The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 7, 1924, Page 1

INDEPENDENTS WI DEFEAT IN N. D WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck amd vicinity: Cloudy tonight and Saturday, ESTABLISHED 1873 ° 1 LAFOLLETTE J fo i 7 s ‘A. day afternoon but even to the sur- PRESIDENT SHOWS STRENGTH IN LATE RURAL PRECINCTS IN NORTH DAKOTA STATE VOTE Victory of the President Over LaFollette Is Conceded By Manager of the LaFollette Campaign—President Leads By 8,000 With About 200 Precincts Not Heard From, Lead Which LaFollette Could Not Overcome LATEST ON PRESIDENT ; Fargo, N. D., Nov. 7.—Returns from 2,011 pre- cincts give Coolidge 91,919; LaFollette 84,417. In the last 10 precincts to report LaFollette increased his lead 372 and Coolidge increased. his lead 272. This would indicate Coolidge would carry the state | by between 6,500 and 7,000 votes. CONCEDES ELECTION Frank A. Vogel of Coleharbor, La¥Follette campaign manager in North Dakota, today conceded Coolidge’s vic- | tory in North Dakota. Informed of the ‘status of the race) with 1,960 precincts reported Mr. Vogel said “LaFollette cannot overcome the lead.’ , “The Coolidge victory in North Dakota is simply a part of the Coolidge landslide,” he said, “with the fact that ee is a tendency upon the part of several thousand voters to vote the straight Republican ticket regardless of the can- didates giving him a sufficient number of votes to capture this state.” Fargo, Nov. 7.— (By the A. P.) — Receiving an over- whelming plurality in the eastern sections of the state while he made a comparatively good showing in the avowed pro- gressive strongholds in the central and western districts, President Coolidge, on the basis of unofficial returns from all but 220 precincts, captured the five North Dakota elec- tora] votes in Tuesday’s election. | When 1,960 of the state’s 2,160 precincts had been tab- ulated early today the vote stood: Coolidge 90,705; LaFoll- ette 82,499; Davis 15,453. ! With President Coolidge’s victory in North Dakota went the Wisconsia Senator’s last hope of gaining any state electoral vote than Wisconsin. Senator LaFollette started what ap- peared to be a winning assault on the President's majority early Thurs- HANNA THANKS HIS HELPERS) Says Coolidge Victory Will, prise of the Coolidge leaders who expected Coolidge’s lead to be cut with incoming returns from the west, the President rallied, and, in the last 26 precincts to report last night, was gaining about two votes per pre- cinct on his opponent. LaFollette, to overtake Coolidge, however, would have to average a 42 vote gain per precinct. The out- standing precincts are in rural west- ern territory, where LaFollette is ex- pected to gain but county auditors in those districts say they doubt if there is an average of 42 precincts there, League Victorious In the state race, however, the Nonpartisan League, which has been the chief supporter of LaFollette, emerged generally .victorous. It elected a Governor, Lieutenant-Gov- ernor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and all three railroad commissioners. The anti- league faction, the Independents, elected an auditor, Attorney-Gener- al and Comm ner of Agriculture and Labor, unofficial returns indi- cated, . Republican Candidates Win Unofficial returns showed that every candidate for state office who received the Republican no- mination in June was elected. The state’s official family, for the next two years, will be: Governor—Arthur G. Sorlie, Grand Forks, League. Lieutenant-Governor — Walter Maddock, Plaza, League. Secretary of State—Robert Byrne, Arengard, League. State Auditor—John Rugby, Independent. State Treasurer—C. A. Fisher, Valley City, League, Attorney-General — George Shafer, Watford City, Independ- ent. Commissioner of Insurance— S. A. Olsness, Sheyenne, League. Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor—J. A. Kitchen, Sen- tinel, Butte, Independent. Commissioner of Railroads— Fay Harding, Linton; C. W. Mc- Donnell, Kensal; Frank Mithol- dan, Bismarck, all League. Tax Law Losses The, only; intiated measure up for vote, the tax law, which called for sharp reductions in state governmen- tal expense, especially with refer- ence to schools, appeared to met defeat. With returns from 1,336 precincts the vote stood for 63,847; against 67,923. Incoming “returns tended toward giving the: opponents of the measure small gains. Nielson Ahead Minnie J. Nielson also appeared to have been relecteq superintendent of public instruction, holding a lead of 6,314 votes with but 494 precincts to be heard from. John Burke of Fargo, three times Governor of North Dakota on the Demoeratic platform, and former United. States Treasurer, continued to pile up. his overwhelming plurali- ty over C. J. Fisk of Minot, Returns from 1,759 precincts in this contest gave Burke, 86,064; Fisk 67,075. ° Steen, have | Inspire Confidence Fargo, N. D., Nov. 7 (By the A. P.)—L. B. Hanna, Coolidge campaign ! manager, in a statement to The As- sociated Press this morning, de- clared that Coolidge’s victory in North Dakota over Senator LaFol- lette “will result in great good to North Dakota and will reinspire con- fidence in us all over the United States.” The statement is as follows: “President Coolidge and General Dawes have carried North Dakota. “This result has been obtained by reason of the splendid work of men and women all over the state and our committee is deeply grateful to each and every one of them. We, who have, and always have had, faith in North Dakota, believe that by reason of President Coolidge carrying our state, that this will re- sult in great good to North Dakota and will reinspire confidence in us all over the United States. (Signed) L. B. HANNA, Chairman.” Name Women To Legislature Milwaukee, Wis., Nov, 7—For the frist time, a woman will sit in the. legislative halls of Wisconsin, as a result of the election Tuesday. Three women were named to the assembly by the voters of the state, and will take their places at Madison with the opening of the biennial session in January. Helen M, Brooks of Coloma, will represent the Green, Waushara counties district. Mildred Barber, of Marathon, will be assembly wom- an for the first Marathan county district. Price county will be rep- resented in the assembly by Helen A. Thompson, Park Halls. All of the victorious women were named on the Republican ficket. WILLISTON STORE ROBBED Williston, N. D., Nov. 7.—C. Jos- eph’s store was robbed Tuesday night of merchandise valued at $5,000 to $6,000, consisting of 20 fur coats, many dresses, showes, 75 dozen pairs of silk hose, The thieves entered the store through a window at a spot visible from one direction only. They. appeared to have taken full time for their work. There are-no clues, offi- cials say. — Weather Report | HH WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Rising temperature Saturday.: For'North Dakota: Mostly cloudy tonight and’ Saturday. Rising tem- perature Saturday and southeast portion tonight. \ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1924 THE BISMARCK TRIBUN eee GEORGE SHAFER Attorney-General ROBERT ‘BYRNE Secretary of State WITH DOU FOR COOLIDGE, CONGRESS APPEARS 10 BE SAFE VICTORS IN STATE RACE J. A. KITCHEN Com. Agriculture and Labor A, OLSNESS Insurance s. Commissioner of Re BIFUL STATES NOW MAJORITY IN Administration May Be Able to Control the New Congres< in Spite of Obstruction From the LaFollette Forces, Is Indicated on the Face of Returns Today—Republicans | Have Good Majority Over Democr: it One s in the House. Socialist Wins For Congress Washington, Nov. 7.—(By 1 from doubtful states and districts trickled in today, it ap-| the A. P.)—As final returns peared that President Coolidge had carried North Dakota and probably New Mexico and that the political lineup in the new Congress would be as follows: Senate, Republicans, 54; Democrats, 40; Farmer-Labor, one; vacancy one, (Con- necticut.) House—Repdblicans 246; Democrats 184; Farmer-Labor | 3; Socialists 2. At adjournment of Congress in June there were in the Senate 51 Republicans, 43 Democrats and two Farmer-Labor Senators and in the House 225 Republicans, 207 Democrats, one Socialist, one Farmer-Labor and one Independent. In several Senatorial contests, notably the one in Iowa and in a half-dozen Congressional districts, the races were’ so close that recounts might alter the result. Regardless of the outcome, how- ever, the Republican organization in both the Senate and House seemed assured of a working majority with the LaFollette insurgents unable to’ get anywhere by forming a coalition with the Dem ts. Included among the 54 Senators listed as Re- publicans are LaFollette and four others, Norris, Ladd, Frazier and Brookhart, who has been reelected on the face of unofficial returns, all of whom have consistently support- ed the Wisconsin Senator in Con- gress, but unless they receive aid from other Republicans who are in- clined to vote independently they would be unable to trim the Repub- liean vote below a bare majority of 49. Magnus Johnson Loses Magnus Johnson, one of Minne- sota’s -two Farmer-Labor Senator last night conceded his defeat by Rep. Thomas D. Schall, a Republi- can, who as a member of the House has shown an inclination at times to vote Indep&ndently. In New Mex- ico Senator Bursum, Republican, continued to trail his Democratic opponent, Sam, G. Bratton, although President Coolidge retained a lead over John W. Davis, ‘his nearest competitor. With a good share of the state’s precincts still out, re- election of Rep. Morrow, Democrat, appeared probable but not certain. The last hope of LaFollette adher- ents of carrying a state in addition to Wisconsin went glimmering when Campaign Manager Vogel in North Dakota conceded that President Coolidge had won the state. (Continued on page 8) SORLIE GLAD TO TAKE MILL Grend Forks, N. D., Nov. 7. “{ wish to thank the people of North | Dakota for being pro- gressive enough to put the Mill and Elevator in the hands of the people who believe in it,” Mr. Sorlie said when informed of his election. “I hope to be able to put North Dakota and its institu- tions in the hands of business people and to remove them as far as possible from politics and politicians,” he concluded. FARM BUREAU TO REORGANIZE Fargo, N. D., Nov. 7—Reorganiza- tion of the North Dakota Farm bu- reau was decided upon at a meet- ing of men representing the State Farm bureau and the North Dakota Agricultural college held in ‘Fargo, Tuesday. At the-session the reorganization was planned on a community basis anda subcommittee to arrange de- taifs was appointed consisting of W. L, Reed, chairman; Gordon Rand- lett, Pauline Reynolds, Mrs, Myrtle Gleason Cole, H. E. Rilling, E. A. Wilson, N. D, Gorman and Grace DeLong,’ representing the North Da- kota Agricultural college. JOHN: STEEN State Auditor MINNIE J. NIELSON Superintendent of Public Instruction State (CONTEST SEEN IN IOWA VOTE at : Breckhart’s Lead Remains 1,116, State Unofficially Complete Des Moines, la., Nov, 7.--(By the A. DP.) With indications pointing to | 8 contest in the United States Sen- ate over the seat of Senator Smith |W. Brookhart, Republitan, prepara- j tions were being made throughout fowa today for the official count to be started next Monday. The lead of Senator Brookhart over Daniel F. Steck, Democratic candidate, today remained at 1,116. This figure probebly will remain un- changed the unofficial majority, unless county auditors, who still) were § ing their recor sible errors, find discrepanci uncovered in the thorough recheck yesterday, BELOW ZERO REGISTERED, Canada Starts Minus Sign on Weather Report Below zero temperatures appear- ed on the weather report today of the state weather bureau here. Cal- gary, Canada, broke the ice, showing 6 below zero last night. At Prince Albert it was 4 above. North Daketa continued to have good, though cloudy, weather. The lowest temperatures reported last night were Bismarck 21; Williston 26; Moorhend, Minnesota, or Fargo, 16 above. The forecast was for cloudy to- night and Saturday, with rising temperature Saturday. SNOW IN NORTHWEST N. D. Minot, N. D., Nov. 7 general snow of the Tuesday night over all of north- western North Dakota and the blan- ket of white covered this section of the state to a depth which varied from a half-inch near Minot to eight inches or more near the Canadian border. Bottineau, Stanley, Bow- bells and Mohall all reported sev- eral inches of snow in telephone messages. With threshing practically com- pleted, the chief trouble resulting from the snow is the delay to elec- tion returns occasioned in such counties as Burke,, where County Auditor C. J. Kopriva stated recent- ly there was good ‘sleighing. The handicap of the snowed-in roads is expected to make it difficult for outlying precincts to report results. ‘ Reports from Kenmare tell of eight inches of snow in the, Goose- neck country. . CONCEDED | To The Voters | The Tribune takes this means of thanking its many friends in the city and county who worked and voted for this ne paper last Tuesday. The splendid endorsement at the polls is deeply appre- ciated. means that It starting Jan. 2, 1925, The Tribune will print all of- jal proceedings of the state, county and city and for the first time since the official pa- per law was passed these notices will appear in a daily paper of general circulation, We are grateful that your vote puts us in a position to give you this additional service made possible by votes from all political factions in the county. Complete vote by pre- cincts is given in another column. CASS COUNTY | INDEPENDENT BY BIG VOTE Halvorson’s Majority Is In- creased There Over the Primary Vote Materially [ rs! OTHER COUNTY REStU Ployhar Wins for Senator in Individual Column—Mor- ton County to League 4 | FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS N STATE SENATE GRANT COUNTY FIGHT SWINGS RESULT TO INDEPENDENTS, WHO | HAVEMAJORITY OF ONE VOTE League Will Control the House, the Majority of That Faction Rising in the Late Returns, Leaguers Winning 62 Mem- bers of the Lower House—Little Chance That Victory of Fred Pathman as it Appears on Face of Returns Will be Overturned in Grant County Fargo, Nov. (By the A. P.)—The Independent Re- publicans, the anti-Nonpartisan League faction, will remain in control of the North Dakota Senate during the next two years, while the House of Representatives, will be controlled by the League, it was definitely established at noon today when additional returns filtered in to the Associated Press tabulation headquarters at Fargo. The unofficial returns which insured the Independents of their margin in the Senate came from Grant county where Fred Pathman took the lead from his League opponent, O. C. Gross by 50 votes with all except three precincts to be heard from. The vote 45 out of 48 precincts, Pathman 1,257 3 Gross 1,209. The House of Representatives goes to the Nonpartisan League with the biggest margin that either faction in the Assembly has had since 1919, the Leaguers having elected 62 members of the lower branch while the Independents have only 51 members. LATEST VOTE | TABULATED INND. | Returns from In the Styte Senate the Independ- ents will have 25 members, obtains ing this total through the election of 14 Senators in this week's elec- tions, while the League will have 24 members und the presiding of- fice, the Lieutenu:! Governor of the state. Majority of 50 The Grant county senatorship, re- 1,982 precinets out turns show, will swing on a majority of 2,160 in North Dukota for Pres-jof about 50 for Pathman. Th 0 h a . miss- ident gave: Coolidge 91,134; LaFol- ing precincts are Faust, on ie lette 83,430; Davis 16,42 : a og ae and Howard which, on the basis of past performances, will come in with at least an even break for Pathman with the probability that Returns from governor give: Sorlie 93,656. 554 precincts, First Congressional 1,983 precinets for Halvorson 83,824; District, for Congressman, give|he will add just a little to his mas Burtness 41,743; Welford 17,40: jority. 710 precincts out of 749 in the} In the 1921 recall, Frazier, League Second Congressional District, Con-|Governor, at the time, carried the gressman, give Hall 29,741; Nye 25,-|three missing precincts by a vote 955; Freerks 302, {or 81 to 64, while in the 1922 Ree 72 precinct: Second district,! publican primary Governor Nestos short term, Hall 2%0- ‘ carried the three precincts against Fargo, N. D., Nov. -John Ros: 90 precincts out of the lute B. F. Baker, 60 to 57. was elected sheriff of Cass county, F,[district, give Sinclair 27,730; John-{ The three precincts are far ree Ford Doherty was elected auditor; H.j°°? HOE Spee teaiuas inves from Carson, the county seat, F. Horner, state's uttorney; Leigh J-|putilic Instruction, Nielson 83,815; lGiitous zauteniainn cha ne pol Monson, county judge and E. ¥F./Palmer 77,338. |ditor anticipating that the vote from Moore, county coroner, as shown by| 1,857 precincts, supreme court; Howard will become available te- Fisk 60,028. {night and the vote from Wheeler and complete unofficial figures tabulated today. The Fargo Forum was named the official paper of Cuss county over the Tower City Topics, the vote being Forum, 9201; Tower City Topies, 1914, The vote on district judge in Cass county was: Cole 8972; Cooley 8958; Englert 8953; Shippy 6870. Cass county gave President Cool- idge a plurality of 6,189 on the. face of complete returns. The county gave Halvor Halvorson a majority of 2, as compared with a majority of 4,008 given Governor Nestos in the June primary. Minnie Nielson carried the county against Bertha R. Palmer by 2,532. John Burke had & majority of 5,003 over C. J. Fisk. George F. Shafer got 8, votes to 2,424 for Thoresen. ¥ WOMAN IS ELECTED LaMoure, N. D., Nov. 7.--The La- Moure county vote showed a 50 per- cent legislative gain for the Inde- pendents through the election of Miss Laura Sanderson as represen- tative, while the League retains J. Arduser. Adherents of the League will continue to hold the majority of county offices. The in- itiated measure on totals practically 3 2 complete, showed: Yes 1,296; No, 1527. For official paper, LaMoure Chronicle 1,432; Mail, 1,614, the election of the M. being indicated. EMMONS COUNTY VOTE Linton, N. D., Nov. 7.—Unofficial returns for Emmons county showed Sorlie carried the county. He got 1,495 votes to 817 for Halvorson in the tabulations.’ LaFollette : ran strong, getting 1,522 votes to 992 for Coolidge and 91 for Davis. Hall for the long term got 1,258 votes to 1,250 for Nye. Some hot county fights were staged. The Linton Record, edited by F. B. Streeter, was: defeated for official paper by the Emmons Coun- ty Free Press, Nonpartisan League. For States Attorney Charles Coven- try won over George W. Lynn by approximately 300 majority. Other county officers chosen were: County auditor, E. T. Atha; treasurer, Karl Graf; Register of Deeds, A. H. Ir- vine; Clerk, John M. Bickler; coun- ty judge, Adam Thomas; county sup-, erintendent of scheols, H. H. Han- son; Sheriff Joe Volk. Mr. Hanson won for county sup- erintendent handily, the tabulation showing 1,882 votes for him to 900 for his opponent. HALVORSON CARRIES COUNTY Grand Forks, N, D., Nov. 7.—Hal- vor Halvorson carried Grand Forks county, though by a lesser majority than President Coolidge. The vote in 67 precincts, Grand Forks county, gave: Coolidge 6,824; Davis 953; LaFollette 2,799. ‘ For Governor — Halvorson Sorlie 3,997. (Continued on page 8) * 4,798; Judge, Burke 90,026; 1,502 precincts on tax law, “For” | 70,1 1,715 Governor, “Against,” 76,104. precincts for Maddock 75,825; Lieutenant- Paulson { nets Secretary of State, ; Shipley 63,514. 1,729 precincts on State Auditor, | Steen 82,966; Poindexter 57,645. 1,713 precincts State Treasurer, | Birder 57,153. 1,768 precincts Attorney-General, Thoresen 57,428. 1,628 precinets Insurance Commis- | sioner, Olsness 76,678; Hooper 790, | 1,768 precincts Commissioner of | Agriculture, Kitchen 84,152; Church 58,350, | 1,296 precincts Railroad Commis- | sioner, Harding 68,76! McDonnell 69,316; Milhollan 68,2: Byrne 49,- | 727; Hadley 47,341 7,044. i i | | i COOLIDGE HAS 83,000 LEAD | IN MINNESOTA Magnus Johnson Is Defeated | By Schall and Christianson Is Governor | St. Paul, Nov. 7 (By the A. P.)-- Checking of the unofficial returns with those of several county can- vassing beards and additional be- lated reports today brought Pres- ident Coolidge’s plurality in Min- nesota to more than 83,000 votes. When 3,578 of the state’s 3,607 pre- cinets had reported leaving only 29 small scattered precincts missing the count stood: 415,899 for Coel- idge as compared with 332,514 for LaFollette and 55,369 for Davis. Meanwhile Congressman Thoma’: D. Schall, Republican, was holding his lead over Senator Magnus John- son, Farmer-Labor, and it was ap- parent the final Schall plurality would be about 10,000 votes. The count in 3,528 precincts was: Schall 381,444; Johnson 371,048; Farrell, Democrat, 51,264. Theodore Christianson, Republi- can, held to his plurality of around 37,000 as belated reports trickled in and revisions were made from coun- ty canvassing board figures. When 3,521 precincts had reported the county gave him 395,697 compared with 358,025 for Floyd B. Olson, Farmer-Laborite, and 48,773 for Av- ery, Democrat. Killdeer, N. D., Nov. G, Johnson was reelected state: oe torney of Dunn éounty, over W. A. Faust will not vecome available une til tomorrow evening. The Nonpart membérship of the House was swelled by the de+ termination «f four contests that remained outstanding yesterday. Gain in Dickey In Dickey county, the League picke ed up one additional member, John Skogland, on the Republican ticket, with League endorsement, defeating John Gronbeck, Independent on the Democratic ticket. In two contests in the 29th dise trict in Ward county that were not settled yesterday the factions split, the Independents naming A. L. Fox while the Leaguers named C. O. Carlson, the whole representation frog: the district being three Inde- pendents and one Leaguer. Having accounted for 60 members up to 3 p, m. yesterday the settles ment of these contests in their fae vor increased their probable vote to 62. The Independent candidate won the Wells county membership that was in doubt, but he has a margin of only two votes over William Re Hartl, so the official canvass will be required to finally and definitee ly settle this contest. Third Party Vote Estimated Over 4,000,000 New York, Nov. 7.—Announcement of Senator LaFollette that the indee pendent maqvement must carry on coupled with the fact he is expected on the face of incomplete tabulae tions to have polled between 4,000,- 000 and 5,000,000 votes Tuesday has led to conjecture about potentials ities of the third party which may be evolved under the leadership of the Wisconsin solon, According to virtually complete veturns LaFollette had a greater popular vote than Theodore Roose- velt in the historic three-cornered fight of 1912. The colonel won six states then whereas LaFollette ape. pareptly has won but one. Never= theless, LaFollctte ran second in 12 states and in three of these which Roosevelt won California, Minne» sota, and South Dakota, LaFollette polled a slightly greater vote than Roosevelt did. The relative popular votes in these were as follows: California, Roosevelt 283,610, La- Follette 426,000; Minnesota, Reose- velt 125,856, LaFollette 290,000; South Dakota, Roosevelt 58,811, La- Follette 67,000. In the other three states that Roosevelt carried in 1912 and in all but one of which LaFol- lette ran second this year, jtheir relative polls were as follows: Michigan, Roosevelt 214,583; Jette 105,000; Pennsylva: Roose- velt 447,426; LaFollette 270,000; Carns of Dunn Center, by a big ma- jority in Tuesday’s election. Washington, Roosevelt. 113,698; . Las Follette 106,000.