The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 11, 1920, Page 1

TICE DAY l BY THE WEATHER Continued Cold BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY, NOV. 11, 1920 THE BISMARCK T LAST EDITION :' Sad ise PRICE FIVE CENTS WALL STREET EX SOLVED, CLAIM PAPER, NAMING Declares Explosion Was Out- growth of “Building Trust Graft” Ny PLOSION IS. OF NEW YORK LABOR LEADERS 1 | ADMIRAL SIMS | Tax Commissioner, Wallace, Says GETS NO MEDAL Present Property Tax System New Port, Rt. 1, Nov. 11.Announce-| Has Broken Down ‘URGES REPEAL OF PERSONAL TAX IN STATE ELECTRIC RATE | INGRBASE HELD. BEYOND POWERS Railroad Commission Asks At- torney-General to Halt Hughes Electric Increase ARMISTICE DAY PLEDGE By F./W. Galbraith, Jr. National Cgmmander, American Legion _ The swift triumph of our arms and those of our gallant allies which two years ago gave us the victory, the anniversary of which we observe today, marks the high-light of the present cen- tury in American affairs. Vic- tories ‘such .as Armistice Day commemorates are not the issues [BRITISH AND FRENCH HONOR HERO UNKNOWN Bodies Are Buried in Westmin- ister Abbey and Under Parish Arch ‘ Iment at the navy war college today| / i of awards for notable achievements! i CHANGES RATES BEING COLLECTED ' eRe ‘ solely. of clashes of flesh and; POINTS TO ITS “PROOF” | contain no mention of the name of! FOR MANY x 1 steel. They have a finer quality | « than that. They are the tri- | SERVICES THROUGH ys > umphs, as well, of an unconquer- | Admiral William S. Sims,.president of | the college, who was the commander} - workers". soviet. “LEGISLATOR IS Names Union But Says Union, as Such, is Not Responsible for Outrage New York, N. Y., 11.—The New York Evening World today publishes a three-column article under the heading of Street Explosion Solvéd” in which it presents its evidence of the manner in which the ex- plosion, which took nearly two- ! score lives last, September oc- curred, and seeks to link the outrages with “building trust | graft” now under investigation | by a joint legislative committee. The Evening World maintains that the explosion insteud of being the work of anarchists, as charged by Chiet Flynn of the department of jus- fice or the third international as charged by private investigators, was really a plot ot labor men or labor sympathizers directed in revenge against’ Robert Brindell, president of the building -trades council; Brindell workers demolishing the stock ex- e#hange annex building at Broad and Wall street and contractors hiring Brindell_men. Men Subject to Graft Naming a union and pointing ou: that Brindell had many enemies the Evening World here presents its proof that 1,800 men nearly all for- eign born, sober, industrious and weli disciphined have within a space of LS months been subjected to an amaz- ing conspiracy of greed and injustice and the explosion was the outgrowth of this. The Evening World does not charge the union, as a union, with the res- ponsibility, it was the work of in- dividuals inside the union, possibly the work of sympathizers. SOVIET FORMED BY EMPLOYES OF | pe “Wall SRAPLANE HELD commissioner, and Lyman A, Baker socreta report prepared fo jot the American naval forces in, the} Y¥ ) i api Stock | war zone. Admiral Sims had refdsed| Would Abolish Capital Stock) original recommendation for a dis-| 'ax and. Increase Individual Income Tax Rate | tinguished s e medal as a protest} jagainst failure of the navy’ departs | é jment to accept his recommendations aise nee of awards for subordinates. Repeal of the personal property t {and the capital stock tax are r ;ommended by George E. Wallace, ta y, ina ; Governor Frazier. The report assail many features’ of present tax laws | i orth Dakota and recommends } ‘many changes. The chief recommen- dations are: j i increased taxation of personal ; incomes. Abolish office of local assessor and pass “a workable county as- sessor law.” Repeal the personal property Searching Parties Sent Out to/i Find Missing Navy ane: i is Aviator % il Revise tax limitation laws. Allow tax commissioner or ey State board of equalization to Ww ERE pass on all proposed levies in ex- cess of limitations. Repeal the capital stock tax. Confine taxation laws to a busi- ness tax, a corporation income tax, a property tax and a person- al income tax to be supplemental to an inheritance tax. 7 Revise exemptions from person- Chicago, Nov. 11.-—A naval seaplane al income. tax sa i : 2 7 ; | je tax commissioner concludes of the <S e types Re eres ae that “the limit of burden has been | aboard, which left Great Lakes Naval} ;cached in the taxation of real, prop- Training station yesterday morning | erty in this state.” % en a photograph reconnoissance tour Increase on Real Estate of the west coast of Lake Michigan4 The report shows a remarkable in- is believed lost somewhere on the |crease in the burden placed on real, lake. ; property, particularly farm property, Th 1 in ch turing the last five years. In 1912 he plane was in charge of Lieut.! the real property tax and improve- {larry E. Barr, Lake Forest, Ill. ments thereon constituted 58.9 per The seaplane was reported by fish-|.cent of the total wealth of the state, ermen to have landed in the lake oft | according to a federal report. Centerville, Wisconsin, 12 miles north | “In 1915 real estate, including both of Sheboygan last night. Coast guard | rural and urban real estate, together “ews trom Sheboygan and Manitowoc | With improvements thereon, bore ap- searched the lake all night without | Poximately 67.3 per cent of the toy nding the ship. i} ; tal tax burden of the state; 66.4 in Thé search is continuing today. tual, 02.6 per cent. in 1917; 64.5 per The plane passed north over She- | cent in 1918 and 73 per cent in 1919,” yoygan at 1:30 yesterday afternoon |the report says. “During the cor- and was next reported passing south | Tesponding years the other 41.1 per of Manitowoc at 4:30 m. cent of the total wealth of the state, PHOTOGRAPHING | Reported Seen Having Landed | “OL Wisconsin Point Near | Sheboygan BERLIN PLANT London, Nov. 11.—Three thousand } unemployed men in Berlin, part of whom were armed, stormed the Lion | metal works yesterday, drove out th2 | proprietors and engineers, and oa tinguished the furnace fires, says 4 | dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. i Insthe north side gas plant of Ber- lin, it is said, workmen drove out the industrial council. and established a! THREE BODIES ARE FOUND IN SHIP'S HOLD New York, Nov. 11—Three bodies were discovered in the hold of the Morgan steamship, El Mundo, 07 which nine men were sericusly i jured when one of the vessel's tanks exploded while she was tied tu: to her Hudson river pier. Latest 1 ports frgm the rescuers last night i dicated that there had been no loss of life. FACING TRIAL Bottineau, N. D.. 11.—William Martin of Langsford, a member of the state legislature. re-elected last seek, probably will go on trial this | month in the Bottineau county dis- trikt. court, charged with rape. He! was arrested several months ago on} the complaint of the father of a young girl residing near Langsford. RN Rc Sone WEATHER REPORT | For twenty-fqur hours ending at noon, ' Thursday, November 11. | Temperature at 7 a. m Highest yesterday ... 28) Lowest yesterday 6} Lowest last night. sis x0 Precipitation ... cs Trace | Highest wind velocity .24-N | Foreca: ! For North Dakota: Fair and con; | tinued cold tonight and Friday. | terrupting his v good fellows ta | | mor 6 The leaders of the party which i ——; consisting of personal property, bore | HARDING SPEA 32.7 per cent of the total tax burden | of the state in 1915; 33.4 in 1916; 37.4 AT CELEBRATION in 1917; 35.5 in 1918 and 27 in 1919. | In computing the percentage of- the j IN BROWNSVILLE | total tax burden borne by real prop- | lerty in the state for each of said Ease | years, all special corporation tax col- | lections going into the state treasury | jare included in the total burden.” i | { Utility Tax : “The larger .utilities of the state, )ineluding railway companies, tele- ie a TT ae graph companies, telephone compa- Brownsville, Tex., Nov. 11.—In-' nies, express companies, etc. bear a tion at Point Isa-| very heavy burden of taxation, the ding was to}report says. The railway companies | speech at| have contested the legality of the as Brownsville today. i sessment of the state board of equaii ‘Although most of the address is to| tion for the years! 1917, and 4918 be devoted to the signing of the world] have paid taxes on a valuation ap” wet armistice, Mr. Harding ‘is ex-| proximately two-thirds of that fixed pected to take cognizance of the Mex-| DY the state board of equalization for icans in-his audience and deliver an| those years; and have litigated the balance of the tax assessed. The informal message of assurance and} © ef to that Republic, | state has been involved in a very long sville had made great prep-| and expensive law suit which will for the event, a long program| probably not be settled for some es and addresses preceding! time,” the report continues. sident-elect.| The solution of the tax problem | President-elect Participates in Armistice Day Celebra- tion bel, President make an Armi, the speech of the Pr R Special trains brought crowds from does not lie in ing a heavier { cities along the international bound-|! burden on public utilities and corpora | j'tion property in general, the tax com- ving Point Isabel by motor*in the; missioner says. The additional tax ing Mr. Harding played a game | against public utilities ultimately re- of golf and had luncheon at the Coun- | sults in increased rates, and the tax (Continued on Page Two) Li try club. REFUSE ARMISTICE SILENCE, GIRL EMPLOYES OF OFFICE ARE THRASHED The indignant crowds in the street waited until the two min- utes had passed and then a mob of men and women invaded the Dreadnaught offices. The men stood aside while the women in- vaders gave the girls a sound trouncing. One girl employe later said the members of the publication's force who did not believe in the tribute London, Noy. 11.—The ‘girl em- ployes in the office’ of Sylvia | Pankhurst’s communistic paper, | The Workers Dreadnaught, in | Fleet street, were thrashed and | the offices upset just after 11 {| o'clock today by an angry crowd. raided the offices alleged that during the two minutes of solemn silence in honor of the fallen dead, as provided in the Armistice of silence continued dusting the Day program, some of the wo- office and made some noise, -but men were singing, dancing and did not think it would be heard in banging tin cans. [ the street. a Action Taken By Utility Com-! pany After Commission Re- fused Increase Plea The board, of railroad commission- | ers has requested the attorney gen- | eral to institut@proceedings in court! to halt an increase in rates which | has been put into effect by the Hughes Electric company in Bis- muarck, it was announced today. The commission, it was stated, has suspended the proposed rease for a period of not to exceed 120 days from the date the proposed new, schedule was to take effect, or on Oct. 1, 1920. The increased rates aré being ‘charged to consumers on their bills now being. paid for October. All of the members of the rail- road commission were out of the city today, Secretary J. H. Calderhead be- ing in chargé of the offices. EH. A. Hughes could not be reached for a statement as to the attitude of the eiectric company. The increase put. into effect by the electric company, which the railroad commission asserts +s .one ; without authority, is from 1] 1-2 cents ‘per kilowat hour to 13 cents per kilowat hour for the first 100 kilowats used in lighting, and proportionate in- creases, as follows: Lighting New Rates First 100 k. w. .. 13¢ per k w. Next 100 k. w. . 12g per k. w. Next 100 k. w. . 118 per k. w. Next 100 k. Av. » 10¢,per k. Next 100 k. w. . 9e®per k. Next 100 k. w. 8c per k. w. All over 600 k. .. Te perk. w. Lighting Old Rates 11% per k. Ww. - 10%c per k..w. 9c per k. 8%c per k. Tvac per k. First 100 k. w. Next 100 k. w. Next 100 k. Next 100 k. Next 100 k. w, All over 500 k. w. Preparing Case It was understood that the-attorney- general’s office was preparing the (Continued on Page Three) WAR VETERANS ASSATL MAYOR OF PITTSBURGH Refuse to March Past Reviewing | Stand Where Babcock is | Speaking Pittsburgh, Nov. 11.— Protesting! against the presence of Mayor E. V.! Babcock in the reviewing stand be- cause the ci ecently issued a per-| mit for what th termed a “pro-; German tag day,” scores of overseas | veterans who took part in the Armis-| tice parade here refused to march past the stand. After vainly trying to make a speech which was drowned by the of spectators and mareh- | ers, Mayor Babcock left the stand, and the parade proceeded. | “BUNKIES” REUNITE Cleveland, Nov. 11.—-This city ob- served Armistice Day with hundreds of reunions of “bunkies,” dances, | smokers and a “snake dance” down Euclid avenue. The meaning of the day was told ools by 180 uniformed veterans of the great war. N.Y. CELEBRATION @& New York, Novy. 11.—-Memorial vices in, scores of chutches, unveil- | ing of monuments, planting of trees in memory of fallen heroes; dinners and patriotic speeches today crowde New York’s Armistice Day program | with célebrating the “memorable | cease firing’ order two years ago, IN CHICAGO Chicago, Nov. 11.—With the city hali and many business and semi-public establishments closed today in com- memoration of the closing of the great war, Armistice Day in Chicago \ observed by high mass, special chu services, military ceremonies, enter- tainment of soldiers in the hospitals and social affairs set for the even- pledges its all. 6Yc per k. w.} ‘more cups of coffeé' fave been con- jany treaty with Japan that would able spirit. No victory, however, complete, long can survive the spirit that conceived it. The annals of man- splendid triumphs in behalf of for naught because the spirit that made them ceased to endure. This is only the second anni- versary of Armistice Day—a day destined, if we will, to keep com- pany with the immortals of the calendar which mark great mo- ments of history that shall never die. Succeeding genera- tions will acclaim Armistice Day. God grant they always ‘shall ac- glaim it an the spirit that made it, and that-this spirit, like the day, FW CALDRAIT, shall be imperishable. With this prayer in our hearts let us renew each vear our vows of fealty, repledge and keep unshakable our faith in the exalted, holy hopes that fired the hearts of Americans in 1918 and made ours a land from whence crusaders came, with souls a-flame, worthy vf their victory. 35 > kind are replete with example; ; splendid causes that have gone! No National Action to Observe | Day, But Many Communities | Have Exercises (By the Associated Press.) Impressive ceremonies were helt ,in London and Paris today, the peo- ple of the French and British nations celebrating the second anniversary of the ending of the world war and pay- ing tribute to the men who sacrificed their lives during the struggle. The body of an unknown British soldier was buried in Westminister Abbey with the honors of a field marshal. King George, governmental chiefs and relatives of missing soldiers wit- nessed the interment. In Paris the body of a French gol- dier taken from a nameless grave at Verdun was laid to rest under the Arch Dé Triomphe. President Mil- yhigh ideals, the lofty purposes, the unselfish aspirations and terand and three French marshals— Joffe, Foch and Petain—stood by the open grave. 4 U. $. Ceremonies \ To this end the American Legion today and forever/solemnly | No ceremonies of a national char- MAJORITY OF FRAZIER 4,655) The majority of Governor Frazier over J. F. T. O'Connor was 4,655. With all precincts reported, this | ‘ARMISTICE’ I$ IN SIGHT FOR BALL MAGNATES was the unofficial vote: Frazier,| . f . 116,927; O'Connor, 112,272. | Meeting at Chicago Expected to Nearly, 230,000 votes were cast. End Threatene which was 30,000 to 50,000 more than ed Baseball was expected by political leaders, ‘ Conflict and more than 100,000 more than the! pee T sy number cast in the June primary. Kansas City, Nov. 11.— i se i e jot Armistice Day today finds the rival COFFEE USE major league club owners resting pre- ON I CREASE paratory .to the “peace conference” A of. the sixteen club owners in Chicago “Sixteen billion tomorrow. The/major leaguers who sumed in 1920 than in the entire year obtained the aid/of the National Asso. of 1919. according to Feliz Coste, of| ciation of ‘Minor Leagues in settlin; New York, secretary of the National} the threatened war will move to Chi- Coifea’ Roasters’ ociatgon, which] cago tomorrow. opened its 10th annual conyention President Ban here today. The increased consump-| ,, hae Jobnsen, and. his tion is due principally to prohibition loyal five” club owners left last night he asserted. a for a final conference at Chicago he- St. Louis, Nov. 11 fore the meeting. LEGION ACTS ON The impression privallsn JAPANESE TREATY | >2!! «i y that Federal Judge Landis, of Chicago, who has been s 11.—Secretary of| lected as chairman of the new board Washington, Nov. /State Colby was in receipt of a tele-| of control at a salary of $50,000 af gram from Carl Ross American legion | |, F eats spo gets of Stockton: Calif, presetiting against} ¥e@" will be unanimously agreed up- nullify the recently adopted league club land law of California. alien: “loyal gfive” American owners. nr nw an. BURN THROUGH BANK FAULT ONLY TO FIND CASHIER IS NOT THERE Ottawa, Ill, N of the National Cit; officials and volunteers worked i feverishly last night and until standing in the rear of ‘the bank dropped a package and fled appar- ently in the belief that Connolly had drawn a revolver. The miss- early this morning to open the ing currency was found in the ban afe. believing that Francis. package. J. Carey, a teller in the bank, had A four-inch hole was burned been locked inside by bandit rob- throtigh the door after hours of bers. work and by the light of a fii When two mechanics had cut light Sheriff Ayres saw the through the nch steel door was empty. with acetylene torches no one was When the bolts of the safe door inside and $60,000 taken from ‘the | had been opened it was found that was recovered. Terence the separate compartments be- Connolly, an Ottawa resident, ! longing to the bank officials had stepped from the rear door of the been robbed. soft drink establishment adjoining When a search was made for the bank about 7 o'clock last night Carey, his mother, Mrs. Thomas safe | ing. and pulled out his watch. A man Carey. said he had not been home. hase- ; on and his appointment ratified by the | acter were held in the United: States jut men who served the country dur- ,jng the war observed the day, which ates was made a holiday. | Governors issued proclama- {tions pointing out the signifigance of the occasion. The exercises consisted for the most part of parades, memorial ser- vices and mectings at which patriotic addresses were delivered. The United States naval depart- ment observed the day by awarding and medals to men who did work during the war. FARGO PARADE Adjutant General Fraser is in at- | tendance today at the Armistice Day parade in Fargo, where twenty-one | units of Fargo and Moorhead war vet- erans were on parade on the streets of the city. The veterans were form- ed in five groups, those wearing steel ; helmets, those wearing overseas caps, |those wearing campaign hats, those ‘wearing garrison caps, and those hw wearing no uniform. au A group of the historic flags of the state were given place of honor in the ine of march. Adjutant General Fra- ' ser was one of the party/on the re- | FLAGS FLYING | The large American flag was flying |srom the flag-pole in the Notthern Pa- \ cific railway station park today, in | honor of Armistice Day, and many flags were unfurled in the city, There i was no Armistice Day celebration, the exercises) being postponed until S day evening, when a memorial service j will be held. The Associated Press ordered all its ‘telegraph wires stopped for 60 s ods at 11 o'clock in honor of the end- ing of the world war. \SEVEN WHISKEY ~ RUNNERS FINED | IN MINOT COURT Minot, N. D., Noy. 11.—Seven whis- ky runners who gave their names as John Mi in. J. Gildian, M/ A. | Boylan, Frank Keating, Richard Anderson, C. A. Murray and J. W. | Wilkins and their home address as ; Omaha, Neb., entered pleas of guilty in the county court here to charges of transportating intoxicating liquors | and ere fined $250 and sentenced jto serve four months in jail. The | jail sentences were suspended. |The men were arrested Thursday |afternoon while driving toward Mi- |not along the Burlington road. Sher- viff A. P. Scofield was informed by |a deputy working in the northwest- jern\part of the state that the three jcars the men were driving were jheaded toward Minot and sthe sher- liff, accompanied by Deputies Bick- lford and Jacobson met the cars on lthe bridge this side of Person’s stock ltarm. The rear car endeavored to lturn around and escape but Sheriff | Scofield overtook it and the three lcars and men were brought to Minot. The cars carried 85 cases of whis- iky which was confiscated. Two guns were found in the cars but the men offered no resistence.