The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 3, 1920, Page 1

A THE WEATHER Generally Fair + THIRTY-NINTH YEAR HE BIS y BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. ‘TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1920 _ CK TRIBUNE ==! PRICE FIVE CENTS CRISIS LOO SUFFRAGE WORKERS ‘ON JOB, VOTRASSURED ON FIVE LAWS NEXT NOVEMBER Sufficient Petitions Filed With Secretary of State to Assure * This ‘TIME LIMIT IS ABOUT UP Bulk of Petitions in, and Total Number May Reach Seven- teen or Eighteen Thousand i | People of North Dakota will vote on Nov. 3 on five proposed laws. This + was assured today when petitions con; taining several thousand names in ex- cess of the 10,600 required; to initiate a measure were in the hands of the secretary of state. Two employes be- gan counting the petitions yesterday afternoon. The proposed laws are: (1)—Pro- viding regular examination for the Bank of North- Dakota;. (2)—Giving counties, city, villages, townships and school boards right to handle their own money through their own banks if they wish, instead of the compul- sory law requiring deposits in the Bank of North Dakota; (3)—Prohibit- ing the Bank of North Dakota from loaning money other than to actual resident farmers of state; (4)—Permit- ting publication of private legal no- tices in local, rather than official county newspapers; (5)—Placing all strictly educational matters under the direct supervision of the superintend- ent of public instruction. ' May Reach 18,000 The petitions were obtained by the Independent Voters’ association of North Dakota. ‘i The number of petitions probably will reach 17,000 or 18,000, it was esti- mated at the office of the secretary of state. The law provides that petitions for the initiation of laws must be filed 90 days before the election, which will be on November 3. Petitions will be received at: the secretary of state's office until tomor- row night, but the petitions received tomorrow, on the 99th day, will be kept aside, as there might be a ques- tion raised as to ‘whether or not the petitions received on-the»90th ‘day: -be- fore election are valid. Few In Today The bulk of the petitions are in. A few came in today. It probably will take several days to count and check the petitions, but there is no doubt but that there.are sufficient to assure that the proposed laws will be voted upon. The petitions came from every part of the state. A vigorous campaign will be 'waged in behalf of the enactment of the laws. WRITE ON TICKET The fusion ticket,in the state cam- paign, headed by J. F. T. O’Connor, of Grand}Forks, will have the solid sup- port of all anti-Townley voters, in the opinion of many politicians.¢ The Vic- tory meeting at Jamestown, when men who varied in political beliefs in the state, expressed their intention of supporting the ticket to the limit re- moved all doubt in the minds of many political leaders of any possible let- down in the anti-Townley campaign in the fall. The, act{on of Senator’Gronna, at the meeting, in crossing the platforms and shaking hands with Mr. O’Con- nor, and adding: “I am a Republi- | can, of course, but I am also an Amer- ican, Americanism with me is above partisanship and when the good name of our state is at stake, when the peo ple of my state are in danger, I feel it my duty, to forget party politics. Both of these parties stand upon the solid foundation of the constitutional form of government.” a3 PLEAS MADE FOR PHONE BOOSTS Hearings on the petitions of ‘more than, a score of small telephone com- paniés in the state for increases in rates will be heard by the railroad commission during the latter part oi August. Immédiate increases in rates are necessary, the telephone companies represent, to pay intreases in salary to operators under the min- imum wage rules. effective Aug. 16 and to meet other increased expendi- tures. V. E. Smart, of the commis- sion’s traffic department, plans \ to hold two or three hearings a day for a period of two or three weeks. MANDAN MAN TO OPEN MINN. BANK Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Herder leit Mandan Monday morning for the Min nesota lake district. They will spend a short vacation there, and will later go to the northern part of the state and establish a bank. Mr. Herder has been cashier of the Farmers Equity bank in Mandan and has been active in its growth there during the last few years. Many of their Mandan friends have given so- cial affairs in their honor during the fast few weeks. GRAND FORKS GETS A BOOST Washington, Aug. 3.—The re- vised census for Grand Forks, IN. D., was announced today as 14,010. Previously the — figure was 13,950. The Belgian cotton spinning indus- try is almost back to pre-war! condi- tions. E Two suffrage leaders who are in Nashville awaiting the Tennessee State Legislature’s special séssion Aug. 9, Mrs. James Rector of Columbus, 0., National Democratic Finance committee. WHEAT MAKES SHARP ADVANCE Chicago, Aug. 3.—Wheat made a steep advance in price today as a result of increased speculative buying stimulated by European war talk. In a little more than a single hour an extreme upward swing to 15 cents a bushel higher had taken place, march deliveries touching $2.30 as against $2.15 yesterday. BANDITS STEAL $0,000; SHOOT ~ ONEINFIGHT Moline, Ill, Aug.. 3—Six armed thugs unmasked, entered the Commer. cial Savings bank at 11 o’clock this forenoon backed two tellers into a yault and all others into cashier's of- fices, swept $20,000 into sacks and made their escape in a large auto- mobile. , , They shot Charles, Mohler. a barber, ‘when he ran cut of his shop, across the street, to give the alarm. Mohler may die. Police arrived as the band- ts were leaving and a battle ensued on the streets. The men finally mak- ing their escape. They headed for Rock Island. Rock ‘Island, Ill, Via Moline, Aug. 3.—Before the Rock Island police could be notified. bank robbers dashed ‘hrough Rock Island,*heading in the lirection of Galesburg, along the Max- well road. ‘When tile Rock Island police station received warning from the Moline au- horities that the bandits were headed toward Rock Island the police there rushed to Steirs, a suburb south of town, just in time to see the robbers’ rar speeding away. The officers car dashed on, pursuing the bandits cars which held the lead n the race toward Galesburg. CONDUCT TOUR IN HETTINGER Three very success- ful farm tours ‘by autos were held in Hettinger county as arranged by County agent M. E. Adams and dis rict club leader, Miss Ruth Kellos. Each tour co! ted of a 40-mile trip around Mott, Regent and New Eng- ‘land. The outstanding fields of grain, livéstock, farm buildings, and shelte: velt were visited. Short talks at each stop were made by Edgar Ol son, superintendent of the State De monstration farms. In the Mott tour a 15-piece band accompanied the ‘rowd. Canning demonstrations for all were given on each tour. Mott, Aug. WOMAN IS HELD BY POSTAL MAN Williston, N. D., Aug. 3.—FElla L. MecNeary, postmistress at Buford, N. D., and her husband, Clyde McNeary, were arrested by United States Mar shal C. D. Scott of Fargo on the charge of embezzlement of United States funds to the extent of $392.18: Officer Scott and two federal postof- fice inspectors took the prisoners to Williston: They waived preliminary examin- ation when arraigned before United States Commissioner S. T. Westhal here and were placed under bonds to appear before the federal dis pe court at Minot. Mrs, McNeary’s bi id was set at $500 and her husband's at | $1,000. APPEAL FOR AID Dayton, O.. Aug. 3.—Another appeal for aid to secure ratification of the woman suffrage amendment in Ten- nessee was made today by Governor Cox, Democratic presidential candi date. man of the National Woman’s party, brought him reports that unless ef- forts are increased Tennessee's legis- lature will refuse to ratify. Mrs. S$. Baker, political chair- _— to ratify the suffrage amendment— and W. D. Jameson, chairman of the TENNESSEETO GIVE VOTE T0 WOMEN, BELIEF Correspondent on Ground Pre- dicts That Special Session Will be Called ARE BUSY SUFFRAGIS' Organize Through State Work- ‘ing Up Sentiment for 36th Ratification « BY GEORGE B.\WATERS, N.-E. A. Staff Gorrespondent | Nashville, Tenn., Aug. —Tennes- 1 ratify woman suftrage. is the belief. of leading politi- uffragists, editors and citizens ' - Jt means that Tetmessee will he the 36th state, and, simultaneously with ratification 10,000,000,more wo- men in America will become voters, to add tljr strength to the 17,000, 000 who aiready vote with state suf- frage. Hundreds of t rams received here by = suffragi and officials show that there is confusion in other states on two things: —Will there actually be a spe- sion of the Tennessee Legisla- cial § ture? \ “TWO—When { , Special Séssion Aug. 9 Although Governdr AH,’ Roberts. hasn’t. actually -issued the call for a special, session, he will do so Aug. 6, the day after the primary elec- tion. The legislature will convene: Aus. 9 ‘ The reason Roberts is waiting .to issue the special session proclama- tion is because he is running for re- nomination and he feels he will have a freer hand, in writing the proqama- tion after his political fate» is .de- cided. However, there. is no doubt about his success in the election. “We have taken a poll of, the legis- lature and we have a safe majority in each house,” said Mrs. Carriz Chapman Catt, head of the Interna- tional Woman Suffrage alliance. |. Clear Majority “We have a clear majority without considering the new members who will occupy 13 vacancies. If there is any fight at all, it will be over fac- tional differences inside the two par- ties, and not between the Democratic: and Republicdn parties.” Democrats in Power Of the 96 members of the lower house, 30 are Republicans, and of the 33 senators, 7 are Republicans. They see what the Democrats are trying to do for Cox and they are going to try to do the same thing for Warren G. Harding. is Senator. Harding has wired: “If any of the Republican members ask my opinion as to their course, 1 would cordially recommend an imme- diate favorable action.” ,Governor ‘Cox has wired urging ratification. Sue White, state chairman of the militant National Woman's _ party, has opened headquarters and the mil- itants have raised a $10,000 fund to make ‘a campaign, Mrs. Catt of the nor-militants has been stumping the state fi week, and now has head- quarters at Hotel Hermitage, The League of Women Voters is entrench ed at Hotel Maxwell. fe In order that there will be no slip between the cup arid the lip, all suf- frage forces «will work hard: till rati- fication is accomplished. To date no stubborn opposition to ‘suffrage has developed. CES ee The Bureau of Fisheries has found a 'source of glue in the flippers of fur seals, ‘ CHEN ROOSEVELT 10 VISIT DAKOTAS:. MAY SPEAK HERE PDemoc ratic Nice-presidential Candidate to Make Long a , August Tour | (ie mre cape WITH THE CANDIDATES Harding and Cox Stick to Homes While Rngaged in Their Work New York, Aug. 3.—The - complete itinerary’ of. the western speaking tour of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Demo- cratic vice presidential candidate, be- ginning in Chicago, Aug. 11, and end- ing in Indianapojis Aug. 31, was an. nounced’ at Democratic headquarters here today. Tife tour will be made in_a special car. To Speak Daily Mr. Roosevelt will speak daily, ex- cept Sunday. He will be accompan- ied by two speakers of national repu’ tation, one a ‘distinguished and force- ful woman speaker of the west” whose name has’ not yet been an- nounced, / The itinerary includes: Aug. 11—Night first speech at Chi- cago. Aug. (Noon, at Milwaukee, Wis. Aug. 13.--Noon, Minneapolis; night St. Paul. Aug.:14.~Some city in South Daku- ta, to be. chosen later, May Speak Here Aug. 16.~-Somewhere in North Da- kotay probably Bismarck. Aug, 17-18.—In Montana, probably three speeches at Billings, Butte and Helena. ‘ Announcement of the itinerary was made by Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi, chairman of the speak- ore bureau of the national commit- ee, HARDING PLANS SPEECH (Marion, O., Aug. 3.--Between con- ferences Senator ‘Harding today was completing his second front porch campaign speech which he will de- liver tomorrow to a delegation of Wayne. county, Oh! Repubjicans. COX KEEPS TO SELF Dayton, O., Aug. J.—State and, per- sonal affairs had™ precedence today for Governor Cox, following comple- tion ‘of arrangements for next Satur- day's ‘ceremonies to ‘notify him for- mally of his nomination. \No visitors had» engagements be- fore the latter part of the week and by that‘time the Governor, hopes to have all state and personai business out of the way to devote himself to completion of the Democratic cam- paign organization and to conferences with Democratic leaders. SHOWS GREATER JULY RAINFALL Temperature Was Also Higher Than the Normal Figure for July The monthly survey of weather conditions: for July, as compiled by ‘v. W. Roberts, of the go~ernment weather ‘bureau, shows some interest- ing facts regarding the weather here. During July 1920 the rainfall was 2.72 inches as compared with .76 inches last year. The: normal amount for this month is 2.14.. This year .58 inches more than the normal amount rain fall. The average mean temperature was 71. degrees. ‘The hottest day was July 22, which the temperature reach- ed 102. The coolest day was July 13, when only 51 was reached, The average for the month was .8 degrees above normal. The sunshine for the month was 72 per cent of the possible amount. This is “1 per cent above normal. On the whole weather conditions for the month were favorable for crops. _ OF N. P. DIES - OF PNEUMONIA St. Paul, Aug. &—Charles Alexan- der Clark, treasurer of the ‘Northern Pacific railroad and one of the best known railway men of the northwest, died at St. Luke’s hospital follow- ing a short illness, Death was due to pneumonia. Hope for his recovery was held out by his physician, Dr. Archibald Mac- Laren, until shortly before his death, Sunday. Mr. Clark had been connected with the Northern vacific railroad since 1882; when he went into the auditor's department as a clerk, and he hadj been treasurer since 1897, when h2; was given the position following the reorganization of the road. The same year in which he became treasurer of the railroad he was mar- ried’ to Georgia Dean, daughter of William B. Dean of St, Paul. In ad- dition to his widow he is survived by his sons Robert and Dean, two daughters, Caroline and Georgia, all of St. Paul, and three sisters, Mrs. J. Hempstead of Charlottsville, 4 ‘iss Lydia Clark and Miss El- len C. Clark of St. Louis. Streets where. the workers live and BELFAST CITY OF FEAR, SAYS CORRESPONDENT’ | | Bronner, Writes What He Sees and Learns in the Irish Struggle SEES FIGHTING RESULT. H ». Expresses Belief That Religious Trouble is Not at Bottom of Conflict ‘BY MILTON BRONNER, European Manager N. E. A. (Special Cable). Belfast Irelahd, Aug. today is a City of Fear, You don’t find: it if you wander in busy retail shopping reyenues oF out in pleasant suburbs where dwoll tne rich mill. owners. ' But go, as 1 haye gone, into sordid -—Belfas: you find fear terant ‘in the heart ol every woman, whether’ Ulster Union ist or Irish Nationalist. The women never know, when their men leave, whether they will return home safe, be helped in wound- ed, or carried in dead. Fear More Rioting The recent riots cost a toll of 18 lives and more than 230 wounded. Whole streets of homes are damaged. Hundreds of windows are smashed. Two Catholic churches were attack- ed. Many places were looted. At the moment of writing there is a lull in the open’ warfare, but it may break out again any time. (Meanwhile more than 4000 British troops are qfartered in mills, schools, | Liao and ships lying in the har- or. In the streets are sandbag fortifi- cations: with gun holes through which the military can fire machine guns. These: sandbags are protected by barbed wire entanglements. Armored cars with rifles protruding parade the streets. Both Sides Suffer Suspiciously eyed ‘by troops, I wan- dered out into Bombay street and other scenes of battle while the fight- ing was stiN on. <n . Not a whole window is left in the place. Many Catholic famil{és ave moved out. One young woman shew- ed me a whole pocketful of lead bul- lets she picked up in her front room. In: the ‘Ulster Protestant ‘section 1 found -houses likewise damaged by bricks and other missiles. i The streets of both sections were littered. with smashed glass, brick- hats, boulders and . clubs. in mouths of alleys in both sections |) saw mounds of ‘boulders dug from the streets and piled up ready for use. Economic at Bottom The trouble was set off when Pro- testant workmen in the shipyards drove out Catholic workmen. Fight- ing between Orangemen and Catholics is an old story here, but my inves- tigations have led me to believe that the present outbreak is something | more than political-religious. \ ‘At the bottom it is economic, I am convinced. The Ulster workers claim they drove out the Nationalists to make room for jobless Ulstermen who came back from the war to find their places filled by South Irishmen. I believe that the employing class, | however, is largely ‘responsible—that | it worked on the religious feelings of both sides with a view to making it impossible for ‘labor to present a solid front. Ulster shipyards pay good wages but the greatest industry is the linen and here many workers are sweated. | Thougands are out of work as the ROSEGLEN NEEDS CARPENTERS AND “MANY MEN SOON Bank There Seeks Men to Help With Harvest and Do Build- ing Work "J. 1, Bell, of the First National bank here, has received a letter trom the Roseglen State bank, in which a request is made for carpenters and from,30 to 50 harvest hands. “We have an. excellent stand of grain in this locality and will need considerable help during the harvest we can use about fifteen men at once and from 30 to 50 in about ten days. The reguiar wages for haying, harvesting and threshing will be paid,” writes W. C. Cenners, presi- dent of the bank. “We also need a few good carpen- ters at this time and can pay them 80c an hour. There is lots of building going ‘on and to be done here, mostly graneries and barns, and we are of the opinion that a few carpen- ters could be kept busy until freez- ing up time.” WERNER WOMAN DIES ON SUNDAY Mrs. Almina Hart. of Werner, N. D., died at St. Alexius hospital here Sunday. "she was the wife of Peter Hart of that city and was 54 years old. Her father is James Gorma, of Werner. The body was sent to Werner yester- day afternoon. { L. J. Frazier LATE PORTRAIT OF HEBER J. GRANT This is the latest portrait of Heher J. Grant, new president of the Mor- mon church. He succeeded Joseph Fielding Smith, who died in Decem- ber, 1919. BLUE BOOK 10 SHOW CHANGES IN STATE VOTE Historical Articles Also Feature Publication Issued by the State N. P. HIGHTIDE IN 1916 The North “Dakota “Blue Book,” which is being published this year for the first time since 1913, contains the} official. vote in elections since the Nonpartisan league came into power in the ‘state. Publishers of the “Blue Book,” The Bismarck -Tribune Co., : will begin making deliveries ‘to: the secretary of state the latter partiof the week. In addition to valuable statistics, the book contains many historical articles. The highwater mark of the Non- partisan league tide in the state was reached in the election of 1916, the official figures show. Governor Lynn J. Frazier received 28,310 more votes fn the election of 1916 than in the} primary of 1920. Socialist Party Disappears. An interesting figure of the com- pilations is the striking manner in which the Socialist party. disappeared in North Dakota as the Nonpartisan league gained in power. In the elec- tion of 1914, J. A. Williams, Socialist candidate for Governor, received 6,019 votes. i In the election of 1918-the party candidate received 2,615 votes, and in 1918 the candidate for Governor received but 77 votes. After this the party lost its entity. The figures also show the great in- crease in the number of votes cast since the Republican primary of 1914. In that primary L. B. Hanna, candi- date for the nomination for Govern- or, received 26,261 votes; U. L. Bur- dick, 22,195 votes and J. H. Wishek, 12,175 votes, a total of 61,201 votes as compared to 113,296 votes cast in the 1920 Republican primary. In the election of 1914, Mr. Hanna received 44,278 votes to 34,746 for F. O. Hell- strom, Democrat. Vote in Elections. _ . The vote since the Republican pri- mary of 1918, for candidates for Gov- | ernor, follows: Rep. primary, June 28, 1916— U. _L. Burdick . 23,362 J. H. Fraine 9,780 L. J. Frazier 39,246 G. J. Smith 2,981 Election, 1916— L.-J. Frazier (R) D. H. MeArthur (D) O. A. Johnson (Soe.) .. S Rep, primary, June 26, 1918— i . 54,382 37,682 John Steen Election 1918— L. J.\ Frazier « 54,517 S. J. Doyle .. « 36,733 The official vote in the 1920 prim- ary gave Frazier, 59,355; Langer 53,941, and J. F, T. O’Connor, Demo- cratic nominee for Governor, 7,920. MINOT DENTIST BUYS AIRPLANE FOR PLEASURE Minot, N. D., Aug. 8.—Dr. and Mrs. N. B. Livingston, and son Junior, of the Union Dental parlors, left this week for the Minnesota lakes, stop- ping for a few days probably at Yel- low Lake, Wisconsin, and from there going. on to Duluth where they will place their auto aboard a boat and proceed to Detroit or Cleveland. During this vacation Dr. Living- ston will take a course of training as an air pilot, his intention being to ob- tain his license in time for sailing his airplane recently ordered from the Curtis people. It is barely possible that the\doctor’s plane will not arrive in time for use this fall, but will be on hand first thing in the spring when Minot people will enjoy the nov- elty of a professional man maintain- ing a plane merely for pleasure pur- poses. f FOR POLAND RUSSIANS TURN BACK MISSION; ARMY ADVANCES Warsaw, Capital of Poland, is Threatened by Onrush of Bolsheviki Hordes ASKS PEACE AUTHORITY Bolsheviki Tell Mission It Will Not Merely Negotiate an Armistice London, Aug. 3.— The Russians occupied Brest-Litovsk*August 1, it is announced in Monday's official statement from Moscow, received today. Further progress of the Soviet troops toward Warsaw is reported in the communique. (By Associated Press.) All advices today indicate that the situation in Poland from the Poland allied stand- point is approaching a crisis. The Polish delegation, which went to Baranovitch, to nego- tiate an armistice, not only fail- ed to obtain terms from the Russians but was sent back to Warsaw by the Soviet auther- ities, who demanded that the emissaries obtain a mandate to take up peace negotiations. This will delay even the beginning of the armisticg negotiations until tomorrow at the earliest. Meanwhile the resistance of the Polish army, which apparently had been stiffening, has again relaxed under the tremendous pressure of the Bolsheviki army. Coincident with. the serious mili- tary developments that a Soviet gov- ernment has been set up in the por- tions: of Poland which the Bolsheviki have over-run. ) Provisional Soviet Formed London, Aug. 3.—A provisiona} So- viet has been formed in the parts of ‘Poland that ,have been occupied by Soviet -groups, according to a wire- ‘less massage’ received “f1om) Moscow today. Julian ‘Maskievsky is chairman of the newly formed body, adds the dis- patch. The new Soviet has issued a man- ifesto to the laborers of Poland ex- horting them to rise “against Pils- dusky’s ‘bourgeoise land-owner gov- ernment. ; The manifesto declares that a sta- ble peace_between Russia and Poland is only possible through Soviets of the workers. Near Warsaw Warsaw, Aug. 3.—Brest, (Litovsk, the last great fortress guarding War- saw from the east, has apparently fallen before a tremendous assault by the Russian Bolsheviki. ‘North of that place Soviet forces,have smash- ed their way forward in their drive westward, to a point only 60 miles east of this city. Over a front of 120 miles Polish armies are being pounded .to peace before the rush of Bolsheviki hordes, which: are being hurled into the bat- tle in a dexperate attempt to cap- ture Warsaw before the conclusion of the armistice conference. Reinforcements everywhere are be- ing ‘hurried to the front by the Rus- sians to complete the defeat of the Poles before hostilities are halted, An Official. statement issued last night showed the. Soviet armies had reached a line running ‘but 60 miles from the city. Far to the southeast, near Brody, the Bolsheviki have rushed reinforce- ments into the line, and it is ex- pected a terrific attack will bo launched there for the purpose of capturing Lemberg before an armis- tice is declared. Want New Meeting London, Aug. 3.—Negotiations for an armistice between Poland and So- viet Russia have been declared oft, according to a wireless dispatch) re- ceived here from Moscow. It says the Polish delegation left Baronovit- chi for Warsaw on Monday to present to the Polish government the Soviet. demand that the ‘Polish delegates be given mandate for signing, not only an armistice agreement but also a protocol, setting forth fundamental conditions of peace, “Without this,” the message do- clared “it will be impossible to con- clude an armistice.” The Polish delegation was empow- ered merely to arrange for a_halt- ing of hostilities. The Soviet dele- gates proposed that another meeting of the armistice ‘commission be held at Minsk August 4, the dispatch says. The Polish delegation on August 1, at Baronovitchi presented its creden- tials from the Polish command em- powering it to negotiate an armis- tice. The Russians however, declar- ed that the original proposal called not only for an armistice but for the opening of peace. negotiations and informed the Polish delegates that they must have mandate for signing the fundamental conditions of peace. WOMAN NAMED FOR CAMPAIGN Chicago, Aug. 3-—Miss Ada LBliz- abeth ‘Bush of Indanapolis, arrived today to take charge of the woman’s Republican campaign throughout the country.