The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 24, 1920, Page 1

d z 5 4 THE WEATHER FAIR AND WARMER K TRIBUNE LAST EDITION ASMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, FE FEB. 24, 1920 “PRICE FIVE CENTS A, MITCHELL PALMER DECLARES WARFARE ON PROFITEERS AND RED AGITATORS, HELD EQUAL MENACE Attorney General of United States Attempts Defense of Democratic Administration and Tells of Problems) Now Facing Country — Domestics More Dangerous Than Aliens, He Claims Trouble-Makers a, Kans., Feb. The profi teer was classed with the anarchist and the alien agitator as one of Amer- ica’s’ principal menaces by A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney general of the United States, in addressing the Kansas Democratic club here. In, part Mr, Palmer said: “foremost amongstt he problems which call for prompt and wise solution has been that which the french call he ‘cost of life’ ana which we in America have come living. The pressure upon men for Means wherewith to bring to them selves and their familles the comforts which the American standard of liv- ing requires, has created discontent amongst a large body of our people which is responsible for many other problems of the day. Th relations between money and labor industry have been strained by this. pressure and) cal for readjustment. These strained relations have in turn_offered se for dangerous agitators to ad- vise and ‘pursue the short cut to re form through physical force andi vi-| olence, so that the peace and orde of the country haye been seriously disturbed. H.C. OF 1. “The campaign against the high cost of living has not been unsuccess- ful. While no general lower level of prices to the consumer has been reach- ed, there has been in many lines a marked tendency toward such a level. Last summer indications pointed to ever-mounting prices in all lines of commodities and it seemed to be cer- tain that during the period of scant production when prices always are higher, there would be a distre ing increase in the general cost of living, but the increase during the; winter has been less than in any pte- vious winter for any Years and think it may be stated with confidence that the peak has been reached and passed. How much the activities of the govertiméent® Ind’ to du with this will doubtless always be a matter for debate, but the fact remains that such laws us We have had have been vigor- ously enforced with the purpose of controlling as far as possible the arti-! ficial increase of prices, Profiteers have been caught and -punished in nearly 'y state and in almost cvery line of trade, Great quantities of hoarded commodities have been re- leased into the natural channels of commer Untold numbers, of men} live been deterred by this action from hoarding the necessaptes of life and from charging unjust and un- reasonable profi Competition has been restored by the entering of de- under the Sherman anti-trust vhile co-operation has been main- with nearly all the states in through fait price committees to check the up- Sof al effor and other agencies, ward tendency in the pr necessary commodities, “Et may not be improper, in this con- nection, to mention a single instance where the government, by urgent. in- sistence, has brought about a deers is designed to restore freedom 0! tion and increase the oppor: for individual initiative in business, which must in time bear xood fruits for the public welfare. I} refer ty the packers’ case. CLASS WARFARE “One of the most serious afterwi problems is that which is involved in what may be called the ultra-radical class War movement in Ameri Tay a other parts of the world, men have | had the same desire which has stirred the hearts of men here—the des for fuller liberty and more abundant lih- erty and more abundant opportunity. The difference is that in those coun- tries the desire has been rigorot suppressed. In many of them it has remained almost inarticulate through all the centuries, This long-continued ; jon brought the inevitable ¢ the people resorted to for to bring a new ¢ in govertiment and industry, a day whese dawn did not at first break ‘bright and clear, The result has been far from the hopes of those responsible for the new con- ditions. but it may be that time andj rh to something like orderly j yupled with an apparent} sympathetic understanding on the part a larger mass of the people. w eventually bring peace and happine and a very much lurger share of free- dom to the peoples the old world. The mistake which seems to have been made by many who have come here recently from other parts of the world | and who have not yet breathed deeply the spirit of our institutions, is Uhis— | affect to believe that the general movement for better conditions of life} in ether parts of the world must have | its counterpart in method in thix new- er world, They have been forced to! live under conditions that have made| them believe that government is syn- onymous with tyranny. In aecoraance | with every precedent of bistory, hav-| ing shaken off autocracy in govern- ment and industry in the old world. they promptly went to the other treme and established an autocracy of their own. The dictatorship of the proletariat in Ru: is as menacing to freedom as was the autocracy of} (Continued on Page Three) ‘to secure any endorsements, ISSUES VOTERS WILL CONSIDER MARCH 16 MANY ip Sap gien, Four Constitutional Amend- ments and Several Import- ant Laws Up Four constitutional amendments and four proposed initiatory laws will be voted on at, the state presidential primary March 16. The constitutional amendments are for the recall of public officers, per- mitting the leasing of coal lands for agricultural purposes, permitting municipalities to issue bonds on reve- nue producing utilities, and to reduce the perod of sidence to qualify a voter from six months to three in the county and from ninety days to thir- ty in the precinc Proposed laws are: Repeal of the anti-Sund baseball law. repeal of the anti-cigarette and establishment of a license system; creation of a state boxing system and operation of theatres on Sunday. If approved the amendments and laws would become effective immedi- ately, WILCOX DENIES THAT JOHNSON CAN WITHDRAW Charges Nonpartisan League With Attempt to Make Political Capital 1 alleged attempt to make polit- vital out of the resolutions in- troduced at the February 17 conven- tion at Bismarck asking presidential candidates to sidestep the primary and leave their fortunes to the delegates, league leaders are said to have circu: lated a story that the name of Senator} Hiram W. Jobnson has been with- drawn by his campaign committee, contrary to his wishes, and that it will be necessary to have new petitions signed and filed th put him on the bat- lot. COULD NOT WITHDRAW R. Selden Wileox, state manager, de- nied today that Senator Johnson's name had been withdrawn and further- more declared that. in accordance with a ruling of the s me court in the Burtues: after tt had been filed with the secretary of state could not have been withdrawn. State headquarters have been opened in the Dahl building, on Main street, opposite the Northern Pacific depot. NO ALLIA “No political clique going to run off with the Johnson campaign,” clared Wilcox today. “He ha Jutely refused to make any alliances or deals and no attempt has been made On the contrary the Johnson campaign com- mittee whenever it has been consulted has opposed any and all endorsements by conventions and conferences, HAS PLATFORM “The Johnson campaign all over the country is being made on the same usis. Senator Johnson is not a cau- | didate without a program or a_ plat form, He h id he is 'y definite F appeal sole- ly on then is glad to have the support. of every man who sincerely agrees with him and will help if elect- utting through his expressed both and vi Wilcos made the following an- nouncement regarding the coming visit of Senator Johnson to North Dakota. MEETIN PUBLIC AFFAIRS Johngon will enter North Dakota on Wednesday at Grand For where he will be met hy a reception commilkee headed by Mayor Wheeler, who will end to him an official welcome. cial club of Grand Forks 1 give a banquet iu hig houor at 6 o'clock at the club rooms. Mayor Wheeler will preside at the meeting which will be held in the Auditorium, | O'HARE TO PRESIDE J narek will also e the senator a rousing reception. Is will sit on the platform, and “he w be In- troduced H: F. OfHare, city attor- ney, who will welcome him for the city and the Missouri Slope, All arrangements at Devils Lake. where he will make a short stop be- tween train: e being made by the Commercial club Arrangements have not been com- j pleted yet for the meetings at Fargo and Minot, but his weleome in’ both these cities will be of the same official nature. \‘ALL-REPUBLICAN’ STATE COMMITTEE MEETS TOMORROW Grand Forks, ‘Feb. 24—The “all-republican” state central committee formed at the state convention in Bismarck. on Feb- ruary 17, when \Nonpartisan lea- gue members were eliminated, will hold an organization meeting here tomorrow. Se Minnesota Fish Smother to Death Winona, Minn, Feb, 24—Great nunubers of fish are being smoth- ered to death in Lake Winona ‘and’ other waters of this region this winter because of the un- usual thickness of the’ ice. Game wardens are cutting. arti- ficial air-holes, while others are cutting holes and spearing quan- tities of pickerel and bull heads as they come up for alr. LEMKE EXTENDS INVITATIONS T0 RED RIVER CLAN Members of Central Committee Who Read Him Out Asked © to Meet OUT OF STATE . POLITICS League Head of G. 0. P. Organ- ization Says Dakota Issues Are Nix There's to be nothing exclusive about William = Lemke's republican party in Bismarck next Friday, Jerry Bacon, Norma’ Black, Treadwell Twichell, Joc Lee and the two other republican members of the republican state central committee who signed the call for the republican convention held in Bismarck last week and who read Chairman William Lemke and some 36 associates out of the republi- can state central committee have been extended a special invitation to: at- tend, Mr. Lemke announced here last night, “LD expect every one of the 49 mem- bers of the republican stat central committee,” suid Mr, Lem! all been invited, und there's no rea: why any of them should stay away— not even the yen who called last weeks convention.” Mr, Lemke ‘stated very positively that the meeting of the republican state central committee which is to be called to order at 2 o'clock: nex: Friday ‘afternoon in the capital city was proclaimed by himself as chair- man only after he had received hun dreds of requests, from republicans m state, who desired said) Mr. Teme, ) STATE ISSUES “No afate issues are involved at the present time’ said Mr. Lemke when asked whether, state’ affairs would be discussed. He was not. positive that Friday’s mecting of the state central committee would be open to the pub- lie, nor had he completed arrange- ments for a meeting place. “I've spent a very peaceful, quiet day,” sald the storm center of North Dakota politics. The chairman showed no great ex- citement over the jmpending meet- ing. He declared himself merely an executive agent, acting at the request of members of the organization which he represents, and he manifestated no particular personal interest in the call or its result. It is anticipated, how- ever, that some matters of real in- terest will develop in the meeting it- self. The state central committee 13 dominated by Nonpartisan leaguers,, representatives of that faction which met at Hillsboro last week and en- dorsed a ticket of presidential electors and delegates to the national con vention under the heid of “progressive republicans.” SONORA WARNED , IT MUST RELEASE YANK AVIATORS Washington, D. C., Feb. 24.—Sono- ra state officials have been notified by the state department to release G. L, Usher and M.L, Wolf, American army aviators, who have been held since their forced landing two weeks ago. the state department was advis- ed today by the embassy at Mexico City. RAZING DESERTED LODGING HOUSES PROFITABLE TASK Butte. Mont., Feb, 24 tels and lodging houses, of whieh not a few eyesores survive here as in ev Montana pioneer town, would, should the city officials give the word, be demolished in a jiffy; Workmen, taking down a shack that dated back to placer days,*eneountered a cache of $4.50 in silver. $22 fn bills and 22 pints of fine old whisky! Nobody could be found who knew anything of the cache and judging from the coins, it was left there many Years ago. The building itself was 25 Years old. The workmen turned the money over to their foreman—and al- lowed him four fingers of the booze. GEDDES DOESN’T KNOW THAT HE’S NEW AMBASSADOR ‘London, ‘Feb. 24—-Sir Auckland Ged- des, minister of national service and reconstruction, who is reported to have been offered the ambassadorship to the United States in succession to Viscount Grey, informed the Associat- ed Press today that he was not “aware of the government having arrived at any decision regarding the naming of Deserted ho- jz ambassador to Washington.” I LEMKE’S POW-WOW | ee Seette suggests that however divergent Republicans “just: for a day.” The Tribune refuses to get joint he s of the party label in tronage lures. factions met in previous weeks. convention ‘is not disclosed. dictatorship should not waver i ism, however Lemke may disguis “esteemed”? primary law atfor of their authority under the la it or not. either as radical us the leaguers others may demand. But even are united to wipe Townleyism North Dakota, and to abolish an. autoc The conventions already hel in the vital fight before us all 1 at all costs. Concede the Townl manipulation. Lay on Lemke! trot out your known candidate. will go on just as vig gain “March 16 by pol pusl ical chic TAKING ACTION Washington, Feb. 24. yesterday by the senate. that the president had directed tha reached the white house. The president has which to pass on the act hbefore ii BIG TOLL TAKEN BY IGNORANCE, sons Sacrificed Annually, Asserts Dr. Wood Cleveland, 0., Feb, 24. Lives sacrificed prevention of needless weakne ease an ddeath, said) Dr. Wood, professor of phys dis: national council of education today. The council is composed of 120 of the at leading educat of the country tending the national education conven- sums in try to nate ng said. “Seventy-five percent of si million school children of the States have phy most! yremedial. MANITOBA LEADS IN CADET CORPS; 24.--Manito. | last | year in the percentage of students; less than 19 years of age, who en-/ Winnipeg, Man., » Feb. ba led the Canadian provinces rolled as cadets for military ing. Dominion statistics from Ottawa, showed 1,675,391 ents in schools. ed cadets between 12 and 19 years was 60,788. train. Manitoba furnished 8,631 925 or a percentage of 7.85. Columbia and Ontario with next on the list. ‘New was last with a percentage of 1.37. Sub-dictator Lemkg, the political chameleon of North Dakota, will star as‘a simon pure Republican, Mebruary °17. species of Republicans, all struggling to be crowned as all but wiped out party distinetions. the party label and try to define Republicanism. the sordid fight for control of party machinery when federal pa- Whatever happens, Republics n the determination to fight wrongfully appropriating the party label and machiner All you have to have is the vot: the past have controlled the election machinery and secured the votes. It is now apparent that they do not intend to yield one iota ardor or affect the determination of those citizens in this to restore representative government. in this ie bur Republicans are a unit against the spread of Bolshevism in this s and are not going to allow Lemke to split the anti-Townley forees -—President Wilson will not act immediately on the compromise railway Dill passed It was an- nounced at the white house today the measure be referred to the de- partment of justice as soon as it pb days in can become a law without his signa. SAYS EXPERT Hundreds of Thousands of Per- of bundreds of thousands of people are Thomas by al education | at Columbia university addressing the | sting enormous | children handicanped by ill health.” Dr. Wood al defects which are obtained | stud- The total of enroll- students out of a school enrollment of 109,-; British; respec-| t tive percentages of 4.98 and! 3.89 were) ing made to obtain Joe Wrig Brunswick | coach of the rowing crews. He naiyely our opinions may be on the state issues we should forget them and rally around his leadership as y the several ole heirs and Primary laws have Every four years we dust off ‘There is always uuduely -exeited ov North Dakota. Lemke Republicans will gather here this week, just as other Whether they will name a ticket and try to carry the principles of the “New Day’? into the Chicago Lemke ocial- tions, The t anyone ans opposed to the Townley ¢ his real political affili rds no guaranty again Mr. Lemke and his cohorts in w to masquerade as Republicans. Mr, Lemke, is the de jure head of the Republican party, whether the Stalwart or the Progressive wings of the Republican party like Division in Republican ranks may result in sending a Townley- Lemke delegation to Chicago instructed for a presidential candidate desire, or as conservative as some this result should not dampen the state who from the seats of the mighty in ue crac id indicate that the two groups of “te ext June. Let us renew our determination to combat the socialistic regine ey-Lemke machine if nee the empty glory of a soviet delegation to the Chicago convention whieh will have as much power in that body as Kate Richards O'Hare could command were she to seeure a seat through some sinister favorite son movement for Frazier or camouflage under the banner of Johnson, Wood, or some un- But the big, vital fight against what you stand for in this state Whatever suce and manipulation 0 su may our med”? primary Jaws, will only redouble the opposition to your vicious propaganda. -It should also serve to caution the opponents | of Townleyism that only in union is there strength. PRESIDENT REFERS RAIL BILL 70 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BEFORE ON MOOT MEASURE ture. It is generally expected that he will be urged by representatives of the railway! brotherhoods and of or- ganized labor generally to veto the bill because of its wage and other labor provisions, {{ Union labor asks the vetoing of this section because it provides for a tripartite because it provides for of negotiation and decision by rep- t] resentatives of the workers and the railroads. TRADE BALANCE OF $257,000,000 FOR LAST MONTH bd. Feb. 2 the favorable foreign ex- situation,’ the trade bal- n favor of the United States 000,000 in January, today by the Washington, Beside char anct increased §: figures made public department. of commerce — show, Both imports and exports show an advance, the value of goods ‘sent out of the country being $731.,000,- 000 and that of good ree dd buy- ing $474,000, 000. auhually and # eeNeer re CANADA EXPORTED economic loss results through failure to apply scientific knowledge to the MILLION CATTLE Velo, 24, - Canada ex- than, f1yo00, caitle, horses, 459,800 sheep swine during the pi years, according to figures made pub. |, ‘lie by the federal department of agri Ottwa, Ont, more culture. It Is believed that imports of cat- tle, particularly blooded stock, will |be quite heavy for two or three years, Farmers who have amassed fortunes in the northwest provinces ‘have been broadening their cattle holdings by cbtaining costly breed- ers from England. It is expected that the Prince of {Wales will soon send a shipment of cattle to his ranch at Alberta. |CANADA OL. YMPIC CLUB Winnipeg Man.--Manitoba sportmen iwho are interested in preparations for sending a Canadian team to the Olj pie games at Antwerp this year, informed that the Canadian apie Club has decided to ask the riment for an appropriation in laddition to the $15,000. grant which is held insufficient. Walter | Kuox, noted Canadian jathlete. will coach the ck and field men, An effort is be- t as Wright lis at the University of Pennsylvania. i heen OL prefer to return to the old method] + ASKS FUND OF $15,000) OF OFFICERS OLD- REBELLION IN NORTH COUNTRY | QUIETER TODAY federal Prohibition Enforce- | ment Officer On Way With liis Army Marquette, Mich, B. Hatch, U.S. commi. today refused .to issue federal warrants for the arrest of Iron county officials charged wi conspiracy to obstruct the prohi- ‘bition law. Hatch d red he could not act without the approy- al of Distri torney Walker, at Grand Rapids, “Mich. Federal Judge Sessions or Attorney Gen- eral Palmer, : Dalrytpie, federadt pro- administrator for the cen- at who demanded the notified Hatch that un. Misleeraal ¢ authority to is the warrants was receive from District. Attorney Walker y 2p. m. he would proceed with i rrants, Chicago, Feb. 2b ML. rebellion in lron county, The liquor upper penin- sula of Michigan today apparently had subsided in the iace of the ap-| proach of Major Dalrymple, federal prohibition officer, and a pieked of cighteen armed assistants, Major Dalrymple said he was cloak ed with full pernt ion to handle the situation in his own way. He an nounced he would clean up the coun- ty, arrest the state, county and Iron River city offic who had in mee fered with his lieutenants in the seiz- ure on February 1S inthe seizure of contraband wine, “or give up my night) were that force wond meet no he eft Chicago pre-| h the sitution, Y.W. 0, A. STILL CONTINUES WAR WORK IN GOTHAM. Aid on Military Seale Extended to Girl Workers of but pared to cope w Metropolis mice to prob- din finding recreation is to be ued the Young Women's wiation on a war scale, it is announcn| in tho. anual report tion's War work’ Cound). arding of health wud) the maintenance of morale of girls in in- dastrial centers have become part of the recoustruction program Six new centers hyve recently opened in cial industrial must be mete i heen | lated regions where spe + problems for women ves of the Lud West of the Pacific coast. | ave beon opened in © industrial popu- mond, Va., New Orlea Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Pitishurgh, | Worcester, St. Louis and Chie cago. In the month s have enrolled in these st P: to cular attention is being given | women's housing problem in| the Washington, where during the war ved. They Od to 108,- 125,000 be 190,000 women were cin) nimber has alrendy inc aH and seems likely to he fore the year is over because of the oul force required for the A larg my buildi nd | a hotel for are plumed, Work for negro girls is under way | ie fields of the as: | stance ty foreign-bort in the fen dom ; pleased that jthe injunc LBlcuTy PER CENT OF RUSSIAN RED ARMY NOT “RED” AT ALL; MAJORITY TIME E OZARISTS Soviet Forces Fake Ganon: to Bol- shevist Rule, Declared Corre- spondent of American Paper, Recently Returned From Le- nine’s Country—Allies Refuse Overtures Until Convinced That Horrors Have Come to End Amsterdain, Feb, 24.—About eighty percent of the red army in Russia is not “red at all, but is neutral, accord- ing to the staff correspondent of the Handelsblad, G. Nytels, who has just returned from an extended tour of soviet Rus: He says about 60 percent of the of- ficers, who are largely drawn from the trained military men of the old ruling class, are of czarist inclinations, This s only about tweuty percent of the men and forty perceut of the officers thoroughly attached to the Bolshevist regime, the t being neutral of czarist, ALLIES REJECE OVERTUR London, Feb. 24.—The allies will de- cline lo deal with soviet Russia until “they have arrived at the conviction that the Bolshevik horrors have como fo an cud” jt was announced after a meeting of the ullied supreme council today, DIPLOMATIC KELATIONS OFF The decision of the supreme coun- cil, it, was recognized, precludes dip- lomatic relations between the allied governments and the Moscow ad- ministration in the near future. The council expressed itself as the international labor bureau had decided to send a dele. gation to Russia to study conditions. ‘The council declared it couuld not sume the responsibility of advising the ‘border istates to continue war against the Bolshevikt. If the Bol- sheviki attack within the territory ot the border states, however, the allies promise every possible support, FEW HURT AT MURNANSK ‘Norway, Feb. i24—Ref- at Vardo state the which — captured Murnansk numbered only 5,000 and the | losses on both sides were slight. Two Russian steamers “and several small boats escaped with refugees, one of the steamers being struck by shrapnel, SOVIETS GRAB NAVY\ London, Feb. —The capture of ice-breaking ‘and other naval craft by the red forces which are overrunning the Archangel and Muruansk sections of Russia is reported in a soviet com- munication today. COURT ENJOINS SHIPPING BOARD ON BOAT SALES finjunetioai Will Will Prevent Dis- posal of Thirty Ger- man Liners hington D. C. Web, 24.—Asso- cit Justice Bailey of the district supreme court today signed a form- al order of injunction against the shipping board to prevent the sale of thirty former German liners. The court consented to the request of the shipping board that the ship Suwa- nee ‘which has been sold for $2,00,- 000 be luded from the order of Wa No notification of an appeal wag members of industrial einhs f ‘ been assisted in honsing [given by connsel for the shipping srvice, education am recreation | beard, but it was said that a spectl appeal may be taken later. BURLEIGH COUNTY LEAGUERS ACTIVE IN STATE MEETING Pat Burleigh county leaguers were well represented in the committee which ade arrangements for the “progres- e republic n” oc ntion which boro last week ie ing given by St Tnterna itute cente with worke langt 2 The work ith (hat done in the war, |! such slaitions, home servic families of soldiers, and allayi rumors that caused excitement among | ners whe did: not uniers true conditions, Work for foreigners 1 industrial towns and nmuMities is under tional in speaking in line si nd the |e ani endorsed (North Dakota’s third Jate of presidential electors and del- to the national convention | William Meyers, a prominent Non- rtisan league organizer, and © A. . a member of the Burleigh ion, both of Driscoll, with F. W. Wood of Devri a member of the executive committee of the National Nonparti- san league in arranging the Hillsbora four states. Describing the ow werk the | of conneil, the reports tells of i vacation | camps in 20 states where bout 20,006 | girl work ined vest and re: } creation. Lectures on hysiene | given in communities su antonments toa total of 1 milories were | Fkere romiccted withl| of cantonmer anid} were Hl ing }women and j built for ¢ a mimber The ation maintined 124) host in this city fer wom relatives or friends who were it-| | ing soldier and sailors at camps or ty hostess henses | ore sti as hospi epidemic. gathering. Mr. Meyers is still understood to be zn active candidate for the league fenrosement for sheriff of Burleigh |county in opposition to Sheriff Rollin | Welch who is completing his first term und is expected to seek reelec- tion. as ‘ENGLISH POUND DECLINES AGAIN New York, N. Y -. Feb, 24—Demand bills for the Engl pound sterling dropped 4 4/. c nts here today, open- jug at $8,507