The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 3, 1920, Page 1

™ ter, first lieutenant, and Roy THE WEATHER FAIR. AND WARMER THE BIS a K TRI BUN LAST EDITION - THIRTY-NINTH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1920° PRICE FIVE CENTS BASTER TO BE “WARM SAYS BUREAU HEAD 4 Style Show, Will be-on Display | on Bismarck’s Fifth Avenue | ! FINE RELIGIOUS SERVICES | i Churches Will Observe Religious'| Festival with Fine Music Warmer weather is’'predicted for! aster Sunday by the weather burean, which will be agreeable to practically 100 percent of the population of ‘this | part of North Dakota, AG Easter services. in’ the dierent | churches of the ‘city will be the most’ pretentious on the whole that have ever heen held here. (onviderabie ; preparttion, has been given the mus! cal portions of the sérvives and cantd- | tas, solos, quartets and other numbers will contribute considerably to the ef- fectiveness ‘of the services. i In spite of the unseasongble werthe> | for the past week. the leading merch- ants of the city report w good Baste business, men vieing with women in the purchase of their Easter garments. “Although jprices: are higher this eyar than ever before, the Imyer has beer | more concerned with quality thanwith tho dollar and gents sig While Bismarck y not have its | Michigan boulevard or Fifth avenue | where spring styles are displayed on Raster Sunday, it is practically i that with the warm weather promise:] bv the wenthor burean the streets of this city will be a moving picture of | the Intesf in hots. ta'lored suits, shoes and hosiery, while mere man will -be‘ bedecked with the clothes that mak» the men's clothing advertisements so alluring. A OFSTATEGUARD | ARE ORGANIZED Williston, Jamestown; Hillsboro! and "Grand Forks" Have‘ | Elected Officers Reorganization of the national guard | of. North Tpit is progressing, slow- | ly, but indications are that before the end of summer practically all of the larger cities and towns~in the state will have companies recruited up to full strength. the adjutant general's office announced today. *. 5 Up to the present time, four com- panies are organized or are to he organized. These companies are Com: pany E of Williston, Company H of Jamestown, Company L. of Hillsboro. and Company M. of Grand Fo All of these companies have received en- listment and physica] blanks from the adjutant genera} and all haye elected their office The latest company to report ele«- | tion of officers is Company M of Grand -Forks. The officers named by the members of the compaiy, are Heber L. Edwards, eyptain; Leslie G, Trot e. Schuy. Jer, second lieutenant. i Bismarck and Mandan, the adjutant | general's oflice repofts, falling he- ! hind other cities in the forming of | national guard companies, At Man- dan, members of the American legion | post aré cooperating with the state | authorities. Several former serv men, who also were guard mem)y | before the wary have been trying to | revive interest in Company A.of B marek, but very little actual progress | has been shov | Duel With Former President of Uruguay | Precipitates Crisis, Montevieda, Urguary, April 3.—Poli- | tical excitement prevails in this city | x result. of, the death of Washington’ Reltritn,, editor of thé) newpaper El Pais, ii) A duel with for- mer president Jose Bitlle Ordones. this morning. —, Aue After the last election in, Urgua the nationalists accused the “Batllis- | tests” the party headed by the former president of fraud. ‘This orgammauvn | is a_secret of the Coloradist party | which is at present in poli i tro] here‘and Beltrams newspaper in | an editorial discussing the election | called Batlle the “champion of fraud: It was this address that led to the fatal duel. 1 The opponents met on a football field | in a midst of a pouring rainstorm af: | ter waiting for three hours hoping the | rain would cease, | Standing fifty paces apart the duel- ; lists. were given the word to fire both missing on the first exchange. Betore ne tonight as a Reltram could fire a second shot | s struck by a bullet from Battlle’s pistol and sank to ‘the ground mortally ; wounded. The body was taken to the state headquarters of the national par- | tv where it is lying in state tonight. | There is a law against duelling in/ Urguary. Y | Berttle who was twice president of | Urguary and now is a member of the National administrative council gave | him self up to the police following an order by the state prosecutor for his Ww arrest as well as that of the doctor’s |shevik successes in the far north js | committee by M. seconds and other persons connecte-l with the duel. He is being held in- communicado at a police station and will be interrogated Saturd: FOUR COMPANIES iset? Gerernt foes | | EIGHT FAMOUS EASTER SUNDAYS Easter Sunday has been the occasion of many events famed in history. It has, been a day of discovery, conquest and’ defeat. Among the notuble events to occu: on rast Easter Sundays are the fol- lowing « FASTER. APRIL 2, 1512 Pouce de Leon, Spanish. governor of Porto. Rica. sailing in. search, of} the “the foundation of youths? discov- ered. Florida and name it “‘Pasew de flores.” Meaning, “Flower of Easter.’ KASTER. APRIL 6/17: Vester Island, . famous islamdca'd fo he part! of a. van continent, was discovered in 17 Roggeveen und named for the day Aisecvery., The source of architecture found on the island has never heen explained. EASTER, APRIL 10,1814 Napoleon's downfall began ‘on Kas- ter, 1814, when Wellington defeated the flower of the French army at Waterloo. npoleon abdicated 4 Fountainbleau_ the next day f EASTER WEEK, 1830 The Church of the Latter Day Saints was founded in this week by | Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, de. elared by \Mormorr tradition to hay translated the Book of Mormon, \v ten on tablets of gold. The formal CORPORATION FEES FOR MARCH SHOW SLIGHT DECREASE New Concerns Chartered in This , State Pay $1,098.50 in * ‘Treasury Zor new corporations Dakota during Mare amounted fe $1,098.50. ‘compared with § 4.63 r thre s 1s month last year, a deer recording to an announcement Thomas Hull, secretary of state. The records: show 41 new firms enters business in the state during month. niture. three were ‘co-operative and were foreign. Receipts of general fees during February, ‘it was announced. showed an incre; of approximately $500 over February, 1919. Despite the decrease in the total fe general fees last . the notar fees increased frofu $360 S455 compared ; with the corresponding month in 191 Fees for domestic cor- porations iner dl from $281 to § and for foreign concerns there was a drep from 50 to $140 in the two comparisons. The largest decrease ap- yeared uider the, miscellaneous chk ication. During the first two da articles were filed for. th: tions with capital stock $50,000 and $250,000, respectively, Finland Threatened by Latest Red Uprisings * Warsaw, April 3—The Bolsheviki launched attacks yesterday on both sides of the river Dvina. apparently in the beginning of their threatened drive on the northern front designed to carry them in the direction of Vilnia. Fighting on various fronts in orth of April corpora: is reported in the communique today | and is severe particularly in the vi- cinity of Dedino along the northern banks of the Dvina. Uneasiness in Finland over the Bol- reported by the press. Newspapers declare Finland is already considering military aetion against the reds to prevent a Bolshevik invasion. Ynystery | y of! Thirty-two were of a general | naming of the ebureli did not take place until 185: i WASTER, APRIL 16. 1865 | Tho last armed -section of conse: quence in the Civil War was the sur, j render of the Confederate wunitiony, | depot at Columbus. ¢ on Easter’ | Day, 4865. It was.the second largest war repot.of the Confederacy. EASTER,-APRIE 10, 1898 The division. of the. Isle .of.Crete,futo, four provinces was made by thé Turks on’ Baster Sunday, 1898, — This was the beginning of the’loss of the island to Turkey. The German Reichstag laid one of the foundations for the Treat Wi 1898, when it ly increasing the ob RASTER, APRIL 1916 The Dublin uprising against English rule called the “Easter riots,” occurred A916. The Republic of Ireland” was aly. There were many BASTER, MARCH 31, 1918 The -97 victims of the German long range gun who were killed while worshipping on Good Friday, i the Church of St. Gervais, Paris, were byried Euster, 1918. Five were Amer, ican The shell felt at the instant of , the Elevation of the Host. | Aniericanization Hits | Chicago Chinatown and | Bullfiddle Goes for Good | Chicago, Ap! The booming notes jot the bullfiddle and the melauchok’} estratis of the peacock guitar and the _ Chicago finte no longer sound in Chi- ieago, The shuffling jiigures of the | city’s old Chinatown, with their queues swinging in the wind and their silx | coats throwing scarlet and blue spots | against the gray of Archer avenpe and | South Clark street have likewise pass |ed into the hands of forgotten things. A survey of the Chinese in Chicago taken by the Baptist church reveals jthat not a single qnene aws found }among the 5,000 jorientals, and only | one known case of a Chinese woma |hound feet. The change has been ac | complished in less than ten years, Thy | Chinamen, after resisting assimilation | pntury has suddenly em-j | braced Americanism, | Plan Suit to Clear Up Check Controversy | Minneapolis, April 3.--Plans for in auguratilig suit against the directors of the Ninth District Federal Reserve bank to stop them from enforcing collection of checks at par by banks | throughout “the northwest. are to be | considered by bankers from Minnesota. North ‘and South Dakota and Wiscon- sin at a conference called for April 6 in Minneapolis, hy George H. Rich- ards, secretary of the Minnesota Bank | ers association. The bank will tike up, the ques- tion of sending representatives from [Minnesota to a conference late in Apri] with the federat reserve board. ; The suit will be a friendly one to de- | termine the legality of the ruling of the | federal reserve banks doing away with charges by hanks for. collections of s here said. W. Cress of Cannon Falls. Peter | Bergh, Dawson, and W. B. Tscharner, Minneapolis, have been appointed a | J. Dowling of: Olivia to represent the Minnesota banks in | the, conference here. S. B. Duea of ; Pipestone is the chairman of an exe- | chtive committee to plan action. a ‘More than $400,000 Cleared in | ever, being $142,000 as compared with | When $403,430 was PROSPERITY IN THIS LOCALITY SHOWN BY BANKS Bank Clearings for March Break all Previous Records with $3,690,570 NE DAY RECORD BROKE One Day by. Institutions .in This City With the largest daily clearing in the history of the Bismarck Clear- ing House association amounting to over $400,000, the bunk clearings for the month of March exceeded all pre- | vious record monthk wien they totaled | $3,690,570. i The daily clearances of the clearing 10use have shown a.continual increase y ever since the Bank of North Dakota | idopted, this convenience for trans- acting a portion of ifs business. How- ‘ver, the*month ‘of ‘March, 1920; with 26 business days, topped tne best pre- vious record by only a small margin! The average ‘daily clearances for March was Slightly below the average daily transaction for. February, how- 3442,604 tor February. The greatest’ volume of clearings during the month ,was on March 29 exchanged by banks ‘in this city. Never before has any daily clearings reached $300,000. On nine days during March, the total clearings exceeded $200,000, while only on ‘five days did the daily clearings fall below | $100,000: A cémparitive statement follows: ‘March Feb. Total clearings.: $8,690,570 $3,187,255 Largest daily 403,430 222,230 Average daily . 142,000 142,604 State Bank Growing F. W. Cathro, director general of the Bank of North Dakota, in a state- ment, issued covering the bank’s ac- tivities for’ the ‘last half of March stated that “the resources of the bank increased $3,200,000. At a close of ousiness March’ 31, the resources totaled ($34,586,218.22, or $11.452,000 moye than.on the Jdst. day, of. business in February.” 43 Mr. Cathro’s* report. further stated that “the net’ -profits for the period were $29,504.92,’ representing a gain of about $4,400' for the month. A re- serve. fund of $3,940.48 has. been set aside out’of earning to cover depreci- ation.”’ That’ the bank has- actually earned $33,445.40 durjng the first quar- ter of 1920‘4s - one. -the statements authorized by Mr. Cathro. AN “The finanée’ committee has ap- proved 907 farm loans for a total of | $3,367,750 up to March 31,” Mr. Cath- ro’s statment continues. “Farm loans in which the money of the bank has been invested, reached $2,022,700 on March 31,’ the statement claims. LARGE ACREAGE “ADDED 10 TAX PAYING LANDS Nearly Quarter Million Acres, Former Homesteads, Pay Income to State Practically a quarter ~of “million acres of land i North Dakota, forme: government homesteads on which the owners have proved up. are listed as Phew taxable jands for the period from March 1, 1919 te March 1, 1920, This announcement made here today state auditor Is, show- s for the ahoye period, Adams) coun eres; Ben- son. county, 5 . Billings. | wounty, 20,8 NL 4.10 acres acres ; Dunn’ county. Eddy county, 160 Golden Vi Grant. county, 4. MeIntosh — coun Kenzie county, Lea : res | Y oor county, county, 40, acre: ueres ; Sherid: Ss; Sioux county, Slope county, 10. Stark county, 160) acre Stutsman county. 6 "1 Téwner county. 80 acres; Ward Wells county. 46-acres ; Williams coun . 12.551.0. 5 aéres Rolette s ALT : has the of being both} and grandchild, She is the middle link of five living genera- tions, The grandmother, Mrs, Matilda Rose, of Matoon, I and her grandchild. kell, is 19 months. M Due to the present depreciation of their currenzy. the people of Ger many, Austria and Russia have been driven hack to the primitive of barter and exchange of gooc place of purchase by the use money. of Fand four and one-half*miles of eartir | unalterably } may be reclaimed to a safe and sound | | ployment bureaus, may OPEN BIDS SOON FIRST CONCRETE. ROAD INSTATE Highway Commission Reports: Activity in Road and Bridge Building Projects STRUCTURE OVER JAMES tase 1 Old Contracts, Interrupted by Early Winter, Resumed in Tew Weeks Revival of road and bridge building ‘ion of the state high- im has made its appear- nee and award several Contre with county authorities in different parts .of the state next week. Because no bids wi received ou the confracts to build three and one- quarter miles of part vel rong in ounty as part of the Crystal Ss highway, the commission will re-advertise for bids July 15.) Ther€ has chbeen considerable agitation for improvement in the Crystal Sp#ings toud and the commission is doing everything in its power, to hasten ae. tual construction work on this pro- ject. Pi JAMES RIVER BRIDGE ~ A contract to construct a bridge over the James river in Foster county be tween Glenfield and ringtoi was awarded hy) the commission ‘argo Bridge & tron Co, of Fargo or $85,102.14, The bridge will be 100. feet long and will be of reinforced concrete, It will replace the present weoden bridge which is not suited for the vehicle tratli¢ that now uses this road. The work is expected to be completed this, summer, A 40-foot iforced concrete. bridge road were included ina contract let in Bottineau county this week. The bridge spans the Mouse river. RESUME OPERATIONS + Several contractors have ad commission that they intend to resume operations in! this’ state ne: ween. This work in. the main consits . of completing contracts started last year, but uncompleted decause of the early winter. | Oné of the most, important projects falling under this head. ths] commission announced today, avas No, 3 involving thirty and a half miles of the ‘Theodore Roosevelt highway running northwest from Williston, Nhe contractors expect’ to complete this project_in two weeks after the work is resumed. ing party finishing two! and a halt miles of road included in| Emmons. county project No. 34 between Linton and Hazleton. » The contract, which includes 14 miles of new highway, ‘x in the hands of Stanley Brothers, This work will be finished in a short time. FIRST CONCRETE ROAD Bids for the first concrete road pro- ject in the state of North Dakota will be opened Monday at Grand Forks for one of road leading from within the city limits to the packing plant at Grand Forks, One-half of the road is withii the limits! On Tuesday, contracts will be awarded for the construction of four- teen and 2 half miles of road on: the Green Trail from Rogers to Valley City. This road will bk of earth and is part of a 50 miles project in that sectlon. The award Tuesday will be for the first part of the construction only. : GRANT COUNTY REPUBLICANS OUT | FOR WM. LANGER, \ Carson, N. D., April 3.—At a meet- | ing of representatives trom all over! Grant county affiliating with the re-} publican party, the following resolution | was unanimously adopted: Whereas, the republicans of Grant | county are fully cognizant of the great work William) Langer has done: for | the state of North Dakota in exposing | the autocratic grafting system which | has been inoculated into the state af- fairs by hired Sociaiists and whereas William Langer has always been found on the side of. ju and fairness in all his undertakin, both as state's! attorney of this county which former- ly was part of Morton county and as attorney general of the,state of North Dakota, and whereas we believe he is| the logical candidate for the office of} governor of this state of North Da-j| kota, fully capable, loyal, honest and! faithful to any trust and confidence re-| posed in him, therefore be it resolved, ; that the muss meeting here assembled endorse , Hon, William} Langer as candidate for the office of governor of the state of North Dakota, | fully pledging him our votes and jn-| fluence in the coming election to the| end that the fair state of North Dakota administration of its ‘affairs. Signed: | JAMES McCORMICK. Vast Army of Migratory Workers Toward Wheat Belt Harbinger of. Spring and Means Resumption of Railroad Building Kansas City, Mo.. April The mid. ; vest's own harbinger of spring has put 1 its appearance—the great, scattered army, of migratory worke: coming out of the south via the box car route. with Kansas City as its objective. The vanguard of this carefree multi- tude. which nevertheless is a neces- sary adjunct to the nation’s life in as isting in doing the seasohal rebuild ing work of the railroads and garner: | ing the harvest. usually reathes Kan-! sas City when the warm winds from the Southwest assures them that: the winter's snow ‘and slectshas vanishe( | for another yeat. Already. in groups ahout the em- be scen the} Mie -cominission: has: hadesasseryeye| IRISH ROADS RHUR DISTRICT AWAIT ACTION | FROM BERLIN | Copenhagen, April 3. to | call off the general strike in the entire Rhur industrial region was reached 1 a plenary session of the executive council of the district yesterday cording to a dispatch from will he awed, however, if the Ber- lin ove to file obli tions ent hy the wor and in particular if it fails to halt the | movement of troops against the Rhur | district. Decision R ATL STRIKES HOLDUP FREIGHT © AT BIG TERMINAL | Milwaukee Business. in Chicago Yards at Virtual Stand- still Today 1,000 SWITCHMEN ARE OUT TURKS ALARMED OVER ATTITUDE. OF PRES. WILSON Greeks Displeased Over Chief | : Executive’s Decision on Adrianople Issue Constantinople, Ap Wilson's note to the allies ul that the ‘Turk must get out of Europe | cume as a shock to all Turkish parties, Several brief dispatches erting Mr. | Wilson to that position had | been printed here under Pa and London date lines but until part of chal’ text of the note appeared pers Turks were un Mr. Wilson's note 1 ina slightly censored form which made the position of the United States m ha on the. Turks than it appeared in the full text of the communication, The note was equally displ the Greek: aft the Ame unwillingnes x 1 appear ing to who were much offended ct about Smyrna and his hople he given te nsiderable ts to the effect it will have siatic Turkey, where 500 American born teachers: and relief workers: are considered to be in considerable dan- ger if the protection of Turkish forces should be withdrawn. CANADIANS START SOFT DRINK PLACE IN ‘NORTH DAKOTA Winnipeg Residents Incorporate Company for $50,000 to, i, Sell Coco Cola The advent of prohibition, registered evidence fn North Dakota April 2 witi the incorporation of a $50,000. soft drink concern to be located at: Fargo. Four residents of Winnipeg, Canada. were listed among the five directors of the Coca Cola Bottling company of North Dakota. According to the articles, the firm! will Jengage in “manufdcturing, bot- tling’and sale of Coca Cola and other soft drinks, together with all by-pro: ducts thereof.” The directors are (. F. Roland, P. Moore, T. J. Moore. and C.J. ) all of Winnipeg. and W. A: MeMillan of rgo. Oaths for the articles were sworn to by the Me Moore, as among the incoyporators, before a no tary yublic of the province of Man- itoba, ro WATCHED, FEAR ‘EASTER UPRISIN London, April 3.—Armed — troops were on duty along all roads leading to Londonerry last night, motor were minutely searched and. dr had to produce permits and declare their busine: a Central News dis- patch from Dublin, It is believed thi: military activity had somethin with rumors of an Easter uprising. There was great military activi the suburbs of Dublin today accor to the dispatch. Part of soldiers with armored cars. te up positions shortly after midnight just outside the city boundaries and all vehicles ap- proaching the capital were searched. Hay carts received particular atten tion and tramw passengers from a miles west of shed, ing ve also were sea London, April 3.—Reports from many party of Ireland indicate that the government is taking no chances ble _materialization of the rumored Sien Finn plot for an ster revolution. Londonderry, Dublin and other places, reports said, were the centers of extreme military activity, a stringent watch being maintained and all travelers searched and identified. _ Elaborate preparations were being made to handle any possible untoward situation. “gandy dancer,” that unit of the main- | enance department of a railroad} which does track labor. Then there is the “mucker.” who performs the or- dini labor Connected with construe, tion work, and the “skinner,” or team- ster of the construction gang. Even a few of the “humpers” already have appeared—those men who toil around a rivlroad station and often take a lit- tle contract of their own. The call for harvest hands will not | he sounded for about two months, bat | the United States employment servic? | is busy now mapping out plans to care | for these workers, many thousands of | whoni are needed in the grain fields | rh year. prof 1.800 amd v Representatives of Brotherhood ‘in Session to Prevent Fur- ther Walkout 1600 THREATEN STRIKE Chicago, April 3.—Sixteen hi dred, five hundred railwa men in the Chicago term: walk out before Monday morning uspension of freight traffic unless demands of 700 striking employes of the Chi- cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road are granted, John ¢ leader ced this hood of railway train- men fais, with ‘which the switchmen are affillated declared, however, that Grunau’s organiza. tion, the Chicago Yardmen’s asso- elation has brotherhood im Bo, April lic on cago, Milwaukee and Paul railroads here, was cit a ‘standstill to- day and operation | of the Chicage Junction railroad crippled, the re sult of a strike of 1.000 switchmen and yard employes alliliated (with the Chi- cago yardmen’s union, An embargo on, alecepyince of all freight shipments sf effect in the former road. y JOIN WALKOUT i Three hundred yardmen employer link for trunk lin ig Chicago, joined the walkout la last night. The men demand the r ement of John Grunau, pr of the nnion, and a scale of 9: in hour for switehmen and $1 for con- Inctors. } _ CONFER ON SITUATION Representatives of the Brotherhood f Railway Trainmen and officials of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacitic railroad met today to conclude a wor! ing agreement differences’ over which ‘hreatened a strike of trainmen em- y the road. ement on virtually onnectin ’ all poitns | Ag L.was reached at a conference last night and a strike referendum taken by nembers of the brotherhood would he disregarded tt was anuoanced. © PRODUCTION IS GUREFOR HIGHER PRICES OF BEEF Dr. Worst Putting Forth Ef- forts to Interest More Farm- ers in Livestock Industry The growing i 1portance of the live- stock industry in) North Dakota and in urgent appeal that the breeding of purebred animals become even nore extensive in this state than at present are the subjects of an interest. ng statement ued today by Dr. John H. Worst, state commissioner of immigration, \ “The North Dakota department. of industry, especia beet raising.” said Dri Wo “A study of statistics re- lating to the beef indus! will show that industry is on a solid and tira j foundation and those who engage in it are assured suc to come, “These statistics show that we are sending one-fourth of our beef to the slaughter pens each year. The ent is plainly in sight, This situation, while it is unfortunate for the cou- summer as it means of high priced beef before the nation’s herds can set back fo normal, is @situation which holds wonderful opportunities for the men who will take advantage of it in North Dakota, “Within the past few years, sé of sales of purebred livestock been held throughout the state of North Dakota and there is an in- reatsing number of eager buyers .at je and the raisers of pure livestock are getting splendi:l ‘swith a constant incréasing de- 8 for niny years have livestock men are jon and they are y at state association, but an ion of each of the dir: ferent breeds, ey. propose at alt future sales to climinate the culls or poor quali Local org izations springing up in every section of the state and raising funds with which to build first class and adequate stock pavilions were future sales will be held. also proposed to hold a great mid-winter show and sale at Fargo where a | livestock lion has just been completed witn a show ring a seating capacity to accom. first big next win- organ ith modate, 400) anima show will be held at F ter. s charge of i The . 1 be selected by a committee whiche will tell the seller what animals he may place in this show. The fi native-born and ed women of Canada the ht to vote in federal elections has been presented to the parliament.