The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 26, 1933, Page 1

, ~ TO PUBLIC DESPITE North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 INFORMATION GIVEN | VIGOROUS PROTEST Period Covered By Information Is From February 2 to July 21, 1932 DAWES LOAN IS DISCLOSED Western Bank and Affiliates, However, Received Total of $114,000,000 Wins Bank Fight THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1938 Ai SHNATOR CARTER GLASS Senator Glass, fiery V' Demo- o BOSTON-BISMARGK AIR- MAIL LINE 70 | BECOMPLETED SOO, Dies in-France— ‘Contract For Muskegon-to-Mil- waukee Gap to Be Let in Near Future ' ANNOUNCED IN WASHINGTON | See f | See Main Line Over North Route Because of Canadian Connections Washington Jan. 29.—(AP)—The house of representatives and irginia cratic, was successful Wednesday in | getting his bank-reform bill through thei the sent after a two-year fight but Completion of a through air-mail line from Boston, Mass.. to Bismarck will be effected in the near future, country were told in detail Thursday! prospects are that it will die in the —despite strenteus Reconstruction Corporation members —just how that huge federal relief agency pledged $1,195,000,000 in five months to help business try to get on an even keel. In compliance with a special re- solution adopted by the house, the corporation sent to Speaker Garner ‘a statement showing each loan auth- orized by the R. F. C. between the date of its creation on Feb. 2, 1932, and July 21, 1932, Following the policy he insisted upon last spring, Garner made the Teport public, ‘The report divulged that the much- discussed loan to the Chicago Cen- tral Republe Bank & Trust company, with which Charles G. Dawes is as- sociated, amounted to $90,000,000. r of the large loans went to isco Bank of America, horized to borrow $64,- tive jam fat the house for objections from lesisiative 4 cing this \. The link between Muskegon ‘and! Milwaukee will be welded with the NEW CONTROVERSY OCCURS IN SENATE ON ALLOTMENT BILL Milk-Producers, Creameries and Stockmen Ask For Major Alterations Washington, Jan. 26—(P)—New waves of controversy swirled around the domestic allotment farm relief bill Thursday before the senate agri- granting of a contract for service in that gap soon, the message said. Announcement of Postmaster Gen- eral Brown's plan for reorganization of tht air-mail service before a house committee Wednesday was inter- preted here as indicating that the transcontinental line, when com- pleted, would be over the northern route through Bismarck. Connections of Northwest Airways’ system with the Canadian network is one of the factors making the northern route desirable. MRS. O. H. P. BELMONT SOCIETY DOWAGER "IS TAKEN BY DEATH AT HOME. IN PARI Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont Ruled New York's Executive Circles For Many Years ceived tentative approval house postoffice committee. Brown's plan would cut down the annual deficit, which reached $13,- 000 loan to the company of the same city was shown to have been authorized while the Produce company in New York got $20,000,000. Railroads likewise were aided, be! told they could borrow $224,147,000. Of this, $32,500,000 was allowed the Baltimore & Ohio, and $27,500,000 went to the Pennsylvania. Loans Total 11,000 Other loans—approximately 11,000 of them—in amounts down to a few thousand dollars, were authorized . from sean coast. Along this special report, the corporation submitted the monthly statement on its December activities. Loans approved and money allocated in that month totaled $154,000,000. This latter analysis showed that at the end of the year the corporation had assets of $1,725,000,000 and a cash balance of $7,927,000. A summary of the corporation's report on its activities for the first five months and 20 days after it was created follows: Cliss-0f:Logns, /Aunbeiand Score Banks & trust Companies $722,456,602 $676,526,785 Building & loan ass’n. 64,795,172 62,817,302 Insurance companies 66,361,500 53,770,378 Mortgage loan companies — 81,577,000 80,203,044 Credit unions 405,000 378,352 Federal land NkS ..... 26,000,000 18,800,000 Joint stock ne land 1,330,000 1,163,981 Livestock credit corps | 7,570,086 7,042,983 seoe 224,147,409 218,044,553 credit corps 662,914 650,102 Totals (x) $1,195,305,77461,120,292, (x)—Cents have been minated’ ia this tabulation. At the close of business Its authorizations since it began business were $2,095,828.000 and from last February 2 to the end of the year repayments were $317,288,000. sald by culture committee. Major alterations urged by rep- resentatives of milk producers, creameries and stockmen included a new li—that administration o! ing | the act be placed in the hands of the farm board instead of the secretary of agriculture. It. was advanced by Charles A. Ewing, president of the National Livestock Marketing association, Chi- cago, who also advocated inclusion of cattle and sheep in the bill along with hogs. The measures provides for a bounty to the producer to be raised by taxing the packer or other Processor. W. F. Jensen, secretary and man- ager of the American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers, Chicago, sought elimination of dairy products, included in the bill along with wheat, cotton, tobacco, hogs, rice and peanuts. Must Tax Charles W. Holman, a spokesman for 350,000 milk producers, said that to help them the bill must be amend- ed to tax oleoma: “to maintain sales parity with butter.” Holman, secretary of the National Cooperative Milk Producers associa- tion, favored the bill with this and other amendments. Senator Capper (Rep., Kans.) ask- ed Holman’s views on the production control features of the bill. It pro- vides that dairy men agree not to increase their production and that other producers cut production 20 per cent, to receive the benefits of the “I do not think the bill can work 's rather com- : We ‘January § 26.—(P)—A storm in the vicinity of Lakehurst, N. J., Thursday prevented the navy airship Akron i returning to her mooring mast from 4 ety flight over the Lake Erie region. She was the navy to be in no danger. The Akron left Lakehurst Tues- t i the storm North Dakota Youth Pittsburgh, Jan. 26.—(7)—The fath- er of Lawrence. J. Paulson, 18-year- Rural Route 1, To gh cd & H i ; : [ 4 E 000,000 in 1932. No immediate plans for westward| Paris, Jan. 26.—(#)—Mrs. Oliver H extension of the cecbeed from pr P. Belmont, leader of New York's marek were announced however, and|«499" for a period of many years be- F. R., Larontise, local traffic man-|rore and after the turn of the century, ager for Northwest Airways, said he) 4104 Wednesda: os y at her residence here. had received no information that ex. She was 80 years old. tension from here was planned in ‘ Mrs. Belmont, who ‘ived in France pee ee since 1004, suffered paralytic strgte last May and again last November. Her daughter, Mrs. Jacques Balsan. the former Consuelo Vanderbilt, was at her bedside. Two sons, W. K. ROHIBITION REPEAL BILL WOULD SHRINK STATE'S LAW BOOKS 110 Sections of Statutes Would | Be Eliminated By God- | win's Measure Jarold Vanderbilt, were in Ameri to an emancipatory movement for women, tea-table tacticians threw up heir hands in ‘deprecation — and usually defeat, A forceful person from early girl- ‘a campaign, and plenty of it. When she acted in her belief that jthe only way in America to gain the vote for women was to “fight politics with politics,” the movement received an effective im- Repeal of 110 sections of North|PCUe ooo vs issue Dakota laws relating to liquor con-| ghe linked arms with the militant jtrol was asked in the repeal bill in-| atice Paul and helped draft the “plan troduced in the house of representa! of attack.” One of the first women tives Wednesday by Rep. W. J. God-|of great wealth publicly to espouse the win, Mandan. enfranchisement cause when it was The two-page bill directly mentions not fashionable, the “Lady Rhondda the subject matter only once and Le Apne Penk 8 FenliaS AD 8380: then in six words it says, “Section 1. in. Repeal prohibition laws of North| Make a nationat erection issues, she Dakota.” ‘The 110 sections to be re-|advocated. Enlist the aid of women pealed then are listed. in states where they already vote, and ‘A separate “beer” bill provides for|»Y ® show of power, scare the non- manufacture and sale of beer in the forego tad rang ag Feet aryl “if and when United States| stendment. it took six years but it worked. With the 19th amendment, granting suffrage to women, incorporated in the constitution in August, 1920, Mrs. Belmont began a drive through the militant organization, for the repeal or amendment of various laws, state and federal,. limiting women’s rights as to inheritance, employment, night work, compensation and other similar subjects. then in 1924 she went to France ‘and made her home in that country (Continued on page two) League Committee Is Making Survey A committee of five Nonparti san League legislators is making of state departments a view to recommending eliminations and consolidations. Senator Nels P. Simonson of riggs is chairman of the erie es os so that ‘stamps can be affixed to. & nue county committee. Other members are W. J. Godwin of Morton county; M. T. Lille haugen of Walsh, W. H. McInnes of Traill, and of Gand Peete. interviewed and a study of partmental acti ing as @ subcommittee of Sommnittes to which it will re . Bills will be drawn up to carry out recommendations agreed on. Says Advertising Is Key to Good Business St. Paul, Jan. iE ie fi i g i yt ag i i ; it i i E i E : E g i i i i E : E RE ef i Legislative Jam in House, How- ever, May Block Enactment At This Session N. D. SOLONS OPPOSE PLAW | Frazier and Nye Join With Oth- ers From Area in Voting ‘No’ on Roll Call Washington, Jan. 26—()—Three weeks of bitter fighting were over Thursday—the Glass banking bill was through the senate, the filibuster was ended, But the triumph probably was one in name only for this session. Every isign pointed to slow death in the jhouse of the measure for which Sen- jator Glass, Virginia Democrat, has fought for two years. A house legis- lative jam seemed certain to block a vote on it before March 4. In its second successive night ses- ‘sion, the senate passed the Glass bil! making sweeping changes in the na- |tion’s banking laws, by a vote of 54 to ‘9. Thursday it turned its attention to the treasury-postoffice appropria- tion bill. The roll call on the banking bill in the senate included the following from the northwest: Against the bill: Frazier and Nye, } North Dakota; Schall and Shipstead, Minnesota; Bulow, South Dakota. Final passage of the banking bill gave new hope to repea! advocates for @ vote in the senate this session. May Consider Unemployment But there were many complications. | and! When Mrs. Belmont “lent a hand” | hood, Mrs. Belmont demanded action ' emancipatory | Appropriation bills must be taken up and an unemployment relief measure may be brought in soon the senate would hesitate to lay aside for & prohibition debate. | Nevertheless. Senator Robinson of | Arkansas, the Democratic leader, held j that there was a chance for consider- ation of the pending repeal resolution before March 4. Meanwhile, other | Democrats sought to speed up haa action of the 3.05 beer and wine Chairman Smoot of .the senate's finance committee announced Wed- nesday that his committee would op- en hearings Monday on the proposal to modify the Volstead Act and that ‘not only would the taxation features j be gga but the general policy as well. | The house took up the money bill supplying operating funds for the ‘state, commerce, justice and labor de- partments. It started consideration session is- November. than 25 changes in the national and federal reserve bank laws designed to curb bank failures, assist depositors of closed banks and stop the flow of federal reserve credit to speculative | channels, It would allow branch banking in | nine states where state laws now per- mit this system and require national to drop their security affiliates five years. In addition, it create an $800,000,000 federal to help reopen closed Stimson Note Asks Peru to Keep Peace Washington, Jan. 26. — (#) —.The United States has asked Peru to set- tle its controversy with Colombia over | the town of Leticia in a peaceful way and not resort to warfare. Secretary Stimson addressed a note to the Peruvian foreign minister, call- ing upon that nation to respect its obligations under the Briand-Kellogs | "death report Wednesday and a burial MYSTERY OF BABY'S AT BEULAH INQUEST ‘Old Country’ Custom Blamed For Failure to Bury Child After Death | Bove GROUND 15 YEARS Coroner Says Probe Served Good Purpose in Allaying Wild Rumors Beulah, N. D., Jan. 26.—()}—The mystery of a baby's skeleton found in the ceiling of a house on the Jacob Fuhrmann ranch near Beulah was cleared up at an inquest here Wednesday which resulted in a ver- dict of “death by natural causes.” An investigation by Mercer county authorities and evidence brought out at the inquest indicated the child died of natural causes 15 vears ago. Coroner H. O. Chilson and State's Attorney Floyd Sperry announced that no prosecution would develop from the case. Following an “old country custom,” Chilson explained, Fuhrmann had wrapped the body, placed it in a box and set it away until spring, when it was to be buried, This was common practice among the immigrant people in cases of death during the winter in the early years of settlement in Mercer coun- ty, Chilson said. Fuhrmann filed a vermit was issued. “The inquest served a good pur- rose,” Coroner Chilson said. “It 2rought out the true facts and effec- | sively disposed of many wild rumors | which have been in circulation.” | The remains of the child were! found in the ceiling of a house on the Fuhrmann ranch by workmen who were remodeling the structure last Since then it had been! moved to a blacksmith shop near Golden Valley. Under $1,000 bond for appearance in district court on charges of arson in connection with the burning of his home, Fuhrmann Tuesday was Dound over on a larceny charge grow- ng out of the theft of hogs from the =homas Keogh ranch near here. He q under $500 bond on the larceny charge. Brokers Disciplined By Stock Exchange _,New York, Jan. 26.—(AP)—The _Jew York stock exchange, in one of its most sweeping disciplinary ac- -ions in years, Thursday suspended xix of its members for periods rang- ng from one month to three years. Several of those suspended were nembers -of the firms of Smeltzer Clifford and Co., or Ludwig Robertson cnd Co,, both of which withdrew as 2tearing members of the Stock Clear- ‘ng Corporation Thursday. The suspensions were of traders primarily interested in bonds, and were for paying gratuities, without the approval of the exchange, to em- Ployes of the exchange or other fi- nancial institutions. Edward V. Goerz, a private trad- er, was suspended for one month. H H. Wurzler, J. R. Smelzer, and Wil- liam B. Sagar, all of Smeltzer, Clif- ford and Co., were suspended for six months each. y The most severe penalty was that meted out to Alexander J. Robertson of Ludwig Robertson and Co., who was suspended for three years. He has been a member of the exchange since April 4, 1929. Walter F. See- holtzer of the same firm was suspend- ed for six months. Neither of the two »|firms involved had out-of-town of- fices. Has Hope of Saving Woman from Gallows Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 26.—(?)—Coun- sel for Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd Thurs- day held new hope for keeping hec from the gallows. A new effort in behalf of the con- demned woman was announced after @ ruling that the prosecutor had fail- ed to prove commission of a murder brought freedom to John J. Halloran from a charge of being an in the Phoenix trunk slayings. Mrs. Judd is sentened to die Feb. 17 for what Superior Judge Niles held Halloran’s preliminary hearing. Arthur C. Verge, attorney for the condemned woman, announced at Los Angeles he would ask the Arizona hows $1,195,000,000 Loaned Glass Banking Bill Approved by Senate) SKELETONISSOLVED OO | Wins Reelection | ea | EAMON DE VALERA Dublin, Irish Free State, Jan. 26— (®)—Incomplete returns _ indicated Thursday that President Eamon De Valera’s party, the Fianna Fail, won a decisive victory in Tuesday's elec- tion of a new Dail Eireann. He may be assured of election to the presidency without needing the votes of any other parties. The Fianna Fail—the party which has fought for complete independence of Treland—has never had a clear ma- Jority in the Dail in the 10-year his- tory of the Free State The returns showed the Fianna Fat: has won 20 seats to nine for the Comann Ngaedhael, the party of William T. Cosgrave, the Free State's president since its organization untii his defeat last year. Independents were assured of four seats and labor of one. This left 119 to be filled. ECONOMIST GIVES OUTLINE OF F. D, R’S NATIONAL PROGRAM Seven Major Items Listed By Tugwell in State to New York Newspaper New York, Jan. 26—()—The World-Telegram in a copyright story Thursday quoted Dr. Rexford Guy Tugwell, one of President-elect Roose- velt’s economic advisors, in the out- line of @ seven-point national pro- gram which the paper said would “very likely form the framework of the incoming administration's restor- ative policies.” The Tugwell plan, as set forth in the story follows: 1—Drastically higher income and inheritance taxes, particularly in the upper brackets. No sales tax. 2—A widespread public works pro- Gram, possibly entailing $5,000,000,000 at the start; direct relief to the in- digent unemployed; intense stimula- tion to semi-public works projects, such as slum clearonce, through the RFC. ~ 3—Reduction in interest and public utility rates. 4—Sound currency. No inflation. 5—A budget balanced as to current expenditures, with repeal of the 18th amendment a factor in raising reve- nues. 6—Restoring the balance between wholesale prices, especially for agri- cultural products, and retail prices to consumers. The farm allotment bill, which already has passed the house, is expected to accomplish this for the farmer, 7—Rationalizing the intergovern- mental debt settlements—perhaps by Femitting the interest items in the to- tal sums due—and by basing the deb- tors capacity to pay upon their abil- ity to transfer goods or money in re- lation to gold reserves and value. Also rationalizing foreign trade arrange- ments, such as tariffs, and perhaps seeking a vast new outlet for Ameri- can raw goods and manufactures in Russia.” Montana Senate Cuts Legislative Salaries Lena, Mont., Jan. 26.—(AP)—The Montana senate Wednesday unani- mously passed a bill to make a 20- Weather Report ts rg, sre ee PRICE FIVE CENTS Capitol Probe Gets Under Wa R.F.C. Report S COMMITTEE RULES BOARD MUST HIRE ITSOWN ATTORNEY Denies Request That Counsel Be Employed With In- vestigator’s Money STEEL MAN IS WITNESS Says His Firm Was ‘Kicked Off Work’ Because It Spent Too Much Money (By The Associated Press) The North Dakota joint legislative capitol investigation committea Thursday refused a request of the capitol building commission for eme ployment of separate counsel when Attorney George W. Thorpe, Fargo, appeared to make a statement in be- half of the building commission. The hearing was begun with E. R. Sinkler of Minot acting as committee counsel and Sen. W. E. Matthaei, Wells county, as chairman. As the hearing opened Matthael asked if the capitol commission want- ed to make a statement. Thorpe said he would like to ree quest, in behalf of the commission, the employment of separate counsel, permission to cross examine all wit- nesses, a statement of “rumors” so the commission could know the charges if any, facing them, and to have his particular requests put into the rec- ord. Charles G. Bangert, Ransom coun- ty, member of the legislative group, moved that the request for separate counsel for the commission to be paid by funds for the investigation be re- fused. He said that, since the attorney general of North Dakota was legal \representative of the commission by law, he did not believe the extra exe pense for a separate attorney would be Must Pay Own Counsel Bangert said in his motion that the legislative committee would have no objection to separate counsel for the commission if it did not involve expense to the state. He moved that all questions from the capitol commission be submitted to the legislative committee first for approval. Submitted to a vote, C. Norman Brunsdale, committee meme ber, cast the only dissenting vote. “If requests come too often,” Bane gert said, the committee “may refuse |to answer them.” He said the come mission could ask questions “provide jed you don’t make yourself a nule sance.” Thorpe assured the committee the commission had no intention of mak- ing iteslf a nuisance. The first witness called was H. 8. | Matteson, who said he was a St. Paul — insurance man, but recently was time keeper for the Erickson Construction company of St. Paul which erected ; Some of the steel work on North Da- kota’s new capitol. He was questioned about a money requisition presented to the Lundoff- Bicknell Construction company for work completed by the Erickson com- pany. Employer on Stand His employer, Gust A. Erickson of St. Paul, was also on the stand. He said the construction company was “kicked off the steel work” because Lundoff-Bicknell company thought he was spending too much money. On questioning by Sinkler, Matte. son said he presented one requisition for money of $5,241.96 and added, after questioning, that the state paid his company more than $10,000. Matteson said on examination that Erickson did not sign his contract until more than a month after he had started the structural work. Erickson, then called to the stand, | said that a Chicago company took his |place on the job in Bismarck after he was discharged by the Lundoff- Bicknell company. He said he was originally hired by ;the general contractors to do the structural steel work. Erickson was asked by Sinkler who was “on the job” representing the state to supervise the construction work. He mentioned that Frank L. Anders, secretary of the commission, was around “often.” Bangert asked permission to ques- tion Erickson further. He asked whether Erickson’s company was en- titled to receive the money above the amount Of $5,245.96 requested, Erick- son answered “No.” No Bond Put Up Sinkler asked Erickson put up a bond as required by the contract and Erickson said he Erickson said he signed the con- tract for the work after the time Umit for construction of the steel had ex] 5 : E z Percent cut in salaries of members | the of the assembly, their mileage al- lowances and pa: legislative sa! roved b; 3 not session. Chairman Ray N. Shannon of the house appropriations committee said contemp! reductions in approp- riations will be at least a wiileo @ year as compared wit! those of last session. SLEEPING POWDERS FATAL Seattle, Jan. 26.—()—Edith ies, the if a the house yea ome effective until next of employes. On/ Utah