The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1921, Page 1

{ | mer | THE BIS THIRTY-NINTH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. Pare uC JAN. K ae apes MORNING MAIL EDITION 446-1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS WOG WINS HIS SEAT BY LONE © MAJORITY YOTE Senate Divides Evenly on Fac- tional Lines in Contest Matter WOOD DECIDES THE ISSUE. Casts Deciding Vote in Battle. for Control of Upper House , | | Gust Wog, of Billings county, sena-/ tor from the 39th district, retains his; seat by one vote. | Independents in the senate charged’ that the Nonpartisan leaguer seni-| tors, in voting to seat Wog, reversed! their ‘action of two years ago in un-; seating an independent on the plea | that it is wrong “to countenance any such irregularities or crimes against; a free man’s ballot.”. Nonpartisan senators, on the other| hand, asserted that no fraud had been shown, and that it was evident the voters had expressed their convic- tion. Wog was elected by 40 votes. Ti the three precincts in which irregu- larities were charged had _ been thrown out R. J. List, contestant, in- dependent, would have been seated. | The vote was 25 to 24, Lieutenant, Governor Howard Wood casting the deciding vote in Wog's favor. Wog was not permitted to vote by the) lieutenant governor. The vote came after three-hour debate on the di-| vided report of the elections commit- te, five Nonpartisans recommending Wog be seated and four independents | declaring against~ it. ally, was exonerated of any part in! the alleged irregularities by the in-| dependents. { Riba-Webber Case. Independent senators develope!| their arguments by using the pre-| cedent established at the 1919 se’- sion in the Riba-Webber case. At that | time the league needed one more vote | on the floor of the house to secure | a two-thirds majority to pass emerg- ency clauses. Riba was defeated in| Sargent county by Webber, the fr-| . regularity charged against .Webber | being the closing of the polling booth | in the town of Forman while votes | were being counted. This, election! officials contended was for the pur-| pose of obeying a board of health or | der against. crowds _congregating | while the “flu” epidemic raged. The | opposition claimed fraud. During the course of the debate Senator Bond of Minot summed up the political significance of the case by quoting, from the journal of the; 1919 session . wherein Walter Mad- dock, flgor leader for the league int Jhouse was recorded as having sai “I wish to explain my vote on this | question. I base my decision upon | the evidence introduced in this house | by' the committee on elections and | election privileges, and upon that evi- | tlence only. The report shows gross irregularities which may constitute | fraud in the election held in the pre-; icinct in question. I believe it be-) neath the dignity of this body to countenance any such irregularities | and crimes against a free man’s bal- | Jot. It does not matter who is guilty. | or whether anyone ig guilty. You cannot, give the sanction of this legis- | ‘lative body to such irregularities ia our elections which ‘encourage fraud and are certainly a crime against the American ballot.” After quoting Mr. Maddock, Sena- tor Bond. insisted that the house de- manded a rigid enforcement to the; limit of all election Jaws and he con- | tended. that in the Wog-List case the, evidence was conclusive. © | Although senator after senator ex- | pressed his views, and Fraser, Non-; partisan, of McLean, ° quoted from, scores of law books in a three-quar- ter hour speech, it was clearly evi-| dent that the vote and the fight was clearly along party and political af-| filiation lines. i Majority Report. | The majority report was as follows: The committee. finds: First, that there was no fraud or corrupt practice committed or par- ticipated in by the contestee or anv of the election officers in any of the voting precincts involved in the’ contest. Second, that the official canvass of the ballots cast in said legisla- tive district represents the true sentiment of the voters therein as; represented by their ballots at such election. Third, that while the record dis- closes certain minor irregularities common to all elections your com- mitte found in every instance after a full and fair investigation that the substantial rights of the con-| testant, R. J. List, were in no way injured; that he received credit for each and every vote to which he was entitled. -As an example of said irregular- ities the committee found that in) certain precincts there were no Democrats, and therefore only Re- publicang could be appointed as H election officers. Fourth, that the election in said legislative district- was fairly and honestly conducted and contestee, Gust Wog, received the, majority of all the votes cast in said district for the office of stale senator. That he is in every way eligible to such ‘office and that a certificate of election has been duly issued to his as such senator. From the foregoing findings the committee concludes and reports that the said contestee, Gust Wog, (Continued on Page 3.) Wog, person-| | that the} week, i _ WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THIS FACE? | Want! Hunger! Cold! Misery! Agony! Death! | 1¥ ‘TIS THE SADDEST FACE IN WORLD! | TOSTATE FUND “A simple child That lightly draws its breath And feels its life in every limb— What should if know « BY ALICH ROUL Anna is a Polish child who they have seen of horror and death. Anna's home was in Viln she is a ward of the Americ HT istration trying to save 3,500,000 children in central and western Europe. Only through the timeliest saved from the slow, tortured through starvation which these millions are treading. Artists who have looked at graph at the offices of the European Relief Council in New York say those unchildlik the plaintive, wistful lips ex- ceed in pathetic appeal Guido Reni’s painting Nathaniel thorne called the saddest face in the world. Anna has seen her younger brother turned from a fat, rollicking voungster into a mis- apen, rickety boy, unable to support himself sorrewing eyes, of Beatrice Cenci, which on his bent and wobbly legs. TAXPAYERS OF MINOT CALLED ON THE CARPET, Only 20 Reported Personal Prop- erty, Report to Com- missioner Taxpayers of Minot wiv failed to report personal belongings for as-; sessment for taxation shall be sum- moned before the county auditor and compelled to list their property, un- der an order issued by George E. Wa!- lace, state tax commissioner to the Ward county auditor. “The law provides for the asses: ment of weuring apparel and other personal belongings, including di jewelry, books, firearms said Mr. Wallace. “It ap- pears that at Minot only 20 people had Jothes. When the commissioners | creased thes) twenty about 500 per cent. The 20 people who made returns asked for abatement of taxes. “I have ordered the county auditor to send out trom 490 to 600 notices to taxp, to appear before him be taxed for per: onal belongings.” MINOT VISITOR K. Hileman of Minot was an inter- ested visitor in town the last of the rs—-and is as old as the ages. One look into her tragic eyes tells how much Poland. Today Relief Admin- starving 4 | She has seen her mother feed the children of death?” She he has lived 12 suffering and | tle children. land, Ifung: Germany, It is to se are was Anna road to death Anna’s photo- Waw- | Amer | Of the PATTERSON ASKS [t is the face of Hurope looking mutely upon the misery they cannot understang. There are millions of these children in Po-f Austr ttvia and Lithuania. ve these starving European Relief Council, 42 Broadway, New York, is soliciting funds in America. lin K. Lane is treasurer. ery $10 will save a child. The council includes The American Relie Administration, the American Red Cross, the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ. in the Knights of Columbus, the Y. M. CA. the YW. C.A., the American Friends’ Service Committee and the Jewish Joint Dis+ tribution Comnittee. 5,000,000 needed for the work about} one-third has been sub: I ne TO HEAR PHONE soup made from the boiled hark of trees. She has seer a little cousin fed for nearly six yéars on imitation food and then become a hopeless tubercular. seen an aunt, crazed by the misery} of her children, go mad. Her face is the symbol of eternal childish wonder at the sulfering life offers innocent lit- starving childven and horror (zecho-Sloyvakia ; vies that the frank- It is stated that ev- f ibed. STATE TO READ | INCREASE CASE HERE ON FEB. 4 LOCAL METERS and An application for electric steam heat meter readings by meter’ reader furnished by the state and for the Mc-; Kenzie, the Soo and_the Northwest | joint reading of meters in hotels has been taken by KE. G. Pat- terson with the railroad commission. Electric company. The case has been set for hearing on January 28, at 2 p.m. it is an- nounced by Frank Milholland, presi dent of the commission. P. J. Feuchs and Feuchs of Underwood are spending the day in town. CRAFTSMAN SHOP SOLD F. J. Oeltjen has disposed of his interest in the Craftsman print shor print shop under Obert Olson. WAR MOTHERS MEET. Fort Lincoln Chapter of Am 1 War Mothers hold their regular meet- 1 ing in American Legion Hall in the Hinckley block tomorrow wfternoon « thre o’cloc The attractive club rooms of the American Legion are now the permanent headquarters of the War Mothers, i \o | | | | The The defendant company is the Hughes | will be submitted to the s | road. comm: Feb. 1, ion offic pendent. Tel ty rates within e e ( | the testimony mitted by or at the commission offic Among th go in town f Neis, J. W P, WwW. ‘omm hat date he: to J. E. Melton, formerly in the state {the | commit | McDonnell | Railroad Commission to Have Matter Submitted on Argument telephone rate increase ¢ ate rail- on oral argument at 1:30 p. m., in the commis- t Bismarck. pn | ‘The cases embrace the application ; by the orthwestern Bell Telephone ; company and the North Dakota Inde- one company for auth- se exchange and toll the state of North Da- to iner cases were heard on Dec. 2 he- sioner Milhollan, Since been a change in wo members of th ion und these commissioners and Stutsman. wish that and evidence b iJ argument, it was FROM FARGO business men from Far- r the week end are: Carl Fu ilbur, F. J. Kelly and \j i | BANKS CALLED “FOR PAYMENTS. Guaranty Commission Levies, Four Special Assess- ments OVER FOUR MONTH PERIOD First Made on Feb. 15—State-' ment on Fund Con- dition Four asscssments on all state banks have been authorized by the stae guar- anty commission, it was stated today by O. E. Lofthus, state bank examiner, | ™ The assessments. each of which are for 1-20 of 1 per cent of the total av- erage deposits of each state bank, are payable at 30 day intervals, beginning ; ‘on February 15, It is estimated that each assess- ment will give to the commission about $65,000, or a total of about! $260,000 by the time the last assess-! ment is paid about May 15. The commission expects to begin paying dividends to depositors in banks which have closed and which, j have not reopened. The policy which | ‘the commission assumed from the be-| iginning, that of immediately paying; joff depositors and taking over ail 1i-! j abilities of closed banks and .liqui-| dating them, will not be followed ia paying off the depositors o; ie sev- eral banks for which rege@l¥ers have ben appointed to wind up the affairs lot the banks. Amount In Fund, There now is $64,641.90 in the guar- antly fund, with about $172,627.80 in total accounts against two closed banks, one at Jud and one at Mar- imarth, part of which will be a loss. ‘Until the bank closings began this fall there were but these two bank fail- ures under the guaranty act and in thees cases the depositors were paid off and the commission began the li- jouidation of the banks, taking over all assets. The law provides an annual assess- ‘ment of 1-20 of one per cent of the to- tal deposits for the fund, and permits four special assessments of the same amount in one year. These spec assessments now are being levied. Loss to Be Small. It is estimated by the examiner, af- ter receiving reports on all the closed banks, that the loss on those which will not reopen will be very small. ;and although the liquidation may re- quire a considerable period of’ time jit is expected that after the liquida- | tion is completed it will be found thaf |the strain of taking care of the de- positors will not be burdensome. WATKINS GREW "RELIEVED FROM ~ STATE PAYROLL 'Liquor Investigators Are Cut off—No Appointments Made , Investigators employed by the attor- ney general under the direction of F. L. Watkins, prohibition enforce- jment officer, have been taken off the pay roll. No new appointments have been | made, it is understood. When the at- | torney general's office changed hands | the first, of the year it was under- | stood. that the investigators working jainder Watkins would retain their po- | sition for some time. Those severed from the pay-roll in- {clude L. P. Sandstrom, of Bottineau: | Wilbur Lukens, R. F. Dahl, of Bot- |tineau, Dewey Hagen, of Jamestown, and Howard Watkins, of Bismarck, son of F. L. Watkins, Mr. Watkins re-' {mains in his present position. | H. J. Baird, of Robinson, and Peter ! Scott, of Bottineau, deputy license de- | partment inspectors, also have been j relieved. Baird had heen on the pay- roll as an aid to Watkins. ! Harry Dunbar, head of the license i department, said today that the dep-, |uty inspectors had finished up the work they were engaged in before the | change in administration. New ap- pointments have not been made, ho said. LABOR BILLS _ AREUPBEFORE STATE AFFAIRS Committee of House Considering Measures Introduced i by Lakie | The state affairs committee of the j house had under consideration last | night and this morning the labor bills introduced by Lakie of Williams. Action on all but two was deferred |for further consideration. The bills ling for an eight-hour day on pub- lic works and for plumbing inspectors are recommended for indefinite post- ponement. The Heaton and Miller bonus bills were also up for consideration. A committe from the American Legion was heard. Decision was deferred while an attempt will be made to frame one measure which will be sat- actory. The American Legion com- ng ou this bill now. jmittee is wor! | necessary warrants, LECTURER ON FARM TOPICS HERE MONDAY W. J. Spillman, formerly chief cf the bureau of farm markets, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., will speak in the Auditorium Monday night, January 24.) His topics will be cost of produc- tion, farm credit and farmer control of farmer products. He comes to Bismarck under the auspices of the state department of agriculture, and will make seven ad-| dresses in the state under the auspices of this department. Farmers are urged to hear him, WOULD CLOSE SEASON AGAIN ON CHICKENS Rep. Pierce Asks Ban on Killing Prairie Chickens Two Years SALARY BOOST BILL IN Ttepresentative ‘Peters of Pierce county, would take the joy away from, prairie chicken hunters, if a bill he introduced yesterday: in the house would pass. He would declare a closed season on prairie chickens for the years 1921 and 1922. | ‘The measure is certain to be con- tested hotly. Many hunters declare ‘that prairie chickens have increased in remarkable degree and that there !is no need for a closed season, One local lover of hunting id recently | that he saw a field a few miles south | of town literally covered with prairie , chickens a few weeks ago. j County officials are given a boust in salary in a bill introduced by Shim- ;min of Dickey. It provides that the register of deeds, county auditor, sheriff, county treasurer, county judge clerk of district court, county super- intendent of schools and states at- torney shall receive $2.50 a year. for each thousand of population and in’ no ctunties less than $1,500 or more than $2,500. “This is about a 20 per 800 HEIRS T0 - GBT ESTATE OF ~ $800,000,000 | | Property Left by Jacob Blaser to | Go to Several Gen- erations 'FARGO PERSONS ON LIS | |Six Hundred Acres of Land In- volved Now Suburb of Philadelphia | \. Fargo, Jan. 18.—An estate of $800,- ; 000,000 left by Jacob Baker, revolu- | tionary war veteran, is goon to be ; divided among 300 heirs, Mrs. J. A. | Hill, of Fargo, one of the heirs, said ; here today. Mr. Baker, who has been dead about 10 years received 5,000 acres of land on which Chillicothe. Ohio, now stands, and 600 acres in | what is now a suburb of Philadelphia {4s government grant for services in ;the Revolution and the War of 1812, according to Mrs. Hill. He leased the: entire property for 99 years just be- /fore he died, and the lease expired several days ago. | Mrs. Hill's thre brothers, Henry J.. 'N. G. and William H. Baker of Fargo ; are among the heirs, she says. Other heirs she named include Mrs. T. Mc- | Laren, Sweetland, N. D. BEACH PLANS ~ANAUTO CAMP FOR TOURISTS Town Criers Club Negotiates for Use of Fenced-in Ground | cent raise, i ‘nm the case of a county judge with increased jurisdiction of the county court, the rate is $300 a year for each | thousand of population. | The mileage ratevis placed at 15 | cents a mile. (Kitchen of Golden. Valley, intro- | duced another educational measure. ‘This reduces the grades of high | schools from three to two and makes {the system” or grading” more uniform. : Slominski of Walsh, in a bill he in- | troduced wants the medical require- | ments raised so that all applicants; ‘for licenses as practitioners graduat- | ing since July 1, 1919, must have two years of college work preliminary to | four years of medical study. Regulation of movement of éars} | through the appointment of inspect- lors by the railroad commission is | provided for in a joint bill fathered j by Larson of Pierce, and Sogen 9% | Ramsey. | “The first, echo of the attack which, | Arthur LeSeuer, former league lead- ler, recently made on the’ manner in | Which the state industries are man-, aged was heard in legislative halls to-| ‘day, Representative Ophaug of Nel-| gon, received a communication. from | Benton township, signed by N. O. ' Hagen and thirteen others, commend- ‘ing the stand taken by Mr. iLeSeuer and urging legislation which would’ ‘take the industries out of politics. | | ‘Harding of Emmons, sprung a mo-| ition calling for the appointment of a committee of three to meet a similar! | committee from the senate to discuss ‘the matter of a recess for a few days. On motion of Johnson of Cass, Hard-| ""ing’s motion was amended to call for) !a report from the committee tomor- ‘ow. Adjournment’ Up Olsen of Billings, said that he had ‘no objection to an adjournment, but {that when some of the ‘Independents | wanted one Saturday they had been {accused of attempting to steal four} or five thousand dollars of the state’s’ money and give nothing in return, and ‘he wanted it distinctly understood | that if there was going to be any mo-_ tion to adjourn that it must be de by a leaguer with full responsibility thereof. | Maddock of Montrail, explained that the house were not responsible for. ‘Ellingson of Traill, Olsen and Hard-| ‘ing were appointed house members| ‘of the committee. WILLISTON IN EFFORT 10 GET SCHOOL MONEY Williston, N. D.: Jan. 18.—To assure | the continuation of school here and the payment of the teachers’ salaries at the end of the month, an interested group of the Williston Commercial club met to discuss and forni plans for the sale of some of the school warrants. ‘At this meeting it was decided to make an appeal to the owners of gov- ernment bonds in an effort to have them sell some of them and purchase some of the school warrants. All of the fraternal orders of the city who hold government bonds have made ar- rangements to sell them and purchase school warrants. Nearly $8,000 will be needed for the January expenses and a committee has been appointed by the Commercial club to sell the Beach, N. D., Jan. 18—The Town 'Criers Club is negotiating with the Goodrich-Call Lumber company for | the use of the portion of their ground fenced in, together with the building on the north side of the yard, the idea being that this will make an ideal camping ground for auto tourists next season. It is planned to put water ,and other conveniences in the place and also concrete cooking arrange- ; ments that will make it ideal for the purpose designed. If the boys can be prevented from tearing the building down in the | meantime it will be fixed up for sleep- ing quarters in case of rain or pref- erence by the travelers, and Mayor Mathison has promised police proter- tion and supervision. The matter will be taken up at the next meeting of the club for final disposition. The date of the next meeting of tle club has not ben decided upon, awail- ing reply from the national vice pres- ident. W. J. Betting, as to -when h?® expects to reach here on his way to Helena, but if anything happens to interfere with that plan another’ speaker from outside will be secured for the meeting. BROKE PAROLE. ~ COMING BACK TO STATE PEN E. H. Brewington Said Caught in Idaho Asy- lum E. H. Brewington, who broke parol» rom the North Dakota penitentiary. coming back. Governor Frazier has issued a re- quisition to Idaho officials, and Ray Stair, son of Warden Stair of the pen- itentiary, is going after him. Brew- ington, it said, was working in the none of the house members had cast) (UB 0": 0: any such reflections and anything; State, insane asylum of Idaho as a | tha qs said outside the leaguers in| suard. the hoinie=w Brewington was sentenced from Eddy county to serve a five and one- half year term for assault, beginning February 21, 1918. It is said by pris: on authorities that some time ago he | broke a parole which permitted him to be employed outside the prison. He was released from prison, it is said, in order that he might support his wife, but he failed to do this, it is al- leged. Warden Stair has placed a charge of ‘aping from prison against him, which is a felony, and he likely will face this charge when he returns. Convicts in the past who have es- caped and who have been captured have lost their “good time” but it is understood to be the warden’s future policy to place the additional charge against escaped convicts. WHEAT SAGS IN PRICE Chicago, Jan. 18-—Wheat under- went a sag in price today owing more or less to reports that Italy had can- celed some of her purchases. De- sides domestic demand appeared to lack volume. Opening quotations which ranged frcm unchanged figures to 1% cents lower were followed hy a little rally aud then by moderate declines all around.