The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 21, 1920, Page 1

THE WEATHER | browably rain. |THE BISMARC TRIBUNE LAST EDITION: ', _ BISMARCK NORTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS VILLA IS READ TO CONTINUE IN MEXICAN FIGHTS Famous Outlaw and Bandit Styles Himself a “Robin Hood” in Interview CAMPAIGN FUNDS WILL BE GIVEN CLOSE SCRUTINY Senate Committee Authorized to Investigate Amounts Cand- idates Receive Washington, May 21.—Investigation of the pre-convention campaign. ex- penditures and pledges of both repub- *) lican and democratic presidential can- BIG FACTOR IN AFFAIRS Will Not Retire Until His Ideals of Government Are Being Followed Jn Camp with General Villa, Oquil- las, Chihuahua, May 13; Via El} Paso, May 21.—(By the Associated Press.)— Francisco Villa, variously desctibed as a revolutionist. patriot and bandit, is yet factor in Mexican affairs, as ready and willing ‘to take the field against the newest revolutionary for- ces as he was against Carranza. he told the Associated Press here today. Villa, the man pursued by the Amer- ican army under General Pershing af- ter raid on Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916, declared the successor of Car- ranza must fully satisfy his ideals of government before he would retire to private life and quit the life of a “Robin Hood.” Carranza Wanted U. S. Aid Villa declared Carranza officials pre- vailed on American officials at El Paso in June last to cross the Rio Grande and drive him from his attack on Juarez, which he was about to take in company with Angeles. “None of my bullets fell into Amer- ican territory.” he said. “Certainly those who know me will credit me with having sufficient tactics to dis- pose my men so American lives and property would not be: endangered Those, who have studied the situation, know this to be true. The Carranzis- tas fired into El Paso as the excuse for American troops to. cross.” MUCH INTEREST IN SENATORIAL RACE IN JUNE Gronna Expected to Lead. ; Large Field in'Securing Repub! i- can Nomination: Although the gubernatorial contest at. the approaching June primaries has dominated the poiitical thought of the state for the past few months, a lively race is expected to be made for the republican nomination for United States senator at the pri- maries. When the anti-Townley republican tate convention failed to endorse a candidate for the senatorship and the league repudiated Senator Asa Gron- na, a number of men with the con- gressional upper hoose bee in their bonnet immediately. burst into the political limelight. More are expected to follow as the primary day ap- proaches. P. D. Norton of Mandan has an- nounced that he is a candidate for the republican nomination for the senate and Col. Frank White with a war record unsurpassed is al8o a con- tender for the republican nomination. ‘Col. White. is expected to make a stronger race than Norton and will probably obtain the majority of the soldier vote in the state as the for- mer service men do not take very . kindly to Senator Gronna’s war rec- ord, ‘A number of other names have been mentioned in’ connection with the contest for the republican nomina- tion for the Uited States senate, but authorized announcements of these hupposed candidates have not _appear- ed as yet. MINNESOTA MAN IS 10 GIVE HIGH SCHOOL ADDRESS W. I. Nolan, Speaker of House of Representatives, is Ob- tained for Event The high school commencement ad- dress will be delivered by -W. I. No- lan, speaker of the house of represen- tatives of ‘Minnesota, it was announc- ed today by J. M. Martin, superin- tenden of schools, The graduation exercises will be held in the auditorium on Thursday night, June 3, when 46 boys and girls will be given diplomas. The final weeks of exercises and festivities of the high school will be- gin with the delivery of the bac- calaureate sermon on Sunday, May 30, by Bishop Vincent Wehrle, of this city. Bishop Wehrle will preach at 2 p. m., and memorial exercises, un- der the direction of patriotic organ- izations of the city, will be held at 4:30 p. m. in the auditorium. Class Day Tuesday On Tuesday night, June 1, class day exercises will be held at the au- ditorium, in charge of the members of the senior class. The annual alumni banquet will be held on Friday night, June 4, in the high school, with the class of 1915 in charge. This year’s class will be initiated on that night. Graduation day for all grades in the city is on the same day. ; claim to offer reductions from fifteen {wearing apparel declared they believed didates ordered by the senate will be- gin here Monday, May 24. The senate privileges and elections committee ordered today the appoint- ment of a sub-committee to do the work “with all possible dispatch” and to hold open hearings. H.C, L, CHECKED: CLOTHING AND FOOD DECLINING Price Cutting Movement in East Reaching Wholesalers With Good Results LIBERTY’ BONDS HIGHER Pork and Grain on Board of Trade Take Sharp Drops; Decline May Continue New York, May 21.—The price cut- ting movement here today reached some wholesalers when managers and buyers of prominent department stores announced their establishments would refuse to. purchase from job- bers until] substantial reductions were made. The department stores, which to fifty percent, now demand that wholesalers make concessiohs to them. An official of one of the largest depart- ment stores, with branches in six cities, said: “We are: not buying future stock now and will not until manufacturers and wholesalers come down with their prices.” Movement Artificial Some representative wholesalers of the price: cutting movement. through- out the country to be-artificial, assert-/ ing that it has stimulated buying with- out a corresponding increase in pro- duction and a reaction bound to come. LIBERTY BONDS ADVANCE New York, May 21—Heavy buying of Liberty bonds and Victory notes in the first hour of today’s trading on the stock exchange resulted in many sub- stantial recoveries for those issues from recent low records. Liberty second four a quarters rose to 82.70, an, advance of $1.30; first four and a quarters at<85, showed a gan of $1; second four and a quarters at 85.50, rose $1.40; third four and a quarters at 87.10, gained $1.30, and| fourth four and a quarters at 84.30, were strongest of all at a gain of $2.30. GRAIN TAKES TUMBLE Chicago, May 21.—Prices came down helter skelter today on the board of trade. All grain and provisions joined in the big tumble. Corn and pork un-| derwent extreme breaks, respectively | seven and three-eighths cents a bushel! and $2.05 a barrel, July delivery of corn touching as low as $1.64% and_ July pork $34.75. Chicago, May 21.—Belief that a drastic order would be issued to the| railroads to move grain on a priority | basis, was largely responsible for the selling stampede in the last hour's} trading. Much of the selling appeared | to be in the nature of unloading by holders who no longer wanted to be on the bull side of the market. Ef-| forts to stem losses added to the wild scenes of trading in the last hour andj market took a sharp downward trend. | Almost panicky conditions prevailed in the final fifteen minutes. The close was demoralized at the lowest point of the day for corn, $1.58 to $1.59 for July corn, a drop of 114 to 13 cents in 24 hours. FOUR CHILDREN DIE WHEN HOME IS BURNED UP Minnesota Family Nearly Wiped | Out in Midnight Blaze; Mother and Father Alive Tatonite. Minn.. May 21.—Four chil- dren of Bert Barrow, a miner, lost their lives and Barrow and his wife were so Severely burned that they are} not expected to live, when fire destroy-| ed their home at the Holman mine location about midnight last night. Tatonite is near Coleraine. Barrow. according to the story he told at the Coleraine hospital, where he and his wife were taken, was awakened by smoke near midnight. He carried his wife and son, 13-years- old, through the flames to the street. The boy was so badly burned that he died a few minutes later. In his attempt to save the other children, Barrow was burned about the body and face. The bodies of the | of thé agri three children unrescued are in the Tuins of the home. The cause of the fire has not been! determined. FANNY 1s HAPPY AS NICKY GIVES UP New York—Fannie Brice, Follies actress, is more than happy that her husband, Nicky Arnstein, has given himself up. After a long search he is being held in connection with the $5,000,000 Liberty bond plot. While Arns to see him much. Now they can KNOWN PIONEER, IS VISITING HERE Retired Army Officer Was Sta- tioned at Old Fort Lincoln in Early Days HAS MANY FRIENDS HERE Has Been Studying Mexican La- bor Problem in Great South- west Recently Col, L. (M. Maus,-U, S. A., retired, is ‘in the city visiting, old. friends: whom he has not seen in many years. Col. Maus served at the Standing Rock Indian reservation and at old Fort Lincoln on the west bank of the Mis- souri river in the early 70’s and 80's. Many of the original pioneers of this part of the state were close friends of Col. Maus and he has been spending the past few days reviving old memor- jes with the few pioneers still living. He has been entertained at a number !of homes since he arrived here. On ‘Sunday night he will speak at the Presbyterian church. Although Col. Maus was on the re- tired list when war with Germany was declared he at once offered his services and served nearly two years during the war. During the past four months he has been making an edu- cational and’ economical study of the American-M n population of the four southwest border states, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and California, “There are over 1,000,000 of these people, native born and foreign,” said Col. Maus today. “They are generally misunderstood by the American peo- ple, but in spite of misrepresentations they are absolutely essential to the prosperity of the great southwest. “These Mexicans do practically all ultural work in the border state: pecially cotton raising and truck gardening, which form a large part of the industry of Texas, Arizona, and southern California. Contrary to the popular idea the Mexican people are anxious to s labor and are immigrating to the United States by the tens of thousands every year. “They are performing all of the track work of the southern lines and; besides are being shipped by hundreds to Michigan, Wyoming, the middl west and northwestern states as far as Idaho, Oregon, and Washington for labor. “Few of the hundreds of thousands of native born Mevicans living in the four border states can speak ng- lish or read or write. They have been entirely neglected by the American government and the people of the states in which they live, receiving less consideration than the Indians up- on whom millions of dollars are spent annually.” Col. Maus has been requested to address the congregation of the Pres- byterian church Sunday night on this important subject. which he says is so poorly understood by the Ameri- can people. The services will start at 8 p. m. Homnes Cannot Make Run For Congress Fargo, ‘May 21.—George Homnes, of Crosby endors at republican state convention at Minot as candidate for congress in third district, has advised republican state committee that he cannot make race, and late this after- noon it was anounced that a meeting will be held in Mandan next Tuesday to select new candidate. Before the war Russia was the prin- cipal source of imported lumber for western European countries. COL. MAUS, WELL’ cin was free Fannie was unable be together. BANKERS CURB BUSINESS LOANS New York, May New York ban- ers today applied pr e to import- ers and merchants dealing in luxuries and non-essentials in compliance with the request of the federal reserve board that they aid in the deflation | of credit. Customers, who handle such lines as jewels, pleasure automobiles, furs, obje of art, cosmetics and the more luxurious articles of wearing apparel, ; Were notified’ that for the time being they .would! be. accorded only such credit accommodations as were ab- solutely necessary for the conduct of their business, - Meanwhile, the wave of price cutting -»by department stores and others continued to spread here. The principle reduefidns.are in cloth- ing and shoes with cuts from fifteen per cent up to as high as seventy per cent in one instance. G. 0. P, PEACE RESOLUTION NOW BEFORE WILSON Would Formally End State of War Between This Country, Germany and Austria PRESIDENT TO VETO IT Is Not Expected to Sign Meas- ure; Democrats Wage Strong Fight Against Adoption Washington, May 21.—The republi- can peace resolution was adopted finally by the house today. It now goes to the president. The house majority accepted the senate’s substitute for the house resolution. democrats opposing. The vote was 228 to 149 for it, which was aken to-indicate that a veto by the president would not be overriden. Twenty democrats joined with the re- publicans in adopting the resolution, while two republicans, Representative Kelly, Michigan, and Fuller, Masschu- setts, voted against it. Representative Flood, Virginia. open- ing the democratic fight against the solution, complained that the repub- icans were trying to “jam through the measure” and asked for another hour of debate. Chairman , Porter. however. refused the request. Porter said that the resolution would “require ; the president to state whether or not he intends to relinquish the extraordi-| nary war powers invested in him by| congress as all former president have | done after the termination of war, or; whether he intends to remain a dicta-| | tor and use the drastic and obnoxious laws to se the senate to desist in| i efforts to Americanize the treaty of peace.” RAID OHIO TOWN; STEAL $12,000 Toledo, May 2 —In true western style, bandits this morning shot up the main street of Delta, Ohio, near} here, seriously wounding James War- ner, a baker, invaded the Peoples’ Sav- ing Bank and escaped with $12,000 cash and Liberty bonds. Townspeople hurried for shelter as the bandits drove through the main streets in a touring car, shooting in all More than fifty shots were fired. Entering the bank, the bandits struck Ray Casler with a revolver, knocking him unconcious. Other em- ployes were forced into a bank room. PALMER IN LEAD WITH DELEGATES TO CONVENTION Attorney General Has More Men Pledged Than Any Other Democratic Candidate VERY FEW INSTRUCTED Cox of Ohio, Edwards of New Jersey and Glass of Virginia Have Delegations Chicago, May 21.—With the demo- eratic convention a little more than a month away a canvas of the situation shows no one man has received as many as 100 delegates. while the unin- structed delegates thus far chosen number 587. There are 242 delegates. yet to be elected. - Under the democratic convention rules, a two-thirds vote is required to nominate, or 728 out of the 1,092 votes, which wil] be cast in the convention. Palmer Leading Of those candidates who have votes instructed for them, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer is leading with the 76 votes given to him by his home state of Pennsylavania this week. Governor James M. Cox of Ohio is a close second with 74 votes, the solid delegations of Ohio and Kentucky, and names of three favorite sons stand third, forth and fifth in the list; Gov- ernor Edward I, Edwards of New Jer- iving his state’s 28 votes; Sen- ‘ter H. Glass having Virginia’s 24, and Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma being the choice. of that state’s 20 delegates. James W. Gerard of New York, for- mer ambassador to Germany, who filed a petition in South Dakota, will receive that state's ten votes. FAILED T0 ROB BANK BUT GETS PEN SENTENCE Dickinson Man, Continually Lost His Nerve in Attempted “Holdtip at’ Medora: ‘ WAS BRAKEMAN ON N. P. Attacked Candidate for Sheriff in Billings County and Stole His Automobile George Wheatley, of Dickinson, a former brakeman on the Northern Pa- cific. was brought to the state peni- tentiary today. to serve a term of two to five years for attempting to hold up a bank of Medora. ‘Last week he made a trip to Me- dora to hold up the bank, but his nerve failed before he carried out his inten- tion. On Tuesday he left Dickinson, taking Conductor Brown's automobile, but when he got into the Bad Lands he ran out of gasoline. He then put on a mask and attacked the first auto- mobile that came along. It was the automobile of Hans Elkins, who is a candidate for sheriff in Billings county. Loses Nerve He bound and gagged Elkins and threw him into the bushes. Taking Elkins’ car, he proceeded to Medora, where he entered the bank. He asked the woman cashier in the bank for a draft and as she turned he put his hand on his gun in his hip pocket, but. his nerve failed him. Elkins, in the meantime, had worked himself free and hailed a passing automobile. He stepped into the bank at this juncture and placed Wheatley under arrest. At Belfield. before the state's attor- ney, Wheatley made a complete con- fession, and yesterday afternoon be- fore Judge Crawford he pleaded guilty and was sentenced. Down On His Luck Wheatley, a young man, was mar- ried recently and bore a good reputa- tion in Dickinson. He was “down on his luck” and sought this means to get funds. His previous good ‘reputation saved him from a heavier sentence. MORE TROOPS IN COAL TOWN WHEN MAN IS KILLED Matewan, W. Va. May 21.— Addi- tional state troopers to aid the deputy sheriffs and contsabulary, who have been on guard duty here since the bat- tle between private detectives and citizens Wednesday, which resulted in ten or more deaths, were expected to arrive at Matewan today. Authorities said this morning that they did not ex- pect a recurrence of the disorders, the last of which occurred yesterday near Lynn, three miles from here. when one man, said to be a Baldwin-Feltz detective, was shot from ambush by unidentified persons. FRENCH STRIKE ENDS Paris, May 21.—The general federa- tion of labor decided today to call off the strike it had ordered in support of the rai]way men’s walkout. The ‘decision for the resumption of work was reached by a vote of 96 to 11. |MASONS TO GATHER IN BISMARCK FOR DISTRICT MEETING Masons of the fourteenth dist will gather in Bismarck on May 25 for a meeting, it was announced by LL. K. Thompson, district deputy, to- day. Visitors will include grand lodge officers and delegates from Hazen, Flasher, Steele and ‘Linton. A. P. Lenhart, of ‘Bismarck, grand master of the grand lodge of North Dakota, will be present. A banquet will be given in the (Masonic temple in the evening, at which Thompson will act as toast- master. The address of the evening will be delivered by W.- L. Stockwell, of Fargo, grand lodge secretary. First degree work will be exempli- fied. r, 0, HOLTA HURT IN AUTO CRASH, GIRL INJURED Two Drivers Fail to Give Aid After Accidents at Third and Rosser BOTH VICTIMS TO HOSPITAL Examination to Determine Mr. Holta’s Injuries Otto Holta, well known traveling man, was severely injured about 7.30 o'clock this morning in an automobile accident at ‘Rosser and Third streets. Mr. Holta was taken to the Bis- marck hopital, suffering painful injur- ies about the body. Ribs were frac- tured on his left side, it is believed, after an examination, and he was suf- fering fromm pains in his back. An ‘X-Ray examination was being con- ducted t afternoon with a view of determining the extent of the injuries. Mr. Holta was riding in a taxicab driven by Donald Rohrer when the accident occurred. He was going to the Soo line station. The other car sped away after the accident and the police are seking the name of the driver. Dashed Against Curb ‘The taxicab was coming down third street when another machine swung into the intersection. Seeing that the other machine was not slackening its speed, Rohrér swerved his car into kosser_street,. in.an. effort to avoid the “collision. His car skidded against the curd at the side of the Will home, turning half way around. The entire top of the car was ruined and glass was scattered over the street, as the taxi settled on its side. Before ‘Rohrer recovered from the shock of the impact, according to in- formation given by him, the other car, which is said to have struck his car in the side had sped away undam- aged. Both cars were Fords. Rohrer escaped injuries, dther than bruises and a severe shock. Mr. Hoi- ta, though badly hurt, did not lose con- sciousness, and was rushed to the hos- pital. Rohrer blames the other driver for the accident saying that he held the right of way, and the other man failed to take proper precautions at the in- tersection. Talks of Accident Mr. Holta talked of the accident in the hospital, but was so badly hurt that he did not tell the entire story. He suffered much pain during the morning, but was resting easier this afternoon. A. A, Loehrke, who lives nearby, was one of the first persons to reacli the scene of the accident. He heard the crash and ran out to see what had happened. “When I reached there the taxicab vas turned over, with the wheels sticking up in the air, and the driver had just crawled out,” he said. “Sev- eral men had gathered and we lifted the car up and got Mr. ‘Holta out of the wreckage. He was suffering se- verely.” Mr. Loehrke said that it appeared to him that the taxicab turned over in trying to turn the corner to avoid the other car, The driver of the other ma- chine, Mr. Loehrke said, stopped, but got into his car and drove on. Another Accident 0. E. Anderson rendered first aid in another accident at Rosser and third streets at 9:20 last night when an automobile ran down the Syear- old son of “Speed” Loomis, a taxi driver, who was playing in the street on a “kiddie car.” Hearing a crash Mr. Anderson ran out and found the boy lying in the street, crying. The driver of the car sped on, although Mr. Anderson says it is not possible that the driver did not know that he hit the boy. Hailing another car, Mr. Anderson took the boy to the Bismarck hospi- tal. An examination disclosed bruises but no severe injuries and he was taken home later. McHENRY FARMER, WHO FOUGHT IN CIVIL WAR, SPENDS DAY IN BISMARCK J. H. Seright of Granville, McHen- county, was a visitor in the city rday on his way to the annual reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic at Grand Forks. ‘Mr. Se- right stated that the farmers in his county are still sowing as the snow did not have the ground there until two ‘or three weeks ago. ‘Mr. Seright is one of the thousands of anti-Town- ley farmers in North Dakota who are praying for the success of the “victory ticket” headed by Attorney General William Langer. His taxes, in spite of league promises, more than dou- bled last year. ry < ENEMY DEFEATED BY POLES ALONG EXTENDED FRONT Both Sides Claim Victory in Of- ficial Dispatches; Airplanes Help Bolsheviki AIDING RUSSIA GERMANS Smuggling Ammunition Into Si- lesia Where 4,000 Security Guards Have Arrived London, May 21.— Russian soviet, troops are continuing their pursuit of the Poles in the region of Polotsk on the Dvina river, according to an of- ficial announcement issued in Moscow and received here by wireless the statement adds: “In the direction of Pytoloss, the enemy’s attempts to advance have been repulsed. In the Borisov region further south, we have occupied a number of villages after fierce fight- ing. In crossing the Beresina river our troops were assisted by a squadron of airplanes. In the Kiev region noth- ing important is reported but we have taken a number of villages northwest of Vvenigrod.” BOLSHEVIK DRIVEN BACK Warsaw, Thursday, May 20.—Polish troops, counter attacking Bolshevik forces on the northern sector of the battle front, have driven the soviet armies back twelve anda half miles | near Krzyzezopol, according to an of- ficial statement issued here today. The statement declares that on the middle Beresina sector, the Bolshe- viki were repulsed when they tried to force their way across the river. GERMANS HELP SOVIET RUSSIA Warsaw, Thursday, May 20.-— (By the Associated Press.) — Information indicating some elements in Germany are determined to help the Russian Lolsheviki continues to be received here, it is said in military circles. Newspapers here today published prominently dispatches stating that 4,000 security guards had arrived in upper Silesia by special train. For weeks, it, is declared, Germans have been smuggling ammunition into Silesia hiding in under beets in rail- road cars. Military authorities say the Germans are advertising their troops movements in this region for the pur- pose of compelling the Poles to trans- fér forces from the east and thus weakening the Bolshevik front. BRUSILOFF IN COMMAND Warsaw, Thursday, May 20.— (By the Associated Press.) — General Alexis A. Brusiloff former commander in chief of the Russian armies, is un- | derstood to have assumed command of - the Bolshevik offensive against Po- land. In Polish military circles, they the soviet attack is designed to overrun Lithuania ‘and extend the Bolshevik front westward to east Prussia. Military authorities here declare vast stores of munitions and supplies have arrived in east Prussia in antici- pation of a break in the Polish front before the Bolshevik offensive. Fighting continues along the north- ern section of the front, but all soviet attacks have been repulsed along the upper reaches of the Barresino river, according to the announcement. PERSIA WANTS ASSISTANCE London, May 21.— Persia has ap- pealed to the league of nations to pro- tect her against Bolshevik aggres- sions. The appeal, which follows the landing of Bolshevik forces on Persian soil from the Caspian sea, was made through the Persian foreign minister, who is in Paris. ELECT OFFICERS OF FARM BUREAU HERE ON JUNE 8 Permanent Organization of New, Farmers’ Organization to be Completed ‘Permanent organization of the Bur- leigh County Farm bureau will be completed on Tuesday, June 8, at a meeting to be held in Bismarck, it was announced today. Officers and members of a board of directors will be chosen, and reports will be made on the membership drive which will be concluded on that date. H. B. Fuller, state countyagent, and Mrs. Louise Campbell, state home de- monstration leader, will be on the program for the meeting, together with County Agent G. W. Gustafson and Miss Elsie Stark, county home demonstration agent. A speaker from outside of the state may be obtained. The membership drive, decided up- on at a preliminary organization meeting held two weeks ago, will com- mence on Monday, and concluded on June 8. The farm bureau is an organization of the farmers and farmers’ wives of the county, banded together to im- prove the farm, the home and pro- mote community life. The first issue of the Farm Bureau News, a small paper to be issuei monthly by the bureau, was being dis- tributed today. More raw cocoa is consumed in the United States annually than in any other country.