The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 24, 1920, Page 1

yo — THE WEATHER Generally Filtr THE BIS CK TR LAST EDITION THIRTY- TH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1920 IBUNE| PRICE FIVE CENTS DUPLICITY OF LADD REVEALED ~ONGRAINLAW While Charging Langer With Being Derelict He Made Sacre- ment. Agreement, Indicated LANGER DEMANDS ACTION Attorney General Wrote to State’s Attorney to Enforce Law Long Ago The existence ot a secret, verbal agreement between Dr. E. F, Ladd and the United States Grain corporation for the suspension of the North Da- kota grain inspection law was reveal- ed in correspondence which becamy * public today. The correspondence indicates that Dr. Ladd agreed to the suspension of the enforcement of the law long before he went about the state charging that the farniers of the state would. los2 $50,000,000 because of failure of At- torney-General William Langer to en- (force the law. Correspondence in the office of the Attorney-General shows the falsity of a charge that Mr. Langer failed to en- force the law. Ina letter written July 24, 1918, the attorney-general directed every state’s attorney in North Dakota to enforce the act. Ladd’s Charge. Dr. Ladd also charged the attorney-| 4 general with responsibility for the is- suance of a temporary against the enforcement of the law. The duplicity of the agricultural col- lege head is indicated in a letter writ-| ten by Frank L. Carey, second vice- president of the United States Grain corporation, he said, in a letter to a} Minneapolis man: “I do not call to mind the exact! agreement or whether there was a for- mal agreement entered into between Dr. Ladd and the grain‘corporation re- garding enforcement of state laws. However, it was our understanding all) through this work that the federal sta- tutes took precedence over any state} Jaws and where any state rules in; North Dakota conflicted with the fed-, eral statutes or federal rules and reg- ulations the federal statutes took pref | erence over the state. @ | “I think possibly there was a berbal understanding between Dr. Ladd and teh Grain corporation that he would not attempt to enforce the state in-; spection of grades when that: enforce- ment interfered with the movement of grain under control of the grain cor-| poration.” Langer’s Action. The letter containing the above par- agraphs was written April 13, 1920, and indicates that.an agreement was made a long time ago, as the writer is Ff { hazy upon details but apparently is|’ sure that there was an agreement with Dr. Ladd. In contrast with this attitude of Dr.} Ladd and in contratliction of his charge that Attorney Genera] Langer, did not epforce the grain grate act, a letter written on July 24, 1919, by Mr. Langer to every state’s attorney con-'! tains the following instructions: “In order that there may be no pos- sible misunderstanding I wish to state that it is my desire that you arrest every person and corporation that at- tempts to evade this law, whether in the matter of dockage, weights, or of any of the rules and regulations prom- ulgated. Sections 29 and 30 provide for. imposing .a jail sentence and a ine.” This letter was written just 24 days after the law became effective, and! immediately after the regulations and rules had been promulgated. The attorney general, it is said, took the position during the war that the inspection act, passed in 1917 and amended in 1919, was superseded dur- ing the war by federal food control! but after the end of the war should be enforced. GOVERNOR HAS NOT ACTED ON EXAM PETITION Frazier, Out Campaigning, Ex- pected to Give Answer to |BANK OF NO. DAKOTA, IGNORING SMALL injunction; 4 FARMER, LOANS $50,000 TO NON-RESIDENT OF THE STATE AND RELATIVE OF J. M. BAER One of the Reasons for the Demand of 15,000 Peonle for Impartial Examination of Bank and Other Institutions is the Loaning of Great Sum to One Man While Small Farmers of State Must Wait Their Turn If the director-general and manager of the Bank of North Da- kota, who is F. Ww. Cathro and who draws $10,000 a year, doesn’t know what is going on in his own bank, isn’t it about time for an impartial investigation in the interests of taxpayers, such as 15.- 000. people have petitioned Governor Frazier to have made? ‘No loan of $50,000 has been made to anybody inside or outside of North Dakota, “said Mr. Cathro, in the Courier-News ,the league organ, on June 20. Yet the records of Golden Valley county, show that loans totalling $50,000 were made to one man on Golden Valley land. “No ‘eastern land speculator’ has been loaned $50,000 by the Bank of North Dakota,” said Mr. Cathro in the same issue. Yet the aifidavit of C. F. Cole, sworn to before a notary public, states that he has been personally acquainted with B. J. McMahon, to whom the loans of $50,000 were made, for 32 years and that McMahon not been for ‘that Period been a resident of Golden Valley county. He lives in St. Paul. The Bank of North Dakota, the farmers were told, would give thcm cheap! money—would take care of the little fellow. Yet with hundreds of applica- tions made for farm loans of $1,000 to $5,000, a total of $50,000 is loaned to one man, a non-resident of the state. McMahon is an uncle of the wife of Congressman John Baer, Townley candidate for renomination, who says he is fighting for the “little fellow.’| Does he approve of one loan of $50,000 while loans to “Itttle follows” wait? | Here is the Golden Valley record: _ _0. E. Lofthus, Nonpartisan league state bank examiner, who insists on giving the bank a clean bill of health, perhaps to prove the accuracy of his examination, denies that loans. of $50,000 secured by property located in Golden Valley have been made. LOANS MADE BY THE BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA IN GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY All these loans are recorded in Book No. 13 of Mortgages. Page No. Name Description Sec Twp Rng. 401 D, J. McMahon... All 0. eee seeeees 138° 136 105 Amount of Loan. 1919 100% Assessed Val.....$ 4,022.00 403 D. J. MeMahon... BUD esscorniesectinteye atars tasees 3 136 105 Amount of Loan. 1919 100% Assessed Val..... 9,052.00 106, D. J. McMahon..... ALL Mio ccsvilats oscisiece vee 9 136 105 ! Amount of Loan. 1919 100% Assessed Val..... 5,928.00 407 -D. J. McMahon. +. All 15-23-27; N%, SW, W%, SE% SEY SE% of Sec. 25, N%...... 35 186 105 | ‘ Amount of Loan.... 6,500.00 1919 100%, Assessed Val..... 15,562.00 163. -D. J. McMahon................ AM 3-15-23-27; N¥%, \ sw. |W%, SW% . SE% SEY of Sec. 25, N¥% of 35, all of Sec. 13° 136 '105 Sand... i 34,564.00 1919 100% Assessed Val..... Amount of Loan... .25,000.00 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA ) )ss COUNTY OF GOLDEN VALLEY) we I, M. C. McCarthy, duly acting and qualified County Auditor of Golden Valley County do hereby certify; that the above valuation on the said de- scribed property is true and correct according to the records of my office. (Signed) M. C. McCARTHY County Auditor. Dated at Beach this 11th day of May, 1920. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )" )ss COUNTY OF GOLDEN VALLEY) 2 I, A. E. Swan, duly acting and qualified Register of Deeds of Golden Valley County do hereby certify that the above.is true and correct according to the records of this office. (Signed) A, E. SWAN, Register of Deeds. By E. Van Iderstine, Deputy. ; he (Seal) STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA ) ¥ 4 )ss COUNTY OF SARGENT ) 1. C. F. Cole, being first duly sworn upon oath says, that he has been personally acquainted with D. J. McMahon for a period of thirty-two years last past and he knows of his own personal knowledge that the said D. J. McMahon mentioned in the above and foregoing statement is not now nor, ever has been during the above mentioned time a resident of Golden Valley County, State of North Dakota, but on the contrary now is, and always has been during said period a non-resident thereof. A. T. COLE. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of June, 1920. J. E. ELLSWORTH, Justice of the Peace in and for Sargent County, N. D. RRR eee HIT BY FIRE are reported killed at Ulm, Wurtten- | berg; in riotous demonstration against | the high cost of food, Similar demon- | strations are reported in other parts , lor Germany. Independent socialists from disturb- 2d areas are taking advantage of the inrest to urge the people to demand a dictatorship. FOR BIG FRAUDS Are Loss Estimated at $15,000, Citi-| zens Hope New Station Will be Erected Fire gutted the Northern Pacific depot at Mandan last night, causing a loss estimated at $15,000. The fire, which is believed to have started from sparks from an engine, burned fiercely after it was discovered about 5 p. m. until city’ water lines and railroad tank lines were turned on it. { Whether the station will be rebuilt or whether the Northern Pacific will erect the proposed $100,000 station for Mandan is not known. Railroad offi- cials have established temporary of., fices on the second floor of the freight Gross Misrepresentations Charged by Federal In- vestigators Petitions of 15,000 \ PORE ' Governor Frazier‘ has not made depot. The flames spread just under the} NeW York, June 24.—Four oil com- panies, ten brokerage houses and | All known his attitude on the thousands foof. making it difficult for firemen to of petitions filed with him asking that Teach them. — Holes were dug in the the Bank of North Dakota, Workmen's "oof to provide a way for the water Compensation bureau, Home Builders’ to‘be turned to the parts of the roof association and the Drake Mill be in- where the fire was burning ipteeh vestigated by an impartial examining The upper story and the roof of he board of three members. structure are gone. H. G. Taylor is The Governor is out tampaigning. ent of the company at Mandan. Nelson A. Mason, secretary to th Governor sid that the Goveinot “tad BEACH RATE CASE (IS POSTPONED matter” and that he “undoubtedly was Hearing on the application of East- informed of the petitions.” | ple of all parts of the state, the ma-! ern Montana Light and Power com- The petitions, signed by 15,000 peo- jority of them farmers. ask that the pany for an increase in rates in Beach} state auditor be permitted to name will be held on July 6, it is announce] one man, the state bank examiner one py the railroad commission. Contin- man the two select a third to examine yance was granted from June 20, the the accounts of the institutions, which time set for the’ hearing, on motiop handled millions of dollars of public of the respondents. money. SERVICE MEN TO GATHER TONIGHT; Every ex-Service man in Bur- leigh county is invited to hear Frank Streeter, of Linton, deliver of the Nordlands loget, NORWEGIANS HOLD GAY FESTIVAL AT DULUTH CELEBRATING THE MID-YEAR Duluth, Minn., June 24.—Members | a National; day of their largest activity. about fifty individuals have been in-| digted by the federal grand jury on a charge of using the mails to de- fraud investors out of millions of dol- | lars it'was learned today when seals} on the indictments were ordered brok- en. Federal agents in cities throughout the country are now engaged round- inp up men indicted. They are charg- ed with having made gross misrep- resentations regarding oil companies and with paying dividends out of money obtained from the sale «f stock. The companies involved are the Ranger Oil company, W. P. Williams Oil company, Great Western Petrole- um corporation and Crown Oil tom- pany. the middle of the year and is the sigs a message to them in Elks hall at 8:30 o'clock tonight. Mr. Stree- ter has an important message to give to the ex-service men, and, A. A. Jonés, chairman, and P. G. Harrington, secretary, of the meeting, urge all ex-service men te come. vegian organization of the! A number of barrels of tar have ted States, who opened their| been obtained -for a big bonfire. Ac- eleverth annual convention here yes-{ cording to old-time Norwegian be- terday, will stage their mid-summer | lief the fire serves to scare bad spit- festival known as “St. Han’s festival” | its. away for a year. at the top of the incline tonight. The| lection of. officers is on the pro- celebration is held every June 24,| gram today and tonight's celebratioa' which the Norwegians recognize as| closes the eonvention. LEAGUE FALLS BEHIND BADLY IN MINNESOTA Total Majority Over Nonparti- san League by All Candi- gates Given at 50,000 LEGISLATURE REPUBLICAN Republican Congressmen, Except One, Appear to Have *- Been Named St. Paul, Minn., June 24.—The total majority against Townleyism in Min- nesota will be about 50,000. it was in- dicated when reports had been com- piled at 1 p. m. today from practical- ly all precincts. The majority to J. A. O. Preus, state auditor, over Dr, Henrick Shipstead, Nonpartisan league candidate, was about 19,000 with 89 precincts miss- ing. To the anti-Townley vote was added Frankson’s vote of 26,000. and a com- bined vote of several thousand for the other three Republican candidates as opposed to the Nonpartisan league candidate. Additional returns today from a few. belated precincts and a few changes caused official reports of a number of county .canvassing boards ‘that met late yesterday made ver: little change ‘in the relative standing ‘of the two leading candidates. When returns had been received from 3,096 out of 3,195 precincts in the state the count stood: Preus, 132,34 Shipstead, 122,765; Frank- son, 26,272; Ellsworth, 7,717; Iver- son, 6,792; Keefe, 4,596. Attorney-general: 2,834 precincts give Hilton, 116,847; Sullivan, 11 390; ‘Larson, 28,445; Patterson, 566; Smith, 17,582. Ticket All Safe | ‘ ‘Supreme court: 2,548 precincts give Didell, 101,390; Siegel, 85,956; Johnson, 82,996; Vanderburg, 26,137. Other totals at 1:15 p. m. included; Secretary of state: 3,006 precincts give 'Holm 128,146; Vollam, 106,832; Opsahl, 39,781. + Treasurer, 3,015 precincts give Rines, Republican, 145,541: Lund, Nonpartisan, 130,396. Lieutenant-governor: 3,007 pre- cincts give Collins, Republican, 152,- 157; Mallon, ‘Nonpartisan, 131,864. Secretary of state, democratic. 2,843 precincts; ‘Burmaster, 12,618; Loessler, 9,125, For governor: 2,951 precincts give Hodgson, 10,693; Andress, 1,992; In rhus, 1881; Jaques, 2,238; ‘Thorson, 578; ‘Hargardine, &360. Townley Leaves Eight additional precincts from Ot- ter Tail county, reported today, mak- ing that county complete in its returns from Monday’s primary, gave 81 ad- ‘ditional votes for Preus and 366 for Shipstead, Preus suffering a net loss of 366 votes. A. C. Townley, president of the Non- partisan league, was said to have left for North Dakota, after remaining at his headquarters until it became evi- dent that his candidate could not over- come the lead of Preus. (Coritinued on Page ‘Two) GLASS ARRIVES IN FRISCO WITH ~ THE PLATFORM Talk Centers Around Senator from Virginia and Wilson’s Ideas for Party TAMMANY ALSO ON HAND, San Francisco, Cal. June 24. Pre- liminary to the Democratic national convention the town got into the in- evitable status of hurry and scramble today with the appearance of one after another of the men who are to play big parts in the big quadrenniai drama. In the history behind the scene the question of the policy of the part toward the “bone-dry” law continued the big question with pros- pect of a fight on the convention flour growing better. Two newly figures on the scene at- tracted attention. One of Senator ‘Carter Glass, of Virginia, fresh from Washington and generally reported to have brought President Wilson’s own draft of the platform: The other¢was Charles F, Murphy|of New York, the leader of Tammany hall, who came | direct from the widely heralded con- ference of old party strategists at French Lick, Ind. Mr. Murphy was the new center of speculation on prohibition. ‘Not only the Tammany chief but all of his lieutenants refused to discuss that subject or to scay whether any anti-| prohibition movement really had been launched at the conference. Liberal Plank One thing which tended to keep the problem in flux was the uncertainty of many of those here regarding the position of PresidentWilson. TheVirgi- nia state platform which has been giv- en the President’s unqualified ap- proval and on which the national plat- form is expected to be modeled is silent on the question.’ Some of Mr. Wilson’s closest Personal friends, however, are known to have prepare’ a liberalization plank for which they are ready to make a fight in the con- vention. This plank, said to have heen draft- ed after conferences in Washington among men high in the party councils, does not mention beer or wine by name but makes flat declaration for more liberal interpretation by con- gress of the prohibition. Jake Preus, Republican can date for Governor | in Minnesota, in the face of divid- ed —_ opposition, whipped Dr. Hen- tik Shipstead. Townley’s candi- date for the nom- ination. Townley had .made_ tho bitterest and big- gest campaign in Minnesota that the league ever has made. LANGER CLUB TO MEET TONIGHT Members of the Langer-for- Governor committee of the city will meet at the Grand Pacific hotel at 7 p. m. tonight. Every member of the committee is urged to be present. Dinner will be served and Frank Streeter, Victory ticket candidate for Gov- ernor, will speak. Plans also will be discussed for the big Gronna meeting here on primary eve, VICTORY DRIVE GATHERS FORCE THROUGH STATE! Minnesota Victory Puts “Pep” Into Victory Candidates and Workers NESTOS FLAYS SOCIALISM The triumph over socialism in Min- nesota as represented by the Townley candidates’ has instilled oodles of: “pep” in the Victory Ticket workers in/North, Dakota. The rout of the Townley forces, taking the vote of all Republican can- didates against Shipstead, the Non- partisan league candidate for Gover- nor, was so great as to leave no doubt as to how Minnesota stands. It means the end of Townley pro gression beyond the borders of Min: nesota. League organizers have failed utterly in Nebraska, and Towa. They are to make a try in the Montana pi maries, utilizing the Democratic ma- chinery in all probability, but defeat is nredicted there. Especially significant was the vote against Shipstead in Minnesota by people living along the Red river, just across the stream from North Dakota, Wells County O. K. The Republican headquarters at Fargo today telegraphed the following message received from Fessenden: H. Layne, Republican county chair- man, declared today that the Langer ticket would carry Wells county. The Minnesota victory-has put fresh “pep” into the anti-Townley forces and a strenuous school house campaign is being made. Two years ago the ‘Townleyites had a majority of 700 in this county.” A. C. Townley, who had announced that he would start a campaign in North Dakota on Monday with Ship- stead, confidently expecting Shipstcad (Continued on Page Two.) WILLIAM LANGER Courtesy St. Paul Dispatch. POPULATION OF CITY BELIEVED BEYOND CENSUS Registration of Voters and Per- sonal Property Tax Increase Indicates Growth WOMEN DIFFER IN POLITICS| Registration Indicates They Will; Not Follow Husbands in All Cases Here Bismarck’s population is greater than the census figure, it is indicated in the registration and the assess- ment of people for personal property taxes, completed by William Falconer, Registration two years ago showed a total of 1509 voters of which nuin- ber 176 were registered’ as’ Democrats and two from the third ward as #o- cialists. zl The registration ‘by ‘ward was as follows: Kirst .ward, 209; ‘second ward, 272;- third ward, 324; . fourth ward, 288; fifth ward, 204; sixth ward, 217, The democrats from each ward are, 21, 40, 39, 29, 26, and 21 respec- tively ‘from first to’ the sixth in- clusive. The registration also indicates a heavy vote in Bismarck, with a very light Democratic vote. A feature of the registration is that there are nearly as many women registered as men, and they are expected to poll a heavy vote in the city for Miss Minnie J. Nielson for state superintendent, for whom they can vote. A registration of nearly 1,600 would, indicate a population of upwards of eight thousand. Mr. Falconer also added 625 names more to the personal property assessment rolls than were assessed last year. Women Differ From Men Registration of voters for the city shows that 1,595 men have registered It shows 84 of the men registered as Democrats and the rest Republicans; of the women 145} istered as Democrats and the others as Republicans. Considerably more than twice as many women as men gave their poli- tical leanings as Democratic. Politi-| cal equanimity does not exist in about 150 Bismarck hom The wards registered as follows: Men Women st ward ... 270 285 Second ward . 317 272 (Continued on Page Two) \ SMASHES LIE ~ GIRCULATED ON WAR RECORD Grand Forks. June 24.—William Langer has a ered the Town- ley charges against his war-time activities. “L have been: carrying right with me the proof of my war-time activities,” said Langer. “I knew that sooner or later the Townley- Lemke-Wood newspaper outfit would bring forth their slanderous lies and I’m prepared for them.” Langer was speaking, to over 2,500 people in the Auditorium here. He held in his hand a copy of j a pamphlet sent toa majority of | service men of the state from a Nonpartisan League headquarters in Fargo, carrying an article on Townley’s war record and attack- | ing Langer's. “This booklet says that during the war I didn’t subscribe for a single Liberty loan drive. If you will go to the Merchants National bank of Mandan you will find I am still paying ten per cent in- terest on money I'borrowed to buy bonds of every issue,” said Mr. Langer. % “This pamphlet says I didn’t make a single Liberty loan speech or Red Cross drive speech. I re- fer you to the Red Cross district manager in every county in tho Taylor was $6.500; when Langer left $14,220 had been subscribed. Langer a red charge that he had tant on state expens to Washington to get his brother out of the draft. “My brother. was in business in Washington state with another young man when the war broke out,” he said. “They talked it over and it was decided that the partner should enter first. M brother later closed his busine: at a loss. he entered the army, he w a buck private in France, he was in the lines in the Argonne, he was wounded and for twenty- four hours he lay on the battle fields with sh and bullets dropping about him and not a thing to eat or drink. For five in the hospital off the battle- months he w after being carrie field. That's how my _ brother evaded the draft. i “They say I'm German and T am just as proud of my father and mother who crossed the ocean as you people are of your paren ssed the ocean from No nany, Sweden or other Langer then showed letters and documents to prove that he tried to enlist in the vice or quit his office to aid in any way and he was told to stay on the job as Attorney-Gencral. “Task Townley or any man who believes in Townley to compare the war record of any man named state.” Langer told of how he was ask- ed to go into Stark county where there was a settlement of Germans and German-Russians who didn’t understand the conditions which HE GOT TOWNLEY'S ae : “CIVIL WAR” IN IRELAND GROWS AND MANY DIE Citizens of Londonderry in Ter- ror as Armed Men Parade Through Streets MORE TROOPS BEING SENT Citizens Are Fleeing and People Face Starvation as Rival Fac- tions Continue Firing Londonderry/ June 24.—Terror held sway here yesterday and last night. Rifle and machine gun fire was sweeping the streets in the most seri- ous fighting thus far in the conflict which began last Friday between unionists and nationalist forces. The number of killed and injured - during the day had not been deter- mined. It is believed, however, that there were scores of victims. Hos- pitals are being packed to their ca- pacity in caring for wounded. Gathering For Attack Nationalist forces are said to be gathering to the northwest of the city, preparing for an attack, while union- ist adherents are entering the town and are being collected for a grim fight. Several companies of British soldiers are on their way here from Belfast but are making part of the trip on foot it being feared the trains carrying them would be wrecked. Some troops arrived here yesterday and a British destroyer is lying north of the city. The men engaged in the actual fighting are the contentions of the contending factions and probably number only a few hundred. Face Starvation Bishop street, a long thoroughfare, running southwestward from the town hall, has been: the principal battle ground during the past twenty-four hours. Sinn Fienners have concentrat- er near St. Columbus ccllege about three-quarters of a mile out this street while the unionists have taken up positions near the center of the town and have arrested and erected breast- works. Last night the fighting became severe for a time and a company of soldiers was sent out from the bar- racks. Londonderry is facing ‘starvation if the fighting continues. It is impossi- ble to deliver supplies to houses, and no one dares to venture out of doors in the business section of town. There is danger, too, of a failure in the gas supply. Hundreds of: people have left the city for the south, MINE LEADER ASSAILS COAL PRIGES ASKED ‘Says Public and Mine Workers Both Are Victims of Profiteering Scranton, Pa., June 24.—The general public and the mine workers were held up as joint victims of profiteering on the part of the coal operators by Phillip Murray, vice-president of the United Mine Workers of America, in presenting today to the federal anthracite coal commission a demand that the workers in the Pennsylvania anthracite field be granted a minimum wage of $6 a day.’ . Murray declared the mine work- ers were perpared to prove conclusive- ly that profiteering of the big coal interests and not wage advances are responsible’ for soaring prices to the public. ROOT SUGGESTS PANEL NODE OF LEAGUE COURTS American Delegate at European Conference’ Puts Plan Before Other Delegates The Hague, June 24.—Among the plans for the creation of an Interna- tional Court of Justice suggested to the Commission of Jurists now en- gaged here in working out the project one by Elihu Root, former American secretary of state, which provides that one panel of nominees for places on the court be chosen by the assem- bly of the League of Nations, in which all the powers are represented, and another panel by the council of the league, in which only the great powers have places. The judges then would be selected from the two panels. Mr. Root also has pointed out that some day Germany and Russia will again surely be considered as among the great powers, and he has suggest- ed that the plan be flexible enough to permit of their being represented. All the jurists, it appears. agree that the most important point regarding the makeup of the court is that there be provision for adequate representa- tion of the small powers, but at the same time they realize it is necessary that each of the five great powers be assured a place on the court. One report has it that the court is likely to consist of fifteen judges, five from the Brent powers and ten from the smal- er. The jurists declare that they are anxious to keep the court as far as | possible outside of politics and inde- pendent of national bounds, but that they realize the importance of pre- Langer with any man named Townley.” brought the United States into the war. The quota of the village of venting the body being dominated by either the large or the small powers.