The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 20, 1934, Page 3

4 SLOT MACHINE SALES BY LANGER REGIME REVEALED Former Administration Also Failed to Confiscate De- vices, Papke States Sidney A. Papke, state regulatory chief, Saturday charged that in some instances deputies under the preced- ing administration failed to confis- cate slot machines, but instructed owners of the devices to take them out of operation. Papke also charged the former ad- ministration sold 41 slot machines, “while records show that, only 39 ma- chines were confiscated. As a result of his investigations, Papke said records disclosed “three affidavits of sales of slot machines. ‘The first affidavit is dated Septem- ber 25, 1933, and lists five sold to one W. B. Hatlestad, giving his residence as Cottonwood, Minn, The consideration for those machines was $150, plus a further sum of $18 to cover cash which was in the machines. “The next affidavit of sales of slot machines was to one Fred Gant, giv- ing his address at 1112 Irving Avenue, Minneapolis. The date of this af- fidavit is December 15, 1933. Thir- = slot machines are listed on ] Weather Report _ — beer aa ty: cloudy and cooler er tonight St c Fanewiat warmer For North 7] the initiated ballot? ‘| within North Dakota. 5 oo! laws contained in this bill? yl some- what warmer west rest “portion. GENERAL CONDITIONS of considerable aie aaa hom North’ Pacific Ooest, Babe Minnesots, ‘Minneapolis Te 451 inches in the last 24 pane teen pret: Wi station barometer, inches: w7.86 Reduced to sea level, va. am 0 DO YOU KNOW WHY TO INITIATED BILL * *¢ & * Facing the Editor's Note: plaining all matters presented to all mat prese the electorate to the best of its ability, The Tribune herewith pre- sents, in question and answer form, an Snalyais of the two measures which will appear on the initiated ballot November 6. Q. What is the first of the initiated measures on the November ballot? A. The bill to legalize the showing: of motion pictures for profit on Sundays. @. Has this measure ever been be- fore the electorate before? A. Yes. It has been voted on several times and each time was beaten) by a small majority. Q. Was it ever presented to the legislature? A. Yes. In ous and ka was| passed the and a tie vote was fad’ in the senate. then} ue oe governor voted against the ae Q. Does the bill apply to motion pictures alone? A. No. It also would legalize} im “other performances” such as vaude- -| ville acts. , @. Are‘ there any restrictions on the operation of such theaters on; aol MF A. Yes, Sunday would be prohitibed before 2 p. thus they would commence after the time in which church services nor- .| mally are completed. * * * @Q. What is the second measure on| ces, A. It is an act repealing 102 sec- tions of the liquor control laws now on the statute books? Q. What will be the situation if this enactment is approved? A. It will leave the state with very few restrictions on the sale of liquor Q. Are any substitutes for present; No. Mrvel ‘affidavit for a consideration of “On. July. 16, 1934, we find that J. Ashland Avenue, St. Paul, five machines, but the |aftidavit does not state what consider- ation was for the five machines. “Records show a total of 39 slot machines were confiscated during the administration, while 108 slot machines have been taken in raids one! 0 NTINUE D from page one: $314,129 in Road Contracts Let by State Commission Steele county—10.248 miles, Colgate, northwest, Win Coman, sche Traill county—09.807 miles, Alton east, Win Comap, $11,576. Cass-Richland counties—0.389 miles, Kindred east, Win Coman, $24,458. ‘Ward county—8.196 miles, Des Lacs — Lyle Sloan, Ellendale, Scoria, McKenzie county—11.138 _— miles, south of Watford City, W. H. Noel Co., Jamestown, $16,504. Structural Grand Forks county—North of Ni- agara, J. A. Jardine, Fargo $11,965. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1934 s Electorate Q. Would enactment of this ee mean that North Dakota would be ie laws covering the liquor traf- ice A. Only temporarily. The bill could not become effective until 30 rays after formal announcement of the vote by the state canvassing board. By that time the Jegislature would be in session and would have opportunity to make such licensing and regulatory laws as it saw fit. Q. What is the nature of the laws it is proposed to repeal? A. Most of them are of a regula- tory nature, built up to reinforce and supplement prohibition laws. Taken together they might be said to com- prise the state’s prohibition statutes. Q. Are all of them repealed? A. No. A few of them would be left operative. These prohibit the sale of liquor to minors, Indians, incom- petents, etc. Q. Would repeal of these laws leave everything “wide open” for the sale of liquor in North Dakota? A. Not necessarily. Cities probab- ly could still control the traffic un- ie the authority of the police power, licenses, and conditions as to the hours of sale, etc. There is no question, however, that it would Greatly “liberalize” the present situ- ation. @. Is any provision made for the collection of revenue from the liquor e *# m.,| traffic which would become legal if the bill is passed? A. No. That and all similar ques- tions would be left to the legislature. Te Is there an illegal traffic now in existence? A. Yes. Bootlegging still flourishes, probably to greater extent than ever before. Liquor bought (or alleged to have been bought) legally in “wet” Parts of the country has flooded into North Dakota in recent weeks. Some of it may be had at prices below those charged in legal liquor stores in Min- @. is the state now getting any ton from this illegal traffic? 0. reversing the decision of District Judge Schell. Wolf appealed from the decision of the lower court, after he had lost a contest action brought by James Soules, one of the three candidates with highest number of votes in the election. The lower court held Soules to be nominated on the basis of the contest. ‘The supreme court ordered the con- bento dismissed, in reversing the lower SCIENCE DISCOVERS RADIUM FROM SALT Rays Offers Medicine Medicine Valued New Tool for Cancer Experiments Boston, Oct. 20.—()—A discovery that will make radium out of common table salt, the first practical trans- mutation of elements that man may use in daily life, was announced Sat- urday in the “Physical Review.” This salt radium remains common table salt except that it gives off rays even more powerful than those ordi- narily used by physicians from pure Pembina county—West of Crystal, |radium. Ray N. D., $3,220. First and second low bids were re- the McKenzie scoria surfacing project. Supreme Court Holds Wolf Stark Nominee ‘The state supreme court Saturday salt radium rays last for several days, then automatically stop. As salt is harmless anywhere in the hu- man body, the discovery offers medi- cine a new tool for experimenting with cancer, and biologists a new type of figurative scalpel. ‘Tate s0lk is, combination-0f 20- sat the University of California. Being broke isn’t so bad. A big for- tune is just as much worry. as no held Alex G. Wolf was county com- missioner nominee in Stark county, that everyone may money at all. It’s being independent that I don’t lke—Samuel Insull. DON’T FORGET TO VOTE The Tribune prints herewith an application for an absent voters ballot cast his vote at the election on November 6. Those who expect to be absent from the county on election day have the right to cast such ballots. Apply now. Cast your ballot as you see fit for your own best interests. Send the attached application blank, properly filled out, to the county auditor. He will send you an absent voters ballot, together with in- structions for voting it. APPLICATION FOR ABSENT VOTERS BALLOT Toe a duly qualified elector of Township or Village of . City of ........665 seeoee eoees Residence, Street and No. Precinct or Ward . potescesscccesscosesons ++, State of North Dakota, and ee a aaiiee pails io Geka in mle ncn: e next si and expecting to be absent from said County on the day for hold- such General Election, viz., November 6, 1934, hereby make application an official absent voters ballot to be voted by me at such election. Dated ...sescscccsccrecreseenee +» 1934, Signed.. Applicant. P. O. Address .......... NOT 10 BE DENIED VOTE, SURVEY SHOWS Only Three States Have Laws Vihich Might Be Used to Cancel Privilege ‘Washington, 20.—()—A_ poll of states tnowed Saturday that of- ficials in most cases deny any move to prevent persons on relief from voting Nov. 6. The question came up this week when a reporter asked President Roo- sevelt’s views. The president said that it would be un- American to deny the vote to a man out of work and willing to work. He believed no court would classify such & man as a pauper. A survey showed that three states have laws or constitutional provi- sions which might be invoked to deny the ballot to men and women on relief rolls. New Hampshire law provides that persons receiving direct aid within 90 days of the election are not eligi- ble voters. In spite of this, officials said, many New Hampshire commun- ites pe permit relief recipients to cast ‘Maine has a law which permits local registrars to bar paupers after investigation, but officials said this law is not aimed at relief cases. In West Virginia, Attorney Gen- eral Momer A. Holt has ruled that @ constitutional provision which pro- hibits paupers from voting should not be invoked against “those who are receiving temporary and emergency aid because of the employment situa- tion.” A former Republican attor- ney general held the same view. Laws banning paupers from the polls were denounced by Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief administrator, at his press conference Friday. “They're terrible,” he said. on don’t know who was responsible for them— some of our Puritans, perhaps.” One state, Massachusetts, has a statute which specifically enables hod receiving relief payments to vote. Commanding officers of the CCC throughout the country have been instructed to permit voters to go home for the election, provided take no more than three days for the trip. Their wages will not be deducted for the time lost, if they get home and back in one day, but they will lose pay if they take longer than that. They must shoe ht their own fares. DR. ROBINSON TALKS ATP.-T. A. CONCLAVE Kalamazoo Educator D Educator Discusses Rural Education; Sessions End Sunday Fargo, N. D., Oct. 20.—()—Possible effects on education of the rural child, should the present economic order be- come permanent, were discussed Fri- day by Dr. William McKinley Robin- son, Kalamazoo, Mich., addressing delegates to the second biennial con- vention of the North Dakota congress of parents and teachers. Dr. Robin- son is rural service chairman for the national congress of parents and eee ‘The convention ends Sun- Y= “Possibly this movement to the country and decentralization of urban Population may be only a temporary aciumment to an emergency,” said Robinson, “but their sum total ae seem to have both significance and permanence at least in some as- pects. “Some of the most elite of our pri- vate progressive schools are moving out into the country to the environ- ment considered most favorable to child growth and learning. Many of these are known as country day schools. “Regardless of one’s sympathy or antipathy for such, we have with us a national program of subsistence —— |farming. It constitutes a deliberate attempt to speed up the decentral- ization of population, if these tenden- cies are of permanent significance, the next generation faces a very dif- ferent population distribution with the attendant necessary economic and so- cial adjustments. How can we pre- Pare our children for that future? “The family is the most fundamen- tal unit of society. Urban life tends to pull apart the family; whereas rural life shared by all members of the family tends to hold the family |together. Divorce rates as contrasted between rural and urban areas are & +|bit of proof of this difference.” Participating in a symposium, which opened the afternoon sessions, were Dr. Maysil Williams, Bismarck, talk- ing on rural health; Miss Margaret soe ata ssaaa ts cen ++sooe!MacGunigal, Bismarck, juvenile pro- tection; Dr. G. A. Talbert, temperance instruction; B.C. B. site. Proposed legislation, and Miss Nell Cooper. Points emphasized covered the in- tegrity with which problems of child welfare are being attacked, whether along the lines of health, education or moral training. Save on shoes for men, wo- men and children at the Peo- Ladd Hepartzeet Store. “PUROL PEP” Repatriated NORTHERN PACIFIC GETS 13 PER CENT CUT FROM 33 TAX Compromise Is Reached Court After Testimony of Over-Assessment Fargo, N. D., Oct. 20.—(7)—A com- ‘promise was effected in federal Mrs. Frank J. Gould, when she landed in New York, emiled with pleasure in contemplation of the task before her—buying furnish- ings for a new home at Ardsley- on-the-Hudson. Her wealthy bus- band, who has not been in America since 1914, expects to re- side here frequently hereafter. SEE COMPROMISE IN VANDERBILT BATTLE Mrs. Whitney to Settle If Gloria Abandon Custody of Child's Legacy New York, Oct. 20.—(?)—The fight for the custody of 10-year-old Gloria Vanderbilt and her fortune may end in a compromise. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, the aunt who has the child, is reported to be ill from the nervous strain and ready to compromise with Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, the mother who is suing, to recover her daughter. The compromise was reported to provide that Mrs. Whitney would concede Mrs. Vanderbilt's right 2 Gloria if the widow of Vanderbilt would abandon her av tempt to become custodian of the child’s $2,800,000 legacy. Mrs. Whitney was to take the stand Friday, the last witness in sup- port of her charges that Mrs. Van: derbilt is unfit to care for Gloria. But she was not in court. The case was continued until Monday, when, if she is to complete her side, the famous sculptress will have to testi- fy. Her witnesses have given such sensational testimony that the court closed the hearings to the public. “They can't settle with us,” was the assertion of Nathan Burkan, Mrs. Neston 4 attorney, after Priday’s session. The report that the ill Mrs. Whitney would seek @ compromise came later. TABBY IS TOUGH Breton, Alta—A tabby here chose to rest on the inside rim of a 12-foot flywheel at a sawmill. The engineer, unknowing, started the mill. At the end of 75 minutes during which the wheel whirled at the rate of 100 r.p.m. the mill was stopped and tabby, slight- ly tilting, staggered off into the woods. court here Friday in the Northern Pacific raiiroad’s tax suit whereby the railroad was granted @ 13 per cent reduction in its 1933 tax, the cut amounting to $153,664.83. The compromise was reached after three witnesses for the railroad had testified that its property was greatly over-assessed, and that it has been over-assessed for several years due to a decrease in earning power caused by competition from various sources and the depression. ‘The stipulation provides that the railroad will pay a tax of $1,028,372.20 of whch $827,425.36 already has been paid through an agreement whereby the road pad 70 per cent of the levy against its property as fixed by the state board of equalization. ‘The 1 levy aganst the road) was $1,182,087.03, the road sought a reduction of 30 per cent of $354,611.11. Under terms of the stipulation the) railroad still has $200,048.84 left to) pay for its 1933 taxes. In Cass county the levy was $85,- 903.60, of which $60,132.56 already has) been paid. The balance due Cass county is $14,603.42, making the de-| crease granted $11,167.48. Three Witnesses Witnesses who testified for the rail- road Friday were E. A. McCrary, tax commissioner; F. C. Sharood, audi- tions put the finishing touches on their program Saturday. Ambassador Tsuneo Matsudaira Planned to read in English at the first official meeting of the three powers’ delegations sometime next week a gen- eral outline of the empire's attitude on naval equality. The outline will contain a request for acceptance in principle of Jap- an’s right to equality in defensive armaments, Matsudaira and Admiral Tsoroku Yamamoto will make it clear at the start they are unable to pre- sent full technical proposals until the United States and British delegations indicate their attitude toward a decla- ration of this principle. The British and Americans are like- ly to discuss the matter together be- fore reaching a decision. The Jap- anese have indicated the decision on their request may determine the a of success of the conversa- jons. Artificial Lake Is Haven for Wild Fowl Lake Ardock, artificial lake created by relief workers in Walsh county, has become a haven for wildfowl, Harris: Robinson, chief engineer of FERA, said Saturday. , Robinson said he had received re- ports of numerous geese halting at the lake, which was rebuilt from a dry lake bed. ____ BANDITS GET $3,500 ‘Woodlawn, Ill., Oct. 20.—()—Three bandits held up the First National Bank here Saturday and escaped with approximately $3,500. A customer was shot and wounded as the men ran from ‘the building. Buy your underwear for the whole family at the People’s Department Store and save. Relief Labor Mines Coal for State Needy Uncle Sam donned his coal mining clothes Saturday to bring warmth to North Dakota's needy. In two counties, coal mining has been started as relief projects, sup- Plying those on relief with coal. Near Zahl, in Williams county, two mines are being operated under relief labor. Workmen are stripping the mine, loading the coal into trucks riven by other relief workers, and distributing it throughout the sur- rounding territory. Only a small charge to pay for cost of transportation is being made to those who do not haul the coal themselves, Harris Robinson, FERA chief engineer, said. The charges are added to the work relief allot- ment of those receiving the coal. In Grant county, @ third mine is being opened, to supply relief needs throughout the entire county. The coal is on state school land, and has been donated by the state. In the two other instances, a royalty of 25 cents per ton is being paid by the a to owners of the prop- erty. Victor A. Smaltz Announces Opening of 5 Classes for Guitar and Banjo Studio at Tavis Music Co. Telephone 762 tor, and J. C. Morrison, general freight/ ° agent. Morrison and McCrary pre- sented as testimony tables and schedules to show that the road was) a of the Panama canal, motor trucking’ and automobiles and the fact that great area served by Pacific, thus eliminating coal hauls. Lyman Baker, tax specialist, pre- sented tables for the purpose of show- ing that figures submitted by the rail- road were too low. In a suit similar to that brought by the Northern Pacific, the 800 Line was granted a decrease of 22 per cent or tag veteon td $100,000 in its 1933 It was the third consecutive luctions. similar case pending. It seeks a re- duction of 43 per cent or approxi- mately $600,000 in its 1933 tax. This case was heard last week by Judge Andrew Miller and has been taken under advisement by him with a deci- sion expected in the near future. Japs to Give Views On Naval Equality London, Oct. 20—P}—The Japan- ese delegates to the naval conversa- ngs sioner Shining Parlor in Connection NOTICE Bus service to the Capitol is now operating on a regu- lar schedule, about every 20 minutes. For the present the bus will go up 4th street, down on 7th street and west on Main avenue. Passengers may board the bus at any stop on the route and stay on until it reaches the street nearest their destination. Capitol Bus Line LLET HOTEL MINNEAPOLIS, A strictly fireproof, modern Hotel within a short walk of gare Amusement, Financial and Wholesale Centers. . You'll appreciate the friendly hospitality, the reasonable room rates nt the moderately priced Restaurants. : WB. CLARK, MANAGER GATEWAY TOURIST BUREAU WHEN HE READS ON THE FLOOR! OOK AT HIS BOOR! Glare on part of it—shadow on the rest! That boy might just as well try to read in smoked glasses! Nearsightedness increases with every grade of school, till 40% of our young people wear glasses—or should —at the end of college days. Research proves that proper lighting helps keep vision normal. It is vitally important to use good lamp bulbs of the correct wattage and to have the right fixtures and portable lamps. Let us advise you. We will gladly make lighting survey—free. NORTH DAKOTA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY (@) Club Breakfasts 25c and 35¢ Noonday Luncheons 35c and 40c Chef’s Special Evening Dinner 50c POWERS COFFEE SHOP, HAS OUTSOLD EVERY OTHER MAKE OF GAS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS IN BISMARCK? Because it’s as high grade a product as can be manufactured, and in addition, the Pure Oil Co. include top cylin- der lubricant, which usually sells for le a gallon extra. Our customers get this free. Tiolene Oil is a genuine 100% Pennsylvania product, refined by the Pure Oil Co. from their own wells. It’s test shows it to be as fine a lubricant as any sold for automobile use. Were it advertised as extravagantly as are some competitive brands, the price would have to be 35c instead of 30c. Our company is composed of Bismarck citizens exclusively. Our earnings do not go to eastern stockholders, but are spent at home. We appreciate the fine business our fellow townsmen are giving us. SIOUX OIL COMPANY Buy “Purol Pep” and Tiolene at Corwin-Churchill Motors, Inc. Copelin Motor Co. Bismarck Auto Parts Molly’s Service Station Mac’s Service Station Midway Service Station