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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-22

! in addition we should have commit
ltee of representative bankers to Sc,
that more effective force is given t,
the laws now in force regulating tn,
sale of securities and the issuance 0:
bank charters. A committee shoult
also be appointed to carry forward tn.
work Of education on banking ant
business questions, which subject viii
be presented by Mr.. Kaufman thi:
afternoon.
It would seem that questions relat.
ing to taxation might best be left tc
the State and National Bank Councils
which have functioned very satisfac.
Storily during the past year. Certain
matters affecting national banks with
which you are all familiar are now
pending in court, and still other ques-
tions of a similar nature affecting all
banks will be considered during the
term of Office following mine. Bank
.ers are not tax dodgers, but as we
represent all the financial and much
OF the business interests Of the state,
we are only doing our duty to our
selves, our own interests, and the
larger business interests referred to,
in resisting any and all discrimina-
tory laws which tend to injure the
financial credit of the state This is
our only purpose in the action taken
and will be our only purpose in the
action contemplated. Outside capital
is needed in large and increasing
volume for the development of our
state, and the banks are the agencies
through which this needed capital
must come. Our laws should encour-
age outside capital to come in and not
drive it away.
Permit me to again acknowledge my
appreciation of an honor beyond my
deserts in serving as your president,
and my appreciation also of the fine
cooperation accorded during my term
Of office now drawing to a close, by
the members of the executive council,
my associate officers, all members of
committees, and the members general
ly of our association.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-22

FOurth-My successor in Office may
decide on some changes in the person
mel Of present Association committees.
but the committees themselves should
be retained, including the national
Bank Executive Council and the State
Bank Executive Council, each having
its separate functions to perform, and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
SAYS COX WILL
MAKE IT CLEAR
Chairman White Declares Nom.
inee's Speech VIII Give Party's
Stand On League.

Washington, July 31.-The posi-
ton of the Democratic party with
reference to the League Of Nations.
will be made perfectly clear"
when Governor Cox delivers his
speech accepting the presidential
nomination, George White, new ma
tional chairman, declared today in
answer to the inquiry Of Senator
Harding as to the party's stand on
the Administrators foreign policy.
Dayton, Ohio, July 31.-In addi-
ton to the League OF Nations, the
American Industrial problem and
other domestic questions are to
have q prominent place in the ad-
dress Of Governor Cox accepting
the Democratic presidential nomi-
nation, according to information
here today.
II was said that . large portion
OF the address might be expected to
deal with industrial affairs, with Z
view to bringing capital and labor
closer together. Those who have
talked with the governor said this
IL one Of his most serious concerns
And they believed he would give his
views at length.
works Hard to Finish Speech.
The governor today bent all ef-
forts toward completing the NC
csutance address. ~ be had , self
imposed sschedule to have the
1epeech printed this afternoon Tor
mailing tonight Z, the nations
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
DEMOS. SELECT
LEWIS TO RUN
FOR GOVERNOR
Leaders Jubilant Over
Party's Chances With
Its State Slate.

Springfield, ILL.,, July 31.--A unit
ed Democracy. speaking through
500 representatives OF every county
in the state, this afternoon drafted
former Senator James Hamilton
Lewis as it's candidate for COVER
nor.
The Democratic state committee
last night added its Endorsement
and Senator Lewis and the full
state ticket as slated today will go
to Democratic primary voters with
the mark Of party approval:
William Z. O'Connell Of Chicago,
spokesman for Senator Lewis, an
nounced last night that Senator
Lewis would accept.
The complete ticket. as approved
BY the conference, follows:
United States Senator-Peter A.
Waller, Kewanee.
.Governor-James Hamilton Lew
is, Chicago.
Lieutenant Governor - Walter
Williams, Benton.
Secretary OF State-Daniel Vor-
hees, ST., Peoria.
State Treasurer-William Ryan,
Jr., Danville.
State Auditor-James J. Brady,
Oak Park.
Attorney General = James T.
Burns, Kankakee.
Clerk of Supreme Court-George
F. Johnson, East Moline.
Congressman at Large-C. S.
Schneider, Paxton: W. NJ. Voltz,
Millstadt.
Democratic leaders were jubilant.
They said the ticket is the strong
est in a decade.
Optimism marked every act Of
the conference. The bitter fac
tional fight in the Republican party
leaders said. makes Democratic
success in November certain.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
PONzI EXPECTS
TO START AGAIN
Finsncial Wizard Prepares to Re
sumo Business-Gets &10,OoAL.
900 Offer for Secret

Boston, July 31.-(United Press)
Ponzi, mushroom mil
lionaire. confidently expects to be
doing business by next Monday on
the old basis of so per cent in 30
days, he said today. i
The foreign exchange wizard,
who claims to have cleaned up
millions here within q few months
by his financial operations, de-
clared he was confident the investi-
cation now under way would prove
his business was on the square and
that the district attorney would find
no reason for forcing suspicion.
Reports were circulated today
that Ponzi would confer during the
day with New York ilnanciers who
were reported to have offered him
$4,000, 900 for his business and
his secret of cashing postal reply
coupons through which the Italian
claims to have made his fortune.
Ponxi declared there was little
chance Of his accepting the offer.
Ponzi announced he had brought
suit for $1,000. 900 against Clarence
W. Barron Of the Boston news
bureau for damages alleging Bar
ron made libelous statements re-
garding his business methods. The
writ ID returnabls in October.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
SEARCH RUINS
FOR SIX BODIES

Philadelphia, July 31.-United
Press).- Search was being made
today for the bodies Of six persons
believed to have lost their lives in
q fire which destroyed the cigar
factory Of Sigmund C. Mayer & Co.
last night with a loss of $500,000.
The bodies of a girl and a man
were recovered shortly after the
blaze was checked. Four persons
were injured.
The coroner was expected to in
vestigate alleged absence of fire
escapes. Heavy wire screens on
the windows were reported to have
prevented four women on the third
floor from making their position
known to firemen.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial to The Arxus)

washington, D. c., July 81
Both the Republican and. Demo-
cratic candidates for the presiden-
cy may talk as they like concern
ing the League Of Nations as an is
sue In the present campaign, but
evidences are multiplying that the
United States will within year be
a member Of "The" League of Ma
tions as provided for by the treaty
Of Versailles.
Senator Harding may keep his
position ambiguous in order to keep
the votes of the Hiram johnson
following and Governor Cox may
talk about reservations in order
not to ALLEVIATE the people who
didn't like Mr.. Wilson's insistence
on an unqualified treaty, but the
presence Of Elihu Root and DR..
James Brown Scott in the meetings
now taking place abroad to form
q court Of international Justice is
looked upon both in Washington
by international lawyers and
abroad by diplomats and states
men as the fOrerunner Of Repub-
lican policy in the event that Mr..
Harding is elected.
U. 8. Role Revealed.
Documents which have Just come
to the writer from official sources
abroad describe in great detail the
part that Root anG Scott are TAX
ing in the meetings of the advis-
ory commission of jurists who were
appointed by the council of the
League Of Nations to establish a
permanent court Of international
justice.
THAT the United States" says
one Of these documents, though
not member of the League of Ma
tions, should have q dominating in
fluence in the formation of the per-
manent court Of International JUS
tice which is to be the cornerstone
of the league, is the great anomaly
of the meetings being held at The
Hague. 1t is both unexpected and
unusual that a nation which has
SO seriously damaged the idea OF
the League OF Nations should new
ertheless see its own viewpoint and
experience largely predominant in
one of the most vital fields Of &C.
tivity of the league.
"The reason is not far to seek.
1t lies in the personality of two
men-Elihu Root, former secretary
of state, and James Brown Scott,
former solicitor o. the state de-
partment and now head of the Car
negie endowment for international
peace at Washington. To their
tact and judgment is due much OF
the direction which the whole COM
mittee is taking as we'll as the fact
that the court which eventually
evolves from the deliberations here
will be court wholly in line with
American ideals and experience.
Do Not Represent America.
These two men hold in the
minds of European jurists a unique
position. It cannot be too strong
! ly emphasized that they do NOT
represent the United States gov
ernment in any tense. for they
have been appointed directly by
the council Of the League OF Ma
tions on the basis of their very
high standing among the leading
jurists of the world. They are
therefore on the same footing as
the other members Of the commit
tee, namely, eminent jurists sum-
moned by an international organ
izstion to perfect plans for a world
court.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
POLES AND !.
REDS MEET
FOR TRUCE
Negotiations to
Begin Today-Soviet
Forces Driving On.

Warsaw, July 31.-GBy United
Press. )-Armistice negotiations be-
tween the Poles and the bolsheviki
began today. The Polish delegates
crossed the armistice lines at s
o'clock last night. They were as
sured by the bolsheviki that the
international armistice rules would
be strictly observed.
Paris, July 31.-(By The Associ-
ated Press.)-Bolshevik cavalry
forces have advanced to the east
Prussian frontier, according to a
report from the French military
mission in Warsaw to the French
foreign Office. The bolshev1k line
extends from Suwalki, so miles
northwest Of Grodno, more than go
miles to a point almost directly
north of Warsaw.
Germans and Reds Negotiate
The bolshevlki have not actually
crossed the borders of Alenstein
and Marienwerder, but are fratern-
izing with the Germans. The mis-
sion says it understands the Ger
mans and bolsheviki are negotiat-
ing at Suwalki. The northern wing
of the bolsheviki army now is men,
acing Warsaw directly from the
north as we'll as from the east. The
bolsheviki now are rs miles south
west of Bialystok.
The allied troops in Allepstetp
and :M4sFienWerdef, which are most
ly French, will be held there until
the situation clears, although their
plebiscite duties have been COM
pleted.
Frenchman Given Command.
General Romer, commander of
the first Polish army, which suffer-
ed most severely in the vital region
northwest Of Warsaw, has been re-
ieved by General Joseph Haller.
The advancement of General Halter,
who commanded the Polish divi-
sions in France and is French
trained, is the first step in the re-
organization of the Polish army
which was begun by the Anglo
French mission yesterday. All the
important technical services are be-
ing taken over by French officers
and advisers and large authority
has been placed with all the stats.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
NEW YORK POLICE
CONTINUE SEARCH
OF LEROY, SLAYER

aNew York, July 31.-United
Press. Acting on the assertion OF
Patrolman Leo Trumbull Of Detroit
that Eugene Leroy. husband Of the
woman whose nude body was found
in a trunk shipped here from De-
troit, had been seen in New York
the day before the body was found,
authorities here today instituted q
search for Leroy. who was said also
to have used the aliases 20. J. Fer
nandez" and 20. ]. Wood"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
VILLA WANTS TO
EDUCATE MEXICO
AT OWN EXPENSE

Mexico City, July 31.-Francisco
Villa, enroute to Torreon to COM
plete his surrender, has wired de
la Huerta asking permission to es-
tablish an agricultural colony at
Nieves, building homes and schools
there. He said he wished to pro-
mote education and literacy In
Mexico, at his own expense. The
request probably will be granted.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
Continued on Page Two.)
'lANTU TROOPS
| IN FIRST MOVE
Asei Ruler OF Lower California
Places Forces For Defense
Against Invasion.

:, Ae1icali, Lower California, July
sFirst movement OF troops in
! aense OF the northern district of
sr California. in the reported
reposed invasion by Mexican fed
G tfoops, were ordered today, ac-
@uins to Governor Cantu's an
sosncement.
"a. me governor said he would bring
~ soldiers and their families to
salcaii. where they will be given
s.sasive training. Another detach-
N o. about 100 of his bcst train
soldiers have been ordered to
r9e points near the Gulf of
-, ssC,,'crnia. the governor said. These
~. y" oe the advance guard Of the
cy Any o. defense which Governor
u raising here, 1t was said.
.ue Independence of Lower CAL
an 10 not the object of Governor
sSntu. he announced.
" +. Boyle. American consul
nv, NJ, announced that he has been
v,med !, by American Consul Yost
vuaymas that, contrary to re-
~. no Mexican federal troops
stAfted from that point to at
vsntu forces. Boyle, however.
o. announced that it was ru-
At Guaymas that troops for
INVASION had left Manzanillo and
sxoect Peaceful Settlement
Sxico City, July 30.-,By Unit
sress-Delayed Peaceful set
|nt Of the dispute between
oent de Ia Huerta and Gov
Cantu Of Lower California
Iofecast today q negotiations
nued. Cantu u expected to
ana agree to give up ths-gov-
mp. oficials said. He Il un-
oa to Be- willing to do this
- the once II handed over to
y Lower Californian. n
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
NEW REVOLT Is
BEING PLOTTED
BY REDS, CLAIM
Attempt to Overthrow
Soviet Rule Not I'm
expected By Allies.

Warsaw, July 9O-(Unftod
Press.)-A bOlshevik revolu.
ton is reported to have broken
out In KOvn0, resulting in over.
throw Of the Lithuanian gov.
ernment Street fighting was in
progress when the dispatch was
filed.
Paris, July 31.-(United Press.)
CONFIDENTIAL advices to the for
eign office today indicated there
was ground for belief that an at
tempt to overthrow the bolshevik
government was being plotted by
leaders of the soviet Armies, now
at the high tide of their victory
over the Poles.
Relations between the Moscow
government and the armies in the
field were said to be strained and
becoming more so. A serious dis
agreement was reported to have
developed between General Touch
acevsky's army and Moscow. 1t
was stated that general headquar-
ters fatty refused to obey War Min
lister Trotzky's orders to halt the
advance. The 27-year-old general
is surrounded by a staff of very
loyal and ambitious officers. the re-
port said, and the possibility of
their seizing the first favorable
opportunity for a military coup
d'etat is being seriously discussed
in Paris.
Regard Moscow Orders.
A similar spirit was said to exist
at headquarters of the eleventh
army which is occupying Azerdide-
jan. Staff officers already are in
clined to disregard orders from
would not be surprised to head
Moscow and well informed officials
here would not be surprised te
head at any time that this army
has cut loose from the Lenin gov
ernment and Joined Genera
Wrangel, the anti -bolsheviki leader
In the Caucasus an anti-bolshevil
spirit was reported spreading rap
idly among the people as a resul
Of their treatment by this SAM
eleventh army. Natives complain
ed it denuded the country, sending
live stock, crops, oil, etc, to Mos
COW and pillaging homes.
Cars Officers Being Used.
Talk of a general military upris
ing against Lenine and Trotzky ant
the establishment of a military gov
ernment gained plausibility from
the fact that the red army is al
most entirely commanded by for
mer regular officers who servet
with the czar, and their seeming
loyalty to Moscow has long puz
zled the allies. Now officials pro
fess to believe these leaders ar
/, only waiting for a chance to turl
upon the bolheviki governmen
and destroy it and that their feign
ed loyalty is but means to thi
! end to give them control Of over
! whelming military strength.
The Moscow wireless commun
ique received here early this morn
| ing announced the reds had cap
tured, Osovietz and were pursuin
the Poles. Capture of position
north of Bielstok also was an
nounced.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
FARES AND
FREIGhT TO
Be RAISED
Advances Of 20 to 40 Per'
Cent Allowed by Com
merce Commission.

Washington, July s1.-Ad.
/. vance Of 40 per cent In ra1reaA
freight rates In the east g
per cent In the south = ~
cent In the west, and g per
cent In the nountain.PacaRc
territory, were granted today
by the interstate eonnerce
commission.
Passenger fares were h.
creased 20 per cent, the ameunt
asked by the railroads to help
In absorbing the e6OOy yOOoy 49,
wage increase granted the en-
: plOyes BY the railway laber
wage board.
A surcharge Of SO cents on ra4es
for sleeping and parlor cars was
granted together with q 20 per cent,
Increase in the rates on excess bag
gage and 20 per cent in the rates
On milk.
Effective in Five Days.
The increase may become effec-
tive upon five days notice given by
the carriers to the commission and
the public and they must be put
into effect before Jan. /, 1921. Since
the government guarantee to the
road expires on Sept. l, 1t is gener-
ally expected that the advances
will be put into force before that
date.
In arriving at the increases, tho
commission placed the valuation
of the railroad properties at $lS.-
900, 900, as against the $20,6l6,000,-
600 estimate Of the railroad execu-
tives.
Absorbs Wage Boost.
The increases granted BY ne
commission are estimated by It -
sufYicient to absorb the wage Award
Of the railroad labor- hoard whikh
the commission placed ct $618, ,o00,-
900 and to bring the carriers to the
5k per cent permitted under the
transportation act.
The commission authorized the
application of the general increase
to the rates on commodities. Spe-
cial rates have heretofore prevail
ed and the charges therefore will
be increased according to the per-
centage ordered in the various
groups.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
WHEAT NEARS g MARK.

Chicago, July 31-(United Press.)
Wheat crept closer to the 81
mark today. On the Chicago board
Of trade December wheat dropped
10 cents during the first two hours
Of trading, starting at 2.23h and
failing to ais.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
HUGE FIRE LOSS
lat new ORLEANS.

New Orleans, La, July H..
UNITED Press s)-One section OF the
immense Appalachian warehouse
containing 10000 bales Of sisal was
burned here last night. The fire
ragged several hours before the en-
tire fire fighting force OF the city
was able to subdue it. The loss was
estimated at $1,500,O00.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
LATE BULLETINS

Bloomington, Ill, July ST.
UNITED Press.)-After a two
days session here agent tele-
graph operators and tOwermen
OF the Chicago & Alton rail.
road voted unanimously to re-
joct The recent rail board wage
award and to demand q rehear.
ing, . strike being the alterna-
tive.
London, July s1.-(United
Press.)-A detachment of the
Royal Fasiliers, numbering
about one thousand men, with
6el9 guns and war materials,
LANDED today 1t Queenstown,
Ireland They were carried to
0otf destinations By motor
trucks, IT, railway nca refus.
Ing to transport them.
London, July s1-United
Press A)-Belkheyik troops nave
eaptMed BielystOk and have
reached Drest-Litevsk, accord.
Ing p . 1sscow wireloss lis.
patch received hero to-day.
bleeafnetsa, III, July sl-
Onite1 ess.)-InaAliity q
-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-31
US. Will Joif, League If
Either Cox or HARDING
Is Electcd--LQlUrence

NeVertnelee9 tne1r position 0S
Americans adds significance to their
presence, for the statesmen of Eu-
rope are only too willing to recog-
nize the bigness Of spirit and view
point which allowed Mr.. Root, es-
pecially, with his well-known po-
litical alignments in the United
States, to accept an appointment
by an organization (the League of
Nations) to which his own coun-
try, and even his own political
party, has expressed such vehe-
ment opposition. OF course, the
fact that he has been willing to
serve is taken, whether rightly or
wrongly, as an indication that this
foremost OF American statesmen
accepts at least the broad lines of
the existing League Of Nations.
Patterned After Supreme Court
"The committee hal not been
sitting q week before It was posi-
BILE to forecast that the court would
follow exactly the lines Of the su-
preme court Of the United States.
This result followed not only from
the logic of the situation, but also
from the presentation OF. the an
olOgy of Americas court by Mr..
Root. 1t is possible that the same
results wo lid have been reached
without the presence Of Mr.. Root,
but it cannot be doubted that they
were greatly expedited"
1t is q curious commentary on
the situation that only by the fail
ure of the Lodge reservations in
the last congress was 1t possible
for Mr.. Root to 90 abroad, for one
Of these reservations forbade any
American from accepting any posi-
ton under the League Of Nations
without the consent Of the senate
and made no provision for recess
appointments in the event that the
senate was not in session.
Is Practical Medium,
Perhaps the most interesting ex-
cerpt from documents discussing
the meetings now taking place in
the council Of the league and its
subcommittee Is the following:
THE League Of Nations is build
ing strongly but not at all spectac-
ularly. A wholly new method Of
international cooperation is going
to come out of 1t. 1t will not, OF
course, be either the creator OF
the millennium, as so many Of ite
friends say, nor the creator Of a
superstate. as its enemies feel
Quite on the other hand, it will be
a very practical and essential work
ing medium through which the ma
tons can meet regularly on all
matters of common interest and
draw up a program to be submit
ted to their respective states fol
approval or disapproval."
Nation win Join League.
The League of Nations, there
fore, is a going concern; flexible
enough in its organization to per
NIT modification Of its constitution
and bylaws so that America car
enter it without fear of being out.
voted or compelled to 60 to war al
the behest Of other nations, And
when the political campaign Is
over, whether Mr.. Harding or Mr..
Cox is elected, there are going to b.
notifications to reassure the Ameri
can public American membership IL
the league looks more likely TO-DAY
with the prominent part Mr.. Root
is playing in its deliberations thar
at any time since the controversy
between President Wilson and hii
opponents began to becloud thu
issue.