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The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-27
WILL
MAKE HOLIDAY
FOR BAND BOYS
Business to Be Suspended Early
Saturday Evening to Aid
in Great Reception
CITY WILL SHOW COLORS
Red, White and Blue Expected
to Be Displayed on Every
Side-Tour Is Success
CITY WILL SHOW COLORS
SHOW YOUR COLORS

Every public and private build
ing, dwelling, home or apartment
in Bismarck is expected to show
it, coiors Saturday in honor Of
the famous Fighting First resi
n,ent band, which will be a guest
Of the city all day. Saturday and
Sunday. II ~ ft.i
q. Flags should be flown from ev-
cry flagstaff, and store.fronts
should be, dressed for the occasion.
= A ma jority Of the business hous-
ese vii ielose at 8 p. NJ. to give
their employees an opportunity to
attend the dance and the con. ....
attend the concert and the dance
to follow. ~-s ~ ,Ey,. '.9F
II is reported that the street
commissioner will have out his
force and clean up the down town
streets in honor Of this occasion.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-27
KANSAS WOULD GIVE
ALIEN SLACKERS AXE

The adjutant generals office is in
receipt of copy from the adjutant
general of Kansas Of concurrent
resolution adopted by the general as
sembly, of that state calling upon con-
gress to amend the immigration and
naturalization law in such manner
as to provide for the deportation Of
neutral alien slackers who renounced
their citizenship rather than fight for
America in the recent war, and to pro-
vide that in the future oath of al
legiance there be included pledge Of
support for America in time OF war.
The resolution places conscientious
objectors" in the same class with
"paciffsts" and non-combatant alien
neutrals.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-27

Bismarck will make a holiday in
honor of the gallant band of the
Fighting First, recently home from
overseas where it conquered the Hun,
and now indulging in triumphal tour
of'North Dakota. The band will reach
Bismarck on No. early Saturday
morning to find the city aplaze wit,
flags. The Bismarck Elks' band. sew
eral of whose members played for the
Fighting First when it was chasing
little brown men in the Philippines,
will be at the station to greet the
Martial musicians. as will great
thr0ng of patriotic Bismarck folk
The band will be played" from the
station to it's hotel through streets
ablOom with the red, white and .iue
There will be few hours for rest
itol and lunch, and then the band
will play a matinee at the Auditorium.
This afternoon performance is expect
ed especially to appeal to mothers
and the young folks and to people
from out-of-town who wish to leave
for home on early evening trains. The
price OF admission will be the same
as in the evening, and the program
will be identical.
q Dance In Evening.
The evening concert will open at s
and will last two hours. At the close
of this program everyone will adjourn
to the armory, where two hours will
be devoted to dancing to the strains
of Lloyd Harmon's original jazz or
chestra, the organization which made
the, jazz the international anthem of
the allied fighting men in France.
The Fighting First band. is singing
as well as playing aggregation. The
boys have several choral numbers
and other vocal specialties which they
interpolate, and here, of course.
Pete Harmon is in his glory. Ev-
cry one of the 35 members of the First
North Dakota band is a North Da-
kOta boy. The organization that
comes here is the same aggregation
which played for Is months in
France and for one year back of the
lines. Not member has been ad-
ded or dropped since the band return
ed from overseas, and there is not a
single imported musician in the lot.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-27
NORTH DAKOTA
SOLDIERS WANT f.
CHANCE TO VOTE
(By Earle T. Tostevin. J

(by Earle i. IOSCeVln.)
Camp Dodge, Ia, March 27.-NOrth
Dakota soldiers on duty here and at
Fort Des Moines, and others but re-
Gently returned from overseas await
ing discharge today urged me to ap-
pear for them to friends and voters
back home to sign the referendum
petitions so they may have chance
to vote on the radical legislation en-
acted during their absence!
They laud the break of state Off
GERS from the league 'Dureau control
and condemn army red tape which
slows their discharge and delays ac-
tive participation in the fight against
the I. w. W. menace at home. Many
Of the soldiers interviewed here are
former members Of the Nonpartisan
league.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-27
THE HUN MARTYR

Berlin-Germany views herself very
much as martyr, as is shown by
recent cartoon in Simplicissimus 1t
is full page showing Germany cruci-
fled. Her hands are tied to the cross
and attached to her feet by cords are
heavy blocks Of stone. At one side
stands Marshal Foch holding in his
hand knout with spikes on each
thong. John Bull, with hangman's
moose, and Clemenceau stand by. Tor
tured Germania,' is the legend, and
there is the added inscription: "One
more prolongation Of the armistice
and she will be ripe for peace"
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-27
FEARED T0GlVEPE0PLE
TRUTH ABOUT HIS TAX SCHEMES,
ASSERTS SENATOR F. ". MEES

League Leader in Morton County Tells Farmers of the e Like
Horsethef" Episode During Recent Legislative Assembly
Nonpartisan Out of Representative Group Fails
Sign Referendum Petitions.
Mandan, N. d., March 27."Go home and sop your hogs
the slogan which swept the od gang of four
years ago.
Today it is: = ]. ,--
"Go home and lie to theme like damned horsethief
Mees Makes Statement
Senator F. W. Mees told representative of Morton
county farmers gathered from township and practically
every in the county at Mandan Of his confer
with Townley on the one-man tax commission bil
g" told him couldn't stand for this bi" said
II told him could support and then home
people, constituents with clear conscience and his advice
to
Lie to them damn -le to them like damned horsehief
"You heard him that Nage said the speaker turning
to Simon Nage member Of the state board Of control who
present And you heard him, Harmon addressing IT. H.
of the league leaders Morton county
confirmed the senator's statements.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-27
Indian Pilgrims
Contract Cholera

Notwithstanding pilgrims from
Daugor Island have brought cholera
to Calcutta, and authorities are max
ing a fight to prevent it becoming
an epidemic. OF the 10000 pilgrims
who have passed through Calcutta
many contracted cholera and nearly
200 deaths are reported Cholera wards
in all the hospitals are filled. The
outbreak is blamed to underfeeding
because, Of the high prices charged
the pilgrims s,SAod vendors.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-27
WHEAT STOCK
REPORTED THREE
&C., TIMES AS LARGE

Washington, March 27.-Commer-
cial stocks Of wheat are three times
as large as they were year ago, the
department of agriculture estimates.
The total reported was l97,l9O,000
bushels, which is 30s per cent of the
1918 stock Wheat held ca farms and
by many other commercial dealers is
not included. Commercial stocks of
rye were four times as large as
year ago. The amount OF corn held
by the reporting firms was only SO
per cent Of 1918.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-27
TELEGRAPHERS ARE
POLLED ON STRIKE

Chicago. March 27.-Ballots calling
for a vote on a strike have been
mailed to members of the natiooal
teiegraphers' union. Increase of pay,
reinstatement Of members Of 10
unions discharged during the last year
and assurance Of the right to organ.
ize are demanded.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-27
ORDER RESTORED
FIRST 1919 MOTOR
TAGS MAILED OUT

The frs, forty 1919 motor vehicle
registrations tags were mailed out
yesterday about four months late. Tag
No. l went to w. H. Robinson, state
engineer and secretary Of the state
highway commission, while No. 1s is
reserved for Tax Commissioners H. H.
Steele, who has claimed it for several
years past. #
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-27
KAISER MAY FLEE
TO SWITZERLAND

Geneva, March 27.-William Hohen-
zollern. alarmed. by the receipt Of
threatening letters, plans to leave
Holland and seek refuge in Switzer-
land, according to La Switz.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-27
Road Work Let.

Contracts for federal and state aid
highway projects were let this week
in Bottineau county. announces the
highway commission.
The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-27

No Advice Accepted.
I'VE have been asked why we did
MT bring our objections to these bills.
the printing bill, tae board Of admin
tstration bill, the one-man tax com
mission bill, the immigration bill and
The judicial redistricting bill, before
The league caucus. We had no chances
to present our views before the league
caucus. State officials like Mr.. KO-
sitzky, here, attempted to do so, and
he was told to go back to his office
at the capitol and mind his own af
fairs; he was told that what the
league leaders planned to do with taX-
alton and other matter affecting his
office was none of his damned busi-
ness
Both Senator Mees and State Audi
tor Kositzky went on record against
the five bills named. Senator Mees
riddled the Courier-News accounts of
the legislative assembly and of re-
cent developments. He read state
ment after statement which he brand
ed as deliberate falsehOOds. At the
close of the remarks from Mees and
kositzky, every league farmer pres
ent but one signed petitions for the
referendum Of the five acts,
Spreading Lake Wi'dfire.
Opposition to TOwnley tyranny is
spreading like. wild Tire said State
Auditor Kositzky this morning prior
to his departure for Tower:City, where
he resumes his speaking tour this
evening. - A'tt.35 si5A si5A
The farmers have had their eyes
opened; they are beginning to real
ize how Townley has duped them, and
they are in complete revolt said
Mr. Kositzky. '.!'t' - a .>.''.''
'They realize that there Is only
ono way in which the real program
OF the league-the program We have
stood for and fought for for ten years
past-can be put into operation, and
that is through an honest administra
ton Of the political and economic af-
fairs of the league by North Dako.a
executives who have the interests of
LAo olnIc ~ AOoAI 0uu WIN hA'O ooAS-
thing at stake.
FIGHT to Finish.
This Is to be fight to the fin
ish the tyranny that Townley typifies.
II we fail, God save North Dakota. but
we cannot fail. The farmers of North
Dakota demonstrated their power
three years ago when they forever
broke the bonds of old gangism; they
are arising today to throw off yoke
even more degrading, and there is no
question in my mind as to the result"
Farmer Paper Attacked.
Morton county farmers resent vi
eious attack made upon the Morton
County Farmers Press, owned by 400
league farmers in Morton and oliver
counties because of this papers sup
port for Attorney General Langer in
his stand against the board of admin
istration and printing graft bills. The
Courier-News in 'front.' page column
story this week charged that LANCER
owned stock In the paper and control
led its policies and that he had die
tated the publication of recent stOr-
les and editorial comment opposing
TOwnley bOssism. The farmers as.
sert with much positiveness that Mr..
LANCER does not own a share Of stock
in their paper; that they. alone con-
troll the Press and its policies, and
that they are accepting dictation from
no one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-10
ATTACK ON NAVAL BILL
Mann Opens Debate To Beat th2
Yearly L. s. Program.

Washington. Feb. 10.-Attack on
the new naval program of ten dread
naughts and ten scout cruisers was
opened in the house today by Repub-
lican Leader Mann, Who made a point
of order against the provision as soon
as it was called up for consideration.
He argued that an authorization with
out an appropriation was not germane
and could not be included in the ap-
preparation bill.
Points of order by Republican Lead
err Mann against Introductory para
graphs of the new three-year building
program section of the naval appro-
priation bill were sustained today in
the house.
This virtually eliminated the pro-
gram. Representative Garrett, of Ten
nessee. in the chair. sustained Repre-
sentative Mann's contention that legis-
lation authorizing work for which no
appropriation was made was not in
order in an appropriation bill
Chairman Padgett, of the naval
committee then began a parliamentary
skirmish to restore the program by
inserting an appropriation to begin
work on the proposed capital ships
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-10
POLICEMAN is BETTER
Officer, Assaulted by Soldier In Street
Fight, May Live.

A running fight between policemen
and several soldiers which began in
the 700 block on Kansas avenue about
5 o'clock Sunday afternoon may prove
fatal to James McGovern, patrol
man, who was seriously injured when
one of the army men struck MIN on
the Jaw. knocking him to the pave
Hent. He struck his head on the
pavement when he fell. sustaining
serious injuries about the head Ply
sieians last night expressed doubts
concerning his recovery but he was re-
ported considerably improved today
DR.. w. B. Steward stated that he was
as yet unable to say whether or not
McGovern's skull was fractured
According to witnesses, the fight
started when Officers Jake Maze and
J. H. Jones arrested a drunken soldier,
who later gave the name OF j. Miller,
and who had assaulted William Briggs
near Sixth and Kansas avenues. The
soldier drew a gun and Maze was COM
PEELED to use his billy" to subdue him,
it was said. When they started to-
ward the police station. some other
soldiers who had apparently witnessed
the affair. appeared and demanded
Miller's release. 1t was then that
members of the night force of police,
on their way to report for duty, APP
peared and in another moment a free
for-all fight was being staged. A
crowd of about 200 persons had by
| this time assembled and while Nc
| Govern was trying to keep them back
( one of the soldiers struck him the blow
on the jaw that feiled him, but sue
| ceeded in making his escape. Doctor
| Steward was called and McGoyern
taken at once to his home, 402 Blu
| chanan street,
Miller was taken to police head
quarters and booked on the charge of
| being drunk, fighting and carrying
| dangerous weapons. He plead guilty
| this morning and was fined s50 by
Judge Paul Heinz. Sunday night, il
was said, he 4ost no opportunity to
| assure the police that he was a bad
| man" One of his favorite statements
| was to the effect that he was so bad
that when he came to river the
waves parted and left dry land foI
| him to walk on. He told the officers
that he was from Camp Funston. The
man who assaulted McGovern has not
| been caught.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-10
THEY LIKE THE YANK
Partisan Young Women Want Aneri-
cans for Husbands.

Paris, Feb. 10.-To get an Ameri-
can husband seems to be the ideal of
more than 40 per cent of the Partisan
young women. At all events. that is
the result of an inquiry conducted by
LOeuvre. Paris daily newspaper,
which publishes series of letters set
ting forth the reasons that have guild
ed the writers to give preference to
Americans
Those who would rather marry
Frenchmen base their prediction
largely on patriotic grounds; but a
large percentage of young French wo-
men confess to a whole-hearted ad-
miration of the average Americans
breezy good humor and courtesy of
manner toward the other. sex. Sew
eral French girls who have had an
opportunity to observe American home
life appreciate the easy comaraderie
between the sexes.
Some writers say that French low
ers talk over-much and are too fussy
about their appearance. Whether a
man ought to shave seems to aSitate
the feminine mind considerably, and
the voting is about equal between the
smoothshaven American and the mus
tached Frenchman.. One girl raises
the objection that Americans eat too
much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-10
CONTRACT BILL UP TO-DAY.
Two Billion Dollar Measure Is Ready
For Action in Congress-

Washington, Feb. 10.-The long
pending bill for valuation and settle
ment of informal war contracts ag-
gregating about s2.750, 100000 today
was placed in form for final action
by congress A complete agreement
on the legislation reached the senate
and house conferees. 1t eliminates the
commission plan of settlement, but re-
tains substa ntially the senate amend
ment to include mineral contracts.
Under the conference agreement the
informal contracts are legalized so
that they may. be settled by compro-
mise. Government officials will make
the settlements and If dissatisfied. con-
tractors may appetite the federal
rOtIrf Of claims
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-10
ANOTHER CHAPTER WRITTEN
Defeat of Suff Bill Today Marks
Last Try for Vote.

Washington. Feb. 10.-American
women first demanded to be included
in government at the time of the
revolution. John Adams's wife told
him if they were not there would
be another revolution
Between 1S4s and the Civil war.
onstration was held at Seneca Falls,
n. Y. 1t was a '-woman's rights con-
vention."
Between 1913 and the Sivil war.
Susan B. Anthony became a leader in
the movement. The amendment be-
fore the senate today bears her name
At the close of the Civil war, wo-
men sought to obtain an Interpretation
of the fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments to the constitution that would
allow them to vote, but failed.
In 1872, Miss Anthony decided to
test her right to vote. She went to
the polls and was arrested. She re-
fused to pay her fine. but was not sent
to Jail.
1t was three years later that Miss
Anthony drafted the amendment beat
en- today and in 1873 Senator Sar-
geant of Colorado introduced it in the
senate 1t has been introduced four
times in all and the senate has four
| times refused to approve it,.
On January 10, 1918, the house APP
proved the amendment, twenty-three
giving it their unanimous vote.
On October 1, 1918, the senate re-
| jected the amendment. Since that time
a number of changes have occurred in
senate personnel
While continuing their efforts to OBJ
| tain federal action, suffrage workers
| have won the right of vote in a num-
| Der of states In some of these they
electors as well as for local and state
officials
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-10
admiraI wilson Is sick.

Henry B. Wilson, commanding the
American naval forces at Brest.
France, has pneumonia Admiral
Sims notified the navy department to-
day that Admiral Wilson was seriously
i'll. but that his condition showed
slight Improvement, and it was hoped
he would be able to return home on
the flagship New Mexico, assigned as
one of the vessels to escort the trans
port on which President Wilson Will
return Admiral Wilson has been de-
tailed to command battleship force No.
3. the modern dreadnaught division of
the Atlantic fleet, now in Cuban
waters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-10
STOP STRIKERS MEETING
At Butte Returned Soldiers Join in
the 1. w. W. Session.

the L. w. W. session.
Butte,' Mont, Feb. 1O.-United
States troops drove returned soldiers
and strikers at the point of the
bayonet from the 1. W. w. hall here
today.
Two men and one woman were
slightly hurt by bayonet thrusts
1t is alleged that the strikers and
returned service men were singing
German songs.
The sheriff and county attorney told
the elected crowd to return to the
hall and continue their meeting. No
arrests were made.
The stopps ge of transportation here
this morning was effected by pickets
who persuaded the crews to take their
cars to the barns.
Transfers met this afternoon to
conduct a strike vote.
\ Most of the unions have selected
delegates to the workers, soldiers and
sailors council which claims to control
the local sitAation. Five hundred re-
turned soldiers are picketing the mines
today.
Five hundred strikers are assisting
in the picketing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-10
FOR Y. M. SCHOOL
Workers Among Soldiers Will
Be Trained in Kansas.
Teachers Are OF for Chicago
To Take Special Work.

Y. NJ. c. A. workers in every county
in the state are to be instructed IN
work among returned soldiers, at
special school to be held, probably in
Topeka, about March l. To that end.
several Kansas men, most of them To-
pekans, left last night for Chicago for
a weeks schooling.
In the party was y. w. Benning,
general secretary of the Topeka asso-
citation; the Rev. r. A. Schell. pastor
OF the First Christian church, Topeka;
F. NJ. Leaman, who will be state sec
rotary for the work, and who has
been social secretary at Funston
Professor Smith. of the Kansas State
Normal. Emporia; Guy Gephart, Nc
Pherson. secretary for that county. At
the same time they are attending a
conference of fifteen states in Y. NJ.
work
State Secretary Clifford Pierce
stated today that the time for the
school had not been settled, but that
It probably would be held about March
l. One or more workers from every
county and large city in the state will
be called in for the school, The school
will last three or four DAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-10
HUNS DUE TO ACT
Provisional Constitution To Be Given
to Assembly Today.

Weimar. Feb. (delayed). The
provisional constitution of the new
German republic is expected to be
presented to the national assembly for
ratification Monday As soon as it is
adopted. the assembly will proceed to
elect a provisional German president
and premier.
The tentative draft of the constitu-
ton, which was drawn up under the
direction of Hugo Preuss, Secretary of
the interior, was presented TO the spe-
cial constitutional committed only yes
terday, but it is understood to have
followed so closely the ideas enter
tanned by a majority of the delegates
that little re-drafting would be neces-
sary.
Under the provisional constitution
an upper house, will 9<be esta blished
similar to the old bundesrat. Its mem
bers will be appointed by and repre-
sent the governments of 1.-THE former
states. Final veto of measures, how
ever, will be shorn from the upper
house and placed in the hands of the
national assembly, which. it is pro-
posed, will be considered as the lower
house until a permanent constitution
is adopted. The executive branch of
ident, a premier and fourteen minis
tiers.
Move to Berlin at Easter.
All parties have united in asking
that the sittings of the assembly be
transferred to Berlin after Easter. to
give sanction to the details worked
out in committee there.
TIE assembly sessions continue ccm-
paratively smooth, with only occasional
uproars from the persistent radio ais
under the leadership of Hugo Haase.