The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1918, Page 2

i , PAGE 2. 1918 — FRIDAY, MARCH 8, oe economy to travellers ‘and permit of necessary route changes and eliminate cennecting trains, Pleasure tours of the Rockies, and other peace jaunts, too, will be frown- ed upon, While no specific ban is ex- p to be put on this travel, passen- vice, it is outlined, will be run SENATE PASSES 4,500 MILLION Bi AN p) BILL on tho idea of “getting there”—and | commodious equipment that attracts | pleasure seckers will be lacking. COMPELLEAGUE ORGANIZER 70 Measure to Provide Corporation! for War With Great Sum to Aid Industry VOTE NEARLY UNANIMOUS) Only Three Senators Oppose the Bill Which Now Goes to 500 Citizens of Kenyon, Minn the: House | Threaten to Tar and Feather ashington, D. C., Mar. 8—~The ad-| Nonpartisan. ration bill to alo a war fina- — corporation with a fund of $4,- oa ‘ Pad Dees ssed by the senate late Thursday and now goes to the house. he yote 74 to 3, Senators ding of Ohio and Sherman of IIi- nois, repu! ns, and Hardwick, ot Georgia, voting Inst the measure, jizer, tonight was escorted to the the American flag and then pur- put on the train with orders not | to return, ; the Goodhue {league and apparently had done noth county caucus of th CONFERERS ARE ing to arouse the ire of the citizens. | ; ; | A crowd of more than 200 gathered ; | suing se were informed! {and went to the hotel where Breid | was registered. They | ae he was at a motion picture show. ‘ound him at the show and fore to come out, Threats of tar and were made if Breidal return. AGREED ON THE RAIL CONTROL, = ; Plan Early Submission to Presi dent; Rate Making Only ‘ Stumbling Block | PEACE, KEEPING ALL TERRITORY Washngton, D. C., Mar. §.—Final} agreement on the adm tion bill > govern federal control of the rail oads was reacted tod by Country to do as He Says in Everything. the interstate power to re- nitiation by the comm tes after th president, Mar. 8 —Offic an- made in Berlin today With the exception of limiting fed- igning of a peace treaty be- eral control to months after tw unany and Finland, and also penee is declared, for of trade and shipping agrements and the taking over of lIrords, @ supplementary protocal. The treaty the bill as final 8 signed at noon today. ally in th Finland by reason ,of conditions of the treaty, ag} o cede no territory nor grant territorial rights to any for- eign power with the previous consent of Germany, who undertakes to exert nerself to secure the recognition of jland’s independence by all pow- passed the senate. 1 dispute between the s on rate fixing. Under the house draf lent was giv- en complete power to tes, while the senate lead the power with the i terstate commerce commission. Fail- ing to compose their differences, the conferees today adopted a compromise agreement drafted by Senator Robin-| for war son, of Arkansas, under whic! tions wil start forthwith for a trade president is authori nd shipping treaty. The fortification subject to review by the commission. of the Aland Islands will be removed ining the fairness of rates,!as speedily as possible and reguk on is required to take, in-| tions will be adopted for the perma- to consideraton the fact that the car-| nent non fortteatiar ica Mote the Islands. riers are being operated under unified | Ser ee ee ery. POUNDS OF EYE HELPS SENT ; NAVY BY FARGO. purvose of obtaining additional reve-| nues. | |N. D. City’s Four Minute Men Round Up Spy Glasses and | © onounces compensation s or damages. Negotia- Each party c The house provision bringing under) federal control all the so-colled short | ii which either connect or compete ; with roads already taken over, Ww acepted by the conferees, who also in-} serted in the bill a provision limiting the ratio of taxation of railroad pro- | perty in the various states to a rate; not higher than that for the year pre- | Binoculars. \ vious to the taking over of the roads. | The adoption of a provision fixing | Fares; ND, Mar, 7—Thirty J. W. Riley Receives Appoiat- ment to Help on Food Ad- ministration. was Ce, mism that now prevails in official cir-| EEE petites wLeriTi pera £5 ‘The gradual decline in tonnage losses | was graphically pictured to parlia-| ment by Sir Eric with | curve charts. “PADDY” DRISCOLL WILL the period of government control after | the war at 21 months was a compro-| Slasses, binoculars and field glasses, mise between the conferces, the sen-; Were sent to the navy department at ate having fixed the time at 18 month | Washington by H. R. Wooledge, state and the house at two years. {chairman of the Four Minute Men.) ae These have been loaned to the navy i by Fargo and North Dakota citizens COUNTY SUPT. OF {as a result of the appeal made by the; CASS APPOINTED Four Minute Men and the press. The instruments were sent by mail BAKERY INSPECTOR jana as they were government busi-| ness no postage was required. The, shipment weighed about 50 pounds. | While no definite estimate | Placed by those who loaned the glas ;to the government, it was said that the amount would run very high as zl }most of the instruments were of a Fargo, N. D., Mar. 8.—J. W. Riley. | very high grade and valued by their county superintendent of schools, has! owners above several kundred dol- een appointed bakery inspector for! lars in some insta SH county by the national food ad-| ministration, upon the recommenda. | tion of Dr. E. F, Ladd, state food te MANY SUBS ARE | ministration. Mr. Riley is: the chief | inspector for the county and has been SUBMERGING ordered to appoint such deputies as| Fh sa will be found necessary to carry out the instructions of the food adminis. | | tration, These appointments will be boats Sunk Faster Than | made at once, Mr. Riley announced. * All bakeries using three barrels of Germans Build Them i flour or over must have a government pear license and m conduct its business} Washington, D. C., Mar, 8.-—More under the regulations prescribed by! svhmarines were destroyed by the the food administration. | lies and American naval forces in : ~ ember than Germany was able to! TRAIN SCHEDULES | | puta during that month, according TO BE CURTAILED to information reaching Washington. This fact developed today in discu sions of the statement made to parlia- SOON IN WEST, TOO ment Tuesday by Sir Eric C. Geddes, | Washington, D.c.™ C. March §— first lord of the British admiralty, that great west must soon diminish its Tee | Ene submeaeey were being, checked. senger travel. Along with its sister| Whether succeeding months have East, it will have fewer pass senger | | phoma Gane geben German see S Wi are, ring and what it has won't be so} What officials know of plans for! Plang awaiting final indorsement of | P°eS*78 home the attack with increa: Director General McAdoo call for even! more drastic slicing of non-essential traffic than in eastern territory, rail-| road administration officials said, Competing ,. passenger’ service be- tween ‘Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas| City and virtually all. other large cities west of. the Mississippi is part of a_ tremendous program to increase the freight movement and save need- less, expense. ; Passenger lines, it is indicated, will| Great Lakes, aMr. 8.—“Paddy” be stripped to the, bare minimum of} Driscoll, all western half-back stro 1a actual necessity. Trains that do run| seasons- at Northwestern University | | will run to full capacity—not with’ and infielder with the Chicago Cubs “ower berths snugly filled and-uppérs| last year,” was enlisted today as a, empty, and not with partly. hora petty ° Officer at the Great Lakes naval parlor cars. station. He will report i eet sa tickets will ete Hitch it sftbniting KISS THE FLAG Sreidal was superintending | _PLAY THE BIGGEST GAME H | | i | lation throughout ‘North Dakota by 0 HONPARTISANS DESIRE BASIC LAWS CHANGED Circulate Petitions Asking Ten Amendments to State Con- stitution -argo, N. D., Mar Eighteen hun- dred petitions proposing ten amend- ments to the state constitution were putinto the mails Thursday for circu- als of the National Nonpartisa gue, The petitions if adopted and | which request that the proposed am- Fendments be submitted to the voters road station here, forced to kneel and | jendments to the e a ticket for Dodge Center. He; | business not prohibited by jto pr r Orly Requires the Little. | the order ‘Sewing “Sing Us.a Song of Cheer” U-| Bed Cross, hers in the state and giv of the state at the next general clec- tion, would qualify ten thousand vot- them the right to file initiative petitions; would qualify seven@ thousand electors to file a re} will ha the right to propose am- constitution. other amendments would make pos: sible the following: The Proposed “To make it po: le for the people amend the constitution by a ma- y vote without having the legisla- on the amendment at the en- ion, “To mgke it possible for the legis- lature to levy an acreage tax on land jor the purpose of establishing a siate hail insurance fund. if ae o: e the state power to issue Modifications. to ‘To give the state power to issue rantee bonds on state owned enterprises OF industries up give ‘the state counties the right to make internal improvements or en- eage ip any industry, ente oreo or icles of the constitution and would ipronibit the state or any political subdivson from loaning money or giving credit vate organizations, except for reasonable support of the poor, (QGIES-FARGO TEAMS TO PLAY Second Honors of the State to be Decided at Game Tonight in Fargo go, '‘N. D., Mar, 8.—Second hon- in the state intercollegiate basket- | 1 race will pe the prize at stake in; the game Fri ening between the North Dakota ‘Aggi s and the Fargo; ‘ollege to be held at the latter’s gym- | um, Roth teams have been beaten twice py the Unive team. sity of North Dakota It Fargo college wins, the Ag-! il be the low team, while if the Aggies win the teams will be tied for | second place, Hard practice h s been} both camps this week and | both teams will enter the game de-) termined tO ee win. INSANE HELP WIN THE WAR Machines and Needles Active in Insttutions of Michigan Detroit, Mich. Mar. 8. —A recent ‘pronouncement that patriotism is born in the heart and not in the mind is at least partly corroborated by the not- | able assistance which inmates of the Michigan asylums are giving to var- ious Red Cross activities. In every institution in Michgan where insane or unfortunate persons are cared for, the click of knitting needles and the hum of sewing ma- chines is heard throughout the day. Hundreds of garments have been turn- ed out by persons who are living in mental darkness, but. who, in some manner to be explained by alienists or | nsychologists, seem to feel the patrio- | Uc thrill of war. Of course, the work of these patriots is carefully inspected by experts but! reports from various institutions have shown that a pleasing percentage of the output has been accepted by the. Glad to Get Yarn. Recently Detroit war workers visit-| ed the large asylum at Etoise, just out- side of Detroit, At the time the sup- |ply of yarn at the institution was almost exhausted. Many of the. in- mates were plainly worried. That day a wagon was driven to the hospital and word buazed around the place that the “yarn had come.” In a few minutes a crowd of inmates had gath-} ered around the wagon and all was. serene again, Eloise has its knitting clubs and classes. Two classes in surgical dress-; ings receive instruction on Monda and Thursdays. One, woman, it is said, had knitted 18 pairs of socks in 2% ;Months and another has completed | seven sweaters and two pairs of wrist- | lets, while busy fingers have made ing vigor, explains the feeling of opti-| equally good records. Similar work is being done at the cles despite continued heavy drains; Pontiac asylum. The attendants are on ship tonnage through the U-boats. | in charge of the work which is broad THAT ANNOYING, “PERSISTENT COUGH may lead. to caronic. Jung -troubio, or meen that ‘ts; ehronte nage ‘olecagy fs reached.’ Ta vither Gane t ECKMAN'S “ALTERATIVE: ‘This tore ond tinaue-tepasrer 29 Piles the icknowletired henefsts or Cale clum treatment without disturbin fhe stomach. Hebe cA ae Igohivl,, 4 cotie.oF Faby aie $1 size, $2 size, sow 215. —— sta A pate h rendum petition and 20,000; The | in its’ Scope, as it covers food conser- vation. dnd production. ‘The ‘hospital farm embraces several hundred acres | and is Worked by inmates. Iood con- servation rules have been observed throughout the institution but the of- ficials have been careful not to en- danger the-health of any of the in: mates jit Was announced. Mrs... A. Christian, wife of the superintendent of the state hospital has been in charge of Red Cross work in Qakland county, of which Pontiac is the seat, Many of the asylum at- tendants and inmates have been work- ing under her direction and generous war consignments of garments al- ready have hee | WHEAT RULES \No Exebptions Now Made i in the! | Purchase of Flour With t Substitutes 2 g Washington, D. C., ‘Mar. § é ceptions to the food administration ; rule requiring the purchase .of an equal amount of substitutes with each purchase of wheat flour were ed today because of the: nece: conservine wheat for the allies. NOP GUILTY: Joyce Liquidated by Cleve- Jand Jury | Cleveland, Qhio., Mar, 8.—42lmer Hupp was acquitted of the murder of} ‘Charles L. Joyce tonight, the jury re-| | turning a verdict of “not guilty.” i | Tho jury took but two ballots, Or the first ballot the vote was nine to| three for acquittal, three jurors argu-| ing against the insanity claims of the; defense. On the second ballot the jury; agreed on acquittal. ' Late this afternoon a suit for $100,- i | 000 was filed against Elmer Hupp on, | behalt of the parents of Charles L. Joyce, charging that when Hupp shot | Joyce he deprived the aged parents) of their sole means of support. i In closing the case for the state, | County Prosecutor Doerfler flayed! Hupp mercilessly, “very right and! ‘ privilege that Elmer Hupp is now de- | manding from the state,” he said, “he withheld from Joyce, When with pistol | in handghe shot Joyce he acted as) | judge, jury and even executioner. Attorney W. M. Boyd made the last | plea for the defendant. “Hupp is just a boy grown up,’ Boyd said. “From | judges to farmers all witnesses have testified as to his good character. (MINER INJUREDIN | | PREMATURE BLAST; | | Adam Kraft, of Wilton, in Focal! Hospital, Badly Hurt { | | ' A special Soo line train rushed to} | the Bismarck hospital for surgical at j tention Thursday morning Adam Kratt of )Vilton, severely injured about the face by a premature blast in the Wash- | | burn lignite mine. A time fuse flared unexpectedly and Kraft and his bro ther, who was less severely injured, had no time to escape the force of the| | dynamite blast, The full result of the | Wilton man’s injuries cannot be de-} termined for some time to come. He| }is a prominent and popular resident) jot the lignite city. | My Sore thy : feels as Ain ee | “Discovery — for Coughs eColds has been easing sore. throats in all parts of the country for 50 years. Tt is the national cotiglt and cold remedy. Containing balsam it soothes, heals and re= duces inflammation and conges- tion. Brcaks up the fever, too, and cools the raw spots. ‘The kiddies like it. Give Dr, King's New Discovery to croupy children. Gct it at your druggists Keep Bowel Movement Regular © Dr. King’s New Life Pills keep you: ina healthy conditions )Rid the bedy Improve your, complexion by kcepittg ‘the’ Bowels: | of poisons and waste, regular. Get a 25c. bottle from your. | druggist to-d _Effective bat mild fH | = : F.E. YOUNG REAL ESTATE. COMPANY | Farm Lands _ City Property Fire Insurance FIRST NAT'L BANK BLDG. HOOVER MAKES — ! of 1917 i Xt \ {| ried versons in excess of $2,000. Un- {dor the 1916 act the normal rate is 2 per cent on the net income of unmar- | Charge of Murdering Charles a addition to the normal tax, impose: | ja surtax ranging from , 1, | of $2,000,090. Simpkins will pay 2 per ‘per cent a month du YOUR INCOME . TAX AND HOW TIVWORKS OUT If Sout Revenue for 1917 Was Three Million, You Pay Unele Sam $1,800,180 | (THE CASE OF JOHN SMITH! vdinary $2,500-the-Year Fel-| Can Pike Along on a Kick-in of 'Ten Bones lows John tiona but ‘there are quite a few John M a the United States—this year will/ ay an income tax of $1,800,180. John M’s income for 1917 was $3,000,000. John D. Simpkins—also fictional~ Will pay $10. Simpki income for 1917 was $2,500. Both are married | This is an illustration of the opera-) tion of the income tax provisions of} the War Revenue Act of October 3,) 1917 and the act of Septembe 1916 which preceded it and which remains in force. The Mareh prmal rate of tax under the act 2 per cent on the net income excess of of unmarried persons in $1,000 aNd on the net income of mar- ried persons in @& of $4,000. An va levy or surtax ranging from 1} rent on incomes between $5,000 hand $7,500 to 50 per cent on incomes le excess of $1,000,000 is imposed by he act of 1917. The act of 1916, in per cent | 20,009 and $40,- nex j on ‘incomes between $: "00 to i2 per cent on incomes iz cess of $2,000,000. John M, will pay 2 per cent on his income in excess of $2,000,52 per cent on his income in ess ‘ot $4,000, 59 per cent on his} income ‘in excess of $1,009,000 and 18 per cent on his income in ex cent on his income in excess of $2,000. The income tax as thus shown, is| no longer a',rich man’s tax but a levy so graduated that every person is assessed according to his income | "ast year 500,000 persons paid an in come tax, This year the number wil! be more than 6,000,000. The estimated ‘revenue to be col- ‘ected under the war revenue act of 1917 is $2,250,000,000, of which $660, 0,000 is in indiVidual income taxes Every unmarried. person who made 0 a week or more and every married son who made $40 4 weck or more Returns are required of nmarried ‘persons whose net income for the calendar year 1917 Was $1,006 or more and of married sersons whos« net income wa: 100 or more. The commissioner of imternal rev- enue, with the approval of the secre tary of the treasury, has extended the ime for filing returns from March 1 Simpkins, remember that in paying Your income tax you are helping to rush forever. the fear of German domination and to confer upon the world the boon of a lasting peace. THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CAUSED NEW COLOR SCHEME, AST ; NIGHT fraudulent return, the penalty is a fine not exceeding $2,000 or not ex- ceeding one year's imprisonment, or both in the discretion of the court and, in addition, 100 per cent of the tax evaded. The man who thinks to evade the income tax is storing up for himself trial and tribulation. The government has numerous ways of checking up delinquents. One!is through the “in- formation at souree” provision of the act of 1917 which requires c¢ em- ployer to file with the commi ner| dune as to the reasons for the unusual lof interna revenue a report of pay-| ‘oloring of the sky last evening, Mr. ment of $800 or more paid to each| Rodverts of the weather bureau stated employe during the calendar year| 2s follows: “This phenomenon was 1917. It is estimated that the number|{ due to the diffusion and reflection of of suck reports filed will be 20,900,000, | Aurora Borealis (Northerh Lights) by and cirro-stratus th reuly, to an’inquiry ot The Tri- The bureau of internal revenue, | strato-cumulus | ‘hrough various agence has endeav-| clouds. The more dense clouds, like |ored to inform taxpayers everywhere } strato-cumulus, retarded the light rays only allowing the red rays: ‘to pass hrough and become visible to the the less dense clouds allowed of the requirements /of the income tax laws. Ignorance of the law can- not be accepted as an excuse. Ro] 2ye; ‘he “tax dodger” who deliberately fore of the shorter to penetrate secks to evade the his just share of| which gave a_ yellow! hh and pinkish the burden of war no consideration] tint. That this display was general will be given. Fortunately; for the] 's shown by the fact that your morn- self-respect of the American nation, } ing edition contains an article under the bureau is anticipating few such! a Washington, D, C.. headline to the The bureau has ample and con-| effect that the display at that point sive proof that these taxes for the s the brightest ever recorded at pport of the war will be paid cheer-|' hat point. The people of North Da- y and willingly by the great ma-| kota are fortunate in their geographic- y of the people. To do less is to) ul location, for the only explanation a lack of that spirit of patriot-| seard by the writer was that the glare bh has made this an endurin caused by burning strawstac Dollars mean victor; hile in the east visions of Zeppelins you are a Goldbonds or a! were first to come, in mind.” ‘enublic. Whether Any Sickness Leaves Weakness Even a simple cold strips and reduces your resistive powers to allow other sickness. Only food—not alcohol or drugs—creates the rich blood which distributes strength to the body, and the concentrated medicinal food in SCOTTS EMULSION makes the blood rich and stimulates’ its circulation ' while its tonic virtue enlivens the appetite and aids nutrition to reestablish your strength quickly and permanently. . If you are rundown, anemic or ‘nervous, by all. means get Scott’s Emulsion. It builds because it is a food=not a stimulant. Scott % Bowne, Bloomfield. J,’ % 7-39 Saturday —bright weather brought On a fine lot of Camations and Tulips. To move them out we are making a‘ very ex- ceptional-offer for Saturday only. 6 ito April 1, 1918. This affords the taxpayer ample opportunity, but to de lay until Apyil 2 renders the delin suent subject to a fine of not less than $20 nor more than $1,000 and an addi? tional assessment of per cent of the amount of tax due, Blank forms may be obtained from collectors of internal revenue or from revenue officers who are visiting ev- ery county in the United States to ssist. taxpay in making out their eturns, The services of these ex nerts are offered without cost. The location of their offices may be ob ained on inquiry from collectors, yanks or postmasters. The return must be filed with the collector of in ternal revenue of the district in which the taxpayer lives or has his place of business. i Payment must be made on or before | June 15, 1918. The penalty for fail- ing to pay tax when due is an asses: | ment of 5 per cent of the amount un-} paid, plus interest at the rate of 1} ug which i ains unpaid. For whaking a |2 Carnations - $1 12 Tulips - - Free Freshly ly 4 ut, Home Grown Stock We will accept any size orders on the same terms. T his is your opportunity to have a Sunday Bouquet at a Bargain. HOSKINS Member Florists Telegraph Delivery ! \ lapel sure it’s ss Figure the cost of ‘Clothes by the value received, not by the price; good Clothes are cheaper than “cheap” onés’ get'the kind that do the economizing for you. We are showing a wonderful Springe’line of Clothing,’ Hats and Shoes; full: of value and ‘style. Our label ‘is a:smalll thing ~ ‘to look. for but-a big thing: to find. S.E.BERGESON & SON eas: de OF Cloxed. Rrenings Comnlying with Request £4 Wiresn, Wcnwiu: Co of Pye Ubninistayitans: Closed i + emiluadaws, Afieayys HE SE ua? teu. >