The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 13, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonight and Sat- urday. Somewhat cooler toni ESTABLISHED 1873 I 'SHERIFF SE Fa LAFOLLETTEIS | rinvinc wrecken BALLOON HELPING ONLY "SELF, CHARGE wapos TRISUNE = IZES EQUITY PLANT | SCHOOL CENSUS. |"9F!"445nn 9Ssu2|FRENCH TAKE. |” 2R08E. sl OREDITOR IN || SHOWS GROWTH |. OVER OLDU,§, | rrw-eorsr tere nl oy Mla BRIDGEHEAD HS TEREST state bonding fund, left for Grand Forks yesterday afternoon to in- vestigate the matter of liability on Louis Alterberndt of Sabin, Minnesota, Levies on Pro- perty in West Fargo Grand Forks, July 18.—The popu- lation of*Grand Forks as indicated by the new city directory, which is ready for distribution, is 16,642, and that of East Grand Forks is 3,- 028, according to CG, R. Pettibone, the bond of a former county trea- publisher. surer, he said, The claim on’ the ai . z bonding fund, he added, grew out a Corps of Wisconsin Speakers Increase of 146 Over. 1922 Is of $6,000 deposited in the closed Extend Occupation Into Ter- ritory Formerly Occupied By Yank Forces REPLY’ TO SABOTAGE Peoples State Bank and some tax receipts. LAND VALUES ROQUALIZED BY COUNTY BOARD Assessed Valuation of Land to be Somewhat Less than Given in 1922 4 Invade Minnesota in Senatorial Race Reported to the Board of Education Here FUNDS LACKING |, ert» wee FOR ELEVATOR a $37,000.00 BONDING WORK Board Adjourns Meeting Af- ter Preparations to En- force Collections Work to be Stopped Unless \ Funds are Made Available, Mr. Hagan Says |PRESIDENT RE-ELECTED LOOKING TOWARD 1924 Farmer-Labor Supporters See Connection — Arthur Le ' .Sueuer Hits Johnson Officials Are Held as Host- ages Because of Seizure of French by Police A. P. Lenhart Heads Board For Another Year—Other Action of the Board Minneapolis, July 13.—Charges are being made in the United States Sen- atorial race that the LaFollette ora- tors which have come into Minnesota | j while ostensibly aiding Magnus John- son, Farmér-Labor candidate, actual- 4 ly are seeking to lay the ground for Duesseldorf, Germany, July 13. —The town of Limburg, just be- yond the Coblenz bridgehead which the Americans formerly held, was, occupied by French troops yesterday as a permanent The school census for the city of Bismarck for 1923 shows an increase of 146 in the number of persons be- tween the ages of six and 21, The total enumeration as reported to the school board by R.H. Neff, named Fargo, July 13—-Louis Alterberndt of Sabin, Minnesota, heaviest credi- tor of the Equity Cooperative Pack- ing Company, a defunct concern here, in order to satisfy a deficiency SHIFT TO THE CITY : Lifting Somewhat of Burden] occupation town S } Senator LaFollette’s presidential ae be a the ‘TRANSFER IS REFUSED) Judement of moro “than $37,000 § eagaigh in 1924. ‘The Minneapolis to take the census, is 2,068, which Ga dliandalle( Seen int Lawa Barmen, in-the Elberfeld manu- against the plant, has made levy on y : ‘ Tribune says: on the basis of the usual metired of P| facturing aden was _occu- ‘ all personal property of the com- q LaFollette’s picked orators began figuring population from 2 schgol Enacted Last Winter pled by detachment of French} Funds for the state grain grading | pany in West Fargo, he announced 4 F their Minnesota speaking drive at} leehaua would show’ aspopllapenaeer city of ibWoae arheted department of which John N, Hagan today. The physical property of Winona, Minn., with the ostensible j purpose of telling voters why it is necessary to add Magnus Johnsou, f Farmer-Labor senatorial candidate, i to the LaFollete bloc in the Senate— but actually to lay out the program of principles, upon which fhe Wis- m -consin senator will seek the /presiden- tint nomination next year. The two members of the “LaFol- lette flying squadron” who talked in y favor of Johnson's election were Congressmen Edward Voigt of She- p boygan and George J. Schneider of Appleton. They are to be joined Wednesday by Phil LaFollette, son of the senator, and Congressman J. D. “4% Beck of Virequa, e Never Met Johnson. Both Congressmen Voigt and Schneider admitted here that they d never met Mr, Johnson, nor even ernor Preus. the company now the Caas county sheriff. C. W. Reichert, president and manager of the company, could not be found today at his offices here, and the same remained locked up to noon today. TO COLLECT NOTES Fargo, July 13—After meeting here, directors of the Equity Co-op- erative Packing company adjourned after making arrangements to col- lect $600,000 worth of notes, it was announced by C. W. Reichert, president of the company. In order to meet pressing obliga- tions and to obtain money to reopen the plant, the directors have deter- mined upon a strenuous campaign to collect outstanding notes. Th, abdut .6,000 outstanding ‘not in the hands of is superviser have been reduced to between $500 und $800 and unless’ ad- ditional funds are obtained the work of bonding elevators which accept erain for storage, which was permit- ed under a modified decree of the federa] court when an order wa: sued restraining enforcement of ths initiated act, will cease, Mr. Hagan said to Operation of the weights and meas- ures inspection department probably will not be put into effect, because of lack of funds, he added. This duty was transferred to the sheriffs of the state but the act was held valid by the attorney general because the city of between 9,000 and 10,000, The school census for 1923 follows: boys 1040; girls 1018; total 2,058. Equalization of land values in Bur- leigh county for the purpose of tax- ation, as between townships, been completed by the Burleigh coun- ty board of commissioners, sitting as a board of equalization. The aver- age value of land in the county, as reported to the state board for tax- J} ation, will be between $13.00 and $14.00 an acre as compared to $15.40 last year. It is expected that there will be a shift of burden as a result of laws enacted by the legislature last_year, whieh will raise the pro- portionate city valuations. The valuations as reported to the county board by the township boards, and the changes made in land val- ues by the county board, follow: which the French withdrew. The French official announce- ment of the occupation does not give the number of officials thus taken as hostages, but it is under- stood the operation which was on a considerable scale was undertak- en to impose a penalty for numer- ous recent frontier incidents. Bar- men is ue outside the occupied area, and the frontier affairs cul- minated recently in one which in- volved the security police near that town. Day before yesterday two French soldiers following some German smugglers were surround- ed in the woods by 15 security po-|it attempted to modify an ini ed lice, the French state. The police} act with less than a two-thirds vote seized the Frenchmen, taking them|in the legislature. Consequently to Elberfeld where they were|there is no -appropriation for ,.the questioned and disarmed. Their] work. First photo of the crew of the tug Frank H. Stanley hauling aboard the gas bag of the U.S. Navy balloon which went down in Lake Bvrie.| For 1922, boys 960; gitls 962, total he body of Lieutenant Louis J. Roth, of Lakehurst, N. J.. was found} 1912. Yater in the derelict basket of the balloon near Port Stanley, Ont.|| The census does not include the Lieutenant Telford B. Null, his aid, is still missing. ‘numerous pupils from the country and other towns but only those resi dents in the school district, Secre- tary Penwarden said. The school board, in its ann meeting, named A, P. Lenhart prei dent of the board again, Richard Penwarden, clerk and John A. Larson treasurer. i The board decided to place a steel ceiling in the Will school, the work j to be done by French & Welch Co., and to purchase a piano for the Wil- liam Moore school, Bids on coal for the year wore re- ceived and the conttact let to the : the ; h : talling $500,000. Notes to the total Songres Voigt hurried over Washburn Lignite Coal Company to} Township Av. Per Change/arms were finally returned with-| Attorney General Shafer recently ANG iacuee Gnict the tRanisonsenidl® furnish 1,000 tons more or ‘less "of ‘acre by by. Cu, out cartridges and they were taken|}gave an opinion to the effect that sider thie eae ago, to the frontier and allowed to re- enter the occupied area. When the soldiers got back they reported they had been insulted and jeered at by civilians while in the hands of the police. This incident, it is explained, has caused the punishment of Ba Wilton coal at $3.90 a ton, delivered, The same company furnished coal ; fast year for $4.25 per ton, delivered, Other bids included; Wachter Trans; fer Co., Beulah coal $4.10 per ‘ton; Bismark Lumber Co.,. Zap Coal, $5.00. per ion. Shirley George was named kindor- the unused balance in the former grain grading fung might be expend- ed by Mr. Hagan’s.department:. The emergency com ‘ion, with the gov~ ernor and secretary of state acting, nade an order for the transfer of 318,000 to the department of Mr, not been ‘Com —20% change nd seemed anxious to get onto ‘onal topics. In this way he adroitly informed the people about LaFollette’s views on public affairs * and hig effert was easily construed as a verbal foundation for the LaFol- lette presidential boom. |. gy a Voted Against Wa:>. dai due until fall. BRIDGE ROAD Wild Rose Long Lake Morton Telfet: Missour Fort Rice . Thelma . { He began by stating that he voted against America’s entry into the war “and 1 hayg no.anology to make,’ he added. "1 “Tam against war of any kind,” he said, “especially war that is engi- neered by the moneyed interests for their own gain.” Then he launched into an attack of the Harding administration, stating ‘HIGH G garten teacher, to succeed Miss Wil- liams, resigned. URT IS ASKED TOTAKE Taft .. fi Apple Creek Lincoln Driscoll Sterling McKenzie men. It is: also claimed that the seurity police in Barmen and El- berfetd have recently been engag- ing in sniping “operations against the French, OCCUPY CITY Berlin, uly 13.—French _ troops have occupied the big industrial city of Elberfeld on the edge of made by Treasurer Steen, The order of the emergency com- ission, Mr, Steen said today, was for the, transfer of $18,000 from the unused balance of the board of rail- road commissioners grain inspection fund. No such fund exists, he says. There is a grain grading fund with a small balance available for. Mr. Hagan’s depattment without trans- | PAVING WILL BE ORDERED Bids Asked on a Stretch From - Mandan Main Street to The “Dyke” the Ruhr region, according to ad- vices from the uhr here today. |U.S.SENATOR ~ DIESAT HOME Montpelier, july 13.—United States Senator William P. Gillin ham of Vermont died here late la night, Oppose Removal Of Tariff Duty On Feeder Stock Fargo, July 13—The executive com- mittee of the North Dakota Farm / Bureau ‘federation, in a recent ses- sion at Fargo passed a regolution opposing removal ,or reduction of duty on fegder cattle into the United Steiber —10%| States, according to announeement Wilson —20%| by H. B. Fuller, state secretary to- Lands adjoini F Nillaga Wing. +80% Village Regan 15% fer, he said. The treasurer: added that he had been informeg the emer- gency commission order referred to an appropriation of the 1921 legis. |: ae Intitre for the state division of (Ver * halt mile of hard-surtaced grades, weights and measures which, Coq’ of ‘Maik’ strony Mande eee according to the books of Mr. Hagan ooint beyond the underpass’ te be as reported by him to the emergency | init by the Northern Pacific on the eee misslen eae $18,000 but Bismarck-Mandan road, was made ich, according to the records of | ian 3 com: t °, L y by the board of county. - a treasurer's office, contains §15,- nilssioners. The bids will be open- Treasurer Steen said the attorney | “(ou AUsUst © that he’ has nothing personally against the President, but believes : the latter is influenced by the wrong ‘ kind of a cabinet. “I don’t want to see American dom- inated by any other power,” Con- : gressman Voigt declared. ‘a Hooked to ’24 Campaign. The Minneapolis Tribune also sees dj connection with the 1924 presidential Jeampaign, saying as follows: Election of Magnus Johnson to the United States Senate on July 16 will make is possible for the Farmer-La- bor party to capture control of the : whole state government in Minne- : sot in 1024" ein ‘ This is the word that is being sen’ = i ‘eect to workers theemmont the state gator for Relief Com- by Farmer-Labor party leaders. The : "Minnesota Lender, oficial organ of mission the Nonpartisan league, in its current ! issue, stresses that argument as one New York, July 13.—Russia’s pros- of the chief points to use in urging | pective wheat surplus for this year, Jobnsowia: election: her first important exportable grain In this manner the state election nae han aka e of 1924, although far in the future, Herp a tt am speck race has become one of the outstanding |>Y lincoln & hanibes gator in Ru issues in the present senatorial cam-| 47 osican Relief Administration; to PREM: be in the neighborhood of 5,000,000 Avihne Tareees :ueeks, wel.s|tons, thus bringing Russia into the Clear Lake Christiana ibley Butte | Frances Naughton | Burnt .Creek . iveryiew Lein Lyman Tryge Cromwe! Croft Glennview Harriett Wing ... Rock Hi Ghylin Ecklund Painted Woods . Phoenix Richmond Canfield . Estherville Grass Lake Hazel Grove Florence Lake Summitt . R. H. Richards, assistant pjlot of the Nina, seapiane which was commissioned by the governjeht to reconnoiter Lake Erie for the missing balloonists, hands over the American flag and clothing found with the gas ‘bag, to Harry Bruno, vice president of the Aeromarine Airways Co., owner of the Nina, RUSSIA MAY ~ | REQUISITION BANK MATTERS Argument on Jurisdiction Is Made Before State Su- : preme Court A call for bids for the paving of BUILDERS CASE IS UP a; while he held | stretch will not be attempted or seiticaanien Grain grading Japproved this year, it was indicat- This appropriation, regardless of ‘SS HONORED for the return to lennepin county, Minnesota, 6 county to larceny office of Arguments werd made before the supreme court today by A. G. Divet of Fargo, attorney for the Guaranty Fund Commission, and/ Attorney- General George E. Shafer in support of the latter’s . petition to the su- preme court to exercise original jurisdiction in the matter of insol- vent and closed banks in the state The Attorney-General acted under, an act of the 1923 legislature which directed him to begin proceedings in the supreme court as soon as possi- ble after July 1, and which asked the supreme court to. assume origin- al jurisdiction 8£ closed and insol- vent banks, wind up their affairs J. Weizman fram Ca: answer a charge of grand has been honored at the Governor Nestos, PETITION IS IN WASHINGTON Prompt. Attention Promised Surplus Is Seen by Investi- 2 eharetenanien The Northern Pacific is now ‘4 , wae for @ specified |hauling much material for the un- ee J oe July 1, 1921, to July 1,)derpass to be built, just west of ae r. Steen ‘and to pro-|the present road. The underpass ide funds for the Grain Inspection | will carry both the main line and ang rading Department * * *|north ine tracks, making necessary vhich law the Unite States suprem>|the raising of them. The total ex- court has held unconstitutional. It has pense will be above $70,000. ARETERRIFIED change change as the law, {or which it was intend- ed to provide funds, became null and void.” The treasurer added that “it could not be made available after July 1 by jay. The action followed receipt of 20 iali .| grain market as a competitor with ‘4 uestionnaire answers from county] any prete transferri voor ane n nctive in the Noni lthe American/farmer for the first], BY, Postal) Authorities and name a supreme court commis-{South Wilton .. . +90%| form: byrpay presidents, all opposing| would still remain an apereristio : latter @ bitter opponent of A. C.| time in sven years. : “There: -: sioner to take evidence and drawjLots in Menoken .. $1.00 +200% the removal or peur eaer the uty, out of the general fund, and the at- Hongkong, China., July 18,—Chi- conclusions of fact, but provided that in the event the court held it ‘was powerless under the constitu- tion to so act, jurisdiction would rest in district court. y The high court asked the Attor- ney-General to submit .a brief on the matter, and stated oral statements) would be heard if desired. ° under % years $16.00; Prereding this argument, the SU-| average; bulls. $30; ai preme court heard re-argument in| y, ald and over, $25.00, the case of the Home Building As-| Sheep: Every age $3.00. sociation against George E. Wallace,| Hogs: Every age $5.0. GOES TO JURY built house while he demands de- livery at what he says was the con+ tract pric Chicago, July -18—The case of Fred Lundin and 15 other defendants chargeq with conspiracy to defraud ap detrimental .to farmers. Copies of the resolution were sent to Grey Silver, Washington, D. C., representative of the American Farm Bureau federation, and to the’ re- search department of the federation at Chicago. The research bureau was sked' to study the matter further nd give the North Dakota federn- ion the benefit of information gain- ed. The research department has ul- ready studied the matter and an- nounced that removal or reduction of the duty would affect the country as a whole slightly but that the effect on the St. Paul and Buffalo markets torney general, in an opinion on June 15, 1923, has held that the ap- ¢ propriations of Townley and William Lemke, hi Mr. Hutchinson, who has _ been thrown his hat into the ring in the | studying Russian crop conditions on ‘ Minnesota battle for the senatorship. |the grounds since early this spring, He is aiding Governor J. A. O. Preus mates that somewhat less ‘than by directing fire at Magnus Johnson, |half.of this surplus may as usual| o¢ star route postal service to Ft. Labor candidate for tor.| go into the hidden reserves of the in the’ hands of Washing- ‘ormal statement LeSueut as-| peasants, but that at least 2,600,000| Yates are in the hands e serted Johnson is not fit to be Unit-| tons will actually be put on the ex-' ton postoffice authorities. ed States Senator. | port market, and that if conditions! A. F..Bradley, secretary of the As- x Tohnses waes for, ane ste xemain goqd this amount will be ap-| sociation of Commerce, today re- inal’ syndicalism law, against which }preciably increased. p labor unions have long waged a bat- ke Cataenting on these figures, ceived a letter from. hd peeretary tle, and voted against the eight-hour | waiter Lyman’ Brown,, .European’ ‘© Third Assistant ce ity om day, Mr, LeSueur charged. JoBu | director of the A. R. A. now in New. Cra! Glover, before whom the situs son's votes, he added, are & matter! York, told a representative nf The tio” wae, laid. so Bis ial ste, the : A city se » of recordin the state senate of Min-| Christian Sc Monitor that with iby. Heater +e Oa ada dadeg American wheat now selling at the 2 about a ton delivered in Europe, ¥ pal jhe toes nuts out of the fire for the Russian Government. should be pes ree from attending ‘postal heen fattening Assured of anywliere between $10-| oT et tions themsdives wero ad- ment.” : i] (ROARS: ad $26,000,000 | gold, sale are ed to. the, Fourth Assistant Stil! for Principles, ts. wheet surplus ins god {| Poitmaster-Geneval, who has. hears “ at a selling price of $40 to $45, wel . ‘I have spent about twenty-five folie Adsocinan cai ye | of rural mi vice. However, ese robbers today ir the residence of General Budget | Shan, near Canton, F Law of 1921, which is for » specified i . if time from July 1, 1921, to duly 1.{tien sme wae of 1928, is not available an used after July 1 eres DAZED MAN IS IDENTIFIED AS SCHOOL! Fixed by County Board Under 1 year one year to 2 s old under 3 Petitions signed by Bismarck cit- izens: asking for the establishment! consterna- WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: .Gen- erally fair tonight. and Saturday. Somewhat cooler tonight. ° For North Dakota: Generally Some- fair tonight and Saturday. HE ADD} what cooler tonight. General Weather Conditions Fargo, July 18—Prof, Henry B.| Scattered showers oceurred : over Rothrick, formerly superintendent of| the Rocky Mountain regioa, Cans. schools at Brandon, Minn., and at|di8n Provinces, and in Miesouri and would, be more pronounced. Penn, N. D. and teacher in tho| "orth central North Dakota... El schools of Nexth Dakota and Minn-| Where the weather is generally fair. esota for the past 12 years, is in| Temperature ‘changes ‘during the Treasurer Is the county hospital today following | Past twenty-four hours ‘harness Held Guilty Tee te street here | slight and they ae near the normal 0. L. Cassidy, charged with do-| Rothrick was found* Wednesday faleation while treasurer of Watford|™orning in a ditch at Thirteenth av Under 1 year, $4.00; 1 year under 2 years ¥9.00; 2 years A new law.effective July 1 provid- ed that the Industrial Commission should wind up the affairs of the Home Building Association, and that persons for whom homes were built! could resort’ to ‘arbittation in estab- lishing a fair price for the houses. - Read Conditions The roads throughout the State years fighting labor's battles at Glover's aid | every opportunity,” Mr, Le Sueur’s statement said, “and during the , “The cash proceeds of, this’ wheat! export,” said Mr. Brown, “should create a ‘very important fund for| © Ruséian purchases abroad, particy-| Jarly of* agricultural machinery and | ° Appointments... - other “much needed manofactured foods.’ It will also restore Russia's department, ‘ dy of the,cage. Mr, Glove handles financial ‘solicited by the local and he promised a matters for the | State Engineer Thus far‘no persons. for wh houses were built haye sought arbi- tration, preferring to await a deris sion of the supreme court. the Chicago school board out of ap- proximately $1,000,000 went to Jury shortly before noon today. \}° Attornpys for both the plaintiff and : lense had consumed three @ays in ‘| argument to the jury. + e | ty, City, McKenzie county, pleaded guil- it Shafer before District Judge Pugh and will be sentenced in Sep- tember, according to Harold Hopton, manager of the state bonding fund, who has returned from attendance at the: trial. and Fifteenth st. S after he had spent the night staggering about unable to} North Dakota control his legs and unable 'to talk to attract the attention of people on thé i affecthd by a slight, age, according to are mostly in excellent condition. Corn and Wheat Preci. county physician, re unable to put tory together in a form that woul Di disclose his real identity ‘until hist; bess vinaee aig Fourth st’S, wa a y_ and his peison: Property identified. retonal eaagnden | Professor Rothrick is a graduate| Grand Ferks. tqjof the University of Minnesota with | Jamestown: jociated with\ the Nonpartisan leagu¢ from its’ organ- ization and have been. stockholder in the Equity Co-operative exchange from the beginning. ' “I believe in the principles of the Farmer-Labor patty and that labor and the farmers ought, to be united eredit to some extent in the com- mercial world, though this, of course still, dep pose 8 things. than economics.” que: ak member of recess appoint- Old: Settlers’ aR +) ments of , including 8. M. Sean Kramer, Botti oun ,Pienic Planned | Bening tor ieee renee Clare In St. Paut « State Engineer W. G. Black is i St. Paul for conference with Mim esota ‘highway offic! id gineers of the U. 8. Bureau of Road regarding. the proposed bri tensi ‘across the river at Pembina. A leg:\ year, ' Are Requested Valley-City, Ni D., July 18.—Con- George. M, Young has re- He said Cassidy was charged with defaulting in the sum of $7,000, and that the bonding fund had paid $4,- ‘000 on his bond. “The bonding. fund, urged prosecution, he said, During [the trial, ‘he sdded, Cassidy changed his plea from not guilty to guilty. © “His attorneys’ raised objection MERCER AGENT RERIRED. Stanton, N, D., July.; 4 tol, the board of: —By 2 vote iF county’ @oaanaao in the political field and (have men ; te ee . i ‘: i ‘ , Pe Tape “Ralph | islative appropriation of $85,000 ta of ‘the work in Mercer for'| tbe: juriadiction of the court, atat-|the clas of 1911 and has taken ad-| Langdon: ::\ ; ot Oe aa rerun them 15) ised’ til be pn Ld, Battlers nls: (AE Rera er oth Gaciee’ W laid. ln Abs rlOge construction WEO'cheoe verse ans hos Devo leneoty sez] aw Moat ha was to be. tried Jn Mbater] vanced Mork se Wincor seats’ Rech] Earioes believe that: ‘labor | Bic at Aréna-Grover ‘Friday and Sat-| Butler, f: 1; Harriet J. Smith; | meade in: North and | Mrs apostle for the. greatly increased] Whereas the tri held’ in a new|ers college ai » aedey, dairy’ Farmers gen-| hall » few fest from inty | limits of the town. The objection ‘Quy. M.; Abele for| Black is seeking cooperation weces: ‘interest tn’ gai pan Setareey for" Bal. anry to insure early building of the’ lly had’ “petitioned , Board to re-establish the ofice, of the’ fire for the iticat | Agement “promises entertainment: in| Anamoose (Continued oy Page 3). -- [ball games, racen and music. jot Mpould be used to pull the chestou ‘June 20 and 21. zee om ere