The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1920, Page 1

i 4 ‘ ( 5 mt ett merge ttm THE WEATHER Unsettled % THIRTY-NINTH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1920 ie THE BISMARCK TRIBU x LAST EDITION Veet mse meet YANK SOLDIERS — TO HAVE FINE TIME ON RHINE Big Christmas Dinner Is Pre- pared for Soldiers in Occu- pied Territory i WINE ON THE MENUS! Soldiers Give Hundred Thous- | and Marks for Kiddies of | Occupied Areas Coblenz, Germany, Dec. 24.— Old-} fashioned home-made candy and pop-; corn balls with Salvation Army doughnuts will be distribubted to ev- ery American soldier on the Rhine in| the Christmas box which the Amer- | ican Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A. and) the Salvation Army have prepared as part of the celebration. In addition all the mess halls have arranged for a dinner to include about all the best preparations of the cooks for the American soldiers. The dinner will pe washed down with light wine, after which plenty of cigars will be at hand. The ma- jority of the mess halls also wili have special orchestras and vaude- ville acts. All the good cheer, however, will not go to the soldiers for the Amer- icans have contributed 100,000 marks to a fund for warm clothing and toys for the poor German children of the occupied area and these presents wil! be hung on Christmas trees from which a Santa Claus will give them out. pois ay SS kt STATE EXPENSE FOR FIVE YEAR PERIOD SHOWN Steadily Mounting Cost of Gov- ernment Shown in State- ment EDUCATION COST HIGH The cost of government over a per- iod of years is shown in a compilation of receipts and expenditures of the state for asperiod of five years, which is to be presentéd for the considera- tion of members of the legislature. The summary of the receipts and ex- penditures for the period follows: Receipts Expenditures. 1916 .... $2,842,101.60 — $2,525,117.16 1917 . 3,021,892.89 2,791,704.86 1918 .... 8,297,710.98 3,169,472.99 1919 .... 3,679,294.20 2,944,710.63 1920. 6,192,874.12 5,464,781.25 Education is the largest single item appearing in the compilation, the fig- ures showing that $2,925,693.24 was expended by the state during 1920 for, educational purposes. Not all of this amount was raised by direct taxation, it being estimated that a large por- tion of the amount is derived from in- terest and income on the permanent school fund of which the state acts as trustee. / Receipts from general property taxes in 1920 are shown to be $3,- 130,477.00 as compared to $1,557,- 083.42 in 1916 and special taxes in 1920 amount to $932,498.89 as compar- ed to $213,905.14 in 1916, motor ve- hicle and other receipts not being in- cluded in this total. ' Insane Cost Up. A remarkable increase in the amount of money expended for the care of insane, feeble-minded and tu- bercular persons is siown. This ex- pense increased from $209,905.14 in 1916 td $462,892.21 in 1920 as shown by-collections frem counties. Expendi- tures for the’ maintenance. of | state institutions are given as follows: 1916, $845,971 1917, $897,939.05 1918, $984,880.52; 1919, $858,339. 1920, $839,528.63. Expenditures for the year 1920 are classified as follows: state legisla- ture, $38,026.25; executive and admin- istrative, $1,156,765.92; state judiciary $103,751.49; educational $2,925,693.24: state institutions $839,528. indus- tries, $2,413,017.34; — militi 111.58: $13,284.63; bounties, $97,072 $11,491.83; historical society .. miscellaneous, $519,167.40; debts paid, $90,000.00. The expense for industries includes hail insurance. Funds invested amount to $3,330.- 861.93. {: HALIFAX FIRE LOSS $500,000 Halifax, Dec. 24.—A half million dol- lar fire occurred today in the business district of Halifax. The dry goods establishment of Wood Brothers, Ltd.. was destroyed and a music store and a furrier’s building nearby damaged. Apparently’ starting in the Wood’s store during the night the flames were not discovered until they burst through the roof at 6 a.m. It was two hours before the fire was under con- trol. SAYS U.S. WON'T CANCEL LOANS Washington, Dec. 24.—The allied nations should be advised that the United States will not cancel loans made.during the war, Senator McKel- lar, Democrat, Tennessee, declared in an address in the senate criticising * Secretary Houston of the treasury de- partment for alleged failure to take steps for their payment. ; “MERRY CHRISTMAS” ! With assurance that no one is forlorn in the city, that a Christmas gift will not find its way into his or her home through big-hearted organizations and individuals, with anx- ious kiddies awaiting the mysterious visit of the generous old soul from out cf the north, with a week of busy shopping past that assures full stockings, with citizens looking forward into a tuture with an optimism that dispels pessimism, Bismarck- jans can truly exchange a right merry greeting. The spirit’ of the city is expressed in countless ways, through individuals, through the brilliantly lighted tree the Town Criers have placed so that it carries the city’s greeting to travelers who pass through the city and carolers who wili sing olden songs in the city tonight and in the smiles that light the faces of these hurrying to and fro. The Tribune joins in the exchange of the season’s greet-*| ings to its many readers. As usual The Tribune will suspend publication on Christmas day, to give every member of the organization an opportunity to join in the observance of the holiday. Banks. public offices, stores and other organizations will forget business cares for a day, and the hailing sign of * tomorrow on every hand will be—— “Merry Christmas.” ANDY BIG FEATURE IN. CHRISTMAS OF CONVICTS home made cakes, other; mas. No such collection wag taken up at the penitentiary this year. In- stead, the convicts gave a discharged juniate, who broke h.s arm during the summer while playing basevall on the prison team and is unaple to do heavy work the sum of $85 which was given by the prisoners from their earnings. The Christmas eve entertainment of the prison consists of a perform: enee by a traveling ventriloquist ana seyen reels of moving pictures, duly 1 for display before convic ristmas day there will be a big Christmas dinner, which wil roast chicken, cranderries, pumpkin pie and other choice morsels. On ac- count of the high price of turkey this ‘ird was removed from the menu and Candies, e3 and tobacco are the chiet presents to penitentiary inmetes. While many receive articles of wear and other gifts, most of the prisoners receive and a,(oreciate most, bits of edibles that do not ap- pear on the prison menu and that re- mind them of home, says Beeches Stair, deputy warden cf the state pris-} on here. A mind picture of a convict alone mn where there is woald be an il- . Stair. For three | the prison have | h Christmas gifts for Christmas been laden w the inmates. Some have no close r emo h r relati or ends, but nearly every | chicken substituted, On Sunt there one wil reegive a gitt, the deputy! ill be a religious service and a warden ad Christmas nou, i school of the penitenti- ary started this week with two con- victs and two guards as teachers and 4f students olied, studking first to eight grade subjects. Many of the prisoners will learn to read and write in this school. The prison gifts, too, are of deli-| acies. Each convict will receive a g containing nuts, candy, fruit ana} cigars, Oftentimés prisoners have taken up -collecti to given to societi cering for needy persons for C ° RAR AR ee ARSON CHARGED TO MAN AND WIFE Confessed, According to Deouty | State Fire Marshal arist- SNOWS PROBABLE Washington, Dec, 24-—Weather prot lictions for the week follow: Upper Mississippi and lower Mis- !souri—Cold and generally fair but snows are probable half of the week, Cold weather will continue into the succeeding week. STARVATION IS ITALY'’S WEAPON George senfie and wife, of Mott, urrested on charges of. arson, have confessed to deputy state fire marshal 'T, Haakenson, it was said at the Mffice of the state fire marshal today Meuchel was manager of a shore store, and it is alleged he set fire to some shoes with intent to burn the yuilding. The’ fire was extinguished Mrs. Meuchel first confessed after a severe grilling and implicated her husband, who also confessed, Mr. Haakenson said. The husband is in jail at Mott and Mrs. Meuchel is con- fined to a hotel, said to be seriously ill. Troops Settle Down to Starve Out d’Annunzio’s Men London, Dec. 24.*-Starvation is ex- pected soon to bring to an end the “state of war” now existing between the “regency of Quarnero” at Fiume and the kingdom of It4ly. The forty- aught hour time limit given civilians to eave the city expired at 6 o’clock last night and it appears the Italian gov- ernment troops have settled down to wait for hunger to defeat d’Annunzio’s plans to combat the enforcement of the treaty of Rapallo. One ,government soldier is reported to have been killed. NO POLITICS IN MBETING Statements Regarding Out of State Solicitation Held Erroneous Statements appearing in St. Paul and Bismarck papers crediting Rep- resentatives of North Dakota State Good Roads association with saying that solicitation for funds were being | made in Minnesota, because North t Dakota had been bled dry on count of contributions made to fight the Nonpartisan league, are designated by Norman B. Black, vice president of the association, as entirely erroneous. | A meeting in St. Paul was arranged | through| the courtesy of Senator Mc- | Garry for the purpose of furnishing | information to the North Dakota asso- | ciation to be used in their preliminary | worl Both President Moe and Vice | President Black stated to-the meeting | that there were no polit! involved | in the good roads work, and they felt | they had the co-operation of the state administration and were working in full harmony with the State Highway commission. Officers of the association and mem- s of the executive committee are b ving their time to the work without compensation, and they regret that a pol 41 coloring should have been given ‘to the St. Paul meeting. The preliminary move is being finan \ ced entirely by membership subscrip- \ tions, and those present at the St. Paul have generously volunteered to solicit a number of memberships to help the work along. ATHER REPORT four hours ending at noon, Friday, December 24. Temperature at 7 a. mM est yes’ Precipitation ... s Highest wind velocit; / _ Forecast | For North Dakota: Probably snow | tonight and Saturd, not so cold to- night. x | Lowest Temperatures Ht | Fargo .. Williston . 1s; St. Paul. <8 | Helena . 10) Chicago . 8 Meteorologist. | HEART ATTACK — CAUSES DEATH OF A PIONEER Major George H. Bingenheimer, of Mandan, Dies in Minne- apolis Hospital KNOWN WELL IN STATE : Deceased Was Prominent Mason and Owned Many Lumber Yards Major George H. Bingenheimer, of Mandan, died early today in the Northwest hospital, according to word received here. Major Bingenheimer, who was one of the real pioneers of western North | Dakota, was stricken with heart trou- ble in Miles Ci Montana, last sum- mer. He never completely recovered, though he was able to go about his business until a few weeks ago when he went to the Minneapolis hospital. Coming to Mandan in the early ’80s, Major Bingenbeimer led an active life and was prominent in affairs of the’ Slope country. He Was at one time sheriff of Morton county and was In- dian agent at the Standing Rock rese vation. He attended several Republi- can national conventions, being a dele- gate on more than one occasion. Major Bingenheimer da lumber yard andmachinery business in Man- dan, and was interpsted in lumber | yards in/several tow! He al throughout the s had taken levelopment of The deceased was a prominent Ma- | son, being an officer in El Zagal tem- ple, Fargo, North Dakota. WOLF KILLING CONTEST OPENS IN PEMBINA C0. Ywo Hundred Dollars Offered By County Commissioners as Prizes | A big wolf killing contest. has been | inaugurated by the county commis: sioners of Pembina county, according to word received here, Flaming post- ers announced throjsh the county the contest and thé prizés offered. The contest closes April 15, 1921. In addition to the $4.50 now paid by state and county for cach wolf yote kitlea the board of county j be used for priz pensation for the killing of wolves or coyotes. Fifty dollars will be paid to the person killing the greatest. number of wolves, $35 will be paid to the person killing the second greatest number, and $15 will be paid to the person killing the third greatest num- ber. There a'so is $100 to be among persons killing wolves ‘Noy, 1, 1920 and April 1, 1921. May the sheep poultry and live- st killing wolves of Pembina coun- ty be put out of business,” is the slo- distributed between RENA$ME BOULEVARD Vienna. Dec, 24—-The famous street called the Franzensring, part of Vienna’s great boulevard, has been renamed, “Ring of ‘November’! in commemoration of the second anni- | versary of the revolution, BOBBY’S NIGHTMARE set aside $200 to! and additional com-; PRICE FIVE CENTS Open Fight Within League On Present Organization A reorganization meeting for the Nonpartisan league of North Dakotw has been called for next week at Fargo. Preparations for the gathering have been kept secret but it is known that certain groups of leaguers are prepared to be at the Fargo meeting with a program fora radical reorgani tion of the league. One of the chief efforts of this group is‘for\adeventr control, this group aimihg at the power of William emke, to be the leader of the‘league organization in the state. Seve Morton county Nonpartisan leaguers a preparing to present a plan for a new organization. $14,000 DAMAGE AWARDED WOMAN IN COURT HERE Mrs, Greverbiehl Gets Verdict in | Suit Against Hughes Electric ing” of league nerally admitted Following close upon the heels of the attack of Arthur LeSueur, former- ly one of the highest councillors in the Nonpartisan league, upon the pre- sent method of organization, and par- ticularly upon My, Lemke and state- ments in various,parts of the state, at- tributed to Senators Levang, Church and others, that Townley would not be active in the state any longer, the rumors that haye persisted for a long time of a serious rupture among Non- league leaders,’ appears to been founded on fact. Leadership in this fight will be taken by the delegates trom Morton county, according to reports backed by a bombshell dropyed in camp to- day by the Mandan News, the official | Company CLAIMED BAD SHOCK| rer of Morton county. Features Attack. Frank Wilder, editor, has made the One of the largest verdicts ren-/ leading feature of the week a review of Mr. LeSuei has backed th torial with a chi tisan league is ganization— dered in personal injurics suits in the courts pamphlet and he up with a lead edi- rge that the Nonpar- ‘a purely despotic or- here was given Mrs. Lena » Of South Eleventh St., against the Hughes Elec- tric comp: in United States an organization without a trict court br a jury which re-| semblance of democracy, an organiza- perted yesterday afternoon. tion built from the top downward, in- The verdict was $11,948.89. Mrs,| Stead of being built from the “bottom up.” i Then he suggests that “right now is a splendid time tor the Nonpartisan treyerbiehl had ‘asked $79,000 for in-| 4000 for bills alleged to ontracted following the injuries on which she based her suit. | léague to reorganize along lines of |She claimed to have been terribly | pure democracy.’ ; shocked by electricity through an “If the Nonpartisan league,” he con- | electric waShing machine, it being al- leged the service wire was crossed | with the high tension wire. Attorneys for the plaintiff were F. McCurdy and John Knzuf of James- The case will be appealed. it; tinues, “will change its plan so 10 provide some form us local organiza- tion similar to the local “assempiy” ot the old Knight of Labor, the local work will be a thousand times better taken care of than it is today. Local Organization, “A plan of local organization, with finances going through the local te the county, state and national depart- ments, will at once relieve the farm- |ers local newspaper proposition; do away i court Wit bur Alien, who sued Harry Lambeftson for $5,000, charging Lambertson violated the sol- diers’ moratoriunact during the war while he was in se! gaye a ver- dict of $1 to the defendant on his counter-claim that Allen was gulity of | with the inconvenien of so failing to live up to an agreement | many unpaid post-dated checks, for with reference to the purchise of a} ev local secretary becomes a col- house in Tappan. ‘ ction agent for dues and assess Both federal and d jet courts re-| ments and, being right on the ground, cess for the holida: indge Coffey! all those charges would be promptly wil reconfene district court on Jan-| collegted. if uary 3. ~, “There would, be no stopping of campaign work after election, but the work would go right along uninter- rupted. “In these local organizations the work of educating our membership to deal with their friends could be pu and ibost successfully planned. campaigns or drives could be ar- ranged and carried out’in a way to wipe out the opposition in many of the smaller towns and modify it great- ly in the larger towns. The question of fraternity and sociability, so lack- ing in the present organiaztion could be cultivated and made use of to the the entire | very limit. city will be made by the post off | “We have touched upon this question | | DBLIVER MAIL -CHRISTHAS DAY One Delivery To’ Be Made— Stamp Window Open One 1) Hour | | | | | on Christmas day. but lightly; much more could | 5 : y be said _ The delivery will start in the morn-| along the same line, and we hope to ing, but the delivery of mail and/ he able to take these matters up more ristmas packages may ‘not be fin-| in detail in a future issue. lished before’ mid-afternoon. ~The | “Opportunity is ripe for those in | stamp windows will be open for one} command to’ put the Nonpartisan | hour only, between moos and 1p. dr, | league where it can do a thousand- _ rhe Christmas rush bit tho post ©F) told more good in the fulure thai it | fice in the two or three days, accord: } ae n r tw a | has in the past. ing ta ue undquis “Are those in authority broad-mind- s § ed enough and big enough to gras this opportunity?” Directors and editors of the League county weeklies of the stgte met in 2 Bismarck last week and it is under- YCH XMAS stood that this editorial of Mr. Wilder, itch running be-| W20 represented his paper atthe marck Saturday, | Meeting, reflects the view of all those (present except the represntatives of ; the payer in Burleigh county, the State Record who refused to discuss the proposition, it is said. : Politicians believe that this editor- jal attack of the Mandan New part of a carefully coneeived plan to launch the drive for a reorganizati as outlined in the article and to pre- {| vent the adoption of Mr, Lemke's plan Tn fact, Morton county leaguers de- clare that if their plan is not approve | at the meeting that they will’ with- draw from the state and national or- Ipter than usual. The post office officials expect to get the Christmas rush cleaned up with- out serious interruption to the deliy- ‘er of Christmas gifts. | NO SW | There will be no s) tween Mandan and B: | Dec. 25, Christmas d i — : : j Sapization and go ahead and form their county organization with’ their — idea. ES ~ \. Hit Financially. = The league weekly papers have been j hard bft financially and the directors | thereof charge this to the unfortunate seneral policy of the league due to the leaders not having their ‘ the grass roots” and to the manage- ment of. the Publishers’ Service bu- reau., The Mandan News. has with- drawn from this bureau and is there- j fore more free than the other papers to express the views of its subscrib- , ers and local supporters Many of the papers, it is said, have not gotten back from ‘ | the, Publishe: National Service bureau all of the cash and ‘notes collected by it for these pa- rers. All of the papers were organ- | ized by the bureau and the money col- ‘lected from thy farmers for stock | went first to “the bureau and was then sent to the local new: paper cor- | poration. The Mandan News, it is | said, is one of these papers who have ; been unable to get all of the money sub ibed for its stock. The burea.s efficials, it is understood, have ex- | plained this difficulty by declaring that some of the papers still owe the | bureau for part of the purchase prics. SUFFER EPIDEMIC Budapest Dec. 24.—Hungarians | are suffering from an epidemic of | carbuncles and hospi here al- ready are overcrowded with patients. | Professor Arthur Verebely, direcvor | of the University Hospital said the | disease was due to the lack of soap | and linen, and might be called “the | plague of misery and dirt.” | government. rs to | HARDING HEARS TAFT’S TALK ON WORLD PROBLEM Former President Confers With President-Elect at Marion, Ohio AKE UP ADMINISTRATION Taft Made Study_of Business Problems of National Gov- ernment Marion, Dec. 24. —- President-elect Harding turned to former President Taft today for counsel on the world peace problems and on practical de- tails of organizing the next admin- istration. The conference was arranged at Mr. Harding’s request and is understood to have concerned particularly the proposal for a new international court in which the former president has been interested for several years. Mr. Taft was a supporter of the Versailles league but has taken the attitude that some different agen must now he organized to stabilize world conditions. ‘ TAFT FOR CABINET Another subject on which the Pres. ident-elect wanted information and advice was the proposed reorganiz tion of the executive branch of t In the closing dagp of his administration Mr. Taft made a study of that problem and appointed an efficiency commission to under- take the work of reorganization. The’ coming of Mr. Taft revived speculation about his possible ap- pointment to some high post under the coming administration. He has been mentioned most frequently for a place on the supreme court but his name also has heen heard many times in cabinet gossi WOULD ACCOUNT TO FAMILY FOR ~ MANY SORROWS Clara Smith Hamon to Conse- crate Her Life|to Her Family Aboard Mrs. Clara. Hamon’s special train, via Big Springs, Tex., Dec, 23.— Consecration of her future eitergie: accounting to her family for the row she has brought it and determina- tion never to waste another hour of ber life were avowed late today by Mrs, Clara Smith Hamon, en route to Ardmore, Oklahoma, to face a charge of murder. In an interview with correspondents of the Associated Pr Mrs, Hamon spoke earnestly on religion, philoso- phy, psychic research, fancy work and most earnestly of all her impres- sions of Mexico where the stayed three weeks. Before giving herself to the custody of Sheriff Buck Garrett of Ardmore in Juarez Wednesday night Mrs. Hamon sedulously avoided disc ng the charge against her and mentioned Hamon’s name only onc During the fone tion the former secretry of Jake L, Hamon, Oklahoma millionaire, insisted her name was Mrs. Hamon. DUE IN FORT WORTH Fort Worth, Dec. 24,—-Mi: Clara Smith,-en route from El’ Paso’ to Ard- more, Oklahoma, to face charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Jake LL, Hamon is due to arrive in Fort Worth this aft nounced by the Texi road early today. The train on which e was traveling v due here at 7:30 a. m. but it was running late. HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR AERONAUT Ottawa, Ontario, Dec. 24.—Beliet that the three United States naval of- ficers who left at Rockaway Point, New York, a week ago last Monday in the free balloon, A on an endur- » flight had fallen into the hands aders or were being cared for by ns in the lake countr, tod by Lieut. , who wa search for the to. direct balloon. POLAR EXPLORER STARTS JOURNEY London, Dec, 24.--Dr. John L. Cope, commander of the British Imperial antartic expedition, has sent a mess- trom Port Stanley, capital of the ‘alkland Islands, saying the expedi- tion would sail from there Dec. 20 with full equipment and dog: He hoped to land af Graham's Dee he said MARKET PRICES TAKE DOWNTURN Portland, Ore., Dec. -—Price re- ductions, approximately in some places of 50 per cent. from sterday, pre- vailed in the public markets following restoration by ofder of the council of fixing of maximum prices by the fair price commis NATIONAL SHOW 4 ico City Dec, 24—A National Automobile Show is to be held in Mexico City in March, 1921, and the committee in charge announces that every automobile manufacturer of prominence having distributing agen- cies in Mexico will be represented.