The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 31, 1919, Page 1

‘Peweweccccccccccces THE WEATHER Fair tonight. THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 27. LEAGUE TO HAVE FOUR MONTHS TO INSTAL PROGRAM Referendum Cannot Prevent Is- CONFISCATION BY STATE FOR UNPAID TAXES Necessary Companion Legisla- BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY, JAN. 31, 1919. GEORGE PLAZA SMITH, LONG UNIQUE | FIGURE IN STATE POLITICS, IS DEAD i | pewmccsccccoscusss LAST EDITION comes. 1 eoewwewoooses THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE CRISIS OVER COLONIES HAS PASSED In American Quarters Hoped PRICE FIVE CENTS NAT GOODWIN. BOLSHEVIKI , DIES FOLLOWING FOR OFFENSIVE stor, died in hotel here today af ter a brief illness. Death was due to a general breakdown in he lowing an operation for the re: of his right eye, several weeks ago. Korn in Boston in 1857, Goodwin was Aim of the Maneuver is: to’ { suance of Bonds and Estab- ‘! — tion of Single Tax Measure Compromise Can Be era ete aceite aaa Amerie Surround Entente gi lishment of Plants Introduced Reached first stago appearance in New York j Column STATE WILL BE COMMITTED! Amendment Gives Administra- tion Privilege of Putting ADD FARMS 'TO N. D. LAN Property May be Seized, Added to Public Possessions 2 { | | | i { | | TERS PROTES WILSON E Opposed to Parceling Out Ger- man Possessions Among in 1874. DEPARTMENT TO 0‘°'sie tc raeter ; Dakota in Hole and Disposed of the Victors HIGHWAY BOARD: Peace Board plcumweeen | 1 eas In_ spite of 7 ing | ares yard oy fay aay aah peo nene oe ae Confiscation by the state of real es, Paris, Jan, 3L—The grisis in the : j Archangel (‘Thursday) Jan, 30.— e by opp 8, ‘ peace conference over the disposition | The Bolsheviki are concentrating Dakota is committed to a four-months try-out of the league’s economic pro: #ram. ‘Every bill designed to place in op- eration league theories of state social: ism carries an emergency clause. If} passed with such emergency claus,! tate upon which taxes have not been | paid for three years is provided for in; Senate Bill 94, introduced Thursday | by Hunt of Golden Valley. The bill} prescribes that no real property shall! hereafter be sold for taxes, but that when taxes shall have been A dispatch received here today told Msive day delin- Of the death of George L. Smith o} and helped tu y North Da-| Wisconsin man’ in 1912.| to be made of the German colonies seoms to have passed, at least. In American quarters there is a hopo that a compromise will be worked out. When the supreme council of the peace conference meets today it will Important Amendments Made } troops between the Volodgda railway 7 A A a j#nd the Vega river, apparently with in Automobile Licensing jhe object of either surrounding the Laws of Sta allied column in this sector or by cut- aa f State iting through to isolate the column —_— | eastward on the Dvina. An enemy force of approximately . Kota for the ; i y \Flaza. The deceased and his | have before it the plait ate 5 y S18 "3 sRGo " which requires a two-thirds vote, eacn | quent for a period of three years, the ‘ ‘ased and his entire % : Ta before it the plain statements of |NEW BASIS OF ASSESSMENT , pica at théae: Mieseuree, becomes” Sit jstate, after having given notice to|family had been suffering for several | He built up a’ system of country; president Wilson on Wednesday. Bie erie enipeenn an attack yesterday, the county auditor at the expiration |days from Spanish influenza. which | Weeklies under the name of the; In phrases stripped of diplomatic t coat ob Gaeve or The don positions 35 arvesof. The defense was the moment it has received the gov-| ernor’s signature, The filing of referendum petitions against an emergency measure doe= not under the initiative and_ refer- endum amendment ‘to the constitution | approved at the last general election; suspend the operations of such meas: ure. The law to be referred remains on the job until a referendum elec- tion has been held. Then, if a major ity of all the votes cast are registered against the measure, the law is re- pealed. The signatures of 30,000 voters are required to refer an emergency meas- ure. These 30,00 Osignatures must have ben procured not later than 90 of two years, shall take over such property. Not less than three years after the taxes on any real property shall have become delinquent, and not less than one year after notice has been served by the county auditor, said county auditor shall detiver to! the state’s attorney in the county in! property upon which taxes have been delinquent for three years, with alu- davits and proof of service which shall be filed with the clerk of the district court. The action shall then be placed on the court calendar for hearing not less than forty days from the date of filing. in the case of Mr. Smith developed | Ndrthwestern Press association, and ! into pneumonia, from which death re-}he did mu sulted ‘early this morning. The Plazajof the Pioneer of January 3: referred to the; county from Ma ilness of Mr. Smith and hi: intimating that his c ious. feorge “Plaza” Smith was for many which the property is situate a cer-|¥ears one of the bast known men in tificate containing a list’ of all the|the public life of North Dakota was an ardent Equity worker in the early days of that movement and one of the prominent supporters of George Loftus in this state, after allowing any va MAY CONVERT He jin it He espoused | Smith third. LaFollete’s cause in the old progres- th to promote the progress | former Berthold resevation to Sanish, through | family, | the medium of his newspapers, ser- | Ne was an enthusiast in every-| j thing he undertook, a good writer and | ,an eloquent talker. In the primaries lof 1916 he one of the contestants | the three-cornored race for the | governorship which resulted in the: {nomination of Lynn J, Frazier, Col.; John H. Fraine running second and At that time he owned Page Three) i \ \ THREE MISSING, «Contimied an short time after explosions | | pital in a niceties it is understood Mr. Wilson told the supreme council he would not be a party to a division of Germany's colomal possesions among the pow- ers which now hold them and then become a party to the league of na- tions. ‘The agreement reached by the al- lied council on the colonial question, says a Havaas agency today, provides that terirtories which are sufticiently civilized to give an expr their form of government en ‘an opoprtpnity to participate in the league of nations. Arabia and Mesopotami re considered examples of this ¢ In the casi . of peoples of sufficient- there will be no Americans there. It “land senate had agreed to two impor First Cost of Car to be Taken! obliged to evacuate the village of nc Baa.Fivine & ; Alexleffsika. One of the allied planes as Fee-Fixing Standard {flew over Shenkhurst vyenterdae’ It { Other Changes {stated the town had not been burned i as refugees had stated. The village < ee ae n | of Shargovsark, B 4 Within an hour after the highway | was evacuated ‘several: dave ago, how bill providing for a new method of: been occupied by enemy infantry and registering motor vehicles was read | cavalry, with five guns. in the senate yesterday, the joint} On the iieaers ne allied artillery, Sawaee amigas ,|yesterday dispersed an enemy patrol. higbhways committee of the house |ty the Omega sector the allied troops | |yesterday raided the village of Dev- ant amendments. .,,|{rekema, killing nine of the enemy and The first of these amendments will! captured nine without loss to the al- change the basis of registration from | }j a combination of first cost, weight| and horsepower, much too complicat- | LIKE GERMAN SITUATION, t} days following the adjournment of the | ‘he | s _ 4 q y state; Then if, {ly developed “governing powers, | fetag ds Nene - 3 new 20. days in. whieh to alow Seep eee Nene oe 20 INJURED IN the league shat enaase the manner of| {9° gtr tirst cost busis principle. Relfast "deplet a situation, there correction or amendment of the peti-| Sufficiency of the proceedings thus} government ai Bayh aan Under this plan new will. be as-| which seems akin to that which re- tions, should. they be found insuffi-|far taken to be heard in open court, | BIG EXPLOSION | ,, As tesards | Asiatic | Turkey, the | sessod an annual regitration fee of jcently attained in German cities un- } icent. If such petitions are suffi- ihe eount finds that the provisions: or —— ee ement aude: Oe aan one en eut one per cent on the list price, this fee }der revolutionary rule. i cient, the governor shall call a special | t ia ap awe been ae ied wa al | Nyack, N. Y., Jan, 31.—Three per- | ree undertake its administration at | ig y6 reduced ten per cent for each} “There is no outstanding personal- 5 election not less than 100 days nor eoteine th aie enter a jusgmont de-| | Sot © reported missing and 20! Whialavée forges. anny be caent to (ck atter the first which the car, it a dispatch, “but there is a ) more than 120 days following the ad-) Creeing {ne {ch Smee atate Waatied others had been removed to a hos-'myykey for earrtsoning — purposes |femains in service until the fourth |capable committee of trade union jescribed to be in the state of Nort te ts & purposes | year, after which the fee shall remain! leaders most of whom are moderate jtures to its initiative petitions last journment of the session. It is not probable that should any; measures he referred the required 30,-/ Or if any real party in in- and pays the delin-| Dakota. terest appear To Contain Provision for Moxth-| iwrecked the plant of the Analine: | Products corporation here today. i was pointed out that their presence would be out of place as the United stationary. It is fee shall never be 1 nnum, The average provided that the than $5 p t year reg and restrained. Nobody can do any- thing unless he comes cap in hand to this committee. Even: the police tax, penalty, interest and cgst! 00 signatures could be obtained in| quent . . { - eae x i less than 90 days. With all of the oh Perens and ger etee or ones ly Payments to the ; Peavey Mas Never been al war Wt tration fee under this law will be inj are useless. When strikers go to » ramifying machinery at its disposal) ride to the sultry of jademeut tie ‘ ‘Ay i 7 the neighvorhood of 0, and it will hotel to cut off electric current, po- the league consumed more than 9) proceedings abalrt is dinmtssad, ror Disabled H ATTACK PLAN. jrange all -the way from §: on alice accompany them. 3 days in procuring the required signa- i | = | Washington, Jan, 31.—Republicans ; Humble Henry to $30 on a princely; The committee has prescribed a summer, No organization opposing the league has machinery at: all ap- proaching such perfection or thor- ounghness as that of the ‘Nonparti- sans: \It-is not likely that the refer- endum, petitions could be filed with the secretary of state much short of the 90 days. Then if amendment or corection were- necessary, the time would. be extended *20 days more, which woudl make it impossible for property decreed to the state under; ment of state having the control and disposal of other unsold state lands, to be disposed of in the manner ‘pro- vided by law, and the proceeds from eral fund of the state to be used in de- ernment, S. B. 95, McCarten, provides for the the provisions of this act shall be inj; the custody and control of the depart-| such sale’are to be paid into the gen-j| Washington, POSTOFFICES WILL ASS under which soldiers or sai holding government |may convert. these policies inside of! fraying the expenses of the state gov- five years into other forins which the {soldfers*cah carry during their lite-| time with the government was report- | Jan. 31 life nditioas ; s now} insurance! WINS OUT IN PHONE GASE win Exchanges Must be Joined and Only One Rate | ; of the senate today sharply attacked the plan fdr dealing with German col- onics and occupied portions of Tur- key in Asia which it had been an- nounced yesterday had been proposed by President Wilson and submitted to unbelievable,” and it was thought “it would involve a stupendous and pre- posterous undertaking.” Senator Johnson of California de- limited amount of work in certain in- those of feed- Packard. The second amendment will provide | dustries, particularly that tor the current year the registra-| ing the people. tion of motor vehicles shall be handled saa ‘by the state highway commisison, but | 2 RAISING ARMY. ‘that after this year the clerk of dis-- Paris, Jan. 31—The reports recelv. trict. court in each county. shall!@d here from Berlin stating Field handle the registration business for | Marshal Hindenburg is raising four hig county. These county registrars; army. corps for the protection of Ger- iwill be required to remit to the state|many’s eastern frontier is creating treasurer.all fees collected. “A dupli-|uite a sensation” here. al! cate report will be filed at the same/ If he were able to raise such a corps ‘time with the state highway commis-| of sofdiers, it would upset the present ; the governor to call an election DUSG be hare titles of all lend eq today by Col. Lindsy ot the war'| Charged nounced the proceeding of making jo erat vould. 4 . (B of 120 days following agourement) S. B. 96, Hunt, authorizes the indus-|"!SK insurance bureau. ‘There will be! pele iin public the meetings of the peace con-|sion. The state treasurer On order | calcd ation o jermany’s armed z i i , life, 20- 3 2, 3O-payment) gown ‘Thurs ; oe Se ea ant e § | : More than 30,000 votes were posi- vesticntions ot lignite. deposits. ne life: 20-year endovuent, aa one y down Thursday by the state railroad lof the fees and transfer to the county | TROOPS DISPATCHED, . B. 97, g, provides for the! the. Northwestern ‘Tele- ‘highway commission the balance.; Berlin, (Thursday) — Jan. 30.—Ad- tively registered against all of the league amendments under which the » Nonpartisans are instituting their pro- endowment. All _poli¢ wil contain | Commission, 1 taxing and aces isi 7 -|viees from the west Prusian border Poe pg clauses providing tor 0 y puy-. phone ‘Co. and the Tri-State T e Other provisions of the new Dill prob-| as in borde hicles. 7 AOE MONLY Ney | Unare aot aug cere Sunde neyonarene ably will stand, although the high-| where German troops have been dis- gram of state socialism. Coupled with patched against the Poles reports 98, nmo, riates | ments to insured in case of Loial per-!Co. afGrand Forks must immediately | Se 4 é fi . siieans i ee a eeeterled eoheme tna | Maheat disability. ~ ‘Mais | amounts | dace ct ; i cs i iway committees of the two houses a i 1 ; the passive orvallent -vote,-which was - ties ions and; 28° Teng, ‘tpatrongie for. “two sill have under joint consideration | that the German forces assigned to : ithis measure, which will have a very ¢ I 5 | practically to 0 2 pe : registered positively neither for nor various counties by the state super. | Tit y 10 peu age De "phones, and not later than June 1 . | protect Kumlezz, a railway station licensing of motor ve-| | ae son-| disability insurance and insures that! | 4 11 ~ against the amendments, the number | Intendent of inetructon ve aid con; |no man who has served in the sey or{there must de ‘established between | important bearing on the state's fu-| between Thorn and Graudenz, was 4 of votes not cast for the proposals /S0lldated school districts in paying) y | ture road-building police: jforced to take the place by storm af- | by Hs navy need ever be destitute ».i the two exchanges the physical con- if x ran in various instances all the way |for the transportation of pupils. y if he car nection prayed for by Grand The motor vehicle registration de-; ter Polish irregulars had refused to B, 99, Carey.—Relating to the, partment is transferred from the of-| negotiate. The Germans tried to in- ries the government insurance. Col-! Forks a from 40,000 to 50,000, And there| |S. I : GRE e lections will be made through the | “itizens. 7 were probably 20,000 electors who dit duties ob state. eramynet making it postottice. Col. Lindsay says that | ‘The rail board held a hearing on| washington, Jan, 31—Names of jtice of the secretary of state to that |duce the Poles to surrender the town ls duty to examine once a year ‘this petition several weeks ago. At F gare of the highway commission, and the/and the latter refused and the city 's whose testi: y charges of i . e based will be submitted volun- anged from a horsepower rating| storm. The Poles are considered to y by the commission to the house |tO @ first-cost and horse-power ‘pasis | have lost heavily in killed. ta 4 inter: 0 -fin Senate Bill 97, introduced Thu interstate | commerce committee, th | diy yy Senator King. SITUATION SERIOUS. not vote at all in the recent genera! election. It is therefore probable that if the opposition to the league could begin a thorough canvass in ev- ery one of the state’s 53 counties im- {the rates will be so low that officials 4 ; ; of private companies who assisted in that time it was established that the drawing the rate schedules admitted | Northwestern had last August absorb- books and accounts of city auditors and treasurers, in addition to all state and county officer ixing fee of $10 per diem for such services. they could not compete with them, /€4 the TriState. It was shown, how- , that the Northwestern had con- evi 3 mediately after the closing of the ses-!_ S. B. 140, Commitee on Appropria- ae Cont Tie 4 {tinued to operate the TriState ex- ‘ ' : i. sion, it could within 90 days time ob-|tions—Appropriating $34,000 to pay Ten Per Cent Discount ((iinge ‘as distinct from its own, It gether with all other information gath-1""Ty,9"teq to be paid on all motor ve-| Basle, Jan. 31—The General An: been necesasry for telephone us- 1 ? hicles except motor-cycles and those | 2eiger’s Berlin corespondent says the tain the required 30,000 signatures, William B. Clover, chairman of the Prussia is serious. deficit in apropriation for bounty on . hy A jhad ¢ j Wolves ane "coyotes ’:iilled. prior tol For the Enlisted Men ° s desiring full service to patro! used for commercial purposes, for| situation in east but it would be no easy task. trade commisison, so informed- the July 1, 1917. S. B. 101, tions.—Appropriating $190,889 for the salary of the secretary and members of the state highway commission, clerk | In any ‘event, the several acts would take effect immediately follow- ing the governor’s approval, and each of these bills provides that the state industrial commission shall set “the ven Commitee on Appropria- | this institution all the public funds of the state and its minor ‘divisions. which, including the permanent school fund moneys, would aggregate from $30,000,000 to $50,000,000. It could, by (Continued on Page Four.) SARGENT COUNTY OBJECTS TO HIGH HANDED ACTIONS The voters of Sargent sounty, Non- partisans, as well as independents, says Rep. Nils Petterson of Gwinner, back from a brief visit home, are incensed over the treatment accorded glanders and dourine and for that; reason destroyed, 3 | S. B. 106, Committee on Appropria-! tions—Appropriating $299,415 © for; state hospital for the insane at James- town, S._B. 107, Same.—Appropriating | $10,000 to be paid at the rate of $18} per month or major graction thereof (Continued on Page Six.) { HUNT BILL FOR LIGNITE SURVEY} Golden Valley ‘Senator Would Have Our Coal Exploited | John Weber, elected representative from Sargent county by a substantial! 4 survey of North Dakota’s vast. majority, and deprived of his seat by/lignite resources, estimated by the} the league house majority, afted, a!U. §. geological survey to exceed farcical hearing before the election=/ 700,000,000,000 tons, and constituting committee in the contest proceeding|by far the state’s greatest single filed by Frank Riba, an udtra radival| source of wealth, is provided for in leader. Weber's sin was that the/senate bill’ 96, introduced Thursday’ election board in Forman precinct, by Senator Hunt. acting under instructions. from. the{ She bill authorizes the industrial local board of health, which it cou'd|commission of North Dakota to ar- not ignore under penalty of imorison-|range with the director of the state| ment, exsluded the mob while it} geojogical survey at the University of counted the votes election night. The| North Dakota to make a suitable sur- flu epidemic was’ then raging; people | yey of thé coal lands within the st | were dying right and left, the board/to ascertain their .extent, character, | of health acted for the protection of| location, eto, and with the dean of the public, and the election board/the school of mines for such special obeyed its orders. The league dis- investigations of these deposits or the covered that by throwing out the vote|'lignite as he may consider necessary in Forman precinct it could seat Riba}to determine its character, value and and gain one more vote in the house,| adaptation to special uses, and the New York, Jan. bureau of the wom |has arranged with shops here to ‘al-} all former enlisted low men a Per cent discount. The shopping |i ’s wear service Of service. ten; one ‘system hoth exchanges, doubling the cost The Northwestern had! refused to make the two exchanges by establishing a phys- jical_ connection. committee today in response to the demands of the committee of yes- terday. HANGARS DESTROYED. The battleship Louisiana is here shown bringing to America members of the 59th coast artillery who fought at St>Mihiel and in the Argonne. They were met down the registration, re-registr ‘ation shall be based on the factory selling price in force January 1 each! year to which the registration applies, | ithe net weight and horsepower. which | the counties composing the district! are: Bottineau, McHenry, Sheridan, Kid-| der, McLean, Burleigh, Emmons and} Logan. f a The district west of the river is di-| vided into one big district to which ‘two judges are assigned. The Grand | Forks and Pembina sections of the i i i state are redivided giving them three judges. A bil lalso provides a State cooper ative creamery. A Liberty Building | | commemorating the war to cost $200,-) 1000 is introduced. This building is! ‘to be the home of the state histori. | jeal society, the supreme court and jother state offices. There are now) \two bills covering a new home for | \the state historical society. In the) inew bill $20,000 is provided for fur- | nishings. Another league bill creates a, com- !misisoner of immigration with a sal ary of $5,000 and gives him $100,000 a i year to spend. Kien ‘Police Patrol For “Lid Tippers” | ‘Lansing, Mich.,.Jan. 31.—An arm- }ored automobile will hereafter patrol } the Michigan-Ohio line as a result of jseveral pistol fights between whis- key runners and state constabulary charged with enforcing the Michigan prohiibtion law. SEVERAL KILLED. ation and oper-| Several Rolhevik divisions are facing the eighth army and several thousand are facing the tench army. FRENCH ITCH ¥ ' > wheels revolving within 20 days fol- hire: ies c itt AgnROpeaE| = a | ‘The rail board supports the conten-| New York, Jan. 31—Two hangars | horsepower shall be obtained by mul: ' lowing such approval. Teneo ee ca oe OULO00 te p ie ROTHSCHILD DEAD. \tion of the petitioners in every pat-|each containing six airplanes were | (Continued on Page Six.) ! In four months the league could | omnty aed St Perea fashieo: ad Paris, Jan. , 31—Baron Lambert 'ticular. Its order gives Grand Forks| destroyed in a fire which was sweep: " —= 5 =f bind ‘the state’s credit to ‘the extent | rose Tetocted Sth bovine cihes Rothschild, a Brussels banker, died | the benefit of a consolidated service|ing the aviation station at Rockaway 'Fifteen District of $7,000,006 . Lhrough the. eee ele Giloaia: in Paris today. jat the price of one service. Point, today. | Jud es Provided 4 ,f of state = * F and sale of pod. 000, worth of, state aa 303, Committee, on Appropri-| Nee Se Pn an BERS i Naw Measure Hi 5 s for the |tions.—Appropriating $7. for the 9 i § Ta ee air bedrest np maintenance of evening school un-; HOME, is WERT HOME, FROM WARSHIP’ Ss DECK : oO SIO H addition there’ would be immediately |der provision of Chapt. 209 of session’ rn EEE | A bill said to have the aproval of ee % appropriated for the expenses of the| laws of 1917. i f% be) i ‘i : o Les : {the Nonpartisan league was intro-| paris, aJn. 31+Another irritating ‘ 4 » bevy of new boards and commisisons| |S. B. 104, Committee on Appropria-| r ¢ (duced in the House today creates six: circumstance has occurred to halt the ik i created by league legislation a further tions.—Appropriating $86,648 for state | : 3 ‘ judicial districts with fifteen instead! peace negotiations by the appearance it ‘ sum of more than $2,000,000 game and fish board. lot twelve judges. Judge A. G. burrjo¢ what the French call “gale” or f ‘uthe. state industrial commission | S. B. 105, Committee on Appropria. lig placed in the Fourth district in known otherwise as the “French ky could place the Bank of North Dakota tions—Appropriating $30,000 to indem{ which Burleigh is included. This! itch.” It is rampant in Paris and en in immediate operation, transferring to| nifty owners of animals afflicted with; gives the Fourth district two 4udges,; was brought there by the soldiers Judge Nuessle and -Judge Burr and! from the front. If any of the Ameri- can delegates have contracted it, di- plomacy has kept them silent. The pest exceeds influenza in the suddenness of its appearance. Those atacked. can recall Mark Twaint’s ac- count of the one armed painter with the hives. It is exceedingly intense and resembles somewhat the seven itself easily to treatment. The pest is rampant at the head- quarters of the delegates to the peace conference and is said to ex- ceed in discomfort a hair shirt. OWNERS STATE RAIL PLANS Washington . Jan. 3f—S. Davies Warfield, president of the National Association of Owners of Railroad Se- curities, gave the senate commerce committee today the view, of the se- Tt lends | curities owners. Mr. Warfield pronvosed a compre- hensive plan for administering rail- roads under sovernment supervision. He opposed the plan for creating a department of railroads with a cab- inet officer at its head. VOTED DOWN. 4 Washington, Jan. 31—Unanimous approval of the administration's new = three year program with a reduction and it did so. This action is decidedly | desirability of holding such lands, e e Suge S: ‘ ] . $l.—Several persons ‘ from sixteen : dintustafull tocmembers-of--both fac-| The bil carries’an appropriation of bay. by a steamer bearing relatives of. the men and their reception in New York was a big | eee tines adic setae ee antes es pA tions in Sargent county. $18,000. one. f strike. naval committee. S 3 ;