The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1921, Page 1

. \ / CK TRIBUNE [am THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, ’21 RATIFY PEACE PACT GREATER NAVAL TONNAGE eceniah Danin | DATTA MEN | FOR FREE STATE The Weather. Generally Fair FORTIETH, YEAR BRITISH -FRANCE ASKS COUNTIES ARE - CORN CHAMPION CTATR EXPENSES ASKED TO. JOIN ) FOR ATTORNEYS SAVING BFFORT HELD 100 HIGH ‘ | RAO which requires ' that corn and other coarse grains be carried for 10 per cent less than wheat. ‘ ‘The commission’s order for the * reduction was issued October 20 and was based on the petition of 14 western states and a number of hay in trans-Mississippi territory which the carriers. recently sought to have suspended for six months were sustained by the In- terstate. Commerce Commission BY NEW DEMAND rates on grain, graln produets-and Over $47,000 Paid Out of For| Letter to Commissioners | Special Assistants Since is \ > Asking Economy \ H . 1919, Jotinson Finds jes WOULD CUT 1922 TAXES ) Proposes Saving All Along Line; To.Reduce Tax Burdens Upon the People Assign Assistants Only in * Case of Necessity rd Cost to the state of employing spec- jial assistant attorney-generals to aid 'in prosecuting cases in Governor R. A. Nestos today issued a letter asking all public officials in) the state to join in a common effort to reduce expenses of government and} cut taxes. His letter, addressed to! tne chairinan_of the county commis-! sioners of each county, called upon': them to se@n their expenses. closely | aud seek ways to reduce them. The letter follows: To the Chairman Board of County Commissioners. Dear Sir; + % i “Since my inauguration as gover-; nor, a couple of weeks ago, I have’ sought to ascertain just what can be’ done by the new administration to re-- duce the expenses, to institute econ- omies and to lessen the tax burdens | of our people. “I find that considerable may be, done here and the expenses of the ~ state government considerably reduc- ; ed, and to this extent the tax-burden- | ed peop'e of our state will be re-; lieved, but I am also mindful of the; fact that while a saving of a million} or two in the cost of administering 'Sveinborn Johnson, Attorney-General, j has decided that “the need of such a: .Stunve must,be clearly shown and it {must farthe: 5 ‘in other legal. manne. before ‘he will assign an assistant to such cases, i? 1 | been expected for special assistants in | the attorney-general’s office $47,713.48, ; Mr. Johnson sayé. He asks the coo eration of the states, attorneys in en- jfoicing the law, in eliminating ex- , pense and in preventing an overlap- ping of the states attorneys. and the jattorney general's offices. In a lett to all states attorneys, mailed from h + office today, Mr. Johnson says; ;To The State’s Attorneys: | “The rete at which the qost of op- erating the office of the Attorney-Gen- ‘eral during the past few years has i been soaring, and the necessity for ‘retrenchment at every possible point, cuting ordinary actions on <trial in various counties in the state. Duty of State’s Attorney “There is in every county, a State “Hunt Definite Motive! For Death of J. A. Elston duty it is to prosecute all porsons who violate the penal laws of the state and who: are properly triable within the county. Circumstances may occasignally_arise which makes it difficult or impossible for / the State’s Attorney to prosecute sume particular proceeding. For this con- tingency our legislature has wisely and amply provided. When such a contingency exists Section 3381 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for 1913 provides that the Dibtrict Judge may appoint special counsel to assist ‘the State’s Attorney in important cases. Another statute provides that the County Commissioners may,, ap-, (Continued on Page 3) BERGER ASKS DEBS’ RELEASE t —___+_____—_— yi | Today’s Weather | Washington, Dec. 16—Victor Berger, | gocialist, who was twice refused a i prompts me to address: this letter to the faa tax burdens of our peaple f | Frank “W. Lux, 13, of Shelby cayn- Aa carefully, and cooperate conscien- the school districts, townships vil-|tY, Ind. and some of the corn which pone in attaining the end itt view. lages, cities and counties of our state) Won fer him the junior Yorn cham- ; us gaa of. the peCOnas —it is, after all, but‘a slight percent- | Pionship_ of the United States at the took Ace anna at yer. dge of reduction and that, therefore, | International Grain and Hay Show in lente Ma thine otee: sitiinass, ane it becomes essential in order to bring! Chicago. He raised ‘101.6 bushels to) i ouig be adi aearae Miia fa ane as any substantial relief to the taxpayers’ the acre. ‘which Peer et tears tails emaaio’ rof our state to effect a similar reduc-| more, Mr. F, A. Pike, a Minneapolis tion in the cost of the administration | 5 A atharney elias alsdsthacBeukiGt Natt “of oun counties and various other po- LON B DY | Dakota tio recover $10,000.00 \ for al: litfeal sub-divisions. J | leged legal services under appoint: q e i Nie ment, which item, of course, will alsu “The Leconpaacaneny desives| FOUND IN RIVER weer, pater Rel fae bavors to do its share, and a rigid system of) ! a ‘ a economy has already been instituted | * amounts has been paid Special As with the result that a material saving | Se ge will result, but we are anxious that in! Fyjends this program of economy we shall | have the co-operation of every politi-| cal sub-division of our dae I an as sure that great results can he secured; series if if the state administration, the county | , Berkeley, Calif, Dec. Ag pamollve! commissioners, and the boards of our} Coilgraseman ae nee pata} H school districts, townships, villages) (407) Dads was: found date Fjeaterday| and cities, together with all public of- | in themPotomagcriver th Want i | ficials. will apply the same rigorous | 441) Saee + 4 r od ae s id an onomies to the public business as the | °. puzzled close fri nds and rela- econ lied {tives here today who said they were oitleeney ot eee rao eel to|at a loss to account for a note found} their private expenditures and their |i" the representative's clothes saying) ivate affairs during these months of; °@ Was entang cd in a chain of cir- vepreewad conditions. ects valen Spelled ruin R “Por the sake of securing compara-| wore gaid to be in excellent shape. tive statistics, I wish that you would ie ne rece Ss have the auditor prepare for us at the earligst. possible moment a statement! ACC ATLS BILL of the-appropriations made for the! general fund during the years 1917, | aint or direct the appointment af a 1919 and 1921 together wilt suet {special assistant to te State's Attor- other information as he would deem le hieye of value in making compara? | | “It seems clear that if neither the study of the growth of these expend-} aca catia Ss | County Commissioners nor the Dis- itures. ‘ . dye te President- of Newspapers Pub-! trict Judge, who are in complete touch “The administration is realy . gene ‘with local conditions and appreciate pledge you its co-operation in this lishers Association Asks | them fully, deem it necessary to name <Continued onreee w i an assistant to the State’s Attorney “ | Defeat in any given proceeding, the State ve i ——_—_— {should not be expected, at great ex- | Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 16—Thomas R.} pense, to furnish such legal assist: | Williams, president of the American! ance. A | Newspaper Publishers association, to-!. “I have in mind no county in th Qe called upon all members of the}|state where the duly elected - State’s . lorganization as well™as publishers! Attorney is not fully competent to | generally to use their efforts to defeat | house bilf' No. 6508 on the ground that| RESE {“no. such mischievous interference! P ‘with press freedom has: ever before| g {been seriously proposed in tHis coun-; Al Radi Othe bill,” said Mr, Williams in | i i lien ji-; “The bill,” said Mr. s in Deportation Against ri | statement, “prohibits publication inj / cals is Possible Action i newspapers of any-news likely: to lead; i Pee |to gambling.” Ostensibly aimed at Say Officials racing news it would be equally ap-| i Piteable toe large quantity and variety | Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. 16.—While na-! of nancial and other news. > tional Duerdamen patrolled the K n-} sas coal fields today state offic! studied evidence against a large num-! der of persons with a view ot seule | = a naa E A warrants in connection with strike’ ‘or twenty-four i \ . disorders which earlier-in the week|noon Dec. 16. > | seat in the hotise, called at the White gress Sees Harding threw the district into turmoil and| Temperature at 7 A. M- E 1 ee ae eee ae Sor ae resulted in the sending of troops to | Highest yesterda: yy 1 ee of Eugene V. Debs, socialist lead- protect non-strikers, members of the} Lowest yesterday . . 26) + A United Mine Wo: 8. 2 Lowest last night . Possible depo ion proceedings | Precipitation against alien agitators and radicals in} Highest wind velocity the district also were being contem- Weather Forecast. plated ‘by federal officials, it was said. For Bismarck and vici Gener- ‘According to reports here a large pro- ally fair tonight and Saturday; rising portion of the men on strike are not| temperature Saturday. naturalized Americans. For North Dakota: Additional policemen were again de- | tonight and Saturday; co tailed to the stockyards district today | cast portion tonight; rising tempera- following sporadic outbreaks by strike | ture Saturday. ee 3 sympathizers last night in whitch sev- Weather. Conditions. eral persons were attacked on sup-| ‘The western low pressure area hasi positiow that they were strike-break- | advanced to the lower Missouri Valley ers: One, a Mexican, who was stab-|and high pressure has overspread the ped in the hack, may die. northern Rocky: Mountain region. An- Several minor disorders were also|other low pressure area 1s central | + Light snow has fallen { and northern Mis- stssippi Valleys. The temperature Thirty-three thousand forest fires,|has* fallen over the Dakotas and covering 12.500,000 acres of timber-| northern Minnesota. y--A arct the United States about ORRIS. W. ROBERTS, $20,000,000 annually. | Meteorologist=-- LY NE | pionage law. 22NE : Mir. Berger said he called to see the 1 President as “‘a member of Congress |but unseated” and found that | Harding had “a big heart.” Generally fair |clined ti comment further on colder in south-! ‘WASHED HUBBY’S Chicago, Dec, 16—Mrs. Kather- ine Henne, of Deansville, Wis. testified before Judge Grimm that one of ker household duties for - the past five years has been to wash the feet of her husband, George. ‘The court granjed her a divorce. « ‘ “These not being Bibje times a hasband should wash his own feet,” Judge-Grimm said, reported by the Omaha police and six) over Alberta. arrests were made. over the Missour: LETTER TO STATES ATT’NYS | Attorney General Says He Will United Stat the various} jcounties has risen to such a point that | be made to appear that! such need cannot be adequately met” "| Since January 1, 1919, there has! sistants who were engaged in prose-j ;| alloted France and Italy the outstand- | Attorney elected by the people, whose) {handle all criminal matters that mayj{ Socialist Refused Seat in Con-, y/er, serving sentence in the Atlanta; <.9¢| penitentiary for violation of the. es-, Mr. He de-; his call. | FEET: DIVORCE: Italy Also Wants To Build More| Ships If Conference Accedes To French Request | \ BIG THREE IN AGREEMENT i es, Japan and Great Britain Agree to the Amer- ican “5-5-3” Ratio | Washington, Dec. 16—(By the Associated Press)—Arthur J. Bal: four, head of ‘the British’ delega- tion, gave not.ce today that | Great Britain would propose to | the armament conference the to- | tal abolition of submarines. { Washington, Dec. | Sociated Prese)—The French delega- | tion has presented a proposal for s i 16—(By. the As: ¢ i i great an increase in the strength of) the French navy that the British de! clare such a_ progr: if carried out! | would upset the wi) le plan of a “5% a ; naval ratio. ! | ‘Atthough not entirely revealed the; British unde-stand that the French | plan provides for the construction of| } ten 35,000 ton super-dreadnaughts in | the 10 years subsequent to 1925. These | vessels of a type similar to the Amer-| {ican battleship. Maryland would give! ‘France a capital ship tonnage of 350,- | | 000 as against 315,000 for Japan and a} i preponderous of new “post-Jutland’”: | type craft over all nations. | val of such a building program is said| | to have told ‘the armament conference | that if France has asked 350,000 tons | she must carry out a similar building program. e : The combined French \and Italian fleets ths would be some 200,000 tons, | stronger than /the British jor Amerf- gan_ allotment,;under. the revised | figures agreed: on yesterday. by the} | “Big Three.” bt \ BIG THREE AGREE ; ‘Washington, Dec. 16—(By the Asso- | ciated ‘Press)—Announcement of a final agreement between the United ‘States, Great ain and Japan onthe American “5- naval ratio left the question of capital ship tonnage to bej ing matter to be determined by the | new naval committee of 15 as it re- | sumed today. its task of whipping into \ final shape the prospective five-power naval limitation agreement. ‘BURCH TRIAL ' | IS PUT OVER i i | Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 16.—There was: no-wession today of the trial of Arthur C. Burch, charged with the murder of J. Belton Kennedy, ad- | journment until Monday having been j taken yesterday. i i | i | lawed last night’s ‘ Italy although indicating disappro-| pday and wil, go inte effect Dec. The reduction ayerages about 16.5-per cent of the 1920 grain rates and are further decreased by the commission’s order today STORM COVERS EASTERN N. DAK. argo, Dec. 16—Clear weather with temperatures near the zero point fol- snowstorm . over the eastern half of the state. morning was. 10 above zero but had dnopped to 5 above by 11 o'clock. . \ 1 i Snowfall in Fargo was one-tenth of? BY DEPARTMENT. }an inch. Temperature herf early this! «J : i ALLIES DISCUSS GERMAN REQUEST FOR MORE TIME Blame Germany For Conditions But Are Faced With Her Inability To Pay’ TO TAKE ACTION SOON agricultural organizations. Further suspension of the rates it was sald can now be obtained ony by court order in the case an appeal from the commission’s ac. tion fs taken by the raflronads, MAHON LOAN - HISTORY GIVEN Loan on Golden Valley Land. From State Bank Figured "| in'State Politics pases . i ‘APPROVALS RESCINDED) ce | , Manager DeNault of Farm Loan; | Department Issues Order | i i Cancelling Approvals | History o: the loan mado by. the} |farm joan department of the Bank of i North Dakota to D. J. McMahon, land| \dealer of St.Paul, said to be an uncie! Ratification of Peace Pact Com- pletes British Parliament Action on Matter DAIL CONTINUES DEBATE Some Correspondents _ Express Doubt If Sinn Fein Will Approve It London, Dec. 16.—(By the A. P.)—Both houses of the Brit- ish parliament ratified the treaty creating the Irish free state by overwhelming majori- ties this afternoon, DAIL CONTINUES MEETING. London, Dec. 16,—(By Associated Press.)——Members of the, imperial barliament and of the Dail Eireann gathered again ‘today for continued discussion of the Irish peace treaty. | There was slight hope that a decision would be reached today by the Dail which again met in secret and it was thought that the public sessions at which a vote would be taken would not be ‘held until tomorrow and pos- ay might be deferred until next week, {of former Congressman. John Baer’s| ‘ A vote of ratification was expected Parls, Dee. 16,—(By Associated Press.)—The reply oi the alled reparation commission to the note of the. German government an- nouncing its Inability to pay the next two reparation instauments warded to Berlin to- pecial courier. The reply was a simple acknowl- edgment of Germany’s notifica- tion of her inabiity to meet the payment, the commission resery- ing final decision on. Germany's request for an extension of the payment. —_—_—_—_ / Paris, Dec. 16—(By the Associated Press)—The*allied repafations com- mission meeting today to consider the German notice of inability to pay the next two installments of the war debt in full and requesting extension) ment follows: of time virtually agreed that the com- mission itself should take définite ac- tion on the request instead of refer- ring the question to the allied yov- ernments. At ‘was announced that the commis- sion would meet again this afte-- noon to discuss the matter further. The allied experts in expressing themselves on the situation declare ‘Germany herself is responsible for the situation as the German government had failed to make any sefious at- tompt to balance its budget. They de- clare, héwever, that regardless of ‘Germany’s responsibility the allies and the commission are faced with the apparent inability of Germany to pay. LETTERS IN ROTARY DRIVE. TO ASCERTAIN MOST POLITE Ee CLERK IN CITY COMING IN :pu ‘clerk. The name is left out as r !winners:are selected by a commi' ‘¢oupon below and mail to Tribune as soon as possible. ‘don’t know the name of the clerk you want to vote for make aj ‘point to find out. There are only Bismarck Tribune: ' i courteous sales ty in 0 with a smile i lot. DO It This Evening. ere a ‘ Bismarck. N. Dak., 12-14-21. i Letters in the Rotary courtesy drive being conducted the'through The Tribune columns are beginning ‘to arri : blished below in which a woman gives the name of her favorite ve. One is s none will be announced until the | the appraiser said that “located as it ittee of Rotarians. If you a few days more in which to cast Should my vote be cast {or the most pleasant and Bismarck, I would vote for Mrs. . -She meets you and is never too tired to Show you more than one article, and is pleasant and nice while waiting ' on you. She will ‘tell you whether or not a thing looks | nice and neat on you and does not try to sell you some- H thing that does not look well i Therefore I think Mrs. on you. the most pleas- i ant and competent sales lady in Bismarck. _ ij ~(Give name and add | | Signature of voter . (Not for Publication.) VOTE FOR TWO ONLY : My selection as the most,courteous clerk is: ress, write plainly.) | Wife, is detailed by employes in the} ;farm loan department of the Bank of ‘North Dakota. The loan, made on! ‘Golden Valley land, was thuch ‘dis: {cussed in the Langer campaign. | ‘The loan ‘of $25,000 was made when| ‘the title of the land was not.held by} |My, McMahon, according to. employes | jin the farm loan department . under! | Manager W. B. DeNault. ‘el A quit-claim deed since has been ob-| | tained, by Mr. MgMahon .but it.can-! not be*recorded because of a consié erable amount-ofunpaid taxes on-the+ land. No payments have been made by McMahon on the loan nor taxes on land, although records show that ef-| fits were made to get him to make payments. i ‘the. history of the loan as given.by | the records in the farm loan depart- ; ‘On January 2, 1920, McMahon gave! |the Bank of North Dakotg four mort-| Gages aggregating $25,0 and .on| | Feb. 28, 1920, a blanket mortgage for $25,000 on 4,857 acres of Bad Lands; in Golden Valley county. J At the time the loan was made title to the land was held in trust by Sam- uel R, Van Sant. as trustee for the} Van Sant company covering this and} other land for a loan of $20,000 on |5,076 acres. ‘Bonds had been issued! | against this, maturing June 5, 1920.) | There had-been two forclosures, son the land previous to the loan, { It was June 5, 1920, before a quit-! claim deed was received from Van Sant. On October 11, 1921, the quit claim deed was sent to the register of deeds of Golden Valley county, but it could: not be recorded bevause taxes for 1920 amounting to $87249 had not been pald. Since that time land has been sold for 1920 taxes and taxes for 1921 have accrued. The farm loan depart:-| ment has written for a statement of the taxes at present. The loan record shows that on the original appraisal 1,20). acres were j under cultivation and later papers | showed 800 acres broken. i | j Hl Appraisers View i | In speaking of the portion of the) ‘land on which the first loan was made, [Ber acre as security for this loan.) Figured at $3.00 por acre I do not: consider “this an attractive loan.”: i This was on 2,840 ning | |land. In considering s indi-| | vidually he said that “ ars that] three of them. have merit while i fourth is questionable unde: the ¢ | cumstances.” * Manager DeNault has not decided : what action will be taken, but in icated he would start foreclosure pro- ceedings on this tract unless pay- | ments are made. The survey of the farm loan condi j tions thus far made by. Mr. DeNau |has revealed such a condi ;has decided to reject all loan approv | ‘als and cancel all appraisals on loans | where the mortgage papers are not | yet actually signed and to investigate carefully all other loans now in pro- cess of being closed. Applications and appraisals of urities are thus set aside for the reason that in many cases they appear to be unreliable and excessive in valuation, according to Mr. DeNauk, and the system wf doing business will be changed from the ap- plitation blanks up and an average of much smaller loans provided for. The state treasurer has had return- (Continued on Page 3) BRITISH WAR LEADER DIES London, Dec. 16.—General Sir John \ish forces in Mesopotamia in 1915 and 1916, died at St. Raphael. France, | Thursday, according to a dispatch to lahe Times. ba ; It ion that he! Eccles Nixon, commander of the Brit-| o today in both houses of the imperial parliament. Some of the Irish correspondents of the morning newspapers? were hope-~ ful; others did not conceal ‘their doubt, while one or two were inclin- ed to pessimism. ARRESTED ON FORGERY CHARGE Young Man To Be Brought Here To Face Trial Faye Newell, formerly of- Under- wood, has been arrested in Superior, Wis., and will be brought back to Bi marck to face a forgery charge, ac- cording to Chief of Police Chris Mar- tineson. Newell is alleged to have forged a check for $42.00, using the name of « Mr, Anderson, of Underwood, on a ‘lo cal bank, cashing it at the Soo hotel. A telegrani-from Superior police, who had been given a “tip” by Chief Mar- tineson, said that Newell was willing to return without extradition being applied for. (Newell worked as a cook in Under- wood, it is said, and this fall was in ‘Bismarck for a few weeks. His home is ‘said to be in Wisconsin. He is a young man, said to be about 22 years” old, GOVERNMENT OF CANADA RESIGNS New Ministry To Be Formed By Liberal Leader Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 16.—(By Associ- ated Press.)—Resignation of Premier Meighen’ whose administration met Just fill out'}is would not consider it at over $3.00) with decisive defeat in the Canadian general election held Dec. 6, will be tendered to Earl Byng, of Vimy, gov-’ ernor-general early tiext week. Immediately afterwards the gover- nor-general will call upén W. L. Mac- Kenzie King, liberal leader, to form a New government. Meetings are being held daily for the purpose of cleaning up the work of the old government preparatory to abdication. BEGIN TRIAL OF CIVILCASES Criminal Calendar is Finished { In District Court Trial of civil cases in the December term was begun in district court today before Judge J. A. Coffey, the crim- inal calendar having been finished in- ;sofar as cases will be called for trial ;at this term. There‘is an exception- jally long list of civil cases for trial. | _ A jury at noon today returned a ver- dict in the case of Bender, Krueger. charged with selling mortgaged pro- perty. the jury found him guilty, bu‘. also found the value of the property to be less, than $100, making the of- fense a misdemeanor instead of a fel- i ny. Judge Coffey has not indicated when he will sentence those found guilty at this term of court or who pleaded Guilty. 3