The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1932, Page 1

y Y v4 ~ Christmas North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 ta SHOCKS ARE MOST SEVERE RECORDED THERE SINCE 1925 Center in Nevada But Ramifica- and California , tions Are Felt in Utah DAMAGE CLOCKS, WINDOWS Tall Buildings at Sacramento, Cal., Sway; Shocks Con- k tinue for Hour San Francisco, Dec. 21.—(P)—A strong earthquake shook virtually the entire western United States, embrac- ing about a fifth of the nation, Tues- day night. Seismoiogists said it was the most severe in the area since 1925. No serious damage was reported from the series of shocks which began at 10:10 p. m., (P. S. T.) and continu- ed with diminishing intensity until 11:15 o’clock. The quake centered in Nevada where windows were shatter- ed. Clocks were stopped in cities as wid- ly separated as Salt Lake City, Utah, and Fresno, Calif. Chandeliers sway- ed, pictures were thrown awry and some crockery broken. At 10:10 p. m., western America, bounded roughly by the Canadian and Mexican borders and extending from the Pacific coast to Sait Lake City, Utah, and beyond, trembled under the series of shocks. Needles were hurled from seismographs in Spo- kane, Wash., Berkeley, Calif., and at the University of Santa Clara in San dose, Calif. Phone Calls Begin Minutes later newspapers in the rea were subjected to hundreds of telephone calls asking the source of the shocks. Most of the queries came from persons reporting swaying chan- deliers or stopped clocks. Rumors of Severe damage in remote areas was quickly investigated and discredited. Seismologists agreed the quake cen- tered in Nevada, where several minor. tremblors have been recorded in the last few years. Professor Perry By- erly of the University of California, computed the epicenter or seismic ver- tical as “probably somewhere in Ne- vada.” Seisrrologists at the University of Santa Clara agreed. The pens on the recording instru- ment at the University of California at Berkeley were thrown clear from the drum at 10:10 p. m., and were * replaced seven minutes later when an- other shock threw them back into Position. Professor Byerly said the record of his instrument was compar- able to that of 1925 when the major part of Santa Barbara, Calif, was de- stroyed by an earthquake. Reports from ‘Reno, Ely, Gerlach and Austin, Nevada, indicated the shocks were severe but no damage except broken windows was known to have been caused to buildings. Of- ficials of the Western Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, operating lines through Nevada, said there had ‘been no interruption in train service for any damage to roadbeds or rolling stock. Residents at Gerlach denied reports a water tower in that town had been razed. Tall Structure Sways At Sacramento, Calif., police on duty 1m the state capitol building said the structure swayed and creaked. The tallest building in the city, a 16-story office building, swayed noticeably. Many persons in office buildings, ho- tels and apartments rushed to the streets. The shocks were comparatively light in San Francisco but were felt distinctly. In the interior California + Valleys, many communities, including Sonora, Fresno and Modesto, reported distinct tremors. Cities as far south as Long Beach and Los Angeles said the earthquake was distinctly felt but caused no damage. Motorists in Salt Lake City said that during the shock it seemed as though their machines were being pushed over. i Customs vfon FOREIGN LANDS eur building trees with sticks and decorating them with whatever trinkets (hey can find. = Picking Her Way ? | ° In an obscure Viennese cafe, J. J. Vincent, an American, was attracted by the strumming melodies played on the guitar by Luise Walker (above). He convinced her she had musical talent and under his sponsor- ship she has risen rapidly towards fame, giving concerts in Berlin, Lon- don, Copenhagen, Hamburg and other European cities, COLLEGE HEADS RAP LIMITING TEACHERS: INCOME BY STATUTE Declares Inequalities Result and Schools Bound to Suf- fer Damage fe ee Objection to a clause in the recent- ly initiated salary-reduction law, in- terpreted as limiting salaries of heads and faculty members of state educa- tional institutions to $2,400 a year, was expressed by presidents of the state’s five teachers colleges at a meeting here Wednesday. The presidents said they were not opposed to the 20 per cent salary re- duction provided for by the law be. cause depressed conditions made some retrenchment in all activities of state government necessary. They voiced objections, however, to fixing salaries of teachers by law on the ground that the welfare of the schools would be harmed by such a pecans and inequalities would re- sult. ‘The group agreed to take no action until the case now pending in the state supreme court to test the con- stitutionality of the law is decided. Limied by Statute A provision of the law asserts that state employees ‘shall not receive in excess of the head, commission or board members supervising institu- tions or state departments. Members of the state board of ad. ministration, which is the supervis- ing body of state institutions, will receive $2,400 annually under the re- duction law and this is believed to Umit the salaries of heads and facul- ty members of educational institu- tions to that amount. inequalities will result THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1932 Rocks Western United States Widow Drops Suit Against Wm. Langer YULE PROGRAM IN BACH OF SCHOOLS PLANNED FRIDAY Fathers and Mothers to Be Spe- cial Guests at Christmas Entertainments PUPILS AT WORK FOR WEEKS 1Plays, Pantomimes, Singing, Acrostics and Recitations to Be Featured Elaborate Christmas programs on which teachers and students alike have been working for some weeks, will be presented in each of the cit; schools Friday afternoon, as a pre- liminary to the holiday vacation. Entertainments at the Will Annex, Richholt, William Moore, Roosevelt and Wachter schools will begin at 2 i ea with parents as special guests. program at the high school will start at 1:30 p. m., and parents also have been asked to this program. At the Will junior high entertainment will take the form of Christmas par- ties for the students of each room and the boys and girls have planned the program and will supervise the serving of refreshments. Plays, pantomfmes, singing of Christmas carols, acrostics and reci- tations in keeping with the Christmas season will feature each of the indi- vidual programs. Play Is Highlight At the high school a one-act play, “The Empty Room,” will be one of the highlights of the afternoon. It will be presented by members of the Junior Playmakers. Taking part are Junior Birdzell, as Jamar, @ young Bethlehemite; Edith Guthrie, as Joanna, his cousin; Elaine Wentland, as Rebecca, his mother; Phil Gorman, as a nobleman of Caperneum; Lloyd Ode, as the prophet; and George Brittin as the servant. Group singing of Christmas carols will open the program, after which Edith Guthrie and Vivian Coghlan will sing three selections from Hum- perdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.” My- ron H. Anderson of the school faculty will sing as a solo, “The Birth of Christ,” by Tederlein, and he and Clarion Larson, music instructor, will sing “Watchman, What of the Night?” A brief talk on a Christmas sub- ject will be given by H. O. Saxvik, city superintendent of schools. Yule- tide songs ‘by a girls chorus directed by Clarion Larson will complete the program. Members of the chorus are Vivian Coghlan, Edith Guthrie, Ruth ‘Christianson, Bernice Ulmer, Luella Potter, Ruth Saxvik, Donna Jean Davis, Jane Lawyer, Ruth Rand, Emily Belk, Phyllis Olson, Mary Cowan and Jane Smith. Will Junior High Will junior high pupils will as- semble about Christmas trees in their respective rooms for an hour or more of entertainment in the way of songs, plays, exercises and games, followed by refreshments and in some cases by an exchange of gifts. ‘The Loud Speakers (Miss Johnson's room) will present a playlet, “Little dJerry’s Christmas”, coached by the pupils, with Margaret Davis direct- ing, Those taking part and the roles they will play are Herbert Asseltine, as Jerry; Ruth Coghlan as Mrs. Cor- tell; Lee Andrews as Mr. Cortell and Sarah Bashara as the maid. There will be readings by Sarah Bashara and Homer Boss followed by games and the Christmas party, with Eileen Agnew in charge of arrangements for this feature of the afternoon. Three committees, to plan a pro- ‘gram. and arrange games and re- freshments have been appointed by the Ace-Hi’s (Miss Schmidt's room). Members of the committees are: ving | program, Henrietta Ode, John Peter- salary reductions in the $4,000 $5,000 class is expected to result in the loss of outstanding fac- ulty members in North Dakota edu cational institutions, one of the pre: idents said. Presidents at the meeting were March 20. .. A request will be made of the North Central association, the presidents agreed, to continue the North Dakota teachers colleges 0s The colleges, the presidents found that all are conforming to the standards set in 1925 and that no son, and Harriet Rosen; games, Alwyn Potter, Roletta McLaughlin and Glen Neideffer; and refresh- ments, Eileen Saxvik, LaVerne Mid- ays Vote Manda The French Chamber of Deputies’ vote on defaulting war debt payments to the U. S., pending an international conference, is considered a mandate by Joseph Paul-Boncour, above, who has formed a new cabinet to succeed the Herriot government. will gather about a fish pond, where favors wrapped as gifts have been Placed. E. Haldi’s room will have a fish pond as its main feature and there will be group games and contests and refreshments. Other programs include: WII School Annex Parents will attend the program at the Will Annex, which opens at 2 o'clock with a ‘radio play entitled, (Continued on Page Two) ‘BANK OF WEBSTER LOOTED IN EARLY MORNING ROBBER Burglars Get Only $65 After Knocking Out Janitor; Un- able to Open Safe Devils Lake, N. D., Dec. 21—(P)— Robbers who sought to burn open a vault and safe at the Bank of Web- ster, 12 miles north of here, knocked a bank employe unconscious when he ‘interrupted them, and escaped with $40.73 in cash, and $25 in stamps. Fred Bergevin, an employe, was struck over the head with a blunt instrument, possibly the butt of a pistol, as he entered the bank about. 7a. m. When he regained conscious- ness and sounded an alarm to the telephone operator, the robbers had escaped. There was $1,200 in cash in the safe, which the men ‘failed the open. Entrance to the bank was made by drilling a hole through the front door large enough to open a lock from the inside. In the bank the robbers used acetylene torches, burning off the combination to the vault, but a re- locking system locked the mechan: ism agains Unable to solve the re- locking devise, the men cut a panel out of the vault door, large enough for a man to enter. Several safety deposit boxes were rifled, but no valuables obtained. Bonds held by the customers of the bank had been shipped to Minneap- olis banks for safe keeping. ® An attempt to burn the time lock on the safe in the vault-failed. Cash obtained by the robbers was Saad fee came Ot tap: Grawere as Acetylene tanks used by the rob- | bers apparently were stolen from & ‘Webster garage before they entered the bank. The number of men in the band ‘was not determined. .| Lack of Character, solo duet by Dimple Erbe and it Gussner. Are Named Committees for the party are: Re- freshments, Van Lee, Gertrude Engen Ne Kelly; games, Joseph Jan- Mary Louise Finney and Beulah ;. Program, Olive Johnson, Benny Jones and Cynthia Dursema. The Beavers (Miss Ness’ room) will give a play entitled “Christmas in Many Lands,” with Paul Christianson, Croonqu: Dale, a ® plano will do the trick. But the easiest way to get fired is—be 5 H. Chandler assistant principal of Meriden ‘school, Prominent Cause for Loss of Jobs Action Brings to Sudden End Lawsuit Which Had At- tracted Wide Attention MANY ARE DISAPPOINTED Crowd Had Waited to Hear Tes- timony; Plaintiff's Law- yer Surprised Suit by Mrs. Esther Johnson, Don- nybrook widow, against William Langer, Bismarck attorney, was drop- Ped on motion of the plaintiff in dis- trict court here Wednesday. The sudden termination at 2:03 P. m. of @ case which had attracted wide interest came as a surprise to a large number of persons who had waited since morning to hear the trial. Mrs. Johnson had sued Langer for the recovery of all or part of $2,000 which she claimeé to have paid him to work for the release of her son, Floyd, from the state penitentiary, where he is serving a life term for first-degree murder. She also asked that the court order returned to her @ contract for the payment of an ad- ditional $2,000 if and when the boy ; Was released from prison. Langer, in his formal answer, al- leged that the $2,000 paid to him was @ retainer fee and that he had per- formed services sufficient to justify its collection. He admitted getting the money. There was no trial of the case and no exposition of the facts, Mrs. John- son's decision not to proceed with the action making unnecessary the pres- entation of testimony. B. H. Bradford, attorney for Mrs. Johnson, said the instruction to drop i action came as @ surprise to him and was brought to the courthouse a few minutes before the decision was announced by Clarence Hultin, Mrs. Johnson's son-in-law, who is a farmer near Donnybrook. Was in Legal Form 1 It obviously had been prepared bya lawyer or by someone familiar with [teat Procedure, being in the usual form of court documents rather than that of a private letter. The form of the letter follows: State of North Dakota, County of Burleigh.—In District Court, Fourth Judicial District. Esther Johnson vs. William Langer. Believing that an injustice has been done my son by the commencement ‘of the above entitled action ‘and feel- ing that I have been wrongfully in- fluenced by the political enemies of William Langer and that an injustice has been done him thereby, I desire to dismiss this action and do hereby dis- miss the above action, with prejudice. Signed this 20th day of December, 1932, . i ESTHER JOHNSON. | Witnesses— Archie Johnson, Ruth Johnson, Mrs, Edith Hultin, Clarence Hultin. ‘The witnesses all are members of Mrs. Johnson’s family and live near | Donnybrook. Although the trial had been sched- uled to begin at 9:30 a. m., before District Judge G. Grimson of Rug- by, the appearance at 2 p. m., to an- nounce dismissal of the action was the first in open court. Motions Argued would rule on these motions at 1:30 Pp. m. Although no official statement was made it developed that Bradford had asked for a continuance of the case jto another term of court on the ground that the jury panel for this term had not been drawn in accord: ance wit law. It also was un- ' derstood that he had demanded ,that @ new jury panel be drawn to try the case. Addressing the court, Bradford said: “Since making a motion for the continuance of this case, I have [FRANCE CONSIDERS LOAN 10 AUSTRIA DESPITE DEFAULT Sum Would Be About Half That Which Was Due to U. S. Last Week CHAMBER DEBATE LOOMS Deputies Who Favored Payment to U. S. Ask Justifica- tion for Loan Paris, Dec. 21.—(?)—Another phaso of France's financial dilemma—a pro- Posed loan to Austria—pressed for- ward Wednesday for a decision while responsible leaders hoped for early settlement of the American debt problem. The two problems were linked by deputies who asked how France could make the loan to Austria when it re- fused to pay a sum only twice as great to the U. 8. last week. The League of Nations approved a $43,000,000 loan to Austria last July at the Lausanne conference to be raised by member nations. France's share in this loan, intended to save Asutria from a perilous financial situation was 250,000,000 francs, or about $9,- 750,000. Within the next 10 days a decision is to be reached by the French gov- ernment on whether the loan should be made. Deputies who favored mak- ing the interest payment of more than $19,000,000 to the U. S. last Thursday raised the question of grounds for making the Austrian loan. (A strangely contrasting view was taken in Vienna before France de- faulted on the due date for the Amer- ican debt. It was believed that if France paid the U. 8., the chance of its making the loan would be prac- tically wiped out. This view also ap- plied to England, which was to share in the Austrian loan, and which paid its American debt). Behind both problems is the fact that France is financially able to make either the debt payment or the loan, The French viewpoint was, however, the Lausanne agreement re- ducing German reparations was ap- proved by the U. S. with a virtual promise of a similar reduction to its} debtors. While Premier Paui-Boncour has Promised action on the debts in friendly accord with desires in the U.; S., reliable sources were certain he| would not seek to alter the chamber's decision to postpone the December} payment pending “general and neces- sary negotiations.” A high official predicted it probably would be two months before the ‘chamber would change its decision. A cabinet member said he was con. vinced the December payment would be made but that it was “a question of time.” NEW FARM BLOCK IN CONGRESS FORMED Seeks Extended Currency, Cheaper Dollar, Foreclo- sure Bar, Equality Chicago, Dec. 21—(?)—Leaders of the American Farm Bureau Federa- tion Wednesday hailed the an- nouncement from their president, Edward A. O'Neal, that for the sec- ond time a farm bloc had been or- ganized in congress to support re- Nef measures for agriculture. Word was received at federation headquarters here from O'Neal in Washington that 150 members of congress had banded to put through 8 four-point program during the Present short session. The program, said O'Neal, includes extension of currency, lowering of It’s @ woman's privilege to change her mind and that’s what Winifred Mann of London did when she mar- ried Bernard Baruch, Jr., son of the New York financier, in Geneva, announced and then broken in Lon- don several months ago but recently they announced they had been mar- io in Switzerland during the early fall. BUSINESS HOUSES TO ‘OPEN HEART Children From Three City Schools Being Outfitted at Headquarters Children from the Roosevelt, Wil- liam Moore and Will schools were be- ing outfitted at “Open Your Heart” campaign headquarters Wednesday, according to L. V. Miller, campaign chairman. Thursday St. Mary's and Will junior high school pupils will be taken care of. Eleven additional cash contributions have been received, bringing the total ‘to $308.64. Generous contributions of Cash for Charity Passes $300 Mark Eleven additional cash contribu- tions brought. the American Le- gion’s “Open Your Heart” fund to $308.64 Wednesday. New donors and the amounts given were Friends (one group) .. $ 7.21 Jim Burman ....... 50 R. M. Nevin, Sterling ... 25 Dr. M. W. Roan .. 5.00 “Major Hoople” ... 5.00 Pioneer Society of byterian Church 2.00 Business and Professional Women’s club . + 3.00 T. G. Plomasen . « 3.00 W. J. Riggs 2.00 War Mothers . 5.00 A Friend Previously report Total clothing still are being received from individuals and business houses of the city, including Dahl's, Klein's, the A, 'W. Lucas company, Richmond’s Boot- ery, J. C. Penney company, and the 8. and L. store and the Winston-New- ell company also have contributed. Miller reports a great deal of ac- tivity at campaign headquarte! Neither he nor his assistants get a moment's rest while on the job, he says, though all active participants in | House Passes Beer Measure Earthquake {ede Reet! Wy SENT 10 SENATE Switzerland. Their engagement was} DONATE CLOTHING Weather Report ~ fair PRICE FIVE CENTS ILL LEGALIING 32 PER GENT BEVERAGE Proponents of Collier Proposal Beat All Attempts to Alter Provisions WOMEN CROWD GALLERIES Dry Says If Beer Is Not Intoxi- cating Dry States Need No Protection ‘Washington, Dec. 21.—(7)—The house passed the Collier beer bill ‘Wednesday with votes to spare. The vote was 230 to 165. In a crashing finale to two days of tumultuous debate, the representa- tives went on record for legalization of beer containing 3.2 per cent of alcoho! py weight, an amount equal to 4 per cent by volume. The final roll call came upon the heels of an overwhelming refusal to send the bill back to committee, an Volstead Denies Charge by Dyer St. Paul, Dec. 21.—(#)—Andrew J. Volstead, co-author of the pro- hibition enforcement law, vigor- ously denied the statement attrib- Dyer of Missouri in congress Tues- day that three per cent beer was not intoxicating. “I never said of the kind,” Volstead said os intoxicating and I repeat it Volstead said that tive Dyer, as well as apparently misinterpreted statement he once made be! house rules committee that two or three per cent of aloohol fruit juices might not be intoxicat- ing.” “I wasn’t talking about beer and never even mentioned the word beer the day I appeared before the rules committee 10 or 12 ‘action which topped a day-long Bros cession of votes to beat back every single amendment offered. The action marked the. first time since adoption of the Volstead act that either branch of had held a vote directly on the issue of relaxing the fundamental prohibition enforcement law. The beer advocates piled up a com- fortable majority on the first call of the roll, as compared with the defeat jlast year of a beer measure, 228 to 169. The chamber was crowded during the progress of the call. The galleries were sprinkled with many representa- tives of wet and dry organizations among the spectators. One attempt after another to alter the measure as approved by commit- tee, carrying as it does a $5 a bar- rel tax, was frustrated by on edge from the strain of hours of dispute. Watched by galleries in which women predominated, the Democra- tic leadership succeeded in having turned aside efforts both by drys and wets to rewrite vérious clauses. Norbeck Debt Bill Passed by Senate Washington, Dec. 21.—()—The sen- ate Wer and sent to owed the government for seed, feed and crop production loans. As explained by Norbeck, the meas+ ure would authorize the secretary to ‘received written direction from my client to dismiss this action with . (Continued on page seven) Not Skill, Most ination of employment,” Hunt said. 4 g eEuE 53 #8 JE Zz A i : i aeiel “ebeect lise He i f the price of the dollar, halting farm mortgage foreclosures and insuring equality to agriculture and labor. Subcommittees already are meet- ing and mapping legislation, O'Neal said. Chairmen included Rep. John the drive agree that their task has been a pleasant one. The happy smiles which they have brought to little faces which might have been drenched with bitter tears are giving foreclosures; William W. Arnold, linois, farm relief legislation; Jeff Busby, Mississippi, currency reform, and James M. Mead, New York, city cooperation. Purposes of the new farm bloc had been endorsed by the other two farm organizations, the National Farm- ers’ Union and the National Grange, O'Neal's telegram stated. ‘The original farm bloc was spon-|‘°é, sored O'Neal by the federation in 1921, said, and claimed it obtained Influenza Epidemic Apparently on Wane them a Christmas which they will not forget sooner than the children. Minot Vote Favors Aldermanic System Minot, N. D., Dec. 21.—(?)—Minot voters, by a margin of 85 votes, Tues- day approved a change in the city government from the commission aldermanic system. The vote was 1,286 in favor of a change unofficial oat The" November election, here decided to employ hae