The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 11, 1921, Page 1

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE = FORTIETH YEAR GERMANS F ee BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1921. SUPREME COURT |. _ MAIL SCHOOL FOR WEE ACTORS WONT TAKE UP FUNDS DISPUTE Taxpayers to File New Petition in'the District Court Fol- lowing Decision COUNTY PAYS NO BHLS. | Treasurer Says Apportionment | is not Made Because He Hasn’t Funds The supreme court has declined’ to | take jurisdiction in the petition of. lo- | cal taxpayers to require money plac- | ed on certificate of deposit in the Bank | of North Dakota by H. P. Knappen, | former treasurer, and alleged by pe- |. titionera to be money loaned out, to! return the money to the treasury ot} the county for transfer to the new, treasurer, J. A. Flow. i ‘The petitioners announced that ‘the | supreme court, having declined to take original jurisdiction in the case, ; the petition for a writ of mandamus | directed against Mr. Knappen and the ; be presented to | ~ TAY DOWN ARIS Edition _ 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS iS ORMALLY LONDON HEARS ~ POLES ARE 10 | | | Rerort Says Line of Demarea-| tion Agreed Upon by i H Insurgents : IFRENCH ENGAGE IN FIGHT | | i fre Artillery Duel with Poles! | wee | i London, May 11.--It is reported| jthat negotiations between the inter- | {allied commission in Upper Silesia and | Adelbert Korfanci, leader of the Polish insurgents in that area, resulted 1a evening in the suspension of ‘hosti jtfes, says a ‘dispatch to the Central News: from’ Warsaw today. It was agreed, according to this re-} port, that the insurgents would oc- cupy a line of demarcatiogys agrees | }upon and remain in the*stipulated po- i sition pending final settlement of the! | Upper Silesian question which is still! | pending in. allied councils. where it | rested following the taking of the ¥e-} {cent plebescite ‘in this area. The in- ‘dustrial territory* which has been; BOW TO ALLI ‘MADAME CURIE, CO-DISCOVERER OF RADIUM, ARRIVES IN U.S. $100,000 GIFT TO HER PLAN New York, May 11.--Madame Curje eminent scientist and co-discovered of radium, was a passenger on the steamer Olympic which arrived here this morning. J é \Madame Mario Curie,’ whose dis- covery of radium in 1898, has been called “the realization of the dream of ancient alchemists” was born in Warsaw, Poland, on Nov. 7, 1867, Her father, Protessor Sklodowska, was an instructor in physics and. chemistry in the University of Warsaw and for some years before entering upon her Professional career as a scientist, she worked in his laboratory. Mme. Curie received the Nobel prize tor chemis- try in 1903, Saved Many Lives She married in 1896 Pierre Curie, professor of general physics in the University of Paris, who had shared with her the honor of collaboration | in giving her great find to the world. Some years later Professor Curie was sstruck by a wagon in ‘Paris and killed. His widow succeeded to his profes- Mine. has two child- one, 20 years off who, like her has taken up scientifle re- veh, and another dayghter of 15 years, The discovery of radium enriched many persons throughout the world. ‘ft has been estimated that its use during the war saved the lives of not loss ‘than 50,000 wounded men. Notwithstanding the fact that Mme, Curie has devoted more than halt of her 53 years to the study of radio- active substances, she is a compara- tively poor woman and lives when at on the salary of a teacher at the Sorbonne. “I gave my secret to the world,” she declared, “It was not to enrich anyone. It was for all people.” ~Women to Raise Fund Many fantastic stories have been told about radium and its mysterious properties. It has been said that an ounce of this “metallic chemical ele- ment found in pitchblende,’ is worth more than $3,000,000, to obtain which requires the reduction of 5,600 tons of ore by the most’ painstaking and complicated processes. has never, it is said, refused to re- lease it for the use of humanity the small store has become exhausted. The great ‘Polish woman savant's visit to America, primarily for the: purpose of investigating pitchblende deposits in Colorado, Utah, Pennsylvania and other states, gave rise to the move- ment on the pars of Americah women to supply Mme. Curie with a gram of radium worth $100,000, which shall be “all her own.” This will enable her to continue her researches along curative lines when: she returns to Paris. home at the ‘Institute Curie in Paris} The modest discoverer of radium; world over, as a result of which ‘her} ES GERMAN NOTE 1S HANDED BRITISH BY DR. STAHNER Completely Yield to Terms of Allied Ultimatum ‘BITTER FIGHT ON IT 1 |Reichstag Votes to Surrender— | New Cabinet is Formed for Germany | London, May 11AK(By the Assoclat- ‘ed Press.)—Germany’s unconditional ; acceptance of the entente reparations | Was delivered to Prime Minister Lloyd George by Dr. Stahmer, German4nin= | ister to Great Britaig, here today, H Mr. Lloyd George ounced in the | house of commons this afternoon Ger- | Many’s complete acceptance of all the {allied demands. His annogmpement | was gre (Gi with prolonge ing. FEARED OCCUPATION \ ‘Berlin, y I1.—(By the Associated | Press.)~-Germany's reply to the al- | Mea ultimatum accepting the terms | laid down by the gjlied supreme coun- cil in London is ‘Confined to a papeti tion of the exact terms of the‘ dec! sion of the allies@ith regard te j largely over-run by the Poles therg- armament, the trial of war, prisone Judge Nuessle was out of the city to- day, but is expected to return tomor- ; row. » : Meanwhile no bills are being paid by the county. J. A. Flow, incomig | treasurer, declined to accept the cer- | tificates of. deposit, totaling about! $250,000, from Mr. Knappen. | The county is simply marking time in the payment of its bills until the; dispute.,over the funds is settled. No Money to Cities. No money has been paid to the! cities, townships and other. politica! ' subdivisions of the county, due them | in the apportionment of funds collect- | ed by the treasurer, Mr. Flow said to- day. Many of the political subdivis- | ions are in need of funds and have | urged that an early apportionment be; made, he said, byt he is unable to do so.without the funds. | It was ‘alleged by petitioner's that| there was not enough “free” money to permit the appartionments being made ; and then allow the county..to pay. its | bills, unless the money on certificates | of deposit in the Bank ‘of North'Da kota were returned. | Effect on County. | Mr. Knappen, retiring treasurer, de- | nied that there was no need of emba! rassing the county and claimed the were funds available to pay the nec-! essary bills until the certificates of) deposit came due. | If the original ruling of the Indus-! trial Commission that counties can-; not draw money from the Bank of| North Dakota to pay other than cur- rent expenses, unless they continue | to do business with the bank, still) holds, the county, under the arrange-| ments which have existed, would be} forced to continue to do business with | the state bank for a considerable| length of time, because there will not! be much tax money collected. unti:| fall, it is asserted by some of those | who ask that Knappen’s action be: held unlawful and set aside. { | CUSTERS FIGHT TO BE STAGED AT UNVEILING Will be Preliminary to Unveil-| ing of Monument of Indian Fighter i | i | | i | | | ! I Billing’s Mont., May 11.—Prelimin- | ary to unveiling the Custer monument, now under construction in the city park at’ Hardin, an exact reproduction of the massacre on ‘the Little Big Horn will be staged on the site of; the historic battle on June 25, it is| announced by the Custer Bdttle An-/ niversary association of Hardin. Ap-| proximately 500 Crow and Cheyenne! Indians, representing the Sioux, will | take part in the minifc battle against members of the/ American Legion and; troops of cavalry, representing Cus- ter’s handful. Permission has been obtained from the federal government for use of the| national cemetery for the spectacle, and Gen. Hugh L. Scott of the ‘historic | Seventh cavalry has announced thai he will attend, as probably will Mrs. Custer. The war department also has; offered to co-operate in every: way) possible. ’ Following the “battle” there’ will be Ie a basket dinner at Government Park. | Crow agency, and afterward, spec-/ tators, troops and Indians will go to Hardin where the Custer, monument will be unveiled with propér ceremon- jes. Various addresses, a band cencert,; a men’s chorus, with the Indians ar-! rayed on one side and the American| i ' i { Legion men and cavalry troops on tne other, will include a part of the cere- monial. An Indian pow-wow and a street dance at night completes the day’s program. People from every part of the state, ag well as many without its borders, are expected to attend in view of the historic nature of the celebration, marking the anniversary of one of the most famous events in the west. ‘and -in‘the movies get their schooling ‘not guilty. i 'ANNA“(ZEFT) AND LILLIAN ROTH BY MARIAN HALE, New York, May 11.—You've proba- bly wondered where all the bright little children you ‘see on the stage in the three R’s. ‘i Some few of them have private tutors, but 300 of them are studenta of the Professional Children’s School here. The institution .teaches the same subjects included in the curricilum of the ordinary school for children under 14. French is taught in all grades to help the children in their stage usage of it. When pupils are on the road they receive weekly lessons with answer papers. If the child fails to return] the papers the New York Board of Education is notified. JUNE TERM OF COURT 10 SEE MANY TRIALS Heavy Civil and Criminal Busi- ness is Expected in Dis- trict Court \ stated the’ bank was enabled to re-; The June term of district court here will open on June 13, it’ was stated today by Clerk Charles Fisher. large number of cases are set for jury trial during this term of court, includ- ing several criminal cases.. The for-) mal date for the opening of the term is June 6, but it is the intention to continue it until June 13. ~ Several pleas have been entered in court by persons charged with vari- ous offenses as preliminaries to the, term trials. They include: ' D, H. Stuhr, charged with jumping board bill. Pleaded not guilty. Out, on $1,000 bond signed by brother. George Baker, charged with obtain- ing money’ under false pretenses. | Pleaded guilty, to be sentenced June 12: Bond fixed at $1,000 and released ; on own recognizance. | i Mrs. Willis Bryan, charged with selling intoxicating liquors. Pleaded Out on bond. 2 Russel Bryan, charged with selling intoxicating liquors. Dismissed on, motion of states attorney because principal witness fled to Minnesota. Case turned over to U. S. authorities. MANDAN SCHOOL’S EW HEAD NOW _ AT HIS WORK, Only one change in the personnel of, the force at the state training school at ‘Mandan has been’ made in addition to the removal of Superin- tendent Joseph Devine, according to Ole Lund, of .the state board of, ad- ministration stdff, who was tempor- arily in charge of the institution. ‘Peter Reid. first assistant to Devine, left with him. Lund denied reports that five teachers had resigned and that six others threatened to, and said| there were no vacancies. | The new superintendent is Capt. W. F. McClelland, who comes from New York.’ He served in the Army, and was engaged in boys’ work in the George Junior Republic, board of ad- ministration members say, They de- clare he is exceptionally well qualified. Uniformity of dress is required of girl students. Among.the illustrious graduates are Mary Miles Minter and Rosemary Marsden. - The slate’ .Bishop Greer, of the Churéh 6f ‘St. John the Divine, and his daughter, Mrs. Franklin Robinson, saw six children waiting for. engage- ments, They had nothing to occupy their attention. That was the ’begin- ning of ‘the school. Two of the pupils are Lillian Roth, 10, and her sister, Anna, 7, Lillian has been on the stage four years, An- na, two and a half. Both are now ap- pearing in “The Night of the Iyuty,” a vaudeville sketch. Other students of the school weli known as child actors are Nell Roy Buck, Josephine Buck, Frances Vie- tory and Georgine Waldron, NEW SALEM BANK IS REOPENED The Union Farmers State bank, of New Salem, closed during the winter, has reopened ,it was stated today at the office of the state examiner. O. . Gabe is president of the bank, which. has $30,000 capital, It was open through liquidation of consider- .able paper it had been carrying. $100,000 FUR CONCERN, Minot, N. D., May at $100,000 corporation, to be known as the Stand- ard Fur and Clothing companyy has been organized here. ators are Gust Johnson, formerly of Van Hook; Dudley, Nash and Olaf Wenstrom of Minot. The company.an- nounces a paidup capital, of $50,000. ness, handling men’s suits and over- ats, and an extensive line of furs. eee Autos Wanted! Autos for Sale! May is one of the biggest automobile months of the year. The new season gives everyone the fever. | Whether you have an auto to sell. or want to buy a machine our Want-ads will bring the desired results. Try them. For a few cents you may put over deals that will yield considerable profit. Bismarck Tribune . Phone 32 The incorpor-! | fore would remain under Polish occu- | Pancy. POLES AND FRENCH FIGHT. Oppeln, Silesia, May 11.—(By the | Associated Press.)—French troops en- {gaged in an artillery duel with in- |eurgent Poles near Groschowitz yes- jterday. The Poles replied to the | French fire with several small field | pieces. “A number of slightly wound- | ‘ed Frenchmen have heen brought in by | j motor lorries from other towns in the disturbed area. | It is rumored that a German officer | who formerly’ held « high position in ‘the army has taken charge of German ‘opesations in Silesia and inter-allied | ‘ officials here fear there will be serious | developments in the new few days, | unless the Poles indicate their inten- | |tion to begin a withdrawal. | In thig city there has been arriving | ‘a continuous stream of wounded Ger- man réfugees and the situation has | grown, more intense. The German. |clvilian guards have completed: their | \organization. ‘The officers:\say they! TRADING TAX BILL TAKEN UP IN THE HOUSE Washington, May 11.—The Tincher bill for regulation of grain exchanges and taxation of contracts for the sale of grain for future delivery option for such ‘contracts was tajen up in the house today under a.Xhree-hour de- bate rule. Representative Tincher, ‘Figures ‘of Department of Agri Republican, Kansas, the author, x E clared that while it would. not abolish | cuure and Labor List Products CORN ACREAGE INCREASES IN speculation or legitimate hedging it! would ubsolutely destroy manipulation and make for uniformity among. all, markets. | IS(STATE HOLDS LEADS | Comparison with Other States, Reports Show | have sufficient rifles and feel safe if they can secure artillery. Allied officials arriving. here from | Kattowitz report the Poles held them iup and took them to Polish headquar- ters. It is declared the Poles are well equipped with artillery and small jarms, but there is a lack of discipline , evident in their ranks. p SEE ECONOMIC -REVIVALFROM GERMANY SOON | iAmerican Economists Connect| Development with Reparas tions Action ACCEPTANCE PLEASES U: 8,| ‘Washington, May 11.—Administra- tion officials expressed satisfaction; ‘ over the decision of the German gov-| ernment to accept the allied repara- ! tions demands. It is known an invasion of the Ruhr valley by allied’ forces would have j been regarded by this country with deep concern although the allies have been assured this country would It will do a wholesale and retail busi-; stand with them. Marked relief was indicated when it became evident that. Germany by ac- ; such measures. | American government economists are conVinced of Germany's ability to meet the obligations imposed and they professed to see in her decision | promise of an economic revival that | would cause a happy reaction through the world. ‘A marked increase in the corn acre- LANGER FLING. | by R, H. Thistlethwaite, statistician Debate Held at Salina, Kansas, ; in the office of the commissioner of a N agriculture and labor. First of Series Between | “The acreage was 484,000 in 1918 the Two | 1920, according to (Mr. Thistlethwaite’s -_- ! compilations. A accrece in weet | acreage from 8,000,000 acres in 191! MANY FARMERS PRESENT to 7,600,000 in 1920 is shown. | North Dakota leads all other states in spring wheat acreage ‘and produc- tion, leads in rye acreage, in acreage and yield in flax, is fourth or fifth in acreage in oats, and led all other states in barley acreage in 1920, it is shown by comparison with federal figures, just announced. North ia- kota last year maintained her lead in rye acreage but lost first place in the nation in yield to Michigan. The production and acreage for 1920 in the state is estimated as follows: Yield In Bushels 68,400,000 59,640,000 3,896,000 22,680,000 9,340,000 7,110,000 Salina, Kan., May 11—Charges that the leaders of the National Nonparti-; san League were associated with the! I, W. W. and the socialist party and; counter-charges that opposition to the! league is fostered by the “grain gam-! blers”, the insurance companies and! other business interests, were made; in a debate here yesterday between! William Langer, former Attorney- General of North Dakota, and A. C. Townley, president of the National Nonpartisan League. Approximately 1,000 persons, a; large part of them farmers, attended | the debate. Langer, the ¢hallenger, devoted most of his time to attacks on Town-; ley who, he declared, was “farming the farmers.” He declared’ Townley| Acreage Wheat .. + 7,600,000 Oats Flax Barley Rye ... Potatoes LAST 8 YEARS | Jumped to 508,000, and is 711,000 for’ and financial conditions. Thé re; states that Germany adheres uncondi- tionally to these. conditions, This reply was sent to the allied capitals for transmission to the head of the allied governments after the cabinet headed by Dr, Wirth, the | new chancellor, had received what amounted to a vote of confidence in the reichstag last night. Approved Decision | That ‘body approved of the minis- try’s decision to accept the allies’ | ultimatum, j In his address Dr. Wirth emphasiz- |} ed the tremendous burden Germany | would assume in agreeing to meet the entente’s terms, but insisted. the alternative of French occupation of ithe Ruhr valley" would | completely | cripple Germany's industrial life and ruin the country. - REICHSTAG YIELDS. + Berlin, May 10:—Germany has ac- ; cepted ‘the allied ultimatum.- The | reichstag last night by @ vote of 221 to 175, ylelded to the final demands of the allied powers, and, in so doing, agreed to fulfill the terms of the ‘treaty of Versailles “to the capacity” | of the nation to do so. * | Dr. Wirth, the Centrist leader, fina!- ily succeeded in forming a coalition cabinet, composed ‘of Centrists, Ma- pority Socialists and) Democrats, which, confronted by grave hecessi!y speedily decided that acceptance of the ultimatum was the only course. In making this announcement to the reichstag, the new chancellor asked for an immediate decision by that body and in the voting which follow- ed, the government was, sustained. The allied ultimatum required a def - inite reply, based on “yes” or “no.” No conditonal reply would be enter- tained, and the ultimatum was formu- lated to expire on the night of May 12, i The total sum which Germany {s jcalled upon to pay is 6,750,000,000 | pounds sterling. Disarmament must ; be carried out by Germany in accord- | ance with the, provisions of the treaty | and the trial! of war criminals must ‘be put into effect.’ Numerous other important terms, in which Germany ; had been in default, will be enforced. Non-compliance, with the allied ul- ;Umatum would have subjected Ger- ; many to the occupation by the allies ceptance had averted the adoption of kdinavian-American bank | which he knew was insolvent. ; Townley, in his reply, outlined the | origin of the league and gave practi- cally all his ttme explaining the league program in North Dakota. Langer, at the outset of the debate, ! offered Townley the $100 he said he ; would give him for debating in the | form of a $100 nost-dated check, pay- | able in two years, saying this was the | kind of money Townley had got from ! had “robbed” the farmers of North! | Dakota through the formation of the! | Consumers’ United Stores company | and that he had half a million dollars: ‘in state funds deposited in the Scan-; of Fargo,! Aacnts oe the Rabe valley and whatever ‘ons §=|other military and naval measure: Hay (tame) ... _ 715,000 17,064,000! were deemed advisable. he Hay (wild) ..,. 2,052,000 Baa The value of all agricultural prod-! garded as a make-shift - ucts, figured on basis of 1920 prices, representative, pa good enna cain | is fixed at $25,323,676, The value Of! cept the entente ultimatum and thus dairy products alone for the year WaS) avoid a French advance into the Ruhr. $33,000,000, i | While the cabinet obtained a com: HARDING ASKS | tne the undiriacd SoeeCne nar _ PROFITEER PROBE Majority Socialist and Clericals. The Washington, May 11.— President members of other parties, jt .is:de- Harding has asked Attorney General clared, have given it support as a make-shift, and are not pledged to give it a parliamentary support. The new cabinet ig generally re- - Daugherty to investigate charges of | profiteering on contracts and pur- chases made by the war departmen\; the farmers. , FORM CLUB A leading Democratic member of the reichstag said today: “The cabinét cannot last as it ts With the highly ‘controversial ques-| tion presented by the allies’ insist-- Medora, May 11.—A live Commer- ‘ence upon Germany’s agreement to; cial club has been organized at Me- pay the fixed indemnities out of the| dora for the purpose of boosting the j way it was indicated the state de-| little city in the Bad Lands and es- | partment, expected to proceed more! pecially to support the Roosevelt Na-|- | rapidly with the consideration of the! tional Park movement which was re- | numerous problms.connected with the cently launched there. Practically | development of its foreign policy. | every business man is enrolled as a | ——_— | member. The club Baye ed initial 1 | hop at Medora hall last Friday even- \7 PAP. ER MILLS ‘ing and Dickinson people who at- | ARE SHUT DOWN tensed report the affair a success in | = every way. . | New York, May 11.—Seven large paper mills in the United States and | Canada employing approximately 9,- | 000 men shut down today because of | failure of workers and owners to sign | new agreements to fepplace those | who struck last night, TO START FAIR, Dickinson, May 9.—With the pur- | chase of a 40 acre tract of land from; | the Ormanzo A. Brown ranch just east | | of the city, the board of directors of! | the Stark County Fair association pav-| ed the way for a permanent fair and) stock show to be held in Dickinson| 4 annually for the benefit of Stark; year’s concert. county farmers end week teete , | That the music club will The site is an ideal one. ie whole Stori 5 tract is as level as a floor and its! Auditorium in May. close proximity-to the city will make it popular with fair visitors and ex- hibitors ag well. | The club holds an artists’ made popular. Do You Know-- (Contributed by a club member.) That Bismarck has a Thursday Musical Club.’ That the club is always willing to co-operate with any organization in the promotion of better music for Bismarck. have the pleasure to announce Werrenrath for our next. That the club wants popular music good and good music REE U UIE ESSERE during the war. It was said a special | not on a broad enough basis to carry inquiry as a result of the presidept’s| out the myriad of financial and econ- request probably will be begun short-iomic problems involved in German ly. umnenlanee. of the reparations settle- ———- ment.” fe Democrats ha GETS JUDGESHIP. Schiffer and Cessler to iheceubinee, Dickinson, May 11.—Attorney W. F.| reserving to ourselves the right to Blume this week received word that! withdraw them later unless the cab- his brother, Fred H. Blume, of Sheri-| inet is amplified to include the Ger- dan, Wyo., had. been appointed associ-| man People’s party.” ate justice of the supreme court of} Dr. Wirth, the chancellor, is unfa- that. state by Governor Robert D.j vorably regarded by the industrialists Carey. :and banking interests because he Is jclosely associated politically with : Mathias Erzberger, his predecessor, as finance ministep, who advocated a raid {on capital, rather than “indirect taxes, ‘as a means of meeting. Germany’s | Pressing financial needs. | The conservative elements in the ‘reichstag regard the cabinet as too | Socialistic and incapable of ‘outlining a policy whereby Germany can begin | immediately meeting the entente’s fi- nancial demands. \ The present cabinet is the out- ; growth of two days of the wildest pos- | Sible chaos, in which the parties met ‘day and night; and finally in despera- | tion the members agreed upon an im- |provised slate, which underwent | scores of changes in the last 48 hours, jand admittedly never could have ob- | tained ratification had It not been nev- essary to check the entente military. movements threatened after May 12. RO concert each year and that we have its annual concert at the