The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1919, Page 1

THE WEATHER Generally Fair. |THE BIS THIRJY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 57. : ; RDAY, FRAZIRR DELAYS SIGNING SENATE SLAM ON PRESS Signature Had Not Been At- tached to Brinton Newspaper Trust Bill Friday Evening LABOR LEGISLATION THRU Seal of Approval Placed on Mine Inspection and Workmen’s Compensation Acts Up to closing time Friday evening, Senate Bill 157, creating one official newspaper in each county to be named by # state printing commission as re- cipient of all public printing, w: uthong the acts of the 16th a: which had been approved by the gov- ernor and filed with the secretary of state. 4 The governor had approved and fil- ed with Secretary of Stute Hall, house Dill 55, pro ng fur a system of mine inspection; house bill 56, lishing a workmen's compens tem applying to all industrial labor except railway employ domestics and farm hands, and house bill 1 creating the office of immigration com- dnissioner. WORKMENS COMPENSATION BILL The North’ Dakota mine inspection act was copied after statutes which have been tried out in other stute. The same is true of the workmen's compen- sution, law, which is considered a mo- del. Its principal difference from those in effect in older states is in the higher, amount of | compensation provided: Other states are umending their acts along similar lines, finding the original compensation provided teo low. The North Dakota act is semi- optional, avoiding constitutional dify- culties encountered elsewhere in the early days of. workmen’s compensu- tion. It provides for a state bourd and an insurance fund to be administered by the state. Hospital and’ medical © us well tis compensation for lost Wages Is required. OTHER LABOR LEGISLATION Other labor legislution already ap- proved by the governor includes house bill 184, decreeing that no feo jee Worker shall lubor more than eight hours pay day or 48 hours per week und that «she shill receive not less than $1.50 per day, and house bill 186, which further fixes maximum hours and minimum wages. . House “bill 184 ajso establisled a public welfare di- vision under the direction of the work- men’s compensation bureau te which all questions arising from the employ- ment of. femules.and minors shall be referred. ‘ E _ Other bills approved by the, goy nor and filed yosernay wre: 5 | Senate (bill 2, the new ‘hail insur- ance act, providing for an involun- tury generul tax of three cents ‘per acre on. all tilluble. lands; extending withdrawl privileges up to. the begin- ning of the growing season for farmers who do uot wish protection, and au. thorizing an assessment up to 50 cents per acre on all lands covered -fer the payment of hail losses. { Senate bill 38, prescribing the man- ner in which property shall be listed with the state tax commissiouer. Senate bill 38, providing for the transfer of reports on taxation matters from the office of state auditor to the tux commissioner. Senate bill 39, making the state tux coromissioner instead of the audite secretary of the state board of eyuali- zation. Sennte bill 41, taxing petroleum pro- ducts. Senate bill 48, extending the state bonding act to make. the depurtmeut cover all state officials and employes. Senate bill 55, appropriating a con- tingency fund of $40,000. Senate bill 57, an emergency for the stute rail board. Senate Bill 69, reimbursing public school fund for money lost. Senate bill 60, making an emergency appropriation for the attorney general. Senate bill. 68, Mmiting tax levies in counties, townships and school dis- tricts. Senate bill 65, appropriation for the tax commissioner. Senate bill 67, reducing the tax com- inissioner from three members to one. Senate bill 68, providing for reports from corporations to the state tax com- missioner. : Senate, bill 69, increasing the trav- eling expense allowance of county su- OUR BOYS OF THE FIGHTING FIRST HOME IN A WEEK Stx hundred and twenty-two North Dukota men remaining in the 164th infantry, formerly the First and Second North Dakota regiments, will be demobilized at camp Dodge — uext. ‘Tuesday, March 11, according to a tele- gram rece d in Fargo last ev- ening by Mrs, A. Anderson, 517 Third avenue north, from her fson, Syt..G. R. And . a for- mer member of Fargo Company B. Sergeant Anderson advised that he would reach Fargo about March 5, The 164th infantry arrived in Camp Dodge Thursday from Cump Dix, N. J. The 164th trench mortar artillery, which arrived in New York today on the transport Mongelia, was formerly Company M of Langdon in the Second North Dakota. “BISMARCK AND MANDAN CLASH FOR PENNANT Great Game Expected Tonight When Rivals Play Off in District Finals TEAMS EVENLY MATCHED Capitalites Have Advantage of Playing on Own. Floor to Offset Skill One of the fastest and most holly contested basketball battles ever wag- ed on local floor may depended upon this evening when Bismarck und Mandan meet in the finals for the southwestern district interscholastic basketball pennant. Bismarck won its plice in the finals by defeating Beach 25 to 10 yesterday, while Mandan qualitied th When it d®feated Ashley Mandan and Bismarck met on several occasions during the present season, and the former has always marck, however, is showing form far superior to that presented in its last game with the Morton county seat high, and a real battle 1s assured for this evening. , The four games played to date in the southwestern district tournney have re- sulted as follows: Ashiley,:, 307, Steele, AQ oe pgs on * Bismarck, 25; Beach,’10. . Mandan, 44; GlenUllin, Mandan, 66; Ashley, 18. The winner of tonight’s gume will be uwarded the southwestern district peunhant and will also earn the privi- (Continued on Page Seven.) HOPPER DOPE NOT CAUSE OF CHICK DEATHS Diet Taken in Moderation Not Fatal, Says U. S. Specialist —Must Go After Insects FARM WORKERS MEET HERE That poisoned grasshoppers do uot. necessarily constitute a deadly diet for prairie chickens and; that crows. uac- count for the uction of more chickens than grasshopper ‘dope, the hunter and his dog and every~ othe agency, was brought out here today during discussion of grasshopper de- struction by Stuart Lockwood, specia- list in insect control of the United States-department of agriculture. A continuation of the systematic ex- termination begun in western, and souther# North Dakota last year was strongly urged. It was predicted that the grasshopper scourge will be severe this year unless every possible step is taken te prevent the spread of the de- structive insects. ; The question of, the effect of the ~ perintenients of public instrugtion. Senate bill 73, providing for a non- partisan nomination and election of county’ officers, judges of the supreme and district courts, state superinten- dent of public instruction and county superintendents. Senate bill 96, directing the indus- trial commission to investigate the lig- poison used for exterminating grass- hoppers on prairie chickens which feed on the dead hoppers was brought up. Sportsmen in this section had claimed that a decided falling off in the num- ber of chickens last fall was due to the prevalence of these poisoned in- sects. The government specialist ques- tioned this. He pointed out that nine nite resources of the state and -possi-| times as much strychnine, the active bilities for their development. agent in grasshopper dope, is required Senate bill 100, making an appro-| per ounce of body weight to kill a ‘bird priation for wolf and coy unpaid prior to July 1, 1917. Senate bill 103, appropriating $7000} uch construction. for night schools. bounties] as would turn up the toes. of a mam- mal, because of a difference in stom- He declared the common black crow, which spies on Senate bill 134, creating a board of} the prairie chicken's nest, seizes its administration. eggs, soén after they-are laid, or the Senate bill 168, concurrent resolu-| chicks as soon as they are hatched, tion providing for constitutional recall} is responsible for the destruction of amendnen \ Senate bill 201) authorizing the state more chickens and other feathered game than’ all other causes put to- to pay one-third the cost of bridges gether. across state lines of interstate high- ways or over navigable streams. Senate bill 20, providing for a two-| tion workers for the western mill tax for school districts. Today’s sectional conference of coun- ty agricultural and home demonstra- and southwestern district was conducted by Senate bill 214, extending the re-} Gordon W. Randlett of the agricultural | moval powers of the governor to in- clude officials of cities with commis- sion forms of government. lege, state director. County. agents in attendance included A. H. Neumann of Stark, F. G. Orr of Hettinger, R. Senate bill 221, providing for im-|L Helm of Golden Valley, A. L. Nor- ts to the executive mansion. | ling of McLean, J. M. Brander of Bur- House bill 123, creating Immigration | leigh, E. G. Parizek of Logan, Max com i House bill 128, levying half-mill tax for returned soldiers’ fund House bill 163, requiring union label on state printing. Morgan of Morton, H. O. Sauer of Emmons, R. C. Newcomer of Grant and Charles Fastgate of Slope. State workers here were Julio O. Newton, state leader of home demon- House bill 184, relating to maximum | stration ; Louise Fitzgerald, acting lea- hours and minimum weges for women der of boys’ and girls’ clug ‘work. R. GC. Pollock, state leader of county ag- ents, and Messrs, Rauilett and: Lock- air: was. daly... FRAZIER GIVES HIS APPROVAL TO BOARD BILL: Governor Signs and Files With Secretary of State Act Mak- ing Job for Macs 1 | SURE TO BE REFERENDED Believed People Generally Will Insist on Having Swat at Spite Measure Governor Frazier on noon filed with t secretary of state, Senate Bill rt, the board of ad- ministration measure, which he appro- ved late Friday evening. This vet abolished the present board ,of con- trol, the board of regents and the bourd of education, and concentrates the, pow: ers heretofore exercised by these var- ious comnissions, together with miuny which have developed upon the staté superintendent of public instruction, in a board of administration, to be com- posed of five members. Three of these Friday after- | members are to be appointed by the governor, and it has generally been re- ported that th } Donald, forme rio are Neil C. Mac- ate superintendent of public instruction, and the Rey, George H. Totten of Bowman and Robert | Muir of Sarles, members of the pr ent board of regents. M Minni . Nielson, state superintendent of public ruction, and John Wi, Hagan, com. sstoner of agriculture and labor, will be members ex-officio of the new com- mission. The bill provides for the appoint- ment ofan advisory educational com- mW ion to assist Miss Nielson with the unification and standardization of the common schools of the state, and an- other board to study a new tem of, text books and to report on the fea- ibility of their publication by the tute, WILL, BE. REFERRED Senate Bill No, 134 is one me: j whose referendjum i& regarded tain, Tt wa of the le; cer- not popular with many ators who voted for it, and the people generally are sald to feel, that it is designed largely to cre: a satisfactory job for N. C. Macdon- ald and for’ the further. purpose of humiliating his successful rival in the lust general election. Nonpartisan members of the pres- ent. board of control, who would be left out in the cold entirely, also are said to- disapprove of Senate: Bill 1b This tipplies’6qumity” to: Patrick” M. Casey, president of the Equity Cooperative Packing Co., of Fargo, and Simon J Nagel of Morton county. Differences between Townley and these members of the board is said to have arisen over his demand that the job of warden at the state penitentiary be given to for- mer Sheriff. 8. A. Smith of Golden V Hey, an old time friend of Towitle at Beach. The board of control is al- }leged to have had another person in mind and to have declined to make the appointment. MORTONITES DISPLEASED Nagel. is a director in one of the strongest farmers’ newspapers in the the Morton County Farmers’ and in its last issue this paper came out rather strongly against the Valley City bank reorganization, which Jack Hastings testitied was conducted under the direction of Mr. ‘Townley. Senator Mees, who voted against Sen- ate Bill 1: d certain other Jeague 1 sures, is ulso a strong stockholder in the Morton County Farmers’ Press. CANADIANS. START RIOT OVER RETURN 3.—An_ official state- n- military head- ve to rioting ee London, March ment from Canad quarters in refere Kimmel! park it is regretted tha some of the accounts of the rioting ih which Canadian soldiers took part wel exaggerated, but it gives no de- s suid that the lack of shipping to take the Canadians home is due to strikers, and it is said that the agitation of the soldiers over alleged discrimination in embarkation is due to the fact that the men have been divided into sections according to the districts from which they come. As a result some of the shorter service men have been sent home firs BRITISH NAVY DOMINATES CASPIAN SEA London, March 8.—Naval forces /un- der British command now dominate the situation in the Caspian sea according to official information to Reuter’s. | British naval forces originally sent fo checkmate the Bolsheviki_ seized armed steamers now armed by Russian crews which marched up by'land from Mesopotamia with a British force as a nucleus. The original Russian force in the Caspinn ‘consisted of two gun bouts, a dispatch boat and two cruisers. RECEIVES WIRELESS On Board George Washington. March 8—President Wilson received wireless dispatches from Paris today on the progress of the peace confer- ence. . : smooth today, and: age ‘The sea was tion, which will include bills well as those to which the governor | ¢ PICKEORD TO WILS Venice, Cal., té Ellington Field, Texas, to: Washington, D. C. That’s the route of the Victory Loan Film, “One Hundred Per Cent American,” sent by airplane from Mary Pickford to President Wil- . In the picture is Mary Pickford, principal in the film play, taking the shipment from Lieut. R. O. Searle, flight commander son. und handing it to Lieut. E. D. J flight. From Ellington Field another plane is ready to take the! film to Washington. PLENTY OF WORK AHEAD FOR STATE EQUALIZING BODY Members of the state board 6f equa- lization are inelined* to believe that that body has its work cut out for fair in Senate Bil 39 whieh makes it pos- sible for an bring his peev Heretofore the ndividual objector to before the state hoard. tate beard bas dealt only ‘with county assessment and tax- | ing officials or with individuals who have appealed from the county board of equalization. Under Sc the state board mbst he any individual clatu brought directly to its It is predicted that’ sneh claims jill come in by the hundreds next fall. TABULATION OF APPROPRIATIONS [S$ BEING MADE Anticipated That Total for En- suing Biennium Will Be because the strike was threatening the | | $2,000,000 Higher j health of the city, ‘he resolution was S to be considered tonight by the council ¥ i. of the ty It was expected to re-i Nelson A- Mason, secretary of the| ceive immediate endorsement, governor, With the assistance of Lyman Baker of the tax commi: ing or two, gned miscellaneous ap able in a day already has propriation bills carrying in the neigh- borhvod of a million, but he has not begun to give definite consideration] BERLIN PART SURROUNDED to the omnibus appropriation — vill, London, March 8A dispatch from whose total, as it passed both houses, } Copenhagen s: that during the night Was about $4,100,000, The heaviest general appropriations ave carried in the league program bill the acts creating an indus mission, Bank of North Dakot: i levator association, ‘ive some $135,000 already mulated in the terminal elevato Mili fund through the eighfh-nill tax levied for several years, and the immigration commission act, which — appropriates $200,000. It is probable that the ag- gregate appropriation for the bienium UNDER MILITARY CONTROL will not be Tess than $6,000,000, or London, ‘March According to a an increase of approximately 00,-| German wireless dispatch, the — tele- 000 of that for two years ago. . This | graph and telephone tems in Ber- precise total will be revealed in a day or two by S ary Mason's. tabula- ned has not yet given his approval. MORRIS TO BE NEW SECRETARY It is reported at the capitol on what seems to be very good authority that | itor of the Nerth Da- Oliver Morris. kota Leader, who has been associated with the league movement in an editor. fal capacity for the last three years, is to be tary of the state indnstrial eoumi, n. The job pays $5,000 per annum. ATTENTION! All soldiers and sailors and. marines who have returned to Bismarck and Burleigh county, marck or Burleigh county units and have returned to ot communities, are requested to register at once at the Harris & Go, stationery store on Fourth may be counted for the great be given within the next week or ten days for our returned fighters. Every man who has seen Sam’s fighting machine is cordially invited to be a guest of Bismarck at its great home-coming, and by registering now our Yanks will give the committee in charge an opportunity to make adequate arrangements for this glorious occasion. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1919 1, sion. is mak-} complete tabulation of all ap} propriation bills, which will be avail- The governor rind eom- the latter to Hell SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES . EAST EDITION © [TRIBUNE PRICE &'1VE'CENTS ON, FILM BY PLANE ones, pilot on the first lap of the BIG STRIKE CALLED OFF | IN BERLIN Great Many artacans Taken Prisoners in Street Fighting POLICE CONTROL SITUATION Berlin, (Friday, 6 p.m, March The general strike in Berlin will be] called tonight. The labor | federation at a meeting early this evening ree- ommended that the workmen return to | Work Saturday. j The fighting at Berlin ended in noon | Friday, the Copenhagen dispateh adds. The recommendation to work was| carried by a vote of 40 to 5, in as the government; had grant their smuch 1a mas of demands and chiefly TAKEN PRISONERS 2S. A great number ins were taken prisoner in iting in the center of Berlin Friday and will be sentenced to death, says at Copenhagen dispatch. there wer unds of heavy detonations of canuon and explosion, — Flame throwers and trenth mortars of — all! kinds were employed in the struggle, which was particularly violent about police headquarters, Late in the evening, government troops under Gen, Luetwitz, reported to number 50,000, entered Berlin and surrounded a great part of the cen- ter of the city. lin are working uninterruptedly, but with restrictions. The gas supply of the city was threntened today, but ctrie power stations were under imil- ‘itary control. CTING WORKMEN | March 8.—German | Y ave supressed the report at Berlin, according to a dis- patch from that city and now are signed to the task of protecting worl men who wish to return to their Ja- bor. CAPTURE POLICE STATION Copenbagen, (Friday) March - German government troops have cap (Continued on Page Seven.) or who were members of Bis- other street, in order that their noses | home-coming demonstration to service in any branch of Uncle AMERICANS VIEWS UPON REPARATION CONFLICTING British Feel Germany Must Be Allowed to Resume In- dustrial Life FRANCE DISAGREES| Opposed to Allowing Raw Ma- terials Which Will Give | Neighbors Advantage i Paris, March S—The supreme coun-| cil when it met today expected to set- tle difficulties over the German mer- chant marine. Payment may be taken by charging off a sum of the use of the German und also by German gold. ench, however, hesitate to per- s diversion of funds, which they insist is part of the preparation. The American commissioners in their efforts to hasten a conclusion of a preliminary peace have found themselves in a position where they must take sidés between the conflict- ing views of the British and French regarding the repuration to be exacted trum Germany, The British feel that to secure the great sum of money tu be demanded from the Germans, thé latter must be enabled to receive at the earliest pos- sible time, food and raw materials and even credit, so that out of the proceeds | of their business they might pay their debts. The French do not believe German industries should. be mitted to get back into their condition un- til the stricken industries of France and Belgium have at least have an op- portunity to catch up with them, ADHERE TO BRITISH VIEWS The American commissioners, it is said, have concluded at last to ad- here to the Bri 1 view, Which seems likely to be finally adopted. The American delegation is pointing to the jnedge im the acceptance of President Wilson's fourteen points accepted by the alies when the armistice was fected that there would be no ¢ mination in race relations betw the nations, At the sume time it wi held that in the matter of raw mat jals preference should be given Bel-| gium and France, Still another question is to what ex- tent if at all the Germans should be permitted to continue the system of cartels or combinations of producers through which they mastered — the world’s trade in-certain Vit pecial- in chemicals, potash and sug: The economic committee plans — to conclude its deliberations. by March 15 or the fruits of its labors may be included in the preliminary treaty with Germany, ‘As it has to deal with the complicat- ed problem of maintaining the parity of international exchange —howeyer, some of the members express doubt that they can finish their t in such a short tim FILE LOSSES OF $750,000,000 Claims filed concerns Washington, March 8. by American citizens and with the state department — against Germany and Austria-Hungary total #bout $750,000,000 the state depart- ment announced today. The claims which run into the thou- sand are those arising from submariue vities and those due to other ucts of the central empires. The state de- partment for several months has shad a large force compiling American items. Included in the losses from submar- ine warfare are those due to death and injury to American ens; damage or loss of American vessels ; losses suf- fered from damage to American car- goes in American and foreign bot- toms. Losses dues to other acts include de- struction and requisition of Auwerican, property in enemy territory and in territory occupied at various times by | enemy forces. American citizens at the beginning of the war hud about $00,000,000 worth of property in ene- my countries and those invested by enemy for Heavy losses to this property have resulted from war meus- ures tuken by the central~powers. HAL FISHER T0 BE BRITISH MINISTER HERB) 4 y). March 7.—-Hal f education, probably ador to Wash- London, Fisher, mir will be British amba: | ington, according to the Nation. NORMAN COOK FOUND GUILTY Chicago, March 8.—J. Norman Cook was found guilty 6f manslaughter to- in the killing of William E. Brad- way last summer. Under the undeterminate — sentence law, Cook is subject to imprisonment from one year to life. He displayed no emotion when the verdict was read, al- MORE THAN ~MILLIONMEN DEMOBILIZED General March Gives Figure as 1,635,500 Men and Officers 13 CAMPS ARE ABANDONED Army Not to Be Reduced Below 519,909 as An- nounced Washington, D. C., March 8— General March announced today the army would not be reduced under any circumstances below the figure men- tioned in the reorganization bill which failed in congress, a total of 519,909 officers and men. He said this total would be maintained’ until some law was passed providing for a permanent force which would “permit the mili- tary necessities to be handled.” The statement was made in connece tion with the information that Gen- eral Pershing had been authorized to resume enlistments for the regular army. Men now overseas who desire to enlist in the regular establishment, General March said, would be accept- ed and assigned to the army of occu- pation, releasing. other men desiring to be discharged. Demobilization reports made public today by General March showed that 1,361,520 officers and men had been discharged to date, while the number ordered released has reached 1,635,500. Up to March 3 departure of officers ‘and soldiers from France numbered 519,353, of whom 354,824 had landed in the United States up to yesterday. Hospital records from the expedi- tionary forces, General March said, showed 81,2 patients on February 20, a reduction from 112,217, when the armistice was signed. A reduction in the number of de- mobilization camps from 33 to 23 was announced today. The purpose being to enable the war department to re- lease thousands of men who would lotherwise have been hold at the ten camps as a demobilization. personnel. Thirteen of the original camps desig- nated as demobilization centers will be abandoned. Three new camps, Ft. Bliss, Oglethorpe and Camp D,’A. Russ all have been added. O1L DEALERS MUST PREPARE. 10 PAY TAXES Senate Bill 41, Expected to Yield Revenue of $100,000 Per Annum, in Effect ASSESSMENTS MONTHLY The first of the league bills passed at the recent session to immediately affect business interests of the state is Senate Bill 41, taxing all oils, ex- cept lubricants, at a flut rate of from one-fourth to one cent per gallon. Sen- ate Bill 41 was signed by the governor late Thursday evening and filed with Secretary of State Hall on Friday af- ternoon. It carried an emergency clause giving it immediate effect, and it will apply to every gallon of oil sold from 12:01 a. m. today. It is estimated that the aggregate sales of oils, including gasoline >and kerosene, in North Dakota exceed 40,- 000,000 gallons per ainum, and the tat imposed by Senute Bill 41 is expected to produce a revenue of $100,000 to $150,000. SLIDING SCALE The schedule provides for 4 cent per gallon on straight-run gasoline, and oue cent per gallon for mixtures and substitutes. On kerosene conforming to North Dakota standards the tax is one-fourth cent, und kerosene be- jow the state standard and on all oth- er oils, except lubricants, the tax is one-half cent. This tax' is to be assessed monthly by the state tax commissioner on re- turns made by the state oil inspec: tor to the state auditor. The ussess- ment is to be filed for collection on or hefore the 15th day of each month for the calendar month last preceding. The state uuditor is then required to make a draft on the company taxed for the amount due and to file this draft with the state treasurer for collection. If this draft remains. unpaid at the end of thirty days a ten per cent penalty 1s udded und for each day thereafter that the account remains delinquent a penalty of one per cent is tacked on. MANY WOULD BE TAX OFFICERS Tax Commissioner George Bs wal- lace advises there seems to be no lack of material from which to appoint tax supervisors in each county, as required under the league’s new taxation ma- chinery. The office of tax supervis- or pays the same salary as that of clerk of district court. ranging, accord- ing to the population of the county, from $1,500 to $2,200. Under the pro- _ visions of House Bill 91, the appoint- ment is to be made by the tax commis- sioner, with the approval of the coun- ty commission, and Mr. Wallace's office already is flooded with applications. CAPT. GRAY TO: | PASS THROUGH Jamestown, N. D., March &—Capt. of 3 lier unofficial assurance he had re ceived that he had been acquitted. tho shocked by it because of an |S through