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The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
SEIZE PASTOR,
GAG, THROW HIM
INTO A DITCH
Oklahoma Pastor Whose Actions
Caused Disagreement in
Flock Is Attacked
KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS
Pastor Is Rescued After Lying
In Mud-hole for Three and
A Half Hours
KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS

Lawton, Okla, May Rev. Thomas
irwin, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, who was found lying in mud.
filled ditch 12 miles east of here early
Sunday morning bound and gagged
and in a semtconscious condition to-
day appeared none the worse for his
experience.
Rev. Irwin whose removal is sought
by portion of his flock because he
married a couple in a public bathing
pool, exhibited motion pictures in his
church and preached the funeral SER
mon over Jake L. Hamon more than
a year ago is to be tried by his Pres
bytery on charges unbecoming a min
lister on May g.
Recently he announced that certain
persons were trying to intimidate him
and force him to leave town.
According to his story of the Satur-
day night incident he was on his way
to the home of member OF his con.
gregation when three men stopped
him and knocked him unconscious.
When he awoke he was in a moving
automobile, tied hand and foot, gag
in his mouth and one of the men sit,
ting on him. Soon afterward he was
thrown from the car into a ditch and
although he succeeded in removing the
gag sufficiently to hail passing motor
lists none would stop to render him aid
when they recognized him.
He lay In the mud hole approximate
ly three and a half hours before five
persons in an automobile rescued him.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
FEDERATION OF
LABOR TO HOLD
MEETINGS HERE
State Convention Will Open in
Bismarck on. Next
Sunday

The eleventh annual convention of
the North Dakota State Federation Of
Labor opens Sunday morning, May Z,
at 10 q. m. and closes Tuesday, May
8. The federations headquarters will
be in the Mckenzie hotel and the
meetings will be held in Patterson's &
hall.
The convention will be opened with
prayer by Rev. Postlethwaite, of the
Presbyterian church, to be followed
by an address Of welcome by Mayor
Lenhart Governor Nestos will follow
on behalf of the state.
The convention then viii get down
to business until 5 p. m. when drive
will be taken to Fort Lincoln, the
penitentiary and the bridge.
At 8 p. m. there will be a mass meet
ing in the Auditorium. Among the
speakers will be Paul G.. Smith, Of
Kansas City, representing the Am
erican Federation of Labor; Stephen
Ely, president of the Montana FEEDER
alton of Labor; and E. G. Hall, presi-
dent of the Minnesota federation.
B. F.. Baker, league candidate Tor
Governor, will speak on Monday after
noon, May 8. Monday evening a ban
quet will be held, to which the public
is invited. This will be followed by a
dance. a
The convention meetings will be
open to the public, It is announced.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01

6y NeA Service.
indianapolis, Ind, May when
Senator Harry S. New of Indiana first
launched his campaign for the Repub.
llcan nomination to succeed hims elf in
the upper house of the national legis-
lature he counted on waging his fight,
to considerable extent, through
speeches broadcast by radio telephone.
His friends did not deem an organ
Ration of women voters desirable in
support of his candidacy.
They have changed their minds. Or
rather ex-senator Albert ]. Beveridge,
who seeks to go back to Washington
in Senator News place, changed their
minds for them.
Sought Women First.
tBeveridge went, first and foremost.
after women's votes. He spoke and
lectured throughout Indiana, and for
the most part in churches. Frank
ly he sought to enlist women especial
ly in his cause.
After about month of this, Sena-
tor News friends acknowledged that
their candidates women supporters
must be brought more actively into
the contest.
The result is that much of the most
effective campaigning, as between
New and Beveridge, is being done by
women, and there are more women
speakers in the field than men.
Keeps W Radio.
New has not given up his fight by
radio. Several Of the halls where he
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
START WORK ON
FINAL JOB OF
RIVER BRIDGE
Company WI Begin Laying
Concrete for Roadway
Within , Short Time
ONLY All PR0ACH LEFT

Work of laying the concrete foun-
dation Of the roadway on the Mis-
souri, river bridfe probably will begin
within week tr so. The Foundation
Company, which is to do the work, has
had its big derrick moed to a point
where the conc etc can be hoisted to
the bridge; trak for the temporary
railroad to be run across the bridge
has been place on the bridge; the
painters are caring the finish OF
their work; thh steel sheets which
furnish the base of the work are being
placed on the bridge.
1t is estimat4d that the work of
completing the Roadway on the bridge
can be completed in from four 70
eight weeks. In addition to the road
way there is sohe work to be done in
extending the Trick sidewalk on the
bridge. Bricks are being shipped from
Hebron for this work.
With the completion of this actual
work on the bridge in definite pros
pect the only problem remaining is
the approach or the west side. It is
felt by many citizens of Mandan, Bis
marck and by home officials that
this matter will be settled amicably
and satisfactorily within the near fu-
ture. L.
The joint committees of the Man
dan and Bismarck Commercial clubs
named to supervise a celebration of
the completion of the bridge met Sat
urday afternoon, blt no definite ac-
ton was taken Governor Nestos, hon.
orary chairman, presided. J. H. New
ton, of Mandan, is chairman and G..
N. Keniston, of Bismarck, is secre-
tary. Prof. Arvo]d, of Fargo, was
present. He tailed of pageantry in
general and said that he thought the
completion of tht bridge would mark
an opportune time to invite state
wide participation in an historical pa
geant
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
POLICIES LAID
. DOWN IN RATES
OF UTILITIES Il
Railroad Commission Makes I'm.
portant Rulings in Case of
Electric Company
MERIT SYSTEM OUTLINED
Supervision Charge of Compa'
nies Held by Large Corpor-
ati0ns is Discussed

A merit system in governing the
rate Of return upon investment OF
public utilities is outlined by the
state railroad commission in a deci-
sion handed down III the matter of
rates charged by the Northern States
Power Company, OF MSnot.
While hOlulns tnat = pr cent upon
investment is a reasonable return the
commissions tlndlng IN this case says
chat this commission has neld IN
previous decisions that the rate OF re-
turn must be governed by the c!rcum-
stances surrounding each case" II
ADDS that IN this case it Is shown that
in the past cost of operation has been
excessive but that the evidence shows
that the company has Installed ma
chinery which Will AFFECT great econ
omies in operation. due credit is Civ
en-, it is stated, to the installation Of
mahinery which will reduce the cost
of operation.
Other important general policies in
utility rate practice are outlined in
the decision. The commission holds
that a supervision charge made by the
main office OF a utility corporation
which has branch plants must be
based upon the service performed and
not an arbitrary charge. This point
has arisen in several North Dakota
rate cases regarding telephone, cleo
trio and other plants that are owned
by corporations which may operate
utilities In several states.
The Northern States Power Com
pany maintains general Offices in Min
neapolis and is branch Of a Chicago
company. Various charges are made
n the operation of the Minot utility
for the Minneapolis Office and for the
Byllesby Engineering and Management
Corporation, Of Chicago, for engineer
ing, supervision, and other services
The charges included 71-2 per cent
Continued on Page 81
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
CHINESE FORCES
DO BATTLE FOR
. CITY OF PEKlNG
General Wu's Forces Reported
Fighting IL Miles Southwest
Of City and Winning
PROTEST IS MADE

Peking, May 1.-(By the Associated
Press. 1.-The battle for the possession
of Peking was still continuing today
with the advantage apparently going to
General WI Pei Flu, driving towards
the capitol from the south.
Advices from the center of the fight
ing IL miles southwest Of the city
were that General WI was forcing
the soldiers of General Chang Tso-Lin
from Changsintien and that the tide
of battle was rolling eastward toward
The southern wall of Peking.
Wu's army this afternoon had ar
rived at a point on the railroad near
Peking. Traffic between Peking and
the sea has been blocked.
The Portuguese minister here who Is
dean Of the diplomatic corps filed a
protest asserting this this was a vio-
lation of the 1901 protocol and that
unless the line was opened immedi-
ately the allies would be compelled to
guard the railroad
The powers represented here are
watching events closely.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01

mas spoken or is to speak are fitted
with radio telephones and the senator
hopes, in particular, to reach thou
sands of farmers by this means. New.
ertheless, the Importance of the appeal
to women is fully recognized
Two such practical politicians as
Senator Watson, Republican, and
Thomas Taggart, Democratic leader in
Indiana, say they think New will be
nominated, and Watson adds that the
Republican nomination is equivalent
to election, as he considers the Demo-
cratic party in the state greatly de-
moralized." The Democrats take a
different view. Their version is that
the New -Beveridgs rivalry has devel-
oped considerable bitterness, which
they predict will divide the Republican
party into factions, whereas they say
their own contest is friendly, though
they have five candidates for nomina.
ton in the field.
Test on May 2.
The Democratic aspirants are ex-
Governor Samuel NJ. Ralston, who, the
press in general seems to consider, is
likely to get the nomination; State
Senator B. B. Shively, a relative of
ex-Vice President Marshall; Daniel w.
Simms, DR.. Jesse Sanders and Charles
Howard
The test will come on May 2, when
the Indiana primaries will be held. 1t
will be the first test of the kind of
national interest, anticipatory of the
next election.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
PRO AND CON
. ON TARIFF BILL l |
Democrats Attack It, Ladd De.
fends the Bill

Washington, May 1.-The pending
tariff bill was attacked as 'the worst
blow over dealt the consuming public
in a statement issued yesterday by
Senator Pat Harrison, Democrat
Mississippi, and was defended by
Senator Ladd, of North Dakota.
The present tariff is the first real
attempt at really constructive tar
If that would afford any real degree
Of protection to agriculture and indus
try" Senator Ladd's statement said.
"By properly adjusting our tariff by
writing a tariff fair ito all sections OF
the country We shall increase diver
sified production in the United States
by producing more of those products
we import and reducing the quantity
Of those of which we have sur
plus" ,~
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
GAS COMPANY
| ASKS HEARING
Petitions Railroad Commission
For Present Rates

The Bismarck Gas Company has
petitioned the state railroad commits
sion for continuance of present rates
and for hearing to determine and es-
tablish permanent rates. The railroad
commission has set May IL as the
date for hearing the matter. The com
mission announcement says all inter
ested parties are invited to attend and
present evidence pertinent to the case.
The present coal strike, according
to Frank Ployhar, owner Of the gas
company, is a serious consideration.
Coal used to produce gas is obtained
in Kentucky Or West Virginia only
The coal strike, he said, has already
increased the price of the coal.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
ANTI-FUSION WING
BACK HELLSTROM

Middle of the road Democrats op-
posed to the fusion with Republicans
on national or state issues began
circulating petitions today for F. O..
Hellstrom for United States senator.
Petitions have been circulated in
Fargo. When seen today Mr.. Hellstrom
refused to comment stating that this
was the action of his friends who
backed him at jamestown in his fight
against fusion.
It is reported that several anti-fu-
sion Democrats will be placed in NOM
inatfon by petition during the next
few days.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
VIOLATOR OF
PAROLE CAUGHT

L. Il. Matthesen violated his
parole from the state penitentiary
a year ago. He jumped out Of. Il
Northern Pacific car window 4
year ago east Of Steele while be.
ing brought to the penitentlary
here by an officer because Of the
violation. No trace Of him was
found, no word received until
short time ago when prison Off.
cials we're informed he was in the
Minnesota state refOrmatory at st.
Cloud. His term in the Minnesota
ref0rmatOry will end. room, and
Warden L. l.. Stair has had the
necessary papers made out to re.
turn him to the state penitentiary
here as soon rs his term there
has expired. He was .S.nt to the
pcnitentiary from Eianl Forks
for a term Of fiye years tor grand
larceny.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01

Spring Cleaning Week opened today
in accordance with the proclamation
issued by Mayor A. P. Lenhart
During the entire week 1t is expect
ed that citizens, responding to the
shirt of the call, will make every Of
fort to nut their own premises in good
condition and if necessary to lend a
helping hand to a neighbor.
Since a year ago the first spring
Getty beautiful or cleanup week
was held in a city the idea has spread
until periods are designated IN prac-
tfcally every city in the country Tor
this purpose. There was added the
slogan "Paint Up" and now is added
the final touch, "Clean UP, Paint Up
and Keep 1t Up
various civic organizations have
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
BYERLY MAY
HEAD LOAN DEPT.

w. E. Byerly, formerly collector Of
internal revenue for North Dakota,
may become head Of the farm loan
department of the Bank of North Da-
kota, it is reported in capitol circles.
1t is known that w. B. Default. of
jamestown, manager Of the depart
ment, has desired to be relieved of his
position in order that he may look
after his own business, but he has
been prevailed upon to continue in the
work of getting the loan department
thoroughly organized. Whether Mr..
Byerly would accept the position is
uncertain,
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
DEVILS LAKE IS
CHOSEN BY ODD
FELLOWS BOARD
Proposed to Locate State Lodge
Home in That City in the
Near Future
SITE is UNSATISFACTORY
Board Holds That Satisfactory
Site Must be Provided
Before Location

Devils Lake is recommended as the
place for the location of the proposed
Odd Fellows state home by the home
board which has concluded a meeting
IN this city. ..'
| The board ann0unc I'd that the site
which had been proposed by Devils
Lake Odd Fellows is unsatisfactory
and that the selection of that city is
made conditioned upon desirable site
being obtained at reasonable cost.
If site is not found to meet these
requirements it is recommended that
Velva be substituted for the Devils
Lake location.
1t is hoped that the location and
purchase OF the site will be completed
before the June meeting of the Grand
Lodge, it was said by the board. All
members Of the board except two were
present here, nine participating in the
meeting.
Many cities had given invitations to
the board
The official announcement says:
"A special meeting of the Home
Board of tn, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows was held at Bismarck, at
which meeting the location of the pro-
posed home was considered. A num-
ber Of invitations for locations were
before the board and after due delib-
GRAFTON, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted, to-wit:
THAT Devils Lake be designated as
the location for the proposed home,
provid cd desirable site can be OBJ
tanned at reasonable cost and with
the assurance that sufficient sup
ply of good water and satisfactory
sewer connections are obtainable.
1T was further resolved that in case
the Devils Lake site offered does not
meet these requirements and the To-
cations cannot be made satisfactory,
that the location offered by the Odd
FELLOWS of Velva be substituted for
the Devils Lake location.
1t was further resolved that q sur
vey by a committee selected from the
Home Board take imm ediate steps to
ascertain as to the conditions at Dev-
lis Lake, with full power to act.
1T is hoped that the location and
purchase Of site will be completed
before the June meeting of the Grand
Lodge"
A. o. Webster, Of Grand Forks, who
Is In California, and Mrs. Minnie Bur
ton, of Grand Forks, were not present
for the meeting.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
FARMERS TRIALS
AWAIT SEEDING

Minot, May 1.-Five different
farmers on whose farms stills or
liquor were alleged to have been
found by federal prohibition ag.
ents Saturday will not be required
to appear for hearing before seed.
ing is finished. 1t was announced
today. Prohibition agents said
they found either stills or liquor
on all OF the five farms which are
in Ward county,
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
YANK CAPTAIN
IS SHOT DURING
DEMONSTRATION

Mayence, Germany, May 1 (By
the Associated ss)-During a
May Day demonstration here to.
day a captain Of the American
army was wounded by the mani.
festants.
Through a mistake in steering
the captains automobile ran into a
Nav Day procession. The machine
was stopped Immediately, but 1t
was ut once surrounded and at.
tacked by a sllriekfng, furious
crowd. The captain drew his re.
volver and when one Of the men
tried to disarm him It was dis.
charged and the officer wound.
cd in the shoulder.
French gendarmes extrlcated
the car and made several arrests.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
'tSPRlNC CLEANING WEEK" WILL PUT
BISMARCK CITIZENS IN 0VERALLS

been asked to take up the work of
making the city a more healthy and
more beautiful place in which to live
during the week. The Country Club
joined in the spirit of the week by
calling members to the club this after
noon for the work of cleaning up the
club grounds Various women's clubs
have urged the week be observed, a
call was made to the school children
by Superintendent Martin through
the principals and teachers in the va.
rious buildings and citizens generally
are expected to don overalls and go
at the work.
The streets alleys and premises
will be inspected by city officers dur
ing the week,
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
MISSISSIPPI
ON DECLINE
Breaks in Levee Cause River To
Fall Over Foot

New Orleans, May I. Continued de-
clining stages Of the Mississippi from
Memphis to the gulf caused in the low
er section of the river mainly by
three breaks in the leyees favored the
work of levee engineers and thous-
ands of workers today in preparing
for another rise expected within
few days. The water level today
showed drop of 1.3 feet.
The 1880 refugees in the camp at
Harrisonburg, La, were reported
practically without food today. There
was also reported to be serious
shortage of food i'm Issuani county
where a large area has been under
water for the last six weeks In and
around Yazoo City, Mississippi.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
PACKERS ACT
!: HELD III /. Il VALID
Supreme Govt Rules on Law
Passedlby Congress

and sstqck k1srds act pft 1921 was de-
lclared conf itnG nal 'nday by the su-
preme court.
The court In aispcssng Of cases
brought ~ Jshts Burton and others
representing Chicago traders and
Stafford brothes in behalf of the
Chicago commission merchants de-
clared that colamission merchants,
traders and deaers who buy and sell
livestock after is arrival at Chicago
stockyards are engaged in interstate
commerce.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
WATER HEARING ]
Is STARTED ! y BY
RAILROAD \ 4 II, BODY B !
Introductioa of Rvideace N the
Cases WIN Resia This
Afternoon ]. U 4.
JUR1sD1c,'Il \ IN \ IS RAISED
JUR1sD1c,'Il \ IN !, IS RAISED A|ll
Question Of Whether Appeal
Must Be Dismissed First
Argued Before Body

Introduction of evidence in the ca.
ses Involving the Bismarck Water
Supply Company wsre Aseun In t6t
railroad commission oeficSs AFTERNOON
The case was called Tor hearing at
10 O'Clock this morning. but becanst
of misunderstanding % To which o.
the three cases WOuld be taken W
first the attorneys for the petitioning
consumers were not ready to proceed
The case was recessed until this after
noon.
The question of whether or not the
railroad commission has jurisdiction
ITO decide the cases as long as the city
has an appeal from = pending order
in district court was exnected to be de-
cided and the attorney6 41r the pei
toners were to inform the commission
whether they would disnis the &C.
tiOn. Id
Hearing Is calkd.
When the case was called at 10
a. m, the three memberaOf the con-
mission. attorneys and I've citiNps
were present. H. F. O1H&re, city at
torney, stated that he and e. l..
Young appeared in all ;hree crses
consolidated in the heatfng which
were the cases Of several fiti-
zens for an order directing in
stallation Of filtration liant, prper
and adequate fire protection a4l a
good and pure supply Of waterI the
petition of the water c0Rany fos in
creased rates and the petition Of Emil
Bobb, ct AL, for the installation of
water main.
ger, of Zuzer and Tillot,On o. Bs-
marck, and Geo. W. Morgan, Of Davs,
Severins and Morgan, q st. Paul.
(Mr. Morgan addressed the comnls-
sion saying that some question hid
been raised to the jurisd ction of ahe
commission, Mr.. StutSmal having sg-
gested it, in the case Of the consul-
ers because of the pending IN distict
court of case against ths water coz
pany. Mr.. Morgan sail that If hll
questions were involved "a ths presnt
bearing the appeal ought 70 be ds-
missed. i,
Mr. O'EIare said that the city "a
not feel that4ths case ought to be A.
missed. althOAgh Ae I'D that he slt
that the ccSmmloe "a had full pOwehto
act. and sthXf ~ III, a1llfkx ~ I've 1ne
case decided O tt merits before lhe
commission. n Mid rs didn't think
anything couM bt lost Or gained lby
dismiss.ng the appeal, although ihe
didn't expect any pse would be made
~ ~ ...Ns Observation-Disclosures,
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
McHARG MAKES
BITTER ATTACK
ON McCUMBER

Following the announcement Satur.
day that Ormsby McHarg, of James
town, would be a candidate for United
States Senator, being drafted" by his
friends, McHarg has given out long
interview containing his views on
many subjects
The interview is devoted chiefly to
an attack upon Senator McCumbe..
whom first took McHarg to Washing
ton as his private secretary.
The interview contains an attack
upon Federal Judge Miller.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
NO SECRETS IN
RUSSIAN TREATY
Foreign Minister Assertst Russ
Not Hostile 10 French

Genoa, May (By the A. P.)-For-
eign Minister Tchitcherin, head OF the
Russian delegation at the economic
conference, has written a letter to
Vice-Premier Barthou Of France as
surfing him that there are no secret
military clauses in the Russo-Ger-
man treaty signed Easter Sunday at
Rappallo. He says that Russia is not
hostile toward France in spite Of
Frances unfriendly attitude toward
Russia.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
NEW PROCESS
ON FERTILIZER

Washington, May IA secret pro-
odss bor making cheaper fertilizer
has been discovered and has been in
tended for commercial use at the gov
ernment,s nitrate plant at Muscle
Shoals, Alabama, w. B. Mayo, chief
engineer for Henry Ford, told the ag-
ricultural committee when it began
examination today of the Ford modi-
fled proposal for purchase and lease
Of the Muscle Shoals property.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
NEW BUILDINGS
ARE GOING UP
P. C.. Remington to Build Two
Store Buildings

Two new bridge store buildings
will be built on East Broadway by P.
C. Remington.
Old buildings on the property, just
east of the Annex hotel, are being
cleared away. It is hoped by Mr..
Remington to have the buildings COM
pleted within a very short time.
: Both buildings will be Of brick, and
will be one story in height. They will
be 25 feet wide. One of the storerOoms
will be occupied by Dohn Brothers
meat market.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
LACKEY, BROWN
ARE INDORSED

Carson, N. D., May 1.-Claude Lac
key, of Leith, representative in the
last house of representatives and L..
l.. Brown, of Shields, were indorsed
for the legislature by Grant county
Independents. The senator from the
district holds over.