The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 28, 1921, Page 1

oo 4 h \ $ > | s > ] " b \ f ‘3 ny Knights of Columbus Plan To e The Weather Generally Fair FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, | THURSDAY, APRIL THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Last Edition 28, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS START WILL BE -MADETHIS YEAR ON LODGE HOME Select Site and Construct Building Basement E GED IN BOND SALE Response is Satisfactory, Ac: cording to Head of Local Organization A site will be selected and the start made on the proposed new Knights of Columbus building in Bismarck this summer, J. M. Roherty, Grand Knight of the local council, said today. Mr. Roherty has dispatched a let- ter to every member of the organiza- tion asking the member's opinion up- on several proposed ites. The local: council expects to have a -big initia- | tion during the latter part of May or the first part of June at which time a definite decision wili be made. i The organization now owns the Stevens property at ‘Thayer and Third streets, It also has options upon several other sites. Either the site now owned or one of the sites on which options are held will be chosen. May Bulld Pool. If the members should decide upou the Stevens property site the build- ings will he removed this summer. and a contract let for the building of, the basement, Mr. Roherty said. A swimming pool will be included in the basement, and if the basement is, built the swimming pool may also be! built and turned over to the use of! MR. AND MRS. C y here Dec- | | Bismarck and Mandan Lodge- Members Join in Meeting ’ at: Mandan boys and girls of the town until such time as the building is completed, he; : : said. No attempt will be made to; By Newspaper Enterp erect the complete building this year,, Indianapolis, April Responses in the bond sale have; whiz uround the spe been satisfactory, Mz. Roherty said. oration Day while thousands cheer, Each member was asked to purchase the man who was laughed at when ne a bond. It is estimated that $15,000 ' conceived the idea of auto races wiil will be raised in this manner, which’ be building islands in, the Atlantic. will pay the indebtedness on the; The man is Carl Fisher. He had! property now owned, and perhaps per- | other ideas at which people layshed mit the building of the basement. ‘before the speedway idea. That is. ———_—_ almost. everybody except his wife Jaughed. She saw virtue in all of his A T ideas. ‘ There was the one about the acety- lene gas tank. Fisher reasoned when RE LUTION ‘the auto was invented that some day ‘it. would trayél at a great rate of TRIER speed and that if it wereused’ at ‘night it would need a lighting sys- | tem. : 7 ; _An acetylene gas tank, long used ‘on autos the world over, resulted. | It . made Fisher a millionaire. Senator Nelson Opens Fight.“ pofore that Fisher had carried pa- ry |pers, worked in a bicycle — store, Against Separate Peace ; bought the bicycle store, rode in tan- With Gerfhany idem races and toured the country ‘with Barney Oldfield. He entered 2 ‘ { balloon race in 1910, being up in the} Pein ra The Ast air 49 hours and 25'minutes. | eace resolution came today from the! Fisher at present is completing Al- Republiesn side. Senator Nelson, Re- | ton Beach, a resort 60 miles south ot! publican, Minnesota,’ chairman of the Palm Beach. Fisher saw the possi- | judiciary commie: character ee ~ the resolution as “halting, equivocat-| ing and only partial and piecemejil RAIL RATE CUT work NEAR SAYS His opposition shattered hopes of leaders for a solid Republican lineup EQUITY HEAD tor adoption of the resolution. ae oe a enn Milwaukee, April .28.—E. C. Pom- merening, president of the Wisconsin oVUaVale State Union of the Equity society has arrived in this city from‘a week's L BRATION OF trip to Washington, D. C., where he | Was in conference with the leaders oz ™ all the’ leading farm organizatiéns o! DING *: nation at a joint meeting of the National Board of Farm organizations, a federation of all the important self- help farm organizations in this coun- try, The principal topic under cor ation was the present high ight rate. A hearing was arranged for be- ae parece fore the Interstate Commerce commis- More than 100 Odd Fellows and Re- sion, at which hearing all of the com- bekahs of Mandan and ‘Bismarck join- missioners that were in the city were ed last night in a celebration of the present. 102nd anniversary of the founding of Ask One-Third Cut. Odd Fellowship in America. The joint Aflat reduction of the last raise in meeting was held at Mandan. freight rates, which amounts to 33 1-5 The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs sat. per cent in the West and to 40 per down to a.sumptuous banquet served ent in the east w: ked for. Acting in the Mandan Odd Fellows hall at Chairman Judge McCord of the Com- 6 o'clock, Sixty-one Odd Fellows and’ mission seemed to look at the: re- ‘Rebekahs of ‘Bismarck joined the Man- quest very favorably, according to dan lodge. : Mr. Pommerening. Rey. Harriss, of Mandan, presided in ss ee at the banquet, and the speakers in- cluded Mrs. Nellie Evarts, of aie COLLECT NEWS fe marck, and Miss Iverson, of Mandan,|: for the Rebekahs, and ae Harriss, WITH WIRELESS G. N, Keniston, F. 'E. McCurdy an ‘ " ; be om Siajor-C. Ly Hansen for the Odd Fel-| Midland, S. D.. April 28—The col. Aows. The story of the growth of lection of news, including marke Odd Fellowship from a little organi- quotations, by wireless has heen in- ction in Baltimore, Md., was traced. stituted by the Mail, a local daily (Major Hansen told the lodge mem-| newspaper. The Mail is the first news- bers what the North Dakota canton-| paper in the state,to employ radio in ment. or uniformed drill organization this use. Most of the dispate hes ar* of the lodge, is doing. received from Denver, it is reported. Following the banquet there was an enjoyable entertainment arranged by | the Mandan lodge. 200 WOMEN IN ORGANIZE GIDEONS, Minot, N. D., April 28.—A Gideon camp has heen organized in Minot with the following officers: H. H. Bragg, president; L, T. Stromswold. ic ident; and H. M. Gay, secre-, MOSCOW SOVIET or tra rare, A women’s auxiliary formed New York, April 28—Two hundre? women were Victors in the election as deputies to the Moscow Soviet, Ac- cording to reports. MAY START PAPER. | Rugby, N, D.. April 28.—-W. J. Hol- brook is considering starting a news- paper in Rugby and is dickering for the purchase of the plant of the de- funct Nonpartisan Farmers’ Press. He has offered jthe farmer stockholders of the company 50 cents on the dol- : i lar for the outfit. He says the publ:- crab which, when full grown, weighs cation, if it becomes a reality, would) 1 pounds and stretches four feet. not be Nonpartisan. {from tip to tip. with the following offic Mrs. Pear] Bragg, president; Mrs. W. G. Hancock, vice president; Mrs. L, | Stromswold, secretary and treasurex; and Mrs. H. M. Gay, chaplain. A dinner was served by the Minot W. R. C, to the 150 men and women present The Gideons plave placed 332 Bibles in Ward county and need 56 more to complete the county, Native to Alaskan waters is a gian' “Partners” in Blazing. New Trails BUILDING ISLANDS IN ATLANTIC ", tamer, and B. \ ARL G. FISHER. ! Md hun-| dreds of workers, put dredges and e:i-| gineers to work and constructed a bridge to Miami on the mainland, Landscape artists arranged thou | sands, of palm brought from; South America. ‘miles of boule- vards were built. The new Flaminge hotel cost two million dollars. Polo’ fields, tennis courts, golf courses, in dor and outdoor swimming pools and a zoological garden have been con-! structed. It is said at more money has bees expended on Fisher’s resort than any other pleasure resort in the worl4.; OnJy.a few years ago the island was a jungle. . E Wile Perfect Partner, Fisher built an island to be used; as a dock for ocean-going steamers, The, Bay of Biscayne is being chan- neléd. Fisher is using the sand and muck dredged from the bay, to build an- other island to be used by a million-j aire who wants complete privacy. | In all these projects Mrs. Fisher hag been her husband’s inspiration. | Others laughed at some of his early} ideas. But their friends call her “the; perfect partner.” H | i t MINOT POLICEMAN TO FACE HEARING BEFORE COMMISSIONER: Minot, N. D. April 28.—Charles L.! Llano, former chief of police of_Mi- not, and. John Reed, captain of the Minot police department, arrested late} yesterday on federal warrants, were| released under $1,000 bond each, signed by J, B. Reed and A. J. Brun- ner, to appear Saturday before F. C.; Upton, United States commissioner, The men, charged with being in-; volved in the handling of liquor in} this territory made no statement to-! day concerning the situation. Their friends assert, however, that the af- fair is in the nature of a frametn) and ,they express confidence in the ability of the two men to clear them-} palves. . COTTON SUNDAY . IS PROPOSED. North Dakota women are asked to observe «Sunday, May 1, “as Cotton Sunday, and to wear fabrics made of) cotton, as far as is pr al. Governor Frazier received a letter from Mrs, William Bacon, of Dallas. Tex., chairman of the Cotton Con- sumption Committee, outlining the method being used to increase the use of cotton for the Wenefit of the south-, ern industry. HEADS LIONS CLUB Ei Fargo, April 28k. T, Conmy_was nt of the Fargo Lions. Other elected were: First vice pre: A. T. Cuple second vice president, A. T. Comstock; third vice president, Oscar Hallenberg; secretary-treasurer, F. M. Hector. The board of directo i officers and Di Crary, F. E, . Pote and A. W. all was named lion Wasem tail twister. RESIGNS PROFESSORSHIP Minot, April 28-—Dr. Andy Carr, who for some time has been asso- ciated with his father, Dr. A. Carr, eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, has definitely resigned his position in the medical school of the University of Illinois with which he was con- nected for some time after the war, and has formed a partnership with his father. CHANGE IN TIME Effective May 1, North Coast Lim- ited No, 1 of the Northern Pacific, will leave Chicago at 10:10 a, m. in- stead of 9: m. arriving at Seat-, tle Wasb 4°. Sa, m. | iMILLERS | OPPOSE THEM) Wallace madean ear! sup the matter with millers from. the | TOTEST OPEN "MARKET PLAN, : market” law recently passed by the ‘change will carry the case through FEDERAL GRAIN GRADES CHANGE BEING DEMANDED iSecretary of Agricilture Starts, Hearings: Early to Finish 5 Today _— | ‘Say That Price Readjustment | Would Follow Lowering of | Standards — , | | Washington, April 28,—Secre- tary Wallace closed today the hearing on the request of North. | western producers for modifica. | lion of federal grades on spring j wheat, announcing that he would | decide witha the next three days — | whether a further hearing would | be held as requested by the mill. | ers who opposed any change. hington, April —Secret: an entort to conclude he: NES ON ap- | Plications for modification of the ted: | eral spring ‘wheat! grades... He took} Northwest. and elsewhere who oppose. any change in the federal grades, Con- tending that it would be an economic error to reduce the s.andar A cor: responding reduction inthe price lev- els must follow, they said, for would naturally be a price r ment to meet any lowering of gr Rep. from spring whea: | state » North and South Dake accompanted by bers of Congress trom that s modification of the which they and worked a hari Millers from Minneapolis asked an- grades impracticable z ¢ ion is made. | The grain growers insisted on closing the hearing at this time. St. Paul, April 28.—Legal proceed ings which will result in a court test of the constitutionality of the “open Legislature were started at South St. Paul late Tuesda; The South St. Paul Live Stock ex- the courts to get a aecision on the, law ‘as ‘soon as’ possible, officers ot | the organization said.” This blow at the open market leg- islation came on the evo of a meeting called for Wednesday, for the organi: | zation of a co-operative selling agency | to operate under the open market sta- | tute. Whether a test case pending before the courts will have anv effect | on plans of the co-operative represen- tatives will not be known until their! conference is held. | NAVAL PROPOSAL Washington, April 28.—The house rejected today by -an overwhelming ! vote an amendment to the naval ap-| nropriations bill providing that no funds should be used for continuing, warship construction until President | Harding had called an international! conference to consider disarmament. | URGES CARE OF NATION’S FORESTS: The importance of preserving for-! est trees is urged by Sacretary of Agticulture Wallace jn it’ ietter re- ceived by Governor Fra s “Adequate provision ror the guarding and renewal of our foi ig of yital importance to the natio: says the secretary in his letter. points oug that the total loss fr forest fire in the fi ending In) 1920 was more than’ 100,000. Have the Paper Follow You! No use secluding yourself in the north wood, in the moun- tains or at the lake —if you can keep up-to-date by hav- ing our paper follow you. All you have to do is to send us your new address, togeth- ey with the old address and the paper will come to you. It will keep you in touch with the happenigns in your old home town. Bismarck Tribune Phone 32 | MIGHTY GUNS OF U. S. NAVY BOOM BRITISH FOR — SALUTE TO PRESIDENT HARDING ACTION, SAYS Old Point Comfort, Va., April 28. ~The Atlantic fleet, back from its southern drill grounds, passed in ceremonial review betore Presi- dent Harding today as it entered home waters in Hampton Roads. More than 60 ships of war led by the flagship Pennsylvania were | in the long column that filed by to pay a commander-in-chief's hon- ors to President Harding as he stood with Secretary Denby and a party of officials on the bridge of his yacht, the Mayflower. It was a few minutes past 9 o'clock when the Pennsylvania, passing the reviewing ship, open- ed up the thunder of her presiden- | en |SEES OFFER T KEEP UP PRICE | BY COMBINATION New York, April, 28.—Evidence ; showing the country Ay be honey- , combed with so-called price associa- tions or combinations to maintain | prices at certain levels in violation of the anti-trust laws is in hands of the executive committee mvestigating an alleged building tr Samuel Unter- myer, the committee's special coun- i sel, declared today, when the commit- entered the third day.of ils resumed inquiry, Mr. Untermeyer who yesterday be- gan investigation of operations of 10 manutacturers’ exchanges operating in all parts of the country said that so far he had skirted only the fringe of an exposure of conditions. NAME BODY TO INQUIRE INTO ~ AID FOR VETS Special Committee Naméd To Investigate for the U.S. Senate Washington, April 28.—Investigation | by a special senate committee of con- ditions among disabled soldiers and administration of soldier relief is pro-' posed inva resolution introduced to-| day by Senator Walsh, Democrat, Massachusett’. The ccmmittee, te ne! composed of five members would be, charged especially with inquiry into; the work of the. war risk insurance} bureau, the federal board for voca-! tional education and other relief agen cles, RAIL PROPERTY Unusual Proposition Up To The State Board An unusual proceeding in railroad Kenzie county. - | eee The county seeks to tax the Great Northern railway for the years, 1914 to 1920. inclusive, on road ted on which track has not been laid, on a valuation of $200,000 for each year. The roadbed was built by the Great Northern to extend its line through McKenzie and other counties to the central part of the state, but the rail- road was not completed, A hearing will be held Saturday, April 30. There’ is a similar piece of property. owned by the Northern Pacific, extending south from Cannon 1 to Ft.- Yates, which would be frected by the decision. WAR MANEUVERS KEEP COBLENZ . ARMY BUSY Coblenz, April 28,—(By Associated \Press.)—If Americans at home imag- ine that the life of the soldiers com- posing the American Army of © pation on the Rhine is one of idleness they will be a long way from the truth, ° The little fighting force of 10,000 men has to.be kept hard, trained and! ready for quick action, and that means work—eight hours of it a day at drill, study, targ@ practice or maneuve for it is the purpose of the Gen Staff here to maintain union hours Most of the American doughboy’s eight-hour day is spent in drill which occupies from three to five hours daily, varying according to the cir: cumstances and needs of the differ. ent uni A visitor to this American commu; nity transplanted into the center of Europe would find the American boys just now preparing fora simmer of grim war maneuvers, for the open training season has just commenced and will continue until Oct. 31. N SURVEY, State engineers have begun survey of the road from the new bridge to Mandan. What plan is decided upov after the survey will be submitted to the Morton board of county commis- sioner&. Sr CENTRAL TIME ADOPTED. Crosby, N. D., April 28.—On_ re- ceipt of a petition, of a number of Crosby taxpayers protesting against the city using mountain time, Mayor John K. Jensen has proclaimed that central time is the official time for Cresby on and after May 11, | warning that “to counterfeit is death.” future welfare is arranged. * tial salute and before the 21 guns had been spent the next ship in line took up the firing while the Mayflower’s batteries spoke in ac- _ LLOYD-GEORGE knowledgment. i The cannonade continued almost | posal unbroken until the review was Declares That German Pro Is over. on Reparations Unsat- Crews of the battleships man- | ned the rails in living walls of blue as the fighting craft steanted by, On the quarter deck of each tha marine guards snapped to “Present Arms” opposite the May- fiower and the bands played the opening bars of the Star Spangled Banner. It was President Hard- ing’s first review of any part of the nation's seapower, isfactory \UP TO SUPREME COUNCIL , United States To Be Invited To i Have Representative Present i London, April 28.— (By the ‘Associated Press.) — Premier |Lloyd George declared in the 'House of Commons today that “DO YOU KNOW” I§ SLOG AN FOR |the British government was committed to action so far as the Westphalian coal fields were concerned if the German repara- tions proposals were unsatisfac- i : , tory. Bismarck Town Criers Promise “It is not for me to say wheth- Thousand Questions and jer another opportunity will be given Germany or not. Answers “There are being examined very owe : reftully with the other proposals at De ou Know this moment by the financial experts This is the slogan for Bismarck next’ of all the allies, who are in London,” ay ree / 7 continued Lloyd George, “Therefore ie =) ie questions are I 7 an 2 i To be propounded by the Bismarck mould be sorry (0 express ’ dellulte ‘Town Oriers: , opinion but I am afraid there is gen- eral unanimity as to the complete in- The answers are to be dequacy Supplied by the ‘Town Criers and adequacy of the proposals made by the German nation.” every citizen, j “Do You Know Week” will be held ENVOY. . TRS from May 2 to May 9, the Town Criers! W: sUNNOYS SEE HUGHES, club officially announced today. oie ington, April 28-—(By the As- A score of surprises are to be offe sociated Press.)—Sir Auckland Ged- ed by the club members and many “°, ambassador from Great Britain, activities are planned, which will not COMferred with Secretary Hughes to- be divulged until the eve of the com: {Y, arriving at the state department jmencement of the week. shortly after noon. The Belgian am- may follow b@ssador, Baron de Marchienne, ar- “Do You Tived at the department before Sir A thousand questions under the catch line of Know" The ‘Town Criers promise Auckland left. They were the first of that many, and many more, for the ullied envoys to see Mr. Hughes Answering the questions the Town “Ons proposals before them informal- Criers promise to divulge facts that ly last Tuesday, very few citizens of Bismarck actually, It was understood that Prince de one in the city. bassy, had an engagement to see Mr. _ _ Hughes during the day. He was to FARMER TARIFF act for Ambassador Jusserand, who is pected to communicate the decision of his government that the German offer i SET GERMAN DAMAGES. commissions informed the German war burdens committee that repara- tions. damages were fixed at 132 bil- Measures Much Changed From French Present Case A oe aris, April 2S—-(By Associated Press Manner in Which it Passed —-The next development in refenenc> House ; the renarations question is expected to - occur in London, according to the best Washington, April 28——The emer- information obtainable here today. No of the farmer and to check dumping situation until the allied supreme coun- of foreign goods was ordered favor-: cil, which is to meet in London Sat- ably reported today by the senate fi- urday, has acted. The measure, approved by the sen don deliberations is hoped for in ate committee, differs radically from French circles where it is stated an that passed by the house, anti-dump-' invitation will be sent to Washing- elucidation of the citizens of Bismarck, Sitce he laid the new German repara- know, which are of interest to every Challais. councilor of the French em- absent from Washington, and was ex- Phas take Paris, April. 28—The reparations IN U.S. SENAT ! {lion gold marks. | to the German proposition regarding gency tariff bill designed for relie!! further steps will be taken in this nance committee. | American participation in the Lon- ing and currency valuation provisions ton to have a representative of the ‘taxation has been instituted before having been sharply revised although, United States present, The discussion | the state board of equalization by Mc: tariff provisions were not changed. in the supreme council, it is indicated, will be opened by presentation of the ‘French case, with the details of Ger- ‘many’s default in the execution of the Treaty of Versailles, her failure to pay her balance of 12 billion marks on her 20 billion mark debt due May 1, her refusal to disarm, her failure to bring to trial officers accused of war crimes, and her resistance to the FINE PICTURES G. E. Wingreene To Devote domnities, will be set forth as justify: Entire Time to Bismarck —_'" further penalties. . Theater GERMAN TRADERS FLOOD ENGLAND Washington, April 28.—Consular re- ports say unemployment in England 1. E. Wingreene, owner of the Lis marck theater, returned today from Minneapolis, where he visited many pictures and secured a large number of exceptionally high grade films to be }5 increasing at, an “alarming rate shown at the Bismarck. Mr, Win- 4d an unprecedgnted volume of Ger- with the Hughes’ interests, will de-| British market. vote all of his attention to the Bis- WEATHER REPORT his theater that he made the special trip to Minneapolis and St. Paul to distributors, | Temperature at 7 a. m. ge Hfighest yesterday TO MAKE STUDY Lowest Precipitation .... Washington, April 28.—- Governor ere Harding of the federal reserve board porecast greene, since severing his connection Mn goods being dumped on marck, and it was in the interest of confer with the biggest motion picture For 24 hours ending at noon, April * Lowest yesterday . OF FARM CREDITS jrinist win veloc For North Dakota: @ age e venerally fat? announced today that he would be tonight and Friday; not much change gin next week a personal survey of the farm credits situation in the mid- dle and southwest. in temperature. ' ROTARY ELECTS Se ergs ‘Fargo, April 28. ction of a LARD BURNS , | board of directors for the coming Mrs. R. J. Fleck, Mandan, was pain- yoay was the main feature yesterday fully burned Wednesday when @ pin of the annual meeting of the Fargo of hot lard exploded. It had been Rotary club at the Commercial club placed in the oven to warm and when at noon. The following were elected: Mrs. Fleck opened the oven there was’ N. 'B, Black, W. A. McMillan, P. B. a blast of smoke and fire which Godwin, P, W, Farnham, P. W. Clem- caught her hair, burned her face and ens R. 1K. wton, H. T. Alsop. The arms. Z directors will elect the officers from No serious damage was done to the among their own members at a meet- house by the flames which were quick-, ing to be held within a week. ly extinguished without the aid of the fire department, NEW PAIR OF ARMS FOR ROSA —_—_-—. SACOLA GETS RARE COIN Chicago, April 28.—Rost Sacola, 10, Huron, S. D., April Colonel W, armless heroine of Fairmount, W. Va.. A. Lynch, of this city is the possessor is here to be fitted with artificial arms of rare pice of currency, a ten bought by the Tribune and other shilling note, of the early colonial’ dailies. ZA days in America. The note was “print- She ed the life of another girl ed by Benjamin Franklin,” it is stated by giving part of her skin. That was across its face. The fact that it is while she was in the hospital with not in the best state of preservation, both arms burned off by a “live” wire. doeg not seem strange when the date, She is being cared for by citizens of 1746, is noted. The note carries the Fairmount until her education and