The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 25, 1919, Page 2

TWO MONDAY. AUGUST 25, 1919 FOOD PRICES AT TOP, MUST DROP, SAYS UNCLE SAM Federal Official Points to Proofs That High Point Has Been Reached DECLINE HAS NOW BEGUN BY A. E. GELDHOF, N. E. A. Washington Bureau, 1128-1134 Munsey Bldg, WASHINGTON, D. C. The high cost of living has reached its topmost mark; food prices will go little if any higher, according to Her- bert C. Marchall, assistant chief of the bureau of markets, department of agriculture. Marshall pointed ou that there are two good reasons for the present high prices: cheap money and depletion of the world's stocks. Higher prices al- No. 4—Record Review For Release July 27-Aug. 10 POPULAR DANCES AND POPULAR SONGS And the Best Record They Ever Made Among Columbia Records this Month This is the summer of summers to dance, according to Columbia Records. Along with their songs this month they have the pick of the dances that have been most popular during the season: . The list includes just forty fox-trots, thirty-one one-steps, and half a dozen waltzes, and more than a dozen well-known organizations play them, These include the Columbia Saxe ophone Sextette, Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orchestra, the Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra, the Yerkes’ Jazarimba Orchestra, Prince's Band, Jockers Brothers, ‘Wilbur Sweatman’s Jazz Band, the Columbia Orchestra, the Columbia Band (assisted in ‘‘Madelon” by the Peerless Quartette, the Ameri- ean Mari:nbaphone Band, the Jaz- arimba 'rechestra, Prince’s Or- chestra, Jockers’ Dance Orchestra, and Joseph C. Smith and his Orchestra. Al Jolson himself says that “I'll Say She Does,” his latest song from “Sinbad,” which he has sung for Columbia Records this month, is the ‘greatest hit of his career. Al ought to know what the public likes, if anyone does. “Just As We Used to Do," sung by Billy Mur- ray, on the other side of this rec- ord, is a song for returning sol- diers and their sweethearts and for everyone else who used to—., But you can find out what. they used to do by hearing the record. “Friends,” sung by the Sterling Trio, is a close relative of ‘‘Smiles” and “Tears.” It tells of all the friends of a lifetime, and reaches the inevitable conclusion that Mother was the best friend of all. Its instruyrental interlude, ‘Home, Sweet Home,” is both beautiful and appropriate. On the reverge of this record Campbell and Burr sing ‘I’m Going to Climb the Blue Ridge Mountains Back to You,” a lave song that gives a charming picture of the southera mountains, the cabin home, and the waiting iweetheart. The music is as charm. fag as tha subject matter. Agnes Lynn, famous star of the Weber & Fields All Star Come pany, who has starred alone for the last few years, is a new singer for Columbia Records, This month she sings ‘‘Jazz Baby,” a synco- pated song about a syncopated baby with a syncopated walk she came by naturally from her rag- time dad and her mammy who danced in a cabaret. On the ree verse, Irving and Jack Kaufman sing most convincingly: “I Ain’t Got’en No Time to Have the “TELL MOTHER NOT TO WORRY,” DYING MESSAGE OF DEVILS LAKE GIRL HIT BY CAR; PRANK RESULTED IN ‘DEATH ‘Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 25. Recovering consciousness for a minute to say “Goodbye brother, tell mother not to worry,” Helen Crimmer, 18 years of age, died from injuries. she received when she was run down by an automo- bile driven by a close friend of the family. : The dead girl was crossing the street Caturday night with a party of friends. Seeing the automo- bile approaching. in a spirit. of playfulness, Miss ‘Crimmer dart- ed in the path of the speeding car. Just as she was to dart swift- ly to the sidewalk, her foot slip- ped and she fell heavily to the The driver of the car applied the brakes, but could not both wheels had passed over the body of the pavement. stop the car until prostrated girl. She was hurried to her brother's in an unconscious Just before breathing her last, she opened her eyes and uttered .her last words, a goodbye No arrests. were home nearby condition, to her family. made, KOSITZKY ASKS ORDER 70 OPEN BUREAUS BOOKS tas nihhis es Workmen’s Compensation Com: mission Denies Auditor Right to Examine ‘State Auditor Karl Kositzky went to (Mandan this’ afternoon to apply to Judge J. M. Hanley of the district court for a formal order directing that ways accompany inflation of the cur- rency but the inflation has now reach- ed a point of saturation and can go no further, therefore prices can go vo further. The great increase in the world’s production he gives as anoth- er reason Why the cost of living must begin to come down. Gold ‘Releases Might Keep Prices Soaring Marshall who testified hefore the agricultura} committee of the ‘house of representatives on the same subject this week is a noted market expert He argues that the only thing that can keep prices on the upgrade is for Germany, France and other European countries to release their gold reserve which would place the gold in general circulation and lawer its value still further Germany, he points out, has already reduced her gold reserve since the armistice from $637,,000,000 to $27,000,000. “Aside fram instances, of profiteer- ing,” said Marshall, “which are be- Heved ‘to be widespread ‘both in wholesale and retail trade, economists generally. agree that the chief cause of high prices is the inflated currency of the world. As the currency re- maing inflated we have high prices just as we did after the civil war. It can be cured in one or two ways; either by the various countries call-|new leader of the Liberal party in|Of mandamus ing in their paper. money and getting} Canada, William L. M. King.. A CANADIAN LEADER the workmen’s compensation bureau open its books to the state auditor’s inspection, as ‘required by law. .The state auditor, with Deputy Wierner and Chief Accountant Sny- der, presented himself at the office of the bureau in the Northwest hotel building early this afternoon and re- quested permission to make an exam- ination of the books, Secretary Brown was in. charge, and he advised the auditor that he could do nothing until the commission showed up. Some time later 3. S. McDonald labor member of the board,. put in an appearance. State Auditor Kositzky repeated his demand. Ccmmissioner McDonald de- clared it couldn’t be done. The state auditor cited the opinion which At- torney General Langer recently gave Commissioner Wehe. declaring it the duty and the privilege of the state auditor to examine the books of the commission at any time. “Attorney General Langer’s opinions cut no ice with us,” was Mr. McDonald’s reply. “Why, what’s wrong with your books?” asked Mr, Kositzky. “You'll not ‘get into our books with- out a court order,” was Mr. \McDon- ald’s answer. Attorney General Langer prepared papers in behalf of the state auditor making application to Judge Hanley TORONTO.—Ontario furnishes the| for an order to show cause why a writ should not be issued King| Compelling the workmen's compensa- vack to a gold basis, thus forcing|was educated in the Universities of| tion bureay to open its books., money back to its former value, or by] Toronto and Chicago and Harvard, leaving it in circulation and gradual-| university. ly getting up to it through a course; stock. of years.” 15. Officials of the statistics bureau}famous Canadian Liberal leader. of the department of labor say that while the prices for August 15 have likely, therefore, that July 15 saw the higher than the month before. In the Percent. ‘Declines Recorded Since Began : % Prices have already declined as a result of the government’s attacks on profiteering. The weeklv report on fruits and vegetables of bureau of markets for last week says: “Values tended moderately: downward : under heavy supplies. inquiry cabbage. melons ‘and “ cantaloupes. were in peaches, oranges and canta- loupes, increases chiefly in peacs, grapes and apples.” ed 22 and increases only three. higher and mutton the same heart of the Indian country. the two precedi eeks, reo ee ate eae coim £838) “In 1880 the deceased took up & Bradstreet’s is still 15.4 per cent above shows that exasperation at the high 1 Further irregular de-| death’ at ure 0 clines, occurred in botatoens anions Christian Stark Deisem, former. rail- f se peed ‘| way commissioner and legislator, a Decreasi 01 d wil -eok | Pioneer of LaMoure county, and prom- es compared’ With. last weak inent in Dakota from early territorii days. easter county, Pa., In 182 comparisons made by the bu-|C@me to Dakota territory December 1, reau of nie of dustations on 1871, with the Northern Pacific con- meats for August 11 and July 28,|Struction force which was pushing the price reductions were found in 107,|00™mpany’s rails westward to the Mis- In vegetables at its .| sourl. vege s and fruits cuts number- Northern “Pasitic hetel, The bureau’s quotation on cattle at Northwest, June 15, 1878, the day up- Chicago for Tul 18 aad Mae is on which the rails were laid into the show that beef and lamb went down piuire capital ae aa reinained ia during the month whi vag | Charge here until September o! at | ule, “| ee ate pork. Was year, when he returned to Ohio, only Bradstreet's index number for last|t again answer tlie call of the west} JAMESTOWN MAN WILL week shows a downward trend, it be-|® year later, when he took charge of ing $5.17 against $5.25 and $5.30 for|® hotel at Fort Buford, then in the not yet been tabulated, a slight down- ward tendency is noticeable. It is i ‘. six years from July. 1913, to July, 1919, the retail: price of twenty-two food articles combined increased 92} ¥ 5 ’ Pioneer Statesman Passes Away at Home in LaMoure— Came Here in 1873 Word reached Bismarck today of the his home ‘in LaMoure The deceased was born in La ‘He took charge here of th ishing a store He’s 45 and of fighting His father was Scotch andj began a tour of inspection which he his mother daughter of a leader in|announced was to include all state de- Prices for food reached the highest|the Canadian rebellion of 1837-38. partments and offices. Anticipati: point in the country’s history on July| King was a favorite of Laurier the later the Blues.” Columbia Records ords. “Just Another Good Wrong,” introducing “Who'll Love You When I’m Gone?” of a record, and “Yelping Hound Blues,” introducing “Foot-Warm- The Five's spe- er” on the other. cial pet banjo puts lo mad this month. The Louisiana Five Jazz Orchestra is a new or- ganization to make Columbia Rec- It plays a medley fox-trot, Traffic on Four are danca Man Gone on one side ts of “pep” | Plectric Co. Railways Serving Los ‘Angeles Dead tee for six and sixteen years, respec- Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 25.—Traffic 6n the four railroads entering Eos Angeles virtually was paralyzed today. by. the strike of trainmen who quit their posts last’ week in sympathy with the platform men of the Pacific Christian Deisem was a member of the first ‘North Dakota senate; was on the republican state central commit- tee and the LaMoure county commit- tively, and was a member of the state railway commission from 1904 until 1908, serving as president of that body. during the last two years of this time, (Miss Leilia Deisem of the secretary. of state’s office and her sister, Mrs. Wi ©. Taylor. of LaMoure, who had come to the capital city Saturday fora No Bloodshed. The state auditor several weeks ago sa visit to his _ offices, Commissioner Wehe of the workmen’s compensation board applied to the attorney. general ‘or an opinion upholding his (Wehe’s) contention that the auditor had no authority ta pry into the books of the compensation bureau. . Attorney Gen- eral Langer failed to hold with: Wehe, the latter is then. said to have peak in prices reached and passed. At that time prices were 13 percent H TRL N and higher than a year. ago and 3 percent LY 1 made the statement that if the big state auditor visited his office he on his ear. : Fortunately for the peace of the community, Wehe was not at home when Mr. Kositzky_called. Some Big Fund. The workmen’s . compensation bu- reau directs collection of fees for the workmen’s compensation fund, from which indemnities to injured work- men are paid. This Qand is now sup- posed to be in the neighborhood of of} $500,000, individual contridutions ex- acted from employers ‘having been as high as $25,000.. The!-arbitrary al- lotment of assessments is “arrived at al} under a schedule recently attacked 1-} by ‘Associate Justice J. B. Robinson, in 1848, and he| who declared it to contain 1,400 dif- terence clessifications.- which he held to be about 1.350 too many for North} Dakota’s_ limited: industrial develop- ment. The state, through a contract he | made by the compensation board, paid $1,800 per month for two months’ the Ohio industrial commission in the COMPLETE BAR BOARD is) Governor Frazier has named S. Ells- the price level of a vear ago but it} Permanent residence in Dakota, estab-| worth of Jamestown a member of the at Grand Rapids, cost of living, culminating in action| Were he remained until 1898, when| vacant by the refusal of Emerson H. by state and natonal authorities hag|h@ opened a similar business at La-| Smith of Fargo to serve on this body. undoubtedly had its effect in forcing| Moure, whither He transferred the prices downward. i home which new state board to fill the place made Smith, who had been a member of the remained his abiding] board for years, wa: " b place until the time of his death. Reed $ reappointed by Frazier, and he declared to accept the appointment. FIRST AIRPLANE MAKES START FOR NEW YORK Toronto, Can., Aug. 25.—The first airplane to start in the international airplane race from Toronto to New York and return left here at 12:25 There are no boarding houses in Bo- (Wehe) would tess him'(Kositzky) out} work upon the part of an employe of/ preparation of this complicated sched-| CM OT i Me Discount On Reduced Prices {inte these pieces. Don’t let the title of “Tears (of Love)” mislead you. It’s a mea- ley one-step intraducing “I'm Glad I Can Make You Cry” and “Pah- Jamph.” It is played in a lively fashion by the Jockers’ Dance Or- chestra, which plays on the other ide of the record a medley. fo rot “Yama Yama Blues” introduc- fag “You're Some Pretty Doll. “Mammy’s Lullaby,” a waltz, is heralded as a triumph of saxo- one recording because of the ull value it gives to that instru- ment, which carries the melody for the Happy Six. On the other side of this record the Waldorf Astoria Dance Orchestra pla; “The Red Lantern,” a medley fox- trot from the music especially written for Nazimova’s new mo- tion Picture film of the same name, introducing “Kisses” and ‘‘There’s Only One That I Would Lose My Sleep For.” Columbia claims to have reach- ed its high-water mark this month 4m the perfection of a record. The particular record in question is Massenet’s “Elegie,” sung by Ric- earda Stracciari with violin obbli- gato by Sascha Jacobsen. It is certainly a song by a famous co} poser sung by a famous baritone with a famous accompanist. Those who: have listened to many records are inclined to agree with Coium- bia’s claim, The strike situation wag further complicated early today by. the switch- men and brakemen of the Southern \Pacific railroad at Indio, California., walking out in sympathy with the members of the brotherhoodg in other southern California cities. This action effectually blocked all traffic to Texas and Arizona points. IRON MINES CLOSE FOR LACK OF COAL Duluth, Minn., Aug, . 25.—Without steam, coal, several. iron mines on the Guyuna range closed down today tarowing many miners out of work and other mines on the range are reported rcady to close unless coal is sent them at once. Commercial coal dock em- ployes at the head of the lakes remain on strike. To relieve the shortage on the Mes- aba range, some coal is being shipped in from Canada. COMMEMORATE DAY FOR 600 MARTYRS Dinant—August 23rd was “Martyr’s Day” in this French city, It was cel- ebrated this year with a ceremony to commemorate the same day in 1914 when 600 inhabitants were shot by the Germans. Columbia Phonographs Columbia Records © ON EASY TERMS WHEN DESIRED COWAN’S DRUG STORE visit. were called to LaMoure today hemia. Food is necessary to run a by the death of their uncle. | boarding house. FOR SALE—A CROWN BUDAPEST—This jewel-studded gold crown, which covered the heads. of 50 rulers during 800 years, is on sale by the new|ants are to. be established | by the government of Hungary. Ex-emperor Karl was the last to wear it.|#rench government, and surplus war One emerald, 50 rubies, 58 sap] selling price is $20,000, UATATOREODEEOEOAS}OPAEECECETETTOGUERSUAGAGOUOVEEEONOAULUUOUOOOOOSTOAGEYASOGENEOADOOOEAAGUOAOOOLAEUOGAL A] LNA fl i WEBB BROS. Gy, é Fur Wraps, Fur Coats, Fur Capes, Throws, Muffs, regally fashioned, richly lined, are introduced based on the lower cost. of pelts bought months ago by the master furriers, A. Albrecht & Son. During this sale the same prices and terms of Albrecht’s will be maintained exactly as in their St. Paul.store. Here are shown many of the Finer Furs including: Albrecht’s and Webb Brothers’ guaran- tee fully covers Every Purchase of Furs. Store hous for ;August 9-4. mn. 'to-'6 p. m4Saturday “included. 9 2°, = NUNN AT Discount Seal! Siberian, Kolinsky Taupe Fox Natural Muskrat Siberian Grey Squirrel Russian Fitch | - Northwestern Martin Northern. .Raecoon.. Australian Ringtail -Natural Wildcat Arrangements, can be mage for Furs pur- chased in this sale’ to'be held until called for. A deposit will hold your selection. foke # On Reiluced a Priees ‘Dyed Muskrat Jap Mink . Coney . Snes , ener f Privileges THTTUFAEOTE HETERO TERPU TATE TTS EELS EEO AEDES EOE AOR GTEREAEBOEEOGOUOOEEOEGOOOOOOOAOPEREO UT HAS LARGEST SHADE | TREE IN COUNTRY Worthington, . Ind.—The largest shade tree in the. United States has been found in this city. It is a giant sycamore, 44 feet 6 inches in circum- ference near the ground and 150 feet high. FRANCE IS STRONG — AFTER PROFITEERS Paris—Cheap fixed-price _restaur- food stocks will be placed: at the dis- phires and 138 pearls bedeck it. Its posal of the public through cooperat- | [re societies, Steps will be taken to suppress ‘illicit speculation. A ‘bill. to be introduced increases the’ penalties, and deprives the offenders of all civil and political rights, while at the same time providing for the temporary or permanent closing of their ‘establish- ments. FIGHT JAPANESE WITH INDUSTRY Pekin—While diplomats, secret ser- vice men’and general observers have been predicting an enrly war between China and Japan, the anciently wise Chinaman goes about his business pre- paring what he believes will. ultimate- ly be far more effective than a gun. An inventory has been taken of all goods imported from Japan, and Chin- cose capital} its are establishing. factor: iks to substitute all these articles with “made in China” produets. WHITE FEATHERS HINT TO QUIT Manchester, Eng—Women working on the street cars, in engineering shops and groceries, receive white feathers }by mail. They immediately quit work. | It was a hint sent them by ex-soldiers who couldn’t get back their former jobs because women had taken their | places. 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