The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 28, 1920, Page 1

soneenrt ae (¢ THE WEATHER Propably rain. HE BISMARC LAST EDITION THIRTY-NINTH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAROTATBATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTA CAMPAIGN START ALONG NEW LINE Q’CONNOR’S PLAN Speech at Minot Marks Hop off : in His Campaign for Governorships SOME LITTLE DIVERSIONS Brinton Arrest Sidelight on , Campaign Which Gets Poor Reception The hop-off in the North Dakota campaign was made quietly this week by J. T. F. O'Connor, fusion ticket candidate for Governor, In a speech at Minot, O’Oonnor indicated clearly the lines along which he. will make | a bod for the Governorship. t The speech was made without the) blare of trumpets, but is regarded | by politicians as especially important | in that it points the way in which® the campaign will be run. o’Connor | avoided harangue and asked the peo-; ple of the state to calmly consider | where they are drifting, and to think | out for themselves the problems ; which they are facing. | O'Connor took the position that the present order of government, founded on the constitution, is fundamentally sound, and that progressive legisla- tion should be enacted with a view | of improving the present order of government, and not of tearing it down. He avoided personalities, b went into the merit of legislation | which league forces have put into ef-; fect and for which great claims have been made. His intent was to show that the legislation had absolutely failed to correct the evils said.to exist but in fact had made conditions worse. Deeper Issues There are many political observers who believe O’Connor has taken the j right stand. They take the view that | the clash in North Dakota is be-' tween a socialistic government, wit. complete socialism as the ultimate aim of.the real powers of the league; | that the league endures through pro- moting class hatred and class legis- | lation, and that the people of the: state must take their choice between; turmoil forever continued hatred, one- sided legislation or get back on the main road of constitutional govern- ment /and go aliead. The Water-Brinton bombast, in the opinion of many anti-Townley men, has simply served to cloud the issue. The dramatic action of arresting Brinton for criminal libel is ‘but 2 bit of political by-play which gives Townley a chance to pose a8 a mar- | tyr, they hold. Fa The suit started by Jim Waters at Fargo is. regarded of more import- ance. If he can show in a competent | court that Townley was engaged ini using league funds to promote the | Sigal trust, while claiming bank-/ ruptcy, Townley will be up against a} stiff proposition. The suit is not ex- pected to be disposed of for many months, and will not be a factor in the campaign, though it may have an important bearing on Mr. Town- ley’s future. LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE; IRISH CAUSE, REASON 4 2,000 Laborers Join in Demon- stration; Ask Admittance | of Bishop Mannix New York. Aug, 28.—Hostilities were resumed by the longshoremen,’ who yesterday centered a demonstra-, tion in a walkout of 2,000 longshore- men employed on British liners. as a protest against Great Britain’s Irish policy. - - | Women returned to the pier, witn, a Jarge cohort of longshoremen, crip-; pling ‘British ships, by causing their | husbands to join in the walk-out. | The longshoremen declared they | would not return to work until after Archbishop Mannix had been permit-} ted to enter Ireland and Lord Mayor: MacSweney, Cork,- was released from! prison. | The demonstration started yes-! terday on the arrival of the steam- ship “Baltic,” on which Archbishop | Mannix sailed several weeks ago. | Women pickets were on the pier, carrying signs denouncing England's Irish policy, The Irish sympathizers among the longshoremen caught the; spirit and started a demonstration, still in progress. 34,000 SOVIET _ TROOPS INTERNED London, Aug. 28.—Only 34,000 Rus- sian Bolshevik soldiers have enter ed East Prussia and have been in. terned, according to an official an- nouncement made in Berlin, says 2 dispatch from the Exchange. FIERCE RIOTS NEAR-BELFAST Aug. 28—Fierce rioting occurred this afternoon in Cullingtrees road. west Belfast. The police barracks in Cullingtree road were wrecked and the military fired on the crowd. Many gunshot victims were admitted to the adjacent royal victory hospital. LATEST PORTRAIT OF POPE ROME—The latest portrait of Pope Benedict XV. This like- ness is reproduced from a painting just completed by Antonio chin. Farres, celebrated Spanish artist. The portrait was painted by, special commission of the pope and now hangs in the Vatican. The pope recently fell and injured his knee, not seriously. | WOMAN JURY SAVES | | HOME FOR NEWLYWEDS | + % Akron, Ohio, Aug. 28.—History was made in the little drab muni- cipal covtroom of Judge A. F. O'Neil when a jury of 12 women returned a verdict that saved a newly: wedded couple from being evicted from their home. It is the first time a woman jury has ever passed on a case in Ohio. STRIKERS SHOOT MINE GUARD IN MORNING FIGHT Baldwin Phelps Victim of Fight at Open Shop Coal Mine in West Virginia Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 28.—Ma- jor Payne, a Baldwin Phelps detec- tive, was wounded in a fight which started early this morning between striking miners and mine guards at the Willis Branch coal company, Wil lis Branch Raleigh county, accord- ing to a statement given out by the state officers. Two trains have been held outsid: the town, the crews fearing to take them through Willis Branch, the statement said. Miner Was Firing State police are on the scene at- tempting to quell the disturbance and have arrested a miner who was seen firing from a barn, the statement said. The Baldwin Phelps men were doing most of the shooting using au- tomatic rifles, the statement added. Battles Frequent A three-hour fight occurred be- tween miners and. mine guards 91 Willis Branch last Saturda 8 ualities were reported. ment issued at the time superintendent of the Willis Branch Coal company said the shooting had been going on at frequent intervals about the Willis Branch mine since the company began to employ non- union men last November. GINENS WINS BIG U. S. TRAP SHOOT —Albert HH. J., today wou handicap, the international Cleveland, O., Aug. 2 Givens, of Red Bank, the Grand American classic event of the trap shooting tournament. from the 19 of 100 birds. | but MURDER OF EMPEROR NICHOLAS AND FAMILY BELIEVED PROVEN lished in British Papers Tell of Details of Execution mast BOY KILURD BY SHOT GUN AS HE RIDES HAY RAKE Thirteen-year-old Mandan Boy Instantly: Killed Late Fri- day Afternoon ~ jHEAD IS BLOWN OFF \Jar of Hay Rake Accidenjally | and | proved fatal to Clifford Whitmer, thir- {teen year old son” of: Mr, and. Mrs. | Elmer Whitmer, Mandan, late Friday | Combining’ haying hunting j afternoon. The gun) which he carried on his hay rake to kill rabbits and | other small game, exploded and near- {ly blew his head off, The body lurch- ‘ed back against the rake-seat and the horses frightened ‘by ‘the sound of the shot gun ran away. Death | Was instant, but the body of the boy, | caught firmly in the seat, remained on the rake until the horses were stopped by a clump of bushes. { Paul Eckroth, who was driving a! 'yake behind Cliffort’, heard the gun | {explode and rushed to his comrade’s assistance, but when he caught the {horses the boy was dead and bleed- | ing profusely. The shot almost tore his head off entering beneath the | Gun Jarred | Poth boys were employed by Brown | |& Frazer, hay contractors, and were | | Working in the Missouri hay bottoms eleven miles north of Mandan and{ near Harmon, N. D. The contractors had left for Mandan shortly after 3 P. M. to secure parts for their ma- chinery and instructed the boys to; ‘do the raking. When the contractors } ‘nad left, Clifford, it is satd, went to| New Accounts of Tragedy Pub- the camp and -secured a 12-guage j shot gun and placed it on his rake} intending to combine a little pleas-} ure with the afternoons’ routine in the hay field. It is believed that while | LBAGUE CANNOT SUCCEED, SAYS SEN. HARDING Delegation at Front Porch Meet- ing Hears Discussion of Cox’s Stand BRITISH TO WELCOME IT Nominee Also Touches on, Mexi- can Situation, Declaring U. S. Will Not Be Wei&-kneed Marion, Ohio, Aug. 28.—Pronounc- ing the existing league of nations as a definite and irremedial failure, Sen- ator Harding today proposed a new effort to construct a world associa- tion, founded on the same basis as the Hague tribunal, in so far as that may be found practical. The front porch speech was made to Indiana Republicans, coverng in detail the Republican nominee's posi- tion on foreign relations, Senator Harding replied directly to the argument of his Democratic op- ponent, Governor Cox, ahd declared that the League issue has been met. Points Out Diiterence he is in favor of going in, on the basis announced by the President. I am not, that is the whole difference, but it is an important difference, be- cause it is the difference between a world court supplemented by a world association on the one hand against the conference of the League on the other hand. The League has broken down on the first attempt in the Polish stua- tion, and it has now passed beyond the possibility of restoration. British port He quoted the British press to sup- port the statement that such an al- liance would be welcomed abroad. He asserted that a more detailed state- ment of the specifications was impos- “The Democratic nominee has soid{ imaking one of the turns or dumping ‘the rake, the jar exploded the gun, London, Aug. 28. — All possible | the muzzle of which was pointed at the! doubts that former Emperor Nicho- las of Russia and his family were as-;tone county investigated the accident | a 2 jin company with Mr, Elmer Whitmer, | sassinated in the basement of their | prison house at Ekaterinburg on the | uight of July 16, 1918, seemed to be lispelled by the account of two in- dependent investigations which are oublished here. One is printed by the “ondon Times and was written by its ‘ormeér Petrograd correspondent, Rob- wrt Wilton. The other appears ini he magazine, “19th Century” and is ‘rom the pen of Capt. Francis Me- Jullagh of the British army, who be- ‘ore the war was a widely , known vewspaper correspondent. Both spent} several weeks at Ekaterinburg, and; alked with natives and soldiers who} vitnessed shooting through windows of the ill-fated ruler. Both. writers ‘gree on the important details of the story. 4 The victims of the massacre, they | say, numbered 11, being the former, emperor, his wife, son and 4 daugh- ‘ers, Dr. Dotkin. and: three servants. The assassination was arranged by Yurovski, the jailer, in charge of the deposed royal family and was carried nut by twelve soldiers. The. Times recount but Capt. McCullagh says they were Magyars, who have been placed ou duty instead of a Russian guard be ‘ause the Bolshevik feared a Russian sould not be trusted for the work. Capt. McCullagh’s story says all the doomed party except Nicholas were on their knees making the sign of the cross when Yurovski announced the signal for the murder of Nicholas | Romanoff, the bloody and all of his family.” Rewarded for Execution The former emperor threw his arms out toward his wife, quickly saying something which could not be heard and was then shot down. Then the remainder of the party was shot down with revolvers and later the soldiers bayoneted their bodies. After the execution they hastened to Moscow to report the details of the affair to Lenin, commander of the Bolshevik forces. According to Capt. McCullagh he was promoted to commissioner of life insurance and occupied the most handsome house in the town. Even have declared to shun him. In the square overlooking his house j was placed a sign bearing the date of the execution. Leave H. A. Thomas, J . stant cashier of the Driscoll state bank, returned Shooting j-to his home yesterday after complet- ard line he broke 99 out | ing business requiring his attention there during the past four days. DRYS OF 31 NATIONS WILL DISCUSS FUTURE IN UNITED STATES Washington, August 28—Should . the temperance societies of the United States dishand, now that national prohibition has heen de- creed by constitutional amend- ment, or should they maintain their organization and stay on the job? That question is to receive the consideration of dry delegates from 31 nations—the delegates, not the nations being dry—at the 15th International Congress Against Alcoholism, which will meet in Washington Sept. 2-26. And the chief thesis on the sub- ject will be presented by Prof sor J. Gonser, of Berin, Germany. . Seientifie Side For most part the delegates are men and women interested in prohibition and its study as a scientific rather than as a moral ' sentimental issue. The questions of light wines and beer will be presented by Dr. | P. Amaldi of Florence, Italy, and Mme. Dr. Dazynska of Warsaw, Poland, respectively, Amaldi will discuss his studies on “Wine asa Cause of Alcoholism,” and Mme. Dazynska will speak on “Beer and Alcoholism.” Harvey Wi- ley, chemist and pure food ex- pert,, will deal with the economic be | the Bolshevik | boy’s head. Coroner Kennelly of Mor- Friday evening. The funeral will be held Sunday at 3 P. M. from the Ken- nelley’s undertaking parlors, Mandan. COURT TO HEAR . MOTION ASKING” REMOVAL VOTE New Rockford Efforts to Get ‘Matter on Ballot This Fall Still Continued OTHER HIGH COURT CASES The supreme court is to be asked to reopen the capital removal case. Cases and motions to be heard by the court ‘in September, announced s these men were Letts, | today, include a hearing on a motion | to be made by attorneys for New Rockford to vacate the judgment ren- dered four years ago in which the court refused to ‘order the question of removing the capital from Bis- marck to New Rockford to go on the | ballot. Justice Robinson several weeks ago ‘instructed the clerk to refuse to en- jon the new court calendar. The hear- fall calendar. Among the other important cases on the document is that of Laureas J. Wehe against the members of the |Workmen’s Compensation bureau. | Judge -Nuessle, in district court held that Governor Frazier had not legally) removed Wehe from the compensa- tion board and that he was prima} facie entitled to the office and salary. ; {The compensation board appealed the {case. Wehe, though entitled to sit on the board under the court’s de- | cision, got a chilly reception when he first went to the bureau and has not made a forcible attempt to take his place. The case is set for Sept. 14. The case of William Langer against the Fargo Courier-News for libel, before the court for a ruling on, demurrer, is set for Sept. 13. The case of John Lechner vs M. B. | Finset, appealed from Burleigh coun- \ty, and the state of North Dakota vs. Frank Sibla, appealed from Morton county, will be heard on Sept. 14. SHIP, PITTSBURGH, Washington, Aug. 28.—Secretary | Daniels announced today that he had jordered the armored cruiser Pitts- burgh to proceed from Rival to Dan-j zig for the protection of Americans at that port. TO RAISE PRICE Chicago, Aug. 28—The Chicago evening Post, one of the John C. Shaffer naners, has announced that beginning Monday, Aug. 30, SENT TO DANZIG; A eae | Precipitation ........... sible in view of the rapidly chang- ing world conditions. Adoption of a peace resolution, he declared, would make quick and e?- fective peacé with .seperate negotia- tion with Germany. Touching on the Mexican situation the Republican nominee said, “A plain notice should be given to every gov- ernment on the face of the earth that the United States will submit to no wrong to its position, either in per- son or in property. #« He also replied to charges.of undue senatorial influence, by saying that as president he would be as individ ualistic in that positiow as he had been as senator. Hl COX GETS WELCOME New York, Aug. 28—Governor Cox, {standard bearer of the Démocratic party, was showered with flowers when he stepped off his private car today on a two-day visit to New York. Arriving here from. New Haven about an hour ahead of schedule the candidate found thousands of men and ‘women massed in the terminal to greet him. As he left his train he ‘was greeted by a committeee of Dem- ocratic women. Proceeding down the platform he found the crew lined up to review his party and with each man {from blue uniform to,conductor to en- | gineers in overalls the Governor shook hands. Showered With Flowers The real reason, however, came |when Mr. Cox entered the rotunda. ; An aisle had been roped off across the tile floor. He found not only the main floor but galleries and the grand staircase thronged with men and wo- men. tertain a motion for the vacation of! As the presidential nominee who, ‘the judgment, but the matter appears this afternoon, is to deliver an ad- dress reached the center of the hall ing is set for Sept. 7, the first on the | Prolonged cheering broke out. Then came the rain of flowers. Governor Cox bowed to right and, ‘left and hat in hand made his way slowly across the floor. Now and then he would stop to shake hands with some admirer but he could not be induced to make a speech. Reach- ing his hotel’ he went at once to his room to prepare for the reception ar- {ranged in his honor at the National Democratic club on Fifth Avenue. |WILTON SCHOOLS OPEN SEPT. 7 Wilton, Aug. 28.—Wilton schools | will open, Tuesday, September 7, for the season of 1920-21. Labor Day he- ing on Monday the 6th and a legal holiday the pupils. will thereby re- ceive one more day of vacation. While the interior work which’ is being. done is not entirely finished. both Contractors Schultz and Kidd expect to have everything in shape during the next week. WEATHER REPORT | For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Saturday, August 28. Dy if e- Temperature at 7 a. m. 61 !Highest yesterday 88 Lowest yesterday 62 Lowest last nigh 61 ‘one Highest wind velocity. Fore For North Dakota: Showers and cooler tonight; Sunday unsettled and cooler, probably with showers in the east portion. Lowest Temperatures and political phases of “The its price will be advanced to 3 Fargo ... 54 Proaposal for Beer and Light cents. The Post is the second of |williston . 68 Wines in the United States.” the four afternoon papers to take {Grand Forks 51 Oh, yes. William Jennings this step. St. Paul 56 Bryan also has a place on the ee Winnipeg 52 program. While the normal ses- At Hazen. Helena . 50 sion is divided between from Frank Snyder returned this after-|Chicago : 66 three to six speakers, Bryan is noon from Hazen, where he helped} Kansas City . 66 given a whole session all to him- jinaugurate a lodge of ‘the Ancient ORRIS W. ROBERTS, self. Order of United Workmen, Meteorologist. . ooo CITY. PROPERTY DISEASE VICTIM SLEEPS 8 DAYS: i aS Huron, S. D., Aug. 28.-—George Hebron of this city is a victim of “sleeping sickness.” He has been in a state of coma for eight days. At one time he stirred, and made as though he would open his eyes, but the change lasted only a mo- ment. He then relaxed and has not moved since. His condi- tion is said by attending physi- cians to be very grave and little hope is entertained for his recov- ery. WILSON NAMES DEMOCRAT FOR CAMPAIGN POST Representative Cantrill to Take Over Part of work of White charge of organization for the demo- ratic national committee in the cam- paign is declared by administration leaders here to have been accomplish- ed at the dictation of President Wil- son. In assuming the democratic organ- ization work for the entire country Representative Cantrill takes over a large portion of the job out for the national chairman, George White, who it is said is not in favor at the White House since he came to Wash- |ington and announced that the League of Nations would be the chief issue of Governor Cox’s campaign. Mr. White, it is understood, still is the national chairman, but in Cantrill he wi]l have at his elbow a man who will ook after things from an admin- istration standpoint. Democratic Discord Seen The president has surprised many democratic leaders by his long silence on Governor J. M. Cox's ‘speech of ac- ceptance, but they are now begin- ning to understand that all has not been running smoothly between the Wilson wing of the party and the Cox managers, the friction dating from the time Mr. White was made chairman of the national committee to succee.t Homer S. Cummings, a staunch ad- ministration supporter. The, presideat, and his intimate advisers within the party are said to have been dissatis- fied with the way things have been running in the party management ever since the cdmpaign began, and particularly with the methods of or- ganization in many of the _ states. They insisted upon something being done, and the announcement from New York that Representative Can- trill had assumed charge of the par- ty organization was the result. Democrats Open Speakers’ School Before taking charge in New York, it has been learned, Representative Santrill came to Washington and con- ferred with the president’s intimate associates regarding campaign organ- ization plans. Among other plans is the decision to open in New York.‘a school for League of Nations orators who are to do the spellbinding in the cam- paign. Senator G. M. Hitchock, who led the president’s fight for the treaty, is to be the instructor in this department. The purpose is to coach the league speakers so they will all tell the same story. Many of the party orators now are mixing up their league doctrine, much to the displeasure of the president. RUSSIANS ASK SETTLEMENT BY NEUTRAL POWER Six Hundred Men and Officers, Including Division Command- er, Captured by Poles Paris, Aug. 28.—Willingness to transfer the Russo-Polish difficulties to a neutral country for settlement is expressed in a wireless message from Moscow, received today at the Eiffel tower station. Details of the Soviet offer could not be deciphered by: the foreign of- fice here, it wi said today. CAVALRY TURNS BACK | Warsaw, Aug. 2: art of the tachment of infantry, are, according to the latest dispatches, west of Cano. east of the Russian boarder, trying to force their way through the Polish frontier. 600 CAPTURED Warsaw, Aug. 28.—Polish artillery are reported to be attacking a col- e/umn of the retreating Soviet forces on the northeast frontier. * More than 600 men, including two general staff officers and 11 line of- | Beers have been captured by the j Poles. Among the killed are the cum- |mander of the 57th Bolshevik divi- jsion and his staff. Injured in Accident. E. C. Huber and family, of Sen- tinel Butte, were driving into the cil Thursday evening, when their ca turned over just west of the Interna- tional Harvester building. Mr. Huber was injured, but the party were able to leave the next morning. Their son, E. C. Huber, Jr., is with the Bank of North Dakota. oe LATTER LOSES IN FAVOR! Washington, Aug. 28.—Establish- |) ment of Representative James C. Cantrill of Kentucky in New York’ in i third Soviet cavalry corps and a de-} y 1 VALUE BOOSTED BY STATE BOARD Bismarck Business Property Valuation Increased by Twenty Per Cent SLIGHT FARM DECREASE Railroad Valuation Is Also Low- ered Two Million Dollars by State Board | Veo Charges in valuations of «city property, railroad property and farm lands were announced today by the state board of equalization. Briefly, they are: Valuation of property for busi- , ness purposes in eight of largest cities in state increased from ten to forty per cent. Bismarck valuation of property used for business purposes in- creased 20 per cent. Railroad valuation decreased from $218,000,000 to $216,000.0000. Farm lands decreased on aver- age of about three per cent, Farm land valuations in Bur- leigh county not changed. The work of the state board is not entirely completed. Members of the bord, of which Governor Frazier 1s ex-offigio chairman, have been con- sidering valuations as returned py county boards of equalization for sev- eral days. Heavy on Some Citles The! action of the board is making the heavy in ases in city porperty valuation in picked cities was not ex- pected, and was not done by unani- mous action. The decrease on farm lands was not jas large as was expected, in view of the complaints made of representa- tives of nearly every county in the | state at a recent meeting against the present high taxes and valuations. The total valuation of farm lands ased $36,004,034.00, from $1,- 0 in 1919 to $1,036,163,629.00 for 1920, Rail Valuation Decreased The railroad valuation is decreased from: $218,653,357 to $216,214,995. Valuations of property for resi- dence purposes. was ‘not changed, it was announced. The cities in which the heavy in- creases over county ‘board figures were made are: Grand Forks, 40 per cent; Minot, 25 per cent; Fargo, 40, per. cent; Jamestown, 25 per cent; Valley City, 15 per cent; Bismarck, 20 per cent; Mandan, 30 per cent: Dickinson, 10 per cent. The total increases on structures and improvements of town and city lots used for business purposes in these cities is increased from $13,- 630 to $16,225,719, Olson’s Opposition State Treasurer Obert Olson, 2 member of the board, opposed this method of increasing city valuations. He held that it was not fair to sin- gle out certain cities, and advocated an increase of something like 20 per cent in the first Congressional dis- trict, and 12 1-2 per cent in the sec- ond and leaving the third district un- changed. The valuation of property in Bis- * marck for business purposes was placed at $1,070,808 by the county board and under the increase of the state board taxes will be paid on a valuation of $1,284,969. | Mandan’s valuation was fixed at; $515,525 by the county board and is increased to $670,182 by the state board. Dickin- son’s valuation was fixed at: $546,621 by the county ‘board and is increased to $601,283 by the state board The exact figures on the railroad valuation follow: 1919 assessment on $218,563,357 valuation; 1920, on $216,- 214,995 valuation. The Great Northern valuation of $86,603,330 was unchanged while the Northern Pacific valuation of $82,- 004,281 in 1919 was decreased to $80,- 350,000. The Soo line valuation of 37,415,836 was unchanged. (Continued on Page Three) BISWARGK LEFT OFF COX TOUR UNDER NEW PLAN Governor Will Speak at Grand Forks, Devils Lake and Minot, It Is Announced Governor James M. Cox will. pass by Bismarck after all, according to |} new itinerary announced for him. The Democratic national committee thas changed planes for his western {route. It is now planned to have the |Governor Leave Minneapolis Sept. 6, speak successively at Grand Forks, Devils Lake and Minot on Sept. 7, }and at Havre and Great Falls, Mont., ‘the following day and then continue to the Pacific coast. The previous itinerary announced | was for him to speak in Fargo and Bismarck on Sept 7. - MAYOR OF CORK REPORTED WORSE London, Aug. 28.—-The condition of Lord Mayor Mac Sweeney, of Cork, this morning was reported to be worse at the Brixton jail where he is on hunger strike, Mayor Mac Sweeney spent a very restless night. The library of Dijon, France has more than 80,000 volumes and 900 manuscripts.