The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 23, 1920, Page 1

THE WEATHER Generally Fair THE BIS RCK .TRIBUN ies LAST EDITION THIRTY-NINTH YEAR G. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. SATURDAY, OCT. 23, 1920, PRICE FIVE CENTS TRICK T0 DECEIVE BISMARCK WOMEN VOTERS IS EMPLOYED _ ° BY LEAGUE “Sign Your Ballot,” They Tell Anti-Townley Women, a Meth- od Which Would Destroy the Vote. WOMEN OF CITY WARNED A trick to cheat women of Bismarck, who wish to vote the anti-Townley, anti-Socialist ticket at the election, out of their vote is being employed by Nonpartiegt league organizers in the city. The trick was exposed when one woman, who wishes to vote the anti- Townley ticket, made inquiries to find |- out if she should put her name on the ballot when she voted. “A Nonpartisan league talker came to me and wanted me to vote the league ticket,” she ex- plained. “I told her I was firmly aganist the league... Befor¢ leav- ing, she sald, ‘Well, if you are going to yote you want to vote right—sq don’t forget to put your name on the ballot?” Would Destroy Ballot Anyone who puts his or her name on the ballot loses his or her vote. Every woman in the city who wishe: to vote against the league is warned by anti-Townley leaders against such tactics as these. ; The secrecy of the ballot has been one of the prized principles of every state in the country. The Townley, forces haye made attacks on this prin-| ciple, and have failed. The absent! voter’s amendment, proposed by the league and voted down by the people last June, was’ calculated to} defeat the secrecy of the ballot—to; give league organizers an opportun-! ity to cooerce people intoy voting in, their presence, This falsehood: of the league organizer to a woman of Bismarck is typical of the campaign being’ conducted in) Bismarck’ and in | Burléigh county. Every known . | trick and method of deception is being employed by the league. | | i The vicious attack on Miss Nielson in the leaflet “Martyred Minnie’ ‘is a} sample of the tactics employed.; Other vicious lies have been peddled in the county to deceive voters. | Voting School The | anti-Townley committee in’ Burleigh county is making a fair fight. | To combat this deception, the, commit- | tee announces that a voter’s school} will be conducted in the K. of C. hall next: week, to which every woman is invited. The plan of the school is ex-| plained in detail in another story in this issue of The Tribune. ‘Women of the city are urged by the ‘committee ‘to obtain information with regard to election laws and methods of voting from responsible and au- thorized sources. Because of the ne-} cessity of voting for candidates in two | different columns to vote the anti- Townley ticket; the ballot this year is somewhat confusing to both men and women. The league organizers are trying to) take advantage of this situation, and deceive , voters. BISMARCK HIGH’ | MEETS JAMESTOWN First half — Jamestown 7; Bismarck, 0. Bismarck high school's footba!l team is playing the Jamestown club at Jamestown ‘this afternoon. Re- ports from Jamestown said that a cold wind was blowing but that the , field was dry and hard after rain of Thursday. “She, local*team, ac companied by many supporters, anda squad of 14, left during jthe morn: ing for Jamestown. The game was ‘o stagt at 3 p.m. ;men have postponed CITY ORGANIZERS Be i ‘APPEAL TAKEN 10 HIGH COURT IN WATER CASE Citizens Ask Supreme Court of State to Stay Increase in Rates he supreme court late this iternoon granted the writ asked, returnable Noy. 4. This suspends the increased rates until further action by the court. | The supreme court has been asked by several citizens of the city to sts the increased water rates granted the Bismarck Water Supply company by the railroad commission. /The citizens, in their complaint, de- clare that the question of an increasc in rates was not a matter of issue be | fore the board, and that it was, there- {fore, without authority to increas. rates. The board did not originate o j initiate any hearing for the purpose of ; determining whether the rates should { be increased, but the issue before th: j board was only the subjects contain- jed in the petition of the city commis- | sion, complaining of adequacy of ser vf alleging iinproper tration, downward the petition alleges. The names of citizens attached tv the petition are: P. C. Remington, A P. Lenhart, Robert Orr, Frank. G Grambs, L. H. Richmond, R. L.. Best A. W. Gussner, Nils H. Lovin, Frank E. Titus and L. Pp. Warren. The at- torneys are Lawrence and Murphy, ot Fargo. ‘, The action is a petition for a writ of certiorari. It asks that all the ree- ords in the case be transférred immed- iately to the supreme court for Ac- tion. The defendants named ingth: vase are the board of railroad com- ssioners, Judge W. L. Nuessle, vf trict conrt (hecau: appeal has been taken to his court and records are in the court’s possession) and the Bismarck Water Supply company. 2. Constitutionality. _The city has filed an appeal from the order, the petition states, but si that it does not provide a speedy r edy and cannot be beard .in district court for 90 days. It sets out thai the petitioners are acting in the inter- ests of 1,400’ water, users in’ the city The petition also attacks the con- stitutional authority of the board of railroad commissioners té deal with public utilities, setting out the con- teiition that chapter 192, laws of 1919. is unconsitutional as the legislature does not have authority to confer upon the railroad commissioners power ov- er puplic utilities. & BRITISH RAIL MEN POSTPONE. THEIR STRIKE Conversations Between Govern- ment and Local Miners Are Held methods of fil revision of rates. Oct. 2% —The railway their proposed strike in sympathy with the miners temporari the request of the min- ers’ executives, it was gnnounced this evening. The miners have ac- cepted an invitation from government conference on the London, a strike situation. RESIDENCE OF [authorities for é Informal conversations between th2 YEAR IN STATE | VOTERS’ RULE Ninety Days in County and 30 ‘in Precinct—Registration | Again Tuesday Every voter who has not registerel for the con@ng election, either at: the primary or at the registration held; Jast week, has one more opportunity. | There will be. registration on Tues- | one week before election. The qualifications for voters, a sub- ject of discussion, is as follows: one year’s residence imgtate required, 90 days in county a 30 days in the! precinct. These requirements were | adopted by a vote of the people. | About 100 absent voters ballots have been obtained from the county auditgr’s office for use in Burleigh county. The applicant for an absent yoter’s ballot must make an affidavit that he will be out of the county on | Nov. 2 and the ballot must be re- turned in time to be delivered to the voting places on election day. i FOOTBALL SCORES | a + End first half: Pennsylvania 0; irginia Military institute 20; Prince: ton 7; Navy, 0.;' Chicago 7; Iowa 0. Yale 0; West Virginia 0. Wisconsia 7; Ohio State, 0. End third period: Harvard, 24: government. and individual leaders of the striking*miners have “been held. ,These discussions followed a con- ference with Premier Lloyd George and several other members of the government in which the secretary of the. miners,organization was one of the participants. 40,000 WITNESS HARVARD-CENTRE FOOTBALL GAME Harvard Scores First But Ken- Boys Come Back tucky é Stadium, Cambridge, Mass., 23. —The setting for the Harvard-Cen- tre football game resembled in every respect that which football fans have ome to associate with great gridiron clagsics, such as the Yale-Harvard game. The huge horseshoe stadium was filled to capacity; fully 37,00) spectators being seated in the Stadium while at least 3,000 additional view- ed the game from the top of the stadium or stands placing around the running track. | 3 , The “praying Colonels” from the little college at Danville, Ky. went in- to the game with a message from Gov. Morrow, of Kentucky, saying the “men are backing and the women are praying for you. For God’s sake, win.” ~ Harvard scored the first touchdown in the first period, but before the period ended Centre also scored touchdown, and the Kentucky boys scored again in the second period, making the score 14 to 7 in their favor Centre, 14. Harvard scored another tduchdown in’ fourth. at that stage of the game. GOVERNOR COX GIVES $5,000. T0 DEM. CHEST Governor Listed as a Contrib- utor in Fund of' $677,006,000 G. 0. P. SPENDS: $2,500,000 Socialist Fund is Placed at $50 in Preliminary _ Fig- : ures Washington , Oct. 23.—The Demo- cratic national committee has/ ex- vended $6 99,071:69 in the national sampaign up to Oct. 21, says a re- dort filed with the clerk of rep- ‘esentatives today by Wilbur Marsh, | -he committee treasurer. Total receipts were placed at $677,- 34,87; This compared with total re- ceipts of’ $2,466.019.54 and expendi- ures of $2,741,503.34 by the Repub- ican national committee, as ’Worn to ua statement late yesterday by creasurer Fred £. Upham. yovernor_Cox jvas listed as a sub- scriber to the Democratic tund to -he amount of $5,00@. Other sub- scribers were: Charles R.. Crane, iol | New York, and Thomas L. Lewis Jhadbourne, Jr., New York, $7,500 ach; Thomas F. Ryan and NaiJan strauss, New York, $5,000 each. Socialist, Fund 7 The socialist party national cam- daign committee reported total con- tributions for the national campi'gn af $51,028.24, and disbursements of 348,478.68 up to Oct. 21. The only contributions of mure than $1,009 were from labor organizations. Other contributors to the Demo- sratic campaign were: a B. M. Baruch, of New York, and Joseph E. Willard, ambassador to 3pain, $5,000 each; Col. I. House. Senator Glass, of Virginia, Secretary tolby and Norman E. Mack, $500 each. The Democratic national congress- onal committee reported total re- eipts of $13,435.75, including $3,000 n Idans and disbursements of -$12.- (15.61. Among the contributors were Thomas F. Ryan, $5,000 and $2,500 ad- anced from the national committee. The largest contribution to the Jemocratic campaign fund, according .o the treasurer’s report, was $2,000, vy H. A. R. Wroe, Austin, Tex. The second largest was $10,000 by Rem- wrandt Peale, Carrolton, Pa a former official of the federal fuel administra- sion. / DUNN COUNTY'S COUNTY FIGHT BEFORE’ COURT Auditor Wants to Put Question of Removal of County Seat Before Voters } The supreme court today at- firmed the district court of Dun county, Judge Crawiord pre Ing, prohibiting the question of removing the county ‘seat of Dunn county from being placed heiore the voters on Nov} 2. Dunn county’s county seat fight is now before the supreme court. it came before the court on the petition of the county commissioners, whu want the county auditor restrained from placing the question, of remov’ ing the county seat from Manning to Dunn Center on the ballot at the No- vember election. The county, peat removal is becom- ing a. promingnt, question at nearly every election in Dunn county. Dunn Center, Killdeer, Werner and, Halli- day ‘all want to be the county seat, while Manning, a smaller place than any of the others, holds on to the hon- or through the jealousy between the other towns, particularly Dunn Center {and Kildeer. The county seat fight warmed up last May when those wanting removal of the county seat filed petitions with the commissioners to have the ques tion! voted on. Petitions were filed isking removal to Killdeer, Dunn Cen- ter, Werner and Halliday. ‘It’ was claimed that no petition contained three-fifths of the votes cast at the last election in the county, and the zommisgioners held no petition suffi- cient. pudee Pugh issued a perempt- ory order requiring commissioners +o hold a meeting on June 19. An elec- tion was held, the fight being between Dunn Center and Manning, and the majority was in favor of retaining the sounty seat at Manning. County Auditor C. J. Henpftlung is preparing to Submit the question to the voters on Nov. 2. He admits,“ answer to the petition of the county commissioners, that he is preparing to-put the matter on the ballot, unde, decision of district court, He denies the, cost will be great, however, say ing it will not exceed $' 0. TO AID PROBE Washington, Oct. Assistance of the department of j e in investi- gation of housing conditions in New York was promised today by Attorney General Palmer in a letter to Samuel Untermyer, counsel of the joint le islative committee on housing. 5 HARDING | MILLINERS GIVE HAT TO MRS. This hat ‘and scarf have been selected ag the campaign’ gift of the Trimmed Hat Association of American Milliners to Mrs. Warren G. Harding. The sectional tam combination is made of imperial Persian brocade and Scotch mole, while on,the right side of the duvetyn bandeau is a large gold pin with a jade center. The Scotch mole scarf can be transformed. into a purse which buckles over the arm. The artist had adjusted the hat and scarf on a recent portrait of Mrs. Harding. ARR RRR Ree men | WEATHER BUREAU VOTING SCHOOL | “SEES -LIFTING OF | PRESSURE AREA) WII], BE HELD i + | } , The weather bureau, with a predic-} tion-of generally fair tonight andj; ALL NEXT WEEK Sunday, precedetl by unsetfled weath-| er in the northeast portion of the} state and somewhat colder tonight,! and somewhat warmer weather Sun-' Men and Women of City Invited day afternoon, says Be i “The low pressure area that wast to Attend Classes of. In- central over the ‘akotas yesterday | ‘ M has moved northy; avard to Mavitohj ' struction and a high pressure area has develop-| ‘ ‘ ed over the northern Rocky Mountain! ec region. Showers have fallen , from} Women of Bismarck are to have the eastern. Rocky Mountain -slope, an opportunity next week to hear ctatse ‘d owr the northern plans | election laws and the ballot explain- Lower temperatures last. night in’ ©4- ae some northwestern weather stations; The anti-Townley, — anti-socialist follow: » Amarillp, (42; Calgary.’ 28; | campaign committee today announced Dodge City, 44; Edmonton, 22; Havre, that a voting schoo! will be conduct- 28; Miles ( 36; Rapid City, 32; St. ed jn the Knights of Columbus hall, ‘Paul, 46; Williston, 84;. Winnipeg, 42. an Fourth stre@t, opposite the new Rain has been reported in some Guaranty Bank building. points. | Speakers will be present to explain I R I S H Vv ILL A G E Both men and ‘the laws and ballot. | women are invited to attend. The la vill be conducted at the fol- WINDOWS SMASHED | ising hours: 10:30 a.m; 1230 p. 'm.; 3:00 p.m; 9:00 p. Cork, Ireland, Oct. 23.—Several’ m. shops were burned and the windows’ So many confusing explanations of the principal business coneerns | pave been given that hundreds of were semashed at Bends nay here | men and women in the city want to bush of mi tery lorvieg in which. ant (NON exacdly how, Yo tay: othe ane officer and a private were killed and) ytanity is being afforded by the soldiers were wounded, one of “s ; Ee eT alee It sa oported the: ComMnittee, which invites everyone to vi fehi aged,.| De present. village of Innishannon ¥ ae ‘An indication of the interest and, AD ODI eagerness of women to obtain an ex- iKING OF GREECE | planation of the ballot ig shown in SERIOUSLY TLL, the attendance of 65 to 70 women at the Daughters*of Isabella school last ;, night. Athens, Oct. The condition of King Alexander continues most gra information from the re chamber. His majesty was frequently delirious, it said. The penumonia features are improved but the state ‘ot wounds arising from the monkey bite and the patient’s general cond tion were pronounced unsatisfactory ‘LEAGUE BUDGE $400,000 A YEAR Brussels, Oct. ~The ‘sum of $400,000 monthly will ‘be réquired to run the league of nations next year, according to the budget approved by igned a/the council of the league here today. plane This budget will be presented to the each league assembly at its session in | Geneva. An Illinois man has ‘i 'double-decked passenger with a propeller in front deck and one on eagh side. CAMPAIGN OF OPPRESSION IS USED BY LEAGUE ORGANIZERS JN FIGHT THROUGH WEST OF RIVER TERRITORY al of “We Will Win by Bullets if not by Ballot,” Organizers are Reported to Have Said—Townley’s Autocratic Statements Lose Him Votes / ‘The campaign of oppression be- | sofe votes, but it also is! reported | that many farmers have been alienated by these vicious tactics. At a meeting held in Gladstone, ing conducted by Arthur C. Town- ley’s followers has | reached the | height of intensity in count Stark county, Mrs, Zimmerman, a west of the Missouri river, ac- lefgue organizer, is reported to cording to persons who travel | have told women of Ru Hungarian. hirth in a speech “You must vote the Nonparti- san league ticket, for if we don't win with the ballot this fall, we are going to win with bullets.” Townley, during his western organization and campaign tour, ganizers of the league areidopt- was particular vicious in his ing autocratic methods. | speeches. At Dunn Center he is The method used in Dunncounty | quoted as saying is to load several strong leaguers “T'm~getting in-an automobile and visit the sending paid organizers around to Tarmers. A farmer who refuses collect your mon Now I'm go- to give up $18 for a membership ing to hold you responsible for or pledge himself to the ticket is the money yourselves.” threatened with a boycott by his The ta is said not only to neighbors in doing his work. have solidified opposition but to The methods may have made have alienated many farmers. through those count of business men flso carried on ner. Even in the strongly pro-léague the or- | — tired of op- | { | | ' i the city of Bismarck | 000, still|is in the proce: her ‘joy the liberties of our country; and by resolved. by the Frank Piper Post 1138 YEAR OLD PASTOR OF METHODIST CHURGH IN CHICAGO SLAIN IN HIS OWN APARTMENT BY DEALER IN COAL OFFER 0 SELL WATER COMPANY PLANT JS MADE Company Proposes Tnat the Method of Sale Provided in City Charter be Used The Bismarck Water Supply com- pany today offered to sell its plant to In an-order drawn up this publish- ed by the attorneys for the company, Miller, Zuger and Tillotson. the com- pany proposes to have a price named on the plant by a board of arbitra- tion, It says that litigation up to date over the water plant has cost $30 s of litig $30,000 wili tion and soon “another have been added.” “It is the opinion of the water com- pany that fn the end both the wa- company and the people will be losers if this policy of long drawn- out, expensive litigation is to be con- tinued,” suys the company announce- ment. Z It ‘says that the proposed method of sale is provided in the water com- pany s-charter from the city, namely, that the city name one arbitrator, the company one and the! two select a third. If the two cannot agree on third the United States district court judge shall name’ him. The company says that it will sell the plant at the price fixed by the board, and will accept 7 percent bonds of the city for the purchase price. If, at the end of one year, the city can get cheaper money, it may re deem the bonds at face value, it adds The. water water company offers to pay half of the cost of litigatiqn. lt is considered probable, that. the city commission will disgiss the of- fer! of the water company at the reg- ular meeting on Monday night. BAN ON DANCES AFTER MIDNIGHT BRINGS PROTEST Ashley Post of American Legion ' Criticises Action of City Council Vigorous protest is entered by the American Legion protest of Ashley against an ordinance adopted by the city council prohibiting dancing be- tween midnight and 7:30 a. m., ac- cotding to information furnished The Tribune by F. J. Ruemmele, service officer, who was directed by the post to give publicity to the resolution. The resolution adopted by the post follows: Whereas, The Honorable City Coun- cil of the City of Ashley, Mtintosh County, North Dakota, has passed its Ordinance No. 28 attempting to pro- hibit dancing between the hours of 12 o’clock midnight, and 7:30 o’clock a. m. which was duly approved by the Honorable City Mayor, and Whereas, In the opinion of Frank Piper Post No. 53 of the American Legion this ordinaffce wa ssed to curb the personal liberties of the young men and women of the City of Ashley, and Whereas, The said ordinance is w Amer n in every respect and is characteristic of the laws which our fathers and mothers came to this} country to get away from and to en ‘Whereas, We deem jit detrimental to} the morals of the younger ¢ people of the City of Ashley for the reason that it will tend to cause them to do things that are really immoral; Now Therefore, Be it and it is here- No. 53 of the American Legion of Ashley, North Dakota, that we con- demn this action on the part of the Honorable City Council and the Mayor of the City of Ashley, for the reasons set forth, and Be it further resolved resolution be spread on the minutes of this meeting of the Frank Piper! Post No. 53, American Legion, and Be it further pived that a copy of these resolutions he sent to each! member of the Ctiy Council and to the | Mayor of the City of Ashley, and Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolttions be given to the; press of the State of North Dakota, and especially to The Bismarck Tri-| bune of Bismarck, N. Dakota. Done in open meeting of the Frank, Piper Post No. 53 of the American Le- gion, this 13th day of October, A. D. 1920. . Frank Piper Post No. 53 H. MAERCKLE * J. W. MEIDINGER, Adjutant of the Post. * EL MAN_ SUCCU MBS Bakerstield, Cal, Oct. 23.—Phillip Lesthand, a digger Indian, who claim- ed he was 138 years old, is dead, but not of old age. Sparks-from his pipe ignited his clothing and caused burns to which he succumbed at his tribual home far up in the Sierra Nevada! moutnains. Funeral services were $s Of Mable to lea that this | Rev. Frederick Ruff, Pastor of Memorial Methodist Church, Dies Instantly When Dealer Says He Mistook Him for Burglar. MAN WHO SHOT ARRESTED Chicago, Oct. 2—The Rev. Freder- ick ‘Ruff, pastor of the Memorial Methodist church, and owner. of au apartment building in Rogers park, was shot and killed this morning by Fred Sextro, one of his tenants. Sextro, the manager of a coal com- pany, told the police he mistook the minister for a burglar. He was ar- rested, however, while police investi- gate reports of trouble between Rev. Ruff and his tenants. The Rey. Ruff was summoned be-~ fore the council committee investi- gating rent profiteering several weeks igo on complaint of his tenants. Re- cently the tenants have posted signs n their windows bearing the words: “Unfair landlord.” Mr. Ruff and his family occupied one of the first floor apartments. Mr. and Mrs. Ruff: and their chil- dren had started to motdr on a week- end trip when the minister discovered he had left the keys to his automobile n the house. He returned for them and an instant later hig family heard the shot. Although his apartment is on the first floor his body was found on the second floor landing. Sextro told the police he heard someone tumbling at his door and demanded to know who was there. Receiving no answer he said he opened the door and fired. BANRELATIVES OF MACSWINEY FROM CHAMBER Home Office Says Mayor’s Con- “dition Necessitates Isolation London, .Oct., 23-—The bulletin of the Irish self-determination league on Lord Mayot’s MacSwiney's condi- tion says the league has been inform- ed that he was in about the same state as yesterday. He was uncon- scious, the information said. How- ver, added the statement, the home office has placed an embargo on the ase of the telephone for communicat- ing news to the outside and has for- bidden the Lord Mayor’s sisters, Mary and Annie, to visit him. ‘The home office explained the de- nial of admission to the Lord Mayor's sister as being due only to the he- lief that their visits interfered with the careful nursing Which the pris- oner’s extremely delicate condition required. i Lord Mayor MacSwiney’s condition continues Gritical, said the home of- fice announcement, but the scurvy has been slightly remedied. ¢ In its report of the sinking condi- - tion of the mayor at noon the Ex- change Telegraph company said that Mrs. McSwiney was with the mayor at that hour’ and that Father, Do- minick, his private chaplain; also vis- ited: him. 4 COAL STRIKE HOLDS A LINER London, Oct. 28.—In consequence of the coal strike the sailing of the Cun- ard liner the Kaiserin Auguste Vic- toria for New York scheduled for to- lay, has* been indefinitely postponed. The Aquitania, of the Cunard line, however, which uses oil fuel, will be e this afternoon and will take some of the passengers booked for the Kaiseirin Auguste Victoria. NEW GOLD FIELDS FOUND IN RUSSIA Berlin, Oct. 23. discoveries of new goldfields in different parts of Russia are reported by a German, trade journal. ‘ In Buchara (Afghan frontier) on the upper waters of the Amu-Darya and its tributaries, rich placer-gold deposits are reported to have, been lo- ated and further successful prospect- ing has been made on the Safeti- and Yatchan. ® Placer-gold has also been discover- ed in the Ussuri district in the Imen Basin (Eastern Siberia.) In several other parts of Siberia prospectors have lately found not only placer-gold buty rich gold-bearing quartz, say the report BRING IN 260 WHALES London, Oct. 23.—- Whalers from the Shetland Islands have had a suc- cessful season this year and at Olna~ firth, station 260 whales have been ‘brought in. At Collafirth station the ‘total catch landed was 130. ory Masonic J A banquet at the Masonic temple Monday night at precede initiatory work in the master’s degree work will be conferred on five candidates. The banquet wilf be held at 6:30 p. m., fol- |lowed by the lodge wor! two wings ich are ssnapped together to catch held yesterday. an insect in flight. a