The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1934, Page 1

ry North Dakota’s ¥ Oldest Newspaper THE BISM:z ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS | Ultimatum Issued to Frazier b | ' ‘ t ‘ Langer -PAYROLLERS MUSTER DELEGATES AT MOST MEETINGS IN STATE Many Opposing Sessions Held But in Some Cases Oppo- sition Is Not Vocal THORESEN, OLSON FAVORED Loom as Possible Opponents for Incumbent Executive in Primary Race (By the Associated Press) Out’ of Nonpartisan League county conventions Tuesday came assurance that Governor Langer’s supporters will control the state endorsement convention at Valley City by an over- , Whelming majority, but the opposi- tion forces took heart in the outcrop- ping of anti-Langer sentiment in a number of the county gatherings. Reports from practically every county in the state showed the Lan- ger faction will go into the state con- vention March 6 with at least 90 out of 141 delegates. Of the 51 remain- ing delegates, most of them unin- structed, many are regarded as fav- orable to Langer. In many of the meetings anti- Langer forces walked out and organ- ized to send delegates to a second Would Bar Lawyers From Governorship Fryberg, N. D., Feb. 28.—(#)—If the advice of anti-Langer Non- partisans of Billings county is followed, lawyers stand little chance to be elected governor of North Dakota. ‘The anti-Langer group, meeting in separate county league-con- vention here Tuesday, adopted a resolution stating that a lawyer should never. be elected governor. The group indorsed Lieutenant Governor Ole H. Olson, a farmer, for governor. They however gave ——_____—_____—_——+ ] Put Him ‘On Spot’ | SENATOR LYNN J. FRAZIER Senator Lynn J. Frazier, up for re- election this year, was put “on the spot” Tuesday by two different Non- Partisan county conventions. demanded that he declare his attitude on the current split in Nonpartisan ranks by March 2. BANKS OF DISTRICT ARE REPRESENTED AT MEETING HERE Burleigh, Morton and Grant! County Bankers Choose Heb- ron Man as President Thirty-seven bankers from insti- tutions in Burleigh, Morton and Grant counties, attended their quar- terly banquet-meeting here Tuesday night, when officers for the district were elected. The meeting was held in. the dining -room of. the Grand Pa- cific hotel restaurant. New officials are George Leick, He- bron, president; H. Wildfang, Ster- ling, vice president; W. J. Watson, Mandan, secretary-treasurer. . Retir- ing president, J. P. Wagner, Bismarck, their indorsement to Usher L. Burdick, a lawyer, for attorney general. The Langer convention instructed its delegates for Lan- ger. League nominating convention Jamestown March 8, but in counties where no opposition machinery had been set up the Langer forces for the most part easily captured the del- egations, No candidate stoud sharply outlined to contest against Langer in the pri- mary election’ for the Republican in- dorsement. T. H. H. Thoresen, Grand Forks, ‘was advanced by the Grand Forks group. Stutsman county anti-Langer- ites favored Ole Olson, incumbent Yeutenant governor. The Valley City nominating con- vention is scheduled for March 6. In many meetings county execu- » tive committees were elected by both factions with the possibility confu- sion will exist throughout the cam- paign as to who will guide party poli- cies in the counties. So bitter was the Langer and anti- Langer fight that little attention was paid to other candidates. Would Oust Sinclair . Cass Leaguers indorsed Usher L.| Sterling. Burdick, William Lemke and Lynn J. Frazier for congress. Foster Lea- guers indorsed Lemke and John H. Sinclair ‘for representatives in con- gress. Grand Forks Langerites put for- ‘ward Ludvig Pedersen, manager of in| ing: acted as chairman of the meeting. ing group as guest-speaker. Banking were discussed in an open forum by those attending. The following were at the meet- ‘Wagner, J. R. Smith, A. A. Mayer and J. E. Davis, Dakota National Bank and Trust Co.; E. T. McCanna, B. F. Lawyer, L. P. Warren, N, I. Roop, H. E. Hanson, R. H. Barry and Lyman Wakefield, Jr., First National bank; and W. H. Bement, T. W. Sette, G. H. Kenney, P. H. Butler and A. C. Brainerd, Bank of North Dakota; Bismarck. ‘W. J. Watson, A. R. Weinhandl, Theodore Serr, Ray Hess, Joseph P. Hess, F. B. Heath and H. Matson, First National bank, Mandan. G. H. Leick, Carl A. Heupel, Kurth Krauth and Theodore Roth, First National bank, Hebron. H. J. Laub and 8. Haas, Farmers and Merchants bank, Elgin. Ferdinand Ellwein, Peter Bauman and Ed Tempel, Security State bank, New Salem. J.C. Fischer, H. J. Kiehn and G. J. eee First National bank, Glen H, ‘Wildfang, Sterling State bank, F. H. Pillsbury, Moffit State bank, Moftit. South Dakota Will Sell Mine at Haynes They |25. This victory will give the local Controls Nonpartisan Conventions Face Economy Clash BSHARGK CAGERS | at i SOORE UPSET WIN OVER MANDAN PVE periled by Split Prowlers Will Play Linton for Championship of District 14 Independents SEE NAVY BILL FILIBUSTER Nye and Frazier Reported Ready for Attempt to Talk Mea- sure to Death Washington, Feb. 28—()—The smooth, matched strides of congress and the White House were broken ‘Wednesday. Democratic leaders, struggling to bring the executive and legislative branches back into step, ran smack into opposing sentiment. A senate filibuster was in the mi ing against enactment this session of the half-billion dollar naval construc- tion bill, House Democratic chieftains, with & veto-threatened upset of the econ- omy act on their hands, called a con- ference for Wednesday night to find @ Way out. The upset came Tuesday, when the senate voted to restore large benefits for war veterans and federal pay cuts—which would mean @ total expense of about $350,000,000. my by the White House is threat- le The Bismarck Prowlers won from Mandan Wednesday morning in the semi-final contest of the District 14 independent basketball tournament, being held here. The score wes 26 to cagers a chance for the championship of the district when they play the Linton Lions Wednesday night. Linton drew a bye and earned the right to play in the final contest by defeating Ft. Yates Tuesday night. The championship game will follow a consolation game between the Man- dan Braves and Ft. Yates, which be- gins at 7:30 p.m. Tournament play is being held in the World War Me- morial auditorium. The Mandan quint, playing some of the best teams in the state and sev- House cloakroom conversations sug- gested three possible courses on the Congress, President |NRAISBELABORED LUSTILY IN FIRST CRITICISM SESSION Five Separate Hearings Going Full Blast and ‘Dead Cats’ Fill the Air MOST COMPLAINTS ARE OLD Only Few Attackers Advance Ideas for Constructive Cor- rections of Plan Washington, Feb. 28.—(AP)—The NRA, belabored lustily in the first sessions of Hugh S. Johnson's “great roundup” of criticism, stepped out Wednesday to take some more. Five separate hearings for com- laints went on full blast, with a jundred men and women lined up to take the places of more than a score who Tuesday denounced it and suggested changes; flinging at NRA a barrage of what Johnson terms “dead cats.” Officials, however, hoped for something new. Except in a few conspicuous instances, they held Tuesday’s session’s had brought forth only the same “dead cats” that had been thrown before. From the five “rings” came such charges as: NRA was a swindle; it was bark- senate amendments, which wipe out eral fast traveling aggregations, with 1 nut « shadow of the economy act's creditable performances, were slated to take the tourney easily. But John Spriggs, G. Croonquist, Arnold Schneider, Myron Benser and George Hays teamed together in a squad that refused to be licked. The Capital City five have had « very quiet season, and almost all t! Playing they have done this year has promi juggested 1. A compromise by White House or other quarters which could be ‘worked out in a senate-house confer- ence. 2. House acceptance of the sen- ate amendments, with the risk of having President Roosevelt veto the entire independent offices measure. 3. House additions to the senate, would .bring.~s veto without question. The house-approved bill to bring ,; the navy to treaty limits—already the senate’s unfinished business for nearly two weeks—was due for more buffeting about. Senator King (Dem., Utah), when it came up again late Tuesday, began ‘a long argument on Philippine inde- ed to the total of Bismarck counters; pendence and ing Was 28 Hays did exceptional work in the back court; and Benser, the other guard and high scorer in the game, tallied when the points were most needed. Benser connected with the final bas- ket with only ten seconds left to play. Carl Thornberg, Donald Arthur, George Heidt, Sam Partridge, William Russell and M. composed the lineup of the losers. ‘The summary: plished. Waiting to oppose the bill indefi- nitely are two Republican independ- ents, Frazier and Nye of North Da- kota, small navy men. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the majority leader, plans to let the op- Position go along for a while before returning to appropriation Lills, but if it 1s evident the naval measure is in for a long, rough voyage :t will Prowlers (26) FG FT PF ibe steered into a quiet harbor again A wo ; to await clearer weather. 3 3 2\Newsboy Injured in e382 Fall From Bicycle 9 8-17 12 Falling from his bicycle on an icy spot on Capitol hill Tuesday, Royce LaGrave, son of Mrs, Olive LaGrave 721 3rd 8t., injured his hand and wrist badly enough to keep him from school for several days. Young Royce doesn't mind missing school so much, but he is sorry he will not be able to make his deliveries of daily papers at the Capitol. He was returning from the Capitol when the acci- dent occurred. Twin Cities to Get Bl owsmwe mail service from Chicago to the Twin of date of expiration of the so-called) Hickam, chief of the central zone for Vienna, Feb. 28.—(}—Vienna was|Cities and Winnipeg will be resumed sensationally quiet Wedresday—the| within a few days, Col. Horace M. Habicht ultimatum. the army mail fliers, said Wednesday. ing up the wrong tree; it was doomed to failure unless it did this or that; it was doomed anyhow; it was dom- inated by the most powerful enemies of labor; it showed a strong strain of Fascism. Under these sweeping generalities a few men and women brought for- ward claims of painful hardship and injustice, presented with a show of deep sincerity which drew from the residing officials promises of quick investigation into the charges. The sessions had their comedy, too. One witness was interrupted in a fervid peroration by the presence of a lighted cigar in his coat pocket. Johnson himself went about from imeeting to meeting, timing his visits to each of the sessions to catch the known “tough ones. He threw the 20-minute-per- ness rule aside to hear from William llins, labor organizer for the auto- mobile industry, a long complaint of conditions in that giant industry. Coloradoans Killed By Robber Bullets ‘Wellington, Colo., Feb. 28.—Enraged citizens fermed posses Wednesday to seek members of a robber band which killed a man and a boy and wounded & woman. Sheriff George Saunders, who said he was holding three persons and seeking two more, declared “we know who did it.” Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Smith and Robert Griffin, 16, who lived with the Smiths, walked into an ambush Tues- day night when they returned home from attending a school play. As they entered the darkened farm- house, Mrs. Smith said, a burst of rifle fire hit them. Smith, who was 35 years old, died instantly, as did the boy. They were shot in the head. Mrs, Smith turned to flee and was shot in the back. Feigning death, she saw the men pour kerosene on the bodies, as though to burn them. Then she screamed and the killers fled. Sheriff Saunders said he is holding man and a boy named Hererra and @ man named Pacheco. He said he believed the killers had been sur- prised in the act of robbing the house. Spurious Banknotes Are Flooding Nation Washington, Feb. 28.—(AP)—A litter of spurious $5 and $10 notes New Organization __ For Relief Planned First Women For U.S. Bench Slated to, be the first woman ever named to a seat on a fed- eral bench, Miss Florence Allen of Cleveland, O., above, 1s ex- pected to receive appointment by President Roosevelt as judge of the U. S. circuit court of appeals in Cincinnati. She now its a jue tice of the Ohio supreme court. | FUEL IS ADDED 70 FIRES OF WAR ON -MANCHUKUO BORDER Japs Warn Russians to Stop Flying Planes Over Two Dependent Nations ja conviction that industrial workers Roosevelt Announces Substitute, for CWA Projects Not | Being Demobilized | SUMMONS PARTY LEADERS Is Expected to Acquaint Them) With New Ideas and Talk =| Tariff Legislation Washington, Feb. 28.—()—Presi- dent Roosevelt Wednesday announced ‘@ reorganized national relief program to be substituted for the civil works lineup now being demobilized. This developed at his regular press conference, held prior to an afternoon meeting to which he summoned Demo- cratic leaders in congress. It was presumed at the capitol that the White House meeting would have to do in part at least with proposals for legislation to grant the president powers to make reciprocal tariff agree- ments with foreign countries. As to relief, federal efforts of the future will be classified as— For distressed families in areas. For stranded populations in com- munities where industries have died. For unemployed in large cities. ‘Thinks $950,000,000 Enough Roosevelt showed confidence that the recent $950,000,000 relief approp- tiation will be sufficient to carry out the new program until the spring of 1935. He has stipulated that federal funds be confined almost 100 per cent to wages and to absolutely needy cases. “This program,” he said, “expresses rural who are unemployed and in need of relief should be given an opportunity for livelihood by the prosecution of a flexible program of public works. The several states will be aided, as the federal relief law provides, in the financing of this enterprise.” .. Roosevelt's program provides also for continuing working opportunities for the professional groups in need, including teachers, engineers, archi- tects, artists, nurses and others. The impending conference with capitol leaders was not discussed in Tokyo, Feb. 28.—(#)—The Japanese foreign office sent a sharp protest Wednesday to Moscow, demanding that flights of Soviet pianes over Manchuria and Korea be stopped. “We consider such incidents highly giangerous,” a spokesman of the Jap- detail by the president. It was appar- ent that the executive was not ready to express his mind to congress on this topic. RECOGNITION FOR janese foreign office said. “It is al- ways dangerous for children to play with fire.” The protest was sent by Foreign Minister Koki Hirota to Ambassador Ota at Moscow for presentation to the Soviet government. With it, said a foreign office spokesman, went a de- mand for guarantees against any fur- ther flights by Russian planes over Manchurian or Korean territory. The filing of the protest followed reports from Hsinking (Changchun) Manchukuo, of two instances in which (the reports said) Russians fired upon Japanese planes. ‘There also was a report that a Jap- anese military plane had been shot down February 17 near the Manchu- kuo-Soviet border. The war office said it lacked information concerning this report. Hear Civilian Wounded The war office announced also it had received reports that the pilot of @ Japanese civilian airplane was wounded slightly when fired upon over the Amur river. A military observer -accompanying him was said to have escaped unin- jured. The plane was able to return safely. The war office said that in this same region Russians fired on a Jap- anese plane February 12, but did no Up until mid-afternoon, three] Air mail to the northwest was damage. is keeping the secret service on the The boundary in this territory ts hours after the expiration of the Ha- dropped at the time private contracts ‘canceled. i “truce” extended by jump from coast to coast. As upsweep of counterfeit vaguely defined, both Russia and Manchukuo claiming certain areas. in general and these notes in partic- Despite war office reports of the the party.’ Griggs—A divided convention was controlled by anti-Langer forces with =. E. Iverson chosen delegate. He ‘was not instructed but is accepted to ular was reported to be approaching record figures. ‘ 4 Reliable figures show activities in the 1984 fiscal year thus far have surpassed 1933's record of 3,003 ar- Masonic Group Plans Traditional Banquet ap Mabtont Ae: Presbyterian ‘at the Webb funeral chapel as was inced previously, Rev. F. E. Lo- urch, and Rev. , Will officiate. has made class of the school, of which the ‘was a member, will body. The class numbers 2 I g g | gp [ a é i | | i | i i E i FEE $5 é z 5 i i FF GOLDEN GLOVES BOUTS rests and $921,499 in fake currency seized, White-haired William H. Moran, the secret service chief who has spent a lifetime tracking down coun- terfeiters, says 80 per cent of these arrests will result in convictions. He explains the recent big increase in private money-making as due among of ‘ings to: Out-of-work bootle; Fatt ease of m: 5, ti ity of the automobile for “push. ing” the money in towns and passing swiftly on. CWA Salary Checks in State Total $258,628 firing on the Japanese planes, a spokesman for the foreign office said the protest did not mention the firing on Japanese aircraft. He explained ths the department lacked confirma- It was understood, however, that the Amur frontier incidents would be called to the attention of the Soviet government and prevention of recur- rences urged when Japan replies to Moscow's protests against flights by sepeness planes over Russian terri- cidents were not regarded as serious. Carnera, Loughran Fight Is Postponed Miami, Fis. Feb. 28.—(P)—Rain Wednesday forced ® postponement until tomorrow night of the world’s heavyweight title tight between Primo the champion, and chal- Loughran, which had been scheduled for the Madison MANCHUKUO SOUGHT BY PUPPET RULER Asks World to Note Progress Made Since He Took Reins Two Years Ago (Copyright, 1934, By the Associated Press) Hsinking (Changchun,) Manchukuo Feb. 28.—(#)—Henry Pu-yi, on the eve of his enthronement as emperor of Manchukuo, made a new bid for for- eign recognition in a statement given the Associated Press Wednesday. He reviewed the progress made in the Japanese-assisted state during the two years he has ruled as chief executive. “Let the world judge this,” he in- vited in the statement, “whether we deserve the right to a separate ex- istence or whether we ought to have foreign encouragement or recogni- tion. “By suppressing banditry, corrupt tule of ‘squeeze’ and exploitation of the masses by predatory war lords, we feel we have made a distinct contri- bution to the peace of Asia and to the welfare of the people.” In substantiation of this conten- tion, the 28-year-old emperor-desig- nate drew a contrast between condi- tions in Manchukuo and in China China Is Disunited He asserted that “20 years of Repub- ltcan rule in China have brought the People of that unhappy country only disunity, poverty, suffering, corrup- bei disorder and continued civil strife.” But, the statement continued, “two) .. 4 : Fae g ze ih 1 wey p-|Changed the time and place of ci? ‘A war office spokesman said the in-|Piness, Deace and security, well-being lie sé ASKED 10 INDICATE POSITION IN REGARD TO LEAGUE'S TICKET Hettinger and Logan Nonparti- sans Demand Statement by March 2 |LANGER MEN ORGANIZED “Pay-Rollers” Steam-Roll Way Through Burleigh Con- vention Tuesday A demand that U. 8. Senator Lyn: J. Frazier make known before Marc) 2 his position in regard to the Non- Partisan League gubernatorial en- corsement for the June primary reverberated Wednesday among the echoes which arose Tuesday through- out North Dakota as the divided party elected delegates to two state League conventions—Langer and anti- Langer. Showdown challenges were issued tc Senator Frazier via telegram by the Hettinger county convention at Mott and the Logan county convention at Napoleon. At Mott it was reported that L. H. McCoy, motor vehicle reg- istrar in the Langer administration Suggested the procedure. McCoy, inci- dentally, denied that he was a “pay- roller,” it was 5 Results of the county conventions had been forecast accurately long in advance, following the “steam-roller” tactics employed by the Governor Langer “pay-roller” organization in the precinct sessions. As expected, “pay-rollers” in most counties elected sets of Langer dele- gates to attend the convention at Valley City March 6 while anti-Lan- gerites, in separate sessions, named other sets of delegates to attend the Jamestown convention a few days later, which was called by precinct elective state officials who have re- Pudiated the governor. Had Mi Sheets limeographed ‘The extent to which the “pay-roll- ers” were 01 is indicated by the fact that the Langer-employed Celegates came t the Burleigh coun- ty convention here armed with mim- eographed instruction sheets, on which were outlined the step-by-step pro- cedure for the 5 by mame the persons who would nomin-. ate candidates for delegates and list- ing exactly what was to transpire from opening to adjournment. In addition, typewritten ballots with the names of the five Langer candi- Gates for delegates had been prepared in advance. Langer delegates named in Bur. leigh county were William B. Fal- coner, Harold Hopton, J. B. Drennan, A. C. Jordan and Mrs. H. A. Car- lisle. S. S. McDonald will represent labor. Anti-Langer delegates named in a separate session were Fred Ur- bach, Fred Uhde, J. D. Olson, Olaf Lein and Hor i 0. C. Croonquist, represent labor at the anti-Langer convention. Followed Instructions Langer-controlled delegates mus- tered from 79 to 83 votes against 2 maximum of 15 for their opponents here. At no time were the results in doubt, as the “pay-rollers” car- tied out the details of the mimeo- graphed sheet to the letter. Immediately after the convention was called to order, County Chair- {man W. B, Falconer appointed C. J. {Myers, J. B. Drennan and C. G, Boise as the credentials committee. Myers is an employe of the regula- tory department and Boise is em- ployed in the office of the state beer commissioner. A protest against the appointment. of the committee was voiced by Richard Mighaneh, state fire mar- shal under the Frazier administra- tion, and by L. J. Wehe, Bismarck attorney, who contended the com- mittee should be elected. They were met by jeers and catcalls and cries of “sit down.” Wehe characterized the tactics as “illegal, dirty, and rotten,” and the worst spectacle North Dakota has witnessed since the days of Alex McKenzie. “Haven’t we come to a fine condition of af- fairs when we see a Nonpartisan League convention stooping to prac- tices like this?” he asked. He was heckled by Langer delegates, includ- ing Chairman Falconer, who asked, “who assumes the responsibility for leadership?” ne peccaled attention a te the fact tl gue precinct meetings - inally ‘were called for 2 OMiock a the afternoon in the country pre- cincts and 7:80 o'clock in the eve- ning in the city at private homes “where we would have had to use a precinct meeti to 2 o'clock in th afternoon. “When I went to tt « ued on Page Two) E by 5