The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1919, Page 1

THE WEATHER Partly cloudy. THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 94. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1919. TOWNLEY CALLS Federal sungrvision, HIS OWN ORGAN STATE TAX LIAR Big Boss Hard to Please in Esti- mation of Commissioner F. E. Packard DRAWS DEADLY PARALLEL | Shows How Courier-News’ peel Figures and Statistics Were Called False .Referring to Townley’s most recent) attempt to explain the league's new! system of taxation, Tax’ Commission i er F, E. Packard today dictated the following: The North Dakota Leader of last! ‘week took violent exception to my in-| terpretation in the speech at Fargo of the tax’ dnd revenue laws passed| ‘by the Sixteenth legislative assembly. The editor of the Leader, with his us- ual delicacy and logic assails these] contentions .by using the term ‘foo! and lar” with great frequency and incidentally points out that.1 wilfully included items in my totals which ex-|: ist only in my imagination. As a matter of fact, where it was necessary to estimate amounts in ar-| riving at my totals, I accepted the figures of the North Dakota Leader and. the Fargo Courier News. On March 29th the Leader published, in reply to certain statements of State Auditor Kositzky, a general summary and defense of the levies and appro- priations of the sixteenth legislative assembly. The same article in a somewhat different form was publish- ed the following day in the Courier-; ‘News. From these two “inspired” ar- ticles I took every estimate 1 used in my Fargo speech. April 19, the. Leader said: “His first mis-statement was to figure in the total amount appro- priated for the 1919-20 biennium the sum of $2,054,000 as’ ‘interest and sinking fund on state bonds.’ This figure is grossly exaggerated. The’ bonds require no sinking fund for. twenty-five years (some- thing Mr. Packard seems to have overlooked) and if six per cent interest. were paid on the entire $7,000,000. issue (interest on the entire. $10,000,000 real estate ‘bonds; will. be < provided. by...then ‘terms of their mortgage. securi- ties) starting the tirst of May the amount, could not exceed $700,050. | ‘Rhe inepired” article published on Mrs. E. E. Morris of this city, and Mageh 29th and 3th in the league papers under ‘Townley’s direction, and in defense of his levjes and ap- propriations. was as follows: “Only. $9,000,000 bonds issued in 1919. The total amount of bonds authorized by the 1919 legislative assembly was. $17,000,00v.. It is probable that ‘the full amount’ authorized by the legislature for the state bank and flour mills and elevators will be issued. It ig’ vastlyimprobable, however, | that the ten million dollar bond: issue authorized for the Home Builders’ association will. be issued in the year 1919. It is estimated that not more than two million dollars’ worth of these bonds whicn will be issued during the coming year and that the total amount of bonds which will be issued will not be in excess of nine million dollars for the fiscal year 1919. Assum- ing that the bond issues will not de in excess of nine million dol lars we find that the necessary sinking fund on a nine million dol- lar bond issue: will be $300,000 and the fnterest fund would be $540,000, or a total of $840,000. A seven-tenth mill levy on the esti- mated assessed valuation would Provide this amount. Interes, and sinking funds for tne new indus- tries are a loan by the state which will be paid. The state auditor states that $176,000; principal, and $38,000 in- terest on old bond issues must be provided for in this year’s levy. A levy of two-tenths of a mill will provide these amounts.” The above computation was for the year 1919, and as | was dealing with; the biennial period, I deducted 354,00) fro mthe 1921 levy for the interest and sinking fund to care for: previous debt, and took $2,054,000 as the total for the biennial period—i gave tae Sixteenth legislative assembly the benefit of the doubt in the sum of $54,- 000. Yet the North Dakota Leader brands me as a crook and a léar, because | repeated on April 15 ‘what they pub- lished on March 30. April 19 again the Leader says:/ “Why he figures $1,800,000 the amount which will be raised in TWO YEAKS by tle three cent an acre tax for hail insurance. “It ‘is grosely unfair ‘to include this tax for special purposes in any comparative statement, and such a comparison becomes actual- ly dishonest. when it is consider- ed that Mr. Packard neglects to include hail insurance tax or the bienntum of’ 1917-18. Yet in that period the farmers of this state actually paid out more than $5,000,000 as premiums on hail in- surance. If Mr. Packard claims that the hail insurance tax should ‘be part of the general levy, sure- ly he should not object to includ- ing the $5,000,000 paid out in | FINISHED TODAY Put Into Effect Washington, April 22.—Federal su- pervision of child labor annulled last year when the United States supreme court declared unconstitutional the existing child law was reinstated to- day when the federal labor bureau put in effect new regulations on child labor. MOPPING UP IN BISMARCK TOBE Few Scattering Subscriptions Remain to Be Gathered in in Capital City | NINTH GOING OVER BIG t Wire From Headquarters ere diets District Will Again \ Be First to Fill H The mopping up process in the Vic- tory loan was well under way in Bis- that the city’s quota of approximately $250,000 would have been subscribed before nightfall, While there has not been quite the enthusiasm evident in other loan drives, the committees de- clare the spirit shown has been typi- cal of the capital city, and that for} every individual who registered an ob-} jection to the size of his quota, there! were a dozen who came prepared to} subscribe more than they were asked,; and at least a half-dozen who did in-; sist upon a larger allotment. i The tardy ones intend to come in, and are coming in. Their delay has; made the work of the committees a| trifle more difficult, but it is. believ-! ed they will not prevent Bismarck! from being one of the first cities of; more than 5,000 over the top in North; Dakota. THE BOYS WHORE David McCullogh, at the left, is first aid to Lieut. Com. Patrick N. L. Belinger who is marck this: afternoon, with prospects! by the United States navy to pilot the N62 in the fir is Oe ALIBI ART HAS | HARDTIME WITH. TAX PROGRAM Convicted Out of Own Mouth, | Townley Is Desperately | Grasping for Straws “The Townley apologists are hard ; Were army officers. LANGER ACTION GERMANY BOWS T OUT TO WIN FOR AMERICA st American Four Members of | Airplane Crew Are | Burned to Death | Andover, April 22.—lour members! of the crew of a big airplane were} burned to death today when the ma- | chain crashed to earth in an accident | near here. Two others in the ma-! ine were injured. s All occupants | ‘Spleendid reports are being receiv-| driven to explain the appropriations ed from outside of Bismarck in Bur-|and tax levies made by the Sixteenth leigh county and in adjoining coun-! legislative assembly,” State Tax Com- ties. It is believed the drive will be} missioner, F..'. Packard said today completed in the entire Bismarck dis-|to a Tribune representative. In the trict within a week. ; closing days of March they made elab- Vank Leads ‘Lenders. these fiscal measures which they re orate statements as to the effect of | :-fermalty registered ‘id’: Bismarck ~ came from’ overseas. It was mail- ed to District Chairman J. L. Bell The first “subscription to be \eteseres two’ weeks later when they jcent by the late assembly. Tiey have{ ‘discovered<that'’ the: increase ‘In“the! state tax burden more than 200 per/| | WILL SAVE OUR STATE MILLIONS Attorney--General's.:Aggressive-; ness Results in Speedy |! since been casting about tor more i flotsam’ of Jetsam’ in’ tne way of an \‘dpology for the#financial debauch in- to. which, they led the legislative as- sembly. wt “They are trying to back-fire the | blaze started in Barnes county by | Auditor*Chas. W. Nelson. ‘The latest bet always and forever. (Continued on Page Three.) lis the reply to a letter written Nel- !son A. Mason hy J. S. Johnson of | poate dies {Wimbledon in Barnes county, and re- | {ferred to Mr. L. A. Baker by Mr. Ma- son, the ‘governor's pricate secretary. i Mr. Johnson ‘inquired to know’ about ithe probable tax upon a particular {quarter section of land, and after 1 |great labor and frequent conferences {with Mr, Mason, ‘Mr. Baker evolved an ; answer, “It appears from the records that the (quarter section in question (NW' 1-4 of 11-140-58) was taxed in 1918 for all purposes $31.30. Mr. Baker puts the best phase he can upon the situa- tion but in spite of all that he can do, he arrives at a total tax in 1919 for Than Ever Before {this quarter of $50.01, or an increase of $19.70. This would be an increase of 63 per cent. Mr. Baker is a trained statistician, and is altogether to hon- by Eugene Morris, son of iMr. and who is serving in France with the’; expeditionary forces. Eugene took a $400 bit and expressed regret -that he couldn’t make it more. He declared his country the one best ‘North Dakota Will Do More Per- | manent Road Construction North Dakota’s greatest highway construction year opens this week. G. F. Ludvigsen, assistant state engi-/est for the task which has been a: neer is in Forman today, opening} signed him. The $31.30 on the Barnes work on a 31.4 mile federal aid pro-}county quarter section represents ject. E. J. Frye, assistant engineer,|about the average tax per quarter ‘has gone to Wells county, where he| throughout the state; and according | will headquarter at Harvey while su-|to Mr. Baker's figures which he has i pervising the completion of an 18-mile| made as conservative as possible, th federal uid project commenced last;increased burden upon this quar fall. C. D. Geisler, division engineer) will be 63 per cent. In brief, the in- with headquarters at Williston, is| creased tax’ burden upon all acre pro {gtarting work on a 30-5-mile federal/erty will be for the state 63. per laid project connectin Williston and! cent. Ray.. Work has resumed in Stark! “This letter to Mr. Baker has been county this week wnder the direction] given to t:.e public as the best defense of W. K. Veigle of Dickinson, division| which can be made of the levies and engineer, and A. R. Williams of Bow-) appropirations made for the 1919 leg man, another division engineer, is be-!islatice assembly. I submit that it ginning wordk on eighteen miles of|odes not make a very optimistic show- federal and highway running sorth| ing, where those league leaders from and south through Bowisian. Other! the beginning have promised the farm- engineers set out this week to begin{of the state a reduction in their construction work in Barnes, Grand | taxes.” Forke, Cavalier, Ramsey, Foster.| Griggs, Stutsman, Cass, Trail andi Armenians’ Horrors Richland counties. i fi Unparalleled, Wires Morton county has petitioned for| the improvement of the Red Trail for its entire length throughout that coun! (gj issi Ise: ty. Barnes has applied for $325,000 in} mimissioner Ha y federal aid! Towner for $80,000 in New York, April 22.—Horrors federal and $5,00 Oin state aid, which, tiwha county oppropriation of $8, will be used to complete 18 miles of highway this summer. Mountrail has appropriated $186,0C0 from county funds and hopes to obtain as much in state and federal aid. Divide county is appropriating $90,000 and Ward county $270,000, to which it hoped to add $30,000 in state aid and $300,009 in federal aid for the improvement-of| pr. Halsey asserted that famine and the Green trail, the Wonderland trail] disease were killing the refugees at and other trunk highways aggregating | the rate of one-seventh of the entire a total length of 125 miles. number each month and added that Logan county recently sent a dele-|typhus had begun to make its ap- gation to Bismarck to ask the high-| pearance. between Russia and Turkish-Armenia “unparalleled among the a:rocities of the great war” were described in a cadlgram from Dr: A. W. Halsey, com- missioner of the Caucasus, of the American committeé for Armenian and Assyrian relief, made public today by the Presbyterian board of foreign missions. among 339,000 refugees on the border) | way commission for $78,000 in federal ‘aid, and Pembina county has indi- cated its ability to use up to $100.000. Cavalier county will do as much. Cass county is definitely consider- Premiums in 1917-18 with his to- tal state taxes for that period.” On Mareh 29 and 30 Mr. Townley caused to be published in defense of this levy, the following: | + “The hail insurance tax of three cents per acre on all tillable land (Continued on Page Two.) ing a six-mile strip of concrete road to connect the Gate City with Hag- gart, and it has in view for the future 2 20-mile stretch of concrete to extend from Fargo to C: ‘ton. Moorhead is going in strong for con- crete roads and Fargo, just across the Fiver, has caught the fever. the day of. my arrival,’ said the dis- patch, “12 corpses were picked up.’ TO’LAUNCH DREADNAUGHT Washington, April 22.—Announce- ment. was made at the navy depart-j ment today that the super-dread- would be launched naught Tennessee ‘April 30. The Tennessee may be the last American warship to be chris; Hearing on Rail Case i If reduced freight, passenger and express rates are obtained as a re- sult of the North Dakota suit against | the Northern Pacific railway and Walker D. Hines, director general,; |this state, which wil benefit to the ex-| tent of $10,060,000 per annum, and the nation, which will save $1,200,000.000 yearly will have North Dakota’s ag-| iit. Attorney General Langer was the first law officer to win in any s i court an ‘action against the fed railway administration based upon the terfere with intrastate rates. The so- licitor general for the railway admin- istration, realizing that Langer had raised all moot points, agreed before the decision of the state court was handed down to move this action for immediate hearing before the United States supreme court. As a result ot Mr, Langer’s cooperation Washington dispatches yesterday advised that this peal has been set for hearing May; 5 and that the United States su- preme court probably will not adjourn {until it has decided the issue. i || large oversubscription and a | gressive attorney general to thank for | 4 jtone of optimism O ULTIMATUM IN OCEAN FLIGHT ss ic picked filght across the Atlantic. LIBERTY LOAN GOING OVER TOP BASILY Telegrams From All Sections of Nation Indicates Highest Kind of Optimism Dunn and Mercer First to Go Over Killdeer, N. D., April 22.— oS “moritingwith'$81;000 in-and "| the workers striving for a | | big distribution during) the ; balance of the week.: t | _ State Chairman Wesley | McDowell of Marion, advises ; that Dunn and Mercer are the | first two counties to make | their quotas and cross the | | tape. | _ Dunn’s slogan is: | Man a Volunteer—Wear the | Button.” “Every | i i 4! Washington, April 22.—A distinctive | distinguished the scores of telegrams which arrived at contention that it had no right to in-j the state department today, says a re- viw of the opening day of the Vic-! tory loan. Some of the comments re-| ceived were as follows; i Chicago.—Reports from all states in this district indicate boundless enthus- iasm. Most auspicious opening ever | vouchsafed any war loan in Chicago.| St. Louis.— Three Missouri, two Ili- nois. one Arkansas and one Mississip- pi county over. Memphis trying to} reach quota this week. Boston—$35,000,000 unofficially re-} ‘ported. Twenty-four cities and towns, headed by Proctor, Vt., with 300 per i 4 WIFE A D ‘leent oversubscription exceeded quo-| j tas. a ¥ SLAYS W FE N Kansas City.—Four counties unofti- cially oversubscribed. H Attracted by the unusually favor- | TAKES OWN LIFE able terms for the loan, communities | | % | everywhere were planning to invest | more heavily than ever before. Farm-| have called up many headquarters | king that Victory notes be held for ‘Simon Odegard of Walcott Com- | mits Double Murder—Re- | sult of Quarrel them until they could get into town. | The voluntary subscription plan is, i d with great success in San Walcott, N. D., April 2: | Odegard, recently returned to the! |home near Walcott from Montana. killed his wife and himself, the mur- der probably being committed as the result of a quarrel. i The youngest scn of the couple, a} boy aged 12, found this mother’s dead} body in the chen of the home. | While he was absent, going to the | | ATLANTIC BY ; home of a neighbor where he notified | a brother, the father, who was seen! around the farm yard when the younger boy and his elder brotuer were avout a half mile from the tarm. himself. Shot in Batk of Head. calibre revolver. which the body was found. his mouth and firing. Both the mother and father were dead when the boys got back to the farm. , ~ ‘of (Mrs. . Odegaard occurred. chanved to come into the house, and there found his mother lying dead on the floor with tened with wine, as noon other will be launched before July.1. - bloor over the floor. iY ? Washington, Aplir Three naval a planes, the NC 1, } 4 and Ni leave Rock- | away beach early next month, but so : far as is known now no decision has Mrs. Odegaard was shot in the back been reached as to whether the route! ‘of the head, Odegaard using a 38/ will be direct from, Newfoundland to! Officials believe| Ireland or via the ‘Azores. that she had no warning of her hus-; band’s intention to kill her, gaining! craw of five men; will be driven by! this impression from ,the position in} four Liberty motors with 1,600 horse-| Each plane is expected to carry a power; will carry sufficient gasoline Odegaard ended his own life by put+! to make a stop on direct fl'ght to Ire-| “On the streets of Alexandrople, onj ting the muzzle of. his revolver inj land unnecessary unless storms or! strong head winds are encountered the oversea trip. to fly and may go was made today, : President for ii { Dunn county went over the | parapet at. 10 o’clock Monday | jsetting forth his views. ll attempt a flight across the At-! went to a grove of trees and killed | lantic ocean. They w eae York, April aan aye rs who are being considered as pil . . inca’ s The ‘youngest son was the only one|for the giant seaplanes of the Nc | ist leader, in addressing the congress of the socialist at the place at the time the shooting | type in the trans-Atlantic flights will * He! begin practice in night flying at Rock- wasn’t aware of the shooting until he| away in a few days to equip them for ip. The NC3 is ready up today. A suc- i 4 a. great splotch of oe flying ‘and landing test of the jae powers,” he said. WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVES 10 PEACE CONFERENCE WHO HAVE "POWER 70 MAKE BINDING TREATY Withdraw Plan of Sending Mere Messengers to Versailles—Meeting May Not Occur Until April 28—Italian Situation Still Grave SITUATION SERIOUS Washington, April 22.—Administration officials t were advised in a confidential cablegram from Paris today that in the consideration of problems confronting. the peace conference such as Italy’s Adriatic claims, and the | question of an alliance to protect France from future i aggression, President Wilson would take no action which might in the slightest degree jeopardize the league of na- tions or conflict with its fundamental principles, The message was a reply to a cablegram of inquiry regarding the presiden ttitude toward a secret alliance, which, according to Paris newspapers, contemplated a . special defensive pact of America, Great Britain and ‘rance. The outcome of the deadlock over Italy’s claims awaited here with evident anxiety. The situation is regarded as serious, and there was no message from Paris yesterday or today similar to those of last week reporting - gratifying progress at the peace table. The comnlete text of the revised covenant of the Jeague of nations was received at the state department today from Paris. Acting Secretary Palk has asked the ructions as to the publication of the document. It is believed here the text of the treaty will be made public in accordance with plans announced from ' Paris. ba | (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) 1 Germany has bowed to the virtual ultimatum ‘of the entente / powers relative to the sending of “mere messengers” to the peace congress at Versailles, and will be represented by a delegation (having full powers to negotiate a treaty of peace. | . THREATEN COMPLICATIONS i This closes what for a time seemed to threaten grave com- iplications. It is probable, however, that the actual meeting of the l allied and German delegates will not occur until April 28, as the ‘change in the German plans and the physical impossibility of hay- ¥ \ing the official draft of the treaty ready for presentation April 25, | makes a postponement of the historic gathering imperative. Ger- | |many is ready to call for a plebescite on the treaty, it is reported | from Berlin. | In the meantime the Italian situation is a source of much |!concern in Paris. At the conferences with Premiers Lloyd George ‘;and Clemenceau Sunday and Monday morning, Premier: Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino of, Ital the meeting ofthe” cotncil of four Monday’ afternoon. Whether this marks a virtual withdrawal of the Italians from the confér- ence did not develop. President Wilson still opposes recognition ‘of. the treaty of London, under which Italy has declared claims ‘to Fiume and the Dalmatian coast, and is i NO STATEMENT ISSUED This was expected Monday night, but it was not issued from ithe Paris White House. On the Ural front.in Russia forces under the command of the Omsk all-Russian government have again defeated the Bolshe- iviki. Demoralization in the Bolshevik ranks is reported, and in the Viatka region the peasants have revolted against the ‘Lenine- rotzky government. REPATRIATING OF PRISONERS STARTS Coblenz (Monday), April 21.—The task of repatriating 500,000 Russian prisoners in 20,000 camps in Germany which have been under the supervision of American medical officers has begun, according to word received by the branch of the American Red Cross here. ‘ ITALIAN PREMIER ABSENT __ Paris, April 22.—Victorio Orlando, Italian premier, was absent this morning when deliberations were resumed at the Paris white house, Lloyd George, President Wilson and Clemenceau were pres- ent. They went again into the Japanese question presentéd by Baron Makino, which were taken up when the deadlock ovér the Adriatic problem was reached yesterday. Discussion of the peace terms at the Versailles congress after the German delegates are called in will not be continued: after May 15, the Echo d’ Paris declares. The Germans will be required to sign the peace conditions subject only to ratification by their government, the allies not consenting that these conditions shall be submitted to a plebescite. ; ‘ SOVIET GOVERNMENT DECLARED Paris, April 22.—A revolution has broken out in Turkey, and a soviet government has been declared. A revolutionary com- mittee has been established at Constantinople, according to a tele- gram received here from Kiev, quoting the Bolshevik representa- tive at Odessa, who says the Turkish consul there has received official announcement of the change in government. GOVERNMENT RESIGNS Amsterdam, April 22.—The Hungarian government, headed according to a dispatch quoting reports received in Vienna by aerial mail from Budapest. Chaos is said to prevail at the Hun- garian capital. - It is reported that Czech forces have joined the Rumanians and have defeated the Hungarian soviets. He DOWNFALL EXPECTED ACROSS ‘by Bela Koff, has resgined under pressure of Rumanian troops, i 3 N AVAL PLANES Budapest, April 22—The downfall of the Hungarian. soviet government was expected here as a result of the desertion. of 80000 Szekler troops ei Hie pumenians, It is said that a’socailist lemocratic regime hea by Sigmund Kunss, present jissary of education, may succeed to control. Meme _ SITUATION IMPROVES : i London, April 22.—The military situation. in Bavaria is im- |proving according to announcements made by the Hoffman minis- ‘try. The Spartacides who took the town of Dachgu, 10 miles ‘northwest of Munich, by violating the armistice with the govern- ment, reports say, have been repulsed, and the governmént troops i are now holding the place. Reinforcements ii ward {Munich from Ingolstadt, it is said. patie i ce CALLS LEAGUE CARICATURE Arnheim, Holland (Sunday), April 20.—“The k ie of | a ‘tions is.a caricature, and‘ the entente’s enemies are systematically annihilated,” said Peter Troelstra, the Dutch social. here today. He said the entente had increased the chante of a “tame in western Europe by the proceedure of the peace com- ‘erence. : Scat “A vigorous protest must be made against the trickery of the - “Their peace of violence (Continued on Page Two): absented. themselyes.from. preparing a~statement:’