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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
SCIENTIST AND "
AIDLEAVE CITY
FOR THE EAST

DR.. p. E. Goddard, of the American
Museum of Natural History, New
York, and his assistant, Miss Gladys
Reichard, left this morning for the
east after having spen: several days
in Bismarck and at the Ft. Berthold
reservation engaged in working out
the Indian rituals for the consecra-
tion of a home and recording other
Indian customs for preservation in
scientific and historical record.
DR.. M. r. Gilmore .lnl George VIII
accompanied DR.. Goddard and Miss
Reichard to the reservation where the
Indian ceremonies were enacted.
Phonograph records and moving pic
lures we're made anu translation5
from the Arikara language made.
DR.. Goddard was well pleased with
the results of his WORK He said he
was especially impressed by the rev.
erence of the Arikara Indians in the
enactment of their ceremonies. Dr.
Gilmore will go to New York later tn
assist in the compilation of the rec
ords obtained.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
LABOR UNIONS
JOIN HANDS IN
| MA|yDAN ] |. AFFAIR
Joint Celebration of Labor Day
Will Be Held on Monday,
September 5
PLAN AN ALL DAY AFFAIR
Governor Frazier Among Speak
ers-Special Train to be
Fun From Here
PLAN AN ALL DAY AFFAIR

The combined Labor Day celebra-
tion of Bismarck, Mandan and Wilton
will open Monday, Sept. 5, with par.
ade at l0:3O In Mandan. Governor
Frazier will be the chief speaker.
An entire day Of entertainment and
celebration is planned by the Labor
Day committee. The Wilton delega-
ton will drive to Bismarck in auto.
mobiles and leave here on special
train at To- A. NJ. Monday for Man
dan. The special train will return late
at night.
There will be a number of floats in
the parade. A prize Of $40 has been
offered to the union having the best
float. S. S. Mcdonald, of Bismarck,
has been made marshal of the day
with w. J. Goodwin, of Mandan and
X. c., Arness of Bismarck, as assist
ants. The tentative lineup for the
parade follows: Mandan band, Unit
ed Mine Workers of Wilton, Wash
burn, Garrison and Zap; railroad con-
ductors, machinists, carpenters, car
men, painters and decorators, rail
way trainmen, engineers, firemen
cooks and walters, bricklayers and
masons, typographical. firemeM, build
ers and oilers, switchmen, printing
pressmen, battalion from state train
ing school,
Ball Game Planned.
The parade will end at the fair
grounds where various sports will be
indulged in and a picnic held. One
Df the features of the afternoon is ex-
pected to be ball game between the
Wilton and Mandan teams, both COM
posed largely or wholly Of union men.
Food and soft drinks will be served
from stands erected by the union
committee. In the evening there will
be dancing at the. pavilion downtown.
The sneakers for f~the afternoon will
be Governor Lynn J. Frazier, ~ C.
O'ConnOr, secretary of the Typo
graphical Union of Minneapolis, and
Stephen Ely, president of the Montana
Federation of Labor.
Many Races Piarned.
The joint celebration Of Labor Day
Is a forerunner of the joint entertain
ment OF the North Dakota State Fed
GRAFTON f0f Labor in Bismarck next
May. The Bismarck and Mandan
union organizations will combine
their efforts at that time in entertain
ing the state federation. Money de-
rived from the celebration Monday
will go to the entertainment fund.
The races to be held at the Man.
dan fair grounds include the mems
sack race. ladies' 1O0-yard race, tug
of-war, creased pole climbing, greaseu
pig contest, Ford car race, married
ladies' race, and other similar con-
tests.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
C0MMERCECLUB
ASKS OPINIONS
ON SALES TAX
Sends Out QUESTIONABLE to Mem
bers to be Used in National
Canvass

The views of business men of Bis
marck on the sales tax plan for pro-
viding federal revenues is sought by
the Commercial club, which has mail
ed to each member of questionnaire
Secretary Keniston, of the club, said
that the directors had been asked for
their view of the sales tax by the
United States Chamber of Commerce
and in turn the directors are asking the
views of the members of the, club. t
Proceeding on the assumption that
the excess profits tax will BE- repealed,
causing lloss of about $45O,000, 900 in
revenue Of the government, the ques
trOnnaire cites in the form of questions
proposed methods of replacing it. The
two methods proposed are increase
,of present taxes as high rates on rela-
lively few business transactions and
the addition of new taxes on business,
and the substitution therefore of a
Isales tax, at a low rate, one percent
on all business transactions, says the
questionnaire.
If the sales tax is substituted fo1t
the present system should it be:
% A tax on retail sales only; (2),
a tax on each turnover of goods, wares
and merchandise only; (3) tax on
all turnovers, which would include all
transfers of property. of every kind.
The club members are asked II
they favor a retail sales tax on mer-
chandise as a substitute, if they favor
use of an increased income tax on
transfers.
A reply from each member of the
Commercial club is urgently asked.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
STATE BOARD
DOES NOT ALTER
REASSESSMENTS

The state board of equalization has
made no changes in valuations Of
Mandan, Jamestown, Oakes, Drake
and other cities and towns in which
reassessments were ordered by Tax
Commissioner George Z. Wallace. 1t
is expected that court action may fin
ally determine the valuation figures
in these places or the reassessment
figures will stand, the tax commis-
sioner says.
In the Mandan case the valuations
reviewed by the city commission were
disregarded and a reassessment made
by c. l.. Crum. The county boarC
subsequently placed the valuations
substantially at the figures of the cit,
commission. The matter now has beer
appealed to district court for decis
ion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
MEMORIAL FOR
DECEASED JUDGES

Memorial services will be held Tues
day, Sept. s, the day of the opening
Of the September term of the state
supreme court, for the memory of
Judge Edward E. Engerud and Judge
John Carmody, judges Of the court
during their lifetime" and R. M. Pol
lock, who was member of the house
of representatives, John Green, secre-
tary of the state bar association, has
advised the clerk of court. The serv'
ices will be held at 10 o'clock in the
morning.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
ST. MARY'S TO
GIVE FULL HIGH
SCH00LC0U|RSE
Enrolment For New School Year
Will Be on Wednesday,
September Z

St. Mary's parochial school will of
fer for the first time t::.s year a full
f0ur-years high school course.
The building of the new addition tc
the school makes this possible. The
addition will not be completed for a
few weeks but all pupils will be TAX.
en- care Of until the building is avail.
able. ~,
Enrolment of pupils will take
place Wednesday, Sept. 7, instead Of
Tuesday, Sept, 6, it was announced
today W
An Increased enrolment is expect
ed In the school, with the added facil.
tiles and enlarged corps of teachers
There will be IA teachers in the schoo
this year.
Rev. DR.. John Stag will tcacf
French and sociology, i. is announced
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
TRIBUNE NOT TO
Re ISSUED ON
LABOR DAY

Monday being Labor Day, q
holiday, no issues Of The Tribune
will be published.
The annual Labor Day celebra-
ton for this section Of the state
will be held in Mandan, and in
observance of the holiday and to
give employees an opportunity to
join in the celebration all during
the day, no departments of The
Tribune plant will be operated.
Banks and public offices will
be closed. Most business houses
in the city will be closed part or
all day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
PIONEER WOMAN
EDITOR DIES
Mrs. Rachael B. Doherty, Oper
ated Papers in Dunn County

Mrs Rachel B. Doherty, 63, decla"-
ed to be the oldest newspaper woman
in the state in point of service, died
Thursday at her home III Dunn Cen
ter, Dunn county, N. D. Mrs. Doherty
spent most of her life in the newspa-
per business having been connected
with many publications here. In
1918 she sold the Dunn Center Journal
to the Dunn County Farmers and re-
tired.
With the death of ler husband, q
years ago, Mrs. Doherty was forced
to provide for herself and children.
She provided for her family of five
children and educated them all through
her newspaper ability. Her first VEN
ture was the Nelson County 1ndepen-
dent. Later she published the Adams
County Budget and with the arrival
of the Northern Pacific railway she
followed the advance westward and
opened the Dunn Center Journal. Her
son, Charles, was with her in this
new venture and it was when he en-
listed in the army that she sold out.
One son, Ignatius Dohorty, operated
two newspapers in Dunn county, the
Dunn County Settler ana the Killdeer
Herald, up to the time of the World
War, when he enlisted in the army.
The Killdeer Herald is again in his
hands but the Settler has suspended
publication. The other son, Charles,
owns a paper in Wfnnatt, Mont:
In addition to her two sons, two
daughters survive her, one married.
residing in Canada, and Miss Cecilia
Doherty, engaged in Eublic heaitn
service in Texas. Mrs. Doherty was
born in Quebec in 1858.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
SINGING DON'T
GO TOO EARLY
IN THE MORNING

Singing is all right but not
ut 5 O'Clock In the morning in an
automobile in the city streets, &C.
cording to Chief Of Police Mar
tinesOn.
Four young men charged with
disorderly conduct and singing
in the streets were arrested about
8 o'clock this morning. They
gave bond. At s O'clock Police
Magistrate eastman heard the
cases and each was fined $500.
Costs increased the total expense
of the early morning concert to
$S.95 each.
There have been several com.
plants of q tendency upon the
part of certain young people to
grow exuberant in the early hours
Of the morning and to take for
granted that people do not object
to being awakened BY their MP.
ny song. All policemen have been
Instructed to make arrests in such
cases.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
Risk Bureau
To Pay Officer
Who Was Wounded

The Workmen's Compensation Bur-
eau has decided that B. l.. Bussen,
state enforcement officer, who was
shot near iMohall last week, is entitled
to receive benefits of the compensa-
ton act State license department
officers had been classed as travelling
statesmen for compensation purposes,
hut were reclassified as deputy sher-
ifs, at higher premium rate. The
attorney generals department had
not paid the higher rate, but it was
said the bill had been allowed by the
state auditing board. Bussen was
not seriously w1ounded.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
HUNDRED YEARS0F PEACE BETWEEN
BRITAIN AND AMERICA CELEBRATED

Washington, Sept. 3.-An unfortifed
boundary line more than 5000 miles
long between the United States and
Canada is the best testimony that the
world grows better and wiser, Presi-
dent Harding said today in a letter
to be read at the dedication of peace
! portal erected nerr Blaine. Washing
|. ton, in commemoratiOn of more than
century of uninterrupted peace be-
tween America apd Great Britain.
The portal to be dedicated Sept.
on the international line was con!
ceived by Samuel Hill, Of Seattle. In
recognition of the significance Of the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
MINERS YIELD TO u. S. AUTHORITY
BUSINESS IS BETTER in BISMARCK:
POSTAL RECEIPTS GAIN over 1920

Business is better n Bismarck
Posofce receipts show decided year,
unusually large during the hot, summer months
Figures made public by the pooce today show that receipts dur
the first months of 1920 $7279 while the
months OF 1921 they $925 Receipts during july 1920
$3553 while during july 1921 they $10509 Receipts August
1920 were $1160184 during August, 1921, $31746S.
The thus
cided for the present Receipts the first eight
total $92777 during the first eight months of
increase Of $9,31727
Thee does be difference in the class mall"
Assistant Postmaster Lundquis Nomacy
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
FIND AMERICAN
REPLY PERMITS
NEGOTIATIONS

Geneva, Sept. 3.-(By the Associat-
ed Press. THE United States reply
to the associated powers on the sub.
iect of mandates was up for consider
alton by the council of the leage OF
nations. The council found that the re-
ply furnished a satisfactory basis for
continuation of negotiations notwith-
standing that the communication
from the United States with
holds permission for the mandate
question to be settled by the FORTH
coming assembly of the meeting OF
the league.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
OFFICERS TAKE
ALLEGED KILLER
OF MAN AT MAX
''Texas Red" Alderman Identi.
fled as Man Who Killed
Clarence Goodwin
TAKEN AT VALLEY CITY
One of Two Men Brought Here
Shot in Leg in Camp of
"W0bblies''

Texas Red" Ackerman, captured
at Valley City, was identified here to-
day by William Poston as the man
who shot and killed Clarence Goodwin
at Max early this week in a holdup.
Ackerman and another man named
Williams were brought here on the
noon train from Valley City by Sheriff
Ole Stefferud, of Mclean county, and
Frank Barnes, of the force of State
Inspector Harry Dunbar. Poston had
accompanied Stefferud and Barnes to
Valley City.
IF these are not the two men who
held us up in Max and shot Goodwin
I've gone blind" said Poston.
The two men refused to talk They
were to be taken to the penitentiary
here this afternoon to be 'mugged"
and then to Washburn where charges
will be filed against them by the
states attorney
Police Catch Men
Two men held up four others near
the depot at Max. One of them, Cod
win, Missouri youth working in the
harvest fields, was shot through the
head and died almost instantly. Sher-
iff Stefferud, Inspector Dunbar and
Barnes began an investigation. Sheriff
Stefferud and Barnes were at
Harvey securing the country
for the men, on their trail
headed for Valley City, when the
Valley City police arrested them.
According to the officers the two
men wanted for the crime had entered
a "wobblie" camp near Valley City
and had engaged in quarrel with
the "wobblies." Williams had been
shot in the leg. He said he received
the wound in the "wobblie" camp.
Identifies Men
When the officers and Poston ar
rived in Valley City Poston Identified
the men. One of them, he said, had
struck him in the Jaw and then press
ed gun against him after shooting
Goodwin.
The "wobblies' are said to have no.
titled the Valley City police of the
unwelcome presence of the men in
their camp.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03

occasion the president wrote Mr.. Hill
as follows:
"The ancient Romans erected tenn
pie to Janus, a dispenser of peace
and war and ordered hat its gates
should never be closed while the ma
ton was at war you have
erected a temple of peace whose gates
are never to be closed except in war
Already it stands for century OF
unbroken peace between Britain and
America and we all join in the hop:
that I'll it may Commemorate com.
ing period Of peace longer than the
period for which the temple of Janus
| stood"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
PREDICT SHOWERS
IN NEXT WEEK

Washington, Sept. 3.-Weather pre-
dictions for the week beginning Mon
day are:
Region of the Great Lakes-Gen-
orally fair but with a probability OF
showers Wednesday or Thursday
warm at the beginning Of the week
and cooler thereafter. D.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
FIRE CAUSES
HALF MILLION
LOSS TO MILL

Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Sept. g.
famed by a high wind into raging
blaze fire swept through the wood
yards OF the Nekoosa- Edwards Paper
company late yesterday at Port Ed
ward, south Of here, causing damage
estimated at more than 100000.
3G Sparks from a locomotive started
thes blaze, officials said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
CAR SERVICE IS
AGAIN STOPPED

Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 3.-Des
Moines was again depending on motor
busses for intercity transportation to-
day, street cars having stopped at
II o'clock last night in accordance
with the federal court order. Service
was resumed a week ago for the bene-
fit of the Iowa state fair.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
100 ARMED MEN
. LASH OKLAHOMA
LAW VIOLATOR

Tulsa, Okla, Sept. s.. "A crowd OF
more than 100 armed md masked men
late last night seized j. E. Frazier
%, and took him to d lonely spot
where they removed his clothing and
lashed him. He was then ordered tC
leave town and told to warn his as.
sociates that similar treatment waited
them unless they ceased their alleged
criminal activities.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
Battle On Mountain.

Logan, w. Va, Sept. 3.-Col. Eu-
banks, commanding the state and
county forces from Spruce Fork ridge
said the situation there had been
comparatively quiet. The only con-
centration of forces on the east side
of the mountains of which he knew.
he added, was at Blair.
The first detachment Of the federal
troops to reach Logan was expected
this afternoon.
There were reports that number
of men from the army" opposed to
the state and county forces had been
brought here wounded, having fallen
in yesterdays fight, and that some Of
them had died. No details were given
by the authorities.
The bodies of two men killed in the
fighting on Blair mountain yesterday
were brought here today. They were
members Of the attacking forces the
authorities said but their identity was
not disclosed.
Firing was resumed a short time
before noon from machine gun along
)" Continued on Page 81
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
LIFEBOAT IS
PICKED UP AT
SEA; ALL WE'LL

San Francisco, Sept. 3.-The miss
ing life boat of the crippled steamer
the Canadian Importer containing II
members of the Importers crew was
picked up at about a. m. today 1O5
miles off San Francisco by the Red
Stack tug Sea Lion. Jhe lifeboat's
occupants were reported by Captain
George Cove, of the Sea Lion, in a
wireless message to the Red Stacks
company to be "all safe and we'll"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
Named Delegates

c. A. NJ. Spencer. member of the
workmen'si compensation bureau, and
G. A Marr, secretary, ave been nam
ed delegates of the bureau to the con-
vention of representatives of risk bu-
reaus of the United States and Can
ada, to be held in Chicago.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
TROOPS MOVE UP

Logan, W. Va, Sept. 3.-(By the
Associated Press.)-Three companies
of the 40th infantry including ma
chine gun company under Col. Shut
tleworth arrived here this afternoon
from Camp Knox and after detraining
moved to the east of Logan toward
Spruce Fork ridge where deputy
sheriffs, state police and volunteers
have been facing armed bands.
Boyden Sparkes, correspondent of
the New York Tribune, was shot in
the head and leg while making his
way with other newspaper CORES
pondents over the mountain from
Blair to Logan today according to DR..
Hatfield, former Governor Of West
Virginia, who dressed his wounds.
The wounds were not serious,
Charleston. w. Va, Sept 3.-Re-
ports at army headquarters here were
to the effect that everything was
quiet along the so-called front on the
Logan-Boone county line and that the
federal troops had not met with any
| opposition on reaching their head
quarters in the disturbed areaat}
No trouble was anticipated when
the detachment of soldiers begins
clearing the road and dispensing the
belligerents on the firing line, 1t was
said at headquarters
Reports from couriers to headquar-
ters show that troops have gone up
to establish headquarters at Sharpels
and Clothier and that Col Martin has
opened headquarters at Madison in
Boone county.
More Troops Expected.
More troops from the west are ex-
pected in during the day and the regi-
ment from Camp Dix, n. j., is due in
during the afternoon. Army headquar:
ters were silent about the possible
form of martial law to lie declared in
the counties.
All men found to be unlawfully as
sembled in the areas will be disarm.
ed if they are carrying weapons and
ordered to return to their homes. All
ammunition will be conflscated.
No Arrests Planned.
No arrests will be made except
! where persons resist orders of the fed
eral soldiers or stop to argue. Full
protection will be given to miners and
others. 1t has been charged that
many men assembled on the firing line
would have gone to their homes but
for fear of being attacked by armed
forces.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
BUMPER CORN
CROP PROMISED
IN I'M mo. ~. DAKOTA

Fafyo, Sers,s-The North Da.
kOta corn crop this year will be
the biggest and best in the his.
tory OF the state, according to
agricultural college officials. 1t
will be 1&O5,O00 bushels, nc.
cOrding TO = August estimate Of
the U. s. d(artment OF agricul.
tuFe, bureausH estimates.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
RUTH SLAMS OUT
5Oth HOME RUN

New York, Sept. 3.-Babe
Ruth knocked out his 5Oth home
run in the third inning of the
Yankees game against Washing
ton with two men on. Courtney
was pitching for Washington.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
START SUIT A
ON CAPPERLAW

Kansas City, Sept. 3.-A suit to
enjoin the Attorney-G General of Mis-
souri, from enforcing the Capper-Tin-
cher grain bill regulation was filed
in the United States district court.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
MANY AUTOS OF
FARGOANS STOLEN

Fargo, Sept. ri 3.-Twenty thousand
dollars worth of automobiles were
stolen from Fargo people during the
last few weeks, according to local in
surance men.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
SEVERALDIEIN
NEW YORK FIRE

y New York. Sept. 3.-Stx persons
,perished in a Harlem tenement house
fire. Several other residents of the
tenement were burned.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03

A Judge suggests longer courtships;
we suggest longer marriages.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-03
WILL DISP ERSE
ARMED BANDS ON
TROOPS ARRIVAL
Reports From Disturbed Areas
Say Miners Want Only
Protection
DROP BOMBS?
That Army Flyers Drop
High Explosives Over
Lines is Denied
AVlATORS DROP BOMBS?

Washington, Sept. 5.-Presldent
GOmpers Of the American Fedora.
tion Of Labor told President Hard.
ing today that against the author.
ity Of the government Of the United
States "the people Of West Vlr.
ginla cannot and must net stand
in hostile array"
The Federation president urged
Mr., Harding to adopt the sugges.
tion of President Lewis of the
United Mine Workers of Amer
ica that conference of opera
tors and miners be called in an
effort to reach conclusion
which would not only settle the
present controversy but estab-
lish better relations for the fu.
turc. r f&{l
The President, Mr.. Gompers
said, listened with keen sympathy
and interest to his appeal but
said that his first duty as Pres.
ident was to establish his au-
thority as President and the
maintenance of order.
On leaving the White House
Mr.. Gompers dictated a state
ment in which he stated gun
men and detective agencies are
really the whole cause of the con-
flict now"
Charleston, W. Va, Sept. g.
Federal troops operating out of
Madison in the territory Occu-
pied by armed bands opposing the
force of state police had their
first encounter near Sharpels.
They met and disarmed some men
who were holding a locomotive on
the Little Coal river branch of
the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-.
road.