The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1923, Page 2

PAGE TWO OPPOSE PLAN TO POOL CARS | FOR SHIPPERS D. D. Conn of Railway Asso- ciation Declares it Will Lead To Goverzment Ownership WON’T CURE EVIL! Deprives Private Management | Of Initiative and Com- | petition Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 30.—If the shippers of the country want gov- rnment ownership of railroads, the doption of a plan for pooling/ reight ears such as that recently yresented to the Interstate Com- nerce Commission, is the quickest | vay to bring it about; if they want srivate operation and the mainten- nee of competition, they will stay s far away from it as possible. | Thi statement was made at the| nnual dinner of the Milwaukee | ‘raffic Club by Donald D. Conn. } ormerly chief of the Trans-| vortation Division, Joint Comy nission of Agricultural Inquiry of Yongress, and now of the American | Railway association. Pooling Cars “The scheme now proposed for pooling freight/cars is presented as a panacea for all of our transporta- tion troubles,” Mr. Conn said, “but it means the creation of a meddle- | some, irresponsible agency, backed | by $100,000,000 of government, funds and, as designated in its own pro-| gram, it gives the country less cars | five years from now than there are | today. I want to stress the absolute | fallacy of expecting any agency | created under federal. charter to| represent the desire and intent to | perpetuate private ownership of railoads.” Mr. Conn denied that the report | of the Joint Congressional Commit- tee contained any recommendation | which could “be used for the pur-| pose of passing all of the freight cars of the country over to an agency which would be irresponsible for the financial or operating results of any single railroad system.” Definite Program “Under the program which was set down before the Interstate Com- merce Commission last year by the advocates of such a plan,” Mr. Conn | continued, “a definite program was proposed to retire 890,000 cars, with a capacity ranging from 30 to 35 tons within the next five years, and replace: them with 640,000 steel cars of 50 ton capacity. Are the trade units in this country ready to uti- lize 50 ton cars, and nothing else? From January, 1912 to November, 1922, a pefiod of 87 months of car surplus and 43 months of car short- age, an average of only 64 per cent of the capacities of freight cars were atilized. An increase in the ca- pacity of the car increases the emp- | ty.ton miles which must be hauled when the car is partially loaded or when it is returned empty. While the railroads are generally adopt- ing a standard of 40 and 50 ton box cars, I do not believe that any ex- perienced railroad man or shipper is ready to say that all cars should be | ™#Y trasverse on a 50 ton basis. The average to- day is 42.2 tons, and this’ includes the high capacity coal cars. Consider It a Remedy “Those who advocate car pooling prey upon the var shortage condi- tions of the past fall and offer it as a remedy. It is contended that if such agplan is put in effect, cars can eer joved around the country any time id in any way to suit the demands 4. the shipper. Transportatfon hortage, rather than car shortage, 8 the term which correctly implies a lack of transportation to meet, the demands of the shippers. ‘Trans- vortation shortage’ represents not a shortage of cars alone, but rather | tures.” : shortage of all kinds of railroad aéilities. There is nothing in the lan for gar pooling which insures he building of more tracks or more ocomotives, and in turn, quicker novement. “It is contended that a car pool vill result) in a reduction in empty | mileage and will have a tendency to eliminate empty movement simply to get cars home. The only past ex- perience we have had in such an undertaking was during federal con- trol, when the ratio of the empty car mileage to the total car mileage was 2 per cént greater than during the past five years period to federal control. { Claim Saving ~ “It is claimed that a saving of 25 per cent would be made in switch- ing at terminals are loaded cars. , This leaves 30 per cent of the switching to cover the empty move- ore it is claimed by the advo- the car pool rsd Per cent ;- amount -can, wed. Fig- 7 pil, bes that duri al federal con- y trol th Keentage of switch en- > the tota) was great- period than” subse- plan savatiees before tne In- St mcr acer pe control directly less | the rest, { 4 DOG IS HERO OF TRUE EPIC Major, a large setter, was seized with a fit and lay paralyzed at Cum- neinsville, O., in the path of an unrushing train. A passing freight pre- vented Major’s human friends from reaching him. But Fritz, a little airdale, rushed beneath a moving freight car, reached Major and rolled him off the track to safety. friend, Miss Anna Dumbley. Picture shows Major (left), Fritz and\their railroads will continue to control just’ as they do today. Central Financing “This proposal for a car pool and central financing takes away from private management a little more of its initiative and eliminates the on- ly instrument of competition left to the individual railroad, that repre- sented by its ability to furnish ade- quate car supply and service. In- stead of having two government tribunals ~eegulating the railroads; namely, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the United States Railroad Labor Board, it is now sug- gested that we have a third,—a self styled private corporation, but in fact and practice a government in- stitution. Certainly the railroads of the country, or in fact the shippers, would not oppose the inauguration of any scheme or theory, which will actually better services to the ship- per reduce operating expenses, but the subject is so big and shows so many ramifications that surely there must be an agreement on fundamen- tal facts regarding its application rather than the adherence to the claims of its advocates when not a single one has been demonstrated as practical or in the interests of the shipping public.” Senate Calendar | —_—__ New Senate Bills S. B. 209, Martin, (N.) Morton:-- Establishes six percent as the legal rate of interest in the state, and de- fines usury ‘as charging more than eight percent. (Judiciary) S. B. 210, Peterson, (Ind.) Sar- gent:—Permits the owner of a coal mine to secure by right of eminent domain such road or ‘aighway as a coal mine or coal mine working, the damages to be limited to the cost of making a de- tour around such mine. (Highwa: S. B. 211, Kelsch, (Ind) Dicke; Amends present laws governing is- suance of county bonds to permit of bonds of small denominations— $100. Said bonds also are made payable anyplace in the United States upon maturity and not neces- sarily within the originating county. (Judiciary.) S. B, 212, McLatalin, (Ind.) Cass: —Requires village trustees and treasurers to publish in newspapers within the village or if no newspa- per by posting public notice, “an exhibit of the receipts and expendi- The measure further sets the various items wi listed in the financia? the village corporate forth condition. , Steel, (Ind.) Stutsman: —Is an a@@giving to the game and fish board of the state power to reg- julate the taking of fish in any lake in the state and power to prescribe special rules and limits or closed seasons waen there is danger of a species in any lake being depleted to point of extinction. Also providing for penalties for violation of the rules. (Game and Fish Committee.) Bills Passed Senate S. B. 68, Kelsch, Validating war- rants issued by school d¥Stricts un- der constitutional amendment pass- ed in 1919 providing for increased assessment, and which was, held by the attorney general to be not rati- fied. —__________4 t _House Calendar j New House Bills : H. B. 188, Harrington (Ind.) Bur-. leigh:—Introduced by request, is a measute designed to slightly amend thd existing statutes relative. to granting pardons to men or women convicted. in this state of murder. It leaves the mandatory order that | pardon may not be given until 50 percent of the life expectancy has beer served, but permits: pardon in extraordinary cases -in that oe crime /‘was done by him without tent or knowledge: that the cri for whiche was convicted cps be committed.” (Jadiciary.}. tion fees. The 1921 session of the legislature provided that a higa school district might collect a fee for tuition of the home district of a pupil attending such high scaool from a district which has no such advanced course of study of its own. However the 1921 law is , held to have given no legal way {n which money might be so collected. The change is offered in the instant bill which allows that after failure of the paying district to remit the clerk of the high school district shall file same with the county su- perintendent, who if he finds the charge correct shall notify the county treasurer who shall be au- thorized to pay the fee out of such funds he may have at hand of the owing district. (Education.) H. B. 141, Carr, (Ind.) Stutsman: —Is the administration bill revising the present statute governing tne operation of the Bank of North Da- kota, It repeals that section of the law exempting deposits in the atate bank from tax assessment}, it sueci- fically provides that resdeposits may be made in any “solvent” bank with- in or without the state; it. changes the law so that transfers from one fund to another are eliminated but may be handled as loans from one department to the other; it reduces the amount that may be loaned on warehouse receipts from 90 percent of the face value to 75 percent, An- other provision relative to the handling of farm loans brings the operation of that department up to the well acepted practices of banks and banking. It ‘provides that re- payment of farm loans shall be on the amortization plan at the rate of interest the state must pay on the} bonds plus one percent for admin- istration costs, and has further reg- ulations designed to prevent losses to the state through’ failure to pay The measure further provides for a big saving in tae cost of assign- ments, causing all farm mortgages to be assigned to the state treasur- | er as security for bonds issued. An- other, section: places the Bank of North Dakota under the laws of ex- j amination and requires the state bank examiner to inspect; the bank and its listed collateral and other assets at least once annug]ly, the re- port of tne examiner. be! manda- torily ordered made to the indus- trial commission and, also te the state legislative assembly. The emergency clayfe~ sets. forth the need for immeliate passage as be- operation.” (Banks and 142—Mrs. Minnie Craig, (N.) Benson:—Requires ‘that own- restaurants and rooming . houses must equip the doors of all’ sleeping rooms wita locks whicl can be open- ed only from the inside, Mrs. Craig declares the réason.fo¥ the fll is to prevent a répetition of: the Gummer- Wick murder case‘at Fatgo. Judi- ciary.) H. B, 143, Jackson, ( —Providing for the fli cripts with BEHIND RUHR MOVE :) Ramsey: | ae of trans- county: officers. The HB, 139, Harrington:—Is ey act’|. authorizing abatements to putchi “oh. | ets. of tax certificates on state land pode Nidared the present statutes to Dera it in case’ a contract for’ ‘digs school hard ietaal is held can- Purchaser. of tax titles prrerghaad reimbursed the money 20 ee ap. Ne interest. ‘and Tax Laws. |. Be abe Soret, (ind. Casa: Provides for th e ‘collection * tui- sik stil. ED -mines. - Banik Prine ‘greadbst: ‘of the Sree ae mc mentio1 os “pehind-the-acene™ Ruhr’ seizure, greatly by ‘French - control et + state, cesary to facilitate and sim- | ers, managers or leasors of hotels, | ;| Goodman ‘of Bantry, father of the autH®r declares that fnere are cases where land has been levied upon by the federal government for revenue tax collections where the ownor has been‘convicted of manufacturing li- | quor. Such judgments are only on | file in. tae U.S. district cotrt. The federal government provides that where, states demand thgt such | judgment i be filed with the county. in ica the land or other property is situated the state law | | will be complied with. | _H. B. 144, Morton, (N.) Mercer:— | Provides that when warrants are is- }sued upon the treasurer of. any | { county, city, village, township orj | school district the auditor ot clerk | shall register the same with the | treasurer of the political subdivision | previous to delivery. Aimed, says |the author, to cut down the red | tape in conneegion with the register: | ing of warrants. | H, B. 145, Anderson, (Ind.) Bur- | leigh:—Repeals the law providing for a state experimental creamery and orders the. commissioner . of agriculture and labor to collect out- | standing moneys and within. thi; days after passage of the act liqui- date the creamery experiment and turn the residue funds—if there are any—in to the general fund of the H. B...146, Quade, (Ind.) State: i" man:—*Amends present tax laws so that taxpayers who owes delinquent taxes may pay the same witaout { paying what other taxes may be due under the two-payment annually plan until ‘such second payment be- comes delinquent, H. B. 147, Sathre, (N.)_ Twitchell, (Ind.)—For an act providing for the filing of bills of and ’ other transfers of personal property and prescribing tae effect of such filing. The act requires that a bill of sale of personal property must be sign- ed by the two principals and two witnesses before a notary and filed with the registe® of deeds. The emergency clause cites the need for the passage as there “is no law pro-| viding for tae filing of instruments” affected. Bills Passed House H. B, 69, Peters, (By Request) Appropriate $2,882.03 for the pur- pose of permitting tae stote trea- surer to write off his books losses resulting to the state in 1909 on ac- count of the failure of the First Ne- tional Bank of Rugby and the Bar- ton State Bank of Barton, the effect being merely to provide a beok transfer. Passed 87 to 19. H. B. 79, Appropriations Commit- tee—Giving $100,000 to fire ‘depart- ments of the state,.the| money being derived from the tax paid for. tais purpose by insurance companiess. The appropriation is an increase, $10,000 from that of two years ago. Passed 107 to 0. H. B. 50, Miller and. Halcrow:— Designed to ‘clarify, and strengthen the prohibition laws. Passed 93 to 18, 7 absent.. H. B. 35,° McGauvran:—Giving sheriff’s 15 cents per mile mileage |: instead of: 10 cents., Passed 62 to 41, 10 absent. H. B. 34, McGauvran:—Repealing | the law grantivJto sheriffs tne-liv- ery fee of $2.50 for each 20 miles or fraction thereof. Passed 78 to 27, 8 absent. H. B. 72, Sproul:—Provides stag- gered terms for: director of -build- ing and) loan associations. Passed 100 to 2; \ House Bills Killea | H. B. 28, Helbling:—Giving $1,- 862.09 reimbursement to ‘estate of Frank Lee, deceased, Mandan, being the amount paid. into the .Home- builders association prior to his/ | death. Indefinitely Postponed. | Pane ee | MANDAN NEWS | The first of a series of meetings that have been arrapged by the | secretary of the Commercial Club| { between railway officiajs and local business men will take place on Monday, Feb. 5, when Frederick Benz, agricultural agent of the Northern Pacific will address mem- bers of the loeal Commercial Club at a luncheon at the Lewis & Clark hotel. The purpose of the meeting is to bring about. cooperation be- tween the local business men and \railroad officials. Other prominent railroad officials will come to Man- dan in the near future to address members of the club at their meets ing._ Mrs, JH, Nierling’ of Jamestown has been gppointed chairman of the committee to arrange the program for the annual meeting of the North Dakota Federation of Women’s clubs to be held in that city early in Oc- tober. Among the women named for heads of various departments are Mrs. W. H. Stutsman of Mandan, nee of the legislative committees, Dr Daisy M.+0, Robinson of the United States: Public Health service will speak on mattérs of. social hy-|_ giene at the high school auditorium |~ Wedntsday evening at 8 o'clock un- der the auspices af the Women’s Federated clubs. At-the close, of the lecture an informal conference will be held for the pagtery of ‘selecting a delegate to the state conference of the/ conference.” Miss ‘Maria 8. Goodtiian of Bantry and Edward Nelson:of Minneapolis, Minn., were united:in marriage Sun- day afternoon atthe. Lut sonage by Rev. :C, J.. Fylling. couple were attented ‘by Dr. Mrs..B. K. Bjorfson; the bride be- ing a: niece of the. Bjornsén's. Out- of-town guests: at:the wedding. wore Mrs. C, Benson: of Fatgo' and ‘J: The bride. John Sullivan Mandan attorney, isthe’ father ‘of twing, born Sun- day aay Dorting le in Minneapolis. Both rls. es ‘sscacugte Reampamae CONVENTIONS ran Parl WILL, SCHOOL The 3A and 4B grades of the Will School had a fapewell party in their room Friday afternoon, [Giadys Plath the teacher was the honored guest, Mrs. Ed. Kline visited the 4B grade Wednesday. Her daughter, Bernice being in that grade. A good many children are taking milk in the 3A and 4B grades. James C. Thompson, janitor at the Will school, met with an acci- dent yesterday when he tripped and fell, striking his knee and bruising it badly. He will probably .be laid ‘up for = few days. The third grade children have been stuUying “Stories of Child Life in Other Lands.” -This month a special study has been made of Life in. Cold. Lands, Eskimo Life; food, -dlothing;' shelter, modes of travel, and pleasures have been dis- cussed, S. M. A. by the results of speed tests taken from time to time, Genevieve Warn-| & Rolétte’ Lockwood, Florence Ran- dajl and Cecilia Tremblay have re- ceived Initial Certificate from the Remington Company, and are work- ing diligently to attain higher speed records. 4 RICHROLT SCHOOL NOTES Eight pupils were promoted from TA _to 2B, ‘Mrs, Barney visited the first and second grades Monday afternoon, Four little girls from second, ade practiced for the play,. Snow’ White,” at the High School Audi- | salem Saturday afternoon, Twelve ils were promoted from second | Brade to the third, grade last week, ‘A and B classes of the fade took a collection to buy flow- era for John Weible, who is in the Bigmarck hospital. Ethel Thornton and Clifford Kor- fup were transferred to the Rich- WACHTER SCHOOL. The children in the first grade of the Wachter school have taken an inary trip to Eskimo Land and discovered many interesting facts concerning these people. They have also reproduced an Eskimo village ‘bn the sand-table and studied pic- tures of Eskimo people and homes. Geraldine and Leslie Otterstrom have left'for their new home at Car- son, N. D. The attendance of the third and fourth grades has ben exceptionally good the past week, Homer Arnold’s name was omitted last week from the list of pupils hav- ing perfect atténdance for the first semester. Dental inspection will be held next week. The pupils of the fifth and sixth grades are making Health Booklets this month, - ST. MARY’S SCHOOL During the past week the chil- dren of the grades at St. Mary’s school were weighed under the di- rection of the Daughters of Ameri- ca. Only a small percentage of chil- dren were found to be under weight. Milk has been, placed in the school for those who are under weight. The equipping of the Commercial department has been nearly com- pletely, much to the joy of the .teacher and students, This week a Dalton adding machine -was install- “Fed to add to the equipment. The students of the typewriting class are very much interested in their’ progress, as has been shown helt school from Will school last week... Maynard Kellogg from Divide County is attending Richholt school during the session of the legisla- jure, »&E lyn Patterson of the fourth grafe has gone to Wisconsin 'for al few weeks visit. Robert Aune’ and Jalmer Swenson of the fifth grade returned to school today after a week’s abstnce on_accdunt of ‘illness. The sixth grade pupils have an- swered letters from St. Albans, Vér- mont in regard to inquiries’ con- cerning the importance of flax as a crop in our state. Helen Leonard of seventh grade was transferred to the 8B class in the William Moore school at the be- ginning of the second semeste: The. following ten pupils of’ the seventh grade were neither absent nor tardy during the first semes- ter: Raymond ‘Bar! Olive Hall, Lou Hall, George Landers, Thelma Liessman, Stanjey Marquette, Har- old Nelson, Tracey Nelson, Elizabeth Newton, Florence Taft. Olive and Lou come more than twenty blocks each morning, so they are to be es- pecially commended for this reco: The dental Clinic will. be held at the Richholt School this week. All pupils up to the seventh gtade will have their teeth examined. | third | | To begin the day right and keep it f bright, eat Nature’s remedy for “blues” -~\ i ot Fema 22) HOUSEWIFE WAGES UPHELD. For gift copy of new recipe book; ac‘dress Florida Citrus, Exchange, 730. Citrus Exchange Building, Tampa, Florida, of animals, birds and reptiles, has been of, science.” “immeasurable Anim: Miss Titman, t¥@ school nurse is| fly paper, he explained. weighing and measuring the pupils | of the school this week. This is thet second time this has been done this year. The girls of the basket ball team are practicing for a game with tis girls of the Indian School. Jamestown City Schools will have charge of the teachers’ meeting and | Mrs. Lou Cadieux is. arranging the Program of the Degree of Honor meeting. NO TAXES AND NO POLITICS IN ‘THIS UTOPIA ‘sydney, N, S8.y S. W., Jan. 30.—A modern Utopia, where no taxes are | paid, with no politics, food in abyndance, no pests, no paupers, plenty of intoxicating liquor btit‘no drunkenness, is Norfolk Island, ac- cording to the picture of the land drawn by Major General Papell, its administrator, on a visit ‘to#Syd- ney. General Parnell said that during his two years’ administration the only serious crime committed on the island was the theft by a woman of some money from the cable station. Intoxicating liquor is issued from bond by the. administrator and there is ‘never a case of drunkeness among the 800 inhabitants. Most of these are descendants of the mu- tineers of His Majesty's Ship Boun- ty. The residents are very contented, living on their own farms, although very few make more than 100 lbs. a year, General Parnell said. Food is plentiful but the people appear to lack initiative. The people are governed under laws of their own (making and the Commonwealth grantg 3500 pounds annually. for admifistrative expenses. One-third of this amount is absorbed ‘in the public school expenses. While the residents do not pay taxes, all male inhabitants betwe: ~ CORNS - Lift Off with Fingers} - Jamestown, N.> D., Jan. town Chamber of C eds thar drs td elias city thi deny 12 pry 18, spire on con- vention-——southeastern it May 6 and 17, Beate Mewting of Honor. Kirk of ‘he ‘YSuperintendent H, 80.—Aat- | | drew, Haag, secretary of the James- omaneRce ced tofay the following: payin ; le ay =e ie without soreness \ the ages of 21 and 55 years are re- quired to work for 15 days each year in constructing roads, piers or other public works. Those unable to. do. this are called pon to pay 3 pounds, AID TO SCIENCE St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 30.—Dr. Frank Blair Hanson, head of the . depart- ment. of . zoology, at Eeaencton University says that.a bed ‘of a caught and preserved the skeletons “One of covered in the interesting this fossil: bed,” value to ls are caught in the jasphalt bed as flies are caught on cts dis- he con- tinued, “is fhat the peacock, former- ly believed t6 be a native of Asia, was a North American ‘bird.” For Constipated Bowels, Sick Headache, Sour Stomach, Bilious Liver , The nicest cathartic-laxative in the world to physic your liver and bow- els when youxhave Dizzy Headache, Colds, Biliousness, Indigestion, phalt found in California, which had Upset, Acid’ Stomach is cand; “Cascarets.” One or two toi a Seon ab ‘Use the , or Minot, N.. D., Jan. 30.—A district court jury, upheld a decision in jus- tice court ‘awarding $27.15 to Lillian Westwall, against Monroe Cady, et al, for. wages she. claimed for housework he performer for the defendants. E. Getchel, charged. with keeping and maintaining @ common nuisance did. Sealdsweet' ‘Slorida Grapefruit | At your fruit dealers—insist on having | Sealdsweet Florida oranges and grapefruit. / will empty your bowels completely by morning, and you sill feel splen. “They work while you sleep.” Cascarets never stir you up or gripe like Salts, Pills, Calomel, or Oil and e | they cost only ten cents a box. Chil- it} dren love Cascarets too. if You Want to Buy or Sell Tribune Want Ad Page - The} Silian, of Turkey y abdigated and left doze r The new ’ officials endédvored to dis- LIP T zens of wives stich results from our Want Ads — bi ha on else you wih t buy, y or, ex: . ‘fue Ashe