The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1921, Page 1

The Weather Uneettied. | ‘HE BISMARCK THIRTY-NINTH YEAR Last Edition PRICE FIVE CENTS OFFICERS FOR CITY ELECTION AREAPPOINTED City Commission Approves List to Act on April 5 PESTHOUSE PETITION, Commission Orders. Report on Funds—Name Deposi- tories Election officials for the city elec- * tion of April 5 were designated by the city commission in its meeting last night. All candidates must have peti- tions filed with the city auditor by 6 o'clock March 16. : The election officials named, and the | voting places, follow: First Ward, east—Inspector, Joe Kelley; judges, Jas. Thompson, R. B. Dutton; voting place, North Ward school. First Ward, west—Inspector, A. S Bolster; judges, Rev. H. C. Postleth- waite, E. V. Lahr; voting place, C. B. Little's garage Second Ward, east—Inspector, Fred Peterson; judges, Joe Dietrick, Fred Swanson; voting place, undecided. Second Ward, west — Inspector, Frank Hedden; judges, C. W. Moses | and: Dean Smith; Roan’s garage. Third Ward, east—Inspector, Carl Kositzky; judges, V. N. Dingle, Cart Brady; votnig place, Richolt’s school. Third Ward, west—Inspector, E. G. Wanner; judges, John Barbee, H. S. Dobler; voting place, high schoot. voting place, Dr. Fourth Ward—Inspecor, Joe Brown; | judges, Peter Aller, Paul Wachter; voting place, Wachter school. _ Fitth Ward—Inspector, Louis Caru- tel;. judges, Henry Schoener, Frank Ellsworth; voting place, Little build- ing. Sixth Ward—Inspector Jack Parkin- son; judges, Harry Clough, Jake Hor- net; voting place, fire hall. Read “Smallpox Letter. The communication of patients of the ‘pesthouse regarding conditions was’ read to the commission. in the communication relative to the $15 collected for the city, Commis- sioner Thompson moved that Mr. Lin- er be required to furnish a report for the past year, showing money collected and ‘other information, to the commis- sion'to be had at its meeting next Mon- day. During: the discussion the com- missioners agreed that the city had outgrown the pesthouse and that a better place was nerded. The city ‘coOmmifssion adopted a resolution narhing all> of ‘the pri- vate’ banks in Bismarck as legal depositories of the city, under the terms of H. B. 212, passed by the legislature last week. After creat- ing public depositories the city funds now’ in the Bank of North Dakota were ordered withdrawn, to be deposited in the local banks. . The county still deposits money in the Bank of North Dakota, some very, large sums, indluding railroad tax money, ha¥ing been deposited in the state bank regently. The commission adopted a resolution aasking Gov. Frazier to veto H. B. No. 25 on the ground that the bill, if it be- comes-a law, would seriously hamper the city. The measure limits the cities to raising by taxation one-third of the money raised for the last three years. In 1918 the city of Bismarck raised $57,930, in 1919 the taxes were $71,310 and in 1920 were $78,962.54. The amount which could be raised under the new measure in 1921 would be $69,400.00. 1 > B Buy Fire Hose. The commission received bids for fire hose from several firms, including ; the ‘United. States Rubber company, | W. S. Nott company, Bi-Lateral Fire | Hose company, and J. N. Johnson com- ; pany.. The commission decided to pur- chase 500 feet of the Bi-Lateral com- | pany at $1.12 per lineal foot. Benton. Banker appeared before the commission in support of a petition previous filed by property owners ask- ing the withdrawal of a track of land south of the N. P. tracks, lying near the ‘Missouri river. The city attor- ney advised against permitting the withdrawal. Mr. Baker informed the and ‘under a law passed by the legis- lature this.winter it is mandatory upon the city to permit the withdrawal from corporate limits of land not affected by city improvements, The matter was not definitely decided by the commis- sion. WILTON PLANS FOR BALL TEAM 4 Wilton, After | the discussion of the statement made | 'GERMANS AND FRENCH FIGHT AT MEETIN: Duesseldorf, Mar. 15.—(By the | Assoclated Press.) Radical com- | munist carpenters invited French solders to assist.at a union meet. Ing tonight. ‘The soldiers because the addresses were revolutionary used to stay and It became nec- cessary to. call police to quell the fighting which ensued. The elty housing depariment has been thrown Into consterna- tion because of a request by the occupational authorities for 380 | two-room apartments, a 16-room ; house and‘a number o7 flats, aut { i i ‘TWELVE BILLS Bismarck Bills Included Among Those Signed by Executive | | | | Twelve bills were sent to the office of the secretary of state with the gov- ernor’s signature today. ~ Included | ind No. 137, affecting water works sys- ems. They. provide that water works systems may be obtained by condemna- ed through an assessment dis- ‘The measures were amended to '30 permit condemnation of electric | ight plants by cities. House bill No. |.34, which contained the -provision giving the state authority to go into he e1ec neasure. | ills have been signed by the gover- ior: H. B. 59-—Relating to repair of side- alks. i H. B Defining how private | sroperty may be acquired by right of jominent domain, including water rks tems. | HB 137—Providing how water | vain and water works tems may | |e purchased and financed by cities. | §. B. 148—Pertaining to giving no- e mortgages. { s. ficial dockets and papers of justic | -f the peace. United States act to provide vocational | | enapilitation of persons disabled in | ndustry and otherwise. S. B. 187—Relating to interest on onks of common school districts. of land contr demption. * sts, giving year for re- nereasing on diminishing tock of corporation. S. B. 116—Increasing pay juvenile ‘ourt commissioners and giving dis- ict judges right to appoint woman of-| S. B. 145—Legalizing state bar as-| ' ociation. §. B. 48—Requiring county com dioners to have classified all acr yroperty in the state, providing for aethod of contracting for such work | of classification. MAN WHO LEFT | ‘FOR GOOD’ BACK FROM CALIF, | furnished, ee "ARE APPROVED ~~ BY GOVERNOR. among them were house bill No. 136; uon proceedings and that funds may | ic business in Bismarck, has | not been signed, but it is expected the ; sovernor, will affix his signature to the | The’ following additional | of intention to foreclose real es- , B. 55-—Relating to depositing of | S. B. 121—-Acceptance of benefits of | slace later. icer. \ | Thunder and lightining in M BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1921 7 HARDING’S WASHINGTON CHURCH | (| { ts, me Here is Calvary Baptist j sas City, who has accepted a call ; it Washington temporarily. 1 It happened last night in ‘Bismarck, west of the city and north of the city and never has happened before in March, according to the best informa tion of the United States Weather Bureau here. There was thunder around Dickin- ; son and Beach, and a shower at Far-| is 30, the weather bureau reported. Following the rain and lightning in Bismarck last night the weather turn- ed,cold. An old resident of the city leclared today that thunder and light- MILLION LOAN Bert Buckley Prefers North’ Dakota to Famed “Land of Sunshine” Bert Buckley, a farmer living south | f Bismarck, left last fall to make his| rmanent home in California. He/ sled up his affairs. He reached Bismarck from the| | Vest yesterday. aa | “I didn’t like it out there,” he said. | | It is all right for a while but I like| North Dakota better. ‘tack. I am going to the farm tomor- | vow.” . \ RATES 700 HIGH Washington, Mar, 15.—An increase | of 6.5 per cent in passenger rates on | Mar. 15—Tentative plans! western roads instead of the 20 per for a baseball team for Wilton are now. under way and the Lignite City! merce Commission would have been fans. are confident a winning combjn-; sufficient to return the amount set by ation can be secured if sufficient funds |the car receivers themselves as due are obtained. | them under the terms of the transpor- A meeting was-held Friday evening tation act, the supreme court, is told to har the report of Messrs A. C./in a supplemental brief filed today. by ; Wilde, A. D. Hitt and Karl Knowles, John H. Benton, counsel ‘for the 42 the committee appointed to ascertain; states” which are co-operating ‘with | what material was available. Mr.| Wisconsin in the so-called Wisconsin Wilde, reported that they could secure | rate case. a Jimmie. Cunningham and John Chic- — hosky for battery work and word had TROTZKY PLANS 3 TO LAY SEIGE been received from Anderson, on last year's Bismarck team, that he would play ‘in Wilton if sufficient remunera- tion and a job were given him. Anderson is a first baseman and ister Trotzky has decided to blockade pitcher and with these thfee men as a'Kronstad as bombardment might ruin nueleus, the committee felt sure that ‘a battleship there. Wilton would be able to get together ———_——_- a fire-class organization. FIVE B RNED RE Grafton, N. D., March 15.—Walsh IN RAIL FI county time deposits in the Bank of Pueblo, Colo., Mar. 15.—Five persons North Dakota, totaling $35,000, are to Were burned to death when a rear be copverted into a checking account, Pullman car on the Denver and Rio after maturity. The various certifi- Grande railroad caught fire at about 2 cates fall due between March 25 and o'clock this morning between Pueblo 31. ‘County gommissioners have de- and. Walsenberg. The origin of the termined on the change. a Change to Checking Account. nt allowed by the Interstate Com- | t London, ‘Mar. 15.—Soviet War Min- | \firer was undetermined. i OR STATEBANK IS PAID TODAY Bank Officials Say Chicago Firm Is Satisfied sold his stock and equipment and set-| . Thé Rank of North Dakota today paid a loan of 1,000,000 to the Merch- ants Loan and Trust Company, of Chicago, togethef with about $14,- That is why 099 interest, accordin| as Cf i a g to a statement |{ am back and I am going to stay) 6 : ae «commission that under existing law | + | by A. Johannsen, director of audits. The loan was made nine months ago. at 7 percent interest, and the state bank pledged $1,200,000 of bank series, bonds’ as collateral. A representative; week in connectiqn with the loan. | No new garnishment suits have been started against the bank since the supreme court decision, it w: said at the bank. To date 22 garnish- ment proceedings have been instituted by counties, cities and towns, which has tied up $2,000,000 of redeposits of the Bank of North Dakota, it is said. The suits were to garnishee a total of about $400,000, it was added. «The Bank of North Dakota has re-| cently received a large amount of tax money, a large proportion of taxes peing ‘payable March 1. ELECT FALKENSTEIN TO HEAD A. C. “Y.” Fargo, March 15.—Richarl Falken- stein was elected president and Mur- | ville Pefghtal who was second high in the votes cast, automatically wa: named{ vice president of the Y. } CG. A. 6f tie North Dakota Agricultural college as a result of the election held on the campus yesterday, { John Jenson was named recorder anl delegate to the Geneva conference | in Wisconsin in June. Joseph Stur-) langson was named: high school rep- resentative on the board, and Theo- dore Gullickson industrial representa- tive of the board. & Meeting Wednesday Night A regular meeting of the auxiliary of the American Legion will be held Wednesday night at the Legion hall. | All members are urged to be present.| ?resident Harding will attend for the next four years. shipped here while a senator. Inset, Dr. W| S. Abernethy of Kan-! under the Blue Sky act. He may be offered the permanent | yey THUNDER AND LIGHTNING 8. B. 153—Relating to foreclosure | ~~ |N-SLOPR TERRITORY FOR §. B. 111—Providing regulations for | capital | FIRST TIME DURING MARCH _GETS SENTENCE TS APPOINTED Judge! Moellering of Minot, _' .Grants Request of Consum- ers Co., for Trustee 'HAS STORE, AT WING | Company Has Had Stormy Ca- | reer Since Famous Split With Farmers Union | W. G. Johnson, secretary-treasurer {of the Consumers United States com- | pany, a Nonpartisan league mercantile jcorporation has been appointed re- | ceiver of the company by Judge Moell- ring, of Minot. Judge Moellring has been an active supporter of the com- | pany. The Consumers United States com- | pany was first started in 1917 by J. W. {Brinton and A. C. Townley. Its first ; Store was at Kenmare. Its growth |was rapid until the famous break j with the Farmers Union at the spe- | cial session of 1918, when Farmer {Engle of Dawson, D. E. Shipley of | Dickinson, secretary of the Farmers | Union and others in all-night session | with A. C. Townley, were told, accord- jing to Mr. Engles and others thai jit was none of their “damn business” ; what he did with the money or the j stores company. The stores program, however, never recovered from tke effect of the split jin the farmer forces which developed ‘then and little attempt was made to jextend the corporation. ' | Tried to Re-organize. | The company was. organized on the ‘certificate plan by which holders after | paying $100 were entitled to buy their | goods from the store. About a year | ago an attempt was made to re-organ- jize it on a co-operative basis after the majority of the state banking board, | Secretary of State Thomas Hall, had He wor- i held the sale of the certificates illegal Church, Washington, D. C., which | Attorney General William Langer and 3 < Yalve | The company has stores at Hurds- to preach in the Calvary church | field, Pettibone, Carrington, Fessenden, Rockford, Dawson, Braddock, | Wing and Garrison among other places. [in the Slope country. | _ It is claimed that the 37 stores and ;the Minot creamery aggregate in (capital stock, merchandise and value of property, ‘k981,000 in assets, while ‘total Habilities are, put about $300,000. ‘Out of the total subseriptiong of al- most $1,000,000 to the capital stock of ‘the company, less than $300,000 has {been paid in cash by farmérs whe | subscribed, it is claimed. A number |of garnishments have been sought, ac- | cording to L. L. Griffith, among others ning in winter is always followed by! Ne for $5,955.48 by the Ransom Coun- extremely cold weather for four or|tY Farmers’ bank of Lisbon. six weeks. ‘The scientific investiga-; Judge Moeliring set April 9 as the tion of the weather bureau do not! date on which creditors might appear bear out this prediction, however. |! answer. ‘The weather bureau is unable to} as give any explanation for the lightning and thunder of last night. Lightning! usually caused by an atmospheric! pressure which did not obtain last) night. i ‘ A few days ago two horses in 4) field near Garison were killed by a; a INJURES FIVE bolt of lightning. TO PENITENTIARY ' Police Keep Soldiers to Barracks ‘Fearing Outbreaks a —— i Dickinson, Mar. 15.—Following his | plea of guilty, Dick Richardson, charg- | ed with a bestial crime in connection; Dublin, Mar. 15.—Five police re- with @ five-year-old girl, was immedi- jcruits were wounded by the explosion ately’ sentenced to ten years in the ofa bomb here last night while search- state penitentiary by Judge Thomas | ing a house in Great Brunswick H. Pugh. street... Three civilians were killed Richardson, who was a porter at the | - Villard hotel, formerly lived in Bis-|2"4 Several were wounded by the ex marck, and was tenced from the |Plosion. All troops in Dublin were Burleigh county district court for a confined to their barracks last night, two-year term on a statutory charge. |officers fearing there might be dis- | Judge Pugh that he had ajorders because of six executions in He told |Mount Joy prison. wife living now in Bismarck, PROPOSE NEW TURK FINANCE PANAMA TREATY POWER KILLED Washington, Mar. 15.—A new basis | 4:4, Mar. 15.—(By the Associated egotiations ieved to be accept- thie ty Coste Tica and Panama was | Press.) —Tallatt Pasha, former grand proposed in a note sent by the state, Vizier and minister of finance of Tur- department based on one of the Bryan |Key, was assassinated in Charlotten- treaties for arbitration. 4 burg, a western suburb of Berlin, to- day. He was shot to death. The murderer, an Armenian student, was arrested. LABORERS IN RECEIVER FOR © $,0oH8Cts,.. STORES COMPANY Washington, March 15.—The Amertcan people today had their annual day of reckon Their laboriously reckoned me and business and excess. profits returns to collectors of internal revenue. The United States government as a result will be richer tonight approximately %500,000,000, ac- cording to an estimate by Seere- tary of the Treasury Mellon, | | \ | | | | ‘NAME MEN T0 _ FIXBOUNDARY OF NEW STATE Joint Resolution of Idaho As- gembly Is Given Ap- proval 3POKANE FOR’ CAPITAL Idaho Commission Would Meet With Washington Body Boise, Idaho, Mar. 15,—Governor W. D. Davis last night approved a joint esolution of the state assembly au- -horizing appointment of a commission o direct the secession movement of en northern Idaho counties which, to- gether with 10 counties in eastern Nashington, would be formed into a lew state. This commission, with a like com- aission from the state of Washington, vould meet to decide on the boundary ines and take the project directly to Jongress. Under the plan so far made, Spo- sane, Wash., is to be the capital of the »roposed new state. STRIKESTART OF REVOLT IS RUSSIAN CLAIM {Information Bureau’ Issues Statement on Petrograd Trouble New York, Mar. 15.—A detailed re- dort of events leading to, the rising gainst the Bolshevik administration n Petrograd and Kronstadt was mad yublic here today by the Russian in- ormation bureau. The report sent from Petrograd, Feb. 28, said that trouble began with a strike in the cartridge factory at Pet- ograd Feb. 21, and rapidly spread tc other works. Bolshevik papers just received by the information bureau tell of growing »pposition to the Bolshevik regime among working men. ANNOUNCE DATES. Dickinson, March 15.—The Women’s Zlee club of the University of North Dakota will appear here April 5, unde: she auspices of the Matthew Brew post American Legion. A ballet dancer has recently joined che club. With this and other special- cies a big crowd is expected. The concert will be held in the auditorium of the Normal. G00D HIGHWAYS "BAN RCONOMY, "SAYS CHAIRMAN \Every Motor Car Owner Should | Support Drive, R: B. \ Loubek Says The membership campaign in Bis- marck for the North Dakota Good Roads association should have the support of every motor car owner, de- clares R. B. Loubek, chairman of the city membership committee. “Every motor owner is vitally in- terested in good roads,” Mr. Loubek says, “and should give this movement his hearty support. The saving a motor owner would make with good roads on tires alone would pay his |membership fee in a short time.” IN TAX TODAY N. Y. CENTRAL REJECT CUT New York, Ma Representatives of common labor employed by the New York Central railroad today | promptly rejected wage cuts proposed by the roads and declined to join in a/ joint request’to the railroad labor board to adjust the matter. -There- | upon officials of the road notified the | men the reductions would become ef- fective April 1, in any event. AIRPLANES IN BOMBING WORK New York, M planes and baloon bled at Langle bombing practic Scores of air- are being assem-! ield, Virginia, for army air forces, IRISH CHEERED | BY ITALIANS| A pro-Irish meeting party was attend- and leading mem- ; Rome, Mar. 15 held by. the popula ed by a large crow ‘BOY DEAD, TWO Mr. Loubek has named committees {to solicit memberships. If any person | desirous of supporting the good roads | work with a membership-has not been CLAIM TO KNOW |call Mr. Loubek. Bourbon, Ind., Mar. 15.—A coroner's | rk Tt investigation ara vtoday is “okuacted | MANY KILLED to determi vhether a young man) beaten to" death neat here Saturday | IN ae ek night is Virgil Decker or Leroy Lov- | Berlin, Mar. 15.—Capt. Luschin, of ett. The body has ‘been identified by} Lovett’s father as Lovett. The young | the Germban plebescite police, in up- HIS IDENTITY jcalled upon by the committee he may. Decker’s brother as Decker and by) |men were said to resemble each other | per Silesia was shot while riding with to such an extent that it was almost /french and British officers, says a impossible to tell them apart. They ‘dispatch from Koenigshutte, Silesia. we jast seen in each other’s com-/ at Micheal Kowitz, a collision occur- pany and the whereabouts of each i$ !req between plebescite police and the unknown. ! Poles. Several Poles and two plebes- GREEKS SEEKING —siec"oticershave been wounded. U. S. RECOGNITION With Arbuckle. Langdon, March 15.—Betty Ross Washington, Mat. 15.—Recognition Clark, formerly of Langdon, Noro: of King Constantine of Greece andj Dakota, and well known in Grand payment of the remainder of the credit arranged for the Venizelos government is being sought by representatives of | Forks, is scheduled to play opposite Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle in his lat- est humorous Paramount picture, bers of the Catholic party. - ithe new Greek government. | “Brewster's Millions.” HAMON GIRL ON | WITNESS STAND — ‘TOTELLSTORY | tionally Shoot Jake j Hamon SOBS DURING RECITAL ~“ Breaks Down When She Comes to Point of Actual Shoot- ing Ardmore, Oklahoma, Mar. 15.— Clara Smith Hamon, charged with the | murder of Jake L. Hamon took the | Witness stand in her trial here today | and told' her story of the incident of | the day and night of Nov. 21 when Col. Hamon was shot, She spoke dramatically in a cool, low-pitched voice, hesitating only when she told that the Colonel had cursed her. She answered a few pre- liminary questions and then launched Into her story of their last day to- gether. ‘When she reached the point in her story of the actual shooting she left the witness stand, and taking the pistol with which Hamon was shot, she illustrated how the shot was fired. Accident She Claims’ “T didn’t go to do it,” she said. “The pistol went off when he struck it, or I pulled the trigger or 3ome- thing; I know not what.” After a few preliminary questions in which she safd she was 29 years old, knew Col. Hamon was married and that-he had educated her so she might work for him she was asked to tell the jury how the shooting happened. “In the morning?’ she asked, and was told to “begin that morning.” “We had breakfast about 11 o’clock she said. “After breakfast Mr. Ham- on left me. I presume he went to his office. He usually did on Sun- day mornings. I went back to my room and in the afternoon about 2:30 or 3 o'clock, I don’t just remember he came back to the room and' we had a very pleasant conversation. “When the defendant tried to tell how Col. Hamon after he was shot said” “I am hit,” and had showed her the: bloodspots forming on his shirt she broke down and sobbed. Describes Struggle. She said she went for a ride in her car in the afternoon, and returned to ind Hamon_ drunk—“‘crazier and 'runker than he had been in all the ears I had known him.” She had ‘one to her room she said with Bill, he porter, who brought ice water. “The minute Bill; went out and the ‘oor was hardly closed‘ Mr. Hamon sald with an epithet, ‘Where have you een? and grabbed me at the same ime and choked me and kicked me intil I was blind and couldn’t seem co think, “He choked me and, hit me and omehow he threw mej{on the bed and ufter he got me on the bed he beat me nd slapped me, and beat me and hit ae two or three times and took me by me foot and jerked me off the bed on 1y* back and I had been operated on n the back and it hurt me extremely ond he took paing to kick me in the ack and kicked me and choked me.” Hamon tried to cut her throat the witness said, but couldn’t lay his hands on a knife and she finally obtained ossession of her pistol. The shooting followed a few mo- aents later, she said. Ardmore, Okla., Mar. 15.—The court oom was ordered ‘cleared after ap- dlause greeted a statement by W. P. McLean, counsel for the defense, at- vacking a remark made by H. H. 3rown, state counsel, when he refer- ed to the defendant’s mother. as “an ild_ woman.” Clara and her mother and sister ‘roke into tears and Clara was lead f:om the court room with tears stream- ng from her eyse. In the furor created an attempt vas made to clear the court room but several minutes after the order not a score of persons had departed. Some offort was made to exclude the press, out the bench ruled the press might re- main. . Court adjourned for an hour, from {0 to 11 A. M., and the attorneys had nade explanation of their remarks which had created the furore. JOWATOVOTE - ON BONUS BILL ;. Des Moines, Iowa, Mar. 15.—The |Towa legislature passed the soldiers yonus law votiffg a $20,000,000 bond ssue, which will be voted upon in the lection of November, 1922. ‘AUTO OWNERS SLOW IN TAKING OUT LICENSES Less than one-fifth of the motor car owners in North Dakota have obtained | 1921 tags, E. P. Crain, head of the motor vehicle registration depart- \ment said today. The department has | issued 16,500 tags and collected $123,- 500 in fees, he said. The total num- | ber of automobiles in the state exceeds 90,000. ‘MATCH SKATERS IN PITTSBURGH Pittsburg, Mar. 15.—Norville Baptie, New York, and Art Staff, Chicago, pro- fessional ice skaters, will meet here Friday, March 18. The winner will (meet Everett McGowan’ at Boston, March 27. Baptie and Staff will compete in a '220-yard, 880-yard, one mile and two mile race. If each scores two wins 2 |440-yard race will decise the winner. | Claims That She. Didn’t Inten-