The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 26, 1920, Page 1

/ \ ; ' « > ws | Le | | | THE WEATHER {ee | Fatr : bey aE SST a ae THIRTY-N INTH YEAR CHARGES POLITICAL SALE OFFER IS NOT FORMALLY ° GIVEN 10 CITY, Commission Does Not Get Let- ter Containing Arbitration Suggestion CASE PROGRESS REPORTS ny One Hearing Before Supreme Court Nov. 4—Removals to Federal Court Failure of the city to receive for- malle from the Bismarck Water Sup- ply company its advertised offer of a plan of sale to the city of Bismarck prevented.-any, discussion Of the offer by the city commission last night. Inquiry by Mayor Lucas elicited in- formation from the city auditor and commissioners that the offer had not | been received. In a brief business session the city | commission, in furtherance of its pr gram of legislation in regard to the water company, passed the following resolution: “Be it resolved by the board/ of city commissioners that Lawrence and Murphy, of Fargo, be appointed spe- cial counsel to act with or as counsel tor the city in the case against the Bismarck Water Supply company.” ‘this firm appeared in the supreme , court as attorneys in the taxpayers suit, which seeks a determination of the rate questions in\that court: supreme court granted a restraining order halting increase in rates anu will hold a nearing on Nov. 4. The city attorney reported on the status of other cases pending in the name of the city. The water company, incorpgrated under the laws of West Virginia, asks that. the cases beheard in the United States district cour The next term of the court in Bis- marck is in March., There are three cases pending, the appeal from the decision of the board of railroad com- missioner court, the condemnation proceedin. and the franchise -cancellation. The commissioners adopted a re | olution deciding to assume ten per cent .of the cost of paving in pav- ing district No. 1, 2 and 3)as incarred under the contract of July 12, 1919 ' This amount is intended to take care of the street intersections and prop- erty owned by the city abutting the* paying. One bid was submitted for furnis ing 800 tons of Coal, more er less for use in city buildings and for the city poor. The bid of the Washburn Lignite Goal company of $6.25 per ton was accepted. The city health officer reported on an inspection of the premises of An- ton Chris on Fourteenth street, whic The | which is in jthe district | | JET, O'Connor { | | [O'CONNOR IS BACKED BY STRONG MEN ON FUSION TICKET FOR STATE OFFICES oe ARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. TUESD: AY, OCTOBER 26, 1920 aac | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE == PRICE FIVE CENTS Oe NAOT OO CAPTURE 1,500, QUARTS LIQUOR AND 4 ‘RUNNERS’ fehesith Stefferud Makes Rich “Haul When High-Powered Cars Arc Halted | | ES [EOMING THRU BISMARCK? | Airplanes. ‘Are Used to Trans- | port Whiskey, Says Reports from Border Min ncapolts, victo: yesterd ada: makin Prd ply the provinces katchewan and a great aid. in ¢ | > hibition a kota V3 pa anpervia nage | director said today, cally of | Sase the pro- North Da- aul Keller, | prohibition | Ole Stetferud; ot McLean ¢| county, is in possession of 1,200 to 1,500 quarts of Canadian whiskey ‘to- day. : The “whiskey. was captured froni four persons bringing it from Minot or the Canadian border, the sherift her: sald. The four men arrested were: T. J. Kavanagh, Moorehead, Minn. Chas. Shoemaker, Mooréhéad, Minn. | Chas. Norman, Fargo, N. D. Arthur Margeroue, Moorehead, Minn. | The men were traveling in high- powered ccording tg word from Washburn. ‘o of them were “whis- 7. ‘Offers What He Decla ). is Used to Guarantee Notes Farmers for Campaign Use While Farm Loans Is the Bank of North Dakota use ‘campaign while the making of re F. W. Cathro, director-general, The Valley City Times-Record unassailable proof to back its charge: notes $2,500 a piece to be used by The Valley City Times-Record an editorial. The Tribune reprinted crediting the Valley ‘City paper. Mr. this action. He said the matter was discovered the truth by calling up th phoiie. ‘FINAL APPEAL” DEMOCRAT BLOW Charges That. Administration Has Shown Incompetency and Talks on League WOULD HAVE ASSOCIATION Washington, Oct. 26.—Senator War- {key sixes”, capable of making better than 65 miles an hour, and were dri en at terrific speed in the border running. The first ¢apture was made during the day and the last two were captured late in the evening. The men, it is said, were botnd for Fargo or Minneapolis, Bismarck. Oftentimes whiskey run- ners come from the Canadian border, John Steen Persons who vote for e mone onnor ve with ‘his administs strong men in the state depart-, ments. ¢ Thomas Hall known man in John. Steen, form a farmer and business man, $ nominated on the Republican ticket over the socialist Walker WAR eee BELGIAN ARMY'S "BALLOON WINS he said was more dangerous harzard than for any other cause'of lumber piled in his yard, man Ode, on ‘Fifteenth s' matters were referred to the city en- gineer. COX SEES BIG MOVEMENT FOR HIS ELECTION Tells West “Virginia Audience , That ‘Judge Taft was.a Prophet Kenova, W. Va., Oct. 26.—Gover Cox, of Ohio, closed his West Vir- ginia campaign today with another | appeal for/the @eague of nations and a statement that the churches, labor | and women were together in the movement which, he said, was “sweep- ing the country.” He called attention ments a year ago by ae President Taft. “I desire to pay Judge Taft a trib- ute,” said the Governor. “He pos sesses a gift which I did not think was his. He has the gift of prophecy Speaking just about ‘a year ago in West Virginia he said that labor would endorse the league of nations because of its. provisions; that the churches would endorse it because it is right, and then if the women were given the vote they would all be for it because of their abhorrence for; war, and in the last week it is per- fectly apparent that Judge Taft cor rectly visualized the future.” WEATHER REPORT For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Tuesday, October 26. Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night. Precipitation ... Highest wind veloc Forecast For North Dakota: Fair and cooler tonight; temperature. NAMED, SPEAKER Bellefontaine, O., A tele- graph station on the Big Four rail way west of here has been named “Speaker”, in honor of Tris Speaker, leader of the championship Cleveland baseball club. to the state} Wednesday fair with rising | BENNETT RACE 1,100 les ‘from Birmingham, Ala. Free Ballocn Travels Mil | New York, Oct Officials of the Aero clubof America today conceded that \the Gordon Pennett international | ophy,for free“balloons had been wan by the Belgium entry pilot- two Ipelgian officers. Formal announcer jner of the arted ‘fron Saturday pr for several days, because of th sity of collecting aeronau jconnection with the contest i All seven balloons which had start- ied had reported to the club today ex- jcept United States arm 11, piloted by Lieut. R. jenees dispatches from Chic: ev tated that Thompson had lan jed Sunday night in ‘than 600 miles from Birmingham. led by n- ralnshant Ala, last MN not be made e neces: 1 data in ly w Thompson | With this unofficial report from | Lieut. Thompson » club officials idmitted that the B ns had won having covered about 1,100) mil jtween Birmingham and plain, where they landed y | POLICEMAN AND | SLAYER KILLED IN 4 BATTLES |: | Chicago, 0c , |Edward Marpool wi to- iday by an unidentified bandit whe | later met death after fighting four pitched battles with police. | Marpooi, answering a call, met two {bandits and w killed before he {could draw his gun. Three hundred [policemen drew a cordon around the | district and took up the hunt. ‘times the sergeant’s slayer tried | break through the ring but failed. ‘THIEVES TAKE WHISKEY FROM BIG WAREHOUSE) Chica, equipped \the loop toda | drug house with |of a central pol | watchman and ¢ go, Get. 26.—L‘quor with motor trucks iny broke into a whole a block and a e station, bound the, rted away 30 barrels | aded le and 300 s of whiskey valued at | $100,000. | The watchman said the robbers » three tr’ being gone about utes each time. balloon No. , Four | to! | thieves | drive at night and go to Minnesota points by a circuitous! route, often dropping down into South Dakota. Norman gave his address to the sheriff as Fargo, N. D. but he is said to be from Minot. Carl Kositzky ite exp in June. a ian of ability need in e Y in agricul- thoroughly | dog of the treasu All of the men will be arrested on i the target of all U. S. warrants, it is said. e. But his office shows a remarkable a | ‘record in efficiency and economy PLAN! and 'E Oct. ho is expected to receive Sherwood, N. D. 26.—During votes of eral thousand league [the past two weeks numerous ait- | 5 an experienced planes have passed over this town ; man who will ‘work for economy and vicinity and landed in nearby | in hahdling the state's money. Canadian towns where, it is under- Dann nnn. stood, they took on cargoes of us high as 20 cases of liquor. these planes came+-from Wyoming and Colorado. The whiskey planes, it has been learned, alight close to the liquor warehouse or a few miles ! out of town/ If the planes do not land near the warehouse the whiskey is hauled to it by auto. A new liquor house has just been opened at Gainsboro and a consign- ment of several ‘cars of wet goods reached it this week. Gainsbord’ is just across the line in Saskatchewan. In discussing the liquor running situation, the editor of the Sherwood Tribune comments, in this week's issne as. follows: “Autos by the dozen are still bring- jing the joy-water ross, notwith- standing a number of cars are seized {by the localgcustoms o Is every { week. An occasional capture is made |by ‘state and federal officials but the co-operation given,by the enforce- |ment department is so slow moving \that little encouragement fs offered.” AL QUE Soma, of as far as HAGAN SEEKING | 1922 “WAR CHEST” John Hagan the Nonpartis paign of 1! The plea was made at a secret meet- ing beid in the home of a Nonpartisan leaguer in the northern part of Kid- der county There were about 25 neighborhood people at the meeting. , After political speeches Hagan clos- | ed the eventing by asking the farmers to “subscribe gach for the cam- paign of 1922.’ There are many indications that the league leaders feel the desertions from the league and that members | are becoming..tired jof the inva drain made upon them for SOCIALISTS.IN APPEAL STRIKE AT OLD PARTIES $ soli¢ n league ing a fnud for “tor the cam- ARG Minot, N. D., Oct. 26.- {of whether violators of the liquor aws who are prosecuted under state jaws can be prosecuted by federal pauthonties was argued in the federal court before Judge J. W. Woodrough H In Asking Debs Support Com- | Attorneys acting in behalf of Martin ; Holt, William Kimball and Irvin mittee Says G. 0. P. and Young, ted in Renville county for Dems Are Failing | transporting whiskey, ‘who had en- ‘tered pleas of guilty before county Judge Percy Crewe and were sentenc- led to pay a fine of $250 each and ‘serve 120 days in jail, declared that they could not also be tried for these violations on federal charges. Judge Woodrough took the case under ad- visement? j Chicago, Oct -The national ex- ecutive committee of the Socialist issued a final appeal here today ist supporters and sym. vote for Eugene V. ymour Stedman, nom- Yice-President | Debs and LU «€ KIEST HUNTER International Falls, Minn., Oct. 26. }—Barney Collins is considered the Hluckiest partridge hunter in this sec- tion, because instead of having to kill |the birds. they thrust themselves on him. He was driving out of town re cently in a sedan automobile, he sa when two fat ones flew right into the j | Gar apd were captured and were captured. | in part: utive committee t party in the closing urs of th mpaign eddie to you a note of warning. The drift from | the parties of capitalism has heen con- ceded, even by our opponen admitted that all signs ind ndous vote for the Socialist pa candidates, Eugene V. Debs and Sey- | mour Stedman. he old two- parts balance of pow-| The dissolution of y * organizations of the} g¢ classes is almost as marked as olution of the Whig and Dem- 2s in the north during the before the ascension of presidency. of the Republican} Chicago, Oct. 26—Wheat prices i Democratic, parties 0 ine ian, | made a sudden ascent today and trade | lity of the Whig | authorities ascribed as one of the rea- | s toa handful ot | sons a falling off in offerings from | vee ders. IN| the southwest, apparently due to the | ining day Their | farmers 5 ‘ Is | An extreme advance | of domes reaction eae fof 10 3-4 cents a bushel took place. record of brutal conquest over | December delivery touching $2.10 1-4 | If Demoeratic rule of the mail-| 7CCemuer Ceres eto $199 3-4 at | \ st in Haiti and San Domingo is] #8 @8ainst 98 ‘ -2 to $1.99 3-4 at! (1. shocking record of brutal overthrow | Yesterday's finish. ee lof sister Republics and miltary rule| The strike or stoppage of selling | in the interests of American bankers | by farmers was announced sometime | lit should not be forgotten that all this | #480 by officials of the United States } occurred without any protest| Wheat Growers’ association, 9S rom the Republican members of Con-| against continued eytting down of | gress.” prices until it was contended the fi- |The appeal follow JUMP AS FARM and De slave ow ren G. Harding, in a final pre-elec- tion statement to the Amer people made public here toiday, declared the Republican party “goes to the peo- ple assured that they will recognize its superiority as an instrumentality to administration and that in the election new impending they will give it the certificate of their confidence and trust. The Republican party nominee crit- icized the Democratic administration of governmental affairs, declaring “the nation is determined to be done with democracy under the mere. guise of Democratic. forms.” The Republican, he asserted, “has proposed in its platform and developed 4in the ut- terances of its leaders, a program which contemplates equal opportunity for all and .“recognizes the voices against exploitation and profiteering.” | As to the league of nations, Senator Harding summarized his party’s posi- tion as follow “The Republican party proposes to form an association of nations as will most effectively further the aspifa- tions for world-wide and permanent peace without sacrificing any part of the independence of the American nh- tion. It believes America can and must bear its full part and respon- sibilities of the world but it always believes that’ America alone must de- cide’ what that part shall be.” PLACES TO GO res is Conclusive Proof That Peovie’s estate loans is virtuall ys it is not. The record is given herewith. In it the Valley City clares that five Nonpartisan leaders in Barnes county have secured on their . Townley for political purposes, made-a brief reference to the matter Here is the Valley City Times- BY HARDING IS: BACKED Bank Collected by Townley from Wait. 1 tor, political purpos in the present suspended? that it is—and offers what it terms ‘Times-Record de- in the editorial in its editorjal review, Cathro took The Tribune to task for false and that The Tribune could have ¢ Bank of North Dakota over the tele- Record charges and proof: Mr. Cathro s that no money has heen loaned to Nonpartisans of Bar- jes county or any other county for ae nl purposes from the Bank of North Dakota. Mr. Cathro says we ave a liar so we are going to prove that instead of the editor being the liar it is the manager of the Bank of North Dakota. We had not intend- ed giving the names of these five meu in Barnes county who got money on their notes for political purposes. VWe are forced to do so by Mr. Ca- thro’s accusation that we lied. They are ee OW. NOLITIMIBR, OHN STAUB, | GEORGE C. RASMUSSEN, | | JOHN McINTYRE, } WM. OLSON. i These notes were given to the Sec- jurity National bank of this city and at the time Mr. Townley came to Bar- nes county to get money for the Non- partisan campaign right after the pri- mary, electiop. Many thousands of dollars were taken in and subscribed !all over this.county at that- time and these five notes were part of the ‘money contributed. The banks of Val- |ley City, some of them were asked to take these notes but refused, and finally the Security National bank of | this city, after being guaranteed that |the $12,500 would be sent from the |Bank of North Dakota to be held as \security until these notes were paid ‘took the notes and they were in’ this bank at the time we wrote the edi- torial referred to and probably are |now. When. the banks, would not take the notes the leaguers got in touch. with the Bank of North Dakota to get jthe money, and by mistake the wrong, phone number was secured at Valley City and one of our prominent lady citizens got to the phone and heard considerable of the conversation from the state bank and could have got- ten the whole works but she told them at Bismarck that they had the wrong i number. We can give the lady's name, also, if necessary. However, the ‘money was-sent to the Security Na- 1 |tional bank of this city to guarantee {the notes and it was sent at the re- quest of the league leaders and Mr. Cathro knows it only too well. He ts deliberately and wilfully trying to de- Marion, 0. Oct. 26.—-As election | ceive the people of this! state in these day draws near volunteer suggestions j matters: Done Other Places {| for a vacation trip tor Senator Hard What has been dote in Barnes ing ‘are coming to his headquarters here in increasing numbers from his friends and admirers. Popular winter resorts have asked to be his hosts and several elaborate nrivate homes have been placed at his disposal for whatever rest he may decide to take after the end of the campaign. {Today was virtually his last, breath- ing’ spell before election, for he starts tomorrow on a campuign trip through Ohio ‘that will Jast the remainder of the ‘week. OPEN REALTY OFFICES IN CITY Henry & Hen of Valley +City, doing a real estate and investment business have opened offices in Bis marck on 4th St. This firm will fices in the state. T. S. Henry will continue to manage the Valley City office and Frauk S. Henry the management he e. WOBBLIES ARE RAID VICTIMS Kansas Cit; Oct. §.—Forty-six persons were arrested late, last nigh‘ when police raided a meeting in Kau- sas City, Kan., at which authorities | said speakers made requests for funds to assist in bringing about the re lease of I. W. W.'s sentenced to the | [federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, | _Kan. ‘WHEAT PRICES MAKE SUDDEN ERS HOLD GRAIN ——_—_—_—- nancial returns to growers were be- low the cost of production. Yester day was the day set for the strike to begin but no market effects were no- ticeable until today. ~ The exceptional strength, which de- veloped in the market today, was en couraged to a considerable extent also that export buying on a large scale | was noticed. It was estimated that exporte! purchased 1 000 American wheat and that Gre Britain and France were buying in India, where of late famine has heen | reported. jof the most respon The market closed strong, 9-4 to 19} Barnes county who would not need 4 (Continued on Page Seven) ag -4 cents net higher. now have two of-} will have | of | county hag been done in other coun ties of the state, no doubt, although we cannot say as to that, but we do {know that it was done in’ Barnes jeounty. “Shoot it to the Other Banks” Cathro all you want to but you can- not fool thé people. You may call the editor of this paper a liar but you annot stop us from telling the truth, neither can your arch conspirator Mr Townley drive us out of business. Why has the Bank of North Dakota loaned millions of dollars of money outside of the state at 2 per cent when yout can get 4 per cent for it in the state and more from good farmers if you want to loan it to them and they are the ones who should get it. Millions of dollars have been lost to the farm- ef the state by this reckless plac- ling of public funds at a lower rate) of interest than could pe secured at | home. Why has Cathro been a tool | to this sort of business. Why have Inot the farmers of this te been al- }lowed to borrow money at a reason~ lable rate of interest on their own good paper instead of peanut politi- JGans who have been boosting this listic propaganda that is going on in North Dakota? Why is it that ithe Bank of North Dakota or rather the officials are so afraid to let the peo- [ple of the state know its condition [Why is it that every effort on the part of the state auditor to examine this bank is resisted’ by those in| Are there a lot more notes hh held as ‘political co!- ilateral backed by the money of the ; farmers of this state while the farm: | lers themselves can get no money ta | tide them over the rough spots? Come lon Cathro, tell the people these things. | {You have asked for information, call- }ed the editor a liar, now we are back ling up our statements, and you can- | {not back yours because we have the | i charge? for $2,500 that you sent this $12 ity National bank of | this city to take care of these five notes. You know that either you oF those under you at the orders of some one ‘higher up there sent this money and you know, of course, that thes notes were given. If they were not [for political purposes will you kindlv | state to the people of this state why ‘that much money loaned to five ble farmers of vient tool, 1500 to the Secu jloyal servants of SE OF BANK’S MONEY BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA “LUSH FUND” SAYS EDITOR SAY MACSWINEY. TREATMENT WAS A BAD BLUNDER London Papers Criticise Gov- ernment’s Policy Toward Hunger Striker FEAR IRELAND One Paper Declares That Brit- ish Policy Stitfens Re- sistance STRONGER London, Oct Announcement of plans fur the removal to Ireland of the body of the late Terence Mac- Swiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, who died yesterday morning in Brixton prison, this city, was expected today. Articles on‘the death of MacSwiney occupied much space in the morning papers regardless of their political policy. The Times, which is hostile tu the governinent’s Irish polic acks the government, the matter of reprisals. Referring specifically to MacSwiney the newspaper expresses the fear that the effects of his death will not be confined to the British Isles. “Misguided Patriot” Asserting the Lord Mayor was a guided but sincere patriot, dying is convictions,” the Morning Post verely at- specially in “We cannot perceive what relation can exist between suicide and martyr dom. We cannot forget the many their country have been shot down in the mere per- formance of their duty in Ireland and for whose’ memory there is no popu- lar appeal for fallacious sentimental- ity.” The Daily News says the govern- ment imprisoned MacSwiney as a criminal and converted him into a martyr and that the responsibility for his death rests on the government. ga Nation the newspaper de- ‘Ireland is being welded more surely and tibly by the premier and his armies into a nation that will not be conquered. Irish nationalism will be given a stimulus almost incalculably by the Lord Mayor's death “The murder of ‘MacSwiney by the government,” says the Herald, organ of labor, “was accomplished after slow torture for 74 days.” PROPOSITION TO END STRIKE GIVEN MINERS Cost of Coal to Consumers is One Basis of British Pro- posal to Workers London, Oct. 26.—Formdl negotia- tions between the government and the cutive officers of the miners’ fed- eration in an effort to settle the coal strike were reopened this morning, in- dicating that the informal discussions which have been in progress since Sunday had; proven satisfactory to some extent at least. It was reported from th Wales today that the miners’ of! Is there had before them yesterday the gov- jernment’s new formula on the wage question, which is said to be based upon coal values. The miners are to get two shillings a day increase, but the future selling price of coal witt depend on production ig if pro- duction falls below a ¢ n level the price of coal will be increased to the householder; otherwise ptesent prices will be maintained. Under this plan the miners, while receiving more wages, would co-op- erate with the owners in preventing increased prices. Much significance was attached to tod: negotiations, especially in view of Permier Lloyd George's statement in the house of commons that he loath to call such a con- ference until a basis had heen reach- ed which looked as if it might lead to final negotiations The belief expressed today such a basis had been reached. that |GREEK KING DIES OF MONKEY BITE Athens, Oct | Greece died at 5:2 | His death was due ‘to wounds receiv: when a pet monkey attacked him ear {in October, the king being badly mu- tilated. : The death of King Alexander gives | goods on you. rise to the question of successors Challenges Denial lto the Greek throne, Former King } You cannot deny the fact that On |Gonstantine was reported, according solicitation from your political bosses |¢Q Swiss dispatches October 17, 28 lof whom you are their most subser- | intending to take advantage of the } situation created by his son's illness, by returning yo Greece and claiming the throne. | PRINCE PAUL SELECTED | Athens. Oct. 26--The throne of Greece n » vacant by the death ot Alexander will be offered to nee Paul, third son of former King lly announced. oS Ic ‘onstantine, it is o Twenty-four per cent. of the farm women in the United States assist in the field work. whey Pa ie