The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 10, 1920, Page 1

we ===|THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE-= ‘THIRTY- TH YEAR “BISM RCK, , NORTH DAKOTA. MONDAY, MAY 10, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS DELEGATES ARE CONFIDENT THAT ANTIS WILL WIN Early Arrivals at Minot for An- ti-Townley Republican State Convention Optimistic HEADQUARTERS OPENED Langer, Steen and Nestos Ready for Hot Battle for Nomi- nation for Governor Minot, N. D., May 10.— With the; three candidates for the gubernatiorial endorsement on the ground, delegaies are beginning to pour into Minot to attend the anti-Townley republican state convention which convenes here Wednesday. Attorney General William Langer. R. A. Nestos and John Steen, the threc| leading candidates for the nomination | for governor, are here and have open- ed headquarters where the early ar- rivals congregate and talk over nom: nation possibilities.. Each candidate feels confident that he will ultimately receive the endorsement of the con-) vention for the highest office on the state ticket. WILL BEAT LEAGUE A remarkable feature of the present situation here is the universal and en-| thusiastic sentiment that the anti- Townley forces are going to sweep the state with their ticket and elect not only an entire state ticket, but also legislators in sufficient numbers to en-; sure the next legislature to be distinct-| ly anti-Nonpartisan league. The deie- gates from the country districts, es- pecially, are confident that Townley- ism will be defeated both in the june primaries and in the November gen- eral elections. Carl Kositzky, state auditor, who is, a candidate for reelection, and Rich- , ard Gallagher of Beach, state’s attor- ney of Golden Valley county, who is a candidate for the nomination of attor- ney. general are the only two candi- dates who have announced themsetves for places on the state ticket otner than the three candidates for the gov- ernorship. It is. generally believed that Gallagher will win out in the con- vention. ‘PLATFORM TO BE DRAWN One of the big questions to be solved by the state convention is the draw- ing up of a platform on which the can-| didates are to. run. .'That-the major- ity of the planks “in the platform ‘will * be directed against Townleyism seems to be the consensus of opinion among the delegates. Another problem which the convention must decide is to nom- inate a man to run for United States; ‘senator. Senator Asle Gronna, it is. w derstood, is to be endorsed by the Non- _Partisan league convention May 14 at Fargo. Many of the more prominent anti-Townleyites of the state are mea- tioned for this nomination, but there seems to be no crystallized sentiment here as yet on this office. While most of the conventions re- fused to send instructed delegations to} the Minot convention, many of them’ held straw votes and endorsed one of the three principal candidates. A re-| ‘sume of the delegation situation by counties is as follows: Instructed for Langer: McKenzie, Emmons, Oliver, Mercer Mountrail. Endorsing Langer: Burke. Bur-, leigh, Morton, Barnes, Wells, Ramsey | (part.) Stutsman, | Kidder, ; Endorsing Nestqs: Ward. Endorsing Steen: Pierce. t Uninstructed: Ransom, Bowman, Divide, Towner; Hettinger. Stark,! Ramsey, Traill, Richland, Sargent, Sioux, Williams, Foster, Burke, Ward, Pierce, Grant, McIntosh, Logan, Wells, Griggs. Billings, Adams Walsh, Cass, | Grand Forks, Benson, Burleigh, Mor- j imprisonment by Judge Willis, of Los ton, Bottineau Pembina. While some of these delegations are reported to be uninstructed, the con- ventions which elected them favored one of the three candidates, although’ in some instances the endorsement was not reported publicly. Some or; the delegates are divided on cholce ot} candidates. However, from reports! direct from the heads of delegations | or the chairmen of the various county | conventions. it is presumed that Lan- | ger will enter the convention with the largeht number of delegates favoring his candidacy. This number, it Is be- lieved, will not be sufficient to guar- anty selection on the first ballot. | NAME SENATOR 1 Amidon, May 10.—R. J. List of Bow- | man was nominated by a vote of 11 to; 9 for senator at the thirty-ninth leg- | islative district convention held nere last week. J. A. Kitchen of Sentinel Butte, C. B. Olson of Medora, and John C. Hart of Amidon were unanimously named as candidates for the lower | house. There was considerable en- thusiasm at the meeting and every-) body expressed optimism at the suc- cess of the ticket at the polls. M. In (Continued on Page Eight) | + | “RED” EMMA WANTS TO | SEE AMERICA AGAIN; || | DOESN'T LIKE RUSSIA || Chicago, May 10.—Emma Gold- | man, leader of the “Reds,” who |! | was deported to Russia, the i land of’ her birth, last Decem- ber. is homesick for America. In a letter to Dr. Ben. L. Reit- | | man, written in Moscow March | 8, she says: “It is three months {| | | | since you waved good-bye to me at Chicago, but the things we have experienced and seen dur- ing that time makes our absence | seem like many years, | miss | America.” | | Brown Gleason temporary secretary | June 8, and adjourned for lunch with- BLUEBEARDS! ONE A COWARD—OTHER DEFIAN' BLUEBE ARD HU AR Broken by two attempts at suicide and mingling s confessions with} pleas for mercy, James R. Huirt, the Pacific Coast Blucbeard, lacks com- pletely the courage to face his fate, { When Huirt guided the authorities ' to the spot where he had buriel the body of Nina Lee Deloney,.he ex- plained that he was doing all possible to “right the wrongs he had done.” He insists that an uncontrollable im pulse prompted him to kill women who loved anl trusted him. Of the five women Huirt says he has killed, the bodies of two have been found. In one respect the Pari- sian Bluebeard, Henri Landru, and huirt resemble each other, Women assert that they were tender and le- voted in courtship. Both Huirt and Landru stripped their victims of their savings. Huirt was today sentenced to life Angeles, and immediately he sought a stay of execution until May 15, Hi HOPES T0 RIDE NIAGARA FALLS INSIDE BARREL, Barber Will Come to This Coun- try from England to Make Daring Attempt Britol, . Eng., , May 10.—Charles George Stephens, a barber of this town, has announced that he is going to try to shoot Niagara Falls in a barrel. ‘He has booked his passage from Liverpool to Quebec on June 18 and says he intends to make the attempt at the end of JI or early in July. Stephens years of age and stands 5 feet, 9 1-2 inches high. The barrel wiil be 6 feet, 2 inches and in the middie %2 inches. Inside the barrel Stephens plans to be secured by straps and the barrel is to be ; Weighted at the bottom with a hun- dred pound weight to keep it upright in the water, Special breathing ap- paratus is also being fitted. Among the many other feats which Stephens “claims to have performed are the following: Kissing a lion in its den, shaving customers in a lion’s den, boxing in a lion’s den and parachute descents from balloons; for which feats he boasts three ribbons, five gold medals and six silver medals, To shoot Niagara Fal's in a barrel has been the ambition of numerous persons seeking notoriety but few have accomplished it. Mrs. Anna Ed- son Taylor who went over the falls in a wooden barrel about 1904 was severely injured but recovered, “Bob- by” Leach made the drop successfully and without injury in a steel barrel, in 1911, Favor Sen. Lodge As Convention Speaker Chicago, May 1 0.—The committee on arrangements for the republican national convention today elected EF. of the convention, to be held here out selecting a temporary chairman. Republican national chairman W H. Hays told the committee that’ re-| | publican senators favor Senator Hen- ty Cabot Lodge’ as temporary chair- man, to deliver the key-note speech. [he name of former Senator A. J. Beveridge, of Indiana, was mention-, ed for permanant chairman. i FARGO MEN DISPOSE OF INTEREST IN CARSON BANK; TOTTEN CASHIER Carson, N. May 10.—E. J. Weis- ; er. C. L. Merrick and Judge N. C.!% Young of Fargo disposed of their in- terests in the First State bank, which was taken over by Peter Botten of | Bentley; i H. Hallenberg of Carson. The trans- action and transfer tock place on Tuesday. The new officers are: H. Hallenberg, president; A. H. Botten, vice-president; Peter Botten, cashier | Olliver Tollefson, assistant cashier. | | ENGINEER’S CONVENTION { Chicago, Ill, May 10—The Amer- ciation of Engineers th annual convention in| ay 10 and 11, L. K. Sher- A. H. Botten of Milner, and | ; will}; ent of the U. S. Housing corporation, Washington, is the sole nominee for president. j ' .UEBEARD LANDRU ' BLUEBEARD LANDRU There is nothing of the weakling in the P: n, ‘Henri dandru, 11 of whose sweethearts have disappeared. He is 55 years old, bald and far from handsome, yet his account books in- dicaic affairs with a score or more of women, whom he swindled of their savings. : In one of his villas and in a pond nearby have been found the charred fragments of bone, human teeth, melted buttons and ornaments, . but the prosecution has not succeeded in identifying any of these grewsome bits of evidence with any one of the numerous women who vanished after living with Landru. “Iam a swindler,” Landru has said, “and love is my business, but if Iam to be accused of making way with women, why not credit me with 100, or at.least a round dozen?” He sleeps soundly in prison and sneers at the detectives. FRAZIER HAS NEW REASONS FOR POOR CROPS IN STATE Tells New York Audience That Labor Conditions and High Prices Discourage Farmers New York, May 10.—Labor condi- tions and high prices have discouraged the farmers of North Dakota and as a result the wheat and potato crop will be considearbly. below normal this year, according to Governor Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota, who arrived here today. Only about 60 per cent of the normal wheat acreage is being planted, he said, while high prices for potatoes for seed purposes, together with the danger from hail and potato beetles, have reduced the potato acre- age. Governor Frazier will deliver an iddress on Monday on the work of the Nonpartisan league, which supported his election. He is confident, he said, that the lea: will carry the state of Minnesota this fall, but so far as the national campaign is concerned it will confine its active efforts to the states in which it already has a foot- hold. “If an independent national party should come into the fight with a real- ly progressive platform,” he added. “the farmers would rally to its sup- port.” JURY FINDS GIRL GUILTY OF DEATH OF STEPFATHER Sixteen-Year Old Girl Sentenced to Ten Years in Missouri Penitentiary St. Louis, May 10.—Ursula Broder stepfather, ick, 16, who. killed her Joseph F. Woodlock in their home here April 14, 1919, was found guilty of murder in the second degree by a jury in juvenile court here last night and her punishment fixed at 10 years in the Missouri penitentiary. The jury deliberated only an hour and 35 minutes. The girl heard the verdict without emotion, displaying the same indifference that has char- acterized her behavior since she w first placed on trial for Woodlock’s death. It was the third time that the girl was tried for killing Woodlock, whom she shot to death. A continuance was ordered at the first trial on ac- count of an error in the court’s in- structions to the jury. A second hear- ing resulted in a mistrial, the jury being unable to agree after 26 hours. At that time the foreman reported the vote stood 10 to 2 for conviction. ” JAMESTOWN BOY BURNS | | TO DEATH IN BARN AS | | PARENTS WATCH BLAZE Jamestown, N. D.. May 10.— George Werre. seven-year-old son | of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Werre, burned to death when the barn, which he ignited yesterday morning, caught fire and was de- stroyed. The family thought the little boy had gone to Sunday | School and his terrible death was not discovered until firemen brought the charred remains out | of the burned building. oe PIRATES HOLD SHIP AND STEAL WOMEN’S JEWELS Wives of United States Army Officers Victims of Robbers Off Constantinople WERE RELIEF WORKERS Had Been Fleeing from Bolshev- ik Bandits When Relieved of Money and Gems Constantinople, Sunday, May 9.— (By the Associated. Press.) — Pirates held up the French packet Fouriah, which left Batum on May 6 en route to Maseilles, and after robbing the pass- engers of the steamer went ashore in boats, which they compelled members of the crew to man. Among those on board the vessel were Mrs. Haskell, wife of Col. Wil- lim Haskell, director general of Amer- ican relief in the near east, and Mrs. Daly and Mrs. Booth, whose husbanes are connected with relief work in Ar- menia. They were fleeing before the Bolsheviki advance, and were forced to give up their money and jewelry at the point of a revolver. The pirates boarded the steamer m Batum, either as passengers or mem- bers of the crew. At 9 o'clock on tne night of May 6, fifteen men sprang up officers and ‘passengers with pistots and shouted warnings they would kil! anyone who opposed them. Search of the ship continued for two hours, LOUISIANA OPENS ASSEMBLY TODAY FIGHT ON VOTE Lawmakers Will Decide Wheth- er Women Suffrage and Horse Racing Will be Permitted WOMEN READY TO BATTLE Taton Rouge, La., 1 May 10.— The general assembly of, Louisiana which opens tomorrow .will have the op- portunity’ to “write” history. Three questions of paramount interest will be placed before it. Virst-—-Will Louisiana become the thirty-sixth necessary state to ratify the national woman suffrage amend- ment? Second-—Will horse racing be con- tinued in Louisiana and if so how? Third—Will the $3,000,000 needed by the state treasury ‘be secured through a severance tax on national resources or by direct taxation of the citizens of the state. The suffrage fight promises to be keen. ‘Both sides are well organized and both claim victory. The gover- nor, John M. Parker, is for rat! tion and the following he has secured during the last two years is admitted- ly large. But, in Loutsiana, states rights are not easily forgotten and that principle will rally many staunca supporters. Led by the Young Men's Business league of New, Orleans dozens of or- ganizations throughout the state have adopted resolutions demanding either that there be a state racing com- mission, or short season and _pari- mutual betting machines or that rac- ing be abolished by state legislation. The objections seem to be raised principally agai: operation of hand- hooks in the cities and the so-called “oralities” at the tracks at Jefferson and the Fairgrounds, New Orleans. LOWER PRICES IN SHORT TIME WALL STREET BELIEVES New York, May 10.—The recent be- havior of the stock market make it seem certain that Wall street ex- pects lower price levels. Six years ago this would have been} held to establish definitely the fact that lower prices were coming. But today things are different. Many financial experts hold to the belief that Wall street no longer leads the country’s business. but follows it. On the other hand, it is a fact that Wall street looks for a general busi- ness “readjustment” before long. And when Wall street says ‘readjustment” it means just one thing--lower prices. For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Precipitation Highest wind velocity. Forecast For North Dakota: Unsettled ana with occasional showers. Lowest Temperatures Fargo ... Williston Grand Forks St. Paul . Winnipeg . Helena . Chicago . vift Current . Kansas City .- ORRIS W. ROBE! RTS, from various parts of the ship, covered | # | naval 1 | putes Monday, May 10. — ca ath Temperature at 7 a. m. sie Bt | FRISCO DANCE GIR 49!| GET $1 A BOTTLE FOR 55) ||. POP; RESORTS CLOSED il cooler tonight and Tuesday, probably | DANIELS GIVES SIMS BROADSIDE IN CONTROVERSY Secretary of Navy Tells Investi- | gating Committee Admiral Was Disappointment “HE HAD NO Said America’s Naval Repre- sentative in England was Seek- ing British Decorations VISION” Washington, Ma 10. — Secretary Daniels before the senate investigat- ing committee today made his iong awaited reply to the criticisms of Rear Admiral Sims on the nav part in the war. The naval secretary let go a broad- side, which included charges that Sims lacked vision, belittled the work of the American navy in contr the British, coveted British decora- tions, and aspired to become an honor- ary member of the British admiraity. He declared that officers supporting the Sims charges were largely “peopic with a grievance.” The testimony of other officers in ion of first hand knowledge, y Daniels testified, “shouid be pted by all open-minded men as an absolute refutation of practically all of Admiral Sim's charges.” Sims, Secretary Daniels told the committee, did not measure up to the expectations in various ways of which he mentioned six as follows: LACKED VISION “He lacked vision to see that a greav and new project to bar the submarines trom theit hunting ground should be promptly adopted and carried out no! matter what the cost, or how radical the departure from what ultraprudent men regarded as impracticable. “He seemed to accept the views or the British admiralty as superior to anything that would come from Amer- ica and urged those views even when! the navy department proposed plans that proved more effective. “In public speeches and other ways, he gave a maximum of credit to Brit- ish efforts and minimized what his country was doing. COVETED BRITISH HONORS “He coveted British decorations anc seemed to place a higher value on honors given. abroad than on honors that could be conferred by the, Amert!- can government. “He aspired to become a member of the British admirality and wrote com- plainingly when the American govern- ment declined to permit him to accept such a tender by the king of Engiand. “He placed protection of merchant shipping as the main operation of our forces abroad failing to appreciate that the protection of transports car- rying troops to France was the para- mount naval duty until I felt impelled to cable him peremptorily that such was our main mission. MOLE HILLS OF MISTAKES “The investigating committee, Secre- tary Daniels said, had been wearted and the public nauseated with “an abortive attempt to ferret out tne mole hills of mistakes and exaggerate them into mountains to make a noble and notable accomplishment appear at the dim and fading blackground of comparatively unimportant errors ot judgment.” “The navy’s record in the war stands untouched today and for au times despite criticism from within or without,” he said. “No such troop movement over so great an expanse of water had ever been attempted as the transportation of America's legions to France,” Sec- retary Daniels declared, adding that “jn comparison to that essentiat io winning the war, nothing else counted. It was well and expeditiously done. That fact alone is answer to most or the criticisms heard by your commit- tee.” SIMS SOLELY INJURED “The only man injured in public esteem by his charges is Admiral Sims himself.” said Secretary Daniels. “The evidence has had only one et- fect and that has been a feeling ot deep regret at the necessity of witn- drawing approval from Admiral Sims and replacing it with deep and lasting disapproval. The navy and its ser- vices in the world war stand without a trace of the mud with which a few have sought to bespatter it.” “So far as my own acts were con cerned.” Secretary Daniels said, “he would be willing to let the case rest. ‘The judgment and ability of the eleven other members of the general board had been brought under public critic- ism by one of their own number, how- ever, and these officers, respecting a tradition that naval officers enter into public dis- themselves regarding should never among (Continued on Page Eight) San Francisco, May 10.— An | effort to revive dancing in re- sorts along San _ Francisco's | “Barbary Coast” has failed. 2 The police commission denied | Tony Mastaine’s application for | a permit for dancing in the Tha- lia, one of the once notorious dance halls and saloons on that ing back from the water front. iis action was taken aiter members of the commission, per- | sonally inspecting the place, were asked by the girls there to Meteorologist. buy soda pop at $1 a bottle. extend- |! art, of the :eacific street {examination for teachers’ reading cir- CHICAGOAN HEADS COMMERCE BODY (SOSEP LA H. DEFRESS Chicago—Joseph H. DeFress, a cagoan, was elected presient of U.S. Chamber of Commerce a cent convention at Atlantic City. Chi- the to | Was formerly president of the Associa- | Gon of Comme TREATY WILL BE CAMPAIGN ISSUE SAYS PRESIDENT Wilson Wants Treaty of Ver- sailles to be Endorsed as It Came from Paris LODGE TAKES CHALLENGE Republican Leader Will Take Important Question Before Voters of Country Washington, May 10.—The treaty of Versailles, as it came from Paris, has been thrown squarely into the coming presidential campaign. President Wilson formally has call- ed upon the democratic party, of which he is the titular head, to “endorse and support it” and “condemn the Lodge reservation.” Senator Lodge of. Massachusetts, tne republican leader in the fight to amend the document, has accepted the president's challenge and political on- servers here today regarded the tssue as clearly drawn, “HOPE OF WORLD” Mr. Wilson's views as to the treaty as a campaign issue were stated in a telegram last night to G. E. Hamaker of Portland, Ore., chairman of ine Multnomah ‘county democratic cen- tral committee. Declaring the league of nations “the hope of the world,” the president said it “was imperative” that the demo- cratic party “should at once proclaim itself the uncompromising champion of the nation’s honor and the advocate of everything the United States can do in the service of humanity.” MUCH RED TAPE ENCOUNTERED IN GETTING TRACTS Soldiers Filing on Oregon Home- steads Lose Interest When Obstacles Are Learned Wi ashington, -10.—'The scram- hle for the 4000 Ore gon farms offered by the department of the interior to former se men has begun. Four thousand homesteads will be allotted up to May 10. Put to get the raw material for a farm this is what the former soldier must do: yourney to Roseburg, Ore.; select his tract, pay 59 cents an acre, take his chances on a lottery if more than one files on the same t, live seven months a year for three years on his homestead and at the end of that time, pay $2 an acre for the land. service men, however, will be given credit for time spent with the colors on the time they are required to spent working the land. Cray Tallman, federal land com- ioner, is receiving hundreds of letters daily from land-hungry young men. Most of them learn of the red- {tape requirements, and lose interest promptly. MRS. GOMPERS DIES ington, May 10.--Mrs. Gompers wife of the president of the rican Federation of Labor, died at her home here tonight after a long illness. She was 69 years old and had been married more than half a century, Funeral services will be conducted here and the body will be taken to New York for burial on Sun. day. TEACHERS’ EXAMINATIONS All teachers not holding certificates are urged to attend the teachers’ examination Thursday and Friday of this week at the court, house. The cle will be held next Saturday at the court house. 10, tons of ar- (More than | ‘ tificial fee are produced and sold an- tually in this country, VILLA’S FORCES JOIN RANKS OF REBEL LEADERS Famous Bandit and Outlaw De- cides to Aid Revolutionary Movement in Mexico HAD WORRIED THE U. American Dreadnaughts With Company of Marines Ordered to Sail to Key West (Bulletin) El Paso, Tex., May 10.—General Alvara Obregon detailed the cap- ture of Mexico City, in a report made public here today, declared troops of President, Carranza had been dispersed and that the Mex¥- can president's route to Vera Cruz was cut off. This lent credence to a report that Carranza had been captured. Wholesale execu- tion of military prisoners occurred in M ‘0 City before Carranza fled, Obregon reported. Juarez, Mexico, May 10.—Francisco Villa’s days of banditry and constant menace to all attempts to establish a stable government in Mexico and to relations between this republic and the United States are ended, according to reports reaching here. Leaders of the w revolution displayed visible re- f at the announcement that Vilia had laid down his arms and turned his men over to General Ygnacio inriquez, revolutionary commander of the Chihuahua 4 ‘The an- neuncement came from General J. G. Escobar, commander of Juarez. Villa was one of President Carran- first supporters and later one of is most troublesome enemies. He so personally was responsible for ican troops crossing the border, his most serious offense against the United States probably being the fam- ous raid on Columbus, New Mexico, on March 9, 1916, when seventeen per- sons were killed and several buildings burned, MARINES GO TO KEY WEST Washington, May 10.— The dread- naught Oklahoma was ordered today to proceed from New York to Key West, Florida, for possible duty in Mexican waters. ' The snip will stop en routeat Phil- adelphia to take on a full company. of marines from the League Island sta- tion. She is expected to arrive here tonight. CONGRESSMAN IS SEEKING MEN IN LINE FOR BONUS George M. Young Says a Num- ber of North Dakota Ex-Sol- diers Have Money Coming Washington, D. C., May 10.—Con- sressman George M. Young of ‘North Dakota, handed out tolay a list of soldiers to whom letters had been sent by the war department contajning government checks for $60 bonus or extra mileage, and which letters had heen returned unclaimed. Congressman Young says that still more important there is an honorable discharge certificate in each letter, and he hopes all who read the list will help to locate them by writing to him in care house of representatives, Washington, D.C. Jf known, the number of company, regiment, anl serial number should be given. The list of names is as follows: Frank C. Brewster, Nels Dancker, Joseph Demko, Elmer E. Duffey, Bar- era Foerentino, William A. Franke, Alexander Gutsol, Wilhelm Conrad Haugan, Frank Hendricks, Ambrose Landeis, Henry Prudhal, Tom Ritland, Walter Orville Tabor, Daniel W. Wil- liams, George 'B. Bursik. Patrice F. Brunelle, Frank Elijah, Albert Andrew Georgeson, Henry V. Johnson, Edwin Vincent O'Brian, Clarence Ely Om- dahl, William Overman, Francisco Palumbo. Alf Warren Reive, Fred Clarence Schromberg, Dave Henry Shidler, Henry M. Valquartson, Ray- mond L. Rosseau, Valdermar Mikkel- sen. ce NEGRO WASHWOMEN GO | | ON STRIKE; PEOPLE | USE PAPER COLLARS | Merchantville, N. J., May 10.— Merchantville has a soap and | suds war on its hands. .Washer- | women want more money and j housewives have declared a lock- | | | 1 out, When the negro women form- ed 2 union and posted a scale of $3 a day for doing the family wash and $3.50 for a day’s house- work, the employers became in- dignant. | The | chantville voted a lockout and re- | | fuse to pay more than $2.50 a ; day. ! So in face of the paper short- | age, Merchantville has issued an { emergency call for paper collars and cuffs and reversible paper shirt fronts. Women’s Club of Mer- | | 5 ce %