The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1920, Page 1

>? * the spring wheat region of a plan for ===] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | LAST EDITION THIRTY-N TH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL. 22, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS CALL IS OUT POR oe | MINOT, MAY 2. ! County Convention Will be Held to Name Delegates | "May, 5 NO HANDPICKED . REPRESENTATIV 1. V, A. Officials Must Be Elect- ed Same as All the Others A county convention of anti-Town- ley republicans on May 5 is providea for in the forma! call issued yesterday for the anii-Towniey cénvention in Minot, May 12, at Fargo by Treadwell Twitchell, state chajrinan of the anti- Townley republican organization. The call gives. complete instructions as to method of selecting ‘delegates, the can- didates to be selected and other de- tails. Given 12 Delegates. Burleigh county is glven 12 dele- gates to the Minot™ convention, tne number being based upon the vote cast for John Steen for governor in June, 1918, one delegate for each 100 voters: The-number\of delegates for each county are as follows: Adams 3. Barnes 12, Benson 10, Billings 2, Bot- tineau 7, Burke 6, Bowman 3, Burleigh 12, Cass 32. Cavalier 8, Dickey 6, Di- vide 6, Dunn 3, Eddy 3, Emmons 4. Foster 3, Golden Valley 5, Grand Forks 21, Grant 5; Griggs 3, Hettinger 5 Kidder 3, La Moure 5, Logan 2, Mc Henry 8, McIntosh 2, McLean 12, Mc Kenzie 6, Mercer 3, Morton 10, Moun. trail 8, Nelson 8, Oliver 1, Pembina 9. Pierce 7, Ramsey 13, Ransom 6, Ren- ville 3, Richland 11, Rollette 5, Sar. gent 6. Sheridan 4, Sioux 2, Slope 2. Stark 8, Steele 4, Stutsman 12, Town er 4, Traill 10, Welsh 9, Ward 20 Wells 6, Williams 10. To Call Another Convéntion. This call probably will necessitate another’ convention in Burleigh to name Democrat and Republican dele gates to Minot. One set has already beén picked instructed for Langer. It is likely that these men will be select: ed again and enough added to make a full delegation of both Republicans and Democrats. f No special handpicked representa- tion is'given the members of the In dependent Voters’ association. The recommendation is made, however. that members 6f: the.-executive.com mittee. of the association be named as delegates. Under the call, Mr, Livdahl,. chair- man of the anti-Townley. 'anti-Social ist county central committee, is to is sue the call for the county convention May 5. LEAGUE BANK AT FARGO CENSURED BY STATE BOARD Loan on 1,500 Sheep, 500 of Which ‘Are Killed, Ex- cessive The Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo is still occupying the serious attention of the state banking board Recently the bank made a larg loan to Danielson Brothers on 1,50! head of sheep and certain farm lands northeast of Moorhead in Clay coua ty. The loans totaled $33,000 .o which $16,000 was on first and seconé mortgages on farm lands and the balance on notes and chattel mort gages on live stock. The banking board notified the Scandinavian-American bank that it cqnsidered these loans excessive ana the collateral questionable in com- parison with the amount of the loans Since this action was) taken; ~Daniel- son Brothers lost about 500 head of sheep on which a portion of the loai was made. The board is expected to demand that the bank immediately reduce the loans and cancel that por tion of the total amount secured by the 500 dead sheep, URGE FARMERS TO BOOST THEIR WHEAT ACREAGE '—Reports from Washington. April 22 reduced/ acreage this. year caused the department of agriculture to issue a statement today urging farmers to re-} vise their planting plans. Weather | conditions and a shortage of farm la- bor have affected the planting, but statistics presented by the departmen: advise increase production because ot the poor condition of the winter crop! and the continued world demand for | wheat. The normal requirement for con- sumption and export are about 800. 000,000 bushels. ,Of this amount only 483,617,000 bushels are indicated from the winter wheat belt this year. The world’s demand it was pointed out will be as great as usual and none can be expected from Australia because of the poor wheat year and the disor- ganized transportation conditions | make improbable the movement of | the 55,000,000 bushels Russia has an- nounced she will have ready for} ' ‘NE LONDON WOMEN GIVE tt tet te ttt ttt Chicago, April 22—The next move of the outlaw railway strikers in the} Chicago: district. split by a revolt igainst their own leaders, was awajit- 2d today by federal officials and rail- way representatives. Meanwhile “rebel” leaders, repudi-| ated by the men when they/counselled ending the walkout because they safd they “could not fight the government,” abandoned the insurgents and return- 2d td work at the head of small groups. Action of John Grunau, president of he Chicago Yardmen’s association, STATE BANK HAS BIG DAY’S woRK|U Clears $4,000,000 in One Day Says Cathro The value of the Bank of North Da- <ota as a state clearing house was iain demonstrated ‘yesterday when he state institution put $4,000,000 business through its transit depart- nent. 2ral months that one day’s clearings have \ reached $4.000,000. Recently they have been averaging $1,400,000 per day. A large part of today’s business resulted from the beginning of the lrain on the public funds by the vari- dus treasurers of the political sub- livisions of the state, says F. W. Sathro, manager and‘ director general. STATE ENGINEER SOCIETY IS TO BE FORMED FRIDAY First Convention of Members of Profession in State Will be Held Here A state convention will be held at Bismarck Friday and Saturday for the purpose of forming &@ state chap ter of the American Association of Engineers, _ All engineers in the vari- ous branches of the profession have been invited to attend the meeting | and it is estimated that there will be | more than 100 present from all over} the state. The Bismarck Engineering society has taken the initiative in forming the state organization of.the national body. The principal business to be transacted .will be the formation of a permanent organization, election of of ficers and laying plans for a state wide Dublicipy campaign to advertise the work being accomplished by the various branches of the engineering profession in North Dakota. CARPENTIER : MAKES DEBUT SUNDAY NIGHT, New York, April 22. 2.—Georges Car- pentier, European heavyweight boxer, will make his American debut in this city. The French idol will appear in a boxing bout against a sparring part- ner Sunday night, May 2, as part of a program for subscriptions to the army export. and navy building. CHORD,” CUTTING HA‘? AND. COSTS London-—The women of Engl: the high cost of existence, and incidentally your hair.” string attached -to it but that doesn’t prevent it’s being a. t good nunch. They take the string, or gauge, fit it snugly about the head, apply the shears along the edge and accomplish a tidy and artistic haircut—with considerable saving. It would work: well. in America with “trimmings” threatening the 75 cents per week. OUTLAW STRIKERS SPLIT IN. REVOLT AGAINST LEADERS; WALKOUT BACKBONE BROKEN This is the-second time in sev-! xT : HUBBY “BARBER SHOP and have found a new way to os There’s who obtained Kis release yesterday from jail on bond-and who hurried to | Chicago, was looked to as the next step towards’ possible setthement qof the walkout. The insurgent presi- dent was in conference with strikers to determine what course to. pursue. A steady improvement in_ traftic {Conditions throughout the middle | wost’and‘onthe Pacific coast Was re- cotded by railroads. \ Movement of live stock in the Chicago district was recorded greater than this time a yeaT ago. Roads announced that 1,148 cars of coal were moving in Chicago yester day. LANGER CLAIMS GRAIN DEALERS ARE STEALING Charges Eddy .County Scales Were Fixed to Cheat Wheat Farmers Warrants for the ‘arrest of John Dodds, James Hackney and for the of- ficers of Ely, Salyards and company have been issued on the complaint of State’s Attorney James A. Manley of Eddy county and William Langer, at- torney general, on charges of having committed the crime of taking a great- er number than sixty pounds of wheat per bushel as the result of false scales operated in the elevator of the defend- ant company at Dundas, Eddy county. It is alleged by the state's attorney and attorney general that Hackney and Dodds were employed by Ely. Salyards and company as auditor and gent at the station of Nyindas. It alleged that they used the false ale in the elevator and that Hac ney, the auditor, pected ‘it many times and pronounced it correct. It is also alleged that for every thousand pounds the elevator would steal fifiy- five and for every 100 pounds in addi- tion it took ten pounds more. The defendant corporation on order to show cause is summoned to appear before Judge W. L. Nuessle. in the ats- trict court here, April 30, to defena itself on the point as to why the per- mission of the court should not be granted to the attorney general to bring action for the purpose of can- celling and annulling the license of Ely, Salyards and company to do busi- ness in the state. It is claimed by the prosecution that the men operating the elevator by the use of slugs by filing of the beam of the scale managed to make a consid- | ¢ erable sum during the course of two years, In the criminal complaint pre- pared by Attorney General Langer are cited the names of 46 patrons of ly. Salyards,and company’s elevator at Dundas, who it is alleged were cheat- ed out of sums ranging front $2.00, to 1 $955.00 or a total of $2,969.62. . ; Attorney General Langer in_ his | complaint prays that the defendant. Ely, Salyards and company be forcea to; make an accounting for the quati- tity of wheat or its equivalent in| ' money to the various patrons who 1t! is alleged to havé cheated and that they be-required to make restitution | to every patron, and that their licens= | and authority to do business be an- nulled. Papers were served on the defendant company this afternoon. | Export sales of ,U. ing last March S. copper dur- were — 62,000,000 | | ¢ neral Motors Dropped More .| clined | Woolen and Crucible Steel also were ‘SHARP BREAKS | some cases exhibited a descent of six ‘PRICES TUMBLE. ON STOCK CURB; ~GORN SLUMPS Many Traders Find Themselves Without Funds to Carry | . On Speculation | FEW LOANS CALLED IN dation Heavy New York, April, 22—Heavy liqui- dation in the stock téarket yesterday sent. prices plunging: downward. In one of the most, severe reversals of the year, leading issues, especially those of a speculative character, de- 5 to 15 points, while General Motors dropped 42% points to 275. The big. crash came in the. final hour when nearly one-third of the days’ extensive turnover of more than 2,000,000 shares took place. So great was the rush to sell that the ticker was 15 to 20 minutes/behind in reporting transactions. Sympathetic’ action marked the trading in the cotton market here and in the grain and provisions market in Chicago. There was a break of more than $5 a bale in the cotton market. attributed to ‘pros- pects of better weather in the cotton belt and the failure of bullish crop advices to, stimulate buying. Grain Market Falls Off. ' Chicago prices of grain and provisions collapsed suddenly, uhder an avalanche of selling, ‘Corn fell as much as 8% cents a bushel, and pork $1.30 a barrel. The weakened bull posifion of pro- fessional traders, many of whom suddenly found “themselves without funds for the extension of their com- mitments, precipitated the ‘deeline in {he local market, in the opinion of banking ‘interests. From al) accounts a large proportion of the day's sell- ing originated at interior points, con- firming reports that banks; especial- ly in: the/ west and southwest, were again reducing “unessential loans.” A canvass of ‘leading institutions here brought forth assurances that only a moderate amount of loans had been called in the natural course of the day’s business. Jt was inti- mated however, that further curtail- ment of.credits was in progress, this being in accord with the long estab- lished policy of the federal reserve board. United. States Stee)’ fell below par for the--first..time. wince: the. third week in March, declining to 98%, a loss of 2% points. There’ has been a steady liquidation of steel stock ever since Chairman Gary’s announce- ment that no immediate “stock divi- dend” is contemplated. Liberty Bonds in. Low Record. Baldwin Locomotive dropped 1 to 3 points between sales, reaching to 115. a loss of nearly 14 points. Pierce- In Arrow, Studebaker and Chandler Motors, with allied specialties, and Mexican and Pan-American Petro- leum,’ with related oils, American features in the collapse, dropping 5 to 10 points. The severe reaction also affected Liberty bonds, which fell to lowest priced yet recorded. Some of the issues dropped to levels where they represented an interest return of al- most seven ‘per cent. tions, desiring to liquidate | their holdings to permit them to engage in costly financing, are believed, to have been responsible for the un- usually heavy offerings of war is- sues. x ‘Foreign exchange’ rates _ yielded with the rest, of the market. Demand | sterling dropped’ nearly 4 cents’ and franc checks nearly 30 centimes,J with sympathetic declines in other European issues. Selling by Japanese interests to strengthen their reserves at home was given as one of the causes for the drop in exchange. IN CORN PRICES Chicago, April 22.—Sharp breaks took place today in the corn market right at the outset. The heaviest fall was in the May delivery which in cents a bushel since last night. Re-, newed weakn in the New York stock market was the main reason ascribed. Boost Taxes to | Raise Bonus New | Administration Plan Washington, April 22.—A tax on all stock exchange transactions equal to the brokers’ commission has been | agreed on tentatively by~the republi- | can members of the house, ways and means committee and one of the new levies toward raising money for the soldier bonus legislation. Three other, levies for raising this money similarly had been adopted by the republicans. These are a one per- -cent levy on the final sales to custom- ers. a new levy on incomes probably in.excess of $5.0 and an increase of approximately 15 percent of existing | taxes on cigars. These four forms of taxes would re-| main in effect two years and the re- publicans estimate that they would net about $1.500,000,000 for solider re- lief. They will be incorporatéd in the legislation to be presented in the house | for adoption May 3. Committeemen said the final agree | ment on all details of the relief bill | including the methods of taxation were open to revision, but they predicted that the four-fold plan of taxation | | Pounds, would not be changed. ’ Than 42% Points—Liqui- | Large corpora; |- \FIGHT ON WERE! COMES TO HEAD THIS AFTERNOON Governor Frazier or Compensa- tion Bureau Commissioner Must Back Down ’ | WAITING ON EACH OTHER L. J. Wehe ‘Wants Public Hear- ing and Frazier Wants Resignation ~Both sides in the Wehe suspension controversy are resting on their arms preparatory to the grand ‘offensive that will probably start this after- noon when the time limit in Governor Frazier’s ultimatum demanding L. J. Wehe's resignation as a member of the workmen's compensation bureau expires, “Nothing to -say,” was (Governor Frazier’s statement as to what he in tended to do. “I am sitting tight and still continuing my duties as com- missioner,” said ‘Mr. Weh: In the ntime there is considerable agita- tion under the surface with an in clination. by the principals to gee what the other fellow’s move will be. Frazier Sarcastic Governor Frazier was absolutely non-committal when asked today what his plans were in view of the fact that Commissioner Wehe had challenged the governor's right to force him to sign without a hearing. The chief executive. in a very peppery and sar- castic tone, said the contents of his letter to Wehe explained the situation perfectly as far as he was concerned and that he refused to make any further statement. The ultimatum laid down by Gov- ernor Frazier in his letter gave until today for Wehe to either make a statement refuting the charges made by the governor or sign. Wehe countered in his letter and demanded that Governor Frazier give ‘him public hearing that he could oft tain a square deal. The governor said today he stood on the contents of his letter and Wehe said he would oy ae until given a public hear: in Legal Proceedings Next Inasmuch as these two ideas are so ehtirely different, Wehe is expected to be severed from the payroll today. If he is, Wehe declares, he would suit legal proceedigns to restrain the governor from relieving him as a mem- ber of the workmen's contpensation commission. JOHNSON WINS IN NEBRASKA, BRYAN LANDS Californian’s Lead Over Wood More Than 8.000 Votes Hitchcock Endorsed Omaha, April -Senator Hiram W. Johnson continued to lead for the Republican presidential! preference as the votes of the Tuesday primary found their. way slowly into the tabu lation headquarters of the newspaper bureaus who were counting the votes here today, while William J. ‘Byran gained enough votes on the day's count to place him among the first four candidates for delegate at large to the San Francisco convention. With something more than one third of the precincts in the state re porting, Senator Johnson ha@ a lead of 8.645 votes over General Leonard Wood, his nearest competitor, with General John J, Pershing in third place. Byran in First Four In the ‘Byran-Hitchcock skirmish for delegates at large the Lincoln statesman not only managed’ to get within the coveted four-on the votes thus far counted, but found one of his running mates / there with him, Stephens. It appeared to be the general opin- ion among Democratic leaders that former Governor Morehead was winner in the gubernatorial nomina tion race by probably the largest plurality of any candidate voted for on Tuesday. At the same time, enough returns had been received to incline Repub- lican_ politicia to believe that Gov ernor McKenzie would win out in the Count for the Republican nomi nation. Hitchcock for Democrats That Senator Hitchco: a win- ner for Democratic presidentjal in- dor lent Was assured after a few hundred precincts had been heard from, those coming from all parts of the state showing him to be leading his opponent, Robert Ross, by almost three votes to one. The vote for the various offices as | tabulated tonight shows: 850 pre- cinets out of 1,849 in the state, in-} cluding Douglas county, give: John- | son, 34,418; Wood 25. ; Pershing 6. Ross The retarns from 843 precincts out | of 1,849 in Douglas : 774; Shallen- 19,830; Byran | 18,823; Neble 16,796; Berg are Thomas 17,579, McNeny 16,462. STUDENTS HONOR PAGE Indianapolis—Students of the Uni- versity of Chicago presented Pat Page with a $700 silver service set be- | fore he left to assume his new duties | as coach at Butler. Page has coached baseball and basketball at Chicago for, , 10 years. “PUSSYFOOT” IS ON WAY none & (“Pussyfoot") Johnson, e in a scrimmage medical students, is on his way back to the United Sta He was wearing s artificial when this photo was snapped. William E. who lost his with London ae eye WILL BRING OUT A FEW BATTLES Drive Will be Started in Many Counties Against League Legislators SENATOR WEBBER FIR | There Last Election Authorized Weap- on to Make Every Candi- , date Run Again The first of a ntimber of recall peti tions against league members of the legislature, which are expected to bs very numerous between now and the November elections, is reported trom Logan county, where anti-‘Townley voters are reporte to be circulat- ing a petition demanding that Senator John Webber be recalled. At the state primary. elec ion in | March the recall of state offigials be came a law. of the state by ampl: majorities without, any material op. position, Under this. law a_ public official must run for re-election re gardless. of when his term ‘expires providing: that 30 per cent of the registered voters sign'a petition de manding-his recall. Anti- Townley Victory By the distribution of recall peti- tions, it is stated, a drive will be made in, most counties in the ‘state against members of the state legis- lature who are affiliated with the Non partisan league regardless of whether their’ terms of office expire this year or not. This will force these officig!s it is pointed out, to run again for the office and the anti-Townley voters believing that they will be able tc roll up majorities, against the league this year, wfll have a legislature, as well as the entire state adminis tration, free from any taint or contro of Townleyism. a have been reports in Bis marck that a number of recall peti tions will be circulated’ in different parts of the state within the next few weeks. Most of these, if not all are directed against members of the legislature, whose terms will not ex. pire on January 1, 1921, and who are dominated by the Nonpartisan league. MOTHER KILLS DAUGHTER; WILL PAY WITH LIFE Quebee,! April Irs. Marie Ann Howde Gagnon was found guilty yes- terday of torturing and murdering her 16-year-old stepdaughter, Aurore, and |sentenced to be hanged, October 1. The girl was beaten, burned with a red hot poker, and made to walk bard: foot in the snow, then forced to drink poison, the evidence disclosed. The postmortem examination of the body revealed 54 wounds. gvhe dstenme Dicaded i Wi EATHER REI ‘REPORT’ & anity. | For tventy-four hours ending at noon, Thursday, April 22. Temperature at 7 a. m.. Highest | Precipitation . Highest wind velocity i FORECAST | For North Dakota: Cloudy tonight with rain or snow and colder in the east portion; Friday partly cloudy; strong north to northwest winds in the east portion. LOWEST TEMPERATURES | Fargo .... | Williston | Grand Fork: St. Paul... Winnipeg . | Helena -... | K ROBERTS, Meteorologist. ORRIS W. RECALL PETITION ow th MEN SHOT IN BUTTE OVER _ LABOR DISPUTE Most of Wounded Were Mine Pickets on Strike Duty— Newspapers Start Riot DEMAND HIGHER WAGES Also Ask Immediate Release of All Political Prisoners—Lead- ers Advise Carrying Arms Butte, Mont., April 22.—City and county authorities were investigating today a clash late yesterday near a mine here in which fourteen men were shot, two being seriously wounded. Most of the wounded weré said to be pickets placed about the mine follo’ ing the calling of a strike Sunday by the mine workers’ union to enforce de- mands including a wage of $7’for a six hour day and release of “all political prisoners.” The shooting began, according to Sheriff O'Rourke, while he and a force of deputies were attempting to dis- perse a crowd which had gathered at the gates of the stockade about the mine, At the time, the sheriff, said seve hea ated arguments were in progress. The abooting: was followed by ap- pearance on the streets of an extra edition of a newspaper calling upon all workers in the county to “lay down their tools and stop the wheels nd a protest against shooting of pickets. Spéakers at a mass meeting last night were quoted to “arm your- elves in self defense.’ Both police officers and the sheriff's deputies assertéd they fired no shots. DRAKE MILL HAS MORE BAGS THAN WHEAT ON HAND Interesting Figures Brought to Light Through Apprais- ers’ Report A $5,000.000 MORTGAGE 4 Big Deed Placed Against Prop- erty Valued at Orily $120,851.45 ‘Many strange and unexplainable facts are brought to light through a statement made on the appraisals and inventory of the state-owned Drake flour mill. The statement is prepared and sworn to by the three appraisers appointed to place a valua- tion on the plant. Valued at $120,351.45 The statement claims that the) to- tal value of the mill and its con- ‘ents js. $120,351.45. Recently it was announced that the mill had - been mortgaged for $5,000,000 and that the mortgage had been placed on the records of the register of deeds of McHenry county, It is impossible to determine at thé state capitol how a mill appraised at $120,351.45 can be mortgaged at more than forty times its actual value. , A 48-pound sack of standard flour costs 25 cents less from representa- tives of “big biz” in Bismarck than it does when purchased from the state flour mill at Drake, it was de- monstrated here today. A bag of standard flour was purchased from the Russell Miller company plant here for $3.75 and a sack of the same grade of flour was purchased at $4. Both transactions were made yester- day and upholders of socialism are trying their best to explain why the state mill, whose flour is admittedly of an inferior standard than the Rus- sell Miller flour, should sell for 25 cents more. The appraisers found that there was $19,000 worth of bags jon hand at the Drake mill while the amount of wheat was only $17,438.25 and that the flour supply was worth $26,792.75. Ixperts claim that $19,000 worth of bags will last the Drake mill an al- most indefinite period and they can- not understand why there should be more bags than (heat. Appraiser’s Statement The statement prepared by the ap- praisers dated February 24 is as fol- low Real property (land) Building: Machinery and equipment. Miscellaneous equipment . Wheat on hand .. Flour on hand : Shorts and bran on hand.. Cereals on hand . Bi T ‘ine Coal, 450/00 Flour in storage . + 15,000.90 Accounts receivable 5,000.00 LOOK AND LISTEN America Will Not Talk at San Remo | 23. Washington, April 22.—Ambassador Johnson at Rome was instructed to- | day by the state department to attend | the allied conference at San Remo as an official observer for the American government. He will not participate lin the discussions or deliberations,