The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 7, 1934, Page 1

R q ESTABLISHED 1873 ‘Scandal Sheet’ Edito Hostilities Increase Alo PRESIDENTS BOARD PUSHES. MEDIATION 10 SETTLE DISPUTE Chiefs of Opposing Factions Agree to Discuss Terms of Settlement 360,000 NOW IN WALKOUT Carolina Troops Continue on Duty as New Threats of Picketing Are Heard BULLETIN Washington, Sept. 7.—(?)—Chair- man Francis J. Gorman of the tex- tile strike committee said Friday after a conference with the president’s mediation board that the strike sit- uation was unchanged. Gorman was with the board about an hour. When he left, he said the strike committee would return for an- other conference Saturday morning. Washington, Sept. Francis J. Gorman, textile strike committee, and George A. Sloan, president of the cotton tex- tile institute, agreed Friday to meet President Roosevelt's new textile strike board within the next six hours. The conferences will mark the 7—(P)—Both of the New York for a conference cay evening. Between the ences, the board planned ert Bruere, chairman of Textile Industrial Relations board. The agreement of faction to confer followed closely Secretary’ Perkins is going to find a way out,” the labor department head said after conferring with the three men President Roose- vee named to attempt to halt the strike, Miss Perkins added she saw noth- ing irreconcilable in the positions of the strikers and the rs. As soon as they left the secretary's office, the new board members for the first time went to their own head- quarters. Start Work at Once Swinging quickly into action, they said they expected to have several conferences with those directly con- cerned with the strike Friday. Miss Perkins said the board’s first task would be to hear the “charges and counter-charges” of each side. re whether Pt cls r of the in- lustry would be heard had yet to be determined. one ” Miss Perkins, questioned by news- Papermen, declined to comment on the question of whether strikers should get federal relief further than to say that she did not think the government had ever financed or supported a strike, and that the number of strik- ers fed from relief funds had been very small. The board was confronted by a strike death toll of ten, injuries exceeding two score and several score arrests. Apprehension was expressed in some Quarters that fresh outbreaks of bloodshed would occur. Bitterness of the strike has been most evident in the southern areas where all ten deaths have occurred. Strike Estimates Grow Additional thousands joined the strike Thursday to swell private esti- mates of the total number of strikers to 360,000, more than half the oper- employed. (\ Francis J, Gorman, strike chief, said other international unions might call out thelr members in support of the textile walkout. Strike calls appeared imminent. in the hosiery. draper and silk dying industries. Cot- ton garment workers were under ord- ers to strike October 1, although this walkout was directly connected with the textile , National guardsmen continued on duty in North ahd South Carolina Friday ag’ fresh picketing attempts Were planned. Every unit was on Cuty in South Carolina and 11 com- panies were mobilised in North Car- ‘ina, athe New England area, which Thursday saw picketing expeditions Tesulting in the closing of more mills, Was comparatively quiet, although the Tanks of the strikers had been swell- ed in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Employers’ Opinions Conflict Conflicting views of the situation from the y viewpoint were expressed Thursday night. A. Sloan, president of the cotton textile |® institute, said the situation is decided- v better and “the tide is turning.” On the other hand, Arthur G. Besse, Spokesman for the woolen textile manuf asserted the strike was far more serious” than the previous es the number of mills John bg = president ‘of the Southern states industrial council, sent Fresident Reosevelt a telegram saying the action of the textile employes Clearly @ strike more against the Sovernment, the national industrial Tecovery aot, the code system and con- ‘tuted authority than against the ‘flected employers of labor.” e (Continued on Page 3). 7 nor, Henry 5 |Sendidate for United States THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1934 committee taking testimony. thenbush, f Senate Munitions Committee on the world armament traffic. SENSATIONS MARK SENATE PROBE OF MUNITIONS RING Astounding intimations of bribery, spy activity, profit splitting, and attempted tax evasion featured first hearings in Washington of the B Sensational evidence was given on the business connections of the Electric oat Company, Groton, Conn., submarine builders, with Sir Basil Zaharoff, European munitions “mystery man.” This picture shows the Principal figures are, 1, Senator Gerald P. Nye, North Dakota, committee chairman; 2, Stephen Raw- committee secretary; 3, Henry R. Sutphen, vice president, Electric Boat Company; 4, L. Y. Spear, vice president, afd 5, Henry P. Carse, president. SUCCEEDS CAIN AS HEAD OF STATE BAR Charles Foster Unanimously Elected President; Ses- sions to End Friday Charles Foster, Bismarck attorney, Thursday was unanimously elected president of the North Dakota State Bar association, succeeding State Sen- } ator J. P. Cain. Foster had been vice president of the organization for the past year. The association unanimously elected M. A. Hildreth of Fargo, widely-known at- torney throughout the state, as vice| president. | A battle developed on the floor for the position of secretary-treasurer of the association. Ballots were called for, and when the voting was over, R. E. Wenzel, incumbent secretary, had been re-elected. His opponent placed in nomination from the floor was B. F. Tillotson of Bismarck. Wenzel re- ceived 65 votes to 36 for Tillotson. ‘The day’s session ended with the balloting, which was the high point of activity. Various reports were submit- ted by committees, among them a re- port recommending that a series of radio talks be spons4:Xd ov problems of law and proceduy, ati that attor- neys of the state sponisct general ing activities. Pea rrtt Talks at Banquet The program Thursday ended with a banquet at which Andrew R. Sher- riff of Chicago was the principal rr. or his address Sherriff went back to the time several years ago when, upon invitation from David Lawrence, editor of the United States Daily, he addressed a national meeting of editors. Sherriff represented the American Bar association as chair- man of the committee for coopera= tion between the bar and press and at the time made a plea in the interests of proper education of the people to) ‘ist system. re ince then legitimate and educa- tional coverage has dominated the of American newspapers de- BIMARCK ATTORNEY State Gets 75 to 1 Return On Tax Monies Paid ’ Home Modernizing Series on Page 2 In keeping with the Better Hous- ing Campaign launched Thursday by Bismarck builders and materials dealers, the Tribune introduces in this edition an appropriate series of stories on home modernization, which will run daily for the next two weeks. You will find it profitable to fol- low this sound series for ideas and suggestions on how to get the maximum of beauty and comfort from economical expenditures. The first story in the series, for instance, deals with the kitchen, where the housewife spends so many hours each day, and tells her how to improve and beautify her kitchen at small saving to make that important department of the home more pleasant and efficient. The series is written by Roger B. Whitman, famous housing expert. Turn to Page 2. PROBE ORDERED IN ACTIVITY OF WARDEN Dell Patterson Faces Removal Under Statute If Charges Are Proven An investigation to determine whether Warden Dell Patterson of the state penitentiary engaged in politi- cal activity was ordered by Acting Governor Ole H. Olson Friday as he pointed to a law providing for removal of a Rig eeua or heads who are polt! active. Olson, in a letter to the board of administration, which appoints the ite the commercial aspects of sen- aaa! court reporting. which were the underlying motives for flam- boyant headlines in the early days, Sherriff said. ee Correct interpret system is a vital factor in the con- tinuance of the present form of gov- ernment, he points out. The news- in their power the means the people to & some nding of the jurist system. Mas Delve ca overning ql - Need for laws ay opera stom one means of reduc! Geath-toll bY sceldents in the state ssed Friday al las of the North Dakota State Bar association. Establishment 0! f the court f a driver's license regulation for operators of Each maintained in other ‘states was recommended by the com: mittee on comparative law. He ne G. Nilles is chairman of the cone tee together with E, J. Taylor fe Court Justice W. L. ‘Nuessle. (Continued on Page 7 TH) M’Lean Democrats Plan Party ' ts will hold MeLean county Oe mesday, SeP= @ rally at Garrison, Wednesiay: 7 cr Thomas tember 26 under the auspl Democratic Service league. ae iston, candidal Moodie of yy Holt of Grand Forks, jate Moses of Hazen, candid on the aenern will and John for attorney ram. y began ‘a Moodie banquet in the evening. rden, explained he had been “in- formed from sources I believe reliable” that Patterson had been taking part in politics. Olson’s letter was addressed to Nel- son Sauvain, chairman of the board of administration. ‘The letter said, “I am informed from sources that I believe to be reli- able that Mr. Dell Patterson, warden of the state penitentiary, has been and 1s continuing to be actively engaged in nae political activities. Vemtt appears to me that this is a tical influence or contribution pro- hibited: Any member or officer of the board of control or any officer or employee of a state institution sub- g be . Patterson 5 “Inasmuch as Illy] appointee of the board of admints- tration, I recommend that investiga- tion be made of these purported po- litical activities and that proper steps be taken to enforce the provisions of the law.” Hollywood, Sept. 7—()—The col- ony of screen stars of the future, the babies of film families, registered a new member Friday, a seven-pound boy born to Frances Dee and Joel Mc- Crea. ALLEGED POLITICAL, BREMER KIDNAPERS BELIEVED SEEN AT CLEVELAND HIDEOUT Photographs of Karpis and Barker Identified by Wit- ness; Women Held Cleveland, O., Sept. 7.— (®) —A Cleveland man who asked that his identity be withheld Friday identified photographs of Fred Barker, Alvin Karpis and Arthur Barker, kidnaping suspects, as those of men he had seen @ few days ago in a west side home. The identification was announced by police as they continued their in- vestigation of three well-dressed women arrested Wednesday night af- ter a brawl in a downtown hotel. Police had searched the home after the arrest of the women, and had found in it a slip of paper bearing the fingerprint classification of Arthur Barker, who with Alvin Karpis has been named by Attorney General Homer 8. Cummings as having been identified as leaders of the gang hich Edward G. Bremer, wealthy St. Paul banker, and suspect- ed of the kidnaping of William Hamm, Jr., St. Paul brewer. Neighbors told of seeing several men rush into the house, pull down the shades, and leave hurriedly a short time after the women were ar- rested. Investigation started when a police woman had the three women held af- ter they struck her. The trio, well dressed and carrying large sums of money and quantities of jewels, was accompanied by the child, who said her name was Francine Sawyer, the adopted child of one of the women. Taken to the county detention home, the three women have refused to talk, other than to say they are the wives of gamblers, police disclosed. One said she lived in Cleveland and had as her guests women from Toledo and St. Paul. The woman from St. Paul said the child is her adopted daughter. The child told of living on a farm near St. Paul with her z Meanwhile, in St. Paul federal de-| partment of justice agents Friday) swooped down on the “Swayer farm” near the city and took two persons into custody. Their identities were | An elder! taken by the federal agents in their secret raid. — nner North Dakota Gets 15Q Million for Recovery; Paid Less Than $2,000,000 MORE FUNDS FORTHCOMING Farm Credit Administration Alone Loans Farmers Over $92,000,000 Washington, Sept. 7—()—North Dakota, which paid less than $2,- 000,000 in federal taxes last year, has been allocated in excess of $150,000,000 of New Deal money in the name of recovery. September 1 figures were not at hand, but a survey Friday of available disbursements and allotments of the various alphabetical agencies disclos- ed a totai of $149,862,060. Most of the department fiscal reports were as of June and July with one dating back to May 31, hence an up to the minute ‘compilation would bring the figure well above the $150,000,000 mark. The bottom of the administration's treasure chest has not been reached and more millions will be poured into. the state before the emergency agen- cies are discarded. A hypothetical financial statement of amounts paid by the state into the national treasury since the in- ception of the New Deal in comparison with return from New Deal agencies would show an enormous balance in favor of the state. Internal revenue reports are available only up to June 30, the close of the fiscal year, but), they showed North Dakota individ- uals and corporations paid only $1,- 720,550 in federal taxes for the year— income, processing, beer, nuisance and all, Farm Loans Biggest Item The Farm Credit Administration, with its loans on farm mortgages, has been the largest single benefactor to the state, with loans and discounts outstanding on July 31 of $92,628,444. A breakdown of FCA agencies shows $60,282,075 came from the federal land bank, $17,785,513 from the land bank commissioner, $14,164,450 from the in- termediate credit bank and $396,406 to production credit associations. An additional $31,000,000 was ad- vanced under two Republican farm aid agencies, the regional agricultural credit corporation and emergency crop loan department, but this carryover is not included in the total. $500,000 DERIGT IN BOND INTEREST SBEN BY STANGLER Manager of Bank of North Da- kota Recommends Special Levy to Cover Need A deficit of more than $500,000 in the real estate bond interest payment, fund was forseen Friday by R. M. Stangler, manager of the Bank of North Dakota, in his recommendations for levy purposes to the state board of equalization. Stangler, in a report to the state industrial commission, outlined the expected deficit, recommended a levy to cover it, totaling $559,510.98, and suggested an additional levy in anti- Cipation of the possibility of the state legislature not extending the state law Providing for transfers of money from petal “pe fund. The law pro- vi for such payments ‘until July 1, 1935, iad In his report to the commission, Stangler pointed out, “I believe the state board of equalization in making @ tax levy for this fund should care- fully consider the possibility that this law may,not be extended or renewed as these funds are badly needed for road purposes, as originally intend- Suggests Levy Each Year “A small levy should be made each year, so that if North Dakota has crop failures in the future as it has had in the past, it will not be neces- sary for the legislature or the board of equalization to make excessive pro- visions in any one year to meet emer- gencies, such as was experienced in 1933, when the fund was completely exhausted and overdrawn and in ad- dition to that the state treasurer had borrowed $2,255,000 on certificates of indebtedness to meet the interest on outstanding North Dakota state bonds.” Stangler's statement of the fund showed: State treasurer's certificates of in- debtedness issued in 1934 for the real estate interest fund to the state hail department in anticipation of taxes to be levied thereafter, $300,000; ac- crued interest on certificates for one year to April 2, 1935, $6,750; real es- tate bond interest payable July 1, 1934, $962,522.84; real estate bond in- terest payable January 1, 1935, $926,- 522.84; real estate bond interest; pay- able July 1, 1935, $905,522.84; balance in real estate bond interest payment fund, after deducting all interest cou- Pons due up to July 1, 1933, $300,000, Stangler estimated a decrease in re- ceipts from motor vehicle registra- tion of $100,000, to bring a total in- come from this source of $1,000,000. He estimated collections and interest at $50,000, with the total on hand at July 1, 1935, of $2,503,807.54. Mortgage Interest Collected Stangler explained that from J: ary 1 to July 1, 1933, a total of $ 379.38 interest on farm mortgay was collected through “actual collec- tions and refinancing of mortgages which was on @ normal basis.” From July 1, 1933, to July 1, 1934, a total of $1,033,506.24 was collected in interest on farm mortgages through actual collections and refinancing of mortgages with federal land bank and commissioners loans. “Bince July 1, 1934, interest received on farm mortgages has been greatly reduced and it appears that from now on, the interest collections will be again practically on a normal basis,” Stangler said, “as during the first six months of 1933. The commitments received are somewhat smaller and on most of the mortgages that we are now working on, we find that before they can be closed in many cases all the motor vehicle fees to the bond]. Electric Boat Official Asserts He Aided Putting Solons on Job MORE SENSATIONS TO COME! Pope Contends Navy Sent Cruis- er to Turkey to Help Firm to Sell Washington, Sept. 7.—(#)—World- wide efforts to take the manufacture of armament out of the hands of pri- vate enterprise and place it under gov- ernment control were forecast Friday by members of the senate munitions investigating committee. ‘They made known their views as the committee resumed its inquiry which Thursday produced testimony that an official of the Electric Boat company asserted he had aided in placing two representatives—Fort of New Jersey and Martin of Massachusetts—on the House rules committee in 1928. Both Martin, still a House member, and Fort, who has retired, promptly denied that the official, Sterling J. Joyner, vice president and the com- pany’s Washington representative, had anything to do with their selection. Women Aided Selling The use of women and American warships in the sales of armament to foreign nations were two phases of the wide range of testimony gleaned Friday by the senate munitions com- mittee. Louis L. Driggs, an American ord- mance maker, was the witness as a series of documents anc letters went into the record. Among other things, they said that: Vickers, Ltd., English ally of the Electric Boat company, used women entertainers in efforts to promote sales in Turkey in 1929 to show a guns to Turkish offi- cial . The king of England intervened through the American embassador in London to hinder the sale of guns by an American concern to Poland. An American naval officer drew up plans for the defense of Colombian ports during the dispute with Peru over Leticia. The committee received from Ster- ling J. Joyner; a vice president of Electric Boat company, a disclaimer that he had ever asked favors of Former Representative Franklin Fort of New Jersey or Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massachu- setts, or that they had known he sought to have them chosen for the} House rules committee. | A letter presented Thursday de- Picted Joyner as taking credit for their selection to the committee, ‘The Colombian plans were described | by Driggs as having been prepared by Lieutenant Commander James H. Strong of the U. 8. navy and sub- mitted to the Colombian consul gen- eral ip New York. With them were Presented a price for which the Driggs Ordnance company agreed to set up the defense equipment. Strong has since resigned from the navy. Thursday's session developed that/ on Sept. 23, 1930, Ernest Lee Jahncke of Louisiana, then assistant secretary of the navy, wrote Johr Q. Tilson of Ccnnecticut, then House Republican leader, that contracts for two sub- marines would go to the Electric Boat company. Giving his views about the inquiry, Chairman Nye (Rep. N. D.) said that | his office had been swamped by thousands of letters from all parts of the country congratulating the com- mittee on its activity in disclosing the methods employed by private arma- ment manufacturers in marketing their wares. “It is one of the most amazing demonstrations of public interest and approval I've ever seen,” Nye told re- porters. “It speaks well for American public opinion and will, I and the committee hope, be the beginning of a new deal in American armaments without at the same time injuring our national defense.” of the interest and even a part of the principal will have to be discounted if loans are to go through. “Loans that have been refinanced were in a somewhat better standing than the pending loans to be refinanc- ed, where I am sure in many cases, Benefit payments to wheat growers who have complied with the farm ad- ly man and a woman were | ministration’s crop control restrictions be closed. totaled $10,160,771 on July 1. (Continued on Page Two) Cooperstown, N. ¥., Sept. 7.—(P) —Kissing each other good bye, Mrs. Eva Coo and Mrs. Martha Clift separated Friday, the former * to be driven to Sing Sing prison to await execution and the latter to imprisonment at Bedford Hills | prison for women. | They were taken in separate motor cars. Mrs. Coo was con- victed of the murder of Harry Wright and Mrs. Clift pleaded guilty to participation in the Mrs. Coo, 47, and Mrs. Clift, 28, | were driven away, both in tears, | two other ‘friends of the con- demned r, Gladys Shum- way and Edna Hanover, also Mrs. Coo Bids Friends Good-Bye Before Leaving for Death House weeping watched from the second weeping, watched from the second Mrs. Clift, Gladys Shumway and Edna Hanover testified against Mrs. Coo, ‘Mrs. Coo also bade goodbye to Harry Nabinger, her lover, who also testified against her. Neither conv: handcuffed. Mrs. wife of the sheriff, rode with Mrs. Coo, Sheriff Mitchell was in the automobile with Mrs. Clift. The Shumway and Hanover also kissed Eva before she left. \ Accompanying her on the motor ride to Sing Sing, where she is scheduled to be executed on Oct. 18, was James Byard, Jr., who had directed her defense. leven a part of the principal will have to be discounted if the loans are to “I might call attention to the fact that up to now there is a principal loss of $187,815.73 which was sustained through the sale of real estate for Jess than the principal amount in- vested and discounting of mortgages being refinanced with fed- eral land bank and commissioners loans. This principal loss will increase during the next year as we have quite @ few land deals in the process of being refinanced and I know the loss in some cases will be terrific.” Troops Concentrate Around New Orleans New Orleans, Sept. 7.—(#)—The full strength of the Louisiana national guard concentrated on the New Or- leans city limits Friday for the as- sumption by Senator Huey P. Long of dictatorial powers. National guardsmen estimated to number 2,000 converged on the city before noon—the hour at which the “Kingfish” takes over the powers con- ferred upon him by the acts of the recent special session of the séate leg- Jislature, RATE CONFERENCE AWAITS OFFICIALS Banks of FERA and Aughnay of Railroad Commission to Represent State Conferences between officials of railroads of the northwest and state and federal officials, regarding emer- gency feed tariffs in St. Paul, Fri- day awaited appearance of heads of the lines in the Twin Cities. Clyde Banks, in charge of the feed division of the state FERA adminis- tration, and F. P. Aughnay of the state railroad commission, are pre- pared to attend the conference. The two were to have left Thurs- day night, but were informed the railroad officials were not in the Twin Cities. 10 CCC YOUTHS HURT Valley City, N. D., Sept. 7—(P)— Ten Civilian Conservation Corps youths were injured, none seriously, when a big CCC truck loaded with 20 men from the Valley City camp) crashed into @ light roadster driven by Nick ‘esch, and overturned at a street intersection here Friday. Fair. increasing cloudiness Les aad ‘The Weather and Saturday; warmer tonight PRICE FIVE CENTS r Slain ng Strike Front Government Control. Of Munitions Urged GUILFORD SHOT 10 ~ DEATHN TYPICAL CANGSTERFASHON Former Partner of Victim De- clares Assassins Hired by Communists SOUGHT OLSON’S REMOVAL Newspaper Man Charged Min- nesota Governor Had ‘De- | bauched’ His Office Minneapolis, Sept. 7.—(?)—Howard Guilford, former Minneapolis pub- lisher of sensational Minneapolis weekly newspapers was shot down Thursday night by assassins “hired by Communists,” Jay M. Near, former partner of the murdered man, as- serted Friday. Near revealed he has received a letter threatening him with bodily harm, scrawled with indelible pencil. signed, and postmarked “Pittsburgh.” Near refused to reveal the name but said he had received two previous notes from the same author which at- tacked him for “anti-Communistic writings,” but did not threaten him. Guilford and Near achieved na- tional prominence several years when their publication “Saturday Press,” was suppressed under the Minnesota “gag law,” which later was held unconstitutional by the United States supreme court. Guilford, shot down by two gun- men while driving to his home in south Minneapolis early Thursday night, at one time also published the “Pink Sheet” in Minneapolis. Believes Killers Hired The writer of the threatening note sent Near said he would be in Min- neapolis Friday, Near said, to attend a meeting of “Local 574 of the Com- munist party.” He failed to add at what address the meeting would be held. “Undoubtedly Howard was killed by hired assassins,” Near said, “and I think the killers were hired by Com- them. Why, they've got millions be- sides the Russian government. “Of course, Guilford had plenty of Personal enemies, but I’m positive they had nothing to do with his mur- der. It was the Communists, I know it was,” he said. The writer of the threatening note to him, Near said, took part in the Minneapolis truck drivers’ strike in Minneapolis last May. He said the writer was a member of the Com- munist party and that a few weeks ago he received a letter from @ man in Indianapolis. “I understand he (the writer of the nete) used to be @ newspaperman,” Near said. “I'm not afraid of him and I don't take his writing or threats very seriously.” Guilford Fought ‘Reds’ Since July, Near said, Guilford had been giving lectures against the Com- munist party and also against the Farmer-Labor party of Minnesota. Guilford wrote many caustic and frank articles on vice and revealed personal incidents in the life of pub- lic officials and private citizens bring- ling him attention. Tt was the second attack on Guil- ford, whose “Saturday Press” figured in the famous Minnesota newspaper suppression law case before the United States supreme court. In 1927 he was shot and wounded seriously by unidentified assailants. Police Friday sought his slayers and a motive for the latest attack. One of the gunmen, deliberate in his ac- tions, stuck a shotgun from the win- dow of his car and blasted away at Guilford’s head. The one shot, which shattered the windows of the victim's car, was fatal. After pausing mo- mentarily to confirm the effectiveness of the shot, the assassins’ car sped away and authorities Friday were without a clue to their identity. Single Witness to Shooting Despite the hour of the shooting, after 6 p. m., there was only one wit- ness and he was unable to give au- thorities a description of the gunmen, who drove a maroon coupe bearing yellow license plates, (Continued on Page Two) Teacher and Pupil Ask Bar Admission Teacher and pupil Friday stood be- fore the state supreme court to re- ceive admission to the star bar. The two are Elvira Deloris Bitzen, professor of lew at the University of North Da- kota, who held @ Minnesota certifi- cate. Miss Bitzen was admitted after she had completed and passed her state bar examinations, but had not suf- ficient legal educational qualifica- tions. She has since completed her studies. Severson was admitted by motion. Navy Second to None Is Japanese Policy Tokyo, Sept. 7—(P)—Japan des- nitely committed itself Friday to a policy of being second to none in naval armament. The empire determined to renounce the present scheme of naval limita- tion, and demand in naval matters = ranking in all respects equal to that of the United States and Great Britain. ‘The formal policy received the ap- pom of the nation’s highest author- jes, °