The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 4, 1921, Page 1

The Weather Generally Falr = SS THE B ISMARCK TRIBUNE Last Edition — ft FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS. BOND ISSUE TO BE SUBMITTED — “10 CITY VOTE City Commissioners to Ask De-| termination of People.on | Improvements a WANT MOTOR FIRE TRUCK: Incinerator _ for Disposing of | Garbage and Pest House Rbpairs Included An election wifl in all probability be’ held in Bismarck early in June on the: question of a bond: {ssue for the pur- pose of purchasing a fire truck, an in-) cinerator, and remodeling of the de-/ tention hospital. | Members of the city commission, at informal discussions, have reached; the conclusion that these . improve- ments to the city government facili-! ties ough to be made. It is probable that the commission will reach a de- cision ‘Monday night, } A. P. Lenhart, president of the com-! mission, said today that it appeared to commissioners that it was highly necessary to have modern fire-fight- ing apparatus in the city to insure! proper fire protection.~. Such appara-! B’S WORK Burt Finney was named president tus, he said, would more than pay, mittedly unsatisfactory and can only be made so by. the remodeling of the building, Mr. Lenhart said, There is complaint voiced against the dump- ing of garbage south of the city anc, the only solutoin to this queston was to provide the facilities is a bon ‘ issue, Mr. Lenhart said, and the com- Place at Weekly Meeting missioners believe the matter ought Tod: to go before the citizens for deter- oday mination. —— C. W. Henzler,commissioner of fire one which is so constructed that the ma CUR ot aie i engine may be used as'a fire engine °f the Bismarck Rotary club by the to increase pressure. directors of the organization and to- It is estimated that it would cost) gether with the other officials was in- between fees snd 919,000, ,t0, E stalled to succeed F. L, Conklin the a ork edhe | first president of the club and who! for itself within a short time in the saving of insurance costs. i Detention Hospital | FINNEY HEADS The city detention hospital is ad- 2 a modern disposal plant,. Mr. Lenhart) z ENSUING YEAR said. © { Under present conditions the only way in which funds can be obtained’ Installation of Officres Takes and police, declares that, the city REPORT ON CLU ought to waste no’ time in obtaining a modern motor fire-fighting machine, $5,000 to remodel the detention hos- Bi . pital and a few tt@usand dollars to has made an enviable record in Bet: | provide an incinerator, | ting Rotary on its feet in the Capita}; f F. Offiare, city attorney, has ad- City. Other officers installed were: | vised the commission that 20 days’ of- BOY ON TRIAL FOR $772,000 THEFT Sixteen-year-old’ Willie Dalton (left) is on trial, in Chicago, clfarged with the-theft of $772,000 in Liberty bonds from the! derfully this year and each North Da- Northern Trust Company last February. Dalton at Heworth, Hil, got a reward of $25,000. ie MOURISTS WILL DOT RED TRAIL MORE THAN EVER |Reports to Jamestown Meeting Show 50 Per Cent Traffic Increase Expected ASK HIGHWAY KEPT UP i { 'Unless Work is Done on Red| Trail it Can’t Stand Traf- fic, Reports Say | Boards of county commissioners inj ! all counties through which the Red it rail passes are to be appraised of ; the fact that the number of motor | tourists over the Red Trail this year iis expected to increase 50 per cent ‘over last year. ; Bismarck men, who returned todav from Jamestown where the North Da- ‘kota segtion of the National Parks | Highway (Red Trail) held a meeting, ‘outlined the efforts of the organiza- | tion, | Camp Sites Along Way. Correspondence already from the east, they said, showed that the auto travel would increase won- kota community has the task of aid- ing these tourists. Unless the coun- | ties maintain the Red Trail during the } summer it will not be able to stand the heav¥ travel, Reports JURY DISAGREES | showed that county commissioners ii IN BOY’S CASE) at! counties had directed much study » {to improving the highway. Chidago, May 4—The jury in the, There will be camp alles in all case of William Dalton, 16-year-old | 1Wns from cam eles ‘will be’ bulle- bank, clerk, whole stole $772,000 | tined at, tourists headquarters at the worth of Liberty Bonds from thg Twin Cities, Chicago and eastern Northern Trust Compuny recently di,- | points. Endorse Park Plan, agreed and was discharged today after % it had deliberated almost 24 hours, | The organization endorsed the pro- PLANNING ROAD WORK 70 BRIDGE json, was re-elected president of the jorzanization. Other officers chosen Morton and Burleigh County Engineers Study Plans The man who caught jwere. - vice president, Jay White, Fargo; executive secretary, G. N. Ken- liston, Bismarck; directors, Jay White, Fargo; P. F. Derringer, Dick- inson; D, C. Rand, Jamestown; coun- ty directors, Cass county, C. P. Chest- ‘nut, Fargo; Barnes J. Pegg, Valley | City; Stutsman, E. R. Horton, James- jtown; Kidder, E. A. Anderson, Steele, | Burleigh, J. C. Anderson, Bismarck; | Morton, R. A. Countryman, Mandan; | Stark, H, A. Dietrich, Dickindon; Bil- hi . lings, Walter Ray,‘ Medora;’ Golden Plans: for: highway’ approaches 10! valley, . Mattison, Beach, the new Bisraarck-Mandan bridge are; J.C. Anderson, of the Lahr Motor received | made | BEATS PARIS U.S. CONSIDERS INVITATION TO ALLIED COUNCIL | | { | Decision is Withheld Pending: ! Receipt of Formal Invitation | ' | MAY SEND AN “OBSERVER” This Course Was Followed for a Time By the Nations Washington, May 4.—Decisions as| ito American representation on the allied supreme council and the repara- tions commission was held in abeyance! today pending receipt of the invitation; {from the allied governments, | Before discussing the question in! | any way state department officers pre-| | ferred to await the official text as the} j extent of the desired American par- j ticipation in the whole reparations controversy has not yet been clear. In some administration quarters to-; j day expression was given to a doubt! i that the United States would consent | to formal representation on the su- preme council but it was suggested that it was possible that an unofficial observer would be named to sit in at the sessions. { It was pointed out that the United! States was virtually interested in the; reparations settlement and it was said the government desided to get all pos-! sible information as to the successive | steps undertaken or contemplated. An} unofficial observer would be able to! keep the administration fully and promptly informed. This course was! followed for a time with reference to} the conference of ambassadors, AGREE ON ULTIMATUM (London, (May 4.—The supreme coun-| cil reached an agreement yesterday | afternoon on the substance of the ulti-; matum to be sent to Germany by the, reparations commission not later than| May 6. The ultimatum expires six) days later. The total sum which Ger-} many will be called upon to pay hasi been increased to 6,750,000,000 pounds | sterling by the inclusion of the sum due Belgium on account of her debts to the allies. Twelve Paris and London |disigners entered Henry Sav- j age’s competition for the cos- ;tuming of the Merry ‘Widow i won, LOAN SHARK 0 | BE LAST PAID Federal Court Meets | |revival. Peggy Hoyt, New York,, at Jamestown May 17] ficial notice ought to be given. There’ Clyde Bonham, treasurer; Ray Ber-| being worked out by Black and Grif- are conflicting laws'on time necessary.; 880, secretary, and Carl Nelson, | It is probable the election will be; Se’seant-at-arms. held in the forepart or about the’ Mr. Bergeson bs renamed secretary | middle of June. . ‘and his services“were especially éffici- | BISMARCK GETS | Wek tbe matiey fe otary ain LABOR MERTING | was broached for Bismarck, Mr. Bers! {geson did much of the preliminary; Federation of Labor Votes To Hold Next Convention work. There was a general report on the Here work of the club which has many praiseworthy ventures to its credit. Among them are, the Christmas good- fellow work; the Father and Son ban-, quet and the drive for the boy wel-. | fare work just successfully completed. | | In addition the city has been well ad- me vertised through the trip to Fargo and | Bismarck was chosen as the place the spirit of service has been incul- og the next convention of the North cated through the weekly luncheons. Dakota Federation of Labor at the Mr. MacLeod of Canafla is expected; concluding session of the Fargo con-; to arrive and take hold of the boy) vention. welfare work as soon as some tech’ Lee C. Brundage, of Minot, was calities in reference to the imniigra- unanimously re-elected president. 'N. tion lzws are complied with. . ‘M. Aune, of Grand Forks, was unani- There were several guests of ho#r mously re-elected secretary-treasurer. at today’s luncheon, Mr. Dickinson Other officers elected were: Vice- C. H. Christensen o7 Ryder, Bradley presidents, mine workers, George, Marks. Fargo, and Judge Hanley of ‘Coles, Wilton; railroad workers, Lloyd! Mandan Moothart, Williston ;building trades, Myr. Marks responded to the greet- EI. Jenson, ‘Fargo; mixed trades, ing of the club by wishing it the best Frank Milhollan, Bismarck; women of success and rejoicing in the op- workers, Mrs, Margaret Froats, Grand portunity to greet again his old as- Forks. sociates. = The visit of Judge Hanley it is hop- NINE DIE AS ed will assist in starting a Rotary 1 across the river. Seattle, Wash, May 4.—Nine persons are beljeved to have lost their lives in the burning: yesterday of the Jap- anese steamship Tokio Maru, off Cape Mears, Oregon, according to wireless START TICKET _ SALE FOR BIG | | ELK MINSTREL: -Tickets went fi strels when they were placed on sale at Harris and company today. | fin, engineers for Mandan and Mo! ton county and T. R. Atkinson, engi- Sales company, Bismarck, who was chosen Burleigh county director, wat one of the leaders in the establish ; Main street, Mandan, to the bridge ‘proaches on the Mandan side. -| cost would be so large that the com-| neer for Bismarck and Burleigh coun- ty. It is hoped by the engineers andj officials to make the highways to the bridge conform as much as” possible, The proposed road from the end of ! ment of the splendid camp site at the used by hundreds of tourists last year and has been one of the county’s most active boosters for the Red Trail. would be about 31-2 miles in length. ‘There is a big fill that has to be made} HARDING RAPS across low land to the bridge ap-j ‘ It is} hoped by Morton county officials to; pave the road this year. approaches of the bridge be contin- | ued, instead of making jan earth ap- proach. If this were aidne the entire | Tells Government Departments They Must Live Within 3 JV tion the Morton county commission- | ers will adopt for their problem. It: {has been suggested that the concrete! missioners could ‘not build the roal | this year. i The road to the bridge on the Bis-{ pees marck side will be 34 feet in width,! Washington, May 4—President with a place on the north side of the' Harding launched a drive today walk for a sidewalk. Surveys have) against what he termed the “danger- been completed and specifications are | ous tendency” of government depart- being prepared. The paving on the! ments to live beyond the means pro- There is pome doubt as to what solue | Means Bismarck side, including the paving | vidded for them by Congress and sub-; from the east end of Main street to! mit requests for deficiency apprppria- the state prison, would be about 23-4 | tions to cover deficits, miles. In identical letters to cabinet mem- i penitentiary grounds. here, which wae | Jamestown, May 4.—-Deputy U. 8, General Fraser Makes Rules in Marshal John Trotter was in the city | te : Payment of North Dakota ‘oday and acting under instructions Compensation Claims jthe regular term of federal court ; which was to have been begun in Janpeiov's sean until Tuesday May 17. Jamestown has had only one term MANY COMPLAINTS MADE: of the federal court, presided over by So ' Judge Amidon, and it is possible that Many reports of the assignment of, the next term will be held by a new soldiers bonus claims at excessive; judge, who is expected to be ‘appoint- rates of discount are being reported,’ eq for the district of North Dakota, Adjutant-General G. A. Fraser said to-' according to a bill which was recent. | Attorney General Expected To Appeal Decision of U. S. day. General Fraser reiterated the! iy introduced in the U. S. senate for statement he made in Fargo Monday that purpose. Judge Amidon is still to the effect that every claim which! oyt of the state and Judge Wood- ihe found had been taken from a sol-: rough of Omaha will not be able to dier by a “Shylock” at an exorbitant) hold the spring terms of court for discount @puld be deferred to the last; Judge Amidon. payment, Which may not be made for; = bo some years. { “Reports are coming in every day| that persons are discounting the sol-| diers bonus claims. at rates as high as!- 150 to 100 percent, and the purchasers) ! of these claims are notified that under! | the clause of law which gives the Ad-| ’ | jutant-General authority to grant prt-| ority to claims, that every unassigned claim will be paid prior to one in which it is discovered excessive dis- counts have been made,” said General) Fraser, “The assignees who have taken Court | claims to assist the boys may rest as-' ;from Judge Woodrough, adjourned! ‘POLES-GERMANS FIGHTING OVER UPPER SILESIA | Pole Civilians Occupy Towns and Use Machine Guns, Say Dispatches FRENCH TROOPS THERE Interallied Commission Inter. venes to Restore Order London, May 4—A state of seige was declared in Upper Sil- esia as a result of the disorders following allotment of the coal « fields to Poland. Oppeln, Upper Silesia, May. 4.—(By the Associated Press.) — Organized Polish forces estimated at 20,000 have occupied all of Upper Silesia south of a line running from Kosel to Tarno- witz with the exception ofa few large towns and are moving further north- ward, according to information sup- plied by a member of the inter-allied representation. Warsaw, May 4.—(By the Associat- ed Press.)—The insurrectionary movement in upper Silesia has spread rapidly. According to newspapers a Polish civilian fighting organization occupied Kattowitz and other town3 after m me gun encounters with the Ge but neh froops 1. ly controlled the situation. Newspapers last evening reported eight Poles killed and 16 wounded in the Kattowitz region in clashes with the Germang in which the Poles at- tempted to gain contro] of the dis- tricts bordering on the Polish fron- tier. For a time the Poles were in power in these districts but the in- ter-allied commission intervened and quiet was eventually restored. Upper Silesia, in a recent plebes- | cite, voted for German rule, DIVORCE CASE OF STILLMANS 1S CONTINUED ‘Secret Hearings Are Held Ip Banker’s Case Against Wife (New York, May 4,—James A. Still- man, who yesterday resigned the presidency of the National City bank, today resumed in the first of a series | of secret hearings his fight for divorc2 from Mrs, Anna U. Stillman. ‘Several French - Canadians from Three Rivers, Quebec, site of the Still- man summer camp, are here for the | hearing. /It was announced that witnesses summoned by counsel for Mrs. Still- man in her counter charges of in- fidelity will be called to testify at a later hearing. | ‘SEES NO CAUSE FOR WAR ALARM | Baron Shidehara Talks to Busi- | ness Men on California Matter i Cleveland, 0.. May 4.—Differences | between the United States and Japan ON JAP MATTER. BORAH PUSHES DISARMAMEN Washington, May istration’s desire to defer considera- tion of nava) disarmament proposals .—An impending | | bers the president called attention to the fact the bills calling for approxi- mately $216,000,000 in deficiency ap- | propriations are now pending “and , that the estimated deficiency will run \very much beyond that sum,” | ARR RRR eee st for the Elks min-| fight in the senate against the admin-' The demand was about equally di-| was forecast by the reintroduction by | vided between the Friday night and | Senator Borah, Republic, Idaho, of and Saturday night performances. , his resolution to “authorize and re-; There are still many good seats left,! quest” the president to call represen-j advices today from the United States army transport Buford. ' sured that they will be protected, but, | those persons who are buying claims jat large discount will be paid after j every soldier has received his money. | ; The order number will have no bear- | ing on the date of payment.” | ‘The first case brought to public at-; who served in France and was award-| ed the Croix de Guerre, His bonus {claim amounted to $650. It would be | paid in the regular course of business, not Jater than April 1, 1922. | A Fargo man offered to purchase his; bonus for $300. H i jission Circle j (Mission Circle of Baptist Churchwill! tention was that of Norman Erickson, | Bi The decision of the United States) “call for adjustment but their exist- Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Paul) ence does not justify apprehension or yesterday in holding the North Da-| pessismistic forecast,” Baron Shids- kota grain grade act unconstitutional! hara, Japanese ambassador, today will undoubtedly be carried to the; told the Cleveland Chamber of Com- i United States Supreme Court, William! merce. ‘Lemke, Attorney-General, was not in; Regarding the question of Japanese immigration to California, he declared of opinion at the capitol that this ac-' that “Japan claimed no rights.” tion will be taken. | “She only asks for her nationals The case was originally started inj lawfully resident in this country that the federal district court in Fargo by) just and equitable treatment which is the Embden Farmers Elevator com-/ in line with the fine traditions of pany. The law was found constitu-| the American people.” tional by Judge Amidon whose deci- sion now is reversed. The federal court held that the state was without power to enforce \ the but those holding tickets are urged to tatives of Great Britain and Japan in-, meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs./ law because there is a federal grade WINS ELECTION FROM HUSBAND Red Spring, N. C.. May 4.—Mrs. Beatrice Bullock, candidate for alderman in the town election, yesterday defeated her husband, G. C. Bullock, who was candidate on the opposition ticket by four votes. EXPRESS COMPANY TO CUT WAGES New York, May 4—The American Railway Express Company announced here today it had notified its 80,000 employes that it contemplated a re- vision in wages effective June 1, ! ‘RUSH FOR GOLD IS CONTINUING Ottawa, May 4.—The reported dis- covery ofa gold vein in the vicinity of Kazubazua, Gatineau, district Que-' bec, continues to attract residents of Ottawa. Many more left for the dis- trict today to stake claims. Experts were dispatched to investigate the strike, . 1 i reserve them as quickly as possible. NTT to a disarmament conference. | LEADER OF “KNOCKERS GANG” IS | CAPTURED; BIG PUBLIC BURNING §_ SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT The arch conspirator of the “Knock- ers Gang” has been captured. The capture was effected today through Chief of Police Chris Martine- son and a big bunch of volunteer de- tectives who have been searching the city during the Town Criers “Know | Bismarck Week" for the members: of the “Knockers Gang,” Here’s what the captors propose do- | ing: Keep him behind jail doors until 1:30 Thursday afternoon. Put him on exhibition in a window in A. W. Lucas and Contpany store Thursday, afternoon and evening. Take him out at 8 o’clock Thursday night. turn him over to the Elks and move him in a big cage to a lot north of the Auditorium. Have a big bonfire and burn him. Those in charge of the affair prom- ise to make the public “lynching” a big, jolly affair. The Elks, Town Criers, Rotarians, and all other citi-' zens who would rather be classed as boosters than knockers are invited to he at tee corner of Fourth and Broads at 8 o'clock Thursday night, join j in the funeral procession and the pub- lic bonfire of the knocker. The arch conspirator is a real, live individual, and he will be exposed to public gaze all Thursday afternoon | and evening. The $100 reward offered | by the Town Criers for his capture yesterday did the work, and it was announced today that the man was‘ captured in a dark alley surrounded by a half dozen other knockers who; were knocking everything from thei ; State capitol to-the river. | Let Us Find the Job for You Are you looking for work? * Are you qualified to hold a position that requires ‘skill or do you want a more simple job? Perhaps you're the person some employer wants — and really needs at once. Write your Want-ad and we shall insert it at a small cost. It may produce the position that will eventually be worth muuch to you. Bismarck, Tribune Phone 32 | H. F, OlHare, 808 Ave. B. | law in the state. Do You Know-- That Bismarck has $400,000 invested in school buildings with one High school, four Grade schools, one Parochial school, employing 63 teachers for 1,900 students. That Bismarck High school graduates are admitted with- out examination to all colleges and universities . That Bismarck has a night That Bismarck paved the school with five teachers way for night schools in citi- zenship for foreigners twelve years ago, and the Department of Immigration at Washington sent to Bismarck to study the plan. That Bismarck has the first summer Bible school or- ganized in North Dakota. That our Parochial schools are kept in the very van of undergraduate education. That Bismarck’s Business College has 169 non-resident students enrolled for the year. y ‘That Bismarck has the nucleus for a college of law, hold- ing night classes. ’ HALF PRINTING SHOPS SIGN UP ON NEW BASIS Indianapolis, Ind, May 4,—Officers ‘of the International Typographica) | Union say that 240 local unions of | printers in job and book printing of- | fices of the country have signed 44- hour week agreements. J. W. Hays, treasurer, sald this included one-half | of the membetship of the union, | | | | Chicago, May 4—The arbitration | board whose decision affects the live- | ihood of some 12,000 members of the | printing trades in Chicago today an- i Mounced a reduction of $4.35 a week for each of the four major crafts. | Grand Forks, May ‘4.—Three Grand ‘Forks Job printing shops which clos- ed Monday when printers, binders and ;Pressmen struck are operating to- ; day. Men recruited from office forces j are doing the work. Fargo, May 3,—The printing strike ‘ situation remained unchanged here to- day with 30 compositors and about 19 apprentices out. Presemenand binders continued to work, but had not signer | 48-hour contracts, according to u {officials while employing prin‘ers said that the pressmen had signed such contract. }