The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1920, Page 2

“PAGE TWO BISMARCK DAILY TRIBU? " SATURDAY, NOV. 20, 1920. Humpback Whale Captured Off Coast /Of British Columbia | ae / New York, Nov. 20.—Captnke off the coast of British Columbia of a remark- able humpback whale with two hi limbs became known here recently -when the bones of the unique append- ages arrived at the American Museum ; of Natural History. Scientists attach ed to the museum thumbed tomes on evolution, cudgeled brains and concluded the legs mig have been a singular reversion primitive type. Back in prehistoric said, the multigreat modern whales may about on land. But, so far as the knew, no other whale with bones ou side the body had ever been seen by man. There was no earthly or reason for the rear legs on found off the British Colu It couldn't walk on ther were but four-feet long, while the whale weighed several tons. It couldn't uge them fdr swimming, 05 they were not flappers nor were the pedal extremities webbed. They were simply excess baggage. But now they are the subject of lectures, lantern slides and ee nd discussion. as they Some 2400 operations are pertorm- ed in assembling the 175 parts of a watch. MONTANA BANE qi EE HAS NEW CASHIER News of the appointment of R. H. Poff as cashier of the First State Bank, Brockway, Mont., was re- ceived with interest at Dakota Bus- iness College, Fargo, N. D. About 200 D. B.°C. graduates are now bank. cashiers ‘outside of Fargo. Eile local bank executives were also .'‘Dakota’’ -trained. Recently, the First State Bank.of Hamar, employed Mr. C. Bostrom as asst. cashier the day he graduated from Dakota Business Colle: “Follow the SucceSSful.”” ¥ ¥. L. Watkins, Pres., 806 Frort &t., Fargo, N. D. _ Ask avout the *$000-New-Pupil Club.’” ‘OW, when labor and ma- terials are still alarmingly searce, Fire’s constant rads demand attention. The Hartford Fire Turse Company will pay your finan- cial loss; yct the Nation’s wealth ‘is ‘lessened by every fire. Only’ ‘carefulness will stop this waste. Back your care by the Hart- ford’s insurance which : pays losses promptly. In addition, without cost, you can have the ~ Hartford’s expert fire preven: tion ‘service. Come here for “The Man Who, Knows Insurance” Bismarck, N D. iRobert P. Brindell Indicted Along With Millionaire Con- tractor in Grand Jury Probe | | BY LORRY A, JACOBS, | ve E. A. Staff Correspondent. Nov. 20——How much money, if any, has Robert P. Brindell, head of the Building Trades Council of New York City received as the result of his am ng control of build- ing operations in New Yorit and else where? This is probably the most obsorb ‘ing questioy of the entire dal that has grown‘ out o€ the i ation of New Yor st the Lockwood investigation committes ions of offi 4 the special grand jury and city cial investigations. Huve Sums Paid The first phase of their attac ‘corruption in the housing situe {has been ended by Chairman Lock- wood and Uhief Council Samuel Uu- termyer. AS Brindell, according to ‘testimony taken, received the following gmounte from con’ tors and house wreckers for the privilege of continuing their work: Geo. S. Backer, contra GJ. Atwell, house w Albert A. Volk, excavator M. Blumberg, tons: Ld. Cohen, house W.. Melton, housev F. Melton, house wrecker . M. Mininson, house wrecker 1d, Fradus, ia 1. Kamen, hous e wrecke (I. Goldstein, house wrecker ... This is a total of $59,621. Then Brindell, according to the same testimony, received from the other side of the house—that is. from the workers, the following: Dues and initiation fees for Build- ing Trades Council, new members, {dock workers, walking delegates, \anc for working cars for members an- tually, averaging $420,000. Brindell was the highest paid labor ;executive in the country, receivinz $18,000 a year. Is Questionable Certain other witnesses testified that Brindell tried to extort $60,500 more, but failed. Guesses and esti- mates as to the probable amount Brin~- dell: has.received have been made by | practically every one concerned in the j investigations. They vary from $1,- | 000,000 to $5,000,000. As for the Lockwood investigatio [ itself, it ha wound and threaded it. | way through such a maze of ama r that no one—not even Untermy- ler himse!f—will predict where it will | jand the consequent, deliber: { x | Mr. Charles Grewe Talis How Cuticura Healed Pimples > “Thad pimples and itching enough to. set one crazy. My face, neck; | armsand back were covered with pimples and they later became an entire sgale /9 80 that I looked horrible. I was ashamed of myself. Many nights I did not sleep, and I soon became / nervous. The pimples were hardand red, and were very large, and I scratched the parts affected. “I saw an advertisement about Cuticura Soap and Ointment so I sent fora free sample. I bought more, and used four cakes of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment which healed me.” (Signed) Charles Grewe, 215 South Sth St., Steuben- ville, Ohio, Mar. 27, 1919. How to Have a Clear Skin Hi faving aleared your skin keep it clear by using Cuticura Soap and Cintment for every-day toilet pur- poses and Cuticura Talcum to powder and perfume. Bathe with Cuticura Soap-and hot water, using plenty of soap, best applied with the hands which it ns wonderfully. If signs of pimples, redness or rough- ness are present touch lightly with Cuticura Ointment. before bathing to soothe and heal. SES“ Cuticura Soap shaves without community. home merchants, aries, expenses. You can help by depositing to the prosperity of every the county. The Bank For Home industry depends upon a home bank for the ne- cessary funds for paying home people wages and sal- ee raw materials, and meeting necessary — strong bank whete they will earn interest for you. In helping to turn the wheels of home industry, they ‘add BISMARCK BANK Bismarck North Dakota be a Home Dollars Turn the Wheels of Home Industry Make the most of your home dollars by keeping them in your home county where they will help pay taxes, build roads;smaintain good schcols and generally benefit the ! This can bes' »be done\by patronizing your surplus dollars in this man, woman and child in / All the People MADE FORTUNE IN BUIL CHARGE MADE AGAINST LABOR BOSS | ;not helped 20 a ents followed ss: ) ding resultg ofthe vestigation Delhe briefly a8 follows: INDICTMENT of, George > S. Backer, millionaire contractor, by the Additional Grand Jury on a charge of perjury. Backer first , testified he gambled away $25,- “000, but later said he had given it to. two men he did not know and had found, at the Chatham hotel, CANCELLATION) of $62,594,501 city, contracts, on which.evidence tended, to. show there was col- lusion of bidding contracters. EVIDENCE tending to show that Robert P. Brindell headed an enormous ring that mulcted practically everyone who has had any building to do. EVIDENCE tending to show that John T. Hettrick maintained at 165 Broadway a clearing howSe for collusive bidding by contractors. Hettrick is the col- lector of the “Code of Practice,” by which contractors operated. EVIDENCE to show that there was) collusion. between nine con- tractors of aliRBarmed circlé” who got control” of the court- house limestone contract for $32,- ee / 372,000. This contract has been cancelféd. _ 1 TESTIMONY thht Brindell’s graft, scale, was on a basis of $1,- _ 1,000 per floor a building, his de- mands being in one case . $5,000 to, allow..his men to.complete a |. five-story _building. EVIDENCES that extortion \ money was paid in out of the way { ~ places, in Central Park, in auto- mobiles, in hotels and in subway kiosks. EVIDENCE tifat no building | could be done without the: per- | mission of Brindell and that his building was divided up among his various henchmen. THE STARTLING THEORY, advanced by the New York Even- , ing World, that the Wall Street explosion was the culmination of the fight between Brivdell’s union and that headed by William Zar- anko’s union were forced to pay $10 a week to fen representing themselves as being agents of Brindell Want Federal Sid The imvestigation has now reache:l such. proportions that federal aid is deemed necessary and Counsel Untei myer has been in negotiation with Sengtor Calder, chairman of the Sen- ate Commission of Reconstruction and -Production, in the hopes of ob- taining joint action by the Lockwood committee and the commisison: | VILLAGE OF SPARTA FALLS INTO DECAY Sparta, N. Y., Nov. 20.—This little | village—fallen into decay from the homely dignity it enjoyed a hundred | years’ @gortig; Gp) be restored .to its | vleanliness and \ architecturally sim- | ple beauty. Frank A. Vanderlip, New York banker and millionaire, who has ; bought virtually ithe entirg place, is 'to rebuild it. The snug brick homes which thrifty townsmen erected, long \ vears heck will be revovated and re- inforced. Gardens will bloom again , Where ra grass and ‘weeds have | won their way. .And clean streets aga neat sidewalks will be reptaced. Speaking of his plans for Sparta— ; Which is part of Ossining—Mr. Van- jderlip decried stories that he jntend- ;ed to build modern tenements\ here. | Restoration of the .old place to its former comelyness is his desire.. not the best in Sparta,” Mr: Vander- lip said. ‘Restoration of the village architecturally will be accompanied by efforts to restore its morale.” The notoriety Sparta reseived a few years ago, when the district at- torney of white Plains declared Sing Sing convicts working outside the Prison: frequented its saloons; has the village’s reputation. Wealthy resitients of Ossining and of Scarborough on the Hudson, half a mile to the south, have deplored the “increasingly ramschackle” a! of the place, and ‘Mr. Vanderlip nyect is not only to improve its “run-down character but to “restore its !o0ks.”| DECISIONS OF SUI PREME COURT From Morton County a Willis Lehde, Plantiff-Respondent. National Union Fire Insurance Com- pany, of Pittsburgh, Pa., a corpor- , ation, \ Defendant- Appellant: | (Syllabus: ) In an action upon a policy of He insurance to reeover. losses sus- tained where the plaintiff received from the insurance compahy a repay- ment of the premium, and signed a release and settlement in full upon ~ POBERT P BRINDELL lead., The investigation began Oct. “Of course, we hope to get rid ot} {what elements there are which are 4Grace, J., being disqualified; did not the settlement made constituted an = 7 the représentations made, that the company was insolvent, and that he would receive further payment if, like- wis: further payment were made to other policy. holders, anf where from the evidence! it appears that the in- surance company was not insolvent, and did make further payments to other policy holders, it is held that accord, unexecuted by the. insurance ; company, and that the plaintiff was | entitled to. maintain. ,his action: upor tho original contract of insurance. Action upon. a policy of-crop insur- ance in, District Court, Morton Coun- ty, Crawford J. From a judgment in favor of the: plajntiff and from an-+ order denying’ a judgment non. ab- ante or in the alternative for a new trial, the defendant has appealed. Affirmed. Opinion of the Court by Bronson, J. | par’ ticipate, fe Anneilant.) Nuchols. & Kelsch and Jacobsen & Murray, Attorneys for Respondent, Hed the Wrong Car. My husband deals in old and new cars, and 1 seldom drive the same ¢ar twice, The other day 1 drove an old car downtown, and after doing some shop- ping started for home, I had not ‘gone many blocks when I digcoyered I was not driving the same ¢ar I had when I left home, and immediately turned back. Where I had taken the car 1 say an officer talking to a very much excited woman. \ I offered all sorts of explanations, but it was most embarrassing, for the woman whose car I had taken was my next door neighbor, with whom T had { not been on speaking terms for six months.—Chicago ‘Trlbupe. Wars of the United States. A stray paragraph on “Wars,of the United States” enumerates, 19 wars. ‘Ten of these were conflicts,with In-! dian tribes, of which the most ,impor- tant were probably the Black. Hawk war nd the, Seminole war... If these are called wars, an eleventh might be) added—the Modee-war of 1873. . The ; important wars on the list are the} War of the Revolution, the War of 1812. the Mexican war, the Civil war, the Spanish war, the War with Ger- | many. The minor conflicts included in j the list are: the War with France, S;/the war with Tripoli, 1803}. the ; hilippine war, 1899.—Outlook. | ’ Sunbyrn Remedy. One of the best remedies for a coat! of sunburn is sweet cream, The cream is heAling and not the bjt, irr te ing to the most fiercel ‘The prepared “cold: ¢ are, of; course, ‘healing and bleaching, but are | very apt to irritate the sensitive mem- ; ber. Before washing the face rub; lighthx with, erdinary sweet table cream, let stand. as long ‘as possible, then wash the, face with lukewarm water, using no ip. Sunburn is real- | ly painful to sind persons and sweet creani lessens the hurt.:"* ‘ CALLS AMERICA Paris, Nov. 20.—General Fayolle said upon his return recently from his three weeks stay in thé United States, “I have just discovered Amer- ica and America has conquered me. ; It is a wonderland.” “It has been a hard fight, those three weeks in America,” the General went on with the usual humorous twinkle in his eye. “I come back on the verge of collapse with grim dys- pepsia holding me in its grip, With- out taking back anything that I have said about American Expeditionary Force cooks being rank amateurs, I must take off my hat to American chefs. There were many, banquets, luncheons, I survived them ali.” ! Strange Dishes | To the siiggestion that most, of the | chefs at the leading hotels were French, General Fayolle replied: “They may be but they certainly have undergone. an evolution for they had strange /dishes of their own.” x “Did you miss your wine with your meals,” he was asked. “I never missed my wine,”! F Fayolle replied. “Don't ask me to talk local Amer- \STHMA No cure for it, but welcome ai is often-brought by—. CKS ic PORUB Gver 17 Million Jars Used Yearly i ‘We Don't C NTRADE MARK ae 109 3rd Street, Barnett & Richardson, Attornyes |" burned nose. te Z A WONDERLAND ; am certain tl By The Coupe is surely a good and a useful car—so good and so us:ful, that the dst we might say about-it, is outdone every day by the!things which tens of thousands of owners say. ‘ x The gasoline consumption is unusually low The Jirémileage is unusually high ‘ M. B. GILMAN CO. 212 Main Street Bismarck, N. D. ican politics” Genera! 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