The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 27, 1920, Page 1

= THE WEATHER -Generally Fair THE BISMARCK TRIBUN Ft rt es etree LAST EDITION ——<———— ee THIRTY-NINTH YEAR PRICE FIVE CENTS WILSON VETO GOVERNMENT 10 HELP DEVELOP LIGNITE WORKS Congress Has Appropriated $100,000 for Experimental Work at New Salem TO DRIVE OFF MOISTURE Dampness in Fuel Biggest Hand- icap to Overcome to Make Plan Serviceable Washington, May 27.—Lignite 01 “brown” coal of Texas, North Dakota and other western states probably will be used extensively as fuel if experi ments soon to be made by the bureau of mines in an effort to drive off the moisture which makes it serviceable prove successful. Initial experiments will be conducted at New Salem, N. D., and will begin at once. Congress has appropriated $100,000 for the work. : Lignite constitutes one-third of the fuel resources of the, United States. but has been little used because of the great amount of moisture in them, their tendency to disintegrate when dry, and their liability to spontaneous. combustion. States with lignite de- posits have been getting their coal from middle west states. nessitating an average freight haul of 1,000 miles. Reduction of lignite to serviceable fuel would end such lengthy coal ship- ments. Bureau of mines experts believe it not only will be possible to carbonize lignite into a superior brand of fuel. but think it possible to make valuable by products such as gas, oil, and tar. i=} ARMENIA READY TO CONFER WITH SOVIET FORGES Stricken Country ‘Agrees to Send Delegates to Moscow to Avoid Encounter IN DANGER ON ALL SIDES Paris, May 2’ he Armenians have accepted an invitation from the Rus- sian Bolsheviki to send delegates to Moscow, according to information re- ceived by the French foreign office. A Tiflis dispatch to the foreign of- fice says the Georgians had already reached an agreement with Moscow under which the Tiflis government un- dertakes to prevent Georgian territory being used as a base for attacks against the Bolshevikis. The reported willingness of the Armenians to negotiate with the Bol- shevik is explained in official circles . here by the fact that they are exposed to attacks by the Turkish nationalists on the one side and by the Bo!sheviki on the other and probably have in view an arrangement assuring them tran- quility on their northern boundary. DE PALMA WINNER OF COVETED POST IN SPEED CONTEST Famous Racer Covers Indianap- olis Motor Track at_ 99.65 Miles Indianapolis, 27.—Ralph De Palma, Joe Boyer, Lewis Chevroiet and Jean Cassagne will be in the front row, with the first named at the pole, when 32 of the world’s greatest auto drivers line up for the start of the 500 mile grind at the Indianapolis motor speedway next Monday morning at 10 o'clock. De Palma won the favored position whén he circled the brick saucer for ten miles yesterday after-| noon at an average speed of 99.65 miles an hour. AVERY COMPANY TO BUILD HOME AT FARGO SOON ‘Fargo, May 27—The Avery company of Peoria, Ill, manufacturers of ma- chinery, will erect a $300,000 brancn | (building in Fargo, according to a statement authorized by J. B. Barthol omew, president of the company, be- fore his departure from Fargo after a visit to the local branca. The announcement was made today by E. L. Yocum, manager of the Fargo | branch. Construction work on the building will be started early next fall, Mr. Bartholomew advised. It wil ‘be five stories in height on the floor plan of T5xz00 feet, and will be eresved on} property owned by the company at the corner of Second street and \N. P.| avenue, The age on the ea side and to the rear. A deposit of from 10,000 to 15,000 tons of sulphur has been discovered in the crater of an _ ice-covered mountain in the Aleutian Islands. RAN ‘ALTITUDE RECORD FOR. AIRPLANE IS BROKEN IN TEXAS: San Antonio, Texas, May 27.-What! is said to,be the world’s record for! an ajtitude flight with an airplane} carrying three passengers and a pilot was broken yesterday at Kelly Field when Lieut. Harry Weedington reach- ed an altitude of 20,081 feet. The rec- ord was made in one hour and 25 min-! utes of steady climbing. The return! crip was made in 15 minutes. A De! Haviland Four, model B, ship was! ised equipped with baragraph to rec-! ord the altitude. PALMER ISSUES STATEMENT UPON! PENDING ISSUES Let Men Preach Radical Doc- trines, Attorney General Says in Questionaire AGAINST BIG PROFIT TAX Opposed to Government Owner- ship of Railroads and Favors Higher Income Tax Washington, May 27.—-‘Flat opp: ‘ion to government ownership of rai}- roads, enforcement of federal control of: manufacture and distribution of recessary. commodities,” and elimina- tion of excess profit taxes in favor of | higher income on incomes from invest- ments, characterized the reply of At- torney General Palmer, made public oday. to the recent questionnaire sub- nitted to presidential candidates and others by the National Board of Farm Organizations. Dealing specifically with the ques- ion of the five great meat packers, Mr. Palmer said the recent federal court décree entered after long nego- tiations between the packers and the} government, was the longest step yet taken toward their control. Guard Free Speech The right of free speech, Mr. Pal- mer ‘said. must be “carefully guarded and-preserved.” “I would have men preach as radi- cal doctrines\as they will,” he contin- j ved, “so long as they strive to make that doctrine effective by peaceful methods. But the right of free speech is not the right of unbridled speech without responsibility.” LANGER TO SPEAK AT A BIG PICNIC Attorney General and Republi- can Nominee’ Accepts Invita- tion to Renville County William Langer, attorney-general | ¢ { and republican anti-Townley candidate for Governor, has accepted an invi- tation to deliver a memorial address at Mouse River park in Renville Coun ty on Sunday, May 330. of the Memorial day celebration have planned a picnic at the park, and H. H, c.eele, former state tax commi sioner, predicts that there will be 000 people out to pay tribute to the | falen heroes of the country. i Ma day. ity of the following towns will be pre- sent. Mohall, Lansford, Grano, Greers, Tolley, Kenmare, Bowbells, and Lor- eine: | NEWSPAPER CAS APPEAL FILED IN | SUPREME COURT The ‘Pioneer Publishing company. {of Mandan, publis has appealed to the supreme court the case in which George Meyerle, of neat Glen Ullin, sued the company for | $10,000 as the result of an article pub- lished in the Pioneer at the time it | Was predicted the world would come ; to an end. | Meyerle alleged that the paper had { cotamed him to the extent of $10,000 by publishing a story to the effect ‘that he had prepared a shroud, and | was ready to end his life as well as the lives of other members of his fam- | ily. On demurrer in district court, it was held that the complaint was sufficient j and it is on the ruling on the demurrer | that the case is appealed. The Pion- eer Publishing company alleges the complaint is in lent and points to | the North Dakota law requiring that ja demand for retraction be made with- | | in three days after an article such as | this is published, and pointing out | other alleged defec | GIRL Is LEADER | Paris. May 27.—Police here have | | | terrorized: the boulevards for months. | | The head of the gang is “L’Almee,” a beautiful girl, Each gangster was named for a day of the week and} | there were six. There being no sev-/ jenth, the gang rested Sundays. ONMEMORTALDAY - The peope of the county in charge) SOVIET OFFIC ALS) organizing automobile parties for the; = Delegates from and in the vicin- | i ing the ‘Pioneer, | been selling liquor illegally. EIGHT MEN TO BE ELE The Sing S! it in the “Hanging Bee.” and Joseph Usefof. McLaughlin and Joseph Miiano. BY LORRY A. JACOBS, | N. E. A. Staff Correspondent i New York, May 27.— ‘The stage is all set at Sing Sing Ossin- ning, N. Y. for the “death party” in the pen’: Before the end of May, arm of law reaches out prison, to halt it, eight men will go to their death in, the same chair. Milano, ph Use- ying of guard in, Jam Cassidy, Joseph Charles McLaughlin and Jos fot were convicted for the Otto Fialo, Intervale sudway the Bronx. Just as they were about to be executed, May 5, Milano con- fessed, saying the other three were innotent, and Governor Smith wired a reprieve ‘for two weeks or more. All Deny Shaking Dice With Fate It was remembered, when news of: the confession came out, that the) four men were said to have thrown) dice to decide which one should take | the entire blame. All four deny this. | TWIN CITY FLOUR PRICES ADVANCE: Minneapolis, Minn., May 27.— A higher wheat market the past | two days was reflected in an ad- | vance of 25 cents a barrel for | flour at one of the mills here to- || | day. Family patent flour in car- |! load lots in 98 pound cotton |} | sacks was quoted at $14.85 a bar- | rel. Another large mill which |! | has been selling this grade of |! flour at slightly highes prices, || left quotations unchanged. KOLCHAK PLACED |ON EXHIBITION BY Pe pia ten | Head of All-Russian Forces De- graded and Humiliated i y farmers from distances are! by Boisheviks “Vancouver, May —Admiral Kol- | chaic. former head of the all-Russian government, after his capture by rev- | olutionists. was placed in a cage at Irkutsk and exhibited for a nominal charge, according to N. Deberg, former member of the admiral’s staff, who ar: rived yesterday from the Orient. Crowds surrounded the cage. ac: cording to Deberg, heaping epithets upon him and jeering him. Proctor Advanced $500,000 to Wood’s Campaign Fund; Washington. — William ¢€, Procter, of Cincinnati, has advanced $500,060 to the campaign fund oF Major Ceneral Leonard Wood, he testified today at the senate investigation into preconvention presidential campaign finances. Mr. Procter said this advance was | “more than the total contributions” to | General Wood's campaign from other | sources. He added that he had con- tributed $10,000. | Company Head Held On Liquor Charge} Charles B. Smith;} Stewart-Warner whose home | Chicago, May | president of the Speedometer company, was raided yesterday by liquor agents. surrendered to United States Marshal} Bradley this morning. ‘ Mr. Smith was taken before Com- uilding will have track. | rounded up a band of Apaches that | missioner Mason and posted a $2,500 cash bond. Hearing was set for June The arrest. according to Prohibi- tion. Commissioner Dalrymple, de- | veloped from confessions of members ! of an alleged whiskey ring. which had SCTROCUTED AT SING SING PRISON IN ONE WEEK: ONE _ SCHEDULED TO DIE THIS AFTERNOON | ing de, ath chair and five of the mer 2 suffering with twherculosis, has asked j is a horrible thing to think of snuff- “STEAM ROLLER” i who will die in Left to right, top row; James Cassidy Lower, left to right, Leo Jankowski, Charles Miss Silvia. Usefof, sister of one of the men, has been working night and day to obtain a new trial. Leo nkowski and Walter Levan- dowski killed Keeper John Gunther in Dannemora prison, Jankowsii, that his’ execution be hurried that he may escape the pangs of coughing. Levandowski’s request that he be electrocuted on May 26, birthday, has been refused. * He will die to- day. Warden Calls. Affair Horrible John Byrd shot’a’ Kingston police: | man and William }Byrd murdered a Buffalo ‘Pullman porter. “Although: we ae ecompelled to. do. our dutyy"~ sald Warden ‘Lawes, “it ing out eight lives in one week. It’ has cast sort of a gloom over the whole prison.’ Ten other executions scheduled for this spring. have been DANIELS STATES WAS BEING USED Secretary of Navy Objects to Form of Questions Asked Him Washington, 27. — Declaring that a “steam roller” has been used) on him, Secretary Daniels told the senate naval investigating committee today that he would appeal to the full; committee if Chairman Hale insisted in putting into the record “an unfair! and unfounded” statement as to con- ditions of American warships when; the war began. Before the i | secretary's announce- ; ment, Senator Pittman, democrat, Ne-; vada, warned Chairman Hale that he would protest on the senate floor against the character of questions, | ;gum of Grand ‘Forks, which the chairman was asking Mr. Daniels. S PEACE PACT REJECTS G. 0. P. ~ PLAN TO END WAR BOOSTERS READY FOR THREE DAY GOOD ROADS TOUR Bismarck Business Men Will; Start Wednesday Morning and Return Friday ITINERARY IS COMPLETED, All Towns on North and South Branches of Northern Pa- cific to be Visited The itinerary for the . Bismarck “good roads boosters” tour, which starts next Wednesday. has been com- pleted and provides for all night | stops at Dunn Center and Mott, with noonday stops at Hazen, Dickinson and Carson. The tourists will leave Bismarck at % o'clo Wednesday morning and will arrive at ‘Bismarck 9:15 Friday night. Messages have heen received from the © authorities along the route promising warm receptions when the Bismarck ‘boosters arrive in those places. ott has «wired Secretar George Keniston of the Commer- cial club, that Mott is prepared to turn thé town upside down if neces- sary to show the Bismarck tourists how glad Mott is to receive and en-! tertain them, Other towns are plan- ning equally pretentious entertain- ments, which will go a long way to- wards making the trip a success. The purpose of the tour is fourfold; to boost for good roads throughout the western part of the state, to urge the use of motor trucks in shipping var- ious commodities; to stimulate trad- ing in the towns and villages nearest to their homes and not with mail order houses at distant points, and to con- sider Bismarck as the territory’s job- bing ‘center. Lieut. G. J. Cameron, with his air- plane. will precede the caravan and will make stops at all the places en- route. Cameron proved to be the big attraction on the Ashley-Wishek tour and will undoubtedly be just as great a feature on the Killdeer-Dickinson- Mott tour. The Elks’ band with Spen- cer Boise as director. will go along and give concerts at all stops. is building a justifiable reputation for being the best musical organization in the western half of the state andj will undoubtedly add to its laurels on this trip. The westward trip will be made through the north branch line towns and the return trip through the south branch places, dropping southward through Dickinson from Killdeer to New England. bate as to whether the main line towns should be visited or not, but it was (Continued on Page Tnree) H. J. DUMELAND HEADS GROCERS OF NORTH DAKOTA Members of the Wholesale Grocers’ association re- elected all officers at their annual meeting in Fargo yesterday. H. J. Duemeland of Bismarck was reelected president; C. O. Follett of ; Fargo, vice president, and ‘T. A. Swig- secretary-trea- surer. election of the 1y21 meeting place was left to the officers. ‘Other business at the concluding session was executive. CAMPAIGN ISSUES; | | OUR $ | CHOOL SYSTEM North Dakota faces a serious crisis in the admini ion of its school system. Socialistic control is slowly but surely fastening itself upon the curriculum of the common schools of the state as well as upon the courses of study and policies of the higher institution: It behooves every father and mother to weigh carefully the issue involved in the campaign against Townleyism and against the continuance of the soc regime. If the league ma. chine is successful June 30, the schools of the state will be wholly dominated by the socialists. The importation of Madame Lund and Stangeland showed the intent of Townle His persecition of Miss Minnie Nielson and the creation of the Board of Administration were all steps leading to the socialization of the entire public school system and the administration of the institutions of learning by tried and true social- ists. No voter should be deceived as to the true situation. The schools are endangered. City and county alike are vitally concerned. Socialism has already scored against our edu cational system. Its adherents in this state purpose next to write the text book and see to it that the doc- triens of Marx. Hilquit, Sinclair; Kate Richards O’Hare and Debs are properly presented. Campaign speakers have sounded the warnings. The Minot anti-Town- ley Republican convention recogniz- ing the importance of eradicating so- control of the school system wrote into the platform the follow- ing: “Laws have been enacted which imperil the future of our school system by placing it litical influen thers and prof and harbor- prs who ar public enemies, as will as by remov- ing the safeguards from funds donat- ed by congress in trust for the edu- cation of our children for all time. The talented and efficient head of our school system, who was elected over the league candidate by a large majority. has been deprived of the power to perform the functions be- longing to the office for no reason except that she had too high a regard for her oath of office and ‘her duty to the public to bow obsequiously | to the state’s self appointed dicta- tors,” The ‘band | There was some de-} i North Dakota; WOULD PLACE IN UPON ; dent said, ‘the honor of the United States.” Without announcing his inte i own.” WOOD IN LEAD AS CONVENTION OPENING NEARS Has More Pledged Delegates for Republican Presidential Nominee Than Others ENATOR JOHNSON SECOND Californian Runs General Close Race; 648 Delegates Un- instructed Chicago, May , Be the republican nomination for the presidency today opened their final drive to capture the 493 votes that spell victory in the convention, which opens here one week from next Tues- day. | The last of. the 984 delegates, who | will sit in the convention, were se- lected yesterday when Vermont re- publicans met and chose eight dele- gates. Wood Ahead Major General Leonard Wood, pres- ent returns show, will enter the con- vention with more instructed votes than any other candidate, but his total of 158 is less than one-third of the number necessary to win. The di- vision of strength among the large field of “favorite sons” practically (‘precludes any possibility of a nomina- tion on the first ballot. Figures compiled here show the following divisions of the convention vote: Wood, 153; Johnson, 109; Low- den, 74; favorite sons and uninstruct- ed, 648. Campaign managers here of the three leading candidates all claim vic- tory in statements issued last night. The Wood and. Johnson camps make definite predictions as to their first ballot vote, the supporters of the gen- eral claim 5 votes, and those of the senator 236. The Lowden forces, | while professing their confidence, are not prepared to qoute exact figures, COURT HOLDS TRUST PATENT INDIAN VOTERS The supreme court of the state, in a decision handed down tode de- cides that trust patent Indians may vote under the laws of ‘North Dako- ta. The decision, rendered on the im- portant point at issue in a case in- volving an election for the removal of the county seat of Sioux county from Fort Yates to Selfridge, holds that votes of trust patent Indians, which Selfridge people wished thrown out, shall be counted. Selfridge, which received a majority, lacked sufficient votes to give a two-thirds majority for the removal of the coun- ty The county seat, therefore, will re- main at Ft, Yates. Judge Bronson holds that “trust | patent Indians holding alloted lands | under the federal act of May 8, 1996. who have ‘become civilized pe: of Indian descent, and who have vered their tribal relations for two years next preceding an election, may be qualified voters at such election, under sub-division No. 2, on ed." * jetieee eee | WHAT BECOMES OF IT | ALL IS HARD QUESTION te 1 | Louisville, Ky., May 27.—One million gallons of whiskey have | been withdrawn from Kentucky bonded warehouses since the middle of January. Figures on withdrawals were introduced in federal court here in a trial to test the validity of a Kentucky law levying a tax of fifty cents ! a gallon on liquor. The law re- quires that withdrawals be for medical purposes only. | | Kentucky bonded warehouses | || last December held approximate- | | ly 39,000,000 gallons. + — y OF THE UNITED Washington, May 27.—The repubiican peace resolution vetoed tcday by President Wilson. “Such a method of making peace with Germany,” the presi- “would place an ineffaceable stain upon gallantry and vandidates for | section 121,! North Dakota constitution, as amend-! EFFACEABLE. STAIN GALLANTRY AND HONOR STATES was ntion regarding the treaty of Versailles, the president said that the treaty embodied the im- | portant things omitted by the resolution, and said that by reject- ing the treaty the United States had declared in effect that it wished “to draw apart and pursue objects and interests of our o Omits Vindication The president added that the peace resolution omitted mention of many important objects, for the vindication of which the United States entered the war. “Such a peace with Germany,” the message continued, “a peace in which none of the essential interests, which we had at heart when we entered the _ is safeguarded—is or ought to be inconceivable, is inconsistent with the dignity of the United States, with the rights and liberties of her citizens, and with the very fundamental condi- tions of civilization.” Rejects American Mandate Washington, May 27.— President Wilson’s proposal for an American mandate over Armenia was. disap- proved today by the senate foreign re- lations committee. Only four demo- crats opposed adverse action on the president's request. By a vote of 11 ‘to 4, the committee reported a resolution declaring that congress respectfully decline to grant to the executive the power to accept ’ mandate over Armenia. YOUNG BEGINS CAMPAIGN WITH SPEECH TONIGHT Candidate for Congressional Nomination on Anti-Town- ley Ticket is Confident Congressman Young opens his cam- paign in the second ‘North Dakota con- gressional district tonight with a speech at Hurdsfield. Mr. Young is the anti-Townley candidate, having re- received the endorsement at the state republican convention at ‘Minot, and will run against Thomas E. Pendray of Jamestown, who is running on the league ticket for the republican nom- ination. Congressman Young left Washing- ton Monday after months of hard work in congress, where he was in- strumental and assisted! in the passage of many laws benefiting people of this state. His record in congress is es- pecially brilliant and satisfactory and he has taken an active part in pro- tecting the farmers’ interests in fed- eral legislation. He has been especi- ally interested in soldier legislation and has repeatedly gone out of his way to aid the interests of former ser- vice men. following his speech at Hurdsfield tonight, Congressman Young goes to Manfred and Maddock, where he will speak Friday. On Saturday, he will speak at Leeds and Rugby. He is ex- pected to make a speech in Bismarck before the eee ‘ampaign closes. LETTER ISSUED ON STATE BANK BY MR. CATHRO Deposits in the bank of North Da- kota have fallen from $28,734,241 to | $23,012,904, according to the statement | issued by Director-General and Mana- | ger Cathro, today. The bank statement says that the j Profits of the institution have reach- ed a total of $85,731.55, in four and a half months. Farm loans amounting to $300,000 have been made in the month ending May 1». it is said. The statement to counteract the report’ of the small amount of farm loans made, assails the federal government for not pro- 1 viding aditional measures to provide farm loa The statement says 36,000 items passed through the transit depart- ment in six days, the clearings amounting to about $6,000,000, || An increase in loans, outside of | farm loans, mentioned, embracing | “bills rec rediscount and public tran: | to $2. . Nothing is said about the amount of money on deposit in New York and other places, but a bulletin predicts $5 wheat an cent bread next year. These now amount i In Mongolia the eldest son of each | family must be a monk or lama, both ,| of which are in the nature of public | charges.