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

The Weather Probably rain, FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, | WEDNESDAY, JULY “2, 1921 "PRICE | FIVE CENTS PROPOSED mo ISSUES LOST IN CITY ELECTION Majorities Against Issues Range From 55 on Fire Truck to 281 on Incinerator HIGHEST TOTAL WAS 851 Fire Apparatus Proposal Carries in Three Voting Precincts; Loses in Six The city commission's proposed Tond issues totalling $30,000, which were voted upon yesterday, were de- feated. The average majority against the issues was 176; the average num- ‘ber of votes cast was $46. The closest vote was upon the question of issuing $15,000 of bonds for the purchase of fire apparatus, which was lost by 55. The pnoposal to issue $10,000 of bonds to repair the detention hospital was lost by 182 and the proposal to issue $5,000 of ‘bonds for the purchase of an incin- erator was lost by 281. The vote was in the form of “yes” and “no” in an- swer to the three questions, and was “IRON COURTSHIP” IS THEIRS . ‘ CITY PROPERTY "VALUE BOOSTED ‘HALE A MILLION fe, ame Taxation is Cer- tified to County Auditor BIG PERSONAL INCREASE Total. Valuation of Personal Pro- _perly is Heavily Increased ' By ‘Assessment ‘eae The ‘value of property in Bismarck, as assessed by Assessor William Fal- coner, reviewed’ by the city commis- sion and forwarded to the county au- ditor is placed at $8,171,928 for 1921. “An increase in. value of $555,268 in the assessed valitation of city proper- ty over last year is made. t. The 1921 assessment of property fol- Hows: Total city Total lots. Structures, improv ete. used for business purposes fs Home, structure, “ete as home, decupied unplatted lands in < $ 66,367 2,038,100 1,020.160 FORMAL DEMAND FOR RELEASE MADE U.S. Communication is Present- ed toS Reval By Consul STRONG U. S. Declares Prisoners Must; Be Released Before Rela- tions Can Improve Washington, July 27.—Formal de- mand for release of American pris- oners in Ru Soviet au Hughes. T TERRITORY NEAR VAN HOOK HAS AMERICANS Van Hook, N.D., July 27.—Ter- titory adjacent to this city, in Mountrall county, will produce splendid crops. Wheat will aver- age from 15 to 30 bushels to the acre. Harvesting Is just beginn- Ing, and many harvesters are needed, according to Arthur Ol- son, cashier of the First Natlon- al Bank. Wages are $3 to $3.50 per day, joviet Authorities at | ROTARY CLUB TO BOOST FOR DEMAND MADE ssia has been made on the! thorities by Secretary ‘he state department was Decide to Direct Efforts SPLENDID CROPS BETTER COWS For advised today that the communication had been handed to the Soviet repro- sentatives at Reval yesterday by Con- sul Albrecht. The release of the Americans held prisoners in Russia was laid down by Secretary Hoover in his recent cable message to'Maxim Gorky as the prime condition upon which American re- lief measures for Russia would be taken up. Plain Spoken More Dairy Farms Through NAME Edwin Anderson of South Africa Commercial Club A COMMITTEE is Week’s Guest at Luncheon TWO BASEBALL CASES MAY BE DISMISSED Judge Says He Will Throw Them Out Unless Evidence is Introduced TWO OTHER CASES OUT Billy Maharg Tells His Story of Plot to Throw World Series Chicago, July 27.—Judge Hugo Friend today informed the state at- torney in the baseball trial that he would direect the jury to return a verdict of not guilty in the cases of “Buck” Weaver, and “Hap’ Felsch, former White Sox players, and Carl Zork, of Sty Louis, unless further evidence was introduced against these men. The judge temporarily overruled the defense motion to dismiss these cases when the state urged that the defend- ants might be incriminated by further testimony. The state dropped its case against Ben and Louis Levi, of Ko- The text.of the communication. to Soviet Russia has not been made public. It is understood, however, to be a brief insistence that the Amer-| icans be released before there can be apy thought of better relations be- tween the United States and Russia. The action was taken in the name of humanity and because all efforts to secure the release of the Americans made through Dr. Nansen, of the Red! Cross, have failed. What course will be taken by the} United tSates if the Soviet author komo, Indiana. Motions to dismiss the charges against Joe Jackson, David Zelcer, of Des Moines, ‘lowa, were overruled. ‘Billy Maharg, of Philadelphia, pal of Bill Burns and Abe Attel dur- ing the formation and completion of the alleged conspiracy for the throw- ing of the 1919 world series told his story of the reported $100,000 sell-out of the eight Chicago White Sox ‘play- .ers. Maharg is final witness for the state. as follows: (Fire apparatus_Yes, 398; no, 453. Fite hospital—Yee,, 331; no, 513. Incinerator—Yes, 281;' no, 562. Men and Women Same. The detailed vote shows that the total vote of both men and women was against each issue. The ‘no’! majority of men against the fire ap- paratus proposal was only 9 votcs; the women’s ‘no’ majority was 46. ‘There was greater difference between owner ...: Leased residences, struc- tures, improvements not , used as place residence by owner \After an informal discussion of tie results of the recent trip of inspection over the New Salem Holstein Breed ers’ circuit, members of the Rotary club decided to co-operate with the Commercial club and other civic bodies to arouse greater interest in dairying. A committee was name‘ at the luncheon today at the McKenzie hotel to work with the Commercial. 675,005 5,154,207 3,017,921 $8,171,928 Last year the assessed value of real estate was $5,112,625 and the assess- | Total real estate | eh Personal: property Total city property i ‘0 the “yes” and “no” vote on all other. es. The highest number of votes cast upon any one issue. was 851 for the fire truck. The vote was somewhat larger than was expected for a bond issue election. ‘More than half of the yotes were cast after 4 o'clock in the afternoon, The largest number of persons voted after the close of ths day's business. In the afternoon ‘some members of the city administra- tion and others who favored only the! Wire apparatus proposal got out auto- mobiles to take voters to the polls. which swelled the number. A few citizens opposed to the bond issues also helped “get out the vote” late; in ‘the day, Want Dump Moved. One prediction generally made failed. The vote in the Fourth ward on the tncinerator was “yes” 46, “no” 85. A south side resident explained thie opposition*to the incinerator.on the ground that citizens of the south Chicago, July 27.—The “iron court-j ship of Marie Tamborne may soou win a husband for her. For through her lators efforts are being made to obtain a pardon for Joe Bousk, serving a 14-year sentence for the murder of a policeman. Twice a week for five years, Marie has gone through the iron gates of Joliet penitetiary to console and cheer her sweetheart. Neighbors shake their heads when Marie passes down’ tie street with flowers and boxes of home-made pies and goodies for “her Joe.” “Why doesn’t she forget him,” they say. > LAYER APPEALS. MARIE TAMBORNE AND JOS BOUSK. Marie pays-no heed. “In my heart I know that Joe is not bad, and is not guilty,” she says, and I'll wait 50 years for him if nec- essary.” Recently Joe's mother, on her deathbed, asked to see her boy. bfore she died. Everything was done to ;vtain his release for the ‘visit, but he requests were turned -down, until— sarie ‘interceded for him. Joe ‘Bousk .came home without a uard and stayed for a week, Then ‘arie accompanied him back to the penitentiary. Each is 24. | COMMERCE CLUB }°HAS BULLETINS “I love only Joe, | ed value of personal property was $2,504,035, a total of $7,616,660. The 1921. tax,will be levied on the basis of the. valuation made for the city, the tax for city, school and county to be levied in the near future. The assessed valuation of city: pro- perty does not include the value of railroad or, telephone property, this property being assessed by the state board of equalization. An exemption of .$500 is allowed by state law’ on homes occupied by the owner. Thig.deduction is made by the county auditor, who then de- creases the value of all residences 50 percent for, purpose of taxation. The county valuation will be cer- tified in thepnear,, future. near future. GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS T0 ities ignore or refuse to accede to the demands was not indicated. The communication was sent Consul Albrecht July 25. demand is the first official sentation made upon the subject al- though Lenine and Trotzky and their associates have been previously ad-| vised informally of the determination |jof taking 125 farmers over the cir- of the United States not to consider closer relations with Russia until this was done. More than are being held prisoners in Soviet | Russia, according to the latest news received by the state department in Washington from. that country. MILLION IN EIGHT BUIL Minneapol THREE. STATES club to devise ways and means start a campaign for a closer co-oper- ation between. the business men and the farmers of Burleigh county fer the purposeof promoting the dairy business. Short talks were given by George Will, John French, Carl Nelson, Ray Bergeson, J. 1. ‘Bell, Dr. Schipfer and ‘others in which the genera! situation. lin Burleigh county and the -esults Sent Tuly 25 to} | The court repre- cuit were discussed. It is planned in the near future to have some kind of a settogether meeting and talk over ways and means to aid dairy projects in this county. ‘A guest of honor was Edwin Ander- son of Johannesburg, South ‘Africa, a brother of J.‘0. Anderson. He praised the Rotary spirit and jthe general en- terprise of Bismarck and the Ameri- can cities he has visited. He told of meeting the Rotarians itirat in Scot- lond, where the international meeting was hid, It was the first experience he had had with the club.and he is a score of Americans still | DING OVER is, Minn, Minn., July 27—Ap- RUSSIANS FIRE ON GERMANS IN NORTHERN SEA Germans Return Fire But No Damage is Reported to Have Resulted Berlin, July 27.—(By the Associat- ed Press.)—The German mine sweep- ing fleet which has been operating in the Kola bight on the northern -Rus- sian coast is reported in- a special dispatch from Vardoe, Norway, to have been fired’ on by Russian land forts. The German fleet returned the side believed an incinerator would give them no relief. from the odors arising from the dump ground, that going back with the hope of having a Rotary club started in Johannes! burg. fire but no damage {s reported on either side. The German fleet, which left Wil- proximately eight and one-half mil- lion dollars of building was contract-| ed for during the month of June inj ' TO DISTRIBUTE T0 HIGH COURT the dump ground would be kept close to the south side residence district end that what the south side ciizens desired most pf all was to have the | dump ground removed a greater dis- tance from the city. The total, vote of mon’ and women onthe various issues was: Fire ap- paratus—Men, yes, 276; men, no, 2*¢ ‘Women, yes, 122; women, no, 168. {Detention hospital—Men, yes, 216, men, no, 341; Women, yes, 115; wom- en, no, 172. ‘Incinerator—Men, yes, 183; men, nos 375. Women, yes, 98; women, no. How Precincts Went. The majorities generally were against the issues in all of the sine precincts, ‘Three pricincts Ward 3, Precinct 2, Ward 6 and Ward 4 gave slight majorities’ for the tire truck. Al recincts were against the ¢eten- hospital proposal and all pre-j cinct except the Fourth ward pre- cinict were against the incinerator. The cost of the election is estimat- ed by the city auditor to be between FOR NEW TRIAL Man Convieted of ' of Turtle Lake, Murder Asks Highest Court | To Give Him Trial ‘An apepal to the supreme court has been taken by Henry. Layer, serving | a life sentence for the murder of eight } people, from the decision of District ; Judge INuesslv’ denying him a tial by jury. (Legal problems never before aris-! | ing in ‘North Dakota will be threshed ; out in the highest state court in the | matter, Layer signed a confession. | shortly after his arrest May 13, 1920, ; |in which he told of how he killed the |Jacob Wolf family and a chyre boy, | eight persons-in all, pleaded guilty | before District Judge Nuessie and was ; sentenced for life. | The Bismarck Commercial club has received a new supply of National (Parks Highway guides, tourists’ guide to Spokane, and other pamphlets on | western trails. (Bismarck people who are asked for information by tourists may refer them to the Commercial ! lub where they will be given full in- formation. The Commercial club also has pamphlets of Glacier National park, (Rocky ‘Mountain (National park, Yellowstone National park, Crater Na- tional park, Yosimite Valley Natignal park Mt. Ranjer National park and 'Sesuoia and General Grant National parks, giving maps of parks and use- ful hints for motorists. 7 ARMY CAMPS ARE ABANDONED Washington, July 27.—Abandon- BE ARRESTED Notifies Authorities That He Will Submit to Serving of Warrants Springfield, I1l., July 27.—Warrants for the arrest of Governor Len Small on charges of embezzlement and con- spiracy to defraud the state were placed in the hands of Sheriff Harry] 0 Mester of Sangamon county this morning: The sheriff immediately sent a message to Governor Small's coun- ; sel in Chicago informing him that it | will not be necessary for the gov- ernor to submit to arrest in Chicago today but that arrangements for bond can be made when the’ executive re- turns to the capital. Governor Small, who was in Chi- ; C8BO last night, telegraphed to Spring- field an offer to submit to arrest in Chicago. Minnesota, North and South Dakota, it {s estimated by a local building company which has completed a sur- vey in the three states. figure was si Of this total, cent, was for public works or utilities and $2,159,000, or 25 per cent, residential dwellings. According survey, contemplated building in the three states during the months of 1921 amounted to $114,942,- JAPAN AC HARDING BID? Washingto cation from Tokio believed to contain the formal MERCHANTS ARE PUT ON GUARD Fake-Check Artist Operated in Grand Forks; May Come Here The exact aid to be $8,425,000. $3,311,000, or 39 per for to those in charge of the first six) ‘Merchants of Bisinarck are warned im a communication received by the Commercial club to avctd cashing checks for a man who cashed several worthless checks in Grand Forks and beet Grand ‘Forks stores in the last CCEPTS eek. mA bulletin of the Grand Forks Com- | mercial club says that he isa “pros- peious looking middle-aged man” that he bought goods at bicycle, furniture and trunk stores, explained the pur- n, July 27.—A communi, acceptance by Japan of President Harding's invitation to par- helmshaven a week ago to clear the White Sea of mines under the pro- visions of the Versailles treaty has re- turned to Vardoe to await further de- velopments, the dispatch said. RULE ON SCHOOL DISTRICT DEBT Limit of Indebtedness is Held To Be 5 Per Cent Valuation School districts having an indebted- ness above 5 percent of the assessed valuation of the district cannot get loans from the state board of railing sity and school lands, under a by the attorney-general’s aera ne Ba According to the opinion of ‘Assist- ant Attorney-General Foster the con- stitution provided that the limit of in- pose of each article in detail and gave large sized checks and received change. He laid the foundation fon the operation by a call at the stores a day or two before. (He posed as a local man in Grand (Forks, a well-rated railroad conduc- tor. ‘His age is said to be about 45, his weight 175 or 180 pounds, with a| rather long face, smvoth shaven, | na, qomplexion. It is thought he 4s the same man who operated re cently in Aberdeen, S. 'D. NEW PLAN FOR U.S. PURCHASES Director Dawes Divides Country| Into Zones debtedness should be 5 percent of the valuation; an amendment provided an additional 5 percent could be created by majority vote of the residents of the district. He says the supreme court has held that the latter amend- ment is of no effect without an enabl- jing act of the legislature, and that, therefore, the school district indebted- ness is limited to 5 percent. Several school districts have had elections and voted an increase in their indebtedness. WILL TAKE UP TAX REVISION Washington, July 27.— Virtual agreement was sald today to have been reached at a dinner conference jat the White House last night for senate consideration of tax revision legislation before the permanent tar- iff act is taken up by that body. A number of senators were President Harding’s guests and the legislative session was said to have been dis- cussed extensively. $200 and $225. VOTE ON BOND ISSUES Fire ‘Detention Incin- Apparatus Hospital erator Yes No Yes No Yes No} i ticipate in an international discus- sion of far eastern questions as well as disarmament reached the state de- partment today. Pending decoding and examination officials refused to comment on the nature of the com- munication and had made no decision |as to its publication. London, July 27.—(By the Associ- ated Press.)—Japan’s acceptance cf the invitation to a conference at which far eastern problems would be discussed is conditioned, according to | reliable information here, upon the! j agenda for the conference being de- cided in advance. SIOUX COUNTY JAIL CASE IN SUPREME COURT) An order to show cause why pro-j ceedings should not be stayed has been lissued by Judge Birdzell, of the su- |preme court, in the matter of the de- nial of an application for an injunc- tion restraining the county commis-| | sioners of Sioux county from build- ing a new jail and vault at Fort Yates: The commissioners ordered a Jail built which people of Selfridge, am- | bitious to become the county seat of! | Sioux county, said was large enough | to be a court house. Judge Frank! Lembke denied an application of the| tor supply purchasing with a general state’s attorney for an injunction.| purchasing agent for each area, ali, Judge Birdzell’s order directs the dis-| working under a purchasing super- trict judge and defendants to show) yiser in Washington. ment of Camps Devon, Mass.; Sher- man, Ohio; Grant, IlNnofg; Pike, Arkansas; Meade, Maryland; Jackson, S. C.; Bragg, North Carolina, was an- nounced by Secretary Weeks. Applications of enlisted men for discharge will reduce the army by July 31, to 150,000 men, the reduction | to coincide with Congressional appro -; priations Secretary Weeks said. SIMPSON BILL IS $3,956.31 IN BOWEN TRIAL The state auditing board has allow- ' ted Leslie Simpson, Dickinson lawyer, | 1 $3, 956.31 for services as special pros: | jecutor in the case against D. R. Off- | jley, charged with the murder of M. K. { Bowen, which was tried recently in i Hettinger and which resulted in the jacquittal of Offley. Simpson’s bill] {for services and expense was some- ; what larger but it was necessary to ;decrease the amount because of the exhaustion of the Governor's fund for hiring attorneys for such cases. GIRL TIES SELF IN HOTEL ROOM IN FARGO TO “CREATE EXCITEMENT” the state’s attorney that she suf- ‘Layer’s attorney, Edward P. Kelly , of Carrington, urges that a trial by; jury be ordered for him on the ground | of newly disgovered evidence, which | included the finding of two masks on the farm. Judge Nuessle rejected the plea for trial by jury on this sround: Kelly also alleges that auth®rities ob- tained the confession under duress, telling Layer that he must plead | guilty to escape mob violence. | Under a law effective July 1, Layer j cannot be paroled from prison until | he has served at least half of his life; expectancy. TEACHER QUIZ WILL BE HELD DURING AUGUS The semi-annual examination for the first and second class profession- | al certificates, the highest certificates | | obtainable by teachers, will be held in Bismarck, Dickinson, Grand Forks, Minot, Mayville and Valley City, it is announced by the state certificate de- partment, during the third week in August. There is an unusually large number of persons from middle western 46|states asking for certificates to per- . 16; mit them to teach in North Dakota. |according to Miss Hazel Nielson, of the certification department. An am- ple supply of teachers in the state, at least in the better schools, is in- dicated by the number of aplications. WIRE APPEAL FOR 100 MEN The state employment office has wired Butte, Mont., atid Aberdeen, S \D., labor offices saying that 100 har- vest helpers are needed today in western North Dakota. A downtown office has been established in Bis-! marck, with H. A. Puderbaugh. dep- juty to the commissioner of agricul- ture and labor, in charge. WILL START NEW WILLISTON BANK) The Northwestern State Bank of Williston has filed incorporation pa- | | pers with the secretary of state. The | |bank’s capital is placed at $40,000, Incorporators are H. 'A. ‘Nelson of Wil- liston, (Charles Baldwin of Ray and Earl Swimley of Williston. Ward 1 (Precinct 1 Men .. 27 Women 17 Ward 1 Precinct 2 22 50 19 32 17 15 49 55 33 35 Ww lu 21 10 10 2u 14 20 Precinct 1 ‘Men .. 34 ‘Women 10 ‘Ward 2 Precinct 2 Men .. 15 Women 8 ‘Ward 3 Precinct 1 Men .. 47 Women 27 Ward 3 Precinct 2 Men .. 20. Women 9 ‘Ward 4 Men .. 39 {Wiomen 19 Ward 5 (Men .. 30 Women 6 Ward 6 Men .. 53 Women 17 Totals 398 453 43) 26 13 14! 53 32 64 i as | Washington, July 27.—An executive! order to co-ordinate purchasing for the army, navy and shipping board and permit transfer of surplus sup- plies from one government agency to another was signed today by Presi- j dent Harding. It was drafted under | Director Dawes of the budget bureau! and divides the country into zones | Fes REMLINGER corresponding to army corps areas GETS SENTENCE OF ONE YEAR 15 13 32 8 10 13 21 5 13)| 16| 2a! 7| 14 26 a 34 15 33 17 44 17 30 16 716 19) A| 281 5od | 60 18 13 331 513 Majorities , 55 182 WEATHER REPORT. For twenty-four hours ending at noon July 27. Temperature at 7 A. M. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest yesterday Precipitation Highest wind velocity Forecast. For. North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Thursday; slightly cooler in the east portion-tonight; somewhat warmer in the west portion Thursday. 281 | The examinations for teachers of elementary subjects will be held in all county seats of the state on Aug. | 11 and 12. RESISTANCE BROKEN, Athens, July 28.—Information from 6|all sources indicate that the resist- ance of the Turkish Nationalists in 3| Asia Minor is completely broken, the | Greek Official News agency says. | The Turkish losses in killed, wound- |ed and ‘prisoners are estimated at 60,- 000. The Greeks, the statement says, are constantly. pressing the Kemal- ists along the road to Angora, ~ Fargo, July 27—Miss Esther Folden, 17, Clay county, Minn, was discharged from a local hos- pital today Yesterday she tied her hands to a hed in a hotel here and threw herself into a state of coma, according to her admission to William Green, state’s attorney of Cass county. She did so to make it appear she had been at- tacked, says Mr. Green. Roy Lar- son, Fargo, is held on a statutory chases in connection with the "The girl is sald to have told fered from epileptic strokes, and | often slept for two weeks at a time. She said she had heard of the sensational murder oi Marte Wicks in a Fargo hotel, and wish- ed to create some excitement. The girl is said to have at first given Mr. Green a clear descrip. tion of a “mysterious man” who had been following her for several days, giving graphic descriptions of his shadowing of ber. Inves- tigation of the matter followed but no one of the description giv- en could he located, i i | cause why | Lembke should not be stayed pending) appeal. ASK ALLIED AID. | London, July 27—Mustapha Kemal | | Pasha, head of the Turkish National-| jist government, has sent a telegran| | to Conjstan | central government meet with the al-; | Hes in an effort to obtain a session! workmen were killed in an explosion lof the Greeco-Turk hostilities, | cording to dispatches from Constanti-! house nople to Agency. the action of Judge| 4 ARE KILLED tinople asking that the! Ishpeming, Mich., July 27.—Four | ac-| which wrecked the dynamite mixing and nitroglycerine storage the Exchance’ Telegraph! houses of the Hercules Powder com- pany. IN EXPLOSION: Raymond Remlinger indicted at the recent session of the federal grand jury for a violation of the Mann act was sentenced to one year and a day in the federal prison at Leavenworth by Judge Page Morris of Duluth and jhis brother Leo. J. Remlinger was ; Sentenced to six months in the Cass county jail on the same charge. He | was also indicted at the recent grand jury session. The men are from St. Paul. The girls in the case who give | their home as Chicago were releas- ed upon order of the court. Remlinger was arrested in Bis- /marck,