The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 25, 1932, Page 1

“ | Pa a bat | Pant , v p » 4 ? N ai x 4 a7 i 7 s ( " ¥ a ‘a « nr x North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Weather Report Fair tonight and Saturday; colder to- night, temperature Saturday. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1932 PRICE FIVE CENTS Von Hindenburg Dacre Retin BLOG WHICH WILL ASKS LUDWIG KAAS FOR AID IN SOLVING REICHSTAG RIDDLE Wonders If Parliamentary Gov- ernment in Germany Is Possible At Present COOPERATION IS PROMISED Coalition Cabinet Looms Since No Party Has Sufficient Majority to Rule Berlin, Nov. 25.—(?)—President von Hindenburg Friday called upon Dr. Ludwig Kaas, Centrist party leader, to answer definitely this question in the domestic crisis: Is it possible, and if so under what conditions, to estabiish a parliamen- : tary government in Germany? The president's latest action indi- cated he was willing to give the new reichstag a chance to prove its work- ing ability, even though Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialists, de- clined to form a parliamentary gov- ernment. Hitler heads the largest single group in the reichstag, but no party there has enough seats to command anywhere near a majority. If Dr. Kaas’ Centrists should form a gov- ernment it would have to be a coali- tion. Dr. Kaas told the president he be- lieved the possibilty of obtaining a parliamentary coalition still existed, and intimated the Centrists were will- ing to cooperate. Dr. Kaas started interviewing party leaders and promised to give the president a reply shortly. Hitler addressed an appeal to his followers Friday after the president withdrew his offer to make Hitler chancellor of a parliamentary govern- ment. The document ended as on previous occasions, “the fight con- tinues.” ‘The appeal predicted the ultimate triumph of the Nazis provided they did not compromise to help bolster up ® tottering system. JUDGING CONTEST BEGINS AT CHICAGO Farm Boys and Girls From 16 States Participate in Competition Chicago, Nov. 25.—(#)—The Inter- national Livestock Show, where the axiom, “blood will tell,” gets its sever- est test, opened unofficially Friday with youth trying to tell blood as ex- hibited by farm animals on parade. Farm boys and girls from 16 states will participate in the non-collegiate judging contest, prelude to the exposi- tion proper. Each state is represented by teams of three entries. Officials of the show said advance- ment of the event was necessitated by greatly increased entries this year which have resulted in an overcrowd- ed _schedule. The financial recession hasn't found its way into the breeders’ predigree ‘books, nor accompanied agriculture when it goes theatrical. Most of the 14,000 blooded cattle, sheep, swine and horses entered in the show— much above the registration of last year, and representing a 100 per cent increase in scme breeds—were in their stalls adjoining the amphitheater at the union stock yards. Some last minute arrivals were expected from the show at Toronto, Canada, which closed Thursday. Approximately 5,000 samples of farm crops will be on display. Warns Legionnaires Against Commupists W. W. Waters, who headed the bonus army in Washington last sum- mer, declared in a letter received by Governor George F. Shafer Friday that another bonus march on Wash- ington would be “pointless, futile and highly dangerous to society, especially as the one at present being agitated is headed by two of the most active of American Communists.” Waters asked the governor to bring the infornration contained in his let- ter before the various veteran organ- izations in the state as a means of “in- fluencing many men to remain at home who might otherwise partici- pate in the march.” The move to organize another bonus march to Washington, Waters said, is headed by two men who were refused admittance to the ranks of the B. E. F. “These men, Samuel Stember and Emanuel Levin,” Waters letter said, “should be scrupulously avoided by all loyal American veterans, and I cannot be too emphatic in warning those who believe in law and order and common decency to refrain from joining this proposed march.” IS SHOT ACCIDENTALLY Van Hook, N. D., Nov. 25.—(?)— Mary DeChamp, 24-year-old Indian girl from Dunseith, who has been em- ployed as @ housekeeper by Cecil Grant, also an Indian, living south- Carl Whittier, N. C., boy, led authorities to the whereabouts of the missing Col. Raymond Robins. It was re- ported he would receive a substan- tial reward from the Robins’ family. (Associated Press Photo) Byrd Fisher, 12-year-old SAY FREIGHT BILL AUDITING SCHEMES SHOULD BE PROBED State Railroad Commission Warns Shippers Against Reparation Promises A warning has been issued to ship- pers by the North Dakota railroad ‘commission to guard against entering into contracts with various freight bill State until the legality of the service Offered is investigated. The commission reported that in the past “many of our shippers and receivers have been misled into enter- ing into contracts purporting to guar- antee the recovery of large sums in {reparation when in fact nothing could be recovered.” Persons purporting to represent freight bill auditing companies are asking advance fees, in some instances as much as $500, with the represen- tation they will be able to recover huge sums in the form of reparation of past shipments as # result of for- mal cases pending before the Inter- state Commerce Commission, officials of the North Dakota commission said. Particular representations have been made with respect to shipments of dairy products and grain, the com- mission said, but in formal cases be- fore the I. C. C. involving these rates from North Dakota the I. C. C. has not made an award of reparation. It was suggested that before ship- pers or receivers of freight in North Dakota enter into a contract involv- ing payment of advanced fees on the promise of awards of reparation that the matter be referred to the gover- nor, who is chairman of the securities commission, for a ruling on the le- gality of any,proposed sale of a serv- ice agreement prior to obtaining a certificate from the securities. Reports have been received by the state commission that a concern with headquarters in Omaha is calling on creameries in Minnesota and shortly will solicit North Dakota creameries for their freight bills. In a special notice to creameries. the North Dakota commission said: “In our opinion there is absolutely no chance to obtain reparation on dairy shipments moving prior or sub- sequent to-Dec. 3, 1932. “In a decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission reducing the rates on dairy products from North Dakota and other states to the east, effective Dec. 3, 1931, no reparation was awarded, and in the other dairy case which now is pending before the I. C. ©, the chief examiner which heard the case has recommended sub- stantial “increases and has not rec- ommended reductions for the future or reparation on past shipments . .. “The North Dakota railroad com- mission has fully represented your in- terests in these dairy products cases from their inception back in 1925, and it is wholly unnecessary for you to contract with and pay money to any concern outside of the state to com- Pletely protect your rights and inter- ests in this matter.” New Leipzig Boy Is. : Dead of Appendicitis Melvin Elwin Roth, 13-year-old New Leipzig youth, died in a local hospital Thursday night of a ruptured appendix. He had been ill five days and was brought to the hospital sev- eral days ago. The boy, who was born March 18, 1919, at New Leipzig, leaves his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Roth, one brother, Roland, 3, and six sisters. They are Mrs. Paulina Friesz, Elgin; Annie and Edna Roth, both 17; Odelia 15, Ella 12, and Helen five. Puneral services will be held at 2 p. m., Sunday at the Johannesvel Congregational church 16 miles from west of here, died here as a result of | New Leipzig, with Rev. Diede officiat- an accidental gunshot wound in her} ing. Burial will be made in the near- chest. by cemetery. auditing companies from outside the! ASK WINE AS WELL AS BEER FORECAST House Members From Wine- Growing States Will Be- long to New Faction HEARINGS TO BEGIN DEC. 7 Brewers Say Beer Should Be Distributed Through ‘Or- dinary Channels’ Washington, Nov. 25—(P)—A wine bloc, prepared to demand that beer advocates include legalization of light wines in any legislation modifying the Volstead act, is forming in con- gress. This new angle thrusting itself into the Democratic drive for speedy changing of the prohibition laws was made known by Representative Haw- ley of Oregon, ranking Republican on the ways and means committee. House members from wine-growing and consuming states, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Missouri, prob- ably will make up the bloc. Already they have been promised an equal hearing with beer advocates. Hearings on liberalization of Vol- stead provisions begin Dec. 2 with some brewers prepared to ask that beer be distributed both in bottles and barrels. August A. Busch of Anheuser- Busch, Inc., St. Louis, responding to an inquiry, held that congress should not attempt to control distribution “inasmuch as any act passed by con- gress on this subject can relate onl, to non-intoxicating beer under thi constitution.” He added that regula- tion is a state function and that con- gress should limit itself to determin- ing alcoholic content and fixing taxes. Sale of bottled beer at hotels, clubs, restaurants and lunchrooms with meals and in grocery, department, drug and other retail stores by bottle or case for home consumption was suggested by Edward Landsberg, president of the Blatz Brewing com- Pany, Milwaukee. William L. Goetz, president of the M. K. Goetz Brewing company, Chi- cago, favored 2.75 beer by weight to be sold as near beer now is through “ordinary channels” and “without sales restrictions which usually are ; made to surround the sale of intoxi- cating liquor.” Saying 2.75 beer was non-intoxicating in fact, he held this method of selling in bottles or by ught would produce high revenue id keep the price “within reach of SHP-BY-RAIL GROUP > ETIG AT FAR Delegates From 16 North Da- kota Points Plan State- Wide Organization Fargo, N. D., Nov. 25.—(#)—More than 1,000 North Dakota railway em- ployees and taxpayers were expected in Fargo Friday to perfect a perman- ent organization of the North Dakota Ship-By-Rail association. Delegates from 16 North Dakota points were to convene at 10 a. m. to perfect organization, elect permanent officers and formulate policies and adopt resolutions to be presented the main body for approval. Visitors were to be welcomed by Mayor A. T. Lynner. Principal speak- ers included John Sullivan, Mandan attorney; P. F. Scheunemann, presi- dent of the Citizens Transportation League and traffic manager of the Monarch Elevator company of Min- neapolis, and P. A. Lee, Grand Forks, secretary of the North Dakota Farm- ers Grain Dealers association. Action probably will be taken by the state association to affiliate with the Citizens Transportation League, which is co-ordinating efforts of the various state associations in their campaign to meet truck competition. Presiding at the meetings was H. J. Muehlenbein of Fargo, temporary chairman of the state association. Other temporary officers were Arthur Ford of gingtiog ee =f H. Degnaf, Fargo, lent; Ver- non Patterson, Grand Forks, vice Minot, secre- North Dakota Man Injured and Robbed Newton, Kans., Nov. 25.—(?)—Paul Oakes, N. D., en route to . Bra- denberg of Lakota was appointed to serve until July 1, 1935, as a mem- ber of the board of veterinary medi- cal examiners. China Says Lytton Plan Unacceptable Rule on Tax Nanking Spokesman Predicts List Appeal The North Dakota state su- Preme court Friday ruled the 1932 delinquent tax list must be published in official county news- Papers, In a minute order issued late Friday afternoon, this court said: “Under Article 25 of the con- stitution an initiated measure cannot go into effect prior to the 30th day after the election at which the same may have been approved by the electors. “Chapier 3222, Laws of 1923, being Section 2189 of the 1925 . supplement to the compiled laws of 1913 and relating to publica- tion of notice of delinquent real estate tax sales is still in effect. “Now, therefore, it is ordered and adjudged that the order of the district court within and for Stutsman county appealed from herein be and the same is hereby reversed and the district court directed to enter its peremptory writ as prayed for.” The court order reverses the action of the district court in which a request for an alterna- tive writ of mandamus to compel the Stutsmna county auditor to certify the fax list to the James- town Sun for publication was denied. WORLD WHEAT POOL ON VOLUNTARY PLAN URGED BY CANADIAN Details of Suggested Scheme Laid Before Alberta Wheat Farmers Calgary, Nov. 25.—(7)—Virtual es- jtablishment of a world wheat pool on a voluntary basis by the four leading wheat-exporting countries was urged \before the Alberta wheat pool annual |meeting Thursday by C. W. Peterson, |publisher of the Farm and Ranch jreview and leading farm expert of jWestern Canada. Peterson's address was given at the request of delegates during discussion of general wheat production and ex- Porting problems. His proposals, mentioning specific- ally the wheat-exporting countries of Canada, United States, Australia and Argentina, briefly were: | 1. To organize the four chief wheat-exporting countries into a pool to control, within each such country, the domestic and export sale of wheat and flour. 2. induce importing countries to agree a fixed, uniform price of a specified grade of wheat at Liverpool. 3. By creating a state monopoly of the wheat and flour business or by any other feasible methods, to facili- tate the proper enforcement of such a price within all countries. Elaborating his proposals after ad- dressing the closed meeting of the pool delegates, Peterson reviewed the history of agriculture for the last 300 years leading up to present world con- ditions. He proposed the licensing of farmers in Canada, United States,| Australia and Argentina to guarantee | against over-production with a form) of international control. Peterson's plan called for establish- ment of a “joint international wheat board” which would become respon- sible for marketing of all the wheat and flour produced in the four coun- tries. Each of the four countries would, by the joint international body, bet al- lotted an increase ‘quota annually, based on current world requirements. OBJECT TO TAXES Buenos Aires, Nov. 25.—(#)—New taxes projected in the 1933 budget Friday prompted the Commerce De- fense League to consult commercial New World War If Solu- tion Is Not Found SCHEME HAS FOUR POINTS League Commission Would Have Japan and China Negotiate Directly Nanking, China, Nov. 25.—(P)— Proposals advanced by the Lytton commission and others for direct negotiations with Japan to find a solution for the Manchurian dispute are absolutely unacceptable to China, the government announced Friday. The commission recommended an advisory conference between China and Japan with the object of nego- tiating four separate instruments: (1) A declaration by the Chinese government constituting a special ad- ministration for the three Manchur- ian Provinces. (2) A treaty between China and Japan dealing with Japanese inter- ests. (3) Another treaty of conciliation, arbitration, non-aggression and mu- tual assistance. (4) A commercial treaty between the two countries. The first would create an autono- mous regime, the rights of both coun- tries thereunder to be protected by the treaties. The only armed force in Manchuria would be established with the collaboration of foreign instruc- tors, to serve as a police organization. The government also would be assist- ed by foreign appointees. The treaty dealing with Japan's in- terests would guarantee that country’s free participation in the economic de- velopment of Manchuria, would guarantee continuance of Japan's rights in the neighboring Mongolian Province of Jehol, and would embody an agreement regarding the operation of the railways. The treaty of conciliation would set up an arbitrating board to assist in the solution of any difficulties. The commission suggested that provision could be made for participation in this arrangement by Soviet Russta. The commercial treaty would have as its object the establishment of con- ditions to encourage as much as pos- sible the exchange of goods between China and Japan, and would pledge the Chinese government to forbid and repress boycott movements against Japanese trade. If the League of Nations fails to find a solution for this dispute, T. T. Wang, the former foreign minister, said Friday, “the seeds of a new World war will be sown.” Illness of Edwina Booth Is Revealed Hollywood, Calif, Nov. 25.—(P)— Edwina Booth, blonde motion picture actress who played in “Trader Horn,” the picture of life in the African beeen jungles, is serious- ly ill, the victim of @ complication of tropical disorders that kept her from pursuing her film ag| career and that f| for a time puzzled *| medical specialists Only a few of her friends knew until Friday that she had been kept at the home of her mother for the last Ee seven months. eowina Bootu Mrs. Josephine Woodruff, mother of the actress, said her daughter is the victim of the rays of the equatorial sun and of poisonous insects of the jungles where. filmsily- clad she made scenes for the jungle story. Only once during the seven months has Miss Booth been able to leave her bed and then she suffered a relapse, Mrs. Woodruff said. FLU HITS LAS VEGAS Las Vegas, Nev., Nov. 25.—(P)—A spread of influenza in Boulder City, headquarters for the construction of Hoover dam, has resulted in the clos- ing of the school there as a precau- interests about a movement to close commerce generally in protest. Shanghai, Nov. 25.—(7)—Japa- accused in a tants of Ping Ting-San, Chien Chin-Pae and Litsekou, near Pushun, to assemble in a ditch outside Ping Ting-San. ‘The mass killing followed, the troops using machine guns to mow down the mass of scream- ing villagers, the communique said, adding that Japanese Na- tionals a rer the land the villagers owned. The announcement said the vil- lagers were taken to the ditch pil A oO pose 8 of and co- ting with ‘volunteer Chinese thoope and said the Japanese tionary measure, although other pub- lic centers remain open. Say Japanese Mowed Down 2,700 Chinese in Deliberate Massacre promised a reward if the suspects were found innocent, then sent troops into the towns to investi- te. At the same time, the commu- nique asserted, 10 or more ma- chine guns were placed in shoot- ie ee 70 yards from the guns opened fire. It added that 160 escaped with slight wounds, that 60 or 70 died trying to flee, “while infants, children and others not killed by bullets, were bayoneted.” ‘The Chinese statement said Japanese soldiers piled the corpses in a huge heap, covered them with oil, and burned the ROOSEVELT RESTS AT GEORGIA HOME AS PARLEYS LOOM Returns to Warm ‘Springs and Bathes in Water Which Improved His Health WILL OUTLINE PROGRAM Looks Forward to Series of Con- ferences Next Week With Democrat Leaders Warm Springs, Ga., Nov. 25.—(®)— In the quict of his little white cot- tage under the pines, Franklin D. Roosevelt settled down Friday to a period of rest before tackling the job of working out with Democratic con- gressional leaders the program they will support in this session of con- gress. The broad outlines of the program already have been talked over with numerous Democratic members in the round of conferences the president- elect held while he was in Washing- ton early this week. They call for enactment of measures toward gov- ernmental economy to balance the budget and farm relief legislation following the general lines of Roose- velt’s campaign speeches. Among the first of the Democratic leaders expected to call upon Roose- velt early in the week is Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Demo- cratic leader. The last visit the sen- ator had with the president-elect was at Hyde Park several weeks ago, when Robinson" said there would be no dis- Position on the part of the Demo- crats to penalize Republican inde- pendents for supporting the Demo- cratic ticket. This was taken at the time as an indication the Democrats would be disposed to deal leniently with the Republican independents who sup- ported the Roosevelt ticket in the reorganization that will come in the 78rd congress. Several of them hold important committee chairmanships. : For. Friday the president - elect promised himself a period of com- plete rest, broken only by a journey down the hill from his cottage to the hospital grounds for a swim in the curative waters that are considered to have played such a prominent part in his fight for recovery of his health. There were no appointments on his calling list. Despite this, however, there was much work to be done. Hundreds of letters were accumulating to be an- swered. The first of the job seekers ta come to Warm Springs arrived Thursday in the rain. The man said he had hitch-hiked several hundred miles to See the president-elect and ask him for a job as assistant secretary to someone. He said he had been a delegate to the Chicago convention. Roosevelt ate his Thanksgiving dinner with the patients at the in- stitution which he was so largely in- strumental in founding. The presi- dent-elect ate turkey, cranberry sauce and plum pudding. Then he promised the patients he would come back to Warm Springs each November while he is in the white house, and as many times be- tween as congress would permit, and joshed his bodyguard for failing to make a speech when called upon. Three Farm Girls Win Scholarships Chicago, Nov. 25.—(#)—Three farm girls whose canning achievements were adjudged best among the 950,000 4-H club girls and boys of the nation Thursday were awarded scholarships by the national committee on boys’ and girls’ club work. The three girls honored are Keneta Guthrie, 15, of Bourbon county, Kas.; Gene Sheppard, 17, of Macon county, Ala., and Elvis M. Dutcher, 15, of Kent county, Mich. They were select- ed from a group of eight regional win- ners. They will receive their awards next Tuesday when they join 1,200 other farm youths attending the national club congress held in connection with the international livestock exposition, which opens Saturday. Dickinson Man Will Protest Board Move Dickinson, N. D., Nov. 25.—(P)— George Berzel will file formal pro- test against the decision of the state railroad commission which denied the renewal of a franchise to operate a motor freight line between Bismarck and Dickinson in favor of the In- terstate Transportation company of Bismarck, he announced Friday. Berzel's franchise for a line from Dickinson to Beach was renewed. The Bismarck-to-Dickinson line was given to the Interstate company on grounds of “much greater experience in motor transportation matters.” Berzel contends his priority claim should decide the matter. $6,129.25 Turned Into Charity Fund Latest available figures in Bis-| the marck’s 1932 community chest cam- paign indicated that $6,129.25 had been turned into headquarters by col- lectors at noon Friday. Several canvassing teams had not reported, however, and a drive among state employees was yet to be com- pleted. r Resigns At Harvard Abbot Lawrence Lowell, one of the world’s foremost educators, re- ; signed as president of Harvard university, a post he has held for 23 years. (Associated Press Photo) NORTH DAKOTA BOY HELD IN SLAYING OF WIBAUX CATTLEMAN jMerle Lowman, of Golden Val- ley County, Implicates Ben Herr of M'Clusky Scottsbluff, Neb., Nov. 25.—(7)}— Merle Lowman Friday waived extra- j dition to Chicago where he is wanted for the slaying of Henry Shoop, a cattleman. The 18-year-old youth, son of Mrs. Ada Jones here, has lived at Morrill, jNeb., and gone to school there. His father, Charles Lowman, lives at Westerheim, Golden Valley county, )N. D. Lowman told officers Friday, they said, that he was with Ben Herr of McClusky, N. D., when they quarreled Oct. 3 with Shoop over $4 in a Chi- cago hotel. He said Herr struck Shoop with a water pitcher, trussed him up and left him still alive. ‘The arrival of a Chicago officer to get Lowman is awaited here. He was | arrested Thursday. SHOOP WAS STRANGLED |AND BRUTALLY BEATEN Chicago, Nov. 25. — (P) — Henry Shoop, 35, a Wibaux, Mont., cattleman for whose death Merle Lowman was reported held in Scottsbluff, Neb., was found strangled and brutally beaten to death in a hotel near the union stockyards on Oct. 31. Jack Lane, who said he was a friend of Shoop, had ridden in a freight ca- boose with him from the west as far as Mendota, Ill., was taken into cus- today at Lincoln, Ill., last week and brought to Chicago, but was released when he convinced police he knew nothing of the slaying. Lane told them, police said, two other men occupied the caboose with Shoop and himself, but their names jwere not disclosed. Two policemen, however, were sent to Ottsville, Pa., early this week on word Ben Herr, a suspect, had been seized there. An extradition hearing is io be held in |the East in a few days. Police said they received a telegram from Gering, Neb., police stating that Lowman had been arrested and ask- ing if he were wanted here. His de- itention would be requested, authori- ties said, pending the arrival of Chi- cago officers. Shoop was seen alive ‘ast when he entered the hotel with a stranger, the day before his body was found. | His hotel room bore signs of a terrific struggle. > | Weather Flip-Flop Excites Dickinson FL eeeeremncereng! eee Dickinson, N. D., Nov. 25.—(P)— The best weather prophets in Dickinson are baffled! After laboring through the worst October snowstorm in his- tory and shivering under 16 be- low zero weather only a week ago, weather dopesters this week were confronted with the alarming news that a robin still is making its home here. Mrs. M. L. Ayers said she saw the bird on the bal- cony of her home. This is besides last week's re- port from Killdeer that large -swarms of small grasshoppers were seen hopping over the snow- banks and flying north. Commission Objects To Livestock Rates stock, has been filed by the North Dakota railroad commission. change transit. ‘When the matter is set for ing, representatives of the state mission will offer exhibits and testimony in support of the plaint. commission, | union, alleging unreasonable rates on live-|ing classes Seattle Madman Slays Six Mien Turns to Centrist Leade I{4 OTHERS WOUNDED AS GRAZED FILIPINO TERRORIZES AREA Slashes At Persons on Streets and in Stores With Two Crude Knives SAYS HE HAD BEEN ROBBED ‘I Felt Funny+in the Head,” Slayer Explains Following Apprehension Seattle, Nov. 25.—()—Armed with two 7-inch knives he fashioned from @ native Moro bolo, Julian Marcelino, @ crazed Filipino, killed six men and wounded 11 persons in a two-hour rampage Thanksgiving day. Marcelino ran wild in and out of the cheap lodging houses and shops on the edge of the Oriental district, striking at the hearts of whomever he {met, while police and ambulances fol- lowed his trail of dying and wounded victims. Overpowered late in the day by two Policemen, disarmed and jailed, the 30-year-old Filipino lapsed into sul- len silence—a silence broken Friday to explain loss of his $300 in savings by two robberies were responsible for his sanguine orgy. He Killed: W. J. Morris, 60, a grocery store proprietor. Frank Johnson, 65, a bystander, Pito Gualto, Filipino, 50. Bernardino Bonita, Filipino, 25. Jimmy Ginimez, Filipino, 25. William Tanador, Filipino, 28. Eleven others, one a Japanese wom: an, lay in hospitals Friday with their chests or shoulders gashed by Mar- celino's knives. City hospital sur- geons held e@ut hope for the life of Antone Schuler, 73, the most serious- ly injured of those who lived through the night. Others of the more seriously injured were Hans Sjogren, 50, stabbed in the shoulder; Tam Takoff, 47, wounded in jthe upper chest, and Tajita Maca, 36, a Japanese woman, wounded in the shoulder. In an attempt to explain the crime, which took a greater toll than any Public catastrophe here in recent years, police said Marcelino told them, “I felt funny ip the head.” “I was held up Wednesday night | by three colored men,” officers quoted him as saying, “and I lost $200, Af- | terwards I went to the Midway Hotel and stayed with Pito Gualto. “I got up at 9:30 a. m., yesterday morning and went up to the hospital |to visit my cousin and when I re- turned to the hotel $100 I had hidden in a sack was missing.” ‘PLEADS GUILTY 10 ‘SACRIFICE’ MURDER ‘I Said Ali-Kersiump and He Fell Dead,’ Leader of Negro Cult Says Detroit, Nov. 25. — (®) — While a crowd of more than 500 members of his cult milled about in the corridors of recorder's court, Robert Harris, Negro member of a cult known as the Order of Islam, was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge Friday and admitted he killed James J, Smith, Negro, because it was “crucie fixion time.” Police said there was no disturb- ance. A plea of guilty was entered for Harris, and he was returned to a cell pending a possible sanitary hearing. Harris entered into a lengthy argue ment with Recorders Judge John A, Boyne as to who was “king” in the courtroom, and the court attendants had difficulty in keeping the Negro's bat off his head. “I killed this man with the crucie fixion,” he said. “T said ‘ali-kerslump’ and he fell dead.” Previously testimony was to the efe fect that Harris, in the midst of » “sacrificial” rite to his gods, struck the man over the head with an autoe mobile axle after stabbing him. “Well, I've got to go now,” said Harris, as he completed his testimony and started toward the door. Police restrained him, and, proteste ing that he was “king here and everye where,” he was returned to a cell, while the cult members dispersed. Labor Would Unionize Chain Store Employes report ‘by the committee on organization, head- ed by Michael Duffy of Indianapolis. 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