The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 11, 1933, Page 2

————— eR RARE 8 TEN Oa ALMA ANNA GEIST OF DRISCOLL DIES HERE Funeral Services Will Be Held 1 Wednesday From Lutheran Church At Driscoll Alma Anna Geist, 19, of Driscoll, died at 4 o'clock Monday morning of injuries resulting from a fall from a horse and from appendicitis, She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Geist of Driscoll. Miss Geist was born at Eureka, S. D., July 7, 1914. She had lived in North Dakota for the last 13 years and in Burleigh county for the last 22 months. She attended school at Dawson, and had been employed as a house maid at Driscoll. She leaves besides her parents, two sisters, Helen and Esther, and three brothers, Albert, Ervin and Harold, all of Driscoll. Funeral services will be held Wed- nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Lutheran church at Driscoll. Mal Stevens Predicts 30 to 40 Grid Deaths New York. Sept. 11—(4)—Dr. Mar- vin A. (Mal) Stevens, former head football coach and now freshman coach at Yale, Saturday threw a bombshell into the annual rules inter- pretation meeting of the eastern in- tercollegiate association when he said he expected again to see “30 or 40 deaths from football injuries this fall.” Addressing a meeting of coaches, Officials and athletic directors on the “control and treatment of football in- juries,” Stevens said there still was much work to be done before there would be a noticeable decrease in in- juries and deaths from the game. There still are too many youngsters, especially on playground and high school teams, using inferior equipment and playing without proper supervi- sion, he said. Weather Report FORECAST For ‘Bismarck and vicinity: Partly ce. tonight and Tuesday; cooler For North Da- kota: Partly cloudy tonight and ‘Tuesday; cooler east and central Portions tonight. For South Da- kota: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; not ™much change in Uetinneseta: Most! 1es0! and Tuesday; slightly cooler in the Red River valley tonight. GENERAL CONDITIONS A low pressure area (Des Moines 29.66) extends from the upper Missis- sippi Valley southwestward to Texas and another “low” (Swift Current 29.70) is centered over Saskatchewan. A high pressure area (Kamloops 30.06) is centered over the north Pacific coast. Precipitation occurred in the western Canadian Provinces and in a strip extending from northeastern ‘Wyoming eastward to the Great Lakes region. Warm weather prevails from the southern Plains States northeast- ward to the Great Lakes region while ool weather prevails over the West. os iver srs BEAT a.m. 09 24 hour change, -0.1 ft. eerace station barometer, inches: 28.04. Reduced to sea level, 29.79. PRECIPITATION REPORT ‘Total this months to date ..... Normal this month to date .... Total, January Ist to date - 897 Normal, January Ist to date .... 13.55 Accumulated deficiency to date 4.58 RTH DAKOTA POINTS NO! ‘Highs Le cloudy tonight 0. 0.52 BISMARCK, cldy Beach, clear ... Carrington, clear .. Crosby, clear ..... Devils Lake, clear . Dickinson, cldy ...... ke, clear ... Here Are Beer Bill Facts eee ** © * *# & ees QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ** ** # ** # eee For Readers of Tribune What is the beer bill to be voted on at the special election Sept. 22? It is an initiated measure designed to make the sale of this beverage legal in North Dakota. Is any limit set on the alcoholic content of the beer to be sold? No. The limit of 3.2 per cent by weight is set by federal statute, en- forcible in this state. Who sponsored the initiated beer bill? A group of North Dakota citizens who are opposed to present prohibi- tions on sale of the beverage. They obtained approximately 40,000 signa- tures upon the petitions asking that the measure go on the ballot. Was not a bill to legalize the sale of beer passed at the last legisla- tive session? Yes, but it was referred, both wets and drys objecting to it and each circulating referendum petitions, What are the differences between the beer bill passed by the legislature and the initiated measure? Ss MS anion RO AES MIR a A sales taxes between states, Nye con- tinued, he would say “let's try it, but that doesn’t exist.” Approval of a state sales tax by North Dakota, Nye told the audience, would speed the day toa federal sales tax, and “play into the hands of ,money lenders who want a sales the tax.’ Stresses Money Angle Langer, following the senator on the speaker's stand, first launched into @ discussion of the work of his administration, stressing reductions made in appropriations. Then turning to the measures to be voted on at the special election, Lang- er declared “I am not sponsoring the sales tax. I don't care how you vote. ‘We know it is unpopular, but we are faced with an emergency.” Many rural schools, Langer said, will not have sufficient money to open. e this term. The last legislature, he continued, increased the income tax and the inheritance tax Before pass- ing the saies tax. “You can do as you please as far as I'm concerned, as I'll have a per- There are many differences. The fundamental one, however, is that the legislative bill provided for sale of beer only by municipal stores. The initiated measure permits sale by any person, firm or corporation in North Dakota engaged in legitimate business and deemed reputable persons of good moral character. ‘ Who is the judge of the good repute and moral character? The beer commissioner, to be selected by the governor as administrator of the act. > What was the objection to the municipal stores bill on the part of those advocating the initiated proposal? There were many objections, chief among them being the fact that sale by places other than municipal stores would be barred. It was contended that this would not only eliminate opportunities for legitimate profit by other business places but would tend to promote bootlegging. * Is there any bootlegging of beer now? Yes. Beer may be purchased at almost any restaurant and in many other places such as grocery stores, filling stations, etc, Is this condition widespread in North Dakota? Yes, it prevails in every city and in nearly every crossroads village and hamlet. Is not this conditon against the existing law? Yes. The state law still forbids sale of beverages containing more than one half of one per cent of alcohol by volume. Have any arrests been made because of violation of this law? So far as can be ascertained the only prosecution made since passage of the federal law legalizing beer was that at Jamestown, designed to test the question of whether the state law still is enforcible. The supreme court held that it is. Is this illegal trade being carried on by the same people who were engaged in the illegal beer and liquor traffic which existed before passage of the federal law? No. Some of these still are selling beer, but most of the trade now is done by firms and individuals in legitimate business who never sold beer until after the federal law was passed and beer became legal in the nation. Is any attempt being made to conceal this traffic? No. Any observer may see beer sold openly throughout the state. ‘What is the prevailing price for beer now? In Bismarck it varies from five cents for an eight-ounce glass and 10 cents for a 14-ounce glass to 10 cents for a 10-ounce glass. Can individuals have beer in cases delivered to their homes? Yes. It is.not difficult to obtain such delivery of beer. Has the new “factory-made” beer eliminated the home-brewing of beer? No. Groceries report they still have a fair demand for malt syrup used in making beer. The new beer has, however, practically eliminated the sale of home-brew beer. Is there any dfference in the alcoholic content of the new beer and the home-made product which formerly was sold? Yes. The new beer contains less alcohol. The alcoholic content of home-brew beer sometimes was as high as nine per cent. Does the initiated beer bill place any limits on the sale of beer? Yes. It requires all places selling beer to have state licenses and pro- hibits sales to minors, incompetents, Indians, inebriated persons or habitual drunkards. Cities, villages and counties in which persons are licensed to sell beer also may make and enforce local regulations. Is provision made for license by such political subdivisions of the state? Yes. Counties, however, may not interfere with the regulations of cities or villages. Thus only one license can be required in addition to the state license. Is any penalty provided in case of violation of license regulations? Yes. For violation of the state law or the rules of the proposed beer commissioner, a fine of $100 to $1,000 or imprisonment in the county jail up to six months is provided. Upon second offense the penalty would be the same fine or jail sentence and revocation of the state license. Counties, cities or villages could, by ordinance, provide separate penalties for viola- tions of local rules. Are any taxes other than license taxes provided for? Yes, in addition to the license tax the state imposes a gallonage or sales tax of one-half cent a pint, whether the beer is bottled or in kegs. Will these taxes raise the price of beer? No. Because the sale of beer still is illegal it cannot be handled in the ordinary commercial way and this increases the cost. In addition, be- cause there is always the possibility of prosecution, most dealers charge @ little extra to cover this risk. eee the initiated law reduce the number of places selling beer in North ota? Yes. Many small places which now sell beer as an incidental will find it unprofitable because of the license fees. ‘Will not some places continue without a license? Probably not. Licensed dealers may be expected to insist on strict en- 9 | forcement of this provision. Are there any political implications in the new beer bill? Yes. The law puts the governor in direct control of the beer business because he appoints the beer commissioner and may remove him at any time without cause. Is this a standard practice in other states where beer is legal? No. Many states have beer commissions or boards, appointed under .| laws designed to keep the traffic as far from politics as possible. 05 Is provision made for the establishment of breweries in North Dakota? Yes. Brewers would pay an annual license of $500 and would be barred from selling beer at retail in less than case lots. Wholesalers would pay a fee of $200 and would be barred from sale in less than case lots. Can one person own more than one place where beer is sold? Yes, But he must have a separate license for each place. One of the common complaints against the old saloon was that it often was financed by a brewery, either directly or through an agent. Is this 00} practice barred by the proposed law? es, cldy Parshall, cldy Pembina, cldy . Sanish, cldy .. ‘Williston, clear . SOUTH DAKOTA POINTS Huron, cldy ... + 80 62 Rapid City, clear 2 54 MINNESOTA POINTS Minneapolis, cldy ...... 60 Moorhead, cldy 1% 58 OUT OF STATE POINTS - Low- pabbeReeeeekeeseeeeceeeReerheee 88h Apparently not, although this would depend upon the legal interpreta- tion of several clauses in the bill. One of these reads: “No distributor, licensed to do business in this state, shall ever be licensed to retail the sale of beer within the state in quantities of less than a case.” Another reads: No license to sell beer by retail or wholesale shall en- 00] title the holder thereof to carry on said business at more than any one 00! location under any one license .... .” How much, if any, revenue, will” licensing of beer produce for the state treasury? This depends upon the number of places licensed, the amount of beer sold and the cost of administration. Advocates of the bill estimate the 08} net revenue at $700,000 for the first year. Is the license fee standard? No. It may be higher the first year a person does business than for ‘00 | Subsequent years. The license fee is to be graduated upon the amount of done or estimated by the beer commissioner to be done, the mini- mum being $15 and the maximum $100. For the first year of the act, how- ever, it is to be $100, except in places of less than 500 inhabitants, where the fee is to range from $15 to $50 for the first year. poets nee Dorm of favoritism as between licensees. “ ally not, since the beer commissioner would set - dard for granting licenses based on the law. sini piel yeareyn'# the license placed higher for the first year than for subsequent Apparently to increase the revenue for the first year to cover the cost of the special election which advocates of legal asked gover- nor to call this year. Aone Dae Aa si anything that can be called a replace- C ONTINUE D ment tax; it always has been neces- from page one’ sary to use all new sources of reve- r} FY nue.’ Picnic Gives Ny e There is no assurance, under Gov- aan elf ly ed ony AE hg 5 a je} Sales Tax Scheme | from tne property tax" a why he takes the position he does. fect alibi,” he said. Approval of the sales tax will have a marked effect on the value of North Dakota bonds, Langer declared, ex- plaining the Bank of North Dakota has approximately $7,500,000 invested in state bonds. “If a favorable market could be created for them,” he continued, “the bank would then be able to sell some of these bonds and in that manner assist needy school districts.” Pleads For Schools “You aren't doing me a personal favor by voting for the sales tax,” Langer told the gathering. “If the sales tax is not approved it will not be possible to keep all the rural schools open, and I will not be able to do anything when school districts ‘appeal for help. “Tf the law passes, it will be a re- Placement tax, and the farmers and small home owners will not have to pay the $5,000,000 or $6,000,000 that it will derive.” “All I'm asking you to do is study the measure for yourself. As governor of this state I am presenting the mea- sures to you to take them or reject them, but if the sales tax is rejected and you ask for money to keep the schools open, I will have to tell you I can’t do it. I’m coming to you as man to man and face to face to take your choice.” Langer made an appeal for ap- proval of the referred measure abol- ishing the office of receiver of closed banks and centering the work in the state examiner's office. He declared that under the present system there is a “horde of bank receivers” eating up the deposits of closed banks, con- tending that under the new law the depositpr would derive more benefits in liquidation of a bank. Only Eight Inspectors He pointed to the administration and legislative activities. Under his administration, Langer said, “hun- dreds of inspectors have been wiped out,” and their place taken by eight inspectors centered in the regulatory department. All three speakers, Nye, Langer and Sinclair, appealed for support of President Roosevelt in his recovery Program. Sinclair said that he was “not over- ly confident” the NRA will bring re- covery, unless General Hugh Johnson | ° devises some plan for speeding up in- dustry. Factories ran 98 per cent normal in July, he declared, but showed only 70 per cent normal em- Ployment, while 50 per cent of normal wages were paid. Factories produc- ed their products at small expense and piled up surplus goods, without paying sufficient wages to buy these goods, Sinclair said. Discussing the allotment plan, he More than 1,500 New York Boy Scouts thought President Roose- velt a good scout himself when he traveled 80 miles in the rain to visit them at Ten Mile Camp, Narrowsburg, N. Y. Their gesture of appreciation was to induct him into the Order of the Arrow, and crown him with the Xndian head- gear he is shown wearing. said it will be necessary: for farmers of North Dakota to insist their hard wheat be not considered as a sur- plus wheat, but urged farmers to join the allotment plan so that can be told North Dakota accepted it at its face value. May Hurt Northwest Nye said the NRA program will work to the disadvantage of the Northwest unless higher farm prices are forthcoming, but appealed to the gathering “to give the president every ounce of cooperation.” He discussed his vote against the banking bill, and told of the severe criticism to which he was subjected by some of his constituents as a of his vote. Little opportunity afforded for a study of the bill when it was placed before congress, he said, and provisions written in by the “money lenders” gave them “larger privileges and favors they never. re- ceived before.” The bill, he declared, created new money secured by bank- ers collateral, giving the banker “something they had sought after for years.” Roosevelt, Nye said, has no part in the bankers fraternity but was suscep- great banking emergency that con- fronted the country on the day of the chief executive's inaugural. Cc ONTINUE D from page one- Takes Definite Stand As Langer \last when they appeared together. The Plot Thickens talk first; that the Sits and Listens | publisher and promoter of the picnic.| fully assured his listeners that thege Both Langer and Nye wanted to talk] institutions of higher learning would The plot thickened when Nye ar- rived at the picnic grounds and/George Aljets and C. L. Broschat, learned that he would be forced tojstate representatives from Wells governor was|county, praising them highly; made . speaking at an affair at Red Willow Lake and would arrive late. tion upon arriving being as to Gov- ernor Langer’s whereabouts. When he heard about the speech presum- ably then being made at Red Willow Lake, nearby, his eyes gleamed and his jaw jutted out. gleam, for Sinclair is against the sales ‘tax, too, “If anyone thinks I am going to keep quiet while they advocate the sales tax from the same platform they are due for a surprise” was Nye’s comment. Who “anyone” might mean was not defined but it became clear enough before the afternoon was over. Wanted Langer To Hear Nye was well into his speech wnen Langer arrived and up to that time had made no mention of the sales tax. ‘With the governor seated behind him, however, he opened up the subject and gave it “the works” for some 30 min- utes or more. As Nye broached the subject the crowd sensed that it was witnessing & political drama. That peculiar stillness which can envelop a crowd on such an occasion became apparent. There was little applause, only ob- viously straining ears. In this electric atmosphere the speakers voice crackled like the lash of a whip. “The sales tax oppresses the poor; benefits the rich. If it passes North Dakotans will have to build new bridges to accommodate people trading in Minnesota and ad- joining states. It is not a replace- ment for no new tax ever is.” ‘This was the burden of his state- ment and pleasant references to his friendship and admiration for Langer did not dull the effect. - to the governor. state executive he delivered himself of the comment: “If Bill Langer wants to get himself out of office the best thing he can dois put more tax collectors to work.” ‘The crowd of some 1,100 gave him a tremendous ovation at the close. Rebuttal Is Brief Langer was not at his best in the rebuttal. He talked for an hour be- fore he mentioned the sales tax at all. Between stories he halted some- what, stumbled a little, tried to gauge the effect of Nye’s talk on the crowd.. ‘Then he devoted about 15 minutes to the sales tax. First he denied fathering it, although he tried to have éuch a law initiated a year ago this August. He praised Nye, Frazier, Sinclair and Lemke for their stand against the national sales tax but pleaded that the state needed money, although it had reduced its expenses. Admit- tible to being misled because of the. ting the unpopularity of the sales tax, he called attention to his “courage” in daring to espouse it on behalf of @ hard-pressed treasury. Did He or Didn't He? In the rest of his speech he con- demned the newspapers for what he said were erroneous of his speeches, in that they said he had promised to close the state university, agricultural college and normal schools to keep the country schools running. A little later in his speech he force- be closed by him if necessary to keep the country schools in operation. He made repeated references to Offers Plan for IMS. GILBERT C48 ‘Buy Now’ Drive DIES KT ROCHESTER Employee of Bank of North Da- kota For Over 11 Yearss Funeral At Ashley Sa ee Mrs, Gilbert W. Cass, 30, of 416 Fifteenth St, died at Rochester, Minn, Sunday of tumor of the brain following an operation Saturday. She underwent an operation in 1930 for the same ailment and had > 2 Several plans to inject $2,000, 000,000 into commerce and trade by a concerted “buy now” campaign are being considered in Washington. Leader among Plans submitted was that of Ross Castle, above, of Conners- ville, Ind. Castle’s plan involves signing by all consumers of pledges to spend a certain -amount, provided the total quota agreed upon is reached. no mention whatever of State Senator Matthaei who represents that district in the upper branch of the legislature. Tt was quite a day for Sykeston. Reports Increasing Demand for Horses Helena, Mont. Sept. 11.—(7)—An increasing demand for horses and higher prices is reported from Miles City, the center of the horse industry in Montana. On Sept. 2, when the last sale was conducted by A. H. Langman of Den- ver, 300 head of horses were sold, and buyers placed applications for 200 more, which were unavailable on that day. Langman will conduct a large sale at Marmarth, N. D., in the latter part of September and will return to Miles City to hold a similar sale before the end of the month. Mountain Climbers Succumb in Crevasse Portland, Ore., Sept. 11—(#)—The bodies of three Portland men, victims of the icy slopes of Mount Jefferson, were to be brought here Saturday as the final episode in one of the most heroic searches ever conducted in the mountains of Oregon. Davis McCamant, 37, Don Bruk- hardt, 23, and John Thomas, 19, who attempted to scale the almost inac- cessible east slope of the precipitous 10,500-foot peak Labor Day, died in a crevasse & few hundred feet below the summit. PRO FOOTBALL RESULTS Chicago Bears 60; Cicero 0. Chicago Cardinals 65; Aurora 0, Adhesive postage stamps are not redeemable nor can they be exchang- ed at the postoffice for other stamps, according to postal regulations. been in Rochester for some time un= der observation. She was given three blood transfusions following the op- eration and at one time her condle tion was considered favorable. ‘Mrs, Cass was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. N. McGogey of Ashley, and was born at Ashley Aug. 6, 1902. She was employed at the Bank of North Dakota from 1922 until the first of September, 1933, when she went to Rochester. She was married in May, 1924, to Mr. Cass and leaves her husband, a son, James, elght years old, her parents, a sister, Mary, and two brothers, Robert of Ashley and J. 8. McGoggy, agent for the e at Wilton. OO nerd services will be held at Ashley, Arrangements for the rites eve not been completed. |Ratify Concordat of Germany and Holy See Vatican City, Sept. 11.—(?)}—Rati- fications of a concordat between Gere many and the Holy See were ex changed Sunday by Cardinal Pacelli, Papal secretary of state, and Dr. Eugene von Klee, counsellor in the German embassy at Vatican City, it was announced Monday. Following a cabinet meeting in Ber- lin Saturday, the final text of the pact was sent to Rome by airplane and ar rived Sunday. After receiving it, Dr. von Klee communicated with the Vatican and later came to the Vatican with first secretary Von Saurma of the German embassy. Ratifications subsequently were exchanged. The concordat was signed a month and a half ago. ‘The instrument combines in one treaty the rights guaranteed to Cath- olics by accords with Prussia, Baden and Bavaria. ‘The church agreed to keep its priests and religious associations out of politics, and the state gave its word to the continuance of Catholic religi- ous associations whether clerical or lay, provided they be confined to re- ligious activities. | Strange But True | News Items of Day | (By The Associated Press) | Cresson, Pa., Sept, 11—(?)—Pend= ing selection of names, Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Frank are referring to their newly-born twin daughters as the “Woolworth Twins”, One was borm at 5 a. m, and the other at 10 a, m. MADE UPHILL BATTLE Chicago—At 15 Mrs. Sue Douge las was a sickly girl. In fact she ‘was 60 before she began to enjoy robust health. Sunday she cele brated her 100th anniv O FAR as I can tell. ... and I’ve smoked a lot of them... CHEST- ERFIELDS are always the same. They have a pleasing taste and aroma. I smoke ’em before breakfast and after dinner. I smoke em when I’m working. I smoke ’em when I’m rest- ing. And always they satisfy. They suit me right down to the ground.