The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1921, Page 1

\ \ ; THE BIS - The Weather CONTINUED COLD FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20. TRI BUNE | tual Edition _ BRITISH TROOPS STAY INIRELAND HERE SALESMEN AND SALESWOMEN SEAL SALE 10 “SET NEW MARK THROUGH STATE YOU POPULAR WITH THE TRADE ' Votes are coming in rapidly now as the Rotary politeness contest, draws to a clese. The number of courteous clerks voted ‘for is grawing each day. It was necessary to reject three ballots | today because patrons voted for employers. jemployes only. Three empleyes received nice bouquets although Reports from Chairmen Indicate; That Funds Realized Will Be Larger Than Ever PLAYING SANTA. CLAUS so complimentary. | ballot. ‘ ‘ 4 Get into .the game. Tuberculosis Association Helps) pessed by the’service behind the counter. Below are a few ex- _ Veterans from North Dakota | cerpts from’letters and remarks\made on the coupons. They form t an interesting symposium: why so many clerks in Bismarck are Who Went‘ Overseas | popular and they reflect the: Bismarck. kind of service. orararany Very nelite, gives ‘custcmers a feeling of satisfaction when orders are left with him. te No there will be no names givén out on this Reports from the state chairmen in j the Christmas Seal Sale indicate that! all records’ will be broken this year. | : North Dakota is out for five cents | Lapa aap She is prompt and pleasant and obliging. will show any goods toward raising withcut hesitation and does not try to sell sy goods which you their quota. Bis-| ‘do not care for, also her. Tec: mmendation of goods is reliable, marck has already raised eleven cents per capita and all returns have as yet} ra not been recorded. | Energetic’ and: polite. ‘ 4 Seals are on sale! sees Na} at Dahl's, Webb's, Very pleasant io meet and assists in buying. Finney’s and Len- tee hart’s and thaae! who have not pur-| chased ..their seals are urged to do g0./ Last week the; various /schools took seals and the ’ children from the Will school turned in over $40. The children as well as Parents are anxious for a school nurse and the sale so far will provide | a nurse for two,months. It is hoped that this week the sale will increase in order to keep the nutse as long .as possible. $ THe o a Always t to satisfy her customers regardless of the price of the article purchased. ¢ ee nee The most jcourteous man clerk in Bismarck. Always prompt and pleasant, dbes not try to force goods upon the purchaser and his recommendations of ores ig dependable, 3 Yee e Always ready to help those who need it. © When I order over the telephone my orde t ris as complete and satisfactory as if [ pick it outymyself. teaee “Always meets one with a smile and is ready to accommodate you in eyery way. tetas Courteous and obliging at all times, : \j wee } » These two clerks always appear as though they are pleased to see a custemer come into the store. They are always courteous, accommodating and seek to please a customer... I wish we had more of them ‘in our stores, weree ARE SOME QUALITIES THAT MAKE SUBMARINES 10 This contest is for! /one practical joker gigning: himself “Theda Bara” was not quite It’s helpful to know how you are im-: @ that a plenary ‘ABOLITION OF ~ BR CONSIDERED [British Delegates Ask Plenary ; Session to Consider the i Proposal on Them | FRANCE MODIFIES DEMAND | | Presents to Washington Con: | ference Her Modification of '; ; Original. Fleet Demand if { Hl FRANCE ACCEPTS | Washington, Dec. 20—(By the Aé-' teociated Press)—France today accept: i ed the American proposal that‘ she be | !accorded a capital ship tonnage of one hundred and seventy-five thousand! under the naval limitation agreement. | Washington, Dec. 20—(By the Associated . Press)—The British delegation has formally asked session of the ; Washington conference be held tomorrow of Thursday in order that Great Britain may present its case for abolition of the submar- i ine. Washington, Dec. 20—(By the As-! ‘sociated Press)—The modifled pro: }posals ot the French government as | {to the naval tonnage to he alloted France under the naval limitation} {agreement were presented to the ha- | 4 {val committee of 15 of the Washin; | ton conferenté today by Albert Sar- Traut, head of the French delegation. The French-plan as -presented, it Was understood, proposed a fleet in BY MILTON BRONNER London, Dec. 20.—Behind the VETERAN ENGROSSES $250 ; LICENSE FOR Since! REMAIN UNTIL DAIL ACCEPTS PLAN OF PEACE ie | 5 ‘Many, Correspondents Writing | from Dublin. Are Pessimistic Over the Outcome et |SEE WARFARE REVISED i bearer Te Te ‘Believe That Whatever Dail | Does There is Certain to be Hostile Outbreak 4 (Dublin, Dec. 20—(By the Agso- ciated Press)—A private: session [| of, the Dail Eireann held late y | terday afternoon, was devoted | discussion of the position and re- j sources for the Irish Republican ;. army in the event that Anglo Irish ; treaty now pending before the i | ‘Dail is rejected, it was understood after the conclusion of the see- sion. ; eX | Queenstown, Ireland, Dec. 20—(By the Associated Press.)—Removal of jthe British troops from Ireland which j vas to have been begun today has | been suspended and they will not be withdrawn unless the treaty is rati- ified, it was stated here. ONE KILLED IN BELFAST Belfast, Dec. 20.—As a result bf - {scattered shooting last night one man b was killed and another wounded. A jher wounds yesterday. PRINCESS MARY, VISCOUNT LASCELLES, AND WILLIAM BULL | Woman who was shot Saturday died of |ENGROSSING THEIR’/MARRIAGE LICENSE. oak ier | The license is on a big sheet of | TORRESPONDENT: PESSIMISTIC parchment and looks like a treaty.| London, Dec. 20.—Some of the cor- PRICE FIVE CENTS \ ---the year, The-' Tuberculosis. association — is | playing Santa Claus this year in two instances. In the military hospital, Fort Harrison at Helena, Mont., are five North Dakota boys who went), overseas to help win our battle\ but returned to fight their own battle with | tuberculosis. These boys are far, from home and friends and the battle! with homesickness is added to ‘their | troubles. A box has been’ sent ‘each of these boys from the tuberculosis. headquarters which will help’ insome way tc while away the long winter; mcnths. Thé Montana’ clubs are “adopting” the Montana boys and re- membering them at. intervals .during If North Dakota organiza’ tions would do the same for their. boys much comfort and cheer would be} given them. Last week two North; Dakota: boys left because they could} not endure the loneliness and restric- | tion. These boys are not allowed to enter another institution until after six. months and in the meantime, chances, for recovery: are against | them. A personal interest’ from | folks in their honte state would do | muclt to keep these boys at the sani- tariun until they are properly dis- | charged. | The association is also playing ; ~ Santa Claus for the little girl at; Crystal Springs whose mother and; grandfather died of leprosy. This lit- | tle girl, living alone with her grand-+ mother, will receive the things for; _Which every child longs at Christmas- ! tide. Although not showing any sign | of the diseasé, these people are iso-| lated and do. not enjoy\the personal | contact with friends and neighbors. BUTTER TAX 10 BE TESTED OUT. ~ BY CREAMERIES Local Firm Will Act As Repre-| sentative of Those Claiming | Act is Invalid i . i The constitutionality of the tax on4 creameries and butter factories in; the state for the purpose of greating | a fund to establish an experimental / creamery will be tested in the courts, | it was learned today. A suit will be |. instituted by Attorney General John-| son's goffice against the Northern| — Produce company of Bismarck tor | failure to pay the tax: The legislature in 1919 placed a tax: of 50 cents for and upon every 1,000 | pounds of butterfat produced by every creamery, cheese factory, ice| cream factory, renovating or process ; butter factory or condensory. i , In taking over the office of state} dairy commissioner, R. F. Flint dis- | covered that'many firms had not paid | this tax while others had done 80. Al request wag made of the attorney gen- | eral’s office to bring suit against a! firm which had refused fo pay the tax. It was learned that many firms had | refused to pay. the tax because they declared ‘the law was unconstitution- al. Attorney General Johnson is pre- varins to bring suit against the local firm whichs will take the position of other firms which believe the law is unconstitutional, and will defend: the refusal to pay. the tax on behalf of all tie creaMeries which refused to. pay it. : The proceeds of the tax were used for lhe Werner. Experimental cream- ery, which has not been in operation ,for_a year. The creameries will contend . that the tax is an indirect tax.upon the Polite ‘and willing and always ready. several classes of craft so as to give France a navy that could be devoted locked doors of his musty workroom, William Bull, 75, is engrossing the lid] « cense that will legalize the marriage largely to, defensive purposes. ! ‘ vee, oe oees of Princess’ Mary and Viscount Las- ~ Vat ~@ The French delegation indicated 1 ~ For courtesy and patience in waiting on trade he is as good as ‘France’s willingness to make conces-|-°¢lles. any salesman I have ever; known and he is always pleasant. ;sions on capital ship tonnage but. not! He's doing the job just as he en- 3 ‘ y aS to sulmerstbles, and other auxil.|&@SSed the license of Princess Mary’s Very courteous and always on the job. \iaries, i * parents .years ago—with a score of He is.never too tired to try, to please you and is always pleasant. | Unofftcial advices from abnoad today |.22tique quill pens and special inks. indicated that: Premier Briand had de- | FIND NEED FOR Most, courteous salesman in Bismarck. fs + “@ Knows stock and shows it. willing! leided to accept the American pro-| of 176,000 tons §n place of the 350,000 jtons plan drawn hy the’French dele- VOTE FOR TWO ONLY STATE BUILDING, aracters, are in Old English ck letter.” Bull's been making licenses for’no- | bility and royalty all his life. He's at- tached to the faculty office of the Archbishop ‘of Canterbury. He en- grossed the license of “Princess Pat,” | idol of Canada. The license will cost $250. i ¢ {posal for a° French ‘capital ship fleet z i \ | My selection aa the most courteous clerk is: (Give name and address, write plainly.) gation. 2. piseit e Secretary Hughes received from the ;Rrench~premter:& communication con- lstrued at the “tate” department): as ‘meaning that the French group had é 1 There is great need for a dormitory; at-the- state schdel for feeble-minded| at-Grafton, according to R. T Muir} : Land J. I. Cahill) members of the board! Pega to accede to the Ameri- \‘ot administration, who have returned} een cake drench felegates them. | £m a trip of inspection there. An/ ‘selves didfiet so condtrde’s long. mes. | ¢PPropriation of $100,000 for _ the, ' gage of instructions received from| building was) made by the last leg ithe premier during the ‘day. They! /dture. A architect has been. em- \describe it as advising. them to go | Ployed to prepare plans for the tuild-! wy ifar toward meeting the American! ing. There are, 91 on the waiting! Pe ne on a eo ‘views as they could without sacrific-|/list of the institution, they said. There: i‘ ' i are about 328 inmates. i CLAIMS HORT. TS BLAMELESS | IN BANK CASE REMARKS - v of French national interests, ile a's cee ee ees see celvevees GHiNcSe negorlaTIaNe i Washington, Dec. 20—As ne ee | | | Signature of voter......... 00... ccc eee eeeeees (Not for Publication.) | terrupted to give the Shantung prob- | ORDINANCE ON |lem a clear field. | It appeared that the withdrawal of | DANGING T B | Japanese contnol from the Tsing Tao-; | Tsinan (Fu railway was near a solu-! {tion and that the Japanese and Chi-| nese-Chines® negotiations over Shan- jtung were completed, delegates are| ijurning’ their attention to other fea- {| |tures of the far eastern situation and | ‘may resume within a few days the; ' committee’ meetings which were in-, COLOMBIA WILL | RATIFY TREATY, Bogota, Colombia, Dec. 20.— The} Colombian congress is expected to’ Attorney Appears Before Gov-| | ratify the treaty between the United! ernor Who, Refyses;to Issue | OFFERED FROM. COUNTY BOARDS Governor, Nestos and Attorney! General Johnson Receive Let- ters on Their Plans | ——+ ONE MEETING Is ‘HELD, i The latest economy moves of phe | new state administration have} brought enthusiastic offers of c0-oper- | ation from county officials. Belief is! expressed in administration circles! that much can be accomplished if all! officials take this same attitude. i Governor Nestos today. praised the} taxpayers from the counties of Nel-| son, Steele and Griggs, who held a respondents writing. for London morn- jing newspapers were pessimistic to- day over the situation in the Dail Eire- ann, Where the peace treaty is being considered. Others were still hopeful of ratificationsby the Dail of the pact: Some of the corresponderfts predict that “whatever happens in the mat- * ‘iter of a decision on the treaty, Ire- |land ts committed toa period of vi6- ‘lent political strife.” COOPERATION An quistanding feature of the Dail debate¥yesterday was the attempt by delegates, to the London conference to deprive Mr. De Valera of his clalm of adherence to the Republican prin- ciple by demanding the publication of his plan” for alternative. settlement, which, it was! revealed, had been sub-, mitted at last weck’s private sessions of the Dail. The argument was that the nation had a right to know What were the two policies they were ex- pected to decide upon, and that as a matter of fact, neither was Repub- lican, i Mr. De Valera resisted publication of his alternative plan, explaining that it was put forward only in an_attempt to secure unanimity in the Dail Eireann. Barton’s Story Sensational He promised, however,: at a later stage, to.indicate in his own way the alternative proposal. The division in the“Sinn Fein parliament cuts across all ordinary lines. It is not a case, as today’s proceedings clearly show- ed, of the Irish army arrayed against civillans, for notable army leaders were found both for and against the !members of the school boards and| treaty. Mr. DeValera, Griffith, Colling, Childers and several other prominent |/It is estimated that the number of dep- States and Colombia during the pres-' ent week. Last week numerous ad-! dresses were made in the assembly in; ie \the Chinese request for abrogation of | favor of the treaty, notably by Foreiga| Minister Herrera. a é the measure number. about 12 and are; ini i eaded by Former President Conoha. |, pinion of Attorney Gen: eral’s Office uties favoring approvaly total fifty. - The members of the Liberaf party,: E 3 z : ; | The city commission, in meeting who previously.had remo inedgnewtrely last night, referred to the city attor. in the campaign for the preeeeney, of ney the republic, have put upas their cam \Gance halls which was r i 1 prepared last didate General Herrera, chief. of the} spring at the request of the Women's Liberal party, +. |Community Council, for revision in Tis oat eae ‘accordance with the provisions of an WILL RESIST ‘general's office last week, ‘regarding, |powers of the city and the state lic- seypiers: jense department. | The ordinance provided for the sup. yervision of dance halls, hours of danc- z | - |opinion handed down by, the attorney- ing, etc. The attorney-general’s of- Workmen’s Compensation Bu-! reau To Ask Test of Law- | Fat jthé validity of the proposed ordin- ane soe compensa on paren ance ae taxicab companies to is planning to resis le ‘carry lability insurance. state auditing board that all bills of} “We are of the opinion that such the bureau for salaries and office ex-' ordinance is valid-and within the po- ense be submitted to the auditing! lice nowers of this city except suc! board as are the bills of various de- parts thereof as purports to create partments of the state government. _ the power a ioense fares of other The majority of the board plans t>|motor vehicles containes erein. As present seins vof bills to the state!to such parts of the ordinance, we he- own because |tieve them invalid under, the provis- treasurer, to he turned down | they have not been before the audiv\ | tons of Chapter 6 of the Laws of 1919 ing board,and then to bring @ test/ 4s amended by-the ‘laws of 1921, for Aue to. determine the right of the|the reason that such parts of the or- inspect them. ‘J An opinion was received from the rney-general’s office relative to jnese might be brought into complete | accord,shortly. ; Among other far eastern questions: The opponents of | Will Conform to Provisions of} ments and the proposal for withdraw- | the ordinance regulating public | issued a statement i i | ote attention in} fice hold# the city may supervise the! net has attracted wide at \dance halls, but spaienn Si or!Conference circles but it apparently | < 'dinancd conflict with the exclusive blr Sele i te ad Billgiato power aa jurisdiction of the state licensing department to regulate and control the licensing and inspecting of such business,” read the opinion of Aesistant Attérney-General Shafer. His concluding paragraph reads: {Whether the ordinance in qpestion is constitutional or mot is’ a greater Of course, if the ordinance is confiscatory in its effect it would be unconstitutional upon any other ground, and we are not prepared to bold that it would be confiscatory.” WHO'EL TAKE THE JOB? © Maidstone Eng., Dec. 20.—The vil; be brought-before it. oes The auditing board action was fk en On a resolution presegted by” At- torney, General Johnson in its first meeting. He held that the salary bills | of the workmen's compensation bureau should. come before the board for ap- proval. ys : VALUE OF FARM PROPERTY Pierre. SD... Dec. 20.—The total value of all farm property in 2920 amounted te $2,823,870,212, according to the latest federal census reports, ag compared with $21,486.981, in 1880. | question: lage of Sandwich wants a town crier at-a salary of $5 a year.” The village farmers of the state because deduc-|This is an increase, according tothe tion is made from their payfnents for |repor:, of 1115.8 per cent curing ‘the produce. prereg ; will furnish the cap and bell. i ¢ | ite Extradition. Papers | {the “twenty-one demands” agree-! Extradition of L. J. Hjort, of Reed- | a: at _| er, to Missouri on charges growing out jeer See eee eae: | of a bank failure there was denied by ling notice. ; Governor R. A. Nestos following a The Chinese delegates, who aro| bering in the governor's office. ‘maintaining that they still represent| Indictments returned in Missouri ‘the Chinese people even though the, @8ainst Mr. Hjort charged him with} Peking cabfnet has been overthrown | embezzlement, as a resit of a loan today declaring! made of a bank there and as an of- ithe “twenty-one demands’ agree-, ficer'of the hank when ff réceiyed de-| tment must be abrogated if the decis-| posits when alleged to he insolvent jions of the Washington conference! Former. Judge Crawford, of Dickin- ‘are to amount to “more than scraps of! son, and F. M. Jacobson, of Hettinger, paper.” At the same time the Jap-| represented Mr. Hjo: Judge Craw: |anese attracted added attention to the! ford d red that Mr. Hjort was out | question of occupied territory by Te-/ of the state at the time the alleged eaiing their desire to keep their! crime was committed, and ‘said that roops in rorthern Saghalien as well! Mr, Hjort had been head of the bank | as in the Port Arthur district. bu tr€tiped and ‘later. was a director, | The overthrow of the Peking cabi- jut was engaged in the coal mining business at Reeder and was out of touch with its affairs., He said that i i ‘has not changed the course of the far ' jations. , Wash- . penser Lh arte A steel gov financial loss as a‘result of the bank See ea Canton said in a format| failure in Philadelphia, Missouri, and | statement that the “Peking delegation | had been, victimized. i ‘knows that it does not represent the; <A stepson of Mr. Hjort and R, E ‘neorle of China” and that the fall of Convert, of Glendive, Montana, were ithe Peking cabinet has long been ex-@taken back to Missouri last night by | pected. 1 | representatives of Marion county, M H \—+——. NG hey souri, in connection with the alleged ‘|_Today’s Weather | CUBANS PROTSET | - | For twenty-four hours ending ati: | noon, Dec. 20. FORDNEY BILL p . 15} = lnembersties Dt ea: . 18) Havana, Dec. 20.—A demonstration Highest yesterday -1! Was against here Saturday against the Lowest yesterda . +6 Fordney tariff bill, thirty thousand Lowest last night & . -1h persons took part and paraded the 01 ‘heart of the capital. The demonstra- Precipitation . Highest wind velocity Weather “Forecast, For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair and continued cold tonight and Wednes- day, For North Dakota: Fair and con- tinued cold tonight and. Wednesday. ORRIS W..ROBERTS, ‘s Meteorologist. ..15- | tion was order] |banners. on which were inscribe Spanish and English demands for a “square deal” and the warning that the proposed tariff would mean “Cuba's ruin.” the marchers made their way to the presidential palace, where they disbanded. oY Sacean THIS WAR DOES GOOD Morning glory seed, ,said to be 5009! “Frikestone. Fneland. Nec. 20,—Peo- year old, and found.in the hand of an jDle here are buying coal at lower than Beyptian mummy, has been planted) pre-war prices. It’s due to a war. The in a Baltimore garden. war is. between rival coal dealers. \ | we hope to receive from all parts of (Mr. Hjort had suffered considerable ‘hat there ~ especially with the ‘fact that too much meeting at MeVille, and unapimously /Mf2 !n the councils in the party spoke agreed that some fneans must be de-| ‘day on either ‘side, but it is gen- vised to reduce the tax burdens, A/@fally agreed that the most sen- copy of the resolution was forwarded | *2tional and most impressive con- to Governor Nestos. (tribution was Robert Barton’s narra- The county auditor of Golden val-|tlve cf the circumstances’ under ley county was the first to respond | Which he and other delegates were, with a statement of comparative ex- according; to his statement, forced penditure of the last five years, which |? sian the treaty without referring statements will be the baSis ofa care- 1 back to cabinet at Dublin. ful study by the governor for the pur-| parton sald he and George Gavin pose of evolving further means of re-} by y were against signing but when duction of governmental expenses ine reallzed, that war would result if theretas jhe did net sign, he decided to choose Governor Nestos characterized the! ue leaner at ro Les ou eees, t result of the McVille meeting as “a | Republic wat the; oat aera oe splendid example of the co-operation ‘on earth, and he had broken it as the { 7 ‘ 3 J jlesser of two alternate outrages Widen on We teeercc. to lessen the |foread upon him and because he was Many letters of approval of Attor: ean a to/choosestamediately, ney G@neral Sveinbjorn Johnson’s an Mr anenee te. Brevent War nouncement to state's attorneys that! otcaiy so ek e o hane rehad ire: no special assistants will be assigned Ms ee x BONE i ste ada the terms by him unless it is clearly evidenced Sor rrge pack to the Dail Eireann, an ‘absolute necessity for |, ee is er Llod George direct. lit, and calling attention to the ex- ,¥nceitived. ‘The signature of every | ¥ ember'‘of the delegation was neces- penditure of $47,000 since 1919 by the sary, or war wauld follow at once, aetna assistant sattorney {and the prime minister gave the dele- A letter typical of the attitude of feign it Srelgee ato smake jap state's attorneys was written by In-! Griffith, Colling and Duggan were, gan Swinland, of Lakota. He wrote: ‘he said, for the signature but he and I fully agree with you in every:'Gayin Duffey were against it. He {thing you have said in this letter and. held cut and that placed the respon- x sibility for war gn him; so-he signed ; has been expended for special assist- it rather than commit the Irish peo- ants in yoursoffice during the past two ple to war without consultation. or three years. You may depend on The women of the Sinn Fein par- |me for one to co-ogerate yith you in liament were to a large extent against ; avoiding duplication and over-lapping the treaty, and ‘an appeal was fre- of effort hecause we all know that fhe quently made during. the private ses- | Carrying Cuban flags and hearing taxpayers have all they can do even if,we do not needlessly expend public funds.” ‘UT STEEL JEWELRY © =- Paris. Dec. 20.— The latest fashion in jewelry here consists of cut steel buckles, bracelets, necklaces, beads jand other adornments. The steel: is highly polished and lacquered in bril- jliant colors. , | | OLD LANDMARK TO GO . ; London, Dec. 20.—The “Two Chair- imen,” one of London's oldest fie {near the houses of parliament, will be demolished. It was 300 years the re ;sort of cabinet members and members {of parliament. sions to the memory of the dead. This was countered today by Deputy Hig- gins who @alled attention to the men who had daily risked their lives and were voting now for peace. AGREE ON NOTE ‘Washingtdn, Dec. 20—By unanimous consent an agreement was reached in the senate today to vote January. 1% on the bilk to amend the Federal Re- serve Act so that a farmer shall be named to the next vacancy on the Federal Reserve board. An average of 130 pounds of salt and 108 pounds of sugar was used last year for each inhabitant in the United States. ‘