The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 18, 1921, Page 1

« ¢ be INSTALLATION, PHONE SERVICE CHARGE FIXED State Railroad Commission Uni- fies Charges Through State ACTS ON METER CHARGES Also Proposes to Make Meter) Also Charges Uniform in All Cities An order establishing uniform rates for service connections of telephones! in the state was issued today by the). state railroad commission, effective) SS CLOUDBURST CA July 1. Rates for installation of new phones: for residences, business houses aad| switchboards \are established, The! rates range from $1.00 to $3.00 for a/ service connection, the telephone com-! panties of the state being classed into: four groups, on a_ technical ba: Later the commission will design: "| the cities in the various groups. The order confirms charges now in effect on the Northwestern Bell com-| pany, the North Dakota Independent,| the Dakota Central and a few other! companies and extends the order to! all exchanges. The rates now obtain-; ing on the above named companies | are lower than the Burleson rates! put in effect during the period of) government control. There will be no change in Bismarck. - Uniform Meter Charge The commission announced it pro-| poses to establish uniform meter! charges of electric utility companies, in the state, sets'out a schedule of rates and will hold a hearing oni July 1. The commission proposes: ,. that each consumer shall contract for; electric service on a year’s basis and) that an additional charge of $2.00 be; * made if the service is discontinued within one year. it would make the: meter deposit $5 to $50, on meters; ranging from 5 to 50 amperes, with! an additional $2 per ampere for all! over 50 amperes. The meter charges| in ‘some cities would be lowered. A charge of $1.00 would be made for! moving a meter, The commission denied the petl tion of the Jamestown Gas company; for increase intates' and issued an or-| der continuing in effect for six months | the rates ofthe Dakota Utilities com-| pany, of LaMoure. an Stanton Rates Continue The commission announced that in the case of the Ben Jannsen utitity| at Stanton it authorized continuance! of present electric rates for one year. The commission will hear a petition; of citizens of Gladstone for a cross-| ing bell and for a spur track for sand loading at Gladstone, June 29, at 5 Pp. m, The commission also announced) that it proposed fo establish a uni- form‘ system of accounts for electric! companies and will hold‘a hearing: July 1. Rates of the Hannes Light and Pow- er company of Glenn Ullin have been authorized to be extended for a period of alx months. * ONE BIG UNION IDEA REJECTED Degyer, June 18.—The American Fed tion of Labor pnanimously re- pudiated the “One Big Union” idea. ‘Without discussion, the forty-first \annual convention of the federation sustained the action of its committee on ‘organization in nonconcurring in a} resolution calling for “one body of| workers through Amalgamations, fed- erationg‘and protective agreements.” NAME RECEIVER | FOR SISAL TRUST A receiver has been appointed for the United States Sisal trust, a Florida or- ganization, controlled by A. C. Town- ley, at Bismarck. A court order isdued May 26, last, at want Fla., demanded that Mr. Brin- ton, as secretary of the trust, turn over all books and records of the con- cern to the receiver. According to the court order, such action had been taken by the authorities! at Miami on application of L. A. Simp-| son of Dickinson and J. F. Jaudon of Miami, a majority of the board of trustees. Postponement of the Waters suit against Mr. Townley and its transfer |~ back to the Cass county district court was made by Judge Cole when an affi- davit signed by William’ Lemke, as at- torney general, stated that L. A. Simp- son, who was ¢o appear as attorney for Townley in the case, was engaged in the trial of a murder in Hettinger cotty. Three other attorneys were present in the interests of the defend- ant but each declared he had no au- thority to proceed with the trial of the case. NO HOUSE, HE SHOOTS. Oignes, France, June 18.—Charles Van Cracymarsh promised his fiancee he'd marry her as soon as he could find a house for rent. She got tired of waiting and announced it was all over. Van Cracymarsh shot her three times and then surrendered to the po- lice. WE LED Tig 18% INFANTRY AND: | WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED IN THE ARGONNE Deve. WASONE oF THE. seve: COMMINIONERS oF Ge ; By Newspaper Enterprise. Grand Rapids, Mich., June 18.—‘“Car- ry On!” That is the keynote of the task that Babe Jobn G. Emery of Grand Rapids has set for himself as new National Commander of the American Legion. “I consider the continuance of the fight that the late Col. Fred W. Gal- braith, Jr., was making, the most im- Portant part of the great'post to which 4 have been elected,” says Emery. “The Legion muat stand by its pro- gram of keeping aflame in the hearts of former service men and women a sense of individual anc gation to comminity, state and nation, and by its fight in behalf of disabled. veterans of the World War.”: Emery intends to devote his entire '|time to the administration of his new office, Quits Local Office. The folks of his home town are both pleased and sorry over his election— sorry because he has already resigned as president of the board of city com- missioners, NEW COMMANDER OF LEGION OF GRAND RAPIDS. » MAJOR JOHN G EMERY ‘|EMERY TO BATTLE FOR GALBIRATH PROGRAM collective obli- }- Emery has been.entrusted with that}, high honor ever since he came home from the war, and he was right in line for the office of mayor, as the CUSTER’S PARTINBATTLEIS — DEFENDED BY GENERAL GODFREY. Book Written by Former Lieu- tenant Stationed at Old Fort Lincoin TELLS OF FAMOUS FIGHT Gen. E. 8. Godfrey, of Crookston, N. Y., who was a first lieutenant and commanded troop K, United States cavalry, when it was at Ft. Lincoln, Bismarck, has written a book in which he discusses the famous Custer mus- sacre, and defends the tatics of Gen- “ral Custer, General Godfrey was with Benteen’s battalion, which jonied Reno shortoly after his retreat from the bottoms, at the timé of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. General Godfrey, who is 2 good friend of W. A. Falconer, of Bismarck has forwarded some, notes of his forthcoming book. In 1886 Gen- eral Godfrey, the late H. R. Porter, Col. Benteen and other officers, to- gether with Chief Gaul, leader of the Sioux, visited the Custer battle- field and Gaul pointed out the route taken by General Custer with his five troops after he separated from Reno Some years later General Godfrey published an article in the Century magazine giving a history of the ex- peaitionary forces under General Terry, which left old Ft. Lincoln on ‘May 17, 1876, up to and including the Aight on the Little Big Horn, on Sunday, June 25, 1876, in which Cus- ter’s entire force was wiped out. ‘This article was supplemented by an article written by General J. Fry in which General Fry discredited Terry’s plan of fight, Both of thes articles were replied to by General Hughes, who was on General Terry’s sta® in 1876. in which Hughes charg- ed General Custer with direct and wil- ful disobedience of General Terry's orders. General Godfrey's Book will be pub-| lished by the Century company, 353 Fourth avenue, New York, before the Custer anniversary celebration at Hardin, ‘Mont., June 25. General Godfrey writes random notes in a letter to Mr. Falconer: Number Sevdn Horses 1 do not know the number of horses that were killed on the field. There were quite a number, especially| (Continued om Page Six) © SEEK GENERAL commission elects one of its own mem- bers, Major Emery’s war record is one that he may well be proud of. He enlisted in 1917, when he was 36. He might well have claimed exemption as he has a wife and two daughters, Jane, 14, and Esther, 10, However, « he! straightened up his business affaira and entered the second officers ‘train- ing camp at Fort Sheridan, Ill. In August, 1917, he graduated as a Captain of Infantry and went to France with the first group of Ameri- cans after assignment to the railway| transportation office at Blois, France. After. attending ‘the First’ Corps school at Grondrecourt, he took charge of Company F, 18th Infantry, first brigade, first division. : Emery was in the big. battles at Cantigny, St. Mihiel and in the Meuse- Argonne offensive. He was commis- eened a@ major in infantry fn August,, It was shortly after this that’ was wounded by shell fire. H@ was sent home and,discharged {rom the hospital and army, March-31, 1919. It is fitting that Emery was born on July 4, He ‘haé‘always lived in Grand ‘Rapids. In private life he is a real estate.and insurance broker. CONVICT ONE, ACQUIT ONE Frees Skelly in District Court Case Jury! Clement Skelly, accused of prevent- ing an officer from doing his duty, was acquitted by a jury in district court. George Dohn, charged with the same offense, was found guilty. It was al-| leged both men interfered with Police- man Jensen when he was making an! arrest on Fifth street several weeks ago. Judgment will be pronounced later. EXPLORER TO || SAIL FOR U.5. Nome, Alaska, June 18.—Roald Amundsen, the explorer, whose ship, “The Maude,” wintered off Cape Serge, Siberia, arrived in Nome today and will leave for Seattle on the first steamer, he announced. The Maude was damaged in the arctic icein the; winter and will be towed to Nome this summer for repairs. ENGLISH STRIKE London, June 13.—(By the Associat- ed Press.)—The executive - committee of the miners’ union which met this morning to discuss the coal strike sit- uation decided to ask all the trades unions affected by the wage. dispute to meet the miners’ represenf&tives at an early date with the object of tak- ing national action with the miners to secure their mutual demands. Secre- | Lord «sald, ‘this TUNIONLEADER ‘ASKS. S. WORK ON MISSISSIPPI Says it Would Reclaim Lands and Relieve Unemployment in Country - STRIKES AT “GUN ‘MEN? |” Alleges ae Work with-in punity in Some Parts of Country Denver, Juke 18.—(By the Assoctat- ed Press.)—Immediate development of the Mississippi system as a deep water way by the government in ‘order to provide for the millions of unemploy- ed was urged ‘by James Lord, presi- dent of the mining department of the American Federation of Labor, in“his: ‘annual, report;’made public today: Besides relieving unemployment, Mr. fs gigantic enterprise would “‘prevemit floods forever, would reclaim millions of acres of the rich- est land in the world and would do away with ‘yellow jack’ and malaria.” Reclamation of desert and swamp land and the building of good roads was also urged by the mining depart- ment head to give work to the unem- ployed. Condemns “Gun Men.” Referring’ to employment of “gun men” by employers Mr. Lloyd said: “There is no country in the world where the owners and directors of business are allowed to have and con- trol armies of ‘privately hired killers} as they are now doing with impunity in some parts of our country. “It ds doubtful if in any other coun- try,” he added, “men whose sole rec- ommendations arc that they will com- mit murder or any other crime for pay are allowed by the government and with its full knowledge from its own investigation to supersede and displace constitutional government.” “ Says Government Knew. Declaring that the government knew of the “profesgional murders by its investigators inthe upper peninsula of Michigan and Paint and Cabin creek outrages in West Virginia and the Colorado ‘horro#,” ‘Mr: ‘Lord ‘declared “not one man hired killed, coal oper- ator or corrupt government official has been . brought to trial and convicted this ‘good: day.” Referring to the coal mining indus- try the mining department head said that the United Mine Workers of America “has set its face determined against any reduction in wages.” The convention was not in session today. ELECTRIC C0. PROTESTS VALUE Hughes Electric Files Petition| With Commission The railroad commission, meeting yesterday afternoon, decided to take No action, for a week at least, on the petition of the Hughes Electric! company for a rehearing in the util ity rate case insofar as the decision! and order of the commission fixes; valuation of the property for rate- making purposes in the amount of! $370,484.00. The petition sets out that a stipu- lation had been entered into between; the parties that a fair valuation| would be $410,000. This was made up as follows: Physical valuation, $255,484.00; working ie, $15,000; “all other values, $39,516.00.” \ The electric company complains; the commission lopped off the $39, 516.00, and that it made no provision| for “going value.” MACHINE GUNS USE UNLAWFUL New York, June 18,—Assistant U. 5S. Attorney Gross, asserted circum- stances surrounding discovery of near- ly 600 machine guns aboard the steam- er Eastside at Hoboken indicated they were intended for use against a friendly nation and therefore their presence was unlawful. Ireland. NEW POLITICAL PARTY TO GROW, SAYS SPEAKER ‘Work of organization of a third big political party in the United States will continue, ‘Miss Melinda Alexar- der, secretary of the Committee of 48, said last night, in an address _be-| fore a large number of people in Pat- terson hall. (Miss Alexander, a Montana woman, It was said} they were intended for shipment to; S eo] BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1921 FOOD PRICES SHOW DECLINE! Washington, June 18.—Retail food | prices to the average family declined 4.8 per cent in May as compared with April, while wholesale prices dropped 5.3 per cent, department of labor fig- ures show. PIONEER OWNER | OF MOVIE HERE QUITS BUSINESS Orpheum Theater to Close Its Doors Here After Tonight’s Show ‘NEW SHOW WILL OPEN Arthur J. Bauer, proprietor of the Orpheum motion picture theater, an- nounced today that the theater will be closed after tonight and that he -will ‘retire from ‘the mbtion picture business. ‘Mr. Bauer is a pioneer in the mo- tion , picture business: in Western North Dakota, He had owned and) operated’ the Orpheum in its presena location on Main street a year or so after it opened on March 2, 1907. He acquired it a short time after it was opened by M. J. Wells as the Gem, (Mr. Bauer assisting Mr. Wells in the preliminary arrangements, It was the apt motion picture theater in the city. ; ‘Mr. ‘Bauer's retirement is caused) by a desire to quit the motion picture business, he said today. The (Or- pheum has been a popular motion pic-; ture theater under his management. ‘In the 14 years he has conducted the theater Mr. Bauer has operated the moving picture machine all of the time except two years, and his wife, who is one of the leading pianists of the city, has assisted. Two-Reel Features When Mr, Bauer started the theater two-reel pictures were the big feat- ures, and Mary ‘Pickford was first seen at the theater in a one-reel “feature.” Practically all of the fam- ous motion picture stars of today, who have survived the early days of film- domi, have been seen at the Orpheum. Mr. Bauer said he has no immedi- ate plane for the future, but expects to take a three months vacation, driv- ing to (Minnesota with his family. Al- though Mr. Bauer has received sev- eral flattering offers from .'theater| { owners he does not desire to continue in the business. During his period of | residence in \Bismarck Mr. Bauer also has played on the Bismarck baseball team and was one of the managers ' of the team for some seasons and is now managing the prison team. Mrs. ‘Bauer has been prominent in musical; circles. i ‘ New Theater . | Mr. Bauer said that on behalf of {his wife and himself he desired to) thank the people of the city for their) splendid patronage. , G. Patterson, owner of the build-| ing in which the Orpheum is located, | said that another motion picture the-| ater would occupy the building. It: -will be remodelled first. The name of | the owner of the new theater is not | announced. LIVESTOCK MEN ~— ASKRATECUT | North Dakota Represented at Hearing in Chicago’ ‘Vv. E. Smart. traffic expert of the; railroad commission, has returned from Chicago, where he attended a hearing on the auestion of a general decrease of 39 percent ‘in railroad livestock rates. Mr. Smart appeared) req representative of State of North! ‘Dakota. South Dakota was represent-! ed by an assistant attorney-general and the National Livestock Shippers association appeared for several west ern states, with Clifford Thorne, of j Chicago, and Judge Cowan, of Texas, as attorneys for the petitioners. A strong case was presented ty the} cattle men, Mr. Smart said. Evidence| was introduced to show that unde* existing high rates livestock produc- ers-are suffering considerably, he said.! U.S. PROTESTS GREEK ACTION Wanhington, ‘June 18.- 18.—Official repre- sentation against the impressment of ! naturalized American citizens into the Houses Said to Have Been Swept to Repair Track. hours. A girl riding on but was not killed. stock is reported. The storm was general A terrifice downpour of rain, burst, causes great damage at Several houses are reported rushing waters in Beaver Creek. to twelve miles and train service PRESENT RULES. ON RAIL UNIONS Board Holds 6 They May Be Changed by Agreement or Order, eee ye Chicago, June 18.—The rules and working conditions now governing | the Big: Four brotherhoods will con-| tinue. in effect until changed by ne- gotiations between the brotherhoods ing of the railway labor board today. The board’s ruling was issued as an interpretation of its decision of April 14 ‘abrogating the board's direction of July 12, 1929, °that the national agreement be continued pending hear- ing of the rules controversy before the: board. the board to define the April deci- sion, Today's announcement said he existing rules and conditions will con- cision until changed in the regular manner. The board says : “Changes in such schedules or agreements may be made after the required notice, either by agreement board after conference between. the parties and proper reference in accord with the provisions of the transporta- tion act and the rules of the board.” ‘EXPLAINS JAP BRITISH PACT London, June 18.—(By the Associat- ed Press.)—Austin Chamberlain, gov- ernment leader in the house of com- mons, declared in the house this after- noon with regard to the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese treaty: “Although I do not in any way wish to prejudice the action of the imperial conference it is right to say at once that we shall be no party to any alll- !Greek army, have been made to the | Greek ‘government by the American legation at Athens. ance directed ‘against America or un- der which we can be called upon to act against America.” GERMANS WILL WITHDRAW FROM UPPER SILESIA UNDER PACT OF LEADERS, POLES AND THE ALLIES Berlin, June 18.— (By the Associated Press.) — An agree- took an active part.in the convention| ment has been reached between the German volunteers in Upper of the Committee of 48 in’ Chicago} Sijegia, the Polish insurgents and the inter-allied commission in last year, when the movement for a third political party, with a liberal platform, was launched. tary Hodges, of the miners, said this implied a general strike if the other, unions zee opportunity for such a party. She i speaking in the interests of the na tional organization in various states. Oppeln under which the Germans and Poles will begin a withdrawal tomorrow, it was learned from an inter-allied repre- She declared there was need and sentative in Upper Silesia who arrived here today. The evacuated territory will be occupied by joint contingents of British, French and other allied troops. STAY IN EFFECT and the railroada, according to a rul-; The four brotherhoods appealed to; tinue in force despite the April de-| of the parties or by decision of this! N P RAILROAD TRACK TRACK FOR MILES ISWASHED OUT AND LIVES MAY HAVE BEEN LOST INTHE FLOODS Away in Montana Town as Creek Rises to Railroad Level in Forty-five Minutes—Train Service is Demoralized by the Downpour, which Centered Between Sentinel Butte, Medora and Wibaux—Relief Trains are Rushed DAMAGE AT BEACH (Special to Tribune) Beach, June 18—Cloudburst here Friday did immense damage to crops, farm buildings and railroad property. There was a rain fall of four inches accompanied with high wind and hail. The precipitation came within four horseback was struck by lightning The horse escaped injury. were several narrow escapes from drowning by sudden rising of streams and dry creeks. Considerable loss of There Several large barns were blown to pieces with loss of many head of cattle. One barn was burned by light- ning. Nearly every business house in Beach sustained losses through flooded basements and in some instances the ip floors of the stores had water upon them. A stream of water 600 feet wide flowed over the rail- way through the town washing out streets, culverts and small bridges. A big stretch of the railroad right-of-way was washed out between here and Wibaux. Railway and wagon bridges at Wibaux have gone out. No. 1 is still here and will probably be held all day. The passengers hired a hall and had a big dance. Last night's | over this section. Many county bridges are down and the condition of the wires . makes communication impossible. , described in advices as-a cloud- Wibaux, Montana, and between Medora and Sentinel Butte, according to dispatches received here. Los& of life may have been occasioned in the strm. to have been swept away by the The Northern Pacific railroad track was washed out for ten was crippled. ‘Wibaux, just across the line from Beach, 'N, D., was the center of a cloudburst which’broke at 2;15 o'clock yesterday afternoon, according to dis- patches. Part of the city is under two feet of water, ‘the dispatch of last night said, and it: was ‘added that the waters of Beaver Creek were convert- ed into a maelstrom in45 minutes. The water rose flush ‘with the railroad track. All telephone communication with Wibaux from Miles City was cut off. Eastbound N. P. trains were held at .Glendive. Tdn Miles Washed Out Ten miles of track was washed out ‘between ‘Wibaux and Beach, it was said in a Miles City dispatch from Wibaux. Advices to Bismarck said that ‘N. P, train No. 1 was caught between ‘two washouts at Wibaux and train ‘No. 7 was marooned. between Sea- tinel Butte and Medora in the Little Missouri valley. Half ‘a dozen houses are said to have been swept away by the waters of ‘Beaver Creek at and near Wibaux. It was reported one railroad engine plunged into a hole of the grade east | of the Wibaux railroad yards. In the half dozen houses were some 40 occu- | pants and it is thought there may have been loss of life. The damage to the railroad track at Sentinel Butte and Medora was said to be even greater, Grades were washed out and stretches of track torn out by the flooded streams. A repair train was to leave Man- dan at 3 o'clock this afternoon and Dickinson also was sending track re- | pairmen, Neither Medora nor ‘Beach could be reached from Bismarck by telephone. i Wreeks Train Schedule, The washout in the western part of the state demoralized the train sched- ule today. There was No. 1 reaching | Bismarck from the west this morning !and No. 3, which left Bismarck at mid- night for the west, did not get through. It was turned around and left Bis- marck this morning at 9:45 A. M. as No. 2 for Jamestown, detouring at | Jamestown over the Great Northern, becausé of a washout between James- {town atid Valley City, according to re- | ports here. The train schedule probably will not be normal again before tomorrow, it was sald. A special train loaded with materials was made up at Jamestown and was to go through Bismarck this afternoon for the west, to repair the track. Weather, Bureau Reports. The reports of the weather bureau indicate that the heavy rain in the west was confined to a comparatively small area. The weather bureau re- ported only 31 hundredths at Dickin- son it the 24 hours ending at 8 A. &. today and but 56 hundredths at Miles City, Montana. The rainfajl reported from the var!- ous weather stations in the state in the 24-hour period follows: Amenia, none; Bismarck, trace; Bottineau, .64; Bowhells, 1.21; Devils Lake, none; Dickinson, .31; Dunn Center, 1.00; El- lendale, none; Grand Forks, James- town, Langdon, Larimore, Lisbon, Na- poleon, Pembina, Wahpeton and Moor- head, all no rain; and Minot .75 and Williston, 1.70. An unauthorized dispatch to the weather bureau from Parshall claimei there was 2.73 inches ‘of rain there. “There were heavy rains north of here, according to information to the Soo lines, but no damage was reported Visitors from Hazelton, Emmon: county, reported today that there was (Continued on Page 3)