The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1919, Page 1

PN as f ‘with the state organization THE WEATHER Generally Fair, HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION re RE, pet NORTH DAKOTA, "THURSDAY DEC. 18, 19979 PRICE FIVE CENTS I. V.. FARMERS’ UNION, ENDORSE BRIDGE) _ ie es | TOWNLEYISM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS State Central Committeé Con- demns Action in Connection OVER MISSOURI State Convention Started Yester- day With Much Business Completed FAVORS GOOD HIGHWAY: Meeting Will Probably Finish Up This Afternoon With Election Endorsing the $50,000,000 good roads bill defeated by the special ses: sion of the legislature, an¢ commend- ing the session for passing Senate Bil 80, aiding the development of the dairy industry and the amendments to the feed and seed loan law, the state convention of the Farmers’ Edu- cational and Co-operative union fin ished its first day session yesterday. The convention will probably finish its work this afternoon or tonight. | The convention also commended Dr. E. F. Ladd and the state’s repre- sentatives in congress for their ac- tivities in securing the present sys- tem of grain grading, the Bismarck- Mandan $1,000,000 steel and concrete bridge over the ‘Missouri river, the work of the national officers of \the Farmers’ union and the acquisition ‘of a permanent home for the federal ‘board of farm organizations. Several Speakers, Most of yesterday’s session was de: voted to business matters dealing! of the | Farmers’ union with a number of speeches given by Ida M. Alexander of the Anti-Tuberculosis association, George M. Keniston, secretary of the ‘Commercial club of Bismarck, Miss Anna Owers of the Y. W. C. A. at Minneapolis and others. ‘Dr. Alexander urged the’ state or- ganization to aid her association in stamping out tuberculosis in North Dakota and was told the delegates would do what they -could to help. Miss Owers explained the purpose of the Young Women’s Christian as- sociation and told of the campaign that organization intends to start in North Dakota in February. Practica Co-operation. Mr. Keniston spoke on practical co- operation, Among: the things Mr. Keniston recommended for each local of the Farmers’ union to take up are the following: Make every house and church cen- ter where the community spirit can be developed and made to accomplish public projects. ‘Organize the farmers in each lo- cality to build silos and secure en- silage cutters for the use of a group of farmers, Establishment . of breeding cir- cuits throughout the state to raise the standard of cattle, pigs, sheep, horses and other live stock in the state. ° ‘Co-operative buying and selling among farmers in each community so as to get advantage of bulk shipments and prices. Establishment seed grain boards, f Home building on’ a co-operative basis and the making of good roads in front of each farmer's property. Co-operative herding and -co-opera- tive ameries so as to increase the inter and. financial] gain in the dairy industry. ‘Co-operative elevators. Co-operative real estate board and live stock board. At today’s session of the convention routine matters will be taken up and the convention will end with the elec- tion of officers for the ensuing year. Committees Named. and utilization of Committees appointed . yesterday were as follows: ‘By-laws—V. lu, Anderson, Esther- ville; Ed Mount, ‘Baldwin. Credentials—A. 'B, Hunt, Oscar Fosberg, Estherville,’ Grambling, Regan, f Resolutions—H..P.. Knappen, Bls- marck; A. IN, Blexrud, Regan; John Monroe, Baldwin. Delegates Present. Among the’ delegates. present are the following: Bismarck—W. C, Casselman, J. W. Burch and William (Morris, Regan—J. W. Grambling, A. iN: Blexrud and C.F, Lindsey. * ‘Still—Oscar. Fosberg, J. M. aha. son. A}bin Johnston, R. “Wilcox, V. (L. Anderson, Herman Engstrom. Christiana—H. Oleson, C. J. John son. Tappen—Mrs, ‘Sterling—A. ‘Morse. ‘Baldwin—John Monroe and Edgar ‘Mount. Bostonla—Grover ‘Anderson. Fryberg—-Alex Monty. Sterling. J. iW. Charles Kelley, * B, Hunt and B.-G. New Salem—F. L. Frank, ‘Karl Kei-| % sel, William Christen, C. F. Gabe. Heart River—O, A, Brown. Newspapers Revive - - Rumor of Election For British Soon London, Dee. 18. 18.—Recent, predictions that general elections will be held: in the near future are revived by several Newspapers in connection with rumors. current in the parliamentary lobpies yesterday. Parliament will be prolonged nee Week until the second: week in Febru- aty when according to widespread: be- lief the government will immediately prepare for 4 dissolution of’ parlia- CUBAN SENATE UNANIMOUS FOR GERMAN PEACE _ Wait for U.S. Havana, Cuba, Dec. 18.—Approvar of the treaty of peace with Germany was unanimously voted by the Cuban senate last ‘night.; The pact cannot ‘be brought before’ the iouse before January 19, when the Cuban congress will reconvene following the Christ- has holidays. Strong opposition is expected in the house, where a number of represen- iativés, especially liberals, oppose its consideration until final action is PACKERS 10 RID SELVES OF SIDE O'CONNOR AS TO LANGER WILL COME TRUE: LINING UP FOR NEXT ELECTION nor-—Leagne Expects to Run; Frazier for Third Term— Gronna Will Be Ditched for Hagan or Lemke Dozen or More By-Product | Plants to Be Disposed of as Decreed GROCERY , BUSINESS GOES | Predictions made on the floor of the! jhousé during the closing hours of the special ion by Representative J. F, T, O'Connor of. Grand Forks, mi- ie nority leader, that resolutions passeq |Meat Packers With Miss Nielson vannot Put Up} | Attorney General Considered as LINE INDUSTRIES. Likely Candidate for Gover- | j taken on the treaty by the United’ States senate. NIGHT SESSIONS OF SENATE WILL TAKE UP RAILS Effort to ‘Be Made to Shove Through Cummings Bill | Before Recess Washington, Dec. 18. sions of the senaté leaders said today probably would pe continued in an effert to have the Cummins railroad bill passed before the holiday recess, The bill which is framed to meet the requirements of the railroads) when they up today, again’ when the anti-strike clauses With two substitutes will he considered. The substitutes were offered by, Senators McCormick, republican, Ili- nois; and Jones, democrat, New Mex- ico and were designed along the lines of-the Canadian law. The MeCormict substitute. would prohibit strikes or lockouts of employes until sixty after decision by an arbitration boar which would be required to render de- cisions within ninety days. From the White House it was under- steod that President Wilson's minc was Sight sex. trol! NORTH DAKOTA ~ IS INDUSTRIAL Associate Justice Robinson Cor- rected Error of Friendly Suit Lawyer Nerth Dakota fs an industrial de- mocracy and not.a republic. This was the substance of Justice James EF. Robinson's dismi: , Wedhe: of the argument of counsel for the five league taxpayers who are opposing th league's industrial program in a fiend- ly suit. » Arguments before the North Dakota supreme ‘court, to which the was brought en an appeal from Cass eoun- ty, were brief and devoid of sensations 'y Lefkowitz /of the ‘Fargo, gov government Jeague, attorney for . the petitoners, argued that the state las no right to invest. or engage -in_ pri- vate. business . enterprises; that’ such action was repungnant to Section 14 of Tk publican form of governments Judge Robinson’s answer was that North Da- kota is not: posing as.a republic but as an ‘industrial demo¢rac Frederic » Paul, special counsel for the industrial commission, which manages North Dakota's busi: ness and industrial enterprises, argued that ‘full authority for the actiyitics attacked was gjven the state under amendments to the constitution pro- posed by the-leigue and approved. by the people at the last general election. Judges S. L. Nuchols of Mandan and W. G. Lawder of Wahpeton, special assistant dttorneys general, EecDr ee sented. the state. The action is brought by ive league faimers along lines identical with tha: of the’ 42 taxpayers’ suit, brought pre- sumably by a, faction opposed to the league, which is now pending in the United, States “supreme court ana whicli” the .*industrial ‘commission blames for the state’s recent’ failure to, selk $3,000,000 worth of its industrial bonds to eastern brokers. Both: sides submitted yeluminous briefs, DAKOTA TO CLEAR THROUGH FEDERAL RESERVE AT PAR Change in Financial System of Northwest, Announced By ~/ Governor Young Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 18.—Bank checks from: North Dakota. and Mon- tana will be cleared~thru the ninth district, federal reserve bank on a par basis. R. A. Young, governor of the ninth district federal ‘reserve bank }Minneapolis, announced today, Checks from these two. states, have bech cleared thru individual banks heretofore with charges attached by] the clearing bank.. The move is parc ment and an election to test the coun- a confidence in the coalition cab- et, Pshcuaeelts . aig 4 i of action along similar lines to be in- stituted all over the country ay federal Teserve banks Mr. Young said, revert to private control comes} still open on the question of re ! turning the railroads to private co. | DEMOCRACY NOW the ‘federal “constitution anq' to a re-} th Fargo, N. D. The North ; Dakota democratic state central com n mittee which adjourned its meeting in} e. Fargo. last night. adopted resolutions | bh. in support of the league of nations| k “commending our president and those senators. who have yoted for its adoption.” ie The democratic. state central com-| th mitige plang’ for participation in’ the} ¢j » Dee. 1 for delegates to the national) ntion choosen by that commit.) tee. eer a iy The state committee adopted ‘reso-} lutions urging the appointment oi John Burke, former governor, schools in the hands of men who be-|u lieved that hooks advocating free love} a and Bolshevism a (he read hy thie h NEW YORK GETS M i s Mercury Goes Down to Zero,|« While Fires Drive Many i From Homes } NewYork: Dee. 18—New York gor [its first touch of real winter weather | ¢ today and. the coldest December day here in two years. ‘The thermometer ; dropped from 20 degrees above’ zero at 2 o'cloc afternoon -to zero at 1 a. m.~ A. stiff northwest wind added to the discomfort. Firemen were called to fight a num-}. ber of blazes. More than 100 families were driven to the streets by a fire in an Kighth avenue tenement. Hall) clad tenants were cared for at Knights | of Columbus headquarters, Anothe blaze damaged the school of journal ism at Columbia university, and so women students in an adjoining dormi- tory rushed into the streets halt dressed) ‘ hh There was considerable suffering in the poorer sections of the city. t FORKS TO LOOK |: OVER MILL SITE Grand Forks, ‘N. D., Dec. 18—J. N.} ¢ Hagan, representing the state indus-| a trial commission, arrived in Grand Forks “this morning to confer) c with the. industrial committee of the} “ and Forks Commercial club in. re- gard to the state mill and elevator to} t be erected here. s] Mr. Hagan was accompanied by two representatives of Charles Pills- bury Sons. the engineering firm) m which is to supervise the construction of the plant. TO KAMML OE MERGERT committee (left to right): Henry L. West, in charge of ment given Miss Minnie J. state struction, court to do so, and \ hi Nielson rourt, that North Dakota Sixteenth ‘assemb] HAGAN TOGRAND |« nesday who absented himself during the spe- cial session “President Townley here.” 5 two fore the seventecth in regular session in 1920. he biggest man in Nort Dakota” are ) be borne out,’ declare old-time po- tical leaders who in the past have ot been 7 ial to the aftorney gen- ral, buf who now assert that he will e the next governor of North Da- ota. Langer Not Committed. Langer has never committed him- elf on the gubernatorial question, al- hough he has been frequently men- ioned in this connection during the presidential suffrage primary Mareh|jast six months. The attorney gen- 16 next will be worked out in detail by] eral has always been a progressiv the exeentive committee with the can- He was elected attorney general and et, and until his break with A. C. ‘ownley a year ago Over the tr Niel: superintendent of in: Langer was public one of the pon Miss Nielson’s office a series of ttacks which begun with Macdon-| ld’s refusal to give up his office to er until compelled by the supreme h culminated | g the succeeding session of the ure in the enactment of, the of administration bill, which eprives Miss: Nielson of practically 1 supervision over, the public school dministration,.. a majority, of which personal appointees f Governor Frazier, This board has fe o! 4 y Frazier, This a passed these powers on to Neil C, facdonald, the man whom ‘Miss 'Niel- on defeated, who has been made irector general igher salary and with greater prerog- tives than he enjoyed as state super- | intendent of public instruction. Fight For Mise” Hielson. ~ Langer, successfully fought for Miss two. batt! in. the supreme which twice refused. to turn (Continued on Page Two.) ‘ANOTHER EXTRA SESSION RUMOR; BUNK SAYS.N. P. Little Credence Given Tale, But, Art Townley Is Here, All the Same Rumors current for several days soon to m oof the are scouted in ad- circles, Goyernor EF s in Colorado, but one who ery se to him oflicially declare.t he story news to him. “I cannot see ny dceasion for it,” he si rupt appearance on the sé of President A, ¢ is very ave another special se id. ‘The ne Weel: ‘Townley, fal se ny bear n, is not believed to have ng on the possibility of a spe- valle ‘1 on me,” said a league state official ‘but he did not divulge his business Ample provision was made in he legislative appropriation in the special on’s amendment to th: “omnibus bill, for one or additional sessions should the ad- ninistration deent them necessary he assembly convenes AAR RAR RAR RAR ee LEONARD WOOD “BOOM” COMMITTEE Woke organization. don the \Nonpartisan league] . of education, at aj by the majority condemning Attorney , 4 ent |General William Langer and demand. Vegetables, Fruit or BURKE FOR M’ADOO’S JOB, ing his resignation “would make him Fertilizers Chicago, Dee. A dozen more in dependent side line industries of the Chicago meat packers involving in- vestinents of many milllons of dollars will be disposed of under the sitpulat- ed deeree soon to he entered in. the United States court at Washington on motion of Attorney General Palmer. While representatives of the packers today declined to discuss the details of the decree under which the packe will be required to confine their busi- ne activities to the production. of t, poultry, butter, eggs and cheeses learned from an authoritative ‘| source that the outline of the plain had been agreed upon. which it i Lid the packers will he or- retary of the treasury of the United] jeague’s trump cards, The parting ot Ly ereatien withdraw are the following : States and condemning the North|the ways between Town f eather, canned fruit and veget- Dakota state adininistration for its} ger came after Miss’) a nes, sonp, cleansing powders, grocer- ion in “stripping the office of the} Neil C. MacDonal ague candi-| cold st rage, fish, re- superintendent of public instruction’ | date, had been elected by a majority}! car lines, cereals, glue. and “placing the control of our public] of 7,000, There was at once djrected ng goods and the control of stock pons: WARRIOR POET'S TO LEAVE FIUME \Soldiers Insist Upon Staying Un- til Annexation to Italy Is Certain Tinme, ae acles to the withdrawal Gabriolle D'Annunzio’s forées brought about a new turn in the Fiume situa tion today and may block acceptan made by: chief. of statt, pressure is being exerted by ai la number of soldiers who wish to rew in Fiume until formal annexation, (6 t Ss promised and there are various elements of the annexationist: yaiting stronger guaranties even in- Italian Strou ing that the present ¢ ison be ntained here as a regular Italian garrison under. the command of D’Annunzio, Feeling is running at a high piteh preparatory to the’ plebiscite which will be held tomorroy PROPERTY CHANGES OWNERS ON FIFTH Two transactions | involving the sale of preperty on the east side of Fifth street near Re y street were record- ed yesterday. William Laist sold to Mrs, Belle Van Vieet lot 10 and the sonth 20 feet of lot 11 in block 12 Old plat.for a consideration of This property is next to the north corner of Fifth and Rosser streets. To the north of the above property Terman Plath sold lot 12 and the Norh five feet of lot 11 in block 124 to Mrs. Elizabeth Kindehy Mr. Plath recently purchased this property from H. R. Grove. Both pieces of property have substantial homes on’ them. VISITING FRI Isane Levinstein of Wing, merchant well known in that section, was a yis- itor in the city Wednesday. Prominent political leaders have started an unofficial boom for Maj.-Gen. Leonard Wood as presidential candidate of the republican party. The photo shows the boom Dudley Davis, in charge of correspondence ; T. E. Stone, his assistant; Maj. D. K. Jay, secretary, in charge of the campaign in New York City, and Among the lines of business fronr} TROOPS REFUSE General Bado-| | 1 I | | | i -|demand a referendum. .|strued to be an emergency measure, .|leibh county, another league strong- |Minneapolis headquarters of the or | ple. | measure, WILL START STATE. WIDE CAMPAIGN TO FORM Y. W.C. A. Miss Anna Owers From the Min-| neapolis Headquarters Is Very Active Here A. TO EXPOSE TOWNLEYISM TONI POLITICIANS ASSERT PREDICTION OF HOT SHOTS ARE EXPECTED FROM FIGHTING SQUAD Pling fog a statewide campaign to; Meeting Tonight at Auditorium | further the establishment of a virile} Young Women’s Christian assoclation in North Dakota have been made and are now being carried out thru the ganization, Anna Owers from the Minne-) headquarters has heen in Bis mate the past few days in the inter. ests of the campaign and has addr ed both the county and the state eo: vention of the Farmers’ union held here Tuesday and Wednesday, Last night Miss Owergs spoke at the Indian school before ~the students there and also the St, Alexius hosptial to explain the plan of the organization in this section. FARMERS SIGN REQUESTS FOR VOTE ON “60” Surprisingly General and Prompt Report on Referendum Campaign AFTER SUNDAY BLUE LAWS Petitions asking that, House Bill 60, which declares every act of the special session an emergency meas ure, with immediate effect, be re- ferred to the people for their approvai at the presidential primaries in March are arriving at the capitol in great numbers, It is estimated that there are already several thousand signa. i tures. If House Bill 60, although it did nov receive the required two-thirds major- ity in the house, is held to be an emergency measure, 30,000 electors at large must ask for a referendum. It it is held nov to be an emergency measure, 7,000 electors at large can If it is con- it will remain operative and wilt give all other acts of the special session immediate effect uncil after House Bill 60 has ‘been repealed by the peo: on Townleyism May Fill Place |SURPRISES ARE PREPARED Birchenough Uncovers New Books on Free Love and Bolshevism Additicnal disclosures of free love find Bolshevism on the shelyes of the state's circulating library will be laid bare before the public at the Auditor. lum tonight when the I. V. A. “fighting squad” will present verbatim certain sections of these works. The quotations will be taken from books just uncovered in the state library by Rey. Allen O. Birchenough and whose presence and contents have not. been brane to the publie’s atteti- tion before. Itev. Birchenough hag be- come one of the most popular speakers in the “fighting squad” and during the tour has won merited applause for his thorough discussion and analysis. of Townleyism, Because of the demand for seats to hear the speakers tonight the meeting was changed from the Grand theatre to the Auditorium, and it is expected that the spacious hall will be well filled with persons wishing to hear the facts of the political situation in North Dakota presented by the Inde- pendent Voters’ association “fighting squad.” DA ERS OF TOWNLEYISM Theo. G. Nelson, secretary of the I. V. A., Will be the first speaker at to- night's meeting and he will explain the plans and purpo: of the “fighting squad” and the I, A. He will also analyze Townleyism and prove: that a conglomeration of. socialism, W.-ism, Bolshevism and radical- He will point out its I. w. ism of all kinds. dangers to farmers and organized la‘ bor as represented Federation of Labor. Rey. Birchenough will then take up the evidence of Townleyism, connect- ing that type of radicalism with the red socialism as sponsored by Debs, O'Hare and the Appeal to Reason fol- lowers. He will explain. the founda- tion and sound the keynote for the 1920 emapaign closing with the gen- eral election ni November, BROKEN PROMISES in the American If not considered an emergency) measure the operation of House Bill 60 can he suspended until after it! has‘ been approved by tne people ata referendum election, and if it should! fail to gain approval then, it would! have no influence on any of the other measures enacted during the special session, which would then not take effect until July 1 next, as provided by the constitution, and which could net be considered operative pending the rendering of the people’s verdict on ‘House Bill 60. The surprising feature of the ref.! erendum campaign to date, aside from the prompt response of electors! throughout the stale, is the large pro- portion of farmers who are claimed to be represented. In Sterling pre- cinct, Burleigh county, it is said that every farmer elactor but six, and many of them leaguers, signed the petitions. In McKenzie precinct, Bur-} hold, the petitioners are said to in: clude more than 60 per cent of all the voters, and a large majority of the farmers. No formal action toward checking up these petitions has yet been taken! by the secretary of stare, In view of) the nature of House Bill 60, state offi- seem to be at somewhat of a} ‘ to how to proceed until the! measure has been construed by the supreme court, an. action which is expected in the near future as a result of Attorney General Langer’s opinion holding House Bill 60 to be unconstiu- tional and invalid. Between 20,000 and, 30,000 signa- tures to petitions asking the initiation of acts repealing the Sunday blue laws and the anti-cigarette laws are id to have already been procured.| | Jack Williams of Fargo, secretary of} the North Dakota chapter of the American legion, yesterday filed peti- tions: containing approximately 15,000 signatures, and committees represent- ing other interests are said to have an equal number. But 10,000 signa- tures under the state constiution as amended are. required to initiate a The proposal is to initiate these re- peal measures at the presidential pri- maries in March, thus obvaiting the expense of a special election, EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS EXCITE MEXICO CITY Mexico City, Wednesday, Dec. 18. — Earthquake = shoe! at 6 o'clock to- night caused some excitement among the people following the publication cf numerous reports that the end of the world was due today. No damage re- sulted. In spite of the excitemen* there were no disorders, FRESH WAVE OF POGROMS IN UKRAINIAN DISTRICT Berne, Switzerland, Dec. 18 — Re ports of a fresh wave of pogroms ih the district of the Ukraine occupied by General Denikine’s forces are printed in the Lemberg newspaper Ga- zetta Wiscrowka according to Lemberg advices today. The newspapers de clare that about 5,000 Jews were kill-} ed an Yekaterinoslay alone. F. Crawford, president. of the ‘dof regents before ‘Townleyism evolved the board of administration, and who was the principal speaker at the LV. meeting at Washburn this afternoon, will speak on the ingonsist- encies of. the Jeaders of the Nonpar tisan league in their promises ahd their efforts to destroy political liberty in this state. {eorge Murray, who with Mr, Nel- son spoke at the afternoon meeting to- day, will also present his proofs of the league leaders’ broken promises at | tonight’s meeting. Mr. Murray, promi- nent Grange member from Ward county, will use copies of the Nonpar- tisan League Leader from its first is- sue to prove that promises made by league leaders in the last election have been entirely ignored or directly violated. QUESTION BOX A feature of tonight’s meeting will be the opening of the question box. Mr. Nelson will answer the questions in the box, and it is expected that this part of the program will be very in- teresting. Special invitations are issued the clergy and teachers and members of the Farmers’ union attending the state convention here to be present at fonight’s meeting. The program wilt start shortly after § o'clock. ARSENAL BLAZE CAUSES DAMAGE OF $1,000,000 Dover Authorities Today Inves- tigating Cause of Spec- tacular Fire \ Dover, N. J.. Dec. 18:—Cause of the spectacular fire which swept over part of the Picatinny arsenal follow- ing the explosion in the \ reseatch laboratory last night was made the swdject of an official investigation by army officers today, The fire destroyed four buildings eniailing a loss estimated as hi $1,000,000. Five men were injured, one possibly fatally, but so far as could be ascertained, there wds no loss of life. The plant was said to be deserted at the time save for the guards. * The explosion rocked builditigs in this town and was heard 40 miles away. The work of fighting the fire was made hazardous by exploding shells and it was several houts be fore the flames were controlled. DEMOCRATS TO PICK VIRGINIA SENATOR Washington, Dec. 18—A ‘call for a conference of democratic senators Sat- urday to select a leader to succeed the late Senator Martin of Virginia, was issued today by Senator Hitchcock Nebraska who is contesting with Sen- pe Underwood of Alabama for the "place. i i