The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 18, 1920, Page 1

THE WEATHER Generally Falr batt tate tte tt nttmetmne THIRTY-NINTH YEAR _ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. _ SATURD ‘HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION . AY, SEPT. 18, 1920. PRICE FIVE-CENTS BEGIN NATION-WIDE RATB INCREASE TO LEGION MEET: ACRE OF PARKS FOR 100 PEOPLE MINOT’S SLOGAN This Vision of the “Magic City” Has Become a Realization— Leads in Recreation TOOK ONLY SIX YEAR Largest Beauty Spot Contains 66 Acres, But There Are Smaller Areas, Too One of the urgent needs of Bismarck is the establishment as soon as feasible, a city park system. The Tribune proposes to run a series ar articles upon park systems .throughout the nation. Much of the material will be help- ful in. assisting the Capital City in formulating its future park program. Minot, Sept. 18.—‘An acre of parks for every hundred people’—that has been the slogan of the people of Mi- not. Not merely so much ground pur- chased and set aside in neglect, but ample room for everyéne, where may be found the playgrounds, the beauti- ful landscapes, the educational fea- tures, the bathing and boating, the natural woods and beautiful drives, the tourists’ camps and other features of a modern and competently main- tained park system. This vision became a reality, for Minot, although a city of less than 15,000 people, is well in the lead in the state on account of the size and beauty of the park system and the service which it renders. " Six Years in Making. This park system has been only six years in the making, but the practical results achieved speak well for the foresight and efficiency of its Board of Park Commissioners, especially of these members who, from the first. have had a clear vision of the needs of the people and a determination to provide every possible facility for their comfort,. pleasure and recrea- tion. “The parks are-well established and | equipped and will continue to grow in size and features,” said Will 0. Doo- little, superintendent of parks. Minot’s largest park contains 66 acres. There are several smalle: parks ranging up to fifteen acres. In Riverside Park (the largest) are most of the features to be found in a large city park. It has baseball and foot- ball fields, tennis- courts, skating ponds, picnic groves, beautiful lawns and shrubbery, good auto roads, fol- ‘lowing the banks of the Mouse rive: band and_ rest pavilions, a tourists’ camp, and one of the best zoological exhibitions in the northwest, exclus- ive of the coast cities. “Steps are being taken to make the tourists’ camp of the greatest service to the traveling public,” said Doolittle. The proposed coast-to-coast high- way—the Roosevelt Memorial High- way—passes through Minot and is at present known both as Wonderland and the Glacier Park Highway. Pr vision has been made for a dire route into-Minot, passing by Riverside Park. Here, if the traveler desired to stop, can be found many of the con- veniences of home with the added en- chantment of camp life. This coming season, the tourists’ camp will be lo- cated in a delightful grove in the park; fuel, water, good fireplaces and free attendance will be furnished, and all the park attractions will be close at hand. Has Fine Zoo. Probably the greatest of these at- tractions is the Minot park’s zoo of North American animals and birds. ‘The zoo was begun four years ago, and the plan for moderate increase and the maintenance of healthful con- ditions is bearing fruit in an educa- tional exhibition that is a credit to the city and a source of pleasurable surprise to visitors. “We are looking to the future,” said Mr. Doolittle, “and our plan is for a habitat zoo where the occupants ex- cite admiration instead of pity because of close, unsanitary, confinement; ; where visitors may learn to know the: habits of the animals and birds in their wild state; where conditions and upkeep are accented, instead of num- bers.” “The park management hopes to! provide pleasure, recreation and ser- vice not only for our own people, but; for the visitor from without our state,” concluded Mr. Doolittle. JOHN BURKE HOME FROM PHILIPPINE TRIP Washington, Sept. “Sept. 18.—Opposition to Philippine independence in the is- Jands comes from American residents there, according to a statement ob- tained by the Philippine Press bureau, from John Burke, treasurer of the United States, who has just returned from a trip to the islands. “The Filipinos are capable of seli- government,” he said. “The Ameticans in the Philippines claim that the people are not yet fit- ted tor self-government. From my ob- | servation I believe that there is 4 strong sentiment among the people for independence and the argument that a few ambitious men want inde- pendence so that they might have a chance of being president does not appeal to me, for there are men in the United States who want to be presi-| dent of the United States. “I was agreeably. surprised with the progress made in the Philippine is- lands since American occupation.” FRANCE’S ENVOY Gen Fayolle CLEVELAND, 0.—General Marie Emile Fayolle will represent the French government at the second an- nual convention of the American Le- gion, to be held here Sept. 27-29. Dur- ing the war General Fayolle had charge for the French ary cf Amer- ican troop movements in France. Marshal Foch was invited to attend the convention, was unable to come md sence General Fayolle. TEMPERATURE MOUNTS NEAR LOCAL RECORD Rises to 94 in Bismarck, While the Mercury Goes to 96 at Williston LIGHT SHOWER FALLS) “I believe this issthe hottest Sep- tember day I ever experieuced,” re- marked ~an old resident of tie. city late yesterday afternoon. He was wrong, but pretty close to the truth. It was not the hottest September day, but it was equal to the hottest September 17, recorded in the records of the United States weather bureau here. The thermometer, which ‘limbing early in the day, reached 4 at 4 p. m., accompanied by other con- ditions which made the city swelter. Bismarck was the second hottest place in the state. At Williston the ther- mometer rose to 96. It was above 90 in many towns. Away back in 1892, the records of the weather bureau show, the thermo- meter rose to 94 on Sept. 17. The hottest September day recorded at the station was Sept. 7, 1897, when the thermometer rose to 102. The coldest vas in 1876, when the thermomter fell to 10 above zero. The records of the weather bureau go back to 1874, when the station was establish- ed. A Light Shower Many people who awoke early this morning thought, perhaps, that the sunshiny Indian summer’ days had gone. A chill wind swept over the tity after a light shower about 4 a. m., but it-was a local shower, which soon cleared away, and the thermo- meter was mounting again during the morning. Bismarck had three hun- dredths of an inch of rainfall and Dickinson elsewhere in the state, according to telegraphic dispatches from various weather stations. There is no indication now that the pleasant weather will not stay with us for several days. URGES SPECIAL SESSION TO GET HIGHER SALARIES Many state officials and employes are said to have received cards urg- ing them to petition Governor Frazier to call a special session of the legis- lature Oct. 1, for the purpose of rais- ing salaries. E. S. Elliott, printer, box 125, Far- go, who suggests to have cards, which he offers to furnish for $1.75 a hun- dred, be sent to friends, are addressed to Governor Frazier, and carrying the following on the back: “The undersigned requests you to call a special session of the legisla- ture sometime in October for the pur- for the state and judicial officers for the next term.” “MERE MAN” HELD | FROM COX SPEECH Francise SCO, 1, Sept. 1.—Mere man, unless accompanied by a woman “escort” was refused ad- mittanee today to hear the ad- dress of Governor James M. Cox, Democratic presidential nominee, before the San Francisco center of the California civic league. The speech at a luncheon the principal event of the Gov- ernor's last day in San Francisco bay region, Tickets were restrict- ed to women voters unless a mem- her of the organization requested the privilege of bringing a man. San started ] .07, but there was no rain; | i i} | Minutes of Railroad Commission | the truth, pose of providing adequate salaries} gence in the integrity and good judg- j }can support,;-him and that their in- IS SUSPENDED BY HIGH COURT Do Not Show Compliance With Statute, Court Holds MAY BE NEW HEARIN Railroads Are Required to Re- bate Increased Charges Made Under Board Rule Acting Chairman Dupuis, of the railroad commission, when informed of the supreme court’s action, said he did not know what action would be taken, A new hearing might be held or a new decision spread on ‘the records, The supreme court today promulgat- ed a decision handed down late last evening continuing the restraining order against increased charges for railroad freight and ‘passenger fares within the borders cf the state. i The coutr held the purported order of the railroad commission, under which the railroads increased interstate freight rates 35 per cent and pass- enges fares 20 per cent Sept. 1, was not legally made, since the minutes do not show a formal decision. Two members of the commissien filed affidavits saying they agreed to the increase, and Commissioner Aan- dahl said Commissioner Milhollan. third man, agreed to it. The opinion was written by Judge Birdzell, and concurred in by all. In the opinion he said tl ‘e was nothing to impugn the good faith of the actions of Act- ing Chairman of the Commission, ©. F. Dupuis. Robinson’s Opinion Justice Robinson specially concur- red. In his opinion he assailed the war-time federal control rates as ex- cessive, that the railroad commission- ers had no power to grant the in- crease, that the pretended order was not made at a legal meeting, and that the increases were excessive Justice Bronson specially disagreed with Justice Robinson's conclusions as to excessive war-time rates. “T\ expressly disapprove ‘of the statements made in the opinion of .Justice Robinson concerning so, termed excessive war rates, the jurisdiction of the railroad commissioners and the manner in which he states that the (Continued on Page Six) O'CONNOR GIVES FOUR TALKS IN BOTTINEAU CO, Bottineau, N. D., Sept. 18—Hon. J ®, T. O'Connor, Democratic-Republi an candidate for governor, spoke at four points in Bottineau county on Wednesday, ending with an address at the Grand theatre in this city. Mr. O’Connor was greeted by good sized audiences at Overly, Amemee and Souris, and at the meetings on Wed- ; nesday evening the theatre was filled to capacity and a large number, of people stood on the sidewalk in fron! of the building. : Unlike his opponents, Mr. O’Connor does not indulge in mud-slinging, vil- ification, slander or ridicule, but deals strictly with facts and presents his ar- guments in a clean-cut, concise man- ner. His style is a great relief from some of the campaigns conducted ia the past few years and his manner pleased his audien Raised on Farm Raised on a farm in Grand Forks county and being one of the first to! buy stock in the first farmers’ eleva- tor in that county, Mr. O'Connor nat- urally is greatly interested in anything for the betterment of conditions af- fecting the farmers of the state. In his speech in this city he showed wherein the league leaders had not kept faith with the farmers when the governor vetoed the original ter-| minal elevator bill of 1917 because he (the governor) stated he did not like to raise such a sum of money by di- rect taxation, but in 1920 he signed a! bill to raise a like amount by direct taxation for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the immigration bill. Has Faith in People Mr. O'Connor cited instance after instance where the original program of the league was violated by the] league leaders, and closed with a plea; for the voters of the state, both men and women, to get down to souni | common sense and study the questions; confronting them at this time. Hej stated that he had no reason to fear that he had every confi- ment of the citizens of our fair state, and that when the votes are counted Ne ng that the majority of the | present governor, at one time 50,000 then 17,000 and down to about 5,000 at the last primary election, would be on the other side of the ledger and North Dakota would take up its for-} ward march of progress where it left off when Townley descended upon the | state, accompanied ‘by a bunch of radicals from all sections of the globe, and started to preach the doc- trine of hate. Many leaguers who attended the meetings have expressed themselves as favorable to Mr. O'Connor. They | feel that his record is such that they terests will be in capable and honest hands, |GIRL SAVES LIFE AFTER 9 DOCTORS HAD LOST HOPE Memphis, Ga., Sept. 18.— girl succeeded were ed, and saved a lif Vera Blick, 9-year. E. A. Blick, swalloy more than two mont lodged in her lung Doctors said she‘! die if the seed was not removed. -‘Three operations failed to locate the.seed. The X-ray would’nt photograp it. The child was dying, breathing with difficulty through a silver tv A 5-year-old friend came to see Vera and during a game slapped her on the back. She coughed and the seed flew out. Now she’s well. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OFFICE IN CONVENTION ‘‘House Committee” Arranges for Use of Edifice for Many Departments year-old old daughter of ed a prune seed ago. j; MUSICIANS VOLUNTEER The First Baptist church will be a busy place Sept. 28, to Oct. \1, when the Baptist state convention meets here. The “house committee” has decided that a fine book and literature dis- play shall occupy one-fourth of the space of the basement, that a ladies’ rest room be arranged, and a post- office maintained. The registration committee will occupy space on the main floor in the prayer meeting room and will be provided with a tele- phone. Back of the auditerium the general superintendent, Rey. F. EK. Stockton will have a private office, and in a room in the northeast corner of the church building there will be place: a large writing table, where free writ- ing materials will be furnished. Sectional Meetin The “house committee,” which con- sists of E, J.Gobel, Charles Staley and Oscar Roan will also arrange for ushers and sectional meetings to be held by five or six different Baptis' associations on Friday, Oct. 1. The program for the conveition will include such noted speakers as Dr. © , of * Philadelphia; J. E. Nor- 4 Sumner Rt. Vinton and P. Wi ight, of New York city, and Me 1. Jesse P. Bishop, of New York. One o fthe leading figures at the gathering will be Dr. M. D, Eubank, M. D., of western China. Musicians Volunteer. Musical talent of Bismarck has vol- unteered to present musical numbers every noon and evening during the convention. On Thursday, Sept. 30, a banquet will be served in the parlors of the McCabe Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Halvorson will sing at the banquet. R. B. Griffith, of Grand Forks, will preside during the convention, and Rey. J. E. Norcross, of New York, will deliver the closing sermon on Friday night, October 1. WOMAN IS HELD AFTER ‘PONZI SCHEME SHOWN Montana Woman Offered Inves- tors 300 Percent Profit in Thirty Days Butte, Mont. ,Sept. 18.—Offers of 300 per cent profit in ten days on an investment of $10 made by Mrs. Phil- lips, of Fort Worth, Tex., resulted in her detention today by Butte police, according to Chief Police Murphy. Mrs. Phillips admitted, the officer said, that she told a Melstone, Mont. woman that she was a member of a prominent detective agency seeking counter-fieters. She said, according to Chief Murphy, that was selling val- uable oil royalities in her investiga- tion. The Melstone wéman came to Butte today to assist her in the work. She failed to locate Mrs. Phillips and reported to the police. “She makes Ponzi, nancier look like Murphy said . “Ponzi per cent. MacSWINEY PASSED the Boston piker’,“ Chi only offered VERY BAD NIGHT! London, Sept. 18.— 18.—Terence. Ma Swiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, passed a very bad night without any sleep and this morning was in a state of | complete exhaustion said a bulletin issued this forenoon by the Irish sell- determination league. Annie McS sister of the lord mayor, said he than she had ever seen still conscious. VETS WON’T HIT DRY AMENDMENT Wa: apt. 18—Veterans of foreign wars, atthe closing session of their annual encamp- ment here today, voted down & resolution disapproving the adop- tion of the prohibition amend- ment to the constitution, There were few votes against rejection. ne doctors fail-1 The seed} ‘DRY AGENTS TO | PATROL BORDER IN NO. DAKOTA) Chief of Northwest Section Says | He'll Drive Whiskey Smugglers Out STORED IN NORTH DAKOTA; ! Keller Says That Much Whiskey | Is in Isolated Storehouses Throughout State ——— { Minneapolis, Sept. 18.—Vigorous} enforcement of the prohibition amend- meat in North Dakota and Northern Minnesota until the alleged whiskey smugglers from Canada are cleaned out will be the present policy of his Paul D. Keller, supervising prohibition agent, said this morning upon his return from a trip! of inspection to Fargo. “T have information that smugglers are bringing down whiskey from Canada and storing it in farm houses in isolated sections of North Dakota, particularly,” Mr. Keller declared “Other violators from Minnesota. South Dakota, Towa, and as far south | as Nebraska are driving to these storehouses and filling their automo- biles with whiskey for transfer to their homes. “Lam going to break this up by placing my agents along the Canadi- an boundary and guarding the roads in North Dakota and northerr§ Min- negota. From now on until freezing up time they will devote their time to ing these violators.” WRANGEL’S NAVAL FORCE DEFEATED London, Sept. 18.—A victory for the | Soviet flotilla in the Sea of Azov, over General Wrangel’s naval forces is an- nounced in Friday's official state- ment from Moscow received today. In the land fighting the Russian s con- cede a set back and a retirement near Oriakhoss. POLES CAPTURE STRONG POINT FROM RUSSIANS Take Lutsk, a Fortified City, f and Win on 240-Mile Front Warsaw, Sept. 1 Lutsk, im. pottant fortified city 40 miles east of Viadimir-Volhynsk has been captured by the Poles, who have wen successes along a front of approximately 240 miles, according to an official state- ment issued here today. Polish forces continue to advance east of Vledimir-Volhynsk, southeast of Brest-Litovsk and have captured Toreskov and Chorostov. The towns of Kamien and Kaspirzka, north of Kovel, have been taken, the Russian Boviet army losing 1,000 pris oners. The Poles. in their drive from the Pripet region south in the Dneister are reaching eastward. They have pushed the Soviet forces back at vari ous points and gathered in great quan- tities of war materials and hundreds of prisoners. Northeast of Brest Li- tovsk the Poles have brought within their lines a part of! Europe’s great forest which for years was the for- mer emperor's hunting ground. Near Pinsk the Poles have encount- ered bands of insurgents’ who are operating in the rear of the soviet troops. an STILL IN DOUBT IN COLORADO Denver, Col., Sept. 18.—The extent of the Nonpartisan yictory in Tues- day's primary and the result of the Republican contest for nomination for United States senate remained on in doubt on the face of belated re- turns today. On the Democratic ticket te No partisan league seemed to nominated candidates for most of the | offices. H |W. R. Gallicotte, league candidate} for nomination for senator, reducea the lead of Kelly Scott to 846 with 400° precincts to report. Morrison Shafroth had a lead of 2,861 over George Helperington, Nonpartisan Me candidate for Democratic nomination for FIRE RAGES IN MEXICAN CITY Attorney General. Mexico City, Sept. 18 — Forty | buildings, including many stores and | a wharf were destroyed by fire at Tampico yesterday, according to ad- | vices. The flames started near the | railw terminal and United States | we s and a number of foreign | \v sin port sent men to assist the | ~ PICK PRESIDENT NEXT THURSDAY Paris, Sept. 1 sembly, which will elect a successor | to President Deschanel, will meet at, 2 p.m. Sept. 23, it w announced HIGHEST OFFICE HELD BY WOMAN ———— LABEL GOARDMAN WASHINGTON—Miss Mabel Board- man, one of the incorporators and for many years the executive head of the Amer 1 Red Cross, now holds the highest office probably ever held by woman in this countr. She w recently appointed by President Wil- son one of the commissioners for the District of Columbia ‘This position corresponds to the mayor of a large city or the governor of a small state. AUTO BUILDING GOING UP NEXT SPRING IN CITY M. B. Gilman and Company Plan Four-story Building for Dis- tributing Dodge Bros. Cars HANDLE VAST TERRITORY The purchase of ground on which will be erected a big distritbuting station for Dodge Brothers motor cars was announced today. by M. B. Silman & company, distributors for the southwest part of North Dakota The lot is on the southwest corner of Second street and Broadway, which Mr. Gilman believes will be the “motor row” of the city in the future It is planned to erect an exclusive sales and service building for’ Dodge Brothers The structure will be started next spring, according to pres- | SEARCH FOR TERRORISTS ‘BIG REWARD IS | OFFERED; MANY | JOIN THE HUNT Attorney General Palmer Takes Action to Run Down Band Believed Responsible SIMILAR TO OLD PLOT Point Out That Radical Litera- ture Is Similar to That Found After Former Outbreak Genoa, It police were eng in a se disco for yester the stock e: suspee including an communists were arrested, hut no definite clue has been found, ‘The explosion did some damage to the exchange but eau ed no casualties, New York, Sept. 18.— Con- vinced that the explosion which snuffed out the lives of 35 per- sons and injured 200 Thursday afternoon was deliberately planned by radicals, officials of the department of justice, head- ed by Attorney General himself, today spread a’ dragnet over the country in an effort to trap the conspirators. Spurred on rewards aggregating $20,500 offered by the New York city Zavala jon and an accident insur- ance company for the apprehension and conviction of person or persons responsible for the tragedy, ex-servil men and private ¢ lent their aid to the investigators. Department of Justice officials were certain that the disaster was not the result of one person’s inspiration or eccentricity, but that it was the pre- mediated and fiendish plot of radicals bent on defiance of law and organ- ized government. William J. Flynn, head of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice, was chief spokesman for this general opinion. Attorney General Palmer. corrobor- ated him. Similar to Former Plot Chief Flynn based his opinion on the findings of radical literature in postoffice boxes near the scene of the tragedy soon after it occurred. He pointed out a peculiar similarity be- tween-the nature of this literature and that found in connection with the fen st plot in June, 1919, Similar ‘pressions and similarly misspelled vords'' characterized the literature tound yesterd and in 1919, he said. znd EXPLOSION One difference e. A number of Hungari- between the two, ent plans. Ultimately there will be a full four-story unit, with every con- 4 was that the literature found venience for motor car owners. The; 5 A igned “The Anarchistic foundation of the structure will be] “ishters” while that found yesterday adequate for a four-story building, gned | “The »American An- although the complete four stories wil not be built next> year. There ar about 100 Dodge Brothers ismarck and about 1,500 in th ion of the state, for which the Gilman company is the distributor. There are about 25 associate dealers in the te The business of the company li grown remarkably in the last yea and a corresponding increase is ey pected in the next few The lots were purcha C. B. Little. 83RD MASONIC DEGREE GIVEN IN CHICAGO Chicago, Sept. 18.—The one hun- dred and eighth annual meeting of the Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree of the Ancient Accepted Scot- tish Rite of Free-Masonry for the Northern Masonic liction of the United States ope On Sunday members will attend ser- vices at the Fi Methodist church in charge of Rev. Charles Bayard Mitch- ell, bishop of the Minneapolis area of the Methodist Episcopal church The thirty-third degree will be con- ferred Tuesday night. sd from Col. COAL ARRIVING AT LAKE HEADS, BUT STILL SHORT | Though coal shipments from the east} have been sneeded up, they still are far short of last year, information received by W. A. Me- Donald agent for the Northern Paci fic. Last year on the f ‘st of September there were 7,595,766 tons of soft coal at the head of the li Now there are 3,309,418. There . howeve: more hard coal at the lake head than on the first of ‘September last yeor, | The report shows coal has heer arriving in great lots since the pr ority order ¥ but the fact the supply H hausted at the na deficiency time of open which has not been met corn cobs are now furfural, u an adhes an insec- ‘al other articles. Besides pip the sources of making of dy ticide and sever according to! is gation last spring has created a} ed in the! | t | ing made to trace the owner. histic Fighters. “You can see,” Flynn remarked, “they have added the single word an’ to their title now.” little could be done to trace the authors of this literature or to ascertain “whether a general radical movement was contemplated. Until definite persons can be found who were responsible for Thursday's di- Those who distributed the literature, he said, were careful not to send it through the mails ant evidently were afraid to pass it around the streets so they concluded to stuff it in mail boxes.and disappeared be- fore the explosion. Find Horse Owner Highest importance in today's search attached to finding the driver of the dilapidated, rusty, red wagon, the fragments of which were found nearest the crater of the detonation. Officials believe apprehension of the authors of the tragedy virtually hinges on this discover: . William Meade, chief clerk for P. Morgan and company, whose of- ices suffered a large share of the property damage, declared the farrier who shod the horse that drew the death wagon had been found and that he was reasonably sure of the own- er’s identity. Peculiar markings on the dead horse's shoes, it was said, aided in tracing the blacksmith who said he thought he could remember who brought the animal to him to be shod. Department of justice officials to- had neither confirmed nor de- 1 this report but Attorney Gen- ‘al Palmer said an attempt was be- He con- sidered his discovery of paramount importance. Think Fischer Deranged Department of Justice officials at- tached little importance to the de- tention of Edward Fischer at Hamil- ton, O., who y rday admitted to ‘anadian authorities of having sent te: warnings of the disaster to several ifriends here. However, Attorney General Palmer said he would direct that Fischer be thoroughly examined in the hope that in spite of the belief was mentally deranged he valuable “leads.” aped “We have solved the mysteries of fi bombs but were frustrat- bringing the criminals to Alfredo Salesedo, whom we were detaining in the New York office of the bureau jumped from the 14 story window, committing suicide.” said Chief Flynn. “That tipped our hand and the crowd got safely out of the country before we could nab them. “Now we have much more to work (Continued on Page 4.) ed in justice when