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ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1938 PRICE FIVE CENTS. State Salary Slash Ruled Out | ‘Fair and Warmer’ Forecast for Week-Enduouis va FIVE-DAY BLIZZARD Favored for Roosevelt Cabinets Relief Committee Set Up “a are | BNDSFOR STATE AS Here to Help County Poor ! 4 SIN APPEARS AG AIN RIVE PRODUCTS ARE "ene. ig tng Tm nt THKEN QUT OF FARM. teres’ || Late News oor Bulletins Applies to Elective State Offi- cials But Not to Folk in Their Employ . North Dakot ’ r r ALLOTMENT MEASURE Merchants Will Issue Goods and Failure to Publish at Length ROADS ARE BEING OPENED el Send Itemized Bills to (By ‘The Associated Pres) ee eee \ Senate Committee Removes County Auditor Rance Fatal Defect COPPER MAGNATE DIES ‘The set-up for distribution of Re- New York—John D. Ryan, chairman Traffic Returning to Normaicy Rice, Tobacco, Hogs, Pea- ~ | 0f the Anaconda Copper company and| The salary-reduction law, initiated After Tie-Up Due to Snow- muses oelg eto See rte ta ance Corporation re-|ieading industrialist, died here after [at the November election, was dealt a Choked Highways Washington, Feb, 11,—)—Rellet| Piained Saturday as the system was| *” llness of only 8 day. severe blow by the North Dakota state eiicatiaiichl alta for the man’ facing mortgage fore- a to operation in Burleigh coun- REAFFIRM WET VOTE ice Airis late Friday held North Dakota's fi s Closure, a measure aimed at reduc-| “Funds now available for six coun- The North Dakota House, sit- fae Pea beuicer ie botetg Providing 's five-day blizzard, . ing cotton production and elimination] tie, and one city in North Dakota| tine in committee of the whole, in pay for all appointive probably the mest severe in history, of five products from the domestic] totai $57,000. recommended passage of the pro- {State officials and employes. allotment bill, gained the approval| “Under the plan, Governor William| hibition repeal bill. A motion by |, The effect of the court's decision is has ended and a forecast of “fair and of senate committees Saturday in a Langer is responsible to the R. F. C.| Rep. R. E. Swendsied, Mountrail to confine the 20-per-cent salary ree ry ) Bachrachamy 3 burst of farm relief activity. for the relief loans advanced and has| county, to kill the proposal was |‘uction to only the elective officers, warmer” for the week-end, the most cheerful words from the federal Disregarding the protests of Ed- beaten, 54 to 52. The committee | the governor, lieutenant governor, at- weather bureau here all week, was Cordell Hull ward A. O'Neal, president of the) spbunved ® sate rellef committer to} erort tater was formally adopted, |'0TNeY general, secretary of state, issued Saturday morning. American Farm Bureau federation, In each county for which loans! 57 to 54, and the bill placed on treasurer, auditor, superintendent of ‘ Temperatures were up, winds were the senate agriculture committee; nave been received is appointed a, the calendar. Public instruction, commissioner of ‘ down, a battery of 20 snow plows was voted to confine the allotment meas- committee, responsible to the state agriculture and labor, commissioner at work throughout the state clear- ure to wheat and cotton at about the committee, to be in charge of dis- TO QUIT R. F.C. of insurance, and the three members ing snow-choked highways, train same time that the banking subcom-|trinution in its district, Washington — Charles A. Miller,|°f the railroad commission. mittee was approving the Hull farm| “ appiicants for relief apply to the|president of the Reconstruction Cor-| Section two of the initiated act, mortgage moratorium bill with a pro- coanty ‘committee, which i turn ise |Poration, announced that he will re-|Which seeks to include practically vision that would extend its benefits| c10. orders for goods, addressed to|sign with the advent of the Roosevelt |€Very employe of the state and the to include small urban homes. designated merchants in the district. |administration. various institutions, is the part de- hd caney ines Ri vsgistes Upon receiving the goods from the rch unconstitutional. This section unanimously agriculture com- ¥ VATION CHIEF provided for fixing the maximum mittee shortly before it voted 12 to 2| merchant, the applicant signs a re-) OST CONSERVATION Cin, (salary of institutional heads at no to eliminate rice, hogs, tobacco, pea- more than that received members nuts and dairy ducts from the al-|, ©8ch week the merchant sends bills servation commission suspended by i for these orders to the county auditor} W. T. Cox, head of the depart- [Cf the supervising board or commis- aiaicaierstoveae ete isan iproduc-| 2nd every two weeks the auditor lists] ment for the last two years. “4 F anhe oor tb tla casotasey joi tion to participate in = government the bills and forwards them to the| -ill have a hearing next mont service was being reestablished and speeded up, and airway and bustraf- tic_was resumed. Such was the end of one of North Dakota's most bitter weeks in history, a week which saw mercury dip to 35 degrees below zero and gales from the northwest ranging up to 30 miles an hour. On Wednesday the weather was the worst in the recollection of O. W. Roberts, federal meteorologist here for 35 years. The temperature state committee, which issues checks} with’ the right of appeal if ousted. {Ct unconstitutional on the ground it then was 35 below and the wind ve- cotton pool. for their payments. The auditor violated section 64 of the state consti- locity was 30 miles an hour. Roca ened mie vo bg? ae ~oraeg countersigns the checks and sends PIONEER SETTLER DIES tution which provides “no bill shall be Prediction that most main roads in oa cobian toe Had ees them to the merchants. Arthur von Schaller, who settled at |revised or amended, nor the provisions board Cross $15 Per Month for Two New Salem in 1883 and later was Mor-|thereof extended or incorporated in lief after voting an additional $4,- other bill by refere: 100,000 to pay for loans on the staple,| _,Uder the plan each needy family |ton county auditor s dead at Miami, | ®RY vy nce to its title of two is allowed $15 per month, with |jma., according to word received here.|Only, but so much thereof as is re- Say Many Livestock © a 9 Senator Smoot (Rep., Utah) ac- $3 more for each additional member. to have made a for-| vised, amended or extended or so in- Perished in Storm cepted 2 dare from the Democrats] Tr “Sniy ‘one parent is living, the [ieee Soene reat extate within the|Corporated shall be re-enacted and and introduced a bill to deny veter- iblished at 1 Ee a ans’ compensation or hospitalization|*Mount allowed is $12 per month, liast ten years and then to have lost Pul at lengtl’ Sree ceciorcnnae tenho cnot trae thr da | Sore, nluanal member, inthe sock mares TED. | yy Sele Rated TA tng 4 tials all 5 NY e 's came on i dreds of livestock perished abilities to war service. evnoonsane being made for allow. TELLS OF KIDNAPING |neeis of the defest of @ measure in in this week's blizzard west of Me- all ance of medicine and other items nec- St. Peter, Minn.—Willard John- the North Dakota senate Thursday to ee Se : C.) Bachrach essary for care in case of sickness. son, Norseland garage owner, re- |Temove the limitation of salaries pro- wane ae. crepe rg Pragiay “ : ‘The $57,000 advanced to the state| turned home after a 24-hour ab- | Vided for heads of institutions and ex- long the railroad ‘way, = : : I lief is pert employes. An effort was made in Sot re ea steer reese — Suits lone” OM *| eee hte Ug meets |e mu Poy mae a ani apparent! f - W 2 ooe$ 2 measure, on motion of © ie shelter near the tracks. President-elect. Roosevelt has offer-, James A. Farley, democratic na-)the commerce or treasury department REVISE UTILITIES Burke crete ( whaedey: ccieapaal the prude i psscoria ‘Whelan, Pembina county, but ia id A er ake ering fee 20 |!ed to bet. reporters:that most of their] tional chairman, is regarded as a sure|!n case Senator Carter Glass doesn’t Divide County another car and released Johnson. | ¥85 defeated. Senator A. W. Fowler, ' P ner “arrived at Mandan” Priday ||@uesses 86 to the personnel of his/thing for postmaster general, "Mss Prances Perkins, if appointed Bowman Oouty men [unconstitutional as one ‘whist “wih + | night. cabinet will be wrong but they.are| ‘Thomas J. Walsh is a favorite for!+o the labor department, would be the Ward County . Pi lomcir tiered presi- |handtuff the board of administeateual a:cuawpise titea Aaantan cnatamna’| [incertae eegataaa ax oyensecany| | ermal eee baigtit tara ap ilaithal| eumeegnitaerr cian gorerroe \iaite: a eee ident of the state federation, of ‘wom. ees ee - by 25 shovelers, brought the train ||certain” to be listed in the official| state department. Neved slated for secretary of the in-| Proposal Would Place Power in Ritossa $57,000 [en's clubs, cautioned againss ‘tion, | Calling attention to a part of the out of huge snow drifts, which || family. Bernard Baruch is eligible for either | terior. B In addition, applications for relief Pst past welfare in an address to|Section held invalid, the supreme trainmen said had an average yeas Hands of Three to Be | rotaling $77,150 have been made by|Health and welfare tn oo accties © | court's decision commented it is “even depth of 10 feet. Named by Governor eight other counties but have not yet more baffling to the voter” than other sm ie in steet roms | TROrp Denied Permission to Present wasn sky Hd Mon rep, deci a the train, Irozen . is “ feet. ors: Balesgele Seles on e e A commission of public utilities, | $11,150 [Gti celaotagr iain serene) NEW ADMINISTRATION ey ean all res rears the train, a local, in charge of consisting of the tax commissioner as| Funds for February ne have Salaries and compensation by reduc- doin eben, Mana, cote Statement to Capitol Investigators sai: wens tie men: | iret y intern Sets RECULATORY LAW (= sesseteeeres . bers of the railroad commission, 4 000; 000; an amount equalling Per cent of 7 3 provided for in a measure introducec| Sheridan $4,000; Kidder $1,000; and OF | Ithe amount of salaries fixed as to the mitomey: fers Commission Me ese nee ‘Richiand| Make Supplemental Requests ee dangles With Probers at county. : Burke has made a supplemental ap- PROPOSED IN HOUSE “Certainly no elector could tell from i ‘ ‘The measure provides that the two| plication of $10,000 for January and this section what the salaries or com- DEBRIS CAUSED BY } | "==" SPECIAL, SERMONS|sttszceres cote nalts eomen ee con Bata cara nee be ted the + with & supplement ..jPloyes who come under it were for Nit sd ae be, demented a. eeoting ‘with the| for $15,000 for February. | The Burke Director to Be Named by Gov-/fove mm or January, 1932," the de- venga comnitice ‘hturday rec] ——_____jaovernora arm, ° 0" 2° 0" |requst for January was clinllowed) “ror Would Direct Work cision continued, “nor what ailary o GERMAN EXPLOSION Wrimnorp Farge counsel for the cap. [C&tOHe Services in Morning! used ass revolving fund to pay ex-| All ainl oene -eecettae tomes Throughout State ottice, or position when he cast his , to read id Protestant in Eve- Penses of the public uitilities commis-|R. F. C. are depos A = ballot for the initiated measure.’ itol building commissioners, to an til th of tior.| the credit of the governor's emer: decision reverses the action of oon tm open hearing « plea that the two Se nee ED son paid by the uuilities under its su-| gency relief fund and all accounts are) A new segulatory department for| Judge A. G. McParland in Burleigh Authorities Fear 200 Morel nites to take the stand. eae ities aug es paridad ot. Jo. Se Bi, | kage Ab She “Senznt efit 12 "| net Dabana sinlee HN te gave | oars ri tee in RR re provides \- | marck. “director” nam« y the = | emptory it of mandamus Buried Under Ruins; 500 ‘We'll consider it in executive 868-1 pismarck Boy Scouts are urged to mien peor Pere ‘On each order issued to needy bY| nor was proposed Friday in a bill in-|the state auditing board was denied. sion,” said E. R. Sinkler, investiga- attend church services Sunday, which. the local committee are listed the/ trod: in the house of representa-| John Gammons, at that time secre- ¥ interrupted Thorp, ?. and perform all the duties of the aad juced % Others injured er comnnn, 98 be is church day in the week-long ob-|f00 Porm 024 commissioners as|goods which may be purchased 85/tives by Carl Anfinson, Rolette|tary of the industrial oo ee of, seven |servance Of scouting’s anniversary are now exercised by such board rela-|essentials, Merchants are allowed t0| county. | claimed that under the laws of 1943 Ee arene core of the capital | hete, according to W. G. Fulton, local tive to the public utilities.” fasue only those goods listed. | ‘The new department, would super-| his salary was fixed at $2,800 @ year Neunkirchen, Saar Territory, Ger-} commission and: construction of | ¢*ecutive. Public utilities would be required to} The state, in applying F. o,| vise work of at least a dozen divisions | and challenged the right of the aud- many, Feb. 11—(®)—From the wreck-| worth Dakota’! capitol. Special services have been arranged|.simnish reasonably adequate service|loans, must represent to the R. F. C.|cr state government, including the|iting board to reduce his salary for age lett by Friday's territic explosion | “Cha, man ‘W. SMnutthacl said he |{0F © 8. m. at Bt, Mary's procat and facilities,” with “unjust and un-| figures proving that the amount Te-/ 1444 commissioner, director of the| December, 1932, the last month of his of s gas storage tank near the Neun- thought Thorp should be granted the |! Catholic boys, with Very Rev.| charges declared un-| quested is needed. been| North Dakota Agricultural Experi-|term in office. He claimed section kirchen_ iron works. 68 bodies were |-qpoortunity” to read the fequest, as John A. Slag officiating, and at the} ory Roy W. Frazier, Crosby, Magy Sn [ent station, director of the regula- | two of the initiated law was uncon- taken Saturday, but it was feared! wa sen. C. N. Brunsdale in church for 7:30 P. M.)" authority is given the commiasion| delegated by Governor Langer tory division ‘of the Agricultural Col- | stitutional. that 200 more were buried under the |“ gen Gharies G. Bangert and Rep. with Rev. Floyd E. Logee in charge, to revalue all public utility property, vestigate relief needs throughout the jege, director of the Experiment sta-'| legislature to provide for a 20-per- ruins. Police estimated 160 were hurt _ for Protestant boys, Fulton said. ny | state and to acquaint local governing . state chemist, chief sanitary in-|Cent reduction in state salaries were W. J. Flannigan objected and a mo- In keeping with the week, the en-|2n¢ ‘at any time to make a revalua: ‘with the system set up. tion, a discussed Saturday by members of ee eee tion to consider the question, in €X|tertainment part of the’ regular e GRalrement of the loans from the|SPeetor, and inspector of the licens- appropriations committees of the two Police, and nurses, joined| cutive session Bangert, is af Gates ing in St.| On complaint of 25 per cent of the] | REMMI’ be made through re-|!6 department. | legislative branches, with by grief-stricken relatives worked | Mannigan, H. T. Peterson and M. T. | S76! harate patrons of a public utility that rates ae > federal| ‘The regulatory “czar” would be feverishly through the night and! rstenaugen for. the motion, |MAry’s auditorium Friday evening |Drr°\ reasonable, the commission |duction in the state's future federt| .ssneq by the governor, draw a salary |‘Hat such @ proposal will be drawn fresh crews of relief workers Satur- was devoted to scouting. Addresses /9r° a highway aid allotments, not to ¢: q salary |. with Matthael, J. D. Holthusen and/ yor. given by Rev. Father Henry| would be authorized to hold a formal ‘cent a year. This system makes | 0f $4,000 year and could be rei ‘The bill will seek to re-enact provi- day took the.places of those too weary | Brunsdale it, Holleman, scoutmaster of Troop No. | hearing. Investigations could also be|2? Per cote oT or the county or city |by the governor without cause at any) 5.1 etn initisted aalary-reduction to continue. ~ The written request which Thorp|q:"winiam J. McGraw, scoutmaster|carried on by motion of the commis-| 1° Voy ants tor retirement. time. py . ‘The disaster was caused by a ter-|nad sought to read concluded of Troop No. 8; and J. N. Roherty, |sion. ‘Several loans were received under| Nine inspectors to aid the regulatory |The state auditing board plans to rifle explosxion of a giant gas tank commissioners were anxious tO/ sou: area officer. An sppropriation of $60,000 from |. jell plan requiring issuance of | Chief, would be named by the gover-| meet next week to consider the at the Neunkirchen Iron Works, one submit to examination as well a8 t0|“Peoresentatives of both troops were|the general fund and an additional bo ants” Burleigh county received|Ror. One would be inspector of olls: | o¢ requctions in salaries effected since of the prides of the rich iron and coal » adding that “only | wesent and gave exhibitions of first|sum of $275,000 out of the “twine| SOO". November and December |two would be appointed at large and! December 8, when the initieted law. region, now governed under a league|by this method can such rules be/ So" vow and signaling, in addition |plant operating fund” is provided for. eee i, Setapenene aix others would represent each of the | became effective. It was the opine of nations trusteeship and which will| prevented from strangling, thwarting /+, "preparing and serving refresh-|The measure carries an emergency ‘Twenty-one orders for goods were| judicial districts of the state. jon of some officials that g0 to either Germany or France after/ and destroying the truth. ments following the program. clause. issued to needy residents of Burleigh| Salary of the oll inspector and the | could file vouchers with the & plebescite two years hence. “This committee, the legislature ty Friday and Saturday as the|two inspectors-at-large would be| board for recovering back pay. Many Are Trapped and-the people should hear us,” the ae ° coun 4 fixed by the board of administration P Many persons were trapped and| paper they attempted to read said. Whi ing ‘ost as but in no case would it exceed $3,000 killed in a crowded streetcar which Attorney Is a year, while the limit to be paid the| Crop Mortgage Law with doctors hoping to evold ampu:| Wanber'at tre ‘ula Thee 2 fie| the request “for the folowing rea] * T Enf , t f State La auecae! cieeiet eapeetors. world bp Revision Is Sought tation, ‘They were Miss Helen Skram-liegke out which spread destruction. |sous” |. when the first objection 10 orcement 0) ws $2000 annually. pists a ® rural school north under early | Was raised. An amendment: initiated 4 of Bismarck, brought here ‘Tuesday, ars yes, DroUene under control Matthael asked if Thorp wished to Asks New Laying of | pontine crop’ mortem ens 7 and Gust Klundt, 43-year-old Beu-| ‘Te biast felt throughout the| make a motion. He said “Yes,” and Punishment of law violators by Criminal assault would be pun- stone |'t inapplicable to mortgages “in favor lah man, brought ‘here Friday’ sfter-lentice upper Rhine valley from Col-| started to read. toe of Fan Sais Bees Woe ro, abate by not, Dee than 20 tatty, Capitol Corne Me or the United Btates or of any de 4 oon. ogne to the Swiss border. In many}, Flannigan arose objecting to tak-| posed in one five bills offered es, according to the discretion er. partment or agency thereof” is sough’ a Miss Skramstad froze both le85/ Rhineland cities the people believed) iné up time with the reading, saying in the North Dakote house Pri- te Deseemne Sees, Peg iin coeners Crete os omg |i 8 measure introduced in the Nort. 1 walking to her school in Hay Oreck 4% earthquake had shaken the dls), reas0'tne cost to the slate a “ep, 4D. Holthusen, Richland | when firearms are used oy capitol building ae tet Rep Wey. | Thomas Whelan of Pembina conn. i bo pea eg Hardly a pane of glass remained in-| ,,Brunsdale said he thought it only) county, seid that a ang : Bares wa oe eee ise Stutsman county, Priday| The measure is designed to remove with s party of Beulah men eariy|tect in an ares 10 miles ii diameter | 18° Vi DSOO the anotion, he is “for the use of the whipping | first offense, and with not less sought legislative approval of a move|hindurances to federal loans when . \ Monday morning and infection has| Surrounding the iron works Three) reaaing of the request, post to halt crime; it is the only | than eight on more than 20 for to hold “fitting ceremony” st |Top mortenge security is asked. + developed. With Klundt was Mark|°f four smaller blasts followed the!arattnaci said, “You're ruled out| effective way to punish law vio- | each succeeding offense. . an emergency Sexton, Northern Pacitle agent et|fitst one and then the gas reservoir) soain wer, Thorp.” lators.” ‘Wife beaters, drunken hus- ‘The resolution followed testimony | Clause to make it effective immedi» Beulah, who has been in critical con-|burst into flames. ‘Thorp’s written question said “it] — The five bills provide the whip- | bands or mates failing to sup- given at @ legislative investigating | ately after passage. dition all week at the railroad’s hos-|_ Many women and children werelis obvious that the legislature “ex-| ping: post be an pdditional pun- | port wife or children would come Rearing earlier in the day that the : pital in St. Paul. ‘among the injured and every hospital | nected a fair and impartial investi-| ishment for any felony, mis- | under the lash if the before stone laid was not in the place it NEW LANDING FIELDS ‘Thermometer Is Rising in the city and nearby area was filled | cation of all the operations of the| demeanor, or other violations not | whom the cases are Tecom- will rest permanently, but merely] Ottswa.—Sites for a chain of emer Mercury dropped to a low of 16/%0 capacity. Comparatively few men | capitol building commission.” included in felony or misdemea- | mends it. placed there for the particular occa-| gency fields ecross Cansde degrees below sero here at 6.a, m.|Were at work at the time of the biast| ‘The request added that the capi-| nor. Whippings for women would Holthusen said the bills were sion. Vice President Curtis was an/have been by the Gaturday but immediately started an| because of renovations being made in|tol building commission had offered| be prohibited. . backed by the taxpayers of Rich- honored guest at the ceremony. of National Defense. ¢ ascent. At 7 a. m. it was 15 below'the iron works. i a wreaths Wavaenesiied conperaiog: Either a leather strap or lash land county, by the “Farmers Fiannigan termed the ceremony “a|single men, hired in various and at 9:30 a, m. it was only 10 be-jarea, the streets were filled with the| “expected your sympa ‘attitude! or cat-o'-nine tails could be used Union and other organizations deceiving show,” adding that the|near the sites, will receive food, cleth- low, with a bright sun shining and | debris of homes and shops. during this hearing.” and the’ offender could be whip- there with the of several comerstons was removed “to the|ing and s dally: alewaniee Sor sais no wind. showed the] Neunkirchen has s population of| “In the face of objections,” tt con-| ped three times if necessary for judges in North and one chagrin and disgust of the general of the fields and camps, om Pye Dm = 0900, Continues op page Gres an olen, xoman ree : There are.33 Geldp ip the geaguem |