The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 30, 1921, Page 1

The Weather FAIR FORTIETH YEAR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ==] " BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDN CITY'S CHOICE “CONVICTS” ARE WITH US AGAIN : COMMUNISTS IN Rotarians Return’From Fargo,' Wearing Stripes and Sing- | ing Songs | GET WARM WELCOME Weekly Luncheon Is Climax of] Three Big Days of Organ- ization | Bismarck’s prize. convicts — all! dressed up in their striped suits—re- | turned to the city at noon today from} Fargo where they've been enjoying, themselves and advertising the city, A right welcome greeting was giv-| en them, too, by people who were at! the train when the Rotarians stepped off in their novel dress, which was a} distinct hit at the Rotary district con-! ference at Fargo. Led by John A. Larson as “head convict,” which entitled him to wear a hat and black coat over his striped coat and carry a baton, the Rotarians) marched through the hotels and downtown streets and ended with thelr | regular weekly luncheon. | Henry Duemeland occupied second | place in the line of March, which was single file in lockstep cadence, each with a hand on the shoulder of the “convict” ahead. Mr. Duemeland fur-! nished the ‘music on a drum, while all the Rotarians joined in hearty) singing of, songs. Mayor in Buneh- The city government can now func: tion again for three of the best look-' ing convicts in the bunch were Mayor | Lucas, Commissioner John French| and John A. Larson. C. F. Bolt andj Mr. French sought distinction n dress, ! even among their feiléw “prisoners,” | for their stripes ran latitudinally. Those Who Paraded. | Thirty Rotarians were in Fargo. | The nineteen who returned on one special Pullman today and paraded | in the city in uniform were Hal Dob ler, G. H. Humphreys, Chas. Bakor,| Phil J. Meyers, C. W. McGray, Henry, Duemeland, Carl Nelson, T. R. Atkin-| son, J. P. French, A. W. Lucas, Henry | Murphy Harold V. Semling, Robert; Webb, C.F. Bolt, John A. Larson,, Henry Halverson, Roy Logan, Jack Whitney, Geo. Duemeland. | The few Rotarians who were un-| able to go to Fargo heard all about the trip at the lyncheon. The local! Rotarians feel elated over the retep-| tion accorded their distinctive uni-| forms. In the parade of Rotarians the! Bismarck men got the biggest hand| of any delegation. The local “con-/ victs” followed St. Paul Rotarians,) dressed as “saints” in the paradg and | the crowd promptly labeled them the “saints and sinners.” Reports on Club. | President Conklin, of the Bismarck | club gave a report to the district conference upon the work and future | plans of the organization here. Mr. Conklin was chairman. of the elec-/ tion’s committee which named the district president of Rotary. | One of the questions frequently asked the local Rotarians was: | “Where did, you get those convict) suits?” To answer was not a short: story. The Rotary committee charg-! ed with the duty of getting the suits’ wired to about 15 penitentiaries and| to several costume houses before they finally got them from Minneapolis and! Chicago costumers. The Rotarians} learned in wiring the penitentiaries| that practically all of them had dis-; carded striped uniforms for convicts. | OBREGON SAYS — MEXICO WANTS AMERICAN CASH | Legitimate Investments, _ He Asserts Mexico City, March 30—Govern- mental policies followed by the pre-| sent Mexican administration were defended by President Obregon in an address before New Orleans business) men who were received at the national) house yesterday. He declared that) Mexico offers “the best opportunities and advantages of North American! business men who are investing capi-j tal’ and that the government “would| strive to extend guarantees to all fair and honest men seeking legiti-| mate profits on their money.’ | DROWNED IN WELL AT AGE OF 105 ‘Newport ‘News, March / Berlin, March 30,—(By Associated | “The district between Leipsic and} ‘said to be in possession of a strong | | were a | ARETAKENUP BY U.S, CABINET Harding and Advisers Discuss Situation at Length ina | Meeting | Albeuquerque, N. M., Mar. 30.— Two men were crucified but tak- en down before death, as part of the Easter ceremony of the Brothers of Light, a religious sect of Indians. i GERMANY RENEW THEIR REVOLTS = Roads Ask Increased Eafnings, | More Than 60 Persons Killed in) Shippers Lower Rates, Work- | New Fights Throughout ers More Pay ; | Central Germany ‘ eaten a | pee Washington, March 30.—A compre-| hensive study of American railway HAD APPEARED _DEAD| conditions has begun by the adminis- | — tration with a view to formulation of a definite program for railway reha- bilitation. { For more than an hour President | Harding discussed the problem with | | his cabinet, and later it was announc- ed he would call into consultation within the next few days the chairmen | |ot the two government agencies hav-| | ing closest contact with transportation problems—the interstate commerce jcommission and the railway labor | board. Conferences with railway! managers and employes are expected) to follow in time to permit action a:/ Halle now appear to be the chief zone| thé coming special session of con-| of the Communist operations and! train service between these two cities | has heen suspended. | was gnly of a preliminary and inde- The Communists who were also de-| “sive character, but, there were indi-| feated recently in the Mansfield dis-/ Cations that the chief executive and trict have grouped their forces near/h's official advisers were much con-' Grobers (Grobsig?) where they are| cerned over information which has |come into their possession. Since it; position, They are well equipped, | took up the reins of authority, the! especially with machine guns, and in| &dminsitration has xeard rumblings; an effort to dislodge them 12 securivj| of dissatisfaction from many sources, | police were killed. j the roads complaining of inadequate | aes income, the employes protesting | London, March 30.—Fifty persons! against impending wage reductions, | were killed in yesterday's fighting at! shippers asking for a reduction of! DISSATISFACTION | Security Police Overcome Reds In One City With Much Loss of Life Press.)--The Communist uprising which. had appeared to be at the point of collapse has flickered up again in various sections of Germany, and reports today indicate that more than 60 persons have been killed in the renewed fighting. ( Discussion at the cabinet ‘meeting | | Gravelsberg, Germans while the police} rreight rates, and in some cases the| pick up a popular ma Com-| general public appealing for better;in it a story or poem by Lindsay | Lucas, you have no idea of the han-! dealing with the munists risings there, according tO) service, Berlin messages today Reuters Limit-| ed. i The town which had been taken by; , the Communists was recaptured from) are to be examined in the adminis- | Examine Sources. | All of these points of dissatisfaction | NAME MEN TO them by the authorities. ats ' During disorders at Mannheim tho | tration inquiry, together with the gen-| jeral relations of a healthy transpor-/ BLIND, DEAF AT 23-YET WINS FAME DAY, MARCH 30, 1920 A Lindsay Lucas, Blind and Deaf, and His Teacher By Newspaper Enterpri: Minneapolis, March ‘When you zine and read dicAps under which it was written. Neither has the editor who pur- | chased it. Lucas, at 23, is both blind and deaf. He supports himself by his writ- niga and they sell readly, although police were attacked and returned the) tation industry to the nation’s com-| hg has told none of his editors of fire, killing three persons. TELLS GOVERNOR HE’S INNOCENT . Mitchell, S. D., March 20.—“Buftalo George” former: convict and paroled prisoner, in his monthly report to the Governor, declared he is not guilty of cattle rustling. for which he now {3 ought by authorities of the Lower Brew and Crow Creek Indian lands. ARRANGE FOR GRAND LODGE Odd Fellows Appoint Commit- » tees to Arrange Details for Convention Ten candidates were initiated last night by the Odd Fellows and com- mittees appointed preparatory to tie convention this summer of the grand lodge. Following the meeting a ban- quet was served by the Rebekahs. A program committee was appoint- ed as follow Theodore Koeffel, George M. Keniston and Hiram Lan ders. On the hall committee F. McCurdy, H. J. Stralke and Judge I. Davies were appointed. The Rebekahs will give a reception ‘next Thursday evening in honor of the new members. The Wilton lodge, which is a strong one, has invited the Bismarck lodge to be its guests April 27, when it will celebrate with appropriate ceremoniert its fifteenth anniversary. UNDER PLOW larch 30.—A total Deadwood, S. D., } | of 1,085,671 acres of National Forest} Since and as inspectors are not en- land is now under cultivation in this state, agcording to announcement J made by George A. Duthie, forest sup ervisor here. The Black Hills’ con- tains two of the national forests, tae Black Hills National. Forest has a! area of 476,890 acres and the Hai Natonal Forest 535,610-acres. In dition, Mr. Duthie’ added, there are! 73,171 acres of national forestry in Harding county in the northwestern corner of the state. ‘BANKERS TALK SOUTHERN CROPS: itugh Kier, ticket agent for the Grea Washington, March 30,—A confer- 30.—Johni ence of southern bankers to duscuss} Kier had been detained at the sta- ‘mercial life. Even the tariff ques-; | tion, which is to furnish the principal | | tonic of consideration for .the. next; | session of congress, is considered by | Administration officiais to be closelv interwoven with transportation poli-| | cies, since in some instances present} | import duties are said to operate to the |serlous disadvantage of American produgers by permitting foreign pro- i ducts to. reach Américan centers at a lower cost than a railway-borne do- mestic goods of the same character. | The most ‘serious feature of the situa- | tion, however, as it has been pictured to administration officials, is the ap-| parent inability of the carriers them- | selves to make both ends meet and at} the samfe time keep, service up to | standard. Demand More Earnings. A number of high railway officials have called on Mr. Harding since his) election and’ have told him that un- less some way to increase earnings were found, the whole transportation \system of the nation faced paralysis. Such a possibility, the railwaymen have insisted, could only be viewed {as a public calamity. | A further material rate increase inj the present condition of the nation's industry, Mr. Harding has been told,! | might result in such a curtailment of traffic as to actually reduce earnings rather than increase them. On their; side the railway employes have vig- orously protested aguinst wage re-| ductions as an economic expedient, | leclaring that living costs require; hat wage schedules remain un-} changed. All along the possibility of ;@ general railway strike has made; both railway executives and govern- | ment agencies think twice whenever | | a wage cut has been suggested. | \NO ONE WILL | | GET REWARD, Minneapolis, March 30.—Since the} capture of Delbert Smith, alleged mail car robber, at Salt Lake City, | March 23, was affected through the! ! efforts of postal inspectors, AHen and titled to rewards, no one will receive he $2,000 offered for Smith, BE. L.| lackson, postal inspector, declare} | yesterday upon his return from the/ west. ‘GRAND FORKS. BANDIT GONE) | Grand Forks, March 30.—At a late| {hour last night no success had been| i reported by local police and Great| | Northern railway authorities who are/ searching for the man who held up! Northern, at about 12:30 o'clock Mon- | day morning. ! | Thomas, aged 105, lightly touched by| handling southern crop3 was called! tion later than usual because of train | father time, and hale and heart spite four years of hunger and hard-| ship with the confererate forces, fell) in a well near his home and was) drowned. | ELECT TOWN _ | CRIER HEADS) Dickinson, N. D., March 30.—Or-| ganization of the Dickinson Town) Criers club has been perfected here! with the following officers: H. F.| Skauge, president; C. H. Starke,| vicepresident; A. B. Mead, secre-| tary; R. B. Mead, assistant tary and Anthony Kostelecky, called later. GERMAN AGAIN MAKES PROTEST ' dering him to open the door. Geneva, March 30.—The League of Nations has received a second protest from by allied troops. HOLD FUNERAL SERVICES. Minot, N. D., services were held today for T. F.| Renwald, Minot real estate dealer and Germany against the occupation picked up Kier’s gun from whe! ty de-| for April 4. Other sections will be! No, 30 having been late in arriving! ;here from the west. He was just |leaving the building when a man. | whose face was covered with a ban- dana, thrust a gun into his face, or- | | ! Picks Up Gun. i | Upon entering the room the bandit; it) ilay under the cash drawer. This is) |the only thing that was reported as ‘having been taken by the hold-up! when the ticket agent called out in an/ attempt to summon Dispatcher Hugh | 3ecre-| prominent in Knights of Columbus} Stewart and C. C. Arnold, operator, ; hall. trea-| circles throughout the country, who| who were in their offices upstars over to port. | bursting of minute his afflictions. Three years ago he was one of the brightest -pupils et %« Minneapolis high school, in his sophomore year. Then blood vessels WOMEN TAKE DELIBERATIONS N. P. WOMEN IN PROTEST SENT TO GOV. ALLEN Topeka, Kav., March 30.—Governor Henry J. Allen today had before him} a copy of resolutions sent by the Women’s Nonpartisan Teague club} of Minneapolis, Minn. asking that the, anti-league ; persons responsible for d:Jnonsfrations receutly in Barton Kansas, be punished, aT ‘PROTECT BIRDS IS REQUEST OF PROCLAMATION Friday, April 8, is Set Aside as Bird Day Through the State The public schools of the state and all societies, as well as individuals, who will cooperate in the work of saving the birds of the state “from wanton slaughter by the thoughtless”: are urged by Governor Frazier to observe Friday, April 8 as “Bid Da The proclamation of the executive. setting aside April 8 as “Bird Day,” calls attention to the relatos and importance of bird life’ to the common welfare and especially to the agricul- * delcares that care- statistics show the value of birds in the destruction of obnoxious insects and states that “the | Preservation of the same must come in a large measure through instilling \ in the minds of the sdhool children of the state a love of nature and a know- ledge of her benefactors.” LEGION SHOW AT NEW SALEM New Salem, March 30.-—If roads are at all passable, a dozen or more au tomobile partes will go from mua” to New Salem Saturday evening tend the amateur theatrical perform AN ACTIVE PART IN nourishing the optic nerve rendered him blind. Six months later hearing left him. He didn’t quit. He started instead to make the best of things. He has mastered the Braiife and the New York; system of reading for the blind and has read every book available for the blind in his state. He swims, skates and enjoys long tramps in the open between the times he works on poems and stories. Among his poems, widely published are: “Circus Time,” “The Adventures of the Keewanis,” “The Strange: Wood Folk,” and “The Brute of the North- land.” AT DEVILS LAKE | Thirty-Five of Them Deliberate With Independents Consid- ering Recall Questions [TALK RECALL IN FALL (By Associated Press) ‘Devils Lake, March 30,—Nomina- | tions of standard bearers for the fus- j ion political forces of (North Dakota ' opposed to the Nonpartisan League i-will be by the state convention of Independent voters being held here | if a recall election is decided on by the | Independents. | While sentiment a few days ago ap- peared to be strongly against a re j call at the present time, there has ; been a decided change in sentiment in | favor of a recall, according to dele- | Bates who arrived tonight from all Darts of the state. There are two ; reasons for the change in sentiment | in farvor of a recall, according to ‘Ed | Richter, of Fargo, Independent Voters Accord- | Association publicity man. | ing to Richter, these are: FIRST—Realization during the past few weeks that ‘North Dakota , will be unable to finance the plant- ing of a crop this spring because | bankers of the Twin Cities and | the east absolutely refuse to | handle North Dakota paper under present conditions. Second—That. the recall will be delayed, if ordered. until fall and will not be held in June, as originally planned. This delay will be necessary because of a pro- posal to submit a constitutional amendment at the time of the re- call election so as to make the bonds of the state more readily marketable than at present. A constitutional amendment requir- es 120 days after filina of petit. i’ jons. This proposed amendment | would make the bonds of the Bank | of North Dakota the direct obli- ' gations of the entire faith, sources and credit of North Da- kota rather than of the individual industries as Is provided for un- der the present law. \ | H i Convention Air ‘Devils Lake last night took on the aspect of an old time political conven- tion, like the conventions of the days before the primary election laws, wi veteran politicians gathering in little | cliques and groups and using their in- ance to be staged there by Amer Legion Post No. 91 of Salem. The trip 3 the Ma es, includ- ing many Vgionnaires , jturn compliment to New Salem for) loaning Ed Stein to the local post of ithe American Legion. for the minstrel! show and also to return the compli ment of attendance at the Mandan performance of many New Shlemites. ELOATIN SHOW HOU! London, March 30—A Norwegian March 30.—Funeral| artist, as he was frightened, away | actor proposes a steel floating theater with dressing rooms, stage, audizorium, living rooms and exhibi ences to swing delegates to their joint. ‘or the first time in the history of the state, women took an active part in the primary conference and 5 women delegates will cast their votes on an equal footing with ‘men dele- | gates. Senator and Mrs, W. H. Porfer of Calvin, are delegates | women delegates. Miss Nellie Dough ' erty of Ward county is the only one | who is unmarried. | Don’t Talk Candidates It would be towed from port} other offices, is under the ban, and no This because of high rail-| electioneering of that nature will be| Williams county | PRICE FIVE CENTS RECALL ELECTION NEXT FALL JS URGED BY SOME DELEGATES ASINDEPENDENTS MEBT TODAY Devils Lake Convention Opens With Sentiment on Recall Much Divided—Constitutional Amendment to Make Bonds Direct State Obligations Is Reported—Convention Delegates Hear That Negotiations for Sale of Bonds for $2,000,000 Have Been Virtually Completed by State—State Questions to be Given Thorough Airing by Delegates. (By Associated Press) Devils Lake, March 30—Whether or not to call a recall elec- tion against several state officials who have Nonpartisan league endorsement, including Governor Frazier and whether to initiate a number of laws which would affect the state-owned industries will be decided by the convention of anti-Nonpartisans which opend a two-day session here this afternoon. Sentiment among delegates arriving early on the scene - seemed to bd divided on a recall in June, or later in the year, pro- bably early in the fall. “Realization during the past few weeks that North Dakota would be unable to finance the planting of a crop this spring be- cause bankers of the Twin Cities and the east refuse to handle North Dakota paper under present conditions is swinging senti- ment in favor of a recall,” said E. L. Richter, of the Independent . Voters Association, which is opposed to the Nonpartisan league. One proposed constitutional amendment, according to Richter would make the bonds of the bank of North Dakota a direct obli- gation of the state, rather than of the various individual state- owned industries as at present. Such a change, Richter said, probably would meet the objections of bankers to bonds nw being offered for sale. Would Decide Who' to Recall The convention, if it decided upon a recall, will also determine what state officials it shall be aimed at in addition to Governor Frazier, William Lemke, Attorney-General and J..N. Hagan, Com- missioner of Agriculture, who comprise the State industrial com- * mission. : _ A number of constitutional amendments which it is proposed to initiate also will be discussed. These will include those to pro- vide for the dissolution of the Bank of North Dakota and liquida- tion to a state rural credits department; to amend the state in- dustrial law to give the Independents control and to provide for nomination and élection of state officials on nonpartisan ballot. In an opening address to the Independent voters association jat 2:00 p. m., B. F, Spaulding ‘of Fargo, outlined the recall pro- gram and urged that every delegate pledge unanimous effort and of the 35) Talk of candidates for governor in| | case of the recall, as well as for all; erably more on redeposit from the YOUNG PLEADS — FOR MORE AID FOR FARMER Congressman Says That Pur- chasing Power of Farmer Must Be Restored Lansing, Mich, March 30.—Good) times will not return until the pur- chasing power of the farmer has been restored, Representative George M. Young of North Dakota, named by the house ways and means com-; mittee to introduce the emergency tar- iff bill at the extra session of congress; dclared in an address before the: Zach-Chandler republican club here. “We must not overlook the fact that one-third of our population are farmers,” Mr. Young said. ‘They are: normagly \big) consumers. The pur-| chasing power of farmers will not be! | restored until three million men now out of employment are profitably em-) ployed, and until we prevent the! dumping of farm products from every) part of the globe.” ‘ | Discussing a permanent tariff | measure, Mr. Young said the most: difficult problem was to fix rates of) duty sufficiently high.to afford pro-| tection against products of countries whose exchange and labor wages were extremely low. Imposition of} duties upon the basis of American valuation, he declared, would help; neutralize this trade problem. As3ert-| ing that the emergency tariff measure would be precisely as vetoed, Mr.; Young said: { “In sharp contrast with Secretaries | Houston and ‘Meredith, who could not} get the farmers’ viewpoint and who! advised President Wilson to veto it,| are Secretaries Wallace and Hoover,; who have taken a pronounced stand! in favor of saving the American] farmers from bankruptcy. The mes-! sage of President Wilson, vetoing the} Fordney bill, carried the idea those supporting it did so in order; ‘to furnish relief to certain producers | who have been unable to discover satisfactory markets in foreign coun-| tries and whose prices have fallen,) the real purpose was to furnish re-; lief to those who had been robbed of; their home market.’ | START ACTION | AGAINST STATE | Watford City, IN. D,, March 30.— | Garnishment proceedings against | the funds of the Bank of North Da- kota in banks in Williams county, have been started by Schafer town- ship, McKenzie county, to protect township funds now on deposit with the state bank. The funds in Williams county| were garnisheed for the reason that that county. is said to have consid- Bank of North Dakota than is due from the state that! an | strengthen harmony whatever the decision on the recall may be. ; Davis Named Chairman J. E. Davis of Goodrich was almost unanimously elected as convention chairman, following endorsement-by several counties. - Herb Gray of Rock Lake charged that Senator Porter J. Mc- Cumber had “put a coach on the side track here” referring to a private railroad coach of the Stutsman county delegation. Gray, however, was not supported and no one else opposed Davis. E. Shipley of Dickinson nominated Davis. Dd The convention was called to order at 1:30 p. m. today by judge B. F. Spaulding, of Fargo, and Theodore G. Nelson, secretary ofthe Independ- jent Voter’s Association reports that there has been a decided change in sentiment among those opposed to the Nonpartisans recently and that a recall now is favored, were rife. This change is due, it is said, to the obtaining, of information in Chi- cago) by Independents that the ‘Non- partisan state officials have made ar- rangements for the sale of from §$2,0:'0, 000 to $4,000,000 of the state bonds as obligation on the state industries. It | i8 reported that only the legal opinion of Wood and Oakley of Chicago is necessary to assure the ale of these bonds of the state of North Dakota. | That opinion, it is reported, may be favorable to the league and is being withheld until the present convention acts regarding the recall, and that if the recall is ordered, the opinion will be with held until after the résult of the recall election. Must Enlarge Credit The realization that North Dakota cannot carry on business unhampered while present credit conditions exist and the probability of a delay in the recall election date also have strength. ened the chances for a recall, Edgard L. Richter, Independent association publicity agent contends. “The Independents have been ready to let the Nonpartisans stew: in their own juice,’ Richter said,” as long as it does not involve the waste of ad- ditional funds, they believed that the Nonpartisans would thoroughly dis- credit themselves if allowed to con- tinue their reckless extravagances. However, if there is a probability that they will obtain additional millions to try out their program, we are not will- ng to pay the bills. If they sell bonds it meahs that, we will have too many bad debts to foot as it is.” One of the features of the conven- tion is the playing of the Devils Lake boy scout band of 65 pieces, The program before the Independ- ents in convention Briefly is: iFIRST—Shall the recall be ordered against Governor ‘Lynn J. Frazier, Attorney General William Lemke and commissioner of agriculture J, IN. Hag- ’ SECOND—If so ordered, shall it also be directed against state auditor D. C. Poindexter and Supr@ne Court Justices Grace, Robinson and Bron- son? THIRD —If there is to be no recall, shall the Independents submit the proposed constitutional amendment to North Dakota bonds by making them the direct obligation of the state? FOURTH—Shall a set of initiated laws be submitted to the people? The Initiated Measures Proposed Are: 1—Providing for nomination and election of state officers without party designation. 2.—Providing separate party ballots for primary elections and one-column | ballot for general elections. —Providing public depository law allowing deposits of public funds in State and National banks on approval but not in Bank of North Dakota. 4.—To amend industrial commission law so that it shall be composed of