The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1933, Page 7

a FRENCH STRENGTHEN STEEL LINE AROUND HITLERIST GERMANY Organize Four Nations of Mid- die Europe in United Stand Against Reich Paris, Dec. 16.—(?)—President Al- bert Lebrun planned to put his final seal of approval Saturday upon a Franco-Little Entente united front against Chancellor Adolf Hitler's arms demands, Premier Benito Mussolint’s proposals for League of Nations re- forms and efforts to separate disarm- ament talks from the League's scope of activity. The stand of France and four of her allies "was decided upon Friday: in conversations between French For- eign Minister Joseph Paul-Boncour and the Czecho-Slovakian foreign secretary, Dr. Eduard Benes. Saturday a luncheon at the presi- dential palace was*arranged at which the president intended to lend his formal support in the presence of Premier Camille Chautemps, M. Paul- Boncour and Dr. Benes. Joining in the united front were, in addition to Czecho-Slovakia, the two other Little Entente nations—Yugo- slavia and Rumania—and Poland. All agreed that it would be impos- sible to consider Germany's re-arma- ment deman@s in direct diplomatic exchanges at Berlin, holding that a general disarmament program should be formulated at Geneva and pre- sented to Hitler. In line with the French policy of attempting further to consolidate the common position of the Allies, it was announced that Paul-Boncour would so to Warsaw shortly to strengthen Franco-Polish ties. Dr. Benes and the French foreign minister planned to meet again dur- ing the day to complete defining of their common position and finish a study of central European economic problems. The Czechoslovakian diplomat told Paul-Boncour Friday night the Lit- tle Entente governments saw in the Italian plan to reform the League “a method aiming at revision of the territorial clauses of the Versailles treaty by the great powers among themselves. to which the Little En- tente is resolutely hostile.” | Weather Report | P eeinaneihiest9 | FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Occa- sional snow probable tonight and Sunday; no decid- ed change in tem- perature. For North Da- kota: Occasional snow probable to- night and Sun- day; somewhat warmer east and north portions to- night and north- east and extreme hey Portions Sun- lay. For South Da- kota: — Unsettled, snow probable SNOW east portion tonight and Sunday; somewhat warmer extreme east to- night, colder central and south por- tions Sunday. For Montana: Fair west, unsettled east portion tonight; Sunday fair, rising fe piper northwest and north-central portions. Minnesota: Snow probable tonight and Sunday; rising temperature to- night and in north portion. Sunday. Outlook for the Period Dec. 18-23: For the northern and central Great Plains: Generally fair most of week, except possibly some precipitation Dakotas about Wednesday and again about Saturday. Rising temperature first of week, colder north portion middle of week, followed by rising temperature latter part. GENERAL CONDITIONS High barometric pressure overlies the castern states. the Canadian Pro- von and a Mage wee oe region ‘Roseburg 30.32). ressure is centered over the middle Rocky Mountain region (Denver 29.72). ant Precipitation occurred in the northern Border States, Can- adian Provinces and over the Far: Western States. The weather is — erally fair from the central southern Rocky Mountain rej — ward to the Ohio Valley. tures are low from ne northern ¢ Great Plains northward and over the Canadian cranes ree. sige seasonable temperatures pre- vail. Bismarck station barometer, inch- es: 27.98. Reduced to to sea level, 29.87. PRECIPITATION tation: ist to Accurmulated defey. to fo date NORTH DAKOTA ait Gi ks, at Samestown, clay ©, WEATHER IN THE NATION Low- sessenusske peeBEBBeBBEBeeeeeRsesesEEREsT Me No, Platte, Neb., ‘clea Oklahome City, clear . Pr. Albert, — ar Hapid oly), & Dy clear Rose % 2, cldy .. 36 , Mo. clear .. 2 EEG NED Bait Lake City, cl 10 8. 8. vient eldy ey Seattle, Wash., clay yt + 06 2 2 Ol 0 00 00 el oe 0 Ne ‘TURNING THE SEARCHLIGHT ¢ BEHIND THE CURRENT SCENE THE THING TURNED OUT TO BE A FLOP. ' ee ee eee oe Ores | pies days have been spent by the prosecution in messing around with such things as legal ethics and what someone told someone else back in 1923—or was it 1932?—and in cluttering tha the record with verbal spats be- tween the defendant and his Many observers think the chief Ser of the whole affair will be the collection of a fat $50-a-day fee by Lawyer S. E. Ellsworth of Jamestown effect on Wenzel’s fitness to hold office. They also express the opinion that Governor Langer will think long and carefully before he removes Wenzel upon the showing made. The chief result of the hearing has been to present Wenzel to the public as & hard-working commissioner who knows more about his business than an enemy of the governor should know, and his prosecutors as people who started some place without quite knowing where they were going. THE AMUSING CLASH OF LEGAL MINDS Most enjoyable of the verbal tilts at the hearing were those between and Wenzel over the affairs of the state bar association. Ells- worth, who campaigned long and unsuccessfully to have Wenzel ousted as secretary of the lawyers’ organization, made it quite clear that he still thinks the barristers are wrong in their judgment. ‘Wenzel, on his part, was hardly kind to his fellow attorney. He kept reminding his questioner that, if the bar association doesn’t like his serv- ices, it can easily get rid of him. That was pouring salt in the wound and the iia was @ good deal like waving a red rag in front of a bull. Most interesting of the side comments was that of many persons who pondered the attack on Rend in the light of the not-yet-forgotten sales tax campaign. It is alleged to be ground for removal that Wenzel devoted some of his time to the affairs of the bar association. ‘The wonder is if removal charges will be made against those state officials who deserted their offices to take part in the drive for the sales tax. MR. VERRET HAD TO GRIN AND BEAR IT There were more than a few indications that Charles Verret, assistant | attorney general, would have been just as well satisfied if he had been left to handle the matter alone. Mr. Verret is a smooth worker. Apparently he knows his law and also how to handle himself before the court or whoever happens to be presiding. He ‘also is inclined to be cagey about discussing matters where he may come out second best. Ellsworth’s enthusiasm ignored such limitations. Sometimes, as he went ahead, Mr. Verret’s face gave indication of intense emotional agony. When Ellsworth wes questioning Former Governor R. A. Nestos and ed into the record a lot of things which Wenzel probably wanted thete, Mr. Verret leaned over and whispered to Ellsworth. Lip-readers insist what he said was: “I think we had better not go much further with him.” THOSE COMFY, COZY VETERANS’ CAMPS Recently there came to some North Dakota newspapers an appeal from &@ war veteran in the C. C. C. camp at Custer, S. D., in which he protested against living conditions there. His story was that the camps were not well located, that the weather was too cold for the men with weak lungs, the equipment was not good and the whole situation was unsatisfactory. Now there comes to hand a letter from one of his fellows who takes the opposite view. He says the letter was written to counteract the effect of the first missive, which was published in some newspapers, and that every- thing is hunky-dory. The eats are good, the beds are soft, the sanitation is excellent, and so on. They recently were advised, he said, that 59 new men are being sent from North Dakota. He tells them to be of good cheer, that they'll Uke it in the Black Hills, GOVERNMENT BY UNOFFICIAL PROXY Oscar Chaput is the business manager of Governor William Langer’s Private newspaper but it seems that, on occasion, one of his duties is to pinch-hit for the executive himself. Such a time came last week when the sheriff of Cass county was or- dered to stop a mortgage foreclosure sale. The message, signed with the governor's name, came from Bismarck. Everyone knew the governor was off on a speech-making tour. It was per- fectly natural that inquiry should be made as to when he signed the tele- The answer was that he didn't, that the missive was signed by Chaput as unofficial governor. As personal agent of the governor, it seems, he has been authorized to sign the governor's name in eviction and foreclosure cases when the governor is out of town, thus holding them up until the executive gets back to give them personal attention. REASSURANCE FOR BORROWERS That meeting held in Bismarck Friday by the Federal Land Bank, at which the situation was canvassed with a view to speeding the refinancing of farm loans, may bring some cheer to the countryside. Some persons in- terested in this movement were afraid the land bank was getting the jitters. There have been evidences, say these men who deal with it, that the land bank was getting afraid of the tremendous volume of loans it was making. Ong secretary of a local association reported that there seemed & tendency to shove more of the loans off onto the farm loan commissioner and that, in many cases, the federal credit agencies were refusing to re- finance first mortgages, advancing only enough money to pay taxes and} otherwise straighten out a farmer's financial affairs. Protest came from another source, too. | A good many of the loans going into the land bank are on land mort- gaged to the Bank of North Dakota. Some mortgagors are complaining that the Bank of North Dakota will not scale down its claims a penny, thereby helping them to get under the government wing. As in the Home Loan enterprise, the government plan contemplates that the mortgage holder will teke part of the loss in order to cash in on a bad debt. But the Bank of North Dakota is reported to have shown no such disposition | and is demanding 100 cents for every dollar before it will release its claim. | The inside story is that the Bank of North Dakota is making a clean-up | with the money it is getting from the government, using the funds to buy | back North Dakota bonds at something like a 20 per cent discount. On this basis the bank should show a nice profit from the refinancing | operations. THEY'RE GHOSTING POOR LUDVIG | From Grand Forks comes word that the political boys up there are working a very neat racket on Ludvig Pederson, who holds the title of mill} manager. Ludvig, it seems, is intended to handle the politics while O. L. Spencer continues to run the mill, and he is being ghosted by the job seekers. The Langer crew is very anxious to defeat T. H. Thoresen in the fight for control of the Nonpartisan League machinery in Grand Forks county and has offered jobs to some who are known to be Thoresen supporters. Others, wanting a job more than anything else, res obtained positions by | the simple process of letting it be known that they were for Thoresen but | were willing to change their minds if shown the proper consideration. HERE'S THE WEEK’S BEST STORY The best story of the week is that of John Husby’s visit to Owen Tudor Owen, beer commissioner. ‘Husby, it seemed, went to Owen's office to ask for a copy of the statute under which he operates. The man he asked was Owen himself, but the beer commissioner failed to recognize Husby as a fellow state official. As a result he was rather brusque about it, demanding to know why. Husby wanted the copy. The reply was that he merely wanted to give the matter a little study. ‘The next question, asked a little sharply, was, “Who are you?” Husby, too, bristled a little as he announced his name. | The beer czar was more conciliatory after that, furnished Husby with & dog-eared copy of the law. He didn’t have many because they have been much in demand lately. IF =. SUIT DEVELOPS ITLL BE GOOD Just by the way, there has been some talk lately about asking Mr. Owen Tudor Owen in court by what authority he has appointed a score or more of inspectors and equipped them with automobiles. There are lawyers who contend that the statute gives him no such authority. Others hold that the |. (By The Associated Press) permission is given by inference in la hich authorizes the - missioner to ‘employ such help as he coat caer hot specify their ‘duties. If the matter comes to an issue the fur will fly, for the beer commissioner's department is onc of the biggest cogs in the political machine right now. Strange But True | |Cabinet of Spanish News Items of Day | Premier Quits Job | Madrid, Dec. 16.—(#)—The resigna- | tion of the cabinet of Premier Diego \Martinez Barrios was formally an- nounced Saturday and the Associated Press learned Barrios had advised President Alcals, Zamora to call upon Former Premier Alejandro Lerroux to form a new government. Tt was generally expected that the crisis precipitated by the resignations of the cabinet, formed October 8 as a pti pears the recent elections, determined by Saturday Tight or Ls MODERN SHERLOCK HOLMES Chicago—For.clues to solve the slaying of Robert Frank, a printer, the police had a few strands of dog hair, found on a muffler about the dead man's neck. two men and two women. The men, the poliee said, confessed. — custom, President Alba of the cham- AN AVIATING BOSSY ber of deputies was the first man Forest City, N. C—M. H. Ken- | summoned to the palace. his barn to milk but | It was understood Lerroux would be The door oiled fo ser wit, Preatdent Alcala: and the airing of a lot of personal grievances which have no conceivable | In conformity with courtesy and|°%f ment—is doing a rushing busi a New York—the nation’s wettest state by virtue of ils 8 to 1 vote against the Prohibition Amen Here’s a group of eager applicants lining up for permits at New York City’s Beverage Control oftices. ness in issuing liquor licenses. | CONT ACT * CXDEDTS | PLAY IT SOLUTION TO PREVIOUS CON- | TRACT PROBLEM By WM. E. MCKENNEY (Secretary, American Bridge League) | Two of the most valuable bids in the constructive one-over-one system are the one-over-one force and the jump response of two no trump. It is true that very often the one-over-onc , response should not be used — but rather the proper response is a jump bid of two no trump, which shows a hand rich in tenance positions. However, when your partner makes # jump response of two no trump over your suit bid of one, don’t be too eager to sign off with three no trump. If you hold a good five-card suit, rebid that suit. The very fact that you have a long suit to work with may ve just the information that partner needs to get to a slam contract. Duplicate--N. and Opening lead—w West North Pass 2N.T. Pass Pass vu. The Bidding North's bid of two no trump is! forcing—it does not deny support for ~lubs, but shows partner a hand in| the ace and now must lead away from ; which: there is an advantage in hav- | ing the hand led up to, rather than through. South’s bid of three clubs; is made, t with the idea of signing ' ‘TOWNLEY'S PROGRAM OUTLINED IN THEORY AT CAPITAL HEARIN Chief Question Raised So Far’ Is That of Satisfactory Se- curity for Loan Washington, Dec. 16—(AP)—The ; \North Dakota plan of economic self- sufficiency was outlined in theory to) public works officials Friday, but the Practical aspects remained for a pro- | Per formal application for funds. The chief problem presented was to provide satisfactory security for a re-| quested loan of $5,000,000. This sum is wanted to set up a chain of mills, factories and processing plants, owned and operated by the state, to convert the state's farm products into food, clothing and fuel. The delegation of North Dakota farmers was not prepared to submit Plans and specifications for the pro- posed plants, nor was it in a position to pledge officially the security of the state. A. C. Townley, Nonpartisan League leader, who the plan and marshalled the delegation, confined his plea to what he termed the “principle,” leaving the details of application through legal and of- nee channels for later discussion. The delegation was handicapped by Today’s Contract Problem East plays the hand at three no_ trump. Can you figure out an opening lead by South, ané a good play, that will de- feat the contract? ais wlovse O954 HIBCS @A1063 the hand off, but to show partner a strong five-card sdit or better. When North goes to three dia- monds, he is, in a way, making a mild slam try. He is asking South if he ‘has a fit in that particular suit. When South holds a fit in the suit, jhe should show it with a bid of four ro trump. With this information, ; North goes to six no trump. i The Play | Against 2 six contract, I am not jinclined to open the fourth best of | ny longest and strongest suit. If you jare a “fourth-bester” and open the seven of hearts, the declarer will make this contract. while if you open either ;of your doubletons, the contract will he defeated. ‘When the seven of hearts is open- led. the declarer wins with the king, |runs off five club tricks and four dia- monds, forcing East to bear down to \the king and Jack of spades and the ace of hearts, The jack of hearts then is led. |, East is thrown into the lead with his king and jack of spades into de- clarer’s tenace—the queen and seven |being on the board and the ace and ‘nine in the declarer’ 's hand. Jocation of plants and consumer capacity. Townley was assisted in his present- ation by Senators Frazier and Nye, and Rep. Sinclair. None of the farm- er-delegates spoke. The Nonpartisan League leader said his plan was “a good deal like that, of the Indians who \roamed the state before we got there” mM vant they processed what they ai aes Price Differential ‘The speakers stressed the wide dif- ferential between prices of raw mate- rials and finished products, a spread | : Which they said had sent many farm- \ers into breadlines and was fast caus- jing the entire farming population to | “go broke.” Lieut. Twichell of Minneapolis, re- cently appointed expediter for a group jot states including North Dakota, |Presided at the hearing. The delega- tion found @ touch of humor in this fact, when it was revealed that the lofficer was a nephew of Treadwell \fwichell, prominent Fargo farmer who has been: a relentless foe of the | Nonpartisan. League since its founda- tion. ° Discussion among the delegates re- vealed some dissatisfaction over the failure of Gov. Langer to be present, but Townley explained that when the governor agreed to be present he had been confident he could cancel some of the speaking engagements which he said had delayed him. Townley said he was certain the governor would be here in a day or so to assist in drawing up the application. Townley said he would remain in Washington for several days but that ;the bulk of his followers would prob- ably return Sunday. Most of the delegation of 44 came by bus. Japanese ‘Prince’ Is Accused of of Shooting Vermilion, 8. ‘DI Dec. 18.—(P)—A Japanese youth who told authorities id| ne was a prince of the Far East, was ‘eld without charge Saturday follow- ing a shooting in which a fellow stu- dent at the University of South Da- kota here was wounded in the hand. n the left hand by a bullet from a .22 calibre pistol held by Yoshida. Sheriff W. R. Russell said Yoshida told him he shot McCann because the tatter “bothered” and “tantalized” the Japanese. The shooting occurred in a class room. Other students said :he pair had quarrelled over a chair. The matter was to be referred to the state’s attorney Saturday. In a statement to Sheriff William R. Russell the youth blamed the oc- vurrence to his emotionalism and to the difference between Oriental and occidental customs. “I shot McCann because he both- ered me,” Sheriff Russell quoted Yo- shida as telling him. “He was tan- talizing me. Customs are different here. I was nearly insane, as I am | emotional. GREAT CRIME RING | |in Chicago. | John Hamilton—stood out as the con- T have no fear. The Jap- | IS NEW CHALLENGE | TO CHICAGO POLICE New and Powerful Coalition Seen as Touhy and Dillenger Gangs Merge | Chicago, Dec. 16.—(#)—The menace of a new and powerful crime ring; gang hung over the middlewest Sat- urday, the police said, as they sought the perpetrators of two major crimes One was the brutal slaying of a po-; lice officer by a desperado he ap-/| proached to question, and the other} was the daring daylight looting with sledge hammers of almost 100 safety) deposit boxes in a closed bank. H In both the name of one man— necting link between heretofore un-) related gangs, the Touhys and the! Dillingers. H Police said Hamilton had been} identified from photographs by wit- nesses and others as the man who shot down Detective Sergeant William | Shanley Thursday afternoon in a North Side garage when the officer approached him and a woman com- Panion, who was captured. At the same time Joseph Kinch, custodian of the safety deposit vault of the Unity Trust and Savings bank, identified Hamilton's picture as one \of the seven desperadoes who spent |most of the afternoon the day before: |Pilfering the contents of boxes. |" Hamilton, reputed confederate ot | John Dillinger, paroled convict of the}, Indiana state penitentiary who was delivered by pals in a raid on a jail ia Lima, O., during which a sheriff} was slain, was one of the prisoners who broke out of the Hoosier prison at Michigan City last September. The link between the Dillinger forces, accused of a series of bank) anse consul will look after me.” Church Notices { | FIRST EVANGELICAL CHURCH i Seventh and Rosser Avenue ! Ira E. Herzberg, Minister ;, 9:30 a. m.—Men's prayer service. lait’ men invited to attend. 10:00 a. m.—Sunday church sctioot | |tor all departments. If you do not {attend anywhere else, we Will be glad to have you attend our growing school. Merrill Larkin, supt. 1:00—Morning worship service. Selection: “What a Friend We Have in ee LB, men’s chorus. Serm ‘Some Reasons Why We should, viet to Christ.” 7:00 p. m.—Christian Endeavor S0- ciety. Pintermediate society, - topic: “An Evening of ‘Christmas’ “Carols,” Leader, Everett Hill. Young People's society. topic: “Sup- ne the World Were Without Christ.” sader, John Schuler. 7:45—Evening worship service. The Women's Missionary society will have charge of the evening service. A few numbers by the Mission band. Play, “All for Christ,” by s group of young people. Thank offering. Wednesday, 7:45 p. m.—Mid-week ayer ee Pp. m.—Second quarterly con- ference. All members are urged to) be_present. Friday at 3:30 p. m. — Catechism | classes. LITTLE PIGS ROUT WOLF Faribault, Minn—The wolf will be routed from the doors of many needy families in Faribault for the Christ- mas season by 25 squads of three little pigs. Fred W. Hubbard has contributed to the community chest 75 pigs, to be butchered and distributed in more than 250 baskets for the needy. N UEARI G PETITION FOR ‘RATION OF NORTH DAWOTA, County surleigh ‘OURT, Before Hon, tes, Judge. LC. De IN THE MATTER OF THE ES. TATE OF Lars Foss, Deceased. Martha Nelsan, PETITIONER, Aagelene Foss, Reinhart Foss, Trygve Peterson, and RESPONDENTS. 2 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA ‘0 THE” ABOVE NAMED -RE- ch of you are hereby nd required to appear before the County ounty Judge of said County, urt- House in the city of Bismarck in said County and State, on the 2nd day of January D. 1934, At the hour of teh eclock in the forenoon of that day, to show cause, if any you have, why Letters of Ad- min fon should not he issued to the Rey, Joseph Johnson, of James- town, Dakota, and why the rth Petition of Nelyan, the above petitioner, dated November 23th, 1933, Should not be allowed. in. the matter of the estate of Lars Foss, deceased. The residence of Lars Foss, de- ceased, was Driscoll, Burleigh Coun- ty, North Dakota. Let service a nade of this citation as required by Dated this 3th day of December, A. D. 1933. BY THE COURT, (Seal) 1. C. Davies, Judge of the County Court. Buck & Buck, Attorneys 12/9-16 Skimmed milk is a good preserva- tive of stone. TURKEY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN We are buying until Dec. 15th. Bring in your Tur- keys, dressed or alive. We Custom Dress WESTERN PRODUCE CO. 418 E.Main Mandan, N. D. robberies in three states since the jPrison break, was established, police jsaid. when Tommy Touhy, Basil ‘Hugh Banghart, Charles (Ice Wagon) |Connors and Frank (Porky) Dillon -———® had been “partially” identified as|ning until Christmas. — Rose | members oie SS bank robber gang. N ITINU IN U E Stutsman Is Last Witness on Stand $125,000 long-term bonds held by clients represented by State Senator In 8-Day Hearing} tion, ‘Verret itement placed by | Wenzel on the bulletin board of bureas following his suspension Gov. Langer, and containing a refers ence to Langer as a “power-drunk monster.” ‘Wenvel testified his reference was not because of any personal flislike for the governor, but referred to governor's action in ordering the pension. Wenzel was reinstated to *| office after a district court held the governor could not suspend him pending outcome of the removal pro- inquired about a stat j ceedings. Not More So Than You Verret asked Wenzel whether the | statement did not indicate a display of temper “if someone dcts some- |thing you don’t like,” with ‘Wenzel replying: “I never get more caustic than you did yesterday,” referring to verbal clashes during cross-cxamina- tion the previous day. q At this juncture, Special Commis- sioner Clifford asked that an effort be made to get to the point. Shefer objected to the questioning ' on the ground that the complaint against Wenzel does not charge ine subordination to the governor, while Verret claimed this came under the general charge of misfeasance. The ‘prosecutor, however, withdrew fur- ther questioning along that line. Wenzel denied he had challenged -| R. H. Walker, chairman of the com- pensation commission, to a fight be- © fore the chairman slapped him. On further questioning by Verret, he de- nied he hed threatened at dealing with the compensation bu- |Teau or had used abusive language. ~ CIGAR STORE BOMBED Sioux City, Dec. 16.—()—A Unf \Domb tossed into the doorway George Myer’s cigar store destroned the front of the building early Satur- \day morning. Police believed a gambling war to be the cause of the bombing. The blast was felt for more than ten blocks. NOTICE Beginning Saturday, Dec. 16th, this store will remain open: until 9 o'clock each eve- a Shop. W. E. Matthaei. Wenzel testified that in figuring covered more bonds would be re- quired to equal the value of the; bonds delivered by Matthaei, and! pointed out they were of different maturities which had to be recon- ciled. Question Only Procedure When George F. 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