The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1919, Page 3

\ ¢ 5 5 , { ‘ es ; ry | I , ? H 4 > ‘ { i] { i s q \) { ’ i é t ; SATURDAY, JAN. 4, 1919. WFARLAN HAS - RIGHT T0 $3,000 RULES LANGER Contract Between State and For- mer Normal President Valid, Says Attorney. KOSITZKY CAN SUE BOARD ‘ i Opinion Refers State Auditor to. | the Courts If He Is Not Now Satisfied. When the state board of agreed to pay $3,000 for the current | year to President G. A. Mc the Valley City normal school, ing he would place s resignation in) | the hands of the hoard to become ef: fective npon the appe a necepted these. tert the North Dakota and Meck fered inte a contr: whic and binding, and State Auditor Ke wky has nor a to withhold p: yment of the suma rules 4 General Langer i opinion fur nished Seeretary arles Leissman of the board of r af regents and former Pre: Farland came to Auditor attention some weeks age when vouch érs for nting the fhonth'’s salary paid the former Vall Cliy normal head foewing his retire- ment, were presented. Ir. Kositzky immediately set down his substanfial foot, declaring the board. of regents had exceeded its powers, and that the state would not pay a salary to any tan ‘not actually in its service. Ne at once referred the matter to the at- torney general, with whom Secreta Eeissman also consulted, and, the opi ion, although dafed Detember S0,. was hot filed until today. Mr. Langer sa. “The offer by the hoard of regents and its acceptance hy Mr. McFarland effected a contract between the state of North Dakota and M eFarland, the validity of which is the sote ques- tion presented by your letter of in- guiry, and there being no question raised as to the capacity of Mr. Me: Farland to enter into such a contract, and the statute, above quoted having expressly conferred upon the board of regents the power to hire the presi- dent. of the state normal school Valley City, the only matter remain- ing to be disposed of is as to the sufli- ciency of the congldernition from the stanfipoint ofthe state. ; “Yet attention fs iiiected St 2 fact that under the ‘statuté the of regents cannot remove the president ‘of: neatete institution: ut-their. pleamses. on for. sufligient cause. B ae inde rane ehdeted pr ite institution, wider the yof the board of} texéats,’ pelt for,an judges per ods as wis ‘ee ion... oh AO Pros Me: Rutigndzhas the eats a: higeposte toy Sunt ihe be niet fe elinguishes it, or ‘until as action in the* perform ane pfgtls-4 warranty pug gemoy- al pit (att ie carrse; "i rae ‘suft POU en whe used) in: thig cone ion have been defined: by the courte cases, is my opinion from the facts bet fore me that. the eontract above re: ferred to is valid-and binding.-upon the state, and that. its, terms must .be ees | hy the payment of the salary upon to Mr. McFarland. “I desire to direct your attention to the fact ¢ this. opinion deals ~only with the validity of the contract in- volved. It not within my province, nor do I express any opinion upon the wisdom of the action taken by the hoard of regents. and if the state audi- tor feels that the members . of the hoard of regents have ‘grossly abused} the powers conferred upon them by statute, the courts of the state are open to him for.a determination of the ques- | tion, and each member of the st board HAs filed nis hond, — datily fitoved, With the state, conditioned np- on the faithful performance of “his duties.” HOLIHAN HOME AFTER FORMING LABOR BUREAU! J. 4H. Holihan, who has heen work- ing for the United States employment | service since Angust, has returned to the city sind will take aétive charge; Of his business; He has heen organiz- ing what-is known. as soldiers’ and sailors’ bureans. The idea of the Unit- ed States. governinent-is to find em- pleyment for soldieys who are being demobilized, «a ‘ man, womin dnd child fr the United States is sup- posed to consider himself or herself a committee of one to aid soldiers and sojlors to find émployment, if they want it. Of course, the bors from North Da- kota, with a. few exceptions, will get back their old jobs and most of them have -homes, _.In -the east, however, some df the bors Who went to France and stood ready. and willing to lay} down their lives may not be so fortu- nate as to have «fob waiting for them. That is why our government is or-. ganizing these bureans fo take care of men who ate ont of employment. In the city of Bismarck a returning soldier or sailor or war worker can register at the local United States em- ployment office, George Humphreys in charge, or they can call on H. F. provid: | nrment of a sue! oy, and when President: MeParland j } But Peoples already Amefican ai ((FTq Unclassified 1918 DECEMBER 1. B Seria Food Shortage yy Sufficient Present Food Su; Bu Future ene receivii BISMARCK. DAILY. TRIBU. Jos ‘point, With ‘Ukraine only have maintained the exception of yactual needs unt!! next harv even in the Ukraine, with st ‘in the large centers of population. Belgium and northern France, a iwell as Serbia, appear on the hunget ple of the United States. America ha :for four years maintained the ‘small war, rations.ef Belgiuin and northern Frarice and ts ’already’ making specin ‘4 torts ito cate for * inerdad “afteritheavars heeds, which With thi vot’ Serbit aitise be tnclided? inet lan, are urgent in the ex cher -during. the..war..constitutes. the | there are beyond the — pt eee of | inevitably follow famine. Should th! {Strongest appeal for us to continue our |help, Before another 1g thou- | happen we will see in other paris of} Yf Sbrk, sheres’ The tiojyensithe Geran | snds oof. theny inevitably. must: die, | Europe a repetition of the Russian d Ww Tabor Hoard. Tr eithercease they will be. taken, care of. “Every “einployer of Tabor, and female; farmers ‘and “mercha should place; thelt éalls*for help with the United States employment bureau At thie’ Northwest fotely Bisniarék, and 1 persons, bothomale and female. look- ing for work should register there s that the manager “may ‘have’ the!r names and addres and ean then no- tify them of ar ition to be filled. KNOX BANKER MAKES TWINE FOR FARMERS Dave H. Uglum After Ten Days In State Prison Appears Contented. ARRIEDOWN CC 1 { | | | MITMENT Without. Eseort—Debts Are Made Good. i David HW. Ugtum, the Knox banker) accounts were found to be tech-! 200,000 to the bad=by R. Waters, and who ap- peared Vefore Judge Buttz at Devils; Lake, pleaded guilty to def: cepted a five-year commitment — paper in h pocket, boarded a train for Bismarck and per-! sonally delivered himself up to acting | Warden C.F, McDonald, accompanied only by his counsel, Judge Palda of | Minot, after 10 days in the North Da-j kota penitentiary does not appear to} be losing any flesh over liis incare rera~ tion and is prov am odel yn The Knox. bai whose fi operations “have Involved hundred thousands of dollars, and whose prince- Wy estates in the vicinity of Kno: where he owned seven elevators in ad dition to his bank, have been among the finest ii America, has for 10 days toiled 10 hours eavth day in the prison | twiné plant. Hé has been an apt pupil, readily mastering the details of the O'Hare, chairman of the community INSUR. = snl aha OX FIRE INSURANCE Are you insted? If not, let us insure you. Don’t let a loss find you with insufficient insurance. J.B. HALLORAN & COMPANY task ‘assigned to. him, and he is today ANCE : Service and Protection in All Branches. — 202 eeences Bank Bldg. : 1 A food map of Europe today shows not-a single country in which the tu- ture does not hold threat of serious | ditticulties and only 4 small part which [4s noc rapidly approaching the famine the those countries which marine commerce have sufficient food supplies to meet t, and S DCC smulated on the farms, there Is famine , Map distinct from the rest of Europe ‘wecause they stand in a different rela- i tien from the other nations to the peo- ratituide of thé Belgian ‘pation for. the help. America as. extended to arintes withdrew from her soil and she blished! once tidye in her own Hoth miité | | tion as to whether two certificates of meneame seal of goveruiient (he litle nadoens Hirst thought was to express her gratt tude to the Coinmission for Relief in Belgium for preserving the lives of duiilions of her citizens, Germany, on the other Pintand, Rohemia, Serbia, Roumanta Montenegro have already reachod tt toll of death, ‘The Arimeni hand, need 1 pupal Germany probably ean © own for her food protien Switzerland, Bulg: given access to shipping and re In the throes of serious strip- lHueas. ‘The four eek a s}to distribute food to the cities with | gen leavane The ete aaa r|dense populations, which are the trou |” In order to fulfill America’s pledge! que) 8, SAIN Mae. ajiokis Col ble centers, In world relict we will have to export! Culver, Lieut. Lucas echoed the com- England, France, the Netherlands | ev and Portugal, all of which have been | dled through our port S}inaintuined from American supplies, | the very least a minimum of have sufficient food to meet tmimediate | tons compared with 6,00°,600, needs, but their future. presents seri-| war exports, and 11,820,000 tons. 1 ous difftenities. The stme is true of | ported last yi Span and the oorthern..weutfal coun- trigs—Nor Sweden ‘and Denmark deavfiosé ports havélhoeiy dpetyinnd who have been uble to dr to some degtee APOH CORAL supple pee rere: Most, ‘of Russia ‘Already In the throes of famine, and 40,000,000 people allies. If we fail to lighten the black spo" peace for will be threatened, Revolt and an: This applies.as: well to Poland and practically throughout the B: bacle and our will have been in vain, one of the’ most: valuatie members pf] deposit of the wine plane ‘staff. ‘Mere: tnify he} be held as assets of the bank. a few newsblisters,gn his hands, moye | court y on the state e. omed to the polished wheel of|aminer’s application in this conne a high powered imported touring car! tion, Dave Ughim will than te ‘the by; Tevers’ ol a twine | ors: per cent on the dolla: and machine, and there are some un - | most bank ‘failu wl tomed cricks and kinks iu his ‘have terminated fortunately for the the Ughim ner has not once complained nor sulked,! the and his prison career has begun most auspicious CREDITORS GET MONEY Witile on paper the Ughun bank at! Hiknox was $200,000 to the bad when it | vas closed by State F ly the asets concerned except Dave, e twine plant. ‘ He st pune, and provided himself with other good li erasure. He will have les' ina hard daily when 9 o'clock come: The Uglum liabilit her unusual ‘and perhaps not s ccording to Hoyle when he went down to Minneapolis and led a meet- justmient being made today with th state railway eHnderson of Minneapotis. ing the National 3 i k them to do-| Assment which s for the vestin sota state banke; clare a cwolunta would provide func pre: of thousands of acres of. fla whe; York, which had honded the Uglum jand other grains on the Ughim. fav elevators. This is the amount of The Minnesota eveditors rather, liked | Waters’ idea, and they. conghed up| promptly, As a result of the few three storage tickets held by farm me, when the crash thousands of good money which they “ i i United Stites from flu Et Se jsent after the thousands of Put Strangers Above Relations. | nia following 400,000 |; Financier Traveled to Bismarck |P!) thes re: from the Ughn] It was a viaier, bn AlAmid, who | | by disease \ AL about $90,000, w! ent down the crops las terialy Vm /Hived in the eleventh century, Floss role this strangely modern advice Lenine is the man in the cap, the arrow above his head. Mrs. ‘were caught by the.camera while out for a pleasure ride in Petrograd a few days ago- gions, With conditlons ‘most serious 11 | and famine point and are suffering a heavy Hot figure to such a map for Ameri-|tion Is falling each week hunger | voice through the “Can you hear | cans Jecause there is no present indi- takes Its toll, und in Greece, Albania | me, Number Three?" cation that we shall be called on at all }and Roumania so serious are the taod | Culver Invention to take thought for Uie food ueeds of {shortages that famine Is near, at-| Telephonic Wonder, ‘ Genuany, though sta fon fs not yet immuinent H Finally Number ‘Three attuned his and ‘Mur ton of fcod which can be tan- This means at pyr, When We were bound hy the. fies of, war to, the European on the hunger map or if we allow any {> portions to become darker the very | which we fought and bled] t for world peace | over, Ne ee t ‘able amounts may not) yy it the i pay his credit-| who will con- tinue to do his ten-hour daily bit in intends to keep abreast of vseribed today for! he has time for . | reading than heretofore, for the lights | re turned out early at the state pen- les a man who puts grind is ready for bed s will be re- duced another $1,000 through an ad- minission by T. W. ent- urety Co. of New)! evs who had grain in Uglum elevator: In the meantime Major Waters had! i 7 over deaths and injuries negotiated the sale of two of the Uz} Choose your. friends. amone in war javies onion lum elevators at a good fig [Bets nd take not yoursm the collection of outstanding into a i be, helped a great deal. so that today the! pions, or even more noxious.” | New York, Jan. 4.—-Pli has. thus ctual shortage of the Uglum hank is ——— far cost life insurance compantes in| ‘but $60,000, with five elevators still] FOR REN located, modern! the United States. $50,000,000, | held as assets for the benefit of the) rooms. pices Ve This is the estimate made by Vico! creditors. In addition there is a ques-} Phone 768K or call President Lunger of the Equitable, NINE, RUSSIAN BOLSHEVIK CHIEF, IS SHOWN HERE IN THE. READ SEAT OF AN AUTO BESIDE HIS WIF HEAR BIRDMEN Washington, D. C,—I have been hearing the birdmen talk, half a mile in. the air) I have been watching them dip, spin and spiral over my head at the word of command spoken from the ground. The birds were a squadron of four aviators, and the word of command was spoken from the ground through the wireless telephone. i Col. C. C. Culver, inventor of the wir telephone device for air- planes, staged an exhibition for my benefit. Airmene Hear, Reply { ; While 3,000 Feet Up. | We stood in the wireless telephone} room in the military aeronautics di- ivision. Col. Culver had a mouthpiece | strapped to his chest, while two of his! aides and I held receivers to our ears. | | Threo thousand feet in the alr, fly-, jing over she Potomac, so we could | eo them through the window, four} planessoared. ‘The machine of ut. Lucas, in) command of the) squadron, was equipped with a trans- | jmitter as well as a receiver, The oth- Jer ther planes had receivers only. | Aviators aven's supposed to talk back, “Hello, Lucas; can you hear me?” snoke Col. Culver into the mouth: |! piece. came the reply, clear as it 1 2 center Tine. | rplanes was number- called each by num: pparatus was Norn bell. “AM right; i Bach of the ed. Lieut. ber, Lo see ‘ properly. { “Hello, hear me, for Namber One! Hf dip!" you ean Number One did. “ALL right, sow Number Two dipped. you, Number “How about Number ‘ihe He soared bli F Col. Culver jexplained that Number ‘Three’ He paratus was probably outvof tune, | “jfollo, Namber | ‘Thre Number ‘Three! came Lieut. Three?” Number receiver and dip} “Born a center | ordered Li man, and the machines executed a} sharp turn to the right and flew in the opposite direction. ‘The machines were now getting out of range cf th s- | Window. “Come back ov the buildings; WIRELESS WONDER PHONE NOW SUCCESS : CULVER’S INVENTION MAKES ’EM HEAR 3,000 FEET UP BY E. A. GELDHOF. i} N. E. A, Washington Bureau. | chapter, Daughters of the Amer 1) Mrs,.Charles Washburn, one. of — the } Revolution, was held Pri Hfternoon | members of Minishoshe chapter who. at the he eof Mrs, amstad, | now Ti in Minneapolis. Names of. "as OPEned ‘py the singing | two new members were accepted by “after whieh Mys. J. Mo} the chapter. The by < for the chap- j Martin, chapter regent, read the D. A. tter were discussed and adopted eom- Re ritual. plete, 4 reaming in-at double the normal rate, from Sept. ordered Col, Cuiver y awa k the a 3 Not, to 2,000 feet, remarkable prec Lieut, Lu With | drop-! ' Pp " the com-| 13; mands. Climbing ag to 3,000 feet, | the machines “stood up,’ which means e-) standin on one wing, looped, flopped dived, spun and pulled off, each at Ct ‘ol. Calver command, all ‘the ty q ‘of Washing ondered, Por ale an hour I wi ton looked up andj utched them. Wirele: telephony by no means} inew, but talking in flight was never in Pe ossible before Col. Culver accom- i The pr diffieulty | a overcame was in excluding — the} noise of the motors. jinventing a mouth c c jout all sound but that of the vo | _ His success has given the world the most important aircraft development | since the Liberty Motor was perfected. And it has raised Culver from a se geant of cavalry to a colonel of the air service, FLU COSTS LIFE INSURANCE FIRMS FIFTY MILLIONS oo FLV KILLS MORE THAN WAR | American soldiers killed. in | the world w. | American soldiers ser | wounded in the wi Total... mated de t: e 60,000, i $j ein hs tod 840,000, euse ever deaths in wa Ex deaths by a “Industri: that is the small, week- Lenine is seatéd beside him. They red 'O. E. Anderson Lbr. C. TALK HALF A MILE UP IN THE jada MINISHOSHE CHAPTER D. A, R. HAS INTERESTING MEETING The reguglar meeting of Minishe he fregent, and a letter of greeting from Roll was responded to A letter was read fi eof Valley City, by 11 mm Miss | ite vice Annual dues are payuble hefere the member: r meeting the first Friday Helen ¢ in February, OOOO TOTS TOOTS ALUMNI DEFEATS HIGH SCHOOLERS Iy payment poliey companies, are said! to have Tost $80,000,000 of the total. Flu and pnenmonia have increased the death claim payments of most com panies hy four times the usual aver te Several companies are “passing” diy idends to policyholders, in antic tion of further losses from the disease, ‘ , i : Metropolitan Life Insurance com-|G6od Crowd Witnesses: Interest- death claims up to Dee, 1 Sg 100,000 more than for the corr sponding date in T17 and still are ny ing Game—Miles City Is Next Victim. Prudential Insurance company whieh in the entire year of 1917, paid MT Phe industrial and ordinary death claims total ef $80,000,000, paid in sev: of INS during the Worst of the epidemie more than 500,000 on death claims for influenza and) pneu- none, alumni all-star team, compos- ed of graduated veteran basket ball players of the Bismarck high school, defeated the 191819 high school team in an interesting game at the high school armory Friday evening by a score of 34 to 17. The high schoot quint held the veterans almost to a tie in the second half after the first half had closed with the score stand- ing 22 to 6 in favor of the alumni, Benton Flow of the Great Lakes mav- al ‘training station. made most ofthe points for the alumni, There was a good growd and much enthusiasm. - January 10, the Bismarck high: on its own floor will meetMiles City. The Montana team’s _record. i8..not known here, but Bismarck after hav- ing handed Glendive a decisive defeat = is confident. “Call C. A. Finch Lum- iber Co. phone 17, for Old Hickory Lignité any during the war ims for war deaths, paid to- Hiatiny 066 on deaths ai has pair $ and pneumonia to Noy, 13. AL Life company. report nd pneumonia loss at witable Life at $7: Life, 000 on 1 ties of h Suen : deat] amonnt of claims are not yet avail- able, Have your old hat made like new at the Eagle Tailoring Co. < Carney Coal Phone 94 I am ready and waiting for you or some one else to rent or buy that 10-room house on the corner of Main street and Mandan Ave. This is just the place for a large family. The lot is 75x150 feet. Nice shade’ trees. Remember it is only six months until we need shade. Six months is about like a flash of lightning as compared with time. This very desirable piece of property will be worth $10,000 in a few years. It over- looks the Missouri River for miles and miles. - I consider it one of the best corners in the pretty city of Bismarek, which we all expect to be a city of 25,000 people in a few years, (I Wil Bet You $1,000,000.00 It Will) However, I want to sell or rent this property. I must have a renter. Remember it is modern and I will rent it for $25.00 a month. If interested write, telephone or telegraph. J. H. HOLIHAN REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, LANDS AND LOANS. (The man with bargains) TELEPHONE 745 = same e old eee Block