The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 2, 1921, Page 1

\ ae i Tuer NET YEAR . THE BIS: rian ee NORTH’DAKOTA, WED: AY, MARCH 2, oat Ba in io CENTS LLOYD- GEORGE AGREES: MOVIE CENSORSHIP Oe. FORM P ROGRAM. \ FOR RECALL OF RIGHT OFFICERS Independent Plans Outlined Following Endorsement of Legislators AFTER woop, POIN DEXTER: Ligutenant-Governor and Audi-| tor Included With Other Officials. RECALL PROGRAM To recall Industrial Commis sion, Lieutenant-Governor, State prareed Justices Robinson, Grace and Bronson. Precinct meetings March 18, county March’ 18, state March 23 and 24 at Devils Lake. Joint Campaign Committee, as sub-committee of Committee Ji of 21, in charge. iat iad out first for initiated Eleltion probably June ae “Schoolhouse Cami business management "platform. , Campaign fund not less than $150,001 c Recall some senators and rep- resentatives. The Independent recall plans were announced formally today. Following the meeting of the Co a mittee of Twenty-one in Fargo, and meetings! of Independent legislators and others here Monday night and last night, a definite decision was reached. The meeting, of Independent legis: ators last night voted on two pro sitions: Endorsement of the meeting of the Committee ‘of Twenty-one at Fargo when the recall was planned. _ Endorsement of. the recall. “ on the propositions was unanimous, it was stated, after considerable discus- sion during the two meetings, dur- ing which varied opinigns were ex- pre: , some for an earlier recall * some for a fail ‘recall and the major-\ . ity for a recall: ‘probably in June. > who is Campaign Council It twas decided that a campaign council should je created out. of the Committee of T' on be composed of the chairmafiiiof the; Anti-Townley Republican, State com-| mittee, who is Judge B. F. Spaulding; ! the chairman; of the Democratic state! committee, who is Sveinbjorn John- son, and the executive secretary of the Inde eudent, Voters’ Association, heo. 'G. Nelson. This gui: is empowered with the direction of the campaign. Regarding the method of campaign-' ing it was‘decided that these should be a “word to mouth” or schoolhouse campaign. In. other words, the de- cision was that. the campaign should not rest, ou Published statements or newspaper spaigns, but that the campaign should be.carried direct to every voter in the state, through small meetings, ‘the basis of the argument of the Independents being; the bu: ness: management record of the a ministration. The results of the hous investigation and the facts brought forth in the ‘legislature will be the. basis of this argument, it was said. ‘Finance Talk Regarding ‘finances it was decided, though a budget was not. definitely fixed, that a, campaign fund of at’ least $15,000. was 2 airy. It was the opinion that $f sti id ‘be ‘solicited from every Independent: voter. Petitions for the five “program laws” will be sent out immediately. Ten. thousand signers, are required to these. They are: the measure provid- | ing for, a new alignment of the In- dustrial - Suraaietion, Hquidation ot the Bank> of North Dako a RI credits’ law and ronpolitical "ballots for, state elections. The petitions must be filed 90 days before-election, so an effort will be made to file | “as quiekly as possible. Petitions for recall require 30 per cent of the voters of the last general: electicn, or abofit. 70,000 ota: An. : election must be called 40 to 45 days! after’ the petitions are filed. “Regarding Candidates Regarding candidates the position was jtaken that the “office must seek the man” and that political cliques to push forward candidates before the Devils Lake convention March 23 and 24 should be discouraged. This comprises, the conditions on which the Independents will seek the recall of the state officials. It was expected from the start that a re- all election would embrace efforts to} Yecall Governor Frazier, Attorney- General Lemke and Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor Hagan, and Justices. Robinson, Grace and Broh- son of the supreme court. It was decided that Lieutenant Gov- } * ernor Howard Wood should be includ-/ ed, as the presiding officer in the senate and: potential Governor from his position. The name of State Au- ditor _D. C. Poindexter also was brought in for retall. The, League Side In addition the Joint Campaign! Committee is authofized to direct re- call proveedings be instituted in leg- islative districts where they are deemed necessary. © The Independents (Continued on Page 3) }men ever deliberated, all angles in- INDEPENDENT ‘CLOSE DOORS TO DISCUSS PLANS - ON JA JAPANESE Washington, Mar. %—On mo- tion’ of Senator Lodge, the senate closed the doors for executive discussion of the Japanese ques- tion to swing sentiment for the nayal appropriation bill, 2. | Washington, “Mar. 2.—The sen- | ate bill_exempting national parks | from water development passed | the house and was sent ‘to the i President, Washington, Mar. 2.—The sen- | ate judiciary committce was told | that families of radicals deport- ed on the ‘soviet Ark” were in distress, Washington, Mar, 2.—Ureation of a cabinet\department of nation.‘ al d@enso to, combine war, navy and Air bureaus has-been’ rec mended to President-elect Hard- ng. Washington, Mar. 2.—The house approved the, senate measure to Repeal all war-time laws and the \ Washington, Mar, President | Wilson -met with his cabinet tor the last time, walking to the ex- ecutive offices and bac. ! WONEN 70 GET “PLACES IN THE RECALL PLANS | Committee of of Twénty-One Re- port Urges Equal Rep- 2 resentation paises Theo. G. Nelson outlined to the Ia-, dependent legistators. here in their: meetings the work of the Committee| of, Twenty-One, which met in Fargo ‘eb. 24, and announced the recall decision of the committee. The re-| | port was offered: @t that meeting Nelsen Oe tal that the Independent Voters Associ. ty-one, which :will, tion in \Bismarck had decided that | vian American bank, in which he was as the program laws of Independents} were introduced in the legislature | that if they failed to passage, they! should be initiated. Thé cortvention authorized the executive committee to take such action regarding a recall as was deemed advisable. Questionnaires which | had sent out over the state, were present- éd.. One; hundreds. and twenty-four nut of “142 expressed a preference that a recall election be held about June 15, it was stated while seven thought ‘it™ better not to wait until been dune A5, four were in doubt, and the tion. Practically all of the infor- mants answered that there had been.» change of sentiment amdng Nonparti- ty sides of the case, it was added Dh general estimate was a © ‘cent ~ Mr. Nelson said that, ‘gurl in | percentages, about 87 percent favored balance did not answer this proposi- ti sans. or that they were now reading Change in sentiment at this t | { Aa recall election about the middle of Jane, with both program laws and fandidates before the people. “Every member of the Committee of Twenty-One took the floor and dés- cussed ‘as earnestly as any body of} volved in the question of a recall and committee concluded that it was ad- visable and necessary to have a recall election held on on ,about the 15th (Continued én eee. ARE One ee. Ok 3) r| McAneney h DIL now goes to the President. | TESTIMONY OF MGR. WALTERS REFUTED BY AID. Part of} Declares Beach Man's Answers _ Not True 'WILLING TO GO LIMIT Wanted Fargo Bank to \ Send Note’ Back Poo P. McAneney, heud of the cred s ae of the State Bank, gaye) testimony yesterday afternoon berore/ ‘the Senate inv\stigation, committee | {contradictory to that of“J. R. Waters,| i { | i | i { i | But Former Hedd of State Bank ; | | | i { | 1 ) former manager of the State Bank | while on the witness stand before the h jouse committee. Attorney Sinkler explained before Mr. McAneney took; the: stand that Dr | C. E. Stackhouse, physician! of J. iy Waters had refysed’ to let his patient! give a deposition while in his present | | condition. He said that he expected to| | prove the falsity of Mr. Waters tesii-; Waters Sent Money ! Mr. My neney testified that all of; the mowey sent to the Scandinavian} i american on deposits was sent while| J. R. Waters had been manager of the | Bank and that he had sent money on* order of Mr. Waters and that he had! heard Mr. Waters order other officials | of the bank to send the bank money. ; but that Mr. Cathro had not oydered ; any money sent it for deposit. Mr. McAneney identified Mr. Waters signature to an affidavit as to the! owners of the United States Sisal) ‘Trust and testified that if the affidavit | | were true then certain testimony giv-' The vote THE LOCAL M EETIN Gs! en by Mr. Waters before the house’), committee could not be true. Mr. Sinkler took exception to the, | statement before .the house committe that Mr. Waters could not write the! flowers of speech and in proof read! DIE ‘0 GERMAN IN VASION: S IN LEGISLATURE; CALL PLANS ANNOUN CED TRIO IN SLAYER’S “NEW TRIAL’ | mony, however, by the production of, | witnesses and records. \. the famous “Our prayers have+been> | | answered” letter. Cally Hastings A letter was read which Mr. Waters wrote to M. J. Hagan of the Scanaina- at Mr. Hastings had bet-j| ter drop hi® attack on him because, “there are” still some matters to come before the grand jury and he is not out of the woods yet.” Mr. McAneney related Mr. Waters’ antagonism to Willfam Langer and his dissatisfaction. yécause he didn't get as much money as Director-Gen- eral Cathro and -his .resignation of August .18, 1919, unless he got more salary, but the witness testified that he didn’t quit. \ Wanted To Buy Bank Mr. Sinkler then «directed Mr. Mc- Aneney’s attention to his trip with Mr. Waters to Fargo on January 1. 1920, and asked if Mr. (Waters, had not taken a notion that; “he “wanted, to buy the Scandinavian American bank ‘The reply. was that he had. “Then Jim commenced to knock tite bank?” “Yes.” “~Letters-were filed which were writ- ten by Mr. Waters while he was bank examiner and which riticised the paper in the Roaltdinay lag American pank, suggesting Approv ed Telegram Mr. McAneney denied that when he went to Florida that ‘he had’told Mr. Waters that if he kept silent he wou! be all right but threatened dire things if he dindn He-said_ t he took a prepared (Continued on page’ 3) HOUSE-SLASHES BUDGET LASHES BUDGET BILL; HOME BUILDERS GUT TO BONE; UNIVERSITY AM The house appropriations committee reported senate bill No, 25, as amend- ed, to the house this afternoon. ‘The bill contains cuts estimated at $750,000 from the senate amount of $8,736/639.85 for the biennium, \t was estimated, although accurate tabula- tion was not completed. The house committee reduced ,the appropriation asked for Home Build- ers’ maintenance from $100,0v0 to $10,-| 000, or as it was expressed, “enough ee let them wid up the work now on and. "An item of $11,187.77 for interest due the Bank of ‘North Dakota froin the state institutions, it being the sen- timent of the committee that the state ought not to pay for borrowing “its | own money.” Material cuts were made in the ap-) propriations asked for the University | of North Dakota at Grand Forks, ana. including $150,000 for a law building, which was stricken, out. Some in- creases ere made from the senate bill. The ghee commission apprepri- ation’ was left at $50,000 a yeaz. QUNTS LOWERED won a victory, when the house com- mittee increased their salaries to $1,- 320 a year. Thg- budget bill called for $1/00 a year and the senate cut them to $1,200 a year. Representative John Maddock wad to "present a minority report contain- ing about the same recommendations as the bill passed the senate. The principal changes from the sen- ate bill as made by the appropriations committee follow: The changes included: Salary secretary to governor, de- creased $2,800 to $2,500. ‘Salary state: law librarian, $2,500 to $2,000. ‘Attorney general's office—Total for biennium $52,500. instead of $91,100; reducing amount for assistant attor- ney generals fyom $26,000 to $20,800, and for office help from $13,000 to, $10,- 000. Uncrease total amount for depart- ment public instruction from 46,050 to $49,570. Reduction total amount for office commissioner of agriculture and labor from $31,800 to $30,700. Ke*scias cal- Stenographers in the state hous2 (Continued on Page 3) ,| th Carl Wandered, convicted wifemur-| | derer, who goes on trial’ on another dirst ‘degree murder indictment, . is shown in center. Above: Miss. Bessie Sullivan, prosecutor, who'll ask. the death penalty for him. Below; Mrs Irene Lefkowr who will defend ” hing on an Bie farses SLAYER’S DOOM HINGES UPON THEIR WISDOM \ One Is Attorney for Prosecution Other Attorney for Defense . \ - (Ne E. A. Staff Special.) Mar. 2—Carl Wanderer's r the murder of. the~“rag- ged stfanger” depends upon’ the wit and re’ourcetulness of.two momen: § at torneys. Wanderer's trial, starting. March 1, is the first in Iinois courts jn whi two women have engaged in legal bat- tle for the life of a man. Miss Bess, C, Sullivan, newly ap- pointed assistant state's attorney, wiil endeavor to send Wanderer to the gal- jows. Mrs Irene Lofkow,. counsel for the defense, will. try to save him from the death penalt’ Miss~Sullivan has practiced’ law in Chicago for five yearg. She has been the legal counsel in, numerous cases for the Chicago Tcachers Federation and for.the Poard of Education. Md. \Letkow is associated with her husband, Alphonse Lefkow, in. the practice of law. She has been presi- dent of the Woman's Association of Commerce of Chicago for.a year. “Murder Frameup. The murder, which was committed June 21, 1920, is the most carious which has ever comg to the attention of. the Chicago police. Wanderer confessed that he arrang- ed with a “poor bum” to stage. a fake hold-up of Wanderer and his wife in entrance to the Wanderer apart- ment so that he, Wanderer, might kil) his wifé and attribute the mur- der to the fictitious robber. ‘He further confessed that. after he had killed his wife he shot and killed the accomplice so that he would not “squeal.” Las} October Wanderer was tried and.féund guilty of the murder of his wife’ and her unborn’ child. They jury recor nimended mercy and Justice YcDonald sentenced: Wander- er to 25 fears in the pepitentiary. The jury’s verdict aroused a storm of dis- approval, Wa Again Indicted. After the trial Wanderer was re- (Continued on page 3) \ " SENATE DEFEATS ‘BY CLOSE VOTE CENSORSHIP BILL ‘Senators Ettestad and Ingersoh, | Vote With Independents , Against Bill — 1 |AMEND JURY! ACT! | Upper House Passes Bill Giving : Women Right to Sit as Jurors — { i \ \ s ——— \ sf Surprise was spring this morning ii ‘the state senate when the movie Heonottahts bill, was killed and the clincher applied, The vote was 23 to 25. Senators Ettestad and Ingerson, Nonpartigans, voted against the bill and one senator was absent. Discussion Long The discussion. was prolonged. ! 'Senator Gross . and others speaking | jfor the bill admitthd that they did not like many parts of it but declared | | they /believed in a step in the right | direction. | Senator Sperry wanted vader | j acts included if, the bill passed, he said that it ‘had been his apart jence that these were worse than any| | motion picture. ‘ Sicele Protests ‘Senator Stcel of Stutsman, that while he personally objsciga most strongly to the dime novel type | of picture, yet he did not want to in-| | sist upon the correctness of his )\jude- | ;ment. These pictures, he said, ‘might | {serve a social purpose. | | ‘The senate already acted favorably ' upon a resolution asking the United | | States’ government to cénsor the mo- } ‘tion pictures at their souyce of pro- | | duction. House Bill 14—Making it illegal for | | any employer to interfere with the| | political bctivities of his employes! ! passed. Senators Baird, Kend&ll,| ; Thorson ahd Whitman were the Itt ; dependents voting for it. ‘Women May Act On Jury | House Bill 49—Which gives ‘weinen | the right to sit as jurors and is the | Same as the Liederpach bill which | passed the senate hut, was defeated | in the house, was adopted. Hous Bill 105—Which makes certain | changes making the practice uniform; in\the election committee men, was amended by Sen- ator Baker so as to make it illegal for any except the duly elected cen- tral committeeman to claim that of- fice. This was directed at the Inde- pendent Republican committee. The bill as amended passed. WHEAT RISES IN’ EARLY TRADING Chicago, Mar. 2.—Decided | up- turns in the price of wheat result- ed today from general buying. based largély on talk of strained ‘Européan political conditions. Be: sald! of county central tem. \PONZI, BOSTON , WIZARD, WOULD SELL OUT BONDS Charles Ponzi. who rose to no- torlety in his trading in interna- tional exchange In Boston last summer, wants to sell North De- kota bonds, fi Ponzi, it was learned had weitten n letter to 1 state di- ficlal offering his services, referr- Ing to his $50,000 clients In New England” and statiag that while” the bankers appear to have the best.of him now he expeets to conte out on top. Ponzi was arrested by govern- ment offielals on charges growing oat of his alleged get-rich-quick scheme In-which he was nlleue to’ have defrauded many peopl und claimed to haye made mile lions on a ‘shoe-string.” , The official who rocetved ~ the letter treated it as a Joke. SERS HIGHWAY ‘AID LOSS FOR | NORTH DAKOTA Unless Appropriation Is ay today, ed for State Highway Commission: STATEMENTS ARE MADE for a state highway commission suf- ficient to. assure federal recognition there is “grave danger that: the fed- eral government may not only refuse to make-any more ‘agreements’ to set aside federal aid for North Dakota projects but may also consider that North Dakota has violated the terms of the agreements now. in force and may refuse to make payment of fed- eral aid upon these agreements,” cording to Frayne Baker, membér of | the commission. ‘Considerable alarm has been ex- pressed by.many ‘people interested in good roads since the state sehate cut the highway commission appropria- tion so low, Will E. Holbein, secre- tary of the North Dakota St,te Good Roads association, today said: “The State Good Roads association stands for a strong and capable State Highway Commission as the “only agency to which can be logically en- trusted the improvement and mai tenance of the State Highway S; “The State Highway System is es- sential. “It-is not economy to fail to pro- vide funds foresystematic road im- provement. Extravagance and waste lies in sub- mitting to the outrageously excessive costs of using bad roads. “If North Dakota is really a pro- gressive state she will go forward, not backward, in the Good Pane movement.” SENATE ADOPTS. sides country offerings were light. / Opening quotations, which ranged | from 3-4 to 21-2 cents higher, were followed ;by a reaction, and then a ris@ to ptill: higher prices. Prices closed unsetiled one to 1 3-4 cents net higher. ASSERTS STATE BANK IS NOT A PRIVATE BANK Attorney-General Lemke and| Divet Opposed Before Su- preme Court k@a cannot be garnisheed they are state funds, William Lemke Attorney-Genéral, contended . befor? the supreme court today in the Sar- gent county garnishment case; up on appeal. Mr. Lemke, seeking to stop the garnishment proceedings which have been started in many counties, took the position that the bank was a de- partment of state. A. G. Divet,.one of the attorneys opposing Mr. Lemke in the case, de- clared that the Bank of North Dakota is a private institution, and not 2 de- partment of state, and therefore is subject to garnishment laws. During the hearing Justice Robinson remark- ed that the supreme court had held once that the Bank of North Dakota | was a private institution. GIVE UP HOPE FOR BONUS BILL’ Washington, Mar. 2.—Hope of enact- ment at this session of the! soldier bonus bill was abandoned today by The funds of the bank of North Da-- because | ; | DISARMAMENT \ RESOLUTION “Tithete House of .Congress Asks j.. President to Call Con- ference Washington, Mar. 2.—The senate adopted a resolution asking the presi- dent to call a disarmament confer- ence between Japan, England and the United States. FAIR WEATHER FOR MR. HARDING Washington,-Mar. ‘Mar. 2.—Cold and probably fair weather will prevail here Friday during the inaugura- tion of President-elect; Harding, according to a special inaugura- tion day forecast issued today by tte weather bureau. GRAIN DEALERS . DISCUSS RATES, ANDR.R. CLAIMS; Jamestown, Mar. 2—The ‘subject of grain freight rates and claims and collections of such claims and the or- ganiaation of mutual fire insurance companies occupied the attention of delegates to the tanth annual meeting of North Dakota Grain Dealers today. G. M. Spinger, traffic manager of the Midland Continental railroad, spoke on freight rates and claims. Mark Pickel, editor of American Co- Operative Journal, opened discussion on mutual elevator companies, read- ing a report of his inVestigation cov- ering a period of over a year. The elevator managers will meet this afternoon. The convention ends its proponents. \ ‘Unless an appropriation is granted [ COUNGIL TAKES STEPS T0 FORCE GERMAN ASSENT Allies May Seize Custom Re- _ceipts in Occupied Territory Under Plan OFFER INADEQUATE London Newspapers Join in Vigorous Condemnation of Proposal London, Mar. 2 2—Mr. Lloyd George, the prime minister, con- sented today to the. employment in the sient of toe con tamene in event of her non- ance with allled reparation Ki mands to the extent of the occu- pation of Mannheim by British, French and Belgian troops, and also of the Rubr ports where coal is ‘handled. London, Mar. 2.—German customs receipts in the occupied territory would be taken over at the first step in forcing the payment of Germany’s obligations should that prove neces- sary under a plan being/drawn up by a committee of the sabpaine council today. No indication that the Allies intend to occupy additional German territory appears in the instructions given by the Allied leaders to this committee, which is framing a reply to the Ger- man reparations commission made Tuesday. ‘Newspapers Score Offer. The morning newspapers stated that the German offer of §7,50C,000,. was wholly inadequate. Fantastic and grotesque were two of . the adjectives the- principal newspa- ' pers used in commenting. Even the pacifist\Daily News confessed it was at a loss to understand the German stand, . Indtructions given’ thé | committee which is ‘drafting a reply to the Ger- © mans were in substance that the Al- lied government declities to discuss the proposals advanced with evident bad faith. Germany shall be remjnd- ed of her violations of the peace treaty. The German government will be informed of immediate steps tho Allies will take to enforce paymeut. Coblenz,. Germany, Mar. 2--The American army wilk not advance bc- yond the lines now helgin the event of occupation of Germany by other allied forces, it was I@fhed today. CONFIRM REPORT OF ANTI-SOVIET RUSS UPRISING Official Contrmation of Threat- ening’ Revolution Reaches England London, Mar. 2.—Reports received | in official. British circles confirmed re- ports of, anti-soviet uprising in Rus- sia. They state that the situation is - serious. -The test official news did not indicate tae the Bojsheviki had ‘been over-powered, however. CHAMP CLARK. AGED 10, DIES ‘IN WASHINGTON Former® eechnn ‘ of National House Succumbs to - Pleurisy - J Nanton. Mér..2.—Champ Clark died here today at 2:10 p.m. He was 70 years gid and in two days would have. retif€d from the house’ of repre- senatives after a service of 26 years. Death was due to am attack of pleu: and,a complication of diseases inci- dent to his. advanced age. \s Up to 10 abys. ago, however, when he develop severe cold Mr. Clark had sharedjat sive ly in the proceedings of the house\as Democratle leader. BANDITS GBT US. MAIL LOOT Oakland, “cal, 2 Mar. truck was held ‘up here Bane ae cand six paekages of registered mail taken by three bandits, who, accord- ing to the driver, leaped from an. au- tomobile to the truck and. covere1 him with revolvers. Value of the mail 2. Thursday. i stolen was_not learned.