The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1917, Page 8

nents BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE The Outbursts of Everett True BMY ATONE REPORTS FADING TO COMMISSION Police Magistrate Apparently Un. aware of Traffic Provision in Finding Violator M’CURDY’S STATEMENT READ LAST EVENING Opdyke Resigns as City Treasur- er, Commission Appointing A. J. Arnot to Fill Term The investigation ordered by the! city commissioners, involving the exer- cise of power of the police magistrate as to the abatement of fines and in particular to the one dollar fine im posed on a violator of the traffic or- dinance recently when the minimum provides for five dollars, failed to dis- close any embarrassments or irregu- larities of a serious nature in the find- ings of City Attorney McCurdy sub- mitted to the commission last night. “¥- have taken up the matter with the police magistrate,” stated the city attorney’s report,;’‘and he apparently was unaware with the provision in the ordinance and gave as further reasons forthe abatement of the fine that the boy was poor and had practically no funds and that he thought this lesson would be as valuable to him as a heavier fine would be on a person of mature years and with a longer bank roll.” The report of Judge Dolan of tho police court to the commission, sub- mitted last night and accepted, show- ed fines and’ fees collected to Jan. 1, 1916 , amounting to $215 and fines collected to January 1, 1917, amounting to $277, or a total of $492. Opdyke Resigns Position ‘L. E. Opdyke tendered his resigna- tion as city treasurer, asking that his resignation become effective today, which was accepted by the commission Arthur J. Arnot, assistant cashier of the First National bank and present at the meeting, was unanimously nam- ed to fill the unexpired term. The reason given by Mr. Opdyke for re- signing was that personal business affairs required all of his time. The report of J. D. Wakeman, the city weighmaster, was read for the month of December and accepted. A total of 2,971 loads were weighed, net- ting the city an earned fee of $297.10 for the month. Frank. E: Ployhar, secretary-trea- suter of the Bismarck Gas company, in ‘compliance: with the provisions of his franchise with the city of Bismarck reported that the total gas sales for the year 11916 amounted to 288,300 cuble feet, Further action on the petition of the Red Trail Ferry company for a ferry to be: operated and a lease on this ‘side ‘of the Missouri river, was deferred untt) a future date. Alley Removal Hearing Set ‘An important hearing—that on the petition filed by Attorney F. H. O'Hare ‘in behalf of L. A. Carufel and others asking to have the whole of the alley vacated in block 23 in Riverside for the reason that the block is only a part of a block and that there is no need for an alley—was set for Monday evening at 8 o'clock, February 12 in the city council chambers. The petitioners, in the preliminary resolu- tion: introduced last night agreed to deed to the city of Bismarck a strip of land 12 feet wide, running farther north than the present alley to take the place of the one hereby petitioned to be closed.” On roll call three ayes responded, being Commissioners Best, Bertsch and President Lucas. Sidewalk Problem Aired R. L. Best, city. commissioner of streets, declared that the problem of clearing the walks was a serious one and asked the concensus of opinion of the commission as to what steps ought to be taken. He outlined the work accomplished by the scraper which was put to work after the heavy snowfall during the week of Christ- mas and how the streets were open- ‘ed that deliveries of coal and provi- sions could be made, but that the matter of cleoning the walks needed the attention ofthe city commission- ers at this time. One suggestion was made that the city direct the work in cleaning the walks and assess the property own- ——————S _ By Condo ER—) Kner eT UNDE: POKER OKE STOP RIGHT THERE | —— DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE THAT YOU CAN TEMIPT ME! Pen ers the amount of time and labor, +{which would run about 85 cents a month for a space of 50 feet. It was pointed out that many residents of the city are traveling men and that while out of the city they are unable to care for the walks and would willingly con- sent to have the assessment made. TAXATION MEASURES SOON TO BE DROPPED INTO SENATE HOPPER The senate committee on taxes and taxation has under consideration in sub-committee a number of proposed amendments to present tax statutes, Prepared and advocated by H. H. Steele of the tax commission. The amendments are being care- fully compared with’ the sections which they are to replace, and the committee expects to make a thorough study of the entire taxation situa- tion before it reports out any of these bills. Early action, therefore, is highly improbable. HAD GOOD FEED. Senator Thomas Pendray, upon re- turning to his home near Jamestown, to spend Sunday, found that a Duluth cousin had consigned him a big ship- ment of real Lake Superior trout, and the worthy senator fed until he can- not look a Finn in the face. CAR BOBS HERE ..Car Stoughton Mainite Bobs for dis- tribution from Bismarck dealers only. Write or wire Geo. B. Farrell, Bis- marck, or phone 388 Cayou Transfer Company.—Adv. — SHIRTS CUSTOM-MADE ‘We take measures for one of the best shirt houses in the country. Big selection, made to. fit. $2.00 and up. .. KLEIN, TAILOR and CLEANER .. BILLIE BURKE, in “Gloria’s Romance” Hobart Henley, in “Somewhere on the Battlefield” Nestor Comedy---Victor Comedy---Six-Reel Show “The Fugit: G7 WITNESSES IDENTIFY’). 6. 8, IN MYSTERY CASE Recess Taken Late Saturday Un- til Wednesday Morning, Com- pleting Eighth’ Day of Trial (Special to The Tribune) Dickinson, N. D., Jan. 9.—With the! taking of a recess late Saturday un-} til the eigth day of the J. C. R. trial came to a close here. The recess was taken in order to enable Judge W._L. Neussle of Bismarck to attend to legal matters at Steele, To date the prosecution has exa-m ined 67 witnesses who identified the man of mystery as Jay Allen Cald- well, their old friend and neighbor the long lost son of James H. Cald- well, the rancher and farmer near Taylor. The defense has put on a strong line of testimony to show that the paralyetic, alleged to be Jay Allen Caldwell, is the’ same man who was picked up at. Waseca, Minn., on June 29, 1907 and cared for at the expense of the county, being committed to the insane hospital at Rochester. The Jay Allen Caldwell of Stark county did *not* disappear until the fall of 1907 or some months after the strange man answering in a measure the appearance of the claimant now in court at Dickinson, was found at Waseca, Minn. ‘ MEMBER OF HEALTH BOARD. Dr, A. M. Call of Rugby, a member of the state board of health, is.a cap- ital visitor. ‘ WHY DID GRACE ROBERTS GO WRONG? BECAUSE SHE CHOSE To, DECLARES WINONA WILCOX By WINONA WILCOX “Grace Roberts, “the perfect ar- tists, model, murdered; 12° prominent caas Philadelphia men fear disgrace.” "25s. 0c, ond $1.00. About one-fourth of the population of the United States, reading head- lines like above, is again reminded that the wages of sin is death, and is Bow. waiting to learn WHOSE sin is going to find him out this time. There are scores of sermons, texts, and ‘platitudes latent in this latest sensation. But that any girl vill be kept to the path of virtue -by them, or that detecting and punishing the murderer will make over any other man’s character is doubtful. Gayety may lagin Philadelphia until police activities quiet down, prob ably this will be the only visible re- form. - Although this may seem a hard way to discuss such truths about human nature. ‘such, discussion is no longer condemned as “cynical.” “Facing. facts” is’ newest of cults and it really indicates that so¢iety is beginning to be in a very whole- some mental and emotional condition. Grace Roberts herself, beautiful and Grace Roberts, the beautiful model who was murdered, and a pen and ink i was born in a small eity. - She went to Philadelphia, beesing “sinwaieuriee and pectlee ors Ca ohare was called “Queen of the Manicurists.”” She seldom walked hoi automobiles. She became a photographer’s model, then was m on account of her beauty me—wealthy men called for her in urdered. supported’ in luxury, probably “cared little enough about any woman's sympathy while she lived—she cer tainly never woried about the person- al happiness of the wives and sweet: hearts of ‘her scores. of admirers— and probably she receives Httle sym- pathy that she is now dead.. CER- TAINLY THE RICH MEN WHO ARE NOW “QUAKING” ARE CANDI DATES FOR ANYBODY’S COMMI- SERATION: sist? ! That the public is not especially shocked and is not wasting any silly sentiment on thé principles in the 4 Florence LaBadie, Tomorrow BI tragedy does not denote any general hardness of heart. But it does indicate a keener sense of justice and an improving standard of morality. To thrill with horror, or mercy, or pity is no doubt admirable, but it is greater to be just, and MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO HUMAN CHAR- ACTER, Yet justice is one thing that human beings expect to escape. Whoever figures on getting something out of life for nothing, plans to invade the inevitable. F When Grace Roberts put on the first pair of silk stockings which she could not afford and for which she paid a sad price, she herself unrav- eled an invisible thread which stretch- ed to the expensive ‘blue silk webbing which the police found twisted about her white throat. It is easy to explain Grace Roberts in a merciful way—as started on the path to her doom by hard economical conditions, or the temptations of lux- ury, or the fatality of too great beauty. It is just as easy in the name of pity to explain what her mother should have taught her, or how the school should have instructed her, or haw socizl institutions should have protected her—and that she and her kind are actually martyrs whose exis- tence is a benefit to all virtuous wo- men. 4 It is hard but is wholesome, and IT IS NOT UNJUST, to say. that Grace Roberts probably shaped her life pretty much to suit herself, and that she was very proud of her ability to do it, of her power over men. And that she did not expect to pay—ex- cept what she herself should choose to pay. = Once society tried to keep girls innocent by keeping them ignorant. Then tried to make’ them wise through sex hygiene and eugenics lectures. Now isn’t it time to tell the truth— that every girl has a.sense of. virtue, and that each is responsible to her- self for preserving ‘her purity? 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