The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1922, Page 1

4 » x % ; he o " fj = ‘ ' i y w e , " | 4 ° 5 rd ey , 4 NS a JEALOUSY GIVEN \the plant, as Nemmnaeeaeenl WEATHER FORECAST. Cloudy and colder ton‘ght, Sun- day generally fair, ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1922 (Leased Wire of Associated Press) LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS INDICT SEVEN IN WAR FRAUD CASE CLANS GATHERING IN BISMARCK GOOD PROMISE FORCITYIN PAST RECORD, Buildings in Bismarck During Year Now Closing Reached Total of $200,000 OTHER IMPROVEMENTS { i Business Men See Fine Pros-; pects for Pushing Ahead During Coming Year. OF Public Improvements in 1922 Completion of New Bridge Reorganization of Commer- | cial club | | | { | | | i i i | | | | | Construction of main trunk | line sewer | Motorization of fire depart- i ment | Motorization of street de-, | partment i | Construction of sidewalk and street paving ~ : | Construction of 28 new homes | and 3 business buildings | i | With the approach of the New! Year it is time tc review the im-! provements made in the city of| Bismarck during the past year.} The one achievement which stands out probably as most vitally ef- fecting the future growth of the city is the construction of the; new vehicular bridge over the uri river. While this is not} a y achievement, it vitally af-} fects the growth of the city. In! the construction of’ this bridge! Bismarck beccmes a__ center} through which all transportation! ‘vom East to the Western part of the state must pass. She has be-; come a center. | By the reorganization of the commercial club into an _associa- (Continued on page 7) STORM CENTERS OVER BISMARCK; (INCHES SNOW Center of Disturbance Passes City During Day and | Moves on to East A storm which started in Colorado; and Nebraska moved~northeastward, | increased in intensity, centered inj Bismarck’ last night and today was, moving on -eastward, leaving seven | inches of snow on the ground in Bis- marek at 11 oclock this morning, with | prospects of this amount of snowfall! being increased an inch or two be-| fore the storm had passed. The brave ploughed through the; streets of the city to work this/| morning, while the less hard sought other conveyances. Automobiles were blocked on some streets, but before; noon tracks had pretty well covered the streets of the city. Communicae: tion with the capitol was not inter-| rupted. | The snowfall began in Bismarck at} 8:35 o'clock last night, and at 7/ o'clock this morning, when the day’s | weather report is closed, the snow-| fall registered was an even half foot.! There was little snowfall with the storm when it started several hun-! dred miles south and west of Bis- marck, but it gradually increased in intensity. The center this morning} had passed to the eastern part of; the state. Moorhead reported an| inch, and light snowfall was reported | in South Dakota and Montana.. At St. Paul it was clear early today but! with a 30-mile gale blowing, and} snow was expected later in the day. ASMOTIVEFOR ‘BLACK MURDER | | Louisville, Ky., Dec 30—Another| page had been turned today in the! record of the shooting to death of! O. L. Blatk, automobile sales mana- ger, in the apartment of Mrs. Olive; Jones, divorcee, here last Saturday | night. The killing of Black was “without justification,” according to the ver-| dict of the coroner’s jury yesterday. | which identified Mrs. Jones as the slayer. The woman had waived ex- amining trial and was held to the grand jury under the charge of murder. Mrs. Jones surrendered to police early Monday morning after declar- ing she had kept an all night watch over the body, unable to summon courage to notify officers. She shot she said, in self defense. Neither C. H..Jones of Cincinnati, divorced husband, or Clara, 15 year old daughter, testified at the inquest. Jones who said Mrs. Jones and him- self had planned remarriage Jan- uary 1, has promised all aid possible to his former wife. . The commonwealth has constructed a theory that jealousy and fear of losnig the victim’s companiqnship was the motive for the shooting. ‘will be stimulated, those engaged in ‘STARS FAVOR U. S. IN 1923 This Ie Prediction a Woman Sees for New Year f EVANGELIN E,S. ADAMS What do the stars foretell for 1923? NEA Service asked Evange- line S. Adams, world famous as- troleger. Here is her story of the influences which will preside over the nations of the world for the coming year: i | (By Evangeline S. Adams) The year 1923 will be one of ma- terial success. Throughout the year Jupiter will be in the sign Scorpio, which au-; gurs well for any enterprise having to do with liquors, chemicals or drugs. . Oil wells will show profit, shipping the import and export business will meet success. Hope for Wets Conditions also favor those inter- ested in the so-called “wet” move- ment, so that prohibition agents and “dry” leaders, will have to be in- creasingly vigilant. political chaos will continue abroad until this country decides to co-oper- ate. Restriction and depression will prevail in China and India. Rus-| sia, however, will issue into brighter conditions. BLBCTRIC 00. FINANCES ARE REPORTED GOOD Capital Sock Is $100,000 and Value of Plant, Engineers Say, Is $380,000 The comparative balance sheet contained in the countants for the state railroad commission who examined the Hughes Electric Ccmpany - books shows the utility to be in a strong | financial position. The value o’ made by the en- gireers, is placed at about $380,000 and the capital stock of the com- pany, which is incorporated in Minnesota, is but $100,000. It has a depreciation recerve of $154,- 701.09, . An analysis of the dividend account, showing $73.500 charged to surplus in 1920, 1921 and in 11 months of 1922, shows the per- sons to whom dividends have beer aid. y For the year 1920 the dividend account follows: E. A. Hughes, $5,100; M. H. Hughes, $3,900; W. V. Hughes, 1,000; E. A. Hughes, $5,100; W..V. Hughes, $1,000; M. H. Hughes, $3,900. | For the year 1921 it is: W. V. Hughes $1,000; M. H. Hughes $1,- 500; E. A. Hughes $11,500; W. V. Hughes $650; W. V. Hughes $850; E. A. Hughes $1,250; M. H. Hughes _ $2,250; . H. Hughes $3,000; M. H. Hughes $3,000. For the 11 months of 1922 which the report covers it is: E. A. Hughes $12,750; W. V. Hughes $2,500; M. H. Hughes $9,750; W. V. Hughes $3,500. Salaries of officers also are given, but the names of the officers are omitted. The president re- ceived $1,200 in the year ending! November 30, 1922; E. A. Hughes, vice-president and manager, re- report of ac~| ceived $5,287.50; the secretary (Continued on Page 6) There will be no settlement of the irritation between capital and labor. Capital will show increasing dissat- isfactiorf with labor leaders and labor unions. There will be, however, de- termined strides toward achieving the brotherhood ‘of ‘man. UsS. Success The United States will be material- ly more successful than any other country, as President Harding is un- der better influence than any other ruler. King George is under the influence of, the nerve-wracking Uranus, so his country will continue in great unrest. The year 1923 will be as a rule a/ year of past struggles, preluding the appearance of new ideals and a new and stronger race of people. Chlidren born in this year will tend to be of the new ract 1942 Conflict Predicted Here are predictions made by Mi Adams which later events justifie The Windsor fire, 1899. King Edward’s death. Panic of 1897. World War. She predicts a great conflict for the United States in 1942. UTILITY HEAD WAS FOR LAW NOW ATTACKED E. A. Hughes as State Sen- ator in_ 1915 Supported Public Utility Measure The attack of the Hughes Electric | company of Bismarck on the powers! pressed the utmost confidence in his| .. 1 nunted were: of the railroad commission over pub- lie utilities recalls an interesting scrap in the 1915, legislature when the bill giving the commission this authority was put over. The bill was fathered by public utility owners in and out of the legislature. A queer turn of the case is that E. A. Hughes of Bis- marck, who as head of the Hughes Electric company, is assailing the validity of the law was a senator in that session and voted for the law. House bill No. 356 was introduced ; by Representative Harty, giving the board power over rates, etc., of pub- lic utilities. It passed the house 95 to 0, with 17 absent. har of Valley City, owner of the Bismarck Gas company, was regarded as the father of the bill in the house. When the bill went to the senate} several amendments were proposed. H. A. Bronson of Grand Forks county now supreme court judge, sought to amend the bill as follows: “Pro- vided, however, that this act shall not be construed to take away from any municipality in this state the [initial right to provide for the reg- ulation of rates of public service corporations as now provided by law.” Mr. Hughes, as a state senator, voted against this amendment, ac- cording to the senate journals for that period. On the final passage of the bill, Mr. Hughes voted for it. It was passed 38 to 10, with one not voting. Mr. Hughes also voted for another bill that session which gave the commission control over telephone companies. (Continued on Page 6) Frank Ploy-, IKU KLUX KLAN WILL PROBE FEUD MURDER jOrganization Announces It | Will Send Agents to Rouge Mer for Investigation 1 | 'NO MORE ARRESTS Mayor McKoin’s | Status to be Decided By Gov. Ritchie Former New Orleans, La. Dee, 30.—Tho of the Ku Klux Klan will send its own agents into Morehouse Parish to investigate | the kidnapping and killing of Watt] Daniels and Thomas Richards last [ugust, according to an announce jment today by a high state official | of the Klan. This action, he said,! }was decided on at a~onference here yesterday of heads of the state or- ‘ganization, It was stated that the investiga- tfon probably will be started within |the next 48 hoprs. The Klan also stated if it should develop that any individual members | of the Klan in Morehouse Parish} had anything to do with the kidnap- ping and murders of Daniels and | Richards, they would be outlawed and the Klan would assist in obtain- ing their convictions. Louisiana organization MARK TIME. Bastrop, La., Dec. 30.—Another day lof marking time while awaiting the return of federal and state investi-| gators who have been conferring j with: state officials today served to linerease the air of expectancy in Mourehouse Parish, the scene of an linquiry which it was declared will prove a sensational expose of mask- | jed band operations. The investiga- |tors were expected to return here} ‘wtihin the next forty-eight hours, Officials would not predict today what further arrests would be made in addition to the detention here ot 13, T. Burnett, former-deputy shertftr! and employe of a local carbon plant, and of Dr. D. B. McKoin, former mayor of Mer Rouge, in Baltimore, in advance of the opening hearing to} , be conducted here next week by At- |torney General Coco before Juclze; |Fred L. Odom. Positive denial was made at the office of the parish sher- iff and county court clerk, of reports that additional affidavits or warrants! had been issued. | ; Deputy Sheriff Calhoun of More- jhouse Parish and Captain of Detee-; | tives James P.'Glynn of the New Or-/ leans police department, were on their way today to Baltimore to! bring back to Louisiana Dr. MeKoin, | held there on a charge of murder in connection with the kidnapping and, killing of Watt Daniels and Thomas | Richards in the event his extradition! jis granted. | MAYOR RETURNING. Baltimore, Md., Dee. 30.—Special Deputy Sheriff Calhoun of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, who has with him} TURKS SEND MORE TROOPS TO OIL FIELDS One Division of 6,000 Already On Way to Dispute Oil Holdings ARE STILL AT ODDS Plans For an Armenian N: tional Home Proposed By Americans Athens, Dee. 30.—The Turks are sending reinforcements in the diree- tion of Mosul, the. right oil district, the ownership of which is in dispute at the Lausinne conference. accord- ing to advices to the Central News from a reliable source. A division of 6,000 Turkish troops, it is stated, has already left an for Mosul. STILL AT ODDS.. (By the Associated Press.) Lausanne, Dec, 30.—The Lausanne conference completes its sixth week today with a solution of the Near Eastern question still in the mak- ing and with the allied and Turkish delegations: still at odds over the important issues. As Ismet Pasha and his associates awaited “further instructions from | their government at Angora, whither they recently reported the impasse in which the negotiations find them- selves, it seemed certain that a set- tlement of even one of the trouble- some problems on the agenda could not take place this year. It is be- lieved that Ismet in his report to his government called special attention to the declaration of Lord Curzon that the British government insisted upon recognition of its mandate over the Mosul valley... Action by the allies on the Armen- ian plea for a national home in Tur- key was expected today. The -sub- commission on minorities, which is wrestling with this difficult problem, listened yesterday to an appeal by the American observers that refu- gees in Turkey be allowed to return to their native lands and that their property be restored to them. PROPOSE NATIONAL HOME. (By the Associated Press.) Lausanne, Dec. 30.—Plans for an Armenian national home, financed by a possible $20,000,000 appropriation by the United States congress or a popular loan in America in addition to funds from other countries, were presented to the Near East confer- lence today by the American delega- tion. SENTENCES OF 8 “WOBBLIES” ARECOMMUTED a requisition on the governor of this state for the return to Louisiana of | Dr. B, M. McKoin, is expected to ar-| rive here tomorrow. i i | Owing to the} holiday Monday, it is believed Gov-! ernor Ritchie will not act on the case! until Tuesday. i McKoin was arrested here last) Tuesday for the murder of Watt, Daniels and Thomas Richards, vie-| tims of a hooded mob at Mer Rouge; jlast summer. Telegrams from his wife and his) father and from several influential lfriends in northern Louisiana and) 'southern Arkansas reached Dr, Mc-| Koin yesterday at the city jail, heer-| His relatives ex-; ' | | H ling him greatly. [final vindication. Mrs. McKoin who jhad been reported as advising her} |husband to return to Louisiana, has. inot made any suggestion, Dr. McKoin! isaid, and her telegram yesterday ad-| | vised no such idea. His father, hav-' jever, urged him to abandon his fight | lagainst extradition and come home.| {MINNEAPOLIS NEWS IS.SOLD) | St. Paul, Dec. 30.—Sale of the Min- neapolis Daily News to John H. Per-} ry and Richard Lloyd Jones, owners) of a string of newspapers, was an- |nounced here today at the office of{ pany, owner of the News. The change’ in ownership becomes effective Feb- | ruary 1,'1928. No change in person- nel ‘is anticipated. 1 FORD’S COKE SALES PRAISED Washington, Dec. 30.—Representa- tive Mansfield, Democrat of Texas, read into the record today a state- ment that Henry Ford was making coke and selling it'to his employes at $8 a ton, about half the price he said was charged “by the coal bar- ons.” “That's a fair example of what the farmers may expect in the way of fertilizer if Ford gets Muscle Shoals,” he said. “Actions speaR louder than words and Mr. Ford does not talk very much.” the Clover Leaf Publications Com-;_ Granted Freedom on Condi- tion They Will Leave U. S. and Stay Away Washington, Dec. 30.—The sen- tences of eight members of the In-. dustrial Workers of the World, con- vieted in the Haywood case of con- spiracy and violation of war time laws, were commuted by President Harding today to expire at once on conditions that the eight prisoners leave’ the United States and never return. The men whose sentences were Aurelio Vincent Azzura, sentenced to 20 years; C, J. Bourg, 10 years; Peter Green, 10 years; Charles L. Lambert, 20 yeurs; Harry Lloyd, 5 years; Burt Lorton, 10 years; Sam Scarlett, 20 years, and Archie Sinclair, 10 years. All of the men are subject to de- portation and it was a condition of their commutation that should they return to this country the clemency granted would bé void. It was fur- her said that the president had one of them return, they would be apprehended and returned to Leav- enworth penitentiary to serve out the remainder of his sentence. tion, chief of which are: Upward trend of trade. A tone of greater confidence. Improved conditions of agriculture. Increasing business activity generally. Favorable condition of bank reserves, interest rates and credit structure. More normal relationship between prices of dif- ferent classes of commodities. 1 \ | | i ! | i | | eached the decision that should any; SEE GOOD YEAR IN 1923 (By The Associated Press.) Chicago, Dec. 30.—Optimism for 1923, permeated summarizations from a business standpoint of the year now closing was reflected today by some of Chi- cago’s leaders of finance and industry. They, gave their reasons for their satisfaction with the situa- FOR OPENING OF 18TH SESSION OF NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE ASKS $6,500,000 TO MODERNIZE BATTLESHIPS Washington, Dec. 30—A_ supple- ment appropriation of $6,500,000 for modernization of battleships was quested of congress today by Presi dent Harding, who transmitted a let- lter from Secretary Denby declaring that as a result of the arms confer- ence decisions, the nation must adopt a new policy regarding its cupital ships if they are “to be maintained at a standard of efficiency compar- able to that of similar vessels of foreign powers.” MORTGAGE AS SECURITY FOR REPARATIONS French Newspaper Advances \ This as Germany’s Plan To Pay Indemnity COMMISSION URGED Secretary Hughes in New Haven . Speech Suggests Alternative to Allies Paris, Dec. 30.—A mortgage on the wealth of the German peo- ple up to twenty percert of its to- tal value is the guiding’ principle of the reparations proposals which Germany will make to the prem- iers’ conference, according to the versicn of the German plan given by Lucien Chassaigne, foreign ed- itor of the JORNAL. The mortgage, the writer says, would be established by means of income tax returns. Small busi- ress Would make direct payments on the obligation but in the case of large concerns special shares of nonvoting stock having prefer- ence in the profits, would be created. All these shares woud be centered in a bank in Holland or Switzerland managed by a mix-, i ed control board presided over by a neutral. Such a mortgage, M. Chassaigne says, is estimated by the Germans as able to produce thirty billion gold marks. In retyrn, however, Chancellor Cuno, the article de- clares, will ask for abrogation of those clauses cf the Versailles treaty which limit German com- mercial activity. Although France accepts the principle of a mortgage on Ger- man wealth, the editor says that Herr Cuno’s figure is much too small, inasmuch as the - French share in the total would drop to sixteen, billion gold marks or about half of the amount she has already spent in reconstructing the devastated regions. Intérnational bankers, the writ- er asserts are inclined to favor a loan to Germany. The PETIT PARISIEN learns that the French reparations plan now is ready and that it requires only the approval of Premier Poin-| care, NEXT MOVE UP TO ALLIES Washington, Dec. 30.—Disclos- ure by Secretary Hughes, in his New Haven speech last night of the belief cf the Washington gov’ ernment. that an international commission of financiers, ing Americans, might well be call- ed in to recommend a method of (Continued on Page 6) * Daylight Robbery Nets $20,000 in Payroll Currency Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 30,—Armed bandits this morning held up the pay- master of the Ferry Tap and Screw Company and escaped with the $20,- 000 weekly payroll. The robbers en- tered the offices with pistols drawn. The paymaster, just returned from a bank with the money, heavily guard- ed by an armed escort which was caught off guard by the sudden raid. e OT ON inglud- | 2. | Many Senators and Repre- sentatives Are Rolling Into City for the Session—Rush Of Bills Is Expected as Soon as Legislature Gets Under Way—Session Opens At Noon Tuesday The clans began to gather for the 18th legislative session today. Nearly a score of members of the senate and the house had arrived: in Bismarck on trains last night or to- day, and a steady s to flow toward the state capital to- morrow and Monday. By Monday night everybody is expected to be here. The speakership fight, if there is one, is the subject of interest among the early arrivals. There are as yet no announced candidates for the po- sition, but here and there are mem- bers of the legislature and others who are plugging hard for some can- didate. The names which continue to bé most prominently mentioned are Ray Johnson of Cass county; John! Carr of Jamestown, C. H. Starke of | Dickinson, and William Watt, Cass] county. A. B. Jackson of Devil Lake has been mentioned. It is expected that both the inde-! pendents and nonpartisans will hold! get-together meetings Monday night.! The independents will have a dinner: in Legion hall, and it is probable the speakership matter so far as a caucus settles it, will be settled! there. A. C. Townley, William Lemke | and other leaguers are expected to! be here to help start the proceedings. | President Everson and Secretary Theodore Nelson of the Independent Voters association were among the! arrivals. L. L. Twichell, speaker ati the last session, Senator Stevens of Ramsey county, Representative Sa-| gen and others were around the lob- bies. ' i i um is expected Rush of Bills | Though the session has ‘not. yet started it appears that there will be a rush of bills in the first week. Many legislators coming here to seek the repeal of some measure. Sena- tor Stevens is of the opinion that the conciliation law passed at the last} session of the legislature has proved a farce in actual operation. Most of the members of the legis- | lature on the independent side who * ASSISTANT TO BAKER NAMED IN INDICTMENT Benedict Crowell, Former As- sistant Secretary of War, Is Included in List OTHER WAR AIDS NAMED Charged with Graft in Con- nection with Building of Cantonments During War Washington, Dee. 30.--Benedict Crowell, assistant secretary of war under the Wilson administration and six “dollar a year” men associ- ated with the council of national de- jfense were indicted here today by jthe special grand jury involving war frauds on charges of conspiracy to jdefraud the government in construc- tion of war time army camps and cantonments, The others indicted are: William A. Starratt, Morton C. Tuttle, Clem- ens W. Lundoff, Clair Foster, Joha H.“McGibbons, James A. Mears. The indictment charges a conspir- acy to maladminister existing laws and regulations; to control the giv- ing of contracts to friends, associ- ates and clients under the “cost plus” system, which it is charged resulted in a loss to the government of millions of dollars and reduced the morale of labor. HEAR BERGDOLL IS ENROUTETO FLORIDA PORT Police and Port Officials Will Meet Incoming Steam- ship Pensacol4, Fla,, Des. 30,—Local police and port officials were early today making preparations to meet the steamship Jupiter said to be en- route to this port with Grover Cleve- thave arrived are expressing hopes for: a peaceful session, and declare that) there isn’t any reason why it should} not be peaceful. They deny that| there is any plan for a wholesale re-! peal of laws passed in the last few! years, \ Because of the closely divided con- | trol of the two houses—the inde-, pendents counting a margin of three; in the senate and house—it will not | be possible for repeal or change of any initiated laws without breaking | down factional differences, since 9} two-thirds vote is required to change an initiated law. To Ask Co-Operation The attitude to be taken by Gov- ‘ernor Nestos in his message to the ilegislature probably will be that of lurging a program on which members | of the legislature can act without re- gard to their, party affiliations. Among the most important reconi- mendation are expected to be appointment of a non-political board to run the Grand Forks mill and to provide several hundred thousand |dollars capital stock for the enter- iprise, and to change in some respects |the rural credits law of the Bank of North Dakota and eliminate the pri- vate depository feature, leaving the bank as custodian of state funds and of the funds of such local sub- divisions as desire to put their mon- ey in the bank, ‘ The legislature will convene promptly at noon Tuesday, January 2. The house will be called to order by “Dad” Dawson, chief clerk in the last session. If the house organizes promptly Governor Nestos probably Iwill deliver his message about 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon; if not, 'the next day. j Few Changes Imminent Few changes will take place in the capitol offices, since most of the of- ficials were returned in the elec- tion. R. H. Grace and J. E. Robinson will retire from the supreme court, Judge Grace will open a law office in Bismarck and Judge Robinson will remain here for some time com- pleting a book of essays he is to have published. The supreme court has been working at top speed for two weeks, trying to complete work on all the cases before them before Attorney General Sveinbjorn Johr- son and W. L. Nuessle go on the bench. Otherwise re-arguments will be necessary in the cases. Many opinions were expected late tod George F. Shafer, assistant attor- ney general, will become attorney general. Fay Harding of Emmons county will go on the railroad com- mission. W. H. Stutsman will re- tire. That body, too, was tr: complete much i on hand before Mr. Stutsman re : Judge Nuessle is doing the same in district court, NO ARRESTS MADE Marshfield, Wis., Dee. 30.—No ar- rests have been made in the “Yule bomb” case here, according to Sher- iff W. C. Mueller of Wood county. Sheriff Muelller stated that federal and county officials are of the opin- ion that not enough evidence has been obtained to warrant an arrest at this time.’ Advices yesterday in- dicated an early solution of the case. |pected of being Bergdoll. ‘Jones of Leon county, who has the | the land Bergdoll, Philadelphia allegec draft dodger, on board as a membe of its crew. No word had been received fro the Jupiter early today and the)ho. of its arrival was not known. | Po authorities said they were expec ing the vessel to arrive here eithe today or tomorrow. In the mear time other gulf ports were bein; closely watched for the Jupiter. Leon county authorities at Tala hassee, Fla:, were still holding to day the young man, who claims his name is Wm. Jones of Erie, Ps taken into custody yesterday, su Sheri, suspect in charge, said while he did not belive the man being held is Bergdoll, he would continue to hold until his finger prints have been compared in Washington with those of Bergdoll. BORAH FIGHT / TS ENDED | \Senator Withdraws Resolu- | tion For Economic Conference Washington, Dec. 30p—Although privately stating that he was pre- {pared to offer it as an amendment to some other bill should the neces- sity arise, Senator Borah’s decision to withhold his proposal for an in- ternational economic conference a: an amendment to the naval ap propriation bill was regarded today as having finally disposed of it anc settled the immediate issue whict has held the senate in itns grip foi nearly a week, The Idaho senator’s announcemen’ that he would withhold the pro posed amendment came as a climax 0: the senate battle late yesterday af- ter administration assurances hac been given by Senator Watson of Indiana, that the president already was sounding out the situation in ways which might lead to a move- ment aiding in the adjustment of economic conditions in Europe. He appealed to Senator Borah for this reason not to press his proposed resolution: “HAPPY NEW YEAR” The old year is pass- ing, and on Monday Bis- marck folk will start the new, with good resolu- tions and with much to fill them with optimism. Business generally will be suspended in the city on Monday,-in observance of the first day of 1923. In conformity with the holiday there will be no issue of The Tribune,