The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 6, 1920, Page 1

e |? b=] THE BIS CK TRIBUNE = Generally Fair : LAST EDITION aaa i7 | REAL TBE THIRTY-NINTH YEAR : BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. MONDAY, DEC. 6, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS FIND SMALL’S SECRETARY HARDING TELLS CONGRESS HE'LL HAVE TEAMWORK Predicts Closer Cooperation Be-| tween Congress and the White House EW SESSION OPENS CROWD DENANDS APPEAL ISSUED FOR FUNDS FOR BANK EXAMINATION: VENGEANCE FOR: , . GIRL ATTACKS. _PANKERS CONFERENCE TO HAVE LARGE ATTENDANCE stony to toa Jet in x STATE POLICY |___Boanbs arrear ror rubs | MUST GET CASH OR STOP WORK BOARD ASSERTS loom ‘To the Public: ) | of Trio \ T0 BE TALKED We, the undersigned state officials, acting as a state board | | of auditors under authority of a law recently initiated and enacted | { AT CONFERENCE’ by the people, which prescribes that an examination of the state | THREE OFFICERS KILLED, |Bank of North Dakota and other state-owned industries shall be’ apn ea | 'made under the direction of-this board, find ourselves without | funds to pay the cost of such examination. / y Santa Rosa, California, Dec. ~6.— President Wilson May ‘Deliver ee Bee cap in ais ohée : the Communication to C “ Riau tig a aan National Aid May Be Requested|( _, The law initiated and enacted by the people did not appro-| Popular Subscription to Pay Ex- : ommtunjcation to Congress so cononn conaty Aud Detecive Ser, by. Bank®rs Who Meet priate funds for the purpose, but we deem the will of 118,269; ences of Bank Examination ’ . in, Person : on iy; MiG i se al : ‘ainettve | : people who voted for this examination as mandatory, and that the; * i % ‘ : ag Beant Miles; Jackson um potize Here Tomorrow examination should be made immediately. | Is Sought 53 Nl Lester Gorman, of San Francisco, here i * ye . e spe at at Washington, vee. 6—A day. of K vdstenaes Dea Natl davecine hour | = We have entered. into a contract with a firm of certified} a 4 . wo-operation and friendly rela- hes ‘ a ou . ‘accountants to make this examination and the work is now under 7 . oP fax tjons ‘between. the waits aise death today. “the officers were shot BANK POLICY ALSO UP way. Settlement must be made with the firm each wreck. NO FUNDS FROM STATE i ‘and Congress was. forecast by/ when ,they. attempted 40 arrest Boyd, | ae | We made application to the industrial commission for funds 4, Wanted.in connection with recent at- J . te nd Vy . rs . . | far .. President-Elect Harding. in al {| theksNon young womén in San Fran. | SU@ge, Robinson Holds Can’t Be to carry on this work, and ‘funds were denied, Application was, Lack of Appropriation Causes : show! addreage thon! te ash of ~— oe + Oa is! ae Aner being wounded Boyd ccessful Under Present caine to ae smergency commission for the setting aside of| popular Apneal, Board 2 ough discldiming | G hot the ‘officers. ace ee 13,5! jut: that was refused. | 7 > on ideaine to eritlctie: ie pieaene JOHN DOUGHTY | CITY AROUSED | Organization “The board is confronted with a situation that forces it! Members Say \ administration Mr. Harding de- ‘TORONTO, Ont.—John- Dough- ore e oe feet as | oither : ‘ : Frey 5 eaten clared;it one -of ‘the ambitions ty, former private secretary to (| °S8" Francisco, Dec. 6—The tragedy” pankers from every part of toa one ts refuse to comply with the wil] of 118,269 citizens and a) An appeal to neople of the. as his for years as chief execu- D promo Ta. Small, missing ‘To. {tt Santa Rosa was a development Of state. are expected “to come. to Bis-| Zone" demand that there be no delay‘in the examination or to: tive to iMlure better tedm work | onto. theatre millionaire has oe ree pore for & gfoup of mer marek for the, conference of bankers | Seek funds to pay the cast thereof from citizens generally. | state to pay the expenses of the { bs aa is te branche of ths ‘been brought back io ‘rorSuvo probate ae sre oh da gee” Silat oa called. by 0. Ey Lofthus, state bank! Doubtless the legislature, which convenes next January 4,!examination of the Bank of overninent. ie speech, whic! following his arrest !n Oregon di: arama Nie women. exaaniner, tomorrow. \ will a rig 2 i kami ion; c f 7h Teer "i : did’ not. touch on detailed ques- City, Ore: He is alleged to have indignities, a nts and brutality au Probability of the discussions of the wil oppropriave have by wey ihe Soenaene Yhis “exarnnatioe North Dakota and other state i \ tions of, policy, was delivered by | confessed to the theft of $10, /# qouse in Howard street, ih one ©! meeting taking a broad scope has in- ich the people have said should be made. but as payment must. industries was made public to- the Président-elect in respanbe 060. in Canadian victory , bonds, [pO fenpely settied districts. creased interest among ‘bankers and|be made immediately we therefore ask citizens of the state to day by the state board of ; to an qvation that greeted him | missing after his disappearance Police revelations of assaults by others who are closely. watching. the Make contributions to pay the examiners. jay by the state board of audi- ‘ee iter es RD CN ce (ee Decgnnes. “\Douehty. romans Sea Sean Foactieh cllieeusen ae ee ofan conference. “The meaty Contributions should be considered in the from of a loan to, tors, created by the enactment » flo per in his. capacity.as a Senator silent on the disappearance of j° eds Francisco citiz as hs ng was called by the state examiner ‘ait err afi ae , a ae initi | | and answered to the opening roll 1 Fie Tonmef-employer, grith. the {20 criminal ineident since tho bomb after the executive council of the | Be state. The board will issue certificates to contr ibutors, who of the initiated law by popular call of'the' ew’ Session: | exception that the last time he explosion in 1916 during a prepared- bankers” association adopted resolu-| are expected to be repaid by legislative appropriation. vote on Nov. 2. i ae , ; saw him was in his Toronto ness day parade. Pleas of the acctt8- tions offering co-operation in seeking | Remittances may be made to William Langer, Attorney-Gen-} Members of the auditing board + Washington;:Dec. 6£-The third and! theatgr a few hours before Small~ | ed-men were set for toduy. a solution of present problems. ‘eral, Names of contributors will be considered confidential. Let) who have employed accountants who Charles Valenti, owner of the house There is a feeling among many: where San Francisco officers and farmers in this part of the state that | young women had been attacked in Congress in its session which opened , that city, Terrence Fitts, who has today can do much to aid the agricul- | served three terms @ prison and Dor- tural and_ banking ation of the othy W. Quinlan, San Francisco, country. Farmers believe that jmme- | who were present atthe shopting are diate action ought.to be taken to pre- i ycur subscription come in promptly so that this work will not be, discontinued. DO IT, NOW! : | Dated this fourth day of December, 1920, Bismarck, N. D. THE STATE BOARD OF AUDITORS, They expect the legislature to reim- By William Langer, Attorney-General, Chairman. burse all contributors to the fund held without bond. For hours last vent the influx of Canadian wheat ar Carl R. Kositzky, State Auditor. ; which must be available immediately rf i ORDERED UNDER 2. the prisoners listened to a -other products. ‘fhe dumping of mil- | Thomas Hall, Secretary; of State. jas weekly settlements must be made D | throng outside the jail which demand- lions of bushels of Canadian wheat! JUL {with the accounting fir m ‘ed immediate blood vengearce for the into the United States immediately af-! / ‘ g firm. ry of ORF DUTY FIRST killing. Two attempts to rush/ the ter the harvest has becn declared by This is not the first time such a TIME IN 2 YEARS jail were sto d by police. | some authorities be responsible in | joven jas been Lean epee ia ji pped by polic | to esponsible in | cording to Thomas Hall, a member of disappeared. PAA AR ARR AAR RAR AAAS are now examining the bank, said that the examination was begun immedi- at n response to a general demand. final session of’the! 66th Congress be- gan today with ident-elect Hard- ing in his seat in his capacity as a member of the senate. The galleries began to fill early in the day and were crowded when the gav- ‘ els of Vice President Marshall and * Speaker Gillete fell promptly at noon. Senator Harding was given a-round of\ applause as he entered the seat chamber just before noon. Spectators arose all over the galleries to. obtain BILL T0 HALT a better view of the President-elevt ‘part for the depression of , wheat i 1 who entered from the cloakroom with, lee eA ra ae Fn an oo | 3 the board. He said that some years Sauiator Lodge, Republican leader. ' Government Wins Lehigh Val-: CONVICT GETS j prices a sume eee =. ern ee eaiegeee tier ners years : Mr. “Hotding:wag Immediately sur. ley Case in the Supreme ‘ : | ‘The resolution of the industrial! retary» of state, was forced to | ,made for a state educational institu- 3 i . jtion a popular appeal was made and rounded by a crowd of senators who shook his hand and clasped him on. the back, The ‘President-elect wel- . comet i i “with ¢ a d his admirers “with a broad ‘The government tod commission authorizing the Bank of; break his record for constant at- North Dakota to refuse to honor dr: ; tendance to his duties because of | : ’ the response was immediate and suf- made upon it for funds by public trea ' the illness of his infant child. IS PRESENTED ficient. (: H N . ! Mr. Duffy had not missed a day | ‘an Have No Delay | Members of the board said that they Court | y won its anti-| urers is held by many bankers to be! SHORT LIBERTY 7 | smile. t iF 4 ; ‘i \ 4 strust $ Q the Lehigh Vall ae ;unwise in that it is tantamount to] at his degk in the secretary of lecawee P 1a ‘Gove Y be: ‘ Be oe a alpen nade allroad Company and affiliated co Claude Peoples, negro convict sery-, offering to the bank the power to 4 sta office since he assumed | . Freese acta tian ahonhtc te ae ° fuge.to pay debts while it can draw| his position in Aprif, 1918, until | Representative Also Would Al ferreq until the-examination of the . A ;_ porations. li < : aohay " | known whether he will deliver his P°%4 ; Hed 4 {ing a. life: sentence on a charge o% ' last antiual message to Congress to- ESL ial autre oo ln ae murder, left the penitentiary Satur hevenaen rian oe pu pl Wana tained charges of monopoly and. viola-» day night. ceive him should he deciaet Peadine: tion of the Aherman. anti-trust law.| His visit did not last over th the custom intefrupted by his illness ‘he court held that charges of ‘viola- end, as he was back in prison Sunda. 2 “hu-qatte tion of the commodities clause in the evening. pecanator Lodge, of Massachusetts, sorimation of the Lehigh ‘Coai Sales) Peoples is belleved to have’ slipped ed at company had been proven. \by a gate-man. He was picked up by upon banks of the state for money. | There ‘are many who believe it will; complicate the situation, although @ week- State officials believe it is a solution to y the problem presented with reference to the distribution of funds. | There were reports today that an effort would be made at the népeting torterrow to get through a resolution | his child became ill. , | bank examiner is made as of Dec. 31- ) They said that this could not be done |because the board was expressly cre- ated as separate from any other 5 \ 5 5 0 | Washington, Dec. 6.—Bills provid-'@8en¢y of the state and because un- ‘i. }ing a duty on wheat and flour imports der the: law the state jexaminar, ods ip ns 3 u Dt not have authority to examine the lia- and regulating grain exchanges have bilities of the Bank of North Dakota, . ! Representative but is charged only with the duty ot * {Steenerson, of Minnesota, who expect-, ¢Xamining the assets. ‘, ted ti introduce both measures tod -{ Jt was emphasized that contributions i ae ice both measures today, must be made immedjately or the ex- ap Gi low Farmers Organizations on Exchanges b the White House to inform the Presi- ributi As i e 7 oy f 7 dent that Congress was in- session shed styibution ot stock in the Lp-, the chief of police of Mandan. alegiting jhe Governor to’ call a special been framed by cigar high Valléy company asked by the a Tr ive communication session of the legislature to repeal and ready to rec from him.~ It wa¥ the first meeting between President Wilson and Sena- tor Lodge since before the peace trea- |NEGOTIATIONS ‘the initiated law. If/a move of this government was ordered by the court gort shduld be’ made it would he cop- | on the government's contention that } | common stock ownership officers and FOR PEACE IN | strued as political by many hankoree jin addition to his resolution authoriz- amination will have to cease. The , siders that an emergency jing the federal trades commission to board cot ] ty iW ; : ‘directors, constituted restraint of) +! : : ' cara Ts : Be ee ete erntce Lodge j rade prohibit by the Sherman act, ERIN GOING ON Oa open up a genera’ Head of Delegation Says Am@r- | investigate the activity of foreign ¢xists and it Is undersiond av emere. : : | Justice McReynolds and Brandei oi ees a Tia Aico i + . ra ’ ency appropriation will be introduced London, Dec. 6.—Unofficial relations | Policy of the Bank of North Dakota] ican Public Opinion Will | governments in the American grain j) ii Teeislatiite: In miaktite appli- ~Meet in Blue Room The President received the senators took “no'part'in the consideralion the case. Justice McReynolds was market. ‘cation to the emergency commission lhe Saturday Evening Letter of Jus-! Duties of 30 cents per bushel on for $3,500 for the work the board in a of the British min- tice J. E. Robinson opened this sub- n leaders have been ‘between member Back Stand and representatives in. the Blue to call upon him and was the first notification from the 66th Congress to call upon hi and was the first congressional committee, with one exception, to be received by Mr. Wil- son since he was jtaken ill:more thay a year ago. 5 After Senator Harding spoke bri y the senate adjourned without trans- , acting any business to await a com- | munication from. President Wilson. PASKAGE.OF BILLS ! i Attorney-General while the case was pending. , | HOLDING FAST FOR $3 WHEAT tion bjlls and: preliminary work on! fargo, N. D., Dec. 6--Organization matters to be:nushed by the new ad- o¢ farmers pledged to hold wheat for} ministration were expected to occupy $3 4 bushel have been ‘completed in | much of the time for the last session < Minnesota cities and towns, ac- | or the sixty-sixth Congress. Jing to A. Slaughter of Oklahoma, | Sessions today were, limited to the national organizer of the National usual formal ceremonies in the Sen- wheat Growers’ association. ate and House. Tomorrow the annul - He said it was planned to organiz> ! message from President Wilson wiil 2)) the wheat. growers in Minnesota. | be received and Congress ,,ifen: will Organizations have been completed in | get down to the real work of. the Crookston, ‘Thiet River Falls, Crag- session. Receipt from Secretary Hous-' ness, Moorhead, Barnesville and Ada, | ton of the annual federal appropria- he said. tion estimates, aggregating several, yr. Slaughter, V. L. Hughes of biltions ot dollars, was one of to- Drummond, Okla., and five other or- | day,s events, ty ganizers, after working in western | Adjournment until tomorrow out of Minnesota and North Dakota, left re- | respec for houre members who have :cently for eastern South Dakota and | die fi cand e ¢losing of the last win! concentrate their work in south- | session in June and to await the Pres- western Minnesota and eastern, South | ident’s message, was arranged to fol- :pskota for the next tew weeks, they | low today’s routine. This included gaiq, Ve the chaplain’s prayer, roll calls of swe will stand firm in our deman¢} membership -and adoption of resol-' gor $3 a bushel-for heat, despite the tions to notify the President and each erent declines,” M@, Slaughter said. body of today’s assembling. Senator |«That is the lowest figure at which Lodge of Massachusetts, the republi-'the average farmer can raise wheat can leader, had charge of these res- 4; profit. Our organization is non: olutions in the Senate, and Rep. Mon- pojitical and is not affiliated with the dell of Wyoming, still on crutches Nonpartisan league, though we seek from a recent accident, acted similar- the assistance of alf organizations in | ly in the House. is jour fight for fair prices. We have Other Formalities 10,000 members in North Dakota and Other formalities on today’s pro- expect to have 50,000 in that state gram were the swearing in of Sena- very goon.” ! tors Cérter Glass, of Virginia, elected | f to fill the unexpired term of the late 4 Senator Martin, and Senator J. Thom- | WE. AT o as Heflin, of Alabama, suécessor to the late Senator Bankhead. Several ; new Housé members elected to fill For twenty-four hours ending at noon, | vacancies also were to be sworn in. | Monday, December 6. These ‘were the only immediate Temperature at 7 a. m. ‘ changes resulting from the Novem- High: esterday we ee ber election, none” of the new Sene- Lowest terday tors or Representatives taking their | Lowest last night. seats until after March 4. The ses- precipitation .. sion beginning today, however, was Highest wind velocity. the last for many members, includ-) Forece inge prominent veterans, who retire! Dako! Fair tonight with sine die adjournment next | nd Tuesday; rising temperature March. Testy and im the extreme west por- Both Senate and House expect to! tion tonight. plunge immediately into work tomor- | W = row, organization under republican control having been affected last! Van Hook, N. D., Dec. 6—When the spring at the-first regular session of Van Hook night school opened severat | the present Congress. Committees farmers were present and enrolled. “It were organized, except for a few vac- | is believed that other farmers in the ancies and enlargement of the House ‘community will attend. The ‘enroll- (Continued on Page Seven) ment now numbers 30 persons. HER REPORT || a * Wor North istry and Sinn I* ‘entirely uninterrupted, says the Lon- don Times, in\commenting on rumors of peace negotiations in Ireland. During the past six weeks at least four channels for unofficial communi- cations with various sections of. in- fluential neutralists opinion in Ireland have been kept open in spite of crimes in Ireland and reprisals by Crown for- ces there, the object of maintaining order and restoring peace not having been lost sight of by either side: NEGROES UNDER DEATH SENTENCE GET NEW TRIALS Little Rock. Dec. 6.—On ground t¥at the Phillips circuit court had erred in refusing to permit introduc- tion of evidence to support a charge that prejudice in the exclusion of negroes had been shown in selection of the present jury the Arkansas 'sa+ preme court today reversed and r manded for new trial the cases of s' of the Elaine negro rioters who were under death sentences. ROBERTS NAMED H. S. INSPECTOR L, Roberts, high school inspec- hool ¢ c. tor, has deen named high sc jaminert by Miss Minnie J. Nielson, |%2 # state superintendent of public instruc- tion. .As high school examiner Mr. Roberts will be in charge of the: cer. tification of high’ s¢hool teachers, 1 duty. transferred to Miss Nielson’s of- fice by the’initiated Maw. ¥ WASHINGTON—Uncle — Sain want them to arrive before Christm fis. { loss. MAIL EARLY F' aE You CARE and Santa both urge | ject, which is expected to occupy some itime of the coming session of the degis- j lature. if Robinson's View Justice Robinson takes the view j that under the present system of or- ‘ganization the bank cannot be a suc- jcess. He say | “To restrain and curb exploitation and to promote the general wel- j fare of the constitution of North Dako- jta permits the,state and each county and city to do business the same E natural person. The state has a to make wealth, to do banking, mill- ing, manufacturing or any business. The Bank of North Dakota has been | Hegally zed, but under the law ! | of ion it is not, and it} ucce: It is subject j administrative con-| jtrol and it may well be used as a! | political factor. Hence, the clamor} | and the vote for its examination. But heven though the bank were examined fevery day “tt could never be above! uspicion. To make the bank a suc-; ss it must be reorganized and put ton the same plane as the Federal Re- | ‘serve banks. It must be made a cor-j porate entity. with public and private directors and responsible ste j neve j to. political and one knows in the public | | even in the administration of | se there is no efficiency. The rvant will steal his time and | hin’ and leave hig work un-j{ done, There is’ no supervision, no | | control, and nobod¥ seems to 1 |To make public business a succes ‘must be linked and united with pri- vate business and personah gain orj If there is to bea special ses- | (Continned on Page Two) i @ A hat all Christm a ‘Don’t Open Beto Just mark then A parade was held here recently to stress the importance of mailing early. | withdrawal of Argentina from the a directors |; / = 4 i k Geneva, Dec. 6.—Argentine’s amend- | ments to the covenant of the league of | nations, rejection of which/caused the | delegation of that country to leave the assembly Saturday has been referred | to the embly for consideration at its next meeting. Honorio Pueyrredon, ; head of the Argentine mission. told! the Associated Press today his delega-! tion would leave for Paris on Wed- nesday or Thursday.” “I was .willing to consent to the} postponement of Argentina's amend- | ments except those regarding the ad- mission of all states and the election of the tour el ve members of the j council,” he said, “but the assembly has seen fit to resort to a technicality of procedure in a matter vital to the life of the league. I am sure Ameri- can public opinion is with us in this matter and J have already’ received in- dications of this in a cablegram from Chicago. las sent “Senior Pueyrredon intimated the sembly might be followed shortly b formal announcement of that country’s to retire from the league a BOMB EXPLOSION WRECKS PORCH Mount Kise Dec, 6.—A bomb explosion early today wrecked the front porch of the home of Michel Pitrello, wealthy building contractor. Pitrello, aroused by the detonation which shook the neighborhood dashed out of his house-and fired five shots. PLAY SAFE! MAIL YOUR PRESENTS EARLY RAP WRAP WITH CARE dies be mailed early, if you ristmas” and mail them NOW! is one truek in the parade. bun re C) Thi: ‘HOLBEIN TAKES wheat, $1.35 per barrel on flour and letter said: “We are assured that an 30 per cent. ad valorem on semolina emergency ¢ ists under the law and and other wheat products are also that the duties imposed upon us by provided for in one of Mr. Steenerson’s the people are such as will brook no bills. One of the causes of the slump delay in their performance.” of wheat prices, he declared today. Put Under Bond was the dumping on United States, 1, was announced by the commis- markets of millions of bushels of sion that the accounting firm making wheat and several million barrels Of the examination had furnished a bond flour from Canada. a Thi ta a pa i" of $10,000. This is considered ample The measure designed to regulat® jy the hoard, inasmuch as the board grain exchanges provides that organ- jyombers are under bond for the per- izations operating them shall admit formance of their duties as public of- groups of farmers organized on the guiaig there will be little Actial! cash co-operative principle on equal terms j.andied by the accountants. with other members. |. Some members of the Nonpartisan league have openly ‘expressed the ‘view that the examination should be made at any time. Others believe it 'should not be named until the newly- elected officials take office. Some local ‘Nonpart have boasted the preseft examination would never be finished because the board would not have ‘money to pay the examiners and the xaminers would quit. > GOOD ROADS JOB of the , ha wot NATIONAL BANK sin this) CLOSES DOORS; MAY SOON OPEN Medina Bank of Small Capitali- zation—No Raid Being Made on Bank of North Dakota | Wiliam Holbein, secretary (Minot Association of Commer accepted the position as the North Dakota Roads and will have headquart city. | It is expected that an amendment j similar to the Babe amendment | of Minnesota, will be placed before ! the lature with a request that it be referred to popular vo E ing a bond issue to provide, fun the construction of a state-wide sys- tem of improved roads. WILSON HELD N GOOD SPIRIT Washington, Dec. 6 President Wilson did not indicate today to the for | aid” on the Bank of urers. ; At the bank today was stated ‘that drafts amounting to probably $200,000 had been presented by treas- urers, which appear to be in excess congressional committee whether Ne of their Thode Gnaee quuoie ae atari ett at ee ait the industrial commission the bank per inal fe would eomminicate withy ems NAYS wewen.nol to “pay "cliesd Congress. | The President received the congres- sional committee standing. Former ; Speaker Champ Clark said the Pi dent walked into the room “bris j but with a cane.” Senator Underwood, of Alabam:. ‘described the President as being im | good spirits and looking very well. | |GET BLUE BOOKS | AT HALL’S OFFICE The distribution of Blue Books pub- | lished by the state is being made ex- iclusively from the office of Secretary of State Thomas Hall. Because the Bsmarck Tribune company printed the books as state printer many persons ave written to The Tribune for| The Nortonville State Bank and the books. All applications should be | Citizens State Bank of Edgeley, closed made to Mr. Hall’s office. The Trib- | today, the state examiner was inform- ‘une cannot supply them. |ed. it \ | | 1 stated that drafts have come chiefly from the treasurers of Mor- ton, Logan, Mercer and Hettinger county, and some from treasurers of school districts. The executive coun- cil of the state banke: association asked that the treasurers not with- draw funds as permitted by the ini- tiated law, at this time. The Fi National Bank of Medi- tutsman county, was closed to- y by the directors of the institu- jtion. The Tribune was informed hy long-distance telephone that the di- rectors expect to arrange to reopen the bank. Its capital 5, 000, the lowest permitted under the |national bank laws. It also is the ! first. member of the federal reserve system in the state to close.