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

- WEATHER, FORECAST tonight and Thursday. ESTABLISHED 1873 STATE'S BANK FREE OF TAXES ON LAND TAKEN Is Not Required, By Law, to Pay Taxes When it Fore- closes on: Land COUNTY CONTESTS Commissioners Refuse to Ap- ply the Law in Burleigh County as Asked Request for application of a law which would cost the county a con- siderable sum of money in taxes has been met with refusal by the board of county commissioners, and may lead to a test of the validity of one section of the law affecting real estate loans made by the Bank of North Dakota. , The Bank of North Dakota, after foreclosing on six pieces of land in 4 Burleigh county on which farm loans were past due and unpaid, re- quested the county commissioners to abate the taxes against the land so that the Bank could obtain a sher- iff’s deed. The commissioners re- fused, although they say the law is plain on this point, The matter, instead, was referred to States Attorney E.'S. Allen, who | says the county will contest the application of the law on the ground that it is contrary to public policy. The Bank of North Dakota has been forced to foreclose on some pieces of farm land on which loans were past due, and on which a con- siderable amount of taxes also was due. The law provides that the tax- es shall be abated, a part of sec- tion 9, chapter 292, laws of 1923, reading: Any taxes then remaining unpaid thereon shall and abated by the Board of County Commissioners of the County where- in such land is situated. title to which is acquired through foreclosure, may be sold by the State Treasurer as such Trustee, through the Bank of North Dakota, acting as his Agent, for the best! price and terms obtainable. All . proceeds of such sales shall, accrue to the Real Estate Bond Payment Fund.” - Others Must Pay A private loan firm, if it fore- closed on @ piece of land, would have to. pay up the back taxes before it got title, States Attorney Allen said. This also is true of the State Board of Unive School Lands. However, Bank of North Dakota, it gets the land without the back taxes being paid. In the six | foreclosures in this county, the county would lose $4,000 in taxes, he said. Since the law provides that if the land is subsequently sold the sale price shall go into the Real Estate Bond Fund the net result of the law, in the above case, would be that Burleigh county would be contribut- ing $4,000 to this bond fund. One objection which may be rais- ed to the law is. that it is not in accord with a policy generally con- templated in the laws establishing North Dakota state industries that they shall pay their own way, since by this method taxes belonging to ! the county are diverted to the : Bank of North Dakota and the Bank is given un advantage not possessed either by private loan firms or by the State Board of University and School Lands, which also makes - farm loans, County Loses States Attorney Allen | suid that, in a way, the revenue from taxes on the county may be anticipated by the county commissioners. THis is contemplated in the law permit- ting them to issue certificates of indebtedness in anticipation of tax collections, he said. The law giving the Bank of North Dakota the right to acquire land without paying tux- es is against public policy, he said, because it makes it difficult for j the counties to function. Carried to the extreme, he said, it would be possible to deprive the county of most of its revenue. The supreme court, the state’s at- torney asserted, had held that the Bank of North Dakota is not the state, and under this decision, Mr. Allen said, its business should be conducted the same as any other loan company, with respect to fore- closures. Frazier May Probe Election In Grant Co. Roy Frazier of Crosby, member of the Nonpartisan League State Executive Committee, was here to- day, and probably will go to Grant county to investigate the situation surrounding the election of Fred Pathman, Independent, for the state . senate. Pathman’s election, the last among state senators to be estab- 7 ; lished, gave the Independents a pa- per majority of one over the Non- partisans. oe The talked of contest in Wells county, it is reported today in Non- partisan League circles, will not be conducted. It is stated that the time after the official canvass in which notice of coritest must be rved has expired, without action ? being taken. For Bismarck ‘and vicinity: Fair be cancelled | Any land, | CAPITAL POLITICIANS BOW TO WILL OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT’S DAUGHTER BY CHARLES N Pp. STEWART A Service Writer Washington, Nov. 19.—Mrs, Alice | } Roosevelt Longworth is considered the most influential individual, po- | litically, in Washington toda + Not being a public character,| ithough, like her father, she has not } the sort of influence with the mass jof voters he had, but doubtless she could obtain it if she chose. But that is not her method. Mrs, Longworth pulls the strings and when she pulls them she gets results in Congress and the execu- | tive offices. She gets most ,any- thing she wants. Whether Mrs. Longworth delib- erately set out to acquire all this ,political power or whether she at- {tained it through more or less nat- ural developments that she never {particularly willed, perhaps * she doesn’t know herself. Schooled in Politics From Childhood Obviously, she had certain advan- tages to begin with. She was a president's daughter and that pres- ident was regarded generally as one of the two or three greatest the country ever had. Of all his children most like the late Colonel Roosevelt. Everybody who kney him and who knows -her agrees on this. Politics, from the time she began to talk, was part of her life, She never had to study public affai They were all about her. She ab- jsorbed them as naturally us she | breathed. | Then she married Congressman jNicholas Longworth, Just as every ‘ood wife tries to help her husband d, she set out to help Ni- Longworth along the road to in politics. And, she pre- inently knew how. The Longworths never have been ostentaticus Washington entertain- jers, but they have entertained a great deal. They have the means to she is TWO SUSPECTS ARE HELD IN GANG SLAYING Two Men Taken by Chicago Police Preparing to Board New York Train ‘ Chicago, Nov, once a suspect in a killing here and Sam Pollacia of New York were held by the police today in connection with the slaying 10 days ago of Dion O’Bunnion, florist gunman, after their arrest yesterday just as they were about to board the Twentieth Century Limited for New York. After a ht of questioning they were held incommunicative. A tip was received that two of the men who shot O’Bannion could ibe found if detectives watched the trains, Morgan A. Collins, police chief, said. Harry Crutchfield, porter in O’Bannion’s flower shop who saw the slayers, failed to identify Uale or Pollacia. Capt. William Shoe- maker of the‘ detective bureau de- ‘clared, however, that Uale fits the description of one of the slayei Wild ducks are fond of, the bulbous rootstocks of the atrowleaf sometimes called duck potatoe: 19.—Frank Uale, |. do so in the and the personal qualitie BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1924 KARLY FARM LEGISLATION UNLIKELY CIVIL WAR IN WATER BATTLE BY COMMITTEE) DECLAREDNEAR MRS. ALICE ROOSEVELT LONG WORTH best of style and ta and back- ground to attract to them the coun- try’s ablest and most powerful men. “big” enough not to feel Nobod: flattered Longworth by The v are hay useful more tors and listen speaks, and ij speak, know ctly as what the When Cong Longworth the House of as faithfully knows goes on in pay Mrs. solutel, an invitation to the home. Influential Men Seek Her Counsel Th entert: e contacts ning. ‘They They develop hips. own. opin- the ones particularly seek. They attention when she it pays, for mighty few » the politicians who, when they as completely and ex- Longhworth knows, talking about. sis in session, Mrs. ttends the sessions of Representatives almost her husband. She everything that politics, and she under- stands it inside-out It is no exaggeration to say she shapes national policies, executive and legislative—not all polic course, but those she is int in, and her interests are ve Congressman Longworth likeliest candidate for sp the House of Repre i If mi Marey 4. that much in Not in an the congr tical is an able 1 personality. mits. Left to hi have taken the trouble to climb, His wife is the She provided operation in any count Will Speak on national poli creation. ch he is chosen, then just ore power to his wife cs. uncomplimentary man is his wife s Longworth man of charming But indolent, as he ad- nse, mself, he might not ingredient of ambition. also a quality of co- few public men ry ever have had. as Lake to Ocean Tidewater Plan A. C. Carts Bismarck numbe: in ci ject, and North Dakot: ther the inte: For 24 hou’ ‘Temperature Highest) yesterday officer of the Great Lakes St. Law- rence Tidewater Association, will be t 4 p.m urge ¢—-——-—____—___ | Weather Report | -——______-___« 0. sistant executive and will s men of the tomorrow, of busine’ to con’ par s in efforts to fur- rests of the waterway. rs ending at noon, at 7 a.m. Lowest yesterday . Lowest last Precipitation .... Highest wind velocity night WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck! and vicinity: Fair tonight and Thursday. Warmer to- night. For North and Thursday. west }ind sou Dakota: Fair tonight Warmer tonight th portions, WEATHER CONDITIONS The low pressure area, which made its appearance yesterday morning in the extreme northwest, has increas- ed in intensity, its ‘effect being shown in rising temperatures over the Canadian sure: overlies Provinces. High pres- the Southwest and the lower Mississippi Valley and the Lower Lakes. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologi: THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE RE-CONGRESS | WORK SPEEDED _ Appropriation Bills Will Be} Di The First Taken up in The New Congress MEMBERS ARE ARRI ' Show Much Interest in Speak-| Ranchers ership Fight and Probabil- ity of Extra Session Washington, Nov. 19--(By the A. P.)—Work on four of the annual] fo appropriation bills for the various | Fr | governmental departments is being} *' expedited. by the the house appropr so that the measure may be ready for the House when it convenes De- cember 1. One of the measures under consid. | °° eration provides for the treasury and] ° postoffice department and the others take care of the navy, interior and er: th fifth army bill is expected to be; about November 24. With the work of the appropria- tions committee well under way, bus- iness is noticeably “picking up” at the capital, ‘contingent of | while those who do not expect to re- {turn until just prior to the opening: of Congress have sent a secretary or clerk to open their offices. Outside of a general willingness to discuss the recent election, members appear to be most interested in prospects for a special session after March 4 when the present Congress] fo expires and the likelihood of a tax} 4 reduction attempt at this session. The] prevailing sentiment seem neither will come to pass. Some comment is heard over the fight for speakership which will be developed when the recently elected] {Congress convenes. Rep. Madden of] ¢) | Minois, chairman of the appropria-] 4, pl. ed ab itor meets there the pick | tions committee, and Rep. Longworth} demand immediate settlem of Washington life. than a conerete value. acqguaintan But Mrs. Longworth's d, observations are lof Ohio, Republican floor leader, (are mentioned most frequently a | the outstanding candi b Although practically all hou: Veaders agree that fittle legislation] ¢1. except the annual supply bills will be taken up this winter, it w: ed that the legislat vice of the House has been bu: whipping into shape numerous bi sent in by the member: , number or nature of the bills are, of “course, problematical. ‘NEGROES HELD AFTER ALLEGED ROAD HOLDUP Fargo Police and Sheriff’s Men Nab Them After Robbery Is Reported ti a ' wi fr Noy. 19.—Two hours after c, farmer diving near Wild ‘on, employe on farm, had been robbed and slugged two miles south of Fargo on the Meridian Highway, at 10 o'clock last night, four negroes were iken into custody in xo and two of them had been identified as the ailants William Hurd and William Ha mond, the men whom Egge and Se- verson identify, and Bud Dickson and Wilbert Holland, caught in the house on Front street by member ot the Cass county sheriff's office and the Fargo police, are in jail awaiting a preliminary hearing this afternoon. MEDIC SOCIETY MEETS IN CITY Good Attendance at Sixth District Medical Meeting al th Scientifie papers largely occupied the program of the Sixth District Medical Society, meeting last night. There was a good attendance. Dr. F. R. Smyth discussed health | of conditions in the county and stat Dr. W. H. Bodenstab dealt with] to! reau, or “Pernicious Anemia and Other {le Blood Diseases” were discussed by Dr. J. 0. Arnson, and Dr, G. R. Lipp reported a case of heart disease with complications. Dr. A. A. Whittemore, state health officer, talked about health condi- tions in the state, and discussed the |C. necessity of cooperation in health prevention work. G} IGNORE agriculture departments, Work on al anny, mained at the spillway waiting for armed forces to be sent against them. i fused to attempt forcible ejection of Each day brings a new] the raide! returning members} with peaceful court cover its property. the city long to be that] Te then, learn-|torney si ve drafting ser-|tervene between Inyo county an amazing loss of life and destruc- counsel for los Angeles, to ari arrests of those duct. 2 any attempts to make arrests under nal for Drives only Scheetno, small store PRIMAT nal Logue, primate of Ireland, dead. morning. mation of the cardinal’s illnes: “Ara Coeli, GEN. DAWES Pastor’s Story istrict Attorney Fears Pass- ive Resistance Will Be Much Changed COURT ORDER Are Disappointed Because Los Angeles Re- fuses to Stage Fight Independence, Inyo county, Call- tia, Nov. 19—(By the A. P.)— iction between two types of pas- ve stance today threatened, ub-committee of| ®ccording to Inyo county authori- ons committee | te tion created south of here last Sun- aay Angeles Acqueduct by Owens valley ranchers and to plunge thisy part to snap the tension of a situa- in the seizure of the Los California into civil war, Since the approximately 100 ranch- ‘s took over the Alabama gates of Acqueduct and diverted Los cles chief source of water sup- ly into Owens lake they have re- unarmed and But the city has re- s and has contented itself action to re. Accordingly, the ranchers are fac- 1 with the alternative of either ndoning their attempts to force into a settlement of their anding water rights feud ith it or else “continuing on the b” at the spillway —indefinitely— FEDERAL AGENTS STAGE “HOLD UP” IN HEART OF CITY; MAKE BIG HAUL Minneupolis, Nov. 19- Staging aj ized as the most important of the “wild west” holdup in the downtown | Year, section here today. federal prohibi- |) The arrests were made as a South working | Dakota prohibition tion agents arrested two alleged li- |Cunder c as quor dealers while a third escaped | closing the purchase from a hail of bullets from the fed- jof aleohol which, agen eral men. The two men arrested | seld him by nd with a guarantee are Raymond J. Arend, of St. Paul, (of safe delivery in South Dakota. alleged of owner two carloads of | Howard, according to Capt. Towns- liquor seized by federal agents Sun-|end, was the driver of the car pro- day and Monday and Bernie Howard |vided by Arend and the third man of Minneapolis, alleged confeder- | was the armed guard who was to ate of Arend. The agents also |accompany the machine to South Da- 22 gallons of alcohol in two auto- | kota. Both Arend 1 Howard are mobiles in addition to the arrests | held without charg: Capt. Town- which Capt. C. A. Townsend, divi- | send said several would be sional prohibition chief, character- | placed against them. MRS. HARDING PUBLICITY OF GROWS WORSE) INCOME TAXES Marion, 0., Nov. 19--Mrs. Flor- ence Kling Harding, who has been critically ill for two weeks has be- come worse and is showing signs of | sinking into a coma, according to a ibulletin issued by her physician at j 2:30 p.m. toda: ttorney - General Stone Or- ders Prosecution of Sev- eral Newspapers THOMAS INCE, NOTED MOVIE ve +, cution would be sought, but said he Stricken With Heart Trouble] ty erie Washington, General Stone bh 19, Attorney sent instructions ove that number of newspapers for pub- lication of income tax retur ut least one suit to be filed While Busy at Work, He within a few days. Mr. Stone added that he had sent or engineers estimate Lo! ngeles still has about three months i supply of water on tap in its ervoir: Not Ready To Give Up Now, according to their spokes- the ranchers are not in any ood to give up their fight nor are hey in any mood to remain on the cqueduct for, three montl "rhey nt with their dispute with the city and each |e) Mar Monday night and brought y this settlement is delayed this eases the int2nseness of the sit- ation and the likelihood of the feud} heen active in the midst of h jaring up. “Iam convinced,” the district at- d, “ tthaunless troops in- resi- there will be nts and Los Angeles perty. B. ion of Today F. Robinson, special expected ve here to seck warrants for who, Monday, defie¢ Superior Court commanding them f wi tbe c:ty leave the Acaue s predict, however, that > i a rrants will only be the sig- 11 trouble.” ‘Bandits | Away With Knife Nov. 19.—Armed | pocket knife, John . und keeper of a and one-half miles today surprised yeh w Duluth, Minn ‘om Duluth, early three men attempting to break into the one and drove less. wounded and captured the others off loot- Police later captured two men heen the other rob- place leged to hav E OF IRELAND DIES Logue’s Death Comes as Big Shock 19.--Cardi. is Belfast, Ireland, Nov. occurred at 6 o'clock this There has been no inti- and a Death ie news of his demise caused great shock throughout Ircland. te died at his residence, in Armagh. The pri RESTING WELL Chicago, Nov. 1 Brigadier-General —The condition Charles G. Dawes, vice-president in an Evans-| urged to call, at once, n hospital, recovering from an problems of the Workmen’s Compen- {operation Sunday for hernia, con- sation Bureau and the relation of |tinues to improve, according to his|Those who do not intend to apply | criminal action the Medical profession to the Bu- | surgeons. All danger of infection complications is past and he may e the hospital next week. Is Changed Columbus, 0., Nov, 19.—The Rev. V. Sheatsley, pastor of Christ Williams of the state department/taken from a heating furnace in the was present, holds meetings frequently. bel che are made in England, family home late The Sixth District Medical Society | changed his testimony of yesterday | University was the Thirty-three varieties of Cheshire }life. accept a suicide verdict. Monday, today and told Prosecutor King that hej|woman studying outside of India. lieved his wife had taken her own Yesterday he had refused to Dies Soon After Hollywood, Calif., Nov. 19.—Thom- as H. Ince, nationally known picture producer, died at 5:30 this morning at his home in the Hollywood foot- hills, of heart trouble, it was « nounced at his Culver City studio. Death was due to angina pectoris. He became ill on a trip to San Diego, was taken from a train at full instructions to the United States attorneys who are to handle the sev- eral cases and explained that inas- much as the prosecution must be in- stituted by a grand jury indictment he could not discuss details of the cases, In stating that the first case would be filed within a few days, Mr. Stone indicated that a presentment in this one instance already had been made to one grand jury in some city. 10 BE TESTED Although denying that each pro- | _FINALEDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS FARM BLOC 10 GO SLOW NOW ON NEW BILLS Emergency Situation Is De- clared Past By Leaders ‘of Bloc COMMISSION IS _ BUSY Studying Affairs With Possi- ble View of Taking Ad- vantage of Session Washington, Nov. 19.—(By the A. P.) Early action at the coming short session of Congress on farm relief ion appeared improbable to- day in view of the announcement of farm bloc leaders that agricultural depression has been somewhat re- lieved and the decision of the agri- cultural commission named by Presi- dent Coolidge to investigate and re- commend steps for stabilization of the industry, to recess after today’s session for three or four weeks. Representative Tincher, Republi can, Ki spokesman for the “six or seven” States - to “six or seven” United States at-| House farm bloc announced yester- torness to make | presentments to! aay after a conference with Senator grand juries asking indictment of] ~ - = Curtis, Republican, Kansas, that no effort would be made to press im- pending farm legislation before the coming <ession, until the President's commission reports. Agriculture in a large section of the west has been given stimulus to tide the farmer over, he said. SHAPING PROGRAM Washington, 19.—The com- mission appointed by President Cool- idge to solve the problems of Amer- ican agriculture. began to shape its program of work so as to take ad- vantage of the coming short session of congress for any remedial legis- lation which it may by that time have concluded to be necessary. After an all day session yesterday behind closed doors, the commission to his home here last night. ie = announced however, that it would be The attack was sudden, he having | Posed suit represented a diferent ‘impossible to complete its work be- is mo- | Pas 1 iin ejfore congress convened next month judie attorney general said the department of justice wanted every tion picture work up to the time he was stricken. CONSERVATION OF U.S, TIMBER’ Serious Need of the Country, He Says, in Addre: Conference courts. Almost simultaneously with Stone’s announcement, the bureau of internal revenue sent additional structions to internal revenue collect- ors which will act to restrict time in which the public may make use of the income tax record. “public inspection” pr aw. Commissioner Bl the collectors to limit the books to public examinatién to three days a week and three hours a day, advis- ing them that experience since the books first opened had demonstrated that many persons d red to see the records for no obvious reason. ions of the r requested Washington, Nov. 19.--President =. ee Coolidge today asked for a specific! program of timber saving in opening the National Conference on the Uti- lization of Foreign Products. The nation faces timber exhaustion, the president warned, and the situation must be met by diminishing waste and inereasing the supply. ‘The resources of the trust, Mr. Coolidge de by the present gener: admi ed free from monopoly “those who will cop them to be unwisely dissipated” but there must be restoration as well as ONLY THIRD | OF VEPERANG 202 fem cor of shit oe SEEK BONUS e Sin deo Stack Sieedan of the al egyptian Armg, while driving from the ministry of war today. General Siack was a attacked s and badly wound- He was removed tion After He Badly Wounded in Attack Cairo, Egypt, Nov, 19.—tBy the A. Omaha, Neb. Nov. 19--To date but 1,500,000 veterans, out of a pos- ible 4,500,000, have applied for the Z bonus. The War Department, an-|¢d in the xious to complete its task at the|t® @ hospital. earliest possible date in order lecrease the expen money of the tax payer, is urging all veterans who intend to apply for the bonus, to do so immediately, or if they do not intend to take ad- vantage of the bonus to, at once, notify the Department concerned. All Army Posts and Recruiting Stations in the Seventh Corps Area are equipped and anxious to assist the veteran is making out, correct- ing and forwarding their applica- tion and also to take finger prints. eral Stack’s condition is serious is suffering from shock and has three bullet wounds in the stomach, hat and foot. OFFICER MUST Complaint made against Charles J. Kopriva, as auditor of Burke county, charging him with embezzle- ment of funds, states a cause of Veterans who intend to apply are] action and trial may be had on it, the near-|the supreme court decided today, est Army Post or Recruiting Station ]in reversing the opinion of District and complete their application.|Judge Moellring, who dismissed a instituted for the bonus are requested to im- | Kopriva. mediately notify the Department. The complaint charged Kopriva sd with embezzling $701.40, money col- INDIA HAS WOMAN LEGISLATOR | lected for hunting licenses. Madras, Nov. 19.—India’s first] The defendant moved for dismiss- woman legislator is Mrs. Poonen Lo-|al of the bill on the ground that he kose, who has been appointed by the|could not embezzle such funds, un- Maharanse Regent of Travancore to|der the law, the court decision says. be a member of the local council.|It was contended by his attorneys She is a Syrian Christian doctor and|that a provision in the game and state |Lutheran Church of Bexley, a sub-|has been head of the state medical |fish laws providing penalties to any- Dr, Maysil]urb, whose wife’s cremated body was] service for several years. one who refused to turn over money Mrs. Lukose was educated in Eng-| collected superseded the land and when attending London| statutes on embezzlement by county only Indian Jofficials, a view the high court re- jected. There were no windows in aectent Greek houses. moths, | interpretation of the law, the sible an-| gle of the question presented to the! Mr.: the; under | HBAD IN EGYPT | BOMB VICTIM d Said to be in Serious Condi- A medical bulletin states that Gen- He STAND TRIAL against general] , The aborigines of Australia eat and that after its session tomorrow and pending the assembling of data on which it will base is work, it ; Woulg take a three or four weeks re- one of the most pressing prob- {lems, Robert D. Carey, of Wyoming, chairman of the commission, ame nounced that the cattle industry would be one of the first subjects studied Scope of Work Chairman Carey explained in his statement that while in view of the broad scope of the commission's work it probably woulg be incomplete by March 4. he thought some phases undoubtedly would be ready for re+ t before that time. Recognizing the depressed condi- tion of the cattle industry” the chair man said “the commission early de- termined to arrive at some immediate recommendation looking to the stabi- lization of this phase of agriculture. An early decision on this matter is ticipated.” the session, 11 bureau chiefs nd members of various government commissions were called in for con- sultation. All were requested to fure nish information as quickly as pos sible regarding their respective ace tivities. Data requested included informa- tion on th government financial structure as ting to agriculture, particularly from the federal farm loan board, the federal reserve board and the war finance corporation; and on government statistics collected and dissemination by various agene cies and the purposes they serve. Stuy Co-operative Marketing Co-operative marketing of farm products will constitute one of the main branches of the inquiry and one of the first requests of the company was for a digest of the several bills pending before congress relating to that question. Present laws on the subject will be studied to de- termine possible flaws in adminis- tration. Tariff rates, and the whole struc- ture of transportation including highways, water and rail transport freight rates and service, as they re- late to agriculture, also will come under the scrutiny of ‘the commis- sion, as will the general policy of agricultural eypansion under the re- clamation service. In its study of reclamation the commission will give attention to reclamation projects under construc- tion and those yet to be undertaken, Federal and state quarantine regula- tions also will be studied. Another important feature of the commission’s work the statement said, will have to do with foreign competition with domestic farm pro- ducts, the inquiry into this phase ta include costs of foreign products and a study of hindrances to a profitable foreign market for this country’s exportable surpluses. Bank Statement Call Issued A call for stafement of condition of state banks of North Dakota, as of Saturday, November 15, was is- sued today by Gilbert Semingson, state examiner,