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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21

ing yesterday for the parade. a num-
Der from here also attended the nam
quet and ceremonial In the evening.
Although thc Salvation army drive
was scheduled TO end last night those
in charge were not ready TO make a re-
port on the amount Of the subscriptions;
Eleven recruits have been accepted
for enlistment IN the army at the local
recruiting office thus far this month.
The choir Of the First MethodiSi
church last night rehcarsed speclai
music for the bacCalaureate service %
be held Sunday evening.
4 number from here attended the
meeting OF the Mystic Art club last
night at the home Of Mrs. Willam
Brooks at Shadystdc.
A special musical program was rem
dered last night at the Second Method-
list Episcopal church.
The Daughters Of Isabella entertainer
with an informal dance last night at
their room In the Xweig building.
Miss Bertha Eberle OF Franklin strcct,
entertained members Of the 7. Is. cIuo
last night at her home. :,
Members Of the Mary II. Rodetcr ~
vision Of the w. {. 7. L. met last night
at the home of Mrs. w. J. Thomas on
Central avenue.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21

laire, from A. w. Tendon. and is trying
his prentice hand" on gardening, the
novelty Of which he finds refreshing
after his late oversee service.
John Gossett and family Of Bannock.
were Sunday guests Of Mrs Emma Nc
Earl Shoulter and family OF Oco. were
callers with the family of J. B. Clark.
on Sunday.
Rret 10 learn Of her continued serious
illness from pulmonary trouble at her
home In Bethe sda.
! Quite a number from here attended
the baccalaureate service In the Presby-
terrain church at st. Clairsville on Sum
day evening Rev. l.. r. Lawther de-
liyered the discourse TO a crowded house
ard the class OF t&enty-six graduates
could not but be benefited by his ear
nest appeal that thsy take stock. OF
themselves and set about with Will TO
bring their lives to the very highest
fruifon.
Tha Junior-Senior banquet Of the st.
Clairsville high school will be held at
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21

Welcome Inn on the evening Of Friday.
the fourteenth.
The pupils Of the local school will
pass through the crucial test OF 'hnAle'
on Monday and Tuesday Of next week.
after which they may relax until Friday
when the last day will be celebrated by
a hike. In the country accompanied BY .
wholesome lunch.
Miss Matte Mcpherson, leader Of the
Kings Herald Eand, II preparing Z
evening Of May twenty-third. The pro-
gram will consist Of readings. dialogues.
solos. music by tho band and an addrsss
by Rev. III. o. TeaEarden. A silver Of
ferinE viii be taken which will 60 to.
ward the building OF hospital In China
Margaret Atkinson, Of LAfYerty, 10 the
guest Of her grandparents. MI. and Mrs.
John Atkinson.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21

Pocohontas from surrounding cities at,
tended the big meeting in the Fraternal
hall last night.
The weekly meeting of the members
of Waneta Tribe No. IS. OF the lmproy-
ed Order Of Red Men, will be held In
The Fraternal hall this evening.
ARROWS Nifty Nine company opened
a three nights engagement at the New
Pasttrne theatre last night. -,
The firm OF L. Dawson and Son Will
celebrate their twentieth anniversary In
business in this city today.
James Freeman, local contractor ie
suffering with a cut hand as n result
~ striking the member on n nall while
at work about his home. =,
Ira B. Sedgwick OF this city Will leave
for Johns Hopkins hospital at Baltimore
Md, shortly, TO undergo treatment for
a malady from which no has been suner-
ing for some time.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
BRIDGEPORT

Leave news items for The 1ntelli-
sencer at Hickey's News stand.
Selby & Reeds Drug Store or the
RrIdgeport Hardware Company or
cali Martins Ferry 227 ].
Albert w. Otte. Local Correspondent.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21

Two thousand men have Joined tAO
overall club at Birmingham. About tho
only effect this Will have Will be TO
raise the price Of jumpers 10 forty dol
lars @ pair.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
MARTINS FERRY

Leave items for The Intelllgencer
at the Burd News Agency, South
Fourth street, or call Martins Ferry
227 J.
Albert w. Otte. Local Correspondent
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21

France seems TO have beat the League
Of Notions to Il so lar as the huhr
valley Is concerned.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
COUNTY LEAGUE
CONVENTION IN
SESSION TODAY
Bill Prater and Bill Myers Active
in Plotting Patterson
r.. Hall POW-WOw e.. .

A we'll attended Patterson hail pow
WOW OF leaguers is in progress this
afternoon. with Biillly .prater Of Bis.
marck and Bill Myers of Driscoll act
ing as masters Of ceremonies. The in
side ring which manages league poll
tics in Burleigh county met last night;
when there was adopted a program
which the convention proper is ey-
pected to endorse today. -. =.
The attendance of actual farmers
from outside the city is said to be not
so large as heretofore. as customary
with league proceedings, the meeting
is being held behind closed doors,
and admittance is denied anyone but
Townleyite whose card proves that
he came across with his last SIS as
sessment. >.
The league is expected to endorse
legislative ticket, frOla which it
has been rumored that, if Ed .Patter
son succeeds in dominating the con-
vention, the names of Senator Carol
d. King and Rep. L. D. Bailey of Mof-
fit will be dropped. 1t is also expect.
ed that complete county ticket and
possibly a candidate for district judge
will be placed in the field by the lea
guers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
HIGH PRICES OF
BEEF DRIVING
us. TO MUTTON
Uncle Sam Ate Almost Eight
Pounds Less of FavOrite ~
j.; Meat Last Year
FIGG HAS SAVING SYSTEM
Assistant Attorney General
. Would Have Us Abstain
Week of March p

Washington. March 12--fi,gh retail
prices in 1919 reduced the per capita
consumption of beef in America al
most eight pounds and caused The
consumer to turn more frequently T..
veal and ru,,t ton, according to a sta.e
ment today by the department of aeri-
culture. y
Slightly less pork was eaten, but
the total consumption of pork pco
Ducts was much larger than in 1"i.'
and the exports of pork and lard were
greater than ever shown in the rec
ords of the department. The total
meat consumption per capita for 1915
was 1908 and that in 1919, 141.9S.
SAVE MONEY ON MEAT" WEEK
The week OF March % was set b.
the department OF justice today as tie
first "save money on meat week.
Howard Figg, assistant attorney
general in charge of the price reduC-
ton campaign. pointed out that the
nation consumed an average of o.
900. O.O0e pounds of meat daily and tina
in buying the less expensive cuts the
consumer is aiding in the campaign
as we'll receiving an immediate benz
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
125 OPERATORS
INDICTED FOR
CRIMINAL ACTS
Conspiracy in Violation of Level
Fuel Control Act Charged
by U. S.
WORKING ON COAL REPORT
Effort Being Made in Washing
ton Today to Compose
Differences
WORKING ON COAL REPORT

Indianapolis, Ind, March 12.-One
hundre' and twenty-five operators Or
hundred and twenty operators ~
western Pennsylvania today are fac
ing arrest as the result of an indict-
ment returned yesterday afternoon
by a special federal grand jury here
charging them with conspiracy in vio-
lation of the Lever fuel control act
and the federal criminal code.
SEEK TO COMPOSE DIFFERENCES S
Washington, March IAN effort
to compose the differences between
the majority and minority Of the bi-
luminous coal strike settlement com.
mission will be made by President
Wilson, it was said today at the white
house.
Officials said that neither the ma
iority nor the minority report would
be made public if there was a prob
ability Of bringing the members OF
the commission to an agreement on
their principal difference-the amount
of the wage advance and the hours OF
work
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
STATE RETAINS
. HUGHES TO AID
DRYS' DEFENSE
Noted Jurist Will Assist in Up
holding Americanism in the
U. S. Supreme Court

North Dakota'S fight for prohibition.
which began in 1889. when Il
dry plank was written into
the states newly framed con,
Stitution. will be continued in the
supreme court Of the United States
when North Dakota will join with
thirty other states in employing Char,
les Evans Hughes to assist in the de
fense of the federal prohibition amend
ment.
North DAKOTA went dry at Il time
when drouth was not popular in the
west generally The vote on the pro
hibition amendment which was adop-
ed at/the same time the states con
st'tutiOn was approved was so decl
sive that any effort to ever again
resurrect the issue was fOredOOmed t
failure. 1t is true, that for some TWEEN
ty years thereafter open saloons flouS
iShed in some parts Of the state. anc
that until within the last three years
blindpigging and bootleggings were
prevalent everywhere. but the bulk oI
the people renamed hrm IN tlfelr Staht
against alcohol, and their numbers con
stantly increased. ....t
When the sixteenth assembly wa:
given an opportunity to ratify thu
federal prohibition amendment /
promptly did so. with only thirtee:
dissenting votes in the two houses
The thirteen dissenters were repre-
sentatives from districts which Away!
had been pro-wet. Now. announce:
Attorney General LANCER. North Da
kota intends TO back up its judgmen
that prohibition is a good thing b!
aiding in the defense Of the 1Stl
alnnedment in the United States sll
prcme court. where it will join in re
tainin: Judge Hughes. who will inter
vene as amicus curl.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
BANKS ESCAPE
100000 TAX
THRU new ACT
Special Session Law Exempts
+. Stocks and Bonds from
Taxation
ONLY REALTY NOW LEFT

North Dakota banks will cvade the
payment Of 100000 in taxes as a
result Of the passage at the special
session last fall of Chapter G.. which
eXsulnts steeks aud loAds fresn IA xas
tion. states Assistant Attorney General
r. Il. Packard following an interview
with Tax Commissioner George f..
Wallace. National banks will reap
the greatest profit. inasmuch as, these
institVti0ns may be taxed only by con
gressional consent. and such privilege
has not been extended to include the
taxing of the banks as corporations.
Heretofore the states have reached the
national banks by, taxing stocks and
bonds in the hands Of shareholders.
Now that this source of. revenue IS
cut off by Chapter 62. national banks
will go scot free. except for the. small
amount of tax which may he levied
on their real estate.
TO large extent the state bank;
will also benefit from this act. mas
much as federal securities. in whicn
large percentage Of the resources
Of these institutions now are invested
in the form Of liberty bonds. ccrtii'
Gates Of Indebtedness and federal re-
sercv notes. are not tnrahlc. The one
resource the state has left ilt reaching
these institutions. is the income tax.
which is not expected to produce very
heavy returns. On their present as
scssmcnt under the old four percent
tax. North Dakota banks would have
paid $5O0OOO. while under the provi-
si0ns of Chapter G2. special session
laws of 1919. they are expected to pay
not more than $1GO,OOO
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
Former Chairman of Tax Com
mission Declares Burden I'M
posed Upon Property-Holders
By Townley Regime Was Not
Reduced BY Camou1age Prac-
ticed During Recent Special
Session

While the recent special session OF
the Townley legislature reduced the
levy for the state general fund $S64.
600, it decreased appropriations from
the general fund for the current year
only $142,0GO, thus leaving $722, 900 ap'
proXimatcd for the current year for
which no tax is appropriated and ef-
fecting. in fact, only Il paper saving
in taxes. stated Assistant Attorney
General +. r. Packard former chair
man of the North Dakota tax commits
sion in a statement issued today.
"Townlcy'S apologists take great
comfort in the fact that the state tax
levy in mills in Minnesota for 1919 in
creased 131 Al per cent over 1918.
They contend that since Bishop LEM
Ike in his special session Of the lcgis-
lature last December reduced the gen
cral fund levy of the state Twenty-Five
per cent that the increase in North
DakOtaS state tax burden has only
been increased somewhere between
40 and 13O per cent. These apologist>
overlooked two bets. The first, that
they did not include in their increased
tax burden special taxes: and seconu.
that the twenty-five per cent reduction
does not reduce the burden but only
appears to. r..
'"The special session. by House Bill!
80. reduced the state general fund levy
$SG4 10000. THIS looks gt0,f. ftioN-
ever. they only reduced the appropria-
tiOns from the general fund for the
current year $1425O0.W. This leaves
So. 100000 appropriated from the gen
eral fund for the current fiscal year
for the payment of which no tax lla;
been levied. This will have to he
carried over into the next fiscal year
unless there is another special session
of the legislature. In addition to "a
levy as great as was made by the stat,
board last August. there will have to
be an increase of S722, 10000 this year
to cover this deficit. If the present
tax levy is continued through TIN,
biennium. the general fund will be
short $1,5SG.OOO.
A FAIR TEST OF TOWNLEYISM
'Lyman 4. Rakcr. secretary to the
tax commissioner. some time ago pre-
pared statements showing that ther"
had been no particular shift Of the
tax burden to farm lands, ana ne
particular increase in the burden gen
orally. and he selected for that pur.
pose the year 1916 and compared it
with the year 1919 This is a fair
test Of the increase OccasiOned by the
TownIey regime since he assumed con-
troI Of the government January !.
1917. In 1916, the last levy, made fol
state purposes before Townley assum
ell control. the general property tax
levied was 81 ,403, $4,000. Ip 1910, af
ter three years of Townlcyism, it was
increased to $3G72,3OS97, or all in
crease of 162 per cent. This does moi
tell the, entire story Of the tax burde4
imposed upon the state by Townley's
miSgOvcrnment.
II asked Mr. Baker today to furnsi
me certain special taxes which haC
been enacted during thq past three
years. Taking the straight general
property tax and adding to it tles;
Continued on page tWO)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12

Berlin. March 12.-COunt Won
RcrnstOrtf. former German am
bassador to the United States. has>
been trying his skill at public
speakiny in>Bcrlin during the past
week as a preparatory training
for his fall campaign for Il seat
in the national assembly.
The former ambassador told an
audience last night he was conf
dent his efforts to keep the United
States out of the war would have
been successful except for the in
tervcntion of the German military
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
INTERLEAGUE
SEASON OPENS !.
New York Americans and Brook
lyn Nationals Meet at
Jacksonville

New York, March 12.-The opening
contest in the annual ante'season IN
ter.league games between baseball
teams of the major circuits Will De
plaved in Jacksonville, Fla, today,
weather permitting, when the New
York Americans and the Brooklyn
Nationals meet in the first match OF a
long series. Other combinations will
quickly follow suit and by the mid.
die of the month more than half or
the teams composing the National and
American leagues will be engaged IN
these preseason games.
Fully twice as many contests OF thls
tvpe have been scheduled than was
the case year ago and it is prob
able that close to hundred such ex-
hibition games will be played before
the clubs line up for their initial pen
nant battles on April IA. The site
of conflict stretches throughout the
south and southwest while the home
ward trip at the close OF southern
training, will be sprinkled with sim
liar games.
In these games the modern baseball
manager and club secretary nave
found a way in which to partially cut
down the heavy cost incidental TO
training trips in which parties of more
than forty husky athletes have to be
transported and quartered at the ex-
nense of the club. While the average
gate receipts do not compare WIN
those of major league pennant games,
the income from the contests IS not
so small as to be ignored and in ad'
dition the games give baseball fans
of the far south their only opporlui
itv to see famous diamond stars IN
action. -
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
SUBSTITUTE FOR
RESERVATIONS TO
SOLVE PROBLEMS

Washington, d. c., March IA
substitute for the republican Article
10 reservation to the peace treaty was
introduced in the senate today by the
republican leader, Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts. In general it follows
the form of the draft agreed on sew
eral days ago in bipartisan compro-
mise negotiations. When the reser-
vation was offered it was declared
among the republicans that the ncgo
tiations had lined up in almost enough
votes to ratify the treaty on that bas-
is but that final agreement had not
vet been reached. The. republican
leaders planned to obtain vote to.
day. @ 81.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
WOULD
KILL FUR TRADE;
ASSERT TRAPPERS

Winnipeg, Man.. March II. - Claim
ing that collection of royalties would
"kill the fur trade" Representatives
of the Manitoba Fur Dealers associa-
ton have protested to the Legislature
against the amendments to the game
protection act imposing a royalty on
furs taken in Manitoba and to pro-
vision requiring all imported skins to
be accompanied by affidavits as to
places of origin The fur men main
tain that as Saskatchewan and Al
berta have no such laws, the fur trade
will center in future in Prince Albert
or Edmonton if the legislation is
enacted.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
Won BERNSTORFF STILL INSISTS HE
COULD HAVE KEPT AMERICA OUI OF.
WAR IF WAR-LORDS HADN'T MUDDLED

poets were brightest.
Won BcrlStOrff asserted that
even today he was not Informed
as to what military quarters in
Germany had inspired the Ameri-
can. plots and grimes not charged
up to Won Papcn. Boy-Ed and
others. In his revelations now be-
ing published Count Won Bernstein
denies that leaders of the German
propaganda bureau in the United
States had attempted to play off
Japan and Mexico against the
United States.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
FOR
LONDON FORECAST

London. March 12.-LOrd MOntagu.
of Bcauleu. predicts that within u
few years the congestion of traffic
in central London will compel the
building Of overhead railways and Of
higher buildings. Neither streets. rail
ways nor tubes, as' they exist today,
he says. will be adequate to convey
the daily traffic. -
The skyscrapers Of New York. 10
adds. are magnificent and strikingly
beautiful. The atmosphere above the
streets is far purer than lower down.
and the more or less permanent smoky
layer over London is seldom higher
than $50 feet in normal weather.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
An-k|LLER 1 EADS FUGITIVE C0NV|CTS
HIGH WATER MENACES LIFE And PROPERTY in
MISSOURI COUNTY WHERE TORNADO YESTERDAY
KILLED ELEVEN, INJURED MANY AND LEFT RUIN
NEW WHEAT GOES
90 TO THE ACRE

Cambridge, England, March r..
Cambridge university botan-
lists claim that it is now possi
BILE TO breed disease proof plants.
A, special body >of investigators
have been devoting themselves
to the practical testing of the
mendelian hereditary law are en-
gagged in immunizing wheat, oats,
barley and roots. d..
The plant doctor,' as they are
called, have already succeeded
in breeding a new wheat known
as "yoeman" which has yielded
96 bushels to the acre--three
times an ordinary crop.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
CAUSES SO MANY TO
LEAVE y. S. THAT EMIGRATION is ~
IN EXCESS OF IMMIGRATION TODAY

left the country Most Of the lat
ter have gone back to Europe to
stay. ~
While a desire to live in rcju-
venated homelands is a factor in
emigrat ton. Mr.. Seigel believes
that prohibition is the principal
reason Inability to buy beer or
wine. he says. has created cOnSid-
cradle i'll feeling among foreign
horn residents particularly in min
ing districts.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
FIRST DECREE OF
DIVORCE IN NAME
OF ITALIAN KING

Rome. March 12.-FUr the first time
in history d decree Of divorce has been
given in the name of the king Of Italy
by count at Fiume A divorce law
does not exist in Italy. but the Fiupe
court applied the Austrian law in The
name of the King Of Italy in the case
Of Count Alvaraz De Toledo and his
wife, both Neopolitans.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
FIRST BUFFALO
WOLF IN YEARS
NEAR WILLISTON

Williston, N. d., March 11.-Ranch-
ers near Spring Rock have reported
capture of the first buffalo wolf seen
in the vicinity for many years. Ac-
cording to reports received here, the
animal weighed GS pounds after being
skinned. and measured &C inches from
tip to tip.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
ARGENTINE FLYER
MAKES NONSTOP
TRIP OVER ANDES

Buenos Aires. March 9. - Cap'.
Parodi, an Argentine flyer has crosse'i
the Andeans twice without landing
He piloted his plane from Men
doza, Argentine. to point over san
Diego, Chilli. and returned to Mendoza
without having touched ground during;
the entire trip.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
PACKARD CHALLENGES SOCIALISTS
TO DEFEND THEIR APOLOGIES FOR
TAX SITUATION IN NORTH DAKOTA
SUPERIOR GROCER
is REAL ROUGH ON
HANDLING BANDIT

Superior, Wis, March 12.--As
J. J. Isaacson grocer, sat at his
desk last night going over his
books he looked up to find revolv-
er thrust i'll his face. The bearer,
an immature youth, ordered him
to turn over his money. Instead
Isaacson wrested the gun from
the robber then seized him by the
collar and kicked him out of the
door. The police are now looking
for the youthful bandit.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12

New York. n. Y. March Il
Prohibition is causing 50 many
foreign born to leave the United
States that emigration is exceed
ing immigration according to Con-
greSsman Isaac Seigel Il member
of the house immigration com
mittee.
Ellis Island records show that
immigration since January TO-
tailed $1,000 while $1,000 persons
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12
WILL LEAVE TT TO YOU
WHAT SD" STANDS FOR

Seattle-D.> White whose name eX-
presses his condition. is searching 70"
his friend. Johnnie. He wants, nay he
needs. Johnnie. >Jnhlinie took Whites
pawned EN-. White can't leave the
hospital till he gets some pants.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-12

According to an ancient Irish su-
Derstition vicious horse could b"
tanned by whispering the creed in its
right ear Fridays and in its left ear
on Wednesdays till it was cured. whicn
was merely a matter of time, unless
it had been born at Whitsuntide. il.
which case it was incurable.