The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1919, Page 1

Uneettied, BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION ~ BISMARCK, DORM DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 12, 1919 PRICE FIVE CENTS LEGION DEMANDS RESIGNATION OF MANY OFFICIALS Bismarck Post Condemns Radi- cal Element in Nonpar- tisan League MACDONALD IS INCLUDED Former Service Men Almost Made Forced March on Capitol Last Night The American Legion of Bismarck has declared war on socialism, Bol- shevism and unAmérican ideas within the Nonpartisan league and all other organizations, parties and groups within its sphere of influence. At a special meeting of the legion last night the following resolution was unaniimenely and yoeifcrously adopt= ed: “Whereas the radical element of the dominant political party in North Da- kota has clearly shown its support of soctalism and the teaching of socialis- tie doctrines, that “It is therefore resolved that Loy Spetz Post No. 1 goes on record con- demning — th responsible for this condition and demands that any ofli- cial or slate apointee proven responsi- ble for or supporting such doctrines be summarily dismissed from the em- ploy of the state.” Immediately following the passage of this resolution which paved the way for more definite actions, the post unanimously adopted with equal posi- tlyeness a resolution demanding that Governor Lynn J, Frazier immediately dismiss from the state service George A. Totten, chairman of the board ot |* administration; Robert Mui ver of that board; 6. E. § cc] ‘an appointee of that board: Manin Signe Lund, instructor in music at the Mayville normal school, and Neil (@. Macdonald whose ursupation of the powers ‘of state superintend- ent. of instruction was condemned. All resolutions were introduced and adopted on the basis of 100 percent | # Americanism and thrnout the meeting there never was a voice raised aaginst the spirit or support of the matters under discussion. The members of the legion wished to make it plain that the Bismarck post was not fighting or condemning the Nonpartisan league as an organization but merely “the radl- ea] element of the dominant political party in North Dakota” whose Ameri- canism was entirely Jacking "beyond the shadow, ofa dousb-and-whose.r calism in the views of former ser man—buck priyates and nee sou officers” alike—was” offensivé * to ‘the principles » of - Americanism ee Aasloh has been formed to cherish and Incui- cate as embodied ‘in: the preamble ‘of the legion’s . constitutions, national, state-and local, which is as follows: “For God and country . we ociate ourselves together for the following purposes : “To uphold and defend the constitu: tion of the United States of Amer! to maintain law and: order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism; to ‘preserve the mem- ories and incidents of. our association in the great war; to inculcate a’ sen: of individual obligation to the com- munity, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the ‘master of might; to\promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and trans- mit to posterity the principles of jus- tice, freedom and demecracy; to con- secrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpful- ness.” The mecting was the largest attend-. ed since the. post was, organized with more than 150 members present. Af- ter considerable discussion it-was orig ‘inally decided by the members to march to the capitol in a body-and de- manding that the legislature immedi- ‘ately reconsider its action on the so- called red flag bill whieh it refused to take definite atcion upon other than indefinitely postpone the measure. In spite of the heavy snowfall and otherwise -inclement weather every one of the members was ready to hike ‘to the capital, as they had often hiked while in the service in weather equal- ly as disagreeable, It was learned that the legislature'had adjourned so instead of presenting their petition in a body to the legislature the. mem berg took the next step possible and passed. the resolution condemning rad- icalism of state officials and ap- pointees and demanding their dismis- sal. A committee of three was appointet to formulate action on the two resolu- tions adopted so as fo secure imme- diate recognition of a demands, made by the post. This committee will be named by G. H. Russ, Jr, post commander, probably today. One of the features of the meeting was the actions of those members who are more or less affiliated with | the Nonpartisan league and who showed that when it became a question of a league member or Americanism they. were for Americanism first, last and all the time. The former service men did not “mince any words in discussing tie Americanism of the “radical element of the dominant party’ and unhesitat- ingly showed that tlie bugaboo of poli- tics will not cause the local post to “mussyfoot” or hold back on any ac- tion where ‘the element. of American- ism is under suspicion regardless of who the person might he, leaguer, or anti-leaguer, in office or out of office. It is interesting to nofe that during the formative period of the local opst, the members in some instances were, timid about talking action on questions of polities. Since that time the members have felt their strength grow, have felt the duties under the preamble of the constitution more strongly and more firmly sd that today resolutions are passed condemning officials for un- (Continued on Page Two.) Carl Kositzky Defies Senate to Compel Him, to Break Law and Render Self: Liable to Criminal and Civil Action — Packard Forcibly Ejected From Upper! Body — Liederback Catch-as- Declining to rraw warrants for ap- proximately $30,000 on the legislative expense appropriation, in whi¢h there was a balance of but $5,000, State Av- ditor Carl R. Kositzky defied the state senate Thursday afternoon, gnd in spite of threatened man-handling, im- prisonment and prosecution, Kositzky neiiher drew the warrants nor did he kneel before the senate and humbly beg its pardon, as.Senators Bowman. Liederbach and Ingerson insisted. At all began when State Auditor Kositzky refused to issue the war- rants for the per diem and mileage of the legislators. A-notice, signed by Governor Frazier and Deputy ‘Treasurer A, J.. Young, was not heed- ed by Kositzky on the grounds that there were no funds available, ‘The governor’s orden declared that the? state hank was ready to transt: funds. if the warrant were issued, so that the legislators could be paid at nee. The time for adjournment had nots been fixed, so the senate had no legal why of getting at the auditor. A concurrent resolution, fixing midnight of today as the hour for adjournment, was drawn up and hurried through both houses, Senator Liederbach, of Killdeer, Was one of those delegated to serve notice upon the state auditor, But Kositzky wouldn't be served, There wero words, and it resulted in rsieal. encounter, Mr. Lieder- hach’s face was tapped, how gently! is not known, by the irate state audi- tor, and they went to a clinch. They} rolled round on the floor for awhile Kositzky hanging on to the senator's neck, but finally were separated by} Rep. Kunkel and several others, Liederhach returned to the senate. and, exhibiting the crumpled conv of} the senate resolution, id “Here's | your report,” He said that Kositzky refused to jhe served and that he had gone in'o; his, office and locked the door. Lie- derbach admitted that he didn't know how to get in. Senator Bowman, then, presented a resolution declaring the state andi- tor in contempt of the senate and, ordering the sergeant-at-arms © fo in carcerate him in the Burleigh co: wy jail for, thirty days. action on the résolution, the se decided, on Bowman's motion, to der the sergeant-at-arms to bring sitazky into, the senate chamber for interrogating. | The .sergeant-at-arms, Ben Oker'.| went abont his duty, but he returned! {without Kositzky. i Okert went to the s ands tarts office, and found the door lacked, T lrapped, but could get no admittance | F. BE. Packard. assistant attorney; general. who had been informed of} the action, went. to the anditor's of-} fice, and told Okert that. he (Pack ard) had advised Kositzky to “lock | his door to keen the-mob out!” Okert wanted to know who he (Packard) was and what authority he had to give sugh advice, wher» upon Packard informed the sergeant: qe arms ¥hat “he happened to he one f the assistant attorneys general of the state.” Okert returned to the senate ch: ber and reported that Kositaky ha (Continued on Page Three) HISTORIC HALL AT WASHINGTON MASS OF RUINS Lyceum Theatre Burns to the Ground When Cigaret Starts Blaze Imperilling 2,000 Washington, Dec. 12—The Lyceum theatre, know before the civil war as the Washington assembly hall, which, for nearly a century, has ‘played a part in the social life of the capital and in which five presidents held in- augural balls, was little more than a mass of flame blackened ruins today. Fire starting about midnight from a lighted cigarette thrown into a crowd- ed gallery imperilled the lives of up- wards. of 2,000 persons and caused damage estimated at $75,000 today by the management. Harvey’s restaurant, another estab- lishment famous for its gatherings ofq notables before the civil war, which adjoins the Lyceum, was slightly damaged, A number of midnight din- ers were forced to flee. PARDON BOARD TAKES NO ACTION ON UGLAND The pardon board yesterday de- voted five hours to hearing Attorney General Langer's demands for the re- imprisonment of D. H. Ugland, Knox bank wrecker, on a charge of having violated his parole.- Ugland was ‘sen- ‘tenced for 11 1-2 years and was pa- roled at the end of 9 1-2 months, sub- ject to good behavior. The’ parole board explained yesterday that Us: land was paroled because he seemed’ to be in a position to so handle his business affairs as to repay, to a large extent the losses of his creditors. The attorney general charged that Ugland has ‘not been attending to business, but has been indulging in riotous liv- ing in the Twin cities. Ugland’s at- ‘torney insisted yesterday that the re- verse is trite, and that his client has been living a model life, STATE AUDITOR REFUSES TO VIOLATE OATH BY DRAWING AGAINST ACCOUNTS IN WHICH FUNDS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT Catch-Can Exponent 1 ‘{the necessary rooms for healtn cen- !pitals and has been a great success {and, in -older children, render ithe result that an adult cli | opened. rilaboratory at the university renders j agencies and by co-operation to avoid FOR INITIAL GAME MAY SECURE AID FOR CLINICS T0 HELP SICK POOR Dr. F. R. Smyth Expects to Ob- tain Rooms at Local Hos pital For Work TO BE HEALTH CENTERS Medical Treatment Furnished By Competent Doctors and Surgeons An effort will be made to secure rooms in either or both of the local hospitals to be used as a public health center, Dr, FR. Smyth of the United States public health service, who has interested other cities in the state in this plan has communicated with the ‘St. Alexis and Bismarck hospitals jisking those institutions to provide ters and he expects a favorable reply ina short time. The purpose of these health cen- ters !s to provide a place where needy poor and others can secure proper medical treatment free dr at cost, where they would otherwise be forced to do without. “A free venereal clinic, would be a part of the center. In speaking the the need of health centers. in the various cities of tho state and what other places are doing, Dr. Smyth sald: “The city of Grand Fodks is the first city in the state to adopt. the plan of health centers for the pro- |motion‘of the public healtn, by age: cles which will not only care ofr the sick but, whac is more important, in- {struct people how to keen well. “A few/ weeks age a children's clinic was started at one of the hos- from the s Parents bring chil- dren « be examined for defects that invester? with nutrition and growth, then backward in school. Special atten- tion is given to cases of malnutrition and practical instruccion and demon- strations given in the preparation of} proper foods, “This clinic was organized by the Children’s Welfare association and has been so encouraging ic is to be siarted at the other hospital. “Ll have inspected anq approved of rooms providing ” for’ “a government | Venereal clinic and, as soon as the | rooms are, equipped, a meclical di ‘ter will be appointed and the clin “The city health officer, a full time official, -is enthusiastic over the prog- ress that has been made and sanguine over the prospect for further activi-|s ties. The physicians of the city are ‘giving their hearty, support to, the | Various projects and the public health substantial aid by free and bacteriological examinations, “It is expected to unite all health prompt} duplication of efforts and economize in administration of publie _ health work.” | WASHBURN TO PLAY BISMARCK TONIGHT The Basketball Season Formally Opens at High School Gymnasium The high school basketball team plays its first schoolastic at the high school gymnasium tonight meeting the fast Washburn five. The local quin- tette made up principally of veteran players is confident of victory. Tho game starts promptly at 8:20 o'clock. The team has not heen nefinitely lected as yet but Coach Spencer Boi: announced today that he would prob- ably play Fogarty, Taylor and Cook as forwadrs, Vetter, Holta and Boise as guards and Burke as center. Coach Trickson of the Mandan team will referee the game, The high school team has been prac- tising hard for the game. tonight and everybody at the school is confident that victory will remain in the expital elty. Washburn has not played any regular games this season it is under- stood, but rumors floating down from the north give the visitors a very good reputation as a fast aggregation of basket shooters, FORMER BISMARCK SOLDIER DIES AT PHOENIX QUICKLY Wesley Stewart Succumbs to Consumption. Resulting From War Service Wesley Stewart, formerly of this etiy and a member of Company H, irst North Dakotans, died at Phoenix, Ariz, © week ago Monday of hasty consumption according to word just received here. Stewart was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stewart and was born at Deniso, Ia. When his family moved to Mogina, Stewart came with them and lived there some time. He served in France as 2 member of Company H and) following his discharge from the service was employed in this city. Later ‘he went to Billings, Mont., and from there went to Arizona. It is believed that the expysure “official dispatch received by RED FORCES IN NEW ATTACK ON - DENEKINE ARMY Heavy Blow Aimed at Left Flank of All-Russian Volunteers, Says Dispatch REDS LOSE IN CAUCASUS Driven Back Before Tzaritzan With Heavy Losses—Cos- sacks Pushing Forward | London, Thursday, Dee, 11.—Bol shevik forces have again heavily tacked the left flank of General Den!- kine’s army and driven the latter's volunteers back to a depth of 380 or 40 miles along a front from 300 to 400 miles long. ‘The reds are within 50 miles of Kharkoy and Poltava and are swinging around to the southeast of Kiey which olso is threatened from the northeast according to new south Russia, The situation gives fo anxiety. On the Cancusas front, however, the Bolsheviki have been repulsed before | Tzaritzan with heavy losses. Cossacks also have been suceessfu) in pushing back the reds. lighting on the southern front has jously re- verted to the type of the days of Wa- terloo, Cayalary has again ‘come into|¢ its own and is provlug superior to in- fantry. The major portion of the battles are heing waged by well-trained mounte! men. On the castern front the infantry of} both Denikine and Bolsheviki is sup-| plied with sleds upon which the men drive into battle. . Reports from Irkusk declare that the new coalition government is com- manding general support. Fierce guerilla warfare with repris- als on both sides. is reperted in Dag- hestan. London observers. find difficulty in Intrepreting the Bolshevik new offen- sive against the Esthonian front altho there are indications that. further is brewing. The reds thus far haye been repulsed, There is an. in- clination here toward the belief that \the Bolshevikt aye trying to frighten | the Baltic states into signing a peace |y at the conference now in! agreement progress 4 in_.southera has heen one of the bases of General Denekine is announced in a Moscow wireles today. DRIVEN OUT OF PIERYATIN London, Dec. 12.—An ollicial state: ment issued by the war offices today s volunteers of General Denekine’s 80 miles east of Kiev have heen army driven out of Pieryatin in the govern- ment of Poltava. The statement the Denekine forces have fallen back to a defen: line along the Poltava-Kiey rail ind are defending themselves su fully in positions encircling Kiev on a 30 mile radius. FRENCH TROOPS CLASH AT FIUME D’Annunzio’s Followers Battle In Streets Paris, Havas Agency, Dec. 12.—- French troops haye clashed with D’Annunzio's volunteers at Fiume and many were killed and wounded on hoth sides according to a Geneva dis- patch, printed by | the Petite Parisiene with reservations. It is said the D'Annunz: laged French depots !Tlammond, something | g, jot the a | troops had pil-{clals state, and falled to at Fiume, {singns of the disease. -|GERMANS UNDERGO|T CHANGE OF FRONT Paris, Dee, 12--The German reply fo the supreme counell’s note demand- ing the signing of the peace protocol has been received in Paris and this afternoon was undergoing translation by the German delegation according to the Intransigenat. The newspaper declares that the re- ply is substantially a capitulation oa the Seapa Flow question and a pro- posal to ¢ g other points. LEAGUE FORCED TO ASHOWDOWN ON RED FLAG Ez -|Ness Refuses to Permit Assas- sination of His Bill With- out a Struggle Forced to vote on the bill introduced hy Representatives Ness and Petterson of the majority, making it a erime to displiy the red flag or the black flay in North Dakota, and insisting that the Stars and Stripes be THE flag ot this state, the league majority's last rise;impertant act ‘Thursday evening in the house was to again go on record against. placing this law on our statute books, The league had planned to per Pon|mit the bill to die in committee, and thus evade a roll call. Ness insisted, however, that the league show its hand, by demanding a roll call on his motion that the bill be taken from committee, Those who voted aye in the follow- ing roll call favored at least final con- sideration of this bill; those who vot- jed nay were for giving the measure no consideration whatever, some of them ldeclaring it an insult to their consti | tuency. Ayes—Arnold, ‘a Bollinger, Burtness, » Donner, Dungan, Durkee. Engen, Hanson, Tarris, Herbert, Humphreys, Johson of Cass, Johnson of Pembina, Johnston, Kelly, Koller, Kunkel, Larson of Pierce, Lowe, Maa- dock of Mountrail, McGanyran, Me- Laughlin, Mikkelson, Murtha, Nathan of Logan, Ness, Nims, O'Connor of Grand Forks, Olsen of Ramsey, Olson of Ward, Olsgard, Petterson, Pleas- ance, Reid. Robinson, Roquette. Rusch, , Turner, Twichell, Wadeson. Nays—Alberts, Bailey, Brady, Bros- tuen, Bratsberg, Bryans, Bjerke, Burk- ihart, Byrne, Caddell, Ferguson, Frea- rickson, Haines, Hall. Hardt, Harding Johnson of Dickey, Johnson of Steele, Kamrath, Kelde1 Keitzman, Larson of Ra ‘s sman, Larkin, Lazier, Maddock nm, Malone, Magnuson, Mar- # Shall, Martin of Slope, Martin of Bot- tinedu, Maxwell, McDonnell, McLarty. Miller, Moen, Nathan of O'Brien, O'Connor of Pembina, Olson of Barnes, Opland, Patterson, Prater, Randall, Riba, Re naud, Sherman, Strain, Strom, Walk- er, Weld of Wells, Whipple, Wog, Yea- ter, Mr. Speaker, Thus there wer es, 43: NO OUTBREAK OF SMALLPOX HERE, DOCTORS REPORT Small-pox nays, 6.). is prevalent in several {states and altho there was one sup- posed case held for investigation at the detention hospital but discharged thos week, there has been no evidence tse in this county medieu men state, There has been some uneasiness ex- pressed by persons in the city relative to a small-pox epidemic here due to the fact that vaccination aganist the disease is not compulsory in North Dakota, but medical men are keeping a sharp lookout for the first signs of. disease declare there are no in Bismrack or Burleigh county as far as they know, One case of small-pox was suspected and the man, @n elevator operator in it local hotel was immediately placed un- der surveilance at the city hospital. He was discharged. Wednesday, offi- show any STILL WELCOMES FORMER SERVICE MEN WITH INTERESTING PROGRAM AND MEAL WHICH IS ATTENDED BY MANY IN KHAKI Estherville Local Puts On En- tertainment and Spreads for Yanks, Which Are Voted the! Biggest Success Town Ever Enjoyed Still turned out 100 per cent strong to’ honor the returned service men of that vicinity at a banquet and social program at the farmers’ union hall at that place last Saturday night. The event was one of the biggest success- es ever held at Still and it was hard to. determirie who enjoyed it more, the ‘former soliers, sailors and ma- rines, or their relatives and friends, The celebration of the Estherville local No. 11, F. B. G. U. of A. and ex- service men from Still, Bismarck, Wilton and Regan in. their khaki, blue and. greenish uniforms were there in numbers. The majority of the men were veterans of foreign service and had taken a leading part ni the folling back of the Hun hords from the plains of France and Flan- ders, The hall was beautifully decorated with the national colors, lending a martial air to the place in which the uniforms of the veterans pleasantly mingled. The following was the pro- gram offered and enjoyed: Program. -) ‘Community singing led by (Miss An- netta Brickson. Stewart: went thru while in France had a great deal to do with his death. Address of welcome ‘by Col. J. M, Thompson, Vocal duet by Miss Gertrude Lar- son and Miss Dorothy Anderson. Ode to the soldier boys by Miss Liacile Brooks. Piano duet by Miss Hedvig Peter- son and Miss Esther Peterson. Welcome to the boys by Vincent: Sherman. Vocal duets by Miss Tnnetta Erick- son and Anthony Erickson. Patriotic reading by Miss Hitt. Piano, solo by Miss Gertrude Lar- son. Contest of the cans by. five boys. Recitation by Miss Lillian Anderson, ‘Community singing led by Miss Erickson, Address. by George W. Gustafson. Community singing. ‘Men Enjoy Singing. The former service men enlivened the community singing by introduc- ing many of the songs they had so often sung on the hikes, in camps at home and abroad. This part of the program was especially pleasing to everybody. Miss Hitt’s reading was complimented highly, Colonel Thompson gave the fighters a filting welcome and the Estherville local pointed proudly to its service flag with 26 stars, one of which is a gold one, for Ed L. Starr, brother of Mrs. Ralph (M. Duff, who died in the servico. Mr. Gustafson made a*sneech on be- Ethel the trials and tribulations of camp life of the doughboy. The climax of the evening was the banquet. tendered the men by* the ‘Estherville local, the half of the soldiers, reciting some of, PRECEDENT INTO LEGISLATURE QUITS AFTER KICKING COCKED HAT AND MAKING STATE MILITARY DESPOTISM SHOWDOWN ONLY POSTPONED, SAY COAL OPERATORS Declare Settlement Arrived at Is Not Final Threshing Out of Principles DR. GARFIELD RESIGNS Understood That Duties of Fuel Commissioner Will Fall Upon Walker Hines } Washington, Dec. 12—While accept- ing the government's proposal for the settlement of the bituminous coal Strike, mine operators of the central | Pennyslvania district declared in a! statement today hat the “settlement is no settlement at all of the princi-| ples at stake in the controversy” and | that “ it is merely a postponement of a show down which, in our opinion, | is bound to come.” Special Session, Lasting Eight- een Days and Costing $20,000, Has Been Used Principally to Reward Townley’s Friends and Punish His Enemies and to Strengthen Grip of Major- ity on North Dakota — Red Flag Bill Killed—Free Love Facts Glossed Over Kicking precedent into a cocked hat, the special assembly which concluded its eighteen days’. labors Thursday evening revolutionized the established system of auditing and accounting, re- duced to impotency the offices of tha attorney general and the state auditor hy depriving them of their apropria-, tions; conferred upon the governor the powers of a military despot to confis- cate private property and retain and operate it by foree.or arms; made ita ifelony for any state official ‘to adversc- ly criticise the league program or thé facts of any of the league members of the administration ; gave the governor power -to name an Ingulsatorial com- ‘mittee to sit on the league's enemies ‘and to hand to the chairman of that committee $25,000 to be spent as fie may ¢loct, without accounting of any The method proposed for settling the strike by Fuel Adm‘nistrator Gar- field the statement said “was inter- ferred with by government officials: who knew little of the — situation” with the result that the “operators and public have heen delivered into the hands of the United Mine Work- ers of America.” FUEL BA) ILL EXIST i Chicago, Dec. 12.—With uncertainty obscuring the arceptance of the coal strike settleemnt in many fields there will be no immediate lifting of fuel re- strictions George W. Reed, northwest-| ern regional fuel director, declare’ here today. Reports to his ollice Mr Reed said do not “give grounds for, much optimism yet.” TURNIP RAISED IN ARCTIC TIPS Stories of Giant Vegetables Grown in Shadow of North Pole Hard to Believe Fort. Good Hope, Northwest Terri-| tory, Dec. 12.—What is believed to be the ‘prize Arctic circle turnip, a mon-} ster weighing 32 pounds, was grown; here this season, a few miles from where the Arctic circle cuts the Mackenzie river, Ly a local gardener. ; The monster turnip is not the only giant vegetable grown in this district during the year, rom Fort Resolu- tion at the extreme tip of Labrador, reports come that potatoes as large as canteloupes were dug, which weighed as high as six and a half pounds each, At the [Mission garden at Hal river, cabbages grew larger} thaF any previous records. Onions, lettuce, rhubard, peas and all other vegetables familiar in gardens of lower latitudes grew in greatest ‘abundance, according to all available reports. Dr, \. Kindle of the Canadian survey, who spent the summer in this section, declared that the soil in this district is of the best, and ‘even through the short season a wonderful development of vegetable life is found The explanation of the development! of plant life given by Dr. Kindle is the long days and almost continuous sunshine, CHURCH JANITOR MADE MOONSHINE Do Not Make It In Basement, Though, He Says Chicago, Dec. 12.—Joseph Hagauer, church janitor, today was under $1.- 500 bond as operator of a “moonshine” still. “No, I didn’t make the liquor in the church basement,” he said when arraigned. “My basement is nexi: door.” GARFIELD LETTER WITHHELD Washington, Dec. 12.—Fuel Admin- jstrator Galfeld’s , resignation was placed today in the hands: of Presi- dent Wilson, White House officials withheld the letter and Dr. Garfietd detilned to dis- muss his action but it was understood | that it resulted from his disapproval of the decision of the administration to place settlement of wages and price controversy into the hands of a com- mission representative of the coal min- ing industry. GARFIELD RESIGNS. Washington. Dec, 12.—The resigna- tion of Dr. H. A, Garfield as fuel ad- ministrator thnded last night, was forwarded to President Wilson this morning by Secretary Tumulty. “Of course it will be accepied,” it was an- nounced at the White House. Functions of the fuel administrator recently handled through the: railroad administration under Dr, — Garfield’s. authority will be continueed under D*- retor General Hines, it was said. This does _not, necessarily, mean. that, Mr. lfirst base. kind; passed a law which absolutely destr the Austraillan ballot sys- tem and deprives elections of the sec- reey which heretofore has surrounded jthem; provided for the semi-annual ‘yayment of taxes; decreed for a 25 percent refund of taxes levied this year “on demand,” and in order to feut the coat to fit the cloth, lopped $581,000 from from the provisions of state officials who have fallen out with Townley and from the building pro- grams of state institutions, What It Has Cost. In money the specia) session has cost the state ubout $30,000. It was called to ratify the federal ‘suffrage amendment, which it did; to provide relief for drouth-stricken farmers, which it did in part by extending the time of payment of seed, and feed’ Hens made necessary by other years of drouth; and to facilitate the operation of the league program, which league leaders insist was dene by cripling the |state auidtor and the attorney general jand by, remoying from boards whieb have charge of the auditing and Be- jcounting of public income and expendi- tures, the assessment of property and the levying of taxes all ‘state officials, \Wwho have proven tinfrién@ly ‘to A.C.” Townley. The session throughout was. rmled by the majority. Not a single minor- ity measure of any importance got to Probably two-thirds of: all the time taken up here was devoted to the punishment of Attorney General ‘Langer, through resolutions of con- demnation, demands for his resigna- tion and other attacks made on the floor of both houses, and to the re moval of Langer and Kositzky from boards which the attorney general and the state auditor always haye occu- pied, and to the paring of their appro- priations down to the quick. Some Important Acts. Some important acts of the special assembly were to create a state sher- iff as commanderin-chief of a state | constabulary. ‘To confer upon Governor Frazier powers to confiscate property in time of emergency or threat of emergency; to muster every able-bodied male into the servicé of the state, and to hold and operate such property by force of arms, Removing the state auditor from the board of equalization, auditing board, emergency commission and other boards. of this nature and to substitute for him Iéague officials who are “regular.” To pour $75,000 into the emergency commission fund. To make attacks on the league pro- gram by state officials illegal. To name a committee with unlimit- ed powers to investigate acts or words of opponents to the administra- tion. To practically eliminate the attorney general by removing him from impor- tant boards; to reduce his $99,000 ap- propriation to $30,000, of which $25,- ‘00 already has been spent; to con- demn_ his official acts and brand him a. traitor to the ‘farmers’ cause,” and finally to impeach him without trial through a concurrent resolution de manding his resignation. “They'll not get it. 1 don't know how to spell the word resign,” was the attorney general’s only comment oh this final action. To provide for a 25 per cent refund of the excessive tax levy of 1919, which averages 100 per cent over that for 1918. To provide for the semi-annual pay- ment of state taxes, in March and No- vember. To provide that any elector resid- ing one-half mile or more from his or her polling place may vote an absent voter's ballot in the presense of any person armed with a notarial seal. To give the governor power to ap- point his own assistant attorneys general and making an appropriation for the ‘same, also liberally appro- priating for other “emergencies” which may confront. the executive, To ratify federal suffrage by an almost unanimous vote. ‘ To refuse, hy a solid. league major: ity in the house, to pass or even con- sider a bill which would prohibit the substitution of the red flag of social- ism or the black flag of anarchy for the Stars and Stripes, To extend the time for the payment. of seed and feed lines in drougt stricken disricts: To deny the people of the state an investigation which might have fixed © the blame for the presen Hines will be made fuel administrator in. Dr, Garfield’s place, it was added. esence. in the -state libraty and the traveling libra- (Continued: on Page gs soos