The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 2, 1921, Page 1

- The Weather FAIR THE BISMARCK RIBUN Last Edition FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA,FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS TROOPS START FOR MINE WAR AREA LAND VALUES OF STATE ARE GUT BY STATEBOARD Average Reduction of Valuation of Land For Taxation Re- duced 11 Per Cent | | i IN BURLEIGH CO.) County Board Figures Boosted! But Final Assessment Less Than Last Year ACTION Valuations of property in the state for taxation will be decreased this year and the rate of taxation is ex- pected to be increased. The state board of equalization has made a decrease of 10.5 per cent on all real property. The decrease on farm lands alone is 11 per cent, being; greater than the average. A compari- son of assessment of real property in| the state for the years 1920 and 1921} follows: H Farm,lands,$1,035,771,510 $921,796,673 | Town and | city lots. Business structures on town and city lots < Homes Leased, res- idences :.. 49,205,328 46,047,331 i ! | 42,600,190, 18,586,339! 42,129,484 22,788,041 \ 8,516,776: | $1,159,798,822 §$1,037,556,314 Increases In Burleigh. | Increases in the assessment of Bur- ! leigh county property have been made by the state board of equalization. The valuation of the county for taxation will, however, according to County | Auditor Frank Johnson. be less than; last year, Exact comparative figures | are not yet available, | The changes made by the state | ‘board follow: (Farm lands exclusive of structures | ‘and improvements—increased 10 per- | cent. City, town and village lots exclusive of structures and impiovements-- increased 5 percent. Structures and. improvements city, town and village lots used for business purposes—increased 20 per- cent. ‘Structures and improvements on city, town _and village Jots.used. as a. home occupied’ by owner—no change. Structures and improvements on city improvements on city, town and village lots not used as a place ‘of 9,904,452 residence by the owner—no change. | Land Value Per Acre The valuation of Burleigh county Jand as reported to the state board by the county board was on an average of $14.44 an acre. Last year it was $18.50 an acre. The new valuation will be $15.88 per acre. The total valuation for the city and county on real estate will be less than Jast year, according to the county auditor. ‘When figures were reported to the state board last night no ex- emptions had been made. The ex- emptions were made this year befiore the report was made, which has caused confusion in the minds of some people in making comparisons, the auditor said. The: changes on personal property havelmdt sbéen received. —_——————“ HAUGEN QUITS - STATESERVICE «AFTER 17 YEARS Gilbert Haugen, deputy state lanc commissioner, has retired from thal office after 17 years of continuous serv- ice. Mr. Haugen’s record is unusual. He hasvheld various pusitions in the office under different toctions of the € | | | \ | | i i | | LA. Houghton Pratt and Madame Parma, whose teachings and interpre- ; | tations of the occult were followed by his giving up all most men cherish, | to prepare for a world cataclysm. GIVES UP ALL WAITING FOR “DIVINE MOTHER” LEAGUE COUNCIL {the farmers on any subject in which} ; financing, and the other phases of the COUNTY AGENTS HOLD MEETING i 1 | i ( i i Organizations is Subject of Discussion U. S. OFFICIAL HERE “Better Sires” Campaign of the Extension Division of A.C. Outlined | i i | | —— | Relationship’ of the county agent to the county, state and national farm bureau organizations was discussed at considerable length at a conference of county agents from western North Da- kota which opened at the McKenzie hotel in Bismarck’ this morning and will continue until this evening. C. B. Smith of Washington, D. C., director of the States Relation Service north and west, gave 4 summary of theThistory of county esent and farm bureau work and gave an outline of just what territory the county agent should cover. Primariiy, he declared | the county agent should confine him- self to educational activities, should! Place all available information before they may pe interesicd and should encourage the farmers themselves| to take charge of organization work, active management of any enterpris¢ into which they may wish to enter, such as wheat marketing, livestock shipping, pooling of wool, or engaging in merchandising propugitions. “Seed Corn Week.” ! Director G.“W. Randlet! of the Ex- REFERS SILESIA . FATE TO 4 MEN i | Hine them that the purpose of the cam- on FOR CREED! | Geneva, Sept. 2—-(By the Assoclat&4 | Press.) —The council ot the League of A. Houghton Pratt Tells Why Nations yesterday afternocn decided to | | { | ;ed attention to the ; their 1921 crop. The purpose of these refer the Silesian question to four non- Madame Parma’s Teachings | permanent members. vi the council A tor settlement. They are Paul Hy-! Transformed Him ; mans, of Belgium; Dr. V. Wellington! pak scious | Ku, of China; Count doLeon, of Spain, | Atlantic Hghlands, N. J:, Sept. 2. | and Dr. DaCunha, of Brazil. | If you were wealthy, of enviable. sociat. | Ss aes re and cultural position, exclusive club- | f ; an, member of a big publisi:ing firm, | married to a rich wife; would you give | it all up to starve for a mystic ideal- | ism? ; | A, Houghton Pratt says you would | UP FAST TRAIN {--if only you understcod! | He has done so, and in the Sanc- | —_——- ‘ tuary of the Divine Mother,’the home| Salt Lake City, Sept. 2.—The .Los of the Life Religion at Atlantic Higi- | Angeles limited, on the Union Pacific! lands, he told me of the coming cata-| system, was held up by two masked j¢lysm about to engulf the world. Here | men near Clairfield and all the male jhe is preparing himself to mect it— | passengers robbed. ‘a modern Noah, ees oe “It is no mere social upheaval, \ world-wide war or revolution, but a |WOMAN VICTIM jreal cataclysm like the great Deluge,” | OF ASSAILANT \ jsaid Pratt. “God has told me the; lrushing of water, the trembling of the | IN OWN ROOM ‘earth, will mark the new upheaval | | |which is vory near at hand. |” Lake Geneva, Wis., Sept. 2—At- | “No, it is mot ‘he end of the earth | tacked by an unidentified assailant lpaeee at all—-it might be said to be the | and bound to a chair in her room th | beginning. | Madame Parma | On a couch by Pratt's side, clad in ja white satin robe embnoidered in: imystic symbols, was Mme. Parma, the | |teacher who introduced him, into the | | mystic revelations which now guide ‘his life, She is a beautiful young 'woman, who was a student of 1.odin, ithe sculptor, ‘ | Since the revelations Pratt's wi ‘has divorced him. ‘His mother—all this family—have been estranged from: him. “These -ties are nothing compared ;to the greater ones,” said Pratt. “If | lyou are willing to trust to the Su-| know : ‘struggled for more than two hours at the home of Richard Smith, owner of a hotel, Mrs. Jack Lowry, wife of a captain of the Lake Geneva Na- tional Guard cavalry urvop, last night her bonds before she was able to summon aid. Officials and vigilantes today were seeking the woman's ant. | | | CONSPIRACY IS tension division gave the agents some instructions and advice regarding “Sfate Seed Corn Week," to be ob- Tved next week, Sepi. 6 to 12, tell- paign was to get the farmers to se- lect a sufficient supply of ears in the field and properly store them so that they will be assured of seed corn at least for the next two years. He call- paign to get one thousand North Dz:kota farmers to attend the National Dairy show at St. Paul, Oct. 8 to 15. The purpose of this. campaign; hessaid, was to give the farmers information and inspira- tion’ to get into the dairy game, rather than to devote their exclusive time to wheat, Rex Willard, farm economist of the Agricultural College, announced that a series of 15 to 20 cost estimating schools will be held in as many com- munities this fall at which the tar- mers will be*queried andshown how to calculate the cost of production of| meetings, he said, was tc interest the farmers in the various phases of farm accounts and to secure supporting| testimony for other cosi of production data, G. P. Wolf, assistant county agent; leader, opened the afternoon session with a tentative prograr: of work for| gouthwestern Nofth Dakota county agents, and it is planned to adopt a} program before the session closes to- | night. Max Morgan, dairy cow spec- Yalist of the Extension Division, was scheduled to outline the organization| of dairy cow companies and the Bet-j ter Sires campaign this afternoon. Discusses Agreement. John W. Haw, county agent leader, discussed at some lengti: a memoran-| dum of agreement wiicl has beep, adopted by the North Dakota Farm! Bureau Federation and the state ex-| tension division regarding the state and county activities‘of the twa or-! ganizations. Mr. Haw is presiding at the meeting. | Others in attendance include Sec- ~~ INCITY TODAY Relationship to Farm Bureau (ONE CONTINUAL ROAR SAYS COURIER OF BATTLE RAGING IN WEST VIRGINIA Va., 32 a By These reports which had the | $8 )—rAfter a tire sane alorning. of ancortalicy lacwhet entire sanction of the civil and military commanders here indicat. ed the henviest fighting since the line was established along Spruce Fork ridge and. efforts were made by Logan county au- thorities to stop what they termed the “invasion” of their county. Logan, W. Va., Sept. 2.—Widely cireulated reports that all was not going well for the defenders at the front ‘were set at rest when Sheriff Bill Hatfield came in from Crooked Creek with the statement that lines were hold- ing. Col, Eubanks has. been no tified that a force of federal troops should reach Logan by & p.‘m. WEALTHY LAND OWNER HIT BY ~ TRAIN, KILLED ed at Waterloo, Iowa, Last Night Fork ridge 4 hting since daybreak it was officially an- nounced at noon that “heavy firing” was taking p'ace at Blair Mountain, Mill Creek and Crook- ed Creek. : Col. Eubanks said that one Lo- gan man had been wounded on Blair mountain and that five of the opposing forces had been seen to fall. Airplanes reconnoitering over Boone county east of the ridge re- ported increased activilies among the bands which had assembled here while a couricr from “the front” said it was “one continual roar along the entire iine.” SOCIALISTS IN. REVOLT AGAINST HOOVER'S PLAN Chicago, Sept. 2—The Socialist national executive committee meet- ing here today cautioned’ members; of the party and other workers “against any support of the Hoover | organization” in Russian relief and; annaunced formation of a socialist- | labor committee to handle ' i ! i i i | i ! | i i} relief | work independently of the American! relief commission. : | “It is known that agents of this or- ganization.” the announcement says, aid | “ander the guise of assisting the Daniel Filkins, of Mandan, one of} masses of Hungary used it machin-| the largest land owners in Morton and| ery for counter revolutionary pur-} Mercer counties, was instantly killed | poses.’ last night by a train at Eagle Grove,i ROBBERS HELD | i | Grove for medical treatment, Mr. Filkins had ben a resident of!. Mandan for about 15 jears, during |! sand of acres of land. ter. When his brother ieft him a great which time he manage? several thou-| Vest Virginia were issued s e ee Pine by Major General Harbord, assistant formerly was a Congregational minis- | HELD NECESSARY 10 END TROUBLE IN HINING CAMPS | | | | |Issuance of Order For Entrain- ment Follows Report From, General Bandholtz MOVE FROM FOUR POSTS Armed Bands Refuse to Obey President Harding’s Procla- mation to Disperse Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 2— Brigadier-General H. H. Bandholtz busied himsefl today working out the details of placing incoming fed- eral troops at strategic positions. “We are going right in and swamp the disorderly elements,” gad a high military authority to- lay. According to General Bandholtz troops from Camp Sherman are expected during the day while those from New Jersey will not arrive until tomorrow morning probably. Washington, Sept. 2—Federal troops from four troops number- ing approximately 4,000 were at noon today elther enroute or in readiness to move to West Virgin- Jn to enforce the decision of the feleral government to restore or- ler. Secretary Weeks was optimis- tle expressing belief that as soon as federal troops reached the dis- turbed area the armed bands would voluntarily disband. Washington, Sept. 2,—Orders for immediate entrainment of troops for early today hief of staff. Action was postponed, however, on | ing the region. Hibbing, Minn., Sept. 2.—Forest \fires, which for a time last night, threatened the villages of Hibbing,; IN MINNESOTA Officers go to Identify Men Who| Are Charged with Stealing Automobile Fargo, Sept. 2.-Dan McPier, of St. Paul, and John, Blackwvod, of Colum: bus, Ohio, were arrested by the sheriff of Mahnomen county last night charged with the theft of an automo- bile at Gaylord, Minnesota, according to word received by the Cass county sheriff’s department today. The men are believed implicated in, the robbery ‘of the Geneseo, Sargent | county, bank: last Saturday, according | to the message and ‘hefiff O. H.; Flados, of that county, is en route to identify them. i The car the men were driving con. ; tained guns, sledges, bars and chisels, | according to the information. FOREST FIRES IN MONTANA Missoula, Mont., Sept. 2.—One man was. killed and thousands of acres! of timber land burned in Montana and northern Idaho by forest fires sweep- i i i i the question of declaring martial law ipending conferences between Secretary Weeks and other govrnment officials. The orders were issued asa result of a telegram from Brig. Gen. H. H. Bandholtz, who was sent by Secretary Weeks to report on the situation and {particularly whether the strikers would accede to President Harding’s command that they disperse. General Bandholtz at midnight last night recommended that troops be sent at once.. Troops Move Immediately |The troops which will move immed- jiately are the 26th and 16th infantry at Camp Dix, N. J. and the 19th in- fantry at Camp Shermhan O. Others can be rushed to the scene if neces- sary from Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana and Camp Knox, near Louis- ville, Ky. General Bandholtz will as- sume command of the forces upon their arrival. He formerly command- ed the Philippine constabulary and was provost marshal-general of the A. E. F. in France. amount of land he moved to Mandan to take charge of the pToperty. Although he had not sought public office, Mr. Filkins was interested in public. affairs and was widely known. A wife and two childreu survive, GENERAL WOOD TAKES POST IN PHILIPPINES Seriousness of Situation Prompts’ His Acceptance, He Tells Secretary Weeks Manilla, P. I., Sept. 2. (By the Asso- ciated Press).-Major-General Leon- e : ard Wood today announced his ac-| |, Union Leader Joins ceptance of the post of Governor-Gen-| General Bandholtz this forenoon re- eral of the Philippines tendered to | Ported to Secretary Weeks that Phillip him by President Harding. Murray, international, vice-president eneral Wood _ notified Secretary |0f the United Mine Workers union, of War Weeks that he would retire!had joined in urging upon him the recommendation for the troop move- from the army to accept the governor- | ment. ship. He said he believed it to be his * . . patriotic duty to accept the position |, eelaration of martial law was stil owing to the seriousness of the situ-i = ’ ation in'the Talanda, jtroops and General Bandholtz’ further. are seal ee gece ee Buhl and Mitchell and which swept an j ea of practically 50 miles, were re- | ported under control today. troops’ movement was ordered was given out by the war department. It follows: left the war department for the White House to attend the regular Friday cabinet meeting General Bandholtz’ message sent CALLS CABINET tree" after midnight on which the | as | “Investigators returned about 11:30 London, Sept. 2.—(By the Associated |tonight. The invaders have not obey- Press.)—Prime Minister Lloyd George \€4 President's proclamation and there has sent the reply of Mamonn DeVal- is no apparent intention to do so. It is therefore recommended that the UNEARTHED London, Sept. 2.—A dispatch to the} | Daily Mail from Calcutta says the po- old Republicans and Democratic par-|preme, even when you don't ties and the Nonpariisan league.|Where your next meal is coming from, | When William Prater assumed the po-!3u have reached the highest. {era, the Irish Republican leader, to} AMERICANS PUT FIRST KITCHEN oe easels wo Lomion tar| retary Ralph Andrews of the Exten-! sion division; N. D. Gor nan, assistant | troops now held in readiness be sent to West Virginia without delay.” sition of land commisiuner yesterday, | however, Mr. Haugen left the service. He will be employed in the county treasurer’s office in Bismarck. Noel Tharalson, anotier employe. Woman's Era i lice in the Punjab disitict have dis-) “The new era, which will follow | covered a conspiracy among the Sikhs; ithe readjustment after the cataclysm, 'to overthrow the Briiish government, will be the woman’s era, And the; and assassinate Europeans. The dis-} jsreat fight will be against accepting | patch adds that the prosecution of the | county agent leader; F. E. Singleton, | of Washington, D. C., chief accountant of the States Relation Service; Miss; Charlotte M. Bister, county boys’ and} ney W. Hooper of the publicity de-| IN OPERATION, Paris, Sept. 2.—The first kitchen | girls’ club leader of Mott,.N. D.; Sid-| tor the feeding of children was estab- | Verness, Scotland. lished in Petrograd today by the: resigned to accept a pcsition in the!the Mother God—the Divine Mother, state treasurer’s office. Mr. Prater is} “pyen now the signs of the Divine | not ready to announce his list of em:| Mother's approach to the earth for ployes and two stenographers left for! jyqgment may be seen in. woman’s , ‘alleged conspirators wiil be underta- ken immediately, | partment of the Extension division,| American Relief Administration. Wai- | dan, A. L. Norling of Washburn, R. 8, and County Agents G. tI, Ilse of Man-| ter L, Browne, European director of; the administration, said in making} SEPTEMBER MORN Goodhue of Jamestown, C. C. Lake of| this announcement that another kitch- | circulation among meinbers of the abinet. He has summoned a cabingt meeting to be held next week at In- Blames State Troops An earlier communication from General Bandholtz said: ‘It is believed that the withdrawal of the invaders as promised by Kee- ney and Mooney (respective president and vice-president of the district mi- ners’ union) would have been satisfac- torily accomplished but for the tardy sending of trains and particularly but FARGO COMPANY RATES FIXED BY other positions. Ss. D. Institution To Use Lignite From N. D. Mine Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept: 2—South Dakota institutions this winter, prob- ably will use in considerable quan- tities lignite coal from the mines owned by South Dakota at Haynes, N. D,, in conformity with sugges- tions made by the last legislature and boards in control of institu- tions. Arrangements for the part use of the lignite by various state institu- tion are being made by E. O. Rousch, mine superintendent, in a swing around the state. He says that ap- proximately 10,000 tons of lignite coal from the state’s mines would be us- ed this year by the various institu- tions. The coal is sold at $1.75 a ton from the mine, and is held to have excellent heating qualities. TWO DIE WHEN’ PLANE CRASHES Hampton, Va., Sept. 2.—Adolph Fer- renchak. of Brooklyn, and Samuel’C. Capkewitz, of Patterson, N. J. cs iawakening and emancipation. | “God is both male and_ female, Heretofore man has refused to rec- ognize the woman element in the Di- PICTURE NO HIT ' Carrington, J. C. Rusell of ,and palm tree in reef. vine, But she is THE great element.” Pratt’s Altar Before the artistic Pratt bungalow, which is an aesthete’s dream of ex- quisite color and line, stretches the garden toward the sea. In the fore- gnound is a Korean altar, with a lion “The Mother God's altar,” explain- ed Pratt. “We found it at Vantines,” but it had been waiting for us through the ages—just as this spot, the most desirable location so near ‘New York, was passed by until we were guided here. “It was predestional thousands of years ago that we would make this the sanctuary of the Divine Mother —the temple of the Life Religion. Why, this promontory here is part of the submerged Atlantis! “Our religion is a happy religion, It is a beautiful religion. rod de- sires to be expressed only through beauty. And what a sense of humor the Divine Mother has! “She has appeared to me through Mme, Parma but once through | have many messages”. Deeply Sincere Pratt and Mme. Parma say they be- lieve in a recognizable God. Pratt has WITH POLICEMEN Minneapolis, Sept. 2.—Living pic- tures of September morn when the jday was but three hours and 45 min- utes old caught the attention of the Minneapolis shotgun squad on its hourly rounds in the Calhoun lake district. Investigation proved that the picture was being staged by two mermaids and two mermen. The police, lacking appreciation of the artists, called all four in, two re- sponding readily, two swimming to the opposite shore where they were found and loaded in the patrol wag- on. At the police station they gave their names as, Ray Mernian, Dul- uth; Hazel Miller, Hannaford, N. D.; Geo. Walsh, “North Dakota,” and Betty Thurston, St.’ Paul. TROTZKY CHARGE STRONGLY DENIED Riga, Letvia, Sept. 2.—(By the As- sociated Press.)—American authori- ties here declared the charge made in Moscow by Leon Trotzky that the American, intelligence service partici- pated in.an allegéd plot to assassinate ‘Russian Cotmbihist leaders is ridicu- killed when their airplane was wreck- ed near Indian Head, Maryland. an intense sincerity. (Continued on Page 8 lous, Beach, | R. C. Newcomer of Carson, G. C. Poe of Beulah, H. O. Sauer, of Linton, and Charles Eastgate, ci Amidon. ST. PAUL MAN HEADS LAWYERS Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 2—C. A. Severance, of St. Paui, Minn, was elected president of the American Bar Association today. Frederick Wade- ham, of Albany, N. Y., and Thomas Kemp, of Baltimore, Md., were re- elected treasurer and secretary, re- spectively. No other names wer2 presented be- fore the convention, nominations being made by the general counsel. Members of the executive committee include F. E. Ellsworth, of James- town, N. D. ITALY ACCEPTS HARDING'S BID Wahington, Sept. 2.—The Italian government has formally accepted President Harding's invitation to par- ticipate in the Washington disarma- ment and Far Eastern questions con- ference. The acceptance completes the list of nations invited. en would be opened in Moscow in a) few days. | for the ill-advised and ill-timed ad- vance movement of state constabulary on the night of August 27th resulting RAIL COMMISSION The state railroad commission has ordered the Union Light, Heat and | Power Company of Fargo to charge {rates which were in effect Sept. 1, !1919; to furnish each of its customers TURKS DRAWING AWAY AS GREEKS PUSH FORWARD Constantinople, Sept. 2. (By the As- sociated Press).—Turkish Nationalist forces which have been fighting a des- perate battle againt the Greeks in the loop of the Sakaria river in Asia Min- or are withdrawing toward Angor. Both the Greeks and the Turks have suffered heavily during recent fight- ing but the Turks were outnumbered. REASSESSMENT IS ORDERED Reassessment of the town of Oakes has been ordered by State Tax Commis- sioner Wallace, who uppointed Gus Strutz to do the work. The tax commissioner announced that the state’s attorney of Morton county was appealing the case of the city of Mandan to the district court. Wallace ordered a reassessment and values were laid. He says the county board put the figures back where the city board had placed tiem. a statement showing the amount of electricity furnished each and every month since September, 1920, and shall refund the difference between this rate and that fixed on September, 1919. The lighting rate provided is 10 cents for the first 100 kiiowats, 8 cents for the next 200; 7 cents for the next 200, and 6 cents for all over 500. A five per cent discount is allowed for payment of bills by the tenth of the month. The power rate is 6 cents for the first 200 kilowat. BRITISH TROOPS ARE ATTACKED BY RIOTING INDIANS Calicutt, British India, Sept. 2— British troops proceeding in motor cars last Sunday in the direction of Malaparham were attacked by 4,000 Moplahs near Mongarn. Assistant police chief Lancaster and two sold- iers were killed and several wounded, in bloodshed.” TRAIN CARRIES DEAD. Madison, W. Va., Sept. 2.—A Chesa- peake and Ohio railroad train which the armed forces around Blair have been using since regular service on Little Coal River branci was stopped, passed through Madison this morning bound for Whitesville, a mining vil- lage on the Wyoming county border. In one car, it was stated, were the bodies of a number <{ Whitesville men who had fallen in the fighting on Blair mountain. According to reports reaching the authorities there was another fight on Blair mountain this morning. The firing continued almost an hour. If there were casualties ihey were not reported. ENTRAIN TWO COMPANIES Fort Thomas, Ky., Sept. 2—Two companies of Fort Thomas troops left on a Chesapeake and Ohio train at 11 ecieck today for the West Virginia lelds START SHERMAN TROOPS Camp Sherman, 0.. Sept. 2—Two troop trains carrying the 19th infantry The Moplahs suffered serious casual- ties. numbering about 600 left for the West (Continued on Page 8)