The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Sunday ESTABLE HED 1873 PERMIT MEXICAN TROOPS TO COOLIDGE SAID TOSTAND FIRM ONTAX CHARGE President Believes That Mel- lon Tax Plan Is Daily Gaining in Favor TO CONCEDE CHANGES Not For Material Slashing, However—House Commit- tee Ending Hearings Washington, Jan. 19.—The house ways and means committee worked under pressure today to wind up its h aring on tax reduction proposals so it can start work Monday on its study of rate revision to.be incornor: ate in i The hearing began after the com- mittee had made a preliminary study of the administrative features in the program submitted by Secretary Mellon whose rate reduction sug- gestions will form the basis of the remainder of the discussions. Numerous appeals for reductions in the tax ratg affecting various in- teceets hava Meu’ Heard during the week and the committee also called upon tre: experts for technical information It planned to finish the taking of testimony to- day with witnesses favoring and op- pesing a number of suggested chan- ges in the present law given an op- portunity to be The 1 ative situation confront- ing the bill has changed during the week of the hearing through the peal by the house of its rule res- tricting the offering of amendments to revenue measures from the floor which Republican- leade admit op- ens the way for long and bitter fight over the provisions of any meisure that may be submitted by the committee. President's Views President Coolidge, however, has informed visitors that although he expects some changes in the Mellon oll kg is convinced that the treas. ary secretar: recommendations are gaining favor both in and out of Congress and Republican house lead- ers are preparing to insist upon en- actment substantially as submitted on the main points of his program. NEW PRIZE FOR BURLEIGH IS OFFERED HERE _ Another Burleigh county prize “for exhfbitors at the corn shov was announced today by the corn show committee The Bismarck Food Market will gi five pounds of coffee for the best exhibition of corn, any kind, from Burleigh two and a half pounds of second prize and one pound for third prize. The Hanna silver cup, the sweepsiakes prize, is on exitibition in the Bonham Jewelry Company's window. has | re-| THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAIKOTA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1924 CUPID'S ATI ‘Trop ROW, Ws MOTI LEFT RE REV. TO RIGHT tL ARTHUR Mo, Jan. Geiting easy here. is where Clinton, 19, hitched is For this “marrying | Rev. Arthur N, So’s his wife. And so’s his son, Pa Lindsey for over his flock in the ic church. But there were ‘ wed in the community, P: couldn't take care of busine Ginav’s why h to the ministry the live. Lindsey i family rsons” 18, y to Lindsey wife was ordained INTEREST IN CORN SHOW IS SHOWN GREAT _ STATE DEPT NOT LIABLE Judge Coffey Sustains De- murrer In Auto Case The state licensing department and state of North Dakota was relieved from liability in the case of Mrs. Julia Madden, widow of a man killed in a battle between officers and rum runners in Stutsman county in 1921, suing the state for damage alleged to have been done a Cadillac car confiscated by the state license de- partment and used by it. Judge James A. Coffey in district court here sustained the demurrer present- ed by Philip Elliott, assistant attor- ney general. He also sustained a de- murrer of the State Bonding Fund, which bonded H. B. Dunbar, state license inspector at the time, but guve the plaintiff leave to amend the éomplaint as to the bonding fund. Dunbar’s attorneys did not appear. ‘Weather Report ‘Many Counties to Have Ex- hibits at Show Jan. 22, 23 and 24 Ft. Yates, Jan. 19.—The First State Bark of Fort Yates will give a prize of $10.00 for the best ten earns of corn brought in to the bank. Corn must be brought in at once, so that time may be had to enter it at the Bismarck Corn Show. SENDING CORN Napoleon, N. D., Jan. Sukut, who raised over 100 bushels per acre in séction 12-134-69 in 19 ward Sukut of the same wha gained an average of 75 bu of Northwestern Dent from 18 acres, were visitors/here this week and p1o- mised the Homestead to forward ex- hibits of their great corn crop to the State Corn Show which will open at Bismarck jon January 23. and Ed- CASHIER RECEIVES CORN Elgin, N. D., Jan. 19.—The Elgin News is boosting the state corn show to be held at Bismargk, January 22, 23 and 24» Cashier M. C. Rausch, the paper announced, will see that all samples of corn brought to his bank will be sent to Bismarck for the exhibition, The Elgin News For twenty-four hours ending noon today: ‘Temperature at. 7A. M. -Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation : Bichest wind velocity . Weather Forec For, Bismarck and vicinity: erally fair tonight and Sunday. tinued cold. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Sunday. Colder tonight northeast portion. Continued cold Sunday. “18 Gen- Con- fr Weather Conditions An extensive high pressure area, accompanied by cold weather, covers the entire area from the Great Lakes région .westward and southwestward to the Pacific coast states, The wea- ’ ther is generally fair over the horth- west, but unsettled weather, accom- panied by precipitation, prevails from the Great Lakes region southwest- ward to the southern Plains states. says: “Wake up you fellows who tl have a nice lot of corn and see what you can do at the Bismarck Corn 3 | Show.” URGE EXHIBITS Killdeer, N. D., Jan. 19.—The Kill- deer Herald is urging exhibits at the state-wide corn show to be heia in! Bismarck next week. It urges John Malmstad and George L. Grayson as two possible winners. They “cleaned up the state” once befde in a con- test. Urging Dunn county corn be exhibited the paper says: “There is no use of Dunn county, or Killdcer standing around with its fingers in its mouth when we can just as well get 1,000 new settlers this year by| coming alive to the opportunities which are begging to be grasped.” A Swiss inventor claims to have; produced a typewriter which will automatically type words are dictated to it ‘by the voice. of 19.—Julius| of flint corn on his farm! township! AIDES Ma, Pa and Son Tie Marriage Hitches “While | You Wait” REV.ANLINDSEY ‘REV. (wes) LINDSEY r. JOHN LIND: nor delaus/ kTHUR N. LINDSEY THE WIFE AND AND For a while dhe the matrimonial tide. helped stem But the services soon were needed, And he beeame L year the | Dan Cupid batting, Pa—32 weddings. of their son, John, @ tpreacher, too amily score with ood as follows: r, But John cra | with his | Daring j beat their es time to catch up parents. 1924 he record. expects to even [SBE ITION HONORED GN toe has hon- Governor R. oved the requisition of the state of Minnesota for jcounty of I hares “ kill.” The Governor state of Illinois for the return George T. Posey, charged with ob- taining money under false, pretenses, who is sought by Stark county, and has asked the Governor of Montana to return Roy M. Hendricks on a charge of wife and child abandon- ment pending in Ransom county. ARMORY CASE the return from Cas: on to face with intent to a of ault i has requested the Company A Presents Wit- nesses on Personal Pro- perty Taken | Trial of the case of Company A, National Guard Training School, jagainst E. A. Hughes to recover |damages for personal property al- jleged to have been taken from the |old arthory building here after mem- bers of the company had entered service during the World War, con- tinued in district court today, with Judge Wolfe of Wahpeton presiding. The company alleges that much property was taken away and that some of the lockers were taken to a coal mine owned by Hughes. Witnesses this morning included M. J. O'Connor and Capt. Herman Brocopp of Company A, Postmaster A. B. Welch of Mandan, a director of the Company A Training School Corporation, is assisting attorneys for the Company in the presentation of the case, which is a retrial. It is probable that the taking of testimony will not be concluded be- fore Monday. N. P. AGENT FOR CORN SHOW a H, H. Ellsworth, traveling freight agent of the Northern Pacifie Rail- way, who recently was transferred from St. Paul to Jamestown, is busi- ly engaged in promoting the first state-wide corn show to be held in Bismarck, January 22, 23 and 24. Mr. as they Ellsworth, formerly agent at Kill- an old custom in the Lane fami human | deer, has a territory between Jaines- Every boy is dedicated to the stage. town and Glendive. IS CONTINUED, ‘JOINT HEARING MAY BE DENIED IN COAL CASE State Railroad Commission Demands Primary Hearings Be in North Dakota , DISLIKE I. é Hearing in South Dakota and Second Here | i Unless a change is made by the Interstate Commerce Commission in its announced plans for hea Northwest lignite coal rate increase no joint hearing between an ex- the North Dakota Railroad Commis- sion, Chairman F, C. Milhollan, the State Commission, made this| plain today, after having discussed the probable procedure in the case with other members of the Commis- sion. Initiative toward arrangements for a joint hearing of the case wai len by the State Commission, which holds that it has sole jurisdiction over changes in rates on lignite coal moving wholly within North Dakot ‘so long as the changes do not dis- criminate against interstate — com- ¢, while the Interstate Commerce sion has sole jurisdiction over More than 85 pet- cent of 1 movement affected in proposed 45 to 60 percent in lignite tariffs is within kota, according to State ases in North I Commi “The Interstate mission has set Commerce Com- its first hearing in case on Febyuary 20 at Aber South Dakota, and its next hearing at Bismarck on Febru said Mr, Milhollan, “This sion has no jurisdiction in South Dakota. Under of both commissions in this the burden of proof is on the ers. I have informeg the car riers that if they put in their entire case in South Dakota there will he no joint hearing in this case.” ‘Tho State commissioners ‘object to the Interstate Commerce Commi sion’s action in setting the — first hearing in South Dakota, where they cannot participate and where North Dakota people, whom the comnis- sioners hold are the most affeeted by the proposed inet cannot well attend. PAYMENT OF DEPOSITORS AWAITS SUIT Decision of Supreme Court To} Be Made Before Action Is Taken By Body commi. to hear cases rules ens! riously ased, No action wil be taken by the De- positors Guaranty Fund Commission vith reference to payment of de- positors of closed banks pending de- cision by the supreme court in the case instituted by A. J. Wertz, de- positor in the Security State bank of New England, one of the first banks closed. Members of the com- mission are of the opinion that their hands are tied until the high court interprets the law governing the or- der of paying depositors. B. McMillan, member of the commission, asked concerning the attitude of the commission reiter- ated a view previously expressed by other members of that body, that the commission cannot act until the law is clearly defined. The commission, he said, was given control of the de- partment of government created without any «precedent on which to base actions. There appeared to be legal doubt as to whether the com- mission should attempt to reimburse depositors of closed banks in the or- der of closing or whether, if the fund were not sufficient to reimburse all depositors, it should prorate the funds on hand. This question was raised in the Wertz case which was decided by District Judge Thomas Pugh. He held that the Depositors Guaranty Fund Commission was not sueable, and therefore could not be compelled to act. The plaintiff, it is under- stood, is appealing the case to the supreme court and attorneys for the Depositors Guaranty Fund Commis- sion are aiding them in expediting the appeal. : There is one other question of im- portance in the many cases against the Guaranty Fund Commission pending in yarious courts. This has to do with the rights of counties as depositors, and is raised by Slope county in a case against the bonding fund. ‘An Actor He Must Be London—A therter contract was given to Lauri, son of Lupino Lane, the comedian, on the wry day of his birth. It stipulates he must begin work for two London producers #vhen he’s 16. The pledge is in keeping with ly. So has it been since 1784, ing the | case, it is probable that there will be | of the} i | | i] C. RULE/SAYS FAILURE aminer for the Interstate body and! Op i} | Co: ‘or bootlegs wh CR REP, SHERWOOD, 'BERGDOLL’S FOE THANKS FRIENDS IN 88, STRIKES qT DRY ENFORCING, Veteran, Member of Congres Calling Himself Dry, Says It Has Failed cada Interstate Body Set Firat | Criticizes Rep. Upshaw, Lead- ing Dry, and Lack of Crime Decrease Washington, Jan. Flourishing an empty flask and ling the activities of the oon league and Representaty aw, Demoe Sherwood, -old 19 (Ry the A. P.) sti Democrat, veteran ae ene that th to 1924 it} is generally conceded that prohibi- tion enforcement officers have failed co enfore the law’ and also charged that the use of narcotics had inereas- ed enormously since enactment | the dry laws. Declaring that when he was en) 12 yars old he had signed a te el ance pledge and would “vote for no| law which tolerates intoxicating liq- uors as a beverage” he insisted t prohibition had failed to pro! Ithough it had cost the taxpayers! ‘over a thousand million dollars in| revenue in the last two y “Attorney-General Dougherty aoe des the failure,” he id. ident concedes failure ae en- ree the law when he asks for appropriation of $20,000,000 by Con-, gress to build a fleet of vessels to ce the law on the t only Crime Not Decreased “Since the passage by Congr the Volst act,” said Major Sner. wood, “there has been a large in- crease in’ booze drinking among young men and young girls. It has become a menace to orderly society. Young men who never indulge |liquor before are now carrying flasks in hip-pockets loaded with moonshine y and young girls are induced to drink the vile stu “When the eighteenth amend was proposed,” he asserted, “the saloon league promised ‘it. would re- duce crime to the minimum, would largely reduce the divorce evil, would enfo: abolish drunkeness, would make for! business prosperity. by the earnings of the industri go into homes instead 0 and would empty our jails and poni- tentarie “After he sai promise inducing four’ years of experience “we find that not one single heen kept. Crime has iner 40 per cent, divorces in some ies h increased percent and murders have increased nt. And worse than all the calamities that have happened since the Volstead act is the fearful re- cord of the dope fiends or wood said his Georgia colleague had failed to point out to either an individu because of prohibition. “This bold attitude required tke gall of a cormugeon and the auda- city of a Chinese bandit,” he declar- d, characterizing Mr. Upshaw the reincarnation of the old Puri- tans of the 17th century who hung Quakers in Connecticut and buzned witches in Massachusetts. If the anti-saloon league should in- duce this Congress to amend the Vol- stead act by adding the 12 amend- ments suggested by the gentleman from Georgia,” he added, “it would be the end of personal liberty.” The means employed in bringing about adoptioy of the eighteenth amendment were described by the Ohio repr ntative as “unfair and disreputable.” DAIRYING GOOD IN MOUNTRAIL Stanley, N. D., Jan. 1 Stan- ley’s importance as a produce mav- keting center is revealed through the report of Secretary D. H. Gray ot the Stanley Cream and Produce association, presented at the an- pual meeting, showing that 110,- .226 pounds of utterfat were pur- chased by the organization during the year just past. A total of $44,673.71 was paid to dairymen for their products, the report showed. ‘Officers re-elected ident, C. A. Van Kleek ident, W. P. Reycroft; secretary- tréasurer, D. H. Gray; treasurer, A. J. ‘Ross; director, A. ™. Peter- son. are: Pres- vice pres- WILL GO TO MI Wilton, N. D., Jan, 19—George Tennis, who has been in Easton, Minnesota for the past two months looking after business affairs ar- rived in Wilton Thursday accompan- ied by Mrs. Tennis. He has adver- tised an auction sale of household goods ang other articles and expects to go back to Minnesota and look after his farming interests. He is also offering his residence property, chicken houses and three lots for sale, Up-} . of Georgia, Repre-| an! tlantic, | Mosbach, Efforts of freedom are making prison hours lighter for Lieutenant Corliss H Ht Griffis of Hamilton, s » Who was atenced in “December to serve 18 months for conspiring to kidnap Gro: Cleve- land Bergdoll, evader. Having been in solitary confine- ment since his arrest last August, Grifis is now permitted to asso- 19 obtain Germany, Jan friends to his FAIR, COLD , IS OUTLOOK Washington, Jan, 19.—Weather { outlook for the week beginning Mon- “doy: pper Mississippi Valley —Gener- ally fair except local snows are prob- atle Thursday or Friday, continued cold including Bismarck. “CLOSED BANKS — “WILL GET U.S. RESERVE HELP ‘Plan for As cing Many of Them | proved by Cabinet ting in sana Ap- | “GIVEN LEEWAY A Reserve Bank May Aid in Strengthening Banks, Re- opening of Others Washington, Jan 19.— President Coolidge and his cabinet gave their approval to a plan for extending the | assistance of federal reserve banks and the war finance corporation to northwestern banks in the wheat growing district which have closed or are in danger of closing. No details of the government's} plan for extending aid to the banks | whose conslition has been strained by several recent failures were made public further than the statement that ample credit would be given. Joint Work F Comptroller Dawes of jey, the federal the curren- reserve board, and} the war finance corporation have ‘been working jointly in a sur of ‘the needs of banks, particular! in North ang South Dakota and Mon- tana, and believe that the source credits -arranged through their forts ‘will meet requirements, It was said that the failure of two banks in Sioux lls, S. D., had pre cipitated the difficulties in which | many of the small institutions now | find themselves. The Sioux Falls banks das city correspondents for several hundred small banks whose capital seldom exceeg $25,000 each, and when their res es were swept away by failures of the city correspondents, many of them appar- ently were unable to weather the storm of combined loss of reserves and loss of funds on unpaid loans. Wanted to Take Paper The war finance corporation is understood to have been planning to aid in the recovery of the banks through absorption of additional farm paper. No indication as to the limits to which the corpor tion would £0, however, has been given. The large financial institutions in Chicago, the Twin Cities and Omaha will be called upon to lend a helping hand to setting the small banks on their feet. Some communications have been exchanged between offi- | cials of the reserve board, the comp- troller’s office and the war finance | corporation and the metropolitan | banks, with a view to establishing | the amount of money available for the smaller institutions. i Members of the congr gations from North and South kota, conferred with Secretar: lon several hours late in the day ing over the entire problem. It indicated they were unable to sug- gest better methods of handling the situation than already had been worked out by the three government agencies. The delegations are of ef- ional dele- Da- Mel- e Ohio, | the American draft | | ment fin the president. (Continned on Page 2) Albion, Mich., Jan. /19.—(By the A. P.)—While trustees, faculty members and students of Albion col- lege today mustered their forces for Monday’s meeting of the board in Detroit to investigate disorders at chapel yesterday morning when 550 students hooted and hissed President John W. Laird from the room. Newspaper men have sought dai to locate Laird, against whom s dent charges “of “gross incompeten- cy” have been made. Since late yesr terday afternoon Dr. Laird, one of the youngest college executives in the country, has not been seen. His home was dark last night and his telephone and door. bell rang un- answered. The campus today buzzed with rumors and speculations. The char- pected to @iscuss the situation with {arrests for various alleged offel ges made in the student resolutions U.S. FOR SEEKING HIS RELEASE ate with other prisoners inelud- ing Carl Sperber of Paris, who was sentenced at the same time as Griffis for 15 in the plot. When informed being made in t bring about his. 2 “It is a great comfort to know that so many individuals are work ing in my behalf. The knowledge of these carnest efforts to obtain my freedom helps to make my prison hours somewhat lighter HALF OF 1923 FLAX CROP IS. | RAISED INN. D. that efforts Increased in North Da- kota, Says Expert U.S. IMPORTS FLAX 1 Enough Raised in U. For Linseed Oil—Tariff Helps Protect Fargo, N. D., 19.—More than half of the 1 flax crop in the United States was produced in North Dekota, according te U.S, govern- report rmers of this produced 8, tof toial for th t 000 bushels. ‘The Jd per acre for the whole count per acre, while ti age was but Jan ate per acre. “Many North Dakota farmers know, however, that if the crop is propertly handled on a good seed bed they will be able to produce more bushels per acre than the general average,” comments II. L. Bolley, botanist at the North Dakota Agri- cultural college. “Probably no state in can compete with either kota or Minnesota in production of flax seed if proper care is taken with the handling of the seed bed and with the planting | operations,” continued Mr. Bolley Don't Raise Enough “The point I wish to emphasize is that the United States as a whole is not nearly taising the amount of flax seed that is necessary to pro- duce the linseed oil and other pro- ducts needed In 1923 the imports from Argentine hi been approxi- natel 808,000 bushels; from Can- 2 100 bushels. These two countries therefore fur. nished to the United States more seed them all of the state produced Besides we have imported some hun- dreds of thousands of bushels from other countries such as India and China, The United States has a the Union North Da- the acreage imported much of the competing oils, | “As we are on a tariff base, it is sincerely to be hoped that the pres- ent ff on flax seed, linseed oil and competing oils will be maintain- ea Flax is one of the valuable crops for North Dakota farmers, if handled under a proper system of crop rotation. It is also almost necessity to the state as a factor ferm diversification BUTLER SEES - VICE ON RUN Marine General in in Charge of Philadelphia Cops Jubilant Philadelphia, Pa., Jan, 19.—After checking up the results of h ond 48-hour drive against lawles n Brigadier-General F. D. But- Jer, director of public safety, ex- pressed ‘himself as well please} with conditions. ‘A check-up of the police records showed a total of more than 300 s including 67 for traffic violations. In some official quarters the belief | Nearly 200 persons were taken in | raids. STUDENT CHARGES AGAINST HEAD OF COLLEGE FOLLOW HISSING presented at the chapel charges of incompetency cooperate with other faculty mem- bers, attacking Dr, Samuel Dickie, president emeritus of the college and acting “in ,an unChristian manner” becathe secondary in, interest to the action of President Laird in expell- ing a co-ed for unbecoming conduct. Dr. Laird yesterday said the chapel riot in which hymn books were thrown and general disorder prevajl- ed until he left the room was pre- cipitateq by his expulsion of “a cer- tain young woman” who he said had confessed to smoking cigarettes and going on an automobile d¥inking party. “A tow dissatisfied students,” Dr. Laird said, “had brought on the chapel uproar because of fiiendship for the girl.” months for his part } were | average | Gl PRICE FIVE CENTS OSS U.S. GOVERNOR OF TEXAS CHANGES HIS DECISION Takes Action on Urgent Plea of Secretary of State j Charles Hughes U. S. IS RESPONSIBLE 1 Washingion Officials Continue Study of Situation Aris- ing at Tampico TO MEXICAN WATERS Washington, Jan. 19.—The 'Cruiser Omaha and a half jdozen destroyers have been | Production Per Acre Can Be! ordered from Panama waters jto Vera Cruz. The expecta- j tion here is that warships | will proceed immediately to 2 | Mexican port which is head- quarters for De La Huerta rebels. Austin, Tex., Jan. 19.— | Acting Governor T. W. David- son today acquiesced in the request of President Obregon of Mexico for permission to | transport troops across Texas {soil reversing his decision of Friday at the urgent request of Secretary of State Hughes. In a telegram to Washing- jton Acting Governor David- son said 2,000 Mexican fed- eral troops would be permit- ited to enter Texas near El Paso, provided the American government assumed all re- sponsibility for any damages resulting. Obregon modified his re- jquest by asking that his troops be permitted to enter the United States near El Paso and go into Mexico at that point instead of at Laredo as originally proposed. REBELS DODGE BATTLE. Mexico City, By Radio via the 2 Worth Star-Telegram, by the A. P.)—Jan. 19.—The revolution- ary forces on the Vera Cruz front are still refusing to stage a decisive battle while nothing of importance has transpired on the Jalisco front in the last few days, according to statement from the war department in body of the federa} ding the offensive agains: the rebels in Vera Cruz will be join- ed by two other columns in the sec. tion tomorrow, according to unof- ficial reports. | ' STUDY SITUATION. | Washington, Jan, 19. -—Govern- {ment officials continued their study jof the Mexican situation today with jreiticular attention to the rebel at- |tempts to blockade Tampico, while the cruiser Richmond approached Vera Cruz to take aboard the 268 members of the crew of the wrecked ‘Tacoma, who are ashore in the city ‘under protection of American Consul | Wood | The cabinet yesterday devoted {most of its attention to the Mexican |problem, but after the session it was asserted at the White House that no difficulties are expected by President Coolidge to develop in the situation jaround Tampico which is held by the De La Huerta forces. { Whether the Richmond will take jakoard Captain Sparrow and the 48 j men still on the Tacoma has not been made known. It is thought, however, that some Navy personnel will be kept on the stranded ship pending completion of wrecking or salvaging operations. The Richmond's arrival will pro- vide means for direct communication {by wireless under American control ;with rebel controlled territory and this, it is believed in some quarters, may facilitate negotiations with the De La Huerta leaders looking to keeping of Tampico open to com- |meree. KEEP WARSHIPS HOME. | Washington, Jan. 19.—For the present, the United States will not despatch warships to Tampico to pro- tect the rights of its nationals against possible infringement by the blockading forces of the rebel lead- er De La Huerta. After a day of consultation regard- ing the latest turn of the Mexican + situation, President Coolidge and his advisers ‘have decided that no diffi culty is likely to arise requiring the presence of American naval units. MINNESOTA F EDITORS JOIN Fargo, N, D., Jan, 19.—Minnesota editors joined North Dakota scribes at the second day's session of the North Dakota Editorial Association here today. It was an “all-Minnesota” ses- sion on the program. Among those* ‘who spoke were W. E. Verity, Wa- Cena, Minnesota, and H. C, Hota’ ing, St. Paul. !