The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1920, Page 3

Popul Tie Hloase Wier 1000Camenis - Stores at Bismarck ‘nd Grand Forks, : Hours from 2. ts 03, ‘Thursday, and Friday, we'are going to offer ladies’ hats, values: up to $18.50 at | “Js stil on in-full ‘swing. E Suits $28. 75, 39. 50, 49. 50 ies nec inte Waists, sale < E Sik Dress Sde $23.75 Bargain Basement _ Store Salat 36 in. Unbleached Muslin. Sale ptieeee cloth. Sale, yard, WOOD LEADS DIGEST POLL IS NATIONWIDE Eleven Millin V Voters Will Par- ticipate’in Pre-Convention Test, ! The big news feature of the pre- || convention: presidential ‘campaign: fs the national poll of eleven million voteyS now being ,taken by The, Lit- || ‘erafy Digest té show beyond question just who are the choices of the Amer- ican: people fOr candidates of botn great parties. This is not an ordinary straw voi’ It, is.the greatest unofficial poll ever taken in the United States. Individ- ual ballots, with return. postagé’ pre- paid, have been iled in closed ‘en- velopes, ‘personally addressed, to eleven million voters throughout the country, nearly two-thirds of the en- tire vote cast in, the last presidential , election, in 1916. All classes of business and profes- sional men and women, and workers in all trades, union and non-union,.aré included. No propaganda of any kind as to party, or candidate, or issues is connected with the poll, and abso- lutely impartial and non-partisan character is protected and guaranteed in the most complete manner. The votes cast will represent the real voice of the people, and the poll will serve as a vehicle for the unhampered, uninfluenced expression of popular hoice and opinion as to presidential Candidates and the issues represented by such candidates. if Voteg Pour In. Already the votes are pouring into The Diggst Offices, Many thousands each day, from all States of the Union; and they willbe tabulatéd and analy- zed, State by State, in the weekl! sue of The Literary Digest right up to the actugl meeting of the conventions in Chicago and San Francisco. These reports Will shed a flood of light on the pre-conyention situation and will haye a“unique and decisive interest for poljtical leaders, the press, and citizens Of all parties. Nothing of the kind, on so wide a scale, and giving such conclusive results has ever-been done before: We feel sure you will want to be in close touch with it, and will wish to give your readers the benefit of full jnformation ¢s the re- turns from The Literary Digest na- tional poll appear from week to week. First Installment. 3 The first installment consisted of 2198 votes..according to the editors of the magazine. The vote for first choice for Repiblican candidates, fol-, lows: Wood ... «. 5,857 Hoover . 3,963 ‘Johnson 2,284 2,361 1,120 838 707 Coolidge cue 566 Pershing . . 213 Capper *. . 167 Poindexter 124 Butler’ +. 64 Cummins . 28 Goodrich . 5 While Mr. Hoover is classed as a Republican candidate, 1,719 -of bis votes were from Democrats. Ger. } Wood also received 594 Democratic votes and Senator Johnson had 742) Democrats voting for him. The vote for Democratic gandidates, follows Cox . +. 1,123 Edward: 1,087 President Wilson . 1,070 if 852 ™Our . windows are always showing goods in which you are inter; ested Fac-simile of Price Tag used on our goods “LOMAS .HDW. CO. Biamarck,N. De. » =! BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE Bryan Clark . Palmer , Baker .. Gerard . ‘Hitehcock . Daniels . ‘Redfield. POWER: COMPANY GIVEN LEAVE TO FLOAT CAPITAL Provide Electricity; Be- tween Jamestown and Medina’ ’ evi Permission was. given the James- town-Medina High Line company by the blue sky commission to s6ll all of its $190,000 stock,~‘The company. was organized sto ‘construct power! lines from Jamestown to Medina and to fur- Bitridge, jéfedina;—as well as‘ points tributary ‘to these communities. The current will be obtained from the Western Electric company at Jamestown, the commission was in- formed. The distance from James- town to Medina is 30 miles. The dele- gation ‘representing the company, which. appeared before the commis- sion, consisted of W. F. Stege, bank- er,* Medina; Theodore Strambjad, telephone official, Medina; Paul Joss, of the village board, (Medina; Dan Bachow, banker, Cleveland. LAWYERS TO MEET AT JAMESTOWN.IN AUGUST THIS YEAR Jamestown, NL D.,' April 21—The regular annoal meeting of the, North Dakota ‘Bar association is to be held in this city-on "Thursday ‘and Friday, August 19 and 20, it was decided at a meeting of the officers and execu- tive committee of ‘the organization which was held’ at, Valley City on the evenin? of the 15th. ~The annuat meeting this. year will be featured by. addresses by nationally known fig ures, While nét as yet ‘at liberty to use names. the committée advise that they are ‘corresponding with a mem- ber ‘of the.supreme court*of Canada and an ex-president of the American Bar association, both of whom they hope “to ‘have in Jamestown during the ‘meetings. STRIKE LEADERS HOOTED BY MEN; REFUSE To VOrE c= (Contintied From ne One) settlement of the wage demands of the 2,000,000 railyoad workers develop- representatives of the railroads ‘and the ‘brotherhoods before the railroad labor board when_hearings on the de- mands were resumed. E. T. Whiter, chairman of the wage commission ‘of the Association of Rafl- way Executives, said consideftabie time ‘would be required for the roads to gather: aaed’ phd data to place be fore the board phd that answers to a ‘quéstionaire ner ‘out by his agsocia- ‘tion ‘dotld not be‘obtained under three months, BRINTON ) NEWSPAPER ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL 18 THE (Continued From Page One) tion. ‘ “In my opinion at least so much of chapter 188, laws 1919, as relates, to the designation of newspapers ,' by the state printing and publication commission and the requirement that official statements and private legal ‘notices must be published in such papers -is violative of the constitu- tion of: this. state.” j | The Syllabus follows: ‘FROM GRANT COUNTY peHant 8. Robert jeery as County Auditor of ‘Grant County,’ North Dakota, Tho- mas McDowell, Henry Hertz and Peter Ferguson, as the Board of County Commissioners of Grant County. ‘North Dakota, Defendants and Respondents. Syllabus tionality of Chapter 188, Laws 1919. Tt is held: — 1,! ‘That the act does not contray- | jene the Mth amendment to“the Fed- eral Constitution. 2. Inasmuch as two of the judges of ‘supreme court are of the ‘opinion ‘that the act ‘does not violate any pro- cannot be ‘said that the act is uncon- stitutional as violative of the state constitation in view of Section 89 of the constitution as amended (Article XXV, p. 503 Laws 1919). which pro-, vides that in no case shall any degis-|| lative enactment or law of the State of\North, Dakota be.declared unconsti- Buy only NORTHERN GROWN ‘Seeds which are tested for purity and germination. ‘A Few of Our Choice Offerings: Sweet Clover, White, scarified, per bu. ..... Sweet Clover, Yellow, per bu: Sunflower, Mammoth Russian, per bu. ... Siberian Millet, per-bu. ...... $24.00 | .. $22.80 '¥ $10.80 am. $2.75 We -also carry a complete stock: ofall kinds of ‘seed and Fodder Corn. Millets, Sudan /Grass, Seeds at prices that are-attractive. > Buy from Us on Save Amber Cane, and Fresh bulk Garden Send for priee list. 7 Freight. Dealers Wanted ¢ Valker- Christensen Co. Wi holes: le and Retail Flora and Seedmen me Minot. N. D. 2 nish electric current to consumers at} Windsor, CYeveland and) ed ‘today daring discussion between | | OPINION OF CHRISTIANSON land nassed upon at a referendum eléc-. Timothy P.-Daly, Plaintiff and Ap-! ‘This ‘action ‘involves ‘the ‘constitu- vision of the state constitation, | it’ tutional unless at least ‘four of the judges of the supreme court so decid. }f ‘Appeal from the District Court of ! | Grant County, Crawford, Judge, ‘srom an order sustaining a demur- rer, to the complaint. Defendants appeal. Reversed. and dismissed, Opinions by, Grace, Kobinson and |) Bitdsell, $J. ahd Christianson, Ch. J. 'E, R. Lanterman, of. Mandan, Attor- ney for Appellant. W. A, Anders ‘and Foster & Baker, of Bismarck Amici ‘Curiae. ‘Suuvan & Suilivan of Mandan and TF. Murtha ‘of Dickinson, Attorneys tor ‘Kesponuent. What Act Provides. This act provides that the printing voniuission shall ‘consist of the secre- vary or state, chairman of the railroad commission dnd the state immigration commissioner, It “also provides that vpis commission shall designate one paper in each county’as the oiticial pa- | ver In wnica ail legal notices hoth of 4 puolic nature and tnose attecting privace liugants shall ve published. The ‘commission also is empowereu ‘vu ame as many papers as it sees fit as state Papers. - lt also ‘handles ‘ail ‘mat- ters pervaining to public printing. Hold Until November. S Designation. of the omecidi papers Will “noid until ‘afte ‘the November elections when the people at the polls will decide what papers they desire. ‘Iv'is estimated that this bill secured !; Yor Jeague publications about a quar- ter of a million of revenue’ yearly in legal publications. Many independent newspapers have been forced out of business ,and many others are just ‘struggling along hoping that elections in November ‘will give some relief. Robinson's -Opinion. Justice. Robinson in his opinion |} says: “Nothing would seem more grossly |j absurd than for the court on! a trivial objection to a matter of procedure to hold void an act approved by nearly two-thirds of the lawmakers and then by a great majority of the voters. “A recent amendment to the eonstt- tation indicates the people have come vo learn that judges are not infallible |, and it is well to limit the power to annul eben an act of the legislative assembly, It is provided: preme Court shall consist of five judges, and no legislative enactment shall be ‘held void unless at least four |} ot the judges so decide. To this there might well have been added that no measure submitted to and approved vy the people shall be held void by. any court. The powers which courts have assumed, by a bare majority of one, to hold void acts of Congress and legislative enactments, may soon bea thing of the past. If the Court have'} the power. by any majority, to hold void an act submitted to and approved by the people, the power is too danger- ous and arrogant for use, except on|j occasions very extraordinary.” This is the nub of Justice Christian- son's decision. ‘that the will ‘of the people as express- ‘ed through legislature and by referen- dum is the supreme law of the State. His reasoning, fojlows closely that of |} Justice Robinson: RAIL BOARD IS NEXT TO CLASH IS BELIEF HERE (Continued from page one) + that Waters had yery little respect for Cathro’s business ability and ‘con- siaered the oft-repeated antagonis\ between the two men, while both were with the bank, a persona} mat- ‘ter. ‘Reports reaching Bismarck are that | Waters’ with the assistance ‘of “Leslie | Simpson of Dickinson, Brinton and Lieut.“ Governor Wood’s father, to- gether with a Miami banker, have started a state \bank at Miami, Fla, where their sisal trust hes its head- quarters. r. ’ Simpson returned trom Florida "yesterday and had .a series of conferences with state of- ficials_here. a HASTINGS FORFEITS BAIL Fargo, April-21.—John J. Hastings. of Nonpartisan league fame, forfeited $40 bail by failing to appear in police court this morning following his: ar- rést by the Fargo police Saturday night. The specific charge againet Hastings was that while intoxicated he operated an auto. Police said that he lost control of the car on Front AY BITOR The Su-}) Justice Grace holds |] Katharine MacDonald The ‘Kiethinn Beauty _ Tonight i in “The ‘Turning Point” By Robert W. Chambers The year’s most beautiful photoplay, and the ‘wonderful ro- mance of a woman who was willing to sacrifice her own love and happiness for the good of the man she loved. It will make your heart strings =THE sing. NEW: ELTINGE Monday and Tuesday CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG in a big super. special “THE EYES street ‘and crashed into a steel pole which supports the street car cable power. i Ss UNDER SUSPICION ; e careful with that shootin’ iron, auntie; you're not playing in a wést- ern hair-raiser, you know.” But still, one can't blame ‘auntie. After all these years of hunting, for, a man, she found one, right in her niece’s bed- chamber, acting mysteriously: like .a burglar. ‘Of cotttse the fact that the bedchamber belonged to ‘a young man who came home unexpectedly and found a young woman in it who didn't belong there and didn’t know she did- n't belong there is a complication not to be lightly disposed of. That, however, is one of the eittan-} glements in “Under Suspicion,” a new Universal crook-comedy, starring Ora; Carew. It will be shown ‘at the Or- pheum Theatre tonight and tomorrow. FAMOUS POETESS HERE Mrs.. Flgrence, Bornes, the poet laureateyof Arnold_and poetess extra- ordinary to the Nonpartisan Idague was in the city today on~ business. Mrs. Borner reports that crop -con- ditions around Arnold look very good. FIRST TIME HERE UM THEATRE . Thursday Night, April OF YOUTH” WILLIAMS FARMERS é STILL USING SLEIGHS Fargo, April “21.—Farmers in Whil- liams county ‘still are using sleighs, according to George Ferris, publisher ‘of the Williston Herald, a visitor in Fargo today. ‘Mr. Ferris says the farm work jis being delayed and ‘that ‘it will be May 1 ‘before operations will be un- der way generally, “Our farmers are getting more ‘and more into the livestock industry, and we expect great results from that fact,” said Mr. Ferris today. “We have’ & livestock association of ‘ap- proximately 200 members, and in a single sale early in March ‘more than $60,000 worth of livestock was sold.” Coincident ‘with the general re- vival of industry in Belgtim canid a great increase in membership }of trade unions there. From 120,714 |in 1914 membership has risen to 613,- 1500. ROOM D. with all the priv- mn ‘0 .two Phone 871X, . two or ‘three “unfi block sowntowt " ‘A SUPREME HIT” FROM COAST TO COAST -JOHN CORT PRESENTS THE ‘SEASON'S SENSATIONAL success, Flo New York Cast of Players Captivating Musi¢ Famous Beauty Chorus BqowAy Freo De Gresac OS Re ad Sure-Fire Gorgeous and Stunning Gowns The press of Seattle, Portland, San Francisco “and Los.Angeles unanimous in -declaring “Flo-Flo” the Musical Comedy Treat of the Season Special Augmented “Flo-Flo” Orchestra Daringly Delightful Parade of Pretty Girls in Light, Lacy, Alluring Lingerie PRICES—Lower Floor, $2.20; Balcony, $2.20-$1.65-$1.10; Gallery, 50c. Seat sale Tuesday at Harris & Co. Stationery Store. Mail orders now.