The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1934, Page 1

4 a , ’ ESTABLISHED 1873 _ GOVERNMENT T0 BE NATION'S LARGEST MEAT DISTRIBUTOR Culling of Herds to Put Stock Industry of Future in Good Condition MUTTON ALSO PROCESSED 10 Million Cattle, 5 Million Sheep and Goats Will Be Purchased Washington, Aug. 18. — (#) — The magnitude of the relief drive in the nation’s worst drouth catastrophe was underscored Saturday when it be- came apparent that for months the government will be this country’s largest buyer and distributor of meat. Before the program is finished, con- servative estimates said, the govern- ment will own 2,000,000,000 pounds of processed beef and 150,000,000 pounds of mutton to hand over to needy fam- illes, Officials said that when the pro- gram is over and the industry goes back to private hands it will be in better shape and the cattle herds will be vastly improved. In buying drouth-menaced animals which cannot be fed or watered by their owners, the government is cull- ing out the less desirable animals. This culling, they say, will be worth millions of dollars to the livestock in- dustry of the future and will leave it in the best position in history. Of the 10,000,000 cattle and 5,000,000 sheep and goats to be bought, most will be slaughtered and converted in- to meat products immediately after buying. Some will be shipped to southern pastures to be fattened for slaughter, and the rest will be shipped to “de- ficit areas” for rehabilitation uses. Swine prices at Chicago continued their steady climb. The price at some markets is more than $9 per 100 pounds, including the processing tax. KIDNAPERS RELEASE EVANGELIST; UNHURT 26-Year-Old Minister Walks Into Nashville Police Station Early Saturday Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 18—)—R. H. Askew, 28-year-old North Carolina evangelist, walked into the Nashville police station Saturday and said he had been in the hands of kidnapers since last Tuesday. Dressed in overalls, the four-square gospel minister said his three abduc- tors had taken his clothes away from him in Washington and then driven him around the country until about daylight Saturday morning when they put him out on the edge of Nashville. Askew said he was en route from Goldsboro to Smithfield with $40 to buy some brick for his church, when he was stopped by a man who told him he had a sick child in Raleigh and asked to be driven to @ hospital there. Askew said he agreed. Arriving in Raleigh, the evangelist continued, they stopped near a city up with three men three men gave his passenger money” ahd then started off with him, talking 2 him fy lane, and in the daytime forcing swallow dof tablets—‘“something over to Los Angeles police Friday, but > the minister said he did not know why he was abducted and said he had not been asked to sign any notes. Crookston, Brainerd > Hold Lead Positions Bra: continue and BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1934 Shake on First Home Repair Loan MOODIE WILL MAKE She's first to benefit by the federal $1,500,000,000 home renovation campaign, so Miss Alma McCrum is smiling $1200 worth here, as she charge of the gigantic progr: check two hours after she ma clasps hands with James A. Moffett, U. 8. housing administrator, in in Washington. She received her application and will spend the money on her home in Georgetown, capital suburb. Work, Not Politics Is Ordered by Salisbury $45,000 FIRE GUTS STEVENS BROS, MINE AT GARRISON FRIDAY Blaze Discovered at 11 P. M. Friday; Fire Fighters’ Ef- forts Prove Futile Fire of unknown origin destroyed Property and operating equipment of the Stevens Brothers coal mine, Gar- rison, late Friday night, according to information received here Saturday morning from A. W. Mellon, chief dis- Patcher of the Soo Line railway. Damage, estimated at $45,000, was covered by insurance, ‘The fire was discovered about 11 p. ™m. The Garrison fire department was unable to check the flames which had gained a good start before the alarm was given. Loading tipples, ma- chinery and engine room equipment was crippled beyond repair. Six box cars on tracks near the mine also were destroyed. Henry Stevens, manager of the mine, was not in Garrison Friday but the announcement was made Satur- day that the properties would be re- placed as soon as possible. Coal will pe warned by truck in the mean- ec. RELIEF FROM HEAT FORECAST FOR N. D. meetings Temperature in Bismarck Sat-|posters of urday 72 at 2 P. M. After 102 Friday New Commissioner Instructs - Employes to Cease Political Activity NO JOB INSURANCE NEEDED Road Workers’ Only Duties From Now on Will Be Im- proving Highways Striking out at practices he said had been instituted before he took office, Highway Commissioner Bert M. Salis-| bury Saturday ordered cessation of Political activity on the part of road department employes, and warned that “public funds will not be used to pay for political activities.” “You will no longer be required to contribute to any funds in order to hold your job,” he informed employes. “You are advised that from now on your business wil be to work for the highway department, and leave po- lities alone.” Salisbury told employes he had been advised that during the last year, when Ousted Highway Commissioner Frank A. Vogel held office, road em- ployes had been required to carry on @ variety of political activities, includ- ing support of “The Leader,” organ of the administration of Ousted Gov. William Langer. The highway commissioner's letter to employes said: “I have been advised that during the past year certain employes of the highway department have been re- quird to organize and frame county conventions; that they have been re- quired to sell subscriptions to # pri- vate-owned newspaper; that they have carried on a campaign to elect precinct committeemen; that they have been required to attend political and tear down bills and opposing political parties; that they have formed an organiza- tion that is used for the purpose of advancing a political party; that they Ihave been required to contribute to a Paper fund, campaign fund, defense Relief from high temperatures |fund and special assessment fund; which prevailed over North Dakota/that they dropped maintenance work Friday was predicted Saturday by|on the highways prior to election to weather bureau officials. Fair and cooler was. the forecast solicit votes. “You are advised that from now on with much cooler weather in the/your business will be to work for the east and central portions of the state|highway department, and leave po- Saturday; Sunday fair, cooler in the/litics-alone. Public funds will not be southeast section. used to pay for political activities. After reaching a stifling maximum| You will no longer be required to con- of 102 degrees Friday, the tempera-|tribute to any funds in order to hold ture in Bismarck Saturday at 2 p.jyour job. These political activities m., was only 72. A northwest wind|must stop. Please bear this in mind with a 28-mile per hour velocity en-|at all times. veloping the city in clouds of dust, accompanied peratures. Saturday's lower tem. B ismarck CCC Nines ‘Moorhead twins 10 to 7, throw- the state elimination event and the ing those two teams in s tle for third four semi-finalists will ener the Bay. - 101. It was an even 100 at Carring.| Of st Fort Lincoln, pe ae fty Bertrand of Winnipeg hurled | {Oi Downs #7 even Sn ot Carring-| riret round games are his team to 8 9 to 0 triumph over the| wisney. Re run oft Sa weekend. cellar. Other temperatures were Beach 99,{~, TP? GEC Bitte hap. step ached i 1 Forks 98, Hankinson andj vied ® return gaihe wie vd at 6 itarium Ass Tiget ieniipiaiee wae received at|P- m. Tuesday. Of Adequate Water prate, Center, Max, Napoleon coals 16-Year-Old Girl Is Pa reig ig oy A AGNEW WINS TITLE Murdered by Fiend sanitarium have been overcome with| Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 18—-(7)— pineal successful drilling of a new well at the|“Chuck” Agnew, 1932 champion, re-| San Diego, Calif, Aug. 18—(7)— institution flow from the previous|captured the honor at the junior golf|Choked to death in what police say ‘well had dropped from 200 gallons per|tourney at the Dickinson town and|was a fiendish murder, the body of minute to 40 gallons. Water in the|country club. Agnew defeated Tony|pretty 16-year-old Celia Cote was new well was struck at 85 feet, where- | Hannel, defending champion, one up.|found in the backyard of her home as drillers in‘dhe previous well had| Agnew qualified with a 42 to be me-|Seturday. She had been the victim Grilled 188 feet before reaching 8 flow. | dalist, of @ criminal attack, police sald. REASON, NOT RANCOR BASIS OF CAMPAIGN Democratic Candidate for Gov- ernor Refuses to Deal in Personalities WON'T BEFOUL OPPONENTS Offers Constructive Sugges- tions; Appeals to Intelligence Of People Fargo, N. D., Aug. 17.—(#)—To criticisms that the Democratic party is “not putting punch” into its cam. paign, Thomas H. Moodie, the party's nominee for governor, replied here Saturday that he would not counte- nance a campaign based on person- alities but intended to seek the gov- ernorship through “reason, not ran- cor.” He reiterated previous declarations that “This is no time to stir up fur. ther political strife in North Dakota.” ‘The Democratic ticket, he said, “has been accused of not having fire, or not putting punch in the campaign. Appeals to reason and to intelligence never are spectacular. We prefer a listening, thinking audience. We have constructive suggestions to offer. Con- struction never brings the cheers. De- struction always arouses mob hysteria. We are not appealing to a mob but tc @ citizenry that is seeking leadership.” “And we are standing squarely upon our platform.” Grave economic issues confront every citizen, Moodie said. ‘“Intelli- gent analyzation of these problems cannot be done by berating and be-j fouling our. political opponents,” he added. “Democrats should devote their time and labors to finding the proper Procedures and means by which they may be of real service to the state if they are called upon to take over the teins of government. “Rather than waste time trying to find new ways and methods of profan- ing the personalities of our opponents, it is better that North Dakota Demo- crats devote their energies to study- ing the needs of the state and pre- senting practical solutions to the citizens.” In conference with prominent Dem- ocrats on various aspects of the cam- Paign, Moodie declared management of the campaign was being left en- tirely in the hands of the new party chairman, John C. Eaton of Fargo. Just when the campaign will be offi- cially launched has not been decided A ead executive committee, Eaton said. “The Democratic party feels it has an able group of men and women nom- inated for state office, a group whose strength lies in its unity. Each one of them would fill the state office each seeks efficiently,” Eaton said. “We are offering the citizens of 19-Ounce Baby’s Bracelet Is Ring The 19-ounce son of Mr. and Mrs, Biaggio San Filipito of Ham- monton, N, J., is so tiny that Nurse Hildegard Couney’s ring | serves as a bracelet. Mi ney, an incubator baby years ago, is caring for the infant, who was born three months prema- turely. She pir ete he, too, will jive, POLE DOG KILLS 25ND, A.C. SHEEP Animal Gets Away After Being Spotted by Worker; Guard Being Kept Cou- Fargo, N. D., Aug. 18.—(#)—A large German police dog, turned killer, slaughtered 25 sheep and maimed many more at the North Dakota Agri- cultural college, it was learned Satur- day. The dog visited the pens Mon- Gay at daybreak, killed 12, maimed two so severely they had to be dis- posed of and injured several others. A college worker spotted the animal, grabbed a club and drove him away. Wednesday night, the dog returned, but instead of attacking the sheep in North Dakota not only the Roosevelt new deal but also a brand new deal insofar as party and state office is concerned. There is not one candidate on the ticket who ever has held state| office before.” the barn killed 10 others in a shed several blocks away. Consistent watch is being main-/| tained at the college barns, with or- ders to watchmen to kill the dog on sight, Labatt Forced to Listen To Plans For His Murder Kidnapers, Irritated by News of Pursuit, Plotted Disposal of| Body Within Victim’s Hearing; Otherwise Well Treated, He Tells Family Hamilton, Ont., Aug. 18—(?)—To} sit for, several hours Wednesday, night and listen to a cold-blooded | discussion of what steps should be; taken to murder him and dispose of his body was the harrowing experi-| ence of John Labatt while he was held captive by kidnapers, it was earned from a source close to the family Saturday. In recounting his experiences with the kidnapers, Labatt is said to have informed his family that from the authorities were closing in on them. ‘The gangsters discussed in a cold- murder several telephone calls to Hugh La- batt, brother of the snatch victim, in an effort to arrange for payment of ransom, Threats of further reprisals against the family of the wealthy brewer, who was freed Friday after nearly three days in the hands of abductors, apparently sealed their lips on the case, Members of the famijy and assoc- iates steadily refuse to say whether the demanded $150,000 ransom had been paid. The 55-year old Labatt is recovering jin London, Ont., trom effects of his ordeal but Dr. W. F. Tillman said “his eyes are sore and inflamed from the adhesive tape used to blindfold him. T think he will be all right in a few days.” Chard was accused of demanding $5,000 “with menaces.” Police said the young Toronto man put through the telephone calls to Hugh. Labatt, brother who negotiated for the kid-|t nap victim’s release, early Thursday morning. Detectives arrested tim when he left the home of his parents—via the back door. Police said the calls were made from a service station. Au- thorities refused to state whether geet TH d [ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Fair Sunday; “eee The Weather PRICE FIVE CENTS -Huey Long to Reign Supreme Needy to Get Two Million Pounds of Beef WEEKS WRIT WILL TEST AUTHORITY OF OLSON T0 REMOVE Action Claims Acting Governor Exceeded His Jurisdiction In Ouster CONTENDS ‘CAUSE’ NEEDED Effect of Action Is Stay of Proceedings in Executive's Prior Petition Powers of Acting Gov. Ole H. Olson to remove J. J. Weeks as tax com- missioner were put to the test Sat- urday in an action filed in Burleigh county district court. | Brought on behalf of Weeks, the ‘action asks a writ of certiorari be is- i sued by the court, ordering the pro- ceedings in the removal action be brought before the court for review of removal shall be reversed. District Judge Fred Jansonius is- sued an order to show cause, direct- |ing Olson to show why the writ ; Should not be issued. The writ is re- turnable Aug. 27. Effect of the new action was to stay proceedings in a prior petition brought | by Olson for a writ of mandate, di- recting Weeks to turn over the office |to Lyman Baker, appointed by Olson | as tax commissioner. In his petition for the writ, Weeks | maintains Olson is attempting to re- move him without cause or opportu- nity to defend any charges made | against him, and that Olson has “ex- | ceeded the jurisdiction and authority conferred upon him as acting gover- nor of the state, by constitution and statutes.” Weeks further maintains Olson's order of removal is null and void and in excess of constitutional authority conferred upon the acting governor. He also asserts Olson “unlawfully and in disregard of the duties placed upon him by statute” issued a certifi- cate of appointment to Baker as tax commissioner. “Unless the said defendant is by appropriate writ enjoined and re- strained from exercising his jurisdic- tion as acting governor of this state in @ manner contrary to the consti- tution and statutes of this state, this relator will be deprived of his office,” Weeks asserts, “and said office will be filled and duties thereof performed by one appointed contrary to law and to the great detriment of the inter- ests of the state at large.” Maintaining the question is one concerning the state at large, Weeks Points out he applied to the attorney general for permission to maintain the proceedings in the name of the state and that such permission was given by Sathre. Still pending in the court is the mandamus proceeding brought by Ol- son. An order to show cause way he should not turn over the office di- rected apainst Weeks is returnable Aug. 21. Charles A. Veret, assistant attorney general, will appear on behalf of ‘Weeks and the state. JOHNSON TACKLES REVISION OF NRA Roosevelt Asks Recovery Chief To Make Needed Reforms In Set-Up Washington, Aug. 18.—()—Presi-| dent Roosevelt Saturday asked Hugh 8. Johnson to work out an NRA re- organization and to put it into effect. ‘The president went over tentative Plans of Johnson to set up a commis- sion form of administration for the national recovery act. After the White House conference, Johnson said he hoped soon to work new set-up and would take up the whole question then with Mr. Roosevelt. Meanwhile, Johnson is going to establish a vacation retreat in Dela- ware Bay from which he will keep in contact with Washinton by plane and wire. At the White House it was said Mr. to determine whether Olson's order} out detailed arrangements for the|last week was seven cars and these Abraham Appointment To Rolette Approved Talking Illness - Perils His Life His life periled by “talking sickness,” @ strange form of encephalitis, which has caused him to talk incessantly for nearly two weeks, Donald Campbell, 32, above, of Edi- son, O., fs gradually grow- ing weaker from loss of sleep. He speaks rapidly, then mum- bles incoherently, and occa- sionally laughs or cries, day and night. VICTIMS OF NAZIS PROSECUTION BACK PLEBESCITE MOVE Others Call Sunday Election ‘Childish Farce,’ Forced To Cast Vote Berlin, Aug. 18—(?)—Jews came forward Saturday to support Adolf Hitler in Sunday's plebiscite, called to approve his assumption of the powers of president. A statement of the National Ger- man Society of Jews said: “We find ourselves in agreement with the political testament of the honored Paul von Hindenburg. To the German fatherland belong also the life and soul of the German Jews who do not know any other father- land.” The statement said that after the post-war troubles “we welcome the national awakening since January, 1933, although it has brought us sor- om.” How one section of Berlin's Jewish} population feels about the plebiscite, | however, was indicated in a state- ment of several middle-class Jews to The Associated Press. They said they would cast ballots “because Nazi! pressure compels us”—but these votes will be blank. “This election is a childish farce,” said the wife of a Jewish merchant. “The Nazis have checked up on the residents of our apartment house and will see that we vote. The vigor of their electioneering shows they are none too sure of their ground.” The shouting and tumult of the Nazis’ rapid-fire campaign for popu- lar justification at the polls Sunday subsided Saturday. In a speech at Hamburg the chan- cellor emphasized the need of abso- lute loyalty among the storm troop- ers, whose ranks were “purged” by bullets the week-end of June 30. Regular Quotas ( Given In Cattle Shipments Only cattle appraised prior to July 26 may be shipped in the present weekly quota of cars allowed counties in the state, according to Martin C. Altenburg, assistant county agent. Burleigh county's allotment in the had been filled Friday, bringing the total of cars shipped to 180. Six more cars have been allowed for next week, he said. The number of cattle appraised to date under both old and new ap- praisals is 16,175. Of this number 8,- allows. Medora Seeks Return Of Roosevelt Cabin BROADEST POWERS 10 WIPE OUT FOES GIVEN TO KINGRISH Special Legislative Session Ends in Uproar, Slugging And Arrests BAR NEWSMEN FROM FLOOR Legislation Gives Huey Powers Over Elections, Courts And Guardsmen © Baton Rouge, La. Aug. 18.—(7)— The Huey P. Long machine Saturday held the broadest powers of military and political control ever conferred on a single faction in Louisiana. The Louisiana legislature handed over the powers to Senator Long in the early hours Saturday amidst a welter of parliamentary confusion, marked by exclusion of newspaper representatives from the house, slug- ging in the lobby, fist fights on the floor and arrests in various parts of the state house. Uroar and disorder such as has sel- dom been witnessed in Louisian’s al- ways tumultous legislature filled the closing hours of the assembly which Senator Long called to enact legisla- tion broadening his powers over elec- tions, the courts, the Nationla Guard and the local city and parish govern- ments throughout the state. Squads of state highway policemen and the state bureau criminal investi- gation officers in plain clothes swarmed through the state house thoughout the night as house and senate rushed through the long-en- dorsed measures in an after midnight session. Session Adjourns at 3:11 a. m. Senator Long, actively directing the course of business, remained to the end to see the last of his proposals put through. The legislature adjourned at 3:11 a. m., and a few minutes later, Politi- cal Dictator Long was escorted by 20 bodyguards down three flights of Stairs to a private door in the capitol basement where he entered his limou- ‘sine to be whisked away to a down- town hotel. In the closing hours of the assem- bly, after the house had voted to put newspaper representatives outeide the doors, Leo Trice, newspaper pho- tographer, attempted to snap Senator Long's picture and was slugged and knocked down a flight of starets, sus- taining a painful injury to the left side of his head. As reporters went to his rescue, his Photo plates were seized and carried away. His assailant went uaidentified. Exelusion of the press from the house chamber followed another of a long series of floor fights over Sena- tor Long's activity in the house. The anti-administration bloc was power- less to combat the Long-proposed legislation, but easily mustered the necessary ten votes to invoke an anti- lobbying rule to exclude Long from the floor. Fist Fight On Floor A fist fight ensued cn the house floor when dispute arose over the ac- tion of Rep. Rupert Peyton of Caddo, ® newspaperman by profession, in Walking down to the press table and announcing he would take down the Proceedings “and protect all the re- Porters on the outside.” Equipped with the broad powers ccnferred on him by the legislature, Senator Long Saturday prepared to Jeunch at once a new offensive against his arch foes of the New Orleans city government—with whom he is already at armed war—by invoking the legis- lative investigation which the assem- bly voted for him. Aimed at the regime of Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley who defeated the Long-picked candidates in last Jan. uary’s municipal election, and at the New Orleans civil courts from which have recently emanated a series of decisions against the Long faction, the inquiry will be conducted by a committee of four state senators and five representatives, granted the pow. ers of a court and unlimited as to Washington, Aug. 18—()}—The de- partment of agriculture urged ers and seedmen