The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 1, 1921, Page 1

i 4 _ ?» The Weather i Genetaity. Falr FORTIETH YEAR ~—s THE BISMARCK TRIBUN BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1921 MANY ARE KILLED IN RACE RIOTING ODD FELLOWS AND REBEKAHS GET | ~ CONVENTION UNDER WAY TODAY Public Exercises in’ the City / CONVENTION | li Auditorium Mark Informal NOTES Opening of Grand Lodge METER oe, Visitors are finding much of interest | i Session. ob in the state capitol, particularly the exhibits in the state museum. The DELEGATES STILL COMING) penitentiary, Ft. Lincoln and new — bridge also have been visited by-many. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of North Dakota, in session today, got down to serious busines this afternoon with meetings of the grand lodge of Odd) to delegates. Members of the local Fellows and the assembly of Rebek-|Qdd Fellows and Rebekah lodges are ahs. ae on duty there, registering visito. The morning program consisted| ajding them in room assignments The headquarters and rest room in the Hoskins building is proving a boon a eee ELECTRIC RATE IS DECREASED Order Handed Down in Petition on Hughes Electric Com- | pany Case i { | VALUATION IS $410,000; Commission Uses Historical Re-| production. Method for De- termining Rate | chiefly of public exercises at the city auditorium. The visitors were wel- comed by Mayor Lenhart. A memori-} al service was held for the late Rob- jassisting visitors. i ert M. Pollock, past grand master of, North Dakota. + Delegates and visitors continued to! visit the city. during the day and the full strength of :the convention will not be reached before tonight, it is be- lieved. One party coming from the north was reported to have encounter- ed muddy ‘roads. and was held up, but was expected to reach the city today.| The Oakes delegation’ of between 40 and 50, probably the largest from any! one. city, drove into the city in auto- mobiles last night through a driving rain. More than 80 visitors and dele- furnishing information. Hundreds of citizens are wearing badges with their names on them and are courtesously Kenmare ‘is advertising her town to the lors and is after the Odd ‘s home. Their pamphlet (# styled “Kenmare, the park clty” with a slogan of “Ken- mare, If Anywhere.”. ’ Bismarck boosters have arranged on attractive card setting forth the ad- vantages of the Capital City—the city of opportunity—<as a lovation for the Odd Fellows home. One of the chief assets of the city, which has impress- ed many delegates, are the excellent i i; P 7 1 gates’ were expected'here by tonight. iiprary facilities offered by the city A short musical program preceded} the welcome address to the visitors at the morning meeting. The re-| sponse was made by Grand Master Robbie. Dr. H. J. Rowe, of Lisbon, a life-long friend of Judge Pollock, de-| j ital which would be of interest to peo and state libraries, the beautiful new Memorial building which will house a wonderful museum and library, and the many happenings in the state cap- livered the memorial address in his; Ple in the home. honor, paying a beautiful tribute to: his memory. Memorial Pageant A memorial pageant in honor of; Mr. and Mrs. Bruns, Esmond; | Among the first arrivals to the con- | vention were: LW. those who gave their lives in the Byler, Dickinson; A. A. Bahlk@Grand M. C. Berger, Ft. Rice; | dress was delivered by Harold Thomp! son, Walhalla; Mrs. King, Williston; | defense of the nation was, presented! Forks; Richard Brown, Hazelton; Mr.| by 20 ladies of the Bismarck Rebekah! and Mrs. D. A. Cutnan, Dickinson: | lodge, with Mrs. Nellie Evarts in the, Fred Colby, Valley City; Avelena Gill,| leading role. ,Clad in flowing white Portal; Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hayes, gowns the béautiful patriotic cere-/Dickinsony John Haiverson, Valley mony was enacted in solemn and im- City; F. W. Heidel, Valley City; Flor-/ pressive manner, A memorial ad- ence Inkler, Carrington; J. A. Jame- son, of Cavalier: iMrs. E. R. Kreutz, Lisbon; Ray Lee,| Speciél honor was paid to Odd Fel-' Mrs. f. E. Larson, Drake; C. T. Ligh lows and Rebekahs, at the exercises) hall, Minot; Jacob Lierbo, Minot; E.| when the degree of chevalier was con-''p. Morrow, Kenmare; W. H. Therson.; ferred, At 1.,o’clock the delegates Valley City; Mrs. Nierling, James-! marched to the federal building, where town; J. M. Patton, Sioux Falls, 8. D.:| a picture was taken of the entire: fre: Peterson, Dickinson; Mrs. I. F. group. { 5 ; P. H.R , Dickin- we es Home: Committee » dat ee F iedick: Grand rorka: i. Wi} 5 Little talk has been heard of can-' coi, Kildeer; Gilbert Sorenson, Cas- didates ‘for the next convention, bu! elton; T. O. Stounan, Dazey: Emil thee they: aoulai'se eka be waeart Stolber, Kenmare; Mrs. Sitz, Drake: y {John Truhin, Detroit, Minn.; Helen a Te a ne coon award Vohs, Williston; Charles ‘Wiesson, ed that city. Hebei 4 Killdeer. ‘he home committee: of seven, pointed last year to consider sites for’ George Dickinson, of Minnewaukon, the home and which was charged with! returned two weeks ago from Oregon. the duty of selecting sites, is ex- He was a visitor at Albany, Ore. dur- pected to report its findings to thejing a meeting ‘of the grand lodge of convention tomorrow, | Oregon. There were 5,000 Odd Fel- ‘The Odd Fellows program has been | lows and Rebekahg present. The Ore- somewhat disarranged by pressure of | gon lodges have 27,000 Odd Fellows business. <It is planned,. however, to; and 23,000 Rebekahs, but he said he have a banquet Thursday evening, a; was told by Oregonians that the grand parade at 7:30 Thursday evening, fol- | lodge of North Dakota is in better fi- lowed by a street carnival and dance | nancia) shape to provide a home than and entertainment at Elks hall. The; the Oregon lodge. “I never was so automobile trip around the city, ten-; proud I was an Odd Fellow,” said Mr. dered by the Town Criers, may not be; Dickinson, speaking of the remarka- taken because of the inability of the! ble numbers at the Oregon conven- grand lodge to find time in which to ' tion. 1 The state railroad commission to-! day handed down its order in the! case of the Hughes Electric company, ordering a reduction in rates. The commission arrived at a valua-; tion of: $410,000 for the plant, being; the valuation stipulated by attorneys for the petitioning citizens and the utility company, to be used in rate- making. The commission adopted the; | historical reproduction ‘basis of valua-; tion it was stated, rather than “going value” or the present cost of produc-| tion, The commission set aside the con-| tract of the city with the company) for special rates for lighting the city hall, etc. and fixed rates which are/ now in e‘fect, it being stated by the! | commission that the company had not! ' observed the franchise special rates.) ‘The raté changes follow: | First 100 kilowatt. hours, general) lighting, 13 cents to 11 1-2 cents, Next 100, 12 cents to 10 1-2 cents, | | Next 100, 11 cents to 10 cents. i Next 100, 10 cents to 9 cents. ‘Next 100, 9 cents to 8 cents. | All over 500 k. w. h., 7 cents, Pres-) ent rate all over 600 k. w. h,, 7 cents. City Hali Rate | The commission fixed a rate of 11) cents for the 100 k. w. h, for lighting | the city hall, with a scaling down to; 6 cents for all over 500 kilowatts, | For electric power. it fixed a rate of! 6 cents for the first 1,000 kilowatts, 5; cents for the next 1,000; 4 cents for} the next 5,000, 3 1-2 cents for the} next 5,000 and 3 cents for all over! 12,000. ° (For electric cooking it made a rate of 3 1-2 cents per kilowatt hour with) a minimum meter charge of $1 per/| month. PRISONER WHO | ; Which meets this week, would not con- | to have prompted the action of Adolpn ; was sentenced by Judge W. L.: Nues- ‘At the hearing. it was stated on behalf of the company that it contem- BANK. OPPOSITE POLICE STATION ee ay \ Minneapelis, June 1.—Five men ia a large touring car held up two messengers of the Millers and Traders bank here shortly after 9 a. m. today and escaped with $16,000 in currency, The bank is located opposite police headquar- ters. ; The messengers had driven in an automobile from the North- western National bank and as they reached the Millers and Trad- ° ers bank t! jold-up men stepped from a machine, pressed pistols against them and forced them, to har? over the bags containing the money, Many people saw the robbers as they jumped back into their car and sped away into the heavy traffic where pursuing policemen lost trace of them, ——_____—__—______@ ROB MILL CITY | ae iN BSCAPRD STILL BEING HUNTED Denial of Right to Appeal For, Pardon Believed to Have Caused Lehman Escape FATHER HAD INTERCEDED Information that state pardon board, sider his plea for clemency is believed Lehman, prison convict, in failing to return to the prison after he had been out exercising prison bloodhounds with another “trusty.” Lehman’s father, it was learned, waa in the city interceding with members} of the pardon board, hut he received no encouragement, it is understood. Lehman was serving a 20-year sen-! tence for, murder in the second degree and had ben in prison about a year and five months. Lehman was convicted of killing Mathias Wetstein in Richardton. He sle. then sitting as judge in the Sixth Judicial district; He had been charged | Decision Affecting 104 plate a reduction on ‘some, items, - It; with murder in the first degree and! was stated for the commission that it! was convicted of murder in the sec- was figured that under present rates;ond degree. The case went to the the company had earned 15 to 20 per; supreme court, but his appeal was de- cent on a fair valuation and that the, nied. new rates were on the basis of an 8! $ Condemned Crime, | per cent return. The supreme court, according to The steam heat rate was fixed at 75| Justice Grace’s opinion, found that cents for the first 200,000 pounds of | “at the commencement of trouble, as- condensation, 70 cents for the next! suming the evidence true, the deceased! 200,000 and 65 cents for all over 500,-! committed an. overt act by threaten- 000. ~ Opinion of Commission, The opinion of the commission, at the outset, says that “a number of complaints have been received by tie} commission during the past two years | alleging that. the rates of the Hughes! Electric company, of Bismarck, were unreasonable and extortionate, “and goes on to say the commission has re- viewed all the facts in the case. ing to take the life of defendant and engaged in physical encounter, later desisted, threatened to get a gun und shoot defendant and defendant pur-| sued deceased and shot at him while} pursuing, followed him into the house} and through it to a bedrodim, where) deceased had taken refuge, and where he and his mother-in-law. tried by| holding against the door to prevent the defendant from entering and who,| {after failnig to push the door in shot), ‘the federal courts. permit delegates to go. TOCLOSEEARLY ON SATURDAYS Bismarck Banks Adopt Rule Of Other Cities, Banks of Bismarck will close at 1 P. Mon Saturdays ‘during the months of June, July, August and September, it was, decided today. In taking this step the Bismarck banks are adopt- ing a rule now prevailing in all of the: larger cities of the state. In Fargo, Grand Forks and Dickinson banks close at noon Saturday, but it was de- cided to make the closing hour at.4 P. M. in this city. The banks’ an- nouncement follows: | Mr. D. W. Cowley, of Guelph, and | Mr. P R LaBrant, of Stanley, are the | only two men delegates to the Daugh- | ters of Rebekah assembly | A delegation of about 40 from | Qakes came in last night. They en- countered rough going in the rain the jlast few miles but came in happy. making a lot of noise. » \\ The auto of J. W. Menifee, of near | Bismarck, an enthusiastic Odd Fel- ‘low, skidded into the “iron police- man at Fourth and Broadway, and dragged it about 20 feet before he could stop. The Daughters of Rebekah had such a crowd at their meeting in Odd Fel- lows hall last night that many dele- gates sat on the floor during the meet- ing. Dr. H. J. Rowe, of Casselton, finds many old friends in Bismarck. He was In accordance with the established; a member of the legislature for many eustom of all other states and of many cities in North Dakota, we the under- signed national and state banks ‘doing business in the city of Bismarck, here- |! by ‘agree tq close at one o'clock on Saturdays during the months of June, duly, August and September of the year 1921, instead of the usual closins time of three-thirty. ‘ (Signed), E FIRST NATIONAL BANK, CITY NATIONAL BANK, BISMARCK BANK, FIRST GUARANTY BANK, CAPITAL SECURITY BANK. AMIDON DENIES PETITION FOR CASE REMOVAL H. F. O'Hare, city attorney, received word from Fargo that Judge, Amidon had denied the application of the Bis. marck Water Supply Co., to have the cases involving the rates removed to The case is now pending before the district court on appeal from Board of Railroad Com-| uatil missioners. The company operates in Bismarck under a 25-year franchise. dating from August 10, 1900. The franchise pro-! vides that the company shall furnish | electric current,to light the city hall,; i i engine house and city ‘offices without cost to the city and that it shall fur-/ nish street lighting at a rate reached on agreement with the city. Expense of Free Service. “While the expense of furnishing free service is properly borne by tae! users of electric light and power serv- ice, and a provision such as that con- tained- in the franchise ‘calling for such free service does not appear} proper to the commission. yet, in view | of the decision of the supreme court on this subject in (Western Electric v. City of Jamestown), and there be- ing no complaint by the petitioners of discrimination preferential to the city, no action will be taken by the commis-! sion at this time on this question,” the opinion says: Against Special Rates. The commission held that specta) rates made jby the Hughes Electric years He carries a gift from Odd (Continued on page 8.) ° North Dakota will join the long list of other states having Odd Fellows homes, if the expected action of the present convention here materializes A description of Odd Fellows homes in the United States is given by Jo- séph M. Wolfe, of Minneapolis, in a book in which the principles upon which the homes are established and maintaiued are set forth. The first home, erected in Pennsyl- vania in 1872, was established for the Purpose of securing better attention for dependants than the individual lodges could possibly give, and to sys- temize and remove from the individ- ual lodges the responsibility and study of such cases which might come to their attention. Since the first lodge home was established in Pennsylvanta at Meadville, others have been added there are now seven in that ODD FELLOWS’ HOMES INMANY STATES IN UNION CARRY OUT TRUE FRATERNITY PRINCIPLES, company to the Bismarck Water Sup-: (Continued on Page Six) Ten years ago the report showed that under the jurisdiction of the Sov- ereign Grand Lodge the value of home! property was $4,002,624.00, on which there was an indebtedness of but $40,- 000. The cost of maintenance was $626,077 annually. Since that time’ other homes have been founded and the total value of the property in} the United States amounts to, several mii- lion dollars. Dependent Odd Fellows and Rebek- ahs, widows and orphans are cared for in the homes. One of the finest Odd Fellows homes in the United States is in Massachusetts. The property when built in 1892 was valued at $150,000, and was free from debt. It is a five- story building, with a big estate. South Dakota has a fine home at Dell Rapids. The corner stone was laid on July 14, 1910. The building cost over $40,000. » into and through the door twice,! wounding the deceased and afterwards entering and shooting him to death Claimed Self-Defense. Lehman claimed self-defense. Jus tice Grace, speaking ot the crime, said that: “Seldom, in the annals of crime, | ig there recorded.a more revolting one, or one accompanied Ly more savage! cruelty. It is a crime which und@ | the record in this case admits of Mo excuse.” The supreme court opinion, speak- ing of the cause of the murder, re- cited that Lehman had: called on Mrs. | Wetstein before her marriage, and wished to continue the acquaintance but Mrs. Wetstein objected. WAGES SLASHED | “ON RATLROADS: RATES FOLLOW? Railroad Labor Board Makes i i | Railroad Lines i | HARDING TALKS RATES, President Visits Interstate Com-; merce Commission to Dis- cuss Subject i | Washington, June 1.— Down. | ward revision of railroad rates, particularly of those on necessi- tles, was dixcussed by President. Harding today with members of | the Interstate Commerce Commis. sion at an Informal conference at the commission's headquarters. The president was understood have been assured that the whole subject now was under review by | hy. the commission, Mr, Harding inquired particu- larly about the prospects for modi- | fication of rates on fruit. The commission officials are under- stood .to have told him that they | were making considerable prog- ress upon a. plan for obtaining a reduction in some rates through concerted action by the carriers. | It was said that this movement | and the general work or ironing out inequalities had gone much | farther than information hitherto given the public had indicated. Details, however, were not made public. Chicago, June 1.—Four hundred mil-! lion dollars a year will be slashed; from the nation’s railway wage bill. when an order handed down today by) the United States Railroad Labor: Board takes full effect. ‘The decree} is effective July 1 on 104 lines. Grant-| ing the petitions of the companies the) board will direct an average cut of 12 per cent which eventually will ap.) ply to all the railroad companies of; the country. Members of 31 unions are affected immediately. The cuts range from 5 to 13 cents) apprentice boys to $26.52 for the bet- ter paid skilled labor, figuring on an; eight hour day basis. The decision granted reductions; varying from 6 to 18 per cent,’and in| the case of section laborers, complete-; ly wiped out the increase granted that class of employes by ‘the $600,000,000 wage award of July 20, 1920. Section men who have been receiving $3.70 for; an eight-hour day were cut to $3.02, the same figure in effect under federal | control. The reduction was approx mately 18 per cent. : Train Service Men Cut | © Switchmen and shop crafts were; given a 9 per cent reduction while the train service men were cut ap-! proximately 7 per cent, Car repairers, were cut about 10 per cent. i While the decrease is specifically, applied for the present only to the, 104 roads whose cases have been heard by the board, the decision says/ it may later be applied to any other | road asking a hearing in accordance | with the provisions of the Esch-Cum-| mins transportation act. | The decision is based on the pres-| ent rates of pay as established by the $600,000,000 wage award of July| 20, 1920. Common ‘labor pay, over; which the railroads made their hard- est fight, is to be reduced 6 to 8 1-2) cents an hour, cutting freight truck- ers average monthly wages to $97.10 and track laborers $77.11. This new: schedule still gives section men an av- erage daily wage, of $3.02 for an eight hour day, although considerable testi- mony offered by the. roads, particu-| larly in the south, showed common} labor wages as low as $1.50 for a) ten-hour day. Cut to $146 Monthly Shop crefts emlpoyes and train and engine service men, except those in passenger service, are reduced 8) cents an hour. Construction and sec-| tion foremen are reduced 10 cents an, Have the Paper Follow You! No use secluding yourself in the north wood, in the moun- tains or at the lake —if you can keep up-to-date by hav- ing our paper follow you. All you have to do is to send us your new address, to- gether with the old address and the paper will come to you. It will keep you in touch with the happenings in your old home town. Bismarck Tribune Phone 32 —ee ‘this, it was pointed out, may have | railroad hour, cutting their average monthly pay to $146. The railroad labor board recently reclassified various employes in con- nection with railway operations, and some effect on labor costs. Chicago, June 1—Wage reductions ordered by the Railroad Labor Board resulted from a combined hearing 'in- volving 104 railroads which filed peti- tions to cut the wages of one or more classes of employes. The hearing be- gan on April 18 and the labor ind representatives were each granted one week to present their cases. The final date for submitting evidence was set for May 16, and the ‘Board has been at work on the case constantly since that date. Reduction: in the wages of laborers in other industries and the declining cost of living were set forth by the railroads as the basis of their plea for lower wage scales. The winter slump in business materially hastened action in the, endeavor to cut down; the country’s railroad pay roll and many railroad officials declared be- fore the board that their roads would be in the hands of receivers unless immediate relief was provided. Unskilled First The campaign for lower wages was begun in February when Brig, Gen. W. W. Atterbury, vice president of the Pennsylvania Lines, first demand- ed the right to hire unskilled labor at the rate prevailing in each road’s ter- ritory. Gen. Atterbury brought his demand to the board during the hear- ing on rules and working conditions, which the board has not yet disposed «Continued on Page Six) | : ‘MARTIA L LAW IS DECL DECLARED BY GOVERNOR AS FIRES RAGE THROUGH THE NEGRO QUARTER One Report Declared That 75 Persons Were Killed -in Fighting Which Lasted Throughout the Night — Two Efforts Made to Fire Negro Quarter and Firemen Are Driven From Streets When They Attempt (o pour water on Flames—White Resi- dence Disticts Imperilled and Negroes are Huddled in Con- vention Hall and Ball Park. Estimate D ead at 175 Tulsa, Okla., June 1.— Major Daly of the police force esti- flames today. mated the dead in riots here at one hundred and seventy-five, including negroes burned in homes. Oklahoma City, June 1.— Martial law in Tulsa was ordered by Governor Robertson at 11:15 a. m. today and Adjutant Gen- eral Barrett placed in command of the city. The order was given over the long-distance telephone. A proclamation issued’ to this effect was being prepared for immediate issuance. The order of Governor Robertson invoking military law over Tulsa was extended to include all of Tulsa county. The order | places the Adjutant-General in supreme command of the city and county. Oklahoma City, Okla., June 1. venty-five persons, whites and negroes, have been killed in the race outbreak in Tulsa, ac- | cording to a telephqne message to Governor Robertson here today from the chief of police at Tulsa. _. Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1. — Nearly ten blocks of the south side of the negro section of Tulsa, where an armed conflict has been in progress between white men and negroes since early last | night, resulting in a reported death list of at least six whites and 50 negroes and a rapidly increasing list of wounded, were in The fire was reported spreading and threatened to wipe out a white residence district in the Standpipe and an ‘hour, or from $10.20 a month for)- 3 ORDINANCES PLAGED BEFORE, CITY. FATHERS One Regulates Public Dance; Halls and Prohibits After Midnight, Dancing ——— 2 Ordinances regulating public dance! halls, prohibiting the Opening up of sand and gravel pits within the city and requiring sewer connections from | houses on streets where there are sewers were introduced in the city commission last night. The commis- ion gave final passage to the ordi- ance extending the Iimits in which livestock may he allowed to run at rge. The ordinance regulating . public dances, introduced by Commissioner Henzler, of fire and police, defines ay public dance hall as “one which is or may be attended or patronized by the public generally either with or with- out tickets, or charging for admission thereto, and where proceeds thereoi are to be devoted to purposes other than benevolent, fraternal, education- al or charitable purposes.” Stop at Midnight. | It provides that there can be no; dancing in public dance halls between midnight and 6 A. M., and that places must be entirely closed a half hour} after midnight. There is a provision’ against dancing on Sunday night, ana! it is provided that all such dances shall be under police supervision, that; the license fee shall pe $24 a year, or $2 per month if application is made after the first month in May. or $2 for single dances. There is a provi- sion against allowing liquor in public dance halls, The dance hall ordinance will be read a second time next Monday night. | Passed Stock Ordinance, The commission passed an ordl- nance extending the limits in which it shall be unlawful for stock to run at large to Sixteenth street on the east and’ main street on the south, Tho boulevard is the northern boundary | and Avenue D the western. houndary. Commissioner Thompson introduced an ordinance requiring sewer connec- tions from houses on streets contain- ing public sewers. He also introauc- ed an ordinance declaring the open- ing up or excavation and removal of gravel and sand from gravel or sand pits within city limits a public nuis- ance, and providing existing pits must be filled in within six months. The request of the local organiza- tion asking the commission to adopt a resolution urging President Harding to recognize the Republic Ireland was up in the regular course of busines, P. Jackson, who was present, was asked, if he were present to talk on the matter. “If you ask me as an American citizen I am,’ he replied, and declared that the city commission would be doing. a grevious wrong to pass such a resolution. The affair was one for Congress and the president, he said, and he quoted Se retary of State Charles E. Hughe: saying that the United States had no right to meddle into the affair be- tween the English and the Trish. Mr. Jackson said his parents hoth wi born in Ireland, but he felt as a American this country should not mix in it. Dr. F. R. Smyth expressed the same sentiment. Word was received by the commission that P. E. Byrne was unable to be present anc ed that action be deferred The commis- sion acceded to the request The commission authorized the sending of two delegates to the state firemen’s convention at Williston and appointed George Stohl poundmaster. Sunset Hill additions, State troops under the command of Adjutant General C. F. Barrett, ar- rived at 9 o'clock to take charge of the situation, augmenting local units of guardsmen who were called out last night. At this time there were reports of. sporadic shooting and the situation seemed to be easing. Guardsmen On Duty. Detachment of guardsmen were scattered throughout the city, prepar- ed to meet all emergencies with ma- chine guns ready for action. Guards surrounded the armory while others assisted in rounding up the negroes and segregating them in the jail, con- vention hall, baseball parks and other plates which had been turned ints prison camps, The trouble is reported to have been the result of the arrest late yesterday of Dick ‘Rowland, negro, for an alles;- ed assault on an orphan girl in an el2- vator, e The first attempt to fire the negro section was made about 1:30 o'clock this morning when white men openly threatened to destroy the locality. Two, houses at Archer and Boston streets, used by more than 50 negroes as a garrison, were set afire at that [time and an alarm was turned in. Et- forts of the fire department to lav hose were stopped by a crowd of arm- ed white men and the department re- ‘turned to its station. Resume Fire Efforts, The attempt to lay the negro quar- ter in ashes was resumed at 6:40 o'clock this morning when almost simultaneoyfly; , began to; burst forth from; tie irs and windows of frame: shacks along Archer street. Soon dense clouds of black smoke en- veloped the locality. Under cover of the smoke screen armed men in motor cars and afoot threw a cordon about the place where the negroes were sta- tioned and occasional shots gave warning that the conflict still raged. As the fire enveloped the houses. negroes were seen to dart out from the flaming doorways with upraised hands shouting, “Don’t shoot.” As they dashed through the smoke (Continued on Page Five) RETAILORS 70 MEET IN FARGO Many From Western North Dakota to Attend Many retail merchants in Bismarck and other western North Dakota cities and towns will attend the 23rd annual convention of th e@North Dakota Re- tail Merchants’ association, which will be held in Fargo, June 7-10. The first session will be held Tues- day morning, June 7, when the meet- ing is called to order by E. A. Ricker, president, Fargo Business Men’s asso- ciation. Annual reports of F. P. Mann, president; W. A. Donnelly, secretary, and C. J. Stickney, treasurer, will be made on that day, An open meeting with presentation of answers to questions propounded by members will be made that after- noon, Among the speakers for the convention are: John A, Cunningham of ‘Dubuque, Towa; C. 8. Wittlesey; Bentley \P. Neff, Geo. F. Heindel of Ottumwa, Iowa; J. F. Jordan, Joseph Chapman, of (Minneapolis; Tra Bangs of Grand Forks; Dan ©. We’ gle, general secretary of the St. Paul association; Usher iL. Burdick, presi- dent, North Dakota Farm Bureau Fe eration; A. A. Smith of Minneapolis, and E. R. Montgomery, secretary of the State Fair association. Booths of manufacturers and inb- bers and special entertainment feat- ures will add to the convention,