The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1920, Page 1

ee - SHEMS CERTAIN: THE WEATHER CLOUDY. © : AND. WARMER i \ pines : — Sar it jroo ontacensidhsdeh onto adeeAahexase pindcacencenazrevm iain ines, nana Lene RES Mlanbtie-snnsan asmmameonynit eran asm vermercweeaRctor iia na Ar ase mbna. THIRTY-NINTH YEAR CK TRIBU BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS LEAGUE'S LOSS. BLUE LAWS NOT ; “Election of Gunder. Olson ’ and H. A. Perry and Their Tickets Conceded CHANGE IN SUNDAY ISSUES Fate of Initiated Acts/in Doubt —Probabilities Against Passage With 609 precincts, Gunder, Olson regular republican, leads in the race for republican national committeeman ‘in North Dakota in the election of last’ ‘Tuesday: Reports stifl are badly d2- layed with many counties isolated. On the face of available returns, Gunder Olson has 12,308 and Ole H. Olson, the Nonpartisan candidate, has 8,234, giv- ing the former a majority at this time of, 4,084. The’ counties not reported include 14 counties which have; ordi- narily given, majorities to Nonpartisan |* candidates. ° H. H. Perry, of Ellendale, regular democratic candidate for democratic nationa] commiteeman, has 2.474 in’tha |' same precincts, while I. P. Baker of Bismarck, his oponent, endorsed by the Nonpartisan league. has. 1,290. The proposed legisiation of Sund: baseball in the same precincts, was ap- proved by a vote of 14,145 yes. to 12.:' 502. The precincts stifl to report are expected to overcome the majority. ‘in | fivor of the measure with the proba- bility increasing that none of the s0- called “blue laws” repeal laws- have heen approved. x BLUE, LAWS IN DOUBT — , While original , predictions. seem borne oyt insofar as the regular. re- publican and democratic tickets, heau- ed by Gunder Olson and H. H. Perry, are concerned, more complete returns from Tuesday’s primary election giv- more. cause, for. hope to supporters uf the blue laws which would be repeale by the passage of initiated acts sub: mitted Tuesday. i While some of the Slope cities ap- pear £0 chave returned very large ma ’ porities in favor of the repeal of the " while only: blue laws, the’ result in others was yery close, while the’ rural. districie in the Red river valley appear to b> almost a unit in favor of the retention of the statute prohibiting professional boxing, Sunday baseball and theatres and the Hcensed sale of cigarettes. , LOGAN COUNTY SURPRISES One,.of the surprises in today's re- turns {8 @ report covering eleven ou‘ of Logan county's 25 precincts, which shows a big majority against each of the initiated acts. The Logan county returns. tend, to support a‘ conviction that has béconte more of less general that many voters were confused by the mi nemnehte. ba ata an large number. voted “yes” or. ) the whole eight without discriminai- ing between, the two. Logan ‘4s. one, of the tew counties which has reported majorities agains« | all four of the constitutional amend- ments, and it is algo. the only county reporting to date which has a major: ity againat each of thé initiated meas- ures. The vote im Logan ran about the same on each. of these eight measures, as follows: - Amendments: Recall, 76 yes, 116 no; leasing coal lands, 97 yes, 99 no; qualification of electors, 91 yes, 100 no; municipal bonding, 92 yes, 105 no. Blue. Laws: Sunday baseball, 98 yes, 105 no; Sunday theatres, 78 yes, 125 no; boxing, 85 yes, 116 no; cig ; arettes, 96 yes, 104 no. LEAD IS VERY SMALL With’ very few returns available. from rural districts the Sunday base: | ball bill, which appears to have been the most popular of the quartette, is given ina state compilation a ma: jority of less than,.2,000, standing 8,325 to 6,605. t The baseball bill was the only one which won out in Grand Forks county, the baseball and boxing bills received a mapority in Cass. In spite of the fact that, the blizzard decimated the rural vote, it is doubt- ful whether the very small majority which the initiated measures received in the towns and villages will suffice to overcome the general opposition which is expected to develope in the ‘country vote.: ‘ MANDAN STRONG . . Mandan voted on the blue laws! much as Bismarek did, boxing 440 to 179; cigarettes, 457 to 186;' basebail, ’ 485 to, 144; theatres, 438 to'184. In Morton county ‘fifteen precincts giv: Sunday baseball 740 to 294 and Sun- day theatres 662 to 360." , “In Linton the vote on the blue laws was very close: Boxing 78 to 70; cig- arettes, 89 to 64; baseball, 86 to 6/, theatres, 72 to 77. LOGAN AGAINST LEAGUE { Logan county republicans Voted solidly, against the league candidates, the returns from 11 out of 25 pre- cincts betng as follows: . President: Hiram W. Johnson, 140; vice president, Wm. Grant Webster, 83; national committeeman, Ole H, Olson, 54;'Gunder Olson, 125. Presi- dential electors—Snortland, 6; Mah wald, 9; Trubshaw, 139; Garden, 146; Hoverson, 136; Johnson, 18; Heaton, 141; Cole, 144; Nicholson, 14; Sheri- dan, 36; Underwood, 41; Backer, 45, Bakker, 46; Joyce, 39. Delegates i> national. convention — Hendrickson, 134; MeKellar, 21; Shaw, 15;. Tosts- vin, 141; Kelly, 143; Steel, 140; Bishop, 141; McLean, 138; Lucas, 145; Mad- den, 41; Mozley, 36; J. Monson, 45, Gilbertson, 51; Rose, 48; Gannon, 46; Poindexter, Jr.}.41; Aaker. 45; Eckert, 50; Rudd, 43; Nielson; 137. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Recall of officers—Yes, 76; no, 11b. Coal lands cultivation—Yes, 97; no, 99. (Continued on Page Eight) A i i ‘JUDGE HANLEY “no” for} 3381 Kraabel, 146; Lokensgard, | ‘ BURLEIGH COUNTY BLUE LAW VOTE. | Precinct Boxing Cigarettes Baseball Theatres | | ay Yes No Yes’ , No “Yes No Yes No | Wild ‘Rose .. a0 5 9 7 7 3 10 | Morton... 6 a6 4 6 6 aan 1 Apple Creek WOO Wa 10 2 7 | | Boyd ..... 6 25,6 1 94 Neal eat + Logan 5 4 2 2f 3. 3 34 | Driscoll 35 35, 30, 39 27 34 307 | Sterling 11 13.997 17.18 1b. 15 | | McKenzie’ - if 19 18 22 14 22 16. | i. Menoken + 3 8 6 8 5 9 4 { | May Creek ... 1 6 2 7 1 a ay » Clear Lake ., 7 6 Le 6 47 7 6 a Bismarck City ....v$ 298 727-285 164° 243 734 269 | Vi i = in sa pe ©: Totaley, 0 te (22> 409 829-400 880 343 843.377 i STATE VOTE ON BLUE LAWS a ‘ ‘ Baseball Boxing Sufday theater Cigaret Yes No Yes ‘No ;. Yes No Yes No New Rockford (city) 147-167 | 154 154 145 168 Minot ...... 625 374, | 625 392 621 389 Devils Lake 312. 207 281 256 228 Grand Forks 846 789 /}\ 905 829 8 | Carson . 48 10 | 46 10 -Eckelson 21.17 28 14 0 i Bismarck . “693 208: | 734 260 285, Dickinson 245. 87 | 279 98 94 Fargo..... 1466 1125 | 1424 1200 1364 1253 Logan ‘Co. (11-25) 85 116 |/ 78 125 96. 104 ‘owner (8-35). Vases ATT Stutsman (39-68) .1085 z eee ea ee , NATIONAL COMMITTEEMEN ~ ? COMMITTREMAN VOTH AS at ho : S 3 |< REPORTED BY COUNTIES | te iS 7 + 2 9g) / i ; 3.8 g eS! JB! OSE Lae en 2 : 5 + | New Rockford City...........151 | 78 8 + | New Rockford twp. (Eddy)... 0 | 10 jean (18-95) 0 125 +5. | Gates twp, (Eddy)..s........ 38 fat oats 8) superior twp. (Eady) . 13 enson (1$-45).... 2 Grandfield twp, (dé 25 / Minot (city . Devils Lake Grand Forks . Hillsboro Lakota. cH | Hay Creek (Burleigh). | LaMoyre ( J... 2077 266» 47 (Carson ........ 4204 Foster’ (8-23) ..... ote. 1Orisko ..., SFA 8), Ramsey (7 a Eckelson twp. GBarnes) . 2 Barnes ( 7% it; 56 , Richland / (20-49. {Eddy ( ) }*Kidder (11-2 112 49 x9 18 1) Carrington ‘Fargo Cavalier - (21-48) .. 145 | H t —- i e**Grand Forks DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEEMAN (42-54) ++ -.1255 566 283) 152}. 3 Baker Perry *9*Cass (43-68)...1826 1188 299 189 | Minot... » BO, 262 Pembina (6-39)... 97° 40 57. 1%! Devils Lake. . 2B 24 tea ———_—_—_———— ; Grand Forks - 118 ePotats. fc cae, 8325 4531 1200 691 }Hay Creek (Burleigh).... 0 ! Indicates net majority only. CAMPON 2... eee eee OO ***Seventeon precincts on Demo- | Valyey City (2nd ward).. 5 crats. " 'Hankinson . 9 ***Thirty-nine precincts. on Demo- | Bismarck . 2) 42 40 crats, | Fargo, wees 124 155 i TO WASHINGTON | Will Attetid Meeting of National _ Executive\Committee of | ~ x Legion Mandan;~March 19.—Judge J. \M. Hanley left Thursday for Washingtou to attend a meeting of the executive i icommittee of the American legion! {which meets at the capital to conf-r ; with congress on the proposed soldiets | ; compensation measures. _ There are| ‘a dozen /or' more such measures up} before congress ‘and the , executive committee has been called to coniev to ascertain so far as possible the sentiment of legion members on te | subject. | Judge Hanley had sent out to the! various. posts in North Dakota in-) j quiries as to the sentiment of the lo cal posts, and he has been receivini; many replies, most of which expressed a desire that he use his own judgmenu in the matter. , { One of the measures before congres. and that given most attention is the proposal to make compensation in the} sum of $50 a month for the time in the service, The majority of the mem. vers do not like the t bonus, as .i implies a gift, and as has been very aptly expressed by -some of the leading members in the nation the hoys wio : went into,the army did so as a patrio- tic service. There is a genera! feeling however that the boys who left home, gave up good positions and received the m¢-| agre pay of the soldier should be en-' titled to some additional compensa- tion to represent in part the financiai! sacrifices made.’ Those who Temaiuel: at home were paid high wages, and that there should be some recognition jby the government in part for this financial sacrifice is very generaliy conceded. The action by congress will doubt- less, be very largely-influenced by tho} recommendations. of the executive; committee. consisting of one member! from each state. Judge Hanley beirg' the representative from North Dakota. The Bismarck post of the American legiort last night went oi record favor- ing a $50 a month federal bonus for, ex-service’‘men and a liberal jong time) loan to those who do not desire the | bonus up to $10,000. Judg? J..M. Hanley of Mandan, na- tional committeeman of the legion froém North Dakota. who has gone to: Washington. to take part in the com- mittee’s deliberations on the bonus and loan questions. will be notified by wire of the Bismarck post’s action. The action of the local service men . was taken after a}number of the for- jler service meu, attending the meet- jing at the Elke’ club, had expressed ‘their sentiments on the matter. Some ; @r the men were in favor of a straight bonus, others of a loan only, while there were some who did not believe the legion should ask congress to fal- fill its ‘implied promises on these mat- | ters made before the national conven- tion of the legion last year. * Fargoans Thrive on Denatured Aleohol | | | > Moorhead, Minn,, March) 187— Joe Geis of Fargo, arrested in Moorhead yesterday afternoon, asserted. in the police court this “morning: when" urraigned™ for drunkenngss that he ‘aid six other men had drunk an average of four, silioni of deuatured alcohol week- ly ark! that,all survived. Gels was fined and released af- ter a physican had worked on him for several hours. His condition Was serious for several hours as @ result of over-indulgence in de-”’ natured alcohol, according to the physician’s report to the court. | BLUE LAWS RUN CLOSE IN COUNTRY The vote in rural Burleigh county precincts. from which ,reports have been received to date, only, eleven out of 48 precincts outside of Bismarck, is very clow’ on the blue laws, The coun- try, so far, hag rejected the bill repeal- ing /the“han on boxing.by a vote of 9° to 111; the cigarette bill also failed to secure a majority in the country, where the vote was 102 to 115. The baseball bill has a majority of 16 in ,the county outside of Bismarck td date. the vote being 116 to 100, while the Sunday theatre bill has in the first 11 precincts reporting nosed through by one, the vote beilig 109 to 108. s Seventeen precincts, including Bis- marck, give Sunday theatres 843 to 877: boxing, 792 to 400; cigarettes, 829 to 400. and. baseball. 880 to 343. _ The same geyenteen precincts give the following’ resutls on republican presidential delegates: Regular—Hendrickson, 628; Kell 603; Kraabel, 623; Loksengaard, Lucas, 651; McLean, 628; Nielson, 740 Steele, 625; Tostevin, 655; Bishop, 59. Teaguers — Eckert, $35; Gannon, 358 ;~ Gilbertson, 330; Madden, 378; Mongon, 349; Mozley, 435; Poindexter, 338; Rose. 365; Rudd, 369. Presidential electors : Regulars—Cole, 708; Garden, 634; Heaton. 771; Hoverson, 658; Trub- shaw, 519, LAS — Backer, 375; Bakker. 368; Sheridan, 364; Under- wood, 406. MORTON FOR REPEAL Mandaa, March 19.—Morton county, in reports from -15 precincts out of approximately that voted in the elec- tion fast Tuesday has retarned very lareg majorities favorable to thé re- peal of the so-called blue laws. The law permitting Sunday baseball re. ceived 740 yes yotes and 294 no vot Sunday theatre law received 662 yes votes and 360 no votes. It ig estimat- ed, on the face of available returns, that the blue laws will be repealed in this county by an average majority of 500 votes. Only twenty precincts out of forty in the county are believed to have voted. HIGH SGHOOLS DRAW. PLACES IN TOURNEY Fargo, March 19.—The drawing for places in the North Dakota high schovi baskethall championship tournament, which opens in Fargo this aftertioon, put Mayville and Valley City for the first game. Mandan and Kenmare for the second, Devils Lake and Towner for the third. and Ellendale and Fargo for the fourth game of the opening round. =j tracks of the Colorado and Southern | deep drifts. ‘STORM SUBSIDES AFTER WREAKING * A TERRIBLE LOSS : i Normal Conditlon# Restored. in. Rockies After Worst Bliz- | zard in Years ¥ HIGH WIND$S IN KANSAS! Considerable Damage to Grow- . ing Wheat Crops and Wire | Wreckage is Reported i) Denver, Cold,’ March 19,—--Normat | conditions were festored in the, east: | ern Rocky moungein region today f lowing the’ worst wind storm jin 1) Years, which yesterday crippled wire and train commyiication, caused thou- sands of dollars property damage. and resulted in the loss of at least four lives. r; In northwestert, Colorado, the dust torm hid the sui, for hours and the railroad, were covered so deeply with sand at, Wellington, trati were detoured, Wire communicatio; was restored last hight when the wind died down. ‘ { | HIGIU WI) IN KANSAS H Kansas City. March: 19.—High winds continued to prevail early today ove the greater part of Kansas where, ac cording to reports, they have caused {considerable damage to the. growing wheat crop. In;aWdition to this dam- ; age wire communication is imparied at many places. | ; The wind had sivept up volumes of | ‘dust from: the freshly planted fields | {and reports from some places say that , dust clouds are sodense that the sun is obscured. id The dust storm ‘urea embraces the | greater part of the southwest, MOST DISASYERONS EVER Topeka, Kans. March: 19.—Repor' reaching the federal weather station here indicates ‘that the wind storm: of | i Yesterday was one of the most disag- trous that ever visited the state. This was largely due to the wfie | area over which the damage aws tlis- tributed the principle loss being suffer. | ed by, owners of whent fields: — The | long winter drought left the ground | dry. The ‘wind, droye ‘this: soil before | it like siiow bearing the high ground fof top soll and filling the low. places in | Thus uplands were en- tirely stripped of ‘wheat’ and ‘soil and the lowlands were-huried earth, 7 i i i BACHMAN BAND Series of Concerts Here Will Precede Invasion of Mid- dle West Harald Bachman's “Million lar” band will open its concert tour of the state in May, playing that month and the two:following months ‘}in North Dakota before | filling en- Bagements in lowa, Nebraska, Mis tana. overseas and who were with the or- ganization when it received its. name from a distinguished officer. nouncement as made this afternoon by Harold P. Bashman, director, and president of the Bachman Musical & Entertainment Co., a $25,000 cor- poration, that Robert Bruce, famous Indian cornetist, had signed for the season. Mr. Bruce traveled \with the band last season and’ was given great ovations at the places where the band played. The singer soloist is yet io be engaged. : The concerts in May in North Da- kota will be played at one-night stands. Ii June and July, the band will be heard at several of the county fairs and state conventions. The first week in August the hand will play ia the amusement park at Des Moines, Jowa; the second week in August, in the amusement park at Omaha, Neb.;. the third week, amusement park, Kan-| sas City, Mo.; and the fourth week in the amusement park at St. Joe, Mis- jouri. ‘THREE BIG ENGAGEMENTS Bookings which have been. made by the band show that it is to play at the Minnesota: state fair in Sep-| tember, where it was heard last year, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 4 at the Wis-; consin state fair at Milwaukee; July 17 to 21, at the North Dakota state fair to held in Fargo, and two weeks in November at the great cotton ex- Positign at Waco, Texas. The company next month will send two five-piece orchestras into the state to play for dances and other events. The personnel of the orchestras will be made up of members of the band. The Bachman Musical & Entertain- ment Co. was recently incorporated under the lawssof the.state and is a $25.000 corporation. Harold Bachman of Fargo, is president; C. P. Bachman, vice president; James ©. Son, assist- ant director of the band, second vice President; Myron Bachman, secretary, urer, Salida, Colo. March 19.—Workmen have been busy all winter building the road through.Monarch pass, blastng present expectations- are fufilled. 2 boulevard-like autoniobile highway will duly. Newport News ranked were handled, \8ession here ‘this afternoon was de- in drifts of i Aa J J for the premiership ; a ar i ; | reorganized ‘cabinet; Doi-| souri, Minnesota and possibly Mon-| The personnel of the band com-; prises 36 players who: saw servico| An-} and H. N. Rosevold of Minot, treas ; away hills and filling ravines and if be ready for toyrists by the end of second | among ports of debarkation for over- seas troops. being exceeded only by New York through which 69 percent LANGER INSISTS CARRIERS OBEY ————+ “I intend to see whether the railways or the peopie are rin- hing this state,” declared Attorney General Langer last night as he filed a telegram to the operating headquarters of, the St. Paul system at Chicago, advising the ofticlals that if they did not im- mediately take jteps “to comply with) North Dakofa’s full crew law Proseusan would be commeng- ed, The attorney general acted on 4 complaint. received | from the southwestern part of the: state, where the St. Paul operates., Other railways serving North Dakota have informed the attor! ney general of their intention to comply. with, the fu’ crew law, which was passed by the. six- teonth assembiy in its regular ses- ston, Thont BERT CABINET WILL RETURN 70 ‘BERLIN SUNDAY ? National Assembly Which: Met in Stuttgart Today Ad- journed Till Tuesday NOSKE ASKED TO RESIGN Majority Socialists Demand that! He Give up Portfolio as War Minister “Stuttgart. Murch 19—'The national ssembly which met in extraordinary clared adjouryed tonight by its pre: dent to meet’ in Berlin on: Tuesday next. The government decided to pro- ceed to Berlin on Sunday. (Lhis dispatch presumably embodies {a later decision than those in Coblenz advices stating that the government | F would return from Stuttgart on Satu day ‘nnd that the national assembly and Prussian diet would meet in Ber- lin’ Sunday.) ASK NOSKE TO RESIGN The majority socialist leaders haye demanded that Gustay Noske, minister of flefense, resign. Noske has com- plied by tendering his resignation. to President Ebert. but the government jhas not reached a decision as to its | acceptance. / Should -Noske retire it seems probable he will be suceeded by General Von Seecht, now in command of the troops in Berlin, Dr. Schiffer. minister of justice. is being mentioned in the Proopmed The government has instructed the court at Leipsi¢ to draw warrants against nine of the: principles fn. the | revolt mgvement, but there fy still dis- cussion how. severely men’ shall be punished. One element in the govern- Ment has suggested that only a single culprit. be shot as a nexample. Efforts were heli made tonight to have the ‘socialists. agree to this program in- ‘ stenad of insisting upon the execution of all those who should eventually be conyicted of treason. ‘ ! ae BAUER CAUSES SENSATION Berne. March 19.—Chancellor, Bauer, caused a sensation at yesterday's s ting of the German national assembly at Stuttgat when he revenled the con- ; dition presented: the government by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and General Von Luettwitz before they entéréd Berlin last Saturday morning. | “They wished to prepare for a war of revenge and plunge the country into | another. cataclys! cried the chancel- {lor, /“Pitiless punishments” must come j to these offenders, their fortunes | must, he seized nad they must be tried before the supreme court at Leipsic.” 'PRAGUE FEARS PLAGUE FOR LACK OF COMMON SOAP BY ZOE BECKLEY. 5, A, Correspondent Cable. \| Prague, March —For lack of soap thousands of children will die here in the spring. “We \have used our fat for food,” said Alice Masa daughter of the president of the Czech republic and. Red Cross head, today, “Unless Amer- ica sends us soap or fat to make ‘it from, our children will perish when typhus comes with the warmer weath- er.” ‘BABIES DIE OF FILTH There is not enough soap to wash the Jinen in the hospitals, Babies die here every day from simple lack, of cleanliness, Pestilence and dirt 39 hand in hand. The great typhus rier js the louse and soap 1s indispens- able in delousing work. The funds America has sent here are now being used to buy food and soap. sential but the Red Cross that of the two the soap is the mord important. There are 500 children in one hospital alone who will die of tuberculosis unless they can be removed to clean surroundings at once. LOSE SELF-RESPECT The inability of the people to keep clean is making them lose their selz- respect: . Czecho-Slovakia only asks ttemporary aid. With a chance she will climb to her feet and take her place with the nations. That chance, must include a fair start for her children and that they cannot have if their little bodies are {too crumpled and ‘twisted. by: starva- {tion and racked by disease. St. Louis—Investigation followed the discovery of St. Louis shoe repair shops that more left shoes than rights were being tendered for repair. Steam heat pipes in street cars were found responsible. Passengers toasted thei: tootsies and scorched their soles. | BERLIN STILL UNDER’RULE OF year. \ | yen CONCRETE BAND ACROSS DAKOTA Predicts Red Trail Will Be Hard- Surfaced from Fargo to Beach Mandan, Mareh- 19. — Boosting and acting will within five years result in ‘the construction of a 400 mile concrete surface road from Fargo to the state line at Beach over the Red ‘Trail or the National Parks Highway. associa- tion in the vision of George N. Kenis- ‘ton, secretary and the‘other good roads baasters who were in attendance at the annua) meeting of the North Dakota section of the Natioiinl Parks Highyay assoclation. The meeting aws tulled to order by President. F, Wy.) ‘Rurner, Dickinson. Despite the weather and the traveling conditions about forty were in dttend- ance including a quurtette of boosters from McKenxle, Burleigh county, which this year plans on establishing auto tourist aim ‘Attorney ‘LH, Connolly made a. brief address of welcome, to which Mr..Turner responded and outlined the work necessary Ino North Dakota this He called upon Secretary Kenis- ton who declared that the national or- ganization is doing great /things for the auto touirst. He ‘reiterated the state- ment of President Turner that it will hot’ be very’ many, years ‘before’ the tratlic of tourists oyer the transconti nental highway¢ will reach as high as 200,000: cars per year. He reviewed the organization of.the Red Trail and pald a plowing tribute to the vision of * W. “Purner and John W. Orchard of, Dickinson, who conceived the Red ‘vrail, - ¢ RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED The following resolutions aw ported by the resolution comittes The North Dakota section of Nation- al Parks Highway association, in an nual convention hereby extends its ap- preciation to the executive secreta of the National Association, Frank V Gilbert of Spokane, for his ‘untirng indefatigable. work’ in the promotion of the national Parks Highway from Chicago to Crater Lake, National Park, Oregon. si We further desire to.express acon: |gratulution to Goverbor /Frazier. and North Dakota legislature for flicir broad public policy shown in voting t necessary appropriation to make. pos- sible the Missouri river bridge. ~ We recommend to counties throug: which the National Parks higliway. misses, that they formulate 1 road pro- gram of five years {o compromise 2 road constructed under federal specifi cations and to take necessary steps to provide funds for such construction and necessary maintenance. We recommend to jobbing and dis- tributing interests the importance and ypracticability of motor truck transpoy- ‘tation for less ‘than car load lots and local shipment We recommend to cities and towns along the National Parks highway, the importance of providing suitable camp- ing sites free. with water, light and comfort ‘stations at munictprl expe to accommodate the increase in tratlic which the coming year promises. We commend ‘the work of the engi- heering department of the North Da- kota high commission in the fact that their work covering a period of only tive years places this state third among the states of the nation, We endorse the essential provisions of the Townsend bill now pending in’ congress, providing for a federal high- commission which shall build one Toad east and west and one road north atid south in each state in the union, constructed and = maintained eutirely at public expense. 2. A. Tostevin, H. 1, Henke, F. A. Copelin, J.C. Andersoi, 1, A. Tavis, Committee on Resolution, NEGRO TAKEN IN DESPERATE DUEL WITH POLICEMEN Riddled With Sho} and Beaten | by Mob, Colored Man is Finally Captured Baltimore. Md.. Marchi 19.—Riddled by shot and probably mortally wound- ed an unidentified negro was captured by police reserves early today after 2 desperate three hour fight waged from a barricaded hore. Two policemen were wounded and another negro, mis- taken for the hunted man, was shot three times by policemen and bea by a mob before it was ned he was not the man sought, The trouble started in the theatri- cal district when two negroes engaged in a fight. At the appearance of po- lice. one negro fled and b: icaded himself in the cellar ofa residence occupied by whites s the police ap- proached he opened fire wounding tw A riot call brought reserves and eral policemen entered the house, chop- ped aw a part of the floor making “loop holes” through which they fired the contents of two heavily charged shot guns. BAYONETS, BUT EBERT TROOPS. PATROL STREETS OF CAPITAL KENISTON SEES Head of Democratic Govern, ment Expected to Return To- morrow—Soviets Formed in Number of Important Towns and Cities — Opposition to Communists General—Blood- shed Occurs at Many Points (Associated Press) Berlin is still under the rule of bayonets, but troops loyal to the Ebert government patrol the streets. Forces, which supported the regime pet up last Saturday by Dr. Wolfgang ‘Kapp and his followers, left Berlin yesterday, Withdrawal of these soldiers, how- ever. left choas behind, as the rear- guard turned against, jeering crowds in Unter Den Linden and fired, many being killed sand seorgs wounded. More bloodshed occurred ear the par- liament building, while in, Charlotten- burg and gthet ‘suburbs clashes ‘re- sulted in loss of life, ECONOMIC/CONDITIONS BAD. * While radical elements have not made organized attacks on the capital, economic conditions are described ax serious. The resumption of power by the: constitutional goyernment is op- posed by those who believe it bargain- ed with the reactionary leaders to try to seize control and there seems to he an urgent demand for a reorganization ot the ministry and changes in policy in important particulars. Reports from Germany outside of Berlin are of such a character that a clear view of the situation is hard ¢0 obtain at present. While it is said soviets have been formed ina number of important towns and cities and in- dustrial distritts it does not appear the movement is gaining momentum. Communi: sympathizers seem to / have met with stern opposition at many poits, \ HUNDREDS DIE IN CLASHES London, March 19— Hundreds of persons have been killed in the mining districts. of Germany in collisions be- tween miners and troops, ‘it was de- red in reports from.Germany re- ceived at Copenhagen, the» Qentral News correspondent in that city tele- graphs. i Telegrams received from the big towns in Germany, the message states, show that fighting in proceeding , in nearly all-the thickly populated’ areas whree soldiers and workers are op- ed, 4 In Bravswick there ig much. disor- der accompanied by pillaging of shops. In Lepsic according to the advices, there “wax street ‘fighting througout yesterday In violent fighting at Kiel yester- day between workmen and troops, the workinen seemed to have got the upper hand, the wessage reports, The communists are declared to 12 masters at Cassel. ' VON LUETTWITZ MEN KILE, 20 Coblenz, Thursday,,9 p. m., March 13. —Twenty persons were led when General Von Luettwitz's troops fired into the crowd as Soldiers were leav- ing Berlin, Troops of the Ebert gov- ernment were guarding the city. A general communist outbreak was still threatening, according (to advices, Independent socialists have ‘decided to continue the ‘strike. Food conditions were reported serious us no trains had come into Berlin for five days, EBERT CABINET: TO RETURN Cobleliz., March 19.—The Ebert gov- ernment will return from Stuttgart to Berlin tomorrow. The national assem- bly and the Prussian diet haye been convocied to mect in Berlin Sunday, “BAREL OF GUNPOWDER” London, March 19.— All Germany, except the southe: ates, is in re- bellion and Berlin is a “barrel of gun- powder, which may be ignited at any time.” says a Berlin dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co, filed at Berlin yesterday. ! ; i+ 50 KILLED IN DRESDEN Stuttgart, Wednesday, March 17. — Fifty persons were killed in Dresden in a sudden ctash-between « students’ organization’ and a mob according to the story of witness who has arrived here. Frankfort*80 persons haye been killed’ in reeent \disorders and several hundred wounded have reach: ed the hospitals, In addition a num- ber of injured are drifting into first aid stations which it has been. neces- sary to establish throughout the city. Fifty persons were killed in violent fighting at Leipsic it is reported, JUDGE HANLEY FOR CONGRESS IN THE THIRD Fargo, Mareh 19,—Judge J. M. Hanley of Morton county district court in Fargo today authorized * the statement that he would be a candidate for the republican nom- in ion, for congress in the third ota district for the seat J. H. Sinclair of Kenmare, N. D. His formal an- nouncemeut, Judge Hanley said, Would be made within the next ten days, Judge Hanley was formerly speaker in the North Dakota liouse of representtatives and he served in the recent war as a major. HAS TONSILITIS J. M. Martin, superintendent of the city schools, is confined to his home on Fourth street by an attack of tonsilitis. Supt. Martin is now convalescing, but probably will not be able to leave’ tha | house for several days.