The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 4, 1921, Page 1

Weathe: Unsettled The THIRTY-NINTH YEAR | "|THE BIS CK TRIBUNE ==] ".” BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS HOUSE COMMITT BILL PERMITS WOMEN'TO WORK OVER 8 HOURS Senater Eastgate Introduces _ Measure Regulating Overtime | FIXES LIMITATIONS Ten Hours a Day, 54 a Week’ Limit; Extra Pay Made Mandatory i _ | Senator Eastgate of Grand Forks,| has introduced a measure into the! senate which would permit women to} work overtime under certain limita- tions, Under the present law women may not be permitted to work over) eight hours a day no matter what the | work is. Hotel owners, hospitals and telephone companies have entered) many complaints against this iron- | clad provision, | Senator Eastgate would have the/ minimum wage apply to the limita- tions and they would thus receive pay | for overtime. Under his law they! must not be required to work more| than eight and one-half hours a.day, more than six days a week or over! 48 hours in one week. . i May. Work Overtime. But he would permit them to work seven days a week and not over 54 hours and not exceeding ten. hours a day in hotels and restaurants and| not exceeding six days and 54 hours/ a week nor ten hours in any one day ’ in other occupations named, as tele- phone, telegraph, mercantile and laundries. It_also provides that the act will not apply to telephone exchanges in towns of less than 5,000 population. Bowman Back. : Senator Bowman of LaMoure. who, has been sick, was back behind his desk yesterday. Deer hunters found the senate a stone wall yesterday aftetnoon. Closed Season Wins, An amendment to the closed season bill introduced by Senators Fraser and Ward, which would have given ‘the hunters three days a year, Nov. 10, 11 and 12, in which they might trail “tHe light-fodted anjmals was voted down and ‘the original bill passed. ae Under a concurrent resolution car- trying a constitutional amendment, which passed the senate by a vote of 25 to 23 and which was not cast on party lines, electors leaving the coun- ty or the state may not-vote in their former voting places until they have lived a sufficient time where they are to establish their right to vote at their new home. Under the present law a day’s. residence out of the coun- ty or the state, if it is the intention of the elector to establish his home at his new place of residence he can- not vote. HARDING IS DELAYED BY FLA, MUDFLATS President-Elect Has Bad Luck With Houseboat Victoria Palm Beach, Feb. 4—Unless Pres- ident-elect Harding’s houseboat Vic- torla can shake the jinx since she left Miami, her company will proba- bly be changed to faster conveyance ashore in order to arrive in St. Aug- ‘ustine on schedule, When she began her first day's sailing, the Victoria had lost a full day because of trouble with mudflats “along her course in the Indian river. WEHE CASE IS INHIGH COURT The case of L. J, Wehe, former commissioner of the workmen’s com- pensation -bureau, is before the su- preme court today. The case was argued at length be- fore the supreme court on appeals from district court, where the case was decided against Governor Fra- zier, the defendant. and it was held that Wehe wa’ restored to his office, from which he had’ been removed by the Governor. The supreme court ruling is regard- éd as highly important, and it is ex- pected to decide the powers of the executive to remove officers appointed for specific terms, It is regarded as especially important because some officers are. appointed for terms be- yond a change in administration, BANDIT FAIL TO MAKE HAUL Beacon, Ohio. Feb. 4—Foiled in an attempt to stea] two registered mail pounches from a mail car at Troy: Leo Bauman, 35, was held under $25,- 000 bonds when arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Lentz of Dayton, three hours later. Would License Cizarettes. Rep. A. B. Carlson this afternoon introduced in the house a bill to li- cense the sale of cigarettes. Accused of Murder OPEN BIG DRIVE FOR MEMBERS OF (C0. FARM BUREAU Membership Campaign Will Be- gin Monday Under Leon Stanley |FARMERS FURNISH CARS| | Prominent Burleigh County Leaders to Aid in Organ- i izing Bureau j | The membership drive for the Bur- | leigh County Farm Bureau Federa- | tion will open Monday in full force DR. H.C, WED Dr. H. C. Winnes, former state vet- | erinarian, is on trial at Harlan, Ky,; | for the murder of Lura Parsons, Pine | with Leon Stanley, a progperous farm- er of Sargent county, in charge under} fa the direction of the ci a a ‘Settlement school teacher. Evidence; mittee. oe je veampalgn bial is circumstantial. | ‘Members of the campaign commit: | 7 tee are: J. M. Thompson, Still; John, and (Mrs, T., . I \ Gives Boy or Girl Required Training in Applied Sciences, He Says { A Ellison, Sterling. io To Give Cars of} or, unty who have agreed to furnish} (gars and assist in the big drive are: | } ay WH. Stak, Isaac Kennellie, W. 5. _ R $ | Brsland, Mr, Keeler, and Mr. ‘Nelson, : | }Clearl Lake; S. B. Clisbie, G. {l.. Spear, ! Carl Anderson, David Leathers, Chas. ,: Thompson, J. M. ‘Bertholf, C. W. Al: President Bricker of Wahpeton’. Buck, R, AV. Feltheim, John! School of Science Files | Schneider, Mr. Sifert, Mr. Goebe, Ir-j |W. D. Perkins, A. E, Anstrom, M. q | Bourgious, A. L. Bertholf, H. iS. Hig-! gins, Alfred Christianson, J. H. Small, ; v | J. R. Hilsdorf, Arthur Erickson, and, INSTITUTION NEEDED i Burnt Creek Meeting Kidder county has just completed a/ | the farmers of Ward county have en- ‘rolled. A big drive is now on in | The information campaign which; | consisted of meetings mm every pre- Wahpeton Schodi of Science. address- ed a letter to every member of the the desks, A fight is being made against the hag recommended that it be discon- tinued. President Bricker advanced’ taining that it filled a niche jn ‘the education of the state which no other | ‘his letter was in part as follows: | | Schneider, Bismarck, Among the prominent farmers of the! »/ Nichols, Oscar Personen, K. A. \. | lenworth, G. Day, E, A, Whitaker. A.) ‘vine Reid, Otto Dorman, P. C, Evans, Letter J. M, Thompson. successtul drive. Ninety per cent of | Morton county. President Garland A. Bricker of the! house and senate today, leaving it on school. The board of administration arguments for its continuation, main- | institution does, I ' - | of collective selling and that in 1922| ure into southe: " Work Important ik “Yesterday, you listened to the Tregidents of the University, of the! Agricultural College, and of the Nor- mal School at Valley City, the latter | representing all the normal schoois of ; the state! We feel that one of the: | most important phases of education | | in the state was not placed before you, namely, vocational and trades | education, which is carried on at the ‘State School of Science at Wahpeton. Owing to this oversight, the Presi-| dent of the School takes’ this method and opportunity of placing before you for your consideration a .few matters tnat are very important to North Da- kota. i Education Defined Vocation and trades education may; be defined as that sort of education) that “hooks up” most closely to the! bread-and-butter phase of the life of | a young man or woman. In the, trades work ‘we teach a young person | the short cut to earning a living to . the excluston of every sort of “gen- eral” knowledge; whiie in vocational education we teach the young man! | or woman the means of earning a liv- ihood, and at the same time train him to be a good and intelligent citi- zen. ‘Both lines of work are empha- sized on the practical side. The State School of Science is a Scientific, Vocational, and Trades School of Junior College grade, so de- fined in the legal enactments by which the School was founded and under which it is operating (see the State; Constitution and the School Laws).’ To these three lines of work we have strictly adhered and have not gone afield to duplicate the work already done or intended to be done by the| other Higher institutions of the state. ‘f a boy or girl of the state wishes to learn a trade or vocation in from, one to five years—depending on the} nature of the trade or vocation and} ‘the degree of thoroughness desired— he can get this training at the state educational institution designated for that sort of training, namely, the State School of Science at Wahpeton. Scope of Work Our scope of work at the present time is confined to the following: Science, Vocational Agriculture. Homemaking, Business and Com- merce, Practical Mechanics, includ- ing auto, tractor. electrical, and me- chanical work, with shop practice that goes with them, wood and iron work- ing, together with the scientific and arts subjects—as, mathematics. Eng- lish, and economics—that necessarily o With these vocational and trades courses to make them understandable and capable of being used by the stu-; dent in the most effective manner. We do not aim to give courses in professional agriculture, home econo- mics, the liberal arts, oF normal training. Practically all of our grad- uates, and students who are not grad- uates, go back to the farm, the home, the villdge shops and garages, _ the telegraph office, and business offices. However, some of the graduates de- sire to continue their college train- ing, and these may, after finishing our Junior College department, with- out loss of time, enter the junior classes of the leading colleges and universities, including our own State University and Agricultural College. ' quoted Dr, cinct of the county addressed by Dr.; | Don MuMahon of the agricultural ex-| ‘tension department and others con-/ cluded Tuesday night with a meeting) at Phil Harvey's farm on Burnt | Creek. | ‘Dr. McMahon addressed the meet-) ing, which was one of the most suc- cessful of the series. i ‘He emphasized the importance of the committee, of seventeen’ and) E. F. Ladd, a member, to, the effect that much of the 1921 crop; would be marketed under its system) all of it would, \ Takes in Taxation ] ‘He also considered the taxing pro- gram of the federation, which he said | was: . The true measure of any man’s; ability to pay taxes must be based up-| on his actual income. | The larger a man’s income the high- er the rate he should pay. | Every citizen should have some) part in the support of the govern- ment, hence the necessity of some de- gree of consumption tax. In levying taxes the aim should be towards the distribution of wealth towards the many and not its con- centration in the hands of few. TARIFE BILL SUPPORTERS WIN “BIG VICTORY Opponents Caught Napping and! Two Amendments Are Slipped Over \ Washington, Feb. 4—Supporters of the house emergency tariff bill caught their opponents napping today and BACK FROM THE AFRICAN WILDS Mr, and Mrs. H. C, Beebe and Ad- ventures on Their. Honeymoon.. (N. 'E. A, Staff Special) TRISH THREATS OF SEA WARFARE ANUSES J, BULL London Refuses to Take Serious- ly Report of Deadly Con- trivance y Sinn Feiners Claim Electrical- Controlled Torpedo Sunk Submarine |No LIGHT ON SINKING | | | ‘New York, Feb. ‘he Sinn Fein-} | ers, a local publication, yesterday | printed a dispatch purported to have) ‘been cabled from Dublin that the! British submarine K6, which sunk in! British channel three weeks ago, was| i destroyed by Irish seacraft. It says| ; that it was brought about by an elec-) trically-operated contrivance and that ; Ireland has struck her first blow, ; against the British navy, | j } Laughs at Report i London, Feb. 4.—Iinquiry by the ad-) ;miralty into the loss of the Britis: ; Submarine Ki, which sank a fortnight! jago, has failed tq clear up the my-' | stery of the sinking, as there were! | No survivors and the record gave no, | clue, | | Reports originating in Dublin which | | claimed that the submarine had been | | destroyed by an electrically-operated | contrivance never before used were) | ridiculed today as fantastic, { Pleads guilty ! : Dublin, Feb. 4.-4Lord Demsey, play- right, pleaded guilty, today when! | brought to trial on charge of posses: , | sing arms and ammunition. He was’ fined 25 pounds. On payment of the! H fine the court released him, | ; Dublin, Feb. 4.—Nine policemen and two officers were killed when a! detachment ran into ambuscade near , New Pallas today. i Craven Killed | Dublin, (Feb. 4-—District Inspector | Craven was a victim of the ambus- He served in the} EE IS AGAIN BALKED ON RECORDS AWARDED $12,000 GATHRO CLAIMS “BANK RELATION MUST BESECRET Fails to, Produce Scandinavian- American Redeposit Record as Requested TRYTOAMENDRULES Representative Johnson, Non- partisan, Charges Unfair- ness by Majority The house investigation of MRS. JESSIE M. PORTER William J, Porter and Jessie M, Por-!state industries was impeded, ter were married, Then the husband decided to have it annulled. Later he changed his mind again and asked today when records of the Bank of North Dakota, asked for by ' Another change of mind hit Porter her to remarry him, She agreed. counsel for the committee, were not presented after a recess had been taken to allow time for jproduction of the records, When the hearing resumed ‘after recess, I°, W. Cathro, di- ‘tector general of the Bank of iNorth Dakota, who was asked ‘to produce the record.of the re- HOLD SESSION ‘deposits in the Scandinavian- {American bank of Fargo and IN BISMARCK her banks in that city, declar- jed that it might destroy confi- dence in many banks in the Fred Turner of Dickinson, Elec-| ‘tate to make public records of . . | redeposits. ted President by Mechanics Mr. Cathro was given time in ‘which to take the matter up ;With the Industrial Commission ‘to find out if he commission Mutual Benefit Association Take;“0Uuld consent to the records ‘being produced. Steps to Protect Auto | After Mr. Cathro left the Owners |stand, Representative Johnson, jof Steele county, Nonpartisan, The gixteenth annual convention of |"0ved in the committee to and she sued him for 350,000 breach of promise. The court allowed her $12,000, PLAN BOOST PROGRAM \ a“ a ee the car ‘and received the the Mechanics Mutual Benefit associ- jamend rule nine to permit, wit- ‘American distinguished navy crosses; ation of North Dakota -which closed | 1CSS¢S called before the commit- pangethe xttieh distinguished service Jast night in Bismarck was the most |C to be represented by coun- | ‘ i | Successful gathering yet held by the |S¢l, charging unfairness to the Sentence Right Men. | organization. jminority by the majority. The | Belfast, Feb. 4.—Sentetices of three; Seventyvive’ members were present |motion was lost by a six to ears each were imposed today on the of 3 . f: | y% iP y | and every section of the state was re | three vote. ‘Minneapolis, Feb. 4—Mr. and Mrs.| eight men who were arrested Oct. 25; presented. H. C. Beebe are preparing for a vent- astern Mexico after re- turning to this city from a three years honeymoon which included: Defending themselves behind barri- cades from Portugese revolutionists, Being held up aboard a Spanish ship by German submarine. ‘Hunting lions, buffalo, elephants and hippopotami in African jungles. Vighting a pitched battle with Afri- in jungle tribesmen. Making an airplane flight from Par- is to Brussels on their way home. Beebe went to Portugese West Afri- | ca as a geologist for an English synd-, icate exploring oil fields, He took his bride with him. He located petroleum fields which are now being developed. “Perhaps my most thrilling exper- jence,” says Mrs, Beebe, “was meet- ing African natives who had never seen a white woman, light hair or blue eyes before, and had no words in their language to describe these, “They touched crowded close to look into my eyes and finally, offered me bone ornaments for my nose.” In the jungle battle three of Beebe’s 125 porters and four natives were killed. His bag of game includ ed 42 Hippopotami. His wife spent two nights with him in jungle tree- tops, waiting to shoot ‘Nubian lions. “after our: African experiences,” says Mrs, Beebe, “Mexican hazards mean nothing to us.” SAYS STRIKES me wonderingly, | {last when discovered on a mail boat wearing Irish volunteer uniforms on! | way to the MacSwiney funeral at) | London. HARDING TO “GALL MEETING ~ OF SBA POWERS ‘Butler Tells House Navy Com- mittee of Proposed Disarma- ment Conference Washington, (Feb. 4,—An interna- | tional conference to discuss disarma- ment will pe called by the United ‘States, according to testimony by Sherman Butler, before the house! navy committee today. He did not say when call would be issued, But from his manner when questioned it was assumed he thought-the call | would’ be issued soon after March 4. Mr. Butler recently conferred with r. Harding at Marion, Ohio. MORE RECORDS COAL PROFITS Washington, Feb. 4—More estimat- ed records of large profits made by two amendments were adopted before! ;coal companies in 1920 were pisced the senators fighting the measure , KF today before the senute committee were aware of it. considering the coal resolution bill. ‘There were only nine senators in the chamber when the amendments were adopted without roll call. The amendments proposed a rate of 40 cents a bushel on wheat and the exemption from import duties of; rice to be used in canned goods, MINN. TO PAY A CASH BONUS St. Pau], Feb. 4.—The senate this morning under suspension of the rules passed the house bill authoriz- ing the sale of $4,800,000 worth of bonds and $206,208 below par and at interest rate of 5.95. The bid which the house bill authorizes the board to accept expires tomorrow noon. COAL 5 MINERS LIVE IN TENTS Birmingham, Feb. 4.—Families of 500 miners already have been housed in tents and 7,500 others will be es- tablished under canvass, according to announcement today by United Mine Workers. It was estimated that aoc 000 miners would heed homes as re- sult of court decision Hear Earthquake Washington, Feb. 4.—A _ severe earthquake which began at 3:28 A. (M. and lasted until 4:45 this morning was reported by Father Frances Tom- dorf, director of the Georgetown ob- servatory. The disturvances were indicated by the instruments as pro- bably in South America. WAG ECHANGE Labor Leader Declares Railroad Men Will Fight Reductions Chicago, Feb. 4.—International and national officers of the railroad labor unions today were summoned to Chi- cago -to present the workers’ side in the hearing over the employers pro- posal before the war labor board to cancel the wage agreement. A general railway strike will take place within « week if the railroad labor board permits the executives to abrogate the wage contract, declared labor leaders. adding that the pro- gram of the railroads is part of the open shop fight against union labor. HOLSTEIN BEATS MINN. RECORD Warren, Minn.. Feb. 4.--The Min- nesota state record for milk produc- tion during « seven-day period was broken today in Neel the Mercedes DeKol Homeland, seven-year-old Hol- stein on the P. F.:> Spaulding farm near here. The cow gave 8.455 pounds of milk in seven days. Elevator Burns Huff, Feb. 4—Huff Farmers Co-Op- erative Elevator was destroyed by fire Wednesday night causing loss of $24,000.00, Chairman LaFollette renewed his rul- ing under which identity of individ- ual corporations was not disclosed, ; but the committee had not finally de- cided on the point. In his view, Sen- | ator LaFollette said that they should jbe secretly regarding the matter. iFIND LIQUOR _ R MOTT, N. D. Fargo, Feb. 4.—-A regular “casis,” has been discovered around Mott, in telling of the arrest of eight alleged manufacturers of moonshine whiskey near that city. The eight were ar- raigned at Mott today and charged with violation of the Volstead act. MAN SHOT IN _ MOLS HOLD-UP Minneapolis, Feb. 4—One man was shot and wounded in a holdup at the Peltzer drug store at 9 o'clock to- day. A score of shots were exchang- ed between the proprietor and the masked bandits. ‘SENATORS HIT ARTIST’S BILL Madison, Feb. 4.—The senate today decided that $1,500 was the maximum value that could be placed on an oil portrait of Governor Phillips, made by Christian Abrahamson, a_ noted portrait artist. $10,000 had been asked by the artist. 1 (Fred Turner of Dickinson, former member of the house of representa- tives and popular garage man of the “Queen City”, was clecteu president of the body, ‘Mr. Links of McVille was selected vice-president and J. H. Burns, of Surrey, was re-elected secretary-treasurer, ' ‘The association decided to organize ahe garage men of the state to protect automobile owners by insuring a un{- form standard of work. The war which took so many exceilent me- chanics out of the state has made. it difficult for repair men to get the class of men which where needed but con- ditions were reported better now and steps will be taken to weed out unsat- isfactory workers. “The organization ig in better shape than it has ever been,” declares President Turner. “We are going to be more active than ever this year and through our organization we are go- ing to give the automobile owner t..e;) best possible service.” CLAIM SOUTH AMERICA WILL CONTROL PRICE Argentine Dispatch Asserts Big Supply of Wheat on Hand — Buenos Aires, Feb. 4.—Wheat fu- tures have broken severely during the past week, The prices fell the equi- valent of 20 cents a ibushel. It is as- serted that Argentine is beginning its great annual crop movement with sur- plus estimated at 3,500,000 tons of wheat and’ that thig country is a dom- inating factor in world grain market. The decision of the Chicago board of trade on Wednesday to discontin- ue posting Argentine prices is charac- terized as equivalent hiding its head in the sand. Many held that it was impossible for the board to bar Argentine quota- tions. They said that if the board refused to deposit them officially, grain firms of America would secure them on their own initiative. The European buyers at present refuse to enter the market here, be- cause of uncertainty as to whether the Argentine government will 1 impose export sur-tax on wheat. Suc action was intimated recently. Lacic of export demand and together with lateness of the crop is said to have caused the break in futures. Wheat price varies ‘Chicago, Feb. 4,—Selling that ap- peared to be largely on European ac- counts had a varied result in the wheat. market today. Initial quota- tigns, which varied from the same figure as yesterday to one and one- half cents higher, was followed by a reaction. Higher wheat duties in emergency tariff bill and upturn in export bids helped the market to advance. The market closed one and a quarter cents higher. to an ostrich! The committee, holds morning hearings ynly adjourned until 9:30 to- niorrow morning, when it is ex- |pected'Mr. Cathro will present ithe answer of the Industrial Commission. i How tie-up cam The question which caused the re- cess of the committee came at 10:45 ,a m, | Mr. Murphy, counsel for tho committee, had been questioning Mr. ,Cathro relative to whe bank loan of | $1,000,000 and the method of makin redeposits and loans to banks. | Mr, Cathro was asked to bring to | the committee the loose-leaf record on the deposits of the Scandinavian- American bank and‘other banks in | Fargo, after Mr. Cathro had enunciat- !which | ed as the policy of the bank in mak- ing redeposits to distribute them without favor. Mr. Cathro said that this was what he had tried to caution he committee against—divulging rec- jords of relations with banks whith might banks. tend to hurt confidence in A recess was taken so that | Mr, Cathro might get the record. During the interim Mr. Cathro c ferred with Attorney General Lem ‘Secretary of the Industrial Commis- sion H, A, Paddock, ‘Senator Baker end others, remaining in the couri- room where the hearings are held un- til Chairman Grangaard called — the committee to order at 11:45 a.,m. “Have you the records asked for?” Mr. ‘Murphy asked, enumerating again the records asked for. Mr. Cathro asked permission to have correspondence relating to the $1,000,000 loan negotiated last sum- mer, read into the record, This was granted. The question on records was repeated, Cathro’s idea “I have used my utmost endeavor to furnish information you desire,” said Mr, Cathro, to the committee. “i wish the committee could realize the import of the question you ask. The banks of the state are built on confi- dence. If you destroy that confidence you would destroy the banks. If you start on one of them you open up the whole proposition. And I believe you. fail to realize the seriousness of the question, That is about the only | thing that should be kept confidential, j not so much as the confidential relay tion between the Bank of 'North Da- | kota and these banks but as it affects conditions generally.” “This is a committee of the house of representatives inquiring into affairs of public institutions,” said Mr, Murphy. “The only thing asked of you is the one matter re- garding the Fargo banks, Will you answer the question?” To ask Commigsion Mr. Cathro wanted to ask Mr. Lem- ke if he might answer the question, but Mr. Murphy suggested that there were others on the Industrial Com- mission and that if Mr. Cathro desir- ed to take the matter up with the commission the committee would give him all the time he desired.” After Mr. Murphy had asked distance from the courthouse t Bank of ‘North Dakota; and Mr. ro had answered “four or five bloc Representative Johnson made his t- tempt to amend the rules of the com- mittee, Representative Johnson, of Ward, Continued on page 3) the the path See nyaaes|