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

THE WEATHER Unsettled |THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION eS TH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA CLAIM VI WILSON’S TREATY BY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE AFTER: A BITTER FIGHT ON RESOLUTIONS Platform to Declare for Ratificat PLANK MODIFIED ion But Not Opposing Reserva- tions Which Do Not Nullify It—Expresses Sympathy for Irish and Advocates Collective I Loses in Fight for Liquor Dec Bargaining for Farmers—Bryan laration But Keeps Out Affirm- ative Proposal for Liquor—Nominations Are Held Up San Francisco, July 1—Conferences of the forces seeking to effect a combination to defeat the nomination of William G. Me- Adoo, failed to reach any agreement on a candidate. it learned this afternoon, and their only accomplishment seems to be to stif- fen the determination to exercise a veto power if possible. San Francisco, July 1—The democratic platform as drafted by, the sub-committee of nine and submitted to the full commit-' tee, declared for ratification of the peace treaty as a requisite to preserve the honor and integrity of the nation; suggests that the Irish question can be brought legitimately before the league of nations and is silent on the subject of prohibition. It advocated collective bargaining for farmers, oppos pulsory arbitration of labor dispy the new Mexican government wh s com- ites, declares for recognition of en it has established order and calls on the legislatures of Tennessee. Florida and North Carolina to ratify the suffrage amendment. FOLLOWS VIRGINIA PLATFORM In many respects the platform follows that adopted by the Virginia democrats and was publicly approved by President Wil- son. The league of nations plank in particular was taken virtually as a whole from the Virginia platform though in other respects there has been modifications anc added. ¥ In the treaty battle the ad- ministration failed to secure adoption of its plank without amendments. The committee, by a vote of 32 to 18, adopted an addition by Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts. Bryans Thrown Out The sub-planks of William J. Bryan and Senators Pomerene and Walsh, of Montana, were thrown out. As submitted to the committee the administration treaty plank according to authorative information, contained these words: * “We recommend ratification of the treaty of Versailles and the league of nations covenant without reservation which would impair its effectual in- tegrity.” The words added by Senator Walsh’s amendment wer The Amendment “But we do not oppose reservations | which would make more clear or spe- cific our obligations to the associated nations.” The substitute plank of Mr. Bryan and Senators Walsh of Montana, and Pomerene of Ohio, went down to de- feat, it was said, with 12 to 15 votes each, The labor plank adopted declared’, against compulsory arbitration but de-| plored strikes and lockouts and advo- | cated that some way be found to set-, tle industrial disputes. H The committee also put its approval ; on a declaration for legislation which! would permit collective bargaining by farmers. As reported by the sub-committee the league of nations plank followed | closely that adopted by the Virginia democrats, Silent on Prohibition On the prohibition issue the sub- committee made no recommendation, and a big grist of proposed\,wet and dry propos: were offered, with Mr. Bryan leading the drys in a determin- ed crusade to keep the party from making a wet declaration or remain- ing on the prohibition issue. The Irish plank submitted by the sub-committee reitered in general te President Wilson's principle of self-determination, expressed ‘m- pathy for the aspirations of the Trish people und suggested that the Irish problem could be legitimately brought before the league of nations. This is unsatisfactory to some of the commit- tee members who are making a fight for a plank pledging the party to rec- ognize the Irish republic. Refreshed by its overnight breath- ing spell the convention with renewed vigor to the busin of winding up nominating speeches. | Yesterday’s whirlwind session hav ing placed ten candidages formally ir nomination only one speech remained to be heard today before the report of the resolutions committee “reporting the party platform. It was the speech of Governor Corn- wall of West Virginia, presenting the name of John W. Davis, ambassador | to Great Britain. McAdoo Strong Frankly admitting that McAdoo seems to have the inside track on the, race for the nomination the inner cir- cle of the old line democratic leaders worked through the night devising | means to stop his nomination and find | a candidate who couJd command the} ary a vote. ‘fark, former speaker of the house of representatives, who was denied the nomination at Baltimore after having repeatedly received a ma- jority something unprecedented in democratic party history—was being discussed by the old line leaders as a possibility about whom they might rally. t MeAdoo Threat The answer of the McAdoo people to that move was that if an inner circle | combination forced all the forces | against the former secretary of the; treasury there would be disclosed an+t other coalition which would produce | {Continued on Page Three) i Je | Hes eronces went back | yo | wards, although his vote many new sentences have been LANGER GIVEN BIG MAJORITY IN BISHARCK Carries All Wards by Good Ma- jority, Which Exceeds That of Steen Two Years Ago VOTE UNUSUALLY HEAVY Election Officials Work Through Night Completing Count of the Ballots The city of Bismarck rolled up a big majority for “Bill” Langer for the Republican nomination ror Governor, his total majority being 691, as com- pared to the lead of Steen over Fra- vier two yetrs ago of 531. a gain for Langer of 160 votes. The vote in the city was the heaviest in its histor A total of 52 was cast, compared to 1,061 two ago in the primary. A feature of the voting was the absence of the last-minute rush, usual in elections. A large part of the vote was in by e afternoon. Langer ed the y with substantial ma ies for all anti-Townley candidates, The organiz: ley forces in Bi and it continued marck were air-tight to function until the direction + and Cops on Guard There were some circumstances which were surrounded by suspicion. but generally speaking the anti-Tows were pleased with the con- duct. Policemen watched the polls in the Soo and Northwest hotels, pre- serving order around those places A large namber of the votes cast r Frazier in the city represent capi- employes ‘or employes of other te institutions, who have resided here long enough to cast their bal- lots. Langer smashed out big victories in the Fourth Fifth ward where “Whistling Eddie” Patterson operated in behalf of the Frazier forces. Pat- utterly failed to carry the expected by anti-Town- ley leaders to carry, fo In the First ward, Langer’ received | 9 votes and Frazier 36. Two years o Steen received 145, Frazier 27. In the Second ward. Langer receiv- ed 263 and Frazier 36. Two years ago Steen got and Frazier The Third ward gave Langer Frazier 6%, as compared to 124 for Steen and 67 for Fradier two years ago. Fourth Ward Vote The Fourth ward gave Langer 1 and Frazier 68. Two rs ago Steen re 1109 and Frazier 49. The Fifth ward gave Langer 126 and Frazier 65. Two years ago Steen got 199 and rrazier 49. The total Bismarck vote was 1.'* for Langer and 462 for Frazier, Lan- gers majori being 691. ‘lection officials worked through al- most tne whole night counting t ballots, extremely long this year. workers in the Fifth ward finis' at 3 o'clock this morning. Gronna’s Vote Senator A. J. Gronna received sub- stantial majorities in the various was cut 10 some extent. In the Second ward Yronna received 240; Ladd 50; White Langer led the ticket in this ward, getting one more vote than George Young for congress. There are 295 navigable streams in the United States. -; don CITIES THROW HEAVY VOTEIN | LANGER’S FAVOR: ains Made by Victory Ticket Candidate, Most Towns Reported | MINOT GOES FOR LANGER Grand Forks Shows Closest Vote of Any Towns Thus Far Show- ing Complete Vote / The anti-Townley vote in cities and owns was heavily for Langer, as was | sxpected, but the majorities rolled up! vy Frazier's opponent for the guberna- orial nomination was surprisingly large in many -cases. { Minot, where there was considerable esentment arounsed against Mr. Lan- ger because his raids he directed there while enforcing the law as Attorney ieneral, gave him a large majority although it was evident that there was | resentment in some of the ward vot-| ng. i Mandan, Langer’s home town, gave him a handsome majority of 3) The otal vote in Mandan. in most cities, exceeded that of two years ago. MINOT’S VOTE Minot. July 1.—An immense crowd } was in front of the Minot Dai office last night when returns were re- veived. There was no doubt of the sentiment of the crowd-—it was a Lah- ger crowd. ‘The city complete gave Langer 1.113 and er 427, a majority of 686, The Fourth ward was carried by) Frazier, 54 to 53. The vote here was a reflection of Langer's law enforce- ment activities in Minot. The Third ward, incomplete, gave Langer 131, jand Frazier 97. The Seventh ward | gave Langer 117, Frazier 51. Frazier Loses The Eighth ward gave Langer 260 ind Frazier 51; 7th ward, Langer 215, Frazier 24; Fifth ward, Langer 117, Frazier 51. Three wards in Kenmare gave Lan- ger 134, Frazier Gronna 127, Ladd 8, Norton 126. Sinclair 89. This is ! Sinclair's home town. + ‘ \ Ryder, Ward county, gave Langer (49 and Frazier 22. Burlington, Ward j county, gave Langer 34, Frazier 35. Carpio, same county, gave Langer 31, Frazier 11 and Ward county, gave Langer 10, Frazier 34. Surrvey township gave Langer 27 and Frazier 22. Two years ago the vote was switched, Frazier getting 40° votes to Steen’s 2 FARGO VOTE BIG | Fargo. July 1.—The city of Fargo | cast about 3.200 Republican votes and [about 200 Democratic votes. Last | year Fargo cast about 2.145 Republican votes. In 8 precincts out of 17 there were 1,886 men votes cast and 399 women votes. Reports from many villages were received before the votes were tabu- lated in the city proper, because of the heavy vote. Arthur, Cass county, gave Langer 127, Fraziér 52; Gronna 24, Ladd 50, Baer 59, Burtness 21. Two years ago; it gave Steen 19, Frazier 45, ; The of Carrington complete McKinley townshi, } «Summit'.. FRAZIER LOSES BURLEIGH C0, REPORTS SHOW Anti-Townley. Candidate for Governor Nearly Doubles Rural Vote Given Steen in 1918 | | NGER LEADING BY 248 L! Nonpartisans Concede Incom-} ‘plete Returns Indicate Frazier Defeat With five precincts missing at 3:30 this afternoon, Langer had a lead in Burleigh county of 248 votes. The missing precincts gave Frazier a majority of 85 in 1918, but this year if they run in the same style as the other coun- try precincts will giv Frazier less than 50 majority. Some for- mer outstanding league precincts are showing a comolete turn- over, giving Langer the same ma- jority they gave Frazier in 1918. The legislative ticket is appar- ently running a little ahead of the state ticket. All of the anti- Townley county candidates on the Nonpartisan ballot are lead- ing their opponents. Leo Morris and Oscar Trygg are ahead of Richard Penwarden for register of deeds. .F. E. McCurdy is run- ning way ahead of Ed Allen for State’s attorney. The county precincts have been ccunted ‘on by Nonpartisan leaguers as their stronghold and when the; uv last night that Langer's lead in the city was only 160 they were betting | money freely, even giving odds, that Frazier would carry the county. At 1:30 this afternoon the Nonpartisans conceded the loss of the county, but maintained Langer’s majority would be less than fifty votes. Frazier 9 WW 40 15 i anger Stieber -.. Cromwell Croft Glenview Ghlyin Francis Menoken McKenzie Logan | Wilson seeous Missouri Fort Rice Lincoln pple Creek Boyd .. Naughton Cl Lake Trygy ..- « Fainted Woods Kekland . > Wing Canfield Esterville Lake THURSDAY. jreceived 326 to t , JULY 1, 1920 OR LEA “BY ¢ Bulletin Fargo.—The —¢ “complete gave Langer 2,470; Fr Os Ladd 11595 Gronna 2,109: White 1753 Burt. ness 2,128; Baer 1.257. Williston. The majority of two years ago was cut here, 49, In 1918 Frazier 54, Steen 288. Last y ii rial commission, yes 1 B arek. Francis township thi iternoon reported lo for Frazier and 5 for Langer, ‘Pwo years ago it: was solid for Frazier, of Pre- er 100 pr care Linton.-Nineteen precincts out e Langer 7283 Frazier 451. all vote will give La majority. Two years ago Frag ried county 2 to 1 Fargo. Complete returns from Foster county give Langer 575; Fra- zier, 564, .Dickey county gives Fra zier 913; Langer, 924. Frazier carried Dickey county by 233 votes two years ago and Foster county by 213. Moffit. The vote here on state and except for prosecuting attorney, Mc- Curdy leading Ed Allen by 14 votes. Hillsboro The total vote of Traiil county, in Red River valley, gives Langer 1,390, Frazier 1,239. Divide county, in the northwestern part of the state, which always has been strong league territory, gave Frazier 930, Langer 498, Ladd 849, Gronna 417, Sinclair 875, Norton 367. Hillsboro. The Nonpartisan legis- lative ticket has been defeated and the county will give Langer a major ity of about 200. This county gave Jamestown. Twenty-eight out of 71 precincts, including the city of James- town, gives Langer 1,618, Frazier 871. Hillsboro. — The Nonpartisan legislative ticket has been defeat- ed and the county will give Lan- ger a majority of about 200. This county gave 138 for Frazier two years ago. Jamestown. — Twenty-elght out of 71 precincts, including the city of Jamestown, gives Langer 1,618; Frazier 871, WILL CONTEST NLP. SELECTION IN MINNESOTA Olivia, Minn. July 1. L. D. Bar- nard of Renville,, attorney for twen- ty five citizens of the seventh con- gressional district, announced today that action will be instituted cont ing the nomination on the republi ticket of the Rev, O.J. Kvale of Ben- son, Nonpartisan league candidate, who defeated Congressman A. J Volstead for renomination in the gave Frazier 57, Langer 206. Wood- ‘worth gave Langer 56, Frazier 42. Tower City gave Langer 99, Frazier 7, a gain of 34 majority for Langer over i two years ago. ‘ i Gronna Carries Home | Normann township, Cass | gave Langer a majority of years ago the majority was SJel- gave Langer 78, Frazier 5: It | gave Doyle 39 and Frazier 23 in gen- | eral election two years ago. |. Lakota, Senator Gronna’s home town, gave Gronna , Ladd 35,"White 10, Lisbon, Ransom county and Elliott | village. four precincts, gave Frazier 75, Langer 340. Ten precincts in Richland county, including all of Wahpeton city, gave | Langer 798 and Frazier 160. The city of Wahpeton, complete, gave Langer . 436, Frazier Harmony gave Gronna county, 7. Two township, Cass county, 23, Ladd 6, Frazier Langer 24. Two years ago it was ‘Steen 22, Frazier 4. The sixteenth | district, Fargo. gave Frazier 38, Lan- ger 77, Baer 48, Burtness 60, Ladd 42. Gronna 63, White 7. . County Vote Wheatland village, Cass county, gave Frazier 16, Langer 81, The li brary precinct in Fargo gave Langer 161, Frazier 51. Three precincts inj LaMoure county. first reported, gave | Langer 167. Frazier 68. Kindred, Cass | county, gave Frazier 63, Langer 120. | Watson township, Cass county, gave | Frazier 18, Langer 21. Two years ago | it was Steen 19, Frazier 27. ! Durbin township. Cass county, gave Langer 26. Frazier 27. Two years ago, Frazier 12, Steen 27. i Erris tewnship, Cass county, gave: Langer 50, Frazier 28. For senator. | Ladd 40. Gronna 48; for Congress, Baer 38, Burtness 47. . Page village gave Langer 71, Fra- zier 13. The first five voting precine in Foster county gave Langer 278, Fra-- zier 76, Gronna 121, Ladd 50. It appeared that Langer would carry Cass county. Twenty-two precincts jin the county, including six in Fargo.; | Frazier 716, Langer 1.807. Six pre-| | cincts out of 17. city of Fargo, ga | Frazier 331, Langer 994. Tenth pri cinet of city gave Langer 147. Frazier! 45. First six precincts outside city] gave Langer 147. Frazier First! \<ix precincts outside city gave Lan- ger 994, Frazier 331. | Gronna_ carried . Dr. Ladd’s | precinct 181 to 1 (Continued on Page 4.) ‘ l home Bismarck Total This total includes 32 , precincts out of 48 rural precincts and 28 oni of the 54 precincts in the county. Langer will carry the county on the basis of the proportionate gains he is making over the 1918 anti-Townley vote by a majority of approximately 1909 but the last rural precincts re- ceived have been given Langer an un expected vote and his majority may be higher. Two years ago in these precincts A Pri got 837 votes and while this year Frazier got 835 and Langer 452. Thus, while Frazier got practically as large a vo.? as he did in 1918, Langer nearly doubled the anti-Townley rural vote If he does this throughout the state Langey will win. Show Langer Gains Since the above total was made re ports were received from additional Burleigh county precincts follows: Gibbs, F i Langer, 8. Two years ago it 5 or Frazier and 4 for Steen. Sibley Butte, Frazier, . Langer, 13. Two years ago it A ; Steen, 3. Righmond anger, 2. In 118 it was Frazier 17; Steen, 1. Lein, Fra In #918 it was Florence Lake. In 1918 it was BRYAN’S PLANK ON | PROHIBITION CAUSE OF BITTER FIGHT ' e - + San Francisco, July 1.—William J. Bryan prohibition plank. around which today's fight in the platform is centering. reads as follows: “We heartily congratulate the Democratic party on its spledid leadership in the submissfon and ratification of the prohibition amendment to the federal constitu- tion and we pledge the party to the effective enforcement of the Volstead law honestly and with good faith without any increase in the alcohol permitted in bev- erages and without the weakening of its enforcement provisions. enth district in the June 21 primar: Inferential char, alleged to have been made in a pamphlet circulated a week before the election in behalf of Rev. Kvale’s candidacy will form the basis for the contest under the corrupt prac act. Mr. Barnard stated. Kvale was indorsed by Non- partisan league. WOMAN MURDERS THREE KIDDIES AND THEN SELF Chicago, July 1.--Mrs. Margaret Emerson, killed her three children with a razor and then committed sui- cide by slashing her own throat. Mrs. Emerson had been separgted from her husband for a TRAIN BURNED - IN MINNESOTA Pipestone, Minn... July on passenger train No. at Northern running between Sioux F 3. D., and St. Paul, whe the train ran into a cloudbust nez here. Seventy-five passengers aboard the train Were imperilled by the flames. which started from an overturned lamp in a baggage car. PROSTRATED BY HEAT ON STREET Edward Lathrop, a convalescent patient, collapsed on the downtow4 streets this afternoon as a result of the iptense heat. Mr. Lathrope. whose home is in Wyoming, was tak- en to the hospital, and is believed not to be in any serious danger. New President of Italian Chamber Rome, July 1.-Signor Denicola of the Ministerial Party was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies today over Signor Lamizzari, the vote being 236 to 118. county ticket is a tie all the way.| PRICE FIVE CENTS GER LAN DING FRAZIER 10,000 VOTES | ont ‘Frazier Loses in Some League Strongholds of ; Past Years and Holds Own or Makes Slight Gains in Others—Townley Ticket Has Big Handicap to, Overcome—Langer Carries Bis- marck and Fargo by Big Majorities—Com plete Turnover Noted in Some Former League Centers—Stutsman County for Langer /RAILROAD VOTE IS SPLIT IN JAMESTOWN | . (Bulletin) . Langer’s lead over Frazier was 9,837 votes at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon when returns had been received from 755 precincts out of pus in the state. The vote stood: Langer, 32,552; Frazier, 22,715. _ The total vote report at 3 o’clock was 55,267, whic vy is more than half of the total number of republican nh ices olor 's primary. _ The returns included a large number of rural districts. included also the cities of Fargo, Grand Forks, Devils eee Mimi. Jamestown, Valley City, Mandan, Bismarck and Dickinson. ; Two years ago, at 3 o'clock on the day following the primary election, the Fargo Forum had tabulations on the governorship from 1,283 precincts in the state, and Frazier had 28,454, and John Steen, who was defeated by approximately 16,700, had 26,- 768. Two years ago it required about 500 more precincts to give the same vote that was returned today from 755 precincts, The particular difference is that today Langer holds a lead of more than 9,500 with 55,000 votes reported, while two years ago Frazier was in the lead by 1,800. William Langer, Republican candidate for the ia pomnalon, furtice increases his lead over Lynn A ante yesterday’s returns on the face of returns fr voting dist- nets out OE 2067 in the state. : dil matiiites Dua f anger had 27,126 while Frazier’s total was 15,176 - OEY for Langer of 11,950. Pi nha cle t noon returns began coming in from many counti i had not previously been heard from and in almoxt pee the vote for Langer was heavier than had been anticipated. At republican headquarters in Fargo it was asserted that | Langer had been nominated, while league headquarters were still claiming the state by 15,000 vo 20,000, basing their claims on the fact that approximately 35 to 40 per cent of the vote cast in the state had not been heard from at noon. Owing to the intense interest in the gubernatorial race little attempt was being made to establish the standing of other candidates, but 180 precincts heard from on the contest’ for United States senator gave Gronnt 7,272; Ladd, 4,584 and White 139. Uniform gains, however, are reported for William Langer in the rural districts as compared with the vote cast for John Steen the Independent Republican candidate for the gubernatorial nom. ination in the primaries two years ago. This condition was re- flected in returns from all sections of the state, and as a result it will take a larger number of rural returns than heretofore to overturn the present majority for Langer. Outstanding features of the clection returns available include the following: _ _ FARGO BY 1,500 Langer has carried the city of Fargo by approximately 1,500 te 1,700, on the basis of a vote of 1,534 for Langer to 589 for razier. Langer apparently has overturned Frazier’s majority of 505 Pe ea in Logan county to a majority for himself of from 200 0 350. . Meager reports from McIntosh county indicate that the Fra- ziey majority in that county of 671 in 1918 has been wiped out, and a Langer majority substituted for it. ‘ Richland county, which gave Steen a majority of 279, has gone between 800 and 1,000 for Langer. It gave 1,471 for Langer and 614 for Frazier in 27 out of 49 precine GRANT TURNS OVER Grant county, which gave a majority of 843 for Frazier two years ago is in the Langer column today by a lead of 221 on the face of returns from 8 out of 42 precincts in the county, political observers of the county reporting by telephone to Mandan early today that they believed Langer could expect an even break when all returns were in. ; Rural districts and the small towns of Ward-county, showed big gains for Langer as compared with the figures two years ago, and Minot reports today figure that Ward county will go for Langer. Two years ago Ward county broke exactly even. STUTSMAN FOR LANGER Stutsman county is in the Langer column with a lead of 728 jon the face of returns from 22 out of 68 precincts. It.may finally land in the Langer column by around 500 as compared with a Frazier majority of 506 in 1918. Burleigh county two yeats ago was a Frazier county by 311; this morning with nine precincts reported, the county is in the Langer column, 945 to 404. It is possible that Langer has car- ried the county. < Cass county, which shows a margin of 1,489 for Langer with 36 precincts out of 75 precincts in may be expected to increase the Langer majority, materially boosting it in between 2,000 to 2,300 when it is considered that seven more Fargo voting districts are still to be heard from, and that much of the rural districts in the county will at least break even. STANDS BY FRAZIER Griggs county is the only county in the state so far reported to stand by the league as strong as ever. Her rural precincts came in during the night on the old 65 to 5 basis with Frazier ahead. : ; Leal in Barnes county, with a vote of 38 for Langer and none for Frazier, holds the honor so far of being the most united com- munity in the state on the political issue. However, if the league has fared no better in these counties this year than it-has fared in other counties so far reported, as for instance, McIntosh, Logan, Stutsman, Richland, Cass, Barnes and Ward, no such majorities as were polled two years ago are to be expected this year. The scattering returns available disclose that Senator Gronna ‘has run even with Langer, and in many districts has run ahead of him. This was notably true in Griggs, Steele, Nelson and Traill counties, and it is expected that this condition also will prevail in such counties as McInto: Logan, Emmons, Morton and Grant. (Continued on Page Tnree) , i ' | i i