The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 30, 1920, Page 1

THE WEATHER THE BISMARCK TRIBUN. LAST EDITION A BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. SATURD AY, ocr. 30, 1920. PRICE.FIVE CENTS WARN AGAINST VOTE FRAUD | BY ANTI-TOWNLEY CHAIRMAN TRIBUNE ENDORSED BY COMMITTEE BRINTON CIRCULAR CLAIMIG SUPPORT SHOWN FALSE Campaign for Official Newspaper, a Business Proposition for Voters, Dragged Into Mire by Townley and Brinton Methods. . of the ‘‘Anti-Townley, Anti-Sociali making a vigorous attack upon The Tribune and vote for this paper is a vote for t organ of Burleigh. Voters of the county ‘should n attack. The Tribune has refrainc - petitors. It has regarded the se purely business proposition. The race is absolutely newspaper in Burleigh county. betwe Brinton’s presen ist. committee of } Unfaiy roorbacks ¢rom the, camps of Brinton and: Knappen | enlivened the campaign for the official paper of Burleigh eounty, Mr. Brinton, who until today has been silent on all Anti-‘Tow: nle \eandidates, has circularized the voters of Bis marek under the Burleigh county, declaring. th he Townley candidate for official ot be mnisled by lectionkof an offici een The ago when an apparent break came between Townley not over principles, patronage. + but merely over spoils and dl Official Endorsement ‘ Brinton knows that he is dealing in lies when he claims to have | aul this eleventh hour ct from attacking any of its com-, paper Tribune and the league | didate before the vote: ce in the contest merely serves the ends of Townley’s paper established a few weeks and Brinton, ivision of the the endorsement of the Anti-Townley Burleigh county committee. Here is the official endorsement of the-committee over the signature of H.! P Goddard, county chairman: WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY FOR THE CIRCULAR LETTER HEADED ANTI-TOWNLEY, ANTI-SOCIALIST BURLEIGH COUNTY COMMITTEE AND SIGNED ANTI-TOWNLEY. ANTI-SOCIALIST - COMMITTEE, ENDORSING THE BURLEIGH COUNTY FARMER'S PRESS FOR THE QEFICIAL PAPER OF BURLEIGH COUNTY. ‘ AT A MEETING OF THE PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN FROM ALL PARTS OF BURLEIGH COUNTY, HELD AT TH GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL, DURING THE LATTER PART OF SEPTEMBER, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE WAS ENDORSED AS THE OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BUR. , H, P, GODDARD, LEIGH COUNTY’ Bae ‘ x _ COUNTY © , ANTLTOWNLEY, BURLEIGH COUNTY COMM. Brinton’s circulars have been repudiated by all tlie workers on the anti-Townley Burleigh county committee and The hy, eee has been officially endorsed as the only newspaper of sufficie®. circula- tion to handle the legal notices and to give service to the voters of! Burleigh county. ‘A drive for the Farmer-Labor Record, the league paper, was made today from St. Paul. - Cireulars from that city were received. It is fitting that the campaign for the league paper should be made “from St. Paul where the editorials are written and the policy of the! league papers fixed, Supporting Home Institutions Do the. voters of Bismarck desire to support a paper whose revenue must be diverted to the | gue headquarters at St. Paul or | do they want to support a local institution that has been on the | ground for forty years aud stands for pernranency “vote on stri¢tly business principl ’ bune The Tri and seeks your! The Tribune has a larger circulation in Burleigh county than’ -the combined paid circulation of the Brinton and Knappen_ paper These eleventh hour attacks are difficult to combat. nts to thank the anti-Towuley workers for the support given | it in this campaign. It hopes, win or lose, to be able to reciprocate Py for the many. kindnesses shown. It is Ah unfortunate feature of the law that newspapers must | enter the hurly burly of politics to secure patronage that should | lap s go to the paper of largest | Harding conferred with Republican by all the laws of business and fai AIrne as"a} DEFENDS SCHOOLS { MISS MINNIE J, NIELSON | Perhaps the most remarkable can- in next Tues- Minnie J. ndent of public te-elec- day's election is \ , State superinte struction, and candidate tor tion. f | Though her enemies have used un- | derhanded methods they might think {of in attacking her, she has not swerved from a steadfast policy of 2 straight forward fight on her recor of service for the schools of the state. When s Nielson was first elect- jed, her defeated opponent, Neil Mac- | Donald, fought her in the courts, She j Was helt! entitled to the offide. + Though her enemies attempted to belittle her qualifications the supreme court, dominated by judges elected | with Nonpartisan league endorsement. ‘found her qualifications ample. Though her father is a pioneer farmer, and a pioneer in legislation in the state for the benefit of the farm- er, she is accused of being an enemy of ‘the farmer. Circulars containing false state- ments have been spread broadcast at- i tacking ‘her, but men and women of | the’ state voiced their confidence in her by giving ‘her a majority in the June primary. - |. “Miss Nielson is an educator of wide reputation and wide experience, in- ‘cluding scholastic attainments, teach- ing in all grades of schools and as an executive of the Barnes county schools and of the state. Miss Nielson’s name will be found on the nonpartisan ballot. .0.P, NOMINEE CLOSES IN THE OHIO CAPITOL | Senator Harding Leaves Cincin- nati to Make Address in Columbus, Ohio. COX IS IN CHICAGO TODAY Cincinnati, O. Oct. of his campaign travels Senator circulation, one committed to a policy of progress and one which | Jeaders as he prepared his last speech is striving with its might and main to build a bigger and better Bismarck, and County of Burleigh. People should be able to go to whatever newspaper they! with their legal business. > What Brinton Did Had it not been for Brinton, however, father of the new! bill, hundreds of editors today would not be deprived of their just | The Tribune speaks for! the loyal opponents of Townley income. who fought the battle against Socialisni while this was eating at the Townley crib and enjoying the income that was! produced under this newspaper act. He, of all candidates in the state, is least entitled to considera- | tion. The newspaper law sent many fearless editors to other states 4vho left rather than submit to coercion of Brinton, and Townles That would be fair and American. ame desire paper | Brinton | to be delivered in Columbus tonight. H Leaving here at noon the nominee | was to make several stops on his way ,to the state’s capital. He planned to | conserve {his voice, however, for the | Magut address* in which he will sui i up nis chthpaigif goad rest his plea,for | the support of the country. Among those with the Senator this | morning as he went over aata was ' Harry ‘«. Dougherty, the Harding pre- | convention manager and a membersof , the Republican campaign commit- \.tee. | With his speech tonight Senator | will have made more than 170 ad; dresses, long and short, since his nomination in Chicago. If any candidate deserves being buried election day it is the! author of the bill, de: from the state by legalized boycott. The same is true of the Farmer-Labor Record recently pried from the‘ publie trough. starve out ile opposition. Victorious or defeated, The fighting the battle of decency in Money Sp But voters of Burleigh, do not bune is entitled to your vote fro It makes no difference if The Trib ing contracts. These were secured other printers in the state. cause it was the low bidder not because of any love the T igned originally to drive independent editors | Its sponsors assisted in framing the news- paper act which denied at first the voters the right of naming the! the official papers for a period of two years hoping i in the interim to! pres Tribune will be in the front ranks St will work just as hard for the interests of North Dakota, Bureligh county and | just as hard for the interests of North Dakota, Burleigh county and: the City of Bismarck, whatever the result. state government, ent Here be deceived. The ma strictly busin une company has tk through competi administration bears toward this institution. Moreover every cent spent by the state for printing has been disbursed in Bismarek in the way of increased payrolls, additions to the plant and improvements of other kinds . Has any of the ave of The Tribune a like record of accom- plishment? Bi e bids narck Tid; standpojnt. state print- against | The Tribune won these contracts be-! fownley The case is in your hands Mr. Voter—Brinton’s-and Knappen’s eleventh hour roorbacks should not sway you from the path of duty. VOTE FOR THE TRIBUNE. i COX IN CHIC AGO | Chicago, Oct. 30.—Five speeches :0 Chicago, one in Gary, Ind., and an old- time torchlight parade are on the schedule of Governor Cox today for rindup of his campaign for the lency. One of the greatest demonstrations of the campaign is planned peeve tory to the evening speech at the Col- iseum, where Governor 'Oox’s oppo- |nent, Senator Harding, was nominated. 'BURKE E MAY QUIT | U.S. TI TREASURY John Burke, ‘treasurer of the United i States, and former Governor of North | Dakota, may resign from his post in ha short time, according to reports. reaching the The reason for j'the suggestetl ion is not given. ‘PALMER ASKS POLLS GUARDED | Washington, . Oct. Oct. 30. Attor ney- General Palmers today tructed all law enforcing bodies to give attention to election law violationg He in- structed no leniency must be shown violators of the federal election laws. Niel: | -On the last] , STAGE IS SET IN ALL STATES FOR ELECTION Characterized =e Fact That | There Are Six Parties in National’ Field IN| ARE CANDIDATES | We | | i Nominated for Senate and Many Minor Places on the Various State Tickets New York, Oct. 30.—The national and state elections to be held next Tuesday, November 2, will be notable ‘for the number of women nominecs A and the lafge‘number of parties which ;have nominated candidates. Six parties have national fickets for | President and Vice President, thougir by no.meansg in all the states. These tickets are’. Republican, Democratic, , socialistic, Prohibition, Farmer-Laboy and Single Tax. About other part ties have candidates either for state tickets or for representatives in con- gress, bringing the total of all par- ties in thé field nearly to a score. In the presidential election there will be chosen 531 members of the electoral college of which 266 will be [int ae to the election of a candi- date as president. In the last elee jon president Wilson had 277. 33: States Elect. Senators. The present membership of the Unit- ed States senate fs 96, composed of 47 democrats, 48 republicans and one re- publican and progressive. This year 33 states are to elect 34 senators, the terms of 32 members of that body ex- piring on March 3, 1921, while the other two are being selected to fill un- expired terms up'to March 4, 1925... Of the 32 senators whose terms expire next March, 17 are democrats aad 15 republicans. And two additional va- cancies were caused by the deaths cf Senators Bankhead of Alabama and Martin of Virginia, hoth democrats, One senator is to bé chosen in each of the 33 states except in Alabama, which elects 2. The only states which do not elect senators are Delaware, Maine, Massa- chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Miss~ issipni, Montana, Nebraska, New’ Jer- sey, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Ten- nessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wy- oming. Women Candidates, , Women candidates’ for the senate have been nominated in six states by the Prohibitionists in Indiana, New York and Pennsylvania; by Socialists in California, by the Farmer-La Party in New York ‘and Connect and by Independents in Nevada. The total membership, 435 of the next house of representatives is to be elected. Of this number, 218 is neces- sary for a majority. « The present membership is democrats, 190; repub licans, 232; Independent Republicans, 2; Independent. 1; Prohibitionist, 1; vacancies, 9. Women have been nom- inated as candidates for representa- tives in at least 11 states including ‘Alabama, California, Idaho, Towa, Michigan, | Nebraska, Massachusetts. Oklahoma, Oregon and ‘New York, Missouri. Governors in 87 States. Governors are to be elected in 37, states while elections for lesser states offices will be held in seven others. Those electing governors are: zona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, [- linois, Indiana, Towa, Arkansas, Mas- sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis- souri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hamp- shire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tenness Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington. West Virginia and Wisconsin. Both Democratic and Republican parties ‘Continned on Page Seven) MANY ST “STORES ARE TO CLOSE ELECTION DAY Many business houses in Bismarck will close on next Tuesday afternoon because of the election. This action will permit the vote to be cast muc ‘h earlier and avoid confusion at the | polls, in many precincts the vote will be heavier than ever before. Jamestown merchants announced that they will close on election day, es will close in many other towns in and it is reported that business hous- the state. COMMANDEER ALL PRIVATE ROOMS Warsaw, Oct. 30.—All rooms in pri- vate dwellings have been commander- ed by the government to ease the housing situation in this y. This action was taken because of the ap- proach of cold weather an? the seri- ous shortage of living accommoda- tions. Only three rooms will be al- gardless of their wealth. There are 42 women magistrates in London, England. lowed for a family with children, re- |, a WIN BY BULLETS IF NOT BALLOTS WOMANS THREAT Lemke Sits on Same Platform in Which Revolution Speech is Made STATEMENT ON AFFIDAVITS Mrs. Zimmerman, Bitter, Non- partisan Speaker, Repeated ~ Threats Dickinson, N. D., Oct. 30—Speak- ing frém the same platform on which William Lemke, league, candidate for attorney general and & Richard- son, league candidate for justice the supreme court, were speaking, a Mrs. Zimmerman, an employe of the Bank of North Dakota, said to a Gladstone, N. D., audience: “You must vote the Nonparti- san tieket, for if we can’t win by the ballot, we will win with bullets.” Mrs. Zimmerman was the third speaker on the program at the meet- ing held at Gladstone, N. D., on Oct. 19. In addition to Lemke and Rich- ardson, Adam A. Lefor, league can- didate for the senate in Stark county, and Fred Argast, county manager of the league, were speakers. Two Gladstone residents. who heard the address of Mrs. Zimmerman de- claring that the league “would win with bullets”, made affidavits this week setting forth the declaration made by the state bank employe. These affidavits follow: 7 State of North Dakota, County of Stark—ss. Jack W. Lefor, being first duly ‘sworn, deposes and says that on Oct. 19, 1920, he attended a Nonpartisan league inveting <i the-Gindstuie tid) at Gladstone; Stark county, N. D.. ‘and that a Mrs. Zimmerman who was the third speaker made the following statement which is a literal transla- tion from the German language which she used: “You must vote the Nonpartisan "league ticket, for if we cannot win by the ballot we,yill win by bullets.” (yi dack W. Lefor. Subscribed and sworn to before inc this 25th day of October, 1920. Jacob Krier, Notary Public.) State of North Dakota, County of Star—ss. Rufus B. Lee, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that on Oct. 19, 1920, he attended a Nonpartisan league meting in the Gladstone hall at Gladstone, Star county, N. D., and that a Mrs. Zimmerman who wat the third speaker made the following statement which is a literal transla- tion from the German language which she used: j “You must vote the Nonpartisan league ticket for if we cannot win by ‘the ballot we will win with bullets.” Rufus B. Lee, Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of October, 1920. Jacob Krier, Notary Public. COLLISION; NONE SERIOUSLY HURT Accident Happened Two Miles West of Medina When Trains Meet Head-on A head-on collision between North ern Pacific trains Nos. 1 and 2, two z , 75 miles east of 1 today. oO one was seriously injured, ac- cording to information given out the Northern Pacific division offices in Jamestown. The wreck occurred about 300 fmet from a switch where the two trains were supposed to pass. The seuperi tendent of the N. P. at Jamestown r fused to place the blame for the ac- cident. It is said that no cars left the track, but that considerable damage was done to the engines. A wrecker and three doctors were sent out from Jamestown. No. 2 left Bismarck at 9:45 a. m. and o. 1 was due here at 11:05 a, m. The wreck occurred at 11:45 a. m. MANDAN TAKES FOOTBALL LEAD The Mandan high school team ran ‘away from Bismarck in the first half, according to reports from Mandan. ‘The score at the end of the first, half was Mandan, 22; Bismarck, 0. NP. TRAINS IN SNOW IN BEACH HITS TRAFFIC The western part of the state was covered by snow today, ac- cording to reports recelved in Bismarck, A Pullman conductor snid that there had been snow and slush in and around Beach. Wil- Mam Langer, Attorney-General, was preparing to leave Beach by automobile to catch a Milwaukee train into South Dakota, He was unable to dg this, however, re- porting that travel eross country by auto was virtually impossible. 19 MISSING AS CONCRETE SHIP No Trace of Men Can Be Found —Fifteen lot Crew Were Saved ACCIDENT WAS DESCRIBED Newport, R. I., Oct. 30.—Members of the coast guard stationed here re ported early today that no trace had been found of any of the 19 missing members of the crew of 34 who were on the concrete steamer Cape Fear when that vessel was sunk in Nara gansett bay last night in’a collision with the Savannah line steamer, City of Atlanta. The Cape Fear was struck amidships and sunk in three minutes about half way between Castle Hill ov the Newport shore and Rose Is}ind going down bow first in 129 fathoms. the greatest depth in the bay. Captain Garfield, of the City of At- Janta, describing the accident, said that he picked up the light of, the Uape Fear and signalled with one whistle, which was answered. He was heading ‘steadily to port, he said, with plenty of clearance room when denly the Cape Fear swung acros' his bow, blowing two whistles as a signa: after she had turned. to cross to the other side, , Capt: Garfield said he oraered™ Tair speed: ‘astern ‘But could not avoid the collision. The City of Atlanta’s bow was dam- aged badly. Her bulkheads held, how- ever, and she anchored in the bay The Cape Fear went down 80 quickly that the majority of the crew had tc jump into the hay. The Cape Feat which had been lying in anchor at harbor since last June, was outward bound for Norfolk in ballast. CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE 1S HELD ON BAD CHARGE Lowe, Nonpartisan League Lead- er in Northern Part of State, is Arrested INVOLVED YOUNG GIRL | { Minot, N. D., Oct. 30.—A_ serious charge was placed against¢John Lowe, of Minot, nominated with Nonpartisan deague endorsement for Judge in the Fifth district, and arrested here today on a charge involving criminal assau!: {on a young girl. He was ‘arrested by Chief of Police Lano and appeared before Magistrate Lynch, waived preliminary hearing and bound to the district cour: under a bond of $1,600. The affidavit which caused the ar- rest of Lowe was made by a girl Wo formerly lived near Van Hook, on the Fort Berthold reservation, wos? mother occupied a farm adjoining one belonging to Lowe. The girl is said to have charged that she first became acquainted with Lowe on Feb. 28, 1918, when she was sixteen years of age, and that the acquaintance ripened dur- ing the summer season when Lowe visited his farm frequently, He a#so is alleged to have brought the girl to Minot. Magistrate Lynch issued the warrant for, Lowe's ar Lowe has been ve in_ the Nonpartisan league affairs in Ward and other porehw stern counties. THER REPORT Wes For Twenty-four hours ending at noon, Oct. 30. Temperature at 7 a. m. 40 Highest yesterday 53. Lowest yestefday ......... . 24 Lowest last night ..... e tise OT Precipitation -. None Highest wind vel 20-NW FOREC! For North Dakot: venerally fair tonight and Sunday; colder tonight. << { ‘Football Scores | e 3 North Dakota, 7, End first quarter: Aggies, 9. Georgie Tech., 3; End first half: Princeton, 9. Chicago, 6; Ohjo State, 0. Centre, 0. West Virginia, 3: ud- GOES. TO. BOTTOM FAIR ELECTION DEMAND ISSUED BY COMMITTEE Sample Ballot Suspicious, Real One is Passed Out by Workers URGE GUARDING OF POLLS Joint Campaign Committee for Fusion Ticket Sends Out Statement Fargo, N. D.. Oct. 30.—A demand for a fair election was made today by the Joint Campaign committees. Along with the demand, tliere was ed a warning against practices of picious nature which have been used by paid organizers for — the Nonpartisan league. “League managers are distributing white sample ballots which are exact imitations of the official ballot,” said a campaign headquarters statement. ‘All anti-Townley workers are urged to warn judges to watch carefully so that none but genuine ballots, with the inspector's stamp and initials in ‘the proper place, and put on in the presence of judges. Any ballot that is not genuine and properly marked by the inspector should be thrown out when counting.” Other Tactics This and other tactics used by ried workers for Townley have a warning to be issued to anti-’ Town- ley workers over the entire state to be on their guard against unfair prac- tices. The method, first reported from Bismarck, of confusing women voters is now being used by league organizers all over the state. Woman who are opposed ‘to Townleyism are being urged to sign their ballots. This would destroy them. \ Intimidation Used Other methods of, intimidation have been reported, such as threatening women. Anonymous pamphlets are teported on every hand. The election may be won or lost by the manner in which instructions, are given, to men and women voters against” Townleyism, and the manner In which the'-polle are guarded on election day. ATTACK REFUTED Fargo, Oct. 30.—B. W. Everson of Wallum, a pioneer North Dakota farmer, president of the Scandinavian Total Abstinence society. attacked most viciously in the pamphlét issued by the Nonpartisag league in Fargo, and circularized, without authority under-the name of the Fargo Trades and Labor assembly, is one of the most earnest workers for reform North Dakota has, according to Elizabeth Preston Anderson, president of the North Dakota W. C. T. U, Mrs. Anderson is supported in her position by Barbara H. Wylie of Drayton, secretary of the state w.c. T. U. ‘ “I have absolute’confidence in his morality, character, integrity and uprightness and am surprised that his political enemies should be so unwise as to attack him along the lines where he is strongest.” says Mrs. Anderson in a signed statement made public by her yesterday éven- ing. ' Mr. Is is president of the North Dakota Independent Voters association and he, with Theo. G. Nelson, sécretary, were subjected late last week to probably the most vici- ous personal attack that has been centered on any resident of this state by a political organization. Mr. Everson was in Fargo yester- day, and said that the charges against him, contained in the league pamphlet, were absolutely without foundation. e ’ Everson RURAL CREDITS PLAN EXPECTED TO BE DEVISED Washington, Oct. 30.-—— Representa- tives of agricultural interests in con- ference here ‘to 4evise a plan for ob- taining more liberal credits for the marketing, of farm products met to- day with the expectation of acting on the report of a committee named to recommend a method of procedure. Bre conference adopted a resolu- tiol 1 yesterday commending Comptroll- er of the Currency Williams for “the by sympathetic appreciation shown him” in “the welfare of the farmer: and for “his fearless exposure of the high rate of interest charged by the New York banks.” “SOAP LIQUOR” ON CHI. MARKET Chicago, Oct. 30.—Characterized by many of the rugged old tipplers having a distinct bearish movement on the whiskey board of trade, liquor disguised, labelled and billed soap, coming from Canada, made its appear- ar here today, according to federal Officials. The liquor said by imbibers not to have the strength of “the old stuff” sold cheap. A carload arrived on the market today, federal fi de- clared. Kitchner, Ont. has just appoint- ed its first policewoman.