The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FO! Partly overcast tonight and Wednesday/, TABLISHED 1873 THE BIS MAR \ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1923 {ARCK TRIBUN [ FINAL Di | PRICE FIVE CENTS KING, QUEEN OF GREECE OUSTED PLANT COST OF « ELECTRICCO. IS REPORTED, Engineer For Railroad Com- mission Gives Construction Cost at $409,042.00 BASIS 1 SOUGHT Petitioners ‘to Maintain Agreed Valuation Should Stick For Rate-Making e The hearing before the state rail- road commission in the Hyghes Elec- trie Company case this morning de- veloped chiefly on the testimony of E. H. Morris, engineer for the railroad commission, as to values of the plant. While the petitioners’ representa- tives are standing pat on their de- mand that the value agreed to by the electric company in 1921 be con- sidered as the basis for rate-making, with additions since then, the com- pany has endeavored’ to fix a new valuation. The agreed valuation was about $400,000, while the company experts testified to a reproduction Y cost of upwards of $700,000. ; Mr. Morris gave first the con- struction cost valuation he made as of May 1, 1921, which was $355,484.- 09, which he said did not include cash working capital. The depre- ciated value on this basis he gave as $300,988.85, The construction cost was presum@ to represent the money that actually went into build- ing the plant, he said. Bringing his figures down to date, he said, he placed the grand total construction cost as of November 1, 1928, at $409,042.00 and depreciated value at $353,236.00. This, he saidy included additions made since the 1921 figure. Change In Figures Mr. Morris testified as to the al- location of the utility property as between steam heat and electric units. In 1921 he had divided this on a 50-50 basis, he said, while now . he placed the property used for elec- tric purposes at 60 pércent and that’ for steam heat| purposes at 40 per- cent. One of the complaiats which resulted in the present hearing was from steam heat raisers, who de- clared the rates were far too great. Asked if he thought his figures were correct, Mr, Morris said that many of the records of the Hughes Electric Company bearing on the actual cost of early construction had been destroyed, but that it was pos- sible to find out about when the units were built and to obtain prices prevailing at that time. With regard to an arbitrary al- lowance for construction costa, he said he figured 12 percent, while the utility’s experts figured 15 per- cent. Each recommended working capital of about $30,000.” Asked if he brought his records to (date on a reproduction cost basis, the chief engineer said that he had done so. He estimated the cost of reproduction as of October 1, 1923, at between $630,000 and $635,000 and the reproduction cost, less deprecia- tion, at between | $535,000 and $540,- 000. This did hot include going value but included cash working cap- ital allowance. Price Trends Asked concerning price trends, Mr. Morris said that there had been a drop of 3.6 point’ ander the con- struction record method of figuring material’costs in the last month, and that prices had fluctuated since the after-the-war peak. Prices, he said, were higher #han in 1922. City Attorney Young questioned Morris considerably on the matter of allocation of the steam hedt and electric producing property of the company, A There was some discussion with regard to the Hughes Electric Com- pany’s furnishing service to the Northern Pacific shops at Mandan, with the evident intention of peti- tioners to endeavor to find out if this juice was being furnished to the Tailroad at such a low: price that Bismarck consumers were, penalized and questions were directed by the utility attorneys which indicated they would endeavor to show tha‘ the service was a benefit to Bi marck consumers. Detailed informa- tion on this point was not presented by Mr. Morris: The hearing con- tinued this afternoon. Thearies Discutsed Much of the testimony of Mr. Haganagh yesterday afternoon dealt with the istory of rate-making, ‘court decisions and views of various public utility commissions, He dis- cussed the theory of valuation of a property on the cost of reproduction aa differed from the original cost, or money actually interested in the plant, He held that the valuation must be Pid cost of reproduction, or present faiv value less depreciation. The pre-war standards of prices, he urged, are. history: now, and price- levels are on a new basis. The in- erement in dollars as between the ‘st of materials put--intp the plant by the company in pre-war time and the present Bo of doing similar work must be given ‘the utility, he contdnded. ~ a eel An. response to cross-examination, a when the’ valuation ‘claimed’ by the company is figured and prices on (Compinted: 90’ Page 8) —Seventy-three ‘ students autumn session, - nounces, . Forty-eight will be award- he said prices on . Oetober’1, 1923, | ed. 3 a Unpleasantness of Fight Over Millions Prompts Mrs. Vera Gould to Quit U. S. MRS. VERA SINCLAIR GOULI AS THEY SAILED FOR FRANCE. By NEA Service. New York, Dec. 18.—“It is better for all of us,” says beautiful Vera Sinclair Gould, widow of George Jay Gould, in explaining why, with ker three children, she will probably spend the rest of her life in Europe. Of the children, Jane, 5, and Baby Guinevere, are too young to under- stand the unpleasantness growing out of litigation over the settlement of their father’s estate. But George, Jr, 8, is beginning to understand and his large brown eyes are troubled. For the marriage of George Gould to Gyinevere Sinclair after the death of hi§ first wife, aroused comment. To escape the unpleasantness the the United financier Abandoned RACE TROUBLE CAUSES DEATH OF HOTEL MAN Mob Attacks First Negro to Remain Oklahoma Town in 15 Years — \ Marlow, Okla., Dec. 18.—Marlow's unwritten law exemplified by prom- inent public signs bearing the com- mand, “Negro don’t let the sun go down on you here,” caused the death last night of A. W.. Birch, promi- nent hotel owner and the probable fatal founding of the first negro who has stayed here more than a day in years. They werp ‘victims of a mob of more than’ 15 men who went Yo the hotel where the negro had been and shot them down when Birch at- tempted to persuade them to desist from threats to lynch: the negro. Last Saturday Birch brought W. Zerigan, the negro, here to serve as a porter in. his hotel.. A few hours later he received an anonymous com- munication ordering him to dismiss the porter at once and drive hin from the city. Birch ignored the letter. The mob went to the hotel early last evening. Mrs. Birch, who witnessed the shooting said she thought she recog- nized the man who killed her\hus- band but authorities said they’ did not have a clue to the leaders of the mob. They were not niasked. $5,000GIFT PROVES HOAX Bismarck Y. M. C: A. Fails To Get “Fine” Start Gift Indicated Jubilation of several members of a Bismarck, Y. M. C. A, organization turned to ‘disappointment today. A few days, ago a check was receiv- ed by the: “Bismarck’ Y. M. C. A. for $5,000. It was signed by C. B. Berry and came from Columbus, Ohio. At one corner of the check, ‘was written ‘the Word “donation.” The chéck was sent through the banks for collection. It was returned today with the information that the party was unknown, that undoubtedly the check was fraudulent, and‘ that the Columbus, Ohio, bank had been flooded with similar check’ recently. ) 78 GRADUATE Stanford University, Cal., Des, 18. here will the close of the ‘the registrar an- receive degrees ichelors of arts, 15 Megree of master bf iL take, th arts, while. 10 are expected to be, named: juris: doctor, employed three days ago as a porter | © D AND HER BABY GUINEVERE States and established his wife and their children on the Riviera. They expected to spend the rest of their lives in happiness but the sud- den death of Gould changed all that. Now children of his first wife are bringing litigation which will tie up the handsome settlements which he made upon the children of his second marriage. Se To cover the e\ergency. Mrs. Gould came ovef to dispose of her Manursing, L. I., estate and left as soon as the matter was closed. Be- fore sailing shew intimated she will also offer for sale her town house on Riverside Drive. In a month or so, she says, she may return to the United States to consult with her lawyers. After that the little family will seek for com- plete forgetfulness in Europe. \FOX WON'T - TAKE STAND Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 18.—Philip E. Fox, former Ku Klux Klan editor, will not take the stand. to testify in his own behalf during his trial here on a charge of murder of William S. Coburn, a klan attorney, it was announced today by a party closely associated with the defense. Fox had entered an insanity plea and an dlienist has testified he is now in a chronic paranoiac condition. ALL BANKS: DEPOSITORIES Bismarck Banks Offer Usual Rates of Interest All Bismarck banks—Capital Se- ity, First Guaranty, Bismarck Bank, City National and First Na- tion—were named depoSitories for city funds by the city commission in nieeting last night. The banks, under the law, submit- ted bids for deposits. All were will- ing to accept city deposits and pay 2 percent’ interest on current ac- counts and 4 percent on time de- posits, Many country banks which have felt the necessity of increasing their deposits have bid a ‘higher rate of interest on time deposits of public funds but the local banks, in conformity with what authorities recognize as sound principles of banking, made no unusual effort to secure the city deposits, being will- ing to accept them only at the usual rates of interest. George Doorley was appointed su- Perintendent of the city waterworks system at a salary of $2,400 a year, from December 15. The city attor- ney, water commissioner, city en- gineer and water department super- inttendent ,will hold a conference soon to draft an ordinance covering, all the manner of conduct of the city water plant. The claim of Cora B, Simpson for damages because of injuries: sustain- ed in a fall on & Main street side- walk was ‘rejected by the commis- sion, URGE WOMAN - FOR JUDGESHIP "Stanley, N. D., Dec.- 18.—Three women were ni by the various precints when Clerk of Court Madi- son gave notice that more names were needed to complete the list of jurors in Mountrail county. The names presented were Mrs. G. O. Flath of Stanley, Mrs. O. A. Ost- lund and Mrs. Chas. Swanson, both of Model township. * Those who were’ instrumental ii the placing of these names on tl jury panel, claim, it is alleged to fry and have Miss Esther Johnson, of Velva, recently admitted to the bar, run for ,judge of the district court at the next election. Tei eg teen GrsShoraten * The Red ‘Cross. originated: in: Gen-, eva, where it was ‘founded in 1863 by M. Henri’ Durant. ~ : RIVERVIEW SCHOOL WILL’) DRIVING BACK BE OPENED! REBEL FORCES City School Board Decides to Open Four Rooms After ; The Holidays CHANGES TO FOLLOW ‘Will School Will Be Some- what Relieved By New School The new Riverview school, in the western part of the city, will be op- ened after Christmas for the balance of the schpol year. The city school board, in meeting yesterday after- noon in the First Guaranty Bank building, decided upon this action. Fifteen expected patrons of the school appeared before the board and strongly urged that the school be opened. They argued that the opening would be particularly neces: sary after the Christmas holidays, when otherwise it would be: neces- sary for little children to go a long ways to school. The city board had considered not opening the school during the re- mainder of the year, as a matter of economy* and because the increase in enrollmént in the central and western part of the city was not as large as expected, The new school will open on Jan- uary 7. Grades from the first to sixth, inclusive, will be taught in four rooms on the first floor of the achool, President Lenhart of the board said. Two teachers now as- signed to the Will schoo) will teach in the new school, and two other teachers will be added at the new school. The change will make possible the reduction of the Will school from a 10-room to an 8-room school. The kindergarten will be moved from the basement to the first floor and the office room which has been used for a school room will revert to its oris ginal purpose. re 'SAILSTAD T0 BE ARRAIGNED WITHIN WEEK Action Against Dorothy An- derson Has*Not Been Fully Determined Superior, Wis., Dec. 18.—Edward J. Sailstad, will be arraigned before Judge F,F. Parker on charge of arson late this week according to District Attorney Robert Kenngdy, who re- trned to Superior last night. Mr. Kennedy stated that he had not yet fully decided whether Dorothy And- erson will be arraigned as a princi- -pal. The district attorney will con- fer with the prisoners in the Doug- lass county jail goday and: this may decide his future action. Judge A. Cadigan, attorney for Mrs. Leon Sailstad Richardson, is- sued a statement that he was glad |». the case “broke” as it had. He stat- ed tat two insurance companies had alrefdy settled for $4,500 apiece on Policies ha¥ing face value of $9,000. each. “The insurance companies bet half the policies he was alive and we bet half the policies he was dead,” he stated. KROGEN RITE: AT DRISCOLL Funeral services were held this af- ternoon at Driscoll for A. 0. Kro- gen, well known retired farmer and former elevator man. Mr. Krogen, who was about 60 years of age, had been a resident of Burleigh county for many years and was active in af- fairs. Marly friends from various parts of the county went to Dris~- coll today to attend the funeral. WATER MAINS | ~ ARELAID Work Finished, and Mains Are Tested For Pressure Laying of the additional mains of the city waterworks system was completed today, according to City Engineer Atkinson. All mains have been tested for water pressure and leaks, and leaks will be repaired be- fore the work’ is aceepted. Fourteen new customers are to he served at this time by the new maing, and the number will be increased to, 50 fm the spring, according to the city éngineer. y Work of putting the roof on the filtration plant was to begin today. This will permit the carrying on of the inatallation work inside’ the building this winter, so that the fil- tration plant will be completed in “view of defending it from an ad- toll of the explosion of a gasoline pressure pump at the home of Wal- ter Krei, station agent for the Great Northern Railway at Brantford, N. creased to four late last night when of body and facial burns received when: the burfing oil enveloped him tn flames. the parents now have but one child left, Nettie, ARAN FEDERALS NOW Important Victories ‘Are Claimed for Obregon’s Forces Against Rebels BIG) BATTLE IMPENDS Advance to be Made on San Marcos. Tomorro—Puebla Is Evacuated El Paso, Tex., Dec. 18.—Federal troops have taken San Marcos, the important strategic point between Vera Cruz and Mexico City and are advancing steadily toward the sea- port stronghold of the rebels, ac- cording to advices received today by Mexican Consul-General Einrique Ruiz. ' S Fighting for possession of San Marcos had been under wayAor more { than 16 hours before thé rebels were | forced to retreat, Mr. Ruiz was ad- vised. The federals captured an im- mense amount of ammunition, sma\l arms, a number of cannons and sev- eral trains used by the rebel forces for transportation, Mr. Ruiz was in- formed. President Obregon himself is di- recting the federal troops and is commanding the pursuit of the rebel forces in an effort to make the vic- tory even more complete. The message came from General F. Serrano, secretary of war, who expressed confidence that the rebel- lion would end shortly. The rebels at Vera Cruz, “taking into consideration the importance which the station at San Marcos has for them, it being the key to their communication as a base of opera- tions on the Mexican railway and the inter-oceanie” have throughout Sun- day and yesterday prepared their de- fense, General Serrano reported. They have been concentrating their best troops at San Marcos with a vanc eof the fedgrals “which will be to be taken since the youngster wa his first birthday, which will be cel February. BAR BODY TO HOLD BANQUET The annual banquet and mecting of the Burleigh County Bar Asso- ciation will be held tonight at 7:15 p.m. at the Grand Pacific Hotel. More than a score of attorneys are expected to be present in addition to judges of the supreme and district courts. launched tomorrow” REBELS CLAIM SUCCESS. Juarex, Mex., Dec. 18.-;(By the A. P.)—Complete rout of the reac- tionary forces in Vera Cruz is ex- pected momentarily, said a message received here early today by Colonet Roman Lopez, garrison commander. from General A. R. Quijano, com- mander of the ngrthern zone with headquarters at Chihuahua. A drive against the revolutionists, at San Mareos, Puebla, 150 miles from Me: ico City probably will be under way today, according to anothtr telegram from General Serrona, secretary o* war and marines. Ten men were killed in engage- ments in the Gnadalune Sundav in a clash with fiscal gendarmes, officers here were advised unotteially. At San Ignato when a party of the insurgents made an attack eight men ineluding fiscal guards and soldiers were killed. EVACUATE PUEBLA. Mexico City, Dec. 18.—(By, the A. P.)—The revolutionaries evacu- ated Pueblo last night the war de- partment announced. Federal forces occupied Almaza and Lucas Gon- alez . NO POLICY CHANGE. Washington, Dec. 18.—The revo- lutionary movement in Mexico City | has not operated to change the pol- iey of the American government towaril_ Mexico, it Was announced to- way at the White House. FOURTH CHILD DIES, VICTIM ~ OF EXPLOSION But One Child of W4lter Krei, of Brantford, Is Now Living A _—_—_— Carrington, N. D., Dec. 18.—The D., last Wednesday night was in- William, aged four, died as a result With the death of the fourth child Mr. and Mrs. Krei, although burn-| ed slightly by the explosion, are not | Work in danger, physicians report. '34 COUNTIES” ‘ * Hail warrants’ have been sent;from the ‘state auditor's office to 34 coun- ties. est losses are left. warrants’ will have been sent oué by| niversary “of Mr. January 1, it is state. P ‘ The counties having the larg- Most of the ‘ y SUIT AGAINST E.G, PATTERSON ~ IS DISMISSED Ramsey County Court Holds That Service Was on An- other Individual St. Paul, Dec. 18—A_ suit for $38,423.00 filed in county district court here in October by the Bis- marck Water Supply Company of Bismarck against E. G. Putterson, resident of Bismarck, was dismissed today by Judge O. B. Lewis on the ground that service of the summons on the defendant was not properly made within the jurisdiction of the court, The suit, according to the com- plaint, was brought to collect on notes given by Mr. Patterson to the corporation. The suit was dismissed when it was shown that the summons in the action was served on another man mistaken for Patterson. Papers were prepared in St. Paul to serve upon E. G. Patterson when he reached St. Paul on his way home from the Presbyterian hospital, C cago, with Mrs. Patterson, who died in Bismarck a few weeks later. In the train were Mr. and Mrs, Patter- son, Dr. Stackhouse, Mrs. Patterson's sister, nurses and other parties. The service was attempted at night through the medium of one deputy sheriff and a process server at St. Paul. The papers were handed to a party other than Mr. Patterson it was set up in the denial of service filed by Mr. Patterson's attorneys. The notes on which suit is brought are alleged to have been given for water bills. Pierce Butler, Jr., attorhey for the plaintiff in the action, brought these process servers to Bismarck in an attempt to ascertain just who was served on the Pullman car at St. Paul as the train pulled in from Chicago. A number of affidavits were filed in the suit pro and Gon. KLIEN AGAIN NAMED CHAIRMAN Washburn, Dec. 18.—Karl Kleit. Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee last. year, has been appointed again this year. The National association has been doing splendid work along she lines of relief work for thousands of orphans in the European countries. Their has the endosenient of such men as Goy. R. A. Nestos, Gav. J.-A. O. Preus, Gov. Wm. H. Mc- Master, Gov. John Lind and’ Dr. Chas Mayo. i INN. D. 45 YEARS: Jamestown, Dec..18.—Some twenty men friends of J. J. Nierling gath- ered at the Nierling home on Second avenue, and enjoyed a stag dinner, the occasion being the forty-fifth an- Nierling’s aprival in Jamestown. x BIG BOY NOW! First and exclusive portrait of G his mother, Princess /Mary of England now the Vis eorge Henry Hubert Lascell ‘ountess 1 as a month old. He is upproaching lebrated with fomp and ceremony in OILBUBBLE _ PROBE SPREAD BY OFFICIALS Believe They Will Find of Frauds by Koretz in Large | Number of Cities Chicago, Dee, 18. jtors here continued While prosecu- to search for |clues to the whereabouts of Leo 'Koretz, missing promoter of an at- jleged Panama “oil bubble” inve: gations have been extended to York, er, Colorado’ Springs, ¢nd \other cities where investigators are believed to have added thousands of dollars to the five million dollars or jmore that Koretz is charged with gathering in. ording to informa- tion which investigators say they have Koretz received an amount in |New York equal to th friends and relatives here. Prosecution for receiving stolen |property is planned by State’s Attor- invested by ney Robert Crowe agdinst Mrs. ' , sister, and Mrs. Bertha May- yesterday. Other relatves have fused to turn over the prosecutor | $75,000 given them by Koretz before ‘he vanished, Mr. Koretz announced yesterday. Other relatives have re- turned back $225,000 and Mrs Koretz, 'wife of the missing promoter, has turned over personal effects valued at $75,000. MINERS QUIT. AT BURLINGTON ! Go on Strike Against 10 Per | Cent Wage Reduction « — ' Minot, Dec, 18.—Lignite mining operations in the Burlington district ‘near here ceased this morning when a general strike was called by the unioh organization in protest of the ‘reduction of wages of about ten per cent put in effect by the operators. DYNASTY ENDED KING WILL 60 TO ROUMANTA Complies With Demand of Liberals That He Relin- quish the Throne REVOLT IS PEACEFUL National Assembly To Be Urged to Authorize Plebi- scite to Change Regime London, Dec. 18—An agency dispatch from Athens says that the King and Queen are leaving for Roumania tonight without signing any degrees and Admiral Kougou- riotis will be appointed premier. Another telegram reports that a delegation representing the army and navy last evening informed Colonel Plastirae that the officers of both services regarded the re- moval of the dynasty as a national necessity. Premier Gonatas and Colonel Plastiras signed the letter advices requesting the king to leave after they had been interviewed by the naval and military delegation and by representatives of wpoiitioal and other organizations of the provinces. All of these urged re- moval of the dynasty. Premier Honatas also rece'ved petitions signed by the officers and men of the Athen garrison asking that the steps be taken to remove the monarch. The letter to King George, it is said, was couched in stern lang- wage and contaimed the information that ‘his departure by evening was imperative. He replied that tnas- At noon today it was announced that \all miners are-in the village and | that production is at a standstill. Operators declared that khe re- {duction made effectivel was impera- |tive if business was to remain sol- | vent. SENATE STILL IN DEADLOCK Washington, Dec. 18—The senate remained in deadlock over the elec- tion of a chairman of the Inter- State Commerce committee on the first baflot today the 15th since the tieup developed a week ago yester- day. - WOMAN CHOSEN Minot, Dec, 18,—Seleetion of Mrs. Frank Kiser of Berthold as secretary of the Ward County Faym Bureau, succeeding Henry L, Finke, who re- signed to accept the secretaryship of the Norghwest Fair association, was announced today. Mrs. Kiser is a firm believer in the Farm Bureau and declared to be possessed of the ability to express her’ opinions in. telligently before any audience. much as it seemed to be in the in- terests of the nations for him to leave Greece he would do so. MAY INVITE FRENCHMAN London, Dec. 18.—According to the Athens correspondent of the Daily Mail the liberal victors in Sunday's election plan to urge the first meeting of the mationa) assem. bly to authorize a plebiscite with a view to changing tho present regime. The party proposes also to start a discussion regarding the form of Republic to be stablished, the-dis- patch adds. If the assembly de- cides to adopt the French system the noted banker, Basi Zahroff will be invited to become the first pres- ident; if the United States plan $s accepted the post will be offered to Venizelos. The Daily Express describes the tragic events of Sunday, December 9. stating that while the entire crowd remained within the pre- cinis of the temple of Jupiter where.the demonstration was held all was quiet but when the people begain to move across the streeta - detachments of cavalry and ma- diye guns were sent to disperse them. WILL LEAVE Athens, Dec. 18.—(By the A. P.) King George and Queen Bliza- beth will leave Athens: tonight for I nia, it is announced by the newspapers here today. LEAGUERS 10 OPEN OFFICE Preparations For Convention To Be Put Under Way For the purpose of making pre- liminary arrangements for the state convention of the Nonpartisan League, to be held here in February, temporary headquarters of the league will me opened in Bismarck soon, W. J. Church of York, state chair- man, announced here today. Definite arrangements probubly will be made at e@ conference here tomorrow and some member of the state executive committee may assume charge of the headquarters, he added. S Chcirman Church conferred here with R. W. Frazier of Crosby and John Bloom, manager of the North Dakota Nonpartisan, league organ, which will be published this week for the first time. MINOR CASES’ BEING TRIED Minor cases continue to be ground out in district court here, A jury. this morning returned a verdict in favor of the defendant in the case of Edward E. Strandemo against Con Johnson et al, involving a $626 note and grocery bill of $44, ‘ In the ‘chse ‘of John Eliason against Rollin Welch as sheriff a jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, who sued for $250, alleging ~ that in seizing property contig Ore sapnaeh on an attach- ment 'elc! ised property belong: ing to issbat * A verdict in favor of John Dayiel- son was given in the suit of DE, Howard for alleged damage to 3 in storage. The case of . strom against Joe Dah trom divorce, was taken under by the court,