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New Britain herald., 1924-05-16

and the number of able bodied men between 20 and 45 has been droped Ia per cent. Also the proportion of children under ten has dropped from SS per cent. to s per cent.
 Emigration is making violent reduc lions in population of the very char acfnr that Germany needs most for reconstruction. Discussing the migra- ton of the sturdiest of Germanys young farmers. industrial workers. tradesmen and techniCians Dr. Der ger. counsellor to the cabinet on sub iects relating to emigration. says Ger many's ability to reconstruct itseli speedily is being undermined by the flight to the new world.
 While he does not advocate the re- striction of emigration, he suggests that the social condition of the work ing class must be raised so as to make it more inviting for the workers to remain in Germany.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16
BONUS IS VETOED
 BY PRES. COOLIDGE
Says Vets Will Benefit More by
 Lower Taxes

Washington, May 16,--The soldier bonus bill was vetoed by President Coolidge late yesterday on the grounds that it was economically un- sound and morally unjust
 Returned unsigned to the house, where the legislation originated, the measure was immediately taken up by its friends i'll an effort to override the executive action and only the counsel of leaders of both parties oh- tained a postponement of a vote utN Saturday.
 The president in his veto mes sage, document of more than 2,00o words, declared he could see no iusti- fcation for enactment of the bill into law and added:
 "Our country cannot afford it. The veterans as whole do not want it. All our American principles are op- posed to it. There is no moral justi- fication for it."
 Proceeding in his discussion of the bill, Mfr. Coolidge declared no bonus was owed able bodied veterans of the world war.
 Defines Patriotism
 The gratitude of the nation to these veterans cannot be expressed in dollars and cents" he added. "rhe respect and honor of their country will rightfully be theirs for evermore. But patriotism can neither be bought nor sold It is not hire and salary. It is not material but spiritual. It is one of the finest and highest of hu- man virtues. To attempt to pay money for it is 10 offer it an unworthy in- dignity which cheapens debascs and destroys it. xxx. We must either abandon our theory of patriotism or abandon this bill"
 Stresses Finance End
 The economic and financial grounds for veto were stressed particularly by the president with an inference that should the bill become law hope for tax reduction must be abandoned. The government, he said, has reached financial condition which permitted a reduction in taxation but If this bill becomes law we wipe out at once almost all the progress five hard years have accomplished in reducing the national debt" The bill. he ar gued would commit the country for period Of 20 years to an additional average annual appropriation Of s1i4,000,000 and at the end Of that time 1t would be necessary to sell to the public two and B half billion dol- lars in bonds--a major operation in finance, which he said might be dis astrous at that time.
 The executive asserted that the dis Rbled veterans wcr. being given treat ment and that insurance had already been provided for all veterans.
 House Votes Saiurla,
 The veto mcssagewas read in the house promptly upon its being re- eeised there, and as the reading was coneluded, shouts of "Sote, vote" rang out. Leaders of both parties maneu- ,ored. however. to delay the vote until Saturday, This decision was reached by vote Of I1a to l71, advocates
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16
GERMANY LOSES NARROWER
 BY EXTENDED EMIGRATION
Has Six Per Cent. Less Population at inc Beginning of 1921
 Than in 1913.

Berlin, May 16.--Gormany had siH per cent. less population at the begin ming of 1924 than it had at the begin ming of 1918. according to the esti- mates of the German statistical office. The total population is no" placed at 6S,500, 900.
 An analysis of the figures shows the decrease in man power has been more marked than the general decline. There are now seven per cent fewer mon between the ages of h and 65,
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16
PROHIBITION ABOLISHED.

Washington, May is.--Aboition of the new prohibition regime in Tur- key was formally reported to the commerce department today by Com mercial Agent Gillespie at Constanti- nople. The despatch gave no details beyond saying that hereafter alcohol ic liquors could be imported into Turkey under certain restrictions, while importation of pure alcohol was prohibited,
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16
WILL GREET HUSBAND

Relingham. Wash. May 16.--Mrs. Frederick l.. Martin will greet her husband, Major Martin, world flight commander, upon his arrival here aboard the vessel Catherine D., she has advised her sister. Mrs. George Doson. Mrs. Martin plans to leave san Diego Sunday on the steamer Ruth Alexander, due to arrive at Seattle May eS.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16
MACS INCORPORATE

Nathan E. Mag, Samuel F. Mag and Morton N. Mag have incorporated under the name of N. F., Mag X Sons to engage in the clothing and fur nishing business. The corporation is capitalized at s5o.o00 with sl5.o00 paid to begin husiness. The articles of incorporation have been filed at the office of the secretary of state by Attorney Edward Mag.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16
NEW BRITAIN CLUB MEETING,

A special meeting Of the member- ship Of the New Britain Club will be held at s r. NJ. Thursday May 2ed, 1924, in the club quarters for the con- sderation of proposed amendment 10 the constitution. After the meet ing there will be . smoker with buffet luncheon and card games.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16

claiming their ranks would be strengthened through return of ab- sentecs by vote of q later date.
 Representative Longworth and Representative Oldfeld, of Arkansas, democratic whip, both predicted the measure would easily be passed in the house over the veto by the necessary two-thirds majority.
 Supporters of the bill claim ma iority of at least four over the neces- sary two-thirds in the senate.
 Also Vetoed By Harding
 This is the second time bonus bill has been vetoed. Two years ago President Harding turned down the first measure passed by congress. His veto was over ridden in the house, but sustained in the senate. On pas sage Of this bill the house voted S55 to 5f and the senate 67 10 1G.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16
MAGICIAN TO ENTERTAIN

Paul A. Nosske of Springfield, who calls himself the worlds foremost card manipulator, will entertain members of the Rotary club and their sons at the Father and Son" lunch. con next Thursday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-21
URGES ZONING
FOR ND. HAIL
RISK BUREAU
Commissioner of Insurance
Olsness Transmits Recon-.
mendatiOns to Governor
REVIEWS EXPERIENCE
Also Would Remove Present
Maximum; Pay Deficit of
1923 From Surplus

Zoning Of the state for hail in
surance purposes is the chief recon-
mendation made by S. A. Olsness
Commissioner of Insurance, in trans
mitting to the Governor the report
of the state hail insurance depart
ment for the year 1923. Mr.. Olsness
renews recommendations previously
made, with emphasis, pointing out
that zoning must be resorted to if
the state is to hold hail insurance
business in Red River Valley coun-
ties, where private companies have
written insurance cheaper than the
state.
-Four plans have been devised
with great care by Manager Hagen,
each providing for coming system
for the purpose Of more equitably
adjusting premium rates to the act
ual loss ratio as shown by the past
five years experience" said Mr..
Olsness. "These proposed amend
ments also contain other changes
such as permitting the payment of
the lacking 20 percent Con 1929
losses), which had to be pro- rated this
year due to losses exceeding the SO
cents an acre limit in the present
law, the removal of said limit Of
levy and providing for the use of
moneys in the surplus fund during
excessive loss years, same to be re-
imbursed through an elastic adjust
ment of levy over succeeding years,
when losses are light, etc.
Other States Use 1t
"As is we'll known, the writer has
been opposed to the coming system
of rates because of its compleXity
of operation, and furthermore, be-
cause there were no statistical basis
upon which differentiation Of
rates could be figured. The past
five years experience has convinced
me, however, that hail damages are
much more pronounced in some parts
of our state than in others and that
this condition must be met by an
adjustment of rates, if we would re-
tain the patronage and good will of
the average rate for the state
hitherto charged, was obviously toe
high"
Other states have adopted the
coming system from the start; also
old line companies, according to Mr.
Olsness.
"Unless we would drive away the
Continued on page four)
Red River Valley district and other
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-21
Local People Unafraid.
Though There Is Bound to
BE Some Danger, Inquiry
Here DisclOses After Yes
terday's Hard Storm

Anyone who has used both city
and Il country telephone line during
an electrical storm will have noticed
that the city line is less disturbed
by cracking noises, caused by the
lightning. This is due to the fact
that the city lines are so much
shorter, only few blocks in length,
and unless the lightning is in the
immediate vicinity of that wire it
does not affect. it. The country line
on the other hand is often fifteen or
twenty miles ldtfg, and electrical dis
turbances near'ene portion of it, af-
feet the whdlf' wire, according to
telephone otfie&ss.
There is some danger from using
the telephone .Illring a storm, as in
spite of the, Insulation, flash of
lightning may vmjure ones ear, but
there are usual Ny more, calls during
a storm than Ordinarily, it was said
at the local Office. Women who dis
like to go out i'm the rain, call their
friends, or do their marketing by
telephone; psople detained by the
rain, inform their friends of their
predicaments.. Business usually con-
Quoted in persSn is accomplished
over the phone during rain.
The repair lnen are naturally kept
busy: every e1setrical storm causes
damage to somh. slime, sometimes sew
eral, depending upon the severity of
the storm. n.:,s
In their search for trouble on the
liar causes of it. Over half day
was spent in looking for the cause Of
wire disturbances near Breen. Ac-
cording to the estimates made, the
affected wire should have been about
four miles from Breen. Finally the
trouble was found to have been caus-
ed by a bit of rusty wire, which lay
across two of the lines, just outside
of Breen. Because it was rusty, the
wire caused so much resistance that
the trouble was thought to have
been much further out; had it been
new, it's position would have been
located at once!
A source of much trouble is the
"Big Pasture" ,near Thinner. The
cattle grazing there are fond of US
ing the telephone poles to scratch
themselves on; the rubbing causes
the poles to sway, and the lines be-
come entangled. Trees, especially
while in full leaf, if near enough to
touch the wires, cause the lines to
carry murmurous sound, very an
noying to patron.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-21
ASSESSMENT
OF BISMARCK
IS INCREASED
State Board of Equalization
Increases Valuation of
Household Goods

A comparatively few changes in
state have been made by the state
board of equalization, it was said to-
day in announcing action of the
board.
The assessment on household goods
in the city of Bismarck was in
creased SO percent. Board members
explaining the increase, declared
Bismarck presented the lowest per
capita assessment of any city in
the state, and that the SO percent
raise would only bring it's per capita
assessment to one above the lowest.
The lowest per capita reported was
Bismarck, $l8.14, and the highest
Valley City, $53.13.
Changes in electric utilities were
made as follows:
Northern States Power Company,
Minot, valuation increased 100 per-
cent for taxation purposes.
Hughes Electric Company, Bis
marck, lowered five percent.
Union Light, Heat and Power
Company, Fargo, raised five percent.
Hughes Dieters Company, Dickin-
son, lowered 40 percent.
Cooperstown utility, increased 20
percent.
With respect to the Bismarck util-
ity, Tax Commissioner Converse said
the local plant was valued higher
in proportion to the size Of the city
than any other plant and that the
decrease will still leave it assessed
higher in proportion to the size. OF
the city than any other utility.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-21
DAVIS PLANS
EARLY DRIVE
THROUGH WEST
Will Begin Immediately After
Labor Day, According
to Tentative Plan

New York. Aug. 21.-Before de-
parting for Seagirt, N. j., where he
plans to fire the first broadside
against President Coolidge's posi-
ton, John w. Davis will confer here
today with Glenn L. Shaver. his pres
idential campaign manager, and his
other party leaders. on campaign
plans.
Mr.. Shaver is returning from the
west to supplement reports made
by telegraph concerning what he
thinks is a favorable drift in that
section toward the Democratic ma
tional ticket, He has already ad-
vised the nominee that the people
in the west are anxious to hear Mr.
Davis, and it was on his advice that
the standard bearer decided to in
augurate his intensive campaign i'm
mediately after Labor Day.
Mr.. Davis will leave here for Sea-
girt to be the guest of Gov. Silzer
until tomorrow when he will return
to his home.
While Mr.. Davis has decided to
strike into the west early next
month his itinerary, even in its
early stages, remains to be fixed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-21

new YORK YOUTH ADMITS SETTING OF
HUNDRED FIRES TO SEE ENGINES run

New York, Aug. 2l.--A self-styled
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde"-an unas-
suming youth Of 26-bland!y con-
fessed to the police yesterday that
he had caused over 100 incendiary
fires on Manhattan Island in the last
few months-"just to see the fire en-
gineS in action"
ut was lot of fun" he explain
ed with smile, "tO stand in front
of burning house and know that
the people running from the place so
madly didn't know that the one who
had made all the excitement was
right there looking at them
Former Asylum Inmate
The prisoner, George c. Custow
former bank clerk and son of pat
ent attorney. was held for examina-
tion by a lunacy commission to be
appointed by a court. 1t will be his
second experience with alienists, for
he was incarcerated in BloomiDgdale
and Middletown asylums from l9lf
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-21
FRANKS BOYS
MURDER HELD
COLD BL00DED
Carried Out in Cold, Intellec-
tual Manner, Says States
Attorneys
ONE SLIP COSTLY
Had Leopold Pushed Body
Into Culvert, Boys Would
Have Escaped, He Says
ONE SLIP COSTLY

Chicago, Aug. 2l.-Failure to hide
sufficiently the body of Robert
Franks was the breaking point in
the plot of Richard Loeb and Nathan
Leopold Jr., according to the states
analysis of the crime given to Judge
John r. Caverly by Joseph Savage
as its states attorney.
In impassioned denunciation of the
defendants and with waving arms
and pounding fists, Mr.. Savage
told the court that if Leopold had
forced the body we'll into the cul-
vert instead Of pushing it with his
foot, it would not have been found
They would not have been appre-
hended in 100000 years." said MIR.
Savage.
He described the attempt to get
$4,000 ransom from Bobby's father,
pointing out that the Identification
Of the body became known to Mr..
Franks only five minutes before he
received his last message from
"George Johnson" the name used to
sign the ransom letter.
Mr.. Savage asserted that Leopold
and Loeb had drawn their plans SO
fine that if the father had followed
directions and gone to a drug store
in cab furnished by the kidnapers
he would have been sent scurrying
to railroad depot, there to board
a train due to leave in few min
utes later.
Letter In Car
In the parlor cars the boys had
placed letter addressed to Mr.
Franks and giving full direction on
how to throw the money from the
moving train.
"They would have reached the
designated point in their automobile
at that precise moment, If the train
Fwere on time," said Mr.. Savage
"How could they have been traced
No one knew whence came the tele-
phone call to Mr.. Franks nor who
had ordered the cab sent to his
home. No one would have known
who telephoned the drug store and
the father would have had no chance
Ito notify the police in advance OF
where he had been told to go or how
to dispose of the money.
at was coldly intellectual plan
devilish in it's deliberation," said
Mr.. Savage.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-21
LAF0LLET'TE
LEADERS MEET
Mapping Out Strategy of the
Campaign

Washington, Aug. 2l.-Leading
strategists Of the LaFollette- Wheel
err organization gathered today to
map out an itinerary for the two
candidates and form a definite pro-
gram for their supporters.
The return last night of Senator
Wheeler, running mate of the pres
idential candidate, from his three
weeks vacation in Massachusetts, en-
abled Attorney General Eckert of
Wisconsin, director of the solicita-
tion Of campaign funds, and D. X.
Miles, active" head of the speakers
bureau, to begin series Of confer
ences with them.
The itineraries of the candidates
themselves presented the principal
task before the conferes although
a number of other problems are be-
ing considered. Arrangements are
being made meanwhile in Chicago
to broadcast Labor Day address
by Sen. LaFollette by radio through
out the country and Mr.. Wheeler
is expected to speak on the Boston
Commons.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-21
GERMANS ACTIVE

Berlin, Aug. 21.-(By the A. PD--
The German government has begun
the legislative program required to
carry out the agreement reached at
the London conference for launching
the Dawes reparation plan.
A bill presented to the Reichstag
provides, firstly, assent to the Lon
don protocol, secondly, authorization
for the minister of finance to float
loan of s00,OO0,000 gold marks and
thirdly authorization for the igvern-
ment of the Reich to take measures
with a view to the surrender of state
railway bonds to the value Of eleven
billion gold marks and bonds to the
value of five billion gold marks under
the law relating to the taxation of
industry.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-21
BRYAN HURT
IN AUTO SPILL
News Withheld at His Re-
quest Over Night

Terre Haute, Ind, Aug. 21.-Wil-
liam Jennings Bryan was injured
last evening when an automobile
in which he was travelling from
Tuscola to Mattoon, Illionis, turned
over on the highway.
Mr.. Bryan was bruised and cut
about the head and face but was
able to give scheduled lecture on
arriving at Mattoon. News of the
accident was withheld last night at
Mr.. Bryan's request for the reason
that he did not want Mrs. Bryan,
who is i'll at her home in Florida,
to know of the injury.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-21
US. AVIAT0RS
START OFF ON
825-M MILE LEG
Lieut.. Smith and Lieut.. Mel
son, Accompanied by Ital-
ian, Get Away Today
HAVE FINE WEATHER
Pass One Patrol Ship Hour
After They Take off From
Icelandic City

Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. 2l.-(By
the A. P.)-The American around the
world fliers and Lieut.. Locatelli,
Italian airman, hoped off from here
at s:l5 o'clock this morning.
The filters passed the United States
cruiser Rishmond on patrol about 70
miles off the coast from Iceland at
9:35 O'clock.
Lieut.. Locatelli was leading his
American companions, Lieut.. Lowell
H. Smith and Lieut.. Erick H. Nelson,
by five miles.
The weather was beautiful and
flying conditions were excellent when
the aviators set out for Greenland.
Lieut.. Smiths plane lifted from the
water few minutes after o'clock
and Lieut.. Nelson's plane was off two
minutes later. Lieut. Locatelli, who
caught up with the Americans in or
der to accompany them across the At
lantic after lone fligh: from Pisa,
Italy, got off two minutes after Lieut..
Nelson. All of the take-offs were
made easily.
Flight Commander Lieut.. Smith had
been up all night recording weather
! reports and working out plans for
coping with weather and mechanical
conditions which he and Lieut.. Nell
son might encounter during the long
and hazardous jump to the shores
of Greenland.
Lieut.. John Harding Jr., mechanic
on Lieut.. Nelson's plane, also had
been up all night but he left his
room to go on board the plane, de-
claring it was his duty to take care
of the machine during the last hours
here. Because of the early departure
there were very few persons present
The fliers are heading for Frederick
sdal, near Cape Farewell, at the
southern tip of Greenland, a hop of
approximately 1926 miles, according to
the plans which were adopted after
bad ice and weather conditions in
the North Atlantic had forced them
to abandon their original intention
to make the shorter flight to Angam
alisk or another harbor 20 miles
north of there which later also was
found to be ice bound.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-21
TWO ARE shot
( TO DEATH IN
n. Y. GANG WAR
Three Murders in Two DAYS
Are Outcome of "Chicken
Pullers" War

New York, Aug. 2l.--Two men
were shot to death yesterday in
what the police termed a resump-
tion of the Chicken pullers' war"
which ragged fiercely on both sides
of the Hudson up to seven years
ago when the authorities brought
temporary peace by sending several
gang leaders to the electric chair
after series of particularly violent
murders.
Make Three Victims
Yesterdays victims marked the
third murder of the resumed war;
fare in two days. They were Will
liam Young, %, and his friend, Ed
ward Connolly, who were fatally
shot to death by band of men who
operated from taxicab in Lower
Eighth Avenue. James Young, Will
liam's 27-year-old brother, was shot
to death at about the same place
and hour and in a similar manner
Tuesday.
The Young brothers were to have
appeared in q Jersey City court next
month to testify against the mur-
derers of their older brother, John,
who was killed by a gunman who
rushed from taXicab into his Wee
hawken, N. j., saloon last March,
shot him down and fled. The bro
theirs were said to have been the
only witnesses to the murder.
Connolly and the Youngs refused
to make death-bed statements re-
vealing the identity of the men who
shot them down.
Chicken PulIers Charged
Thomas and Phillip Reilly, bro
theirs, of Hoboken, and Richard Phil
lips of Weehawken, leaders in the
"chicken pullers' association" are
charged with John Young's murder.
The "chicken pullers," an organiza-
tion maintained by its leaders in
dependently of organized labor, con-
sists of men who unload the count
less carloads Iof poultry arriving
daily in the Weehawken freight
yards. In addition to a cash pay
ment per crate, the association men,
bers demand and receive every dead
fowl found in shipments as compen-
sation.
John Young's murder was said to
have resulted from his efforts to
remain in the association after he
had been warned he was not wanted
within the ranks.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-21

to 1919 after his arrest for series
of incendiary fires he started as II
boy of IL years.
Custow's arrest followed months of
work by police and fire officials who
sought him as New York's worst
firebug."
Batfled by the absence of any ap-
parent motive for the remarkable
series of incendiary fires. the au-
thorities had no clue to the pyro-
maniac's identity until Custow was
seen at an Amsterdam ave fire yes
terday and recognized as imam
with limp" who had been seen to
leave the flami. building just be-
fore the blaze was discovered.
Sent Letters TO Chief
Taken to n police station he admit
ted authorship of two letters to Fire
Marshal Brophy in which he had
written that "the man who is setting
all these fires is person of dual
personality and very shrewd per-
son. He will never be caught