The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1932, Page 1

a t] & , not be changed in either of the two ‘what unsettied toni; -the Pacific coast, the Ohio valley an TO: SPEND $52,000 . ON CABLE BETWEEN BIMARGK, MANDAN Expenditure of $51,000. Be- tween Valley City and Ster- ling Also on Program WILL IMPROVE FACILITIES New Cable :Also Will Be: In- stalled th Two Cities, North- western Bell Says ‘A construction crew has begun in- stallation of a new telephone cable betyveen Bismarck and Mandan and the placing of additional telephone cable in both of these cities to meet the increasing demand for service and assure the continuance of high quality telephone service between these two growing cities, it is an- nounced by F,.H. Waldo, district manager of the Northwestern Bell Telephone company. This project, involving an expen- diture of $52,000, will require about four months to complete. Present operating practices. will exchanges. There will be no in- terruption in service, Approximately aT i miles telephone cable will be placed tween Bismarck and Mandan central offices to replace open wire on pole lines, which. now are filled to ca- pacity and “do not provide space for the placing of additional open wire circuits for future requirements. Will Improve Facilities The installation of this cable, con- taining 2.590 miles of wire, will pro- vide facilities for quickly handling additional telephone requirements and permit the removal of two and one-third miles of pole iine and 164 (Continued on page three) ——— | Weather Report | Patheiincbecnid ths: suai! * FORECAST For Bismarck and micinitys Some- jdues- of new day, possibly snow; colder 4 Ys For North Da- kota: Somewhat unsettled’ tonight and Wednesday, possibly @now; colder Wednesday and north portion tonight. ‘or South Da- ta: Unsettled tonight and Wed- nesday; colder Wednesday and extreme northeast portion tonight. For Montana: Snow tonight and ‘Wednesday; cold- er tonight north and immediately Unsettled east of Divide and east and south portions Wednesday. Popor Minnenota: Mostly unsettled tonight and Wednesday, some snow probable in east and north portions, except rain or snow in extreme south- east; warmer tonight in extreme southeast, somewhat, colder, in north- | west, colder Wednesday, except in ex- | treme north. : | CONDITIONS Low, pressure extends in a trough from Minnesota to the north Pacific coast (Moorhead, Minn, and Kam- loops, B. C. 29.86), The pressure is high over northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the southern portion of the district of the Ohio walle? Tempore tures have risen’ generally except) ft a. Lower Lake region where slight falls occurred. Precipitation has fallen on the Pacific coast, the Rocky moun- tain region and at most stations in the Canadian provinces from the wes! gosst into southern Saskatchewan and nitoba. Bismarck station barometer, inches: 7.98; reduced to sea level 29,83. on Missouri river, 16.0 inches thick; snow on ground, 4.4 Inches. TEMPERATURE AT am. wie. Highest, yesterd Lowest last night PRECIPITATION Amt. 24 hrs. ending 7 Total this month to di Normal, this month to Total, Jan. 1 to date Normal, Jan. 1 to date ; Accumulated deficiency fan, 'H DAKOTA POINTS mans) Ta “4 yw Pet. ISMARCK, cli Bev ls Lake, cloudy CHINA MIGHT BREAK -WITHUAPS BECAUSE ~-OFRECENT TROUBLE Nipponese Reply to United States Is Termed ‘Imperti- nent’ and ‘Insulting’ (By The Associated Press) ‘The official Chinese news agency |Kuomin announced Tuesday night that severance of diplomatic rela- tions: with Japan was imminent be- cause of the Manchurian controversy. Foreign Minister Eugene Chen 1s. ithe latest convert to such a stand, the agency said, and additional Chin- ese leaders are’ rallymg to his view- point, the latest being the “Chrisuan General,” Feng Yu-Hsiang. Japan's reply to Secretary of State Stimson’s recent note citing the nine- power treaty in connection with the Manchurian situation was called “dmpertinent to America and insult- ing to China” by a spokesman {or the Chinese foreign office Tuesday at be- | Nanking. “The Japanese assertion the wel- fare and safety of Manchuria are matters of extraordinary importance to Japan,” the spokesman said, “is Perfectly true because Manchuria, as & source of raw material and a mas- sive means to Japan's domination of China is indeed of extraordinary im- Portance to Japan in her preparation for the eventual ‘war which the Japanese general staff considers in- evitable for the mastery of the Pa- cific ocean.” That part of the leaders of the € | national government. are anxious to have the powers convene to discuss Manchuria was clearly shown ‘Tues- day when Sun Fo, government lead- er,..addressing: 9. up. oF officials, would’ take steps toward a solution of the Manchurian dispute om the basis of the recent Stimson. Sun Fo also said he hoped the Unt- ted States. would call “a second! Washington conference” for the pur- NEW BREAK EXTENDS SOSSPPI FLOOD 46,000 Persons Affected by Mid-Winter Disaster in South, It Is Estimated (By the Associated Press) The Mississippi delta’s mid-winter flood spread out over new territory Tuesday, covering thousands of acres of and and washing through streets of ‘@ dozen towns as marooned resi- dents anxiously awaited arrival: of Promised national relief. ‘The havoc of the Tallahatchie riv- (eS multiple levee breaks of last week, which sent residents of the-Tippo ba- sin be Tallahatchie county climbing to roofs awaiting rescue, prom- ised to: be duplicated in @ new area following a 75-foot crevasse Monday in the main east bank of the Yazoo river dyke at Honey Island. Three feet of-water poured into a back country basin covering roxt- \ K TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1932 Ambassador: at Geneva Arms Conference HOOVER’S ACTION SUDDEN Chairman of Finance Cor- poration Board Washington, Jan. 19.—(#)—Presi- dent Hoover Tuesday announced Am- bassador Dawes would retire as chair- man of the American arms delegation to become president of the Recon- struction Finance corporation and that Secretary Stimson would replace him at Geneva. At the same time, the president stated Eugene Meyer—governor of the federal reserve board—would be chair- man of the board of the $2,000,000,000 finance ci tion. Secretary Stimson will not sail with the remainder of the American dele- gation to the general arms confer- ence coming next month at Geneva. His place as chairman of the dele- gation at the opening session will be taken by Ambassador Hugh Gibson, one of the American delegates. President Hoover said these sudden changes in plans were necessitated by the fact that unless Dawes. were nt to and accepted the position as head of the new corporation, he would sail from the United States ‘Wednesday. The president is keenly- desirous to have.the corporation start function- ing immediately. A conference must be had between the senate and house for reconcilia- {tion of differences in details of: their bills, but the president is expected to have the legislation forwarded to him for signature in the next few days, Soon thereafter, it is hoped that credit can be started flowing from the $2,000,000,000 resources: planned for the agency—to liven business in many “ENDORSE ROOSEVELT Support New Yorker at Convention (By The Associated Press) South Dakota Democrats, meeting at Huron Monday night unanimously endorsed Franklin D. Roosevelt, gov- erno rfo New York, for the Democra- tie presidential nomination. . A slate of delegates headed by Sen- ator W. J. Bulow as delegate at large,| was instructed to support. Roosevelt as long as his name is presented to the national convention as a presi- dential candidate. President Hoover was called “the st failure in American history” Lewis W. Bicknell, potential can- didate for the Democratic nomina- tion as YJ. 8. senator, Bicknell pre- dicted the state would go Democra- tic because “Republican leadership is bankrupt both of ideas and credit.” W. W. Howes, state national com- mitteeman, criticized the interna- tional policy of the present national! administration. “We cannot have a government which gives 7 we have to Europe,” he. said. Mahatma’s Son Held Fargo-Moorhead, ci Jamestown, clear. Valley City, clear Williston, clear GENERAL REPORT Other -Stations— - Low High 32 nse gape ieee cncngets' cee eet ry) fo, Plat klahoma, Pierre, 8. el Dak, clear.. 24 Br, ‘Albe! i, cldy.. -8 Bask., LY ‘Temprs. ing os five-point program before it, the ; Honolulu, Jan. 19.-/?)—With a rig- By British Police Bombay, India, Jan. 19.—(#)—An- other member of Mahatma Gandhi's : them for picket- outside the govetnment: mint Tuesday, were tried, convicted and sentenced to.six months in‘ prison in the remarkably short time of 22 min- ee a i oi young few: : up a Slate of Delegates Instructed to: uction Projects Begun by Dawes Will Direct - |LAVALSAYSFRANGE New. Finance Group | | Secretary Stimson will Replace REPARATIONS RIGHT WILL NOT ABANDON i: Premier Declares Any Reduction Must Be Balanced by Cut in French Debt Eugene Meyer Selected to Be| WOULD DELAY CONFERENCE, Any Plan to Postpone Parley ‘Absolutely Unacceptable,’ i Germany Answers (By The Associated Press) Premier Laval, introducing his new ‘cabinet to the chamber of deputies Tuesday, said flatly that France will not forego her right to reparations from Germany. France faces a double duty, he said, “the duty toward the generation which went through the war, to sac- rifice nothing of what is due us with- ‘out @ corresponding remission of our debts; and the duty to future ggnera- tions, to subordinate all agreements to @ just balance between conditions of production and existence.” “That balance would be disturbed if, once the crisis is passed, the dispro- Portion of fiscal charges curbing the activity of the people. should. place us in a state of inferiority in interna- tional competition. To Observe Principles “In all the negotiations which must be pursued to adapt the agreements on war debts to this period of eco- nomic depression, the government will adhere strictly to these fundamental principles which the parliament al- ways has approved. . “The position of France is not as untroubled as it is said to be abroad. Already the government has had to ‘step in with aid for the doméstic mar- ket... And the government. will con- tinue to take measures to relieve our industries, commerce and agriculture, The French government Tuesday mulled over s plan to postpone the Lausanne reparations conference un- til after, elections which are due in France. the United States and Ger- many in the course of this year. ‘The proposal included extension of the moratorium on German repara- tions possibly until the end of the year and a concurrent extension of deferment of war debts due the Unit- ed States. Seeks U. S. Views Premier Laval sought the view of the United States government on the E, Edge. He told Ambassador Edge it would be difficult for him to go be- fore the. French perliament with a suggestion for an extension of the moratorium to Germany, originally proposed by President Hoover, with- out knowing what the attitude of the United States would be. Any plan to postpone the repara- tions conference will be “absolutely unacceptable”. to Germany, it was stated in Berlin government circles. Germany might not object to post- ponement for a few days, it was said, in case Premier Laval does not com- plete his work with the French cham- ber of ‘deputies, but. that would be all. Besides, a government spokesman said, Germany must be given a voice in any plan to extend the reparations moratorium, such as that reported from Paris, of which no official noti- fication has been received. Bankers Decline to Aid Chicago Further Chicago, Jan. 19—()—While leg- islators wrangled Tuesday over a plan to untangle Chicago's tax snarl, the city’s bankers again refused to pur- chase anticipation warrants. Meantime, Mayor Anton J. Cermak other city employes are on the verge of’ receiving similar script instead of cash. matter, through Ambassador Walter | ¢ of! her, couns:!. examined ') the jury eed but she fir, kere! Long’s Choice | ry | | ° | New Orleans, La, Jan. 19—(@%)— The. friends and enemies of Gover- nor Huey P. Long said it with votes in Louisiana’s Democratic primary Tuesday. There was one clean-cut issue and that was whether he would turn over to his proponents or opponents the reins of the state government that: he will relinquish when he leaves to) take his seat in the U. S. senate this spring. Five men sought to succeed Gov-: ernor Long as the election to nom- inate all state officers and a new legislature has held the Democratic | nomination in Louisiana virtually as- sures election. O. K. Allen, Governor choice, is pictured above. WINE RUTH JUDD’ APPEARS IN COURT __ FORMURDER TRAL Long’s 26-Year-Old Woman Has Con- fessed to Slaying Two Women Friends Last October Court House, Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 19.—(AP)—Pale but calm, Winnie Ruth Judd appeared in court Tues- day to answer for the slaying of Agnes Anne Le Roi. Thirty-five women and 27 men, the only spectators Judge Howard Speakman’s small court room could accommodate, lined the walls. The jury panel of more than 80 took nearly all the available seats. Would-be spectators fought at the door. Clothes were torn and faces scratched. ‘ The 26-year-old confessed killer is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the deaths cf Mrs. Le Roi and Hedvig Samuelson, a former North Dakotan. The bodies of the two women, Miss. Samuelson’s dismembered, were found in two trunks and a suit case ina Los An- geles railway station last Oct, 19. Mrs. Judd wore a simple dark blue dress. She appeared less frail than when she entered: the Maricopa county jail last Oct. 30. Her eyes were downcast as the formal charge was read. Rev. H.'J. McKinnell, ‘Darlington, Ind., father of the bobbed-haired de- fendant, followed her into the court room and leaned across the counsel table to kiss he:. She squeezed his moment before the aged retired min- ister left the court. Mrs, McKinnell, her mother, did not enter. Her brother, B. J. McKinnell, also depart- ed_after the charge had been read. Dr.: William C. Judd, Mrs. Judd’s occasionally reaching over to pat her shoulder. : Mrs. Judd’s attention lajged when merbers of red her ef nervously and gianced at her husbund when Assistant Coun- ty Attorney G. A. Rogers md¢:cated & demand fcr the death penaity when he questions? each prospective juror cope regarding capital yunish- ment. Feverish Rush for Fabulous Riches husband, remained close by her side, a ‘Phone Firm s Are Reduced Poa cy Anti-Saloon League Stunned HOUSE AND SENATE. WILL GET TOGETHER ONRECONSTRUCTION $126,000,000 Deficiency Bill, Already Passed by House, Approved in Senate Washington, Jan. 19.—(AP)—The house Tuesday loosed the parliamen- tary shackles that bound the recon- struction corporation, sending the bill to conference with the senate for agreement on controverted fea- tures so it can be dispatched to the white house to be made law by the president’s signature. The senate passed and sent to con- ference the $126,000,000 deficiency bill that already has passed the house. ai An investigation of public utility holding companies and investment trusts was ordered by the house to be conducted by one of its commit- tees. To End Tax Hearings The ways and means committee decided to end its tax hearings next Monday, the plan being to have a revenue program ready for the house by the first of next month. Numbers of committees examined witnesses and legislation Tuesday, the subjects up again including how taxes should be levied and whether four per cent beer should be allowed. The house judiciary committee postponed a vote on the Patman res- olution seeking impeachment of Sec- retary Mellon. Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, in a bill called for reduction of all federal salaries exceeding $5,000. The senate voted $15,000 for the justice department's investigation of conditions in Hawaii. Set Date for Consideration The. house indiciary committee set. Feb, 16 for consideration of the pro- hibition proposal submitted By the republican and democratic wet blocs. e resolutions dealt with sub- mission of the 18th amendment to the people through state conventions. They proposed return of liquor con- trol to the states except for federal jurisdiction over interstate ship- ments. The house agriculture committee voted to join with the senate com- mittee in an investigation of the farm board. t Chairman Jones of the house com- mittee, said the action meant there would be a joint congressional in- vestigation not only of the farm Seeing of the “whole marketing field.’ CLOTHING DRIVE T0 BE OPENED JAN 25 Red Cross Will Conduct Cam- paign to Aid Drouth-Stricken N. D, Families An intensive drive will’ be made in North Dakota for donations of cloth- ing and bedding for douth-stricken families in northwestern North Da- kota. from Jan. 25 to 30, inclusive, William M. Baxter, Jr, manager of hand and lovked into his eyes for @| ped Cross, chairmen in North Dakota, Baxter urged the local Red Cross units to take action to secure the by Murra Oklahoma Governor Suggests ‘More Satisfactory Form’ Than Prohibition 1S PROMINENT ON PROGRAM Says He Knew Listeners Were Not in Sympathy With Pro- posal He Had in Mind Washington, Jan. 19.—()—A start- led Anti-Saloon League convention weighed Tuesday a surprise suggestion from Governor Murray of Oklahoma that a more satisfactory form of liquor control might be substituted for existing prohibition. Recognized as a dry, the picturesque “Alfalfa Bill” was given prominent Place on Monday night’s program of the big biennial convention, following close upon @ stirring address by Bishop Cannon, Jr., defending the Prohibition part he and other south- ern churchmen had played in political campaigns, and promising more of the same if necessary. The Oklahoman had distributed to the press a speech which among other things asserted he believed “that pro- hibition will not prove the wisest legal Solution of the control of the liquor traffic.” Sentence Left Unattered This sentence and some others like it he left unuttered when he mounted j foll the platform, but the general tenor of the original draft was maintained and afterwards he explained he would stand absolutely back of the written version. “I got started off wrong and never could get back. I kept a close eye on that crowd and I knew they weren't in sympathy with my views. The mentality of the crowd wasn't what I expected.” With. that he let the matter pass. ‘His analysis of the audience's sym- Pathies apparently was correct. They followed his words closely but with almost no applause. Afterwards the chairman of the league's executive ington, N. Car., said he might have some comment later. There was much informal discussion among the leaders but no action was taken. Former Representative W. D. Upshaw of Georgia, however, was, otuspoken, sening the incident “most unfortu- Fears Misinterpretation “T fear,” he added, “it will be unduly barr olga as a fundamental propo- Murray himself, however, made it clear to the audience he was not com- mitting himself to any change in the fundamental law, He suggested as something that “could be done,” adoption of a state compact system, under congressional sanction, to ally for purposes of interstate commerce states wishing to legalize similar bev- erages—beer states exporting to beer states, wine to wine, etc—but .pre- venting shipment of alcoholic bever- ages to and from those with differing legal sanctions or with absolute pro- hibition. Jury Selected for Trial of Rasmussen Carson, N. D., Jan. 19.—(?)—Selec- tion of a jury in the trial of P; E. Rasmussen, Shields, charged with em- bezzling $2,500 from the Shields State bank, of which he formerly was cash- ier, was completed in Grant county district court Tuesday. trial opened Tuesday morning. State’s Attorney C. Liebert Crum had completed outlining the case to immediate greatest possible benefits from this He explained that the state drouth: relief committee, headed by Governor . recommended the the pire Parent-Teacher association, are : 4 As the clothing is collected for t, Baxter said, chapters will Won’t Support Move For Special Session i — b: 8.D., Jan. 19.—(AP)—Ef- Union to secure the support of the Bu ration and the jury when the noon recess was taken. Crum charged that Rasmus- sen received $2,500 from Frank Kraft, farmer near Shields, for payment on former cashier y Auditor Atkinson Tells Commis- Unsigttiea eibly snow; 1931S $15,867 LESS THAN FOR YEAR AGD sion Total Tax Levy Is Only 50.73 Mills STATE, COUNTY LEVIES UP $26,247 Pared From Total Al- lotted to City, School Dis-. trict, Park Board Bismarck’ residents will pay $15,- 867 less in local taxes for 1981 than for the preceding year, City Auditor Myron H. Atkinson announced at the meeting of the city commission Mon- aa! evening. , The assessed valuation of property in the city increased $41, in the last year, he said. Atkinson pointed out that the re- duction is due to cuts made in the amounts levied for the administra- tion of city affairs, The city commission’s economy knife sliced off $26,247 from the funds required for the city, school district, and dates board but tke state and county demands increased $10,- ae ta e-County Levy U inty Pp ‘The state ay, increased from 8.21 mills ay etes r hei the ye county levy jum from 10.42 to 11.04 mulls. The total tax levy for Bismarck residents is 50,73 mills, comj to a levy of 52.92 mills for 1980, At- kinson said. The levy for Bismarck residents has. decreased each year during the last five-year period while the evalu- ation has increased, the auditor said. The city levies and evaluations for the last five years were: given as Ollows: ‘hools Thirty-five cents out of each city tax dollar for 1931 will go to the Bi school district. while 32 FF hp £0, we - ay The si y will get cents, the cit board four cents, and the State "eve en cents, Division of city tax collections for 1931, as compared with the average allotments for the five-year period since 1927, was given by the audi- tor as follows: Average State .... ne erage a! of city prnbensy, for the last five- year period was $7,594,669, compar- ed to $8,247,457 in 1981. ASK RAILROADS FOR AUTHENTIC FIGURES Employes Want to Know What Bills Carriers Owe Before Allowing Wage Cut bor brushed Jan. 19.—(?)—Railway ls- aside all talk of adequate return on railway investments Tues- day and asked the nation’s carriers just what bills they had to pay with the savings they anticipated from a 10 per cent wage cut. Plunging into plain talk on the of wage cuts ya first fled to Seattle, where he was located and returned to North Dakota for Reaches Providence ‘Washington, Jan. ate agriculture