The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 31, 1921, Page 2

THE BISMARCK TRIBU. IF YOUR NAME IS | BAKER, DON'T _ BE SWINDLED Billioné Dollar Bake Baker Estate in, Philadelphia is National Fraud. By Newspaper Enterprise Philadelphia, ‘March 31.--The vast, “Baker Estate,” which the country has been told is worth anywhere from $200,000,000 to $800,000,000 and ready! for division among the Baker heirs, is! a fraud designed to swindle Bakers | everywhere. The authorities here say that the! taking of money from anyone believ- ing himself a Baker heir, with the idea of obtaining for him a share in’ the tremendous fortune, is a crime, If ‘they can get the necessary evi-! dence, they will begin prosecution immediately. | The mythical Baker estate has been reported to comprise almost priceless; real estate in the heart of Philadelphia; -—in fact the very site on which Phil; aielphia’s $25,000,000 City Hall stands, | and also a large part of the land on| which the city of Chillicdthe, 0., is! built. » Swindlers Busy | Apparently the entire United States} is now flooded with rumors that this estate is ready to be divided among the heirs, ‘and confidence men are trying to induce Bakers to part with| Widespread agricultura) depression—| By Newspaper Enterprise. money to fight for their share. A; mythical 99-year lease i3 said to be| and the drop in pri€es of farm pro-' American soldiers continue ‘ducts a drop out of all proportion) alive while Congress snores on.” about ‘to expire. . ‘From cities, towns and villages all! over this country and: Canada, letters of inquiry are pouring into the Phila-! delphia authorities from people who, claim ‘to be*direct lineal descendants | and;Jor the great surplus créps, low- | | committee of the American Legion, of Jacob ‘Baker, the supposed owner of’ this almost pricefess property. A woman from iLos Angeles writes: | “We are heirs to this estate and wish to send the proofs.” | A merchant in’ Tacoma, Wash.,| writes that he is a descendant of: ‘Colonel Jacob Baker of Revolution-' ary fame’ and he wants to know all| about the settlement of the estate. A man in San Antionio, Texas, | writes: “As I am a descendant of" the Baker family that came over on) the Mayflower, naturally I am very! much interested in the matter.” Asked for Mogey In the same mail that brought these inquiries, there was one from a woman| in Salt Lake City, another ‘from a man | in Batavia, N. Y., and still another! from a business man in Canton, O, «| The Canton man_ reported that; there had been’ a stranger in that, Aity recently, who was soliciting mon- ey from local Bakers to pay the legal| expenses of presenting a claim for; collecting a share of the vast fortune. The Baker estate has been Jnveatl gated by the Mynicipal ‘Bureau ot Legal Aid.’ Romain C. Hassrick, chief; of that bureau, says the whole thing| is a hoax. “The ,Orphans Court reports to. me that they consider the . whole, matter a fraud,’ says -Chief (Hass-, rick, ‘“and ‘the ‘Register of ww Office says the same. | “The . only’ Baker estate of which there is any record is that; of Jacob Baker, a veteran of’ the! Revolutionary War. ‘His _ estate; was worth. only $7,000 and was audited and settled in the Orplf™ins/ Court in 1847’. | * Dr. Edward James Cattell, statietican, says: “Phe ground on which Phila- delphia’s City Hall stands, which is mentioned as part of the Baker estate was formerly Center Square, one of} the five square tracts of land: dedicat-| ed to the city by William Penn, him- self.’ i city Meeting of Custer Encamp- ment No. 16 I..0. O. F..April 1, | at 8 o’clock. Work will be ee red in first, second and third de-| gree ona big class of candidates assisted by Mandan and Wilton.| Candidates requested to-be pres-| ent at 8 o'clock at Odd Fellows hall. All members invited. | C. L. Hanson, Schribe. | “Hes ad of Agriculture Outlines: Remedy. for at for Farm Crisis . | Approves Committee of’ Seven- teen’s Cooperative Plan : By Newspaper Enterprise: Washington, March ?—No one in} Washington, probably, has a keener’ knowledge of the critical sitiation confronting American farmers than Henry C. Wallace secretary of agr' feul-| ture. Wallace came fresh to‘his job here} from ‘his farm publication in the up- ' per Mississippi valley. { ‘He seems bent on quiet, construc-) tive administrative work, and a clear presentation of the farm situation to! all the people. | “Our farmers are suffering severe: financial losses,” he says. “Through-| out the natig nn they are experiencing; exactly th ne trouble. ‘The gral A farmers of the central: west, the cotton farmers of the south, | the cattle’ and sheep growers of the! far west, the fruit growers and the ice farmers—all are passing through, the same valley of discouragement and financial stress. Cause of Trouble “There are two causes for this) the high cost of production last year, to the prices of other things and to! the cost of production. “While the farmer is selling the things he produces at prices no higher! er than beforg the war, he must | bys | | practically everything he needs prices from 50 to 100 per cent higher. ; “Severe agricultural depression is: inevitable as long as such a condition; exists; and this depression certainly will be communicated to business and} industry generally. “Anything which seriously affects} | | the buying power of 35 per cent of} the population will bring trouble to; the people who make or deal in the) things they buy, “We should do everything possible) | to find an outlet for the great food| | surplus. “Farm products~ must come up in price and other products come down, | until the normal relation between, them is restored. “It is a question of the farmer be} ing able to sell what ‘he produces at a price which will justify him in con tinuing to. produce. “We are the,best producers: in the! world but our sales system is very) bad indeed. “I have no sure remedy for this situ- ation, I have little faith in some of the q@ick ,cure plane now before the, country. | i | some protection against the farm pro-; ‘ ducts streaming infrom foreign coun® | tries, “I am: very, much interested in the; efforts now being made to develop: marketing along cooperative lines. “Phe plan tentatively ‘adopted by’ the Committee of Seventeen represent; ing the great farm , organizations | seems to have much merit. “The American farmer, is making” a success .0f cooperation. but so. far | the city consumer has not_been able fto keep Hach with hi with him. vy DROP CHARGES _ AGINST STATE ASYLUMHEAD Justice Kellogg Dismisses Action! Against Dr. W. M. Hotch- kiss / Unusual excitement ‘was manifeste: | Kk | {in the court of City Magistrate Franl Le Kellogg this ‘afternoon “when he! | announceil that he did not deem the; \“WE'RE FINE FARMERS BUT POOR MARKETERS,” SAYS igprmcens “sO Nene IN TROUBLE!” (Ol Spare re. A Cisne om APENCIL, erento Heay <= Ey WALLACE. SMOKES, { LEGION GATHERS FRESH PROOF / Washington, March 31.—“Wounded to rot Such is the scathing“ indictment which Cornelius ‘W. Wickersham, lieutenant colonel of the 27th Division and ‘chairman of the investigating places squarely on the shoulders of of- ficial Washington. The committee is piling up evidence | to support its charges. ‘Colonel ‘Wickersham is a son of George W, Wickersham, former, attor- ney general. “For two years now the government| has failed to provide sufficient hos- pitals, doctors, nurses and clothes,”| he said. ‘The system adopted cannot be worked out because of Ted tape, duplication of effort and delay. \ “Men are dying, starving, going in- sane as a result. Others are depend- ‘ent on charity because of lack of com-/ pensation, vocational training atid} care, The Remedy | “The remedy lies in more hospitals, doctors and nurses, more ‘liberal rat- ing of the disabled, more sympathy and promptness ‘in attention 'to cases. “The government faust combine its’ \ three bureaus into one, and decentral- | ize the work so that a man may get | IMMEDIATE relief at the place to which he applies. “We now find that 150,000 men have been approved for vocational training | but in the past two years only 17,000 \‘have’ been received for this training. | Many of the others are in dire need. “Our committee will request im- \‘meilate building of hos apes by the | government, and ‘the passage by Con-) gress of the Roger's bill, backed by ; the ‘American Legion. “This bill aims to put the three |DIES FROM PTOMAINE New Rockford, March 31.—Byron Small, a young man whod has been connected with the Great Northern i here for the past year, died sudden- | ly at the home of his ‘brother, James | Small, Sunday evening of ptomaine poisoning. He was taken ill shortly | after 7 o'clock and passed away .at 8:45. The body was taken tothe old home at Pelican’ Rapids. Minnesota, ton Grea Northern No. 2 last evening and Ae ‘he interned in the family lot | TO CONVERT “LEAGUE STORE , Garrison, ‘N. D.,; March 31.—Farm- ers who had purchased buying cer- tificates in the Consumers’ United Stores company store in’ Garrison have taken over the store and will ' operate it as a co-operatively owned: OF NEGLECT OF DISABLED “| he entered the vocatioal | Bureau and the War Risk Bureau are — “DANDERINE’ Girls!’ “Save Your Hair! | Make It Abundant! | Immediately after a “Danderine” Massage, your hair takes on new life, lustre and wondrous beauty, appear- ing twice as heavy and plentiful, be- cause each: hair“seems to fluff and thicken. Don’t let your hair stay life- Jess, colorless, plain or scraggly. You, too, want lots of long, strong, beauti- | ful hair. ; A 35-cent bottle of delightful “Dan- derine”’ freshiens- your scalp, checks dandruff and falling hair. This stim: ulating “beauty-tonic” gives to thin, dull, fading hair that youthful bright- ness. and abundant thickness—All druggists! ——————————— FARMERS ‘ATTENTION TRAPPERS DON'T SELL HIDES ‘AND FURS ON THE PREVAILING MARKET ‘Use them to a good advantage instead of. sacrificing them at the present low prices. Let us tan them into fur sets, robes, coats or leather. Send for free price list . Ifvyou prefer selling, we al-| Ways pay the highest market: price. } E BISMARCK HIDE & FUR CO, BISMARGK, Ne De — | the ‘state hospital | evidence offered in ‘the case of vie | ‘state of North Dakota vs. Dr. Wm. | Hotchkiss sufficient to Would the aes j fendant to the district court. A‘num- ; ber of women in the court room and ; hands with Dr. Hotchkiss, at least’ | two present embracing ‘him and giv- ‘ing him an official French salute. ‘The defense based ‘its case on the) , testimony“of ‘Col. ‘Hiidreth that there | | had been an “agreement” or “under- | | standing” that any furniture belons- | | ing to Dr. Hotchkiss which was used | uring his term as superintendent of | for the insane! | should” be replaced by the state, and ‘the testimony of Dr. Guest that Dr.; | Hotchkiss had offered to return any | | Phelps, village electrician, for | property belonging to the state. ik Considers Articles. é i The prosecution dwelt upon the) | identification of the articles bya num- | {ber of hdspiital employees and by | | Vouchers, invoices and warrants in+. the hands of the state, and upon ithe | testimony of ‘the carpenter and chief engineer of the state institution that | walnut wood had been taxen outof ‘the wood work of some of the ‘buildings | and made into household ‘furniture. Attorneys of ‘the state declined to; make any statement relative to any, new action which might be started, | but called attention to the fact that | there is a civil action pending as to the ownership of the property in- volved. Politics Injected. Politics were injected ‘into the case | when Attorney Thorp asked O. B. Lund; auditor and accountant of the state board of administration if he, had ever heard it said that leaders , of the present state administration had declared, when it was ‘learned that ‘Dr. Hotchkiss ‘had subscribed to j the I. V. A. fund, “Well, we°can't fire him for that, :s that is politics. W will have to get him some‘other -way A dance at ‘American Legion’ Hall tonight. . Everyone. invited. | institution. They also put up money to pay rent die and F. A. Calkins "| released ‘goods ‘he had seized to pro- ‘test the rent on his building which s | the store had occupied. The store has been moved to a less expensive ' location, é ARM INJURED, New England, N. D., March 31.— Peter Blum, Sr., had one arm slightly | injured when the auto he was driving ran off a grade and overturned. Two companions escaped with only a shak- ing up. The auto was wrecked. CITY LEASES PLANT. Alexander, N. D., March 81.—The city -of Alexander nas leased its |‘municipal electric light-plant to I. C. five vyears, the lease becoming effective bureaus, war risk public health ser-| vice, and vocational training, in one, bureau, with offices in every _ state! where men can be given immediate at i tention. ‘ Injustices “Here are a few typical: cases that, have come before our committce; “One man was so badly shot that, surgeons said he must have all the; teeth on the left side of his mouth re-| moved. The government dentist pull-| ed all the teeth on the right side of} his face. . “John Woolfe of. New York City has. a broken neck, He Was refused a, permament disability rating. In order) to support his wife and three children} training. school. The government has allowed him but $135 instead of the $159. 30) which was ‘his Tight. “James Bernard, clso of New York. lost both legs. The Public Health still unable to decide which of them | {| should take care of him, ‘They have | | argued for two years and have allow-| ed him, but $9 a month to live on. “Raymond T. McNamara was shot | almost to pieces at Chateau-' -Thierry | He applied to the Public Health Ser-; vice two years ago and was given 205} blanks to fill out. He hasn’t heard | from his blanks yet and they sent hi away without treatment. “And now we discover: that hun-; dreds of last-stage tubercular patients, are being ‘sent to. the fox Hills hos pital, although they haven't one facil: ty ‘there for» treating’ or “handlin; tuberculosis. ' W oo “But at Saranac Lake, where they | ‘have every,.facility and. where ‘they can accommodate 250. patients, they | have sent but 75. “Public conscience must be awaken. | ly.’ f THELINE DROPS FROM WINDMILL | Lawton, N. D., D, Margh 81-—Giaipn Theline was instantly’ killed when ne fell from the top of his windmill. Hj2! was doing repair work and in the strong wind lost his balance. MORE FARMS IN NO. DAK. r Fargo, N. 'D., "March arch 31. —There isn’t || any need for the well known slogay, “back to the farm’ in North Dakota; ‘says A. J. Surratt, agricultural de- partment field agent. He cites census figures to show that while there were only 74,360 farms under tillage in the state in 1910 the number had risen ta 47,693 in 1920. SHERIFF CASE -Mandan, N. D., March 31.—The case of William Nultemier, contesting ‘the | election of Don Stevenson as sheriff | of Grant county at the Novemybe;t | election, will be -heard in district} court ‘at ‘Carson, April 5, according to an order issued by District Judge. i H.L. Berry of Mandan, Stevenson | won by less than | 100% votes, and | Nultimier, Nonpartisan, instituted a contest. The sheriff case will be followed by! trial of the election contest - againstj~} E, A. Holritz, county auditor. VETERAN DIES FROM BULLET. Emerson, N. D. March $1.—Un-| scathed in overseas service with the! A. BE. F., Peter Polypink of Emerson, : re-enlisted at Fort Bliss, and was ac-/ cidentally killed by a machine gun} bullet. The body. was buried here | ‘April. By Alfred Arnold The heart that keeys a-singing As it plods along its way, It ‘sets the hours a-winging. Till sweat seems just ‘liké play. It matches morning’s gladness _, With a spirit yeasty light, , \ And bores a_hole through: sadness Before the night. Of. course, we all -have trouble; It sticks, just like(our skin: But don’t you make it double By worrying: you'll But meet “it with, “Say, Of course you'll have your ‘fing; Come back and talk~tomorrow: I'm going to For song can set to music The pleasure and the pain; And raise enough real courage To move a stalled freight train. It has some ginger in it That seems to make Be blue about—one min Then start a song! with military honors. get thin! sorrow, sing!” you strong. Many Who Attended State Insti- | the University of North Dakota i taking .a deep interest in the produc | tion, ‘tour, and already has been received the university here hope that a pack- 4 ed house will greet tiie piayers, not only as a tribut of Bismarck to the| university, but because the produc- tion is highly entertaining. Among the graduates. and former students of the University of Nortn]’ Dakota Who, live ,in | Bismarck are Governpr and Mrs. Frazier, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Muir, Mr. and*Mrs. F. BE. McCurdy, Laureas J. Wehe, Miss Hazel Nielson, Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Robinson, Judge H. A. Bronson, Judg¢ and Mrs. W. L. Nuessle, Jitige EB. '.|4 Burke, Mrs. Webb, Joseph Coghtan, Herbert Metzger, Gordon Cox, ‘Mar- garet Welch, Mrs. Florence Davis and | Judge L. E. Birdzell. UNIVERSITY'S GRADS GATHER FOR PLAY HERE ivawonu, 7 P } cont bes at eur risk, JOSEPH RRESLOW, :Drugeist: SPECIAL Children’s Matinee TOMORROW 2:30- : Mary Miles Minter ee sk IMs “The Fairy and the Waif”? | Admissio iito all 15¢ | ORPHEUM Theatre tution to See Auditorium Production 4. Graduates and former students of “A Rose o’ Plymouth Town,” | which will be given at tie Auditori- | um |Friday ‘night. ‘i The play, said tobe the best of | the Dakota ‘Playmakers, the university society ‘which”has ‘won’ a :reputation | all cover ‘tHe Northwest, is now ‘on |j CARNIVAL DANCE Giyen by: the Brotherhood:of American Yeomen Ne. 503 ... at the.» K. of P. Hall with ‘acclaim in Fargo. ‘The univer- sity players are at Valley City tonight, $ °. |and’ wit come to Bismarck ‘tomor- Monday Evening. | row! noon. . The ‘seat'sale has opened _ at ‘Har-'} ° April 4th iris aid company. Charles Moses and ‘ William ‘Nuessle have ‘taken charg2|# Everybody invited. Good time and good refréshménts.””’ N of the general solicitation and. the i boyg..of Scout .Troop No, 1. are en- |7 | Baged in selling Hekets. Friends of | OPE YALL NIGHT "Monthly Storage’ $800 °° Transient Storage 50c ' (| USK TRIBUNE WANT ADS | CORW. IN MOTOR COMPANY Pkone 700 Tothe People of Bismarck Bismarck, N. Dak. March 31, 1921. The undersigned holds no brief for any. of the public utili- ties cperating in the City of Bismarck, but he does believe that all of them shculd receive honorable treatment and justice. ft from the City administration and its officials. That the people’s inter- est should be safeguarded and in doing so that no discrimination ‘should be practiced but this has. not been the case with the present administration and the present City Attorney. » Ahearing was had before the Board of Railroad Commissioners in January, 1920. This hearihg lasted at least thirty days. It was brought on by the application of the City Commission for a reduction in water rates charged by the Bismarck Water Supply ‘Co., and which application contained other matters. Having been a resident of the City of Bismarck for many years, I have know- ledge ofthe fact that for at least fifteen years the water rates in the City of Bismarck have never been increased and have re- mained the same, while the rates of other public utilities have , been increased several times duringethat period. At this hearing the present City Attorney was present during all of the time of the hearing, or thirty days. In addition to this the City Commis- sion employed and furnished him special counsel to assist in the case at an.expense of.approximately $2,000.00. On January 29th, 1921 a case was instituted by Citizens of Bismarck and consumers who patronize the Hughes Electric Com- pany asking for a reduction in Electric Light and Heat rates which were being charged to the citizens of Bismarck and which had been raised from time to time during the last ftve or six years. At this hearing the City of Bismarck was not represented either by its City Attorney or by special counsel. The reason assigned for the non-appearange of the City Attorney at this /neaying was given in the Bismarck Tribune, issue of January 29th, 1921, and is quoted herein. “H. F. O’Hare, City Attorney, was unable-to be present because of a hearing in Bankruptcy in which he had to sit.” It appears to me that this was a very convenient business engagement for Mr. O’Hare, because his law partner was appear- ing for the Hughes Electric Company, but this was no excuse for the failure,of the City Commission and the City Attorney to have other counsel. there as they do in similar cases, looking after the consumers interest. The Citizens of Bismarck who are aware of this situation are indignant at this failure on the part of the City administration to look out for their interests. Especially so; from the fact that Mr. O’Hare’s law partner, Mr. Edward Cox:appears at that hearing as counsel for the Hughes Electric Company and against the interests of the people. Such a brazen transaction as this merits the removal from office of the present City Attorney; and the action of the present city commissioners in upholding such a fraud on the people should be most severely condemned, and men should be elected who show no favoritism or discrimination when it comes to upholding the rights of ‘the taxpayers of Bismarck. I hardly need to. mention my attitude toward the~ Water Franchise that we are now working under, as my vote was the only one cast against the extension of it in 1915. Also looking to the health of the people, my attempts'to have the people noti- fied, when to boil the water was frustrated by members of the present City Commission. Just in passing will also mention that the Water Franchise -that was extendéd in 1915 was passed in 1901 over Mayor F. H. ~ Register’s veto. sapere: > Yours respectfully, “R. L. Best. (Political Advertisement)