The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 24, 1919, Page 1

“ ever. THE WEATHER Fair tonight. THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 21. K TRIBUNE LAST. EDITIO eemer. 1 eemewewoososs BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY, \JAN. 24, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS" LEAGUE'S STATE HAILINSURANCE BILL IN SHAPE Measure Provides for Levying of Taxes After Extent of Damage Is Known - ASSESS TILLABLE LANDS Soil Not Under Cultivation May Escape Burden on Own- er’s Affidavit A state hail insurance bill which provides for the levying of a land tax at the close of the crop year, after the losses of the season shall have been determined, and which will do away with the rather cumbersome plan originally proposed of levying a tax in-the spring based upon the pro)- avle crop loss and then calling an as- sessment in the fall, should funds prove insufficient to indemnity all los- ers, was introduced in tue 16th legis- lative assembly this afternoon fol- lowing approval in league caucus last night. Under this bill the state insurance commissioner on or before October 1 each year wil] determine the extent to which growing crops have ‘been damaged by hail, will ascertain the amount of insurance due on. such loss- es, and will then certify to the vari- oys counties their pro-rata share of such tax, which is to be sufficient, to caver the anuual running expenses of the hail department in addition «o in- demnifying the owners 9i yrowing crops which suffered from hail. Eight dollars per acre is the max- imum insurance provided under the act. Under old line hail policies the maximum has usually been $7. The taxes required to create this hail in- surance fund are to be levied against all “tillable land,” and, under this head is included all land suitable for agriculture and, which is not actually used for grazing. Rights-of-way and untillable Jand may be exempted trom the hail insurance tax upon their owa- erg filing an affidavit to the effect that they are untillable. Owners of cultivated land are required to file an affidavit stating the amount of land in crop and the nature of the var- ious crops, in order to enjoy the pro- tection of the act. ‘Not later than March 1 following the year in which hail losses wer sus- tained; the insurance commiseioner shall file with the state auditor a statement of losses with the names of the farmers Who are entitled to: in- demnities,.and. the stdte auditor is required to ‘draw warrants on the state treasuter*for such amount. Thé' act carries an‘emergency and an ap propriacion of $50,000. NEW EVIDENCE NOT PRODUCED INSTARK ROW Contestants Submit No Testi- mony Upholding Charges of Fraud Made Additional evidence promised by the contestants in, the Kuhn-Riley versus Murtha-Roquette fight for seats in the lower house did not materialize at the adjourned * hearing’ of the elections committee. Wednesday. The contest- ants offered no new evidence what- Attorney T. F. Murtha, one of the two independent democrats elect- ed from Stark county last November in spite of league opposition, spoke in his own behalf, and State’s Attorney Ed S. Allen of Burleigh county spoke for the contestants. Murtha declared the allegations in the’ contestants’ briefs had net been provén and that > evidence of any kind Had been sub- mitted indicating fraud. Allen, in ad- dressing the committee, insisted that a conspiracy between Chairman Mc- Bride of the republican county cen- tral committee and Chairman Murtha of the democratic central committee, prior to the*election, had been proven. After deyoting the entire forenoon to this hearing, the committee ad- journed until 4 in the afternoon, when Attorney F. W. Burnett spoke in be- half of Rep. Roquette, against whom almost identical charges were filed. In_none of the evidence given on behalf, of the contestants has. there been any trace of the several barrels of whiskey which Murtha and Ro- quette were charged in the ‘contest- ants’ affidavits as presented to the house with having ladled out to the ‘thirsty voters of Stark county,, who straight-way after consumi! this stimulant, became almighty independ- ent, according to’ said contestants. D. H. MACARTHUR VERY ILL BUT IS YET ALIVE An erroneous report of the death of ‘D. H. MacArthur, former chairman of the North Dakota democratic central committee, was -sent out from St. Paul on Wednesday evening. A cor- rection was sent later, but some of the state papers overlooked the lat- ter and same out yesterday with head- lines announcing the death of the * former democratic whip. Mr. MacArthur is very ill in a St-/tute, and the committees which had Paul sanitarium, which he entered for treatment some time ago, but the As- sociated Press this morning advises that he is still alive. ue KD | SUDS STOLEN | . RIGHT HERE \ IN BISMARCK oe Chief of Police Martineson was called upon this week to run down some miscreants who broke into the ‘basement of a Bismarck apartment house and made off with one full case of beer. A case of beer in Bismarck? Oh yes, and legitimately so, too, for it was imported almost three years ago, when suds were quite properly in- troduced in some of our best families, and it had been treasured all these long, dry 36 months, in any one of which its owner could have consumed it three times over, without the aid of dried herring. Chief of Police Martineson, with the aid of Sheriff Welch, fastened this heinous crime upon four ‘boys of 19 to 21 years.. They are Welton Robi- deau, Melvin Carley, Henry Stebbins and Howard Arnold. They were ar- raigned before Police Magistrate Bleckreid yesterday, and their prelim- inary hearing was set for Monday at 4 o'clock. William Carmichael, Harold Brooks and Milton Yates, all juveniles, were arrested yesterday by Chief Martine- son and Special Agent D. L. Webb of the Soo line, charged with car rob- beries. ' ——— NORTH DAKOTA | PUTS FINAL 0. K. ON WILSON Concurrent Resolution Endorsing His Fourteen Peace Points Adopted in the House , RETIREMENT ACT ALTERED; parce Jase te Amendments Offered by Rep. Marshall—Whitman Bill Dies —Defense Board Saved North Dakota's ratification of Pres- ident Wilson’s fourteen peace points was completed ‘Monday afternoon when the house unanimously adopted the senate concurrent resolution ex- pressing the approval of the 16th gen- eral assembly. This memorial will be cabled to President Wilson at the peace conference now in session in Paris. In committee of the whole. the house as unanimously went on record in favor of returning national guards: men discharged ‘from the national army to their original status a3 statc militia, “providing the;-soldiers them selves desire it. whole the’house also approved Hause will:25,-which increases; married man’s exemptions in. a.personal prop- erty foreclosure action to $1,000' aud ad single man’s to $100, doubling tue former exemptions. ';) eet uf ;, New bills. introduced in the house included ‘House ‘Bill 59, by, Marshall,) regulating admission to the teachers’ retirement’ ‘fund, ‘and : providing’ for voluntary enrollment of teachers in | pudlic institutions. The act as amend. ed provides for retirement after 25 years’ service, of which 18, including the last five must have been spent in the public schools of this state; or chat after 15 years spent in the pub- lic schools or any state institution when a teacher suffers from perma- nent mental or physical disability as determined by at least two competent physicians, he or she may retire and| receive thereafter wil death an an- nuity to be one-fiftieth of his or her annual salary for the last five years} of service multiplied by, the whole number of years’ service as teacher, ‘ut to be not more than $750 nor less than $350 in any instance, Anyone ceasing to become a teacher’ before having qualified for any annuity shall be entitled td the return’ of one-half the assessments paid which must, however, be tepaid into the fund in} the event of the recipient at any fu- ture time reengaging in teaching. House Bill 60, introduced by the appropriation committee, appropriates 993,000 to pay charges #r the care of insane patients at the state hospital for the insane, and carries an emerg- ency clause. House Bill 61, introduced by Han- son, provides for submission to the voters of a proposed increase in the rate of taxation when the regular 30- mill tax for school purposes proves insufficient. s | Senate Bill 35, introduced Thurs- day, provides for a lien on the get of a stallion to insure the payment of service fees. : Senate: Bill 39, introduced by Inger- son, requires railways within six months following the completion of construction work. to erect and main- tain fences, cattlegdards and swing- ing gates. The provisions of this ‘bill are not. to apply to, street railway rights of way in city<streets. All other senate bills were taxation measures introduced by the senate committee on taxes and tax laws, fol- lowing approval in the league caucus. and they are treated at length else- where. > ‘ The senate finally laid away Sen- ator Whitman’s bill, S. B. No. 6, pro- viding for the succession of property and more clearly defining the rights of wives and widows. House Bill 1s was signed by the lieutenant-governor, an. House Bills 26, 34, 35 and 39 were messaged over from the house. Senate Bill No. 1 was returned from the house passed without amendment, and Senate Bills 21, 27 and 26 were favorably reported from committee for passage. On motion of Senator Mo..air the pay of senate pages was raised from $2 to $3 per day. Senate Bill 27, up for final passage, was fe referred to the committee on agricul- under consideration Senate Bills 15 and 25 were granted more time. The last new senate: bill introduced (Continued on Page Four.) In committee’ of the}: MONARCHIST MOVEMENT _ THROUGHOUT PORTUGAL 18 GAINING STRENGTH Lisbon, Jan. 24.—Reports indi :ate that the monarchist movement is; spreading over the republic. ! GAIN CONTROL, el Vigo, Jan. 24.—The monarchist | movement has gained strengi’ at san-| tarem, forty miles from Lisbon. ‘Truops | under the revolutianary leaders have | gained control. | =. | STILL IN LONDON, | London, Jan. 24.—Tho widely cir- culated rumor that former King Eman-; ‘uel of Portngal had left London andj, was about to land on Portugese terri- tory was said to be premature, The former king is still in London. LEAGUE PAYS ITS RESPECTS | TO MERCHANTS , They’re Slippery, Spiderish Indi- viduals, Deelares Malone \ of . Wilton LIKE TO MAKE DEAD BEATS | Business Men Delighi in Cus- tomers Who Do Not Pay Their Bills ! ‘The league paid i mercaants on the yesterday. There under cons ation House will 25, relating to the e3 emption of .personal property trom attachment, increasing a © married man’s exemptions from $50) to $1,000 and adding to the exemptions of a sin- gle man already assurred by statute $100 adidtional. Rep, Burtnéss of Grand Forks stated that he approved an increase in exemptions for married men, but that he doubted the wisdom of increasing the exemptions of un- married. men. In his legal experience, he said, he had found a young man’s best asset to be his credit, and this credit was good, he said, largely ‘be- cause business men knew they coud enforce collections of accounts, Ui- der a $100 exemption he questioned whether this would :be true. This brought Hep. Dell Patterson of Donnybrook: to his feet with’ an im- passioned tirade against the gentle- man. trom-Grand ‘Works, whom he ac- cused’ of .fmpunging, the honesty, of the young men of the stite;' with com: paring them with I. W. W.’s and with heaping ‘insult upon them generally, itep;- Johnyon of Steele followed in a more modified vein: “{ don’t hire-an I. W. W. If] know it, and when I discover that a man working for me is‘an I. W. W. I usual- ly find means of getting rid of him,” said the gentreman from Steele. He expresséd "the ‘belief that a majority of the young men working in this state are honest and will pay their bills. Rep, Malone of McLean county paid his respects to the merchant, whom he represented as a spiderish sort of individual, standing at the door of his den and inducing unsuspecting young men to enter to be fleeced of all their worldly possesisons. He thought merchants were “slippery. “A young fellow will’ go to ‘buy a tie—he is at- tracted by bright colors, and then tho merchant will get around him and persuade him to buy a suit and a lot of other stuff he doesn’t want,” said the gentleman .from McLean, who placed all the blame for dead beats upon the merchant and his avidity in selling goods to helpless young men who did not want them. . Speaker Stair, who was occupying Maddock’s seat while the latter was (Continued on Page Seven.) respects lo (he or #t the pous BOLSHEVIKS It is reported that a greater part of the Liston garrison has gone over to the monarchists. They also con- trol the wireless station. NO HEADWAY SOUTH, Badajos, Jan, 24—The monarchist ! movement gpaprently is making no headway in South Portugal. In north- ern Portugal troops ara being used against the royalists. NAVY LOYAL, Paris, (Havas), Jan. 24.—The Portu- guese navy has remained loyal to the sovernment according to the reports in Madrid. MERT DEFEAT Basel, Jan, 24.—weon otaky, min- ister of war and marine, did not os cape from Nervay but was taken pris- uccording to dispatches received here from Libau. Owing to the inter- vention of the Finnish troops the Euthanian district\has been cleared! on ROBINSON IN “FINAL SHOT AT VACCINATION Associate Justice Declares Time! when Inoculation was Needed is Past NOW BEFORE LEGISLATORS Jurist Expresses Opinion in Order that Solons May Have Information The North Dakota supreme court now has under consideration an ac- tion attacking the constitutionality of the State's compulsory vaccination laws; the senate has before it a bill, approved by the Nonpartisan leagud majority of each house, in secret cau- cus, repealing these statutes altogeth- er and providing that vaccination or inoculation shall not be made a con- dition precedent to the enjoyment of any privileges of citizenship in North Dakota. In view of these facts much inter- est attaches to the following letter given the press by Associate Justice James E. Robinson, the octogenarian league member of the supreme bench: of the Botsheviki. Trotzky Escapes. ! Copenhagen, Jan, : 5 been captured and caped accord ed here. It said that Tro! removed his headquarters novgored. . Communication between Narva and Libau is not of th best. ly 300 miles apart. ! The places are ni i Lithuanians are Their lo The ward Vilna. slight. ON TRANSPORT New York, troops arrived today on , the ‘battleship Louisiana Hampshire, in. transport the steamer Chicago, the | Jan. 24.—More than 3,-| ; | i} ew service, | American transport Goentoer, and the American steamship Accomac. The steamship General Goethals ar- rived ‘later with a skeleton organiza- tion. of the 38th. diuisiang 4... ‘ GIVES LOSSES. Washington, Jan. 24.—Losses of. the 35th division (Kansas and Missouri, .,ational guard) in killed. and: died of Vaccination. (By Justice Robinson.) As the question of compulsory vac- tion is now before the legislative mbly, | deem it, proper to give i |to the press and legislators my opin- ion of December 10, 1918. The duty of the court is to decide the law and] to administer justice. without delay and let the good boys go to school, Rhea v. Board of Education. Robinson, J.: The non-vaccination of children—is a cause for excluding | hem fro the public school in a state where smallpox does not pre- il, and where the sickness and ath resulting from the vaccination would {i xceed that now resulting from s —that is the question. stat: } but also the origin and nature mall pox. It is a disease which o ate in filth, the crowding of people together, the lask of pure air, good food and good sanitary condi- tions. It prevails and becomes epi- demic’ only in countries where the} population is: de! and the sanitary | conditions are bad. It was in such| countries,: and in days ‘when. sanita- tion was unknown, that ¢he doctrine | of vaccination was promulgated and adopted as a religious creed. Grad- ually it spread to other countries where conditions are so different that vaccination ie .-justly. regarded..as a. menace and crse. ‘And where, as it appears, the primary purpose of vac- cination {s to. give .a living to the vaccinators. In this great northwest the disease has never prevailed to any wounds up to Nov.:7 were 827 men,!consideradle extent and it hds never Secretary Baker told the rules com-: mittee today in connection with a res-| olution of: the Representative from Kansas. BRINCING HOME WOUNDED. Washington, Jan. '24.—The trans- port Mongolia ‘has sailed from France for New York and will arrive Janu- ary 20th, with 100 officers and 5,000 men, including about 1,000 sick and wounded, : The ‘Mongolia is bringing home cas- ual companies from a dozen states, in- cluding Minnesota. The transport Samaranda is due at New York January 31st, with the cas- nal companies and 13 officers ca: WOULD CHANGE THE Representative Paul Johnson introduced a bill in the hoube- today changing the name of Bic- marck to Roosevelt. The bill George » Woadrow, Mars i Le OF CITY become epidemic. Hence, were vaccina- (Continued on Page Six) CLOSE SESSION. Fargo, Jan. 24.—The last session of the convention of the N. D. Implement Dealers’ association closed this morn- ‘ing with what has been said the most successful meeting ever held. Offi- cers for the two ensuing years were named, D. H. Houser, Napoleon; W. J. Rey- nolds, Westhope; directors, W. J. Glenny, Mott; H. P. Murphy,, Edgely; Junge, Linton. R. A. Lathrop of Hope, was elected secretary and treasurer and given a vote of thanks. Selection of next meeting place was left to the executive committee. NAM Ana E TO ROOSEVELT caused a ripple of excitement, but it was not disclosed whether Rep- resentative Johnson intended his bill seriously or not or just what support he can muster up. fand Edith. Arrow points to the greatest evidence cf Woodrow Wilson’s democracy since he has been: mixing in with European personages. ‘He had his picture taken with the king and queen of England, with one trouser leg turned up a good two inches. Or is it merely evidence of professional absent-mindedness and'Edith’s over. before they set out ios the palace? : ‘ $ failure to give him the final once- WILSON MAY HEAD COMMITTEE T0 FORM LEAGUE OF NATIONS: LABOR. ISSUES 10 THE FRONT Bolsheviks Have Been Asked to Send Represen- | tatives to State Their Views on Russian Situ- ation—Full Reparation and Indemnities Paris, Jan. 24.—President Wilson is likely to be offered the presidency of the committee of the league of nations, the Echo d’Paris today says. By the committee of the league of nations probably is meant the permanent legislative body for the conduct of the league’s affairs. ‘ The second session of the peace conference today will be devoted to international labor legislation. It is understood that the United States and members of the entente nations are in complete accord upon the principle issues involved. Views have been prepared reflecting the various principles and national convictions on labor. These will be referred to com- mittees and later worked into a general plan. It is believed that the outcome will be the recognition of the principle of governmental protection of labor against the encroachments of capitalistic control. Data is being prepared simultaneously by United States, England and France looking toward some united action upon international labor issues. Some of the reforms urged are basic eight hour day, relief of labor from international capitalistic control, social insurance, hy- genic conditions in places of employment, no night labor for min- ers, and right of organization. _According to the Paris edition of the London Daily Mail, President Wilson agreed with the entente on the question of repa- ration and indemnity. He gave it as his view that Germany should pay indemnities in addition to the cost of destruction. The question of conscription and disarmament, according: to the Mail, were also discussed and will come up again today for consideration. In the future, the Daily Mail said, there will be one full meet- ing of the council each week. BOLSHEVIKI INVITED London, Jan, 24.—Paul Nilukoff, former fcreign minister of Russia, was surprised today when told that the Bolsheviki gov- ernment had been invited to appear before the Paris conference on peace matters, He declared that the Bolsheviki were robbers and cutthroats and mad dogs who wished to bite everyone so that all would be mad. He said that the only way.to overthrow them was by force, and that if the entente would send arms and men, that the patri- otic Russians would rise up and put down the revolutionists. WILSON ENTERTAINS Paris, Jan. 24,—President ‘Wilson will make his first appear- ance at the opera since leaving Washington this evening. A gala night has been prepared in his honor. President and Mrs. Wilson will entertain at tea for the diplomatic corps and attaches. ~~ IRISH, FORM NEW. PARTY ses London, Jan, 24.—A new political association called’ thé Irish center party has been formed with’ a former member of parlia- ment at the head of its legislative committee. Its platform in- cludes home rule within the British empire. 4 The supreme council of the peace Want President’s congress at its session today decided Authority Curbed to appoint a committee to find out: 2 _ | the forces necessary for the west front On Freight Rates Washington, Jan. 24.—Withdrawal during the armistice. The allied and assorted powers to- imentalatey eke cae in i day agreed to send a wireless message congress of the arbi-| today to trary powers possessed by the presi- aay the World that parties using dent to fix freight rates was asked | 97° force to get territory the claim today by Clifford Thorne, represent-|t0 Which the peace council would set- ing various shippers, before ‘the inter- state commerce committee. He ‘said tle later would “seriously prejudice the claims of th hi incalculable injury would ‘be suffered nee) Wags used ee unless it was done. force.” Mr. Thorne told the contmittee the “government operation of railroads was so distasteful among shippers to- ,day that if a vote were taken it would be defeated overwhelmingly.” He said, however, that some gool things had been done out of the wreckage. Two War Workers Commit Suicide NO PARTY sECURE. London, Jan. 24.—Basing its com- ment on the final unofficial figures on the results of the German elections for the national assembly as received yesterday from Easel, the Times to- day points out that no party has an absolute majority in the assembly but says there is every probability- of a strong combination between the ma- jority socialists and demacrats, to- gether with whatever recruits they 24.—Misses Gladys|™ay attract from the other groups. Bordeaux, Jan. a sister,s, of ‘Such an arrangement would pro- and Dorothy Cromwell, New York, leaped from the rail of the French steamer Ia Lorraine, as the steamer was in the Garone river oound for New York today. Both were drowned. The bodies have not yet; been recovered. Both the young women belong to; the American Red Cross. A letter ad- {dressed to their commander informed him of their intentions to “end it all.” ; The Misses Cromwe:l had spend must time at the front, and friends | ; said they had complained of being} tired mentally and physically. | = | CAUSES SENSATION. | New York, Jan. 24.—The dispatch | from Bordeaux telling of the suicide! jof the Cromwells caused a sensation) |here. They were members of one of | the city’s most prominent families. | They: were twins and daughters of .ormer Treasurer Cromwell of the ‘New York Life insurance company. | The young women who were canteen | | workers went to France three years/ |ago. They were orphans. A message | was received a few days ago announ- cing their intention of sailing for the} | United States. | Former Postmaster | Held for § Shortage Fargo, Jan. 24.—Oliver Fladstol, former postmaster at Slim Butte, S.} D.. was arrested at Nome, Barnes| county, by Deputy U. S. Marshal Scott on a warrant of embezzlement of $3,300 postal funds. Fladstol is being held in Valley City in default of $2,000 ‘bonds. day. duce the one result which concerns the allies and the United States. It would give Germany a strong govern- ment with the undisputable moral right to bind the German state and people. The Allies and Americans should hasten to recognize the status which the election has created. These elections now furnish representatives. Let us recognize their title and lose no time about it.” GENERAL STRIKE, Paris, Jan. 24.—A general transpor- tation strike was declared in Paris this morning. The strike apaprently was well or- ganized and not a wheel had turned up to 8:30 o’clock. The population took the matter good naturedly and walked to work. The strikers will meet this after- non at the Labor exchange to discuss the situation. MOTHER SHOOTS FIVE CHILDREN Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. 24—Mrs. Clara Hanson, 35 years old, killed her five children and then attempted to” take her own life at her home near Sherman today. Mrs. Hanson shot each child in the temple and then shot herself in the head. e Mrs. Hanson is the wife of the town marshal at Sherman. The children had been ill and she is alleged to have declared “she did not want to see the children suffer.” i BILLS ASKING $140,000.00 FOR'CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS Two bills appropriating $140,000 | itol grounds and another provides $20.,- weré introduced in the legislature to-}000 for extension of the Capitol One appropriates $120,000 for|line around the loop confection up & state historical puilding on thecap- | with the Soo depot. = feet