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E BIS ‘ CK TRIBU Last Edition FORTIETH Y! YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 PRICE FIVE CENTS TAKE UF’ FAR EASTERN PROBLEM ror CITY’S BUD BUDGET (QT lINTIMATE SNAPSHOT OF WILSON TODAY ‘DEPOSITS LESS MARINES TAKE UP POSTS ON TRAINS IS DECREASED ‘UNDER NEW LAW City Commission Scales Down: Various Departments to Come | Within Requirements | i MAYOR IS FOR ECONOMY | ——. | Street Funds and Other Funds’ Are Decreased. Under | ‘Limitation Law I The city commission hs_ scaled! down the city -budget to conform! with the limitation provided by the; act of the last legislature. The city, Mayor Lenhart said an would have to keep its expenses to a: minimum during the coming year,| and he expressed approval of a close | paring of expenses if other political | subdivision do the same thing, so as; to cut. down the tremendous burden; on. taxpayers. Under the limitation law all subdivisions are permitted to} spend. in 1921 one-third of the; amount raised by taxation in the! three previous years. The state is ex- \ cepted from the law. The budget cuts made by the city} are’ chiefly in the general fund.) “The contingent fund also was eut.| There are some items in the budget; which are fixed charges, interest on} bonds, etc, and these cannot Al changed. Approximately one-half of the! White Way lights will not burn.; Further saving in lighting, it was said, | will be made in the summer time.) The cost of lighting the city was; $10,000, of which a considerable por-} tion was for White Way ‘lights. The; cut is to $7,525.61. The changes in the budget follow: ‘Salaries remain, 7,350.00; printing | and stationery, cut from $900 to! $721.47; street lighting, $7,525.61; health to $5,771.73; fire department, $8,700; to $6,974.18; police department,! $8,070 $10,000 pool expenses, $1,000 to $500; needy} poor, remains, $4,500; road and} street levy, $15,220.00 to« $12,410.2: contingent fund, secon to $2,478.7 library fund, $5,000-40": Total. Seebght including sie inter=| est charges, 18 $92,600.67. Original | ordinance was Nas eece0 00. 890.00. | to $7,000; water and sewer, 66 , 5 to $8,016.27, auditorium ex- penses, $1,500 to $1,202.44; swimming: international Miners Organiza- The American people saw Woodrow Wilson display the height of | 951.81, $10,000 to! physical courage when, despite his present infirmities, he responded to ‘their | department, $7,200 | plaudits before lug home. This on Arr COAL FIELDS tion Gives Final Edict mistice Day in Washington, a IGEN. PERSHING KISSES CHEEK” Hijadetphiny ay. Pay Nox. 16.— General Pershing. upon. belug, in- troduced to Mrs. Amelia Emma MeCudden, British war mother, at OF WAR VAR MOTHER October “STATEMENT OF ~ BANK REVEALS | Bank of North | Dakota Has How-' ! ever Increased Cash Hold- | ings During Month /REDUCES BILLS PAYABLE ‘Bond Receipts Listed From: Commission on Real Estate and Mill and Elevator i i | The monthly statement of the Rank of North Dakota, issued as of Nov-! | ember 16, shows a decrease of total | j footings from» $12,246,245.38 to 10,-} | 517,962.60, showing a continued! i Uquidation. Deposits decreased con- | siderably... H Among the comparisons with the ; October 16 statement which reflect! ithe bank’s condition are the follow- | Nawiber of banks having redeposits | | Increased from 208 to 211 and amount; | in banks increased from $2,200,844.43 to $2,211,993.38, Amount due from public institu- | j tions increased from $1,384,054.09 to! ' $1,451,394.55. Amount due’ from correspondent banks outside of North Dakota, which is $1,277,121.65 is an increase of; about $2,000. | Cash on-hand increased from $95,- 068.36 to $102,787.57. i Net profits decreased from ; 070.36 to $155,783.7 Public deposits, creased from $2,313 [174.44 | Public deposits, state treasurer, de- | creased from $2,484,505.29 to $2,296,-| 353.80. Due to depositary banks (reserve) ; decreased from $352,732.64 to $300,- $160,-! inking funds, de-| 078.08 to $2,182,-| Bills payable $700,000 to, $573,950. The bank statement lists register- ed. checks’, amounting to $11,960.56, | stating they had been called but not! ees presented. A change ih the method of carry-; ing bonds ‘gales is shown in_ the} 15 and November | ports. Inthe October report there was} \tisted under resources $2,062,265.85 | jof farm-loang assigned to state: trea- (Continued on Pare 8) decreased from SH NEP cat ice TROOPS CALLED TOSTRIKE DUTY. AT IOWA PLANT | ky billed from Miami to Kansas 15 re-\wnasses are IN NORTH DAKOTA TO GUARD MAILS: Fargo, Nov. 16.—Marines “from | trains trains. The service men who will Quantico, Va., arrived here today to|make their headquarters here will. take stations as guards over the mails.! watch the mails on the Great North-! The number of soldiers was not made! érn as far west as Willlston and: a | public by Ray Dolphin, chief clerk of | the Northern Pacific as far as M the railway mail service here, who} City, Dolphin said. The use of fat {announced their arrival. The marines | diers to protect the mails from rob- will be used to guard valuable mail be-| bery is in line with a policy announc- tween’ postoffice and the railWay sta-|ed recently by Postmaster General tions and also will be stationed on| Hays. i Jacksonville, Fla, Fla, Nov. 16—A i solid carload of Scotch rye whis- H as “fich” was seized by offi- | today. Discovery that the refrigerator car contained contra- hand was made when the Ice was being renewed, MISSION HERE ATTRACTSHANY. “wer ms c and D from Des Moines under | | command of Col. Guy E. Brewer, ar- iMany Péaple of of All Aa edie pngeltived here this morning. The troops immediately relieved the 80 deputy: tions Attend Services at | sherifts sworn into service late yes-| St. Mary’s Church Strike of Packing Plant Em- ed By Governor’s Order iterday by Sheriff George Gilner who| | had been guarding the John Morrow ‘packing plant during the night.! VITAL ‘TOPICS DISCUSSED | Quiet prevailed in the vicinity of CHINA PRESENTS HER SITUATION TO CONFERENCE Minister Sze < Outibses Eastern | Republic’s Place in the Armament Meeting - JAP MAKES NO RESPONSE jTechnical Committee Takes Up Working Out of Details of American Plan Washington, Nov. 16.--(By the As- sociated Press.)—A detailed state: ment regarding China’s interest, and ployes in Ottumwa Follow- | her “attitude; on far eastern questions was made ‘today by Minister Sze at the first meeting of the committee on : Pacific and Far Eastern questions. No program for the consideration jof Far Eastern questions wag agree upon but the heads of the delegation of the nine powers forming the com- mittee were to meet later today to frame an order of procedure. There was no response :from the Japanese after China had presented her view of the situation and although some general discussion developed ai, of the other nations represented’ re- ‘served a detailed statement of their opinions for later presentation. Indications” were that the first at- tempt to get down to cases would be ice SS 9 the packing house this morning though ; A week set apart by the church for |# large crowd was on hand before! men! and women to meditate: ts the | the troops arrived. Yesterday strike! te lat a. Wibeibae eocduok 1 bs | pickets and sympathizers stationed to! burp conducted by | prevent employes from entering the} Father Stanton who is conducting the , Plant to work precipitated rioting in! mission at St. Mary’s church, | which 25 persons were injured. The missions, which have been at-! The troops are patrolling all ‘streets tracting wide attention among people; jeading to the packing plant while; of all denominations, began on Sun-| machine guns have been set up at! day, November 6, and the week fol-! advantageoug points and the crowd lowing was especially for women. |in the vicini y is kept scattered andj| This week Father Stanton is talkies on the move.- to the men. Pears The church with about 100 extra| Des Moines, Ia., Nov. 16.—Four units | seats was filled to capacity during; of the Iowa National Guard ordered the women’s week and with about 50; by Gover endall last night to! extra seats has been filled each night duty in the' ing strike zone at Ot- with a men’s congregation. Morning | tumWa, entrained at 1:20 o'clock this] held at six and eight! jmeTAina Ths men carried full equip- o'clock and have’ also’ ‘drawn Jirge| ment, nunition, machine guns and! crowds, i" The subjects at-the evetilng séFvicés | "Goloribe’ Kendall. ordered the are general and of interest to all, Such: troops to.the strike zone last night! subjects as “Marriage” and’ “The! following a telegram from Ottumwa made in the meeting of the heads of delegations later in the day. Maintenance of the open door in China was said to have been urged vigonously by Sze, who also spoke strongly for abolition of secret trea- j ties affecting China and urged that hereafter all such treaties between the powers be made public. The question of the disposition of Shantung was not brought up.. Neith- er did Dr. Sze go into the question of granting future foreign concessions in China. Both of the subjects were jto be left for future discussion. AMERICAN PLAN UP. Washington, Nov. 16.—(By the. As- ‘sociated Press.)—The first, meeting. of the technical committee to which the ; armament program of the American delegation was referred yesterday ad- journed at noon today«not. to resume until tomorrow-, Various phases of the American plan were taken under consideration by the individual’ ex- the banquet to Marshal Foch last | : \ | Home” have been discussed. The ser-|Mictals that the situation was beyond} perts for each power preparatory t CUT WAGES OF mon this evening willbe on “Con-' local control. further committee discussion later. : { H | Pittsburgh, Kan., Nov. 16—What GUARANTY F | union officials and opcevators termed la “show down’ in the Kansas coal | field loomed today with the going into effect of an order by representatives |” ‘ef the International ne Workers {Ui nion that all strik ‘back to the pits today. At Obey the edict wilt bring revoc tion {of local charters and automatic sus- jpension of the recalcitrant members, jaccording to the terms of the order. Tamemuteat. { About 12,000 miners went on vol The state guaranty fund commission | untary strike several weeks ago when met here today in a special meeting, | alexander Howatt. president and Aus to consider a number of questions in! yst Dorchy vice-president of the Kan- connection with closed banks in the sas union were sent to jail for six state. Imonths for violation of the Industrial The commission still has before it) Court law. the question of making payments to; It was imrissible early today to de- the depositors of the first of the clos-jtermine how genetally the back to ed banks. It has been decided to pay; work notice was being obeyed. depositors, ofthe Tolley» State ban the first) of ‘the: series of closings. It | was: announced ‘this bank would re-; open. “About ‘three months ago an; ‘audit of the Security State bank of New England was ordered. Nothing! a un saree te Juvers Sofia, Nov. 16—The period allowed | | yuekte’s “trial meritered its third day in the ultimatum of the allied coun-' this morning with the jury nearing cil of, ambassadors for disbandment’ completion and local interest in the of the Bulgarian regular army and in-| cage as evidenced by empty seats in in the field go Failure to Special Meeting Is Called State Capitol Governor Frazier has under consid- eration the question of removing John O. Grubb and H. A. Kirkilie, comm: sioners of Burke county. He said to- day he was not ready to announce a decision in their cases. The two commissioners were charg- ed with “misconduct, malfeasance and crime in office and gross incompeten- cy” in connection with the deposit of funds in Burke county benks by the county treasurer. They were eited to appear before the governor, bag it was stated they did not appear. children will pass through the hands | ; ONE KILLED IN of government soncials : ill be audited. expenses in INDIA RIOTING atie aa aaministeritig "the ‘fund stitution of a volunteer force has ex-!'the court room is waning. has begun checking, up the arty: 15 members of the venire, 11 of them. strength throughout the country. The! including five women have been ac- all conscripted soldiers and limite ed | the volunteer force to the figures fixei, iA PENNY “WANTED provisions of the treaty Bulgaria has delivered 1,000 railroad cars to Ser-) bia. A’ penny from shool child in \the United States is being solicited by BURKE COUNTY ioner of Education, who will speak y before the fin c ie North he money raised | posed te use to erect a monument, a gift of the school children of the soldiers of this country first met th¢ Germans. The monument will be es- lican fighters who lost their lives in| the Chateau Thierry drive. has the approval of President Hard- ing, Vice, President Coolidge, Secre- has been de$ignated as honorary | chairman for Fra pired and the inter-allied commission! After two da: spent in examining government declares it has discharged | cepted tentatively. in the treaty of Neuilly. Under the! FROM EACH CHILD John J. Tigert, United States Commis- [Da ota, Biate Association, at ly this snaiton wid appeal it is pro- | United State: the point where the pecially a memovial to the 2,000 Amer- According to Mr. Tigert the plan tary Weeks and others. Marshal Foch e, The monument will cost $3,000,000. Kivsed her, “Your visit to America will do much to create a friendly ‘spirit between England and Ameriea,” he said, and then he kissed the Englishwoman who sent three sons into the British army, none of whom returned. FARGO 0 GET. HEADQUARTERS Will Be Regimental Headquar- ters for State Regiment Regimental headquarters of the North Dakota guard will be located in Fargo, Major Harold Sorenson, of the adjutant general’s department, said today. In addition to a headquarters { company Company B will be allotted to Fargo. Graml Forks will be headquarters for a battalion. Other, battalion head- quarters have not been‘allotted. Or- ganization work of the National Guard will continue through the winter with the hope of bringing the organization to the full regimental strength of 18 units. Major Sorenson, returning from a week’s organization ¢rip, expressed encouragement over the manner in which the National Guard work is be- ing taken up in several towns. Or- ganization of companies is under way in Minot, Devils Lake, Grafton and Hillsboro, he said. The Minot compiny chine gun compan | Ponit.a howd have Company lL. Units aay q in Grand Forks. Wahpeton and Williston. Major B. C. Boyd has heen desig- nated to organize a battalion head- quarters in Grand Forks Fraine will be asked to mand of the regiment, stood. ND. JUDGESHIP BEFORE HARDING Wi will be a_ma- 1s it is under- shington, Nov. 16—(By the As- ed Pr ‘An incident of politi- differe: in North Dakota was put before President Harding today in The subscriptions from the school; form of a protest over federal judges. ral judge Amidon, while Senator Mc- Cumber has endorsed Andrew Miller. will be borne by private individuals. London, Nov. 16.—The British dep- — uty commissioner is Calcutta an 19 Radio is used to send a crewless with President Harding and it »\the:ecompany that the reduction of! Both senators have been in conference was {said his decision would be made and MINERS 80 PCT. |Colorado. Fuel and Iron Com-| pany Files Notice i ; Denver, Colo. Nov. 16.—Notice of ja general wage reduction of approx-| imately 30 per cent to take effect to-| | morrow’ morning 1n 26 coal mines in| ‘Colorado was posted at the headquar- : ters of the Colorado Fuel and Iron; company this morning. The order reducing wages affects | about 3,500 men. | Officials expect a strike that will) shutdown temporarily all the mines | affected that are now in operation,’ it| is announced. It is the contention of ; Wages is being put into effect in ac- cordance with agreements with the} employes of the mines affected which | vere made last August. 42KILLEDIN AN EXPLOSION Mayence, Germany, Nov. 16. — Twelve people have been killed and! 60 injured in an explosion in a fac- tory at Dotzheim, a short distance from Weisbaden. Prussia. The dam- age to the factory is estimated at 25,000,000 marks. | Steps are being taken by the French to relieve distr of survivors, ! Dotzheim is miles north of Op-| pau where an lorton on Sept. 21} killed 1,000 » “CONVICT HELD jing the services. |parish. The mission is held regular- | Dressel has been American Commis- trine of the Real Presence of Christ; |in the Blessed Sacrament. Services have also been held for! the children on Monday, Tuesday and} Wednesday afternoons at 4 o'clock. ' About 400 children have been attend-| Father Stanton was especially pleased with the earnestness and piety shown by the men and women of the ly every year in the larger parishes and once in three years in the small- er places. Father Stanton says that a good deal of the evil is caused by people forgetting and the purpose of the mission is to help them remem- ber their duties. He also says that the cause of discord among men and among women is the lack of under- standing and that when people will come together so they may learn, un- derstanding will increase and at the same time discord will decrease. Missions for the men will be ‘heid every night this week. The final ser- mon will be given on Sunday, Novem- ber 20. DRESSEL NAMED TO GERMAN POST ‘Washington, Nov. 16—Ellis Loring ‘Dressel, of Boston, was nominated today by President Harding to be charge de affaires to Germany. Mr. sioner to Germany and is Berlin. now in EX-EMPEROR IS NEARING EXILE} Gibralta, Nov. 16—(By the ‘Asso-| ciated Press) — Former Emperor Charles of Austria ‘Hungary and For- IN NEW MEXICO Phoenix, A ‘ov. iz.. Nov. 16—The robber captured here last night at the Santa Fe station following an attempt to rob a mail car was identified by fing- er prints tod; Foy Gardner who recently escaped from the federal penitentiary at ‘MeNeil’s Island, Seat- le. According to the police Gardner ad- mitted his identity. ‘Police officers also attempted to identify the prisoner as Gardner by a wound in the leg which he was re- ported to have received from the gun of a guard: when he escaped from Mac gian government has informed Den- ‘Neil Island. ‘The police were unabie to find..the wound.and the prisoner maintained that none of the Senator Ladd urged appointment of] fired by the guards struck him. where they! Seth Richardson as associate to fed-| “Police said this morning that while|tends that the Danish there was nothing of unusual value ack hi local | the whaling. sealing and fishing w! Wank planned to ship 15000. from|thev have until now carried on un- the| challenged in Greculene waters. bank planned to‘ship $15,000 hete- today and they believe would-be robber had been tipped off policemen were injured while stop-| vessel as far as the electric impulses! jomination ‘forwarded to the senate|to the shipment but got the wnong ping a riot in a tramway: striRe) * will carry. . hefore’ Decemher® first. train. shots|the whole of Greenland which was mer Empress Zita are nearing their place of exile on the island of Ma delra. The British cruiser Cardiff with the former royal pair on board arriv- ed here today en route to Funchal, Madeirg, in the Atlantic off the nerthwest coast of Africa, a compara- tively short sail from this port. DISPUTE DANES SOVEREIGNTY 16— The Christiania, ‘Nov. 1 Norwe- mark that it cannot recognize the extension of Danish sovereignty to Norway con. action pre- judices the right of Norwegians announced last May. Whales keep Warm by. the thick|nomic and ecclesiastical thinkers of PROSPECTS OF BIG LAND DEAL APPEAR FADED, Proposal Made Te To Purchase: 30,000 Acres of Land | Near Baldwin i i i} Prospects of one of the largest! land deals in many years in Bur-| leigh county appeared somewhat; faded today. A stranger who visited in and near| Baldwin “bought” a half dozen or 80! farms. He was to ship in 8,000 fin cattle and he needed 30,000 acres o grazing land. The only silp in thi deal came when the time arrived for paying for the land purchased by! verbal agreement. The money had not been produced today and the out- come is unknown, ; ments ; turned night complimented Mrs, MeCud- gession” and on Thursday night Father; The, four companies at total peace ——— ] don upon her yisit to America Stanton will explain the Catholic Doc-| strength muster approximately 250| Washington, Nov. 16.—(By the As-. and then leaned forward and men. sociated Press.)—With the American ; arms reduction proposal referred to a committee of the naval advisors o: the five great powers as the accepted fundamental policy on naval arma- the Washington conference its attention today to other big subjects of the meeting, the Far Hastern question, Apparently none of the nations was ready to present a comprehensive. plan of settlement of questions in- volved at the outset and the delega- tion of all the nine interested powers seemed to have adopted a waiting at- titude as they prepared to meet in ex- ecutive session this morning as a ; Committee of the whole to take up this phase of the conference work. Meanwhile the work of preparing a veport on the American ‘proposal for reduction of naval armament involv- ing consideration of the modifications to be suggested by Great Britain and Japan under the reservations with which the plan was accepted by them |in principle and spirit along with 'rance and Italy will go forward. FUR COMPANY le SUFFERS LOSS The stranger visited in Baldwin and agreed’ to purchase many farms. H came to Bismarck yesterday with number of farmers, and sought to send a draft for $125,000 on a bank in Cordele, Georgia, through the First National Bank. A reply was received| by wire that he was not known in} Cordele. The man explained to States; Attorney McCurdy, Deputy Sheriff; Phelps and the farmers that he had! sold land through an agent in Georgia | and had directed the money be put in; a bank at Folkstone, Georgia. A re-| ply from Folkstone said he and the} real estate agent whose name he gave! were not known and no big land deal | had been recorded. The discussion continued during’ the day, and late last evening the) stranger is understood to have re-! turned to the farmer with whom he; had been staying at Baldwin, SR aR s ea One Representative | For Church Schools, Grand Forks, N, D., Nov. 16.—Roy G. Holdorff, a senior in the ministerial courses of Wesley college and a sen-| ior also in the Liberal Arts depart- ment of the University of North Da- kota wag the only representative of the church schools of the state to at- tend the conference upon disarma- ment of the representatives of the 700 church schools of the country. The conference, at which the repre~ sentatives of the different schools heard of the problems of the sessions at Washington, and of the assistance that might be given by the country at large in a better understanding of all the varied forces at work, was ad- dressed by some of the leading eco | dle Mississippi Chicago, Nov. 16.—Fire which stari! ed in the Hearman Real Fur company arly this morning caused a damage stimated at $200,000 completely de- ‘stroying the fur company’s stock. ————______-——__—_—__4 | Today’s Weather | o—_—________¢ For Twenty-four hours ending at noon Nov. 16. » 24 | Highest yesterday .. Lowest yesterday ; Lowest last night Precipitation | Highest wind v Ly Weather Forecast For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly cloudy and much colder tonight and and Thursday. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy and much colder to-night and Thurs- day. Weather Conditions The western low pressure area has advanced southeastward to the mid- Valley and the continued low over the Southwest while a high pressure atea has overspread the Canadian Northwest and the Missouri Valley. Light snowfall has been general over the northern border States. Tem- peratures are still moderate but will fall over the Northwest during the next 24 hours. The weather in North Dakota will be partly cloudy and much colder to-night and Thursday. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. pressure Premiums this country annually. for fire insurance in amount to $850,000,000 layer of fat beneath the skin, the present time. Microscopes reveal 22 teeth in a mosquito.

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