The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 13, 1919, Page 1

nen THE WEATHER Generally Fair. THIRTY-NINTH | YEAR. NO. 61. . BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA THUR: FARMERS NOT SLACKERS ON INCOME TAXES Deputy Revenue Collector Re- sents Uncle Joe Cannon’s Charge in Congress $30,000 PAID HERE TO DATE Probably 1,000 Individuals Have Made Returns—Few Cor- porations in Yet “Farmers are not slackers,” declares W. S. Lowery, deputy U.S. collector of internal revenue, in charge of Bix- marck’s income tax sub-station. “If it ts true that but 1-2 of one percent of ‘our farmers are paying income taxes while from 25 to 30 percent of the professional classes are paying, it is because the farmer, after he figures out bis losses, has no net income upon which to pay a tax. The percentages quoted are those used by Uncle Jor Cannon in a recent address in congress. T am not vouchtng for their correct- ness,” Probably 1,000 citizens of Bismarck and vicinity have paid or reported in- come taxes at this point during the Jast ten days. The average tax paid has been $2,000 per day, while an average of $3,000'has been reported daily, making a total of $30,000 for the ten days. This total does not. include more than $1,000 in corporation income tax, beeause blanks have not yet been received for this purpose, None of the payments has been large, and the average has been around $40 per capita, “We have received returns from many who are not required to make a report,” sald Mr. Lowery. “Unless a married man, or the head of a family, after deducting all his exemptions, has a clear net income of more than 2,000 a year, or in the ease of a single person, $1,000 a year, no re- port should be made. It simply clat- ters up our records, plishing .anything. “We have a great many farmers who come in desiring‘to: make returns, and when we go over their accounts with them and figure out all their hay losses and crop damage and the amount paid out.-for seed‘and feed, we. find. they have. no net. income on ‘which a tax ean be levied. “T have not found your farmers in this section income tax slackers. I have* discovered that some of them are on-the ragged: edge and: bor: rowing .money to. get through. until they can harvest-anothér, crop. They're all anxfoys, (ho, to pay Any tax they're legally Maple for, and. they, have ex. hibited avery fine spirit.” Deputy Lowery. conies. originally from the upper edge of Egynt, in South- ern Tlinois; where politics, hoss-racing and running: the hounds are the prin- cipal diversions... In, all: probability he is a democrat, as most of the, folks in that section are. | He-has many in: teresting anecdotes of this old stamping | ground of Lincoln which was the scene, during the Civil war, of some of the | north’s most disgraceful pro- slavery | demonstrations, For the last ten years) he has been a resident of Hankinson. WILSON LANDS IN FRANCE TODAY: "WILSON ARRIVES. Brest, March 13.—The steamer George Washington, with Presi- dent Wilson aboard entered the harbor of Brest at 7:45 this eve- ning. The steamer anchored shortly after 8 and President and Mrs. Wilson boarded a tug to shore at 8:20. ' On Board U. S. 8. George Washing: ton, March 13,—Mr, Wilson this after- noon seft wireless messages to Secre: tary Lansing and Col. FE. M. House and made arrangements to begin work upon his arrival. in Paris, on Friday, without delay. At 8:30 o’cléck last night the Gearge Washington was between 400 and 500 miles off the French coast. President Wilson sent a wireless message stating he expected to-arrive here in time to start for Paris on Thursday evening. Four American destroyers have pick- ed up th George Washington and are escorting her toward the shore.’ TO MEET WILSON. Paris, March 13.—Col. E. M. House and Jules J. Jusserand, French am- bassador to the United States, with Madame Jesserand, have arrived in Brest. to greet Pres, Wilson. In prep- aration for the president’s arrival, Brest has been decorated. Large ban- ners stretched across the street oar the legend “WELCOME WILSON.”: The railway station, is adorned with allied colors and thé star spangled ban- ner, with which’ the French flag, pre- dominates in thé decorative scheme. Hun Submarines to Be Sold and ‘Income Distributed London, March, 13.—Additional_ Ger- man submarines will be sold and the proceeds distributed among the allies on g scale to be determined by the grand council, it was'annouyced in thes house of commons today by T. J. Me- Namara, secretary to the admiralty. The supreme council, he stated. had not yet decided what was to be done with other German warships. . EXECUTE PRISONERS. Berlin, March 13.—The government forces: this: morning took @ large num- ber of prisoners in Lichtenberg, many of whom were executed sumarily. oS without accom- | ASKS MAYORS TO CO-OPERATE [N | AIDING SOLDIERS | rch 1%,—Arthur Woods, special assistant to the secre- tary of war. addressed letters to the | mayors of all cities today asking co- { operation in saftguarding the economic rights of soldiers and sailors who have been discharged from service and who ure returning to civil life. i BLUE SKY LAW NOT ATTACKED IN SUIT HERE! Washington, Justice Burke Admits Constitu- | | ©. tionality of Act—Says It Doesn’t Apply The constitutionality of North Da- kota’s blue sky law was admitted yesterday by former Associate Jus- tice E. T. Burke in arguing before su- preme court on petition for a writ of habeas corpus to release his client, | Claude M. Rosson, from the clutches ‘of Sheriff Rollin Welch of Burleigh! county, Judge Burke insisted, how-; ever that Mr. Rosson in selling certif- icates of the Lignite Consumers’ Min- ing Co. of New England was offering a cinch proposition which had in it nothing of a speculative nature, and that the transactions, therefore, did not come within the purlien of the blue sky act. | Assistant ‘Attorney General Cox, who appeared for Sheriff Welch, in- sisted that the transaction was of a speculative nature, inasmuch as the value of the certificates sold depend- ed entirely upon the future success or failure of the scheme, The buyer, he insisted, was persuaded to part with} $100 of his money for a certificate { which would be of value only in 1,999 other certificates were sold for! the same amount, and that the money} so procured was wisely invested In al ‘lignite mine which could or would| produce coal to be sold to holders of lthese certificates at $150 the ton f. 0, b. the prospective mine at Have- lock. The court took the mater un- der advisement. The action came to| the supreme court via an appeal from} a ruling of Judge Nuessle denying a writ of habeas corpus to Rosson, ar- rested in Bismarck for an alleged vio- lation of the blue sky law. Rosson was specifically charged with having soldsto Christ. Olsdn of Bismarck one certificate of the Lignite Consumers’ | | Mining Co. of’ New England for the | sum of $100.. This certificate entitled | Mr. Olson’ to” bity coal ‘at not ‘to ex} ceed $1.50 the ton, f. 0. b. cars at! Hayelock, from:a mine’ to’ be estab- lished there whenever the’ company had_isposed of $200,000’ worth ‘of cer- tificates, of which revenue’ 90° per cent was'to be ne oted inv the’ mine. and equipment. ' STATE TAX 10 BE BOOSTED BY ‘$18.49 QUARTER | Auditor Kositzky Presents Some Interesting Dope on New \ Classification | The average state and school, tax, jot including: county | and township levies, on. an average quarter of Jand assersed at $1,000 last vear and which | paid a state and: school tax of $6.30, will be $24.79 this year, under the re- classification act passed by the Six- teenth assembly, estimates State Audi- | tor Kositzky. |. ‘The assessed valuation of farm lands is increased 383 per cent. | A quarter| assessed at $1,000 last year will be as- sessed $3,333 this year. A four mill levy on $3,333 will be $13.38; the two “per cent school tax will be $6.66, and the three-cent-an-acro hail tax, assess- ed against all tillable lands,: will be $14.80 per quarter. Last year this quarter paid a state tax of 4.3 mills on $1,000 and a school tax of two mills, or $4.30 and $2, respectively. The difference between $24.79 and $6.30 is $18.49, which will be the average increase in taxes for each’ quarter which North Dakota | farmers must pay for state and school purpo: There will be a probable increase {county taxes. Shooting Epidemic Among Italians Chicago, March 13.—Another Italian epidemic is said to be raging in Chi- cago, Following the shooting of Mrs. Finiaca, last night, Genero Oriana were shot and killed by two men to- day in the north side of the Italian district. There were two witnesses to the,crime who reported to the po- lice. ! The attacks onthe Finiaca: family {began last November when James Mili, | brother of Mrs. Finiaca was shot down by two men. John Finiaca husband of Mrs, Finiaca was supposed to know |-who the murders were. Three weeks jlater he met the slayers and reached for his weapon, but was himself shot and killed. GERMANS NAME PEACE DELEGATES Weimar, March 13—The German delegates to the peace conference will be Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau, the foreign minister; Dr. Eduard David, majority socialist, and first vice presi- dent of the national assembly. Dr. Adol: Mueller, Prof. Walter M. A. Schuecking of Marburg university, and Herr Geigir, minister of posts, and telegraphs. Feu WAS four years ago, was a prearranged af- | rights to the moving pictures in Eu- rope and a third of the proceeds from} | {the fist that the, Ameri FRAME UP SAYS JOHNSON Declares He Threw Match to Willard for Money Con- sideration i TS TO GO AG WAN AIN ‘Havana, Cuba. March 13.—Jack Johnson, former heavyweight cham- pion, in a signed statement to the As- sociated Press tonight declared his fight with Jess Willard in this city fair, and that he allowed Willard to win. In addition to $30,000, entire their exhibition in the United States, together with adjustment of his dif- ficulties with ‘the federal authorities in the United States, in order that he might. return to America are men- tioned by the fignter. He declared that unless Willard fights him soon he will reclaim the championship. He signed himself, ‘JACK JOHNSO, CHAMPION.” “CRUDE JOKE.” Lawrence, Kans., Margi 128.—‘Jack Johnson simply needs the money aud is trying to put over another match,” was Jess Willard’s reply to Johnson's statement. “I refuse to dignify the statement with a den‘al, for, as far as Tam concemned, itis simply a crude Joke.” (KEENLY AROUSED. port that the Jack Demps fight may be staged in Pari: moters have watched with interest the iffieulties experienced in Ame Tex Richard In finding a site for the bout and the prospects that the hout may not be held in the United States. Offers may be made: Richard. soon if they have not already reached him. MILITARY LODGE OF MASONS MADE BEST OF THINGS Two French Shells Furnished} Chimes. — Spokes From | Caissons Gavels Farge, N.. D., Mareh 1 Chimes for the first ‘meeting of North Dakota Military Lodge. No. 2, AvP. & AL M., first held in France, were made from two French: shells: which were among ns fired at the Germans, and the gravels: used; at that meeting were taken from the} spokes of a caisson which had heen demolished by German fire, Lieut. an 8. Hin of Fargo, told the members of ; the class of five years ago at the han-{ quet held in‘ the Masonic Temple last evening. The’ banquet brought to 2 close the second day of the spring re- union in Fargo of the Scottish Rite bodies of North Dakota. Musie for the event was furnished by a trio comprising Mrs. F. R. Wright, Mrs. J. G. Dillon and Me J. A. Jardine. The class history wa given by A. Monson of Fargo. “Masonry in France,” was the subject of the address given by Lieutenant Hill, ,who stated that at the first meet- ing of North Dakota Military Lodge No, 2, A. F. & A. M., Masons were present from 26 other states, in ad- dition to the | District of Columbia, Canada and Porto Rico. H.C, Plum- ley of Fargo, inspector general of the Scottish Rite Bodies of North Dakota, read a list of the members of -the Scottish Rite bodies of the state who had died since Nov. 1, 1918, Eighteen names were on the list, and a word in memory ‘of each was spoken by the in- spector general. COMMITS SUICIDE. Chicago, March 13,—Eluding the vigilance of a nurse who had heen attending her for several weeks, Mrs. Katherine Currie, wife of the presi- dent of the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway, committed suicide today. BERLIN BALCONIES MACHINE GUN NESTS Berlin balconies sport machine guns these days, ready. for action against Sparticans and: they are freely used death toll. i street fighting show. Here is ong of. the weapons manned by 2 sharpshooter: and under. - orders. ta | deal death. to “demonstrators agains ‘the government. — CARTER GLASS as the telegraphic reporters of the. ATTENTION! SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES All soldiers and sailors and marines who have returned to Bismarck and Burleigh county. , or who were members of Bis- marck or Burleigh county units and have returned to other communities, are requested‘ to register at once at the Harris & Co. stationery store on Fourth street, in order that their noses may be counted for the great home-coming demonstration to be given within the next. week fighters. Every man who has seen Sam’s fighting machine is cor or ten days for our returned service in 4ny branch of Uncle ‘dially 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 oceasion, SS Se ae TO SPEAK AT TWIN CITIES Secretary of Treasurer to Talk on Fifth Liberty Loan March 19 and 20 Minneapolis, Minn., March 13.— Carter Glass, secretary of the treasury, will speak on behalf of the Victory Liberty Loan at the auditorium in Minneapolis, March 19, according to a telegram receiv- ed today by A. R. Rogers, chair- man of the Ninth district war loan organization. He will ad- Gress the better business conven- tion delegates. * Sec'y of Commerce W. C. Red- field wil speak at the same con- vention. The telegram to Mr. Rogers, which lauded the work done by Ninth District workers in the past, follows: “Your telegram March 7, and letter February 6. Secretary Glass glad to accept invitation to make a speech at Minneapolis on 19th or 20th refore Better busi- business convention. Sorry for delay which has beon due to dif- ficulty of making arrangements for secretary to speak so far from home at this time. His accept- ance evidences‘ his appreciation of the splendid work you have done and the difficult work you have still to do and his desire to cooperate in every way. The secretary’s — convenience would probably be bestserved by. speak- ing at Minneapolis on’ the ‘even- ing of the 19th and at St. Paul on the 20th.—R. C. Leffingwell, As sistant Secretary of the Treasury.” ‘STRIKE CAUSES DEADLOCK IN N. YORK HARBOR New York, March 13.—The bamp- ered movement of coal barges and the lcongestion of freight became more serious today as striking harbor wor ers continued in deadlock with the owners over controversies of hours of labor and wages. The demoralized conditions of the coal barges service has resulted in a greatly diminishing supply of coal for sea going vessels. A complete shut- down on the elevated and fnterurban lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit | Co. was forecast today. Early settlement of the New York harbor strike was predicted today by the department of labor officials, when they advised some of the owners were; the proposals of willing to aoccept their employees. CARUSO PAYS $153,933.70 IN INCOME TAX New York, March 1%—Henrico Caruso, tl y tax of $1 for 1918. visited the office in person yesterday. GRANTS EIGHT- HOUR DAY. ‘Madrid, Wednesday, March 13.—The Spanish capinet decided today to grant an eight hour working day to the builders throughout Spain. The cabinet also approved a bill insuring against unemployment. IRISH SITUATION | REPORTED SERIOUS London, March 18.—Special promi- jMence is given by the Mail to a Dub- {hin dispatch representing the situa- tion in Ireland to be very bad. “Now that the Sinn Fein members of the house of congress have been 'released,” the dispatch says, “there will be a reassembling of the Irish parliament. Labor troubles are grow- ing, and it is impossible for the Brit- ish government to handle them. The well-intentioned schemes of General {Viscount French, lord lieutenant for have gone by the board, and there is a dangerous situation that can be handled only by an Irish parliament. BRITISH WILL CONTROLIMPORTS BY LICENSES posed to This System of Regulation March the Sir house of London. in jk Aukland | Geddes id that all importations of stared and semi-manufactured }commodities which are permitted to jenter Great Rritain will be controlled tem of pplember 1, when the reviewed. special situation { Free tra newspapers f great majo of the people posed to this protect re ae em, and {trade and that it can. retain it oaly Yas a free trade pation... |The Morning Pbst points out kne of the contemporary jcensing measure: :“We believe’ the licensing system f pernicious. It leaves, too. much power in the hands.-of officials, At the beginning of the war had the giv- fernment been logical, it Would have jaecepted the situation, and imposed ‘a tariff, for sooner or later tre tarits must. come.” CAPT, BODENSTAB Well Known Bismarck Man As- sisting in Rehabilitation of Wounded Yanks t, W. AH. Bode home for a wé furlough from S. general hospital No, 3 at\Colonia, | N. J.. one of Uncle Sam's foremost re- construction camps. Capt. Bodenstab, of the firm of Quain & Ramstad, re- ceived his commission last fall, since which time he h been stationed at Colonia, assisting in the physical re- habilitation of soliders and s were injured during the war. . 3 has a capacity nstantly filled. physiotherapy de- vocational depart- ab, U.S. M. O, partment, there i: ment, and the boy tally as their bodi Bodenstah is enthusias k and declares that wonderful re being accomplished in. the and mental reconstruction of | men. Capt. mend. ie over the physic maimed iP ree oy rade Newannpers Are Op-j|s commons ; licenses un 1 that Great Britain is still a free trade {nation at heart; that it gained its j commercial supremacy through free; the] ej HOME FROM CAMP jlors w! ho} are trained men-| FRAZIER BACK ON.JOB AFTER BRIEF RESPITE Governor Gives But Day or Tw ; to Cows and Chickens— Considering Bills Governor Frazier, after spending a day or two on his farm at Hoople, cut his vacation short and returned to the capital yesterday noon. In the af- ternoon he was back at his desk, catching up on two days' accumula- tion of correspondence and preparing to wade into the omnibus appropria- tion bill, which carried a tital of $4 100,000 as passed by the sixteenth sembly. At closing time yesterday the gov. ernor had not yet signed any of the Brinton newspaper bills. It was even hinted about the capitol that Mr. Fra- zier might veto Senate Bill 157, re- garded as the most iniquitious of the lot, because it places the appointment of an official paper in each county in the hands of a single printing com- mission of three members. Should the governor veto 157 and sign 158, the people of each county would se- lect at the next general election by popular yote an official paper for all publications of a purely official na- ‘ture, to replace the three official {Newspapers now existing in each ! county. There was comparatively little op- position to Senate Bill 1 as the method of selection was considered falr, and it was admitted that, some! saving might be effected by lopping |" off two legal newspapers in each coun- ty. The fight centered around Sen-| ate Gill 15%, which gives We people} no choice, but places the appointing} power in the hands of a printing com- on to consist of the secretary of ‘ommisioner of agriculture and the chairman of the railway commis- sion. This bill also requires that there ‘be printed in the dne legal newspaper jal bank statements and reports of cor- porations as well as legal notices and} county, township, municipal and school official reports. TWO BiG EQUITY CONCERNS T0 BE _ GIVEN PROBING Co-operative Packing Co. | of | Fargo and Exchange of St. { Paut Produce Books The Equity Cooperative Packing | Co. of Fargo and the Equity Exchange of St.Paul produced the.r books be- fore the state banking hoard today in response to resolu:ions adopted; last week. These conceriis, with the Northern Packing Co. of Grand Forks are charged with the banking com- mission with failure te comply with the blue'sky laws of the state, and they have been pro.bited from of- jfering further stock for sale until (they have applied for and received permission from the blue sky con} | mission as required by an act of 1915. It is probable that the hanking {board this afternoon will request; {more information than it now pos- ;sesses concerning the ooerations of ithe Consumers’ United Stores Co, INDUSTRY BOARD BE NAMED TODAY ‘irst Duty of Commission Will Be Selection of Permanent _ Executive Officer SEVERAL ARE CONSIDERED Not Certain That Oliver Morris Will Get Plum, Says Com- missioner Hagan. The most important task confront- ing the state industrial commission— the parent of North Dakota's: new scheme of state ownership—when ‘it convened at 10:30 this morning was the selection of a permanent secre- tary. John N. Hagan, commisioner of agriculture and labor, a member of the industrial commission, and named temporary secretary at its last meet- ing, admitted that the name of Oliver Morris of St. Paul, editor of the Non- partisan Leader, was under consider- ation. He would not, however, pre- dict the appointment of Mr. Morris, as he stated that several other appll- cations from men well fitted for the position were in the hands of the com- mission. The office will pay $5,000 per annum, and will be second only to that of the governor in importance, it is predicted. “We can do little until we have named a permanent secretary,” sald Mr. Hagan, prior to the meting. ‘It is my opinion that this appointment will he made today. The secretary will assume his -duties immediately and will be provided with an office in the capitol. He will then be in.a position to begin the compilation of the positive data which we must have before we proceed to carry out the acts of the lagt assembly. May Be Some Delay. Mr. ‘Hagan was not prepared to state when the commission would authorize the issuance of the, bonds provided for law to finance the Bank of North Dakota, the state mill and | @levator association, and the system tof rural credits. The first two issues will be the first to be authorized. There may be some delay, Mr. ‘Hat stated today, because of the announce- ment that the Independent Votrs’..as- sociation intends to refer all of the league program mesaures.” ee “Inasmuch as these acts_ carry. emergency clauses, their operation. {6 ;not suspended pending the calling ‘of a special election for a. referndum vot,” said Mr. Hagan. “It. is pos- sible, however, that we may go slow until we can determine how general a demand there is for a referenduin: ¥ understand the Indepndent Voters’ association intends to make its ‘dig drive for signatures March 18, + Fit- teen thousand signatures fs not @ great number, and the association may Succeed in meeting the conditions an- nounced by: Governor Frazier, Thinks it Poor Politics, “Personally, and speaking impartial- ly, I consider the association’s reter- endum of league program bills poor politics and poor economics. It ssems to me there is a general disposition on the aprt of the people to see these state utilities tried out. They are things which have been discussed for years, and for which the people have veted. “There are plenty of cities which are anxious to get one of the termin- al elevators or flour mills. I think it will be violating no confidence to say we have formal applications from Bis- ‘which has collected $1,500,099 from jfarmers of North Dakota )n its $160; ! certificate plan. POLIGE SEARCH BAST FOR CLUE San Francisco, March 13.—Police authorities here looked eastward here ‘today for development of a clue that |might lead to the identification of a body of a well dressed woman found Saturday in a guif in this county. The | The woman was the victim of an il- legal operation. The one clue is the initials “M. D.” stenciled on the arch of one of the dead woman's shoes. It has been ascertained that the shoes had been purchased from a Kansas | City. Mo., merchant. Her body, fully | clothed, was.thrown into the guif. ‘Spartacans Practice | Bestial Cruelty) | Copenhagen, March March 13.—German | government forces after lively fight- \ing have succeeded in driving the |Spartacans out of the east end of {Berlin, including Lichtenberg. The loceupation of the district, the mes- sage states, was systematically car-| jried out by the Spartacan troops. The/ sses on the government side are said not to have been heavy.. Bestial! jacts of cruelty on the part of the| |Spartacans have been confirmed. | The government troops __ entered j Litchenbergafter bombarding the main Snartiean nests. The suburbs sur- | rounded hy Government troops and the ‘only chance of escape is by discarding | weapons and intermingling with the | inhabitants. With captives’ hands} ndceuffed the men and women weéte ken to the Mohid prison. | Spartican nest it is reported 20 Poles were captured, The government has issued a~notice that the seven depots of the Republican soldiers” guards have been abolished and any members ¢anght with weapons will he exécuted. The. government is | preparing to-clean up the Sparticans thoroughly. The councils of Sparticans have dis-| solved. | Government troops captured -sever- [au hundred Sparticans in the fighting i | i i marck, Beach, Valley City, Fargo, Wahpeton, Fairmount, Grand Forks jand Drake. For the bank there ste only two strong contendors—Bismarck and Fargo—and each of these cities jhas much to recommend it. There will be a very careful investigation in an effort to locate all of these utili- ties at the most logical point, regard: less of any other considerations.” Negotiating Bond Sales, It is said that while William Lan- ger, attorney general, who is a meme ber of the industrial commission, waa in the Twin Cities last veek he con- ferred with two prominent bankers relative to the sale of state bonds. He probably will make his report.to the commission today. He has as yet. divulged nothing bearing upon the. success or failure of his stallure ‘of ‘His enterneise: BANKER DRIVES AWAY BANDITS Chicago, March 13.—William. Bigel, assistant cashier, opened fire and drove away four bandits who attempt- ed to rob the Metropolitan State Bank today. \Three. Held Upon— Charge of Anarchy. New York, March 13.—Charger being “avowed anarchists” were preferred by the police today against three men and one woman the only persons held after a raid Iast night in which 162 men and women were arrested on sua picion of being connected with Bolshe- viki and other propaganda orgahisa+ tions. WATERS COMMISSIONED |Beach. Man Given Two Years More as State Examiner The Gommission of J. R. Waters.e€ Beach to be state examiner for. years, succeeding himself, a | March 11, was filed in the secretary. office last sabes 5 of state’s at Litchenburg on Tuesday. Two | grons of prisoners of 200 each were’ {marched to prison with their hands tiéd behind them. “About halr the Prisoners were soldiers and’ marines. | f ~ PRICE FIVE CENTS é SECRETARY WILL