The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 31, 1920, Page 1

ray FAIR AND WARMER THIRTY-NINTH YEAR >> 9,920 INDIAN ‘KIDDIES MUST U. S. Commissioner’s -Report ‘Shows Stork Has Been q Active . MORE. CAPACITY NEEDED Almost Thousand Children Not in School—Other Data Given The stork has not been altogether idle in,the Red Man’s tipi_in North Dakota, in spite of the popular opin- jon that the civilized Indian is’ not a disciple of Rooseyelt’s eugenic poli- cy. The report of the commissioner of Indian affairs shows that on June 30, 1919, there were 2,920 children of. school “age among a total population of 8,891 Indians in North Dakota. Ba- bies were most abundant on the Turtle Mountain reservation, occupied prin- cifially by Chippewas, altho the whole population of Turtle Mountain is more than 100! less than that of Standing Rock, occupied ‘exclusively by the Sioux, On Turtle Mountain there are 1,351 children of school age, and ‘the population of the reservation is 3,309; on‘ Standing Rock there are 938 chil- dren of school age, and the popula- tion is 3,427. Fort Berthold, inhabit: ed by Mandans, Arickaras and Hidat- / sas, ranks third, with 341 school chil- -school dren in .a population of 1,176, ‘and Fort Totten ig fourth with 278 school children in a population of 979, Of the 2,920 Indian schoo} children in North Dakota, 2,849 are eligible for school attendance; 388 are attend: ing non-reservation. boarding schools; 730 are in, reservation — boarding ; 340 are in day schools, and 134 are in private or mission schools. The total school enrollment is 1,946, and there are 903 Indian children eligible for school attendance who. are not in school. ‘This condition ‘is large- ly accounted for by the fact that the combined capacity of all schools, gov- erbment, mission and private, is but 1,509.. ‘The Bismarck Indian school, with a capacity of oly 200. has a con- stant waiting list of 100 or more fromBerthold and Standing Rock. All of North Dakota's 2,468 Indian families are living fm permanent homes, -and.A,248.of. t wooden More wae ervation, the most).adyanced in this respect, also shows by far. the fewest number of cases of tuberculosis and /the smallest percentage per capita. North Dakota Indians own. about a million and @ quarter adres of land and have an annual income of $1,607,- 170, of which $586,408 is derived from farm products, $94,927 from sales of stock, and $85,128 from, wages. The total yalue -of tribal: and individual property is. $25,194.625, of which $19,- 462,829 is repfesented by lands. North ‘Daokta’s Indians have $1;162.448 in banks or the hands of superintend- ents, and $726,854 of this amount stands, in the name of the Fort Ber thold Indians, who have property valued at $4,258,983 divided among 1,176 individuals. PUBLIC FUNERALS UNDER BAN TODAY;. . DEATHS INCREASE / ‘Chicago, Jan. 31—Publie funerals were placed under a ban: today by health, authorities as a resultef an in- creased number of deaths from influ- enzt and pneumonia. The resrictions, similar to those in effect during last year’s .epldemic, prohibits more than ten persons from attending wakes and funerals and ‘bar the attendance of children, Deaths from influenza reported for the 24 hour period yesterday mounted to 112 mile pneumonia’took a toll of 80.. New cases of influenza wholved a slight reduction during the same per- iod numbering 1,015. 25,000 FARMERS EMIGRATED FROM _, STATES IN 1919 Ottawa, Canada, Jan. 31.—More than 25,000 farmens of. the farming class emigrated to Canada from the United States during 9119; according to government. reports, madey publi| here today: The United States furnished 52.064 persons, nearly half of the Dominion’s ae total immigration. They brought with them cash and effects valued at $18,- * > 419,406. _ AMERICAN TANK STEAMER SINKS New York, Jan.-31—The Americar: tank steamer ‘Mielro. from Matanzas, Cuba, January 23 for Philadelphia, broke in two and sank at sea accord- ing to a wireless message received here ; today by the naval communication service. . One boat with the chief of- ficer and 1% men had been picked up by the steamer Orett. and another boat with the captain and 22 men is still missing. f MASTER UNTIL— KANSAS CITY—“I’'m the master of. the house so long as they don’t ‘sung’ me. judge,” declared Adolph Johnson, summoned to court to tell why it was wecessarr for his four daughters and two sens to hold him prone while his wife spanked hint, homes bave{be (cuntain’ res-} THE B ‘ ‘KK TRIBUNEC= ‘ '" |. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA,. SATURDAY, JAN. 31, 1920. rs FLU-DERANGED FATHER SLAYS WIFE AND BABE Cleveland, Q.,, Jan. 31.—Mrs. Edith Bullman and her _ five moliths’ old daughter, Pauline, were shot to death eurly today and the husband and father | Martin was reported dying in ‘a hogpital with a ‘bullet ,in his | brain. | at | Police believe Bullman, tem- -} porarily deranged by. influenza from which all:three members of the family’ had been suffering for a week, first killed his wife | and baby and then shot himself G00D PROGRESS BRING MADE IN REVIVING GUARD Number of Towns Already Have Organization of Companies ,. Under Way Excellent progress is being made with the reorganization of the First North Dakota national guard, the ad- jutant general’s office reports. Re- organization of Co. A, Bismarck; Co. C, Grafton; Co. D, Minot; Co. H, Jamestown; Co. I, Wahpeton; Co. L, Hillsboro, and the band and the mo- torized field hospital corps at Lisbon, is already well undet way-+ In‘all of these towns the commercial clubs are | co-operating with veterans of the! old military units in complying with the requirements fixed by the state) and national guard acts. : Other towns which had units in the old Fighting First have been delayed owing. to the absence of officers of the former companies, all of whom saw long terms of service in France, but an abundance of interest and en- thusiasm has been displayed. The plan for the reorganization of the national guard suggests that Mandan, Dickin- son, Valley City, and other towns which have no armories undertake the | erection of a permanent home — for| their national guard organizations as a memorial to their heroes of, the ‘world’s. war, instead of investing large sums of money in monuments or sim- ilar memorials which have no “living’” value. It is'urged that armories could provided with suitable niches for memoria) tablets which’ would furnish a. constant inspiration to the soldiers who will succeed the present genera- tion and that they could with a trif- ling additional expenditure be equipp- ed for club and .gymnasiam purposes. It is proposed that auxiliary civic | associations be organized in "these towns to assist the guard units in financing their armory’ projects. The state loans $4,000 for. the construc- tion of armories and also allows $500 per annum for armory rent. In a majority of the towns the armories are used for general community pur- poses, which produces a steady reve- nue. ; Higher Pay The national guardsman of today will be better paid than his predeces- sor of ante-bellum days. The new pay schedule is 25 per cent of the amount received by the same grade in the regular army. This applies, however, only to companies with a minimum enrollment of 100 members, and with an average 60 per cent at-| Itendance at drill. ‘The company must also pass an inspection to obtain fed- eral _ recognition. The minimum; strength which the First must make to gain federal recognition is 1,445 men and 71 officers. Other Inducements. i There are other indudements which will attract young men who like army life. | North Dakota, with South Da-; kota; Wyoming, Oregon, Idaho, Mon- tana and Washington, composes the 66th national guard /division. There will be annual division maneuvers; | probably at Camp Lewis, Wash., one of the most attractive army posts in the country. Men will receive full pay while attending maneuvers and ‘while en route to and from camp. May Go to West Point. © Boys who enter the national guard at the age of 18 or 19 may also qual. | ify for admission to West Point by passing an examination whose tests the average boy with a high school education or its equivalent should be able to meet after a year or more in the guard. / PRICES BOOSTED | ONE CENT POUND ON RETAIL BREAD} 3 Chicago, Jan, —Retail , bread pricés in~ Chicago will be increaseu one cent a pound effective next Mon day leading bakers announced today. The uew prices will be 11 and 12 cents for a pound loaf of bread instead ot 10 and 11 cents as at present and the one and one-half pound loaf will sell for 16 and 17 vents. FIFTEEN NEW FLU | CASES AT JIMTOWN | mae He, Jamestown, N. D., Jan. 31.—There were fifteen new cases of influenza re- ported to the health authorities for the past 24 hours. This number is twenty Jess than were reported yesterday and brings the total to 105. MANDAN HAS 27 Mandan, Jan, 31.—There were 27 new cas making a total of 54 ed up SEVEN DEAD IN CARNEGIE STEEL PLANT'S HOMES Fifteen Temporary Residences at Clayton, Pa., Destroyed \ By Fire Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. Seven per sons are known to have been burned to death early: today, when fire fanned by a high wind destroyed fifteen tem- porary residences occupied by em ployes of the Carnegie - Steel . Co.'s. plant at Clayton on the Monongahela river, 15 miles from Pittsbargh.- An office building also’ was consumed. _ AS, soon ag the fire had burned it, self out firemen started a search of the ruing and within a few minutes seven bodies had been recovered. NONPARTISANS IN COUNTY MEET TO NAME DELEGATES Reports Indicate That‘ Little Interest Was Shown by Farmers as a Whole Precinet meetings were scheduled to be held in every township in the county. today "by members of the Non- partisan league for .the purpose, of naming delegates to the county con- vention of the leagne which will, be held soon, As far as could be deter- mined, \very. little interest--has been shown by. the farmers of the county as a& whole in the meetings and the attendances were reported light. The meeting of the Hay Creek town- ship, in avhich the northern half of this city is located, was held at the school house’ six’ miles ‘north ‘of the city near Morris’ place: “No informa- tion could: be obtained: of the: meeting to be held in Lincoln township, which includes the’ southern half of the city, 37 WOBBLIES IN RRD PLOTS HELD BY GRAND JURY Chicago, Jan. 31. — Indictments against 87 members of the I. W. W were returned this morning by the special grand jury investigating radi-/ cal activities, ; Chief among those indicted were William GC, (“Big Bill’) Haywood, for- mer secretary of the organization now at Liberty from Leavenworth prison under bond, and Thomas White- head, who succeeded Haywood as sec- retary. t 40,000 FARMERS THREATEN STRIKE Washington, Jan. ?1.—- Decreased farm production next year and a con- sequent increase in the cost of. living due ‘to dissatisfaction of farmers was predicted before the senate postoffice committee today by James I. Blakes- lee. fourth assistant postmaster gen- eral. More than 40000 answers to 200,000. questionaires sent. to farm- ers, he said, indicate a condition “dis- quieting and portentious of disastrous consequences.” A report summarizing contents. of the farmers’ letters was read, by Mr. Blakeslee. Declaring that the farmers were tired of receiving low returns for long hard periods of ‘toil while the city dwellers lived in “easy and com- fort with high wages and short hours” the report said that the replies re- ceived indicated that hundreds of farmers had resolved either to quit cases reported for the 24 hour periqd ending noon today. 3 the farm eutirely or greatly decrease production, : PRICE FIVE CENTS DEMOCRATS HAVE NEW PLAN; WALSH TO SERVE NOTICE Washington, Jan. 31.—The sudden breaking ‘up of the bi-partizan con ference without accomplishing results has prompted democratic leaders fo] seek a new avenue for'reaching a com. promise reseryation’ to the peace treaty, ' Senator Walsh, democrat of Mon- tana, expected to serve notice on the senate today that a. motion will: be made by Senator Hitchéock on Febru- ary 10 to take up the treaty for rati fication. Arrangements are being made for a conference between democrats and re- publicans of the mild ‘reservation | group to draw up plang of procedure. WLEAN COUNTY ‘REALLY BUILDS ‘BETTER ROADS| and Neighbor on North - Emphasized t 31.—The ‘annual re- port of: the’ ‘superintendent. of high ways for the vs McLean county has dur four years turnpiked 908 miles road. During the season of 1916, 150 miles were turnpiked in 1917, 880 mi in 1918, 222 miles; and in 1919, 14 miles. The total approximate coat of turnpiking this amount of road amount of road amounted to $81,- 012.66, or $89.22 per mile. The de- preciation on machinery was estimated at $12.00 per mile, miking a total $101.22 per mile. Besides the turn- piking most of the streets in’ all the different towns in the county were graded, which cost ig included in the cost of turnpiking. This does not include the cost of engineering or cul- yerts. : Washburn, Jan, of. $32,8: pent on road work. The funds pad work raised by the county have been raised’ by a 5 mill road levy on all un townships, and a. special county road levy of 4 mills and a bridge levy of 92 mills on all townships, It will be seen by the’ new McLean county. road map ‘gotten out by Super- intendent of Highways Robinson thet all, main roads .througheut the county have ‘been. turnpiked; every town in the county. has from four to seven rpads leading from it into the sur- rounding country; and nearly every pentson within the county has a turn- piked rodd. not more than three miles from his place, the majority being within one or two miles of a turn- piked road, It is hoped that the county will get the hearty co-operation of all the townships, towns and individuals in keeping thees roads dragged and free from weeds. The road building program for thé year 1920, no doubt will be confined to the maintainance of roads already turnpiked, with some additional grad- ‘ing, and to construction of the thirty miles contemplated state road. TRAVELING SALESMAN UNMANAGEABLE FROM FLU, DIES IN JAIL Fargo, Jan. —Delirious from in- fluenza, H. K! Nichols, a traveling salesman, died Friday in Fargo jail where he had been taken from.a hos- pital for safe-keeping. He formerly lived at Akley, Minn. There were 72 new cases of influ- enza and five deaths from, pneumonia reported in Fargo in the past 24 hours. WELL KNOWN RAILW MAN PASSES OUT WEST Denver, Jan. -31.—H. U. Mudge for- |mer genera] manager of the Atchison i Topeka and Santa Fe, and one of the best known railway men in this coun- try died today, . ‘ LA LD OLONNE 2 New York, Jan, 31.—The last detachment of the A. E. F. to return from France parad- : Fifth avenue to the public library. The men were guests of the Rocky Mountain club, Inset picture is of Brig.-Geni D. O’Conner, commander of this outfit. eee THREE HUNDRED RUSSIAN TROOPS JOIN IN REVOLT Soldiers Refuse to Take Com- mands From Officers— Rebellion Quelled Vladivostok, Monday, Jan. 26— Three hundred Russian government troops revolted here yesterday, arrest- ed /their officens and refused to take orders from government authorities It was not until this morning that the men were forced to surrender, The insurgent troops established themselves in a school building where prisoners taken during the Gaida up- rising, were confined. After remuin- ing quietly in this stronghold through- ‘out the night they refused to obey a demand that they surrender, Artil- Jery.and).machine guns were brought ‘to ‘Dear on the building ‘and. after a few shots were fired the men surren- dered. No one was kijled. during, the fighting. NEW CASES OF FLU SHOW DECREASE IN. WINDY CITY TODAY Influenza ‘and Pneumonia Al- most Equal in Number of. Deaths Friday H Chicago, 11, pneumonia Lg decrease again today, but the total death toll from the two diseases con- tinued to mount. One hundred -ind sixty-nine deaths were recorded‘in the. 24 hour period ending this morniny,, 89 from influenza and 80 from pneu- ved: New influenza cases toi 1,101 while pneumonia ca: 358 considerable de high mark of 446. y totaled numbered. from SITUATION I Washington, Jan, Although in- fluenza now: has become - epidemic over a large part of the country, the public health serv id today the situation was well in hand practically vhere and that medical and nursing facilities were proving ade- quate. HAND JUDGE NUESSLE TO SPEAK TOMORROW NIGHT AT CHURCH Jurist and C. L. Young to be Principals at Services Con- ducted by Men Judge W. 1. Nue le and © Le Young will be the s ers at the services Sunday night at the Pres- byterian church which will be con- ducted in their entirety by the, mem- of the men’s Glass of the church's Sunday school.. Rev. H. 8. Postleth- waite will leaye tomorrow for Phila- delphia and New York and for thi reason turned over the evening ser- vices to the men’s class, Besides the speakers, who will talk on subjects of interest to the nation today, there will be special music in- cluding the male qua Considerable interest. has been evidenced in the services tomorrow night and it is ex- pected to attract a large number of people including those not regular at- fendants at this church, FINDS .NO PROFITEERS Fargo, Jan. 31.— Investigation by the United States grand jury of*living costs in progress here this week was concluded today with the dixmissal of the jury by Judge J. G. Woorow Wood- No indictments were found, Re FOR FLU CASES Detroit, Mich., Jan. 31.— United States‘Marshal Henry Behrendt was authorized this morning in a telegram from Washington to furnish free of charge to all reputable physicians whiskey to be used in the treatment of in- fluenza case NORTH DAKOTA GOING DRY IN BVERY SENSE Flow of Artesian Well Water Will Be Exhausted Soon, Says Report MUST PLUG UP THE PIPE North Dakota began “going ‘s long before the federal prohibiti amendment, became’ effective January 16, even long before the adoption of constitutional prohibition when North Dakota achieved statehood in 1888, ad- s State Engineer W. H, Robin- son in a report which he has just made to Governor Fr voy the development of artes is in North Dakota. If this drying up pro- ces / Engineer Robinson re- a few mot s the artesian water supply of this’state will be depleted, so far us the North Da- kota sandstone is concerned. Mr. Robinson quotes government tables showing that the ayerage ar. tesian well pr » recorded in 16 was about pounds per si are, inch, while the in-1905, when the — Casselton- survey was le, W: $4 1-2 pounds per» square The stat termine how man, decline represen opinion from da engincer, catnot de- “airs the general azards the at hand that’ the most active per of depletion coy- ers a space of cight years, A fall of 100 feet in head occuredsin a period) of between five and ten year: North, Dakota, jsays the. state en gineer, is going thrpugh the same ex- perience which South Dakota has un- dergone, “It is estimated that there » nearly’ 10,000 artesian wells in South Dakota when .the above exam- ination was. mude,”-veferring: tothe 191516 survey, “and it. seems -prob- able that these were at least half that number at’ the ‘earlier period computed above (1915-16). The aver- age flow at that time seemg to have been about 280 gallons for ‘each well, which would equal 403,300 gallons per day, or sufficient water to cover near- ly 1 1-4 acres one foot deep every day. With approximately 5,000 wells running day ‘after day ‘and year after year, it urprising that the supply has diminished at such an alarming rate,” Engineer Robinsen comes to the con- clusion that if North Dakota wishes to preserve its ar an water supply it must: check the waste which results from permitting these wells to. run wild day in and day ont, He @ites of the flow have been incli there is no s+ not injurious, as some 1 to believe, and that utifie or geological reason why this supply sf water should not be husbanded. He recom- mends legislation which will require owners of such wells to materially reduce the flow or to check it alto- gether when water is not being used for a beneficial purpose, LATE RESIDENT OF THIS CITY FOUND WITH THROAT CUT Swan Goranson, Formerly Por- ter at Grand Pacific, Dies at Wilton Swan Gora years of age, until a month ago employed as porter at the Grand Pacific hoted, was found dead 1; Saturday night in the base- meut of ¢ at Wilton with his throat badly ed. The jugular vein had been He y employed as a dishwasher and is eved ta have been despoudent oyer financial matters, Gio while here, empleyed with the hotel. Little » his family although a daughter survives it is bel him. DETROIT AUTHORITIES “UNREASONABLE” CLAIM MEN CROSSING BORDER Windsor, Ont.. . 81. — Canadian automobilists crossing to the United States at Detroit, are complaining that federal authorities have been “unreasonable” \in- inspecting their machines. It has been announced that the reason for the action of the cus- toms officials, was @ discovery that considerable liquor was being smug- gled into the United States in ‘auto- mobile radiators. Liquor has been selling in Ontario from $10 per gallon, and up, it is said, whereas it brings a much higher price on the American side. It is un- derstood that one radiater yielded three gallons and that the alleged bootleggers were arrested, asker {CONVENTIONS BY THE DOZEN YET TO COME Politicians Preparing Now for I. V. A. Seance at Grand Forks GOOD JIMTOWN - SESSION Many Prominent Men Attend Buchanan Meeting—Two authority to show that the checking |* More Here The next event on North’ Dakota’s varied political program for 1920 is the I. V._A. state convention at Grand Forks, Leaders in the Independent Vote association assured aspiring politicians at the capital who have been sidestepping an I. V. A. endorse- ment that the Grand Forks conven-; tion will endorse policies and not politidians. This plan is said to be entirely acceptable to certain prospec- ,| tive candidates who do not wish’ to tie up at this time with any of the organizations which have heen active in the heated battles of the last three years. It seems probable that there Will be a good representation from the Slope at the Grand Forks conyention. The IT, VY. A. has organized. local units in practically every county in the state, and all of them appear to. be ‘active. THE JAMESTOWN MEETING Bismarck men who attended. the James A. Buchanan conyention at Jamestown on Thursday report that it was an interesting and well-attend- ed meeting. Mr. Buchanan, who call- ed the meeting, is chairman of :the Stutsman county organization commit- tee. ‘The call apparently was address- ed to members of all parties, and the purpose of the convention was prin- cipally to put over on a ‘statewide plan what has come to be known as! the “Jamestown organization idea.” Men attending the meeting were ap- pealed to because of their knowp stand- ing against socialism’ and radicalism of any type, Plans were made. for.a state-wide organization, and the scheme which worked so well in the Stutsman county © referendum _ fight. resulting ,in utter rout of the league in that county, wag adopted. > The plan embraces six cardinal points, as follows: 1, A clear-cut realization of what the: dominant. issue in: North Dakota is, {. e. @ finish between constitutfonal government’ and’ radical soctalis 2. A realization on the part of every member of the organisation that he personally is responsible for show- ing to his neighbor the conditions with which the people of the state are confronted. 8. A thorough organization of every precinct based upon much the same plan as adopted by the Liberty loan and Red Cross campaign organiza- tions, 4. A personal; campaign not for funds or for membership but for the selling of real 100. percent American- ism, 5. Hearty cooperation, with the other organizations of the state which have the same objects in view. 6. The absolute Climination. of all personal ambition to be elected to any position’ oy trust or honor and the submerging of all pétty differences in the struggle for the good of all, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE An executive committee was named with authorization to attend the I. V. A. convention in| Grand Forks on February 5 and. the convention. called Dy a number of. members of the repub- lican state convention for Bismarck on February 17. The members are: Oscar J. ‘Seiler, Stutsman County; Al- fred Steele, Stutsman county; Ole En- gen, Cass; H.-H. Steele, Renylille; Col. J. H. Fraine, Walsh. Judge Burleigh Ly ‘ass, Senator Frank Hyland ‘of Ram: 1. G. Wanner of Burleigh, J. E. Keyser of Sioux, 8. D. Adams of Ransom, Dr. ©, J. MacLach- lan of Eddy and ©, G. Merry of Stark were, named official delegates to the Grand Forks meeting. MAY HAVE STILL ANOTHER North Dakota has dlready had two conventions in which the republican- ism of the entire state is more or less interested, and it is assured two more, with_a possibility that there will be a third. There ix some sentiment in favor of following the Bismarck con- vention of February 17,° which is ex- pected to endorse the ticket selected by the official republican state conven- tion held here ‘Wednesday, with a republican love-feast to which, will be invited men who have attended all of these other conventions, and who in this final meeting will get together on plans for a state campaign, in which all republicans will be united to put over a state ticket. It fs said that some men originally skeptical as to the motives ‘behind the convention called by National Committeeman Gunder Olson this week, are in favor of this proposed get-together plan. THE TICKET The official republicin. ticket to be voted upon at the presidential prima- (Continued on Page Seven) PRECINCT MEETINGS OF N. P’S TOMORROW Fargo, N. D., Jan, 31.— Precinct meetings of the Nonpartisan leagee called for the selection of delegates to county conventions will be held in North Dakota tomorrow. The original call: provide for precinct conventions today, the date however, being chang- ed in an ameded call issued subse- quently,