The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1920, Page 1

ttt tn ernie, THE WEATHER Unsettled |THE | AUDITORS SAY STATE RECORDS ~ ARB WITHHELD Issue Ask Supreme Court to Writ—Name Industria! Commission \ REGARDING DRAKE MILL Secretary of Commission De- clares No Requests Were Denied ‘ The supreme court has under con- sideration a pétition filed by the state auditing board and directed against the industrial commission and others in which it alleges records withheld are from the accountants making the examination of state industries under the direction of the board. i The court ig a8ked to issued a writ to the defendants to show cause why they should not deliver up the rec-, ords. : W. A. Anderson, secretary of the industrial commission, declared there no need/for filing the petition. He asserted the accountants had bene de- nied access to none of the records of the Drake mill so far as he knew, that his office had gone out of its way to aid the examiners and that no information or records would be re- fused if the board had a legal right to them. Assertions that approximately $129,000 worth of fiour had been sod i by the state mill at Drake to the Consumers United Stores company. a company fostered by the Nonparti- * san league, and that records re i ing the transactions are withheld, that employes of the 5 . ered the examination : of the state industries, were made by . the state auditing board in supreme court to direct that ce records be given up to the bo representatives. The auditing board, initiated law o . ered many d audit of th and further state have hin created by the has encount- culties in making the North Dakota mill and elevator association’s mill, at Drak but it was only when essential rec- ords could not be obtained that, the i appeal was made to the supreme court, it was stated. Mrs. Ros, Keller, the bookkeeper at the Drake mill, refused to allow Harry Altman,sone of the certified accountants employed by the board of anditprs, to have access to the safe in wbich records were kept, tt is charged, and that efforts to ga) ‘ntorm: tion regarding ‘the Coustimers Stores’ transactions had been unsuc- -essful, though efforts had been made in Fargo, Bismarck. and at the mill. Sold on Consignment. It is stated by Harry L. Altman, in an affidavit accompanying the peti- tion to the supreme court, that he had found that “approximately $170,- 000 of flou d been shipped out on consignment of which approximately $129,000 worth had been shipped to the Consumers United Stores com- pany, a corporation having stores in various parts of North Dakota, that affiant asked the persons in charge of the mill and elevator at Drake for their records and correspondence covering these transactions and Mr. Hibbit, the manager, informed him that Rose Keller had absolute control of all books and records and that he had nothing to do with that depart- ment and that the said Mrs. Keller stated she did not have the records or correspondence in connection with these consignment shipments; that said records and correspondence were handled either through the Far- og or Bismarck office of the North Dakota mill and elevator association; that affiant requested the said rec ords in the office of the mill and ele- yator association at Fargo from Mrs. Dodds, secretary to Mr. J. A. McGo ern, manager of the mill and -eleva- tor association, being out of the city and that the said Mrs. Dodds in- formed him. that she did_ rot have the records and that they were eith- er at the Drake mill and elevator or in the office of the industrial com- mission at Bismarck but that she knew that weekly reports were sup- posed to be sent hy the consignees to either the Drake mill and elevator ur the industrial commission at Bis- marck; that affiant requested in- formation with reference to these - consignments from the manager of the consumers United Stores com- yat Fa rBO and that said, manag- er and his 4 ant, Mr. Powers, bora, informed him that the reports were sent to the mill and elevator at Drake with every remit aftiant e red the Fargo f for books and re onda and the informed that said 1 en trrned over to the Hq dit company, of Minneapol ne latter part month fer audi of her sentative of the ‘ho is in charge o various state industrie of North ota, stating the above facts to Mr. Lee. ‘Affiant states fur- ther that the bookkeeper at the Dr: mill, Mrs. Rose Keller, hindered and delayed the examination on the, part of affiant and his assistant in many vs; affiant further states that i . ” ential that he consult the ae n order to make a complete and satisfactory examination of the mill and elevator at Drake.” Auditing Books. E. G. Lee, another accountant em- ployed by the state board of auditors, who engaged in the pursuit for tn2 (Continued on Page Six». 2 it XERC ISE” AIR POLICE CH Fitzgereld, levi new air police, does stories below sho do hairr P girder, he ADVENTURERS PRY 10 BREAK IN O11, FIELDS Chafine Under Restrictions in | Far North Territory Where Oil Is Found YOLVEPLAN TOU Vancouver, B. C., ‘Dec. vould-be prospect for fort Norman d vatiently to bre throug! ot provincial police Ww heir passing Ronga River ! field Whit oil in’ the amen if 1 to. Ff will enabl hem to stake claims without break ng the law. The adventurers plan to enter the ail fields of Fort Norman from th st by airplane, ond fly back to the inead of those who are urge numbers at Peace River Cross ‘ng for the spring when the _polic. ill allow entry into the district an hen there is certain io be a wil seramble for the most promisin ‘laims. According to Major C. Macha superintendent of the Jericho Ai jon of the Dominion Air would be possible to fly from ‘oust to the oil fielts in a lon tance flying machine. The dis $s approximately six hundred and if a opwerful airplane could be secured on the cc ve a feasible undertaking. miles the coast nearest the Fort Norm distri The ‘plane would be equip ned with runners by means of w landings could be made on the ic sivers and lakes which abound i of B Colum machine would take off from t the coast, fly o the a passable mountain rang ‘eave imme: snty claim before the ysed 1 , who feared to atlow pros ibe cordon wa Peace P PON ER DIES nad en i , Who commands Ni s like this sruadway gasped as Fitzgerald climbed out on tood on hi ort to get eing held ital, Board, it leave st. the flight would It is planned to outfit at a point on |} anxious to pe just wearing one n by the | RAIL RB: way y ¥ET’—Captain Charles N. w York City’s t to keep in trim. Steen iructural iron workers, ‘jus Tho head and danced. Ga nea BELIEVED THIEF Detroi Miley crowd Dee 2 badly thought key, Harry heaien by he that thiey whea they saw him hurry- ing to a chureh with communion Ms. 0 TO DEATH 3elle Haster Taken From Jail To Hospital n, Dec. 27.—Belle Haster, 8s given a suspended sen- years, by Judge Nuessle died Christmas as a re- bleeding. she inflicted an injury in bleeding in an ef- out of jj where she was as a witness in a case to 2 he this week, is not known. After the no hemorrhage was scovered she was taken to the hos and, died two hours later. She was alleged to have aided two en in a hold-up. Whether er nose to & 3RITISH DISCARD MONOCLES? YANK 27—-Take this or in doubt—the fast passing Dec. ponder monocle’s London, it, oF isher’s edill McCormick that the habit reports he) has has run itself he, “when hted |men d othe law who were by “But now,” McCormick, “though str y seem, the monocled Briton soon be 2 dream.” RAINAGE S COST N. D. drainage proj $430,000, Attorney of that state asserped f filed in the supreme inal suit secking to ota from further tre h operation of the Mus- ditch. The case will he ry. 000 acres in North Da- d, the brief \as- ads, bridges d state rd in I _ More than 6 s incl and din Minnesota brief not been APRS HS ARE HIGH ENOUGH ~Present Washi ; for past few | rate the needs of 1d heen on the decline and | the D. DeWitt Suyler, away from te in-|chairman of the Association of Rail- scutive, declared, ISMARC ‘BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. the | a national high _MONDA . MILLAGE TAX FOR U. OF N. D, IS PROPOSED President .Kane Declares It Im- Portant Consideration AT BUDGET $1,500,009 Instituiions Needs Grow as En- rollment Increases, He Said A millage tax for t state university is urged President ne, cf.the University of a, Grand Forks, in a state- nlent on the appropriations asked by the university. The millage tax proposal may be- come a problem of serious considera- tion for the legislature. Many states have adopted the idea of dealing with their higher institutions of “it would take the un: y ont of competition with the other claims on the general state revenues, help keep the university out of poli- tics and save thre onths’ time to the_university official: ery other year, now spent in working with the budget” says President Kane, in sup- port of the id The budget of the university, inctud- ing the deficit of the present biennial period and amounts for new buildings, i3 in round numbers $1,500,000, pport of the ne, in a letter on the “The University is becoming more more, i ftution every } . All of the counties in’ the state re represented in the enrollment: this rear but seven, and thes are yet alm rodit- ed high schools, to prepare students for the university. : “Again, 68 vocation the parents of the stu Farmers s must be kept t all may come. hortage of the present ap- propriat! student fees have had to be added for this year. Again, ex- peuses are greatly increased. to stu- dents through versity dor- mitories. In the Hormitorie that we 1 : to the mini Through have o pay $10 a theny as hi; h as $18 and working th a these items in way the many Millage ctr x that the most important islation at this time — legislation mmended by the board of admin- fon sion for millage tax. would be to provide a fixed levy, is done for our high schools and trict schools, It would take university claim out of with the other claims on the general state revenues, help keep the univer- sity out of politics, and save three months’ time to the university of- ficials every other year, now spent in whrking with the budget. “We feel “The university.could be taken care | of, both maintenance and building, by a one-half mill tax levy, This would mean that a taxpayer, having land, for example, with an assessed valua- tion of $20 an acre, would pay just one cent an acre a year. The univers belongs to the state. It is established to~help train the young men and wo- men of North Dakota. We are giving our best counsel about its manage- ment. While these questions are up, we trust that you may all add your best counsels.” SOUTH DAKOTA AFTER CASH FOR ROAD BUILDING », S. D., Dec. 27—The projects which have been completed and ac cepted by the federal highway depart- to ment are roads from Sioux Fall Dell Rapids, from Madison to the e county line of Lake county, from ten to Worthing and from Watertown to the east line of Codington county. is n obtain about two million dollars for the next year by a li appropriatton, it) was announced. ¥ Marvick and» Engine: au am of the St uy board, have just re turned from W aahington wh 0,, Ny D. Dec. 27—The = pd annual convention Dako Impiement o®iation will he held in Fargo on an, 26, 27 and 28. There | be three sessions of the conven the first on the afternoon on, of January 26, the second on the morning cf Jan, 27, and the final ses- sion on the morning of Janua arra ment, according to‘ offs vis- y of time for permits ne g the exhibits. HARDNG FOR | NEW FLAG PL Dayton, O., Dec. 27—Warren © ding, president-elect. has endorsed 1 to have the Stars and ed at the top of Christmas a national custom, I letter ar of this city. the ve wrote: “Tam sure that anything I might y that wouuld have a tendency to ert Americanism and promote rev erence and respect for flag will be most pleasing to me. The idea which you have originated appeals stronly to me as it combines with a very beautiful custom, a lesson in pa- triotism.” coastal from Shan the ; Pei competition sive polic regarded h that Mexico an, cabinet of unanimous in changed. State fiscatory. of 1921 give! completes. senger sé center for , DECEMBER 27, 1920 STILL EXPLODES IN MINOT; OWNER HALTS FIREMEN Fred Grams Refused Admission to Fire Fighters, It Is Said POLICE ARE CALLED Grams Put Under Arrest, and Federal Officer Takes Charge Dee. 27.—Explosition of an 80-gallon copper still In operation in the Grams building here yesterd Minct, catised heavy damage to the building and resulted in the arr of Fred Grams, one of the proy tors of the Minot Baking company charged with making moonshine. whi Following the explosion, which shattered windows and tore down Grams denied the tiremen’s ad- on. Police were called and he was arrested. N.- Doughteryy federal prohibition agent called into the case by the po- lice, said that he had come to Minot late last week to invstigate the bak- He seized 50 gallons of the ho mash and 60 gallons of moon- shiz ac, he reported to Paul D. Keller, federal age in this dis- ( Grams y sed on bond, waiving ‘preliminary examination, APAN ADOPTS PACING GRAB POLICY CLAIM Intercepted Bolshevik Wireless Declares Nation Ambitious official hol- age receive the Izvestia as London, Dec, 27.—An shevik — w. from Moscow cs quot asserting that “it is evident, that Ja- pan has adopted a policy of seizing the shores of the Pacific Tt adds “The Japane general staff has marked out a for i line in. the shore zone from Shanghai through Kwangtung peninsula and the Russia region and the Kamchatka peninsula. A line through Kangtung i would cover the south- ern half of the, Chinese coast or about 700 miles, including Hongkong.) “The Japanese are conducting a definitely imperialistic policy with re- gard to Far Eastern Russia, By con- ing their jplans, they hoped the s would bless their Siberfan pol. When American, however, cried t against them, J sitated and then declared she feared an attack from Bolsheviki and that an aggres: in Siberia was necessary therefore, disarmed the Rus- “She, sian troops in the Martime province attempting to liquidate the for. ations of Vladivostok and Niko- laevisk. “Such anese are the intentions of the Jap- imperalists. Japan may be expected to tenaciously perserve in effecting he plans, and therefore, the Far Eastern Republic with its head- quarters at Verkhne-Udinsk is faced . with the problem of definitely res: ing the aggression of the Japanese in Siberia. fects China's interests, they must unite for As this in like measure ef- joint resistance to Japanese as- pirations on the Asiatic mainland.” GLENCOE ROSE IS COW CHAMP Minot, N. D., Dec. 27. — Glencoe's a dainty little registered Guern- teps out into the spotlight of dom with a new state record for fat production. — It a four- year-old record of 13,408.29 pounds of milk and 757.57 pounds of fat. the largest record of all bread: all age It is nd for Rose Person of in the state. Glen by Maj. E. Ss. estate ~ MEXICO IN NO. HURRY TO GAIN FAVOR OF U.S. ‘Informs ation Washington, Dec. 27 y to bargain nited State the for reeognition by was sumbitted to the te depart- ment today by the Ame mbas- sy at Mexico City. The embassy re- ported that Rafael Capmany Zubar- minister of commerce and labor, had declared in an interview that tt President Obregon s opinion that Ar 27 of the cons This cle relating to property rights in Mexico where it hag been protested by the United and other governments as con- SHIP BY TRUCK PLAN EXTENDED )., Dee. prom tern The summef ise of introducing North Dakota 1 tem of freight and pas- » through the use of large trucks and motor driven busses. During the summer of 1920 such ¢ ice was introduced 0} modest by four or five Minot men and r routes were but plans next year are to have Minot the an extensive area which freight and pasenger Minot into north for will be given service. PRICE FIVE CENTS WHY EAT DURING WINTER HE ASKS Berlin,’ T bein, a Gari “solved” the winter food pr ‘ according to the Deuische Tages zeitung. The learned prote having observed that worms, and bears can ¢ winter in a state of animation without food, claims to have invented a pill which m sible for human beings to do the same. ROOSEVELT IN FIGHT. TO. AID bats ist through the suspended DISABLED VETS Tried His Best to Says He's Arouse} Public Interest in Matter, LEGION BACKS ZOE BECKLEY Dee. 27.--Colonel Theo- t said day thet his ef- forts to impre conditions for the lisabled and sick veterans of the yvocld war had run up against a stone wall. Lhe son or the late pr one of the founders of the Legion and is a member of the } York leg slature “But ‘ght for By ? New York, lore Rooseve} ident was American Ww ion man i d Roosevelt. “1 done everything that | have kc of to arouse public interest. th here is nothing which demands peratively thd attention of the and the people of the United States than the care and fair ment of those soldiers anid who have been disabled during the vorid war, “The honor 30 ched if th the real sa taken care of. of the country will be » men who have made fice are not properly Expose of Sanitarium Collapse of the entire system of sol- dier relief is epitomiz in the Legion's expose of conditions at Sun- rook Farm Sanitarium, near Ingle- pide, Il. ' Commander MeCauley, of the [lli- nois department, made this report on Sunnybrook Farm: “Kormer service men ‘have been ced in holes that the average hu- nan being would not keep a dog in. “Sunnybrook Farm is absolutely the vorst hole [ ever saw in my life. “There are approximately 60 boys there. Some of them are menial case: There is one youth, formerly private stenographer to-an Ulinois governor, " vho ig entering his fifth month in this institution, ’ Kitchen Filthy “We found the kitchen filthy. The ondition of the ice box and the food ntained in it was indescribable. Clothing worn by the inmates was dirty. “The wor! part of it all was that the Public Health Service was aware of the uation, {f wired Dr. Witte, director of the Public Health Service it Chicago, protesting against condi- \ tions at Sunnybrook Farm and de- manding the immediate removal of the war velerans from such surround- ings. Admits Conditions “Dr. Witte wired back in reply: This office cognizant of conditions at Sunnybrook Farm. Patients have been ordered to be removed and will be as soon as other beds are found avail- able.” It is to abate all the “Sunnybrook Farms” to which the Public Health is farming out soldiers dis- the result of war service. that the American Legion is dema nd- ing more hospitals be provided now. AERIAL DERBY AROUND WORLD Is ADVOCATED The Aviation Com- ch Aero Club has appointed ommission for the purposes of 3} udying the arrangement for an aerial ement with the representatives ‘ the American promoters of 5) in Pa that project BG SHOE PLANT GOES FULL TIME Dec 7—The big Douglas at Boston started today Boston, on a run of 10,000-pair pro- duction d for the next three months. Shoe manufactu generally ex- pect incr + because for the past oe sales have exceeded p ores report more sales in November and December than in these months of 1919 »: PIUME AVIATORS DROP LEAFLETS Rome, Dec ume have becn itedly al cently to fly over Italiar ping propaganda leaflets. Th gone so far as to use an Italic dtome for returnishing theig fuel. One Fiume aviator flew over par- liament. buildings and dropped an in- sulting me for the con- clus of the Ital oslav treaty at Rapallo, afterw obtaining a supply of gasoline for the return jour- ney to Fiume. On the journey home the encountered engine trouble forced to land in San Mari the Ittle republic with about popu- lation, within the boundaries of fia The San Marino government, seeing that he was a military aviator, con- fiscated the machine and interned the Aviators drop: have aviator 1 was aviator. WOUNDED in this * - appointment some time ago BONUS BILL AND TAX DIFFICULTY GIVEN. SENATORS Houston Tells of the Money He Thinks Soldiers Bonus Would Cost 5 OVER TWO MILLION Senate Hears Good Tax Men Enter Into Private Employ Washington, Dec. 27.—Passage of the soldiers bonus bill would cost the government approximately $2,300,- 000,000, Secretary Houston estimated today before the senate finance com- mittee considering the bill. Tho treasury secretary reiterated 2 statement made last week that the treasury ought not to be called upon to assume any additional burdens. While Mr. Houston said while it as impossible to complete the exact st of the four optional aid plans he belfeved that estimate submitted was Wi , substantially correct. Land settlements provisions of the bill contained so many uncertainties that the cost for them could only be i ed at, he said. ssuming that all the men would select one of the fowr plans the treas- ury secretary estimated the cost as follow: Adjusted service pay rance provision, $4 tional training aid $ dévelopment. $1,342,000,009 534,000; Vo- 80,000: home Plans Optional s the plans were optional the etary said the choice of the men would not be confined to any one of them and allowing for the various selections he arrived at his total es mated cost of $2,300,000. The streasury secretary would be “against a wall” as to the methods of obtaining revenues to meet the out- lay that would be required if the bills were enacted, he said. He called the committee’s attention to suggestions for new taxes contained in his annual report but explained that these were mentioned only for the information of congress and without any sort of rec- ommendation. Tax Men Leave He did not attempt to discuss tax suggestions asking the committees to hear Dr. T. S. Adams, reasury eco- nomist and tax expert; who gave comprehenzive resume of the tex sit- uation. He declares the treasury was daily seeing new evidence of a fur- ther drying up of revenue source: adding that the tax of computing tap receipts was becoming more diffi- It. In addition to the difficulty thus confronting the treasury Dr, Adams ‘ed the internal revenue bureau faced another problem in keeping ex- perts on the job. He said the men who were capable did not stay long. Help Corporations Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, he real danger is that these men get training in the revenue bureau, then go out and help big firms evade payments.” Dr. Adams said that might be trus to some extent but that he knew of “one man who left the bureau a year ago whose resignation cost the gov- ernment millions of dollars in un- ollected taxes because he was an executive with expert knowledge of the work.” Typical Case The witness said that was typical of the labor turnover and that it di- rectly affected the tax collections and would continue to have more direct aff on such collections junless tax laws were simplified. ELDERLY MAN. BREAKS WINDOW, SSAILS OWNER -An elderly man, of distinguished window of Paris, Dec. well dressed appearance and smashed the one of the most fashionable jewelry on the rue Saint Hon- with his heavy gold- eaded cane. He made no attempt to gather in any of the gems. An angry crowd gathered in a few seconds, and surrounded the man while the shop proprietor v' for a gendarme. and bac shouted the old man inging his cane. “Thi the man should lynch,” pointing to the ign on the door of the shop, bear- ing the proprieto name. “It is im- moral in these times of stress and misery to expose in a window such articles for sale. ‘There is the cause of all the trou- shops in Par z esterday ble,” he ended pointing to an enor- mous diamond, which, still remained in the window. “Look at the price tag on it.” They did. The tag bore the words “Price: one million - francs.” As the proprietor and a gendarme came into view the crowd opened up and the elderly gentleman vanished. McDONALD NEW MINOT CHIEF Minot, N. D., Dec. 27.—George Me- Donald, pf Minneapolis, will be Minot's new police head, assuming his duties Janu 1, his appointment ng been made yesterday by the city commission. He had received the pecial gent with the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad in V peg. The new ap- pointment carries a salary of $2,500 2 year,