The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1932, Page 1

+ North Dakota’s Oldest, Newspaper _THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | Weather Report .* Oncasineny eo eae ESTABLISHED 1878 | Effort to Bonds Eat Into SINKING FUND AND INTEREST TOTAL PER CENT OF LEVY Proportion Is Twice That of Last Year; Education Gets 29 Per Cent o ‘ BASE FIGURES ON NEW LAW 1.46 Per Cent of Money Raised Provides $56,753 For Capitol Fund Of the $3,876,207 levied by the state board of equalization this year for state governmental purposes, 41.44 per cent is for the state bond sinking and interest fund, the largest amount ever levied for that fund, according to a study made, by Lyman A. Baker, dep- uty state tax commissioner. _ ‘The previous record amount for the sinking and interest fund was in 1927, when the levy was about 20 per cent of the total, Baker said. The 1932 levy totaled 6.83 mills, in- cluding the maximum four mills al- lowed for the general fund, and 2.83 mills to raise $1,606,100 for sinking fund and interest on industrial bonds. A levy of 3.90 for operating the gov- ernment and institutions was to raise $2,213,354, or 57.1 per cent of the total levy, while one-tenth of a mill was levied to raise $56,753 for the capitol building fund, making 1.46 Per cent of the total. This year's levy is based on a re- duction of the tax base from 75 to 50 per cent of the true value. Last year, under the 75 per cent valuation, 3.78 mills were levied. Of this, .43- mill, or 11.38 per cent of the total, was levied for bond sinking and in- terest, to derive $378,588. A levy of 3.25 mills was made for the general fund, to raise $2,864,339.65, or 85.98 per cent of the total levy. The one-tenth capitol building fund levy was for $88,052.27, represtnting 2.64 of the . total levy. Functional distribution of the 1931 and 1932 real estate tax levies, show- ing the percentage of distribution of levy by funds and according to pur- Poses for which the levy was made, is given in the following table: Percentage of total levy 1931 1932 Bond sinking and in terest . + 1138 = 41.44 | She Faces Execution Next Feb. 17 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1932 In denying the appeal of Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, above, for a new trial, the Arizona supreme court has decreed the woman slayer must be executed next Feb. 1’ Mrs. Judd’s only hope for immediate delay in the court order is a formal petition to that body for a hearing. She was convicted of murdering Mrs. Agnes Anne LeRoi and charged with slaying Miss Hedvig Samuelson, former North Dakotan, and sending their dismembered bodies to California in a trunk and suitcase. HERRIOT PLAN FOR + PAYMENT OF DEBT MEETS REVERSAL Two Committees Vote Over- whelmingly Against French - Premier's Proposal ris, Dec. 13.—(#)—Premier Her- riot’s government seemed seriously imperiled Tuesday as the chamber of deputies began discussion of whether am 146 to approve the government's proposal Education .. 43.64 28,98| to pay the December debt installment ertyie nor to the U. 8. with reservations, and corrections ... 12.25 8.14) Before the opening of the session ceriaiteee anment ; 1064 707! noth the foreign affairs and finance 695 4.61! committees of the chamber went on | record by large majorities as oppos- 5.73 3.90] ing the government's solution of the debt difficulty and voted in favor of 3.62 2.40) deferring payment until such time as “| the U. 8. consents to an internation- al debt conference. 89 89| ‘This decision was followed during @ recess of the chamber by a vote state in a syb-committee of 10 deputies pore grein 90 | reterating that France should not State industries (in- pay until America agrees to a con- trial commis- ference. amen : 05] This action was taken after Louis Miscellaneous ‘g6| Marin, in the course of a fiery speech, study under the various headings are: Education: Educational (Continued on Page Two) BILLINGS ASKS HOLIDAY Folsom Prison, Calif.. Dec. 13.—() Warren K. Billings, serving a life term here for the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day parade bombing, has suggested that Governor Jai Rolph, Jr., grant him a 90-day “re- lease” so he can visit his 76-year-old mother in Brooklyn, N. Y. When Governor Rolph. heard of this un- ‘usual suggestion he was non-com- mital beyond saying he would refer the matter to the prison board. Christmas Customs vhon FOREIGN LANDS * In the Philippines, where the weather is warm at Christmas, great wreaths and chains of cut flowers are carried through the streets by singing children. pa- rading behind Filipino bangs. declared France should refuse pay- ment because the financial burdens of the war should be borne by all institu-| Peop! les. Outside the chamber several hun- dred mounted Republican Guards maintained order. BRITAIN UNDERSTANDS UNCLE SAM'S POSITION Washington, Dec. 13.—(?)—The U. 8. will send no reply to the latest note from Great Britain on the war debts. After repeated conferences Tues- day between President Hoover, Sec- retary Stimson and Secretary Mills, the impression in informed quarters was distinctly that the U. 8. and Great Britain now understand each other’s position. No reason is seen in official circles for the U. 8. to reject the payment Pei from Great Britain Thurs- VOTES AGAINST PAYMENT » Dec. 13.—()—The Bel- gian cabinet voted Tuesday to refuse Payment of the $2,125,000 debt in- mts due the U. 8S. this week, then submitted its resignation. Exported 27,301,976 Bushels Last Month valued at Dominion bureau of tistics reports. Exports in the same month last year were 27,452,063 bushels, valued at $17,573,376. Canada shipped 17,857,718 bushels, valued at $8,883,794 to the ania 634 with @ value of $444,748, Last figures were 1,364,700. and Exports of rye totaled 504,716 bush- els, valued at $172,272. In November last Bee Sapeete were 742,391, valued 749. jovember | changes Arizona Court Denies Winnie Judd’s Appeal Refuses to Grant New Trial and Sets Execution Date For Next Feb. 17 Florence, Ariz., Dec. 13.—(?)—Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, Arizona’s trunk murderess, called her husband and attorneys into conference Tuesday ab the state prison to lay plans to pre- vent her execution, which the state supreme court has set for Feb. 17. Mrs, Judd’s only hope for immedi- ate delay in Monday's court's order is a formal petition to that body for a rehearing of the arguments pre- sented when the new trial was sought. Arthur C. Verge of Los Angeles, one of the condemned woman's attorneys, said the application for a rehearing would be filed immediately. Three other possible avenues of es- cape from the death penalty also were open. She may appeal to the state board of pardons and parole; she may obtain a sanity hearing before a |Pinal county jury, but only at the re- quest of the warden of the state prison; or she may appeal to the su- preme court of the United States. Attorney Verge said, in event a re- hearing is denied by the state supreme court, a rehearing of error will be filed with the U. S. supreme court. With Mother Overnight Mrs. Judd spent Monday night in her cell in “condemned row” with her mother, Mrs. H. J. McKinnell of Darlington, Ind., who had been al- lowed by the warden to remain with her daughter. Mrs. Judd the wife of Dr. William Judd, Los Angeles phy- sician, had received calmly the news the state supreme court said she should hang. Mrs. Judd was convicted of murder- ing Mrs. Agnes Anne LaRoi, a former friend with whom she resided in Phoenix, Ariz. She also was charged with the murder of Miss Hedvig Sam- uelson, another former companion, native of North Dakota, but never was brought to trial on this charge. The testimony showed both women were slain at about the same time in October, 1931, their bodies dismem- bered and sent in trunks from Phoe- nix to Los Angeles, where the crime was discovered. Mrs, Judd was being visited by her elderly gray-haired parents when word that the state supreme court had ordered her execution first reached her. Mrs, Judd maintained throughout the case that she had killed the wom- en in self defense, although she did not take the stand in her own behalf. (Continued on page two) Final Vote Near on Philippine Measure Washington, Dec. 13.—(#)—Re- newed efforts to change the main features of the Hawes-Cutting Phil- ippine independence bill were made in the senate Tuesday as leaders looked ‘for a final vote on the meas- ure late Tuesday or Wednesday. Several amendments were taken up to shorten the period before complete American sovereignty is withdrawn and to make less severe restrictions against duty-free imports into the U. 8. The bill now provides for granting full freedom at the end of 18 years. Senator Broussard (Dem., La.) pro- posed to substitute a term of eight years and Senator Vandenberg (Rep., Mich.) said he would propose calling for adoption of an constitution at the end of the instead of at the begin- island trail last period ning and the levying of tariffs after five instead of 10 years. pista ies eae up reconsider the vote under which the annual duty-free quota of sugar which may be admitted to this coyn- try for the first,10 years was from 850,000 tons to 615,000.’ ALLOTMENT PLAN FOR FARM RELIEF Promise Support If Consumer Costs Are Not Passed on to By-Products ROOSEVELT REPRESENTED House Committee Prepares to) Insert Necessary Changes in Jones Bill Washington, Dec. 13.—(#)—Ignor- ing suggestions that it might meet a presidential veto, farm leaders Tues- day rallied behind the voluntary do- mestic allotment plan for agricultur- al relief. After a meeting lasting into the early morning hours, they went be- fore the house agriculture commit- tee, prepared to tell Chairman Jones they would support the plan pro- vided additional consumer costs were not passed on to by-products of the commodity served. President-Elect Roosevelt, who has shown a leaning to the allotment principles, was represented at the conference of 15 national farm and commodity organizations by Henry Morgenthau, Jr., frequently advanced as a possible choice for secretary of} haa in the new administra- ion. With the apparent agreement on this farm-aid plan, the agriculture committee made plans to insert any changes necessary in the Jones | which was outlined to the confer- ence Monday night, and prepare it for speedy house passage. It would be effective only two years, leaving a more comprehensive m until Governor Roosevelt has taken office. Excise Tax Necessary | At the conference it was pointed out that to pay farmers a certificate approximating the tariff in addition’ to the market price on that portion” of their crops allotted for domestic! consumption the government would have to collect an excise tax of the same amount from processors. The! in turn, would pass it on to the con- sumer. i It was the contention of farm leaders that the increased cost of living should be reflected in higher prices of bread, cotton clothing, pork and tobacco products. If spread out over all categories the benefit to wheat and cotton farmers would be diminished by increased costs of Shorts, middlings and cotton bagging, of whith the farmer is the principal consumer. The allotment plan was sharply criticised by packers and the pro- ducers of fruits and vegetables. The former said that with family incomes reduced 50 per cent it would be im- Possible to pass an excise tax of two cents a pound on to the consumer of pork and that it actually would be’ reflected in lower farm prices. It was the contention of the latter that as surplus crop acreage was reduced to get the benefit of domestic allot- ment certificates the production of fruits and vegetables would increase | to distressing proportions. That argument brought out the suggestion that farmers volunteering } for the allotment plan agree in their acreage reduction contracts not to devote abandoned areas to certain crops designated by the department of agriculture as susceptible to over- production. Death Knell for Board Farm leaders said the Jones bill virtually*would be the death knell of! the farm board. The measure puts all discretionary power in the hands of the department of agriculture and Morgenthau told the conference | Roosevelt felt the educational co-; operative marketing functions of the, board should be transferred to the department while a new agency should be created to take over the credit powers of the board together with those of the federal farm loan board which now controls the Fed- eral Land banks, the joint Stock Land banks and the Federal Inter- mediate Credit banks, As proposed by the Jones bill, the (Continued on Page Seven) ' Mysterious Armed Stranger Is Found Crouched in Former Kaiser’s Castle Doorn, The Netherlands, Dec. 18.—()—A well-dressed stranger, the castle grounds last Sunday, + ment, that they have refused to ap- {with the Omaha and Council Bluffs a ly | Boy Is Saved Police nabbed all three members of a kidnaping gang who tried to ab- duct John Berry Turpidy, above, four-year-old son of a wealthy Rome, Ga., family. Learning of the plot, Police waited while two men accost- ed the child’s nurse, seized the con- spirators and a confederate in an auto nearby. The would-be kidnap- ers had planned to hold the child for $50,000 ransom. BiG BEND BRIDGE PLANS HIT SNAG Mercer County Commissioners Refuse to Approve Reso- lution For Levy | | Mercer county commissioners have | advised A.D. McKinnon, chief en- gineer for the state highway depart- prove a resolution to levy the county's share of funds for construction of the| Big Bend bridge. | The resolution was preserited to the commissioners by the state highway commission, and voted down 4 to 1. McKinnon said the highway depart- ment cannot proceed with the bridge | until Mercer county takes steps to| share in the cost. The cost of the proposed bridge is} placed at $425,000, with the state to Pay one third, the federal government: one-third in federal aid, and the re- mainder to be divided between Mer- cer and McLean counties, the latter of which has adopted a resolution ap- proving its share of the cost. Find ‘New Evidence’ In California Case Los Angeles, Dec. 13.—(4)—Impor- tant “new evidence” was claimed by District Attorney Buron Fitts Tues- day in the Captain Walter Wander- well slaying. Fitts said he would issue at once a murder complaint against William James Guy, 24-year-old Britisher. He commented this would prevent at- torneys seeking the release of Ed- ward DeLarm, Indian aviator, and his mechanic, Ralph Dunlap, both of whom have been held as material witnesses in connection with the death of the adventurer. Fitts said he was not convinced the slaying of Wanderwell the night of Dec. 5 on board his around-the- world yacht Carma was a “one man job” and called all witnesses to his office Tuesday for a new questioning. ee eee TO HEAD MIDLAND COMPANY Chicago, Dec. 13.—()—A vacancy in the presidency of the Midland United company, one of the former Insull holdings, was filled Tuesday with the announcement that John N. Shanna- han, had resigned a similar’ position Street Railway company to accept the Midland office. Police said he slipped into the grounds of Wilhelm von Hohen- | ag g age i g se ag BE a z i i E z i i i il gz g : g i : i meas | Ads EF fH i gs? i i § ee H e ; a i ae 5 : i i BE |IExpect Big Crowd For Charity Ball Heavy Attendance Will Swell Fund to Buy Shoes, Over- Shoes For Needy PURCHASES ARE DELAYED Committee Delays Action Until It Knows How Much Money Is Available Final preparations were being made Tuesday for Bismarck’s second an- nual Charity Ball, to be held Wed- nesday night at the World War Me- morial building. j Indications are that a large crowd will attend and thus contribute to) the success of the American Legion’s “Open Your Heart” campaign which | now is in full swing and which al- ready has extended relief to 123 needy families and individuals. To date the “Open Your Heart” headquarters has made no purchases of shoes or other equipment, Chair- man L, V. Miller said Tuesday. He explained that activity in this field has been purposely held up pending the ball. After receipts from that enterprise have been checked the committee will know approximately how much money it will have to spend on shoes, overshoes, stockings and underwear. Purchase of these items for distri- bution to needy persons will start! Eight More Donate Cash to Help Poor Eight additional cash contribu- | tions to the American Legion's |) “Open Your Heart” campaign were listed Tuesday, bringing the total to $195.70. The new donors were: | Dr. C. W. Schoreg Kings’ Ranch .. Jean Lavine . A Friend .. Ben Horwitz . Capital City Card Club. 8 George N. Keniston. 1.00 Harold Sorenson . 5.00 | Previously listed ... » 159.56 | Total.. Thursday, Miller said, and every ef- fort will be made to make every dol- lar go as far as possible. Already one school has sent to the Legionnaires a list of children who will need shoes and other apparel if they are to continue in achool through the winter and additional lists are expected from other schools. Miss Esther Teichmann, school nurse and & member of the Legion, is cooperat- ing in this work. Every case recommended will be checked by a committee and each needy child will be given its share from the fund contributed by Bis- marck's citizens. “If possible we will attempt to see that every child has clothing suffi- cient to enable him to continue in school,” Miller said. “That is our objective this year and, with the help of Bismarck’s citizens, we hope to realize it. The response this year, everything considered, has been splendid.” All told, 122 donations, in addition to those of cash already listed, had been registered at headquarters and calls from persons who have material to donate are increasing. Heavy demand for men’s under- wear was reported Tuesday. Many men, Miller said, have asked for it so that they could take whatever outside work is available. Anything along this line which is in service- able condition will be welcome, Mil- ler said, pointing out that a poorly cothed man could not do outside work in this climate during the win- ter. Such contributions, he said, might assist some families to become at least partly self-supporting. Meanwhile the chairman reiterated the request for everyone to give what he can in order that the poor may be clothed and comfort made general during the holiday season. “My ob- servation is that those who can and do ag get more real pleasure out of Christmas season than do those who can give but fail to do so,” Miller remarked. “There is something about this particular hol- iday which makes selfishness seem bard smaller than it usually appears Hatton Bank Robber Gets Life Sentence Hillsboro, N. D, Dec, 13—(}—Ed. Hungry slim) Dakota Penitentiary when brought before Judge Daniel B. Holt in Traill coun- ty court here Monday afternoon for his part in the robbery of the Mer- ggg its National bank at Hatton Sept. Vandiver was committed to life im- prisonment under the habitual crim- inal code of North Dakota. Unmoved, he heard Judge Holt brand him a “hardened criminal, de- pce sty | Queen of Legion | + ° JESSIE PHILLIPS Miss Jessie Phillips, an employe of the state highway department, was elected “Queen” of Lloyd Spetz Post No. 1, American Legion, in a con- test held recently. In addition to the title she won a free trip to the World’s Fair which will open next June at Chicago. PREMATURE WINTER (HOLDS ALL BUT FEW AREAS IN HIS GRIP || Temperatures in East Sag and Mercury Drops in Southern States Forecast (By The. Associated Press) Unrelenting, except in spots, pre- mature winter kept up its assault on the nation Tuesday. Temperatures in the East were sag- ging, and mercury drops were forecast | for states below the Mason and Dixon line. The midwest, already blanketed by snow was promised more, but with temperatures higher than those of Monday when sub-zero headings brought suffering to the homeless. Chicago had 2.4 above zero—the cold- est Dec. 12 on the city’s records. For, the first time in history Sacra- mento, Calif., had ice skating on the natural lakes of the city’s parks, and snow fell in Brawley, Calif., where there was no record of such weather before. Snow also covered the ground at Yuma, Ariz. The Rocky Mountain states, how- ever, and Oklahoma, began enjoying milder temperatures. Air travel was resumed. Before the moderation started seven persons died in Okla- homa, as a result of the cold wave. At Lyons, Colo., Mrs. Ellen Dwyer, 76, @ pioneer, was found frozen to death in bed. Beside her and also frozen to death, was her pet chicken. An official low of 41 below zero was reported Monday by Eden, Wyo., fol- lowed by a rise in temperatures. In a strange spectacle king winter invaded an alien kingdom Tuesday and spread his white robe of snow over the Great American Desert — where the sun is a scorching tyrant in the summer, and winter rarely comes at all. In the first measureable quantity on record, snow fell throughou! Southern California's imperial valley, at Yuma, Ariz. and at Blythe and Needles, Calif. along the northern reaches of the desert country. These names are almost synony- mous with heat, ranging from 100 to 120 degrees in summer time. The South river country is menaced again by floods. Persistent rains sluicing over the watersheds have set rivers rising in sections of Mississippi, Alabama and ‘West Georgia. Little damage has been reported so far, but danger lies in continuation of the wet weather. From sub-zero readings, tempera- tures in North Dakota swung upwards Monday night and Tuesday to bring relief from the intense cold that pre- vailed since last week. It was snowing at Bismarck, Willis- ton, and Valley City. . Williston reported 20 degrees above zero this } While Monday night's minimum was 10 above. At Jamestown jt was 13 above, at Devils Lake 10; Fargo-Moorhead 8, and Val- City three. = serving of the punishment given you here today.” Judge Holt passed frontier into Germany Tuesday afternoon. i | | 7 PRICE FIVE CENTS: mpeach Hoover Fails North Dakota Income Sharply LEADERS ENDORSE ROLL GALL AGAINST SURPRISE. ATTENPT 1S OVERWHELMIN Proposal Is Advanced By Mc- Fadden of Pennsylvania, Administration Foe SAYS MORATORIUM ILLEGAL Resolution Is Submerged 361 to 8 Vote;. Seven Demo- crats Favor It Washington, Dec. 13. — () — The house of representatives by 361 to eight votes Tuesday afternoon reject= ed a move by Representative McFad- den Pennsylvania Republican, for the impeachment of President Hoover on the ground he had betrayed the coune try on war debts. The resolution charged the presi« dent had “failed to obey and to up- hold the law passed by the 72nd cone gress forbidding cancellation in whole or in part of the war debts due to the United States from foreign nations, and is endeavoring and has endeav- ored to nullify the contracts existing between the United States and its foreign debtors.” It was tabled on motion of the Democratic dean of the house, Pou of North Carolina, with opposition votes coming only from Representatives Blanton, (Dem.,-Tex), Griffin, (Dem, N. Y.), Patman, (Dem., Texas), Rome jue, (Dem., O.), Sweeney, (Dem., Ohio), Black, (Dem., N. Y.), Hancock, (Dem, N. C.), and McFadden himself. House Was Stunned The house had been stunned for a time by the suddenness of the Penn- sylvanian’s move, hardly a whisper’ being heard when the clerk ran through the first part of his 18-page excoriation of the president. The resolution recalled similar at- tacks on the president by McFadden in the past, attacks which led to hig party removing his patronage privie leges from him after he bitterly as sailed the moratorium over a year age. McFadden's only remarks when he took the floor were: “Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of constitutional privilege. On my own responsibility as a member of the house of representatives, I impeach Herbert Hoover, president of the Unite ed States, for high crimes and mise demeanors ard offer the following resolution.” resolution charging President Hoover “with violating the laws and consti- tution of the United States” and with |“high crimes and misdemeanors” was read by the clerk. It said the president's actions had prevented “receipt of payment of money” owed the United States by foreign governments and charged him with conducting conversations with foreign representatives “ignominous to the United States.” Was 18 Pages Long The resolution, 18 pages long, end ed by saying: “Resalved that the committee on the judiciary is authorized to investt= gate the official conduct of Herbert Hoover, president of the United States, and all matters related thereto, to determine whether in the opinion of the said committee he has been guilty of any high crime or misdemeanor which, in the contemplation of the constitution, requires the interposi= tion of the constitutional powers of the house. “Such committee shall report its findings to the house together with such resolution of impeachment or other recommendation as it deems proper in order that the house of representatives may, if necessary, present its complaint to the senate to the end that Herbert Hoover may be tried according to the manner pre scribed for the trial of the executive by the constitution and the people be given their constitutional remedy and be relieved of their present apprehen- sion that a criminal may be in office.” Wanted Quick Vote Representative Stafford (Rep. Wis.), interrupted the reading to ask whethe er the resolution could be considered immediately. Speaker Garner re= plied: “Not until the reading of the reso~ Jution is completed.” The floor was crowded, and while the resolution was being read, Demos cratic leaders gathered around Speake er Garner for an informal conference, Representative Snell, the Republi- er Garner, ‘in meme can leader, and Speak the chair, were surrounded by bers of their parties, as the cler& neared the end of the resolution, con» ferring over what should be done, Close by and attentive in the center aisle was Chairman Sumners of the judiciary committee. Rail Workers Reject Plan for Lower Pay ‘of Zallroed man-