The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 12, 1923, Page 1

LAST EDITION | Soran tenn nr nea : ‘ WEATHER FORECAST. i] Snow tonight, probably followed “ by cold wave Tuesday. : ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS BOYCOTT LATEST GERMAN WEAPON ABRAHAM. _LINGLON (Feb. 12, 1809—April 15, 1865) ‘i ‘ Extend Ultimatum {duction in salaries at the present! : time, provides for salary increases; Three Days on Question with cach year of service something | i i which has never been in operation | of Allied Warships jin England before. mitted to House by Rep. Carr, Stutsman County COMMISSIONER Constantinople Newspapers | Declare Situation will be Adjusted Satisfactorily Limitation of debate and earlier night sessions than usual may result in the efforts of the legislative assembly to clear the decks of scores of bills of , relative unimportance | which still clutter up the legislative ¢alendars or lie in com- Burleigh County Fi VIOLENCE FEARED BILL} CONF mittees. i ighi Seent| With the legislature entering upon its forty-second day| ¢d by One Representative | | if | ! bonds for the purpose of making FOR DEBT PLAN real estate loans through the farm} _ y, comparison between the number of bills introduced | in Proposal and disposed of indicates more work has been accomplished in the present session than two years ago. The big pro- b'ems of the session are, as usual, undisposed of as the ses ion end nears, and the record of the assembly is yet to be isa - i ; oan department of the Bank of! P: ii S ' written. Both senate and house were prepared this week NovEn DAM SEaSEIUaaUUTHOR’ {to Pe aera Harding Seeks to to devote more time to bills a aU is WA eae present authorization of $20,000,00. Expedite Funding and houses, since the house must dispose of house bills by the of bonds, is proposed in an adminis- Shel . : ? 7 tration mensure introduced in the Ship Subsidy Bills house of representatives by Rep. | Care, Stutsman county, the bill being i McCUMBER CONSULTED} introduced through the delayed bills | i French Declare They Will Carry Out Policy to Bit- ter End Authorization of ($15,000,000 state } Paris, Feb. 12.°-The three extension of the Turkish ultimatum | demanding the withdrawal of — the allied battleships at Smyrna expected to modify the positive s taken by France and Great Britain and so far as is known the orders | to the naval commanders to defend their positions-if attacked still holds good. | Press dispatches still confirm re- ports which reached London that the Turks last Saturday decided to wait another three days for obey- ance of the order not to withdraw the war craft. They reserved for them- | selves full liberty of action at the THREE REPORTED KILLED London, Feb. 12—A Central | News dispatch from Berlin to- day says two French soldiers and ona German were killed in a clash at Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr this morning when Ger- man soldiers halted a motor car containing French soldiers. fiftieth day; and the senate must do the same with senate bills. Thus far there has been no indication of the majority endeavoring to use machine tactics in pushing through bills. Perhaps one reason is that the number of ‘‘adminis- tration program” measures is relatively small, and on most of the bills pending there is, in the house at least, a differ- ence of opinion not entirely bound by party lines. Independ- committee. It is expected to be recommended for passage as a sub stitute for another bill on the same | subject. The bonds to be second authorization would bh lsat | Senior Senator Has Charge of | British Finance Measure in Senate Duesseldor?, Feb. 12.—Reports th the Germans are organiizng a gen eral strike at Herne not far from Bochum have led to the dispatch of issued under the | > refer- | | | ent leaders have, as a rule, permitted unlimited debate, and membe bate have been frowned on by It is generally , expected, _ | ever, that the majority will en- dcavor to solidify the “adminis-| tration pregram” in the next week, | and if nec ry use a caucus rule in putting through many measures. ; Independents have charged the) Nonpartisans — wit! filibustering } tactics and the Nonpartis ponded with denials and oppo: tion at times to quitting work at 6 o'clock in the evening. Some Sectionalism Apparent | ‘The Independents have work | as a unit in the senate, but this is trué in the house, and it will ie more difficult in the last} ks because of the empha- manner in which some of the squelched new { tarted to ac-! tively participate in debate earlier in the session, These chickens are now coming home to roose. * There | 1so is sectionalism in the -house! which has not been apparent in} the senate to like degree. sis | tic Independent lead members when tl The big problem—the highway; problem, appropriations, election laws, banking laws, tax revision; enterprises—still | and the — state i assembly in remain before the whole or in part. m The highway fight has jumped; into the limelight as one of the! biggest of the session ,not only) because of the close division and} itterness over it but also because! cf the far-reaching effect of the| pfoposed abolition of the state! highway commission and the dis-j; continuance of federal aid road work. House bill No. 233, now the! crux of the matter, may be set-} tled in that body Tuesday and} Wednesday. If it is a straight- out decision the problem may soon; be removed from legislative con- | sideration, but if there is attempt; to compromise work of. disposing; of it will take up much time. While both sides are confident, there is no denying that there is great re-} sentment against federal aid and state highways control and it is not unlikely the legislature will} pass the bill which would, many believe, be one of the greatest backward steps the state has tak- en in years. Fight on Election Bill H The big bill of the election laws program—the non-party state cleetion law-passed the senate, but may not be considered in the house before late in the week. A big fight is being made against: senate bill No. 283, and there may be compromise on it. Particular objection is made to the provision | that a candidate must have signa- | tures of 10 percent of the vote; to get on the ballot. This would, opponents contend, nullify the di- yect primary principle. There, too, is objection by some’ on the belief that it would destroy par- ty government, and to a_ belief ; that it would serve to perpetuate | the Nonpartsan league. Those! who take this view point out that the league has lost steadily in membership and in power, that many league leaders have modified their views, and believe that if the party system is adhered to the league may disappear or weaken as a political unit to such an ex- tent that it will be impotent. But | if the non-party election law goes through the leaguers must have their organization in order to func- tion, and the fight between the In- Independent Voters’ Association as one unit and the league as ace will become permanént in North Dakota. If jhe law is passed it will be referfed to the people for vote, leaguers declare. i The appropriations are being disposed of piece-meal, through in- dividual bills, and while the real fights over education institution appropriations have not yet ap- peared, the legislature will be in much better shape that on the last night of the session two years ago when the amnibus appropriations bill was settled by a few men in a conference committee. Most. of the appropriations bills will be out of the way in both houses this week. There will be, as usual, real scraps over appropriations for various educational _ institutions. (Continued on fage 8) | ! guance of bonds for the North Da- who have moved the preyious question to end de- members on both sides. 4-YEAR TERM AMENDMENT IS | VOTED DOWN Question Will Not be Submit- ted to a Vote of People i of State : kota.” red to as authorized under “Second Real ate Bond Act of North Des The bill, drawn entively sep ¢ from previous legi rovides method of operation of tie | loan department under the act. The big fight expected on the house bill No. 233, to abohish the work of the state highway commission, did| not come up as anticipated, a crowd of spectators being disappointed. When the bill was reached on the! calendar at 5:50 p. m., motion was made to defer action until Tuesday. Opponents of the act wanted to see} it come to a vote this: afternoon, be-| lieving they would have been able to; kill it, and they asserted that sup-} porters of the bill were seeking the delay in order to line up their forces. | [Scores of telegrams were receives | BOND DEBATE ACT. First Effort, to Repeal Home! Building Association Act | Is Blocked | No constitutional amendment for the increase of the term of elective} state officials to four years will be submitted to the voters of the state at the present time. | This was decided in the North Da- kota when that body without a rec- ord vote uccepted the report of the committee on clections recommend- ing that consideration of Senator, P. 0. Thorson’s joint resolution for! the submission of such an amend- ment be indefinitely postponed. i Two reasons were given by mem-, bers of the committee for their ac- tion. One was that until the fed- eral government took steps to ex-| tend the terms of congressmen and| senators it would be necessary. to| hold biennial elections in the state! regardless of the terms of state offi-| cials. There would therefore be no| saving in expense it was pointed outs The other reason was that it is pos- sible that a constitutional conven- tion may be held within the next two years at which this question as| well others may be thoroughly} threshed out. i Repeal Bill Fails | The administration bill for the! repeal of the law authorizing the 1s-j kota ‘Home Builders’ association was | up for third reading and final pass- | age, The bill for the repeal of the! law received a majority of the votes! but owing to the absence of a num-| ber of the senators did not receive| @ constitutional majority, the vote anding 22 to 20, while there are| members of the senate. i Senator Frank Ployhar of Barnes! county, Independent voted against | the measure in order that he might} move for \its reconsideration on! Tuesday when the absent senators! have réturned, and when it will then! undoubtedly receive a sufficient ma-; jority for its passage. An attempt was made by Senator} Nathan, Nonfartisan of Sheridan| county to take advantage of the temporary position of advantage, held by the league senators by mov-/ ing the clincher motion on the bill. The motion however was ruled éut! of order under the agreement made Friday that no final action should be taken on any measure either! today or Monday in the event that} objection was made by five senators. Six senators had taken advantage of this agreement to go to their homes on urgent business. The senate set a new record for the passage of bills Sais the present session Saturday ernoon disposing of a total of 26 measures by this: route. Newpaper Bill Passed One of the bills passed was Sen- ate Bill 50, which provides that newspapers candidates for election as ‘official papers of ‘the various counties’ of the state must enter the primary election, and also sets the qualifications of the papers which may compete. Under its terms irresponsible concerns would be bar- red. The senate accepted house amendments, finally disposing of the bill. i " After some objection from Sena- tor Fleckten of Ward county who feared that co-operative enterprises would be interfered with, the senate (Continued on Page 7) sis . | | others he had found a wide WATER CASE by representatives from good roads hoosters opposing the bill. Burleigh County Again. Senate bill No. 200, providing county, commissioners may be recali-| ed, was reconsidered’ and. placed: on the calendar, It had been indefinitely | postponed yesterday. The motion to! reconsider, made by Rep. Carr cf! Stutsman, commanded 59 votes, or two more than necessary for passage. | It probably will be voted on Tues day. Rep. Carr said that while he votea' to kill the measure since talking to! ead de-! mand for it, and believed it was a! meritorious measure and should pass.' “Isn't one of the predominate) places involved in this, Burleigh) county?” asked Rep. Jardine, op-| ponent of the bill. . i “Well, that’s one of them,” replied! Mr. Carr. i The bill was introduced in the sen-| ate by Senator Martin, Nonpartisan,| Morton county. | The house killed a number of bilis} on committee report without debate until the state affairs committee re- indefinite postponement | ported for i Rep. Dell Patterson's concurrent res olution calling on’ the national gov- ernment to make loans not to exceed | $500 to farmers from profits made by| the U. S. Grain Corporation or other- | wise. Rep, Twichell, chairman of; the state ‘affairs committee, said the measuré might have merit, but it} was wrongly drawn, and although it purported to be a concurrent resolu- tion it was not. Rep. Patterson de- manded a roll call when the previous (Continued on page 7) INU.S. COURT Leave Granted to File Supple- mental Billof Complaint | Leave to file supplemental bill of complaint was granted attorneys for | the Bismarck Wate Supply Company | by, Federal Judge Wilbur Booth at) Minneapolis Saturday. | Attorney Morgan for the company presented argument for jeetions to the last order of the rail-} road commission, and made a motion for an interlocutory injunction; which would go before three fed-; fore dreamed of. The business men{ eral judges. - Assistant Attorney-General Thorpej new ideas which they can use to ad-| represented the railroad commission; and City Attorney O’Hare. the city. Mr. O’Hare objected that the com- pany had not exhausted avajlable remedies because it had not sought re-hearing, while attorndys for the company contended the objections filed were tantamount to that.. Mr. Thorpe id the remedy of appeal had not been: exhausted, The court allowed the supplemen- tal complaint to be filed, and the motion for an interlocutory injunc- tion. A week's time was granted Mr. O'Hare to file affidavits in opposi- tion to granting of the injunction. Bills of the water company for the last month have not yet been sent out, awaiting some action by’ ‘the court as to whether they shal! be for the 35 percent increase al- deral court or 16 2-3 per allowed by, the. rail- road commission, / ion, also! ; | committee, managing ington, Feb, 12.—Further conferences) were ar- for purpose of avoid- ship subsid; and British debt-fupd- ing bills du gz the three weeks re- maining to dispose of these and other ‘important measures. President Harding is understood to have advised tentatively against displacing the shipping bill for the debt bill at a conference yesterday with Senator Jones, Republican, of hington, congress committee chairman in charge of the former measure, and Senator Curtis of Kan- sas, assistant Republican leader. A definite program was expected to result from conferences today between the President and Senator Lodge, the, Republican leader; ‘hairman McCumber of the finance the Britisi: Senator Smoot of Utah, debt bill; | member of the debt commission, and other party leaders, In order that such a course might | not imperil the debt legislation sen- ate leaders were preparing a pro-} gram for this week contemplating concurrent consideration of that leg- islation with the ship bill. This in- volved the prospects of night ses- sions, the suggestion having been made that the senate consider the shipping bill during the day and the debt bill during the night ses- sions, thus obviating displacement of the former as unfinished business. There is a probability of prelim- inary discussion of the debt bill, however, to develop the possibilities of quick action on that. MARDI GRAS OFFERS MANY ATTRACTIONS, Bright Program Is Arranged for Presentation Tuesday Night at Auditorium K pai eatis Skits, musical solos, dances, and monologues, and stunts are only a part of the many entertaining fea tures which compose the Bismarck right program to be held at the Auditorium tomorrow evening. In addition to many — delightful ‘end of that time, | Constantinople newspapers | situation will be adjusted sati torily, although they declare the t in the senate on the| order closing the port of Symrna | will not be countetmanded. | One newspaper character the | occupation of the port as a “hostile and unpermissable act” and that | Turkey is demanding removing of | the allied craft. U.S. 70 HOLD _ UP FUNDS IF BILL PASSES |Chief of Bureau of Roads ls Expresses Opinion it | would Stop Immediately es If house bill No. 233,.which pro- vides for abolition of the state high- way commission and discontinuance of federal aid road work after com- pletion of contracts existing prior to February 1, 1923, is p: |need not contain the provisi jtive to unfinished contracts, accord- Jing to a telegram from Thomas H. | McDonald, chief of the U.S. Burean | of Public Roads. The federal government will im- according to interpretation placed on the telegram at the North Dakota Good Roads association office. The district federal engineer has recommended that all federal aid pay: ments be held up pending disposi- tion of house bill No. | The telegram from Mr. to J. E. Kaulfuss follows: McDonald bill pushed through legislature to jabolish highway department after {completing unfinished contracts let jbefore February 1, returning pro- j ceeds of automobile licen to coun- | ties which shall maintain federal jaid roads, Should such a bill be | passed I can see no other alternative | but to discontinue federal aid co- operation with the s Sections 2, and the last paragraphs and sec- \tions 6, 7, 11, 12, 14 and 22 of fed- feral highway act requires co-opera- jtion with state highway department. | “Reference your telegram stating} By Berton Braley Always he saw himself as but a man; A spirit moving in an earthly clod. Always he held himself as of the clan That hews the wood and tills the stubborn sod; | Simply and truly. He had the gift to vision and to plan All the ways he trod Were humble, common ways; yet now we scan Lincoln as one who came close unto God. Man among men, railsplitter, savant, m: Never he lost the simple human trait; i | And thus he saved a nation from disaster, i Faithful in small things, ruler over great! Walking by common ways at last to death, (Copyright, 1928, NEA Service) | Like that poor ca¥penter of Nazareth. { | ‘SAYS PRISON | REALLY ASKS | H MORE MONEY | | The penitentiary spptendaton| | recommended by the budget board (for the 1923-25 biennium is greater than the appropriation given that in- stitution for the last two years de-| spite the fact that comparison of the sion R. B. Murphy of the board of |aministration told the hous): appro | | priations com c Saturday. j The present recommended priation is $322,00 j years ago However, the budget for t ago contained a $6 priation, Mr. Murphy explained, thus making the actual amount ated for the biennium nearly $25,000 ler than the sum re ommended for the coming two ye appro- T for two HONESTY OF ABE LINCOLN IS RECALLED humorous numbers on the program} No provision is made for co-opera } i to be given by the best talent in Bis-; marek will be special numbers which will be presented by the Ro- tary club, the Association of Com-j| merce, K. of P. lodge, and other or- ganizations. While the night is named as a mardi gras of trade and filled to the brim with entertaining and unique features, the special inter- stunts make up an evening's enter- tainment as well as instruction well worth the small entrance fee charg- ed. The women will find the show, featuring all the newest frocks, suits, and gowns brought from the East and Europe, of real style f allowance| interest and rare beauty. The people} of the supplemental bill to cover ob-| of Bismarck and the surrounding| country will discover opportunities and advantages offered by their home city that they have never be- will undoubtedly gain a number of vantage in their daily business in the city Tomorrow njghf is the time to show your loyalty to. the city, and its business by appearing at the big celebration. You will undoubtedly get a much larger quantity ‘of fun out of the entertainment that it could possibly cost, A five. minute movie thrown on the screen by Gus Wingreene will be featured to represent the Capi- tol theatre, To add interest to the event Hos- kin-Meyers have offered a large bouquet of flowers to the firm which ‘is best. represented in the Mardi Gras. Members of the House of Representatives will be judges. A similar offer has been made by Oscar H. Will for the group or in- dividual putting on the best inter- stunt. Members of the senate will act as judges.” * \ | partment. Under date of June 2, | Governor of North Dakota submitted jcertificate as vequired by section 10 | of federal highway act setting forth jthat existing state laws complied | with provisions of act and by letter of Dec. 30 to Secretary of Agriculture {advised Governor that the existing | highway laws of state did not fully comply with federal highway act but that co-operation would continue: for period specified in section 24 of act ‘as amended, pending passage of such |legislation as would “ally fompfy ;In meantime state will have to com- ply as fully as it can under existing law. If legisuature should pass leg- islation so altering existing laws of state as not to comply as fully, as upon it would appear that co-opera- tion with the state should no longer be continued.” . Purchasers of Twine Delinquent Purchasers of twine from the state penitentiary owe that institution $121,352 on accounts running \as far back as 1917, according to figures of the state board of administration. This fact came to light when the house committee on appropriations Saturday asked the board for the list of accounts and bills payable. The figures are as of January 31 last. Of the sum mentioned $11,590 are in the)form of open accounts while $109,762 are closed accounts are in the form of notes. Roughly. speaking about _three- quarters or thereabouts of debtedness was contracted in “1921. tion except with state highway de-) | Postoffice Records of New Hl Salem, Ill, Yield New i Anecdoate Washington, Feb. 12.—The H | ‘office department in which is record- | led the appointment of Abraham Li: jcoln as postmaster in New Salen, Sangamon county, Ill., on May 7, 1838, recalled on his birthday anni- | versary today an interesting story of ‘his postmastership which is said to ‘be a tradition of the service. | As Felated ini a memorandum mede | public by the department it was musty | Salem had been closed in 3839 that; j assigned to that duty called on Lift lsoln, then a struggling young la | yer of 27, to close up finally the a counts of the postoffice. ick The former postmaster in accord- | ance with departmental routine had} | waited for the agent’s visit. The latter, according to the story, pre- sented Lincoln with a statemert showing a balance due the govern- ment from the postoffice amounting to $17. “Lincoln,” as the memorandum re- lates that story, “responded by ris- ing from his chair, crossing his of- fice to an old desk in the corner and taking it from a cotton rag tied with strings. Untieing he produced the exact’ mount of money demanded by the postoffice agent, indicating that he had held the sum intact and un- touched ever since his retirement as postmaster. volumes in the archives of the post- yto Amer “I never yse any man’s money but isis own,” Lincoln said: | ports CESSATION IN GOLDIMPORTS HOPED FOR mediately withdraw all federal aid,| two totals gives the opposite impres-' Comptroller of Currency De- clares it Would be Long * Step Toward Normalcy ri- To Have Stability of Eco- | nomic Conditions Gold Must be Safe to Move Washington, America is justified in hoping that in the very will be a cessa- imports of gold into this nd when that point is long step will have been ard the restoration of a world economic equilibrium, Comp- troller Crissinger, of the Currency declares in his annual report trans- mitted today to Congress. This na- tion holds virtually one-half of the future there of country near tion ‘world gold stock, he says, describ- ing the situation as “no less unfor- tunate for us than it is for other countries to have their stocks so sadly depleted.” Discussing the steady flow of gold a's shores, the report de- clares that the “water saturated currency” of many countries now has begun to yield to the inevitable pressure and the more stable money units of other countries are being called in and utilized. Mr. Crissinger regards this situation as “all to the good” and as proof that “in the end | the gold standard will be recognized | Jas the safest. soundest and’ most re- | liable that fiscal and ecgnomic wis- when governors certificate was acted, eral years after the postoffice at New) dom has yet devised.” The Comptroller warns _ that jone of the few special agents then | thought must be given to future! conditions which may be presented | when world gold stocks again are | “liberated and free to travel about | the world in equalization of indus- trial and financial requirements. To Meet Demands “We have need,” he says, “to keep our stocks of gold so well in hand, our credit so sound, our fabric so| secure, that we will be able to meet jock or jar these demands without to the industrial and business ci cerns of the country. It is because we must look forward to the time when we shall have to -return our present gold holdings to those from whom in‘ recent years it has come tojj Funeral services will be held i: us, that we must givé thought to the | importance of having our financial establishment in order and prepared for, the demands which will come to it. of view, the cessation of gold (Continued on page 7) “From the purely financial point im- would represent a long step} th French tanks to that place. The Germans are boycotting the 'forces of occupation throughout the Herne district and the French have been obligd to take over the wort of some of the German police. The boycott in fact is becomin |more and more popular throughoi {the Ruhr and the Germans have d {cided to extend it to Essen, refu jing to do business with the Frenc and Belgians beginning today. Commenting on the result of th first month's occupation General De |gouttes told correspondents tha “Germany is branded as a quitter be fore the ntire world.” “But I solemnly warn Germany {he continued, “that if a single or jof my soldiers®is harmed and {forces another battle on us she wi not stay our hand by erying erad.’ It will be a fight to the fir ish—a complete knockout.” The general expressed the opinic j that Germany-would not finish unt \she believed herself stronger tha her adversary. “The moment that she feels an oy {ponent is more powerful, she su renders,” he said. “She pleaded ar begged for an armistice under a sii j uation in which the allies would ha jconsidered they had just begun + fight.” Seeks Redress. General Degouttee declared th | France sought redress rather th: the economic destruction of Germar as had been charged by Chancel: ‘uno. “We want Germany to honor o signature,” he said. “The econom ruin of Germany could prevent h |from paying us. Germany by fomer ling strikes is responsible for t present situation of achieving h ruin.” Pointing to the great difficu France faced in the Ruhr the gene | suid that even American energy a | genius for organization might ha found the situation difficult. added that “right and might” we on the side of France und that s | would win. WORKERS’ CONFERENCE CALLE Berlin, Feb. 12-—An Essen disps to the Rote Fahme says that a ce ference of Rhin Westphali workers had ben called for March The meeting is being organized by special committee of the workme? council to request the summoning a conference of leading internatior labor organizations “to take measures necessary in the intere | of the proletariat.” } Organizations just approached i \ (Continued on Page 8) ‘SECOND OLDEST SLOPE SETTLER _ PASSES AWAY | i Mrs. Sarah Boley,, Aged Years, Dies at Her Home in Mandan Mrs. Sarah Boley, 92 years ae oldest white woman settler west «° the Missouri river in North Dak« idied at 1 o'clock Sunday, afterns at her home in Mandan, followiny ; ten-day general breakdown, the fi:»* ! illness she is ever recorded as h: ing had. Mr. Boley went West of the riv>” and took up the second homestead 0: record in the Slope territory. Foley entered the new land in, 1* and Mrs. Boley in 1877. One ch Mrs, Viola Mae Coe of Portland, O:° gon, survives. There are five gra'~ children and .one great grandchild. Man- dai & Mrs. Boley was interested in poli tics and she” was an ardent Ind:- pendent, She braved her way to the 4 polls last November de _ bad weather. She