The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 3, 1923, Page 1

ais WEATHER FORECAST. tly cloudy tonight and Sun- jay; colder tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 OVERNOR CLOSES BOTTINEAU HEART RIVER FLOODS MANDAN MAIN ry BUSINESS MEN | AID IN FIGHT 10 STOP RUSH! South Part of City Is Flooded, and Waters Cross Rail- road Tracks i HELD NOT SERIOUS Although Water Is on Main Street no Serious Losses Are Expected The main street of Mandan was flooded with water from the Heart river, which burst forth from its banks as a result of the heavy thaw of ice and snow, The water has already crossed the railroad tracks and down Main and First streets, empt; ing into the basement of the build- was) running. | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1923 Society’s “ ings along the way at, noon today. The gorged at the ; \ railroad bridge east of Mandan, but it Has already flooded the entire! section south of the tracks | and is rapidly rising and increasing} rength, | men turned out with! ed with sand to prevent a! h might cause more se mage than is now expected, 1s planned to dynamite the ze to loosen the flood watei ny of the residents of the city who live in parts of the town where the water is likely to approach soon, | » carvging their household goods to the second floor of their home river has been e wh d. it or moving it to‘a place of safety on higher ground, Plans for rapid residence if it should be e being made by many, nd all kinds of canoes and s are being brought out ready | for use if rescue work is 1 The authorities of the town are exerting every effort to dam the w ter and cireumvent the steady flow from the business part of town. Train service on the branch lines had not; been interfered with at 1 o'clock this afternoon. 75 Driven From Homes About 75 people who have been essary. | , When Mrs. Thornton Arnedrozz, wife of a commander in the British navy, arrived at the famous Punch and Judy Ball, she gave London fociety a start by appearing with a gay butterfiv vainted on her shoulder. sior i A record was established by the | holding Angus driven from their homes in the Syn- dicate addition have been temporar- ily housed on the, Lutheran chureh of which most of them are members, | sult of the high wate ate addition where 200 families reside and in addition where 50 famil a fleet of boats were at work this morning rin rescuing people who had been ma-{ rooned in their homes. The water is over the first floor of some of| the houses in the low portion of the city. According to reports, however, the loss up to prevent time has not been great. ‘ The Mandan Creamery and Pro- ducts Company are reported to have lost 150 head of hogs at their hog farm and unconfirmed reports have it that a farmer who attempted 0 leave the city by one of the roads narrowly escaped drowning the wagon box was swept from his wagon. He was rescued by some vater began receding about afternoon as a result of drainage into the river being shut off further up stream. RQUITY MAY. SELL PLANT T0 H, A. EMERSON New York, Capitalist Makes Bid for Packing Institu- tion Now Closed / Fargo, Mar. Sale of the Equity Co-operative Packing company may be voted upon at a special stock- holders’ meeting to be, held ‘ere March 22, it was announced by offi- cers today. A prospective. buyer has(been ob/ tained who declares that he will re- open the plant if terms are agreed upon. The ; prospective purenaser, Her- man A. Emerson of New York, is said to have agreed to re-organize the company, incorporate it under laws of Deleware, and issue $5,000,- 000 of,common and preferred stock of which the present stockholders would receive $750,000 in shares, The new company, if formed, would assume and pay off the out- standing indebtedness of about $150,- 000, according ty the tentative pro- posal. 1 George E. Brastrop, secretary of thp company, declared Emerson of- fefed to reopen the plant this spring izYnegotiations result in a sale. The plant of the company was closed in April, 1921. A mortgage of. $55,- 000 was foreclosed against it snort- lv afterwards, but the company df~ ficers sav it can be redeemed before July 6, 1928. The stockaoldera num- her sbout 1,200 and‘are chiefly North Dakotans. some | when; the time he was in the Spanish-Am | six hours—closing its work about | stitutional limit was midnight. The assemb { been witness in 4 | partisans exchanged compliments Gerard) political life of the state for sometime. s joined in presentations to Lieut. Gov. Hyland, presiding officer of | senate, and Speaker Johnson of the house and majority leader Twichell | | of the house. I | was absent, Love Feast in Senate There was a real love feast in the senate yesterday afternoon prior vo the adjournment of that body. Frank Ployhar as president pro-tem pre- | sented to Lt. Gov. Frank Hyland in the name of the senate with a group picture of the senate, and the chair which he had occupied during the session. The resdlution providing for the presentation was réad, by Mr. Ploy- har and ‘was second by Christ Le- vang, and William Hamilton, both Nonpartisans, who paid a high tri- bute to Mr. Hyland personally and ‘to his fairness as presiding officer. | Mr. Hyland responded — praising | the personnel of the senate and ex- | pressing his thanks for the gift. In tconclusion he shook hands with sev- eral of the more prominent Non- partisan League members with some of whom he had engaged in clashes during this or past sessions. The utmost good feeling prevailed throughout the session, Present Watches Speaker Roy Johnson of the House was, paid an unusual compliment, when Independents and Nonpartisans alike joined in presenting Kim with a gold watch and praising his works as.speaker, and Independents and Nonpartisans alike joined in pre- senting L, L. Twichell of Cuss county with «a gold watch’ for his long service to the legislature. Rep. Walter Maddock, Noriparti- san, usurped the speaker's chair, and| embers to es- Mr. Twicheil appointed the lady cort the speaker an to the rostrum. Rep. Miller, Bottjneau, expressed! the appreciation of house members for the work of Speaker Johnson. “I believe that all members will agree that in, choosing the man. for speaker we did, we chose a good man, one of the best that has ever held this place,” said Rep. Miller, and he characterized Mr. Johnson's LOVE FEAST MARKS END OF STATE ASSEMBLY; NEW RECORD IS MADE BY CLOSING BEFORE MIDNIGHT Said to be First Since Statehood when Long Lastnight Ses- | Has Not Been Held—Nonpartisans and Independ- ents. Praise One Another in Closing Ceremonies at Capitol Tt is the first assembly since statehood to finish its work without hight session on the last night, according to Adjuant-General Fraser, who has attended every session since 1889 except during Instead of turning the clock back, the assembly beat the clock by 6 o'clock last night when the con-, closed with an era of good feeling such as had not orth Dakota in man Before the adjournment last evening there were impromptu pro- | grams in both houses,’ and the old-time riotousness of the last night | Speaker Johnson, in praising the service of the first two} | women members of the legislature, a ibed the lack of bitterness in | j the session in part to “the softening actions in the difficult position of presiding officer as “fair all the way: through.” He gave the gold watch to Mrs, Minne Craig, repre- sentative from Benson, who present- ed it to the speaker. * Speaker Johnson, replying brief- ly, said, thet “I~ have appreciated very much the. loyalty and esteem of all. of you, It would have been impossiblé to ‘have, completed all the work of this session if you had not given your Joyal support. \ Give Twichell Watch Rep. Jackson, Ramsey county, i +(Continued on page 8) ‘LEAGUE PLANS | ANEW STATE ORGANIZATION | Adopts By-Laws , State, County and Precinct Organizations | ‘KEEP UP CONNECTIONS ' | Will Retain Nominal Alliance | with National Nonparti- san League i \ The principle of “state aeton-' jomy” was reaffirmed here today; ‘when the name, “Nonpartisan | {League of North Dakota” was! adopted in the delegate conven-| jtion called by Chairman W. J | Church of the league state exec! itive committee. i | Maintenance ‘of connection with | j the National Nonpartisan League, | 1 ithrough payment to that organi: | zation of part of: the dues collect- | jed by the state organization, also j was voted by the convention. i | With these chief principles in- ‘volved in the consideration of by- {laws submitted to the convention ! of 130 delegates by a committee of | seven named at the last state-wide ! ‘convention of the Nonpartisans in| Fargo last March, the delegates {found little serious divergence of jepinion on the remaining segtions {of the by-laws, which were adopt- shapely hed. With last night and all of the! morning sessions consumed in con- | sideration of by-laws, the league: {convention was expected to take} up this afternoon the question of | a referendum on election and oth- er laws, and settlement of other organization questions. The by-laws provided for an or- |ganization, with a state executive committee of five members, coun- | ty and precinct organizatio: with revision for meeting by leg- rislative districts to select legisla- ‘tive candidates. | Dues were fixed ~at $7.50 fer! tioned as follows: $2.50 to a state committee “trust fund,” it being understood though not expressly stated this would be used to pay off accommodation notes; $1 to be retained in the precinct organiza- tion; $1 to the county organiza- {Continued on Page Three) PRINTING, TAX | eighteenth legislative assembly, in War. ars, Independents and Non- | i manner wholly foreign to; Members of both factions | f the} HEALTH BILLS, fluence of our lady members.” | THREE KILLED “ia, tc" INBATTLE OVER LL QUOR a aera ce | HEA’ Federal Agents Open Fire/the bill regulating legal printing! rates, the tax limitation bill and Upon Band of Rum {the bill providing an appropriation | Runners : Before Adjournment | LTH APPROPRIATION! 1 Among the important measures! for a “real state health depart- iment.” aS i The printing bill was settled on-j Knocksville, Tenn., Mar. 3,—Three|ly after a long, hard battle. At alleged rum runners were shot to|the beginning of the session the death and a fourth member serious-}North Dakota Press Association! ly wounded in a fight with federal; made suggestions to senators for officers last night, near Jellico, Tenn. ' eliminating the excess price in the W. S. Jaynes of Tazewell, prohibi- | printing of delinquent tax lists, tion agent, and leader pf tne posse,!made possible through an error in| which closed in of the alleged run-|the enactment of a law two years ners, who. apparently yielded to the:ago. It also suggested revision; command to surrender and then! of the géneral legal printing rates, flashed their guns was seriously shot | the adjustment being slightly in the fight and is in a hospital. downward. The bills were hand- Three other officers struck by bul-/Jed in the senate. lets’ ure not hurt ‘seriously. The! Senate bi men killed are Walter Perkins. to the Press Association, was| George Perkins, and Morrison Ayres. | shelved in the house and Rep.! \Twichell, Fargo, proposed H. B {| 1, which country newspaper men; A S.D. SENATOR sages ct ate passed the Twichell bill, but the M ARRIED BEFORE [pe out of business. Thé house HIS COLL AGUES| |senate took the bill, struck out all the provisions and substituted the matter in senate bill No. 51. The pauee refused ie concur, ss oe ere were two conference com- Pierre, S. D., M .— weate Sen-' nittees yesterday, before Rep. ator Eric ees and pine Morente Twichol's! \echethe ‘was’ defeated Sallada of Aberdeen, S. -D, were he married today on the floor of the! 2"d the senate figures satisfactory | senate of the South Dakota legisla- ture. is This Was the first such marriage in the state. Chief Justice Frank No. 51, satisfactory | Settle Tax Limitation A compromise on — disputed! points in house bill No. 131, the tax limitation bill, reached by the HARBOR E McNary Gets Es " '. Favorable Report! ; ~ 4 Washington, March. 2.—The army| Washington, Mar: 3.—The contest- appropriation bill whieh carried an| ed nomination’ of James G. McNary jto the press asgociqtion were ace Anderson of the state supreme court conference committee, was accept- ie by the house. The changes appropriation of $56,680,000 for ri-| of New Mexieo to be comptrower of ver and harbor projects was signed| the currency was reported favorably | cepted. performed the cerémony. - (Continued on ‘Page 2) today by President bt edit by the banking committee. two years, which would be appor- | | breaking | fore the senate behind closed doors, | 20 to August 2 without a formal ad-j CONGRESS IN. FINALSESSION; BILLS KILLED fi Covering Many Measures go by Default} city, seat of the University of Mi { in Eleventh Hour \ Jam BONUS BIG ISSUE| History of Session Almost Continuously in Session Reviewed | Mar. 3. was settling all pending matters to- Washington, ~ Congress | day preparatory for final adjourn- | t ment. i The administration plan for Am-| erican participation in the Inter-| national court organized by the} League of Nations was finally put on the shelf for this session of! congress by the senate today when! it voted 49 to 24 against proceeding | with consideration of the resolution! of Senator King, democrat. Utah! proposing to grant the president tie | necessary authority. an alm straight party line up, all the repub icans except Senator Norbeck South Dakota voting against consid- eration of the resolution again. Three democrats, Shields of Ten- | nessee, Walsh of Massachusetts, and Walsh of Montana voted with the republicans in opposition, An eleventh hour drive for action on a wide range of bills was on to- day as the Sixty-seventh Congress| neared its close. Both the senate and house must according to law! adjourn sine die by noon tomorrow.! While legislation, varied in scope} and vital if effect on international relations us well as on purely Am-! erican activities, has been enactec it was apparent that hundreds of; measures would fail, despite last) minute efforty to extricate them! from the jammied calendars of buth| houses, of! i Sat Continuously { With the passing of the present) Congress, in session practically con- tinuously since carly in 1921, Wash- ington faces a suspension of con- gressional activities which probably will continue until the firgt regular! session of the Sixty-eighth Congress in December. In the event Presi- dent Harding adheres to his present intention of not calling a special! session, the recess will be the long est since 1915. | The closing Congress, _record- in that it has consisted! of four sessions for the first time; in history and its acts have touched hitherto virgin fields in America legigtation, was ushered in with the| ration. ons were preceded by a special but bricf session of the Senate only March 4 to 15, 1921, at which, with the new President end! former senator establishing a pre- cedent by appearing personally be- the new cabinet members were con- firmed. The first session of the Sixth- seventh Congress, a special one, was from April 11, 1921, to Nov. 23, and was notable for its conclusion of! peace with Germany and Austria,! reduction of the army and naval} establishments and for revision of | internal revenue laws, reducing tax- es about one billion dollars annual- ly, according to administration esti- mates. The second, and first regular ses- | sion was from Dee, 6, 1921, to Sept.| 22, 1922, with passage of the Ford- ney-McCumber tariff act after more year’s consideration. Senate| ion of the Washington arms! conference treatics, and the soldiers bonus fight, which ended with the presidential veto, as its signal af- fairs. During this session came the record-breaking single _ legislative! day of the senate, the longest, in! American congressional history, last- ing on the tariff bill, from April} | i journment. The third session was a special one, called particularly for house consideration of the administration shipping bill. It lasted froméNovem- ber 20, shortly after the congres- sional elections, until December 4. Passage by the House of the ship. ping bill, seating the first woman | jobs, broke and hungr LAST EDITION | |THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | Farmer Was Comrade of Mussolini When Italian Premier Dug Ditches! By NEA Service. Ann Arbor, Mich. Mar. 3 —If Benito Mussolini, Italian premier, has no more stick-to-it-iveness as a statesman than he once had as a ditch-digger, eclipse is near. Henry Albertini, owner of a small it farm on the outskirts of this gan, says so. And Albertini, a Sw knows all about Mussolini’s ditch- digging ability. i For once he worked shoulder to | d shoulder with the present F head at that lowly “Taat was in Ap lates Albertini, “in Zurica, S land.” “No one had ever heard of the | | present premier. He was one of us workmen, Socialists, out of ve “Leaving my companions one afternoon I found a job digging a | basement. “The next | work—Mussolini just as cagerly as Jany of us. In a day or so he began oldier on the job. His appetite had lost tae ‘ of aunger. He tried to dictate where and how each of us should labor. He grew arrogant and domincerin “Even then he evidenced an o | veloped taste for copying the pose of Napoleon—one aand shoved in at the breast of his coat and the other crooked behind his back. Benito did more posing than work. “Mussolini always has impressed me as being very much of an egotist. “In 1911 the Itali lution, written by Kropotkin, the Rus: anarchist. 1 secured the comm jon for him. ‘Up to tais time Mussolini had at- tracted no attention. common workman. But this led him into journalism and morning we started tinge commission to translate into Prince Peter work ne | quickly won a national reputation.” FRANCE TAKES INDUSTRIES IN NEW SECTION Cross Rhine Over Maxau Bridge in Direction of ~ Karlsruhe FISCAL PURPO! Territory Occupied to Facili- tate Collection of Customs Paris, Mar, 3.—The French troop movement east of the Rhine souta of Mayence today was an operation purely fiscal in purpose the Frenca foreign office stated. There is no question at present of advancing further than Manpheim. London, Mar. ——Frenca have crossed Rhine occupying Mannheim at Mannheim and the workshop at Darmstadt were taken over where- work. CROSS RHINE. Paris, Mar. 3.—A Havas dispatch from Strasbourg says that French troops crossed the Rhine over the Maxan bridge this morning, pro- ceeding in the direction of Karls- ruhe. The workshop at Darmstad and the port of Mannaeim have been occu- pied. ruhe. The dispatch adds that the object of yesterday's operation was to facilitate custom control. WON'T YIELD. London, correpondent of the Evening News quotes Gen. Degouttee as follows: “There are signs that the Ruhr magnates are thinkidg over the set- tlement terms, but we took tae door -€ the Ruhr and we shall not give that door until we know that our debt Will be settled.” NEAR MAYENCE, Mayence, Germany, March 3.— French troops today advanced out- side the Mayence bridgeaead and occupied additional sections of Ger- man territory. Three railroad repair ships were occupied by the French troops at Barnestardt, which is just on the senator, Mrs. W. H. Felton of Geor- gia, resignation of Senator Truman H. Newberry, reptblican, Michigan, and senate blocking of the Dyer anti-'ynching bill and the adminis- tration measure proposing $5,000,000 loan to Liberia were its principal features, : The Congress closes with the re- cent regular session beginning De- j cember 4, in which the shipping bill fight, farm credits legislation and the (British ‘debt funding bill have been predominant. Billions Appropriated Billions of dollars in annual ani special appropriations have been or- dered during the four sessions; hundred of bills, public and private; passed and, thousands of appoint- ments confirmed. Among the latter were those of Chief Justice Taft and three associate justices-of the su- Preme Court—Sutherland, Butler and Sanford and scores of ambass: dors. and other American diplomats, <Contipued on Page 2), rim of bridgehead. ‘The Port of Mannheim and Karls- ruhe respectively 40 and 70 miles to the soutn of Mayence, furtier up the Rhine, also were: occupied. According to information here these forts were occupied because of cases of svbotage on the railroads and canals in the Rhineland and in the Ruar. The optrations began at daylight and were virtually complet: ed at noon. TO CUT OFF HARBOR. Berlin, Mar. 3A telegram from Mannheim says that French troops crossed the ‘Rhine today apparently with intention of cutting off tae har- bor. chief commercal center of Baden. It has excellent facilities for shipping. tween Bavarian national soc’ d communists at Au rg, in varia, 35 miles northwest of says, the Central News. he requested [ get aim! a history of the French revo- > He was still a} and part of Darmstadt. The wharves | upon the German employes left their ; ‘The correspondent later telegraph- ! ted that troops had entered Karls- Mar. 3.—The Dusseldorf ; Mannheim is the third largest city in the Rhineland and is the Berlin, ‘Mar. 3-—Thirty persons have been wounded in a clash be- Musica, veld Labor | Is Satisfied | H ‘and dec | Organized Action of the s ¢ ussembly on} labor laws was pleasing to organ-| } ized labor, M. T. O'Connell, pr dent of the state federation, said! | today. | “We are pleased with the success is have had in taking care of the; present labor laws on our statute | books,” he said, “and also with ob- jectionable legislation to us. We credit our success in defending our labor laws primarily to the Nonpai { tisan league vote standing solid with us ‘and we have found enough members in the legislative assembly | of the opposite party who recognize the justice of our laws to enable us , to protest those laws. We deeply | appreciate members of the opposir party who stood with us on labor| | legislation and enabled us to con- Vai i j so much appreciate on our statute | books.” 38 MINERS “IMPRISONED -— BY RXPLOSION Death List Probably Will Be Fixed at Eleven — Six Bodies Recovered Bluefiled, W. V., Mar. 3. parties carly today again the mine of the Weyanoke Coal and Coke Company at Arista, Mercer county, to search for five miners | still entombed nearly 24 hours after | the explosion of yesterday when 38 | miners were imprisoned. j It was expected the death list ipa be definitely fixed at 11 to- | { \ day, as mine company officials held out little hope the five men still en- tombed: were alive. Six bodies were recovered last night. The remaining workers i trapped when the walls of the mine | crumbled, were saved by rescuers. They were only slightly injured, The explosion was caused by an jover-charge of dynamite used in blasting, according to W. A. Craven, mine superintendent. The renewed search for the min- ers was ected by a trained res- cue crops from the U, S. Bureau of Milnes sent here from Charleston. MINERS RESCUED Charleston, W. Va., Mar. 3.--Lloyd Lipscomb, once given up as dead, was rescued early today from the Weyanoke mine at Arista and the feeble bark of life all but extin- guished by suffocating gases in which he lay for 15 hours was fan- ned back to a flame so sttong that physicians attending said he was sure to recover. GETS FARGO BERTH Washington, Mar. nominated yesterday included Hugh Corrigan, at Fargo, North Dakota. ‘ + PRACTICE SHOOTING. Paris, Mar. 3-—Bavarian troops notably in the vicinity of Munica are declared in unconfirmed reports reaching the foreign’ office to be arming and carrying on infantry target practice. It is also reported that during the last 15 days that bands organized by Adolph Hipler, the Bavarian lead- Rescue entered | NORMAL STREET ° j takes the position | the intention of the state lish | appropriation was $73,300, The pre i ! | | } i inue the labor legislation that we, er, have been mobolized near Munica. | such: | the “Demons PRICE FIVE CEN’ 10 BILL FOR THAT SCHOOL Takes Position it was Estab- lished as a School of Fores- try, Not Normal BRIDGE ITEMS VETOE)) Third of a Million Dollar Slashed from Legislative Appropriations Governor R. A. Nestos today slgs! ed a third of a,million dollars fro: the appropriations as made by the | legislature. By exercise of his veto the governor orders the clo powe ing « ‘the Bottineau school of forestry, t! | entire appropriation for that inst tution except three items totallin; | $950, regarded as sufficient to hi | a caretaker for the building, bein eliminated. In his veto message the govern: that the schoc established as a state school of fo estry, has ceased to function that it is, in fact? nothing more or less than a county norm. or high school, and that it was n to esta The origin such institution. ent appropriation this year, The governor also vetoed thr bridge appropriation bills-—sevent ive thousand for a bridge at Farg cighty-six five hundred for x McKe zie and Williams county bridge ov the Missouri river, and thirty-fi thousand for a bridge over the D Lacs between Burke and Ward cou ties, He says in his veto messa that the fund from which these » propriations would be drawn has « ready been set aside by law { other purposes, and that this is 1 the time to begin new undertakin of ghis character. Je governor also vetos a twent five thousand miscellaneous refu appropriation, and a ten thousar dollar bovine tuberculosis fund. | says an eighty thousand appropri tion for the latter work, contain in another bill, is more than enough expires June MANDAN AND BISMARCK IN . FINAL CLASE Survive the Early Play and Meet Tonight to Settle Tournament Title tes CROGGINS HURI As a result of yesterday's play, Mandan and Bismarck will clash to night ut 8 o'clock in the final con test for Third District honors. Th first round was played off yeste: day afternoon, and the semi-fini in the evening of that day. Bismarck secured an 18-17 \ over the Mandan quintet a we ago, but will. be seriously handics) ped tonight by injuries sustained Capt. Seroggins in the game agair Ashley. Mandan has u 25-17 secured early season on the Mandan floor. game this evening promises to more hard fought than even { strenuous game of last week he This is the battle for the right enter the state tournament, as w as the rubber game between the t schools. day afternoon's play is ax f a victory over int The low: Bismarck 45; Ashley 20. THe opening game of the fi: round was staged at two o'clock | tween the Bismarck and Ash! teams. The first five minutes w hotly contested, but’ after that ¢ “Demons” gradually drew away fr their opponents, and piled up a le: of 26-7 for the first half. The second half was a more ¢ game, the Bismarckers taking thin: easy the last ten minutes, The fins count was 465-20. Alfson was ‘hii: counter for the Demons, J. Dox and Walker doing the stellar wor for the Ashley team. * Following are the lineups: Ashley— Bismarck A. Doerr J. Doerr Laemmle Lippier : Walker . «LG...... Seroge Substitutes—Murphy for Ser gins, Brown for Halloran, Meider: for A. Doerr. Field goals—J. Doerr 4, Walker Halloran 3, Brown 3, Burke 4, Alf<») 8,- Murphy 1. i Fouls—Walker 5 out of 8, A. Dorr 1 out of 1, Alfson 7 out of 7. Referee—Boise. NR ‘Wilton 34; Steele 17 Shooting and passing in . bette: form than their opponents, the W.!- ton aggregation defeated Steele in the second match of the tournamen! at 3 o'clock, 5 ug It was an even game up until the int fem eiaiies: | the fitst half - when ton. easily secuted i (Continued ep Page i