The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 17, 1932, Page 1

w » Box Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873; SEE LITTLE CHANCE POR NEW ATTITUDE | j WITHOUT PROMISES Indicate Chamber Adamant Un-) less U. S. Agrees to Slash Obligations WASHINGTON STILL SILENT Paul-Boncour Tries to Succeed Where Herriot and Chau- temps Failed Paris, Dec. 17.—(#)—With Joseph Paul-Boncour struggling to form a ministry, indications Saturday were France still was expecting something more definite from Washington on debt revision if the chamber were to be induced to reverse its decision and pay the December interest. Such was the official view expressed Saturday forenoon. Acting Premier Herriot declined Joseph Paul-Bon- cour’s offer to enter a new cabinet but assured the premier-designate he could count on Herriot’s cooperation in the chamber. d A high official was asked what, from the French view, was necessary to extract the debt problem from its present deadlock. He replied that if the U. 8., in some form or other, could clearly give to the French nation a promise debts would be revised he be- lieves the French chamber might al- ter its decision to postpone payment. The opinion was growing here the Franco-American difference had been allowed to develop out of all propor- tions and easily could be cleared away. One means heard mentioned was that Washington authorize Ambassa- dor Walter E. Edge virtually to open debt negotiations by making prelim- inary inquiries concerning the French attitude on debts. | A French spokesman admitted im- pressions have c.me from Washington that executive power there saw no ob- jection to a re-examination of the debts but he thought these impres- sions were-not-definite enough. to have any real effect on the French cham- ber. Herriot’s present@osition was stated to be merely that of carrying on cur- rent business of the ‘nation and he personally can engage in no negotia- tions and would transmit any com~- munications to President Lebrun to be eventually handed over to the new government. Paul-Boncour told Socialist leaders Saturday he considered any future French cabinet must be bound by the vote of the chamber of deputies Dec. 14 to defer payment of war debts THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1932 Mandan —<? Received Threats Bernice Dearden of Philadelphia (above) can rest a little more easily now that police have captured James Sallee, who is accused of lifting a decoy letter left to apprehend the person who threatened the girl's life. Her father, Robert-R. Dearden, Jr., received a note demanding $5,000 with the threat the girl would be killed if the money were not forth- coming. Sallee once lived near the Dearden home. MONTANAN CHARGES ALLOTMENT PLAN IS ONLY ALTERNATIVE Is Best Substitute For ‘Doing Nothing’, M. L. Wilson Telis Committee Washington, Dec. 17.—(P)—Orderly to balgnce agricultural pro- tion and cohsumption was urged Friday night by an original sponsor of the domestic allotment relief plan as the alternative to “doing nothing and letting the fittest survive.” Prof. M. L, Wilson of Montana State college appeared before the house agriculture committee to advo- cate the allotment principle, which he Proposed to the committee last spring for ‘the first time. Organized farm groups have thrown their strentgh be- hind the measure. Since he last appeared, Wilson said, there has been a decided shift in ap- pending an international conference. | proach. He added, however, he believed it necessary to pursue debt negotiations with the U.S. BRITTEN RESOLUTION HITS AT DEFAULTERS ‘Washington, Dec. 17.—(?)}4-Repre- sentative Britten (Rep. Ill), in a resolution proposed a tax on the pri- vate and governmental securities held by Americans against foreign nations which have defaulted their debts to the U. 8. His resolution, upon house adop- tion, would require the ways and means committee to determine im- mediately the advisability of such a tax. It also would require investigation of the volume of American securities held »y foreign governments and the feasibility of taxing products or as- sets of American manufacturing plants established in defaulting coun- tries. The committee likewise would be. directed to see whether it would be advisable to tax all American letters of credit and travelers’ checks when they were tobe used by Americans in defaulting countries. The U. 8, has informed France, and given similar indications to other debtor nations, that the administra- tion is willing to continue debt dis- cussions but is opposed to any gen- eral conference and can make no offer of revision. This was the brief outline of the administration’s stand given in an authoritative source. Election of Morton Sheriff Is Contested Formal notice has been served on Youngster Killed in Pitchfork Accident “It now is regarded as of primary benefit to the nation as a whole,” he BYERLY RESIGNS AS [270 Ask Help from LAND OFFICE HEAD; ‘Open Heart’ Body} ARGENTINA NPPED BAILEY GETS POST MIDDLEWEST TILL Approximately 250 School Chil- Nonpartisan Is Named to Suc- ceed Incumbent At Sug- gestion of Byrne FOUR-TO-ONE VOTE CAST State Auditor Steen Is Only Board Member to Oppose New Selection (By The Associated Press) W. E. Byerly, state land commis- sioner, Saturday tendered his resigna- tion to the state board of university and school lands, which accepted the resignation and appointed E. O. Bai- ley, Bismarck, as his successor. Four of the five members of the board voted for Bailey’s appointment, while State Auditor John Steen voted against it. Other members of the board are Governor George F. Shafer, Attorney General James Morris, 8u- perintendent of Public Instruction Bertha R. Palmer, and Secretary of ‘State Robert Byrne. Bailey was appointed to fill out the unexpired position of Byerly’s term which ends August 1, 1933. Byerly’s resignation became effec- tive immediately and Bailey took over the office Saturday afternoon follow- ing the filing of his oath of office. Proposes Name ’ Byrne, the only Nonpartisan League member of the board, presented Bai- ley’s name. He said that by appoint- ing Bailey there would be in the land commissioner's position a man of the same political faith as the new ad- ministration coming into office in January. Bailey, during the primary election campaign, was appointed assistant to the state campaign manager and has long been an active worker for that party. He came to North Dakota from Ne- braska in 1902 with his father, who homesteaded in Dunn county, where the latter still farms and ranches. The elder Bailey was elected with Nonpartisan League endorsement as @ member of the state house of rep- resentatives at the last election. E. O. Bailey farmed in Dunn coun- ty, where he was elected county treasurer in 1922, holding that office until 1925. He then resigned to be- come chief clerk with former State Treasurer C. A. Fisher and later be- came secretary of the state securi- ties commission during the adminis- tration of the late Governor A. G. Sorlie, remaining at that post until | October, 1929. Since that time he has been con- nected with the North Dakota Motor ‘Trades association as secretary-treas- said, “while the benefit to farmers is] urer, and also is with an investment more incidental. Economically we are} firm. He is married and the father on the dead center of accumulated| of one son, Clinton, 16. deferred demand. An increased pur-} In accepting Byerly’s resignation, chasing power for agriculture will/the board of university and school push us off the dead center most/iands adopted unanimously a resolu- easily.” tion expressing “deep appreciation of Wilson stressed that the plan as the eminently efficient service ren- now presented was designed to restdre|dered to the state of North Dakota,” @ parity between agriculture and/py Byerly and “commended him for other industries. his “loyal and faithful service as ex- “This proposal is designed to bring|ecutive officer of the state land de- back the balance needed between in-| partment during these trying times.” dustries,” Wilson said. “Either we must intensify competition among in- dustries now controlled, including more flexible utility rates, or we must develop a control of natural resources, especially of agriculture. ... Wilson said he now preferred the allotment plan recommended by the farm leaders which’ would pay the farmer a benefit on his percentage of domestic consumption sufficient to restore the pre-war purchasing power of four great staple commodities, the benefit ab the amount of the tariff. Public Is Invited to. Messiah Presentation Every Bismarck citizen and music lover Saturday was invited by Rev. Opie 8. Rindahl, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, to hear the presen- tation of Handel's oratorio, “The Messiah,” by the No admission charge will be made and the public is invited to hear the as Trin- program, which is designed ity Lutheran’s principal civic and will church contribution to the festivities of the Christmas season. E Ae Ai a z Byerly Offers Help . In his letter of resignation, Byerly said he would be “glad to render in the future such assistance as possible to my successor.” In a letter to Governor Shafer, By- erly said he was resigning “in ac- cordance with my promise to the peo- ple of North Dakota made public through the press of the state some time ago that I would resign my posi- tion as state land commissioner in the event Mr. William Langer was elected rnor.” eerTa resigning my position,” Byerly added, “I have no apologies to offer to anybody and I feel that I have done perhaps as well as the ordinary man would have done in my position. ‘The problems of the office during the last two years have been extremely hard to solve and I, like many other beings, have no doubt made some mis- takes. I have however been entirely with all people who had business to transact through this of- tice, having never tried to punish any- ly,-nor have I extended special favors to those who did agree wth me po- litically. Every case has been handled as best I could on its its alone.” Byerly expressed his appreciation tu the chief executive for the help given UNCOMFORTABLE AS TEMPERATURES SAG Snowfall For Plains States and Eastern Seaboard Fore- cast For Today (By the Associated Press) Nature mixed a hodge-podge of the elements for the nation Saturday. Residents of the northern plains states were buttoning up their over- coats more tightly to greet ‘sagging temperatures, while in other sections of middle-America a meterological sommersault brought comparatively warm weather. Rising temperatures were due throughout most of the east and south, but Atlanta reported a beltof sleet and snow from Arkansas to ; Georgia. Some highways in northern Mississippi were blocked by high wa- ter, hampering traffic. An Atlanta woman was killed when struck by an automobile in a blinding sleet storm. Sleet and snow greeted Charlotte, N. C., with a low temperature of 20— @ record for the season. Oklahoma looked for a break in the cold snap, but south Texas Gulf coast points were expecting chilly weather, after a Texas cold wave that claimed two deaths from exposure. To add to the hodge-podge, the weather man predicted snow for the east by Saturday night and mugh of the middle west Saturday. An un- official glance at some of the weajher reports revealed these conditions: Western Pennsylvania—Moderating temperatures after the coldest weather in two years in which one man was frozen to death. Ohio—Slightly warmer predicted after temperatures as low as 23 be- low. Six reported dead. New York—A let-up in biting cold was in sight, after near-zero temper- atures and freshening winds jammed the city’s shelters. Chicago—Rising temperatures. Rocky mountain region—Normal or moderating weather throughout. San Francisco and the California coastline—Moderating temperatures, although Los Angeles expected a pos- sible frost. One estimate on damage from cold weather of the last 10 days was that the loss to orange and other crops in the Sacramento valley would reach $800,000. A heavy fog blanketed Tacoma, Wash., Friday night, tying up traffic while snow in the Sierra Nevadas stopped airplane travel. STATE GEOLOGIST | IS DEAD AT-FORKS Dr. A. G. Leonard, Professor at University, Dies of Heart Ailment Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 17.—(?)— Dr. Arthur Gray Leonard, 67, profes- sor of geology at the University of North Dakota and state geologist since 1903, died early Saturday morning from the effects of a heart ailment that had kept him at his home since. early September. Born in Clinton, N. ¥., Dr. Leon- ard attended Oberlin ,college and was given & bachelor of arts degree in 1889 and a masters degree in 1895. He obtained a doctor of philosphy at Johns Hopkins in 1898. For several years he was assistant state geologist in Iowa and taught in the University of Missouri before com- ing to North Dakota. He leaves his widow. Funeral services will be held in the Congregational church of Grand Forks at 4 p. m. Sunday and the body will be taken to Minneapolis for cremation. BIRTH RATE FIGURES Berlin's birth rate figure for 1931, set at 8.7 per thousand, was the low- est of any city in the world. Next came Stockholm, with 10.8, San Francisco, with 11.8, Paris, with 144, | bringing and London, with 15. dren on List For Special Consideration PROGRAM IS COUNTY-WIDE Boy Scouts Canvass City For Donations of Toys and Necessities Records of the American Legion “Open Your Heart” campaign Satur- day showed that 210 applications for relief have been received at headuar- ters in the Baker building and most. of them have been filled in so far as it was possible to do so. In addition to the numerous cash donations which have been printed in The Tribune, 200 donations of clothes, toys or other items have been received. Although the demand for help from rural sections has been heavy, only two donations have been received from country districts, one of them being in cash. “We realize full well that this is be- cause the people are unabl: to give and not because they do not wish to do so,” L. V. Miller, campaign chair- man, commented Saturday. “We have found it impossible to give everyone everything they ask for but we are doing our best to see that the aid is generally distributed throughout the county and where it will do the most good. Our investigating committee reports that some people who feel they are in hard circumstances don't know what hard .circumstances are Girls’ Club Gives Treasury to Fund Who gives more than those who give their all? Workers at the ‘Open Your Heart’ headquarters pondered this question Saturday as they considered a donation of 13 cents from the Junior's Club, an organization of girls ranging from six to nine years old, who plopped IS cents into the fund with the earnest statement that it was all they had in the club treasury. Dues are only two cents per month. they said, and they were sorry they had not accumulated more. Inquiry developed that Marion Reel is president of the club: Bevery Beaudoin, vice president; Barbara Shaft, secretary-treasurer and Margaret Shaft sergeant-at- arms and chairman of the social committee. Other case donations Saturday were $2 from L. P. Warren, and $1 and 25 cents, respectively, from friends, bringing the total cash do- nations to $249.68. when compared with others. For that reason we have tried to select re- cipients of help on the actual and evi- dent basis of need. This situation makes it apparent that we still can use material of all kinds, particularly clothing for men, women arid chil- dren. In addition to the applications list- ed, the “Open Your Heart” committee has begun the work of outfitting more than 250 school children so they can continue in school. Miller said it is obvious that the funds available will not be sufficient to properly care for all the children Usted but that an effort is being made to select the neediest cases and to care for them first. “We may make some mistakes in this,” the chairman said, “but if we do they will be errors of the head and not of the heart. We would like to care for them all and I am sure that anyone who could see some of the things we have seen would be willing to do everything he.could to help. Clothing to be given these children includes underwear, stockings, shoes and overshoes and such other cloth- ing as the organization has on hand or can muster through the generosity of Bismarck citizens. They will. try to adjust the gifts to meet special situations. If, for example, a child has to walk a mile to school and needs a coat they will try to find a coat for him (or her), Miller said. Boy scouts were canvassing the city for additional gifts Saturday and were numerous bundles to the headquarte! Proposed Bill Recalls Memory of Colorful Indian Wars in Dakotas #8 age fre ih i it i iD i ze 3 i i H cee Fit , z A P ti 3 i ee 3 F m4 f | i Vitle elslti PLANNED REVOLT IN IN BUD BY ARRESTS Two Former Presidents and Hundreds of Other Politi- cal Leaders Jailed 30-DAY SIEGE IS REQUESTED Government Says ‘One of Most Barbarous’ Plots in His- tory Was Planned Buenos Aires, Dec. 17.—(#)—Two former presidents and hundreds of other political leaders were prisoners Saturday as Argentina’s 10-moth-old constitutional government asked con- gress to declare a state of siege for 30 days. Such action was sought in order that rigorous measures might be taken to avert the overthrow of President Augustin P. Justo by the; party ousted in the 1930 revolution. Hipolito Yrigoyen, president from 1916 to 1922 and from 1928 to 1930, was imprisoned again. Marcelo T. DeAlvear, president from 1922 to 1928; Honorio Puerredon, former ambassador to the U. S., and other radical chieftains were detained on the warship Veinticinco De Mayo. A succession of bomb seizures Fri- day night was climaxed by the ar- rest of the retired Lieut. Col. Atilio Cattaneo and his confession of lead- ership in a nation-wide subversive plot. With lightning speed, the gov- ernment imprisoned every outstand- ing radical. An accidental explosion revealed a ‘store of 1,000 bombs in Flores, a sub- urb. Occupants of the house fled but @ list of names was found and the arrests began. | troops, confidently awaited reactions and declared the revolt stifled. The state of siege was established Friday night with army detachments assist- ing police patrols. An attempted demonstration by radicals in the Avenida De Mayo, the city’s principal boulevard leading {o the government buildings, was dis- persed Friday night by mounted and foot police. A government declaration said the conspiracy included plans to kill high officials. Another version was that} President Justo, inaugurated last February to succeed Provisional President Jose Uriburu, was to have been kidnaped. Police closed the national commit- tee headquarters of the radical party and also the offices of the Tribuna; | Libre, the party’s official organ. The} government statement said radical elements in the interior as well as the j capital were involved. The government said the move- ment was scheduled to break out Sat- urday. It said it was forced to take emergency steps to “avoid one of the most barbarous plots in Argentine political history.” Wahpeton Facing Water Shortage Wahpeton, N. D., Dec. 17. This city and the neighboring city. of Breckenridge, Minn., are facing the most serious water supply situation in their history, due to the extremely low level of the Otter Tail river, the source of supply, freezing weather, and the absence of the late fall rains. Notices were sent Saturday to all Wahpeton citizens, warning them that at the present time there is no water in the river. When the storage re- serve now available is exhausted, there will be no fire protection except such as the chemical engines can provide. As regards storage, Wahpeton per- haps is more fortunately situated in that reserve tanks contain about 600,- 000 gallons of water, enough to last probably two days, while Breckenridge tanks are smaller. Men are at work plumbing and cleaning the old city well, and if the attempt is successful, the crisis may be averted. Delegations from the two cities appeared before the Otter Tail county board and asked that a num- ber of flash boards be removed from the Fergus Falls dam. The request was granted, but whether the water from that source can reach here with- out freezing is questionable. Rail Questionnaire Answered by Labor | tice Chicago, Dec. 17.—(#)—No nearer a settlement of their wage problem, railway labor returned Saturday a partial answer to the five-point ques- Lay presented by the executives ‘The brotherhoods asserted ° they complete power” This called for a conference to dis- cuss extension of the present tem- porary 10 per cent wage cut. The government, after summoning | _Claims Big Shortag France Hints Debts Future Depends on U. S. LAE aT j Guard Her Home BEBE DANIELS Los Angeles, Dec. 17.—()—The home of Bebe Daniels, motion pic- ture actress, was under police guard! an Saturday after her husband, Ben Lyons, also of the films, reported she had received two letters from a man who in 1931 was sent to a state asy- lum for annoying her. The man, Al- bert Holland, 34, recently escaped from a state institution in Arizona, where he had been placed for his} health by California authorities. Neither one of the two letters con- tained threats, Miss Daniels said, but both requested the actress to send Holland money. TWO MEN ARE SLAIN AS ROBBERS LOOT MINNEAPOLIS BANK’ Bandits Get Away With $20,000 After Thrilling Chese .« Through Twin Cities Minneapolis, Dec. 17.—(P)—An- other death Saturday followed in the wake of the machine gun robbery of the Third Northwestern National bank by five bandits who scooped up $20,000 and fled after killing a po- liceman and seriously wounding an- other. Oscar Erickson, 29, was the second victim of Friday's robbery. He died Saturday morning from wounds in- flicted by the robbers when they stopped in Como Park, St. Paul, to change automobiles. Patrolman Ira L. Evans was killed and his companion, Patrolman Leo Gorsky, was wounded when they ar- rived at the bank In response to a burglar alarm just as the robbers were leaving. Fled to Como Park The bandits sped towards St. Paul and in that city their machine lost a tire. They continued on until they reached Como Park, where they abandoned their car and changed to another one standing there. As the change was being made, Erickson and a friend, Arthur Zachman, both of St. Paul, who were driving through the park, st}wed down and the ban- dits fired at them. Zachman was not hurt. : Police said the bandits’ abandoned automobile was one stolen here near- ly year ago and was the same one used by a gang last March when the North American branch of the North- western National bank here was rob- bed of approximately $200,000. St. Paul authorities were checking to determine whether the bandits had stopped some motorist in ae Park, seized his automobile and per- haps taken him along as hostage, or whether the car might have been “planted” there for possible use by the bandits. Four Are Detained ‘Three men and a woman were tak- en into custody by St. Paul police early Saturday for questioning. They were detained after a railroad ticket of a 15 or 20 per cent wage cut. There was no new wage proposal in the formal reply, nor had the Weather Report Generally fair tonight and Sunday; @omewhat colder tonight, rising tem= perature Sunday, PRICE FIVE CENTS SEEKS TO RECOVER $00,000 ON BONDS OF CITY TREASURER Disclosure Made Following Re- signation of Treasurer J, A. Timmerman ACCOUNTANTS CHECK BOOKS Charge Drafts Not Made Out to Payees Listed on Farmers Bank Records Claims against the North Dakota state bonding department for alleged shortages of approximately $50,000 in the funds of City Treasurer John A. Timmerman were filed Saturday by President C. D. Cooley of the Mane dan city commission and City Audi- tor 8. E. Arthur. Timmerman tendered his resignas tion to the city commission at a spe- cial meeting Thursday night. Nine separate claims were filed with the bonding department, one claim each for the years 1924 to 1932, inclusive, in each instance alleged manip» ulations of the city funds was cited. Total Shortage Indefinite While the total shortage is not yet ascertained, inasmuch as special cer- tified public accountants have not completed their report, the alleged misappropriations were estimated to be approximately $50,000. i Timmerman was appointed city treasurer in 1923. From the discov- erles of the accountants, the bulk of the alleged misappropriation was made by the issuance of drafts shown in the draft register of the Farmers’ State Bank of Mandan as payable to banks and investment bond houses in payment of city of Mandan spe- cial assessment warrants and inter- est coupons. The drafts, however, | Were not payable to the payee shown on the bank»records although the amount of each draft was charged to the city account. As far as bank officials and examin- ers were concerned the, transactions | Ppeared to be regular and valid in all |Tespects. ‘The alleged misappropria- |tions involved only the city’s funds ,and the special accountants discovered no irregularities In-any of the records or fumczjof the Farmet of which Timmerman was cashier, Discovered In September Irregularities were first discovered ;about the first week in September, | While Proof of actual shortages was not available until Nov. 1. Approxie mately two-thirds of the alleged mis- appropriations were made prior to May 1, 1928, when the present admin- istration took office. In 1928, an au {dit of the city accounts of finances was made by a special examiner un- der authorization of the city commis- sion, but failed to reveal any irregu- larities. Officials of the present ad- ‘ministration said they acted on this examiner's report in the reappoint- ment of the treasurer. C. F. Kelsch, attorney for Timmer man, Saturday announced the former city treasurer had admitted misap- Propriating funds, that he had agreed to make full disclosure of all defalca- tions, and that he will assist the city in ascertaining the exact amount mis- appropriated. He has offered to make restitution to the maximum extent of his ability. Attorney Kelsch declared a full statement would be forthcoming as soon as it can be prepared. Timmer- man is under annual bond of $25,000 with the state bonding department, which is believed adequate to protect, the city from any financial loss it has sustained. Influenza Epidemic Hits Local Schools Hope that an influenza epidemic which has seriously reduced school attendance has passed its peak here was expressed Saturday by Miss Esther Teichmann, school nurse. Public school records showed that six teachers were absent during the week and 362 pupils were absent Fri+ day, presumably because of illness, Cnristmas Customs fon FOREIGN 2