The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 22, 1932, Page 1

a , oN at re v North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Fair tonight. and Friday; rising temperature. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1932 PRICE FIVE CENTS Farmers Plan ‘Protest’ Local BANDS, DRUM CORPS WILL TAKE PART IN | CIVIC CELEBRATION, Thousands of Persons From All Parts of State Are Expected Here .BIG PARADE IS SCHEDULED Bismarck’s Arrangements Cov- er Morning, Afternoon, Night Entertainment Dovetailing its plans into those be- ing made by state officials for the laying of the cornerstone of the new! capitol building, Bismarck’s city com- | mittee decided, at a meeting Wednes- day night, to stage an all-day pro-| gram for the entertainment of visitors! to the historic event. ‘Thousands of persons from all parts of the state are expected to attend| and the program was devised to pro-! vide entertainment for a large crowd, according to Dr. J. O. Arnson, chair- man of the committee appointed by the Association of Commerce. ‘The city's participation in the event will begin the morning of Oct. 8 with| concerts and performances by bands! and drum corps. Assurances already have been received that several visit- | ing bands and drum corps will be on} hand, Arnson said. Preceding the ceremony of laying; the cornerstone, set by the state com-/ mittee for 2 p. m., the local commit- tee will stage a parade. The plan is; to make it a military spectacle with| troops from Fort Lincoln, national | guardsmen, bands, drum corps and) other citizens in line. i Since the exercises at the capitol; are expected to take most of the af-; ternoon, nothing further is slated by the local committee until evening, when additional entertainment will be | offered. An effort was being made! Thursday to arrange a football game, | in which the Bismarck High «School team would meet an outstanding eleven from another part of the state, possibly Minot. In addition to the football game, if it is arranged, there will be a street program with band concerts and ex-! i | i j hibitions and these will be followed, ' asserted it is the only measure before | later in the evening by @ celebration | at the World War Memorial building, | probably a dance. i Details of the program will be an- nounced as decisions regarding them) Lemke said, “and the hope and as-; are made, Arnson said. i Committees set up to take charge; of details of the celebration were as} follows: Parade—Major Harold Sorenson,! chairman, L, R. Baird and C. F.} Mudgett. | Decorations — Theodore Quanrud,/a citizen of the United States, deep-/| chairman, Burt Fisney, B. O. Ward! and Russell Reid. Entertainment—Spencer Boise. { Registration—Walter Sather. H Additional committees to take; charge of other work for the cele- bration probably will be set up later. The state committee appointed by the governor announced Thursday) that an all-day holiday will be de-j| clared for state employes on the date of the cornerstone laying. FARGOAN WOUNDED BY IRATE HUSBAND Paul Race Horse Driver Slain, Woman in Critical Condition St. La Crosse, Wis. Sept. 22.—(P)— Wounded by a jealous husband, Mrs. Frances Josten, 27 years old, was in “very critical condition” and Stewart, 28, of Fargo, N. D., was near death in a local hospital Thursday. Paul Josten, 40-year-old La Crosse barber, enraged at the sight of his wife in an automobile with five other persons, shot and killed W. H. (Billy) Smith, St. Paul, well-known race horse driver, fired at the others in the machine and then killed himself Wednesday night. Two other women, including Stewart's wife, and a man were not hurt. Stewart was not expected to live but physicians said the woman had @ chance for recovery. It was learned Thursday that Jos- ten started action for divorce two weeks ago. A bullet entered Stewart's left side just below the heart, took a down- ward course and came out the right hip, penetrating the lungs, liver, sto- mach and kidneys. The others in the car, who were not struck by the bullets, were Walter Kriese, St. Paul race horse driver, Mrs. Stewart and a woman who police be- lieve was Helen Gordon. They are searching for her to receive her ver- sion of the shooting. Police Wednesday night announced that it was George Styles of St, Paul who was seriously wounded but ‘Thursday it was learned his name was George Stewart. received in j offense punishable by death. Committee Co | Faces Death rm | @ Vavara Gorgouloff, above, 80-year- old mother of Dr. Paul Gorgouloff, has been arrested in Russia charged with stealing collectivized grain, an Dr. Gorgouloff was executed for assas- sinating President Doumer of France. LEMKE SPEAKS FOR FARMER-LABORITES IN MINNESOTA RACE Says He Is For Roosevelt Be- cause Governor Is Bigger Than Party Albert Lea, Minn., Sept. 22.—()— William Lemke, former attorney gen- ; eral of North Dakota and now a can- didate for congress from that state, spoke Wednesday in behalf of the Farmer-Labor state and congression- al ticket, and the merits of the.Bra- zier bill to refinance agriculture. Lemke, as author of the bill presented to the senate by Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota, and now up for consideration by the agriculture committee of the senate, congress that will give immediate re- lief to the farmer. “The progressive bloc in Minne- sota is the Farmer-Labor party,” pirations of the Progressives are ex- pressed through the Farmer-Labor party. In North Dakota there is the | Nonpartisan League faction, and in| Nebraska there is the Norris group. “My appearance in Minnesota is not as a member of any party, but as ly concerned in the problems that [confront this nation, and threaten} the well being and prosperity of the people of this great nation. “I am against Hoover, because I believe that the United States can- not afford to be guided by a man who has by record in office shown he has not the capacity to under- stand the needs of the nation’s mass- es. He and the Republican party have misinterpreted the concepts of the constitution and they have fallen |away from the foundation of what) was once a great political party, headed by that famous statesman and leader, Abraham Lincoln. “I have openly declared myself for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, not be- cause he is a Democrat, but because he is bigger than the Democratic party, and I am against Herbert Clark Hoover, not because he is a Republican, but because he is smaller than the Republican party. “Governor Olson should be reelect- ed,” Lemke said, “because he has shown during his term in office that he has the interests of all of the peo- ple in the conduct of government. He Nas the ability, the leadership, the courage to carry out the principles and platform of the Progressive par- ty that selected him as their stan- dard-bearer. The people of Minne- sota should elect all of the Farmer- Labor candidates to ‘office to give the governor the support he de- serves.” . Initiated Measure Before Court Again A motion to guash an action to pre- vent. a proposed initiaved measure Providing for reductions in salaries of state officials and employes was made in the state supreme court Thursday by Charles Simon, assistant attorney general, in behalf of Secretary of State Robert Byrne, The action was brought by W. C. Preckel, of the workmen's compensa- tion bureau, and R. Van Neste, em-| any facts constituting any grounds for the relief demanded, and because the petition does not show that either of the petitioners is qualified elther as ® taxpayer, as an office-holder, or as an employe of the state to institute the edings. ‘ ts before the court were made by Scott Cameron, counsel for Preckel and Van Neste, while B. F. Spalding, counsel for the State Tax- payers association is defending the which resulted in a slight fracture of | secretary of state's action in finding. the skull and severe cuts “ the initiative petitions sufficient. / NEBRASKA WITHOUT DEBT BECAUSE BOND ISSUES ARB ILLEGAL Constitutional Bar Has Made Cornhusker State Pay As it Goes PARDONABLE PRIDE SHOWN Arkansas, on Other Hand, Glar- ing Example of Debt- Ridden State By GEORGE D. MANN Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 20.— Nebraska is a debt free state. There is a con- stitutional bar to the issuance of jbonds. This does not mean necessar- gances in government, whether state, county or municipal. Nebraska state government is a shining example of {the Pay as you go policy. After almost 10 years of construc: jtion, there is drawing to completion fone of the most unique capitol build- ings in design in the United States. {There are only a few minor items of {construction left. The structure is wholly occupied and there is not one Penny owing on it for posterity to Pay. Nebrasxans, when they talk about their debt free state, display a par- donable pride. They are happy that in these days of economic unrest, no great bonded indebtedness with its staggering interest charges stares them in the face. 000. It has been financed by a bien: nium tax levy of 22 mills. Construc. tion was begun in 1923 when building costs were at the peak. Poor old Arkansas not so many miles away is a horrible example of a debt ridden state. It has now an outstanding bonded debt of 200 mil- lions and state expenses in the land {of Ozarks have mounted from one mil- jon annuelly # 1900 to 13 millions in 1932, “These cornhuskers of Ne- tics by way of comparison. Prepare Budgets Carefully Nebraska, through its governor and tax commissioner, compiles and pre- sents to each legislature a carefully prepared budget. These officials are {supposed to have considered all the jrequests of the various state depart- ments carefully and a governor's pro- posed budget carries some weight with the legislature. three-fifths vote of the legislature to pass appropriations in excess of the governor's budget. That fixes respon- sibility. There is little passing the bucx under such a system. It costs the state of Nebraska be- tween $6,000,000 and $7,000,000 a bien- nium to run the various state func- tions of government. Its tangible property valuation in round figures is three billion. Approximately $250,- 000,000 more comprises what is known as intangible property, chiefly money and credits. Nebraska has no income tax but friends of that form of rais- ing revenue are busy agitating such a tax. Salaries of state officials and em- Ployes have been in the lime-light re- cently in a Lincoln newspaper. For several weeks, one of the daily news- {papers has been running the state Payroll as a serial. It has proved a very interesting serial but embarrass- ing to some of the departments. Com- pared to North Dakota, the salaries of employes are about in line with ments may be getting more but in many instances smaller salaries are paid, but the average will be about the same. Would Decrease Budgets There are persistent and popular demands in this state for decreased budgets in all political subdivisions. As a result of the drive for lower taxes Nebraskans will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars less taxes. Counties made their chief savings by elimination of road and bridge levies or materially cutting them. Heavy demands for charity due to the de- pression prevented the counties from slashing budgets even more. School districts did their biggest cutting by reducing salaries ranging from five to 25 per cent. Rural schools cut heaviest. Town schools cut ath- letic and music expenditures. Even surpluses acquired in good years will ones, Heaviest demand for reductions have come from small groups organ- ship in these leagues is composed of farmers, hard-pressed by declining prices paid for their products, and le with heavy real estate holdings. ‘Although Nebraska has the initiative and referendum, its people Ihave been able to force tax reduction without resort to those clubs. Ne- braska, like all states in these times, is keenly tax-conscious. Grumbling of taxpayers generally has spurred many office-holders to aid in the tax reduction movement. S. D. Youth Admits Killing Marshal Sipux City, Iowa, Sept. 22.—(7)— Durham, 24, of Walsley, 8. D., has confessed he shot and killed Ar- thur Back, 65-year-old night marshai at De Smet, 8. D., Sept. 13, detectives said Dueaey [kite se t after he had lily that there have been no extrava-/| The new capitol cost some $11,000,- | braska like to quote you these statis- | In fact it takes a| ours. Experts and heads of depart ; be used ‘to.help through the lean! ized in taxpayers’ leagues. Member-| Plans Utilitie ~NBWTAX MEASURE | NAR $400,000 00 {Billion Dollar Revenue Law| Threatens to Slash Big | Deficit Soon Washington, Sept. 22.—(#) — Ap- 'proaching their maximum yields, tax- es in the billion-dollar revenue law ,are beginning to threaten slashes in a federal deficit that already has ‘climbed to nearly $400,000,000 since \July 1. August brought $79,940,310 into the treasury from the new levies on gas- loline, electrical energy. bank checks, istock transfers and other miscellane- jous sources. This was an incrase of j $11,546,170 over miscellaneous collec- tions in August, 1931. But treasury officials believe this jeld still is short of returns which }may be expected under the 1932 act. j Further increases are forecast in the jmonthly receipts as accumulated jstock of- taxable merchandise ;G@windle and payments are made on jretarded excise tax collections. | The gasoline tax paid $8,944,857 in | August as compared with $538,461 in ! July: the check tax $3,364,251 as com- {pared with $1,094,287; the automobile llevy, $886,655 against $47,629, their {Parts and accessories $224,241 against $42,452 and motor trucks $101,342 against $3,331. Other August receipts from new xes with comparative July figures included: jand lenses $10,663 and $542; candy electrical energy $967,612 and $32,- 1324; soft drinks $337.462 and $89,569; lelectrical energy $967,612 and $32- 1196; tires and tubes $1,587,732 and 1$96,057; lubricating oil $882,775 and | $60,395. * Brewers’ wort, malt and grape con- centrates $356,217 and $221,359; toile: | goods $439,784 and $68,860; furs, $248,- |812 and $12,131; jewelry $81,692 and ;$19,231; telegraph, telephone and radio messages $105,425 and $13,512; pipe lines, $252,178; and $41,843; safe | deposit boxes, $180,464 and $45,848; admissions $1,322,695 and $197,072. Stock and bond issues paid $1,509,- | 445, an increase of $16,000 over July, and stock transfers $2,021,795; a $688,- | 1000 increase. For the first two jmonths of the fiscal year. July and August, total tax collections aggre- |gated $141,626,778 as compared with} | $142,563,398 in the same 1931 period DEMOCRAT POLL IN WISCONSIN LARGE 'Gain of About 100,000 in Two) | Years Shown; Party Lead- | ers Optimistic | | Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 22—7)—_ Two of Wisconsin's major political! | offices, barring a political upset in | November appeared destined Thurs- | day to rest in the hands of a young! | editor and a middle-aged manufac-| | turer. | | ‘The editor, John B. Chapple, Ash- |land, won the nomination for the U./ |S. senate and former Governor Wal-/| ter J. Kohler, head of a manufactur- jing firm bearing his name, entered | the governorship race. Both are; | Conservative Republicans, | The two men they will have to beat in November, according to incomplete returns Thursday, are Mayor A. G. Schmedeman, of Madison, Democra- j tic nominee for governor, and F. {Ryan Duffy of Fond du Lac, who | rolled up, with opposition, a big vote ;for the Democratic senatorial nomin- ; ation. 2 With nearly 1,000 precincts to be reported on the Democratic side, that j Party had polled -a total of 107,783 votes in a three-cornered governor- ship race. Two years ago the total vote for governor in the Democratic Primary was 17,000. Schmedeman has issued a “vic- tory” statement in which he said that ; Wisconsin democracy, which has not | elected a governor since 1891, is “on the ascendency” snd that the move- ment will “reach its peak,” in Nov- ember.” The Republican electorate gave Kohler and Chapple decisive victor- ies over Governor Philip F. LaFol- lette and Senator John J. Blaine, Progressive Republican incumbents in Tuesday's 8. In the race for senator returns from 2,840 precincts of the state’s 2,899 gave Blaine 322,421 and John B. Chapple 340,770. With 2,852 of the precincts in, the count for governor was Kohler 406,- 596; LaFollette 314,236, On the basis of available returns ithe legislature again will be divided, with the Conservative Republican faction controlling the senate and the major- ‘Roosevelt Outlines ‘COLLECTIONS FROM | | Radios $76,445 and $32,848: cameras| {dent of the United States.” ‘WASHBURN SET FOR | afternoon set aside for an old set- | s Program Democratic Candidate Discuss- es Eight-Point Scheme | At Portland | | ATTACKS ADMINISTRATION! Full Publicity to Figures on In-| vestments Is First Recommendation Roosevelt Special, En Route to San Francisco, Sept. 22.—(7)—After writ- ing into the record of this president- ial campaign his views in a speech at Portland on the regutat'on and con- trol of public utilities dealing in elec- tricity, Governor Franklin D. Roose- velt Thursday was in California, whose swing from John N. Garner assured Roosevelt's nomination at the Chicago Democratic convention. William Gibbs Mcadoo had flown to Redding to meet the nominee and} escort him through the state. Mc- Adoo is the choice of California Dem- ocrats for the United States senate. Roosevelt, in the Portland address Wednesday night, the third of the four major utterances he will make on his 21-day tour of the west, out- lined his views on government owner- ship, public utility regulation, and of President Hoover, whom he designated “my distinguished opponent.” He; said: “Since 1928 my distinguished op- ponent has done nothing to enforce the regulatory sections of the federal water power act. “He has done nothing to block the financial operations incident to the great post-war development as Planned by its promoters. “My distinguished opponent is against giving the federal government | in any case the right to operate their own power business.” In his peroration, which the crowd frequently interrupted with cheering, Roosevelt said: * “To the people of this country I have but one answer on this subject: ‘The natural hydro-electric power re- sources belonging to the people of the United States or the several states |shall remain forever in their posses- sion.’ ‘Judge Me By Enemies’ ; “Judge me by the enemies I have made. Judge me by the selfish pur- pose of these utility leaders who had talked of radicalism while they were selling watered stock to the people and using our schools to deceive the: coming generation. “My policy is as radical as Ameri- can liberty, as radical as the consti- tution of the United States. Never shall the federal government part with its soverignty and control over its power resources while I am presi- «Continued on page twn) } JUBILEE PROGRAM Pageant to Be Staged This Week-End in Natural Amphitheater Washburn, N. D., Sept. 22.—(P—A} natural amphitheater near the Mis-| souri river will furnish the stage for an historical pageant depicting this community's history at Washburn’s 50th anniversary jubilee and home- coming Friday and Saturday. A cast of 400 characters represent- ing Indians, trappers, pioneers and | | | 1 | | which is to be presented each eve- ning of the two-day birthday party. Organization of Washburn Nov. 3, 1882, preceded by only a few months the organization of McLean county,: of which Washburn is the county seat, ahd the celebration will mark the 50th birthday of both. The an- nual McLean county stock show will; be conducted in connection with the) annIYaeTT, and homecoming festivi- ties. A parade is scheduled to open the program Fridgy morning with the tlers’ picnic. Four bands will join in @ concert at Asbury park. A talk by Chief Justice A. M. Christianson of the North Dakota supreme court will precede a ball game between Beulah and the McLean county All-Stars. Stock judging will take place Sat- urday. The annual turtle derby will be featured Saturday at 11 a. m., when the racing reptiles will be un- loosed in the center of a circle 100 feet in diameter, the first out of the circle winning the contest. Manitoba Bursar Is Sentenced to Prison Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 22—P)— John A, Machray, former bursar of pleat theft of $901,175 from the university and of $60,000 from Heber Archibald, his fe law partners. The sentences will run concurrent- jAction Is Taken at Special) | inclusive, only, and ; cowboys will take part in the pageant, | % arade nerstone Fete BISMARCK FATHERS EXTEND LAWNRATE AND REDUCE PRICE Cost Is Dropped From 17 to 15! Cents Per 100 Feet; Ap- plies to September PLAN NEW CUT NEXT YEAR Meeting Following House- holder’s Appeal Decision to grant a special lawn watering rate for the month of Octo-| ber and to reduce the lawn rate to be! charged on September bills was reached at a special meeting of the; city commission Wednesday night. The lawn rate ordinarily expires at the end of September and has; been 17 cents per 100 cubic feet. Un-| der the new rate it will be 15 cents; per 100 cubic feet. Action followed an appeal by aj property owner in the People’s Forum column of The Tribune sug- gesting that such action would make it possible for local property holders to send their lawns, gardens, trees and shrubs into the winter in good condition. It was further indicated that ad- ditional adjustments in the lawn rate are contemplated by the com- mission for application next summer. The resolution, offered by Water Commissioner George T. Humphreys and unanimously adopted by the commission, follows: “Whereas, the past three months have been extremely dry and have necessitated persons maintaining! lawns and gardens using a large} amount of water, and Need Water in October “Whereas, it appears necessary, in| order that such lawns and gardens! be properly maintained, that they be! heavily watered during the month of! October, and | “Whereas, the resolution - of the! Board of City Commissioners specify-} ing rates for water provides that the lawn rate shall be applicable dur- ing the months of May to September, ; “Whereas, considerable economies | have been effected in the operation of the Waterworks Department and further economies are under con-} sideration, now therefore “Be it resolved by the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Bismarck, North Dakota, that the resolution of said Board’ specifying water rates be amended in so far as same are applicable to lawn rates! to read as follows: i} “Lawn Rate: 15c for each 100 cubic feet of water consumed during the months of May to October inclusive, for lawn and garden purposes, in ex- | cess of 300 cubic feet above the aver-| age consumed during the months of November to April, inclusive. Applies to September | “And be it further resolved, that! such 15c rate be made applicable to! water consumed for such purposes during the months of September and October, 1932.” An ordinance fixing a maximum penalty of $100 fine or 30 days in jail for violation of the use of streets by trucks or other vehicles carrying heavy loads on streets prohibited to be used for such purposes, or carry- ing weights on ‘such streets in excess of weights specified, or the hours during which such hauling may be done, as provided by further resolu- tions which may be adopted by the board of city commissioners, was in- troduced and given its first reading. rice top nice meaaes Roosters and Hens | Put in Their Places | Chicago, Sept. 22. — (#) — In suburban Wilmette they've drawn the lines for roosters and hens. No rooster, says the suburb’s new ordinance, shall be’ kept within 300 feet of a residence. And the closest approach a hen may legally make to a dwelling is 15 feet. The idea back of the ordinance is to assure residents of better sleep. Some of them complained the neighbor's fowls were keeping them awake. Local Men Injured In Motoring Mishap F. C. Ellsworth, 302 W. Main St., was injured and three other men were bruised and shakeh when an automobile in which they were riding went into a ditch about four miles east of Center Wednesday afternoon. Ellsworth suffered a severe lacera- tion of the scalp, a broken lower jaw and a broken nose. When a front tire blew out as the car was going down a hill, M. C. Blackstun, district, manager for the North Dakota Power and Light company, was unable to keep the machine in the road. It plunged into the ditch, hurdled a culvert and turned over. Ellsworth, riding in the front seat, was huried against the windshield. | W. T. Kraft, manager of the Beulah mine, owned by the power company, was severely shaken and bruised and his back was strained. B. F. Patton, Huron, 8. D., lumber- man, suffered ‘bruises about the head and shoulders. Blackstun escaped = shaking up and minor scratch- ° nce: o On Spending Spree | ° ——+ With $1,000 ‘she picked up in her father's bank in Germantown, Wis., Mae Bruss, 12, below, and her chum, Pauline Dunst, 15, above, both of Cedarburg, Wis. went on a two- weeks’ spending spree while police sought them as kidnaped. Five-dol- lar tips to taxi drivers were the girls’ undoing when cabmen led police to their fashionable apartment in St. Louis. eling and stopping at hotels. ELKS WILL PRESENT INDOOR CIRCUS AT MEMORIAL BUILDING | 15 High-Class Acts to Brought Here By Local Lodge For Benefit Fete Decision to hold a huge indoor cir- cus here from Oct. 17 to 24, inclusive, was announced Thursday by Charles Liessman, exalted ruler of the local lodge of the order of Elks. The circus will be staged by the Milton Holland Producing company of New York city and will constitute the big Elk benefit performance for this winter. The lodge always has staged a benefit entertainment of | some sort in the past but this ‘year's effort will be on a more elaborate seale than ever before. The circus will consist of 15 high- class professional circus acts, recruit- ed from the leading out-of-door cir- cuses of the nation and will be pre- sented each night of the period men- tioned. In addition to the varied acts con- sisting of aerialists, tight wire artists, clowns, arcobats, the proverbial strong man, equilibrists, trained animals and | all the essentials to a high class cir- cus, free dancing also will be given | directly after the show each night. All of the acts are presented by ex- pert circus performers who have | thrilled thousands under the “big tops,” and the greatest array of acro- batic—arenic stars ever assembled under one management will be brought to Bismarck for the Elks Mammouth Circus. Music for the dancing will be furnished by the Hol- land band and orchestra under -the direction of Prof. Everett Conway, a noted conductor. Plan Children’s Matinee Although there will be no perform- ance of the circus on Sunday, Oct. 23, a special children’s matinee has bzeen arranged for Saturday, Oct, 22. More than 20,000 tickets for the affair have been distributed and all members of the Elks Lodge are working to make it @ successful charity fund drive. Liessman will be chairman ex-offi- cio of the circus enterprise and D. E. | Shipley will be general chairman with Obert A. Olson as general vice chair- man. Other committees connected with the entertainment are: Executive committee—J. C. Oberg, John L. George, J. C. Taylor, 'L. K. Thompson and Walter A. Sather, Publicity—C. F. Dirlam, Robert Byrne and A. H. Maas. ‘Tickets—Charles F. Martin, Milton Rue, G. L. Spear, J. L. Clifford, E. O. Bailey and C. H. Mergens. Hall—J. L. Powell, Douglas R. Yea- ter, Lyndal R. Shipley, Archie Mc- Phee, H. B. Love, H. M. Leonhard, E. E. La France, Walter P. Knott, E. B. Klein, D. E. Hitchcock, Harry W. Greenwood, C. D. Dursema, Willard E. Doty, Donald Snyder, Grant C. Marsh, M. B. Demming, Frank Clau- sen, Charles B. Whittey, Jr., James W. Guthrie, Eilert G. Sawyer and L. They admitted having spent $856 buying clothes and candy, trav-| luxurious WILL ASSEMBLE AT DES MOINES WHEN PRESIDENT SPEAKS |Milo Reno, Sponsor of Holiday Movement, Expects 20,000 There PLAN TO PORTRAY PICTURE | Senator Brookhart Attacks Ad- ministration in Speech | At Moville Des Moines, Ia.. Sept. 22—(?)— | Milo Reno, national president of the Farmers’ Holiday association con- ducting a “strike” for higher prices, has asked Iowa farmers to assemble here for a “protest” parade Oct. 4 when President Hoover is scheduled | to deliver a campaign address. He said he hoped 20,000 farmers would take part. “We have a right to hold President Hoover responsible for existing con- ditions,” Reno told members of the Iowa Farmers’ Union Wednesday night. “It is time,” he said, “that we edu- cate those responsible for this condi- tion of agriculture. We have a right to portray the real conditions wa exist in this country.” Meanwhile, Senator Smith W. Brookhart was detivering an attack on the administration, Wall Street. and the banking system at a farm’ gathering at Moville, Ia., attended by | | Picketing Begun } In Ward County the “farm strike,” was decided up- | on at a meeting of the Ward Coun- | ty Holiday association in Minot | | Wednesday evening. Mrs. Chris W. | Linnertz, secretary, said. Pickets also are to be posted at the stockyards near the city, Mrs. | Linnertz said. | It is announced that the picket- | ers will resort to persuasion to at- tempt to prevent the marketing of all grain, livestock and poultry. Perishable farm products will be passed. || Minot, N. D., Sept. 22.—@— | Picketing of all main highways | | leading into Minot, beginning | —— afternoon, to enforce | | i | i ( | { agriculturalist$ from northwest Towa, and nearby communities in Minne- sota and South Dakota. | The senator declared for federal | purchase of surplus farm products. He said congress should appropriate | five billion dollars for handling the | exportable surplus and urged the holding of a special session of con- | gress to deal with the farm problem. |The farmers adopted a legislative | program in which they urged a spe- cial session of congress, an immed- iate moratorium on farm chattel mortgages, an increase in the amount of currency, refinancing of agricul- tural loans with the control of the refinancing agencies resting with the | farmers, a public construction pro- ;8ram, repeal of “nuisance” taxes, and prices for farm products “at least equal to the cost of production.” John A. Simpson, national presi- dent of the Farmers’ Union, spoke at | the Des Moines meeting with Reno. j “If the system under which we are ruled,” he said, “will not provide food, clothing, and shelter, go take them.” . | Reno defended the Holiday move- ment, saying it was an economic, moral, and Christian endeavor, and would continue. Farm strike activities, meanwhile, | were quiet, little activity was noted }at Worthington, Minn., scene of picketing early this week, and at Montevideo, Minn., where 200 farm- ers established picket stations Wed- meee, only one minor clash was re- NORMAN THOMAS To VST NORTH DAKOTA Socialist Candidate For Presi- dent Will Speak At Man- dan Sept. 30 New York, Sept. 22—(7),—A man | rode alone Thursday into the west, seeking the presidency of the Uni- ted States, He will campaign in 17 states. There will be speeches by day and speeches by night, and he will snatch his rest in sleeping car as he rolls | into the’ northwest, to ‘California and to Texas. Norman Thomas, Socialist candi- date for president for the second time tary Chapin has turned down a $5,000 appropriation for a new official auto-