The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 4, 1920, Page 1

“ee # ‘i .than half of it. THE WEATHER Unsettled ITHE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST. EDITION THIRTY-NINTH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS RAIN. FAILS T DAMPEN ARDOR TRUCK TOURISTS Turn Homeward from Mott with Everybody Happy and En- thusiastic Over Receptions TRY TO MAKE SCHEDULE Leaders of Tour Hope to Reach Bismarck at 9 O’clock Tonight on Scheduled Time (Special to the Tribune) Mott, June 4.-—-The good roads-ship by truck ‘boosters of Bismarck took the trail back home today, the third day of the tour through Slope coun- ties on the N, P. branches. The touring party pulled out of Mott in high spirts, despite the heavy going encountered at times in reaching here, and expect to be in Bismarck on scheduled time, at 9:15 p. m. tonight. The party has 124 miles to cover in getting back to Bismarck, and it will require steady driving to reach home on time. The people of Mott gave the boost- ers a real reception, as did the peop:e of New England yesterday afternoon. ‘Stops are to be made today at Burt, Odessa, ‘New Leipzig, Elgin, Heil, Leith, Carson, Lark, Flasher, and St. Anthony. Refused to Stop (Never did it enter the heads of the men on the tour to turn back home without completing it. When the par- ty arrived at Dickinson yesterday about noon this question was asked but received no considerauoa. From Killdeer to Dickinson, a distance of forty-two miles, the trip was made part of the way in the rain, Skid chains were put on the cars, and the speed was slowed down by the heavy roads, but the drivers pushed on. William O'irien’s car was struck by a farmer's automobile when the latter tried to turn too quickly into a road after O'Brien carefully gave him more} A radius rod was| broken and it was necessary to wire Bismarck for a new part. At Dickinson the party was joined by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whitney and M. B. Gilman, Here the party frater- nized with the Odd Fellow delegates from various parts of the state and the Elks’ band. which received ap-| piause all-dlong the réate played for them. Trucks Keen.Up-—- One of the features of the tour was the manner in which the trucks kept up with the passenger cars. With skipper “Toppy” Topkins in the lead they drove steadily along. up steep hills and through mud. They thor- oughly démonstrated the practicabili-| ty of the ship-by-truck movement. The need ‘of good roads was also emphatically emphasized during the rain. Un parts of the roads which had been graded and careful!y work- ed the rain did not cause trouble, ‘but on the prairie roads, fine when dry, the cars found heavy going through the mud. At Zap a resident of the town call- ed attention to a practical demonstra- tion of the ship-by-truck movement. A heavy truck, loaded* with lignite; coal, was standing ‘in’ the streets. This truck had hauled coal from a! mine through all kinds of weather for two years. At Golden Valley was another dem-} onstration. Oil and gasoline is dis- tributed from here to a great many towns, traveling in all kinds of weath- er and over a‘l kinds of roads, Diversify Farming Attention was directed to the ten- dency upon the part of many farmer to discontinue grain farming solel Many of them are going in for dairy-} ing. In towns near which the dairy-| ing industry has attained .a healthy; growth, there was evidence of abun-| dant prosperity. Farmers are beginning with feed for cattle, with the slopes! covered with’grass. Last year many of them sold all of their cattle because | of lack of feed. William Dahlheimer, who was in- jured in the left leg yester re- luctantly left the party at Di¢kinson and returned to Bismarck. While at Diskinson he received a report from Bismarck that he had been killed. He expects to be all right in a few days. to stock up ATHLETES ARRIVE FOR WESTERN MEET; Ann Arbor. Mich., and track athletes twenty-four universities and colleges arrived here today to contest for the} western conference intercollegiate | , championship this afternoon and Sat-} urday. Preliminaries in the field] events and in quarter and half-mile| runs are to be held this afternoon. | starting at 2 p. m. in the university | stadium. Finals in all events will be} run Saturday. A close contest for the conference honors between California. -Illinois. Wisconsin and Chicago is predicted by a majority of the visiting athletes. Michigan is rated as first choice.| California, with only five men entered in the meet, is picked most frequently as the probable winner. June 4.—riew SAYS COP “PINCHED” HIS WATCH TOO . HONOLULU—‘It’s a bum police- man who can’t get a watch off you the first time he pinches you,” de- clared G. L. Lovett to William Coch- ran, when the two paid fines in cop court here. The pair were drunk and smashed a fish store showcase. Lo- vett thought ha should have been freed without fine since he said the police stole his watch. representing | », State Commander of American Legion Protests to Palmer Beach, N. D., May 31, 1920.— The} following wire has been sent to Mr. Palmer by “Dad” Dawson of the American Legion: “Hon. Edwin A. Palmer, “Attorney General of the United “States, Washington, D. C. “If your department recommended that the president commute the sen- tence of Kate Richards O'Hare, con- victed of sedition you have insulted every ex-service man and_ every mother of every ex-service man in this state and nation. We are un- able to understand the attitude of a man who with one hand shakes his fist at the Reds*and with the other stretches forth a welcome. We deep- ly regret a viewpoint that would prompt such action.” cL. DAWSON, State Commander the American Legion, Dept. ¢ Dept. of ie North Dakota. FOUR NEW CASES OF BUBONIC IN MEXICAN CITY Building on Docks Burned to Prevent Spread of Dead- ly Disease Vera Cruz, June 4.—Four new cases of bubonic -plague were discovered here today. Three of them were, sol- diers and the fourth was an aged laundress. The woman died after be- ing taken to a hospital. One of the plague patients: who was taken to the hospital a few days ago died today. Two others who have! been at the institution are reported to be recovering. Buildings on the municipal docks and several structures nearby were burned today by the authorities in an effort to eliminate possible spread of the infection there. MILLION DOLLAR RAIN TOUCHES ALL OF STATE - Weather Reports _ Show Only Upper Red’ River Valley Ex- pected General Rain A “million dollar rain” touched nearly every part of North Dakota yesterd: according to complete re-! ports received by the weather bureau here today. The upper Red River valley was the only portion of the state slighted. There was but slight percipitation from Devil's Lake east to the Red river. In Bismarck .29 of an inch of rain fell. The rain extended all over the Slope country, west of the river. To- day the skies are clear and weather indications are that the rain is over. The precipitation in various cities in the state was reported today as follows: Bismarck. .29; Dickinson, 11; Ellendale, .62; Fargo. 60; Grand | s; Jamestown, .18; Wahpeton, on, .88; Amenia, .57; Fessen-, . Napoleon, 08; Dunn Cente: Blowbells, .05. HONOR MARINES IN FLOUR CITY FOR BRAVE DEEDS Minneapolis, ‘Minn., June 4.—With Major General orge Barnett, com- mander of the Marine Corps, present, a memorial service to the of the state who made the supreme crifice in the World war will be held at Nicollet park here tomorrow. The ceremony, which is being given under the auspices of the Minnesota Marine club ,will also commemorate the second anniversary of the battle of Belleau Wood, during which the marines distinguished themselves. Lieutenant Clifton B. Gates, former aide to President Wilson, will accom- pany General Barnett and bring with him the colors of the Fifth and Sixth marines. It is planned to raise a fund at tomorrow's celebration to provide a memorial tablet for Minnesota's marine dead. * WEATHER REPORT | For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Friday, June 4, Temperature at 7 a. m. 47 Highest yesterda: 63 Lowest yesterday Lowest last night. Precipitation ... Highest wind velocit Forecast For North Dakota: Generally fair ight and Saturday; warmer north- st portion tonight. Lowest Temperatures 44 29 24-S ‘argo .. 48 Williston . 36 Grand Forks 48 St. Paul oes a Winnipeg . 42 Helena 40 Chicago 56 Swift Current . 34 Kansas City .. 58 ORRIS W. ROBERTS. Meteorologist. OLYMPIC SCOUT CALGARY. June 4.— Walter Knox, coach of the ‘Canadian Olympic team, is westward bound looking over ath- letic material in every sport center. marines ; ra sufficient to cai SHIP NEW BRIDGE MATERIAL; PLAN TO HASTEN WORK Representative of Contracting Company on Ground to Set Wheels Moving TO EMPLOY 175 WORKERS Company Seeks Aid in Caring for Them; Predict Completion of Bridge Next Year Material for building the Bismarck- | Mandan bridge is on the way. Within two weeks an organization will be on the ground ready to receive: the equipment of the Foundation com- pany of Csicagzo. contracting company for the approaches and piers, and to set up temporary platforms, and do a great deal of other preliminary work essential to the construction of the bridge. { By the middle of July the work will | be in full swing, according to J. O. Rankin, assistant western manager of the Foundation company, who is ia, Bismarck to set the wheels moving. ‘Plan Sneedy Building There will be no delay occasioned | in the building of the great bridge.! due to lack of materials, in the opin- ion of Mr. Rankin, and the contract- jing company will bend every effort ; toward an early completion of the long concrete appraches on the [Bis- marck and Mandan sides of the river) and the sinking of the piers in the bottom of the Missouri River. It is expected that the Foundation {company will complete its part of the {contract during the present year an? jthe American Bridge company then will start in on the erection of the, isuper-structure. This mpany was, jawarded the contract for furnishing the steel and putting the super-struc- tore in place. Engineers are confident that the bridge will be opened for traffic within sixteen or eighteen | months. Big Organization A big organization is required to carry on the work. The Foundation company will employ 159 te 1/4 men, ;most of whom will be engineers -or specially skilled bridge builders, { The people of Bismarck can help speed the work if they will help take care of the men who are to do the work, Mr. Rankin said today. 1 “We can take care of the men on \the job in two ways. either by build- ing a eonstruction cainp or by finding places in homes of Bismarck for them to board and room,” haid Me. Rankin. | “We prefer to find places for them: in Bismarck homes, because we be- |lieve the men would rather live in: (homes than in a camp. Most of the | men employed will be nighly-pai skilled men, who live in good homes" at their permanent residence, and we would like to see them in good homes here.” Square Deal for Men Mr. Rankin inserted an advertise: ment in The Tribune for rooms and) board for the men. This is done! simply because the company wants the men to get a fair square deai, Mr. Rankin said. Mr. Rankin wishes to hear from Bismarck people imme- diately. Trestle to be Built | The first actual piece of construc- tion for the bridge will be the building | ‘of a trestle across the river, over which materials can be transported nd from which the sinking of ci ‘ons will be done. All of the work will be handled from the Bismarck | side, because of the low grounds on| the other side of the rivet and be-{ cause practically all of the material comes from the east into Bismarck. The caissons will be ‘sunk when the; water is at lowest elyb this summer. The bridge will be about a mile south of the Northern Pacific bridge | and will be reached by a continuation of the present river road where it jogs to reach the ferry. | i | | | Believe Woman | Electrocuted from Household Wire Sheboygan, Wis.. June 4.—Mrs. Bai bar Stark, wife of Louis Stark, Cry tal Lake hotel proprietor is believed to have been electrocuted early terday morning while turning on an! electric light. Mrs. Stark arose early} i morning and went down, stairs and she was heard to scream} | and fall. Mr, Stark found her dead at) the foot of the stairs and beside her! was a wire extending from the elec-; tric light. The ordinary voltage car- ried on an electric light wire is not} e electrocution and{ an investigation is being made. The coroner is withholding a state-) | ment waiting result of the investiga- | tion. | $500,000 Worth of WhiskyisTaken | From Warehouses Pittsburgh, Pa., June 4.—More than! 509,020 gallons of whiskey have been withdrawn from bonded warehouses in the Pittsburgh district since June; 16 last, according to announcement made today by W. A. Hindman. fed- eral prohibition agent for Pennsyl-} vania. Mr. Hindman stated that cas s | | r under suspicion ran into the thon- sands and that he was conducting a thorough investigation. Many of the forged permits were, printed outside the government offices, while others were signed in blank. 19 IN LEAGUE CHICAGO, June 4.—Nineteen high schools in and about Chicago are com- peting in the championship race of 1920. NAME BOAF D 10 LOCATE KONE OF ODDEELLOWS Grand Lodge at Dickinson Throws Out Report of “Elim- ination Committee” BISMARCK IS IN RUNNING The location of. thy Odd Fellows’ home will be chosen by the board of trustees of the proposed institution. This was decided by the grand lodge. before it ended its annual en- campment at Dickins' last evening. ‘The board of trustees his full power to investigate and act. Geo. N. Keniston, s cretary of the Commercial club, whé led the fight for Bismarck at Dickinson. is conti- dent that the city ultimately will be named as the place for,the home. An “elimination cqmmitiee” was named by the grand lodge to elimi- nate all but five of the twenty-three contestants. This cofimittee report- ed the names: of the. following five cities: Dickinson, Devil's Lake, Val- ley City, Wahpeton ‘and Kenmare, This report, however, was rejected by | the grand lodge, whicl gave the board of trustees full power, to act. All in Running The “elimination committee” elim- inated Bismarck, Fargo, Killdeer and several other likely cities in their re- port, but the action of the grand lodge puts all of these cities in the running again, Many of the Odd Fellows delegates came into Bismarck at 10 this morning. As seve out on the Soo line, M ranged for an automoi le tr the city for the delega °s while they are waiting. Trade Tour Airives Bismarck was strong y in evidence on the closing day 0. the encamp- ment. At noon yesterday, just when Bis- marck delegates we: ebrating the vote in favor of this city over Minot for next year’s encampment, which will bring 500 delegates and ‘vi to the city, the Bismarck good roads- ship by truck boosteys arrived from Killdeer with horns ‘biowin Before the trade tour left, the Elks band went to the auditorium and play- ed for the Odd''Fellow delegates. Both the Odd Fellow’s and the ladies organization, the -Rebekahs, reported healthy gains of mepibership during the year, according tq the reports. Many members of ‘the lodge, in ad- on. to delesahes sere nr among ‘them W. jalmer; head of the Montana Nea ‘lodge, Rev. D..M, Johnston, of St. Paul, of innesota, and W. C. Lock, cf ; Winnipeg, grand warden of Manitoba. | - Bismarck Peonle There iss Elizabeth Kuehn, of Bismarck, representative of the United, States! public health service, adressed Rebekahs yesterday afternoon on soc- ial hygiene and health. The Bismarck delegate to the Re- bekah lodge was Mrs. Rose Martine: son, and other Bismarck ladies sent were Mrs. llie ‘Evarts, August Watg, Mrs. A. W. Carlson a (Continued on Page Three) and Here is Quartette of Women Delegates Who Will Help Name Shore th Katherine P. Edson, of San Frane:sco, Mrs. Mrs. Manley Fosseen, of Minneapoli Women will sit as delegates vention at Chicago for the fi them have been sclected =e 984. Above are four of a Rn grand master! the! kind—a quartette of women delegates | who'll help name G. O. P. nominee. | “BILL” LANGER’S Frank Streeter of Linton Candi- | date for Lieutenant Gov- | ernor on Victory Ticket | UP FROM THE RANKS | Went Into Service as Buck Pi vate, Came Out With Shoulder Straps Frank B, Streeter, publisher of the Emmons County Record, candidate for lieutenant governor on the Anti- Townley Republican ticket is a red blooded American, He never minces words and for years has been fighting for principies of sound and repregen- tative government. He was born in Bismarck, April 3, 1888, son of the late D. R. Streeter, the fighting editor of Emmons coun- ty. and one of the old political war horses of the M uri Slope. Mr, Streeter is married and has two daughters aged six and four years. When the naton’s call came for recruits to dethrone an arrogant au- tocracy across the seas, Mr. Streeter entered the officers training school at Fort Snelling. He failed to receive a commission, but entered the s vice as an enlisted man. Commi: sioned at Camp Dodge, Jie 1, 1918, he was sent to Camp Pike and Mac Arthur for replacement camp duty. He served as camp adjutant at Camp MacArthur and was discharged at Camp Dodge, March 29. 1919. He is a young virile man of spot- less reputation and of well known in- tegrity. When the recent referendum election fight was being waged, he started out after the red band of socialists without gloves and the re: sult was that Emmons county swung into line against the soviet rule. Streeter fights straight from the shoulder. He has made some of the most powerful addresses of the cam- paign and fearless in his discus- sion of the issues and relentless in his opposition to the red menace that sapping at the vitals of the state. He is not in the ‘fight for any emoluments. The office for which he is running is a y day job, but, it tremendou important. for the lieutenant governor shapes to a great gxtent legislative action through con- irol of committee appointments and his handling of parliamentary’ ques- tions, You wont find Streeter the: puppet of a sécret caucus. He will wear no boss’ collar and his decisions will be Just’ amd fair aud lis defecnce® anon legislative action wholesome and 109 per, cent American. | $80, 000 PAID FOR | HOLSTEIN COW) St. Paul, June’ 4.- | price of $30,000 for a Holstein cow | was paid today at the Minnesota Hol- stein-Friesian sale. That price was paid by Gustav Pabst, Dousman, Wis. for Pabst Korndyke Cornflower, pur- ed_from i"red Pabst, Oconomowoc . The previous record price was | $18. 400., A world’s record a President Mrs. John G. South of Kentucky. Mrs. Frank Dodson, of Towa. in the Republican National Con. t time on June 8. Twenty-six of than one to a state—out of the! Aten tne tte tte treet theme teen mee ttm eetoemn te ett teense RUNNING MATE | FRANK STREETER NORTON ELATED AT RECEPTION ON TRADE TOUR Anti-Townley Candidates Find Many Friends in Counties Here- tofore Strongly Nonpartisan Dickinson, N. D., June 4.—‘Nice meetings along the entire route” is the way P. D. Norton, candidate for Congress from this di: Wo H Stutsman, candidate for state railroad commissioner, and others with the trade tour, characterized the first day and a half of their journey. At this point the State Udd Fellows re in session yesterday and the crowds which greeted the trade tour and the political speakers accomypany- ing it were large and, enthusiastic. From here the tour, accompaanied by Mr. Norton, ‘Mr, Stutsman, Tom Hall, and several other prominent candi- dates for state and legislative offices, will go down through New England. Mott, and the southern part of the state. They expect to reach Mandan late Thursday night. “Our reception. at Center, Stanton, Hazen, Killdeer, and every other tow: through which we passed was excep- tionally cordial,” declared Mr,, Nor- ton. He went ou to say that despite the fact that the campaigners with the tour are opposed to Townleyism, large percentages of the crowds were ‘Nonpartisan. Many of these Nonpar- tisans indicated their intention of | voting for whom they pleased and for whom they considered the best tim- ber for public office, regardless of the Townley ticket, a fact which Mr. Nor- ton and the other campaigners con- | sider a very. healthy sign. Versailles, June The treaty of peace with Hungary was signed in the grand tiranon palace here at 4:25. o'- clock this afternoon. The MHungarian treaty was the first of the treaties framed by the peace conference to be signed ahead of time, Premier Millerand was one of the earliest arrivals at the palace, being followed shortly afterward by. Hugh G, Wallace, the Americ dor, The Hungarian delegates arrived et o'clock. As soon as they y seated, Premier Millerand arose and said simply that the treaty presented Wa copy presented guaranteed to be the same as given the Hungarian dele: gation. He then invited the Hungar- jan delegates to step forward anl sign. DRAFT INVADER SEEKS MEXICO ‘Phoenix, Ariz. - Cleveland Bi June 4.-Grover rgdoll, wealthy draft evader, who escaped from the custody of two yned officers of the ary in Philadelphia on May 21, is reported to be trying to reach the ‘Mexican army, with a companion and a cording to am department of San Antonio toda F. L. Polk Resigns as Assistant Secretary Washington ‘June 4. —Frank L. Polk today resigned as under-secretary of state and his resignation was accepted} by President Wilson. Mr. Polk's resignation will take ef- fect June 18 when he will leave W ington to take a rest before returning to the practice of law in New York. His successor has not been lected but the name of Norman H. Savis, of | Telahoma, Tenn., now an assistant secretary of the treasury. has been| prominently mentioned. Mr. Polk is the third high official of the state department to resign this year. retary Lansing quit after be- ing rebuked by the President for call-} moto} sage received by local | ing cabinet meetings during the presi- dent's illn | signed as th and William Phillips re-| 1 assistant to become, etherlands. the condition of his health. Mr. Polk desired to retire from public life several months ago, minister to the Because of but after the resignation of Secretary main. HIRAM READY FOR BIG FRAY; WOOD MEN BUSY Full Frank Hitchcock Takes Charge of Convention Fight for Wood CANDIDATES ARE ON WAY City Begins to Take on “Con- vention Air” and Candidates Get Busy- Chicago, June 4.— Lines of action among the republican presidential candidates are beginning for the first time today to come out of the nebulous atmosphere of the preliminary period and move toward definite form, The arrival of Senator Johnson to take personal charge of his candidacy and the agreement among Wood lead- ers to have Frank H. Hitchcock act as their field marshal are the two: out- standing developments which indicate that within the next forty-eight hours the situation among the republicans will move into the stage where the leaders will begin to do business. The Wood forces professed to be well satisfied with the arrangements within their own ranks and lay em- phasis on the statement that the hopes of their opponents for a split in leadership between William Proctor and Mr. Hitchcock have gone aglim- mering. Mr. Proctor, they said, will continue in his present capacity with the Wood forces, and the present agreement to have Mr. Hitchcock act as generalissimo of the forces on the convention floor was unanimous, Give Out Interviews After five days of sporadic activity , and jockeying things are beginning to take on a real convention atmosphere. Publicity plans have had an impetus and beginning’ today, Wood, Lowden and Johnson will begin giving daily interviews to newspaper men. Other candidates will follow suit on their arrival. JAIL SENTENCE GIVEN SPEEDER BY MAGISTRATE Wife’s Pleading Gains for Lee Paris a Suspended Sentence, However Lee Paris, living on Main street, is under a twenty-day jail sentence to- day for reckless driving and _ intoxi- cation, Paris is the first man to be sentenced to jail since the campaign against speeders opened a few weeks ago, and more may follow for reck- less drivers, it is said. Paris was arrested by Chief of Pol- ice Martineson, and his wife appeared hefore Police Magistrate Howell for him last eve ‘Her husband was sick in bed, she said, and on account ot her pleading (Mr. Howell suspend- ed the jail sentence. He was arrested Tuesday afternoon while driving on Main and Broadway. Two other speeders have received fines of $5 and costs in the last week for speeding, and the campaign now is in full swing. Bismarck’s fine streets and boulevards are proving a big temptation to those who like fast driving. R Box Says He Opposes State Ownership of Industrial Plants Fargo, N. D., June 4.—Thomas Al- Jen :Box, Jr, wandered into the Re- publican Headquarters the other day. He exhibited to the workers a book containing pictures and facts concern- ing the Equity Cooperative Elevator Association in which he is now sell- ing stock. And then—forgetting his carly training with Townley as a bank prometer and’ League booster, he opin- ed: “I tell you, gentlemen, the Coopera- tive plan is the only plan. Coopera- tion is the only system. I have al Ways been opposed to the idea of state ownership. Public utilities should never be controlled by politicians, and I am radically opposed to state own- ership of public utilities,” Thomas Allen Box, has changed his spots!| They are all doing it. GERMANS WAIL THEY’RE BROKE Berlin, June 4.—Whatever may be the size of the indemnity to be de- manded from Germany by the en- tente, the newspaper Germania says Germany cannot pay it. Taxation, it adds. has already reached the utmost bearable limits }and further burdens would be tant- amount to confiscation, The paper asserted there was dan- ger that German delegates to the conference at Spa would be forced to sign undertakings which they knew could not be carried out. CHIEF AIDS MARRIAGE OF YOUTH W. O. L. PETERBOROUGH England—Chief of Police Harry Wilson was best man here for Private Christopher J. Bing- ham, and when the ceremony was over gave Bingham to the military guards who came to arrest him. “A man who goes A. W. O. L. to get | Lansing he deemed it his duty to re-| married has my sympathy,” said the chief, “I'm ‘for him.”