The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 15, 1920, Page 1

i - penses of Northern Pacific for the , BISMARCK NORTH DAKOTA. WED: DAY, DECEMBER 15, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS STATE “FINANCE CORPORATION TO BE FORMED RAILROAD RATE PLEA REFUSED; TO BE APPEALED Commission in Third Action in , Case Turns Down Intra- state Increase PRR FOLLOWS LONG FIGHT Commission Grants 12 1-2 Per Cent Express Rate Boost Railroads operating in North Da- kota are expected to ask the Inter state Commerce commission to in- crease intrastate freight. and passeng- er rates to a par with interstate rates, following the action of the state rail- road commisigopn here late yesterday in denying the increases asked. 1v was announced by B. F. Scandrett, as- sistant general solicitor of the North- ern Pacific at th® start of the public | hearing herg, that such action would be taken if the increase was denied. Similar applications from several states where the increases asked foi were denied are pending in the In-| terstate Commerce commission. At the same time the railroad com mission announced it had granted an increase of 12% per cent on,express rates within the state, excepting on milk and cream, and stated this wa: the increase granted by the Interstat Commerce commission. The express company had asked for an one | of 26.5 per cent. The denial] ‘of the railroad rate in. creases asked for by the same board them. which twice before ordered marks another ‘step in the rate fight which has been car since last August. After a hearing ‘held last August the commission granted the 35 p cent increase on freight rates, 20 per cent increase on passenger rate, but denied the 50 per cent surcharge ask- ed for on Pullman rates. Injungtion Gri ; { The supreme court enjoined in the j increases on the ground that the board liad not conducted its meeting at which the increase order was adopt- ed in accordance with the statutes. The board, which is composed of C. F. Dupuis, Sam Aandahl and Frank ilhollan, again adopted the increass, Milhollan dissenting. The supreme court again halted the action. A new hearing was ord- ered. This hearing was started last week and was concluded poneeday: afternoon, Then the same board which twice voted fer the increase denied it. To Test Law The next step is expected to be an action by the railroa@e in which the extent of the power of thé Interstate Commerce commission over intrastate rates in carrying out the provisions of the Esch-Cummins act. At the hearing yesterday afternoon ‘William Lemke, Attorney-General- elect, as intervener, submitted addi. tional date. A reply was received from the railroads on Lemke’s demand for information, but it was claimed the rajilroads had evaded order to submit information regarding the railroads’ holdings in subsidiary coal and lumber companies. After the conclusion of the hear- ing, the commissioners held an exec- utive session and at 5 p. m. announced they had denied the increase. Motion of Denial The increase was denied on the following motions: Mr. “Dupuis: Mr. Chairman, 1 move that the board of railroad com- missioners deny the carriers’ appli- cation for a 20 per cent increase on the passenger rates, excess baggage and other classes that come under the 20 per cent.increase, and also deny the 35 per cent horizontal; increase in freight rates, also deny the sur- charge on Pullman’ rates, and also the milk and cream rates, based on the following reason: That constru- ing the legislative acts which the carriers are at the present time op erating under to a greater, or less ex- tent it is questionable as to the com: ed mission’s jurisdiction over said rates. ; Mr. Milhollan: I will suggest as ; an amendment that the following be added: For the further reason thai { the rates applied for are unjust and unreasonable and would work irre. parable damage upon the shippers and producers of North Dakota by reason of the fact that it was conclusively shown at the hearing that the ri roads are now earning more than six per cent on the investment.” Dupuis accepted the amendment and a vote was taken. A statement of the operating ex- month of October over the month of September, was given by Mr. Lemke. He said there was a decrease of $182,- 000 in the pay-roll alone. It is said by commission Attaches that a de- crease in the pay-roll of railroads was noted when they emerged from the government guarantee period. “A surplus of employes accumulated | during the period of federal control was disposed of,” said one commission representative. Beyond Lemke’s Request In denying the railroad increases the comnfission went even farther than Mr. Lemke contended for. He had stated that no objection could be offered to an increase of 35 per cent based on the maximum (freight law of the state, which, he said, would put North Dakota rates about on a par vith Minnesota rates. “Railroad com; missioners say that the present rates are about 25 or 30 per cent above the state maximum freight rates as prescribed by law. WAR nee “STADIUM GIRL” O. S. U.’s CLAIMS HE WAS FORCED OUT BY: FOREIGN BOARD ; Shipping Board Gives | Testimony AT _ DISCLOSURES | Says With Consent of President |’ Wilson He Could Tell Story | | HINTS Washington, — Ded. 15—Mem- Ife of the British mission ‘which visited the United States jin 1917.attempted to influence ithe policies of the shipping ; board, William Deftman, first ‘chairman of the board, testified | committee. | Mr, Denman indicate that free from British infinence has more ;to do with his resignation as chair- Columbus, 0., Dec. 15.—Selected by | the university, Headed student pan! a or the gourd than popular yote ‘of students of Onio|ades and occupied places of honor at, MM of the board than pther one, State univer s “The um | various functions staged in connec- thing. nid ‘tion with the stadium movement. In thits connection, the witney “The Stadium Girl” is one of the} that if he could obtain the perm. most popular on the university cam-; gion of President Wilson for the d pus. She is a member of these uni- closure of “certain, pha ses” of ship- ations: San Board, ping. board negotiations “one of the 1s Miss Eloise Fromme, l na, zs been the centrai figure in all | ivities connected with the drive for ! a $1,000,000 fund with which to buiid a mammoth athletic stadium at Ohio Girl,” {State. The drive is now nearing 2! men’s Glee club, Y. W. C. A., Magic ‘sources of interference wtih my ad successful conclus | Mirror, Stroll Pan- Hellente Coun-| ministration as head of the board mi Miss Fromme, who is a senior at, cil and Delta Sorority. ibe disclosed.” nrnr~ wn 8 en { IN SUPPORT OF CILARGE SEEK 10 CLE AR 'NUDE STATUES ; |, Te, aunbort his charge of attents of GIVEN CLOTHES poticies ot the board, ea, wiid that in April 1917, when he was ; i jattempting to organize an adminis jtive board in New York to tur UP DEFICIT OF FALL ELECTION St. Petersburg. Fla., Dee. Visitors at the Florida winter art with th school exhibition found the nude American utes garbed in middie blouses | ‘ ty wi s re Dlaon Recently the thout his knowledge Si Gutuiré, a member of the B: an civ @ censured fsion in this country, was member of the advisory body- shipping foard “on a purely basis”,, he discovered that Connop and ehri the nude art at le the school and made of “Iss p.! lay several figure ad de ee , Final Call Issued to the Inde-' pes Fliadarriee atti auepenied T don’t know how he got on the pendent, Voters of the State | about their necks were labeied: prac aaee all happened between noon “Lynched by the Christian cixic and half past three o'clock one after- ; ‘ noon—but I can tell you how he got b f y Committee league.” oft,” ‘Mr. Denman declared. ieee see FORBIGN ARSON ~ R44 ExtGEE has asked independent voters of tH state to contribute to the fund- whe! following announcement is made: “To The Independent Voters of No Dakota— “The OF WINTER SHOW One big feature of of the Missouri Slope Poultry Association Show tl ‘winter will be the annual grain ex! © bition. The ¢atalogue is just off the ipress and contains a long list of at-; tractive and liberal prizes for displa: of all sorts of corn and grain. The GANG BELIEVED | WORKINGINU.S. One Member of Gang Arrested foint Treasurer now, needs | only $3650.00 more to clean up all of! ha legitimate expenses that have been incurred with the knowledge and con- sent ofthe Joint Campaign commit- in Pennsylvania Said to corn in this part of the state was ee. There are more than twice that jvery good and since corn is gaining many Independent voters who cat! Have Confessed more and more in importance, the afford to contribute $1.00 and who} biked acahs , show this winter ought to be the best! |that it has ever been. Every farmer) who believes in raising nn Should’ plan to have an exhibit. prem- State .o ium list and catalogue may be had State police itor the asking by writing to either the county agent or Frank Milhollan, Secretary of the Association. The date set for jthis show is January 5th, Uniontown, Pa., Dec Fire today destroyed the Fairchance Lumber company plant at)Fairchance with an estimate loss of $50,000. believe it is another act of the gang of incend who have been operat- | ing for the last six months. State polic: id the fire was clever- ly planned, breaking out a short time have not yet done so- We have, there- fore, concluded to ask the public press to give publicity to this appeal from us to the Independent voters to make an effort to get enough money into the hands of the Joint Treasurer, Mr. R. S. Lewis, Fargo, N. D., by December 22 to clean up the entre campaign deficit. If you have not sent in your the Deere and Weber new building on own dollar will you kindly do so et after the night watchman had left for once? If you have sent will you home and when a high wind was, Main and Second street. not take it upon yourself to find fiv» blowing. : a men or women who have not yet Toda fire is the thi irst in the} sent their dollar and get them to give you their dolar snd you send the $5 number bkeing school ho! A man so collected to Mr. R. S. Lewi Do now under arrest has cont d to it at once, not tomor a or next week, starting three of them and state police SERVICE. MEN'S BONUS ATTITUDE Coke region in the last few months, a and everybody will feel better for are searching for h mplices. Christmas. If more money should! d he a member of come in than is needed, it will be used to help to'keep the work goin until after the legislature adjourns. The man si v | an alleged arsoh ring with headquar-j ters ‘at Przemsyl, Hungary. | tee a ’ THE JOINT CAMPA SOMMITTEL FEINERS | THEO. G. NELSON, } ‘ Secretary Independent Voters’ | B. F. SPALDING, | | | | Senator McCumber Says 98 Per Cent Would Claim a Cash Bonus Washington, Dec. 15.—The payment fof cash bonus toforme rser¥ice_ men | was brought prominently to the fron: Chairman Republican Contial | Committee. ' Lloyd-George Gives Father O’-| Flannagan Right to Consult SVEINBJORN JOHNSON, | Cha man . Democratic Central hee | tode nent hearing by the ommntae: a with Arthur, Griffith pita tlnehee. comiuttiee ; on, ihe P. S. The original deficit which was | —— house bill to adjust compensation of at first estimated at $13,000 develop-| London, Dec. 15.—Premier Lloyd; the former soldiers and_ sailors. ed into more than $15,000, and the | Ge reply to the re H Spokesmen for the American Le- fact that it is now nearly wiped; cent reque: Micheal O'’Flanns- | gion estimated that not, more than 50 out shows that there is a splendid $8an, acting president of the Sinn | percent of the men would ask for a feeling among the Independent voters | Fein, that time be accorded in which |cash payment but. Senator Smoot de of the state. to consult with Eamon De Valera and! clared that post cards he had re- aeeeeceee Arthur Griffith, founder of the Fein, and now under stor {of the country ind ated that 98 per) ing the endeavors being made to bring cent of the men would ask for cash. Alberta Coal Mines about a truce in Ireiand. Senator Smoot aud Senator Mc Have Large Output, The premier in his reply informed! Cumber, Republican. North Dakota. h Approx- | Father annagan that fects | said that the cards of which Senator would be afforded him for seeing Ar. | McCumber produced a hgih stack ap- thur Griffith regarding De Valera, th | peared to rep) ent actual view premier wrot 'war veterans. Certificates palable in from the coal fields of Alberta. T he ordinary method of communi- | 20 years. vocational training and farm amount ig half a miHion tons greater > | cations | with America 2 fully ope, home aid or among other forms of than the output of 1918. a had {to you.” | compensation proposed. previously held the record for the Al-| + berta fields. : : Thera H. Sullivan Inspector Richards of the. mines! branch of the provincial government, announces! this estimate is Edmonton, Alta, Dec. 15 imately six and three quarter million tons of domestic bituminous and an thracite coal will be mined thi ' Honor Memory of R. L. Stevenson, | Mandan, Dec. 14.—Thomas H. Sulli- Edinburg, Dec. 1 Robert ‘anig , formerly cretary gf the North | Ste nson’s memory wag, honored in! ‘e up|Dakota Employment association of| his birthplace by the first commem- The total; Fargo, who resigned that post last) orative dinner of the’ R. L, Stevenson} ‘lds from Jan- spring to become secretary of the{Clud held today in this city. uary 1 to October 31 amounted to 5.) Mandan Commercial club at Manda Dr, Edmund Gosse, to whom Stev- 330090 tons, a recosd fos that period.,N. D., is reported to be s asly ill) enson’s latest letter, an unfinished Beciuse of a good market for the|in the Mandan hospital. jore, from ailima -was addresset, ition of Alberta coal in the| Mr. Sullivan's health has been poor | said that he “did not believe Stev districts, Inspector Richards for the past year. He submitted to ani enson’ had 20 real friends; yet hoj{ forecasts a total production of 7,000,-| operation in Fargo last summer. It| was thé incarnation of friendship, one; 000 tons for the province by the end of| failed to give him the releif ex- the ‘pected i H assumption that the mainder of the ye to that off prev’ outpnt in the Alb most beloved of natures.” Former Head of United States’ | today before the special house his in-! |sistence that the shipping board be! | CHRISTMAS SPIRIT OF GIVING ALREADY IN EVIDENCEIN CITY, There'll be ‘plenty of people to enjoy the Christmas t of giving. spi Salvation Army, however, indicates. that the task of providing bit of Christmas y the. 4 | is not large. i of the Salvation rmy now. This brs may he increased to about 60. Though Capt. Huffman, of the Sal- ‘vation Army, has made no direct ap- \peal to the people of the etiy, he ha jlaid the situation before the people so} jthat they may respond if they desire. |And the-response thus far has been large. More than $100 has been given to IRISH MAKE AN APPEAL FOR AID London, Dee. 15- O'CatHagahn, of Cork, cable message jto the Irish Amer- dcans of the United States urging them to organize a relief tund for Ireland, says a Cork dispatch to- day, The Lord mayor has appealed to the American Red Cross to send a contingent to Cork speedily, the dispatch adds. JUDGE YOUNG IS NAMED HEAD OF _ RELIEF COUNCIL ;Campaign for Funds to Relieve Millions in Europe Goes | Ahead Rapidly Lord Mayor has sent a p10 PREPARE THE WAY Judge N. C. Young, Fargo who has “heen appointed North Dakota state Chairman for the European Reliet Council’s $33,000,000 campaign is rap- ‘idly completing the. state organiza- {tion that will participate in the nation’s |great humanitarian effort: to save the Jeet 3,500,000 underfed children of central and eastern Europe from starvation. !'The North Dakota — organization through its leaders and committees {under Mr. Young will take charge of {bringing before the citizens of the ‘| state the vital work that is being car- j ried on by the Council of’ which Her- bert Hoover is chairman. This work cofsists of keeping the | millions of undernourished children of Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Austria and Germany alive through the famine that has descended, upon that sec tion of Europe. According to reports pouring in from the Relief workers | in Europe and from other and dlsin- ‘terested agencies, hunger threater to wipe out an entire European gen- eration during the coming eight months unless immediate relief is giv- ‘en. This relief is being given by the oover organization today which maintains food kitchens in all the r, 6th and 7th, 1921, and will be held in Jarge central and eastern Europe cl- office in the ties. Millions of children are de-! pendent upon the goup and fats bounty of the Hoover kitchens for their very jlives. This is particylarly true in | Poland and Vienna where the situa~! ition has hecome so drastic that the mortality rate is far ahead of the! , birth rate today. | America's part in preventing the ‘slaughter of the European innocents through hunger and preventable di- seases is entirely dependent upon the response its citizens make to the ap: ! j peal issued by Mr. Hoover. The sum "of $33,000,000 has amount necessary to carry on the work of the food kitchens and chil- :dren relief until the next crops ; harvested in the stricken sections of Europe. The North Dakota organi pare the way for the state's ibution toward the campaign. Th contribution will be the result of col- lections carried on in the churches, ‘ theater: IL public places ane | through tions, women's and men’s et The appeal issued for ation wih | the relief of Europe’s starving children has the backing of eight of the larg- st charitable organizations in the | United States, which have united with i ed from individuals,in all parts the European Relief council for this | emergency. They are the American ; Relief administration, the American Red Cro the American Friend's Service committee, the Federal coun- cil of the Churches of Christ in Amer- jica, the Jewish Joint Distribution of|committce, the Knights of Columbus, | have ithe Y. M. ‘ELECTORS ‘MEET HERE IN JANUARY Presidential electors in North Da- kota, chosen at the recent election, \will meet here on the second Mon- ay in January to formally cast their ballots and to, designate one member | j to car it to Washington. The Re- publican electors chosen are P. M- ; Cole, L. Garden, L. F. Heaton, P- | R. Trubshaw and the Y. W. C. A STRIK MEXICO j Mexico City, Dec, 15.—The Telegra- | phers and Station agents on the Na- itional Rail s have ordered an im- of\the truest souls and “one of the, mediate strike which it is feared will| Total los: | paralize traffic. chance for \ The preliminary survey of the city | cheer for everyone | There | are about 45 local | families on the listy! heen fixed as tha’ and Edward Hoverson. | the Army's Christmas fund, including | $35 received in the kettle which was }at the corner of Main and Fourth streets last Saturday. The total ex- | pense is estimated at about $500. army call for a celebration on Thur: Dec. 23, in the citadel on West, reet. The Salvation Army Sun-| day Se hool will give a program and gifts of toys, candies and useful ar- ticles will bé distributed. There will be a large Chris tree | One man y asked to be permitted to furnish all the milk that! ‘will go in the Christmas’ baskets | which will be distributed to families | pf the ctiy on Friday, Dee. 24. | Plans. tor a Christmas community | celebration are being worked out by the special conynittee of the Town} Criers club, and church and other or- ganizations are busily engaged in malting plans. { ‘AMERICA’S ADD AGAINST OPIUM. — WILLBESOUGHT, Assembly ; The plans of the Christmas | night, ' League of “Nations ‘Takes up Recommendations for the Project ' | POIN TO CHIN S EFFORTS| pei ! Proposal that the j jleague of nations assume the duties | | which heretofore have developed upon | Holland under the international opium | convention regulating traffic in the drugs was: taken up. fy the assembly ‘ |today. The committee. investigating | ‘the subject recommended that the ceretariat of the; league collect in-) formation from the itterested coun-} and the subject be further in-! gated by an advisory committee luding the representatives of the | countries especially concerned—Hol- land, Great Britain, France, India, Ja- pan, Chi Portugal. |. The mittee report mentioned | the difficulty resulting from the ab. sence of the United States and Ger- many from, thg league and suggested that if these governments would not ‘forward their information to the ‘Jeague they might continue to com-! municate with Holland on the sub- i Geneva, Dec. 1. ' During the dis¢issiow pr Welling- ton Koo, of the Chinese delegation, | said that efforts had been made by, China during more than a century to! 5 the opium\habit. He recog- nized, he said, the great debt of gral tude China owed the United States for Americ aid in this work. He was particularly pleased, he said, that the | committee had decided the United | States should be especially invited to send a representative to meet with the ; advisory committee. li TREAT OF FARGO | | GETS NEW HONOR) Fargo, Dei. 15-~Another Masonic! honor has come,to J. Frank Treat of! Wargo, former imperial potentate of the Shrine of; North America. At the assembly of St. George's ' conclave in Daluth, Minn., on Dec. 11 Treat was elected to the highe: st jC ve, that of most puessant sove! a A | The jurisdiction compeises three states, Minnesota, North and South Jakota which have a membership in, the conclave of 50. Forty-two mem- re in attendance, Dakota has three member: jin St. George's conclave, as follows: Frank Sprague, of Grafton, and J Frank ‘Treat of Fargo, active mem- and H. C. Plumley of Fargo. | | bers w North | bers , honorary member. ‘Mr. Treat held the office of most excellent viceroy during the past; year. ‘LIBEL CASE GOES 'TO FEBRUARY TERM |. The libel case e aganist J. W. Brintor: has been carried over to the February ‘term of court, Judge J. A. Coley ha {ing approved the petition of Attorne) General anger that this action be, taken. J. W. Brinton, defendent, who} | was Sn in court, concurred in the oe |CZECHO-SLAVS [fe | UNDER DICTATORS, London, Dec “military dic jtorship has been imposed in some of the industrial districts Czecho-Slové kia but a prole {been established in sev icording to a Central ‘from Vienna today. occurred in $, ac | s dispatch | Many alties conflicts at some} pon: ‘GREEK ROYALISTS | ON WAY TO HOMES, Former King Con-; 1 here early; th their children arri |this morning from Lucerne, [FIRE THREATENS | MILLION LOSS) | gt. Louis, Dec. 15——Fire broke ont} jin the plant of the Helmbacher Forge | and Rolling Mill company at Madison, {TIL, near here, today and firemen y ltually he of saving it. i id, is expected; to exceed $1,000,000. | North Dakota, ‘that is outlined, ‘criti ' Highe ; Lowest stantine and Queen Sophie, of Greece, | day. CLEARING HOUSE FOR SECURITIES IS STATE PLAN New Organization with $1,000,- 000 Capital May Become Permanent TO EMPLOY EXPERT HEAD New Plan Under Bankers Asso- ciation to Handle Loans on a Big Scale (Special to the ' Tribune) / Fargo, N. D.—Organization of | North Dakota finance corpora- tion, with capital of a million dollars for purpose of market- ‘ing North Dakota securities was decided upon at meeting in Far- go yesterday of finance commit- tee of North Dakota Bankers | association. The co-operation will be launched as result of the decision of bankers to | pool their urces in such manner as to bring additional money into According to the plan every member bank jof the North Dakota Bankers’ a tion Will be invited to take The capital stock ng apportioned on basis tthe capital stock surplus and generay condition of the bank to which it is offered. The minimum that y be taken is five hundred and the maximum $5,000, The details of corporation plan will be worked out by a special commit- tee consisting of George Hollister, of Fargo; Ed Pierce, of Sheldon; E. J | Weiser, of Fargo; J Niering, of Jamestown; F. W. ‘0, of Bis- marck; H. P. Beckwith, of Fargo, and W. C. McFadden, of Fargo. Bond Men at Head prporation will be operated in on with the North Dakota association, and will be eae ed in the hands of the most expert ‘bond men the organization can obtain. The corporation will) negotiate war- rants and mortgages and issue de- bentares against them. It is the he- lief of sponsors of the corporation jthat it wil! become a permanent part jo the financial structure of North | Dakota. Not Competitive “The corporation will not be com- itive with other banks, but will be, operated in such a manner as to bring good returns and the better handling of the states paper for all concerned,” uid Mr. ‘adden today, in announc- ing organization plan. “There is ‘need fo poration as this. Our canvass of the istate has. shown that there is about {$5,000,000 in warrants of various kinds in the banks, and about $9,000,0000 in rm mortgages. Ta a central organ- ization such as this corporation will apply, it would be much easier to market this kind of paper than it has ‘been heretofore.” just such a cor- CATHRO WILL HEAD SPECIAL COMMITTEE " F. W. Cathro director-general of the Bank of North Dakota, named chairman of the special committee named by the bankers’ conference here to work out details of the plan agreed upon by the bank at a meeting held here this morning at the Bank of North Dakota. The chairman will appoint the vice-chairman and ecreta Mr. (¢ athro, speaking for the com- mittee, said that the organization completed but that the committee not ready to announce any details of ithe proposed means of carrying out jthe plan agreed upon. The committee twas to be in s on again this after- noon. ‘MEX. SECRETARY OF WARIS DEAD —General Ben- died been Mexico City, Dec. jamin Hill, the secretary of war, carly this morning. He had ally ill for several days Bolsheviki Currency Backed by Opium Peking. Dec. Bolshevik, cur- rency secured by stocks of opinion in Semiryechensk, one of the prov- in in Russian Turkestan, has made jits appt ance in Peking. The ‘opium w seized by Bolshevik au- | thorities from those of the old im perial government aud amounts ¢o some thousands of pounds. WEATHER REPORT For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Wednesday, December 15. Temperature yest |Tiiehest wind veloc Foreca For North Dakota ursday; somewhat w ir tonight and rmer Thurs- claiming to trom Huron, Hiltsley, paper man brought to | a deputy sheriff writing worthl new: iv a ee oF s. He at Minot a week » P. id. He wanted in St. Paul and in Clark. 3 D., for alleged passing of worthless checks and in Chippewa Falls, Wis., tor alleged embezzlement.