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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-17
S0LONS HAVE POWER TO MAKE SPECIAL
SESSION MOST CONSTRUCTIVE IN ND.
HISTORY, .S0RLIE SAYS in RADIO TALK
Expresses Hope That Legisla-
tors Will Forget Political
Alignments and Work Out
Problems For Best Interests
of State in Talk Prepared
For Grand Forks Radio Sta
tiOn

II believe that if the legislature
will work out the problems that
have been placed before it, this spe-
/ cial session will 60 down in history
as the most constructive assembly
ever held N North Dakota" said
Governor A. G. Sorlie in = prepared
address which was read over radio
! station KFJM at Grand Forks last
night as a part If the program ar
, ranged by the State Federation of
Women's clubs. Governor Sorlie
had planned tc give his talk in per-
son but was unable to go to Grand
Forks for the occasion because Of
the press of business here.
Scheduled to speak on 1.-The North
Dakota Legislature in Action" the
governor told Of the recommenda-
tions which he had made to the spe-
cial session, dwelling especially on
the need Of better marketing facili-
ties for North Dakota products.
"As individuals the members Of
our legislature are all good, honest,
well-intentioned men and women,
and believe that if they were left
to themselves to work out North Da-
!, kota's problems there would be no
question about results" the COVER
nor said.
Political Alignments Interfere
"Qutie often it happens that po-
litical alignments interfere with our
legislators being themselves" he
continued. "For this special session
] hope our legislators will forget po-
litical alignments and politics in
general, and work Ou+ the various
problems Of our state as they would
work out their own personal prob
lens, and / believe that this is what
our legislature is going to do.
"There is not one word of politics
in my message to the legislature.
1t is, believe, constructive mes
sage, aimed at developing the re-
sources of our state, and improving
our methods of marketing North
Dakota's products. Ours is . very
young state and until quite recently
our marketing, along with our af-
fairs in general, has been in the
hands of people outside the state,
consequently our marketing has not
Ueeu OSVclOpeu 1OT Inc OeSL JutSISSt0
Of the people Of North Dakota.
Marketing Facilities Needed
1--WE need facilities in North Da-
kota for marketing our products for
their superior quality, and for put
ting them on the market in m
orderly and sensible way, so that
consumers and millers who want oul
| products can get them. We must
ourselves create , deman. for oul
| products. That cannot be done BY
anyone outside our sts .e.
"North Dakota products are su-
perior products. All that We need
! for them is good salesmanship and
proper marketing facilities, 90 that
We can tell the consuming world
that we have the things they want
and that No are in . position to eive
them what they want.
"Since grain, and particularly
hard spring wheat, Is ov; principel
commodity, wo should start With
thnt. Following thA grain we have
our bacon and ham, turkeys; pota-
toes, honey, and :nany other sEpsr.
ior products, and Cur natural ~
(Continued On paGD tsol
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-17
3RD ATTEMPT
T0SET RECORD
IN AIR FAILS
Chamberlin Brings Plane
Down When 700 Pounds Of
Ice Forms in 20 Minutes

New York, Jan. 17.-R-Ice-
encrusted wings, which frustrated .
third attempt by Clarence D. CHAM
berlin to establish . flight duration
record, are regarded by him % an
explanation for the disappearance Of
many airplanes in Transatlantic
flight attempts.
Chamberlin, forced out Of the mir
three and one-half hours after he
and Z companion, Roger 9. Will
lians, started another attempt 1T
the duration record, yesterday
brought his plane to the ground
burdened with 700 rounds of ice.
which formed il 20 minutes.
"What would have happened In
another 20 minutes moro I don't
know" he said. "Our experience un-
doubtedly accounts for . good many
Of tho people who disappeared in
transatlantic flights last year."
To Start Lecture Tour
Plans for another attempt at the
duration record will depend upon Ar-
rangements he can make with re-
gard to = two-month lecture tour on
which Chamberlin Is scheduled to
start tomorrow. Williams il willing
to make another attempt any time
Chamberlin IL ready.
Tie flight yesterday was Cham
ber1in's third after ,pt to recapture
the duration record. The first ended
ii four hours when = broken fuel
pump forced him down last Wednes-
day afternoon.
The next day they went up again,
surpassed the American record BY
20 minutes and came within 80 min
utest, of the worlds record Of Sc
teuyp 12 minutes and 81 seconds,
Aeta&aiShod in Germany.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-17

Washington, Jan. 1E-tN-The
senate set out today to write finis
to the case Of Senator-elect Frank
L. Smith Of Illinois, who, after be-
ing denied the oath Of office, re-
fused to submit himself to the iur-
isdiction Of the slush fund commit
tee or to avail himself Of the oppor-
tunity to be heard on the senate
floor.
From the Reed committee it re-
ceived report recommending that
Smiths seat be declared vacant be-
cause during his primary campaieu
he accepted more than $2O0, 600
from officials Of public utilities
corporations Of Illinois which were
under the jurisdiction Of the Illi-
n0is commerce commission, Of which
Smith then was chairman
CONFEDERATION .Of the resolution
was begun almost Immediately with
senate leaders hopeful that . final
vote could be held before the end
Of the day. It's adoption was re-
garded as q foregone conclusion.
After setting forth that contri-
buttons to Smiths primary contest
totaled 3458, 1872, and that Of this
sum $2O3 900 was donr ted by Off
cials of public utility organiza-
tions, the resolution said:
Contrary to Sound Policy
Resolved that the acceptance
and expenditure Of the various
sums aforesaid in behalf Of the can
didacy Of the said Frank L. Smith
is contrary to sound public policy,
harmful to the dignity and honor
of the senate, dangerous to the
perpetuity Of free government and
taints with fraud and corruption the
credentials for 3 seat in the senate
presented by the said Frank L.
Smith; and be it further
Resolved, that the said Frank L.
Smith is not entitled to take the
oath of office and 10 not entitled
to membership in the senate Of the
United States, and that . vacancy
exists in the representation Of the
state Of Illinois IN the United States
senate"
The Senate's Purpose
BY declaring the seat vacant, It
was the purpose Of the senate to
serve notice upon the authorities Of
Illinois that the senate regarded the
election Of Smith as vitiated and
Continued on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-17
Weather Report
LEATHER FORECAST

y ee~o sOs~SsS9 -
WEATHER FORECAST
For Bismarck and vicinity:
Fair tonight and Wednesday. Not
much change in temperature.
For North Dakota: Fair tonight
and Wednesday. Not much change
in temperature.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
High pressure, accompanied by
cold weather, prevails over the
Rocky Mountain and western Plat;
eau States. The temperature was
below zero in parts sof southern
Montana this morning. The pres-
sure = low from northern, Alberta
southeaStward to tho st. Lawrence
Valley and moderate temperatures
prevail - the Canadian Provinces
and from the Plains States east
ward. Likhk pxecipitation occurred
q the Great Lakes region, southern
Plains Stetes and middle Rocky
Mountain region Whilo 4oir Weather
prevails over tho N0rthWest.
ORRIS w ROBERTS, I
OfficiAl II chrge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-17
SENATE PLANS
TO WRITE FINS
TO SMITH CASE
Reed Committee Recounplends
That Illinois Solon's Seat Be
Declared Vacant
SMITH WILL STAND PAT
Refuses to Resign-Friends
Contend Senate Cannot Set
Aside Election
SMITH WILL STAND PAT

Washington, Jan. l7-(R-
The senate today received the
report Of the Reed .committee
recommending that The seat Of
Frank L. Smith Of Illinois be
declared vacant, bat decided to
postpone the vote on il until
tomorrow.
Chairman Shortridgc, of the
elections committee, and Sena.
tor Borah, Republican, Idaho.
wanted additional time in
which to study the transcript
Of the proceedings before the
special slush fund committee
10 days ago when Smith de.
clined to submit himself furth.
er 10 the jurisdiction Of the
senate.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-17

Fair tOntg6t and W0dno1ooy1
Not much change II temp.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15

increased civilian mortality of 6,016,-
600.
The statisticians estimate the dimi-
mutton of births as a result of the
war amounting to 20,850, ,000-a total
cost to humanity of 100000 lives.
And for what? After ten years the
world still totters over the war preci-
pice, and has made no appreciable
progress toward maintaining interna-
tional peace. Every nation in the
world except the Netherlands and
Germany is bending every energy to
increase air fleets, armies, navies, and
defenses against threatened aggres-
sion.
The world has not been made safe
for democracy, and the right of self
determination has become a pitiful
joke, while politicians quibble and
quarrel over means and methods that
mean nothing.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15
Fiue-Day Week Begins in
NeU York Garment Shops

said Schlesinger. "We know that the
union spirit is as alive as it ever was,
and that appeals to reason would in
the end be more effective. SO we will
hold what might be called series of
revival meetings. Then as each of the
small, or for that matter large, nom
unionshops is checked up we will stop
them. 1t will be a sort of guerilla
war"
Joseph P. Ryan, president of the
Central Trades and Labor Council
said that the gaining of the five-day
week by the cloak trade was most
important victory for the labor move
ment az whole.
THE American Federation of La
bor," he said, SIS for the five-day
week when industry is ready for it;
this particular industry is. 1t comes
without crowding or hurting anybody
and helps the entire movement along.
1t is really a big victory"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15
Decision Of Supreme Court
Denies State Right to Fix
Fees Of Employment Agency

Washington, D C. Q. L. N. SIT
is beyond the power of the states to
fix prices which an employment ag-
ency may charge for it's services, ac-
cording to the United States Supreme
Court, which holds that the power to
require license for and to regulate
is distinct from the power to set
prices. Labor executives say that the
decision gives employment agencies a
free hand to charge excessive fees.
The position of the Supreme Court
was set forth in an opinion by JUS
tice Sutherland. The decision was
given in the case of Rupert Ribnik
VS.. Andrew F. Mcbride, Commissioner
of Labor for the state of New Jersey
and reversed judgment of the New
Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Justice Stone, in dissenting opin-
ion concurred in by Justice Holmes
merous cases it has been held that the
police power of the states was broad
enough to warrant an interference
with free bargaining in cases where,
despite the competition that ordinari-
ly attends free bargaining, serious
evils persisted.
Similar evils are now observed in
the conduct of employment agencies" :"
stated Justice Stone. 81 see no rea-
son why a state may not resort to
the same remedy. There may be rea-
sonable differences of opinion as to
the wisdom of the solution here at
tempted. These | would be the first
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15
ONE-MAN POWER
OF Today Equal to It's Ante
Bellum Slaves

Chicago-President Walter d. Scott
of Northwestern university estimates
that the present mechanical power in
the United States is the equivalent per
capita of the power of IT'S ante bellum
slaves.
The figures were presented as an
"abstruse calculation" to the Associa-
ton of Commerce
''The American who today possesses
the equivalent of It's slave power
probably will possess double that in a
few years." said DR.. Scott. "He is
alsoconstantly improving the method,
the conditions, the implements for
availing himself of this power. Distri-
button of power in America is pro-
ducing striking economic changes in
the people, for the possession of power
and the accumulation of wealth go
hand in hand"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15
COUNTING THE COST
By FRANKLIN E. WOLFE

From time to time someone at
tempts to give figures on the cost of
war. The cost of war is incalculable.
1t is immeasurable in its sentimental
side, and no one can actually arrive at
the cost in material and money.
1t is not possible to reckon the cost
of lives, but some approximate figures
may be arrived at by taking the Of
fetal reports of the nations involved.
Now comes the League of Nations
in an official compilation just pub
lished showing that the World War
cost 10,135,000 human lives. The fig
ure given indicates soldiers and others
engaged in the actual business of kill
ing and destroying. Appalling as this
seems, it is but fraction Directly
attributable to the war there was an
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15

involves step from the judicial to
the legislative field"
License Application Rejected
Mr.. Ribnik, in accordance with the
requirement of the New Jersey stat
utes, applied to the Commissioner of
Labor of New Jersey for license to
conduct an employment agency. Ac-
companying the application was a
schedule of fees proposed to be charg-
ed for the services of the agency. The
Commissioner rejected the application
on the ground that the fees in respect
of certain positions were excessive
and unreasonable.
The Supreme Court, in it's opinion,
said that the states power to regu-
late prices exists only in the event
the business is affected with public
interest" and devoted to the public
use"
job Agency Held Private Business
l. ne court nelQ LndC all employ
ment agency is essentially a private
business" and "the fixing of prices for
food or clothing, of house rental or
of wages to be paid, whether maxi
mum or minimum, is beyond the leg
islative power"
In the argument of the case it was
of states have statutes like the one
involved. The opinion, in mentioning
this contention, declared that their
existence, which has never been up
held by the court, should not be en-
titled to persuasive force.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15
Mooney Innocent, Writer
Swears Just Before Death;
Pardon Drive Is Launched

meeting at San Francisco, to obtain
executive clemency for Mooney and
his associates from Governor Richard
son of California. A second news item
recited the name of President John
Fitzpatrick
Al Sphinx sent for the man who bore
the name of that remarkable referee
of the Sullivan Kilrain battle.
To ''Fitz" he told his story. Boiling
with intolerance at the injustice he
felt had been done Mooney, familiar
with every angle of the case as "Fitz"
was,he had had enough experience
with human nature to realize that All
Spink's promises to his wife, not to
reveal the incidents of 1916, until her
death, had been a sacred obligation on
the aged sports writer, although his
conscience was sore from his long 81
lence.
Details Checked and New Fight for
Pardon IS Launched
The affidavit prepared, signed and
witnessed, the long task of checking
up all details was begun. The check
ing was finally finished, and President
Fitzpatrick made ready to use it.
1t was then, when fate seemed most
kind that she intervened again, and
Al Spink's obituary notices appeared
in the Chicago papers.
At the meeting of the Federation
June 3 the executive committee was
empowered to act to bring the new
facts in the Mooney case to the atten-
ton of the California press, the state
officials and the labor public.
AT this writing that is being done
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15
COMPERS' MEMORY
REVERED BY LABOR

Yonkers, N. "a delegation of
trade unionists, headed by William
Collins, A. F. of l.. representative,
and officers of the Westchester Coun-
ty Federation of Labor, revered the
memory of Samuel Gompers on Deco
ration Day.
The unionists placed flowers on the
grave in Sleepy Hollow cemetery
Mr.. Collins recalled the work and
ideals Of one whose life was devoted
to humanity. President McGeory and
Secretary Pearce called attention to
the progress trade unionists have
made by their refusal to abandon Sam
uel Gompers' philosophy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15
Whole Organized Industry
On New Basis AT Old Paw
Complete UnOnzatiOn of Rat Trap Shops Now Is Goal
Benjamin Schlesnger, Former President, Returns
to Handle Metropolitan Situation
By International Labor News Servic

By international Labor News Service.
New York City-The New York
cloak, suit and skirt industry now has
the five-day week-with no reduction
in pay. The forty hour week has just
gone into effect under an agreement
the International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union made in 1926 with
employers associations controlling
shops with 10000 employees.
The remaining $4,000 workers in
the industry are employed in "rat
trap" shops which have been the bane
of the union and the legitimate manu-,
facturer alike. The union is going
after these shops with a campaign in
which the non-union places will be
checked up one by one. At the same
time a number of big revival meet
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15
who are resisting wage cuts.

who are resisting wage cuts.
More than $4,000 men and women
are involved in the New Bedford
strike. Every citizen acquainted with
the profits of textile magnates agrees
that the wage cut is not justified and
the strikers are given every aid The
strike has paralyzed New Bedford and
the union is extending its relief call
while textile workers outside its ranks
are enlisting in the regular union.
Trade unionists in this state have
established relief headquarters at the
office of the State Federation of La
Dor.
Little publicity has been given this
strike, which is one of the most ex-
tensive in the textile industry, but the
United Textile Workers have arranged
to impress its Importance upon every
trade unionist and sympathizer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15

lngs" will be held to appeal to the gar
ment workers of the city to forget old
-factienal quarrels and get behind the
union in its efforts to stabilize the in
dustry.
Benjamin Schlesinger, former presi-
dent of the international, who has re-
turned to the union as executive vice
president in charge of the New York
situation, announced that there would
be no general strike, as has been GUS
tomary in the past, to bring the nom
union shops into line. With the sea-
son just ending such a move would
only injure the union houses, it was
decided.
1--WE would injure only our friends
by any general organized stoppage,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15
LOCAL LABEL
BRANCHES TO HAVE
VOICE IN UNIONS

Washington.-Th A. f. of L. ex-
ecutive council has ruled that local
branches of the Women's Union Label
League may be represented in State
Federations of Labor and city central
bodies by fraternal delegates without
vote. This request was made to the
council at its last meeting by John j.
Manning, secretary of the A. F. of
l.. union label trades department.
In a letter to state and city affil-
iates William Green, president A. F.
of L., says:
"When representatives of the local
label league seeks representation in
state bodies and city central labor
unions, these bodies should be gov
erned by the action of the executive
council as above noted"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15
MILL STRIKE
In East is Caused by Wage
Cut

Fall River, Mass Members of a
labor organization dual to the United
Textile Workers, who have since join
ed the legitimate trade union, pleaded
with local textile workers to follow
their example.
w. E. G. Batty of New Bedford told
large mass meeting of these work
ers that affiliation with the United
Textile Workers has given new lease
of life to the New Bedford strikers,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15
BOULDER DAM PROJECT
UP FOR VOTE NEXT FALL

Washington.-Th Boulder Dam
project will have a favored position
as unfinished businesses" on the SEN
ate calendar when congress convenes
next December. The house has passed
the bill Postponement was the best
senate opponents Of the measure
could do at the just-adjourned session
of congress.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-15
BY A. LINCOLN MAHONY
International Labor News Service

International Labor News Service
Chicago, Ill.-From the battle long
years ago between John l.. Sullivan
and Jake Kilrain in the marshes of
Louisiana to renewed efforts to re-
lease Tom Mooney and his associates,
serving life sentences in San Quen
tin for the bombing of the prepared
ness parade in San Francisco in 1916,
seems long way
Yet the events are curiously inter
related and according to President
John Fitzpatrick, of the Chicago Fed
Grafton Of Labor, titular head of $780,
900 members of organized labor in this
city, may result in forcing the release
and unconditional pardon of Mooney
and his associates.
At that famous fight between Sulli-
van and Kilrain, Mayor John Fitz-
patrick of New Orleans officiated. At
the ringside was Alfred H. Sphinx,
noted sports writer, then young man.
Referee Fitzpatrick, no relation to
Chicago labor's 'Fitz," made a deep
impression on that newspaper mans
mind, and in 1927, when Sphinx was
old, i'll and widower of few days,
he read about President John Fitz-
patrick, in connection with labor
item in the Chicago Daily News, and
4. III
Sport Writer'S Story Opens in Ameri-
cas- Pre-War Days
1t was an unusual story he told
"Fitz" 1t opened in the early days
of the World war, when Sphinx, then
employed on a San Francisco paper,
married to St. Louis girl of German
ancestry and parentage, found his
wife getting very intimate with a
Mrs. Mertz," the wife of the former
German high consul in the South Pa
cifc. Other Germans came into the
picture. Sphinx consented to his wife's
request to permit them to use his
private residential telephone.
Mrs. Mertz and Mrs. Sphinx became
firm friends. Their joint sympathies
were with Germany, with her back
against the wall, with every hand
against her, except that of the United
States.
Sphinx, in an affidavit, which he lat
4 L l>ufn 10.
ney Frank Walsh and Secretary Ed
ward Nockels, of the Chicago Fedora
ton of Labor, tells how he began to
realize that his German neighbors
were involved in various acts of sabot-
age in this country, and in more dread
full deeds in Canada (notably the blow
ing up of the Victoria bridge).
Sphinx Warned to Avoid Preparedness
Day Parade
Then came the preparedness pa
rade and Sphinx, through his wife, was
warned to stay at home.
Eleven people were killed that day
in the parade. Things began to hap
pen. Investigations among them which
came close to the Mertz family. Mrs.
Sphinx pleaded with her husband to
keep silent because her friends, the
Merits, were to flee the country on
the Deutschland, the German super
submarine which was bobbing up, here
and there, along the Atlantic coast.
The Mertz family returned to Ger
many, the friendship of the two fami-
lies continued and Sphinx kept silent
because Of his pledge to his wife.
In the winter of 1927 Mrs. Sphinx
died. To AL Sphinx, sick at his home
in Oak Park, suburb of Chicago,
two newspaper items held his atten-
tion One told of the futile efforts of
the American Federation of Labor