The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 27, 1921, Page 1

ie “ a) 4 "w cn ¥ \ + any ( = (Vi oan « patches today. from Braxton, The Weather ] H Unsettled FORTIETH YEAR 1 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS FRANCE CONSIDERS RUHR INVASION UTILITY VALUE IS STIPULATED © TO COMMISSION: Representatives Agree on $410, For Hughes Electric Company BASED ON STATE FIGURES Historical Reproduction Cost Used in Determining Value . A valuation of $410,000 for the Hughes Electric company electric and steam plant, for rate-making pur-, Doses, has been stipulated with the state railroad commission by repr sentatives of the company, the ci zens’ committee asking the hearing And the representative of the city. The stipulation was one of the con-: cluding acts of the bearing held the commission, which begin yester- | day morning. The Inventory and tentative ap} al of E, the commission, was us@¢d as a basis for arriving at the valuation.. He save.a historical original cost value to the two plants of $349,435.00. To thig the parties to the matter $15,000 for working capital and a sum to cover contingencies, making the total $410,000.00. ‘The railroad com- mission will decide whether or not to accept the stipulated value for its de- cision. The petitioners in the cdse, F. 0, Hellstrom and 79 others, had not had an appraisal, i commission to make a valuation. The Hughes company about a year ago had an appraisal: made by B. W. Smith and company, engineers, who placeu the reproduction cost at about $500,- 000. The company attorneys saic that a similar figure was made tw; years ago by the C. L. Pillsbury com- pany. pr Use Cost Basis, The commission apparently is set tled upon the position of taking th. historical original cost of a ulility a: the basis for rate-making, rather than the reproduction cost. ‘was assailed by representatives of th« utility, The case .was instituted when Mr Hellstrom and others petitioned thc commission for an investigation, al- leging the rates were unreasonabl, high and not legal. The rates were held legal, and the commission, in its investigation, announced it woula treat the case as an application for increased rates. E. B. Cox, attorney for the company, said that the com- pany did not desire an increase. Would Cut Rates, E. H. Hughes told the commission that he desired to have the rate on the first 100 kilowatts reduced one cent and on the first 100,000 pounds of steam 5 cents as a stimulant to the business, regardless of the decision on other rates. F. 0. Hellstrom, as attorney for the citizens’ committee, said the valua- tion was based on the commission en- gineers’ figures with additions for working capital and a going concern. He said this represented a reduction from the valuation previously claimed by the company and if the commis- sion accepts the stipulated valuation there undoubtedly would be reduction in rates of probably 10 per cent. TORNADO KILLS Jackson, Miss., April 27.--Arrange- ments were under way here today to extend assistance to the residents of ‘Braxton, a small town 18 miles south, Where a tornado yesterday re- sulted in the death of more than a dozen persons, injury to a score of others, and property loss estimated in excess of $100,000. Hattiesburg, Miss., April 27,—Dis- Mi virtually wrecked by a storm yester- day, placed the number of, knowa dead at eight with unverified ‘reports of other deaths which may increase the number of fatalities to twice that number. Twenty-three persons are known 4o have been injured. Troops arrived early today from Jackson and! took charge of the situation. GOVERNMEN T PAYS N. P. RAIL- * ROAD $10,000,00( Another of the large railroads op- erating in the Northwest had its claim against the government for amounts due it under federal control settled recently when the Northern Pacific Railway accepted a settled ment in the sum of $10,900,000,) ‘Charles Donnelly, president, an- nounced in St. Paul. The Great Nor- thern accepted $10,000,000 recently in; settlemtn of its wartime claims. The! Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, one; of the first to settle, receiped $15,-| 099,000 some months ago. THREE COURT STORIES. London, April 27—Three stories in one day in Tottenham court: Woman has blind brother testify to] attack made on her. ; County Breeders a HH. Morris, chief engineer for | added | and asked the railroad j This method ; ae 2--Judge ruled | Oe a ' ‘STOCK SHOW ON | FOR HAZELTON April Hazelton, The Emmons + ociation will “put on another stock show at Hazelton, June 2! The affair last year was a big success and the executive com- mittee intends to make this year’s! show even better. “ELTINGE HERE IS LEASED BY MINNESOTA MAN Vallou ‘Theaters Company, Oper- ating Many Picture Houses, | Enters Bismarck “SECURE RELEASE BEST New Firm to Take Over Theater on May 1; Chaplin in First Picture ' The bllinge theater has heen leased hy E. H. Hugkes to the Vallou The- } aters company, of Albert Lea. Minn.) pee Was announced here today. i . 2B. Vallou, head of the organiza- bane and E.*P. Nelson, who will be | resident manager, came to Bismarck ‘ foday and made final arrangements with Mr. Hughes ior the transfer, which ig effective May 1 | The management will continue j the Ellinge as a high el motion jdicture theater, they pnounced, showing the best pictures obtainable with special features. Mr. Vallou b en engaged in the jtheater business since 1908 and has had headquarter: in Albert Lea, Minn,, for ten years, and his firm con- trols a number of theaters in souuli- fern. Minnesota and Iowa, including theaters in bert Lea and Blue Eagth, Minn., and Osage, Ia. Mr. Nel }3on, who is to be the resident | ager, comes here from Osage, Ia. Children’s Matinee, The first picture offered by the new managinent will be “The Kid,” with Charles Chaplin and Jack Coogan, which will be shown next Monday, iTuesday and Wednesday. Regular | cafly matinees at 2:30 will be shown ad there will be a children'*s matinee it 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. For jthe Chaplin picture Mr, Vallou decid- , ed upon a special price of 15 cents tor | all school children under 12 years of age. Secure Features, The pictures shown will be chiefly First National and Paramount re- leases ,Mr. Vallon announced, supple- mented with ‘news pictures, comics and other features. The Literary Di- gest Topics of the Day will be shown. For the last of next week the man- agement offers Mildred Harris, for- merly Mrs. Charles Chaplin in a new feature, G. E, Wingreene, who has managed, the Eltinge will continue to operate the Bismarck theater under lease. DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED TODAY BY. ROTARIANS ~ Will Choose Officers and Report 12, INJURES 20 to Next Club Meeting po ee Seven directors were elected today by the Rotary club at its noon lunch- con. They are: Burt Finney, Harry Goddard, J. Leonard Bell, Arthur Gussner, Fred Conklin, Raymond F, Bergeson and Carl Nelson. The di- rectors will choose the new officers ofthe club, reporting to the next meeting: Reports wére received on the re- cent campaign to raise the budget for. the boys’ work program: The drive was successful and members of, the club expressed apprecfation of the pirit in which the public received the campaign. WOBBLIES HIT. U.8. ROCK PILE Leavenworth, Kan.. April 27.—Thir- | ty-five of the 17 I. W W, ordered to begin serving sentences arrived and’ were set to work on the rock pile. ~ HEADACHES ARE SUICIDE CAUSE, Kenosha, Wis,, April 27.—Mrs Mar-| itanna Meyer, well known Kenosha | woman, committed suicide yesterday | when a sick headache came on, by! ‘shatting herself in bedroom and | turning on the gas. “I am sorry,”! she wrote to her husband, “but I just | } can’t stings: the headaches any longer.” | ma | | | a " BABE RUTH HAS RIVAL IN KELLY & "Brooklyn, April 27.—George Kelly, ! woman's deaf father couldn’t testify| Giant’s first haseman today tied Bala | to foul language used against her. S—Woman, 55, testified her grand-| mother assaulted her. Ruth’s record when he made his fifth; home run of the season ih a game | with the Brooklyn Nationals, ‘who is employed in the ¢ also Mr. CAMPBELLS ARE CORN KINGS OF SOUTH CAROLINA | ‘ WILLIAM CAMPPBLL { HUGH CAMPBELL | other brothers who were members of the state corn club when they w younger ble records. Alex Campbell, i made 14 however, because'| acre one yea h cost of farming} duction ruled him out of champion- honors. Sam By Newspaper Enterprise. 1 The Cun bell boys of ‘Tirzah are determine to keep in the family the state record | for growing crop at lowest William Campbell, 12, won first hon-! ors in the corn club contest among | was to be expected, South Carolina boys in 1919. He pro:| of the unusually hig! duced 97 6-19 b s of corn on one! list year, Is acre at a cost of cents aq bushel. | wh oof the brothers selécted his! Campbell, another brother. | shippers and othe: ‘PROPOSE AMENDME and who made some envia- was for ‘Now comes his brother, Hugh, (,) seed, did all the cultivating, hoeing,| used to carry off a lot of pr in who has just been notified that he| plowing and harvesting, i his county for biz corn crop but was the champion corn grower of} The crop of each boy was pe sured | never figured state winner. South Carolina for 120, by a committee selected by represen-| ‘William he isn't going to He produced 160.04 bushels of corn! tat s of the Department of Agri-j farm all of hi: but that when on igle acre last year al a cost} culture, {he is old enough he is going to college of 36 cents a bushel. Both William and Hugh have gone) with a yiew to studying for the min-, He made more corn on his acre! to work to win the honor again this) istry. than his brother William; — but his | year, | Hugh, howéver, thinks that he is cost of production was greater. That; ‘The two state champions have two} going to stick to the farm. i NEWSPRINT ®€>G2t mL, MIDDAUGH GETS - REMAIN HIGH, FIRE MARSHAL IT IS CLAIMED JOB OF READE Warning Given Against a rion County Man Today Ap- ¢ SHIP WORKERS fein” WAGRCUTSARR ny Sem” mer, of Morton aeenuntys today was ap- pointed te fire marshal by Gover- nor Frazier for®a two-year term. He succeeds Henry L. Read Bismarck, who has been fire marshal for four yea having heen advanced to that pos st Washington, April +The nation-: al budget bill vetoed by Wilson was introduced again in. the house. , Moi New York, April 27.—(By Assiciaat- ed Press)—-Warning against a pos ble future demoralization in the new print market, T. R. Williams, pre dent of the American ‘News Publish- ers’ association, told the 34th conven- tion of that bods’, that publishers? newspaper rates should not be allowed to descend. He urged upon the news: paper publishers the need of co- | operating with government forces in restoring world peace and bringing business conditions back to normalcy and especially im repealing unneces- sdry wartime legislation and obnox- ious features of federal taxation laws. He pointed out that the newspaper must be the problem in both materi- als and labor, since the average con- tract price of newsprint for the first six months of this year is, higher than the average contract price-for all last year, and japon is at the highest point known. Benson, Hea < of Shipping Board, Says they Must be Cut 15 Per Cent ion from that of assis ant fire marshal. Waalineion An gore ‘ i. Mr, Middaugh formerly lived at Washington, April 27-—-A sharp dite oices and was head of the fire de- ferepce in opinion as to wage reduc- partment in that city tions between Chairman Benson of the years, it is said. He is a strong Non- shipping board and spokesmen for the: partisan league worker in Morton; marine workers developed at the op- county. ening today of conferences called by the chairman in an effort to avert a threatened strike on American steam- ers on May 1 Andrew Faruseth, president of the International soars ne and other spokesmen for the worke clared that a 15 aoreent yaceh ane: tion de ‘ed by Rear Admiral Benson to be necessary was unacceptable to. the unions, of not less than percent of the FOR HIGH POST present wage scales the “basis on MANDAN WOMAN TAKES POISON FOR MEDICINE il 2 Recover, Physicians Say the shipping board must .and Chairman Benson told the conference of marine workers and girls, dormitory at t owners and operators of American school at Mandan, ys steamships called ‘here today in an terdy aflernoon Vashi. April 27,-—Jol Us ‘ Mitchells coat eee ee von iuei olfort to avert the threatened strike wards felt a. bur by President Harding to be a member, M#y 1 of the seamen through adop- Jooked more sely at the pill box, of the federal reserve bourd. ‘tion of a new agreement covering, was bi-chloride of mercur She ee Sa wages and working conditions. took antedotes and physic were called, today, said she would re- cover. INDEPENDENCE IS DEMANDED Manila, Philippine Islands, April ‘The national committee of the Na tionalist party today adopted resolu tions re PAINTER HELD CHARGED WITH AUTO THEFT Minot, April 27,—Charles Belange, painter by trade, is under est and is held without bail on a c¢ ge of attempting to stead R. C. Oxford's au- tomobile yesterday morning. Mrs. Oxford went to the rear of her home about 8 A. M. and noticed that the lock was broken off the garage in which their Buick, purchased Friday, was kept. Closer examination re- vealed that the lock on jate independence for the Philipping und instructing its execu- live officers to prepare a memorial submitted, to the Wood-Forbes garage in which Carl Nelsou had his it d-For i sage roken of i : 80 6 Dah? ion. asking that the pending inde- Ford was also broken off and she What is ‘Babe ' pendence problem be -immediately could see a man in the froft, seat of a Ruth Doing? Everybody is interested in the doings of this famous nimoned, home run swatter. Will he p and found |) roak his record of a year | ago when he clouted fifty- PENN. . RAILROAD | four home run drives? Read all about him on the the Buic She, notified her hu ‘The mission is composed of Major- ral Leonard Wood and W. C. ern baggage room, Both men 2 and the police were s ford entered the gar Belanger asleep. JTS Sporting Page. Read what CUTS DIVIDENDS the other fellow are doing uae ‘ i sebal!. in tennis in golf, Philadelphia, Pa., April 27-—The a rear on ea inneapolis, April 27.—Delbert | be take h, coniessed train band:t, who robbed a Northern Paciiie mail ear nia railroad c its quarterly mpany to | joy readi ive- up-to- dividend: to 1] enjoy reading a live- up-t ‘the-minute paper on sporting reduced per cent. The decrease is a susarterly reduc: | events: jf near Little Falls, February 1s, tion of on t and fatally wounded 4 E. St . | first time ir i H © i nail clerk, was sentenced to J duced the Bismarck Tribune in Leavenworth peniten- ar by Judge Page Morris, in court in Minneapolis, this 1899 it has lly, with two ‘ey p| and 7 per | low 6 per cent. 6 percent ann tions when if. paid 61-2 cent. Phone 32 AS J Smith, who is 19 years old, will for several, us WhO pig obje firming its attitnde in favor) program, ‘FREIGHT RAT Washington#Ay ‘Freight rates from points of origin east of the Rocky Mountains to the iniernioun- tain territory were found by the Inte state Commerce Commission to be rot unreasonable, unduly prejudicial or otherwise unlawful. Complaints by were ‘ism DISARMAMENT DEBATE HOLDS UP NAVY BILL Naval Appropriations Bill Halt- ed When Solons Ask Naval Holiday Ore Would Provide no Appro-| priations Until President Nad Sounded Nations Washinglon, April 27.—-Afler an all day fight over disarmament, the house to quit work last night aching a yote on the naval} ittout At dhe end of the long debate there was pending an amendment provid- ing that no part of the appropriation | should go into new construccon un- til the president had called an inter- wat onat conference to consider limi- tation of armament. The amendment + proposed by Representative Connolly, | Democrat, Texas, was precis¢ly like one offered when the bill + the house in the closing days of the! Jast session by Representative Brooks. } Republican, Ulin and rejected by a} vote of about five to one. Leaders predicted it would be thrown out by} a similar vote when the bill is taken up again Thursday. Demand Disarmament, Parley. The disarmament, discussion broke early in the session after Representa- tive Knight, Republican, Ohfo, hae announced he would vote against the bill: because of the contemplated ex penditure of $90,000,000 for new bat- tleships, the general need of economy and the alleged questionable advan- tages of capital fighting ships ir ; modern naval warfare. The speec! | Blarted a veritable whirlwind of talk Seeing where the house was head- , ing, Chairman Kelley of the subcom- ‘mittee of appropriations in charge of the méasure tried to stop it, and his plea that the real disarmament de- ibate be held back until’ the section , relating to’ new construction had been reached, prevailed after a sharp ver- bal clash in which Representative Huddleston, Democrat, Alabama, sup- ported Mr, Knight and declared gen- eral opposition to big army, coast de- fense and navy appropriations. Amendments Ruled Out, Two amendments, calculated to bring the disarmament «juestion ‘squarely before the house, were ruled out on points of order, and then Mr., ‘Connolly again stepped to the front’ with a revival of the Brooks propos- | ob a oe its own against a point ie “Knight, a new member, ex- plained that he had introduced a res- ‘olution for appointment of a commis- sion to investigate and report on the value of battleships and cruisers be- fore proceeding with the naval expan- ‘sion program. the general dis- discussion the armament and in A reduction Matron of Girls’ Dormitory Will amendments ruled out, the question of limitation specifically involved the United States, Great Britain and Jap- an, Advocates of the bill a navy second to none was within took a pill and immediately after-\ reach, it would be in better position ing sensation she tg urge a halt. Would Let President Do It, Pointing out w! ctions to a cessationof build- ing, Chairman Kelley pleaded for cor. rection of all proposals relating to armament conferences with other na- tibns, “Let the President alone,” he shout- | ed. Let him work out a way with hands untied. If the hit. upon a plan to lift the burden of armamgnt, his will be the greatest | administration our countr had, regardless of what be done.” Turning to those insisting upon 1 which, he said, would hold back work of navy building until a conference Jad been called and thea sta x it with a rush once the call was issued, Mr. Kelley declared: “Don't, | urge you, place the United States in a position of showing bal else might Py faith--calling nations to discuss a re- duction of nay and i nily starting work upon a greater navy for itself.” YOUTH, 19, WHO ROBBED MAIL CAR, GRTS 25 YEARS IN PEN be taken to Leavenworth tonight. He plead guilty to an indictment charging him with attempting to rob a United St mail car and fatally Injaring the clerk in charge of th Smith was arrested several weeks after the robbery Salt Lake City on a clue furn'shed in a letter written by a woman, later arrested as an accomplice, for time in which | before | insisted When Mrs. L. Collins, watron of the that the government should go ahead state training with its building pfar and then when he regarded as’ President can | fut Cenex NEW PROPOSAL OF GERMANS IS BEING DEBATED General Belief in Official Circles is That Occupation Will Proceed ATTITUDE OF BRITISH i London Newspapers Urge Care- i ful Consideration Given New Note if i eas i Paris, April 27.—(By the As- sociated Press.) — Germany’s proposal relative to reparations jare still being considered by Premier Briand and it is prob- able a decision will not be reach- jed before tonight. When such {decision is reached it will be jcommunicated first to the United | States government and_ until isuch time Ambassador Jusser- an elder brother, appropriation bill, because of the de-iand will be given no instructions bushels of corn on an mands of members iSut his cost of pro-ito gir their views, whatever regarding the French {attitude toward the terms. | Officials here were reticent i this morning regarding the pro- | posals but in political circles \close to the Premier there was a ‘belief that the Ruhr district of iGermany would be occupied im- |mediately after May 1. Germany’s proposals are en- tirely insufficient, it is declared, in authoritative circles, being at least one hundred billion marks below the terms fixed by she supreme allied council. H WANT OFFER CC CONSIDERED, ; London, April 27.—Consideration should be given the German repara- “ons proposals by the allies, said the Daily News today in discussing the \terms of the Berlin government as {published here. The newspaper ex- pressed the opinion that the German yote was not clear, but added: “On the face of this they are not terms which the American government is likely to dismiss as unworthy of dis- cussion,” : “To concede Germany's condition that penal restrictions on trade be withdrawn,” the newspaper continued “would be an act of justice and wis dom on part of the allies, Germi ought, perhaps, to do better but s manifestly is offering beyond com- parison more than France could. ¢ extract by Invading the Ruhr trict.” , Washington, April 27.--Word the allied capitals as to the accept- ability of the German counter pro- posals on reparations was awaited today by Secretary !ughes. before he framed his ceply to the atest communication from Berlin. The views of the allied gove nments were expected througa their am) dors here. Up to nocn the Ameri- can government had no authoritative information as to the attitude of the allied powers, Since the receipt 0° the German pro- posals yesterday lhere pas been no further exchange between the United States and Berlin. ‘This statement was officially authorized after the. an publication in this country of Berlin dispatches saying that Mr. Hughes had sought elucidation of certain points in the German communication. The fact that the Italian, Belgian and Japanese ambassadors were call- ed into conference with Secretary Hughes yesterday was accepted as a further indication of the determina- tion of the United States to proceed only in a manner acceptable to all of its principal former associates in the war. ASK FOR INFORMATION, London, April 27.-(By the Associ- ‘ated Press.)—The British government today requested its representatives in Berlin to inquire informally, regard- ing the new German reparations offer for’ the purpose of clearing up the ambiguity concerning the terms of ' years in which the payments would be made under the offer. RAISE CHARGE QF RAIL LOSS Union Men Claim Over Quarter of a Billion Can be Saved, Chicago, April 1 7 ~The railway la- bor unions fighting wage reductions before the railroad labor board in- | creased their charges of waste and | inefficiency on part of railroad man- agement. by a quarter billion dollars today, In a supplemental exhibit to | that filed last week setting forth al- leged waste of a billion dollars the employes charge that possible savings totalling ,$1,2 could be ef- fected by the railroads if they would | introduce modern methods in mainte- | nance and operation of the railroa:t industry, The trees of Aus- tralia are said to be the tallest in the world,