The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 24, 1934, Page 1

cee ince inne nates enn = e North Dakota’s ‘ABLISHED 1878 ‘4 Oldest Newspaper JONES PLEADS WITH GROUP 10 SUPPORT . RECOVERY PROGRAM ‘indisputable Evidence’ to Show Undue Timidity on Part of Finance STRESSES GOVERNMENT AID ’ Tells Association Credit Must Be Loosened to Beat Depression Wi » Oct, 24.—(#)—The na- tion’s bankers were asked by the Roo- sevelt administration Wednesday to lend more liberally—even to the ex- 4 tent of making “loans they would not ordinarily wish to make” and “loans that will need to be indulged.” and businesses earlier in the de- pression, made this plea before the American Bankers association con- vention. Though bankers say they have been eager to lend, Jones declared there was “indisputable evidence” they have not done so as freely as they could. The Texas banker told his col- leagues that the dollar is “the best said, “and the banker must do more than his full share toward national plained the attempts to thaw credit. He threw a bouquet to most of the delegates in urging that more control over banking be given the country banker—most of the delegates are from comparatively small banks. He said “the country banker still is tak- ing his cue from the city banker, and that is probably the reverse of what it should be. If we are to have remote control, let’s reverse it. The chairman also held “that a further decentralization of credit control is worthy of consideration.” “There still is a great deal of con- centrated power,” he said, “and con- gress might look further into the question of interlocking directors and control by influence.” This remark apparently applied to big city bankers, who often have been the RFC chairman's target. Enumerates Agencies Jones enumerated the agencies available to the banks. “With a great abundance of credit and credit facilities available,” he said, “banks chock full of money; the right to discount long-time paper with the federal; to borrow from the. federal on all kinds of collateral; ac- cess to correspondents anxious to! lend; and the RFC ready to lend on favorable terms, or to furnish capital stock at 3.5 per cent for five years and 4 per cent thereafter until re- ‘its—banks tired from _ prof! make loans that they are willing to carry for several years.” \ After advising the banks to re- i examine their capital, and to bor- row from the .:FC if more was need- said and added: “The way to avoid more and " it is Te. ‘covery is that people want to get out of debt, and until they can be Cc. W. A. SCOTT T. C. BLACK The English team of C. W. A. Scott and T. C. Black made one of the most astonishing aviation speed records in history when they flew from England to Mel- bourne, Australia, in 70 hours, 59 minutes, 50 seconds, breaking the former mark of 109 hours and winning the $50,00C prize and a gold cup valued at $2,500. They beat their closest rivals by al- most half a day over the hazard- ous 12,000-mile route. 35 HURT IN WRECK OF NIGHT EXPRESS NEAR INDIANA TOWN None Seriously Injured as Eight Cars of Cincinnati Train Leave Rails Fowler, Ind., Oct. 24.—(#)—Thirty- five persons were injured, none seri- ously, early Wednesday as eight cara of the Cincinnati night express of the Big Four railroad were derailed & mile south of Earl Park, Ind. The engine and five cars of the by iS-car passenger train passed safely over the east end of the Earl Park} switch, but then the rear part of the train, including coaches and Pullmans, left the rails. jolted along the ties and several cars turned over. One car was hurled about with its end extending over U. 8. Highway 41, an arterial road south of Chicago, blocking motor traffic. Ambulances from Fowler and Kentland rushed to the scene and removed the injured, while the rail- road sent a relief train with physi- cians from Indianapolis. Twenty- seven of the injured, many with no more than cuts and bruises, were taken to ® hospital at Earl Park; five were treated by a Fowler physician. The Express, south bound from Chicago to Indianapolis and Cincin- nati, left Chicago at 9:35 p. m. (CST) fr, charge of Conductor Ralph Pat- terson of Cincinnati and Engineer Jim Alley of Indianapolis. The injured were taken to the Dundy-Keese hospital at Earl Park, most of them with minor hurts, and were listed by Dr. David E. Mavity follows: R. J. Brown, Cincinnati; C. B. Jones, Mt. Chive Ss Silas Dodd, Mi . Ind; Mrs. J. F. Walton, Cincinnati; Mrs. W. Pfieffer, Cin- In . 8. Phillips, South Point, 0.; George Keasler, North College Hill, O.; L. C. Markland. Mack, O.; _| Parks, Negro, Buffalo, N. i joseph ‘W. Scott, Negro, Buffalo, N. Y¥.; Ed money! Collins, Cincinnatf; Mrs. A. R. Rice, FREE BEE x = Indianapolis; Mrs. Clara Collins, In- dianapolis; Mrs, Stella Wright, In- Se biver Snoddy, Indianapolis. Braddock Youth Dies Here Tuesday Evening Robert Adam, 20, of Braddock died at 8:10 p. m., Tuesday at a local hos- pital. He had been av the hospital since October 18. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1934 MCOY BELITTLES LANGER CLAIMS OF STATE ECONOMIES Points Out 20 Per Cent Pay Cut Saving Result of Initiated Measure CITES BIG BEER SALARIES Says Salaries of Regulatory De- partment Above Standard Set by Voters L. H. McCoy, motor vehicle regis- trar, and an appointee under the ad- ministration of ousted Gov. William cratic candidate for governor. McCoy criticized the administration of Langer, denying the former gover- nor was entitled to credit for econom- ies effected by salary reductions. - He attacked Langer for his policies in operation of the beer and regula- tory departments, claiming Langer ignored “the expressed will of the people” in providing for higher sal- aries in the two departments under his administration, during a period when other departments received @ 20 per cent pay cut. Speaking of sevings effected by the salary reduction, McCoy pointed out it was by initiated measure. “This sav- ing would have been the same,” Mc- Coy said, “regardless of who was gov- ernor.” He drew attention to operation of the beer and regulatory departments under the Langer regime, exclaiming “Langer was not restrained by the initiated measure reducing salaries. But here was an opportunity for the | governor to show his sincerity in his Promise to make all possible savings of the taxpayers’ money: Why not pay the heads and employes in these departments the same salaries paid to our state secretary, treasurer and other department heads. The people had spoken and placed these salaries at $2,400 per year. Points to Beer Payroll “But, no—the salary of the head of regulatory department was placed at $3,000 per year and that of the beer commissioner st $3,500—Why?—What can you expect of one who thus ig- nores the expressesd will of the voters?” He cited payrolls of inspectors “at from $125 to $166.66 per month, with expenses running to amounts showing they lived well, indeed.” McCoy as- serted records revealed some income to inspectors reached $384 during July, 1932. “What kind of economy is that?” McCoy asked. “Is that what the peo- ple had a right to expect?” . “These figures are taken from rec- ords that are available to any citizen of North Dakota and there is much more of like import,” McCoy explain- ed. “This is enough to show that Langer’s friends were well-cared for, and that they were well paid where the law reducing salaries could be avoided. “It also shows that those who would not bow to his wili were punished even though they were officers elected the voters. “These things were done during the |administration of Langer, and we {have no grounds to expect any change if we put these same forces in charge of our state November 6, for Mrs. Lan- ger has said that, if elected, she will maintain and carry out the policies of her husband.” ’s Statement McCoy's McCoy's statement follows: “Many statements have been made and published regarding the economy of the Langer administration—of (Continued on Page Two) FIVE JAIL TERMS IMPOSED BY COURT Grain Smuggling Case Against Wildish Being Heard by Miller Wednesday Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 24—(P)— Five jail sentences and several fines were imposed by Judge Andrew Mill- er following pleas of guilty by de- fendants in criminal cases in U. 8. court here Tuesday. Imposition of sentences will be fol- j|lowed Wednesday morning by the calling for trial of the grain smug- gling case against Thomas Wildish, elevator operator at Elsberry, N. D. . Those sentenced Tuesday afternoon were Mike Kraft, charged with selling Uquor to an Indian from the Rolette county reservation, who was given 60 days in jail and a fine of $100; -|Soe Vondal, selling liquor to an In- ,|dian, 60 days and $100; Clarence Johnson and Charles Hall, breaking and entering postoffice, six months each; and Paul Ebuck, possession of @ still, 30 days and $100. Smuggling grain across the interna- tional boundary from Canada but: sentence was deferred. Counsel was appointed for Martin M. Johnson, charged with embezzlement from the Cummings postoffice. | Franklin Delano | brought against the state by utility G. Howard Wall pleaded guilty to| Langer President Roosevelt added another ary Doctorate of Laws upon him demic regalia is being SATHRE ‘WELCOMES’ INVESTIGATION BY GOVERNOR OF LOAN Attorney General Declares He; Will Do ‘Some Investigat- ing’ Himself Attorney General P. ©. Sathre, commenting on reports that an in- vestigation into the loan of $10,000 to his office will be launched soon, said Tuesday he is “glad to have the op- Portunity ‘to be investigated,” and at the same time announced he will be- gin an investigation into reports that! jbeer commission automobiles are be- ing used for “private and political” purposes, Sathre replied to Governor Ole H. Olson’s announcement that the state bank examiner will be requested to \investigate the $10,000 loan, by de- claring “I welcome the investigation by the state examiner; I am glad to have the opportunity to be investi- gated.” He added that he planned to do some investigating himself as the result of complaints received by his office that cars purchased by the state beer commission under the ad- ministration of ousted Gov. William {Langer are being used by the Olson administration for other than of- business. ficial 5 Receives Complaints Sathre said the complaints came from various sections of the state, in- cluding Grand Forks, Fargo, Bis- marck and communities in the north- west part of the state. “I have been requested to make an investigation into the use of the cars because of claims that the automo- biles are being used by certain state officers for private and political use. The complaint has been made that Governor Olson and other state of- ficers are making such use of the cars.” Sathre made his statement before leaving for Grand Forks where he will represent the state in a case on) the federal court docket there. He declared he will be gone several days, but that he will begin his investiga- tion as soon as he returns. He declared he will seek to deter- mine what use is being made of auto- mobiles purchased by the beer com- mission and what officials, if any, are using the cars. Olson announced previously he planned to ask Adam Lefor, state bank examiner, to investigate legal- ity of the $10,000 loan made through the Bank of North Dakota by resolu-; tion of the state industrial commis- sion under the Langer administra- tion. The loan, made to employ spe- jelal attorneys in defending suit companies, was said by Sathre to have been made legally. Olson and Sinclair Address Tuttle Rally (Special to The Tribune) Tuttle, N. D., Oct. 24.—A packed house greeted Governor Ole H. Olson and Congressman J. H. Sinclair who spoke at a political rally here Tuesday fternoon. Governor Olson urged the election of the Democratic candidate for governor, Thomas H. Moodie, and discussed in detail raids made by the administration on state mill Sinclair asked for las re-election on the basis of hie record pointing out that the state needs a veteran in the offi to carry on the important work which he has started, Roosevelt, LL.D. to his long list of degrees when William and Mary college of Williamsburg, Va., conferred an honor- during ceremonies inducting John Stewart Bryan as the new head of the institution. The president is shown receiving congratulations of college officials as his new aca- slipped over his head. FIRST DAY'S CHEST FUND CONTRIBUTIONS AMOUNT 10 $2,300 Solicitors Meet With Good Re- sponse; Capitol Canvass to Open Friday Pledges by the hundreds were roll- ing into the offices of the Community Chest fund secretary Wednesday as the campaign went into the second day of solicitation and. teams began reporting the results of their can- vasses. In the neighborhood of $2,500 in pledges have already been turned over to Secretary H. P. Goddard with only a few of the teams having made their reports. “Solicitors are meeting with a good response wherever they go,” Goddard reported. $11,000 goal set by the Community at fund committee without diffi- Solicitation of the state and federal employes at the capitol building, the only phase of the campaign not yet underway, will be started Friday. A special meeting of these solici- tors will be held at 8 a. m, in the morning at the capitol lunchroom where instructions will be given and cards handed out. Reports of the teams in the advance gifts solicitation and the canvass of business firms having their head- quarters out of the city were expected to be in the hands of the secretary by Thursday as were many additional reports of teams engaged in the gen- eral city-wide drive. Local Charities Benefit The largest share of the Commun- ity Chest fund is devoted to the maintenance of local welfare organi- zations such as the Bismarck Boy and Girl Scouts, the Juvenile band, the local American Red Cross organ- ization, the Salvation Army, the Com- munity council and the Community; Christmas but support is also given to three state welfare agencies. Receiving financial aid from the lo- cal fund are the North Dakota Chil- dren’s Home and Aid society, the 8t./ Jghn’s orphanage and the , Florence Crittenton home, all with headquar- ters at Fargo. Providing a state-wide service these latter institutions are supported by contributions of Community Chest funds from all of the lgrger North Dakota cities. Seven children from Bismarck were placed in the North Dakota Children’s home society and an additional num- ber have been cared for at St. John’s orphanage during the past year. The former society had a total of 246 children under care at the receiv- ing home at Fargo or supervised in approved homes throughout the state. At St. John’s institution, 176 chil- dren were under care during the past year, 54 of which were full charity cases where the family was unable to aoeauaiely clothe and feed the chil- n, Fargoan, Girl Friend Of Dillinger, Found Chicago, Oct, 24.—()—Polly Hamil- ton, the girl who was with John Dill- inger shortly before he was shot to death near a north side moving pic- ppe! ing, and when found living in a mod- est north side apartment house Tues- day declined to say where she had “We expect to reach the | PO! BAN ON ‘OFFENSIVE? VESSELS PROPOSED TO LONDON PARLEY Ask Abolishment of 5-5-3 Ratio, Limit Also on Defensive Ship Building SEEK SPECIFIC TONNAGE Negogiations More Difficult as Oil Companies Act to Test ‘Open Door’ Washington, Oct. 24—(7)—Japan is preparing to demand an agreement under which the three leading naval powers would build no more “of- fensive” vessels. This became known in authorita- tive sources Wednesday as details of the Japanese position at the naval conversations in London were dis- closed. Besides demanding that the 5-5-3 ratio be abolished, Japan will propose that she, the United States and Great Britain limit future building to de- fensive ships She regards cruisers, Gestroyers and submarines as defen- ned rosea experts disagree on this int. She would limit navies to a specific global, or total, tonnage, Unless the United States and Great Britain egree to abolish the numerical ratios and grant the “principle” of equality for all three navies, it was learned, Japan is prepared to walk out of the Preliminary discussions and abrogate the Washington and London naval treaties. Japan's insistence that the ratios be abolished is based, it was said, on tinese contentions: 1. The numerical superiority granted Great Britain and the United States threatens peace in the fer east because of China's attitude. © “2. Japan needs a navy inferior to) none for self-protection. Run Into Difficulties Meanwhile. the naval negotiations were expected to encounter difficul- ties through feeling arising out of an alignment between American and British interests providing the first | test of whether the “open door” pol- licy will be maintained by Man- choukuo, According to Associated Press dis- Patches from Tokyo, the controversy concerns the oil monopoly in Man- choukuo, with western commercial interests alleging a violation of their treaty rights. American and British oil compan- jes, chief among them the Standard Oil company of New York and the British Petroleum company, face an intensive struggle for existence in Manchoukuo as the government there prepares to establish @ state oil mon- ly. Although the United States govern- ment Has made no official protest or any diplomatic representations, it was learned the American and Brit- ish embassies for three months have been discussing the monopoly project with the Tokyo foreign office. They are seeking information on the monopoly, details of which have not been announced, and are intimat- ing in a friendly and informal manner the Anglo-American con- viction that such a would undermine the whole principle of the “open-door,” especially violating Article III of the nine-power treaty. SDEAD, 16 HURT IN MISSOURI TORNADO Veterans’ CCC Camp Is Center of Storm Striking Mary- ville Tuesday Maryville, Mo., Oct, 24.—(#)—A toll of three dead, one missing, four cri- tically injured and 12 others severely hurt was counted Wednesday as rescue workers surveyed the wreck- age left by a tornado that tore through this city, venting its fury on @ veterans’ conservation corps camp. Damage to buildings and other Property in the city and the camp, |was placed at about $300,000. The dead were Guy R. Allen, Shel- bina, Mo.; Ralph E. Hare, Alley, Mo.; and H. 8. Newton, Bevier, Mo. all World War veterans. They were fatally injured in the collapse of one of the camp barracks. Little hope was held for the recov- ery of J. J. Stack, St. Louis, Samuel Morrow, 54, Bevier, Mo., and Lee Dobbins, Kansas City, all members of the camp. Harvey Drake, Kansas City, & member of the camp, was More than 50 persons received treat ment for minor injuries. The storm gathered late Tuesday dipped down suddenly in the central part of the city and swept toward the camp, leaving a path about three blocks wide and a mile long strewn with wreckage. SEWER SYSTEM APPROVED Grand Forks’ $300,000 sewage treat- ment plant and sewage intercepting jsystem Wedneday received the ap- proval of the state board of health. Announcement of approval was made by Dr. Maysil M. Williams, state health officer, following study of the plans by M. D. Holl; state sanitary engineer. apaisaticacii ica i Held for Slaying | __Held for Slaying | The mystery of the murder last March of Eli T. Daiches, wealthy Chicago advertising executive, is believed by Chicago police to have been solved with the arrest of Irving Weitzman (above), opera- tor of @ chain of bakeries. Auth- orities claim proof that Weitz- man hired gunmen to commit the crime so that he mught profit from Daiches’ $300,000 insurance policy. MELBOURNE AWAITS ARRIVAL OF FUERS IN HANDICAP RAGES Dutch Team Flashes Across Finish Line 234 Hours Ahead of Turner Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 24—(?)— After being kept on tiptoes in a last- minute duel in which two American- built air liners sewed up the remain- ing speed prizes in the great England- to-Australia derby, Melbourne settled back on its heels Wednesday, await- ing the plodding handicappers. Col. Roscoe Turner's hope of nos- ing out J. D. Parmentier and J. J. Moll of the Netherlands were blasted when the Dutch fliers succeeded, after frenzied efforts, in freeing their giant all-metal ship from the boggy Albury race course, and flashed over the fin- ish line nearly 2% hours ahead of the speeding American plane. Broke Old Record The fliers, however, had the satis- faction of having broken the Eng- land-to-Australia record of six days, 18 hours set by C. T. P. Ulm, which was swept aside by the meteoric flight of C. W. A. Scott and T. Camp- bell Black of England. As a result of the difference of time in the takeoffs from Mildenhall airdrome, England, the lying time of the Dutch entry was computed at three days, 18 hours and 17% minu- tes, whereas the American entry made the trip in three days, 21 hours, 5% minutes. Turner’s brisk energy despite an evident weariness, augmented by @ four-day-old stubble on his chin, de- lighted the Australians. Crowds, awaited eagerly to catch a glimpse of his famous lion cub, were consider- ably let down when they found all he had was a mechanical toy. The disposition of the handicap prizes will be determined when the last machine arrives within 16- day limit set by the rules of the con- test. Others Reach Australia While Turner and Parmentier were seeking to rest after their rousing welcome, Cathcart Jones and Ken W. The Weather Partly cl ; nat loudy tonight and Thuraday; le change in temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS ail Pensions Held Illegal U. S. Asks Bankers to Lend More Liberally RETIREMENT LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, HIGH COURT FINDS Ruling Handed Down in. Suit Brought in August by 150 Carriers ‘UNDUE PROCESS’ CHARGED Decision Marks First Defeat for Administration in Its Legislation Washington, Oct. 24.—(#)—The railroad retirement law enacted at the last session of congress was held unconstitutional Wednesday by Jus- tice Alfred A. Wheat in the District of Columbia supreme court. The ruling was handed down in a ‘suit brought in August by the Amer- ican Railway association on behalf of more than 150 carriers. The roads contended the law vio- lated the commerce clause of the constitution and the fifth amend- ment prohibiting the taking of prop- erty without due process of law. They asked a temporary injunction to prevent the retirement board from beginning administration of the law, but this was denied Aug. 15. The next day the retirement board ordered all class one roads to pay immediately one-tenth of one per cent of their payrolls into the pen- sion fund. The assessment amounted to $125,000. First Administration Defeat This decision marks the first de- feat for the administration in a suit brought in this jurisdiction to test the constitutionality of its legislation. After a general discussion of the purposes of the act, Chief Justice Wheat's opinion said: “When the act is examined in de- tail, however, I find it contains pro- visions which, in my opinion, were beyond the power of congress ant which render it unconstitutional. “In the first place, the act is un- |. constitutional because it extends its provistons to persons not engaged ir interstate commerce. “The retirement act confers its benefits upon all employes of any company to which it relates without regard to distinction between inter- state commerce, intrastate commerce, or activities which do not constitute commerce at all. “It seems to me that congress ex- ceeded its power to regulate inter- state commerce, when it attempted to make all employes of the plaintiffs beneficiaries under this act, making no distinction between those in interstate commerce and those not 80 engaged.” HAUPTMANN ENTERS NOT GUILTY PLEA Justice Trenchard Fixes Janu- ary 2, 1935 as Date for Suspect’s Trial Flemington, N. J., Oct. 24—(?)— Bruno Richard Hauptmann entered ® personal plea of not guilty to a charge of murdering the kidnaped Lindbergh baby, and Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Trenchard fixed Jan, 2, 1935, as the date for trial. When he was arraigned before Su- preme Court Justice Thomas W. Trenchard, the indictment returned by a Hunterdon county grand jury two weeks ago was read to Haupt- mann by County Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck, Jr. Hauck then asked the prisoner how he pleaded. “Not guilty,” Hauptmann answered in a loud voice. For his court appearance Wednes- day Hauptmann wore a necktie, an Waller, English entries, were the only; item of wearing apparel that has other fliers to reach Australia. They found a night refuge at Mount Ilse, 75 miles due west of Cloncurry, land- ing at 7:55 p. m., East Australian Time. Squadron Leader Malcolm. Mac- Gregor, the oldest pilot in the race, landed at Batavia, Java, at 10 p. m., leading the fliers entered in the handicap race, in which he admitted he had great hopes of being placed. Squadron Leader D. E. Stodart and K. G. Stodart of Britain were report- ed at Calcutta, while C. J. Melrose of Australia was behind at Jodhpur, Indi i ia. John H. Wright and John Polando, American fliers, were last reported leaving Baghdad. ‘An unofficial check indicated Wed- men Scott and Campbell black, fin- ished first in the handicap as well a the speed race in the England- Melbourn derby. “Ten hours lost at Albury by K. D. Parmentier and J. J. Moll, of the Netherlands, probably cost them their chance of beating the Englishmen’s time in the handicap event. Had they remained at Charleville or Narromine, checking points, this time would not have been counted against them. All time spent between checking points counts as time in the air. Official Results Delayed Should Parmentier and Moll get the $10,000 handicap prize, the sec- ond prize of $7,500 in the speed race would go to Turner and Pangborn. At any rate the Americans are assured of the $2,500 third prize in the speed race. It will be some days before official results of the race can be announced, since times and “pay loads” must be checked. For winning the speed race (Continued on Page Two) been denied him in prison. His suit was grey. The entire proceedings occupied 12 minutes. Hauptmann sat at his counsel's table during the argumeht over the trial date, listening intently to the remarks of counsel and the court. He had nodded to his attor- ney, James M. Fawcett, and Mrs. Hauptmann as he was brought in shackled to Deputy Sheriff Charles ‘Walter. Justice Trenchard directed county Officials to draw 48 names as a spe- cial panel from the regular jury list for the next term, and to serve this list and a copy of the indictment on the defendant at least two days be- fore the trial. ‘The proceedings then terminated. ‘Fawcett said he would have many motions to make before the trial be- gins, among them a request for a bill of particulars. He said he was un- decided as yet whether a motion to quash the indictment would be made, and added that no further moves in the case were contemplated by the defense for a week or 10 days. Inter-State Bridge Report Due Nov. 15 A combined report of both Minne- sota and North Dakota on choice of route for the Fargo Front street bridge is expected to be completed by No- vember 15, T. G. Plomasen, state engi- neer, said Wednesday. Both Minnesota and North Dakota engineers have been surveying pro- Posed routes, preparatory to submit- ting them to the federal bureau of roads at Ws The bridge wil gpan the Red e r between Fargo and Moorhead, 4