The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1920, Page 1

| ===|THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE=: (| THIRTY-NINTH YEAR — “BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS SOLDIER-POET, D’ANNUNZIO, UPHOLDS WEHE IN FIGHT FOR STATE OFFICE Judge Nuessle Decided He Is Entitled to Office as Com- pensation Commissioner WEHE’S SERIOUS CHARGES Alleges That Perjury Committee In Leaving Out Important Part of Proceedings Laureas J. Wehe has won another step in his long fight against removal from office as a member of the work- men’s compensation bureau. Judge Nuessle, in district court, af- ter a hearing yesterday afternoon, is- sued an order holding that Mr. Wehe was illegally removed from office and holding the removal proceedings had were illegal and void, and further that Wehe was and is the duly qualified commissioner and is entitled to the office an dto perform the duties there- of, restoring Wehe to office. Since Wehe’s removal last April the Governor has appointed C. M. Spencer of Williston. to Mr. Wehe’s place. Fighting for Justice In a statement following the hear- ing Mr. Wehe declared that the office he was fighting for was incidental, that he now ts fighting for right and justice. mt is expected that the attorn representing the Governor, George Foster and L. M. Simpson, will appeal the case. fice rious charges wer dune the hearing. He alleged that the return of the Governor to Wehes petition in corut left out the steno- graphic transcript of the proceedings in the Governor's office in April and Wehe’s answer to a letter from the Governor. Turning to attorneys for the Governor, Wehe charged that per- jury had been committed, in the made by Wehe | swearing that the return of the Gov-| ernor to Judge Nuessle's court was a full and complete return, when in fact the important part of the proceedings had been left out. Alleged Uaalsslon eet is part of the proceedings, set inthe answer ot Mr. Wehe salleged that Catherine Mosbrucker, stenogra- pher of Attorney Theodore Koffel, was present during ‘all the time of the al- jeged hearing on the afternoon of April 23, 1920, and that she took the proceedings down and transcribed the shorthand; that Mrs, Millie J. Woods, who now is in arn who was stenographer to the Governor, @ wan cere and took di A all proceed- ings. Wehe further sald: orhat, neverthel the Governol hag-wilfully or otherw refused ang neglected to make a true and corned return of all the proceedings had an) taken before him by his actions in making and swearing to a return to this court without including in said return ,a tral ript of the proceedings had and taken by the stenograpber in his office.” wi it r mieest that the defendant wilfully and knowingly made af Ise return herein by leaving out of his said re- turn and as a part thereof, the peti- tioners answer and letter served PO him by registered mail on Apri E jyzv, as heretofore set out. and ma ed exhibit 3 hereof; and that said e- fendant did wilfully and knowingly make a false return to this court when he stated in his return the following. to-wit: ‘The defendant having made full and complete returns to the court of the matters and thin aid matter 1 neroin when he left out and failed to make a part of the said return of the court a transcript of the steno- graphic notes and minutes taken dows by his office stenographer, Mrs. Mil ie J. Woods, of the proceedings had and ken before the Go' Week hearing on the afternoon of 41 23, 1920.” ee ' o gaid his letter of demand a hearing was left out. fore Camere proceedings ee x ge Nuessle on certiorari - lores The court heard arguments tv Messrs. Theodore Koffel and L. J Wehe for the plaintiff and Messrs. G. kK. Foster and Leslie Simpson for th defendant, Governor Frazier. Governor's Aner ee The Governor's rset ou E ne wa pended on Apt 1 ee for cause “shown to the defendan' and removed on April 23 1920 The an: r claimed three days notice of a hearing had been given to Mr. Wehe, and that the plaintiff declined to sub- mit to a hearing or to give evidence: Affidavits of J. N. Hagan. S. S. M ponald, Charles Gutman and other: charging Wehe wit) various 4 hich were the basis of the alleged removal, were included. These were a part of the e before Judge Nuessle, as the case devolved upon whether the alleged hearing Was in fact a hearing. Mr. Wehe said today “it is not the office that Lam fight ing for now, for that has become @ matter incidental to the right and jus- tice involved in the ¢ ‘A bunch ot highbinders who ha by the throat for several years have attempted to rob me of all a decent msn holds to as his greatest 4 i society. In order to do this they have (Continued on Page 3.) s further stated that “petitioner | gs involved in| and of the proceedings | vernor at the al- | OLD FACES TO RETURN TO TREASURER’S OFFICE IN STATEHOUSE WHEN MR. STEEN TAKES OFFICE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK Auditor-Elect Poindexter Announces Job Under Lemke Is Prize Plum for Office Seekers Old faces will return to the state treasurer's offfice next week when John Steen assumes the office. Mr. Steen who served two terms as treasurer, announced today that J. 0. Lyngstad, of Jamestown, will be de- puty state treasurer. Mr. Lyngstad, who is now eNga&ed in the automohile business, formerly held this office un- der Mr, Steen. L, O, Rudser, of Cros- by, who came into the treasurer's Office six years ago with Mr, Steen and is now in the office will continue as chief clerk. Melvin Steen, of Knox, a nephew of the treasurer-elect, will be cashier. C. H. Lincoln, of Bowman, will be the bookkeeper. Miss McDonald, of Bismarck, and Bertha Olson, also will be in the office. Ralph Madland, now in the treas- urer’s office will move across the hall to be deputy under D. C. Poindexter, who will ‘become state auditor Jan, 4. Mr. Poindexter, who was in Bismarck yesterday, announced that he would retain John Bowers, now in the audi- tor's office, and Bowers will be chief clerk. Dan McPhee, who has been in the treasurer's office for many y WILL CONTINUE PEST BATTLES | Finds Gopher and Grasshopper Chituzio Extermination Pays Farm- ers Well HAVE MARKETING PROJECT Wasliburn, De 9. -~ During vember a letter was sent out to every farmer in the county by A. A. Norling, county agricultural agent for the pur- pose of finding out what the gopher, grasshopper, raarketing and other pro- jects saved the county in dollars and cents during the year. According to the farmers’ own re- ports the gopher extermination pro- ject saved the county during the year $540,683.50 al a cost. of 661% cents per quarter section for gopher pvison. Ninety-seven and two-tenths per cent. of the farmers reported that they want the gopher work continued next year. The = grasshopper — extermination campaign cost the county $9,650.50 and the reports show a saving of $154,034.00 to the county. A Sheep and Wool Growers’ associ- ation bas been organized during the year and one carload of wool shipped co-operatively by the farmers. Farm: ers have also been assisted keting seed corn, hay and other seeds. Considerable work was also done on plans for horse marketing but this work later had to be dropped due to the closing of the horse market in St. Louis. The largest part of the work been spent on the gopher, marketi and grasshopper projects but in addi- uion some work has also been done on sweet clover, alfalfa, corn, Kubanka wheat, sunflowers for silage, introduc- ing sheep and purebred cattle into the county, getting at the cost of ra ng wheat, seed loan work, fi counts, coyote survey work, si eradication, county auto tour and seed testing. At the present time Mr. Norling is attending township meetings to dis cuss the Farm Bureau. At the ing held at Roseglen Tuesday ¢ ing 100% or every farmer present voted to become members of a County Farm Bureau should one be organized Messrs. Hans Skeitan. J. Hill, Sr., and A. J. Stoven, all of Rogseglen were appoin local committee to look after rm Bureau interest n their tow! PANESE STILL OPPOSE LAW Washnigion, D State depart- ment officers stated that Rep. Julius 3 Kahn, of California, who conferred yesterday with Roland §S. Morris. American ambassador to Japan, was mistaken in his impression that Japan had withdrawn opposition to the Cali- ornia anti-Japan Jand law adopted n that state at the recent election. SOLDIERS TAKE ~~ UP MUCH LAND Ottawa, : -Figures sued by the Canadian soldiers settle- ment board show that 202,730 acres of new land have been broken up by sol- ettlers in the western provinces ng the total area o y soldiers in the west 2,000,000 acres of which was free grant lan The board loaned up to Novem 20, $80,043,043 to 19.879 settlers, the | great bulk of which went to the fou restern provinces. In addition the board bas purchased for settlers stock and equipment to the value of $22,319, 158. ans i Appointments—License and is an expert book man, will con- tinue in his present work. Frank Smith will be a bookkeeper and Helen Gallagher, now employed by the Bis- marck Commercial club as _ steno- | grapher, will be in the office. Mr. Madland, who becomes deputy, has done important work in the treasur- er’s office and has been a friend of Mr. Poindexter for years. There will be few other changes among employes, perhaps none, ex- cept in the oftice of Attorney-General- elect William Lemke. In addition to the appointment of assistants, Mr. | Lemke also will make appointments in the state license department. It has been rumored that F. L, Watkins, now employed as an agent in the li- cense department, will be head of the department under Lemke. It is said that Mr. Lemke has had 400 applica- ions for the position of head of the cense department. Auditor-elect Poindexter, he had had many applicant: tions just after his election, : “Did 12 Why I had applications two days after I was endorsed at Far go, before the primary last June.” Lansing, Mich., Dec. 29. overnor Albert Sleeper today denied the re- quest of Wisconsin authorities to the extradition to Iron county, Wis., of Leo Groves, chief prohibition enforce- ment officer for upper Michigan and two of his assistants, indicted in Iron unty on a rge of murdering John leged liquor runner. “UNCLE JIM” TO BE MISSED IN STATE COUNCIL Representative James A. Harris a Strong Figure and Highly Respected Man FOUGHT FOR EDUCATION ! An iMeresting personality will be | missed around the legislative halls in (Bismarck and in the public councils ‘in Mercer county in the passing of} former Representative James A. Har- ris, of Stanton, who died in Mandan following a stroke of apoplexy. “Uncle Jim,” as he was affection: tely known, was admired and r spected by n many bitter poli ‘cal opponents. Born in Port Huron, Michigan, May 16,1850, he was educated in the com- mon schools and lived at Owatonna, Minnesota, before coming to North Dakota, April 26, 1905. Mr. Harris! engaged in farming most of his life and held several minor offices in the township and district before he was elected a representative from the forty-eighth legislative distric Active in Atiairs During his in Mercer] county Mr. Harri p in allt civic affairs. He was very promiu- ent in farmers’ movements, and was an important figure in a coooper: tive ‘buying and selling agency. He elected to the legislature four years and two yeurs ago with Non-| partisan league endorsement. Mr. Harris left during his} terms. It is said that the school bill which provoked sUch a hard fight,! was the cause of his breaking, toge-| ther with the opposition to what he considered unsound radical measures. ' Mr. Harris was deeply interested in school advancement, He intro- duced many important bills regar ing education while in the legi: ture, and was known as an authority on schools and a champion of educa- tion. He was intensely patriotic, and served on the draft board in his county ting the war. He was a delegate to many conventions, farmer and politicul and other kinds of con- entions, Mr. Harris made friends at all the conventionns and he kept the badges to remember the incidents. Badges he kept covered a good side hoard, on which they were pinned. | Mr. Har: jowned two farms near Stanton, and| was a good farmer and business man. ; That Free Love Bill During the legislature, when he be- Leaine disgusted with talk of Jove” he introduced — what known ds the Harris “free lov The bill was introduced purely as a! joke, but the opposition used it pol- | ilically against Mr. Har i } M Harris was of charitable di: | | position and many persons are deeply | appreciative of charitable acts ren-) dered by him, says Thomas Hall,; | Secretaty, of state, although, he add- ed Mr. Harris didn’t w his | char on the collar of his coat- sleeve and not many people knew of | his acts.” {| what they BRITISH LABOR PRE-WAR BASIS ASSAILS RULE 18 SOUGHT IN OVER IRELAND U, © EXPENSES Report of Commission Starts House Appropriations Commit- Protest in Parliamentary tee Slashes Requests 100 Circles Per Cent IS TARGET |SHIPPING BOARD HIT, GREENWOOD Say Secretary for Ireland Evad- ed Questions in House of Commons Must Get Appropriations from‘ Other Methods—Money for Soldiers London, De A movement cal- culated by its organizers to place the full weight of British organized lab- or in support of the Irish self-deter- mination claims be&an with the spec- ially convened conference of the labor Washington, civil bill 292 or $42 ed by the government was reported today by the ho mittee on appropriations. Dee. The ying @ total of § sundr rtments com- members of parliment in London Jt was the first of the big supply’ today after which several mem-; x to be com- bers of the party's commission: Plete and its total was 14 less | than the amount appropriated for sim- ilar purposes last year. Indicating a desire which investigated the situation told observed and learned there. to put govern- A resolution was adopted chal-) ment expenditures on pre-war government to disprove the committee set aside only — $160,611,292 for actual sun-j} jou’s accusations regard- other Iry civil expen of the government, | which was within thiry-four million of the total amount appropiated for) and ing charged to the Crown forces.. The conference was held as a cur- reprisals outrages tain raiser to a campaign for self- 1925 determination and in opposition to! , Hitting Shipping Board the government's policy of repres- Tho largest single reduction, $147,- , 000,000, applies to the shipping board emergency flect. corporation, the bill providing that the organization shall be supported catirely out of various sourecs of income, Requests from the department of justice for $300,000,000 for enforce- ment of the national prohibition act was eliminated entirely. The sum of $16,060 was appropriated for suppres- sing liquor traffic in Alsaka. “other Slishes Other principal slashes made by the sion to be inaugurated by the Jabor-+ ites in Manchester Jan. 17 and to be concluded in London, Feb, 15. Serious Indictment, Cameron, chairman — of ission’s si AL G. indict- ment agains n try- Inf to govern Jreland ever placed be- fore British people.” The speaker dec ter in which Sir Hama pnWwood | (chief secretary for TJreland) has: ¢, Titan | evaded questions in the house of com- aE pnat urance ~~ $87,000,000; mons reflects discredit. upon himself yocational. education, $13,000,000: and on the house: military posts, $60,942,815; national fe added that as a result of her’ .emeter 9,000,000; flood control, | handling of the Srish question Great) Mi ppi river, $3,330,000; nitrate Britain “has not a friend in the |p $10,000,000; Panama ¢ wor ' $7187,255; immigration servi 567,58: mployment service, $1 991; re mation, 3 publ health service, $4,467,000; armori and arsenals, $6,238,000; public buil x ings, $4,798,400; Bureau of Mines, $2 The First Farmers Bank, of Minot,| 112,00 and department of justice, $1,- which closed a few days ago, is. ex- | 989,304. pected to reopen. In printing an ac-| ‘The bill includes a ‘sum on account count cf the closing received from|ot military and naval compensation Fargo in The Tribune yesterday, it| {or death and disability ot soldier Was erroneously indicated that the | sailors and marines, medical and su bank was located in Fargo. gical and hospital treatment of bene- juries of the war risk insurance act aid vo onal rehabilitation of the soldiers, sailors and marines, COUNTESS IS SENTENCED TO HARD LABOR Dublin, Dee, 29. man- BANK IN MINOT MAY SOON OPEN GETS JAIL ON CHECK CHARGE South Dakota Man is Sentenced Countess Georgina “to Serve Thirty rkievier, who tried by a court 11 on a charge of consipracy to Days organize a seditious soc was Lo- day sentenced to two years at hard labor in prison, The spec allegations against ler was that between January, 1918, and September, 192), she had plotted to organize a Sinn Foin Boy Scout s0- ciety. STATEPEOPLE ey, of Huron, S. 1), was to service of 80 days in jail a fine of $100, to be served out at the rate of 00 per day if not paid. by Justice of the Peace Dolan on a charge of issuing a bank check with- out funds, Hiltsley, it is Minot, Fargo, C.F. Bilt sentenc and pi claimed, operated in Minnestoa cities and Bismarck. It is claimed that he wrote | a check in Bismarck on a Huron, $ | He was arrested in Minot, brought | Just fo this city and t 1 before € Dolan. According to Deputy Sheriff Phelps it was charged that Hiltsley would open a bank account in a tow y depositing $J0, and then write a check for a much larger amount. Razor Firm in Hands of Receiv- | er—Local People Invested Some in- | nd Forks, N. D., Dec. 27 Grand Forks people who hi ed a total of $20,000 or so in nck of the Collins Safety Ra company of Chicago, which last w went into the hands of a receiver. are curioug to know what has hap- pened to their money. For that reason a meeting was hele in the farmers room of the county court house to consider plans for sending an attorney.to Chicago to in- vestigate the affairs of the concerr It is estimated that North Dakot ov TO ADVERTISER , Owing to the necessity of overhauling our presses pre- paratory to moving, it will be necessary for all advertisers to have their copy for display and classified advertising in our hands not later than noon Foe ee aed OO lu td of each day. ao Cee eck of the Collins company which During this week, The Tri | yas to manu bune will issue under the new | ravor. C. B. schedule go'ng to press with Falls .S. the final edition at 2 vn. m. | the concern, With the New Year, however, | [he compay © hands t into the cS receiver last week and its lizbili- the former eight page news- are understood to be in the paper with two editions will hhorhood of $225,000. No an- nonneement of its assets has as yet obtain and the same service been made. given the patrons as before. The management asks the kind indulgence of its readers and advertisers during the week and urges them to get their copy in as early as pos- sible as the composing room is able to handle the regular line of matter provided the copy can be secured slightly earlier. BISMARCK. Several Bismarck people invested money in the concern. WILD WESTERS IN GERMANY Karlsruhe, Germany, Dec, 29.-- Wild west films are prime favorites in the German provincial moving pic- ture theatres. An Arizona picture with an army of cowpunchers, cow- nd Indians, is one of the films d all along the Rhine and in thé cities of Bavaria and Baden. TRIBUNE CO. GIVES HAVE YOU SEEN THIS YOUNG MAN? U | Have you sc whose liken: He is the son of Peter Ino asking thet the printed in ‘The ‘Vribune locating 1 the shown above Romer pickave be to aid in young 2 when he going to Bi train fur Linton, He was well-dressed we ing en army overcoat, being a former service men. He is light complexioned, 21 years old and is an electrician.” The young man's father lives at 9 ‘Third’ strect south, Fargo, INSPECTION OF WAREHOUSE FOR WOOL PLANNED 2art of Grain Growers Conyen- tion to Be Held Soon at Fargo Fargo, ND. Doe. 29 of the North Dakots Inspection wool pool ware- house and demon ations in wool market Lin the program of the Tri- grading, and is includ State $1 vention to be 18 to 21 inelusi The visit to emit ivapection of the ing has been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, january 19, the entize afternoon be- ng devoted to it “© program for the women convention has eon a ie vfternoon he auditorium, F preparing it for { Grain Growers con in Fargo Janua the warehouse where t e of he will f \ 3 Lon prepar- we wool for staged in the auditoriy on Method ary 21 ot packing and marketin ‘S vill be shown. Ut 0 North Dakota pool ng will be completed by the r of February About one-ftth of wool aded has fallen inte the“! blood” and fine grade, two-fiiths inte the “34 bloo one-fifth into the “4% blood” and th miwing one-alth into miscellancous 1.200 growers have consigned of 756,000 pounds to he pool. Speakers at J conven- » Paul > ( y of Ure con- ¢ of the ho path Dakot Hee Se fa =| Worst, Bisma R Bu L, North Dakota Farm President F. Lada of the Nor tural College. TAX EXEMPT BONDS ARE HIT: Washington, tional amend ance of any t t% federal governmen! any county or municipe posed in the house tod McFadden of the i rch g committee. at| i! a vo or the quity operative | . Which will Lold its annual junction with t Aaniodt, Potato “i mill and elevator FIUME CONDITION OF PEACE WILL BE _ ARRANGEDSOON |General Caviglia Will Meet Del- egation From Fiume Council SHORT SIEGE 'D’Annunzio Unable to With- stand Slowly Encircling Italian Forces FOLLOWS | Fiume, Italy, Dec. 29—Ga- brielle d’Annunzio, early today 'surrendered all his powers to the Fiume communal council. General Caviglia, commander of the regular Italian forces will arrange the conditions of peace with the Fiume council. Seizure of the port of Fiume in September 1919 by Gabrielle @’Annun- | , [talian poet-warrior, at the head of 8,000 volunteer grenadiers and ar- diti, was the dramatic climax to # | controversy reaching back to the ‘Treaty of London, concluded in the Spring of 1915 between Italy and the | Allied powers, under which Italy en- tered tne war agamst the Central Powers. Demanded Fiuue | The treaty igned tha part of Tyrol soWth of the Brenner Pass, as !well as Trieste, G ja, Istria and a ‘section of the Dalmatian litteoral to italy, but gave Fiume, the seaport of | Hungary, to Croatia, When the war ended, Italian na- tionalists, including D’Annunzio, de- manded that Fiume, with its prépon derant Italian population should be given to Italy, an act that would » required the revision of the ‘Treaty of London. ‘The Italians, ., ah @ co the p ine:p <a. of ‘“self determination” enunciated by President Wilson and pointed to the fact that the population of Fiume, up- on the dissolution of the Austro-Hun- garian Impire, had proclaimed through their National Council, the union of Fiume with Italy. Croatia, now a part of Jugo-Slavia, opposed the claim on the ground that Sussak, an important suburb of Fiume and part of the city itself, was overwhelmingly Jugo-Slav. In ad- vton the Croatians charged that whereas Italy already had excess of valuable ports, their country and the adjoining lands needed Fiume as their only outlet to the sea. This position won the support of President Wilson who was suDsequently de- nounced by D'Annunzio and his sym- pathizers as “the only obstacle to the c.isaton of Tutly’s aspirat.ons, Pres- lident. Wilson's view, however, was shared by the British and French, Backed by People | Backed by Italian opinion, the Ital- a delegation to the Paris Pez ; Conference, headed by Premier Or- lando and Foreign Minister Sonnino refused to yield to Italy's claims. In | Apr 1915, the er ane 6 head ; When President Wilson threatened to ‘withdraw from the conference. He ssued u public statement sustaining the pact of London insofar as it re- ‘lated to Fiume. Receipts of the doc- |Ument in Italy precipitated numerous je#nti-Wilson outbreaks in which D'An- | nunzio took a leading part. Mean- ; While, Orlando and Sonnino Quit the ‘paris conference and returned to Rome where they were received with |wild acclaim by the people. The Italian Chamber of Deputies adopted ot confidence in the Orlando ‘ministry, Later, however, the two inisters resigned. For months Filme has been apart jfrom the world. | BOOKS AGAIN ARE DEMANDED ‘The stpr der con ne court today has un- ation an amended peti- ale board of auditors, y-General Langer. to records of the Drake ociation be turn- {ed over to the accountants of the state board. In the new petition it is pointed out that e terms of office of two membe of the board expire Janu- ry 3, that the initiated law under which the examination is made pro- vides that the report shall be made to the legislature and that the leBis- lature meets on JanUary 4. Th action is brought in the su- ‘preme court, instead of in the district court, it is stated, because of the de- lay which would result in obtaining final decision if the action were brought in the district court. In- stead of ng an order to show - | cause, ‘d of auditors asks that -| the court ue ‘rit commanding the industri: ion and others in its employ to immediately surren- and give possession of all books und records necessary to complete the examination of the Drake mill.