The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 27, 1920, Page 1

THE WEATHER Generally Fair Tbe ee THE BIS ae THIRTY-MNTH YEAR DAKOTA. TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS BISMARCK, NORTH STUTSM: OFFIC Unofficial Tabulations Showing Jack Williams, Independent, Victor for Office in Primary, are Overturned by Official but Unchecked Report of Canvassing Board—Other Re- sults are Announced—Miss Nielson Gets Big Vote SEVERAL TOTALS ALTERED W. H. Stutsman, of Mandan, was nominated for railroad commissioner in the June 30 primary, on’ the face of officially counted* but’ unchecked, figures of the state. canvassing board. | At the conclusion’ of the board's work at noon today, Stutsman was given a majority over Jack Williams, fiext highest independent, candidate for railroad commissioner, and who, it, was thought on the basis of unof- ficial tabulations, had been nominated for the office. Members. of the canvassing board include William. Lemke, chairman Re- publican state committee; and |S. Johnson, chairman Democratic state committee: The board is making its canvass in the office of the secretary of state. The vote on was given as follows: Nonpartisans— C. F. Dupuis....... Frank Milhollan . C. W. McDonnell. Independents— W. H. Stutsman Jack Williams .. » 51,174 B. J. Krueger « 50,177 The canvass shows that Dupuis was beaten and Milhollan, league candi- date, escaped defeat by Jack Williams 113 votes. ¢Stutsman outranked both Milhollan and Dupuis. This is the only upset over the unofficial figures as heretofore tabu- lated. Governor ' Frazier’s majority over William Langer is 5,477. Results of canvass on offices follow: The results of the canvass shows: For Governor— Frazier weeeee 59,355 53,941 54,957 51,142 5,477 58,461 50,967 58,681 52,142 \ railroad commisioner ++ 49,306 - 51,287) « 54,487 ++ 51,437 r— Langer ... For United States Senato Ladd Streeter eo Secretary of State— ) For Auditor— _ Poindexter . Kositzky For Treasurer— 56.256' 53,530| 55,273 54,591) For Attorney-General— Lemke .. 55,834 Gallagher’.... 53,387 | For Commissioner of Insurance— Olsness ... . + 58,791 Quanbeck . 48,072 q For Commissioner of Ag! re and Labor— Hagan ricultu + 58,963 White Ar « 48,014, The following results were announ-| ced at the conclusion of the session! yesterday afternoon: For Supreme Court Judge— A. M. Christianson. Seth Richardson Anti Red Flag Law— 54,656 52,991 74,554 | 40,949 | 52,229| 62,954) 50,992! 63,095 | i 47,758 | 63,720; ic Minnie J. Nielson.... +» 84,804) Ruth M. Johnson........... 74,225] What Independents Got The independents nominated Thos. Hall for secretary of state, John Steen for treasurer, W. H. Stutsman for rail- road ‘commisstoner, and on the non-| partisan ballot, A. M. Christianson got a greater vote than Seth Richardson, endorsed by the Nonpartisan league, and Minnie J.'Nielson a greater vot» for superintendent of public instruc- tion than Ruth M. Johnson. Miss Nielson’s total was, increased by women's votes. The three league re-| ferred laws were defeated and the; anti-red flag ‘bill initiated. The Non-, partisans captured all other offices. | AUTOS PLUNGE OFF CLIFF; ONE DEAD, FOUR HURT Supt. Pu ss : Denver, Colo., July 27—Lon Moore, | Defiance, O., a circus clown, was kill- _ etl, Charles’ Hite, circus ‘concession- aire, Ironton, O.. was fatally injured | and three Denver people were seri-; ously injured when their automobiles | rolled off a 200-foot cliff in Bear Creek canon early today. . ARMY PLANES HEADING NORTH: Saskatoon, July 27.—Flour United States army airplanes, on a flight from Mineola, N. Y., to Nome, Alaska, | took off for Edmonton at 10 o'clock this morning. : RESCUE NATIO NOMINATED FOR: © RAILROAD COMMISSIONER UNION LEADERS SITTING TIGHT AS MINERS QUIT Indianapolis, Ind., July 27.—Officilas of the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica today continued their close scru- tiny at news dispatches regarding the FIVE BILLION — COLLECTED BY AL FIGURES SHOW) NATIONAL TAX Official Figures Made Public by ~ Government Show Huge Total Collected COLLECTION, COST IS’HUGE!| x i DEAD CHILDREN “ARE BURIED TO “RESTORE LIFE” Killed by Lightning Relatives Bury Up to Necks in Backyard . f i New York, July 27.—Nine-year-old Jennie Stahurski and her two-year-old brother were killed by a bolt of light- ning at Bayside, ‘When the county medical examiner arrived for an ‘in- quest he found! both bodies buried in the‘ back yard of the home up to their necks. : Relatives and friends quoted a be- PETITIONS OUT TODAY FOR FIVE NEW STATE LAWS Regular Examinations of Bank| of North Dakota -Provided in One of Them { SEEKING 10,000 SIGNATURES strike which has closed all but a few of the bituminous mines in Iinois and which has spread into Indiana, closing approximately half the. mines in this state. No action was taken by the national officers, however. t The 22 mines in tHe Clinton fields were reported to be conipletely closed, with 4,000 miners idle. SHAMROCK GOES IN LEAD EARLY IN YACHT RACE Another Attempt Made to Run “ Off Final Battle for Interna- | { tional Cup BOTH “GET AWAY sLow.| Sardy Hook, ,N. J., July 27.—Sham- rock the IV today led Resolute, across the starting line in the “final” inter national yacht race to settle the de- stinies of America’s cup. Ther ofti- cial. starting time was the same tor, both at 2:17, because both had fail- ed to cross within the two minutes handicap limit. Sir Thomas Lipton announced that he would challenge again for Amer- ’s cup should he fail to lift is with his present entry. “I will not do so for a year,” he said, “as it would only be sportsman- like to wait that long im order +o give some one else a chance should uley so desire. ‘ The British sportman by ro means admitted or even intimated that his present ‘effort’ would not be success: ful. ‘I, honestly ‘believe. that -when ! the: contest was called off Sheeirock tad by far the better posttion, hi a breeze come up in time to have fia: ished,” he. said. What was to be the final race yes: terday wap called off because ‘tne | breeze was so light that the yachts; could -not: make the 30 mile cours: } inthe time of six hours. Starting on ithe 30-mile windward and leeward course, Shamrock had the better of it.. Her skipper berth- ! ‘ing her nicely to windward before the yachts crossed the line. Preparing for the first leg, a 15- mile beat to windward from the Am-; brose channel lightship, south, south- west to a point off Asbury, Park, the sloop’s stood along to-southward of the line, then raced~for the light- ship, reached past the line and com- ing about, headed for it when the ! starting signal was sounded. Shamrock Skipper Wins After a short hitch, Resolute came about on the port tack, and the two yachts slipped along headed in tu- ward Seabright. Having beaten Capt. Adams, of Resolute, for position the first time in the series, Capt. Burton crossed the line on the starboard tack and then came about on the port tack, app: ently hunting for a better bree: Resolute did likewise. Although the official starting time of both boats remained the same Shamrock actu- ally crossed 4 seconds ahead of Res- olute. Z May Not Finish Although the hreeze had increased to 5 knots, the sloops had the trouble breaking inshore. could not be finished before the six- hour time limit expired. The wind came in variable streaks and first} petween a hunt for Leroy, husband of gne and then the other would point better. CAR DEMANDS TO BE PRESSED IN WASHINGTON |Railroad Commission Officials of Northwest to Go There St. Paul, July 27-Toward obtain- ing relief from the present car sNgrt- age situation which threatens finan- cial and other difficulties the moving of.the big 1920 crops, Commissioner 0. J. Jacobson, of the state railroad | and warehouse department, today an- that he plans to leave Satur- day for Washington with representa- tives of the North Dakota and South Dakota railroad commission to remain there until the necessary measures are obtained from the Interstate Com- merce Commission. Priority orders nounced | will be urged to solve the problem as was urged to get coal for the north- west. Commissioner Jacobson,plans to at- tend a meeting in Fargo to name a committee from that state. pécts Commissioner J. J. Murphy. of South Dakota, and Commissioner S. J. ‘Aandahl, or Frank Milhollan, of North Dakota, will join him on the trip to Washington. NEW ANGLES the fluky wind vi of heading one and then the bthet, caus- ae eae confided in her that she ing them to call to leeward. Already} was about to become a mother in- observers began predicting the race} jected a new theory into the case to- He ex-| ’ New, York State Paid Heaviest Tax, According’ to Figures | of Revenue Department /Washington, July 27.—The nation’s greatest tax bill—$5,410,284,874—was collected during the fiscal year ending June 30. < The official figures made public to- day show that the tax paid in-the last 12 months had exceeded all estimates by approximately $300,000,000 and was nearly 75 per cent larger than the to- tal of taxes paid in either of the years of: 1918 or 1919. ‘The-1918 tax levy yielded $3,694,619,638 and the taxes in 1919 aggregated $3,839,950,612. Collection of this record-breaking assessment cost the government $29,- 750,000, or abodt 55 cents for each $100. Revenues Show Increase Revenues derived from. income and; excess profits taxes alone were $3,-/ $44,555,739 for the 12 months, which is nearly $1,250,000,000 larger than collections from the same sources in either of the last two years. An in- crease for this year also was shown in the receipts from miscellaneous taxes which brought in $1,465,729,136. These taxes totalled $1,243,041,909, and $855,591,700 for the 1919 and 1918 respectively. New York state continued to main- tain its record of leading the nation as a taxpayer. Its tax burden amounted to $1,416,939,276. Of this} $1,135,097,403 came from the financial heart of America—the Wall street district. Pennsylvania was the second state in amount, of tax paid, with $555,- 725,086, | Chicago Pays Heavy Tax The ‘Chicago district paid all but $40,315,758. of the totdl Illinois taxes of $443,233,070. , Next following Illi- nois. was Ohio with taxes of $372,- ; 319,548 and Massachusetts with $350, ra 233. cg d South Dakota, both in | Nortir gne collection district; were called; upon tO. pay $9,541,683 from their combined areas and with the excep- tion of the Philippine Islands, were at the foot of the list. 5 Total collections by the following states or groups of states, where more than one state comprises a dis- trict are: Q i Colorado and Wyoming, $39,569,- 496; Iowa, $39,019,379; Michigan, $283,749,638; Montana, Utah and! Ida- ho, $20,757,741; éMinnesota, $76,997,- 401; North and South Dakota, $9, 541.683; Wisconsin, $92,923,352; \ Philippine Islands, $1,423,478. i ~ INJECTED INTO TRUNK MYSTERY Patrolman’s Wife Tells-of Vpn: |: an Confiding Secret to ’ Her HUNT ANOTHER TRUNK.| Detroit; Jily}27.-—A statement to the police by Mrs! Leb Trumbull, wife of a patrolman, that Mrs. Eugene Le- etroit’s trunk murder Police today divided their attention the slain woman, and a second trynk belleved to contain the vital organs of the body and which is known ta! have beén sent from the Harper aye- nue apartment house where the Leroys lived. ‘ Mrs. Trumbull was to go to York today to view the body. , Planned Death The police declared today that had established that Mrs. Leoroy planned an. attempt’ at suicide’ before her death. That Mrs. Leroy was slain in| New| conclusively proven today, according to the. police, by finding there a} blanket identical with those in which the body was’ wrapped before it was placed in the trunk. eo: Another blanket had not been ac- counted for and police believe the vital organs of the, body were placed in it and put in the second trunk. FOUR KILLED IN AUTO SMASH; St. Louis, July 27.—Four men were! killed when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by an ‘Alton limited car of the Alton-Granite City and St. Louls Traction company at Mitchell, Ill, 9 miles northeast of here today. : HOPE CLOSES WITH WIN Hope, N..D., July 27. — ‘Hope's baseball team closed the season heré Sunday, defeating Sutton 6 to 2. LIGNITE ENOUGH the Harper apartment house here was! 1 lief that a person. struck by light- ning was never Killed outright and could be restored by earth currents which would draw out the electricity. They protested vigorously when the examiner ordered the bodies remov- ed from their “graves.” /| BUTOTHER COAL. ISSCARCE HERE Western Fuel is Held Up Be- cause of Railroad Car / » Shortage ( CAR SHORTAGE THE CAUSE t Cement Production Held Up by Sftikes at Montana “Mills eT, The city will’ be able to obtain plenty of lignite coal for winter use but will havea :hard time securing very much. western coal, said coal c2alers here this. morning. E. H. Howeltjgmanager of the C. A. Winch Lumbery4@o, said this morn- ing that they not receiving any Wyomirg or. tana, coal as yet and were not suggjof getting much. “The minegy coal,” he said, $1 able to ship strikes in the” but we cannot there will ve. ed all’ dealers’ can. oO tern field as yet anines have ask- ! Lignite: Easy fo, Get ‘ The Washburn 'Lignite Coal Co. re- ported this morning that they were receiving plenty of lignite. and ,ex- pécted' td ‘have no difficulty 4n/ ob taining a sufficient supply of it.» “The: state can secure plenty, ot lignite” they said. “It Oniy, requires about’ four. hours for us to get a train of coal down from: the mine xi Wilton. People are» beginning. to stock up. The main bulk of the win- ter coal is put in after August 1.” Enough chrs Here “We are getting enoug' move the lignite. The Northern Paci fic gives us enough and the Soo is supplying cars as fast as possibld. More people are using lignite each year and there will be gure to be enough of that.” Cement Supply Short Mr. Howell at the Finch Lumber Co. stated that the cement. situation was bad. The Montana mills, which supply cement for this section, are tied up with a strike and no cement is being produced at them. “Fifteen cars of cement have been shipped in from the east for the start of the Bismarck-Mandan bridge work,’ he said. “Unless the strike at the Montara mills is ended soon ‘the bridge work may be held up because of the cement shortage.” HEAR FREIGHT RATEINCREASE PLEA ON AUG. 12 State Commission Sets This Date After Conference With Rail- | road Men Hearing on the petition of railroads operating in North Dakota for in- creased freight rates within the state will be held before the board of rail- rgad commisioners hére on Augus .. The date was decided upon after a Conference of representatives of the roads and the commissioners yes- terday afternoon. ie It is the expectation of the com- missioners that by August 12 the In- terstate Commerce Commission will have handed down its decision upon the interstate rate increase pleas now before the commission, Railroad in North Dakota, it js understood, had prepared new. schet- ules for intrastate rates, ‘but will base their case’ instead upon the incre to be granted by the Interstate Com- merce Commission, asking that the intrastate rates be made to con- form. The increase that will be neces- sary to do this, in the opinion of some rate experts, would have been about 25 per cent until the railroads filed new petitions for rates follow- ing the $640,000,000 rate award. Thed increase now is vatiously estimated at from 25 to 40 per cent. It is the desire of railroads that the intrastate increases, if granted, he- come effective at the same time as{ the’ interstate increases, which are expected to be granted. producing the no cars are avail-! There are no sure as to when | ‘up while they!’ “Section 369.—( Members of Board) h cars t¢] North Dakota and of all other indus: Laws Affecting Newspapers and the State Board of Adminis- * tration Included Petitions by which an éffort will be made to place five measures beé- fore the voters this fall were recetv- ed in Bismarck today, Ten’, thousand signers will be | sought to the petitions by Friday night,; the number necessary to pu‘! the initiatory measures before the people at, the November election. The laws which it is proposed to initiate by ‘popular vote are as follows: A law providing ior regular examinations of the Bank of North Dakota, and other state in- stitutions, A law giving counties, cities, villages, townships and’ school districts the right to handle their own. funds through local banks if they so desire, .Leaves it. com- pulsory to deposit all moneys be- Jonging to all state institutions and the state proper in the Bank of North Dakota.’ A law ordering the Bank of North Dakota to not make loans “on land except to actnal Mrmers/ residing in North Dakota. A law that wil} permit the pub- lication of private legal notices in local papers, all county legal notices and other official publi- cations of all kinds to continue be published in the county offi- cial paper as at present. A law placing all strietly edu- cational matters - under the direct supervision of the superintendent of public instruction, - taking these powers from the board’ of administration. The proposed law providing for ex- aminations of the ‘Bank of North Da- kota and other state institutions is in the nature of an amendment to Sec- tion 369 of the Compiled Laws of! 1913. The law proposed follows; There is hereby created a board of auditors for’ the. state of, North Da: kota which shall consist of the sec- retary of state, the state auditor, and the attorney general, whose’ duty it shall be to examine and audit the accounts, books and vouchers of the state treasurer, and of the Bank of ‘North Dakota and of all other indus- trial institutions of the state, and to take, an account and ascertain the amount of funds in the state treas- ury or belonging to the state, and to take an account and ascertain the as: sets and liabilities of the Bank of trial institutions of the state at jeast twice in each year without previous, ‘notice to the treasurer, or to the Officials of said state institu- tions and make report thereof, and of their acts and doings in the prem- ises, to the governor, and make the same public. and also to witness and attest the transfer and delivery ot accounts, books, vouchers and funds by any joutgoing treasurer, or bank manager, or Manager of any indus- trial institution, to his successor in office, and report the same to the governor, and the failure or neglect of the aforesaid, board of auditors, or any member thereof, ‘to do and per- form any of the acts at the time, times, and in the manner in this sec (Continued on Page Seven) GOV. COX TAKES ; LIFE EASIER Dayton, O., July 27.—Except for a conference with Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, Governor Cox had a full day to- day to proceed with framing his ad- dress accepting the Democratic nom- ination for president. |BANDIT GANG BROKEN WITH | TWO CAPTURED Chicago, July 27.—Capture of twoj bandits who with three others, held up three express messengers yester- day, getting away with $12,000 after a revolver battle led the police to be- live today that they had broken up the pay-roll gang, which, in the lastf few weeks, has stolen more than $100.000. The $12,000 in loot remains missing ; and the police today renewed search; for the three other members of the; gang. aco \ {MISS NIELSON RETURNS FROM CONFERENCES J. Nielson, state su-} perinténdent of, public instruction, has returned from conferences in | several educational centers of the state. , Mis Nielson conferred with execu- j tives of the Ellendale and: Dickinson {normal schools, spoke at the meet- | ing of school directors of Kidder county at Steele and on Saturday ad- dressed a meeting of business and ! professional women of the state at Fargo. Miss Minnie 1 Ores (us. saawce GOV. COOLIDGE AND WIFE RAILROADS PAY | STATE TAX ON THEIR INCOME Only One Company Pays Tax , Under Protest and Lawsuit vis Not Prebable erate ‘RICHER BY $175,000 Railroads operating in ‘North Da kota* have paid ‘approximately $175,- 000 income tax under the state law. Payments -were received yesterday, the last day before delinquency un- der the law. The payment of the tax, it is said, marks the first case of the payment of large sums of taxes imposed by the legislature of 1919 which have been paid without a lawsuit. The Soo lines, it is understopd, paid the income tax under protest, while the Northern. Pacific,’ Great Northern and Chjcago, Milwaukee and St. Paul lines paid the tax without protest, The amount paid by the .orthern ‘Pacific is, understood to have been the largest amount, slight- ly exceeding that of the Greqt Nor- thern. Law Made in 1919. The legisiature in 1919 enacted an income tax law which provided an in- come tax to be paid by individuals, and in addition, a tax-of 3 per cent on the net income of corporations, firms or joint stock companies. The law, unliké the federal income tax law. does not exempt the individual ‘from payment on tax on dividends received from corporations which pay the tax. It is said the Jegislature will ‘be ask- ed next winter to exempt individual incomes in such cases. f It is considered doubtful if the rail- roads will make a fight in the courts against the tax, since the railroad in- come now is guaranteed) under the Esch-Cumming bill and the tax will be added in the railroad expenses, and paid in the end by the people generally. : Others Pay. The law provided that the income tax should be paid by July 25. In ad- dition to the railroads, the Standard Oil company, the Pullman company and’ the Ford Motor company, which has a branch at-Fargo, were among the corporations which paid their taxe' The total amount to be derived by the state from’ the corporation in- come tax is estimated at a half mii- lion dollars. Because of difficulty in segregat- ing the income of railroads an 3 sessment was made on a property basis by the state tax commi er this being accepted as the b: which payment was made. Pp For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Tues July 27. Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterda: Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation ... Highest wind velogity Forecast Dakota: Fair tonight and Wednesday; slightly cooler north- east portion. Lowest Temperatures Fargo ....- For North Williston . St. N FROM WAR REACTION.--COOLIDGE ASSAILS CLASS DISTINCTION IN FORMAL SPEECH Vice Presidential Nominee Notified by Gov. Morrow of Kentucky is EXTRAVAGANCE MUST END Ask Economy in Government and Assails Original League of Nation’s Pact Northampton, 'Mass., July 2/—nescu from the reaction of war was describ- ed as the transcendant need of: the nation in the address in which Gover- nor Coolidge delivered here today in accepting formally the Hepubdiican nomination for vice president. “The chief task that lies betore us,” he said, “is to repossess the peo- ple of their government: and their property.” Governor Coolidge found another source of gravest public concern to |be “the reactionary tendency to su- stitute private will for the public will.” He said there had been a dis- position on the part of some individ- uals and of groups to inquire wheth- er ‘they liked the law, and ff not, to disregard it and demand its execu- tion by the method of direct action. “The observance of the law,” he said, “is the greatest solvent of public ills,” He deplored attempts to cre- ate class distinction. The scene of the notification was Allen field, recreation ground of Smith cOllege. Morrow Notifies Him Governor Coolidge heard from Gov- ernor Edwin 'P, Morrow, of Kentucky, the formal announcement of his no- mination “by the spontaneous wish of the party.” Discussing economic relations, Gov- ernor’ Coolidge dedlared the extra- vagant standards of government ex- penditures bred of recent years mrust be eliminated and a revision’of tax: tion accompanied» by a reduction of | Private extravagance. ‘He. urged a { different, attitude toward industry, a ‘jarger comprehension of the inter-de- pendence of capital, management of labor, and better facilities for tho prompt and reasonable adjustment of industrial disputes. } Needs of Farmers The need of the farmers, he said, is an enlarged power of organization whereby. the original producer may profit to a larger degree by the high prices paid for his. produce ‘by the ultimate consumer and at the same i time decrease the cost of food. “The proposed league of nations without reservation as submitted by the President to the senate met with deserved. opposition to “Republican sonators,” said Gov. Coolidge. “Our party by the record of its members in the senate and ‘by tho solemn declaration of its platform by performance and by promise, ap- proves tha principle of agreement among nations to preserve peace and pledges itself to the making of such an agreement, preserving American independence and rights, as will meet every duty America owes to human- jity. This language is purposedly broad, not exclusive but inclusive. Praises Harding “Your presence tells me,” sai¢ | Gov. Coolidge, in opening his address, “of a leader and a cause, a leader in Warren G. Harding, the united choice of a united party, a statesman of ability, seasoned’ by experience, a fitting representative of the common | aspirations of his fellow citizens, wise enough to seek council, great enough to recognize merit, and in all things a stalwart American. Tho cause of our common country, as de clared in the platform of the Repub- lican party, the defense of our in- stitutions from every assault, restor- ation of constitutional government the maintenance of law and order, . the release of economical distress, the encouragement of industry and agriculture, the enactment of human- itarian laws, the defense of the rights of our citizens everywhere, the re- habilitation of this nation in the es- timation of all people under an agree- ment seeking our every duty, to pre- serve the peace of, the world, aways with unyielding Americanism—under such a leader, such a cause I serve.” Spontaneous Call “This nomination is tendered you the spontangous wish of your party,” said Governor Edwin P. Mor- row of Kentucky, principal speaker at the ceremonies at the notification of Gov. Coolidge. “The west called to the east,” Gov. Morrow, said. ‘North and South head the call and the nation made an- swer.” Governor } $ attacked the democratic national administration for what he. termed its hesitation, blundering and stubborness and call- ed the league of nations an attempt to bind the United States ‘to tho bloody feuds of Europe. A Grave Time “It is fitting,’ (Mr. Morrow said. that in Massachusetts, “at this. foun- tain of American inspiration, we sol- ednly determine that the heritage which made us free, independent and prosperous, shall not be bartered for, a mess of unknown pottage.” “You are called to serve your coun- try in a time of your country’s need,” Goy. Morrow continued. “At home grave economic, industrial, social and governmental problems have too long in the past and now continued to press for and demand solution, and upon their proper solution de- pends the prosperity, security, com- (Continued on Page Seven) Morrow