The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 28, 1919, Page 1

THE WEATHER Fair tonight.» e t THE B INTH YEAR. NO. 24. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY, JAN. TOWNLEY WOULD MAKE SCHOOLS GREAT MACHINE Complete Political Domination of Every Pedagogue Aimed at in Harding Bill BE GOOD OR OUT YOU GO League Board of Education Can Refuse Certificates or Re- : voke the Old Ones SLIGHT GAIN | INLIVESTOCK | DURING YEAR ‘Milch Cows, Horses and: Sheep Show Increases, Others a Slight Falling Off {MODERN PACKING PLANT: Federal Report Notes Establish- ment of New Industries in Red River Valley ROUND THE PEACE. TABLE 28, 1919. : PRICE: FIVE CENTS BRITISH ISLES IN THROES OF LABOR STRIKE Thousands in United Kingdom Demand Shorter Hours and More Pay -|MANY RIOTS IN IRELAND Houses Conceal Lights and Only the Hospitals. Are Illuminated DISPATCH SAYS ROSA IS: ALIVE Copenhagen, Jan. 28—A Munich dispatch says that it has been leara- id that Rosa Luxemburg-is alive: at the house of a friend where she will ‘be concealed -until she has a chance “TAXES BOOSTED IN LEAGUE BILL “Going Up” Constant Cry of the Revenue Grabbers of Non- LABOR ISSUES T0 BE KEPT - TOTHEFORE European Workers Opposed to Limiting Immigration After Peace WILL HEAR DELEGATES . President Wilson and Colonel House to Hold Con- ference Paris, Jan, ‘he American dele- artisan Regime London, Jan. 28—Several thousand ‘ ¥ ee people are idle because of strikes. Gass Halt. of the . strikers are in Belfast The league fight on Miss Minnie J. According to the annual live stock Nielson of Valley City reached the|T@Port of the U. S. bureau of crop! gation to peace conference it appears have decided to keep the question of labor to the fore in conferences here. PAYS HIS BIT house ‘Monday afternoon, when Rep. Fay ‘Harding of Braddock introducea a bill which Macdonald is suspected of having drawn, with the approval of the ieague’s secret caucus, and which so changes the present statutes gov- erning the issuance of teachers’ certi- ficates that with the aid of retroactive @mendments, favorably interpreted b} a State board of education upon which Frazier has planted the only iwo county. superintendents out of the state’s total of who have . been faithful to Macdonald, together with other state educators holding their po- sitions by appointment and who have shown themselves thoroughly respons; vive to the rule of ‘the league, Miss ‘Melson’s professional, certificate may be wrested from her, and the state “xnerintehdent: deprived of her quali- fications for the office to which she was elected by nore than’6,000 major- ity oveb, redecessor.: { 7 , t,”” says Harding. Rep. Harding, interviewed last even- ing, said his bill merely was intended to raise the educational standards of tne state by raising the qualifications required of successful applicants for teachers’ certificates. _iHe expressed the opinion that the provisions of his ‘bill were not retroactive, while one clapse clearly states that if the board \of education shall become convinced ‘that any teachers’ certificate already in force was improperly issed, or if for any other case the board shall deem the holder entitled to the same, the certificate, after a hearing, at which the holder may appear in his or her defense, may be withdrawn. Stage Is Set. The stage is nicely set according to Macdonald’s liking. /Mr. Macdonald, ’ oF say: L. M. Rockne of Renville, his sole remaining nd among the'coun- v Supetintendetits: of the state, or. Macdonald ‘sécuréd ‘a {at federal job after the people of: Cavette's home * county had turned. him out, or Goyern- or Frazier. , -himself, will file charges. / to the effect that Miss Nielson improy- erly secured thé proféssional teachers "certificate whith: she ‘has held for+marketing which followed, that fa ost a quartet of’a century. - Miss} Nielson thén ‘would be compelled to. C.2 Cayette of Lisbon, for -whom je) estimates for January 1, 1919, the; |number of horses, milch cows and! sheep in North, Dakota have slightly increased during the past year, Oth- er cattle show a small decleare and hogs a rather marked decrease. H The year 1918 sets a new high rec-' ord for cattle and hog values. Sheep! show little change trom the record/ market price of a year ago, while horses show a _ marked decline in | value, Milch cows lead all other class- es oin North Dakota in the, creased; valuation per head with an/ increase! jot $11 over last year. Other cattle are increased $6.00, sheep $0.80 and) hogs $3.90 .per head. Horse values declined $9 per head. The total valu- ation of live stock on farms January 1, 1919, in North: Dakota is placed at $158,066,000 compared with $156,026,- 000 last year, an increase of $2,040,000 or 1.3 per:cent. The number of live stock sold off from farms in the state/ duing the -past year is slightly, less; than a year ago with thé exception of sheep, but the total valuation is: prac- tically the:same or about $25,000,000. ; |For the United States the num-; ber of horses, milch cows and other} cattle show little change from a year! ago but the number of sheep is in- creased 2.6 per cent and hogs 6.5 pec cent. The value per head of horses for the United States has fallen otf $4.24 and sheep $0.21 durihg the year while milch cows, other cattle and nogs show an increased valuation per head of $7.70, $3.28 and $2.50 respect-| ively. The total valuation of all ani- mals on farms in the U. S. on January |1, 1919 is $8,830;204,000 compared to | $8,284,198,000 a year ago, and increase of $546,006,000 or 6.6 per cent. A survey of the live stock situation inNorth Dakota shows that except @ few favored sections the 1918 feed crop ‘similar to 1917 was -rather dis- couraging to farmers, who quite gen- ally are anxious to maintain’ or in- creage the-nymber of ‘food animals on, farms. ‘The unfavorable feed situa | tion’ again obliged farmers to curtail their: plans for increased -livo stock production, «Live, a however': show... that... in ara ers ‘favored the ‘reservation of. 1 cows, ‘sheep:iand. in. fact breeding GETS LIL OLD [tor ‘attorney; if 'stock: of all. classes. , Other, classes’ Here’s the way the delegates are grouped :at Framing the program and sitting in on congress. bre peace > II discus- sions are the Big Five of the allied nations. To be heard from when the particular interest of each is involved:are the nations and British dominions which declared war on the central. pow- ers, and the newly created nations. In the outer. circle are South American nations which broke relations’ with the cen- tral powers but did not declare war. xt FRANK PLOYHAR RESOLUTION IN if | ‘ League Majority in Senate Votes | for Six Months Extra Pay for Yanks Senator Frank Ployhar, one of the hold-over nrinority leaders of: the up- per house, actually got a resolution through the senate yesterday without an opposing. vote. [t was a concur- rent resolution directed to Secretary of War Baker requesting that di: charged: soldiers be allowed an extra six months pay to assist them: in..re- adjusting themselves to civil life? The resolution was. unanimously adopted andemeskaged tothe house. Bills Passed in Senate. ‘The: senate’ passed on. third reading: the following bills; i Senate. Bi} 45, relative to extension of powers of boards of drain commis- 'sioners) tie iu si State BiN'24, authorizing’ the ‘at- torney. genéral_to ariel t five ‘assist- /‘preseriving the bond: atid’ | Gat) of “ottite' and fixing the'salary tterefor. °°" TRANS-SIBERIAN ROAD HEAVY LOSER iberia, Jan, 28:=The: trans-Siber- ian ratlroad. is Josing eighty million ruvles a month. -Jt is reported that the reorganization ,of the railroad would be beneficial. The finance min- ister said that. Russia would furnish money to meetr the, expenses. The plan of John ®. Stevens will entail a’ purchase of a largeamount of ma- terials, To do. this, Russia would need a loan fropx allied countries, The Bolsheviki have: carrie ‘doff millions of gold and silver from the Siberian banks. : Issue Bonds, It was reported that the montHly jexpoaditures have jumped to 400 mil- lion rubles. Deficiencies are being met by the issuancé‘of treasury bonds. The budget calls for 600 million rubles monthly to enlarge territory under control, The finance:minister said 100. mililon rubles’ would. be appropriated ifor railroad extension. Pcasants are paying taxes on their lands. “These increases,”. sald the minis- ter. of finance “shows that the recon: struction of Russia 1s under way.” where the strike movement is spread- idg. At night Belfaat is in darkness. ‘The hospital is the only place where lights can be shown without an at- tack, Everywhere else at the display of a light, attacks are made. d Veopie are forced to screen their lights. If houses it is not safe to use more than one candle. Today men in the smaller industrial: plants came out for safety, the picketing be- coming more strenuous. One news paper was forced to suspehd publica- tion. \ There is no change in the situati®n om the Clyde, In London 16,000 ship repairers are out. To these: must be added ~ 24,000 ‘English miners, 6,000 Welsh miners and many other thous- ands representing various. ‘ indus- tries Except in London, the strikes are for shorter hours and the same wages as for longer hours. DAKOTA BOYS ~ ON WAY HOME: TO CAMP DODGE Several Transports Due Within Next Few Days—10,000 Mcn En Route Washington, . 28.—Two big transports, thé--Adriatic and ‘Sidney ire .due at- ‘New York Saturday, with about) 6.000 men. They :bring; the 3u9th, and 322nd and 324th machine battalion, and headquarters of 165th infantry, bhrigade all of the,.83rd_ di- vision (Ohio and W. Va.) The Adriatic is bringing 2,000 svew’ York, castals and about 304 sick and wounded. enlisted casuals. There. is ‘aiso”’ the “45th ‘regimenr coast’ artillery compjete, and hhead- i quarters and batteriés Cand. D, 330th field “artillery , of the, 88th division i (Minnesota, showa,,..Nebraska, North ‘and South Dakota, bound, for Camp+.59,900.,and: $100,000; three ‘times the EVERYBODY. is. Costs Like the Deuce to Inherit Half-Million—Nesvig Wants Service House Bill No. 84, introduced by the committee on taxes aud tax laws, provides for a tax upon any transfer of property, real, personal or mixed, or: any interest thereon, or income therefrom in trust or otherwise to any Peson, association or corporation, €x- cept’ county, town or municipal cor- porations within the state, for strictly county, town or municipal purposes, and corporations of this state organ- izéd under its laws solely for retigious or educational purposes, which shall use the property so transferred ex- ciusively for the purposes of their or- ganization within the state.” The flat transfer tax provided is:as follows: Where the-person or persons en- titled to any beneficial interest in such property shall be the husband, wife, lineal issue, lineal ancestor of the decedent or any child to whom such decedent for not less than ten) 1 years prior to such transfer stood in! the mutually acknowledged relation | of a parent, provided, such relation-| ship began before the child's fiftee birthday, at the rate of one per cent of the clear value; if a brother or; sister or descendent of a brother or| sister of the decedent, at the rate of 1.1-2 per cent; if an aunt or uncle or descendent of ch, three per cent; | a great- aunt, great-w or descend: | ent thereof, four per cent; where the person or persons entitled to any ben- eficial interest shall be in any other degree of collateral consanguinity, five! per cent. These are termed the “primary value of such property or interest ex- rates." When the amount of clear iceadp $15,000, the rate of tax on such excess, shall be 1 1-2 times the prim-| ary rates, if between $15,000 and 30,-! 000;. two, times :the’ primary -rates, if vetween, $30,000 and $50,000; 21-2 times, the primary rates if between labor official words were: second need is freedom. which you have from French point of view served. a permanent organization will be association | has President Wilson and Col. E. M. House have arranged for a meeting of Amer- ican labor men tomorrow, The European workers believe that 8 a right to come and go freely Wherever labor is to be found regardless of frontiers, according to labor representatives og the British peace delegation in dscussing the pro- posal to prohibit immigration into ‘the United States for some years’ after the signing of the peace treaty. 'NO CENSORSHIP. Paris, Jan. 28.—Captain Andrew Tardieu. French high commissioner to the United States, and a French dele- gate to the peace conference in a speech Monday given by the French government, that. no censorship of foreign cables would be exercised by France. repeated the pledge On the first point, according to the, report, “After rapidity of transmission your This liberty absolute and unre- is total, “The French press, as you know, is stil under censorship and the govern- ment has the right to suppress any in- formation likely to interfere with the Safety of the country.” INDEPENDENTS IN CONVENTION 70 NAME PLATFORM rst Annual Meeting of Voters’ Association Opens Here This Afternoon 2 ‘The. tirst-annual convention of the Independent. Voters’ assoctation is in progress here today. At this meeting r fected,.and.a platform adopted, he a general, member- of’ the speech his appeay before ourt’ ‘consisting of men entirely dependent tipon the good Dodge.) . a if ; ps if betwi 100,0007and The’ Zacapa is due at’ New York primary rates ete § ‘House: Bill No. 1, amended; for an $300,000; .2 1-2 times if between '$300,- act''to''six ‘ahd Mmit attorneys’ feos’ ship. scattered over the. state, and | | Well. Known‘Bismarck: Man Sue- there; is;a:good . attendance of dele- hogs. were of ‘cattle’ and: : especially . g,, receipts Hf will of the administration backing Macdonald. | ci Removes Another ‘Power. The Dill, further specifically pro- vides that the state ‘board of educa-| tion shall ‘appoint’ the Supervisor of certification. This power has always presumably rested with the state board of education, but Macdonald and -his predecessors established a precedent by conferring this author- ity upon the state superintendent of public instruction. — ex-officio presi- ddent. of the board, who always -had exercised. this privilege without ques- tion until Miss Nielson removed E. Pp. Crain, a man after Macdonald’s own heart, and replaced him with J. W. Riley, former county superintgat. ent for Cass.. Then Rockne trotted (Contighed jon Page! Four.) pi LANGER WOULD SUPERVISE ALL BILLIARD HALLS Regulation Is /Transterred: from , Municipalities to Attorney General’s Office If bills now before the North Da- kota legislature and others to be pre- sented are passéd, the Law Enforce- ment league will be well supplied with weapons, to deal with situations arising after federal. prohibition be- comes effective. A bill aimed at moonshining, already is before the house, and one defining the crime of immorality ‘and: applying the princi-; ples of the bootlegging jaw je prosti- tution, was introduced in the senate Saturday. Two other measures are to be pre- sented, Superintendent 'F. L. Watkins said yesterday. One makes it a mis- demeanor to participate in any gam: ving \game, and the other-transfers ocntrol of pool halls from cities'and towns to the attorney general's of- fice. The monshine bill prohibits posses- sion ‘of stills and intoxicating liquors, except wine for sacramentgl purposes and alcohol for medtcinal and expert: mental purposes. It follows the Ida- ho Jaw.as regards to possession. This law has been held stitutional by the United States supreme court. = Senate Bill 6, introduced Saturday vy Ward, defines the crime of im- morality, and, according to Mr. Wat- kins, is the first time that sucha a bill has legislated against the guilty man as well'as the guilty woman. Under the pool hall bill, all regulat- ory powers will be transferred to the attorney general. It provides for licenses as at present, and inspection. will. be fixed 8. ‘Mr. Watkins stated that there al- ready had been ‘reports ‘of stills in the state. -There is no law now which prohibits possession: of #stilt;-he said. marketed freely., “Shippi further show .that.with the possible! ‘ekception of hogs the rather general imprevsion that. liye stock numbers huve taken a~heavy,, slump from ‘the numver a year ago.is unwararofed tor | the state as a whole. This condition| does not obtain however to some ex-; tent in some of the counties in the western half of the state which were Ishort of feed. The number of milch' {cows has not only been maintained out shows a small increase. The heavy shipments however represent the equivalent of the entire natural in- crease in other cattle for 19.8 and a! 3 per cent reduction from the number! a@ year ago and with hogs a 10 per cent decrease from last season. The ‘autlook is that hogs hdve reached, th@ir minimum. number, ‘and’ with a fair amount:of barley, feed on farms at present, especially in eastern sec- tions, it is estimated that the num- ver of brood sows . carried.,.over._is fully as many, as;a-year ago, The: noticeable decrease » in, number : of! marketable ‘steers: is, largely. offset, by the increased number of calves, |beneficial, result of the very clos marketing of the past two seasons is the survival of the. better grades, ani the reduction in the number of scrub stock- ‘The unusually attractive price of wool and mutton with. other. prac- tical “advantages of sheep to beter. farming, has very noticeably stimulat- ‘ed sheep raising. This will especially lapply to the north eastern counties.! Sheep numbers show a 5 per cent in- crease over last season.. The number of horses in the state is slightly in- creased over a year ago. This increase is due more to a poor market than la desire on the part of numerous farm- ers to retain their present rather burdensome supply. The decline ia the demand for horses is largely due to the continuously expanding prac- tice of using mechanical traction on farms and in the cities. All things con- sidered it is the concensus of opinion over the state that stockmen and farmers-have maintained the number of breeding stock remarkably well, «nd that the live stock situation has been handled. about as loyally and; effectively as could Le done under the ‘seacons conditions. Increased stoot numbers will, rapidly: follow the ad- ven of more favorable feed conditions. A livestock review for 1918 would Not be complete without reciting an- other outstanding feature of the 1918 season, namely the constraction of two splendid modern packing plants: located at Grand Forks and Fargo. These. concerns representing in- vestment around $°,00,000 are backed by North aDkota farmets and business men who are convinced that the live stock industry in the state rests on @ substantial and peramnent foundation and they are resolved to foster this industry. ‘an Manufacture ’ Near Beer Now Washington, Jan. 28.—The food ad- ministration announced that Prest- dent Wilson has. signed a pr manufacture of ‘néar- beer, . ; measures, FORMER KAISER ‘and ‘all. costs“oii‘the’ foreclosure of real ‘estate mortgages: Dea House ‘ Bill No. 36, for an act to amend and Teemacy'‘Sec. 8485 °C. Li 1913,, and providing Yor’ the isyudnce of writs of certiorari.’*” House Bill ‘No. 39, to proydde for the certification of questions of law to the supreme court in civil and crimin- al cages where the determination of such questions may determine the is- sues in a cause. = The house in committee of the whole again recomemided to* pass ‘House Bill No. 25, relating to the ex- emption of personal property.from at- tachment, levy and sale on execution; and reported out for passage: House Bill No. 28, .providing that the supreme , court may secure addi- tionau ‘evidéncd fn’cases tried without! a jury. \ House Bill No. 42, designating the state inspector of‘ grades; weights and 1 sealer ~ and inspector of weights and measures, :prescribing his powers and uty: These will-be up for! third reading this afternoon. HAS BIRTHDAY Améregon, Jan. 28.—Religigus serv- ices. were held in the castle chapel. in honor of the birthday of William Hohenzollern. \ ceeds A. B. Currier as Mas- | ter Fire Squeleher I / Sonnie‘ Lambert ‘realized his. ambi- tion of some years last night when by a three to one vate the city commis: | sion made him chief of the Bismarck ifire department, after accepting the resignation of Chief A. B, Currier. The nomination of Lambert was moved by| Best,and seconded.by Thompson, May-| or ‘Lucas, Best and Thompson voted aye; Bertsch, no. This morning Sonnie Lambert, more formally known as S. F., is chief Bis- marck fire squelcher. He is one of the capital city’s best known native sons. For many years t he has veen proprietorof Bismarck’s princi- pal livery company. a a . Terrible Conditions In:the City of Peru, Omsk,, (Friday, Jan, 17.)—-Death nes stalked the streets of Perm until the city was captured, according to en!’ official: report of an investigator. So terrible were conditions that the frightened ‘people of Perm have not yet recovered. The few pedestrians were emanciated and with livid lips and with trembling hands. There are no children under one year of age, ail of them having died. In a short time:all would have been dead. © In’ the prisons the older of , fenders were shot to make room for the new ones. Some of the prisoners (MARCH AGAINST POLES. Paris, Jan. 28.—Two full corps of eGrman troops have been assembled by the general staff to march aga-nst {the Poles. Réindeer and a sled for transport! were doomed to dig their own graves. ‘Men were plunged into water until , nearly drowned and then revived so ‘that their tortures could continue. j-me were burned alive. February 5th with, a. detachment of; {27th brigade, coast artillery and of- ficer casuals. : The steamer Gerent is due at New-| port News February. 5th with Penn- sylvania casuals and a medical detach- ment. The Pasadena is due at New York February 7th. Bristol is due at New York February 8th. IMMIGRATION TO STOP FOR FOUR YEARS Washington, Jan. 28.—The legisla- tion prohibiting general immigration for a period of, four.years after the signing of the peact treaty was ap- proved tentatively today by the house immigration committee. Although no record vote was taken it was understood the committee is divided seven to,two for the legisla- tion with ‘six members absent, Prohibition. of immigration during the peace reconstruction period has been strongly urged by organized la- bor and others. The bill now drafted would permit a resident alien to bring his wife and children (except boys over 18 years old) into the United States. Tour- ists would not be barred from entry for temporary stay. The decision on the four year period was made oy the question whether thatp rovision shauld be adopted or “With an army pack upon his back and strings of bells to jingle, this British soldier might imagine he was Santa Claus, It’s this the _. sort of & turn-out that hte British army 2 away up in Russia, is using for transportation at Alexandrovsky, 000 and, $500,000, and ‘four times the primary..rates upon all \in exetss of $500,000. . The. husband or wife of the deced- ent is entitled to an exemption from the first $15,000' of clear value of $10,000, and each other person in the first subdivision to $2,000; in the sec- ond subdivision exemptions of $509 and in the third of $250 are provided. All taxes provided are due and pay- able at the time of the transfer. Must Give Service, : House ill 87, introduced by Nes- vig, imposes a fine of $25 to $200 for the sale of any gas or oil-burning trac. tor, steam or gas engine, harvesting and threshing machinery, automobiles and auto trucks whose manufacturer has not already established within the) state at least one supply depot where shall ve kept on hand a full and com-| plete supply of repairs ‘for the same.| House’ Bill 80, by McDonnell, em- powers the attorney general to begin actiong on behalf of private persons who may petition him to do so, reserv- ing to him, however, the right to re- quire an indemnity bond when he may see fit. ' iHouse Bill 86, by Nesvig, relates to county commissioners’ duties in re the establishment of bridges when pe- titioned for by a majority of the free- holders residing within a radius ot. three miles. House Bill 85, by Wadeson, relates to the improvement of streets and | sidewalks when two-thirds of the res: ident owners in number or in value! of real estate bounding both sides of ‘any street not less than one square; shall petition for such improvement. After Moneys and Credits. House Bill $3, introduced by the committee on taxes and tax laws, empowers the tax commissioner to sic the attorney general on any moneys (Coutinued on Page Hight.) FINAL ACTION IS TAKEN ON WAR RELIBF Washington, Jan. 28.—Final legi lative action was taken today. by_con- gress on the bill appropriating $100.- 000,000 requested by President Wil- son for European famine relief. The conferees report was adopted by both house and senate without -debate. \Bill. to Change — | ~ Name Sidetracked) The house after indulging in a lit- tle horseplay Tuesday afternoon, side- tracked the bill to change the name of Bisamrck to Roosevelt. The com- mittee majority report moved to strike out Roosevelt and insert in lieu thereof Townley. A minority report ‘suggested’ the name of Paul Johnson after the author of the bill. The house indefinitely gates, among {being eBrndt the prominent ones Anderson of Churchs Kerry, A feature of the annual meeting willbe an address by R. O; Richards of Huron, S. D., father of primary election reform in South Dakota, and whose improved primary election amendment, ratified by the voters at the last general election, has just become law. BOLSHEVIK FAILTO DRIVE OUT ENTENTE (By the Associated Press.) Archangel, Manday, Jan. 27.—Bol- sheviki forces failed in an attempt last night to drive American.and Brit- ish trops from their positions at Tul- gas on the Dvina river, southeast of Archangel. Earlier the enemy ‘bom- barded with artillery. SWIFT OPPOSES U.S. CONTROLOF MEAT INDUSTRY Washington, Jan. 2&—Louis F. Swift of Swift & Co., before the sen~- ate agricultural committee opposed provisions of the Kendrick Bill to reg- ulate meat ‘industry on the ground that it would make anti-trust laws ap- plicable to a single individual end put regulations wholly in the hands of the Secretary of Agriculture with- out limitation or regulation. “No man would invest,” he added, “where success or failure depended o the whims of a political appointee, ignorant of the packing industry.” Profits of his company under food administration regulations were much lower than in previous years. Mr. Swift said. Representatives of the five big packers aud members of the National Livestock association had agreed not to oppose the recent Federal Trade comihittee’s investiga- tion of the industry. . Affidavits were presented to show that Swift and Company’s advertis- ing expentitures were $1,/00,000 in - 1918, and not one million dollars a month as has been stated. BIG REDUCTION _. * IN COTTON RATE Washington, Jar 28.—Southern sen- ators announced after a conference postponed cousideratiga, of qe till, -| ports, effectiv