The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1920, Page 1

es \ THE WEATHER Generally Fair BU Steet tee E [ LAST EDITION | eae THE BISMARCK TRI BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS CARRANZA FAST LOSING CONTROL IN MBX REVOLT Entire Country North of Capital Has Joined Revolutionary Movement Say Reports DONNACONNA PRESIDENT DID NOT FLEE Juarez Commander, Now Rebel! Chieftain, States Chief Exec- utive is in Mexico City MEXICO CITY CUT OFF Washington, May 8.— Mexico City is believed here to have been virtually cut off from communication with the outside world through the destruction ; of the telegraph lines by revolution-| ists. The state department has r ceived no word from the Americaii | embassy in Mexico City since Thurs- ; day. No confirmation of the report; that the president had left Mexico; City has been received here. | El Paso, Texas, May 8.—From vari- ous parts of Mexico, especially imme- diately south of the Texas border, east of Ojinaga to the Gulf of Mexico, re-| ports of revolutionary gains have come pouring into El Paso during the past ! 24 hours, according to agents of the! The full figure is liberal constitutional party here. | Victories have also been won in the Ville by George W. Loft, New York City, who is a well-known pol- south, revolutionist leaders here said.. itician and a racing commissioner of the Empire state. The inset is another Loft entry, On Watch, a speedy son of Carranza in Capital | The situation in Mexico City is not the invincible Colin clear. Despite persistent reports that; - President Carranza has fied to Vera Cruz, General Escobar; Juarez com- lution, has declared that the chief ex- ecutive, though preparing for flight. | g— = = Py has not actually left the capital. MANDAN HAS INCREASE Five thousand troops from Sonora | were expected to arrive at Casas | OF 463 IN TEN, YEARS Grandes. Chihuahua, today. These ! a forces will be used in the march to | POPULATION IS 4.336 Mexico City, it was said. ill ea ei + THREE CAPITALS JOIN REBELS «| yaygsningion, O. Gs May 8 El Paso, Texas, May 8.—-Three state cording to “the 1920 eeneug fig- capitals in Mexico fell into the hands | jes ig 4.336. an increase of 463, of revolutionists today through the re-:! Or°t, parsente 1 volt of Carranza garrisons : with the unconfirmed report given by as revolutionists here that Mexico Cit” capital of the republic, had been taken T0 L Y N by General Benjamin Hill. i The message from Chihuahua said- “It has been confirmed President Carranza left the capital tor Vera, eruz,” 7 _ | MEXICO’CITY FALLS [ | El Paso, Texas, May 8.—Revolution- ary forces under General Benjamin Hill have taken Mexico City, accord: ; ing to an unconfirmed report received here today from Chihuahua City and made public’ by revolutionary leaders here. Nonpartisan League Head Has so Many Speeches to Make ae ee i He Requires Airplane KIEV CAPTURED | Art's up in ‘the air again! A { oa + | Art, once proudly acclaiming his lallegience to the socialist party, but ‘not masquerading his intentions un UKRAINIAN AID der the guise of president of the Non partisan league, finds the political sit vation in North Dakota and Minne sota so threatening to the child of his ! 5 brain, the league. that he is going Moscow Admits Defeat and to make camparga speecies, travel- ing from place to piace by aeroplane. Withdrawal of Bolshevik | Bismarck, to a certain extent, can . {share some of the honors of Town Troops Around Capital Ney's latest innovation for it was b ‘ gis ee ‘that he was introduced to the thrills POLES ENTER KIEV ‘of aviation through the medium of Warsaw. May 8.—(11 a. m.) (By the his dear, bosom friend. Lynn J. Fra Associated Press.)—Todays’ war zone jier, governor of the state of North papers print the announcement that pakota. the Poles have entered Kiev. No an- “Terrible Risky” nouncement to this effect has been’ Jy spite of the fact that flying is made in official quarters. The latest a great deai less dangerous than most communique states that the Poles people believe, President Art Town have captured a town twenty miles jey's various organs parading as news. south of Kiev. {papers are worried about the ‘rible’ risk their chieftain is taking. kor instance, this from the Fargo London, May 8—Polish and Ur- krainian troops captured Kiev on league paper: Thursday night. according ‘to an of- ““\any of Mr. Townley's friends ficial statement issued at Moscow yes- anq counselors do not want him to terday and received here by wireless.’ yisk his life in making these aer “In the Kiev region during the night piane trips; but finally it has bee of May 6-7 our troops engaged super- agreed that with a good pilot and th ior enemy forces northwest and south- yest flying car that can be gotten the west of Kiev. Toward: evening the rick will not be so great.” enemy broke into the outskirts of the “incessant Demand” town. but were held up by our counter: Phere’ is an incessant demand for attacks. Later our troops, in accord- y~ Townleys services as spellbinder. ance with orders, started to withdraw according to the league paper. it in order to the left bank of the Dnei- says: ‘“The-request that he hold per river.” meetings in some of these counties a 3 has now developed into a demand Reports that Kiev had fallen were that must be met, if “possible.” current in Warsaw on Monday of this And also. th “It is expected week. but subsequent developments showed these reports to have been erroneous. Today's advices from the soviet capital, however, seemed to primary, June 21.” leave no room for doubt that the Pol- “put What would happen to Art if ish campaign for possession of the’ the pilot were a member of the hated city has been at least temporarily ; \ 154 successful. | fea tone een eee Kiev, ity of 250,000 or more popu- | lation betore the war. is the capital ot, FEDERAL COURT the Ukraine. The town has changed DISSOLVES TRUST that Mr. Townley will speak to from 20,000 to 30,000 people a day from the first day of the trip until the hands several times during the fight-| ing between contending groups in the! Ukranian territory and the conflict : petween the Denekine forces and the Supply Dealers association of Ame Rolsheviki. The latter have been ini ia, with headquarters in possession of it since last December, and branches in various parts of the taking the city during the collapse of United States, prosecuted under the New York, May i in southern Rus-; S!¢rman anti-trust act, was ord the Denckine eee idissolved .today by Federal Judge In addition to its importance to the} Hand. Ukraine as its chief city. Kiev has been looked upon from the entente/ side as a valuable outpost at a strage- tic point against the advance of Bol- shevism in central Furone along the extended line stretching from the Bar FARMERS TO MEET Farmers of Lyman township who are interested in the formation of a dairy association under the new law ie 3lack Sea. wish to buy dairy cattle will hold ea the Blac oe <——s a meeting tonight. G. W. Gustafson, CAPTURE STEAMER county agent, and J. J. Osterhaus, y commissioner. will speak. Trieste. May 8 —Captain Gabriel} state dai D'Annunzio’s forces have captured an! — Italian steamship bound for Batamaia | PARIS FACES STRIKE with a cargo of grain. D’Annunzio} Paris. 8.—A general strike or- sent two submarine crafts to make the der effective Monday morning on all capture, which occurred in Quainaro Paris subwi and metrapolitan lines bay. was sent out today, a} incident al The Farmers; in this city] TWO GOOD ONES AND ON WATCH RANK HIGH IN DERBY BETTING Donnaconna, the $10.000 Prince Palatine ,colt, owned and entered in the Kentucky Derby Saturday at Louis- While Damask, the Louisiana Derby winner, was most often mentioned this spring as the favorite the two horses here always mander, who recently joined the revo-' were close behind in the dope sheets. providing state aid for farmers who} FOOD CONDITION SERIOUS; MANY |Rovar pa Fry FARMS UNTILLED Cutlook Worst in History of United States, Farm Bureau Federation Head Says Washington, May 8.---J . Howard, president of the American Farm Bureau ‘fedesation, representing some 4,000,000 farmers in 28 states, who has just completed a tour of the chief agricultural | states, believes the country is in danger of facing, next winter, the most serious food situa- tion the United States ever has known. “In New York state alone 25, 000 farms will lie untilled this summer for lack of labor,” he says. “Alabama farmers are leaving idle 1,000,000 acres because of a shortage of help. ‘Iowa, one of the richest of agricultural states. is 150,000 farm workers short of her needs. “These are merely typical. Through out the entire country farmers are letting their fields stand in hay or pasture because get help or cannot afford to pay the price demanded for farm labor. I. 9 — en te WILSON SCORED "USING TORPEDOES 07 | | BRING WHISKEY INTO | BY SOCI ALISTS | AMERICA FROM CANADA | ; "Detroit. Mich, May 8.— Elec. | | N \ | trically operated torpedoes loaded | with whiskey instead of T.N. T.. | on Detrent river from the Canegion. | r from i { Morris Hillquit, Chairman of ;| to the American shore, a mysteri iI Meeting, Attacks President can Tied ae ene | oy | powers of darkness and oppre: they, either cannot | publican primar in Fiety Speech | | NO “GOOD MAN” THEORY Promises 2,000.000 Voters Will Cast Ballots for President on “Reds” Ticket FUND BEGUN T0 SAVECONVICTED SLAYER OF GIRL New York, An attack on the! administrat President Wilson Subscriptions Pour in to Save and a prediction that the socialist, party would poll more than 2,000,000 Anson Best After He Pro- tests Innocence { votes in the presidential campaign | + were made today by Morris Hillquit. temporary chairman of the. socialist | aes national convention. at its opening! session here today. | DECISION TO BE APPEALED He said that the party would sur- vive the concerted attack “unparalle! | ed in ferociousness and lawlessness made on it in the last year-by Pontiac, Mich., | convicted |; y 8 8 i night of the murder of ‘all the Vera Schneider, a telephone operator, ion in. and sentenced to life imprisonment at’ i Marquette, will not be taken to the Theory: Exploded | northern Michigan prison immediately. He declared that the last three A movement to finance an appeal by! years had furnished the most striking ; popular subscription began immedi-! and apparent proof of the fallacy of, ately after the verdict was announced! the “good man” theory in politics. today. the courttry —Anson Best, | ; “If there remainded any large sec-| In his statement before the sentence tions of workers, who put their trust, Was pronounced. Best called upon’ in old pa h.” he said. “Wood-} Heaven to witness his innocence and row Wilson must have effectively de-!@ purse was immediately started. It stroyed their naive faith. For, be it’ was said to contain $1,000 this morn-} remembered, that in 1916, Woodrow, ing. | Wilson ran as a radical. Bt | he prisoner, in his direct testimony! “He promised socialism through the and on cross examination, maintained short cut of the democratic party, he had never known Miss Schneider and thousands of radicals throughout | and that the confession offered by the the country voted for him rather than: prosecution was obtained — under to throw away their vote on the hope-! duress. less candidate of the socialist party.” | AUDITORS HOLD | TO LONDON FOR TITLE WEDDIN London, May 8.—King Albert and Queen Blizabeth of, Belgium came to! England by airplane today flying from | CONVENTION ON | wedding next Tuesday of Lady Cyn- i C thia Curzon; daughter ‘of Earl Curzon {Many Prominent Speakers 001 the foreign secretary, and Lieut. Os; Program for Annual Meet; Will Be Well Attended wald Ernald Mosl*y, a. member of the house of commeap: County auditors from practically every county in the state are ex- i MINNESOTA WILL | pected: to. be present at the sixteenth ‘annual convention. of the County Au- ditors association. which is to con- | vene in Bismarck May 19 for a two H T ram includes a talk by! 'Chief Justice A. M. Christianson of | the state supreme court on “Why a County Auditor?’ Attorney General William Langer will have charge of “Elimination” Convention Being the “trouble box” and will answer Held at St. Paul Today to ee placed therein by the at- nding auditot J. E. Kaulfuss, as- Nominate State Officers tant state engineer with the high- ; Way commission will speak on the practical applications of the federal| aid law in the construction of roads. | Program | The program complete is as fol-| endorsement of a presentation in the re- in June in opposition’ to the candidates approved by the Nonpartisan league is the purpose of St. Paul. May state ticket fo WEDNESDAY, MAY 19 ‘Farm prices already have ‘been forced down. Manufactured ducts are higher. Thus the farmer faces the prospect of getting less for his products while he must pay more | for his supplies and labor. | “There must be a readjustment be- | tween the city and the country. The | farmer can get along for a time, if| need be, by merely growing enough | | for his own use. But the cities, their industries and the whole nation would soon be in a bad plight if for any reason food production were serious- | ly lessened.” GIRL BREAKS ARM | PLAYING IN YARD; | RAN INTO FENCE. While playing in the yard in front j of her farm home, Anna lyes young | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ives, residing six miles east of Bismarck. broke her left arm at the elbow. She| is in the St. Alexius hospital for treat- ment and is recovering rapidly. The little girl was running about | the yard with playmates and trying to | escape capture in a game they were | playing, Anna ran into'a barbed wire | fence and was thrown heavily to the} ground. In falling, her left arm was | pinioned underneath her body and the! arm broke just above the elbow. | pro- | tion. which met here at noon today. | of $2.500 a year is necessary for the|-lustice A. M. the statewide “elimination” conven-{ z : - Address of welcome by George N. eve i altkarawals Keniston, secretary of the Comme: Eleventh hour withdrawals from | cial ib, Bismarck. convention consideration of Julius A. a " Small and W. F. Schilling, guberna-! ae ponse by Ole Eide, president of i i i jop the ciation. torial aspirants, furnished the chief Anpolitmentcotscomialiees: topic of informal discussions before pa es " The New Tax Measures, How they he convention was called to order. : the ‘con aoa | Are Operated, by George EK, Wallace, state tax commissioner. The Practical , Ope Federal Aid Law in assistant state engineer. NEED 9 h 0 Good Roads, Are They Worth the 5 Pri by George N. Keniston, sec- by J. E, Kaulfuss. |retary of the Commercial club, Bi: Toastmaster, Ole Eide, persident of} ssociation. ion of = the) y Auditor? by Chief ristianson of the state supreme court. i W. Jett Lauck, consulting economist | The Auditor's Opportunity as an! for the railroad brotherhoods erted, Auditor, by C. L. Young, attorney, } today before the railroad labor board, | Bismarc! i Mr, Lauck, who yesterday charged | THURSDAY, MAY 20 corporate profiteers with being chiefly | Items of Business. : ¥, responsible for present living c Opening of “trouble box” by Wil- sented today a demand on behalf, liam Langer. attorney general. of the 2,000,000 railway employes for} Busine session with reports of the establishment of a minimum wage committees, election of _ officers. throughout the industry. He present-/amendments to bylaws, unfinished ed to the board a compilation of budg-| business, new business, selection of ets on the cost of living based on stu- next meeting place, adjournment. dies made under his supervision and) On Wednesday evening, after the by federal and state agencies. !banquet, the auditors will be the ~ ‘guests of the ‘National Parks High- Washington, May 8.—A minimum support of an American family of five, LET US ALL WHISTLE, THEN! \| It Used to Be Bad Form But Now the Lid is Torn Clear of | OUT IN FIUME | ‘way association at a theatre party. MUTINY BREAKS New York, May 8.—Whistlers, at- tention! You have a champion in John A. Ritchie, president of the com- es on Fifth and a few pany which operates bus avenue. Riverside drive other thoroughfares. A Mr. Voigtlander of No, 220 Fifth avenue, wrote to complain of a bus conductor who whistled. Was the man fired! Not a bit of it! Instead, Mr. Ritchie, though admitting that there! was a general rule against whistling, ' responded with a letter which sang, the praise of that variety of warbling | and concluded: Il {You visualize a bus load of haPpy|inose of Captain Gabriel D'Annunzio. almost persuaded myself} ‘prieste, Way co broke of the advantages of equipping each} jeste, iMay 8. y e a haat . Fi (out at Fiume at 5 a, m. today. A bus with a few stringed instruments) force battle resulted in which twelve and sneer ne all to are zhoilt !men were killed and fifty others were and whistle their way to work, Cant) wounded. The troops involved were souls on business bent rolling along Riverside drive in this fashion? And what could be more inspiring “Don't you really think a conductor in that healthy state of physical per-| al serenity is more} NEES fa Me = ; FLOUR TAKES ANOTHER | JUMP; COST IS $16.25 | A BARREL AT PRESENT | Minneapolis, May 8.—A rise in wheat orices yesterday was the Principal faétor in an advance | here today of 25 cents a barrel on standard flour, bringing it to | a new high level. In 98 pound | cotton sacks sold in carload lots, standard flour was quoted at $16- .25 > barrel, $3 higher than the lowest price this year. efficient and Capable of meeting suc-, cessfully the problems of the day tlran | | is the man who is compelled to sup- ‘North Dakota, | 4 ro press his emotion” ¢ MOST OF DELEGATIONS TO MINOT CONVENTION UNINSTRUCTED BUT TOPEKA STORE IS SELLING SUITS AT NO-PROFIT PRICE| Kansas People Will be Able to Buy Clothing Instead of Blue Denim Now Topeka, Kan., May 8. oldest men's city adver One of the furnishing stores in this ses today that it will sell all men’s suits without profit to the owner of the store, At the end of the sale period, the state fair to make an audit of the store books to decide whether the goods were sold without profit the proprietors announced. The store advertis suits at $60 suits similar reductions, CANDIDATES ARE BUSY: PETITIONS ARE BEING SIGNED Strong Fight Expected in Bur- leigh County With Victory for Anti-Leaguers All of the candidates for county and legislative offices are circulating peti- tions among the voters to have their names placed on the primary ballot for next month's election. It is neces- sary that each candidate secure enough names on his. petition to amount to five percent of the total votes cast for county auditor of the party with which he affiliates, but in no case is it necessary to secure more than 200 names. E. B, Cox, assistant attorney gener- al, in a decision onthe number of names required on petitions suggests that candidates.in qeder-to be within the strict interpretation of ihe law, ob tain five percent of the total votes cast jointly by both parties for county aud- itor. The candidates endorsed by the Burleigh County Anti-Townley club for various county and legislative offi ces will receive the active support of one of the strongest polititical organi- zations ever formed in this county. Headed by H. P, Goddard, chairman of the club, various committees and district chairmen have been appointed and the work is progressing very s: isfactorily in organizing every pre precinct in the county. The county organization of the ‘Non. partisan league, it is understood, has been making a quiet campa county in support of the endorsed by that organization. the county fight centering two organization rted to be ¢ election With between a big vote is st at the June pri- with the indications antial victory tor mary pointing to a su the anti-Townley forces. There s only been one change in the anti-Townley ticket, it is under stood, Leo Morris. endorsed for regis- ter of deeds, withdrawing thus leav. ing the field clear for Richard Pen- warden, present county treasurer, and sandidate for the former office. Mr. Morris, it is understood, withdrew be- cause of his position with the post office deparfment and it has been re ported in Bismarck that he is urging his friends to vote for Mr. Penwardeu All candidates at the June primary will run on a non-partisan ballot i only those who secure the required number of signatures on their petitions will have their names printed on the ballot. This does not prevent the voters from writing the names of anv persons for the different offices, how- ever. ald CHESS GAME WILL BE PLAYED WITH PEOPLE ON STAGE New York, A chess game, in which people will serve as pieces, will be played here on May 22 by Frank Marshall, chess champion of the Uni ted States, and Charles Jaffe, a York expert. it was announced today. A giant board will be laid out on the stage of the Manhattan Opera hous ‘The pawns will be naval boy scouts in white and blue uniforms. Kings, rooks, bishops and knights will be played by actors made up for the parts, while two stage beauties will appear queens. The players will move their pi by command issued from pedestals overlooking the “field.” HUGHES LOSES IN MINE HEAD SUIT Indianapolis, Ind. y The plea in abatement filed here yesterday by Charles E. Hughes, counsel for the indicted Indiana members of the United Mine Workers of America, was overruled in federal court today by Judge A. B. Anderson. HAIL THREE FEET DEEP Carthage, Mo., May 8.— Property damages estimated at several thou- sand dollars was done by a severe |wind, rain and hail storm here to- day. Several buildings were wreck- ed. Hail drifted to a depth of three feet in some places. LANGER SEEMS T0 HAVE FAVOR % see Three Candidates Generally Mentioned for Gubernatorial Nomination at Meeting May 12 and 13; Anti-Townley Vie- tory Confidently Expressed at County Gatherings With the big ma jority of the county delegations uninstructed, the anti- Townley republican state convention at Minot May 12 and 13 will select a complete state ticket, three nominees the federal house of representa- tives and one senator. ‘The chief interest in the convention at this time is the selection of a can- didate for the republican nomination tor governor. There are three, avow- ad candidates for the nomination with several “dark horses” named as the convention's possible selection. From reports of anti-Townley re- publican county conventions held this week, Attorney General William Lan- ger seems to enter the convention with the strongest initial support for he nomination for governor. R. A. Nestos and John Steen two other can didates for the nomination, have re- ceived the endorsement of several county conventions, which promises to make the race a hot one. Dark Horses In Vogue Chief among those mentioned. as ‘dark horses” in the race for the gub- snatorial nomination is Major Frank y of Bismarck, formerly of Val- Major Henry has stated that not a candidate and was not seeking the nomination, although he would run, it the convention did nom- nate him. Other names ‘have been nentioned with more or less frequency vesides those of Langer, Nestos, Steen ind Henry, but with nearly all of the ‘county delegations uninstructed it is mpossible to predict who will be the state convention's selection. Situation By Counties The sentiment expressed at a few af the county conventions held this week is as follows: Kidder county sent an instructed lelegation for Langer. : Pembina county sent uninstructed delegation. Bottineau county favors the :candi- late who endorses the I. V. A. plat- form, Ramsey county sent .uninstructed lelegation, with some of its members ‘avoring Langer. Morton county sent . uninstructed lelegation, but endorsed Langer at convention. Burleigh county sent uninstructed for lelegation, but endorsed Langer at ‘convention. Benson county sent uninstructed delegation. Cass county sent uninstructed dele- gation. Walsh county sent | uninstructed delegation. Adams county sent uninstructed lelegation. Billings county sent uninstructed lelegation. - Barnes county sent uninstructed lelegation, but endorsed Langer at convention. Griggs county telegation. Mountrail county nstructed for Langer. Mercer county sent delegation in- structed for Langer. KIDDER COUNTY Steele, N. D.. May 8.— Delegates were elected here at the anti-Townley republican county convention and in- structed to “use all honorable means” or the nomination of Attorney Gen- ral Langer for governor. Resolutions adopted condemned the “autocrac’ of Townl m, comparing it with the reign of Lenine in Ru . It favored 1 fair trial of the Grand Forks term- inal elevator and the expenditure of not more than $2,000,000 for its com- pletion. The resolutions pledged the convention's support for a complete (Continued on Page Kight) sent uninstructed sent delegation CATHRO ELECTED HEAD OF MUTUAL ADMIRING CLUB Director General and Manager of Bank Remains Loyal to H Bottineau County IF, W. Cathro, director general and manager of the Bank of North Dakota, was elected grand exalted chieftain of the “We're From Bottineau Club.” The club, of which Mr. Cathro was unanimously selected to lead the vic- | tory, is composed of officials, high and | low, of the Bank of North Dakota, who {hail from Bottineau county. The pur- pose of the club is mutual admiration of fellow members second and praise | for Director General and Manager Ca- | thro first, | Among the members of the club be- | sides the director general and mana- ; ger are W. H. McIntosh, who is re- | puted to be the motive power behind | Mr. Cathro; J. H. Painter, Lloyd Til- |lestrand, A. C. Brainard. and perhaps one or two others whose lights as yet do not shine so brightly. Then there is George McIntosh of Williston, a | nephew of W. H. McIntosh. | With such a strong and loyal organ- {ization of Bottineauans surrounding |him, Director General and Manager Cathro need have no fear that an ef- | fort will ever be made from the inside | to oust him from his high and financi- | ally pleasant position.