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

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Colder, (REGEN EON MANer usin THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [ ast zomow | LAST EDITION “BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1919 PRICE FIVE CENTS LIARS BOOSTERS |" WHEN THEY LE ON RIGHT SIDE New View of the Truth Offered in House By Speaker Stair Saturday ‘ TAX REDUCTION FORCED Judge Robinson’s Warning Is Heeded In Part By Lopping Off 25 Per Cent When a man exaggerates the suc- cess of the league program in North Dakota he is a booster; when he un- derestimates it, if he chances to, be @ state official, he is a traitor, a liar and a felon, apparently is the opinion of Speaker Stair of the house of rep- resentatives, who offered this explan- ation, in defense of Senate Bill 2¢. which makes it a felony for any state official to wilfully publish any false statement in regard to any of the state departments, iystitutions or in- dustries, “which false statements shall tend to deceive the public and create a distrust of the state officials or employes in charge of such de- partments, institutions and indus tries. Minority members suggested that if the league program can bear the light of day, such falsehoods as this bill militates against would fall of their own weight, and that the meas- ure is dangerous, no matter what fac- tion may chance to be in the ma- jority, ‘becauso it suppresses free speech and freedom of the press. “It's going to be rather hard on statesmen who, as a league senator stated last spring, have been instruct- ed by President A. C. Townley to “go home and lie like a horsethief,” said Burl Carr of Valley City. Senate Bill 20 passed the ‘house by a vote of 68 to 41, which is not. suffi- ecient to carry the emergency clause attached to the bill and which would give it immediate effect. But league leaders are advancing a new argu- ment—that the very calling of this special session was an emergency or created an emergency and that every piece of legislation passed iby this extraordinary session niay' ‘be con- sidered emergency legislation and that as such it will take immediate offect. In this event the plan’ of the opposition to referend these measures at the presidential primaries next March would suffer a setback, and to get these bills .before. the people, it would bo necessary to circulate peti- tions and to secure the same number ot signatures as in the case of the league bills réferred last spring, In the meantime bills giving the govern- or power to take over the mines and other private property; the power of the power of the governor's inquisa- torial committee to examine into any public or. private citizen or corpora- tion suspected of endeavoring to block the league program; the power of the governor to fine or_throw into jail or both any state official utter- ing what might be adjudged a false- hood that might prove detrimental to the league pregram; bills removing the auditor and attorney general from important auditing and accounting boards and replacing these independ- ent officials with men who stand squarely with Townley, would be in full force and effect, at least until next March. Anti-admin‘stration offi- cials insist there is no legal or con- stitutional justification for, the stand which the administration is said to take in this matter. In spite of league protestations that thero was to be no undue. increase in state taxes this year, and that thé current state levies Were reasonable and just, tho committee on delayed ‘bills introduced in the. house Satur- day afternoon a Dill which would re- mit and refund one-fourth of the state taxes ‘levied this year. This is con- sidered. in anii-administration circles a concession on the part of the league to Associate Justice James E. Robin- son, who has demanded that taxes be cut in half, and who has displayed much independence upon this sub- ject and other matiers. ‘How this refund is to ‘be accom- plished, and to how many slate, levies it is to apply, is not indicated in the league bill. “Levies have already been made and tax statements have gone out. The state levies for this year are: .' General ....... + $3,458,952 Sinking fund 60,950 Interest’ .... 259,040 - Soldiers’ bounty 761,884 Total ...cceess e064 $4,540,826 If one-fourth of the total levy is remitted, taxes will be. reduced. $1.- 135,206. Approximately “this amount was saved in other delayed bills fn- troduced by the league Saturday which cut off institutional building programs planned for this biennium, yeduce the appropriation for the state ‘highway commission and the dairy commission, and many other sharp \ reductions, Aside from these actions. the house ‘by a vote of 45 to 82, declined to fe- fer to the neople af the ‘March pri- maries, a Dill repealing the anti-cig- arette law, and by practically the same vote the house voted to reneal a league measure passed’ at the last assembly giving the attornev general ‘surervision over the licensing of pool halls, theatres, garages and other reg- ‘ulated .concerns, WAR WEDDINGS CUT “CHORUS GIRL SUPPLY Tondon.—Theatrical agencies. ara having great difficulty. in obtaining trained cborus girls and actresses for Minor varts. These young women en- gaged in war work and a great num- ber of them have not returned to the'r professions. Many married’ sol- fers. ° : C.E.STANGELAND WAS MISQUOTED C. E. Stangeland, at the head of the North Dakota public library, was incorrect- ly and improperly misquoted in the heading of an article which appeared on the first page of The Tribune on Sat- urday to the effect that “Stangeland was guilty of many crimes, he said.” | The story related to Mr. | Stangeland’s testimony be- .fore the legislative commit- tee which is inquiring into the presence of works on free love and aetheism in the state library. The librarian | on examination admitted | that he had occupied three jails, but he did not state that he had been guilty of or convicted of any crimes. The story did not charge Mr. Stangeland with being guilty | of any crimes, and the head- | ing was misleading and not | | based upon any facts stated | in the news report of the | | committee proceedings. { The T¥ibune voluntarily makes this correction of an | error which was not wilful, | but which was a mis-state- | ment ‘and is none the less re- | j srertanles POWERS NODIFY. PROTOCOLTERMS BRINGING PEACE’ Germany’s Demands Are Heeded By Supreme Council to Hasten Signing ELIMINATE USE OF ARMS; ‘Paris, Dec, §.—The allies have con- sented to modify some of the terms | of the protocol, putting the peace treaty into offect to which Germany} has made objections. The clause providing for indemnity for the destruction of the German fleet at Scapa Flow has been modified so, as to refer to The Hague tribunal the tonnage~memanded avill..cripple..Ger- many it is understood. The understanding is that other features of the protocol most objec- tionable to the Germans ‘have ‘been eliminated It is expected that. the Germans will sign the protocol wi:h- out much further delay. The final paragraph of the protocol providing that even after the poare treaty has gone into effect the allie might use military measures of co: peace terms has been eliminated en- tirely as also has the Glause relating to the evacuation of the Baltic prov- inces by; Ger German troops. BANK OF DAKOTA NOT A MEMBER OF CLEARING HOUSE Secretary of Local Association Denies Any Control Over Institution The Bank of North Dakota is not a member of the Bismarck clearing house association, and The Tribune erréd recently, in stating that the state bank was clearing through the local association. + In correcting this mistake, John A. traham, manager of the clearing house association, writes as follows: Bismar Bismarck, N. D, Sir:— i Under -date of December 1st, 1919 you publ‘shed an article in your paper entitled “Bank Clear- ings Take Jump When Big Bank Joins.” In that article the state- ment is made repeatedly that the, Bank of North Dakota has joined the Bismarck Clearing House As- sociation, Such is not the case. The Bank of North Dakota has not joined the Bismarck Clearing House As- sociation, and the Bismarck Clear- ing House Association has not ac-\ quired any supervisory powers over the Bank of North Dakota. Inasmuch as your article is mis- leading, and is a misstatement of fact, I respectfully request that you make this statement public. giving it the prominence of the original article, in which the mis- statements were made. Respectfully Yours, J. A, GRAHAM, Mngr, Bismarck Clearing House. WOUNDED SOLDIERS RECEIVE BAD FOOD Chicago, Dec, 8—Charges that ‘wounded soldiers in the army hospital at Fort Sheridan are being improperly fed were made in a telegram sent by Congressman Royal C. Johnson of South Dakota to Secretary of War Baker made public today demanding an immediate investigation. Con- gressman Johnson visited the hospi- tal yesterday, he said. and asserted that patients were fed under condi- tions “worse than any in France.” question whether the delivery of the| cion to ensure the execution of the! "CIGARETTES IN ANOTHER LOSING BOUT IN HOUSE Representatives For Third Time Decline to Meddle With Blue Laws LICENSING BUREAU GOES House Majority Insists On Re- pealing Act, But Will Re- tain the Funds The members of the house committee investigating the books in the state library dealing with free love, Bolshevism, anarchy and other topics announced this afternoon that it would probably be ready to report tomorrow. The committee is going over the tran- script of the testimony offered at the committee’s hearings last week. An attempt was made by the committee at the hearing Satur- day to obtain from Miss Peterson, the assistant librarian, identifica- tion .of the books recommended by Stangeland, but this move was balked by George A. Totten, chair- man of gthe board of administra- tion.. A ‘list of periodicals sug- gested by Stangeland as useful in legislative reference bureau for North Dakota included typical journals of the various ‘noncon- formist groups such as the single taxers, the |, W. W,, the anarch- ists and socialists, al disclosures én the fternoon that Chief Clerk George A. Totten had ceriified House Bill 10 to senate with an emer- gency clause altho no administration Measure has secured the two-third vote in the house necessary wrongfully certified to the senaie, ‘The charge that House Bill 10 had 7 ertified by Totten made by Representatives ‘Burt- ness and Twichell and caused a sen- ation. A special committee was im- media. ely appointed to investigate charges and determine if any lls had been certified incor- This committee consists of Mountrail, Twichell and rectly, Maddock of Whipple. Following this incident ho! commit. ed not to tee on delayed bills de report out the bill de ig all leg: islation to be emergency and there- fore effective ten days after passage. F¥ollowiig an afternoon filled with much bombastic and explosive oratory the house called it a day, Saturday when it again defeated an attempt to remove the ban from the sale of cig- arettes. The bill came back before the house in committee of the whole ;So amended as to provide’ for its sub- mission to the people for a referen- dum vote at the primary elect’ons next March. It was de¢reed that both factions incerested' in the bill be giv- jen space in the publicity pam- i phlet at the rate of $°00 per page to i jdisouss the faults and virtues of the ‘measure, and that copies of this pub- licity pamphlet ‘be distributed in the jusual manner ‘by the secretary of state. Representative Miller, cha‘rman of the temperance committee and lead- er in the fight which has ‘been. made against any attempt to repeal the anti-cigarette law, declared the danger {in this proposit‘on lay in the fact that the American Tobacco trust would utilize its “big slush funds” in buying publicity in this book; that more money in favof of their side of the argument in favor of their side of {profiteering in the illegal sale of cig ae while, he said, the W. C. T. t who would lead the opposition to ti mheasure, would be forced to col- lect their sinews of war in the form of nickels and dimes. The house final, ly voted in committee of the whole 45 to 32 in favor of indefinitely postpon; ing further consideration of this measure, League Majority Split The league majority in the house suffered the first real de feat on an administration meas- ure this afternoon when the house failed to pass House Bill 7 repeal- ing the state licensing deoartment which this same majority at the last session placed under the supervision of Attorney General William Langer. The vote was 54 aye, 51 nay. In order to secure passage the measure required a majority of all members elected (Continued on Page Three) TV ARNGTETY. Washington, Dec. 8. conference. to em-| body the .cmergency clause resulted in the appointment of a committee, to see how many bills were thus ers whom Miller declared to be now} a BROTHER OF MICHIGAN MURDER TRUNK MYSTERY VICTIM LIVED IN BISMARCK MRS. FLORENCE 7. CRITCHLOW YOSEPH V/PGO Lawton, Mich.—Mystery beginning with discovery of the embalmed body of Miss Maude Tabor in a trunk in DURING SUMMER 3 Walter Tabor, Whose Sister’s | Embalmed Body Was Found After Four-Year Disappear- ance, Left Many Bills Unpaid Walter Tabor, arrested Friday in California in connection with ‘Michi- gan’s murder trunk mystery involving the death of Tabor's sister, whose em- balmed body was found in a trunk at Lawton, Mich., last week, was for- merly employed in the local offices of| the Soo railway and left this city with | a string of unpaid bills behind him. ‘abor jlosetnar with his mothe Mrs. .L. A. Tabor, arrived in this city abou July 1l this year, coming here from Superior, W in an automo- lwile. A day or two after his arrival here, Tabor was given employment in the Soo offices on his claim that he an accountant and a former serv- ‘© m For a short period Tabor and Mrs. ‘Tabor lived in a tept on the edge of town that being part of the equip- ment they carried in. th r. In September he made a trip to his for- mer home in Michigan where he had certain property ghere believed to be the place where the body of his mur- dered sister was: found a few weeks later transferred from his mother's name to his own, Leaves Hurriedly On October 3 he told his employers Jat the Soo offices that ‘he was going on a hunting and that he want- ed to try out his new car which he had received in exchange for his old one. He and his mother were seen in the car driving in an erly di- j rection but later in the day were seen driving westw The local police authorities that Tabor after leaving Bi motored thru Montana, where he [supposed to have posed as a Red Cross worker and to have cashed checks at various banks without hav- i i ing funds in the ‘bank. The police also assert that at Superior, Tabor was employed by the Soo railway there and that when he left that ci he also left a number of unpaid bil Tabor is about 41 years old and is separated from his \ One of children, Malcolm, 18 y lived in Bismarek with his rand grandmother and then went to Cali- fornia where he was employed in a lumber camp. After pass‘ng thru ‘Montana and Idaho, Tabor headed for California intending to join his son there. Dog Causes Arrest Accompanying Tabor was a big yel- low dog and the sheriff at Weed, Calif., was notified by wi to look ouc for a man in a Ford with a b'g yellow dog as he. was supposed to have been passing bad checks. When Tabor rolled into Weed in his ma- chine, the sheriff immediately identi- fied him as the man with “the b’g her home is centered about these i Ss ith * three — prine‘pa Mrs. Chritehlow,|¥elow dog” and took him into cus- Miss : who found the|tody. It was then discovered that bods, is being detained with Joseph Virgo, an embalmer rs heart of the dead girl. Tabor insi that of her NEWBERRY DENIES CHARGES BROUGHT IN ELECTION CASE! Michigan Senator Indicted For Alleged Fraud and Corrup- _ tion With Others © Dec. 8.--Tru- di States sen- Grand Hapids. campaign > leaders, peared in federal court here to plead to. indictments chargin) and corruption ination and election in 1918, While practically all of the fraud respond- ents who had been arraigned up to- day stood mute, Mr. Newberry an- nounced shefore leaving Washin; that his plea would be “not guilt The senator and those arraigned w him faced the charges contained in the second indictment, the counts of which allege perjury in’ the sworn statement of election expenditures, ENGLAND KEEPS UP SEAR SH FOR | DE. dD Tt is 2 that ihe last of the Britis vill be in marked graves by next March. Thus far 128,- 000) grayes have been concentrated. About 8000 corpses are exhumed ev- ery week. In many places, the dead | have piled in deep shell holes. which must be pumped clear of water. an and seventeen of | ap: me and that he even got a in the senator's nom- Tabor was the brother of M Tabor, s ‘Maude the ‘Michigan trunk murder vic- Michigan to give the auchorities there an opportunity to question ‘him as to his knowledge of the murder. surprised and said that he was un- aware of her death until that tine. disappeared four years ago, Tabor aid he was rai in Lawton, Mich., where the murder was committed and that in 1916, the year of his sister's , death, he was working in Glendive, Mont. Is Wanted Here ! Tabor made practically {during his stay here. the police that he \the butcher, baker, no friends It is said’ by ran up bills with milkman, grocer ay with $25 borrowed from the Red Cro: De- mands will ‘be made for his return to this city to answer charges of pass- ing worthless checks it is s: SHORTAGE OF FISH ALARMS HAWAIIANS ‘Honolulu,--A falling off in the an- nual catch of mullet, the chief food fish of the islands, bas caused the territorial fish and game commission to undertake a campaign to restore [this fish. An expert will be employed {to discover, if possible, what ‘has jeaused the depletion of the mullet ools. {LACK OF FOOD MAKES { VIENNA KIDS SICK |; \ Vienna.—Wighty per cent of ‘the {children in Vienna, the shortest of all the food-short spots in Europe, have |vickets or some other serious disease ‘from mal-nutrition, 1H NEW ROUND TABI i Ll SESSION tim and he was immediately sent to} When Tabor was informed of his; si murder he was considerably} altho Miss Tabor is supposed to have} D’ANNUNZIO DOES ‘NOT WANT LAIBACH Will Not Send Expedition There, He Says Fiume, Sunday, Dec. .8.—Gabril D’ Annunzio assured the correspondents today that he was not preparing an expedition against Spalato or Laibach. He gave his word that this statement was true. WORKERS CEASE AS SHORTAGE OF FUEL CONTINUES |Passenger Train Service Greatly Curtailed Throughout Country GOVERNOR CANCELS MEET Kansas and Missouri Volunteers Mine Coal For Use in State Chicago, $.—Hundreds of pas- song ii withdrawn from service on the railroads of the coun- try today mostly in the middle west, south and southwest in accordance with instructions ed last night by the railroad admit dreds of other trains will be annulled on next Wednesday chiefly in the east as a result of the coal miners’ strike In New ‘ine and alone orders were on Wednes y, dozens a ScCOn- tinued in Pennsylvania and even Ca- nadian railroads have felt the 1 shortage to such an extent that «| additional passenger trains were tak s}en off including the crack trans ‘on- tinental limited of the Canadian Pa cific. THOUSANDS IDLE Many hundred thousand workers were idle today on account of closing of non-essential industries from which coal has been theld by regional com: -|mittees and curtailment of business hours in many cities. Governor Cox of Ohio called off the conference of operators and miners today at Columbus which has attempt ed to settle the strike in that state In a statement Governor Cox said the indications were that the controversy “would be settled Tuesday on a na- tion wide basis,” Volunteers Mining Coal Further shipments of coal mined by voluntears. in Kansas.and:. Missouri under protection of troops were made} today to points in those states where the shortage was the most acute. Digging of coal by volunteers also was expected to begin today in Okla homa, Arkansas and Montana, In Ok- lahoma where martial law prevailed in the coal district Governor Robert- son has begun a crusade against agi- tators and several men have been ar- rested charged with attempting to prevent miners from returning to work. DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. MAUDE TO MARRY AGAIN Dec. 8.—The engagement of Mrs. Pamcja Congreve, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Cyril Maude, to Major the Hon. William Fraser, has just been announced. Mrs. Congreve is the widow of Captain William L. Con greve, the only son of Sir Walier and Lady Congreve, who v killed in the war after winning the Victofia Cross. the Distinguished Service Order aud the Milita Mrs. Congreve was a war bride, In than two months after her mar- riage, she became a widow. King George and Queen Mary showed their | sympathy for her in characteristic fushion. They received her privately at Buckingham palace where she re- eciyed the orders that her gallant hus- band had won, Queen ¥ acted as god-mother for the baby girl that was born the following spring. Major Fraser to whom she is now en- gaged was best man at her first wi ing. and is the son of Lord and La Saltoun. Mr. and Mrs. Maude, Mrs, Con- parents, are well) known in 2 both are stage favorite: r and Ww ere they have a wide s\ quaintance. ial ac Practically all inhabitants of Little|{ Taneock island: Lunenburg-co, N. 5., arg named Levy. 8.—The new round table industrial conference has resumed the work given up by. the former They are shown just before they began consultation. Left to right they are, standing: H.J. Waters, END OF STRIKE TUESDAY SEEMS TO BE OPINION Attorney General Palmer States Coal Situation Would Be Cleared Soon NO ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE Dr. Garfield Reiterates Price of Fuel to Consumer Cannot Be Advanced Washington, Dec, 8.—The public, those most concerned still were in the dark today as to the government's latest move to settle the bituminous coal miners’ strike. Not a hint of the nature of the proposals hadi ‘been made public either by the miners or by officials but comfort was taken in the statement by Attorney General Palmer last night that ‘he was quite sure the end of the strike was in sight. Speculation as to the method for settling the strike which was pro- posed personally by President Wilson was rendered difficult because while Fuel Administrator Garfield reiterated ‘here would be increase in the price of coal to the public and said he had not budged one inch from his position the readiness with which the strikers accepted led to the belief that an ad- vance in wages larger than the four- teen percent suggested by Dr, Gar- field had been proposed. Success or failure of the president’s vlan will not be determined until Tuesday when the court and strike leaders will consider it. MINOT MINERS GET INCREASE Minot, N. D., Dec. 8.—The Minot listrict coal operators announced to- day thatt hey have agreed to the four- teen percent wage advance for strik- ‘ng min suggested by Secretary of Labor Wilson. With this action the strike in the Minot district is regard- ed as ended as the miners are under- stood to have agreed to the opera- tors’ proposal. WILL BENEFIT BY INCREASE Wilton, N. D., Dec. 8—Any increase {n wages granted the striking. miners in the central competitive field. will become effective with the Washburn Lignite Coal Co, miners here under he terms of the contract between the men and the company. The sug- gested wage increase of fourteen per cent if adopted in the central field will go into force immediatley upon adoption. The miners here have been working under their original contract. MISSOURI RIVER BRIDGE BILL Is THROUGH SENATE But Six Votes Recorded Against Measure Providing For State Aid With only six negative votes, the senate on Saturday passed House Bill 38, which provides that $225,000, as the state’s share of the costtof the million-dollar wagon bridge which is to span the Missouri river, and $35,- 000 for a wagon bridge across the Red river, at Pembina, between Pem- bina county and Kittsen county, Minn. may be apportioned from the motor vehicle registration funds, The senate Saturday recorded only eight votes against Senate Bil’ 44, ich provides for a $2.000,000 bond issue for the financing ef the epera- tions of the striae ‘bome-building as- sociation, Senator Drown reseticd Senate Dill 3, providing for 3emi-annual payment Of taxes, jfrom indefinite postpcne- ment, had it considered properly en- rolled and engrossed and placed atthe foat of the calendar. Senators Jacob- sen, Mees and Drown were named a select committee to consider a motion made by Jacobsen that it be the sense of the senate that hail insurance tax- es be paid in the spring. Senate Bill 30, which provides for the organizing of ‘buying associations among farmers similar to the home buyers’ leagues for the purpose of co- operating in the purchase of dairy cattle, was passed without a dissent- ing vote, as was S. B. 41, relating to filing notices of the sales of land for taxes, amending chapter 233 of the laws ‘of 1919 along lines suggested by the federal land bank. ‘Senate Bill 55, fixing the situs of personal property for taxation, met the same kind fate. as did S. B. 58, providing fer uw state purchasing agent, placed on immediate third reading and final passage; and S. B. 16, providing for a commissioner of noxious weeds in each township. There were ten votes in opposition to the passage of S. B. 5, amending the state highway commission bill to provide an increase of 1,000 per an- num in the salary of the registrar. RATS, SAY THE GIRLS Rodents Hold No Terrors For Brave Canby Misses ‘Canby, Minn., Dec. 8—Rats, even Vig fellows from the tropics, hold no terror for Canby girls. Fifteen young women were in a lo- cal fruit store recently, when a con- signment of bananas was received. Ns one of. the aes a big rat lopped. beet the girls scream? “They did not. After failing to corner the #odent in the store, ‘the young women chased it R. Hooker, Martin H. Glynn, Herbert Hoover, W. 0, Thompson, Oscar Straus, J. W. Wickersham, H. W. Robinson, F, W. Taussig and Owen D. Young. Seated: Julius Rosenwald, H. C. Stuart, S. W. McCall, T. WwW. Gregory, Stanley - King and William W. Wilson. into the street, The rat kept ahead of its feminine pursuers for ‘more than a lock. pitas darted oe ‘the - pout