The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 22, 1921, Page 1

The Weather |: CONTINUED COLD Last Edition ¢FORTIETH YEAR OUTSIDE LOANS — PUSHED AHEAD, IT 1S CLAIMED Records of Bank of North Da-} kota Farm Loan Department Given on Subject \ TEN STATES REPRESENTED ETE New Plan of Proportioning| Loans is Proposed By Man- ager W. B. DeNault Loans made to borrowers outeidet the state by the farm loan department | of the Bank of North Dakota were Placed ahead of many applications for. loans by farmers living in the state, according to the records of the farm loan department. Ten states are represented in the out-of-state borrowers, and the total amount of money loaned to persons not residents of North Dakota is inj ‘excess of $100,000, according to’ the partial survey made in the department ‘ by Cart R. Kositzky, under Manager W. B. DeNault. j John’ H;, Haigh; of Carlyle, Montana, | abanker,: was oné of the first bene fitiaries of the farm loan department. He is reputed to be a friend of A. C.'- Townley. Mr. Haigh made three ap- plications for loans. The numbers of the applications Were 4,473, 1,474 and! 1,475. He received the 46th, 47th and 48th loans made by the department, totaling $19,800:00. Among the other out-of-state bor-! rowers whose loans were shoved ahead! of farmers sof North Dakota are: Katherine Budden, Great Falls, Mont., ° ss MONDAY WILL BE OBSERVED AS A LBGAL HOLIDAY | Christmas Falling on Sunday All. Bismarck Business Places and | Public Offices Close Monday LATE CHRISTMAS RUSH ON PRICE FIVE CENTS STATEMENTS OF ACCEPTANCE FORMALLY GIVEN Italy and France Accept Pro- posal for Limitation of Cap- ital Ship Armament a“ ~ PLEASE, MR. SANTA CLAUS! \\\ WY 'CHIDED AT TABLE | OVER MANNERS | “SHOOTS HERSELF Thermopolis, Wyo. Dec. -. Alberta Woods, a fifteen-year-old girl, living at Graff Creek, forty mnlles north of here, shot herself through the neart with a 22 cali- ber revolver aiter her father had reproved her for putting her spoon in a Jam far, according to a re- port received here. 1 Saige etn 220 i i i WOUMBER ASKS $5,000,000 FOR ND, FARMERS Intreduced Two Bills Today For Farmers’ Relief—One Pro- vides Seed For Spring Washington, Dec. 22.— (By the Associated Press.) —Senator McCumber, North Dakota, today introduced in the Senate ‘two bills de- signed to give further relief to farmers in crop failure areas. One measure would set aside five million dollars from which farmers in crop failure ‘sections could bor- row for purchase of seed grainstoamaximumof three hundred dollars. The other would reimburse farmers who received loans from the government in ineteen Eighteen, under seed pur- x | SUBMARINES OMITTED Stores Open Late For Last Min-| ute Buyers — Holiday Spirit General Great Britain’s Statement In Opposition to Subsea Arm- ‘ament Not Given WEE Lf ZL Christmas day falling on Sunday, Bismarck’ banks as well as all banks elsewhere, will observe Monday as a jlezal holiday, All clearing house as-} sociations have sent.vut cards to that; effect, ‘this cugtom will ‘ve followed | out also the Monday, following New| Years, All the offices at the’ capitol | will be closed, as well as city and! county offices, next Monday to give all i the €.nployes the benefit of the Christ-| mas ‘and New Years holidays. Bis-| ‘|marck’s stores will also observe this | custom. i The closing shopping days before; Christmas are here and the stores are | being rushed as usual with the late! buyers both in town and with buyers from out of town. These late shop- | pers are in most part careful shop-} pers who have the desite “to please: everybody and do buying both late and |: earty. Others are those who find it |impossible to get around to do their Christmas shopping early. The stores are all well stocked this | year and the late buying does not in-; terfere so much as is usually the case, and it seems to be an easy matter for | Washington, Dec. 22.—(By the As- sociated Press)—Statements ‘in be- half of France and Italy accepting formally the American proposal for limitation of capital ship armament ‘were made today at the meeting of the delegates of the five major pow- ers at the Washington conference, Contrary to general expectations, submarines and cruisers were not mentioned at the morning meeting of the committee, and went over to an- other meeting at 3 o’clock. The French delegation, it was said, was not ready at the morning ses- sion to proceed with the discussion of the auxiliary tonnage, as they had not 'received instructions from their gov- ernment. The delegations said if was hoped to have the instructions for the | afternoon meeting. . The British delegation, which had j Planned to stage its opposition to submarines as a*naval armament also, withheld its statement at the morning seSsion, which was said to have been confined largely to preliminary gén- eral discussion and the clearing up of | She needs you so much, this little girl. She earnestly believes in Santa i Claus. And doesn’t he bring gifts to all good little girls, whether they are rich or poor? Of course, her daddy has been sick at the hosptial a long time, and her mother finds it hard to get work, so this little girl wonders—wonders what Santa Claus will bring. Well,,you can answer, by helping the Salva- tion Army Santa Claus Club. & POLITENESS CONTEST WILL CLOSE TOMORROW. ONLY ONE MOREDAY TO CAST YOUR VOTE: Today is the Jast one upon which coupons in the politeness’ contest of the Bismarck Rotary will be. printed. The courtesy ; drive will come to a close tomorrow evening, but all ballots re-| ceived up to noon the following Saturday will count. At noon the contest will close, the votes’ wiJl be tabulated and when the committee meets and canvasses | | | ARRAS ; application No. 1,624;\ loan No. 574, Ray McKaig, application numbers 1,- winners will be announced. the returns, the COL WATTERSON everybody to,find “just want.” what they | chase fund of that year, and the capital ship question. TIT and A718 oan Humbersteoe and Just what ceremony will be followed in awarding the winners! Then there is the buyer who} Sho later borrowed from JAPAN WILL OPPOSE 507; Oscar H. Nelson, Wheeler, Wis., ‘application number 257; doan dumber 85; Hazel Jones, Detroit, Mich., ap-| plication number 373; loan number 27,-| Bessie A. Bergun, Richville, Minn., ap-| plication number 735, loan number 594, D. J. MeMahon, of St. Paul,_rel-| given prizes of $5 each. various stores. ative of Former Congressman John Baer, who received a $25,000 loan, had! application number 1,848. He receiv | éd among the first loans. A number) has not been assigned because’ Mr. ; MeMahon’s loan has not’ been com-j pleted, except as to his getting the! money. Out of State Borrowers, The list of. out-of-state borrowers thus far compiled: includes: D. J. McMahon, St. Paul, / Minn. + $25,000.00 Oscar H. Nelson, Wheeler Wis. Oscar Wis. Semingson, ; 1,980.00 Renske Denburger, Pelia, Ia. 10,890.00 Albert Barth, Salem, Oregon_ 1,950.00; John H. Haigh, Carlyle, Mont. 19,000.00 John Kroack, Salem, S. D.. 5,445.00 Ray McKaig, Boise, Ida Lewis C. Baker, Billings, Mont. Ben and Maude Gosse,Waba- sha, Minn, .. Wm. V. Kiebert, Hazel ‘A. Jones, { 11,000.99 800.00 1,980.09 1,200.09 Detroit, Minn, 990.00 Bessie A. Bergun, Richville, Minn. .. Nels H. Opland, Herman Jahnke, * Minn. In making the list the names of sev-) ral persons: apparently living near the border: line of North Dakota, hut in other states. and actually farming in’North Dakota were eliminated. {nj one; ¢ase the borrower, who was au, out-of-state:man, was listed as living } in-:Norths Dakota .on the list from} 3,465.00 . Ill, 2,000.00; d Blue Earth, RATES SOUGHT BY date better get busy! making the contest a success. REDUCTION OF Signature of voter (Not for Publication.) will be decided at a meeting of the committee of Rotarians. is assured, however, that every clerk’s name entered in the con- test will be given honorable mention and the two highest will be; Ballots continue to come in and the {marck’s clerks is a high tribute of the service maintained at the! commendation of Bis- A dark horse was entered today in the contest and more-than| Noted American 100 ballots were forwarded. Those who have a‘ favorite candi- As the contest draws to a close the Rotary club wishes to thank the many patrons of Bismarck’s stores who assisted in! i ae y e Patrons busy with Christmas ; FOUNDED: NEWSP Av ERS} shopping found time to enter a vote for the clerks. who courte-! ously assisted them’ with their holiday shopping problems. Fill; out the coupon below, this is your last chance to vote. ~ VOTE FOR TWO ONLY _-..My-selection as the most courteous. clerk is: (Give name and address, write plainly.) Less Liquor On Christmas “Market” Washington, Dec. 22.-~Safeguards jon issuing of permits to withdraw It) STRICKEN BY HBART DISEASE Journalist, | . Dean of Newspapermen, Had Most Varied Career i | | Was Power in Politics of Nation —Held Several Public Po- sitions of Honor \ | |: | | Jacksonville, Dec. 22.—Henry Wat- \terson, noted journalist, died here this ‘morning. | Col. Watterson ‘came to Jackson- | ville several weeks ago. |. He contracted a slight’ cold. Tues- day and’ yesterday soon after break- fast suffered a setback from the -at-; tagk. His condition grew worse dur- ing the day and night and the end came at 6:08 o'clock this mérning. The immediate cause of death was heart failure, his physicians said. | Old Time. Journalist. | Henry Watterson was one of the |last of the old time personal journal- ‘ists, More than half a century his editorials, with their brilliant, original! and phrase-making composition, at- They were | commented on and copied by the press tracted wide attention. jof the nation. (editorials \Watterson’s influence is credited with having skaped the pla form of the /Democratic, jparty in more than , one paign. just couldn't find out what that party or this party wanted until “just now” and above all that very thing must be thetr Christmas gift. Stores Open Late ‘For the beneit of the public all of the Bismarck stores are keeping open until late hours so that everybody will have a chance to do their buying. | Clerks are: rushed from early mrn- ing until late at night. t iNature has provided Bismarck and! community with a beautiful blanket of white snow, just enough to make | private sources to repay the government. ‘FARMERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF | Washington; Dec. 22—(By the As- sociated Fress)—Japan will formally oppose any! discussion of the validity of the demand treaty of 1915 if-the matter is brought up by China as. ex- pected in tomorrow's meeting of the far eastern committee of the arma- ment conference, it was announced today in responsible Japanese circles. Washington, Dec, 22—(By the Asso- ciated Press —While the naval nego- tiations were continuing the new four power treaty who presented peace in i u Besides his power in} ‘molding public opinion through his. presidential cam- | lit a real, white Christmas. The holi: ; day spirit is quite general, each ap- proaching day bringing some new fea- ture that makes one feel more like’ Christmas is here., All of ‘Bismarck's stores are garbed in the heighth of holiday fashion. All other business | placos are decorated befitting to the time of the year and shoppers have | the Christmas shopping spirit where: | ever they go. As the holidays ap-' proach. the. spirit™ usually prevatent-? during Yhe holiday season puts in its appearance and every indication leads to the ever popular greeting that ev- erybody will have a ‘Merry Christmas ; the Pacific was becoming subject of increasing interest in conference cir- cles. The eyes of the powers were turned towards the senate, where ‘op. position began to assume some defi- nite form today. It was apparent the fight would be similar to that against the treaty of Versailles. MINIMUMS ARE “APPROVED BY / STATE BOARD WAR FINANCE | Board Passes Upon Many Ap-! plications—Money Used at Rate of $100,000 Daily LAND. DEPARTMENT. BUSY; Millions Loaned to Several States In This District—Big Bond Issues. am Commerce Commission Declar It Would Be Unfair Dis- crimination Hearings Started on Wage Dis- putes Dec. 5—Many In- dustries Involved and Happy New Year. | St. Paul, Minn, Dec. 22—That REDUCE R ATE |taking advantage of the two federal| Recommendations Made For , <| ifinance. organizations, the Federal A |Land bank and tho War Finance cot- Girls’ Wages Are 0. K.’d a poration, is evidenced by figures pub- . ON HIS ( ARRIER lished by the respective institutions, in Meeting nesota Farm Bureau federation. ' on : ———_- |Daka received from M. 0. Gran-| PLEASED WITH RESULTS * |gaard, secretary of the northwest ag- | @S; ricultural agency of the War Finance | {corporation, by federation officials in | jout Minnesota are awakening to the | \ possibility of giving real credit relief , |to farmers through the agricultural | ‘loan agency, and that more than 250 | ‘of the state’s banks have already ap- | WON'T LET FORD ¢ ;horthwest farmers and bankers are and received in the office of the ‘Min- ‘dicates that country banks through- | |plied for government loans on agri-} 3 % ASKS 20 PER CENT CUT ‘\ ‘Minimum wage recommendations for employed girls in five classes of stores of liquor from bonded ware. ) houses has reduced the supply~of iJ-| licit liquor 50 per cent, Prohibition | | Commissioner Haynes asserted today | in a Christmas message to his army of agents throughout the United States. MOTHER PLEADS jcultural paper. These banks, officials {employment in North Dakota were ap- Mining Centers Competitive To sald, have asked the War Finance |proved today by the workmen's com- \ | corporation for a total credit of | pensation bureau, sitting’ ‘as a mini-, Detroit Manufacturer. 1$6,377,000 in less than two months. !mum wage commission. The reqom- Concérned which the. compilation was made. Under the present initiated law governing farm loans, the loans may 3 [eee Pn i fho\ate armen: made| Railroad Commissioners To Ap-, A compilation of the loans | shows that more loans were made in} peal To Interstate Com- merce For Relief It was perhaps through an accident! that Henry Watterson pursued jour- nalism. Early in life he evinced un-| usual musical talent and his parents: encouraged it. A mishap that crushed! his left thumb leaving that member}; stiff, caused the musical education to! be abandoned, as the piano was his favorite instrument. | A natural bent for writing developed but even in this Mr. Watterson was; seriously handicapped as an illness in ‘The Federal Land bank, ‘on the | mendations were made by groups rep- other hand, last summer issued $40,- |resenting the public, employers and Bk ah 000,000 worth of Federal Land bank employes. In each case their recom- ‘Washington, Dec, 22—Henry Ford’, bonds, of which amount the St. Paul) mendations were unanimous and were attempt to reduce the freight rate on ‘istrict received $4,000,000. Another | approved by the bureau. coal twenty per cent along the line ot issue of the bonds was floated in O-! 4 decrease of approximately -1) his railroad was disallowed today by tober, last, totaling’ $60,000,000, of | per cent in the minimum wage scales the interstate commerce commission. | Which amount the northwest district | previously obtaining, two classes of - 8 ani in| ‘Phe commission ‘based its action on ,in charge of the St. Paul bank receiv- | which could not be enforced because infancy had affected his vision. His |the ground that the reduction would |ed $5,750,000. The money in this dis- | of an injunction, was recommended by first journalistic experience WAS \constitute a discrimination against jtrict is being used at the rate of about ‘the conferences. Basis wages agreed Burleigh county, of which Bismarck ; is the county seat, than any other; county. There is a total of $322,- 146.31 in’ loans in Burleigh county.) G. ya nuar 7 | "he? y 9, the North. Dakota The ‘sé¢ond largest amount is in BOt | pa itoad Commission will be given «! T0 EDUCATE SON: 5 WHO CAN HELP? tineau county, the home ,of F. W.! Bs \ Cathro, former manager of the: Bank| Heating before the Interstate Com- sf North Dakota. A total of $242,512! merce ‘Commission in ‘Washington, | pai? loaned in this county. / ;>. C., at which time the commission | . In addition to the loan to D. J. Mc hae amake an appeal for reduced ; Mahon, of St, Paul, on which title to, freight rates of 10 per cent in North | t , Dakota. The commission has asked | lace For Boy To Work and Go To School—Writes Martineson BAAS. QUINT TO MEET GLENDIVE | FIVE TONIGHT Our high school team will meet the Glendive, Montana, team, which is reputed to be one of the best in the state of Montana, So far this season we have had easy victories, but this game prom- ises to be a close, hard fought con- ‘test. Glendive comes a long way (6 play this game and we need a good crowd to cover the expenses of this game. The price of adult ad- mission for this game will be 50 cents. We are looking for all our old friends to be on hand at this time. paper as musical and dramatic critic. jwhich is sold at Toledo, Detroit and ; The American ‘Farm \Bureau federa- | foliow: Public housekeeping, $14.90) representative in congress from Ten- -Land’ bank system, to be available $14.50 per week; manufactures, $14 fer ail elaborate knowledge of nation. GIVEN HEARING ji to make the loans to the farm jin towns of 1,800 or over; $12.50 in rs 's Ps ar- that period and in close contact with | raigned today before Justice H. C. ar-\creating the revolving fund, the reau, said that a public hearing will interrupted just as he attained his ‘by District Game Warden Peterson jamount offbonds at the next floating. | to Pate 2 esas pis nada cae AE ‘| ||public consieting of B. A. Williams, ending Christiansen and Hilbert Christiansen. |‘omperatire at 7 @ conference yesterday, “Bach :mémber gained on a Washington, D. C., news-|other mining territory the product of |$50,000 to $100,000 daily. iupon for the various classifications Nis father, Harvey M. Watterson, for |other points competitive with the tion, officials say, backed the bill pass: |per week for waitresses and counter twenty years preceding the outbreak |Ford common carrier. ed in congress creating a revolving | girls, with lesser amount for cham- of the war between the states, was a ——____-— {fund of $35,000,000 for the Federal 'hermaids; mercantile establishments nessee. It was during this tine| ARRESTED AND whenever returns fnom the bond is- |Per week; laundries $14.00 per- week, Henry Watterson laid the foundation sues are not sufficient to permit the | telephone exchanges $14.00 per week al affairs, he spending much of his| jp; . _ per. ‘towns under*1,800, time associating with party leaders of late anerlaG arreuted BL Cols, ; Under the provision of the law; §. §, McDonald, member of the bu- ‘ t f Loy |Northwest district will be assured | 3 the operation of the government. i i j Northwest, giscrict ow! b ed jbe heldvon January 5 at which time Watterson’s course in letters and ee eananate Errata average $2,000,000, even though the federal |iobjections may be made to the pro- : h ‘bank is unable to sell a sufficient (posed scale. Unless further action is (Continued on Page 3) Steele and Chief Game Warden 0. seam neue the mln imnulas become effective —_ . McGrath of Bismarck. When ar- ; g._—______________¢| The Fcc mnie ronransating tite i , 9 rajgned they pleaded guilty to the Today’s Weather public consie A Willi lars and costs of $: ont |Major Geo. Russ ani rs. C. G, Boise, ~ 2 attended the five conferences which Those arrested were Fred Meyrs, G.' ventyefour hours ‘at hae. . JS at! Robingon ‘Bluer ’ Zuck:»- Ernest Ror te a or | began December 5 and ended with the es ie 41 was especially well pleased with tho KARL WON'T STARVE. igheet ye ented : result of the work of the conference. a 0 In SP ° wes: resterda: Paris, Dec. 22.—Ambassadors of | Lowest Tab night . Hazelton, N. D., December 7, 1921. Mr. Chri lartineson, S Bismarck, No, Dak. Dear Si Do you know of any place in Bismarck or even in Mandan where our son, Donald, could work for his board and go to school? He finished the eighth grade when he was thirteen years old and has only been in school a couple of months since. He is in- terested in school and I wish to find a place for him to stay. It is rather late to start but believe he can catch up with his class yet. T would be so glad if you will try to find him a place. We have no crop again this year so cannot pay to send him to school. Yours very respectfully, Mrs, L.o. Ferguson, 2) Corner on Cranberries None USE| Feared by City Fathers Great Britain and the new countries | Precipation formed out of Austria-Hungary are| Highest wind velocity . making arrangements to furnish the Forecast exiled King Karl with an annual sal-| For North Dakota-—Cloudy and un- | ary of between $60,000 and $100,000 jsettled tonight and Friday; colder to- The debts he incurred in Switzerland |Mght and in the east and south por. will be paid. tions Friday. BURGLARS GET LOOT | VALUED AT $100,000 window and cut through the 1 ‘Chicago, Dec. 22.—The city coun- cil ,high cost committee will inves- tigate the corner in the cranberry market ag the result of an investiga- ; tion of Russell Poole. secretary df the i committee. He disclosed that the price of the fruit had jumped from $3.97 a barrel to $33 a barrel. The price last September was $12 a bar- rel. PUGILIST DYING ; New York, Dec. 22—Sam McVey, vault jone of the "greatest negro boxers in Locks |the history of pugilism, was reported, e broken |dying of pneumonia in a Harlem hos- ‘pital today. | if | York, Pa., Dec. 22—Burgl early today broke into the Mt. Wolf Bank, |door with acetylene torch and stole $100,000 in securities from jon eighty deposit boxes w safety deposit hoxes, They forced a |with a hammer. a SE a eee ada, Mer that the Interstate Commerce Com-! ~ Mher loan ‘has been discovered in| ™ission make a general investigation’ Wants P Which the title 1s not held by the bor | OB this question as near, as possible, rower, aceerding to Mr. Kositzky. This! (70'S, the et meyer pares rte Joan was made to John Nelson, of| ‘Rey have been advised ey (Continued on Page 2) | would have this co-operation. : pias Frank’ Milhollan, of the State Rail- t % 11a 'D road Commission leaves today for, Who wants to give a boy, ambitious WEHE Is BACK | Washington, where he will attend the | and ‘eager for an education, an oppor- ON: JOB AFTER ‘hearing, and Rate Expert Smart, as;tunity to go to high school in Bis- ‘| well as Commissioner W. H. Stutsman | marck? A LONG FIGHT wit! leave! next week to be present., Chief of "Police Martineson has re- ; The attorney general of Nor Dakota ! selyed 2 letter from the Ig t3 motes Rea pat . | will also be present at the hearing,|near Hazelton appealing for an op- , aauress 3: ene as resumee nt i but will not go to Washington until)portunity to send the boy to school. auties kas So aatial haceale alter | after January 2. It is necessary that | His folks are unable to send the boy bats Bala An il, 1920, when | the members of the railroad commis-'to school. i am airence S ahi “ a office by {sion be present so that they may pre-| The story told in letter form is as herway med. ed eee | pare for the hearing there. ‘follows: Cera eke Neuan a court cone | Mr. Milhollan will stop at Chicago test Sahih the jgoverner’s sus. | While enroute.to Washington to spend | pensin and removal, ‘The case [pCurisimes ane ine ene racer a at some official business onnec as ven sates pi Lauating aunt | with the American Express rate hear-| Ce A.M, Spevecr, subsequently ME which will also be held while he; appointed. by Governor Frazier, | i8 in Washington the next few weeks. today pelinaul ed the office an com nee with peremptory wri foamed hy Disttiet Judge We Le HELP THE POOR Nuessle. He, however, reserved ’ 4 the right te spieal te Ape Who can make some little tots , SNehess ih a ma ceed happy by giving them some cloth. sought, Be ‘i a ha 4 ted id Ing. Two coats wanted for a hoy Nee res granted bothr || Tee. Tear®, OM ARM: trex. coals ‘ are wanted for girls aged eight. S.S. NeDonald, member of ae ves Outgrown shoes in good repair will reau, said that the case woul ld #8 be appreciated well as discard apyealed by the bureau as to ed toys. Ask the children to deliv- Weke’s salary and that Spencer -!] or them to the Commercial clu se expected to appeal on his one friday morning. “: eal ,