The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 17, 1921, Page 1

6: i. oes ” First Referendum to be Sub-| 83 KILLED IN ~The Weather | Ge erally Fair KS FARMERS WILL VOTEON MANY BIG QUESTIONS mitted to 2,000,000 by i Farm Bureau HAVE MANY QUESTIONS Short-selling, Taxation and. Other Subjects are i Included | St. Paul, May 17.—A referendum - covering 15 questions of agricultural nature now pending consideration be- fore Cofigress will He voted upon by; approximately 2,000,000 farmers, offi-; cials of the Farm Bureau Federaton, was announced today. The call for; the national referendum was today issued by the American Farm Bureaw Federation and marks the first at-' tempt in this country to give individ-' wal farmer an opportunity to express _ themselves on questions undet consid- eration in ‘Congress. . The principal questions upon which: the vote is to be cast includes: } “Do you favor legislation making short selling of farm products illegal’, Do you favor putting the packing in-' dustry under government regulation? \ Ask About Profits “Are you in favor of continuing the} excess profits tax? ! “Do you favor the submigsion to’ the states of constitutional amend- ments prohibiting the issuance of ex! exempt securities?” 4 ; Highways Question Other propositions to be submitted to. county and township caucuses; throughout the country, officials said,; include proposals to establish a rural credit. system, enactment of a sales tax, construction of farm-to-market roads in preference to trans-continen- tal highways;. enactment of truth-in- fabrics legislation; completion of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence water pro-' ject and granting authority to federal reservé banks to give priority to Joans for basic production of all kinds. BELGIANS AND ‘FRENCH AGREE ~ UPON SILESIA Conference is Held Between! President Millerand and | King Albert | TENSION IS HELD. EASED) Paris, May 17.—President Millerand | conferred on the Upper Silesian queg- tion with King Albert, of Belgium and members of the French and AL) gian ministry yesterday, says th. Matin. The attitude Belgium an¢ France would‘take in case Germany would send troops into Upper Silesi: witWut authorization from the allie: was discussed, the newspaper asserts and a complete agreement was reach ed. ; n PREDICT UNDERSTANDING, | London, May 17.-—Tension over thc Polish revolt in Silesia seemed here today to have passed. Exchange \o views on the subject has been pro- ceeding hetween London and Paris an¢ there seems to be a conzuence tha’ Prime Minister Lloyd George and Pre mier Briand would reach an under standing when they meet. It ppear ed probable that the, two premier would hold a conference early nex week. CHIEF'S BODY DUB TONIGHT Funeral Services For Albert: | Grass on Thursday { The body of “Chief” Albert. Grass,| Sicux Indian who was killed in action; near Soissons during’ the war is due) to arrive in Mandan tonight and! will be taken to Cannonball, where, the ‘Indians will stage an all-day fun-' eral ceremony on Thursday. | The White Horse Riders, who have! not been out for ceremonies since) before the days of Custer, will be re- vived to pay homage and tribute to the young chieftan. IRISH FIGHTING Dublin, ¢ May 17.—Reports of at- tacks upon police officials over Satur- day and Sunday show there were 33 deaths, the highest ever recorded for such a period. 3 LEMKE IS BACK — FROM THE EAST Attorney General William Lemke has returned from the east where h2 has been in theinteres t of the sale of North” Dakota bonds. ' ment that no man’ would be [is said that he is Ladd’s recommenda- PR MAINE FINDS PERFECT BABY -BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOT. A contest in which hundreds of Maine’s finest babies were entered was BAR MEMBERS AT WORK UPON FEDERAL JUDGE won by, this perfect baby—Christine Lyons, 15 months, of Portland. WEALTHY YOUNG: MAN TO PRISON Chicago, May 17.--Herbert P. Crane. son of a’ wealthy manufacturer, was sentenced to prison trom one to years following conviction for an ar: tack upon a 13-year-old girl. Believed a’ Blatewide “Referen- U, 9. POLICY ON i dum will be Taken to Submit "| to Senator McCumber ACTIVE LOBRY AT WORK Candidates’and Friends at Wash- ington Pulling Wires For Their Favorite Sons (Members of the North Dakota Bar! association are bestirring themselve: in reference to the appointment of a federal judge for ‘North Dakota under! a bill now’ pending ‘in Congréss for; the creation of an’ additional judgeship because of the inability of the present incumbent.to care for the volume of: business. : Attorney-General, Daugherty’s state- 2cOm- mended by him for either United States judge or district attorney until he “had looked him in the eye,” seems, to have been taken very literally in} North Dakota. There is a group of, candidates for the two positions at’ v hington watching the bill and lin-| ing up fences to land either one of the plums. i Judge Palda of Minot has been add-! 2d to the names of Andrew Miller of! Bismarck, Judge Crawford of Dick- inson, Justice Christianson, Judge! Nuessle, Seth Richardson and Francis, (Murphy, Some of these men are act) ve candidates while most of them,' iowever, are merely being urged by, their friends as especially qualified; for the position. Palda, Miller and tichardson, it is said, are actively gushing their candidacy for the fed- »ral_jndgeship. Friends of Mr. Mur- ohy of Minot are urging his name/ also for United States district attorney Judge C. F. Amidon of Fargo, who; 1as been absent for several weeks has/ seturned home and was in conference Monday with: Seth Richardson, who} has been endorsed by the Nonpartsan} gue for the federal judgeship. It tion while Mr. Miller is: favored by Senator McCumber, A dispatch from Washington Mon- iv following opinion upon; CLA OAL Le he ie tinea att ‘border where the industrial strike has the attitude of the administration up- on appointments to the federal bench: | of the president ; “Phe attitude broadly upon the whole subject of judicial appointments is-unknown, be- cause his administration is not old enouhg to get a line on his mental processes in that direction,” says the dispatch. “Some of his pred sors wore exceeding careful in making such appointnients, giving greater thought to. them than to appointments of any other. kind. That was particularly true of Grover Cleveland,” who not only wanted to always look up the credentials but to see and personally talk with the applicants. - “President Taft personally knew USING TROOPS ~ TS FORMULATED Harding and Cabinet Not To Send Them Unless States Fail VIRGINIA CASE N. W. Secretary of War Weeks Re- fuses Requests to Send Troops There Washington, May 17.—The situation along the West Virginia-Kentucky border. was talked over by President Harding and his cabinet today and it was indicated that the decision was affirmed to sqnd federal troops into the region only as a last resort, jt. was indicated that the Governors of the two states would be advised that the Army would be employed on police work only where states failed to main-; tain order WEEKS REFUSES Washington, May 17.—The federal government is not disposed to declare martial law and employ regular troops in the Mingo county, West Virgiuia,| strike region, merely to anticipate a situation that may get beyond the con- trol of the state authorities, Secre- ‘tary Weeks declared today. The gov- ernors of Kentucky and West Virginia had requested federal troops. Secre- tary Weeks said the situation now) was quiet and added : “It will be time to take so serious} | a step as a declaration of martial; law when the affair becomes more: serious.” | mucH activitt / Williamson, W. Va. May 17.—Al- though hostilities have ceased prac- tically on the West Virginia-Kentucky | caysed warfare activities are increas ing behind the battle lines, according to authorities here. The state police have. been stationed at , strategical points and are ready for a renewal: of the fighting. Officials of Mingo county, West Vir- ginia, have sent repeated petitions to Governor Morgan to urge that federal trocps be sent into the district and: martial law be declared in the affected, territory. * I, F. Wagner, formerly of South, Dakota, has been admitted to the prac-! tice of law in the state, He is lo cated at Napoleon, ‘ % (Continued on page 2) ONLY WOMAN CONGRESSMAN MAKES /— FIRST SPEECH, BLUSHING LIKE GIRL, Washington, May 17.—Blushing like a bashful school girl Miss Alice M. Robertson, of Oklahoma, yesterday made her first speech in the house. She engaged in dehate after Representative Mondell, the Re- publican leader, had declared the federal government had little park down in Oklahoma,” which it had-been trying to get rid of for several years. It had been offered, he said, to Oklahoma, but Oll@- homans did not seem ‘to want it, realizing, he added, that “so long vs they may utilize the property ahd Uncle Sam pay the upkeep that it is a very satisfactory ar- rangement.” 7 Miss Robertson asked the name of the tract and when told it was Platt ‘National Park, inquired of Mr. Mondell it he knew how it had been named. He admitted he did not, so she told him it was named by the late Senator Platt, of Con- necticut, “one of the best friends, if not the very best the Indians of Oklahoma ever had.” The white-haired woman repre- sentative delivered a brief speech in praise of Sewator Platt. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1921 ~ CONSIDERATION | /POLITICS IS SQUELCHED ‘Attempt. at Questioning Draws! Court’s Ire—No Bond For Hee Bank of N. D. | Judge W. 1. Nuessle, of district! court, has under advisement today the, ; case in which local taxpayers asked, | that H. P. Knappen, former county: i treasurer, be required to turn over to J. A. Flow, new treasurer, cash in-! j stead of certificates of deposit on the Bank of North Dakota. An early de-! | cision is expected. i. The case was concluded after i thorough discussion ! district court.” jby attorneys. in‘ | During the discussion in ‘court; # Seat asset a public swimming pool is to a city. This together | Judge Nuessle expressed an opinion; With the boy welfare movement fathered by the Rotary ieped| on a point of general application in, j the state, as to whether or not the ; Bank of North Dakota is required ‘o! | furnish @ bond as a public depositary. ' Couldn't Pay Money. Judge Nuessle held that while the j Act of the legislature appeared some- ; what confused it was the intention! of the legislature that the Wank should | not be required to furnish bond, al-! | though he expressed the opinion that} |hecause of the constitutional debt | :Hmit the deposits in- the Bank of | North Dakota are not, guaranteed by! | the state. i | In support of H. P. Knappen’s con- | i tention that he could not produce the funds if'mandamused, Attorney Crum! | placed F. W. Cathro, director-general of the bank, on the witness stand= Mr. athro said that the Bank of North | Dakota ‘could not have paid over Bur- leigh county’s funds on April 29 and: could not today, Knappen had placed’ $238,000 on certificate of deposit in the Bank of North Dakota, on his-last two | | days in. office. total: amount of} j the funds is over $450,000. “Mr. Ca-| | thro added that the bank would, not; . expect the money to be called for in aj liump sum, but to be paid out in the! | usual course of business. ! i Stops Political Questions. , | | jMr. Crum. called J. L. Bell, one! of On COUNTY HONEY OMISE CITY SWIMMI CASE IS UNDER | Commission a swimming pool project that should have the hearti-| Bismarck Elks have placed est support of the citizens. From day to day the plan of cam- | paign will be developed through the columns of The Tribune. It! ‘is the first constructive step toward public recreation and the, | t ; fathers and mothers of the city and their boys and girls should Judge Nueasle Considers Argu-|/ join heartily in the venture. Everyone can aid in the project either with money or labor. It (iments of Attorneys in | in every sense of the word and no hardship will be worked upon Bd Matter, i any, so widely will the load be distributed. Every summer there is som or the creeks tributary to it. This pool should make for safety in the community and give the young people of the city as well'as their elders a chance to indulge in acquatic sports. Bismarck probably is the largest city in the world without) ‘any park or recreation centers. It has been so busy forging ahead ‘in ‘other lines that these features of community life have bi ‘sadly neglected. With the building of the bridge this city will ‘be thrown into friendly rivalry with its neighbor across the Missouri and it behooves every his city. Mandan has taken steps to have a park board and pro- vide for a system of parks and for the beautification of the city. The time may not be opportune here for such a step, but the day cannot be much longer hits its stride in the matter of a park system, a jand a gradual development as normal times athe general credit situation improves. NG ‘before the members of the City is going to be a community pool eone drowned either in the river citizen to look to the laurels of delayed when the Capital City beginning at least are returned and POOL EVERYBODY 10 GET CHANCE T0 HBLP IN PLAN Positive Assurance Made That Proposition Will Go Over Sailing WANT IT READY BY JULY 4 Plan is to Build Pool in Custer Park and Present It to City, A Swimming Pool! This is the promise made to the kiddies of Bismarck by the | Elks. It will be built immediately, jand the Elks are going to pend everybody in the city the fun of pitching in to put the proposi- The Elks will demonstrate by their commendable drive what | tion over. ginning at least and should be ments in this ditection in the near future.. Get behind the swimming pool project. your mite, get out and shovel dirt or pour cement. Your interest will increase as you contribute money. Lets GO! eer ene WEATHER REPORT P ARADE. DANCES For 24 hours ending at noon, May 17 Temperature at 7 a. m Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night . Precipitation .. Highest wind velocity . 41 39) one E.| Forecast i For North Dakota: Fair in north portion, somewhat unsettled in south portion tonight and‘ ‘Wednesday; not much change in temperature. MEXICANS TAKE UPPROBINGOF cone ot | / 66 TAN: {the taxpayers who brought the man- | ‘damus action to the stand) and began | i | ; to question ‘him regarding the motives! {of the jtaxpayers in bringing the suit. | Judge Nuessle stopped Mr. Crum, de-/ Two Radicals Are Expelled As! m: !elaring there would be no politics in-| | troduced in the case, that it was a j matter of law. i | | Judge Nuessle expressed the opinion | ‘that in a mandamus action, brought; because of an extraordinary exigency, | , the $88,000 sinking fund deposited by; |Knappen could not be disturbed, but) | expressed the opinion he had no‘right ito deposit $150,000 of general fund! |money on certificate of deposit. It} | was the contention of the taxpayers} that the apportionment to the politi- jeal sub-divisions cannot be made be-/ , cause the general fund is so tied up. | The court said the chief question in| hfs mind was as to the propriety of; the remedy. ond wished to consult au- !shorities bef re giv.ng a d:cl Jor, PLACE APPROVAL | ON HARDING MAN Washington, May 17.—The senate finance committee ordered today a, favorable report on the nomination of | David H. Blair, of Winston-Salem | |N. G., to be commissioner of interna’ | revenue. PARTY IN MURDER ROW, Warsaw, Ind., May 17.—Kight pris- onerg charged with murder partici-j pated in the birthday party of Virgli Decker, 19, Decker is charged with killing his double, LeRoy Lovett. What is Society Doing? The social activities of your friends naturally . interest every. woman. What Mrs. Smith is dding or what she is planning to do are told in an interesting way in our so- ciety 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 Part of Move Against Agitators FORBID DEMONSTRATIONS, President Obregon Also Issues, Order for Probe of Merelian Rioting Mexico City, May 17.—Franz Sea- man, alleged to he an American agi-| tator, another American whose name} was not announced, and two Span-, fards, were ordered expelled from) Mexico last night on the ground that | they were “pernicious foreigners.” i This charge was a result of the par- ticipation of the four men in the radi- cal invasion of the Chamber of Depu- ties last week. Demonstrations in government buildings and in churches have been forbidden in an order issued by Pres: ident Obregon. | Socialists have planned a demon | stration upon the arrival from Morelia ‘of the hody of a radical leader wh: was killed during the rioting ttere i last Thursday. | Sweeping orders were, issued last {night by President Obregon to the {federal prosecuting attorney, the su- preme court and the department of in- | terior to investigate the Morelia affai) (in which 50 Catholics were reportet , | killed), and the invasion of the cham ber of radicals. * VISITING A.0. U, W. a spur to even greater achieve- either of your time or of your ON PROGRAM OF Delegates From Many States ; The proposition hds been quietly discussed by the Elks for several days, Today they made the positive an- nouncement that the poo} will be built j If you cannot give|—tor what the Elks start they finish. Every kiddie in the city will have an goportuntty’ to splash in the pool July All Ready to Go, The pent-up enthusiasm of the Elks’ leaders was loosed. today, following the apearance of a committee before the city commission last night, and the grantng of permission by the com- mission for the building of the pool in Custer park, between Broadway and Main streets, Details are to be worked out this week and before long work on the pop! will be actually begun. The Elks are undertaking the work as a part of the “Big Brother” movement of the order, which has become famous over the country, Generally the proposition is: A concrete swimming pool, probably in Bismarck for Big Convention SHEIKS TO HAVE CIRCUS Two-hour Free Entertainment| of the city. at City Auditorium Also Provided gates and other A. O. U. W. members, men of the order. The convention, which ‘will Yast to-! morrow and Thursday, brings 250 del- egates to the city from several states This afternoon there was a meeting of the board of directors of the order; tonight there is an initiation by Bis- marck Lodge No. 120 in Patterson hall, with a banquet and smoker at 11 P.M. The convention proper opens Wed- nesday. At 3 P. M. the Sheiks, the fezzed live wires of the order, wil! hold a street circus. At 7:30 o'clock | Wednesday night there will be a big | street parade, with a pavement dance at 9 P.M. On Thursday an auto ridc ; for delegates, a two-hour free enter- tainment at the Auditorium and a root garden dance are among the features If the weather is too cald the stregt, dance and the roof garden dance will be held in Patterson hall. Board In Meeting. i The board of directors of the order. which met today, is composed of the following: B. C. Marks, of Fargo; C. R. Green, of Cavalier; John E. Nuss, of Grand Forks; Fred M. White, of Donnybrook; R. A. Adams, of Lis bon; Judge W. J. Kneeshaw, of Pem- bina; Ed. N .Leiby, of Ellendale, atid E. J. Moore, of Fargo. The program for Wednesday and Thursday follows: Wednesday. 9 A. M—Opening grand lodge ses- sion. (Continued on Page 3) ‘TREE PLANTED IN CUSTER PARK IN - ~ MEMORY OF ONE WHO MARCHED AWAY ic cata Eee WITH CUSTER 45 YEARS AGO TODAY Forty-five years ago today, on Sun- day, the 17th of May, General Custer ;and his troops marched away from old Fort Lincoln to meet their tragic | death on the battle field of the Little Big Horn. Today, in Custer Park, was plante! an evergreen, commemorating one of the men of that ill-fated company, Mark Kellogg, the war correspondent. Mark Kellogg was well known in Bis- marck and, with the rest of the troops quartered at Fort Lincoln, mingled happily in the social life of the little pioneer town. of Bismarck. On_ the day of departure for the battle field, Mark Kellogg was the dinner guest of Mr. and’ Mrs. John Piatt Dunn of this city. The troops left at three in the afternoon and it is well known that none ever came b to tell of the horrors of Indian warfare met on the Little Big Horn in Montana. THe personal effects of Mark Kel- logg were forwarded, eventually to John P. Dunn in Bismarck and every effort known was used in a vain at- tempt to find any member of Mark Kelloggs family. All through the John P. Dunn. Since the . Dunn, a few years ago, this widow, Mrs. Christina Dunn, has turned over the articles to the State Historical Society, where they are now in keeping. a So today, the ‘brave little pioneer woman, Mrs. Dunn, has had planted in Custer Park, an evergreen tree in memory of the friend of her husband jand herself—their gay dinner guest | arched away to the tune of rry Owen,” the air so beloved by General Custer. It will be the duty of the Bismarck people to keep green the tree planted to the memory of the with his friends on that fateful day, just as Mrs. Dunn, herself un invalid, now confined entirely to Custer to their death, when Bismarck was young. the convention | years that followed, the little con-; signment of personal effects were} war correspondent who went down her room, ' has kept green the memory of the! brave men who fought with Generai | 100 by. 125 feet, will be constructed. There will be shower baths, dressing rooms and the grounds will be beau- tified. To Be Given City. When the pool is built complete by the Elks it will be given to the city o. Bismarck to maintain for the kidates 7 Every one inthe city will be given a chance to do his or her bit on the ;{ pool—a-hurden-will not be placed on *| anyone, The Elks will make a liberal dona- The A. 0. U. W. convention in Bis- | fon as a lodge, including the profits arck .was inaugurated today with 2 | of the minstrel show, in addition tu , Woon reception of grand lodge dele-| donations of individual members. Elks also will, get down. on the ‘followed by a booster meeting of fielc | work and dig dirt and haul cement. and other people in the city are to be given the chance to get in some good | hard work and fun on the pool. Bly Brother Movement, The “Big Brothers” ‘are going to give the “Little Brothers” of the civ a chance to help, too, There will be absolutely no protit in the construction work, for anyone —the pool will be built at absolute cost: Under the plan adopted the pool can be constructed for about $10,000. The lowest previous estimate under the ordinary method of building was set at $15,000. P. R. Fields, exalted ruler of the B. P. O. E. No. 1199, which has 309 live members in Bismarck, has named Scott Derrick chairman of the general committee, which includes H. T. Mur- i phy, Robert Webb, John George, J. C. Oberg, A. W. Lucas, Frank Grambs !and Mr. Fields, ex-officio. Mr. Fields, Mr. Myrphy and Mr. Lu- !cas apeared before the city commis- |sion last night to explain the plan. Mr. Lucas told the commission the Elks wanted permission to build a swmming pool and when finished t2 : turn it over to the city. The swimminz pool will be on city park ground, an: no one, but the city would own gnd control it. | Safeguarding Health, | “There is no place now where the kiddies may take a swim.” Mr. Lucas |said. “On one side of the city there is Apple Creek, and sewage from the’ | penitentiary and the hills drains into it. On the other side there ig the | Missouri, which is not safe for adults jor children either. The water of Ap- ple Creek is lable to be contamin- boy and girl in the city a chance to enjoy it, and adults, too. It will be a large pool, modern in every respect. with shower baths and a ghelter | house, and it will be built absolutely | without profit to anyone.” | Resolution Adopted. The city commission approved the |idea and adopted the following res:- lution: | “Whereas, the Bismarck Lodge No. 11199, B. P. 0. E., have offered to build and construct a large suitable ‘swimming pool in block 22 of River- | view Addition to-the city of Bismarck, jthe same being a part of what is now | known as Custer Park, free of charge, for the use of the children and adults of the city of Bismarck, and after com- ypletion, said swimming pool to become , the property of the city of Bismarck. | Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Bismarck in session as- sembled, that permission is here y given to the said Bismarck, Lodge Nv. | 1199, B.P. O. Eto build and con- struct a swimming pool as requested by them and permission is hereby giv- en to sink wells as may be necessary jand advisable to obtain water supply ifor the same.”