The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 19, 1922, Page 1

The Weather Partly cloudy. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE[== FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS CONVENTION OPENING DELA CLUB ADOPTS MEMPHIS “TUBE BABY” : BANKERS ADOPT RESOLUTION ON TAX PAYMENTS Missouri Slope Group Supports Plan of Settlement Made By Executive Body URGED CONVENTION HERE Association Adopts Resolution Asking State Meeting in 1923 Come to Bismarck The offer made by tthe executive council of the North Dakota Bankers’ Association ito pay itaxes on the same basis as other business ‘houses al-|! though under the ‘supreme court de- elsion they were freed from a major part of taxation for, the last two years was’ unanimously approved by the Misgouri Slope group of the as-} sociation in meeting ‘here. i The taxation’ settlement plan was | explained in detail by A. G. Divet, at- ‘torney for the association, and follow- ing explanation and discussion the bankers adopted resolutions stating; that while they could escape itaxa-| tion under the supreme court decision | they did not want to avoid burden of| taxation, and approved the plan of} settlement on the basis of other busi-; ness houses. i Serious complications: might arise; unless the plan for settlement is ac- cepted, the bankers were told. The meeting was the largest gath- ering of the Slope bankers held in several years, it was said. One of the resolutions adopted by the bankers urged that the 1923 convention of the state bankers’ association meet in Bismarck. ‘This resolution will be presented at tthe state meeting in| Minot in June. The Bismarck bankers were ‘thanked for hospitality shown during the session here. Endorse Roads Body : A resolution was adopted enidors- ing the Nonth Dakota Good Roads Association “and its meitorious meas- ures to safeguard Federal aid for the} proposed state highway system.” The! resolution specifically mentioned the constitutional’ amendment and ithe ‘two laws which the good roads asso- ciation proposes to initiate next November, urged the revisioh of ‘the | motor, vehicle Jicenge. Jaw, anil 2.00, 3 tor fuel tax of one cent @ gallon Heu of the present tax on gasoline, and declared that there is grave dan- ger of losing Federal aid unless this action is taken. It. was pointed: out that the people of North Dakota pay in federal taxes $3,000,000 annhally, and through federal alid for highways! over one-third of this amount would/ be returned to the state. The resolu- tions committee was composed of L. R. Baird, of Dickinson, A. H. Pet-| erson and J. D. Remple. W. B. DeNault, manager of the farm loan department of the Bank of North Dakota, explained in detail the sys- tem of state farm loansandurged ‘the support of the bankers in the making of safe loans. W. C. McFadden praised the Cass County Development Asso- ciation and urged that similar county associations be formed for the pur- pose of reducing the size of North Dakota farms and encouraging immi- gration. John Haw, of the agricultural cof- lege, talked upon diversification, and) usked ithe bankers to urge the right kind of diversification. He predicted | that with diversification ‘there is a} great future for farming in western North Dakota. He urged that the pro- ducts of the land be taken first as a: “pagis for the right kind of diversifi- | cation, and ‘that livestock be kept on! the farm in the proportion to the amount that can be properly fed and cared for upon the farm’s products. } He held ‘there could te too much di-} versification: Federal Bank Loans ' The Federal Farm Loan Bank, of St. Paul, has seven appraisers work- ing in North Dakota at the present) time, according to Paul A. Preus,' treasurer of the bank, here ‘to attend the Bankers’ meeting. Appraisers; y tly were put into the field, again in North Dakota. The recent bonds sale of the farm loan bank amounted ito $7,500,000, Mr. Preus said. This amount is di- vided between four states so that on} an equal basis the land bank can) close over $1,800,000 of loans in North { Dakota before there is another bond) sale. North Dakota mow has 40 per- cent of the money loaned in the four} States under the bank’s jurisdiction, | he said. It/is expected, he said, that the bank will Joan $15,000,000 to $20,-| 000,000 this year. FEAR CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE Clinton, Ia. April 19—Several children were injured, some possi- bly fatally, when the chimney of the Irving schdol collapsed this morning. A fire broke out immediately, fanned by high winds, It is feared some of the children are buried: in the ruins. | i VOTE SCHOOL BONDS. Williston, N. D., April 19.—Alred schoo! district in McKenzie county, has voted an $80,000 bond issue for the (purpose of taking up outstanding war- rants, The voters also approved the proposition to raise the debt limit from 5 per cent of the assessed valuation of the district and making it 10 per WORK ON CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL PLANNED FOR BISMARCK MAY BE STARTED SOON BY COMPLETION OF BAS Rt. Rev. Bishop Vincent Wehrle and Nick Ressler, architect of Mandan, ‘have gone to Milwaukee B architects in con- ction with ithe proposed mew cathedral to be erected on land a block west of the ‘home jf Col. Little on Avenue A. ! if The plan at the present ‘time is understood to call for the butid- ‘ing of the basement of ithe fpro- posed dathednal. The basement, which will be very large, will be fitted up as a chapel ‘and used to relieve the congestion of St. Ma- ty’s “church here, probably ‘for © three or four years ‘before the Calthedral is built. It is estimated KOSITZKY GETS. MANDAMUS WRIT FOR LAND OFFICE Judge Nuessle Issues Order Re- turnable on April 22 in District Court The scrap between William J. Prat- er and Carl R. Kositzky for possession of the land office in the state cap/ltol will be settled in court. Kositzky today is in possession of the office. Upon application of the Attorniey- General on the relation of Kositzky, Judge W. L. Nuessle, in district court, issued an alternative writ of manda- | mus directed to Prater, directing Prater to turn over tthe office, para-| phernalia, etc., or show cause on April 22 why he.should not do 80. | Early this morning, Kositzky was) in charge of the office. If Mr. Prater contests the court order the is expected to be represerjted by couNsel ‘before Judge Nuessls on April 22 to ask that the order be vacated. ‘ The application for the writ set out the situation in the land office, ‘the’ imconvenience caused by two men? trying to act as land commissioner, and the action of the board of univer-) sity and school lands in appointing | Kositzky. i This afternoon a telegram was re- | ecived from the office of the Attorney- | General of the United States direct- ; ing that all mail be delivered to Mr. i Kositzky. A previous order had said; tpart of the mail should be delivered to | tor Prater and part to Kositzky. WON MARATHON 10 YEARS AGO; _| WINS IT TODAY ‘Boston, April 19.—(By the A. P. Clarence *Demar, of (Melros2, .Mass., a winner ten years ago, won the Amer! can marathon roa race again today, | hanging up a new record for the event | covering the 25 miles in two hours, } eighteen minutes,and ten seconds. | PAUL REVERE’S RIDE CELEBRATED The 147th anni-! | | Boston, April 19. versary of the Battle of Lex‘mgton and Concord and the ride of Paul Revere and William Daws was cele- brated today. RITE MEETING POSTPONED Minot, N. D., April 19.—Th> spring reunion of the Scottish Rite Masons which was to be held -here May 22-25 has been postponed until the second week in June- because of the grand cent, commandery meeting to be: held inj EMENT OF BUILDING that the cathedral up to ‘the first floor will cost «approximately $30,000, which is an indication of plans for a magnificent cathedral. Because of conditions it is known that Bishop Wehrle has been adverse ‘to commencement of work on ithe proposed caithe- dral, but the fact that St. Mary’s church is inadequate jin size ne- cessitates either the building of a chapel on ground west of ‘the Bishop's residence on Thayer street’ or the commencement of work on, 'the Cathedral. An eutire block between Ave- “‘nué’A’ atid Avenue B ‘is owned by the Catholic diocese as a site for the cathedral. mn AVIATORS LAND ON ISLAND IN MID-ATLANTIC Rio do Janeiro, Brazil, April 19.— (By the A. P.)—The Portugese aviat- ors who were attempting a flight from Portugal, to Brazil will be unable to proceed in their hydro-airplane from ‘St. Paul Rocks, a few hundred miles short vof their goal, on the American continuent where they landed last. night because of the damage to their machinery, according to a Havas dis- patch from Pernambuco today. IRRIGATION PROGRAM GIVEN Meeting To Be Held Here Thurs. day Afternoon arden \ The irriagtion meeting which will be held in Bismarck at 3. o'clock Thursday afternoon is expected to bring to the city many forward look- ing \professional and business men who believe ‘that there is a great fu- |ture for the western pant of 'the state | showing their in the developing of irrigation. The program for the meeting follows: “Past Irrigation Congresses”—Gen- eral E. A. Williams. i “Rainfall in North Dakota’”—Orris W. Roberts. “The Needless Waste of North Da- kota Streams”—Prof. Elwin F. Chand- ler. “Irrigation and Robinson. “Organizing for Lrrigation’—Sena- r F. L. Mees. “Trrigtkion land Stock Raising!— Chas. C. Eastgate. “Aid for Small Irrigation Projects” —F. E. Diehl. The meeting will be held jin room 05, The McKenzie hotel. People in- terested in the subject of irrigation are invited to be present. BUYS LAND NEAR PARSHALL Parshall, N. D., April 19.—One of he “100,000 or more” new sevtlers for North Dakota unloaded his immigrant Lignite’—W. H. a quarter section of land from the Kjelstrup Bros. Land Agency. “BOSH!” SAYS FATTY’ ARBUCKLE WHEN TOLD CONTRACTS CANCELLE h York. April 19.—Cancel- Jat of all contracts for the showing of films in which Ros- cod C. Arbuckle appears was announced last night by Will H. Hays, head of the Motion Picture Producers’ association, ARBUCKLE NOT WORRIED Los Angles, Calif, April 19.— Silence pending further develop: “ Fargo in May. ments was the ayowed policy of +i The new.: esophagus, -wiil.-b2. built |in Roumanian lire to aid the children | ' Left, Gaston Rutledge being fed through a tube into his abdomen. Cen- ter, Gaston at play—the tube through which he’s fed can be seen protrudin from his collar, : . By NEA Service Memphis, April 19.-—-Gaston Rut- ledge, 3, Memphis’ noted “tube baby” and doubtless: tha world’s most, unus- cal Kiwan’s Club. ‘Members of the club have agreed | to finance an operation by skilled sur- geons that they hope will save Gas- ;ton’s life and enable him to eat like other children. For more than a year the boy has not tasted food. Swallowed Lye A year ago Gaston, son of a Mem- iphis auo mechanic, swallowed lye that he found while playing in the yard of hs home. The powerful chem- ical seared his throat, and stricture developed that clos2d the throat com- pletely. Gaston was slowly starving tq death when surgoons cut through his abdo- men into his stomach and inserted a rubber tube. (‘When he is hungry, a nurse pours milk through this tube into his stomach. ‘ Ths surgeons agreed that Gaston could not grow up with this plan of feeding and live. They probed the seared throat thinking at first they could reopen it, But this hope proved vain. “The only way we can save '.im is by building a new csophagus—the passage from tho throat to the stom- | ach,” the surgeons said. ‘And that’s the del'cate operation the Kiwanis Club will; have performed from part ofan intestine. It will be! brought up from the stomach, over | the breast bone and just under the | skin to a :point below Gaston’s chin | where it will join his’ throat. That operation can’t taka place un- til Gaston becomes well and strong. So the Kiwanis Club is having him, carefully nursed and is giving him every attention regardless of ex- pense. If the operation fails, Gaston prob- ably will die. But Gaston’s mind is filled with more pleasant thoughts. (By day he rides about in an aut? with his nurse— And by night he dreams of the can- | dy/and cookies and apples he hopes he’ll eat some day. CHILDREN GIVE AID TO VICTIMS OF DISASTER Bucharest, April 19 (By the A. P.) —Children in a village school near . i ual child, has been adopted by the lo- ! reparations commission is to be asked to consider whether the Ruaso-Ger- man treaty ‘signed at Rappalo Sunday| ing is usually in full swing in txis|™on, of Fargo, secretary of the com- GERWANLBADER "MEETS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER 'Rathneau Confers with Lloyd George Upon Treaty Which Was Signed with Russ | IMPENDS BANKRUPTCY | Disaster Feared in- Europe Un- less Way Is Sought Out of Difficulty er Si Mas I Genoa, April 19—(By the A. P.)— Dr. Walter Rathenau, the German fer- eign msnister, conferred with Prime Minister Lloyd George of Great Drit- ain and Foreign Minister Chitcherin of Russia today regarding the barring of the Germans from the Russian com- mission of the conference. The Ger- mans will probably submit a formal | reply tonight to the allied note on this | subject. . I DISASTER FEARED Genoa, April 19.—The warning rum- ble of an impending reign of hank- ruptcy and anarchy in Eunope unless | wise and carcful action is taken to ‘curs the financial situation broke in upon the bickerings of delegates to! the econom’c conference today. The warning was contained; in the report. of thy special board of eminent ex- perts. ‘Hopes were voiced today that an in- ‘ternational monetary convention with the United States represented as sug- gested by the experts will soon bo convened to examino the financial po- sition of the whole world. The board declared that victors and vanquished in the war must find {means of counter-acting the growth in the volume of outstanding money and government obligations and the accompanying high prices. They in- sisted that unless remedies like in- creased production and taxation were applied the depreciation in money would wipe out the savings of the past and lead to chaos. NOTE 18 MODIFIED Genca, April 19 (By the A. P.)— Commenting on ithe note sent by the allies to. Germany. yesterday -theen- ‘tire allied ‘press is agreed ithat the note suggested by Premier Lloyd George was much ‘stronger, than the one actually sent. The note was modified in tone chiefly through conciliatory efforts of i | if i Attempt to Reach Harmony i Fusionists Control Democrat | Jamestown, N. D., April 19. atives of different factions in‘ a bigger things. factions would reach some agree vention. Cumber faction declared they a was present to give the facts wl mitteeman, had the right to cal fore the state central committee. floor of the convention. FARMERS’ WORK IS DELAYED BY COLD WEATHER Reports to Agricultural ‘College Say Operations Delayed For Another Week Fargo, April 19.—Seeding operations Foreign Minister, Schanzer of Italy gates wantéd was to prevent breaking up of the conference. UP TO REPARATIONS COMMISSION Paris, April 19 (By the A. P.)—The violates the Itreaty of Versailles in re- spect to the Garman owned property| making public the report. in Russia. This property under (the : ” .| the convention, Upon completing or- 'Versaiiles pact is pledged to show the northeastern and south cen- the commission for payment of repara- tions. Andrew Tardieu today served offi- cial notice on Premier Poincare that he would present an interpellation in the Chamber as soon as it recon- venes upon “the measures the gov- ernment intends to take 'm the face Bucharest have contributed $3.00 of families made destitute by the des-' truction™ of the Knickerbocker thea-; ar at Parshall, N. D. having bought! ter in Washington, D. C. | Unable to visualize the vast extent: of the United States the youngsters; believed the collapse of the theater | was a disaster affecting the enlire American people. Roumanian children} have received much help from little! Americans through the Junicr Red} Oross and they chose this method of! ppreciation. TOURING CAR 1S STOLEN The Cadillac touring car ‘of Dr. W. H. ‘Bodenstab, 520 Manlan avenue, was stolen from hig garage at home last night. The thieves entered the garage without difficulty and drove away in the car without the loss be- ing discovered until this morning. WEHE’S RIGHT - IS QUESTIONED Right of L. J. Wehe to sit in a ses- sion of the svorkmen’s compensation commission was contested by S.S. Mc- Donald on the ground that Wehe’s term of office expired Aipril 1 and that Wehe had not qualified since that time. Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle, film co- median, whose contracts have heen cancelled and finished sereen plays withdrawn, accord- ing to an anouncement in New York last night by Will H. Hays, head of the motion picture pro- ducers’ association, josh,” was Arbuckle’s com- ment when informed late last night of Mr. Hays’ announce- ment, 150 FAMILIES of the menace to France as consti- tuted by the German-Russian trea- ty.” ARE MAROONED Steamer Leaves to Rescue Ne- groes Caught in High Waters LEVEE BREAKS Meidosia, IIl., April 19.—(By the A. P.)—The levee of the Meidosia lake drainage district broke this afternoon flooding 8,000 acres of wheat land and the homes of more than 50 families, Cairo, Ill, April 19.—The steamer Three States was scheduled to leave here this morning for the Dog Tooth bend district between Cairo and Fay- ville, Illinois, to adminigter -aid 'to 150 negro families who are reported ma- jrooned by flood waters of the Missis- sippi river. Relief investigators who |made ithe report after visiting the district declared that several families were in ‘a panic condition. Food, tents and medical supplies were to be tak- en ito the district by the steamer. It was said the district was inun- dated so unexpectedly ‘that most of the inhabitants were unaware of ithe oncoming waters and were unable to flee. They were reported to be taking refuge in the /highest part of the shacks. ILLINOIS TOWN IS ISOLATED Beardstown, Il, April 19 (By the Associated Press)—Gradual iso- lation of the town of Beardstown was carried a ‘step further this morning when it was announced that all itele- phone communities with Schuler and Brown counties had been cut off. Rail communication with these counties and the country west and north was suspended two days ago. Disabled officers of the U. S. army are retired on three-fourths pay, r and other field work in North Dakota who pointed out ithat all ‘the dele-| ig delayed from two to three weeks the] this gpring and will not be general for|trol ‘of ‘the convention, t least another week, according to John Haw, state county agent leader at the agricultural college here. These reports take no account of yesterday’s snowfall throughout the state. “ Seed- state April 10 Mr. Haw declared in These tral parts of the state to be the only ones where any material amount of seeding has been done, Decreases in wheat acreage ranging from 1% to 25 per cent are generally reported. This, county agents say, is because farmers fear that wheat plant- ed now will not do well. They jpoint out that this factor will increase di- versification, \ The general report based on county agent returns continues: Pasture crops are coming through in good shape and sweet clover and alfalfa; have already begun spring growth and that spring rye already over the stat is looking fine. Emmon county reports that half of the wheat seeding has ibeen finished. Seeding had started in the Missouri ‘Slope district and some ‘has been fin- ished in the northeastern part of the ‘state. ‘With these exceptions reports show that only in isolated cases has any seeding been done. 990 INJURED IN STORM Toll of Dead Is Now Placed At 32 Persons Chicago, April 19, (By the Associa-| the primary and fall elections. ted Press)—The sweeping eastward across the coun- acted on recognition of him as chairman. YED BURLEIGH COUNTY FIGHT MAY 0 TO FLOOR: COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS DIVISION OF TWO DELEGATIONS Would Seat Burleigh Delegates on 50-50 Basis—State Committee In Session Preliminary to Opening of Convention Makes an by Agreeing Upon Selection of a Temporary Chairman— McCumber Men Claim Control — ic Convention —At a late hour this afternoon the republican state central committee was hearing represent- n effort to reach complete har- mony of the election of a chairman for the convention, The convention had not been called to order at 3:30 p. m. Chairman Spalding sent a message to the convention shortly after 2 o’clock in which he stated that the committee had finished with the Burleigh county matter and was now concerned with The bigger things, he explained, was that the ment on the business of contin- uing the work of “cleaning up North Dakota” and a settlement of the situation on which all could unite. The entire morning was given over to the conflicting claims of two delegations from Burleigh county for seats in the con- This delayed the opening of the convention, which was scheduled for 10 o’clock. The possibility that the 14 votes from Burleigh county might be an important factor in determining fights in the convention caused an especially strong fight to be made by both sides for the seating of their delegation. The Mc- ted under motions put before E. J. Fogarty, of Sterling, chairman of the Republican organiza- tion in Burleigh county, who called the convention. Mr, Fogarty pholding this convention. The anti-McCumber faction held that Theodore Koffel, district com- I the convention and said they The hearing was be- There were indications about 3 o’clock that the contest .be- tween the Burleigh county delegations would be taken out on the 50-50 SPLIT The state central committee after a protracted session decided to report to the convention seating a half of each delegation. Th> case which held up the morning work resulted from having a county chairman and a coun- ty committee in some of the districts where the county and legislative dis- tricts coincide in a territory. ‘One dzlegation came to the’ con- vention under credentials signed by the county, chairman and the other unden credentials signed by. the coun- ty committeemen. The Committee in its investigation failed to find a basis of facts or as Treadwell Twichell, of Cass county, a member of the qom- mittee said: “It seems that both sides have broken the rules.” McCumber Men See Control The McCumber men claimed con- and were ready to talk of methods by which crop reports from 24 county agents to |harmony might be brought out of ‘the bitter pre-convention fight. The Democrats in their. convention named John Fried of Jamestown, as their chairman and Mrs, John Gam- mittee of 45, as secretary. Delegates in favor of fusion were in control of ganization this convention recessed until afternoon, Prevent Endorsement Endorsement of a candidate for United States Senator by the Anti- McCumber delegates in their caucus here last night and thig morning was prevented * the element in the cau- cus who demanded ‘that the state ticket be mamed before ‘the fight for the senatorship be taken up. A resolu- tion was passed, embodying this thought and later aNother resolution was passed endorsing ithe man whom tthe State Central Committee might e| Propose for the position of chatrman * of the convention. A resolution, condemning Sena'tor McCumber for combination with ‘the Nonpartisan League, for failing ‘to recognize ithe republican comntittee headed by B. F. Spauling, but recog- nizing the committee headed by Wm. Lemke and for ‘his distribution of pa- tronage was presented ito the coniven- tion and was warmly supported. The resolution finally was laid on the ‘ta- ble, as being opposed to the naming of ‘the state ticket without opposi- tion. The caucus waig opened by the pre- sentation of the facts and figures of the last several conventions by Theo- dore ‘Nelson, secretary of ‘the Inde- pendent Voters’ Association. Mr. Nel- son presented the figures ‘to show the necessity of combinations between ‘the Republicans ‘and .the Democrats if the league was to be defeated in On terrific storms being asked specifically concerning the senatorial condition, Mr. Nelson try, which in some parts of the cen-| presented the figures of the last elec- tral states became tornadoes, resullt- tion to show that the addition of an- ed in at least 32 persons EMed. ve other candidate would tend ‘to throw missing, 320 injured and several mill-} 1h. election ito amy man supported Yions of dollars damage to property, according to reports from the strick- en areas. The 320 listed thus far as injured jnclude only those in towns which felt the full effect of the storms. Scores of others in sections which were not in ‘the tornado belts were hurt and the total is believed to be beyond the 500 mark. WEATHER REPORT. 'N For twenty-four hours ending at noon April 19. Temperature at 7 A.M. see 18 Highest yesterday . » 43 Lowest yesterday . elt Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity ,. Weather Forecasts. For ‘Bismarck and vicinity. Fair to- night and Thursday; warmer tonight. ORRIS \W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. by a strong faction. The caucus seem- ed to understand Mr. Nelgon’s position as opposed to the endorsement of a candidate at the convention. Norton Presents Claims Following ‘the close of ‘his presen- tation of facts, Aittorney Shippey of Hope presented his resolution against McCumber, the first draft containing the phrase that the anti-McCurmber delegates endorse Judge A. M. Chris- tianson for the office of United Stattes senator. Upon presentation by P. D. Norton of his claims that ‘he ‘should have the honor of having his name presenited to ‘the convention, this part of the resolution was eliminated, and as finally tabled the resolution con- tained only the most emphatic dis- approval of the conduct of ‘McCumber. In supporting his resolution thait the nominee of the State Central Com- mittee be the nominee of the Anti- McCumber delegates to the comven- (Continued on Page 3)