The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 15, 1920, Page 1

74 eed. ee u at / , fore the allied premiers this noon by re ‘ BUN E LAST EDITION J BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY, J LY 15, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS GERMANS AGAIN BOW 'T0 DEMAND OF THE ALLIES Agree ‘to Transmit 2,000,000 Tons of Coal Monthly, but Con- ditions the Acceptance LLOYD GEORGE GETS NOTE Allies Had Prepared to Enforce Demands by Occupation of the Ruhr District ‘Spa, Belgium, July 15.—The Ger- mans have agreed to/the allied de- mand for delivery: of 2,000,000 tons ot coal monthly, with three new con- ditions, it is announced. The German acceptance was em- ‘bodied in a note which was laid ‘be- Premier Lloyd George. The condition were: 1. The German government to have the distribution of the Sil- esian coal or be alloted 1,500,000 tons monthly for northern Ger- many instead of the present allot- ment of 1,200,000 tons, i 2. A mixed commission to be sent to Essen to examine food and housing conditions. 3. The allies are asked to ad- vance money for or provide credit for importing additional food for the entire German population: Foreign Minister Simons sent word to Premier Lloyd George about an! hour before the allied representatives met today that Germany would ac-! cede to the allied demands that a written note would be forwarded im-; mediately. 4 | Taking up the German communica- tion at once the allied prime minis- ters discussed it for two hours and a quarter and then took a recess un-) til 3:30 p. m. j No announcement was made as to ‘the allied attitude with regard to the German conditions, but it was under- ‘stood that the chief question was whether Germany should receive the difference in cost between the price of coal at the pit mouth in Germany and the world market price. Prepared for Occupation The allies had prepared to enforce: their demands with arms unless—the Germans acceded. The - American government was to be asked, by the supreme council to join in the oc: cupation of the Ruhr unless the de-; mands were met. i All details for troop movements had been. completed, ‘and occupation was to begin on Friday in-event of, resistance to the demands by the Germans at the conference here. ! 6,000 CLAINS | "FOR HAIL LOSS ARE PRESENTED, Heaviest Losses n Small Num- ber of Countes, Claims Show; Over 13,000 Last Year More than 6,000 claims for haii losses have been filed thus far this year with the state hail insurance de- partment, it was announced today. The counties reporting’ the most losses are Dunn, Oliver, Mercer and Ward, , with Stutsman and Kenville, counties also furnishing many claims. Last year the total number of claims was in excess of 13,000. { Loses by hail have been reported in most counties, according to of- ficials of the hail insurance depart ment. Counties in the northeast and; southeast parts of the state are the! exception practically no losses being ; claimed from these sections. : i The department received claims; yesterday from persons living in, Bowman, Grant, Logan and Adams counties, in the west and southwest: | ern part of the state, claiming loses | suffered during the heavy rains re- cently. The number of losses reported thus far this year is not indicative of the total number, it is said. It is possible that the total number of claims may eyceed 13,000 before the summer is over. ° \ The’ hail damage has not been sv: vere, however, except in a small nurm- ber of places in the state. RELATIVES GET EX-QUEEN’S ESTATE London, July 15.—The late Empress Eugene, bequeathed her mansion and her estate at Farnborough, England, to Prince Victor Napoleon and his wife, formerly Princess Clementine of Bel-| gium, according to a Madrid dispatch to the Daily Mail. She also left a con- siderable sum of Queen Victoria of Spain, who was her god-daughter, the newspaper says. Prince Victor is head of the Napoleon family and makes his home in Brussels. be ADDED FEES FOR LAND PURCHASES Additional fees are now required of purchasers-of Indian lands by the agency land officers, under rulings of the Secretary of the Interior. In all cases of Indian land sales the purchaser must pay a fee of $2 when the sale is accepted by th? owner, in addition to the cost of ad- vertisini, etc., heretofore charged. © Acfee of::$5 also is charged for all \ ' Senator Medill McCormick. ‘(1ll,), alsc leases subleases or assignment of leases for all grazing or agricultural land. DECEMBER WHEAT OPENS ‘AT $2.75 IN| FARMER CHARGED CHICAGO PIT WHEN TRADING IS RESUMED| WITH BEATING A Flurry Quickly Dies Down as Marginal Trading Starts for First Time,in Three Years— Board Acts to Prevent Wild Speculation on the First Day Chicago, July 15.—Prices’ started lower than expected today for future deliveries of wheat. 4 prices quoted in nearly three years. December delivery; opened at 2.72 to 2.75, Estimates by traders before hand were that initial figures woula be about $2.80. - A rush of busingss came af the outset, but in a feW minutes the ex- citement as to wheat was ended ana the uproar was greater by far in the crowd that were trading in corn. As a precaution® against a wild market almost prohibitive margins were .required for transportations in wheat. To this was mainly attribut- ed the rapid dwindling of the vol- ume of business. G. 0, P. UNITED ~ INBIG FIGHT. FOR HARDING National, Senatorial and Con- gress Committees Will Work Together CENTER AROUND HARDING Washington, July 15.—For the first time in the annals of Republican cam paigns a policy of complete coordina tion between the national, the Senator- jal and the Congress committee has | been adopted and already is in smooth working order. The organization, working for the election of Harding, will synchronize its aimjand methods for winning control also’ef the senate and house. ' The policy’ was determined not only for efficiency and harmony between the three committees, but more espe: cially because of the importance at) tached to the fight over the treaty an¢| jieague pact in the coming nationwide, struggle. Senator Harry S. New (Ind.), a mem: ber of the: Republican committee, hag, | assumed directorship of the speakers’ bureau, with headquarters in Chicago of the Senatorial, committee, expects to spend most. of his time at Senator New’s right hand. < At the New York headquarters Sena. tor Calder (N. Y.) and Senatgr Freling! huysen (N. J.), both members of the Senatorial committee, will sit in with the National,Committeeé and take part in the direction of the campaign tc hold all and gain some seats in the Eastern States. Similarly members of the congress committee will cooper ate in New York. Col. Thomas L. Miller, Delaware, for- mer member of the House and identi fied with the Congress campaign com. mitted, will be attached to the New York office. To exactly the same ex tent also there will be Senatorial and Congress cooperation with the lesser headquarters of the ‘National Commit- tee in Denver and San Francisco. The Senatorial contests of the high- est importance and upon which de pends the complete Republicanization of the national Government will take place this autumn in the following States: New Hampshire, Vermont, Con- necticut,- New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wis- consin, the two Dakotas, Kansas, Mis- souri, Kentucky, North Carolina, Okla- homa, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Ari- zona, California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. In every one of these~states there is either a certainty or a probability of Republican yictory. If all were car- ried .it would mark an increase in the Republican majority of the Senate from the present two to a dozen or bet- ter. The remaining Senatorial con- tests, those in such states as Virginia South Carolina and others of the cot ton belt tier, will be virtually ignored by the Republicans as hopelessly en- eniy territory. +BRITISH WILL SELL GERMANS SHIPS, CLAIM Berlin, July 15.—The Boersen, Conr- ier’s Hamburg correspondent claims authority to confirm the report that | British shipowners have offered to sell te German shipowners or the German government a large part of the ton- nage surrendered as compensation for the Scapa Flow sinkings. Immediately after the conclusign of the shipping deal British overtures according to the correspondent, were made through Count Lucovitch of the German Lega- tion at London, with the approval of the British government. including an offer to place the ships immediately at the disposal of the German buyers on five years’ credit. The Germans deciined to accede to the British demand that the ships fly! the British flag, whereupon the pros- pective sellers proposed a neutral flag. The deal involves no working agree- ment or restrictions. HANNA IS NOT ‘A CANDIDATE Former Governor L. B, Hanna spent yesterday in Mandan, looking after business interests, and went on to the Pacific coast. Mr. Hanna said that the use of his name in connection with the | office of governor or United States senator is unauthorized, as he is a candidate for neither office. He told ;Mandan people that he hoped that conditions would be so adjusted by next year that an addition would be built on the Lewis and Clark Hotel. The first of such } a > x | BARON'S DRINKS ARE UP FOR SALE 3 Paris, July 15.—Eight million _ bottles of champagne will be among the items on the lists of commodities to be-placed on sale July 28, when the sequestered property of Baron Walter de Mumm will be auctioned off. This property was seized in 1915 subse- quent to the baron’s resumption, of German citizenship when the ‘war began. GIRL KILLED AS STRIKE EFFECTS CHICAGO LINES Was Riding to Work on Motor Truck When it Crashed Into Telephone Pole AFFECTS 3,000 WORKERS Walkout of Electricians Aluthor- ized at’ Series of Meetings Held During Night Chicago, July 15.—A fourteen-year- ‘ld girl was killed and’probably 5) yersons injured in automobile acci- lents resulting from congestion caus- ad by an unerepected strike today of 192 street car electricans which seriously crippled the transportation lines of the city. Y Truck Crashes The girl was killed when a motor ‘ruck, carrying 40 persons to work, crashed into a telegraph pole. The strike will affect 3,000 work- ars, according to union officials. The sompany declares that it can main- ‘ain partial service through non- union employes. , Strike Authorized The company was given practically ao warning of the strike. Union of- ticials said jthe men were demanding ‘creases in pay of about 33 percent, The strike was authorized for 5 a. m. today, at a series of meetings last night, but the men walked out an hour earlier. « ULE OF CITY "BY COMMISSION - VOTED CLOSELY Majority’ of 29 Given to Com- mission Form by Grand Forks People - , Grand Forks, Juty 15.—The proposi- ion to adopt the commission form of sovernment for Grand Forks which was before the voters of the city on Tune 30, carried by’ 29 votes, the of- icial canvass of the vote reveals. The rote was officially canvassed by the tity council last night, when the re- sort of the special committee, appoint- 3d to inspect the returns, made its report. The committee reported that in one precinct there were more votes cast han there were names on the poll ook. This- was caused by the failure to enter the names of a number of women voters. In another precinct here were more names on the poll »0ok than there were votes. The entry of names of city voters after the polls dosed at 5 o'clock was responsible for this. i City Auditor Evanson will certify the returns up to the secretary of state, after which a patent 'will be issued the city. The council, then, will proceed to call a special election for city commissioners. REBELS ATTACK MEXICAN TOWN ‘Laredo, Tex., July 15.—A party of rebels under command of Generat Ricardo Gonzales made an_ jneffec- tive attack on the provisional kovern- ment garrison at Neuvo ‘Laredo, op- posite here just before 9 o/clock this morning. They were driven off after a few minutes desultory firing, leay- ing three wounded’ prisoners. COOLIDGE IS é MAKING HAY Plymouth, Vt., July 15.—Gov. Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, Republi. can nominee for Vice-President, is puc- ting in time preparing his speech of acceptance, but. during his “rest per- iods” he devotes himself to swinging the scythe for hours ata time on his | father’s farm here. of the house, and “Cal” is devoting hours daily at\ mowing. He dresses which appeals to his sense of com- fort—short sleeved shirt and overalis |—far removed from political conflicts in the outer world. Ni 'BRITAIN AND JAPS AGREE | London, July 15, a. m.— Great : Britain and Japan have notified the ! league of nations that they have pro- | longed their treaty alliance for a year, according to Daily Mail, at the same time pointing out that the terms of the treaty are in-accord with princi- ples of the league. | There is a huge meadow in the rear!or to unnecc cuiLp To DEATH) HAGEN AGAIN ON YOSH CA: GOTHINS Defiance.—Joshua Botkins, 50, farm- er, is facing a first degree’ murder charge, and the lynching’ spirit is flar ing in Defiar CO. On July 9, it is charged, Botkins beat Arthur Bullock, 3, son of hi: housekeeper, so terribly that thé tot died within a few hours while his mother administered restoratives. Bot kins was lodged in jail here and pre cautions are being taken against a pos sible attempt at violence. Mrs, Bullock is about to become < moth: again, doctors say, and Bot kins says he had: promised to marry ner. 3 FREIGHT CAR SITUATION IS SERIOUS NOW N. P. Official Says Less Freight ' Cars on Tracks Today Than Month Ago W. ‘A. McDonald, local Northern Pacific agent has. received a letter from the: traffic department of thai company advising him of the serious: ess of the freight car situation. While many have been thinking tha‘ the freight situation is improve? nevertheless on the Northern Pacific there are less cars on the tracks today than there were 2 month ago. The. officials. of .twe* comipany..re alizing the’ serious position the people of this section’ would be in case ot an acute shortage of freight cars, have filed a petition with the Interstate Commerce Commission at ‘Washing ton, asking for relief so as to enable the railroad: to provide the farmers stock raisers and manufacturers o this section with .cars. ’ Startling Figures At the middle of June the company had box cars representing 56.8 per cent of their ownership, they now have 54.3 per cents The Northern: Pacific owns approximately 28,000 box cars, including 25 25,000 which could be made suitable for grain loading, Thes now have in their posession 15, 000 cars and it is safe they say, thai less than half of them are suitable for grain or flour loading; only 4,80( of therh are Northern ‘Pacific cars The record of past years, prior tc Wederal control, shows that they usu ally had about 80 per cent of their own box cars at the beginning of the grain shipping season. It was pos sible for them to make three or fow round’ trips per month between grai:: loading stations in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Minneapolis or Duluth. Foreign cars delivered to connec: ing lines are not recoverable undei car_service rules and therefore it) ix’ a seridus handicap using foreign cars and keeping them fit for grain loading. As to stoqk cars they own 2270 and have on their line today 1583. It is believed however that the Interstate Commerce commission. will provide them, with sufficient cars to take care of the rage stock movement. As to refrigerator cars they own 4373 Ynd have in their possession 2443 cars, or 50 per cent of owner: ship. They feel confidenf that they will .secure sufficient cays to take care of the heavy perishable freigh‘ movement. They also state that their present car supply is smadler than the car supply of other roads ‘because of the disproportion of their exports and imports. Official’s Statement J. G. Woodworth, an offical in the traffic department makes this. state- ment to the people of this section: “The situation calls for exercise of the greatest patience and. forebear: ance on part. of all concerned—crit- icism and complaint will- aceomplish nothing. We believe that the Inter- state Comme: commission has auth- ority to restore our car supply and believe that authority will be exer- tised. In the meantime it is our duty and the duty of shippers to make the best possible use of the cars which are ayailable: It is a crime to un derload cars under present conditions rily delay them in loading or unloading or in the move- ment from loading point to destina WOODWORTH. for this work in the particular garb) tion.” G. LADY WALDO OUT FOR NEW RECORD Broekville, Ontario, July 15. Lady Waldo of Sylvia, two-year- old Fresian heifer belonging to A. C. Hardy, who broke the world’s record for butter production, i: on a second race now. In days she has produced 11,257 ‘spounds of milk which made 671 7 ro | | + pounds of butter. It's a world's record. FRAZIER NAMES DEPOSITS BOARD jurprise Expressed When Fig- ure in Scandinavian-American Bank Scandal is Reanpointed eas YCONNOR’S VOTE OVER 6000 Democratic Candidate’s Vote Shows Frazier Received ‘Less Than Half Votes in Primary ‘ H. J. Hagen, of Fargo, who was convicted of exhibiting false state- ments to a bank examiner in the case of the Scandinavian-American “bank of. Fargo, has béen reappointed to the state bank deposits guaranty board by Governor L. J. Frazier. The appointment is for three years, and followed a board meeting here at which the recent failure of the bank at Marmarth was discussed, Mr. Hagen’s conviction was set aside because it was held that evi- dence on which he was convicted was obtained by illegal means. He will be tried again in the fall, the uttorney general's office prosecuting. The board has charge of the guar- anty of bank deposits fund and pass- es on applications to sell stock un- der the blue sky law. The notoriety given the ‘Scandinavian - American bank case, regardless of the ‘convic- tion was expected to be. sufficient, | ind politicians generally .were sur- orised when they learned the appoint- ment. The Democratic vote in the state ‘n the primary 6,500 and 7,000, it is ndicated by returns thus far receiv- 2d. Unofficial returns from 89 of} ne counties give O’Connor, Demo- cratic candidate for governor who vas unopposed, 5,638 voes. In league circles it is being, con- ended that O’Connor has failed to ‘eceive a nomination because he did rot receive vote in the sufficient vote. O’Connor’s friends say that the supreme court held invalid years ago 1 statute attempting to prescribe a zertain' minimum vote for nomination. It was not expected that the O’Con-, aor vote would be heavy because he was unopposed. In Bismarck more ‘han 100 registered as Democrats but ye third voted. O'Connor's vote nakes the total vote for the Demo- srats and independents about 1,200 in excess of the Nonpartisan league vote for Frazier. . i An official canvass in Eddy and' Foster counties has charged! the ap- varent nomination of one independent tor the legislature. Q& the face of ‘he returns Roach, independent, had \ majority of one vote over Reichert, one of the Nonpartisan candidates. The new canvass gives Reichert 1,068 to 1,056 for Roach. .The independent forces plan to'enter two candidates n'the fall in opposition to the league randidgtes. The State canvassing board will be in session beginning July 26, to can- vas the returns from the primary slection. ‘Not all official returns have been received from the various coun- ties, but they are being received from various counties daily. The board ‘may be in session several days. BANK DEPOSITS NEAR 3 MILLION IN CITY BANKS Thrifty Inclinations Are Re- flected in Reports, Say Bankers According to reports compiled from the five local banks the peo- ple of Bismarck and vicinity have over two and ong-half . millio dollars deposited in local bank: The citizens. of this section have in certificates of deposits and sav- ings accounts $2,606,939.52 Inthe five banks of Bismarck, Comparative figures. would indi- cate that the people in this section are thrifty and prosperous, An- other noteworthy fact is that in the majority of the banks the sav- ings deposits for the month of June showed a substantial in- crease over those of the previous nth, One bank doubled its sa accounts in the last 30 days. Figuring th are 18,000 peo- ple in Burleigh unty, the total deposits indicate that there is de- posited in the local banks $140 for every person living in the county This does not include the depos! in. other hanks in the county, fh A A number of bankers stated that, de- posits by individuals have bee increasing steadily. REDS EXECUTE ONE BRITON Washington, July 15.—John Freed- man, a British subject, was executed and several Americans barely escaped death at the hands of an anarchist band of Russian Bolsheviks known as the “Red Black Guard,” during the reign of terror at Nikolaievsk, Siberia, according to a report to the State de- partment today from the American consul at Vladivostok. 300 WOMEN ESCAPE FIRE Fresno, Cal., July 15.—More than 300 women and children marched to safety today after the fire alarm had been sounded in the Kinema theater. The theater was destroyed, with the estimated loss of $140,000. SHE’S FIGHTING FOR SUFFRAGE > Wee) MRS.ACNMEELY . Atlanta, Ga.,/ July. 15.—Single hand- ed, Mrs. Anne C. Neely, national or- ganizer for the National Woman's Party, is trying to get the Georgia leg- islature to ratify the woman suffrage amendment. Many Atlanta women, though strong or suffrage, have re- fused to help because lobbying or suffrage is too unpopular in Georgia. Mrs. Neely is at present trying to get through an enabling act so Georgia women can vote in November. ' To make this possible the legislature will have to pass a law exempting women from the provision of the election law which requires registration six months in advance. PROVISIONS OF PARTY PLATFORM ARE MADE PUBLIC Planks Which Committee of 48 Held Too Radical Are Set Out; Many Provisions Named Chicago, July 1 ‘he platform, as. adopted ‘by the farmer-labor group, which .was considered too radical by the forty-eighters includes the follow- ing: 4 Demands the right of free speech, amnesty for political prisoners, re- peal of espionage, sedition and crim- inal syndicalism laws; referendum and recall fgr federal judges and equal suffrage for all. . Demands withdrawal of the United States from participation under the Versailles treaty of the reduction of conquered peoples to economic or political subjugatioi recognition of the “republic of Irejand” and the “new Russian government”; abolition of secret treaties and withdrawal’ of the U. S. from “the dictatorship we exercise over the Phillipines, Guam and Hawaii.’ This section also pledges support to ‘a league of free peoples.” Demands democratic control of in- dustries laying down the “right of thelabor’ for an increasing share in the responsibilities and manage- ment of industrie: Call for public ownership of all public utilities and natural resources and immediate repeal of the Esch- Cummins railroad law. Urges reduction of the cost of liv- ing by stabilization of currency, fed- eral control of meat packing indus- tries and enforcement of present laws against profiteers. (Favors “justice to soldiers of the world war as a matter of right and not of charity,” recommending pay- ment of a sum “sufficient to make their way pay not less than their peacetime earnings.” Labor’s bill of rights which in- cludes declarations for: The unqual- ified right of all workers, including government employes, to strike; free dom from compulsory arbitration}: maximum standard 8-hour day and 44 hour week; abolition of employment of children under 16 years of age; complete and effective protection of women in industries with equal pay for equal Work. GIRLS, 6 AND 11, ARE “BURGLARS” New York, July 15.—Two of the youngest “female burglars” on record appeared in police court in Brooklyn today when two sisters, 11 and 6 years old, respectively. pleaded guilty to a charge of juvenile delinquency. They were arrested in a Brooklyn home after they are alleged to have forced ay entry and packed $1,000 worth of silverware and jewelry in a suitcas' GOOD-BY WILSON | + SHEEP, HE SAYS a Washington, D. C., July 15.—Ever since President Wilson installed his sheep on thé White House lawn they have had no warmer admirer than Kurtz Hanson, the 6 year old son of Elisha Hanson, private secretary to Senator Medill McCormick, of Illinois, and now a member of Senator Hard- ing’s personal campaign staff. As Kurtz was passing the White House to leave Washington for the summer, he waved his hand towards the flock of sheep grazing there and said: “Good-bye sheep; when I come back you'll belong to Mr. Harding.” NEW PARTY IS NAMED; ANOTHER MAY BE FORMED J. A. H. Hopkins, of Committee of 48, Suggests Course to be Followed in Chicago NOMINATE CANDIDATES La Follette Refuses to Stand on Platform of Party Known as Farmer-Labor Party Chicago, July ——A part of the committee of 48 national convention called to create a new party recon- vened today following the formation of the farmer-labor party last night, and considered whether to organize still another party. J, A. H. Hopkins, of New Jersey national chairman of the committee of 48 suggested that course. Some of the delegates appeared to favor it and there were demands tp know whether Senator La Follette would stand as a presidential can- didate if nominated. Arthur’ J, Hays, of New York opposed the step as “un. sportmanslike.” New Candidates The farmer-labor party today has a platform and has its new candidates in the field for ‘the coming election. Its work was completed at 4 ,o’clock this morning when its convention and in all day and night sessions, chose Parley Parker Christensen, Sait Lake city attorney, and Max Hays, Cleveland labor leader, as its presi- dential and vice-presidential nomi nees, respectively. Some Stick Not all of the 48er delegates with- drew from the fusion convention, last night when some 100 or more return- ed to their own convention. Those who remained were rewarded by seo- ing Christensen, the chairman of their convention, selected to léad the fu- sion party while the labor leaders contended themselves with the elec: tion of their national chairman, ‘Hays, to second place. Not all was harmony in the fusion convention during. the hours . the platform and candidates were under discussion. Heated! debate developed ‘dlso over the choice of a name for the new-born political group. Results of Ballot The result of: the’ first ballot. taken last night for the presidential nomina- tion, was\as follows: Dudley Field Malone, 166.8; Eugene Debs, 68; Hen- ry Ford, 12.3; _P. P., Christensen, 121.1; ‘Lynn J. Frazier, 9; Herbert Bigelow, 7; Louis K. Post, 1.7. The labor group was ‘dominant when the platform was adopted late yesterday. . A minority report from the plai- ‘orm. committee was sponsored by hree of the five representatives of the committee of, forty-eight, but was defeated by a vote of slightly less than 3 td 1, The. majority report was signed by the five labor leaders of the committee on resolutions and two of the forty-eight party’s rep- resentatives. It was adopted by a big majority which on motion was’ made unanimous. Bolt Begins Defections from the ranks of the new party began when it was shown that the minority report would be overwhelmingly defeated. James Fer- guson, former governor of Texas, was the first to pull out of the meei- ing. A near stampede developed when an attempt was made to forestall introduction of the majority platform report by the submission to the con- vention of a-report that was reported to be acceptable to Senator Robert M. La Follette. The Senator’s friends launched the attack with a declara- tion that the convention was “boss ridden and clique controlled, and thet the senator’s own platform ideas had been, buried in secret committee meet- ings. ¢ Rébert M. La Follette, Jr., notified new party leaders last night that his father would not run under any cir- cumstances under the platform adopted. 48ERS MEET Chicago, July 15.—Members of the committee of 48, bolting the farmer- labor party, voted this morning to stay in session all day to complete their work. Nb program was fore- cast. At the time of this decision the con- ference had not assured itself of its status. Apparently proceeding on the expectation that the committee pre- served its entity, J. A. H. Hopkins, chairman of the committee of 48 pre- siding, proposed that it might either operate in a similar matter to the Nonpartisain league, endorsing can- didates, or it might select a name and where the members of the committee desire, run their tickets under this name, LOWE ATTENDS Though it was announced in Min- neapolis at Nonpartisan league head- quarters yesterday afternoon that the league has no representatives there, it developes that many of the high- lights of the league are in attend- ance. John Lowe, of Minot, Nonpartisan candidate for district judge, is in at- tendance at the Chicago convention, it is said. Lowe has been active in the league and one of Townley’s supporters since the league was or- ganized. is BH