The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 15, 1921, Page 1

FORTIETH YEAR THE CK TRIBUNE Last Edition BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, OCTOB ER 15, 21 PRICE FIVE CENTS — ORGANIZATION FORCES BEGIN Recall Campaign to Swerve; from Speaking into Individual | Solicitation F LIGHT VOTE IS PREDICTED Both Sides Realizing this Pros-| pect are Prepared to Make _ Drive to get Voters Out With twelve days remaining until the voters settle the recall clection at the polls, October 28, the period of organ- FINAL DRIVES SIXTEEN UNION ND, FARMS IN DEMAND SAYS OFFICIAL Many Inquiries Received From Prospective Settlers at State Immigration Office MAKE FIGHT FOR RATES; Railroads. Made Concessions To! KAISER IS HIT BY MARKS’ SLUMP Doorn, Holland, Oct. 15.—(By The Associated Press)-—The slump in the German mark is beginning to (nifect the former German Eniperor who is endeavoring to come back on favorable financial conditions by reducing hls house- hold and other radical measures, Today ten members of his staff were dismissed, including the chief gardener whose place has been taken by William himself. GRONNA MAKES STATEMENT ON S VOTE FOR RAILROAD STRIKE PRINCIPALS IN HORSEWHIPPING SECRET BALLOT TAKEN AND MEETING ISCALLED AT WHICH PLAN OF ACTION WILL BE SUBMITTED T0 THE LEADERS | | } | I i i Probable Date For Proposed Strike is Believed to be October 30, With Plan for Inaugurating Strike on Ten Lines at a Time— Rail Executives Demand That Wages Be Cut 10 Per Cent Fur- ther, Saying Cut Will Be Reflected in Reduced Freight Rates. i Washington, Oct. 15.— President Harding today assumed i Homeseekers Which Have Been of Real Value Restniction of immigration into the United States has not thus far af- | fected the numbers of people: inter- RECALL ISSUES Former Senator Announces Sup- lactive leadership in the government’s efforts to settle differences |between the railroads and their employes and he designated as the best available agencies to avert serious labor complications, the public group of the railroad labor board, and the membership \of the Interstate Commerce Commission. ization drive and personal confabs is; \ to be intensified by the Nonpartisans © and ‘Independent organizations, as a complement to the resounding orator- ical attacks of the speakers of the factions in all parts of the state. Many political leaders on both sides of the battle dead-line predict a light vote in the election, due to apathy ested: in North Dakota as a possible | Place of residence in the opinion of} Charles G. Boise, executive secretary | j of the North Dakota Department of Tmmiegration. Inquiries from prospec: {tive homeseekers con‘inue to arrive! ; at the office of the department ail MAKES SEVERAL SPEECHES 1 t } 1 port of Recall and Will Soon Chicago, Oct. 15. — Sixteen railroad unions have taken a isecret strike vote and authorized their officers to order a walk- Take Stand For It ' out if deemed advisable, it was announced today. Although 12 of the 16 will act independently of the four big brotherhoods, a joint meeting has been called for 2 p. m. today at which the brotherhoods will submit their plan of action to the other organizations. shouttthetiebaliratio, At the present ; Complains of Actions of Indus-| One high union official announced that the date for the strike of voters from many causes. Inde- pendents say that many farmers who have voted for the league in the. past: will remain away from the polls. | ‘Nohpartisans say that many business | Men ‘@¥elopposed to the recall and will! ‘emain dway from the yolls. One In-! dependent has predicted a vote of! 160,000 to 170,000 as compared to about 225,000 last fall. ; ee) The fact that the absent ballot can-| not-be used this, year will cut the votc somewhat. In Burleigh county last fall 300 absent voters’ ballots were} cast, De ig state. Many of those who have cast} absent voters ballots in the past have; been traveling men and school teach- | ers. It was in recognition of this fact that the election was fixed for Friday.! ‘On Nestos’ Trip. i R. A. Nestos, Independent candidate: for governor, has been making a trip un the North Soo through league ter-/ ritory. Here are two opposing views as to the success or lack of success! of his trip. The McLean County In-} * dependent of. Garrison, Nonpartisan. says: i “Monday evening R: ‘A. Nestos, I. V. A, candidate against Governor Fra- -< zien, spoke.in.Gerrison.. On the same, day, the Leaguers of the county met; in Garrison also to lay plans for the| ‘county campaign. At this meeting it was understood that as many as pos-, sible should remain and take in the} speech of Mr. Nestos. Tne high schoo! auditorium was filled but for some} reason or other very few of those} present were I. V. A.’s, at least 75 per| cent of the: attendance being of Lea-! guers who attended the afternoon or-' ganization meeting of the League. Many of the old county war horses of} the I. V..A.’s were conspicuous by, their absence. i The lack of enthusiasm on the part of the audience seemed to react on Mr. | Nestos but if he was afraid that some | one might heckle him during his dis- course he was disappointed for all) SAFE SYSTEMS A jury at Tulsa, Okla., has acquitte Oklahoman, of a charge of assault and battery brought by Billie Dailey, a divorcee, who charged that Mrs. George Thomas and ‘Mrs. Orville Thomas | lured her to a secluded spot where they tied her to a tree, It is estimated that not less | horsewhipped her. than 5,000 were cast in the entire; Wells, a chum, who tock the stand as a state’s witness, right, are Mrs, Orville Thomas and Mrg George Thomas. a URGED INN. D Officials of Merchants Associ- | ation Blame Laxity For Depression | Lax, Business methods and efforts of farmers to’ handle too much land, ; are blamed ‘by. officials of the North Dakota Retail Merchants’ association for the financial’ condition now} facing many sections of the state, in} a statement issued through its presi- dent, Fred P. Mann, and secretary, | W. A. Donnelly. A sound system of merchandising and safer methods of farming are urged for the state’s best | interests in the statement, which fol- lows: j “That we are facing very critical | times is acknowlegded ‘by all, those; familiar with the condition in North Dakota as well as other agricultural states. The farmers have lost money this year and many, are unable to| meet the payments now due on their contracts, interest and store ac- time more than four hundred letters! Billie Dailey is shown above (right) with Miss irene! are on file from prospective residents, | | Some of these letters express interest in the land of the state while large jnumber. are inquiries concerning ; dairying possibilities, f | While North Dakota attracts many ‘i !men who: have: known residence in Y {other states’ and countries most of Photos by A. C. Krupnick. | n these men are attracted here after they itted Mrs. George Thomas, 2‘ weaithy| have held residence in somé other community of the Unied States Just at the present time, nany inquiries are being received from points along the South Atlantic seaboard, points where high wages attracted many men during the war. The men and the money /saved. now are available for other fields. These men, quite largely have known foreign residence, but) have heen in‘this country long enough| to have’ learned’ American ways an‘ ideals, In the opinion of Mr. Boise, one of the great reasons for the interest in North Dakota land at tiiis time is the fact the price of land did not. boom} here as it did in states near the Mis- sissippi river in the period just follow-| ing the war. and there has not been the consequent reaction.’ To meet the isrobed her and | | Below, ieft to LEAVES ESTATE OF $2,100,000 pate | ‘Chicago, Oct. 15—Marcus Marx, for-| mer director of Hart, Schaffner &! Marx, who died August 4, left an es- tate. valued at $2,100,000, acaording} to his will, probated yesterday. Jew- i ish charities were benoficiaries of $27,000. demands::of these ‘home-seekers, the BACK HOWATT j Pieces of land. These parcels are | Scattered: ‘through all the fifty-three Chief Still Heads Jurisdiction, Despite Lewis Order i countiesyof the state and the land va- ! ries frpm,the Red River wheat lands to. the grazing lands of ‘he higher ele- vations, Competition for men interested in; agricultural pursuits, and who have . od some money to start farming or dairy-} Pittsburgh, Kan., Oct 15—The ad-j ing with, is keen at the present time ministration of President Alexander| @¢cording to Mr. Boise, who has had Qa Soe a {to meet the competition, not only of) Howatt, of the Kansas Mine Workers: the states of the Union but that of Can-| suspended Thursday a order of John; ada. The latter country, capable of; L, Lewis, president of the United Minej offering low rates on its government, Workés of America, continues in of-| OWned railroads, had far the better of | | fie : ima «no..| the battle in the year when the roads se end/ abbroximitely ¥12,000 miners! of the United States were under fed- trial Commission in Man- ihad been set but declined to reveal it. October 30 has been re- | ‘agement of Affairs ported as the day. ‘Lakota, Oct. 15—Former United | States senator A. J. Gronna today | CITIZENS OF of Messrs. Frazier, | Lemke and Hagan next. week. He} will open in Nelson and Steele coun- ties with speeches at Tolna, Pekin | and Finley next Tuseday and from! then on he will make several speeches | Fear Second Great Conflagration in Paris, Tex. daily until the close of the cam-! pea he paign. Paris, Tex. 3.—Fir ol Mr. Gronna issued a statement! : Rape doahine punich setting forth his own opinion on the; recall issues. “Let all who love their homes. and the great State of North Dakota turn; out on election day October 28th, | next and vote against the men above named and also vote ‘yes’ on such Proposed measures as are necessary to restore confidence in our State and | her people, inside and outside of the State.” Says Mr. Gronna, “Personally I hold no grievance against either Mr. Frazier, Mr. Lemke or Hagan, but if the printed re-; ports of their official acts are truo, and’ I ‘believé they are true;-then. tha | taxpayers of North Dakota are war- ranted in recalling these men from the -high official positions they hold, and. Mr, Frazier as, governor, Mr. Lemke as attorney general and Mr. Hagan as commissioner of agriculture! and labor do not deserve the support of our citizens, ‘but on the contrary they deserve our condemnation and| reproach. “As public servants they are; charged with mismanagement of the, public business, they ate charged) with the misuse and reckless waste | of public funds. | What Reports Show “After a careful study of these; printed reports no honest and intelli-j gent citizen can approve the tran- sactions in question by these high of-' tion here last night and spread into two residential sections was brought under control early today. It was a night of terror for citizens and a repetition on a smaller scale of the conflagration six years ago. Besides the'loss in the business dis- trict ten residences were destroyed and the total loss will be around $1,- 000,000 it was said. Wire communication was badly. in- terrupted’"by the fire. Fire-fighting apparatus from nearby towns were hurried here. Six years ago last night Paris was swept by the most disastrous fire in its history the loss mounting to mil- { Hons of dollars. PIONEER OF CITY ISDEAD James T. Kenyon, 80 Years of Age, Succumbs James IT. Kenyon. 30 years old, a pioneer of the Dakotas, died this after- raged five hours. in the business sec-! The Brotherhoods have also select- ed the list of 10 roads on which the strike will be effective the same day, the same union officials said. It is un- derstood that the strike will be order- ed on additional units of 10 roads every 48 hours until the roads either give in or the walk-out becomes na- tion-wide. Union leaders who had been hope- ful of averting a strike, some /of whom even opposed it, declared today that the action of the railnoad execu- tives yesterday in deciding on further wage reductions has destroyed the last, hope of peace, “It will be the greatest strike in history,” W. G. Lee, president of the trainmen, was quoted as saying when he left the union conference. It is a life and death struggle for our or- ,8anization and we are not going into this with our eyes closed. Our | house is in jorder and we are ready.” The 16 unions involved have'a total membership of about 2,000,000 men. LEADERS: ASSEMBLE. Chicago, Oct. 15.—Leaders of the railroad brotherhoods nosembled here today to consider the ciallenge of the railway ‘executives in-proposing a fur- ther wage reduction of approximate- ly 10 per cent in the face of the strike vote just authorized by the railway mean. | because of the 12 per cent reduction ‘ of Jast July. The brotherhood chiefs indicated that an immediate walk-out—at least on some roads—was under consider- ation following yesterday's conference of the railway men’s leaders with the executives after the cxecutives had announced they would apply to the railroad labor board for a wage re- duction. | Thirty days’ notice of the contem- | plated wage reduction, which is tech- | nically a return to the wage prevail- ‘ing prior to the increase of July, 1920. is expected to be anncunced today or Monday by the railroad executives. who quit work several days ago when | eral supervision. At one time rates! present gave him courteous attention." | land Howatt and August Dorchy, union: ficials. I shall name only a few of} Would Pass On Cut. | counts. We are all looking for a solu-| Another View. | tion of our troubles and a return to normal conditions, that grain farming is very uncertain and unprofitable as | now conducted is a proven fact and| if we are to survive there must be! aradical change in farming methods | A correspondent of the Grand Forks | Herald, traveling with Nestos, says: | Five Addresses Today. | “Today ‘Mr. Nestos is speaking in| , «Sheridan and McHenry counties, five; One of the chief causes of this has; been: the financial stringency caused ; by the run of the state’s credit by the! frenzied finante methods of the Bank} of North Dakota, The farmers in the; locality are beginning to understand | who ig really to blame for their dif-; ficulties and the resut is disastrous for the league. In the last general election the Non- | partisan league carried Mountrail! county by about 800 votes. The gen- j eral opinion in the southern part of! the county seems to be that this lead} will at least be cut in half in the re-; call election. i Hagan in West. | Commissioner of Asriculture and| Labor John N. Hagan is in the west-| ern part of the state. Word was; brought to the state capitol that he, spoke to 2,500 people si Lefor, Stark! county. i i | | | The Dickinson Press states; that Mr. Hagan talked in Dickinson} to 150 people. In Dickinson Mr. Hag-) an spoke on the expense of the re-j call, and declared it was forced upon | the people by a “small group of pro-; fegsiorial politicians and the North; Dakota Bankers Association.” i The Jamestown Alert, reporting Stutsman county meeting, declares there is no apathy in that county, and says that more than 600 persons at-| tended a meeting held in the armory, at Jamestown Thursday night. Din-| ner was served. Individual Campaign Here. The campaign in, Burleigh county will be chiefly a campaign of individ- uals, it appears. Wiliam Lemke is the only head-liner of the two fac- tions in the recall who is billed io speak in the city. Both the Inde- pendent and League organizations however, are working through their precinct representatives, and it is probatile that many school house meetings will be, held in the last two weeks of the campaign. The first registration was held yes- terday. Another opportunity for those not registered in the preéiticts in which they will vote to do so will be given October 21, © “addreskes being scheduled for the day.} The ‘big grain farm must go, and in} was a break in the ranks of the ‘Although all of the towns where'Mr.: its place come the quarter or half! strikers with those in tie north favor-| Nestos spoke Wednesday are in strong! gection farm with the cows, pigs and | ing continued refusal to recognize the league territory the men in close; chickens, corn, clover and potatoes,| provincial org: touch with the situation there agree’ something that will bring in money, President Lewis’ order and those in that there has been a decided change: every day, enrich and improve the| the southern end ready to submit to in sentiment since the last election. | land and assure greater returns and/ the international edict and go back less expense. Work Together “The policy of strict economy must be practiced by all farmers and mer-! chants alike, merchants must econo- | mize in the conduct of their business | and use every effort to get merchan- | dise to the consumer at the lowest | possible cost. The merchants and! farmers should co-operate in every | way to get a price for the products of farm that will cover the expense of | farming operation and leave a rea-| sonable profit. “All. business as far as possible should be done on a cash basis to eli-| minate the additional cost, the greater; losses and interest charges, incident- | al to carrying on a credit ‘business. | The farmer sells for cash, so should the merchant, and every effort should be made to eliminate all unnecessary expense. and place the busine’s of farming and merchandising on a solid ‘business foundation. This can he done by the united efforts and close.co- operation of all. Poor Methods Cause “In our opinion the serious finan- cial conditions now confronting so many merchants and farmers of our tate is. the result of poor business methods and the effort of the. farmer to farm too much land and the mer-} chant to do a big business on the credit plan, all taking chances on a bumper crop and high prices to make both ends meet. + “Let’s go down to a safe, sound system of both farming and mer- chandisinz.” Fred P. Mann, President. W. A. Donnelly, secretary. j. WOMAN ARRESTED Grafton, N. D., Oct. 15—Annie Borach, 23, was arrested on a charge of violating the prohibition law. The sheriff seized 16 bottles of homebrew and three bottles of moonshine whisky when the arrest was made, Oct. 1. The hearing resulted in her release, but a second warrant was vice president, were scnt to jail at Columbus for six months for viola~ tion of the criminal section of the In-} dustrial court, remain idle. Meantime observers here wers! watching closely what many thought! ation set up under | to. work. | FUNERAL HELD . FOR YOUTH WHO DIED IN FRANCE: i Jamestown, N. D., Oct. 15.—Busi-! nesg houses were closed for an hour! in Jamestown this morning, between 9 and 10 o'clock, during funeral serv- ices for Cecil Tracy, son of J. T.; Tracy, well known Northern Pacific; conductor. | # Cecil Tracy was killed while fight-! {as low ag ten dollars a person were | i gummer with the granting of “home-| ‘each month, not only to Nerth Dakota! affered from points in the Mississippi | Valley tp Canada lands, according to! Mr. Boise. i All through the tine of government) control, the North Dakota Departmeni/ of Immigration led a tight for rates| to meet the competition of Canada. The} case was carried before the Inter- state Commerce Commission at every possible opportunity but the men in} charge of the railroads at that time, did not find the granting of low rates | possible. ‘This fight of North Dakota for lower rates was answered last seekers” rates, good upon two dates) but to the other states to the west ward. These rates made competition | with Canada possible, and greater ac-j tivity has been apparent ever since. With more stable financial conditions through the United States and a lar- (Continued on Page o) a great number of transactions where | management, misuse of funds, wdste- ‘|to -théir comrade, whose body was, ing under the Stars and Stripes in the { | Argonne forest, Fre in October, ; i 1918. He was in any M, 26th } infantry, First division. He enllsted | i Aug, 2, 1917, in Company H, and was! at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck. Seventy-five former service meni were in’ uniform today to pay respect | brought back from Fra%ce last night. | : The funeral was held in St. James: Catholic church. | { i i EARTHQUAKE IS RECORDED { Chicago, Oct. 15.—An earthquake of i moderate intensity but lasting 21-% hours; was recorded un the seismo- graph at the U. S. government bureay here this morning. Tne center of the disturbance was 2,865 miles west of Chicago, probably in the Pacific ocean, according to the bureau. i | | Are you interested in your future? Don’t go toa fortune teller— sean the Want Ads in The Tri- bune and you'll find your destiny. There’s congenial and profit- able employment waiting for you. Gct in touch with the po- sition you want through a want ad. That’s the way to meet oppor- tunity fifty-fifty. STUDENTS WILL SPEAK Grand Forks, N. D., Oco, 15—Fresh- men at the University of North Da- kota will /go to school” to their fel- Jow students of the upper classes for one hour today. The matriculation lectures are a series of talks given to The Bismarck Tribune immediately sworn out. Her. father, John Borach, was arrested lasbaNey), law. and fined for violating the prohibitions members, the freshmen once a week during the poirst seme in which various faculty ress them on various as- lege education. Phone 32 pects ‘Highest wind velocity , they are charged eithet with mis-; fulness and extravagance or incom- ; petency. . | “They are charged with mismanage- | ment in the handling of the home, building association, in the handling of the workmens compensation bureau, the Drake mill, the State ex-| verimental creamery and the waste- | fulness in the building of the Grand| Forks mill. | “The U.S. Sisal Trust transaction | as well as the Scandinavian Ameri- can Bank deal are scandalous and eriminal. c “It may be argued that.the tran-| sactions referred to: were not done; ‘by Frazier. Lemke or Hagan. How- ever, as officials they are respon- sible for any and all wrongful acts | both as members of the industrial | commission and as officials of the; state.” 2 In concluding his statement Mr. !Gronna says “I hold the people of | state in too high esteem to believe ‘that any patriotic citizen could be in- | ition, i ——» PBN creer | Today’s Weather For 24 hours ending at noon, Oc- tober 15, Temperature at 7 a, m. Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday Lowest last night ‘Precipitation .... Ad 75 44 36 none 2-W Weather Forecast / ‘ “or Bismarck and Vicinity: Partly cloudy and somewhat unsettled to- night and Sunday; not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy Sunday; not much change in temper- ature, Weather Conditions The pressure remains high east of the Mississippi river and a low vres- suretarea of considerable intensity is central over Northern Alberta. Light rain has fallen in portions of the mid- dle (Mississippi. Valley and over the north Pacific coast region but else- where the weather remained fair. The temperature is moderate in all sections. The southeastward move- ment of the northwestern low pres- sure area will result in partly cloudy aud somewhat unsettled weather in North Dakota tonight and Sunday with not much change in temperature. RED CROSS 0 ,i near future, Dr. F. R. Smyth, of the | fluenced by promises wf an official po- | “ SENATOR KNOX noon about 12:30 o'clock at the home; of his son, John Kenyon, 417 Mandan! avenue.‘ Heart trouble caused his fatal illness.: Mr. Kenyon had been sick for about five months. Mr. Kenyon came ta Bismarck in the very early days, aad made his home here since. Funeral arrangements been made. The official announcement of the re- sult of the executives’ decision on the , wage reduction explained that the | “benefits: of the proposed cut shall, with the concurrence of the Inter- state Commerce Commission, be pass | ed on to the public in the. reduction of not | existing rates.” rh iaag e | President Samuel Felt¢h, of the Chi- cago Great Western, said ‘the pro- ‘ posed reduction would effect a savings | of approximately $300,00,000 annually jand that approximately 2,000,000 men | would be affected. se : Immediately after the conference | with the Botherhood chiefs when tli executives wage decision was read t» the employes’ leaders, the executives | left for, their homes indicating their | decision was final. have Regional Conference in Bismarck In Near Future | GAP WIDENED | Chicago, Oct. 15—The gap of indus- ‘trial difficulties between the nation’s | railroads and their employes was wid- jened last night when the roads an- nounced today they would seek a new | A regional conference of the Red ' Cross will be held in Bismarck in the ees county, chapter; was! advised |reduction in employes’ wags and then The date asked for the conferenc flatly rejected a request from | the lg telegra t ivi oO ah nce unions that the matter be postponed ier ile legram from division headquar-| temporarily. At the same time the | ters is Monday, Oct. 31. The date may} roads announced that while future {ee eee tives bt tere rods | Maes, reductions would Fepalt anilgwer : 4 88 | freight and passenger rates, to chang from many chapters in the western the prosent rates without further wage | Part of the state will be asked to be: cuts would thnow them into bank- i Present, | ruptey. The position of the roads that i freight rates could not be cut unless ‘wages were further reduced was made LAID TO REST known following a meeting of the as- jsociation of railway exseultiycs called. TE oy 5 'to qonsider possible rate reductions. | Valley Forge, Pa., Oct. 15—Pennsyl- |“ at this ‘nesting? a request from the ivania today paid tribute to the mem-| unions that committees of five from Jory of Senator Philander C. Knox at each side confer was accepted. At i fansralusericep! {n: the / Valley Forge) the conference held last night union Memorial chapel, Virtually every Re- | jeaders asked reconsideration of their \ publican state and county leader, in- | request of last July that a 12 1-2 per- ;eluding Senator Pennose and Gover-' cent wage reduction granted by the {nor Sproul, planned to attend the ser-| japor hoard be not put into effect im- ;and somewhat unsettled tonight and| vices and a delegation of 50 headed mediately, that no further wage re- by Vice-President Coolidge wa8 eX-' qucti 9 ‘ jductions be sought at present and pected from Washington, ‘that no change be made in the over- 3 eee: itime pay rate. This request was re- ipovile Lake, ND. Get 15. “Patice | ues oY fepional conte ae ee : Laie ee er kd ana re PC | roa t time, Chief Timboe yesterday received Enea pari the proposal that the anonymous typewritten letter inform-} requests be reconsidered, the rail ing him that the missing George Ives,| heads simply presented their state- 4-year-old boy, who was kidnapped| ment announcing the pnoposal to seek here Waal pak is seleher a Minot ior | new reductions ‘and not ae reduce ontana. e police are of the opin-! rates until further reductions wero ion that the boy has been taken by/ granted. some of his wife’s relatives to prevent | Silent on Proceedings the father, George S. Ives, from se-; he labor leaders left the confer- curing the boy, District Judge C. W.| ence immediately and few of them Buttz recently issued an order eee cce | ould discuss its proceedings or pre- ing the custody of the boy to the | dict the results. father. The child’s parents are di-' “I am no prophet,” said Warren S. Yorced. (Continued on Page 3)