The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 29, 1919, Page 1

THE WEATHER Partly cloudy. , E me sn RTE LAST EDITION THE BISMARCK TRIBU 29, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 248. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY, OcT. STRIKE ORDER EFFECTIVE FRIDAY MI A. F. L. MEETING DECEMBER 13 TO PLAN PROGRAM Chiefs of National and Interna- tional Unions to Gather at Canital “GRAVE DANGERS” NOTED Very Foundation of Structure Affected, Declares Call Issued Today Washington, D. C., Oct. 29.—Chief of the national and international unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor were called today to meet here December 18, “to formu- late such action as may be essential to | safeguard and promote the rights, in- terest and freedom of the wage earners.” The call issued by the federation’s executive council and the heads of the four railroad brotherhoods declared labor was confronted with “grave dangers affecting the very foundation of its structure,” and that it was im- perative that the responsible repre- sentatives of the workers agree upon “fundamental principals” which will “maintain the rights of free men.” No specific topics for discussion were outlined but it is known that pending anti-strike legislation will be one of the pricipal subjects. Other matters expected to be taken up in- clude collective bargaining. and the rights of organized labor to choose its own spokesmen as it sees fit, the sub- ject which finally resulted in_the dis- solution .of the national industrial conference called by President Wilson. Hines Hasn’t Decided Director General Hines has not reached a decision on the wage: de- mand of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Details of recommenda- tions made by the board of railway wages was discussed today by officials of the railroad. administration, with President Lee and ‘the ‘unions’ strike committee to develop how the recom- mendations would work in: practical application. Mr. Hines hoped'to make an award in the case in the near fu- ture. PRISONER MAKES . BREAK FROM PEN; IS: RE-CAPTURED Dave Winerecht Hides in Empty Coal Car But Does Not t Travel Very Far « Hiding in the false bottom of an empty coal car which he had just helped unload inside the penitentiary walls yesterday, Dave Winerecht en- joyed the thrills of a few minutes’ free- dom, only to be recaptured before he bad a chance to get out of sight of the prison walls, Winerecht, with a number: of other prisoners; at the state pentitentiary, Was unloading the coal car, which had been shunted into the prison enclosure by a switch engine. When the car was empty, the prisoner took advan- tage of a brief period when the guard’s back was turned and nestled down ‘in the bottom of the car, The engine -pulled the empty coal car out of the prisom yard and when it was a few hundred yards away from the penitentiary, Winerecht jumped out of the car and made a dash for the open fields. He was seen running across the farm lands south of the penitentiary by Warden McDonald's guards, who immediately gave the alarm and followed the escaped pris- oner. He was caught before he had been out of*the enclosure more than 20 min- utes, breathless and heading toward the Missouri river as fast as his legs would carry him. Winerecht was sentenced to the pen- itentiary from Cass county for carry- ing concealed weanons, While in the jail at Fargo waiting trial and sen- tence, he made two unsuccessful at- tempts to escape. “oe po ey I Today’s Weather | Sire a ERE AR aS RY For twenty-four hours ending at noon October 29: Temperature at 7 a. m. 15 Temperature at noon. 35, Highest yesterday .. 33 Lowest yesterday 3 Lowest last night y 14 Precipitation . None Highest wind veloci 0—S. Forecast for North Dakota: Increas- ing cloudiness, probably followed by snow late tonight or Thursday; warm- a south portion tonight; colder Thurs- jay. ‘ i LOWEST TEMPERATURES Fargo... sb 20 Williston . sree 16 Bs Paul. . 28 Winni . 22 Helena sree 28 Chicago . wee 84 Swift Cui : 26 Kansas City '.:..... oy 34 ; ORRIS W. ROBERTS, ' Ta ROLS eanioe _ Meteorologist, RIOTERS KILLED, IN CLASH WITH EGYPTIAN LAW Alexandria, Egypt, Oct. 29,—Two rioters were killed and, ten others in- jured and 27 policemen were hurt in a nationa demonstration yesterday which the police attempted to suppress, Sticks, stones, bottles and police batons Were first used. Troops fired shots at the crowd, DAKOTA BANK IS PRIVATE, RULES JUDGE NUESSLE Holds League Institution Is Not Part of State Govern- ; ment KOSITZKY DENIED WRIT Access.to Books of Repository for Publig Funds Re- fused Auditor Holding the Bank of North Dakota « bank in the ordinary sense of the term and not a department of the state government, Judge W. LL. Nuessle, in district court here th rning denied State Auditor . Kosi application for a writ of mandamu permission to complete his-examination of the books of the bank. Assistant Attorney General F. BE. Packard, appearing for the state audi- tor, ‘had argued that the bank must be a department of the state govern- ment and custodian of the public funds else it could: not acept. deposits of pub- lic funds or private without incurring liabilities for the state which would be in excess of the state’s unsecured debt limit, which is already exgeeded. if the Bank of North Dakota is not a department of the state government, Mr. Packard contended, then, as a pri- yate banking institution, it has, under the terms of the Bank of! North Da- kota’ act, obligated North Dakota to become security for deposits of between $16,000,000 and $17,000,000 and has therefore clearly violated the’ constitu- tional provision which restricts North Lakota’s unsecured indebtedness to an amount which has already been ex- ceeded, Judge Nuessle declined to pass upon this phase of the situation. He held that the Bank of North Dakota is a bank; that as a bank its relations with its clients are of a personal and con- fidential nature, and that the section of the North Dakota statutes requiring the state auditor to examine the ac- counts of an official or commission en- gaged in collecting or receiving or act- ing as custodian of public funds 4d. not apply in the case of private ban! Leslie A. Simpson of Dickinson, W. A. Anderson, secretary of the indus- trial commission, _and William Lemke, ice president of the Nonpartisan league, appeared for the Bank of North Dakota. State Auditor Kositzky made appli- cation to, Judge Nuessle for a writ of mandamus after an examination of the books of the Bank of North Dakota, ordered by thé state banking board, had been halted by F. W. Cathro. The banking board ordered the books exam- iaed when it found in the files of the Scandinavian-American\ bank of Far- ise, then in the hands of a receiver, a copy of a letter showing that a quarter of a million in post-dated checks and notes had been transmitted to the Bank of North Dakota by the Fargo institution, GERMAN GUILTY OF WRECKING CANADIAN BRIDGE AT ST. CROIX Fredericton, N. B., Oct. 29.—Wer- ner, Horn was found guilty today on the charge that he dynamited the Ca- nadian end of the international bridge at St. Croix, New Brunswick, Febru- ary 2, 1915. The jury was out only 13 minutes. 1 Horn, who conducted his own de- fense, said he was a German officer and acting under orders of the Ger- man government in war times. ATTORNEY HERE Henry E. Dickinson, prominent at- torney of MeCluskey, was a business visitor in the city yesterday. giving him? POLICE RESUME EXAMINATION OF BOMB PLOTTERS Questioning Expected to Reveal Nation - Wide Terrorist Plan for Spring ANARCHISTS ARE BUSY Circle Believed at Work in 100 Large Cities—Four Raids Are Made Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 29—Police of- ficials continued today to question the five men and one woman under ar- rest in connection with an alleged plot to place bombs at many places throughout the country nex spring. Believing the.six are members of an anarchisti¢ circle that has been work- ing in more than 100 cities questioned the group ail eifart..to leara details. of their plan or the extent of their organization. The arrests were made in four sim- ‘ultaneous raids following information that an attempt was to ‘be made -to i bomb the central police staion here. | Wih the prisioners the police cap- ‘tured a large quanitity of high ex- | plosives, one complete bomb, several \ incomplete ‘bombs, a tumber of’ auto- matic pistols and a suply of ammuni- tion, and much anarchistic literature. TREATY MAY BE IN EFFECT FOR ARMISTICE DAY London, Oct. 29.— The German peace treaty may come into effect on |the anniversary. of armistice day. It {was anhounced by Cecil Harmsworth, | under secretary of foreign affairs, in ; the shouse of commons today, that the government hopes the treaty will be formally ratifie_on November 11, and come into force the same day. 92 PERSONS ARE MISSING IN BIG LAKE DISASTER Believed That All Who Are Un- accounted for Went Down With Steamer Muskegon, Mic , Oct, 29—Twenty- two- persons were officially known to have lost their lives in the sinking yesterday of the Crosby line steamer Muskegon, which was driven into the pier by the gale she had bat- waukee and pounded to pieces by the heavy seas, Coroner James Balbirnie and Crosby line officials stated they believed all of the missing had perished. The prrser Was unable to give the names of those unaccounted for. but thought they included four of the crew and three passengers, 4 Examination of ~ Pan. Witnesses Continues Today Chicago, Ill., Oct. 29—Government witnesses continued testifying today in the trial of F. C. Pandolfo, presi- dent, jand twelve other officials, of the Pan Motor company of St. Cloud, Minn., charged with using the mails to defraud. More than 200 witnesses for the prosecution were summoned and so far there hasbeen no indication how long it will take to complete their testimony. Fewer than a dozen had been heard when court opened today. FARGO SPECIALIST TAKES OWN LIFE IN CHICAGO EN ROUTE TO SANITARIUM . FOR REST FOLLOWING NERVOUS BREAK Chicago, Ill, Oct. 28,—Dr. Chris- . tian Kachelmacher, a noted’ spe- cialist of Fargo, N. D., attempted to commit suicide at a hotel here today by shooting himself. Dr. Kachelmacher, accompanied by Dr. Olasson Sands, also of Fargo, was en route to Battle Creek, Mich., to enter'a sanitarium to recuperate from a nervous breakdown.’ They registered at a hotel shortly beforé noon and Dr. Sands left the physician alone in the room while he made transpor- tation arrangements, . - : When Dr, Sands returned he | found the door locked. Dr. Kach- elmacher was found lying in a pool of blood in the bath room with a bullet wound in his head, A re- volver was clasped in hig) right hand. Dr. Kachelmacher was rushed to a hospital, where it was said his ; condition was serious, He isa‘ having studied\in Gerniapty Norway before taking up hig tice in Fargo, Dr. Sands gaily: suffered a nervous breakd§ year ago and was confine sanitarium, He is married ai two children, © EXTR ccounted ; ¥ for early today and fourteen were to start anew elsewhere in the state, tled across Lake Michigan from Mil-; specialist on the ear, eye and nosepe| and: DNIGHT STANDS SPECIAL SESSION NOV. 25 A special session of the North Dakota legis- lature was called for November 25 to enact laws nécessary for the carrying out of the in- dustrial program; to provide relief for drouth sufferers and to ratify women’s suffrage in a proclamation filed with the secretary of state at 4:45 this afternoon by Governor Frazier. IMMIGRATION 10 NORTH DAKOTAS ALREADY ON WAY Commission Announces That Its First Sale of Land Was Made Oct. 16 PREPARING CORN SHOW Fine Exhibit of Northern Grown Maize to Convince Mid- Western Farmers The first sale of commission ¥ department advises. parcels have been made since that date. One of these, 5,000 acres, was colonized hy five families from Illinois. The bureau is offering, apparently, as many improved farms, placed upon the mar- ket by farmers who wish to retire or as ite is, plats of undeveloped land. Ir quoted by the bureau, which acts as middleman between the farmer land-owner and the farmer _land- seeker, range from $12.50 to $125 per acre The commission is offering at $12.50 per acre a ranch of 2.500 acres in the Pad Lands. north of Medora, which ‘includes 1,200 acres of bottom land ‘suitable for cultivation. iby several streams and has a number It is watered of good artesian wells which never fail, Settlers who have become interested in North Dakota lands, however, appar- éntly are not looking for bargains. A. majority of them appear fo prefer soil in counties where the prices range from $50 up to $150. The larger num- ber of middle western farmers want corn land, HAS) CORN EXHIBIT To show Missourians and others that ‘eorn can he raised anywhere in North Dakota, Commissioner Worst is ob- taining samples from ev county in the state. ‘Just as fine specimens of} yellow dent and other well known corn belt types of corn have come from farms on the Canadian line as from the extreme southeastern counties, long recognized as the state’s premier corn- growing territory. Few of the samples from anywhere in the state, however, compare with corn grown this year in Burleigh county, which appears to heve been unusually successful with this crop. A number of specimens have Come from fields which made 30 bushels or better of fully matured, full- eared corn, excellently adapted for seed. Commissioner Worst now has ten field” agents employed in the middle west. They are addressing meetings of farmers and tenants-in country school hcuses, community centers and in the smaller villages. Literature prepared the commission and by the railway administration” touching upon North kota and its resources ,is distributed. here a farmer becomes interested placed ‘in communcation with ne in this state who has land to ‘The commission’ does not antict- ny. great influx’ of homeseekers inter, but is confident there will eaclively movement next spring, orth Dakota lands through the new state immigration made October 1, the Sales of other lrelief purposes last month wére $62,- ieral Yudenitch is falling back along a cessation of work. T00 MUCH PEP IN LEGION MAY JAM BIG CONVENTION Officials Announce Necessity of Limiting Eastern States’ Delegations Minneapolis, Minn., Oct, 29,—Eric Fisher Wood, Franklin D’Ollier and Dr. Richard Derby, national officers of tne American legion, reached Minne- apolis today to take part in the ar- rangement for the national convention, Mr. Wood Is national secretary, Mr. D’Ollier is personal representative of Henry D. Lindsey, national chairman. and Dr. Derby js the head of the em: ployment service of the legion. Mr. Wood brought word that the pressure for places on the states’ dele- gations is strong and that the national ccmmittee has had to discourage: the enthusiasm of eastern members of the legion because it feared to’ overcrowd the convention hall and cause disap- pointment, “We could easily have 10,000 dele- gates here if we had accommodations for them.” said Mr. Wood, | Mr. Woo¢ nounced that Henry D. Tindsey.: national chairman, Theodore Roosevelt and others from the national! headquarters will arrive November 6. DOMINION DEBT BOOSTED HIGH | DURING MONTH | Ottowa, Ont. Oct. 29—The latest of-| ficial balance sheet issued by the fed- eral government shows the Dominion debt increased nearly $65,000,000 dur- ing September, despite the unsatisac- financial condition of the govern- ment, This is an increase of nearly | $28,000,000 over the debt increase re- ported for September, 1918, Canada’s national debt is listed as $1.750,000,000. Canadian currency is still being discounted at various rates in the United States and American; money is acepted at a premium in the Dominion, Just before the war, the national debt was §$: 100,000. Total expenditures for war and war 253,000, YUDENITCH ADMITS FAILURE OF DRIVE) ON RUSS CAPITAL Berlin, Oct. 29.—The anti-Bolshevik ian paper) prints a communication | from General Yudenitch, dated Octo-| ber 27, declaring that the attack on! Petrograd was unsuccessful. Reports from Reval state that Gen-| the entire line. THIS YEAR’S COAL PPLY This coal production is already short, being 991,000 tons to date, as against 458, 100 tons this time last year. Less coal will be needed this year than last since munitions and other wartime industries have shut down. During the strike it is expected that} 147,000 anthracite miners will continue; producing. Operators expect over 200,- 000° non-union bituminous miners to », ;on grasshoppers and Dr. Ida M. Alex |paper Prisyp (apparently an Esthon-| NO MODIFICATION TO BE MADE, SAY MINERS; — UNCLE SAM WILL ACT Indianapolis, Oct. 29.—The strike order of the United Mine Workers effective Friday midnight stands. After two hours’ discussion, the conference here today of officials of the big union, it was announced: they had no idea of modifying the call for President Wilson’s pronouncement on the threatened industrial war had no defender in the conference, it was stated. executive board of the United the strike order to stand. situation with Secretary Tumult SAHARA HASN'T ANYTHING ON US Drastic Prohibition Act Effec- " tive Today Makes U. S. Very Dry HALF OF ONE PERCENT Washington, D.C, Oct, 29,—Armed with the drastic provisions of the pro- hibition enforcement act, which became effective as wartime prohibition with the passage by the senate of the meas- ure over the President's veto late yes- , agents of the bureau of inter- nal revenue today took up the task of making absolute the ban on the manu- facture and sale of liquor. | The few remaining saloons in the United States were legally open tod: | for the sale only of beverages contain-| ing less than one-half of one per cent) alcohol, law could stored up a his own wi not touch the man who supply in his own home for FARMERS ATTEND | STILL TUESDAY Lectures Given by Prominent Speakers; Meet at Wing Tonight The farmers meeting held at Still) last night under the supervision of; the county agricultural and demon- stration agents was a great suces: people from miles around hat place} atending the meeting. Dr. Don McMahon, live stock cpe- cialist, spoke of the various ¢ affecting cattle and impr hearers with the importance of add ing dairy cows, pigs and sheep t their farm activities. Stuart Loc wood of the Agricultural college spoke ander explained the essentials of first aid and home hygiene. Miss Elsie Stark, the county demon- stration agent and George W. Gustaf- son, county agricultural agent, con- ducted the disc us following the} talks. Other meetings to this week are as follow: Wing, October 29, at 8 p. m. Lein, October 30, at 2 p.m, Driscoll, October 3, at 8 p. m. Menoken, October 31, at § p. m. WERE AF D OF COAL In 1316 the English parliament pe-; titioned the king to forbid the use of; coal “lest the health of the population} should suffer.” The king issued a pro- clamation against coal burning. But when the price of wood went beyond se limits of even the wealthy stay at work. ,. FRIEND LENINE Helsingfors, Thursday, Oct. 80 —(By \the fated Press.) — | Lieut.-Col, Lestrang Malone, a lib- eral, member .of the British house of commons, has returned after a daring unofficial visit to Petrograd. He told) friends here he was con- vinced “after. ai political and_milita: Russia that [it Petrograd will He said that among the and that BRITISH LIBERAL WHO PENETRATED RED LINES SAYS TROTZKY AND HIS order was revoked. ARE SURE TO WIN He saw Trotsky review thou- sands of soldiers, who enthusiasti- cally hailed him as “divine leader.” Colonel Malone said that the Bol- sheviki asserted that General Denikine had lost the confidence and support of the allies and had reached an understanding with General Von der Goltz and Colonel Avaloss-Bermondt, heading the so- called west Russian army, com- posed largely of Germans in the Baltic provinces, Colonel Malone entered Russia from Reval, passing through the AS FOR DROUTH But despite its drastic provisions the: | BIG MEETING AT |: be held! 1 GOVERNMENT TO TAKE DRASTIC STEPS Washington, Oct. 29.—The government is preparing to take drastic steps to deal with conditions arising in the coal fields if the Mine Workers of America permit This becamg known today after Federal Fuel Administrator Garfield had been summoned from Massachusetts to discuss the y. GARFIELD WAS HOPEFUL Washington, D. Oct, 29.—Fuel Administrator Harry A, Garfield dis- cussed the threatened strike of bitu- minous coal miners today with Secre- ary Tumulty at the White House. He summoned here from Williams college, of which he is president, Dr. Garfield, who still has authority to function as fuel administrator, said he was in close touch with the strike situation and expressed confidence that a settlement woltd be reached with- out a walkout of the miners, WOULD HIT VIRG Charleston, W. Va., y thousand union miners employed in 466 mines in West Virginia will quit work next Saturday if the general strike order is enforced. Their idleness will cut the coal production of the state £400,000 tons a month, : These figures, given out by the coal mining interests, are disputed by union Joa who claim 54,000 members of their organization in the state, j HIGH SPOTS OF MINERS’ DEMANDS ° _ 1-Sixty per cent increase in wages. 2—Six hours work a day. 3—Five days work a week. cs By HARRY B, HUNT Yashington Bureau vill be no compromise by the United Mine Workers of America on the principles involved in the present ne With the bituminous coal opera- sought to mislead the public both as to the nature of the demands of the work- “rs and the cost to the consuming pub- « of their acceptance. The entire de- mands, he id, could and should be met out of inflated profits the opera- tors are now reaping and without any niatérial increase in costs to the con- ming publi Lewis, square shouldered, square jawed, declared his men wanted no fight with the operators, but were de- termined to get at least approximate justice and a living wage. Continuity of employment, through the shortening t the workday, and a wage that. will Neviate hunger in the mining camps clothe the families of the workers n comfort are the essentials on which the workers base their case, “The coal operators have assidiously cultivated in the public mind, through the i ‘umentality of their gigantic statistical and press bureaus, backed ly unlimited sums of money, the belief. that the United Mine Workers are radical and outrageous de- , out of all proportion to the ability of the mining industry to apply. them,” Lewis said, : “The demands of the mine workers for a shorter workday and substantial increases in wages are the logical out- growth of a comprehensive misunder- standing of the needs of the industry and a knowledge of the physical ne- ssities of the workers in the mines. requires that a new wage agreement be negotiated, effective No- vember 1, 1919. “Serene in the confidence of their power and gloating over their enormous war profits, the operators have peremp- torily refused to discuss the merits of a possible new wage agreement. They take refuge behind the legalistic bar- rier that in theory the war with the central powers is not yet ended. “This: attitude is merely a subter- fuge to enable them to continue. longer she reaping of their prodigious profits and to create a panic in the public mifd which will bring the operators eyen added security. “As a matter of fact, the demands of. the mine workers, both as to the short- ening of the workday and the granting of higher wages could be applied in toto without any material increase in the price of coal to the consuming pub- lic, The present margin of profit to the operators, as shown by the recent report of the federal trade commission, Esthonian lines, (Continued on Page Two.) fi