The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 22, 1917, Page 3

~~ a Pee Se BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE MANY PROTEST AGAINST BILL BUSTING RATES Duplicate of Cashman Act, mied Through Two Houses, Now Up to Governor Jim. SURRENDERS PRESENT ADVANTAGEOUS TARIFFS Commodity Rates Gained After Twelve Years’ Fight Smash- ed to Pieces Protests from all parts of North Da- kota are flooding in upon Governor Frazier, praying that he refuse to sign Senate Bill) 77, which was rush- ed through’ both houses of the legis- lature during the last week, over the heads of and against the earnest ad- vice of the North Dakota railroad ‘commission and rate experts general- jy. Senate Bill 77, as Rate Expert James A. Little of the railway com- mission pointed out at the senaté committee hearing, surrenders rates which North Dakota has labored years to establish and gives the state noth- ing in return. The bill was framed up and lobbied tlirough by a repre- sentative of an independent oil com- pany operating at Fairmount. It is shaped to suit Fairmount’s interest, and those of the remainder of the state, especially that section produc- ing lignite and clay products, are en- lirely ignored or forgotten. Now that the bill, with only passing consideration in ‘the senate and with none at all in the house, has been rushed through, the state is begin- ning to wake up to the fallacy of it. The act is a copy of the Cashman law placed in effect in Minnesota two years ago and found generally dissat- isfactory. It gives the railway com- mission no powers which it does not now possess to suspend or invest!- gate unjust or discriminatory rates. On the other hand, it gives the rail- ways an opportunity which they may be expected to take advantage of, to suspend every commodity rate which ever has heen established for the ben- efit of North Dakota's native lignite coal, its clay products at Dickinson, Hebron, and |.elsewhere, its binder twine, and,other manufactures Which, ander, Senate, Bill 77, must take their chances, with the products of much darger.and more firmly established in- dustries in Minnesota, Wisconsin and adjoining states. Senate Bill 77 will, however, enable Mr. Lindquist of the independent. oil, company at Fair- mount. to reach certain territory at less freight cost than at present, and “apparently Mr. Lindquist was able to persuade: the senate committee on railroads that this advantage was more than suffcient to overbalance the plex, which “77” aims at ‘every in- dustry peeu¥ar to ‘North: “Dakota. Jimmied Through Hou: Senate’ Bilt 77 was ‘jimmied” through thé hotse without giving any- one a moment's time’ for* considera- tion. House members who otherwise would have opposed the measure vot- ed for it on the brief statement of Chairman Dupuis of the house rail- 200 Suits of Pajamas in Wardrobe of Bernstorft Party Gold and Cotton to Be Banned (Associated Press.) Halifax, N. S., Feb, 22.—One of the German. embassy secretaries return: ing to Germany with former Ambas- sador von Bernstorff on the steamship Frederik VIII is reported to have 200 suits of pajamas in his possession. In the baggage of nearly all the other members of the party, cotton goods, known to be scarce in Germany, are road committee to the effect that it would .not affect, existing. lignite rates. Yesterday on the floor of the senate, Senator McBride .made- the; unchallenged statement that oes affect lignite rates, and: his fur- ther criticism of the bill bronght from ‘Chairman McLean of the senate com- mittee on railways the admission that “77 was reported out for passage by his conimittee against the advice of Rate Expert James A. Little of the state railroad commission. Disinterested persons who attend- ed some of the railway committee's hearings-on “77” assert that Mr. Lind- quist of Fairmount seemed to be very much in evidence. He flatly contradicted statements based on stat- istical facts coming from the railway commission, it is said, and when Rate | ‘Expert Little endeavored to give the| committee the benefit of his unbiased ; opinion, Lindquist charged an effort; to defeat “77” through some mysterl- ous ulterior motives. 'Now Up to Governor. Senate Bill! 77 comes to Governor; Frazier for his signature or his ‘veto, with active opposition from commer- cial clubs and industrial leaders every- ‘where and with the active support of but one smal] faction, The bill has not received adequate consideration from either house of the gssembly. If it were returne@ to the senate there is no quaestion that in the light of knowledge which that body now‘ has, the bill would be defeated. ‘What ob- ject the house had in breathlessly suspending the rules and hustling Senate Bill 77 through before it Had ‘been enrolled and engrossed, and while not one member in 20 had more than a very vague idea of its contents, remains to be learned. Governor Frazier has given no in- timation of his attitude toward the Cashman bill. He: knows, however, how a majority of North Dakota's budding communities feel about it, and it is safe to predict that he will not be so hasty in his judgment as have been the two houses of the leg- islature, wléich in one legislative day wiped out advantages which patrioti¢e North Dakotans had dabored = more than a decade to procure, is CUSHING PUTS FINAL O. K. ON TONGHT'S CARD Fourth Banquet of the Gridiron Club “ay Event at Grand Pacific This Evening. Walter; F. Cushing, around whom the success of the re-organization of the gridiron club depended, and who commanded the feast and the, fun- making at the third banquet of the club held.in the McKenzie a month ago, placed his 0. k. Jate, this after- noon on tonight’s big card. The spirit of Americanism is to play a dominant part in the éntertainment of the members. ‘The decorations will all be of a patriotic nature. State offi- cials, members of both houses and others will be in attendance, The doors of the dining room at the Grand Pacifie hotel will open at 9 o'clock. Ever since the last banquet, Chair- man Cushing has been searching for material to make the final banquet of the gridironers eclipse all its predeces- sors, He has a program arranged to- night which will be a glowing tribute for his services, rT plentiful, the cinlans Saspectora have discovered. In view of the close as: sociation between cotton and explos- ives, it is understood that the exam- iners~will take some of the. excess clothing from the Germans. It is known also that the Germans are well supplied with gold. As this is contraband, it is believed it wit be exchanged into some form of curren- cy less useful to Germany. | States, today declared WASHINGTON. OREATEST OF ALL NEUTRALS (United Press.) } ‘Baltimore, Md., Feb. 22.—“No right | thinking man goes into war for the: love of war, neither dees he believe | in peace at any price, but war. for a} righteous price,” William ‘Howard | Taft, former president of the United; in outlining,| the various types of pacifists. Former President Taft is in Ealti- more attending the Hopkins celebra- tion exercises and a dinner tonight of) the League to ‘Enforce Peace. He is! the guest of Theodore Marburg, for-| mer American minister to Belgium. | “First of all, let us analyze the man | who believes in peace at any price," | he said. “He believes that no mat: | ter what is done to him, no matter ; how he has suffered at another man’s ; hand, and that when the other man; kills him, this extreme pacifist ibe- lieves his death will serve as 4 moral | and that by dying he has gained his end, There is/also a man that holds , on and a man must jump on his back | and beat him before he raises a hand | in self-defense. He isthe ‘Bryan type. He must be kicked into war. He may be called the utter pacifist and is of the extreme type that might he termed super-pacifist, one that be- | lieves the last minute is the time to} enter a war.” Taft referred to George Washington as the greatest of all neutrals. “LITTLE RED TAPE 10 SURROUND FEDERAL AID TO STATE HIGHWAYS Engineer in Charge of North and South Dakota Here Looking Over Situation. “As little red tape as possibte will surround the federal government's ad- ministration of the Shacke!ford post roads act, proposing federal aid for, the building of state highway sys-| tems,” says E. 0. (Hathaway, district | engineer in charge of the federal aid! road work in North and South Dako-' ta, Minnesota and Wisconsin, Mr. Hathaway is here to learn what} North: Dakota intends to do with rela-; tion to the $76,000 federal aid for} highways to which it is entitled this j year. under the provisions of the Shackelford act. To take advantage of this federal ‘aid, the state must ap- propriate an equal amount to be ex- pendéd on trunk line highways, and the state must create and establish a state highway commission which will supervise the expenditure of the joint funds. “We wish to complicate matters as little as possible,” said. Mr. 'Hatha- way. “The initiative, of course, must always rest with the state, but once application has been made by the state, we hope to make the terms under which the federal aid is to be supplied as simple as will prove con- sistent with reasonable surety that the money advanced under the Shack- elford act is being-judiciously expend- ed, and for the purposes provided.” Bills now before the Fifteenth Gen- eral ‘Assembly both create the state highway commission and supply it with necessary funds. Better roads and more of them form a plank in the Non-partisan league platform, and Governor Frazier is a good roads en- thusiast. A conference dill which will meet the requirements of the sit- uation is certain of passage bofare the legislature adjourns. ONLY THREE MORE DAYS Klein’s Style Show ends Saturday night a 10 p. m. Many of Bismarck’s good dressers have placed. their order for future or immediate delivery. Take advantage of first selection and @ $3.00 custom-made shirt free by or- dering now.—Adv. GLASS. I am still at it, cutting and setting all kinds on short notice. Auto glass cut and set from $1.50 up, according to size and thickness. Call on me at 216 4th street for prices. { also handle a line of paints, oils, lead, etc., which I am closing out very . cheap. Call and see me. —Adv. E. L. FAUNCE. OF MUCH HISTORIC INTEREST Ole Shitadeiphia Thai Theater Closely, Ag sociated With the. Earliest Daye of the Young Republic. They Do WEAR! Here’s a rubber with an extra sole and heel ap- plied to the regular bottom—two thicknesses, that certainly do give double service—Foot- Schulze rubbers wear like iron. And they fit! That’s why it’s no trouble at all to put them on and take them off. It’s a pleasure to wear them and mighty good health insurance. They are quality goods moulded into the sole. backed by our name Be sure to find it. There’s a Foot-Schulze rubber for every purpose —you'll like them. There’s a dealer in nearly every town who can supply you—write for his name. fot Sabet acto tatie| Sewule this vn The purpose of the Drama league te give a few weeks hence the first comedy presented: in. Philadelphia te highty commendable, remarks the Ledger of that city. “Contrast,” by Royal Tyler, a Bostonian, was first produced at the John Street theater, in New York, in 1787, and was brought to this city. after a short run_ there. To Philadelphia belongs the credit of producing the first: play written by an American and enacted by a profession- al company. This play is “The Prince of Parthia,” by Thomas Godfrey, Jr., of. Philadelphia, put on at the famous old Southwark theater in 1767. It was successfully revived last year by the Zelosophic society. of the university at the New Century. | That productios: was ofe.more. case ip poiat to. prove the enduring. vitality and appeal. of many an old play that is.allowed to molder in the dust of libraries, ob- scure and undisturbed. Additional bis- toric interest attaches to the playhouse where “The Prince of ParthlaX was , first given through. the circumstance that ‘Andre painted acenerg for it..when . the, British officers “used i (1000-NAYAIO NDIARS OFFER TO SERVE IN UNITED STATES Any IN CASE OF WAR ea ‘ei Ten thousand Navojo Indians in teered’ to serve in the United States has sent a message offering his tri The picture shows Indians in United redskins enlisted at the start of the the Utah reservation have yolun- army, in case of war, Their chief be’s aid to Gov, Bamberger of Utah. States regular army dress; Some Mexican trouble. 1000 KILLED IN DRESDEN EXPLOSION (Associated Press) London, Feb. 22.—The explosion in ammunition factories of Dresden dur- ing the Christmas hol S$ was the greatest disaster of the kind which has occurred anywhere since the war began, according to ‘a Central News, dispatch from Christiania, quoting a Dresden dispatch to the Aften Posten. More than, 1,000 persons were killed! out of 10,000 employed in the wreek- ed factories. Emperor William ed the scene on the following day A Paris dispatcli dated Januai said that, according to a letter from a German soldier, and w from Dresden, the Dresden arsenal had been blown up and 1,000 women and young girls killed. The letter was dated December °\). PROTEST PASSAGE OF DR. LAOD'S BILL ON PATENT MEDICINES Scores of protests otesis are being receiv: | ed at the governor's office against the Dr. Ladd’s fam- 99, passage of H. B. 123, ous measure aimed at patent medi- eines, which finally passed the house! after having been resurrected several | times. from committee graves. The bill, protests cite, is too far-reaching; it is, opponents urge, another effort! upon the part of the state chemist to} concentrate in his hands autocratic powers. A majority of the protest- ants seem to feel that the state chem- ist and president of the state agr ‘icul- tural college and state food inspector and state oi! inspector and state grgin and grading commissioner and vari: ous. other things now has enough titles and honors and duties and emol- whnents to satisfy any normal individ ual, and that it is not a good thing to heap any more of these upon an al ready over-worked state official, Dr. Ladd measures have _ been a rence during the present and certain members of the j daily occu season, senate seem to find them monotono There is, consequently, some question BISMARCK THEATRE Bryant Washburn and Nell Craig “The Breaker” AN ESSANAY PEATURE PROM ARTHUR STRINGER "S STORY. IN THE SATURDAY EVENING POST A girl detective traps aman, falls in love with him and saves pin from arrest A thrilling drama of the inside of ‘The: Seeret service. Victor Moore in Black Diamond Comedy TONIGHT ONLY ADMISSION {0c and [5c as to the reception which the doc: tor’s “One-two-three” bill will receive When it comes up for third reading. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR SALE—1 re farm 2% miles from town; res under cultiva- tion, $1600.00. $400.00 down and balance on ea yments; or $1500,00 cash; must "ell at once. Write 87 care Tribune. 2-22-6t FOR SALE—Milk. 12. qts. for $1.00; delivered anywhere in the ¢ Phone SOGIETY GIRL LOBBIES FOR BLIND; BLIND: WINS! | cute INST GENEVIEVE. CLARK Miss Crisler is the heroine of the blind daughter of one of the south’s leading surgeons and a leader She worked so earnestly for a bill she wrote ion for theblind of Tennessee that one senator called her “the most charming little lobbyist in the state.” younger set of Memp! to provide for a commi: succeeded in having the bill passed. She is of of Tennessee. the state She the: | Consume are held. on suspicion. | scenes occurred in various parts of ‘FOOD CONTROL URGED TO FORCE PRICES DOWN Exports sed since the blockade went into effect, The New York docks will soon become so congested with food products that shippers will be forced to place them on American markets,” he said. MEATLESS DAYS. London, Feb. 22.—Half, a dozen or more London clubs set the way for }one meatless day a week. Ft been designated as the daj will be purely vegetarian h A number of other clubs’ are expected to follow suit. This is one’ of, the many expedients suggested ‘by’ food controller Lord Davenport to reduce the maximum food consumption | to {four and one-half persons daily, Un- jless some plan is adopted throughout England, it is believed a compulsory | plan will be necessary. . jp OFAN OF UNREST IS BREWING IN CHICAGO Chicago, Feb. “Outwardly,’ Chi- (eago with her 17,000,000 bushels of wheat stored in elevators and meat j in cold storage, is ‘tot in the throes of a food panic, but in the.tenements a spirit of unrest is brewing. Fear- ing an outbreak similar’ to: the one in New York, ‘authorities are doing the utmost to relieve the food shortage before it is too late. Despite the coal shortage, etc., the Coal company, the darg- est concern of its kind in Chicago, in an annual statement made public to- day shows its net earnings for 1916 $711,300, against $632,326 in ‘The earnings on the common | stock were five times that of 1915. PLOT UNEARTHED TO BLOW UP STEEL PLANT Youngstown, O., Feb. 22—Police an- nounced today they have evidence of a plot on foot to blow up the plant of the Youngstown Tube and Steel com- pany, which employs 10,000 | men. Two Turks have been arrested and They carried dynamite when arrested. DISORDERLY SCENES IN PHILADELPHIA (Associated Press) Philadelphia, Feb. 22.—Disorderly the city populated by people of for- eign birth when bands of women made demonstrations against dealers who have raised food prices. In a melee between a crowd of women and . others attracted to a_ street, where stores were being attacked, a woman suffered a broken leg. The police succeeded in dispersing the crowd, without any serious injury being done, ” df there was a dry eye have been a glass one.’ 8 Acts. Tu in the theatre it must “A SUPERFEATUR Em. ae *—New York Herald. New York Telegraph. AND SO ALL THE CRITICS SAY OF “An Alien” George “CREATED A SENSATION.” --New York American. Beban A 8 Acts. _A Thrilling Masterpiece TUESDAY ONLY nes