The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 21, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled tonight and Tuesday. Not so cold tonight. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [aaanw] STABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH AKOTA, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS | COOLIDGE: BANS SUBSIDIES OF STATES MANY ENTRIES IN FIRST STATE : CORN SHOW ‘CHICAGO MAN SHOT DOWNBY GUN MAN AS HE LEAVES THEATER IN CROWDED STREET; CROWDS SCURRY FOR COVER KEEN CONTEST FOR NUMEROUS PRIZES SEEN Practically Every County in the State to be Represent- ed, Secretary Says SHOW OPENS TUESDAY Speaking Programs Will be Heid Each Afternoon for Visiting Farmers Practically every county in the state will be represented in exhibits, in North Dakota's first state-wide corn show, which opens here tomor- row, according to A. F. Bradley, eretary of the show committee. A corps of assistants began placir - en- hall in the building on Main street afternoon and were busily engaged today pn this work. It was predicted by Mr, Bradley that more than 300 farmers would have crn entered in the conte: Included in the exhibits already were many freak ears of corn, special prizes having been offered for the gest ear and the most unusual shaped ear of corn. More than 30 prizes are to be awarded for corn of the various ¢ entered in the show, and in addition district prizes are offered by banks and other bus: iness institutions of several counties . The prize money will approximate $400, The purpose of the show, as an- nounced I the committee of the As sociation of Commerce in charge, to find out what good corn North Dakota has doand to tell the worl@ about it. Many of the exhibits already placed in the show room are declared by local men to show that North Dakot: raise as fine corn is raised any place_in the United tates. The show room will be opened to the public at 10 a. m. Tuesday, and will remain open for three days. Judging which will be conducted in the mean time will be in charge of Prof. H. L., Walster, agronomist, North Dakota Agricultural College. tries in the corn show Eppinge turday Program Arranged king programs will be held lay, Wednesday and Thursday of this week at the Rialto theater. The program is as follows? Tuesday—Agricultural movies; ad- Charles F. Collisson, Minnea- polis Tribune; J. F. Kadon: de- velopment agent, Soo line; E. F. Ben- .son, manager department of immi gration and industry, Northern Pa fic Railway. Wednesday—Agricultural movies; uddress, Prof. H. L. Walster, N. D. Agricultural College; F. L. Kelso, superintendent, Ardmore Field Sta- tion, South Dakota, coming as per- sonal” representative of Secretary Wallace of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture: Thursday—Movies; address, John L. Coult‘r, president, North Dakota Agricultural College. The grand prize of the show is a beautiful silver cup offered by wu. B. Hanna of Fargo,’ former Governor, which will go to the county whose farmers take the most prizes at the show, each $1 f prize money won counting toward the total number of points to be listed for each county. The county will be proclaimed the champion corn growing county of the state for 1923, and will retain the cup’permanent'y if it wins the grand prize twice in succession, *but surrender it if it is won by another coutity the following year. The rules provide that all corn must be entered in the grower'’s name, that all corn and seed exhibit- ed must be of the 1923 crop and grown in North Dakota. In addition te the corn exhibit, special prizes ure to be awarded for alfalfa and sweet clover exhibits. WALTON PLEA -IS REFUSED Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere in. Case Washington, Jan, 21—The supreme court today declined to permit form- er Governor J. C. Walton to bring up for review direct from the legisla- ture the impeachment proceedings which resulted in his removal from office, eee RAIL ORDER SET ASIDE Washington, Jan, 21.—The order of. the Interstate Commerce Commission requiring railroads to issue inter- changeable mileage tickets under the fact of 1922 was set aside by the Supreme court in a case brought by the government against the railroad east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. q : 4 TWENTIETH CENTURY MAGIC When s fountain of crystal water, plant in mento, Cali The occa 2» ended a 40-year struggle on the city supply. jon marked formal openi i _dore Koffel and F. Presidént Coolidge touched a button in Washington the other | connected with the new $2,700,009 | wag turned on and leaped inthe | of the plant, and lik part to obtain a clear wate 4 HUGHES CO. IS LOSER IN TAX CASEIN N COURT : Must Pa Burleigh County for 1919, High Court Rules _ CO. TO GET $13,895.77 ‘ Against as Compared to Other Property, Decision The cision affirmed a de court which court, in Su state supreme late of the denied an injynction sought by the Hughes Electric Com- pany to prevent the collection of taxes a ed by Burleigh for the year 1919. Under the de: Company is required to 1 $13,895.77 taxes for that year. Th y alleged that the proper. tax 789.90, handed down ion sion the of the utility for taxation purpeses The Hughes company was appr ed by the assessor in 1919 at $160, 870, on “vpich \basis the have beet $5,789.90. The county board raised the assessment 140 percent, making the value $387,388, on which the tax i | i has Taxes Levied rae 'GIVE FUNDS TO GRAIN DEPT. |: state emergency decided, it is understood, urry the department of John N. n, superviser ins and grain grade ating un- | ler a modified federal court decree, | il the first of April. A case in- volving the validity of the act cveat- ng Mr. Hagan’s office is pending in States Supreme Court,! The commission to} the United jund pending decision the emergency | | reduce | the highest cour Plaintiff Not Discriminated been expected sine a de-| turday | district | of | county | Hughes , | arose over the valuation tax would! | to-carry on-t been advancing funds work permitted: to he office. It is pro-| commission carried on by his 7|bable, that because of the drain on the fund, force, A Mr. Hagan will A decision irom in the case has October, emerger his GOVERNMENT FINANCIERS ON WAY WEST; Expected to go to South Da- kota First to Discuss Sit- uation in Banks AID PLANS MADE Washington, Jan. 21.—The govern- ment took a further step toward al- leviating the stringent credit situa- $13,895.77. The tion among banks of the northwest, Hughes Company in its present ‘rate the president designating four offi- case before the rAilroad commission ¢ valuation of the plant for ng purposes of $689,000. principle: claims a rate-mal The s laid. down by the of Comptroller Dawes of the Is to study the problems at first hand. A statement from the office cur- court in its decision are that “in an rency announcing the step, said: action to collection of personal agai enjoin the property taxes st the property of the plaintiff, where the evidence failed to show) H, the comparative undervaluing of oth-| er property generally, and where thi proof of underyaluation was limited! war ' assessed dent, Mr. “At the suggestion of the presi- awes, comptroller of the George R. James and J. Cunningham, members of the reserve board, and Eugene! er( Jr., managing director of the | finance corporation, are going cu: to certain ‘business structures in the, to Chicago with the view of studying same city as plaintiff's property and the western banking situation more to certain utilities in that city and’ closely.” elsewhere, it is held, for reasons stated in the opinion, that the piain- tiff has failed to prove such a de- gree of diserimination against it as to be entitled to an injunction against the collection of the taxes.” Put In Class One The plaintiff's property was plac- ed in class 1 by the session laws of 1919. This provided for the valuation of property in the class of 100 per- cent of its value. Previous to that time, it was claimed in the suit, it had been the practice to value pro- perty at 20 to 75 percent of true value. .The plaintiff alleged that some ‘property in class 1, such “as land, flour mills, elevators,’ ware- houses, buildings, was undervalued 25 percent. “The railroad commis- sion in 1919 fixed the value of the utility on a cost basis at $331,059, the plaintiff set out. There was affirmative Presented, according to the court's opinion, that bank stock, railroad property and the plaintiff was assess- ed as approximately 100 percent. Hughes Not Injured evidence The officials left Sunday and their all for a series of confergnees cago “Monday, after which} means of dealing’ further with the! situation will be worked out, It, is probable some of them will visit other middle western cities for con- ferences with banks and bankers in an effort to gather sufficient furds to meet requirements ‘of the small banks throughout the Dakotas, Mon-| tana and Nebraska. Officials here declared they could | not yet say how much money would be required but assurance was given| that ‘ample funds would be made available. It was suggested in some quarters that the war finance cor- poration might underwrite much of. the paper held by the smaller banks whose reserves have been strained recently and ‘who, it is beliéved, need only the promise of new credit sources to tide them over. } Talked Over At Capital The whole problem was gone over by President Coolidge. ‘He confer- red first. with Secretary Mellon and “In ‘this state of the record,” says| later with members of the congres- the high court’s decision, “it cannot] sional delegations from North and be said that the plaintiff has been | South: Dakota. injured by having ie property singl+ ed out andassessed\at & higher rate than other property generally, or (Continued on Page 8) | Mr. Mellon was ‘said a ' phaintie attorney | Saturday night. !day. The bodies were recovered after ‘COOLIDGE FOR COMPANY “A” AGAIN GIVEN | VERDICT HERE ! Jury in District Court Returns $6,500 Verdict Against * _E. A. Hughes ¢ CASE ON A_ RETRIAL Verdict Sunetautaity Same | as on First Trial, Plain- tiff Attorney Says A verdict for $6,500 against E. A. Hughes was given Company “A,” Na- tional Guard Training school, Bis- marek, personal property in the arm- cry occupied by the company when it was mustered into service in the World War and which Company “A” alleged the defendant converted to his own use The verdict was given in the dis- trict court today. The judgment, according to Theo- A. Hellstrom, at- [Ges for Company “A” is substan- ially the same as given in the for- | mer trial of this case in district court. In the first trial the jury gave judgment for $6,000 and inter- est. In this trial the jury gave $6,- 60 without interest, they said. After the first trial-ef the case. Hughes appealed to the supreme | court which held that conversion was shown but that the trial judge erred | admitting testimony of difectors | ified as owners, according to! It ordered a new | trial. In the present trial this sit- uation was avoided, attorneys for} the plaintiff said, the directors be- | ing qualified as non-experts. « | The instructions of Judge Wolfe o: Wahpeton,. who presided, to the jury, they added, were that as matter of lag conversion of personal property by flughes had been proved This, they added, left the sole ques- tion for the jury the amount of dam- ages. The * retired at 6:40 o’clock The verdict read in court this morning before Judge Cof- fey, Judge Wolfe having returned, was that it was agreed on at 12:40 p. m. Sund The verdict was un- der the new five-sixths law. ‘The case was tried by 11 jurors. Ten! of them agreed to the verdict. The other juror, attorneys for the plain- tiff said, disagreed as to the form, of the verdict. Following this verdict the court today began hearing the case of Rob- ert Falconer, young son of James Falconer, against Louisa Gruenberg, for damages growing out of an au- tomobile agcident in 1921 7 DROWN IN OIL TANK IN FIGHTING FIRE Three Captains and Four Hosemen Perish in Pitts- burgh, Fighting Fire ju Pittsburgh, Jan, 21.—Seven men, two captains and five hosemen of the Pittsburgh fire department were drowned in oil while fighting fire at- the Butler street plant of the Atlantic Refining Company to- the fire had been brought under control with the momentary loss un- estimated. A number of firemen also were injured. ae fire broke out in a tank containing 10,000 gallons of oil. Fire | lines were thrown out for four or five blocks on the cast side of the refinery .which adjoins a residence district and many families deserted itheir homes. The captains’ and their men were on top of a ladder which extended over a tank which adjoined the building. Oil in this tank was! being drawn off when the ladder broke and the men fell into the tank a chemical extinguisher automatically |released by the heat of. the burninz oil nearby, the authorities said, co ered the oil and fumes issuing from | it and was believed to have overcome j the struggling firemen, They sank al-| most at once and the bodies later | were recovered through the man hole at the tank. The cause of the fire has not been determined. ENFORCEMENT Washington, Jan. from delegates to the “face the facts” convention of the Association 21.—-A ‘request afterward to feel that the condition could be met without further fail- ures among the banks in the section (Continued oh Page 8) Against the Prohibition Amendment for modification of the prohibition laws was met by President Goolidge with\a declaration that he ziped for “law enforcement.” , | Called Before Senate Commit- {the A. P.) {Vera Cruz harbor from the “worsi ‘NEWEXPERT BODY MEETS; BOK, DONOR OF PEACE PRIZE, 1S SUMMONED tee Which Is Inquiring In- to Propaganda Scope SEEK CONNECTION ae \ Want to Know If Bok’s Plan: Is Part of Campaign For U.S. Adherence to League Washington, Jan’, 21.—Edward W. Bok, donor of the $100,000 award for the best world peace plan, was called today before a senate committee charged with investigating propa- ganda designed to influence the ac- tion of Congress and the govern-! ment’s foreign policy i The purpose of the committce is to determine whether there is any relation between the Bok award and organizations having for their pur- | pose American adherence to the| League of Nations. U.S. OFFICIALS | ARERELIEVED BY NEW ORDER Report from Admiral of Post- poning of Blockade Is Received OUT OF U.S. Reports That Federals Planned Bombing Are Not Borne Out Washington, Jan. 21.—The rebel blockade of the port of Tampico has heen “postponed” until the end of the present month, Rear Admiral Macgruder, reported to the navy de- partment today on his arrival off that port aboard his flagship, the cruiser Richmond. In announcing receipt of this mes- sage the state department said that Admiral Macgruder had not indicated the source of his information. His message served, however, to relieve tension in Washington in connection with the Tampico situation, TROOPS RE-ENTER MEXICO. El Paso, Tex!, Jan. 21.—A special train carrying approximately 1,500 Mexican federal troops passed through El Paso today at 6:45 a. m. and was immediately routed to Juarez. Special guards of United States troops and El Paso police ac- ; companied the train through the low- | er part of the city. The troops came from western Mexico by way of, Naco, Arizona, and will be sent to the interior of Mexico. The precautions here were due to! reports that a band of rebel raiders had appeared near Palomas, seven | miles below Columbus, on the Mexi- | can side of the international bound- ary with the intention of attacking | the train. HURRICANE HITS COAST. -Port Arthur, ‘lex., Jan. 21.—(By he United States naval tug Bay Spring has taken refuge in hurricane in years,” according to @ message received here today by wire- less from the Mexican’ port. Seeking Ways to Induce Ger- man Capital to Return Paris, Jan. 21.—(By the A. P.) |The second committee of experts organized ‘by the reparations com- mission to find German capital! broad and to determiné means ot} its return to the Reich met for the first time today ' The session was confined to an address iby Louis Barthou, pres- ident of ‘the reparations commis- sion, who resided and Reginald McKenna, former chancellor of the British execheqyer who will pre- side over the committee. LEAVES ON TRIP R. E. Wenzel, commissioner of the Workmen’s Compensation Burau, will visit Fargo and Grand Forks this week investigating claims for compensation. Agricultural imports of the United States exceeded the agricultura] ex- Ports last year. Chicago, Jan. 21.—Dave (Davey) Miller, boxing and wrestling re- feree, resturanteur, p veteran “first nighter” and cording to the police and newspa- pers gangster and rum runner, was shot and probably fatally wounded as he left a theater last | night as an outgrowth, according | to the police, to trouble dating back to the Benny Leonard-Pin-, key Mitchell boxing match for the junior welter weight championship here May 30 last. His brother Max also was shot and slightly wounded, a silver belt buckle deflecting a bullet that barely broke the skin. Leave this to me,” David Mill- er said, when police questioned him regarding the identity 0: the | man who shot him. Max also was reticent. Four other bullets fired by the unidentified gun man_ flattened ae the theater facade as pa- ‘ian and ac: WHEAT GROWERS MEETINGS HELD M. K, Reimer of Grand Forks, sup-| ervising Bismarck territory for the} North Dakota Wheat Growers Asso- ciation, will hold a meeting at Arnold | school house easlail) he said. Plans | e being made, for the visit here in| February ‘of Judge Bingham, person- representative of fori rank O. Lowden of Illino advocating cooperative marketing. The Bismarck area includes Bur-| leigh, McLean, Sheridan, Melntosh, Emmons and Logan’ counties. OFFICER TELLS | HOW MRS, KILEN ESCAPED DEATH Rescued by General Wu, Ch i nese Commander, Who Is Given Highest Praise | NOW AT HEADQUARTERS 1.—(By the Asso-| ciated Julina Kalen, American mi worker, who re- cently was rescued after having been { held captive for two weeks by Chin-| ese bandits, o r escape to Gen-! eral Wu Pei commander of the northern provinces whose agents negotiated Chinese fashion for her release after the bandits had been practically surrounded. Details of the manner in which her rescue was effected and of her experience were related by Major |John Macgruder, military attache of the American legation, on his return Peking, , today from Honan province where he had gone to urge Chinese officials to act against the kidnapers, During her captivity Mrs. Kilen, whose home is in Northfield, Minn- esota, constantly was kept moving, seldom obtaining a whole night's sleep, she told Major Macgruder af- ter her arrival at General Wu’s head- quarters. Several times she was threatened with death. She was ! compelled to accompany the bandits on horseback and was forced to sleep at night without blankets al- though she was permitted to retain her fur coat. The major compl mented General Wu for his accivity in Mrs. Kilen's behalf. She now is| a guest at the General's headquar- ters, Mujor Macgruder estimated there are now about 8,000 armed bandit: in the Juchow district where Mr: Kilen was rescued besides severa thousand unarmed followers, some of whom were forced to join the ban- dit ranks through destruction of! their homes, He reported several captives still are being held. When the bandits, took Mrs, Kiien in a raid on the mission at Tsuo-Yrng they shot and fatally wounded Prof. Bernhard Hoff, another American. UDGE PLEDGED OBSERVANCE OF LIQUOR LAWS Rugby, N. D., Jan, 21,—Eleven moonshiners who pleaded guilty in district court here before Judge C. W. Buttz of Devils Lake, pledged themselves individually and collec- tively that in the future they wil! not violate the prohibition law and if possible they will prevent anyone else from doing so. The talk along law énforcement lines which Judge Buttz gave to the defendants had considerable effect. Each of the defendants received 90 days in jail and a fine of $200 and costs of $25. Those pleadi guilty were: John Richter, Sebas- tian Kraft, Leander Lima, Pet Ge- froh, Nick Ehli, Jacob Bertsch, Fred Hilzendeger, Valentine Huck, Jacob Seizler, Mike Kischer and John Hager, jin the state. trons scurried for cover. S women fainted and in the ex ment the man who had fired the shot escaped. Max Miller told the police that HOLDS GIVING STATE'S MONEY BAD PRECEDENT: Fearful for Increase of Inef- ficiency of Both State, Federal Governments 'DOOMS DEFICIT BILLS hia brother and he with his wife| had attended the show, that he no-| ticed the same group of men of| which the gun man was one stand- ing in front of the theater as they entered and left. He had hailed a taxicab he said, when one of the group called to David. His brother stepped over to the man, Max said, and one of the group accused David of having cursed him. “I can lick all three of you but this is not the place,” Max said David replied, whereupon the man addressed began firing. The riot precipitated by Miller's decision as referee of the Leonard-Mitchell fight ended boxing in Chicago where it had been dead legally since the Gans-McGovern fake a score of years ago. HI JOHNSON TO SPEAK HEREIN HIS CAMPAIGN R. S. Wilcox, Publicity Man- ager, Says Johnson Will Make Fifteen Speeches Anamoose Man Is Boomed | For Congressman in the Second District United States Senator Hiram John- will speak in Bismarck in his pre-primary campaign, Richard S. Wilcox, publicity manager for the campaign committee and formerly of this city, said while in Bismarek yesterday. Although there was con-4 ziston in the announcement of the first date of Johnson’s speech, which ' was given as Fargo on ee ED the Senator will come to the sfate, ill make about eeches ang will cak in many cities, including Bis- marck, Mr. Wilcox said. Mr. Wilcox does not appear wor- ried over the prospective entrance of | Senator LuFollette into the North Dakota primary, He thinks Hiram will win again, as he did four years ago when Wilcox managed his fight son in A congressional boom for Frank L. Glotzbach’ of Anamoose, McHenry county, to succeed George M. Young in the national congress, has been launched. It was the Frank L. Curry post, American Legion, which con- ceived the idea of putting him in the race, according to the Anamoosc Progress. Mr, Glotzbach is reported willing to run, He formerly served | in the state senate in Minnesota. What will the league convention do? is asked by the Williams County Farmers Press, Nonpartisan? And among other things it suggests: First, more care must be taken in selection of candidates, ignoring as- pirants of office. “Second. The nathe of the Non- partisan League should be changed. We have had # house cleaning with- in our organization and the old lead- ers who besmirched its name are gone but we still cling to a skeleton —the name: “Nonpartisan League.” The taint of the Consumers company, the Publishers Service Bureau, the Scandinavian American Bank, yes and the Home- builders Association, which are no longer a-part of our program, will make victory impossible if we insist upon sailing into another campaign under the old banner.” It urges the name of the Progressive Party of North Dakota. SHIP BURNED WHILE AT SEA City Point, Vi Jan. 21.— The steamship Aurora, plying between Richmond and Petersburg, with its cargo of freight was destroyed by fire early today. Horace Furman, Manager of the Furman line which operated the vessel, and its crew of 12 men narrowly escaped by taking to the lifeboats. The origin of the blaze has not ‘been determined. {the economy as Says Departments Must Keep Expenditures Within Ap- propriation Limiis Washington, Jan. 21.—President Coolidge added two new planks to the administration's platform of governmental economy today in an address at the semi-annual meeting of federal executive officers com- prising the busincss organization of the government, He will permit no expansion hereafter of the system of federal subsidies to state govern- ments and will countenance no in- curring of obligations by federal agencies in excess of their annual appropriations except in extreme cir- cumstances. The president, who with Director Lord of the budget burcau, reviewed the administration's management oi the government's affairs since th: meeting last June touched only light ly on the subject of tax reductio inting merely to the relationst existing between economy in fede expenditures and the resultant « crease in revenue required. He told the thousand or more c ficials present that to increase tl tax burden was to disregard the ger eral welfare and held up tax reduc tion as the means. of enlarging “the reward of everyone who toils.” No Deviation, He Siys There can be no deviation from program, Mr. Coolidge nd he called on all spend- of the government to their efficiency and curb the outgo at every run, “The budget has been a success,” Mr. Coolidge continued, “You have demonstrated that there can be and is a business organization of the government. With the easing of con- ditions the time is at hand when we shall decide whether a business ad- ministration is to continue or whe- ther our government is to lapse into the old unbusinesslike wasteful ex- travagancé. As for me I am for econ- jomy. There is scarcely an economic ill, anywhere in our cannot be traced directly or indirect- ly to high taxes. To increase that burden is to disregard the general welfare. Through constructive econ- omy to decrease taxes is to reward everyone who toils, “I say to you frankly that except where specifically authorized by law I will not countenance the incurring of obligations in excess of these ap- propriations.” Against Deficit Bills “I am equally frank in saying to you that I do not look with favor upon the practice of asking for ad- ditional funds for the year in pro- country that ‘gress. These latter requests common- ly known a may be supplemental estimates justified occasionally to meet real emergencies or contingen- cies arising after the budget has been sent to Congress or to meet obligations authorized by law. It is only in ca: such as these that the chief executive will favorably con- sider the transmission to Congress of supplemental estimates. “We are all the servants of the people of this nation. When: Con- gress, representing the people, have appropriated funds to carry on the business of government we must con- fie our operations within the. limit of these funds. We have neither the authority nor the right to incur ob- ligations beyond this limit, On the other hang our plain duty is to make every possible effort to effect some savings from these funds.” Curbing State Subsidies “I take this occasion to state that 1 have given much thought to the question of federal subsidies to state governments. The federal appropri- ations for such subsidies cover wide field. They afford ample pre cedent for unlimited expansion. 1 Say to you, however, that the finan cial program of the executive doe not contemplate expansion of thes subsidies. My policy in this matte is not predicated alone on the drain which these subsidies make on :! national treasury. This of itsel? sufficient cause for concern, By am fearful that this broadening the field of government activitie: detrimental both the federal gover ment and state governments. Ef ciency of federal operations is iy paired as their scope is untluly ¢ larged. Efficiency of the state go ernments is impaired as they reli» quish and turn over to the feders! government responsibilities which are rightfully theirs.” Mr. Coolidge asserted—and Gen. Lord amplified the statement—that for the first time since the “business Organization of the government,” was formed by President Harding it was GO TO FARGO Major Harold Sorenson of the Ad- jutant-General’s office, Capt. G. A. M. Anderson, U. S. A., inspector-in- structor of the North Dakota Na- tional Guard, and Sergeant Instruc- tor Harry A. Jones have gone to Foleo to attend the National Guard Officers’ school to be conducted by Adjutant. -General G. A. Frazier. able to meet/with no deficit indicated for the year. STATE TAKES CHARGE Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. 21.—Affairs of the International State Bank of Sioux Falls, with deposits of $1,- 300,000, were taken in charge by the state banking department, to- day. Heavy withdrawals iby de- Positors wes given as the reason.