The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 13, 1923, Page 1

. a , |THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | WEATHER FORECAST. Generally fair tonight and» Sunday. ESTABLISHED 1873 \ \ \ FRANCE GRANTS GERMANY M NORTH DAKOTA ONE OF MOST WEALTHY STATES OF UNION IN RESOURCES, SOLONS TOLD ty Experts Tell of Value of Coal and Clay Deposits to the State | —Agriculture and Manufacturing Discussed, and Exhibits Are Placed in Capitol to Show Some Resources Which May be Developed Beyond Present Belief in the Future—; School Children Present as the Greatest of all Natural; Resources of the State The story of North Dakota’s treasures was unfolded afternoon before the assembled members of the legislature and spectators, when “North Dakota Natural Resources Day” was observed. Those familiar in, a general way with the boundless wealth of the state heard in detail from experts the amaz- | ing possibilities in one of the richest states in the union. | They saw North Dakota in a new light—not merely as an: agricultural state, but as a mining and manufacturing state. | The assembled people were told of the vast deposits of | lignite coal—two-thirds Ne the nat kota and Eastern Minnesota. ee pottery clay is found within the borders of the state. | They heard of geologists’ belief of great oil pools far beneath the fertile prairies. Agriculture was not forgotten, and® an exhibit by the Agricultura} Col- lege stressed the possibftities for de- velopment of this greatest of all in- dustries. The flour manufactured in the state mills at Grand Forks and Drake was exhibited. Lobby an Exposition. The lobby of the third floor of the capitol was transformed into a smal] exposition. Miss ‘Margaret Cable, head of the Ceramics department of the University of North Dakota, had arranged a special exhibit of pot- tery wares manufactured from North Dakota clay in the university de- partment. The exhibit included all kinds of dishes, vases, tea tiles, pic- ture tiles and little brown jugs, all beautifud- enough to attract the eye of the most fastidious. A working exhibit, including a potter's wheer, to demonstrate how pottery and chinaware is made, was a part of the exhibit. The lignite exhibit included exam- ples of briquettes made in the School of Mines at the university, empha- sizing the possibilities of develop- ing the lignite industry when this method is made commercially profit- able. One of the Agricultural College exhibits was the net type grain cleaning device which, according to experts of the college, will remove | all the dockage from grain and will, if it comes into general use, bring the farmers hundreds of ‘thousands of dollars in added returns by rais- ing the grade of the average thresh- ing machine run of grain. Among the Agricultural College men here were George J. Baker, livestock expert of the extension division, and Edgar I. Olson( superintendent of the demon- stration farms. An exhibit of the work of chil- dren—as the greatest natura] re- source of the state—was arranged by the state department of educa- tion. The exhibit included work done by children in the primary grades in Stark county. The formal program, arranged by the joint senate and house commit- tees, opened in the house chamber, | with Frank 8, Gale leading in com- munity singing. Governor Speaks, Governor R. A. Nestog, in the first address, emphasized again his belief that the state law-making bodies and citizens generally should realize the extent of the divergent resources of the state and.should bend their ener- gies to develop them. ‘To develop one industry helps another, he_said —the more miners employed the more people there are at home to consume the products of the farm and to save the cost of shipping to eastern cen- ters. He called attention to the pos- sibilities of utilizing the waters of the state, for irrigation, power and transportation. Dean E. J. Babcock told of lignite and the investigations made. L. Pistner of the Fuel Econo} Engi- neering Co. of Chicago spoke upon methods of stoking lignite. G. W. Stewart, of the North Dakota Lig- nite Operators’ association, told of the progress made in the industry and the increased output of the last year. ’ ‘ Dr. John Lee Coulter, president of the North Dakota Agricultural Col- lege, hold how durum wheat could be used to advantage in making macaroni and_spaghetti, thus bring- ing added value to the wheat crop which alfays has been the surest and best yielding one in the state. He discussed the agricultural prob- lems of North Dakota in pratical fashion. s C. E, Austin, new general manager of the. Grand Forks state mill, was present. ‘ Youngster §; Invasion of’ the legislative halls by nearly 150 North Dakota sthool children was a feature of the joint session. » The youngsters came in-on the Ground that they too were natural resources of the state. | | [POLLS CLOSING 4 this n’s supply being in North They learned that the sob aieriinintnircnnnn nM ere PROBE REPORTS OF BIGSUPPLY OF LIQUOR Washington, Jan, 13.—Federal pro- hibition authorities had taken no further steps to ascertain the facts as to the report of landing of large quantities of liquor on the New Jer- sey coast beyond the routine letter already sent to William B. Moss, act- ing dircetor of New Jersey, asking | for a report. ; The federal authorities who evine- ed only mild interest in the press reports of a rum-running fleet off ; Ambrose channel lightship and the operations of a landing flect in a letter to Mr. Moss yesterday merely called his attention to the reports | of which they said they received no | confirmation from their representa- | tives in New Jersey or New York. TIME OPPOSED ; One Senator Says Is Is Unfair | To Labor and Farmers Opposition has developed to the passage of the bill proposed by Sen- ator Carey, Ind., of Richland: coun- ty seeking to change the time for the opening of the polls. In committee meeting yesteday Senator Ward opposed it as being unfair to labor and the farmers. Two other senators spoke against the measure which would close the polls in rural precincts at 5 ofclock in the afternoon and in incorporated cities at 7 o’clock in the evening. While members of the committee took no vote on the measure pending further information as to the popu- larity of the proposed changes, it was indicated that an amendment would be offered to close polls in both cit- ies and rural districts at’7 o'clock. F. W. McKendry, representative of the railway conductors and some other railroad classes assured mem- bers that the railroad labor was not opposed to thé closing time being advanced two hours. SAYS MOST OF SCHOOL MONEY STAYS IN N. D. Nearly all of the $15,381,174 spent in North Dakota for education in 1922 stayed right in the state, ac- cording to figures prepared by Miss | Bertha R, Palmer, tant state superintendent of education. The figures were prepared in con- nection with the education feature of the North Dakota resources dem- onstrations for the legislators to- Kf ~ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1923 AIDS PROBE ‘ 1 T. S. Walmsey of New Orleans, chairman of the last .American Le- fon nat'onal convention, will act as ture of two by hooded men. AID ASKED IN - COMPANY “A” ARMORY FIGHT Bill Introduced in Legislature Would Help Pay Expenses of Court Fight MAY GAIN DAMAGES) | Emergency Is Declared to Ex- ist in Fight of Bismarck * Guard Company . A bill was introduced in the} state senate this afternoon by Sen- ator ‘L. W. Sperry, Burleigh coun- ty, by request, for an appropria- tion of $500 to aid Company “A”, Bismarck, in its suit to regain the armory or .value, if The bill provides: ‘‘For the pur-| posé of preserving and protecting the title of Company A, First Reg- iment North Dakota National Guard, Training School, a eorpor- ation, in and to its Armory and its! Berronat property. in the: City of ‘Bismarck, North Dakota and pre- serve the security of the State of North Dakota for moneys advanc- ed said Company A, there is here- | bv appropriated out cf the moneys of the general fund of the state of North Dakota not otherwise ap- propriated the sum of five hun- dred ($500) dollars for miscellan- eous expenses connected with the| litigation now carried on by said company A to be paid at once to said “Company upon its executed vouchers signed by its Captain provided, however, that no part of said sum shall be paid or go to any attorney or attorneys fees incur- red or hereafter to be incurred for ar on behalf of said company. “Whereas an emergency and public necessity exists in this, that certain actions pending in the dis-/ trict court of Burleigh county, and’the supreme court of the state of North Dakota relating to ‘said Property and that it is necsasaty, to obtain transcripts and pay cler! fees, filing fees and witnesses fees and printers fees in prosecuting said actions to a final determina-/| tion. erefore, “this act shallj take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and ap- proval.” Directors of Local Loaning Body Are Named The annual meeting of the stock-! holders and directors of the Big- marck National Farm Loan associa- tion, affiliated with the Federal/ Land bank of St. Paul, was held this week. This association ix composed ‘of! a number of representative farmers | ‘living in ‘territory contiguous to Bis- marck, and is now in its fifth year day.! " They show that the money spent in 1922 for schools was divided as follows: $8,674,626—to the salaries of 8,243 teachers; 90 per cent re- mained in state. 1,086,745—trans- portation; 100 per cent. \ 271,662—salary ‘nd expenses of 11,250 school officers; 100 per cent. 9,707 — evening public schools; practically all remains in state. 217,159—bonds redeemed on per- manent improvement expenses; 100 per cent. 682,798—interest on honds warrants; 65 per cent. 1,426,522—permanent improvements and |to school property in various tom- munities; 100 per cent. 8,082,251 — apparatus, library and text books, fuel, incidentals and other annual expenses in the gen- eral upkeep of 5,582 schools attend- Carrying banners and United States flags they. marched down the center aisle and around the wings of the house, completely encircling the lawmakérs. sf Then th of them, representing the lower grades, higher grades and high schools told the senators and representatives why money spent for schools is money well spent. , Robert Clark, Valley City, speak- ing for the lower gradet—a lad of 9 or, 10--was’ possibly. the youngest (Continued on page 7) / ed by the 175,511 children of the state Much of this was necessar- ily spent without the state. “ FIRST GUARANTY OFFICERS NAMED| Present offiers of the First Guaranty ‘bank were re-elected at the annual meeting of the board. Of- ficers of the bank are: F. A. Lahr, president; E. V. Lahr, vice president; J. P. Wagner, cashier, ” in operation, The following directors were elect- ed for the year 1928; Robert Boyd, V. M. Craven, C. D. King, William M. Baker and J. H. Small. The officers who have served the association since’ its. organization were re-elected as follows: President, Robert R.-Boyd, Vice president, V. M. Craven.) Secretary-treasurer, J. L. ‘Bell. A. S. Bolster was appointed assist- ant secretary-treasurer " The affairs of the association were discussed at the meeting, and from the earnings of the year 1922 a mod- a special prosecutor at the Bastrop | (La.) hearing in the murder and tor- | ‘LIMITING OF MORTGAGE ON CROP DEBATED, Measure Attacked and De- fended on Floor of House of Representatives MANY BILLS ALLEGED HEAD | OF AUTOGANG IS ARRESTED | ;New York Authorities Hold, | Fred Dart for North Da- kota Officials i KILLED SEEK REQUISITION HERE House. Continues to Apply |Supposed .to Have Directed Axe to “Robinson Bills” — \ Ring Operating in New Measures Up i This State Limitation of the farmer to place | Pargor sel; 18,-Hbed Dart, Moore | mortgage on his crops in anticipa+!\head young man sought by Cass’ tion of the yield furnished debate | county officials since October 3, 1922 in the house of representatives this | has been arrested in New York City | “ap. | and is being held there gn the re- | efternoon:) | Because.of the conflict. | quest of Fred: Kraemer, Cuss county j ing opinions expressed the bill was/ sheriff. Requisition papers have | sent to general orders for further; been mailed to Bismarck and as soon! discussion. J | as they are issued a member of the The measure was supported as a! local department, will leave for New| means of “protecting farmers, par-| York to return Dart to Fargo. | ticularly many in the western part | Admits Identity 5 of the state, from a crop mortgage; Dart’s arrest was made on informa-| which ‘would take of the ‘crop; tion furnished the New York police | and lé&ve the farmer without suf-| by Sheriff Kraemer. An accurate winter. It was attacked, both as an/ the easter police. No picture of | unwise step in paternalism and as! Dart was ‘available but the an abridgement to the right of the| York police had little difficulty re- farmer to place a mortgage on his|cognizing Dart. Information re- crop to enable him to hold his farm | ceived by Sheriff Kraemer indicates when in bad circumstances, | that Dart has admitted his identit: Opposes Measure | a’ majority report and a minority re-| gang of auto thieves operating in Chairman Starke of Stark county; munities in this district. heading the majority and Represen- | Escaped From Officer tative Twichell, Cass, heading the | minority report. | on October 3 and was lodged in the “The effect of the majority report Moorhead jail. the right to mortgage his. crop, while the minority report would leave him this'right,” said Represen- tative Twichell. The bill, introduced by Represen- tative Hempel, which prohibited gang are under arrest and awaiting making of crop mortgages, except to trial in Cass county. He is believed | secure land purchase contracts or have gone to Canada from poor) rental, was amended in the majority head and then to New York. report to permit crop mortgages for seed, labor or thresher’s liens, “The present law is a protection to the farmer” asserted Mr. Twichell. “I know of many farmers in the val- ley who cannot put in a crop unlegs they have a right to mortgage thé trop. It permits the banks to carry the farmer until his next crop, and to forbid this would be to put many farmers out of business, “It is another scheme of paternal-| ism whereby the government would tell the farmers and fverybody else what they can do.” Defends Proposed Change Representative Starke, defending the majority: report, said the pur- pose was to leave the farmer free in the distribution of the proceeds of his crop. . “Striking of such mortgages from the books will to a large extent make the farmer a free man,” said Rep. Starke. “He is not now.” Rep. Walker declared farmers of his neighborhood were for a lim- itation of the crop mortgage. “The greatest thing in this is the moral effect on the farming industry in the western part of the state,” said' Rep. Vogel. He declared he knew of some bankers who took ev- erything the farmer had this fall, and that it was these farmers who are taking the “Nelson cure.” At the same time, he said, he re- cognized the danger in the bill, such as Rep. Twichell pointed out, in that it would leave the farmer's crops open to all creditors to come in ani seize. He asked the ‘bill go to gen- eral orders so that perhaps the mid- dle ground on the bill could be worked out. Apply the Axe The house continued to apply the axe ruthlessly to the “Robinson bills”—bills understood to be spon- sored by Former Judge Robinson of the supreme court. On report of the judiciary committee thé house killed H. B. 3, relating to use of land dur- ing the years’ period _ofredemption after foreclosure; H. B. 9 providing a contract could not provide that if one installment of money due was not met any future payment could be made due and payable; H, B. 16, pro- viding appeals be considered without regard to technical procedure; H. B. 7 providing an interest ratef mort- gage foreclosure redemptions. The house-also killed H. B. 20 (Jackson), extending the time for recording me- chanic’s lien from 30 te 90 days from date of service., ; First Bill Passes. The , first house bill passed was H. B. 4, by Heaton of Burleigh, which extended from 10 to ‘15 years the period in which railroads may sell equipment on installment payments, The vote was 96 to 0. But five bills | were introduced., Rep. Lynch of Ricland introduced a some cigarets, He duped the officer, to allow him to enter the Schranz garage and then escaped through the rear door. {ii Five other men of the alleged, New Year Day this year the city’s DRY AGENTS DENY REPORTS, OF VIOLATIONS Describe as Laughable Stories | Of Wholesale Deliveries | Of Rum | lo ti New York, Jan. 13.—William R| Eanders, chief of the inspection! division of the U. S. Customs ser-| vice here which Thursday night| captured four rum runners off the | Jersey coast, today characterized | * as “laughable” the denial of pro-| hibition enforcement agents that! there were rum running activities | of large proportions off Sandy} Hook Reports False Washington, Jan. 13,—Press dis-| patches describing the landing of} large quantities of illicite bever-j ages by a fleet of rum runners on the New Jersey coast were declar- ed to be “absolutely erroneous” in| n official report received by Fed-; eral Prohibition _ Commissioner | Haynes from the New Jersey dry! j headquarters. { The report to Mr. Haynes came! jfrom acting director Yellowley of | New York who in cooperation with | Mr. Moss _has been investigating | the situation which has been de-; ;Seribed in reports. i Mr. Yellowley based his report | | i ! | i te jon a private investigation in which} he was joined by Moss and Field | Supervisor Howard who is in; icharge of the prohibition land jforces in-New Jersey. i attributed the current reports to! { “propaganda.” The only recent attempts made to land liquor on the New Jersey coast was made by four small craft carrying an ag- gregate of 1,000 cases which were captured, Fleet Has Dwindled The ‘news received today by the} ‘Associated Press at Higlands in- : dicated that the rum fleet had dwindled slightly but that two steamers and ten schooners were visible on shore. Yesterday three schooners and 19 steamers were reported,, but bootlegger scouts at Highlands reported last night that several had sold out their stock ‘and departed. An experienced observer on d h di h bi erate dividend was voted to be paid to the stockholde: iS fe, RETURNS TO INDIANA Napolegp,"N, D., Jan. 13.— Supt. Zilert,.who forthe past eight years has served as county. superintendent of schools of Logan county, and who for two years previous .was princi- 1 of the Napoledén school,: boarded the west-bound ‘train to-'Bismarck, where he looked after sofhe affairs and gained an opportunity: to extend farewell greetings to state school officials and other friends before his final “hop off” for Beymour, his old home town in Indiana, Laterhe jwill “start to school” again at ‘al- pariaso University with the view of. completing a. degree courst that he has long wanted to finish, ys bill” prohibiting private advertising z by a candidate in the publicity pam- phlet through the medium of a cam- paign notice, Rep.’ Peters’ bill pro- vided for a one-cent flat acreage tax to build up the hail insurance revolving fund; Rep. Cole’s bill would repeal the: county branding shore with a powerful marine glass declared he had seen “at Jeast 300 small boats” joekeying for positions. Some of the schoon- ers. were probably counted twice he said. ie correspondent at Highlands reported that he had personally kept count of ep hosts inspector law of 1921, and Rep. M¢-|from that port most of Gaurvan’s two bills would repeal the| made several trips during the 24 livery fee for sheriffs and. substi-| heur period. Highlands is but one of a half dozen or more closed points where tute a 15.cent’a mile fee for travel On official business for the present —_—______--__-_6 How Kohler ficient funds to get through the! description of Dart was forwarded to; By NEA Service. New| Clev city, face a serious threat. | this year will live within its income, | feat it accomplished last Dart is wanted in Fargo for his| spite politicians, city council The bill came before the house on! part in the operations of an alleged| ministration obstructors, | port of the judiciary committee, with | Fargo and Moorhead and other com-| Kohler. Kohler. He was arrested with six others} ticians promise Accompanied by an! his eyes, told how he had made the is to take away from the farmer officer, he was freed to purchase/ city a financial success — told how } books showed a surplus of $558,000! | roll,” Kohler explained. | almost as large a saving in elimina- tion of waste in stock and supplies, We've cut down bone but we can cut even more and we will, hard with both political organiza- tions against us. on spi “Th, poor relations. didn’t replace him, we found we got better service out of the rest. THIRD HOUSE ler Mose Rosenweig announces. There will.be a dance next week, and meetings and other dances are on the six-weeks program. ments committee, chairman; lace, C. E. Movius, Earl Lebo, nance committee, J. P. Tucker, D. E. ‘Shipley, Logan Powell. | committee, J. P. Tucker, Mrs, Regis- | Wood, C. E. Movius. committee, Barker, Ida Cooper, Earl Lebo. vitational. FORMER LOCAL many years, and widely- known for Minn., on January 7, according to | word received here. marck for about 15 years( coming they conducted hotels at Napoleon, N. D., Glenwood, Minn.; Minneapolis Wentworth had a friends. ful, an active worker in St. George’s | Episcopal church and the Maccabees, was exceedingly hospitable and a} charming hostess, which hag been received by friends at Napoleon, had been in poor health for a year, and was utterly helpless following a stroke of paralysis suf- fered Several weeks ago. been cared for by a neighbor lady and other. friends at Lake Benson., poleon friend, gathered up a purse of $27 among old friends and sent How Cleveland Li Did It BY FRED KOHLER. Mayor of Cleveland. o—- Any city can live within its income if its people will only make up their minds to it. Throw off your supposed obli- gations to politicians and their poor relations. Fife the loafers. Get down to business, And, if you want to get any- where, you can’t afford to let a few people dictate to you. MAYOR FRE Ch land, Jan, 13.—Inhabitants of land, the nation’s fifth largest It's the threat that the city again year de- and ad- Behind that threat is Mayor Fred “It's a threat, not a promise,” says “We don’t promise. Poli- Then Kohler, a humorous glint in uny city can do the same thing. He told how he had taken office rly in 1921 with the city $800,000 n debt. And how he reported on Payroll Cut First. “We began by trimming the pay- “That was our biggest saving. But we've made pretty near the “It takes nerve. We've found it We've been hardly eaking terms with the council. at's because we've fired their And every time we ‘ook someone off the payroll and TO BE BUSY, SPEAKER SAYS The Third House of the legisla. | ure won't be idle this year, Speak- Committees were named today. Committees named are: Arrange- | W. E. Parsons, | Miss Barker, Mrs. Wal- Fi- Initiation } Miss Harvey, Mrs. Refreshment Edith er, Miss Joos, E. A. Tostevin, All Third House dances will be in- RESIDENT DIES IN MINNESOTA Mrs. George E. Wentworth, resi- lent of Bismarck and Napoleon for er kind and charitable disposition, | ied at her home at Lake Benson, | Mrs. Wentworth resided in Bis- ere in the latter 80's. Mr. Went- usiness. After leaving Bismarck | nd Lake Benson. During her residence here Mrs. large circle of She was affable and cheer- Mrs. Wentworth was about 58 ears of age, She is survived by her usband. Burial was at Niles, Mich. Mrs. Wentworth, according to word | She had Recently Mrs. Thompson, a Na- Any City Can Do It, Mayor Shows j locating the car. placed in storage Dec. 28, the day} ORE ives Within Income D KOHLER “There used to be so many men on garbage collection duty there was only room for half of them to work at a time and scarcely any room for garbage on the wagons.” How He Looks. This exaggeration is typical of Kohler. He is enérgy and action throughout. More than six feet tall and proportionately buflt, he shows fight in his make-up. He has a_ high, well-knit brow, firmly set jaw, rather deep-set piere- ing eyes and thin lips that give a hint of a humgrous, likable vein. “You know,” he comments, “many people think a city ought to have a good business man for mayor. But it’s not so much his business quali- fications that make him a good city exceutive as his knowledge of his people, “And in whatever you do, if you want to do it right, you can’s let denies‘his efficiency is a bid for thi: new job. Hé’s through, he says. “But while I'm mayor, we're go- ing to keep on jiving within opr in- come,” he repeats. income will be $800,000 less because of tax reduction. But that doesn't bother us, “We've an extensive street repav- ing program before us. We'll open up a new hospital and we've other big things to do. But we won't issue bonds!” THREE HELD FOR MURDER OF H. COHEN Minneapolis, Jan. 13.—Three Minneapolis men arrested in con- nection with the murder of Henry Cohen, Duluth grocer, were taken to Duluth ast night by Detective Willard St. Marie and R. M. Dan- ielson of that city. Hunting. a in an attempt to solve the murder which occurred December 27, po- lice, found a car said to answer the description in storage here and traced Maurice Bearman, Lewis Michelin and Harry Sherman after The machine was after the Cohen murder. ioe ou pecan ence THE WEATHE For twenty-four hours ending at noon today: Temperature at 7 a. m. - 10 Temperature at noon . B Highest yesterday . 33 Lowest yesterday ... . 4 ‘Lowest last night ... 8 ; Precipitation on 0 Weather Forecast For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- marebvance Walther praia vena lana | orally fair tonight and Sunday; not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Sunday, except probably sonw goutheast portion; }not much change in temperature. Weather Conditions The weather generally fair in all sections except in the North Pacific States where showers occurred. Low pressure over the central ‘Rocky Mountain region has caused a rise in temperature over Colora- do and, South Dakota. No zero temperatures occurred in the United States, ‘ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. WOMAN TREASURER Napoleon, N. D., Jan. 13— The Logan county commissioners this week appointed Miss Luella A, ‘Nel- fon of Napoleon to the important office of county treasurer, to serve Wentz, who resigned to qualify for the office of sheriff, and she will serve until May 1, 1923, when the newly elected treasurer, Andreas Baltzer, will qualify. 10 cent a'mile rate, - , the rum runners were active, At-| to her as a slight remembrance, but Senate, bills Nos..6,'7, and 8, de-|lantic, Highland, Belford, Mon-| When the present reached her she signed to .eliminate distinctions in| mouth, Keansburg, Searbright, Wentworth election laws b m-men and wo-|Gallilee, as well as points on Long | hes been bedfast in a Minneapolis ho- men, were read for the first.time.in| Island shore to have been /| tel, where he resides, for a month, the houte., ved 5 |itroubled with activities.| according to word hére. Rugby football celebrates its cen-| China, has meagesines for women,| Japan has 3,000 newspapers and tenary this year, . but they are edited by men, magazines. “Logan county—“Always lead” —is, the first in re state to be able to boast of haying a young lady for a county treasurer. x ! “This year our! trio in “a green baby grand coupe”; R | as successor to County Treasurer/, LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS TIME MORATORIUM UNTILJAN. 34 ANNOUNCED Postponement of Payment of 500,00 Gold Marks De- cided Upon MAY CALL CONFERENCE Germany Prepares to Cele- brate Tomorrow as “Sun- day of Mourning” Paris, Jan. 13.—The reparations commission this morning postponec until January 31 the payment of five hundred million gold marks due from Germany next Monday. France Italy and Belgium voted for the de- lay, Spurgeon Bradbury, the British member, did not cast a ballot. There was no discussion of this brief moratorium on its merits. The French requested postponement of the payment in order that they might finish preparation of their new mor atorium plan. Roland W. Boyden, the America: observer, was present at the meet ing which lasted a half hour. Step | were taken to notify the Germar government of the delay. In reparation circles it was inti mated France was hoping that th moratorium would permit the Ruh fituation to take definite shape mak ng definitely the extent of th i “passive resistance” policy whic | WilheImstrasse seems to have plan ned. &, | There was ulso a rpport sthit France might endeavor to arrange meeting with Germany to disens a settlement of the reparation question in view of the fact that th. French aré now in the Kuhr. Great Britain, Italy, Belgium and possibl: , the United States were mentione as the nations which might be to attend a conference. * Two-Year Moratorium, In the event direct discussion failed it was suggested a two-yeo moratorium with certain conditior would be granted Germany by th reparations commission in the ne: uture, These conditions, according to » forecast of what France is ready t grant, wowtld include not only th maintenanée of the economic com mission already in the Ruhr but th occupation of that ‘entire region i: the event Germany did not immedi ately accept th® moratorium provi: ions. | The k } also i | | | anyone dietate to you. And I don't.” | This year is Kohler’s last as! mayor. Then a change in Cleve- land’s government will place a city manager at its head. But Kohler German government woul! agree to float internation: jloans of gold and paper marks { |/belanes the budget and to permit | committee of guarantees to assum | control of German internal financ: | This committee would function i | much the same manner as was sc’ | forth by France at the recent pre | mier’s conference. | SUNDAY OF MOURNING. j; Essen, Germany, Jan. 18,—Whil: i Germany was preparing for the ob servance of tomorrow as “the Sun day of mourning” over the occupa | tion of the Ruhr the actual estab- lishment of the French and Belgiar: garrisons continued to be extended and the occupying authorities at Es- sen and Duesseldorf were making fur- ther efforts toward direct negotia- ; tions with the big industrialists and mine operators. {| “Confiseations and arrests” were threatened if a member of the lat ter fgiled to heed the invitatio sent Mem by the control committ: for a conference here today. T. magnates were invited to attend similar meeting yesterday but tk did not appear although, several s« representatives, The four main bodies of mi: workers have issued an appeal | their members to refrain from ac | | of violence and continue at wor The signatories are’ the Associati of German Mine Workers, the Chr tian Miners association, the mine | Section of the Polish Trade Uni and the jners’ section of t». Hirsch-Dunker Trade Union. TEAR DOWN FLAG Berlin, Jan. 13.—At Steele, t miles outside of Essen, the Fret. flag hoisted by the occupyi: troops was torn down and destr ed, says a dispatch to’ Vorwae today. TO RESUME DELIVERIES é Essen, Jan. 13—At this mon ing’s conference between French control commission anc sub-committee of the coal synidi cate the Germans agreed to sume deliveries under tentat: arrangements to be controlled | Franco-German commission. Formal protests against the °c cupation are being made by thi German authorities at all Place: where troops appear to which ti: military authorities invariably i<- swith: the premet e prot Cal merely note them. ‘ industri ia bie laborers ane, show. their a strong curren’ bitternes: against the occupation under thc the belief is gener:illy workers and there ’ Up to the mi in the: