The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 6, 1934, Page 1

Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1934 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Partly cloudy and warmer to- night and Friday. PRICE FIVE CENTS First Blood Shed in Strike Better — Campaign Under Way in City NATIONAL, HOUSING AcTINVOKED 0 AD BUILDING INDUSTRY Bismarck Builders and Mater- ials Dealers Unite in Vig- orous Campaign DESERVING CAN GET LOANS Strenuous Effort Launched to Aid Property Owners and Builders Alike Bismarck’s builders and materials their opening campa! Capital City property owners to mod- ernize their homes and buildings un- der the helping hand of the National Housing Act. On pages 7, 8 and 9 of this edition of the Tribune, the builders in unison invite the attention of property own- ers throughout the Bismarck ates to energetic program designed to up the bullding industry here, is just getting under way. Committees will heanemunons: in the acquaint owners with features of the drive and to point Sut how 46 vas come’ o> Points to In a statement Thursday, Goddard said “The better housing program, sponsored by Uncle Sam under the National Housing Act, is our program. No matter what your business, it will Pak money io Ter De Se ae ce opportunity it presents to *eiMoney spent in our locality for re- and property im- pleasant speed | described “musty” or “moldy” Before and After Remodeling | ‘These illustrations show how a home, run-down in appearance, can be completely transformed into an aasotene livable dwelling with a Uttle modernization operat WATER SUPPLY PURE DESPITE BAD TASTE, GY OFRIGALS FIND Efforts Made sounds Remove Ob- ’ jectionable Substances; Water-Level Low. . ~ taste that has developed in the city water within the last week is in no way detrimental tw health, Dr. A. M. Fisher, city health officer, reported Thuraday.. ‘The ob! city’s filtration plant and the state health laboratory and proved spite its un) \tness and water, after treatment, was by treating it with activated carbon are being conducted Regardless of the fact that the Mis- souri river is within seven-tenths of a foot of the lowest point it has ever Teached, | a8 Bige , Acting Governor 4 Strong on Comeback ilsil gars as ae I i Be BAR WILL CONSIDER MEASURE 10 SPEED CRIME PROSECUTION {President Cain Telle Gr Cain Tells Group Pro- posal Would Speed Up Law Enforcement Speedy prosecution without deny- ing constitutional or legal rights of defendants is provided for in a pro- posed law to be considered by the association, James P. Cain of Dickin- son, president, told members of the North Dakota Bar at the opening session of the annual convention here Thursday. The report of the committee which has been studying the problem of criminal law, outlining Te- codification for adoption or rejection by the association, will come before the assembly Thursday afternoon. The proposed enactment would simplify the procedures pertaining to informations and indictments, elim- inating technical formalities and per- mitting the charging of a act by simple and direct language, Cain explained. He pointed out that the report, while it may only concern one feature of the Bar association’s program, never- | jy, theless will do away with much delay now occasioned by cumbersome and technical pleading on the part of the Prosecutor. The provisions, he s-id, contemplate speedy prosecution but it does not deny any constitutional or legal right. Nation-Wide Reform Needed Cain outlined the program of the Bar association in conjunction and cooperation with other bar associa- he country. The criminal ,|1aw and enforcement feature is one of + four subjects studied by the associa- tion in the last year. The other three are legal education and admission to the bar; authorized practice of law. “North Dakota,” Cain said, “is free of many criminal evils which have invaded other sections of the coun- try.” He called on attorneys to take the initiative in keeping crime outside the state, the YOUTHS SOUGHT FOR MURDER OF DENTIST NABBED IN CHICAGO Palmquist and: Swenson Cap- tured at Home of Sister; Bloody Shoes Found NO RESISTANCE OFFERED Alleged Slayers Unarmed Ex- cept for Pocketknives; Have $30 in Pockets BUBLETIN T Addresses Bar [ J.P. CAIN As president of the State Bar asso- elation, Senator J. P. Cain, Dickinson, made the response to Former | Governor George F. Shafer's welcome Tuesday night with a hammer. Chicago, Sept. 6.—(7)}—Two Minne- of slaying Dr. ‘The suspects, Robert Palmquist and Palmer Swenson, told the police they had arrived late Wednesday night on Q bus from js. Admitting their identities, they deried any con- nection with the fatal beating istered to the Minnesota dentist, with whom they had been seen before the apolis by bus Wednesday night with the brother-in-law, Robert Palmquist, only to walk into the arms of three pao oie them at the home as 3 “Come clean, come clean,” Palm- quist urged Swenson as the former emerged from an examination by the Police. ‘Then he added to newspapermen, “I came clean.” They had about $30 in their pockets, and were unarmed, except for pocket- knives. The youths will be returned immed!- ately to Fergus Falls where a coroner's Jury named them in its verdict. The two were reported to have been the last persons seen with Dr. Schacht after he started out Tuesday night to make collections on patients bills. His failure to return home led to discov- ery Wednesday of his body on a road five miles south of here. Victim Beaten Over Head Dr. Schacht had been beaten on the head and the coroner's jury de- cided he came to his death “by means Swenson, either jointly or separate- Testimony at the inquest was that Palmquist owed the dentist money and took him to Swenson’s home osten- sibly to collect $30 from his brother- in-law. The three later were seen in Dr. Schacht’s automobile. Discovery early Wednesday of Dr. Schacht’s keys beside a pool of blood on a road four miles from here led fishing trip found the body by the Otter Tail river. A blood-stained hammer found nearby apparently was the weapon used by the slayers. Dr. Schacht’s pockets had been emptied of money but on his fingers were left two diamond rings. Palmer Swenson, being held for ‘Swenson, according to Fort Lincoln records, enlisted in the U. 8. Army at Fargo, March 27, 1934. He was & try. On August 8 he was reported absent without leave and subsequently was dropped August 17 when he failed to return. Captain Connor said he had heard nothing of Swenson since he took his leave during a hike troops made to Brush Lake. ‘speedy Treasurer Calls in and certain prosecution is a crime Burleigh Warrants A call for the payment of all Bur- leigh county warrants numbered be- tween 3,000 and 3,100 was issued Thursday by Ernest Elness, county treasurer.. Warrants called total, $5,538.29, Elness said. Police Pity Him {| the But Not for Long | |__ But Not for Long e7e8 of North Dakota lawyers to the city. The annual meeting of the attorneys, which opened Thursday morning, will VIDENGE UNCOVERS CLOSE ALIANGE OF MUNTION CONCERN Electric Boat of U. S. Had ‘Agreements’ With Eight Foreign Companies ‘GREASED’ DEALS SHOWN Turkish Minister of Defense Was to Have Received $12,000 for Contract Washington, Sept. 6—()—Evidence that the Electric Boat company, America’s foremost submarine build- ers, maintained close “agreements,” not only with Vickers, Ltd., of Eng- land, but also with leading shipbuild- ing concerns of Holland, Belgium, continue through Friday. DISCONTINUANCE OF REDUCED RATES FOR FEED IS PROTESTED Olson Points Out Emergency Greater Now Than When Lower Fees Were Given Acting Governor Ole H. Olson Thursday headed a storm of protest from North Dakota against discon- tinuance _« and st into drouth areas, term- ing the action “unfair and short- sighted.” Federal, state and county authori- ties moved forward immediately in an attempt to obtain reconsideration by railroads. Members of various boards of coun- ty commissioners protested in tele- grams to Olson and to the state rail- road and warehouse commission, ask- ing that the rates be reinstated. State FERA authorities conferred with ‘Washi officials by long distance telephone, and efforts were being made for a conference, probably in the twin cities, between railroad heads and emergency directors. In telegrams to heads of four rail- roads, and to federal authorities at Washington, Acting Gov. Olson said, “Believe your action revoking emer- gency freight rates on feed unfair and shortsighted. Unfair, because many commitments have been made by counties, companies, individuals and Telief agencies relying on continua- tion of emergency rate. Emergency many times greater now than when rates were inaugurated. More reasons exist now for continuation of rates than before. Shortsighted because new rates will destroy plan to retain foundation herds on farms, setting back recovery six years or more. No farmers with stock, no freight; no freight, no railroads. Speaking for drouth-stricken farmers, grimly fight- ing for existence, I appeal for con- tinuation of emergency rates on feed.” Telegrams were sent to Charles Donnelly, president, Northern Pacific; W. P. Kenney, president, Great North- ern; C. T. Jaffray, president, Soo Line; H. H. Scandrett, president, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific, and to E. W. Sheets, director of the drouth relief service at Washington and the interstate commerce commission. The rates expired Sept. 4, after be- ing extended from original date of July 5. They went into effect June 4 of this year, and provided for one- third reduction of tariffs on shipments of whole grain for emergency purposes and of 50 per cent for hay. Former Educator at U. of N. D. Succumbs Minot, N. D., Sept. 6—(#)—Mrs. M. A. Brannon, wife of an early day dean at the University of North Dakota, who in more recent years had served as chancellor of the Greater University of Montana, died Monday of heart disease while at his summer home on the shores of Lake Superior near On- tonagon, Mich. Death occurred at the cabin of Dr. Brannon’s daughter and son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. L. D, Ballard. Mr. and Mrs, Brannon left Helena, Mont., more than a year ago, when id reared from the position of chan- cellor, At the time of her marriage to Dr. Brannon 11 years ago, Mrs. Brannon was dean of women at Beloit College in Wisconsin, Aluminum Industry Strike Is Settled Pittsburgh, Sept. 6—(#)—The alum- inum strike which has kept 8,700 workers idle for a month was de- clared over Thursday after a 15-hour conference between union representa- tives and officials of the Aluminum Company of America. The National Council of Aluminum Workers, which called out its mem- bers August 10, telephoned them early ‘Thursday morning to return to their Jobs Friday Xeduced rates on grains}. Norway, Russia, France, Spain, Italy and Japan, were laid Thursday be- fore the senate munitions committee. Featuring Thursday's session was evidence that the Turkish minister of defense in 1924 was to have received $12,500 if the Electric Boat company got a contract to build a submarine for Turkey. A letter put into the committee rec- ord from H. H. Johnston, a repre- sentative of the New London, Conn., company to L. Y. Spear, a vice presi- dent, spoke of $25,000, half of which was to go to the minister of defense if the company got the business. Bid Italian Firm It was bidding against an Italian firm. “I know that this fs irregular,” Johnston wrote, “but it was the only chance to do business there and we took it.” ‘The Italians got the business, how- Letters about the contracts in which Great secrecy was used and men were referred to by numbers were put into the record. Testimony that the state depart- ment refused permission in 1929 for an American concern to sell submar- ines to Russia also was given the com- mittee. Spear said Amtorg, the Soviet trad- ing corporation in New York, had asked about the prospect of buying undersea, boats from the American concern. “We referred the matter to the state department,” said Spear, “and were told that we should not sell such equipment to Russia. Naturally, the thing went no further.” President Backs Probe The senate munitions committee carried the assurance of President Roosevelt Thursday that there will be no interference with its war profit study. Backed by this guarantee, the com- mittee turned to evidence that Ameri- can concerns did a big business behind the scenes of the Pan-American con- ference last winter at Montevideo. The committee had received word that certain government department and munitions manufacturers’ repre- sentatives wanted to confer with it about keeping some evidence from op- en hearings. The group met in exe- cutive session, but the representatives did not appear. Committee members said that at first some of the government depart- ments had been reluctant to turn over certain files about the activities of munitions manufacturers, but that President Roosevelt had sent word to make the information available. Chairman Nye (Rep. N. D.) told reporters he would present evidence that American concerns cooperated with foreign munitions makers in dis- seminating armament propaganda in Europe. Montevideo Situation Studied Officials of the Electric Boat com- pany of New York testified in the third day of the hearing as to wheth- er they were ir the group of Ameri- cans who it has been testified took advantage of mutual suspicions of Latin-American countries’ jealousies to work behind the curtains at the Montevideo peace meeting. These officials had denied they sent representatives to any peace or disarmament conference. After winding up with this com- a. which builds submarines, Sena- tor Pope (Dem., Idaho). planned to switch the inquiry into the Driggs or- dinance and engineering company and the reported use of the American naval cruiser Raleigh as a “show case” in 1929 in an effort to sell Tur- key a special type of anti-aircraft gun. L. L. Driggs, company president, failed to sell to Turkey sixty guns. But the navy, Pope said, sent the cruiser to Turkey in the hope that Driggs could make the sale, enlarge his plant and thereby give this country more gun manufacturing facilities. Saying he expected to show how munitions men worked at Montevideo, Senator Nye added: “There is pretty good authority that may or may not be developed, indicating that while statesmen were at work on one side of the curtain trying to accomplish understanding ‘and peace and to get together in those South American countries, on the other side of the same curtain at work were representatives of muni- tions makers, writing orders that were occasioned by such fear and suspi- cion as they were able to build up in the minds of neighboring cqpntries down there.” | ar ea | Acts for Employers f George A. Sloan, chairman of the Cotton Textiles Code Authority, the first established under NRA, and vir- tual spokesman of the textile em- ployers, Thursday said the president’s mediation board would receive “the utmost respect” from employers in negotiations for settlement of the giant strike. BROTHER CONFESSES TO IGE BOX DEATHS OF YOUNG SISTERS Girls, Age 6 and 7, Die of Suffo- cation for Failure to Wash Dishes Sacramento, Calif, Sept. 6—()— Sixteen-year-old Cerivino Paivia, who authorities say criminally attacked his two young sisters and locked them in an ice box to die of suffocation feces murder charges Thursday. The youth confessed, District Attor- ney Neil McAllister said, shortly after the funerals of the girls, Mary 7, and Maryann, 6, Wednesday. He was quoted by McAllister as saying he locked his sisters in the ice box, knowing they would die, because they did not wash dishes to suit him. McAllister said two murder and in- cest complaints, sworn to by Deputy Sheriff Charles Ogle, will be filed with a request the youth be turned over to the juvenile court for pun- ishment. The little ss, two of the 11 child- ren of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Paiva, were found dead in the ice box at the parents’ ranch at Wilton, near here, Saturday night. Cerivino confessed, authorities said, after his brother James, 9, broke down and admitted he had seen the girls shut in the ice box, from which food and ice had been removed to make room for them. Mandan Youths Given Sentence for Robbery Jack Hecker and Ted Gruber, Man- dan youths who confessed robbing the Purity Dairy Company plant here last November, have been sentenced to indeterminate terms of two to five years in the state penitentiary. Charges against Joe Schane, ac- cused by Hecker of aiding in the rob- bery, were dismissed on motion of State's Attorney C. F. Kelsch when the three appeared before District Court Judge H. L. Berry Wednesday afternoon. Hecker, who in his confession said Schane participated in the robbery, refuted this statement, declaring he made the charge because a detective working on the case had promised him leniency if he involved Schane ‘Capitol Custodian { | Collects ‘Leavings’ ee eee E. M. Nelson, superintendent of the new $2,000,000 state capitol building, is contemplating open- ing first, a jewelry store; second, a pawn shop; third, a beauty par- lor, On hand, awaiting their owners is enough merchandise to begin business in almost any of the three. Dozens of compacts have been found by janitors, lipsticks, brace- lets, handkerchiefs, rings and watches make up the “treasure trove” in the lost and found room at the capitol. Men’s and women’s purses are among the things lost, but not for . The owners sooner or later appear for their purses, par- ticularly if they contain money. Trinkets remain the longest, Nel- son explained. SOVIET NEGOTIATIONS FAIL Washington, Sept. 6.—(?)—Soviet- American negotiations for a settle- ment of debts and claims totaling more than $500,000,000 virtually col- lapsed Thursday as a result of an- VIOLENCE GROWS AS PRESIDENT'S BOARD TACKLES PROBLEMS 10 Dead, 41 Injured and 64 Ar- rests Is Record for Third Day of Walkout LITTLE HOPE FOR PEACE Walkout Figure Increases to 336,000 With Morp Ex- pected to Join Move Washington, Sept. 6.—(#)—Death and increasing violence marked the textile strike Thursday as a presiden- tial board of inquiry began to delve into the many ramifications of the controversy. Ten dead, 41 injured and 64 arrests was the record Thursday shortly after the general strike in the textile in- dustry had entered its third effective day. Union leaders were exerting Pressure through pickets and “flying squadrons” to close milis not yet shut down. Empowered to acts as arbitrator if requested, the president's board gave seme hope of settlement, although neither the employers nor the work- ers gave any indication they were ready to arbitrate their differences. Francis J. Gorman, national strike chief, expressing the hope the board's inquiry would lead to a fair settlement, nevertheless declared: “We're going to keep on striking.” George Sloan. President of the cotton textile insti- tute, said the board would receive the “utmost respect.” Later in the day Gorman said othe: international unions might call their members out in support of the tex- tile strike. The strike spread swiftly Wednes- day, attended by growing strife re- sulting in two deaths, injuries to two score persons and increased tension in all textile areas. Many more mills closed down completely and there were indications others would follow suit Thursday. Strikers Increase to 336,000 Approximately 336,000 workers had joined the movement as the strike entered its fourth day, an Associated Press survey showed. This would in- dicate the walkout was approximate- ly 50 per cent effective over the en- tire cotton, woolen and silk industry which normally employs in the neigh- borhood of 650,000 workers. The in- dependent figure was challenged by both union leaders and manufectur- ers. The strike leaders asserted the number of workers now on strike had reached 450,000. Employers, although making no estimates of the number La contended the total was less by far. The board of inquiry named by President Roosevelt at Hyde Park Wednesday comprises Governor John G. Winant of New Hampshire, Ray- mond V. Ingersoll, Borough president of Brooklyn, and Marion Smith, At- lanta attorney and son of the late Hoke Smith, former United States senator and governor. The board is directed to inquire in- to the complaints of the textile work- ers and into the problems of the em- ployers, and to “consider ways and means of meeting said problems and complaints.” It is directed to re- Port to the secretary of labor not later than October 1. The board is also authorized to act, upon request of the parties to the tex- tile dispute, as a board of voluntary arbitration or to select an arbitrator. The gigantic walkout increased steadily as thousands in the south, New England and Middle Atlantic states joined the picket lines. Seven persons were known to be dead in South Carolina. At least six were killed at Honea Path in a battle between workers and a “flying squad- ton” seeking to prevent Chiquola mills from opening. A striker was shot six times and killed at Greenville, 8. C., in friction between strikers and police officers guarding the Dunean mills. (Continued on Page Two) Four Hurt in Auto Crash Near Eldridge Jamestown, N. D., Sept. 6—(#)— Four persons were injured, none se- riously, when two automobiles col- lided Wednesday night about sever miles west of Eldridge. The injured, all of whom were brought to Trinity hospital here, are A. G. Porter, state's attorney of La- Moure county, and Mrs. Porter ot Edgeley, and John R. Montgomery, Hubbardwoods, Ill., attorney, and Mrs. Montgomery. Porter suffered a broken nose and severely bruised and scratched hand: and legs; Mrs. Porter, past Eeesina of the North Dakota American Le: gion Auxiliary and past national com- mitteewoman of that organization, cut face and legs; Montgomery, sev- eral broken ribs and bruises and scratches, and Mrs. Montgomery. fractures of the hip bones. State and Federal Workers Total 649 A census of “all employes in toe. 324 federal employes, according to E. M. Nelson, superintendent. FERA employes are housed in com- mittee rooms of the legislative divi- sion of the building. A number of others are on the upper floors of the other unsatisfactory discussion of set- | tower. tlement terms between Assistant Sec- retary of State Moore and Alexander | Troyanovsky. the Soviet ambassador. Pployes more than the building was designed for. Nelson said, as a