The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 19, 1934, Page 1

/ ’ North Dakota’s ¥ Oldest Newspaper | ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1984 20 Hurt in Mill City Strike Will R NORTH DAKOTA WILL, (Conference Seeks to Solve Stock Problem GET $3,900,000 IN CASH VERY QUICKLY Aim Is to Help Farmers Meet Situation Created by Lack Of Rainfall OTHER STATES TO BENEFIT Congressmen Talk of Special Appropriation to Assist in Relief Moves Washington, May 19.—(#)—Because of extreme drouth conditions in north central states the farm administra- tion said Saturday it would hasten the payment of second wheat benefit payments which it expected to total about $27,000,000. Approximately $7,500,000 will go to the principal spring wheat states, which also are thosé hardest hit by drouth. It will be distributed as fol- lows: Montana, $1,680,000; North Dakota, $3,900,000; South Dakota, $1,400,000, and Minnesota, $500,000. George E. Farrell, chief of the wheat section, said the local inspec- tion of farms to determine compliance with contract provisions would be hastened, particularly in the drouth area, in order that second payments may be made quickly. Fearful that funds available for immediate relief oe oar] areas are inadequate, members congress from the distressed states planned Saturday to ask for a quick appropriation to carry on rehabilita- tion work this summer. Walster Tells of Need No figure was agreed upon but Dr. H.L. Walster, extension director of the North Dakota timated a minimum of would be needed. Senator Nye (Rep., N. D.), who called the meeting, said an attempt probably would be made to amend the president’s public works bill with a separate drouth-relief appropriation. Members present included the spe- cial house drouth committee named this week. Representative Sinclair Tlinois, and Nebraska were repre- sented. Senator Nye said a request probably would be made for more civilian con- servation corps camps in the Dakotas to construct temporary earth dams to conserve rainfall expected in June and duly. The group also discussed the pos- sibility of enacting bankruptcy legis- lation for farmers, who, traditionally, have never in the past sought this kind of relief from their debts. Wal- ster said farmers throughout the drouth territory had reluctantly re- signed themselves to bankruptcy as a|* final recourse. “You hear them talking about it government plans to pour $6,000,000 a month into the parched farm states until the drouth menace is removed. Seven federal agencies united in the relief drive, official observers be- Meved expenditures would run into the winter as new relief problems are New Yorker Accused Of Killing Policeman Dallas, ‘Tex, May 19—()—Nine hours after he killed a Dallas police- Richard Charles Rhem, New s® £ E a iz i Fi HESge pi ln of Eee iil E 2 i z | i j F E ge F i E § z 3 F i £8. fs Ht Hi Pree Agricultural college, es- | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ush Second Wheat Allotment Payment Bismarck’s Water Consumption Rises To FREE POTTER ik YEAR KEYMEN MAKE REPORTS Action of the state pardon board Saturday afternoon assured Raymond Potter, sentenced to @ life term in prison, that he will be freed in little more than a year. The board reduced his sentence to 10 years which, with good behavior, will expire in about a year. He has Taek cnee ek te on a charge of first-de- murder, At the last session of the pardon board Potter's sentence was reduced from life imprisonment to second- degree murder. His sentence, how- ever, was not fixed until Saturday, after his attorney, Hugh H. McCul- loch of Washburn, appeared before the board. The pardon board, in fixing sen- tence for second-degree murder, set the term at the minimum of 10 years. The maximum is 30 years. Potter was tried for the killing of Oliver Webb in Bismarck. A Bur- leigh county jury disagreed and the case was taken to McLean county on @ change of venue. He was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Late News Bulletins (By The Asscciated Press) REPORT BIG FIRE LOSS = » to be incendiary, swept this city’s riv- erfront, destroying 13 homes, a shoe factory and shipyard with a loss of between $700,000 and $900,000. ‘WOULD KEEP 'EM CLEAN ‘Washington.—President Roose- velt took a firm stand against so- leitation of political funds by a federal officeholder, reported from Detroit. SEES REVENGE AS MOTIVE Moosehorn, Man—Mrs. Carl Wolf- rum, reporting the alleged kidnaping of her four-year-old daughter, Betty, blamed enemies of her family who, she said, may have committed the crime for revenge. BOXER IS SUSPENDED Sacramento, Calif—King Le- vinsky, Chicago boxer who dis- appeared on the eve of his fight with Art Lasky, was indefinitely suspended by the state athletic commission. fection in the bloodstream. She leaves her husband and five children. SAYS NRA IS USURPATI“N Ky—Federal Judge granting an injunction against enforced appli- cation of the coal code in Ken- tucky mines, called the national recovery act the “boldest kind of trict atiorney " from, beginning at y from prosecutions to enforce code pen- CUT HOURS, BOOST WAGES we ‘The aE i it i ehatles ps phecdes elatll Question Is Whether to Ship Feed in Or Cattle Out of Of Drouth Areas Information on N. D. Conditions Is Furnished Federal Investigator ‘Whether feed should be shipped in or cattle shipped out of the drouth- stricken sections of North Dakota was the subject of a conference held by county agents and relief administra- tion officials with William F.‘Callan- dar, Washington, D. C., chairman of the federal crop reporting board, here = investigate local conditions Satur- lay. Opinions of the county agents and keymen in the drouth-stricken sec- tions were solicited, resulting in a diversification of ideas which were to be sifted with a view of making a final recommendation at a committee Meeting late Saturday afternoon. Members of the committee will in- clude ©. C. Talbott, president of the North Dakota Green, kota Farmers 3; Howard Wood, ‘state labor compliance officer; Judge A. M. Christianson, director of state emergency relief administration; Wal- ter Maddock, secretary of the Farm- ers Union, St. Paul; Stangler, manager of the Bank of North Dakota. In that part of Oliver county | ‘Missouri river, | he said, there is still sufficient pas- t take care of the needs of > critical situation exists in Bur- leigh county, Extension Agent H. O, Putnam reported. Much of the range land is stripped clean and some losses have been suffered by farmers, He said that stock in certain sections is in good enough condition to be season. Judge J. D. Harris of Manning rep- resented Dunn county. He said wherever possible, have driven their herds into the Badlands where grass is always more abundant. The Dunn county drouth, he said, has considerable ‘damage to growing antl. MET apietl oli! id Fs die i Pa pgerebePeggr acts el eatin gags HEYEE acele FLASH i Fy fH i i i z | On Trial in Court at St. Paul On trial in St. Paul federal court with Mrs. Augusta Salt, left above, and Dr. Clayton E. May, left below, on a charge of harboring Johs Dillinger, Evelyn Frechetti, right, the outlaw’s sweetheart, almost i i i @ daring escape from-the courtroom. Rising wanoticed with the crowd at noon recess, she had @ bailiff halted her. nearly reached the stairway wher Dr. May is charged with treating a wound incurred by Dillinger in a robbery and Mrs, Salt with assisting him. The trio are pictured in court. . Bismarck Debaters Win State Contest at Forks PRESIDENT CALLING ON ALL CITIZENS 70 JOIN WAR ON CRIME’ Asks Everyone to ‘Recognize Facts and Meet Them With Determination’ Washington, May 19.—()—Presi- dent Roosevelt Saturday called on all American citizens to support the fed- eral government's war on crime. While the department of justice girded itself with new weapons to wan against criminals, the president “I ask citizens, individually and as organized groups, to recognize the facts and meet them with courage and determination.” Public intolerance of the evil-doer, New Leipzig Plans Memorial Day Fete New Leipzig, N. D., May 19.—Plans for a Memorial Day observance were John | made at a meeting of the New Leipzig Bei. i I ; fi Defeats Larimore to Capture Title; Avenges Defeat Suf- fered Last Year Grand Forks, N. D., May 19.—(7)— Bismarck won the state high school debate championship Saturday by defeating the defending champions, Larimore, in North Dakota finals held in connection with high school week contests at the university. By winning the state title, Bis- marck debaters avenged a defeat of last year at the hands of Larimore and son Abed Grand Forks Herald trophy, of annually to the state Bismarck team consisted of Bernadine Cervinski, Phil Gorman and Junior Birdzell. Members of the Larimore team were Betty Hanson, Dorothy Neal and Earl . Judges were seven university faculty members. William Schrier, univer- sity forensic director, presided. The Burr medal for the best in- dividual debater went to Birdzell of Bismarck. Grand Forks Central high, with 64% points, edged out Fargo high, which gathered 63 points, for the mu- sweepstakes prizes were an- nounced Friday night after two oars ‘Id. | of competition for musical soloists. Festival contests’ in’ other events will continue through Satur- with more than 800 students ROOSEVELT URGING ACTION 70 PREVENT SHPHENTS OF ARKS Asks Embargo as Encourage- ment to Peace; Favors Ap- proval of Old Treaty ‘Washington, May 19.—()—A triple- Play against war, through curbing of sale and shipment of munitions, be- gan at the capitol Saturday with President Roosevelt on the coaching line. The president urged speedy senate action on: 1. A nine-year-old Geneva treaty to limit international shipment of war implements. 2. A special resolution to prohibit the sale of arms in the United States to the Gran Chaco belligerents. tigation looking toward new legisla: tion to curb “abuses” in the muni- tions traffic. Chairman Pittman of the senate foreign relations committee reported he would press steadily for early sen- ate ratification of the 1925 Geneva me treaty. The president called lay for this action to halt the “mad race in armaments which, if permitted to continue, may well re- sult in war.” Early senate approval was predict- ed also for the special resolution to Prevent the sale of arms in this coun- try to either Bolivia or Paraguay for use in their 50-year-old war over the Gran Chaco. Sale Would Be Unlawful Under its provisions. the. president is authorized to issue a proclamation making it “unlawful to sell... any arms or munitions of war in any Place in the United States to the countries now engaged in that armed conflict, or to any person, company or association acting in the interest of either country.” Passage of the resolution, however, will make possible direct action by the United States regardless of any action which may or may not be taken by other nations. Chairman Nye (Rep., N. D.) of the senate’s spe- cial munitions investigating commit- tee, disclosed that this group ap- proved a request Friday for an ad- ditional $35,000 to add to its original $15,000. One of the aims of its in- quiry will be to determine the advisa--: bility of a government monopoly of the arms business. In his special message, the presi- dent recommended that the special committee be given the “generous support” of the senate. The Geneva treaty on which the Roosevelt message centered was ap- proved by the foreign relations com- mittee May 1. Pittman formally reported the to the senate after the president's message was read, but a reservation was attached saying it shall not take effect as far as the United States is concerned until the nine other ma- jor arms manufacturing countries ratify it. Thee countries are Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Soviet Rus- sia, Itely, Belgium, Sweden and Czechoslovakia. Peace Department Is Urged by N. D. Senator Washington, May 19.—()—Senator Frazier (Rep.-N. D.) has appealed to students of the nation to “work and pray” for a government department to promote total disarmament and world peace. The senator spoke Friday at the world goodwill day program of the student branch of the Women’s In- “Wer holds life to be cheap and Property as a thing to be destroyed,” he said. “War teaches how to kill will|number of years. At one time, he ze:|A, A. ANDERSON, 81, Drouth and Heat Combine to Keep Pumps at City Plant Going at High Speed NEW HIGH MARK FORECAST Figures for Fiscal Year Expect- ed to Break Former Records; Supply Is Good High temperatures, combined with Grouth since the beginning of the growing season, have almost doubled Bismarck’s water consumption over the same period last year, according to the records of M. H. Atkinson, manager of the city water depart- ment. Since May 1, users have consumed & total of 25,916,000 gallons of water. The figure for the same period in 1933 was 13,076,000. Consumption reached a new high during the last week, William Yegen, waterworks engineer, reporting that. the giant pumps at the plant have been operating on an average of 16 hours daily to supply the demand. ‘The pumps are operated only about eight hours a day during the winter season. An all-time record for city water consumption is expected to be set at the end of the fiscal year, June 30. The records for 1933-34 up to Satur- day show that 299,560,000 gallons have been pumped. For the 1932-33 fiscal year up to May 18, the total ‘was almost 48,000,000 gallons less, or 251,972,000. The city water plant is equipped with two 1,500-gallon-a-minute pumps and one 2,000-gallon-a-minute pump. These are used alternately, Yegen said, to supply from 1,500,000 to 1,700,- 000 gallons of water a day. River Water Is Clearer “We have been especially fortunate this spring,” Yegen said, “in that the turbidity, or the amount of sediment in the river water, has been low, re- quiring a smaller amount of chemi- cals for purification purposes.” He said the river at the present time, despite the drouth, is at a nor- mal level and is unable to account for the fact that the dry weather had not reduced the level. Increased consumption, Atkinson said, does not greatly reduce the cost of operating the water department. The expense of chemicals and power remain the same, although some re- duction in costs is realized through the fact that the overhead is spread more widely. A reduction of rates was made last duly, amounting to from 8 to 15 per cent, depending upon the class into which users fall. Present rates include a lawn and garden rate which is based upon the amount of water used over and above the user's December to April average. The lawn and garden fee is 15 cents per 100 cubic feet for all over the winter average. RESIDENT OF WING, SUCCUMBS SATURDAY Had Lived in Burleigh Since 1879; Was Active in Eck- lund Township Affairs August A. Anderson, 81, Wing, res!- dent of Burleigh county since 1879, died at his residence Saturday at 3:20 a.m. His death was due to complica- tions of old age. Funeral arrangemenis have not been completed. pending the arrival of relatives, but will be held at the Swedish Lutheran church, Ecklund township, with Rev. Nelson of Under- ‘wood officiating. Mr. Anderson established his home- stead in Burleigh county early in 1879. The same year he married An- na Myrblom, who preceded him in death. He retired in 1929, establishing his residence at Wing. He served as a member of the school board and as assessor in Ecklund township for a held & position as section for Wing; Mrs. Clinton Stillman, ‘Choteau, Mont.; and Mrs. Beda Bur- mett, Seattle, Wash.; 18 grandchil- PRICE FIVE PICKETS AND POLICE SWING THEIR CLUBS IN BITTER BATTLE Reinforcements Rushed to!Scene And Strikers Are Forced To Retreat OTHER FIGHTS REPORTED Situation Is Tense Despite Re- port That Truce Had Been Agreed Upon BULLETIN Minneapolis, May 19.—(P)—At- tempts of Governor Olson to halt the truck strike in Minneapolis failed late Saturday when the employers’ committee refused to follow out his Plan for settlement. Minneapolis, May 19—()—Twenty Persons were injured in disorders in the market district here Saturday as attempts were made to move trucks with armed convoys after striking truck drivers had tied up commereial eid transportation since Tuesday night. Serious trouble began when a large truck pulled up in front of a fruit company office. Pickets rushed it as soon as it halted but police clubs drove them back temporarily. Then the pickets picked up rocks and bits of loose paving, hurled them. at the truck and advanced Once more police swung their clubs and several pickets were Their comrades carried them off. A patrol wagon and several squad cars were rushed to the market as re- inforcements. The crowd of strikers and bystanders milled about shouting at police. : Then nearly 500 strikers swooped ne on the trucks with rocks and clubs. Twelve police cars were rushed to the scene and the fight was on. Strikers were clubbed and returned the police attack with clubs. Ambu- lances were rushed to the scene. Police Win The first battle resulted in victory for the police as two trucks moved out under police esort to make their pro- duce deliveries. A second fight broke out at the C. Thomas stores headquarters, when an army of nearly 400 strikers blocked the Thomas garage. They stoned two trucks, breaking the windshields and cab windows and inflicting severe lac- erations on the two truck drivers. Another riot call sounded at police headquarters and reserves raced to the scene. Once more the strikera were beaten back. In one charge police tried to arrest one of the picketeers. When he re- sisted, he was knocked down, falling behind a patrol wagon. Quickly his comrades rushed to him and carried him off before police could lay hands on him again. As the battles went on, special de- Puties and squads of police opened up county highways and city streets to other commercial trucks and for the first time in four days gasoline, food- stuffs, much-needed bread and many other lines of merchandise moved out of warehouses and off farms into stores whose stocks were low. slugged as he attempted to drive sup- plies to his hotel. At least five trucks in the loop were stormed by cruising Picket squads and either tipped over or stoned. damage also was done at an oil station and in the offices of a coa) the strike, which involves 5,000 drivers who demand union recognition, closec shop and wage adjustment, was seen in an ultimatum issued by strike leaders that they would halt parley: until police withdrew and gave up efforts to convoy trucks. A tentative settlement, which the la 4