The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 5, 1921, Page 1

The’ Weather Unsettled \ THE BISMAR fs ‘K TRIBUNE Last Edition THIRTY-NINTH YEAR _ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, FEB. a 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS HOUSE ARR RR eee HOUSE PUSHES ANTISMOKING BILL ONWARD Efforts to Defeat Measure Lim-: iting “Privilege” to Men Is Voted Down OTHER HOUSE MEASURES) Two Bills to Appropriate Money. for Mr. Lemke Are Indefi- nitely Postponed Whether to let persons smoke in dining rooms of hotels, in cafes and in dining cars where women are pres- ent was the big question before the house of representatives later yes- terday afternoon: sh The majority opined that house bill No. 51, designed to permit smok- ing in these places was all right, and the bill was advanced to third reading. | Representative Ness wanted to in- clude “haymows and barns” but the house demurred. 4 Through clouds of smoke fiery ora- tory. was hurled from one side of the hall to the other, and politics was for- gotten—by most members. The ma- jority of the committee had reported the bill for passage; the minority for indefinite postponement. | Bauer, of Sioux county, Indepen- dent. vehemently defended the bill, de- | claring he couldn’t see why women should be required to submit to men smoking in dining rooms. “Ave. you a smoker?” questioned Mr. Shipley. “No, but I was.” Another wanted to know if Mr. ~ Bauer opposed smoking. “No, I don’t care how much they smoke. They can go to h— and smoke there if they want to.” Speaker Twitchell, on the floor, re-' torted with a suggestion for a bill régulating language on the floor. Smokes in Self-Defense Representative Reichert was anoth- ey ho was strong for the bill. “Gentlemen,” he said, holding a half used cigar in his hand, “I’ve been smoking, not because I want to, but to keep from getting sick, because these men around me are smoking.” And you can’t be around where men are smoking without smoking your.’ self.” a was insistent that his motion toi amend the. bill to include “haymows ; and barns,” because, he said, under present laws if the hired help on your farm want to smoke you tan’t help yourself. Threw ’Em Out “I found two men smoking in my haymow last summer,” he said, “and J asked them to stop and they said they didn’t have to. I had to take one by tle neck and throw him out.” H Some others thought the Ness amendment was well taken but the majority didn’t think so. Shipley, of Stark, suggested an) amendment making it illegal for any man to use tobacco in any form east of the Missouri river. out of order. ¢ Lemke Bills Defeated The house refused finally to nass) any bill giving William Lemke, Attor- ney-General the appropriation asked for. Its disapproval of the efforts ta- ken by Lemke’s supporters was ex- pressed in the vote, 57 to 56, to in-| definitely postpone Senate Bill No. 2! and House Bill ‘No. 6. | The house yesterday passed a bill transferring $9,051 from the Gover-, nor’s fund to the Attorney-General’s fund and revoking the dual system of conducting legal affairs in the state which allows the Governor to name special assistant attorneys-general. , Lemke men said the fund transferred was already exhausted. There was little debate on the sub- ject, Representative Walter Maddock, Nonpartisan, ih explaining his vote declared that it would leave the At- torney-General. without funds to de- fend the railroad rate and other cases. Anti-Injunction Bill Two bills. of importance went to the judiciary committee, one of them, amending the anti-injunction law, be- ing introduced by that committee. The other was the bill to permit the sale of cigarettes under license from the Attorney-General’s office. H The amendments to the anti-injunc- tion law simply insert the word peace. ably in two or three places in referr- ing to assemblage of laborers in in dustrial dispute, making the law con-} form in all respects to the federal law on the same subject, according to Chairman Starke, of the Judiciary committee. j The anti-cigarette bill, in the opin- jon of many stands a good show of passage. It provides strict safe-| guards. Any dealer who would sell cigarettes must be licensed by the At- torney-General’s office, paying a_li- cense fee of $50. per year. The first $20,000 collected would be given to the Attorney-General’s office for the purpose of enforcement, the remaind- er to be given to the city or village or township board, prohibits minors from smoking cigarettes and makes it a misdemeanor for them to do so, and provides a fine of from $100 to $500 for any dealer violating the law. TAKES FARGO POSITION. Fargo, Feb. 5—C..J. Ranney, for- mer editor of the Killdeer Tribune which suspended publication several weeks ago. has taken a position 18 deputy revenue collector for the North Dakota internal revefiue office. It is expected that Mr. Ranney will make his headquarters at Valley City. A hen cackles after laying an egg Representative Ness, of Richland, iOwner Much Worried Over Un-} ‘at Springfield. It was ruled jirds to be used in the act. y ‘PR _ hay; Albert E. Sheets, Jr, When a man who was in five major operations on various fronts is turned | priation committee for recommending | oat of the hospitals through *techni- calilies, it is time something done. North Dakota has one rt I. Sheet such | iy er assistant attorney gen ‘That is why ¢ am going to urge the amal- gamation of the bureau of war risk insurance, the vocational training and) pended but that the warrants had not compensation bureau, all under one! workable head.” Attorney Sheets left Bismarck last night for Washington, D. where he will represent the American s.egion of North Dakota at the sessi partment national executi mitteemen which has been called tor February 7, $, 9. He is taking the! place of C. L. Dawson, former state} command who is unable to attend the meeting, he being chief clerk of} the house of representat Sheets | will present before the national - sion the case of James L. Monahan, just one of the many wounded soldiers whom he asserts have sutfered through the cumbersome working of | the three distinct national bureaus | having to do with veterans of the re. cent, war, ve com-| HUNTING HOG SUFFERS FROM. NERVE STRAIN usual Bird Animal, Says, Report BING COM WILL PRINT RESOLUTION ON MONEY MEASURE Senate Votes to Put Communi- cation in Journal LIVELY DEBATE CAUSES Senator Church Suggests Less Heat Might Be Just as Well After an extended and yather heat- ed debate, the senate yesterday after: noon by a vote of 27 to 22 voted to print the journal of the senate, Sena- tor Liederbach’s resolution criticising Chairman Watt and the house appro- to pags the bill which transferred the tor special. attorneys’ over to Mr. . form-'| Lemke, in lieu of any direct appropri-| ation, Some of the league senators held that ‘the fund had already been ex- yet been drawn on it. __, Holds 'N, P.’s Responsible Senator Mees of Morton, said that if anyone was responsible for the condi- tion of the finances in the attorney majority which cut the appropriations two-thirds at the 1919 special session. “I believe,” he said, “that the attor- ney general ought to have more money yut I am opposed to all this political horse play and having a lot of funds out of which attorneys may be paid.” Sent “Kids,” He Says Senator ‘Liederbach replied that the appropriation was cut in 1919 because they didn’t believe that they had an etticient attorney general. Instead of acting himself he would send kids around to handle important cases, “Yes,” retorted Senator Mees, “and it was those kids who are responsible for that snore than million dollars which has just een turned over to the state treasury by the railroads.” Urges Calmness Sena Church said that he thought ihe tors were getting too much worked up over the matter and moved the previous question, which carried and the vote was taken. Senator Bond of Ward, introduced a bill that gives the county commis- joners power to> designate deposit- rieg for county funds and provides safeguards thereof. Fixes Safeguards The emergency, is attached to the bill. At present there is no law giv- [MITT FIGHTING IN .| CHILE FACTORY) Valparaiso, ‘Chile, Feb; 5.—Troops, have been sent to Anto Fagasta, whore | soldiers and workers in’ large imuni-| !tion plants havé been engaged in fight-; i ing. Advices ‘received late today} | stated that.only six persons had been! | killed. Earlier dispatches stated! | twenty-three had met death. Daniel | Jones, manager of the Gregoric plint, ‘was killed. BISMARCK IN "FOREFRONT IN ~ RACEFOR TITLE t Capital City’s High Scores Vic- | tory Jamestown Quin- tet was funds at the disposal of the governor’: HUMBLES VALLEY TOO | First Defeat to Eastern Team on Own Floor in Four Years Jamestown, N- marck high school basket ball quin- | tet scored another smashing victory n ot de-! general's office it was the nonpartisan Jast night when it defeated James- | town by a score of 17 to 7, immedi- }ately following its defeat of Valley | City the night before by a score of 120 to 14. Game Fast. Last night's game was exceedingly fast, clean game‘ of short- shots. “The Jamestown team was outplayed from the start. In the first half Bismarck made. four field baskets lo none for James- town, In the second half the Capital | City players made four more field baskets and one free throw. James: own made two ficld baskets and two field throws. * Beats Valley. The victory over Valley City Thurs- day night was the first time that that ‘city’s team has been humbled on its own floor for four years. Bismarck’s | work in that game was rapid and | clean. : + These victories have placed the Bismarck high in the front rank; for the state honord. The boys have lost: (only two games, ope to Mandan and | one to Valley City, the latter on Bis- marck’s floor, | Mandan Next, { | . The “game next Friday night at Mandan has assumed new significance | |in the championship race because of | ing this power to anyone, the confu-| these Bismarck victories. | Natchez, Miss, Feb. 5.—A hunting sion being due to the passage af the) | hog owned by Tucker Gibson, a wide-| ly known huntsman, has suffered a nervous breakdown, according to his owner. Makes Record. The hog pointer has made excellent ; records and his owner brought him) here to train him for the field contest | Mr. Gibson was intending to place | the hog in vaudeville following fhe! field trials and he had purchased the | Points tor Hours. i He then left for three days and! during his absence the hog located; the birds. On his return he found} the hog still pointing at the birds, | which he had beem doing for three! days and nights, The intense mental; strain, together with the fact that hog} had not eaten for this time brought on the attack, his owner declares. WHEAT TAKES initiated law at the November elec- tion which relieved the counties from the obligation to deposit in the sate bank but gave them no power to ¢! ate other depositaries, The county under the bill must ad- vertise and the banks must give sure- ty bonds to protect the funds. The county treasurer cannot deposit more surplus. The interest rate is fixed at not more than four or less than two per cent, Two per cent ig being paid now on checking balances by the state bank. WILSON VETOES ARMY DECREASE JOINT MEASURE BOND'S MEASURE WOULD PROVIDE | Senator Introduces Bill to Allow, | Designation of Banks by . Commissioners i | A bill introduced in the upper house | | yesterday afternoon by Senator Walt-| :er Bond of Minot would authorize| | county commissioners to designate} | official depositaries. The bill provides! j that one or more national, or state; banks, or trust companies, may ibe named in which alt the funds of a | county may be deposited. | Banks would submit bids as to what | SHARP UPTURN President Declares He Can‘See | interest percentage might be paid, and H ‘ ' such funds would be at all times sub- . No Excuse for Reducing | ject to draft. if more (nan one bank ON EXCHANGE . Army Personnel Washington, Feb, ».—-President Wil- General Buying and Green Bug directing the army department to Talk Sends Grain up Four Cents Chicago, Feb. 5——Wheat took imn later because of general bu and of green bug talk from as, The market closed strong, showing net advance of 3 to 4 1-4 cents a bushel. ’ HARRISON SENDS _| HIS RESIGNATION) Manila, P. I., Feb. 5.—Francis Mer- ton Harrison, goyernor-general of the Philippines today cabled his resigna- tion with request that it be accepted March 4, FOR IM department headed by J. H. Wors $200,000 for the department. The vote to kill the appropr to Gcuote pleagure. \through at this session. ~ $200,000 AP: stop recruiting until the army is re- duced to 165,000 men, The president said that he was un- able to see in the condition of the world at Jarge in the need of the up-| United States any change that would/ measure wa: ng justify a restriction on the minimum! tee on banks and banking. nlisted strength of 280,000 men, pro- vided for in the recently enacted army reorganization bill, | CONFESSES TO CHECK THEFT Omaha, ‘eb. 5-A man who gave his name as Fuller and his home as Toledo, Ohio, /confessed here today to’ taking $20,000 worth of checks from, fichigan Central railroad station at Kalamazoo, HOUSE VOTES TO KILL PROPRIATION MIGRATION WORK What is considered as the possible end of the immigration | and which has been the center of bitter attack by the Independents was reflected in the House vote today, by a majority of seven, to Kill the appropriation of The minority made an unsuccessful attempt to squeeze through a compromise bill appropriating $100,600 for the biennial period. iation stood 59 to 52. It is be- lieved that there is little or no chance of getting the appropriation | ° | submit an offer of the same rate of! | interest, such anks shall impartially | be given a share of the county money. | The bill also calls for a penalty for ‘son today vetoed the joint resolution | yiglation of the law to be imposed up-| / on any county treasurer, and a month- lly statement by the depositary bank! | ig called for, The county treasurer is | made custodian of the funds and all ‘checks issued against aeposits would | be signed by him as treasurer. The s referred to the commit- | Senator L, R. Baird introduced Bill No. 116 giving the court power to ap- point district juvenile commissione! ' guardians and to make rules pres ib ing the duties of such officers and fix-| ing their compensation. ‘Senator Ingerson of Burke county, leaguer introduced S. B. 115, regulat- ing the exchange, of reciprocal or in- surance contracts among individuals, partnerships and corporations, NO AGREEMENTS MADE REGARDING FINANCIAL PLANS United States Not Bound by Any Proposals, Says Secretary Houston Washington, Feb. 5—A letter from{ Secretary Houston of the treasury de- .partment, saying that during the rest of his term he would not enter into negotiations with any foreign country regarding finances, There have not been any official proposals on this subject which would ‘vind this government, either than the greement of the foreign countries re- | garding demand obligations. ivi SHOWS them to his friends his boss, Secreta of the Navy them back with him recently. WHEAT SHOWS’ Chicago—Opening prices of wheat were one-quarter cent ‘lower to o half cent higner were, followed by a slight setback, MANY LIVES MAY BE LOST IN SEA WRECK Passenger Steamer Aground on Rocks in Stormy Ocean (Bulletin) The passengers and crew of the sehooner Klamateh, driven ashore near Point Arena early today, have been landed suiely, accord- Ing to a wireless message reecly- ed by the San Francisco Call from Capt, Hall. According to the weather bu- reau here there was an 85-mil an hour northwesterly gale blow ing at Point. Are afew miles from the rock where the vessel went aground. = ‘There are 19 passengers on board the Kla- mateh, San Fransisco, Feb, 5.—The _ pas- senger steamer Klamath bound for Portland went aground on rocks about ninety miles north, according to ad- ces received here. The steamer Curacco, was reported proceeding to the Klamuath’s assistance. The marine exchange received a wireless report from Captain Hall of the Curacco, that he was two miles from the Klamath and could see no signs of life aboard. The seas were too heavy to admit his going closer, he said. . BANDITS GET BiG HAUL AT. ST. CHARLES Hold-Up Men Kidnap Messenger and Steal Mail Sacks Full of Bonds St. Louis, Feb. 5.—Postal authori- eg and police today were continuing investigation into the mail robbery St. Charles last night when a_regis~ tered pouch said to contain $100,000 in cash and Liberty bonds was re- ported stolen by five armed men from a mail wagon, who kidnaped the mes- senger. Willard Thornfield. Details of the robbery were related by Thornfield, He si ng at the railroad station at St. Louis when the men came by in an auto and after forcing him to lie down in the bottom of the car, took the pouch and kept him pri oner until the: shed St- Louis, leasing him in‘the outskirts. e- ARR eee STATE BONDS OFFER NO AUTHORI BOSS HIS NEW PAMILY--R ton MeCully is so proud of his adopted family of seven Rus-) sian children that he Cotes them around Washington introducing | Here he is presenting the youngest. trio to | ment, after a conference between a re- d he was} $s to put the pouch on a train] # @uaras & Awina, y Admiral New- Daniels. McCully is a bachelor, D., Feb. 5.—The Bis- [fe adopted the children while stationed in Siberia and brought SPEAKS ON TERMS OF PEACE TREATY Germany, Says Premier, Should Pay All She Can of In- demnity Qirmingham, ig. Feb. 5.—-Lloyd George in a speech here today dealing with the recent treaty of the allies said that before the last election he | laid it down that Germany was moral- ly bound to pay for the wanton dam- -age that she had inflicted by the war, ) but .that.one- could. only-getefrom. a debtor what he was capable of paying. \He asserted that Germany must not be allowed to pay in a way-that would injure her cl ces of paying the en- tire amount, Mr. Lloyd-George said that his ad- vice to Germany would be to cept the bill and not to allow he self to be misled by persons and re- peat the folly of 1914. SEES FINISH OF SOCIALISTS’ PARTY IN U.S. Seff, Former Secretary, Thinks Co-operation Solu- tion Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 5—Declar- _ing that socialism in America is doomed and that the Nonpartisan league will go the same way, Harry H. Seff, former state secretary of the ; socialist party in Minnesota, today announced himself through with the movement. “TI believe that more can be accom- plished by co-operation and by the careful study of economic conditions in America,” he said, could be accomplished by the ever- lasting -pre those who h: “The socialist party has dwindled in Minnesota to barely 95 dues paying members,” he said. “This is due to ‘the fact that the former socialist lead- have fcund it more profitable to disguise themselves under the banner league, which threatens to give Min- nesota, Kansas and Oklahoma the same dose of state socialism that it gave North Dakota.” , MAY GET TWO “CHAMP” GAMES Grand Forks D. may have two “big champ” games on its schedule for the coming foot- | bal] season, it wastannounced here to- An offer of a date from the Uni- of Michigan was received this g, Coach Dav The niversity of ‘Minnesota has also of- [fered an open date, ED BY BROKER; TY, ASSERTS CATHRO Ronds of the Bank of North Da- kota, bank series, are being of- fered by a Chicago bond house at 96.5 and 9.4. The bond house is R. E. Qittle Company, formerly engaged in a bank in Castieton that became de- funet. F, W. Cathro, director-general of the Bank of North Dakota, de- clares the bond house has no au- thority from the bank to offer tae bonds. : One of the members of the firm | is understood to have been in Bismarck a month age. The clr. purporting to -offer about 0,000 of bonds of the bank ' series of the Bank of North Da- | kota and purporting to be issued | hy this tirm was received in Bis- | marek, | Mr. Cathro asserted that the Bank of North Dakota had named no fiseal mt for the disposal | of these securities and had made | P only an announcement bond zine and had answered “than "ever | aching of hatred against , e accumulated wealth.” | a of A. C. Townley and the Nonpartisan! The U. of N.| EE IN ADJOURNMENT STATE'S POLICY “ONRECORDS NOT ~ YET ANNOUNCED | Committee to Take Up Investi- gation of Industries Again on Monday ‘TOWNLEY STIRS THINGS? | ,Cathro Says New Withdrawals Will Be Made From Banks in State The investigation of the house of ‘epresentatives committee into the | conduct of the state industries was ; halted today until Monday. |; The adjournment of the committee was taken shortly after the commit- tee was called to order in the court- house this morning, without objection from counsel. Attorney-General Lemke suggested that the committee take the adjourn- | presentative of ‘Mr. Lemke and attor- | heys for the committee had been held. Ii. The senate committee was to begin ; its hearing late this afternoon in the stae bank. The senate agreed ; to meet at 1 p, m. dally and adjourn | the same as it was when adjournment | Was taken yesterday, after F. W. Cath- | ro, director-general of the Bank of | North Dakota, had declined to go into, | details of the deposits of the Scandi- navian-American bank, saying that this would open up the whole question of publicity on relations between banks of the state and the Bank of North Dakota which might result dis- astrously. Mr. Cathro was present with a number of records, but the answer of the Industrial Commission on the question of producing the records will not ibe given until Monday, it is under- stood, i Complete Friday Transcript. Following is a complete transcript of the testimony given Friday by F. |W. Cathro, manager of the Bank of North Dakota, regarding the redepos- it of funds in the banks of the state. Q. By. Mr. Murphy: . Now, calling your attention to the question of re- sources, there is an item of redeposit of public funds of $4,040,899.19. Sez ‘if [ am reading this correctly. A. , Yes. Q. Now just what does that mean -redeposit of public funds? A. This was money that was carried in local banks throughout the state of North ; Dakota in the name of the Bank of | North Dakota, . Let me see if I understand this | correctly. These public funds of ; course, constitute the bulk of the de- ; posits in the Bank of North Dakota, {do they not? A. Yes. | Q. The Bank of North-Dakota then | Yedeposits a portion of these funds jin different banks throughout {the | state ‘of North Dakota in its name— that is the Bank of North Dakota be- ;comes a depositor in ‘various banks | throughout the state? A. - When the | Bank of North Dakota was organized {a large proportion of these funds were in these banks, and the Bank of North Dakota adopted a policy of ; redepositing in these same banks. In other words a check by a local treas- jurer was sent to the Bank of North | Dakota, and that identical check was 'yeturned to those banks for deposit in place of being retained by the Bank of North Dakota. These banks at that time were unable to pay the money to the Bank of North Dakota They had it at that time, but th (couldn't let go of it. They couldn't meet their obligations, and pay it to the bank. Consequently in order not to embarrass these banks it has been there ever since in a good many cases, and we have been unable to get it out. LLOY D f k 0 R ( k at Cc hore the purpose of conduct. = Ing its inquiry. LITTLE CHANGE | The status of the inquiry remained Percent, Paid. Q. As far as the books are con- cerned the public funds actually be- long in the Bank of North Dakota, but they are trying to have it rede- posited in the fashion you have in- dicated? A. Yes. Q. Now of course upon these funds you pay two percent to the counties or cities or public institu- tions do you not? A. We do. Q. And you charge the redeposi- tory bank four percent? A. Yes. Q. Now as I understand you, you say that was your policy throughout that you redeposited the exact amount in the bank as was taken out of it and deposited with you? A. No, not the exact amount. Q. Well, a similar amount? A. Our position always was in the main —now we never assumed that we could sustain an exact balance—but in the main we would try to retain redeposits in local banks, about in proportion to the amount that came from these localities. Q. So that the distribution would he substantially the same as it was hefore the organization of the Bani¢ of North Dakota? A. Yes. Q. You think that is a correct statement? A. Approximately so, | that is the general plan we tried tc follow. Q. Is that true as to counties or districts or localities. or has there been some change in the distribution of public funds since the organiza of the bank, and the adoption of th method of redepositing, substantial'y. I mean? A. Well, portions of the state that were not in urgent need ot money—from those portions we with- dsew some of their funds and (Continued on page 2)