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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
BEER SHOULD EXPLAIN.

F,SE. McCurdy had q strenuous time
in The Isham Hall case. Three times
justices OF the peace have dismissed
him. Twice Anton Beer turned him
loose and once Justice Varney was
forced to dismiss the action while it
was in it's preliminary stage.
Bismarck has suffered long under
conditions created by these minor
courts, who take their rulings too Sc
riously The police magistrate or the
Justices Of peace do not have to b'
convinced OF the guilt of prisoner.
II reasonable evidence is produced
the plain duty is to bind persons
brought before them to the district
court, where they will receive all the
protection Of the law, including fa-
jury trial.
The Hall case is public scandal.
Three times he was dismissed and a
fourth time iMr. McCurdy rearrested
him in hope of finding a committing
magistrate who would make it possi
bic to get the case before jury.s
Then, presto! Mr.. Hall pleads gull
ty.
w. Has Mr.. Hall the complete protec-
!, tion'of the Justice courts? ys
WIN M. Beer explain to this com.
munity why he released man twice
who afterwards pleaded guilty?
It3is time to get rid Of such JUS
tices. The legislature should give the
county courts increased jurisdiction
and wipe out police magistrates, JUS
tees of the peace in cities Of the
first class.
Now is the time to eliminate from
our system these kangaroo courts.
They are a menace to law and order.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
.B0WLERS TO- NUMBER
OF 100 FEATHER At
: JAMESTOWN TOURNEY
Sum of $3.50 Offered in Prizes for
High scores-Big Meet 0p-
ened This Morning
Omitted Press)

jamestown, n. D., Jan. 15.-More
than 100 bowlers will participate in
the event of the Third Annual tourna-
ment of the Northwest Bowling asso-
citation opening here today. Fargo,
Bismarck, Valley City, Rogers, Coop.
erstown, Binford, McHenry and Lis
bon are represented with from five to
Is men from each city. Thirty-five To-
cal men have entered.
About $3.50 is offered in prizes and
bowling ball with the sunken gold
letters Jamestown 1917" will be given
to the man who has the highest aver
age for the week.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
INTERESTING POINT IN CASE
NOW BEFORE COURT

When the school directors of Ken
mare set about building a new school
house they became so enthusiastic
that apparently they forgot all about
such thing as bonded debt limit In
any event they exceeded that limit
by 100000, and when the contractors
came around to collect, the tax pay
ers advised them to get their money
from the directors. The contractors
were insistant, and the school district
brought suit against the directors for
the amount in excess. The action
was argued in supreme court last
week, and the decision of that tribun-
al is awaited with much interest, as
this is the first time the point has
been raised just in this way.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
CHANCE FOR TRIO TO TAKE
NICE TRIP AT OWN COSTS

Governor Frazier has made it pos
sible for w. E. Holbein, secretary Of
the Minot Commercial Club, C.. r.
Pettes of Lakota, and r. A. Johnson
of Alkabo, prominent highway boost
ers, to take a nice trip to Boston as
representatives from North Dakota
to the American Road Builders con-
vention, which holds forth there jan
uary S to 9. The governor advised
them of their appointment Saturday,
in a very nice little letter which
wound up with the information that
no appropriation had been made to
defray the expenses Of the states re-
representatives. to this important meet
ing. .,.%. rntt
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
RANCHING GOES WELL

P. w. Knecht Of Alexander, McKen-
zie county, dropped in at the capitol
to see how his former fellow towns
man, N. A. Mason, now private secre-
tary to the governor, fits in the ex-
ecutive chambers. Mr.. Knecht, who
has spent the holidays with home
folk at Wimbledon, is a prosperous
young rancher of Mckenzie county,
where he reports every one prosper
ing. The winter to date, he states,
has not greatly harmed live stock,
as, while there has been plenty Of
cold, there has been comparatively
little snow. The cattle and horses
have fed we'll and have been able to
Witff1tand nipping weather.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
ADDITION TO
COUNTY'S PHONE LINES

The Sibley Rural Telephone Co.,
with home offices at Mckenzie, and
which plans to construct 100 miles
of telephone line running from that
village into a rich and populous farm
ing territory, received charter from
the secretary of state last week.
The company expects to invest
about $500 in its physical equip
ment, and it is capitalized at $4,000.
The first board of directors consists
of A. Madland, C. W. Malmquist, E. A.
Bloomquist, S. r. Day and P. P. Bliss,
all Of Mckenzie. H." f5:,' .
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15

After stumbling over the rather un-
fortunate introduction to the report
on North Dakota's higher educational
institutions just submitted by the
board of regents, there is found a
sympathetic treatment Of state statis-
tics as they have a bearing upon the
educational problems of the state.
The point is nicely established that
North Dakota has been fortunate in
the character Of her immigration, OF
the sturdy stock that turned her raw
prairies into productive farms.
More than 70 per cent OF the popu-
lation is foreign born or Of immediate
foreign descent. Foreign elements,
however, are OF the most desirable
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
WASTE, BUT, NATION PAYS.

Both houses of Congress have given
an exhibition of genuine assininity,
and If they keep at it, an extra SEES
sion will surely be necessary.
The senate has raised a tirst.class
note, which was none of its business,
and the House has frittered away en-.
ergy and time over Tom Lawson
mouthings The session seems likely
to be devoted to puttering and pork.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
sKiRMfsHING FOR THE
WHEREWl1HAL FOR CASH

State Auditor Kositzky is a man of
many cares. He is facing lot of
unpaid bills without the wherewithal
to meet them.
January 20, which is the last day of
the present week, should be payday
for the legislators. The legislators
have worked hard, their daily ses-
sions having occupied all the way
from fifteen minutes to a full two
hours, and the state auditor and ev-
eryone else feels they should not be
asked to wait for their wages when
they fall due. The first Legislative de-
mand on the, state treasury cannot
be appeased by less than thirty thous-
and dollars, and then ten days later,
there will be the regular monthly pay
day of the capitol forces, which
means another $4,000. On top of
this, the auditor has unpaid bills az
gregating $4,000, and taxes are not
coming in so freely as they did a year
ago, the siOnssseeming to be
current that the state was to oper-
ate after January l, 1917, without call
ing on the dear people for any ex-
pense money. ''.s
One wisp Of silver lining to the
general cloud effect is the manner
in which county auditors are respond
ing to the state auditors appeal for
the prompt remittance of Inheritance
tax moneys in their hands. Cass
county has led the list with q contri-
button Of $1,l32.39; Griggs county's
ante IN 3l,56251, and other counties
which have contributed; we'll are Penn
bina Sl.1342s, Dickey, $644.S3; Nc
Lean. 322S53.
|ss Probably $16AO8 will be received
from this source, aud proceeds from
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
FRAZIER SEEKS
SCALPS Of ALL
CONTROL BOARD
Will Nominate Successors on
Grounds That Confirmation
Preceded Legislation
REGENTS WOULD BE LEFT
IN COLD BY EXECUTIVE

Governor Frazier is losing little time
in looping official heads. The board
of regents has already fallen-or will
fall If the supreme court uphOlds the
governors contention, based upon an
opinion from Attorney General LANCER.
Word went out today that the board
of control is in the same boat and
that the governor will send in for
confirmation the names Of three new
men.
The present members OF the board
of control were confirmed by the sen-
ate March 8, 1915, according to the
record of the secretary of states office.
The act extending the terms of board
of control members to six years, UNI
der which Governor Hanna made his
appointments, was passed March IL.
1915. Thereafter, it is claimed, the
board of control was confirmed by the
senate a second time, to make the pro-
ceedure strictly legal.
The members appointed under Sec.
236, Chapt. 23O of the session laws OF
1915, were r. S. Lewis, to serve until
July /, 1921; +. O. Brewster, to serve
until July /, 1919, and J. w. Jackson,
to serve to July l, 1917. Brewster s
teriii was vacated by his death about
year ago. and Jackson's by his
resignation, and Trustees Brown and
Olson were made members Of the
board by interim appointment. The
league has commended from the first
that the governor had a right to con
slider these two memberships vacant
and to name his own men for the jobs.
Now the contention is that none of the
appointments was legally made in the
first place: that the governor will de-
clare all of the three memberships va
cant and will send in complete new
slate
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
GETS IT,.
-FOUR YEARS.; FOR
MILITARY TREASON
ASSOCIATED Pressl

London, Jan. 15.-Dr: Karl Lieb.
knecht, the German Socialist leader,
has received an additional sentence of
four and one-half years at hard labor
and expulsion from the Berlin bar,
according to Central News dispatch
from Amsterdam, today.
A court martial at Berlin last year
sentenced DR.. Liebknecht to four years
Imprisonment for military treason. He
appealed to the imperial military tri-
bunal which gave a decision on Nov.
S, last, rejecting the appeal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
BIG LOAN COMPANY TO
OPERATE FROM MANDAN

Capitalized at $1O0,000, the Security
Cattle Loan Company of Mandan, was
added Saturday to Morton county's
list of important financial institutions.
The incorporates are l.. A. Tavis,
superintendent of the Associated
Banks, Joseph P. Hess, J. H. Newton
and George w. Janda.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
NEW WHOLESALE HOUSE

Mandan has a new wholesale grOc-
cry house in the Svihovec Grocery
Co., incorporated for $4,000 by Jas.
r. Svihovec, Joseph G. Barron and ].
L. Ferderer. The company's charter
enables it to wholesale and retail gro
ceries and handle live stock.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
THINKS FARMERS SHOULD
JUDGE FARMERS STATUTES

Senator Martin of Morton, would
have farmers Judge farmers statutes.
When asked to defend his bill provid-
ing that at least three of the five
members of the supreme court shall
be bonafide farmers, Senator Martin
last Saturday made an eloquent ap-
peal for justice for the submerged
four-fi fths-the agriculturists Of North
Dakota. in this state" said Martin
of Morton, "99H per cent of the peo-
pie are not lawyers; SO per cent of
them are farmers and l believe it is
the theory OF every republic that the
majority should rule. We have sent
lawyers to our legislatures until we
have laws that none but lawyers can
interpret. Then we send more law
yers to our supreme court"
In spite of Senator Martins elo-
quence it became apparent when a
vote was taken to give his pet meas
sure a decent burial in the committee
on judiciary that a majority of his
fellow farmer members in the Senate
were content to grant continued life
liberty and the pursuit of shekels to
the lawyers, for Mr.. Martin was the
only one who voted no.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15

Editors note: This is the first
Of series Of articles discussing
the merits, dement's and general
features Of the report recently
made on the higher educational In
stitutions of the state under the
board of regents.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
ENTIRE SQUADRON.
UNITED PresS)

Washington, Jan. 15.-An entire
squadron of army aviators will be sent
into Mexico to seek aviators Bishop
and Robertson, according to a mes
sage from Gen. Bell to the war depart
ment today. No trace of the missing
men had been found, Bell said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
SOVEREIGN CITIZEN WHO
WORKS 'EM OUT MUST WORA

The sovereign citizen VINO mas maue
a practice of working out his ROAD
tax-if he has had any tax to WORK
QUITS aimed at in Senate Bill NC. oo'
introduced by Nelson of Grand Forks,
which nrovides that said worker must
deliver the goods and must do his
work when, and how the highway ov-
erseer of his district directs.
1t has been a practice in other
states, and maybe in North Dakota,
for the property holder who has few
dollars road tax to pay to drag
defunct Christmas tree up and down
the highway in front OF his place
few times and then put in bill for
road work which just equals the
amount of his taxes. The roads have
been worked" right in many in
stances, and Senator Nelson's meas
ure would do away with this particu-
lar brand of working.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15

BY 80 to 80 the Senate votes sa-
looms out Of the District of Columbia.
But the Senate saves its booze by pro-
viding that it can be brought in for
personal use.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
FOR LIDGERWOOD

The Lidgerwood Meat Co., incorpor-
ated for $4,000, by Andrew Ercinck,
Frank Jahoda and Charles Prokop,
received a charter from the secretary
of state last week.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
New Church.

The Scandinavian-Ev Evangelical Free
Church of Fargo, incorporated Satur-
day, with Charles Westberg, Gustav
Anderson and Christoper Olson ap-
pearing as incorporates.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
IN SUPREME COURT

Herbert c: DePuy of Grafton, states
attorney for Waist county, and At
torney F. b. Feetham, of Grand Forks,
spent last week in Bismarck, on OPP
posite sides Of case which was ar
gued before the supreme court.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
STEADTNG IN MONTANA

Henry Olson, who is demonstrating
a fine piece OF land near Miles City
paid Bismarck brief visit last week
while enroute from his home at Mon
angO to the Montana ranch.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15

With censorship of the newspapers
the movies on the way to success,
how soon before the Sons of Dark
ness will be censoring the Bible?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
VISITS kILDEER FOLK

Dr. A. NJ. Christensen, who has
been practicing chiropractic at DAY.
export, Ia., called on friends in Bis
marck last week enrOute to killdeer
for q visit with home folk.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15

Oklahoma man gets a divorce, al
leging short skirts. If this becomes
precedent, what an unscrambling
there'll be!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
NEW FOREIGN CORPORATIONS

New foreign corporations admitted
to North Dakota during the last week
are the Farm Mortgage Loan Co., of
Albert Lea, Mimi, with state head
quarters at Wimbledon, where reside
two local members of the corporation,
A. f.. Dennstadt and C. A. 'Dennstadt
and the Continental Land Co., of Mil
bank, MINI.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15

An Indiana woman is backing a bill
to abolish corsets. We'd like to pro-
hibit wives from selecting husbands
neckties.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
New Board Of Regents.

The governors proposed slate for
the board of regents stands about as
much chance of confirmation at the
hands of the senate as did the proverb
ial tallow-legged bow-wow in a GER
tain sultry spot. But it makes no DIFF
ference whether the senate confirms
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
With the Legislature

December tax sales are coming IN, II
somewhat slowly. But Mr.. kosltzKy
nevertheless, is doing considerable
figuring.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
CHICAGO.

HOGS-Receipts, $4,000. Market,
strong, at SC above Saturdays aver
age. Bulk, $1,000 to $1,000: heavy,
$1,000 to $10.95; rough, $10.50 to
$1,000 pigs, $7.S5 to 1915.
CATTLE-Receipts, $4,000. Firm.
Native beef steers, $7.75 to $11.SO:
western steers, $3.50 to $1,000: stock.
ers and feeders, $3.50 to $685.; cows
and heifers, $4.45 to $1,000: calves,
1913 to $1425.
SHEDP-Receipts, $4,000. Market,
firm. Wethers. $3.50 to 5000; lambs,
SLIGO to $14.15.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15

Intense excitement in Nicaragua:
A new president took office, and there
wasn't any riot!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15

ST. PAUL

HOGS-Receipts, $500. Market,
steady to SC higher. Range, $1,000 to
$10.45; bulk, 5000 to 5000.
CATTLE-Receipts,: 1000. Killers,
stronger. Steers, $425 to $1O.25:
cows and heifers, $4.75 to $3.50;
calves. steady, at $3.50 to $500; stock
ers and feeders, steady, at $3.50 to
$500.
SHEEP-Receipts. $50. Market,
steady. Lambs, $3.50 to $500; weth-
ers, $500 to $3.50; ewes, $3.50 to
9.25.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
SHIRTS cusrom.mAoe.

We take measures for one Of the
best shirt houses in the country. Big
selection, made to At; 500 and up.
KLEIN, TAILOR ana CLEANER
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
LOCAL WEATHER bulletin.

For the "a hours ending at IL noon,
January Is, 1917:
Temperature at z a. m. ..... ~
Temperature at IL noon .......... ~
Highest yesterday ............... 3
Lowest last night ............. ~
Precipitation ................ None
Highest wind velocity ........ ..S'E
Forecast:
For North Dakota: Generally falr
and continued cold tonight and Tues
day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
D q *@** - + = = = = 80

a statesman 11IdKVS tHe W
:. casion, but the occasion "
: makes lie politician .--Iiill'ard. :
q 80 :. : = : {: : = : = + i" ;"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-15
Tanperature

ORRIS w. ROBERTS,
Meteorological.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-20
SPAIN DIVIDED ON
POLICY OF NATION;
CABINET SHAKEUP

Paris, April 20.-Spain's latest cab
met shakeup centered French interest
on King Alfonzo's nation today.
Will Irwin, American magazine
writer and close student of warning
Europe, returned to Paris today after
three weeks study Of the situation in
Spain.
''The torpedoing of the = Spanish
steamer San Fulgencio excited the
public" he said. "but the Spanish gov
ernments chief grievance against Ger
many is the German demand of 500
marks Approximately 5000 q ton
guarantee that Spanish ships will not
carry supplies to the allies. IL they are
to be immune from tor2edoing.
'All Spanish intellectuals, the king
and his ministers. are pro-ally. But
the Carlist party is pro- German and
this despite the fact that their pre-
tender to the throne is now languish-
ing in an Austrian jail because he ad-
mitted the fact that he was honorary
colonel of the Russian army
"Others Of the 10 political parties in
Spain are about equally divided"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-20
STRICT NEUTRALITY
POZICY OF MEXICO
SAYS GENERAL HAY

Mexico City, April 20.-General Hay,
president Of the Mexican congress, to-
day declared he knew of no German
influence that was being brought to
bear on members of congress to oppose
General Carranza's policies or plans of
neutrality.
ut is true" General Hay told the
United Pless, "that the audience in the
galleries gave demonstration for the
German minister Sunday when Gen.
eral Carranza read his message. I i'm
mediately called them to order, how
ever. and warned that any manifesto
tion in favor of, or against, any diplo-
mat was prohibited. and that a repe-
tition of the demonstration would not
be allowed
I'VE are duty bound to follow the
policy Of Carranza for strict neutrality,
in essence as well as in form. l have
no knowledge of pretentions on the part
Of German agents to influence MEM
bers of congress to oppose the neutral
ity policy or to urge German alliance.
''The congress is merely an electoral
college and is not legally capacitated
to treat with international questions.
We have not even appointed commit
tees"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-20
BIG PROFITS MADE
BY THE ALLIES IN
TURNS IN MARKET

Chicago, April 2o.--The allied gov
ernments, dealing through Chicago
brokers, have made profit of over
s3.500,000 in the last two months in
turns in the grain market by chang
ing from one option to another.
The profit was made. it is reported.
by selling line of July wheat and
buying the September option at ap-
80 cents below the July
option. 1t is reported the allies for a
year have simply Lad speculative
profits forced on them. They had no
desire to speculate. but bought for fu-
ture delivery with the desire to obtain
actual wheat Car shortages. the en-
barge pnd the inadequacy of ocean
shipping prevented deliveries at the
specified times, SO the contracts were
sold out
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-20
NO PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BY
THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT

London, April 20.-A German wire
less dispatch picked up here today de-
clared that no German Socialists had
been sent to Stockholm by Chancellor
Won Bethmann- Hollweg and insisted
there were no negotiations there be-
tween German and Russian Socialists
on separate peace.
The German denial comes after con-
firmation Of just, such a course Of US
ing the German Socialists in peace in
trigue with Russia from a score or
more sources.
The fact that at this late date Ger
many suddenly denies any part in
backing German Socialists efforts for
a German peace with Russia, after
German censors had passed scores Of
previous dispatches detailing the de-
parture of Socialists for Scandinavia,
led to the belief among officials here
that the separate peace intrigue has
completely collapsed.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-20
TWO ARMY AVIATORS
FALL; NOT INJURED

West Point, April 2O.-Captain H. S.
Martin and Captain Walter G. Kilner,
army aviators, attempting to rise in a
high wind from the parade grounds of
the military academy this afternoon
crashed into the tree tops at the south
end Of the field and completely wrecked
their plane.
Kilner Jumped nearly 40 feet to the
ground. Martin. who was driving the
plane, stuck to his seat Both escaped
uninjured.
Captain J. w. Butts, who had driven
a second airplane here from Mineola
and was planning to fly back to the
government aviation station, decided
not to attempt the return flight.