The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 15, 1922, Page 1

| SOFT COAL | WEATHER FORECAST — Show- ers probab}y tonight and Wednes- day; ppt much change. ESTABLISHED ‘THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1922 ¢ K TRIBUNE ==] (Leased Wire of Associated Press) PRICE FIVE CENTS TRIKE ENDS | HARDING TO PUT STRIKE BEFORE CONGRESS Flitting With the Stars “E10 TELL story zh , ter . “ v QF FAILURE IN PEACE EFFORTS Whole Matter to Be Bared. Action to Protect Roads Is Hinted TRAINMEN GO BACK Big Four Unauthorized Strike on Southern Lines Is ‘Stopped by Officials TO PROTECT ROADS. Washington, Aug. .15.—Presi- dent Harding. having abandoned all efforts at.mediation of the rail was declared today by his » 's to have virtually decid- ed to inform the railroad execu- tives of the country that in the operation of trains they will be given the full protection and aid of the government. The president it was stated was determined that the only course the government now could pursue was the path it followed in the coal strike—extension of an invitation to the employers to operate their properties and the federal government with the co- operation of the states would stand behind them in their ef- ° forts so far as they are directed to serving the public. Consideration w being given by the president, it was asserted to the proposition of going before congress within the next few days with a comprehensive state- ment of the whole rail strike sit- uation, including the rebuffs that have met the government’s at- tempts at settleient. This statement if made, it was said, would include .no..sugges-..; _ tions as to legislation, but de-_ signed to place: before congress’ and the country the facts in the situation as viewed by the gov- ernment. . The president was described by one of his advisers as “nay- ing his back up” and fully con- vinced tat nothing further could be done through negotia- tion. Endeavors at meditation, how- ever, were continued today by the leaders of the brotherhoods of railroad operating employes and of the other railroad labor organizations whose members have not been called out. on strike. Leaders of the railroad labor organizations today made public the rejection of President Har- ding’s final offer for settlement, of .the national strike of shpp craftsmen but ‘declared that at- tempts to mediate the difficulty by direct dealings between rail- road executives and heads of the four brotherhoods were still im progress. Washington, Aug. 15.— (By the Associated Press)—Presi- dent Harding will place ‘the rai strike situation before congress and before the coun- try within 48 hours, it was of- . ficially announced today at the White House. , The announcement. came) after the President had con- ferred on the strike situation with his cabinet and withlead- ers in congress and after rail- road union labor organizations. had made public their rejec- tion of the President’s last settlement proposal together with the statement that chiefs of the non-striking unions planned to continue their ef- forts at mediation of the rail controversy. The administration spokes- man who made known the President’s purpose declared there was “no ground for the executive to stand upon in ad- vancing any further proposi- tion” for settlement of the railroad strike, other than those which have already been laid before the manage- ments and representatives of the workmen now striking. The impression prevailed among the President’s -advis- ers that he would in his state- ment to congress and through congress to the country make no suggestions as to legisla- tion. (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Aug. 15.—Few. develop- ments had changed he nation’s grace railroad situation today. Efforts to settle the shopmen’s strike and end’ sporadic walkouts by train crews bore little fruit. Replies of the rail unions (Continued on Page 7) to rough Germany's largest telescope. TRIBUTE GIVEN NORTHCLIFFE IN 7 Great Deal of Space Devoted to Review of Career of Distinguished Editor (By the Associated Press) London, Aug. 15.—A remarkable tribute is paid by the British press to the late Viscount Northcliffe this morning, columns, and in some instances even pages being devoted; to editorials, photographs and spe- cial articles on the achievements and! personality of the master journalist! whose career ended at the height of | his power. Naturally the cations make the greatest effort, to! eulogize “The Chief” and the Times! devotes four pages, with upturned | column rules as a mark of mourn-j| ing, to biographical sketches and: of the world. dolence to®Lady Northcliffe, are‘ a message from Scotland, but King George, who is there‘also, is not red presented among the published tele- grams and cablegrams from the em- pire’s prominent personages. The press generally terms Lord Northcliffe the greatest British | Journalist of all times. His spirited | Fleet Street competitors, but .inti- 4 mate personal. friends, Lord “Burn- H ham and Lord: Beaverbrook, the pro- | prietors of the Daily Telegraph and | the Daily Express, are unstinted in their praise 6f Northcliffe’s ser- | viee to journalism of the empire. NATIONAL ARMY AGAIN GAINS \Takes Last Position of Im- ‘ portance from Irregulars (By the Associated Press) Dublin, Aug. 15.—Killarney, ‘the last position of importance in county Kerry held by the Irish irregulars, ; has been occupied by national army roops. The occupation was. pre ceded by a brief engagement on the j outskirts of the town after which’ thc irregulars fled, A Drogheda is surrounded by irregu- lar forces and a battle is apparently, imminent, The'nationals are prepar- ing for a counter offensive. A large ambushing -party sf irregulars has taken up a position on the Dublin jroad with the object of holding up jany national reinforcement The government forces have evac- {uated Dundleer in county Louth, for strategic reasons, it is @ild. - JOINS FAMILY. Dr, F. B. Strauss left this, morning ‘MINOT MAN. Northcliffe publi- |. . It looks like @ giant gun. NEW CANDIDATE TO: GO IN RACE (By"'the Associated. Press). St. “Lowisy Ade. “15.-Prancis, -M. Curlee, president of; the Yolunteer ‘ FUAN(Y eskociation of St. Louis Democrats today definitely announced that an | “independent” candidate would be j placed in the field against Unitee| other states for coal when they can/ Astronomers at an observatory near. Berlin take a squint at Mars MASS MEETING ON LIGNITE IS CALLED HERE President of: North Dakota Lignite Operators Associa- tion Urges Action UNITED ACTION, NEED All Citizens Must Get Behind Industry for Development’: . Of State, Proposal for a mass. meeting to be held in-Bismarck on the night of j August 30 at which possibilities of the lignite industry in western North Dakota will be discussed and plana suggested for its development. was | votced by Stanley Washburn, 'pres- ‘ident of the newly formed North Ds kota Lignite Coal Operators’ Ass ation, in Bismarck today. After discussing his proposal’ Mi Washburn was urged bwy many jzens to call the meeting, He ‘an=} nounced postponement of the lignite operators meeting to Aug. 30 and called a mass meeting for that-night. Citizens of Mandan, Bismarck!a§d | other towns in western North Da- kota, state and county officials and others interested in the developmegt | of North Dakota will be invited ‘toy the meeting. 4 Governor Nestos will preside at, the: meeting. Dean Babcock and others: are expected to discuss lignite coal, its uses and its possibilities. It im planfed to make’ the meeting devoid of technical discussions and interest-, ing to all who attend. ‘ The lignite industry is in its i fancy and holds forth the greatest: single possibility of industrial de- velopment in..North Dakota,, - Mr,’ Washburn believes. \ ai Railroads operating in the North- | west are taking hundreds of thou- j sands of dollars out of North Da- kota, and spending it in Illinois and! States Senator James A. Reed, Demo-| burn lignite more cheaply, Mr. Wash- cratic senatorial nominee and R. R. , Brewster, Republican nominee, in an effort to defeat Reed. Common Law Wife Alleges Michael Conway Took Their Children fromHer (By the Associated Press) Minot, N. _D,, “Aug. Conway, railr common-law. wife, | CHARGED WITH KIDNAPING: 15.—Micheal labbrer, residing at messages of regret from journalists,| Niobe, near here, is expected to fur- politicians and diplomats in all parts’ nish $1,000 bonds today and be re- {leased from the gustody of authori- Tributes from America, including ties on a, charge of kidnaping, pre- President Harding’s message of can-; ferred against him. by his alleged Conway was displayed prominently. George Har-; bound over, to district court ‘yester- vey the American ambassador sent! day when. arraigned’ before Justice C. B..Davis on a statutory charge. Immediately after this trial, a war- rant was served on him charging him with kidfaping. Assistant States Attorney V. E. | Steenerson who prosecuted the case | yesterday said today that the case is one:of the most unusual in the his- | tory of the county. | Since 1914, Conway and a woman | by the name of Alfreda Johnson have j lived together as man and wife at Niobe according to the woman's story in court. Neighbors have | known them as Mr. and Mrs. Michael | Conway and they have a family of | five small children. About July 8thithe woman told au- | thorities Conway took the three old- | est children, Alice, Robert and Grace, ‘all less than 16 years of age, say- ling that he was going to Kenmare | to buy them some clothes. He failed to return for several days and when he did put in an. appearance he did not have the children and refused to divulge their whereabouts. burn declares. Consumption of lig- nite by the railroads. is cited by him} as one of the great possibilities of development of, the. great lignite | fields of the’ state. aa Speaking as an outsider—Mr. Washburn’s home isin the east—he declares that the value of. the lignite coal fields have not been appreciated. United action by... citizens of the state, an organized campaign to cre- ate a vast market for lignite coal in \ the Northwest are prime needs of the industry, he declares, “ RADIO. SCHOOL, a First, School of Its Kind to Be Held in North Dakota The first radio school to be held in Bismarck will open tomorrow night at St. Mary’s Auditorium un- der thé auspices of the Knights of Columbus. Father Hillary of St. John’s , university, has been obtain- ed as instructor for the school, which will be held at’8 o’clock Wed-) nesday, Thursday and Friday nights. Father Hillary has made a study of radio and is known as one of the leading exponents in the wireless telephone in the Northwest. There will be special classes ar- ranged for boys who wish to build their own sets, but the main lecture course will be at night. In addition to the explanation of radio, which will be madé with as few technical terms as possible, there will be con~ certs received over the Knighte of Columbus radio phone, ADVERTISE AIR TAXIS TO ALL PARTS OF ‘NATION (By the’ Assotiated Press) Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 15.—A local taxicab company today, advertised | airplane service to all parts of the United States. Business’ men wishing to make 2! BELIEVED WOMAN WAS ABDUCTED Traverse City, Aug. 15.—Relatives| of Mrs. Myrtle Fortney, 18, who dis- appeared from her home here Sunday continued today to insist she was kidnapped by thre men, who seized her, tied up to the seat of an air- plane and flew away. Mrs. Fortney’s mother declaredione of the men las- soed' and bound her daughter near her home, before forcing her into the quick trip to Chicago or New York or other parts are advised in the advertisement that they can “tcle- phone the taxicab company, which will send a cab to take them to a landing field. An airplane kept sev- eral miles away will arrive at the landing field at approximately ‘the same time. The airplane is of five passenger capacity. | DISCOUNT RATE 18 REDUCED Minneapolis, Aug. 15.—Establish- Grand Forks, Dr. H. H. Buron Fargo, machine. The police discredited the story, but admitted the whir of an airplane motor had been heard at about the} approval time Mrs. Fortney disappeared. ment of a 41-2 per cent rediscount rate on all classes of paper, except bankers acceptances, effective upon; by the federal reserve board at Washington, was announced Oscar F. Fortney, husband of-the|today by John H. «ich, chairman of missing woman declared today he|/the Ninth district federal rescrve knew of no reason for his wife’s dis-| bank here. The new rate will super-| transferred FARMERS FEAR THEY CANNOT SHIP GRAIN Farmers in Mountrail and Burke counties, west of the Ft. Berthold reservation country, are exhibiting concern ‘over the railroad strike, fearing they will be unable to ship their grain, Dr.3J. H, Worst, commis- sioner of immigration, who has re- turned from a trip in the western part of the state, said today. There are not storage facilities available fed all the grain which will be hreshed, he’ said: Farmers in that section also,are getting along with as little help as possible, he said, many of them cut- ting their own grain and then shock- ing it themselves. ‘ Crops in the lower Yelowstone val- ley ‘and Ft. Berthold reservation are the best he hag ever seen in North Dakota, Dy. Worst, a resident of the state for 40 years, said. C0, AUDITORS IN CONFERENCE Real Work Is Planned by Of- ficers for Annual Con- vention Held Here. THEY piscuss PROBLEMS Auditors to Take Up All Phases of Public Business as Handled by Them County auditors-of the state came || together in’ annual convention here this afternoon and immediately set about to do some real work during their meeting with pleasure sand-. wiched in between busy hours. of the provram.* The: ‘convention ~ con- tinues tomorrow and on Thursday the auditors will meet with’ Tax Commissioner C. C, Converse to discuss innumerable phases of the tax. situation. President Wm. W. Felson of Pem- bina county was to call the auditors together this afternoon in the sen- ate ‘chamber, Mayor A. P. Lenhart was to welcome them and Governor Nestos was expected to speak brief- ly.. Concluding his response to the address of welcome Mr. Felson was to deliver the president’s message to the auditors on the subject, “County Auditors Association—At Your Service, North Dakota.” , The first job picked gut for the county auditors by the program com- mittee was a discussion-of election work, It was an “experience meet- ing” in which the auditors “uncan- ned” their‘ experiences in handling election returns, with a view of all auditors getting the benefit of any short-cut methods adopted by one. Have Night Session A night session was on the pro- gram, announcing that. “evening dis- cussion to keep: up until someone moves an adjournment for a féw hours sleep.” ‘8 The open forum discussion in- cludes such problems as: How best to apportion tax collections, how to make up tax sale notices, prepare tax | gale certificates, and compelte rec- | sesament roles, check same for cor- rections and omissions, how to pre- pare the county budget, how best to dispose of land sold to county for delinquent taxes, how to prepare hail insurance records and other nounced, that “the main point in view is how best to accomplish the work of a county auditor efficient- | ly and at the least cost to the tax- payer.” / To Tour City Theve will be a continuation to- morrow morning and afternoon, of | the general discussion. A question | hox will be opened at the beginning of the session temorrow morning. Definitions as to legal questions | will be submitted to the Attorney- General, Tax Commissioner and Hail “Commissioner. sion of the Wednesday session of- ficers will be elected. - During the leisure moments the auditors will be guests of local } business men on an auto four ot ae ity, including the new bridge, For' Abraham Lincoln, Country Club and the state penitentiary. President Felson invited state of- ficials and the public to sit in at the conference. APPOINTED TO BOARD George M. Williamson of of of to Dr. and Dr. W. 0. Gerrish Jamestown, have been appointed membership on the state board of Medical Examiners by. Governor R. A. Nestos. The appointment of Mr. Joseph W. Farr of Lidgerwood, to the State Osteopathic board was also an- nounced. Dr. Williamson has been | secretary of the State Board of Med- ical Examiners. More Arrests. Now that the anti-speeding cam- paign has resulted%in more careful driving of many motorists, police have especial attention to appearance and believed she had been} sede the five per cent rate which has| those driving without proper Tights. to join his family at their summer jhome on Green luxe in Minnesota. | abducted. been in effect sincé January 11, 192 A number of arrests have been made. OF STATE COME. | would consider she had paid enough, ord of tax sale; how to prepare as-| similar problems. The program an-; Before the conclu-} | GERMANY IS CALLED PLOT | French Ministers Declare tion Merely Feigning Fi- nancial Ruin as Policy FORCES CREDIT PLEDGE France Fears Neighbor at Work on Plan to Recap- ture World Commerce (By the Associated Presa) Paris, Aug.’ 15.-—The French dele- gation to the allied conference in} London in a long statement to the ;Havas Agency defines its position at the breakup ‘of the meeting, affirms that the delegation showed patience and moderation throughout and de- clares Germany is perservering in a policy calculated to make Europe be- lieve she is in a state of bankruptcy. “German's plan of action,” said the statement, “explained the systematic depreciation of: her currency. She was certain to ruin her own credit in the operation, but counted on the al- lies being forced to favor an inter- national loan and thus receive her eredit. She hoped that the. first | eredit operation for her. ‘would ‘be possible without coercion or pledges, and if the operation produced twenty billion marks for reparations. she “Her situation then would be bet- ter than that of the victorious al-} lies,” the statement went on, “since { she would have only a small foreign debt and her industry, would be in full activity. Thus :she would: re- sume in Eutope and the.world, at the ‘expense of the allies, the economic hegemony, wrested, from ‘her by the ‘four years of war. The French dele- gation wishes to“oppose an equitable | and rational program to this German | scheme.” The statement reviews in detail the proceedings of the’ London conference }and declares the French delegation was obliged ‘to reject the last pro- | posal of receiving requests for pay- | ment’ from her: creditors while total- ly without resources against her for- mer enemy debtors. “Under these circumstances” it adds, M. Poincare refused to associ- j ate himself with any decision of the conference, even for referring the problem to the reparations commis- | sion and announced the French gov- | ernmnet would deliberate on the sit- uation and that in any case it would | reserve its freedom of action. LAKE SEAMEN 10 CONSIDER (By the Assocated Press) Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 15:—Members |of the exeeutive board of the inter- national seamen’s union were called to meet here today to decide whether |to accept the wage increase granted |lake seamen below the grade of li- jeensed officers by the Lake Carriers | association yesterday. Acceptance of the increase, which ‘amounts to 15 a month for firemen, deck hands, able seamen, stewards, j oilers and cooks, it was intimated before the meeting convened will probably avert the threatened strike. The increase becomes effective Sep- | tember 1, Mates and’ assistant engi- neers who are hired by the season also were awarded an advance in | guarantees.. | Ninety-elght per cent of the mem- bers of the international union voted ! several weeks ago to strike in pro- ‘test against a further reduction in | wages, claiming their pay has been | cut from §130 a month in 1920 to | $80 this year, the last $5 reduction having been made this spring. At the same time. they demanded an in- | crease “in* wages and an eight hour 1 shift. | Although the Lake Carriers asso- ciation is operated under the open shop plan, union officers say the fire- -men, oilers and water tenders are 10 per cent organized, the sailors 671-2 per cent and the cooks 55 per jeent. The directors of the Lake Car- riers yesterday decided to continue | to operate under the open shop plan land took no action in regard to the | eight hour day. i \SPUD MEETING TO BE HELD, ‘A meeting was to be held at Grand Forks today between W. A. Sherman of the U. S, Department of Agricul- ture; Ole Lund, head of the state grain department and potato ship- pers, to discuss the inspection of po- BANKRUPTCY OF “rtitnep Cover FOR COLLECTION C. W. Reichert, receiver for the consumers United Stores Company, has turned over to the state Indus- trial commission notes given to: the stores company aggregating $28,000, the action is understood to-have been taken with many creditors of the stores company, the notes to be col- lected by the creditors, the amount. applied on acounts and any balances turned to the Consumers company. The Industrial commission is credi- tor of the store company for about $14,000, representing bills for flour bought from the Drake mill and not paid for. It has developed, according to Secretary Crawford, that in once instance at least a local stores com- pany paid the amount to the parent company and the parent company failed to pay the mill account. STRIKE MAY MEAN LOSS OF FRUIT CROP Estimated that California Growers May Lose 37 Million Alone on Tie-up (By the Associated Press’ San Franciseo, Aug. 15.—The Pa- cific coast today felt a bitter pinch from the‘ railroad tieups which have been developing, lifting and clamping down again ever since Thursday night. Passengers who had been maroon- ed at the; desert towns which serve sas terminals for the Santa Fe lines southwestern divisions. had been j brought to places of greater com- fort, but little had been done for the fruit growers. There was a tense situation at Las Vegas, where about -150 persons— men who have replaced striking shop- men, guards employed to protect the railroad property, and the wives and children of. some of, both clasges- were virtually prisoners in a rail‘ road enclosure, picketed all around by strikers. ~ Passenger. trains, were getting through on the Southern Pacific’s|| two routes and, with great difficulty on the Santa Fe between Los Ange- les and some point to the east yet to be determined, but the Western Pacific continued indefinitely sus- pended.” Southern Oregon, alarmed by’ the Southern Pacific's embargo, showed apprehension that the fruit crop, in that region might not be moved to canneries, with resultant heavy losses, Estimates of the loss varied wide- ly—one going so far as to place that | in California at $37,000,000 to the growers alone—but all agreed that on account of the delicate nature of the crop, the damage due to lack of transportation had been heavy al- ready and was incréasing by thou- sands hourly, H. M. Remington, manager of the California Growers and Shippers Protective League, said the strike is costing fruit growers of the state $7,500,000 to $10,000,900 each day the embargo is on. WILTON MINE READY 10 OPEN Men Probably Will Go to Work Tomorrow There News of the apparent settlement of the soft coal strike was received with joy in Wilton today. The set- tlement means the immediate re- opening of the Washburn Lignite Coal Company's mine there. The mine is ready to open tomorrow, if official word is received in time to permit it, W. P. Macomber, general | manager, told The Tribune over long-distance telephone. One hund- red men will go to work the first day. Both the company and the union miners ‘have been anxious to go to work, and have been closely watch- ing the proceedings taking place in Cleveland, Ohio. WARNING AGAINST GRASSHOPPER PEST Beach, N. D., Aug. 15.—Farmers in western North Dakota are being urged to refrain from “stubbling in” winter rye this year because’ of the danger of furnishings an ideal breeding place for grasshoppers, which might then develop into serious pest for next year’s crops, by Stewart Lockwood, government insect specialist, formerly located at the North Dakota Agricultural College at Fargo, now at Billings, Mont. “This year there has been an abundance of native grasses in west- ern North Dakota, due to the wet scason,” said Mr. Lockwood, “and the grasshoppers, which are present in sufficient numbers to do consid- a tatoes which will be instituted this| erable damage in a dry season have fall under a cooperative agreement] heen content this year to feed on between the U. S. Department and] the native grass, and have not moved the state departmnt, Tinto the grain fields.” WAGE SCALE READY TO SIGN ENDS STRIFE Operators Prepare to Speed Up Production in Bitumi- nous Districts SAME WAGES TO BE PAID Every Indication that Anthra- cite Workers Will Reach Agreement Soon (Ry the Associated Press) Cleveland, O., Aug. 15. —(By the Associated Press) — An agreement ending in part the soft coal strike that has been in effect since April 1, last, was unanimously ap- proved by operators and miners in a joint confer- ence here at 33:10 p. m. today. Signing of the agree- ment commenced immedi- ately. Cleveland, Aug. 15.— (By the Associated Press) —Both operators and miners ratified an agreement to bring ahout part settlement. of the soft coal strike. Formal signing of the agreement went over until a joint conference this after- | noon, union’s’ system of collective bargaining was brought about by the scale drafted here. The retention of the central com- ‘petitive’ field, comprising western ,Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, as the basis for negotiating a con- tract was lost, and in its place a reorganized conference, rep- resenting scattered mines in \six states was set up. This | change was the maiz loss of the miners’ organization de- mands. Their demand for a isix-hour day, five-day week was never pressed. The prin- lor 7 ‘cipal demand they gained was that against any reduction of wages, Break in 20th Week The break in the strike came in its twentieth week. Approximately 450 men, soft coal miners, joined the walk- out last April 1, as did 155,000 anthracite workers, Thestrike settled soon after April 1 into a stalmate, with the only par- ticular activity being in the non-union ;central Pennsylva- nia field where thousands en- listed in the walkout. Little violence marked the strike. The outstanding ex- ception was at Herrin, IIL, where more than two score non-union workers were killed in June. In gensrai, the strike became a vacation for the miners. Same Wage Scale. In brief the settlement provides | that the miners shall be returned to jwork at the same scale of wages that were in effect when they went on strike; the new contract is to con- | tinue in force until next April 1; the agreement also provides for appoint- | ment of an advisory fact-finding com- mission, to consider settlement of |disputes in the coal industry. The settlement came after a week spent in marking time here by oper- ators and miners. Finally, the show- down on the issue of compulsory ar- bitration came, resulting in three big operators withdrawing from the con- ference when President Lewis refus- ed to accede to the demand. Then the conference reorganized and threw the doors open to all soft coal operators. A quick agreement in principles fol- owed, with operators controlling pro- duction of sixty million tons an- nually committed to its adoption. The operators in the meeting have mines in Ohio, Wes Virginia, Penn- sylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and Mich- igan, Orders went forward from these operators here today to their bosses, back home, to get ready to speed up coal production. Miners, too, were confident that an early ra- sumption of work at scattered mines would result in other operators hur- rying their acceptance to the agree- ment, Soft coal operators participating in conference with miners on part set- tlement of the coal strike announced today through their spokesman, T. K. Maher of Cleveland, that they would sign the scale that was agreed on it: principle last night. The operators’ decision was reached (Continued on Page 7) Fundamental change in the .