The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 29, 1919, Page 1

“* but he shall in this case “as soon as Perwsecrossesasooos THE WEATHER Fair tonight. THE BISMARC THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 25. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY, J NORTH DAKOTA MAKING MONEY VERY RAPIDLY Five Million More in State; Secured on Public i Utilities —— | CAN BORROW STATE FUNDS Treasurer Authorized to Dip Out of Any Cash Drawer that is Full ! “Bonds of North Dakota, Elevator / Series,” “secured dollar for dollar by | first mortgages upon the real and! personal property of the North: Dako- ta Mill & Elevator Co.,” the same at this moment being nil, soon will be of-! fered the conservative investor, in} denominations of $5 to $10,000. so! decrees Senate Bill 75, introduced Tuesday, after having received the! “O-O" of the Nonpartisan ‘secret cau- cus. The bonds are to run not less{ than ten nor more than 30 years from; the passage of this act, and they shall pay not to exceed six per cent per an‘: num, The governor is to determine the; periods of maturity. The bonds are! 1o be turned over to the industrial | commission, which is to sell them for) cash and to receive such cash, which ig to constitute the capital of the North Dakota Mill & Elevator asso- ciation. There is nothing in the act} requiring that the bonds be sold at par. H “From time to time the industrial commission shall, out of the earnings derived from the operation of the North Dakota Mill & Elevator asso- ciation, pay to the state treasurer such moneys as the commission SHALL DEEM ADVISABLE TO DE- VOTE TO THE PURPOSE OF PAY- ING SAID BONDS AND INTEREST.” At the time of the annual meeting of the state board of equalization it) shall be the duty of the state indus- trial commission to advise the board how far such earnings as the com- mission shall deem advisable to de- vote to the purpose of paying said vonds and interest fell short of the amount required, and the public shall he ordered: hy the state board of equal- ization to kick in: the difference via the tax rolls. Or the state board of equalization within five years of the date of maturity of any of the bonds may levy such. taxes ag mey be re- quired to retire such bonds, “But this act shall not be construed as prevent: ing the state treasurer from deposit- ing such fund’in the: bank of North Dakota, as. provided by law with re- spect to-all :publie: funds.” - 3. ‘And “If for any réawon' thé said"tund shall, for the time. being: be insuffi- cleut. the. treasurer. phe supply the doficiency out: of any: other, available moneys of the State’ in ‘his: custody,” } possible” out of the mill and elevator bond payment fund return the amount of the deficiency to the amount whence taken. The bill appropriates, $20,000 to carry out the provisions of the act and it cafries an emergency clause. NORTH DAKOTA | DRAFT BOARDS WRITES ABIE Doesn’t Stop to Get “Cohen on the Telephone” to Tell Him What’s What What one North Dakota county draft board thinks of the proposal of Chairman Abraham K. Cohen of dis- trict board No. 4 of Massachusetts, that all members of draft boards be commissioned brevet captains and awarded a medal, in order that they may display their uniforms and em- blems in parades and at banquets and public places, is ‘expressed in the fol- lowing letter to Mr. Cohen: _! “This board is today in receipt of your favor. You are strongly in favor of a brevet commission, so you may; wear the uniform of the rank so ob- tained, join clubs, probably appear in parades, and become a real veteran in; the future. That is a highly laudable ambition, and the persons entitled to wear these trappings of rank and out- ward manifestation of having served im the armed forces of the United tates will be proud men and rightly 80. However, what is bothering this board is, what have we done that is out. of the ordinary? As members of draft boards have we really sacrificed anything? Did we not have three meals a day? Did we not sleep in our usual beds? Did we reaily do any- thing wonderful? “The ambition to belong to an of- ficers’ club is pardonable, but ‘he that would wear the golden spurs of knighthood must win them.’ Did we win these uniforms by calmly staying at home and doing clerical work? Not at all. Why is not every stay-at-home entitled to similar recognition? Is the worker in the munition factory, the worker in any of the thousands of war activities, any less entitled to these public manifestations? ‘Not al all. “As-a small board, in a small state, and yet a state that furnished its. sol- diers at the least cost per capita of any state in the union, save one, this IT’S STAND-UP LUNCH FOR KINGS THESE STRENUOUS DAYS Here are King George an | the left, eating off the end of a ing army chuck. The picture tion at Zeebrugge. PACKARD PLAN | MAY HIT ROCKS INTHE SENATE) BEFORE SENATE | League Legislators Chary of Bestowing Unlimited Pow- er on One Man | CONSIDERING TAX BILLS The fond ambition of Farmer Frank Packard to become the sole tax-making power in the state of North Dakota may strike the rocks in the senate. While Farmer Frank succeeded in Jimmying through the league caucus a bill abolishing the present tax com- misison and providing that there shall be but one tax commissioner, incident- ally giving Farmer Frank a salary boost of $1,000 per annum, there _is No ‘certainty that the senate in this particular ‘respect, will follow league dictation. The senate tax ¢ommittee has been considering some of the Packard bills, and it is a trifle astounded by the un- Mmited. power which would be confer- red by these upon Mr, Packard. The senate: was willing. to confirm Pack- ard’ as one member of a board of i i i { | | | i | d King Albert of Belgium, at flatear, and thoroughly enjoy- | was taken cn a tour of inspec- FARMER FRANK GETS HIS BILL ‘Measure Makes Packard -Tax Commissioner with Boost {| of $1,000 Per Annum Tax Commisisoner Frank 'E. Pack- jard is cared tor in Senate Bill No. 61, introduced Monday by the committee on taxes and tax laws, which creates | for Mr. Packard the office of tax com- misisoner at $4,000 per- annum, which ig $1,000 more than Mr. Packard has received as ‘a member of the three- man tax commission. Such tax com- | missioner, is to serve a3 retary of) jthe State baard of equasization, by | whom! he! is appointed and to which! is reserved the: power to remove him | with or without cause. He may not! “engage ‘in: any occupation or. business | linterfering’ or consistent with his du: | ties, nor shell:he. serve on or under! any committee of any political:party.” ‘The North Dakota, tax: commission is aholished,and ‘all of its powers are conferred ‘on: the: North Dakota tax commiss:oner, < ‘ . Senate’ Bill 68 provides for reports from corporations, stock’ ‘companies, | ete. to the state tax commisisoner. three. It doesn’t relish the idea of] addition to the powers formerly pos making him sole dictator, with‘ no] sessed. by the. sti tax commission brakes. many, of those’ which have been ad- The senate tax committee Tuesd continued its discussion of the Non- partisan league income tax bill, which provides for a graduated tax upon earnel and unearned incomes and three per cent tax on corporations George E. Wallace and H. H. Steel: of the tax commission again were be- fore the,committee to discuss provis- ions of the bill, Prof. G. Roylance, the league's tax expert, consented to minor changes in regard to exemptions. A taxpayer, if single, will be allowed an exemption of $1,000, and if:head of a family, $2,- 000. Under the bill as drawn, a man living with his wife or a woman liv- ing with her husband was allowed $2,- 000 exemption, but there was no pro- vision for such exemption if either was dead. so the committee will amend it to read “head of family.” While the committee gave no ‘indi- cation as to what it will do, it is ex- pected’ that the three per. cent cor- poration tax will be eliminated. S. B. 44, relating to the question of exemptions from general property tax, and S. B. 41, taxing oil companies on gross earnings, were considered this morning. The dommittee, will not vote on changes and reports till all of the tax bills have been considered. URGES RECALL. OF SOLDIERS FROM RUSSIA Washington, Jan. 29.—Another de- mand for immediate withdrawal of American troops from Russia was made in the senate by Senator John- son of California. Declaring that America kas no pol- icy in Russia, he added: “We have engaged in a miserable misadventure, stultifying our profes- sions of friendship for the Russians and setting at naught our promises. We suffer the odium and infamy of uideceived warfare.” Senator Johnson spoke for his reso- lution that the senate declare itself fn favor of recalling the American, expeditionary forces in Russia. He| also criticized delay in the peace ne- gotiations and declared anew the American policy to bring home all American trops from foreign shores} at the earliest possible moment. - said the California senater. “Resume our own democracy. Restore its free expression. Get American business into normal channels. Let American life, ‘social and economic, be Amferi-| can again.”| REFUGEES INCREASING. Archangel, (Tuesday) Jan. 28.—The| ministered by they state auditor, and the appropriation for his department in $36,050 per-aanuin, ‘all of which over and above his salary of $8,000 bienniuny he may spend for offive ex- penses, clerk’. hire and traveling jHouse Bill 67 carries af emergency clause, inducting Mr. Packard into his job as soon as the act receives the governor's signature. Senate Bill 69;-by Stenmo, increas- es the mileage allowance of county superintendents, of schools from ten to 20 cents per mile and carries an emergency. 5 Senate Bill 65, by Ettestad, makes an emergency appropriation of $987.37 for the state tax commission. Senator Church is author of a Dill providing’ for the extension: of. school districts, and also’ of Senate Bitl: 70, providing for the' creation of special school districts. Senate Bill 66, by Hunt, proyides for the acceptance of the benefits of the federal act to pro- mote vocational education. The state board of. education is designated the state board for vocational education and is given afl necessary authority to cooperate with the federal board for vocational education in the adminis- tration of the act. There is: appro- priated for this purpose $12,090 per annum. * Grain Grading Held Up. The house is having a little fun at the expense of Senator Drown's grain grading act. There is no particular objection to the bill, but the senator has not been altogether regular and wholly too, independent. Therefore Senate Bill 14, which is Drown’s amended grain grading act, after hav-- ing been once amended in committee and recommended to pass in commit- tee of the. whole, was rereferred when (continued on Page Two.) ! er training. membership trusts that our members| number of refugees fleeing over for- in congress will NOT authorize any/est paths in zero weather from from brevet ranks on our board. Let our|Shemkurst to the allied and Ameri- reward be the personal satisfaction of/can lines north of that town is in- having done the work the government |créasing. Red Cross members report asked us to do.” the plight of the refugees is serious. So far as can be learned but one|The refugees declare that the Bol- county board in North Dakota has re-)sheviki continued to shell the town turned a favorable answer to the Hon.|Jong after the American forces with- ‘Abraham K. Cohen’s. suggestion that|drew. The bombardment finally re- Uncle Sam create @ great reserve of |sulted in setting fire to many build- brevet captains. ings. © Fy COMPULSORY | TRAINING IN | SENATE BILL Provides: for Instruction of All Youths Between 19 and 25. Years 'T0 PROVIDE FOR OFFICERS! | Would Eliminate Necessity of To Maintaining’ Large Stand- ing Army Washington, Jan. . 29.—Universal compulsory. military | training ior American youths ia proposed in a bau introduced in the ‘senate today b: ‘Senator New of Indiana, republican,|the trend of peace conference affairs such a policy, the Indiana senator said in offering the pill, “provides the only guarantee against any occasion for the maintenance of a large regu- Jar army.” X Training, of not more than one year for all youths between 19 and 25 jyears, limited to one continuous per- iod and not divided from year to year is provided by the bill, referred to the senate military committee, Under the bill all youths ‘upon completion’ of the training period as fixed by the U | president would go into a national re- serve for call in case o! necessity. The plan was urgéd by Senator New: as a national policy to be adopted as soon as possible. He denied that uni- j¥ersal training involves the mainte- nance. of a large standing army and declares it would work against that policy. “Universal training guarantees that the youths conscripted: or who colun- teer go prepared rather than going unprepared.” “Under the operation.of this system the soldier is in reality a citizen free to follow his chosen vocation except for the period required for his prop- We should have at all times something like 200,000 men cap- adle of being officers.” DAILY GRIND IN - {6TH ASSEMBLY! ‘Bills Introduced Tuesday in Two Houses df Legislature Man: New house, bills introduced | ‘Tues- 89—To "amend. and reenact 7378 C. L. 1918, reliting to ‘ac- against sheriffs-or other peace ‘$:for.éscape of prisoners under T or imprisonment in civil pro- ceks, or to set aside and vacate judg- ment and decree. Hi ‘H: di. 90, Lowe.—Providing for sup- port of needy mothers of chijdren not over 14; providing for substitution of provisions for money where deemed advisable, or for administration of relief by poor supervisor if thought advisable, H. B. 91, Committee on Taxes and fax Laws. creating the office of supervisor of taxes by ‘appointment from county commission on nomina- tion of tax commission, for term of four years, at annual salary to be fixed by county board, such supervisor to supervise all assessments of local assessors and to have power to raise or lower, or set aside any asses- ment. H. B.: 92, ‘Magnuon.—Relating to what property may “be insured by farmers’ mutual insurance companies, listing as such property farm build- ings, county school houses and churches, with their contents, autoes, livestock on the premises, farm: ma- chinery and vehicles, threshing ma- chinery while not, in use; providing that insurance may not be carried on autoes removed for more than thirty days from district in which company operates. H. B, 93, Strom.—Authorizing and regulating the exchange of recipro- cal or inter-insurance contracts, em- powering corporations and individuals to enter into such contracts; regulat- ing processes in sults on such con- tracts; providing in lieu of all other taxes an annual fee of $15 and a tax of 2 1-2 per cent on gross premiums. H. B. 94, Harris.—Relating to aid for night schools; providing that coun- ty commisisoners may appropriate $500 per annum to financially assist in the maintenance of night schools as recommended by the U. S. bureau of naturalization. 'H. B. 95, Harris—For .an act to purify elections and to encourage ed- (Continued on Page Four.) PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER VISITS HUN_TRENCH Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the president, visited deserted German trenches and is here seen watching-a demonstration of Hun bomb throwing by-a Ger- ‘AN. 29, 1919. TRI nf | LAST EDITION \ ees 9 ee ermrrenecmanenind PRICE FIVE CENTS’ SECOND TRIP | TO BUROPE 1S POSSIBLE President Wilson Expects to Re- turn Before Peace Terms Are Drawn { i WILL SAIL NEXT MONTH Address Congress Upon Conference Immediately on Arrival Home Paris, Jan. 29.—Much as President Wilson hopes to avoid a second trip to Europe, it begins to look as though ; Would cause him to feel compelled to recross the Atlantic early in the ispring. The president is. waiting to isee what the remaining fifteen days jof his stay in varis will bring forth {before announcing his decision. | May Return. Within the last day or two he has jtold officials in his confidence that the is impressed with the feeling that jit would be his duty to return, ‘The president has told his confidants that jhe felt his course would be fully jus- jtitied when he addressed congress as he intends to do immediately upon jhis return to the United States. It is \said he has abandoned his plan of re- turning to America by way of Eng-/| land, to stop at Oxford to receive the degree which that university wishes; to confer upon him. If this plan holds! good, he will sail from Brest on the; steamer George Washington between February 10 and 15. { i Extra Session. | 1 This plan will bring up the ques- tion of calling an extra session of con- gress before his return to France, with republican majorities in voth | ahead for some time in June, hoping to finish his work with the peace con- ference in time to return to Washing- ton to be in the White House when; the special session convenes. | The president is confident that the| messages which he will lay before! congress upon his return will justify! his proposal to pay’a second visit to} ;Burope to participate in the further | ideliberations of the peace conference. i HOUSE PASSES MANY MEASURES | Busy Day in the Lower Body of | { Assembly with Little of } { Importance Up i ! The house Tuesday afterngon wad-| ‘ed through a long calendar of bills} lup for third reading. The hills, none! {and all of which passed with little ‘discussion and no determined oppo- sition, were: H | House Bill 25, increasing exemption ;of personal property from attachment ito $1,000 in the case of a married man} and $100 in case of a single man. | House Bill 30, relating to the licens: | ing of soda fountains by the state} chemist. House Bill 30, relating to the licens- ;ing of soda fountains by the state chemist. House Bill 38, providing that the; supreme court my secure additional evidence in cases tried without a jury. House Bill 42, designating a state| inspector of grades, weights and meas: | ures. i Senate Bill 26, regulating the sale of berries and small fruit, requiring; standard containers which may not; be used over again. Senate« Bill 30, providing for the terms of the supreme court to be continuous, and authorizing the court to regulate the placing of cases on the calendar. For third reading the house calen-} dar offers House Bills 40, 63 and 69) and Senate Bill 24. | The house adopted a memorial pro- posed by Rep. J. F. T. O'Connor of} Grand Forks in honor of the late! Lieut. Lester M. Smith, who served the 15th assembly as journal clerk, and who lost his life in France on; Letober 2, 1918, A. P. Hanson of Barnes county, | ‘speaker of the honse in 1915, was an | | honored guest of the house, occupy- ing a seat at the speaker’s desk for | a part of the afternoon. vt man officer. With her, at the left, is-Lieut. Col. Oliver P. Newman. tof which were of special importance, | 4 (To Extend Time for |the seats in the new parliament. The COMMANDED U. S. MINE LAYER: LEAGUE OF NATIONS NOW. : BEING DEBATED Views at Variance with Four- teen Points of President } Wilsen Disclosed | GUARDIANSHIP DISCUSSED Five Great Powers Will Settle Fate of Internation Union ; Paris, Jan, 2 he supreme coun- jell of the peace conference had be- store it this morning the instructions }to be given the delegation to Poland, about to leave on its journey. The | program called for the appearance of Polish and Czech delegates before the ADMIRAL conference to present their views, Jos. StRauss The future of the colonies taken from Germany is one of the most ine Admiral Strauss was in comman‘i/ teresting of the many problems: un- of the American mine laying opera-|der consideration by the supreme tions in the North Sea, one of the‘council. The council is proceeding war, It was a dangerous and difti-| with the consideration of a general cult operation, but it put a crimp in! policy which shall be adopted by the the U-boat campaign of the Hun, jfive great powers in this matter. It AAnAnanwnr rw. ! Seems that the five great powers Papa oe eg through the council intend to dispose HARRIS WOULD (of the subject. The hearings already PUBLIC SCHOOL,|:32. Sh erases ates | This plan looks to the control of the ance to those set forth by Pres, Wil- son in his fourteen points have been disclosed. Americans are urging the adoption of the American plan at the very outset in order to keep the claim- {have progressed to the stage where the existence of views greatly at var- ; various colonies, backward peoples by | powers within the league of nations. iMercer County Representative; These agents are to derive all their ; Powers from the league. The distri- (bution of the guardianship is to ve |made by the league of nations; so it gain happens as in the case of many ,of the problems of reform broached es ‘ - at the conference that its consumma- MUST MARK OWN BALLOTS ‘tion js dependent entirely on the crea- tion bf the league, ‘ ? ‘ - | The great powers may be willing to Bill Requires Literacy Test as: abandon their plan for. the complete . A ‘annexation of former German colonies Proof of Right to Vote jalthough opposition is expected from in U. S. Elections Lthe colonial government, Asks That English Only Be Taught in Grades IMPORTANT SPEECH. London, Jan. 29.—Stating that Pres- ident Wilson made an important ;speech at Tuesday’s meeting of the |supreme council, the Paris, corres- Pills banning the teaching of any language but English up to the eighth grade in any public school or any par- ochial school courses and making it a misdemeanor giving public sehool | pondent of the Mail says; ‘President, | Wilson insists upon his plan’ ofisecur- ing some form of international con- for any person to mark an - election) ballot for-another person were intro-| duced in the house this.atiernoon by; Rep. 4b A. Harris, chairman’ of the! committee on education. i Tho | Har bal prohibiting =the, A teaching, of any language vut Kiglisn) in the dradé schools was introduced | hy thé Mercer county member two Area eiES years ago, bitt was killed. He believes) paris, Jan, 29.—Two hundred thous: that developments of «the last (WO! and members of the American ermy Williams Appointed As Comptroller years have proved more than ever the} now in France wil need such legislation, Rep. Har-| ow aa iva - rata leat hanes cond bill in brief requires a lit-/ member of the American colony to- 'y test us a proof of right to the | day, A majority will remain it. is privileges of citizenship. ‘The act’ said peeause they wish to. marry woud decree that anyone so little in-| French women and the rest because terested in his adopted country as not! they see a great opportunity here for to learn to read its tongue, at le: American energy. f to such an extent that he can identify |” ss the names on his election ballot, is not entitled to a vote. i Rep. Harris also offered a bill in-! troduced at the request of the federal; Americanization bureau which carries | an appropriation for the extension of M A night schools. i ’ London, Jan, 29.—Miners in many of PEORIA Ss BOOZE jthe colleries in West Scotland, have . PLANTS WILL struck in sympathy with the men in MAKE SUGAR) Clyde, in spite of the leaders’ protest. {A strike conference held in Glasgow eee, jon Tuesday and attended oy dele- Peoria, Ill.. Jan. 29.—Three of Pe-j gates from all parts of Scotland, de- oria’s great distilleries and one dis-!cided to support the strike commit- tillery at Pekin are to be converted tee, and to submit to the government at once into sugar manufacturing | proposals for a settlement on a basis plants, according to announcement ‘of a forty-hour week. made here today by Adolph Wooner,! <e Jr., president of the Great Western} STRIKE GROWING. Distillery Co. It will enable farm-| ‘London, Jan. 29—The | strike on ers in-this section to dispose of their, the Clyde was reported today to be products immediately. |growing more serious. Nearly all the i {big shipyards and engineering works ‘are on the verge of closing down or {carrying on their work with ‘small iforces. The strikers say their ob- |jact is to “remodel trades unionism” ;and establish an international basis Washington, Jan, 29.—John §, Wil-,for its policy of “direct unionism.” liams of Virginia, was nominated to-; The leaders are endeavoring to link day by President Wilson for another up the strikes on the Clyde with those term as comptroller of currency. iin Belfast and London. ‘Dry Amendment Is Proclaimed Income Tax Returns: jeer abe ——— | Washington, Jan. 29.—Ratification Washington, jan. 29.—The period | of the prohibition amendment to the for filing income and excess profits tax federal constitution was proclaimd to- returns proba-ly will be extended from day by Frank L. Polk, acting secre- March 15 to April 15 or even later./tary of state. The proclamation is This would give taxpayers about two|dated today but legal authorities of months in which to fill out and file|the department say ratification was returns. ccomplished when the 36th state act- oo ot teen eat d favorably on January 16. £ SMALL VOTE The proclamation was signed by Mr. Berlin, (Monday) January 27.—: Polk at exactly 11:20 o’clock in the Sharp winter weather and general} presence of Senator Shepard of Texas, apathy may have been responsible for author of the amendment resolution, the small vote in the Prussian elec-| former Secretary of State Bryan, and tion Sunday as compared with the bal-) officials of the Anti-Saloon League of loting in the general election eight! America, the W. C. T. U., and other davs ago. Up to three today the re- anti-saloon organiaztions. sult showed that the socialists had| ‘Mr. Pouk used several pens in affix- a greaf:lead in greater Berlin, where; ing the signature and presented them they, were credited with two-thirds of/to Senator Shepard, and Mr. Bryan ; and others. majority socialists are everywhere maintaining their lead. : The democrats, clericals and nation- al jiberals will divide up the remain- renorts that by April he will ve dis- patching the troops homeward at Ahe. vate of 300.000 monthly. This appears to be as fast as they can be safely transported. : |Want Next Loan to Draw Five Per Cent i der. ma ‘Minneapolis, Jan. 29—It 200,000 MONTHLY. known here today that Minucaperls Paris, Jan. 29.—General Pershing | bankers are taking an active interest to induce the secretary of the treas ury tao fix. the rate of interest on the next liberty loan at five per cent: resolution has been prepared which. will be carried to Washington. \