The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 10, 1920, Page 1

_ ‘THE, WEATHER FAIR AND WARMER THE BISMAR ‘KK TRIBUNE THIRTY-NINTH YEAR STATE PROFITS: “STAGE MONEY” SAYS PACKARD Former Tax Commissioner Shows. How Profits are Made Easily “On Paper” CHALLENGE TO ANDERSON North Dakotan Declares Minne- sota Importation Can’t Back Up Statements “KF, W. Cathro, Director General of | the Bunk of North Dakota, and Ww. A, Anderson, a Minnesota citizen who draws two salaries from the state of North Dakota, ‘have explained all about the interest on the bonds of North Dakota, bank series, which is claimed as profit ou the part of the Bank of North Dakota, afd yet, I am not convinced,” says F. BE, Packard. assistant attorney general, in a state- ment given today to the press. “Mr. Cathro explains at great Jength that the which were issued by the state of North Dakota and given to the bank, which yet holds them, have interest coopons attached and that these coupons must be clip- ped: off and something must be done with them, ;o he carries them as | profits in his prot eed lose account and as an asset om his balance sheet. ' Jf Mr. Cathro must do something | with them, I would suggest that hi carry them on the loss side of hi: profit'and loss account as interest due, as well as on the profit side, and that he carry them on his balance sheet, as a capital lability as well as an asset.” : SIMPLY STAGE MONEY » ‘They are neither an asset nora profit to the state of North Dakota! in any sense of the word. They are exactly the same kind of a profit as the interest on Mr. Cathro’s note would be, made payable to himself upon which he credited himself every six months with accrued interest—it is simply a “stage money” transac: tion. In order to: make his accrue! of interest any good, he would have to pay interest on the note which would be deducted from profits on one side and credited on the other of his profit..and Joss account, - If he. chose to carry it as a Capital asset, then he would have to carry it asa liabili- ty as well, : “Mr. Anderson, the | two-salaried gentleman from Minnesota, says that they have the coupons and that they could take them. tothe capitol “and denfand money ou them from the state treasurer and get it, and enter it as a cdsh asset ag interest received. If Mr, Anderson was running a real hank, subject to'the banking laws of this state, and made that sort of entry without carrying it on the lie ability side of his ledger, he woul? be liable te a term in the state pent- tentiary for making a false entry. Mr. Anderson says that it is because I don’t understand bookkeeping and that it is because I am a ‘novice’ that I made the ridiculous mistake of sup posing that when the'state of North Dakota pays out $46,010.64 and: re- ceives: back $45,078.45 ;that there’ is (a Joa’ ;of $641.19, insténd of a profit of ($45,078.45, I must be a novice all right, I can uot get the vision. “Mr. Anderson further charges that [ arrived at my deficit on the Dtake mill by including in its: run- ning expenses items which they had already taken into ount as mill expenditures. These items appear as expenditures und@sr the Mill and Fle- yator Association report, Is the public to understand that these expenditures have been twice deducted, once in the Drake mill account and onee in the mill and elevator account? If this is true, then the profit account of the Drake mill should be increased by the sum of these items, 18 DEPRECIATION ALLOWED? “Moreover, there is absolutely noth- ing to indicate that any depreciation has. been allowed on the, Drake mill no interest on the capital or’ taxes allowed. Before the state can break eyen on the Drake mill, it must make a fair return upon the capital invested, proper depreciation must be charged, | und what the state would receive in taxes must be taken into account. Will Mr. Anderson furnish the public with an itemized ‘statement of the profit and loss account of the Drake mill including every item of expense and profit? He will not. He dare not. It would show a much heavier loss than 1 indicated in my opinion if its! hooks were kept as the books of a private corporation are kept, and not fuked to deceive the public.” San SS TO WORK NEW RITUAL "The new ritual of the Royal Arch Masons wil] be nplifie, for the; first ‘time in‘the capital city this even ine. when Bismarck Chapter No, 10; building. will have work in the Royal Arch de-jeast sic |never been confirmed by the banking " BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, FEB. 10, 1920 ‘ PRICE FIVE CENTS CONSIDERATION OF PACT AGAIN BEFORE SENATE Republicans and Democrats Join Forces in Bringing Treaty Back of the treaty of Versailles resum- ed in the open senate Monday, republi- can and democratic leaders joining forces to bring it back for debate. The decision was reached without debaté, the senate ‘adopting over- whelmingly a motion by senator Lodge, republican leader, to reconsider the vote by which the treaty was laid ugide last November and with the pact formally before the senate, Vice President Marshall ruled that it brought back with it the cloture’im- posed before the November vote. APPOINTMENT OF PAULSON IS NOT LEGAL, CHARGED Judge Nuessle Refuses to Con- firm Naming of Deputy Examiner DECIDED MARCH 2 HERE court here refused Saturday to con-j firm the appointment of H. O. Paul- on ag deputy state bank examiner in ouster proceedings brought. agaifst Paulson, by the attorney general’s of- fice. Paulson was appointed to. the position by O. F, Lofthus, state bank examiner, but the appointment has board. : The action was brought to remove Paulson from the state bank exam- iner’s ag a deputy. William Langer. | attorney . general and Thomas Hall, secretary/ of state, with Governor Frazier, compose. the banking board. Langer and Hall voted against the ap? pointment of Paulson while Frazier yoted in favor of it. Lofthus, paying no attention to the action of the ma- jority. of the board, has retained Paul- son ag deputy examiner, Judge Nuessle refused fo issue an injunction restraining.Paulson’ from doing the »duties of deputy examiner. The court also overruled a demurrer of ,Paulson’s attorneys stating that the charges’ were insufficient and inti- mated that the approval of the bank- ing board was required before an ap- pointment ‘as state bank examiner's denuty could be official. ‘ The action will be decided. at the December term of court here March 2. Albert H. Sheets, Jr., represented the attorney general’s department and George K. Foster represented Paulson and Lofthus. - BISMARCK FIRM DEFENDS CLAIIS AGAINST “S00” Important ° Litigation Argued | Before Supreme Court of i United Stgtes Andrew Miller and Alfred. Zager re- turned Monday from Washington, D. C.. where they argued in the United States supreme court two important rate cases removed from the North Dakota supreme court’on a writ of! error. In one of these, in which Mil- ler, Zuger & Tillotson represented the | Washburn Lignite Coal Co., the Soo; line presented a claim™for a premium of $30,000 which’ it claimed due as a result of the ‘alleged fact that it handled the defendant’s coal from 1907! to 1915 under an intrastate freight rate which the courts subsequently held to be insufficient. In the’ other L. Merrick & Co, of Minne- . Who own extensive interes North Dakota Soo line point: brought suit to, recover alleged over- charges in freights amounting to a considerable sun. The Bismarck at- torneys won hoth of these.cases in the North Dakota cow QUEEN CITY STRONG ‘FOR BIG NEW SCHOOL Dickinson, N. D., Feb. 10.—Out of a total of 220 votes. only, 22. were recorded against the ixsuance of bonds for the erection of an $80,000 grade building in the Dickinson school elec- tion, -F. W. Keith, a Bismarck archi- tect, is wing plans for the new which will be located on the Work will begin in the gree. GERMANY PREPARES LIST OF ALLIED “TERRIBLES” AND ASKS SURRENDER Berlin, Feb. 10.—Germany is preparing a list coftaining the names of allied soldiers and high officials who are ‘accused by the Berlin: government of violations of the laws of war and plans to submit it as a counter proposal to the demand of the allies for extra- dition of Germans who are alleged io be war criminals, | ‘| | | early spring. The list is expected ‘to be ready for publication and delivery short- ly. It will contain specific indict- ments based on alleged authentit- cated material which is on file in the German archives. It was stat- (JAPAN SURFERS| THREAT OF RED! FLOOD IN NORTH Siberian Bolsheviki Capture : Alexandrovsk, Capital of Island of Sakhalin , oy NINE-YEAR-OLD SHOOTS SISTER | .Iehr, N. D., Feb. 10.—Annie Hildebrandt, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hildebrandt, residing nine miles south of Lehr, was almost cut in two by a charge of buckshot from a Winchester shotgun in the hands of a nine-yeur-old foster brother, who did not know that the gun was loaded. The Jad ran away following the tragedy und a posse searched the open prairi for hours before he finally was lo- CITIZENRY IS IN REVOLT Reports of Uprisings Reached Tokio Saturday—Evacu- ating Town Honolulu, Feb, 10.—-Siberian Bolshe- viki have captured Alexandrovsk, cap- ital of the island of. Sakhalin, and fear is felt that the radical forces may en- ter Japan proper according to a spe- cial cable dispatch from the Tokio cor- respondent of a Honolulu Japanese language newspaper. The Japanese government is nego- tiating with the Alexandrovsk author- ities for the evacuation of the Japa- nese population ffom the city the cablegram said. UPRISING REPORTED Tokio dispatches under date of Sat- urday, January 31, reported Bolshe- vik uprising against Japanese resi- dents on, the island of Sakhalin, A rescue party had been dispatched to the island the dispatches said. Sakhalin is a long narrow island off the east coast of Siberia, north of Viladivosbok. The city of Mexandrovsk is not on the island, being on the mainland di- rectly opposite Sakhalin. ‘ RAILWAY MEN MAY STRIKE FOR More Than 300,000 Men In- volved; Several Hundted On Roads Here Detroit, Mich., Feb. 10.—A strike of 300,000 members of the brotherhood of maintenance of way employes and railway shop laborers was’ called ‘for. 'Tuesday, February 17, at’a meeting of the general’ chairmen of the brother- hood here today. \ MAY TIE UP LOCAL LINES The tentative strike of maintenancé of way employes involving about 500 men on the Dakota division of the Northern Pacific and an equal num- ber on the Soo dlivsion here which is scheduled to go into elect February 17 May seriously hamper, if not tempor- arily tie-up the movement of the freight and passenger trains through and out of this city. The strike was called yesterday by the brotherhood officials and will, include practically every railroad in the country if the call is carried out, The men on the Soo railway here, affected by the strike order, were not aware of the action taken by the cliiir- men..at the :brotherhood meeting at Detroit, ‘Mith., ' Monday. they had‘ no voice in. the ‘decisidn ‘as the strike yote was not referred back to the: yarious ‘lotals.; The’ brother- hood officials have ben holding a con- ference with Walker D, Hines, fedral railroad directer, at Washington in an effort to reach a compromise. WANT NEW BALANCE STRUCK The men included in the strike or- der are the pbuilding men, section hands and bridge men. The strike slogan is “Higher wages or lower liv- ing.” It is said in railroad circles that the minimum wage paid these class of labor is $8.45 a day, but that the men declare they cannot live on present wages. No official notice of the strike‘ had. heen received here by either railroad officials er members of the union up to last night. HAYWARDS FORCED TO LEAVE SLOPE Beach, N. D., Feb. 10.—Continued ill health has forced T, F. Hayward, one of the most promising young bankers and business men of the slope. to seek -a lower altitude, and he has disposed of his interests here and will in a short time go to Philadelphia, where he intends to make his home. VILLA BAND READY FOR. NEW KILLINGS Only Sity Followers Left Mexi- can Bandit Chihuahua ty, Mer. Feb. 10.— Francisco Villa's personal command of approximately 5 or 60 men was re- ported recently as operating near his former headquarters at Satevo, Chi- hauhua. The rebel leader was believ- ed to be planning some coup against what ‘he might consider a vulnerable spot in the federal defenses. Some other bands of his ‘followers were said to be scattered near Parral, Santa Barbara, and in the Palomas mountains near Ojinaga. Jests Rodriguez, chief/of a band of vebels, operating near Jimensz, Chi- hauhua, was shot recently in an en- counter with the home guards of that ed tonight Germany, however, would not demand extradition of the men named in its indictment. city, where his body was later placed on exhibition, it is reported, HIGHER STIPEND: It is gaid|/ cated and returned to the Hilde- brandt home, KOSITSKY CASE AGAINST DAKOTA BANK IS ARGUED Cathro et al Asked to Show Cause Why Business Should Be Secret The Bank of North Dakota, through W. A. Anderson, Minneapolis park- board secretary of the state industrial commission, and Les Simpson of Dick- inson, devoted the morning to an en- deavor to convince the supreme court that the bank and its affairs are no business of the public, and that State Auditor Kositzky and the other duly elected or appointed auditing officers of the state have no right to pry into the affairs of the institution in which some $20,000,000 of the people’s money is impounded. ‘ The action is an outgrowth of an effort on the part of the state auditor to carry out instructions of the state banking board, demanding that he make a thorough examination of the Bank of North Dakota, following the discovery {nthe files of the Scandi- navian-American bank of Fargo, then in the hands of a receiver, of a copy of.‘a letter which Ceshier Sherman had written the Bank of North Dakota submitting a big batch of postdated checks and similar paper as collateral for a loan “of several hundred thous- and: Kositzky took possession of tile bank when its officers were absent, but he had not made much progress with his examination when Cathro, after a council of war with Nonpartisan lea- gue chieftains, served nofice on the state auditor that the investigation could not proceed. The state auditor then applied to Judge Nuessle in dis- trict court for an order permitting the examination, and the action was brought to supreme court on an ap- peal. Assistant Attorney General F. E. Packard is, acting for the state in this matter. HOOVER LOOMS AS BIG ISSUE ASSERTS TART |Former: President Says Food ‘Administrator May Split Republican Party NATIONS LEAGUE IS CRUX Duluth, Minn, Feb. 10.—Herbert Hoover and the league of nations: are likely to exert considerable if not de- cisive influence in, the presidential election, in the opmion of William Howard Taft here today. Mr, Taft stid of the so-called “Hoover boom” | that “Mr. Hoover is very popilar in sume quarters and there is no doubt that he is popular with the women. “Mr. Hoover has declared that he 18 with the party which supported the league of nations,’ Mr. ‘Taft said. “Now should he be nominated by the démocrats and if the republicans chose to make the Jeague an issue there is every reason to believe that many re- publicans will consider their duty to America as they sec it paramount to their duty to the republicun party. It follows that Mr. Hoover would poll many republican yotes. 1 wil not go so far as to say that this situation would result in splitting the republi- can party, but it certaimy would cost the republican party many votes. dt might spell defeat instead of victory for the republicans in the presidential contest which the republicans are so hopeful of winning.” a Mr. Taft’ is here to make an ad- dress tonight under the auspices of the American legion. COLONIZATION OF MARMARTH TRACT WILL START SQON D.. ‘Feb. 10.—H. O. Tate of Kansas, who last fall pur- chased 4,500 acres of ranch land south of town. has turned over his holdings to Col. J. F. Jefferson of Springfield. Ill, for a consideration of $110,000. Col. Jefferson has invested in the tract as a colonization project, with a view to bringing settlers here from Towa in the spring. The land in- cludes the old Brown ranch, the Cri- ger dairy farm, the Bert Griffis home- stead and the Floyd Simpson sec- tion. Much of it is bottom land, ly- ing adjacent to the Little Missouri [ana subject to irrigation, Marmarth, TOTTEN MAKING WAR ONHAGAN: ~ LEAGUE SPLITS Head of Board of Administra- tion and Member Break Over Macdonald WORKER BUREAU IN ROW Lawyer Commissioner Said to Be Running Things to Suit Himself There is said to be considerable lack of harmony among some of Goy- ernor’Frazier’s boards and commis sions at the state house. It is com+ mon gossip in league circles at the state house that a growing feud be- tween Commissioner of Agriculture John N. Hagan and Rev. George A. ‘Totten, ‘chairman of the state board of administration, has developed into an open breach, as a result of which Totten has formally declared war-on a man who ranks at least second, to. if not on a par with Governor Frazier in importance in the Nonpartisan’ sys- tem. A Similar state of affairs is said to exist in the workmen's compensa- tion commission, where there is alleg- ed to be growing resentment on the part of Commissioner §. 8. McDonald and Mr. Hagan over an apparent dis- position of Laurens J. Wehe, the law- yer member of, the board, to carry mattens with a high hand. It was this situation, it is said, which result- ed recently in the resignation of John B. Brown, who had been secretary. Tn Brown’s disagreement with Wehe, | the former is said to have had the support of Commissioner Hagan. Strength would appear to be given this contention by the fact that Mr. Hagan immediately secured a place for Brown ag business manager of the Grand Forks American, of which Ha- gan is president. MACDONALD CAUSE OF SCRAP Neil C. Macdonld, whose resignation Was reported last week by the board of administration, is ‘said to be the! bone ‘of contention between ‘Totten and Hagan. . Totten insisted that Mac- donald remain, while Hagan, said to hold Mactlonald in personal disfavor as well as regarding him ag a political incubus,‘ demanded that the board cease to shoulder this burden ‘on the league. Hagan appears to have won his point in this instance, and, follow- ing a stormy meeting, Totten is said to have stormed into his office and to have dictated a fiery declaration of ,| ling of Claims. war, which he immediately served on Hagan. ' q Townley is believed to support Ha- gan’s side of this controversy. It was reported during the last state campaign that Townley regarded Mac- donald ag a liability and that he would gladly have dropped him. It was upon this question that Frazier ig said to have displayed one of his rare streaks of independence. He insisted, it was reported, that if Macdonald was not taken care of, he, Frazjer, would kick up an unholy row beside which the insurrection of Langer, Hall and Ko- sitzky would be a very tame. affair. Townley appears to haye takén : this alleged threat .seriously, ‘aS ‘Senate Bul 134,- penalizing | M s'' Minnie: J. Nielstiy,..1who hdd “humbled Macdonald, and! making a*plaée forthe latter, was forced through the sixteenth assembly a year ago, in spite of the fact that ‘Townley and all of his advisers real- ized that this measure was a mighty poor piece of politics. 8. B. 134 PROVES BONER "popery init. UEXINGTON AN NEW DAY DAWNS Employes in Offices of Metropol- Soldiers Who Saw Service at itan Milk Co. Held Up By Three Bandits Chateau Thierry Patrol- ling Streets Miuneapolis, Minn. Feb. 10.—8, B. Clark and Harold Brown, employes in the ollice of the Metropolitan, Milk Co, were held up and robbed of $9,000 in checks and cash belonging to the company shortly before noon Monday ever staged in Minneapolis, The three men who participated in the holdup made their eseape in an automobile which they had left stand- ing oppasite the company’s offic in front of which the robbery took place. It is believed by the police the bandits drove in the direction of St. Paul, Clark and - Brown » about to leave in an automobile to deposit the Money in a bank when they were held up. LABOR 10 ENTER POLITICS; ISSUES ITS MANIFESTO Proclamation Declares It Has Been Scorned and Misrepre- sented in Congress WOULD DEFEAT ENEMIES Washington, Web. 10. — Organized labor's proclamation of i entry into polities, call to “all loy of free dom to marshal their forces in defense of their rights and ides and to all trade unionists and their friends to unite in defeating those seeking oftice who are hostile or indifferent to the rights of labor today was being sent broadcast over the country. The declaration issued ollicially by the Americau Federation of Labor af ter reciting what it terms sane efforts cure remedial and constructive legislation to the interests and wel- fare of the toilers denounced congre: for its “failure to do its duty and its repression of labo! ; “Scorned by congress, ridiculed and misrepresented by many members of the announcement said, an labor movement finds it necessary to apply vigorously its long and well established nonpartisan political policy. The — American ion of Labor announees _ its determination to ypply every legili- mate means and all of the powers at its command to accomplish the defeat of labor's enemies who as} to pub- Uc office whether they be candidates for president, for congrass, for state legislator, or any other office.” FARM. SOCIETIES POLITICAL MOVE Representative of National Grange Declares Policies Not Approved Washington, Feb, 10.—Farmers’ or- The effects of Senate Bill 134, cre- ating a state board of administration and depriving the state superintend- ent of public instruction of most of her powers, have been all that was predicted and more. This measure and the persecution of Miss Nielson; at the hands of the board of adminis- | tration ‘are credited with the defeat} of the league candidate in the sena- torial contest in Towner county last} November and with ‘the loss of Non- partisan prestige in other parts of the’ state, The decapitation of Macdonald at this late date is regarded as a con- fession upon the part of the league tht its attitude toward Miss Nielson | jis untenable, and it. is believed to be! the beginning of a change in front up- on the part of the Townleyites so far ag the state supreintendent, of public instruction is concerned. It has even heen suggested in the ledgue press that the Nonpartisan state convention should endorse Miss Nielson for re- election and refuse to nominate any candidate in opposition to her. The state generajly is less interested in the workmen’s compensation bureau squabble, altho one result of_ this fracas igee*s to be delay in the hand- CG. A. Marr, acting secretary for the board, advised the attorney for a claimant a few days ago that his case, altho this man was injured the first week in last Septem- ber, could not be heard before the middle of March, so great, it was stated, was the accumulation of busi- ness. ARE BACKING HAGAN Those on the inside are backing Commissioner Hagan to win.. He has an unusual amount of strength with the bonafide farmer membership of ;the league. He hag not appeared to be so radical in his views as some of {the men who Townley picked for pub- lic office, but he has been very devoted to the league “programme” and he has ;Mmade, it is contended, an unusually lable commissioner of agriculture |Next to Frazier he is regarded as ganizations will not join the Amer- ican Federation of Labor in its non- partisan campaign thi: ", accord: ing to T. GC. Atkeson, representative of the national Grange which: h 770,000 membe Mr, Atkeson said today his orga ion had decided not to support organized labor's: politi- cal auctiviti¢s and pointed out. th: representatiy mers union, congress and Nati federation recent i formulated yw platform of principles but decided that individual members should he allowed to exerc rights of personal preference ing. International Farm in vot- 'BORDER PERMITS TAKEN AWAY FROM USERS OF DRUGS Juarez, Mex., Feb. 9.—Twent seven border permit cards, lowing Americans to cross from El Paso to Juarez, were revoked by the American consulate here during the month of December, 1919. Seventeen cards were fe- voked during the previous month. The chief causes for the forfeiture of these border cards were drunk- enness, fighting and drug habits on the part of the holders. in one of the boldest daylight holdups 4) NOT. WITH LABOR: | publiran: jthat they join in supporting Attorney TROOPS RUSHED TO SCEN Further Efforts to Lynch Negro Assailant of White Girl Feared Lexington, Ky., Feb. 10.—Dawn to-’ day found Lexington an armed camp. Squads of armed soldiers who saw ac- tive service at Chateau Thierry were patrolling the streets or guarding all approaches to the city to prevent a- recurrence of yesterday's mob viol- ence which cost the lives of five per- sons and caused injury to’a score of others. William Lockett, negro slayer of 10- year old Geneva Hardman, a school girl, was confined in a steel cage in the Fayette county court house here awaiting removal either to the state reformatory at. Frankfort, or to the- prison at Eddyville. It was an attempt to lynch Lockett yesterday that caused the rioting. MORE TROOPS SENT , Additional troops were rushed to the scene from Camp Zachary Taylor during the late afternoon ‘and martial law was declared by Brigadier General Marshall upon his arrival, “f don’t know why I did it,” the negro is quoted as having said in a statement prepared for the jury ‘which convicted him yesterday. Lockett threw himself on the mercy of the court. But one witness, a neighbor of the dead girl's father, was placed on the stand by the state. The witness identified the stone with which the girl’s head had been crushed. The. jurymen returned their verdict with- out leaving their seats. NEGRO WAS IN ARMY ‘ Lockett is about 33 years old and served in the army for eleven months at Camp Taylor. Business was being ¢conducted as usual here today, despite the presence of the troups. Death last night of J. M. Rogers, 61, a farmer, shot during the rioting brought the death toll to five.. CONVENTION IS NOT INTERESTED IN COUNTY ROW Burleigh, County Republicans Occupy Themselves With National Affairs The Burleigh county republicans who gathered at the court house at 2 this afternoon in response to @ cali from members of the republican state central committee are not interesting themselves in county — politics. The principal business of the afternoon, as specified in the call, will be the selec- tion of twelve delegates to the state convention which will be held here one week from today. It is probable that the convention also will adopt resolu- tions demanding a return to genuine repubilcan principles and condemning demagogury and yadicalism in’ state and national politics. It seems doubtful whether there will be anything more than an infor- mal discussion of state candidates and iysues. The conyention ig made up of republicans who are irrevocably op posed to Townleyism, put it seems pro- hable that the county meet- ing will leave an expression Sof the Grange, Nationat| 02 this menance for _ the — state convention next week. This after- noon’s meeting did not bring out a large attendance, but 1¢ was represen- tative. Similar conventions are being ‘| held in every county in the state to- | day. EDDY FOR LANGER New Rockfoard, N. D., Feb. 10. +A resolution recommending to the re- and democrats of the state General William Langer for governor in opposition to the Nonpartisan lleague candidate was adopted at the republican county convention of Eddy county held yesterday. PLAYS JAMESTOWN The Bismarck high school basket- ball team will play the Jamestown five at Jamestown on Wednesday night. There had been some doubt as to whether this game would be played because of the ban placed on all gath- erings due to influenza, but the re- strictions were removed Sunday morn: ing, FORMER CROWN PRINCE WOULD GIVE HIMSELF UP TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE Amsterdam, Feb. 10.~-Former Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany, has offered to give himself up to the, allies in place of hundreds of Germans demanded for extradition on the list recent- ly submitted “to Berlin according to a telegram purporting to have come from him, published in the Handels Blade of this ¢ easily the strongest man politically in [ine ague organization, telegram addressed to the kings of England, Belgium and Italy, the presidents of Frahce and the United States and the Emporer of France says: “As the ex-crown prince I wish to take the place of my country- men. If the allied and associated governments desire a victim tet them take me instead of the 900 Germans who committed no other crime than to serve their country in war.”