The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1921, Page 1

- The Weather CONTINUED COLD THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SA’ TURDAY, DECEMBER 24 PRICE FIVE: CENTS RETRENCHMENT AND ECONOMY IS NESTOS’ SLOGAN Governor Writes Mayors of! Cities Asking Their Aid In: Reducing Taxes 1 | i i i | | | | | y MAKES SUGGESTIONS Would Have Officials Meet and) Make Récommendations To Co. Commissioners: If suggestions of Governor R. A. Nestos, being sent to mayors and pres- idents of city commissions throughout’ the state are followed out, North Da- kota will become a great school for| the study of, taxation in the next two weeks, with the problem the reduc- tion of the taxes of North Dakota and the books, the tax levies of townships, | schools. villages, cities, road districts j and counties of the tast seven or eight years. The governor, in his letter suggests, first, a meeting of the city | officials, and then, a series of meet-} ings or a county wide meeting at! which the results of the study shall be tabulated in the form of recom-! mendations to the county commission-| ers, presented to the latter officials at! a date previous to their January meet- ings. The letter of the governor follows: Office of the Governor, Bismarck, December 23, 1921. To the President of the City Commis-} sion. Dear Sir: U A short time ago, I. wrote a letter to the chairman of ‘the Boards of county commissioners of our state; asking in each case the co-operation | of the board of county commissioners ; in organizing a campaign of retrench-| ment and economy. In McVille there} was recently held a conference of} school districts, township, village and | city officials for the purpose of- dis- | cussing this problem and devising; ways and means for the most effective} a family of 96? i co-operation along these lines. | Charles Page, foster-father of the -I am stire’ that you realize that in! 96, will look om and show one kiddv; curtailing expenditures, in reducing} how to run the new’ electric railway! appropriations and. levies—whether | and tell another to keep his new hat/| for the townships, the schools, the vil-; clear of the chandelier. } lages, the cities, the road districts, | Legally Adopts All. or the counties, as well as for the! page nas legally adopted all of the state — we-shall need the closest! 9¢ and tas them housed in ‘the Sand | scrutiny of every item, and a: con-) springs Home,,which .he founded. stant co-operation among all of the! +77) enjoy ‘Christnias more than officials. | they,” says Page. He is a multimii- CHILDREN. By NEA Service, Sand Springs, Okla., Dec. 2!.--The! biggest-—and the happie: family in the werld is enjoying a $6,000 Christ-| mas here. / This family has 96 children—little mites to half-grown youngsters. They all wrote to Santa and they'll ali get what they asked for. They're adding to their Ch | heer by inviting 200 aunts and cou- sins to share in the party. - For what's Christmas without ‘company; even in i Ne Bea a ss MAKE A MERRY | CHRISTMAS | BY CHARLES PAGE. World’s Champion Santa Claus. I rybody should have a happy | | Christmas. You can't make others happy un- | less you think right, but if. you | | do think right, you will give all | you can—even it is only the @ld , worn-out doll your little girl had last Christmas, and which she has laid -aside. . Or you can divide a. piece of bread -and ‘butter, if you haven't anything else, or give a kind word, with the added thought that some day — maybe next Christmas — things. will be different. 3ut the big idea is for everybody | to be happy on Christmas, and if you can make-the other fellow Tam) inclined to think that the hold- | jionaire oil man.But once he was an |} feel that way, you: wilf feel that’ || fund } : | ing of county or district meetings of) orphan and felt the pinteh of poverty.|) way yourself. ||. Part of it nas heen usctt for a com-| ments After the New Year | 0" Sint 1 president. 1 Faing. ef | representative township, school, road,/ that's why he’s. devoting his fortune}) 00 0 ____!| munity Christmas tree for all the peo-; Starts Tee On tiie daa. thar awaited village, city and county officials forty pettering the «plight of other] 41, aqopted two 13 years ago. He| Die of Sand Springs, displayed in the | is i officiitl advice from Washington the putpose ‘of making ‘a comparative! orphans o € the a eantean th outski ts | Public square. : ; , | Plans were made for the socialist 5 ‘ put them in a te: he outskirts ‘ x dee ae A | ans wer a @ § study of appropriations, levies and ex-| peg! The public will save approximately | caqur to go directly to his home at penditures during the past six or eight! years, and a careful investigation tot ascertain where the greatest increace | has occurred, together with possible; methods of decreasing the expendi-! tures, without decreasing efficiency, would be the most effective in secur-| ing results, I trust that you will call 2 number of your city officials into conference | and if possible arrange for such, a) , meeting at the county seat, and pos- sibly’ at other places in the county, within the next ten days so that the county commissioners may have the) benefit of your recommendations when ‘NO AUTHORITY TO USE NAME SAYS KELLER MRS. FALCONE Notifies Tribune That He Never | pe THE WINNERS. Signed Petition Filed Ce it comes to the January meeting. With State I trust this appeals to you and that ‘ HONORABLE MENTION, ou will take immediate steps to ar-! y arck t e Women. ab pts for a meeting as above sug-| H. F. Keller of Bismarck eas. Se Mrs, Bell Mrs. Polly gested. [nied that he had signed the petition | yr’ Keller Clara Spitzer 4filed with the State Railroad Com-/ Erma Logan Miss Plattner jmission recently and requested that! Mary Boehm i H Laura Stegner |The Tribune correct the es RE oud Edna Pataman | impressicn. | Mrs. G. Hague = Edna Sundquist. | “T have not signed “any petition,” | #ertrutle Hagy i Mildred Selen: {he said, “in any public utility matter | Mrs, Inez Jones | | i | Yours very truly, R. A. NESTOS, Governor. y Mrs. R. C. Potter thi ” Sarah Gold Mrs, Violet Altman petached tos ae one Mrs. E. Germain Mrs, E. J. Gratton : MANY INJURED more incidents of confusion over the | Edna’ Barkiknecht. * i part of purported signers have come to | E st { : }Anng May Ankenman Tornado Sweeps Through Louis: | Ment: ‘Mrs. Karen Newburg | served on the company and it hasdeen | | Mrs, Geo. Anderson i pace rl a Sa a teen persons are reported killed and $1 240 THEFT K ILLED AND | oss to know how my name came to be | Mrs Christ Free Mav. L. 8. Wilbur their names came to be used. Several | Mra. A. Johanson Miss Leota Ferelll i i See ee Laccteaera have oon the | Miss Myrtle Wernerskerchen Miss Esther Nelson Miles Wide fe | answer. mY Schroader Monroe, Louisiana, Dec. 24.—Four-| | Guristine Seh Men, pollo TEES FOURTEEN A ‘for more than two years and am at a Arline Johnson = Mrs. F. W. Snyder Siguers are investigating now how | Rose Dahtheimer Mrs. Jessie Harris issues involved in the petition against | Miss Susan Werierskerchen ia A ceny of the petition has been | iana—Swept Strip Sixteen Mrs. L, A. Morrison given two weeks in which to file an j Mrs. W. M. Zimmer a number-injured in a jtornado that! Neil O’May 4. Barth swept through Morehouse and Union | é ari today. Spencej, a village on! ] DE I Mr. Beck Mr. Saddler the Munroe and Little Rock Railway, | Mr. Craven Dean Smith Mr. Paylak Carl Tulberg i Oliver Webb H.-H. Pilmoor Sterling Reed MeNeely 16 miles from here was reported’ wiped out. A special train carrying ; docto“s and nurses was dispatched to; the sczne. The seven other storm victims were killed on a plantation: in Monroe Parish. elry Taken From Towa Geo, Bernges Merchant Today M. E, Mcintyre D, Seblichter tubstad Warner jempel August Schiecker Arnold Swensgard Marks,: Miss., Dec. 24.—(Bd Asso- ciated Press)—Wm. V. Turner, plan- tation owner, and four negro farm hands were killed in a tornado which wrecked buildings on several planta- tiong,in the vicinity of Marks early today. . 24.—(By the | Paul Grdss Mr, Floyd Fle Harry Bernste’ Mr. Claire I Frank Montgomery Moines, Ja., Dei Associated Press)—Fiandits entered the store of Julius Cohen, the pro- prietor, and robbed him of $240 in cash , and jewelry valued at $1,000 today, AMERICAN LEGION COMMANDER SENDS GREETING TO ALL DISABLED © Greenwood, Miss., Déc. 24—(By AS- sociated Press)—Three -negroes are reported killed and nearly a score in- jured in-a tornado which demolished a nuniber of buildings on a plantation six miles southeast of here early to- day. Chicago, Dee. 24.--The following | be first on the program of the Anter-* : et ear aes message to the disabled. ex-service|iean Legion, We intend to see that TROOPS ORDERED OUT. men of Americ issued tod: y|ydu get a square deal-from the coun- Newport, Conn., Dec. 24—State'| Hanford Mai tional Som, (20, you fought for> We would expect troops ordered here by Governor Mor-| mander of the n Legion. tyou to fight our battles were oyr po- n who are fighting the| sitions reversed. We assume that re- brave fight against the effect of your sponsibility as a privilege and an hon- few days there has been disorder and service to our country, the American ) or. Today we are asking the U. S. shooting. In the early hours of the; Legion of your comrades send Christ-| Veterans Bureau to adopt a pian past few mornings there has been in-'mas Greetings with every wish for | which if accepted will finally end considerable shooting through the|your speedy recovery and future hap-| yout wornes over — concentration plant where steel workers are on| pines, Every American shall be in- | claim The American Legion report strike. So far there have. been no|debted to you as long as the nation|for a New Y duty. Give us your casualties, endures and your cause shall always | cothmand.” now arrived-today to guard the New-! “To you m “ port Rolling Mills. During the past < WORLD'S CHAMPION SANTA HAS 96 CHILDREN! DEBS SENTENCE IS COMMUTED \ TORNADO IN ~ ARKANSAS KILLS EIGHT PEOPLE Estimated | Property Loss is | At Nearly a Quarter Million I Dollars WRECKED | SENTIMEN jured in Meagre Reports from Stricken Centers 31 LIVES STORM TOLL New Orleans, Dec. 24.—The FESTIVITIES T0 MARK XMAS. IN BISMARCK | Churches Prepare Elaborate and Well Arranged Programs For Tomorrow MONDAY A HOLIDAY All Business Places Will Remain Closed—Poor Are Well Cared For With the churches, state institu- storm which last night and early toilay swept beth sides ef the low. or Mississippi river, took a toll of 31 lives and Injured about 70, ac- cording to reports here, The storm first struck In eastern Ar- Kansas, and continulng southward sed through northwestern Mis- spi and northeast Louisiana, sweeping a number of plantations and small farming’ communities, Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 24—Nine per- ;sons—one white man and eight ne-/ | groes—were killed and more than a! ;score injured and property damaged j !voughiy estimated at $200,000 today as | CHARLES FAGE, THE WORLD’S CHAMPION’ SANTA CLAUS, AND SOME OF HIS 96 HAPPY FOSTER- {jon the old tent site. WINNERS IN BISMARCK ROTARY COURTESY CONTEST ANNOUNCED R; 0. A. CONVERT, WIN Melvin J. Burbage | ' HEROES WHO FOUGHT NATION’S BATTLE, | t jthe Known result of a) wind storm | jwhicn late yesterday swept through half a dozen settlements in Critten- | iden county, Ark,, across the Mississip- | {pi river from this city and apparently \spent its force in the village of , | Clarkesdale where a brick store build- | teunited through President Harding's of Tulsa, His family grew, Now it's|'& in which approximately 50 negro’! action in commuting sentence of So- in a comfortable five-story building |‘@?M hands had taken refuge from the j cialist leader. {storm, was wrecked, " aa around|,, Nearly all of the known dead and (By the Associated Press) \the most seriously < injured ‘were! Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 24.—Prepar- | Page keeps his children so long ag | auent fn. the torrent of the storm. /ations for an elaborate home-coming they want to stay with him. He edus | Cohved thas reno’ have been re- | cclebration to be held today in honor cates them in a private eiementary | arm nattleinanlat in ake" from peverel jot Eugene V. Debs, by local socialists, | schcol and sens them to a public | stor: "7 The Boe! coverede a aves were abandoned when it became} school. Then they car go to Col- | wo iniles in width and'15 miles in|known that the commutation ordered | Eugene Debs and wife who will be! Sand Spring has grown up j that, house. PREPARE FOR RELEASE | Atlinta, Ga., Dec. 24—Preparations for the release from the Atlanta Fed- | 1 penitentiary of Eugene Debs, So- | for | Widow's Coloay. i a ticachadl’t tanned in| i age’ has ‘established | ! he reception had been planned i Besides that, Page has established | {the hopes that the announcement of ; $1,000,000 | sible after the arrival of Mr. Debs. widow will have a big Christmas din-j AFTER JAN 1 : | ' ner brought to her cottage. H The $6,000 spent in this Christmas | arty represents one-tenth of the; nonths salary. of Page's employes, | ho tithed themselves: to provide the! No War Tax On Express Ship- lege if they choose. ‘length. Iby President Harding would not be-| & widows’ colony.. He has 50 needy Hl i i a He ; yy ticle " is immediate widows and their children in 50 neat ences on comaitse oa aeraneee| little cottages, i iments announced that a general cele- | They'll be the aunts and cousins at/ ! | eral |cialist leader convicted in 1918 PUBLIC SAVE jcome effective until Sunday. | | bration would ‘be held as soon as pos- the Christmas. feast. Besides, every: ‘violation of an espionage law, whose $1,500,000 a month as a result of the} ‘Terre Haute, Ind. on‘ release where elimination of the war tax on express | after a brief rest with his family was shipments, according to George .| (Continued on Page 6) Taylor, president of the American! | Railway Express company. An an- 5) nouncement to thjs effect was made today by R. L. Walton, the local ex- | press agent. | The “Revenue Act of 1921” elimin- ; jates the war tax of one cent on every | ej 20 cents and -fractions thereof in} | O. A. Convert and Mrs. J. R. Fal- ‘transportation charges on all express | | coner have won the two prizes in the! shipments. This tax during the year ; Rotary club contest. A committee of | of 1920 amounted to $17,502,918. ‘The | | Rotarians, met at The Tribune office/average transportation charge for! , is this mofning and canvassed the 730! each express shipment was approxi-| Killed a Bri | votes cast among the 72 nominees. It! mately $1.50 and the average war tax hy 3 5 ! was decided not to mention any in-|for each shipment was eight cents. Serving With American Army in France SOLDIERS ARE GIVEN LIFE IMPRISONMENT | tish Officer While! i ; stitutions where these clerks are em | The elimination of the tax, therefore, | | ployed ‘as this contest is strictly an!Mr. Taylor states, will virtually} — jimpergonal affair and those offering | amount to a decrease in the rates of a |the prizes wanted the winners to have | little over five per cent. Mr. Taylor; Washington, Dec. 24—(By the As- ‘all the glory that attached. | believes that this should have a ten-j soca Eress), tive Americen ae i ; {dency tc stimulate business and there-| diers were given life sentences fol- enero iegpublishel: ehore 2 list: OC ley accelerate the rapidly improving! lowing convicton for murdering | i | conditions throughout the entire coun-| Britisn officer in the lines while serv- ‘given honorable mention. The prizes|, ling with the American armies in { é ;will be awarded Wednesday! Lg the | “The treasury department ‘has re-| France. The soldiers were tried be- | |luncheon of the Rotary club. The two | quested express carriers to advise all| fore and convicted by a military court. | j highest sill be guests of honor at that | jaimants who have claims pending,| Incidently the United States attor- | itime. Prizes of $5. will be given each ‘for overcharges, or who file such; "ey general explained that the gov- | | successful contestant and the sentl-| «aims after December 31, 1921, that; ernment does not restore citizenship | | ments of the voters will be typed and|ijaims for refund of tax. should he! lost by convictions, but that pardons | | presented to them as remembrance. {filed separately oni:'Treasury De-| #0. s | The members of the committee have | partment Form No. 46, ith the! _been checking up the candidates Commissioner of “internal Revente| BETTER, VISION CAMPAIGN HERE quietly, imposing on them little tests| within four years from the time tax! j unknown to themselves and they find was paid, claim being barred ‘by sta-! that the popular vote reflects very (tute of limitations if received after well their own personal investigation. | such time.” Believing that there are a great This courtesy Grive was in no way; R. L. Walton pointed out that as’ many school children in the state who {a contest. Votes were supposed to/the Kevenue Act becomes effective | are handicapped in their studies by | lack of optical service, the North Da- | kota Optical association has decided { to conduct an optical clinic, for one} 4 i i be given unsolictted. No campaigns | January 1, 1922, the tax on all ship- or ditives for this or that favorite were | ments forwarded “prepaid” on or be- permitted by the committee and the | fore December 31st, will be collected. winners won their honors as the 7e- On shipments forwarded “collect” and sult of a spontanous selection. | arriving on or after January Ist, the|ginning December 27 and ending | Forty saleswomen were entered and tax will not be assessed. January 3. All school children having thirty-two salesmen. There were 215 symptoms of eye trouble should ga to votes cast for the women and 730 for their local optometrist, who will give | the men. fhe a careful Sxaminal/on, free of While the contest was on, reporters charge. In cases where et are | | and representatives of the Rotary club needed parents will be notified. i made the stores and they report a most remarkable Christmas spirit on hott’ sides of the counter. Members |of the Rotary committee have been jtold that the contest has put many ‘smiles into Christmas shopping. One proprietor statec today that he noted a difference in the attitute of the customers. _ They seemed more ‘courteous and if they could not de pleased with one article they moved ‘on politely to another selection. “This Christmas season which we sometimes lock forward to with a rtain apprehension,” he said, “has | been most delightful.” That more than 700 votes have heen polled attests the popularity of the contest initiated by the Rotary That such an expression could he ob- tained in a period of | than two ‘week, establishes a new pr lent. es- pecially when it is launched during: the Chris holidays when there are so many distractions. | Women in the U.S. Treasury De- | partment can count paper money at the rate of 1900 notes in five or six minutes. ener NO TRIBUNE MONDAY SO | ALL EMPLOYES CAN ENJOY HOLIDAYS WITH FAMILIES In order that the employes of The Tribune Company can enjoy the Christmas holidays with their families there will be no issues of the daily paper published Monday, December 26, which this year will be celebrated generally throught out the nation. \ All departments of the company Will cease operations on that day. Officials of The Tribune and the employes who make up its various depart- ments join in wishing the Officials and members of the Rotary patrons of the company a club congratulates the pinners and Merry Christmas. those receiving honorable mention and | There is much to be thank- wishes them‘ all a Merry Christmas u K ** (Continued on Page 6) | ful for at this season. This section of the nation has been spared the distress prevalent in other sections. Students of the business world declare that there is every reason to feel optimistic over the fu- ture. Bismarck is aglow with the Christmas spirit. All needy cases have been cared for through the various civic bodies of this city and by the earnest efforts of the Salva- tion Army. Those who have been doing errands of mercy this week feel the import of that truth: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” { cigars, week, during Christmas vacation he- |, | tions, Salvation Army, civic organiza- j tions and others fully prepared for | Christmas, indications are that cheer | will bo prevalent in Bismarck tomor- | The ‘weather bureau predicts ideal | weather and with the blanket of snow general in Bismarck and community | ae should add to the Christmas | Spirit. Penitentiary Prepared, | Warden Stair has provided as pleas- |ant a Christmas as possible at the | penitentiary, Tomorrow afternoon a | Special film will be shown entitled “Little Mother of Mine.” This picture was ‘shown in Bismarck last Novem. ber, and is especially appropriate for the occasion,. A six piece orchestra, composed of Bismarck musicjans will play during the picture. In the morn- ing the inmates will be all presented with a Christmas present containing Christmas candy, nuts and fruit. At noon the regular, annual Christmas dinner will be served. Mr. Stair says everything possible to make the men know it is Christmas has been done. At Reform School, Twenty boys have left the stat» training school to spend Christmas at home and have been given this per- mission strictly on their honor to re- turn to the school after the holidays. They are the same boys who were re- leased from school during the harvest ‘season and returned to the school one day ahead of time. Everybody will hang up his stock, ing, old and young, alike at the train- fing school Christmas eve. Every stocking will be filled says Supt. Mc- Cleland. Christmas trees will be set in every building and individual ex- ercises will be held. The dining room has ben elaborately decorated and in the words.of Supt. McClelland Obrist- mas dinner will be served to every- body “with all its trimmings and from ‘soup to nuts.” Presentation of Christ- mas packages will be made this even- ing and there will not be one forgot- ten, Church services will: be held Christmas afternoon with Rev. Hugh Owen delivering the sermon. Follow- ‘ing the services the boys will all go for a hike and the girls will go for a straw ride. Incident to the Christmas festivities prizes have been awarded for the hes‘. Christmas essay. The winners are to receive cash prizes and they are to have the permission to go up town and spend it. The prizes are $5, $4, $3, $2 and $1, and will be awarded ac- cording to their merit. The winners will be announced tonight. Christmas dinner will be served at the Burleigh county jail to the in- mates, and all will be remembered with gifts. At the Churches. Beginning this evening and contin- uing until tomorrow the churches will all‘observe Christmas. Many _inter- esting and well selected programs have been arranged. Every church in the city has arranged for a special Christmas service. The hospitals have all made special arrangements, for trees, gifts and din- ner, ’ Poor Cared For. Christmas gifts and food have been provided for the poor by the Salva- tion Army, Rotary and Commercial clubs, as well as other civic organiza - tions. Monday being observed as a holiday regular matinee shows will be shown. HEATON’S CASE IS CONTINUED UNTIL JAN, 8 Delayed on Account of Illness of Prosecuting Attorney Green . Fargo, N. D., Dec. 24—(By the, As- ociated | Press)—Furtaer —continu- nce over the holidays of the trial of Frank C. Heaton, teller of the Scandi- navian American Bank of Fargo, charged with embezzlement was or- dered today by Judge J. M. Cooley. The trial will be resumed January 3. Heaton’s case was continued Tues- day until Dec, 27, because of illness f Wm. C. Green, prosecuting attor- ey. AS CHRISTMAS ARRIVES FOUR GO TO PRISON Four men entered the penitentiary o! n | | | | today to start their terms on Christ- mas eve. Those entered yesterday | are as follows: | Frank Mitchell and Lorenz Godair }of Pembina county, Harry McDonald {of Cass county and August Stung of | Burleigh county.