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

“ Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Unsettled tonight and Wednesday, Probable showers, warmer tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1934 Tax Lev Nome, SHORTAGE OF FOOD IMPERILS CITY IN WAKE OF DISASTER Citizens Plead for Help from United States; Red Cross Rushes to Aid LOSS IS OVER $2,000,000 Two Dead, Numerous Injuries As City Continues to Battle Raging Flames Nome, Alaska, Sept. 18.— () — Alaska’s famous city of gold lay in smoking ruins Tuesday with two dead and a property loss estimated as high as $2,000,000. Faced by a definite food shortage and an early winter which will lock the city’s roadstead with ice, Nome’s homeless citizens pleaded for imme- diate aid from the States. “We must have help from outside, ly,” said Dr. Rex M. Swarts, the beat the winter's ice into the harbor. Starting from a spark on the roof of the Golden Gate hotel Monday, flames roared through the wooden town, leaping from building to build- ing, and then from block to block. Efforts of firemen, aided by men, women and children were futile. Federal buildings, the Miners and Merchants bank, every grocery store and restaurant, all of the hotels but one fell bfore the flames. + Two Burned to Death ‘Two Eskimos were trapped by the flames. They burned to death. George Maynard, publisher of The Nugget, Nome’s daily er and Associated Press it anid his son, Russ Maynard, sent the story of the destruction of their city and newspaper while their property burn- ed to the ground Monday. Father and son struggled to rescue parts of their equipment in the burn- ing plant between trips to the signal corps station at the outer edge of the city to send dispatches to the Seattle Associated Press bureau. Buildings .were dynamited as the blaze raced Tuesday toward Front St. A-number of white persons were in- jured. At the hospital—one of the few buildings to escape the fire—phy- sicians said several were in a serious condition. Most of the city’s food supply was he fire—a must be brought in nays BRE ala i uel ail e Get Superior Navy recruits, superior in partments to those in F stand at the head of the lists in gen- eral intelligence tests, the report showed. PRICE FIVE CENTS Cut to 4.35 Mills Alaskan Gold City, Wiped Out by Fire [faces Murder Garren Her Dean WALKOUT EXTENSION = Diora Cour, , WARNED FIRMS mer Bryon, Wis. after being brought there. Asi Arnold, 22, unconscious in a ditch near Miss Arnold died in a Fond du Lac hospital a half hour Authorities attribute the crime to quarrels between the couple and between Kilmer and her parents, in which po- lice were called. Suspect and victim are shown above. Kilmer has . entered a plea of not guilty. STEADY GROWTH OF COOPERATIVE GRAIN MARKETING IS SEEN ¢|Farmers National Reports Sub-| stantial Progress; Profitable Year Predicted: Chicago, Sept. 18—(?)—Steady and substantial growth of the co-opera- tive grain market movement in the United States was cited Tuesday by C. E. Huff, president of the Farmers National Grain corporation, in his annual report to stockholders. “Operations of the corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, showed a loss of $662,503.87 after charging off liberal depreciation and absorbing a number of non-recurring losses,” Mr. Huff stated. “The capi- tal of the corporation, $1,048,200, was uttimpeired, surplus totaled $64,178.13 and reserves $910,582.56. During the Period from July 1 to Aug. 31, 1934, however, the corporation handled 40,- 160,108 bushels of grain, in the face of cereal crop within two rations, and made a net profit of ee. More than equal to last 8 loss, “As of Aug. 31, your corporation had & capital of $1,048,200, surplus and un- divided profits of $747,360.17 and re- ‘serves of $910,583.56, such reserves be- FAMILY OF NATIONS WELCOMES RUSSIA jLeague Votes to Formally Admit Soviets Despite Swiss Protests Geneva, Sept. 18—(?)—The assem- bly of the League of Nations Tuesday elected Soviet Russia into member- \ship. The vote on the admission of Rus- sia was 39 in favor, 3 in opposition, and 7 not voting. ‘The election took place before a packed assembly hall which had taken on a gala atmosphere for the occasion. Another big crowd assembled at the Quai Mont Blanc, before the hotel where Maxim Litvinoff, Russian for- eign commissar, was expected to stay. Immediately afterward the assem- bly concurred in the council’s decis- jon to grant Russia a permanent seat in the league council. The proceedings vador de Madariaga of Spain present- ing the report of the political com- mittee recommending the admission of Russia into the league. De Mad- arlaga said the committee had dis- cussed the matter with calm and moderation, indicating that the league could pursue its labor with a spirit of cooperation which would permit the solution of grave problems. eee = ans ANGUS ‘With greatly reduced operating costs’and improved methods, he added, the current fiscal year gives every promise of net profits. Advocating continued support of the lederally - approved codes covering grain exchanges and country elevat- ors, Mr. Huff asserted they “can ‘be of alp ko the Bosopecaseiae It solu: ly planned and administered.’ “NRA officials,” he added, “have had little conception of the labor operatives; maintenance of grain change code provisions which restrict daily price fluctuations; and enact- ment of legislation for the regulation of exchange. escape last October, Tuesday after his break from Hamp- ae it | tery. SET FOR THURSDAY an Died Saturday Follow- ing Fracture of Leg Puneral services for Mrs. Anna Johnson, pioneer widow of Grass Lake township, who died Saturday after fracturing her leg in a fall several weeks ago, will be held at 2:30 p. m., ‘Thursday, at the Sunne Lutheran church in Ecklund township. Rev. Herman Johnson of Bismarck will officiate and interment will be made in the Ecklund township ceme- A short service at the farm home will precede the church cere- mony. Mrs. Johnson was born May 5, 1866 in Norway. She lived in Minnesota for several years after coming to the United States before moving to North Dakota. She was married to Daniel Johnson while living in Min- nesota. Her husband died 21 years ago. She leaves seven children and 15 grandchildren. One son, Orlando lives at Ingram, Wis. The other children live at Wilton. They are Mrs. William Johnson, John, sone Harry, Dorothea and Aman- opened with Sal-| day. Pioneer Burleigh County Wom-| ing for another 10 ALL INDUSTRIES INCREASES TENSION 11,000 National Guardsmen Now on Duty in Trouble Zones of Six States GORMAN NOTES PROGRESS No Disorder in South or in New England; Martial Law In Georgia ‘Washington, Sept. 18—()—Amid a tense atmosphere, national leaders of the vast textile strike gathered Tues- day to consider quick extension of the walkout call to every cloth-maker of the nation. As militiamen’s bayonets gleamed in north and south and “flying pickets,” seized in @ dramatic sortie by Georgia troops, languished behind barbed wire in an interment camp, the strike leaders prepared for a fight to the finish. The executive council of the United Textile workers, headed by Presi- dent Thomas F. McMahon, convened to latest reports of the strike, now in its third week. Besides the task of deciding’ whether 100,000 rug dying, underwear, rayon and carpet workers should be called out, the strike lead- ers also expected to discuss the ques- tion of relief. zi A senatorial investigation into the sale of tear gas bombs for use in the strike threatened. Senator Bone (Dem., Wash.) said the munitions comraitteee would inquire into the source of gas used by authorities. Officials of Federal Laboratories, Inc., of Pittsburgh, and United States ord- mance engineers of Cleveland, which maunfacture gas, are to be ques- tioned. Strike Gréwing, Bays Gorman ‘The net result of mill owners’ drive to resume operation was a matter of intense dispute. Against the man- agement’s claims of gains, Francis J. Gorman, chairman of the national strike committee, declared “the strike is bigger than it was on Saturday.” Peace seemed further away than ever with 11,000 national guardsmen mobilized for strike duty in six states. In all sections of the textile terri- tory many plants that had been closed by strikers’ “flying squadrons” were opened. Workers returned to their jobs by the thousands while other thousands of workers joined the ranks of the idle for the first! time to keep the total number—ap- (Continued on Page 3) STATE UNIVERSITY BEGINS FALL TERM Year Students Seen by Registrar Wilson Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 18—(?)— With definite indications of a size- able increase in enrollment, the Uni- versity of North Dakota will open its 1934-35 term with registration Tues- Four hundred and ten freshmen wrote English placement tests Mon- day, a 25 per cent increase over the number of first-year students taking the pre-registration examinations & year ago. Registrar R. O. Wilson reported also an increase in the number of upper- Classmen obtaining registration ma- terials in advance of the enrollment. day, bearing out earlier indications that attendance would exceed that of the 1933-34 term. Simultaneously with the university and in connection with that institu- tion, Wesley college will conduct regis- tration Tuesday. PRESIDENT WATCHES RACE Newport, R. I., Sept. 18.—(#)—Hop- Perfect racing day for the America’s cup contenders, Presi- dent Roosevelt returned to Newport harbor after the oe RUTH CHATTERTON Los Angeles, Sept. 18.—(?)— George Brent was described as a “sulky, unreasonable and domi- neering” husband in a complaint which brought his two-year-old marriage to Ruth Chatterton, actress, into the divorce courts ‘Tuesday. WISCONSIN VOTERS ENGAGE IN HEATED Progr Led by La Fol- lette Brothers, Break Up Former Alignments President Roosevelt and the Republicans asking for a repudi- ation of the “experimental theorists” ot the national administration, Wis- consin voters marked their ballots in the primary election Tuesday for what may be a test of the “New Deal” in- fluence in this state. The ballot was one of the largest in Wisconsin's history, due chiefly to the fact that the LaFollette progres- sives are competing for votes as a new party in a four-cornered contest with Republicans, Democrats and Social- ists. Heretofore the LaFollettes fought, their primary ballots In the Repub- lican column. Howard T. Greene, Republican can- didate for governor, declared in a last minute campaign statement that his party does not question the personal honesty of the president but objects to his surrounding himself with advis- ers “who have untold harm to the farmers and workers of Wiscon- sin.” ys In contrast with the stand of the Republicans is that of the five candi- detes for the Democratic senatorial nominations and three Democratic candidates for governor, all of whom campaigned on Roosevelt platforms. Tuesday spending night on board the yacht Nourmahal in Buzzard’s Bay off the Massachus- etts coast. Challenging the Democrats for the vote of the Roosevelt supporters are U. 8. Senator Robert M. LaFollette Jr., unopposed for re-election on the new party ticket and his brother, Phillip F. LaFollette, candidate for governor. ‘The Republican choice for the sen- ate is John B. Chapple, of Ashland, who has no opposition. AAA Almost Doubles Sheep Buying Quota Denver, Sept. 17.—(#)—The govern- ment’s sheep buying program was al- most doubled Monday when Harry Petrie, chief of the AAA cattle and sheep division, announced 75,000 head would be purchased daily in 13 west- ern states. Previously the quota, ad- mittedly too small to meet drouth emergencies, had been 37,000 daily. The quota by states, as given out Petrie, includes Montana, 10,000; Way Dakota, 1,000; South Dakota L O. O. F. ELECTS Tronoto, Sept. 18—(#)—William A. Pittenger of Duluth, Minn., Tuesday was elected grand sire of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, hold- ing its annual meeting here. He suc- one James. A. Davis of Tacoma, Challenger Takes Second Race Of Series in Near-Record Time Aboard U. 8. C. G. Cutter Argo PRIMARY ELECTION i. AGAINST SALES OF ARMS 10 GERMANY Sought to Avoid Implication of Home Companies in Viola- tions of Treaty U. S. STEEL ENTERS PROBE Nye Declares Evidence Proves Purchases by Reich Were For Military Use Washington, Sept. 18—(7)—A tacit warning by the United States govern- ment against violations of the Ver- sailles treaty in the sale of aircraft equipment to Germany received the attention of the senatorial munitions inquiry Tuesday. The state department, investigators heard, moved to prevent any cireum- vention by American concerns of the treaty provisions designed to restrict the re-armament of the reich. The department circulated to all American aircraft companies doing foreign bus- iness a definition of the treaty provi- sions. This was interpreted, as an attempt to prevent violations of the World ‘War peace pact, to which the United States is not a signatory. The disclosure came soon after re- velations that the United Aircraft Export Corporation has sold more than a million dollars worth of air- Ss, engines and equipment to the reich so far in 1934. Against the con- tentions of committeemen that the materials were destined for a place in the vast re-armament plans at- tributed to the Hitler regime, com- Pany officials insisted the equipment was sold for commercial purposes. Evidence Is Proof, Says Nye Chairman Nye, (Rep. N. D.), as- ‘serted: “There was proof offered in evi- dence here Monday in the form of letters found in the files of the com- pany that these people knew their engines were going for military pur- Tell of Tear Gas Sales Report that Germany was using impounded foreign funds to subsidize German aircraft manufacturers also was read to the committee. A letter written December 4, 1933, by the International Engineering Company, Inc., to the United Air- craft Exports, Inc., was put into the record. It said the American gvern- ment was subsidizing German manu- facturers to the extent of 20 per cent against non-German competition in all lines. “This fact should be known American firms as we have recently noted that the foreign funds im- pounded in Germany are now used in financing such subsidies,” it said. “Did you know that foreign funds impounded in Germany were being used for the purchase of military equipment?” Chairman Nye asked C. ‘W. Deeds, treasurer of United Air- craft. “We had only this report,” the witness replied. Another new development Tuesday was the senate committee's investiga- tion into the source of tear gas used by National Guardsmen in dispersing strike rioters John W. Young, president of the Federal Laboratories company of Pittsburgh, manufacturers of tear «Continued on Page 3) QUICK APPEAL SEEN FOR UTILITY CASE Sathre Expects Suit to Go to U. S. Supreme Court With- in Ninety Days North Dakota’s 12 per cent gross earnings tax law may reach the Unit- ed States supreme court within the next 90 days, P. O. Sathre, state at- torney general, said Tuesday. An appeal to the highest court in the land is in prospect, regardless of the decision of the en banc federal court which heard arguments in the case September 14 and 15 at Minne- apolis, Sathre said. Should their decisions be adverse to the state, an appeal will be taken by him to the United States Supreme court, Sathre said. Should the ver- dict favor the state’s contentions, an appeal is expected to be taken by the utility companies, Sathre forecast. The court allowed attorneys for both sides 10 days in which to file their findings of fact in the case. Sathre said he expected a decision by October 1, J. M. Hanley, special assistant to Sathre, Hanley’s son, J. M. Hanley, | ciais. Jr. and Sathre appeared as counsel for the state at the hearing. Involved, in the action, which was heard before @ special court of three judges, is approximately $750,000. The utilities are attacking the measure, under which the tax is levied, as un- constitutional and discriminatory. Six utilities are plaintiffs in the ac- tion. Appeal from the en banc court of three judges may be taken directly to the United States supreme court, without first appealing to the United States circuit court of appeals, Sathre explained. 4 ey | Honeymoon Is Over | ges ee eee eee the former Married in August, Miss Mary French of New York and Laurence Spelman Rocke- feller, above, grandson of the oil magnate, had their first tiff Monday, causing the bride to go home to mother. She emphati- cally denied intentions of a sep- aration and New York society believed it “just a lovers’ quarrel.” SOLON'S RECORD 1S ®! ATTAGKED BY GROUP ATTEMPTING OUSTER Petitions Circulated by Nonpar- tisans in Stark Ask Recall Of Senator Cain Dickinson, N. D., Sept. Petitions asking recall of State Sena- tor James P. Cain of Stark county have been placed in circulation here. Cain, defeated in a three-cornered race for the Republican nomination for governor ir. the June primary, has been prominent in state political cir- cles for many years. He has been identified with the Independent fac- tion of the Republican party. Decision to seek recall of Cain was reached by the Stark county Repub- lican state central committee, con- trolled by the Langer faction of the Nonpartisan League. The reason advanced by central committee for recall is that farmers are dissatisfied with Cain's vote in the legislature on legislation affect- tive committee of the Stark county Farmer-Labor group joined in ap- proving the recall movement. E. D. Culver of Versippi was en- dorsed as a candidate to oppose Cain for the state senatorship if sufficient Petitions are obtained to bring about @ recall election which would be held at the time of the state election Nov. 6, Rotarians Will Be Hosts to Visitors Bismarck Rotarians Tuesday were preparing to entertain approximately 160 of their fellow members from all parts of North Dakota at a state- wide get-together meeting here Wed- nesday. The dinner, scheduled for 12:15 as usual, will be held in the Wofld War Memorial building to provide plenty of room for the clubmen and their guests. Each of the visiting clubs will take part of the program but details of this participation have not been received by local Rotary offi- The main event of the day will be @ tour of the new capitol building, the fact that the structure now is ready for inspection having been one of the main causes for the invitation from the local men to Rotarians else- where in the state. Delegations are expected from every Rotary club in the state and from the Moorhead, Minn., club. North Dakota cities having Rotary clubs, in addi- tion to Bismarck, are Grand Forks, town, Mandan, Dickinson, Fargo, Dev- | lls Lake, Williston and Wahpeton, 18.—(P)—| ing farmers and laborers. The execu-| 244 MILL SLASH MADE BY BOARD IN FIXING NEW FIGURE $2,175,608.70 to Be Derived For All State Purposes; Over Million Less VALUATION $1,000,278,210 General Fund for Fiscal Year | Put at $1,350,375; Was $1,528,743 in 1933 A tax levy of 4.35 mills—2.44 mills less than last year’s levy—was fixed Tuesday by the state board of equali- zation to derive funds for operation of the state government and its in- stitutions. This year’s levy was fixed to de- rive $2,175,608.70 for all purposes, com- pa with last year's total of $3,518,- ‘The levy will be made on an assess- ed valuation of $1,000,278,210 for all Property in the state, with the tax base 50 per cent of the total or $500,- 139,105. Last year the total assessed valua- tion was fixed at $1,038,201,437. General Levy 2.7 Mills For the general fund a levy of 2.7 mills was set to derive $1,350,375 for the fiscal year. This was a reduction of the 2.95 mill levy voted last year to derive $1,528,743. The levy for the mill and elevator construction bond fund was .42-mill, to derive $210,057, compared with .5- mill last year for $259,108. For the milling bond fund the levy was .13-mill to obtain $65,018, compar- ed with .3-mill last year to derive $155,464. The real estate bond interest fund levy was fixed at 8-mill to derive $400,118, a huge reduction of the 2.24 mills levies last year for $1,160,802. Fixed by legislative act, levies of .1-mill for $50,013 for the old age pen- sion and .2-mill for $100,027 for the capitol building fund were set. The mill levy is the same as last year, when $51,821 for the old age fund and $103,- 643 for the capitol building were sought. Last year the legislature provided that a .5-mill levy be set to derive $259,108 for a deficit in the real estate bond fund. No such levy was made this year. Statement Shows Condition General fund financial statement showed condition of the fund and ex- Pected collections to be: Uiabilities—Unused balances, 1931- 33, appropriation, $416,367.94; unused balances. 1933-35 appropriation, $2,- | 709,036.24; estimated 1935 legislative appropriation payments required be- fore 1935 levy available—three quar- jters of one year at $2,250,000 per year | —$1,687,500; total labilities, $4,812,- | 904.21. Resources—Balance July 1, 1934, $486,221.31; back taxes, estimated collections, $1,628,834.10; special tax- es, from July 1, 1934 to July 1, 1935, @ total of $1,300,000; utility taxes, 1933 and 1934, a total of $50,000. Total re- sources, $3,465,055.41. Necessary total llevy to balance, $1,347,848.80. Tax collections last year were great- er than the year before, J. J. Weeks, tax commissioner, pointed out. He laid the additional collections to federal refinancing program in the state. Al- so, Weeks said, it is expected that collections from the beer and cigar- ette taxes will be greater this year be- cause of completed organization, and better functioning of the departments as a result of establishment. All members of the board were Present Tuesday when the levy was set, with Governor Ole H. Olson jchairman. presiding. Other members jare State Auditor Berta E. Baker, State Treasurer Alfred Dale, Com- missioner of Agriculture and Labor John Husby, and Tax Commissioner J. J. Weeks, ex-officio secretary. INQUIRY CONTINUES | IN HULK OF LINER | i 'Board Goes to Asbury Park, N. J., to Inspect What Is Left of Morro Castle New York, Sept. 18—(#)—The de- partment of commerce inquiry into the burning of the liner Morro Castle, with a toll of 132 dead and missing, was transferred Tuesday to the wreck- jed ship at Asbury Park, N. J. j; Dickerson N. Hoover, head of the steamboat inspection service of the de- partment and head of the board of in- quiry investigating the disaster, and the members of his board left at 8:30 a. m., eastern standard time, for As- bury Park personally to inspect the hulk of the once luxurious liner. Hoover expected that the trip to Asbury Park would require the entire day, and the hearing of testimony in the inquiry will be resumed here Wed- nesday. The department of commerce board heard testimony Monday that dis- cipline was lacking among members or ine crew wnen the fire broke out, that passengers jumped from the rear of the vessel while it was still in mo- tion and were hit by the propellers, and that flames in the writing room, where the fire started, were drawn down the stairways and into the elevator well. Inspection of customs house records also disclosed that acting captain Wil- liam F, Warms of the Morro Castle had been suspended for ten days in 1926 by the steamboat inspection serv- boat drills on the Ward Liner Yumuri of which he was hen master, Minot. Valley City, Fargo, “James- i for failure to hold fire and life-