The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1920, Page 1

a i THIRTY-NINTIE YEAR *, od THE WEATHER Generally Fair ‘LAST EDITION "BISMARCK, bret DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS HALL REPLIES 10 LEMKE CHARGE THAT WOMEN WERE DISFRANCHISED BY SECRETARY State Officer Declares He Did Not Make North Dakota Laws) Which He Is Sworn as Publi¢|' “ Offigial to Obey—Wonders if Bishop Is Not Obeying His Master’s Injunction Replying to charges by Willian Lemke, yice president: of the National Nonpartisan league, to’ the effect that “the MeKenzie: Young political machin? through their satelites at Bismarck, Langer and Hall. are responsible for depriving the women voters of Nor’ ta Dakota of their legal right to vote for delegates to the national conventions of the different parties,” which appear- ed. in The Courier,News on Sunday, Secretary of State Thomas Hall today issued the following statement : HALLS STATEMED “Bishop Lemke and bis Courier News appear to be highly indignant over the manner in which the ballots | for the presidential primary election ate being printed, and he advises all women to go to the polls and vote for candidates for. president and for presi- dential electors. Bill has been using the maxim, “I care not who makes the laws 80 long as I interpet them.’ for | such a period that he has probably ceased reading the statutes. Tho have been advised by the Courier- News and Attorney Gannon that the law specifically authorizes women to vote for president. I have been unable , to find, and they have failed to point | out, such a law. “The .presidential primary election Jaw was enacted in 1911. and two elec-. tions have been-held under its provis- ions. The only construction of, the act heretofore has been the opinions of | the attorney general and the practical construction of the law by the: officers charged with its administration, :HALL'S CONSTRUCTION “The secretary of state in constru- ing this measure has been guided by section 7278 C.. L. 1918, which provid ‘Words used in any statute are to In understood in their ordinary sense, cept when a contrary intention plainly appears.’ “The law, section 910, provides that QUALIFIED ELECTORS. shall have - opportunity to vote for candidates for certain offices including delegates to national conventions, and to express their preference for -President and Vice ‘President. ang that the. votes shall be counted canvassed and retuyn- ed under the same conditions \as ¢9 names, petitions; and other matters <9! far as the sintezare applicable’ as the names and petition! of party aspirants for the party nonsinations. for the of- fice of Governor, and of the ay States senator in congress. HOW PETITIONS READ “The petition for candidates for goy ~ ernor and U.S, senators as given sa Section 853, follows: | State of North Dakota) % )ss County of. . “) +» being hat fre. ; duly sworn, dep ve. State side in the county of.. of North Dakota; THAT QUABIFIED VOTER. there in and a‘ Saas -ciandidate for nomination to the “Oltice Of... eee to -be chosen at the prim: election to be held on the 16th day of March, A. D., 1920, and I do hereby request that my name We printed upon the -primary election ballot, law, as candidate of sparty for said: office as prov’ ided by; Subscribed and sworn to hefore me this .. Notary Public, ‘orth ‘Dukota, My Commission expires. ie “This is the form of petition ‘and | affidavit filed by all candidates for delegate, including Mrs. Rudd. “Sec. 121 of the Constitution, # i amended jby Art. 2, of Amendments. | provides: DEFINING ELECTORS. ~“Sec. 121. Every male person of the} age. of twenty-one years or upwards, belonging to either of' thd following classes, who shal] have résided in the state one year, and in the county six) months, and in the precinct ninety days next preceding any election, shi be a qualified elector at such election, \ First—Citizens of the United States. Second—Civilized persons of Indiaii descent, who shall have severed th tribal relations two years next preced- | ing surh election. “This is enacted into statutory laws | in Sec. 948 C. L, 1918. “That women are not qualified elec- tors/ was held in Wager v -Prindeville —21 N, D. 245. “The constitutional provision pre: scribing the qualifications of electors | applies to primary elections..- Johnson srafid Forks:Co..16.N. D. 363. State) © ¥ Flaherty 23 N. D. 313. “But the Bishop argues that as the supreme court has held that women are eligible as delegates it logically follows that she has the right to vote for herself on for her opponent, “The supreme court in holding that the decison in People ex rel Garreteon v Byers, 271 Ill. 600, was not controll- ing, said “That case involyed the right of women to vote, that question is not before us. Being of the opinion that the electors of a political party operat ing under the presidential primary statute have a right to select as dele- | gates persons who do not possess all! of the constitutional requirements of an elector; the writ ‘will issue as prayed for.’ LEMKE'S “The bishop's logic would result in this absurdi as the supreme court has held that delegates do not need to possess the qualifications of electors all candidates for delegates do possess the qualifications of electors, “He also says that the manner of “printing the ballots was a political (Continued on Pag Seven) LOGIC I AM A| OF STATE'S ACTS |ALCHOL BY THE BARREL BURNS IN ALGERIAN TOWN “Oran, Algeria, MM March = 9.-—Fire, which started yesterday from a mate carelessly dropped in, a warehouse here, wis brought under iontrol after it had destroyed many thousand bar: }rels of alcohol and other proyerty fate ing a loss estimated at 70,000,000 RIGH GLUBMAN ' SLAIN BY HIS POETIC FLAME Oklahoma. Woman Kills Lover, | Writes Farewell Verse, Suicides VICTIM LEAVES A FAMILY Chicago, Mh, March 9.—Mrs. Ruth Randajl. divorcee and former artist's model, who was found dead in her bed last) night with the body. of Clifford Bleyer, wealthy clubman by her side, killed the man and then herse-f, Dr. Joseph Springer coroner’s. physician j said te A poem, apparently written by. the |wanttt was found on a Slip of paper besides the bed: One verse read : i “Sleep, for my hand is sure The cold steel bright and pure | Strike through thy heart and mine ‘Shedding our blood like wine,” Irs, Randall was the daughter of H. | Bf Vaile: owner of bakeries in Okla- 'homa City. ew Bleyer is survived by his wife for- merly Miss Andree Ganzerla of Paris, France, and two small daughters. | Chicago, March 9.—An inquest will! ‘be held today to determine the details: of the shooting to death of Clifford M. Bleyer, president of an advertising company, and Mrs. Ruth Randall, ‘whose bodies were found side by side on a bed in the woman’s apartment last night. Both bad been shot through the head. A pistol, from which two bullets had been fired, laid between them. last Spttraay: in 84,804 ACRES ~~ OF OL LANDS. | INTHISSTATE Ee Territory ~ Affected By \ Leasing Bill Signed By | President , u Washington, area of oil lands thrown open for lease under the bill signed by the pres-; ident is estimated by the geological survey at more than 6,700,000 acres, while proven coal lands under govern- ment withdrawal total approximately 30,000,000 acres still to be classified. Phosphate lands are ‘estimated at 2,- 700,000 acres with sodium and other ; mineral deposits equally as extensive. North’ Dakota contains 84,894 acres of oil lands. In withdrawn coal lands North Da- ‘kota teads the other twelve states with /mor@ than 11,000,000 acres, although i feposits are not considered as val- le as those contained in the 2,800,- acres of Colorado, which are ap- raised by the government at an aver- age of $75 per acre, the highest valua- tion for government coal lands in any. ; state, | ‘MINNESOTA COUPLE ‘WEDDED 60 YEARS Chatfield, Minn.’ March 9.—Mr. and Mrs. William Brooks of this place cele- brated their 60th wedding anniversary on March 5, They were married at High Forest near-here on March 6, 1860. ‘The family consists of five child- ren, ten grandchildren and six great- Hl grandchildren. Of the seventy guests present, not one had before attended 1s diamond wedding cel wedding celebration. i ‘BANDITS MURDER | CASHIER OF. BANK ! 0 Mo.. March 9.—Glenn r of. the South Side hank in the heart of the residence dis- trict of Kansas City, was killed dur- ing an attempt by four bandits to hold jup the bank this mornig. OF RECOGNIT! Bleyer-has been missing since) March 9.—The total; ISOLATED BY STORM, MICHIGAN TOWNS ARE FACING FUEL FAMINE Grand Rapids, Mich., March 9. Isolated since last Thursday’s blizzard.which tied up practically all railroads, western and north- ern Michigan towns today were in a grip of an acute fuel famine. Actual suffering from cold was reported from Muskegon where dealers were helpless to respond te appeals for coal. Reports from Cadillac say of- fice buildings and industrial plants there will be forced to close within 48 hours. Many other points re- ported their supplies almost ex- hausted. ' t PIONEER WOMAN “OF BARLY DAYS ANSWERS CALL Mrs. Marie “Louise Van Solen, | Famous Throughout North- _ west, Is Dead WAS SAVIOUR OF WHITES ‘Influence With Indians Always Used in Times of Stress For Good Mrs. Marie Louise Picotte Van Solen, one of the most influential pioneer women of the northwest. and one who | played an important pert in writing | the early history of Dakota, territory, passed away at a local hospital at 5, j this morning after an eXtended ill- Iness, The deceaged was born in what later became Dakota territory in, 1831, her maiden name being Marie Picotte, and her father being one of the first Frenchmen to establish a ‘permanent home in the upper Missouri valley... All of her life was spent in the Dakota country, where in her early woman. hood. she married G. 1. Van Solen, one of the prominent frontiersmen of the early days, with whom for many years she made her home on the princely, Parkin ranch, ypon which the town oi Solen is now located. Mrs. Van Solen came from a heroic race of women in whose yeins flowed the blood of both the old and the new lords-of the land, and she was related {to the Galpins, Parkins and. Harmons, about whose life in the early days ot Z much romaiftic lore has come down to. present generations. At the Parkin ranch, whose cattie Rranvik over a tdpmtory ws, large-as wh |" old-world: kingdom, Mrs. Van Solen 2s middle life received. Miles. Shermaii,Sheriday, Grant anil other great warriors of the sixties and seventies, It was on the old: Parkin ranch that Tom Custer. brother of fencral Custer, single-handed, took Rain in the Face. the humiliation of i Whose imprisonment at Fort Lincoln jand his subxequent escape did much to promote the Sitting Bull uprising which culminated in the massacre of Little, Big Hort,>where both of the sters fell victims to the red man’s | oMrs. Van Solen, being partly of their own blood. had a great influence among the Sioux of Dakota territory, aud it Was always exerted, for good. North | Dakota probably never will knew how much it owed this pioneer woman for | her aid at times when the fate of the few whites who occupied this terri- tory hung i the balance, ang whea the war drums sounded in scores of | hostile camps. | The deceased is ived by her only hter, Miss Lucille Van Solemn. whe at her bedside when the end came, and by three nephews—Leo Harmon of Manistique, Mich.; Richard, Harmon of Fort Yates, and Louis C. Parkin, who is with the U. S. engineering ! corps in Germany: j TRIBAL SERVICES THURSDAY The remains of Mrs. Van Solen will be taken Wednesday to the ranch home near Solen, where tribal funera! services will be held by the Sioux of Standing, Rock reservation Thursday afternoon. Friday afternoon the final rites of Mrs. Van Solen's church will be conducted by Rev. Fath- mains will be laid to rest in the Van Solen burial plat. on the ranch. MOONSHINE STILLS AND BRANDY TAKEN IN SAINTLY CITY St. Paul, Minn. March 9.—Fiv2 complete moonshine stills and several hundred gallons of home made’brandy were confiscated in St. Paul and: South St.’ Paul last night, resulting in the arrest of five men. Raids Were con- ducted by the state prohibition en forcement office BOLOS COUNTERFEIT AMERICAN "MONEY AS REPRISAL FOR LACK ON FOR COMRADES { Ww ington, D.C., March 9— Residents of Mexico have been warned by the foreign office to be on guard against efforts that may he made to vulate in that coun- try counterfeit money made in the _ United s According to ad- ment, the warning was based on a report by Raymond D. De Negri, Mexican counsul general at New York, who, the foreign office an- nounced, estimated the amount of supurious currency at $200,000,- 000 and advised his government to adopt precautionary measures, Dr. De Ne explanation of the Russian Bolsheviki had manu- factured and placed in circulation the counterfeit currency in_ re- prisal,for the “persecution” of radicals by the United States gov- the eonquest; of the upper Missoutt so | 15 er Bernard of Fort Yates, and the re; | | the situation was that agents of | ernment. ‘LEAGUE BEGINS COUNTY FIGHTS FOR PATRONAGE Tickets Being Offered in Every Shire in Slope Section - of State E DROPPED Solons Who Declined to Take Orders from Townley Not Renominated The league's determination ter county politics is reflected -in re- ports from & Mumber of county con- ventidus already held, in each of which ‘an almost .complete slate of county. officers as been nominated. | Int Stutsman county the office of coun- ty judge, state’s attorney and super- intendent of schools have been left Wank, but it is expected that they will be filled later. Stutsman renom- inated Senator Tom Pendray, who has served one term in the upper house, and L, A: Larson, who has twice re- presented the league im the lower house, but ‘Whipple and O’Brien ‘were dropped :and the names of ©. B. Tees. F. R. Phillips and M. Wexel complete | the legislative ticket. One of thes? men is Nominated to fill the place which has been held for, the last twe terms by Judge John U. Hemmi of Jamestown,’ an’ anti:‘Townleyite who was unable because of his absence from the state to attend the recen: special session, Morton county has: drepped Martin Koller and Jacob Bollinger, who bolted the ‘majority in several ballots dur- ing the~special ny last fal and has restrained only Strain, who stood hitched, in its legislative lineup. Im place of Koller and Bollinger. it has nonrinated B. L. Surface of Man- dan and Jake Elmer of Hebron. ‘The Morton county Jeaguers have nomi- nated a full slate of county officers, headed by Jack Brady of Mandan as candidate for sheriff, P. 8. Jun- gers of Hebron is the league ‘candi- date for state's attorney, ANTI-LEAGUERS ACTIVE In Golden Valley county indications !- are that the county battles will be fought) on, a) straight Townley anti-Townley lin The leaguers al- ready have a ticket in the field, and the “Independent Voters’ association has: issued a call for a nominating convention fo be held March 18, fol lowing precinct caucuses set for March 5. The league: bis never succeeded .in controljing — Golden Valley _ county, altho ft y her that §.-C. Toy Job" Britton, -Searhinn “Smith, Waters. manager of the Bank of North Dakota, ‘and others who! have sinea been active in the organization of the league, got their start. GALLAGHER FOR BIG JOB" In addition to drubbing sthe led repeatedly within its own baiHwick, Golden Valley county this fering R. F. Gallagher, erhor as state's attorney, attorney general on the fusion state tleket with which the opposition will seek to down Townleyism at the pri- maries in June or the general elec- tion November, allagher was ousted by Governor azier for alleged neglect of duty im connection with the murder of M. K. Bowen, a Golden V; y rancher, by a neighbor ne also leaguers, Gullagher, this action on the part of the governor, appealéd to the district court /for a hearing. Frazier refused to appear and defend his acts, and Gallagher was reinstated. POLES CAPTURE RED OFFICERS AND 1,000 MEN Newly Arrived Staff of 57th Bolshevik Division Nar- rowly Escapes Warsaw, March 8. (Delayed.)—Pol- ish forces commanded by Col. Sikorski ‘attacked Bolshevik troops in the vi- ecinity of Mozier and Kolenkovitz,| that p southeast of Minsk, Sunday morning, and captured the two important rail-| s road junctions and much war material. One thousand red soldiers and many officers were taken prisoners. The newly arrived staff of the 57th Bolshevik division barely escaped capture, it is said, while the staff of to en-} Frazier removed from his post | as a candidate for; who were j following 1 ite tetts SVE Tages SS KING GEORGE IS FOLLOWING HIS FATHER’ S LEAD o a EEE ape Sree Sy London, March 1..(Delayed.)— King George's: latest photograph shows that he has revived a fash- | ion set long ago by his father King Edward+-his trousers are creased at the side instead of down the center. This’ style of crease never at- tained great popularity except among a few elderly ‘courtiers. Tailors’ say that iw their opinion most men will stick to the old front crease. RUSSIANS TURN BEASTS, ASSERTS BRITISH LETTER Soldier Writing-to'London Newsr “ paper -Tells of Horrible Scenes WOMEN, CHILDREN HUNG Bodies of Innocent. Victinis Are Found Strung Up in the Streets of Town \ London, March 1. (Delayed.)—Cho- atic conditions in the wake of General Denekine’s army as it retreated in south Russia before the Bolshevik are described. vividly by a non-commiss-, oioned officers with the British expe- ditionary force. The British soldier had been as far north as Taganrog on; the gulf of Taganrog, an arm of the sea of Azov. “Never have I seen or participated in such a scramble in all my life,” the soldier wrote in a letter to the Daily News telling of the flight. “We were lucky to get away at all; and the worst | feature of thé whole bisiness was that! the towns people of Taganrog turned Bolshevik*to a man at the finish. They looted everything’ even taking the} switchboard from the telephone room at great headquarters. “At Rostov things. were worse. The streets of Rostov were swept by hail and |storms of machine gun fire while the bodies of men, women and children who ad been hanged on telegraph poles and trees by ,the retreating Denekine army were awful to see. The pleading voices and appealing faces of those who/could not be allqw- ed on the train. were pitiful. The whole scene was enacted in a blizzard so you can. imagine the plight of the women ne children.” THREE IN RACE FOR JUDICIAL | TOGA IN SIXTH |Hanley. and Crawford Out of the: Race, Bitzing, Lemke and Case In Mandan, March -Roth Judges J. Crawford have 1 not again be | fes for judges.in the Sixth al district. and already two ngon attorneys, Senator M. 1. Mc- le and Tobias (agey have announ- ced themselves for places on the benc Colonel H.R. Bitzing, now at, Ca Zachary Taylor, aud who expects to he relieved from duty this week, has ad- | vised ‘the Pioncer that he will make} the race, and it is also intimated that Emil Scow of Rowmin may be a can- didate. Col, service for more than two and a half years was Held by the department. at Camp Taylor after his release’ frou France. He served as judge advocate all through. the war, having been ad vanced from the rank of major to that of Tt. Col. while in France. For four years he was state’s at- torney of Morton county and then served two years as-assistant- attorney general during the administration of Henry J. Linde. It probable that Judge F. 3B. Lembke, now of Hettinger, but former: who was named tc jon by Gov. Frazier, will be a candidate for re-election, There are yeral other attorneys in the district which in¢ludes all the territory west of the Missouri river except MeKenzic county, men who have courted favors with the Nonpartisan league who will be candidates. but no announcements have been made as yet, neither have the 47th division and several hundred) any endorsements been made by the men were made prisoners. An armor- ed train, much railway material and. several armored boats on the Pripet river were also taken by the Poles. ing ae noon Temperature at 7 a, m ‘Temperature at noon t last night. Precipitation . Highést wind velc Forecast For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Wednesday; warmer east and north portions tonight. Lowest Temperatures Fargo ... Williston St. Paul. Winnipeg . Helena . Chicago . Kansas. City ORRIS W. ROBERTS Meteorologist. i when three will be chosen. ©|combined was $186,000,000,000. UNITED MINE WORKERS REFUSE TO ACCEPT COMMISSION AWARD UNLESS WAGE BOOST IS MADE league county - conventions, Whether others will come into the field it is, as yet too early to predict, but certain s that with four independents i. Casey, McBride and Scc e. the yoters of this judicial istrict should feel that good judicial timber is presented, The six Meh men in the primaries will rum again in the fall elections The war cost the United States /$32,000,000.000, according to the lat- est estimates. The cost to all nations ianapolis, Ind... March 9.— nited Mine Workers of a Will refuse to accept the zs of the bituminous coal commission unless a@ substantial increase in wages and improved working conditions are provided, a | Kitzing whoThag sheen inthe" | iM ACTUAL CANDIDATES ON REGULAR REPUBLICAN TICKET REDUCED T0 10 BY STALWAR 175 NEW YORKERS SUFFERING FROM | SLEEPING MALADY | New York, Mar rch 9—A total of 175 cases of sleeping sickness has beenj reported in New York since January 1 Health Commissioner Copeland an-} nounced today. Forty of the cases were fatal. ‘The disease ig apparantly an aftermath of the influenza epidemic aid. the commissioner AMERICANS MURDERED BY MEX EMPLOYE Superintendent of Mining Con- cern Near Pachuca Is Latest. Victim MOTHER IS IN WISCONSIN Washington, D, C.. March 9.—Ray mond Cochran, an American citiz was murdered by, his Mexican clerk Saturday, ° February 2! cording to advices to the state department ‘today + from the American consul at Nuevo Laredo, Cochrant wad employed “as superin- | tendent of an American mining con- cern near Pachuea, Mexico. ‘Phe clerk, who is now under; arrest at Pachuca, was said to have shot the American k after he had been dis- ‘or having been absent from | work without leave. ' Cochran's body was brought across the American border March 5 and buried at Laredo, His mother, ‘s. Ann aenutier Sullivan of New London, Wis., has been notified of the death of her son, who served in te United States army during the world; war. in the INDIANS CLAIM: PAY FOR PONIES MILES: BORROWED ' Aged Sioux Meet. and; “Ask Gov- ernment to Put Up for Long if Dead ‘Horses Fort Yates, March -9.—Fort Yates has been the gathering place this week of a large number of the older Indians, chiefly from South Dakota, who have: been here making affidavits and state-| ménts in support of their claims against the government for horses and j Ponies confiscated by the U. S. army in 1879, 1880 and 1881. i One of the more important affidavits was made by Joe Culberson, Sr., who had been called from Poplar, Montana. R Mr. Culberson in his statement re- lated the actual facts from the view- ‘point of the government, as he was, (at the time the horses were seized) Chief of Scouts with General Miles. At’that time most of these Indians were returning from Canada where they had been with Sitting, Bull. On! their way home General Miles stop- ped them and confiscating their horses and firearms, sent them on by boats. And as this was not done during a time of war, the Indians feel that they have a just claim for a fair remunera- tion for their loss. It is understood that Supt. Jomes b. Kitch, before whom tHe’ state:nents have been made, wil! recommend that Mr. Culberson and a few of the others who have made affidavits, be sent on! to Washington at some future date. SALE OF FLOUR TO. PUBLIC TO BE SUSPENDED Minneaopils. M March 9.—Dis- continuance of the sale of flour t general ‘public by the United 8 Grain corporation was for Message re Carey, second vice pr poration, from Juli eq States wheat di The sales will he closed to the pub- lic here as soon as arrangements cia | be completed for the disposition of the 5,000,000 barrels held by the corpora tion for the jous European powers. the message said. ISEVEN EPILEPTICS | BURN IN HOSPITAL, Gallipolis, O., March 9.—Seven per- sons are reported to have been burned | to death in a fire which destroyed the Ohio Epileptic hospital here early to- day. i Barnes, Unit- Net earnings for the Federal Re- serve Bank of New York were $29,- 713,175 in 1919, compared with $22,-; 634,033 in 1918. it was inferred ina statement is- sued today from headquarters of the org tion. Officials of the mine workers were absent from the city and those in charge of the offices ‘refused to comment on the statement. fexpr TS’ WITHDRAWAL Nit McKellar of Cass Joins . S. Shaw of Ward in Ask- he that Friends Give Their Support to Other Candidates on Ballot—Makes it Even Race Now for Chicago. Con- vention ‘ Thsough the withdrawal ‘of Mayor VW. S, Shaw of Minot and Nichol Me- Kellar of Fargo, dates for délegates. to the republi {onal convention endorsed by nder Olson” state were not also endo: con-Young” convention, the “regula republicans are now reduced to an even footing with the league republi- cans, insofar as thes number of cane didates offers red by cach faction if con- cerned, It ix true that the names of Shaw and MeKellar will remain oa the ballot. but their public ennounce- ment that they are not candidates and that they do not care to serve it elected is expected to divert their sup- port to other candidates on the regular republican. {i Mr. McKellar’s notice of withdraw- al was filed with the Secretary of State on Monday. “He says; “In view of the fact that all of the parties nominated as delegates to the republican national canvention by the convention held in Bismarck on Jan- uary 28, 1920, and not endorsed by the convention held February 17, 1920, have withdrawn, T wish to advise: you that T have race, for the reason that’ if elected with a part of the delegation nominat- ed at the convention held, in Bismarck on February 17, 1920. T would not. be in accord with them; neither would they be congeuial to me, ‘IT there- fore tender my withdrawal.” Inasmuch as the copy ‘for the bal- lots had already been certified to the county auditors by Secretary of State Hall, the names of McKellar and the only two cand a the 'Shaw will be printed. but their with- drawal will leave x dates on the regulhy the following active candi- republican ticket pn, Valley City; ickson, Coteau; EB. A. | Tostevin, Mandan; A. 'T. Kraabel, CI aes ford: @laf Lockenganrd, Sawyer; Ed- ward P. Kelley. Carrlugton: Alfred Steel estown ; E. P. Bishop, Bel- ‘ field ; fenry McLean, . Lishoui! The opposing Nonpartisan et consists of P. Sn \ a Leigh J. Monson, largo: Ole. Gilbert: son, ‘Towner: BR. N. Rose, Minot; ‘M. Gannon, Ashi R. M. Poindexter. Jr. Jamestown; H. H. Aaker, Grand Forks il Eckért, Williston; M.A. Rudd, Farg COMMITTED TO JOHNSON Inasmuch as Hiram W, Johnson of California is the only presidential ean- didate nominated on the republican ticket ‘in North Dakota, the delegates elected) March 16. will be committed to‘him, it is contended. if they sub- scribe to the oath which is provided in) Chapter session laws of 1911: “ER national convent Hannah; F.C. league . Bis: On; § wate-to a ut which nominated candidates ident and vice presi dent shall subscribe an oath of office that he will uphold the constitution and laws of the United States and North Dakota and that he will, as such otticer and delegate, to the best of his judgment carry out the w 's of his political party ds nl by the voters at said elec. tion.” Senator Henry has notified the that he will not, he bound by dential prima McLean of Hannah ecretary of state if elected delegate, the results of the presi- It is presumed that . who. was endorsed regular republican conventions, neither of which picked a presidential cundidate, is proceed- ing und the theory that “the best of his attitude. RIGHT TEAMS TO MEET FOR STATE BASKET TITLE ‘ As the result of the state high schcol district baskdtball tournament held in the eight cities of North Dakota on .|Friday and Saturday, the teams left lent of the cor- | in ‘the race to compete for the state championship at the tournament to be held in Fargo Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20, are Fargo, Mayville, Ellendale, Valley City, Mandan, Devils Lake, Kenmare and Towner. SATURDAY’S SCORES ‘ Fargo 14, Wahpeton 10. Valley City 21, Jamestown 9. £ Grafton 30, Larimore 8, Mayville 13, Grand Forks 11. Mayville 14, Grafton 7. Devils Lake 31, Egeland 10. Petersburg 25, Leeds 12. Devils Lake 22, Petersburg 19. . Mandan 21, Bismarck 18. Donnybrook 30, Mohall 15. Kenmare 24, Donnybrook 18. Towner 19, Drake 18. Minot 16, Fessenden 15. Towner 19, Minot 17. BRINTON PLEADS GUILTY FOR ASSAULTING EDITOR Fessenden, N. March 9—C. M. Brinton, a brother of Job W. Brinton, league newspaper organizer and former head of the United Consumers’ Stores Co. and with the latter associated in the ownership of league papers here and at Bismarck, pleaded guilty in district court last week te ult and hattery upon the person of the editor of an independent newspaer published here. The assault was committed in the lobby of the Fessenden postoffica Jast May. Brinton paid a fine of $5 and the costs. withdrawn from the ,