The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 23, 1920, Page 1

‘ Ltt etme THE WEATHER Generally Fair $995,000 OFFER) ON WATER PLANT I$ MADE BY CITY Resolution Adopted at Meeting | of City Commission Held Last Night ATTITUDE IS EXPLAINED Mayor Lucas Says the City Wants to Treat Water Company Fairly bet |! An offer of 000 for the plant of the Bismarck Water Supply com- pany was made by the city commis- sion in a resolution adopted at_-its meeting last night. The resolution was introduced by Commissioner Thompson. ;All members voted for it. The resolution was read at the op- ening of the meeting of the commis- sion. Following the reading of the resolution and an explanation of the offer*by Mayor Lucas a few of thi score of citizens present expressed theniselves on the water situation They were F. O. Hellstrom, Theodore Koffel and Fred Peterson. The reso- lution containing the offer follows: Commissioner Thompson intro- duces the following resolution and moves its adoption: Whereas, It is to the best in- terests of the city of Bismarck that it own and operate its own water plane and . The Bismarck Water mpany, a corporation of ia, wants to sell its plant in the city water marck to said city; of Bis- Now, Therefore, Be it resolved by the board of city commission- ers of the city of Bismarck, North Dakota, that the city of Bismarck hereby offers to buy \said water | plant in the city of Bismarck from | the said Bismarck Water Supply | company for the sum of Two Hun- i dred ‘Twenty-Five Thousand Dol- lars ($225,000.00),) payable in Im- provement Warrants drawing sev- en (7) per cent interest, drawn upon water main and water works district number one of the city of Bismarck, said \warrants being issued in denominations not to ex- ceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), one tenth being pz able annually in ten annual i stallments, intgrest payable an- nually, such iMterest being rep- resented by coupons attached: to said warrants, and bearing the amount of interest due. Be It Further Resolved, that the, Bismarck Water Supply company be and is hereby given until the 15th day of December, 1920, to ac- cept or reject sich offer; Be It Further’ Resolved, that this offer is made by .the board of city commissioners of the city! of Bismarck subject to a vote of the electors of said city at a spe- cial election called for that pur- pose after such offer is accept- ed; Be It Further Resolved, that the city auditor be and he is hereby instructed to mail a copy of this resolution to the Bismarck Water Supply company by registered mail Mayor’s Explanation Mayor Lucas, explaining the city mmission’s stand, said that Prof. Bass, of the University of Minnesota, valued the water company’s plant at about $195,000; Mr. Wolf, of St. Paul, an engineer employed by the city valued it at about $189,000; Engineer Stratton, at about $200,000; T. R. At- kinson, city engineer. $225,000, and| Engineer Morris, of the commissioii, valued it at $225,000 to which he add- ed $40000 or $50,000 for working capi- tal and good will. Morris’ valuation; was ‘less'thaftthat of the railroad commission, ‘which was $446,000. i F. O. Hellstrom did not agree that the city’s proposal was the right step. He said there were three steps to he taken, first, a referendum vote to find out if the people of the city really want to own the water plant; second, appoint a competent commission vr committee to ascertain the value, and third, to discover how the city could acquire it or dispossess the company. He said that as a result of the ril-| ing against the city in the condemna- tion suit the only way the city may get the present plant is for the com- pany to voluntarily relinquish it. The other way was for the city to build 1} new plant. He said it v | have two sets of mains in the city He deelared the city commission; should make no move until it had ob- tained authority. Mayor Lucas said the city was act-j ing on petitions of 2;200 signers ask- | ing for a city-owned water plant. Wants Offer Saved Hellstrom said that the city/ should | take some action to bind the wate” company to its offer of arbitration. If the railroad commisison is upheld, in the courts the company may with- draw its proposal, he said. Hellstrom | called attention to the order of the | railroad commisison that the company install a costly filtration plant and make other improvements, saying the “TAKES PICTURE THROU GH GOLD BY EDWARD } THIERRY, CHICAGO, Nov. Did you ever see a sheet of gold so thin that it cost a dollar in labor to meke thin, cent as gold. thin that you can take graph through it? Gene Cour, Chicago photo- grapher who takes movies for Kinogram, conceived the idea ot photographing through gold. He put a sheet of it over hus cz lens and snapped this’ picture M Mae Rasens. Take a look | at it. It’s gold leaf, the kind you see on monogrammed stationery, bu | book edges, on signs and on domes of buildings. ‘The man who pounded the gold so thin is Edward S. Da oldest gold beater in Amer IRGES SALE OF PRODUCTS FOR MD 1 BANS. © t worth only one a sheet of gold so a photo- State Examiner Says Each Com-! munity Is Resnonsible for Keeping Up Reserves Lofthus, state bank examiner, ‘oday issued the following statement: “A bank is a necessity to a com- munity and if, pro managed is of great service. The closing of a vank ut this time is not necessarily iia ‘esult of misimanagement put may be} he res'Ut of eonditions past and pres: | ant. While we make the grade it will ielp much to have the undivided co-, dperation of all and depos issist by ch i ng deposits ur vatrons should at least o keep up’ the pec r their banks at this time., Jt rach locality. to see that banks ha legal and necess: ditions are abnormal and bec that Correspondent Panks are in like and are unable to meet the required of them.. The trouble jonal not local only anid all should give gid freely and uns ly. In that way we may weather the storm with the least possible num! ents, mers State Billings county terday, the MERCHANTS WHO SELL EXTRACTS ARE CHECKED A check is being made of merchants in many communities in the state w ho are selling an abnormally amount of flavoring e: ing alcohol, according to W. federal prohibition director. “Evidence of sales of gallons of ex- ry where the merchants formerly sold ounces, is now ij the authoritie: He conde who are thus profiting as “a greater menace to. society than the whis runners who traffic in r al booze. ary reserve. Con- of Pei- ot Brotherhood of [3 Engineers Start Sale Hane Cleveland, 0., No hood of Locomotive En operative bank, which opened here r cently. closed its first week's business with 70% savings and checking ac- counts and ‘deposits of more than | $200,000, according to Warren S. Stone president of the bank and grand chief of the brotherhood. city would have to do the same if it took over the plant. r “So war as I know.” Mr. id. “this is the first co-ope nercial bank in the United In reply to a question Mayor Lucas | | c0) said that if the city made assessments al! to pay the cost it would oe be nec- | banks in Europe. essary to call an election, bit that if) bank in this count the city issued bonds, it would be| Capital of the new necessary to have an election. $000,000, with a pai “Perhaps I do not understand the | $100.000. Stock is owned exclusively motive of this offer,” Hellstrom said, by the brotherhood and membe: addressing Mayor Lucas. “Is it an-and.was largely oversubscribed. Ot- offer leading’ up to arbitration?” fi (Continued on Page Seven) the officers of the trotherhood. | igh there are 55,900 co-oper: ative It is the first labor institution is surplus of RASENS has just finished 50 y sam j able today by the me met the days when King temple was given a “wall-paper.” The sheet of gol which the photograph is one - three - hundred- an inch thick, so filmy of ct that gold beating ears at the done thods as in Solomon's oat of gold id through was taken thousandth it will vanish if you rab it between your fingers. First it is rol four-thousandth of an and then pounded. pound hammer at the blows a minute for The thin gold plat hammer are enclosed subs ce that will star of 480 oxer iNew York, Nov. grant women coming tq ca aud there are i of them a da tor nts. seven hour are not led to one- inch thick with a 17 rate of 120 under the in the jonly nd such ter- a pouch made of" the 1. 23.—Immi- Ameri- ‘ubobt 3000 jooking Frederick chief immigration ofti- cér, tried for four wee 6 to get one of the girls to take a job as domestic in his home. ed the place to close women, None would WORLD REC He otffer- to 100,000 take it. ORD ATM OF FLYERS IN AIR CONTEST Army Pilots Pick United States | Entry to Bring Home the Pulitzer Cu Mineola, N. Y by the promise of new records, airplane enthu ut Mitchell field today of the trial events for trophy race Thanksgivin: rated as the speediest 22.—Attra p acted world flying sts gathered for the first the Pulitzer Planes | in the world g day. were entered in the preliming Army uir service pilots predicted | that their pet machine, uw 600-hors power plane which was the entry of the United States in the don Bennett races ¢ France, would eclipse t miles an hour, at Lieut. C. C. Mosely the pilot. The air servic into the air at Etampe: Rudolph Schroeder as mechanical defect cut i cont The course for the tria is one pile i) James Gor- it Etampes, he record of tained e entry went s with Capt. pilot but a t out of the 1 flights here meter, HARDING GETS NOISY WELCOME | Colon ama, Noy. 2: Harding, President-Elec States, arrived at Christ clock on board th mina. He wa by the craft an to a ho Panama proached vacation voyage he was reless messages invitin the guest of honor at a public functions during visit to the nal zone. bons he will be comp steamer, Paris in the harbor. Mr. 23,- Warren G, of the United ; obal at™9 o’- oisy welcome Hard- tel. ap- ederaay on his flooded with | ng him to be long list of his five-d. Most in pelled to de. in s - — W EATHER REPORT! i For twenty-four hours en Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday Lowest last night . Precipitation Highest wind velocit Forecast For North Dakota: temperature. ding at noon, November 23. Temperature at 7 a.m. . 297 None 14-SE Fair tonight * i men there. | yas selected a3 | CITY ICERINK SITE SELECTED BY ENGINEERS, City Will Furnish Water for! | Flooding Under Supervision | _ of Engineers { | { { | WANT SOUTH SIDE RINK ; Would Like Sugbestio is, and Also Want Shed to Be Placed at Main Rink S An ice skating rink for boys anc ; Siris, men and women will be con {structed in Bisniarck. ! This definite announcement wae {made ‘today by the Engineers’ i Which has fathered the project. The rink will be located in the block between Mandan avenue and hington avenue on the north side ,of Avenue C. It will he approximate- ily 190 feet in width and 490 t long , Repeated flooding will rease Uy vidth to about 150 feet, expect: club "he city commisison will clear the jer and furnish the water and men jto food it. It is expected Boy Scouts | keep the place clear of snow. The ineers would like to have some- one offer a shed to be placed at the rink. | The engineers feel that there alsc | Should be an ice rink on the south side. .The engineers have been un- (able to find a suitable place and wish that someone on the south side would point out or offer a suitable site. The engineers announcement today said: | “About six weeks ago the engineers ;club had informed the citizens of Bis- ma that they had formed a skat- ing rink committee; that they were j sing to procure, it pi ble a rink large enough to accommodate the older well as the younger people. | Quite a few public spirited Zen vessed themselves that a large rink was out of the question; that two or three smaller ones, similar to those of last year were good enough, but {not so with the engineers—they were after larger game. Committee Named “The . engineers’ committee was | composed “ol F, H. Peters and F. W. Bortell, with B. H. Tong, of the city engineer's office, as chairman, | “The committee at first decided-that {the location was to bé Buch that wa: ter could be poured without too much jexpense. East side or west side of |town mattered little, 2s the chairman suid last night in an interview with several of the city commissioners, ‘when I was a kid I would walk three or four miles to skate and regard- less of location we want a rink large enough to keep our boys and girls away from the river.’ “The Town Criers’ committee with C. F. Bolt as chairman very generous- lly offered their help and suggested a few probable locations and methods of financing the proposition. | Call for Sites “The Commercial club issued a call to the citizens to send in locations of | lots ch would be available. One person responded with one location. “The engineers decided upon a lo- cation, interviewed the owners of the porperty, securing their consent, ana {made a small topographic plat show- jing the size of the rink and its pos: sible size after several floodings. They also computed the amount of water {which would be required. | “As the matter now stands the rink {will be located in the block between | Mandan ave. and Washington ave. and ‘on the north side of Ave. C. It will be pproximately 100 feet in width and 400 feet long. Repeated flooding will increase the width to about 150 feet. City to Clear It “The city commission will clear the tract and furnish the water and the to flood it. | “It is understood that Rev. Postleth- ite as Boy it Master will see that the boy scouts keep the Yink fr from snow. This will require some work. The snow must be cleared off |the entire ice sheet and no water should be put on until the snow has been entirely removed. “There is yet some work which ‘should be done. A shelter should be | provided which could be kept warm, lto serve asa place where skates could ‘be put on afd removed. An old gar- (Pee would be 0. K. “R. F. Jager, city fire chief, has! | pro’ ad to move the shed to the | j rink. i “Has some one a building which !eenld he used for this purpose? | “If so notify B. Ht, Tong | at the; | City Engineer's office, or J. E. Kaul-} | fuss, jot the State. Highw: commis- | sion.” BETTER C LOTHES AT LOWER COST! inneapolis, Nov, 23.—There tbe silk in the wash ties and wool in the woolen suits young men buy next | spring, and the price may even be cheaper than figures paid for this winter’s. offerings according to repre-| sentatives of clothing manufacturers .;Who have displays here this we: the buying convention of the United} National Clothie RECALL ELECTION IN DUN) The recall election instituted against | C. M. Pugh, anti-Townley commission- | jer in Dunn county, will be held on De- jcember 27, Petitions for the recall election were circulated because the independents have a majority of two to one on the board of county commis- sioners. Senator A. A. Liederbach, Nonpartisan, is understood to have circulated the petitions against Pugh, li js and directors of the bank are jand Wednesday; not much change in /using as an excuse that he was derelict in road construction. i wil] Mobile mechanics and clerical workers. There is also training for men who} and in the event of a member being | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST. EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS: _|OVER 30, 000 TURKEYS ARE SHIPPED FROM BISMARCK TO EASTERN MARKETS Local House Gathers Them From North Dakota for Eastern Tables—Plenty Left for Bismarck Tables; in New York Shows an Increase Price \ Between 30,000 and 40,000 tur- keys shipped from Bismarck will spend a brief period Thanksgiving | other of a four-cent drop in pri diy on the tables of eastern peo- The drop resulted from an over- ple. loaded market with not enough ‘And there will be plenty of tur- | time to reach the eastern Thanks- keys left for Bismarck people, giving market. according to Carl Nelson, manager Retail prices which vary all the of the Northern Produce company. way from 25 to 45 cents per “Bismarck is just a drop in the pound remained stationary. bucket in our turkey business,” day with the announcement of one firm that it had temporarily ceased buying and announcement of an- NEW YORK PRIC » said Mr. Nelson. “Most of them Ss are shipped to Chicago and other New York, Noy. 23.—New York- eastern markets. Our December ers who expressed their annual receipts are heavier than last thanks today through the official '; the wholesale price in Chi- is about the same as last year, around 50 cents a pound.” medium of turkey will have to pay five to seven cents a pound more than last year. The turkeys shipped out of Bis- Mrs. Lou Reed Welzmiller, marck come from country homes deputy. commissioner of public in all counties in the western part markets, said today the prevail- of the state. ing wholesale price was 52 to 54 cents a pound. Cranberries, the junior partner Fargo, Noy, 23.—The wholesale ; onthe Thanksgiving menu, are re- turkey market took a drop here to- | tailing at 20 cents a pound. SENATOR FALL ‘n0 ‘COMMUNISTS IN ENTER MEXIOO |: CACRETPARTY PROMOTE AIMS Mexico C border consuls~ structed by the foreigy | Federal Government Discovers Operations of the “Under- ground Party FARGO MARKET <ican in- vise the passports of United States Senator Albert V. Fall, of New M who announced a few days ago he intended to attend the inauguration of General Al- vero Obregon as president of Mexic Tis order disregards the action taken on Saturday by Roberts Pasquaira, Mexican, Mex- ican confidential agent in Wash- ington, who instructed Mexican consuls not to vise any passports presented by senator Fall. LAUNCH BOOMS has ever seen is now believed ‘to he lonerating, according to Edward J. ‘Brennan, devision superintendent of the Bureau of Investigation of the pal ; Department of Justice here. |. It iCHICAGO HEADS LIST | Has Largest Memherchip in Or- ganization of Any City in Nation ) appears,” he said, “that the ‘Victor Anderson and D. E. Ship- | members or a great majority of them | of the Communist party have gone ley are Suggested by Independents... .; that seems to, be,maintaining.a secrecy never before attempted by an ‘Amer- ican ra adical organization. Meet in Secret “These people appear to be hold- ,.| {ng meetings with the utmost secrecy thar woela a career Cee ae nde with which they can surround them. fs are | Names used appear fictitious. men dents or Giticates for, <ipeaker| The Russian element which formei proposed candidates of the independ- ents are Victor J. Anderson, of Bur-| jeety coun! and D. E. Shipley, ot the new secret organization. , Both Anderson and Shipley were’ Literature is frequently distributed elected as farmer candidates and they| Without any indication as to where are personal. friends. Neither has an-|it comes from. In order to escape | nounced his candidacy, but friends detection, it appears that the party have started the boom. Both are| members take unusual precautions. , leaders in the Farmers Union The members are known among them- Anderson, whose home is in Still, | Selves and literature is passed around Burleigh county, has been a consist-|améng them, sometimes by messenger. ent opponent of the Nonpartisan When mailed, we know that it is gone league, but has been a leader in} in small quantities, three or four let- movements to organize the farmer! ters or packages in a box in one cor- through the Farmers Union. Shipley; ner of a city and three or four in a has been active in the Farmers Union, , box in another section. serving as the state head, and is said{| Chicago Membership Large to be an excellent parliamentarian. | “The party has its largest member: His home city is Dickinson. [ship in Chicago and New York, While independents in the western Chicago meetings have been made ex- part of the state have suggested tra difficult by the Ilinois law which | these two men, many Nonpartisan forbids renting property to an out- leaguers have been booming Walter} jaw organization of this character. Maddock, of Mountrail county, as the ; Property owners who become ‘uspi- NAL cud a erect oe cious often call us to make sure on io: Bouse acco: ‘as this point. L. L. Stair in the league caucus by) “si ys my individual conviction that only mice votes when Stair yas elect” the United Communist part ag! old | level ‘i ea ions of this nature are unlawt Meved that tock mead they advocate the overthrow of will plek Aatdg Sie iene government by force and violence. | “The original communi party | wwhten was organized here a year ago. ook a stand against participating in lections. This it held to be of no! juse and it urged a Bolshevik pro-! MADDOCK BY N. P. LEAGUE ist party appears to be in control and to have the bulk of membership of TRAINS : MEN. FOR gram. I have no knowledge mysel! |of literature being recently distributed al surging taking part in the presi patches ‘trom the east at the time, but /if this was the case, it was in line | Camp Funston, | hig | With what the party appears to stant nls of | for. big cantonment young men received their trainina, be- | Send Out Literature “It will be recalled that pamphlets, nz the| fore going to France uri : or! r, is today humming with a} H literature and circular lette were, variety of activities that would make sent out broadcast to members of the the erstwhile doughboy artille Communist party and that lecturers | men and machine gunn blink wita! gav in ructions at their meetings jamazement. Today Camp Funston is, that if at any time a member was in- ; not only training men to be soldiers, terviewed or attempted to be inter- | but it is also training them to be! viewed by any person, particularly by ‘farmers, electrician, carpenters, auto- a federal or state officer, to answey no questions and tell them nothing, vant to learn to operate moving Pic-| arrested, to say nothing. and that “as bare i tite farming | 800" #8 possible he would be provided ! farm where _ scientific a 4 vith a defense. and dairying methods are taught is) pen ee eee in the teas Part ree Ha at Camp fun’| John Jassinskas and J. Juodis before ston ¥ large ‘ : cattle has been bought by the military wiles Pan ie \ authorities. The government dairy | re working. ted ay ing basis. SEMEN | zourte ek 21 2 wng| EMPEROR PLANS in the morning and do school w ork in| the afternoon, attendance at the} TO MOVE HOME? over to a United Communist party , the backbone of the original Commun- | : ‘week disclosou | school is voluntary, except in the case | — c oes] of illiterate soldiers, who are re-| The Hague, Nov. 23.—Former Em- quired to attend grammar school. | peror William of Germany could go to There is also a high school course.| Corfu only with the consent of the Those soldiers who do not choose to; attend school are given muitary train- ing in the afternoon. More liberty is of course, allowed | the soldiers than was possible when | every effort was being made to pre: | pare men for the battle front. allied powers, the 4 Press was informed at the foreign office to- day. This information was elicited by an inquiry relative to reports that | the former emperor's villa on the is- land of Corfu was being repaired and that he was expected to go there soon. PATROLS GUARD DUBLIN ROADS; ENTER HOUSES Fear Sparks of Great Outburst | Being Kindled by Events . of Day $ |ARE DESERTED Idiers Searching for Persons Responsible for Murders of Officers 5 Sunday in Dublin yesterday Mette five | Persons. During the morning one of the sentries at the castle was attacked_ by armed men. The | sentry fined, killing three of the ! party. Two other deaths oceurred during raids: which were carried out during the day, Dublin, Nov. 23.—Strong military patrols manned every’ bridge and road running out of Dublin last night. liven persons holding permits were ; not allowed to pass the lines drawn |through the outskirts of the city, Re- ports indicated that virtually the | whole military establishment — in this district was employed in main- taining this cordon. The strict guard made absolute the paralysis of traftic in ard out of Dublin which was _be- {gun when orders was issued on Sun- day suspending all railroad service. Teantime soldiers were conducting res of raids. Reports reaching newspapers showed that all classes end types of residences and other premises were being searched from ear the morning this work went ee and reports came in quick suc- {cession of scores of raids which were attended by more than the usu- 'al amount of incidental clashes. ; It seemed certain that many cas- jualties had marked the day. ; The thoroughness with which the cordon about the city was drawn and ‘raids conducted led those in close ‘touch with the situation to believe __{ the military parties were seeking the lerrest of parties responsible for mur- der of 14 officers Sunday. \ i Streets Deserted | Streets in the downtown, section of | Dublin were peopled early in the evening by small knots of citizens dis- cussing the situation’ and expressing fear, that the reign of terror had not jended. As a consequence of the advancement of the curfew hour to 10 oclock, however, the crowds soon }dwiniied :and aclittle after 9:o'ciogk there were few on the streeta. An atmosphére of distrust and suspicion was noticeable orf every hand yesterday and last night. Pedes- | (rians and hotel loungers refused to xpress any opinion as to possible jexpiese any, ot Sunday’s tragic | events. Above all no one would give ary indication as to his personal | sympathies. It was universally jagreed, however, that, the situation wes most delicate and that the sparks |which might produce the long-expect- ed conflagration was momentarily ex- pected, In general the life of Dublin is apparently unaffected. Streetcars were running today, nearly all shops were ‘open and theaters and amusement j houses were doing business. Forces engaged in searching resi- dences and business places were ac- companied by armored cars, which carried machine guns. i WERE STAM TAMPEDED | Dublin, Noy. 2 rown ~ forces, | which went to Croke park on Sun- |day afternoon in an effort to arrest alleged gunmen, were fired upon by i ckets and as ayresult of the fighting the crowd inside the park stam- |peded, said a statement issued at | Dublin castle late last night in ref- ‘erence to the incident at the park. CREAMERY BURNED | London, Nov. 23.—A creamery at Dharrow near Nenagh, county Tipper- Ireland, was burned this morn- ing, alleged by uniform men, says,.a Central News dispatch. Police and military officers searched residences and the courthouse at Nenagh and ar- jrested two officers, it is said. DISAPPROVED GOVERNMENT | London, Nov, 23.—Disapproval of | the. present system of government in | Ireland was expyessed in a letter written by Leonard Wilde, who was be and killed in the Gresham hotel, Dublin, Sunday. which was received ‘by Arthur Henderson, labor leader in jthe house of commons, today. Wilde asked for Mr. Henderson's advice as !to “the best method of consecrating | my life” to the cause of real democ- {racy in Ireland. | Wilde wrote that his observation jhad led him to believe “Treland never could be coerced.” |KOSITZKY ASKS “OFFICE PROBE An examination and report of the | office of Carl Kositzky, state aud tor, will be made before he retires from his office the first week in January. * Mr. Kositzky, who was defeated for re-election, asked the state examiner |to make a special examination of his | office so that he could walk out of office with an officially clean slate. 'N. Y. WOMEN TO SPONSOR BOXING New York. Nov. 23.—Prominent so- 'ciety women in New York headed by | Mrs. Vincent Astor will be patronesses | at boxing bouts in the ball room of a hotel, Dec. 14, it was announced today. The contestants will be members of yecendy organized clubs of wayward Oys. {