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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-01-09
R RI|;AI.T'.IE'.lCA.l!TI0| ( ]. |. I | I. D. \
or AMENDMENTS
EXPECTED, !: II i |, TODAY !! D / I !
Action Promised. BY High Au-
Il. thority for Yesterday Fails
TO Come of
LEAGUE Is NOT WORRYING

It was reported prior to the open
Ing of Wednesday afternoons sessions
that a concurrent resolution ratify-
ing each Of the seven amendments in
iuated by the league at the recent
general election would be introduced
during the afternoon. Information to
this effect WAS wired the press over
the state, but the concurrent resolu.
'tion did not show up in the senate.
It is expected today, or. tomorrow ut
the outside, for the league has an
nOunced It's intention ,of. ratifying all
OF the amendments. and it has q large
enough majority in each house to
do so. ~ a-!T., FIJI.
OF the seven amendments initiated
by the league, only two-the hail in
surance amendment, providing for q
general land tax to create fund
from which hail losses might be In.
IDENTIFIED, and IN amendment sim.
plifying the operations Of the initia-
tive and observation-disclosures q ma
jority Of all the legal votes cast,
which Secretary fof state Hall, Non.
partisan, and State Treasurer John
Steen, republican, forming a minor.
ity of the state canvassing board.
held necessary to the passage of the
amendments under tha plain wording
of the constitution. The majority
members OF the board, Attorney Gen
eral LANCER, state Auditor Kositzky
and retiring Superintendent of Instruc-
ton Macdonald accepted an opinion
Of Attorney General Langer's holding
necessary only q majority OF the
votes actually cast for and against the
several questions, and they declared
all the amendments passed. Secre..
tary Nelson of the Independent Voters
association and Chairman W. E. Byer.
ley of the democratic state central
committee then applied to the su'
preme court for q writ of certiorari,
and the supreme court directed the
members of the canvassing board 10
appear next Tuesday to show cause
why such writ should not issue
The. five amendments in doubt EN-.
body the vital points of the whole
league program public ownership
the removal Of the bonded debt limit,
authority for the state to guarantee
the bonds or invest In the capita'
stock OF state owned utilities, indus
tries and enterprises and the exemp-
tion from taxation of all improve
ments on and and other personal prop,
critics, without these amendments
the league can do comparatively little
through legislation TO place its poll
cies in effect. Three former supreme
sourts have held with LANCER. ana
the league does not appear to be
greatly worried over the outcomee OF
next tuesdays hearing. In the mean
time It is going ahead on the presump'
tion that ali of the amendments arc
approved and that they merely re-
ouiro legislative ratification to ceF
come = part oe tAe state constitution.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-01-09
LAM DESTROYED.

Johnstown, Pa. Jan. "A fire fol-
lowed by explosions destroyed the
plant OF the G. r. McCabee Oil &
Powder Co. at Tunnelton, Pa. last
night, according to word received
here, More than'1. LOCO pounds Of dyn-
amfle blew up.
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70 be oEMooILIzep.

Des MUines. jan Sit Is expected
that the 163rd field artillery Mlchae
Foote will be demobilised at Camp
Dodge. 1t includes men from North
Dakota. The artillery has arrived h
America ahd viii proceea TO aCaaDs
Dodge. ~ i' s's
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-01-09
EBERT -SCHElDEMAN REGIME
OVERTURNED BY SPARTICANS;;
CIVIL WAR Is FAST SPREADING
Workers Declare General Strike and Many Are
Killed in Street Fighting = Negotiate with
Poles-Liebknecht Continuing Activities

Paris JAM srhe scheidsnlan government in Ger
hand in Berlin after sansnafy lighting The
nsd e Of oe sn and
the Rhenish province involved Gustaf
new troops against Berlin in effort to regain it.
Pe
knech head of the sparcans continuing his activities
the spartcans quarters fighting continued
very vigorously Heavy artillery fire continued:
minister stated that the Of the ncreas
ing office E'f%
Strikes and demonstrations sympathy have taken place in
The curtain up Berlin's great tragedy The Mad
House. Streets have been all by people
by Of bullets The casualties appear
Warning has been issued that the will fight force
will with the Sparticans until they
|up the buildings which they have seized unawfuly.
HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES
The rebels have formed government under the revo
utions The Sparans to be working with the social
messages say that of Berlin
the of bloody fighting Some parts Of the city with
Heavy fighting continued throughout last night various
It has cost twenty times as many lives as the
The opposition holds the reichstag building and other
Large bodies Of continue to be to Berlin and Pre-
mier Ebert is said to have told his friends that he had doubt
There difficulty in getting anything like pic
ture Of what is happening in Berlin o'=% sta
/ !VI IhAj " SEVERE FIGHTING y 2 ,1utl 2i 32e
n c jan in in which artillery
patches driven back with 80 killed and Is wounded
GENERAL STRIKE
Paris JAM "a general strike has been declared by Ger
workers at Brunswick according to advices here The s
reported to have pndered the public buildings there
OPEN NEGOTIATIONS
@ s Pc ~ has as Rs
zette, which says there are hopes of an agreement
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-01-09
cAlLED INTO CONFERENCE.

washington. Jan. 9.Secretaries
Baker and Daniels called into confer
ence today representatives Of the rail-
way administration and shipping
board to consider the New York strike
situation. Reports were current at
noon that either the navy or war de-
partment would take over all har-
bor operations. The railway admins
tration admitted It could do nothing
but let the strike take b course un-
III . issseslae - developed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-01-09
OPEN NEGOTIATIONS

Paris JAM 9-The German government has opened negoa
with the Polish invaders of Posen the Frankfurt
zette which says there are hopes of an agreement
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-01-09
GENERAL STRIKE

GENERAL STRIKE =
Paris JAM "a general strike has been declared by Ger
workers at Brunswick according advices here The sk
reported to have pndered the public buildings there
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SEVERE, FIGHTING;2 >

z VIZ AAfIH| SEVERE FIGHTING, n
Amsterdam, Jan. 9-Severe fighting in which artillery
employed took place Berlin yesterday The Sparcas renewed
their attempt to take the chanceors palace declare Berlin dis
patches but driven back with 80 killed 45 wounded
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27
MRS. WARREN WALTON
DIES IN COLORADO.
Passed Away Sunday of In
fluenza and Pneu-
mOnia.

kilograms reaching relatives here to-
day announced the death yesterday at
her home. in Colorado Springs, Colo.
of Mrs. Warren Walton. Spanish intiu-
enza and pneumonia caused her death.
No details as to the funeral are known.
= Both MI. and Mrs. Walton formerly
lived in Webster City. They left here
only about a year ago. Mrs. Walton
was formerly Miss Nellie Baldwin,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Bald
win, who formerly lived here and now
reside in Lafayette, Ind. Mr.. and Mrs.
Baldwin and Amos Rasmussen, the lat
ter of this CITY,, who is a brother-in-
law of Mrs. Walton, started for Colo
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27
RADIO Springs yesterday upon receipt
of wire telling Of the serious condi-
ton of Mrs. Walton.
SALE DATES CLAIMED.

Jan. 2o.-Forest Hadden, north Of
Harrisburg.
Jan. 29.-E. A. Morris, northeast OF
Webster City.
Jan. 29.-L. A. Johnson, southwest
of Jewell.
Jan. 29-I. n. Martin, northeast Of
Webster City.
Jan. s0.-E. E. Cheever, east of Web.
ster City.
Jan. 3O.-Walter Moore, north OF
Webster City.
Jan. 31-Wm. Erton, north of Blairs.
burg.
/ Feb. Erred Greenfield, northeast
of Webster City.
Feb. ALLEN Parks, south Of Web
ster City.
Feb. 4-Hans Hage, northeast OF
Jewell. -
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27

FOR SALE-Teed residence, 718 First
st. Inquire at premises. 27d12f1j1
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27
GETS POSITION IN
AVIATION LIBRARY
Chas. Spiker Of harrisburg
Gets Place at San
Antonio.

Chas. Spiker, son Of Rev. Spiker of
Blairsburg, has just received telegra-
phic notice of his appointment as as
sitant librarian of the big library at
the United States aviation camp at
San Antonio, Texas. He leaves this
week to assume his new work.
Mr. Spiker is at present teaching
school in Rose Grove township. He is
known to be one of the most successful
rural teachers in the county. He was
formerly assistant librarian at Ottum-
wa, so that his work at San Antonio
will not be new to him. His many
friends in this county will rejoice over
his good fortune in the new position he
has secured.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27
MRS. J.F CRAFFUNDER
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Former Well Known Viii.
liams Woman Passes
Away at M00rland.

Mrs. J. +. Graffunder died Tuesday
night at her home in Moorland, over
4 in Webster county, from pneumonia
following run of influenza. Mrs
Graffunder> was a former well known
resident of Williams, the family re.
moving from that place to Moorland
last spring. The deceased was 40 years
of age and leaves a husband and four
children to mourn the passing of a be,
loved wife and mother.
The funeral services were held at
Fort Dodge Sunday afternoon at
o'clock, following which the body was
brought to this city on the afternoon
train for burial in Graceland Gene
terry.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27


Feb Mrs. George Hollis, north Of
Webster City.
Feb SIS. j. Cottington, northwest
Of stanhope.
Feb. &C. S. Howerter, southwest
of Webster City.
Feb. 6-Earl Brooks, northwest OF
Jewell.
Feb. Go. Berg, north Of Ellis
worth.
Feb 7.-Gregory Bros, six miles
southwest of Webster City.
Feb Hove Bros, Stanhope.
Feb. 1O.-Wm. Oakland, harrisburg.
I Feb. 11.-Mr. Hall, south Of Webster
City.
Feb. ia. visborg, southwest of
Jewell.
Feb. 12.-Ole Marcus, southwest Of
Ellsworth.
Feb 12.-Chris Stein, southwest ef
Webster City.
Feb. 12--Elmer NJ. olofson, north
west Of Stanhope.
Feb. 13.--G. /. Millang,. southeast Of
Williams.
Feb 1s-Henry Teig, Jewell.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27
Another Overseas Man Home.

Into the army and out of the Amy,
through a rapid succession of military
camps to the actual battle line,
wounded twice and back home again,
is the past six months record of Carl
L. Robertson, who has just been given
his discharge at Camp Dodge.
Mr.. Robertson was among the selec-
tive service men who left Webster
City the Goth of last July, going to
Camp Gordon, Ga, where he was as
signed to a casAal company and sent
to France shortly afterward. He
was wounded Nov. 4, while engaged
in the fighting in the Argonne forest,
which was the most terrible OF any
of the entire war.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27
Word from Roy spurlin.>

Mrs. Frank Duckett is in receipt of
"a line from her son, Roy Spurlin, a
Webster City boy with the American
forces in France, in which he says he is
getting along all right. He was wound
ed in the right arm November last,
was in a hospital several days, but is
now well again. Roy was a former
clerk in w. B. Kearns cigar store.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27
Invitations Sent Out.

Mr.. and Mrs. James White, who
reside southeast of this city, have
sent invitations to friends for the
coming marriage Of their daughter,
Pearl Ida, to Mr.. James Arthur
Yungclas. The ceremony will be
solemnized at the White home OF.
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1919, at twelve
O'Clock noon.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27

For sale-1O3 oats from seed treated
with formaldehyde. Yellow Dent and
Silver King seed corn. Francy timO-
thy seed. w. o. Mcconnell.
1-23d-f-j-3mo+
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27
Back From Market.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Spinharney re-
turned home yesterday from weeks
buying trip in Chicago. They bought
heavier than ever before. They found
tie wholesale district crowded will.
buyers so crowded that all hotels in
the loop were filled and were turning
away guests every day. The Spin
barney store cleaned up its last sea-
sons stock better than usual and this,
together with the outlook for the com
ing season, was the cause of heavy buy
ing.
FOR SALE modern house with lot
SOx14S. Garage. Phone 80.
12-19deOdj-f-tf ].
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27

Myron Cleveland has purchased 4
five passenger, model 80. Scripps-
Booth touring car.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27

FOR SALE-hOme grown timothy
seed. J. X. Filloon, Judd, Iowa.
1-15d6f1j1*
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-27

HOUSES FOR RENT. See Geo. w.
Lee. 11-14d-j-f-tf
The sun., 1919-06-29
ssa9
BLOCKS WERE rR5 ssS DESTROY 7"e

the most important reason for con-
structing two smaller tunnels instead
of one large one-namely. traffic con-
ditions in Manhattan. With the en-
frances and exits as close together as
they are shown on the plan. there
would undoubtedly be confusion OF
traffic on account Of it's movement in
opposite directions and congestion on
account OF It's volume within "A small
area. The traffic which may he OK
peCted to use the tunnel in 1912 has
been estimated at 37,160 vehicles
daily, which Is exclusive OF the nor
NAL traffic which will use the streets at
and about the entrance to the tunnel.
This Is moro than double that which
existed on Fifth avenue at Forty
second street in 1916 and Is only 50
per cent. OF the capacity OF the tun-
mel. In other words, the construction
of tunnel or the capacity proposed
would create congestion of traffic
greater than that for the removal OF
which the city is at present eXpend-
ing approximately more than 5000
In the Construction of the ramp at
Thirty-fourth street and the viaduct
between Fortieth and Forty-second
streets on Park avenue" This eX-
pert urges, therefore, the building OF
two tunnels at less expense and rum
ming them across the river at points
sufficiently wide apart along the wa
terfront to Offset congestion--ono tun-
mel for eastbound and the other tun-
mel for westbound service.
James Forgie of this city Is a tun-
mel driving expert and, as he puts 1t,
obtained his baptism Of compressed
air. during the building of the Black
wall Tunnel. He is frankly sceptical
as to the complete practicability OF
building a twenty-five foot tunnel OF
the sort for which Gen, Goethals
stands, and particularly when the shield
has to deal with both silt and rock in
burrowing from shore to shore under
the North River. The public prob
ably imagines that in tunelling oper-
atoms OF this character the shield Is
forced steadily forward exactly upon
the line chosen and at the prescribed
depth. AS n matter of fact, the shield
follows a more or less sinuous course
up and down and laterally, and 1t is
essential to success that the growing
structure give somewhat to the
changing stresses. that Is, possess q
measure OF adaptability.
Because of the way In which tn
cast iron lining or segments heretofore
The sun., 1919-06-29
NEVER would have thought
IT," said Mr.. Goslington.
but I've had to get a big

Out I've Ildu 10 BCt u Dlb
ger safe deposit box.
Before the great war had mod
est check account, and a little fund
slowed away in a savings bank for
emergencies, but no safe deposit box,
large or small. l had no use for one,
1 had no stocks or bonds to keep in
one; but when the war came and We
all began buying liberty bonds 1t
was different. I didn't want to keep
even the little bonds that represented
my initial investment lying around in
a bureau drawer or stored away in a
trunk. SO / rented a safe deposit box.
/ had often read the advertisements
OF the safe deposit companies telling
of how little you could get a box for,
and from that on up, pleasant read
ing always, suggestive OF wealth and
coupon cutting. and that sort of
thing, and now the time had come
when I needed a box myself; and II
was a very pleasant reflection.
guess you know the size box I took.
"Sull, thought that box would be
plenty big enough for me. I hadn't
many bonds to put in. you understand:
but, do you know, as soon as / got
the box | found that l had some
other things that really belonged in
It; insurance policies and some other
papers and documents that were OF
value to me for financial or other
reasons; and so while the bonds didn't
begin 10 take all the room I soon
found that my little box was packed
The sun., 1919-06-29

mel was to have three foot walks and a
single roadway, II feet wide. with
headroom of 10 feet. Messrs. W. II.
sponsored this project
The total estimated capacity of tho
so-called Goethals plan Is 36,500,00O
vehicles during year; and using the
same standards OF speeds and dis
tances between vehicles, II is authori-
tatively declared by Edward A. Byrne,
a prominent civil engineer OF this city,
that the Burr Mod jeski- Moran design
would take care of a total annual
movement OF 4,64G,000 vehicles and
the Jacobs Davies tunnel would ac-
commodate in the same time 1929, 900
It has been urged by one of the tech
meal critics OF the big 42-foot reen-
forced concrete tube that It's capacity
for traffic is unnecessarily large. That
is to say its roadways would accom-
modate at the very start n volume
of vehicular movement much greater
than is likely to flow through 1t twenty
years after it's completion. Therefore,
the inference IS that 1t would be more
economical to build more in keeping
with the probable demands in the next
two decades and not to concentrate
through ono great artery the daily
travel of forty-odd thousand wagons.
trucks and automobiles.
This objection Is one that well nigh
any New Yorker can appreciate II he
be familiar with the congestion at any
OF the New York-New Jersey ferry
entrances and tho streets leading to
them during the hours OF maximum
freight haulage. There are six down
town ferry terminals on the New York
side of the North River-at Cortandt.
Liberty, Barclay. Chambers, Desorosses
and Christopher streets. These lines
now transport daily about 10000 We
hicles; and the new tunnel Is expected
TO attract at least GO per cent. Of this
traffic, besides doing away to large
degree with the cross-river shipment
OF commodities aboard car floats, sc.
Just fancy what will DO the bottle
necking process when this tide of
motor trucks automobiles. wagons,
&C., are brought to a focus that will
| feed them into the two levels at the
tunnel portals! Inevitably the trihu-
tary surface highways will present a
traffic control problem of staggering
proportions. Not only that. but Just
think of the cross tide of the vehicles
bound up and down the Waterfront
to the steamship piers.
The sun., 1919-06-29

Frequently the argument Is ad-
vanced by engineers that large s;ruc-
lures pay better than smaller ones
and that there Is a distinct economy in
operative costs with increased size.
Apparently this does not apply in the
case OF the undertaking in question.
At a meeting OF civil engineers
in this city in March last Amos
Schaeffer expressed his opposition in
this manner: at is not clear why a
tunnel forty-two feet In diameter
should be built, even If 1t is possible
10 do so. All the economies which are
claimed for a tunnel of this size could
be applied to one OF smaller diameter
The sun., 1919-06-29
Mr.. Goslington Gets a Bigger Box

so that l had to-crowd the cover down
to get It to close.
And l will admit that the safe
deposit experience was a lot OF fun
TO me. 1t was Il real pleasure to me
to have my box politely hauled out
for me from It's deep pigeon hole In
the safe deposit vault; and 1t was,
pleasure to be shown to n cubby hole
with n door that could close. and
where l found a desk and pens and
ink and paper and shears and coupon
envelopes and 80 on; 1t was a pleasure
to be safe deposit customer. and !
certainly did smile when used those
shears for the first time, cutting OF
coupons.
Then the time came when, as I
bought more bonds. ana what with the
other stun in 1t, the>box was so full
that they had hard work to crowd It
into its pigeon hole and hard work
to pull It out, and then / simply had
to buy a bigger box, and that was fun,
too.
"Of course, you know did not now
buy a large safe. or room with
shelves around to store my bonds
on; nor did i have to hire a scissors
sharpener to keep my coupon shears
sharp so that my clerks would not be
delayed in cutting the coupons
may come to that, why not? Stranger
things than that have happened to
other people, and I don't know why
they might not happen to me. But
meanwhile It was a satisfaction to me
to reflect that had at least out
grown the little box. even though for
the time being might be able TO get
along nicely with one Just the next
size bigger"
The sun., 1919-06-29

Practically all of the quantities will be
greater for one large tunnel than for
two small ones. The shield will weigh
more and cost more to build: the
quantity Of material TO be excavatei
viii be greater. and the quantity of
concrete for the block lining Will be
greater. AS the number OF points c.
attack for two smaller tunnels would
be greater. and the material would be
handled through double the number
OF shafts and by double plants, two
tunnels could be- driven much more
rapidly than one OF the large sizo"
Continuing. Mr., Schaeffer said:
"There is still another and perhaps