miners’ organization not to plunge the country into indus- ,» trial chaos might be heeded. Confidential reports from the cen- tral’ coal field territory indicated, it Was said, that not all of the mining army of more than half ¢ million men would quit work, Steps to be taken by the government to deal with the strike if it takes place will ‘be considered finally today at a meeting of the cabinet, \ hee ‘ WOMEN GATHER TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS OF WORLD LABOR ‘Washington, D. C. Oct. 28—Women from practically all of the leading countries of the world gathered here for the opening this morning of the internaional congress of working women the: first of its kind ever held and which has as its object an inter- change of ideas and experience on subjects which most intimately affect women, legislation concerning employ- ment, child labor, care of mothers and protection of their sex in hazard- ous industries. TOT STARVED 10 DEATH; COUPLE HELD ROR DEED Coroner Declares Seven-Year- Old Girl Died for Lack of Food FARMER AND WIFE JAILED Granville, N. D., Oct. 28—Mr. and Mrs. Walter Zimmerman were arrested late last night in conne tion with the death of Margaret Kottke, seven-year-old daughter of Mrs. Arthur Kottke, whose body was found last Thursday in a strawstack near the Zimmerman home, ‘ The child’s mother and her hus- band, whom she married a year after the child was born, were not arrested, but they are under sur: yelllance pending investigation. The little girl’s body was found ‘Thursday morning, and,<according to Coroner Stone of Palfour, a post mortem examination he conducted revealed that the child had beet starved to death. He also toa some traces of foreign substance in the child’s stomach and for that reason sent the stomach to Dr. Ladd,‘state chemist, at Fargo, for examination. A report on the analysis may indicate that the child) was poisoned, Dr. Stone stated. Fargo, N. D.,, Oct. .—The analysis of the contents of the stomach of Margaret” Kottke, the child whose body was found in a strawstack near Granville. N. D., has not been completed, it was an- nounced today at the state labora- tories at the agricultural college. It was stated that the stomach was received at the laboratories late. last night and that a report will not be available until tomor- row. a os PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONS NOT FOR U. S. CONTROL Railway Commissioner Milhollan Reports on Indianapolis Convention Railway Commissioner Frank Mil- bollan and Secretary J. ©. Calderhead of the Notth Dakota’ rail board re- turned yesterday from Indianapolis, where they attended an annual con- vention of the National Association of Fublic Utilities. | Commissiqner : Mil- hoUan found the commissions gener- aly in favor of the return of the rail- ways to private ownership, but reports a wide divergence of opinion as to the raanner in which thtis transfer is to be accomplished. No general support for the Plumb plan of government ownership was ap- parent at the meeting. There was a Suggestion that, during the present mo- inent of industrial distress, the railway shareholders might~not be over-insist- ent that the management: of their prop- erty be restored to them, feeling that it may be safer to ask Uncle Sam to retain this’ responsibility until the storm is over. BANK .CHANGES NAME _ The South Side-State bank of Dick- inson, in which Leslie Simpson, J. W. Brinton and other leaguers are inter- ested, has changed its name to the Farmers’ State-bank of Dickinson. Se eS KS et Eo OH SLUSH! THEY WON’T LET THEM KIDNAP‘ EDSEL Toledo, 0., Oct. 28.—State- ments of a private detective that he had discovered a plot to kidnap Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, and hold him for $200,000 ransom, led to “the arrest here today of four men. j | qguetventaa Yanks Decisive Factor Declares Belgian Ruler Washington, Oct. 28— King Albert of the Belgians paid homage in the house of representatives today to the American army which he de- scribed as “the decisive fac- tor in determining the vic- tory.” Tn an,address to the senate a few minutes earlier, he had asserted that “noth- ing could more characterize of the reign of universal democracy” than freindship between his country and the | United States. TEN DROWN IN SIGHT OF PORT ON LAKE VESSEL Steamer City of Muskegon Thrown Against Pier by Huge Wave and Wrecked eo THREE PASSENGERS DIE ‘Muskegon, Mich., Oct. 28—Ten per- sons lost their es this morning. when the Crosby liner City of Muske- gon, formerly the City of Holland, while trying to make the harbor here struck the south pier at Muskegon channel and was: smashed to pieces, sinking in four minutes. Three of the victims were passen- gers, the remainder being -members of the crew. There were about 25 passengers aboard the vessel, but the vessel lay against the pier so that most of them were able to make their way to safety. The City of Muskegon left Milwau- kee in the clear weather last even- ing but was caught in a raging north- jwester that sfruck. Lake Michigan early this morning. Riding the storm well, Capt. Edwin Miller decided it was safer to attempt to make.the har- ber than to turn about. . Just as the bow of the vessel came into the channel a big wave caught it and smashed the craft against the end of the pier. 5 SEVEN WASHED ASHORE The’ bodies ‘of’ four’ men’ and three women have been washed ashore and the beach for miles is being patrolled for additional victims. . & The exact number of dead may never be known, as the passenger‘ list ‘went ‘down with’ the vessel. Nothing is’ left of the ill-fated steamer excepting tons of wreckage strewn along the shores, of Lake Michigan. GOVERNOR CALLED HOME \BY . REPORT OF MINE OUTRAGE Cornwell of West Virginia In- formed Raleigh Plant Has Been Blown Up Winchester, Va., Oct. 28—Governor Cornwell of West Virginia,’ who had been visiting his brother here, left hur- riedly today for Charleston after re- ceiving a message that coal mines in Raleigh county had been blown up and that the situation there was serious. The governor said the message gave uo details, NO OFFICIAL ADVICE Charleston, W. Va., Oct. 28—W. J. Heatherman, chief of the department of mines, said he had no information concerning the blowing “up of a mine in Raleigh county. He did have,, he added, a report that three mining ma- chines and three pumps of the Pember- tcn Fuel company at Pemberton had been destroyed by an explosion some- time between the closing of the mines Suturday night and resumption of work Mondap. 3 LIGNITE FIELDS 7G G JUNOEVELOPED) IW a/7emnvous FIELOS OUT NOVEMBER 1 Under the original strike order of the United Mine Workers of America, more than fifteen hun- dred organized lignite miners would be called out in North Da- kota on November 1, said S. S. McDonald, presidént of the North Dakota Federation. of Labor, in- terviewed on this subject today. Mr. McDonald, however, stated that there was a question as to whether the North Dakota mine workers would be called out, for the reason that the mine opera- tors of this state do not belong to the bituminous association and therefore might not be bound by any dealings which this organiza- tion may have with the United Mine Workers. “Every mine of any conse- quence but one in North Dakota is organized,” said President Mc- Donald. “ “The Mine Workers in this state control about seventy percent of the total output.” Commercial production of lig- nite last year aggregated between two and a half and three million tons. Two-thirds of the state, or practically all of. the territory from Jamestown west to the Mon- tana line, relies almost wholly upon native fuel. There are in this area two or three dozen large producing districts, with a total of more than two hundred active mines. Frazier Has A Solution Governor’ Frazier has a ready solu- tion for the crisis with which Presi- dent Wilson’s cabinet is now grap- pling. He would “curb private, greed,” establish immediately a- profit-sharing plan, and later nationalize the mines and turn them over to’ the workers. request from the New York American for a statement, are as follows: “The strike of coal miners would NORTH DAKOTA'S BANK RESOURCES CLIMB RAPIDLY Increase of Almost $40,000,000 Shown for Year Ending September 12 Report No. 46, showing the condition of 710 state banks and four trust companies as of September 12, 1919, shows an increase in deposits of more than $40,000,000 over the report of August 31,1918, , ‘The. totals, by .semi- monthly periods for the last y are given as: August 31, 1918, - £00; June 30, 1919, a} ; September .12, 1919, $136,01 The i ise from June to September was $9,160,158. The total legal reserve, much of which now is carried w of North Dakota, was September 12, as compared with $25,- 094,361.16 June 30, and $12,661 m August 31, 1918, ‘The total required September 12 was $17, D4 and the report shows a surplus of $8,891,192.93, Deposits subject to check September 12 were $47,773,471; time certificates of deposits total 71.42, and servings deposits The in- crease ‘in total re: from June 30, 1919, to September 12, 1919, is given $10,188,440.88, and from August 31, 1918, to September 12, 1919. $38,298,- 039.48. The increase capital stock 1eid in during the yea 2, R PATRIOTIC. ROBBERS TAKE $10,000 MORE IN ‘LIBERTY BONDS. Mason ‘City, Ia.. Oct. 28—Rob- bers blew down the door of the yault of the Citizens’ Savings bank at Hanlontown, fifteen miles northwest of here, sometime last night and took about $10,000 in Liberty: bonds from the safety de- posit boxes. ZY Wy iy A The above map shows all the coal fields of the United States. be shown in heavy black. This includes a small section of northeastern Pennsylvania. continue at work, their contract not expiring until next April. Bituminous (soft coal) fields are shown in diagonal lines. gan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri and in scattered districts of other states. aus f “ Lignite (softest of coal,-as yet hardly touched) fields are shown in diagonal lines. . These are not included in the strike, : ; Kentucky, fields His views, expressed in response to a; 1,500 LIGNITE MINERS WOULD GO UNDER ORIGINAL ORDER OF UNITED MINE’ WORKERS result in a great hardship at this time, and should by all means be avoided. A temporary compromise should be made pending an honest investigation by congress with a view to bettering the miners’ conditions by ultimate na- tionalization of the mines. Any basic industry whose continuous operation affects the life of the nation should not be exploited for the profit of a few. The sooner’ private greed is curbed by congress, the sooner will the present industrial unrest subside.” Would Be “Sympathetic” Organized miners who have been in- terviewed on the subject admit that any general strike in this state would be largely “sympathetic” in its nature. Irving Matthias, secretary of the United Mine Workers’ local at Wilton, which is the oldest and the largest in the state, says: “Our contract specifies that we shall receive whatever scale is settled upon by the United Mine Workers for the central competitive field. (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa.) Should we be ordered out here, it will be as a sympathetic strike with the workers in the bituminous fields.” When A Strike Would Come Mine workers generally admit that a North Dakota strike would be cer- tain to follow any attempt to divert the product from this field into terri- tory commonly served by the National Coal Operators’ association, with which the mine workers have their quarrel, as a means of breaking the back of the strike. There is little pos- sibility that this could be done, how- ever, as the normal production of North Dakota lignite mines in their present development is barely suffi- cient to supply the home demand. As matters now stand, a general strike of North Dakota’s organized miners is possible, but hardly probable. FAMISHED CATS GNAW BODY OF DEAD. MASTER Still, N. D., Oct. 28—His body badly mutilated by a colony of pet eats which had been penned with the corpse for four days or more with nothing else to eat, the re- mains of Peter Larson, a pioneer bachelor farmer of this neighbor- hood, were found in his shack this morning by a neighbor who chanc- ed to call on a matter of business, The body was half out of the bed and partly dressed. Indica- tions were. that Larson had been dressing when he was seized with heart failure. The coroner’s in- quest disclosed no other cause for his death. Larson was a great lover of cats, and a half dozen gaunt, haf famished felines were keeping guard Ovér'the body when a neighbor broke in the door this morning. Larson was 55 years old, unmar- ried, and had farmed five and one- half miles south of Still for the last seventeen years, [RIVER IS FROZEN OVER NORTH FROM | ‘FERRY LANDINGS Earliest in Memory of Oldest In- habitant That Sheet of Ice Has Formed 1 For the first time in the memory of the oldest inhabitant, ‘the Missouri river in the immediate vicinity of Bi: marck Was frozen over this morning. From the warehouse just above the ver is frozen northward as far To the southward, the still open. As the cold snap has lasted the last three or four is broken this morning, according he weather bureau, it is not be- lieved that the rest of the river will be frozen over this month, There has been considerable floating ice in the river the past few days, most of it being at least two inches thick. This ice forms along the shores of the river further north and, break- ing Jose, floats down the stream, melt- ing and breaking up into smaller pieces yas it moves toward the Mississippi. Anthracite (hard coal) is These miners They are in Pennsylvania, Michi- Colorado, West Virginia, Go { VETO OVERRULED BILL EFFECT! “Washington, Oct. 28.—The repassed this afternoon by the se The section relating to wartime the senate and the house. encouraged by the equally unexp senate. 16, 1920. eee WINTER, MOVING QUT OF NORTH, WILL AID REDS Probability of All - Russian Forces Capturing Petro- grad Is Remote SOVIETS DYING HARD Bringing Most Seasoned Troops From Moscow to Oppose Yudenitch London, Oct, 28—Winter, moving southward from the Arctic regions, is coming to the aid of Bolshevik troops in Petrograd, and the ability of Gen- eral Yudenitch to capture the former Russian capital before cold weather ‘}puts an end to his campaign seems doubtful. Soviet’ forces, fighting desperately against the northwestern Russian army, have succeeded in recapturing ‘Tsarkoe-Selo and Payloy south of Petrograd, and appear tobe in a_posi- tion to prolong the defense of the city tor an indefinite period. USING BEST RED SOLDIERS Some of the best soldiers in the ranks of the soviet army are reported to have been rushed to Petrograd from Moscow, ‘and it is believed that the form the main portion of the red forces which have initiated what appears to le a successful counter offensive, Yudenitch’s troops are reported to bave fallen back along the front south of Petrograd, but unofficial reports would seem to indicate that they hav moved nearer Petrograd on the lin running from Gatchina to Krasnai: ihe Furious fighting is going on in and around Kiev, which w taken last week by General Denikine’s forces, REDS CLAIM SUCCE: s Paris, Oct. A report from a Bolshevik military headquar- ters picked up by the station here, ad- vises that the counter offensive against General Yndenitch in vicinity of Tetrograd has been successful. It fur- ther reports the capture of Dmitro 57 miles southwest of Orel, from’ Gen- eral Denikine, Farmers’ Congress With 1500 on Job Down to Business Washington, D.C. Oct, 28.--With more than delegates in attend- ance, the National Farmers’ congress in session here planned to get down to i business today. tatters of interest to the farmers of the nation are to come before the con- gress, the one outstanding question to be settled is that of an alliance with the American Federation of Labor. Hvery state in the Union was repre- sented, MONTANA HONORS PIONEER EDUCATOR Missoula, ‘Mont, Oct. 28—Memorial neer professor midst of a group of pines on the cam- pus, ~ These trees were planted by Dr. Aber 21 years ago and were his espe- cial care. Speeches at the ceremony were by Dr. EF. ©. Elliott of Helena, chancellor of the university; Dr. E. 0. Sisson, president, and J. B. Townsend, for the students, Waterbury, Conn., at an advanced age. Bellville. I!., Oct 28—Demands that a “school soviet” be estab- lished here are made in a memor- ial to the high school board by students of the Bellville township high school.. The memorial states if the demands are not met by ‘November 1 the students will “go on strike.” - : mdiately upon the signing of the While a number of} Professor Aber served on the faculty 24 years and died on September 3 at WET VICTORY SHORT-LIVED; WILSON BY CONGRESS; DRY VE WITHIN FEW HOURS Houses Repasses Prohibition Measure Over President’s Head Within Few Hours Following Receipt of Message of Disap- proval, While Senate Follows Suit This Afternoon—Presiden- tial Proclamation Ends Drouth When Treaty Is Signed. prohibition enforcement bill was nate over President Wilson’s veto. prohibition becomes effective im- bill by the presiding officers of , Washington, Oct. 28.—Temporarily nonplussed by President Wilson’s veto of the prohibition enforcement bill, but later greatly ected action of the house in pass- ing the measure over the president’s veto, dry leaders in congress were working today to obtain the necessary two-thirds vote in the Leaders of the anti-prohibition forces were equally active, for through an adverse vote in the senate there still may be a “wet spell” before constitutional prohi ibition becomes effective January May Get Action Today Dry leaders in the senate were hopeful of calling up the enforce- ment bill in the senate today im- mediately upon the reading of the president’s veto message an- nouncing that. he could not sign the measure because it provided for the enforcement of war-time prohibition which he asserted “sound public policy makes clear the reason and necesstiy for its repeal.” Confidence as expressed that the necessary two-thirds vote would be obtained to override the veto. Should a vote not be reached today, it was considered certain that the measure would be brought to a vote tomorrow. House Majority Strong The vote in the house yester- day of 176 to 55, 22 more than necessary, came within three hours after the president’s veto was announced from the White House and followed an uproar in the house chamber lasting from — the time the executive measure was read until the final roll call.’ TREATY ENDS WARTIME DROUTH Wartime prohibition will be brought ty, an end, by Presidential proclamation immediately after the senate ratifies the German peace treaty, it was said teday at the White House, WILSON GIVES REASONS The reasons for vetoing the act were ‘ forth by the President in the fol- lowing message to congress: “To the Hoforable House of Repre+ tatives: Iam returning without my nature PR-6810, ‘an act to prohibit i erages and to regulate manufacture, production, use and ? of high-proof spirits for other than verage purposes, and to insure an imple supply of alcohol and promote ils use in scientific research and in the development of fuel, dye and other luwful industries.” The subject matter treated in the measure deals with two distinct phases of the prohibition leg- islation, One part of the act under consideration seeks to enforce war- time prohibition. The other provides for the enforcement which was made sary by the adoption of the con- stitutional amendment. I object to and {cannot approve that part of this leg- islation with reference to wartime pro- hibition. PURPOSES SATISFIED “It has to do with the enforcement of an uct which was passed by reason of the emergencies of the war and whose chjects have been satisfied in the de- “ iuobilization of the army and navy and Whose repeal I have already sought at the hands of congress. Where the pur- peses of particular legislation arising out of War emergency have been sat- slied, sound publie policy makes clear the reason and necessity for repeal. “It will not be difficult for con- gress in considering this important mrtter to separate these two questions and effectively to legislate regarding jthem, making the proper distinction be- tween temporary causes which arose out of wartime emergencies and those like the constitutional amendment of prohibition which is now part of the fundamental law of the country, “In the matters having to do with the personal habits and customs of large numbers of our people, we must be certain that the established pro- intoxicating be: th service for the late W. M. Aber, a pio-| esses of legal change are followed. In at the University of Montana, who died recently, were held) sought to be acomplish t here today and a stone placed in the | sone 6 cacomplished “by / Bree kee no other way can the salutary object forms of this character be made sat- isfactory and permanent. (Signed) “WOODROW WILSON, - “The White House, October 27, 1919.” BUYING BLOODED STOCK Alex Macdonald, the Glencoe stock- man, has left for Grand Forks, Lari- more and Fargo, where he will attend auction sales of livestock, with a view to adding new registered dams and sires to his herds. ILLINOIS TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL ~ DEMANDS SOVIET FORM OF CONTROL; PRETTY SCHOOLMA’AMS, POOL TABLES The students demand a six-hour school day, Friday afternoon, holi- day a minimum passing grade of 50 rather than 75 percent, teachers under the age of 25, pool tables and phonographs in the recreation rooms, free lunch to senior stu- dents and that all regulations or- iginate with the students’ council.