The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1923, Page 1

= ¥ & i? ” } - Me MO ¢ \ o) R WEATHER FORECAST. | Somewhat unsettled, but generally Se aaneEnnEenanmenmnmenmmemmmmmmmmemeemmnnt fair tonight and Wednesday. | STABLISHED 1873 EASING OF TAX BURDEN OF SESSIONS HARD TASKS; JOINT COMMITTEE ACTION IS PROPOSED, Re-distribution and Equalization of Burden, Elimination of | WOMAN HANGS Some Taxes and Provision View Taxation as One qf Big Problems Before 8" PROTESTING Session—Experts to be Called in by Committees to Give | Their Views of Subject and Aid in Forming begislation —May Have Omnibus Tax Seen eee | Equalization of the bureau of taxation, discovery of new! sources and the elimination of others, to achieve the result | of a lessened tax burden without crippling any institutions | ISONE | i i For Others by Members Who } i Bill for Legislature. + | or departments has moved forward as one of the important questions before the 18th legislative assembly. . Method of taxation has taken its place along side of a NN OO ON economy in tax levies as among the problems giving greatest concern to members of the legislature. Sentiment of mem-' bers, as expressed in caucuses and as individuals, stress : the importance of this subject. | Because of the intricacy of tax problems the proposal ; has been advanced for the working out of tax measures in! joint sessions of the house and senate tax committees and | in sub-committees appointed for the purpose, and the intro- | duction of an omnibus tax bill covering all changes agreed | to by the committee, in place of making reports on the score | or more individual tax bills expected to be presented. For the purpose of agreeing upon® So AUTO PLANT AT ST. PAUL man of the house tax committee, have discussed the matter of call- ing a joint session of the committees tonight or Thursday night. There nre 11 members of the senate com- mittee and 17 of the house commit- tee. The outcome of such a joint meeting may be the division of work on tax matters among the members i in sub-committees. It is planned to} Purchase 167 Acres on Mis- call upon the experts of the tax A eg rf scumsiaioniaila office and others for sissippi River Near High advice. Asseciation to Be Represented. Representatives of the North Da- kota State Taxpayers’ association, recently formed, are expected to at- tend sessions of the tax committees. This organization fired into the mails yesterday a 14-page bulletin which contains an exhaustive report of taxes in the state. J. G. Gunder- There is vast difference of opinion on the question of economy, caused in part by the stand of the “educa- tional bloc” which declares that the state cannot afford to cripple its edu- cational institutions. On the other hand there is a group which declares that the pruning knife must be used, Application Made by Company To Ultilize Power Gen- erated There a St. Paul, Jan. 9.—Plans to’ estab- lish a large plant in St. Paul for | manufacture of automobiles and trac- ) tors were announced here today by} representatives of the Ford Motor | Company. i Dam | $315,000 FOR THE SITE! and that what they call the “fol-de- rols” of education must go for a period of two or three years at most. But there is unanimity of opinion upon the necessity for correction ot many equalities in the ,tax laws. There is difference of opinion, too, but not so marked as in many other cases, and there is general admission that ‘the problem if one which re- quires expert study and which can only be worked out through generat , application to detailed matters in- a volved, Proposals Raised. Among the proposals for tax law changes heard are: Base all valuations on 50 per cent actual value instead of 100 per cent value of property. Change the tax-paying time to once a year, instead of twice a The Ford company today completed the purchase of 167% acres of land on the Mississippi river immediately | adjacent to the government high-; dam at a cost of $315,000 as the site! for the plant. federal government by the Ford com-| pany for the power rights at the dam but if this is denied the company will erect a plant to be operated en- tirely by steam, the announgement id. If the water power rights are granted it is planned to build a $10,- 000,000 manufacturing plant ultimate- ly to employ between 14,000 and 15,- 000 men. It will be on a somewhat smaller scale if the power rights are denied. To provide railway facilities for the plant, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway announced it would; year on real estate. Lessen the interest charged to delinquent. taxpayers. Reduce the interest rate on taxes sold, making it easier for property to be redeemed. Eliminate all exemptions, or re- duce exemptions materially. Raise the state income tax. Re-enact the oil tax, which some companies allege is favor- able to the Standard Oil. Provide a small money and credits tax that will yield rev- enue and not drive money from the state. Discover new means of texa- tion to lessen the burden on property. t Reduce the taxation burden on farm lands, which is declared to be 68 per ecnt of the total. Enact a “luxury tax” for the benefit of education. > ‘Mare! ‘ extend its traffic and construct a} bridge across the Mississippi river,| the entire expansion to involve ap- proximately $3,000,000, | St. Paul city officials, it was said, | will offer to share with Minneapolis the expense of a bridge across the Mi ippi river at the high dam thus making the Ford plant readily accessible to both cities. Establishment of a manufacturing plant here is in line with the Ford company’s plan for decentraliza- tion. i It has already announeed its inten- tion to build a plant in Chicago. Preliiainary, work will begin in FORMER JUSTICE WALLIN DEAD ‘Application has been made to thed Statements in Bulletin. The bulletin of the state taxpay- ’ association contains many ex- hibits showing the increase in taxes. “The matter of taxation has devel- oped into a serious situation. in this state, so much so that i for one felt the necessity of starting a movement to fight the evil,” says the opening statement of President~ Gunderson. “I interviewed some of my business and farmer friends on the matter and found that they were all of the\same mind and that something must be done, not only: to stop the ever-in- cre: ig burden, but to get a sub- stantial relief as well.” Among \the statements made, sum- marized are: ‘ The statement has already assess- ed itself $987,511 to pay interest on bonds issued for the purpose of car- rying out the industrial program, The state paid $11,856,673 total taxes for the year 1913 and in 1921 paid $32,2511,511, or an {ncrease of $20,394,838, making an increase of 172 per cent in eight years. x Approximately 710 per cent of the burden falls upon reat estate, or in AT AGE OF 87 Alfred C. Wallin of Fargo, whe has been living for some years at) Santa Monica, Calif., died early to- day &t his home there at the: age of 87 years. Mr. Wallin was’ North Dakota’s first justice and first chief justice of the supreme court. He was one of the most distinguished jurists of ; New Years. On Sunday a’ neighbor \ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION _——— BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1923 FRENCH ARMY MOVES ON RHUR BURKE ALLOWED BILL OF $665 The state auditing board has al- lowed a bil for $665 to former Gov- | ernor John Burke for services ren- | dered between Dec, 1 and Dec. 15 as special assistant attorney-gen- eral, during the time the Burleigh | county grand jury matter was ups | SHE IS INNOCENT REJ ECTS CITY .j| Nansen: sen, who has just received the Nobel peace prize, presents on,of the most) ‘peculiar careers of modern public} ‘men in that he devot! his whole ef-| fort to science until he was 56 years! jold, then suddenly veered to politics and humanitarian work and achieved | great distinction in the latter field! in his earlier life. H President Flarinery of Com- pany Suggests They Might Agree on Arbitration i: | Nansen, famed an artic ex | plorer, zoologist, author, relief work- er and diplomat, was born at Froen, {near here, in 1861. | He attended the University of ‘ a‘ ._| Christiania, specializing in zoology. City Commission Follows This! At 21, having ben graduated, he ne as. CITES VALUATION Mrs. Thompson and By Wat-/ ers Executed in London | For Murder ~~ i ' REPRIEVE 1S REFUSED: Women Gather About Jail With Placards Demanding Her Life be Spared Jan. 9. London, Mrs. Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters were executed today for the murder of the woman's . husband, Percy Thompson, on October 4, last. Bywaters was executed*in Pentoft- ville prison at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Thompson was hanged a few minutes later in Holloway jail. Bywaters, who made an eleventh hour attempt togsave Mrs. Thomp- son by a “confession” met h’s death calmly sq far as reports indicated. Mrs, Tompson had to be carried | to the scaffold. She collapsed last | evening and was in care of physician throughout the night. Both met death with protestations of innocence, Bywaters ma‘ntained that Mrs. Thompson had ‘no part in the killing: of her‘ husband and that he had slain Thgmpson in self-de- fense. The woman in her last inter- view with her family assured them that she went to her death with no | guilt on her soul. The executions took place without i demonstration but women marched in a drizzling rain before the walls of Hollo jaily-carrying placards inscribed “ thede are hanged the jjudge and jury are also gu ity of murder” and “murder cannot abolish murder.” The crowds gathered in the early hours of the morning determined to get as close to the scene of the hang- ings as the law would permit. After last-minute efforts to re- prieve the pr'soners had failed, Mrs. Thompson and Bywaters were visited by relatives. Mrs. Thompson, in her last inter- nothing .on my soul,” She added that Bishop Steffey who had ‘visited her earlier in the n‘ght, asked her if d anything to confess and she | : “Nothing, I am inmocent.” VOTE GERMANY INDERAULT OF INDEMNITY, Commission Takes Action on Matter But British. Mem- ber Dissents Paris, ~Jan.. 9,—The ,, reparations | commission voted Germany in willful default in her coal deliver‘es. The vote was three to one, Sir John Bradbury, the British mimster, cast’ng the negative ballot. . i FARMER FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN - BACHELOR HOME! Drayton, N. D. . 9. — Walsh county author.ties are investigating the death of John Marcini@fk, 85, Polish farmer, found unconseious in h‘s bachelor home three miles south of here, death taking place. on New Year's morning from concussion of the brain, according to the diagnos: of, attend'ng physicians. A coroner's jury held the man died of a wound ,on the head received in | an unknown Wanner. Wounds on Head, Chest A deep cut was found on the. m: forehead and minor bru were al- 80 found on the breast, U Marciniak was last seen by neigh- bors on Friday .evenitig preceding ; \dertook his first polar expedition in By Asking A. of C. Direc- joist Greenland, A | Crosses Greenland. tors to/Sit In. | In 1888 he crossed the ice cap of {Greenland for the first time, undes | The city commissions offer -of! going great peril and suffering. He $265,000 for the Bismarck Water | described his experie in two vol- Supply Company's property was re-; umes, jJected by George P. Flannery of St.) In 1887 he became professor of | Paul, president, in a letter read at) drifting across the north pole on a jthe commission mecting last night. | moving ice pack. He undertook such | | Mr. Flannery cited the valuationg’a venture in 1893 and was forced to j of various engineers, said it WaS) spend a winter in an ice hut in the manifestly impossible to accept the | arcti figure, added that he assumed the] Word civilization {city wished to pay a and reason- | that Nansen had discovered the north jable price for ‘the plant, and that if'ipole. On his return he denied this, they could not agree perhaps some|but admitted he had penetrated the | form of arbitration could be well jice packs to within 272 miles of the | suggested, pole. | The city commission followed this) In 1905 a crisis arose between Nor- \by adopting a resolution asking the! way and Sweden over their politica, | board of directors of the Association | separation. Nansen then went into} of Commerce to sit with the commis-| politics and campaigned with his! sion as a committce to aid in solving! yen for separation. The cause won.{ the water problem. Nansen then’ became Norwegian | The letter: of Mr. minister to Great Britain. i lows: Te became an eager supporter of | |the League of Nations and has beenj came back to Flannery fol- St. Paul, Minn. | } Dec. 30, 1922. | active at every meeting, The league | Myron H. Atkinson, selected him to repatriate prisoners | City Auditor, of war in Russia, a work he carried B'smarck, N. Dak. | out with the greatest success. Dear Sir:— Nansens’ pleas for faminc- stricken Russia more than any other! thing were ‘responsible for large amounts: of foodstuffs and clothing] ‘being sent there by the United States | and other countrie In the recent Greco-Turkish crisis, | the league asked Nansen to under-| take caring for the safety of Chris-| jtian minorities in Anatolia. “Surely we have received proof that war brings, no good even to, | those. who win,” Nansen says.} “What humanity needs today is self- | $859,000.00 in Bonds. sacrificing active altruism which is } $130,000.00 in Capital Stock. able not only to give but also to In addition to this, there is the| give up.” z cost of the litigation wh’ch, as I understand, is to be spread over a series of years. I do not know upon what basis the City Commis sioners arrive atthe sum of $21 000.00, The Company has had differ- jent engineers estimate the value of the'r plant and their estimates were Your favor of the 19th instant, | addressed to me, notifying me that the Board of Commiss oners of the | City of Bismarck, had adopted a | resolution offering the sum of Two Hundred and Sixty-five Thousand | ($265,000.00) Dollars for the -fran- \chise and Water Works System: of the Bismarck Water Supply. Comy }pany, is received. I have carefally iconsidered the same and in reply | there-to, the’ capital investment of {the Bismarck. Water Supply Com- | pany is as follows: KLAN HEAD ORDERED MEN | Nobel Prize Crowns His Double | reparations inquiry by a commission view said: “I am prepared. I Mave(\J. H. Kelsey . as follows: J. H. Prior . + $565,046.00 591,681.00 529,750.00 W. N. Jones . The Engineer for the Commissioners, Mr. Arvid Reuterdahl made the valuat’on $526,865.00. The j Railroad Commission, after hearing all of the evidence, made the valua- tion $521,000.00. startd, were the valuation as of June 26th, 1919. At the hearing before the Rail- road Commission in May, 922, the Company’s Eng'neer, Mr. J. H. Kel- sey; made the valuation $529,047.00. Wat wid'the: seproductlonicost not including overhead cost, going value and working cap'tal. valuation would have approximated that of Mr,*Kelsey. In view of the foregoing estimates of value, it is impossible for me to understand the offer of $265,000.00 for the plant. If, the City of Bis- ;marck Water Supply Company, at a fair and reasonable value, I feel- reasoanably céxtain that the Water Supply Company will enter into ne- gotiat ons with them for the sale thereof and will do everything it reasonably can to enable the City to get title to the property without un- necessary delay, but of that magnitude it seems to me the fair and just way is to open negot’ations between the City and the Water Supply Company, to see if it is possible for them to agree upon the value of the plant. If they are unable to agree as to its value, Railroad | a transaction [ TO CLEAR OUT Father of Man Murdered by Hooded Gang Tells Story | To Probers | \ 1 The above valuat’ons, as I under- | | (By the Associated Press) | Bastrop, La. Jan. 9.—J. L. Daniel | father of Watt Daniel, hooded band victim, testified at the opening hear- Jing today into the hooded band: de- !predations in Morehouse Parish thre ihe had learned subsequently of the 'kidnapping of his son and Thoma | The Railroad Commissioner’s en- | Fletcher, whose mutiliated body was!rate is the latest here. gineer, E. H. Morris made the val-{found in Lake La Fourche, that four shops and police are carrying out a uation $449,293.00, which did not! Mer Rouge citizens had been warned | drive | inglude going value or working cap-'the ywould have to leave the com ital. If these had been included the ‘munity or else they would be kille “Daniel said the information was’ given him by Joe Davenport, another | Mer Rouge citizen. Davenport, Dan- jiel said, told him he had received | such word over the telephone. | * Daniels, said Davenport, declared marck desires to ‘purchase the fran- jhe had been told by Capt. Skipwich | government than single ones. So all ch‘se and entire plant of the Bis-|that “the men would have to get ithe unemployed are getting married |away.” i Capt. J. K. Skipwich of Balstrop i jthe exalted cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan organization in Morehouse Par- | ish, Daniels named the men ordered to} jleave as Whipple, Campbell and their | two body-guar who was meant by the “body-guard: Dai also testified that he had found unsigned typewritten notices at his place ordering him to ‘change yup.” ;copy high priced Rue de la Praix Daniel was not questioned as to/ | FRIDTJOF NA FRANCE SILENT ON PLAN FOR | REPARATIONS, No Definite Reply Made to! Offer of United States NO TIME LIMIT State Department Merely Awaiting Final Outcome Of Issue Washington, Jan, 9—The fact that there has yet been no conclusive words as to the attitude of the French government on the officially conveyed American suggestion for a of financ'ers still capitalized today the hope of American officals that the plan might yet be adopted as an alternative to forcible collections. Convinced that it haS gone the limit of the possibilities of Amer'- can aid in transmitting officially to the French government Secretary Hughes’ suggested plan, the Wash- ngton government today awaited re- sults. As formerly brought to atten- tion of Par's officials prior to the premier’s meet'ng on January 2, Sec. Hughes suggestion involved no time limit, it was said authoritatively and the plan thus still is before the French government and the door was | open to poss ble acceptance. There was growing indication to- day that officials believed withdraw- al of American troops from the Rhine at the present time involved such possibil'ties of misunderstand- ing as to make it inadvisable to fol- low. MODE PIRATES NOW Paris, Jan. 9—The fashion pi- Exclusive against cheap dealers who mode! uine. nd sell the abroad as gen- MARRY FOR “DOLES” London, ‘ Jan. 9. — Unemployed married men receive a larger “dole” or unémployment pension from the to get the extra money and London mistresses can’t keep their servant ? : : PRICE FIVE CENTS MOVEMENT OF FRENCH TROOPS INTO INDUSTRIAL SECTION GOING FORWARD RAPIDLY Head of Krupp Plants in Area Affected Calls Move of France Sheer Madness—Little Flurry Caused by Direct Action to Inforce Peace Terms. (By -The Associated Press.) London, Jan. 9.—The present French movement into the Ruhr involving Duesseldorf will terminate at Essen, accord- ing to information recéived in British official circles from the observers in the Rhineland. The British maintain they are hout official knowledge of the French plan. ASSEMBLED BY NOON (By, The Associated Press.) Jan. 9, — Reports ‘from Dusseldorf, today said all troops necessary for the coercive movement of France in the Ruhr would be assembled at the point of concentration in that city by noon. Reinforcements were being sent to take the place of ad- vancing units. bois Premier Poincare: was understood to have been vexed by the failure of the reparations commission declared Ger- many in default on her coal deliveries yesterday. It was reported that the message to the German government set- ting forth conditions:on the wood default together with the clause of the Versailles treaty covering the prospective French advance and announcement of this intention to act. ~~~ A ~~ Anticipating a possible strike of LIVDAHL TAKES |_| orters i2 the Rhineland, the pre- UP 5-YEAR TERM |visionally a small army of. strike breakers, including miners, railway GN. Livdahl of Bjsmarck, cap- |™en and butchers and bakers who pointed to the Workmen's Compen- tion Board, to succegdgh. J. Webe, could be sent into the region on short notice to replace German la- bor. entered upon, his term of off ce to | iY Pasi day, receiving a five-year commis-| The French public is taking the sion from Gavernor Nesfos. '. The | situation in perfeet calm and there is practically no opposition to the government's prospective move ex- cept opponents of the premier who naturally show skepticism as to the success of the undertaking and in- dulge in criticism. | Communists alone are showing certain agitation and indicate they are trying to stir up trouble here and in the Rhine- land. The government attaches no undue importance to their activities al- |though it has indicated it would check them should they go too far. board will hold a meetingyWednes- day to organize. ACTION SOON, INDICATION Expected to Hold His:Charges Against Daugherty Were Unfounded: ; i NEAR DESTRUCTION. (By the Associated Press.) Essen, Jan. 9.—Adequate troops © |the French army largely with tec jnical equipment have already reac led the neighboring town of Kettw | (7 miles southwest of Essen), and th Washington, Jan. 9.—Thesfduse in impeachment proceedings ‘possesses the power held by courtg';$3 com- section between Duesseldorf and th section between Essen and Duessel dorf is half covered by French mili tary forces, accotding to advice. here. Chauffers traveling between thc two places are said to have been stopped and directed to make a de- tour, In order to avoid friction as much {as possible the railroad authorities at Essen kept the freight houses jcleared after midnight in prepara- | tion for the expected arrival of the pel the attendance and tet bry of witnesses, Representativg) Stmners, | Democrat, Texas, decldted in a re- port filed with .the jbdidary, com-} mittee in the Keller-Daughtfty con- troversy, The questions has never been settled in this count; id Mr. Sumners, who added that dédision in his case probably would 'eMtaljish a | precedent for future guidance, It will come before the committe’ to- morrow at its meeting to formillate a report on the impeathmeng char- ges made against Attorney General © Daugherty by Representative Keller,|French. ve Republican, Minnesota. ° The municipal administration last Wh'le the committee is expected | Night was notified that the city's to hold that there were no ground | largest hotel building, might be re- forthe charges it is understood that | Qired at short notice for the French Representative Thomas, Kentucky,|and the management advised the Democrat, alone will file a minority | guests that they might be requested report holding that the Keller speci- ;to leave during the night. fications were sufficient to demand | Otherwise the place is calm, an impeachment trial. Kes BLa The committee also, ‘t is sa‘d, will | CALL IT FORCE. hold that the charges agajnst Wm. | easy justice bureau of investigation, which | force—whatever {ts guise.” This were aired during the general hear-/deciaration was made today by Wil- ing, were not sustained. hele Gan ; " uated | 0, the enancellor, in con- The committee then will itake UP | nection with the reported intention the report of ‘ts subcommittee which | of "Frunce te extend her milintent held that Mr. Keller had no consti- | 0f France | ATY Oc- tutional ground for refusing to re Ganuany into the Ruhr region of girls. spond to a subpoena to appear and | Ara F PPE | The German government for the time being is wholly stressing the \legal aspects of France's attitude as BATTLE FOR SPEAKERSHIP OF THE | beet mnie gecraens tet THIRD HOUSE The great battle of all legislatures impends again. It comes just as in- evitably as in ‘previous sess'ons — jaction it proposes to adopt in the RAGES FEVERISHLY jevent the French invade the Ruhr. | Thirty-eight trains carrying French |troops left Mayence yesterday with Mr. Cushing was pushed into the | Essen as the destination of the race by frends who declared that | forces, says an Essen telegram to- if they never could elect a west-of- day. The arrival of heavy artillery the-river man speaker of. the First | and sappers is reported from the ——_______- j just a surely as a headache after ee ee For twenty-four hours ending | noon today: Temperature at 7 a. m, .... | Temperature at noon 22 Highest yesterday 87| Lowest yesterday ° 24 Lowest last night Bekele then perhaps some form of arbitra- trat’on may be agreed upon to deter- mine the value. I assume the City of Bismarck, through its commissioners want to purchase the Water Works and pay the owners the fair and reasonable value for their property, and—upon this assumption I desire to assure you ard the commissioners that I went to his home to keep the state and had much to do with the upbuilding of North Dakota in Pioneer days, s A few days’ ago RB. D. Hoskins re- ceived a holiday greeting from the pointment, the two having planned on attending a New Year's fe party | together, and found Marciniak un- | consc'ous upon the bed. A physician was summoned but. he’ died the fol- late justice. Mr. Hoskins served tin-| lowing morning without. regaining der Judge Wallin as clerk, of the su- | consciousness. , y preme court. Funeral sery'ces were held here on} BURKE SPEAKS* Fargo, N. D., Jan. 9—John Burke, former treasurer of the United States ‘and former governor of North Dakota, was the principal speaker at the Jackson Day dinner held at the Gardner hotel last evening by local Democrat: r. life history ¥ Jackson, whom he de- ce statesmen in American history. Thursday and the body was interred! in the local cemetery. : Little is known of Marciniak’s past’ 1fe other than that he is thought to. have come here, ftom ‘Michigan. He beara farming in ‘this vicinity. lgat ear. » alee; Acording to State's Attorney T, I, Burke reviewed the | Dahl of Walsh county devefopments | company in in thi ite expected» within 9 lared’ tg be one of the greatest few days but nothing definite ‘could | owned by it, be g:ven out now, Precipitation 0 Highest wind velocity . . 36 Very ly yours, wast Ce WEATHER FORECAST . BISMARCK: WATER SUPPLY CO.| For Bismarck and vicinity: Some- By Geo. P. Flannery, Pres, © ‘what unsettled, but generally fair Q A ” tonight and Wednesday; not so cold Resolution of Commission tonight. 4 The resolution of the.comm'ssion,|. For North Dakota: Somewhat un- introduced by Mr. Larson, follows: |settled ,but generally fair tonight Whereas,’ the soa a City Com- ‘and Wednesday ,not so cold tonight! missioners of the City of Bismarck, least and central portions. did on December 18, 1922, make an offer in writing to the Bismarck Wa- | ter Supply Company,.in the sum..of. $263,000.00, for the purchase of the franchise and all ‘real dnd personal property ua and useful by its wll do everything which I reason- ably can to, enable them to consu- mate the deal. ‘ ‘WEATHER CONDITIONS High pressure and fair, colder weather is general over the Plains States and soutiern Rocky Mou y id tain region while low pressure and water util'ty business |warm weather prevails over the Bismarck, and now |Great Lakes region, upper Mississip- nd) ‘ . Ipi Valley and, Pacific Coast states. (Continued ‘on Page Three.) _ ~ Orris W. Roberts, Meteorologiat. in the City se | nesday afternoon after the si the night before, just as surely as death, taxes and as regularly as the announcement of Charlie Chaplin's engagement. For the Third House speakership fight is on. The battle will be short, because election will be held Wed- ons adjourn, but it is none the less stren- uous. There are three candidates in the ring, all) of course, only because of the demands of their constituents and not because they want to lead the Third House ball grand march. They are W. F. Cushing, chief clerk, proposed for the western part of the state; Dana Wright of James town, the candidate of the far famed ihdependent . organi¢at'on of Stuts- man county and Mose Rosenweig af Grand Forks and elsewhere. After all night caucuses the adher- ents of, two of the candidates were all out of spits, and they hesitate to say most anything. All except the supporters of Wright, who is being run on a “dry” platform in spite of the fact that he recently was sher’ff of Stutsman county. His peopie were feeling fine and gum-shoeing in great shape, fresh ¢rom the night befo: House they were going to make one speaker of the Third Houde. Mr. Cushing’s platform was a pro- mise to level off the Badlands with state funds which, it was éxplained, would be a great boon to the wes- tern part of the state because it would furnish a lot of labor. He did- | n’t have any part:cular camp: managers, being surrounded by 80 many friends that they all wanted the job and compromise on no one taking it. # D. E, Shipley, ass'stant’ secretary of the ‘house, deserted the west-of- the-river camp on the issue of level- ling’ the Badlands. He! announced that after an all-right. caucus hi candidate, Mose Rosenweig traded off the cha'rmanship of th: tee on appropr: inal state affairs ¢ommittee for votes, but everything was not peace and har- mony at the caucus and‘he was still suspicious of the Stutsman . county bunch, Mose was being attacked for meth- ods his opponents declared he learn7 ed in his trp to the Orient, but Mose declared. everybody ‘had the Orient all wrong—he couldn't. find the hula hula dance in’ HQHélulu and he couldn’t find chop suey’ in China, | neighborhood of Neuff (31-2 miles | southwest of Duesseldorff). TO CONTINUE_OPERATIONS. Paris, Jan, 9.—Whatever happens |we shall continue to work at ful: | capacity,” an official representative of the Krupp plant said to a corre- &” | spondent of the Echo de Paris, who, | | Visited Essen yesterday, “Iam fully assure you of -that,” the official said. “I personally con- sider that France’s action is an in- comprehensible. madness. because it cannot yield the restilts you hope, | tor the reason thut it imposes a fresh burden upon Germany. . Indus- try is already struggling with dif- ficulties’ of all sorts‘which would be disorganized by introducing new management into complex organiza- tions.” | NO TROOPS TO THE RUHR. i, ed ee Assoctited Press) - London, Jan, 9—The re ‘that the first train bound ‘for the. Cologne