The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 16, 1920, Page 8

PAGE FIGHT RISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE _— TWELVE STATES STORM CENTERS IN FALL FIGHT That Carries Central} Party States and New York to Win, Is One View ILLINOIS CONCEDED G.0.P. New York, Ohio and Indiana Are Placed in Doubtful Column by Writer B. WATERS, N. E, Staif € pondent. Washington, Aug. 16 he political battleground in the presidential elec- tion will be in 12 states, The storm centers will be in Ohio, New York, Indiana and Illinois, wax- ing hottest in Ohio. Each party is reasonably certain y 18 states, giving the Demo- electoral votes and the Re- publicans 195. The Democrats must have 81 more to win and the Republi- cans 71. Hottest Fights Ulinois is placed in the Republican column by both Democratic and G. P. dopesters, but the Democrats carry the big fight into this ter- , if for no other reason, to try to break the G. 0. P. ranks, and to keep the Ilinois crowd out of tho common battle-ground, The party that can carry the thres doubtful states, New York, Ohio an Indiana, can win, There are 84 elec tors in those three states, three more than the Democrats would need to win and 13 more than the, Republi- can would require, provided both par- ties hold: the. states’ here conceded to them. California #3 considered’ doubtful because Wilson) carried it against. Hughes by less than 5000 votes, The state is strongly progressive. The “pep” that Hiram Johnson puts into his anti-league campaign may have a. bearing on the outcome in Califor- nia. Colorado has gone Democratic in five of the last six presidential elec- tions but is now considered doubtfui because a Republican senator and three Republican congressmen wou by heavy majorities in 1918, despite Wilson's request that Democrats be returned, Progressive States Idaho is doubtful for the same rea- MERRY-GO-ROUND IN TOWN Klinefelter’s big _three-horse abreast electric-lighted merry-go- round will be on the corner’ of Sixth and. Main streets for one week starting Monday, August 16. This is the finest merry-go-round in the state. Bring the kiddies and have a ride. advt. SERVICE GARAGE Now open for busi- ness. Guarantee good work, Repair all makes of cars. T. J. JONAS PROPRIETOR | | _ WASHINGTON—Dust off ion. House automobile. son that California is—dissatisfa tion with Harding. Democr s and Republicans agrec ceedingly doubtfu New Mexico was and is onsidered doubtful for ‘are. ing to make the fight of their lives strength. But Ohio, home, of both candidates, will be the hottest battleground. The Republicans are 000 votes. Cox governor state once. Wilson carried it in 1916. When Cox was ‘elected. governor in 1914, Harding was elected senator by 103,000 majority. \ Other “Doubtiuls” Both parties put Utah in the doubt- fl column. Wilson carried it against Hughes by 30,000 and Bryan lost it to Taft by 20,000. It is pro-league and Progressive. Washington the same. Wisconsin is normally Republican, but it is doubtful now because it isn’t known what Robert LaFollette has been will do. Wyoming was carried by Wilson by 8000. The Republicans think they'll carry it this.time, but they do not count it certain. . If the Republicans hold their con- ceded strength, and fail to carry Ohio they will have to get New York, Cali- fornia, Colorado, . Wisconsin, New Mexico and Utah to win. Then if the Democrats should steal Mlinois from them, they would have to take in ad- dition Idaho, Washington and Wyo- ming of the doubtful states to get over. It isn’t necessary for either party to have New York) to win. TO SAVE WOOD ~ SHIPS IN U. World’s Greatest Fleet Mobil- ized by Shipping Board for Conservation Washington, Aug. 1 —The great- ;est fleet of wooden ships in the ; vorld is being mobilized in the James |river by the United States shipping board. -There are about 100 there ta. ee KEEP EM THE FARM AFTER THEY'VE SEEN PAREE ? ) POWER & LIGHT and give your Boys &Girls the Comforts and conveniences of the City. PHONE 490 TTT Lahr Motor Sales Co. DISTRIBUTORS PHONE 490 On the box was snapped in Executive avenue. ried by Wilson the same reason that other western states On New York both parties are. go- How the state goes will depend large- ly in how labor “up state” swings its ming it by 100,- elected | three times and lost the “CUSHATTALAAAAATTAN* that Indiana and New Jersey are ex-; he old carriage! -President and NEW STYLE DIN- NER SUIT FOR MEN 1 GATHER FLERT | ; George White wears in his “Scandals | H | there are satin cuff bands’ and the | BY CORA MOORE, New York’s Fashion -Authority. Right clothes are. quite im- portant a part of a man's.social and business equipment: as of: a woman’s though he isn’t as frank: to admit it and begrudges the time and energy which keeping up to Fashion’s changes requires. Here are a few hints calculated to help him to make a quick decision when it comes to ‘acquiring a new informal dinner suit. This one, which of 1920,” is of conservative cut and material. More extreme models have this same roll collar, satin-faced, but notched a full two inches Idwer. Also pocket openings are curved instead of slanting. These features are mat-} ters of. taste and. in meq’s clothes good taste “isvqltiost, invariably on the side’ of the” conservative, 4 For summer. wear the waist coat may be of white” pique. Silk side stripes: are allowable now on the trousers of informal dinner suits where heretofore they have been’ reserved ‘exclusively for the full formal evening suit. RRR eee now, and there will. be i70 eventu- ally. The ships, which represent the na- tion’s ill starred adventure in wooden shipbuilding, are being gathered from all parts of the country. not for ser- vice, but for conservation until they can be sold to any interests, Ameri- can or foreign, that find a use for them. The government constructed 36) or more wooden ships during the war at a cost of $250/000,000, the greacer part of which was poured into the south for the purpose of utilizing southern timber. The construction of wooden ships was the original inspiration of Wil- liam Denman, a member of the ship- ping board in 1917. It led to the row between Denman and General G. W. Goethals, who pronounced tle wood- en ship program uséless and waste- {ful and originated the construction of fabricated steel ships on a vast scale. President Wilson finally ac- cepted the resignatidn of both Goe- thals and Denman and the building vf wooden ships proceeded on a restrict- ed scale imposed .by Edward Hurley, who then became chairman. General Goethals’ attitude appears ence. Of the 300 wooden ships built, 47 have been sold and of the remain- ing 2650 about $7 are being operated, chiefly on «short runs out of South Atlantic and Gulf ports. The shipping board is gathering the idle wooden ships into the James river in order to effect a tremend- ous saving in their upkeep, accord- ing to Chairman W. S. Benson. He said they could be used to advantage barges and, in some instances, aad been put to this purpose. / LISTENS GOOD COLUMBUS—Manager Tinker has snared a pitching ace by the name of Payne, Columbus had to outbid the Boston Braves to cop. , tion has been substantiated by the dinavian-American: bank is corrupt. amounting to a quarter of a million dollars in’ value on the state bank, ager refused to re-discount the notes, although Director-General Cathro al- iner Knew that that bank was not :in a strong condition and had not-been fo have been vindicated by experi-|" Payne! in his home-town PRESIDENT ABANDONS AUTO Mrs. Wilson have set the fash- On his latest drive, the president substituted the old-fashioned Victoria. for the White with the proud driver is a secret service man. The photograph f LANGER PROVED RIGHT IN BANK PROSECUTIONS Charges Made by Attorney Gen- eral Backed Up in the Waters Expose PEOPLE SAVED BIG LOSS? Every charge made by Attorney General Langer in his éampaign against political abuse and corrup- recent exposes in connection with the break hetween J. W. Brinton and J. R. Waters, and A. C. Townley and Wm. Lemke,. according to F. E. Packard, assistant attorney general. “This is especially true in connec- tion with the Scandinavian-Ameri-) can bank case,” says Mr. Packard. “Mr. Brinton’s letter of May 17, 1920, in which he plead with the Governor to| demand internal reform in the league organization, declares: “That the management of the Scan- “‘That .Townley attempted to un- load in one batch auestignable paper but that J. R. Waters acting as man- ready had approved the . transaction. “That Mr. Waters :as-bank- exam- for.a long time. that the bank stock was being hpothecater and held by persons not financially responsible. ‘ Lemke Prepared Report “That the report of the examina- tion of the bank after it was closed by Attorney: General: upon orders- of the State Banking board, was writ- ten and prepared by Wm, Lemke and an accounting firm in the employ of the League and that if. was absolutely” false.’ “A most interesting statement of Mr. Brinton’s is the assertion that J. J. Hastings partner of Thos Allen Box in the notorious Valley City deal, was on orders of Mr. Lemke employed by the Bank of North Da- kota after both Townley and Lemke had publicly srepudiated them and branded them as’ crooks. asserting that all relations with them had, been broken. Regarding, the. Bank .of North Dakota Mr.-Brinton charges: “That the Bank of North Dakota has failed to serve the purpose it was supposed to be founded for—that of .aiding the farmers, in securing necessary funds and that jt has been used instead to finance Townley in- stitutions of questionable financial standing. “‘That the bank unfairly, to the farmers of North Dakota is keeping 4 to 8 million on deposit in banks in ‘HARDING IN BAND MARION, 0.—This is how. Candi- date Warren G. Harding looked when, as a youth, he played a horn band. Note the struck out 21 batters ina single game recently. plumed hat, foxy buttons and epaul- * ets of the uniform. | MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1920 “Tcan’t write an ad, but at least I'll make out better now than I could have done the other day. Then I was just back from our county fair and fed up on peanuts, pink lemonade and lighting plants. I looked at a dozen plants and finally bought one} Whether luck or plain, ordinary horse-sense was my guide,I think I got a one. It’s a Western rate and even ityoy con's ates 9. with me, you may the story of YL ‘ Y, 2 what I did and why I did it helpful.” i, EpITOR's NOTE: Mr. Schults is a farmer located near Bartlett, Ill. Maybe my outfit: wouldn’t suit you “Now of course you have your own ideas on what an engine or a generator should do. So have I.. It’s a pretty high standard we farmers have too. I applied it without fear or favor to the plants on exhibit; and I didn’t make a choice till the salesman had proved to me that his particular outfit could take care of the stiff demands I have to make onit. Ineed a powerful plant and found set it in a Western Electric. \ Power—a bread and butter proposition “After all, power is what farmers are most interested in, because it means the saving of time, labor and money. light-goes along without saying. “Experience with more than one engine had taught me a lesson that doubtless you learned long ago. . An electric light- ing plant isn’t worth bothering with unless the engine can furnish extra pulley power at the same time it is charging the batteries. For the sake of a few lights a man can’t afford to shut “So I held out for an engine that would score on this point. In an actual test I saw the pulley connected to a line shaft and running a churn, a separator and a washing machine. All this while the batteries were charging. What is die tteragnetetertae uly iver ‘engine power to the y+ “But when the salesman started to tall to me about what he. called ‘porta- ble. power,’ I thought that was going a bit too far. Then he showed me what he meant—a general utility Motor that you carry around the place. Just connect it up to any out- let or lamp socket; and it’s ready to run your feed mixer, your grinder, your corn sheller and any DISTRIBUTORS ‘I saw 10 farm plants in one day— but I didn’t buy 9 of them” other piece of machinery you otherwise would have to turn by hand. I’m not a fancy farmer and I don’t go in for frills —but a man can steal a harrow from me any night if he only leaves me my utility motor. But how about fuel and lubrication? “The answer for me is a valve in head engine with automatic lubrication. Air cooled and running at constant speed under any load. An engine that burns kerosene but starts on gas and runs at first on a mixture of gas and kerosene. Then this changes to all kerosene as soon as the engine gets heated up enough to take care of the heavier fuel. How long do the batteries last? was my first and last question. And I kept on asking it till I found somebody who could prove to me that his method of charging really meant long life to the batteries, “The charge flows in without strain- ing the batteries,’ he said, ‘because as they fill the flow of current gradually slacks up, till at last it is just trickling in gently and easily. No stress, no high Pressure, no overflowing and loss of current. It’s an automatic regulation known as the tapering charge. “And I feel satisfied that this is what will set- tle my battery troubles once and for all.” Note: The auto- matic regulation of battery charge, which has proved so successful for Mr. Schultz, makes the Western Electric Power and Light Outfit strongest at its most vital point. There ‘is still some good territory open for live agents, LAHR MOTOR SALES CO. Phone 490, 300 4th St., Bismarck, No. Dak. Twin Cities Chicago and New York.{ found themselves with a big debt on “‘That Director General. Cathro chargeu his izundry bills to the state, that Lemke threatened that if Waters didn’t résign that he would be: prose- cuted in connection with the Scan- dinavian-American bank deal but, if he resigned quietly would be taken care of the rest of his life; that it is true that Mr. Lemke by political jug- gling has prevented examination of the bank, that the signatures of Wa- ter’s letter of resignation was forged and the letter not written by him- self. “That the management of the bank is astory of intrigue, dishonesty political and criminal acts and acti-| vities within. the institution that equals the record of the most rotten political gang ever exposed .in the United’ States.’ \ ~ “These ‘additional ‘revelations show that if Attorney General Langer hac not so vigorously prosecuted the-men responsible for the Scandinavian- American bank scandal and» thus throwing their financial. manipulat- ing machinery out of gear the condi- tions would have become so bad by this time that the people of the state following the explosion would have \ their hands. “Further more, this shows that if Justice’s Bronson Robinson and Grace had not denied Attorney Gen- eral Langer: the right to call wit- nesses. when. the.case was before the supreme court—a right never to her fore denied in a similar case—Mr. Langer would have convicted many others besides President Hagan.” DARING HOLDUP _ NORTH OF MINOT} Northgate, N. D.,° Aug. 16.— Two cars were held up early Thursday morning seven miles north and east of. Northgate, and three miles north of the American boundary line. The hold-up was committed by four men who. were driving a Nash touring car, which had a Minnesota license. One of the cars which was held up was a Nash roadster 1920 license No. 38389 North Dakota. . Holt is re- ported to be from Minot, was in one car and G. Miller and B. F. Morris, of Fargo, were in the other. The bandits robbed the occupants of both cars. During the hold-up the ‘bandits shot two of the men in the legs. The injured were taken to a Rue and given medicaf atten- tio’ MORE WHISKEY, LESS BEER, IS USED IN CANADA Winnipeg, Aug. 16.—Statistics on customs and internal revenue indi- cate that Canada is drinking Jcss li- quor, but of “harder” propensities than ever before. During 1918 the value of whiskey imported was $610,- 023, as compared with $861,000 worth during the past. year. The figures for beer are: In 1918, $99,954, and during the past year, $88,712. Whicii indicates more whiskey consumed and less beer. The total amount of all kinds of liquor dropped more than a million gallons. In the whole British Empire there are available 30,000,000 horse-power to be developed by water-power. Federel Blech Non Skid “Cord" Tire Stop Rim Abuse— Increase Road Use | damage. seN You can expect more miles from. , Federal Tires because their Double- Cable-Base avoids. rim cuts, blow outs above the rim and all rim Distributors. Dealers. These improvements are to be had only with Federal Tires. Get Federalson your car and start saving the miles rims steal from ordinary tires, .. ‘LAHR MOTOR SALES CO. FRENCH & WELCH HARDWARE CO.