The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 28, 1922, Page 3

a ~ ea A 4 TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1922 JUDGE ENGLERT WILL AGCEPT Says He Had Not Sought Nom- ination for High Court Fargo, N. D., March 28,—Hig readi- ness to accept the justiceship of the supreme court is stated by Judge M. J. Englert of Valley City in a state- ment he gave out today, commenting upon the action of the Nonpartisan state convention in indorsing him for the supreme court. Judge Englert says, however, that the indorsement was without his knowledge and consent, and he as- Serta that “the judiciary should be strictly nonpartisan, and the judge should feel under obligation to no one.” ‘His statement follows: “Since I have often stated in public and- in. private that the judiciary should be kept out of politics, and be- ing that I was recently endorsed by. the league delegates as a candidate for the supreme court, I*féel in duty bound to say that such endorsement was. made without my knowledge or. consent. While I jappreciate most kindly the good will of those: that have’ enough confidence in- me that they would elevate me to the highest court of the state, a position which must lurk in the heart of every law- yer that loves hig. profession, ‘yet I cannot but feel that the position is robbed of much of its:honor if secured through partisan strife, Under the law, the judiéiary should be strictly nonpartisan, and the judge should feel under obligation to no one. “Two ‘years ago I was endorsed without my knowledge or consent for judge of the First Judicial district, and only my favorable acquaintance with my fellow members of the bar, and with the peoplé generally made possible my election. That tribute of their confidence in me I ghajl not knowingly or purposely: mar. To have and to hold the confidence and re- spect of the people are of far greater satisfaction and mean more’ to me than the mere holding of official posi- tion. “I simply make this little state- ment to let the public know that I am.under obligation to no man or set of men, party or faction except the People of my district. With this short explanation, should my candidacy be put forth and should it tbe the will of the people that I shall become a member of the supreme court of this state, I will say to them that I shall discharge my‘ duty there as I hive here, in accordance with the law an] the constitutions of the state and the nation.: The past is the best inlex to the; future, The lives and char- acters of men are not shaped over night.” 5 CAN'T TELL WHERE ONE- THIRD OF MONEY SPENT (Continued from Page 1) celled this year for failure to file a re- port. & J. A‘, Painter was. paid.$145. for ex- aming titles. At that time he was em- TYPEWRITERS Il makes and rented piece CHEVROLET Parts In Stock. Corwin Motor Co. Bismarck, N. D. —_—_—_———————— " -BSHENGE, D. C.Ph. C > Consultation Free Suite 9 11—Lacas Block—Phene 969 EAGLE Tailoring and Hat Works Dry Cleaning, Pressing, Re- pairing, Remodeling, Dyeing of Ladies’ and Men’s Clothes. Prompt and courteous service. Call For and Deliver. Phone 58 318. Broadway Bismarck, N. D. We clean’ and reblock hate. =e ee Francis Jaszkowiak Well Drilier. Dealer in Wind Mills, Gasoline Engines, Cotton Wood Lumber, Hard Wood Lumber, All kinds of Stove and Fire wood. Call or Write. 421 12th St. Bismarck. _—__ Se Underwood Typewriter Co. Standard and Portable. Sold. Rented. Repaired. Bismarck, N. D. ‘| now on hand was written off owing to ’Equitable Audit Company, is shown in ployed in the farm loan department of the Bank of North Dakota, : Under caption of traveling expenso it appears that D, B. Stewart, account- ant, was advanced $200 cash. No rec- ord was found of this money baing re- funded, or vouchers covering any ex- penditures. Travel expense of $84.23 was paid Spurgeon O'Dell and $32.80 ta. K. C. Arnéss. Their names were not on the salary list. There was paid the Consuniers Unit- ed Stores Co. $800 for a bookkeeping machine but all the bookkéeping was done by hand. ‘Railroad mileage books were pur- chased in the amount of $1,500. No record of individual users was found. Two vouchers of Equitable Audit Co. included one afnount for $20.00, lab- eled ‘6-21-21 W, A. D. to Negben cash,” which was, the auditor report says, advanced to ‘W. A. Darling, au- ditor for the Equitable Audit company, by the proprietress of a local cafe. The same was reported true of a $50 item. A total of $2,890.47 paid for plaster its poor condition, and the report says materials found in warehouses were in deplorable condition. R. B. Blakemore, when manager of the afsociation, was authorized to build a temporary lwmber shed in Far- go. He built a building on his own land which cost $3,818.03 and now de- mands the association purchase or lcase the property. In several instances many thousands of dollars were paid to, contractors more than the contracts on file in the office called for. The audit report says: “We also found a large bundle of journal and ledger sheets which had been fully written up and discarded, and the rec- ords were apparently entirely re- welt: ten. Although the association spent $25;: 751.68 for having an elaborate system of bookkeeping installed it was ‘unable to determine the construction costs of the buildings erected, and mado its dis- tribution of expenses arbitrarily. The Money was paid to the Equitable Audit Company. Loss $159,480.74, The report, as has each subpeqnent report, -indicates a more deplorable condition in the Homé Building esso- ciation than had been anticipated. The balance sheet ‘of the associa- tion as at Dec. 31, 1921, shows the |} following: o Assets. CULTENE: 4 /5)0/058 vcaiceees sie tee $ 13,338.49 Loan contracts, construction accounts + 331,461.54 Inventories, : 20,708.50 ‘Furniture, stool etc. . « 2,996.95 Deficit « 159,974.74 Pes seen cece o1- $528,480.22 Liabilities, Accounts payable, accounts savings ea aiereisia' sie hee eae! $ 12,143.88, ‘D. loans, inter- 'D. . appropria- 416,336.34 Te 3 00,000.00 “totaly i. oso es6e chle aioe $528,480.22 The method of éstablishing the cost of the houses, which was done by the ‘the report. ‘Taking the home of J. N. (Hagan, former commissioner of agri- culture and laWor as an example, the report shows that. the: total cost. of |: items traceable to the particular job amounted to $5,970.01. Showing how deficient the system was the reports | on this job show but $9.50: spent for lumber and $2.35 for hardware. To obtain the total cost of this house, as |’ Fwell as others, the audit company took the amourtt. of money it could not ac- count for, about $160,000 in all, and} applied it {io the cost of the various | houses proportionately. There was considerable loss in the! disposition of materials left on hand after the home building association collapsed last’ summer, it is shown. There remains, however, $15,356.74 worth of materials on hand. The au- dit report says that it visited the| warelouses and yards at Bismarck and found the materials in a deplorable condition, the method of arranging be- ing such as to depreciate patent shin- gles and-hair insulation and linofelt. (Most of. this material has since been disposed of. The audit report confirms previous statements to the effect that the Homo | Building Association obtained no con- tracts with the persons for whom homes were built. Commenting upon the bookkeeping system installed by the associaion the réport says that “The only ‘records and information | easily accessible’ to us referred to was- limited to one pocket memorandum book carried. by Mr. Blakemore, con- taining a partial list of checks issued; a cash book partially recording re- ceipts, checks issued and deposits made; and check stubs, cancelled checks, bank statements, and an in-| complete file of original vouchers and invoices.” ¢ Comment of ‘Auditors, Further the report says: “We also repeat our comments in| said report that there was no data, | memoranda, or records covering the cost of the individual houses, several of which were completed and occu- pied and the remainder under con-! struction. There were no supporting | records covering the purchase, distri- | bution, inventory or control of the ma- terial and supplies. There were no original records of the labor costs other than the payments made there- from. ‘With one exception, there were no contracts or other evidence of the amounts. to be paid for the various buildings, or by whom or when. Not even the form of such contract had yet been determined. i “No conveyances to the owners or corresponding mortgages, as provided by the act, were executed and the title to the properties apparently remained in the state, exempting them from tax- ; ation. | “Upon the present examination we found the journals as written up had very little explanation of the entries made therein. The supporting data.and explanations of the entries were in the form of vouchers, numerous vouchers were entered correcting a former en- try and again a third entry and vouch- er was entered. to correct a formers correcting entry. “We. also found a large bundle ot | journal and ledger sheets which had | been fully written .up and discarded, | and the records were apparently én- | tirelv re-written. “The association, after having this elaborate system installed and written up by the Eauitabfe Audit Co. at-a cost of $25,741.68 were unable to de- termine the aonstruction costs of the buildings erected, and the distribution of materials, according to their own renort, was made arbitrarily. “In our examination the’ records!! ‘0. O. F. home. 'Co., Mirs., Buffalo, N. Y. written up were of very little value, as | we ‘were obliged to depend entirely | URDER upon tho original invoices and other | data for information as to the distri- | bution of the materials. David McCutchan, Slope Cougty “No examination of the sufficiency of title of the various properties was Farmer, Held to Jury ‘made to us, and we were advised by Mr. &. 1. Diehl, manager of the as- sociation, that such examination would be undertaken shortly. “Every facility was afforded us in the within examination, and we: ac- knowledge the asssistance and co-oper- ation of Mr. F. EB. Diehl, manager, an the members of the bate Com- mission, as 5 Feaulred: ee GRAND JURY - IN SESSION Will Reconsider Cases on Which Work Was Nullified Amidon, IN, <D., March Walter Inman, 39, Amidon bowling al- ley proprietor, came to his death from a revolver bullet fired (by David Mc- Cutchan, Slope county farmer, was the verdict of the coroner's jury over the body of Inman who died about 36 ours after being shot about two inches pelow the héart*Wednesday forenoon, following an altercation between him and McCutchan over possession of tie Fred Gillette farm under a sublease. (While feeling has run high against McCutchan since the shooting, ©. P. Brownlee, -state’s attorney of Slope county, says there is no danger of violence, and that t%e community re- mains orderly in awaiting the regular action of the law... Inman was buried here yesterday afternoon, after the arrival of a sister, (Mrs. Charles ‘Brauch of ‘Santa Rosa, Cal, He leaves ‘his father, W. V, In- man; a brother, George; his wife, and three daughters, Thelma, 14; Ednea. 11, and Dorothy, 2. GRANT COUNTY SELLING BONDS ious session. — Grant county commissioners, after selling $125,000 of seed and feed ponds, decided to “sell $125,000 of funding bonds to take up outstanding OFFI CE RS OF -|warrants, There ‘were three bids for fl the seed and feed bonds, they being sola_by..Commissioner of Agriculture t se and Labor Kitchin to W. L. Slayton & Co. for. approximately 98 per cent The federal grand jury, which re- cesstd several days ago when it was found a witness ha¢ been sitting on the jury, reconvened here today. The work which the grand jury previously handled was to be gone over. again. There are about 60 cases to be con- sidered. Witnesses were summoned again for the present session. The whole federal force and the gran” jurors were on the alert today against a recurrence of the incident which nullified the work.of the prev- A: L, Bishop, of Fargo, is Named :|""President of Body Faré6, N‘'D.,. March 28—Gideons of forth Dakota, ‘the’ organization of Christian’ travelitig ‘fen’ at their an- 6sed in Fargo, lation of Sunday motion picture shows. and indorsed the work of Dean Ver- non P, Squires of the University of North Dakota, in preparing Bible study courses for use in high schools. The next annual meeting will be held at Grand Forks. The newly elected sata officers are: President, A. L. Bishop, Fargo; secre- try, W. D. Gillespie, Fargo; treasurer, I. D. Henry, Fargo; chaplain, F. L. Montgomery, Grand Forks. Field secretaries: ~H. R. Gladding Detroit, Minn.; Courtwright Hawley, Fargo,'N. D, Vice presidents: C. C. Heaton, Far- go; F. L. Montgomery, Grand Forks, E. ‘Hl. Kennedy, Minot; ‘H. G. Schwant- es, Bismarck; John Orchard, Dickin- son; F. Chambard, Valley City; Wm... Yates, Williston; W. W. Allen, Devils Lake; H. M. Rife, Wahpeton; J. A. Biggs, Mandan. The convention closed with a meet- ing at the First Methodist churc: .yesterday ‘which was addressed by | Rev, ‘W. C.’Hodgson. The new Presi- dent, A. L. Bishop presided and C, W. Brown of Oshkosh, Wis., led the song service, “Traveling?” HAT?” BENEFIT DANCE I. 0. O. F. and Rebekahs will give a dance Tuesday night, March 28, to raise money for I. Friends are in- 44 is in vited. Grapes boiled in butter made a fav- orite dish in English a few centuries ago. = RESULTS TELL THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT ABOUT THE RESULTS IN BISMARCK. Results tell the tale. All doubt ig removed. The testimony of a Bismarck citizen | ‘can be easily investigated. What better proof can be had?» ‘N. M. Danrot, carpenter, 511° “qth St., N., Bismarck, says: “Some years ago I had a_ bad spell of kidney tréuble. My back never let up aching for several eks and my kidneya| ‘were in bad shape and the secretions contained sediment. I felt all worn out’ and took geveral boxes of Doan’s Kidney Pills and they did just as rep- 122 Main St. resented. fter a day's treatment I was rid of the trouble: ,I have pre- viously recommended Dda fid I am glad to again give my endorsement.” Price 60c, at all’ dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—tMe same that Mr. Danrot had. Foster-Milburn A First performance at 7:30. Admission Adults Capitol LAST TIME TONIGHT Coming Friday 28.—That |! St€venson' Hat - « “Got Everything?” “Yes.” “Your new STEVENSON “No! By Golly, I'll get it New Oakland 6-, with present- day economies CORWIN MOTOR COMPANY Distributor. a WILLIAM FARNUM ‘In His New Nine Reel Super Special “PERJURY” “The Sawmill” ) The Funniest Comedy Ever Produced. eo of face value. The bonds bear 6 per cent and run for five youre: ‘There were three bids. “The funding bonds will rum 20 years and will bear 6 per cent. They will be sold through the Commission- er of Agriculture and Labor. KRAUSE, PEOPLES READY FOR GO cae TEES Bat Krause, of Bismarck, and Sailor Billy Peoples, of Montana, are rapid: ly rounding in shape for their battle at Mandan Friday night, March 31. They will go ten rounds. ‘There will be 14 other rounds of boxing. Ar- rangements have been made for cars to carry Bisniarck people to the river bridge and cars will meet them on the other side. The Buddy McDonald fight will be held April 21 in Mandan. SCHAEFER BEATS WILLIE HOPPE Chicago, March 27.—Young Jake Schaefer, world’s 18.2 balk line bil- liard champion, last night defeated Willie Hoppe, former. title holder, 500 to 466 in the first block of their 1,500 point match, The play was extremely spectacu- lar, both men. doing some wonder- fui work and each throwing away chances to win near the end through off color work. Schaefer’s work was the more bril- liant, the champion giving a splendid display of shot’ making. Hoppe ex- celled in consistent position play. Hoppe’s 260 run in the sixth inning unsettled Schaefer, but neither player was able to take advantage of the other's misplays, both missing miser- ably in the la8t few innings. Bullhead,” a “fish found in British waters, ‘has the power of barking to frighten off its enemies, “Yes* keeping Bismarck, N. D. Children 10c. 80e. PAGE THREE City of London prpper, bounded by municipal and parliamentary lines, ig not a dwelling place, but @ vast mare ket. ; - 4% Copyright 1922 Mart Schaffner & Marx ! ‘STYLE Has to be “Sewed in” Good designing gives you “the style” in clothes; expert needlework and fine wool ens make it last. Get it all here in— ‘ Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes They cost less than other clothes because they last, longer. . - NEW SPRING SUITS $25, $30, $35, $40, $45 ' Best values in years. 8 E. Bergeson & Son Tailoring—Suits made for you $35 up.-: Dry cleaning. LOGAN’S “We Thank You” The Richelieu Store. “WEDNESDAY SPECIALS” Jiffy Jell. Several Flavors.....3 for 25c¢ R.'‘L. Washing Powder, 3 25c pks.....63¢ Monarch Pork and Beans, No.:2 cans, 3 for ...... Bis 276. Richelieu Cut String Beans, No.2 cans, All Phones 211 118 3rc ou wish to become skillful, lay Pocket Billiards at M. W. NEFF 114 4th Street. Bismarck. TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Jesse L. Lasky presents WALLACE Another flitting with jaunty Wally into the place where the laughs live! A story of homeless lovers who camped on the roofs of New York. Full enough of fun and excite- ment to make a landlord forget the first of the month! KINOGRAMS