The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 2, 1920, Page 1

‘ ' . ' ¢ “ » ¥ + v % 4 ie “ ae ‘ ‘ , ‘ 1 xu % "” eu o fh ve y net THE WEATHER | | Unsettled a a THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE |! THIRTY-NINTH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOT. WEDNE ESDAY, LAST EDITION [ JUNE 2 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS ROAD BOOSTERS ORF EARLY FOR WESTERN TOUR Seventy Business Men Headed, by Elks Band Invade Slope Country AT KILLDEER TONIGHT Will Return to Capital City Fri- day Night After Swing Arount Circuit PROSECUTOR AND JOIN PARTY AT DICKINSON M. B. (Gilman issued an appeal to- | day that as many cars as can be sv- | cured line-up in front of his office | on Main street to join the party of road boosters at Dickinson today so as to assist'in landing the Odd Fel- lows home for Bismarck. About ten cars have signed up to join the party tomorrow morning. Those who can go for even a day are urged to he in front of the Dodge offic tomorrow morning. The trip will be made leisurely to Dickinson. Those who can are urged to continue with the party over the Mott line. A wire from the party r The Tribune says: “North Dakota’s famous Slope co'n- ty was invaded by Bismarck booster: today, starting a three day good roai: -ship by truck tour. The country nev- er looked better and indications point to a successful season and green wheat fields and rolling hills on eve side, The band paraded Mandan, the abs stop and next made Center in Oliver county, forty-five miles from Bismarck and rode twenty miles on the Red Trail. A great amount of work is being done on the Red Trail and roads are fine. Party then made Stanton and lunch- ed at Hazen. Make Good Start The automobiles and trucks got away early today bearing a happy and enthusiastic bunch of business men. More than seventy firms were repre: sented, in addition to members of the Elks’ band. Each man wore an_ identification tag, autos were recorated with Amer- ican flags and trucks carried heavy. luggage. Although rains to the west have made the. roads muddy in some places, the boosters were not daunted by these, reports. but went forth to see for themselvés and to defy any conditions they met. The schedule for the trip, it is he- lieved, the passenger cars. The trucks trail- ed in behind on the last tour, but the passenger cars came in exactly on schedule time. The boosters will spend the night at Killdeer, tomorrow night at Mott and will return to Bismarck at 9:15 p. m. Friday, according to the sched- ule. The first stop on the tour, which covers Worthern Pacific branches west of Bismarck, was ‘Mandan. TELLS SENATORS THAT WET RING BOOSTS PALMER Bonniwell of Pennsylvania Charges Attorney General With Booze Alliance Washington, June “2.—Charges that the campaign for ‘the nomination of Attorney General Palmer as demo- cratic candidate for presidency hag been endorsed in Pennsylvania by an open appeal to the whiskey and brew- ery interests were made today before a senate investigating committee. ‘Mr. Bonniwell who has been active in Mr. McAdoo’s behalf said that bond- ed warehouses in some parts of the state were running wide open and that the proceeding was both “shocking and debasing.” He said that all this was proceeding under the eyes of the separiment Of justice. of justice PRESENT WHEAT TESTS TO STAND. SAY MEREDITH Washington. June fae of present wheat standards was de- cided upon today by Secretary Mere-' dith. This decision is result of hear- ings. : Reauests. for lowering present standard the secretary announced would tend to decrease the returns to the farmers. He stated that the pro- ducer would receive more money for his wheat under present grades. The standards established in 1917 have been operated only under fixed prices and war operation. tunity for fair costs and a real test has not been afforded he said. “It is believed,” Secretary Meredith said. “an injustice to producers of wheat may have resulted from fixed prices during the war which will be eliminated when normal competitive marketing conditions prevail. te The first railway was built for the British coal mines. It was a horse car track devised and used early in the sixteenth century. eived by | is liberal enough so that ‘the! trucks will be able to keep up with An oppor-! -County Attorney nace: Below, the car of s scrap LIQUOR IS BROUGHT IN UNDER CARLOAD OF Minneapolis, Barleycorn—b4 Minn., June 2.—John rrels of him— rode into Minneapolis from Canada a few weeks ago under a pile of scrap iron in a railway car. Ww Prosecuting William: ‘Nash and, Shei 7 rtinson with five others are under indictment charging whisky smuggling. ve men have pleaded guilty to the charge, ‘but Attorney and son have vacated offices pending trial. The government s there was plot to smuggle $1,000,000 worth of PARDON BOARD HOLDS: MEETING.- | AT PRISON HERE Ninety-two s have to the state pardon board, here today, for “clemency. The ‘board convened in the morn- ing and then went to the penitentiary, where the sessions are held. Proceed- ings of the board are not open to} the public: Many convicts the penitentiar applied for Mason, applied which met who have ‘been in short time have according to Nel- ary to Governor tary of the board. y of the Wolf fa- boy at Turtle Lake, | however, did not apply for pardon. | Any inmate of the penitentiary is eligible to apply for pardon, no mat- ‘ter how long he has been in prison. Members of the board are the gov- se ernor, the attorney general, Benja- min ©. O'Kert, of Garrison and J. H Solstad, of Grand Fork 900 WILL BE HELD UNDER DRY MEASURE New York, June 2.—The eighteenth amendment’ can be enforced only through government purchase of every ounce of distilled liquor now in bond in the _opinion of James S. Schevlin. sing prohibition agent. He least 200 dealers would be arrested if the supreme court should decide the act constitutional. The arre: d s would be made on evi n posse! yn of federal Some of the biggest ones are included in the nuni- ber, he ald COTTON CROP FAR BELOW ITS | NORMAL GRADE Wash maton: June 2 Reporting the | condition of the cotton crop May 25, as 62.4 per cent of normal the depart- ment of agriculture states that it was the lowest mark on record and “worst ever” known. CONTEST HEARING DRAGGING ALONG Chicago, June 2.—Claims of contest:| ing delegations from Florida and Georgia continued today to occupy the attention of the Republican national committee. ery effort was made to speed up the consideration of the hear-| ing so that the committee might pase ! | | on to the other state contests. ht sessions may be nec ary. A standard for gold and silver in} gland was fixed by law 700 years ago. i SHERIFF ARE INDICTED IN W. M. Nash (left) and Sheriff tinson (right) of Minneapolis, indicted Vienna, June 2,—-Unemployment | pay has cost the government 447. 000 crow in the past 16 months. |.There are now 42,000 unemployed in this ci WHISKEY PROBE Oscar Mar- on whisky smuggling under which whisky was found. * SCRAP whisky here from Winnipeg, Can.,, in open cars hidden by scrap iron.. Four cars arrived. It is alleged that. there was a whole- sale attempt to railway employes and that during this part of the program federal ‘agents’ spicions were aroused. They are! said to have watched the unloading of the whiskey at the railway yards. ash and the sheriff say they are of a conspi y on the part of and “shyster” lawyers. The maximum penalty is $10,000 fine or two years in jail or both, suthorities and | FARRAGUT SHIP RICHMOND NOW TWISTED METAL Famous Warship Was Built in 1858—Used During Three Years i Eastport, Me., June -~A mass of twisted metals and charred timbers lying on Coney [each here is all that remains of ‘the frigate Richmond, once the pride of the United States navy. The famous warship, built in 1858, was used during three wars in capacities varying from admiral's lagship to receiving ship and finally was burned for the copper in her hall, The Richmond was Admiral Far- ragut’s flagship during the Civil war! and was in several famous engage- ments in southern waters and along the J issippi river. It is said that the Richmond was one of the first, American ships to be camouflaged, During the bombardment of New Or-| leans, war necessary paint, smeared with mud, er from the en | A few years later the Richmond was retired but was put in commis- jon again in 1888 for the Spanish- American war, when she was used as a receiving ship at the Philadel- phia navy yard. Then for almost 20 years she was held idle at the Nor- folk navy yard but was put into again in the World war as a receiv- and training ship. e once gre’ Farragut ordered the man-o’- camouflaged and not having the the frigate was artly ovscuring s view. hip’s days ofj nIness were over and a short time ago she was towed to Eastport, The torch was applied to her by Captain John F. Turner, of Newbury- port, M Jholder of the world's deep sea diving record. After light: | ing several fires from bow to stern| Captain Turner hauled down the American flag from the frigate and jumped into Passamaquoddy Bay. was picked up by part of the shi cr in a dory for the noted diver cannot swim. The beach on which the Richmond was burned is the most eastern point on the ‘Maine coast and is where four other wooden frigates, the Franklin, Wabash, ‘Minnesota and Vermont, were burned by junkmen in other years. CLOTHING FIRM FINED $55,000, June 2.—The John orporation of Utica, deal- ers in wearing apparel, was today fined $55,000 by Federal Judge Howe,|! following its conviction of profiteering , on eleven counts. Syracust A. Robert UNEMPLOYMENT COSTLY {nearest residence and in an addition] jty purchased from Clark | creases to STATE PAYS BIG PRICE FOR LOTS UNDER THE LAW Homebuilder Blakemore and! Comrade “Bill” Prater In- vade Gate City PAY. $500 FOR 25 Off the ‘Pavement and Too Desirable Location for Homes Fargo, N. D., June 2.--Wanton ex- travagonce on the part of Robert D. Blakemore and his deputy, W. J. Pra- ter, who conduct the affairs of the N. D. Homebuilders Association for the Frazisr administration, s charged in a news story made “public today. Recently, the Honie Builders Asso- ciation announced that it intended to duild a number of homes in the city of Fargo. Lots were purchased early in the month of May trom David C. Andrews, being lots 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10 in block 10 of Huntington's addition to the City of ‘Fargo and the price. paid was $2,590.09. sOn May 25th, cording to the information, the Home | Builders Association purchased lots 8 snd 9 in the same block and paid $1,-! (00.00. ‘These lots are but 25 foot | frontage and. cost the state $ 0.00 | per 25 foot frontage. They are inside | lots, located in a district five blocks | trom the end of the paving on eighth ; ave, Seuth and four blocks from the which is totally unsettled. j Just how extravagant the State Home Builders Association of the Fra- zier Administration can be, is sh by other real estate transfe. | same district. Alex Stern, who own-| ed lots 11 and 12 in Block 10 recently sold them to Ole Landma \.0u, just $425.00 less than the state paid for similar property. 1. L. Twit-: chell sold to Ole ‘Landmark a corner | lot in the same block for $325.00, On August 7th last year, Cass (\ ‘oun. | . Dalrym- | ple fourteen lots equally as good as those purchased by the state for 100.00, or_an average of $2: L. L. Twitchell and Alex § receiving $275.00 for the lots they sold | | admitted they were getting more than | they valued the lots at. And both! have other lots in'the,same or adjac- ent blocks Which they: hold at. $275.00 each, ‘On the basis’ of present values, Blakemore and Prater handed $1,5 to the owner of the lots which were purchased for the state in excess of the value of the lots, which was ¢ tually $1,925.00. This is in line with the $14,000.00 expenditure for the so-called $5,900.00 | ‘bungalow built at Bismarck as the; first home to be erected by the state under the Home Builders Act. Sheriff Would Force Prisoners to Witness All Public Hangings Chicago. June 2.—Sheriff Peters of Cook county will ask the next Illinois legislature to revise the public hang- | ing law. County jail prisoners, he con-| tended. should witness executions. ! He said that hangings are intended as | an example and as a deterrent for intended murders: ‘STATE 10 GET $115,000 FROM TAX ON ESTATE Property Held in North Dakota. by St. Paul Man Held Sub- | » ject to the Law The state of North Dakota will take about $115,000 from property valued at approximately $609,000 which is bequeathed to St. Olaf college, North field, Minn., according to George E./| Wallace, state tax commissioner. | The state will get the money with- out litigation, according to present; indications, following a meeting of cutors of the will of son, of St. Paul. an ‘benefi cording to the tax comm Mr. Thorson owned a great deal of property: in North Dakota, being in-j terested principally in bank stoct He also held a large number of ce tificates of deposit in North Dakota ‘banks, as well as holding large in- terests in Minnesota. His will, which disposed of an es- tate estimated to be worth more than | a million dollars, including approxi- mately $600,099 worth of property in| North Dakota, provided for many spe-| cific bequests, and providing that the, residue of the estate should go to} St. Olaf college As a result of beguests and the} amount of property held in Minneso-| ta, the property owned in North Da-| kota sidue of the estate, Mr. held that it was subject to inheritan tax, since the laws of North Dakota} do not excempt legacies to educa-j tional or charitable institutions in other states, from taxation. The tax on the approximate $600,- 090 of property in North Dakota, which beg! at 5 per cent and in- 50 per cent on property| valued in excess of $500,000, the state | will realize about $115,000 inheritance ; He} tax, the tax commissioner said. i PENROSE SICK; j malady. of the flesh—at {men were killed by an explosion in ! would not | courthouse clock to prevent a constant WAR MOTHERS OF BISMARCK LEAD CITY-WIDE PROTEST? CONDEMNING PARDON OF KATE RICHARDS 0’HARE City Commission Goes on Record and Other Organizations Join ‘in Protest Wired to President Wilson; Fear Mis. O’Hare Coming Back Bismarck’s protest against the liberation from prison of Mrs. Kate Richards O’Hare, notorious radical, was wired to President Wilson in Washington today. It is the protest of patriotic and responsible men and women of Bismarck, through representative organizations. It includes the signature of A. W. Lucas, president of the city commission, expressing the sentiment of the city government, voiced at a meeting last night. *. The protest carries the sentiment of the Commercial club, through its president, C. L. Young; of the American War Mothers and the American Legion. The telegram of protest is as follows: apes #To the President, Washington, HIS “ILLNESS” D.C: MOST TIMELY! We make vigorous protest against the liberation of Kate Richards O’Hare. | fair trial in this city. Her crime was near treason. There were no extenuating circumstances. | Her influence was positively vi- cious. Her punishment was merited and her release is a stimulant to the disloyal and disheartens the patriotic. All former service men and war workers and loyal citizens of this community, without refer- ence to politicai affiliations, are tion of the act.” The initiative in the matter taken’ by the war mothers, who started today after deliberation and after the atonishment and resentment of the liberation on Saturday of the woman | who was charged with comparing the mothers of soldiers to brood kows had passed. One of the prime motives for the vehement protest is the fact that oth- er radicals may believe that ‘North Dakota, whose governor asked. the pr dent to show clemency to Mrs. O'Hare is a state. where there are no limits upon’ the teaching of red radicalism, and revolution, ‘: The” wat" “mothers,too,” féar’ “that Mrs. O'Hare may attempt to come to North Dakota again, and they feel that it would be an insult to every patriotic citizens of the state. It has been rumored that Mrs. O'Hare would come into the state at the behest of A, C. Townley to campaign for so- jalists who are on the Nonpartisan league ticket. The protest, against the freeing of ‘O'Hare, after she had received SEN. BOIES PENROSE WATCH HIM AT. (0, P, MEETING) a Bismarck for her speecn at Bowman while the country was ‘ut war, and had been sentenced by Federal Judge Wade, of Iowa, after careful deliberation, is becoming r state-wide, Engages Ten Room Apartment)“ ‘Gitizens of Rowman, where Mrs. So as to Direct Fight. for O'Hare made her notorious speech are aroused. Citizens of Grand Forks ( ‘ontinued on Page Seven) the Old Guard FIVE SAILORS RESCUED AFTER BY HARRY B. HUNT, N. E. A. Staff Correspondent Washington, June 2.— Despite all | stroies and rumors to the contrary Boies Penrose, U. S. senator from Pennsylvania, republican boss of the keystone state and chief political for the “old guard” wing YQ. P..is not dying of heart kidney’ disease or any other least right strategist the trouble, now, Penrose has at least one good fight left in him yet and he intends to make that in Chicago during the com- jing republican convention. If he lo | that, then he really will the a man; the result might is politic if not his physical dea ih. But those who know him’ best, (Continned on Page Bight) SIX MEN ARE BURIED ALIVE IN MINE SHAFT —At Weakened from Privation, They Are Brought in Safely to Honolulu Honolulu, (May 20.—By Majl.)— "ive American sailors weakened by yrivation from shipwrecks recently ved here and were sent to San: co. and ican ship. December, wrecked in April within sailing of their destination. When the December ran on a reef which was! boat and the officers were forced to quit the vessel in the dinghy. After! fourteen hours they reached Ulanga/ land where 11 days later a Copra Ketch took them aboard, going into} Moze the Ketch struck a reef and her crew and the men from the lost De- cember were forced to cling to pieces of rigging from dark until day-light. The natives rescued them. A Japanese cruiser took them to Suva, where a Canadian Australian liner took five of them to Honolulu. Pittsburgh, June 2. least six the coal shaft of the Ontario Gas Coal Co., near Cokesburg Pa., today. The men were buried alive. The foreman in charge of the work said that he be able to tell the exact number of dead until the bodies have in sinking a reached the top of the coal;late y arday. - Soon after they went down the shaft today to resume work there w an explosion which dislodged a great. strata of earth and buried every man in the shaft. WILL PUT THIRD HAND ON CLOCK Chillicothe, 0. June 2—-A_ third hand will be added to the dial in the for coa FROM MINNESOTA Chicago, June 2—In its first decision affecting Johnson fore vention, the Republican National com- mittee by a vote of 36 to 12 voted to seat del sota district who are counted as favor- able to the candidacy of the California senator. confusion, cau ed by the clock running on central time and the city on “day ving” time. Although council ed “daylight saving” time, the comimissione} refused to county ‘s change the courthouse clock. The new hand, which will be paint- ed gold, will indicate time by day light saving schedule. The old hands are painted black. contests the Republican national com- mittee seated the 12 uninstructed dele- gates frém Louisiana. It dismissed | the contest of the “Lily white” group. She had a | unanimous in their condemna- | “ was | THREE WRECKS; The five men belonged to the Amer-! four days i he heavy sea carried away the life; JOHNSON WINS TEN DELEGATES: in the con-! legates from the tenth Minne-| Resuming the work of convention LITTLE CHANGE FOR SUFFRAGE BRING PASSED Delaware Legislature to Ad- i journ Today Has Not | Acted as Yet | THE RESOLUTION IS HELD | aes Friends of Equal Franchise Fear Matter Will Never Reach a Vote Dover, Del., June 2.—Unless some- thing unforeseen happens, the Dela: ware legislature in special session will adjourn today without taking fav- orable action in ratifying the national suffrage amendment. The vote of but one state is needed to give the federal amendment effect. The legislature convened today in final session with the resolution to ratify still in the house committee of the whole. Both houses have passed a concur- rent resolution to adjourn sine die to- day and as it takes a two-thirds vote to call up the suffrage measure from committee, it was generally agreed unless anti-suffrage members are will- ing, that the issue will not come be- | fore the house again. After being defeated by the lower house, the resolution was pased by the senate on May 5, but fearing a second defeat suffrage advocates prevented it from being messaged to the House until last Friday. In the meantime the suffrage work- ers put forth every effort to bring about a change in sentiment. To date their efforts have been without suc- President Wilson has telegraphed \three members of the legislature urg- ing every Democrat to vote for suff- rage. 5 “May, I not as a Democrat,” the president said, “express my deep in- terest in the suffrage amendment and in my judgment that it would be of the greatest service to the party if every Democrat in the Delaware legislature voted for ii WATER ENGINEER COST PROVIDED BY CITY BOARD Commission Votes to Pay Engi- | meer According to Method Now is Use The city commission, at a meeting last night, voted to follow the methcd now used in paying for city engineer- ing services of T. R. Atkinson, en- gineer for the city, and his assistants on the proposed new water plant. The resolution adopted by the com- mission provides for the payment of five per cent of the contract esti- mates, and require him to pay his. own asistants and provide all the en- gineering material for such use. Action on the resolution to proceed with the construction, of the water plant was deferred. Another meet- ing of the commission is to be held tonight. Name Inspectors Election inspectors to serve on pri- mary day, June 31, were named by the commission as follows: B. &. Jones, first precinct; Fred Peterson, second; €. L. Burton, third: G. C, Wachter, fourth; B. F. Flannagan, fifth; Frank McCormick, sixth. A report was made iby Herbert F, O'Hare, city attorney, of action takea to requjre the contractors who put tin the paving in district . 1 (in- cluding the business district) to re- par defects which have appeared in the bithulithic pavement. - The paving, which was laid about |three years ago, was tontracted: for by Hanlon and Ookes, of Minneap- ‘olis, who sublet the surfacing to Warren Brothers, of Portland, Ore. Under the contract, the paving is Suaranteed against defects for five rs. Thé contracting company, in eply to letters of city officials, prom- ised to repair the paving at once. Ordinance Passed | An ordinance was passed establish- ing street and sidewalk grades on Avenues ©, D, F, and G, between | Thirteenth and Seventeenth streets. | Bids for sprinkling the streets this summer and for hauling garbage were received. Joe Katz offered to furnish a man and team at $6 for ch day used, or $120 a month, to sprinkle the streets and the Wachter Transfer company offered to furnish one or more teams at $150 a month for each man and team. The Wachter company offered to jfurnish team and water tight dump box wagon to haul garbage for $23. a month. Action was deferred on both bids. | A port of the city detention hos- pital, from Dec. 3, 1919 to May 23, i920 was received, showing that dur- ing that period there were treated four cases of small pox, thirteen of scarlet fever and four other —¢on- tagious d S. Edwin M. Stanton. city bacieriolo- reported that the condition of water was now satisfactory, that the water company has procured a chlorine tank which has been con- nected and placed in operation and that the city water now is safe to se without boiling. Milk and cream ; samples tested were within standard, he added. gist. The College of Hawaii has added a four-year course in sugar techno- logy.