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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-10-24
on motion adjourned.
c.. r. WOLLTHAN,
County Auditor.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY
OF STEVENS, CITY OF MORRIS. SIS.

OF' STEW EMS, CII1 Of' MOHEtlS, IS.
Pursuant to resolutions adopted by
the Board of Freeholders of the City of
Morris at a legal meeting held this
Goth day of September, we, the under
signed, comprising majority of the
said Board of Freeholders, under and
pursuant to the power conferred upon
us by the Constitution and the General
Laws and Statutes of the State of Min
nesota, do hereby propose the following
to the Charter of said City
of Morris to be submitted to the voters
and acted upon as prescribed by law,
viz:
That the second paragraph of SEC
TON So, which reads as follows:
1.-THE aggregate amount levied by gen.
eral taxation in any one year for all or
said funds, not including funds num-
bered one and two (No. 1 and No p
the dollar of the assessed valuation of
all taxable property in said City, and
levy in excess of such limitation shall
be void as to such excess"
be amended so that, as amended, it will
read as follows:
1.-THE aggregate amount levied by gen.
eral taxation in any one year for all
of said funds, not including funds num-
bered one and two CNo. 1 and No. p
shall not exceed thirty 600 mills on the
dollar of the assessed valuation Of all
taxable property in said City, and a
levy in excess of such limitation shall
be void as to such excess"
II.
That SECTION So be amended by adj
ding thereto an additional para graph to
be numbered Paragraph 8, and to read
as follows:
1.-THE City of Morris may issue bonds
or certificates of Indebtedness by ordin-
ance as follows:
g. ITO provide funds for the pay
ment of the cost of grading, paving and
otherwise improving the intersections
of streets, avenues and alleys with
other streets, avenues and alleys. The
proceeds of such bonds or certificates of
indebtedness shall be paid into and be
administered as part of the permanent
improvement fund"
Respectfully submitted to His Honor,
G. w Geenty, Mayor of the City or
Morris, this 30th day of September
1919.
E. j. JONES, Chairman.
N VINJE, Secretary.
A l.. STENGER,
JOS J. GAFFNEY,
w. F. COOLEY,
PAUL L. SPOONER,
J. G. MORRISON,
F. A. HANCOCK,
J. r. KRUGER,
! F. r. PUTNAM,
M. B. LORD,
c. A. DUSHEK,
F. E. WARE,
GEO. w. BEISE,
JAS. J. MCCARTNEY.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
Visit in Mandan

Visit in Mandan.
Miss Hattie Germain and Mrs. Roy
Norman visited friends in Mandan
Thursday afternoon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
FOUR BLOCKS IN RICHARDT0N
BUSINESS DISTRICT DESTROYED
BY FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING

Richardon, N. d. June 28Severa hundred thousand DOL
lars damage resulted from fire which swept the
district Radt0n at 1880 this morning. wpng four blocks
of Stores Offices elevators and lumber yards leaving
of people homeless No effort has been made yet
estimate the loss The entire business section in ashes
ton has telephone communication with the outside world the
exchange having been wiped the blaze and
little village stunned Fortunately the beautiful abbey situated
near the outskirts of the town. escaped damage.
The blaze discovered shortly after midnight this morning.
en already had enveloped of the two large Rchardon
elevators The blaze spread rapidly that before the village
department could get into action the fire hall ames much
the freghtng equipment damaged destroyed the
village left helpless call sent to Dickinson ad and the
Queen City fire department and the Northern Pacific fight
were hurried to the blazing village special train.
By this time the flames had gained such headway that there
checking them and the best that could done was to
protect property which had not already caught fire. In this the
Dickinson succeeded and the flames confined
to their original area.
The property DESTROYED includes two large elevators partly
filled with gran the large Killer Lumber yard the Mandan
of the towns banks the telephone exchange
other stores and shops.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
T0WNLEY TO
TAKE STAND
" IN DEFENSE
Gilbert Also Will Seek to Clear
Himself by Giving Tes.
timOny
RECALL OTHER SPEECHES
League Attorneys Declare Ad-
dresses We're on Eco
nOmic Issues
RECALL OTHER SPEECHES

Jackson, Mimi, June 2S.-Attor.
neys for A. c. Townley and Joseph
Gilbert, on trial in district cour-- here
charged with conspiracy to teacn sc.
dition, formally outlined to newspa.
per men this morning the probable
leading phases of their defense on
the basis of testimony 50 far intro.
duced by the state.
Townley and Gilbert are to take the
stand to testify regarding speeches
which have been read into the record
by court reporters and others who re-
ported these addresses made ut vari-
GUS Nonpartisan meetings. The de-
Tense will contend that Townlcy an,l
Gilbert were within their rights in
discussing economic issues, anG the
defense will introduce transcripts of
several addresses which they state
will show differences in the word
Ing of declarations which the state
holds were disloyal.
The attorneys also intimated they
have in their possession letters and
other correspondence between Off
cials in various Minnesota coun.ies
which the attorneys said represented
concerted action to oppose Nonpart-
1san league gatherings"
The first witness called by the
state this morning was o. D. Starr Of
Cambridge, Mimi, who testified re-
garding two speeches which Townley
made in that town.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
$525,000 WILL
BE INVESTED IN
GOOD HIGHWAYS
App0rtionment of Automobile
License Funds Began by
Registrar Luehrs

A. w. Luehrs, automobile registrar
in the state highway department, has
begun the apportionment of $525,0O0
which has been collected to date
from license fees. OF this amount,
$150,OOO is directly appropriated to
finance the highway commission OF
the remainder, so per cent goes to
the counties from which the fees or.
iginated; ten per cent may be ex-
pended on highway construction or
maintenance as the commission may
elect, and forty per cent must be ex-
pended on state roads.
To date 7O,572 licenses have been
issued as against total of 1851
last year. Mr. Luehrs estimates that
there are 10000 cars yet to be H.
censed in the state. The average IL
cense fee, in spite of the new basis
of registration is running but $1.1O
higher than last year. This is ac-
counted for, states Mr.. Luehrs, by
the fact that Is per cent of the cars
registered are Fords, and of these
about 60 per cent are old cars which
take advantage Of the minimum fee
of S.. Under the old act Fords paid
a fee of 81 for each of the first three
years of their operation. Under the
present law the fee decreases each
year after the first, when the rate on
a new Ford is $7.65, until the per.
manent minimum of S. is reached.
Eighty per cent Of the new cars reg
istered in North Dakota this year are
Fords. says Mr.. Luehrs. .
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
WILSON FIRST
PRES. TO ACT
NEG0TIAT0R
Portions of Treaty Remain to Be
Perfected With Austria
and Turkey

Washington, June 2S.-Signing al
Versailles Of the peace treaty be-
tween the allies and Germany, form
ally brings to a close the worlds
greatest war, although technically
peace will como to each nation only
when the treaty is approved by the
ratifying power of that nation, actu.
ally, the war ended when representa-
tives Of the allied and associated
powers and of Germany affixed their
signatures to the treaty. Likewise
was brought to an end the armistice
granted Germany November II, 1918,
and the period of doupbt attending
the negotiations.
With the signing Of the treaty, the
work Of the peace conference proper
is brought to conclusion after more
than five months of conferences. Por-
tions Of the treaty with Austria yet
remain to be completed, and aegotia-
tions with Turkey and Bulgaria, still
must be conducted, but as to Ger
many, chief of the enemy powers, on
ly the carrying out through a long
period Of years Of the provisions of
the treaty will remain.
The ceremony at Versailles also
brought to an end the work of Pres.
Wilson in Paris as head of the Amer
ican peace mission, and in signing
the treaty as such, he became the
first president of the United States
to sign treaty as negotiator.
Signing of the peace treaty began
at 1890 Washington time the Off,
cial report said. President Wilson
signed at 3:14 Paris time; DR.. Her
bert Mueller signed at 3:12. All
Germans had finished signing at 3:15.
The order of signing after Wilson was
Lansing, White, House and Bliss.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28

judicial red1Strlctlng DlllS.
Towniey Is Losing.
A loss of 25 per cent in the Town
ley strength shown in the last gen
eral election, in November, 1916, is
indicated in these returns. In coun-
ties in which any great amount OF
personal work was done, almost with
out exception Townley sustained a Sc
we're defeat. This was especially true
in the central counties and on the
Slope. The loss of Mcintosh, EN-
mons and Logan is severe blow to
Townleyism, but the most unkindest
cut of all is the slump Of Morton,
where the league lost faore than 800
votes owing to Townleys personal
quarrel with William LANCER, attor-
ney general. Even in Bowman and
Mclean counties, strongest Of the
strong, the league lost from ten to
forty per cent of It's former voting
strength.
While the election was not COM
plete victory for the opposition to "A.
c. Townley, it was far from a bitter
defeat, for it proved that the people
of North Dakota will. still respond to
education. To Townley the election
will unquestionably serve as notice
to 60 slow. At least ten thousand
leaguers have notified their president
that they cannot approve his extreme
radicalism. If the league holds in
line the very small margin Of ma
jority with which it comes out Of
this election it will do so through an
attempt to manage the state-owned
utilities safely and conservatively,
rather than to follow a policy appar-
emily entered upon before election of
making them dumping ground for
socialist job-seekers from other
states.
Careful observers are confident
that North Dakota, even though it did
not succeed In freeing itself from
Townley's clutches last Thursday
made a long stride forward, and that
there is every reason to look for
ward with confidence to the next gen.
eral election, by which time the
Townley tax program will have had a
practical application.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
SISTERS OF SLOPE
BANKER DROWNED

Mandan, N. D., July 2S-Mrs. Ben.
no Schimansky who is visiting rela-
tives here, this morning received a
telephone message from her husband
at Minot saying that he had received
a telegram from his brother Otto at
St. Paul carrying the sad intelligence
that their two sisters Miss Sallie
Schimansky and Miss Josie Schim-
ansky were drowned yesterday in a
lake in Wisconsin where they were
spending their summer vacation Ot-
to schimansky who is a banker at
Solen left on No. for st. Paul last
night intending to visit his sisters at
the lake.
MISS CalNe schimansky will be
we'll remembered by Mandan people
having been employed in the county
auditors office during 1909. The
sympathy of their many friends will
be extended to Mr.. and Mrs. Schim-
anSky,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
DRY LEADERS TO
HOLD JUBILEE AT
FARGO JULY IL
Advent of National Prohibition
Will Be Celebrated by North
Dakota Workers
LANCER IS ON PROGRAM
Attorney General Scheduled for
Two Addresses Capt. Hob.
son to Give Talk

Fargo, June 28.-Dry forces from
many parts Of North Dakota will
gather at the new Lutheran church in
Fargo to celebrate the advent of ma
tional prohibition July 1 and 2. The
prohibition jubilee will open at 10
o'clock July l with an address by the
Hon. H. T. Quanbeck, president Of the
North Dakota Total Abstinence Asso-
citation, to be followed with greet
ing from the National Anti-Saloon
League of America, delivered by its
general superintendent, DR.. P. A. Ba-
ker. The North Dakota league will be
represented by Rev. F. L. Watkins Of
Bismarck. Senators McCumber and
Gronna have sent greetings to be read
as have Representatives Young, Baer
and Sinclair. An interesting after
noon session will begin at 2 o'clock,
when Judge r. NJ. Pollock will speak
on "The Story of the Fight"
LANCER to Speak s
In the evening two addresses will
be given by Attorney General LANCER,
and the Hon. E. E. Lobeck Of Alexan-
dria, Minn., will speak. Mr.. Lobeck is
CIcultcu Will Having AHc'uc 1lO1c CcHA-
perance and prohibition speeches than
any other living man in the west. He
is said to be a magnetic and convinc-
ing public speaker.
Wednesday; July 2, during the fore
noon session noted pioneers in the
fight will speak, and in the afternoon
Miss Minnie J. Nelson, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, will
speak on "The Teaching Profession
and Prohibition" at the close of which
fifty pioneers and "warhorses" in the
prohibition arena willsbe presented to
the audience. During the evening ses-
sion the Hon. Waldenar Ager, editor
Of the Reform, Eau Claire, Wis, will
speak on the contribution to the pro-
hibition cause given by the Norwe-
gians of the United States, and an ad-
dress by the Hon. Richard Pearson
Hobson of Alabama on "The Greatest
Reform in History" will bring the
jubilee to close.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
BURLEIGH MAY
BEAT BRINT0N
PRINTING BILL
With But Six Precincts Missing,
Majority Against Measure
Is Four a.

The Brinton printing bill, the most
unpopular Of all measures submitted
at Thursdays referendum election
ran true to form In Burleigh county
There was spread Of 244 between
the printing bill and the bank OF
North Dakota bill in returns from
4S of Burleigh county's 81 precincts
tabulated up to noon today. The six
country precincts from which returns
were not available at noon sent in
their reports sealed, and nothing def
mite will be- known from these until
the returns are officially canvassed
Bank is High.
With six precincts missing, the
vote at noon today in Burleigh stood
as follows:
Printing bill-12sO-1294.
Board of Observation-Disclosures
Tax commissioner-1350-120S.
Commissioner of Immigration
13O4-1273.
Industrial commission-1367-1162.
Judicial districts-1324-1245.
Bank of North Dakota-1396-1156.
The vote in the rural districts as
between the various bills ran along
much the same lines as in the city
wards of Bismarck The bank of North
Dakota proved to be a favorite, while
comparatively little distinction was
made among the other measures, ex-
cept that the industrial commission
act led the tax commission bill trifle
on the aye side.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
LEAGUE GAINS
1912 TO ANTIS'
1878 VOTES
Thursdays Results Not Very
C0nsoling to President Town
ley and Associates
PROPHETIC OF NEXT BOUT
If Opposition Continues to In
crease, No-Partyites Will Be
in Minority in 1920

With but eighty out Of 2,370 pre-
cincts missing, and with the probable
ity that these precincts when record
ed will not alter the result one way
1000, F.e tabulated results of Thurs
days general referendum election af
ford an interesting study
Returns from 2.290 out of 1870 pre-
cincts show "W7e Will Stick" vote
of $3.50 for the league measures and
49,113 votes against them. The
league majority is 6.456. Last fall
Frazier polled 54,517 votes against
Doyle's 36.735. The league Thursday
increased its vote 1852 over last
November. The opposition increased
its vote 12,07S. The leagues net loss
in strength was 1926 votes. The
total vote Thursday was 104,6S2, as
compared with 91.252 last fall, an in
crease of 13,430. OF these 13,430
additional votes. the opposition claim
ed 1878 and the league 1852 Thurs.
days vote was about $4,000 below the
high vote of November, 1916. Should
this record vote of 100000 be attained
in the next general election, and
should the same ratio of gain be
maintained, the league would be about
5000 to the bad when the hallots
were counted.
Few Gains Made.
It IS significant that the leagues
gain of approximately 1,052 votes was
confined to very few counties, while
in practically every league county
there was some loss. One of the big
gest increases in the state from a
league standpoint was made in Het.
finger county, which was completely
Neglected - the opposition. In
every other county, with perhaps a
half-dozen exceptions, the opposition
showed substantial gains, indicating
that the disintegration of the league
is not localized in any one regon but
is general over the state.
The leagues actual loss, insofar
as it's actual margin over the opposi-
ti0n is concerned, was 1926 votes
as compared with November, 1918,
and 58,243 when contrasted with Fra
zier's majority of 64,699 over his two
opponents in November, 1916. The
1916 vote. of course, was no criterion
Of league strength, inasmuch as the
people Of North Dakota 4.aE not at
that time overcome their ages.old
habit of voting the republican tick
ct straight, regardless. Lynn J. Fra
zier secured the nomination at the
spring primaries on the republican
whether they were leaguers or no,
voted ar their party candidate The
league, however is nob shown by
thursdays returns to be gaining
strength which is can rely upon when
real test comes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
SURE
HE WON'T BE
SURRENDERED

Amerongeon wednesday, June 25.
Former Emperor Wilhelm and his
advisers are apparently fully conf
dent the Netherland government
would be unable to consent to the
Entente's forthcoming demand for his
extradition, which the former en-
peror's suite regard illegal under ex-
listing international laws.
The former monarch was outward
ly calm today after the first shock Of
hearing that Germany had decided to
sign the treaty without reservation.
His wife, however, was more effected
and appears to be deeply saddened
by the prospect that it will bel impos
sible for her ever to return to Ger.
many.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
VOTE CONTINUES TO FAVOR LEAGUE|
BUT MAJ0RITIES ARE REDUCED TEN
THOUSAND FROM THOSE OF AUTUMN
Indications Are Today That Original Estimate of
5000 Margin for Nonpartisan Measures
Will Prove Very Near Correct

More complete returns from Thursdays referendum election
continue to favor the Nonpasan league and indications at
today that The bunes original estimate Of lead of 5000
for league submitted Thursday will nearly
correct is5a
ties with nothing all from Slope which expected return
majority Of about 800 for the league the vote was
YES, $3.50.
NO. 49,113.
League majority, 6456
Tribune has succeeded in obtaining complete returns
from Rchland where big majority against the league anc
pated but any increase opposition strength from this
likely to be than by returns from missing precincts
in territory favorable to the league.
figures based largely upon the vote the printing
BILL least popular of the It will be safe to es
mate three thousand for the Bank of North
BILL which probably the average 100 ahead Of
the printing bill each county, The the educational bill
will be about the that the printing b with small
increase the maores for the commission immigration and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
Home From the East.

B. c. Marks, vice president of the
City National bank, accompanied by
Mrs. Marks, arrived home on We'd
nesday evening from pleasant trip
tn points in the east. While gone
they visited at Wilmington, DEL,
Scranton and Philadelphia, Penn, and
various other places. While gone Mr..
Marks attended a convention Of the
Canadian and United States jurisdic-
ton of the 40. U.W. Mr.. and Mrs.
Marks were absent from the city
about three weeks.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28

A box of old fashioned goose quills
sharpened by the expert pen sharp
ener of the French diplomatic depart
ment was placed on the table of the
diplomats who desired to follow the
ancient custom.
The teak Of the Paris treaty will be
presented to the chamber Of deputies
July 1, by Premier Clemenceau. Pre-
mier Lloyd George will address the
house of, commons July on the
peace treaty.
CONTROL HAMBURG,
Berlin, (Friday) June 27.-It is Of
cicially announced that government
troops are in complete control at
Hamburg. No fighting is reported in
the city, and it is said that sufficient
troops are arriving to assure q res
toration of normal conditions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
EXAMINATION FOR
EIGHTH GRADERS

Final eighth grade examinations are
being held in the offices of w. f. Par.
sons, Rurleigh county superintendent
cf schools, finishing up the quota OF
work for this year. The examinations
yesterday and today, June 26 and q,
We're for pupils Of neighboring districts
where the schools are now closed. Sim
liar examinations are also being con-
Quoted in few Of the schools in the
county.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
Lowest
Temperatures.
DIRIGIBLE TO MAKE TRIP,

London, June 2S.-The British di-
rigible H "a is expected to arrive in
the United States July 5 or on a
round trip across the Atlantic the
first to be undertaken by a lighter
than air craft.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-28
CONTROL HAMBURG,
TEXAS NINTH
STATE TO VOTE
ON SUFFRAGE

Austin, Texas, June 2S.-Texas to-
day became the ninth state to ratify
the proposed federal wOmanS suf-
rage amendment when the senate rat
flied the resolution.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-09-30
Trade Follows the Light

1t is characteristic svf human mature
10 give attention to the unusual II
we hear an unusual noise in the
street we walk to tire window ITO see
what has happened If in the might
we are in search Cof amusement our
attention is attracted to the bright
and glowing light in front of an
amusement house lnr park. The city
or town therefore with the best light
cd streets attracts the people from
the surrounding district.
Trade follows the light-brighter
streets are buster streets. "White
Way" lighting is the most profitable
business getting Investment for
merchant or a town. Actual statistics
are available to show exact increase
.in business due entirely to the
Great White Way street lighting
system.
Generally speaking, the value of
property on business street is
directly proportionate to the number
Of people who make use of the streets
as a tho~ughfare. The amount of
business a retail merchant does de
ponds upon the number of people who
frequent the streets; therefore any
thing which makes the street at
tractive will increase property vahae
and business.
Your opportunity will be given
next week to voice your sentiments
of Great White Way.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-09-30
.FIDDlERS' CONTEST
AT UNION FRIDAY

The improvement Club Of Union
City High school, will hold an Old
Fiddlers' contest at the High school
building, on Friday night, Oct. 8, for
the benefit of the school.
All fiddlers of sthe old regime of
Madison and adjoining counties are
cordially requested to come and take
part, and are guaranteed a fair deal.
Turkey IN the Straw, "Hen
Cackle", and Shorten Bread" viii
be barred ON account of not being
old enough.
The old pieces, such as "Wagoner'',
"Waynesboro", Martha Campbell'',
"Forked Deer, Billy in the low
Ground, Arkansas Traveller, ~Cal-
lahan" and Fishers and Ricketts, Horn
Pipe, and many others will be play
ed.
Judges familiar with these old
time pieces will be selected SO rosin
de bow and be on hand.
$40 cash win be 1st prize given by