The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1933, Page 1

North Dakota’s . North . SHARP GUTS MADE, |£3#6:0:7 Retr IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENTS Total Is $142,865.72 Below Amount Recommended in Budget Board Report CUT GOVERNOR'S FIGURES House Committee Goes Him $60,456.76 Better in Re- ducing Expenses IDENT HOOVER tory address as Presi- dent Monday night before the Na- tional bagi te club in New York, Preside! wer predicted a “come- the Republican party, de- feated in the last election. WORLD COOPERATION SEEN BY HOOVER AS Bi ECONOMIC NEED President, In Valedictory Ad- dress, Reaffirms Support of Gold Standard . The North Dakota house appropri- ations committee, completing its work on the budget bill for executive, ju- Gicial and legislative expenses for the biennium, Monday recommended @ cut of $142,865.72 from the budget Their recommendations will be tak- en up by the committee of the whole The bill's original total was $1,242,- 200. The new figure is $60,456.76 be- Jow the recommendations of Governor Preliminary figures dhad indicated the reduction might be William Langer. The budget totals and the recom- mendations are; Budget Recom’ed $ 21,510 $ 16,270.80 Lieut. Gov. .. Supreme court eee ere New York, Feb. 14—(#)—The vale- 4 law lbrarian.. Prosperity—lay before the nations ‘Tuesday. Speaking to 1,500 party leaders and Public printing State auditor.. State treasurer Fire marshal .. not _ proposing United States. It is the country on earth.” A new proposal to help stabilize the currencies of the world came from the president in a speech frequently in- by uggested that some part of the debt payments due the United States from foreign nations might be set aside tempor- rule ag stabilize the currencies of the - Warning that the return to the gold standard is imperative, fore ne “If the major nations ont the early re-establish. Elevator division road leading to 52,580(x) 102,072.80 OPEN SESSION HERE =. .. 1,242,200.00 1,079,734.28 (x) Includes $60,000 emergency wropriation: requested by governor. Late Bulletins Ce eee ce acne ee mE IDENTIFY KIDNAPERS Denver.—Identification of two men was announced Tuesday by Chief Police A. T. Clark who said the ab- , Guetors were “a couple of racketeers ‘ who have been here the last year.” | LEAGUE CONDEMNS Geneva. — The commit a leaves Bismarck at 1:01 p.m. and con- with airplanes arriving in New one 132 a. m., the following day. through connections 8 Ba Hi E F | i E Dakota Bud FOR BANKS ORDERED IN MICHIGAN STATE Governor’s Proclamation Is Is- sued At Conclusion of All- Night Session EMERGENCY IS DECLARED | Feared Condition Affecting De- troit Institution Would Spread Rapidly Detroit, Feb. 14.—(7)—With dram- atic suddenness, Governor William A. Comstock early Tuesday proclaimed an eight-day banking holiday in Michigan at the conclusion of an all- night conference with bankers from all over the state and with federal and state banking officials. ‘The extraordinary holiday, unprece- dented in Michigan, is effective Tues- day, to continue through February since February 22 is Washington's birthday and a legal holiday. Governor Comstock’s proclamat and throughout the state of Michi- Governor Comstock explained that he was summoned to Detroit from Lansing Monday afternoon to a con- ference “precipitated by an unforseen and acute situation which had sud- denly arisen in the affairs of one of our leading financial institutions, the Union Guardian Trust Co.” Gives Time to Negotiate He said it was “the consensus after Jong conference of those present that the difficulties might be ironed out provided time could be had for nego- tations.” “As matters stood,” the governor's statement said, “it would have been necessary to close the doors of the institution involved on the morning ,jof February 14th, which would likely bring in its train disaster to many other of our banking institutions in Michigan.” “The crisis was caused by the in- ability to realize immediately pon the assets of the institution to meet threatened withdrawals. For the pro- tection of smaller depositors in our Institutions and to prevent the with- drawal of large sums from the state of Michigan it was deemed wise to declare a banking holiday for a period sufficiently long to allow the situa- tion to be cleared up.” HEAVY INCOME TAX LEVIES REQUESTED IN HOUSE MEASURES Exemptions Are Lowered and Rates Are Increased in Two Proposals were presented in the North Dakota Three-Day Convention Will Dis- hoe og by Martin cuss Civic and Political Problems of State Lund of Ransom county, providing for taxation of incomes at a flat rate of $2 where the amount is less than above exemptions, with the maximum rate 18 per cent on incomes ¥ 5 panaaaece BSSSis. SIR RONALD LINDSAY London, Feb. 14.—(#)—Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay's departure Tues- day for the United States with the completed but closely guarded British Lahagbieat for a new debts settlement was heralded by an appeal to Prem- 21, As a matter of fact, the banks | jer MacDonald to leave for Washing- will not reopen until February 23,/ton at once. The premier was urged by the Lon- don Times to go to the United States immediately to confer with President- elect Roosevelt and lay the founda- said the holiday was proclaimed “in |tion for Seance debt tet pera the acute financial emergency | conversat with American repre- bleed petit in the city of Detroit |sentatives shortly after March 4. The plan now being followed, how- ever, is for the ambassador to con- duct this preliminary work. He is expected to confer with Roosevelt im- mediately after arriving in New York early next week. An assistant secretary of the treas- ury, T. K. Bewlay, was sailing with Ambassador Lindsay on the steamship PIONEER MERCHANT OF WILTON, SIMON JABR, DIES IN WEST Was Businessman, Farmer, County Official and Legislator legislative committee investigating the capitol commission was sorved Bismarck, member of the com- North Dakota capitol commission, Simon Jahr, merchant and banker at Wilton for almost a quarter of a! century and a member of the 1914 North Dakota legislature, died Sun- day night at his home in Spokane, Wash., according to word received here by his son, Paul Jahr. Death was caused by a heart at- tack. Jahr was 61 years old. With him at the time of his death were jahr and their other, son, Ralph A graduate of the University of North Dakota, Jahr came to Bismarck in 1897 to become chief clerk in the department of public instruction. Three years later he entered the mer- cantile business at Wilton, managing the Jahr-Eastman Mercantile com: Pany, capitalized at $50,000, was an unusually large institution for a community the size of Wilton. Jahr’s partner was P. K. Eastman. Both Jahr and Eastman built large the tootinntar ot residences in Wilton which mark that aciateal community in the memory of travel- visitors. Jahr later entered the banking sion iny | fe ag 5 i ii 3 ae *B - H gifet ig ; a fi & g Z ii i ERWEUETE BFE2*S dnaneltpess?? R. 228 SS8hke RB 5 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Weather Report Oldest Newspaper , Generally, fatr tonight and Wednee ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1933 PRICE FIVE CENTS Warrant for Fraser Is Issued TO HAVE DEREMER RAP INVESTIGATION Son Asserts Father Refused on Ground Action Would Nul- lify Previous Acts HAD OBJECTED TO WORK and Other Recommenda- tions Attacked Members of the legislative investi- gative investigating committee were told Tuesday of efforts said to have been made by Geo. L. Bangs, capitol | commission member, to have his fel- low townsman and one of the archi- tects for the new state capitol sign a letter regretting the calling of an in- vestigation. Samuel T. DeRemer, son of the architect, said Bangs came to their home Jan. 14, this year, father was ill and there sought to have Joseph Bell DeRemer sign pre- pared letters minimizing differences CONKLIN SUBPOENAED A subpoena to appear before the Monday night on Fred Conklin, mission, George Bangs, president of the announced Tuesday morning he would leave Grand Forks for Bis- marck at noon today regardless of his physician's orders to the con- trary. He returned to his home Sunday morning and has been in bed since that time, suffering from @ severe cold. of the architects, praising work of the capitol commission, and regretting de- mands for the investigation. One letter, young DeRemer said, was to have been sent to Senator D. H. Hamilton when his state affairs committee was considering the need of proceeding with an investigation. He said his father told Bangs then not to ask him to sign any such let- ters, with Bangs remaining at the bedside for more than an hour. He testified both he and his father felt that to have signed such letters would have had the effect of nullify- ing previous letters his father had written objecting to proposed changes | in contracts, to amounts for them,; and recommendations to reject plumb- ing and electrical bids. The younger DeRemer added that the next day Bangs called on the tele- phone and asked if the letters had busive, not very compli- became |mentary, and finally gave up and | slammed down the receiver” when he He said he and his father were re- luctant to appear on the stand and despite questions of E. R. Sinkler, counsel of the investigating commit- tee, Senator Chas. G. and Chairman W. E. Mattheel, said he ality pee to tell in detail what Bangs i nich |""‘DeRemer said he had asked to leave because of his father’s condi- tion, “in as nice a way as I could. Bangs accused him of being ipitol bus-|he or his father had had their names iness, being affiliated with the Mc-|in the paper was when Bangs put Lean County State Bank. He sold | them there. He said Bangs charged him with ‘hanging my dirty linen in the front ty commis. | ard.” Expense accounts of members of the Lundoff-Bicknell company, gen- eral contractors for the construction of the $2,000,000 capitol building, were examined with R. B. Lewis of the Patterson hotel in Bismarck, identify- records. Sinkler asked Lewis if he knew of njany place in Bismarck where all meals cost $1.50 as he referred to one expense item for 20 meals in two days at $1.50 a meal. Bangert questioned an eae tie atten caine Frank L. An- ‘SALES INCOME? TAX OFFERED IN SENATE T0 BOLSTER BONDS Measure Also Would Make Levy On ‘Personal and Profes- sional Services’ while his Bangs at 11:50 a. m. Tuesday in the presence county, author of the measure. “|man commission is abolished and a GRADUATED SCALE ASKED Proposed Changes in Contracts|Some Industries Would Pay More Than Others Under Scheme Advanced A tax on gross income derived from. the sales of tangible personal prop- erty and upon sales of “personal and professional services,” is provided for in a measure introduced in the sen- ate Monday by Senator O. E. Erick- son of Kidder county. The tax, generally two per cent, but scaled down to one per cent and less in some instances, would con- tinue as an emergency act until June 30, 1935, with the proceeds to be used for payment of real estate bond in- terest for the years 1933 and 1934. The law providing for a levy for this interest would be held in abeyance during the operation of the “emer- gency replacement revenue act.” Deviations from the two per cent tax on sales for use would be for contractors, light and power for in- dustrial use, pottery, drain, tile, brick and concrete manufactured, lignite mining. These would be assessed one per cent. Manufacturers or wholesalers who Sell for resale may pay a tax on such sales at the rate of one-fourth of one per cent of the gross income de- rived from the sales. Deviations from the one-fourth per cent tax on sales for resale would in- clude wholesale bakeries, wholesale meat distributing plants. wholesale gasoline dealers, wholesale dealers of soft drinks and wholesale tire deal- ers, each of whom would pay @ tax of one-eighth of one per cent. All sales made for resale would be deemed to be made for use. Articles or materials to enter into the manufacture of other articles or Products would be deemed to be sold for use, even though the resulting product may be sold for resale. ‘The tax would be imposed in ad- dition to any other taxes imposed on vendors of personal property or serv- ices. The bill listed 327 businesses and professionals that be subject to the tax. GOVERNOR APPROVES BILL FOR ONE - MAN CONTROL OF ROADS Highway Commission Change Becomes Effective Shortly Before Noon Tuesday Governor William Langer signea the one-man highway commission bill of Senator A. F. Bonzer, Jr., Richland Under the bill the present three- one-man commissioner set up. The emergency clause of the bill makes its effective immediately and gives the governor authority to ap- Point the one-man roac czar. gration was legislated out of existence ‘Tuesday, the final step in abolishing the department coming with the sig- nature of Governor Langer to the abolition law approved by the state assembly. Retired Merchant Of Linton Is Dead Gottlieb Bechtle, 68, retired mer- chant of Linton, died at a local hos- pital at 1:35 Saas oe A after- sion’ about employment of persons |noon following an illness more from one department of the state and | than two months. Death was caused by an internal disorder. He had her in the hospi- et Bill Is Sent to Houses mits EIGHT-DAY HOLDAY {Returning to-v-s./SAYS BANGS TRIED —— = | CHARGED 70 FORNER +P Nast]! IL/TIA-CHEFTAN Warrants Accuse Him of Dupli- cating Expense Account, Taking Payrolls BROCOPP IS COMPLAINANT Successor in Office Swears to The office of commissioner of immi- = Accusations; Police Judge Issues Papers Two warrants for the arrest of G. Angus Fraser, former adjutant gen- eral of North Dakota, charging him with obtaining property and money under false pretenses, were issued in Bismarck shortly before noon Tues- day, Both complaints were signed by Herman A. Brocopp, acting adjutant general, who succeeded Fraser early A prominent member of the Nazi par-|in January. ty, headed by Chancellor Adolf Hit-; The warrants were issued by Ed- ler, is Prince August Wilhelm. of Germany, a son of the former Kaiser. | “2"4 5. Allen, Bismarck police magis- Shown here in the uniform of the|ttate, at the request of Assistant At- Nazis, the prince may, under the new|torney General Milton K. Higgins. government, have an important post.| They were placed in the hands bf His name also has often been linked with monarchist rumors in event the Sheriff Joseph L. Kelley, who was Kaiser should desert his retreat in|€xPected to ask Cass county officials Holland and return to Germ: to arrest Fraser, since the latter is at his home in Fargo. Fraser, who was adjutant genera! tor 16 years, is charged with obtain- ing under false pretenses $192 for two weekly pay rolls at Camp Graf- ton at Devils Lake in 1932 and with feloniously obtaining $198.73 in ex- Penses for a trip which he took as a it (ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2s nee Fraser resigned as a member of the capitol commission last month when Ledeen Presented before the legis- ei: . lative committee investigating Dr. William Kuhn, Chicago, '8! commission indieated thet he hoa Principal Speaker At [Presented more than one expense ae Opening Program | __ Indicated Double Payment | This testimony indicated that Fra- Dr. William Kuhn, Chicago, was Separnnnit ter ers toa pee |) the principal speaker Monday eve-/in New Orleans as well as by the cap-, ning as North Dakota Baptist minis- | ito] commission for the trip to Bator ters opened their annual conference Rouge, though he made both visite in Bismarck. on the same trip. i Dr. Kuhn is executive secretary of| In his expens i the German Baptist convention of a re the, sane the United States. charges, Fraser spent’ Sessions of the three-day meeting, | for railroad egies and which will end Wednesday, are being |meais on the train on a'trip from conducted in the First Baptist church, | Bismarck to Chicago and pss Dy of which Rev. Ellis L. Jackson i8/rajiroad, whereas the expenses were pastor. rever either Dr. Kuhn told the opening assemb- | saiq defendant” The Sonne eee that “Christians are by nature jtinues that Fraser obtained a war- strangers in a world largely organ-jrant from the state auditor for the ized on an un-Christian basis.” He | amount through the use of the “false” said that “we all have a spiritual expense account. The account cover- biography that 1s vital to living and |eq his travels from Nov. 19, to Dec. 1 full of the elements of grace and 193), sie db peace.” Dr. Kuhn's address followed the|;qestimony presented before the legislative c welvome by Rev. Jackson and response pepe had ae Redes eke by Dr. Fred E. Stockton, Fargo, ex- | question by train, but by automobile, ecutive secretary of the North Das! with Major Frank L. Anders, ‘secre- kota Baptist State convention. tary of the commission, accompanying Other guest speakers at the a him. ‘ ad ing are Dr. John C. Killian, * delphia, secretary of Chapel Car and] enarged ener purer gerald Colporter Missionary work for the /trom the state for two weekly pas American Baptist Publication Soci-|roig at Camp Grafton, Oct. 8 and ety, and Rev. A. C. Darrow, of Moul- | Oct, 15, 1932, The voucher was dated mein, Burma, who has been a mis-| Oot 95 sionary for more than 30 years. _ ‘Tuesday morning's session Carts ) with a devotional service under di- e » rection of Rev. Daniel Heitmeyer,|"Y ‘é, defendant to be false.” Fargo, who spoke on “Thinking God.’ Following the disclosures in Fraser’s All three guest speakers appeared 0M | expense accounts which developed the morning program. during the capitol commission inves- Rev. Darrow gave the group some | tigation, a resolution was Presented einai pimpess of ca peoblerns, in the senate, asking for a complete opportunities and methods of mis-| investigation of records 4 stonary work in Burma. Dr. Killian, sen dg speaking on “The Church and the Pastor,” gave practical advice for handling ‘church affairs. Dr. Kuhn spoke “Arranging a Triumph for Christ.’ ‘The public is invited to attend all sessions of the conference, it is an- nounced by Rev. Jackson. At 7:30 o'clock Tuesday night, Dr. Killian will be the principal speaker, his topic being “The Pastor and the Church Facing the Issue.” ‘Wednesday morning's program: 9:15 o'clock—Rev. Heitmeyer, ‘An- | Higg! 10:30—Dr. Killian, “The Church Election, Officers and Duties.” 11:15—Dr. Kuhn, “Removing Moun- tains.” Changes in Criminal [American war, are warm. personal Laws Are Suggested Prat or is the second state offical Pack pe of probation and pereie stake. Tecent, Sree, A hort time rested: establishment of work farms|of the state securities and industriat of embezzlement. He is at liberty under bonds pending trial in district i | | | from the capitol commission by des- cribing it as a move to protect the other two commissioners, Fred 1, Conklin George A. BURY ENGINEER THURSDAY Jamestown, . Feb. 14—(#)—