The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 5, 1923, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE U.S. WILL GET RETURN FROM RAILROAD FUND Total Amount Paid to} Roads For Losses Put at | $1,800,000,000 Washington, Feb. Losses sus. tained by the government from wa: time operation of railroads and its aftermath of earnings guarantees and damage settlements will total approximately $1,800,000,000, accord- ing to data made available for the first time in a report by James ©. Davis, director general of railroads, | transmitted to Congress by Presi- | dent Harding. Not only does the amount come within congressional appropriations already made — but will also be a return to the treas- ury of about $400,000,000 in cash and railroad securities Mr. Davis’ estimates are based on the showing actually made in liquidation of accounts between the government and the corporate own- | ers of eighty per cent of the rail- road mileage which the government took o Most of the settlements yet to be made are expected to re- Suit in payment by the government, in either cash or securities. Accounting in connection with the government operation has gone through three phases, and involves the interstate commerce commis sion as well the railroad admin- istration, Losses in direct operation of the roads and in the later set-| tlement of capital investment and other claims, as now _ practically; mpleted by Director General Da « shown to reach a total of $1,250,000,000. To this is added a sum of between $625,000,000 and; $600,000,000, which has or will be paid by the commission to short line ds rail This last unde by six and to class one carr ers. amount includes payment the guarantee given the roads | congress of earnings during the months of 1920 just after the rnment relinquished the prore DEMAND FAIR FREIGHT RATES | Committee Prepared to Ask For Legislation | | Fargo, Feb. 5.—Inequalities which thev claim to exist in the present railroad rates in North Da kota are to be attacked by the North Dakota traffic committee represent ing the farm bureau, bankers asso: ciation and North Dakota organiza- tions, through the North Dakota rail road commission, it is announced by Walter R. Reed, chairman of the com- mittee M confer ND. | Reed announces that he will with the state railroad com-! n next week regarding this | matter and will be prepared to gc before the legislature and ask for ation to back up the state com-; on. At the recent conveniton of tha| North Dzkota Farm bureau federa- tion, a resolution was passed favor- | ing promot and effective action look- | ing toward more equitable freight and express rates and railway rules in the state. TAXPAYERS OF_ | GRANT COUNTY FORM A UNIE Carson, N. D., Feb. 5—At the meeting of taxpayers called in Car- son for the purpose of organizing a| permanent organization with which | to work to try and reduce the burden of taxation, was largely attended. | R. H. Leavitt was selected president, Inving McCarty, vice president; Chas. | Pathmann, secretary, and Fred Path- mann, treasurer. The president of school districts and townships to be directors cf the association. A num- er of discussions were given by the different: taxpayers assembled, The program of economy as outlined by L. B. Hanna was discussed and mos parts of it was approved by those present. A line cf economy extending down the line from state, county, school district to the township, was discuss- ed and urged in an effort to reduce . taxes, It was agreed that the school tax was too high and that economy be practiced in their management, | also that road and bridge work by the county and townships be cut to the minimum and levies made according- | ly. BEISEKER FREE ON PAYING FINE Malta, Mont., Feb. 5.—Three cases against Chester Beiseker, originat- ing in, connection with alleged irre- gularities in his: duties as cashier of the Sheridan County State bank at Plentywood, Mont., terminated here suddenly yesterday when on motion of the county attorney two cases jwere dismissed, pleaded guilty to a , misdeameanor charge in the third cas Beiseker was fined $250. ‘The cases were transfered to Phil- Tips county from Sheridan county. ‘Beiseker was charged with making false statements to a bank examiner (a, and, with: accepting epee in‘an nee ‘ SPENT TO AID | WELFARE WORK ition, welfare and pension during | $9,000,000 for | ation. nd the defendant | Pom Pom Honey (right) shown here in the arms of Mme. BHlese at the dog show of the Pome: 108 MILLIONS — United States Steel Company Has Big Budget For Sanitation New York, Feb. fact that the United States Stee] Cor- poration has spent more than $108,000,000 for safety, sanita- the last ten years, and that through expenditures of more than accident preventicn the Corporation has savd men from death or serious inju since 1904, are revealed in Bull tin No, 9 which has just been. i sued by Charles L. Close, Manag- er of the Bureau of Safety, Sani- tation and Welfare of the Corpor- A chart of the year by year trend of the accident rate per 1,000 employees shows that, taking the piants of all the subsidiary com- panies as a whole, the rate for serious accidents has decrased 18% since 1906 when the Bureau jof Safety, Sanitation and Welfare was organized. Since 1912 the rate for all accidents has been decreas- ed 71.41%. The latter reduction in the accident rate, the report says, means that 193,232 men have ben saved from injury since 1912. During the early part of last year, the report says, a total of 136 plants, mines, and other properties with an average employment of 55,639 men went through an entire month with- out a single disabling accident, and some of these plants were operated from two to six months without a single injury to a workman. Another chart in Mr. Close’s re- port analysizes the cause of 257,357 accidents which hate occurred in the plants of the United States Steel Corporation over a Iéng period of time. This shows that, eliminating the accidents involving overhead cranes, only 4.88 percent of tie acci- dents shown on the chart were due to machinery causes. The report then saps: “While doubtless this very low percentage is theresult of the protection afforded by the in- stallation of mechanical safeguards, a study of the chart is immediately convincing that accidents cannot be | eliminated through physical correc- tive measures alone. It will be noted that hanl labor was responsible for 44.04 percent, or nearly one half, of all these accidents, the majority of which could not possibly have been ATHER AND SON WIN PRIZES and KF ‘oxey Jim (left), father ang son, Marie Cruze, their mistress won first ian Club of America, New York. | but | safety devices and availa were due to carelessness and the | failure simple safety. of the workmen to observe | precautions conducive — to} Therefore, our safety activi- ties haye been governed by two] prime factors——engineering revision’! and education,” | N.D.HORSES SOLD IN EAST Bring Gcod Prices, Is Report | To Farm Bureau 6.—Three carloads of 1 Fargo, Feb. North Dakota horses, 84 in all, were sold at Springfield, Mass. day in three hours auction, it was reported in a telegram today to H. B. Fuller, retary of the Norta Dakota | m Bureau Federation. This is | the first eastern horse sale of the year under farm bureau auspices. Between now and April 2 it is ex- pected that about five carloads a week will be sold through the farm bureau agency, in eastern markets, Mr. Fuller reports. About 69 cars in all will be sold, “Mr. DeLancy reports in his wire that the carload from Wing averag- | ed $169 a head; the carload from En- | derlin $140 a head and the carload | from Almont $108 a head in yester- | day's sale,” says Mr. Fuller. | “Old ho ses in-the car cut ‘average price, especially in the Al- mont car he reports. We can get ex- cellent results with quality horses in the cast but old and poor stuff will hardly pay for express and oth- | er expenses. Tae expenses includ- CLAIM EQUITY | exchange summarizing j declared tha tthe attacks had been! | the tae | IS VICTIM OF CONSPIRACY Opposing Appointment of Re- ceiver Benjamin Drake Assails Petitioners St. Paul, Feb. 25.—Affidavits by of- ficers and directors of the Equity | Co-operative Exchange introduced in| distr'ct court here | Ramsey county today in enswer to the suit for re- ceivershin sult of a series of “perfidious attack”) for the concern charged! that the Exchange had been the re-! Waco (Tex.),, police are seeking and falsehoods destgned “to encom-| to solve the mysterious double pass its uin,” {murder of Mrs. Ethel Denecamp, Beniamin ‘Drake, attorney for the! 21 (right), and W. Ed Holt, 45 the affidavit | made since the ousting of J. M. An derson #8 president and asserted that | such attack “would have wrecked any | banking house in (ds soe ” SHIPPING BILL FRIENDS FIGHTING FARM CREDIT ACT Washington, | ty per farm credits program may blocked in Congress unless there is some assurance of action on the ad- ministration shipping bill was fore- | seen in some quarters today after! a series le maining Congress. ‘STOCK BROKER CHARGED WITH 3 MILLION FRAUD} Los Angeles, Feb. 5.—Austin E. Montgomery, former New York stock broker, was arrested by authorities here for New York authorities on charge of stock frauds aggregating $3,000,000. Officers announcing the arrest said Montgomery admitted his iden- tity and said he would return to face the indictment: of conferences to discuss silative outlook for the re- four weeks of the 67th ‘HARDING PREPARES} DEBT MESSAGE FOR CONGRESS Washington, Feb. 5.—President Harding today prepared a statement to Congress asking approval of the British debt funding settlement ney gotiated by the British and Ameri- can debt commmissions. It was indicated he. . probably would submit his | recommenations to the house and senate tomorrow with request that approval be given without delay. The measure is expected to be brought here both senate and huse before the end of the week, with all the driving force of claim forces behind it. ing exnress total about $50 a head. ATTEMPT MADE TO BLECTION RIOTS KILL PREMIER AT MONTREAL Monteosl), Fah. & Mioting, theft, | assault, and fraud attended the Montreal general election today. at & noon time 30 persgns charged with | various offenses were in jail and a| number of others in Rpepitels. Cotton Damages To Be Probed | Washington, “Feb. Be tnyastiga | tion by the United States Court of Claims of alleged damages claimed by about 285 cotton oil companies in the south aggregating about six/ million dollars for losses in crushing | cotton seed on ‘government orders during the war was proposed in a prevented by the use of mechanical bill by Sen. Robinson, Arkansas. Youth Is Served Again OF BULGARIA Feb. 5.—A bomb hrown in direction of Premier los oulisky while he was seated & fox at the national theater last Sofia, Bulgaria, was | fight with three of his ministe | No one was injured by the explosion. | The bomb-thrower whose identity is said to be known, escaped. AMERICAN TROOPS _ NEAR HOME Washington, | Feb. 5.— 5.—By. the direc- | tion of the*war department the com- mander of the army transport St. Mihiel which is bringing. back the | American forees from the Rhirle is .| endeavoring to reach the light house ‘lat Havanah harbor ty 8 o'clock A radiogram ship, however, said the | Wednesday morning. j from the | transport would not reach the ligh | house before 1p. m. Wedn Wednesday. TWO DEAD, EIGHT two ofher missing and eight danger- ously burned was the known toll this afternoon in a fire which early today destroved the Getto apartment build- ing today. had ben removed today at noon. PASS LAWS T0 Washirizton, Feb. 6-—Legislation to admit Armenian refugees’ in ex- cess of the Immigration Law Quota was passed by the senate today ana sent to the house where a number of similar bills are pending. RE MINERS STRIKE | ‘Parise Web, 5.—The miners: in the Sarre valley, which produced -nine million tons. of coal smnually went on strike this ‘morning. Feb, 6—A possibili-| that the Lenroot-Anderson-Cap- | be | | ~ MESSING IN FIRE Wichita, ‘Kah Feb. pees, dead, Two unidentified bodies |. (left), whose bodies were found in a lonely spot after their automo- | bile’ ride, bloodstained, had been found in a principal street of the city. Cceeaa st anee ‘DEMONS’ BACK FROM TRIP; WIN 8 VICTORIES |Close Trip Saturday Night At Hankinson By An Easy Victory | : | The “Demons” by winning from | the Hankinson five Saturday éeven- | ing came home with a clean slate ‘from their three game trip to east- ieee parts of the state. The scores for the three nights were: Bis- marck 15, Jamestown 11; Bismarck 28, Valley City 17; Bismarck 26, Hankinson 18. Hankinson high was represented by a scrappy team, as well as a heavy team, and made the locals ex- ert themselves to win the contest. |The gymnasium was of fair size, | although the floor itself was very |slippery. The same lineup that starred against Valley City, played throughout the game Saturday night. Burke started the scoring by caging a short field goal after sev- eral minutes of play. The oppos- | ing team took the lead after about five - minutes, by negotiating a ‘basket and a foul. From then on until the end of the first half,, the game seesawed back and forth, the period terminating with the ‘“De- mons” in the lead by a 10-7 count. The Hankinson aggregation came back strong at the opening of the second half, and aided by sev- eral long shots by their 195 pound guard, forged ahead of the Bis- markers, holding a two point lead. At this point, the local boys called time out and talked the matter over.. As a result, they scored three baskets in a period of not more than forty seconds, and the game stood 16-12 in their own favor. This lead the Hankinson boys were unable to overcome, and the finial whistle blew leaving them eight points short of victroy. . Following was the Bismarck Mneup: Halloran and Burke, for- wards; Alfson, center; and Scaog- ging and Middaugh, guards. There were no individual stars in the local lineup. CAPITOL THEATER Priscilla Dean in “Wil Honey” is the attraction at the Capitol theatre tonight and tomorrow. The story is an adaption of the world famous novey by Cynthia Stockley. On’ Wed- nesday and Thursday Viola Dan: newest photo play “June Madnqst” will be shawn, It is one of the best features che has ever appeared in and the story is one of exceptionat charm. THE ELTINGE. Bryant Washburn heads the list of the supporting compatty that will be seen with Katherine MacDonald in “White Shoulders,” from George Kibbe Turner's. Saturday Evening Post story, showing at the Eltinge today and tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday: .Washburn’s acting of the chief male part in “The Woman Conquers,” Miss MacDonald’s recently completed offering was so eminently satisfac- Greets the Stork it ——_________— |: | AT THE MOVIES | ——_—__________» tory that the president of the organ- iaztion making the American Beauty ization making the American Beauty's productions, readily select- ed him to portray the principal role in “White Shoulders.” Tom Formdn, who gave up acting in favor of the duties of a director more than three years ago, returns to his first love to be seen as Miss MacDonald's scren brother in “White Shoulders.” Other players of high repute in the seren world who will be seen in “White Shoulers” are: Nigel Bar- rie, little Richard Headriek, famous for the excellence of his work In th. John M. Stahl production, “The Child Thou Gavest: Me,” Lillian Lawrence, Charles French, James Barrows, Fred Malatesta and Lincoln Stedman, PETIT JURORS ARE DRAWN One Woman Included Panel of 45 Names on Forty-five petit jurors have been drawn for jury duty in the special terms of district court called by Judge Jansonius to begin February 19, The jury will report on Feb. 20. Names of jurors drawn are: J, C. Carey, W. E. Pesonen, Win, Ed. Olson, Moffit; A. C. Small, Bi: mare! Mrs. W. H, Bodentab, Bi: marck; P. E.. Hatch, Baldwin; Ralph Turner, McKenzie; Ralph. Falken-. stein, Baldwin; W. C, Belk, McKen- zie; Charlie Gaskill, Driscoll; Louis Leathers, McKenzie; R. A Sher- man, Sterling; Bert Lewis, Sterling; It: M, Bergeson, Bismarck; A. R. Aslakson, Bisma: Martin Amb- ers, Driscoll; @Ijalmer Thor, Wil- ton; Arthur L. Small, Bismarck; A. E. Nelson, Wilton;. J. C. Hilken, Wilton; J.0. Lyngstad, Bismarck; E, H. Pierce, Bismarck; ck Wall- man, Regan; Peter Harvey, Bis- marck; A. A. Jones, Bismarck; Pat Donahue, Bismarck; D. J. Geary, Driscoll; Elmer Arneson, Arena, Martin J. Olson dr., Sterling; R. ‘unprovided for. FLYNN DECLARES IT DID THE WORK States Tanlac Built Him Up Ten Pounds and He Now Feels Like A New Man. “Before I started on Tanlac I had one of those indifferent appetites that robs every meal of its relish. But Tanlac has so completely re- versed the order that I now cat like a wolf and enjoy every mouth- ful,” is the characteristic statement of Edward Flynn, 561 Canada St., St. Paul, Minn., a pressman’ for the Commercial Bulletin Co. “My stomach was so out of order that eating meant distress and pain, instead of pleasure, to me. At times my breath would almost stop on ac- count of the pressure of gas around my-heart. I was also troubled with nervousness and dizziness and was going down hill so fast it alarmed me. Well, sir, I feel like a brand new man now, for I haven’t an ache or a pain, and have gained ten pounds.” Tanlac druggists. Over 35 million bottles sold. is for sale by all good Drown, Bismarck; Alfred Albert- son, Baldwin; Ira Coons, McKenzie; Geo. Sattler, Alta; Robb M, Welch Menoken; Louis Novy, Wing; Jul Andahi, Bismarck; J. C. Swett, Bis- marck; Ed. Kruse, Moffit; E. F. Sapp, Driscoll; W. J. Jiras, Bald- win; H, 8. Lobach, Bismarck; J. A Davies, Wing; Allen Chapin, Dris- coll; John Hoffman, Bismarck. Mrs..W. H. Bodenstab is the only woman drawn on the jury panel. THEATER TAX CHARGE MADE , F..0. Hellstram of this city gave $500 bond to answer a charge in federal court involving alleged failure to pay a federal license on the former Rex theater. The charge, it appeared from pa- pers served here by Deputy U. S. Marshal Collins, was regarding the §50 annual license fee for. such the- aters. Mr. Hellstrom said that the thea- ter had not been operated by the Rex theater company for a year and half, and that the management most of the several months it was operat- ed by the Rex Theater company, was in the hands of George Halliday. If there was any such violation of law, it was a technical one, he said, and expressed surprise that there was a grand jury. indictment. The deputy marshal was’ seeking George Halliday’ on a similar charge. Mr. Hellstrom’s $500 ‘bond For * - WEEKLY PAPERS eFioN_= WANT ABER WARY Ap S0C Use the sues. Since con; re umatism, bruises, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1923” Watch For Our Ad LAHR Motor Sales Co. . S EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE RNa was signed by R. L. Best and F. L. Brandt, SLIGHT INCREASE IN EXPORTS Washington, Feb. the week previous. Rheumatism ?-banish pain! Apply Sloan's. 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