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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05

ASK
ABATEMENT OF
PART OF TAXES
Offer Compromise Which Would
End Long Litigation in
u. s. Courts
$31, ,8598O is INVOLVED
Burleigh Requested to Waive
Right to About One-Sixth
a., ......... of II. r. Levy
;31, ,859.SO is INVOLVED

Tho abatement Of opc-half of the
unpaid balance Of the railway taxes
due this county for the years 1917 and
1918, and which have been involved IN
litigation in the United States courts
for two years, is asked from the Bur
leigh county commissioners m an AZ
plication filed with County Auditor
Flahcrty today.
In making this request. Charles G.
Sturtcvant, representing the 500 Line,
says:
For these years the state board iu-
creased the assessment against our
property to such an extent that we re-
fused to pay the taxes In full. W"
claim that the operating property OF
railroads was assessed at more than
30 percent of its actual value. while
the general property of the state was
not assessed at to exceed 20 percent
Of it's full value. Pursuant to this
contention we paid to the counties two
thirds Of the amount shown on their
books to he due for each year and went
into the United States court to have
the other One-third Cancelled. We have
been in court now for nearly two years
and a great mass Of testimony has
been taken but long time must elapse
before the cases will be finally dis.
posed of.
I'm order to get these cases out Of
the way and to enable the directo,
general to close his accounts the rail
roads and the director general have
concluded to make this proposition to
the county: that we will pay one-half
of the taxes now shown to be unpall
on your records for both years; 1t be-
ing distinctly understood that we Will
not pay any costs, penalty Or interest
on this unpaid sum.
"This offer. however. is distinctly
conditioned upon its acceptance by a
number of other counties. Every
county in North Dakota is involved in
tho suit. IT wculd avail us nothing to
compromise with some of The counties
and have some of them outstanding
for the reason that in that event we
would still have TO 60 ahead with the
suit and if We 90 ahead with the suit
there would b" no point in settling
with few Of the counties.
"Wc trust yon will not think this
offer Of settlement as a confession mp
on our part Of the weakness OF our
suit. We are thoroughly satisfied tina:
We can win. hut only at the end Of n
vcXati0nS lawsuit and it is only to
avoid the trouble Of snch a suit THAI
(COntiDued on Page Six
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
TEN STATES ARE
SHAKEN BY BAD
MEXICAN Nj QUAKE
TremOrs Felt Over Distance of
500 Miles From Gulf
to Pacific
VOLCANO ORIZBA CENTER
Village Thirty-five Miles From
Burning Mountain Is
Destroyed
VOLCANO ORIZBA CENTER

Mexico CtY, Jan. 5.-Ten states
were shaken by the earthquakes
which on Saturday night destroyed
at least two villages and caused many
deaths in the state of Vera Cruz.
These states were Mexico, Puebla
Vera Cruz, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Morelos
Jalisco. TlaXcla, Hidalgo and Quere-
taro. They stretched from the 18TH
mus of Tehuantepec in northwest
erly direction nearly 500 miles from
the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific.
MOUNT ORlZBA THE CENTER
Reports received up to II o'clock
last night indicated the center of the
cOnvulsion was near Mount Orizba,
4 volcano situated about 70 miles
west OF Vera Cruz on the line be
tween the states OF Vera Cruz and
Pucbla. The most damage was done
thtere. Teocelo. a village IS miles
northeast Of the volcano, has been
virtually destroyed and similar fate
befell COunZtlam, a small hamlet in
that neighborhood. Wires have been
torn down by violence OF the tremor
and only fragmentary reports have
been received in this city, but it Is
stated there We're many casualties in
both towns.
HOUSES AND CHURCHES
DAMAGED
Many houses and churches in jail
apa, a city about so miles northwest
Of Vera Cruz. were damaged while
reports from Orizaba, a city 10 miles
south OF the volcano, states that sew.
eral business blocks and churches
near the center Of the town were
cracked. In the suburbs of Orizaba
many persons were reported killed be-
meath their wrecked homes. The shock
came during performance of the
theatre at Orizaba.
kilograms last night from the state
of Vera Cruz stated that scores had
perished, but accurate estimates Ol
the casualties cannot be made.
SHANE FELT IN CANARlES
Madrid, Jan. 5.-Earthquakes were
felt in the interior OF. the Canary Is
lands yesterday according to dispatch
es from Las Palmas. Great crevice
were opened in the earth from which
columns OF smoke are issuing. A vol
canic eruption is feared. ..,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
CARPENTER AND
DEMPSEY BOUT TO
DRAW $750,000
James w. Cofforth, California
Promoter, Offers 100000
Purse

Los Angeles, Calf, Jan. 5.-,-:ack
Dempsey, worlds heavyweight cham
pion, was busy with his motion pic
ture work today and referred to his
manager, Jack Kearns, all inquiries
about his prospective match with
Georges Carpenter of France. Europ-
can champion, which Kearns annou1c-
ed last night would be As rounds long
and would be staged at Tia Julaa,
Lower California, under the auspices
of James w. Coffroth, if Carpenter
would agree.
Kearns said Coffroth, we'll known
among Pacific coast sportsmen, had
offered a$4O0,OOO purse for the match
and that it was the best offer received.
Kearns spoke of a division OF the
purse on basis of 100000 to the
winner and 100000 to the loser.
Kearns said he thought such a match
would draw gate receipts OF $75O,OOO.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
VARSITY STAFF
TO RECEIVE Big
SALARY BOOSTS
Eighty-six Members of Institu.
ton Faculty Receive New
Years Gifts

Faculty members of the University
of North Dakota at Grand Forks will
receive salary increases amounting to
$500 each in most cases under gen.
eral scale adopted by the state board
of administration, according to an an
nouncement issued from the boards
Offices today. The action affects Sc
members of the varsity teaching
staff, including assistants.
In addition to giving the peda-
gogues a raise, the board tackled an
increase averaging more than $40 q
month to the pay of 81 employees,
extension division workers and men,
bers of the administration group.
The scale was adopted on recon-
mendation of the university business
offices and the teachers association,
after consideration Of two plans sub
mitted. According to the boards an
n0uncement, the method OF increase
contcmplates benefit particularly for
the lower-paid faculty members. The
underlying principle. it was an
nounced, is to aid the recipients in
meeting the decreased buying power
Of the dollar"
Six tenths Of the annual salary, or
that portion covering the months
from January 1st to the end OF the
school year. will be affected by the
increases, it was said.
The announcement gave the fol-
lowing itemized increases for the
teaching staff:
Instructors: Formerly $1,000 to
81 500; raised to $l,5OO TO $4,000.
Assistant professors: Formerly ST.
500 to $4,000; raised to $4,000 to $2,-
500.
Associate professors: Formerly $2,-
100000 to $2,50O; raised to $4,000 to
$4,000.
Professors: Formerly $4,000 to $3.-
900. 90: raised to $4,000 to $4,000.
Deans: Raised from $4,000 to $4,-
900.
The board now has under cOnsid-
Grafton proposed increases for the
state agricultural college at Fargo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
BOlsheviki Work
America Through
Moscow Offices


Washington, Jan. 5.-A COM
plete revelation of the danger
Gus workings of Bolshevism
throughout the world with the
directing force at Moscow is in
possession of congress, it was
learned today.
The report, which was COM
piled by the Russian affairs di-
vision OF the state department.,
has been sent to the senate for
cign relations committee and the
house foreign affairs committee
by Secretary of State Lansing
and is expected to be made pub
lie soon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
DRY ACTS
UPHELD BY U. s.
SUPREME COURT
Five to Four Decision Declares
Congress Has Right to
Regulate
1NJuNcrloNs DISMISSED
Efforts to Protect Manufacture
of 2.75 Per Cent Beer
Are Failure

Washington, Jan. 5.-'Thc supreme
court today declared constitutional
sections of the Volstead prohibition
enforcement act prohibiting the man
ufacturo and sale Of beer, wine, or
other intoxicating malt or vinous liq-
uor" containing one half of one per
cent or more of alcohol.
Beer containing 275 percent Of al
cohol is illegal under the war time
prohibition act, the supreme court
decided.
8 Dismissal by the lower courts in
New York of injunction proceedings
brought to restrain government Off
cials from interfering with Jacob Rup-
pert, a brewer, in the manufacture OF
beer containing approximately 275
alcohol but alleged to be nOn-intOxi-
eating was sustained. r%. ..s
COURT DIVIDED
The courts divided five to four, AS
sOciate Justices Day, Vandevanter,
McReynOlds and Clarke dissenting.
Associate Justice Brandis who rem
dcred the opinion Of the court said
the right OF congress to suppress the
liquor traffic was not an implied pow
er but a power eXpressedly granted.
Justice McReynolds In q dissenting
opinion said that the 18th amendment
had not yet come into effect and that
the federal government had not gen
eral power to prohibit the manufac-
ture and sale OF liquor.
Justice Mclleynolds took the posi-
ton that the war emergency under
which national prohibition was made
effective had passed Under the war
emergency congress had a right to
stop Immediately the sale Of intoxicat-
ing liquor the court held. a. .-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
Census Questions
You Must Answer

Here is what you must tell
the government census emu
merator; have the answers
ready:
Your street and house
number.
:, Your name, and your rela-
tionship to the head of the
family.
Whether you own your
home or rent, and if owned,
whether it is free or mort
gagged.
Your sex, age last birthday,
color (or race), and whether
you are single, married, wild
owed or divorced.
If you were born in a for
eign country what year you
immigrated to the United
States, whether you are
naturalized or an alien, and
if naturalized year of natur-
alization. a.
Your birthplace, your faith
, er's birthplace and your
mothers birthplace and the
mother tongue of each.
Your trade or profession,
kind of business you are en-
gagged in, and whether you
are an employer, wage work.
er or working on your own
account.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
CONGRESS BACK
TO WORK, FACING
ARDU0US CIR IND
Solons, After Two-Weeks Holi.
day, Return For Busiest
Session
TO GRIND ALL SUMMER
No Adjournment Anticipated BY
Law-Makers Before Next
Autumn

Washington, Jan. 5.-Returning to
work today after two weeks holiday.
congress faces one Of the busiest ses-
siOns in history and staggering array
OF problems awaiting solution. In
addition to innumerable domestic mat
ters some Of which will have q far
reaching effect on the industrial life
OF the country there are international
questions OF far reaching import that
must be settled including the treaty OF
peace with Germany and Austria.
NO ADJOURNMENT TILL FALL.
Adjournment was not expected be-
fore fall and the only break In the
long session that members can look
forward to is the brief recess that will
be taken coincident with the holding
Of the national party conventions dur
ing the summer. But despite the mass
of work ahead there were indications
aplenty that ample time would DC
found for partisan politics and no
angle, OF the coming presidential eicc-
ton would be overlooked. Political
speeches in record breaking numbers
were looked for. @
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
47O NEW FIRMS
FILED ARTICLES
WITHIN A YEAR

More than 470 firms and assOcia-
tions filed articles of incorporation in
North Dakota during 1919, according
to records at the Offices of the secre-
tary of state.
The total of 472 included G5 coop
erative companies and 80 banks. The
remainder of 1858 represented wide
variety. featured prominently by oil
and implement concerns. In the mis-
cellaneous classification were such
organizations as the Boy Scout band,
of Devils Lake, and Mandan college.
Since the first week in September,
the records show, IS religious Organi-
cations and three cemetery associa-
tions have filed articles.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
CONSTITUTION MEANS NOTHING TO
T0WNLEY GANG, LANCER TELLS BIG
FARMER AUDIENCE AT P0R TLAND
)SELFRIDGE SLAYER
TO HAVE TRIAL AT
SPRING COURT TERM

Fort Yates, N. d., Jan. 5.-Joseph
Swift who shot and killed Howard
Smith at Selfridge on December s.,
was arraigned before justice of the
peace at Selfridge last week, on in
formation charging first degree mur.
der.
Swift waived examination before
any evidence had been introduced and
was bound over to the next jury term
Of district court which convcnes at
Fort Yates next May.
1t is given, out that Swift's attorney
will make application to one of the
judges OF the district court for the
Sixth Judicial District for his free
dom on bail pending trial.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
Bo0tlegger Dies;
Officer Dying as
Result of Battle

Denver, Colo., Jan. s.:
Adrian Thompson, an alleged
bootlegger, was killed; Pa
trolman James Boggio is dy-
ing from wounds, and Sergt.
K. Carry and Detective
George Schneider, the latter
head of Denver's "bootleg"
squad, we're wounded today
in a battle between the police
and Thompson. Thompson,
according to the police, open
cd fire when officers at
tempted to raid his home.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
NEW HARDWARE
CONCERN OPENS
IN SISTER CITY

Mandan, Jan. 5.-Rovig- -Skjod Co. is
the name of the new hardware firm
which will take charge Of the Pioneer
hardware store in the future. AS
announced some time ago Messrs.
John Rovig and L. II. Skjod Of this
city purchased the Pioneer store from
Vallancey Bros. some few weeks ago
and the transfer was effected jan
uary |,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
GREEKS CLASH WITH
TURKS IN ASIA MINOR

Saloniki, Sunday, Jan. 4.-Greek
occupation forces have clashed with
Turkish detachments near Udemishc.
Asia Minor, and great losses were in
hictcd on the Turks. according to an
official statement issued at army head
quarters. The Greeks drove the Turks
from the field, capturing one canon.
Ten Greek soldiers and one officer
were wounded.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
WILSON WILL SEND o..
IMPORTANT WORK TO
DEMOCRATIC DINNER

Washington, D. C., Jan. 5.-Pres-
ident Wilson will send an important
word Of greeting" to the democratic
dinner on Jackson day, January 8 it
was announced today at the White
House.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-05
ORDER ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON
DIRECTING STATE TREASURER TO
SHOW CAUSE FOR HOLDING UPPAY
Hearing Alternative Writ Set For Thursday Morning Will De-
termne Consutionay of Act Which Seeks Give All Meas
of Recent Special Session Immediate Effect

The by the supreme late this afternoon
alternative writ of mandaus directing State Treasurer 0be
Olson to show why should not be commanded
salary due epoye of the state auditors office brings
squarey before that tribunal the question to the constitutions
aty and legality of House Bill co. which seeks give immediate
emergency all Of the special session
Gently adjourned.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-07-07
LAND OF RACIAL TEMPESTS
Dalmatia Has Been an Unqulet Spot
in All the Years Of Her
Tragic History.

Dalmatia, elongated so that 1t Is
nowhere more than 35 miles wide. tap
ering down to but mile at Cattaro,
has been swept by continuous racial
tempests for the last eight centuries.
Croats and Serbians constitute the
Slavic element in Dalmatia, speaking
the same language. but employing two
alphabets. The Serbs use the Russian.
and the Croats the Latin letters and
alphabet.
The Latin influence is more prev
alent In the cities, the story of Dali
malta being the reason therefor. In
the middle ages the Dalmatian were
a people without the consciousness OF
a country. During the Slav influx into
nlyria the invaders encountered little
opposition, except in the seaport towns.
The Latin element in the cities resist
ed the migration and thus engendered
the strife for supremacy which per-
sists to this day.
Much of the early Dalmatian rivalry
was economic. the tradesmen and
farmers naturally wishing to exchange
their goods with the Hungarlans. The
maritime cities preferred to do bust
ness with Venice, which controlled the
Adriatic
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-07-07
TO DETERMINE BEST MARKET
Too Much Dependence Must Not Be
Placed Upon Quotations Obtained
Unless They Are Official.

In determining the best market, it is
not sufficient for shipper merely to
get quotations from the different cit
les and ship to that market which
quote the highest prices. according to
experts of the United States depart
ment of agriculture. Freight and other.
charges must be subtracted from these
quotations. All factors considered, the
best market is the market which shows
the greatest net returns. However.
too much dependence must not be
placed upon these quotations unless
official, as in many cases they are
merely approximations Of opinions as
to the trend Of the market and are
not usually direct offers. In case Of
doubt the best plan is to sell in the
market with which the shipper is
most familiar. through some one IA
miliar with the goods and ways Of
the shipper.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-07-07
Chinese Study Real Work.

Even a Chinese pocket dictionary
contains more than 1850 characters
representing words, and If a man in
tends really to master Chinese he
must learn to recognize them ala
stupendous task" However, 5000,
1900 or 5000 syllables are all that
Chinese Of average education requires.
and, if anyone will persevere until he
has thoroughly conquered a thousand.
he will be in q position to have some
appreciation of novel and to master
the difficulties Of simple business
document. But for the sincere student
a thousand characters Is the minimum.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-07-07
ANCIENT MARVEL OF EGYPT
Labyrinth Constructed Some 1900
Years Ago Was a Structure
OF Colossal Size.

King Minos, with his labyrinth on
the island OF Crete. is generally SUD-
posed to have been the originator of
the maze idea; but Egypt has laby-
rinth. too and Egypt manages to hold
the record for antiquity in almost ev-
erythins. labyrinths included.
This Egyptian labyrinth is $500
years old. 1t is merely a chaotic mass
Of rocks piled up in the desert a few
miles out Of Medinet. The outlines of
the walls merge dimly here and there
from the ruins. and from these out.
hines. and the carvings on the stones,
Psychologists deduce that the laby-
yinth was built by a certain King
Labarys. who was more popularity
known as Amenemhat III.
The structure was 500 by COO feet.
1t contained 5000 rooms, half above
ground. half below Remember that
the largest hotel in our present day
world boasts about that number of
rooms on q dozen floors and covers
city square, and some idea of the size
Of the two-story labyrinth can be
gained.
Nobody has figured out yet why King
Amenemhat built this enormous pal
ace or tomb. In the lower story, his
tory says, the sacred crocodiles and
kings were buried, while the upper
floor was. a few centuries after King
Amenemhats time used as a seat Of
government.
The labyrinth was wonderful
place, one of the most wonderful in
Egypt, If our ideas of it are correct.
and its greatness was its downfall.
The citizens Of a nearby town. who
wOrshiped the ichneumOn, resented
the sacred crocodiles of the labyrinth.
And so they made an attack upon one
Of King Amenemhat's successors and
reduced the largest structure in Egypt
to a ruin.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-07-07
SISTER OF SLAIN GEAR LIVES.
Grand Duches Olga Discovered in
Pitiful Plight in Russia.

Washington.-Gran Duchess Olga,
sister of the late Gar Nicholas of
Russia, has been found by American
Red Cross workers living in box
car near Norvorossisk, south Russia
it is announced at the headquarters
of the American Red Cross here.
The grand duchess, according to the
announcement. is one of three surviv-
ing members of the house of Roman
off. She was found "toilng among
fellow refugees from the territory re-
Gently conquered by the Bolsheviki,
irving such assistance as she could, al
though herself clad in rags ana CRATE
full for any food and clothing she
could find"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-07-07
APPROVES ARTICLE
TEN RESERVATION
REVAMPED MEASURE PASSES
SENATE BY VOTE OF MORE
THAN TWO TO ONE.
Fourteen Democrats Vote With Repub.
leans for New Article Ten
Reservation Framed by
Republican Leaders.

Washington.-Reaf it's dis
agreement with President Wilson on
the dominating issue of the peace
treaty controversy, the senate on
March ID adopted by a vote of more
than two to one the new Article 10
reservation framed by Republican
leaders.
Its action ended at least for the
present, the effort for compromise
that would insure ratification and the
senate's decision was accepted gener-
ally as Fastening the treaty toward
another deadlock, from which it could
be released only by verdict at the
polls next November.
Fourteen Democrats voted with the
united Republican membership for the
reservation. but this detection from ad-
ministratiOn ranks fell far short Of the
number required to ratify. 1t was con-
coded that others probably would swing
over on the ratification roll call, but
administration leaders, backed by =
definite assurance that the new reser-
walton was unacceptable to the presi-
dent. evidenced no apprehension that
their forces would dwindle beyond the
danger point.
The vote, SO to 26. showed on its
face a two-thirds majority for the res
ervatiOn, but it by no means indicated
twO-thirds would vote for ratification
on that basis. Included in the majOrity
were irreconcilable, holding out about
a score of votes which on the ratifica-
ton roll call are expected to be cast
against the treaty.
The reservation. adopted after many
efforts to modify it had been defeated
by the united Republican majority, fol-
lows in general form the one adopted
last November 1t says:
THE United States assumes no Obli-
cation to preserve the territorial in
tegrity or political independence of any
other country by the employment of its
military or naval forces, it resources,
or any form of economic discrimina-
ton, or to interfere in any way in con-
troversies between nations, including
all controversies relating to territor-
ial integrity or political independence.
whether members of the league or not,
under the provisions of Article 10, or
to employ the military or naval forces
ut the United States, under any articles
CT the treaty for any purpose, unless
in any particular case congress. which.
under the constitution, has the sole
power to declare war or authorize the
employment of the military or naval
forces of the United States, shall, in
the exercise of full liberty of action,
by act or joint resolution so provide