The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 21, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST 2 Partly cloudy and somewhat pn= settled tonight and Sunday. ] ESTABLISHED 1873 CONGRESS NOT ‘THE TO BE CALLED | - BY PRESIDENT Will be no Special Session Prior to Regular Assem- bly in December PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE Thinks that Country Is Bene- fitting by Present Long “ Recess of Congress On Board U. S. 8. Henderson with President Harding, July 21.—Presi- dent Harding, it can be declared p itively, tention of calling Congre session in advance of its regular session in December. While the chief executive himself has made no direct statement those his party who reflect his views ray he has no idea of heeding a de- | mand for an extra session made by Senator Brookhart, Republican, of . Harding, these associates of y, feels that there is little or no need for any immediate assembl- ing of the federal legislative body and furthermore that the leaders in Congress togeth with the publie agree that the public is benefitting by the ¢ t recess of Congress. ASKS EXPRESS ZONE EXTENDED IN BISMARCK City Engineer’s Petition Is Before State Railroad Commission Rxtension of ;the free delivery, zone of the American Railways Ex-| press Company is asked by T. R. Atkinson, city engincer, in a_peti- ‘tion filed with the state railroad commission. The petition states that there has not been a real ment of territory included in the free delivery zone for many years, and that the city has grown rapidly in the meantime. The present limits cover chiefly the present congested district down- town. Mr. Atkinson as far weat as Hannifin, north as Avenue D and as: far east as Fourtheenth street. S. A. Davis of St. Paul, express company superintendent, and V. E. Smart, traffic manager for the rai al road commission, traveled over ee {territory yesterday afternoon. The “result probably will be a recom-| mendation for an extension of the free delivery zone to include practi-/ cally all of the ters'tory on the west and north sides asked in the petition and most of it on the east side, territory not we!l built up be- yre excepted. LODGE WOMEN - BUY BUILDING Degree of Honor Protective Association Is Owner North Dakota is much interested in the recent purchase by the Na- tional Degree of Honor Protective association of a five-story home of-) fice building in St, Paul—to be used for the transaction of all business of the organization, which has 72,000 members and more, than 3,500 in the state of North Dakota, The North Dakota organization is joint owner in the new building and in all,the assets of the association, including the relief fund for aged members of $38,000 and'in the $3,- 000,000 Reserve and ergency Fund, with 4 valuation of 190 cent, on all certificates except few on tl old plan, whith. ate rapldly transfer ring. All buainess of thp organiza- tion is transacted by women. The jbisiness for the year was more than $1,500,000, North Dakota has two women on. the National Board who were instru- | mental in getting the new national ¥ vheadquart ‘Mrs. Frankie Lyman of Cando and Mrs, Kate Blewett of Jamestown, - i Red Cross Sent, - Man To Aid Walter Wesselius was sent to Hettinger county recently by tl Red Cross for the purpose of aiding any needy persons following the clone which killed several people.-4 report of his activity has not yet: ’ R, Reep, deputy bank examiner, resigned. to accept a position as. Corporation, Minneapolis. to the state ‘department from Wi ston. gies LOCAL SETTERS BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, HARVEST LABOR RAIL | FILIPINO MOVIE STAR Miss Elena Jurado, first Filipino movie star, “broke in” when all San Francisco was combed for somes such a success she now has he? own company. ate and will make pictures from her native land for a background. _ AREENTERED. _NBIGTRIALS Three Dogs to Minnesota and Saskatchewan A. W. Mellen, proprietor of the Mellon Farm Kennels, plang to enter three of his best English setters in the field trials at- Han- son, Minnesota and Gainsborough, Saskatchewan in September. There will be 100 ‘dogs at the former from Minnesota, North and South Dakota and 200 at the latter. Mr. Mellen now has one of the finest groups of English setters in the country, there being 30 dogs in the ‘kennels. The kennel head is “Mississippi”, a little brother of Eugene M., recognized as_the champion setter dog of the 'Unit- ed States and valued at $15,000. Mr. Mellen has engaged a profes sional trainer, who will come. here | August 1 to put the dogs. through the paces and select those that will represent the kennels in the field trials. Startign in a small way for the sport found in handling the ani- mals,’ Mr. Mellen has built up th kennels and gained a wide repu- tation, Full grown setters sell from $200.to $500 each and pups from $50 to $250. ‘ Sales are made from the kennels to all parts of the country, recent delivefies be- ing made‘in Washington, _Balti- more and: New York. The best price obtained this summer for a pup is $250, a St. Paul man purch- asing the dog. Mr. Mullen is constantly build- ing up the kennels, keeping entire- ly to the Eugene M. family strain. Last week he purchased four dogs, two coming from Alabama ai two from Wisconsin, While it is permitted to have dogs trained by a esfonal’ trainer in North Dakota, this sta’ is about the only state prohi ing their use in the field, according to a Mr. Mellen. BRITISH NOTE - ISDELIVERED Pledge of Secrecy Is Obtaitted From the French © / ia Loridon, July, 2! in. reply ‘to the German reparations. communication has been delivered to the allieq ambassadors and all niet bers of the British pabinet dave re i country for. the weal Picteratooa the Freneh } " PARIS, aly 21.—The. British me received st ‘te ‘office 8, ised: Premier formation: to ‘himself; the Premier. saving. that. the French government y ‘word ‘of. honor to ob- bsolute secrecy until the Brit-. thi in vpfave one to fill a special part. SRe was She is a college gradu own scenarios, using scenes in her TWO PEOPLE , ELECTROCUTED Columbus, N. D,, July 21.—John Keller, aged. 60 and his daughter Hel- en Keller, aged 40, were électrocuted at their farm home nearshere Tues- day evening when’ they’ came — inté] contact with 4’ batbed wire fence across which @ briken high power line wire had fallen. It is thought that Miss Kel- ler attempted. to open the gate when she waa,brought. into contact with 2,000 volts of electricity. Upon hearing her screams, her. father rushed to her assistance and is be- lieved to have been killed by the charge while attempting to release her. It 1s thought that he did not come in contact with the live wires, but rather was killed when taking hold of his daughter. A heavy wind is believed to have broken the high power line wire. GROWERS GET AVERAGEPRICE Wheat Pool Plan Decided By Directors Grand ForksjN. D., July 21.—Mem- bers’ of the North Dakota Wheat Growers i i) AVA we grain was sold cnroush the vr: ization, will be recorapensed on the basis of the average, price received by the organ- iaation. for thé\graigjfrom the time the pool was ofentd,4to Aug. 1, this year, it was decided by directors of the organization in annual meeting here, By that ‘time, more than 95\ per- cent of the average price will have been ‘paid to the members and the remainder, a‘very small amount, will be paid as: soon as 300,000 by wheat now on hand, are disposed of. In the meanwhile, the 300,000 bush- els will be helg for a better price, and loans will be negotiated: on the of 95 per cent of the present in- ventory value of this grain, and this loan distributed to the members. It ig realized that ‘it is impossible to obtain a straight loan of 95 per cent of the present inventory value of the 306,000 bushgls, but the difference -between the Joan that can’ be cured, and the/95 per cent of the in- ventory value, wil] be obtained, it is expected, from the reserve fund. of. the American Wheat Growers ciation, of which the local organis: tion is’a meniker. When this loan is distributed to the members, it is said, practically all of ‘the average, price of givin. sold, Will have heen faid to the members, THREE IN TRIP OVER 0) John: Coa "| William Johtgon of Osakis, Minn., and John Brager of i i aa marine 1 to the Missous Indig rested \imy.the « : it. : Beaver, killed; ry ie Biot Wat gooey 3 is enjoying thy trip! immennely, +] North Dakota ° "PHONE RATES | EXPECTED T0 REMAIN SAME Railroad ‘Commission “A: countants Say Earnings iit N. D. Not Excessivé 0 DISMISS SUIT? Interference Had Been’ Pre- vented by Injunction Is- sued by Federal Court With the accounting department: of the gytate railroad commnt'ssiqy agreeing that the North Dakota In- dependent Telephone Company and the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company are not making an exees- sive profit from rates charged in their exchanges, which are in the principal cities of the state, it was expected today that the state rail- road commission would take steps to either permit the injunetion is- sued by the federal court to be made permanent or enter an order fixing the present rates as legal rates for the ‘companies. Accountants and engineers for the commission, testifying yesterday afternoon in the commission’s gen- eral investigation into phone rate in the state, said that records avail- able showed that the companies were making a little over 4 percent on th investment in Nogth Dakota, placed at more than $5,000,- 000. Representatives. of the compantes also maintained their revenue fas approximately 4 per cent, b: ! on the book value of the plants,’ and giving no consideration to the ‘production cost of their property. It was stated by repre; tives of the companies, howéver, that they were not seeking increases -in rates at this tivfe. Under the public utility law such companies are’ per- mitted to! mfke an 8 percent return, which has been held reasonable hy the. commission. The commission also. heard testi- mony as to alleged discrimination between companies in the “ot! line charge”-——-where a phone «call foes over wires of two companies. No decision has been rendered. SATISFIED IN TABERT CASE Higginbotham Sentence Will Stick, Says Grimson July 21.—G. Grimson, state’s attorney of Cavalier county, and special stant attorney gener- al representing North Dakota in the trial of Walter Higginbotham for the fatal flogging of Martin Tabert in a Florida lumber camp, has arrived in North Dakota, In commenting on the Higgin- botham trial, Mr. Grimson said that he and the other attorneys for the prosecution were fully satisfied with the verdict of second degree murder which was returned by the jury a8 they felt that this was the crime which the evidence introduced prov- ed. There is little chance of Higgi botham’s appeal to the supreme court of Florida being successful, he said. Mr. Grimson paid a strong tribute’ to the work of the Florida lawyers who took part in the prosecution, These included Stafford Caldwell, specially employed’ as chief, counsel, James R. Kelly, e's attorney of: the third Florida circuit, and J. B, Grand Forks, MHodges and Guy Gillan, two other: Florida attorneys, who assisted the. state. Hi 4 i + o- o For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly. cloudy and’ somewhat unsettled to- night and Sunday. Continued warm, For North Dakota: Generally fait east and partly cloudy and somewhat. unsettled ‘west portion tonight and Sunday. Continued warm. General Weather Conditions precipitation occurred’ over that re- gion, Precipitation also occurred at Moorhead and at Oklahoma City, but elsewhere at all reporting _ stations: the weather is generally fafr. The’ weather continues in all sec* Road Conditions ; The roads throughout the State are, mostly in good condition. wal tions. tw Corn and wheat z of Hh 85. 86 90 88 « 89 82 87 90 90 85 89 ‘BB 98 0 uu aa ae z geesegenseseseee eecoeoescoscoscesso eoOancaca 2 - ic} & 5 THE WEATHER || URDAY, JULY 21, 1923 CROP LABORERS THREATENED BY 1. W. W. FORCES Would Put Them Off Trains and Use Violence to En- force a Red Strike PROMISES Says State Will Uphold the Laws and Make It Safe For Harvest Workers Threats have been made that men who enter North Dakota har- vest flelds to work will be roughly handled by the I. W. W. unléss they buy the “wobblies” red card and agree to strike on an 1. W. W. call, Governor ‘R. A. Nestos said today. The full power of the state will ‘o thrown behind workers in the fields to protect them from out- rages, Governor Nestos said, in 2 statement ag follows: Somplaints have reached my of- fice that men who come to work in the harvest flelds are being threat- ened with ‘bodily harm and that those who are coming will be put oft the trajns by the I, W. W.’a. un- less they buy-a red card and agree to abstain from or quit work when- cver directed to do so by the I. W. W. headquarters in Chicago. It would seem that such a condition show! be impossible in a civilized country in this day and age. * _. Just Respect Rights “I feel that in North Dakota the legal rites of every person, wheth- er resident worker, transient 1 borer, or employer. must be re- spected and safeguarded, and the lawa of the state obeyed and en- forced. The right to organize and ‘strike or to refuse to work is sure- ly no more sacred than the right of other workers to secure and hold employment when they find wages vatisfactory and desire to work, and no\person should be permitted to interfere with the workers or to threaten those who are engaged in Jegittmate employment in this state with bodily harm or the deé- struction of their property. “Sheriffs and ‘local police officers will "be expected to protect the men who come here to help save our crops, at a fair wage, against these threats or intimidations and will be: expected to’ enforce the laws of our state without-fear and without favor. -These officials may depend upon the full cooperation of. the state administration and the support of the whole power of the state in maintaining the legal rights of our people and in enforc- ing the laws cf our state. They will have the ‘backing of the state In every lawful step that they may take in enforcing the laws. Want Others Here “We want the farmer boys who come to our state from Minnesota, ‘Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and South Dakata to help us harvest apd thresh our crops and who do nut wish to join the I. W. W.’s. to know that they do not need to do so and that they will be safeguarded in their right to refuse by all the pow: er the state possesses. The farm- ers need good workers, not loafers, end are willing to pay well for the right kigd of work, but neither the fermer nor the state need the la- borers who profess and follow the ‘plans and purposes of the'I. W. W.’a by compelling: laborers to join their organization and to use threatg and violence in subjecting ‘the farmers and workers to their EQUITY CASE 1S HELD UP Affidavits of Prejudice Filed Against Judge Cole _ Fargo, July 21,—Arguments, which were to haye been made today before, District Judge A. T. Cole to show ACTION ‘cause why the temporary receivership the Equity Cooperative Packing Company should’ not be made -per+ manent were precluded when attor- néeys ‘Harry Laskowitz of Fargo and A ES Faber of Mandan, counsel for .C. W, Reichert, president of the com- pany, filed an affidavit of prejudice agatnst the court. ey Judge Cole immediately ordered all ptoceedings held in status quo until ajnew judge is appointed to hear the témorrow ih the | Club's invitaticial “jack © rabbit” been received from — [as a REVENGE ADVANCED AS THEORY FOR ~ SLAYING OF VILLA, BLOODY BANDIT LEADER OF MEXICO, BY SMALL BAND MORTON CASE IS REVERSED The supreme. court has reversed the case of the Minneapolis Thresh- ing Machine Company, plaintiff and appellant, against Joseph Huncovsky, defendant and respondent, The court held failure to determine a material issue presented was error requir- ing reversal of judgment, The case was uppealed by Judge Lemke, sitting in theMorton district~court. REPORT CANAL IS TIED UP Landslide Halts Vessels, Radio Reports Indicate v Los Angeles, July 21,—According to the Los Angeles’ Examiner a radio message was received here last night from the tanker Hugoton at Baslina Cruz containing the statement “held in canal.” follows rumors that -the Panama canal has been clostd by a landslide which were contained in radio messages received from the tankers Geroche and Imlay on the way from Los Angeles harbor to the east coast, asking their agents for ad- vice and instructions, Panama City, July 21.—Word re- ceived here of reports circulated in the United States that the Panama canal had been closed because of landslides caused much surprise in the canal zone. The canal was in full operation ‘today as usual. a Either Relatives of Persons Having Emnity’ Against Him or Deserters From His Guard Killed Him, Belief, Expressed — Many People; View Body of Slain Bandit Chief. Parral, ‘Mexico, July 21—The body of Franciseo Villa, the Robin- hood of Mexico, indisputably the most interesting character of con- temporary — Mexit history, a trahste ~ «pmtinatiod of “horse se and fiery impulse, lies in the city hall here with thousands of persons today viewing it. Always heavily armed as part of his niilitary strategy he learn- ed in a hard school of experience, Villa met death yesterday about 4 o’clock on the outskirts of Par- val, between Long’s house and the Guano Junta bridge. Colohel Muguel Trillo, Villa’s secretary, and Rosalio Morales, one bodyguard and one bystander whose name has not been learned, also were killed. One Villa guard was wounded, The attacking band totalled seven, the bandit’s unlucky num- ber. The assailants were on foot while Pancho’s were mounted Hav- ing left Parral on a -happ: lucky journey to his ranch at Can- guillo, Durango. A dozen bullets pierced Pan- cho’s body and four crashed through his head. Six shots found their mark in Trillo. Flee To River The assassins fled to the river bed and sped off on horses which had been hidden in the river bed near the bridge. General E. Martinez, command- ing a detachment of 100 federal BARRY WRITES TO TRIBUNE Compliments Editor on Gol- den Jubilee Edition; Re- calls-Old Days D. F, Barry, of Superior, Wis., well known photographer of noted.Indians ung resident of Bismarck in pioneer days, states in a letter to the Trib- une that he was highly pleased with the Golden Jubilee edition of the Tribune and extended congratula-, tions to the present editor. Some ot his recollections of early Bismarck are related in the following letter: “Permit me to congratulate tne Tribune, and hope you strike no rough spots along the old trail in the future, Needless for me to say sled- ding was mighty poor for it many, many years ago. How well I can re- member how poor Leslie would hu tle to collect money enough to pay the boys Saturday night. What a pleasure to spend an evening with Jewell, Col, Plummer and Quinn, I can never forget an evening spent at the Ryan’ hotel with Jewell, Bilt Quinn and‘ Col, Plummer. “They have all taken that old trail. I sincerely hope they all may pitch camp together on the other side. Wishing the old paper all kinds of good luck for the next fifty years, I remain, Very sincerety, D. F. BARRY.” STRIKES AT. .. NEW PARTY Former Nonpartisan Organ Editor Sees Communist Activity “The \Progressive,” newspaper published by John Andrews, former editor of the Courier-News, strikes out thig week at a new party move- ment in the state. It says: “The newest in (North Dakota in the way of political tribes is the Federated Farmer-Labor party. Or- ganization work has been going on since early spring when Scott ‘Nearing was here and organized the nucleus for the new deadfall. ‘Mr. Nearing will be remembered as one of the committee who re- ceived $100,000 from a certain in- Keritance to promote the doctrine of Communism in this country. If the Federated Farmer-Labor party. is to be judged by the personnel from this state as delegates to the Chicago convention, the great ma- jority of farmers of North Dakota vill have nothing to do with it. “Alfred Knutson, with the ald Communist friends, has been busy organizing the Federated Farmer- Labor party principally in the strong Socialist communities ~ in’ the western part of the state, The work has been carried on quietly, @ group of five or six ‘trusties’ + gathered for a meeting, when the local unit is organized. With this) basis, ¢he work ie then carried’ out into the country. It is reported! to ‘have #mall organizations in Bis- marck, Minot, Crosby, Mandan, Williston, and other places. ny belfeve | foot to swallow th League voting by turning it over to th strength Communiste-at: the next state con-|; ‘|vetion. © * 9 ¥ re ig a plot on}, soldiers, captured three of ‘the jattacking seven late yesterday a short distance from here. General Martinez, who hurried here from Chihauhau City, for personal in- vestigation is holding ‘the men, acting under orders from Pre dent Obregon. The general. sai the assassins used: 30- Military detachments have * Jiminez Dallende to trace, the mur- derers. € Federal troops today Have gone to Panatillo in anticipation of possible disorders at the Villa ranch. Affairs affecting Villa’s estate admittedly are mixed - and even some proposition is openly made here that the ranch may re- vert to the state, Troops Present Troops from the command of General Jose Escobar are bound here from Torreon to help in the pursuit of the assassins, who to- day remain unidentified. Two theories are advanced by officers here in the investigation One is that deserters from Villa's guard committed the killing. The other is that of revenge. Vi the mountain man with ability to ride, shoot, and swear with a peculiar complex, the great weakness of which was an uncon- trollable temper, had many ene- mies—probably hundreds of men had sworn to take his life—and ac- cording to his friends he had no enemy so bitter as Francisco Her- rera and not without cause. Villa is claimed to have practically ex- terminated the , Herrera family, prominent in lexico. Maclovia Herrera, general over the left wing of lla’s 1914 army, was mysteriously murdered. Melaher, another general, his brother, Jose de LaLuz Herrera, his father, and @ younger Herrera, were executed on Easter morning in 1915 when they were led to a Parral grave- yard. Francisco, the only male member of the family left, is a government official at Gomez palesie Durango, not far from ere. SECRETARY EXONERATED Chihuahua City, Mexico, July 21 Official telegrams received at mili- tary headquarters yesterday confirm- ed the death of Francisco Villa near Parral and exonerated his secretay, Miguel Trillo, of all blame for his death. Earlier telegrams id Villa, was killed by his secretary. " NO MILITARY FUNERAL Mexico City, July 21.—President. Obregon’s plans to accord full mili- tary honors to the funeral of Fran- cisco Villa, former rebel chieftain, who was killed yesterday, will not be. carried out it was announced} officially at the war department late last night, because Villa's name was not carried upon the official mili- tary rolls of the government. ‘i WARM WEATHER - IN NEXT WEEK Washington, | July: 21.—Weather, outlook for the week beginning Mon-} day: , Region of the Great Lake: Upper Mississippi Va! generally fair but with of widely scattered showers, Physician H Louis 1 duccbo sehanged with thd * with murder of Mie Fritsi* “Mann, las january, was today found act guil bya jury. oe a PRICE FIVE CENTS ATE M ADE RAILROADS 70 PUT IN EFFECT 1922 SCHEDULE $5 Rate From Labor Points to All Points in North Dakota To Be Allowed AGREEMENT IN ST. PAUL Conference Between Governor Nestos and Others Follow- ed By Decision St. Paul, July 21.—Officials of the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific and the Soo inLe railroads, after a conference today with Governor R. A. Nestos of North Dakota, J. A. Jones, secretary, of the Minnesota Farm Bu- reau Federation, and 3, D. Williams, member of the Minnesota Industrial ion, consented to make ap- n to the Interstate Commerce ion for permission to put Anto effect a flat rate from Minne- apolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Superior and Sioux City, Ia. to the harvest work- ers for Minnesota ang North Dakota. The application will ask that this rate be granted from Duluth and Su- perior to all points in Minnesota on July 30 and 31 and from all five points from August 1 to 5, inclusive, to any point in Minnesota or North Dakota. The railroad officials agreed to file their application for their re- duced second cli rate this after- noon. The rate will be similar to that granted harvest hands during 1922. Governor Nestos announced im- mediately, after the conference that he will wire the interstate Com- merce’ Commission ‘himself explain- ing the ing granted’ railroads to put the srates into effect on short notice. U, 8, OPENS: OFFICES, Fargo, ‘July 21.—Field “Director George Tucker, United States Em- ployment Servic nnounced today he. had appointed a dozen special lu- bor agents in North Dakota to go on duty Monday directing the flow of harvest labor in the state. The offices ang men to direct the labor supply ate to be as follows: Bismarck—man to be named by J. A. Kitchen, commissioner of ‘ieulture and labor, Jamestown—Julian F. Wells, Grand Forks—M, A. Gill and Hans ‘Anderson. Devils Lake—Michae] Noonan. Oakes—Ed Stock and Hugh Willis. Minot—W. A. Winfrey and another, Three additional men are at Fargo today. Montgomery and Lee Murray, both of the federal field force, and Ed Mc- Shane, supplied by the state... Others at several points in the state were appointed but the names were not given out. GOOD CLASS OF MEN Fargo, July 21.—“We have “never had a better class of men,” deélar- ed Mrs. M. B. Bowe, superintendent of the Federat-State Employment service here, in commenting on the influx of harvest hands. Men are passing thru. Fargo by the hundreds bound for the harvest fields~-she “The class of men.this year is better than in a number of years,” Mrs. Bowe said. “Many of them are from farms in Wisconsin and Minn- esota. They come on passenger trains and im motor cars and they are here to work. They take work as soon as it is offered, any fussing or quibbling, satisfied that if there is a raise in wages their employers will pay them as much as any other hands are getting, With that class of men in-the field it is safe to say that the North Dakota crop will be handled as well as i former years.” Thousands Coming During the it week «several hundred men have been placed on farms where help is needed, and thousands are expected in the next week or two, it was said. The rye harvest has started, and many men have been ‘sent:‘out: for shockin placed as soon’ as application was made. ‘ Within » week or: ten days the wheat harvest will’ be in: full