The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 15, 1934, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1934 U. S. Buys 75,659 Cattle in North Dakota Hanna Re-Elected To Head Elks Body CONFERENCE FRIDAY 10 FORMULATE NEW. PLANS FOR RELIEF Appraisers Have Visited 82,002 Farms in Making Stock Surveys BAKER ARRIVES TO ASSIST Meeting of Relief Officials to Devise Rehabilitation Moves Cattle purchases in North Dakota under the government's stock buying Program reached 75,659 head Friday 9s state relief administration officials prepared to speed drouth relief. Jacob adminis- trator, Washington, D. C., was here to help formulate a new rehabilitation program, Latest statistics on the progress of the cattle-buying program were re- stock North for the agricultural adjustment ad- ministration. Dexter’s telegram also stated that 82,002 farms had been visited by the appraisers. Baker arrived in Bismarck Thurs- relief administration Monday and then made trips into the country to study conditions in the rural com- munities are Arthur Goldschmidt, re- regional et 3 ‘Willson said the first conference with Baker Thursday evening would be followed Friday with an all-day) session. The relief workers Friday morning were split into groups, each discussing a particular phase of the state drouth problem. The findings; of the respective groups will be car- ried into the general conference Fri- day afternoon when an all-inclusive Plan is expected to be developea. Baker will leave Bismarck evening on his return trip to Wash- ington. His first hand report from the drouth area of the middle west is ex- wected to facilitate congressional $525,000,000 to continue the Program. Present appropriations for sale purposes will be exhausted iy 1, BUSINESS GAIN IS SEENIN NORTHWEST = Reserve Bank Notes Upswing Due to Higher Prices for Farm Produce Stratosphere Flyers to So cc ar From Natural ‘Bowl’ Out of this sheltered bowl, known as Moonlight valley, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Maj. William Kepner and Capt. A. W. Stevens will soar on their stratosphere flight in June or July. The bow! was chosen because it Is so well protected from contrary air currents by surrounding high wooded hills, 15,000 spectators who are expected to witness the start of the epochal journey. New roads have been built, old ones repaired, and accommodations arranged for In the cleared epace is shown the cabin where the balloonists will have their headquarters. CAPTURE KINAPER AFTER RELEASE OF THREE IN MISSOURI Bandit Had Escaped From Tex- as Last February After Murdering Guard St. Joseph, Mo. June 15.—(P)— Held prisoners for nearly 18 hours by an escaped Texas convict, three Iowa men were released here early Friday and 15 minutes later the abductor was cal . Release of the three men, Elmer Schleuter, Davenport, Is., policeman; Al Schultze, -treasurer of the Davenport baseball club, and Dr. W. EH Fitch, Walcott, Ia., veterinarian, ended a night of anxiety for their safety and terminated a widespread search for them by federal agents and posses, The and ordered Dr. coupe trict showed improvement over April/ gchultze to take corresponding es well as over the month /time. We must last despite extensive drouth conditions and labor disturbances, the bank re- ported, while advances over a year Selume and dese amount, notwiti- and parts of Wisconsin and said that indices of bank country and carl ag of Continent 18.—(P)—Dr. “We sigzagged Schultze said. “We traveled all the have gone at least | Mother Saves Son From Kidnap Trio Chicago, June 15—()—A moth- er, alarmed by her son’s sobs caped from a third member of the gang. FLOODS IN SOUTH ADD TO TROUBLES OF RELIEF LEADER Hopkins Says Serious Situation Is Reported Developing in South Carolina Washington, June 15.—()—Floods in the south were added Friday to and/drouth in the west as a problem for federal relief workers. Harry L. Hop- kins, federal relief administrator, said & serious situation apparently was de- veloping in portions of South Carolina where there have been heavy rains. In the drouth section the agricul- TAXPAYERS OPPOSE INCREASED LEVY T0 aD SE SHS Say Measure Giving $70 Per Pupil Puts No Limit on Expenditures Devils Lake, N. D., June 15.—(7)— Opposition to the initiated measure Proposing a school tax of $70 per pu- pil was voted by the North Dakota Taxpayers association in annual con- vention here. Reason for the association’s oppo- sition, as outlined by John Conrad of Erie, newly elected president, was: “The proposed measure permits the levy of $70 per pupil and this levy would be in addition to all other school receipts, including such items as state tuition; in other words, it does not provide a limitation on the expenditure per pupil. “The property of this state, partic- ularly the real estate, has borne too, large a share of the tax burden. The Proposed measure provides for an ad- ditional property levy. If the school cannot function on the funds that are now available, efforts should be made to rely on sources other than real Property taxes. “The association feels that, in view of the stringent financial conditions Prevailing in this state, particularly in the rural areas, it is not in line with the situation to provide increased taxes. Now is the time to retrench and reduce expenditures so that they will fall within our income. In many sections of the state people have been unable to pay the present taxes. To increase the levy would merely result in further delinquencies and would not aid the schools in these sections.” Divorce in Sight for President’s Daughter Reno, Nev., June 15.—(#)—Mrs. An- na Curtis Dall, daughter of Presi- mich | dent Roosevelt, is establishing resi- dence here and it was assumed di- vorce proceedings were in prospect. Mrs. Dall has leased a home at Lake Tahoe, ‘The daughter of the president has been separated from her husband for . |More than a year. With her two children, “Sistie” and “Buzzie,” she lived at the White House 000; during the past year. It was under- , | Stood she was en route to this city. luding $5, ment on the June relief program; $148,977 for transient. relief; $74,779 in ai GREEN HAS PLAN FOR SETTLEMENT OF STEEL STRIKE Labor Federation Head Sug- gests Impartial Board to Adjust Differences UPHOLDS WORKERS RIGHTS Says Proposed Walkout Would Be Called Off If Sugges- tion Is Accepted Pittsburgh, June 15—(P}—A plan for settlement of the disputes in the Steel industry was submitted by Presi- dent William Green of the American Federation of Labor Friday at the steel workers’ convention called to take action on the proposed nation- wide strike. The labor leader suggested “an im- Partial board” of three members be appointed by the president to adjust differences over the steel code and mediate other disputes. The workers shall maintain the right, he said, to organize freely and the board would have authority to hold elections among employes to choose collective bargaining repre- sentatives. If the plan is acceptable to both sides, the strike should be called off, he told the 200 delegates attending the meeting of the amalgamated associa- tion of iron, steel and tin workers. Under Green's plan, the board would offer its services as arbitrator in any dispute and have the right to determine any matters of discrimin- ation or discharge of an employe. The suggestion was made as a group of young labor leaders voiced the insistent demand for a strike. ‘The highly technical convention pro- cedure was in the hands of conserva- tive Michael F. Tighe, however, and indications were that the cooler heads ONLY $166,935 IS PAID ON WAR DEBT DUE UNITED STATES Finland, Alone, Among the Na- tions Pays Anything at All on Account Washington, June 15—(P)—A mountain of war debts labored Fri- day and brought forth 2 mouse in the form of a payment from Finland By a scratch of the pen, the tional City Bank in New York tr ferred $166,535 from the account of the little nation to the big one. That was all the hard cash the United States received of $477,643,644 due Friday from 13 nations. Hungary put a certificate for $36,971 in pengos in its national bank, crediting it to the United States. But officials could not figure any way to draw against’ it Finland, as always, paid in full. Officials hoped—somewhat facetiously —that the $165,535 would cover the cost of messengers, postage, note Paper, cable tolls and diplomats time expended in an attempt to collect the June installments on the total debt of $11,628,000,000. The dawning of this almost pay- less payday found the war debt score: 10 defaults, 1 payment, 2 to be heard from. Yugoslavia ($825,000) and Lithuania ($369,034) planned to deliver notes ex- Plaining their expected defaults dur- ing the day. The Italian, Polish, Rumanian and’ Hungarian envoys called on Secretary Hull Thursday to inform him of the decisions to forego payments. The Latvian and Estonian “so sorry” notes came by mail. might prevail. Many observers predicted that un- less the strike advocates are able to bring a vote on the issue before night- fall their cause will be seriously af- fected. The union is paying only transpor- tation costs and many of the dele- gates may be unable to remain over Saturday. In addition, the hour of the walkout, if ordered, may be be- tween midnight Friday and noon Sat- urday. This would necessitate an im- mediate return home of the leaders. MA‘'Y SHAFTS HURLED AT NEW LABOR BILL Washington, June 15.—(#)—So many objections have arisen to the Roose- velt administration's new plan to avert paralyzing strikes that its future ap- peared highly dubious Friday. To President Henry I. Harriman of the United States Chamber of Com- merce it is “a most dangerous meas- ure;” to President William Green of the American Federation of Labor, it is vague and “devoid of clarity in Purpose, scope and meaning.” Regular Republicans in the senate offered a score of proposed changes; some independent Republicans pre- ferred the original Wagner labor dis- putes bill, for which the new resolu- tion is a substitute. The bill’s high spot is a provision empowering the president to appoint boards to hold secret workers’ e'ec- tions for collective bargaining in in- dustry, but business centered its at- tack on the section giving the board power to lay down “such rules as may be necessary to carry out the provis- jons of this resolution.” Harriman said that meant “the sky would be the limit.” Public Works Body To Have Anniversary Washington, June 15.—(#)—The public works education which announces that it put 2,000,000 men to work during its first year, will swing Saturday into its second year with new plans. More speed on the present program and the evolution of a permanent public works system were the high spots of Administrator Ickes’ thoughts on PWA's anniverary eve. Mr. and Mrs. Dall were married in dune, 1926. Quintuplets Still Gaining in Weight Corbeil, Ont., June 15.—()—Good news came today from the little farm home where five nurses and Dr. A. R. Dafoe are guarding the health of the 18-day-old Dionne quintuplets. The tiny infants continue to gain weight, and as days go by optimism will survive is Albert Lea Youth Killed as Robber Great Britain, Prance, Belgium and Czechoslovakia had an- nounced they would not pay. FRENCH DEFAULT AGAIN RENEWS DEBT SQUABBLE Paris, June 15. — (#) — France's fourth debt default Friday brought forth more comments that “debts are dead.” Premier Gaston Doumergue, former Premier Edouard Herriot and other leaders think it necessary to have an- other “final” settlement with a heavy reduction, but in parliament are many who think the debt problem has set- tled itself. When France failed to pay the $59,- 000,218.57 due Friday she became $141,093,759.44 in arrears. Her debt of $4,025,000,000 funded April 29, 1926, remains after six years of paying and two years of defaulting, about $20,- 000,000 less than it was. ANNOUNCE PROGRAM FOR WING FESTIVAL Farmers’ Elevator Stockholders to Hold Meeting During Community Day A parade, street sports, speakers, band concerts, baseball games and a dance make up the of the annual Wing community day to be held Tuesday, June 26. Stockholders in the Farmers’ Ele- vator company of Wing will hold a meeting in the city hall between 1 and 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The parade, at 10:30 a. m., opens the an- nual event that was attended last year by over 2,000 people. Prizes will be awarded for the best floats and clown acts in the parade. Prominent speakers will give tales at the city hall beginning o'clock in the morning and the Wing baseball team will oppose the Tuttle nine in the afternoon. a4 P. Bi fae street sports program will begin fea- turing potato races, ladies nail-driv- ing contests, pie-eating contests, tug- of war, snd sack and wheelharrow races for ladies and men. A special Politicians race will be run. A con- cert by the Wing community band and dance in the evening will wind up the day's activities. T. Suby is chairman and J. O. Lein, secretary of the committee in charge of the arrangements for the day. Strange But True Stories of Life Presa) All Other Officers Also Are Re- named at State Conven- tion Here Friday WILL PUSH AID TO CRIPPLES Work Among Handicapped Chil- dren Will Continue; Re- ports Are Given Prepared to carry on the extensive crippled children’s assistance program in which the member lodges are en- Gaged, the North Dakota State Elks association concluded its annual con- vention in Bismarck Friday ‘by re- electing former Governor L. B. Hanna of Fargo as president. All other officers also were re-elected. They are Sam Stern, Fargo, President; Alec Rawitscher, Williston, treasurer; George T. Jumestown, secretary, enkopf, Dickinson, trust Devils Lake was ehosen as the 1935 convention city: H. K. Jensen, Mandan, head of the association’s committee in charge of crippled children’s work, reported that in the last three years 254 physically handicapped North Dakota boys and girls have been treated through the work of the various Elks lodges. Every lodge in the state is engaged in the work and Jensen urged that there be no let-up as there are many children on the waiting lists. Former Governor Hanna, who pre- sided at the sessions, highly praised the work which the lodges are doing’ for crippled children, and Dr. Joel C. Swanson, Fargo, who conducted a crippled children’s clinic Friday after- noon, was thanked in resolutions for the assistance he has given. Resolutions Are Other resolutions expressed sym- Pathy to Vice President Stern over the recent death of his father, Alex Stern of Fargo, and extended condol- ences to relatives over the deaths in the last year of Secretary Lyall B. Merry of Dickinson lodge and of Sec- retary Chester Timboe of Devils Lake The railroads of the state were thanked for the assistance they have extended in the transportation of crippled children. Forty-eight delegates, representing nine of the 10 Elks lodges in the state, registered for the convention, the only lodge without representation being Grand Forks. This afternoon the delegates visited the new capital building and were taken on a tour of the state peniten- tiary with Warden G. Patterson as their escort. Officers of the Bismarck lodge were installed Thursday night in unique! ceremonies in which past district dep- uty grand exalted rulers and Former Governor Hanna occupied the chairs, the services being conducted by Dis- trict Deputy Raymond C. Dobson, Others in the chairs were C. H. Doyon, Doyon; Sam F. Crabbe, Minot; W. A. Hausmann, Churchs . Ferry; Sem Stern, Fargo; L. K. Thompson, Bismarck; and A. O. Pagenkopf, Dick- Spear Heads Local Lodge G. L. Spear was installed as exalted ruler of the Bismarck lodge. Other officers are: James W. Guthrie, es: teemed loyal knight; John A. Gi ham, esteemed lecturing knight Walter W. Clark, secretary; J. P. Wag- ner, treasurer; George C. Upright, tyler; and Obert A. Olson, trustee for five years. Under the auspices of the Bismarck and Mandan lodges, e flag day pro- gram was held in the Memorial build- ing Thursday evening. Major J. M. Hanley, Mandan, was the principal speaker with Charles Liessman, pre- siding. The Bismarck boy scouts and the juvenile band participated in the Jodges the previous year had suffered &@ membershhip loss. Crippled children’s work carried on . _ Richmond, and A. C. Page| ti tee. Jury Out in Conspiracy Case SILENCE SHROUDS DELIBERATIONS IN U. 5. COURT TRIAL ‘Grapevine’ Buzzes With All Sorts of Rumors But None Are Verified MANY REPORTS ARE HEARD Large Volume of Testimony and Many Exhibits May Be Cause of Delay Rumors flew thick and fast around Biemarck Friday as a federal court Jury deliberated the fate of Governor William Langer and five other men charged with conspiracy to obstruct Operation of an act of 6 All of the stories related to the sit- uation in the jury room, despite the fact that the deliberations were se- cret. They ranged from reports that the talesmen stood 11 to one for con- viction to a six-to-six tie. That was the best break the defendants got in the “grapevine” reports. Other rum- ors heard frequently were nine to three and eight to four for convic- on. How many ballots had been taken by the jury was not disclosed. The only certain thing was that no official report had been made by the jurors at 2 p. m., Friday. Many Expected Delay There was much speculation as to the possibility of a disagreement but Persons in touch with the case com- mented that an early verdict could not be expected in view of the heavy vol- ume of testimony to be reviewed and the large number of exhibits to be court. The jury deliberated until after midnight Friday morning ‘and then retired for the night. It went back into session at 9 a. m. The jurors carried with them inta the jury room the vast accumulation of exhibits introduced by prosecution and defense forces: cancelled checks by each lodge was reviewed in both Thursday and Friday sessions. Re- Ports on scores of crippled children who are being helped back to normal, were made by the delegates. E F i F t i mE 8 F 8 of “The Leader,” administration news- Paper around which the legal battle reged; bank deposit and withdrawal records of both “The Leader” and ‘ if L ie Ki z Es tit 8 “¢! i Hf i i I i