The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1918, Page 4

FOUR. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Qntered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second B Class Matter. ISSUED EVERY DAY @EORGE D. MANY G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreign Representative. NEW: ¥ORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Marquette Bldg.; BOSTON, 3 Winter 8t.; DETROIT, Kresege Bldg.; MINNEAPOLIS, 810 Lumber Exchange. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ‘The Associated Press is éxclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- lished herein. ‘All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION. SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, Daily, Morning and Sunday by Carrier, per. month . Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday by Carrier, Miitor per month ...... 90 Daily, Evening only, by Carrier, per month ........_ 50 Daily, Evening and Sunday, per month .... 0 Morning or Evening by Mail in North Dakota, one FORE nenenasanvnnennveeenenee sen Morning or evening by miail outside of North Dakota, orning by 6.00 6.00 Sunday in Combination with Evening or M mail, one year ... = THE STATE'Q OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Established 1873) << OLD ABE WOULD BE PROUD OF HER Mary Lincoln Beckwith, great granddaughter of Abraham, Lincoln, insists this is not time for her to sit around and gossip or whirl about in social affairs. “This, is the time when I get busy learning something about farming,” Miss Mary is quoted as saying. Forthwith she enrolls as a student at Cornell for a short term course in agriculture. ‘ . “Not enough men to work our farm (in Ver- mont) so I’m going to help,” she explained. If only her great granddad could hear that! Detroit seems to,have double-clinched her dry- ness by drinking up all the liquor in town, April 30. fj MAKES THEM HAPPY ‘ The. success of downtown clubs of business women has been a feature of the growth of cities for several years past. But it is a question whether employers appreciate what these big clubs are doing to increase the efficiency of women workers. Feminism, it is said, means “woman’s right to labor, leisure, love and laughter.” Women who know ‘the most of the’first often confess to a sad ignorance of’ the-other three. ; * » The’ new, organizations of ;women ‘supply this lacking knowledge. - None of them are formed for the ‘benefit of eniployers, nevertheless they keep Women on, excellent terms with’ their jobs ‘and contribute’ to. the permanence of women in their employments. anit ve «° Scores’ of employers distrust “feminism” as promoting unrest. . “It doesn’t always “Only-ohe wo ‘ range gun: in-three days. But the Hun motto is, “Every little helps.” LEE ONE OF ‘HIS “DIVINE RIGHTS” Berlin news’ isto the effect that the young orang-outang, by “divine rights” born. Crown Prince of Prussia, is greatly interested in the Ger- mans’ long-range gun which bombards Paris and has personally fired it off, “to the high honor of the regular gunners.” We believe it. Shooting people up at a distance of 70 or 75 miles is just about that crown prince’s size. ‘This feeble-minded but bloody-minded scion of the house of Hohenzollern, which gave to the world its curse in crazy William, is accredited with the command of a grand army. It’s simply in his name for the sake of the family glory. He’d likely faint away if compelled to actually lead “the army of the crown prince,” unless the said army saved him the trouble by mutiny in terror of being led by the royal nincompoop. That long-range gun has, thus far, wiped up several homes of non-combatants, a churchful of people on their knees on Good Friday and a ma- ternity hospital. It would be interesting to know which of these the crown prince’s firing, “to the high honor” of the regular artillery butchers, brought down. The prince has all the arrogance, conceit and ‘brutality. of his sire, besides the traits of a coward, a cad anda roue. To make that gun’s massacre appropriate the prince’s shot should have slaughtered the newly born and unborn babes in that maternity hospital. Maybe it did. But, we're altruistic enough to hope that the prince will-yet be reformed.. We hope to yet see 20 | just begun to get a move on. ’ BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE from many lands seemed to goad him into a de- fensefl It was of a nature to chill the last hope in any friend of peace. Two reasons he gave for the reichstag’s action. One was that President Poin- care of France, who had been but newly elected, was a warlike and dangerous man, and no one could tell to what lengths he might go. The other was that in the Balkan wars the Turks, taught by German officers, had been beaten by the Serbians, taught by French. The judicious might grieve indeed when they came upon such an offering from such a source, and anybody able to read might see that war was close at hand. Well, old Bill the kaiser, we turned out 32 new ships of 240,000 tons in April, anyhow, and we’ve THEY BUY WITH GOOD REASON cities, Poles seem to be most numerous among for- eigners -buying bonds, with Bohemians next. It indicates the strong desire of the little nations for independence and individuality. It would be fine if out of this war should come freedom and independence for the little peoples who have served as mere war loot for the stronger nations through the years. If the sand and gravel that Holland lets Ger- many have is not camouflaged pork and beans, we're not going to throw a fit. TOUGH ON WALTER Walter Spreckels, nephew of “Sugar King” Claus Spreckels, has been barred from the sugar refinery, at Yonkers, N. Y., wherein he has been general manager for 16 years, on the ground that he is an enemy alien. Walter was born in Ger- many, has lived here 10 years and never been nat- uralized. é Maybe a mistake has been made in Walter’s case. Any Spreckels with his hands in our sugar that long likes America well enough to be safe. cruits at Camp Sherman.:And Alfred Dough works for Bum, the baker, in Baraboo, Wis. STRONG IN HOPE FOR THE BEST The Washington dispatches of May 1 carried this: “To date 12,000,000 Americans have purchased bonds—three million more subscribers than in the second loan... But the per capita subscription, ow- ing to.the failure of the wealthy to respond, ‘has failed to put the loan ‘over’ to.date. The field has been combed for all except the banks, who s0 largely floated the first and second loans. * “This loan, with/its vast subscription, list, is leaving the country. in, splendid financial condi- tion, according to officers of the federal ‘reserve board.” wie Sealtiap i ak fog If the wealthy have failed to respond, this | time, it-is, probably because they had to pay, or Mmust-soon pay, their income taxes. In our cities ranking high as cosmopolitan : However, Cyril Hellenkamp is one of the re-| -But’we don’t think it the best plan that the wealthy, the banks,’large capitalists of any sort should become the chief creditors of the nation. We agree with the federal reserve officers that the vast list of subscribers is splendid. Twelve mil- |lion subscribers means one in about every nine of the population. It would be ideal, if every man, woman and child in the nation were a creditor, as bondholder or owner of a war'savings book. To call on the people ‘and then have to demand that the banks make up a deficit hath an unhand- some look, and, if this is made necessary because the wealthy fail to respond, the trouble can be doc- tored by increasing the tax on incomes, thus re- ducing the need of issuing so many bonds. Certain it is that every man is going to carry his part of the cost of this war, sooner or later, in some way or other. But even while these words are written the list of subscribers is rising and the Third Liberty loan has gone over the top, to gladden hearts throughout all Christendom. Kaiser Willum has named three bridges over the Rhine after the crown prince, Hindenburg and Ludendorff. Quite appropriate. A bridge runs across a river and it’s only a question of time when the three men will ditto. | WITH THE EDITORS | THE PASSING OF THE HERALD The Chicago Herald has been the stormy petrel him engaged in some honest vocation, like haul- ing fertilizer on a farm, or selling gum, shoestrings and collar buttons at a municipal market house. He'll live for:a chancé‘of such reformation if he stays 75 miles from Paris and within sound dis- tance of ‘his own guns only; and we guess he will. The collar trust has sent word to the haber- of the Chicago newpsaper field. Once again it figures in a merger of newspa- pers, and Chicago now has but six daily papers, two morning and four evening. It was but a few days ago that The Forum had some comment on the modesn tendency to- ward fewer newspapers, and the Chicago situation is pat enough to warrant a little repetition. dashers that prices are to be raised. From every side we get it in the neck, THE WAR BEGAN IN APRIL, 1913 Charles Edward Russell in Harper’s Magazine: When did the war begin? April, 1913; not Aug- ust, 1914,.as the press always has it. The real declaration of war was made by the German reichstag when it struck observing Europe dumb and chill by passing an extraordinary war credit of $260,000,000; and to that act of belligerency in a time ‘of profound peace the socialists in the reichstag gave practically their support. All men in the world accustomed to make upon the day’s news an intelligent diagnosis must have gasped and stared at this portent. Unless Ger- many deliberately planned now to bring down upon mankind the war her armament had silently threatened these many years, there was no good reason for this perilous saber rattling; certainly none appeared in. the state of Europe. Yet the socialists seemed tobe for it; that was the incom- prehensible fact. : August Bebel, then still active, was the ablest and most famous of their leaders, and criticism Only a few years ago Chicago had seven morn- ing newspapers, The Tribune, Inter-Ocean, Record, Chronicle, Times, Globe and Herald. The Times and Herald combined and later the Record was taken in. Then The Examiner was started by Mr. Hearst. The Globe and Chronicle suspended pub- lication, and the Record-Herald and Inter-Ocean combined to make the Herald. Now the new Herald-Examiner and Tribune divide the morning field, and in the evening field are The News, American, Journal and Post. Despite the fact that Mr. Keeley, the editor of The Herald, had the reputation of being one of the most brilliant and resourceful men in American journalism, The Herald is reputed to haye lost $300,000 last year. It is doubtful if all of the eve- ning papers are paying ventures. It is rather interesting to note that the amal- gamation, which gives Mr. Hearst a morning Asso- ciated Press franchise in Chicago, comes just when the supreme court is hearing the argument of the case in which the Associated Press seeks a permanent injunction against Mr. Hearst’s In- ternational news service, to prevent it pirating {news dispatches.—Fargo Forum. SATURDAY EVEN ING LETTER | : By Justice J. E. Robinson May 2, 1918. Desiring to practice what I preach, ‘every day since last August I have been promptly at my post of duty in the Capitol. “Now, with the kind’ consent of the. judges I go for a week tomy farm. to see what can be done for the allies. As the tax question seems to be one of general interest and concern to the people ‘of the state, I. recently gave you my formal opinion on the valid- ity: of the motor vehicle or automo- bile tax. Here is my, opinion on the! constitutional vadility of statutes tm- posing a tax on notes. and mortgages not held nor owned in this state. State ex rel Langer-Ve, Packard,-et al. Robinson, J.: ‘This .suit, chullenges the validity of Chapters °229 and 230, Laws of 1917.° Chapter 229 is to the effect that. no’non-resident, either by himself of agent ‘shall do. business within the state without, paying a tax the same as citizens of the state and that ‘all ‘bills receivable, obligations and credits arising from business done in this state are assessable within the state and at the. business domt- cile of the non-resident or his agent. The term “credits? means and in- cludes every. claim or demand for money due or to become due, and all demands secured by deeds or mort- gages due or to ‘become due. (C. L. 2074.) Chapter 230 provides that.all mon- eys and credits must be listed for tax- ation and that in lieu of all other taxes, the same shall be shbject to an annual tax of 3 mills on each dot- lar of the fair cash value. That the taxes paid under such levy shall be apportioned one-sixth to the state; one-sixth to the county; one third 10 the general fund of! the city, village or township, and ‘one-third. ta the school district. i These two chapters may be consid- ered as twins. They were enacted at the same time and for the same pur- pose. They stand ‘or fall together. The real purpose of each chapter was to levy a 3-mill tax on the credits ot non-residents. What a person does by another he does by himself. Hence, when a resident agent’ does represent a non-resident in carrying on a farm, a loan agency or any. business, the property, credits, fotes and mort- gages. obtained, held atid used.by him have a local situs and domicile ana are subject to taxation. Such has always been the law of this state..;- Before the Rassage of the two acts non-resident property of every kind in- cluding money and ¢rédits having o situs or domicile in the state was, and still it, subject to.assessment and taxation the same as the property of residents. » Hence, it must be that the real purpose of those acts was to levy a 3-mill tax onthe credits of all non-residents when secured on lands in this state. The relators show that they do nov reside in this state and. they carry on no business within the state, but they do purchase notes and mortgages se- cured on lands in the,state, and de fendants show . a parpose to assess such notes and-mortgages and to levy thereon -a tax of 3-mills on the dol- lar. Now, -as held: by the Unitea States. supreme court,“all property in debts belong to the creditors to whom they are payable and follow their domicile wherever t. may be. Debts can’ have no locality aside from the parties to whom they.are due. This principle might be ‘stated in many different ways and supported by cita- tions from numerous adjudications, but no number of authorities,.and no form of expression could add anything to its obvious truth. ‘So far as debts are held by non- residents of the-state, they are prop- erty beyond the jurisdiction of the state. (15 Wallace 300). No sthie has jurisdiction to levy taxes on prop- erty, money or credits which are heid and used in another state. In regard to the levying of taxes the constitution provides thus: The legislative assembly shall provide for raising revenue sufficient ‘to defray the expenses of the state for each year, not to exceed in any one year four mills on the dollar of the assess- ed valuation of all taxable. property in the state; and a sufficient. sum: to pay interest on the state debt. ‘(Sec 174.) % . ‘No state tax ‘shall be levied ‘excep: in pursuance of law, and every law‘im- posing a tax shall state distinctly,.the object of the same, to which-only it shall be applied... (Sec. 178), vig i , The debt of any county, township, city, town or school district shall; not exceed five percent ofthe assessed, valuation of the: taxable’ property therein.’ (Sec. 183:) Under the constitution éach polit- {cal. subdivision must ‘levy its own taxes‘ and''impose ‘dnd’ base its “own burdens: - It is for the state to levy its.own tax, to make each levy. for a specified’ puwblic:.. purpose’. and to limit the levies to four mills on tae dollar and the intereston the public debt. Obviously, there ts nothing in the act~to show the object ‘of the 3- mill levy. The act does’ not state the object of the 3-mill levyor show it is for a public purpose. ‘For the’ sever- | al reasons .the levy is clearly void. The ‘sum total of all leviés for the necessary expenses of the state must not exceed 4 mills on the dollar in any one year. This linitation it woula be quite impossible to fix and de- termine if the state might levy on all the different classes of property 3 mills or 3 cents on the dollar, and it the state may discriminate and levy three mills on credits, why not three cents on other classes of property? It seems we are having altogether too much tinkering with tax legisla- tion, and it is done for the purpose of raising excessive revenues. The only safe course is to assess and tax all property by uniform rule according to it value in money and in every law or resolution imposing a tax to state distinctly the object of the same: The conclusion is that said chap- ters 229 and 230 are void in so far as they provide for the levy of a 3-mill tax on money and credits and in so far as they provide for the assessment of money or credits not owned or hela or used in this state. Hence, it is ordered that in the making of assess- ments. and tax levies under said.chap- ters, the defendants and all persons acting under them shall conform to this’ decision and that the relators shall not be required to list for assess: ment and taxation any property, mon- ey or credits of non-residents, only such as may be held ‘and used in this state regardless of the fact that the same may be secured on property within the state. Goats Are Cute. Many of the people in this country today believe that the goat is any- thing but a lovable animal, relates an exchange. In reality there is no more lovable and gentle creature alive than “Mr. and Mrs, Chin Whiskers.” . Visit @ goat ranch and learn to welcome the playful thrust of the cold little nose into the palm of your hand, or into your pocket, where a few of the more daring expect some hidden goodies are to be found. The awkward and play- ful antics of the little goatlet should win the heart of the most critical. Desplse the Savoyards. Even to the present day the Gen- evese hate nnd despise the Savoyards, their hereditary enemies, calling the contemptuous attention of the stranger to the fact that these neighbors of theirs are unthrifty and still make their women work in the fields, as they did In former days. Fifteen minutes’ ride in a motorcar will carry one from Geneva into Savoy. Dull, lifeless eyes, colorless _lins; sallow, yellow cheeks. give a girl little chance for a “man” these days. Don’t lose heart, just take Hollisters Rocky Mountain Tea—helps to make you attractive and fair. Don’t delay, begin today. Breslow’s. C2 HOPE TO VOTE ON SUFFRAGE 7 ¢ Washington, D. C., May 6.—Senator. Jones of New Mexico, chairman of the senate woman's suffrage committee, an- nounced in the senate today that an effort would be made to get'a vote late this week in ‘the ‘senate’ on’ a ‘resolution proposing a suffrage amend- mént tothe constitution, adopted last winter ‘by ‘the house: i “MINNEAPOLIS, No. 3 yellow corn . @162 No. 4 yellow corn . @157 No. 5 ‘yellow corn . @145: Corn, 'No.’3 mixed @157 Other grades. corn os 1) @135 No. 2 white oats, Mont. 78%@ 79%. Oats ... - T4%@ 1% T8%@ THA) |, 3 _ BY@ THM Arrive (ei... 3% @: 74%: ‘No. 4 white ‘oats T1%@ 74% Barley, choice . . 168 @171 Barley Rye ‘No.'2 . Arrive Flax Flax Oats, May . Oats, July .. ST. PAUL HOGS—Receipts, 7,000, steady, with $16.80@17.1 range, 3 bulk, $16.90@ 17.00. ‘CATTLE—Receipts,: 3,000; killers, steady; steers, $7.50@16.50;. cows and heifers, $8.00@13.00; calves, steady at $6.00@12.50; stockers and feeders, slow at $6.50@11.00. SHEEP—Receipts, 25, steady, with lambs at $8.00@18.00; wethers, $7.00 @16.00; ewes, $5.00@15.00. CHICAGO HOGS—Receipts, 43,000; strong; bulk, $17.25@17.75; light, $17.15@ 17.80; . mixed, $16.95@17.85; _ heavy, $15.15@17.60: . rough, $16.15@16.55; pigs, $15.50@17.25. CATTLE—Receipts, 15,000,._ firm: native beef steers, —$10.00@17.70; stockers and feeders, $8.30@12.60; cows and heifers, $6.80@1410; calves, $8.00@ 14.00. SHEEP—Receipts, 10,000, firm wtih: sheep at $12.75@16.75; lambs, $15.50 @21.10. : TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY LOST—Between Person court and Tribune, cameo brooch in gold set- ting. Finder please-return to Trib- une for reward. 5-6-tf FOR RENT—Modern furnished rooms. 515 4th street. 561 wk FOR SALE OR RENT—New bunga- low on Avenue C. Heat, electric lights, bath. Apply at Commercial club. * 56 1 wk FOR RENT—Two room house. Has water and electric lights. East Thayer St. Inquire of A. Van Horn, phone 305, - we 5-63 ‘WANTED—Girl for general house- work. Phone 92 or address P. 0. Box 607. 5-6-tf FOR SALE—New Peninsula range, iron bed with spring and mattress, window. shades, cheap. 510 Elev- enth St. 5-6-lw Translated Into English. All books of the Old Testament apocrypha, 14 in number,’ have been translated Into English, and are includ- ed as apochryphal books in some edi- tions of the Bible. They were for- merly printed under a distinctive head- ing between the Old and the New Tes- taments, and in that form can still be found in many old family Bibles. They are always included in the so-called |" Septuagint, a version of the Bible used by the Greek church. PRESBYTERIAL MEETING Mandan, May 6.—Miss_ Barr of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Miss.Streeter of New York, woman workers of national reputation, will be the principal speakers at the annual women’s pres- byterial of the Bismarck presbytery to be held at the Mandan Presbyterian church Tuesday evening. MONDAY, MAY 6, 1918. REGENTS MAY’ PICK HEAD OF. SLOPE NORMAL Permanent President for Dickin- inson Institution May Be , \ Selected This Week Secretary Charles Liessman of the state board of regents left this after- noon for Fargo, where an important meeting of the board will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Probably the most important matter to be taken up will be the selection of a president for the new Dickinson normal, which is to open next month with a summer course. Supt. P. 8. Berg of the Dickinson public schools has bepn appointed acting president, but no one ‘seems to know whether he will be perpetuated in this position. The choice of ‘Berg, it is said, would be generally popular on the Slope. The regents also probably will defi- nitely consider the erection of an ad- dition to the science building at the agricultural college. An appropriation of $60,000 was made: for this purpose at_the 1917 legislative session, but nothing has been done to date. The addition is badly needed, and it is not improbable that plans and specifi- cations will be ordered submitted by the regents at, this meeting. RAILBOARD ASKS REVIEW OF SEED AND FEED RATES Discrimination, Between East- bound - and. West-bound ~ _ Rates Is Reported - In_ response to complaints’ from a number of Northern ‘Pacific: points west of the river which hafe called the North Dakota raflway commils- sion’s attention to the fact that a higher. rate is: charged for seed and feed ‘shipments west-bound than for the same commodities going east, the rail board has filed. with the inter- state commerce commission.a formal petition for a hearing on this subject. Efforts. to negotiate the controversy with. the Northern Pacific have not been wholly. succegstul, although. the railway company, has conceded the east-bound . rate .on . west-bound: -ship- ments,of seed and. feed going to the various county ..commissions . .whjch purchased seed and feed under the state. bonding act.,.. No. such , conces- sion hag, been made for the individual purchaser, who, as a consequence, pays from one to 11 cents.per hundred more for the seed and-feed. which .he brings, in, than tt. coats: to ship. the same grain out. The ‘difference, on an average, is. three: to ‘four cents per ‘bushel on ‘oats.and six to seven cents on wheat.. ---* 4 On all.other- railways: serving .North Dakota the same rates apply both east and west. “The raitway: conimissign’s complaint’ to the interstate commerce commission covers the: ground gener- ally, and it is expécted' that in a nym- ber of particular instances gommuni- ties immediately affected, will inter- verie and, support the complaint of the rail board. - 4 IN. D. Boards ‘Appeal ‘to Sister States'to Stock Up Now; Avoid Shortage (Continued From -Page, One.) form Jetter. I believe, however, tha: you will give it just, as particular and immediate attention as though it were not in form. I was in conference with the rail: road commission, the council of de- fense, the fuel administration, the op- erators and the miners, and I am cheerfully, upon their request, offer- ing the entire matter for your con- sideration with a view to your ac- tive cooperation. ‘May I suggest that you direct a lét- ter to‘ the following: ane ore First,’ the director general of rail- roads. pay : 2 Second, to your state fuel’adminis- trator. pote i Third, to’ the traffic officer of’ your railroad companies. i Fourth, to your state railway’ cdne- mission. he Fifth, to your state council’ of de- fense. i Sixth, to your prominent coal con- sumers. " ° : To all of these urging, first, the ‘lo- cal use’ of ‘North Dakota coal; second, urging suc’ han amendment.of railroad tariffs as will admit ‘North Dakota coal into. your territory. Third, secure such publicity as may be possible for this product. pe 2 q Will: you. notkindly advise me at once as to what you are willin~ to do so. that we may know. about what is being accomplished as a result of this communication? With kind personal regards. GEO. N. KENISTON, Secretary. Bismarck Commercial Club. HUMPHREYs’ WITCH HAZEL OINTMENT __ (COMPOUND) For Piles or. Hemorrhoids, Externat or Internal,’ Blind or Bleeding, Itching or Burning. One application brings relief. at all. druggists. Sead Free Sample of Otatmeat to Humphreys’ Homeo, icine ae 186 William Street New tone bir SEE SICK STOCK BOOK on treatment of fico Done, sod cther ania, cont otinary Medicines, 186 William Sc, Nr