The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST. Generally fair tonight and Fri- day. Colder tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 PENSION BILL REPEALURGED UPON SOLONS County Commissioners Ses-| / sion in Mandan Goes on Record in Matter ‘ASKS OTHER. REPEALS | Would Have 3-Cent Flat Hail Tax Reduced; All Ex- emption Removed AGREE ON COUNTY AGENTS. The county commissioners will not seek any changes in laws relative to | the climination of the county agci-| cultural agents, nor will they s2ek amendments in the present law cov- ering that office, This decision came after a protracted debate in the state association of commission- ers here. A motion made to seek amendment. to. the law asking that the hiring, firing and salary iixing of the county agents be left entirely to the discretion of the county board was eventually killed on the theory that the present law which -allows taxpayers to vote on the proposition is the most fair and equitable method of handling the matter, Election of officers ‘scheduled for tomorrow morning will be a mere Nominees are Ed Richtey, | president; vice president, J. F.| Strause, Wells county; secretary, Frank Holme§» Valley City; direc- tors ,August Kranz, Ward; Oscar $trehlow, Hettinger; H. R. Lampen, Williams; Neal Nicholson, Cavalier; H. Paulson, LaMoure. Fargo prob- ably will get the next convention, j over Devils Lake. Repeal of the mothers’ pension bill, repeal of the seed and feed lien bonding statute, support of pending legislation for the repeal of | the law requiring the register of ELLEN O'BYRNE DeWITT, NEW BY JOSEPHINE VAN DE GRIFT. | THRIFTIEST WOMAN WHO MADE $200,000 OUT OF $100, TELLS HOW SHE DID IT BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THU SENATE MAY INVOKE DELAY RULE TODAY { i | | i | | Absence of Many Members Attending Grain Growers Meeting Is Cause | BILLS’ 1 | i WOULD KILL Bismarck Measure Is Among, Those Recommended for Indefinite Postponement { spat! | CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS | The state senate this afternoon | jconfirmed the reappointment of C. | C. Converse as the state tax com- | missioner, the appointment having | been submitted by Govgrnor Nestos | and considered in executive session. The house banking commission | this afternoon reported favorably; on | jthe adoption of the resolution abk- | jing for a report from the Guarahty | | Fund Commission on the adminis- | tration of closed banks and the reso- | J lution was paased. a | | The bill providing for a $500 ap- | propriation to aid Company A, Bis- imarck in the Armory Case was re- | | referred to the appropriation com- | mittee which committee had yester- | day reported for indefinite postpone- | ment of the bill, =~ Three bills were recommended for | indefinite postponement by commi tees of the North Dakota senate yes- | terday afternoon, and’ final action | on the recommendations will be tak- len by the senate today. One of the measures thus recom- mended for extinction was S. B, 25 introduced by Senator W. S. Whi man of Grand Forks which provided | for reciprocity with other states in| permitting practice insurance | | qualifications of elections | protection to Ft. Yates, county RSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1923 |THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | GERMANY RESISTS FRANCE’S CONTROL ——. \JACKIE COOGAN, MOVIE STAR TO PAY GOVERNMENT $260, ‘MERE’ HAN IS ERASED FROM | BLECTION LAW Heuse Passes Senate Bills Putting Laws in Line With Woman Suffrage NO SEPARATE BOXES| House Continues Killing Bills, Setting What Is Believed To Be Record The house of representatives yes- } terday afternoon completed legisla- tive action necessary to put North Dakota election laws in line with} the woman suffrage amendment of the constitution when it passed with- out dissenting vote three senate, | bills fathered by Sen, J. E. Stevens, ' turing liquor was Ramsey county. | One of these measures abolishes | requirement of depositing ballots of | men and women separate boxes, an-} other removes the requirement that | county commissioners furnish sepa-| rate boxes and a third brings the; in line | with the suffrage amendment by | striking from the law the word! “male.” ! The house passed one of its own | bills, No. 27, which removes a pro-} vision in the lew declared to be a seat of Sioux county, from the attacks of other towns in the county seeking to remove the county seat. There were 1x scattering votes against the measure. As the bill passed tae protection given Ft. Yates by its be- ing on a navigable river—the Mis- souri—is removed, and the question of removing the conunty seat may be voted on at any primary and general election. As an economy measure the house, | i } i 720 OF $500,000 BONUS FOR SIGNING CONTRACT Los Angeles, Jan, 18.—Of the $500,- 000 which Jackie Coogan, child film | actor, is said recently to have re-| Metro Pictures Cor- | poration $260,720 will go to the gov- ernment in the form of income tax, | according to figures made public by STILL SEIZED | IN BISMARCK The first still seized under the ad-| ministration of Sterlff Albin Hed strom was taken by Deputy Sheriff, Robert Phelps and federal officers ut the place of Joe Volk, Jr, 404 S.' 10th street. The officers said they confiscated a still, coil and 60 gai lons of mash, A charge of manuf: brought befor Justice Casselman. NORTH DAKOTA HAS CHANCE TO GET BIG HOME Alexander Anderson Tells Au- dience of Yeomen Plan To Build Home COMMISSION PRAISES “North Dakota stands as good! a chance to get the $10,000,000) ¢. deeds to furnish abstracts of cropj mortgages and liens to elevators for NEA Service Staff Writer. | New York, Jan. 18.—Ellen O'Byrne $5.00 fee , ter and | i # $5.00 fee and. a move to foste loved an Irish tune. | encourage legiblation which will do! away with all ta& exemptions are | chief points in the matter of legis- | lation which have been appreved by | the Association of County Commis- | sioners of the state of North Dakota | in convention here. H Exemption of some classes of pro- perty which result in the payment of a greater percentage by the land itself, was assailed by the commis- | sioners. The resolutions committee was instructed to draw up a clause ' putting the commissioners on record | as being opposed to the exemption | of any kind of property from taxa- | tion—poultry, livestock, farm build-} ings—except public buildings. Inj this connection action was taken sup- j porting the theory of general assess- | ment of all property at 50 Percent | of the actual value. i The resolutions committee which | made its report this morning and which is composed of L. L, Russell | of New Rockford) R. G. Brownlee, Cass, and Ben iverson, McLean | county, also favored the adoption of | legislation which would require .at-! That fove and a little bundle of| clothes was all that she had when,| an immigrant girl of 16, she landed in this country. Today Ellen O'Byrne DeWitt own: Property valued at $200,000. She has! started four of her brothers, and sis-| ters brought over from the old coun- try, on the way to material success,, and has put her two sons through school end established them in busi-! ness. New York’s thriftiest woman they call her down on Third avenue where the handsome gray-haired woman presides over the destinies of what is now a thriving music store. j Twelve years ago Mr DeWitt, after having weathered somewhat more than the usual number of life's | storms, found herself stranded with $100 in her pocket and a young and hungry son clinging \to each hand. Then she remembered the tunes she had loved back home. She took her hundred dollars and started an Irish music store. All day long she kept the store. At! { { torneys to be ready to try cases when | : the actions are called for trial by | Might she would get her boys’ suppery the district judge except in cases; help them with their lessons and put where quifldantieisenn ike granted | them to bed. Then she would mend for continuance. | their elothes, straighten ,her house Would Reapel Hail Tax |and do the family washing, In the Another proposal to the legislature | morning: she would hang out the calls for the repeal of the flat three | washing, cook the breakfast and get cent tax for hail insurarfce purposes | the boys off to school. At 9 o'clock and acfurther resolution calls for aj she would be down to her storekeep- re continued to prosper. change in the law to the end that| ing. the crop owner shall apply to the! anes propery; officials for hail insurance! When the Icase expired Mrs. DeWitt instead of having his crop included| bought the building. It seemed to as ingured and making it necessary | be % good investment so she bough for him to appear prior to a certain! the property next to it, too. date and withdraw such land in or-| During the war she let it be known der to avoid paying the tax, | that customers might, if they wished, fuather dn. pp on fovakd Uae mee | ae, oe MO MNENNOD: ith, Eb 1 Bee! e ti a ie the passage of those laws that will! oe te ae Haine Ay "Staten federal statutes and that the legis-|pon‘s.s, (uacer. Now she cwne lature be urged to provide for the |‘¥ Palas ponsee on Staten. talent i and five lots, necessary funds and officers to se- (om ie ars if ago—$100 and an YORK’S THRIFTIEST WOMAN, Seven Tips on How to Get Ahead BY ELLEN O’BRYNE DeWITT. »New York’s Thriftiest Woman. Dont ‘ask for charity. Then you'll never find out how cold the world is. Don't gossip. Do --sontething® useful every minute. If there’s nothing else to do one can always sew. Un- ti] mv boys went into long trous- ers 1 made every bit of their clothing. Use good English. It gives: people a better impression of I taught myself good Eng- h by listening to others’ speech. Read books that deal with thrift and with successful men _ and women. They put backbone into you. Sentimental novels take it away. Save. But save judiciously. Spend the same way. Don't try o get rich quick but if you've got a good idea, fight for it. I had an idea the world wanted an Irish music store but I had to fight every’ step of the way. Be kind. It pays. BE THRIFTY Veteran Succeeds by Plan Urged During Thrift Week By Capt. James W. English Who started with $50 after the Civil War, and worked his way up until, at 89, he is millionaire head of a chain of leading banks. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 18:-I knew the post-war days would be rough and I put by every cent I could rake and serape in the army. After my dis- charge I worked hard, and a little of | what I earned I saved. It was mighty | little, but I did it every week, and soon I began to see how even a little money, thriftily saved, could be turn- ed over in business. cure the same.” The resolutions committee also! Thrift taught me business judg- idea. | ment, and business judgment enabled ‘en to the jury at 11:15 a. m. by jagents, Another insurance bill re- | commended for killing was S. B. 1 which would have raised the legal / limit gf reserve funds of farmers| | mutual insurance companies. The appropriations committee re- Tcommended indefinite postponement | of S. B. 28 introduced by Senator | ‘Sperry of Burleigh by request. The | bill provided for the appropriation | of $500 to protect the interests of | | the state in the contgoversy over the | ownership of the Bismarck Armory. | There were two communications! received, one of them from a large} group of Mekineck people urging | favorable action on H. B, 25, intro-' |duced by Rep, Halcrow of Pembina | which would prohibit dancing in pud lie school buildings, Six Bills Presented Six bills were introduced. The most |important of these was put in by |Senator Walter Bond of Minot and is designed to prevent the forced sale of homesteads up to the value of $5,000. Another important measure 8. B. 41, introduced by Senator In- gerson would repeal that part of the! present law for the licensing of ar- chitects which requires plans and specifications of school buildings to be drawn by an architect. 8. B. Senate Bill 37 introduced oy Senator Kelsch would repeal the | present law requiring publication of, |the proceedings of the State Edu-, (Guntinued from page 1) HBRRIN RIOT CASES PLACED INJURY HANDS 1 Judge Caustic When Giving Charge — Case Ended This Morning ! i i |,, Herrin, IIL, Jan. 18., The fate of ithe five men charged with killing Heward Hoffman, one of the men killed in the Herrin riots, was ie after sitting as a committee of the waole, recommended for passage H. B. 46, which reduces the mileage allowance of county superintendents from 15 , children’s home which the Ameri- ‘ean Yeomen plan to establish as any other state in the Union,” de. | Rex. B. Goodsell, collector of inter- nal revenue, The collector explained that his iia ; | estimate did not include the tax on ceived as a bonus for signing a con- | ; tract with the Jackie's reported salary of $1,250 a week, that of his father at $1,000 a week of his 50 pe net profits of films in which he is to be starred. INCOMPETENCE IS ENTHRONED, COX CHARGES Democratic Candidate for President in 1920 Assails Washington Government PLEADS FOR’ LEAGU Asserts that League of Na- tions Is Still a Big Issue In Nation Lancaster, 0., Jan, 18.—The pre’ ent public indictment is that gen- eral incompetence is enthroned at Washington, declared Former Gover- nor James M. Cox of Ohio, and De- | mocratic candidate for president in 1920, in an address here last night on the occasion of a Jacksonian C3) servance. “We have the president's own of- ficial statement that the congress has passed two mensures that would have bankrupted the treasury except s own intervention,” Mr, Cox said, “The executive and tive departments are equally respon- sible for a tariff law that is con- legisla- | to 10 cents within counties and from | .|demned in every community, as a clared Alexand erson, a . ase) Suorcuiae 2uiuta: | menace to’ our markets a subsidy to 10 to 5 cents when traveling on of-)ant supervisor of the / childre: | ficial business outside the county of home department of the Brother. offical residence. Rep. Twitchell said one member had found taat $40,000 was paid in the last two years in mileage to county superintendents, and that the bill was aimed simply to yemove a salary increase granted , in the form of mileage. \ Communications Received ! Among the communications re- ceived by the house from various counties was one asking Yor greater appropriation for the state board of aealth, another supporting the anti- | dance bill and another favoring the prohibtion of the crop mortgage. Another “Rob.nson bill” H. B. 15, was indefinitely postponed. The bill provided that a party appealing from a judgment may unite in the same appealable order more than one appealable matter. Bills introduced number four and included a bill by Rep. Cart apppro- \ priating $35,000 to aid in construc- tion of a btidge across Des Lacs lake on the Burke-Ward county line; a bill by Rep. L. E. Heaton providing barbershops may not be located in a store or restaurant except on per- mission of the state board of exami- hood of American Yeomen in a talk last night before a group of citizens at the Rialto theatre. Lieut. Gov. Frank Hyland, intro- duced the peaker. The first essential to be consid- ered in-the location of the home is “Environment conducive to the most wholesome and rational de- velopment of childhood, said Mr. Anderson. The Yeomen brotherhood has undertaken the building of a “chil- dren’s school home” in order to care for the orphan children of deceased members of the brother- ood, and to provide as far as pos- sible all the advantages and op- portunities which children in nor- mal homes possess. To accomplish this they plan: . The location of the home on a beautiful and healthful site, avoid- ing extremes of climate. 2. The uilding of an ideal village com- munity life in which the children’s home shall play its part. 3. Pro- viding by careful selected foster parents who will supply as far as ossible the parental love and ners of barbers and requiring parti- Possible that . the tions if barbershops are located in; 4 ‘ pool halls;. and two by Rep. Martin,; Mr. Anderson | sai Aan one of which would permit persons |BTeatest question before the Amer. 7aose lands have been sold for taxes {1¢an people today in this period o! and bid in by the county, to redeem | Unrest was the eppreryarion of them at 6 percent interest if redeem- {UF child life,” for the boys ani ed before Dec. 1, 1923, and another | itls of today will make up the cit- reducing the maximum rate of in-/!ens of: the nations tomorrow. terest on tax sale certificates’ from| , He said that this, proposed ‘chil- 12 to 10 per cent. dren’s school home” was not to be an_ orphanage although orphan Making Record children would make it up. Each A record in killing bills introduc- | cottage, which was to cost about ed by its own members is believed $25,000 each was to be very much to have been ‘established by the house’ of representatives. ‘like an ordinary home with twelve lor fifteen children ranging in ages Out ofthe first 50 bills introduc-'and a father and mother who ed, 14 ave been killed in the house. !would have charge of a cottage Only five bills had been reported |and family entirely independent of out of committee for passage or! the others. passed before yesterday’s session. | The boys and girls should be The attitude of many members is provided with educational oppor- that there is less need for new leg-|tunities from the grades through islation than there is to correct laws high school, with vocational train- ; Now on the book, and this attitude | thus far ‘fas resulted in an unusual- ing, and given an chance to con- tinue through college if they aspir- $200,000 and comfort. could do it,” says Mrs. “My mottto? Being saving and doing something uséful every minute.” t put in a report calling uopn the leg- islature to reduce the cost of offi- cial publications to a figure, com-{ memsurate with the service furnish ed and yet equitable to the newspa per publisher, Are Entertained Last night the commissioners were entertained ata banquet tendered | them by “the. Mandan Commercial | Club and today following a brief morning session, the convention body | 170 strong was taken by automobile to the State Traihing School, the Northern Great Plains Field station, | * penitentiary, capitol and other insti-| tutions and points of interest about the two cities. Election of officers, selection of the next place of business and final “rourtd-up” and wind-up of business is scheduled to take place on Friday morning. , The resolutions committee also paid glowing tribute ‘in their report to the local entertainment arranged by the Mandan Commercial club. home should not be made out with- INCREASE PRODUCTION, _| out some court action in the matter. The Lucky Strike lignite mine at| The commission cites the case of Zap has increased its production 200|“Mary ———” who was brought to tons a day,since Ottober ,according| North Dakota along with” some 2u to J. L. Anders, of Fargo, chief en-| other children byran eastern child flineer of the mine who was in Bis-| placing agency. Twelve little boys marck recently. The mine was pro-| and eight little girls were dressed in ‘ducing 450 tons daily in October and| their best clothe: id marched to is now producing 650 tons, he says,| the town hall of a certain North Da- The coal is -being sold ‘largely| kota town to find foster parents. through Minnesota, according to Mr.|| Most of the youngsters were Anders, promptly disposed of, but: no one Z CASE OF FRECKLED, Protection for children who are sent out to homes by child placing agencies is contemplated in a bill to be introduced in the North Dakota legislature during the next week or so by the Children’s Code. com- mfssion. © ‘ The ‘commission recommends that children should only be placed, in homes subject to the approval of the state board of administration, ana that papers transferring the child from a child placing agency to a me, to make progress. Thrift is the greatest asset a per- son can have. With it, success ia certain. Without jt, success is usual- ly imposible, ‘ SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO GO BEFORE LEGISLATURE wanted Mary. She was only six years old, wore glasses for crossed eyes, had red hair and splotchy freckles. The man who had charge of the children wanted to get rid of Mary and return east, The next day he heard of a family who might take a child, and Mary apparently had f found a home, : But such a home. The six-year- old tot wag made a household drudge, and received only harsh words and punishment in return. — Neighbors finally complained to the authorities, the court intervened, and: finally re- moved her to 9 children’s home in @ nearby city to await. proper plac- ing. It is to prevent such cases as thio that the children’s code commission is making ‘its recommendation. Had the law now’ reckmmended been in existence two yei igo Mary would never have been placed in such a ind would have escaped two years of misery, ad, In his instructions to the jury Judge Hartwell said: ‘Tt is not against ‘the law to mine coal without being a mem- ber of the United Mine Workers of America, If assaulted or kill- ed for no other reason it cannot be justified because they were not members of that organization. If one of the accused men committed ithe crime charged in this indict- jment and if other defendants stood by, aided or encouraged the crime it is your duty to find all of the defendants guilty.” ji retired Judge {long instructions had been re: | | ORR FUNERAL PROBABLY TO BE ON FRIDAY Funeral peeriens for Robert Orr, who patee way mudderty Tues- day night, will be held either ‘at 2:30."Friday ‘afternoon or at 10:30 Saturday morning ‘at the First Presbyterian church. The time was set_conditionally after. arrival of Merton Orr, son of the deceased, and his wife last night, but the actual time of the services is de- pendent wu the time of the ar- rival of Miss Agnes Orr, who is en route here from the east. will be.in charge of tlethwaite, Rev. ly small number of bills being intro- | ed to a profession. - duced. When the house met today! The ‘work/ of the Children’s only 54 bills had been introduced. | Code commission in North Dakota twas highly commended by the |speaker. He said that the attitude {of the public would have much to do with the location of the home. The decision as to the location will i i , The first bill to pass both houses of the legislature is now’a law. It! was signed by Governor Nestos last | night. ~ The bill—senate bill No, 17, by} Rusch, Cass county—provided an ap- |! Propriation of $8,250 to«purchase a} mechanical stoker for the Agricul- tural College. WITNESS IN HOO GANG FEUD NAMES ~ ONE OF PARTY Bastro, La., Jan, 18.—Grey was a member of the masked party which on August 24 held up Watt Daniel and T. F. Richards and several others. on the highway between Bastrop and Mer Ronge, according to ‘Fred Eu- banks, testifying today at the open hearing here into the kidnaping and murder of Daniel and Richard, FIRST BILL lbe made sometime between March jlature, after hearing Mr. |son talk yesterday afternoon, ap- and May, he said. r The members of the state legis- Ander- pointed a committee to consult with him regarding the possible location of the home in the state. Mr. Anderson spoke before the members of the legislature and Ro- tary club yesterday. ao es SUIT STARTED | Fargo, N. D., Jan. 18.—Suit for $22,250 ‘against 0. L. Engen, as receiver for the Prosper State pank of Prosper, N. D., was start- ed today,in Cass county district @ourt by the State of North Da- kota, doing business through the Bank of North Dakota. Alleged transactions between the Scandin- ian American bank and the Bank of North Dakota under the former state administration, were brought into the case by the de- lense. The Bank of North Dakota leges that’ $22,250 was rede; ed with the Prosper State it- The defenge denies that the bank wer actually deposited this | cee pase. aePOR sum per State bank. npaign contributors and the un- certain forerunner of industrial trou- bl More lamentable the failure in international affairs, Never since the dawn of civilization have the sons of men been so plagued with condi- tions that bring disaster fo individu- als and uncertainty as to the very existence of nations. Its awful re- actions have spared no nation. The disaster is so widespread that any attempt at piecemeal repair is but a pathetic evidence of national or ra- cial endeavor. “What would Andrew Jackson do now? He would establish ships with the nations of the world in order to save humanity. Recog- nizing the futility of waiting longer for alternatives he would ask Am- erica to doin the only operating con- cern created for this critical need— the League of Nations. A solemn duty confronts the Democracy now and we must not retreat.” The currents of public opinion are running now against the Repub- lidan leaders as they did against the Whigs, the speaker continued, and unless present portents are mislead- ing the fate that befell the Whig Party may overtake its successor. Turning to the Turkish situation, Mr. Cox said: “Propaganda reaching to commun- ities has carried the expression often heard from partisans that ‘after all are we not fortunate to be out of the European mess?’ For this time this may carry the intended appeal but the facts underlying the Turkish embroglio will in brief season be known. If we had not abandoned a responbility assumed during the war, the situation in the Near East would not now be so serious. Mr, Hughes’ contention that we were not at war with Turkey is an evasion. We were in fact but not in law at war with Turkey. We were an ally of the na- tions fighting Turkey. We turned munitions over to our allies without question as to where they were to be used. When soldiers from our a1- lied armies went to the scene of Turkish hostilities, our own soldiers took the places they gave up on the western front. There was no inter- ference with war shipments. Not all of the war necessities were importec by Kemalists hut most of them were. If this is not another tragedy to be charged against the policy of in- difference and aloofness, then I mi take the , plain. significance of events. The Kematists offensive re- sulted not only in an insolent att: tude to the world. generally, but in the slaughter of thousands of men women and children as well. “There is another phase of the near eastern situation which ill doubtless enter into the publ final analysis. It presents the ques tion of whether the administration’s attitude of silence when women were outraged and thousands of adults and children killed, squares with the time-honored American policy of pro- tecting religious min les. “When the slaughter of Christians was at is height, committee of church ministers called upon the president of the United States and urged some officials expression of our people’s outraged feelings. The executive is quoted as saying that he did not favor any protest unles: we were in a position to-back it up. Within a fortnight our. government filed-a protest but not in behalf of fered human life. Instead, it. was relation- | LAST EDITION | PRICE FIVE CENTS [CONTINUE 70 MAKEDELIVERY T0 ENGLAND Rhur Coal Magnates Making Shipments to All Allies But France FRENCH SEIZE MINES Coal Officials to be Court Martialled for Their Resistance Berlin, Jan. 18.—A general stiffer ing of German resistance in th: face of French ultimatums is indice ted by the Berlin newspaper corres pondents in the Ruhr. The mine operators, workers anc labor leaders represented a: standing together. France and Belgi um appear to be the only nation to which Germany refuses to mak reparations deliveries, for it is de clared here that shipments to Gree! ; Britain, Italy, Poland and Jugo-Sla via will not be interrupted. TAKE POSSESSION OF MINES London, Jan, 18.—The French thi | morning took possession of all _ th: ‘mines in the Ruhr area, says a Rev \ters Essen dispatch. It is reporte | but unconfirmed that the French als ‘seized the officers of the variot coal companies. are SOVIETS AT WAR Stockholm, Jan. 18.—Reports | Pronounced military activity in th Dvina river of Russia (east of th former Baltic provinces) are priyte:| by the newspaper Tibnignen today It asserts that the military distric of Smolensk has been declared in state of war, that all the Sovic troops garrisoned at Bitebsk an Smolensk have been sent southwe: (toward the Polish frontier) anid that passenger traffic on the railw: between Polotsk and Mohilev (sou‘ of Vitebsk) is suspended and t) | trains requisition for the military Fortifications are being built the Dvina district, the newspap also says it has learned. There w: no confirmation of this report fro: other sources, TO COURTMARTIAL MAGNATES Essen, Ggamany, Jan, 18—T? French milita®y authorities tocay 1 stituted _courtmartial _proceedin; ‘against Ruhr coal magnates who names were withheld. They we charged with “refusing to obey ‘ orders of the military authorities | the territory under state of seige | The magnates have not been take into custody. | EXCHANGE DEMORALIZED London, Jan. 18,—The foreign ex: change market was utterly demorai ized today with international opera tions in continental currencies prac tically at a standstill, any busines transacted being purely in the na ture of gambles. German marks at noon were quot ed at 105,000 to 110,000 to the poun sterling. The French franc stood a 70 75-100 and the Belgian franc a 77 35-100 to the pound. FRAUGHT WITH DANGER, (By the Associated Press.) Wasbnigton, Jan. 18—Italy ha: taken definite steps to impress upo the British and French’ governmen‘ that she regards the present situ tion in the Ruhr as fraught w+ great danger and although not t ing the position of am actual mec tor has earnestly suggested htat : further forcible steps toward the « lection of German reparations taken only after the most mati consideration. MODIFY PROGRAM. (By the Associated Press) Essen, Germany, Jan, 18.—Ru!. valley coal operators who thou; for a time last night that the Fre «} were to take over the mines t morning found themselves still possession of their property toduy and learned that only coal mi: hove the ground came under the - vised requisitioning order of French. The magnates algo learned tl they face court martial instead actual arrest as a result of ti refusal to deliver coal to France, The economic commission in rea? nig its final decision on the po! to be followed ,concluded that rause of the shortage of techn experts, it would be better to req sition only coal ready for delive: ind route to France all shipments tended for German domestic > sumption. It was' also said that certain n2- ions, notably the United’ States and Great Britain, learned with disfa\< of the terms “confiscations, 1ad been applied to the French R rolicy by the Paris press, What attitude labor would take i) the event the mines were scix< also received the commission's sc ous consideratiom for it is realiz the French would be under a hes handicap should the German, ei:. neers refuse to do their work to protect oil interests in a part of sonred territory.” ity Hugh without delay The sional (Continued on Page 2) should: sanction} be posal to vitalize our participation Iw