The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 1, 1920, Page 1

at 1 ow THE WEATHER | Unsettled THE BISM AR FE LAST EDITION THIRTY-NINTH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1920 a RCK TRIBUN PRICE FIVE CENTS MOTOR CARAVAN PALMER TRAMPLES U, S. ALL READY FOR BOOSTER TOUR Second Trip of Season Starts at. Early Morning Hour to Last Three Days ~_GONST Noted Lawyers Demand Cessa- tion of Illegal Practices on Part of Attorney General of United States BY GEORGE B. WATERS, N, E. A. Staff Correspondent Washington, June 1. — Declaring Atty. Gen. Palmer has trampled the {constitution underfoot, and has insti- tuted czarism in America, the Na- tional Popular Government league Returning to Bismarck "made public here today a document . that jreveals unbelievable conditions Friday Night charged against the attorney general. eo eS | The conditions pictured are backed Bismarck’s good roads boosters by scores of affidavits from persons will rise by the alarm clock tomor- alleged to have been oppressed by row morning. : ' Palmer, and they reveal cruelties to They're going to be on the job by both men and women that are with- 7 a. m. sharp, and when a pistol shot out pity. rings out at this early morning hour they will start on the second booster; The document is signed by 12 tour of the season. "eminent lawyers, some of them heads ‘The automobiles and trucks {hat of famous law schools, These lawyers roll out of the city tomorrow morning jnyestigated and made the report for will return Friday night, and in three the (National Popular Government days the boosters will visit twenty- jeague. It is addressed to the Amer- eight towns and cities west of Bis- ican people. marck. They will travel 362 miles in Says the report: three days. The tour covers the «or more than six months, we Northern Pacific branches west of the the undersigned lawyers, whose sworn river. duty it is to uphold the constitution Seventy-four Firms and laws of the United States, have The success of the first tour and Seen with growing apprehension the the reports of the good accomplished continued vioiation of that constitu- and. the good time brought a number tion by. the department of justice of of new applicants to the Commercial the United States government.” club committee for places in the sec- Many Lawyers Sign ond tour. Seventy-four firms will be The lawyers who signed the state- represented. ment incriminating Palmer are: The Elks’ band, which scored a hit Roscoe Pound, dean of Harvard all along the route on the first tour. law school, Boston; Tyrell Williams, will be in the motor caravan, and St. Louis, déan of the law school of Cameron, Bismarck’s bird-man, will Washington University Frank P. circle about overhead in his airplane. Walsh, attorney of New York andj dropping. literature and entertaining Kan: City; Francis Fisher Kane, ; with stuts. who recently resigned as U. S. dis- 28 TOWNS ON ITINERARY Boosters to Cover 362 Miles, Investigation Made Fields to Direct trict attorn at Philadelph Z. P. R. Fields, who so successfully Chafee, Jr. Cambridge, Mass., pro- directed the first tour, is director- fessor cf Harvard University Law general of the tour which starts to- school: ‘Prof. Ernst ‘Freund, profes- morrow. ‘As on the first tour the sor of jurisprudence and public law, slogans will be: “Good roads. ship- University of Chicago, and author by-truck, trade in your home town and of “Standards of American Legisla- Bismarck, your jobbing center.” tion;” Swinburne Hale, attorney and The official list of firms represented former captain in the military intel-| on the trip follows: ligence division, general staff, U. S.| Dakota Motor Co.. F. A. Copelin; A.;Felix, Frankfurter, Harvard Law M. B. Gilman Co., M. B. Gilman; Hup- school, New York; Alfred Niles, Bal- mobile & White Truck. Carl Pederson; timore, late judge of the district Bismarck Motor Co., C. Bertsch; N. court; D. C. member ot American} W. Auto Co., No names; Corwin Motor Bar association; David Wallerstein, Co.; Hudson and Essex, R. B. Loubek Philadelphia, inember American bar | and Geo. Finnegan; Baker-Toppins association, and R. G. Brown, Mem- | Co., Frayne Baker; Lahr Motor Sales phis, Tenn. Co., H. V. Jensen and J. C. Anderson; The report continues: “Under the International Harvester Co. P. R. guise of a campaign for the sup- Fields and J. H. Healow; Maynard pression of radical activities, the of- Tire &-Auto Co., Hanson, Axel Langly ;fice of-attorney-genéral, acting by-its and John Hedrix; Fisk Tire Co., R. A.' local: agents throughout the country, Flynn; Finney’s Drug Store, Burt’ and giving express instructions from Finney; Breslow Drug Co., Joe Bres- Washington, has committed: continual (Continued on Page Two) illegal acts. “Wholesale arrests, both of aliens and citizens, have been made without BISMARCK IS warrant or any process of law, men ; and women have ‘been jailed and GOING AFTER {held incommunicado without the ac- | cess of friends or counsel; homes {have been entered without search warrants and property seized and re- moved; other property ‘has , been want only destroyed; wo! men and women suspected of radical views j have been shamefully abused and maltreated. Odd Fellows to Locate $65,000 Fes “Propaganda Bureau” Institution at Dickinson “Agents of the department of FS justice have ‘been introduced Meeting into radical organizations for ts the purpose of informing upon their members or inciting them to activities; these agents have even been instructed from Washington to arrange meet- ings upon certain dales for the wholesale raids and arrests. “We are concerned solely with bringing to the attention of the Amer- ican people the utterly illegal acts which have been committed by those charged with the highest duty of en- New Rockford’ has a strong delega- forcing the law,” says the document tion on the ground and is making an —“acts which have caused wide- active campaign for the home. Alf H.' spread suffering and unrest, have Ellsworth of New Rockford, who is in| struck at the foundation of American the city visiting his son. Frank Ells-| free institutions, and have brought worth, is one of the New Rockford! the name of our country into disre- boosters. Mr. Ellsworth is superin-} pute.” tendent of the New Rockford Tran- seeee script. The local Odd Fellows lodge has RECOVER THRONE members of the Grand Lodge. London, June 1.—There are runifys It is planned to build the home on of an impending revolt in Berlin. In- a site of 168 acres and have a farm in connection. The home is to be dications of unrest are evident at the the revolutionary Bismarck is actively in the race for the location of the new $65,000 home for the Grand Lodge of the Odd Fel- lows which opens it annual. sessions in Dickinson this week. It is urged that the Capitol City with its miles of paved streets, good drainage and other facilities is an ideal place for such a home. Being the capital of the state is another strong point in) favor of this city. used for dependent children of the Odd Fellows. Several children of North Dakota Odd Fellows are now being cared for in neighboring states. Sessions of the Grand lodge open at} Dickinson, today. Festivities started | with the grand encampment meeting at 10 a.m. A reception will be given; headquarters of this evening in the ‘Elks Hall for the} leaders. HebekeDs, ees sion will start}, 0¥ices from Holland are that the bright Pnatentle toner pen to the | former Kaiser is in high hopes that 4 * s ‘the next coup will be successful and wad ands: , Automobiles wall be pro-|that he has expressed hope of again | at 6 o'clock in the morning so that an early return may be had, in this way y return may SUGAR THIEVES Aas Sena Gene Made we Te KILL TWO MEN Richards, president of the city com- — mission, will give the address of wel-|_ Miami, Okla., June 1.—After officers come, when the Grand Lodge assem-|had captured three alleged sugar j ples at the armory at 9 oclock, after| thieves at Picher, a mining camp} the return from the Bad Lands, The| north of here, and were bringing them response will be given iby Grand Mas-|to Miami in an automobile early to- ter W. E. Byerly of Velva and! (Mrs.| day one of the prisoners drew a pis- Florence Brown of Jamestown, presi-| tol and killed O. B. Handerbool, a dent of the Rebekah assembly. Aj detective of Joplin, ‘Mo., and Morris program of musical numbers will be} Chandler, head of a wholesale groc- given and the annual memorial ad-| ery. dress by John Thorpe of Velva. The third day will be given over mostly to business sessions. In the evening, starting at 6:45 o'clock there will be a parade of Odd Fellows start- ing from the I. 0. O. F. hall. This will be followed by a band concert and a dance at the armory. CONGRESS TO ADJOURN Washington, June 1.—Without a re- cord vote the house today adopted a resolution offered by Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, the republican leader, providing for a sine die ad- journment at 4 p. m. Saturday. ‘test from the district of Columbia. ITUTION, CHARGE VICTORY SPEECH AT DRISCOLL THIS EVENING Frank Streeter, Lieutenant Gov- ernor and Rey. Birch- enough to Speak Frank Streeter and Kev. A. 0. Birchenough will d@iver addresses this evening at Driscoll in support of the Victory Ticket named by ghe anti- Townley Republican Convention at ‘Minot. Mr, Streeter of Linton, candidate for lieutenant governor, is an’ ex-ser- vice man anda powerful speal He is well informed upon state altairs. Rev. Birchenouzh, the fighting, par- son of St. Thomas, is one of the star speakers of. the ign. He will touch upon the st alliance of the nonpartisan league and will han- dle the afliliations without gloves, MR. FRANK. B. STREETER Candidate for Lieut. Governor The speakers arrived in Bismarck last evening after a very successful meeting at Medina. Ther Was a large crowd and the adr were re- ceived with enthusiasm. ‘Wednesday evening the speakers will address. a,.meeting at Washburr, and it is planned to hold an afternoon meeting on the same day at Regan at 2p. m, These speeches are the first ones in Burleigh county and it is especially urged that ‘the farmers get out and hear the speakers discuss the issues of the campaign. Mr. Streeter after appearing in a number of the counties, feels v optimistic over the prospect. The evening meetings hdve been packed. Many members of the league have come to hear the other side and from questions asked, it is apparent tliat they are weighing well the facts. CONTESTS TAKE UP ATTENTION OF COMMITTEE Expected National Republican; Convention Will Nominate by June 11 Chicago, Jun 1-Hearing on the claim of contesting delegations to next week's convention continued to- day to ocupy the attention of the re- publican national committee. ‘A decision in the three-cornered fight in Florida was first on the pro- gram and next the three-corner con- The committee does. not hope to get further than the Louisiana contest in its work today While the national committee is grinding away at the contests, friends of candidates began to stir about the headquarters of the presidential can- didates and their managers. Estimates of the. probable duration of the convention are as numerous asthe candidates are various. The prediction that a presidential candi- date probably will be nominated on Friday night and a vice-president on Saturday night seems to be regarded among most of the politicians as pro- bably being more accurate than any other. To Interfere in the State’s Socialistic Spree Washington, June 1.—The supreme court refused today to interfere with the decision of the North Dakota si preme court declaring constitutional the various amendments to the state constitution which carry into effect the program of the ‘Non-partisan league. This decision is in the tax-payers suit brought to test the validity of tne league program and its right to issue bonds to engage in industrial enter- prises. NO LIQUOR DECISION Washington, June 1.—The supreme court failed again to decide the valid- CAN KING ALEX BLUE. BLOOD NORTH DAKOTA TAX UPHELD BY HIGHEST COURT Tribunal Decides That State Can Tax Corporations in Cream of Wheat Case 4 PLEASING ‘TO OFFICIALS State’s Legal Battle Directed by Attorney General William * Langer and Assistants Washington, June 1.-—-The North Dakota supreme Court's decision hold- ing that corporations granted within the state but located elsewhere, to be subject to a state tax upon the value of their capital stock were upheld to- day by the supreme court of the United States, in deciding appeals from a} judgment for $25.000, fepresenting taxes imposed against the Cream of Wheat company. The decision.of the supreme court in Washington today was highly pleas- ing to representatives of the oftice of Attorney-General William Langer. Factory in Minnesota The case originated as a result of N. E. A. Staff Special the Cream of Wheat Company having} Paris, June 1.—Mixing blue blood a factory in Minnesota, across the of old-world royalty with the red river from Grand Forks, and having; blood of the “common herd” makes omer sor ub corporation located in, a poor matrimonial high ball. North Dakota, . istory eee 4 eae or capital stock of the corporation, about well, but generally wind up badly. ttre: years ago, ate corporation re- The little Biles ce maa hy Aes sisted. -General Langer dir- ‘ . our ave ected ihe deste Rane the state, Bad this business of morganatic mar- After trial here, it went to the BUS Cobia rete penaed Wedalngs. fee preme court and Albert FE. Sheetz, Jr., 7 ya’ convenience assistant attorney-gene went to princes may -cast off “¢om- Washington a few weeks ago to pre- des quite “honorably.” i Royalty’s Last Stand setn the case. eee Not League Tax | ‘Turopean royalty—what’s left of it The prompt decision was given be-|~—is clinging to its social prejudices cause the revenue of the state was in-; these days in spite of all talk about volved, it being the custom to grant} democracy. precedence to such cases. What will young King Alexander The tax in this case involved none of Greece do? of the taxes imposed as a part of the! He married (Mlle Manos, daughter Nonpartisan League program. of a creek colonel who used to keep BARS Ch hea ee the royal stables. He was in love with her when he was a small boy BUBONIC PLA E and she a little girl, They married after Constantine fled and abdicated. BREAKS OUT IN Then Alexander become king and now ee PARAS Goa tis Prince Carol of Rumania, clung to Report that Pres. Wilson Has| his" un-royal wite*w ‘tong “tite, * Tul he’s trying to have his parliament |make his wife the queen of Greece his family and others made things Offered to Send Hospital so hot for him around the palace that Ships to Vera Cruz | | If parliament refuses—then what? There are rumors already that Alex- ander will be forced out and that his younger brother, Prince Andrew, will succeed him. in sheer desperation he finally ro- nounced her. Now he's “kinging” and she’s back home with her child. Alexander may consider the ex- ample of Adolph ‘Friedrich, grand duke of Mdcklenburg{Strelitz. The grand duke was a second son, ‘Nobody FIVE DEATHS RESULTED American Warships at Mexican red when he married, for there 5 seemedylittle chance he’d ever be a Port Are Not to be With- ruler, But his brother was killed by an automobile, and at once courtiers insisted Friedrich divorce -his wife and marry a princess. Friedrich refused and was finally driven to mad- Pr Ison has offered to send | 258 and suicide by royal pressure. True Love Under Ban hospital ships, doctors and medical) ‘phe Russian and Austrian royals supplies to Vera Cruz immediately to! were expert morganatic “marriers.” assist in combating bubonic plague |Some of them were married as often which has made its appearance here. | #8 seven and eight times, but they Kleven cases having developed to date | ally were willing to shake off the and five deaths resulting. j yoke. Only when a prince really falls The outbreak dates back to May 15 |i” love with a commoner and wants when the first case is believed to have|'® stick to her alone does royalty developed, start trouble. : : Vera Cruz is already cut off from King Alexander tried {taking his the rest of the republic. Relief has| bride to court, but the courtiers were already begun to arrive from the out-| *° Cold and treated her so snobbishly side, however, a train coming in from} that she came to Paris. Pueblo City tonight with representa-' tives of the sanitary corps and with: medical supplies. i In the opinion of medical authori-, tjes the plague has not yet attained | BIG OVATION drawn Now Vera riday, by the A. P.) lumigation of the warehouses already has begun, as has the cleaning up of Washington, June 1.—American war | Langer, head of the Victory Ticket, | ships at Vera Cruz will not be with-| save the ‘Memorial Day address here to go, ashore. : : (Naval officials said they knew noth-| dwellings and burning of wooden houses near the central points of the} drawn immediately because of the , before a large crowd. He was hailed bubonic plague, it was said today at|as the next governor of ‘North Dakota = 2 See ing of an offer to send a hospital ship | WHAT THEY SAY | to the Mexican port. ©. . ary the character of an epidemic and they outbreak. _ the navy department. No one from! amid enthusi cheering. Farmers BOLSHEVIKI OPEN believe it can be easily controlled. AMERICAN SHIPS THERE Vanhook, ‘NX. D., June 1.——William | the vessel, however, will be permitted | drove jong distances to hear him. | For twenty‘four hours ending at noon, Tuesday, June 1. Temperature at 7 a. m.. Temperature at noon 49 61 London, June 1.—Russian bolshevik | Highest yesterday 59) forces fighting against the ‘Poles and al Ukranians in the Tarastcha region vase, south of Kiev have retired to new . None | Highest wind velo 1 22-NW positions, after “fighting with super- ior enemy forces,” says an o! statement issued in Moscow yesterday and received here by wireless. Forecast H For North Dakot: Partly cloudy | and cooler tonight with probably frost; Wednesday fair and somewhat warm-| er. London, June 1.—As the first result of yesterday’s meeting of Gre®ory Krassin, Russian Bolshevik minister of trade and commerce, with Premier Lloyd George and members of the Lowest Temperatures Fargo Williston Grand For! NDER PROVE AND RED WILL “ope! ORDER RELATIVE British cabinet, the soviet govern-| 2°40 ment, according to the Evening Stan-| St. Paul 64 dard, has been granted permission to} Winnipes 46 | open immediately a central trading | Chicago . 66! Kansas Ci 2 office in London. FEDERAL OFFICERS FREE Washington, June 1.—Th court today declared uncoi | ORRIS W. ROBERTS, | i | Meteorologist. ANCIENT DESK BRINGS IN $170} ity of the prohibition amendment and portions of the enforcement of the! act. The present term ends Monday, provisions in the war revenue act re-| London—A rosewood desk where | quiring the president of the United} David Lang “Gretna Priest,” per- | States and all federal judges, includ-| formed marriage ceremonies from | pay an income tax on their incomes. for $170. t TO ROYAL CALLS 'he maintains th ing members of the supreme court, to! 1792 to 1827 was sold at auction here | v ABOVE, KING ALEXANDER A) HIS BRIDE, BELOW, Al DER’S ‘BROTHER, PRINCE DREW. GOV'T. CONTROL OF ALL WHEAT | PRODUCTS ENDS Passing of Government Guaran- tee of $2.20 a Bushel—Some Contracts in Force ABOLISHES. ALL LICENSES Grain Corporation’ Has Béen Operated at a Slight Profit Washington, June Federal con- trol of wheat and wheat products end- ed today. The wheat director ceasing to function under the limitation of the law creating his office and food administration control ending ‘by pro- clamation of President Wilson. This means the passing of the gov- ernment guarantee of $2.20 a bushel for wheat, established to stimulate war productions. Some existing con- tracts remain to be carried out by the United States grain corporation, which has been the instrument of the government in handling wheat. As soon as the contracts have been, filled the corporation will wind up its affairs and turn over its finances to the treasury department. Licensing of dealers in wheat and wheat products has been in the hands of the wheat director of the food ad- ministration and th automatically ended today. Dealers, except those having contracts at fixed figures, are free to buy and sell at such prices as e conditions may bring about. E id the corporation had’ tion at a slight profit, but that the exact figures would not be known until the corporation had wound up its affairs. GENERAL RAIN OVER THE STATE, REPORT SHOWS Rainfall has been general over the state since Saturday, the bulletin of the weather bureau, issued today, dis- closes. ‘ The heaviest rainfall reported was at Wahpeton, where 1.03 inches w Offi reported. sn many places the n did not amount to much, The rain- fall reported from various cities is as follows: 3ismarck, .15; Amenia, 46; Botti- neau, .16; Devils Lak 22; Dickin- son, 43; Dunn Center, 08; Ellen- dale, 06; Grafton, .07; 51; Jamestown, .50: Langdon, Minot, .02; Pembina, .$4; Wahpeton, 1.03; W.lliston Crop condit ported to be POPE RESCINDS s generally are re- excellent. Rome, June 1.—Pope Benedict has issued a letter announcing that while claim of the Holv See to tempo: power. he rescinds the order forbidding Catholic rulers to visit the King of Italy in Rome. It is understood the first monarch to sit Rome under the new conditions will be King Alphonso of Spain. AMERICAN CAR TRIUMPHS IN O00-MILE RACE Gaston Chevrolet, Winner in Indianapolis Race, to Get Over $40,000 in Prizes DE PALMA IN HARD LUCK Car Catches Fire Twice Cheat- ing Favorite in Race Out of Third Place Indianapolis, Ind, June 1.—Gaston Chevrolet, of Indianapolis, who won the eighth international 500 mile auto race at the motor speedway here yes- terday, in an Indianapolis-built car, will be awarded, his many trophies at a banquet to be given all the drivers by the citizens of Indianapolis today. ‘The time of Chevrolet, 5:40; 15.14 is second only to the record made for the local course by Ralph DePalmer in 1915. Chevrolet maintained an aver- age speed of 88.16 miles per. He will receive the speedway prize of -20,000, Citizens’ lap prizes of $1,- 300; at least $5,000 of the $15,000 in accessory prizes; and the Wheeler- Schebler cup, the Prest-O-Lite traphy and the speeding cup. Rene Thomas, French driver, who finished second to Chevrolet, drove a hard race. Thom- - as finished in 5:45:02.29, an average speed of 87.45 per hour. He receives | $10,000 in prize money and $700 for leading seven laps of the race. Milton is Third Tommy Milton, of St. Paul, Minn., who finished third, will be awarded $5,000 in prize money. Jimmy Mur- phy finished fourth and will get $3- 500. ‘Ralph DePalmer, the favorite before the race, who took the lead shortly after the 275-mile mark and held it until within thirty miles of the finish will get $3,000 in speedway prize mon- ey for finishing fifth and ..1,300 in lap prizes. DePalma’s car caught fire twice within a mile when he was with- in a few miles of the finish, cheating him of third place, ‘Chevrolet, the winner, who never left his wheel, went to the pit only once and that when he was in first place and only fifteen miles from the finish. He stopped a few seconds for oil and gasoline. He used the same set of tires from start to finish. He never was lower than fourth place and most of the time was second or third: No Relief Driver DePalma’s hard luck is historic with him on the local speedway. ‘In the second international grind; he left yj til the last lap when his car we dead. He struggled to push it aroun the track as Joe Dawson sped his last few miles and won the race. De- _ Palma also set the pace last year” for half the race, when Howdy Wilcox took victory from him. Many Accidents, No Deaths There were half a dozen accidents, but the drivers and their aides mir~ aculously escaped death. While speeding around the treacherous north turn. Arthur Klein crashed into the side wall, damaging hia\ car so ‘badly that it was withdrawn. Louis Chevrolet also was in a smashup. His car skidded off the course when a_ steering -connection broke. Chevrolet’s back was injured’ and he withdrew. Rosco Sarles smashed up two cars. He wrecked his own entry as a re- sult of skidding off the track and while driving as a relief for Bennie Hill, a steering knuckle broke and he crashed’ for a second time. Of the 23 cars starting the grind, only 11 finished. The others were forced out by engine trouble or acci- dents. Those who won prizes were: Chevrolet, $20,000; Thomas, $10,000; Milton, $5,000; Murphy, $3,500; De ‘Palma $3,000; Hearne, $2,200; Chas- s $1,800; Joe Thomas, $1,000; Mulford, $1,500; Tom Alley, alph $1,400, GREAT TENSION AT BERLIN London, June 1.—Riotous disturb- ances are taking place in Germany aS a‘result of the political campaign in that country, according to a Berlin dis patch to the Exchange Telegraph com- pany. A meeting of the Democratic party in Berlin on Monday ended in a fight, it is said. The Communists attacked (Nationalists, storming the speakers’ platform. Everywhere in Germany there is great tension, the dispatch declares, and several landowners are said to have escaped to Berlin to escape Com- munist violence. INTEREST AROUSED OVER COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL CONTEST Killdeer, June 1.—With enough peti- tions to place Killdeer on the ballot as _a candidate for the county seat and enough withdrawal petitions, a delegation was sent from here to Manning to meet with the county commissioners. Representatives from Dunn Center, Hallid Werner and Manning were also present with their petitions, facts and figures concern- ing the county seat removal cam- paign, On account of other business. taking up the whole day and that a special meeting it is illegal for com- missioners to act upon anything ex- cept that placed’ on the official call, nothing definite was done.. However. all the petitions and withdrawals were filed with the county auditor and some action will be taken by the commis- sioners at their regular meeting, to be held today. Panne |