The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 10, 1922, Page 1

The Weather’ FAIR AND WARMER THE BIS C FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MO Y, APRIL 10, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS TS STATE FACES BIG IN DUSTRY LOSS P.D. NORTON ENTERS SENATORIAL RACE MANDAN LAWYER ENTERS PRIMARY HE ANNOUNCES States Principles on Which He Says He Will Appeal For Votes in Primary OTHERS ARE MENTIONED Understood Effort ‘Made to Get Miss Nielson in the Sen- atorial Campaign y Former Congressman P. D. Norton, Mandan attorney, today announced his candidacy for the Republican nom- nation for United States Senator. Mr. Norton left Mondan today for James- town to remain until after the con- vention there April 19, Mr. Norton is the fourth candidate for senator now in the field, Senator McCumber, A. J. Gronna and former Governor Fr: is understood that a Jamestown man visited the capitol urging Miss Minnie J. Nielson to enter the race. Judge} Cc. W. Butz, of Dovils Lake, also is prominently mentioned in the last few days, in addition to a long list of pos- sible candidates heretofore mentioned. | ‘Mr. Norton served three terms in/ congress. In his announcement Mr. | Norton says he will be a candidate in | the primaries, and does not say he will consider any action taken at the | Jamestown convention binding. His announcement follows: i “I shall be a candidate at the June; primariss for the Republican nomi- nation for the United States Senate. During all my political career in this state where I have grown to man- hood, I kave been a Progressive Re- publican, firmly believing and adher- ing closely to the cardinal principles of Republicanism. I favor the prog- | ressive thought and leadership of, the party that is tending to make this government of ours strong.and endur- ing and increasingly serviceable to all its people. “My record, in Congress for six _years is the best. criterion of the. kind ‘and character of service that f shall render if elected to the United States Senate. “I believe that the present farm bloc in Congress is doing much need- ed and highly commendable work for the agricultural interests of our coun- try. I should most highly appreciate the wpportunity of joining with these men, many of whom are among my close personal friends in the program of agricultural legislation they have undertaken to accomplish. For Farm Bureau. “The purpose and work of the Fed- eral Farm Bureau I believeis deserv- ing of general encouragement and er being the others. It |: LLOYD GEORGE, ENGLAND. LOUIS BALTHOU, FRANCE, BUROPE’S ILLS ‘TO BE PROBED. AT CONFERENGE Genoa Conference, Opening 'To- day, Brings Together Rep- resentatives of Nations BY PREMIER OPENED Genoa, April _10—(By Associated support.” ' “In the first address I made in Congress I announced that in consid- ering pnoblems of national legislation, the thought always nearest to my heart would be the highest welfare of the men and women. who toil and la- bor for their’ livelihood in the vari- ous industries of our country. That was my sentiment and feeling then and is now. “Those who wore the uniform of our governnient in the late war and who . added ‘to its honor and fame at home .and abroad were given my, loyal sup- port in every matter effecting their interest while I was in Congress. “Should I be elected to the Senate I shall consider it a privilege to champion their just causes and inter- ests. “I make this announcement jf my candidacy confident in the belief that a very large majority of the real Re- publicans of North Dakota do not de- sire to have as their representative in the United States Senate a willing servant of McKenzieism or. Townley- ism.” GRECO-TURKISH FORCES 6LASH' Athens, April 10.—Despite efforts of the allied powers to bring about a truce Greek and Turkish forces have | had serious clashes in Asia Minor. FAIR WEATHER IS IN PROSPECT The light snow and chilly winds which visited the city this morning were to pass on, according to the weather bureau forecast, which ex- pects Tuesday to be fair with rising temperature. There was 1 inch of precipitation at Williston. It was sleeting there yesterday afternoon. ‘The snow proba- bly melts as it fell, the bureau report- ed. CARSON HIGH HAS PAPER 10.—Carson Carson, N. D., April high school fg the smallest high school publishing a newspaper | or magazine, according to word received from G. W. Green, of the Interschol- astic Press Association, which has na- tional headquarters at Madison, Wis- Press)—The Genoa Kaonomic confer- }ence was formally opened this after- noon in the historic palace of St. George by Premier Facta of Italy. The Premier was applauded as he rose to deliver the speech of wel- coms ‘to the representatives of all the countries assembled for the notable meetings called to take steps for the economic reconstruction of Europe and help restore conditions, throughout the world. The premier then read the welcom- ing message to the delegates from King Victor Emmanuel. It was an imposing assemblage that the Italian premier faced. The dele- gates were around the hall. The Italian delegation sat at the end of the hall facing the main en- trance. On the right of the Italians were the French and Japanese and on the left were the British. The other delegations sat at tables at right angles with, the others. Representatives of more than 40 na- tions, including Russia but minus the United States, were here Sunday pre | pared for. the opening of the Genoa Economic Conference, regarded here as the most momentous assembly since the Versailfes peace delibera. tions, the first time this great nation was participated in world affairs since the overthrow of Kerensky’s provisional government in the spring of 1917. Af- mental government, } Russian premier, has abandoned much of what he previously considered es sential to Bolshevism and has consent. ed to participate in a conference call- ed by “capitalistic nations.” On the ground that the gathering will be political rather than economic the United States has declined Italy’s invitation to send representa . The American peonle, Secretary said in declining the invitation, are anxious to assist Europe in recovering its economic life but feel that they cannot involve themselves in Euro- pean politics. Unpaid Debts. Decision to call the Genoa confer- ence was reached by the Allied Su- preme Council meeting at Cannés early in January. Rapidly diminishing Euro- pean exchange, billions of dollars in unpaid debts, German reparations. necessity of reconstructing devastated areas, the Russian situation and hope that the United States would lend it- self as a stabilizing influenze consti- tuted the pressure behind this deci- sion, Germany, represented in a passive capacity in nearly all European con- consin. Few schools with enrollments of less than 100 publish papers. ferences since Versailles, is expected (Continued on Page 6) LEADERS AT GENOA CONFERENCE eet ntemmerneecepmmennie fT SIGNOR FATOA, ITALY, DAUGHERTY MAY DISMISS MINERS Attorney-General Daugherty In Mysterious Visit to Indian- apolis on Matter CASE IN COURT ‘STARTS JOURNEY Central Park, N. Y., April 10.— ‘Captain Roald Amundsen, Arctic explorer, hopped off in an all.metal monoplane for Cleveland, on the first lap of a trans-continental flight which eventually will take him to Seattle, Washington, where will leave June 1 for a drifting voyage in the North Polar re- gions, COLLINS FEARS TO ARCTIC SEAS; Bishop, Brissman Report Says T! $653,000, and Which Lass, Dakota The Bank of North Dakota BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA LOSS IS $150,475.64, STATE INDUSTRIES CONDITION SERIOUS, SAYS REPORT hat State Faces Bad Condition in Finances of Industries, Which Have Sustained Loss of It Is Said, Is Certain to Grow Materially with the Settlement of Accounts of Bank of North showed a book deficit of $150,- SECOND WEEK OF STRIKE) Union Organizations Are Gain- ing, is Claim Made By Union President WILLBREAK OUT Indianapolis, April 10.—Attorney- Head of Irish Provisional Gov-! General Daugherty, who arrived here | ernment Says Only Miracle jfrom Washington today unannounced, | was declared authoritatively to be Can Avert Civil War {considering the dismissal of indict- <a } i |ments pending here in federal court | FEAR AN EASTER UPRISIN {which some operators have declared | 4 have made impossible any wage con- ference that would end the coal strike ; Which began April 1. | It could not be learned bofore Mr. Daugherty’s arrival whether any new action was contemplated in the pres- ent suspension pf coal mining, the of- ficials asserting they knew nothing of | - tha visit. | ‘The Attorney-General. however, ; Was expected to confer with local fed- } eral officials in regard’ to the indict- British Soldiers in Dublin For First Time. Sirice Truce Cause a Sensation i Dublin,, Aprit 10.—(By the Associat-| Led Press.)—Michael Collins, head of| ithe Trish provisional government, in an address yesterday, declared that | unless there was an immediate change H CIVIL CONFLICT | SUPREME COURT 475.64 on December 31, 1921, with certainty that further losses will increase the total to several hundred thousand dollars, ac- cording to the audit report of Bishop, Brissman and Company, to the Industrial Commission, made public today. Every s > ay industry is shown to have suffered a heavy loss, in a consolidated report on the activities of the Industrial Com- mission. The book deficit as of December 31, 1921, is placed at $653,993.28, which corresponds closely to the figures of Lewis F. Crawford, secretary of the Industrial Commission, made in his annual report on February 1. What is termed by the auditors‘a “serious condition” is re- flected in the finances of the state industries. Demand liabilities, it is stated, are $1,784,421.44 in excess of current or demand assets. The consolidated report of the in- dustries under the control of the In- dustrial Commiss‘on reflects the fol- lowing outstanding features: 1, Total book deficits are: of North Dakota, $150,475.6/4; 1 and Elevator Association, $187,194.17; Home Building Association, $159,- 97: ; Industrial Commissioin $156,- 348.73—total $653,993.28. 2. Current or demand assets of the combined industries are $2,849,903.12 which the current or demand liabili- WON'T, ACT IN PRATER’S CASE i tors, union Ixaders and others on jcharges of conspiracy to violate the } ment pending agvinst 2221 coal opera- | fdcxd at tables seated |; DR. RATHENAU, GERMANY, |N. P. ENGINEER PASSED AWAY; Jamestown, N.D. Apt April 10.—George | McLain, veteran ‘Northern Pacific en- Fargo and. Mandan, is dead at Port- land, Ore., according to word received here, 23 FRENCHMEN ARE KILLED BY One German Foreman Also Is _Killed in Explosion of Hidden Mine ALLIES TERRITORY. Beflin, April 10—(By the American Press.)—Twenty-three French soldiers | and one German-foreman are now stated to have béen killed and 10 others injured ‘in yesterday's explo- sion at the Huetten Smelting Works near Gleivitz, upper Silesia, Tremen- dous excitement was reported from Glelyitz, with the expectation that martial law would be proclaimed. The latest accounts declared the ex- plosion took place in the family vault of County Einsiedel, one of the found- | ers of the Royal Smelting Works in the cenictery’, connected, with the works. The unofficial report asserted a hidden mine was detonated during a seirch for concealed arms, The German authorities are unable to conduct investigation, the advices state, as the inter-allied commission IN’ against German subjects has been found, RESISTS SEARCH, TS SHOT DEAD Herrin, Il, April 10.—Frank Zig- miant was killed by officers who ai- leged he defied them when they at- temped to enter his home with a search warrant, They say they found a-still in the house. GASOLINE UP IN ST. LOUIS St. Louis, April 10—Gasoline in- creased one cent a gallon today at ah filling stations of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana to 23,2 cents a gallon, SAWYER BANK HAS REOPENED The First State Bank of Sawyer has reopened, according to word received at the office of the bank examiner. It closed on October 3, last, and it is the fifteenth North Dakota bank which has closed since. November, 1920, to reopen its doors. gineer, who formerly was stationed’at !”’~ AN EXPLOSION for Upper Silesia is in control, but it) is declared that so far no evidence | Sherman anti-trust law. The Attnorney-General's mission was ; Kept secret. and he refused to state its. | purpose, declaring hy could say noth- jing “until investigation of the pur- |pose of my trip is complete, and I am j \catiefied that any action is right.” Mr. Daughorty, it was learned, was | scheduled to have a conference dur-' jing the afternoon with Federal Judge | | | iG | A, B. Anderson before whom, is pend- ! ing the indictments charging 225 coal operators, unicn I-nders and others ; swith violating the Sherman anti-trust law by a conspiracy to monopolize the jindustry and control prices. ov RBWIS-SEES GAINS “Indianapolis, April 19.—The second week of the nation-wide suspension of |work by coal miners got under way |today with the union organizations still presenting an unbroken front and the situation in non-union fields becom!ng more favorable to the union cause, according to the view expressed by John L. Lew's, president of the United Mine Workers. DECREE HITS MINERS ‘Charlaston, W. Va. April 10.— Union members and officers were for- bidden to interfere with free com- petition among men working in the coal industry of ‘West Virginia and jtent ‘aolonies of strikers in Mingo county were not to be maintained af- ter 30 days’ under a.temporary in- ‘junction issued by Judge George Me (Clintock, in United States District Court here today. The injunction addressed ‘to vari- ous intornational and district No. 17 officers of the United Mine ‘Workers ;of Amer‘ca and to all officials and if. \ficers of that organization was) issued jon petition of the Borderland Coal ‘Company and 62 other West. Virginia and Kentucky opérators. ACCOUNTING OF ‘ALIEN PROPERTY GIVEN SENATE ‘Final Disposition of Property in the tactics of certain of the people! “it looks as if civil war can be averted | only by a miradle.” FEAR EASTER UPRISING, London, April 10.—(By the Associ- ated Press.)—There is grave fear in ‘well informed circles both in Englan.1| and Ireland that extremist Republi- cans in Ireland will observe the anni-} versary of the 1916 anti-British Eas- ter uprising with an attempt to re-! place the provisional government with a Republic, BRITISH SEND SOLDIERS. Dublin, April .10.—(By the Associat- ed Press.)—British military foot sol- diers fully armed appeared’ in the streets of Dublin yesterday for the first'time since the creation of a truce in Ireland, Their presence caused a sensation, POLICE BARRACKS ATTACKED. London, April 10.—(By the Associ- ated Press.)—The police barracks at Broadford, county Clare, occupied by | official Irish Republican army units! were attacked at 2 o’clock this morn- ing, says a dispatch from Limerick. There was an exchange of fire for a considerable time, the beseiged fort refusing to surrender. Captain William O’Brien, who was in charge of the units in the barracks, was fatally wounded. 1 PRO-TREATY SPEAKER MOBBED. Tulmoare, Ireland, April 10—(By | the Assdciated Press.)—George Gavin’ Duffy, minister of foreign affairs in the Dail Eireann cabinet, was seized by a/ crowd of young men and women and dragged from a platform on which he} was making an address at a pro-treaty | meeting before a large gathering here yesterday. UNION STRIKE WILL BE TAKEN | UP BY GOMPERS Meeting of Labor Leaders is! Scheduled For Chicago To Consider Action Expected to Have Bearing on Economic Status | Washington, April 10.—An account- ing of the $350,000,000 worth of enemy | property held by the government was | | given the senate today in a report, the | ‘first compiled since February, 1919, filed by alien property custodian, i ‘Thomas Miller, in response to a reso- lution by Senator King, Democrat, ‘Utah. “The final disposition of the prop-| | erty, ” Mr. Miller says, “will undoubt-j i |edly have a direct bearing on the eco- {nomic relations between this country and Europe with particular reference to the late enemy powers.” Discussing the $415,000,000 of Amer- ican claims against Germany Mr, Mil- ler recalled the terms of the Knox- Porter peace resolution indicating that no disposition should be made of enemy property held ‘by the United States until the German government had satisfied American claims, He asserted that Congress must evolve some plan whereby claims against Germany may be legally ad- judicated, GERMAN WAR. LEADER DIES Berlin, April'#0.—General Erich Von Falkenhayn, former minister of war, ane one-time chief of staff of the Ger man army, died near Potsdam, 4 ‘Chicago, April 10.—Samuel Gompers, | president of the American Federation | of Labor, who is expected here today j to attend the opening meeting of the| ‘Railway Employes department of his | organization plans to remain until Wednesday when he will preside at a general conference of labor union leaders, The coal strike will be dis- cussed, SOCIALIST AID ASKED, possible aid to the striking coal min-| ers,” “We urge our members in the strike zone,” the letter says, “to place them. ‘selves at the service of the local unions of the miners. Where they can render picket duty or serve in gather- ings.or distributing relief they should do so. “The mine-owning aristocracy re. gardg the presefit as an opportune mo- ment to desroy the miners union.” HEAD OF SOO LINES TO QUIT (Minneapolis, April 10.—Edmund Pennington, president of the Minnea- polis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railway since 1909, and connected with the Soo Line for 35 years, an- nounced today that he intends to re- sign soon. The exact date has not been determined, he said, but it will be in the near future. | dered that the mail not be delivered to | meanwhile enjoyed a vacation, ye ape i Refuses to Take Original Juris-! diction Also in the Case Filed by John Bloom TWO CLAIM ONE JOB Prater and Kositzky Both Hold Forth in the Land Board Office During Morning | The supreme court today denied ap-| plications of John Bloom and William J. ‘Prater, in efforts to regain their of- fices as game. and.-fish: commissioner and land commissioner, respectively. | There was no statement accompanying | the supreme court’s denial of the ap- plications, Both applications were filed by Wil- liam Langer, as attorney for the two ousted ‘Nonpartisan league state em- ployes. Bloom’s place had been de | clared forfeited by Governor Nestos; ‘because of failure to qualify for the; office and Prater was voted out of his} position by the board of university and} school lands and Carl R. Kositzky named to the place Saturday after- noon, Prater’s petition to the supreme | court for an order to the land board | to show cause why he should not con- tinue in the office maintained he had ‘been elected by the board to the posi- tion for a two-year term ending Sep- temper 1} 1923, and that no cause ex- isted for removal, The board’s posi- tion was that he was subject to the wishes of the board, Bloom’s Contention. Bloom maintained that he had not ‘been disqualified from office. Elme: T. Judd was appointed in his place, The supreme court was asked to take jurisdiction in the Prater case because land leasings are taking place at this time and there is ‘much work to do. Mr, Langer said the attorney general joined in a request for the supreme court to take original juris- diction, so as to get the matter quickly settled. Two 'Hold Forth, This morning both Kositzky and Prater were in the office, Both had. or- the other, The phone would ring, There is an extension on the phone, Both would take up the phone. If one asked for the land commissioner each was ready to answer. Prater had the combination to the vault. Kositzky, who was last in the | office Saturday afternoon, had a pad- lock put on the door and he was first to open up today. The employes The vote on the land board was 4 Chicago, April 10—Members of the! voting for the change, while Auditor Socialist party were called upon in a! Poindexter voted to retain Prater. letter today sent out by the National: Prater formerly was assistant mana- executive Committee “to render every | ger of the Home Building Association porate Hall, State Superintendent Niel- to 1, Governor Nestos, Secretary o% ison and Attorney General Johnson jand formerly county manager of Bur- ‘leigh county for the Nonpartisan lea- gue. Kositzky’s appointment is good until September 1, 1923, Mr. Kositzky, who had announced his candidacy for state auditor, said he would not now be a candidate, Open Offices For Sen. McCumber ‘Headquarters for Senator Porter J. McCumber will be opened in Bis- marck, following the visit here of R. J. Hughes, in charge of state head- quarters at Fargo. Offices will be maintained in the First Guaranty Bank building with J. C. Oberg in charge. Mr. Hughes is secretary of the anti- Townley Republican committee, which holds a convention in Jamestown Ap- ril 19th. A leaf from Christmas decorations is preserved in Yorkshire, Eng., as a jtice are $4,654,324.56, the excess of denand liabilities being, $1,784,421.44. Appropriations by the state to- talling $449,374.45, consisting of con- tributions from the general tax lev- ies for the operation of the ‘Home Building and Mill and Elevator Asso- ciations. and Industrial Commission,. have been entirely dissipated. This jamount, a Look dificit of $204,618.83, “together with the additional and ul- timate depreciation and losses, must necessarily be contributed from the general tax levics,” the report states. 4. A very great shrinkage in sev- eral m‘llion dollars of assets in the Bank of North Dakota will result from |final settlement of affairs with closed banks and liquidation (of other paper. 5. A total of $263,219.58 interest is due the iBank-of North-Dakota‘and un-~ paid, of which $163,057.19 is’ interest accrued but not pal on farm tmort- Sages. 6. ‘Expenditures in the bond cam- paign of the \Nonpartisan league ad- ministration amounted to $266,110.47, and all of the expense cannot be ac- counted for. This includes $3,000 commission paid George T. Webb. The minutes of the bank finance commit- tee show this transaction as of June 18, 1921, but testimony was given jauditors that the minutes actually were written ‘November 23, 1921, the day the Nonpartisan administration went out of office and dated back on orders of F, W. Cathro. Bank Situation, The Bank of North Dakota, the re- Port shows, constitutes the most seri- ous situation in the finances of the industries. In‘ addition to the losses reported and which will ultimately: re- sult, two deals of unusual character are reported by the auditors. (One of these is to the effect that money of the Bank of ‘North Dakota was used in the deal for issuance of new stock in the now defunct Scandi- navian-American Bank of Fargo. The report states that among the assets of the Bank of North Dakota is listed this account: “Peoples State Bank, ‘Casselton, Redeposit of $77,062.49." The audit report says: “The veri- fication received from the Peoples State Bank, Casselton, advises a bal- ance of $31,059.23, and they submit- ted the following. explanation: “We hold $42,225.00 of notes given for new stock in the Scandinavian Bank of Fargo and which were taken on by us upon the assurance of the Bank of North Dakota that they would be covered with redeposit and that the redepos't account would not be drawn against until the notes were taken off our hands. Se2 correspondence in files there. We have charged the notes and interest tio the redeposit ac- count.’” The audit report adds that “a search was made of the correspondence files of the Pank of North Dakota but no correspondence was found relating to the said redeposit.” Say Books Dated Back. Regarding the George T. ‘Webb ac- count the report states: ‘The Com- mission of $3,000 paid to Geo. T. Webb November 23, 1921, was returned to the Bank of North Dakota in pay- ment of an apparent overdraft in the Special Account, and the Bank in turn issued a Cashier’s Check to Geo. T, Webb in the amount of $146.59 to balance the amount.” A letter was found, in which F. W. Cathro, then manager of the bank, promised to pay Webb a commission of $3,000 bonus if bond sales of over $1,000,600 resulted from his efforts. The audit report adds: “The Min- ‘ites of the Finance Committee under date of June 18, 1921, contain an entry author‘zing the payment of the com- mission to Geo. T. Webb of $3,000.00, but Mps. Nellie Marr, clerk of the Finance Committee, informed us that these minutes were written November 23, 1921, and dated back to June 19, 1921, on instructions of Mr. F. W. Cathro, director general and manager of the bank.” Total expenditures made by Webb in the bond sale campaign were $102,- 307.96. Vouchers for all expenditures could not be found in detail, the report says. Discussing conditions which show remedy against toothache. (Continued on Page 3)