The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 13, 1920, Page 1

, i STATE WELFARE f ‘His speechwas in reply tol'aimeth- THIRTY: . WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13, 1920. {E BISMARCK TRIBUNE . LAST EDITION et eeertoenateren ener PRICE FIVE CENTS BEFORE PARTY, _ MYERS ASSERTS Montana Advises Demecrats To Vote Against Townley ATTACK LEAGUE METHODS, Plea to Democrats to “Be Reg- ular” Being Used in Montana * as to G. 0, P, in N. D. (Special fo the Tribune.) Helena, Mont., Oct, 13.—Declarins “we put the .welfare of our state, be- ‘fore the party,” United States Sena tor Henry/L, Myers delivered an im- passion speech here ,»in which he called upon Demorrats to repudiate the Democratic ticket named in the primary and domjnated. by Townley nien. : n b od’ of‘canipaigning, being: used hy the ‘Nonpartisan league in (Montana, simi- lar to a method being tised in North Dakota. With the ‘Nonpartisan candi- dates dominated ‘in ‘Montana on the, democratic ticket, the Townlev lead-/ ers are appealing to. democrats . to “vote regular” just as they are launcn- ing an underground appeal in North Dakota for republicans to vote for the Townleyized epuplican élate. 4 “Principles,.qnd not party label is what democrats ,atand for—eood xov- ernment, not. party ‘classification, said Senator Myers... Support Republicans. ‘After his speech 'the Montana Dem ocratic clud was_ organised, whigh will support the republican Candidates for state offices at the election. “Montana ‘must ‘be saved. The Democratic party of Montana must be saved,” he said earnestly, and solemn ly. “The gravest crisis in our beloved state is confronting us at this time. We are facéd by ruination, disgrace and the a Oe our form of government. All. thd” principles oft George: Washington, Thomas Jefferson | and Andrew Jackson ‘are s9tj. aside | it is up to. the Dempcrats of Montan® to save the state{ from ‘ciass ‘hatred. destructive\eleménts and ruin. 1 thank | God there ‘are still Bemocratic men) and women standing for good govern- ment and got for party name with the name stolep, Ee ‘We putsthe welfare of our. state before the party and against the ele- ment which hag stolun the livery of ‘the Lordtoyserve the devil. Princi- ples-and. not party lahel is what Dem: ocrats stand for—sood government, not party classification. Won't Swallow It. Senator Myers said Ye was amazed to find that the Democratic ticket, was | dominated). by, “hybrids, polshévists and radicals, ‘who Nad captured the nominations, “F%have been; jemo- crat all my [if@fand worked, hatd for the party. J yefuse'to be swallowed by a, combination of socialism gnd bolshe- ism, + : wl say the so-called Democratic ticket was\ not yominated by Demo- crats and hasn't &n honest Democrat on it. There is no obligation as to party fealty and no oblitation to sup- ort it. R “Stolen goods give no title and the primary law which/"has made this crime posaible, confers to obligation upon a Democrat to approve of it. It is time fop Democrats to stand up and be counted.» : . “Can the Democrats, of Montant rise to the occasion. and Cae ‘away with paltry party names—w ti hls goad government?’ Equal right to all and spegjal privileges ‘to none, loy- alty, decengy and the welfare of the country, devotion to triotism, I ask you theft of our party name and I confi- dently expect a favorable response. He discusged some of the nominees, saying the attorney ge eral nominee professed always to be a republican ‘i amd:bad,.tyied to rudfor congress on »-that ticket, two years ago: « th “Probably ,he is 4°” Soeialfst | at, heart,” he added. “Yet I_am posed to sypport, him as @ emocrat. Most of thage nominees T don t know, but I have’ been looking up their. rac- ords. I understand the nominee for railroad commissioner served as a re publican senator twa years ago. Tm vote fora Republican. but not a Re-}- publican cafnouflaged a3 a Democrat Take one of the associate justices for the six-year term—one Peace. Four years ago I'm told. he ran for circuit judge as a Repnblicyn. Aman who has to go ta Townley and Dunn to find out, he is @ Democrat can’t get mv vote for anything. Then this oth-r justice, Palmer—I don’t know where he lives, but I understand - he’s always been a Republican until now. Take District Judge Carleton, a Democrt. of Havre, he vas’ defeated Wy the present Republican + county attorney rinning as a Democrat. That's a new brand of democracy to me. “Coloel, you are entitled to all the joy you ca* net by making your poli- tical bed with’ Townjev and Dunn. “t don’t say that all'these ndi- dates on the: so-called Democ ticket are /bolshevists., I understand Haste is a Socialist. \{ doubt if there is/a Democrat on the ticket except Matthews and Wheeler, the latte” cf whom has Socialist leanings, the deste ings submerging his democracy. Primary Violated. Senator Myers said the ticket wa> handpieked at Great Fails in violation of the spirit of ‘the primary law. “The chairman of the meeting when , Wheeler was here szid that I wold probably, have a nizh‘mare on bolshe vism when I appeared nz this mectine Let's see about that, This ticket was handpicked_at a convention made un of.Nonnarffaan leszuers find rdiert labor. Dunn was there with his gan~ Dunn daily champions tha soviet cov ernment of Russia and declares st perfor te em. government. ‘Fo the state and pa-| pay taberaclé An automobile trip to to repudiate this; points of historic interest, begiuring | atiog BSN ©. SBISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. e A REAL AMERICAN : It requires political courage to take the stand assumed by Sen- ator Myers‘of Montana.. North Dakota is presented with the game situation and there is 'a large group of voters here who don’t take Kindly to the idea of confusing issues by any cheap appeal for party regularity. It makes no difference what party label a candidate wears as long-as he refuses to deliver his state up to.the exploiters and is pledged to the program of the anti-Townley platform. The Tribune does not favor Senator Myers’ stand on national issues, but it honoxs him for being a man and a real American by opposing the socialists who have captured the primaries and who seek to appropriate’ party prestige to which they are not entitled. The men in this fight on Townleyism will brook no interfer- ence-from politicians who seek to force sovialists upon them under the disguise of Republicans or under the lash of party regularity. VOTERS OF NORTH DAKOTA, WHATEVER YOUR POL- ITICS, NAIL A SOCIALIST WHENEVER HE BOBS UP UNDER THE GUISE OF A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT. ~ THE TRIBUNE HAS SOME RESPECT FOR THE SOCIAL-, IST WHO IS HONEST’ IN HIS CONVICTIONS AND SEEKS VOTES UNDER HIS OWN PARTY LABEL. IT HAS NOTHING BUT CONTEMPT FOR SHE CANDIDATE WHO BY POLITICAL CHICANERY AND DISHONEST MANIPULATION OF THE ELECTION LAWS SEEKS TO CONCEAL HIS SOCIALISM UNDER EITHER THE REPUBLICAN. OR’ DEMOCRATIC PARTY LABEL. ris ‘ Independent voters of the state BE ON YOUR GUARD. PARK IN PATH |{waaritee nevonn’ NORTH WOODS Cloudy and uy settled tonight and Thursaay; cooler tonight. For twenty-four hours ending at noon, October 1: Temperature at ; Highest yester 89 vs a.m, A | Lowest yesterda 48 ‘ - er eae. «.'Lowest last night. 38 Wisconsin National Guard is Precipitation ; eo | Highest wind velocity -12-W ¢ Called Out—Rain Helps at : Duluth j _ ASSERTS SOVIET WILL CAMPAIGN Superior, Wis. Oct. 13.—It i learned late this forenoon that the j forest fires swept over sixty acre area, | a small portion in Papitson forest} spite the efforts of over, 359 fire fight- ers from,the city of Superior. A call + for troop M of the, Wisconsin. national! Ameriean Officer’ Gives Infor- guard was issned by-tiovernor FE. iy cy . . |Phijlip early yesterday evening. The| ,mation He Gathered in Trip troopers were on thei way to the sf a Europe | scene of the fire one hour after ‘the call was received here. | , ees Dee Senator Ray Nye. who is charge of; Berlin, Oct. 13.—Close observers of f'ghting fires, announced toda” that! the Russo-Polish situation. say the there is grave danger from fires at’ 3 eZ the eastern section of the large nark.| Russian soviet army will got content A constant patrol is being kent of thig | itself with defeat but will either be- Aistrict by the troopers, and by+civ-/ in a counter-offensive this winter or ilian fighters. | lautich a fresh campaign in the spring. . i An American army officer who Rain Helps. jtoured Poland from Warsaw to Sol- Duluth, Oct. 13.—A heavy downpour | q, d i eae vain woatera a nat aiahenarth: | dau and then visited the Russian in- of vain yesterday and last night north | ternment camps of, East Prussia said end northwest of Duluth. drenched | he ¢ 1 r i oy ond ad. has Tiinimized tWel e found virtual unanimity of opinion ew sa s |among Poles, French and Germans goon.after the arrival of the candidate and His party, was.on the day's pro- ar et from forest fires toythis ¢erri-' that the Russians would not give uo y. ees Ee their ambition to conquer Poland SEN. HARDING Iv | A French officer serving in Poland , ENTERTAINED IN ; told the correspondent he believed the spring, and that they would be better organized for. invasion than they were Chattanooga, Tenn, Oct. 13.—An j uate of an A! ca ie cee | an American university and outing among the Civil war land‘ gerying with General Joseph Haller’s ing campaign tonight in the munict | but would, pe able'to reorganize, and, ;six months. .A number of Germans, who held the opinion that Poland can grav. were confident Russia soon would be- * Missionary: Ridge, Lockou: moun. | 8!n a counter-offensive. routé of the drive, and a feature was/,tion he had gathered led him to be- a pienic luncheon at Sign+tl mountain. | lieve the Russians would renew the | without further fighting. 1s DRIC cry anes vould come back in the T H ‘this summer. A Polish officer, grad- marks around Chattanooga was ar army, declared he.believed, and this ing, who will oped his. third speak. | that the’ Russians, were badly beaten, preparé for-andther campaign within not endure as a nation, said they |tain and Chickamauga were on the! The American officer said informa- Republican State Chairman Gore, | fighting early this winter. ‘Through SUD*| H. Clay Evans, a former Reptiblican | an interpreter he learned the attitude F and Emil of the Cossacks interned in East Washburn, were the senator's hosts | Prussia. ch on the trip. After the return to Chat- | “Strangely enough these Cossacks tanooga he was to hold a publie recen-; say they are not bolshevists and that tion and then dine priv: before | few other Russians are real bolshé- ‘he night address. | Vists,” he sat. “They declare they RMY AIRPLANES |are not fighting for bolshevism, but for Russia against the Poles. They appeared to be in excellent condition STAY AT FARGO ana wen equipped. Most of them Fargo, Oct. 13.—The four airplanes tween 25 and 30; bronzed, healthy, "were young fellows apparently be- en route from Alaska to Mineola, N. | strapping. On the whole they showed Y., did not leave Fargo for Winona,|to much better advantage than -the Minn. today as had been planned, the| Polish soldiers.” delay was to get a chance for a thor- ‘ough overhauling of the motors and, Germans, some of them officers, laugh- the ships. Capt. St. Clair Street now , ing and talking with the Cossacks and plans to get his squadron started for, that it was evident there was much Winona tomorrow morning. good feeling between them. gubernatorial condidate, FATHER RELIEVED AFTER, “THE CRANK” CONFESSES MURDER OF KIDNAPED BOY y on June 1 of Mrs. Rose ASher- man, who conducted a rooming house. He also is said to have con- fessed to the killing of d man ina saloon here about nine months ago. ‘ t Pasquale, who is known as the { “crank,” confessed to Major Adams,.of the Pennsylvania State police. He smothered ‘the child under his coat, he confessed, buttoning his coat when he heard a noise as he. was descending the ladder. He said he had gone some distance from the Cough- lin home ‘when he found the, ba- by_was’ dead. Pasquale is Said to have con- fessed the location of the body, but Major Adams would not make this public until the locality had Philadelphia, Oct. 13.— Satis- fied that the mystery surrounding the. kidnaping on June 2 of Blakely Coughlin, the 13-months-~ old son of George H. Coughlin, of Norristown, has ‘been cleared up by the confession of August Pasquale, the authorities today began preparation of their case against “the cfank.” Mr. Coughlin also said. he felt the caS8e had been cleared up. “J am very much relieved now that the tension is broken,” he declared., “The suspense of lead- ing the rest of my life without the sure knowledge of the fate of my boy is now settled. Iam glad it is over.” H In. addition to the kidneping and slaying of the Coughlin boy Pasquale also will be charged préackas revolution ond abuces Presi- (Continued on Page Three) with the murder in Philadelphia {| been searched. park at Black River Falls, Wisconsin, | if during the high winds last night, de-} 1 | eee The American said he saw many! ARMISTICE FOR REDS AND POLES BEGINS: OCT. 18 { Fear Expressed That it Will be Unpopular With Both Poles and Russians LITHUANIAN SITUATION a rat cs League of ‘Nations Takes Hand in Settling’ New Dispute ) with sPoland - | Riga, Oct..13.—A preliminary peace \itreaty and armistice was signed by jthe Polish and Russian soviet peace | delegates hete at 7:10. o'clock last \night. The armistice actually becomes ef- | fective at midnight on October 18, that is 144 hours frem midnight. The announcement. that peace was jo be signed bropght great crowds! jto the Square surrounding the Black | }Head House. M. Joffe and the Bol sheyik delegation, entered the. hall ‘first and were followed by M. Domb- ski and the Polish delegation. About 200 persons, including ihe entire di- plomatic body and prominent Lettish officials, crowded. the small - room many of them standing. Give and Take Peace The head of the soviet delegation deszribed the Riga. peace as “a peace without victory. “ That describes the Rigi agreement accurately as it appeired*to disinter- | fested onlookers. It was a pgace of { {sive and take, which, those who have jfollowed the course of events fear will nat be povular eitBer with the bolshe- viki or with the: Poles. Warsaw, Oct. ~~ Proposals. that! the frontier between northern and central Lithuania be defined by a plebescite have been sent to the Lith- uanian government at Vilnx by Gen- eral Zellgouskie, commander of Pol- ish Lithuanian troops which late last week occupied Vilna. The note added! that the new state which had been treated in Vilna has no intention of entering into a conflict with Lithu- ania. Hope that all dificulties relative to tracing the frontier may be removed]! by the“ constituent assemblies at Kovno and Vilna is expressed by the General’ and he declares that the Jat- ter assembly will be summoned with- out delay: Bs CLAIM. SUCCESS! London, Oct: 13—Russian successes | for the Russian soviet forces all along the line from south of Minsk to the Crimea are reported in the Russian soviet offi statement ‘of TueSday. The annihi a Polish’ division in the Alexandrovsk district is claimed. { ASK REPORT tions has Sent a telegram to Col. Chardigny at Kovno, who is in charge of the league of nations. commission | there, asking him to report fully on the Vilna situation and as to. what treatment the members of the com- mission have been given and assuring him of the support of the league. The Poles unofficially have heen in- formed that the league considered the Vilna situation extremely grave and a violation of former Premier Pade- ing of the league council that the ter- ritory of Lithuania would be respect- ed. ¢ _, The case will be considered at the SOVIETS WIN Cpnstantinople, Oct. 13.—-The re- occupation by the Bolsheviki of Mari upol and Berdiansk on the sea of Azov is announced. 7 (This represents a set-back for the forces\ of General Wrangel, the anti- Bolshevik commander in gouth Rus- sia, who recently wag reported in possession of Mariupoland in virtuai control of the entire sea of Azov.) COOLIDGE SPURNS Boston, Oct. 13.--A request by the league of nations committee, headed by President Lowell of Harvard uni- versity, that the govevnors of all states proclaim Sunday, Octobe: $4, as “league of nations” day, to promote a better understanding-of the covenant day. PRISONERS IN PEN Baltimore, Oct.’ 13.;-Three prisoners | were shot and beaten in a riot at the penitentiaty here yesterday afternoon. None of the wounded were dange: ously injured, it was said. A squad of city policemen subdued the malcontents. The shooting was dorie by two of the prisoners who knocked down tyo guards and disarmed them. They then used the guards’ pistols to shoot into the other prisoners. WIFE OF CABINET | OFFICE IS DEAD Washington. Oct. 13. -Agnes W:! Wilsors home here, aged 61 years Mrs. Wilsok was stricken with a par- alytic stroke about ten years ago and this resulted in her death. ‘Nine chil-{ dren in addition to her husband, sur-! vivo, | tion of two companies of |! London, Oct. 13.—The league of na-|stad, 1 rewski's statement at the Paris meet-| i! Brussels meeting of the council Oct: }J 9 ‘LEAGUE SUNDAY’. was ‘refused. by Governor Caolidge to- IN REVOLT)! a le a guard was badly | Maryland |} liamson Wilson. wife of Secretary of |v Labor Wilson, died ‘early today at the )™ REV. QUIGLEY IS ASSIGNED TO BISMARCK Charles E. Vermilyea Will Pre- side in This District for Another Year APPOINTMENTS MADE| Methodists End Annual Confer- ence of Church at New Rockford : fev. Charles E. Vermilyea was re- turned as district superintendgnt of the Bismarck district, Rev. G. N, Quig- ley, was formally appointed pastor of the McCabe Methodist; church, by the conference which has just concluded at New’ Rockford. tt was decided hy the conference to hold the 1921. Session at. Valley City, N. D. An increase of 1,100 in the mem: bership of the ‘Methodist ‘churches in North Dakota was reported at the onference. The Fargo district was responsible for 50 per cent or about 600 of the new members. A feature of the closing session was the reading by Rev. John Mor- ange of Daxey,’ treasurer of the con- ference, of the financial reports. There is $99,000 in the Centenary fund, Mr. Morange. Stated.. Rey. Hughes ‘fo Sheldon Rev. J. H. Hugires, assistant pas- tor, of thé Broadway Methodist church this last year, goes to: She!- don. Rev. George Coower, pastor in Fargo a year ago, gges Casselton this. yea Rev. F. t Hollet, well known in Fargo, goes to Lisbon and Rev. H. S. Harris, pastor at Lishen last year, goes to Mandan as finan- cial secretary of the Mandan hospi- tal. Rev. J. §. Wilde was asked to re- turn to Valley City at a salary of $3.000. ! According to the reportg read, it was found that the salaries of minis- ters in the Fargo qiStrict, averaged $1,675 api€ce. Increases" amounting in‘ all to $10,000 were -granted thi year, Jamestown, Cleveland, Spir- itwood, Kensal, - Wimbledon, — Leal, Grace City, and Juanita were added to the Fargo district. Bismarck District Charles EF. Vermil. strict sype tendent; Ashley, | Green; Beach, Is, Van’ Horn; Bethel, Cy .H, Meier, post- . Va office address, Pingree; Bismarck, George H. Quigley; Bowdon, sto be supped; Bow~ man and Mineral Springs, A. J, Obrecht; Ca ston, Bennett: Center and Pleasant Valley, C. B. Madsen; Dawson T. dohnson; Dickinson, J. and_ Libe: as and Bened Guy 1. be supplied; ‘Emmett, Fort Rice, Hatley Zeller: t, A. Hoalch; Hetting- W. Hedtke; Lin- Makoti and Raub, Mendenhall; Mandan, W. R. {fhat- Marmarth, Porter |.’ Knudsdn; McChuskf, Denhoff and Goodri it, t ehe supplied; Mott, F. to be’ supplied; MeKenzie and’ § William Schoffstall; > Robingon, D. M. y “Zeller Hensler Stecle to_b W. C. Sage: or and ich, ww and ‘Sherman, + Tay Gladstone, Virgil Merchant; Timmer cir- cujt, to be supplied; Turtle e, FF. Boothby; Underwood, F. F. Boothby; Washburn, Fairview and Conklin, Leslie Burgum; Woodworth, to be supplied. Fargo District 4 James Anderson, distriet, superintend- ent; Berlin and Wesley, F. I. Morrell; Caledonia, to be supplied; Casselton, G. W. Ce Yoonerstown, I. BH, Duden; ‘orman and) Havana, L. 1 and Rogers, Victor Phil R. Feenstra; Fdgeley, G. H. Nélson; Bllendale: ang’ Fullerton, John Morange: Elliott an@ ghglevale,/F, Aindertiar day -auipylied: Frle #"Farga,,First. W.C. ‘aadway, and Prosper, ‘Stingon, a ; Guelph “Led. M and; Tunter and Arthume WwW. H, Dri- Judd and Nortonyille, to be supplied; Burns; Leonard, Silas E, , George A. Jeffrey; Milnor and Han . Anthon on and, Di and Zion, d Lee; Oal hi Jabez Hugh’ ver, A. M. Hewso: to be supplied >: , to be Vall ty, J Verona, supplied; and Glover, H. L, Maund Dicke tellotte; Wyndmere and Barney, Ar Ritter; Jamestown,” G, LeRoy White; Cleveland, George A, Finch; Wimbledon nd Leal, Alfred Itoe; Kensal, to be sun- plied; Juanita. and ‘Grace ‘Citys C. B. Thomas; Spiritwood, to be supplied. Grand Forks Disrict W. J. Hutcheson, district superintend- ent; Bathi Bruce and Neche, to be pplied; er, Hensel and Crystal nin Bahcdck; Clyde a icugh; Devils Lake a a ‘d; Churehes alfyard; > Dunnett: Cando, J. y Bios and 1 Dunseith and Thorn, dmore, Hampden and Lom merado and Oakville, to be and Sherbrooke, H. VD. y Ardoch T. Ensigi supplied Cooper rr ota gdon and Harvey Larimore, C. T. Isnabrock, A. E. ds, York and Perbina and supply rricane, leltte, E. Trigg: Petersburg, to he sup- ied: Rocy dpke, W. W. Smith; St. Birehenough: Stark- VA. Major: Thompson and Hugh Hay: Walhalla and Con- T. Jam Warwick circuit, F Page, Gust Book. Reynol crete, Han Minot District A, Olson, district superintendent: Alexander, Charbonneau and Rawse F H. Harvey. Oe W - Gunte thay, J. W. Jes Lacs, and Hartland, y Lighthall: brook and Whit } Tewell; a Brow! Daniel Halfpenny: Minot. C. TL. Mohall, Haas, William Ci theyenne, Bremen, J. Wenrich; } nm Columbus, Kermit and Prairie Chapel, to be supplied; Ray and New fi W.] earth’s su ue | qhakes VON BOPP TO & VON BOPP WORTH, Kan.—There are reports here that Franz Von Bopp, German consul at San Francisco, before,the war, and sett tenced to serve in the federal prisoa here for alleged seditious about to be relea: ee “Pussyfoot” Johnson to Invest: igate Advertisements of Liquor Men oe . Edinburg, ; Scotland, Oct. 13.— Ad vertisements appearing in Scottish newspapers in which distillers claim that their business with America has greatly incre; since weit inte effect, will be brought to the attention of the department of Justice at Washington. \Yilliam 1. Johnson, | prohibition sing a meeting here ssed these aavertise- ridd he would take this action regarding them. He charged that if the advertiseménts told the cruth the distillers were violating the laws of “a, friendly natiod.” leader, addre: last night d ments ‘and a ‘New York, Oct. Frank Boyd, supervising pronibitfon ‘entor ment agent from New York state, has received orders from Washington to of a “curb market” in’ contraband liquor in the Bowery, it was learned today, * ‘ BARTHOUAKES ARE PUZZLING 10 SCIENTISTS Unable to Account for Disturb- ances in North and South America Tour ington, Voc . 19, — Frequent e akes in North and Ameciva and Europe during the last few months have puzzled- guvernment scientists. ances as a geological anomaty, for they say that the greatest seismic in February, March and April) Their opinion coincides with that of Fatacr Tondorf, director of the G University Seismic observator for the frequency of the recent carth disturbances. They are making no special study of the earthquakes, and their opinion is that geology 1s too young a science and too little is known of it for anyone to attempt an grrlanation of the cause of thelanom- ly. - recognize that the e is in a state of con- , and they .explain that Geologists tinual unr whenever the accumulated force passes the “breaking point” earth: follow. The * disturbances which recently have occurred continents are regarded by scientists $ movements of the earth’s crust and yet they say that some of the shocks may have extended to a depth of 200 miles. Fault lines or weak places in the earth are well known to the geolo- gists, according to G. P. Merrill, cura tor of the national museum, who e plains that because of this knowledge a general prediction regarding the area of disturbance can be made by scientists. But, he adds, “no sane man” would attempt to say exactly where or when, for a fault may extend for several hundred miles. SERIES RECEIPTS: BELOW LAST YEAR Cleveland, Oct. 13.—Figures for this year’s world seri given out today by John E. Bruce, secretary of the national commission, show that neith- er the attendance nor the gate. ri ceipts were as great as in last year’s contests. They~place the 1920 seties well toward the top in the records for all years, however. Total attendance for 1920 was 178,- 737 (7 games) and for 1919 it was Springbrook, J. Stemjges: Rugby, Pleas- ant Lake, Argobright and Silva, Ds Gambriel: Russell, Upham and Bantry (Continued on Page Two) to 236,928 (S gantes). i Total receipts in 1920 were 564,- 800 as opposed to $722,414 in 1919. BE RELEASED? acts, is H LIQUOR TRAFFIC HEAVIER, CLAIM 1 _ | Res prohibition ; investigate the report of the existence | South | They regard the disturb-; disturbance is known definitely to be; The government scientisis have no} particular scientific reason to suggest | three | ‘DEFLATION OF CURRENCY HELD "FARMER INJURY 'Federal Reserve Board ‘Policy Blamed for Decline,in Farm Prices | WANT A NEW POLICY Ask More Liberal Loans Thru { Reserve System at W: shing- ton Meeting ; Chicago, Oct. 1 Wheat prices in Chicago today refled@d the de- cline of value yesterday in the Northwest while the market here was closed. Later, however, Something of a rally took place here in connection with gossip that one of the largest millers | in the United States had made an investigation which showed that {| domestic producers ‘erg, holding between 65 and 70 percent , of } their wheat. ' Opening prices, which ranged from 1 1-4 to 3 cents lower with December to $2.06 and March $.02 were followed by moderate prices. initial — bottom Washington, Oct. 18.—“‘General Dankruptey and ruin are inevitable unless some immediate remedy is j found to relieve the present price | Situation as it. affects the farmer,” | Stys a report submitted to the agri- | cultural conference here by a gen- | eral committee appoirfted to study the | situation. ey The committee blames the Federal | rve system for present prices, | charging that it has arbitrarily with- j held from isting from the bdsic in- i dustry to maintain a level of priccs that would at least meet .the cost: of production. Declaring that the conditions of the minds of the farmer population is “ominous” the committee says this state of mind can only be changed by a frank and fair‘attitude on the rt of those in authority—-the test jof which can be only their acts. i 'To See Wilson * , Representatives of agricultural in- | tereSts meeting here were hopeful that President Wilson would give an audi- ence during the day to a committee | which planned to protest to him agiitfst the’ currency ‘deflition policy jof the treasury department. A requést for a conference with members of tte cabinet participating was made yesterday,of the President by Senator Overman, of North Caro- lina, and Harris, of, Georgia, acting in behalf of the farmers’ organizations 4 represented at the meeting: Want Policy, Changed A delegation expected also to carry thei ifpeal for a more liberal’ gov- ernment policy with respect to loans to@he federal reserve board which is tholding its regular fall conference {here today with Governors of the | various reserve banks. ; Agricultural representatives gather- jed here declare that farmers of the ‘country will lose billions of dollars | unless the slump in the price of their | products iS checked. : A committee composed of represen- ives of each agricultural organiza- j tion attending the meeting is drafting statement to the public presenting he plight of the growers under pres- fent prices. , ' oa 1 DEFENDS TRADING Minneapolis, Oct.” 12.-Resolutions covering problems’ of vital importance to the grain industry were being pre- {pared by committees of the Grain | Dealers’ National association for pres- fontation at the concluding day's ses- ision today of the association’s annual | convention. Throughout the day the convention onsidered jquestions of transporta- ition, new, legislation and! i ichanges) and tonight |wé by Harry Wheeler of Chicago; former | president of the United States Cham- }ber of Commerce, who spoke on the | war's effect on business John H. McMillan, Minneapolis in man, declared “trading in ‘con- s for future delivery of grain is ial world | i rat | tra [a vital part of the commerc and is of vast economic value.” | “We have life insurance and fire insurance,” he said. edging, or |protecting, in the ‘futures market, which has beeh severely criticized, is grain insurance pure and simple. | “Take away the futures market and |you tgke away the law of supply anc idemand. Then producers would soon be at the mercy of a few powerful groups. Germany tried to eliminate futures trading and failed utterly.” Discussing recent price slumps he said “it is absurd to charge the fu- uiresé markét with the decline , in |wheat. Three factors account for the ldecline. Flour buying by bakers and |the public generally has been abnor- jmally light. Export demand has lereatly lessened. The Canadi: j Wheat crop is being marketed in t jcountry, There are many other con- | tributing causes, such as movement of the spring wheat crop and the sur- | plus available for export. Then there lis thie general feeling in America that ivrices of all commodities must come | down.” ‘BANKS FINANCE rE COTTON CROP { j Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 18.All banks of Los Angeles have joined in af | agreement to finance the cotton crops of California, Arizona and New Mex- ico to the extent of 2,500,000, ac- {cording to an announcement today by J. Dabney Day, vice president of the First National bank.