The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1921, Page 1

Ul THE WEATHER Unsettled THIRTY-NINTH YEAR s BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1921 igs PRICE FIVE CENTS LE - ELECTION BILLS TO BE OFFERED ISLA TURE ‘STOCKHOLDERS IN RAZOR CO. START. ACTION A. G. Divet, Fargo attorney, issued a letter to contributing stock- Collins. Safety Razor has IN LEGISLATURE ‘i: in the }company explaining action taken by him and by South Dakota stockhold- lers, representing about 20,000 shares, Provide Nonpartisan State Elec-! who joined with the Protective Asso- } ciation of Grand Forks, representing tion, Sdme as on County f Candidates ' SEPARATES U. S. OFFICES! ! North South Dakota stockholders, employed | |and entered a protest in court against | Dakota stockholders. ‘The | an attorney who went to Chicago,) the sale of the property! The asso- ciation formed at Graid Forks hopes | ‘to bring all North Dakota stockhold- ers into it to join in the effprts heing Candidates for U. S. Senator and} mado in their benalt. Congress Nominated , Separately Two bills providing for new elec- tion methods, including a nonpartisan | state ballot,|were ready for introduc- tion in the legislature today. The first bill, provides: Party primary, election on the third Tuesday in March of each presidential year, at which nomin- ations shall be made for candi- dates for the offices of presidet tial) electors, United States. Ser ator, member of Congress a: election ‘shall be made of del gates to the ngtional party con- ventions, - national committeemen and pagty precinct committeemen. On third Tuesday of March.of each even numbered year, other than presidential election years, primary shall be held for nomin- ating party candidates for United | States senator, if, any are to be chosen, for member of Congress and to elect party precinct com- mitteemen. Names of candidates ‘to appear on separate ballot for each party with title “United States ballot” and with party designation at top. Nominations may be made by petition, filed with the secretary of state. The second bill provides: Separate state and county pri- mary ballots entitled “Primary. Nominating Ballot” for state of- fice candidates and “County Pri- mary Nominating. Ballot” for county office candidates. Double number to be elected to any office shall be nominated, as two for Governor and six for rail- road commissioner. + June primary. retained. : The bills were drafted by. Theadore G.,,Nelson, se¢retary of the Indepen- dent Voters’ Association. In a state- ment explaining his attitude on the measures Mr. Nelson says: Cause of Unrest “Much, of the social and economical unrest in our midst is due to ‘faulty election Jaws -and flaws in the ma- chinery with which we assemble our government. When some people are asked what our Government consists | of, they answer, the’ people: This is wrong, the people are not the Gov- ernment, they-make the Government. Dur government consists of officials that are elected or appointed for pub- lic service. Much of the election ma- chinery in our state and many, other states is built to serve individuals or classes. who want to make use of the government for personal profit politi- cally and otherwise. , Under ‘Law COMMISSION TO-PRESENT: ITS REPORT: Annual Statement to™Be Filed Feb. 1 With Secretary of State AUDIT COMPANY WORKING | To Make Material Reduction in Force of Home Builders’ Association | A second report on the state Mdus- tries will be presented by the Indus- trial Commission by February 1st. ac- | cording to John N. Hagan, member of the commission. The report is the | annual report tequired of .the commis- sion, Mr. Hagan said. Reports circulated in hotel lobbies | to the effect that the new. state boa of the auditors was making an examin- ation of Bank of North Dakota develop- ed to be the audit of the industries he- ‘ng made by the Industrial Commis- sion. \ The Equitablé Audit company was employed by the Industrial Commis-} sion to make sthe audit. This firm, it is understood, did a part of its work weeks ago and is now finishing up its report. “s+ Home. Builders. Out: A. material reduction in the force of the Home Builders’ association is also coming in the very near future. Reports that theré was to be a general shake-up in this report brought the answer from administration men to- day that the force will be out only be- cause there is no work. for the ‘ry during the winter or finances to cfr. ry on extensive work. Commissioner Hagan said that tne work would be practically suspended. when some houses near completion are finished. He said that it was only | natural that the force should be re- duced when there was no work left. including the administrative force of the organization. The appropriations vill in the senate carries $50,000 a year for two years for general ex- penses of the Home Builders associa- | | tion, including salaries, “Mrs. Madge E. Milligan- -Simmons:| ‘and Jullan D, Simmons, the husband whom she welghed against $500,000, (NL E, A. Stall Special) Springfield, Mo., Jan. 25.—What's a husband worth to a Woman? The government has Hgured $10,000 as about right. That's the maximuni amount. of life insurance it allows 2 soldier to, take out with the War Risk Bureau. i Many women say less; ‘many wo- men say more. But Mrs. Madge E. Milligan-Sim- mons’ husband has ¢ost her $500,000 or so—and she is quite sure he is worth it. . Mrs. Simmons and her husbend, Ju- lian D. Simmons, are now on their honeymoon in the east. Whey Mrs. Milligan’s first husband died in 1913 he split his estate three ways—-only one share of stock ip his great grocery company going, to.a|’ daughter. by his first marriage; the remainger heing divided between Mrs. Milligym and a daughter by the sec- ond. marriage. But the will als provided that if Mrs. Milligan remarried all property acquired by her from the estate should revert to her daughter, Mrs. Milligan to retain only her statutory rights. Court officials estimate this sacrifice at $500,000. Simmons is vice president and gen- eral manager of a large wholesale house, so the marriage allies two im- portant busitiesses. ‘ERICKSON MUST FACE MURDER CHARGE ROW GAS DROPS TWOCENTSON CHI. MARKET Reductions Announced by Stand- ard Oil Company of Indiana Chicago, Jan. 25.—The Standard Oil company of Indiana, today announced a reduction in the price of gasoline o! two cents a gallon. eon id nen pee A jeral auditor of the Bethiehem Steel men VOUCHER NOT . SHIPBUILDING New, York, Jan, 25.—-Positive denial that any part of the $260,000 expense voucher made out to Charles W. Schwab was ever charged to ship- building was made today by the gen- betore the testimony company, in Walsh cong FIRE DESTROYS LARGE PART OF Ts AUDIT REPORT PNR NR RRR Rn ‘WHAT'S hee | WORTH? p00, 000, DECIDES MISSOURI BRIDE ATTORNEYS WILL BE NAMED TO HOLD SEARCHING INQUIRY INTO _ ALL PHASES OF INDUSTRIES Report is Voluminous Document of 400 Words and’Will Be Made Public Probably Late Today. John Sullivan.and Francis Murphy May Con- duct Probe in Connection With Bishop-Briss- man Audit. Accountant Brings Report to City. The audit report of state industries was submitted to the state legislature this afternoon. K. J. Grace, representative of Bishop, Brissman and com- pany, of St. Paul,arrived in the city ona train at 11:35 o’elock this morning with the report, His instructions were (o deliver the original of the report to the state auditing board, composed of William, Lemke, p dent, D.C. Poindexter, secretary, and Thomas Hall, and ‘to de- liver one copy of the report to Speaker L. L. Twitchell of the house and one copy lo Lieutenant-Governor Howard Wood, pres- ident of the senate, GIVEN TO SPEAKER. Immediately after the report was delivered in the house of representatives it was to be turned over by Speaker Twitchell to Representative M. O. Grangaard, of Barnes county, chairman of the investigation committee of nine authorized by the house and appointed by Speaker Twitchell. This committee will meet. in executive session tonight to or- ganiw, select, attorneys and plan for its investigation to detér- mine the correctness of the audit and the condition of the state industries. Hearings probably will start tomorrow. They will be held in the B urleigh county courthouse, It is probable that they will be held in the morning only, so that members of the committee will not be required to absent themselves from the sessions in the afternoon. Nothing but conjecture upon what the much heralded report of the Bishop-Brissman audit report on the state industries would contain was gleaned today. Speaker Twitchell had a copy, A COpy Was in the hands of the senate and the state board of audit had a copy and were in conference upon its contents. It is expected that a formal statenient will be made Wednes day to the press explaining the features of the report. “Discusses Loans + “The fact was learned unofficially that-the report will discuss the various real estate loans of the Bank of North Dakota and question the judgment. used as to amounts loaned and upon val- uations made for purposes of the loan. Lack-of Records It is also urged that the report, will call attention to anyal- leged Jack of records and books as far as the homebuilders: asso- ciation is concerned, The report was prevalent too that. the ac- countants had connected up certain politicians with the placi of loans. 1 Indicates Course Speaker Twitchell in’ presenting the letter of trafsmissal to the house indicated the courke that would be followed in hand- ling the report. The letter from, Bishop-Brissman stated that the firm had heen assailed in the press, but that it assured the legislature that the report. was without bias and that there was no prejudice in “Two things are required in order Report aka OR f Ry Ae ; ports were in circulati re Reductions were also announced it re . to have good government. First: E¥-| that 3. A Meee one Janes Gatrolouni peadi@d’: The Vea CITY OF ATH arriving at conclusions and that the company would furnish an ery citizen’s conception of his duty son assigned was a decrease in prices accountant to explain the report. : to state and nation must enable him state mill and elevator association, would resign by February 1st. | Slayer of Minot Policeman Is for crude petroleum. ! Partial Audit to lift his political thinking above eee pee See ambition, oF tpaity rovenee’ P aeaiee Arrested by Offi- GASOLINE IS Property Damage Three to Four It was further stated in the letter accompanying the; report 0 ; that the audit included an examination of the Bank of| North to promote the common good must wield the greatest influence . in the mind of the individual citizen’ when deciding what to do in polifical .mat- ters. Second: The means and meth- ods used for the assembling of our government.must be such as to make Bets reasonable citizen feel that he} has had a fair chance to get his ideas enacted intb law, or to get his choi amhong: thegeveral candidates select- ed. for public service, even when he , oses out all around. “Sverybody of course realizes that we cannot have popular government without political organization on a party basis. We must have some way of fixing responsibility for what is SAWYER BANKER ~ DIES IN MINOT POLICE STATION SON DIES ALSO Sawyer, N. D., Jan. 25.—A. Toffle-| mire, 84, died at the home of his son here today, Hig death is believed to have been caused by the death Friday of a son, John E,, in Minot, Minot, Jan. 25.-The contents of cials } Minot, Jan. 25.—Afvey Erickson, al- leged to be a whiskey runner, was ar- rested téday on a charge of murder in the first degree. Erickson shot Lee Fahler, policeman, while he was be- ing placed in arrest, his victim later \ dying. Deputy United States. Marshall Wat- tles has” arrested Erickson on a charge of violation of the federal pro- hibition act. ‘NURSING IS DOWN TWO CENTS IN MILL CITY} Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 25.—+-A re- duction of two cents a gallon in the price of gasoline was announced to- day by the Standard Oil company of Indiana. The price set was 28.2 per gallon at service statibns and 27.2 from tank wagons. Kerosene was cut from 20 to 17 cents a gallon. DECLARES COAL BARONS FLEECED PEOPLE OF BILLION Million in Southern Blaze Athens, Ga., Jan. 25.—A large part of the downtown district of this city was a mass of smouldering ruins to- day, the result of a fire'which for a | long time threatened to wipe out the} entire business district of the town. The fire was discovered at mid- night und it was five hours later be- fore the city fire department aided by those of surrounding towns was able to place the blaze under control. The rapid spread of the flames is Dakota, a partial audit of the Drake mill and the Homebuild association, There had been no time in which to audit fre Workmen’s Compensation bureau. Cost of Examination Two supervising accountants had been assigned to the task ata cost of a day and expenses and. that 10 assistants at a , ‘eost of $17.50 and expenses had heen detailed. 1 A resolution was introduced by the house appropriation com- mittee to pay $12,000 for the audit. A minority of the commit- tee moved for indefinite postponement. The majority resolu- tion went on the calendar and will be discussed Wednesday. Doyle Resigns Representative Doyle, who is on the house committee to con- the stomach of John ©. Tofflemire, done, or not done. by our government.! sawyer banker w' ia 4 ” said to have been due to a gasoline ment consists of « number of individ pale vee itr being Picked ‘pr | STATE’ PLAN Washington, Jan, 25-—The opinion | explosion in one of the first build- sider the report, resigned on account of poor health and his place ment consists of a number of individ- | the police who found him in a help- ‘that the American people were | ings which the fire hit. has been filled by the: appointment of Rep. Roy B. Weld of Wells ualists responsible to nobody and working with nobody. Wher our form of government was planned it was deemed wise to build from the bottom up, therefore our government was divided into political units; along lines that. would insure the greatest effi- drainage districts, road districts, etc., ‘are ali more or less (Continued on Page 3.) interwoven in less condition on the street, will be sent to the state laboratories at Grend Forks for analysis to determine if poison whiskey was the cause of} his death. The coroner’s jury con- sisting of Fred Almy, i. A. Cory and! John Nelson, held an inquest yester-| Coroner R. W. Pence regarding the result of the analysis. ; F. S. Tofflemire, brother of the de-, early | A [nuraing” policy is being adopted in the banking situation in the state, ‘according to O. E. Lofthus, state bank examiner. The fact that none of the closed banks have reopened if they desired at this time, it is s said. but it is felt by the examiner that \it would be a hetter policy to reopen at “fleeced” of a billion and a half dol-| Jars last year by the men in the coal trade was expressed by Senator Cai- der, Republican of New, York, who was a witness before the senate com- mittee considering the bill for federal | regulation” OUT IN INDIA —Fresh rioting has London, Jan. {drawn her troops from Siberia when No lives were lost, but the property damage will be from three to four million dollars. The origin of the fire i JAPS CRITICIZED FOR OCCUPYING unknown. —if Japan had with- Tokio, Jan. county. In the senate the report was received and referred by Lieut. Wood toa ccpnihittce headed by Senator Liederbach. State Auditor Poindexter received a copy and the state board of audit went into nf¢ ence upon the matter. The committee will summon wit- as Ree Mh. districts townships day afternoon and adjcurned for one| does et indicate thal en nay remain Bit Feet ee rn 8 E | week il a fi losed, th xaminer said today. Scot an gor eens yl de ware sg RIOTING BREAKS | RUSSIAN SOIL!ILLINOIS VICTOR [nesses and attorneys, gna members OVER MINNESOTA porters will transcribé the testimony. Most of the sessions wili be open to ceased man, arrived in) Minot Minneapolis, Jan. 25.—Minneéota! the public, although some of the tes- a later date. In a letter.to closed “tonight and Wednesday; not so cold + | tod. tig | WEATHER REPORT |! te'Waa'tomorraw at 3 the tyneral to * ——e For twenty-Your hours ending at noon, Jan. 25. Temperature at 7 A. M. Temperature at noon Highest Lowest yesterday . 2 Lowest last night . ~3 Precipitation ..... Trace Highest wind velocity .12-E Forecast. For North Dakota: Generally fair in the northwest portion tonight. Lowest Temperatures, Fargo Williston . St. Paul Winnipeg . Helena . Chicago Swift Current . Kansas City ... ORRIS W. ROBERTS. yer. Friends of Mr. Tofflemire be- lieve his death was due to heart fail- ure and their theory was partly borne out by a postmortem examination con- ducted by Coroner Pence yesterday. Dr. Pence found evidence of heart dis- ease when the heart was examined. It has been learned that Mr. Toftle- mire had, a hundred dollar bill on his person when he came to Minot and he police have been asked to ascer- tain where the bill went to. When taken to the police station, Tofflemire had $6.59 in‘h's pocket. ‘No trace has been found of the bot- tle of whiskey taken from Tofflemire which was stolen by someone in the crowd which gathered at the police} station when Tofflemire was carried in, STATES ATTORNEY HERE. J. B. Nevin, state’s attorney of Walsh county, is in Bismarck today. He left on the afternoon train on bus- Meteorologist. iness in Mandan. banks explaining the policy of “nurs-| ing” the examiner says: “Inasmuch ag conditions Haven't mnroved matérially for the reopening of the banks you are hereby advised that an extension of time will be granted. Of course, such exténsion will depend largely upon the patience and tolerance of the public and cred- itors in general. Up to this time they have been very patient.” The compilation cf the statements of state banks. a better condition generally than was expected, the examiner said. It shows total reserves of all banks of $2,0% 000 in excess of the required amount. DENY FRANCE SEEKS LOAN It was official- New York, Jan. ly denied today by representatives of the French government that. France as of Nov. 15, shows+as a necessary means j india and troops are, being sent there. | ADVISES CONTINUA NCE OF AIR MAIL SERVICE —. | Washington, Jan. 25.—President | Wilson today transmitted to Congress | a report frem the national advisory committee on air service, urging continuance of the aerial mail serv of development broken out in the Nyzaba district of | the United States did so, she would not of aircraft. Th house recently vo! continuance of the sem The mail service, the report | says, has demonstrated the practical- ity of air t for civil as well as militar, against utes z LOSS MILLION, Conn., Jan. was attempting to negotiate.a loan of $1,000,000. which early today destroyed a depart ment store and Spread to several oth stores. did damage estimated at $L- 000,000. | been have beenjopen to the charge that | her ambitibns were militaristic, de- clares Viscount Kaco, leader of the op: s ackjng Siberian policy. “M1 indications are that the main- tenance of the Siberian troops in Si- beria had no bearings on conditions th he said. scount Kaco charged that instead of living up to her agreement with the other powers, Japan had left large of men in Siberia, creating ehension as to her ambitions. ary to the general expec pan had only withdrawn par- hen the other nations believed he had entirely withdrawn. Viscount Kaco charged that like- wise in 1919, the Japanese troops had reinforced in Siberia ‘on the grounds that such action was necey- sary for protection against the Bol- nd the Korean bandits. r-changing explanations ubsence of any fixed met defeat at the hands of the Illinois quintet last night in the University of Minnesota gymnasium by a score of 22 to 20. SENDS NOTE TO MEXICO Mexico City, Jan. 25—The United States has presented a note to the Mexican government regarding the ai- leged invasion of American petroleum possessons. WHEAT MARKET HOLDS ITS OWN Cheago, Jan. 25.—Short selling on the stock exchange had a varied ef- fect on the wheat market. dropped one cent followed by recuper- ation. Wheat | timony probably wii be taken in ex- ecutive session. After the conclusion of the investigation the committee is expected to make a full report to the house, with recommendations, which may form the basis of proposed legis- lation. The committee is composed of Non- partisans and Independents both, the Independents having a majority. One of the Nonpartisan members has re- signed. Speaker Twitchell, before the session opened today, said that he had not selected a successor. Name Attorney. The attorneys are expected to be John Sullivan, of Mandan, and Frances Murphy, of Minot. Speaker Twitchell was anxious that {the committee have the opportunity io go over the report before making unv statement, if one is made at all. He reiterated his statement to the house when the committee was named to us certain the correctness of the audit (Continued on Page 3.)