davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
FINAL APPEAL FOR
FUNDS IS
ISSUED

Bismarck. \. d., Dec. 2S,~- What
the board Of auditors hopes will
be a final appeal for public sub.
Scriptions to dciray the cost OF
examining the state INDUSTRIES
state funds having been refused
was issued today. Unless the
response is immrdiate and liberal
the board faces Il deficit. The mp.
peal follows:
TO the People:
The response to- our appeal for
funds with which I" carry on the
examination 0i the state bank has
been very gratifying from some
districts; but there are many dis
tiicls that yet have not sent in Il
dollar. Money is not Forthcoming
in sufficient amount 10 dcfray the
cost from day to day. The rX.
penScs OF ID" last week have
taken all OF t'c money on hand
and we are anxious that the peUpI
contribute enough money 10 cover
the work now on hand. W. are
careful 10 see that the stat" is
getting a dOlIIr'S worth OF service
for every dollar expended and we
are assured that the result oi the
examination will be worth many
times il, cost to our citizens.
We suggest that the live. active
people OF every community get TO-
gcthcr and appoin! Il committee to
solicit funds al once and send
them in so that VIC may bc able TO
rlO.9r our work in Il proper and
identified form and with all bills
paid. Won't somebody please
start the movement in every city,
town and hamlet, at once!
The State Board OF Auditors.
William Langer. Attorney Gen.
craI, chairman; Thomas Hall, sec
retary OF state; Carl X. kOsitzky,
state auditor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
McCUMBER SEES
HARDING; TALKS
ON TARIFF BILL

Marion, o., Dec. 2S--Unitcd States
Senator Porter McCumber of North
Dakota, tie cDly republican member
Of the senate who voted for the Vcr
sailles treaty without reservation, to-
day advised Senator Harding to 20
ahead with his proposition for an as
sociation of nations independent OF
the league as he considered the
league dead so far as the United
States is concerned.
Marion, o., Dec. 28--Prcsdent elect
Harding today continued his discus
sion Of domestic questions with Sen
etor Porter McCumber Of North Da-
kota, ranking member Of the senate
inarce committee and with Oscar
Strauss. former secretary Of com"
mcrce and labor.
Senator McCumbcr is expected to
discuss with Mr.. Harding, besides
financial matters the proposed emer-
gencv tariff bill! now before the city.
Mr.. Strauss is expected to discuss
commerce affairs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
COMMERCE CLUB
ASKS ADVICE ON
BAND OF CITIES
Bismarck Organization Asks
Attitude on Statewide Or
ganization

Letters have been dispatched by the
Bismarck Commercial club to other
commercial organizations in the stat2 .
asking their ideas on a proposed
League of North Dakota Cities.' The
purposes Of such an organization, ac-
cordiug to the circular, would be:
l. TO review, under competent d.
rection, intra state and Interstate
freight and passenger tariffs at com
mon expense and in common inter
est.
2. TO review complaints and suits
of and concerning public utilities
whether municipal or Of private own
crship.
3. TO have studies made of city
paving and such likc municipal mat.
ters which require technical study, the
results of which are Of common in
terest to all North Dakota cities.
4. To be constituted (perhaps) of
elected executives from each munich
pality represented in the league, who
shall met upon Call and effect such
an organization as they may deem
essential or important
5. Also, during the legislative Hcs
sion, the presence of representatives
Of such an organization will safeguard
and promote legislation of common in
terest.
The Bismarck club has issued a
general circular setting forth it's will
ingness to serve any interest Of state
wide Importance seeking to better
civic or business conditions, in lcgis-
lativc matters.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
EQUALITY FOR
STATE OFFICE
~ WORKERS, PLAN
BUDGET Board to Recommend
Standardization Of Salaries,
II Is Said
THE PRUNING KNIFE
Appropriations Being Slashed-
Visits Made to lnsti-
tutiOns

rdization of salaries Of clerks
and stcnographers in the various Of
ficcs in the statchousc is to be recon-
mcnded by the state budget board. II
is expected that the board or the gov
ernor, in his message, will strongly
urge the legislature to govern appro-
priations so as to equalize pay among
the employees.
Under present conditions salaries
for clerical help, to some extent al
least, are fixed by departmental
heads. Either the Legislature will be
asked to fix them or to standardize
them.
The budget board, which is spend
Ing most of its time visiting institu-
tions, is preparing to use the pruning
knife freely on appropriations. Travel
expense, in particular, is to be re-
duced. 1t is said.
Anticipating general reduction in
prices many salaries will be lowered
to nearly the pre-wartime point. One
employe was much exercised when he
learned that his salary was to be cut
to the same figure that obtained l.;
l914.
Scale for Typists
Salaries for stcnographers will De
500 and $125 a month, it is under
stood, with $125 month salaries,
limited to small number. A large
humber Of stenographers now receiv
$125 a month and several receive $3.50
per month.
The appropriation recommended By
the state auditor for the 18th legisla-
tive assembly, 1921-1923, is to be cut
from a total of $l3O,000 to 100000, it
IS probable. Mileage and per diem
recommendations of the state auditor
we're tentatively cut from $4,000 to
$4,000; for employees OF the legisla-
ture from 100000 to $4,000, and mis-
ccllane0us expense from $4,000 to
$1,000.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
COURT DECLINES
TO ISSUE WRIT
Won't Accept Jurisdiction in Pc
titi0n for Examination

A new petition may be filed in the
supreme court asking that the indus.
rial commission and others deliver
up to the state board Of auditors rec
ords which the board claims arc with
held.
The supreme court late yesterday
afternoon declined to accept. jurisdic,
ion in the case in which the board
asked that writ be issued directing
the delivery of certain records Of the
Drake mill and elevator.
No record vote was taken by the
court. While it is understood the
:our members present were not unan-
mous Judge Bronson being away
there was not d majority willing tI
accept jurisdiction.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
CHARGED WITH
FRAUD ON BANK

Private detectives, operating under
orders of the North Dakota Bankers
association, have arrested Irving T..
Murray. said to be Of Lennon, 5. d..
on a charge of defrauding the Farm
crs State bank of New Leipzig, N. D.,
out Of more than $4,000, according to
word received here.
The arrest was made at Ross. n. >
home of Murray's sister, after he had
been trailcd six weeks by detectives
from town to town in Minnesota,
Iowa, North and South Dakotn and
Montana.
According to information received
by w. G. Macfaddcn, secretary of the
North Dakota Bankers association,
Murray made a false financial state
ment to the New Leipzig bank and
gave a mortgage to the bank on 300
head of cattle he did not own, recciv-
ing more than $4,000
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
VACCINATION
URGED IN CITY
Half Dozen Cases of Small POx
Are Reported

There arc Il half-dozcn cases OF
small pox in the city at the present
time, but this amount is small in conf
parison to the other parts of the
state, DR.. G. e. StackhOuse, health
officer said today.
Small pox has been generally re-
ported over the state and while Dr..
Stackhousc docs not consider il d
widespread epidemic he advises pec-
pic of the city to be vaccinatcd. Most
Of the people arc protected against
smallpox and there is no necessity OF
anyone contracting the disease, he
says.
There arc many cases of measles
among the children, but there arc ~
other contagious diseases reported to
city health authorities
Considerable bronchitis is reported
to physicians.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
MONTANA MAN
AND GIRL TO
FACE CHARGES
Beiseker and Stenographer Are
Held for Montana Bank
Busting
BOND is FURNIS ii f d

Plentyw0od, Montana, Dec. 2S--
Chester Beiscker, Cashier Of the
Sheridan County Bank of PlentywOOd
closed by the state bank examiner
last week when a shortage of approX-
mately $150,O00 was uncovered will
be given preliminary hearing on a
charge Of making false reports to the
examiner here tomorrow. He is at
liberty on bonds of $4,000. Miss Ella
Warner, his stenographer, yoluntar-
lily returns to Plentywood Saturday al
ter an absence OF three weeks and was
placed under arrest and will also be
given a hearing tomorrow on charge
Of making false entries.
Beiseker's bond was furnished by
r. l.. Beiseker, of Fessenden, n. D.,
president Of the bank who also guar
antecd all deposits.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
REVISION OF
TREATY HELD
GERMAN NEED
Chamber OF Commerce of Ham"
burg Says Progress Depends
Upon 1t
HOLDS u. S. is STRONG
Country Is in Favorable Position
to Gain Foreign
Trade
HOLDS U. S. is STRONG

Hamburg, Germany, Dec. 26.-~(By
the Associated Press) - Gcrmany's
foreign trade relations which in 1918
gave some promise Of gradual and
substantial Improvement suffered dis
astrously during 1920, the HAMBURG
cha mbcr Of commerce says in its an
nual report Without revision Of the
Versailles treaty, the chamber says, it
will be impossible for Germany to ar
rive at her normal economic and po-
litcal condition.
"Thcre are some signs of the be
guning of a better state Of COnditiOnh
in the apparent increased inclination
to work and the desire for better pro"
ductivc results adds the report
"Therc is d further movement toward
Improvement of German economical
conditions in the Overstocklng Of for.
cign markets with food and raw
stuffs."
The report advises against accept
ancc of foreign credits by the Ger
mans unless the stipulations for pay
Ing back the loans are clearly pre-
pared
L. 5. in Good Position
1T is believed by the chamber OF
commerce that the United States is II
remarkable position for development
of it's world trade and It thinks the
Hamburg American line Hartman
shipping arrangement has placed Ger
many in a position to obtain some
share of the expanding business.
German commerce with the South
American countries is reported to be
virtually at StandStill.
The effect OF the American black
list on German goods is seen in neu-
tral countries Of South America
where, according to the report, Ger
man firms are finding it almost i'm
possible to resume business. German
prices, which arc described as too
high. are declared to have adversely
affected trade. particularly in Colom-
bia, where most buyers who con-
tractcd with Germany firms cancelled
their orders IN favor Of the Americans
Export Of German iron and hard
ware to Argentina is developing while
Argentine shipments to Germany are
restricted to foOdstuffs. German
steamers arc sailing direct to Argcn-
tina and Uruguay.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
FEDERAL FORCE
INYADES TOW n
IN WISCONSIN
Forty-Eight Armed Men Are
Out to Clean Up. Hurley,
Wisconsin
CARRIED 3S w ARR Al NTS
Town Alleged to BE Wide Open
Spot in the North
Woods
CARRIED 3S w A r K A NTS

Hurley, Wis, Dec. e. - Forty.
eight federal prohibition agents
from Chicago surprised the Is
open saloons in Hurley, making
forty arrests before noon,
The federal agents we're armed
but not Il shot was fired during
tic three hours Of operation. The
raid followed a wild nigh. at Hur.
ley during which liquor had been
sold ut bargain rates, ranging
from - cents for mOonshinc whiS-
key to Is cents for WeIl-kn0wn
brands. Among the arrests were
lumber jacks too paralyzcd from
liquor to know what was happen.
ing.
The saloons here are clustered
near the bridge over the Montreal
river from lrOmwOOd and 81 ai-
legged liquor blocks Of Silver street
which is the city'S principal thor.
Ougl;iare.
hulley Is Il lumber town OF
$3.50.
Chicago, Dec. 20. Forty eight arm
ed prohibition agents headed by JOS
aph Callahan, chief of staff to MajO
Dalrymplc in his Iron River. Michi
gan, liquor raid last spring We're e,
route to Hurley, WISCONSIN this morn
ing to clear the town Of alleged boot
|eggers. The party carried SO war
rants with instructions to arrest ever,
man named by force if necessary.
The town of Hurley is said to one
Of the wide open spots in the nortl
woods. 1t is logging camp and i!
said to be the scene OF much moon
shining.
The armed force left Chicago head
quarters late yesterday and was cX
pected to arrive in Hurley this after
noon. 1t was in the Hurley ncighbOr
hood that John ChiausO, an alleged
liquor runner, was killed last fall b.
Leo J. Groves, prohibition agent fol
upper Michigan, whom the Wisconsin
now are seeking to extra
lite for trial.
Grove made the complaints tha
caused Major Dalrymple, former pro
enforcement agent, for th'
central states. to lead his expedition
TO Iron River.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
TWO DEER FOUND NORTH OF CITY WITH
THEIR HORNS INTERLOCKED, BOTH DEAD
Two Bucks Engaged Struggle Which Brought Death
of Them-Said to BE Unusually Old, Large and Powerful
Horns Tightly lnerIocked

wcdged together that it is said
that no human being could pull
them apart.
They had been dead probably
four or five days. Their bodies
were frozen. The forehead of one
was pierced, and the magpics had
eaten at it's nose. The other buck
had an eye pierced by a horn.
Otherwise there was little evil
dencc Of the struggle. One Of
them probably was killed when a
sharp horn pierced its head; the
other probably had starved.
The six year old buck, the small
cr, was the one which had been
killed, but the victor also was van
quished.
The bodies lay in an isolated
place, but it is probable that the
spot will be visited in a day or
two, the heads removed and pre-
sented to the state museum.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
START ORGANIZATION OF GUARD
COMPANY IN CITY; YOUNG MEN
WITHOUT TRAINING ARES0UGHT

panics have been organized the livcst
young men Of the cities have Joined
according to Maj Harold SOrcnson. Of
the Adjutant-Gcncral's department.
The company will become somewhat
like club for them.
No man who has served in the mill
tia or in the United States Army will
deny the value Of military training. il
is declared by the organizers. Young
men Of Bismarck, through the new
company are offered all opportunity
to get real training.
Among the plans now under way for
the development of the National
Guard in the northwest is to have an
encampment lin the south for two
weeks during the winter, rather than
in the summer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28

Organization Of d nationll guard
company in Bismarck has begun.
Unless Bismarck young men respond
the city will lose the company allo-
Gated to it by the Adiutant General.
Efforts will be made to organize the
company as quickly as possible.
Capt E. G. Wanncr and Capt, I. L..
Graham are in charge of the organ
ization and applications may be made
to them. Under new regulations it is
necessary to have but so enlisted to
qualify under state regulations, which
number must be increased to 65 next
July.
Young men who have had no mill
tary training are sought for members.
III other cities of the state where COM
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
+. L. Watkins Compares Pres
ent Methods to Old Carload
Shipments Into Bismarck and
Other North Dakota Towns
EX-SOLDIERS IN IT, CLAIM

Whiskcy running is spectacular
business, but liquor doesn't flow into
the state as it used to when it was
shipped in by train, declared r. l..
Watkins, superintendent OF the state
enforcement league.
During these days of spectacular
whskey running it may be well to
stop and think OF the old days." says
Mr.. Watkins. High h-powered automo-
biles, six shooters and high-powered
rifles are high sounding terms and
whiskey smuggling across the Cana
dian border has become very talk
able subject with lot of stories true
and false. | have no desire to under
estimate whiskcy running and the
amount of liquor coming from Canada,
however, it might be we'll to recall
tho old days as a comparison with the
present.
"Prior to 1909 there were open sa
looms in the larger part Of the west
half Of the state; saloons with bars
and back bars running wide open. AT
Dickinson there were II saloons and
as late as 1908 the city was taking
license money in the way OF Il monthly
fine from each saloon There were
perhaps 200 in the slope country. III
1903 there were about 25oO govern
ment licenses issued in North Dakota
and many more places that did not
pay the government tax.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
FARMING COST
ON PROGRAM OF
SIX INSTITUTES

Cost production on farms is to be
one Of the chief subjects to be discuss
cd at six farmers institutes to be held
in various parts of the state. according
to Commissioner of Agriculture John
IIagan. The meeting places will be
chosen so that farmers from all parts
OF the state will have an opportunity
to attend, Mr. Hagan said He has en-
gagged DR.. Spillman, who was engaged
in cost production and other farm re-
search work in the U. S. department
of agriculture for several years, to de-
liver addresses at the meetings.
Farm marketing also will be dis
cussed at the meetings, Mr.. Hagan
said
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
MINOT BANK CLOSED

Fargo, n. d., Dec. 2S.-Oificcrs of
the First Farmers Bank, Of this city,
which closed Wednesday. are confident
that affairs will be Strengthened out
The bank closed, they said, because
farmers, not having sold their grain,
were unable to liquidate. Anthony
Walton. prominent member of the
Nonpartisan league and former lcgis-
lator is president Of the Savings Loan
and Trust company, which owned the
First Farmers bank The First Sc
curity Bank. Of Carpio. owned by the
same trust company, also closed.
The Peoples State bank at fi1ttou,
organized by John Hastings and
Thomas Allen Box when they were
identified with the NOnpartsan league
closed last Thursday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28

Two big buck deer lay In the
snow in an isolated clump Of will
lows just north Of Bismarck, their
horns interlockcd, both dead.
The unsual sight was discover
cd by Bismarck boys while tramp
ing through the woods Sunday.
Ono Of the deer had been pierced
by an antler and fell to his knees.
When the two were found they
had fallen to the ground, one with
crumpled knees indicating the
manner in which it had fallen.
One of the bucks, it is said, was
eight years old, an unusual age for
a buck in this section. The other
was six years old. Both were un-
usually large.
The fight had been fierce. Quite
a patch of ground had been clear
ed in the fierce struggle. When
they finally locked horns the horns
on one side were SO tightly
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
ARMENIANS IN
A BAD PLIGHT

Cons'antinople, Dcf. 2%.-Dispatchcs
from Armenia depict the situation
under the soviet regime as lamentable.
owing to the shortage of food. Eighty
carloads of grain have been sent to
Privan, the capital. by Moscow.
The eleventh BOlshevik army went
without bread ration SO it might be
given workers and peasants of soviet
Armenia, dispatches say.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
WATER CASE is
NOT HEARD HERE

The case in which the City Of Bis
marck asks the cancellation of the
franchise of the Bismarck Water Sup
ply company, which was expected to
be heard in federal court here while
Judge Woodrough was sitting may be
heard in Fargo in the near future. ac-
cording to City Attorney O'Hare. The
water company filed a motion to dis
miss the case, and the first step will
be argument on the motion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
BOOZE RUNNING EXCITING
BUT HARVEST IS SMALL
S24 PER TON IS
PAID FOR COAL

Boston, Dec. 23.--Thousands Of per-
sons in Massachusetts are buying coal
on a cooperative basis and many cor
porations are making purchases for
their employees, state fuel admins
TRAITOR Huffman announced. He said
also that because Of a market shortage
500 residents of Essex had been OBJ
ligcd to pay $1,000 and $24.00 ton.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
SnWGr 10 Rc iSuilt

The city commission, at it's meeting
last night, approved a resolution for
he extension Of a sewer, the contract
;cr which was let last week, on Ave
rue A from a point 1870 feet west of
the west line of Hannafn street to
AnC rsOn street.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
SEE INVASION
OF ARSON RING

UniontOwn, Pa, Dec. 2X. Belief
that the Fayettc county arson ring
had invaded UnontoWn was ex-
pressed by authorities today when fire
broke out in d business building and
destroyed it with d loss of $15O,000.
William PantelOs, owner of the store
in the building, was held for hearing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
SOME SURRENDER

Paris, Dec. 2S. F'iuman legion
naires and Dalmation volunteers at
lara, a port south Of Fiume on the
Dalmation coast, have surrendered
to Italian regulars, after failing In
an attempt to capture the Italian
warship Marsala. The, volunteers
boarded the vessel but the crew re-
sisted capture and seized q Of the
DICTIONARIES landing them at An
coma, an Italian port on the western
side of the Adriatic, says a Havas
dispatch.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
REYNOLDS STORE
is DESTROYED

Reynolds N. D.. Dec. 2S.--Fire COM
pletely destroyed the Reynolds Co.
operative store and the Charles Tabor
drug store early Sunday morning, the
loss being $4,000, partly covered by
insurance.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
WHEAT IN DECLINE

Chicago, Dec. 2S.-Wheat declined
in value today as result of selling or
the part of houses with eastern con-
nections. Opening quotations which
varied from unchanged figures tc
~ cents lower were followed by q
moderate downturn all around.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
MINOT WEATHER
VARIES WIDELY

Minot, Dec. 28--Tcmpcraturc var.
lat 'ons of IS degrees has been regis.
tered here in the last - hours. At
sunup yesterday the official temper
aturc was recorded as 30 degrees be.
low zero and at the same time this
morning the mercury was p above.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
SEC. COLBY
ENTERTAINED

Montcvidco, Dec. 2S-Bainbridge
Cc]by, american Secretary Of State,
who arrives here today faces busy
program of entertainment which will
continue until Friday night. In adj
dition to other functions planned in
his homer has been added ball by the
American colony, and banquet by
he municipality. Elaborate arrange
mcnts were made to control the
(.rouflc
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
FIUME LEADER,
D'ANNUNZI0, is
HIT BY SHELL
News Confirming Report of
Wound Is Received-Said
Slight
T AL1ANS CLOSING IN
Premier Says There Is Reason
to Believe That Fiume Is
Occupied

Trieste, Dec. 2!S.--News confirming
reports that Gabrielle d'Annunzio, the
Italian insurgent leader at Fiume, had
been wounded in the recent fighting
between his legiOnnaires and General
Cayigila's regular troops was received
here today. No details were given,
however.
Later ndyices said that GAnnunzi0
was struck In the head by a piece of
shell while conyersing in the palace
but that the wound was slight.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-28
OIL REDUCTION
FIRST IN YEARS

Pittsburgh. Dec. 28.-Thc first cut
in the price Of crude oil for more
than three years was announced to-
day when the principal purchasing
agencies posted S. a barrel for the
grade known as Corning, reduction
of 25 cents a barrel All other grades
unchanged.