The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 3, 1923, Page 2

PAGE XWO THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE CONGRESS IN FINALSESSION; | BILLS KILLED | (Continued from pare 1) neluding new envoys ¢o Germany | ind Austria after the pedae treatics. In its wake Congress leaves n han fourteen thousand gnpa: silly und resolutions, some of wide| mportance. Nearly 500 spubliae laws re passed by the Congress, or ex- uding Sundays and holidays, about law per di The final ble careers of m myn, including “Unele J ‘innon the former speaker, with s record of service in the House, . Mondell of Wyoming, republi-| floor leader; nators Willi- | of Mississippi and Culberson Texas, both former democratic Joor leaders, and others, some de- in the last clections umd some etiring volun ily. The closing Congress, in its rela- ions with the President h been oted for continuance of executive iddresses to joint ions. Mr.| ifarding made a half dozen of the: chief among them being his prese| on vill lose’, eran the! b- tation of the shipping legislation February 28, 1922; the British de funding agree nt, with a renew demand for senate vote on the shipping bill, last month; his discus. | sion last August 18 of the railroad} al strikes; his request for postponement of the soldiers bonus bill July 12, 1921 and his addresses coincident with the opening of se sions of Congress. Bloc Movement Born j The “bloc” movement was born | during the present Congress, with | organization of the Senate farm bloc, Iheaded by former Senator Kenyon, ublican, Towa, with Senator Cup-! republican Kansas as his sue-| or. It has been very active in passing farm legislation. The pro-| » bloc was organized last De- centher at the conference jed_by Senator La Follette, republican, Wis- onsin, and Rep. Huddleston, demo rat, Alabama, but has never m again, although it promises to bé factor in the next Congress. Aj war veterans’ bloc in the Ho also was inaugurated recently. An unusual flux of congressional investigations also have marked the cl g Congress, in both House and Senate. Few were concluded. Several will be prosecuted during the coming s and others in the new Con- Many Investigations Prominent among these investiga- tions. was those into impeachment gainst Attorney the Ford-Newberr; cf Haiti and Santo Domingo; agri- cultural conditions by the Lenroot Anderson comr leases of na val oil reserves and into oil and prices by the Senate manufactur committee. Other inve tigations included the Muscle Shoals, Ala., power project, indluding Henry Ford's offer; the alleged dye lobby, treatment of war veterans, civil service and charges of ‘former v n, demo-/ erat, Georg fe illegal executions of American soldiers of | the A. E. F. had occurred. International affairs jhave -beem prominent in the senate, with fre- quent. discussions of and interven-| tions in immediate European devel-| opments. Prominent among these was | the Senate resolution requesting call of American troops from the| Rhine, which was followed in a few| lays by the President's withdrawal | order, Efforts of Senator Borah, re-| publican, Idaho, to initiate an in-| ternational economic conference also! furnished several spectacular peri- ods. Some of the Achievements A large number of treaties, mostly of minor characters were ratified | by the: Senate, including the $26,- 000,000 Panama Gana) — settlement with Columbia on April 20, 1921, the German, Austrian and Hun; peace treaties October 18, 1921, and the seven arms conference conven- tions in the spring of 1922. There} was. no further action on the Ver-| sailles of the three-power — treaty | urged by France for her protection against Germany. The treaty to re- linquish American claim to the Isles of Pines has gone over until the} next Congress. Principal domestic legislation en- acted by the Congress included: the Fordney-McCumber tariff bill; revi- sion of the internal revenue, laws; the temporary, emergency | tari!f act; the reduction of the army to 125,000 men and the navy to 86,000 men; the 3 per cent immigration qouta- restriction law; statute es- tablishing the federal budget sys- tem; provision for federal control | of cable landings; the Knox-Porter peace resolution; creation of the Allied Debt Commission; the agri cultural cooperative marketing law; thé meat packer control act; reor- ganization of the Veterans ;Bureau; stvengthening of the prohibition law by forbidding prescription of beer; creation of the federal coal commission; authorization of 24 ad- ditional federal judges; regulation of-future grain grading; the federal maternity aid act; extension of fed- eral road aid; the China trade act and the resolution providing inter- a Hepes railroad mileage. ittle legiqlation, was vetoed by President Harding. His prominent voters were those of the soldiers bonus and Bursum civil war pension “ingrease Bills. | ‘mong important legislation which it @ppeared today would fail of en- | acfment and dic with the adjourn- ment gavels were: | \ fhe soldiers bonus, passed vy Cc » but vetoed July. 18, 1922, e sustaining the veto after it ‘was overridden by the House. Measures dealing with the Mus- | cl& Shoals, Ata, power. project, in- ; cluding . government development bills and Henry Ford’s offer. | tion, | aliens, recommended by statutes. to inerease civil and Mexican war veterans pensions. The (Dyer anti-lynching bill, pass- ed by ‘the House but blocked in the Senate. The administration bill, $5,000,000 to Liberia, also p: house but blocked in the A proposal to astablish ment of Public Welfare, recommended — by Harding in 1921. | Reorganization of government de- partments and bureaus. » “truth in fabric” bill, to ad- vise consumers of cloth contents, | Constitutional Amendments Resolutions to submit amendments | to regulate child labor, prohibit 1s-| suance of tax-exempt ecurities, | provide for direct election of president and abolish the electoral college, and set up a uniform di- vorce law, Bills seeking the to loan! sed the or educa President revision or re- peal of the Esch-Cummins transpor- tation act Provisions for a general revision} of the immigration laws, including proposed passport v recommend ed by President Harding. Registration and education of the Presi-| dent, Government regulation of radio. Recognition of the Russian soviet government. Restaration of free tolls privileges im‘the ‘Panama Canal ‘to American | coustwise ships. i A proposal to strengthen the cor- ruyt practices act regulating elee-| tion of membe of Congress. A bill proposing partial restora- | tion of enamy alien property. A measure to prohibit newspaper publication ‘of horse race betting news, A bill fo appropriate $10,000,000! for governntent purchase of ferti er nitrates for loan to cotton grow ers. A provision for general amnesty for persons comvicted under the cs- pionage laws. General re-codification of federal The bill of Sengtor Ladd, republi- an, N. D,, for government price fix ing of agricultural products. The proposal of Senator Norbeck, Republican, South Dakota, to pro- vide $250,000,000 foreign credits for pureh of agricultural products. The bill of Senator Norris, Repub- lican, Nebraska, for a foreign ex- port trade corporation. The “blue sky” security issue reg- ulation bill. The bill of Senator McNary, Re- publican, Oregon, appropriating $350,000,000 for reclamation devel- opment, The bill of Senator New, Republi- can, Indiana, regulating shooting of migratory birds. Bills of Senator Dial, democrat, S. D. for amendment of the cotton fu- tures act. The bill of Senator Edge, Repub- lican, New Jersey, to regulate coop- | erative organizations. Provision for establishment of free trade manufacturing zones in American seaports. A measure providing to disp tion to the states of surplus war material. The Gooding wheat stabilization bill, appropriating $300,000 for gov- ernment price fixing. LIGNITE MEN AREGRATIFIED Can Work with Immigration Commissioner Minot, March 3.—“The fact that the state legislature amended the immigration appropriation measure so as to direct the commissioner of immigration work in unction with the North Dakota Lignite Coal Operators association in extending the market for lignite coal is par- ticularly gratifying to officers of the association,” James S. Milloy, secretary of the Minot Association of Commerge, who has charge of the operators publicity campaign, stated today, “It can properly be taken by the officers of the operators organ- ization as recognition that their or- ganization is primarily a develop- ment one and it will enable the as- sociation to appeal to other develop- ment organizations throughout the state for coroperation.” According to Mr. Milloy the oper- ators organization is not concerned with price fixing or other problems of that nature but will devote its energy entirely to an advertising and publicity campaign to extend the market for lignite coal into eastern North Dakota and parts of Minne- sota and South Dakota. ee ee Auxiliary to American Legion will give get-to-gether dinner at Grand Pacific Monday, 6:30 p. m. for mem- bers of both Legion and auxiliary, those eligible, and visiting members. Tickets 75c; phone Mrs. Anna Huber Selvig for reservations or informa- tion. Phone 945, 3-2-2 7 es tor Borah’s resolution for a mid’s economic conference. shator Robinson’s resolution for Reparation Commission re- aL tatives. os, -apportionment of Congress an- det the 1920 census. the vetoed Bursum. pension bill Denby’s Children on the Ice Washington winter does not permit much skating but advantage {0 atways taken of the short ice season. Here are Edwin-and Marion Denby, children of the secretary of the navy, about to skate on the basin at the ‘Lincoln Memorial. ~~ PEOPLE'S eee FORUM TELLS HER, SIDE Bismarck, March 3, 1923. Editor Tribune: Mr. S. S. McDonald has. told he did not employ any stenographer over the usual hours. I was a bookkeeper and I enclose you the affidavit I have made before the States Attorney, and the same is true. I wish you would publish it. Margarct M. Olson. STATE OR NORTH DAKOTA State of North Dakota, ss. County of Burleigh J On this 14th day of February, 1923, Margaret M. Olson appeared before me, State’s Attorney for said County, in obedience to a sub- poena duly and regularly issued by me as such State’s Attorney; and after being sworn to testify to the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and true answers make to all questions pro- pounded to her by me as_ such State’s Attorney, being interro- gated by me, testified as follows: What is your full name, age and residence? A. Margaret Marshall Olson, formerly Margaret Marshall, 27 years old and live at 219-7th St., Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota. Q. Have you any profession or business ? A. I have been a bookkeeper. . As such did you once work for the North Dakota Workmen's Compansation Bureau? 5 S, Sit. Q.. When did you go to work fof them first? A. May 25, 1919. Q.. Where ‘were they situated then? _ A. In North West Hotel Build- ing. Q. How long did you work with ; Three years and about four : To Aug. 1, 1922. Book- keeper all the time. . Who hired you? A. Mr. McDonald Wehe both. a Q. What were your hours to eS A. noon. to 5. and Mr. From 8 to 5, 1 hour off till If not much work then 9 Q. Did you ever work more than 8 hours a day? A. I should say I did. Q. Was that before or after you left the Northwest Hotel? A. Both. When I worked over- time at the Northwest it was o my own accord except one Sunday afternoon that Mr. Marr called me down to work to give out the compensation checks. Q. How about over time at thy now headquarters? A. I worked over 150 hours over time there and charged for 150 ho s I had probably not kept ex track and they paid me $125.00. I should have had time and a half but they paid me only one months wages extra. Q. When did you do this over- time work? A A. In 1922, % Q. What times of the day? A. From 8 to 9 and from 7 in evening to 10:30 and 11:00 o'clock P. M. and once until 2.00 A. M. .1 took the’ books home that night. Q. What caused this extra work in 1922? A. We had to give statements to the consulting actuary, Mr. Bangert, of Columbus, Ohio. It was impossible to get them out unless I had extra help and I told Mr. McDonald so-and he could not see how, we could have extra help but that we must get the work out whatever-we had to do, or words to that effect. I took books. home Bringing Food to Icebound Ne on suggestion of Mr. Marr and worked there all of Saturday af- ternoon and Saturday night. Then after that Mr. McDonald brought me two more books about 3 P. M and I worked on those until six. Then Mr. Marr came and got them and put them back as they could not be out over Sunday. Mr. Wehe objected to having books taken out of office so I did not work home after that. had the books Friday night and worked until 2 A. M. and all Saturday, until 6 P. M. as stated. J Q. What proportion of the overtime was between 8 and 9 in the morning and Saturday after- noons ? i ‘A. Not over half, I think. Q. Then the other half of ‘the 150 hours was time over eight fall hours a day? 5 . Yes Q. Who knew you were work- ing overtime this way? . Mr. Marr, Mr. Wehe, Mr. McDonald, Mr. Elliott, and I think the whole office force.” Q. Do you think that affected your health any? \ A. ‘TI think it did. It had to working so many hours steady like that. . Did you do that night after night? A. Yes. .Q. Did they say they give you extra pay? A. No, it was not guaranteed. They told me later that I should put in for overtime Q. How much of a period wr covered to make this extra hours you worked? would A Within two months. Q. How did you come to leave? A. I was’ taken sick while working, while I had my pen in my hand and was carried out. The Doctor, Doctor Arneson, told me I should take a week or two weeks vacation. I told the board about that and asked them if I could! have a week or ten days. Mr. Elliott was willing but Mr. Wehe | and Mr. McDonald would not. They said I would not be any bet- ter off, they thought, in that time than’ I was then and they did not This was before I had received the $125.00. Mr. Marr wrote me _a letter stat-/ ing I did not need to come back! and should present a bill for $125. put in the bill for 150 hours overtime but they al- want to take a chance. for overtime. lowed $125.00. What was the your sickness? . Doctor breakdown. Q. What was the cause? 3 Doctor said by overwork. girls who worked overtime? A. Yes. said a Q. Who? A. Miss Foster, file clerk, Miss Standard Oil Salaries pelerter sorlatene bookkeeper, | Wh: t th qT k W: t ja Iverson, typist ind __steno- grapher at Bank of North Dakota = Sas ans now, Miss Kemp, cashier, pist Q. Did they work any hours'a day? A. Yes, at times they did. They least Miss Lane and Miss Iverson did. T do not know that they were ask- ed to do it but the employers knew worked soe at nights, at they did it Q. Who do yow mean by em- ployers? A. McDonald, Elliott, Marr and Wehe. ‘They were~ around. T have seen McDonald ‘there when I was working nights. Q. Why was it necessary to do w England me mature of nervous Do you know of any other Miss Lane, assistant\claim clerk, a ty- r: over- time that ‘would make over eight Es- pecially Mr. Elliott was there, but extra work? ry Because there was too much to do with the help they had and when I told Mr. McDonald that he | said he did not see how we needed jextra help and that the work had \to be done. Q. Befcre you commenced to do overtime work did you have any jgonversation, with anyone about {it? Were you asked to do it? | A. Mr Marr came to me and {asked me if I could get the work {out without extra help. I told him {I could provided I worked over- ; time He asked me then if I could !work overtime. I told him I could | provided I got an hour off later for every hour I worked overtime. He jsaid that was fair enough. But } ‘did not start over work then but |] spoke to Mr. McDonald and he jsaid as far as he was concerned |that was all right. | Margaret M. Olson. | Subscribed and’ sworn to before ‘me this February 14, 1923. j Edward S. Ailen, | Notary Public, North Dakota, |My commission expires April 6° State’s Attorney, Burleigh Co. | N. Dak. State of North Dakota, County of Burleigh, ss. The foregoing testimony was {taken before me on the 14th da: of February, 1923 at Bismarck, ir said County and State, and read to Margaret M. Olson before she signed her name thereto, and thereafter she subscribed and swore to the same before me as State’s Attorney of said county {and State. Edward S. Allen, State’s Attorney, Burleigh County, North Dakota. Margaret M. Olson. HEALTH BILLS ARE HARD NUTS (Continued trom Page 1) were chiefly with respect to school istrict levies, and as adopted, pro- vide: common school districts are limited in taxation to 14 mills o the assessed taxable valuation; districts giving two years high school work, 16 mills; giving fou years high school work, 18 mills. with a provision in the origina bill permitting an additonal lev: for night schools stricken out. The conference committee report also provided that on majority vote these levies may be raised 4' percent and on two-thirds: vote fifty percent, making the maxi- mum levy on the latter vote, 2 mills for common school districts sia is pre grain. Carrying Coals piece A mile of film than movie as assurance scenario. Get March 3d Wolfhounds Wi In the frozen wilds of Quebec, tradition was overturned when a te: Photo shows Hector Chevrette and his wolfhound team. The park board limitation was pu? at two mills. The house accepted the report, 88 to 22. > Health Department The nucleus of a state health d partment was created in senate bill No. 54, as a result of action the conference committee. Th appropriation was raised to $18,- 200 for the biennium, the bill pro- viding for a health offieer at a se! ary of $3,600 a year, creating ar advisory council of three membe one of whom shall be a woman and providing offices shall 1 maintained in the state Capito]. The house adopted the senate resolution favoring a federal cor stitutional ‘amendment against child labor, the Rusch senate"reso lution declaring rents paid downtown offices in Bismarck were too high and instructing the Board of Administration to invest- igate the ‘possibility of securing other quarters. The ‘conference committee re. port for a’ $6,000 biennial appro- priation for the Mandan fair wa accepted, as’was the wolf bount; report, fixing the bounty at $5 mature wolves ‘and $2 on’ pup The Fargo bridge and Des Lac bridge ‘appropriations were cepted. Resolutions Passed Several resolutions were passe¢c prior to the adjournment. Among these was one by Senator Rusch of Germany’s Hidden Assets ~ Swedish Criticism of France This Year’s “Flu” Reviving An Undramatic Master- A Super-Columnist \ The Best Medicine For a Sick World Men and Manners at Lausanne ‘ Making the Air Safe For Everybody is the laughter feature wherever shown. This hap- py little motion pitture contains more smiles per Fromi coast to coast, from the Gulf to the Arctic circle, the better theaters have booked this merry Tite press of the whole world creates the ith meticuluous care the reams of Cass county urging that the statc Millions Face Starvation as Russia Exports Grain Eight million Russians will’starve to death before August if not fed by Russian or foreign re- lief. This is the figure set by the Commission on Russian Relief ham R. Taylor, and Allen T. Burns. to Canada Many Interesting FUN from any other cinema creation. against dull moments. i They have recently returntd from a five months’ and their summary report, issued by the National Information Bureau, Inc., is just out. In the face of this comes the astounding news that Russia is exporting grain. Accgrding to the Russian Special Correspondent of the New York Times, Walter Duranty, Rus- ring to export up to 10,000,000 bushels. Arthur S. Draper, in a London cable to the New York Tribune, is authority for another report that the Bolshevists delivered about 250 carloads of rye to the Finnish Government and received payment in dollars at the prevailing American rate for According to the report of the Commission on Russian Relief: Government regarding exports is that they are imperatively necessary to break the vicious circle al- ready referred to—underproduction because of the lack of horses and plows, new shortages, famine, further killing and eating of horses, continued underproduction. Quite frankly the authorit that even at the cost of many deaths from starvation this year, exporting grain is the only way to . secure the work animals and implements needed to prevent many more deaths in the future.” There is an illuminating article in THE LITERARY DIGEST this week bearing upon the star- vation menace which faces Russia in the immediate future. the sections where famine existed last year and the sections where American Relief operates. Other striking news-articles are: the PRESS SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1923 n Dog Derby we 7 intense interest is aroused each winter by the dog-sled derbies. This year, am of three powerful wolfhounds defeated entries of six and eight huskies. > BURLINGTON T0 TAP COAL FIELD IN MONTANA St. Paul2 March 2.—Construction of a $2,500,000 branch southeastern Montana to tap the se- mi-bituminous coal fields in that region is planned by the Chi Burlington and Quincy railroad, cording to authoritative information here today. Agents for the Burlington are purchasing the right of way from Sheridan, Wyoming, northeast into the Rosebud district, it was stated. Plans provide for starting construc- tion this spring. The new road which will be a sixty-mile branch would start from the main line running from Billings, Montana, through the southwest cor ner of the South Dakota, through Nebraska and into the network of Burlington lines which lead into Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and Omaha. The Northern Pacific railway is preparing to build a similar line south from its main road near For- sythe, Montana, into the Rosebud fields where it will operate large strip mines. seek new quarters for the depart- ments located outside of the capi tol building on account of the high rental of those now occupied. An other by Senator Thorson o Grand Forks urged the elemina- tion of child labor in the mines throughout the United States, Most of the important bills were disposed of early in the afternoon but there was the unusual delay, in getting bills enroiled and engross- ed, and the signing up of confer- ence reports which kept the sen- ate as well as the house marking time during the greater part of the afternoon. Other bills which were late in getting passed were the bill fixing the rate for legal publications in neWspapers and the bill for the es- tahlishment cf a state department of health. Long conferences be- tween committees of the two houses were necessary before they were finally passed. Appropriation bills for the state university’ and the agricultural college were disposed of compara- tively early in the afternoon. The income tax bill was almost the first measure to get final pass- age when the two houses convened in the morning. A force of employees was de- signed by a resolution of both houses to take care of the prepara- tion of the journal for the last day of the session, and to do the other clean-up work necessary af- ter the adjournment. railroad in consisting of Allen Wardwell, Gra- trip in Russia, “The position of the Soviet state It. is illustrated with two maps showing Another European Storm Center Justices Reminded to be Just ' Why Your Letters Go -Astray Canada Spending Too Much. Here Deadly Fire-Escapes : How To Bleach Food Safely Facts or Fancy In Coueism Doughboys and Brides Back From the Rhine ' Mr. Lundin and Mr. Thompson, of Chicago TopicsoftheDay | - The Lexicographer’s-Easy Chair Illustrations printed pages are scanned for the heartiest.humor, the snappiest wit, and the most pungent para- graphs.on the news of the hour. A re-selection of just the very best is made and'this comprises the rollicking laughmaker, “Fun from the Press.” A new edition is issued weekly. 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