The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 8, 1931, Page 1

( ast, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. ESTABLISHED 1873' . The Weather Generally fair tonight and Wed- nesday; colder ednesday, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS Hoover Asks Tax Boost Three Bandits Get $500 from Wilton Bank/®™ ww WESTWA i EXTEND CREDIT 10 HINO APR WODIP, = Squirms at Noose ___|Effort of Veterans | BRNGBETTERDAYS TUESDAY ARTERNOON Is Well Advertised Huge Federal Revonstruction | ’ Makes Annual Report Corporation ts Major LENZ AND JACOBY ra ts climbed as Fame of “Open Your Heart” [ te N . Item in Program Action of Vice President Fright- : rosecution Shows Dea Campaign Evidently H: L N om ter and CAPTURE HONORS | Instrument Spread to oon sli ‘ ate ews MANY SUGGESTIONS MADE DEATH PENALTY IS ASKED y i - mnceimrrcem won| BRIDGE GAME/°2™ #1 ower mu oe orm) Bulletins | sctesscne f een renee ten State Demands Powers Pay to Congress Holdup Men Scoop Cash From Counters But Fail to Loot Bank Vault Three masked bandits held up the First National Bank of’ Wilton at 1:10 P. m. Tuesday and escaped with about $500 in cash. The trio escaped in an automobile, be}ieved to be an Essex, and headed west from Wilton. Wilton is 28 miles north of Bis- marck. Entering the bank with the lower parts of their faces covered with handkerchiefs, the three. robbers, armed with revolvers, ordered G. Hochholter, assistant cashier, Miss Ovetta Christiansen, stenographer, and Isadore Polonsky, a customer, to lie on the floor in the front part of the establishment. T. H. Steffen, vice president of the bank, who was in a back room, noticed the disturbance and rushed down @ stairway into the basement. Bandits Become Excited Noticing Steffen fleeing, the three bandits apparently became excited, scooped up all the available cash on the counters, and fled. Snatching an automatic pistol from a drawer in the bank, Polonsky gave chase to the bandits but failed to dis- charge thé gun before the bandits, made their getaway because the safety was on, according to A. M.' Dahl, cashier, who arrived at the bank shortly after the robbery. One of the robbers was exception- ally tall, according to Dahl, and was: dressed in striped unionalls, a leath- er vest, and cap, Dahl estimated he weighed between 190 and 200 pounds. Another was of medium built and| stocky stature, and probably weighed, about 180 pounds. The third man, was short and of sallowcomiplexion, and weighed about 140! pounds. All of the men were armed with revolvers. ; Frightened away quickly by the un- expected action of Steffen when the vice president dashed downstairs, the! robbers failed to enter the ‘vault of the institution, where other cash and securities were kept. Failed to Get S&urities As far as was determined a few minutes after the holdup, the robbers failed to get any securities, their loot consisting solely of currency and coin. Neighboring localities were asked to keep a lookout for the bandits and news of the robbery was sent to Bis- marck immediately. J. J. Schmidt is president of the bank; which is capitalized at $25,000. The bandits parked their car on a side street during the holdup, accord- ing to Dahl. , The car in which the trio escaped has been identified positively as a blue Essex, W. C. MacFadden, secre- tary of the North Dakota Bankers association, was informed. The machine, fe said, was seen standing some distance from the bank before noon Tuesday, parked facing into a blind street. The robbery was the sixth in 1931. Predict Tariff War Over British Rates London, Dec. 8—(#)—At least one newspaper predicted Monday Great Britain is “on the verge of a tariff war.” There were rumors, too, of & plan for @ Franco-Belgian economic union, similar to the now-abandoned Austro-German customs pact, as the British parliament considered the question of a 100 per cent duty on vegetables and fruits as part of the program. new tariff of the na- Mrs. J. H. Byers Succumbs in City Mrs. J. H. Byers, more than 65 years old, died Monday forenoon in her home at 406 Fifteenth street. She had lived in Bismarck for many years. She leaves her son, Prank Byers, and five grandchildren, all Hving in Bismarck. Her death was caused by heart dis- ease. Funeral services will be conducted PIONEER WOMAN DIES Buffalo, N. D., Dec. 8. Nels Woller, 86, one of the earliest set- tlers in the Buffalo area, died at the Martin Kringler farm near here Mon- Mr. and Mrs. Woller g 5 i g E as i ss ! Obtain Lead of 1,715 Points in First Contest’ With Culbertsons New York, Dec. 8—(#)—Sidney 8. Lenz and his partner, Oswald Jacoby, playing the “official” system, were 1,715 points in the lead Tuesday in their 150-rubber contract games and with it a rubber bonus, yet because of sets given them the point total of their opponents in- creased. Even after the Culbertsons themselves were perplexed, experts that technically under the Jacoby hed played the Gulbertsons’ cards the proponénts of the “official system” would be plus just the same. support in in- dividual hands for its theories of bid- ly critic- Jacoby . it” three times each and Culbertson once . ‘ Hand Causes Argument Much argument developed over the second hand in which the Culbert- With Life For Crime Charged to Him Clarksburg, W. Va., Dec. 8—()}— A noose was dangled in front of Harry F. Powers: Tuesday and the man on trial for nis life squirmed. The circle of web belting was pro- duced by Dr. Leroy C. Goff, county coroner, who said he had found it knotted around the neck of Mrs. Dorothy Pressler Lemke, Northboro, Mass., whom Powers is accused of luring to his garage and slaying. At the session of the trial Monday Prosecutor Will C. Morris put the small-town Casanova within the shadow of the gallows by asking the jury for the death penalty. Powers showed no emotion then, but the noose Tuesday seemed to Cause some uneasiness. A minute later, however, he had dropped back into his role of yester- day—that of a bland, gum-chewing observer at a drama which seemed to bore him. J. E. Moran and F. M. Nugame, ex- Press agents at Fairmont, told of receiving two trunks from Northboro in August and of turning them over to Powers. Some of the contents—fur coats, Gresses and shoes belonging to Mrs. Lemke—have been on display on chairs near the opera house foot- lights since they were entered as evi- dence yesterday. A. B. Willoughby told of how a bank book and “some halt turned lterature” had been found in the rear of the death garage. What this “literature” was he did not ex- Mra. Lemke's name appeared on one of the fragments of the bank The man who built the so-called “slaughter garage” for Powers, James E, Smith, took the stand. He said he had constructed the windowless place with its four sub- plans. “But Powers was right there all the time,” he testified. =I TAXPAYERS DRAFT ECONOMY PROGRAM President Hooyer Tuesday submitted PRESIDENT HOOVER his annual report on “the state of the union” and his recommendations for legislative action at a joint session of the senate and house in Washington. terranean compartments without! RAILROADS GIVEN LC. PERM TONCREASERATES ‘Ruling of Federal Body to In- crease Revenue of Carriers By $100,000,000 Washington, Dec. 8—(P)—Virtually unrestricted permission to the coun- |try’s hard pressed railroads to increase freight rates by more than $100,000,- 000 had been given Tuesday by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The extra charges are to remain in More Than 400 Attending 4-H Club Meet at Fargo President Predicts Most Suc- cessful Session in History | | i of Movement Fargo, Dec. 8.—(#)—Doris Earl rapped her gavel on the taple at the little country theater ‘of the North Dakota Agricultural college Tuesday j Morning and called to order what she | Says is going tol be the best of the 22 | annual 4-H achievement institutes. { It isn't because Miss Earl happens \to be state president of 4-H clubs | that she thinks the 1931 institute will ‘be the best, but because registration [this morning had passed the 400 mark, and H. E. Rilling, state club | leader, said delegates and local lead- | ers were still oming. Would Reduce Levies on Real/ effect not longer than March 31, 1933,| On the platform with Miss Earl, a Estate and Substitute Sales Imposts Fargo, Dec. 8—(P}—A_ two-way econoniy program for North Dakota to relieve the tax burderi was drafted in akeleton by the executive commit- tee of the North Dakota Taxpayers’ association Monday. The first con- sons. contracted for five diamonds/ sideration is for such immediate cur- and Culbertson was set four, The y Lenz. (North): AT93 4 Diamonds—10 8 7 6 3 tailment of expenditures as is found » The second is for a long- time legislative program which will ultimately place definite legal restric- tions upon all taxing bodies. By way of relieving a substantial The commission late yesterday au- thorized without restraint the placing jof surcharges on freight bills of all products except major agriculturai crops. It also withdrew restrictions requiring pooling of proceeds. As soon as he was Officially inform- ed today R. H. Aishton, chairman of the: Association of Railway executives called a meeting of that organization ‘for Friday, December 11 to decide what they will do. ‘The commission in October refused to allow a 15 per cent rate .ncrease but outlined a plan which it would approve. This called for surcharges of $3 and one and two cents per 100 pounds on others, the proceeds to be pooled and given needy lines to pay bond interest. jcar surcharges ta six and twelve cents Clubs—6 5 3 burden upon real estate and tangible Mrs. Culbertson (East, dealer): Personal property, a suggested pian, Spades—8 6 5 2 originally advanced by Harold B. Nel- Hearts—J 10 5 son, Rugby, is being studied. If found Diamonds—A K 9 5 feasible, it will be urged as one of the Clubs—. important recommendations in the/per ton. legislative program. ‘The plan provides for cutting off a Nat 25 per cent from the real estate ‘At the time of its original decision the commission estimated that these surcharges would net between $100,- 000,000 and $125,000,000 a year. ‘The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion late Monday announced it had withdrawn restrictions it imposed when, in refusing the carriers a 15 per cent rate increase last October, it $6 a car on some types of freight and | Yesterday's decision changed the perj Diamonds—Q 4 and personal property tax, which Clubs—K Q 987 share of the total tax levy on this Jacoby (South): type of property has hitherto been Spades—K Q 107 4 Taised and placed in the general Hearts—Q 764 funds for state and county govern- Diamonds—J ment. This sum would be replaced Clubs—J 10 2 with an adequate sum raised ‘The bidding ran: Mrs. Culbertson one diamond; Jacoby one spade; Cul- France,|bertson two spades; Lenz pass; Mrs. Culbertson three’ diamonds; Jacoby pass; Culbertson three hearts; Lenz three spades; Mrs. Culbertson four hearts; Jacoby four spades; Culbert- son five diamonds. French Position on Debts Is Outlined Paris, Dec. 8.—()—The position of France with regard to reparations and inter-governmental debts, out- lined in instructions sent to its am- bassadors and ministers Tuesday, is that any tion in German pa} ments shi be accompanied by a simultaneous reduction in inter- governmental obligations. Germany's request for an inquiry into its ability to pay reparations 15 regarded by France as the just initia- tive of a debtor who desires to meet his engagements. ¥ A communique which accompanied ;|the outline of the government's debt * ly recognizes the stand, ‘France necessity for helping and will conform to the spirit of the com- munique issued at Washington after the conversations between President Hoover and Premier Laval.” France will continue to insist. on’ the’ principle of reparations pay- ments, the communique said. - yh agreed to a temporary surcharge ar- indirect taxation, such as the present sales taxes upon cigarets and snuff. These types of property would con- tinue to be taxed directly for the re- maining 65 per cent for the conduct of township, city and village govern- ment, and for school purposes. It is Pointed out the, federal government now raises a large share of its tax Teceipts from indirect levies, as does the state. Other possibilities on the list of Proposed legislation being studied in- clude: an attempt to consolidate town boards into a single governing body unit for strictly local affairs; consolidation of various county of- fices; consolidation of one or more existing counties into a single county commission; and the placing of a definite restriction upon taxing pow- ers of the state. Weigher Kept Busy During Last Month With coal movement heavy, a total of 2,150 loads of materials was weighed on the city scales during No- vember, according to the monthly re- port to the city commission of Frank McCormick, city weigher. Loads of coal weighed numbered 1,756. Other loads were described as follows: ice, 31; hay. 51; cattle, 16; hogs, 44; corn, 195; potatoes, 14; sand, 19; gravel, 7; and miscellaneous, 17. rangemient provided funds were pooled and used to pay interest on bonds of tottering lines. The commission found it had no jurisdiction over loans by and between common carriers and ruled it would “neither approve nor disapprove eith- er the loaning plan or the agency’ the carriers have said they expected to set up. ‘The surcharges may now be put into effect as soon as the railroads can prepare and file tariffs with the com- mission under the rules, They may either ask for permission to make them effective on one or two days no- tice or they can give the statutory 30- {days notice. The commission has said it will grant applications for immed- iate introduction of the raises. ‘The pooling plan had met drastic opposition from the railroads. ‘The commission decided to revoke its previous limitations by a vote of 7 tot FIRE VICTIM DIES Rochester, Minn., Dec. 8—(P)— ;Michael Tieden, farmer near Dodge jCenter, burned earlier in the day | when his home was destroyed by fire, died in a hospital. GRANDI RETURNS HOME Rome, Dec. 8.—(#)—Foreign Minis- ter Dino Grandi and his party ar- rived in Rome Tuesday after his trip to Washington to confer with Presi- dent Hoover. Grand Forks county high school gir!,| were Richard Hamilton of Rugby, State vice president; Melvin Musland jof, Edgeley, state secretary, and Madeline Boren of McKenzie, state (weasurer. ‘The morning business meeting was short and the visitors heard talks of welcome by President J. H. Shep- ‘perd of the Agricultural college and |C. F. Monroe, director of the exten- sion division, Luncheon was served at the college ‘and a. general discussion followea, after which boys and girls separated | for the afternoon, the girls attending’ | 4-H party in Festival hall in charge | of Miss Ella Gardner, and the boys |going to the new physical education building for a program of sports. The evening is occupied by the commun- ity program under direction of A. G. Arvold and his staff in the little country theater. “What do you think of those 4-H ‘girls at the national congress in Chi- | cago who said they'd prefer to marry farmers?” Miss Earl was asked. The. North Dakota 4-H president wasted no time answering. “I ‘think they were pretty smart,” she said. |Brink’s Condition Is Slightly Improved’ A. E. Brink, who underwent an emergency operation for a perforated stomach ulcer Sunday afternoon, was in a “slightly improved” condition in @ local hospital Tuesday afternoon. His attending physician, however, said he is “encouraged but that it is too early to be overly optimistic.” Brink was stricken suddenly early Sunday morning when the ulcer be- came perforated and poison began to spread through his system. He was; taken to the hospital Sunday fore- noon, 3 Up until the time of the attack, he apparently was in good ‘health, Mrs. Brink said. © Brink is @ member of the Quanrud, Brink and Reibold firm, wholesale dealers in automobile accessories here. Budd Is Elected to { Be Burlington Chief | New York, Dec. 8.—(#)—Ralph Budd, president of the Great North- ern railway, Tuesday was elected president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway, effective Jan. 1. He will succeed F. E. Williamson, who becomes president of the New York Central Jan. 1. W. P. Kenney, was elected a director to succeed William- son in that position. Social Affair, Set For Friday, to Be in Keeping With Spirit of Legion The fame of /Bismarck’s “Open Your Heart” campaign apparently has spread far and wide. Tuesday Milton Rue, chairman of the enterprise, which is sponsored by the ‘American Legion, received a let- ter from John F. Beaty, Grimsley, Tenn., in which the man asked for toys and gifts. “We evidently are getting some good advertising,” Rue said, “but we have enough to do at home. We can’t fill the man’s request.” Tuesday the committee in charge of the Charity Ball, gala social event of the Christmas season, announced that carnival features would be add- ed to the attraction, scheduled for Friday evening. Stress was laid upon the fact that the dance will be informal in dress and atmosphere, although there will be some formal features. “It would not be in keeping with the Demo- cratic spirit of the Legion to make it a formal dress affair,” said Frayne Baker, dance committee chairman. Indications are that the great hall of the World War Menmtorial building will be packed to capacity. Rue said the “Open Your Heart” campaign still can use toys, clothes, food, money and items of all kinds. The response has been generous, he said, but the need also is heavy. LEAGUE DROPS PLAN | OF FIXING NEUTRAL | TONE IN MANCHURIA | Agreement on Terms of Sino- Japanese Proposal Is Found Impossible | Paris, Dec. 8—(#)—The League of ;Nations council Tuesday appeared virtually to have abandoned the plan to establish an official neutral zone between the Chinese and Japanese armies in the Chinchow area, since agreement on its terms has been found impossible. Instead, its resolution, which may be ready for final adoption Wednes- quo and to express the hope both sides will refrain from disturbing the comparative peace which now exists on southern Manchuria. In view of the council, the neutral zone already exists in fact, the Chi- nese are left in possession of Chin- chow and the Japanese have promised not to attack that city. The J , however, have not withdrawn their demand that Chin- chow be evacuated and the possible results of this demand are causing some anxiety in international quar- ters. The committee gel the gcen cil’s resolution gave tentative a1 l= al to the inculsion by Aristide Birand in his preliminary declaration of some reference to bandits in Manchuria and measures for suppressing their activities. lution provides for a commission of inquiry in Manchuria with five or six members. CHINESE STUDENTS DEMANDING ACTION Shanghai, Dec. 8.—(?)—Thousands of Chinese students deserted their ‘studies throughout China Tuesday to | participate in demonstrations against officials whom they charge with fail- ing to oppose aggression by the Jap- anese in Manchuria. Winter Cracks Whip Over Eastern States New York, Dec. 8&—(?)—Winter cracked the whip—a biting northwest gale—over the east Tuesday. The wind, which at times attained the thermometer down into the twen- tics. There it will stay for awhile, weather observers said. Extending far to sea, the forceful wind churned the ocean and caused the delay from 24 to 36 hours of six ocean liners scheduled to dock here Monday and Tuesday. In Canada the prairie provinces felt the coldest weather of the season. In Prince Albert it was 28 degrees be- low zero and in Winnipeg minus 18. envelopes. One death from exposure was re- iported in New York. REPORT PERUVIAN CLASH Lima, Peru, Dec. 8—(?)—A shal jelash between citizens and police at Paijan, near Trujillo, yesterday in which 10 persons were killed and 13 wounded, according to a dispatch to El Comercio, prefaced Peru’s presi- dential inaugural Tuesday. day, is likely to recognize the status; (By The Associated Press) ‘WESTERN SENATORS BOLT Washington — Twelve western Republicans bolted the party’s choice for president pro tempore of the senate Tuesday and elec- tion of that officer went over un- til Wednesday. TELLS OF BEATING Lisbon, N. D.—Mrs, Amelia Schill- ner, witness in the manslaughter case of Lawrence Osman, said Osman’s wife, whom he is accused of beating fatally, showed marks on a visit to her home. The next day, she said, Osman told her “I beat her, but I did not think I beat her that bad.” PRESENTS LEGION’S DEMAND Washington—Henry L. Stevens, national commander of the Amer- ican Legion, laid before President Hoover the veterans’ demand for a@ prohibition referendum and asked an additional expenditure Sc @ year for veterans’ relief. SET SHOW DATES Minot—Feb. 23 to 26, inclusive, were selected as dates for the state seed grain and potato show to be held here. TRIAL_IS HALTED Fargo—’ of Lee Dillage, Lignite, and Ed Madison, former Fargo police chief, was halted when the jury ‘panel was tempo- rarily exhausted. In the jury box at the time were T. P. Allen and F. O. Anderson, Bismarck, and Ar- thur Lenihan, Baldwin. NAVY LEAGUE AGAIN ATTACKS PRESIDENT Seizes Moment of Congress Meeting to Launch Drive | For Investigation Washington, Dec. 8—(P)—William President Hoover's conduct on navai affairs, calling for a sweeping investi- gation. His plea, latest utterance in the long-drawn controversy between the white house and the Navy League fell on fertile ground, for advocates of a more powerful naval establish- ment are planning to push large con- struction bills at this session. Two Girls on Sled_ Struck by Motorist bruises when the sled on which they were sliding crashed into an automo- Monday night. eae duaghter of Mr. and Mrs. P. : e. of congress’ assembling to again assail | Washington, Dec. 8.—(?)}—To bal- ance the treasury books and hasten better days, President Hoover rec- ommended increased taxation to Congress Tuesday along with a many- Pointed program to cure “credit par- alysis.” Unless taxes go up and expendi- tures down, he said, the government will have run behind some $4,400,- 000,000 by the end of next fiscal year. He did not specify the method of tax revision but suggested it be made effective for only two years. A plan for a gigantic federal- financed reconstruction corporation, similar to the old War Finance cor- poration. headed the president's pro- Posals to help business. The agency would advance money to needy in- dustries. Offers 16 Recommendations Besides, in his third annual fhes- ire to congress, he advocated that Subscribe more funds to fed- eral land banks. ‘Use federal reserve banks to Horch funds arrested in failed 8, Establish a home-loan discount bank system. Broaden the base for paper reserve banks can discount. Overhaul banking laws. Review postal savings bank leg- islation. Avoid general tariff revision. Revise interstate commerce Commission laws regulating rails. Allow “proper consolidation” of Refrain from extending expen: ditures on: veterans. . Regulate interstate transmis< a hed Pagetnabin 4 ment dole, 3 ‘Transfer shipping board admin- istration Pade cted to patages ed department, ppl a - tory body, having jurisdiction over coastwise shipping and rates and services on inland waterways. Strengthen tion laws. Hoover told the legislators he would Howard Gardiner seized the moment deal with taxation more fully in his budget message Wednesday, He did Text of Message Found on Page 2 The complete text of President Hoover's message to congress will be found on page 2 of this issue of The Tribune. i —_ say the $2,123,000,000 deficit expected this year needs to be partially fi- nanced by borrowing, but taxation should be increased s0 as to balance Two Bismarck girls suffered minor|the budget next year. Issues Emphatic W: Seldom has he been Risener bile driven by Harry J. Clark, 715|than in warning that for congress Second street, shortly before 9 o’clock| to 80 beyond the limits he prescribes “dn either expenditures, taxes, or bor- The girls were Jeanette, daughter|towing will destroy confidence, de- of Mr. and Mrs| T. W. Asbridge, and| nude commerce and industry of is resources, jeopardize the financial system and actually extend unem- Hague. The accident occurred at the in-|Ployment and demoralize agriculture 4 street. ‘As it 1s now formulated, the reso- |i) aa. tersection of Avenue D and Mandan|"ather than relieve it.” “It is @ distresstal time for many In reporting the accident at nolice|Of our people,” the president said, headquarters, Clark said he failed to| ‘but they have shown qualities as see the sliding children because of| high in fortitude, courage and re- rkniess, sourcefulness as ever in our history. The girls were “up and about as| “With that spirit, I have faith that usual,” Tuesday, Mrs. Asbridge said.|°Ut of it will come a sounder life, a truer standard of values, greater rec- Brown Asks Boost ognition of the results of honest ef- In Postage Rates fort and a healthier atmosphere in which to rear our children.” He flatly opposed any law to ex- hs ey expenditures for veterans until - the country “has recovered from the cedent-shattering deficit for the post-' present situation.” In so doing, he office department led its chief Tues- revealed the veterans’ bureau funds day to insist again that more ought have been exhausted and $200,000,000 to be charged to carry letter-mail. {more needs to be appropriated at once The annual report of Postmaster 'to meet obligations of existent General Brown showed that depart- lation. The law last winter for 50 per ment came out $146,066,189 behind ‘cent loans on service certificates re- Wi mn, Dec. 8—(P)}—A last year. This is almost $8,000,000 a velocity of 60 miles an hour, pushed | vious year. when the letter goes out of the lo- eality. This, on the present volume, pond bring in $50,000,000 a year addi- al. Four Practice Court Contests Are Played Four practice basketball games were played in the gymnasium of the World War Memorial building Mon- day evening, according to John W. Reel, director of recreational activity. Reel, W. H. Payne, and A. C. Van Wyk officiated for the games. Results of the contests were as fol- TP | lows: Methodists 7; Walter League 2. Faculty 16; Alumni 10. Bulldogs 15; Quartermasters 5. Ramblers 15; Whatnots 8. At 9 p. m. Friday the Rambler and alumni quints will clash, sulted in payments of about $1,260,- more than the gross deficit the pre-/ 000,000. Annual expenditures on vet- erans exceed a billion dollars. As to a way out, he repeated to} As for the tariff, he said, gener President Hoover his recommenda-| revision would ee “disturb industry, the tion that the two cent rate for car-| business and agriculture,” and w rying a letter be raised by a half-cent! prolong the depression. He held (Continued on page seven)