The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1921, Page 1

=="|THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE == 192 PRICE FIVE CENTS WORKWAITS — ON REPORT THIRTY-NINTH YEAR | d INDUSTRY BODY REJECTS CHANGE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1921 | Cardinal Gibbons ‘LAYER IN NEW Would Honor Babe -FREEDOMPLEA; Ruth-Sine Biter few York, Jan. 10.—Cardinal Gi CARUSO MAY NEVER SING AGAIN FOR BOND SALE Says Program Laid Out by Bankers Cannot Be Ac- cepted By It ATTACKS WALL STREET Calls It Attempt on Part of Financiers to Try to Dictate bons proposed that the St. Mary’s In- {dustrial school of Baltimore, which) i | was destroyed by fire, be replaced by) the Ruth school for dependent and, wayward boys in honor 'Man Serving Time for Murder Ruth, champion home run hitter, who! A jonce attended the school. Cardina!! | Explains Why He Sought =| Gibbons made the proposal in a let-, to Go Home jter to the supreme board of directors | | of the Knights of Columbus who had} proposed that the new school be a! | MASK FINDING UP. memorial to the Cardinal. | MILLAGETAX PLAN FAVORED. | Discovery by Children Is Sub- ject of Affidavits Filed by of “Babe”! OF AUDITORS Important Legislation Will Not Be Attempted Until Audit Is Known EXPECT DRAFT SOON Independents Not to Object to ~ Calling Any Accountants Policies | Thi 1 f the devel ou i | hablaag e plan of the evelopment of — ee state industries of the industrial com- The final plea of Henry Layer,! BY ENGINEERS, The first week of the seventeenth serving a life sontence in the state ;session of North Dakota has mission will not be modified in any way to meet financial exigencies which bankers who were called in conference by the state officials say now exist, it is made plain by the in- dustrial commission in its formal re- ply to the outline of the situation given by the bankers committee. The commission charges that the proposal to enact new legislation with,’ regard to the industrial commission is “a plain attempt on the part of financial interests presumably Wall street financiers to dictate the politi- cal, financial and industrial policies of the state of ‘North Dakota. “The reply of the commission, made late, Saturday evening, follows: ‘Bismarck, ‘North Dakota, January 8, 1921.! To the ‘Honorable Committee of (Bankers Appointed by the Bankers and Bankers Association of the State to Confer with the Administration and Members of the Industrial Com- mission Relative to the Sale of State Bonds. The Industrial Commission has ‘be- fore it for consideration your com-, munication of the 7th inst. reading as follows: Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 7, 1921. To the Hororable, The Industrial Commission, and The Bank of North Dakota: The committee of bankers, invited | Penitentiary for the murder of eight, Persons near Turtle ‘Lake on April 5 H 2 last, for a trial is made in a new] Believe It Most Satisfactory ‘affidavit filed in district court in! Washburn, With Layer'’s affidavit | there are filed affidavits of his wife and others bearing on tho case. y siiaavits for te consideration of; | Judge W. L. Nuessle, of district court, | 5 i also are filed by the state's attorney | TOURG EITSP ASSAG EI | These attidavits particularly attack’ | the story told of the finding of masks, President Kane's recommendation | 'on the farm on which Jacob Wolf, six! to the state legislature that a millage | otes Hl! ore family and a tax be provided instead of a specific! |” Stress oe laid by attorneys for) appropriation for University of North | | Layer on the finding of these masks; Dakota has met with approval by the | on the farm by children of Emanuel enginecrs of the state. The board of} | Hofer, who is in charge of the €5-| directors of the state chapter of the| i} American Association of Engineers \tate. Both had been made from un- derwear. ‘One of them was blackened i held in Bismarck resulted in the en-/ supporting the millage tax| Way of Financing Needs of | University ‘and slits had been cut in it so that | the person using it could see. The! ginners ether was of similar shape, but there; proposal. ; Were no holes in it. It was claimed; Being themselves technically train- ‘the children also found an empty) ed men and graduates of institutions shot-gun shell. of higher learning, the engineers fect ithat they fully recognize the nee [Rats -Sheriff's Views ‘and value of properly financing and ‘Sheriff Stefferud, of McLean coun-| developing the universities and col-| | ty, said that the whole farm had jeges, Not only must higher educa-| ; been searched by many people at the tion and training be placed more ful-| time of the discovery ot the murder,’ jy within the grasp of the people at) and that the little girl, Martha Hof- jarge especially in the ¢ of state} jer, when asked to show the place jngstitutions but the best possible cur- | where sie had found the masks, led ricula, teaching staff, laboratories, ATTACKED BY passed and the chief point of inter- est is, as it was in the beginning, not legislation but the report of the auditing firm employed by the old ‘board of auditors of which/William Langer, formerly attorney general, was chairman. The house expects to receive this report about the middle of the week. The legislature will probably mark time until it is in the hands of the speaker, which was indicated by the sentiment quite prevalent Saturday among bo‘h Nonpartisans and Inde- pendents favorable to adjourning un- til Wednesday. Many Manuevers Much manuevering has been in evidence the past week. The Inde- pendents have charged the Nonpar- tisans with an attempt to block the report, which has been denied, the Leaguers maintaining that all they desire to do is to make sure that the report is complete and clear to ali members. That is why, they claim, that they ask that the men who made the report ‘be called. Independents agree that as many of the auditors may be brought here as desired as soon as the house re- ceives the report and decides how many are needed, not to cause any needless expense. under date of Dec. 30, last, to con- PLEURISY him and other members of the | | . ‘equipment and conditions must be! Want Facts fer with you with a view of devising family to an entirely different place provided for those who take advan-| «ye want at ate pald Me: | than first pointed out by her. The tage of higher education opportun!-; Langer today. “The people want some means of selling available se- curities and bettering the financial situation throughout the state, beg to submit the following: Through the numerous conferences Enrico Caruso, the greatest tenor the world has ever heard, will be very lucky if he is ever Sheriff expresses the conviction I t n that | ties. they say. | these so-called ‘masks’ or the cap! The chapter board believes, with) able to sing in opera again. That is the opinion of New York physicians who have followed coud not have been in that location: President Kane, that the most gen-| closely his attack of pleurisy and empyema. Empyema is the most serious condition that follows! 00 the day following the discovery of erally satisfactory method of financ- | the murder and not be discovered.” ‘ing educational institutions is by) the facts. We want to do ev- erything we can to make it clear to everyone just what are the results of the audit. If calling any of us will help do this we are all ready to of the past month, it would appear joy » pne Cua i Pier ere een eee et . A ; : ¥ Ce ene patti immediate and impor- ? vie or phenmonia. The tenor’s physician, Dr. Philip Horowitz, says there is reason to believe, “phe state's. alfiants are Mathias; means of a millage tax as he has| tant question is the sale of the sev- (hat Caruso will not be able to return to Opera “with full possession of his vocal powers.” Dr, Kiemele, who said he had fixed @ proposed. Among other advantages, weephe people have their money in eral issues of the state bonds now being offered. The bankers of the state have earnestly endeavored to assist in the sale of these bonds, but so far with- out success. The administration has also been unable to sell them. The bankers have ascertained the condition under which those bonds could now be sold by them, and with those conditions before them, make the proposition: The bankers would undertake to sell— $3,000,000 of farm loan bonds, as well as the balance of the $10,000,000, as reasonably needed and the mar- ket will absorb. $2,000,000 of mill and elevator bonds to complete and put in operation the Grand Forks mill and elevator. $250,000 of home building bonds. $1,000,000 of the Bank of North Da- kota bonds. To bring this about, it would be necessary on the part of the admin- istration— To limit the operation cf the Bank of North Dakota to the administration of state, state institutions, and state industry finances, farm loan and farm loan bonds. To procure the enactment of a new depositary law for counties, townships, school districts, boards of education, villages and cities, making every going bank a permanent pub- lic depositary, and fixing the rate of interest’ by statute, providing also for publicity as an assurance that de- posits would be properly distributed. Provide some assurance to ihe pule lic that the so-called farmers’ indus- trial program will be confine to the Grand Forks mill an elevator, to q as W. Edear. editor of "es i 3 . Thomas W. Edgar, editor of the Western Medical Review says Caruso probably will never again children are supposed to have found, regular appearan Vo rpg iss . v oT Ht 7 ) é i ry i ore Teg Caruso is shown here with his wife and daughter, Gloria.! the masks and a dusting cap, have his old magnificent hmg power, The sketches illustrate the misfortune whi i x | J ate the which has followee 2 tenor rect . | wed the tenor recently, | quently, and had noticed nothing of change the rate of tax. | $1,100,000 | HAIL WARRANTS CALLED BY STEEN Starts to Pay 1919 Vouchers on Losses Over the State John Steen, state treasurer, has be- gun to issue vouchers for the unpaid 1919 hail warrants. He expects to continue the call in of warrants until all are paid. The firs county for which were called was Steele county. Others to be called in order are Stutsman, Towner, Traill, Walsh, Ward, Wells, Williams, The total amount of warrants for ‘these counties. ts Over $1,109,900, The total amount of cash paid in taxes to mest the warants is adont 9750,400, When he found the warrants for 1919 had not been called in, Mr. Steen consulted Mr. Cathro to find out if the Bank of North Dakota, custodisn of the hail insurance fund, Crude Oil Is Cut Another 25 Cents Pittsburg, Jan. 10.—A further re- duction in the purchasing price of crude oil was made today following a reduction on Saturday is made on the Corning grades teday.. The new price is $3.75 a barrel, a ‘cut of 25 cents. ” MISSOURI RIVER POWER PROJECT GIVEN IMPETUS Pierre, S. D., Jan. 10.—New impe- tus was given the electric argument hy the issuance of the printed Hydro- Klectric commission to the iegislature Friday. The report covers the ac- tivity of the commission since ft was' s: eee tenn nnenenens the kind; Edward Hofer, 14-year-old | itn . ‘an ‘Federal Department of Justice’s atier he found this mask in the pas authorized and the commissioners ap- | pointed in 1919. One of the first steps taken by the commission, the report shows, was to enter info an agreement with Daniel fence within a few feet of where the the mill tax would not require the! of the institu-| and tions before the legislature for appro- | | that he had been on the tarm fre-| priations, except when necessary to! | It is pointed out, however, that the! {boy Emanuel Hofer and Sherift | millage tax figure must be fixed upon | Stefferud. ; a properly conceived plan as to the! What Boy Says ‘real needs of the institution, so that| Edward Hofer states that he | there will be provided funds ample to! LUMBERMENS | ; found one of the masks five or six carry on its work and the contem-| | days before his father saw the two! plated developments. In other words. | b smaller boys playing with the masks; | millage tax, which is too low pro-' that the mask which he found was viding insufficient funds is no bet-) -the blacker one of the two without ter than any other appropriation ‘the holes cut into it, that he gave no; which is equally inadequate. thought to it until later he heard his: It is stated the A. A. E. (American’ ifather say that it might be a mask Association of Engineers) of the state and “that he is positive that it was, expect to make the necessary repre- | sentationg to the governor, the state, {ture that the two smaller ‘boys were! board of administration and” appro- , ‘geen playing with this mask and an-| Priate legislative committees support- , other one; that he also is positive: ing President Kane in securing the Investigation Covers Nation Hl | | that it was after he found this mask/ legislature’s adoption of his recom-' ‘in the pasture that the little girl, mendation. \ lumber manufacturers through their Magdalena Hofer, national and regional association is davit for Layer’s attorneys, Says | eral trade commission. This is dis-; masks and that her younger son; closed today in a report sent to con-' showed her the clump of bushes in gress today by the committee in con- which he said he found them. John | nection with the inquiry of the senate Hofer says that it was aboutt No-| | his little daughter, ays, is designed to show the activi- | ning up to him, holding in her hand} ' ties of the manufacturers and their: a 12 guage block shot-gun shell and| “Flip Edwards” to Be Given for elinjination of competitive woods, re-| she said. Two days later, he gays, | ction of reforestration and other he saw the children playing with the! Washington, Jan. 10.--An int&sive found the cap referred to by his fath-| jane reer See, investigation into the activities of er in his affidavit.” ] making an Al | i being made by the department of jus- that it was while she was away from | tice with the assistance of the fed- home that the children found the| committee on housing and reconstruc-| vember 15 that tion, ‘The report, the commission ‘Martha, about 4 years old, came run. | attitude towards “national legislation. a woman's dusting cap. She had) endments. to the revente laws, found them in the clump of bushes, | Benefit of Lodge Band i matters.” ” imaskg and he learned tney were t sient 5 | The commission informs congress’ found in the same place as the dust- ar Play ore _Ametont Ore ite “Flip Edwards.” the splendid home ¢ these institutions. They are entitled to know what is being done and what hag been done wit. tt. The big majority given the initiated law can leave no doubt about this.” The contest instituted by R. J. List for the senatorial seat of Gust Wos, of the Golden Valley district, will be heard before the senate elections com- mittee beginning Wednesday morning in the Burleigh county court house. dt is stated that the hearing will be open to the public, and the court house was chosen so that people might conveniently attend. Both Lis. and Wog will be represented by at. torneys. Wog received a majority of about 40, on the face of the ret CITY FIGHTS IVATE OWNED CAR COMPANY Cross Tracks of Utility’and Ar ~ rest Officer Serving Papers Detroit, Mich» Jan. 10.—Cirenit Judge Harry Dingeman, was expect- ed today to decide whether Detroit city officials were in contempt of urt following the crossing of y early Sunday morning of t! Detroit United Railways tracks wit tracks of the new municipal street ihe Drake mill, and the Bank of sould pay the cheeks i suet Mr. W. Mead and Chas. V- Seastone, of 41%) eae aaa te ea orth Dakota, and that no state in- ©athro today replied by letter, ca \tadison, Wis., April 24, 1914 ake that the nations associa Sing cap and shell, | st tt the auditori te w aft- a : i a ‘ a A a » Wis., April 24, 1919, to make weary active’ prinene | stage at the auditorium tomorrow w railway, after an injunction had. been in yp Closing a copy of a resolution adopte been “very acti In legislative and is a railway, debtedness other than the above ie) (Osite a copy of a reso Hadonted the engineering reconnaissance for departmental s, which affect’ Layer’s Explana | ernoon and evening. , ‘ issued by the court forbidding such one of. The seat sale is proceeding rapid-| 4 step. K. J. Burdick, assistant gen- created during the term of the pres- ent administration. To confer with attorneys for bond buyers at an early date, and if any new or amendatory legislation, or order of the industrial commission is required, to make the bonds more readily marketable, to se? that it is provided. ‘Gentlemen: We wish to assure the Committee that we appreciate the interest it has taken in this matter. The proposi- tien, however, cannot honorably be considered by the commission for the reason that it is a plain at- tempt on the part of the financial interests presumably Wall ‘Street financiers to dictate the political, fi- nancial and industrial policies of the State of North Dakota, and requir- ing a surrender of the sovereign powers of the state to manage its own affairs, and to permit the dicta- tion and interference with the inde- pendence and liberty of the free pcople of a sovereign state. The time has not yet arrived when any group, no matter how powerful fi- nancially, can dictate to this state hew to manage its own affairs. Ev- ery state in the Union is guaranteed a republican form of government un- der our constitution. The officers of the state, even though elected by the people, have no authority to surren- der its sovereignty. Rights once surrendered are seldom if ever re- geined. We are satisfied that any group of men that would exact such a surrender and arrogate to them- selves the prerogative of making the laws for the people of the state would rule with a tyrannical hand. The bonds of North Dakota can and will be sold without a surrender or compromise of this nature. We are satisfied that your committee did not expect the industrial com- (Continued on page 2) by bankers. -state officials committee to the effect that no more money should be drawn out of the Bank of North Dakota than ig necessary to be drawn out now. Mr, Steen said that he did not be- lieve it was his office to use discre- tionary powers as to paying off the warrants. He said that he felt that he should call in the warrants and if the industrial comn Bank of ‘North Dakota to pay them at this time, a resolution to this effect could b2 adopted, simi- lar to the resolution adopted with ref- erence to the withdrawal of funds by counties. The checks, he said, would de issued from time to time, not all being sent out at once. The work would be done, he said, without in- terfering with the regular routine ot the office. \None of the 1920 hail warrants have ‘been called in. D.C. Poindexter, state auditor, says that his office force is busy issuing them and he hopes to have all the warrants out in ten days. Because of the fact that only half of the amount of taxes becomes delin- quent on ‘March 1 this year, it is probable that the hail insurance fund will mount slowly. H. A. Olsness, commissioner of in- surance, urges that the three cent flat acreage tax be allowed to accum- ulete or put into a revolving fund, so that in future years the hail losses could be paid off more promptly. The flat tax, he says, amounts to about, $830,000, and a revolving fund of | about $,5000,000 would be necessary, he says. To Meet Tonight. Women Business Professional club meets tonight at 7:15 at the high school gymnasium. In proportion to population Switz- erland has more deaf mutes than any jother country. a sum not to exceed $30,000. In response to urgent requests, the report continues, the commi sion at a meeting held July 1, directed Mr. Mead and Mr. Seastone to make a suppl mtary report upon the Big Bend site. The specifications fur the locks de- manded at this point by the war de- { partment, were considered unreason- able and a visit was made to the gov- ernment chief engineer to secure modification. This was accomplished in August of that year. A short time later an agreement was reached with the Fargo Engineering company of Jackson, Mich., to check this report of Messrs. Mead and Seastone, with the understanding that the check be submitted not later than December 20, and that the cost should not ex- ceed $8,000. In October, the Mead-Seastone re port upon the Big Bend site was sub- mitted, together with an extensive analysis. They reported that a de- velopment at Big Bend with the same head as at Mobridge or Mule Head —80 feet—would cost for the river plant alone $28,000,000. On December 20, the Fargo com- pany submitted their report upon the check of the Mead-Seastone figures. This report is not printed but fully conforms as to physical conditions. The Fargo estimate of cost is 6.7 per cent higher than that of Mead and Seastone upon the basis of prices cur- rent one year ago. The report of Mr. Berg and Robin- son who visited the Keokuk dam and also various points in Ontario, where the state owns and operates the sup- ply of hydro-electric power is now in the hands of the printer. Educator Here Superintendent Nelson Sauvain of| cording to a report’ from Dr. James' Were guests at a tea Devils Lake is an interested visitor] W. Hall, chairman of the county in- in the city. ‘Cook county ‘Layer attempts to expla K ’ xtracts from correspon-| the state's most vigorously pressed | ly, and large audiences for the mat- aed i vai ‘lai he con-/| inee and evening performance are ex- to have passed between points against his claim that he con) ted. The matinee will be giv itiong are fessed to the murder after being beat-! P ° 1 Aan nee dl be Bi en given in the report to support the en and that he was threatened with bay Pe hae ih Bie even abst ne commission's charge that ‘ance of mob violence. After he was sentenc- ance starts at 8:15 p.m. Following the evening performance there will this indus Numerous dence said officials of regional organ Chicago. Jan. 10.—Ca' price lists from time to time was “an ed he asked the judge to permit him raat ij ks’ ha established practice.” The corres- to visit home. ‘He now says that he Hes a dence Bien Tne pondence quoted invelved the West did this because he felt that if he the play go to the Workmen band. Western Pine Manufacturers’ associa-, would be safe. | ; i ds the play. which is a four-act comedy | tion, the Association of Hemlock —— i a g ‘ (Goitinuad oncaize 2) drama, under the direction of Frank} joyed a long run in New York, and abounds in amusing as well as tense {scenes. Mr. Barker has praised the cast, declaring it to be one of the M E B E R F 5 best he has ever trained. M N 0 the leading role of Hope Nelson. Mr. Barker has the role of Joe Mainard, “The Cracksman,” Miss Vivian Ed- ‘wards plays “Kit! Frank Snyder takes the part of “Flip Edwards” and i ; of the play. New York, Jan. 10.—Historic Trin- shaw to Carry Vote to The show is known also by_ the : name, “The Girl He Couldn't Buy.” members of the “Hoboes Union,” in Washington i the congregation. pasowes made by “The Girl.” who has the op- ———_———— P. R. Trubshaw, editor of the Val- portunity of moving from her hall ley City Times-Record, was chosen’ room into the palace of a millionaire. this afternoon to act as mes: While she debates between right and for the five presidential electors of wrong, the Cracksman. thief whe votes in the electoral college for society for a false conviction, enters Warren G, Harding for president to He falls in love at first sight. The quired to be in Washington by Jan. 24. and luxury and the Cracksman. The meeting was held in the office Which does she choose? of Secretary of State Thomas Hall at aaa noon. The electors are L. E. Heaton, RUN INTO STORM. 3 of insanity county; Ed. Hoverson, of Golden Val- the small settlement on the trans- from alcoholism ha ncreased in the ley, and EF. 1. Gardner, of Bottineau, continental railway toward which tne ion went into effect ac-. Following the selection the electors loonists are believed to be rushing in the office of from Hudson Bay territory today was The decora-| in the grip of a snowstorm which old Coast Lumbermen’s association, the could get back among his friends he “aio cast has worked diligently on Continued | Barker; of New York. The play en-' “ bp] 4 Miss Bergliot Caspary appears in Meeting Held at Noon—Trub- Sherman Wright is “The Other Man" ity church had 141 unemployed men, The climax of the play is the decision FROM MOONSHINE ‘North Dakota, carrying the five robs hecause of a grievance against Washington. Mr. Trudshaw is r- girl makes her choice between wealth Burleigh county; P. M. Cole, Ward — Mattice, Ontario, Jan. 10.—Mattice. psychopathic hospital and Mr. Trubshaw. three stranded Americen naval bal- imers thought may prove severe. | since prohibi Miss Minnie J. Nielson. jtions were in pink, i sanity commission. eral manager of the D. U. R» an- nounced he would start suit against the city on charges of false arrest. asserting he had been held a prisoner on Belle Isle during the early hours of Sunday morning after he had made an ineffectual attempt to serve the injunction on city officials. Guarded by a force of policemen es- timated at 200, a hundred laborers were taken early Sunday morning to Mack and St. Jean avenue where the work of crossing the Detroit United Railways Mack avenue line was he- gun. Burdick, who had obtained the injunction Saturday, appeared and asserted he had begun to serve the injunction upon Joseph Goodwin. manager of the city railway system, when he was taken into custody by a policeman on a charge of disturb- ing the peace and placed in a patrol wagon. LLOYD GEORGE BREAKS DATE WITH LEADER London, Jan. 10—Conference _be- tween the Rev. Michael O'Flannagan, acting president of the Sinn Fein, and Premier Lloyd George. with a view ‘to bringing about peace in Ireland, have been broken off and will not be re- sumed, says the Daily Mail. ARMED GUARD. Queenstown, Ireland, Jan. 10.—An armed guard was placed on board the American steamer Honolulu with sup-. plies from New York for the unem- ployed of Cork.