The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1922, Page 1

The Weather ' COLDER TONIGHT FORTIETH YEAR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Last Edition PRICE FIVE CENTS WAR LIMIT TREATIES ADOP eee eee BXPERIMENT IN INDUSTRY COST STATE $644,000 L. F.- Crawford, Secretary: of Industrial Commission, As- serts Total Loss Large SAYS BANK LOST HEAVIEST Figures Bank of North Dakota Has Lost $255,000 and Expects Greater Total North Dakota's experiment in state- owned, state-eperated industries cost $641,041.52 between July 1, 1919 and December 31, 1921, according to com- pilations made by Lewis F. Crawford, secretary of the Industrial Commis- sion, inthe annual report of the com- mission submitted to the Secretary of State today. There has been loss-in.the opera- tion of the Bank of North Dakota, the Homebuilders’ Association, and the Drake flour mill, according to Mr. Crawford’s report, cE The losses, particularly that of the Bank of North Dakota and the Home- builders’ Association, will be much greater than the figures given above, Mr. Crawford asserts. The audit of the Bank of North Dakota now being |', made by the Bishop, Brissman and Company will undoubtedly result in the charging off of huge sums in bad} loans and in money held in defunct! banks, he asserts, and the refusal of practically every person for whom a home was built under the Homebuild- | 43: ers’ Association law to pay for his home at the price it cost to build, will increase the loss of that department. Mill To Be Costly The Grand Forks mill project, which | is not completed, will show a loss of several hundred thousands of dollars, | the commission secretary asserts, be- cause of shrinkage due to the letting of contracts at peak prices of labor and material. i The people of. the state must pay dearly for the poor management and the business experiments of the Non- partisan league administration, Mr. Crawford concludes from his investi- gations during which the report was prepared. “When a government gets out of its HEAVIEST SNOW OF WINTER FALLS IN NORTH DAKOTA AND IN MONTANA ports Snow Falling at 7 O’clock This Morning—Bismarck to Get Only Edge of Cold Wave Starting South From Winnipeg reported snow falling at 7 o’clock this morning, according to re- ports received at the U. S. Weather Bureau here today by O, W. Roberts, observer. The snowfall was estimated in Bismarck at about two \and one-half inches during the morning. There already was 6 inches of snow on the ground where it had not been disturbed. It was {predicted that the snowfall would continue all during the day, with prospect of the snowfall being the heaviest of,the winter. | A cold wave was starting south se |from Winnipeg, it was reported. The is TABULATION OF |jares was moving straight south, and INDUSTRY COST | it was exbected that the cold wave + a a «|; would hit Grand Forks, St. Paul and -The tabulation of Secretary Craw- generally over the eastern part of North Dakota and Minnesota tonight. ford of the Industrial, Commission placing the losses of the state indus- Bismarck was expected to be on the edge of the cold wave, with likelihood try experiments of North Dakota at that the weather would fall below zero $641,041.52, follows: “Summary of the expenses of the there, but not.as low as in the east- fern part of the state. Industrial Commission and the losses | Generally Cold incurred in the industrial activities ot | The weather report showed cold the Commission from July 1, 1919 to| weather over tho eitire northwest, December 31, 1921. : with sub-zero temperature generally | reported by Canada stations. It was ; 18 below at Edmonton, Alberta, 12 be- 5.47 | Low at Havre, Mont., 14 below at Miles | City, 4 below at Williston, and 2 be- ‘tlow at Winnipeg. The lowest point hed by the mercury last night pove zero. At 7 a. m. thirteen-hundredths of 76;an inch of snow had fallen in Bis- ~{marck, .26 in Williston, .56 in St. Paul, Z1and .16 in Fargo. The wind velocity ;@t Bismarck was reported as 18 milos .oofand 10 to 20 miles at tstations. The snow drifted badly as -00 | it fell and bid fair to interrupt traffic {in many places in the northwest. All .45}rural mail carriers in Bismarck, how- jever, went out on their routes _ this imorning, acqording to Assistant Post- .35 {master Lundquist. ‘ Rs ' GET SNOW PLOWS OU Jamestown, N. D., Feb. 1.—Local Commission — Dis and accounts $s per exhibit jal Bank of N 5 per c hibit Fargo offi Association iome losses as per Total Loss Industrial Commission Homé Builders appropriation (all spent) aes Terminal = Elevatoi und tur to Mill & Elevator lation) .... on. Home (Bonds not ed money in. hands of State Treasurer) ........++ 7 F and 000 ig{ Pailroad reported that conditions sim- _—|ilar to those at Jamestown, where -42) several inches of snow are on the domain it loses efficiency, multiplies leaks and. gives an opportunity. for controlling thé electorate. by inflated pay-rolls,” says Mr. Crawford, refer- ring to the state’s engagement in bus- iness enterprises, ‘‘Between the pos- sible and the impossible the line of distinction when faintly drawn, finds men ready to take the taxpayers’! money on the most ill-conceived and | visionary projects.” ‘ | “ People Must Pay. The commission ‘secretary asserts that there is “not one oasis in the dreary desert of failure” and regrets, that a better report cannot be made.. | “If by refusing to see the truth we: could expunge the past and restore; the lost funds to our people, we would ; close-our eyes. Not all the employes ; of the’ state serving under the Indus- | trial Commission were incompetent or | unmindful of the state’s welfare by | any means, but those who were com- petent and had high ideals of service were, it seems, judging by results, in} hopeless minority.” | Mr. Crawford declares that from the | launching ‘of the business activities under the commission “there has been ‘i ae of Vi d, prevailed over the entire Da- “The above exhibit does not include | Broun’ Pr interest on appropriations expended, | Kota division, the - snow: being sfrom nor does it include anticipated losses |®4¥*to eight inches deep ard the of- inthe Bank and Home Builders’ Asso- | "¢lals afe preparing to put the big ciation which will be large, nor ‘does; Russel snowplow in operation tomor- WITH COLD WAVE DRIVING FORWARD Every Weather Bureau Station in North Dakota and Montana Re- Every weather bureau station in North Dakota and Montana many other) 135844, headquarters of the Northern Pacific} M'ADOO FLAYS CRITICS OF U, S. Charges of Lack of Effic- iency, Are False SAYS ROADS IMPROVED Takes Issue With Rail Presidents Who Say Lines Returned In Poor Condition Washington, Feb. 1—Charges of in- efficiency in federal war-time con- trol of railroads “have been made and Published with a recklessness for which ignorance, design, or selfish purpose alone cai) account,” William G. McAdoo, former Director General of the Railroad Administration declar- ed voday at the Senate Interstate Com- mittze investigation of the present vailroad situation. Beginning what was expected ‘to ‘be a-two-day statement off the situation, Mr, McAdoo told the committee the government took over the railroads in 1917 because they were breaking down under private management, unable to meet the stress of war demands, and that federal contro] and unified oper- ation saved the situation. *“ Not only was the transportation ma- {chine kept running, he insisted, but its condition was improved, its equipment extended, and it was returned to pri- | vate owners, in such shape that it was able to handle greater volume of traf- 'fic in 1920 than ever before. ' i Takes Direct Issue | Mr, McAdoo took sharp issue with railroad presidents who have, before terstate Commerce Commission, made declarations to the contrary. He pre- sented copies of letters sent by him in 1918 to Presidents Rea of the Penn- ‘and Ohio among others, notifying them jhe considered their management’ un- satisfactory and inefficient. : “The measures: taken during the year 1918 called for no apologies,” said a report signed by A. H. Smith, presi- dent of the New York Central, and six other railroad men, who were re- gional directors under. the railroad ad- ministration, which Mr. McAdoo pre- sented as “conclusive answer” to the ‘charges he mentioned. “They were caused by war conditions, and the ef- ficient operations of the railroads in support of the government during the was justifies every act of the adminis- tration.” | Disregarding the unfairness of com- i paring railroad operations during war jwhen general needs of the country had :to be put secondary to the “imperious necessity of war,” Mr. McAdoo said ‘the report he cited and also the rec- 'ords showed that by any test “railroad operations in the year 1918 were con- (Continued on Page 3) ODD FELLOWS "HERE OBSERVE | | 24ST BIRTHDAY RAIL CONTROL Former , Director-General Says: congressional committees and the In-; ‘sylvaaia, and Williard of the Baltimore | b MADE WIFE FAST IS JAILED i | i ae : | Authorities jailed ‘William Roche, | 41-year-old farmer living near Madi-} son, Ind., on a charge of having made his wife fast for.51 days as a cure for ;vtheumatism. The first thing Roche jdid in jail was to go on a hunger strike. Mrs. Roche is expected to re-| cover. This shows Roche and his| ' wife, | UP 10 OFFICERS TOENFORCELAW "JOHNSON WRITES Sends Letter to States Attorneys and Sheriffs Asking For ° ' TED SECRETARY HUGHES READS TEXT OF ‘PACT BINDING LEADING NATIONS T0 LIMIT BUILDING NAVAL WARCRAFT & Limitation of Naval Airplane Warfare is Included Through Limitations of Aircraft Carriers—Maximum Fixed on Guns and Provisions Made That No More Naval Bases May Be Established—Future Conferences To Be Held If New Inven- tions Necessitate Change in Treaty : APPROVE NAVAL PACTS Washington, Feb. 1.— (By The Associated Press.) —In a three-hour session today the Washington conference approved both the naval limitation treaty and the treaty putting submarine warfare against merchant craft and gas and chemical warfare under the ban of five-power disapproval. The plenary session then adjourned on call. ‘ Formal assent of the five powers to the naval limitation treaty was first given. The action was taken after presentation of the treaty by iChairman Hughes and his brief discussion followed by an address iby M. Sarraut, of the French delegation, expressing the adher- jence of France. The separate treaty regarding submarines and poison gas was then presented by Elihu Root. ‘ HUGHES READS TREATY Washington, Feb. 1.—(By the A. P.)—At 12:26 p. m. today Secretary Hughes presented to the armament conference the text of the treaty for limitation of naval armament. Washington, Feb. 1—(By the Associated Press.)—The draft of the treaty ‘for limitation of naval armaments submitted today to the plenary session of the Washington conference in the pre- amble says that the five powers who are parties to the agree- ment: Desiring to contribute to the maintenance of the general jpeace and to reduce the burdens of competition in armaments have resolved * * * to conclude a treaty to limit naval arament.” The treaty is.in three chapters; one the general language of the agreement; chapter two, details and explanations of chap- ter one; chapter three, four additional articles to the treaty. . Provisions of Treaty Among the provisions of the treaty are: Provisions that the contracting powers may retain respectively certain capital ships as follows: U.S. tonnage, 500,650; Britain, 580,450; France, 221,170; Italy. 182,000; Japan, 301,320. Provision that the United States and Britain may construct and retain under construction two ships each, older ones to be scrapped in their place. Agreement to abandon capital shipbuilding program and not to build except for replacement. Capital ship replacement ton- nage is set as follows: British Empire and United States, 525,- 000 each; France and Italy, 175,000 each; Japan, 315,000. Limit Aircraft Carriers Fixing 35,000 tons capital ship maximum.and 16-inch calibre maximum for guns; fixing total tonnage of aircraft carriers as follows: United States and Britain 135,000; France and Italy, 60,000; Japan, 81,000. These carriers may~not exceed 35,000 tons Vigilance CAN ENFORCE “DRY” LAW, | , | Says Two Years of Prohibition Has Shown it Can Be En- forced Successfully \ | i ei | Attorney-General Sveinbjorn Jonn-| son has issued an appeal to sheriffs and state’s attorneys of North Dakota | to enforce the law. In a letter dispatched to all such officers today Mr. Johnson declares that the prohibition laws and other laWs can be enforced if the officers an almost total lack of organization’ SHOCKS ARE WIDESPREAD and gives as some of the causes, false theories, lack of training on the part| errs of those named as managers, the new- ness of the work; ill-defined dutics; wide powers under the laws and lack of, judicial interpretation, but most of all official incompetency and a fail- ure of: the former commission to ex- ercise adequate supervision. Says Body Economizing _ Tlie new. Industrial Commission, which ,camé into office as a result.of the recall election, is endeavoring to pained the Saat Nicaea up. The scismograph record showed the salary of the manager of the Bank a: deviation of a millimeter and a loan department from $5,000 to $3,600; ‘Pe certain whether the displacements: geeretary of Industrial : Commission, Were horizontal or vertical. ea the | from $5,000 to $3,000; manager of great San Francisco shock of 1906 the Drake mill from $3,300 to $2,100 and horizontal displacement amounted to the publicity department formerly un- bout 20, ren Catubiataicce ‘der Wm. G, Roylance has been discon- { Slip” Near Columbia re) tinued at a saving of $10,000 a year This is the manner in which pro- | in the salaries of Roylance and oth- fessors of geology and seismographic | ers expenses and salaries. The publi- observers account for the violent cation of the bank bulletin has been earth vibrations which demora! ized | ae conti 1 at a saving of $20,000 a instruments “in observatories through- | Et es. ° é jout this country yesterday. 2 a Ph i tion of the! Thus far the exact location of the; Banh OLAurth Ae eee riaetie per- huge “slip” has not been determined | vom July 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1921, although observers from Washington, | oer LY oe California, agree; New York, Feb. 1.- dizzy whirl through center for a few moments yesterday | and shifted its “poles,” to fit the new | center of rotation. Then in order that it might not be; jtraveling on a “flat wheel” so to! jSpeak, a few million tons of solid! rock, somewhere off the western coast of the United States, in the bed of the Pacific ocean, slipped a hundred. feet or so to even’ thines \ c | was charged with larceny aggregating | Mr. Meiser, Odd Fellow for 35) charged with their enforcement will | s . |do their duty and the people of the Years, :is Presented With =| communities will back efforts of the Handsome Chair | officers. { “After two ‘dry’ years the experience a {of the country conclusively shows that | The twenty-first anniversary of Oddithis law can be enforced, Brovided Me apts ahi Ade Ras, spiries ang, Fellowship in Bismarck was celebrat-/law officers take a determined stand,” | RVAIloe Orth He one od red last night in Odd Fellows hall. A} Mr. Johnson said, “and will not know- | pleaded not guilty and was adiniited | !#7e number of members of Capitai|ingly permit the slightest infraction | to $50,000. bail supplied by relatives, | City Lodge No. 2 and other lodges | ther!or | it include. shrinkage in the Grand}TOW.. While the snowfall has been Forks Mill project—which is several heavy this winter up to this time the hundred thousand dollars to date—|snow fences along the right-of-way due to contracting at peak prices of; have kept the snow off the track, but labor and material.” {with these fences full, and snow fall- eeeeeaeeed | ing, trouble is anticipated, EARTH OFF ITs i SNOWING AT FARGO. ; | Fargo, Feb. 1—Three inches of | snow were on the ground here whea . the snow began to fall today and a heavy snowfall was expected before J j night, OF DAKE N OK DRIFT AT MINOT. Minot, Feb. 1.-There was a foot of 3 , snow ‘on the ground here todav. The wind was blowing strong and the snow Got Dizzy in Merry Whirl and. was’ dritting badly. Shifted its “Poles” to Fit | Nese ‘PRESIDENT OF | DEFUNCT BANK IS INDICTED Boston, Feb, 1—Max Mitchell. pres- ident of the defunct Metropolitan; Trust company, was arraigned today j on five secret indictments in which hej} $1,500,000 fraudulent loans, conver-| "| were present. \ His letter follows: i ‘A handsome leather rocking chav; | ‘Mr. Sheriff and State's Attorney: resented to A. Meisner, in honor “There was created by the legisla- | birthday. M eisner was 78) : w of hi ture of 1921 a department known s se - +1, the State Licensing Department, to be | years old, He has been an odd Fel-| jyerated in connection with the office low for 35 years and is a charter mem-} 5¢ ine Attorney General. It, was made ber of the local lodge. Many other! tne duty of this Department to appoint charter members of Capital City Lodge) inspectors to assist in the enforce- No. 2 were present. iment of the laws regulating and li-| Third degree work was conferred) censing pool halls, theaters, bowling on five candidates, They were Johiialleys, etc. This Department also was Shomer, Oscar Levine, Harry Burke,; required to aid local officers in en-) Ed Ordah! and Mr. Hildalgo. ‘forcing the laws against the manufac- | FoHowing the meeting there wasiture and distribution of intoxicating Fees were collected from the | ct to its regulation, available to pay the ex- of operating the Department. p to and including the 23rd of i November, 1921, there had ‘been col- lected in licenses the sum of $69,006.41 for the y 1921. Virtually all col- , WILTON MAN DIES SUDDENLY, Reports Circulated of Murder Prove False i i i i i | Reports ulated last night in Bis- marck that a brutal murder had been committee in Wilton apparently grew out of the sudden death of Fred Sni- hur, Wilton laborer. A coroner’s jury was summoned yes- j terday to investigate the death of Snihur. -He had:been with some and only two so large may be built. They may carry no guns heavier than eight inches and only ten of these; if they carry nothing exceeding six inches the number of guns is not limited. Gun Size Limited, J| No war vessel hereafter laid down, MIN | except capital ships, may have guns | over. eight-inch alibre. ' No preparation may be made in HEAD PLANS T0 eace t.mes toward converting mer- 2 Sees | that decks may be stiffened to mount six-inch guns. The contracting powers may not build ships for other powers | exceeding the limit set by the Says that Miners Would Pool In- treaty or allow them to be built A 5 A . under their jurisdiction, terests in Fight Against When a contracting power, un- Wage Cuts hant ships to armed vessels except dertakes to build a ship for an- other power full information re- garding it shall be given other contracting powers, Contracting powers are forbid. den, should they be at war to use ships being constructed for. other powers in their territory. One article provides that “The Unite ates, the British Empire and Japan agree that the status A MEETING IS CALLED Indianapolis, Feb. 1—The United | Mine Workers of Amer are willing to “unreservedly pool their interests with fhe railroad organizations and | stand with them in resistance to the; proposed attacks on their wage sched. | a 4 les” John L. Lewis, international! (wo at the signing of the pre: mt president of the miners declared in a! treaty with regard to fortificatio statement today. } and naval bases shall be main- The statement was mado along with | tained in thelr respective territory. he announcement that invitations to} Oa Ce partotnate in a meeting with the; Provision is made for the arrange- miners had been sent to officers of ment of a new conference caused by the 16 major organizations of railroad changes and new inventions in war- workers. i fare. Mt. Lewis declared railroad workers; Powers who feel menaced by some have been “compelled to accept in-' change in circumstances may ask a equitable wage reductions” and conference for possible amendments serted propaganda is being gonduct-| in treaty. ed on a gigantic scale to enforce fur-; em tee, ther “unwarranted wage cuts upon | CALLED AT 11 O’°CLOCK them.” ' hi ie the “tt is likewise apparent that certain Rae pe Feb. Lacie interests are seeking wage reductions Associated ress.) — The in the coal mining industry,” he con- open session of the armament tinued ti orlie! to ancy ully ¢om- conference was called to order bat his frenzie ysteri e& mM (ae Ae 3 es eas fire willing to join hands with the 4USt before 11 o’clock today for railroad workers, he added. the presentation of the nava limitation treaty and the special is placed at $225,088.14; loss of the D. to Berkley, Drake. mill, $74,379.12; loss of the , Homebuilders Association $113,256.76. To ascertain his total loss of operat; ing the state industries Mr. Crawford includes. expenses of the Industrial Commission of $182,305.47; Mill and Elevator Association of $16,012.03 which, he says, is properly charge- able because it was incurred by the commission charged with the manage-, Ment of the industries, yas z | Bank of North Dakota ‘ The Bank of North Dakota, which has been the one state industry in which the Nonpartisan administra- tion’s reports had not shown a loss, will undoubtedly show the heaviest “loss of all, Mr. Crawford says. In his analysis of the profit and loss account of the bank, he lists the following to “loss” account as differ- ing from the pank’s statement—‘inter- est and not collected, over interest ac- drued and not paid, and interest not that it probably was a few hundred miles off the mouth of the Columbia | river. Hi { Absence of a record disruption of} the visible surface of the earth or of | the huge tidal wave which usually} radiate from the scene of an earth-! quake, lead the observers to believe! the “slip” occurred miles below the} bed of the ocean. Its violence was attested by the! quivering seismograph which in some| instances were thrown from the recy ording rolls, while a “strong ma-} chine” at Berkley was set in motion! for the first time in many years. i Mountains Continually Moving — | “No doubt the earth was readjust-| ing itself,” said Professor J: J. Lynch,} seismographic observer at Fordham university here. “About every so often the earth be- comes upset, goes off center, and us- ually, about the same time there is a violent earthquake, a slipping of miles of strata, and we go merrily along again.” collected and not. earned, $234,978; * (Continued on Page 7) ‘The Andes along the Pacific coast (Continued on Page 3) |son, lately ‘of the Devils Lake World, | friends at the home of one Sunday} night. He left the party, going out-} side the house and was found dead His head was bruised and foul play was at first suspected. Dr. Thompson, of Wilton, and Dr. E. C. Stucke, of Garrison, McLear county coroner, conducted an autopsy | They discovered that death was due solely to heart disease, according tc their report. fl Snihur was a bachelor, about 50 years of age, a foreigner and had worked in the mines and at other la- bor in Wilton. EDITORS BEGIN NEW DUTIES Bowbells, N. D., Feb, 1—Car] Nel- | has arrived here to take charge of the Tribune and B. A. Stefonowicz, for- mer owner and manager, has gone to Devils Lake with his family where he will assume the management of the World which he recently purchased. Washington, D. C., has 30 parks with a combined acreage of 3500 acres. REPORTED DEAD London, Feb. 1—Field Marshal Prince Yuamagata, one of the few re- maining of Japan’s “genro” or elder statesmen, died at his home in Oda- wara today, says an Exchange Tele- graph dispatch from Tokio. WILL ORGANIZE TESTING CIRCUIT Hebron, N. D., Feb. 1—Farmers of | Western Morton county and Eastern Stark county will meet here, Febru- ry 4th, to organize a cow testing as- sociation. John Christianson of New Salem, president of the well known New Salem Dairy Circuit will be one of the speakers and will tell of the benefits which have been derived at New Salem from a complete and com- pact organization. The Morton coun- ty farm agent, G. H,, Ilse, will be pres- ent and discuss forms of organization, methods of procedure, etc. lections had been received which could be expected up to June, 1922, When I came into office all this had been expended, and, in addition, I found ‘pills aggregating $5,008.01 which had ‘not been paid. This. department therefore has been hamstrung, and cannot function. to any great extent, ‘except in a general supervisory’ ca. | pacity, as far as the enforcement of , ‘these various prohibitory laws is con- cerned. “I am appealing to you, as the duly constituted local law officer, to exer- cise the utmost energy in onto rea observance %f all vs within your | ‘particular jurisdiction. There are ON TAX CUTS |two constables in every township | (you can get their names from the; LaMoure, N. D., Feb. 1.—A call has Clerk of Court) a marshal in every |been issued by W. I. Struble, county village, policeman in every city, and | auditor, pursuant to the wishes of the you should be able to make them real- | board of commissioners, requesting all jze that they have a definite and re-| members of school, township, city and sponsible place in the machinery of | village boards, and all interested tax- law enforcement, and can and should | payers, to meet at LaMoure Feb. 7, in be of great help to you in enforcing | mass meeting, to talk over public e: ‘the license and liquor laws, | penditures and the general proposition | “Y desire particularly to emphasize |of taxation with a view to effecting | (Continued on Page 3) economies if possible. SACRED COLLEG MEETS THURSDAY 1—(By_ the Associated red College will con- vene tomorrow in conclave for the [Beers of a new pope. Rome, treaties limiting the use of sub- marines and poison gas. The exact moment of the open- ing of the session was 11:06 a. m. Chairman Hughes began iwith the resolution adopted in the Far Eastern committee. He brought in first the resolution of December 12, for withdrawal of ‘foreign postoffices from China. ‘ Without discussion the postof- fice resolution was adopted and the conference then went on to other Far Eastern resolutions. In quick succession the two open door resolutions and the two resolu- tions pledging against discriminatory railroad practice in China were adopt- ed without debate. Applaud Shantung Agreement, The declaration of the powers ask- ing China to reduce her military forces and the resolution for public- (Continued on Page 3)