The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1921, Page 1

q ) =s*]/THE BISMARCK TR o FORTIETH YEAR 4 ' BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1921 I Last Edition PRICE FIVE CENTS “CLEANUP AND PAINT UP” WEEK CALLIS ISSUED Every. Citizen Is Urged to Join! in Outdoor Spring House- cleaning OFFICIALS LEND SUPPORT, Mayor Issues Proclamation Em-! phasizing Value of Clean Up Campaign —e’ A PROCLAMATION, H The week, of April 11-16 has | been designated as National ! | Clean-Up and - Paint-Up week. This ,campalgn, carried on: throughout the United States, has | | resulted in many advantages to community lifes: In safeguarding health. In promoting thrift, In furthering fire, prevention. In stimulating clvie pride; and In making the “Home and City heautiiul.” : Now, therefore, to encourage the attainment of these objects in the city of Bismarck, in the week ot April 11-16 Is hereby pro- claimed Clean-Up and Paint-Up week In the city of Bismarck, during which time all citizens are urged to join in a common effort to safezuard health and beautify the city by a thorough cleaning of!) their premises. ' A.W. LUCAS, Ma se ae tee n-Up and Paint-Up.” is is he slogan in 7,000 cities throughout the nation this week known as “Clean-Up and Paint-Up| Week.” The week is proclaimed in Bismarck | by Mayor A,_W. Lucas, urging citi- zens to join in the annual outdoor spring house cleaning to safeguard health, promote thrift, further fire pre- vention, stimulate civic pride and in making the “Home and City Beau ful.” Balmy spring weather has already turned the thoughts of hundreds of Bismarck people to beautifying then premises and to making gardens. An outdoor house cleaning in a city in the spring is declared by health au- thorities just as essential to the wel- fare of our city as it is to clean the home. Local business men have joined in the promotion of “Paint-Up and Clean-! Up Week.” Started in St. Louis a few! years ugo the campaign for a special clean-up week spread over the coun- try like wildfire. Testimonials from! cities both large and small declare that great good has resulted from thorough effort to clean-up. Working On Streets, | Commissioner of Streets John French ' joined in an appeal to the people of; the city to clean alleys, streets and boulevards this week and with the appeal a declaration that they must | be kept clean during this spring and summer. Men already are working on the paved streets and the streets will be flushed in a few days. The earnest co-operation of all citizens is solicited by Commissioner French. One of the practices, of some prop- ery owners which causes the street department considerable trouble is the depositing of rubbish on the pave-| ments. This will not be permitted, the commissioner said. KILL 4, WOUND 2 IN RAID ON DUBLIN HOTEL British Report Says Irish Mob Attack Soldiers Quartered in Hotel DUBLIN, April 11.—A battle raged for twenty minutes this morning around the Northwestern hotel in the North Wall section here when civil- ians armed with bombs and firearms fiercely attacked the hotel wiere gov- ernment auxiliaries were quartered. One of the assaulting party was killed and two of them were wounded, one of them seriously. Cork, Ireland, Apr. 11.—Two consta- bles were shot at daylight yesterday while walking along a street in Kil- derry. Both died later. HOLD MEETINGS IN BIG CITIES TO SELL BONDS - Thirty meetings to sell North Da-! kota bonds will be held, according to Carl D, Thompson, of ‘Chicago, form- erly secretary of the national socialist party. They will be held at various cities in the country, the first being in St. ‘Paul May 2 and in Minneapolis May 3. Other cities in which they will be held are Toledo, Detroit, Cincinnati, In- dianapolis, Fort Wayne Boston Mad. ison and Milwaukee. MISS BERNHARD TAKES OFFICE HETTINGER, N, D., April 11— Ida M. Bernhard has taken office a county auditor. She is the first wo- mon in the state to receive this honor. | ae February. REVOKED CABLE /" PERMIT TO STOP CONNECTION PLAN) WASHING TO April 11.—Permits for the operation and maintenance of the Western Union cable betwean Key West and @ojimai, Cuba, was re- voked by President Wilson after re- ports that the Western Union would use this line to connect the Barbados- South American cable to American shores, it was disclosed by a gpvern- ment brief filed in supreme court, $2,000,000 70 BE SPENT THIS YEAR ON ROADS Estimate That Counties of State Will Double Last Year's Expenditures CONTRACT PRICES LOWER Emmons County Lets Contract; For Road Work Connecting | With Burleigh Co. | Road construction in North Daflota! for which federal aid is given will ap-| proximately cost $2,000,000 in 1921, according to estimates of the state highway commission. Of this amount} the government pays half, while the| counties pay practically all of the re-| maining $1,069,000, the state furnish-| ing some aid in engineering work. | The road work to be done d: the coming season will be about dow ble the miles of road co cted last ear, the highway commission engin- pers estimate. Prices on contracts al-} dy let are from to 40 per cent lower than in 1920. | Surv ha lready been made by} the highway commission for as many} federal aid projects as there will be federal aid-for, it is stated. Some ap-! plications for federal aid made in the} future, however, may be granted by’ reason of failure of counties to let! contracts for work for which suvveys have already been made. | _ Emmons-Burleigh Road. i Among the federal aid projects for which contracts have been let in the, last week are the followin. . ‘Project ‘No. $8, in Wells county.—| Building road ten miles north trom{ Hurdsfield. Contractors: road ‘work, | Stevens Brothers, St. Paul; culverts,| Russell Grader Manufacturing Com- pany; reinforced concrete, A. J. Jac! son, of Jamestown. | ‘Project No. 92.—Four mile stretch from (Barlow, Eddy county. Road work, James Yeaman, Devils Lake; metal culverts, North Dakota Metal| Culvert Company; reinforced con-! crete,N. M. Nielson, Valley City. | 'Project No. 101.—'Six mile stretch) west from Carrington. Contractors: | road work, Curren and Cowell, Valley City; metal culverts, North Dakota! Metal Culvert Company; reinforced) concrete, N. W. ‘Nielson, Valley City. (Project ‘No, 103.—Four mile stretch north from Barlow, Eddy county, Con-| tractors: road work, Henry Halvor- son, Sheyenne; metal culverts, North Dakota Metal Culvert Company; con- crete, W. H. Carson Construction Co.,! New Rockford. » | Project No. 119.—Five and one-half| stretch north of Linton connecting) federal aid project: No. 34, completed! last fall. Contractors: Linton Bridge and Construction Company and Stan-; ley Brothers, St. Cloud, Minn. Project No. 91.—Eight and one-fifth; miles from Burleigh county line south.! Contractors: Linton Bridge and Con-' struction Company, and Stanley Bro- thers, St. Cloud, Minn, State Road 125 Miles Long. With the letting of the contracts for Stutsman county federal aid pro- ject No. 56, which is a 21-mile stretch though Pingree, and Benson county project No. 98.a 15-mile stretch at Minnewaukan, both of which are ex- pected to be advertised soon, there will be a practically continuous state highway from Jamestown to Devils Lake by way of ‘Niles, % distance of about 125 miles. The first federal project for which a contract was let this spring was in Pierce county for a stretch of 15 12 miles, which connects federal aid pro- ject No. 20 at the county line. be tween Pierce and Wells counties, and extends north toward Rugby. HOME BUILDING ON INCREASE NEW YORK, April 11—-Home build- ing in New York increased 76 per cent over a year ago for the period since February 25, the effective date of the state law rendering non-taxa- ble new homes. 106 RAILROADS LOST MONEY WASHINGTON, April _11.—Inter- state Commerce Commission reports show that 106 of 206 reporting rail- roads failed to earn expenses during 20 AMERICANS GET SCHOLARSHIPS NEW > YORK, April 11.—-Twenty icans were given scholarships in universities of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. i The program today was expected to | get it into President Hardings hands HOW ROTARY CHAMPIONS B £ ARR nn eee NEW CONGRESS CONVENES WITH MUCH BUSINESS Emergency Tariff to Be ‘First Matter Threshed Out— Hard- | ing Speaks Tuesday The two pictures above show | the why of Rotary’s boys w whieh js your boy doing—shootin craps with the gang or taking part & in manly sports properly super-.| . vised. On { one ahi ing wron:; on the ether he’ ht, and having more fun, SMOOT W SALES TAX Utah Senator Announces New Plan for Raising National Revenue WASHINGTON, April 11.-—The new’ + ; republican administration got under 14, full headway today when the ‘sixty- seventh American congre at noon for the extraordinary called a few weeks ago by Pr Harding, © of Boys? week, instituted ! Rotarians and superviscl by | am Lewis Butcher, i i am The International Rotary clubs have stepped forward ag°the champion of your boy and every other fellow's hoy. Bismarck Rotary is doing its part in the international’ pian. To promote play and other acuy- ities of boys in the right channpls the Bismarck Rotarians: have engaged a director of boys’ ui be limited to the usual opening for- malities including the adoption of res- olutions providing for a joint session on Tuesday to hear the president's address and to organize work. , - Committees of leaders will also be, William Lewis Butcher, whose pho- appointed to notify the president of | tosraph is shown _ herewith, the assembling of congress. (in charge of one boys’ movement of Domestic needs including tariff and Rotary—Boys’ week, April 30 to May tax revision are expected to be em-,/ phasized by President Harding Tues-; This year only New York and Chi- day but he also is said to be planning cago will observe the week. Next year a considerable discussion of interna- 600 Rotary clubs throughout the na- tional questions. Republicans promi- tion will observe Boys’ week. nont in congress received reports last William Lewis ButcherShas charge night that he would state with con- of the event in New York, siderable definitness his attitude to- The movement got its start during ward the proposal to establish peace 1920 when investigation of New York with Germany by congressional ac-, City showed: tion. That each year 10,000 boys are ar- The first legislative achievement rested for law violations. promises to be enactment of, the ‘That only two out of seven boys emergency tariff bill vetoed at the have the opportunity for making good last session by President Wilson. That only one boy out of five is This is to be introduced in the ‘able to use his sy time to advan- house and reported during today or tage, Tuesday. It will be taken up for de- Purposes bf Boys’ week are: bate on Wednesday. und republican’ ‘7 jnterest every one in boys and to leaders will press for a final vote be-' interest boys in themselves. fore the week-end. Senate leaders al- ‘py compel gnition of the fact so will press the measure roping to that Ame s hoyhood 1s the guaran- of its future. ‘0 emphasize the fundamentals of character building for citizenship, The program tor Boys’ week in New York calls for a parade of 100,000 youths; outdoor exercises; a day gi by next week. For Sales Tax. WASHINGTON April 11.—A gener- al sales tax was advocated in a state ment by Senator Smoot Utah a repub- lican member of the senate finance; ¢# to the home; u day to the church; committee, who formally announced ith the balance of the time inter- he would introduce a bill to that end! spersed with addresses and useful in the senate Tuesday. lectures. Senator Smoot's measure, which he Butcher estimates would yield. approximately will be made $1,509,000,000 in revenue annual: pamlet, to di would place a flat tax of one per cent, Jacking for th on grogs sales above $6.0uy annuall- Funds for the of virtually all commodities, both raw) by Ri jt materials and finished products. The, “ ‘oar boyhood and bill carries a few exemptions but ap- the nation’s future will take care of plication of the tax would be stayed itself—but first give the boy a chance,” practically only on such commodities is the slogan for Boys’ week. as now bear a higher levy. WOULD ABOLISH BOARD. REVOLT LEADERS functioning under the transportation = yyyexIcO CITY, April 1 act and place its duties under the In- tionary army leaders we terstate Commerce Commission was to death for having advoc: introduced by Representative Tinchers Jjon in t tate of Pueblo, Republican, Kansas. ASKS MORE POWER Washington, April 11—Legislation' to put “teeth” in labor department ef- forts to conciliate labor department disputes was urged by Secretary Da- la vis. Both sides should be compelled a to live up to agreements rgtched or) ied they have ac- ment. stations “This is not tion,” Mr. Davis eve it feasible to the right of workmen to st believe there should be all parties to labor d gel together before stri PROTEST SEATING 6. 0. P. Washington, 1 11.—The seating of Richard Bird as a Republican rep- resentatives from the Eighth Kans district was protested on the floor of says surveys eventually in every tow y ang cover what facilities are nprovement of boys, work are subscribed ntenced MARKETS BY WIRELESS, Washington, April 11—The Depar‘- ment of Agriculture has adopted the wireless as a first aid to farmers. the postoffice depart- at Omaha, St. Loi Bellefonte, Pa., and Washington, D. mpulsory arbitra- id. “I do not be- s laws ugainst » but T to make London, Aprif 11—-British mine nd their striking employes charged that Mr. Bi at the beard of own sworn of campaign trade this morning on po: le seicle- expenditures showed he had spent ssont of the controve acento the amount a candidate for rep~ the miners’ walk-out week. The resentative is permitted to exp conference adjourned at noon until der the federal corrupt practices |late today. The house adopted a resolution by) The London Times today warned its Rep. Mondell, Republican leader, seat-| readers against expectations that the jing Mr. Bird, | negotiations would proceed smoothly that he dogs right is the |, —Revolu- | ed rebel-| OYS INGREASEOF ~ PHONE RATES OT ALLOWE ‘Railroad Commission Takes-Ac- tion in Northwestern Tele- ' phone Case HEARINGS ANNQUNCED Exchange Rate Increase Pleas to Be Considered Individ- i ually The state railroad commission today refused to grant increases in telephone rates asked by the North Dakota In- aependent ‘lel@éphone company. The action of the commission followed that taken late Saturday in denying simi- Jar petitions ot the Northwestern Bell Telephone company, ' The two compani sked increases in Jong distance rates and in change rates.in about 100 cil towns in which they have exchanges. The commission's order today re- ‘cites that the refusal to grant an in-, cred is based on general business ronditions, although it is stated that the showings made by the companies indicate a necessity for money rev- enue, To Wold Hearings. The commission will hold hearings in several cities in which the petitions for increased particulars exchanges will be considered individually, Hear- ings have been set for Jamestown, Rugby, Fargo and Grand Forks. At these hearings the individuals needs of exchanges within 50 miles of those cities will be heard, and increases may be granted or refused. The commission devision states that a study nas shown that many utilities which were granted increases in tele- phone rates several months ago are in no better ape now (than they were when the cause of loss of busiaess through 1r- creased rates. 2 Hearings announced by the commis- sion include one at Fargo on Apri! 21 in the matter of valuation of the Far-! go-Moorhead street vailway company and at’ Bismarck April 26 in the mat- ter of investigation of rates of the Hughes Electric company, JAP SAILOR IS KILLED DURING WHISKEY RAID |Prohibition Officers. “Board | Steamer Searching for \ Liquor JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 11.— One Japanese sailor was seriously wounded and two others arrested by prohibition officers searching the Jap- anese steamer Erie Maru for whiskey said to be destined for American ports. ‘REFUSE WAGE CUT OF 25 PERCENT CHICAGO, April 11,—Union brick- layers rejected a 25 per cent wage cut. BRITISH MINE OWNERS AND EMPLOYES BROUGHT TOGETHER IN EFFORT TO END BIG STRIKE would be immediately fundamental differ- still re- Jor that wor! [resumed as t fences between the parties mained acute. Estimate of cost of the miners’ strike, including the loss of unmined coal, unpaid wages, decreased railway fie and cost of emergency meas- aced the bill which the coun- is paying weekly because .of the strike at nearly 16,000,000 pounds sterling. BU BELIEVES LORD - GOVERNOR AND WASHINGTON, April 11. seare:| ; day, said he had “no doubt" that T0 SELL BONDS Donal ‘O'Callaghan, Lord Mayor of} Cork, would comply with “the logic of — the situation” and reship as an alien; of the state department ruling that he | ? . was not entitled to an asylum in the} cago Following Ladd United States as a political refuge. | Dinner . tray Davis, in a formal statement to-| seaman within 60 days from the date! Seek Help of “Liberals” in Chi- Philadelphia, April 11.—O'Callaghan i will remain in this country until he LEMKE IN CLEVELAND considers it safe to return to Ireland,” | said Micl.ael Francis Doyle, attorney! i ute Lord Mayor of Cork, here | General Selling Campaign. Re- | ported to Be Planned by FORMER GERMAN oficial | Chicago, April 11—(By Associated Press.)—North Dakota officials con- | ‘cerned with the sale of $6,500,000 in- AT E V ] LE HOME dustrial bonds of the state conferred {in Chicago today with leaders of lib- H j ‘eral elements and with city officials. |The party was headed by Governor Frazier and F. W, Cathro, director- creases were granted be-- Lites Victoria Second Mem- ber of Ex-Kaiser’s Family | to Die Since War SUFFERED FOR ONE YEAR‘ | Heart Trouble Cause of Death—, ; Collapse of Central Empire Worried Her | Doorn, April 11—-(By the Associat- | ed Press.)—Former Empress Augusta | | Victoria of Germany died at 6 o'clock | this morning. | The end came just one vyear after! she suffered her first serious attack | of heart disease, i It was while she was preparing to! enter the House of Doorn, the present! ‘home of the former Emperor of Ger ! many atter her long resident at Amer- ongen that she was stricken with what. at the time was believed to be a fatal! attack. That was on April 11, 1920.! For a few days they were reports, that her death was momentarily ex- pected but she rallied and accompa-| nied her husband to Doorn on May; 15 last. H William At Bedside, ! Former Emperor William and, Prince Adelbert were at the bedside} when the former empress died. At- tacks of her fatal malady recurred at intervals, each sapping her vitality; and nullifying the measures taken by | | | specialists to restore her health. i When her son, former Prince Jochim committed suicide in Berlin last July; she was in such serious condition that! the news of his death was kept from, her for a long time and it.is stated | she never learned her son killed him-; self. | Collapse of the Central Powers and; the vicissitudes of war that drove for-: mer Emperor William of Germany and his consort into practical exile in Hol-| land in November, 1918, was the low-/ ering of the curtain in the life of the; once beautiful Empress and Queen of; Prussia, Augusta Victoria who, for nearly 40 years, had been the moat beloved hausfrau of the German peo- ple. In the Netherlands, where she and her husband resided first at Amez-) ongen and then at Doorn, th former | Kaiserin’s long continued illness was made more grave by her yearning to’ return to Berlin and Potsdam. On sev- ‘eral occasions, since her residence in| Holland members of her family had: been summoned to her bedside in an-! ticipation of her death, but she rallied ; and survived. : : Mother of Six. i It is not known that she exercised any considerable influence politically or that she desired to do so, Her tal- ents seemed, instead, to be directed | to the task of becoming a helpful wife ‘and a devoted mother to her six sons: jand one daughter. That she achieved | this aim, the former emperor attested frequently. He once described her as, “the ideal of the virtues of a German; princess. She it is,” he declared, “to! whom I owe that I am able to bear! the weighty responsibilities of my po-_ sition in a joyful spirit.” ! 950 DELEGATES HERE THIS WEEK AT CONVENTION Yeomen Lodge to Bring Visitors From All Parts of North Dakota Arrangements are virtually complete for the entertainment of the delegates to the state conclave of the Brother-| hood of American Yeoman, in Bis- marck on Wednesday and Thursday; ot this week. . The committee of the local lodges charged with the responsibility of ar- ranging for the entertainment of the! delegates is composed of Grant Ma rsh E. J. Gobel, P. J, Donohue, Mrs. P. J. Donohue and Mrs. Geo. Johnston. Two of the main features of the con- clave will be the banquet to be hetd ut the McKenzie hotel on Wednesday evening and the grand ball to be giver at Patterson hall on Thursday eyen- ing. It was at first proposed to have the ball on the roof garden, but it will be held in the hall unless there should be a marked change in the weather, In addition to delegates from all parts of North Dakota it is expected that representatives of the home of- \fice will be here from Des Moines, 1a. general of the Bank of North Dakota. It was learned that Willlam Lemke, attorney general of the state, was in Cleveland today holding meetings with liberals of that city. ’ Governor Frazier had an appoint- ment with Mayor William Hale Thompson, of Chicago, for this after- noon, but it was indicated that sub- jects other than the bonds were to be taken up at that coriference. Dinner Given. Today’s developments resulted from a recent dinner held here which was attended by Senator Ladd, of North Dakota; Lieutenant Governor’ Cum- mings of Chicago, and Lieutenant Gov- ernor Wood of North Dakota. Repre- sentatives of the Public Ownership League and similar bodies were also present, It was reported that the object of the Nonpartisan league were thorough- ly gone over and that those present endorsed the plan for a general cam- paign of education on the league and its activities which has a nation-wide scope for a goal. Use Burdick Statement, In connection with these meetings a statement was given out, signed by Usher Burdick, forme= lieutenant gov- ernor of North Dakota, present pres- ident of the Farm Bureau Federation and one of the Grain Growers commit- | tee of twenty-one in which he favored completion of the state-owned eleva- tor in North Dakota. He said this ele- vator would be an important factor in the plans of the grain growers com- mittee, Incidentally Mr. Burdick. expressed opposition to the recall election pro- jected for next November in North Dakota arguing that the campaign would result in postponing of the com- pletion of the elevator. NAME RECEIVER FOR STORES C0. IN MINOT COURT Reichert Appointed Following Protest of Anti-Manage- ment Group (Special to the Tribune.) Minot, April 11—C. W. Reichert, of Carrington, was named recever for the Consumers Unted Stores company hy Judge George H.,Moellering in the dis- | trict court in Minot this morning. When the hearing opened Atotrney E. R. Sinkler, of Minot, representing the farmers who opposed the appoint- ment of W. C, Johnson presented a petition on behalf of his clients asking that Reichert be appointed. Attorney E. B. Goss, representin? the stores company advised the court that in view of the situation created by the position taken by the farmers: Johnson desires to be checked out an‘ relieved of his duties apd the ‘appoi: ment of Reichert would not be op- posed. Prior to the hearing Judge Moellrinz received a telegram from Brinton, who organized the stores company in 1917, advising against the appoint- ment of Johnson. ADMITS MURDER STORY UNTRUE BUFFALO, April 11—Ray Harris admitted that his confession of the Elwell murder was untrue, saying he had wanted to die because of mis- fortune and had concocted the story. The murder of Elwell, New York club man, was the greatest murder mystery of last year. Harvi sur- rendered a few days ago, out polica found his story did not-conform to known facts. New York, April 11.—Convinced that Roy Harris told the truth in repudi- ating his confession of complicity in the murder of Joseph B. Ellwell in New York last June former Governor Charles S. Whitman, and Captain Ar- thur Carey of the New York police department today notified Buffalo offi- cers that their interest in the prisoner had ceased. “Harris showed plainly,” said Mr. Whitman, that he had not the slight- est knowledge of the facts in the Ell- well case except what he had read in the newspapers,” FRUIT DAMAGED BY COLD WAVE CHICAGQ, April 11.—A cold wave Saturday night and Sunday caused heavy damage to fruit crops in Iii. nois, Michigan and Indiana.