The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 29, 1921, Page 1

The Weather Generally Fair FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, N NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 29, CK TRIBUNE =] 1921 ° PRICE FIVE ‘CENTS TOWNLEY CONVICTION UPHELD BY MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT: SENTENCE OF 90 DAYS IN JAIL Nonpartisan League’s Head Convicted in tact Court on Charges of Conspiracy to Encourage Disloyalty with Joven Gilbert, Formerly Minnesota Manager for the League—Coun- | sel Unable to Say What Will be Next Move of League Chief. ST. PAUL, April 29.—Conviction of A. C. Townley, president of the ly Minnesota Manager ,for the league, on charges of conspiracy to encourage disloyalty during the war was upheld by the su-; preme court today. Townley and Gilbert were fotnl guilty July 12, 1919, by a jury in the: Jackson county district court and sen- tenced by Judge E. C. Dean to 90 days; sentence, was delayed by appeal. Charges against Townley ond Gti bert were based on speeches men deliverd in behalf of the Noupac! tisan league in Jackson arid other! Minnesota counties. They were con- i Jackson, Minnesota. Appeal for a new trial was denied! Thousands of Circulars are Dis- by Judge Dean on July 27, 1920, and. 2 the case was appealed to the state tributed in Industrial supreme court. August 2, 192u.. } ‘ Townley was reported, in Brokea Centers counsel could not say what would be) the next move of the convicted pair. Gilbert is serving a year’s sentence in the Goodhue county jail at Red:Steel City Looks Forward to Wing, Minnesota, for conviction on 4h indictment charging him with inter- Anti-Government Demonstrations GARY, IND., IS PREPARED in Jackson county jail. Execution ot MAY DAY URGED victed after a three weeks’ trial ati Bow, Nebraska, last night and his; ference with enlistments in violati of the Minnesota statutes, - IN NEBRASKA. Chicago, A ° » April 29.—Circulars signed Omaha, Neb, April 29.—Efforts to’ «phe Communist Party of America” ‘ational Nonpartisan League, and Joseph Gilbert, former-' locate A. C. Townley, who is “som:- where in Nebraska,” or was last night, had no been successful up to lace: this forenoon. He-was in Broken Bow last night but left that town at a late ‘hour. His destination was not. known at Broken Bow. INTRODUCE NEW STUDY COURSE IN NEXT YEAR and advocating a May Day revolution were distributed in Chicago last night, according to federal officials, Broad- cast circulation of the literature was | prevented by the arrest of several men, the officials said. The men.ar- rested wil be held incommunicado un- til after May day. Special guards will be placed around federal and city buildings Sun. day. Officials said recent raids had revealed that Gary, Ind., was head- quarters for radical activities in this | section of the country. GARY MA READY, Gary, Ind., April 29.—-Gary, with one of the largest percentages of foreign- born population of any city in the United States, has made thorough Educators at) Work Preparing | preparations to prevent any anti-goy ernment demonstrations on May day, | Line of Instruction for it was said. Thousands of handbills bearing the caption “May Day of Rev- olution Is Here” have been distribut- ed, They called on workers to “de- troy the United States government. “If Reds start anything they will be sorry they ever tried it,’ Mayor Hodges said. “We will be prepared lor any emergency.” HITS ADOPTION OF KNOX PLAN Washington, April 29..—Adoption of the Knox: peace resolution would be an attempt to dictate the international | policy of Senator Harding, Senator | Hitchcock, of Nebraska, ranking Dem- ocrat of the foreign relations ‘com- mittee, charged today. The Nebraska senator attacked the measure as “idle and ineffective” and declared it was being railroaded through like a gas franchise through a city council “when the vote can be depended upon.” The resolution is to be voted on tomorrow. State Schools | | A new/ course of study will be in. troduced in the graded schools of the; state for the next school “year, Miss’ Minnie J. Nielson, state superintend ent of public instruction, said today Until the initiated law, effe ive in December, restoring M Nielson’s powerss her authority to prepare a course of study for the schools was questioned, and had been |. raised during a lawsuit. Miss ae said that it was desirable to insti- tute a new course of study in| the schools during the school’ term. | and for this reason the course will be; provided for next year. The course of study is now in¢the process of} preparation. Most schools. of the state now are) using the course of study prepared by! E. J. Taylor, former state superin- tendent and now deputy state super- intendent of public instruction, the course prepared by IN. C. Macdonald having been discarded in most) schools. The high school course of study was Prepere’ under the direc- tion of A. chafer, a high school inspector in tae \Nielson’s office. FARMER TAKES (GOPHER POISON 1 Linton, April 29.—Wm. G. Perry, for thirty-five years a resident of Em- mons county, east of the presen’ town of Hazelton, committed suicide in Hazelton Monday afternoon by tak- ing gopher poison, the arsenic result- ing in his death a few hours later. Tuesday morning State’s Attorney Coventry and Coroner Portz went 10 Hazelton where an inquest was hell. The jury consisted of W. B. Andrus, H. O. Batzer and G. A, Lenhart. They found the deceased caused. his own death, BARBERS BOARD EXAMINES HERE The State ‘Barbers’ Board of Exam- jners will hold examinations at Bis- marck ,May§26, it is announced by A. S. DeVoice, of Sykeston, secretary, of the board. WEATHER REPORT For twenty-four hours ending at noon, April 29. Temperature at 7 Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night . Precipitation Highest wind velocity ALM 3 Forecast. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; warmer to- nght and in the east portion Saturday.! STEAL $113,000 ARE CAPTURED Nashville, Tenn., April 29—Rob- bers who secured $113,000.in cash and securities from a bank at Auburn, Ky, Tuesday were captured near Browder, Ky., today, according to a message received here from Russellville, Ky. Securities to the value of $103,000 were recovered, it was said. NEW FIRM TAKES STORE CONTROL The partnership of Richmond and Whitney has been dissolved and the firm henceforth will be known as Richmond's Bootary, it is‘ announced, Mr. Whitney retiring. J. C, Beck, who has long been as- sociated with this concern as sales- man, has acquired an interest, in the firm and will share in the active man- ageement. B TO BL! TRAIL. Valley City, D., April 29.—Plane for blazing the North Star trail, for- merly known as the Green trail, run- ‘ning from Portal, through Valley City to Fairmount, were outlined at meeting here of directors of the North Star Trail association. Present were: W. W. Lyness, Fessenden, president; C, Danielson, Minot, secretary: and Theodore Kahellek, Kenmare 3 Haley, Hankinson; J. T. Strauss vey; W.H. Francis, Velva; and W. I. M. Thornbill, Carrington. directors. The trail will be blezed by painting big stars along the route, An inhabitant of Wichita Falls, Tex., is building a rain-making ma- chine. 'MORE WARRANTS ARE CALLED, The state treasurer has called hail} warren, Nos. 16042 to 17270. inclu- » Which includes warrants issued | tor hail losses in Reuville, Ransom, | Ramsey, Pierce, Pembina, Oliver and ! Nelson counties. The total amount of | the warrants called is about $300,000, PLAN TO LEARN WHAT YOU KNOW OF YOUR CITY {Town Criers Announce Purpose of Week’s Effort PLAN -MANY DISPLAYS { |Special “Features Also Promised for Interesting Week | <a {The Town Criers announced to- | day definite plans for “De You | Know Bismarck Week,” which | will be held beginning Monday. , | Under the heading of “Do You | Know” the Town Criers announce | their intention of asking and an- | swering hundreds of questions | concerning Bismarck, | ald of citizens, The Town Criers have started (o find out just what Is in Bismarek—they invite ques- ‘ thons and answers from every cit- | | izen. i ¢ oJ “What is Bismarck afd what is nj Bismarck?” The Town Criers club of Bismarck. devoted to truth in advertising and to advertising the community, plan to advertise Bismarck to the people of Bismarck next week. Taking the premise that very’ few people in Bismarck really appreciate what las been done in building up a city out of a raw prairie town less than a half century ago, and that very few people including the Towa Criers—really know the necessary facts about Bismarek to tell to a stranger in boosting, the town, the club. plans to devote Six days to tell- ing all about the city, Many features have been’ worked out by the committees of the club, af- ter an interchange of iieas at club | meetings. Plan for Week. The plan for the week includes: Request of all ministers in the city to devote a few minutes Sun- day to a talk upon the duty of every citizen to his community. i Special artlelgs by representa~ | tive citizens of the 5 Request of the head of eve fraternal or other organi the city and women’s ¢ to de- vote at least ten minutes of their meeting time to a discussion 9f Bismarck and how the city may be bettered. » Special window displays in downtown stores illustrating the accomplishments of the city an scattering of “Do You Know” facts all over the city. Four-minute talks in the the- aters and talks to high school and junior high school. students on Bismarck. Essay contest in the high school and Junior high school on “Bis- marck, My City, Why I Like It, and How I Think It Can Be Im- proved.” Request of business houses, particularly those whose business is little undertood by the public, to hold an “open house” to the peonle of the cify during the week, Ask Co-operation. The Town Criers also have some "Spectat features for the week, which they have not divulged, but which will be announced early next week, The co-operation of all citizens is to be sought by the club in making the week a success. WAGE MATTER UP TO H HARDING Washington, “april ‘il 29.—Failing io reach anagreement withthe shipping board and American steamship own- ers on a basis for readjustment of working conditons in conference here today representatives of the union an- nounced that they would lay their case before President Harding, RESTRICTION BILL REPORTED Washington, April 29.—The house restriction bill was reported favorably today by the senate immigration com- mission after elimination of provi- sions to accord special privileges for entrance of minors and persons sub- ject to religious persecution. Yeomen Banquet. The Brotherhood of American Yeo- men will hold a get-together party Monday night. Following a banquet there will be a program and music. The dinner will be given by the Yeo- men ladies. , FACE HIS MISFORTUNE Chicago, April 29.—Jimmy Kelly is unhappy because of his face, Every time he meets a cop he’s thrown into jail until he proves he’s not Tommy O'Connor, fugitiz# gunmay, i { \ with the |; i HARDING CONSIDERS GERMAN CASE SECRET SORROW CAUSES MILLION- ~AIRETO LIVE AND DIE AS MISER Even Widow Cannot ot Explain Wall Street Mystery BY R. H. WHITNEY | Bensonhurst, L. |, April 20,—What j Wsa the secret sorrow that so domi- nated the life of Calvin Amory Stev-' jens that it turned him from a; j buoyant, loving husband and father, into a bitter, miserly old man? |. Why did he abandon his beautiful ‘home and forsake his charming wife, ;and daughter, to live in a garret- ‘hovel atop a dilapidated business; | building in the .heart of the Wail) Street district ? Stevens, the miser, died sudden'y in Trinity hospital, Brooklyn, on March 20, Screaming and prot:sting against the invasion of the police, he had been forcibly taken to the hospital only after his janitor-super- intendent feared he would die of starvation. Starvation, however, did not kill him; heart discase did. | Asks Allowance A aimple court proceeding brought later by his widow, revealed that Stev- ‘ens had left behind upward of $15,000,- 000 in cash, bonds, real estate, coal imines in Virginia and. mineral dapos- its in western states. ‘No will has been found. | The court action of his widow con-! sisted of an affidavit filed in probate , court asking for $10,000 a year from | her husband's estate for the “support and education of their daughter, Kate, 1:18." | She submitted to the court that | Kate recently became the bride of) Richard Fagan, 19, a student at Dart mouth college, whose home is in ¢ veston, Texas. Kate has been a student at M Saywood'’s School, Overbook, delphia. hops, Th 8 Phila-: she met Fagan at school! youngsters eloped. Marries Widow It was while living in a modest bearding house in Hoboken that Stev- ens fell in love witht@young widow and married her. Together they went | to Bensonhurst, where he erected a costly home. Within two years Kate! was born. i Then came a wierd change in Stev | ens’ life. H For years he limited himself to 50, cents a day for food, patched his shoes! himself with cardboard, and scurried | forth at night to collect newspapers | and tin cans which he sold in the! morning to junk dealers, Wife's “Story But let his wife tell. her story as} she told it to me: In the early days it’ was all so! different. Then we had all the luxuries our hearts desired, “IT had a-daughter, Jessie, when 1 married Mr, Stevens: She is now Mrs. Anthony de Sousa, and her husband is an electrical engineer in Brazil. “My husband loved Jessie as_ his own daughter. He was devoted to both girls, Jessie and Kate, and de-' nied them nothing. But there was some sorrow in his heart—he never would tell me what. “As time wore on my husband be- came obsessed with the idea that) everyone; no matter how rich, should dispense with all luxuries. He or-' dered plain foods and said we must not spend money for anything that was not absolutely necessary. “Then came the time when we dis pensed with our household employes and settled down to a hum-drum ex istence, Money Mania “Mr. Stevens became engrossed’ with his business. He thought of nothing else. It became a mania with him. “T can recall many a time when he came home actually ill from overwork, but he wouldn’t rest, \Night after night ‘he would sit up until long after daybreak, poring over his books ard his satchels of money. “I have heard his racking cough, and often went downstairs and plead- ed that he. go to bed to save his, health. But, no. “There were times when he bluntly informed me that his books were 1 cent out of the way. Mind you—just! 1 cent. I dropped a penny on the floor ked it up and handed it to; him saying ‘Why, here is the differ-| ‘ence, “But he was not satisfied. Often He Wept “Often I would walk into the library to find him sitting alone, his eyes filled with tears, sobbing hysterically. “He adopted his mode of living, and adhered to it, while I chose to con- tinue here with my children. “Mr. Stevens owned 140,000 acres in Virgina and had a home there, with servants and everything that a man’s wealth could afford. He also main- tained a room in a hotel in New York, necessary. “I tried with all the love in my heart to make him take care of him- self, to preserve his health, - “Finally, J made up my mind not to interfere in anything he did. “Iam sure he left no will. I and all others who knew him will under- stand what a terrible horror he had of death. He didn’t want to speak) of it, and the subject of a will, he once said, was to invite death.” CAPTATY VEACH & Grand Forks, Cap: ) tain H. Veac commanded | the Salvation Meany corps at Grand | Forks since, 1918, has resigned be-| cause of ill health, He will leave May! 1, with his wife, for Cleveland. { Loses” LEGS BY INCHES | Geneva, April 29.-The Croix de} Guerre has heen awarded Emile Froi- } deveau, Swiss member of the French, Foreign Legion. A disease contract-| ed in Africa has necessitated 23 am-} putations of arms and le; Doctors | cannot diagnose the dise: 'BAR STUDENTS FROM SCHOOL FOR TAKING H HOLIDAY Carrington, PONDS D., April 29, Seven students of the high school have been suspended from all classes for the remainder of the term and sixty others are allowed to continue their class work under certain regulations as a result of a strike of students on Arbor Day. The students refused to attend school on that day, and it is re ported they attempted to persuade others to absent themselves, the abtentees deeming it a holiday. WOBBLIES JUMP BAIL. Ae HUGHES WOULD _ HAVE POWERS ~ BARGAIN AGAIN 'Seeretary of State Believes Nes gotiations Can | i | Continue FRENCH REJECT PLANS ‘With Belgians They are Against Further Negotiation With Germ Only One of Real endl Leaders Said to Be Behind « Bars FURTHERIN REVOLUTION ‘Federal Officials Believe Men at Large Are Encouraging ‘ Propaganda Chicago, April 29-—The real lead- ers in the group of Industrial Work- ers of the World convicted for anti-! | government war-time conspiracy have jumped their bonds and now are“be- lieved to be furthering revolutionary ideas, federal officials said today, after a final checkup of the 47 men who were to report to the Leavenworth, Kan,, penitentiary following refusal | Kate Stevens Fagan, 18, (c (of the United States supreme court to review their cases. Nine convicted men are at liberty, the others either having reached the | penitentiary or being on their way, it was stated. Only one of the conspiracy leaders ‘is behind the bars, however, the others j;at Leavenworth being termed small fry or.men “who happened to get into the way of the government war-time ‘drag net.” og THREE IN RUS Of the nine who’ are ‘free’ six are looked on as chief instigators of lhe anti-war “activities, Three ofthese Mrs. Jessie L. Stevens (above), Mrs.| are believed to be holding “eminent’ er), and | p sitions in the Russian Soviet gov- Bobby Van Cleef De Sousa) 5,' (be-; emment and three are believed to be | | but that in his business, I believe, was |, low), widow, daughter and grands of Calvin Amory Stevens, all likely, to share in $15,000,000 estate. RR eee EMPLOYES ASK CONVEYANCE T0 STATE CAPITOL Petition State ‘Board of Admin- istration to Provide Means Employes in the state capitol have} petitioned the state hoard of adminis- tration to provide ‘some means of transportation from the down-town district to the capital for them until such time as the street car service is resumed. Sixty-two employes, chiefly girls: signed, the petition, which was pre- sented fo the board’s office the mem bers of the board being out of the city. The petition recites {hat the girls are unable to stand the expense of automobile hire to and from the cap- ital, and that many of them are forced to eat cold lunches because of inabil- ity to walk long distances to their boarding houses for lunch, What is Society Doing? The social activities of your friends naturally interest every woman. What Mrs. Smith is doing or what she @ is planning to do are told in an interesting way in our so- y columns You'll enjoy the news, for this paper makes a specialty of society events. Every- thing that is interesting is to be found here. Bismarck Tribune Phone 32 es ed in this country. Two of the remain: ing three who have not surrendered are expected to give up within a few days. | Editor Reports Ralph Chaplin, editor of the Soli- 'darity, once the official 1. W. AW. | organ, was said by federal officials to ; be the dnly “big gun” in the con- spiracy now, at Leavenworth. “Big Bill’ Haywood is authorita- tively reported to be minister of pro- paganda for the Soviet government | with the task of spréading its doc- : trines through many countries, 'PASTOR’S WIFE DIES IN CITY Mrs. J. ff, Anderson, wife of Rev. J. H. Anderson,’ pastor of the Nor- | wegian Lutheran church at Douglaa. [N. D., passed away in a local hospita!, following an operation. e remains wer sent today to Douglas, where fun- eral services will be held on Sunday. The body then will he taken to tho deceased’s former ,home in Chicago for interment. Mrs. Anderson was 30 years old and was married a year ago. Henry Pfaff Drowned; Nephew of of A. Bauer Arthur Bauer, propri proprietor of the Or- pheum Theater, received word yester- day of the death by drowning of his nephew, Henry Pfaff, who at one time | was employed at the McKenzie hotel. He was well known among the younger set, He left about a year and a half ago to reside at St. Paul. His mother wired Mr. ‘Bauer that she is without details as to the drowning but the body has been recovered, i irred in Minnesota. U. S. TENNIS STAR London, April, 29.—(By the Asso- ciated Press.)—C. Cutting, Anieri- can court tennis star, today defeated Tattham, English veteran, 6-i, 2, in the third round for the amateur tennis championship of Great Britain. WAR DEPARTMENT OPPOSED DEMAND i Washington, April 29.—The war de- ; partment is strongly opposed to the adoption by the house of the Flood | resolution asking why | era! Omar Bundy was not recommend- | ed for promotion by President Hard- ing. | | AIRSH P CARRIES 300 | London, April 29.—A Dutchman has a dirigible that needs no | ballast, loses no gas, has staterooms, dining rooms, smoking apartments and can carry 300. It is 950 feet long and ha peed of 70 miles an hour on ha)? epesd. | invented The first novel publ j ica wa he Power of Sympathy, Mrs. Sarah W, A. Morton, in 17. hed in Amer- by TAKES LAURELS) sociated Press. )—President Harding and his cabinet were understood to have discussed the German repara- ‘tions proposals again today, Secre- |tary Hughes laying before them the views of the principal allied powers | with regard to the offer, Meantime jthe American reply to the German | communication was held up. While the cabinet was considering ‘the question it became known that Great Britain and Italy had not defi- jnitely rejected the German offer as | unacceptable as a basis for negotia- ; tions. It was understood, however, that the Frenth and Belgian views as } transmitted to Mr. Hughes were that ithe terms were unacceptable. | According to information in usual- ly well informed quarters Secretary Hughes still is hopeful that negotia- tions betwen the allies and Germany can be reopened. It is said that even, if a final decision is not reached he- fore the French begin to move into additional German territory the ex- change can continue. after that time. LLOYD-GEORGE’S IDEA, Paris, April 29.—Prime Minister Lloyd George of Great Britain would consent to the occupation of the Ruhr district, only after an ultimatum granting a certain amount of delay had been sent to Germany, says ie London correspondent’ of the Matin It is declared he takes the attitude ‘in order to “appease those inflamed against benaltieg © - - < ie REFUSES: ATTE ATTENDANCE. Paris, April'29.—(By the Associated Press,)—Dr. Von Oertzen, head of the Germag wWarburdens commission, re- fused to'attend a meeting of the rep- arations commission today for deter- mination of the time and methods of the German payments. KAHN ASSERTS ARMY PLAN IS NOT ADEQUATE California Representative Says Only Two Countries Have As Small an Army Washington, April 29.4-Chairman Kahn of the military affairs commit- tee told the house today that an en- listed force of 168,000 men as fixed by the army appropriations bill was too small and at the proper time he would offer an amendment increasing the number to 175,000. “I am not an alarmist, I am nol afraid of war, but we all know ths‘ world conditions are unsettled,” he declared, “and in the interest of trie economy, in the interest of the we!- fare of the country I shall appeal (so the membership of this house to sup- port’ such an amendment.” Citing the fact that Japan ant China both had much larger armies than: this country the California: ren- resentative said that in proportion to poulation only Columbia and Parv- guay had smaller armies than tho United Stat TWO COMPANIES INCORPORATED Inrorporations filed with he sehre- tary of state include: Pioneer Electric Company, Fargo; capitol stock, $100,000, incorporators, L. Wentz, C, H. McDonald and P. . Burfening, all of Fargo. Hansen Hardware Company, Milnor, Sargent county; capital stock, $25,- 000; incorporators, Ole Hansen, O. G. Burgeson and T. E. Thoen, all of Mil- nor; to retail hardware, furniture, ete, NEW BUILDING FOR TOWN OF LINTON Linton, April 29.—A two-story brick building one hundred feet in width will, be built this summer on the Hogue property just south of the Stone Drug Store, formerly occupied ; by the old hotel building that burned j down. The construction of this large | building was made certain Monday y hight when a stock company was ganized with $50,000 capital, The corporators are Wm. McCuley, Fra Chesrown and R. R. Hogue. WIFE GooD CITIZEN Kansas City, April 29.—John Kern, a Gérman of Liberty, Mo., has taken out citizenship papers after living in America 15 years. His wife made hiv do it. Sbe wanted to vote.