The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 26, 1921, Page 1

FORTIETH YEAR 1 KILLED IN STORM; BOND ELECTION MOVES QUIETLY IN CITY TODAY Three Hundred Votes. Cast On Issue By Middle of the Afternoon POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 9 One Board’ Votes to Give Money Received From, City to Swimming Pool The bond issue proceeded quietly in the city today with a few hundred vot- ers expressing their sentiments in the | half of the voting day. This after- noon at 3 o'clock, the vote reached: a total of 321. A: visit to the polls brought forth the expression that the vote would be increased in the vari- ous wards until by the time the polls closed at 9 o’clock there might be 800 to 1,000 votes cast, or approxi- mately one-third of the total vote. Many of those who visited the vari- ous polling places expressed them-} selves freely as belng either for or} agains, the three measures being vot - ed on in the $30,000 bond election. It was not until afternoon that per- sons favoring certain of the’ proposed bond: issues began to try to get out the vote. Several automobiles of city administration men were out this aft- ernoon. Give Money to Pool, The election boards were not very busy during the day and. they found plenty of time to discuss various mat- ters. The election board at the high school decided to give the money which would be paid them to the} swimming pool fund. The election of- ; ficials receive $2 each for their day's work, Those who voted to give the money to the. fund are H. S. Dobler, Charles Staley, William Prater, Don! McDonald, and Everett McDonald. Votes Cast. At 3- o'clock this afternoon votes had been cast in the following num- ber. Ward 1, precinct 1 .(North ward) school)—36 men; 10, women, Ward “1, precinct 2 (C. B. Little's garage)—12 men; 3 women. ' Ward 2, precinct 1-.(Will- s¢tioo! 27 men; 11 WOMED, 2 nmas oy oom Ward ’@, precinct 2°(Kraft’s garage) —15 men; 4 women. i y - Ward 3) precinct 1 (High School)— 44 men; 13 women. Ward 3, precinct 2 (Ri —16 men; 4 women. Ward 4 (Wachter school)—21 men; 9 women. Ward 5 (Copelin Motor Co.)—31; men; 6 women. ’ Ward 6 (Fire Hal)—48 men; 11 wo- men. SENTENCE OF MEN ARRESTED HERE STAYED: ay Ee | Fargo, July 26.—Sentence of Leo J. Remlinger and Raymond Remlinger, ; of Minnesota, who pleaded guilty in} federal court today to violating the} Mann act was held in abeyanc2,/ Judge Page Morris saying he wanted; to question the women’ first. The Remlingers were indicted by a special ! grand jury last week on a charge of! transporting two women from Minne- sota to Jamestown and Bismarck, N. D., in violation of the Mann act. ,The men were arrested in Bis- marck. SINN FEINERS WILL BE GIVEN LIBERTY, REPORT Parliament Members To Be Let! . Out of Prison, Says Dispatch feast ichholt school) | \ Belfast, July 26.—(By the Associat-| ed Press.)—The Belfast Telegraph’s Dublin correspondent says today he; understands virtually all the mem-| ters of the Daily Eireann, or Irish bers of the Dail Eireann,. or Irish Republican parliament, who are in jail will be released at an early date. This action will be taken to give them} an ‘opportunity to meet and discuss} the British government's proposals for a settlement of the Irish question, | ved the city commission would en- | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SS FIGURES IN ILLINO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FRED E. STERLING. (Lieutenant Governor (Fred E. Ster- ling is preparing to answer the indict- met charging him, with embezzling public funds and. conspiracy to de- fraud the state while he was treas- urer of. Minois., ; VERNON CURTIS Vernon Curtis, Grant Park, Ill. banker, ‘has «been indicted with Gov- Lernor, Len, Small and Lieutenant ernor Fred: Sterling of inois by the Sangamon county, Ill, grand jury on charges of embezzling public funds | and conspiracy, to defraud the state. ‘COMMITTEE IS NAMED 70 ACT ON BLKS" POOL City Commission Authorizes , Committee to Confer with ‘ Elks Committee The city commission, meeting last | night, authorized the appointment of a gommittee of the commission to con- | fer with the Elks’ committee on the; taking over of the swimming pool, which may be done this week. Presi- dent Lenhart named Commissioners Larson and Thompson on the commit- tee. During the discussion on the swim- ming pool, it was suggested by Com- misioner Laron that instead of drain- ing water from the swimming pool into a sewer it might be pumped into Custer park. The question was for- mally discussed by all the commis- sioners and it is probable that a small motor may be intalled to do this, It also was suggested that trees be planted around the ‘swimming pool, and that Custer park and the. pcol grounds be made a beauty spot. The commission authurized the test f{ cement used in the downtown pav- ing, the test to be made in a Chicago laboratory. It was reported than on ne street in the newest paving dis- trict’ the cement -had cracked for a considerable distance. It was said that the extreme heat had probably caused the damage and that the extreme heat had caused much damage to} paving in a number of cities in the country. Acting on a request of water users on Eleventh street, between Avenues B and D, it was decided that if the wate users sign a petition asking for from which they :are now being it adds. WILD WEST DIVISON: TO HOLD REUNION Los Angeles, Cal., July 25.—Be- | jdorse the petition and forward it to | penry Ford’s offer to purchase the gov- the railroad commission for action. ‘The commission ordered street lights jn at Rosser and Thirteenth and Rosser and Fifteenth streets. 'A petition for a idewatk on the east side of Fifth street between Avenue GOVERNOR CAN | Warrants Ordered Served Upon! ‘§mith in his opinioin on the question | installation of a larger main than that | IS GRAFT CHARGES i | ATTORNEY GENDPRAL EDWARD J. j ‘BRUNDAGE Attorney Generad Edward J. Brun- dage of Illinois ig said to be deter-; mined to: bring Governor Len Small | and Lieutenant ‘Governor. Fred Ster- ling of Iliinois before the grand jury | ‘ make them explain tieir handling of the state's money wile they had charge of it. BE ARRESTED IS COURT RULE Governor Small, of Illinois, By Judge Smith i 1 HAS: NO “DIVINE RIGHT”) Springfield, Il, July 26.—Judge | of the arrest of Governor Small for! embezzlement held today that war- ants should be served upon the Gov- ernor: but. that, the executive should ‘We permitted ‘to ‘make ‘his appearance at his convenience within a reason- able length of time. . .. v The ‘Judge in his opinion ruled: “That, there is no such thing. in, Illinois as the divine, right of kings} and that the king has no counterpart} in Lilinois. 5 er “That it is beyond the’ scope of the; Governor's power .to call state. troops | to shield him from arrest., “That Governor Small despite position as chief executive of the state | jg subject to arreest and prosecution, for his acts as state treasurer. i “That the statutes of limitation: would expire through any prolonged | delay in serving warrants upon the! Governor, | “That it is not the duty of the court} to withhold warrants for the Govern- or. “That Governor ‘Small should be| permitted to voluntaraily present him- self before the court.” i Notifies Governor | “Notification of Governor Small was ; the:method of procedure decided up- ‘on iby Sheriff Mester. “Demay go over for an interview with the Governor later,” the sheriff said. “No attempt will be made to em-; barass Governor Small. The order of | the court explains how the matter will be handled.” POLICE CHIEF DIES OF WOUNDS Eau Claire, Wis. July 26.—Chief of Police Elmer Sundby, who was shot twice while attempting to capture a robber here, died of his wounds at; 8:40 o'clock this morning. Authorities: were using bloodhounds ! fn an attempt to capture the robber this morning. | Chief Sundby was leading a posse a: the time he was shot. his, FORD OFFER IS { | i i i 1 Washington, July 26.—Details of | iernment nitrate at Muscle Shoals, ; | Alabama, for $5,000,000, and for lease { ‘of the Wilson and-No. 3 dams at aa aggregate annual payment of $1,680,-, 000 were made public by the war de-/ | partment. No action has yet been | tween 15,000 and 20,000 members of 1 and the Boulevard for about a halt! tayen, the old ninety-first (Wild West) divi- sion of the United States troops in the World War are expected to gather for a grand fteunion here on Septem- ber £# and 25, according to plans just atmounced. While this division was recruited in the West and is composed, in its major part, of-men from the far west, quite a number of men from Ohto; Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee were members of it, those four states having furnished many replacements for the Wild West division. Efforts are being made to reach every mem- ber_of the division in the hope that of a block in front of houses, was approved, The bond issue election was not mentioned during the discussion. ALLIED COUNCIL MEETS AUGUST 4 London, ‘July 26.—The allied su- preme council will meet in Paris, August. 4, according to official an- nouncement this morning. It is un- derstood the session will deal with the Silesian question. It is understood that Ambassador state-built | BEGINS READING OF CONFESSION Chicago, July 26—When Walter J. Smitht, court stenographer, who took down Eddie Cicotte’s grand jury con- fession, began reading the confession in, the baseball trial today so. many objections were raised by the defense that it was necessary: to adjourn something approaching a full repre-| Harvey. will attend the supreme coun-| court temporarily while the ‘attornevs sentation may be had for the big gath-|cil sessions in an advisory and un~| went into conference with Judge “Hu- ering. official capacity. ® go Friend. \act, recognizing that Detterment. and | Stipulation Entered in Electric MADE, PUBLIC “TUESDAY, JU LY 26, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS HARDING ASKS [TRAIN STOPPED BY HEAVY STORM; MANDAN BASEMENTS ARE FLOODED CONGRESS FOR RAILWAY HELP Urges Authority For War Fi- nance Body to Purchase Half Billion Securities TO RESTORE ACTIVITIES ( i | i | | | i | i | | | | | President Says it Would Hasten Readjustment of Railways Normal Basis ‘a ea } Washington, July 26,— Aiter elimination ‘of provisions author- izing the ‘war. finance corporation to take charge of railroad debt funding-the bill draited. hy Sec. yetary Hoover ‘of the department. of commerce and Director Meyer of the war finance corporation to broaden: the corporation's power to provide credits jor agricultural exports was introduced today in the. senate hy Senator Kellogg, Republican, Mi ota. (Washington, July 26.—President Harding, in.a special message to con- gress today, asked it to extend the authority of the war finance corpora- tion to purchase securities probably | up to ’$500,000,000 now in the hands | of, the railroad administration, so thal the proceeds may be used for settle- ment’ with the railroads. This, the president told congress, would open the way to»jfearly adjustment and re- lief of the railroads’ problem.” There | was no thought, ‘he said, of asking congress for.additional money. Railway..claims based on the “in- efficiency’ of labor’ during the war, the president said, were to be waived tor the president to hasten settlement without :surrender of any rights inj court. Although, the railways owe the gov- ernment ‘large, sums, the president said, the. government also ;»wes the railroad large ‘sums 6n various ac- counts. j \ No ‘Added Exnense. “No added’ expense,’ said the pres- ident in explaining his request, “no added investment is required on the | part of the government. There is no added Mability; no adaed tax burden. “It is merely the grant of authority necessary: to‘egable 2 most useful and efficient government azency to use ite avaliable funds to purchase securities for which’ congress already has au- thorized ‘the issue;’and turn — them,| into channels of finance ready to float them.” "* . “The ‘eontracts covering peration, providedthat the railroads should be! returned’to their owners jin as good | condition‘as when taken over by the} government and the transportation | additions belonged to capital account, | provided that such sums as the rajl- way companies owed the government for betterment and equipment added during the’ period of government 9p-| eration might be refunded. There}. has been at no time any -juestion about the justice of funding such’ in- debtedness to the government. In- deed, it has been in progress to a measurable degree since the re! turn of the railroads to their owners. It hag been limited, however, to such cases as those in which final settle ment with the railway administration’ have been effected. The process is admittedly too slow to meet the diifi- | ; cult, situation which the owners of the ; railroads have been facing and I be- lieve. it: essential to restore railway activities and essential tv the coun- try’s good fortune to hasten both} funding, and’ settlement. | “Quite apart from the larg: owing to the governn:cie which we are morally and legally bound to fund the government admittedly owes the | the railway companies large sums on various accounts such. a3 compensa- tion, depreciation and maintenance. “The way now wotlld seem to be clear ta very early adjustment and relief, except for the fect that the railway adnfinistraticn though pcs- sessing assets, does not command the fundg necessary to meet what will be its admitted obligations. | TAKE GITY OUT OF UTILITY ROW i 2 sums | Company-Water Company Case i The city commission was notified last night that a stipulation had been entered into by attorneys for the Bis- marck ‘Water Supply. company and: | the [Highes Electric company to re-| lease a garnishment of $5,400 brought by the electric company against the water company, naming the city of | Bismarck as garnishe” f The difference between the utilities arose when the Hughes company al- leged non-payment of biils for electria ‘power. The water company filed a counter claim for alleged non-pay- ment of water bill by the électric company. By the stipulation the money owed by the city to the water company is released and the water company puts up a bona, the differ- ences of the utilities to pe settled in court on hearing. It was stated in the city commis- sion that. the bills. which had been garnisheed had been ‘allowed and that no-action of the city commision was necessary in the matter, the auditor being authorized to issue tne_warrant to the water company, trict,” he said. An unusual feattire of the storm which swept this territory about midnight last night was’ reported from Mandan today. About 7 miles west of Mandan a great lot of sand apparently was lifted out of the side of a hill and dumped on the Northern Pacific’ railroad track. The track was covered for a distance of 300 to 500 feet, some places the sand being ‘six feet deep. The only ex- planation offered is that probably a water-spout hit the side of the cut, washing out the great quan- tity, of sand with remarkable force, The crew of an extra freight train found the track blocked. No. 3, which passed ‘through Bis- marck at midnight, was in Man- dan until about 5 o'clock this morning when the track was cleared, i A great deal of damage was re- ‘ported in Mandan from the down- | BASEMENTS IN CITY FLOODED DURING STORM. Complaint Made That City Em- ployes Do Not Open Clog- ged Manholes IS SYSTEM ADEQUATE? Declaration Made That City Will Have to Spend $100,000 Improving System ‘Many basements -and streets were flooded ih'Bimarck by tne. terrific downpour of rain which started be- fore last midnight and continuad up- us ‘total of 1.28 inches of rain had fallen. ‘Had not ‘some of the people whoj were threatened with neavy damage taken prompt action severe loss may haye been ‘suffered. The basement of the McKenzje hotel was flooded, including elevator pits,, putting the. elevators out of business. ‘The power Plant suffered from water. Water backed up at Fourth and Broadway water entering ‘he basge- ments of the Cowan and Finney drug store and Sunset and Grand Pacifiq barber ships. Little damuge was oc. casioed, however, i Not on che Job. ‘Complaint was made by some citi- zens that no action was taken by ‘he city employes to open up manholes 50 that the water might be curred off without damage. Dirty and clogged manholes were responsible tor the backing up of wate: m many strects Custer park and che One business man dectared that. th storm sewer system, as installd at a high cost recently, is not adequate | in the city. ‘ “The city will be cailed upon to spend $100,000 to $156,000 in the near | future to provide an adequate storm sewer system in the downtown dis- BH, G. Patterson, proprietor of. the | ~ Har polling place. pour of rain, Cellars were flood- ed and it is believed that thon- sands of dollars of damage was done to merchandise. The G Plains weather station reporte that 1:98 inches of .rain fell iv. less than an hour in Mandan, a considerably heavier rainfall than in Bismarck, Half a dozen houses will have to have foundations rebuilt. One was nearly dumped on its side. It is said that three feet of water came down one street from the hilly. The damage in Mandan was made more severe because of the hills surounding the city trom which the water poured down, One of the heavy losses was the flooding of a basement of a pool hall in which William Langer, former attorney general, had stored his private law library when he entered the attorney gen- eral office. Mr, Langer {s ‘away on a vacation. o— JUST REMEMBER YOU CAN VOTE UNTIL 9 P. M. The polls do not close this evening until 9 p. m. If you! have failed to cast your vote on the issue of increasing the local tax load, just register your pro- jtest after supper. Votes can be cast at the regu-| Dont permit} personalities and eleventh hour attacks to becloud the issues. Get out and vote this evening.; U.S. OBTAINED HUGESUMFROM | THEINCOMETAX Report Shows There Were Over 5,000,000 Personal Re- _ turns Filed i 1 i ' | | i | Washington, July 24.—The govern- ment obtained a total of $1,269,000,000 in revenue from personal income taxes in 1919—an increase of $141,; | 900,000, compared with 1918—accord- ig to a preliminary report of income tax returns made public tonight by Internal evenue Commissioner Blair. The commisioner report showed there were 5,32,760 personal returns filed in the calendar year 1919, repre- senting a growth of 07,646 from 1918, while the total amount of net income reported for 1919 was $19,859,000,000, | an increase of $3,934,000,000 over the | previous year. Prt | The average net income per retu! for 1919 was $3,724.05, the average ampout of tax was $238.08, and the average tax rate 6,39 per cent. There were filed sixty-five returns | of net income of $1,000,000, and over; 1189 of. $500,000 to $1,000,000; New York filed the. greatest uumber of re- | turns 683,085, or 12.81 per cent of the | total. The next largest number of re- turns filed by states was from Pen McKenzie hotel, said that te was go- ing to start sujt against the city for damage sufferedin his buildings last night and at other times. IRISH CONSIDER BIDS FOR PEACE Dublin, July 25.(By the Associated Press).—The Irish peace proposals made by Premier Lloyd George to Eamonn DeValera in London last week were taken up by the Republi- cans. WORKERS SEEKING HARVEST JOBS CAN sylvania, 539,172. Montana report an average net income of $2,544.5 Nevada reporting an average net in-/ come of $2,389.83; and the territory of Alaska reporting an average net income per return of $2,000 were low. WEATHER REPORT, For 24 hours ending at noon, July 26: Temperature at 7 a. m. . 68 Highest yesterday . (Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night \Precipitation \Highet wind velocity Forecast. For North Dakota: Showers and! cooler tonight, except fair northwest portion; Wednesday fair. RIDE FREE ON TOP OF FREIGHT TRAINS Not To Be Molested As Long As They Seek Honest Employment, Says Agent—Bismarck Free Employment Office Has Immediate Call For 100 Farm Laborers in Western North Dakota Transients working their way into ‘North Dakota towns to take jobs in harvest fields can ride free on top of freight trains. We do not intend to molest the harvesters who are gofng into the fields in search of honest employ- ment,’ said Special Agent George Mc- Dowell of the Northern Pacific at Fargo yesterday. “tHowever,’ he added, “as soon as we begin to receive reports of men tampering with shipments of mer- chandise then we intend to picket the trains and remove the men.” iNearly every freignt ttain going through ‘Bismarck has a number of men occupying “observation posts” on top of freight trains. Some of them seemto be so expert at riding on tops of trains that they car Ife down com: forably as the train speede along. ‘One hundred harvest laborers are needed in Bismarck today, it is an- nounced by the state employment of- fice, a part of the office of Commis- | | i | ! sioner of Agriculture and Labor John | ‘Hagan. An office was opened today down- town at 101 Fifth street to take care of the harvest workers seeking jobs and farmers seeking men. From the Bimarck office men will} | is 3 ELEVATORS BURN FARMER STRUCK BY LIGHTNING; GIRL ESCAPES | August Marks Living Northeast of Underwood Reported Victim of Flash FIRE AT TURTLE LAKE Loss of $60,000 to $75,000 Re- ported in Fire Destroying Three Elevators A terrific storm which swept McLean county late yesterday afternoon caused the death of ene man and the loss of three elevators in Turtle Lake by fire, according to information obtain- ed today following the restora- tion of wire communication be- tween Underwood and Turtle Lake. © _ August Marks, a young farmer liv- ing about nine miles northeast of Un- derwood, was struck by lightning while on a header coming in from a field, according to a long-distance tele- phone message from Underwood. A horse also was kiled. The message said that Marks’ little niece and a horse which were close by were not hurt, although she was said to be slightly shocked. Marks was a wel-known farmer of the Underwood regon. He had been working in the field wnen he was caught in the terrific storm. Three Elevators Burn. The Occident, ‘Andrews and Farm- ers elevators were destnoyed at Turtle Lake. Lightning struck the Occident cle- vator first, according. to word re- ceived from there. Fire spread to the eevator of the Andrews Grain com- pany and-th Farmers elevator. Ail were destroyed. There was about 200 bushels of wheat in thé Occident ele- vator, about 5,000 bushels, of wheat in the Farmer elevator, a carload of flax and some wheat in the elevator of the Andrews Grajn.company. The, Regan’ and ‘Lyness elevator caught’ fire,,but, was extinguished ‘by a large brigade-of ‘volunteer workers The total fire \osa is estimated at from’ $60,000 to $75,000. There: was a terrific rain, which started about 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, The storm was accom- panied by sharp lighting flashes and: deafening thunder claps. There was no hail, it was said, cxcept in a few places. Some livestock was reported killed by lightning in flelds north of Under- wood, Much Rain i: State. Nearly every section of the state reported rain in the last 24 hours, the weather bureau compilation showed today, The weather bureau's rainfall report for the 34-hour pericd ending at 8 a. m. follows: Amenia, 0.49; Bismarck, 1.28; Bot- tineau, none; Bowbells, not reported; Devils Lake, 0.70; Dickison 0,40; Et- lendale, noy reported, Fessenden, 0.75; Grand Forks, 0.07; Jamestown, 0.03; Langdon, 1,18; Larimore, 0.60; Lisbon, 1.34; Minot, 0.90; Napoleon, 0.60; Pembina, 0.02; Williston, 0.10; loorhead, 0,04. WOMAN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. (Special to The Tribune.) Washburn, N. D., July 26.—In the electric storm on Monday the Occi- dent elevator at Turtle Lake was struck; by lightning and burned to the grounf’ The wind blew from the southeast scattered sparks from the burning to two other elevators that stood in the path of the wind. These jalso took fire and nothing could be done to save the three. One of ths last two to be destroyed was Far- mers elevator: and the other a line house, the fourth and last elevator in the town was saved only by men chopping holes.in the roof and pour- ing chemicals on the shingles whic javed it from catching fire. The burning of the three elevators at this time is a great loss. Turtle Lake communities has. good crop this year and expect to average at least 20 bushels to the acre. It has not been learned whether any of the companies. will start building at once or not, August Marks, prominent farme> living betwen Underwood and Turtle Lake was instantly killed by light- ning Monday while he was in the harvest field cutting grain. Mr. ‘Marks was working ina header box at the time the bolt struck, in the box. With him and close to him at the time stood his little neice who was driving the team. The little girl es- caped without harm but the bolt, be- sides killing her uncle, also struck and killed one of the horses. The man and team with the header also be sent north into McLean county, west as far as Dickinson, east early to Jamestown and into southern coun- ties. There is an office at Jamestown and one at Oakes which co-operates on handling counties south and _ east, and an office on the north at ‘Minot. Some difficulties are reported by the employment agents. It is asked that farmers or qounty agents to whom laborers are sent mail immediately to the employment office the card which the laborers take with them, showing the request is filled. Police chiefs are asked to acertain if transcients they pick up really want to work and if so to notify the employment office, There are employment offices at Fargo, Grand Forks, Oakes, Minot, Devils Lake, Jamestown and Bis- mores. \ escaped without harm. Mrs. Lewis Wagner, near Mercer, was struck by Hghtning Monday dur- ing the electric storm and in her fall after being struck she sustained a broken leg. No damage of any ex- ‘tent reported from Mercer. 1,792,368 GERMANS DIE Berlin, July 26.—Germany lost 1.- 792,368 men killed, and 4,246,874 wounded from 1914 to 1918, accord- ing to a revised compilation of Ger- man casualties during the war.