The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 16, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER eo waMtden FORECMET) | Fair and colder tonight. Satur- day probably fair. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1923 PRICE FIVE Bibbs) HIGHWAY BILL STANDS FIRST TEST IN HOUSE Bill to Abolish Highway Com- m | ion and Discontinue | ‘Federal Aid, Stands | THE VOTE IS CLO Burleigh County and Ramsey | County Representatives Lead Fight On It When the house came to vote on n of accepting the re-: committee of the whole 223, the vote was 58 for of the. quest port of th on, B vill, and = one against, The house of depresentatives, sit- in committee of the whole, to-j sustained by a vote of 54 to’ 45, bill: the lay uv 233 h 14 members absent, house which ghway completion would abolish commission after | of existing federal aid} ntracts and would discontinue ; in road building in North! foderal Dake The bill now goes to third read- and final passage, with its fate doubtful because of the large of ubsentees from the com- of the whole. iction of the house was tak- the face of warnings that it cost the sub-divisions to complete with. federal bill w in, made numbe mitt The en in would local dollars. tracts The counties or other half million} existing con- aid withdrawn. ssailed from this standpoint opponents as not merely false economy but putting an additional burden on the taxpay- ers of the state. Proponents of to minds the bill, endeavor-| modify the effect upon the of legislators of the provi- of the bill abolishing the high- commission, declared it in ef cet smply declared a two year “mo um” on state highway roa x in North Dukota, and need | regarded as a permanent poli-| nat be Cass County Vote Solid The heavy vote commanded by Cass county in the house turned the tide in favor of the bill, titude of Cass county was assailed by many legislators, who asserted! that because Cass county pays, more into the state fund through auto li- genses than the county gets back her representatives sought to break | down state road building to the in- of other counties in the state. bill and the at- Jury The opponents of the drew ern half of the state where, it was ed, road building would crippled and development of the ter- ritory. impeded -by,’passage of such a bill as house bill No, 233, Telegrams from/ Thomas H. .Mc- Donald, chief of the bureau of pub- lic roads, Washington, D. C., stat- ing that the federal government would withdraw aid if the bill pass- ed, were read. Opponents of the bill also rend from a letter from D, H. Blair, coms missioner of the treasury aepurt- ment, to Congressman Geo. M. Young, stating that figuring the amount of federal taxes the various states pay, North Dakota contributed $1 to the fund for federal road aid for every $31 the state got through that method. The road building as conducted under the administration of the highway commission was criticized | severely during the two and a half hour debate in the house. Rows Over Bill During the debate, in which Rep. L, L. Twichell, Cass county, argued for the bill, he said in answer to a question that his brother, Treadwell Twichell, long a leader in state poli- | tics, opposed house bill No, 238 and that “we’ve had three or four rows about it.” Leaders in the fight against the bill were Rep. Jackson and Rep. Sa- gen of Ramsey county and Rep. Harrington and Rep. Andérson of Burleigh county. There was no record vote taken. The debate also developed severe opposition of the North Dakota Good Roads Association ' program legisla- | tion pending in the senate, which} may doom the constitutional amend- ment, resolution and three bills. Rep. Jackson, opening debate, tra-| ced the development of the national: policy of federal aid to build a na- tion-wide road system. If federal aid is withdrawn the counties and state have the job of competing about 81,090,000 of un- finished contracts, he id. This means, he said, that the $500,000 | which the federal government would put in mast be raised locally by tax- ation, What State Will Lose He read a telegram giving figures on the amount of money Nofth Da-: kota pays into the fund from which federal aid is paid. For every $1 of taxes put in by | vide that phy: | the senate amendments ‘had not add- {duces thi North Dakota the state gets back $31.80, If North Dakgta gets $3,000,000 of federal aid it would cost the state but about $30,000 in federal taxes. The money comes from the big eastern states which pay the bulk of JZ « on Page Three) HOUSE ACCEPTS. AMENDMENT TO , BONE DRY LAW Physicians May, 01 Obtain Intox- icating Liquor Under Bill | Agreed Upon Fe ;CUT SHERIFF’S MILEAGE Senate amendments to house bill! No. 50, chief of which was to ‘pro- - icians may obtain al gallons jof any kind in one year to re e | patients, were accepted by the nae of representatives late today. OH bilf now goes to the Governor a signature. iA Rep. alee joint-author of they ' bill and a leader among temperance forces, moved the concurrence in the | senate amendments. He gaid that} the doctors preferred the bill to pro- vide that intoxicating liquors ma be obtained, instead of the house provision of alcohol, and that while ed any strength to the bill, the sen- timent was strong in the senate and} he moved the house concur. The vote on currence was 100 to 8. The bill writes into North Dakota law the federal prohibition restric- tions in most particulars, and also clarifies the law’ with regard to dis- posing of confiscated automobiles of whiskey runners. The house also concurred in Sen- {te amendments to hduse bill No. 34, hich did not change the bill to any extent. The house accepted the amendments, thus completing pass- age of the bills which abolish the present sheriffs’ livery, fees and in- crease the mileage allowance from 10 to.15 percent. -The bills were fought by many sheriffs, since it ‘re- amount of money which will be paid them for travel materi- ally, Bill Sent Back The house, after ‘argument, passed house bill No. 295, to repeal the law passed in 1921 providing for con- solidation of the electric light plants of. the penitentiary und capitol, and permitting the sale of current in the cities of Bismarck and Mandan, The -vote was 59 to 53, wtih one absent. After passage, however, Rep. Jack- son, author of the bill, said that it was found it took in too much ter- ritory, repealing other laws that it was not desired to repeal. He asked that the bill be re-referred to com- mittee for amendment. Kill Senate Bill The house killed the senate which would repeal the “valued in- surance policy” law of the state, under which insurance’ companics must pay, the value of a building contained,in the insurance policy, in case of fire. Jt also killed a bill de- igned to permit others of the vot- ily to: enter ist, blind, deaf and dumb, bill | the hotel, bloody bed-clothing, the, De-! and,! a weal- charg, Jean Young Yzguerdo (above), troit actress, is suing her hu Orlando Yzguierda (below), thy Cuban, for divorce. She non-support and bigamy. ‘JUDGE MILLER DIRECTS VERDICT | IN MITCHELL CASE Fargo, Fe 16. -H. H. D. Mitchell of | Oklahoma City was acquitted in fed- eral court here today of charge of} using United States mails to defraud | jin connection with stock promotiag | jaround Devils Lake when Judge A./ Miller instructed the jury to return| a verdict of not guilty. The verdict was granted on motior.| of attorneys for Scfense that there no evidence of fraudulent reno anal therefore no fraud. in- EXHIBITS IN “GUNMER CASE. ARBSENT HERB Appeal Record Is Sent to Su-; preme Court Pending Appeal Action Gruesome reminders of the mur-j ler of Marie Wick in a Fargo hotel, ‘or which William Gummer is ser-| vingza life-term in prison, were pla- ced in custody of the supreme court | here today, to remain until the court acts on Gummer’s app Five boxes of exhibi — including hoze nozzle alleged to’ hive been used in the murder—were shipped here together with the transcript of | the trial at Valley City and the! briefs drawn by Gummer's attorne: Scores of photographs accompanied | the papers. Presence of the exhibits is a part! of consideration of the case, but it is unlikely the court will order the| boxes opened. The appeal will be heard in the March terms of court, beginning March 6,.and. the case may be reach- ed about March 10. 78 MILLION NEEDED FOR TAX REFUND. Washington, Feb. 16—An ‘addition al appropriation of $78,675,000 to cover payment on taxes illegally col- lected was asked by Congress, today by the budget bureau, ° The item includes $54,000,000 which it is NO ACTION UPON "FORD'S OFFER Washington, Feb. 16.—A legisla- pélling booths|tive program for the remainder of this session of congress does, not. A morning session was ordered reontemplate action on: Henry Ford’s again for’ Friday, in ovder to.aid the| offer for Muscle Shoals which is be- ing worked out by Republican lead- ers of hause, * | One /KILL | the repeal measure j along party line: {of the | the senate killed a total of 16 m BUILDING BOND LAW IN SENATE jonpartisan and 26 In- dependents Voted in Fa- vor of the Measure SCHOOL BILE) | measure Advocated by State Taxpayers Association ' Is Defeated Repeal of the law providing for a bond issue of two million dollars for the state home building asseci- | tion was voted by the North Dakota se he vote taken last week when | a constitutional majority was recon-; sidered and the bill passed by a vote | Senator Kttestad, Non- Reconsideration of the bill taken Ployhar. Senator Baker objected to the reconsideration being slowed and when he was over-ruled by aa ‘chair put a strenuous fight on | floor of the senate against the pass- age of the measure. He declared that the Home | ers’ law had been a good one a though it had been mismanaged. He expre: [wire sums weatmmy cusan | REPEALHOME failed to receive | truck me n, voting with the Independ- | was | on motion of Senator Frank! d the hope that under’ the | FIRST EFFORT TO KILL H. B. 2 233 FAILS? WINS $50,000 Lill didn't ‘limped 3 2 need into 9 of Cleveland, lawyer whén she court. “Why de you was asked, “An° auto, nd now IT have a wooden’ jleg,” she answered. “Fifty thousand jdollar judgment in her favor,” ithe jury. limp?” she said FALSE RUMOR OF NEWSTORM | SPREAD HERE present administration the associa- | Results He Fact of Snow- tion would be better managed, andj urged that the law should be retain-! ed. “If the senator can who has through the Home ion who could better bargain show me a single man house Builders’ not through I ee this law in force,” replied Sénator Lynch. { One Break in Lines ! with the exception of Senator Ettestad wes The yote that cast by Without taking a roll call vote the senate voted to kill the bill which would have wiped out the mo- del high school at the state unive: sity, and all high school departments educational institutions un- der the control of the, board of ad- ministration, Senators Thorson and Whitman of Grand Forks strongly urged ‘that the measure should be indefinitely post- poned pointing out that to do away with the model high school would be disastrous to the department of edu- cation at the university. Their ar- guments prevailed. Argue Dancing Bill A warm little family row devel- oped among the league members of the senate over Senator Benson's bill to prohibit all dances either public or private on Sunday. “Senator Hamilton, Nonpartisan took vigorous exception to hte meas- ure. “Our ancestors came to this | country in search of religious liber- ty," he declared, {Now we are try- ing ‘to deprive others of that right, by insisting thgt they shail adopt tout idea of what day shall be ob- served as the sabbath and also how it shall be observed. Senator Whitmer of Oliver county, also opposed ‘the measure vigorous- ly, denouncing it as an attempt to renew the old! ue laws of the 17th century.” Senators )Baker, and Miklethua defended the measure and the lat- ter called-for a roll call on Senator Hamilton’s motion to~kill the bill jon tHe ground that “we want to see just who is in favor of Sunday dan- cing.” The bill finally) passed -by a vote of 37 to 9 after several unsuccess- ful attempts had been made to amend its provisions so as to make them less drastic. © Senator Eastgate’s joint resolution objecting to'the proposed merger of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul with either the Great Northern or Northern Pacific was killed) on com- mittee report without a record vote: Bills providing for a more strenu- ous poll tax law, and providing for the forfeiture to the state of land {on which taxes are not paid shared ‘ the me fate. On a roll vote Senate Bill 48, which would/have) prohibited firms of doctors, lawyers, and dentis| from advertising under company names was indefinitely postponed, 11116 Measures @in the cotirse of the afternoon, ures, and passed thirteen more. Five of the bills passed were measures in- troduced under the auspices of the North Dakota Childre Code Com- mission.. { ‘Other measures passed included’ that profiding for the ‘acceptance of the federal Sheppard-Towner Mater- nity act with aq appropriation for carrying out the provisions of the same, and Senate Bill 281 providing}. for the appointment of sdditional/ state’s attorneys in counties having a population of, more’ than thirty- five thousand, Two Bille Introduced Two delayed bills were introduced by unanimous consent, One of these takes the inspection of weight#/and y./from ‘the present staté department with headquarters ‘ (Conttnued on (page 8.) have! firm I will vote to continue) purchased aj i Slide West of Spokane, Weather Bureau Learns - STOCK M CH Rumors of anotier big storm veeping in from the west caused scor6s of people to call the weather bureau here last night. /The yorigin of the rumors were traced to reports of a snow-slide be tween Seattle and Spokane, held up traihs in that section. Roberts, weather observer said. whic! Oo. W There was not a flake of snow falling be-| tween Seattle and morning, however, he said forecast was for fair weat) Reports received from various sec- tions: of the Slope indicated that the expected loss of cattle in the storm may’ be minimized gre: warnings sent out in ad weather bureau. Alex McDonald country was réceived. and those who heard it use dthe telephone to spread the Bismarck this tly through ance by the of the Glencoe news, so thet farmers got their cat- | tle to cover. The same report was received by the weather bureau from, the reservation. While it is expected much cattle perished, the loss will severe as anticipated. Train vice on the Northern cifie westbound was fairly near nor mal, it was reported by local } officials. There were 14 passeager not be trains through Bismarck in 24 hours} from yesterday morning. There were! no east-bound coast trains today, however, it was reported, because of ; the snow-slide between Seattle and} Spokane. No. 8 was expected in from} Glendive as usual. Show Train Goes Through. The special tfain bearing Fred tones company, “Tip- Top,” passed | through Bismarck about midnight, | going west. While reports had been! received at 2 o'clock in the after- noon by Manager Vesperman that the show train would surely arrive inj plenty of time for the show, about 5 o'clock telegrams were received say-| ing the train could not get through the traffic jam occasioned by other trains being ahead of it. Som trouble was caused in breaking through a snow bank near Oriska, it taking longer to clear up this condi- tion than: railroad offfcials had ex- pected. About $3,000 paid in for the auditorium show here was being re- funded to ticket purchasers last night and today. ’ Coal Held Here. The South Soo train came in today,! but a train was not sent out. snow plough was working out of Drake yesterday. to’ open’ up the North Soo. Fourteen cars. of jtoal in Bismarck, shipped by .the Washburn Lignite Coal company to South Dakota Points, were used here to supply dealers with coal during the storm period, the cails thfeatening to ex- haust the available supply.. The Washburn mine was idle because it was unable to ship out coal. Ship- ments from other. lignite mines on branch ‘lines west of the c. also bre held. up. Anthracite receipts in & Da- kota for the week,ending ai 20, 1928, were 427 tons, Lignite, shipments for the week ending February 3, 1928, 22,255 toni 'for the week ending January 27, 1923, 26,228 tons. The Federal/’Fuel Administrator advises this Commission that it will be. practically impossible to obtair further shipments of anthracite and urges that we entourage the use of other fuels, the railroad commission announces, SAVED} and the; reported the sterm warning | * as P| rial Al Q SEARCHERS © > 7 LOOKING FOR — WOMAN'S iN BODY I Where Left Wife's in Snow I to Locate ie ano | i | rmer | Corpse: | FIND SECOND’ | Mrs. Erickson of Minnewau- | kan Caught in Storm and | Is Frozen to Death { town, N. D., Feb. 16. chers were out yester today looking for the body Mrs Jules Hagenson of the Spiritwood district who Was frozen in the day night snow. storm her husband from a dance, Thir and Tues and returning home but no have yet been found. The search is being: Mr. Hagenson who was is reported to bg im she were traces continued, badly provin fro forthe body genson which din a snow was he ne ink yester- y was discontinued aboyt noon to y because of another driving bliz- rd the trict. Mr. Hagenson, who had his hands, feet, and one i frozen is raging in Spiritwood dis de of his face badiy reported to be improving FIND BODY Minnewaukan, N. body of Mrs. C a farmer li found late yi home where she had in the blizzard late Tuesday ing to word received tod ON PRAIRIE, D., I C. B. Erickson, ng near Maddock was terday a mile from he: 16, allen exhaustea accord- Mrs. ckson’s death is the sec ond reported in North Dakota due ta! the blizzard. | the storm Dakota, Fourteen others due ce in North n in South Nine four near Pine | City, Minn, and four near Saskatchc- | Wan, one nian was struck by a train ‘Ashby, Minn., and his found the following day Mrs, Erickson started Tuesday {ernoon for the iw ithe day. It is believed } thought he was on his way ; thought he would need as There were three home, the oldest 7 months old died th | sult of suffering from | Erickson morning. were reported three were fr Dakota and one in Minnesota. were led in fires, near frozen ‘body aft home of a neighbor that she hon ist children at the baby eight morning as re: Mr. Thursday is cold. returned home, i CHAIRMAN OF WAGE BUREAU IS ARRESTED is. s. McDonald Charged with Causing Girl to Violate } 8 Hour Law | S. S. McDonald, member d, of the | Workmen's Compensation Bureau, which is charged with enforcement of the minimum hours for labor law jfor women, was ‘arrested last night jon a complaint sworn to before | State’s Attorney F.S. Allen charged |with violating the eight-hour law b lcausing an employe to work over. | time. The complaining Witness was Mrs. | Margaret Olson, who was stenograph- Ver at the bureau offices here. The action followed swearing out | of warrants by Me#onald for the at 4 rest of three local hotel or cafe pro- prietors charged with violating the {law, including E. G. Patterson, Fred Bobb and Bougas Bros. | ‘There ulso. was | banquet recently served to Senator- eleet Lynn J. Frazier at the McKen- ziel hotel in which Mr. McDonald was a guest. Mr. Frazier ,was governor when them inimum Hour law was signe. Some of the regular waitress- es assisted in serving the banquet, there ‘being such a crowd the hotel management was unable to serve them in any other manner. State’s Attorney Allen said today | that several other warrants involving the minimum hours of labor law | would be sworn out against local bus- iness places. He said Mr. McDonald \had presented 23 complaints against atter the matter vas before him and the attorney general, one offense against each was charged for the purpose of trial. Mr. McDonald flatly denied the charge that he caused a stenographer to work overtime fn the bureau of- ee xe " \SCRAPPING PLAN OF NAVY CALLS FOR 20 MILLION Washington, Feb. 16.—President Harding transplanted to congress to- day an estimate for an appropriation for $20,950,000 to meet costs of the battleships scrapping program agreed upon at the Washington A Arms confer- ence. ge BODY | The; wife of | here her husband had been dufing | an echo of they] the three places nameda bove, but that| HE’D HEAD U.S. Arthu contracto, the or the candidate United prohibition ideney the 124 electio: TAX BILLS IN LEGISLATURE ARE EXPLAINED | Misunderstanding Exists Re- garding Two Measures Says Converse ‘PUT , UP TO ' VOTERS | An election ought to, in the ‘a is, decide the question of tax | | levies, Tax Commissioner €, C, Con- verse said today in a statement is- sued to clear up “misunderstanding regarding the classification and tax limitation bills before the legisla- ture. Mr. Converse’s statement fol-| j lows: Misapprehension’ evidently in some quarters with reference t bills which have been introduced dealing with the subject of the sification of purposes and | rates of levy. This misapprehension aris no doubt from the fact that the com- mittees have before them a bill deal- ing with the subject of limitation of levies and a separate bill which the reduction valuation by assessing all at fifty percent of actual value. These two bills were intro: duced by different members of the legislature and each was without reference to the other. The rates suggested in the limitation bill afford a basis for discussion only in case ed valuation are main at about the 1922 figure member of the tax tertains the idea of thus the assessed valuation and at same time recommending the embodied in the limitation bill. Plan of Committee exists clas for limitation taxa of t property the | proposes sessed property of the as- asse Wo committees en reducing the rates TENSION INCREASES IN RUHR ZONE bers if first to determine upon policy with reference to classifica tion and basis of assessment, and, when that has been determined up- on, to take up the problem of chang- ing the present tax limitation laws so as to adapt them to the new basis, In so doing, they pro- ceeding carefully, study all available information, and considering the problem from every angle. “The feel that the mandate of the voters is that they shall do what may be done to reduce es; and they realize that little can be done in this direction unless economie: are practiced by local taxing dis- tricts. Such economies will necessi- tate curtailment of programs. Oth- erwise there can be no appreciable reduction of the tax burden. The voters of each taxing district should be consulted with reference to the adoption or continuance of a pro- gram which entails ‘burdensome tax- es. Heretofore voters have not been advised of such matters until after the levies have been made, at which time protests would have been un- availmg. It seems fairer and more Sensible to provide that they shall be consulted before excessive levies can be made. Perhaps they will de- termine that certain parts of the program are not worth what they cost and should be dispensed with. On the other hand, they may vote to centinue present expenditures, thus acquiescing in the resulting high taxes. Should Be Consulted “One reason why the voters of in- dividual taxing districts should ve consulted lies in the fact that prob- lems and conditions vary so much in different localities that it is not possible -to devise a limitation law which will fit them all. Therefore the appropriate response to the de- mand for lower taxgs is to devise an effective tax limitation law, the limits of which may be exceeded only have the taxes to pay. No other leg- islature within the memory of the present generation has been con- fronted with so insistent a demand that taxes be reduced. It cannot, by any possibility, accomplish what is expected of it along this line. It ¢annot even make a fair showing of reducing taxes unless the policiys it‘adopts and the legislation it enacts’ lead’ to a’ curtailment of xpendityres of local taxing districts.” drafted | to re-| The plan of the committee mem-| with the consent of those who will]: |FRENCH PLAN TIGHTER GRIP ON RAILROADS Street and Cafe Quarrels Among Soldiers Tend to In- crease Danger of Outbreak a ISCHOOLS ARE CLOSED Germans Who Refuse to Serve Invaders Will Have Their Goods Confiscated Essen, Feb. 16.—The com- ‘plete taking over of the rail- ‘| road administratfon in Essen ‘by tHe occupying authorities [wit in the next few days is ) expected in German quarters. The Franco-Belgium officials would ume full technical ; control of all railroad traffic jin the Ruhr. In addition to |the strike of the municipal officials and the closing of the | schools and places of enter- |tainment in Essen yesterday as a move against the, occu- | pying forces, the restaurants and cafes suspended busines: for several hours. | General Fournier, French commander, has notified Lord ; Mayor Luther that the occu- pation forces had been au- thorized to help themselves in | public houses and shops if the | proprietor refused to serve them. | Two French soldiers were {wounded here last night bi German security police who jinterfered in a cafe alterca- tion. The tension which was already high has been great- ly increased by the shooting. | SENATE PUTS ~ LIMIT UPON | BILL DEBATE Expected Funding Meaaae Will be Passed Before Body Adjourns Today Washington, Feb. 16.—The senate resumed its ‘session on the Briti debt funding agrement bill today under an to limit debate after m., and vote even though a night ion were required. Len pected a vote before night since the pasage of the measure has been con- ceded by its opponents. The agreement confined each sena { p. lers ex- | | | tor speaking after 2 oclock to ten minutes and provides on the insist- ance of Senator LaFollette of W consin that the chair shall not allow of any other recognitions. The ar- rangement was offered late yester- day by Senator Robinson, Democrat, of Arkansas, after carlier efforts to bring about unanimous consent te the agreement when the vote had been boleked by Senator Reed of issouri, an opponent of the measure. STORM DEALS HEAVILY WITH SMALL FAMILY Personal Belongings, Clothes, Supplies All Are Lost _ In Fire The storm dealt heavily with Wil- liam Small, pioneer farmer living south of Bismarck, whose home was burned down Tuesday night. Not only was the $8,000 home destroyed, ‘with not much insurance to protect him, but he lost all his seed corn which was in the attic of the house; a year’s supply of flour stored there, sugar and other provi- sions; 15. tons of coal which had just been put in the basement; his best harness which was in the basement for repairs and oiling; all of the bed clothing, ‘personal belongings and furniture. Mr. and Mrs. ‘Small barely escap- ed in scanty attire, and got to the home of their brother, Irvin Small. It was'a hard blow to the Smalls to hy pin shouse go, all Rts ‘Bav- oe aet i a 80} long’ equipment. aes