The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1920, Page 2

me feaee "47 MILLION : understood,” he continues, “the legis ‘ persisted in, there will be a deficien DEFICIT IN POSTOFFICE Second Largest in History of Service Reports Postmaster Burleson WAR BONUS PAID BIG Opposes Blanket. Increase to Atl; Those in the Postal Service Washington, Dee Operation of the United States postal service for the fiscal r 1920 resulted in a de- ficit of $17,270,482-—the second la: in the history of the servic waster General Burleson show annual report today to the Preside’ in which expenditures of the Post Of- fice Department are placed at $454. 822,609 and revenues at $437,150,212. The oPstmaster General charges Con- gress with direct responsibility for the deficit, explaining that the expendi-! tures included approximately $33,202,- | 600 paid as a war bonus to postal em- ployees and stating that but for thi there would have been a surplus 0) $18,427,917. Mr. Burleson says he d- clined to approve the bonus action of the legislative department, adding that he had offered suggestions of anothe plan for compensation the employee: which would have served the purpose without at the same time giving blanket increase in pay to “thousands who were alxeady amply compensai- ed.” > “Wor reasons than can be readily tive department rejected these sugg tions made by the Postmaster General and hence is directly responsible for the deficit which inevitably followed | the indefensible action. * * * The Postmaster General charges Con- strained to point out that if a prompt haltsis not calléd and such a policy is for the next fiscal year of appro: mately $36,000,000 and the postal es- tablishment will cease to be s porting, as it should be, and vi be- come a constantly increas rden upon the general T ditional pay aggregating $8,103 carrying the mails. This served like- wise to offset increases in postal ser- vice receipts, Mr. Burleson declares. Parcel post revenues, Mr. Burleson esimates, aggregate approximately $150,000,000 or $10,000,000 more than in the previous year. Postage’ ow \gecond class mailings . produced - $25,- 107,841, an increase of more than $9,- 000,000 over 191 (There has been an crease” in the amount of mail handled free by the tal service, Mr. Bur! son decia: adding that “the Tree Mailings of members of Congress and the various establisiiments of thd gov- ernment under the franking privil- eges,” cost in handling and transporta- , tion approximately $9,400,000, The volume of mail of all kinds like- wise has increased, the yport shoys. and Mr. Burleson urgently _ recom- mends the establishment of greater plants, especially in New York and Chicago, where the situations are rep- resented as particularly acute. One- fifth of all of the second class mail matter handled originates in New York City and Mr. Burleson recom- mends the construction there of three great buildings, costmg in the aggre- Bate about $30,000,000 together with a! * tunnel connection between them to ex- ASPIRIN Name “Bayer” on Genuine Warning! Unless you see the name “Bayer” on package or on tablets you are not getting genuine Aspirin pre- | scribed by physicians for twenty-on2 years and proved safe ‘by millions. Take Aspirin only as told in the Bay- up: | NEW ‘YORK—Here you see what a ‘ful. Dr. Julian Bourquet, eminent lig shown looking on while Dr. Leroy is operating on a New York woman to Dr. Bourquet, who has rebuilt dier 5 in America to perform sim ne pedite the handling of mails. He also ecommends the construction of large building in Chicag “| LAWYERS HOLD | ANNUAL BANQUET TOMORROW NIGHT Judges of Supreme Court and Federal Judges Invited as Association’s Guests The amiual banquet of the Burleigh County Bar association will be held tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. The judges of the supreme court will guests and a special invitation has deen extended to Judse Woodrough.of federal court, who is ‘presiding in Hetitee in Gane iia |e ee me is ma o the de- won i ion. of the, Interstate Commerce| _*: # McCurdy, president of the Commission, granting the railwa: county association, will preside. eorge W. Register is vice president | and Benton Baker is secretary of the organization. The banquet will: ‘be held in the McKenzie hotel. i TOWNLEY’S MEN MEN SEEKING FUNDS; ENTER NEBRASKA | i pains eee (Continued from Page 1) 0 ie very high. foimmense -in-| Money for the league or anyone else y he! at the present time. / Western and northern* Nebraska have had’ several ; period and this year the farmers of that commonwealth are harvesting the biggest corn cropein the history of their state. As a result they ‘have (dollars where the northern farmers 3, and the Nonpartisan ‘ rily, must go where they "can realize in’ cash, so they can meet \the enormous payroll of speakers, ov | ganizers, office men, investigators, jmowsPaper men and candidate.” See Propaganda, ~ Some politicians in the TWin Cities” !sce in the statement of Senator Chris / Levang, of North Dakota, that Town- ley is no’ tonger active in North Da- | Kota, propaganda which has two pur- poses. The St. Paul- Pioneer-Press states the, purposes as follows FIRST—Townley’s name is no | longer a vote getter in North Da- kota and the league leaders de- sire the impression to go out that he has been superseded by actual farmer contr SECOND—What is practically an anti-league legislature is com- ing up in North Dakota, and Mr. ‘Townley probably would prefer to_ ‘have any investigating done by that legislature directed at a com- mittee of farmers than at himself. - Lender’s Statement ‘The North Dakota Leader, the of- fiicial paper of the Nonpartisan league, announcing , the series of meetings ‘A crisis is rapidly approaching in | North Dakota, and the league feels ‘that its members and friends should be fully informed regarding jexact — situation. With this in Imind a — series of ~—_—s meetings has been scheduled and jit is planted | |to hold one or more meetings, in ea jcpunty of the state. “It; has been decided that these er package for Colds, Headache, Neu- Sritis, Hhoumatiom, Harache, ‘Tooth. meetings should be conditcted by the ache; ard: ain. Handy |farmers themselves and for this pur- ache; Lumbeo:and for Pain. ‘Mandy |pose State Senator Liederbach of Dunn tin boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of | Aspirin cost few cents. Druggi also sell larger packages. Aspirin i the trade mark of Bayer Manufactur of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylica- cid. XN Do you remember the fight in “The Spoilers” > between Wm. Farnum and Thomas Santschi? We can promise you al- most the impossible, an even better one between “Wm. Hart and Thomas Santschi in “The Cradle of Courage.” Watch for the date’ and. Theatre showing. county, State Senator Church of Ben- inty, State Senator Levang of county, and Stephen Terhorst, secretary of the Republican state cen- |tral committee; all of them league |farmers, have been called upon to con- ‘duct these meetings. Others will be lasked to volunteer, their services for ‘futtire mectings. All four of the men {named are acting as temporary mem- ‘bers of the league stale executive com- imittee, and as a member ctf this com- mittee, each one is in a position to {speak with authority regarding the fcondition as viewed from a league jstandpoint.” 'Rev. Newcomb Aids Destitute Children Supt. G. B. Newc omb of the Society for the Friendless has returned from a second trip from the same point forer the Soo lite mentioned previously in The Tribune where through the aid jof the state’s attorney and the sheriff i i i | and eleven were found living with a father in a shocking manner in an in- habited cow stable, and with next to}: nothing edible to ‘be found on the premises. In order to obtain the children a a j bumper crops during the high yprice ' ‘ the) 9 ‘two little motherless girls ages seven} vl 4 woman Will go through to be beanti- French surgeon and facial specialist, R. Stoddard, American facial surgeon remove. wiinkle from under her the face of many maimed French ¢ol- ilar operations. RN eee Warrant had to be issued and served on the father. At present ‘the little i girls in their new clean frocks are j with private ‘families pending further }disposition in the Juvenile court. |. Welfare workers generally com- ltnend to the public the good work of the Society for the friendless which includes the humane work of the state jand they suggest that as this is the | season of giving~a Chrixtmas check the sociéty would be gratefully ack- | nowledged: | Boing ee EMBARGO ASKED ON GOODS COMING INTO AMERICA \ (Continued tron Page 1) head on cows, not counting interes! and overhead. On the top. of thir lunfortunately, many stockmen are forced to market immature cattle on ithe present market to meet pressing obligations. This\ unprecedented sif- uation calls for immediate govern ‘mental action. “The situation as to sheep bas ney ler been sé bad since~1893. Condi- tions then-were better as wool had a value, though low, and during tha! period it cost very much less to op- | erate. | “At the present, time, fat lambs fare selling for $2 per ‘hundred weight lower than a‘ year age, and with prac- tically no sale for wool it is easy ‘to see where tHe Sheen producers will {land with operating expenses still i Cost to Produce Wool): ( “According to figures issued by the Sheep association, it costs 42% cente per pound to produce wool, and 11 cents per pound -to produce - lambs. Wool, today, will bring’ less thin half its cost. Lambs are worth 9 cents per pound on an average. One year Lagoe breeding ewes were selling at $12 per head notwithstanding bad drouth conditions. Today, with ,the | abundance of feed, there is no demand |for}ewes and they*are not worth to | exceed $7.50 pér head. “One year ago, wool pelts sold at $4 a piece, and today, $2.50. Beef hides, a year ago were worth from 40c to 46c a pound and are selling ; With difficulty at from 6c to 14c¢ per pound. “Present conditions as to wool fafd mutton are brought abdut chief- ly by foreign countries dumping their j surplus Wool ‘and ‘mutton on our mar- j kel causing tremendous logses to our Producers, The trouble began ‘last. April when/frozen mutton began to arrive at Boston. During three months this fall, one*concern-lafhded in New York and Boston 750,000 carcasses of New Zealand lambs and that was only a fraction of what was imported into the country during “the fall months. “The ine exch jis ‘greatly aggravat- ed by the ex¢hange rates for cuf- rency. For instance between ‘the United States and Canada there is afforded a great inducement to Can- adian stockmen to -market their cattle and sheep here. One Canadian ship- per, it is-claimed,, said that he\had made enough of his exchange to pay. the freight- on the shipment which he brought to Chicago. $100 paid to Canadian stockman at Chicago is worth about $112 in Canadian money. Flax Decline “In vespect to flax decline the Unit: ed States does not produce enough for. its own needs and the price of flax today would be above production cost were it not for the heavy importa tions from Argentina. “Other factors enter into the pres- ent demoralized condition of the mar- ket for foreign products, and Idgisla- tion bther than that covering the cus- | toms houses will be needed, fii that | field is covered fully by my: vo bills introduced today—one called for an embargo for a period of one year and the other for permanent duties upon farm products.” AIRPLANE MARK |. Paris. Dec. Sailie fa Cointe broke the wortd’s speed record when he flew an airplane four: kilometers {in 46 seconds, or at the rate of aga & miles per seit i Sell your cream and poultry to our agent, or ship direct to Northern Produce Co., Bis- \ DECEMBER. 13, 1920. WHITE RIBBON WORKERS WON'T END CAMPAIGN [Worker of Women’s Christian; | Temperance Union Explains Purposes~ |TELL ,OF BROAD SCOPE —-- | Speaking onthe subject “What Ne yestefday at the First, Baptist church, Miss Clara Mann, of Fargo. Woman's Chr suid; tield worker fer th: Jnion of North D; “J am often asked, ‘What will the W. C. T. U. do next? Now that s> have constitutional prohibition will tue organization To forecast ‘the future’ one needs toy note its origin and history. It is a Union of Christian temperance wo- men; it wag born in prayer, and its work through the years has been edu- |, cative and constructive. During the early years of the movement such ora- tors as Frances B. Willard, Mary A. Livermore, Clara Hoffman and many | wu BOope: OL total abstinence and prohibition, educating‘ pt)lic senti- ment. Realizing’ that if you would’ ave righteous. laws you must. plant the seed in the hearts of the children, others’ wert over the land_preaching they organized the children into Loyal|. Temperance’ Legions and’ trained chem; secured jn ¢évery state of the Jnion’ laws requiring the teaching of scientific ‘temperance in the public schools; sécured'sthe quarterly tem-/\ perance lesson''in the Sunday gehoo, ind held’ medal declamation contésts, By these and*many other means was aublic sentiment, revolutionized. “Now that ‘we have constitutional prohibition there’ is nb léss; need for} he educational work of the organiza- tion, afd it will go on, following the nethods of. the past, specializing in; work for the young, and developing eaders for the’ mutiye. The organ- zation is spécializing in Chield Wel- ‘are, Social Morality, Christian Citi- cenship, _ Christian Americaniatjon, 3abbath Observance, the war upon the leadly cigaret, and working for Wold Prohibition in 1925. “We may help the cause of enforce- nent of the law in many ways. One very practical, way is to pray for the onforcement ‘officers, who risk their! lives to enforce our laws for us; com-j mend them when they do good work,|! and pet an example before them of re-| aasel for law. When a judze in pun-; ‘shing a convicted law-breaker, asses- if THE NEW ELTINGE| BISMARCK] ‘The Theatre Beautiful —— THEATRE Real Comfort; Perfect. Ventilation; = Tonight Tonight Biggest Stars TOM: MIX Pipe Organ; Tonight and Tomorrow \ ; The Star of Stars é ‘The Daredevil of the Sereen in ad ~ Pes i 6 ; ” a ee ‘Fame and Fortune —IN— / A Big Western Feature with ‘Speedy Action and Real Thrills | And’a two reel Christie Comedy shortly disband?’ |. Al iask: WEDNESDAY BY LORRY JACOBS, N. E. A, Staff Correspondent. iNew York, Dec, 13:—Acting Com- missioner of Immigration Ferderick A. Wallis has discovered in opera- tion the gy eagest™ stowaway syndicate ever known. )And it is his belief that since the ban of immigration dur- ing the war hundred& of dangerous foreigners have smuggled their way into* this gountry through two chan- Lels—as stowaways and as sallors on vessels coming into New York. Plenty of Eviderice “The most alarmingNevidence of its operation came, recently with the trip made to this “country by the ship.) Président Wilson. \ Starting from Greece, the officers $f the ship dis-| covered 16° stowaways. > “ They were put ofat the first port where the vessel stopped. Before the ship was well unde: way, however, 18 more were discovered. These, were put off at the next port. When the hoat was nearing New York harbor | two stowaways jumped overboard. The hody of one was/found and the | other managed to\reach one of the} islands in the harbor‘ Pay Members, of Crews + ses merely a petty fine. that means nothing to the culprit, ‘write him a tetter and Call his attention to the fact that lie is trifling with the wishes of] the great majority of the citiens of our country, as expressed in their overwhelming vote for constitutignat | nrohivition, and— if mécessary remind him’ that'such téffling will be remem-; beted on electlan day: Judges and | officials. are, seniitive to. “Public pole: ( TOO LATE 70 OLASSIFY fea, Sanaa FOR RENT—A foor-room flat wit bath and sleeping porch. Call at ee Mannion Ave. after 2 o'clock ; 12-13-2t. ror SALE—Good Monarch steel range. Apply Bismarck Gas Co” | : 12-13-3t. FOR SALE—White enameled baby scale. Also fumed oak dining room set and Vernis Martin, bed with mat- | tress. 16 Ave. B. West, mornings. 12-13-1Wk | FOR ~TRADE — Four used auto- mobiles, 120 acres.of land near \ Goodrich. Write, Box 481, Bis marck. wn 12-13-1wk. FOR RENT—Bedroom and _ parlor iv modern’ house. 'Phoné 262-L. 12-13-3t. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CAPABLE - ALL ' AROUND—General merchandise salesman wants posi- tion as salesmah or storé manager. Married, clean reputation. Speaks German and can invest. Confidential — Address No. im, Tribune. > MARKETS | Ge een WHEAT RISES Chicago, Dec: 13.—After a depress. ed start today wheat prices rose. Op- ning prices which ranged from 1 to 3:cefits lower were followed by sharp ,advance to well above Satur- day's finish. Prices: closed fitm,,2 I-4 to 3 3- cents net higher, ‘CHICAGO LIVESTOCK Chicago, Dec. 13.— Hog receipts;! 53,000. Fifteen to 25 cents lower. Cattle receipts, 27,000. Dull. Early steer sales, $10.50. | Sheep receipts, 21,000. Strong to 26 cents higher. SouTH st, PACD LIVESTOCK South St. Paul, Dec. 13.—-Hog re-j ceipts, 13,800. Abowt 25 cents lower. Range, $8.50 to $9.00. _Few lights, $9.10\to $9.15. hogs, $9.00. = Cattle receipts, 5,700. Slow. mostly 25 cents lower. Bulk common and medium steers; | $6.00 to $7.50. Butcher cows and“heifers, “$4.50 to 6,50. Veal 9.00. Stockers and weak. Sheep receipts, 3,500. Strong to 25} cents higher. Bulk good native lambs, $10.00 to $10.25, 12-13-Lwke calves steady. Best lights, feeders, slow -and ‘ BISMARCK GRAIN (Furnished by Russell-Miller Co.) Bismarck, Dec. 13 . 1 dark northern. . 1 amber durum... . 1 mixed durum marck. Write us for prices on cream and poultry.—Northern Produce Co. White Ri ie Rice Pop Corn. Corn. ' 1 lb for} llc and 5 1b8. for 50c. Oscar H. Will & Co. “Phone 163. MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR Minneap Dec. 13.—Flour’ un- changed. ‘ipments, 66,244 barrels. Bran, $26.00 to $28.00. MINNEAPPLIS GRAIN Minneapolis, Dec. 13.—Cash No. 1 northern, $1.67%. i mote stowaways. still her This stowaway told Wallis that the syndicate is in, operation in nearly ‘every port out of which vessels sail | for this country. He sg that the | stowaway pay members of the crew; $40 apiece for keeping quiet pout | them and then smuggle their we int | to“ this country when the, ship«ar- rives. : ‘you~ will go to the President:| : Wildon,”’ said he, “you” will» find 12 | Held for Deportation ©. | , Wallis fotind the 12 and sent them Oo HNis Island td he held for deporta- ion. While there theysent\word tu the “squealer” that his heart woult be cut out when they, ciught him in | Italy. They Will haVe no chince ‘to do this, howéver, for the stowaway | after, a year spent in work at Ellis-| Island is to be given’n chiince to enter this country on parole. “Something must be done to stop, ’ display. “The Tiger’ r Cub’ A Yale of Thrilling Romance. of Daring, of’ Strife, of Love, of Treachery and Sacrifice ini ls os Fields af Willian Farnum BIG STOWAWAY ‘SYNDICATE’ UNCOVERED | WHEN*“SQUEALER” TELLS COMMISSIONER | HOW UNDESIRABLES BRIBE WAY INTO U the stowaway practice.” says Wallis. “A stowaway of this character is the worst sort of immigrant, for nine. timés out pf ten he is\a criminal who’ calnot pbtain a passport.” Cards of Thanks We desire to thank all our friends for their kindness \during the illness Lar: bers attendakce and assistance in conduct- ing the \funeral services. Mrs. Lars Dahl and children. , Given High Office H. L. Reade, fire marshal for North Dakota, was elected a member of the executive board of the fire marshals’ association of North America at the 15th annual convention .of the fire: marshals and _stdte insurance com-! intsstoners at New York city on Déc.| 8-10. This is a, fine recognition fee North Dakota ard especially, for Mr.| Redde, his friends declare; and illus-| trates the high standing of his ability | and authority upon fire’ matters. The | se Z | Belle etebebelelebebobinieb lebletbel beeen bee bbb belobobotode Do not neglect your coal bins because the weather is mild. Play Gur Black Diamond ¥ riends, E AL Carpenter Lumber Co. ~Phone 115 MA so ae “~ AP bh) LINNEA RA A THE _WELLWORTH | 5 and 10c Store Bismarck, No. Dak- \ OUR TOY DISPLAY IS THE LARGEST INT Neyer“have we been imore in re! diness td fulfil _ childish longing, and boys and ~ looking over the Many \new play things, and the favorite toys which are included in these assortments. ‘Parents will take an interest in seeing eyes brighten and faces grow eager as the children explore this “TOYLAND.” _ Ati is gratifying to note the low bi dace throughout our toy rls will X We muclt prefer to give you our prices on toys, and have: you compare same elsewhere before makjng your pur- chase here. Let us give you our prices on the following: Gilbert Toys ‘ Gilbert Krectors Sleds Dolls - Toy Furniture _Iron Toys “Doll Cabs Tinker Toys Games ‘And i in fact everything i in the toy linen We don’t want your order until you get our prices _ our low prices that we-urge you to will gladly give you our prices for comparison. The Wellworth 5 and 10c Store Cee _ “DON’T BLAME THE STORK” > Two Rollicking Reels of Contin- uous Laughter. Aire) le | resentatives ofthe greatest fire insur- death of our husband and father, ;8chool and given by Mr. Weber, of the ahl, and especially to the mem- | Wellworth the Carpenterd’ union for their | Store toys With he Follies Girls” | cénvention included not only state \fire marshals but those insurance ‘commigsioners who are ex-officio fire marshals of Cahada as well and rep- jance commissioners in the country, especially the National Board of Un- derwriters, \ To Give Toys The Salvation) Army hopes to be, able to distribute toys to every pvor child in the city of Bismarck at Christ- mas tide, Toys are being made by.the manual training class of the high store. The Wellworth will meet the needs of about 60 boys and:as many gi#ls. |WHEAT GROWERS _. MEETINGS SET The 0 lowing meetings are sched- uled for the near future in the’inter est of the ‘National Wheat Growers association, according to J. M. Wil- son, organizer. two of Black Diamond Coal, and be ready for the cold weather that is-sure to, come. Mg are so positive of ‘0 elsewhere and we, Morton county ,at Timmer, Dec. 16, 8 p. m.; Solen, Dec. 18, 8 p.m; Fort Rice, Dec. 18, 8 p. m.; Grant county. New Leipzig, Dec. 29, 8p. m.; Elgin, Dec, 21, 1 p. m. safe, put in a loador Coal Makes Warm yz tt tt Tt te E gITY every take delight in { ~ | \ Ea ee , J 2 ae 2