The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 6, 1922, Page 1

HE BISMARC FORTY-NINTH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1922 BUN Last Edition PRICE FIVE CENTS NEW RAIL WAGE REDUCTIONS M DELEGATES OF 8 STATES WILL COME TO CITY Irrigation Congress Which Opens Tomorrow Expected to Bring Representative Men IMPORTANT PROBLEMS Whole Subject of Irrigation Will Be Canvassed in Two-Day Meeting, June 7-8 Men from three states intensely in- terested in the future development of North and South Dakota and Montana are expected to gather in the house of representatives chamber in the state capitol tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o’clock when the third Irriga- tion Congress opens. E, A. Williams, chairman of the or- ganization, has received word that the state engineering departments of Montana and South Dakota will be represented, and many business men are expected in addition. Delegations! from all Slope cities and also from! the eastern and northern parts of the state are expected. The conference will discuss meth-| ods of successfully irrigating land in! western North Dakota, South Dako- ta and Montana; possibility of devel- oping hydro-electric power on the Missouri river; securing actfion ‘by the federal government to make in- vestigation and surveys; methods of accomplishing results desired. Among the speakers who will be present are E. C. Leedy, immigration agent of the Great Northern railroad. and F. Benz, immigration agent of the Northern Pacific railroad. Repre- sentative engineers of North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana and busi- ness men who have given much thought to the subject will speak. The railroads have granted a fare and one-half rate for the round trip to Bismarck on the certificate plan, pro- viding there is an attendance of 250 from the three states. Those interest- ed in the Congress expect fully that many people to be present. The convention will continue two days, June 7 and 8 MANDAN BOY IS DROWNED TEACHER, OUSTED, ENDS LIFE MISS LONG Miss Mary E. Long, who ended her life by taking poison because she was ousted, after serving 25 years as a jteacher in the Elgin (lll.) schools. As fa result of the tragedy, a {committee has demanded that the jschool board restore 14 other teach- ers, also dismissed, and that the sup- erintendent of schools be discharged. LOCAL ROTARY — CLUB SENDING OUT RESOLUTION Asks N. D. Rotary Clubs to Take Intelligent Interest in Im- pounding of Waters Coincident with the meeting here June 7 and 8 of the North. Dakota Irrigation Congress the Bismarck Rotary club is sending to all the Ro- tary clubs in the Missouri-Yellow- stone watershed a resolution asking each club to take an intelligent inter- est in the question of impounding the waters of the upper streams for the use of agriculture. The smesdlution follows: Whereas, Agriculture is the basic industry; and Whereas,*the most’ important ag- ricultural.area in America is the wa- tershed of the Missouri-Mississippi River; and, Whereas, the retention of the flood Unable to Swim, He Gets Be- yond Depth Frank Knoll, 14 years’ old, was drowned in the Heart river at Mandan yesterday afternoon at a point just west of the Fort Lincoln road to the bridge, The boy could not swim, it is stat-|lower Mississippi River, if it will not | to i ed, but had gone with other boys tojentirely eliminate the future disas-| ger, of Ellendale. Minnesota, will the swimming hole and paddled around in shallow water. He got be- yond his depth in wading out. :to his aid, but were late. Neither could swim but both tore off clothes and plunged in the water. They were res- cued. The Knoll boy’s body was recovered by diving. A pulmotor was used in vain effort to revive the boy. The boy was the son of Mr, and Mrs. Mike Knoll, and second eldest of six sons and two daughters in the family. He received his diploma at the commencement exercises of St. Joseph’s parochial school _Sunday night. Funeral services were held at the St. Joseph’s Catholic church. ADVANCE GUARD FORCES LEAVE The first contingent of the North Dakota National Guard forces going to camp at Devils Lake left today, when the quartermaster detachment, with Lieut. Noel Thoralson in charge, left Bismarck. The detachment of 16 men left at 4 o’cluck this morning. They are taking one automobile, four big army trucks and an ambulance. The camp is from June 10 to 24. , adequate and permanent waters in the source streams of the Missouri and the Yellowstone for ir- rigation. purposes is imperative to the maximum production of this vast citizens’ | PREDICT PEACE WILL COME IN BUILDING WAR {Chicago Expects to See Situa- tion in Strife-Torn Build- ing Trades Settled MADER MAY QUIT JOB Indicted President Said Willing To Quit and Unions to Ac- cept Landis Award Chicago, June 6—Peace in Chica- go’s strife torn building trades situa- tion was predicted today with reports of the buildine trades council, had agreed to resign and that all of the building trades unions would accept the Landis award. These: developments, it was. said,| cleared the way’to unhampered com-! pletion ‘of building projects amount- ing to $200,000,000. MINERS HELD _ NOT LIABLE FOR MINE DAMAGES Washington, June 6.—Striking coal mitfers won a ‘victory when the su- preme court held: that the United Mine Workers need not pay damages amounting to more than $600,000 to the Arkansas coal mine owners as the result of strike Mots in the Arkansas fields in 1914, The court reversed the decision of the Arkansas courts, holding that the ‘aficers of the mine workers by ine citing violence during the strike caused the destruction of ‘property nd thus were guilty of -restraining interstate commerce in violation of ne Sherman anti-trust law. ‘Several mines were burned during the riots which threw that section of the state into a veritable war zone, 400 DELEGATES Lutherans of Country Meeting, In Fargo Today: Fargo, June.6—Between 400 andj 500 delegates from the United States and Canada had registered here at! noon for the annual national conven-; tion of the Lutheran Free Church! which ends next Sunday. Devotional agricultural area; and, Whereas, the impounding of the flood waters of these source streams for irrigation and the development of hydro-electric power will materially reduce the flood waterhead in the trous floods; and Whereas, disaster resulting from Two |drouth in the watersheds of the source | Scheduled to address the convention fishermen saw him struggling and ran|Streams, and the disaster resulting |" Friday. from flood in may be both eli: clamation; and, Whereas, the Mississippi River Commission has no jurisdiction over source streams nor the drainage bas- ins of these source streams; Therefore, Be It Resolved, that all the states in the watershed of the Missouri-Yellowstone urge and de- mand that a comprehensive reclama- tion project be undertaken without delay, with a view to the irrigation of the source stream area, and the prevention of disastrous floods in the area of the lower Mississippi; and, Resolved, that we urge and demand of the representatives in Congress of each tributary state that immediate steps be taken for the appointment of a Federal Commission who shall make a\thorough and accurate survey of this entire project with a view to its rbclama- the lower Mississippi iminated by proper re- tion; and, Resolved, that the Bismarck Ro- tary Club of Bismarck, North Da- kota in its program of service urges upon every Rotary Club in the Mis- souri-Yellewstone watershed an in- telligent study of, and persistent de- mand that the government, in the in- terest of agriculture, take definite steps to correct the menace existing in the Missouri-Yellowstone water- shed from the source to the gulf of services were conducted by Rev. J. Mortenson, Austin, Minn., and Rev.) Urdahl, of Fargo. The afternoon was given over to the preliminary busi- ness of the convention. “The Rich Husbandman” will be the pic of a sermon which Rev. D. Dahl- deliver tonight, using the Norwegian language. Governor R. A. Nestos is 24 MILLION ASKED BY NW. D.. Total Amount .of Applications that Fred Mader, indicted president} HAVE GATHERING: FOREST FIRES — SWEEPING OVER luth Are Augmented by 500 Emergency Guards For Fighters to Center At- tack on Flames dicated that the siate forest forces augmented by 500 emergency guards were rapidly gaining control of the situation, ‘Weather conditions are favorable for the fighting today for the first time since the emergency arose. ‘There is little wind and the fighters are cen- tering their attacks on the very heart of the largest fires which have swept over large areas of virgin timber, cut- over timber and, brush. NOTED BEAUTY DIES OF INJURY Lillian Russell, Noted Comic Opera Star, Succumbs Pittsburgh, Pa., June 6.—(By the A. ‘P.)—Lillian Russel] (Mrs. Alexander ‘P. Moore), bright stay of American comic opera for. three decades and in- ternationally known as a beauty, who died at 2:20 o’clock this morning, had been ill for several weeks following a VIRGIN TIMBER Forces Fighting Fires Near Du- THE WEATHER FAVORABLE Little Wind Makes it Possible Duluth, Minn., June 6.—Complete re- ports from district No, 19, the center of a forest and brush fire in north- eastern Minnesota at noon today in- Its snowing in Edmonton, Ca- nada, according to reports receiv- ed by the U. S. Weather Bureau here today. There were showers, in Mon- tana last nivht and cool weather over the northern part of that state and in Canada. The cool- ness was about to descend upon North Dakota, it was indicated by the trend in the weather, The hot spell was due to take leave 40 DIE WHEN BUILDING FALLS Limberg, Poland, June 6 (By the 1A. P.)—More than 40 persons were buried in the debris and many. were jkilled today when two ancient three- jstory buildings collapsed. The build- ings are believed to have been shak- en down by vibrations caused from passing motor trucks. PRESENT BONUS BILL THURSDAY To Be Placed on Calendar For Early Call Washington, June 6.—Formal pres- entation to the soldiers bonus bill to the senate on Thursday is the pres- ent plan of Senator McCumber of the senate finance committee. The bill will be accompanied by the usual printed report and in addition Sena. tor McCumber expects to address the senate briefly on the subject. The measure will be sent to the sen- ate calendar to remain until an agree ment is had to call it up. There ap- pears to be little pressure for early consideration of the bill and some Republican Icaders believe it will not be taken up ‘until the tariff measure is out of the way, The tariff bill will SNOW REPORTED IN EDMONTON AND SHOWERS MAY BREAK LOCAL HEAT WAVE with showers appearing likely. Showers were reported at Dunn ers with strong winds. The hot weather has been a tremendous stimulus to corn, and unless the heat wave continues the crops are likely to be great- ly benefitted, it is said. No suf- fering of crops for lack of moist- ure is yet reported. POLICEMAN HAS MANY KINDS OF DUTIES IN CITY Report of Chief for Year Shows 145 Arrests Involving In- toxication Charges i PETITION ON ROAD City Asked to Take Action to Prevent Federal Aid Pro- ject Going Through The job of policeman in Bismarck may bring with it most any kind of task, it is shown in the annual report of Chief of Police Martineson, for the beriod from June 1, 1921 to June 1; 1922, submitted to the city commis- sion last night. Ths report shows that 1 total of 801 calls were answered| during the year, the total number of| arrests was 328, of which 307 were} men and but 21 were women; 13 dogs were killed, one cat was slain, lodg- ing was given to 236 persons, 123 quarantine tags were posted, two sani- tation notices given, one safe was found open and seven windows were found unfastened. have to be side-tracked this month for several important appropriation bill: and conference reports and there is shipboard accident while returning from Europe, Her death was unexpected. as her physicians announced two days ago she had passed the crisig ‘and would recover, The accident which Dr. Shelducker, one of her physichns, said. was the primary cause of her illness and.death, occurred when she’ was violently thrown on the deck during a storm. The effects of the injury were not im- mediately serious. PLAN PAGEANT AT DEDICATION Joint Committee Enters Into Contract The joint committee of Mandan and Bismarck citizens on presentation of a pageant at the time of the dedica- tion of.the new Missouri river vehi- cular bridge met yesterday afternoon with a representative of the Thurs- ton organization of Minneapolis and decided to employ the organization to stave a pageant. It is planned to have a two or three day pageant, it was said, one day for Mandan and one day for Bismarck, To Finance Board Fargo, June 6.—Applications for $24,38,45.91 in loans to North Dakota banks have been approved by the War Finance corporation board at Minne- apolis, according to the latest figures received by E. J. Weiser, of Fargo, North Makota Airéctoe fot thb}corpor- ation: Most of this sum has been ap- Proved at Washington and much of it has actuallly been paid into the state, Mr. Weiser reports, Assistance to the country banks of the northwest from the agricultural loan agency of the corporation, which in turn is reflected to the farming in- dustry, by reason of the ability of the country banks to carry over farmers’ obligations, is reflected in an improve- ment in the financial condition in this territory, according to a statement and perhaps a joint pageant. It is es- timated that 1,000 people will be re- quired to stage it. | The pageant will include scenes de- picting early Indian history the early settlers, Indian wars, development of the Missouri river and will culminate with a feature of the World War in which American Legion men will be asked to participate. The provisional date is July 15 de- pending upon the progress made with the bridge work. : The Bismarck pageant, it was said, would include a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the city’s birth. HAGGART GETS BRIDGE CONTRACT The Haggart Construction company of Fargo, has bcen awarded a contract for paving the Missouri river bridge ITO HOLD RATE strong opposition on the majority tc postponing action on the tariff bill. MEETING HERE Organization to Launch Fight For State-Wide Revision Fargo, June 6—Meetings will be held at Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot and Bismarck to arouse interest in North Dakota’s fight for equalized freight rates, it was announced today. These will be a part of the campaign planned by a committee chosen at a recent state-wide rate meeting here to carry on the work. Walter Reed, of Amenia, has been chosen chairman and W. C. MacFadden, secretary of the state bankers’ association, secre- tary-treasurer. - The committee will open an office in Fargo. SHRINERS TAKE FARGO’S STREETS Fargo, June ‘6—Shriners of the Hadi temple, Evansville, Ind., today took possession of Fargo and made a carnival and music: in+‘:its ‘streets. They are en route to the national Shrine convention to'be held soon in|* San Francisco. The Evansville Shriners tonight, will be entertained for half an hour bv the Mandan Shrine club, in Man- dan. CHILD WEAKENED | BY SNEEZING Monroe, Wis., June 6.—Sneezing almost incessantly since last Tuesday Marie Clossner, 13. 1s in a weakened condition which has not been relieved by physicians who are puzzled by the child’s case. The child sneezes both day and night almost without inter- ruption. RAISING SHEEP Ft. Yates, N. D., June 6.—Ed Hodg- There were three deaths by acci- dent in the city during the year, the} ceport. shows. Recently an order was ssued that all accidents, whether ser- ‘ous or not, must be reported to the rolice. But 34 accidents are listed for |; he year. There were 20 bicycles re- sovered, 161 lights ‘repaired by offi- cers, 58 lost children restored to par- ents, 61 finger-print and photograph records made, two suicides, and 21 Center and Dickinson yesterday and some travelers reported heavy show- ADE US. ABOR BOARD ANNOUNCES CUTS FOR SHOPCRAFTS Millions in Pay Slashes Are Ef- fective July 1 Under Ma- jority’s Order LABOR MEN DISSENT Their Representatives on Board Hold That Cut in Pay Is Not Justified 1 Cincinnati, Ohio, June 6.— the A. IP.)—A strike vote of be proximately 1,200,000 railwa y workers of the United States will be taken by the individual unions affected by the railroad labor board’s wage reduction recently ordered and pending, it was decid- ed at a conference of union lead- ers today The vote in each Or. ganization will be returnable in 30 days after the railroad labor board announces a wage cut for that class of employes, the vote of the 6shopcrafts, whose reduction was or Mered today, being returnable June Chicago, June 6—(By the A, P.)— Over the strong protest of the three labor representatives on the U. S, Railroad Labor Board a new wage cut of 7 cents an hour for railway shop mechanics and 9 cents for’ freight car men cutting 400,000 shop men approx- imately $60,000,000 a year was ordered by the board today, The new wage reduction brought an estimated added saving of $59,659,000 annually to the railroads following on the heels of a $50,000,000 cut in the Wages of maintenance of way labor- ers last week, The shopcraft decision becomes ef-. fective July 1. b The minority report of the labor members pointedly stated that the ma- ‘jority decision was made. “with ‘no, consideration of human needs” {and charges that it fails to carry’ out) the function of the board to “set a Yust delinquent children were sent to juve- nile court. The report lists value of stolen pro- perty recovered during the year at $5,125.00. A total of 145 arrests for drunkenness, or drunkenness and dis-|' orderly |conduct and violations of the (Continued on Page 6) BROOKHART IS JOWA LEADER Expected to Win G. O. P. Sena- torial Nomination Des Moines, Ia., June 6 (By the A. P.)—Smith W. Brokhast,” oF Wash. and reasonable wage.” Supervisory forces of the railway shops were not decreased, The reduction for the mechanics averaged a little more than 8 per cent, {All machinists, boiler-makers, black- smiths, sheet metal. workers, electri- cal workers, car men (except freight car men) moulders, cupalo tenders and core makers and the regular and helper apprentices receiving a cut of 7 cents an hour. Freight car men, commonly known as “car knockers,” and the object of some of the heaviest assaults by the roads in their battle for lower wages, were cut 9 cents. Car cleaners who now receive an average of $3.18 a day were cut 5 cents an hour. What Cut Means. ‘The mechaanics whose daily rate now “|averages from $6.11 for electrical ington, Ia., continued to maintain a} Workers to $6.28 for blacksmiths will vercentage of more than the neces-| lose 56 cents a day under the new de- sary 35 of the total vote cast for|¢ision, bringing their daily wage to United States Senatorial eandidates| approximately $5.70. The board’s lat. in the Republican primary yesterday] est decision which is to be followed when 1,042 precincts of the state had|shortly by reduction for railway been reported today. The vote stood: ‘clerks, telegraphers and all other class- Brookhart, 61,312; Pickett, 28,994;|es of railway employes except the jThome, Francis, Sweet and Stanley,|train service men, was brief and of- lege as Order fered no explanation of how the new po ~< rates were arrived at. a ei Say Purchasing Power More | Weather Report | The alisenters declared the major- oe -—@ |ity condition ignored pleas ot For twenty-four the employes for a living wage an noon, " hours. “ending’at “made no attempt to show that me- Temperature at 7 a. m.. ... 65] Chanics are not entitled to such a ‘Temperature at noon . . 7¢| standard.” The omission of any com- ‘Highest yesterday . * g5{ ment or reasons ‘for the specific cut Lowest yesterday . 69] Was thus brought under fire, Lowest last night . . 68 The decision, however, contained Precipitation . | Rumerous tables prepared by the Highest wind velocity ... 18 | board’s statistical department design- For Bismarck and vicinity: Unget-|e4 to show that although the wages tled weather tonight and Wednesday,| ad been reduced they had not been Probably showers; cooler. reduced more than the reduction in For North Dakota: Unsettlea| the cost of living and that the pur- weather tonight and Wednesday, prob-| chasing power of the present pay wae ably showers; cooler tonight and east | higher than the purchasing power 0 and south portions Wednesday. the higher wage paid during the years General Weather Conditions, since 1917, Low pressure central over North To HAVE STRIKE VOTE. which has been given out by M. O.| vith pithulithic pavement. Work will Mexico; and, Resolved, that copies of this resolu- Grangaard of Dazey, N. D., secretary of the agricultural agency, which has 'hegin as soon as possible, anf it prob- ably will take about three weeks Other FINES ASSESSED BY MAGISTRATE Several fines were assessed by Po- lice Magistrate Cashman last night. Fred Morris and Moslyn Yokowchaik were charged with reckless driving Sunday afternoon. Morris was fined $15 and Yokowchaik was committed to the county jail to await trial on a charge of having liquor in his pos- session. Arthur Johnson was assessed _costs only on charges of speeding. Gust Comstock and Lewis Silverman were fined $10 and costgon charges of disorderly conduct. SHELL-SHOCKED SOLDIER IS UNHIURT BY JUMP OFF TRAIN Hettinger, N. D., June 6.—Ralph ‘Ness, suffering from a relapse to men- ta] disorders caused originally by shell shock when in the lines in France, jumped from the window of a train while it was bearing him at 50 miles an hour, towards Helena to a sani- tarium. The train was stopped but the young man, unhurt, had disappeared. Local Legion members formed scout- tion be sent forthwith to the Rotary Clubs in the Missouri-Yellowstone watershed. VOTING LIVELY N ELECTION Voting in the school board election today was lively. Two members of the board were to be selected from five candidates in the field, the polls being open from 9 a m. to 4 p. m. ‘At a marriage ceremony in India the bride stands on a large plate filled .with milk and rose colored sweetmeats New highways are being built be- tween Peking and Tietsin, China, by 10,000 laborers fed out of the Ameri- can famine relief fund. The largest and most powerful searchlight in the world, having 1.200,- 00,000 candle power, has just been completed, ‘Mountain miners in the Andes do heavy labor in a rarified atmosphere just been received from St. Paul. The applications approved in Minneapolis for the three northwestern states are as follows: Total Over $56,000,000. Minnesota, applications 633, loans approved, $13,983,019.54; North Da- kota applications, 1,114, loans ap- proved, $24,287,745.91; South Dakota, applications 624, loans approved, $18,- 188633. Total, $56;459,397.45, bidders were James Kennedy and Warren Brothers. The price is $2.74 \per lineal foot. The paving contract was sublet by the Foundation com- pany. Bids for the construction of the road on the west side of the river will be received June 15. EIGHTEEN ADMITTED TO CITIZENSHIP Washburn, N. D., June 6.—Thursday at the court house, Judge Nuessle heard forty some applicants who had filed their intention of obtaining cit- izenship papers. Of the number 18 were granted their papers and are now qualified citizens of the United States, The names of the men who were admitted are:; Gustave L. Brokofsky, Filp Szkoropat, John A. Bengston, Frederick Vogele, Nick Sologuk, Nils A. Sater, Nick Makowski, Carl A. G. Mertins, Johan Lieb, Andrew Dobro- volsky, Oliver Hatland, Mike Makow- ski, John Reiser. Philipp Neiffer Kansas City, Mo., June 6,—Let- ters of sympathy and praise for her “courage and good marks- manship” were received late last night by Miss Peggy Marie Deal as she lay on a hospital bed fight- ing a battle for life against a wound sustained when she at- temnted to take her own life Sunday after she had shot and killed Frank Warren Anderson, department store welfare direct- or. “Qur sympathy is yours,” read WOMAN WHO KILLED “PERFECT LOVER” RECEIVES LETTERS OF CONGRATULATION inson. an old-time farmer and ranch- | Dakota this morning has been accom. 2 8 ME ie wars was erg during S0Urt. 26), ate ae aa Western Comat ae : idroad men can but intensify the phe ge eachear al a ere meager Perera ed ent feeling of dissatisfaction with ne ee ate vcetia ume |e eouerally Gn, Temvertane tee railwi labor conditions and will at farmers have found that the raising}is generally fair. Temperatures are a te cault gf ee imumiediate catrike of sheep is more profitable and bet-|still somewhat above normal in the ote result a pune, SOvaesaraineleD ter adapted to this country than grain| northern Plain States, but cooler fo on bata pune 3 1a ae Rene ean ie anata woot eee nio ’ her today for a railroad strike he expects to spend the coming fall} west, untong here ss ad ss baa i Mr. Jewell declared any reduction was unjustifiable and unreaonable. Evidence presented at hearings be. fore the board, he said, showed shop- men were receiving a minimum wage n sary to the proper support of their families, WILL TAKE STRIKE VOTE. Washington, June 6.—(By the A. P.) —H. L. Brumson, special representa- tive in Washington of the Internation- al Association of Machinists, declared today that a strike vote would be taken immediately among the 400,000 machinists affected by the railroad la- bor board, reducing wages. Temp. Precipi- State High- Low- tation of wea- ther el'r rain eldy pc p.c. cldy D.c. pc. eldy el'r p.c. eldy p.c. cl'r eldy pc. Bismarck Bowbells . Bottineau Devils Lake.. 9 Dunn Center. 92 Dickinson Ellendale .. Fessenden . Grand Forks Jamestown Langdon Larimore Lisbon Minot . Napoleon Pembina . Williston Moorhead courage and ability to shoot straight. We regret, however, that you shot yourself. There is plenty to live for.” Miss Beal was on the road to recovery, attendants said. Al- though she refused to divulge any information about relatives, de- clining to comment on reports she was married, a Dayton, Ohio, dispatch said information there was to the effect that Stephen Beal, of Terre Haute. Ind. was the former hus- 46 62 52 56 49 60 60 “ld Court Meets June 13 i cey¥| today was the dav for convening cldy | of the June term of district court. CIT ne court will ~at convene until June 0 Py 0 9 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 that makes the slightest effort fatigu-| Theo. Neissner Adam Schuh, Jonas ing parties and located him 24 hours later, jing to newcomers, Thompson and Alexander Kovalenko. one of the letters. “The world needs more girls who have the ORRIS W. ROBERTS, band of Marie Beal, and that Meteorologist. they had two sons. 13, because Judge Nuessle is holding court at Steele.