The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 20, 1920, Page 1

ei . ~ THE WEATHER FAIR AND WARMER THIRTY-NINTH YEAR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE! LAST EDITION ISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1920 I PRICE FIVE CENTS WILSON’S REPLY TO ALLIED NOTE FINISHED TODAY President Answers Council’s Contention Point for Point . in Message CORRESPONDENCE PRIVAT Chief Executive Willing For Ex- change to Be Made Public’ When Complete Washington, ‘Feb. 20.—Presfdent Wilson today completed his reply to the allied supreme council's note ou the Adriatic question and sent it to Acting Secretary ‘Polk who is put- ting it in form for transmission to the council. It is expected to be on the cables before night, There was no indication ag to the note’s contents’ or its length, The president ‘began drafting it early this morning and completed it in two; hours. The cduncil’s communication was received only yesterday and the speed with which the reply was pre- pared here was said to constitute something of a record. .-The president went to his study at 9:30 a. m. and summoning his stenographer immediately began dic- tating the reply. He was understood to have answered the. council's con- tention point for point and’ to have adhered to the position taken in his note of February 10. The president was represented as being perfectly lling for the ex- change to be given to the public aft- er he had “completed ms case” which was done with the drafting of the mote today, ‘However, no decision as to making the communication public will be reached until the allied pre- miery have been heard from. They have been apyroached as to theit wishes. FIRST MEMORIAL! EXERCISES WILL BE HELD SUNDAY Legion Members Will Be in Uni- form at Gathering in Honor of Soldier Dead of the American legion will attend the memorial services Sunday afternoon at the auditorium in honor of the men who died iu the service in a body in full uniform, This action was decided upon last night at the meeting of the | post. . The exercises will be open to the public and will start promptly at + aud the Members of the leg m will assembl at the Elks o'clock and march to the Au- club at ditorium in a body under the command of Major George H. Russ, Jr., post commander, Relat the serv of soldiers who died in “ce. both at home and abroad, will be the guests cf honor at the vices and will res speci tend. The program, is the same which will be followed by eve ion post in the country at the same hour, includes a pageant sym holizing the thanks of France to Col- umbia for the arrival of American sol- diers and consoling Columbia for the death of her sons overseas, Rey, George Buzzelle will deliver | the principal address and Mrs. A. Jacobson, representing the Thursday Musical club, will have charge of the musical numbers. DAKOTA FARMERS LIKE LATITUDE Statistics Show Majority Seek me Clime in Changing | North Dakota fa rmers who,i ing to remove to other states in se arch of lower priced improved farms cannot be induced to go any considerable dis- outh of the lati-| tance either north or f tnde in which they have lived’at home, 11 interesting This is one of st facts disclosed | tatement just made publie by the E. A. Strout farm agency detailing the movement of buy- e of 3668 improved farms valued} a $17 00 sold by that agency dur- ing the past twelye months. Of those North Dakota farmers who purchased through the agency outside | their own state during the year, the | preference seemed to lie with New York where eleven of them settled. Others went to New Hampshire Ver | mont, Michigan Minnesota and Wi consin. The only North Dakotas to} break the rule as to latitude were | f Tenants Buy New ‘York Tenement to Earn 20 Per Cent | ———_— New York, Feb. 20.—Tenants in a six.story apartment house in upoer Bréadwav have formed @ syndicate arid boUghE tlie build; ing it Was announcey touay a they had learned a twenty per. cent increase in rentals were contemplted. New tenants will have an opportunity of becoming shareholders in the syndicate. The building with seven stores on the ground floor returns a gross rental of adout $36,000 monthly. FARMERS URGED TO CO-OPERATE IN NOSE COUNT Difficulty in Taking Census on Farms Has. Become Ser- ious Concern Washington. Feb. 20. the farmers for with the cetisus bureau was issued to- day by Secretary of Agriculture Mere- dith. ‘The delay and difliculty in tak- ling the census of the farms the secre: tary id has become a matter of ser- ious’ conc to the department. Part of the d weather Varmers were asked by Mr. dith to assist the work by not! the department of any farm w hich has been overlooked by enumerators, FARMER UNREST ACCENTUATED IN appeal to further co-operation Mere- LATER REPLIES Assistant Postmaster General Gives Further Results of Quiz Washington, Fe lies from farmers to the questions postoffice department accentuates ai ecently sent. bre (een NZ... Ky & mite nanan“ KERRY POLICE feeling of dissatisfaction. expressed ¢ in the first 40,000 of the answers which James I. Blakeslee, fourth as- ant postmaster general, reviewed recently before the genate postoffice committee. In a letter made public today to} Senator Dial of South Carolina, dem- ocratic member of the postoffice com- mittee, Mr. to bring producer and consumer into more intimate contact said: “The replies complain bitterly the shortage of labor, of the high price, they also must pay for the same, of the cost of fertilizer and farm implements and cites as indi- cations of their attitude Ahat they proposed to reduce and suspetid pro- duction.” EX SERVICE MEN WILL STAGE SHOW HERE WEDNESDAY jLegion Members Will Put on Minstrels at Auditorium With Mandan’s Help The Bismarck post of the Americaa legion will put on a minstrel show at the Auditorium here Wednesday night, according to present plans. ‘The show vil be put on by the members of the Mandan post and the proceeds will be for the benefit of the Jocal pest, The mi will appear iu Mandan and Tuesday and those ing in it are all for- mer men. The rehearsals have been conducted by a professional the: val man and the show is one of the best of its kind ever seen, tn this . according to those who haye dd rehearsals, Legion members will qunvas the ¢ next week selling tickets and it is hoped that the ex-service men, with the help of the “War Mothers and the }members of the Womens auxiliary to the legion. will be able to fill the audi. torium. There has been some talk among the legion men of building a clubhouse and jf suflicient fands are; raised by this minstrel show it is be- lieved a portion of it may be used for this purpose | AMERICAN "MINE MANAGER FREED BY MEX BANDITS New York, Feb. 20.—Welsh Adams, American mine superin- three who went respectively to Penn | tendent, has been released by y and M vland. Mexican bandits who kidnapped — : him for ransom according to a CANADIAN AVIATORS | telegram received today by the American Metal Co. Ltd., his FORM ASSOCIATION employer. The bandits demanded Saag $25,000 ransom, but the telegram Calgary, Alta.. Fel —The Cana-| did not say whether the money dian Air Service Association. i had been paid or whether Adams the Air Service associations of Brit ish Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba organized at a meeting of aviators held recently in Calgary. release was forced by ‘Mexican government troops wio were known to be in pursuit. Adams’ wife lives in Log Angeles. Blakeslee in urging ex-| tension of parcel post -facilities so as! ot) 4 JOHNSON TELLS: FRAINE DAKOTA FILING STANDS Californian Declares’ He Wishes People to Pass on Candidacy in This State TOUR IS BEING ARRANGED Replying to a wire from Chairman J. H. Fraine and Seeretary R. F. Gal- lagher, advising of the action of TueSdays conventlon requésting that presidential candidates refrain from tiling in. North Dakota, Senator Hiram Johnson, who had filed his petitions prior to the taking of this action, yes- terday wired as follows to Col. Fraine i Grafton “Your wire has been received notify: ing me of a resolution passed ut a con- vention in North Dakota which in ef- fect yrequests republican presidential candidates to refrain from submitting their names to the electors of your state under the provision of your presidential primary law. , TI have un derstood that North Dakota has 4 presidential preference law which en- ables your people to express their choice of candidates for president. Be- fore' your meeting was held, about which I was neither advised nor con- sulted, my name under your law was filed with your I believe in the right of the people to rule, -I believe that the people them- selves should select their candidates for office and even candidates for pre ident, I shall cheerfull; a decision by the people of any state | or community ; ist upon their, right to decide and my right to have them decide, IT shall the rein pur- suance of a lifetime principle go to the’ people themselyes of the: great state of North Dakota and submit my candidacy to them, “HIRAM W. JOHNSO: Richard Selden Wileox left this morning for Fargo and Grand Forks to make arrangements ‘for Johnson's speaking tour in this state, which will begin next Weduesday. Jolnson will speak Wednesday at Grand Forks; Thursday noon at Devils Lake; Thurs- day evening at Minot; Friday evening in Bismarck, and Saturday evening in Fargo, IRISH ATTACK WITH GRENADES Raiders Repulsed After Three ‘Hours’ Seige on Barracks Early Today Ireland, Thursday, Feb. jour siege in which hand grenades and = revolvers were freely used an attack on police barracks by armed raiders was re- pulsed here carly today. One police otlicer was wounded and it is believed three raiders were struck by bullets. The raiders Made extensive prepara. tions for the attack having blocked all roads with fallen trees and barrjcades and having dug deep trenches to check the approach of military motor lorri Telegraph and telephone wires were ent over a radius of 15 miles about this place. One end of the barracks Was demolished by a bomb, ODDFELLOWS WILL |ENJOY BANQUET ‘ON SATURDAY EVENING |Many Prominent Officers of Or- ganization Will Deliver Speeclies The members of the subordinate lodge and encampment of the Indepen- | dent Order of Oddfellows will stage a “get -together” banquet at Oddfel- Ja hall turday night. Several of the leading officers of the organiza- tion will be present and respond to toasts. Among those who will be present [and speak are H. A, Armstrong of ' Hazelton. grand warden; F. W. Cath- ro, past grand master; J. A, Pitzer of Wilton, district deputy aud grand master; Judge W. L. Nuessle, Follow- ing the banquet, the members and their guests will enjoy dancing, { The dinner will be prepared and served by the members of Rebekahs who have arranged for one of the best home-made banquets ever served | in this city.. This occasion is an- step taken by the Oddfellows to the activities of the organtza- tion and build it up to the one of the most entertaining fraternal organiza tions in the city, HETTINGER AND GRANT COUNTIES RECEIVE AID Federal Aid Project No. 39, con- sisting of six miles of road between Heil and Carson, in Graant county, will be let March 11. Federal Aid Project INo. 38, consisting of nine miles of highway from New Englana to the Stark county line in Hettinger county, and (Federal Aid Project No. 105, which is a 150-foot (concrete bridge spanning the Cannonball iat Mott, will be let March 12, ———— KILLS TRADUCER | OF COUNTRY; IS SPEEDILY FREED ha ee Hammond, Ind. Feb. 20.—It took a Hammond jury two min- utes yesterday to acquit Frank Pedroni, an italian, who admit. ted he killed Frank Petrich. Pedroni, a naturalized citizen for ,17 yers, had an argument over Austro-Italian claims with Petrich who is said to have been unnaturalized “red.” During the argument Petrich said {To Hell with tha ‘Unted States.” Pedroni shot him dead. BOLO FORCES IN CONTROL TODAY AT ARCHANGEL yhites” Abandon Town and Some All-Russian Troops Join the Reds ‘ London, Fel Solshevik forces have captured Archangel on the Whité sea according to a wireless dis; from Moscow today. The “whites” abandoned the town and troops joined the Bolsheviki the message de- clares, The Jast advises to the British war oftice of the north Russian situation was that on February 18 the red for- ces were 70 miles south of Archangel. Bolshevik possession of the city would mean a material weakening of the Dvina line, EX-SERVICE MEN RECEIVE DENTAL TREATMENT FREE Dr. W. E. Cole of This City Named Government’s Ex- aminer of Teeth All ex-service men in Burleigh coun- ty, providing they fall within certain classifications, ,will be given free den- tal treatment at the goverpment’s ex- pense, ' -Application—forothissiveatment Should be made directly to the super- vising dental surgeon, United States public health service, ,Lowry build- | ing, St. Paul, Minn. Dr, W. EB. Cole of this city has been named dental examiner for Burleigh county by the United States public health ‘service and all forme men whose applications for trea are approved by the supervising sur- geou at St. Paul will be attended to by Dr. Cole in Bismarck, Dr. Cole was formerly in the dental ein the army, being in charge of all dental work in one of the large army hos- pitals in New York city. The classifications by which former service men are entitled to free dental | treatment according to the United States public health service's rulings are as follows Class 1, Those patients who have lost teeth or portions of either maxilla or mandible through gunshot wounds or other inju received in line of duty, shall ha restored and what- ever other dental treatment nec sary to put the mouth in the best condition possible, “Cla Those paitents whose physi- cal disability is directly due to patho- logical oral conditions shall have what- ever dental treatment that is neces- ary to place the mouth in a healthy ndition and insure a good masticat- ing surfac Class Those patients, the relief | of wh disabiltty is ‘retarded by pathological oral conditions shall have whatever dental treatment that is ne- cessary to place the month in a hea!- condiion. Class 4. All patients who are sliown fo have Jost teeth while in the service other than mentioned in class | one shall have the same replaced with vulcanite dentures or bridge work. Class All patients of the Dnreat | of war risk insurance whose teeth} are shown to have decayed while in the sery shall recei such treat- ment as necessa To obtain this service the person so entitled should communicate, with the supervising dental surgeon at St. Paul who will make an investigation of the case and if theperson ma the request is found to be entitled to} the services he will be directed to report to the dental examiner, Dri Cole, at, Bismarck. | FROM ROCHESTER i roggins has returned from: Rochester, Minn., much improved as 1 result of radium treatment for stom: ach “trouble w underwent at Mayo Bros.’ hos (declined { Week “afte FARMER-GRAIN DEALERS RAP TOWNLEY BUND Affiliation With Nonpartisan League Condemned at Mill City Meet Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 20,—Res- olutions denouncing the affiliation of farmers’ organization with the polit- ical movement such as the Nonpartisan league were to be presented for pas. sage late today to the annual con- vention of the Minnegota Farmers’- ; Grain Dealers association In ssession here.. Decision of the resolution commit- tee in session today to recommend the passage of such a resolution was considered most significant in view of the fact that there are among the memberghip of the organization members of the ‘Nonpartisan league. SENATOR GRONNA AND W’HUGH IN BITTER GLASH North Dakota Senator De- nounces Gambling of Cham- ber of Commerce Washington, Feb. 20-4 sharp clash between Senator Gronna of North Dakota and John G: McHugh, ary of the Minmeapolis Chamber of Commerce marked the close of hear ings today before the Senate commit If seems taken for Gronna bill is dead, ion but fdr all eo on agriculture. granted that th not only for thi Senator ¢ with being ‘onha charges Mr.Melfugh sponsible for the forma- tion of the Nonpartisan league, which he said wa in order that | tarmers could protect themselves, Mr. Groma charged that the Chamber of Comm i$ the worst gambling dew jin the United States.” CLASH OVER GAMBLING The clash arose when Mr, McHugh challenged the aecuracy of Gronna’s figures us to the surplus wheat int the ountry, Mellugh ing that by the con tive estimates there was 151,000,000 bushels, and also showed that wheat as Much as 50 cents the first the Gronna bil was, iutro- duced. Mr. Gronna has asserted when he made his estimate that, “he would bet a month’s salary” his figures were right, Mr. McHugh good-naturedly re- ferred to this and said that there was “no gambling by the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce.” “You say that the Chamber of Com- doesn’t gamble,” Mr. Gronna “Tsay that for the it has been the wors gambling den in the United States You made the Nonpartisan league in North Dakota. IT wanit this state- ment to go into the record.” “DIDN'T WANT TO RATTLE BONES” Mr. MeHfugh said he “didn’t want fo rattle any old bones,” but. wished to keep the ‘subject. “Tp we were going to renew the old fight,” answered Mr. Gronna., “1 would tell a number of Minneapolis: banke Yor instance, [ would) bring Perry Harrison here and he would s things that would not sound well in print.” Seing uccused by Mr, Gronna of “juggling figure Mr. McHugh show ed that) he quoting from the Agriculture's final es- 9 crop. Department of timate for the SECOND FERRY WAS STARTED BECAUSE FRAZIER STALLED Governor Wanted to Get on the Other Side, But Boat Was Not There inside story how the second caine into being last summer revealed Jast. night by Major Frayne Baker, one of the owners of the ferry, last night at the banquet given by the engineers of the city. in sy Goyernor aziey and a party of offi ited fo eross the ‘river. by automobile, When they arrived at th ferry landing they found that the fe had been swept sume distance down tream. The fer wal It was necessary to return to Bis- marck, place the motor in a freight cap ou the Northern Pacific railroad and ship it over the river ndan by rail at a cost of yor This Baker declared, convinced the interests “that a second ferry was needed between Bismarck and 1 Morton county, DISCOVERER OF NORTH POLE DIES 35TH TRANSFUSION FAILS TO SAVE Washington. Feb. 20.—Rear Admi| ic explorer and discoverer of the North Pole. from which he had suffered for several years. from pernicious anemia ral Robert Edwin Peary, retired act- died his home here today He will be buried with full military honors. , Admiral Peary submitted to a blend transfusion at a hognital here ten days ago. reported as somewhat improved. He The transfusion this month was the thirty-fifh had submitted within two years. He later was removed: tohis home and his condition then grew weaker, however. to which Admiral Peary oradyally y|sioner of Agriculture John N. PENITENT LEAGUE LEGISLATORS HIT SAWDUST TRAIL AFTER WARM SERHON BY BIL INQUEST OVER KANE'S JOB 10 BEHELD TODAY Members of Board of Adminis- tration Antagonistic to.Him at Grand Forks GOVERNOR IS PET The governor's morning that the istration, in session at today, would probably go very tho oughly into the controver: President 'T. W. Kane’s refu cede to the request of two membe' of the board for s resignation. It was intimated that immediate action. was nol anticipated, but that the muttt er would require time. | A flood of tele: s protesting the! removal of -P: dent Kane and de. TIONED office board of Grand Forks stated this admin- manding the resignation of Chai man Totten of the state board of ministration d the governor ic They came from nd For! Rockford, North- wood, Lauriniore and other citie the central and northwestern parts of the state and were princkpally from alumni of the university. The bourd of administration wag in conference with the governor most day afternoon. No decision nounced prior to the departu board for ind ‘Forks la; night, but the governor's office today gave out the impression that no def inite understanding has been ed at by the board and that the al ousting of ‘President Kane has not been decided up, as yet. Those in attendance sion in Grand Forks are Totten, Robert I. Muir and Cominis Haga were responsi) some time ago in Was d of the Totten and Muir for the request. made for Kane’s resignation, and Hagan, who was out of thaystate at the time, in an intérvieww ‘given out in St s understood to have seactioned-- this. action. - The: other members of the board-—\Patrick M. Casey and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Minnie J. Nielson —are ill in hospitals at Fargo and Bismarck respectively and cannot at- tend today’s sion, ALLIED DECREE WOULD REOPEN FRYATT CASE Paul this week Execution of Captain of British Merchantman. Brought Up by ‘Stipulation’ Berlin, Feb. 20.—Examination of the oflicial text of the last allied note sent fo the ¢ government fo the tria} of men aeeu crim ows that a sign age was committed from the version published i Tues reon This | hy t lict at must hi mended f ny the the Frya commission atte ¢ nimeut wa f international law. Pan-German pre: the allied note as ternoon, stipulation previous ver war offender that they heh This prov Means reopening of in which a) German cided that execution of the trials of German eaten that and | noulled y ne | fente powers y's contention fared the German ¢ Wis ially strengthened as a result of the deci- sion reached by the stipreme council in London. GERMANY RUSHES | PREPARATIONS TO TRY WAR FIENDS| The German gov- reparations te try p violations of the | umination of w rMcitts will begin nest! v Berlin dispatel to London, Feb. ermment is r Germans i laws of wi nesses and week accordin, the Central New will open before the Lei “within the next month if is TO 1 A COAL Edmonton, Feb. A. pro: posal to tax every ton pf coal mined in Alberta one or two Cents te provide funds for extensive research work with Alberta coals will be presented fo Cana coal operators and the Proyinc yo the iret Industr’ At Was Guedes | the committee seeki her jlast night returned a verdict of guilty jon the charge of making false entries \torney General Albert E.. Y SUNDAY LANGER Representatives H. O. Bratsberg of Reeder and B. D. Arnold of Mineral Springs Admit Error of Their Ways and Declare Unrelenting Warfare on Town- ley and Bolshevism Following Addresses By the Attorney General Keb. 20.—The + sensational development In Dakota politics since At- torney General ‘Langer repudi- ated A, C. Townley occurred here last night and at Scranton Thurs- day afternoon, when Reps. H. O. Bratsberg of Reeder and B. D. Arnold of Mineral Springs, radi- al Townleyites of the last as- pmbly “hit the saw-dust trail,” gave testimony of their sins, and pledged the remainder of their lives to unrelenting warfare on Townleyism and Bolshevism, Reeder devoted the wholé ight to a celebration of the vic- which attended two rec- ord breaking meetings’ conduct. ed here and at Scranton yester- day by Attorney General Langer. AKNOLD TURNS) PENITENT Arnold's conversion came at the close of a gruelling speech by Attorney eneral Langer at Scranton terday afternoon, where he closed with a condem- nation of Arnold's legislative rec ord. Arnold, who wag in the audience, aske permission to speak. Attorney General Langer yielded the platform to the Townley legisla who thereup- on, to the surp of everyone present, confessed his political error and declared that he bad been board anew, Arnold declared that Langer had opened his eyes. He pro- fessed complete confidence in Langer’s honesty and integrity and asserted his belief that ev. erything which Langer had said of Townleyism and its menace to North Dakota was true. He expressed bitter regret for the , Part which he had played in as- sisting te fasten Townleyism on the state, declaring that he knew “North Dakota had been frrepara- ‘bly harmed, and that 25 years of constructive effort could not re- pair the damage done. Amid wild cheering he pledged the remaind- er of his life in North Dakota to an attempt to remedy the harm. which he had done, and he asked forgiveness of his constit- uents for his sins. A. similar spectacle was staged here last night following Lang- ers address, with Brasberg as the penitent. His confession of error was along lines similar to Ahat of Arnold's. ‘He declared he had been misled and deceived, and, that he had unwittingly wronged his constituents and the state, but t henceforth the foes of Townl n would number no more. adherent than Meat) ties REVIVAL OF * GUARD BEING DISCUSSED THIS AFTERNOON mo! North |General Angus Fraser Confer- ring With Business Men on Reorganization A conference is being held this after- noon at the Commercial club rooms. by business men and cthers interested in the revival of the national guard or tion in this city, ‘The pur- pose of the mecting is to determine in what way the citizens of this city cin assist in the re-organization of Company A and what the require- ments of such an organization will be. Those attending the conference are the directors of the Commercial elub, Adjutant General Angus Fraser and enlistments in red Graham, A. the local com If. Scharnowski and It is expected that this confere iken toward the immediate reorgani- zation of Compaaty A. NEW ROCKFORD MAN CONVICTED New Rockford, N. D., Feb. being out three hours the jury which tried former Cshier Davison. of the Farmers’ & Merchants’ ‘bank, 20.—Aft- in the bank’s Assistant At- Sheets, Jr., conducted the jprogecution for the stte. hooks. IRISH HOME RULE BILL MAY COME OUT TODAY London, Feb; Andrew Bonar Law, the govemment's spkesman, stated in the house of commons today that it was hoped to Introduce the Irish home rule bill today. The secend reading of the Dill, he added, wo! be taken as soon as the hous. hau Lad time to digest the bil,